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Pages 9 to 6. tPages 9 to 6 V44444 SUNDAY MORNmCf, NOVEMBER 25, 1900 SIXTEEN TAGES. THE ALABAMA DISTRICTS MINERALS OF ALABAMA INCIDENTS OF WAR TIME THE HEROISM OF TO MEN ship guns of Captain Grayson's battery. Our corporal, Vlrglmus Leland, was an excellent gunner, and as the gunboats came steaming past, he singled out one and took an especially terests, with no great difference In political strength. The sixth group would differ very slightly from tha present arrangement of that section.

Perhaps the greatest objection would be urged to the Seventh Here the Interests of the counties are quite the same, but the residence of two of our present Congressmen within the territory brings about a conflict. The above arrangement gives a slight advantage to one, while the exchange ot Cullman for Shelby would glva it to the other. The Eighth would be practically unchanged. In the Ninth. Shelby, St.

Clair and Blount would lose their Identity, but Is suggested that as two of them seem to be joined to the opposition Irredeemably It would make little difference. In minerals and timber the interests would be Identical, and what Jefferson would ask for the others would want; so that upon the whole it would be a very good grouping. The author of this arrangement offers It for consideration. The figures will at least serve as a basis for other ef ment (the 62nd) commanded by Colonel D. E.

Huger (now a resident of Mobile. I think), was relieved at Spanish General HolUclaw's brigade, and we were sent to Blakely. We went up in the night on the Blockade runner "Mary," and none aboard will ever forget passing the Federal battering on the shore and their terrific tire on the little After the evacuation of Spanish Fort, General Canby with 40,000 Veteran troops then proceeded to lay seige to Blakely with Its 2.600 men. After a stubborn resistance it was taken by assault. On the last day of seige, viz, April 9th.

a detachment from my company and others of the regiment were on picket down on the bay, and when the Federals gained the works. I asked permission from the commanding general to report to General Maury in Mobile. It was very readily granted. I waded the marsh from knee to watst deep to the bay, where I found the pickets with Captain Blllte King of the 62nd In command. I determined to swim to Battery Tracy four miles below and procure boats to take the men out.

Captain King (I think that he was from near Marion or from that portion of the State, and if this should meet his eye, hope that he will drop me a line to let me know that he Is still on this side of the great beyond), was very anxious to go, but could not swim. We procured an old log, rolled BRAVERY AND OP S. J. ANDERSON J. P.

MA LONE, E. S. Xioeb Tells How Collision Which Would Have Had Disastrous Results, Was Pr4 vented by Two Men, New (Decatur, Nov. 24. (Special.) S.

J. Anderson and J. F. Malone ara the heroes ot the hour on the Southern Railway between this point and Tub-cumbla. The story, which your correspondent learns Is vouched for by E.

8. Loeb ot No. 38 Sairre Street, Memphis, traveling for Llbby, MuConnell Llbby, Chicago. Mr. Loeb was seen at the Tavern -Hetel, and gave tha story in substantially these words: "I was a passenger on the westbound Southern train last Sunday afternoon, -leaving Decatur at 12:26.

"We were a little behind time, and were going Into Tuscumbia at the rate of forty miles an hour. The train was crowded with passengers, little dreaming that they were rushing to what would have been a horrible death, but for the bravery, coolness and quick ness of action of two men, 8. An- derson. a Southern engineer, and J. F.

Malone. a switchman In the yards at Tuscumbia. "Suddenly, as we ware nearlng Tuscumbia, and just rounding a curve, there was a terrible crashing and grinding of wheels, and the train cam to a standstill, and every window fcad a head in it Instantly. We saw two engines, close together, on tha -track: ahead of us coming at great several hundred yards distant Suddenly we saw a grbny-fmcea square- jawed fellow climb up over the ear of -the tender of the forward engirt, and falling and sprawling over hands and knees over the coal, diver into tha cab. Almost instantly both the flying engines began to slacken spaed, and came to a dead stand within only seventy Ove yards of where our train stood.

It all happened so quickly I can scarcely realise it I can remember experiencing the. most terrible sensations, and was preparing to throw myself headlong from the window, when at that instant I saw -Malone climb over the tender, and I realized that an awful catjaatrc-phe had been averted by the daring of a hero In overalls." Mr. Loeb then related what he afterward learned at Tuscaloosa regarding the way in which the accident occurred, and the way in which, as he said, "an awful catastrophe was averted." There had been a collision in the Tub- 1 cumbla. yards between the regular Florence train connecting at Tuscumbia with our train and a switch engine. Several people had been hurt one or two quite badly.

The engineer of the switch engine in soma way lest his head and failed to make a Bwitch. He reversed his engine and jumped, leaving it under full head of steam to start sack on the east grade. There was a switch east ot Tuscumbia which, it it could have been reached, wauld have allowed the wild engine, now gaining ten-Mo speed, to be ditched. But it whs too far away to be reached In time. Then, seeing the switch could not be reached, those brave men, S.

J. Anderson and J. F. Ma-lone, jumped aboard the engine waiting to relieve our engine, and started in pursuit of the wid switch engine. In the meantime, the operator telegraphed to the first telegraph station east of Tuscumbia to hold our train by all means, but we had already passed thut point.

Then began a race to save life. Those men kpew the only chance was a desperate one. That was to overtake the wild engine, one of tbem climb up on it and stop it before it reached our train. This was where the heroic work was done by Malone, As his engine drew near the switch engine, he climbed on the pilot of his own engine, drew up the long bar, und after three unsuccessful attempts, made the coupling and climbed over the tender of the switch engine, and as entered the cab and slopped it just iui the nick of time. To appreciate this man's coolness and daring, it must be known that all the time he was trying to couple the two engines he knew that our train was somewhere around the curve, how close he could not know.

and at any instant, shut in between those rushing iron monsters, he might be ground to atoms, I asked him what were his sensations while he was the big bar, trying to mttke it strike plumb in the draw-head. Ha said lie didn't have any, but was think ing ull the time If he would feel any thing if he should slip and fall be tween his own engine and tha one In front of hira." Mr. -Loeb said he did not learn all these things until he returned to Tus cumbia, else he would have made up a. hanikorat purse for the two mes among the (lassengeis on bis train. "At any rate," said ho, "the world should know of the heroism of both Ma'ona and Anderson." EXODUS TO TEXAS, Lawrence County Farmers Seek Homes in Lone Star State.

Couitland. Nov. 24. (Special.) A large number of persons l'ruiu this county are now leaving for Texas and the Indian Territory, where they will make their homes, bevural families have gone this week and others will follow in a few days. Tho short crops ot the past two years In tho mountain ous sections Hnd aluo the fact that there is no prospect of any of the great plantations In this section being divid ed into small farmu, which would enable many to buy their homes, is tha reason assigned for tho exodus.

H. O. Almon. Superintendent of Edu cation of Lawrence County, win conduct an examination for those desiring license to teach, in this county, thu first Mondav In at tne coun -house in Moulton. Mmiiir.n him revived Its municipal government and hns elected a full board if aldermen, a mayor aim A special tax will oe levieu mi mo properly holders of the town for the building up or me um.

The cotton buyers here say more cot- in. I belinr brought to this market this year than ever before. It Is cstl- muted that tne crop in mm very little, if any. s'lort of tho usual yield. LUVERNE PERSONALS.

Nov. 24. (Special. )-Mlss Mattle Duncan returnod lust night from Montgomery. Pennington rrom imy Ing her sister Mrs.

Ike Parks. A large nunnior oi jruu went over to the rnne nun ai igin Harris's Monday night. Th "Wllllne Workers" of the M. B. Church held a meeting last night at the Methodist Chtirrh.

Rev. S. Q. Y. Hay has been called as pastor of the Hof'lst Church for the next year.

P. W. FIST GROUPS THE COUNTIES OP THE STATE. Difficulties in Way of Proposed Arrangements Will Be Objections of Congressmen and tha Sis-position of Jefferson. By P.

W. Gist Washington, Nov. 24. (Special.) A' bit of figuring on the probable re-slonal Districts is Interesting at this time. A glance at the population of the districts as they stand at present will how the 'necessity for rearrangement The present population Is as follows: First District 181,781 Second 239,653 Third District 223.409 Fourth District 178.716 Fifth District 219,910 Sixth District 187,313 Seventh District 158,643 Eighth District 194,441 Ninth District 244,831 Two difficulties will confront any to so rearrange the counties as to group contiguous counties Into anything like evenly populated districts.

The first of these will be the Inevitable conflict of Interests between the present Congressmen, as It will be next to Impossible to prevent some two of them from being thrown into the same district. Another serious obstacle will be the unwillingness of counties to be placed In the same district with Jefferson, which must completely overshadow all other counties tacked on to It. An Alabamlan here, who Is acquainted with the geographical, political and material standing of the counties, gives the following arrangement as his Idea of a fair division. In his tables are given the counties, their population and their relative strength In future conventions: First District. Mobile 62,740 21 Baldwin 13,194 4 11,134 4 Clarke 27,790 9 Monroe 23.660 8 11.320 4 Choctaw 18.136 6 Wilcox 35,631 12 Total 203.6U 68 Second District.

Montgomery 72,047 24 Butler 25,761 9 Conecuh 17,614 6 Covington 15,346 6 Crenshaw 19.668 7 Pike 23,172 10 Coffee 20,972 1 200,480 68 Third District. Barbour 35,152 12 Bullock 31,944 11 Henry 36.147 12 Dale 19.096 6 Russell 27,083 9 Lee 31,826 11 Geneva 19,096 6 200,344 57 Fourth District. Marengo 38,315 Dallas 54.e57 Hale 31,011 Perry 31,783 Lowndes 35,651 Autauga 17,915 13 19 10 11 12 6 209,332 71 Fifth District Chambers 32,554 Elmore 26.099 Macon 23,126 Tallapoosa 29.675 Coosa 16.144 Chilton 16,622 21,647 Clay 17,099 Bibb 18,498 201,364 Sixth District. Franklin 36.511 Greene 24.182 Pickens 24.402 Tuscaloosa 36,147 Fayette 14.132 Lamar Marion 14,494 Sumter 32,710 Walker 25,162 203,984 Seventh District. Marshall 23.643 DeKalb 23,558 Cherokee 21.096 Etowah 27,361 Cullman 17.849 Cleburne 13,522 Calhoun 34.874 Talladega 35,773 197,078 Eighth District Lauderdale 26,559 Limestone 22,37 Madison 43,702 Jackson 30.508 Colbert 22,341 Lawrence 20,124 Morgan 28.820 Winston 9.554 Total 203,995 68 Ninth District Jeffersort 140,420 Shelby 2.1.6X4 St.

Clair 19.425 Blount 23,119 Totals 206,648 A careful review of these figures will show that for geographical location and equal population, this grouping is as near perfect as can be msde, and with possibly one or two exceptions, the political effect will be very desirable. in the First Dlstrlst. Mobile would have the prominence which her com mercial Importance demands, and the contests of the la'H two or three cam paigns would be relieved by the separation of Marengo. The geographical relation of the counties would be splendid and there would be unanimity of material Interests. In the Second District, Montgomery would have great power, needing only one mora county to give her control of the district: but her population would give her thlB power with any other grouping.

In all other respects, it would be an Ideal district. There would he so little change In the Third District that no opposition could be offered. 1 In the Fourth District would be grouped six counties of Industrial In terests commercially, while politically there could be no better arrangement of this territory, It would probably be the banner Democratic district at election time, while It would be the scene of soma masterly contests in conventions. In the Fifth would be a grouping mostly bill counties ot agricultural In gnv-B PASTELS 07 THE BLOODY CONTLICT. Dinner and Death.

No Usa Tor Chnce" A Splendid Bhot aad Remarkable Coincidence. Reminiscences. By James 2L Glenn. For The Advertiser. I was only a boy at the time ot the war," said a gentleman who resides in Mobile, "but remember many of its InoldenU and had two brothers in he Confederate Army, one of them un-JeY General Pickett My home was in ealem.

and while we did not have any Urge bodies of aoldlera or great battles there, there was some fighting by small bodies ot troops. I remember one day a party of Federal soldiers came through our town, and stopping at the different houes, ordered that "dinner be prepared for them at a certain hour. It was an order to be obeyed, whether the people want-ad to do so or not, and so at the various houses the c6oklng went on as raoldly as possible. It was a dinner, however, which the Yankees were not the time they came back into town and were ready to eat It, there was an alarm given, and It was seen that a number, of Confederates were coming. There was considerable firing, and then" here went the Federals through the streets, followed by our men In hot pursuit.

"Among others who had given orders fer dinner to be prepared was a federal colonel who had stopped at a house Just across the street from our bouse. He was eating his dinner there, which was tha Jiome of an officer In the Confederate Army, when he was told of the coming ot the Confeder- 'Never mind, said he, quietly, 1 am going to finish my dinner. and he kept on eating, while the pursuit drew pearer. "When the Confederates had nearly reached the house be rushed out, sprang upon his horse and away he went. He had a splendid horse, and as I watched him with his horse at full speed, and a number of our men in pursuit, and shooting at him as they went, it seemed to me that I had never seen a horse get over the ground so fast.

He waa not captured, and the new comers had only to sit down with a hearty welcome aid enjoy the dinners which they had nothing to do with ordering. "The Federals who had come through our town were later almost hemmed in, and at Hanging Rock, about four or jive miles from Salem, they bad a fight Their only means of escape there was a narrow passage between the mountains. There was a considerable fight to escape they threw away their baggage and blew up a caisson, the explosion killing and mutilating horribly several of their own men. After the fight, my father and I went to the place with others, and among the dead was the Yankee colonel who had waited to eat his dinner so close to our own home. He was shot through the abdomen." 1 "I've got do use for lots," said the old vet, as the smoke Curled up from 4)ls pipe, and the writer listened eagerly, for he seemed In a reminiscent mood, which often brings to the surface things which are worth remembering.

"I had an experience once In casting lots," he continued, "which was a dose enough to last me all the balance ot msr ute, ana lojager to. li vas w-wt were up in Tennessee, lighting around Lookout Mountain. "One night we had camped oh the battlefield, and had to move the dead bodies out of the way to make a place for our blankets. It was late at night before we could strike a camp, and we wanted some water, but all the canteens in our mess were empty. We got to discussing who should go after tome water, but nobody felt like vol unteertng.

The spring was about a mile down the mountain side, and there were a great many Yankee sharpshoot ers around, ready to pick oft all stragglers. None of the crowd wanted to go, and we decided to cast lots for it. As luck would have it, tha lot fell on me. I fell out with drawing lots right Ihere. "I took the canteens and started off in anything but a pleasant frame of mind.

The moon would shins nut bright and clear for a moment or two, and then go behind a cloud, only to appear a lew moments later. The Path I had to take waa steen and rough, and I saw a Yankee preparing to shoot me from behind every bush. I went on until the spring was reached and the canteens were tilled. Then an- umer mne had to be walked back to camg, and it was right up the side of the mountain. When I got there I was tired out.

and as the others had laid down, I threw down the canteens I had j-urnea, remarking, 'Here's your water, and liftlna one of crawled under It and was dropping off 'Say, Billy, said one of my mess wales, rouBing up. 'Do you know who aJJ." you are e'eeplng said I reKUlar bedfellow. I 'No, you are not, he replied, 'you are sleeping with a dead "I reached out and back the blanket then Inld mv kanrf u- head of my companion. It was cold in death. At that moment the moon came "ui.

ana I saw revealed a ghastly wound In his head. He had been killed In the battle that day and some one had placed a blanket under him and had covered him with another. Hence the mistake I had made. It did not take mo long to get from under there, and to my right place, but I shall never forget that trip to the spring and that Particular night spent among the dead upon tha battle field." In the town of Greenville there resides a very pleasant gentleman, Mr. y.

B. Dey. who enlisted' at sixteen years of age, belonging to the 1st Missouri. Battery A. He was In the battle of Big Black River, and later he came out of Vlcksburg, after Its capitulation, with the precious battle flag wrapped around his body, beneath his clothing, to prevent Its capture.

He was also a cannoneer at the battle of Grand Gulf, some distance below Vlcksburg, where the Federals attempted to make a landing before tha battle of the Big Black. Speaking of this to the writer upon one occasion, he said: "We were there with our battery of four Parrot guns, and with us was the battery of Captain Grayson of New Orleans. This consisted of five ship Suns, sixty and eighty-pounders. Seven Federal gunboats dropped down the river, their approach being heralded by a dense smoke and heavy firing as they swept around a bend of the river. They passed up ad down several times With heavy tiring1 on both sides.

"Two of our guns being disabled, we noved up and took charge of two of tha INTERESTING STATISTICS 07 THE NATUEAL EESOUECES. Report of Director of tha Geological Survey Shows That This State Has Hade More Progress Than Any' Other. Washington, Nov. 24. (Special.) The annual' report of the Director of the Geological Survey which is mow being prepared, will contain some interesting statistics with relation to the mineral products of Alabama.

Some ot these statistics are now obtainable and the totals for the calendar year of 1899 Indicate that Alabama has made greater progress in the development of her mineral resources than any of her sister States In the Union. The statistics given are based upon the replies of mining operators to Inquiries sent out by the director of (he Survey. The report shows that -the total coal product of Alabama in 1899 was short tons, with a Bpot value of $8,256,482. The production of coal In Alabama In 1899 exceeded that of the preceding year by 1,058,133 short tons, or 16.2 per cent. This Increase in product, noteworthy in Itself, was made comparatively insignificant by the Increase in value, which advanced from 4.932,776 In to $8,256,402, a gain Of $3,323,686, or about 67 per cent.

The operators in Alabama derived evident benefit from the "boom" in Iron trade, the average price per ton being obtained for the product in 1899 being $1.09, as against 75 cents in 1898. The Improvement in price was noticed in all the more Important producing counties, and was most pronounced In Jefferson County, where the price advanced from 69 cents in 1898, to $1.08 in 1899. Jefferson County is the largest coal-producing county In the State, contributing about two-thirds of the State's total. The product in Jefferson County increased 15 per cent, in 1899 over 1898, or in slightly less ratio than the total increase. The value of Jefferson County's product increased 81 per cent, as compared with 67 per cent, for the State, The price in Walker County increased from 80 cents in 1898, to 99 cents in 1899; InJJibb County the price advanced from 86 cents to $1.14, and in Tuscaloosa County from 90 cents to $1.23.

The tonnage won by machines in 1899 was less than that won by their use in 1898, although the number of machines in use Increased from thirty-seven to fifty-three. In two instances where a small amount of machine-mined product was reported, the machines were installed late In the year, one mine having its machine equipment in use only twenty days. One company reported that electric machines were being installed at the close of the year. Ot the machines in use in 1899, fltty-twjj were driven by air and one by electricity. The one electrical machine was of the "long-wall" pattern.

Of the 'fifty-two air machines, forty-one were "pick" or "punching" machines, ten were chain-breast machines, and one long-wall machine. The few instances of labor disaffection occurring in Alabama mines did not affect the industry as a whole. Strikes occurred in ten mines, throwing 1,255 men out of employment for an average of fifty-seven days. The total working time lost by the strikes amounted to 71,715 days, a little more than 2 per cent, of the total working time made the 13,485 men employed in the mines. The average tonnage per' day per man in 1899 was unusually larga, being 2.67 as compared with 2.44 in 1898, and 2.38 in 1897.

Alabama was third in the rank of iron producing States in 1899, the number of tons contributed being 2,662,943, this amount being 261,195 tons or 10.9 per cent, in excess of the quantity mined In 1898. Of the total product in 1899, 1,911,097 tons, or 71.8 per cent, was red hematite, and 751.846 tons, or 28.2 per cent brown hematite. Alabama occupies third position as a producer of red hematite, and second rank as a producer of brown hematite. Dr. William B.

Phillips, in an article in The American Manufacturer, states that in the construction of he water works tunnel through Red Mountain, near Birmingham, the various seams of Iron ore that are mined in the district were cut through below the orest of the ridge at a depth of 150 feet and the foot and hanging walls pene- iraiea. ne uppermost seam was the Ida seam, six feet in thickness; underneath it was twenty-five feet of lean ore and standstone; then the Irondale seam, three feet thick; then forty-one Itet ot red sandstone with sclate part ings; tnen the big seam, sometimes call-i ea the eureka or ishkooda seam. twenty-one feet thick; under this was reddish sandstone, and finally bluish slates and magnesian limestone to the base of the hill. Of these three seams the Ida Is not worked at all, the Iron- aaie is not womed southwest of Red Gap, and the big seam Is not worked northeast ot Grace's Gap, which Is four miles soutbwest of the tunnel. The Irondale seam, worked by the oiufs iron ana eieei company, northeast of Red Gap, affords the best soft red ore in the mountain, the average content of metallic Iron being about 62 per cent, but the alumina is also above the average for the district.

One of the companies in the district striving for a supply of soft red ore has undertaken to use the lower bench of the big seam below Grace's Gap. The upper ten feet have long since been re moved, and now the other part of the seam Is to be taken, although the me tallic iron will not exceed 40 Der cent. and the lime is very low. At the time of writing the article Dr. Phillips summarized the ore situation In the Birmingham district as follows: The cheap soft red ore.

carrying from 45 to 60 per cent, of Iron and compara tively iree rrom lime. Is nearly, exhausted; more and more of the limv ore which costs more to mine than to smelt. Is being used, and there Is a great and pressing demand for brown hematite ores to take the place of the soft red ores." Webster Balancer. Sir. Donahoo's Recollections.

Editor The In your issue of October 26th I read with great Interest, an article from J. M. Glenn, giving an account of the fights in "Mobile Bay." In most in stances (from my recollections of the events at this late day) I think his Information correct. But as he Is in a measure writing for' history and particularly that of Alabama, there Is an error In his article that I think should be corrected. He says that Blakely was evacuated on April which Is a mistake.

The little band of neros that defend ed Blakely would regret to see it go down in history that the place was evacuated. The facts are as follows, and my In formation Is not from any outside source, as I commanaea company 62nd Alabama Volunteers, and was present during the seige, our regi good air, quivering all over with excitement, and exclaiming to me, who was 'No. or the one to pull the lanyard to fire tha piece, 'Walt a minute, wait a minute, tlon't shoot yet, don't snoot yet, let me get a good alrar The next moment ha yelled, 'Flrel' I Jerked the lanyard, there was a roar from our gun, and the gunboat dropped out ot line and drifted oft down the river four or five miles, where it tied up at a landing. "A good A good yelled our boys when they saw the easel's engines stopped, 'It must have" gone through a porthole!" About six years after the war, I was in New York, and there met a friend, a young man whom I had known In my boyhood home in Missouri, before the war. He invited me around to take dinner) with him at a restaurant, and we began comparing notes.

Ha had enlisted In the Federal navy, had been on tha Iroquois, and later on the Hartford. "Said he, 'Were you at the siege of Vicksburgr "Yes." "'Were you down at the battle of Grand Gulf 7 "Yet, I was there too." said he, 'I had a close call there. I was on one of the gunboats which was In the engagement with the batteries on shore, and as we passed, a shot came tearing through one of the portholes, killed fifteen or sixteen men, wounded a number of others, and knocked us completely out ot tha fight Did you see "I suppose so," said laughing, "as I pulled the lanyard for that particular and then, after our separation of several years from the home of our childhood, we went on talking of various events of the war as brothers might have done." Mobile, Ala. DIED FROM WOUND. Reynolds Succumbs at Greenville Personal Notes.

Greenville, Nov. 24. (Special.) About two weeks ago a difficulty occurred between Dave Dickerson and 'T." Reynolds, when several shots were fired by both men. Dickerson was very slightly wounded In the hand and Reynolds received a bullet In his side which entered the abdomen. From this wound he died yesterday morning.

The shooting of Reynolds by Dickerson Is said to have been entirely in self-defenBe, which was adult ted by the wounded man, and he asked that Dickerson be not prosecuted for the offense. Reynolds was drinking and after cursing and striking Dickerson with his pistol, shot at him twice. Dickerson told him several times to put up his pistol; that he did not want to kill him, but he would not do so and Dickerson fired the ball which has proved fatal. Immediately after the shooting Dickerson gave himself up and was released on bond. A.

M. Scott, Grand Masonic Lecturer, was here for several days this week, and assisted in the initiation and raising of four of Greenville's best young men to the degree of Master Mason. Mr. Scott's visit revived the lodge here, and aroused much enthusiasm among all the members. Thanksgiving day will be observed by a union service, at the Methodist Church Thursday next.

Appropriate decorations will be placed about the altar, and beautiful music will be rendered by the choir. Rev. J. T. Man-gum, the gifted and popular young pastor, will occury the pulpit.

The pupils of the Baptist Sunday School will have a special service tomorrow evening. The children's ser vices which are held there at Intervals are so mtateouns fcuov wen conducted that large audience Is always as sured. Rev. L. M.

Bradley will preach by special invitation at Brewton tomor row morning, and his pulpit will be fill ed by Rev. T. J. Porter of Ft. Deposit.

Mrs. G. H. Flowers of Andalusia is visiting relatives here. Major T.

Garrett, formerly of Green vllle, but for some years a resident of Washington, D. has been a welcome guest of friends and relatives several days- Mrs. Claude E. Hamilton is visiting her old home at Baton Rouge, La. V.

J. Hudson of Mobile spent the last two days here. Rev. J. T.

Mangum will preach at Forest Home tomorrow morning, but will return In time to fill his pulpit here at the evening service. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Beeland enter tained In honor of their niece. Miss Ella Frailer, Tuesday evening. The devotees of Terpsichore enjoyed a german at the City Hall, Thursday evening, led by TfM. Richardson and Miss McKenzle. A score or more participated in the dance, and the evening was cnarmingiy spent.

BCOTTSBOBO EVENTS. Daring Atttempt to Break Jail Was Thwarted. Scottsboro, Nov. 26. (Special.) J.

G. wiiKerson ot Manchester, and A. M. Young of Wartrace, prominent middle Tennessee bankers, were here yesterday figuring on buy ing the Jackson County bank. They did not buy that bank but they con template starting a new bank here at once.

They will have associated with them a well known ex-Probate Judge or this county. Samuel Bynum, son of I. N. Bynum, died at his home near Tupelo, Tuesday, after a protracted illness from dysentery. The cable to be used- by the Telephone Company in crossing the Ten nessee River has arrived here.

As soon as the line is completed from this place to Fort Payne, Scottsboro will have direct communication with Chattanooga and other business centers. The county delivered to the new National Bank of Columbus, Ohio, yester day, $18,000, additional road bonds and received the money for the same from representative of the bank who is here. This makes a total of 193,000 worth of bonds that have been sold. The money derived from the sale of bonds yesterday is to be used In the upper end of the county. David Jacks, aged so years ana miss Victoria Jacks of 62 summers, were married at Winchester, last Thursday.

It was a gretna green affair. Joa Hall, son or joeian uau, one of the best known farmers In this sec- tlon. died last Tuesday at nts nome near Larkln. A darlna attempt was made nere yes terday by the prisoners to break jail. They had sawed through a large steel plate and were on tne eve or escaping when the snerilt aiscoveraa hi nlped It In the bud.

Logical. Chicago Tribune. "You're only naif-way up ui. hoarsely whispered the burglar who was to stay outside and watch. "You've got to climb to the second- story window." "I'll climb up to that seeona wmaer.

breathlessly whispered Btll'in response, "w'en I git my second forts to solve the problem. POPULIST WON OUT. B. P. Pate Declared Sheriff of Geneva County Black Will Hold.

Geneva. Nov. 24. (Special.) 'No vember 12th the contest case between B. F.

Pate, contestant, and G. Black, contestee. for the office of Sher iff, was called in the Probate Court by Ed Roach. Judge. Over 300 witnesses had been summoned, and more than 200 were examined during the trial which lasted ten days.

Pate Is a Pop ulist and Black is a Democrat The trial was watched with great Interest bv both sides. The court decided In favor of the contestant, Pate, finding that Black was ineligible to the oflic at the time of the August election, and also that Pate received a majority of the legal votes. Black has taken an anoeal. and will hold the office pend ing the appeal. The bill of exceptions contains fifty closely typewritten pages.

The decision of the case by the highest tribunal will be awaited with great in terest each side being confident of victory in the end. Geneva will soon be a railroad town. Track laying on the Alabama and Flor ida reached Pea River this week. short halt will be made there, for the purpose of completing the Iron work of the bridge, after which the laying of the track will be pushed through to this point. The prospects now are that we will have a train by the first of January, as the grading is about com pleted, and most of the grading con tractors have left.

The fourth quarterly conference ot the Methodist Church was held by Pre siding Elder Roberts Sunday night. All assessments were reported paid or In sight. Steps are being taken to organize National Bank at Geneva, with a cap ital of $25,000. Nearly all of the cotton in this section nas been marketed and the farm ers are in good spirits, expecting to plant heavily next year. A corps of surveyors Is making the preliminary survey of a proposed rail road from St.

Joe, on the Gulf, via Hartford to Dothan. PILED SUIT FOR 10,000. Arthur Nast Has a Complaint against the Louisville Nashville. Huntsvllle, Nov. U.

(Special. )Ar thur East of Cullman County has, through his attorneys, filed suit in the United States Court agalrot the Louisville and Nash vllle Railway for $10,000 damages. East alleges that he was riding on a freight train, having paid his fare to a brake-man, when another brakeman ap proached him, assaulted him with coupling pin and compelled him to jump from the train. He fell under the wheels and both legs were cut off. Babe Wilburn, who shot John Chll dress, city marshal of Gurley, has cm ployed counsel and will make a stub born defense.

Wilburn's friends claim that he approached Childress and told him to defend himself before Wllburu began to shoot. This is contrary to the evidence of Childress's friends who claim that Wilburn fired on him from behind. Childress, at last reports, was recovering from the effects of his wounds. Superintendent A. W.

Hunking, who built and equipped the Merrimack Mill near this city, has returned to Lowell Mass. His labors here are finished. and the mill is in full operation. Contractor G. W.

Stegall will begin the erection of thirty-five cottages for the Lowe Cotton Mill Monday. A con tract for painting the cottages has been awarded to WlMiam Rice. TWO PERSONS KILLED. Path of Storm Deflected Down Indian Creek Valley. Florence, Nov.

24. (Special.) A farmer living on Indian Creek in Ten nessee, forty miles northwest of this city, reports two persons killed and a large number Injured In the cyclone of Tuesday night. The cyclone dipped in its path after leaving Laflrange, and was deflected down the Indian Creek Valley. Fences, houses, barns and trees were plied up and the des truction wns very heavy. A very large loss of live stock is reported.

The Indian Creek valley Is one of the richest In the State and is very thickly In habited. Rev. J. O. Rust of Nashville Is con ducting a series of meetings at the Baptist Church in this city, assisted by the pastor, licv.

Richard Hall. Dr. Hust is an able exponent of th scrip tures and his strmons are attracting a good deal of attention and law, crowds are In attendance. Much inter est Is being manifested in thu meeting. Judce Thomas li.

Koulhan of bhef field and Rev. Henry Klngham of this city are organizing a party to visit the lower end of Coloert County where three sepulchre's are located. These peculiar remains of an extinct race are supposed to belong to a prehistoric race before the mound builders and were probably Inhabitants of this con tinent before the Pyramids of Egypt were built. The sepulchres are hewn out of the solid rock on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River. The party will take along a photograph outfit and secure pictures of the relics for the Smithsonian Institute.

Judge Roulhuc possesses one of the best collections of Indian relics In the State and has collected some valuable relics of the more recent Indian tribes, consisting of arrow heads, war clubs, skinners, axci, spear heads, pottery, beads and other things are found In the mounds of the mound builders X. of Entertain. Flnmaton. Nov. 24.

(Special.) Escambia Lodge No. 170, Knights of Pythias of Flnmaton gave to Its members and friends an oyster supper Wednesday nlght'Whloh was largely attended, all enjoying addresses by a few members of the lodge. Oytrs were served In evory style. After supper many-participated in a dance that last, ed until the "wee sma" hours of the morning. It in the bay.

and on that frail craft embarked for Tracy and liberty. We soon found that it would not support us both and as I was a good swimmer, I was the one to disembark. We reached Tracy in safety after being In the water for two hours or longer. The water was very cold and we were nearly exhausted. Mr.

Glenn has probably got dates confused In that we left Mobile on the night of April 11th, 1865. Colonel Huger, Captain W. C. Ward of Birmingham, and others still in Alabama will bear me out in the above. Respectfully, William M.

Donahoo. PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH ENORMOUS VALUE OF COTTON CROP THIS YEAR. The Yield Will Bring the Planters to $500,000,000, Against $300,000,000 Last Year. Baltimore, Nov. 24.

(Special.) The South's cotton crop this year will be worth from $450,000,800 to $500,000,000 against an average of $300,000,000 of late years an increase of from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000. Including the seed, the value of the cotton crop will exceed $500,000,000. Elaborating these facts, The Manufacturers' Record says: "Southern mills will consume probably 1,750,000 bales, against 1,500,000 bales last year. This cotton, which will cost Southern mills about $75,000,000 to $80,000,000, will in its manufactured shape be worth more than $225,000,000, thus adding $150,000,000 In the process of manufacture. To this add an estimate of as the value of cotton seed oil, nulla, and it Is found that the cotton crop will this year yield to the South the following: Cotton and seed $500,000,000 Added value of cotton manufactured in the South 150,000,000 Value of oil and hulls, cake, for feeding 100,000,000 $750,000,000 "This is one of the many stones this one being worth $750,000,000 forming the foundations for the South's busi ness structure." This addition to the wealth of the South, while primarily adding to the comfort of the cotton growers, will un doubtedly find its way directly and in directly Into the channels of manufact uring, which will stil further contribute to Southern prosperity.

There are indications of this in the Industrial an nouncements of the past week. There have been comparatively few new pro Jects mentioned in the textile liiu, but there is activity in the completion of new buildings and enlargement it lung established plants, while in other lines many new projects are considered. This seems to be the case especially with regard to flour mills, plans for which have been made at Myers, Ash-wood, Belvldere, Front Royal; Maysville. W. and Aldridge, Texas.

An indication of the increasing interest in wheat-growing for local con sumption In the South and for export. Among the other industries mentioned are roofing works at Birmingham, a rounary at Louisville, a pants factory at Mayfield, car nage and wagon factory at Nleholas- ville, linseed oil mill at New Orleans, furniture factory at Shreveport, match factory at Hagerstown, carbonizer factory at Havre de Grace. to make machines to ex tract wood alcohol and acid from saw dust; an acid phosphate plant at Jackson, an ice factory at Port Gibson a woodworking factory at Greensboro, a saw mill to manufacture bee-hives, washboards, at Morgan-ton. N. a furniture factory at Union.

S. grain elevator at Nashville; an asphaltum refining plant at Chatta- nooga; and an Increase In the capacity of a paper box factory at Knoxville; a furniture factory at Brownsville; a fur niture factory at Knoxville, a Bhirt factory at El Paso; an ice factory at Benham; a lumber mill at Kennard, Texas; a cemefit mill at Glade Springs: shirt factory at Hampton; an enlargement of a shipbuilding plant at Rich mond. at Jacksonville, a com pany has been formed for the establishment of a baking powder factory, and st Pensacola a company has been formed to conduct a general shipbuilding business. The railroads of the South are feeling the effects of activity in Industry and agriculture, and are responding to It in Improvements and extensions. This seems particularly the case In Texas, though Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Arkansas and South Carolina are also enjoying such new benefits.

M'KINLEY A GUEST. Wedding of Daughter of Former Postmaster General Gary. Baltimore, Nov. 24. President Mo- Klnley was a guest at the wedding of Miss Lillian Gary, daughter of the former Postmaster General, to Robert Coleman Taylor of New York, which took place here today.

With the Pres ident were Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock, Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith. Secre tary Wilson and Miss Wilson, and other notable personages.

Th wedding ceremony took place at the home of Former Postmaster Gen eral James A. Gary on Linden Avenue at noon. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left for a tour through the South.

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