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.BAIL WAY, CONSTRUCTION.
According to the Chicago Railway
Age there were constructed in forty-
one States and Territories in the past
nine months 2,829.1 miles of rail
way, oT which 1,250 miles, or neaj-ly
one-half, was in the' South. The
mileage per State is given as follows:
. j -. . Miles.
Maine. ..........
. 5
-.7
4
"4
83 i
86.05
171.5
8
113
146.87
91.95
177.5
198.9
9
159.5
69.5
93.85
29.25
136.2
49.31
'15.52
57.8
101.68
95.6
102.73
54.71
27
25.5
2
19
e;
69.5
92.85
44.6
47.89
103.5
112.26
18
20.4
43
182.5
I' New Hampshire..
Massachusetts...,
Rhode Island....
New York.r. . . . . .
New Jersey.... . .
Pennsylvania.,.
Maryland. .
West Virginia., i,
Virginia...!....;;.
North Carolina.
South Carolina. . ;
Georgia..
Florida.
Alabama..
Louisiana.
Tennessee J
Kentucky.,
Ohio.....
Michigan.
Indiana. .
Illinois . . .
Wisconsin; . . .' ...
Minnesota .,
North Dakota........
South Dakota....'.
' Iowa.... .j. ........ ..
Nebraska ......... . .
ICtlllSSS a C
' Missouri, j. .
Indian Territory. .
" Arkansas .
Texas ...i
Colorado ........ .
. Wyoming -. . . . .-. .... .
Montana, i. .... . .
, California; . . .'. . .
New Mexico. ........
Idaho ..
Oregon, . . . . . . . ...
- Washington . . . .... .-.
, Total in 41 States ..... . . .... .2.829.1
The leading Stafes, and the only
ones in which the mileage runs Over
106 miles, are Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, I Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Wisconsin,
North Dakota, Montana, California
and Washington, five out ot these
twelve being Southern States, Geor
gia leading all. Connecticut, Dela
ware and Mississippi are the only
States fa-jhich it seems there was
no railroad building done, while
eight .States show only forty miles
between them. : '!''
As might naturally be expected by
far the larger part of this railway
construction was in the West and
South, -particularly In the recently
settled States of the far , West,- the
aggregate mileage of eighteen West-
nxn States being 1,220, compared
with 1,250, (pretty close figures)! in
twelve Southern States. If we add
to these j Missouri and Maryland,
which are; classed-as Southern States
and the Southern Territory of New
Mexico it would give the South 1,380
miles or -110 miles more than the
west.-. ; : :.. y:
fi . It is worthy of note in this cdn-
nection, that the centers of energy
and activity in railway building are
I,': in the West and South, the two sec-
tions which are becoming coinmer
. cially more closely allied every day.
Heretofore the railroads which were
built jjn j the West, to be anything
more than local roads or feeders to
trunk lines, pointed -Eastward to the
markets on the North Atlantic sea
. board; but that day is gone by and
henceforth' the railroads that are
built to seek markets on the seaboard
will point Southward. "- j
Commerce is based on dollars, and
cents. There is neither . patriotism.
sectionalism., nor sentiment in it. The
farmer who raises a bushel of wheat
and wants to sell it, wants to send it
. to the ; best market by the
way that will. - cost the least
to carry it, for that puts the
most money in his pocket. So with
the farmer who raises oats, corn,
pork, beef or anything else. The
manufacturer who manufactures.! for
shipment also wants the cheapest
lines of carriage 'to the markets
; which he! seeks, and the merchant
who imports goods also wants j the
v cheapest .'. routes. Now, between
. juiverpooi ana Cincinnati, . tor i inn
stance, it is tour hundred miles near
j er Dy several ot our Southern ports
than by way .of New; York, which
means shorter carriage by sea, and
also shorter carriage by land, lessen
tog, of course, materially the cost of
transportation, and the time of tran
sit, both important considera-
, tions. On , one i cargo, , ' Sot
two cargoes, or - -' three: ckr
oes this would be a small matter,
but when the great exportable pro-
- ducspy - the vast -and productive
. West, with her proportionate imports,
it means a mighty business involv
ing many millions of dollars.
If there -were short lines of railr
way direct from the great wheat
fields' of the West tp Southern porfs,
- and lines of ocean steamers connect
ing with them to bear away the ex
ported jproducts,'; the difference in
the cost of carriage and what it now
; costs.to ship by ; the North Atlantic
perts, ok this years' crop of bort
'. blfe grain anot meats would be suffi-
Cient to build and equip - several
v thousand miles of railway. . 4
.; - The project, has already been un
- der consideration In' Chicago, where
it is said a strong company bas been
formed for that purpose, to put on a
line of steamers to run from New Or
leans to the principal commercial' 1
ports of Europe, - to make that city
the t shipping port f or Chicago, f or
exports anj imports. -The Illinois
Central Railroad, one of the strong-"
est 'corporations in the country, is
one of the prime movers in this pro
ject, the consummation vof which
would be a great thing for it as well
as for New - Orleans and Chicago.
Lines of ocean steamers have al
ready been established to run from
Norfolk and Ntwport News, while
other lines' are in contemplation from
Port Royal, Mobile- and Galveston.
These are but straws to show the
commercial drift and give a hint of
what may be expected in the future.
As the South increases in wealth, as
her mineral and other industries are
developed, as the commerce of her
ports increases, so will be toe pro
portionate demand for more rail-
oads. There are few things surer than
that every year for years to come
will show a oonstantly increasing
Addition to the railway mileage of
this section. : ;, ' .- .
SasiaasaiaMsswWs .
MINOi MENTION.
- There is one thing we always did
Wmire about the average Republi
can stumper and that is the colossal
cheek that he carries around with
him, and,the reckless abandon with
which they will utter the most bald
faced; falsehoods when they know
that the facts and the figures are
dead against them. Mr. McKinley,
of Ohio, is rather above the average
in candor and fairness in debate, but
when he gets in the backwoods, so
tto speak, where he does not fear
contradiction he is as loose-tongued
and brash as the most unscrupulous
Wh6dper-up.' The following, deliv
ered at a meeting of farmers a few
days ago, is a sample: ;
They talk about the tin-plate tax.
Suppose we don't make a .pound of tin
plate. The duty on it has been increas
ed from one cent to,two and two-tenths,
cents, but you're not paying a cent more
for your tin than you did - before. 1 be
old tariff on tin brought seven millions
into the Treasury. The new one will
-bring in sixteen millions. Supposing
we continue to import it . all. We ve a
clear gain of nine millio'ns and your tin
isn't costing'you a, cent more. 4
What could be more false or glar
ingly absurd than this. There ' is a
tax of $16,006,000 or more on im
ported tin; Who pays this tax ? - Do
the manufacturers m Wales pay $16,
000,000 for the privilege of shipping
their tin-plate to this country? Do
t(he importers pay it and charge no
more for the plate than they did
before this tax was imposed? How
long would J. hey stay in business
done in that style ? It is simple
nonsense to talk such stuff and the
wonder is hot that McKinley would
say it but that he should think there
were even any people in the back
woods of Ohio fools enough to be
lieve it. The New York World
punctures this falsehood with the
following quotations of prices from
1885 to the present time :
' "In 1885 the highest price paid for I
C 14x20 coke tin was $4.60; that from
that time to 1890 the lowest price paid
for that kind of tin was $4.15. and the
highest price was $4.85, in 1887. In
1390 the highest price was $5.26 and the
average price $4.71. This' year the
highest price is $5.80, the lowest $5.15.
while Niedringhaus tin of this kind sells
for $6.48 a box, ra very, very smalt lots.
I "In the mean time the price of I C
charcoal tin has advanced from $4.79 to
$5.90, and of I C 20x22 roofing tin from
$3.85 to $10.2.0, while American roofing
tin, what therer is of it. commands the
enormous price of $16.50." .
ii But Mr. McKinley did not make
lis statement in ignorance, but with
the full knowledge of the facts and
deliberate intention to deceive.
Judge Lowery, of Ohio, chairman
of the State Republican committee,
seems to be, if reports be tfrue, id a
streak of the blues, and somewhat
mad, also, because the government
clerks and clerkesses (for the female
clerks are expected to "contribute
liberally") are not responding hu-.
merously, promptly nor liberally to
his call for cash to help elect Mc
kinley. He is quoted as saying that
he thinks only one in three of the
clerks will go home to vote, and only.
one m twenty-five will give any
cash, because they think they ; are
safe under the Civil Service law and
think they can't ' be bounced,
and" therefore . hold on to their
cash and let Mr. McKinley hoe
his own row; with the help of
the boys at home. The Judge adds
by way of warningdoubtless, "but I
think some of them will learn that
they are mistaken," arid they pro
bably will. The New York Times
takes occasion to call his attention
to the clause in the Civil Service law
which reads as follows : ':- y.
"No officer or employe of , the United
States mentioned in this act shall dis
charge, or promote, or degrade, or in
any manner change the official rank or
compensation of any-other officer or
employe, or promise or threaten so to
do, for giving or withholding or neglect-
"s iiiarwc ouy toniriDuiion oi money
or other valuable thing for any political
purpose." .: . r.; -:, .
This is somewhat ot an impedi
ment to the bouncers, but they' will
probably find a way to evade it if
they conclude . that some ' bouncing
may become necessary as an example
-to the indifferent and as a matter of
party discipline in yiewNof the com
ing Presidential campaign when they
will need money worse than they do
now. " V :r Vj,
':' -" i'.r;.':;"':':.:;-j'4' K'-'V;
; Gov.' Hill's oration at the unveil
ing of the statue to Henry W. Grady
in Atlanta: yesterday, ; was an elo
quent tribute from one of America's
most illustrious: citizens, ; to one of
Georgia's most brilliant and beloved
-sons. It was a , happy address in
very particular happy in concep
tion, happy in expfession,.y simple in
structure, but grand as a whole, and
a noble , offering to ' the -memory of
one wljose devotion, to his' people
and Clnselfish efforts to bring' peace,
harmony and prosperity to all have en
deared him to all and made his name
a household word throughout the
land." In speaking from: the heart" as
he'did", from the standpoint of a full
grown, thoroughbred, patriotic Am
erican v citizen, - with ' sonl large
enough to embrace every section of
our common country,- OovHilll did
honor to himself, to the great State
which he represents, and to manly
Americanism, when hethus - touch-'
ingly, truthfully, and . beautifully
honored the memory and phrased
the deserts and the fame ? of the
South's young "departed 'journalist
orator, patriot" the three, descrip
tive, suggestive words chiseled upon
the monumental stone. ' .: ". - ' ;
Some time ago Caswell Eanes,.a
policeman in the city of Charleston,
was shot and killed while attempting
to arrest"a young mau who was un
der the influence of ' liquor." The
slayer is now in jail, to be tried for
.murder. ' But from Tennessee comes
a plea of mercy, published in the
News and Courier from the mother
of the murdered man for the slayer
of her son. From a mother's broken
heart" she pleads for the heart of the
mother that will be broken if another
fife is to be Jaken to avenge the life
that was taken by a crazed man un
der the influence ot liquor, the sale
of which is legitimized by the laws
of the laqdV From the depths of a
mother's grief her heart turns to the
unfortunate young man in .prison
who in a drunken phrenzy slew the
boy of her heart, and she pleads that
he may be dealt with mercifully and
be restored to the mother who loves
him "as she loved her boy. -
THE DRUMMER EVANGELIST.
Big Work and Bis Far at South .Boston,
' Virginia. -;,-;;
A telegram to the Richmond Dispatch
gives the following particulars of the-
recent work of Evangelist Fife at South
Boston, Virginia: v ' i -South
Boston is throbbing with reli
gious "fervor, and Evangelist Fife has
aroused this place to a point of Christian
enthusiasm such as it has never before
enjoyed. Yesterday's : special trains
brought crowds to hear Mr. Fife, and
the town was overrun with men, women
and children, all seeming' to think of
nothing but the salvation of souls.
SALOONS CLOSED, i 4
Two saloons have been voluntarily
closed by the proprietors, who have
been converted during the meeting-."?
1 CONVERTED. "! ' .
Three hundred people have professed
conversion and the rejoicing of relatives
and friends are to be seen and. heard on
the streets all through the day. The state
if feeling here is indeed remarkable. It
is novel and new to South Boston, but
is none the less happy in its effects and
influences. - '' : ," : . .:. -
The sum of $1,700 has been collected
and presented to Mr. Fife," and yet the
people are not satisfied and say this sum
does not begin to pay the evangelist for
his great work. .-
Mr, Fife left this evening for his home
in North Carolina to rest until next Sun
day, when he begins a meeting in Dan
ville. ,
The Oyster Market.
The condition of the Baltimore oyster
market is of some importance in the
bivalve vineyard. Monday, in that city,
the receipts were about 45,000 bushels,
most of which were brought in small
schooners and bugeyes from the vicinity
of Smith's Point, on the Potomac. The
first cargo of dredged oysters this sea
son arrived that morning. 1 be cargo
was brought up on the schooner; Robert
L. Rogers, Capt. Evans, and. numbered
507 bushels. The oysters were Dot very
large, but of good flavor, and were sold
"at eighty cents per bushel. Later in
the day the schooner William Sotners
arrived with 800 bushels of dredged
oysters These, too. wpre readily sold
at eighty cents. The prices about the
wharves werer For "scrapes. 1 50c. to
$1.15, according to size;. Herring Bay
catch, $1.00; Chester river, $1.15; Kent
Island, 85c, and for a few steaming
stocK which were brought up, 40c. was
paid. .
A STOWAWAY : r
Trying to Steal Himself Into This Coun
' try u Stowed Away in Jail.
The British steamer BratnJiatn, Capt.
H.-lawson, sailed from West Hartlepool
for this port, and after being' out two
days', a stowaway, Thos. Wales, was dis
covered aboard. :. So soon as she
arrived here the - Custom House
authorities were notified that Wales, the
........ j
stowaway, was neither a passenger nor
one of the crew, and they required of
the Captain a bond of $1,000, for bis re
turn, which "was given. ' -
Upon complaint of the Captain, Uni
ted States Commissioner R. H. Bunting
issued a warrant for the stowaway yes
terday, and he was arrested and brought
before the Commissioner. S Upon the
admission of Wales that he was a pau
per and was thus stealing himself into
the country, he was stowed away in jail
until the departure or the vessel.
The " Short Cut." ;. ' . ; v ;
i. The Fayetteville correspondent of the
Robesonian -writes: . It is said that the
Atlantic Coast Line will build aj depot
on Winslow street . on the Bell place
which was recently purchased.'- It is
also said that an eating house will be es
tablished here in the place of the one in
Wilmington. The track south of here
is being rapidly laid, and: it is now ex-
pccica mat trains will , De running
through by January 1st. " -'
Preferred 8 took. . .
Books of subscription to the capita
siock. ot the Eastern Carolina Pisca-.
torial Association are now open at the
oanicot JNew Hanover and First Na.
-tional Bank. Thi ; or.
ferred stock on which a dividend of ten
per cent, is to be paid out of the net
earnings of the Association ' before any
profits are paid to the other stockholders.
' The British' steamships Gar
lands and Start are reported en route to
Wilmington,- .'- v
RIVER AND MARINE ,
Deepning the Water at the Mouth of Cape
Wtx River Beport of the Engineer in
Charge. ' ' - s t"
Capt. W. H. Bixby has issued the folr
owing "Memoranaum in relation, to
the condition of .Snow's Marsh- channel
at the mouth of Cape Fear, viz: , "
-'- - U. S: Engineer Officer
Wilmington, N. C, 20th Oct. 1891. .
During the past ' few -weeks "new ex
aminations have been made of the con
dition of the New Snow's Marsh Chan
nel at the mouth of the . Cape Fear
River. "-These examinations show that
this channel is 1 steadily improving ' in
general. Since its. first dredging jthe up:
per portion of this channel has : greatly
widened and deepened, and this .widen-.
ing and deepening Is gradually working
its way down stream,' some of the - ma
terial thus scoured away from above be
ing naturally deposited along the sides
of the channel below. The" lower por
tion of the bouyed-fhannel, about half
way between bbuys Nos. ll'and 9, - has
in - consequence . narrowed so that at
present for a short distance the 16 feet
deep channel has only a-width of about
150 feet; the deepest water Deing on the
western side. Boats can at present easily
carry 18 feet through the channel with
out touching at half to, full tide, by ruffH
ning tne center range ngnis to a pome
about 1,000. feet below No. 11, then
opening the center range slightly .to
westward lor i,ouu teet, men again run
ning center range for 500 feet and at
about 1,000 feet to bouyNo. 9 opening
the range lights to eastward for lower
entrance of the cut. The present nar
rowed condition of the channel way is a
naturally temporary intermediate stage
in the steady general improvement oi
this portion of tbe river. '
The old Horse bhoe Channel and tne
old Snow's Marsh Channel seem to be
steadily .shoaling and closing up, and
the vdlume of water formerly moving
through them " is daily going more and
more into the New bnow s Marsn cnan
nel, so that there is every indication of
the , latter s naturally expanding . to
eighteen feet depth and about 300 feet
width within the next one or two years.
. ,W. H. BIXBY,
Capt. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
x FOREIGN MAILS.
The Postal union Covering the wnwe
- -:1 World Eeduction of Bates.
A circular sent out from Washington
to the various, postoffices ol the country
gives the following important informa
tion concerning the work of the Postal
Union: ' '; ;.'.:
The new countries to be enrolled in
the union after Oct. 1, are New South
Wales, Victoria, Queensland, West Aus
tralia. South Australia, New Zealand,
Tasmania, British New Guinea -and the
Fiii Islands. .
With the exceptions of South Aus
tralia and the Fiji Islands, whose letter
rates remain unchanged, the reduction
is more than onehalf the rates now
charged. : .
For New bouth - Wales, victoria.
Queensland, New Zealand, West Aus
tralia and Tasmania the letter rates
have been 12 cents per half ounce; news
papers, 10 cents per copy; other printed
matter and samples of merchandise. 1
cent per ounce. -
The new rate will be: Letters o cents
per half ounce, postal cards 2 cents
each, newspapers or other printed mat
ter 1 cent for each two ounces or frac
tion thereof, samples of merchandise not
in excess of four ounces 1 cent lor each
two ounces or fraction thereof.
"Although the letter, rates to South
Australia, and the Fiji lslands-j-emain
' i . :i - .. . i
uncnangea, oiner mau io loesc points is
subject to the same, reduction, sam
pies have formerly not been admitted.
' Where all mail to these points fornv
erlv had to be prepaid, payments will
now be optional. Kegistratioa tees on
letters or other articles will be 10 cents.
The only, countries now excluded
from the postal union are Cape Colony,
Natal. Orange Free State. S. Helena,
Ascension, Transvaal, China, Madagas
car and Morocco.
Jurisdiction of Magistrates.
The Supreme Court of North Caro
lina has recently decided, in the case : cf
the State vs. Fesperman, that the law
relative to carry concealed weapons has
hot been changed, that the jurisdiction
of Justices. Mayors, etc., has not been
enlarged, and the law remains as if has
remained for several years. Under the
law Justices have no jurisdiction in any
of the following instances: 1st, where
there is an intent to kill, whether a
deadly weapon is used or not and
whether serious damage is done or not
2nd. where the assault is made secretly.
whether a deadly weapon is used or not.
3rd, where serious damage is done
whether a deadly weapon is used or
not. 4th, where any kind of a deadly
weapon is used or offered to be used by
any. party in an assault or affray. All
the Justices can do in any one of these
is to bind the party over to court. If
there is an affray in which two or more
are engaged and any one uses or offers
tto use a deadly weapon, or it any person
is injured seriously then it is the dutyot
the Justice to bind all oer to court.
IMPROVING OCRACOKE INLET.
Bids Opened Yesterday for $75,000 Worth,
of Work. - '
Bids were opened yesterday at the U,
S. Engineer's Office in this city by Capt
W. H. Bixby for dredging work to be
given out by the Government for the
improvement of Ocracoke Inlet.' Bids
were submitted as follows: -
. ; From P. Sanford Ross, of Jersey City,
34c in scow per cubic yard, to commence
work, in 90 days and progress at rate of
7,200 yards weekly; American Dredging
Co., of Philadelphia, 80c,v. in7scow, '60
days and 7,500. yards weekly; Chester T.
Caler, Norfolk. 41c, 200 days,- 7,000 to
10,000 yards weekly; Moore & Wrieht.
Portland, Me.,. 81c, 6 months, 8,000
yards weekly; Alabama Dredging Co.
Mobile, ; 17c, 150 days, - 12,000 yards
weekly. " '-. ;
; The bid of the Alabama Dredging Co,
is the lowest; but the award has not yet
been made public- - N -;; " -- 'X
Collecting Taxes. ; .iC - : ; "' -V-
Sheriff S ted man is now wrestling
with the rural tax-payers, j He visited
Castle Haynes Monday, Macomber's
Old Store yesterday, and will tackle the
Wrightsviillans to-day. His collections
areTiot large enough to suggest an en
largement of the vault of ; the Bank of
New Hanover, and one'buggy is usually
found of sufficient capacity 'to haul
the human cash to town that is, from
one Township. But the Sheriff and his
deputy have lots of fun making arrange
ments for future bear hunts, organizing
oyster roasts, exchanging sweet smiles
with the rustic beauties and -discussing
"high tariff" and "low tariff"! -with the
sturdy farmers. ". - . 4 - ,
: " .The squirrel crop is said to be
very large, and many hunts are pre
lected by those who like that kind ol
sport. - - - -
AT THE tabernacle:
CLOSING
THlL REV. SAM P- JONES'
- meeting. ..,,v::-;v
Sermons "by Key. Messrs. "Jones and Btu-
ti art-Immense Audienoea Present. ; , ?
Sunday was a -perfect iOctober. day.
and thousands " took. advantage of. the
opportunity to- attend the closing serr.
vices at the Tabernacje. '.',,'.
In the umoraing, Ref -Mr. Stuart
Breached a powerful sermon -on f'The.
Incarnation,'! which produced- a -pro
foundly spiritual impression.-r. s--..r-v
In the afternoon, Mr. Jones preached
on "Character BuiIdmg." to an immense
audience. Thehigh ; water-marK . was
reached at the night service, when about
eight thousand people were in attend
ance hundreds Lemg unable to secure
seats!; r'-:-i V ' ' .-; -
By way ot preface, Mr! Jones stated
that he thought it meet and right that
the pastors who - had given their pre
sence and prayers to aid him in his work
should have a word to sa. ; "These are
the men," he said, "who labor with you
yeaf after year; who visit rour sick, bury
your dead, marry your cbjildren, and to
whom you look.for guidaoce and conso
lation." - , , ; M ! ; -
Irr short characteristic ipeechesr Rev
erends Dr Creasy, Mr.? Beaman. Mr.
Sawyer, Mr. McClure. and Mr. Peele,
expressed their love for Mr.' Jones, their
hearty, sympathy and co-opsration with
him in his works; the personal, benefit
derived, anid bidding him God speed i J
his mission of "saving souls. .' ' ' -
Mr. Jones preached from the text:
"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a
fault, ye which- are ; spiritual restore
such an one in the spirit of meekness,
considering thysetf -. lest r thou also be
tempted." r ' '
His main points were, that Christian
ity is and must be an unselfish religion;
that the man or woman who is most un
selfish is most like Christ there, being
more avenues and channels open in
their natures to what we call the grace
of God A supremely selfish man can
not be a Christian; a supremely unselfish
man is the highest type of a Christian.
All the meanness in the world is bot
tomed on selfishness and all that is good
and pure on unselfishness. Pastors
should . loot after their members and
members alter each other, and all should
look after the poor not only the Lord's
poor but the devil's, poor; for they are
poorest in the world. -The strong
churches should help the weak ones,
and wiping out denominational lines
stand shoulder to shoulder in the work
ot the Lord. We should not be above
our fetlows. Pick up the drunkard from
the gutter and do all you can to restore
.him. Christ gave His life for you,
Don't call yourself "soldiers of the
Cross" when you've never " heard a gun
fire. . . -: ;- " - ".
One of the sweetest things in heaven
will be to hear some soul say as we walk
the golden streets, "that man helped me
to heaven.."
So live that you may be ready - when
the summons come. What a glorious
hour it will be when we can say "in
heaven at last' .
- After the sermon Mr. Jones returned
thanks to the reporters and newspapers
of the. city, sayingthey had materially
aided his work by the publication of his
sermons; to Col. Moore and his assistant
ushers! the choir, and all who had as
sisted during the meeting. '
This is the last meeting to be held in
the Tabernacle, as it will soon be torn
down. '-
Wrong Again.
The following appeared' in the Char
lotte News of Saturday: ' 1
On November 15th, the offices of Mr.
Wm. Moncure, Superintendent Of the
Carolina Central, and tbe offices of Mr.
Frank Williams, Train Dispatcher, will
be located in Charlotte. This is good
news. Charlotte will give them a royal
welcome.
This is "news" to both Superintendent
Moncure . and Train Master Williams,
Mr. Moncure left here Saturday even
ing, and up to that time he had received
no information of the removal referred
to by the News. Mr. Williams said,
yesterday, that he bad received no such
information. As a matter of fact, the
News is mistaken. There will be no re
moval of the offices referred to Novem
ber 15th; and while we do not speak
from official information on this point,
we have excellent reasons for believing
that there will no such removal at all,
Capt. John II. Burton, of Wil
son, was among the arrivals, at the Orton
yesterday. " - , . T
Mr. J.i.. Fool, a prominent
merchant oil Maxton, was in our city
yesterday. V - " . r
Mr. Jno. D.' Shaw, of Rocking
ham was in the city yesterday and reg
istered at The Orton. . V
: - Messrs. K. u. Mclsachern and
Mark Morgan were in the city yesterday
registered at the Orton. - . ;
Dr. E. Porter of Rocky Point
was in town yesterday attending the
No'tth Carolina Piscatorial Association
meeting which was held here yesterday,
- Mr. Jas. H. Scull, Cronly, N. C,
sends the . Star a curiosity a peach
bloom plucked from a tree on- . his
premises yesterday, and .which bloomed
last in February, 1891. . ; . " -r
Mr." Alex. Liles, ' a noted deer
hunter ol Brunswick county, called at the
tTAR omce yesterday. - Alter a. myste
rious "confab between our "Deerslayer"
and himself he took the latter 's dog and
hied him away over the river. Evident
ly, a campaign against the "antlered
monarchs" is about to be inauguarated.
"'i;: Mr. E. L." Hawks, as we learn
from the - Winston Sentinel. returned
from New York last Sunday.- He says.;
"Satisfactory, arrangements have . been
made with the Aldermen of Wilming
ton for right ot way, &c, for an electric
street railway. ; Work on same is to be
commenced in about thirty days."
Hectrte'BUtert ;VV;;
This remedv is becommsr so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
"Electric Bitters sing the same song' of
praise. A purer medicine does not exist
and it is guaranteed to d0 all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will
remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other, affections " caused by impure
blood. Will , drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cure all
Malarial fevers.-For cure of Headache
Constipation and Indigestion try Elec
tric Bitters Entire satisfaction' guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price CO
cents and $1.00 per bottle at Robert R
Bellamy's Wholesale and Retail Drug
Store. '- -- .
Meeting of the Eastern Carolina Pisoator
' i ial Association A ITew and Popular
Plan for the Issuance of Stocjc. P' :
"At a special meeting of thre stockhold
ers and directors of the Eastern PiscaV
torial Association,' held at the Bank of
New Hanover, on the 19th inst., the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted: '-, ;;
Whereas, at a meeting of the stock
holders of this company this day; held
at tbe Bank of New Hanover, the fol
lowing resolution,was adopted, towif
; Whereas, this company i; the -owner
of a valuable plant for the - purchase of
which seven hundred and nuv snares oi
the" capital stock of this company has
been issued ; and - whereas," the holders
of safd stock desire to secure. the neces
sary money to develop and make profit
able the said-r plant, and having -great
coufidencejn its capacity to pay Jarge
profits; therefore be it-, . " ; . - -
Resolved. That five hundred shares of
stock,; additional to that heretotore is
sued, beTssued by this company- under
such rules and regulations as to the sale
thereof as the board of directors of this
company shall prescribe; that the said
five hundred shares so issuea, snaii oe
known and designated as preferred stock
and t ear evidence thereof on the face of
the certificates; and said stock shall have
preference over all, other stock of this
companyto the extent that the same
and every share thereof issued and sold,
shall first receive an annual dividend ot
ten per centum per. annum out ot the
netearnings of the company, before any
profitsshall be paid to the other stock
holders ot said company ; De it turuer
Resolved. That the said stock shall not
be disposed of for less than tbe pax value
thereof ; be it further --
Resolved, That' after payment of a
dividend of ten per centum per annum
on the said preferred stock issued by
virtue of these resolutiohs,f should there
yet be a sufficient surplus, theother or
unpreferred stock.shall then receive also
a dividend of teii per centum per annum
thereon ; and any and all moneys still
left in the bands of the .treasurer; not
otherwise appropriated or called for by
the board ot directors, shall be equally
divided among all the stockholders,
preferred and unpreferred alike."
Vow be it resolved, , l nat the president
be authorized to have prepared special
certificates of stock for -the said "five
"hundred shares ordered to be issued by
the foregoing resolutions, with a proper
designation printed or engraved on the
face thereof showing that the said stock
is preferred stock-; '
Resolved, further. That the President
and Secretary aud Treasurer be' hereby
authorized and directed to open books
of subscription at such times and places
as they may deem best, and cause such
advertisement of the same to be made
as they shall deem necessary to place
and sell the said stock. . - . ; -
Resolved, further. That subscriptions
to said stock shall be payable in instal
ments of not more than five per cent, per
month, by the subscribers, unless they
shall eject -to pay a larger proportion
thereof,-hen the Treasurer shall be and
is hereby authorized to receive the same.
In view of the fact that $75,000 of
paid-up stock is now in the hands of
those,who agree to allow the 500 shares
of stock yet to be placed to have a pre
ference of an annual dividend of 10 per
cent, in advance of their own stock, is a
strong inducement to investors; but
when it is remembered that it is claimed
that this stock will pay from 500 to
2,000 per cent., we need not be sur
prised at this bold action. The install
ment plan offers fine opportunities to
our business men, and especially to
clerks and employes who can raise five
dollars per month.
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES.
- Advices irom Uallas, i exas, say:
We have had dry weather ali the week
and Crop gathering- has been active.
The character of the picking season, is
of unusual importance this year, for the
reason that all the unpicked cotton that
will mature at all is now open and await
ing picking On account of the July
and August drought there is practically
no lop crop. j". ;
. sen man uros. noid to the opinion
that the sharp decline which is obliged
to result from the depressing influence
of the present big receipts will, in turn,
be followed by a sharp and speedy re
covery, They " predict a greater and
more severe decline before the rebound.
which, however, they beljeve is sure to
come when the world discovers that the
crop really is short, and that the present
big receipts are the result of the neces
sities of the farmers, and not an indica
tion of an unusually large crop. . .
1 The proposed combination of the
Sea Island cotton planters of South
Carolina to prevent the sale of selected
seed and to maintain the price of the
stapte grown on the - Islands has been
abandoned. A new variety of long
staple cotton, totally distinct from Sea
Island cottony but having a staple of
trom an inch to an men and a quarter,
is coming into market in large quanti
ties, and it is believed that by careful
selection a variety of this cotton can be
obtained that will compete formidably
with any of the Sea Island grades. The
demand for. fine grades Of Sea ; Island
cotton, moreover, is already decreasing,
and some planters who have grown
tnem nave oeen compelled to give up
tneir cultivation as unprofitable.
! N. Y. Bulletin : -The movement of
cotton last year was unusual ia quantity,
namely 207.06S.122 lbs.,- averaging 10.1
cents per pound. ( This year in Septem
ber - the .exports were but 115,914.051
pounds, and the average price, was only
9.4 cents per pound,-vjvhich ia so far
above the quotations of the grade ordi
narily sent abroad as to suggest the pos
sibility that there has been - some error
in the returns The remarkably large
siocks ot cotton carried oyer from the
last crop by foreign manufacturers and
traders removed the necessity of buying
eariy tnis year, ana possibly led to pur
chases of the finer qualities only. In
uctoDer tnus Jar, however, the exports
had mucn increased, though they are
oy no means 7 as Jarge as a vear aco,
There is as yet no evidence whether' the
foreign consumption of raw cotton is
materially diminishing, but a considera
ble shrinkage . during - the crop year
would not be surprising:, in view of the
loss of crops in Europe and the condi
tion of other industries. r-
A letter received at the Star of
fice from Messrs. H. P. Hubbard Co.,
and dated Oct, 10th. states that they
have received six thousand replies to
their "guess'' circular and the . average
of four thousand ; of these guesses is
7.544,221. . In ; their circular of same
date they-say: ... s-.
i The movement continues in excess of
all precedent, and is for the present the
controlling influence, - Until ft lets up
the weakness of the Southern spot mar
kets is likely to effect a further decline
here, which would no doubt be' sharper
were It not that the demand - from the
public for futures at prices which look
attractively cheap continues to absorb
a very laree quantity of the cotton sold
here. xr----'''y-yr- :-y --.y
j This demand is more general than we
have ever; known it, briginatmg in a
large measure with that portion of the
Southern cotton trade generally - distin
guished for its conservatism and careful
observation. This would seem, to be
the most conclusive - evidence of the
theory so often advanced, that the pres
ent receipts are. no criterion of the
crop, unless indeed they are corroborative-of
small crop estimates.
His Arrival and Entertainment at ' Kich
mond, Va., .While En.HoUM to Atlanta.
'. j.-v Br Telefwph to the Moroine Star. . -
RlCHMONtt, VA -X)ct.
19th. Gov.
David B. Hilbof New Yorkahd oartv;
consisting of he following J distinguish
ed citizens, arriyedr here 1 th is "morni ng
at 8.4Q o'clocVvGeheral li. WiSlocum,
Austin Lathrpp, N; P. Earle; Col; ; J. ;T
McEwen, Hew, JohnAsMcCaul,' Hon.
Charles F Pfeeki TJrHv S. Pearce. and
Hon. D. W; yoorhees, of Indiana. -' : ;,
;A delegation fromlthe JAtlanta : Ex
position headed j'bv?Col. Charles" Sv
Northen,' are acting" as n escort; to
which city thpy are journeying.:-:
; j i nc. aisinguisnea - quests were
met at Ashlaind. sixteen males from the
city, by a committee of the Powhatan
Club, and upon arrival at Union station,
in this city, they were greetsed by a large
crowd of citizens, while a battery of ar
tillery stationed in tne capitoi square
announced td all for miles! around that
New York's Governor,; was, in the Old
Dominion ca&ital city. .1 Thie "party took
carriages and were , quickly driven to
Murphy's Hc(tei.' Breakfast having been
served, en rotate, .after a . bief rest the
visitors , resujraed their- carriages and
the party wei-e ' driven over . the city.
At 1 - o clocK an intormal call was
made upon Gov. McKinneyJ. ; The party
was then "driven to tne residence ot
Mayor J. Taylor Ellyson, where luncheon
was served. 1 V --'.'".. ;
At 5 o'clock a- banquet was given
Gov, Hill and party at the Westmore;-
meeting was held at Mozart Academy.
under, tbe auspices of the Powhatan
Club, where Gov. McKinnejr introduced
GoVi Hill, Sehator Voorhees and others,
who made bifief addresses, j , "::'.; '
GOV. HILL AT ATLANTA.
His Arrival and Eeoeption Testerday
Evening An Snthusiastiai Greeting
! ....... k-
Atlanta.i Oct. 20. Goir. Hill and
Dartv arrived' in-Atlanta at 4 O'clock this
afternoon tp Attend the unvpilingdf the
Grady monument which will take place
to-morrow.1 Uust out 01 Uhe city the
party was ntet by
a delegation ot
zens from Atlanta, including a detach
ment of the jAtlanta artillery which fared
a salute jnjhonor of Gov. HilL When
the train arHved at Union j station the
aisiinguisnpu guesis were net oy u-ov.
Northern, Mayor Hemphil and a com
mittee of one hundred prominent citi
zens. On all sides was an enthusiastic
cheering by he mass ot people." ' '
. After a short time spent Sin introduc
tions, the party forced its fray through
the crowd to tbe Kimball? House, and
there remained and was entertained till
8.30. o'clocki A reception was held
at that hour at tbe Governor's mansion
It was attended by a large number of
Atlanta's iepresentative - toeople and
people front all over Georgia. .
The unvejiffing of the, monument will
take place about noon to-mjorrow. tov,
Hill will be introduced as orator of the
day by Clarkf Howell,,v Speaker of the!
JGeorgia Hojuse of KepreseBtatives.
FLORIDA FARMERS.
The State . klllanoe President Bocera
: ' ' ' Speechi :
' By Telfelraph to the Morning Star,
Dade Crtt, Fla., Oct. 2L The sec
ond day's session of the State Alliance
opened at lOj o'clock this morning. Pres
ident Rogers appointed all the commit
tees for rouqioe work of the convention
and delivered ' his annual Address., In
this he referred sharply to dissensions
in the order arising chiefly fom admis
sion to membership of persons who
gain ad mittance for the jjpurpose of
omce or ; political innuence. xne
sub-treasuryp scheme wa jwarmly en
dorsed. The President closed his ad
dress as follows: "It is al fact that a
partisan press has distorted ithe truth in,
regard to tne Ocala plattofm and the
sub-treasuryk plan. In ourj State the
Democratic press is wont to read every
man out off. the party who advocated
the Ocala platform and the ub-treasury.
plan. The j result ot such an on
slaaght upon the Alliance -has
caused many of our members to advo
cate a third party. This Condition of
affairs is to fee deplored. My judgment
is that the Qcala platform f ontains not
a syllable wich cannot readily be en
dorsed by every true Democrat through
out the country.""-- j-
United Stites Senator Pasco is a del
egate from ijefferson county Alliance,
and there isfstrong opposition to seat
ing him.; The opposition i based upon
the theory that he is a lawyer and not a
farmer. He is duly accredited however.
and the president says he will be seated."!
; NA HVILLE RAfcES. '
: , ,::;., 7.:::r;
The Pride o : Tennessee Beaten by a Oali
' ... . fornia Horse, j .."". ';-"
'-.-"" "Bt Te egraph to the Morning Stat.
Nashvil le, Tenn.7 Oct.! 21. Thou
sands of broken Tennesseel hearts and
thousands.! empty pocket-Sbooks were
carried a
y from Cumberland Park
this e"venin;
"Hal Pointer,' their pride,.
the horse. tl
at carried all tfteir money,
had suffen
defeat in" three straight
heats; - the
atcniess umorma racer.
Direct." shjawing him his jheels with
comparativ ease. The tfne of the
second heat was the best ever made-in
racing in harness, lowering "Pointer's"
record half k second. Neither of the fly
ing steeds $oke in either heat; they
moved ; like clock-work all -the way
around. - ".Pointer' had ' the . pole in
the - first K heat ; and t he ; helds
it until the quarter-pole was reached,
when "Direct, who had been on almost
even terms with him front tbe start,
made a magnificent spurt and secured
the inside pf jthe track. After that it
was easy sap ing, and Ed. jJeers,pulled
up "Pointef?' before reaching the wire.
; The second heat was, "Direct" at the
pole, and he jield it throughout. The
best "Pointer" could do was to stay
abreast of aim4 until reaching the half
mile. "post,! where "Direct', gradually
drew a way! It was believed that-the
champion febuld have made', it : in 3.08
had "Pointer" pressed him more closely;
he going It easily in 2.09,. George
Starr driviig him magnifieently. .The
last heat wast a repetition of the - others,
"Direct" leading nearly all the way.
(vice to inomers.
; for Over
'ifty Years Mrs-Winslow s
Soothing
Svrup has been used by
millions ol
mothers . for j their chif-
dren whil
; teething. Are you dis
light and broken of Vour
turbed ; at
rest oy a
Sick child sufferincr" and
crying wrtl
ij. pain of ; Cutting Teeth ?
If so sem
rat once and get a bot-
tie - of M
Winslow's Spothing Sy-
rup" for" Cl$dren Teething. Its value
is mcalculatilie. It will relieve the poor
little . ; suffdtjer . immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, - there is no mistake
about it. It pures Dysentery and Diar
rhoea, regul4tes the Stomach and Bowels,
cures WindjColic, softens the Gulbs, re
duces Inflariiknatiorv and gives tone and
enere to fehe whole ; svst.m. M
I Winslow's Soothing Syrup'lfor children
teething is pleasant to the taste and is
the prescription of one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses in the
United States, and is for safe by all drug
gists throughout the world. Price'
twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and
ask for "Mrs. Winslow'& Soothing
Sypup" a i ' .
Mead advertisement : oi -otterDurn
Lithia Water , in this paper j -.; Unequaled
for Dyspepsia and all diseases of kid
ney and bladder ; Price within, reach of
an. .
j ( SP1K1TS TURPENliNtT
' Greensboro ReenrA.
Fields' dc, uties wirwri n J' H
per i
still, emptied 1,500 gallon, T
COD.
captured ten gallons of crook ?a'
last- Saturday near JuJfan
statin- 7
w supposeoto ce thepropert It
of the many Randolph Stalev 1 0lle
' -T- Charlotte Nezvs : part;
came in from Huntersville on ,k
o clock train yesterday afterll0One Cve
that at 4 p. m. yesterday. thaf . ''
visited by a terrific bailsw
ground was ; as white, almost :
places as if jt had been covPrV
snow. The storm did no 'Jttb
there no copset this season ih"
can damage. . ; " at hail
Raleigh Nnvs and nr..:
Mr. Wm. Peace, a mute, aged fcr :
fell dead in the yard of his brotWr,'
Peace, last Friday, near Kktreli J,Jt'
The trustees of the Colored a '1 "'l
ral and Mechanical
cided ; to locate that
" I I'JI.n ,
instif.,.-
cast for the citv.
the College.
Goldsboro Argus:
The
Doy Kudoiph who cut Mr.
?egro
at the hobby horses last v,i. ' nowH
terday tried in the Suoerr rZ.. Ves-
. v-viv.
sentenced to sixty days in jaii m
Quite a disastrous f-re occurred at
ston Sunday morning. wherebvthVi
ber -mills and dry k.vs wore I ,
destroyed, entaili, Rreat loss urZ'Z
owners, as the propeuy was withSj Jj
insurance, whatever. uutanjf
.-Concord Standard: I - t J.'
colored, living on Sprint nreer t 1
big .dose- of morphine Sun.S'
Rumor says that it was w,:,iu. ,am
with; intent to srinfflo .L -
coil, because his wife, his better Thrtal
iouths, took a step heavenward
ino-thi Rantist rl-nrrh r 0f10-
own religious bias. Medical aid h.
Mose back to a realization of th,n
earthly. xn"&
Carthage Blade: We learn that
there are bright prospects of the estab
lishment of a $30,000 cotton factory here
in the near future. -Mr. George W
Raines, who was so severe y burned bv
the powder explosion at his saw n,;,i
citi-rrnar ban lord on September 24th v..
sinuc uicu. ine rosiorace Depart,
ment has established a new mail route
in this county, running from Cameroa
to Rubicon. Four new offices have been
opened on this route, viz: Union-Church
Thagardsville, Antler and Shalot.
" '- Raleigh ; hronicle 1'here art
200 students in the literary department
at Shaw University, colored. The U
and medical schools and the new school
of pharmacy do not open until Novem
ber 1st. Justice Fuller of the new
ly created United States land court sayt
he will leave in November for Denver,
Colorado, where he will sit at the first
term ot that court. It will be a two
weeks term and the next one will be
held at Sant'e Fe, New Mexico. That
wilfoe a long term, as the docket is a
heavy one, no less than 170 cases having
been transferred from the land office.
. Winston Sentinel: News reach
ed Winston yesterday evening that Mr.
William Greer, who was shot by his sod
in Wilkes county, is dead. The affair
is a sad one. The son is a murderer,
and will be tried for his life. He is no
Chained in the'WilkeS jail by the death
of Mr. Greer. " A. C. Stevenson, ol
Richmond, another expert accountant
of the Western Union Telegraph Cora-
piny, arrived on the noon train to audit
the books and straighten up the busi
ness of the late Western Union manager
in this city, J. M. Pendleton. We are
officially informed that Mr. Pendleton
is behind several hundred dollars with
the Western Union Company. As yet
the whereabouts of the defaulting man
ager have not been ascertained. -
Raleigh Chronicle-. There are 65
pupils at the colored'department of the
Deaf, Dumb- and Blind Institut'on-'
more than ever before. Dr. J.R.
PearsalU.who for some time was assist-,
tant physician at the Tnsane Asylum"
here, but who for some months past had
been at the State Hospital at Morgan
ton, died there yesterday, of consump
tion, after an illness of, more than a year.
Yesterday William Harris, a white
youth aged 19, was lodged in jail. The
charge against him is horse-stealing.
He is from New Light township and
confesses that he took a horse from Babe
Shearin. - He was captured at Roxboro,
Person county, and brought here upon
a warrant .issued by Justice Marconi.
Harris says that owing to family troubles
he wished to leave this section.
" Charlotte News: Jane Dav;$
the colored woman who; poisoned Mr.
and Mrs. John Deaton in this city, on
the-28th ot last August, and who came
so near killing them, was found guilty
of the crime, in the Criminal Court yes
terday: : Judge Meares sentenced her to
five years imprisonment in the peniten
tiary. Mr. James Sims'Berrybill,
who clerked for Mr. J. B,. Yoang, at the
corner of B, and Second streets was
found dead on a counter hrthe store,,
this morning. He had made a pallet of
sheets and quilts on the counter the
previous night, feeling too unwell to go
to his home. He retired .complaining
of feeling real sick This morning, the
store was not opened at the usual hour,
and after a time,: the door was forced, .
and the cause was explained, for Mi.
Berryhill lay dead upon the counter.
All the circumstances connected with,
the affair Indicate that he died a natural
death. , ,
King's Mountain Nad s: Messrs.
W. H. Mercer and T. B. Gaither, of
South Carolina, have taken an option
on the Gner manganese lands near here,
and next week will begin work opening
up on the ore on a large scale. -Kings
Mountain is going to have an
other cotton factory. The preliminary
steps towards securing the stock, have
already been taken and a large share 01
the capital is in sight. Ten addi
tional stamps were started to running at
Catawba Mine this week. This makes
thirty out of the forty stamps now run
ning. The remaining ten stamps are
being put in:- Col. T. M. R. Tab
Cot. President of the fiaston Mineral
Company, which owns some ot the most ,
valuable gold and iron mines in u
State, started "a full force of hands to
work at the Long Creek Gold Mine
Thursday night, Mr. R. I. Walter-
son, in prospecting Tuesday, found a
valuable sulphur mine. In theVatter
son find, like the Dover find, the sul
phur is found free and pure in pockets
in quartz. Like Mr. Dover, Mr. Wat
terson declines to tell - any one of the
location of his vein.
7: Goldsborb Headlight: Five di
vorce suits, of which one is white, we?
were tried at this term of court and i
every instance the woman was found to
be the aronvssr A neora bOV, tW
son of Peter Pearson, living near Fre
mont, while but hunting Monday
4 bitten by a large rattlesnake, from tb
erjtects 01 wnicn ne died in a iew u-
' Aunt Polly Patrick, who lives near
Shine, Greene county, is 82 years oift
and yet she picks from .75 to 80 pounds
of cotton a day "besides .cooking for
family of four. The sudden deaw
of Mrs. Polly .Howell, which occured ai
6 o'clock a. m Sunday, in the w
year of her age is announced to us iro
Brogden township. The suit foran
absolute divorce of Mr. Don Scott from
his wifeT Sallie E. Scott, of thlsTci5
which came up yesterday before
Whitaker, was decided in favor of tne
plaintiff, who also was allowed poss
sion of his two children. -Lo"1 f JC
Pate,the magistrate of Stoney U
township, who was adjudged nsa?e7aii
lunacy commission and placed m 1 -Wednesday,
awaiting transportation
the Morgantion' asylum, having no
sufficiently sobered upK is at a joss
know whv he was pronounced, crazy
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