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have been inaile.l to about sixteen
hundred subscribers to the Weekly
Star. The aggregate amount due
on thesi bills was very large, but the
aggregate amount thus far paid is.
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PARTISANS,. S 0T STATESMEN.
We never had any seriouls trouble
in this country in a business way,
so .serious that it didn't right
itself, until our national law-makers
abandoned the broad-gauge states
manship that looked to the whole
country and the whole country's
prosperity and began to legislate for
classes and for class interests. There
were different opinions held, previ
ous to this new departure, among the
representatives of the people and.
among the people on the tariff, on
financesand on other questions, but
although certain views might be held
by one party and opposed by another,
they were discussed in a broader and
less partisan way than they are now.
" Therejas then more of a feeling of
responsibility to the whole people
than there is now, and more of a dis
position evinced to labor for the
prosperity of the whole country.
While there were giants in those
days so are there giants, in these
days. Taken on the average the
public men of to day are perhaps the
' equal intellectually and in statecraft
of any that have figured in the
American arena, but there are condi
tions existing which did not exist, at
least to the same extent, then, which
(exert a baneful influence and dwarf
jjinto mere time-serving party-promoting
politicians men who'have in them
khe attributes of statesmen and who
would be statesmen if they were less
partisans.
It takes money to run election
campaigns now, and to elect Presi
dents anil Congressmen, and there
the trouble begins. We do not say
that this money is corruptly used,
but we know that much of it is. The
fact that any money U necessary
. over and above what is provided by
law to pay the necessary expenses of
elections is enough. The' need for
the millions of dollars now neces
sary, some of which is legitimately
and much illegitimately used is at
the bottom -of the class legislation
which has brought so many ills to
this country within the past thirty
years, and which "within -the past
twelve months has put it through
such an ordeal as it never passed
through before, and it is.to be hoped
never will again. This is the tap
root of the discriminating and ruin
ous tariff and financial legislation
the bitter fruit of which we are now
eating.
The tariff legislation and the
financial legislation went together,
- and were concocted and put upon
the statute books by the same heads
and the same hands, the main ob
ject of each being to make allies
. .out of the beneficiaries of the tariff
system and out of the money power
whoseTbldding they did, and thus be
able to command the money to win
elections where money was necessary
to win.- Is there any other rational
way to account for the amazing in
crease of the tariff from , 20 per
cent, in 1800 to over-50 per cent, in
1890, when there should be, if there
were any truth, in the protective
theory, no need at all tor protec
tion? They wanted men to furnish
the fat to run elections and they
found the fat furnishers in the men
to whom they give the opportunities
of making the fat by giving them a
practical monopoly of the American
market for manufactured articles,
By this policy they won the manu
f acturers and have most of them to
this day. They are now making
- desperate efforts notwithstanding the
fact that for years' a majority of the
American people have condemned
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VOL. XXV.
this class legislation to " perpetuate
it, and are toiling "as hard as they
ever did to keep the people paying,
enormous tribute to the men who
have been furnishing the fat to run
the Republican party machine. They
have enriched the manufacturers,
who in turn have helped to keep
them in power for years after they
had forfeited all claims to public
confidence or respect, but ..they im-,;
poverished the millions, and covered
the lands of the people with" mort
gages which, it will take years of
prosperity to redeem if they can ever
be redeemed. " ' ; ;
. With the same motive and' with the
same disastrous effect they played
into the hands of the money power
until the money power got just what
it wanted and became absolute mas
ters of the financial policy of the
Government, and could manipulate,
and control the volume of the cur
rency at will. Thus were created
the great money centers upon which
the country is now dependent for the
money it needs to carry on its ordi
nary business.
As respective steps in this money
centralizing programme, they first
made the bonds which were payable
in lawful money, which meant any
money which the Government recog
nized, payable in coin, and then as the
next step, they demonetized silver
which made them payable in gold.
The next step was- when silver was
demonetized . to stop coining it and
that left it a merely commercial
metal, and then' the ' price of silver
bullion began to go down. The next
was to resume specie payments, to
Call in the greenbacks, to pay for
them in gold, and as they were re i
deemed, put them in a macerating
machine and destroy them, thus re
ducing the volume of the currency.;
All this was at the dictation of the
bondholders and the money manipu-
ators who manipulated the states-r
men whom their money helped to
teep in power, and who served them
in turn for the service they rendered.
To these two causes the tariff and
the financial legislation more than
any other is the declining prosperi
ty of this country within the past
twenty years to be attributed.
A SPLENDID OFFER.
All readers of The Weekly Star
should avail themselves of the splen
did opportunity offered them of
securing.the Stoddard Art Album at
a purely nominal price. . Each series,
containing sixteen magnificent photo
graphs of noted scenes and places,
may be obtained by sending one
coupon, . cut from this paper, and
twelve cents in money or stamps,
Th.rre will be sixteen series in all,
and when completed they will form
one cf the most beautiful and in
structive works of art that ever
adorned a parlor or library.
Read advertisement in this paper
or full particulars, showing how
this beautiful work can. be had for
ess than one-tenth its value.
The most interesting cabbage-head
we have struck for some time is re
ported from thetown of Ellwood(0.)
(we don't know how that burg grades
on liars), where a man bought a head
of cabbage from a grocery store.
Intending to make some slaw,, his
wife proceeded to slaughter the c. h.
When the knife got about half way
n it encountered . something hard,
which proved to be a $20 gold piece.
Of course she forgot all about the
slaw and proceeded with the dissec
tion 'until she took out three more
twenties, a ten and a five dollar piece.
The supposition is that some cab
bage-head drew his deposits from
some of the banks and deposited in
a young cabbage-head, which fol
lowed the example of the banks and
closed up, retaining the cash.
' Tiny Tim," "the smallest man in
the world," who was for a long time
a big attraction in Barn urn's Circus,
has gone to the bad. Although he
got a salary of $150 a week, he was
big enough to get away with all of
it, and the result was that between
high living and bibulous habits he
got so fat that he had to quit the
show business. He kept up his
convivial habits, however, and the
result is that he is now serving a
thirty days' term on Black weTl's
Island to tone him down.
Bob Ingersoll is in favor of annex
mg not only Hawaii but the West In
dies, the Bermudas, the- Bahamas,
the Barbadoes and any other patches
land that may be lying: around loose,
not already annexed to something.
Bob 1 doesn't believe there is any
Hades, but if he did he would be in
favor of annexing that, and then we
would have all the varieties of cli
mate, and when Bob took his final
departure he might still be in his own
country. ' .
Ninety-three cotton manufactories
of Oldham, England, have made a
profit the last two years of less than
one per cent., while Southern mills
have run from eight per cent, up,
Some of yfese days a large part of
the cotton manufacturing now done
in England will be done in the South.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
For the North State Improvement Com
- pany Ite Xlabilules Placed at $650,000.
Special Star Telegram.
Mount Airy. N. C, fan. 20. The
North State Improvement Company of
Greensboro has gone
a receiver.
- Mr. J. C. Buxton
into the hands of
of Winston, ap
peared last night before Judge Graves
and made appKcauonj in bebalf of the
United Brethren, a benevolent organl-
zation at Salem, N.
C.. to wbom the
company is indebted i
n the sum of $10,-
00,0. The application jwas granted, and
Mr. John W. Fries, of Salem, was ap
pointed receiver.
The company's liabilities are placed
at $850,000. - '
LB United Press ia tlrj Star.l
' . Richmond, Va..
Greensboro. N. C,
Disiatch sats: The
Jaouary 20. A
special to the
North State Im-
provement Company (which is the same
thing as the C. F. & y. V. R- R.) was
to-day placed in the hands of a receiver.
John W. Fries, of Salem, by order of
Judge Graves, of Mount Airy. The ap
plication for the receivership was made
by the United Brethren -of Salem, to
which the company vi indebted about
$10,000. Messrs. Watson and Buxton
represent the plaintiff, and Dr. W. A.
Lash, vice-president. Dr. D. W. C. Ben
bow, director, and Geo. M. Rose, at
torney, represent the defendants. The
action was precipitated by rumors of
threatened suits. 1
In v:e of the approaching sale of the
road it is thought the receivership will
be only temporary. I The company's
liabilities are placed at $650,000.
Dead Body Found. ' J v
A sensation was caused in Burgaw a
day cr two ago over the finding of the
body of Sylvester Lamb, a colored man,
who bad been in Georgia for the past
two years and returned to Burgaw
Christmas in company with two strang
ers from Georgia. He left that place
for his home (about ten miles from Bur
gaw) with these men and was
never seen afterwards. His mutilated
body was found a few days ago by some
school children about three miles from
Burgaw, a half mile from the main road,
in a thicket near a branch. His wife has
letters stating that he had saved his
monev and was comma home to buy a
place, and it is thought he was mur
dered. The citizens of Burgaw have
asked Gov. Carr to issue a reward large
enough to bring the guilty parties to jus
tice. Car-Itoads ot fUh, Oystera and Egea.
The big catch of fish made by Mr.
Walter Willis, of Morehead City, a few
days ago, netted him $281.25, says the
Beaufort Herald. There were about
three and a half tons of the fish. The
Herald says it was the largest catch
ever known to have been caught around
tnere with one seine at one haul.
The largest cargo of perishable freight
(with the exception of truck) that ever
went out of Newbern. says the Journal,
was taken out by the steamer Neuse, of
the E. C. D. line yesterday. It consisted
of fresh fish, clams, or sters and eggs.
There was over a hundred tons of them.
Among the lot was seven solid car-loads
from Morebead City.
AERONAUT KILLED.
Kit. Ij.
S. Odell's Fatal Ascension at
Washington, N. C.
The Newbern Journal of the 20th inst.,
says :
We learn that Mr. L. N. Odell. an
aeronaut of the Grace Shannon Com
pany, was killed in making an ascension
at Washington, N. C-, yesterday.
The balloon burst alter it left the
eround. and when it did Mr. Odell cut
the parachute loose, but sufficient height
had net been attained for it to open.
The unfortunate man struck the ground
while falling rapidly and bis body was
badly broken up.
The news was brought to Newbern
last night by a drummer who was in
Washington at the time the accident oc
curred, early in the afternoon.
The Grace-Shannon Company are well
known in Wilmington.
They gave ascensions at Hilton and at
Wrightsville in the summers of 1891 and
1892. Both Prof. Odell and his wife
made successful aerial flights with bal
loon and parachute.
Series Noa One and Two Now.
Series No. 2 of the Stoddard Art
Album will be announced next Tuesday.
Orders mav be sent in now; but it is ab
solutely necessary that all orders should
specify on the coupons the No. or Nos.
of the series wanted. Otherwise much
confusion and delay would result. And
remember that three coupons and
twelve cents must be sent for each series
ordered.
Exports Foreign.
The first vessel to sail from Wilming
ton to Manchester, England, cleared
yesterday; the German barque Ernst,
Capt. Abrens. with cargo of 5,755 barrels
rosin, valued jgt $7,156. Vessel and
cargo by Messrs. Paterson, Downing
&Co.
The German barque Demetra cleared
yesterday, also, for Middlesboro, Eng.
with cargo of 3,889 barrels rosin, valued
at $4,853.73, shipped by Messrs. Williams
& Murchison. m '
MITCB.ELL-C0RBETT.
Elm City Athletio Club Offer the Pugilists
$20,000 to Fight in Newbern February
22d.
f Special Star Telegram.
Newbern. N. C, Jan. 20. We have
telegraphed an offer of twenty thousand
dollars to Corbett and Mitchell to fight
here Thursday, February 22d, our Fair
week.
Signed. Elm City Athletic Club.
' The official announcement is
made that the Albemarle and' Raleigh
Railroad Company has been consolida
ted with the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company, and that from and
after January 20th it will be operated as
a branch of that corporation,
The weekly statement of the
associated banks of New York city shows
that they hold over $100,000,000 in ec-
cets of the legal requirement; or, in other
words, they have that amount of practl
cally idle money.
Wilmington, n. c, Friday, January 26,
REDUCED RICE ACREAGE.
A Reduction of 60 -Per Cent, in the Bioe
- " Acreage in tbe Savannan Seotion Fore
anadowed The Wilton Tariff Bill Fa
vorably Begarded by the Planters.
The annexed extract from an article
in tbe Savannah News will be read with
interest by all engaged injtbe production
or sale of rice: - : ;"''"
On account of the general depression
of business and the heavy losses which
the planters, have suffered during the
last two years, & heavy decrease an the
acreage of the rice crop in this section is
probable, .Several prominent planters
have already announced their intention
of giving up planting altogether, and it
is generally understood that all those
who do not go out of the
decrease their acreage. -
business will
50 PER CENT. XESS ACREAGE. v-
The estimate of the reduction of acre
age 3n the territory tributary to Savan
nah is 50 per cent. It is estimated that
the acreage in rice of the Savannah,
Ogeechee, Satilla, Altamaba and New
tivers of last year was 15,000 acres. The
acreage that will be planted this year is
estimated at just halt that figure.
Tbe reason of this heavy decrease in
acreage is not the new tariff bill, which
makes a reduction of half a cent a pound
in the duty on rice.
The planters generally agree that the
Wilson bill is favorable to them rather
than otherwise. This is because the bill
definitely fixes the distinction between
cleaned and uncleaned rice.:
' MORE MONEY LOST THAN MADE.
"There has been more : money 'lost
than made in rice planting in this sec
tion in recent years," said an old rice
planter yesterday. "The planters have
made money some years and lost others,
the profits in the good years usually
being smaUfand the losses in the bad
years large. "The chief losses have been
by storms, which appear to have been
more frequent in recent years than for
merly. The last two seasons have been
very unfortunate ones with! the planters.
In 1892 a very large crop was made, but
on account of the large amount of im
ported rice in the country! the price re
ceived for the crop was so small that the
planters lost money instead of mak
ing it. Last year's disaster is well known.
The storm of August 26 and 27 almost
totally destroyed the rice crop of Georgia
and Carolina. On some plantations not
a bushel of rice was gathered; everything
was swept away. Not only were the
prospective profits lost, but all the money
that had been expended for the making
of the crop.
The August storm was tbe culmina
tion of a series of misfortunes, and many
of the planters have been left burdened
with debt and unable to continue opera
tions. . ' i
1,500 OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
It is estimated that about 1,500 hands
will be thrown ont of employment on
the rice . plantations. It is suggested
that many of them will be able to subsist
by cultivating small plots of ground in
vegetables. Very little of the rice land
is fit for such cultivation, however, and
while much of it is suitable for truck
raising, it will require a large outlay of
money and worn to put tne lands in con
dition for such use.
It looks very much as if tbe people ot
this section will be confronted with the
problem ot what to do with a large army
of people suddenly thrown out of em
ployment, and without any resources of
their own to lall back upon.
THE TOOTHSOME TERRAPIN.
A Terrapin Farm Why Not Have One-
Near WilmlDgtonP
The annexed description of a terrapin
farm near Mobile, from the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, may attract the atten
tion of some enterprising man and re
sult in a similar industry near Wilming
ton :
"There is a terrapin farm near Mobile,
Ala.," said T. E. Swift, of Mobile, to the
corridor man at the Southern. "There
are but two of these farms in the United
States, the other being in Maryland,
and it is visited by hundreds of people
almost daily during the summer season.
The diamond-back terrapin is greatly in
demand among epicures, and while there
are few restaurants that do not claim to
supply terrapin stews, there are very few
that really do, on account! of their
scarcity and high prices.
The farm is surrounded by a high
fence, and canals are cut through it with
narrow ridges of land between. Every
terrapin that is caught off the coast is
taken there, and fishermen are constant
ly kept at work hunting for them. Tbe
ends of the canals are so secure that it
is impossible for the terraoin to escape.
and they breed as rapidly in the farm as
they do in their native haunts. Several
thousand of them are constantly kept on
band, while from ten thousand to twelve
thousand dozen are sold annually at
prices from six dollars to ten dollars a
dozen, the market being principally in
New York and Philadelphia, from which
points the entire trade of the country is
supplied. At meal times the sight of
terrapin scrambling up the banks to get
their food is a most unique and interest
ing one.
BEATS THE RECORD.
The Iisrgeat Cargo of Cotton Erer Shipped
from Wilmington.
The British steamship ' Leander,
Captain Robson, cleared yesterday for
Bremen, Ger., with the largest cargo of
cotton ever shipped from this port and
probably the largest number of bales. to
the registered tonnage of the ! ship ever
sent abroad from any port in the United
States. The Leander' s registered ton
nage is 1888, and she carries 10,512 bales;
near 5 bales to tbe ton. The vessel
was loaded at the Champion Compress,
by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. Her
cargo is valued at $100,015.
Tbe showing made above is a capital
one for Wilmington's cotton compresses
and for the stevedores who loaded the
ships.
The Leander made another, trip earlier
in the present season, and her cargo
then, 10,082 bales, was considered a re
markable one for a vessel of her tonnage,
Her last cargo beats all records in this
line. ' ; : '
Poetry, bet no Pork.
A well known and popular young man
of Maxton, while travelling recently in
Robeson county, stopped at the house
of an old farmer and asked if he could
get - supper. "Well, to tell you the
truth," said the o. f., "we are powerful
glad to see you, but I'm mighty sorry to
say there ain't a scrap of meat nor-nary
dust of flour in the house; but if you'll
walk in the parlor my gals will read you
some stavin' good poetry." The young
man "levanted.
- A BIQ LOCOMOTIVE.
A World's Fair Looomotive on the Plant
Bystem It Buns on a Connection of
the Atlantis Coast Line. .
The Savannah News thus describes a
famous locomotive : . . ' "
The locomotive that President Plant
purchased atthe World's Fair arrived
yesterday afternoon - at tbe Savannab,
Florida & Western .Railway. The loco
motive, which has already attracted tbe
attention of thousands of people, was
built last year by the Rogers Locomo
tive Works and sent' to the fair as a
sample of . the builders' highest 1 class
work, being constructed from their
latest and most improved plans ' and
specifications. ' - ',; ;
In Chicago it was attached to the
famous Pullman train, which received
the highest award of merit, and was the
most expensive train ever constructed.
It was purchased by Mr. Plant, but
remained in Chicago until the doss cf
the Fair. "
An attempt was made to match this
engine against No. 999, the celebrated
flyer of tbe New York Central railroad,
but the parties in charge of the latter, it
is said... foresaw defeat and declined
and acknowledged the superiority of the
bavannab, Florida and Western engine.
When the Fair closed the engine was
sent to tbe Rogers' works to be re
painted, and reached Savannah yester
day. The dimensions of this monster
locomotive are:
Cylinders, 19x24: driymg wheels diam
eter; 72 inches; truck wheels diameter,
38 inches: boiler diameter, 58 inches,
rigid wheel base, 13 feet. 6 inches. To
tal wheel base 21 feet. .8 inches. The
weight in working order of the engine
is 133,000 pounds, and it has a tank capac
ity of 3,500 gallons; the weight on the
drivers is 98.500 pounds.
The engine is what is known as a ten-
wheeler and will give great power and a
high rate ot speed. It will pull the New
York and Florida special vestibuled Pull
man train between Savannah and Jack
sonville and will add considerably to the
appearance of this "palace on wheels."
t is without doubt tbs finest locomo
tive of its kind in the country.
THE OLD SOLDIERS' HOME.
An Appeal to Citizens of the Eighth Con
gressional Distrio".
The State appropriation has proved
too small to meet all the wants of the
institution. Tbe constantly increasing
number of inmates has largely exceeded
the demand for sustenance and comfort
for which the State has provided and
appeals must be made to the citizens of
the different districts for means to sup
ply the deficiency, and I hereby appeal
with confidence to the. citizens of this
district, particularly of the city of Wil
mington, to do lull justice to so noble
and commendable a cause.
All clothing that adds to the comfort
of tbe human body will be thankfully re
ceived, and all such contributions will
please be sent to the care of tbe under
signed, at No. 116 South Fifth street, or
to the store of A. H. Holmes, on Front
street. Agents will solicit means to pur
chase food and so forth. i
AH contributions will be acknowledged
by the manager of the Home, and I
trnst this appeal will be complied with
without delay.
Mrs. A. H. Holmes, ;
Lady Manager of the Eighth Congres
sional District. .
Honesty the Best Policy.
A short time ago says the News and
Cou:ier, a well-known Charleston lady
lost a valuable gold watch and chain in
the street. It was picked up by Samuel
J. Spencer, a young colored man living
in Ashley street. He at once set about
inquiring as to the ownership of the
watch, and as soon as be heard to whom
it belonged he went immediately to the
lady and returned the lost property.
Ot course he was handsomely rewarded
for his honesty, but the best part about
it all was that he knew that he had done
the right thing.
Baiem Female
Midwinter Concert
at
j College.
A special dispatch to theJSTAR, from
Winston. says9 The annual midwinter
concert at Salem Female College, which
is the most important winter musical
event in North Carolina, was given last
night. There were over three hundred
voices in tbe grand chorus. Prominent
among the soloists and chorus singers
were Misses Chadbourn, Wood and
Bell, of Wilmington. Every selection,
instrumental and vocal, was admirably
rendered. .
Magmfioent Maxton.
Among the improvements under con
sideration for the thriving town of Max
ton is the erection of a large brick build
ing by Col. F. W. Kerch ner, of this city,
who is already the owner ot much valu
able real estate in Robeson county. The
building is to have three stores fronting
towards the C f. railroad track, while
the upper stories are to be designed for
hotel purposes.
A IJew Odd Fellows .Lodge
Grand Master W. D. Gaster. Grand
Secretary B. H. Woodell, P. G's. . M
McGowan, S. W. Fairlie, visited Rocky
Mount on last Thursday night, and with
a team from a large numbers of brethren
from Tarboro, Elm City and Clinton,
proceeded to initiate about twenty mem
bers of a lodge named Golden Belt
Lodge, No. 163 M. Guldbranson, chi
mer of Fifth Street Church, presided at
the organ. The following officers were
elected and installed by the Grand Offi
cers : " I
N.G. J. H. Baker, Tr. 1
V. G. E. W. Jeffreys.
Sec and F. S. E. W. Smith. j
Treas. S. P. Milliard.
The appointive officers will be named
later. The membership is ot the very
best material, and we learn about twenty
applications are pending. P. G. J. C.
Ailen, of Tarboro," was captain of the
team. - '
FIGHTING EDITORS.
Another "Scrap" Between Messrs,
Butler
and Bosoower.
Special Star Correspondence.'
Goldsboro, N. C January 19,
Butler and ' Roscower met again this
morning. Butler attempted . to strike
Roscower with a -cane, which the latter
wrested from his hands and broke in
twain. Friends interfered and an alter
cation was prevented. All is quiet at
this writing. - H. .ye.
TAR;
1894.
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ABOUT COTTON. ,) ,
Win the Pride Advance, or Will Thara
Ba a Farther Decline What Xieadmg
Factor Have to Bay of the Matter.1
Messrs. Clapp'& Co cotton brokers.
in their weekly market letter, January
18th, say: 1
The continued liberal movement at in
terior and other places-all along the line
nas a third timesurprised theContinent,
Great Britain and American traders
from planter to spinner. Peoole most
closely allied with planters, cotton fac
tors and railways seem to be mnasually
wide apart in their views. Private wire
houses have been free distributors of
back country" news about the comlnsr
movement, which has surprised tbe san
guine bears or champions of a 1 or 8
million crop. " American sninners have
bought sparingly, and. are said to have
marketed less manufactured goods than
usual,, and carry very small stock? of
both raw cotton and cotton goods. They
seldom eet long of- cotton on our; Ex
change this season, rather leaving it to
the merchant and speculator nearer the
source of supply, whose bull enthusiasm
seems to hold out like ' The Widder's
Oil." Ordinarily, lookine back, the
movement has fallen off about the last
half of January. There is a class who
seem to say tbe battle for constitutional
reform in the tariff is the all depressing
factor in values, and that that matter
will soon be settled and we will have a
radical improvement in general business
and values We do not believe id an ex
treme large crop or an extreme low
price for cotton. N
Riordan & Co., cotton factors, of New
York, take this view of the situation:
It is useless for our friends to close
tfteir eyes to the simple fact that cotton
will advance" or decline from to day's
figure according to tbe volume of re
ceipts. If tbe movement next week
.should approach that of the week jbst
ended, we shall certainly go lower, gnd
perhaps very considerably lower, i On
the other hand, any sharp falling off in
receipts, such as the bulls are constantly
and confidently predicting, might caase
a very rapid and decided recovery. The
outlook for the immediate future, in our
opinion, is not a very cheerful one. We
fear tbat pnce3 are going to be lower
PASTORAL PRESSURE.
Thoughts Suggested by the Warm
Affectionate Kature of a Jersey Paatorj.
It is said that when the Rev. Dare
took charge of the Methodist churches
at Smithville and Port Republic, N.fj.,
last Spring, he signalized the occasion by
kissing all the young lady members, j Of
course, it was but a fatherly kiss of
peace, but the young men did not like it
at all. As it was done in public, how-
however, they could not object; but some
of them determined to get even, and a
few days ago three of them created a
disturbance in meeting by openly assert
ing that they had seen the pastor; pri
vately squeeze tbe organist's hand tn a
way tbat was highly improper during
the progress of a protracted meeting.
The pastor admitted the squeeze, but
said that he was but demonstrating j his
warm and affectionate nature, and that
there was no harm in it. - Tbe matter
was referred to a committee for investi
gation, and the general impressionfis
that the whole matter means merely
jealousy on the part of the accusers. ' 1 .
Now, the Star would respectfully
submit that, whatever may be thought of
the osculating demonstration of the jer
sey pastor, there should bs a limit to
the amount ol hand pressure, never per
mitting it to reach the proportions of a
"tight sqneeze." There should be !a
maximum pressure established by law,
and every pastor who, has the "grip'
should be required to carry along, as a
part of his paraphernalia, a machine
which will automatically record, in
pounds, the pastoral pressure it being
assumed, of course, that the female;
party of the second part takes no part in,
the ex parte pressure of the party of the
first part. "Shake "
Death of Mr. P. H. Hodges.
Mr. P. H. Hod2es, who came' here
some three months ago with .his wile and
child, and opened a boarding bouse on
Market street between Front and Second,
died yesterday morning, after an ill
ness of several days with pneumonia. He
was from Norfolk, Va.; was a member ot
the Catholic Church, and made many
friends during his brief residence here.
His funeral will take place this afternoon
from St. Thomas' Catholic Church.
Some sensational reports were current
yesterday to the effect that Mr. Hodges
after death had come to lite again and
spoken to the attendants at his bedside
and then had expired. But the physi
cian who attended him says there is no
truth in the report. Mr. Hodges was
delirious some time before his death,
and in his ravings said that he had died
twice before. It was this remark, prob
ably, that gave rise to the report that he
had died and then came to life again.
The Oilmer-Holland Affair.
The Greensboro Record says
"Reliable information from a party in
Danville who sees young Holland every
day is to the effect that he is not
proving,
im
"The pistol ball, it is now ascertained,
entered the groin, from .which place it
has been impossible for the doctors to
dislodge it.
"There may be danger of blood poi
soning in such a case any way there is
some uneasiness felt about bis condl
tion, and he is being carefully attended
"Several attempts have been made to
remove the ball but without success. It
is very painful and Holland is so weak
that his physicians have abandoned tbe
effort for awhile at least.
The following are the total net re
ceipts of cotton at the ports since Sep-
teptember 1st. Galveston 872,808 bales;
New Orleans 1.414,211; Mobile 176,668;
Savannah 782,363; Charleston 356,826
Wilmington. 174,657; Norfolk, 878.866
New York, 66,685; Boston, 59,441; New
port News, 82,279; Philadelphia, 80,201
West Point, 185,904; Brunswick, 89,135
Velascoe, 84,442; Port Royal, 47.030
Total, 4,664.927. Deduct 48,445 bales
from net receipts since September
making the corrected total 4.616,374.
Business Failure at Burgaw.
Mr. I. T. Collins, an old and hereto
fore prosperous merchant of Burgaw, N,
C, made an assignment yesterday. The
liabilities are estimated at 12.600; assets
about tbe same. Preferences amount to
(1,100. Mr. Brace William it assignee,
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GEN. R
. LEE'S BIRTHDAY
Celebrated at
iznore by the Maryland
Confederate
itety A Banquet at Which
Many Promment Persona Were Present
Observances at Blohmond, Va.s
By Tektrapa to the Morning Star.
Baltimore, January 18. Not since
tbe foundation of the Maryland Confed
erate Society pas there been such axnota
ble gatheringj at their annual banquet as
was present at the Carrollton hotel -tonight.
The occasion was of the greatest
historic interest tQ all living participants
in the civil w$r. '
-Some of the guests of the evening
were United States Senators Matthew
W, Ransom1 jof North Carolina; Roger
Mills, ot Texas, and Epoa Hunton. of
Virginia; Cofgressmen'Joseph Wheeler,
of Alabama;! tbarles E. Hooker, ol Mis
sisssippi; Steuben R. Mallory.of Florida,
son ot the Gin federate Secretary of the
wavy; JotinM. Allen, ot Mississippi, and
Speaker Cris; Gen. Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina, and Gen. Charles M.
Shelby, of Washington.
ine society is one ot tbe largest and
most enthusiastic organizations of its
kind in the country, and embraces in its
ranks the twa highest living officers in
the Confederate troop of Maryland
iviajur oencrai ueo. ri. Stewart ana
Brigadier General Bradley T. Johnston.
tvery yeaiithe Society and its friends
listens to an address from some con
spicuous personage who was identified
with the lostfcause, and afterwards re
gale themselyes with the pleasures of the
taoie and oratorical tributes.
The lecture to-night, wheh Dreceded
the banquet, was notable, because, tor
the first time, the story ot Lee's surren
der was toldjfrom the Confederate stand
point, and nil better orator conld have
been selected. Col. Chas. Marshall, one
of the prominent members of the Balti
more bar was a witness of the closing
scenes in Wilmer McLean's house at
Appomattox. As the military Secretary
of Gen. Lee j he accompanied hfs chief at
the meeting with Gen. Grant to arrange
the terms upon which the army of North
ern Virginia was to be surrendered.
Col. Marshall was Lee's Adjutant Gen
eral as well as bis Military Secretary.
Cardinal Gibbons occupied a seat on
the stage surrounded by the Senators
and Congressmen who came over from
WashingtonL The hall was packed and
hundreds were turned away. Gen. Brad
ley T. Johnson introduced Col. Marsh
all, il
At the conclusion of the lecture . the
Veterans and their guests formed in line,
and preceded by the Fifth Regiment
Veteran Cfrps band, marched to the
Carrollton hotel, where covers were laid
for 250 persons.
Richmond, Va, Tan. 19. Lee's
birthday was celebrated here by a parade
ot the Kichmond Howitzers and a salute
of nineteen guns fired by the organiza
tion and by-fa "camp fire" on the part of
Lee Camp Confederate Veterans, of
which war reminiscencies and. songs
were the ch ef features. The dsy beinz
legal holiday in the State, all the
banks and the State and municioal offi
ces were closed. I
HONOLULU ADVICES.
The 8ltuatin in Hawaii Unchanged
Exciteuienji TJnabjted The Provisional
Government Continuing Its Military
Preparations. -
By Teieerapa to the Morning Staj.
WashincIton. January 20.. Secretary
Herbert tot-day received from Rear
Admiral Irwin the following letters:
Honolulu, January 2 Sir I have
the honor to submit the following report
in regard to the situation since the de
parture of the Corwin on the 24th
ultimo: i '
The military preparations for defence
continue tolbe made by the Provisional
Government, and the excitement is un
abated. Tbe newspapers assume that I,
as the military representative of the
U. S. Government, intend to use force
to restore the Queen, at the same time
they quote jme as saying that I would
not obey any order which 1 considered
unlawful, also that the officers and men
under my j pommand had assumed the
same attitude. .
These sensational reports are intended
to infiuencefpublic opinion in the United
States, and; are entirely without founda
tion. Since, my arrival I have carefully
avoided all txpression of opinion except
in conference with the U. b. Minister,
and have ordered all my command to
pursue a sinlilar course. I may further
add that Mrj Willis has never given me
the slightest! hint that there was ever any
intention onj the part of the U. b. Gov
ernment to ise force in order to restore
the Queen, j My own orders to preserve
strict neutrality have been implicitly
obeyed. It has been asserted quite often
that we were prepared to land, which is
true, but our motives were intentionally
misconstrued. We were to land solely
for the purpose of suppressing riots and
to protect this lives oi tne aeienceiess ana
property. Were it not ior tne course
of ; the newspapers in their endeavor
to influence public opinion in the Unit
ed State, nq uneasiness would be felt
and business would go on as usual. I do
not believe tjbat ordinary business is se
nously afleqted, as is reported, but no
new enterprise will oe unaertaiten until
there is somi settled Government.
TX ,; OZ f .1 T
X lie comnHDQiDK uuikcra ui iijc ui'
nese cruiser Naniwa Kan and the British
cruiser Champion called on me to ar
range for lending a force to protect the
lives and property of their countrymen
in case there; should oe any serious not.
They offered'to co-operate with me and
to place theii landsng parties where in
my opinion Ithey would do the most
cood. 5 1 I
Now as the general public in Hono
lulu is fully aware of the above fact, and
have no longtr any apprehension of any
riot, and ; as the perusal oi tne rresi
ent s message has convinced every one
that no force would be used to change
the Government. It is criminal for any
one to makp the mis-statement refer
red to- it r i i :
Foreign influence inimical to the in
terests of the United States is secretly at
work here, aa-it is wherever we have any
trade interests and the influence will ac
count for fnav of the misstatements in
the paperi; fi
I forward fl.es of newspapers covering
the periods since last man. -
' The health: tf the crews of tbe vessels
here remains good.
Very respectfully.
, Yourosedient servant,
v .; ;i i H . John Irwin,
i "'Re&f Admiral U. S. N..
Commanding tj. S. Naval Force Pacific
btation. j p -
Among the aames to be presented at
the special Episcopal convention to elect
an assistant to Bishop Whittle, ot Vir
ginia, at Richmond, will be that of the
Rev. Wm. ? Page. D. D of New York
city. Dr. Pageiras born in Virginia, in
1845 and was graduated from Hampden
Sidney College in that State. Among
the other names mentioned are Prof,
Nelson, of the Alexandria Theological
Seminary, Rev. Newton, rector of Mon
u mental church, Richmond, and Rey.
Mr. Gibson, of Qncinnatti. .
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SP1KITS TURPENTINE.
t Raleigh News and Observers
Our whole community was deeply
grieved yesterday morning to hear of
the death at about 11 o'clock a. m of
Dr. E Burke Haywood. Mr. Jose-
phus Daniels writes from Washington to
his paper here that Senator Vance has '
been too unwell to be in his seat of late'
and will soon go to Florida in the hope
that in a warmer climate he will regain
bis health and strength.
Lexington Dispatch'. A corres
pondent at Marsh informs us that the "
body of George Broadaway, one of the
unfortunate young men drowned in - the
Yadkin river recently, has been found.
It was found on Monday about 12 o'clock
near tbe glace where he was supposed '
to have been drowned. His body was
hooked up by a party of Rowan men.
The body of the other youg man. Early
Wall, has not yet been found, x
Monroe .Enquirer : On last
Friday morning Mr. Darling Bclk, who
liveO about five miles south of Monroe,
came into town and was found in Shute's
gin lot soon 'after his arrival, in an un
conscious condition. He was carried to
Mrs. Correll's and physicians were sum
moned, but he was past "recovery and
after lingering in an unconscious state
until Sunday morning, passed peacefully
away. -Mr. Belk was about seventy
three years of age and had been a lead
ing member ot the Methodist church for
thirty-seven years.
Charlotte News : The exodus
of farmers from Cabarrus and Stanly
counties has assumed such proportions
as to attract attention, and some means ,
should be provided to put a stop to it.
Dozens of some of the most thrifty
families in Stanly have gone to Texas,
Arkansas and other Western States in
the past six weeks, and some of the
yeomanry of Cabarrus have vacated
their homes for the Western land.
Union county has also suffered in this
re?pect. The News learns that some of
the best homesteads in Stanly have been
deserted.
Charlotte News: The rural dis
tricts are literaly parallyzed by the grip.
There can hardly be a house found where
there are not one or more of the family
down with it, and in a great many in- '
stances entire families are prostrated. '
The country physicians have all and
more than they do. They ride day and
night and then cannot get around to see
all their patients. Work has been stop
ped the people having all they can do in
making fires and ministering to the
wants of the sick. There was never such
general sickness as at present. The dis
ease is worse this season than at any of
its previous visits, being in a large num- "
ber of cases speedily fatal. - '
t- Clinton Democrat: Mr." Willey
Williams, of Dismal township, who be
ceme insane some months ago and was
confined in the State Hospital at Ra
leigh for treatment, died in his ward on
last Thursday morning, of pneumonia.
He was hopelessly insane. Mr. H. -H.
Britt, lately engaged in tbe lumber
business in Florida, has invented a lum
ber gauge for determining well manufac
tured flooring and ceiling. The inven
tion is a decided improvement upon any
thing of the kind heretofore u sed in sim
plicity and convenience and promises to
be worth no little to lumber manufac
turers and to its inventor. . Mr. Britt has
forwarded a model of his gauge and filed
an application for a patent.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Wal
ter James, a colored boy, who outraged
a colored woman near Norfleet's Ferry
some six months ago, and for whose
capture the Governor offered $200, was
caught Tuesday night at Darden by
constable C. W. Dunn, of this place.
We go to press before, his trial, but be
will be committed to jail. The woman
whom he outraged died two days after
the act. An escaped convict named
Jim Davis was captured here last Friday.
rle escaped trom tbe state farm near
Weldon. Chaneine his clothes he came
to Tillery and took tbe train for Scot
land Neck, and lay around here a day
or two. Constable Dunn caught him
and telegraphed the authorities, and
they sent a guard for him and carried
him back Saturday. Jim was in for 15
years, and this was his third escape.
Wadesboro Mcssenger-Intelligen'
cer: Died, in Peacbland, on the 11th in
stant, of grip, Mrs. Kiah Billingsley.aged
about 70 years. Mrs. Kittie Allen
died at ber home near Anson ville on the
11th, of pneumonia, aged about 60 years.
Mrs. Allen's husband. Captain foe Alien,
preceded her just one week in his pil
grimage to the great beyond.
Moses Peace, an old colored man
who lived near Peachlacd, in this
county, left his home last Sunday
morning without telling his wife where
he was going. As he had not returned
by Monday morning, search was institut
ed for him late Mondav afternoon his
dead body was found lying in a path
which led to a turkey blind which bad
been made by the old man. Coroner
Fenton was notified and an inquest was
held over the body Tuesday and from
the evidence adduced it was plain that
Peace came to his death from natural
causes.
Charlotte News: The old col
ored man who was found dead in Cedar
Creek last week, having been burned to
death, was named Pink Norton and was
a native ol Cabarrus county. He was
117 years old, his old owners, in slavery
time knowing his age to be that. His
father came direct from Africa, where
he was captured by the slave traders and
brought to America. "Old Uncle Pink"
was the last of his set, which was noted
for tbe long lives they lived. All tbe
others have returned to Africe, where
some of the are doing well raising coffee
and others are as wild as tbe natives
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Walter
Tray wick and John Woodard went squir
rel hunting. They walked all day but
found nothing until nearly sundown,
when they saw a large owl go into a hole
in a big oak tree. They got an axe and
cut the tree down. When it fell the men
were amazed at the rich find in tbe tree.
There were four stories in the trunk of
the tree. In the bottom one was a big
wasp nest; In the second was a squirrel
which was killed; in the third was tbe
owl, which was caught alive; and in the
fourth was a large family of honey bees
with several gallons of the choicest
honey. The honey was saved and brought
home by the hunters.
Raleigh News and- Observer:
The many friends of Mrs. Charles B.
Root will be pained to learn ol ber de
cease, which took place last evening at 8
o'clock, after a lingering illness, her con
dition during the past few days admit
ting of no hope of recovery. Her father
was the late Weston R. Gales, and her
mother was Love Freeman, who was a
connection of Edward B. Freeman,
so long the Clerk of the Supreme
Court, and also of Bishop Free-
man. She was born in Raleigh in 1827
A discovery was made yesterday in
the eastern outskirts of the city which
has the appearance of a very bad affair.
A very aged colored woman named
Rosa Haywood, who lives near the rock
quarry, was found dead 'in bed by the
neighbors. The doors were locked and
a chest in which she had $12 or $15 had
been broken open and tbe money taken.
The woman was supposed to be nearly
a hundred years old but the indica
tions were not that the bad died a natu
ral death but that there was evidence of
foul play. About her' neck were some
marks which looked like she had been
choked. It appears that for some months
past a young colored woman has been
living with the old woman and tbat she
had been intimate with a colored man
named Oscar Page, and information
was obtained yesterday that the pair had
left the city suddenly yesterday morning
on the 6.30 train.
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