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WHAT THE CENSUS SHOWS. ;
la discussing the causes of moneys
f . . t O il' j Itf-.i .
stringency: m i"e aouin ana west we
have asserted that it was due in .a
o-reat measure -tar the protective
'tariff system, which levies tribute on
t .-! f-r rh hpnflt if tTio
manufacturers, and robs the agricul
tural sections to enrich the manufac
turing sections. The figures of Mr.
Pbrter's census bear us out in this
assertion, and they also show -that
the c'qnstarjt demand of the protect
ed manufacturers for. more protec
tion, on the plea that it is necessary
for the preservation of the industries
which thej represent, is simply .a
craving for more plunder based on a
fraudulent plea. ' ; -'.
Mr. J. SJ Moore, one of the. ablest
and best equipped writers " on tariff
questions in this country, has been
studying the figures in the last cen
sus and gives the result in a letter tb'
the New York Times. He finds that
the. eight manufacturing States
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
N'ew Hampshire, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont
have increased their wealth within
:he past .
decade $1,931,416,790;
iPennsvlvanaa alone . having m-
I -i iSAAn'oo.i f-t ? i n r
Ichusetts heirs $569,377,824. These are
highly protected States, and the
States from which comes the 6ft re-
burrine wail for more protection.
arming is ia subordinate industry In
!! of them: manufacturing of-some
d being the leading industry.
hey show an increase of wealth
:ing to nearly $2,000,000,000
pore than they had ten years ago..
The farmers of those States ' are not
Each better off "than the farmers "of
e West are, fop the censiis shows
.at while some of the purely agricul-1
ural countlies :show a slight increase
population, Jmany of them bareiy
told their own' and some have dimin-
Ished, the gain: in population in all
mainly n the cities which have
raTn from the country, Hthe increase
tie rural districts being compara
bly small. . We' knofw, also, that
andreds of farms in New York,
ennsylvania and New Jersey have
en sold by the sheriff to satisfy
ecutions on mortgages which the
rmers could riot meet. These two
cts the Ismail increase or absolute
ccrease of population and the
eriff's sales- show beyond question
at the farmers are not prosperous
that this increased wealth does
Pt belon? in oart to them, but
oily to' the manufacturers and
f-hers.- ' , . ' :-
hen taking the five great agri-
tural States of the West Illinois,
pdiaria, Iowa, Ohio and . Wisconsin,
hich ought to beprosperous il any
iculttlral States are, it is found,
reported by the same census, that
fey have j increased their wealth in
e past decade 591,601,051 but a
tie over the increase in Massachu-
tts alone, and. but a" little over a
prter of-the aggregate increase of
5-eight manufacturing States men-
Pned. Here are fiv crreat States!
ntrally located, each xontaining
Ige and; some' very large cities,
ilQ excelent transportation facili-
y fail and water to those
d other markets, with fertile soil
P1 yields generously to cultivation
uyet they show an increase of less
F 600,000,000 to the nearly $2,
p.000,000 shown by the eight
nufacturing- States named, some
which cannot raise farm products
ough to feed their own population.
There isj another: significant fact in
ls connection. The farming indus-
tas been for years! depressed in
f the Western States, in some
Pre than; in others. Thousands, of
farms are mortgaged, and In
Pe of them, notably in Ohio, the
P land's.- are , nof assessed at as
1 as they iwere ten years ago
ls shows that the bulk of the in-
Iase of wealth in those States has
r1 thje cities, where some manu
2 jndustries have been estab
fed,
ffow.it
I may be asked, - where did
ft.- .
increased wealth for those
'"acturinor Stat come ! from if
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0ut bf the non-manufacturing
.tes whose people buy the goods
ttiey make and upon which
- any price they choose be
. c ley are iorotected from com
Uon by the tariff. Is it a wonder
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VOL. XXII.
ufactunng sections, and is there any
honesty in or defence of a system
which thus robs onesection to en
rich another, or one . industry to en
rich others? It is worse than ordi
nary robbery, for it isj)lttnrjering
the poor to make richer the already
rich. "
MUTOB, KEBTIOV.'
Turkey is not altogether satisfied
with the statement 'that the Mity
lene incident was a matter of no
significance and one with which the
British Government had nothing td
do. - The impression is growing
stronger, notwithstanding the stud
ied silence of the high officials in the
British foreign office, that they know
a good deal more about it than they
are willing to admit just now, and
that the landing was made by orders
direct as a hint to Turkey - of ' what
might be done in" certain contingen
cies. This impression is further
strenghteried by the statement that
the'Admiralty received a report, by
telegraphy from Admiral Kerr, sent
through the British Embassy at
Constantinople. But whether this
landing was made by Orders direct
from the Home Government or not,
the British officials are not hurrying
themselves to explain it away,
but, on the contrary, although in an
indirect way, are -giving Turkey
notice that Great Britain will not
permit -Russia to hold undisputed
right of way through the Darda
nelles. It now also begins to look as
if there was an .understanding be
tween Turkey and Russia and Ifrance
when this concession of the right of
passage through the Dardanelles
was granted to, Russia, and that a
protest from England was not unex-.
pected; This was, foreshadowed in
the promptness with which the
French press insisted that the con4
cession was not a violation nor an
evasion of the treaty of Paris, and is
further strengthened by the honors
the Sultan has recently conferred
upon the French Foreign Minister,
not much in themselves but still at
this time and under present condi
tions suggestive. " . "-t - . :
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It seems that the Alaska seal fis.h-
ing company has been playing
Yankee with the British and has
caught about twice as Imany seals as
the understanding between this Go
vernment and Great Britain allowed.
The; company claims that they
caught. about one half, of the number
taken before the agreement was
signed, but after that caught only
the 7,500 agreed upon. The British
contention : Is that the agreement
meant that only 7,500 were to be
taken duringlheyear. If the agree
ment is open to such a difference of
opinion as this" it shows that agree
ments between nations are some
times as hard tb draw up so that
they will bind as wills are, when there
is much property in question. If the
English didn't use their vernacular
to any better purpose . than this
when drawing up this agreement
they shouldn't complain now at be
ing made the victims, to the extent
of. 6,000 seal skins, of their own
blundering. -:
When the - people of other coun
tries read the accounts of the thou
sands of people who rush pell-mell
and hang on the borders of new ter-
"ritory to be opened to settlement as
they are now "doing on the borders
of the recently ceded lands in East
ern Oklahoma, they might come' to
the conclusion that land is becoming
scarce in - this country. They are
potj aware however, that the rush
these days is not so much for the
Jand with a view to 'making home
steads' for those who take up claims
as for speculative purposes and they
don't know what a prominent part the
colonization aeent. who finds it a
source of considerable cash to him,
plays in it. In these days they are
hustling factors in working up
booms, and have as little conscience
in working them up as their dupes
have sense in believing the exagger
ated statements they make about the
lands they want to "colonize." ?
4 ,
- The Ohio Republican Committee
says it is short, pt funds, and there
fore the tapping of the Government
clerks in Washington has began
With that $1,000,000 in British gold
and the $500,000 the silk importers
are said to be dumping into the Dem
ocratic cash box to defeat McKinley
this is a sad plight for the RepublU
can Committee to be in.
. The French Academie de Medi
cine has been studying the causes of
the depopulation of France but have
not- yet discovered a remedy. If
they can persuade the French people
that the fashion which prescribes
small families as the proper thing Jn
Trench households is a bad fashion
which should hot be recognized; the
remedy will be forthcoming without
their worrying their brains any more
over it. ' '-.'";.'. -? i: :
Commissioner Raum boasts that
he is adding 100,000 pensioners to
the pension list every, year. Raum
is a daisy. As a pensioner maker
the Confederate amies were not a
circumstance to him. : 1 1 ; ; ,
J5TATK TOPICS.
A meeting of the Democratic State
Executive Committee has been Called
by Chairman Smith, to" be held at
Raleigh on October X5thL" It is un
derstood that one of the objects of
the meeting is to talk over and ar
range for a thorough organization of
the party throughout the State, and
it is hoped there will be a full at
tendance of the members. This
would be a good time, too, for Dem
ocrats Alliance men and non-Alliance
men, to meet there and have an
old-fashioned family talk. C If there
any wobbling we must get to
gether, stand together and march to
gether under the colors that led us
to victory in the past, under which
North Carolina was redeemed f rom
the spoilers, and kept redeemed.
A Minnesota 'farmer boasts ithat
he thrashed 9,000 bushels" of wheat
from 200 acres. That's hothine to
brag of. It is only 45 bushels to
the acre. 1 That is a common thine
in California and we have known it
to be done in this State, althoueh
not on so many acres.
During the past twenty years Vir
ginia has spent 5,852,222 in educat
ing the children of the State. The
proportion expended on the colored
children was as 70 to 100 on the
white, which don't' show much of a
freeze out on colored -children.
When ' Gubernatorial candidate
Fassett resigned the collectorship of
the port of New York, he said he
did so because "onething at a time
was enough." When he gets through
trying to nip that New York Flower
he will discover that one thing at a
time may be more than enough.
New York Democratic politicans,
with betting inclinations are not go
ing around looking for rbets now
that the Democratic party won't
win, but are putting .their .wagers on
the size of Flowers' majority.
With five or six big wheat crops
ike this year's, and five or Six short
crops in Europe perhaps the Kansas
farmers' may pay off most of $235,-
000,000 mortgage debts that they
have contracted under high tariff
Republican rule.
The Sultan has made Mlle Ribot.
daughterof the French. Fyreign Min
ister, a chefakat. What kind of a
kat'this is we don't know, but as it is
the result of the entente between Rus
sia, France and Turkey it is evident-
y no ordinary kat. - ' ;
Trains on the New York and Erie
railroad have got to making a ' mile
minute. This is a little faster
time than the Republican party- is
making, but it is going, all the same.
ATTACKED ON THE HIGHWAY.
Mr. "W. P. Woloott's Adventure with a
Supposed Highwayman Friday Right.
Mr. W. F. Wolcott. Superintendent of
the Cotton Seed Oil Mills, near Hilton,
met with an adventure last Friday night
xf a very serious nature.
Mr. Wolcott was on his way to the
mills from the city( on horseback.
about half-past ten o'clock, and
When nearly opposite Mr, W. L. Pars
ley's sawmill, was met and accosted by
negro man, who demanded with
oaths, to know where Mr. Wolcott was
going. ' The fellow was told that it was
none of his business, and replied with
curses loud ana deep. Mr. woicott
rode toward the man, when the
fellow fired several shots at
him with a pistol, but without
effect. Mr. Wolcott, being unarmed.
rode rapidly to the mill, and securing a
weaoon returned to the place where .he
was attacked, when he was again con
fronted by the negro. Mr. Wolcott fired
several shots at the fellow 'and chased
him as far as the railroad track, near
which he disappeared. - 1,; .
It is supposed that the negro waylaid
Mr. Wolcott for the purpose of robbery.
The Modern Evangelist.
The Charlotte Times says : "Rev.
Edward Mack preached a strong ser
mon Sunday moraine aeainst the mod
ern evangelist. Mr. Mack spoke elo
quently of the duty of-the people to
their own pastor, he who is with them
in then- joys and sorrows; who.; baptizes
them, who officiates at their marriages,
and who gives consolation at the grave,
They aflow " a" stranger to come along
and gathet the harvest which belongs tcr
him, and ' which . woutd ; have been his
had the Christian parents of the ch urch
done their duties." -iw
BreaiersT . - r
It is said that some of the pot hunters
have already been after the partridges
near the city, "contrary to theiform of
the statute in such case made and pro
vided." It is unlawful to shoot partridges
until November 1st, and some of these
early gunners will find their birds very
costly if they continue their violation of
the law. j Some of the birds are not yet
half-grown, and it is unsportsmanlike to
slaughter them. .
A DESPERADO LYNCHED.
Iionla
Ortis, Who Shot an Offloer
at
Eeno, Hanged hy a Mob.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Reno.Nev.. September 19. Louis
Ortiz, a : well known and -' desperate
r haracter. and another Spaniard named
Baptist, quarrelled on the street yester
Anv Officer Rich attempted to arrest
rirtir when the latter shot him through
the groin, Inflicting a severe if not fatal
.mnd Tom Welsh a bystander, was
Ortiz was taken from the county jail
late last night by. a hundred or more
determined men and hanged to the iron
bridge. . He met deatn coouy,
WILMINGTON, -N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,
SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
Bates of Admission Fixed by the . Manage-
- ment. v.ft.
The -management of the exposition
has published-the following schedule of
rates of admission to the exposition:
Season Tickets--Good for 25 admis
sions, one each day: Gentlemen, $10.00;
aaies, 55.00; children, 1350. ; - - o
lneanove is less man xo cents ad
mission - for gentlemen, less than 10
cents for ladies and less than 5 cents for
children. , - . . .. .
Rates for. one month-Either Octo
ber or November: Gentlemen. &100:
ladies, $3.00; children, $1.50. .
Kates for one week Gentlemen,
$2.00; ladies, $1.50; children, 75 cents.
The rates for a single admission will
be 50 cents for gentlemen, 50 cents for
adies and 25 cents for children.
i. These tickets are issued very low, are
not transferable, and are good for one
admission daily during the time they
are issued for. They are what are known5
as photograph tickets. The' holder has
to have attached to the ticket hisor her
photograph, . or tin-type.: This is done
to protect the exposition from the fraud
that could be practiced in buying these
tickets and anyone using them. - Unless
lthis plan is adopted the low-pricfe ticket
cannot be placed on sale. 1 he addition
of a tin-type will not cost more ; than 20
to 25 cents.
fV BUSINESS CHANGES. .
Dissolution of an Old Firm and Formation
of a Sew One.
Announcement is made of the disso
lution of the well-known firm of Woody
& Currie, Commission Merchants of this
city, and the formation of a new co-part
nership by Mr. J. H. Currie ot the firm,
and Mr. Dunpan McEachern, under the
firm name of Currie & McEachern, for
the purpose of carrying on a general
commission business in this city, Mr.
Jno. D. Woody the retiring member of
the firm of Woody & Currie commends
the new firm to the confidence and pat
ronage of the public.
' Mr. ; Duncan -McEachern is a young
man of good business attainments and is
well and favorably known to the mer
cantile community. He has been in the-
employment ol Messrs. Woody & Cur
rie for years past. .-'.';
U. S- COMMISSIONER'S COURT..
Alleged Violation of Internal Kevenne
Iaws.' ' -:'
Capt. Jno. Morgan, of Brunswick
county, charged with retailing liquor
without license, and arrested and
brought to the city by special deputy
marshal Hunt as reported in the
Star was arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner R. H. Bunting yesterday.
The defendant was proprietor of a store
at .' Lock wood's Folly, . and sold.
"Botanic Bitters," alleged to be a medi
cinal preparation, Jno. D. Bellamy, Jr.,
Esq., appaared as counsel for defendant .
and United States District - Attorney O
A. Cook for the government. Commis
sioner Bunting after an examination in
to the case, required defendant to give
bond in the sum of $200 for his appear
ance at the United States District Court
which will convene in this' city in No
vember next, Capt. Morgan gave the
bond required.
REV. SAM P JONES.
To Commence a Series of Meeting in Wil
mington, Oct.' 10th.
Rev. Sam P. Jones will commence a
series of meetings in this city onSaturday,
the 10th day of October, and "will be as
sisted by Rev. Gt M, Stuart and Profes
sor E. O. Excell.
The meeting will continue ten days,
at least.
Rev. F. D. Swindell, D. D., chairman
of the executive committee of the
Jones meeting, requests that the mem
bers of the committee will meet at the
rooms of the Y. M. C. A., next Tuesday
at 5 o'clock p. m., to make arrangements
for the coming of the evangelist, and at
tend to such matters as may be neces
sary. A full attendance is requested.
Painfully Hurt; ' ,
Mr. v Vincent, who drives a lumber
wagon for Mr. W. L.J Parsley, met with
an accident yesterday morning near the
cornor of Front and Market streets.
The wagon he was driving was loaded
with lumber, and one of the pieces
caught in a wheel of the wagon, throw.
ing one . end of the plank around and
striking Mr. Vincent a severe blow on
the head with such force that the plank
was broken. Mr. Vincent was taken
into Mr. Bellamy s drug store, corner
of Fourth and Market, streets where
Drs. Walter R. Kincsbury and J. C,
Sheohard. Tr.. attended him and he
soon recovered irom tne euectsoitne
blow. .
An Unlucky Hunt.
Capt Jack Williams and Dick Grant
went all the wav to Wrightsville-after
marsh hens yesterday morning. .The
tide was wrong, they say, and they sue
ceeded in bagging only three of. the
long-legs. Superintendent Crossweli
told Capt Jack "there was always some
thing wrong," But the boys: insisted
that they dicTvery well. a3 they killed
every ben they saw. - We do not doubt
this; for one verily believes that Jack
and Dick can hit marsh hens some
times. ') . '- . .' ' -
Pecan Trees and Pecan Nuts.
Mr. B. C Borden called at the Star
office Friday with a sample cluster of
oecan nuts from a tree that grew wild
on a tract of land owned by Mr. Borden
near Rocky Point. In the same neigh
borhood, on lands belonging to Mrs.
Alice Herring and Mr. G. B. Lee, there
are also many pecan trees. Last yeaf
Mrs. Herring gathered from one of the
largest trees nine bushels of nuts. ' This
tree is three, feet inv diameter. From
the outlook the trees will this season
yield bountifully.
; Goldsbdro Argus : Mrs. Delia
A. Bonitz and children 'have arrived in
the city. and., have taken' board at Dr.
Geo. L. Kirby's. Her return to Golds
boro, which we are glad to know she
proposes making her home, will be wel
comed with real pleasure by all of her
many friends here. 7 ' '-' '
This is intended only;
tor- subscribers wnose
subscriptions have ex
pired. It ir not a dun,
but a simple reaudst
that all who are in ar-
re ars for the STAB will
favor us with a prompt
remittance.
We are; sending but
bills now (a few : each
week), and if jou re
ceive one -please give it
your attention;
THE CUTTER GALVESTON, 'X'-
What Is Thought of Her and Her -Officers
in Charleston An Earthquake Eemm
isoence. " .- "
We supplement the account given in
the .Star yesjerday of the new revenue
cutter Galveston with the following from
the Charleston News andCourier:
The Galveston, the flagship of the re
venue marine, arrived at this port yes
terday morning and dropped anchor in
the Cooper River, directly opposite the
United States Custom House, where
she remained all day an object of admi
ration to hundreds of persons who were
attracted by her shapely lines. - .
A frw minutes after dropping anchor
a small boat was lowered and two stal
wart white-jacketed sailors pulled her
commander, Capt. F. M. Munger to the
Custom House pier. Landing, Capt.
Munger, at once called on the collector
of the port and paid his respects. Capt.
Munger is well-known in this city and is
an ever welcome guest, for the people of
Charleston will not soon forget the kind
ness and consideration he showed them
during the terrible days of the earth
quake of 1886. He was then a first lieu
tenant and was in command of the rev
enue cutter McCullock, which was at
that time stationed at this port.
immediately after the first earthquake
shock he had the cutter brought along
side of the Custom House pier, and
offered his vessel for the accommoda
tion of those whose homes had been
destroyed. This kind and thoughtful
offer was gratefully accepted, and for
days after the earthquake the McCulloch
was converted into a marine lodging
house. Capt. Munger did not let his
generosity stop there, however, but gave
financial assistance as well. It is not to
be wondered at, therefore, that he is al
ways gladly welcomed to the City by
the Sea; and his friends here, will be
pleased to know of his appointment to
the command of the handsomest vessel
of the revenue marine service.
Capt. Munger is justly proud of his
ship. As she lay in mid-stream yester
day, with her white sides, tall tapering
masts and graceful spars glistening in
the sunlight, she presented a striking
likeness to Jay Gould's superb steam
yacht, the Atalanta.
lhe Galveston is brand new and is
now making her maiden voyage. She
is a long, narrow craft1 and has the ap
pearance of having been built for speed.
The ualyeston is said to be the best
revenue cutter owned by the United
Stutes Government, and it would be
hard to find her equal in the revenue
service of any country. She was built
by Charles Reeder & Sons, of Baltimore;
Md.. and is 190 feet overall, with a 88-
foot beam and 11 feet depth of hold.
She has twin screw propellers, com
pound engines, one of 15 and the
other of 27 horse power, with a 24-
inch stroke, and has a speed of 12 knots
an hour.
The cutter itself is a model of neat
ness, everything about her being spot
lessly clean. . The captain's - cabin is
amidships and is "thing of beauty."
ilis . apartments consist ot a dining
room, sitting room, bed room and bath
room, all furnished in mahogany, and
are fitted up in the most luxurious man
ner. The sitting room has long,
low divans of' Nile green plush
along its walls, on one of which
is a superb bevelled, mirror ot
plate glass. The furniture of the rooms
is all ot mahogany and , is very costly.
In the bath room is a large bathtub,
marble washstand and faucets from
which either hot or cold water1 can be
drawn. The cabins of the ward room
officers are aft of the captain s quarters
and are commodious and comfortable
rooms. They are "also furnished in
mahogany and , provided with closets.
Let into small compattments in the
walls of all cabins are steam heaters,
which add materially to the comfort of
the occupants during chilly weather.
G0LDSB0R0 FAIR.
Large Crowds in Attendance The Bating
Farm Products on Exhibition Floral
Hall The Ladies Prof, Cook's Band of
Juveniles. v ..
Special Star Correspondence
Goldsboro, September 17.
The Fair is going on toJday, and, the
day being beautifully fair and warm
quite a large crowd is in attendance.
i lhe racing trotting and running-
was very good.
Floral Hall had a fine display and
showed off beautifully. - The ladies' de
partment of needlework was very fine,
unique and beautiful. The pantry dis
play was exceedingly good, espe
cially the preserves and ; jellies. It
showed the ladies' adeptness in that
department, nd also showed up tempt
ingly to the eye and palate. -
I The display of farm - products was
small, and, in fact, the general display
was small: but very eood. The farmers
ot Wayne do not manifest much interest
in making a display of .their farm pro
ductions. It looks as though they have
lost that pride which is displayed at
Fairs in other counties. '
The most attractive feature of the oc
casion was Prof. A.-W. Cook's Cornet
Band of Juveniles.
: The Professor is from Newbern with
several boys, varying from seven to four
teen years of age, and with only five
months training will now put to blush
older bands with their sweet music.
Their names are Prof. A; W. Cook lead
er. Leon S. Cook,; I. L. Cook, C, M,
Cook, Walter Willis, H. Moore, J. Gas
kill, C Willis. The boys are all small
and are perfect prodigies, and "are the
recipient of many congratulations. It
is the youngest band in the State and
doubtless in the United States. "
1891.
" COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES?
Liverpool, Sept. 18. The following
are the weekly statistics,: Total sales of
thefceek, 53,000 bales;' American, 41.W
000. Trade takings, including forwarded
from -- shipside,1-; 64,000; "actual " export.
8,900; total import, ; 20,000; American,
15,000. " Total stock, 746,000; American,
551,000. Total afloat, 70,000; American,
60,000., Speculators took 37,000; ex
porters took 38,000. r
Savannah News; Yesterday's re
ceipts of cotton were 5.505 bales against
4,412 the same day last year, a gain of
1.093 bales. The receipts . at ' all the
ports for the r day were 80,729 against
80,573 the same day last year. It ap
pears that the crop is being marketed
rapidly. New Orleans went ahead of
Galveston for the first, time this season '
yesterday; her receipts ; being .12,563,
nearly double Galveston's. At this rate
Savannah's receipts will soon be up with
last year s for the same date. The heavy
receipts of cotton sent the price off sev
eral points yesterday again. It is not
likely to rise as long as the receipts con
tinue heavy. , :.;; ;
Charleston News and Courier: The
recent heavy and continuous rains have
had a very bad effect on the grades of
cotton put on the market.' A factor said
yesterday t "The cottons we have, han
dled up to this time have generally been
of the poorer grades-. I believe there
has been more poor cotton on the mar
ket in the past week than ever before in
the same length of time, but I am glad
to say that the cotton is brightening up
considerably now, and that received to
day is mostly of very much bftter grade;
lhe ram injured to some extent most of
the cotton we have received. Of course
some of the bales have been of high
grade.
New York Bulletin: Demand for
cotton goods was apparently less ac
tive, because of the few orders usual to
Tuesday's mail. On the spot there was
rather more doing, although the recent
drop in cotton made the inquiry for
goods less pronounced. For general
supplies the request "was very good and
included a pretty full variety of goods.
Some of ' the best known marks of
brown, bleached and colored cotton were
quite active. Wide Sheetings and cot
ton flannel continue sold up and strong
in tone. . 1 he - request lor bleached
goods was more general,' with a -better
movement in medium . descriptions.
Agents as a rule report stocks light.
Cotton goods have improved in - con
dition and tone. The market is fairly
well sold up, with tew exceptions, and
prices are considerably firmer. Agents
are not shadingr in favor of buyers and
are refusing offers that would have been
gladly accepted ten days ago. This con
dition has not yet reached every line ; of
goods, but it is quite general.
The Dallas and Galveston News has
published its September cotton report.
It embraces 321 neighborhoods fn. 134
counties, covering the entire cotton re
gion, of Texas. The plant has . been
damaged over 24 per cent, by . drouth,
worm and rust since the last report.lThe
bottom crop was fair, the middle crop is
ngnt ana tne prospects lor a top crop
are very poor, lhe average is 76.3.
The crop is being rapidly gatheredThe
quantity picked is, on: the whole, un
usually . large for the first half of Sep
tember, the crop being in north-north
east portions of Central Texas fifteen
days late. The staple is long and supe
rior to that of last year in quality and
cleanliness.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The Charleston and Savannah
Railway authorities have for some time
been pushing the work of filling in the
trestle on the South Carolina side of the
Savannah river. The work has been
tedious. It is expected that it will be
completed by the end of this week.
The following circular has been is
sued by General Traffic Manager Sol
Haas appointing W. H. Halsey Claim
Agent of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad and its controlled linesr
."September 12, 1891. W. H. Halsey
is appointed Claim Agent of these lines,
with office at Atlanta, Ga. Effective
September 12. All communications and
reports jn reference to freight claims
must be made to Mr. Halsey after the
18th instant. '
There has not been any cessation
in the changes in the offices of the Rich
mond and Danville system. The fol
lowing appointments are announced by
the General Passenger Agent: ,
C. E. Sergeant, District Passenger
Agent, with omce at Atlanta. Ga.
C. 1. Hopkins, 1 ravelling Passenger
Agent, with, omce at Asheville, N. C.
R. W. Hunt, Passenger Agent, with
omce at Augusta, t?a. y-
Joseph b. Potts; Passenger Agent,
with office at Richmond, Va. " .
JA new departure in railway insurance
has been inaugurated. . It has long been
the custom with some railways to insure
all freight in their possession, .whether
in transit or at the various stations on
the line, but the Long Island Railroad
Company is reported-to have made an
arrangement with the American Casual
ty Insurance and Security Company of
Baltimore, under which all. claims lor
personal injury shall be assumed by
that company, thereby relieving the
railroad company from any liability in
connection therewith.
The Railway Age says' now that
the cablegrams to the . daily press has
begun to report railway accidents in
Europe the American public-4slearmng
that the railways ot this country -do not
suffer much in comparison . with those
of other lands in respect to casualties.
As most of the railways on the conti
nent are under government control it is
probable, the Age thinks, that reports
of accidents are very frequently sup
pressed, while on the other hand in this
country the unfettered press hastens to
record the slightest casualty.
The Greenville News of yesterday
prints the following in reference to the
Atlanta meeting:
"Representatives of the freight and
oasseneer conductors of all the lines of
the Richmond and Danville system of
roads will meetGeneral ManagerGreen in
Atlanta at 12 o'clock to-day and' ask
for an increase in . the salaries of the
conductors on every line.' Conductor
F. B. Fieldincr. representing; the oassen
eer conductors of the Charlotte, Colum
bia and Augusta and Greenville - and
Columbia roads, and Conductor B. H.
-Hughes, representing the freight con
ductors of the same lines, left yesterday
for Atlanta and will be present at the
conference between the conductors and
the general manager. . Conductors from
everv road in the system ' will also be
present and urge their claims. .;
-A long petition setting forth the re-
auest of the conductors will be present
ed. An average increase of about $10
a month for each conductor will be
asked. - v ,: .;''''. i'-:
NO. ' 45 J
, WASHINGTON NEWS,
The Chilian 8teamer Itata Clements of
Georgia Urged as a Member of the Inter
State .Commerce Commission Silver
Coinage. ". . . ":rr ' ; "V " . .' V X
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Sept. 17. Opinion Is
gaining'grourid here that the postponed
libel suit against the Chilian steamer
Itata, now set . for trial at San , Diego,
California, on .the 25th inst, will be
prosecuted by the government, although
further postponement may be had be
fore the case proceeds. - -
Ex-Representative McComas, of Mary-.
land, called on the President to-day to
urge the appointment of ex-Representa-tiye.
Clements gf Georgja as a member
of the Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion, lie was very earnest in his re
commendation of this appointment, and
it is understood that Clements, has the
hearty support of all his late colleagues
on the Appropriations Committee of the
Houser without regard to party, as well
as ot other prominent men.
Congress at its last session authorized
the recoinage of un-current fractional
silver coin now in the treasury abraded
below the limit of toleranoe, and madeJ
an appropriation of $150,000 to cover
the loss to coin by abrasion, etc. This
sum, it is estimated, will cover the loss
about $4,000,000 of coin, and this
amount is now being coined into quarter
dollars and dimes for which there is
vert great demand,' particularly for
dimes, as the Fall approaches and trade
becomes active. 4 f '-
The recoinaee into standard silver
dollars of $5,000,000 (in round numbers)
ot trade dollar bullion, which the last
Congress authorized, is also in progress
and will be completed in . the next two
months. ;- - ' "
COL. ""POLK..
Denies Stories of His Inhumanity to
Union Soldiers, hut Narrowly Escapes
Tar and Feathers.
By Telegraphic the Morning Star.;
: Wichita, Kans., Sept. 19. Colonel
Polk, President of the National
Farmers Alliance, makes -J a. point
in an address denying stories, of his in
humanity to Union soldiers, and denies
he ever held rank above third" lieuten
ant and could, therefore, never have
been in authority at any post. McCol-
hster, a veteran ot this city, who was in
Salisbury prison, North Carolina, when
'oIk was governor of the prison, holds
a sick parole signed by L. L. Polk, Brig.
General Commanding the Post, and
eives the Alliance leader the blackest
reputation for his conduct to Union
prisoners. 1
A score or so ot old soldiers got to
gether and perfected plans for applying
tar and feathers to Polk belore he should
leave town, but somehow news of the
intention leaked out and the police took
steps to prevent the projected assault.
a denial from col. polk.
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 17. Col.
Polk, President of the National - Farm
ers Alliance, who arrived in this city
this morning en route to Iowa, was m-
tervied by a representative of the Asso
ciated Press in regard to the report that
he narrowly escaped a coat ot tar ana
feathers yesterday afternoon in Wichita,
Kansas, at the hands ot a crowd ot ex-
Union soldiers. He said: "There is no
truth whatever in that report. It is
simply one of the many inventions of
my political enemies. During the past
fifteen days I have been in all the prin
cipal cities of Kansas, and my reception
has been a continuous ovation, and trom
hundreds of old soldiers whom I have
met every day, and I have heard noth
ing but words of good cheer and sympa
thy." - ; .
COL. SAM'L B. PICKENS.
His Death at Charleston, S. C A Veteran
of the Late War and . a -Prominent Bail-
road Official. --;
B v Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Charleston. S. C, Sept. 17. Col.
Samuel B. Pickens' died this morning,
aged 52 years. He belonged to the fa
mous South Carolina family of Pickens,
and was a relative of the war Governor'
of this State. During the-warhe com
manded the 12th Regiment of Alabama
infantry, Confederate army,- being pro
bably the youngest Colonel . in the ser
vice, the.rank of Colonel having been
conferred on him when he was only
25 years old. He was in all the battles
fought by Lee s army, except when
wounded, and surrendered at Appo
mattox. Since the war he has followed railroad
pursuits, being at the time of death
general freight and passenger agent of
the South Carolina and the Charleston,
Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Compa
nies. He ranked high among the rail
road men of the South, i!
Telegrams of sympathy haye been
pouring in all -day irom railroad man
agers of the South. The funeral will
take place to-morrow.
A TEXAS TRAGEDY.
Isaac Murphy Shot and Killed by His
Son Logan Murphy The Murderer Ar
rested. "
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Louisville, Ky., September 19.
Near Sallyerville, about 1 o'clock Thurs
day morning, Logan Murphy shot and
killed his father, Isaac Murphy. He
then stood guard over the house till
daylight and prevented his mother or
any of the children- from going out.
lust before sunrise he lett and tried to
escape, but the news spread qutcmy,
and soon an armed band was on his
track. He turned fn his course.
which was at .first away from the'
county, and was captured going toward
Sallyersville by jailor Patrick and deputy
sheriffs Brown and ratter, wno were
coming out to join in the pursuit. ; He
gave no reason for the murder, except
that he had quarrelled with his father
over a trivial matter, and his father had
threatened his life. No lawyer at
Sallversville would defend Murphy, and
he began his own defence by waiving
examination. In default of bail he was
held a prisoner and taken to Preston-
burg jail. ' . ;
"PARDONED.
Carlton Marks, Who Killed N. M. Bain
for Insulting his Sister. "
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Richmond, Va., September 19.
Carlton Markswho was convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary by the
county court of Sussex last December,
for killing N. M. Bain, was to-day par
doned by the Governor on account of
the 'dangerous condition of his health.
This case attracted great : attention
throughout Virginia. The tragedy grew
out of an alleged insult from Bain to
Marks' little sister. Both families stand
high m the community. , Marks is a
very young man. : ::U
t Concord Standard
distiller at Caton's- still.
day.1; The poor fellow drank too much ;
of "the stuff right : from'the 6till's; worm,V
ami-it killed him.' i.'JS,
en, an English minor, was ruST out of
Gold Hill Saturday for Dicanw. - . He
had a wife in England and fecently
mamea a xvnss arnnarat in mis
couwty.. - ' ' N
- Rocky Mount Argonaut i Mr.''' ''..
J.- R. ; Moore, while engaged in painting ;.
the brick leaf factory of Messrs. Thorp i - s
& Kicks, IastTuesday, fell from a third -'.
story window, the . rope holding the -
scaffold, haying become unfastened. He
fortunately, after falling a short distance, .." . - ':
caught the rope, breaking his fall, and -although
he went to the ground he sus-'
tained but little injury. -. . : x : :
; Wilson -Advance: The fifteen
negroes in jail make the night hideous
with their howling.; Two negroes . 5; .
were fighting below the railroad last "
Sunday. One of them threw a brick . , '
just as Mr." Zack Rowe, the efficient :: X:
engineer ot wuson cotton Mius. turned , ,-.t
the corner and it landed in his left, eye,
knocking him : six feet. Dr. C E." -
Moore, who dressed the wound, thinks " -
probable the sight of the eye; will be de
stroyed. ' " .,: j ":: ' '
Salisbury - Watchmanv A case
of attempted rape on the person of Miss -; '.'"
Ellen Kariker. by Daniel Beaver, has : ;
caused some little! excitement here.
They are both from-the upper part of "-
county. Beaver is about 25 years old. . -
He says that he is innocent and tne
whole affair is one of prejudice. In a.
trial before Justice Joe McLean he was
found guilty; and was bound over to 1
court in arbond of $500,1 in default he
was placed . in, jail.; The witnesses are ' , r-.
the lady ana sutaxie ooy, ; .j. : ;
Statesville Landmark : Every
bar-room in town has been closed for a'
week and the proprietors and bar-tenders
are idle, :- Mrs, Ann" Witherspoon
died of paralysis at her home on west
Front street last night at 9.45 . o clock. -
These columns have heretofore indicated ;
that she was failing and h-ir cbndkio.i ";;
hopeless, and the intelligence ot.her
death will not surprise our readers. The,
deceased was a native of Rowan, rwas
bornMcNeely, was the widow of the
late I, A Witherspoon and sister of v
Mrs. M. C. Bell. She was in her 77th
year. , .-; r . : : .. .
- Red bpnngs farmer ana Scot
tish Chief, : The culture of the pecan s
tree, in North Carolina is exciting some .
interest.! 1 1n 1865 we saw very large pe- . '
can trees growing at Hyrnham, near
Rocky Point, in what is now Pender
county. This was fourteen miles, north
of Wilmington, on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railway, and the great yierd of
nuts from that grove of trees ought to v
satisfy any one that pecan culture in this
latitude can be made a success. ; Hyrn- '. .
ham was then owned by Mr.Richard
Bordeaux, and we have learned thatthe
pecan trees were injured seriously by
the burning of the historic residence a . .
few years-after we saw them. ; lhe
oldest inhabitant never saw finer corn
crops than those of the present year.
The cotron crop has been seriously in- - -
jured by the wet weather.
Scotland Neck Democrat : Our
correspondent from Ringwood says that
Mr. C. A. Williams has lound a mineral
spring on his place which he considers ......
valuable. While in Halifax last .
week we had a conversation with Dr. C.
R. Gurkin, who is in charge of the con
victs now employed on the canal for the
Great tails Company neat Weldon.
Dr. Gurkin said that there were then 85 : 1
convicts at work on the canal and the ,
company pays them 87 j cents a day for,
their labor, the btate leedmg, clothing
and guarding them. This he said brings
in 50 cents clear to the , btate per day
for each hand. "The canal will be a
mile and a half long, 60 feet wide at the
bottom and will carry ten feet of water.
He said it will take two years to finish -
it. and when: completed it will be the
strongest water power, in the country.
Charlotte News : .The engine
which brought the Richmond & Dan
ville's north bound vestibule train into
Charlotte at 9 o'clock last night,, was
spattered with blood. All its front works
were red. It had done terrible execu
tion at Grier's station, where it struck v.
and killed a negro man and two mules.
-Several attempts at burglary were ,
made last night. Mr. J. M. Sims heard
some rattling of his blinds last night,
and upon going to the door was some
what surprised to see two negroes leap,
the fence and go off at a lively rate
This same gang, it is supposed, was at .
Mrs. bophia Bradley s on Pine street
last night, but were foiled in their efforts - r
by the watch- dog. The railroad . .
men are organizing political associa- '
tions. One has been organized in At
lanta, and an organization will be effect-
ed in Charlotte next week. Every man
in anyway connected with a railroad is t
eligible to membership. - '
Weldon News: 1 he authorities
of the Fair have, after considering the
matter carefully, determined to have no
exhibition this year. The action was
taken in view pf the short crops and the .
Southern Exposition at Kaleigh, which
two facts would in all probability mili- ,
tate seriously against the success of the
Fair. This is the first season in twenty-
one years that Weldon will be without
a v air. xvirs. rvODen is.eese uiea at
her husband's home in Garysburg, on
Thursday last, .after an illness of only .
about two weeks. She had been mar
ried a little more than a year. A
telegram was received from the authori
ties at Plymouth luesoay morning by
Chief of Police Hancock, asking him to' y
look out for and arrest a white man by "
the name of Bob Lee Askew, charged
with murder. Askew is described as
being about five feet eleven inches high, '
180 pounds iii weight, muscular build,
no beard, light short hair and blue eyes,
and with a scar on the upper lip. -
Tuesday morning Tom Harvey, a col-
ored man, was standing on tne track or
the W. & W. road talking.; He saw one
train moving and kept his eye on it, but. ;'
did not see another coming towards him : ' . ,
on the track on which he was standing.
It struck him, 'threw him down, rolled ;
him over several times yn. front of the .
wheels .and finally threw him entirely "
off the track. His clothes- were badly -torn
but he was unhurt.
, WadeSboro Messenger-Intelli- . :
gencea: it is a remarKaDie lact tnat only ,
one indictment for larceny was tried at
our late term of court.1 The time of the
court was taken up almost entirely with .
liquor and fighting cases. The old
dungeons in the county jau are being v
torn out this week to make room for the
new steel ones recently contracted for
by the County commissioners. One
or two more courts like the one we hadv
last week would make a chain gang a
paying institution in Anson county. No '
less than twelve persons were sentenced : '
to jail for longer or shorter periods; of
time, -Not a single prisoner was sent to ' -the
penitentiary. According to the
tax books just compiled, there is ' ,
only one man in Anson county a
citizen of Morven township, who enjoys i;
the luxury of a net : income. We had
supposed before this that at least two
men in the county were laving up a lit
tie something for a rainy day. The in- -come
tax in this State, as now levied, is '
evidently an big humbug. -- A .
stranger attending court here last week
would probable have come to ! .the con- -elusion
that be had landed 'in a com
munity of.; Scotchmen. An unusual -coincidence,
in that the names of all the : ;
officers of the : court began with Mc.
would have been responsible for this.
Mclver, Judge; McNeill. Solicitor;. Mc- ;v
Lauchlin, Clerk, and McGregor, Sheriff, "
was the quartette that dispensed justice
with an even hand, and with satisfaction '
to'kll-except the recipients of the just
tice so dispensed. . ; : . '? V-
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