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WILLIAM H. BBBNABD;
I Editor and Proprietor,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
- January 19. 1894.
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VJSRY. IMPORTANT
During the past two months bills
have been mailed to about sixteen
hundred subscribers to the Weekly
Star.! The aggregate amount due
on these bills was very large, but the
aggregate amount thus far paid is
comparatively small.
t is hoped every subscriber in ar
rears will read ihis notice, and that
he will forward the amount due us at
once.
it is unjust to the proprietor to
read his newspaper without paying
for it fully as much so as tor the
nmnrifttnr of the oaDer to eat the
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farmer's chickens and eggs and then
fail or refuse to remunerate him.
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who have paid us, and trust this ap-
Deal will not be lost on those who
have not paid.
8INGI3G A DIFFERENT SONG,
The men. or some of them, who
have money invested in Southern
coal or iron 'properties are pooling
their issues with men in other sec
tions of the country who have money
likewise invested in opposing the
Wilson bill which puts iron ore and
bituminous coal on the free list, and
reduces the duty on pig-iron. The
argument originally used for giving
protection to these articles was that
4c would develop the mining of coal
and iron and thus benefit .the whole
country. Now, however, when it is
proposed to put iron ore and bitu
minous coal on the free list and to
reduce the duty on pig-iron our
Southern friends take a new depar
ture and declare that it will ruin the
mining and the furnace business in
the South, and that to preserve these
it is accessary t continue the policy
of protection. They admit that free
iron ore and coal would build up
iron industries on the seaboard, but
that most ot these would be on the
sf aboard of the Northern States. In
other words it is good for the North
ern States but not good for the
Southern States.
We don't believe this. We don't
believe tlm Tree coal or tree ore
would close a single mine or stop a
single furnace ia the South, but it it
were true, are they not by this style
of argument sectionalizmg the tariff
question, and do-ng the very thing
which they and all Southern Demo
crats have been denouncing for years?
Haven't we been condemning the
protective tariff system as one shaped
to benefit the North and make the
Southern people tribute payers to
the favored beneficiaries of this sys
ten) on the other side of the Hne?
Can we now consistently demand a
perpetuation of that system, to put
money in our purses at the. expense
of other people who are not inter
ested in coal or iron mines in this
section of the country ?
with free coal or tree iron ore or
the duty reduced on pig iron are our
coal mines to close up and our iron
furnaces to go out of blast? If so,
where is the competition to come
trom which is going to close our
coal mines? At many . of them
coal can be mined and put on the
cars for sixty cents a ton, while they
now get seventy-five cents a ton pro
tection. Who in this country can
mine bituminous coal any cheaper
than that? Where then is the com
petition to come from? New Eng
land would get her supplies of bitu
minous coal from Nova Scotia, and
the Pacific States would, as they do
now, get them from British Colum
bia, but Southern miners ship very
little, if any, to the North Atlantic
States and none to the Pacific States.
. The market for them is in the South
and in the West, a market which is
growing larger and larger every
year as the industries and the popu
lation increase. The Southern mines
have nothing to fear from any mines
in this country, for they can mine
coal as cheaply as any of them, and
nothing to fear from Nova Scotia or
other countries because the distance
of transportation at first by water
and then by rail makes competition
by them practically impossible.
If putting iron ore on the free list
and reducing the duty on pig iron is
to put our furnaces out of blast and
rain our iron industry what becomes
of the boast made for some years
past that the South could mine iron
and put pig iron on the market for
less than Pennsylvania could make
it or England deliver it in this coun
try ? This was one of the main argu
menu used to induce capitalists to
put their money in iron properties
and in iron mills in the South. Was
this a lie, or was it only an idle
boast ? We have read numerous
statements of Southern men, state
ments made to show the advantages
which the South possessed over other
iron-producing sections of thiscoun
try and of other countries, that the
South could put down pig . iron and
pay the freight on it from the fur
naces in Alabama cheaper in Pitt
burg than the Pennsylvania tuitlters
Could do It aad that ifoa dre could
be mined and run into pig cheaper in
Alabama than it could be in the British
isles, in proof of which it has been
recently alleged that several smp-
ments of Alabama pig bad been maae
to E.ngland, for experimental pur
poses the intention being to use large
quantities if it gave satisfaction.
How does all this chime In with the
wail that the iron industry of the
South will be ruined if not protected
from the pig iron of England ?
The inconsistency of the present
wail for protection ana tne pasi
boasts of the capacity of the South
to defy competition can only be ac
counted for on the ground that the
men who are pleading for protection
noV are actuated by selfish motives,
are in for the grab, and are not hon
est in what they say, or that they
were playing a game of deceit then
for the purpose of inducing capi
talists to put their money into iron
nronerties in this section. In either
case this conflict in their contention
r i
now and their ..assertion then does
them no credit, and makes any
assertion they may henceforth make
at least questionable.
But we know from the testimony
of others, and from the market quo
tations of Southern pig iron in Pitts
burg,-Philadelphia, and other North
ern markets, and from the contracts
made by Southern mills to furnish
piping, &c, in Northern and West
ern cities where they had to compete
with Northern mills that these asser
tions were neither lies nor idle boasts,
but that they were true, and we
know that what Southern furnaces
and mills have been doing for several
years they can continue to do with
out a penny of protection on iron in
any form. Nature has given the
South the advantages, and now that
these advantages are known she can
keep at the front without any pro
tective nursing.
In a recent interview with a cor
respondent of the Louisville Com
mercial Gov. McKinley, of Ohio,
said: "'The South needs protection
just as the North needs it, and it is
even more important to the South
just now. The interest these high
tariff boomers evince in the South
now is somewhat remarkable. When
he remarked that the South - needs
protection just as the North needs it,
he was not far from right, for neither
needs it, and. both would get along
much better without it.
Before leaving for Jerusalem An
drew Carnegie expressed the hope
that in the new tariff bill the Dem
ocrats would make the duties so low
that there would be no agitation for
further reduction for years to come,
and no w the other manufacturers who
still hanker for overmuch protection
are giving him Jericho. But Mr.
Carnegie is level-headed. The nearer
the tariff gets to the bed-rock the
less cause there will be for agitation,
and the more certain the way for the
manufacturer.
The biggest locust yarn we have
struck for some time we find in the
Augusta Chronicle, which tells about
a swarm so numerous that when
driven to sea by a strong wind,
drowned and carried back to shore
by the waves, they made a' bank from
three to six feet thick for sixty miles
along the coast. But it was cute
enough to locate the locusts away
down in South America, and make
the time 1797.
The starch manufacturers of this
country are opposed to a reduction
of the tariff on starch. They say it
will take the stiffening out of 'em. But
as they exported last year 21,938,456
pounds against the 3,765,596 pounds
imported, it seems that they can hold
their hand pretty well with foreign
manufactories, and ought to be able
to stand a cut in the tariff.
There is trouble in the ranks of
the Provisional Government people
in Honolulu. There are two factions
one of which Is led by an editor
namea smith. Mr. bmitb seems to
be around everywhere and when there
is anything going on he generally
has something to say about it.
A Holland judge has decided that
it is no offence under the laws of that
country to kiss a young woman in
public, even when against her will.
and that the young woman instead of
feeling aggrieved ought to construe
it as a compliment to her and an ev
idence of good taste on the part of
the kisser.
A girl dressed in male attire who
drove a street car in Sheboygan.
Mien., was discharged when it
was discovered that she was a she
boy, as the original Sheboygan In
dian said when his squaw, Very much
to his disappointment, presented him
with the thirteenth girl.
FunernI of the T. A. Newbury .
Tiii fj(..!a! services ocr the remains
of the late Franklin A. Newbury took
place yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock
from tbe residence on Market street. A
very large number of friends and rela
tives of the family were present.: The
services were conducted by Rev. L. L.
Nash of Fifth Street M. E. Church,
atsisted by Rev. W.C Norman of Grace
Methodist Church. The interment was
in Oakdale cemetery. The floral offer
ings were handsome. The pall bearers
were Messsrs. B. Frank Kincr. Col.
Roger Moore. B. G. Worth, W, W.
Hodges, Jaj. H. Chadbourn, R. J. Jones.
Thos. A. Hodges and W. H. Hardyj
honorary, Messrs. jno. Maunder and
J. A. Montgomery,
An operation or injections of carbolic
acid are extremely dangerous, Try
I p'neur rile t-ure. .Positively guaran
tees oy t, u. lUfdio, j
: THE ENCAPMENT GROUNDS .
Mfritt Wot :Bo Used by tH8 Btt Onata
. Hereafter.
The erounds ' at Wrightsville. pur
chased by citizens of Wilmington and
turned over to the State for use as per
manent encampment grounds for the N.
C S, G , have been given up by the State
authorities and will no longer be used
for tbe purpose for which tbey were do
naied. This information is conveyed
officially to Capt. E. W. Manning, who
ranks as Major on the Governor s staff.
and is as follows :
State of North Carolina, .
Office of Qaarter-Master General and
Chief ol Ordinance.
. Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 11, 1894.
Ma E W. Manning- Wilmington, N. C:
My Dear Sir I have been notified
by the Commander in-Chief, through
the Attorney-General, that the encamp
ment ground at Wngntsvuie, wnicn nas
been used by the State Guard, is relin
quished by the State on account of ade-
I t I in apeu. anu win uui i "
camnment purposes any longer, wiii
you therefore kindly look alter tneuoy-
ernmrnt Battery lor tnc present ana
make a sale Of tbe sent floors and
kitchens as early as possible. The pro
ceeds of this sale will at applied to some
old encampment debts which are la Wil
mington. Very truly yours.
Q.M.G.
THE CLERICAL HUNT.
An Aooount of I Pound In "Brer Bab
bit's" Note Book and Published by
the Charlotte Observe
The clerical hunt took place yester
day. The start was made at 7.30 a. m.,
and the return at 6 p. m. 1 wo ny
leaves from "Brer Rabbit's" note book
flew Oiserver-mxa. and on them was
found this graphic account of the hunt:
Creasy, Boyd and Preston were um
awatibus in swampo. Rev. Mr. Wil
liamson, of Sugar Creek, was of tbe
party. Revs. Austin, Hunt. Stickney and
Pntcbard were tbe ministers irom tne
city, bticicoey ana rnarr aia not snoot.
lohnnie Ward and Dr. Pritchard were
one oartv: Lit Hahirave. Hunt and
Austin tbe other. Ward and Pritchard
came out abead by two birds. The day
was bad and birds scarce. Ward killed
seven: tlarerave seven: rrucnara six
and a rabbit; Hunt three birds and a rab
bit. Austin didn t set a feather, rritcb-
ard and Ward bad qiite an adventure
with a bi,? wild turkey gobbler, the first
that Ward had ever seen. He got a
pretty good shot at him, but did not
bag-bun.
Dr. Pritchard yesterday put bis rabbit
in the wagon with, the dogs, and when
he got to town the rabbit was non est:
'Brer . Rabbit remarked last night.
"Ward ougbt to have killed that turkey.
Bobbaries at Hallsboro.
Mr. S. D. Benson, of Hallsboro, N. C.
was in tbe city yesterday and told ol a
robbery which happened there Saturday
night. Four very suspicious looking
tramps (two whites and two blacks)
were seen lurking around H-llsboro
Situiday. Tney hid until nigbt, when
they broke in Matthew Tedder's store,
near Hallsboro, with an axe which
they found on the front porch, robbing
and plundering the store of twenty-five
dollars worth of goods, (meats, tobacco,
&c.,) and the small change left over-night
in the money drawer. They then went
to Hall & Flynn's store, at Hallsboro,
and while trying to force the door with
an aze were discovered by tbe railroad
watchman, who fired at them three times.
Tbey returned the fire and retreated.
Early next morning a band of citizens
well armed went in pursuit and fonnd
tbetn near a swamp. The pursuers we. e
in gun-shot cf the tramps and made
things so warm for them that tbey took
to their heels, leaving most of tbe stolen
goods. Another posse of citizens or
ganized, arid went in pursuit cf the
thieves yesterday morning.
DUPLIN'S FAB ME RS.
A Sampls of Their Thrift and Enterprise,
Chinquapin, N. C, January 13,1894.
cditor star: l lest wauace on
yesterday for a trip to the lower por
tion of Duplin and Onslow. To-day
finds me at the home of one of Duplin's
most sterling Democratic merchants and
farmers, Mr. B. D. Parker, of Chin
quapin. Mr. rariter had. in the year
ot 1883, one hundred acres in corn, from
which he gathered and housed five hun
area ana twenty-hve barrels of corn;
and on fifteen acres in cotton he made
thirteen five-hundred pounds bales of
lint cotton. , Mr. Parker has a hog which
all his friends guess at seven hundred
pounds. This will show you what pluck
and perseverance will do. S. 5
UNSUCCESSFUL RAID
On an lllioit Distillery in Bob;aon County
Barer, ue Officers Wajlaid and Shot
on Their Beiurn.
I Special Star Telegram
MAXTON. N. C, January 17. Last
night Deputy Collector W, F. Gibson
with Messrs. A. L. Shaw and Alex. Mc
Millan, made an unsuccessful raid on an
illicit still near Lumber Bridge. On
their return they were waylaid and
urea on oy raoonsniners. LriDson was
wounded in several places, and one shot
struck Mr. Shaw. In consequence of
the small size of the shot, the wounds
are not serious.
Aeoldenta at Chapel HtU.
There have been three cases of
broken bones at Chapel Hill in six weeks,
says, the Raleigh News & Observer:
Mr. Jno. F. Nooe, of Shelby, broke a
bone in his band while scuffling ia his
room with a room-mate: Mr. Ar
thur Belden, of Wilmington, broke the
large bone in his leg while turning a
somersault in the gymnasium; little Miss
May Hume, daughter ot Dr. Hume.
broke both bones in her arm by falling
over an asn-Ducket. l bree bone-break
ing accidents in six weeks is a heavv
record for a place that has not had a bone
broken in eight years at foot-ball or
base-ball. .
l mi - a.-
ine superior Uourt will not
open next Monday Judge Brown will
be dt:i'ne:1 at Pasquotank Cou't and
will not be here in time to open court on
that day. Col. John D. Taylor. Clerk of
the Court, therefore notifies the jurors
summoned for the first week that they
need not attend until Tuesday, the 23d
inst, at 10 o'clock. . .
The new coupon plan of the
STAR is an educational one, and of a
very high order. Each series of the
Stoddard Art Album will be worth manv
times twelve cents, as it contains sixteen
phOtograpic views of noted places ol trie
world, accompanied with descriptive
articles oi great Historical value.
A Child Enjoys
l ne pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
Jn need of a laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use; so
mat it h the best family remedy known
ana every lamny snouid have a bottle.
BANS OF NEW fi AMOVES.
Special FrooeediSRa Before Commissioner
Henry C. Moorv trom tbe Superior"
' Court of DapUn County, N. O. j .
Special proceedings were had yester
day in a suit brought in the Superior
Court of Duplin county against the offi
cers and directors of The Bank of New
Hanover of Wilmington, before ; Mr.
Henry C. Moore, of ;Kenansville, (ap
pointed commissioner in tne case byhe
C'erk of the "superior Court of Duplin
county. The hearing took place atj 11
o'clock a. m , at the Orton. There were
present: A D. ,Ward, of Kenansyille,
and W. IV Allen, of Goldsboro. counsel
for the plaintiff; Ricaud &Weill. coun
ari for F. Rhienstein: D. L-. "Russell.
ter
W. I. Gore; T. W, Strange, for J. W.
At
kinson and Clayton Giles; A. M.'Vfad
ell. for G. W. Williams; W. S. O B. Rob
inson, for Isaac-bates. W. L. Smith, I. V.
Grainger and Charlie Bollts. "
Judge Russell asked that the Cpm-
' missioner
make a memorandum that
these deiendants were to' appear before
one Commissioner4 Carroll, which was
done. '' ' r ; ' ;? ' ;
The following is a copy of tbe official
record of the proceedings: I
North Carolina, ") In the
-. Duplin county. Superior Cpurt.
Henry Grimes, Sr., vs. Isaac Bates.
G, W. Williams. Wm. L. Smith, . V.
Grainger, Ctarles P Bolles, F. Rhein
steio, Jno. Wilder Atkinson, W. I. Gore
and Clayton Giles. .
I, Henry C Moore, the commissioner
appointed under tbe commission! and
order hereto attached and pursuant to
the notice hereto attached, cer'-ifyj that
the following proceedings were had at
the Orton House, in the city of Wil
mington, county of New Hanover, State
of North Carolina, on the 16th day of
January. 1894, at 11 o'clock.
1. Bates, oeing canea, is present in mc
room and represented by counsel; W. L
Smith, being called, is present in the
room and represented by counsel; I same
as to I. V. Grainger, h. Rheinstein. W.
I. Gore and Charles Boiles. G. W.
Williams being called is not present in
person, put is representee ov counsel.
who presents pnysician s certincaie mat
be is unable to attend; same as to Jno.
Wilder Atkinson and Clayton Giles.
F. Rbeinstein, being called, through
counsel, refuses to be sworn and ex
amined for the following reasons, to wit:
That on the 9th day of January, 1894,
he was served with notice to appear be
fore G. W. Carroll, Commissioner, at the
Orton House in Wilmington. Tuesday,
the 16th day of January, 1894. at 11
o'clock a. m., and be examined , in this
action, under section 580 et sea. of the
Code, and that the Commissioner. G. W
Carroll, named in said notice, is not
present to take said examination
That he is advised by bis counsel that
H. C Moore has no authority under said
order to take said examination, and that
he is further advised by his counsel that
there is no lawful authority for such ex
amination as herein contemplated by
the said Commissioner, and that tbe or
der and proceedings lor this examina
tion are irregular and void. That this
defendant is ready and willing at all
times to submit to any lawful examina
tion.
The other defendents who are present,
being called, enter the same objections
to the examinations as .stated by F.
Rbeinstein, and under advice of counsel.
declined to be examined for the reasons
as given above. Tbe defendants . Giles.
Atkinson and Williams, say by -their
counsel that they have presented certifi
cates which truly account for their ab
sence, but in doing so tbey do not re
cogcize the legality or validity of these
proceedings; the said Giles. Atkinson
and Williams are excused by the Com
missioner for their non-attendance on
account of physician's certificate relative
to their health. The objections of the
defendants are over-ruled and the de
fendants are required to be sworn and
examined, which they refuse to submit
to, and from tbe ruling of the Commis
sioner tbe defendants appealed, and I
herewith transmit this, my report and
ruling in the cause and the papers, to the
Clerk of the Superior Court ot Duplin
County, this January 16th, 1894.
Henry C. Moore, Commissioner.
The report of the Commissioner will
be transmitted to tbe Clerk of the
Superior Court of Duplin county, when
application will be made before tbe said
Clerk for a notice to each of the de
fendants to show cause why he should
not be attached for contempt for refusal
to be examined. After the hearing be
fore tbe Clerk it is probable that it will
be taken upon appeal before Judge
Brown, of the Superior Court which
convenes at Kenansville, Duplin county,
reoruary ivtn. aea
s
THE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
It is Estimated at from 1.750.000 to
1,850,000 Bales.
Atwood Violett & Co.'s New Orleans
circular says: ! Secretary Hester's report
of the Texas crop, showing . 1.497.656
bales brought into sight this year,
against 1 520,198 last year, or a decrease
of only 22 5i2 bales for the four months,
exerted a further depressing influence.
wnen. However, we consider that the
movement has been hastened by the
stringency of money, and an unusually
nne season tor harvesting, it fails to
indicate anything other than the neces
sity and ability to forward cotton
promptly. Reports which we received
from all sections of that State show s
marked decrease in stocks, and the con
servatively disposed do not regard this
repbrt, with attending conditions, as
indicating a yield for that State of over
1.850.000.
Speaking of the Texas crop move
ment, McEIroy ,& Co.'s circular says
These figures show that of the Texas
crop 1.498.000 bales had come into sight
oy JNew Year s. against 1,523,000 at the
same date last year, a difference of only
oaies. .
According to Mr. Hester, who com
piled these figures, the total Texas crop
last season was 2,108.000. and if the
movement from now on should be the
same as then (which nobody that we
have yet beard ol really expects) the
crop indicated would naturally be not far
oeiow z.iuu.uuu. bucn an outcome, how
ever, is not thought cf even by the most
ardent bears. !
One calculation which we have heard
spoken of, and which seems to us a rea
sonabie one, is that estimating 10 per
.... c.. .1 .
.ui. u hue kivai-c mail a . year ago,
tne total crop would De ia the neighbor
hood of 1.859.000. .
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caaracicnsuc leiegram was re
ceived here from a Galveston firm, refer
ring to the report mentioned above The
message read; "Texas figures highly
interesting, proving rapidity with which
crop marketed.
There is no doubt that the Texas crop
has been marketed more rapidly than
ever known before, largely owing to the
railroad rate war which prevailed for so
long, but Hester's figures -will set at
rest alt talk of a Texas yield of less than
1.7SU.UO0.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorto.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castaria.
When aha became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
Whan she had Children, she pn them Caatorla.
magnetic- nervine quicsly restores
a
lost mannooo and youthful vigors Sold
UJ n. R.DJSLLAMY. l . .
A Deplorable Aftair in Which Peraona of
the Highest ;. Beapee lability Are In
volved.
information was received here yester
day of a highly sensational affair at
Greensboro, last Friday night, at
the residence of Mrs? Gilmer. Mr.
Ellison Gilmer, - son of tbe late
Judge Gilmer, fired two shots at a man
named Holland, who lives in Danville,"
Va and was visiting Gilmer's wife in bis
absence, but whether the latter was hit
S 1 1. . I.
or escaped aitogetner couia not De
learned. . m
Mr. -Gilmer's wife was a Miss Kehoe;
they have one child. - . , s !
A special from Greensboro in relation
to the "trouble," published-m the Char
lotte Observer of Sun;'ay. siys: ' -
Greensboro had an ugly sensation last
night, in which two married women, two
young swells ana an angry nusoana
figured, ine nusoand shot one of the
"swells." who will probably die. and
would doubtless have shot the other but
for the interference of the mother of the
husband. The affair has created a great
deal of talk here. The details are too
disreputable for publication. : .
A! later report is that Holland was
killed and that "tbe other man" was
wounded, and escaped through a win
dow; but avengers were following him
and would pursue him to the death.
The particulars of the affair, as tele
graphed from Greensboro to the Rich
mond, Va., Timer, are as lollows : , ;
On Friday morning last Capt. Gilmer
left the city, ostensibly for a two days'
trip j to Raleigh, but he returned the
same night, although unknown - to his
wife, and went to the residence
of his mother, Mrs. John A. Gil
mer, where his wile sometimes stayed
during his absence. Removing bis
shoes, so as not to arouse bis mother,
who bad retired for the night, he went
up stairs and concealed himself in tbe
hallway, and from his place of conceal
ment discovered that his wife was in one
of the rooms. He saw a man come up
stairs, go to the door, knock gently, and
leave: No one knows who this man was.
as it was about time for the north-bound
train on tbe Richmond & Danville rOad
to arrive. It is supposed .that the man
was being notified that it was time to go
to the station. As soon as tbe niesseneer
left the door was opened, when Capt.
Gilmer saw a man, afterwards ascertained
to be Mr. Frank Hoiland, a prominent so
ciety man of Danville, Va., standing with
his overcoat on bis arm as if ready to
depart. Mo light was in tbe room, ex
cept a dim hre light from tbe grate.
Captain Gilmer then rushed from his
place of concealment, and flashing a
dark lantern lull in the face of young
Holland, shot him. Holland fell tn his
tracks. In the meantime Mrs
Gilmer bad rushed from the room. Im
mediately alter the shooting Capt. Gil
mer came out and locked tbe door.. At
tbe suggestion of a friend who met him
leaving tbe house, Capt. Gilmer sent for
a physician, but when he reached the
room Holland bad gone.
It is now learned that Holland, who
only; received a flesh wound in the
thigh, quickly made his way to the rail
road stationand as the train tor Dan
vine was late, succeeded in getting
aboard. It is now understood that Capt.
Gilmer has taken steps to securer ci
vorce.
TOBACCO BREAK
At Rocky Mount Good Frioea Premiums
Awarded to Growers of the Weed,
i Star Correspondence
Rocky Mount, Jan. 15 Last Thurs
day was an eventful day at J. O. W
oraveiy s tobacco warehouse, it was a
premium sale, at which time he paid out
two hundred dollars in gold in pre
raiums. It was a very unfavorable day
and prevented a good many, from throw
ing their tobacco on tbe market, but as
it was, forty thousand pounds, not in
cluding "scrap." was sold and averaged
21U cents, bringing the sum of seven
thousand five hundred dollars, by this
house only.
Several farmers averaged sixty-five
cents an around. JNot a "tag was
turned down, and every farmer was
more than delighted with prices; some.
and ; in fact a great many, expressed
themselves as getting twice as much as
they expected.
The breaks for the last three months
have been astonishingly large and at
high prices prices being so satisfactory
it induced large quantities from a dis
tance: Wayne, Wilson. Pitt. Halifax
Franklin. Vance, Nash and Edgecombe
counties, and large quantities from South
taroiina.
Premiums were awarded to the fol
lowing:
1st premium, wrappers, by J. B,
World at $1 00 pound. 2d premium, R
D. Armstrong. 85c.
1st premium, mahogany, by M. T. Wil
liams, 87c; 2d premium, M.T. Williams,
75c.
1st premium, cutters, by Tesse Broke,
29c; 2d premium, W. D. loyner. 28c.
1st premium, smokers, J. R. Jones
83ic: 2d premium. W. W. Wells, 20c.
1st premium, fillers, J. R. Warren, 20c.
W. P. Simpson, of the town of Wilson,
received the largest premium of 50 in
gold for the largest amount sold, being
4111, pounds for $1,084 86 (one thousand
and eighty-four dollars and thirty-six
cents)
Nearly the same rush has commenced
again and prices are still running high.
THE POSTOFFICE.
Mr, Geo. L. Morton m Charge as Post
masterMr. W. C. Craft Hla Able As
istant Ex-Postmaster French,
Mr. George L. Morton, Wilmington's
new Postmaster, will enter upon his
term of office to-day, the retiring Post
master, Mr. Geo. Z. French, haying
mads formal transfer of the office to his
successor last night, at the "witching
hour" of twelve o'clock.
Mr. Morton is no stranger to the peo
ple of Wilmington; "native and to the
manner born" he will no doubt fill the
position with credit to himself and
most acceptably to the public. Mr. W. C.
Craft, his 'deputy and chief clerk, is well
qualified tor this position and, prob
ably, no better selection could have been
mad-.
Mr. Geo. Z. French, the retiring Post
master, has served the public faithfully
and acceptably during his terra of office,
In a note to tbe star he says:
The retiring Postmaster tenders
his thanks to the people of Wil
mington, and especially to the business
portion of the community, for their kind
ness, forbearance, and encouragement,
during a very trying term of office.
RIVER AND MARINE.
A dispatch from Beaufort, N. C.
January 6th, says: "A water-logged
schooner, before reported off Cape
Lookout, was searched for to-day by the
ynited States revenue, cutter Colfax
and the Government sharpie Sunshine,
but could not be found. Vessels round
ing tbe cape should keep a sharp look
out. -----
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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i'uTther Particulars of the Affair Conflict
ing Accounts Hollasd'a.S:atemeut.
A special dispatch to the Charlotte
Observer of yesterday, from Greensboro
gives tbe following account of the" af
fair: v-: fit;
Since Saturday nieht the fuH particu
lars of the affair of .Friday night have
come out. Capt. E. L. Gilmer, of this
city, has had cause for some time to sus
pect infidelity on the part of bis wife.' a
daughter of Col. Thos. B. Keogh. On
Friday night Mr. Gilmer leit ostensibly
for Raleigh on a two days' krip. -That
nigat Mrs. uilmer was at the train in
quiring whether her husband, bad come
in on that train, but she Could learn
nothing from him. She concluded that
he had not arrived. Mr. Gilmer, how
ever, had come, but had j gotten off
some distance down the road when the
train had slacked up. . " :
After getting off he kept j hid around
town until about 11 o'clock; when he
entered his 'mother's residence. - and
taking off his shoes, went up stairs. He
soon- heard some one come up stairs and
rap at a bed-room door. Fearing the
man was preparing to leave. Mr. Gilmer
made his way into the room! and saw a
man, who afterwards proved to be Frank
Holland, of Danville. Mr, Gilmer
flashed out a bulls-eye lantern and com
menced shooting. Holland
1 fell, and
crying out that be was killed.
rolled un-
der tbe bed.
After the shooting, Mr,
Gilmer was
aoyised to send lor a physician. This
was dooe, but- when they went' up to the
room Holland had disappeared, having
gotten out of tbe room and jumped to
tne ground. lhere were ji traces of
blood on the groand. showine which
way he had gone. i 1 1 j
It is understood that the' wronged
Husband will apply lor a divorce at once,
It is also understood that Col. Keoeh.
wife and Mrs. Conrad who has arrived
since the unfortunate affair, have been
ordered to vacate the home: of Mr. Gil
mer. Mrs. Gilmer will be allowed a
longer time to leave. It is stated that
Mrs. Gilmer denies any criminal con
duct, but acknowledges being very in
discreet. She will fight the suit for
divorce on this ground.
All the parties connected with the de
plorable affair are well-knOwn in socie
ty. Mrs. Gilmer was one of the most
polished and affable women in Greens
boro. Her father was Commissioner
from this State to the World's Fair. Tbe
unfortunate husband is a sort of the late
Judge Gilmer. L!l I
Mrs. Gilmer, Mr. Gilmer's mother, re
turned from church and retired for the
night, and of course knew nothing of the
presence of any one in the house. The
sympathy of the whole town, goes out to
her. , . J ill
Mr. Gilmer is staying for the present
at the home of his particular ! friend, Mr.
J. F. Jordon. ,
- HOLLAND'S STATEMENT.
A dispatch from Danville says that
Holland emphatically and indignantly
denies that there was any foundation for
Gilmer's suspicion. There
are many
rumors here about the affair, most of
which are very sensational. The state
ment of Holland's lriends is that tbe
shooting occurred in the parlor of Mrs.
Judge Gilmer, mother of Ellison Gilmer,
and in the presence of Mrs.l Judge Gil
mer, Mrs. Ellison Gilmer, Mrs. Dick,
and Mr. McEiwee; that the young men
were just saying good-night to tbe ladies
when Gilmer came in and commenced
firing on Holland. The women
screamed, and the elder Mrs. Gilmer
seized Gilmer and managed, with the as
sistance ot Mrs. Dick, to control him,
when Holland and McEiwee, at tbe
requ. st of Mrs. Gilmer, j Sr., left the
room. - : j 1 1 j
The Durham Globe says jGoing to
the bouse, he (Gilmer found his wife
and her paramour together,! Sand in an
adjoining room was bis married sister
with another young man. He shot the
man wbo had desolated his home. Tbe
. 1. ;
other scoundrel escaped j by jumping
through the window, carrying the sash
with him." . " I'll II i '
The account of the affair; given by the
Raleigh News-Observer Chronicle says:
"He (Gilmer) surprised his Wife and a
well knoarn young tobacconist of Din
ville in the room of the former, while bis
sister, who was married some years ago
but since separated from her
husband, was in another room
with a young insurance;!! agent of
Charlotte. Tbe husband' opened
fire upon the man be found with his
wife who escaped from the house, carry
ing one or more wounds with him and
leaving blood stains behind.; The other
man made bis escape by jumping out of
a window, carrying the sash dangling
around bis neck.
The News says, editorially: "The
sympathies of tbe whole j State will
doubtless be freely extended to Mr. Gil
mer. Never was gunpowder more
righteously used." f;
Death of Mr. P. A. Newbury.
Tbe Many friends of Mr. Franklin A.
Newbury, who has been a prosperous
business man in this city for;
the past
seventeen years, will learn of
with regret. Mr. Newbury
his death
has been
sick for about five months, but his death
which occurred at 9.15 o'clock-yesterday,
was sudden and unexpected,' and was a
great shock to his family. It was from
heart failure. Deceased was born at
East Haddam, Conn., and was 66 years
of age. He came South in 1 1858, and
settled at Magnolia, N. C, and residing
there for several years, engaged in tbe
grocery business. Eighteen ears ago
he came to this city, and later jmarried a
daughter of Mr. J. W. Woolvin, de
ceased. He leaves a wife and
two children, and three brothers; two
living in Connecticut and j one who
reached here last night to attend the
funeral, Mr. H. E. Newbury, of Ma
oolia. Deceased had been a consistent
member of Fifth Street Methodist
Church for several years. He belonged
to no secret societies but was an honorary
member of tbe Wilmington Light In
fantry.
Death at tbe City Hospital. 11
Edward Neagle died at the pity Hos
pital at 4 a. m. yesterday, having been
sick about ten days. Mr. Neagle's age
was 46 years. He was from Boston,
Mass.; was a.memoer ol America uoage,
No. 191. of Boston. The Odd 1 Fellows
of this city have a general relief com
mittee, consisting - of Messrs. j Walker
I aylor, chairman; jno. L. iJadiey, sec
retary; Wash. Catlett, A. . Howell, jr.,
whose duty is to look after visiting Odd
Fellows. This committee took charge
of thetr brother Odd Fellow and saw
that he needed nothing to add to his
comfort and make his last hours pleas
ant, knowing that he was in the! hands
of bis friends. They promptly tele
graphed the deceased's friends and in re
sponse to instructions, expressed the
body on the 7 p. m. train to Boston yes
terday ..' f I .'
Mr. Neagle was very grateful also for
the kind attention given him by the hos
pital authorities, especially the matron
It is because persons who once try Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup, always buy it again,
that its sales have become so enormous.
Tbe success of this great remedy in cur
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is simply marvelous j f
Washington news.
i
The Williama-8ettle Contested' Kleotion
Case JThe Proposed Issue of Bonds
. Hornblower's Appointment Bejeoted by
.. the SHate.'' v ".' :'.'' -' : - .
, fir "lUerapb to tbe Morning Star. x
- Washington, jaouaty 15. The
House Committee b.n Elections to day
discussed lor several hours, without
reaching an agreement, the contested
eleetiofi case of Williams against Settle,
from the Fifth North Carolina district.
The ckse comes up a-tin to-morrow.
when jit is expected a vote will be
reached.
The! reeulai meeting of the Senate
Committee on Finance to-morrow will
discus? the subject of a bond issue, and
it is n$t impossible that a bill may be re
ported! on the subjected, although it can'
not bd done without a strenuous opposi
tion of the part of the silver men ot the
country, who will urge that the seignior-
ae grpwing oui oi toe purcnase oi siver
ouuioi snail nrsi oe coined.
Th .Snatf went mm 17,wiitioa aaa
sion at 12.42. and almost as soon as the
aoors were closed Mr. Hill called up the
renord of the" Judiciary Commute nn
the Horn blower case, and sooke in sup
port ojf the adverse report of that com
mittee until 3 15 o'clock.
f ! M4B MVTMS0 B 1 WV 1
the ddors were closed, when the yea and
nay rf ii-cail was had. f ifteen minutes
lafpr ff Kit Arrra rsrmtA onrl tka
faces pf the anti-administration Senators
muitaica piaimy woai tne result was.
Hornblower bad been defeated. Tbe
ma iCiHitv aaratner him vae A rk wsxtal
vote $eing 80 against confirmation and
24 fori confirmation.
Washington, Jan. 17.--The Presi
dent to-day sent to the Senate tbe fol
lowing nominations: Wm I. Buchanan,
of Iowa, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of tbe United
States to the Argentine Republic;. Allen
Thomas, of Florida, to be Consul of the
United States at La Gu ara, Venezuela;
John IF. B. Beckwith, of Georgia, to be
Collector of Customs for the District of
Savaiinah; Marion Hutson, of South
Carolina, Collector of Customs for the
District of Beaufort, S. C.
Trie nomination of Mr. Harrison,
brottjer of ex-President Harrison, to be
Surveyor of Customs at Kansas City.
Mo..w2s to day reiected by the Sena c.
Trie action of Secretary Carlisle in an-
cing a bond issue was not gener
known, even in Treasury circles,
the Department closed to-day.
ng officials who were cognizant oH
bis ijhtention tbe opinion was expressed
that he acted none too soon. Treasury
gold! is rapidlv on tbe decline. The loss
to-dy was (862.000, and since the first
of tie month the gold balance has de
clined from $30,891,000 to (70.634,915,
with the present indication that
it Will fall below $70,000,000 to-morrow!
The bonds are of course to
be purchased for gpld only, so the
Treasury gold will be "built up to tbe ex
tent of the bond issue. This, however,
it is anticipated, may only give tempo
rary relief. Gold mayj be paid into the
Treasury for bonds one day and the very
nex day tbe same gold may be with
drawn by presenting legal tender notes
or dpin certificates for redemption. The
effect ot the bond issue, however, will be
to Jgive tbe Treasury more monev.
whether gold, or silver is immaterial,
and ease up the Government's finances
at least for the present.
Hhe first veto of this Congress came
inttbe House to-day. The President
disapproved the bill for the relief of en
tryfnen of stone and timber lands. The
ground of the Presidential objection is
thai the bill by allowing entries to be
perfected before Judicial officers, inter
feres with the responsibilities properly
lodged in officers of the Land Bureau.
K early all tbe Democratic members
of he Ways and Means Committee held
a onference at tbe Treasury Depart
ment to-night in continuation of the
consideration of tbe Income Tax bill.
an tbe draft of the ; measure to be in
troduced drawn up by a sub-committee,
waf adopted. Tbe bill, as drawn, em
braces the features, agreed upon by
the Democratic members in their
vole on the income tax proposi
tion, in effect the taxing of incomes
of I more than' $4 000 at the rate
off per cent, on all amounts in excess of
thajt standard. A copy of the bill pre
pared will be submitted to the Republi
can members of the committee for the
preparation ot the minority report and
us introduction in the House will follow
its formal adoption by the full .commit
tee! It is probable that the measure will
be reported to tbe committee a; its meet
ins on Friday.
iHN ATLANTA btNSAIIUN.
Henry Givecs Arrested For Attempting to
I Kill His Wife.
I Bv Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Atlanta, January 17. Wm. Givens,
whp has not settled occupation, was ar
rested here this afternoon for attempting
to kill his wife. The couple live near
the! Exposition mills. At 3 o'clock this
morning Mrs. Givens was awakened from
a dfeep sleep by tbe loud report of a pis
tol kn her room. She sprang up wildly.
instantly awake, bhe screamed !oud and
thrbw up her arms for her husband. wbom
sh supposed to be sleeping by her side.
Hd was not there, and she screamed all
thd louder at finding herself alone and
unprotected. A second and a third pis
tol! shot quickly lollowed and Mrs.
Gnlens felt a stinging sensation about
herj bead. She fell back upon her pillow,
which was rapidly reddening with her
ow bloody She heard the voice of her
husband a few feet away calling to her
norjto be lrightened and not to scream
Shi fell back upon her pillow ex
hausted and begging for mercy. Her
husband made a light- and very
much excited walked over to her side
an discovered that she was shot. He
helped her to stop the flow of blood and
aftpr daylight went in search of a physi
cian. It was not until 0 o'clock that
Givens telephoned to tbe police. , Om
cerfa Barrett and Bone placed him under
arrest and carried him to police head
quarters suspecting him of having done
thd shooting. Givens protested inno
cence and said that he was awak
ened by tbe shots. He sprang out
ot bed at the sound of the first shot and
cof Id distinctly see that some one was
firing through the window. He tried to
shield himself from tbe flying bullets and
not until tbe firing ceased, did be make
any noise. Then he called to his wife,
adfnonishing her to quiet herself and
strip screaming. Mrs. Givens indicated
to he officers her belief that her husband
hap done the shooting. She felt morally
certain ot it, aitnougn tne evidence was
roinly circumstantial.
rn exhaustive search was
pistol, b-Jt it could not
Girens was locked up on
off assault with intent - to
iff Mrs. Given dies, it
made for
be found
a charge
kill, and
will be
coanged to a more serious
charge.
Hfc has employed Mr. E. M. Mitchell
toidefend him. Mrs. Givens bays that
bar husband was always jealous of her
arid frequently accused her of receiving
viiits from a well known physician which
insinuation she denounces as without
ndation. This feeling of I jealousy
is a frequent source of trouble. .
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Asheville Citizen: Robert Wil
is. ft bo was shot by Deputy Sheriff Bai
ley near Paint Rock, while resisting ar
rest, died Saturday nigbt.
Raleigh. News and Observer
urn E'iH G, Utley. formerly of Cbapei
Hill. N.C. but for some time a resident
2. .1 1?f,ty' itd Smday afternoon at
o 80 o clock.
Charlotte News: Mr. William
Treloar. one of the oldest residents of
Charfo.te died at his home, corner ol B
and Seventh streets at 1 o'clock this
afternoon, after a brief illness of pneu
monia. Goldsboro Argus : The raising
of chickens for Northern markets is m
tracting attention of quite a number ol
small farmers in this neighborhood. Tbe
success of our good friend and county
man, Mr. Jack Isler. in this line, in
which he ventured only a year or two
ago, is quite marked and gratifying. He
now runs several large incubators and
has advanced demands for all the
Chickens be can taUe to market size. '
Rockingham Stint of the South:
The wife of Mr. Duncan Cuir-reih wa
found dead on ihe,fl,or about ha f tn
hour alter eating her supper on the even
ing of tbe 5th inst. She was neatly 60
years of age. Mr. Gilbert McDuffi?.
on B g Reck Fish, some 17 miles wes ot
here, killed six wi;d gobblers at one shot
last week. They weighed when dressed
60 pounds. He is over 77 years of ace
and has killed about 700 deer and over
twice as many wild turkeys.
Wilkesboro Chronicle' Our friend
W. H. Church, of Mi ler's Creek, was in
to see us Monday to tell us that his old
cat, Tom Church by name, is still living
and doing well. The old cat is 37 years
old, and belonged so Mr Cbuich's father
at one time.. Tht is no fiction, as the
records show his F-.jr home tune,
he has been perfectly blind and deaf, r.ut
being able to bear it thunder, if it were
in a few feet of him. Mr. Church tell
us that the poor od cat is now unab'e
to chew bis lood. and Mts Church dors
this much for him.
Lumber ton Robesonian: J. S.
Lewis, our colored lawyer, was rtietitly
arrested at Rowland in this county, upon
an ugly charge. It seems that he mad
valuable accessions to his law library, by.
we learn, taking the books of others, arid
substituting his name for that of the real
owner. After having the books son e
time in his possession, he mortgaged
them to a gentleman tor some money,
and not complying with the trrmsol th'j
mortgage, the mortgagee t"ck steps n
foreclose the mortgage, when tbe facts,
as above stated, came to light.
Salisbury Herald: Esther March,
colored, died at htr home in Providence
township, Saturday morning. It is pro
bable that she was the oldest woman in
Rowan county, if not in the State, her
age being 108 yrrs. 4 months and 5
days, of which there s authentic recori
A curious cass of poisoning is
reported trom the lower edge of
Steel Creek, Mecklenburg county. Gus
Russell and family lived on Mr. Samuel
Choat's place. List week they made a
pie out of some canned cherries. A:l
who partook of the pie were taken
violently sick a snort time alter eatirg
it. One of the children died in o
hours, and Russell died two diys after.
Forest City Ledger: On Mon
day evening last aout dusk, while riding
along in his covered wagon accompanied
bv his wile, between Henrietta and the
station on "the 3 C's. Mr. Kelly Hendrick
was assaulted and shot ' s n unknown
negro. The negro app o ched Irom De
hind tbe wagon and raising .tbe cover
fired four shots at Mr. Hendrick, three
of wbich took effect, at the same time
demanding his money. Hendrick hav
ing An axe in his wagon struck at the ne
gro with it, which seemed to ft it h ten
him and he made his escape. Dr. Love
lace is in attendance upon the wounded
man and says there is a chance lor his
recovery, although he is dangerously
shot.
Charlotte Observer: A singular
story of a lost tooth was made known
yesterday. Three years ago Minnie
Clark, a little daughter of Mr. J. C. Clark
who is iu the employ of the Richmond
& Danville Railroad Company, was play
ing one night in the yard with several
other children. They were engaged in
some running game. She. not riOticirg
that tbe gate was open, tan against it
with such force as to knock her sense
less. On being carried into the
house it was discovered tht she had
knocked one of her front teeth outA
search was made lor it the next morn
ing, but it could not be found. Some
time after the child began complaining
of a pain in her nose. The pain continued
tor three years and lately became so se
vere that the parents concluded to have
the child's nose examined. She was
taken yesterday to Dr. J. W. Graham.
He discovered a foreign growth up her
nose, and alter cutting it away saw a
part of the tooth, which had grown to
the bone. He sent her to Dr. C. L. Alex
ander, who with one ol his dental ma
chines, succeeded in cutting the tooth
loose, and it was then easily taken out.
In the fall the child bad-knocked the
tooth up her nose and it became lodgea
there.
"LORD" BERESFORD.
Escape and Capture of a Noted Convict ia
Georgia.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Mranu-c
Savannah, January 16 A special to
the Morninp News from Abbeville, Ga.,
says "Lord" Beresford, alias Lascolles,
the noted convict, escaped from the
Gress camp .near Abbeville last night
In citizen's dress. He boarded the 0 40.
o'clock passenger train at Kramer and
went to Americus. At Americus he
tent his baggage to the Windsor Hotel.
A dispatch was sent to Americus at 8
o'clock this morning, and Beresford
was arrested there bv a policeman and
sent back to the Gress camp. Beres
ford was arrested in the bawdy house of
Leona Lee. on Jackson street. . He ex
pressed .a great de-ire that the press
-say nothing of the character of the
house in which he was captured, as it
would tend to injure his standing is a
gentleman.
CASHIER FULL! AM ARRESTED.
Tbe Officers of tbe A she villa Bank Will
' Not State Where He Was Found
Special to the Richmond Times )
Ashevii.le-N. C, Jan. 15. Law
rence Pulliam, late cashier of the Na
tional Bank, of Asheville, has been ar
rested, but it is impossible to ascertain
where. The bank authorities and bis
friends seem to think they can subserve
some good end by .investing the whole
affair, with the' great mystery and
secrecy. It is almost certain, now that
be is a defaulter. His friends will daim
that he is insane. All sorts of unreliable
rumors are afloat in connection with bis
apprehension. None but the bank
officials and a few Of Pulliam's friends
know of his whereabouts, and tbey re
fuse to divulge anything. It is probable
he will be brought back here in a day or
two.
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