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'She WLzMq 3tM. -PUBMSHKD AT- WILMINGTON, N. C $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. S88S888S888888888 Miaow 61 l8ll888888888888 SS88S388888888S88 888S8S888S88888S8 qjnoj( 5 8SS88888S8S8888S8 H1UOH I tOOweOaOi0 8888888828888888 8288882388888883 88888888888888888 1AV I Id J S 8:i!!::::: j : , ; i i i KwhviI at the Post Office at WUmtgton, N. Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as. follows: Single Copy 1 year, postage paid 1 1 00 " " S months " " .. 80 " " 8 months ' " 80 VERY IMPORTANT . During the past two months bills have been mailed tor 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. hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that be will forward the amount due us at once. it is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as tor the 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.; REMARKABLE CANDOR. They National Watchman is an or gan of the Populist party, published in Washington. It might be prop erly called the organ because it is under the directorship of the Popu list Senators and Representatives in Congress, most if not all of whom write more or less for its columns. It is edited with considerable ability, and whacks lustily at both the old parties. It takes par ticular pleasure in swiping the Democratic party, but in the fo lowing extract, which we clip from the issue of last week, it shows a remarkable, almost an as tonishing, amount of candor. We clip and commend it to the' thought ful perusal of all Populists in this section who have heretofore acted with the Democratic party. It reads: "The Republican., party is building hopes upon a possibility of returning once more to posct-r. In the light ot past events this seems extremely vision ary. In the Sjuih there is nothing lor ttiem, and est ot the M ssissippi all is lost. Tne people are not contending against Democracy in order to bring success-to ,the Republican party. Far from it it would be a case ot "jamping fro ri the trying-pan jint 1 the fire." The pe.);j!e knov that Republicanism means more Oonds, more banks, mare mo.iop-' olv. more want antf less money. The 'people have not forgotten the cause ot much ol the presrnt Laid limes, nor do they, forget to place the blame on the Republican party." This diagnosis of the Republican party, as far as it goes, is correct, . but it doesn't go far enough. Its success means not only all that is stated in this extract but much more, and even of a more objectionable character than that. It means the continuance of the system of class favoritism which. plunders the many to enrich the few. It means continued extravagant appropriations, necessitating heavy taxation on the people. It means continued bankruptcy of the Treasury to make an excuse for issuing bonds to favored rings and combinations. " 0 It means more extravagant pension laws and the shovelling out of the people's money to purchase popular ity with the soldiers and command their votes. 1 It means keeping up and intensify ing the sectional feeling which was gradually disappearing, arraying one section against the other, and all for political advantage and the spoils that victory brings. It means more demoralizing and debasing of the American people by teaching them to look 'to the Gov- eFnment for guardianship and protec tion in their industries when they should take care of themselves. It means more humbugging of the farmers ot the country by giving them a mock protection, with a hum bug tariff orr products of othercoun trles for which we have but little use and of which we import little or none. It means continued plunder of the people, and of ttiej farmer especially, in the interest of ihe manufacturer, without giving the people or the farmer anything to compensate them in return, . . It means that the same money powers which have shaped the finan cial policies of the country all the time the Republican party was in power will continue to shape it and hold the money borrowers at their mercy as they have held them at their mercy. It means that under the influence of these powers a contracted volume of currency will be the policy, mak v ing money dear and labor and the products of labor cheap. It means cheap cotton; cheap 7 VOL. XXVI. wheat, cheap corn, cheap oats, cheap everything that the farmer depends upon to bay what he needs or to pay his debts. - j It means s high interest on the mortgages the money powers now hold on the farms of the farmers. It means that thousands of farm ers who are still land-owners, by sufferance, , owners of . mortgage covered lands, would be compelled to surrender the ' ownership and be come tenants on the acres they once owned, as thousands hive already done.'.;.,- i'-' " It means continued depression of the farming industry and continued depreciation of the farmers' lands. It meansfthe continued passing of the property and the substance of the many into the possession of the few, until this country becomes the veritable oligarchy towards which it has been drifting for the past three decades. - ' .. It ' means all this and more, for it means that if necessary to per petuate its power, if it had the shadow of an excuse, and thought it safe to try it, it would convert this' country into a military despotism where the bayooet, and not the bal lot, would be supreme. These are assertions based not on mere surmise or on partisan pre judice, but assertions justified by the history of that party, which can no more change Us nature Or its habits than a leopard can change its spots or the Ethiopian his skin. Its existence for the past thirty years has been one of constant ag gression upon and antagonism to the people, characterized by trickery and treachery when open defiance might have been dangerous. Thus it ruled until the people whose eyes were opened after long years of abuse and oppression rose against it and threw it off. If re stored to power it would be the same old cur dog with all the old dog's tricks. Wherever be peoplehave had any relief from the impositions and op pressions of this party it has been either through the agency of the Democratic party or from the whole some fear inspired by the growing power of the Democratic party. And yet the Populists are incited to war fare against the Democratic party, the only effect of which would be to ultimately restore the Republican party to power and forever defeat the reforms that the Populist leaders profess to be struggling for. If they were sensible and honest, those of them, at least, who live in the South would join hands with the Demo cratic party and make cause with it against the party which, as the Watchman says, has been "the cause of much' (it might have said all) of the hard limes. ! VISOR MENTION There is considerable discrepancy between the reports of the commer cial papers and those of the United States Department of Agriculture as to the yield of grain, cotton and other crops which form commercial factors of importance. - The reports of the Department are generally much below the reports of the com mercial papers. The latter are more likely to be correct, for they have a better system and more reliable methods of procuring returns, and re! presenting the commercial classes, as they do, there is more reason why they should take pains to be as accu rale as possible. But even with the best directed effort, these reports from whatever source they come, can only be approximate. Sometimes they get pretty near it and at others they are considerably off. There Is a good deal taken for granted in all ot them, and a good deal of specula tion in all, figures based on compar ative acreage and comparative yieiu wnicn it connnea to a limited area might come pretty near the mark, but when cov ering an area as large as the United States may prove very misleading, The methods of securing returns by the Department of Agriculture are defective for the reason that most of this work is done by State and county correspondents gratuitously (the State agent receiving only a small compensation), and as these cannot afford to give much time or labor to the preparation of their re ports there is always a large amount of guess work in them, and to keep on the safe side the Department com pilers of the State Agents, reports, make due allowance for this and strike a balance on the lower rather than on the higher figures."- Every State ought to have a system of its own for gathering these crop statis tics, and should co-operate with the United States Department of Agri culture to secure as much accuracy as possible. at Senator Hill has scored victory number two.over the administration in securing the rejection of W. H. Peckham, who had been nominated for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in place of Hornblower, re- jected. As in the case ot Jtiorn- blower the fight against ; Peckham was made on the ground of unfitness for the position. This is the only ground upon which opposition could 1, E have been made; but everybody who knows anything about the situation knows that the fight against the nominations was made hyi Senator Hill because the nominees were per sonally objectionable to him. They may not have beea qualified for the position, but the -probabilities are that they were; but whether or not Mr. Hill bad made up bis mind to defeat j Peckham as he had Horn blower and for the same reason -antagonism to him. As he regarded these appointments as an affront to him, be took the only way he could of effectually resenting it by pre venting confirmation. In order to do this, however, he bad to go out side of his own party and depend for his main strength on the votes of Republican Senators who gave him their votes more for the purpose of making wider the breach between the Democratic factions in the State of New York. Possibly the Presi dent may go outside of the State of New York for his next nominee and it is to be hoped he will, for the De mocracy of the country is pretty 'well disgusted with diamond cut diamond business, I A Petersburg, Va., telegram tells of a shocking case of the burial ot a lady while still alive. The supposed Corpse was sent there from some other place for interment,and her hus band having no lot of his own in the cemetery bad the body te mporarily buried in the lot of a friend. Re cently in removing the body for re interment, the husband had the coffin opened and found the body with the face downward and hands clasped in the hair. If the grave could tell its story it would. tell ot thousands of human beings who are buried alive. That legacy ot $30,000 which old Mr. Bowers left when dying several years ago to Henry George to prop agate his single tax theory.and which has been in the courts ever since, has been frittered down to $300, the rest ot it having gone to the lawyers and to pay court costs. In the meantime the widow of Bowers, with whom Mr. George proposed to divide it, and who was not a party to the pro ceedings in the courts, died in an almshouse. Law is supposed to pro mote the ends of justice, but the laws get pretty badly twisted some times. The Boston Herald says the Re publicans in the Senate will not re sort to obstruction ; to prevent the passage of the Wilson bill, but will content themselves with speaking and voting against it. There were some of the Western Senators who would not go into the filibuster busi ness, because their constituents want some tantt retorm and favor an in come tax. The Chicago Inter Ocean remarks that "Secretary Hoke Smith islet ting up on pensioners and devoting his time to cleaning out 'Republican rascals.'" Well, .ain't they "pen sioners? But for the comfort of the Secretary it is to be hoped that he has put in a good supply of dis infectants while this "cleaning out" business is going on. The Chicago Inter-Ocean declares that when the Republican party gets back into power it will re-enact the election laws and make them apply to the country as well as towns. No doubt it would do that and a good deal more devilment besides. But there is fortunately a "when" in this case. According to the reports of the Texas Agricultural Department the value of an acre of cotton is $15.36; of corn, $8.94; of wheat, $11.88, and of sweet potatoes, $50.24 This be ing so it seems to us that the Texas farrner.. should show a good deal more regard for that tuber-than he does. Mayor Gilroy, of New York, is the proud proprietor of aCork cat, or a cat from Cork, Ireland, which is the same thing It was presented to him by the Mayor of . Cork. Here is a chance for the New York Sun to get another office cat. ibe gold brick victim still con tinues to come to the front occasion ally. The last is a Michigan widow who presented at the Philadelphia mint two big chunks of copper for which she had paid $6,000 spot cash, and expected to get $30,000. Attempt to Raise Money on a Forged Check. ' A bold attempt to pass a forged check on : the Atlantic Natio.nal Bans was made yesterday mo-ning by a young man, a stranger in the city. He called at the bank and asked for a blank check, which was given him, and , he left the building. Soon afterwards, however, he returned and presented a check to the cashier for $12.25, payable to the order of Sam Batson, with the name of B. F. Mitchell & aon as payers and en dorsed on the back "Samuel Batson. Mr. Toomer, the 'cashier, had hissus- picions aroused, and asking the young man to wait a few moments, sent a mes senger to Messrs. Mitchell & Sons to ask if they had drawn the check. The stranger, in the meantime, remarking that he could not wait but would, re turn, walked out of the bank and es caped. . W'EE - , WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, ; ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Still Inoreaaing Its Facilities A New Arrangement for Fast Trough lfrelahts The A. C I. at m Faotor. The Atlantic Coast Line system has just made an addition to its freight ser vice into this city, which will prove of great' advantage and convenience to many ot its patrons. For 1- number of years the Atlantic Coast Line ha9 been operating out of Charleston c to ; New York and the North, on ; all rail fast freight service. . This service was origi nated for the expeditious handling of the truck and fruit crops of Charleston and the South, and was known as the Atlantic Coast Line Despatch." With each succeeding season this service has been expanded and improved, keep ing pace with the developement of . the industries . which produced it, . until finally it, has reached a point of usefulness and perfection upon which it would be difficult to improve. Until the present season, however, this-1 special service has been confined to a northward going schedule,! but lately it having become apparent that the de mand for a similar service from the North to the South was daily becoming more and more, urgent, the Atlantic Coast Line determined to effect its establishment. Carload lots of freight have, of course, always come straight from the North, but where the ship ments of freight were in smaller consign ments harassing delays have often oc curred: It was to obviate the continua tion of this condition of affairs that the Atlantic Coast Line system has es tablished a through freight service from New York. Freight under the new reg ulation, no matter how small the con signment, is rushed straight through lrom the North and reaches Charleston without stop over or delay. When one of the cars in this new service leaves pier 27, no matter if it contains but one package of freight, it comes straight to Charleston. The advantages which will accrue to the merchants of this city are easily seen. Merchandise can now be Ordered from New York in small lots with the certainty that it wiil reach the city almost as quickly by freight as it would by express. The Atlantic Coast Despatch on its part has established a line of refrigerator cars out of New York for Charleston, the service being designed to furnish the safest and most expeditious transporta tion for all southward going perishable lreigbt. l bese cars will prove ot especial advantage to the large shippers of, apples, butter and other perishable articles. Both of these new schedules have just cone into effect, and it is said that they are being received with many marks of approbation by merchants. WILMINGTON IS INTERESTED. Importance or Good Roads to the Trade of a City Wilmington Needs Two or Three. . j Mr. John Sin not. a prominent citizen of Paducah, Ky., thinks one of the great causes of the prosperity of his State gen erally and his city especially is the ex cellent system of country roads the State has built and is building. Savs he: 'We utilize our convicts by making them work upon our roads. Take the city in which I live, for instance, and the good results of this' idea are apparent. We have four big pikes or macadamized and well-graded roads running out from the city. On a rainy day when the farmer can't plow he'll hitch up his team, put a hogshead of tobacco or a load of corn on his, wagon and come to town. In most sections of the United States be could'nt get to town on.a rainy day with a loaded wagon on account of the mud. As it is in our country he saves a whole day. saves his team and his wagon and his temper, and the town merchants get the benefit of his trade.' This question is worthy of the serious consideration of the people ol. Wilraing- ton. Our merchants need all the coun try trade they can get, and a system of good roads is a long step in that direc tion. ROCKY MOUNT. Death of Mr. Samuel E. Westray Hi Estate Estimated at About $250,000. Star Correspondence Rocky Mount, February 16. Mr, Samuel E. Westray, of Nash county. living about, six miles from Rocky Mount, at the old homestead place, died yesterday evening at 6 o'clock. He was and had been in delicate health for a considerable length of time, and at this attack was only sick about ten or twelve days. His aversion to taking medicine was so strong he .delayed taking till too late, when the system ceased to respond to the medicine; hence heart failure was the result, ot which he died. Mr. Westray was a man of considerable wealth, his estate being computed by some to be worth half, a million dol lars, which is rather a high estimate. The estate will doubtless not reach or be more than 250,000, composed of U. S. bbnds and bonds of various paying corporations in the South and North west, and railroad bonds. He left a will making a disposition of two or three small portions of his estate and leaving the rest of the estate to be settled by law to the nearest kin. with Thos. H. Battle executor. . . . ' There are a great many heirs. The Battles of Edgecombe are the principal ones. Mr. westray will De missea by his neighborhood and j especially by the poor class, there being a good many surrounding him. He was very charitable to them. No one was ever refused to have their wants satisfied, especially when provisions were wanted. i The burial will take place at home in the family burying ground, where all the grandparents and parents were placed, Qleaoe Stock Farm. i Yesterday was ' Gnslow Day" at the Glenoe Stock Farm. There was a good attendance of people from the surround ing country. The festivities , began at 2 o'clock p. m. with games and trials of speed on the new exercising track con netted with the farm. The judge's stand was handsomely decorated with the National colors' and yacht signals. The tug-of-war and potato race were es pecially amusiner. The celebration was under the direction of Col. H. A. Whit ing. Mr. Thos. A. Mclntire and a large Dartv of New York friends were in at tendance in his handsome four-in-hand. The day will be an annual observance hereafter. Series 5 and 6 of the Stoddard Art Album will be announced in a week or ten days. Those who have not already ordered the Four Series now running should order them at once. KLY IMPORTANT DECISION. AFFECTING INTERESTS OF CREDITORS OF BANK OF NEW HANOVER. Bendered by Judge Geo. H. Brown, of the Superior Court In the Baltlof the First National Bank: of Biohmond, Va., Against Receivers of the Bank of New 'Hanover, - ,t ' His Honor Judge Geo. H." Brown has rendered decision in the case of the First National Bank of Richmond, Va.. vs. Junius Davis, receiver of the Bank of New Hanover at Wilmington, and Jas. A. Leak, receiver . of the branch of said bank at Wadesboro. The case was argued at the last term ol the Su perior Court for this county by Thos. W. Strange and Iredell Meares, Esqs., for plaintiff, and Hon. George Davis, E. S. Martin and Geo. Rountree. Esqs., for defendants. Plaintiff sought to establish a preference over ." gen eral creditors against assets of the Bank of New Hanover, for col lections made by ibe latter tor the Richmond bank under instructions to collect and remit the amount of co lec tions. Judge Brown has decided that the plaintiff is not entitled to prefer ence, and an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. There are eight or ten of these suits pending, involving in all, between seventy-five thousand and one hundred thousand dollars: The, following is the text of fudge Brown's decision, as received by Col. Tno. D. Taylor, Clerk of the Superior Court, yesterday. This cause came on to be heard at the. above term of Court. By consent the jury trial was waived of record and the Court found the facts. Defendant Davis is the 'receiver of the Bank of New Hanover at Wilming ton, and defendant Leak is receiver of a branch of said bank at Wadesboro. The Bank of New Hanover at Wilming ton received drafts, notes and other evidences of debt daily from the plaintiff for collection, charging therefor one eighth, of one per cent, for all collections on Wilmington, and one-fourth of one per cent, on all collections outside of Wilmington, and agreed to remit daily. The said agreement is contained in a series ot letters tacked together and marked exhibit "A". In pursuance of that agreement the Bank of New Han- over received a large number, of collec tions from the plaintiff, each collection when forwarded being accompanied by a letter similar to that hereto attached and marked exhibit "B". Said bank collected and remitted daily generally. The letters from the plaintiff to said bank enclosing said collections sued for In this action, run from May 21. 1893, to June 14, 1893, and are 22 in number. The Clerk will send up a copy of one or more of these letters as may be desired by counsel. The Bank of New Han over made an assignment and receivers were appointed June 19. 1893. The cashier, W. L. Smith, had no knowledge that the Bank of New Hanover was In solvent until it failed. The plaintiff kept no deposit account for the Bank of New Hanover, and the Bank ot New Hanover kept no regular deposit' ac count for the plaintiff. At the time of its failure the Bank-, of New Hanouer had received" for collection sent to it .by ' the plaintiff the sum of 12.286.92. Of this sum $146.11 was received in actual monev and the remainder of the said sum was received in checks on the Bank of New Hanover and The Atlantic Na tional Bank. A statement is filed here with marked exhibit "C," showing the dates of the said collections and bow they were paid. The clerk will send up a copy ot the same with the transcript, lhepiaintm nao no knowledge oi tne insolvent condition of the Bank of New Hanover. The Bank of New Hanover following the invariable custom of all banks, kept its receipts from collections and all other moneys received by it mix ed together in one general fund. It is impossible to identify any part ot the funds collected by the said Bank of New Hanover for the plaintiff after it is re ceived by the Bank of New Hanover. Said bank was engaged in receiving and paying out constantly, so that the money in its vaults changed daily. Collections were freauently made by other banks by taking the drawees check on the Bank of New Hanover in payment tnereior ana said bank frequently received drafts and foreign exchange in payment lor conec tions. The collection sued tor in this action were received within 80 days be fore the Bank of New Hanover sus pended. The following testimony is herewith sent; the statements being found by the Court as facts in ..the case. Chas. Bowles testified Was clerk in Bank of New Hanover. When it failed there were many collections which had been made and not remitted, collec tions began to be withheld and remained unremitted from about June 6, 1893. About May 23, 1893, exacted the 80 days notice on four per cent, deposit certih cates. There was no mutual account kept between the plaintiff and the Bank ot New Hanover, ui tne $12,286.92 collected for plaintiff. only f 146.1 1 was collected in actual monev. of which S53 was paid Juneo, 1893, and $93.11 on June 15, 1893. The remainder of said sum collected by checks on Bank of New Hanover and other banks. Some of the amount rep resents collections sent us by plaintiff and sent to out of town banks and col lected by them and placed to the credit of the Bank of New Hanover. When the Bank of New Hanover failed it had on band $11,000 in currency, about $14,000 in silver and some little gold Uo to the day it failed it received oauy and paid out daily large sums of money. From June 1, 1H3,. to June iv. ioa, a cash balance in the vaults of the bank at the close of each day s business ex ceeded the amount of collections due the plaintiff bank. When we took checks on the Atlantic National Bank, it being a bank in the city of Wilmington, we did not collect them at once in money. Every afternoon we had a settlement and our bank surrendered all checks it had on the Atlantic National and that bank surrendered all checks it had on the B mk of New Hanover, and the bank apainst whom the balance was oaid it. Clement Dowd testified : I am State Bank Examiner. Shortly after its fail ure I examined the books and assets of the Bank of New Hanover. Found it very largely insolvent. Think its assets will pay 50 or 60 per-cent. of its deCts. A great many worthless notes ; think it had been insolvent for some time before its failure. This condition had existed evidently much longer than thirty days before its suspension. Stock worthless. Banks do not keep money in separate lots : it is all mixed and kept together in the vault. Collections are frequently made by banks receiving in payment therefor checks on itself. Branch Bank of Wadesboro examined by me. It had a good surplus, was in fine condition and much more than solvent. : Junius Davis, receiver, testified: At the time of the failure of the -Bank of TAR. 1894. New Hanover it was indebted for collec tions made for. other banks and individ uals in tne sum of $175,000, which had not been remitted. It is indebted Ton deposit accounts to depositors subject to cnecK oo,uw. it is indebted on .account of 4 per cent, deposit certifi cates, upon which notice may be de manded, in the sum of. $418,000. Snita have been commenced against me as re ceiver in which the plaintifis claim pref erences on account ot collections made for them aggregating $73,000. ine court is of opinion as follows aa a matter of law: 1. It being impossible to identify the alleged trust fund arising from the pro ceeds oi collections and to separate the .same, the defendants, Davis and Leak. cannot be declared trustees for the benJ eht of the plaintiff as prayed for in the complaint.' 2. That the plaintiff has no eauitable lien upon the assets of the Bank of New Hanover for the proceeds of collections made by said bank for the plaintiff, and is entitled to no other relief except to prove its debts, which is herein admitted and has not been . denied, and . then to share in ther rata distribution of the funds of the Bank of New" Hanover along with other.creditors. Wherefore it is adjudged thatthie ac tion be dismissed and the defendants re cover costs. Brown. Tudce. Appealed to Supreme Court bv plain tiff. ! Notice waived. Bond fixed at $25. Brown, Judge. MARINE DISASTERS. Barque Newl?ht Wrecked on Bogue Beach Two Unknown Schooners Sank on Lookout shoals. A ; telegram to the Star last night, from Beaufort, N. C, says: "During last night's gale the baraue Newliht, Capt Avis, lumber ladenrom Savannah and bound to Philadelphia. was I stranded on Bogue beacb, twelve miles west of here. The crew were saved. The vessel is a total loss. ' Pilots report seeing the masts of two schooners, sunk on the outer diamond of Lookout shoals." There have been heavy gales along the coast for several davs, and doubtless many disasters to shipping wiil be re ported. Capt. Pickwlth. of the schooner A.H. Howe at Charleston, S. C , from New York, reports: On Sunday February 11th. off Hat- teras, heading S. W. hall W.. eight miles distant, passed a sunken three-masted schooner of about 500 tons in 12 fath oms of water, mastheads out of water. The mastheads were bright; topmast heads painted white; blue flag at mizzen- topmast; head fore and mizzen topsail gone; main topsail hanging over the spring stay; peak halyard blocks gone from mastheads, topmast rigging, spring stay and headstay's wire. Going around Hatteras we saw a sunken steamer. The mast was half out of water. THE NEWBERN FAIR. The State Exhibit from Chicago Arrived Stock and Poultry Show on a large Scale -Agricultural Exhibits Will be Received Until the Opening. ; Special Star Correspondence. , , Newbern, N. C , Feb. 15, 1894. The schooner Melvin,- Capt. Elijah Lufton, arrived yesterday with a. cargo of ba nanas and cocoanuts from the West Indies. She was only ten days out from Dominique. The State's Chicago exhibit arrived last night and wtli be arranged at once in the space allotted at the fairgrounds. The stock of Col. J. S.Carr, of Dur ham, and the large variety of poultry from Mr. Hege's Alamance yards are expected on the same train. The secre tary bad to decline entries of several horses yesterday for the races, the time having expired, and the forty head al ready entered being as many as can be done justice to The sale of season tickets yesterday amounted to three hundred and eighty- five. When it is. considered what a rainy day it was this was an exception ally good day's work, and is in excess of what has been heretofore done. Agri cultural exhibits will be received till the opening. No fakirs, with their robber games, will be allowed on the grounds, and the country swain will not be fleeced. The publication of Fair news by the Star is much appreciated here, and when the mail route is established over the Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk road so that the paper can reach here at noon, Newbern will reciprocate the cour tesy. A. Hatchett. S. A. Zi. Important Changes. The Atlanta journal notes some im portant changes in the freight and pas senger departments of the Seaboard Air Line: Mr. H. W. B. Glover was made gen eral freight agent. This appointment has not been unexpected, for Mr. Glover as division freight and passenger agent has long been regarded as one of the most efficient officers of the Seaboard Air Line. His promotion comes as a recognition of faithful services. Mr. T. J. Anderson was appointed general pas senger agent. He has much arduous work in bis new position, but ne nas long been known as a most competent railroad man. Mr. w. u. u uwyer tanes the place pi division freight and passen ger agent left vacant by the appoint ment ol Mr. Glover. Mr. u uwyer nas been in Mr, Glover's piace for some time and has given great satisfaction. The first named officers will have theii headquarters in the future in - Ports mouth, Va., while Mr. u uwyer noias in Atlanta. Looks Like Bimmons. The Washington correspondent ol the Charlotte Observer says : All reasonable doubt as to Collector Simmons' confirmation has been re moved. It.is believed that only Senator Vance, of the Democratic members of the Finance Committee, will vote against him in committee when the report is fi nally made on that Senator's return from Florida. Mr. Simmons, who leaves tor North Carolina to-night, says he feels absolutely sure of his confirmation. County Beads. A joint meettng of the County Com missioners and Supervisors of county roads was held . yesterday , at the court' house, to consider the matter of improving roads in the county. After discussion, and upon recom mendation the Commissioners voted an appropriation of $1,500 to be used in the repairing and im provement of the highways, as follows : For Harnett township, $600; Cape Fear township, $400; Masonboro, $300; Federal Point. $200. The German barque- Anna Schwalbe cleared yesterday for Queens town, with 8,281 bales of cotton, valued at $122,900, shipped by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. NO. FINE LINEN, BUT SOILED Tneo. B. Lyman, Jr., of Aaheville. Sues Ela Wife for Diroree on the Ground of Adultery Her Answer Makes Hini .Falsifier, an Habitual Drunkard And a urate An Aaheville Failure and Thirteen Club.' f' Special to Charlotte Observer Asheville, February 14.- -Nlrs. Emily C. Lyman, wife of Theodore! B. Lyman, Ir has hied an amended Ian swer to the complaint of the latter idhis suit for divorce, which is pending iq the Superior Court. In E the complaint Lyman charges Mrs. Lyman with adultery, naming- Claude Prescott, an artist, as: co-respondent. Mrs. Lyman denies the allegation, and charges her husband with ; crnel and j in human treatment. She further alleges that plaintiff has been since their marriage "an habitual drunkard, confining bis habits of - drinking entirely, to his own home, kod the vulgarities of his drunken andfbe sotten condition to his ! wife." She fays further that Lyman charged her with adultery "upon information imparted to him by his brother. A.J. Lyman; that it afterward came to her knowledge! bat she was being slandered ia the Cosmo politan Club in Asheville by her! bus band, aided by A. J. Lyman;" and Jthat she then "called her husband to accpunt and he broke down and confessed his villainy, and for the first time since their marriage apologized and declared his entire belief in her Innocence and ii em phatic terms condemned the perfidy of his brother, A. J. Lyman' Ttaf de fendant asks separation, the custody of her child and alimony. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman were married in Richmond. Va.. January, 1886. and formerly lived fn the magnificent Tahkeeosiee estate j near Asheville.. . a gayTjeGeiver. Matrimonial Adrentures of Frank Jen kins, of Valdoata, Oa. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star Jacksonville. Fla., Februari 15 A special to the T nus-Union f ror Ocala says: Several months ago Frank Jen kins, of Valdosta. Ga.. eloped 'fwith a young woman of that place, deserting his wife and babies. Jenkins and his paramour came to Lake Weir; Fla., where they n ...... 4 X K j w T r Immscu as sou wn. ucDKins i en kins soon deserted the young lady and came to Ocala, where he ingratiated bim- scii into tne anections oi Miss Mvra Fancher, a highly respected young lady. and married her. Tojday Denkijns alias Jenkins was recognized by a gentleman from Valdosta and he immediately neo. his latest wile has sw$rn out a warrant for bigamy,. RECEIVERS APPOINTED Fop the LeaksvUle (N. , C.) Mills land the Cheater (3. C.) Manufacturing Co. Fail ure at Aaheville, N. C. B? Telezraph to the Morutax San New York, February 17. A special from Raleigh, N. C, to an evening paper says the attorney for the Bank of Reids- uille. N. C, the Planters National Bank of Danville, and the Peoples' National Bank of Lynchburg, Va., in a suit against the Leaksville (N. C.) cotton and woollen mills, in behalf of themselves and all pther creditors, obtained an order yesterday appointing Hiram Ford, of Spray, N. C, receiver of that corpora tion. There being a quantity of raw material on hand, the order directs the reciver to continue the operation of the mills until this is worked up. Upon the application of unsecured creditors to the amount of $28,000, the Chester Manufacturing .Company of Chester, S. C, has been placed in the hands of b. Jones, as temporary re ceiver. There are two mortgages against the company for $50,000 each. The mills have been running for some time under an arrangement with Woodward. Bald win & Co., of New York, who handle its products. They will resist the appoint ment of a permanent receiver.; F. P. Mainnaugh, a large dry goods merchant of Asheville. N. C. has as signed. Liabilities $20,000: assets $30,- 000. Preferred creditors to the amount Ot $8.000. WASHINGTON NEWS. Increase in Beoeipts from Internal Bevenue. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. Feb. 17. The official statement ot the receipts front internal revenue for the first seven months of the current fiscal year shows a decrease of of $12,265,734 as compared with the cor responding period of 1893. The princi pal sources ot internal revenue were : Spirits, $47,862,822, a decrease of $9,319,- 964; tobacco, $16,432,149, a decrease of $2,787,436; fermented liquors, $18,565,- 668. a decrease of $313,348. and miscel laneous, $83,186, a decrease ot $26,177. ine aggregate receipts iur jauuaiyt 1894, were $859,709 less than for January, 1894. A FORGER ARRESTED At lfivanaville, Indiana He ia Wanted at Biohmond, Va. By Telegraph to the Morning Stat EVANSVILLE, IND., Feb. 17 E. W. Kent was arrested here last night for having obtained money on a forged check. It was drawn on the Louisville, Kentucky, Bank of Commerce and signed by J. S. Kent, Karl Zerter, manager ot the Sherwood bouse, endorsed it and he is the victim who will lose the money. Investigation shows that Kent worked the same scheme at cvntnia, tientucicy. He is badly wanted at Richmond, Vir ginia, and was run out of Covington bva vigilance committee. Checks for over $10,000 were found on him. twinklings! "Was it a regular old-fashioned donation party? "Pooh, no; there was enough left over to make a good full meal after every one had left the table. " Chicago Jnler-ucean, Miss Lucinda (aged 49) Just think ! As I was going home yesterday three men spoke to me ! Miss Lou (aged less than 49) They must have been your brothers." Boston Budget. Tommie Papa, when people sell things by the pound, do they ever weigh the scales I Paoa Certainly not. my boy. Tommie Then how do they weigh fisb? Harper s Young People. Little Tommy Oh, mamma, we have got a new girl at our school whom we call postscript. "Why so my darling?" "Because her name is Adaline Moore." Life and Fabric. The National Woman's Suffrage Con vention has decided to hold its next an nual meeting in Atlanta. Atlanta bad for its champions Miss Augusta Howard and Miss Maxwell.! Miss Maxwell said that a woman's convention w&sregarded in the South as a enriosity and tb brine the Woman's Suffrage Convention to the South would bring women together from all over that section of the country. SPmiJSTflRPENTINE. Chatham Record: We rart to hear oi (hddeath of Capt. W. W. Mat thews. whicVsjccurjd at his residence at Silet City, offtatt Friday night, in the eightieth year ot his age. Fayetteyille Observer: Mr. Wm. McArthur, son of Mr. lohn F. MeArthnr a highly esteemed citizen of this county, wuuc ngnting iorest nres about seven miles west of this city Friday evening, was instantly killed by a falling tree. Klnston Free Press-: Mr. T h Sutton and Mrs. Ava Register obtained ' judgment against Mr. Jno. R. Phillips - iasi wcck ior selling without standard weights. The judgment covered four cases, and the penalty of $40 in each case goes to the informants. This time It COSt Mr. Phillips 160 anrl There were two or three similar cases against Mr. Phillips several months ago. Charlotte Observer-. Mr. C. H Cheek, who came here several weeks ago from Florida to bring his son's re mains for re-interment, was vesterrlav . brought here a corpse himself. After burying bis son he went from hereto Kockingham where his wife lives. He started drinkinc. and it ia sairi riranir five gallons of whiskey in two weeks. Death was the result. Smithfield Herald: The house in which court was being held at Lilline- ton, Harnett county, last week, was" burned last Friday morninc at 2 o'rlnrk The court papers and record nere Inst. News came to us ol a vounc ladv who went to place and stole a suit of clothes and then stole the young man to wnom they belonged. She carried him to a magistrate and they were married. Wilson Advance: Last Thurs day night a prisoner by the name of Mc Queen was set upon by the other pris oners in jail, and given a genteel be.-.ung wnn a icatnern throng, i he matter was brought up ihe next mornfne in Court. andJur'te Bnum ordered the Grand Jury to investigate the matter and see if a true bill Could be brought in against the jailer for allowing such an instru ment to be used there. Goldsboro Headlight: Owing to the short crop of rice made by our larmers last year, the rice mills hece has already closed down for the sens'n, uwing to tne prevailing low price of cot--ton, our farmers are justly disgusted with the "fleecy staple," and same think of abandoning its raising altogether. ' ine death of Mrs. C-eorge Taylor oc curred at her home, near this city. Wed nesday afternoon at 1 o clockafter a lingering illness of consumption, aged 32 years. -- Maxton Scottish Chief : Old Mrs. lames Campbell, who lives at Wooton's Mill, a few miles over the line in Richmond county, died last Friday evening, of pneumonia, aged 76 years. Miss Susan McDonald and another young lady, of Rockingham, who went out riding recently, met with a painful accident. Miss McDonald's horse be came frightened and started to run and she beinc unable to check him iumnpri from his back, and in striking the ground broke ,the bone of her right ankle. "I Raleigh Neivs and Obsctrer: Gov. Carr has offered a reward of $10a for the capture of Gaither I. Johosoa. who killed Frank Meyers in Wilkes county, He has also offered $1D0 eacSi 1 for the capture of William and John West, who are wanted tor the murder of Frank Newell in Cumberland. United States Marshal Carroll has is sued commissions to the following dep uty marshals: George Field of Hender son, W. B. Boyd ol Newbern, Tesse H. of Beaufort, Alex. McMillan of Lumber Bridge, E. A. Carter of Plymouth. W, W. Neal of Odell, and Thos. O. Buntinj? of Wilmington. Monroe Enquirer: On Mon day night Mr. Walter Pistole left here on the through freight for Abbeville, S. C. At Abbeville he attempted to alight ' from the train before it stopped and miss ed his footing and fell under the moving train. His body was mangled most hor ribly, and the sad news was immediately conveyed to his mother that her boy. who had left home but a few hours be fore in the best of health, was now a mangled corpse. On the 5th inst., Mr. B. 13. Nelson, of Tackson township. had the misfortune to lose his dwelling and all his outbuildings by fire. There was no one at home when the house caught on fire and nothing whatever was saved. Charlotte ' News : Cabarrus county is again marching to the front with some large specimens of gold, which were- found within the last few days. Messrs. Will Burleyson and J. D. Con ner have been finding lots ot it on the latter's farm near Flow's store. One piece which they picked up weighed sixty pennyweights. The surface which they are working has long been known to be rich, and is near a vein which was worked with great profit, in the years gone by. Capt. John H. Turner, of Ca barrus county, is in the gold business now on bis farm near Smith's Ford. He recently found a nugget of 160 penny weights. This gold was found on a spot that no one ever dreamed of gold being on. Mr. Turner is still working his mine with profit. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelltgen- r: On Sunday afternoon, the 4th inst.. Mr. shepherd Lee, an aged citizen ol Burnsville township, left his home for a ramble over the neighborhood, as had been his custom for a Ions time. Mr. Lee lost bis mind about a year ago. and this had been his daily occupation, in every sort of weather, since that time. He did not return home at all Sunday night, which was cold and windy. Search was not instituted for him .until Monday morning. - He was found shortly after sunrise on that morning sitting in the cow lot of Mr. J. A. Avitt, about one mile from bis own residence. He had lost both his hat and his shoes and could give no accout whatever of bis wander ings. He was taken nome, wnere ne died last Friday, from the effects of the Mnnsnrc. it ia snnnnaerl. Mr. Lee was 82 years old. Weldon News: This community was greatly shocked Monday when it was learned that Rev. S. A. Adams, Presiding Elder of the Warrenton dis trict, had suddenly fallen asleep in Jesus, at the residence of Mr. W. T. Whitfield. The deceased had been sick for some days, but was up and about bis room a few hours before the summons came. Mr. Adams was one of the best known and most beloved of the minis ters of the North Carolina Confer ence, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, having joined the Conference in 1852. He was about 65 years of age, si 1.1 . j. a. vuauicr auu an. , Maxwell, of New York, were here last week and went to look around at Great' Falls, These gentlemen have recently purchased an interest in the water-power there, and it is rumored that their visit was for the purpose of lncattng the sites for two factories which they expect to build. It is also said that Mr. Gwathney, a civil engineer of the Seaboard Air Line, has been notified to make a survey from Grert Falls to the R. & G. railroad, a distance of two miles, for the purpose of building a track down to the falls. The cotton acreage will be consid erably decreased tnis year. The farmers will go in for small grain, corn and meat. To think of religion in any other sense than as a state of self-denial is knowing nothing at all of it; for its whole nature is to direct us by a light, and knowledge and wisdom from God, which is all contrary to the dark ness, ignorance and folly of our natures. Law. -