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PROGRESSIVE CITIES.
There is no city in North Carolina
which has sprung into life and mag-r
nitude like Birmingham and Annis-;
ton, and some otherj young cities in
t,he iron and coal belt ot Alabama,
j'lgorgia and Tennessee, which the
i ton furnaces have called into ex ist
nce as if by magic, but, while this
is' so there are in North I Carolina
several cities which show marvelous
growth and give promise of becom-:
jng great industrial centres in the
near future. Asheville's grbwth with
in the past ten years has' been re
markablc, so has Charlotte's, Ra
leigh's, Durham's, Reidsville's, and
I - : - . ' ! ;
other places -which jwe could men-tion,-while
Fayetteville and Greens
boro have taken on new life and are
looking to an industrial future which
even the most sanguine would not
have dared to hope for a few years
:-'- ; ; r I ...it .
But perhaps the most remarkable
nstance of the rapid! growth of. an
unpretending couhtyjseat with a few
jiousesmto a prosperous andi pro
gressive city within a decide and a
half, without any boom, but- simply
by thrift and business enterprise is
Winston
i
shown by Winston or
Salem,, for' the two icities
are now
practically one, which isj
coming to the front as one
rapidly
f the
. . -
reading cities ot the State; with a
future-as bright and full ofj premise
before her as her most hopeful citizen
could ask for. She is to-lay one af the
largest tobacco manufacturing cen
tres in the United States and has more
tobacco factories in operation per-
hdns than anv other one place in the
bnited States, every Vear adding to
the lumber. She manufactures now
from ten to. twelve millions pcunds
ot h at, nine-tentns;ot wriicrj is
oii her own warehouse floors
sold
and
'raiskl in 'the' country .(tributary'" .to
her.
She don't make a pound
that
she kloesn't sell, and which is not the
-.ear,
' it i
valent of so much cash the
hour
boxed. Her markets reach from
iAIaine to Texas, and
westward to
Utah. This . industry
represents
millions of dollars. Her people
are
workers, however Jarge t
heir incomes
may be, and herein, with their
pro-
grcssiveriess, lies their success
and
. the secret
of, the
city's
steady
don't
' a'rutt . ramd growth. : JWe
belijeve that within the corporate
I ' a ' ; .-1 I
; limits of the Twin City, as
Winston
and Salem are sometimes called an
i idle white man, a man without some
useful occupation, could be feund,
andjthe young men are taught and it
is impressed upon them by example
than to work is not only honorable,
but that a man must work, with head
it. . - i . j
oj hand to be respectable., i ;
: Untilwithin the past year( she has
been dependent on one avenue of en
try and egress by rail, ithej branch
road from Greensboro, but the cjom-
nletibn of the R'oanoke & Southern
section to Walnut Cove making con
nection with the Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley gives her another and a
competing highway for "travel and
her freights, which are immense.
I The extension of the North West
era road which by June 'will reach
Wilkesboro, sixty miles westward,
wijl eventually in all likelihood go
to J onesboro, l ennesse, or ; some
other point, to connect with the
Western system of roads, for i : is
hot going to run into the ground at
Wilkesboro. 'This will out her on a
trunk line to the great west( conn ;ct
mg with Cincinnati and other West
ern cities. -;''-'. . . '.
The Richmond and Danville Com
pany which controls the North Wesr-
crn running on to Wilkesboro is
pushing another road through Davie
County southward to connect at
Salisbury with the Western road, or
at Gastonia . with the Atlanta (Air
Line, which" will give her another
outlet South, - 1 j . f
( The same company is surveying a
ine from Danville, Va. to j Winstjon,
yvhich if constructed will connect
h'ith. its line how being rextended
jsouthward through Daviel giving her
another trunk line, to become a great
highway of travel north land south
The Roanoke & Southern complC'
ted to Walnut Cove, in Stokes coun
ty,. ancT being : rapidly Bushed to
Roanoke, -Va., will give her another
r i Hne north, and when this line is ex-
.! : tended southward, which it will be,
!l will give .another trunk line high
j uurtn ana soutn. inis means
- : mat she is to become in the near jfu-
l , ture a great railroad centre; and with
The Week i , y Star. " -
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VOL. XXI.
such a people to be a railroad centre
means to be a grjeat industrial centre,
also. '!.". .' 5'; ) .","- j
" That they have confidence in her
future is evidenced by j the progres
sive movements in pastj years, when
a fine school system, jwater works
and electric light plant were estab
lished, and especially j within the
past few months,-in th erection of
fine ; buildings, ' increased banking
facilities, establishing j an electric
street railway system, the organiza- j
tion of a company to build a mag
nificent hotel, extending j the streets
and opening up. what was, a short
while ago, suburban woods into city
lots, Which are being rapidly bought
and built up, an increase of indus
tries, with apopulation numbering
now, it is thought, about fifteen thou
sand.' " j '
This is one of the hvl, solid, pro-'
gressive cities which the iron rail
now connects with Wilmington,
whose people and her people are
drawn nearer together, vhose busi
ness intercourse will grai r. with each
year, and we trust prove mutually
pleasant arid, profitable, j Her busi
ness men showed the ia :erest they
'i . i i .
take j in Wilmington by the large
number of representatr e citizens
who came to participate in the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley ic elebration".
STATE TOPICS.
A Land Improvement
Company
has been organized in " Winston with
a capital stock subscribed
to improve
suburban property. It has secured
possession of two hundred j acres on
the western border of the ci ty through
which it is proposed toj :xtehd the
streets, a twenty-acre t act being
reserved for the erection bf a hotel
which will cost $100,000! The com
pany is composed ' of jth s Winston
Electric Light and Motor pompany
and citizens, who have tajcerj stock
in sums ranging from 10,000 ! to
$500. j The ste selected is ane of the
most attractive sections iboutthe
city, being -well elevated land com
manding a fine view of the surround
ing country. The Twin-;Ciiy is push
ing to the front: I 1 ' I
The gentleman whom Miss Win
nie.-Davis is to wea, as reported,
Alfred Wilkinson, : of Syracuse, N.
Y., is a grandson of the! great aboli
tionist, Samuel J. May It is said
that he became acquainted with her
through the spirit with which he;re-
sented the coolness with which she
was treated on her first
visit to that
some of the
shu was the
:own a few years ago by
society people because
daughter of the President of the
1
Confederacy.
He is a 1;
wyer 28
years of age.
The Republicans in tn
Ohio
Legislature, taking advantage of the
absence of some Democratic mem
bers, tried to defeat a motion to cor
rect the Journal by refraining from
voting, to prevent a quorum! But the
Speaker, following Speaker Reed's
example, counted thenij as present
and declared the motion.
carried. He
thought if that was a good ruling1 in
the House !of Representatives, the
t r
Republicans ought to consider , it
good in the Ohio House ofj Repre
sentatives. !
A Republican contemporary tries
to deceive its readers, by! saying that
this "Republican Congress had to
yote $72,000" to make good ; th
steal pf Congressmen V salaries by
Doorkeeper Silcott. It) didn't have
to do any such thing. It diA it be
cause it wanted to do it,:and because
the men who lost the money through.
their own carelessness determined to
make the people pay it back
Chancellor Von Caprivi has for
bidden his officials to furnish com-
munications to the newspapers. He
is starting out wrong. If he.expects
to succeed iii business hie must pat
ronize the newspapers.! He! should
look over into Russia and sefe what a
mess the Czar has made of his af
fairs by undertaking to. run things
without tne assistance cm tne news
papers. ' ' h
An Ohio nephew of Senator Ed
munds, of Vermont, has just been
allowed a pension running pack to
1802, because he was hifj witri a piece
of shell and his hip has fperished
away." The old man may come in
after awhile on the ground that he
has lost his hair fighting the; Demo
crats. ' . j
Mr. E. B. Taylor, Republican, in
Congress, wants us to wait a thou
sand years and see what the Lord
was going to do for the colored bro
ther. WelL if we can't find ?out be
fore that we suppose we'll nave to
wait, if Mr. Ihgalls,. ' Chandler & Co.z
can t hurry tne i.ora up a xitue, ;
' j The boss of the starch factory
trust took the starch ouit of an- inter
viewer the other day by curtly in
forming him that the starch trjust was
a private enterprise with which the
public had nothing to dx
. I .;.!
There is. a man'outJ west some
where named Damit.' Ie is the man
the Republican politicians out there
havi been talking so much' about
since the late elections
Justus Schwab, one of the fiercest
anarchistsxif NewlYork,has accumu-
. - . , f ii . -
lated some property selling beer to
other anarchist, and now is not in
favor of dividing at all. They . are
anarchists until they get something
and then they don't anarch worth a
cent. ' '- 1 ; 3 ;
When the Prince of Wales who was
invited to a banquet recently in Lon
don was infbrmed that the membefs
of the press would' be dined, apart, he
remarked that he would dine apart
too. He insisted upon being consid
ered as respectable as the press.
The "purification of politics is an
iridescent dream," remarks Mr. In
galls. j It will surely be with such
sweet-snented specimens as Ingslls
bobbing up in the leadership.
WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY.
Reoorts of Committee Home Missions An
Interesting Discussion on ' the Tithe
Question Other Hatters.
Wilmington Presbytery met at 9 a. m.
yesterday. Several ruling elders pre
sented themselves and were enrolled.
.' Alter- a Half hbu? ofdevotional xe
cises, Presbytery took up the routine
business, and the Moderator announced
:he standing committees.
An overture on the subject of the
status of ruling elders, under circum
stances stated in the overture, was re
ferred tb the Committee on Bills and
Overtures. - i
The principal feature of the morning
session and to which the time was main
'. y devoted, was the report of the Com
mittee on Home Missions. The report
mapped out a line of aggressive work,
nd urged it with zeal and earnestness,
and was heard with great pleasure,
the Presbytery now contributes about
seven times as much in this work as it
did some four years ago. The report
v ras adopted .-j- . i
In, the' attemoon a- very interesting
discussion on the tithe resulted in the
adoption by (the Presbytery of the re- ;
port of jthe committee on the subject.
The report declares; the Christian rule
of beneficence to be found in I Cor.
Ip: 2. The Church can make no law for
her members that j the Head of the
Church has not ordered; still the larger
pjrivilege of the New Dispensation de
mands a fuller consecration, and there
ae many whose privilege it is to give in
lajrger proportion than the tithe. It
rrjakes it the duty of 1 pastors and ses
sibns to impress this principle of liber
ality upon all under their charge.
I An important paper looking to sim
plifying the plan of contributions in the
churches and increasing the amounts
contributed was adopted.
Mr. George M. Matthews, after due
examinations, was taken under care; of
Presbytery as a candidate for the gospel
ministry, fromjBladenboro church, i.
A call for the pastoral services of Rev.
A, McFadgen was placed in his hands
and accepted by him. j
Wilmington Presbytery assembled
at 9 a. m.
The report of Rev. Dr. B. F. Marable
on Education awakened an animated
difcussion of that subject, and brought
out some very practical thoughts. The
report was adopted. ; l .
Foreign Missions, on the report of
Rev. J. W. Primrose, gave the opportu
nity, which was duly : taken advantage
of, and some excellent and soul-rending
addresses were made, j!
he venerable Dr. Chas. F. Deems,
pastor of the Church of the Strangers of
New York citv. casuallv droDoed in and
waii heartily invited to sit as a visiting
brother. Dr.j Deems, in responding, in
very touching terms referred to times
when he was a pastor; in this city.
Rev. K. McDonald and Ruling Elder
T. p. Currie were elected delegates to
thej General Assembly; Rev. A. McFad
yenj and Elder I. JR. Faison, alternates.
The Committee on the Narrative .on
the State of Religion in the bounds of
the Presbytery reported encouragingly.
Oak Plain Church is to be the place
of the next meeting, and Thursday be
fore the third Sabbath in October the
time. .; -
The Presbytery adopted .the Revised
Directory, with the request that' the
forms for burial tind marriage be separa
ted jtherefrom and recommitted for per
fection. .(;' ;..''. ' ,
. Very little of Importance remains to
be done, and the Presbytery will ad
journ to-night. t .. .
' NAVALf STORES.
Comparative Statement' of Receipts and
j . Qtocks at this Port.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
sincp the beginning of the crop year
from April 1st to April 18th as com
pared with "receipts for the same time
last (season are as follows i
Spirits turpentine, 1,158 casks;, last
year, 957. Rosin, 16,930 barrels; last
year, 12.134. Tar, 4,034 barrels; last
yeai, 6,397.: Crude turpentine, 405
barrels; last year, 228. . j ji . f
Stocks at this port April 18th, as com
pared w jth stocks at same date last year
are as follows : ; i
Spirits turpentine,, 1,269 casks"; last
year, 241. Rosin, 14,359 barrels; last year,
59,515. Tar, 4,067 barrels; last year,
8,933. Crude turpentinej 1,154 barrels;
last year, 268. '-'...'' j J
Cotton Receipts,. Etc. ; . I
Receipts of cotton for the week ended
yesterday, were 46 bales; against receipts
tne corresponding week last year ot 251
bales. Receipts for the Crop year, up to
and including yesterday, 132,538 bales;
tor ?ame time last season, 151,021; show
ing a decrease of 18,483 bales as com
pared with last year. j j
The stock at this port, lis 5,316 bales;
at same date last year, 2,527 bales.
Matters in Edgecombe. ;
A correspondent of the Star writes:
! The Superior Court of Edgecombe is
in session this week, Judge T. B. Wo
mack presiding. This is his first visit tb
this place and he is liked very much by
the people. j I - '
Yesterday, Prince Ijjrown was tried for
his life for killing Jho. Early, a white
man!,1 He was sentenced this morning to
be hanged on Thursday, the 22d of next
May. It is said his counsel will take an
appeal. . .
WILMINGTON, N.) C, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1$90.
RAILROAD CELEBRATION
SECOND DAY OF THE ENTERTAIN-
, 1 ! MENT.
Excursion to
Eoast at
the ' Hammocks Oyster
Ocean View-jThe ,
Banquet, Etc. I .
The second day of the entertainment
opened, as did jthe day befojre, with a
cold, drizzing rain, but neithef the Wil-
mingtontans nor their guests allowed
this to interfere at all with the pleasures
of the occasion. Our friends had come
to enjoy' themselves, and the j-were de
termined to have a good time, rain or
shine, and as; far as we wete - able to
judge they carried out their determina
tion to the fullest extent.
The first part of the programme for
the day was an excursion tcf Wrights
ville and the! Hammocks. The .trains
carried down between 400 and 500
persons,' who greatly enjoyed such
novelties, as an oyster roast,, a ride
on the switchback and theiight of old
ocean. The oyster roast fuirnished by
Mr. R. B. Humphrey at the Hammocks
was the feature of the day. jMr. Hum
phrey told us - he had prepared for the
occasion by securing 115 busaels of oys
ters. When the tram left at
h?4f-past 3
o'clock he had about fifteen
or twenty
bushels left. : We give this as
a fact to
show that this part of the entertainment
was enjoyed to the fullest extent bv our
guests. . ':,
By 9 o'clock about seveiji hundred
persons, prominent citizens cjf our , city
and their invited guests, assembled at
the banquet hall to partake of the
good cheer that had been prepared for
them by the manager of The Orton.
It is beyond our power, to do full
justice to this banquet, jlhe hall
which had been selected fpr the oc
casion was most beautifully decorated
with gay flags and bright bunting, and
lighted by a dozen on mdre electric
lights. Among the flags ujsed in the
decorations were the national colors of
Denmark, Germany, Italy, Austria and
England. The tables were
beautifully
evergreens.
decorated with flowers and
The ten Ions: tables were "most bOunte
ously ladened with edibles of
all kinds
and the parties present , did
to the occasion. I
fiull justice
Against the iwall on one sn
ide of the
room was the band stand.
Opposite
that was the stand
occupied) by J. H.
Currie, toast master. Back
table on a dais.: at which
of this a
sat many
prominent men, including Major C. M
Stedman, Mayor Fowler, Col. AJ M.
Waddell, Mr. G. W. Williams, . of our
city, and the following guests: Messrs.
W. F. Carter. W.j A. Moore.jof Mount
Airy; W. A. Lash.) D. W. C. Benbow,
D. F. Caldwell, of Greensborb; Col. K.
M. Murchison, of
New Yiork; Col.
Wharton J. Green,
Mr. T. Hi Myrover,
of Fayetteville; Ho
Alfred M. Row-
land; Messrs. A
T. C. Renshaw.
Pope, W. Fjullon and
The proceeding of the evening were
begun with a blessing invoke by Rev.
Colin Shaw of, Duplin county and after
those present had supplied! the de
mands of "that lit :le gentleman who
will be heard" , the li terary feist of the
day began and was most j pleasantly
presided over by the toast-master, Mr, J.
H. Currie:
The speech of welcome was made by
Col. Alfred M. Waddell who laid: . '
Col. A.' M. Waddell delivered the ad
dress of welcome, and said ; f .
Gentlemen As
the essential ele-
ment of a cordial welcome consists rather
in deeds than words,
and as ypu are here
to hear a great deal
of eloquence this
evening from various sourcesj my words
will be few. The chief regrjet that we
have now, and the regret w will expe
rience when we part 1 with yofi, has been
that the chairman of our committee on
arrangement has been a little unfortu
nate in making his arrangement with
the clerk of the weather this week,
but I want ' to say byj way of
apology for him that he . was not
selected because it was supposed that he
had any familiarity with things above or
anything above. Npbody would have
accused him of that. But e was cho
sen exclusively for his pers4nal beauty
and for profound acquaintanjee with the
virtues of Rock Spqng watr. That is
what they call it down here! If any of
you have been with him he will certainly
bring you back again. I
It may seem a little strange to some
people, my friends, that we instead of
greeting you with this welome when
you first arrived, have postponed it until
you are almost ready jto leavf us, but it
is a peculiarity of the people if Wilming
ton that the longer their gufests remain
with them the more 'welcortie they are,
and we are only taking occasion this
evening tb tell you how glaid we are to
see you. I assure you that jve are sin
cerely glad to see you and toj extend our
hospitalities to you, and woiild be even
more sincere if possible if I tild you that
we will be perfectly delightjed if each
and every one of you jwill gei his sisters,
his cousins and his aunts, anq all his peo
ple, and will come back an3 stay with
us permanently; and 1 woald suggest
that if you do not hs.ve any sisters or
cousins or aunts, then bring somebody
else's, and we will be equally glad to see
them. And we can show ycju amongst
our markets, the finest and largest mar
ket for baby carriages on tha South; At
lantic coast. I
The people of Wilmington this even
ins: are realizing the dreams ot thei
fathers in the establishment of direct
communication I with I that part ot our
State from which we havej long been
separated, and to the people of which
our city has been and is jbut a name
without significance. WTe do not wish
this to continue.; We greet tyou on this
great occasion .with our heart to our
home. This great- railroad! the com
pletion of which we celebrate to-night
and in which we rejoice, ought to have
been the first railroad built in North
Carolina, and I verily believe! if that had
been the case, the entire commercia
and industrial establishment? of this city
would have been different fforri what it
has been, and would, have ibeen more
honorable to our-civilizatin. If that
road had been built then it would have
established that; oneness of spirit' and
possibly that wholeness of afcommunity
ot interests among the people which
serve best to establish a I great citv,
.That was the dream of ourj forefathers
to-which l a moment ago tlluded. It
was a hope based upon a grand idea
They were not influenced tb establish.
that road which was their dfeam by any
mere desire to do something that will
i i t i . . i i i' .i
ue oenenciai to inemseives ana me
community in which they live, but it
was an idea much grander than that in
its sweep, and took 'into consideration
the great j i State whose people If were
united commercially and independently,
and with whom they desired intercom
munication: They desired, too, to! have
a seaport bf their own, by which j .they
could exchange their products for the
products of other countries without
taking it outside of their own borders.
1 heir idea was to make that the initial
enterprise,; the very basis of develor-
micul ui our industrial system, tne DacK
bone of our transportation system; this
road from which the city now hopes ; to
reap reward. Unfortunately the execu
tion : of their plan was beyond their
means and they were compelled l to
see their products taken by other routes
out bf our State and enrich the pedple
of other States. . Buteentlemen. the
backbone has been inserted at last, and
I believe that a new energy has been fen!
fused Into the industrial interests of the
State. In thel completion of this great
road we are indebted to the pluck, the
vimthe help and the enterprise of one
who sits there, the President of the
road, whose modesty is only exceeded
by his merit, who tries vainly to appear
to be-venerable, and who has even dyed
i : t- i t -. - i . . .
uis wiusKcrs wnue in oroer 10 conceal
his youthfulness; but, gentlemen, we
cannot be deceived by any disguise even
of that sortj or lead away from the fact
that he is one to stand in , the foremost
rank of the men of enterprise and ener
gy and spirit. On his shoulders rests
the mantle of John M. Morehead who
was the pioneer of railroads in
North Carolina, and- worthily he
wears that mantle. It only tor him
and bis associates who have jpuildedthis
great work, may they receive the re
wards which they so heartily deserve.
The people of this city, gentlemen, have
exhibited their faith in the work by giv
ing $150,000 to it. The whole debt bf
the city of Wilmington except a trifle
consists in bonds given for the construc
tion of railroads in North Carolina. Her
first exhibition of that spirit was given
when the Wilmington & Weldon Rail
road was built, which at that time was
the longest railroad in the world but
one, and this town subscribed to the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad a sum
greater than the entire assessed valua
tion of every foot of real estate in it.
She has from that day to this aided by
generous contributions to every railroad
that has come into or passed through
her borders. . ! s;
Gentlemen. I said my words were gor
ing to be few and I have to apologizej.
I tin not want to wearv vcu with an exl
pression of our sentiments on this occa
sion. On behalf of all the people of
Wilmington il extend to you a cordiaj
welcome, and 1 i trust that by our united
efforts from the mountains to the sea we
may be able to: stimulate the industrial
progress of our State, and place her in
that position I in which God and nature
intended she should be. i
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Mr. J. H. Myrover, of Fayetteville. in
reply to the address ot welcome said: i
Mr. Chairman: I feel that you will
pardon me a word personal ma king in-;
dulgence in that I interrupt your feel-f
ing of disappointment in tailing hear
a distinguished friend and citizen of the!
State, for whose absence 1 am to make;
a feeble effort; to console you a wide!
breach into which I would not have
dared to stand but for an urgent tele-1
gram from the good friend who sits on
on my right. But slight would be the
well-springs ot my nature 1 did tail to
thrill with pride at being selected to ex
press the appreciation ot this citys
hospitality of all the people
ol one great section ot 3 a great
commonwealth, embracing the di
versified resources of a land blessed by
the smiles, and hand .of God in the
mountain ridge section, as if dropped
from heaven by its Creator's hand, a
curtain tenderly veiling the beauties of
the twin States, with Mt. Ararat, pilot
ing the Indian: through trackless wilds
Centuries ago, ! still keeping watch and
ward over golden field and happy ham
let. We cherish the history of Daniel
Boone and the traditions of his times j
his prowess through that wilderness
where the Indian hunter wooed his dusky
rnaid; in the fair f ledmont belt we boast
many lineal descendants of that patriotic
band which first struck the blow which
was to shatter British suoremacv in thfe
great struggle df the devoted colonists;
and not alone do we honor the dead;
but we glow with pride in the labors and
example of those who are still with usj,
the great advocates of a North Carolina
system ot internal improvements, wno
warmly threw themselves into the work
in the vigor of young manhood, in the
vigor of physical and intellectual ma
turity and in the wisdom of old age,
one of whom is with us to-night Hon.
D- F. Caldwell, ol Guiltord. In
the upper Cape Fear we still have scores
of that stock which lollowed the tor
tunes of Flora McDonald, the unselfish
heroine whose name is inseparably linked
with that of the chivalric but ill-starred
Prince Charles Edward; in the generous,
full-hearted land of the tide-water we
love the names and keep imperishable
the achievements of Lilhngton, Harnett
and that gallant ' colonial soldier, Colr
Hugh Waddell, whose services to coun
try and pepple have been perpetuate
by the pen of the eloquent speaker, his
descendant, who preceded me, and is
to-day fixed on the pages of fair print.
Yes, we haje ; good cause to rejoice
with you in this, your gala day, for,
brothers, we sorrowed with you -in days
of lamentation sympathies with you
when pestilence, stood at your .thres
holds, and at night you said: would
God, it were morning, and in the morn
ing, would God it were night; when- ini
vaded hosts encircled you as the hunt
ed brought to bay, and as, with tremb
ling hand we wore with you the immor
telle, shall we not help wear the chaplet
of reioicing! I
Fair city, regally enthroned on your
beautiful seat, where breaker and wave
bathe your feet, we salute you! May
vour walls rise high, and from all the
fair sections with its people for whom f
speak, there w-ill be congratulations
without a taint of envy. The manifold
resources of the earth she will bare her
bosom to. pour out to you, in exhaustlesS
minerals, the resources ot tne lorest
and the field; I and from the westerh
fields, "fock-ribbed and ancient as thp
sun, with vales S stretching in pensive
quietness between, and poured at foot Of
all old ocean's j gray and melancholy
waste," we'll hail you the Queen City of
North Carolina, j j .
Our Guests: We hail with pleasure and
bid a warm Cape Fear welcome to those
whom this new link ofsteel has brought
from the mountains to our seaside
F. Carter,
Esq., of Mount Airy,
responded as follows:
The thoughtful and progressive states
man of more. than a century ago, look
ing down through the vista of time,
caught inspiring glimpses of the gran
deur of this occasion. But . the stupen
dous reality presented to us puts to con
fusion and shame the brightest concep
tions of his almost divinely-inspired lm
agination. The mouutains and old ocean
are made friends, and this tie of friend
ship isb ound by links of steel that can
never be broken. Imperishable monu
ment this, erected ; to the wisdom, tne
undaunted courage and untiring efforts
of those true, noble and patriotic sons
of North Carolina whose labor torged
this mighty chain! Generations yet un
Dorn will delight to do them honor. To
you, sirs, I as the mouthpiece of the in
vited part of this vast company do ,most
gladly accord that meed of praise: just
ly due in thus making possible this
joyous and happy gathering.
! ine people ot ; Wilmington, as : ever,
ready to greet with a cordial welcome
every enterprise or movement whose
watchword is progress and always true
to tne impulses ot their warm and gen
erous hearts, have embraced this auspi
cious opportunity of paying a tribute of
appreciation to the greatness of this
achievement and of bestowing with a
lavish .hand their tar tamed hospitality.
The feeling words of welcome so elo
quently delivered by the distinguished
son of the lower Cape Fear, have as it
were annihilated all distance, removed
all forms of ceremony and make us feel
that surely we are tamping upon our
native heath. We would from the very
deep of our heart of
i
hearts
reciprocate
sentiment,
your out-
this noble and
heaven born
and would eagerly
grasp
stretched hands and thus
seal for-
ever this band of friendship. . ,
Uur enioyment and pleasure since we
have been in your midst have been all
that heart could wish or desire, and
when this festive occasion comes to an
end, as soon it must,; and we return to
our homes, we will speak to our people
of the magnificence of your scenery and
of your generous hospitality, in the
words of the Queen of the South on her
return trom a visit to King Solomon.
that the half had not been told.
In conclusion, may I not . indulge the
fond hope that this social gathering, this
mingling of our people with your peo
ple, may prove but jthe dawning of a
bright day of profitable commercial in
tercourse between two sections of our
grand old State, heretofore separated by
seemingly impassible barriers. '
i lie Lity ot vvtlmineton: tamed in
the past tor its enterprise and hospi
tality, it proposes to be in the van of
commercial advancement, and to offer
the good old North State a metropolis
ot which she mav be proud.
Mayor Fowler, responding to this
toast said: ! , M
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Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
It is unnecessary for me to allude to the
past history of the city of . Wilmington.
The culture, genuine hospitality and
chivalry of its citizens established from
the earliest periods a reputatiou which
won and has retained the respect and
confidence of all. It is the present and
the future of our city iu which we are
most interested. ; .
The city of Wilmington of to-day is
not the city of years ago; but a city that
has been tried; In the crucible, that has
passed through the furnace and been
made doubly refined. ,
During the dark days which succeed
ed the .late civil war, the days of recon
struction, Wilmington was reduced to a
condition from which it was feared she
would never recover.! Her credit was
destroyed, taxation increased, her finan
cial obligations totally disregarded.
.City script was hawked about the streets
at 40 cents on the dollar, and her public
debt was so entangled that the burden
became appalling. .The only instance in
the records of the city when this condi
tion of affairs existed was during that
period. These circumstances, my fel
low citizens, were the result of a foreign
influence and 1 allude to tnem only that
you may more fully appreciate the pres
ent condition of affairs! ;
To-day every obligation of the city is
promptly met; a sinking fund for the
eventful liquidation of the public debt is
strictly maintained, city scrip is worth
dollar for dollar, and the general 'c.!dit
of the city is such that its bonds are
sought for as a source I of permanent in
vestment and Command a premium of
from 3 to 5 per cent, j '
I hough our city is not on a boom, in
the general acceptation of the word, it is
in my opinion the most progressive, and
enterprising of any city in the Southern
or Eastern States.
The valuation of real estate in the city
of Wilmington has in the last three years
increased on an average over 25 per cent.
and in many instances the. increase has
been almost incredible.1 . ;-
To illustrate: One piece of property
that two years ago was offered for sale
at $800 was a few days ago again placed
upon the market and readily sold for
$1,550; another piece of property offered
a. year ago for $300 recently sold for
$600; for another piece pf property pur
chased at $1,500 three years ago $3,000
has been offered, and refused; one piece
with an assessed valuation of $250 re
cently sold for $1,500; one piece assessed
at $600 sold for $1,925; 'another piece
assessed at $700 sold foi- $5,700. These
are but a few of many cases of the kind.
1 here has been constructed in the city
of Wilmington m the last 12 months,
during the fiscal year ending March 31,
AM 1 . J .1 ,
zvi Dunaings, at an approximate vaiue
of $310,000. Many of these buildings
were for the use of yariobs industries re
cently established, others for the enlarge
ment of those formerly existing and in
cludes in the number about 160 resi
dences. Of these residences all are now
occupied, ;
In a recent conversation with a prom
inent and reliable real
estate agent of
this city he said that
one year ago he
had from thirty to torty
unoccupied res-
idences for rent, sought for occupants
iand could not obtain them; that now he
has more houses in charge than formerly
iand none are unrented, and that there
jis a constant unsupplied demand.
j What but a rapid Influx of people
jcould produce this statt of affairs, and
what could produce this rapid influx ot
people but; new enterprises, increased
business and general prosperity. The
population of the cityjxf Wilmington
has increased until it Jnow reaches in
iexcess of 25,000, and should the increase
pf the next ten years be in proportion
jto the last three years, i we will give to
the State of North Carolina a city with
60,000 inhabitants. ;
i The true greatness of a city does not
consist in the number of its inhabitants,
hor its wealth, nor iri the amount of
business transacted, but; in the charac
ter of its citizens. It is therefore a
Source of greatest gratification for me to
fetate that those who have, adopted Wil-
hnngton as their home.are a brave.chival-
rous, self-reliant people., i hey come
principally from the counties of Duplin
and Onslow; Pender,; Bladen, Bruns
wick. Columbus and Cumberland, and
from Old Sampson, the land of the Big
Blue and the i rue Blue, uoa bless her,
They are a people who believe in order
and good government, land so believing,
will maintain the supremacy of the
Anglo-Saxon race. . L
There is one thing that has militated
against the interest of our city, which
has retarded its growth, and which is
most difficult to overcome, i hat is, an
erroneous impression currently believed
abroad that Wilmingtpn is an unhealthy
tity. While in the city of Raleigh some
months ago I had the pleasure ot meet
ing Mr. W. R. Williams, the Master
Granger of the State Grange, a genial
tlever gentleman. " I invited him to hold
j;he next convention of his body in this
citv. His reply was astonishing. .We
cannot do it, he said; as we hold our
conventions in the summer time, and if
we should meet in youk city during that
season we would sicken and some of us
would die. His remarks were iri keep
ing with the general Jdea, though the
cause of such an impression l am una
ble to ascertain. There is one thing
however I do know, that there is no
CONCLUDED ON FOURTH PAGE:
NO. 24
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Funeral Ceremonies in Washington: Over
the Bemains of Mr. Randall Before their
Departure for Burial in Philadelphia.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star, ji
Washington, April 17 This morn
ing at 8 o'clock the coffin enclosing the
remains of Mr. Randall were borne from
his house by a squad of Capitol police
and deposited in the lecture room of the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church.
which was appropriately draped. There
it was visited by many of his late asso
ciates in the House, by Mr, Wanamakef,
and bv a largev number of his friends,
neighbors and admirers. About an hour
afterwards it was removed to the body
of the church and placed upon a cata
falque strewn witrt flowers. Several
beautiful floral decorations were placed
near it one in the shape of on obelisk,
at the foot of which, imbedded in red,
white "and blue immortelles, were : thie
letters S. O: M. A. and the figures 38-37,
and another showing an arch spanning
a cross. The latter was the contribution
of the Randall Association of Philadel
phia. ;j
About half-past nine the carriages
with the family and immediate friends
reached the Church, and as Mrs. Ran
dall, leaning on the arm of her husbandfs
brother, the two daughters, Mrs. Lan
caster and Miss Susan, the only son and
namesake of the dead statesman, and
other relatives, ! many of them from
Philadelphia, moved up the aisle to the
seats reserved for them, on the ngnt
centre. They were preceded by Dr.
Chester, wearing a long white scarf and
reciting the opening- to the burial set-
vice, '1 am the resurrection and the
life." ' ' i
Soon afterwards the members of the
Joint Committee of the two houses, also
wearing white scarfs, entered the church
and took their seats in the left centre,
the front row being occupied by four of
Mr. Kandalls oldest mends and col
leagues Messrs. McKinley, O'NeiH,
Carlisle and Holman. A little back of
the Joint Committee sat Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine, and near them Vice President
and Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Harrison, es
corted by Mr. Halford the President's
Private Secretary, and Chief Justice
Fuller and daughter. Mr. Wanamaker
was in another part of the church. j
A large number of Senators and mem
bers of the House, including the Speak
er, and many ex-members were present.
A deputation of thirty uniformed
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public, from ; Philadelphia, were in thje
church and afterwards acted as the es
cort to the funeral procession.
The great ' bulk of the congregation
was composed of Mr. Randall's friends
and members who loved him and sin
cerely mourned his death, i
A hymn having been sung by the
Schubert quartette, the selection from
the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians, be
ginning with the verse, "But now is
Christ risen from the dead," was de
claimed by Mr, Milburn, who followed
with a prayer, in which he spoke of the
coffin that contained all that was mortal
of "a loyal and beloved husband, a re
vered and . tender father, ,a steadfast
friend, a stainless patriot, an upright
statesman, an impassioned lover of his
country, and an unweary servant of the
people. He gave thanks and praise
"for the wealth of a spotless name, the
uobility of a simple character, and; a
career adorned by : uprightness arid
fidelity and fearlessness." j
1 he hymn, "just as 1 am, without oae
plea," which was said to be Mr. Ran
dall's favorite hymn, was sung, and then
the funeral sermon was preached by Dr.
Chester. i
The closing address was delivered by
Mr. Milburn, after which an anthem
was sung and the benediction pro
nounced, i l
The body was then reverently borne
from the Church, the funeral procession
was formed, and slowly moved down
to and through the Capitol grounds anjd
by Pennsylvania Avenue to the station
of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. i A depu
tation from the Grand Army ot the
Republic ' acted i as the escort, arid
crowds of sympathetic spectators lindd
the route through which the dead
statesman was borne on his way to his
last resting place in Philadelphia ceme
tery, where the dead members of lips
family sleep. j j
Beside the members and relatives of
the family who accompanied the re
mains to Philadelphia were the Senate
and House Committees, the honorary
pallbearers, nearly all the members of
the " Pennsylvania delegation in the
House, and a number of other members
of the House. i v i
RIVERS AND HARBORS, f
Appropriations Recommended "by the
House Committee.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
i
Washington, April 17. The House
Committee on Rivers and Harbors to
day completed-the River and Harbor
Appropriation bill. The total appropria
tion is a little'over $20,000,000. Among
the items of importance in the bill are
the following: j
Harbors Virginia Norfolk, $150,000;
Cape Charles , city arid approaches, for
dredging only," $25,000. j
North Carolina Beaufort, $15,000;
inland water way between Beaufort and
New river, $15,000. i r
South Carolina Charleston, including
Sullivan s Island, $350,000; Winyah Bay,
$100,000.
Georgia Brunswick, $35,000; Cum
berland sound, $112,500; Savannah, $350,
000; Darien, $25,000. I
Rivers. North Carolina Cape Fear
river, $15,000; Cape Fear river at and be
low Wilmington, $100,000; Currituck
sound, Corn jock bay and North river,
$10,000; Neuse river, $12,000; Pamlico
and Tar rivers, $10,000; Roanoke river,
$20,000; Ocracoke inlet,$90,000; Mackey's
creek, $10,000; Fishing creek. $10,000.
South Carolina Great Pee Dee river,
$12,500; Santee river; i $30,000; Wacca
maw river, $12,500; Wappoo cut $10,000;
Wateree river, $12,500; Beaufort river,
$12,500. . .
FOREST FIRES.
Great Destruction of Timber in Connecti
cutFarmers' Homes in Sanger.' j
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. :
Providence, j R. I., April 19. A
special to the Bulletin, from Plainfield,
Conn., says: Three thousand acres are
now burned. The fire sprung up again
to-day with renewed vigor on account
of the wind. Several farmers are in
danger of losing their homes. The loss
to timber thus tar is about $30,000,
Nothing will stop the fire but rain;
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
The Brooklyn; Standard Uniatt an
nounces that Murat Halstead will as
sume editorial management of that pa
paper Monday neqt. : (
One of the Dwjght Manufacturing
Co. s cotton houses ot Chicopee, Mass.,
was destroyed by fire Friday night. The
house contained nine hundred bales of
cotton, all of which was damaged. The
Company had two cotton houses burned
b ebruary 22d, when eighteen hundred
bales were burned, and the loss at that
time was over $40,000.
SPIRITS TURPENTINh;
i: Franklin Timer: Miss Pollw Ins
coe, aged 93 years, died in Sandy Cr
township on Sunday last.
"v Winston. , Republican : -Tandy
Harris, of Rural Hall, was killed by his
mules becoming frightened at the train
on the Wilkesboro extension Tuesday;
April 8th. - In attempting to control W
team he was caught on the breakfrdd
and instantly killed,,! Harriss was a
man of family, aged 51; yearfc, aind agood
citizen. '. '.
- Concord Standard: E. D.lentz4
of Mt. Pleasant, sold last week to a man
in Danville, Va., a steer that .weighed
1,800 lbs. How is this for Cabarrus?
Cotton is reported as coming up
nicely in several sections of the! country.
hli tiarnbardt died at his home in
Mecklenburg. Dewesej township, Sun
day evening, and his 6on, Willidm Barn
hardt, died Saturday evening,) both of
pneumonia: 1 hey were buned Monday -evening
in the same grave, f
Lincolnton Courier: The iron
ore men are here again to make further
investigation in this county . 4 Col.
W. H. H. Cowles has;appointecl Charles
E. Robinson, son of ex-Sheriff I. A. Ro
binson, a cadet at West Point.
Early wheat that was in joint at Ithe time
of the cold snap in March is Snot coming -out
as some had expeeted; The late
wheat, however, bids fait4 to make agood
snowing.
Kinston Free Press:
negro
was in town Monday and Tuesday who
naa tramped nere ironi Mississippi and
was on his way to his old home at Wash
ington, N. C. His descriptions) of the
suffering among the colored people in
that State who left here last fall.i from
the flood and other causes, were distress
ing. He says he knows ;, of several ne
groes, who ran away from their masters,
to whom they sold themselves as he did,
that are tramping back to North Caro
lina, I I
Greensboro Patriot: S. Kirk-
Patrick, the wounded revenue agent, is in
a nospitai in oaitimore unoer the treat
ment of an occulist. We learn that one
eye-ball is to be removed that the sight
of the other eye may be saved: .
Lewis Thompson, colored, entered his
mother's house on Gaston street, Sun
day morning and afterj locking the door
drew his! razor and attempted to cut her
throat, because she refused jto deed him
some property. She escaped by jump
ing from a window. Thompson then at
tacked another negro standing bv. but
he too made his escape. Thompson was
arrested and on Monday bound over to
court.-; '".!ii
Burgaw Herald: Sugday. April
Gth, the community was shocked by the
death of Mrs. Jane Hines, aged 42, wife
of D. F. Hines. The first shipment .
of strawberries this season from Burgaw
was made by Mr. J. H. Moore, on the
15th inst. . He shipped two crates.
We regret to hear of a jvery
forest fire between Long
destructive
Creek and
Moore's Creek last Saturday and Satur
day night. We learn that it did a! great
J 1 i" J . 1 li i ! r .
ueai oi uamage to ine ianas oi Messrs.
b . H. Bell, W. V. Bell, j Egbert Mopre,
Walter Moore, J. H. Montague and W.
R. Walker, and probably others, whose
names we do-not recall.
Charlotte News' ;Thfe Charlotte
bound freight train wag flagged jdown
by the section master abou two miles ,
out from town, near the fair grounds, at
y o clock this morning, j The section
master had found a negro who had been
knocked trom the track i by the passen
ger train, lying in the ditch, i The
wounded negro was put on ; the freight
and brought to the city, when he was
sent to the colored hospitalJ Dr,
Gib
that bon, the railroad physician, found
the negro was very dangerously injured
His recovery is doubttul. ;Xhe
negro
gives his name as Squire SuttonJ
and
says he is lrom GoIdsborO.
, Elizabeth City Economist:
The
negroes ot this town have! an educa
tional association in which tjhey discuss
practical questions of interest to their
race. The subject of "debate at their
last meeting was "Does active participa
tion in politics redound to the best in
terest of the race." ' r i We learn from
an authentic source that a! passenger
steamer is now under construction in
Wilmington, Del., to run between New
Berne and Elizabeth City I tn-weekly.
Her length, we understand, is 210 feet,
beam 34 feet, room on front deck for
3,000 barrels, speed 12 miles an' hour.
double propeller, state rooms on upper
deck. I I i
Monroe Enquirer-Express: The
doctors report very little sickness in the
country now. Mrs. Nesbit, wife of
Mr. rletcher Nesbit, of j Buford town- ;
ship, died a few days ago.) She was
about 25 years old "and leaves a husband
and several children. I A reliable
citizen of Lane's Creek township in
forms us that a cat belonging to one of
his neighbors, has adopted and is raising
-a young rabbit, and seems to think more
ot it than she does of her; Own progeny.
She found two young rabbits in the
woods and brought and placjed them Jin
the bed with her litter j of kittens: one of
them died, but the other 1 one is living
and doing well,-and she seems to take
special delight in fondling it.! ;
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Rockingham Spirit of the South:
And now it is proposed to light the town
and the several cotton mills hereabouts
by electricity, Died, in this vicin
ity, on, the 15th inst., Mrs. Jane Duncan.
aged about 67 years. The deceased was
a daughter ot the late
Smith, of this county.
"Major" John
i-.-'A white
manbythe name of Bass was brought
up from Laurinburg last Wednesday
night by Deputy Sheriff Livingston and
placed in jail to await trial at the next
term of the Superior poult, .on the
charge of stealing chickens. A ne
gro man by the name of j Martin, being
ejected from the train by he conductor,
Capt. Harry Johnson, near Laurel. Hill
some nights ago, for the non-payment of
fare, deliberately fired three pistol shots
at the train, but without effect. He has
not yet been caught. j ' - !
Wiffston Daily: A. party 'ot
forty-two workmen came up on the
noon train. They will go up on the
Wilkesboro extension this evening to
work on that road above Elkin.
The Daily is informed as R goes to press
that of the $150,000 stock that was
needed to guarantee the hew hotel
$108,000 have been subscribed and the
rest has been guaranteed, making the
required amount virtually raised. The
subscriptions will be published to-morrow.
Let her boom the Twin City.
' Col. Frank H Fries returned last
night from an extended business trip in
the interest of the Roanoke & Southern
Railway Company. Col. Fries informed
us this morning that his trip was the
most successful he had ever made, and
that matters were now so arranged as to
insure the completion of the road to
Roanoke. The work will be pushed for
ward rapidly, j j
Greensboro North States
Greensboro is to have a street railway.
Over $300,000 worth; of stock has
been taken in the Greensboro Iron
and Steel works. Mrs. Sarah Cham
berlain, widow of the late John Cham
berlain, made the sad and fataP mistake
last Sunday night of taking a large dose ,
of mix vomica instead ofj a harmless
drughich had been prescribed by her
physician. We are pained to an
nounce the ' death of Ens A. Blair,
which occurred at his home at Archdale
on Wednesday evening of last week; he
was one of Rrndolph's most highly es
teemed and useful citizeusi - During
the present term of the Federal court
here the grand jury returned 82! true
bills for violation of the revenue; laws
and 2 for . counterfeiting. -1 There I have
been 43 convictions and pleas of guilty
and 11 acquittals.. A number of con
victed persons were sentenced for terms
ranging from four to six months .
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