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NEW ENGLAND THRIJT. s
The New England people may
have some traits that are not attrac
tive but they have some that other
people might consider themselves
fortunate in possessing. There is no
oilier peopl'- in the world who could
liavt'iiikni a section as unfavored as
tin irs is by nature and have made it
wh it it is, a center of wealth because
a center" if me'ntal activity and of
iii.i vellous thrift. Speaking twenty
five yeais ago of the possibilities of
the South Edward Atkinson, of Bos
ton, remarked i hat "if the Yankees
Ii.iJ the cotton plant they could
throw away the lint and get rich."
That was a compliment to New Eng
land thrift, which although exagge
r 1 1 til had a good deal of truth in it.
Naturally, from the standpoint of
wraith producing resources, there is
ho comparison between -the South
ami the West and the Eastern States,
iii) yet when the people of the
S nitii or of the Wsr. want to borrow
large sums of money they look to the
Kast for it, and f they can pay the
interest demanded and give the
security required they can get all
they want. ' The fact is that New
. England and a few of the neighbor
ing States control the money volume
of this country, and do the money
lending for the country.
Why is it that . this section, natur
ally the poorest, has become the
wealthiest, and can lend money to
people who ought to be able to lend
it to "them? The answer would be,
and it is the only answer that can be
made, they have the knack of mak
ing money and the thrift to save it,
turn it to good account and make it
make more money. They do not
hide it away in stockings nor bury
it in the ground
Let us take Massachusetts, the
leading State of the New Engla'nd
group, as an illustration. The peo
ple of that State know the value of
money, know how to make it and
how to make the dollars multiply by
keeping them moving and earning
interest. They know it is only a
question ol time when the money
lender will get rich if he has a suffi
cient amount of money to lend and
.his loans are safely made. Massa
chusetts knows the value of the
savings bank and hence we find
the savings banks of that State
credited with deposits amounting in
the aggregate to $400,000,000 which
is $300 per capita, or about $1,600 to
the average family. This does not
represent the wealth of the average
family but simply the money de
posited to be loaned at interest and
to go into circulation there or some
where else. If these figures be cor
rect irmeans that' the savings banks
of Massachusetts hold about one
fourth of the total . volume of cur
rency for the whole country, and
must be when there is a demand for
money a source of princely revenue
for the people of that State.
it might be asked how she made
all this money which she has saved I
auiLpm m mese savings banks? she
did it by utilizing her water-powers,
and steam, and manufacturing
the cotton grown in the South, the
wool and the hides of the West, and
otheV things large and small that
people needed and had to buy. The
cotton she bought from the South
lor ten cents a pound or less, she
wove into cloth and sold back to the
South at twenty cents or more. The
wool she bought from the West for,
less than twenty cents a pound, she
wove into cloth and sold back to the
West for seventy-five cents or more
i e niues wmcb she bought from th
West she made into shnpc anri cri A
hark - k ut . r - .. 7
- "c csu lor many times
what she paid for them. In all thes
transact ions she was favored by the
peculiar legislation known as
the protective tariff, which en
abled her to put her own
price on the cotton, wool and hides
she bought and also her own price on
the cotton and woollen cloth ana
shoes, belting, etc., which she sold.
ihese two tacts the manufactory
me savings Dank being run to
thlter estab,IlshesJthe other fact tbat
mese DeODle understand rmth th.
methods of making money and pow
to utilize it after it is made. Take
warthe savings banks and the $400,
W0.000 represented in this statement
would be practically so much dead
and buried capital doing not a tithe
ot the good, perhaps, which it is now
doing. , .
Ihe manufactories of the South
are increasing right along, for we
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VOL. XXV.
have discovered that we were not de
riving the profit from the raw mate
rials that we taise that we should
have, but one hindrance to the work
of erecting factories has been the
need of money. Even the money we
had was hot fully- available because
it was hidden away and we lacked
the agency of the savings bank to
put it out where it would do the
most good and assist in the estab
lishment of new enterprises. . There
is a scarcity of money in circulation
in the South and yet there are mil'
lions of dollars hid away where they
are doing no one any good. As we
are moving on in the work of erect
ing manufactories we might, take a
lesson from New England thrift and
make our money available for fur
therdevelopement or as. an interest
gatherer. We; have some savings
banks in the South, which as lar'ns
we know . have beeff successlully
managed, ; but every town in the
South-should have one or more.
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scription to ; the WeeklyStar re
cently ? If so,js it correct ? If cor
rect, why not pay it ? Is there a man
on earth who can print a newspaper
for nothing and pay the, postage be
sides? Can a farmer give away his
corn, and cotton, and - wheat, and
chickens, and eggs, and keep out of
the poor-house ? If so, let us have
the recipe. It will be valuable to us
just now. ' ; f
HTJT0B. MEJfTIOB.
Senator Peffer, of Kansas, is a
man of some -originality, but like
Senator Hill he doesn't seem to have
very much influence. The additional
section which he proposed to the tar
iff bill Friday, levying a duty of $50
on every foreigner coming to this
country to engage in any industrial
occupation, was somewhat on the
original -line, although it is not
the first time that a head tax has
been . suggested. Mr. Peffer didn't
elaborate his views, for Senator Har
ris, who seemed to regard Mr.
Peffer's proposition somewhat in the
light of a joke, cut the business short
by moving to lay the Senator
on the table, on the .assumption
that his ' proposition would go with
htm. Mr. Peffer didn't gobn""lhe
table but his proposition did. There
has been a good deal of discussion of
the immigration problem, and states
men have vexed their wits to devise
plans which would keep out the un
desirable elements and bring to'our
shores only such as would make use
ful and valuable citizens, but not
withstanding this legislation large
numbers of the undesirable kind still
cont inue to tome- wt w catnt.
Peffer intended his proposed clause
as a revenue raiser or an
immigration extinguisher he did
not state, but 1 he struck the
solution of the immigration prob
lem in a heroic and much more
effective way than all the restrictive
legislation so far passed. : A head
tax, or duty as' he called ir, of $50
would effectually shut out the pauper
element, and while it might exclude
many industrious and' unobjec
tionable people would at the
sara: time, close the gates against
the vicious and lawless class
which has . been figuring so
conspicuously in the late coal strike
and riots. The immigration is not
very heavy now, for- the industrial
paralysis from which this country
has been suffering for some time has
had a tendency to check it, but if it
should, continue In the future as it
has in the past it is only a question
of time when such. a method as Sena
tor Peffer suggested must be re
sorted to in self defence.
For years the Republican states
men have been endeavoring to break
the "solid South," to effect which
they have resorted to and attempted
legislation of the most offensive and
despotic character. In every politi
cal debate in Congress the "solid
South" always looms up as a subject
of criticism and . abuse, and the
stump speaker and editorial organ
grinder are never more congenially
Employed than when whacking at and
Working themselves into a white heat
bver the "solid South." They pre
jtend not to understand why the South
is solid, and perhaps some of them do
not. In the dispatch published in
the Star yesterday giving an account
of the Republican Congressional
Convention held at Weldon, the
enquiring, Northern Republican, who
is anxious for information, will find
one reason, at least, and a pretty
good one, why Southern white men
are Democrats, and why the South
I is solid. After describinfir the monkey
1 . . .. . .
and parrot time the rival factions
bad, the dispatch states that "among
the spectators were several . Northern
capitalists, who are engaged in de
veloping the Great Falls water-
power. It was a circus to them, and
they said they could now see
why white men of the South are
Democrats." The inference from
tha i that thev couldn't sft It
before, and that this object' lesson
had opened their eyes. It would
doubtless have a decided eye-opening
influence if the Northern Republicans
generally could get a good square
look at one of our orthodox South
ern Republican conventions, we
have fitted up trains of cars in the
South to carry Southern products
I through the North to educate these
-in n-
people as - to the . resources of the
South. It wouldn't be a bad idea if
we could put a convention like the
Weldon convention . on wheels and
; make a tour of the North with it as'a
free show and an eye-opening object
lesson to our benighted Republican
fellow-citizens who can't understand"
why the Soutfi is solid.. " . . .
In striking contrast to the dilly
dallying, cowardly way in which
some States have, dealt with the late
labor troubles and the. lawless ele
ment that figured in them, and the
gingerly way in which riotous strikes
and strikers are so often; referred to
in political gatherings, we commend
the following honest and manly ut
terance taken from the platform
adopted by the Democracy of-Penn
sylvania in. its recent State Conven
tion at Harrisburg s-.' ' 'C
' "We recognize the right of every citi
zen to be protected in the privilege to
wo'k when and for whom and at- what
wages be will. It is the duty of the Stat
to maintain. for him - that right. The
highways of the Commonwealth .should
be open to all who lawfully traverse them
and the path to proper employment
should not be obstructed by any unau
thorized power.' i .; " v
"None the less we condemn the in
sincerity and inconsistency of those
who clamor loudly for protection to
American industries and yet seek
every occasion and . lose no oppor
tunity to supplant it with, cheap, im
ported pauper labor. We denounce the
bvpocriie who pretends zeal for the lm
i rayemeni of the social condition of the
American workiogtnen and yet displaces
and evicts them for aliens, ignorant of
our laws and foreign to our institutions.
We stand for. the rigid enforcement of
all the laws of the Commonwealth en
acted to protect the lives and preserve
(he hea tb of wagc-aarners, and to secure
lor them the prompt and, regular pay
ment of their wages
in money of undi-
minished purchasing power.'
This is brave,
American talk,
which may not please the striker
who fancies he has not only the
right to strike, but to persecute
every workman who refuses to strike
with him, or desires to work to earn
bread-for his family, when he, the
striker, decides not to ; work. If
every convention which meets went
upon record as unequivocally and
bravely as this, and asserted the
right of the workman to be pro
tected from the mob, there would
be tewer mobs and less of the law
less violence and outrage which have
disgraced'several of the States and
made the authorities entrusted with
the enforcement of the law a laugh
ing stock.
We haye referred in these columns
to the possibilities of North Caro-
TmasoirOTaeTpropci ...
grain producer,' and have cited in-
t ances if some large yields. This
has not been a very good year for
wheat in this State, in consequence
of the late frosts, droughts, &c, but
ex Governor Holt raised on eighty
acres of his Davidson county farm
forty six bushels to the acre, which
would be considered a prize. crop in
the best wheat-growing States in the
Union. This yield will be appreci
ated when it . is known that it is
nearly four times as large as the av
erage yield per acre for the United
States, and over six times as large as
the average yield for North Carolina.
This farm is not remarkable for nat
ural fertility, although it is located
in a good agricultural section,; but
there , are very few farms about it
which can show anything like such a
productive record, although many of
them might if the same intelligent
and thorough methods were pursued.
This'yield shows what North Caro
lina soil is capable of under good
good management.
A MOSQUITO CURE.
A Simplo Remedy for a Oreat E Til If
S True.
Though a little late for planting the
castor bean, the following is well worth
trying, even now :
Mr. Francis McCab. who comes from
Seagirt, N. J., where the mosquitoes are
so thick and savage that they have been
known to eat a 'blanket off a horse, says,
according to the Washington Star, that
several years ago he read in a newspaper
that the people in the iungles of India
protected themselves from the pest by
planting castor beans around their
houses. He tried the experiment and
found IV a great success. '"Now," he
says, "although the mosquitoes may be
so thick 100 yards away that you cannot
see the stars they never' come near my
house. I have several of the plants set
out in my garden, while on the rear and
side porches they grown in tubs. I have
heard that a poisonous substance on the
under side of the leaf Ot the pal ma chris
ti. which is the technical name, kills the
long-billed imps of voracity. The pre
vention is not only; absolute, but the
plants add greatly to the attractiveness
of the house, and cost very little."
Should any . of the readers of the Star
.ry the experiment, they will please re
port results, j , . . '
. Tiddle-de-Wlmlsa.
This is the name of an amusing little
booklet, which seems to be everywhere
in the city. It is put out by the Brown
Chemical Company, Baltimore, Md., the
manufacturers of Brown's Iron Bitters;
and anyone who has
not received a copy
should ask his druggist for one, as it
contains lots of fun for the children.
Everybody should get Tiddle-de-Winks,
which is given away jfreev If the drug-
- . -
gist has distributed all te had, send a
- . j. , '
two-cent sump to the Brown Chemical
I Company and it will be mailed free.
J Id
Weekly-
; WILMINGTON N. C,,
FOR YOUR SCRAP BOOK. .
A Taw More Beeipet Which Hav Been I
. ' j - Tried With Beilafttotory HeaulU." . j
: Por the' benefit of the housewife, wboJ-i
alone can be relied on when it comes to
household matters, the Star gives ' the
annexed recipes: - ;v.';'':;'!'-' v
. velvet, breakfast cakes. ' I
Take' a pint of warm milk, add two I
eggs well beaten, half a gill of yeast, or
quarter of a yeast cake dissolved in a lit
tle luke-warm water, a teaspobnfnl of
soft butter and a teaspoon Tul of salt.
Stir into it sufficient flour to make a soft
dough and set it in a warm place to rise
(three hours in the summer, or until
Jight in the winter); dip your bands in
flour and work the dough down. " Make
it into small flat cakes. , lay tfiem on a
buttered tin quite near each' other, and
brush them over the top with milk and
bake them in a hot oven 12 or 15 "min
utes. These cakes may be made at night
and baked as rolls for breakfast.
TO MIX MUSTARD.'
Mix mustard with water that has been
boiled and allowed to cool; hot water de
stroys its essential properties. , Put the
mustard in a cup with a small pinch Of
salt, and mix with it very gradually suffi
cient boiled water to make it drop from
the spoon , without being watery, i Stir
and rub smooth; then add to a teacupful
.of the mustard two tablespoonfuls of
good, sharp vinegar and a scant te,a
spoonful ot sugar.- A teaspoonf ul of
horse-Tad ish or tarragon vinegar may be
added to the above if liked, or mustard
may be flavored with celery of shallots,
though it is not customary in this coun
try to add any flavoring to the mustard,
the flavor of the mustard itself being
considered sufficient, i
- BLACKBERRY brandy. -'
Blackberry brandy, which is a famous
old-time preparation, is put up in many
families purely as a medicine, its efficacy
being generally acknowledged. . Put
about lour quarts of blackberries into a
stone jar and set the jar in a pot of
warm water over the " fire.' Let the
water boil for half an hour. At the
end of this time strain the berries,
pressing out all the juice. Add half a
pound of sugar to every pint of juice,
and to every two pounds of sugar used
half an ounce ' each of powdered cinna
mon, powdered allspice and grated nut
meg. Let the mixture boil for two
hours. Add half a pint of pure French
brandy to every quart ot juice Used in
the preparation. Bottle the mixture
and set away for about three months to
become mellowed. It will keep for
years, and that which is to be used - one
Summer should- be prepared the Sum
mer before. - - , . -
THE KITCHEN MARKET
Abundantly 8nppUed with Vegetables and
Iruita in Season, Flab, Fowla, eto
The fruits and vegetables with which
the city markets are now supplied are
sufficient in quantity and variety tb meet
all reasonable demands, i
I At Front street market yesterday
watermelons were on sale at 30 to 40c.;
cantaloupes, 10 to 15c.; strawberries, 10c.
per quart; blackberries, Sc.; huckleber
ries, 10c.; apples, 5c. per quart,
j In the vegetable line, green corn sold
at 10 to 15c per dozen; cucumbers, 5c;
eahhanre. 4 to 5c per head; tomatoes. 10c
per quart; outtei-ueaus, tw, pci
ZWT" pci quail.
snap beans, 5c; green peas, 15c; squashes.
5c per dozen; onions 5c per bunch.
: In the fish market) there were mullets
at 10c per string; pigfish, croakers, sand
perch and flounders at the same price.and
sturgeon at 5c per pound. Channel
crabs sold at 10c per dozen; rock crabs,
2 for 5 cents; shrimp, 15c per quart.
Spring chickens were in good supply
at 12 to 20c. apiece; and grown fowls,
2530c. Eggs, 12Jc per dozen.
Death of Mr. Geo. T. MoDuffie.
The friends ot Mr. Geo. T. McDuffie
will regret to learn of his death, which
occurred yesterday at his mother's resi
dence on Chesnut street, at ten a. m.
Mr. McDuffie was popular and" well
known, especially among railroad men.
having pulled the throttle on a
Coast Line ; engine for several years.
He was about thirty years old, and had
been married but a year and three days.'
He leaves a widow, a mother, three
sisters and a brother (Mr. J. D. Mc
Duffie, of the police force) to mourn his
death. The deceased : was a man
of - good habits, and a member
.of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,'
the . Masonic fraternity.' Knights of
Pythias, the Chosen Friends and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He had been sick only two weeks. The
remains will be taken to Tarboro this
morning for interment.
Hever Too list to Learn.
A celebrated lawyer and member of
Congress, who has now reached his 84th
year, said recently to a young man who
commented admiringly on his store of
general information: "I have gone to
bed early whenever I could do so and
read myself to sleep with an ency
clopaedia. It is the best education in
the world." Give your boy or girl that
kind of an education. You can afford
to buy the American Encyclopaedic Dic
tionary, for this paper offers it to you in
parts at so ridiculously low a figure
that it is within the reach of every
reader. ' The terms are given in the an
nouncement printed in another column.
Twelve Parts may now be ordered
through the Star. One coupon and 17
cents (which includes postage) for each
Part. --:": : mmm' - '
The 19ew A. C. Ii..Boad. .
Concerning the survey of the proposed
new road between Augusta and Charles
ton, the News and Courier says:
Col. Gardner, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, who has been at the head of al
most every engineering corps that the
system has had out for many years, was
in the city yesterday. Tbe corps of men
at work between here and Augusta is
said to be getting along very well. Those
who have been along tbe line say tnat
the line is being staked off and that
there is every indication that the projec
tors mean business. ' Li
There seems to be a growing, senti
ment among the business men of the
city that the new road is going to be
built. The idea is that there couia
never have been a more favorable, time
for the project to haye been advanced.
J. H. Lombard & Co., of -New
Orleans (and perhaps other places), who
are sending circulars and tickets all over
I'the country guaranteeing prizes, are
eighteen-carat frauds. Beware of them.
FRIDAY;, JULY 6,11894.
'-. MR
rr PS
GEORGE HECK
A Confidence M
.i Who Appears to Have
Imposed Upon a tfnmbei1 of Persons in
AahevUla. ' I
For some lim past Mr.. Ednard Pes
chau. Imperial j&erman Vice Consul at
Wilmington', has- been in -receipt of
numerous letters making inquiry; as to
one George Heck, who it appears arrived
in Asheville in February last, and Iroxn
alt accounts has played "the confidence
game' wittf great success on some of
the good people of that and other places
in the State. '" '; U'
In May last Mf. Peschau received a
letter, of whici the following is a copy :
'.-',' ASHKYULR; N. C.; May 28. 1894.: 1
Imperial German Consulate, Wilmington
- A'.c-;. - ...v -
I have some documents which must
be certified td by your office ,
'Will you please kindly inform me by
return mail If I can-get it done any time
this week, or tiot. as. I warn to come to
Wilmington fn person. ' "
Yfturs. truly,
r & Geo. Heck.
Address Gjto. Heck, AsheviHe, N. C.
P. S. Enclosed : you will please find
stamps for answer. . ' : -G. H.-
Mr. Peschau replied promptly, under
date oi May 29th, directing Mr. Heck to
have the document certified to by the
Clerk of the Superior Court of his county
and sent to him (Mr. Peschau) for legali
zation. : - - ,, . ' ;'
Nothing more was heard of the mat
ter, and later letters began to pour
in M upon- Mr. Peschau. The post
master at Asheville . wrote : "Mr.
'Heck was engaged to be married to an
estimable young lady, and the last heard
from him, he was in Washington, D. C
June 6th. He showed me a letter, pur
porting to be from Eduard Peschau, con
sul of Wilmington, in which it was said,
a large sum of money was in your hands
to be delivered to him." " i
The father of the young lady wrote,
that Heck represented that his uncle.'
Hans Flyschaus, of Lyons, France, a silk
manufacturer, died the 9th of April last,
of apoplexy in Heidelberg, Germany, at
the office of his friend, notary Fnedburg,
and was buried in Wurzburg, Bavaria,
April 11. He left one-third of his pro
perty to Heck 153,000 in money, one
third of the silk factory at Lyons, and
some real estate in Germany. Heck
showed documents to prove his state-:
ments. He had been living in Asheville
several months, and travelled frequently
to Cincinnati and Charleston ostensibly
in behalf of his estate. The day for his
marriage bad been appointed and- all
preparations made when he left Ashe
ville, to-be in Wilmington the
4th : of - June, - he said, to get his
$53,000. But on the 6th ot that
month he was heard from in Washing
ton, D. C on his way to New York to
get silks from the customhouse there.
He had selected a site for a residence in
Asheville, and his credit on the strength
of his representations was apparently un-
Jimited. j
It is scarcely necessary to say that the
story about the $53,000 Is all a myth a
fraud. Mr. Peschau never heard of the
man before the receipt of the letter pub
lished . above, which was probably
written to obtain an envelope addressed
to himself with the official stamp ot the
vice-consulate upon it, that he might
use in the game - of deception he was
Change of Schedule. j
A change of schedule will go into
effect on the Carolina Central next
Sunday, under which trains will run as
follows: The morning train will leave
here at 9 o'clock, running as a mixed
train to Hamlet, where connection will
be made with the fast passenger train for
Charlotte. The day train will leave
Charlotte at 5.45 a. m., and connect at
Hamlet with the train which will reach
Wilmington at 4.45 p. m. This train
will run daily except Sundays. The
evening train will leave here at 7.30
o'clock, making connection at Monroe
for all Southern and Western points
with the Vestibule Train. -
Close connection is also made for
points m Western North Carolina by
this train. The night train will leave
Charlotte at 9.05 p. nu and reach here
next morning at 7.50. Passengers from
Western North Carolina make connec
tion with this train at Monroe, and pas
sengers from Southern points will change
from the Vestibule- to this tram at
Monroe at 10.35 n. m. Mails will be
carried on the night train.
Coming to Wilmington.
Well, they are coming that is, the
Grocers' Union of Charlotte haye de
cided to bring their excursion to Wil
mington, and the date is July 16th.
They say they are going to bring the
biggest crowd ot tbe season. The Star
told them recently, when they had sev
eral other points under consideration
that Wilmington was the great excursion
centre of the State and was just the place
they were looking for.
The FayettevOle Gunners.
A few of the members of the Fayette-
ville gun club took a turn at the clay
pigeons a day or two since with the fol
lowing result :
H. M. Pemberton, 21 shots. . . . . . . . . .18
H. W. Lillv. 21 shots .18
R. O. Whitaker. 10 shots. ........... 1
Marsden Haigh, 10 shots . . ...... 0
Louis B. Hale. 10 shots 0
The Pemberton and Lilly .scores are
very good; but there are several other
members ot the Fayetteville club who
are" excellent -wing shots, and the his-
toric city can place a team of five before
kuc traps uuu wuuiu uc uau w usai.
Masonio Excursion from Baleigh.
A Mason writes the Star: "The Ma
sonic fraternity ot Raleigh, have under
consideration an excursion to this city
and its numerous "surrounding watering
places July 81st and August 1st. to which
we would sav. .come along as we are al
ways glad' to see you, but be sure and
bring with you Brother Bradley and
Fuller, if you intend .going to sea, and
any others who enjoyed the excursion
given to the Grand Lodge at its recent
session here." - - 1
Westbrook's Imek.
The Mt, Olive correspondent of the
Goldsboro Headlight writes
"Now as Mr. J. A. Westbrook has
finished up his strawberry shipments,
I have it from reliable authority that his
total sales 1 from thirty acres amounted
to nearly $13,000, leaving Mr. west
brook the possessor of a small . fortune
as net profit. The late freeze was cer-
taialv "a blessing in disguise ior Mr.
Westbrook. Some of his berries .sold as
high as 65 cents per quart,'
POSTMASTEB.S' SALARIES.
Inoreaae and Deoreaee of Salariea of K. C.
Poatinaatm-tfoi Change at Wilmlnjt-
- ton. . I "
y: Of Uuf thirty-six Presidential post
offices in North Carolina, chances in
salaries of postmasters have been made
in fourteen as follows: - - r j
. Salem has been (reduced from ftl.600
to $1,500, and Winston frofm $2,900 to
f.uu. - .1 . . :
- Increase of salaries has been made
as follows: " - f .
Chapel Hill. 11,200 to il.400: Char-
lotte. $2,600 to $2700; Concord, $1,500
to $1,600: Elizabeth! Citv. tl.500 to 11.-
600; High Point, $400 to $1,500; Kins-
ton, 1.3W to Sl,4; KeldsvUIe, $1,600
to $1,700; Rockicgham. $1,000 to $1,100;
; Rocky Mount. $1,400 to $1,500; Shelby,
$1,000 to $1,100; Statesville, $1,700 to
$1,900; Washington; $1,500 to $1,600. .
- There is no change in the salary of the
Tcr:iM!.. . . ,
, iiuiui;iuu juai.iivi9icr, wmco remains
at $2,800. Wilmington and Winston, it
will be seen, are at he head of the list.
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interstatetournament
Of Qnn Clnbi to be pteld In WilmtnRton,
September nineteenth and Twentieth. 1
At a meeting of tle'Eastern Dog and
Game Protective Association yesterday
evening at mc vuv naiir xne proposi
tion of the Greensboro Gun Club, to
turn over the Interstate Tournament of
gun clubs to the Wilmington Associa
tion, was accepted. The tournament.
will, therefore, be held in this city Sep
tember 19th and 1 20th. .Clubs from
South Carolina. Gtorcia. Vircinia and
Tennessee, as wellf as clubs in North
Carolina, and individual shooters repre
senting the different powder and gun
manufactories throughout the country,.
are requested to atoend. .
NEWS AND OBSEIVER TO BE SOLD
. Raleish Nevik and Observer
Yesterday the DQODertv ot the News
and Observer Co. passed into the hands
ot a receiver. Tbe application was made
by the R. F. Morris! and Son Manufac
turing Co., of Durham, and Tudge Wbit-
aker appointed William- C. Holman, of
Kaieigb, to take the property m posses
sion and continue the publication until
the sale. The day pi sale was set for
July 16th. The terms are one-third cash.
balance in six and twelve months.
The sale will takeiplace as speedily as
possible, and tbe paper will we doubt
not be continued by( the purchasers right
straight along and with some little ad
aptions to the plant that will save some
expenses, tbe property Will, in our judg
ment, make profit fpr its owners.
Bepublloan Convention at Weldon.
The Republican I convention . of the
Second Congressiomal district met at
Weldon -last Wednesday, and after
wrangling all day aid night, adjourned
without making a nomination Cheat-
bam in the lead. A dispatch to the
Star says that,. there will doubtless-be
two candidates in the field Cheatham
and White both) colored. White is
Solicitor of the Second Judicial district.
and lives in Newbesrn. He is a brother-
in-law of Cheathan.
Mr. L. L. Jenkins, Cashier of
Tbe National Bank of Wilmington, re
ceived a telegram last night from Mr.
Jno. f . Love, - a (prominent citizen of
thr?e-year-oBC
scalded to death.) No further particu
lars. I
Henry B. Adams, of Union, is
added to the list )of candidates for the
Congressional Democratic nomination in
this District. But; be isn't "another Rich
mond, as suggested by the Charlotte
Observer. Le Grand vand . McNeill are
the two "Ricbmbnds,"a'nd that's enough
for one county, j
Another Boat for 'Carolina Beaoh.
The Star is informed that the steam-
boat 27. Murchi.
ton has been chartered
by Mr. Hans AJ
Kure to run the Caro
lina Beach schedule on the river the re
mainder of tbe Season. The Murchison
is a faster and more commodious boat
than the Clarence.
Funeral of tbe Zate Mrs. Orrell.
The funeral of Mrs. S. E. Orrell,
mother of Captain Robert C. Orrell, took
place yesterda afternoon at five o'clock,
from her late riesidence oa Fourth street,
Rev. W. C. Narman conducting the cer
emony. The remains were taicen to
Oakdale Cemetery for interment. The
pallbearers were Messrs. W. M. Poisson,
William H. Shaw,, Charles H. Bell, S.
G. Hall, John! Rouark, A. W. Watson. ;
Cape Few Caip No.54, N. O. V.
At a meeting of the Executive Coun
cil of : Cape j tear Camp No. 254 of
United Confederate Veterans, held June
29th, 1894, the following Veterans were
unanimously! elected members of the
Camp:: Sanmel Cannon, Wm. L. Har
low, DeLronf Fillyaw, -Thos. A. Brown.
It was decided to bold a reunion and
basket picnih of the Camp at Wrights-
ville Sound on Friday, the 13th juiy,
1894. -m
September later-State Bboot.
The inter-Sute pigeon shoot an
nounced to take place here in . Septem
ber is ot some importance to Wilming
ton, and it Is hoped the home club may
be able to offer prizes of sufficient value
to induce a large attendance of visitors.
These events are desirable to a city be
cause they bring many strangers, who
not only spend their money freely dur-
I ig their stay of two or three days, but
I wno, if cordially received and hospitably
I treated, ero away with good impressions
I 0f their visit and each of whom become,
I a rort of talking advertisement for the
city.
A good attendance is expected at the
September shoot, and it may reach two
hundred or more, as it is open to all
States.' This, ot course, is contingent on
the value o the prizes and the extent of
the reduction in railroad fare.
Copious Rains High Temperature.
There wis heavy rainfall yesterday in
the Wilmington district of the cotton
belt. Greensboro reported 3.00 inches;
Weldon, CL85; Charlotte, 0.32; Cheraw,
0.56; Wilmington, 0.88; Lumberton, 0.10;
Raleigh, Goldsboro and Florence, 0.09
each. There were good rains, also, in
I the South Carolina and Georgia districts.
High temperature . prevailed
The
average maximum temperature in the
Arkansas
' district was ,402 degrees;
Alabama1
100; - Mississippi and Ten
nessee, 98. In the Wilmington district,
Lumberton reported the maximum as
92; GreetUboro. 94; Weldon, Goldsboro
au, Ulttiuwiu, n
and Charlotte, 90; Raleigh, 88: Newbern.
86.. and Wilmington, 83 degrees.
NO. 35
DEATH OF MR. B. F. MITCHELL.
A Prominent Baainew Man sad On of
Wilmington's Host Beapeoted Cltisens.
. Mr. B. F. Mitchell, a prominent citizen
and business man of Wilmington for
many years, died at hit residence in this
city last evening in the 82d year of his
age; Twenty-three months ago be bad a
stroke ot paralysis; wnicn partially inca
pacitated him for business, and last night
he snnered a second stroke, which proven
lata!. :. : ,. -j,- ,. . s .
Mr. Mitchell was born in the State of
Maine He came South, to Wilming
ton, wben about 18 years of age, and has
ever since resided here, engaging in tbe
muling business, which be conducted
successiuiiy lor many years, nrst as
senior partner in the firm of Mitchell
& Ellis, then Mitchell & Huggins, and
later, u t . Mitchell & Son. He mar
ried Miss Sarah S. Swann. of this city.
by whom be bad ten children, seven
now living. Mrs. M. J. HugJins. Mr.
Fiank H. Mt chell. Mr. Chas 1 I.
Mitchell. Mis. Geo. Sloan, Mrs. Dr.
Baldwin, of this citv; Mr. David B.
Mitchell, of New York, and Mr. Jos. S.
Mitchell, of Henrietta Mills. N. C. He
was Senior Deacon and one of the old
est members of the! First Baptist Church
"oi Wilmington. : .
A good christian, an upright, honora
ble citizen, he ' lived a long and useful
life, with every assurance of a blissful
immortality beyond the grave.
FIRE AT HILTON.
The Beaidenee of Mr. Walter Bmland
Badly Damaged Fully Covered by In
anranee. ' j
The residence of Mr. Walter Rutland.
near Parsley's mill, Hilton, was damaged
bv fire which broke out in the building
about 6 o'clock last evening. The house
was unoccupied. Mr. Rutland's family
having recently removed to the Sound
to spend the Summer. Mr. J. W. Jen
kins, of the Peregoy lumber mills.
passing the. bouse on bis way-
to the city, saw smoke issuing from
tbe building and informed tome of the
men in tbe mill yard adjoining.
An alarm was sent in from box
No. 15, and in the meantime the house,
was entered and a stream from the mill
nose was put on the hre. The water
supply, however, was insufficient from
lack of pressure, and the flames
made rapid progress. When tbe en
gines of tbe fire department arrived
two streams were put on and the fire
was extinguished after a stubborn fight.
The damage to the building is estimated
at about $700. with Insurance for $1,500.
fart of tbeMurniture was removed. Tbe
cause of tbe fire is unknown. It is said
that it broke out in the dining room.
l be bouse is a large one-story frame
structure. It was built years ago, and
was for a long time the residence of the .
late U. O. Parsley.
Hundreds of people gathered at the
scene ot tbe fire, under the impression
that a great conflagration was in pio-
gress at Parsley s mill, wbere fire-alarm
box No. 15 is located, and repeated
alarms having been sent in to call out all
tbe available force of tbe department.
Purchasing Agent A. C. L.
Mr. F. H. Fechtig has been appointed
Purchasing Agent of all the railroads
composing the Atlantic Coast Line, with
headquarters at Wilmington. The ap
pointment takes effect July 1st. This is
aoaBI?aexaP.0'i2"tF.,b.uL,il is not
experience in railroading, will discbarge
the duties with entire satisfaction.
He has held different positions with
tbe Norfolk and Western, the Rich
mond and Danville and the Pennsyl
vania railroads, but for the past three
years has been with the A, C. L. as
Private Secretary to President H.
Walters, in Richmond. Altogether, be
has been in the R. R. service for filteen
years. His family are now spending tne
Summer in the mountains, but will re
turn here next Fall and make Wilming
ton their future home.
Death of Mtaa Mary A. Watson.
Miss Mary A. Watson, postmaster.at
Kenansville, who has been in this city
for about a month visiting her brother.
Mr. Thomas Watson, foreman of the
glazing department at Fore & Foster s
mills, died yesterday at his residence.
She came here for ber health but
gradually got worse. She was highly
respected and the; Kenansville people
will regret to hear of her death. She
had filled the position of postmaster for
about fifteen years, and was efficient
and popular. Her remains were carried
to Kenansville on the seven ociock
train last night.
STORM AT BENNETTSVILLE.
Buildings Blown Down and Crops De
stroyedA Kerohant Commits Suicide
The Campaign for. Governor.
I Special Star Telggram.
Bennettsville, S. C, June 28. Last
evening between seven and eight o'clock
this section, was visited by very heavy
wind and rain, breaking down many
acres of corn and otherwise damaging
crops. It blew down a house and wind'
mill on C S. McCall's farm, near town
No lives were lost. I j
This morning . about nine o'clock R.
W. Wingate, ; a small grocery merchant
on Railroad street, locked himself in his
store, swallowed two ounces of lauda
num, crawled under a counter, and with
a razor cut his throat, death following.
The campaign speeches yesterday were
very tame indeed, and showed clearly the
Reform Democrats as they call them
selves, (but in reality Third Partyites.)
are a very shallow brained, narrow
minded, clannish set oi officeseekers. to
tally unfit to govern or represent an in
telligent people and State. Elerbee is the
'choice for Governor 'la this section and
is a far superior man in every way to his
opponent, the demagogue, dispensary
Jno. Gary Evans. .
Do you need a dictionary ? You
can get the best at an astonishingly low
price through the Star. It is the
American Encyclopaedic Dictionary.
Read announcement in another column
of the Star for particulars.
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The many friends of the family
were pained to hear yesterday of the
death at Charlotte,- Friday night, of
Fairie Brown, infant daughter of Mr.
Frank D. and Mrs. Fairie Alexander. As
is known to many readers ot the Star,
she was the granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Brown, ot this city.
Mr. George t." McDuffie, who
Hied vesterdav. held a nolicv ot-JJrin"
. ' r r Wl In
I surance in favor of Jd"for s'uw ,n
I the order of cnen rnuh
TIRRAPUf FARMING;
Here Zs t Bmall tndoatry That May Be
Hade Profitable In This Section-Why
- Wot Try lit
Has anybody tried terrapin fanning
near .Wilmington? Jf not, why not?
After the outlay for building an en
closure, the expense would be compara
tively small. '.The food for the terrapin,
consisting principally of crabs and small
fish, can be obtained at very small cost;
and even should competition bring the
price of terrapin down to $12.00 per
dozen it would seem that the net profit
would be large. All the terrapin for
stock purposes can be caught right on
the spot thai would be selected for the
farm."
Here are some hints from the Balti
more American that the readers of the
Star residing on the Sounds may read
with interest, and, possibly, with profit:
Messrs. A. B. Riggin & Co. have iust
completed another diamond back ter
rapin enclosure on the - Annamessex
river at Crisfield. -The enclosure is
lormed by driving 16-foot boards in the
mud to tbe depth of six feet, or to the
hard bottom, making a secure pen for
the terrapin. About two acres of muddy
oottom are lenced in, with knolls ex
posed be e and there, interspersed with
salt water, which is constantly renewed
by the; ebbing and flowing of tbe tide.
There are also artificial banks of sand in
which the terrapin deposit their eggs,
leaving them to be hatched .by the heat
of the sun. Eggs are usually deposited
from June to the middle of August, and
soon hatch in the warm Summer sun. A
grown terrapin will lay twelve eggs at a
time, and lay twice during the season.
Terrapin require about three vears to
become full "connts."
During- the winter the terrapin dIow
deeply into the mud and lie dormant, re
quiring no food or attention, only warm "
quarters. When they wake up in the
spring they develop a vigorous appetite
and are fed principally on hardshell
crabs, which- they devour with greed.
After a few days' feeding they learn to
come to the feeding place with tbe
eagerness of chickens in a barnyaid.-
At the close of last season the Messrs.
Riggin had 8,600 young terrapin on hand.
which were carried safely through the
winter. The warm days of early spring
caused their owners to remove them
from the winter quarters sooner than
usual, and the cold, wave proved very
disastrous, killing about 600 of them,
which means a loss, at the present valua
tion, of $1,200. In purchasing a stock of '
terrapin, those of five inches cost $13 a
dozen; six inches, $34 a dozen, and seven
to nine inches, $60 a dozen. They sell
at from $60 to $80 a dozen.
CROPS rjTJPENDER.
In Fine Condition Good Bains-Laborers
Working Well.
A correspondent writes from Burgaw
to the Star:
Crops never have oeen looking so
well for the last five years. It seems
as if the farmers have given up tbe
idea of Mr. Cleveland's filling every
man's pocket with money, and have put
their hands to the plow, and have de
cided not to look back, but to press for
ward. ,
Mr. I. T. Collins, who has been sick
for five weeks, has so far recovered that
he is able to be up and about his room.
Mr. K. C Johnson, who has been
seriously sick for several weeks, is now.
able to be up walking around his farm.
Another correspondent writing from
Willard, enclosing in bis letter a cotton
bloom from the farm of Dr. K. J. Powers,
says: ,
Crops are very good in this section.
We are having good rains, and laborers
are working well, with the hope of hav
ing good harvests in tbe Fall.
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