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PUDLISHBD AT WILMINGTON; N.'C, 88888888888888888 ' 888888888888888S8 iqjuoW9 s52gj:sjs3S5gss 8SS8SS8888888888S 88888888888888888 8S888S88S8SSSSSS : 88888I18I28888I88 SS88SS8SS88888888 88888888888888888 8 a ... - i a s 2 g gsssdsssss s;.ss . IT 7 M CO - M - OO 0 - SSSSB ' ..... I Y rf - Kntered at the Pet Office .t Wilmtgton, N. C, el Second Class Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE., ' The nil bscriptioa price of the Weekly Star is a Single Copy 1 year. poatage paid. 6 months it a months ...91 oo ... 60 VERY IMPORTANT During the past two months Dills have been mailed to about sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. The aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the aggregate amount thus far paid is comparatively small. It is hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due us at once. It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as 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 ot our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal will not be lost on those rho have not paid. THOROUGHLY DEMORALIZING. It is a singular thing to hear advo cates of the protective tariff object ing to an income tax on the ground that it would be a demoralizer and would be a standing temptation to deceit, falsehood and perjury. This is not complimentary to the class of people who would be required to pay an income tax, if it were true, but it is not true It did not produce a big crop of perjurers during the fen years it was jn operation; if so, the per jurers have never been discovered. It-does not produce a big crop of perjurer in New Yo:k, Pennsylva nia, Massachusetts, Virginia and other States which have an income lax, and it doesn't seem to demoral i.ze the income tax-payers of Eng land. But suppose it were true, is that a good and logical reason for oppos ing it ? Isn't there a good deal of lying and sometimes some pretty streaked swearing done by people to evade the payment of internal reve nue and -customs taxes ? Isn't the lying they do quite as bad lying as the income tax payer might indulge-in? Morally speaking what is the difference between telling a lie and swearing a lie? The differ ence is that the lie. sworn to is the lie emphasized by legal form which makes the man who takes the false oath subject to a penalty if de tected to which he would not be sub ject by simply lying. "The oath is merely put in as a safe-guard against lying and to protect the Government from imposition of that kind by the man of little or no conscience, but who may be deterred from lying un der oath from fear of possible con sequences n the event of detection. But morally speaking to lie is as bad as to swear to it, and it is probable that the man who would deliberately lie to defraud the Gov ernment or carry his purpose would swear to it if he found it necessary and he thought he could do so with impunity. , To be consistent these opponents of the income tax should move for the abolition of the internal revenue taxes, and tariff taxes, both of which produce' more demoralization in. twelve months than an income tax would in twelve years. We go fur ther than that and assert that to be consistent they should cease. advo cating protection, and at 6nce pro claim themselves in favor of its im mediate abolition, for it has been one of the greatest demoralizers this country ever saw, and a standing temptation to hypocrisy and false hood. There is no governmental policy under the sun about which there has been such gigantic, meth odical and persistent lying done, nor any which has generated and fostered such a complicated aad widespread system ot fraud. They who faite n on it and t't:y why speak and write for them have become so accustomed to it that it has become almost a second nature and ., it - yarcuuy got so tar along that they ucueve tneir own lies. We do not oeueve tnat the world could show to- day a more thoroughly selfish, un- principled and unscrupulous body of 511 inan le men who have for years been growing fat and corrupt k- tIfraUdu,ent' favoring system, u. " , Deen Perpetuated by de- and fraud and corruption which has miHa o. - . . oume oi our elections a shameful mockery, they have be come so brazen in corruption that for years they have without dismiss and -sometimes with disguise when VOL. XXV. that was thought-best, contributed immense sums of money for corrup tion purposes tabe used in elections to debauch' the voters who could be .induced to sell their ballots for dollars. Is falsely swear ing to evade the payment of an in come tax any worse than that? Is it . as bad? The man who under these circumstances falsely swears, hurts only himself and defrauds" the Gov ernment out of the amount of taxes he owes. That's all. Butj.he man who contributes his money to cor rupt voters" and thus carry elections, makes an assault upon the ballot box, turns our elections into bur lesques, defeats the will of the peo ple and perverts the Government to his own uses, by . putting his Tools into power to do his will and not the will of the people to whom the Gov ernment belongs and for whose .wel fare it was established. The false swearer is an innocent man along side 6f the man who steals the ballot box and destroys the people's high est court of appeal. No advocate of a protective tariff can consistently oppose an income tax on the ground that it is demoralizing, while sup porting the most thoroughly demor alizing system this country ever saw. MINOR MENTION! The Fayetteville Observer ot last week calls attention to the fact that samples of the tea grown by Mrs. Smith, who lives within a - couple of miles of Fayetteville, had been sent by Prof. Massey, of the State Agri cultural Department, to Mr. George M. Ramsey, of Cloxey, Pa., who seems to be an expert, to test the quality. The following reply gives the result of the tests made: i April 30th, 1894. Prof. W.F. Massey: Dear Sir: Your favors, including tea, of the 21st ult., duly received. I have delayed a teply to test the quality of the tea. and find it absolutely good. In -189 J we paid foreigners (or tea nearly fourteen million dollars. Ob! Let us have American-grown tea. and coffee, too. Why not? Very truly yours. Geo. M. Ramsey, Cloxey, Pa. To this Prof. Massey adds that he undertook to sell Mrs. Smith's tea for her, that it netted her, he thought, 80 cents a pound, and that every one who bought it speaks, of it in the highest terms. He, speak ing for himself, says it is the finest he has ever used. In commenting upon this the Observer expresses surprise that "the culture of tea is 'not entered upon systematically on a large scale in this section." The only way we can account for it is that when people get into a rut it is hard to get them out of it, and then when they begin to get out they all want to get out at once, and soon get into another rut. It took the people of North Carolina ages to discover that tobacco could be successfully and profitably cultivated outside of a few counties in the Piedmont section, while now it is culti vated to a greater or less extent from the seaboard to the moun tains. Farmers are the slowest people in the world to catch on to new ideas or to branch out in the field of ex periment. The practicability of the successful and profitable culture of tea has been demonstrated by the success of Mrs. Smith in Cumber and county and if has also been de monstrated in South Carolina where there is a tea farm, established sev eral years ago, which is in successful operation. But the idea is not a new one. for tea was grown iff a small way in that State before the war and in this State, too, we believe. Here is something the Farmer's Alliance might turn its attention to with profit and do a little practical expe rimentinjr in for the benefit of its members; The two principal reasons assigned by Bradstreet, in his trade report for the past week, for the continued de pression in trade are the labor troubles and "renewed tariff "uncer tainty." Merchants are buying cau tiously,' limiting purchases to their present . needs, because they don't know what the result is going to be, whether prices will be up or down, as these will be governed by the ac tion taken on the tariff. Of course this has a depressing influence on the manufacturing industries and forces them to curtail their output to pre vent overstocking themselves and" being compelled later to sell at a sac rifice. : This is the price the country is paying for - the haggling over the tariff by a handful of kick ing Democratic Senators and by the burlesque obstruction that Republi can Senators arerputting in the way of a settlement. But it is one' of the evils inherent in the protective svs-. i - tem. While that lasts it will always be a subject of contention and while it is a subject of contention it will alwavs be a menace to trade. While these agitations- are going on neither the manufacturer nor the merchant can "calculate with any degree of certainty on what Is before them, and they must, if they move at all, move in the dark and take" the chances of success or failure. If this affected but few people or a few industries it would be bad enough, but when it affects all the people directly or i in directly and all -the industries' the E infury it inflicts on this country is simply inestimable. -i - i Vice President Stevenson was a little too sharp for Seuator Quay Friday when the latter, who is lead ing the kill-time contingent in the Senate, slipped in his bill to establish a new municipal code for the District of Columbia. -The Vice President caught on to the programme before" the reading had i proceeded far and gave the cue, and promptly the "I object" came, and. the. gentleman from Pennsylvania was laid out with his little bill. When the hour came on to resume the consideration of the. tariff Mr. Stewart, Populist, deliv ered a speech on the demonetization of silver, and Mr. Dolpb, Rep., of Oregon, who had the day before just finished up his ponderous seven-sec tion effort-on the tariff, killed some more time in replying to him. Mr. Stewart has become so deeply im mersed in silver that there is nothing else in this .world which occupies so much of. his thoughts, and hence if he makes a speech at any time, or in any place, or on any occasion, we may surely look for , a silver speech. He isn't thinking any more about the tariff than he is about the watermelon crop in Georgia. But all this by-play of Quay and Dolph will force the Democratic Senators to call a halt on this Sen atorial courtesy, business and take some action to put an end to this burlesquing, and bring the Senate down to business. They will either have to sit down on these trick men or throw up the sponge and acknowl edge themselves whipped. Pat Rooney, head porter of the Albemarle Hotel in New York, went rummaging around in an old cellar under the hotel the other day and stumbled over an old leather trunk. He got even with the trunk by giv ing it a kick that knocked the rotten bottom out of it, when, to the sur prise of Pat, out rolled a lot of gold, amounting to $15,000. Pat didn't kick at that, and isn't kicking now because no owner can be found, and no one knows anything about how the trunk got there. ' Some newspa per man probably went off in a hurry and forgot it. j The young ladies of Louisville, Ky., have got to wearing the grave yard rabbit foot as an amulet. Poor girls. How badly sold they will be. Not one in a hundred of them can tell a genuine-grave yard rabbit foot from any other rabbit foot. An official in St. Johns, N. F., has- been charged with buying votes at $9 a piece. If that fellow were to go into business in some of the Northern States, he would demor alize the vote' market. The politi cians never could stand a raise from $2 to $9. Two is the average Re publican price. BUCK KJTCHIN A POP. It la Thought j Ha Wishes CongTes- tonal Nomination. Dispatch Special WASHINGTON, May 11. The news that ex-Congressman "Buck" Kttchin, of North Carolina, bad gone over to the Populists was a subject of considerable discussion among North Carolinians at the Capitol to-day. It is the general impression that he will make a bid for the Populist nomination for Congress in the district now represented by Mr.Woodard. Two years ago he was a competitor for the Democratic nomination against Mr. Woodard. Col. Kitchin .has been in times past such an uncompromising Democrat that be will not be received with open arms by the Populists, and Democrats are of tbe opinion tnat be will be an easy man to beat if his new- made political friends put him up as their candidate. Last year Col. Kitchin was given an appointment in the Treasury Depart ment, bnt be declined to accept it be cause, as alleged at the time, he did not consider tbe pay adequate for a man who had been in Congress. The Farmers Not "Broke. This, from the Maxton correspondent of the Robesonian, is very much like the view of the business situation among farmers heretofore taken by the Star: 'Mr. A. I. McNair, who has been trav elling through all portions of Robeson and adjoining counties lor several years in his business of selling tobacco, ana who keeps his eyes open as he travels. takes no stock in the cry of "bard times. He estimates from caretul enquiry tnat there is seventy-five per cent, more of home-made bacon in this section than before in many years; ten percent, less of fertilizers have been used; economy. in the purchase ot general merchandise marked; the crops have been planted and advanced to their present standing at srreatlv reduced cost over previous years; butter is more pientnui on tne maricei than ever before; while never before in the history of the Robeson ben bas that noble bird laid herself out to supply tbe lone felt want of the croaker of 'hard times. For Fishermen. The lines below may prove interesting to the numerous members of the Ang lers' Ananias Association of this city "When tbe wind is fn the north, No good fisherman will go forth; When tbe wind is in the east, 'Tis good for neither man nor beast; Wben tbe wind is in tbe west, Fishing is at its very best; When the wind is in tbe south. It blows tbe bait to the fish's mouth.' - No coupon scheme ever offered 'to the people .of the South equals the American Encyclopaedic Dictionary dis tribution. It has been adopted by such papers as the Charlotte Observer, the Au gusta Chronicle and the Charleston News and Courier. And the STAR IS "in it," too. ; ! WILMINGTON, N; 0., SUNDAY FISHING. 7 A Story in Which a Bishop waa a Promi nent Charaoter..' , Harper's Magazine has an amusing story about the visit of a number of gen tlemen to the mountains of Colorado some years ago,' a Bishop from an East ern State being one of the party. " Fishing was the sole occupation and amusemenf. of the visitors; so wben San day came, as there was nothing else to do, tbe Jaymen ofhe party got out their rods, preparatory to casting a line. Bat they were in a quandary as to the Bishop. They did not want to hurt his feelings by leaving him behind, nor did they want to.offend.his religious princi ples by inviting bim. to go fishing on Sunday. Finally one ot tbem plucked up courage and told him of their dilem ma, whereupon the good man said that he would tell them of a happening in his earlier life which he thought rather apropos. - i -7-- "Some years ago. be said, "wben I bad charge of the affairs of a parish, I was awakened about 2 o'clock one morn ing, and upon inquiring who was there; -r.eard a man s voice reply that be was there with Miss Blank, and that they wanted to get married. I reasoned with him about the untimely hour, but to no. avail; he meant to get married tight then and there. So I put on mv clothes and gown, and went downstairs and began the marriage service. Everything went alocgas dictated in tbe service till. I asked: the man, 'Wilt thou take this woman to be thy wedded wife?' to which he replied, 'What 'm I here fur?' " They waited for the Bishop. 'A Very Narrow Escape. ' Mr. Win. Emmet Kyle, of Fayetteville, general freight and passenger agent of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R., came near being killed last Thursday in New York city. Tbe Sun, of the 10th inst., giving an ac count of the accident, says: William E. Kyle, a railroad man from North Carolina, who is staying at Hotel Waldorf, was crossing Broadway in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel at 5.3(1 1 o clock last evening, when he was run down by cable car 28. The gripman was able to stop tbe car just as tbe wheels reached tbe prostrate man. The car bad an overhanging platform. and it had to be lifted so . that Mr. Kyle could be extricated. Police Commis sioner McClave helped Mr. Kyle to his feet. He was able to walk, and be was taken to the West Thirtieth street sta tion bouse. Policeman Repper arrested Emil C. Nisson, the gripman. Mr. Kyle sustained only a slight contusion of the head and knee, and declined to make a complaint against the gripman. who was dismissed. Mr. Kyle walked to bis botel. Death of 21. J. H. MoOarity. ; "A good man gone," was the remark made yesterday when it was learned that Mr. Jas. H. McGarity was dead. He died at his residence on South Front street, at six o'clock a. m after a linger ing illness. He was an old and highly esteemed citizen, having come here from Baltimore about thirty years ago. Most of tbe time since then he was en gaged in the mercantile business. He was a life-long member of the Hiber nian Benevolent Society. . He was a native of Baltimore, and was born October 31st, 1834, making bim in his 60th year. He was one of the oldest and most prominent members of the Hibernian Beoevolent Society, and at his death was the treasurer of that order. He leaves a widow and five children, all grown, to mourn their great and irrepa rable loss. The funeral services will be held to day at 10 o clock from tbe residence to St. Thomas' Catholic Church, and thence to Bellevue Cemetery. Death of Mr. W. H. Oenaoat Mr. Wm. H. Genaust, a prominent German citizen of Wilmington, died yes-. terday morning at 6 o'clock, after a long and painful illness. He was an old and highly respected resident; was born at Aut Newhaus, Province of Hanover, Germany, and was 48 years and 3 months old. He served with distinc tion in the Franco-Prussian- war, and soon after came to this city, where he has been since engaged in the grocery and brewing business. He leaves a wife and one son who is thirteen years old to mourn the loss of an affectionate father and husband. j : The remains will be interred in Oak- dale Cemetery to-morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock, and will be accompanied to the grave by the members of Germa- nia Lodge No. 4, K. of P., xA which he has been "for many years a member. jp, , Our Mounted Colleotor. A letter received last night from a subscriber in Brunswick County says the Star collector who left here Tuesday on his trusty bicycle is ; creating great excitement down there among the na tives, many of whom never before saw a man mounted on a wheel. The friends of tbe Star are taking good care of him, too, and he is succeeding well in making collections. i,A letter from Benjamin himself closes thus significantly: "I am having a good time." You may bet your bottom dollar on that, A Brunswick County Prisoner. Deputy Sheriff McKeithan, of Bruns wick county, came up from Southport yesterday with Alfred Everett, colored. who is charged with criminal assault on a young white girl in that county some time ago. . Everett was lodged in the county iail here for safe-keeping. He is said to be a desperate character, and to have twice escaped from jail heretofore. Crops in Branawiok. . , Mr. R. W. McKeithan, of Supply,. Brunswick county, writes the Star that a fine rain visited that section Thurs day, much to the delight of farmers, who are now planting potatoes, cotton and. peanuts, aad who were somewhat i discouraged by the cold and dry weather that had prevailed previously, The, Best and Cheapest. Everybody needs a dictionary, and when the very best can be procured on the terms offered by the Star every man should take advantage of it. The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary is the best. It is a dictionary and encyclo paedia combined. Issued in 40 Parts at. 15 cents, and 2 cents for postage, for each Part, One coupon must be sent for each. Order the 4 Parts now ready. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1894. MEMORIAL DAY. SERVICES JX OAKDALE CEMETERY. Oration by ..Mr. Julian 8. Oarr of Durham, Imposing Ceremonies Minute Guns Fired by the BTaval .Heservea The Frooeaaion Decoration of Q raves of "Confederate 8oldier Salute .Fired by the W. Ii. I. and Naval Reserves. The memorial services yesterday at Oakdale, as usual, were well attended, and the day was observed almost gener4 ally as a holiday;. Most of the public offices, the banks and -many business, houses and stores were closed, and early In the afternoon people went . out to Oakdale cemetery, where services in honor of the Confederate dead were held .. ..! At 2.80 o'clock p. m. a detachment of the Naval Reserves placed a howitzer in position near the entrance to the ceme tery and fired minute guns until the proceedings -were opened in the ceme tery at 4 ocolck by the formation of a procession at the "Lodge un der the direction of Chief Marshal Jno. - L. Cantwell , and his assis tants. Tbe 'procession marched from the Lodge to the Confederate enclosure in the order as published in the pro gramme, the Second Regiment Band in the lead and the Wilmington Light In fantry and Naval Reserves following, j The exercises at the Confederate monument were opened with a dirge by the Second Regiment band; and after the singing of the doxology by the choir. Rev. A. D. McCIure. pastor of St.! Andrew's Church, , made invocation to the Almighty. j The hymn, ''Sun of My Soul." was then sung, after which Mr. Julian S. Carr, orator of the occasion, was intro duced to the audience by Col. Roger Moore. The length of tbe address prevents its reproduction in tbe columns of tbe Star, and in a synopsis of the well rounded and complete oration it would be impossible to do justice to it, or to the eloquence ol the speaker. His theme was a tribute to Henry L. Wyatt, a private of the First North Carolina regiment of volunteers "the first hero who fell in tbe defence of the South' and his compatriots, tbe private soldiers of the Southern Confederacy. The sub ject was well-handled, and graphic and thrilling descriptions were given of the heroism of .North Carolina troops. "Teach it to our posterity," he said, "that North Carolina furnished the most men, laid upon the altars of Southern liberties the first victim-, led the fast charge, and fired the last gun in defence of Southern homes." He paid a glow ing tribute to the women of the South, of whom he said, history records noth ing equal to their patience under unpar alleled hardships, courage in the lace of peril, and hope in the darkest hour of misfortune. It was the women of the South, 'who, after their cause was crushed, met the veterans in gray on tbe thresholds of desolated homes, and put ting their white arms about them, with bright smiles and encouraging words, inspired them to press onward, and to make the South what she is to-day, Her influence inspired him in battle. Her hand soothed him in sickness. Her voice encouraged bim in poverty, Her efforts rears monuments to perpet uate his memory. And the beautiful memorial custom of strewing Spring's sweetest, rarest treasures upon his grave is an institution sanctified by her love. God bless the women of the South." He spoke in detail of tbe great leaders and generals of the war: "and yet," he said, "I pass this glorious galaxy of patriots and officers to-day and place mv tribute upon tbe humble grave of the men, whose patriotism, patience, endurance and heroism, find their best expression in the fame of the great leaders whose glory rested upon their bayonets." The bdgecombe uuards bad the dis tinction of furnishing the first soldier killed in our civil war Henry Lunstord Wyatt at the battle of Bethel. Vir- einia. Tune 10th, 1861. With three other members ot the company he vol unteered to set fire to a building whicn offered protection to the enemy, and in the effort lost his life. The General As sembly of North Carolina, at its session in 1891. as a token of the appreciation of the valorous deed of Wyatt, had his photograph enlarged and placed in the State Library. Let his name forever live. Let us teach it to our children and wreath it with that sublime sentiment, Died on the field of honor and of duty.'" In conclusion he said, "there is no New South save in the sense that she is stepping more swiftly along the pathway of civilization. She is simpiy tne rro gressive South, for barring the issues settled by the sword, snecnerisnes every memory and principle ot her spienoio oast. The men of the South have no recrets to exnress for that past, but noidine to it as a sacrea treasure, taey dedicate themselves henceforth, to the perpetuation and glory of this Union. When they surrendered at Appomatox, they meant that they would defend the Union, as they bad defended tbe south ern Confederacy. Mr. Carr s address was listened to with profound attention by the vast au dience grouped within and around the Confederate lot. Wben he took nis seat a dirge was played by the Second Regi ment band and then coi. Koger Moore called' the "Roll of Honor;" the anthem, "An Offerine of Flowers to Thee we Bring." was sune by tbe choir, ana witn gentle hands the ladies of the Oakdale Memorial Association laid their annual tribute of flowers uoon the mound and the craves of the Confederate dead. The hymn. "Soldiers of Christ Arise, was then sung by the choir, and the ser vices concluded with the oeneaiction, pronounced bv Rev. A. D. McCIure. As the spectators slowly wended their wavfrom the Confederate Memorial en closure, the Wilmington Light Infantry and the Naval Reserves formed around the monument, Capt, Harriss of -the Light Infantry commanding the bat talion, and fired three volleys of mus ketry over the mound. "We Are Never Disappointed." Progressive A?e. The Wilmington Star completed Its 53rd semi-annual volume on last Sun day. It has enlarged the Sunday issue to eight columns. The Star is the oldest daily in the State, and the first one ol our. exchanges we open, looking for the latest and most interesting news, and we are never disappointed. Register of Deeds Haar issued four marriage licenses the past week. bTAJR. : - rr PYTHIAN CELEBRATION. Visit of the Grand Chanoellor of the Order. Eugene A. Evert, Esq., of . Winston. the Grand Chancellor-'of the order of Knights of Pythias of this State, arrived in this City- yesterday afternoon at 5.50 o clock and was met at the depot by Su preme Representative Thos. D. Meares, Past Chancellors I. L. Greenwald, Thos. W. Strange,' D. H. Lippitt, 'and Past Grand Chancellor W. H. Gerken. (the committee appointed to receive him) and was escorted to the residence of Mr. Thos. D. Meares, whose guest ( he is while in the city. . v ' - ! Promptly at the appointed hour last 1 night the joint meeting of tbe tour Lodges was called to order by Past Chancellor. W. S. Warrock, acting as Chancellor Commander, and the officers mentioned in the Star of yesterday as sumed their respective functions by spe cial request. f rot. (xeo. tiaar of Germania Lodge, presided at the organ. . At a q dock the Grand Chancellor. accompanied by tbe committee, was escorted to the lodge room, and officially introduced to the Lodge by bupreme Representative lbos. D. Meares. .acting as O. M. at A. After assuming tbe chair the Grand Chancellor was wel comed to the city by Past Chancellor Thos. W. Strange, in a well delivered address, which was appropriately re sponded to Ty tbe Grand Chancellor, wbo then proceeded to address the membeis upon the rise and progress of the Order. The address was received with repeated and hearty applause. At the close of the Grand Chancellor's address, short bnt eloquent speeches were delivered by Knights P. B. Man ning, Jno. D. Bellamy, Jr., W. J. Wood ward, Thos. D. Meares, S. H. Fishblate, W. H. Gerken, S. Bebrends and others. The Lodge was then closed in due form, after which retreshments were served and an hour was pleasantly spent in social intercourse. DEATH OF M. LONDON, ESQ. The Oldest and One cf the Moat Promi nent Members of the Bar of Wil mington. Mr. M, London, the oldest member of the Bar of Wilmington, died yesterday at his home in this city, after a lingering illness, a&ed 81 years. Mr. London was born in Wilmington December 25tb, 1812. and with the ex ception of a few years spent elsewhere at intervals, had lived bis whole life in this city. For some years after attaining his majority he was a clerk for the late Alexander Anderson, at that time pos sibly the leading merchant of the then town of Wilmington. He was admitted to the bar in 1840, and from that date, with unvarying success, continued to practice his profession until a few years ago, when failing eyesight enforced his retirement. He was eminently a practical practi tioner, combining with his knowledge of the law, and studious reading, a rare amount of common sense which he steadily applied in the conduct of his causes. He pursued no special line of practice, but was an all-around lawyer of the old school, and with his death passes away the last of a line of attor neys who made the courts and circuits of this State distinguished in other days. Then transportation was difficult, and principally by private convenance over -"county roads," and many are the witty anecdotes and reminisences still extant anent the experiences of those days They related to the journey, the county inn, the .club house and the people of the different counties, and no one among us is left to tell these stories with the zest, the side illustration and pass ing criticism of men and measures as did Mr. London. He had appeared in many celebrated cases and in his prime was a power, the varied phases of his acquirements lead ing often to startling surprises to tbe opposing counsel and resulting generally in their discomfiture, and of these many amusing instances have been told. He was withal a gentleman of espe cial disposition and characteristics, but always of kind heart, and no one was more generous or gave his services more freely to the poor, the needy, or the un fortunate, Although he retired from ac tiye practice several years ago he had a great friendship for tbe younger mem bers of the profession, and to tbe last bis advice Was eagerly sought and freely given upon many a knotty point of the intricacies of tbe law. . Mr. London, was twice married, his first wife being Miss Rachel Troy, of Columbus county, whose father, also a distinguished lawyer, was for thirty years Solicitor of the Judicial Circuit. Of this marriage Mrs. Thos. M. Jones, at pre sent resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mr. Alex. T. London, a prominent law yer of Birmingham, Ala., Mr. John Lon- Lbn. also of Birmingham, ana Mrs. A. R. Campbell of this city, are now living. The late Capt, Robert London, of the Fifth United States Cavalry, was also a child of this marriage. In 1860 Mr. London married Miss Emily Jones, of Virginia, a sister of Capt. Pembroke Jones, and this lady and her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Cronly, ot this city, survive him. Mr. : London passed away yesterday afternoon peacefully, quietly and con scious, to tbe end, surrounded by nis family, all .saving his daughter in New Mexico having been enabled to be with him at the last, The funeral will take place this alter noon at 6 o'clock from his late resi dence, thence to Oakdale cemetery. Croup is Contagious. Bacteriologist Herman M. Biggs, of New 'York, lias made a report to the Board of Health of the result of bis in vestigations into 268 cases of so-called "membraneous croup." He says that his observations justify the conclusion that the disease is nothing- more or less than kryngial diphtheria. He recom mends that membraneous croup should be put on the list of contagious diseases, concerning which reports from physi cians to the Health Board are required. It is said that the recommendation will be adopted. Drowning Aoeldent Hear Ooldsboro. A special dispatch to the Star from Rnlristvwv un that Walter G. Sneer, a young married man. while seining with mends m stony creeic near were, yes- terday, got into a deep hole and was drowned before assistance could reach him. r NO. 28 THE TRUCKERS. Cornea Jut in Time Stall, They Are -Already Berioualy Damaged. . Late as it was, the rain which suited esterday afternoon, says the 'News and 'ourier. baa probably! saved the truck ers many ; .thousand dollars. The rought had been an extraordinary long nd disastrous one, and the farmers, were fbeginning to despair of making any crops t all. Some of them who were seen esterday morning said that in their pinion unless rain came in considerable uantities this weekthe potato crop of this section ' might be i declared to be a auure. It bad, they said, already been leverely iniured. and a few more da'vs of Such weather as they bad been having lor some time oast would about ruin it Completely. t . They spoke especially of the potato prop, because it is the largest and most Valuable, as well as the most generally cultivated, of any of the crops of this lection. It had not suffered alone, how ever. There was, they said, none of the vegetable crops maturing at this season Shich was- not severely injured. The rought had fallen disastrously upon all cf them, and no one could estimate hpw much it had cost the Charleston farmers. . j I Beans, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, fruits aid smaller truck had all suffered. The eitent of the damage varied with the localities. In dry places there were crpps which had already been ruined by thp drought, and which could not be re vived by a veritable downpour, while on th lower lands where tbe earth was nat urllly more moist the plants have held ou manfully, and might yet be saved by a gbod rain. I The Savannah News, referring to the outlook in Georgia, says : 3e rain yesterday did a great deal of for the truck crops as well as the cotton in this section. The vegetables werl drying up from the effects of the drotjght and the rain was badly needed. A truck farmer said last night that the rain s already worth thousands of dol lars sp the truck farmers. The vegetable shipping season is now on and within the text month the markets will be filled! with Savannah products. The ground, which has been dry as powder for nearly a month, was moistened by last nfght's shower,! and from now on vegecakion will fairly jump. SOUTHERN I BAPTISTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE jdONVENTION AT DALLAS. Electicii of Officers The Convention Ser- mon j Fresen) Audience of 8,000 People Committee Beports Considered. y Telegraph to the Morning Star. DaliIas. Texas, May 13. The elec IS tion of Officers for the year by the South ern Baptist Convention was completed by cbosfing Doctors Lansing Burrows, of Augpsta, Ga.. and Oliver Fuller Gregoryl of Baltimore, secretaries: Mr. George Norton, of Louisville, Treasurer; Rev. Wliam Patrick Henry, of Louis ville, Auditor. j The Convention sermon, delivered by Dr. Kerfoot, attracted an audience of 8.000 peifjple. Every inch of the Taber nacle was packed.) It was one of the finest pulpit efforts ever listened to in the Soutii. j After jthe devotional exercises) this morning the Convention proceeded to the consideration of committee reports, which tcbk up most of the morning hour. 11 I A collection was taken up to build a church al Paso del Norte, Mexico, for a Catholic f riest who had become a Bap tist, f . Wednesday morning the excursion for Mexico Hill leave over the Texas and Pacific inl charge of Dr. Bates . of the Western Recorder, and Dr. Nicholas, of Dallas. Between one hundred and two hundred rjelegates will go. At E1 Paso the excursionists will be met by Rev. Dr. Parke who is in charge of the Bap tist Missionary Work in Mexico. The excursionists will visit the City of Mex ico and other points of interest, includ ing the volcano of Popocatapetl. Rev. Join Jumper, a Creek Indian, Is in attendance. I THE WCJEN'S MISSIONARY UNION, an auxiliary of the Baptist Church, met at the First Baptist church at 9 o'clock this morning, and; after religious exer cises conducted bye Mrs. S. Wilson, of Georgia, aid the reading ot the minutes by Miss Wright, of Georgia, the State reports wire resumed, the following being the! delegates!! Miss Broadus, Kentucky; lrs. McLeod, Louisiana; Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Keller, Maryland; Miss Mcintosh, South Carolina; Mrs. Ayen. Mississippi; Mrs. Johnson, Mis souri, il f J The Central Committee was intro duced by Miss M. E. Mcintosh, of South Carolina, followed b a general discus sion. These discussions were limited to a five-minue speech from each partici pant, thereto tnumpnanuy aemonsirai ing womenls ability to compress much thought int a very limited amount of time. It a&o brought to the platform women of many States and of different types; the Ionian of grave expression, followed byjja sister (who tempered her seriousness twith the gift of humor. They also demonstrated their earnest ness by remaining unembarrassed, wben some other! -sister would call out: "Louder." if I Mrs. Grudfip, of Arkansas, told how their State organization conquered the opposition of the brethren. That re minded one that even in good works one bas to be very wise and as harmless as a dove. Policy was used on the well-meaning, but! obstinate broth ers. The ladies J refrained from opening their mouths in public, but 'wofked on te stronger element in pri vate nntil thfy suggested that six women should be appointed as a wonting com mittee by the brethren, who. of course, wree obliged to stand by the sisters whom tbey bad appointed. Mrs. Buroham, of Missouri, brought forward the method of appointing vice presidents throughout the. State, believ ing that when you find the right woman and get close to her she will find the way to do th wort. Other-ladies took an active part in the discussion. Miss Agne Osborne, of Fort Worth, brought over her model band, who, as Sunday School scholars and little mis sionaries, halre accomplished something. All the otdoits in the city will be filled to-morrow by visitors of the Baptist di vines. The conference lasts till Tuesday. The Baptists of Dallas tendered a recep- tion to tbe 'visiting ladies at the Avenue Hotel. which was attended by several hundred. "One or tlil Brlghteat and Clcaneat," tWXamston Sun. The 5Srcf semi-annual volume of the Wilmington; Star was celebrated by enlarging its Sunday issue. The Star is one of the brightest and cleanest sheets in Korth Carolina, and we are glad to see this sign of progress and prosperity Long life to the Star. Mrs. 'fulcahy Sure, Mike must j have gtaM medicine since he wmt in I the army. j He! writes home that he s a .1 argent.! Jgarpers tsazar URPENTINE. - Winston Republican : Deoutv Collector W. C. Troy reports the seizure1 near Liberty, Randolph county, of the registered distillery of J. C. Foust, also a -lot of whiskey, etc., on account of irreg ularities. - Mount -Airy News A 1 three- " year old-child, near Delk, followed its father, Frank East, to his still house, when he, while drunk, gave it enough liquor to drink to cause its death in a few hours. Mecklenburg Times : Gover nor Carr yesterday made requisition on the Governor of Florida tor Ed. Whit ley, the negro who is in jail at Tallahas see, and wbo is charged with the mur- -der of police officer Moran here ind89& ' Salisbury Herald-. Mrs. Billy Plaster, of Enochville. and her grandson , were in a wagon Tuesday when their horse ran away. Mrs. Plaster was thrown Out and died in about an hour from con cussion of the brain. She was 87 years old. . , Jonesboro Progress; A few days ago .Mrs. Margaret McNeil, who lives near Broadway, and who is 96 years of age, gave a dinner to her children, grand children and great-grand-children and some of her friends. There were nearly two hundred present and they enjoyed the occasion very much. Notwithstand- " ing Mrs. McNeil's great age, she is in good health and can go about tbe house without assistance. Warrenton Record: . Mr. A. D. Alston, Jr., son of A. D. Alston, of this county, died in AtlantaGa., last Satur- - day. -We are told by a number of our farmers that more cotton has been planted this year than last. We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs. Harriet Thrower, of Slxpound township, which occurred on Tuesday. ffom pneumonia. Mrs. Thrower was 71 years old last Sunday, . Clinton Democrat: Judson Thomas was severely bitten by a sup posed mad dog near Hallsville, Duplin, county, some days ago. He was cross ing a swamp in the night and met a dog which viciously attacked him and bit him on tbe leg. He kicked tbe dog which -then grabbed his arm near the wrist and bit him severels. In the mean time Thomas drew his knife, stabbed the dog to death and went on borne. On learn- . ing that the dog was mad, he applied mad stones to his wounds, and has thus far developed nosymptoms of hydropho bia. Goats which were bitten by the same dog have gone mad. Tarboro Southerner: Whoever heard of so many fires in the country so many barns being bursed, so many stables destroyed ? The last fire of this sort in the county occurred last Friday night near Battleboro. Mr. Frank Rol lins had his stables burned down, and in the fire lost not only his feed but two horses. One of his. mules was badly burned, but will probably live. Mr. Rol lins' loss is heavp. We have not heard whether he was - Insured or not. The cause of the fire is unknown, but suppo sition says it was incendiarism. It seems ' as if nobody is safe. Monroe Enquirer: The little daughter of Mr. S. A. Yandle, of Vance township, who was burned about five weeks ago. died on the 1st inst. Death was indeed sweet relief to her. For four weeks she suffered the greatest agpny. .i The barn and stables of ' Miss Louise Godin, a maiden lady who lives near Olive Branch, in New Salem township, went up in smoke a - few nights ago. Miss Godin had; by good management and ec6noray, filled her barn with corn, wheat, &c, enough to . last for several months, but the torch of ah incendiary destroyed in a few minutes the fruits of many days' hard labor. " Hendersoriville Gold Leaf : Mr. M. B. Prince has just received tbe pain ful intelligence of the death of his brother, Mr. William Prince, which oc curred February 26th, at Chayanta, Bo livia, South -America. What adds pain ful interest to the distressing news is the further fact that Mr. Prince came to his death bv foul play. He was a bachelor and lived alone. He was in the babit of entertaining friends and strangers alike, and on the night of his death extended the hospitality of his roof and board to two men. one of tbem a stranger to him. Next morning he was found dead, with evidences that he bad been stricken a blow on the head. His watch, revolver and money were gone, as : were the scoundrels who had committed the dia bolical crime. Deceased was a miner,' and had been in Bolivia thirteen years. COL. BRECKINRIDGE. The Women of Kentucky Up in Arma Against Him A Lively Time Expected at the Meeting to be Held Monday. -By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. Lexington, May 12. The city was full ot people from this and surrounding counties to-day to attend the races, and a careful investigation showed that Col. Breckinridge will have more opposition than was at first supposed. Gen. W.H. Gentry, one of Fayette coun ty's prominent farmers, is working up in terest in the ladies' anti-Breckinridge mass meeting to be beld bere Monday afternoon and be said in an interview to-night: "There is a perfect ground-swell against Breckinridge since be delivered bis speeches and attacked the. preachers of the Gospel. The women are hot only up in arms against bim,. but tbe bet ter element of our farmers condemn him. You will see one ot the biggest meetings Monday you ever saw. It will be pre sided over by one of tbe best men in tbe district, but I am unable to give you his name. The resolutions will be written by one who can set forth a state of facts and from what I have heard they will be something remarkable. Our women wilUurn out in force, all our col lege professors will be present, a num ber ot the leading business men will.be on tbe stage, and you can say there will be some sensational things said." . Everybody is talking about the cam paign, and if Breckinridge wins he will have to do some wonderful work, ac cording to what his opponents say. IRISHMEN fN SESSION. President .Wither Bays it la tho Duty of Hibernians to right the A. P. A. Omaha, Neb., May Jl. After the report of the Committee on Revision of the Constitution had been read to the delegates at the National Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians this morning, National Delegate Wither read his annual address. After urging that the Stars and Stripes be raised over Catholic schools,- Presi dent Wither said: "In these modern times, when the de scendants of . the Revolutionary Tories are organizing over all the land for the avowed purpose of ostracising and de strovincr as in business, public and social life, our protests cannot be too strong and our vindication oi tne trutn oi nis- I torv too pointed. It is our duty to our I selves, to our children, and to -our chil- dren't-children to stand up like manly, men and combat this modern knownoth ingism, which is spreading over the land in the guise of an organization called A. P A. "In my judgment, brethren, it is our duty to fight this un-American order and its professed principles with every weapon with which American freemen should fight against the accursed spirit of bigotry and intolerance, which should find no place under free institutions, but which, unfortunately, runs riot through our country at the present time." 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