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VTVv-- i ::-LL.h--'3 , V.-,' r. H f WILLI 4 U,Hi BEEN A B D , Bdltoi nd Proprietor . - WILMINGTON, N. C. V - -January 26. 1894. Friuav CW- In writing to change your addroa atmaytglv flrvur tonanS as well .. full particular as where do both channea can W be madev . - Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re iotct Resolutions of Thanks, &c., are charged for as JrnarVSvertisemenU, but only half rate, when pari to Sly In advance. At this rate 60 cent, mil p., for a mpl announcement of Marriage or Death. Or Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Utter, Postmas ters will register letters when desired. tZ Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. " Specimen copies forwardea wnen acaircu. VERY IMPORTANT During the past two months bills have heen 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. ; It is hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due : us at once. Jt is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as for the proprietor of the paper to eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate him. We thank those of our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal, will not be lost on those who have not paid. SHACKLING OURSELVES. In some respects this is the greatest country in the world and in some re spects it is the most dependent, but dependent in nothing m which it could not be independent if it re solved to be. Politically we de clared our independence of Great Britain 118 years ago. but wer never fully shook off our commercial and financial dependence upon her. We have made two or three partially suc cessful efforts in that direction and just about the time we were beginning to succeed there came a change of policy that sent us back into the old ruts again. English statesmen have profited by our folly and English tradesmen have got rich out of our stupidity. If the Walker tariff of 1846 could have been continued until this time with periodic reductions in the tariff until we had got it dawn to an abso lute revenue basis, and the old economy of administering the Gov ernment had been continued, making I only a small revenue necessary, this would be to day the greatest com mercial nation on the face of the earth and be the owner not only of ships enough to carry her own pro ducts to the ports of the world and such of their products as we wanted back, but enough to carry across the seas the products of other nations for them. Of course trie conditions that have arisen within the past thirty years, may have forced a change of policy in some respects, but there was nothing in the conditions that necessitated an adherence to war policies for nearly a generation after the war ceased. "To raise revenue, tariff duties were increased during the war, and when there was'no longer need of so much revenue, ths tariff .duties were kept up and made higher under the pre tence of protecting American indus tries. When they did this American statesmen, atthough they may not have realized it, were playing right intcTthe hands of Great Britain. Why? Because the day the high protective system became the policy of the Government our merchant marine became doomed, and we became de pendent upon Great Britain for the ships to carry our commerce across the waters. Without a merchant ma rine of our own, successful competi tion with other nations, and especi ally with such an aggressive, hustling nation as Great Britain, became im possible. The result was that our commerce declined, Great Britain's increased, and our flag was no longer seen on the seas where it once floated proudly over ships that were increas ing annually, and were beginning to dispute with the Briton the suprema cy of the seas. " ' , What has made Great Britain th e great'eommercial nation she is? Two things. Her ships and her manufac tories. They go together. Without either the other would be of little ac count, if possible. She encouraged both, ships by encouraging manufac tories, and manufactories by giving them untaxed raw materials, and getting her revenues without in any way hampering them. British indus try, push, sense and machinery did the rest She didn't expect her manufacturers to succeed and get rich by giving them by law a mo nopoly of the "home market," but made the home market free and left her manufacturers to depend upon their own efforts and thrift and to strike out for the markets cf the world. They did it and while our statesmen with their protective pol icy were educating our manufactur ers to a condition of dependence upon the Government, destroying the energy they would otherwise have shown, the British manufacturer left to himself struck for 1 the great worm ana got a rootnoia every where, and even in our own market - became the dreaded competitor of - our protected manufacturers. -In the effort to shut the English man out of this market we practi , cally shut the American in. The more we shut the Englishman out of bur market the more we forced him to seek other markets and force us out of them, in which has been eminently successful. . We have a commerce, a pretty respectable commerce, consist ing mainly ' ot the food stuffs the world must have and in (he produc ttoriof which we have no successful competitor, but for the carrying of this commerce we are dependent on British ship-owners, to whom we pay, it is estimated, $180000,000 a year in tribute for the service rendered. And thus weshave been paying. more or less, for twenty-five years. In the aggregate we have paid them more than $4,00000,000 for carrying our products across the seas. What a sac rifice this has been offered up tffthe idol of protection! If one half the sum a'nnually paid had been annually expended in building American ships what a magnificent merchant marine this- country would now have. In stead of being dependent upon for eign bottoms to transport our pro ducts over the waters, every port of the world would be ours, Land with cheap transportation our .manufac tories would have , multiplied and flourished as they did in the period from 1846 to 1860, and their pro ducts which are now but little known abroad would be known the world over. - i As we have played into the hands of Great Britain by our protective policy, so have we in our financial legislation, until we simply follow di rectly or indirectly British dictation, and let Great Britain fix the value of our coins, or our coin metals which is practically the same thing. Some of these days we will throw off this shackling, dwarfing depend ence, declare our independence, and then go on and achieve our destiny, and lead the nations instead of .fol lowing in leading strings. A SPLENDID OFFER. 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Mr. Ray nor, of Maryland, in bis plea for free coal, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday-, struck the nail on the head square, when he de clared that although his position was antagonistic to that of his State which wanted protection on coal, he "could not be a Democrat in every thing else and a Republican on coal' and demand a duty on coal in which he was interested and no duty on other articles in which he was not in terested. That is an honest, manly and square statement of the case, and is the only position, that any true Democrat who is a tariff reformer at heart can take. How can a Dem6 crat'who has been condemning the protective system, who stood on the Chicago platform and supported the candidates nominated on that plat form, now consistently oppose the Wilson bill because it deprives cer tain industries in his section of the protection which the McKinley tariff gives them? In doing so they not only expose their own lack ot consistency, and of sincerity, but they do all they can to sustain the Republican pleas on -which pro-, tectionists justified the system which they built up, and give away the whole case. They are simply taking up and using second hand the argu ments which Republicans have used for years, which thev themselves have time and again denounced as hypocritical pretences to. deceive voters and perpetuate an oppressive and plundering system. What a con trast between Mr. Raynor's manly position and that of Mr. Oates, of Alabama, when he- pleaded for pro tection to iron in the interests of the working men who "copld not corn pete with the pauper labor of Eu rope, alter Alabama iron men boast ing for years that they could produce iron cheaper than any country in the world. If we had read these re marks without 'seeing Mr. Oates' name in connection witn them, we would have concluded that they were the utterances of some McKin leyite on the other side of the House, Judge Gayarre, of Louisiana, had to decline a seat in the United States Senate to which he was elected in 1835, on account of bad health. He has never been quite well since, but he managed to celebrate his 89 birth-' day last week, and bad a pretty good time. A French earologist says one of the. best ways in the world, to iden tify crimnals is by their ; ears, as no two persons out of 100,000 have ears exactly alike except twin brothers! This would be identifying them by the ear-marks, as it were. Henry Clews, the New York banker, doesn t take much stock in the calamity howling indulged in by Re publican politicians. He says ; this country will recuperate from the panic ot 1893 sooner than it did from the panic of 1873. v ' . Mr. Gear Senator-elect ffom Iowa, is soniewhat of - a joker. In his speech returning thanks ' for L. the honor done him he chivalrously de clared that he had : no gall against those who opposed his election and invited them to come- without : fear or' hesitancy to -him' f or : any thin g" they wanted. . Mr. Gear may Tiave some old clothes to dispose of, but considering the fact' that - he 1 hasn t much pull on the publicrcrib now the point m this joke will b perceived. - - . . i . . . Chicago comes to the front with a Guarantee Investment : I Company which -collapsed showing assets in cash of $449 and liabilities of S55.000.000. If there hasn't been any fooling" with figures or ciphers in this thing there must have; been some Napoleonic financiers in that concern. "". CiyVtr:. Baltimore has prescribed 'by ordi nance just where the street cars must stop to take on or let off "passengers and to get the, dead wood on those which - violate it; has provided the. police with kodaks to take snap shots at 'em. SUPERIOR COURT. Decision in a Suit Growing Oat of tbe Failure of the First National Bank of Wilmington. fa the Superior . Court yesterday. Judge Brown presiding, cases were dis posed of as follows: In the case of The United States National Bank of New-York vs. McNair & Pearsall, argued by counsel and sub mitted, to the Court last Tuesday. Judge Brown yesterday announced bis deci sion, giving judgment lor aeienaants. Counsel for plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. The case is one of several of a similar character growing out of the failure ot the First National Bank of Wilmington. The defendants had a note for $5 000 discounted fn the bank of Wilmington,: which was rediscounted by the plaintiff bank for tbe Wilmington bank, and the proceeds of such rediscount passed to the credit of the latter on books of the New York bank on the 23d of November, 1891. Defendants had a deposit in the Wilmington bank of $4,000 at the time of the failure of the same on the 25th day of November, 1801, and the proceeds of such rediscount being in possession of the New York bank at the time of such failure the defendapts in sisted upon their right to offset said note to the extent of their deposit in the Wilmington bank, which contention the Court sustained by its decision. The New York bank contended that it be came the purchaser for value by the re discount and was not affected by the de fendants' claim against the Wilmington bank for their deposit. In the case of W. S. O'B. Robinson vs. Fanny G. Pollock et al., judgment non-suit was given. Judgment was given for E. K. Bryan, assignee of Adrian & Vollers, against G. W. Borneman, J. F. Stolter, B. Bellois, Jno. Haar, Jr., James Cowan, J. W Lewis. Mrs. A. F. W. Schutte, J. O. Nixon.' Thirty days to file complaint, was the entry in the following cases: Jeff M. Levy vs. Owen McKin ney, Mary Wil liams et al., vs. Leo Haid. Jno. A. Thompson & Co. et al. vs. Julius Taylor ctal., So Bear vs. J. L. Lockhart. Case ot Brown Bros. vs. W, H.' Styron was continued; also, case ot E. K. Bryan, assignee, vs. ti. A. Kure. Case ef Iredell Meares, administrator, ys. Jackson and Bell, was referred Court took a recess in the afternoon until 10 a. m. to-day. Johnson's Oriental Soap is far supe rior to all the other so-called medicinal soaps for beautifying the complexion. bold by J. H. HARDIN, Druggist. t Tbe Encampment Ground. - Mr. Geo. R. French, President of the Seacoast Railroad Company, and others interested in this matter of the proposed surrender by the State authorities of the grounds at Wrightsville presented to the State for a permanent excampment of the N. C. State Guard, have had a state ment of the case drawn up for submission to the Governor. It will be shown that the U. S. battery is not on grounds owned by private parties; that this fact was well understood at the time the bat tery was erected and by those who were engaged in tbe work; that a free use of the water-front has been and will be se cured to the troops, with an authorita tive control over it; and that if the exist ing agreement is annulled, a great wrong will be perpetrated and the pligbted faith of the State violated. The celebrated remedy Salvation Oil. is recommended by experienced veteri nary surgeons as just the thing for the stable and cattle yards. 8tockholdera Meeting. A largely attended meeting of the stockholders of the Cheraw and Dar lington Railroad was held at the Atlan tic Coast Line offices in this city yester day, for the purpose of electing a Presi dents Maj. C. S. Gadsden, of Charles ton, was unanimously chosen President for ;the ensuing year. He was recently elected President of the North Eastern R, R. to succsed Mr. A. F. Ravenel, de ceased. Magnetic Nervene auicklv restores lost manhood and youthful vigor. Sold oy J. ri. HARDIN. - - f Small-pox t Wadeaboro. Exaggerated reports bave reached here in regard to the prevalence of small-pox at Wadesboro. The latest intelligence is that one esse. has been officially report- ca, ana mat &u necessary precautions have been taken to prevent a spread of tbe disease. - Bullions of motnero. Mrs. Winslow's Soothintr Svrun has been used for over fifty years by millions oi motners tor tneir Children while teeth ing, with perfect suctess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy ior aiarrnoea. aoid ov drupenats in everv oart ot tbe wnrm. i( nm ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," ana take no other kind. Twenty-4ive ccau a douis, . . . r Bncklen'a Arnica Salve. - The Best Salve in the world for Tnt Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Cb ripped Hands, Cbil- oiams, thorns and allbkin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no oav reauired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents psr box. For sale by R.'R. Bellamy, t ;:"Ar HAXtOff BIRD TlTJET. 'y "Hot BkotoV Write About BeoenC Partridge Hunt in and Atoand Max-. 'r., Special tar Correspondence MXCkstun , North Kaliny, : 'Jenuerry (keen, Ateen90fore.' Mister t Edditur: Thay say tharie ware a patrtage, Kornrnoniy - Kaiiea kwail, hui't up hear around ' Mackstua tother dav.. There ware Murpbee Mack- "nare, he wdr tbare," which , be air a Teul istate man an ken traid a town let for more mewls an other boss ekwipments then ary , Skotchman in -: robberson kounty. - He makes a pracktis all so uv a" 6havin noats on biz kin, and it air. a well ' knbne r fack that he will swop' orf - eny thing .he ones cepin it bee the memburs uv bizimmejut an newmurrous famntHy, an he will traid fur enything ceptm . a Kroata'n Injun or a -busted ballooner' - V':'--'- Mister Malson be ware thare 2, an he air a KOttun ; oyer ier Mister, oione uv Sharlut an Willmintoo. 'Like wizs the feeled edditur uv the WillmintOa Stare, which air kommonly kalled the Morn in' Glorie, ware thare or tharabouts. an so ware Skwire Hark her which he air a Mackstonyun an a Methodis uv the furst wartcr. ,-' .-7 '.; r::; :t, ; ' . Weli. az I was goin on ter say, Mack- nare ; and Maison is poweriuu on , tne wfng, speshully when the bards hev thur wings foalded wbitcb thay, that 'iz tbe burds, hev a babbit uv doin when they air ravvidgeing a pee feeled. On theze okkashunsthe fewzillade from tbe Mack nare and Maison battyryes iz terribull an the slorter ov burds iz orful. A. Jay Makkinnon. komonly kalled Sandy, be ware thare az a sorter rtzerv korpse, in the whitch he hev the reppu tashun uv bein the slikest hoss traider that evur tole tbe trootb consarnin uv a mewl's aige. ; A. J., that is the a4said Sandy, iz menny . kewbits hi, like Sawl uv Tarzus. en u bet he tars us awl toe peeces when be holes-a 'good han on a traid. : ; : The feeled edditur here in b 4 des- kribed, and 'Squire Hark her, az abuv writen, alius bunts togatber, and thay maiks a nise pare. Thay air a ,ded match an when - thay - hev eggzaustid thare catfidges thay alius kwitsand gose hoam fur moare. Thay saloots eyry- thing in site and out or site an thay say thay leihers evry ourd that gits up. but thay kant hit enything smawler than a whail, an thay blaims the dorgs an the catridges an ken alius tel U zickly wny an cow eacn burd was mist. Tbe tack iz tbe feeled eddi tur warnt wurth a sent on burds in the woods, but- when it Kome to a makin pints on singul burds in the kor porit limmits uv Mackstun be kould giv Murphee Macknare's ole Pinter Joe 3 in the gaim an then beet him, whitch ole Joe he air rekonized az the best siogul burd dorg in this secksbun. An thats what I know3 about that kwail hunt. Hot SKOTCH. Old Snbaoribera. Mr. P. K. Richardson, of Wadesboro, in a letter ordering Series 1 of tbe Port folio of Photographs, says : 'Mv father is an old subscriber to the Daily Star, and considers it the best Daily in the State." Mr. J. S. Richardson is; as bis son states, an old subscriber, having been taking the Daily Star continuously for over twenty years. And there is an other subscriber on the same list at Wadesboro. Mr. H. H. McKeithan, who has been on the Star books eigh teen years. DEATH OF SISTER CECILIA. A Good Woman Gone to Her Reward. Sister Cecilia (Mrs. Lawrence) -who was in charge of St. Jambs' Home, in this city, for many years, died" Sunday morning last at the Hospital of tbe Good Shepherd in New York city, aged 58 years. She was born in Loutsburg. N, C, and her life was devoted to good work?. Her remains will be brought to Wil mington for burial and are expected to reach here- to-morrow evening. The funeral services will be held in St James' Church on Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock, and tbe interment will be in Oakdale cemetery, -v I At a meeting of the Rector and Vestry of St. James', held yesterday, the follow ing was adopted : -';. - MINUTE. ;!;'". The Rector and Vestry of St, James' Farisa bave beard with profound grief and sorrow ot tbe death in New York on Sunday, January 21st, 1894. of Sister Cecelia, of tbe Sisterhood of tbe Good Shepherd. She had become greatly en d eared to each one of us as well as to all our congregation and community dur ing ner long connection witn our Parish in charge of its missions at St. James Home; continually engaged in tne woric ot love ana mercy, in minis tering to the spiritual and bodily needs of the poor, in instructing tbe young in tne teachings of our beloved Cburcn and educating their minds in other useful knowledge. The results of her l t-l A w ... vaiuaoie ana seii-aenying , labors are highly appreciated by our entire com munity, as well as by those who bave been under her care and train ing, and they will long be recognized in their effects upon future-generations in this community. While we v deeply grieve ana mourn ior ner loss, we re loice in the belief that having been one of the choice vessels of the grace of our Heavenly Father and one of tbe lights of the world in her generation, she does now rest from her labors in ioy and felicity and will be in body and soul in eternal and everlasting glory through our Lora Jesus Christ. DIED AT MOUNT AIRY. Mr. Winston Fulton, Director oi the : C. F. & T. V. B. B. and a Prominent Citizen of Surry County, j . - Special Star Telegram. Mount Airy, N. C, January 22. Mr. Winston Fulton died here to-day of paralysis, aged 73 years.: ; He was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens oLthis county. He represented Surry county in tbe Legislature, in 1883, and was prominently identified with the building of the C. F. "& Y. V Railroad, of which be was a director. : : Cure for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has -proved to be toe very nest, it enects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to us influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure bottle and give this remedy a fair trial in cases ot habitual constipation .Elec tric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to tbe bowels, and few cases long resist tne use ot this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at k. K. Bellamy s Drug Store. - - f AYOTVILlNE THE CAPE T FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY i Awifinmentr of Directors Intereated in thoL North Latato- Improvement Com : .pany to Protect the Bank of Fayorte- -:in"rAa Other Oedrtors BtaDUl'T OI i BankLf Amred Superior Court-rlm-jt portant -Caaes A Homioido. . -.: : Special Star Correspondence. L , ; FayettelilleI N; C , . Jan.' t2. No event has caused such universal agitation in our community as that relating to the recent assignments oi the directors of the Gape Fear .d$ Yadkin Valley Rail- road, and tbe probable effect upon tbe Bank "of Fayetteville.and the general business interestsof the town of Fayette- ville.L The fact that : two members of the North State Improvement Company were prominently connected t with - tbe Bank of Fayettevtlle created an appre hension that that institution was heavily involved by tbe assignment and that a failure "of the Bank would ensue as a necessary conseduence. . Therefore, . a run on the Bank was feared, i A meeting of the directors at 9 o'clock this morning wascalled, and the following circular issued L-i.-r:5;Li -::-0:'' i j -fcLL-- K BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE. " Whereas, recent events have caused some misapprehension on part of ' de positors in Bank of Fayetteville, and the Board ol Directors bave called us in to examine the status of tbe Bank : - "Now, Jiavmg investigated the affairs of said Bank, we unhesitatingly state that the creditors of the Bank are amply secure. - Tbe depositors are secured by more than tour to one ot good assets.- - , No bank ever does, or is ever ex pected to. bold cash enough to pay all its deposits at once, but. the affairs -of this Bank sbow that it is amply able to meet alt its liabilities as they may be required in tbe ordinary course ot business. We earnestly icall upon ail to do everything to allay all apprehension in regard to said Bank. This course is urged tor the oeneht of our whole com munity, - - - ' - : "Respectfully, Signed I A. H. Slocomb, N. W. Ray. Jas. D. McNeill. W. S. Cook, D. H. Ray, H. R. Horne, J. A. Burns" " The Issuance of the aboye circular had the desired effect. Public agitation has subsided, and there has been no evi dence of a lack of Confidence: The bank is open and transacting business as ial, the deposits amounting to about much as the withdrawals, and in business circles confidence is entirely re stored. I PARTICULARS Of THE ASSIGNMENTS. Your correspondent, with an earnest desire to get at jibe facts involved in the causes leading up to the assign ments, interviewed one who above all others is in a position to give full and accurate information. It is a well known fact that a sale of the. Cape Fear & Yad kin Valley road bad been made to an finglish syndicate, 'and that one million dollars was to bave been paid on or about tbe 12i.h inst. The failure of said syndicate to comply with terms of the agreement as to the payment of the pur chase money, and in view of the record ing, or rather tbe obtainance of iudg ments against ' this company this week for tbe sum of $37,000, the appointment of a receiver tor the North Slate Im provement Company wa3 rendered nec essary, in-order that all creditors might fare alike, and that there might riot be any discrimination in favor of- either. The assets of this company consist of 10,668 shares oi capital stock of the par value ot flOO per share; $62,000 m ter minal facilities in Wilmington7 and grounds with improvements at Fayette ville and Oreensboro; $150,000 worth of rolling stock rented to the C F. & Y. V. Railroad; $67,000 of the first mortgage bonds ot the S. C Pacific Railroad, which is the. extension from tbe South Carolina line to Bennettsville. S. C, and construction bonds worth at par $32,000 on road-bed- west of Mount Airy; $25,000 in -: the North Carolina Steel and Iron Com pany, Greensboro, N. C ; besides $1,868, 000 of consolidated bonds. Making the total assets. $2,240,668. The total in debtedness of the North State Improve ment Company amounts in round num oers to aoout $puu.uuu. ut this sura. the directors bave given their conjoint notes for about $300,000, and to secure their own interests and for the equitable protection oi the Bank of fayetteville (to which they are indebted in tbe sum of $39,000) and other creditors, the to! lowing named, gentlemen recorded their assignments on baturday nigbt last, viz J. D. Williams, President Bank of Fayetteville; E J. Lilly.' director in said bank; Julius A. Oray restate) Greens boro, N. C; D. W. C Ben bow. Greens boro. N. C; J. T. Morebead. Leaksville, N. C; Dr. W. A. Lash. President C F. & Y. V. R. R.; Capt. J. E. Gilmer, i Winston; W. A. Moore & Bro.. Mount lAiry; Fulton, of Mount Airy, i i It will be observed that bad the Eng lish syndicate compiled with the terms of their agreement, the company would not have been forced into an assignment; but on the contrary, that they would have been enabled to pay off tbe entire indebtedness with a balance to tneir ere dit of several hundred thousand dollars. besides tbeir individual assets. 1 It is not improbable that the confirma tion of tbe sale will soon be made, and that those who have temporarily embar rassed their own icterests-without detri ment to the business interests of this community, will soon realize the full fruition of tbeir former hopes and ex pec tations. SUPERIOR -COURT. The Spring term of Cumberland Su perior tourt convened here at 10 o clock this morning, bis Honor Judge Henry K. Bryan presiding. i I Criminal cases only will be tried at this term. There are sixty-nine cases on the docket; among them being three capital cases, as follows : State vs. E. . Fuller for the killing ot isen c Jfarker last Summer. I State vs. John West, et al, for the murder of Frank Newell- about three weeks ago. j State vs. Oscodatt Sclocensh, for bur elarv and arson recently committed. i - There is also confined in our jail Ed. McPhenoa (colored), who was arrested a lew weeks ago upon the accusation of complicity in tbe murder ottbe McDon aid tamily in Moore "county about twelve months ago. His trial will in all proba bility be removed to Moore county. i ne most important trial set tor a hearing at this term of the .court is tbe case of the State vs. E. J. Fuller, and none will probably excite more interest in the State, owing to the prominence of the parties and their family connections in social and professional circles. This case was continued from the November term ot tbe court, and tbe probability is that the defence will not be ready for trial this week, owing to the absence of Dr. W. C McDuffie. a very important witness, who is now in Texas on a visit to bis son, Dr. Archie McDuffie, who is dangerously ill. In any event the trial cannot be commenced before Thursday or f naay ot tnis week, because ot the fact that the jury will have to be selected from a special venire of two hundred men. ' .--J-''--'' -i A HOMICIDE, . I ! A homicide occurred in Black River Township, in this county, yesterday morning,, the particulars of which are as follows: Martin D. Denning,' who has been confined in the Raleigh Insane Asv lum for nearly a year, was on Friday last discharged from said institution; his dis charge reading that in the opinion of tbe superintendent, "his being at large would not be injurious tob imself or dan gerous to the community. He was ac cordingly released and ' returned to his home baturday morning. On Sunday morning he became dangerously insane and made an attack on his two sons-in-law, Messrs. Jj LT Starling and Rolan- aus ; uainev in -..which ne : sue I ceeded in throwing ; Gainey to the floor- and -getting . oa top of him. Gainev became - alarmed and cried-out for help,, when Starling rushed m witb a gun and. shot the old man, Denning, killing him instantly. Coro ner .Highsmith was notified of the homicide." and went at' once toL the scene. A jury "was summoned and an inquest held Pending the' inquisition. Starling, who bad given himself into the custody of Deputy -Sheriff Smith, was neia under arrest. - After diligent in quiry into the-circumstances leading up . . . 1 . . , . i l u iwc K.ming, me . j jry recaerca a ver dict of "self-defence." 'and. Starling was released. - - ' -; ---; John West, who killed Frank Newell about three weeks ago, was arrested yesterday and is now in jail. H. Eye. :fayettville b ews "? letter. So- Likelihood of a Bun on the Bank -- Buperlor Court Trial ot.E. J.-Fuller - for Murdr Set. for Thuraday Ablo Xiawyers In Attendance as Connael In ' the Caae. :.' -:- ' . ' - Special Star Correspondence. : ; L " Fayetteville, N. C, Jan. 23. All fears with reference to tbe run on the Bank of fayetteville have subsided. JThe results of yesterday's basines3 shows an excess of $5,000 of receipts over and above all disbursements, and nothing occurred to indicate any suspicion on tbe part of any business man of Fayette ville that the assignments of the mem bers of the North State Improvement Company would in any wise affect: the solvency of the Bank. The character of the management and the assurance from the committee appointed to investi gate its condition, that the Bank was in actual possession-of four dollrrs of good assets to eveiy dollar of liability , was sufficient to allay all apprehensions, and at this writing all is serene. L , SUPERIOR COURT. J - r E. J. Fuller, charged with the . murder of B. C Parker, was arraigned this morning in Cumberland Superior Court, and pursuant to the action ot tbe Grand Jury at the November term in finding a bill of murder, a special venire ot two hundred men was ordered, from which to select a jury for the trial of tbe case; and Thursday morning. , the 25th Inst., at 11 o'clock was- designated as tbe time for the opening of the case and the commencement of the trial. Dr. W. C. McDuffie, the important witness for the defence, whose absence was noted in your issue of this date, arrived this af ternoon, and bence tbe case will be tried at this term of the court, J provideded a jury can be had from tbe special ventre ot a oo men. Otherwise, tbe case will probably go over to tbe May term. Judge Tbos. C. Fuller, of Raleigb, a distant relative of the accused, is here, and was present to-day at Court. He will probably remain until the case is disposed of. His . son, Mr, W. . W. Fuller, of Durham, is one of the coun sel for the defendant. Col. T. M. Argo. chief assistant to the Solicitor, is also here. - . Able lawyers having been retained on both sides, tbe present case will be one of the most interesting that was ever tried before aj Cumberland county jury. E. J. Fuller, the defendant was in Court to-day. and appeared cheerful and hope ful, and. in good physical condition. In all probability tbe plea in bis behalf will be "self-defence." ; - H. Eye. f V ur correspondent requests a correc tian if the statement contained in the repori yesterday that the estate of tbe jate Mr. Tulius A. Gray was involved in the assignment made by tbe Directors of tbe North State Improvement Co. This I am informed is an error. 1 would also call attention to a typo graphical error in the 'report of assets and liabilities of the North State Im provement Company. Tbe amount due tbe Bank of Fayetteville is $30,000, in stead ot $39,000 as stated. - There was an error also in your tele gram from Mt. Airy, announcing the death of Mr. Wilson Fulton.- It was stated that he was a director and stock holder of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. This I learn from an authentic source is an error. While Mr. Fulton was a member of the North State Improvement Com pany, he was never at any time, either a director or stockholder of the Cape Fear x yadkin Valley Kailroad Co.J ANOTHER CROP ESTIMATE. ZAtest Figures of Hubbard, Price Sc Co. They Still Incline to the'Opinion that the Cotton Crop la a 8hort One. Tbe annexed circular letter from Messrs. Hubbard. Price & Co.. leading cotton factors of New York, will be read with interest: - . - ; . ' New York. Jan. 18. 1894. IV. H BernardEsq., Wilmington, N. C. Dear Sir We feel under obligations to you for the information furnished in reply to our recent circular letter of in quiry. , An average of the replies we have thus far received is as follows: AVERAGE estimates of the total CROP. North Carolina .7il02.57l South Carolina .7 183.820 Georgia 7,297,765 Alabama . 7.148.450 Mississippi .7,205.386 Texas......... ..7.115.086 Tennessee.... 7.101.662 Arkansas 7.097.753 Average of tbe whole, 7.156,549 bales. TOCKS OF COTTON AT THE UNCOUNTED TOWNS. . ; : Stocks this y'r. Lst y'r. North Carolina, 11 towns, 10,547 19,028 South Carolina, 29 towns, 17,329 31.749 Georgia. 87 towns... ... . 87 815 Alabama. 19 towns,. 29.825 Mississippi, 28 towns,. . . . 59.775 44.505 82 449 90.328 Texas, 70 towns 96 245 181352 Tennessee. 7. towns - 2 378 Arkansas, 20 towns,. .... 29.872 6.057 49,061 Total. 221 towns 283,286 454,529 The figures witb regard to receipts at the various points are in many cases so obviously incoriect that we have aban doned any attempt to average them Our replies in many cases were made by friends who did not fully appreciate the bearing of tbe figures they were called upon to supply, and not being expert cotton statisticians were unable of course to give them intelligently. The figures which we quote above, however, are very important in their bearing upon the question of cotton supply, and . tend to confirm more than ever tbe idea that the crop is a short one, marketed with rapidity hitherto almost without pre cedent. If the supply turns out to be no larger than our replies indicate, higher prices Ior cotton are in order. Yours very truly, i Hubbard Price & Co. A. Drummer's Fake. Although a "drummer" saw it, accord ing to the Newbern Journal of an earlier date, that paper now says: "We are glad to know that there was no balloon accident at Washington. Prof. Odell of the . Grace Shannon Company (the same one which is to operate at the Newbern Fair) made no ascension until Friday and then gave a beautiful one, A CMIdEniOTi V The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, '. tbe most gratifying results follow its use; so that it ia the best family remedy known and every family should bave a bottle. ; JOSEPH ; S- j WILLIAMS DEAD.: : Died Laat Blriday a Middletown, Oonn.-A ? f Well- Known ijsittaeu of Wilmttstoxt t The MiddletoCkinnfarAof the 20th jnsCgives tbrjfollowing particulars of the death ; of M Joseph S. Williams, who was a isiderT of "Wilmington for "nany years.! whereLhe was engaged in the dry goods busipss. 'Bjfore leaving here he inherited large fortune from relatives at the NobJi.- His wife was a sisterof the Mate Isias N. Martin, a prominent business' , aian here for many years. His large cgSfate.. no doubt, will go principally to bisirviving sisters ' Joseph ; StockingftWilliams,' of Mid dletown, died at 7.80 yesterday evening from cirrhosis ot theLjiver, alter an ill ness of "two weeks.v:; having ? been in failing: health: aboutLitwo years. Mr. Williams : was born ' fe Cromwell. June 23. 1820, and was educated at'tbe up per Middletbwn Acadejaby. - At the age of 18 he entered the employ of R. & A. Lane, dry goods merchants in New York City. - He remained . with that house many years, after whh he was with Zebulon Latimer, dry gsiods, . Wilming ton, N; C; whom he succeeded, conduct ing the business many ytars. He . mar ried Margaret Crawloid Martin of Wil- -mington m 1.849. Mr. Waams returned to (Connecticut nine yeaS ago, having amassed a large fortune; and had since been living in Middletow$ jn retirement. His only child died thirty years ago and his wife in 1886. 4 . He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sarah G. Camp and Hiss Emily A. Williams, both d?-Middlecwn." STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT LASH. Preaide&t Xaab, President ' pt the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Vk. B. Makes m Statement. J Dr. W. A.: Lash, Presideef of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley RaJwiy Com pany made this statement W a corres pondent ot the Charlotte "Observer, at Greensboro, Monday: ;"i "The action of the United Brethren of Salem was precipitated! by suits brought against tbe compafef in other parts of the State. The debt due by tbe North State Improvement Company ac crued in tbe ( construction oi the lape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rai&oad. The amount realized from the ss.Se ot first mortgage bonds was not sufficient to meet tbe cost of consttuctioniJ and was carried without any trouble 'until the panic of last summer and fall.'- "Some of; tbe creditors :fl"man their money during this tiros, and of course we could not pay it. This made them uneasy land this has cultosnated in tbe receivership. I notice abatement in the press of tbe State that the Cape Fear& Yadkin Valley Railroad Com pany bad gone into tbe hands of a re ceiver also, and that the amouat ot tbe debt owed by the North State ImDrove- ment Company was $650,000. ' 1 want to sav that the total liabilities of xae com pany are far less than this, aW further that the amount owed outside; of what is due to the members of the syndicate, who own and control the coaapany, is less than $335,000. Its assets at a low valuation are; worth a million S4d a Dal ana at a iair valuation propers band led will bring much more than lias. Tbe Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley-;? Railroad Company is not in tbe bands tot a. re ceiver and is not affected by tpls receiv ership. -, ,. :. , HAVE PLEASED WHOLE FAlLIES We , feel good! We expernce the same pleasurable emotions that come' to all who do a good act and carry' a ray of sunshine and happiness into iM human heart. . 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We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dn King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. U you are) afflicted with a Cough, Cold or- any Lung, Throat, or Chest trouble, and will use this reme dy as directed, "giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, yoi may re turn the bottle and have yoijir money refunded. We could not make this offer, did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $1.00. - I i S PI KITS TURPEN II N - Asheville Citizen V T Pn." land died this morning of dropsy at tbe uumc oi uis latoer. - Martin Penland, in West. Asheville. The deceased Was ahnnt 40 years old and unmarried. . Raleigh News and Observtr: Information was received directly from Morganton yesterday that State Treas urer Tate is rapidly improving and that he is now able to walk about. Charlotte News'. Engineer Firi. len and fireman Yorke,of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, died Ust night in Columbia. They were scalded three week ago in an accident t Graniteville. when tbeir train dashing into an open switch colliding with a freight train that was standing on a titl ing. i he Bessemer Mining Com pany, of Bessemer City, N. C, is mak ing extensive investigations on its pro perty, having expended $15.000 since last April in opening up numerous veins ot ore and in putting down shafts. The combany lately voted $18,000 with which to continue its Operations. - Charlotte Observer: Mr. Milas Helms moved several days since to Stewart's Mm, in Union county. The first night be and bis family .eot at their new place the house was burned, it is supposed by an Incendiary. aui their child came near being burned in a. Mr. and Mrs. Helms awoke barely m time to escape from their room alive. As they tushed out. Mr. Helms remem bered the child, which was in aa adjoin ing room, and ran back in the bouse. As he did so a part of the roof fell in, and it was with difficulty that he ex tricated himself. He then, wild wi a fear that, tbe child would be burned, alive, broke through a window and rescued it as the flames burst into the room. Everything in the house was burned, including ail the clothing not a garment was saved. Raleigh News and Observer. Ransom Hodge, well known farmer of Wake county, died at bis home night be fore last. Governor Carr has off re i a reward cf $40 for the capture ot Ksnlev Bell, of Watauga county, who escaped from an officer on his way to the. peni tentiary. The Richmond & Dan ville railroad has 1.072 miles of road in operation in this State and the Sra board Air Line has about -647 miles. The Governor has appointed Messrs. Octavius Battle, of Asheville, and C. Powell, of Edgecombe, delegates to the National Dairy Association which meets at Cleveland, Ohio. Februarv 7th. : Gov. Carr has received a telegram from the Sheriff of Halifax county that Chas. Hensley, charged with the murder of Bud Hensley, has been captured at Houston, Mo. A. reward ol $100 is out standing for bis capture," and Governor Carr has telegraphed tor tbe prisonf-r to be held until a requisition is made. Shelby .Review : A telephone message from Major H. F. Schenck, at Cleveland Mills, inlorms us that Mr. C. D Jones was murdrred near there this morning by a negro, Lawson Howard. George Roberts, colored, unques tionably tbe oldest inhabitant of Cleve land county died here Saturday. His age is said to have been 106 years . Col. John-Bo ders, one of iue Idest C'tiz:n ol Cleveland county, died at his borne near Slice's Shoale, Wednesday morning, aged over 84 years. Prof. J. C. McNulty. of Yorkville. hos' made an inteiesting discovery on the Nanny Mountain, between Kind's Moun tain and Yorkville. He has found tbe tools used by the aboriginal Indiars in making their arrow-heads and toma hawks, as well as a lajdrpuait of the pure flint from . whicbHbcse weapons were made.' Tbe discovery is of especial interest and importance from an arch x logical point of view.' Greensboro Record: News ot a horrible affair at Roxboro. tbe county seat of Person county, reaches hereto day. A man by the name of Rovster keeps the & there. Two men Mead ows, an ex-convict, and Roberts, both white had been confined in prison for some offence, tbe exact nature of which we failed to bear. Yesterday Royster went 'in to feed the prisoners, having with htm a little negro boy who carried the provisions. It was his custom to pass a broom into tbe cells each morn ing and have the prisoners sweep the floor. Tbe jail is so- constructed that in order to put anything into the cells it is necessary to open both doors. The broom was given to Meadows and Roberts and they swept up the floor as usual. When they brought- the broom back to tbe door to return it lo Royster, the door being opened to re ceive it, they made a dash for Royster and overpowered him! Pinioning bim to the floor they literally chotced bim to death. Then taking Roy ster's keys from him tbey locked the little darkev. who was speechless with (right, in their cell and departeds How long before the , crime was known we1 did not bear, but inside of four hours' our inform ant states that. Meadows and Rob erts were re-captured and landed in jiil. Sunday afternoon H. D Voss and John L. Pegrarn, residing near S okes dale. became engaged in a fiyht during which Voss shot Pegram in the stomach, inflicting a mortal wound. Mr. Robert Blackburn, father of W. J. Biack burn and Mrs. W. A. Scott, died at (Tie residence of his son on West Market street to-day at 12 M. Mr. Blackburn first took the grip, and owing to his sue. about 78 years, was unable to withstand the disease. ' ; : . DISPENSARY RAIDS ... . i At Charleatan, 8. C. L kly to C-tutsa Txouble. ' By Telegraph to tbe Morning Sutr. CHALESTON, S. C.,Jan. 24- D.spcnsary raids commenced here again to-day. While raiding a grocery store, E, T, Le gare, tbe lawyer of tbe man whose place was raided, tried to get Into tbe place to see his client. He was arrested and sent to the police station. This afternoon the consiables were near being mobbed while raiding a grocery in another part of the city. It is thought that there will be trouble in tbe near future should the raids continue, Later. The first riot caused by the attempt to enforce the new dispensary law occurred, to-night. A body of five hundred angry citizens' proceeded to the lodging bouse where the spies boarded witb- the intention to lynch them. The police, however, got wind of tbe affair and the spies got out of the way. There was a fusilade of pistol shots and much , excitement. A citizen named Wallie Bellanceau was wounded in tbe neck, but not fatally, and tbe crowd then slowly dispersed, a ter find- , ing that tbe spies were not at home. The feeling here is very intense. COLLEClOR SIMMONS Faasled at the Failure of tbe Senate Fi nance Committee to Act Upon Hia Nom ' inatiou. By Talearaph to tb Moraine Sta- Raleigh, Ian. 23. Much interest is felt in the case of Collector F. M. Sim mons, whose nomination remains un acted on by the Senate finance commit tee. It is reported that charges affect ing the character of Simmons have been filed, but be to-day authorizes the. state ment that Senator Vance bas told bim that no such charges baye been filed, and that be bas no information of any such charges. Why he is hung up is unexplained and the non-action of - the finance committee is not comprehended. Collector Simmons declares his ability to meet any charges that might be made. Every one gives it the highest praise. H. Grade!, Druggist. 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