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px WttW mat. WILLIAM H. BEENAED, I Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, - August 10, 1894. ST. In writing to change your address always give fmtr direction u weU as lull pamcuiar. wacr yon wish vour pper to be tent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made. I tV" Notice! of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re pSt, Resolutions of Thank, c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. I ry Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas iters will register letters when desired. -I tT" Only such remittances will be at the risk of the pubiisner. ry Specimen copies forwarded when desired. Have you received a bill for sub scription to the' Weekly Star re cently Ifso, is 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. ' UNHORSE THE TRUSTS. We will never have free, untram melled, disinterested and patriotic legislation in Congress, when the issue is between the people and ,cor oprate interests, until the Trusts are unhorsed. For a ;yeneration they have been omnipotent, have shaped legislation in matters In which they were interested, and have had their own way as much so as if they abso lutely owned the Congress of the United States. There never has been a time in the past thirty years when they didn't have their trusty repre sentatives in both Houses of Con gress, and there never will be a time when they will not until the power of the Trusts is broken. The Trusts have been an obstacle in the way of tariff, legislation for years; they are the obstacle to-day, when we have the disgusting spec tacle presented of a handful of Senators standing in the way and de claring that there shall be no tariff reform, although millions of Demo crats demand it, and they themselves are pledged to it, unless the interests which they represent, which are con trolled by Trusts, are taken care of in the way they prescribe. There are fortv-four Democratic Senators. j , . ' thirty-six of whom are in accord I with their party in the demand for tariff reform, while the other eight have formed a combine of their owe to thwart the will of the majority unless they can make the conditions upon which a tariff bill will be permitted to pass, the voice ot the people be heard and the pledges of the party redeemed. It is the first time, as far as our knowledge goes, when the Trust has had its hands on the throat of the Democratic party and dictated to it the terms upon which it might legis late. It has practically come to this, that about a half dozen Senators, posing as representatives of States, but really representatives of corpo rate interests, insist that no tariff legislation shall pass which does not give those corporate interests special favors, and an opportunity to levy tribute upon the people as they have ' been doing for years. I It is useless and silly to assert, or for these representatives of corporate interests to pretend, that they are actuated in the course they are pur suing! by a desire to promote the public welfare, or give the country a tariff bill which could lay any claim to being a Dem ocratic, measure in a strict sense or in titer common Democratic accep tation. They fcave the effrontery to contend that they are justified in the course they are pursuing because these ; corporate interests have so long enjoyed special favors that it "vf " w urac tavuia uuw, anu furthermore that they have enjoyed them so long that they have become a sort of vested right, and they make this contention with a persistency and arrogance that would be admir able if it were not so offensive to decency. Aside from the culpability of laboring to defeat the will of the people, and forcing them to continue tribute payers to Trusts and com bines despite their reiterated and emphatic! protests, , a disreputable and treacherous feature of their game has been their co-operation with the enemies of the Demo cratic party, the aid and com fort they have given the opposition in its fight against all tariff reform, and-thus utilizing the votes of the Republicans In Congress to put the Democratic party practically upon trie Republican platform and make it, like the Republican party, a party with protection as its cardinal princi ple in tariff legislation. , This is in effect what these Democratic Sena torial representatives of corporate interests have been and are doing in the treacherous and outrageous op position they have been making to the demands of the party to which they claim to belong and in the dis loyal fight they have been waging against the majority of their Demo cratic colleagues in both Houses of Congress. Faithless to the people and to the party which put them in the positions they occupy they are faithful, zeal ously faithful, to the corporate inter ests which in this tariff fight they are standing by, with a persistence and determination worthy of a better cause. They.may have personal in terests to subserve as well as the in terests of agents of these corporate interests, as has been charged, to ac count for their disloyal course to the people and the Democratic party, but whether or not it is clear that these corporate interests own them, and that these corporate interests will always be a mighty and moving factor in our : national legislature until the power of the trust is broken. If it be not broken now the people win rind a way to break it later. During the past forty-six years the proprietors of the Parker House, in Boston, have paid out $8,188,906 for edibles for that hasherie and there wasn't $1,000 worth of beans in the lot. Hav von received a bill for, sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently? If so, is 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 rnrn 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. MIUOB MEHTIOH. There is a pretty wide divergence between the figures by which the Democrats claim to have carried Alabama and the claim that Kolb puts in. The Democrats claim a ma jority of about 26,000, and have the returns from all but a few counties to substantiate it, while Kolb asserts that he has carried forty-one out ot fifty white counties and has the State hxr 18 000 maioritv. He names no "j vr counties to support his assertion, He is simply playing the same role now that he did -two years ago when he was de feated and claimed to be elected by 30,000 majority. The object in claiming the State now is the same as it was then, to create the impres sion that he was cheated. The re sult is so different from what he as sured the Northern Republicans who backed him with money that he has to put up some excuse to prevent them from believing that he was im posing on them. But in this claim of 18,000 he virtually admits that he has been discredited by thousands who supported him when he ran be fore, for the majority he now claims is but a little over half the majority he claimed then. Mrs. Dominls, ex-Queen Lil, of Hawaii, will now try to content her self if this Government will give her a pension. If the Republican party was in power she might stand some chance for that as President Harri son suggested something of -that kind, about $20,000 a year. As the Republican party is not in power she had better turn her attention to Mr. Dole's Government. Perhaps she miffht eet about $7 a month out of that, which would buy about all the provisions she needs.as they are cheap in Hawaii. But she would have to put on less style, and curb her pro pensity for fun, etc. Mississippi papers say the planters of that State are in a better condi tion to stand low prices this year than formerly, because with the low price of farm stock, supplies, &c, they have been able to make their crops at about 25 per cent, less cost than in former years. It is said that Senator Voorbees, of Indiana, doesn't know the value of money and is just as apt to give a street beggar a ten dollar gold piece as a quarter, if his hand strikes it first when he dives into his pocket, which he always does when he meets a beggar. Estimates on the wheat crop for this year range all the way from 385,- 000,000 to 490,000,000 bushels. This is a big country and the guesser has plenty of latitude. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Appointed by the Democratic Convention tt Baleigh. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 8. The follow ing is the State Democratic Execu tive Committee appointed by the Con vention to-day : Chairman Jas. H. Pou, of Johnston. First district Wilson G. Lamb, W. T. Cross. S. T. Beckwith. L. W. McMullen. Second district Frank D. Winston, W. Grainger. J. H. Baker. Jr., W.A. Dunn. Third district N. A. Sinclair, D. E. Mclver. W. H. Oliver and T. C. Whit- aker. ' Fourth district E. C. Beddingfield, F. S. Spruill, H. A. London and J. H. Pou., Fifth district J. L. King, W. W. Ful- ler, W. W. Kitchen and John W. Gra- ham. Sixth district Sol. C. Weill. Herint Clarkson, W. H. Neal and R. B, Davis. Seventh district A. H. Bovden. Ed. ward Rheinhart, S. J. Pemberton and T. o. ocaies. Eighth district R. N. Hark. R T. Ryburn, W. C. Erwin and E. B. Tones. Ninth district R. M. Furman. Thaa u. tsianton, KopeOSlias andR.L. Dur. nam. BOOK KOTICES: ifie fans Album of Fashions and La Mode de Paris for Sentemher nr superb numbers. Each contains nine colored figures, with the usual number of plain plates, and matter in reference to style and dress, with descriptions of patterns. It would be difficult to con ceive of anything more handsome in the fashion line than these publications. Ad dress A- McDowell & Co.. Publishers. JNO. 4 West Fourteenth trr N.n ions. No Truth in the Bumor. It was reported yesterday afternoon tnat Mr. u H. Hiede whose mysterious disappearance last iweek has been men tioned in the Star had been found in me wooas near nis borne, in a demented condition. A Star reoorter im.ti. JS'm mvat.ter last niht- and was trim ho u U.U.'. .. . . "j "siuc a iciauvcs mat tnere was no irum in tne rumor. New York Traok Trade. Palmer, Rivenburg & Co. telegraph prices yesterday to the Star: Water. melons, extra large, 15 to 20c; medium. iv w iuu vjrapes, Delaware, 7 to 8c; Moore's early, 8 to 10c; Concord. 4 to 6c sweet potatoes, yellow. $2.50 to red. $2.00 to 2.50. 2.75; Bneklen's Ami cm xsi.. The Best Salve in th nnrM r.... Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fe ver Sores.. Tettej. Chnpped Hands, Chil blains, Corns and all Skin Fn,.M. positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded, Price 25 cents psr dox. r or taie by K. R. BlLLAMY.t THE iTURPENTINE SITUATION. The View of a Buyer-He Thinks the Fao- tors Cannot Hold Out-The Standard OU Company Bald to Be Taking a Hand; Another yiew of the situation in the Savannah turpentine market is thus given by the News: ' ... To all appearances the naval stores fight has not yet been concluded, The buyers are taking a determined stand, and continue to say they have no orders for turpentine at 28 cents a gallon. One of them said yesterday that very little had been said about the buyer s side of the contest, and on this account the impression had been spread that the factors were winning everything, hands down, which, he says, is by no means the case. "The reported large sale of spirits at 28 cents, he said, "was not made at all. Only 1,000 barrels were sold at 28 cents to place the market, while 10,000 barrels were sold at 27x cents instead of 20.000 at 28 cents, as was reported. This is the true state of that deal, and instead of holding out at 28 cents it can be seen that they did not do it from the start. PREDICTS INLAND BUYING. 'The factors are hurting themselves and the producers ov the stand they have taken to a greater extent than they will ever be able to benefit them, ine producers will suffer from the reaction which is bound to come on account of the heavy stocking of the port. The ac tion of the factors will lead to interior buvin&r. I would not be surprised to see agents at almost all of the cross-road towns within a comparatively short time. and the result will be to the detriment ot Savannah, as the first naval stores port of the world. 'Consequent on this heavy stocking of the port are dangers and losses which ought to be taken into account, With 62,000 barrels of spirits here the total leakage must be something unusual, while the insurance being paid out is rap idly piling up. The warehouses are over stocked, and there are cars which cannot be unloaded. With this state of affairs comes the danger from afire, which, should it break out in this large quantity of snirits. could hardly be checked un less caught in its very incipiency, and which would be a terrible menace to a ereat deal of the property of the city. " . - - . . The buyers are not going to taice me spirits at the price quoted, and they are not in as great neea oi it. as iuc imuia claim. - HEAVY DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS , PRE j .- DICTED. I One of the factors said yesterday that they had chartered two vessels, the barques Noe and Emilie, which would probably be loaded by the first of next week, and that tney wouio snip tne stun direct. "We will sell in a moderate way, he said, "at 28 cents. 'The Iris will clear in a day or two with 8,500 barrels from this port, and with 2.500 barrels from Wilmington, which will go to Antwerp. 'Heavy shipments to the west and by the coastwise steamers may be looked for in a few days. The business is not active as yet by any means, but we are satisfied it will hold its! own. AH the available freight room on the New York steamers have been chartered for the next two weeks, and it is highly prob able that this freight room will be loaded with spirits of turpentine.' Another factor reiterated the state ments made with regard to the large deal, and said the amount sold was 20,000 barrels.' From the statements made about the heavy domestic shipments it looks as if the Standard Oil Company had a hand in the transaction, as this concern is known to do about the largest domestic shipping business in spirits. This, too, is being talked among' some of the buyers. It remains as yet to be seen what will be the outcome of the situa tion. MR. MYERS RESTING QUIETLY. He is Receiving Every Care and Attention i Anxious Frienda Can Bestow. Anxious friends called hourly yester day at Mr. T. L. Alexander's, says the Charlotte Observer of yesterday, to as certain the condition of Mr. J. M. Myers, who was shot by Mr, Fred Oliver Monday morning. Dr. Misenheimer was seen early by the Observer, and said the patient was resting comfortably. He was then asleep. Since being wounded Mr. Myers has not been able to lie down. He sleeps in a chair. Yesterday he walked from one room to another, but made no effort to try to leave the house. rie has not asked anything about Mr. Oliver nor the trouble, and no one has mentioned it to him. The young men of the city have nursed him faithfully. 1 wo or three of them have been with him day and night. The advisability of taking him to the hospital was discussed yesterday, but it will be some days yet before he could be removed. His mind yesterday seemed perfectly clear. He acted rationally and was quiet and easily controlled. Mr. Meyers' friends are all deeply grieved at his condition and the results of his state of mind. He is well known as one of the best salesmen who travel in the South, and is held in such esteem by the house he travels for that he would be in no danger of losing his position though he should not be able for a year to attend to business. He has always been generous to a fault, is a willing and effective worker in his occupation and cherished a warm memory of any kind ness shown him. He has the good will and sympathy of all right-minded people, and it is hoped that he will soon be in shape to take up his work again. Ladies' Tournament at Marion, IT. C The Record gives the following des cription of a ladies tournament which took place last.week: "All the young ladies looked lovely without a single ex ception, and the riding was excellent. Miss Yancey was adiudged the prize. amidst rounds of applause as the most skillful and graceful rider, while Misses McKesson and Sinclair competed for the prize for fast riding. Misses Cutlar and Davis of Wilmington were marshal and bugler for the occasion, and very gracefully did they fulfil their office. Alter the competition ol the races, the young ladies formed a column of twos and paraded the streets. The costumes won the admiration of all who beheld them. At night the tournament partici pants held a reception at Mr. D. W. London's residence. Each young lady called a young man out on the back porch with an air ot mystery about it, and tney all marched into the parlor and required the young men to kneel. The young ladies, much to the surprise and delight of their escorts, placed a beautiful wreath or crown upon their foreheads with the words 'I crown thee King, alter which refreshments were served and were much enjoyed." Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, III., was told by her doctors she had Consumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King New Discovery completely cured her, and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Fran cisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, ap- Droacmne ujasumuuua, uicu wimout result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured, tie is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won derful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1.00. t OYSTER FARMING By the Eastern Carolina Fisoatorlal Asso ciation-President Porter's Keport to the Stockholders-Election of Officers, etc, , . ' '.'. - The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Eastern Carolina Piscatorial Association was held at The Orton yes terday. - Mr. W. A. Riach was called to the Chair, and Mr. C M. Whitlock was ap pointed Secretary. The report of the Auditing Commit tee showed that the Association was tree from debt, and had a balance of cash on hand. The Board of Directors was elected, as follows: w. A. Kiacn. j. r. Divine, R. D. Cronly, J. D. Bellamy; Jr., J. S. Westbrook, H. P. West and j E. Porter. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors E. Porter was elected Presi dent, W. A. Riach Vice-President, and F. H. Stedman Secretary an$ Treasurer. A number of oysters from the beds ot the Association . were exhibited at the meetinc all ot which were found to be in fine growing condition, those two years old being large enough to market. The number of "spats" adhering to the oysters, as well as to shells shown, showed that the work of propagation was progressing favorably on the grounds of the Company. The report of President Porter, which was read, is as follows: PRESIDENT'S REPORT. Gentlemen During the last fiscal year the work of planting oysters and improving the property ol tne company has not been pushed with that vigor suggested by my own inclinations. because of the general : business depression. Only thirteen i and one half per cent, of the available capital has been called lor during the year, and less than sixty-one per cent; has been used up to date. We now have 173,580 bushels of small oysters planted, all of which are doing well and are producing a great many spat, showing that our grounds will not only grow to perfection the oysters planted, but will replenish the supply by propagation The work on the road authorized by you one year ago has been greatly de layed for reasons stated above, but will now be pushed to completion.; I recog nise the necessity for the strictest econ omy, but it is important, that we take steps to develop the town site of "Bay View," and )ffer our building lots- to those in quest oi homes in a mud win ter climate, with delightful fishing and hunting. In evidence of the mildness of that climate, I need only to say crop of peaches and pears are to be found on New river, while the severe cold of last winter destroyed them in almost every other portion of North Carolina. The company owes no debts, and the Auditor s report shows a balance of cash in the treasury. b.. porter, President. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. F. H. Stedman, and of the Finance Committee, were also very encouraging. FLOODS AND FRESHETS. The Cape Fear Biver Booming Low lands Under Water Crope in Bladen County Seriously Damaged. There is a big freshet in the Cape Fear river. Up to 8 o'clock yesterday morning at Fayetteville there had been a rise of 28.9 ieet since Friday morning, the government gauge there showing 34.4 feet of water; but it was then falling. The steamer Ca&e Fear, which left Fay etteville Monday brought report that the lowlands along the river : had been flooded and a great deal of damage done to crops. A correspondent of the Star, writing from Marlville, Bladen county, Monday, 4 p. m., says: "It has been raining here for about fifty hours, with very little slack, and fields of cotton and corn are under water. In my own farm, I can take a boat that will carry three men and paddle it for a mile through my fields. Last week we were cheerful and jubilant over the best crops we had in years: but long faces and sad hearts are in the majority now. Hope it is not so elsewhere. ! i AN IMPORTANT MATTER. The Government Offers the Telegraph Line Between Wilmington and South- port for Sale The "Star" Proposes a Telephone Connection. It will doubtless be a surprise to readers of the Star to see an advertise ment in its columns this morning offer ing for sale the telegraph line between Wilmington and Southport. This line is owned by the Government, and pro posals for its purchase are invited by the Secretary ot Agriculture. In order to ascertain, if possible. whether or not the proposed sale of the telegraph line meant that the weather station at Southport is to be abolished, a Star representative called on Observer Graham, of the Wilmington station, and asked for information; but that gentle man bad nothing that would throw any light on the subject. It would seem to the Star, however, that the sale ot the telegraph line would mean that the Government had deter mined to discontinue the weather station at Southport. Now, the question arises, can the peo ple of Wilmington and Southport do without the telegraph line ? Or, if the receipts will not pay expenses, cannot the line be bought and a telephone sys- tem be established? If the Government is determined to sell (and it seems that it is), the line can probably be bought at a very low pric sufficiently low, at any rate, to justify its purchase for telephone purposes. it is not necessary to.dweu on the serious inconvenience tnat would result from a discontinuance of the line; and it behooves the people of Wilmington to take the question under serious con sideration. The Presbyterian announces that Rev. J. W. Rawlings. U. D., has purchased a half-interest in that paper, and will assume editorial management and control October 1st. The Star wishes its neighbor continued and in- a eased success under the new manage ment. Twenty-two Parts of the Amer ican Lncyclopsedic Dictionary may now be ordered. Send one coupon and 17 cents (which includes ' postage) for each fart. Take advantage ot this oppor tunity to secure the best Dictionary and Encyclopaedia combined at a very low price. The Ladles. The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use the California liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions, makes it their favorite rem edy. To get the true and genuine ar ticle, look for the name of the Califor nia Fig Syrup Co.,printed near the bot tom of the package. THE COAST LINE TERRITORY. Extracts From an Entertaining Article The Blah Trucking Section on the Line Of the Wilmington and Weldon Bail road A Fortune in Strawberries, j The annexed extracts from an article by Mr. Bennett Dobbin, entitled The Territory of the Atlantic Coast Line," and printed in j the July number of the Southern Mag azine, will t be found interesting: "Truck farming in North Corolina on any large scale is an industry of compar atively recent growth. One of the pio neers in it was Mr. G. Z. French, recent ly postmaster at Wilmington. Mr. French began some years ago the exper iment of raising vegetables for shipment at Rocky Point in Pender county, a few miles north of Wilmington, on the Wil mington & Weldon road, and he has done from the beginning a large and profitable business. On his farm of 700 acres he raises strawberries, peas, beans, potatoes, beetsradishes, melons, cucum bers and au ordinary vegetables. As an outgrowth of his successful experience, and because of peculiar and specially favorable conditions of soil, this has come to be an important trucking centre. From Wilmington to Goldsboro there has been in the last few years very great development in this business. Faison's, a station just below Goldsboro, has be come specially noted as a place of ship ment tor strawberries. At Mount Olive, north of Faison s, Mr. James A. West brook has been conspicuously successful in growing strawberries. Fourteen years ago Mr. westbrook bought a small, worn-out cotton farm of seventy-three acres, of which only forty-three acres were cleared. The small buildings on it were in decay and it was practically without fences. With this farm and one horse and 1,000 in money, he began the business of truck farming, making strawberries bis principal crop. Com paring his status, then and now, his seventy-three acres of exhausted cotton fields have been transformed into a model and highly productive vegetable and fruit farm: he owns, besides, four fine fruit farms in North and South Car olina, a valuable farm in , Florida, an oyster farm on the North Carolina coast, a grist mill and other properties, and a substantial bank account, all acquired with the earnings of his truck farm. The net cash receipts (that is the aggregate proceeds ot sales less freight and com missions) this year of this Mount Olive farm, of which sixty-three acres are in cultivation, thirty acres bearing strawber nes, will be not less than f 20.000. The net cash returns from strawberries alone were $14,000. The cost of cultivating. (including fertilizers,) picking, packing and shipping strawberries will approxi mate f 100 an acre, or possibly may at times run as high as $125, Estimating the cost of the berries from this 30-acre patch at the 4 maximum, $125, (it need never reach that,) or $3,650 fori the whole, there is left a clear profit of $10,350, or $345 an acre. The price; this year ran from sixty-five cents, received at the first of the season through succes sive gradations down to twelve cents at the close. I . In this connection, the following statement from Mr. J. O. Loftm, of Mount Olive, N. C, will be of interest: "In May, 1893, I bought 1,000 straw berry plants, and having had no previ ous experience, I took the advice of the gentleman from whom I bought them in regard to raising them. From these plants I raised enough more to make eleven-twelfths ot an acre by September. I began shipping the 9th of last April and shipped in all fifty-five crates of thirty-two quarts each, for which I re ceived gross $417.50, and the expenses were as follows: Cost of plants, manures and working $50 00 Picking, packing and hauling 51 49 Crates 24 00 Freight and Commissions 81 00 $206 40 Net profit on eleven-twelfths acre... $311 10 "The first two items are estimated and are somewhat in excess of what the ac tual figures would be could they be ob tained. Of course the expense of a sin gle acre is much greater, proportionate ly, than on a larger area. '1 also raised enough plants to set out an additional acre, which will come into bearing next Spring." Mr. Loftin might have added that the cost is greater the first yeamhan after wards. It has not been many years since the land on this division of the Atlantic Coast Line, that is between Goldsboro and Wilmington, was looked upon as worthless, and the owners of the road regarded this section as having no pro spective traffic-producing value. It is now one of the most prosperous and rapidly improving areas in the whole territory of the road, and as a result of the discovery of the pre-eminent fitness of the lands for fruits and vegetables, this is becoming, as to its freight traffic, one of the most important and profitable divisions ot the whole system. The railroads of this region, as well as the land owners and the people gen erally, are thoroughly aroused on the subject of immigration. They do not want any pauper immigration, but they do want thrifty and reputable farmers to come in and utilize the resources that are lying waste. They realize the great benefits of the whole section that would accompany a large increase in popula tion. The Atlantic Coast Line is one of the most liberal and progressve roads in tne country, it is liberal not from motives of philanthropy, but because it pays. On this principle it will extend every possible facility and aid to farmers, manufacturers and merchants, who may settle along its line. It is seeking to make traffic, and it recognizes the fact that every new settler is a future pro ducer of traffic, - The policy of the road is a broad and far-sighted one. It looks beyond the present. In the trucking business, for instance, in which it is now equalled by only two or three roads in America, it was a pioneer in provid ing facilities for getting vegetables and fruits to the Northern markets in the shortest possible time, in the best con dition, and at lowes rates; and it is large ly due to the care and liberality with which it has fostered and encouraged this industry that the business has grown to its present proportions. And so in all lines of freight traffic, shippers who use this road will receive always not only equitable but liberal treatment. Its customers become its friends and advo cates. I , said freight traffic, but the same general policy applies likewise to its passenger service. From the most insignificant local train to the superb vestibuled "Florida Special," now known everywhere as one ot the finest trains in the world, the effort is to lighten as much as can possibly be done the dis comforts and annoyances of travel. Mr, H. Walters, the president, Mr. J. R. Kenly, the general manager, and Mr. T. M. Emerson, the traffic manager, have their offices at Wilmington, N. C, the headquarters of the system. CLEVELAND COUNTY Democratic Convention Nominates County and Legislative Tiokets. Special Star Telegram Shelby, N. C, August 6. The Dem ocratic County Convention to-day re nominated old county officers, and nomi nated R. B. Miller (cotton manufacturer) for the Senate, and E. D. Dickson (farmer) for the House. At a primary held on Saturday over lourteen hundred votes were polled, an increase of oyer three hundred votes over the primary held two years ago, showing that the Democratic party in Cleveland is in fine trim. TO THE PTTBIIC I l think it is due to myself to make a public statement concerning my con nection with the late County Conven tion, and what has transired.since then. anortiy, after my election as a dele gate on the ticket of the! Regular Demo crats, from Harnett township, Mr. N. N. Davis and another gentleman came to my home, and questioned me concern ing my position in politics. After some conversation between up, they told me that I was a Reformer, and they wished to run me forjthe Legislature, wl told them that I belonged to no Re form club, but that I was anxious for some person to go to the Legislature to represent the Fishermajn's Union, and also the farmer's interest, and that there were other men livlngj in the county who represented the sacpe interests that I did, who were better qualified for that position. They told mef that I was the man to run, for I could get all the votes in the county and they (would give me enough in the city to elect me. They further asked mi how many of the Harnett township delegates I could control. I told them I eould speak for none bnt myself. . They asked me to coiie to their cau cus on Friday night befefre the Conven tion and I promised to So so if I could arrange my business. When I arrived at the Onslow depot on Friday night I was met by a member of the Reform Club, who took me to the Reform caucus. The public know oijmy nomination tor the Legislature and j how I voted in the County Convention j Shortly after my nomination Mr. H, McL. Green came to mg place and in formed me that I was J debarred from running on the ticket pecause of my connection "with the Wrecked barque, M. A. Jordan, and advised that I should come off the. ticket. I j told Mr. Green that I was not anxious to run and that I would willingly resign iff some man of the Fisherman's Union was put in my place. Mr. Green assured me that it was perlectly satisfactory. 1 then told Mr. Green that I would be in town on the day that his Ex ecutive Committee mej: and resign in person. After I came tp town on Fri day, the 27th of last month, and resigned, I went with Mr. E. H. Freeman to Kir. Green and told him tht Mr. Freeman was President of the Fisherman's Union and he was the man thai I and the Union wanted. Mr. Green said that was all right; that he! (Green) was very much in favor of Mr. Freeman, and that he would see tfcat he was placed on the ticket to fill my Vacancy, and that it was to be done ws agreed to by several of the promifient Reformers. How well this promise o myself and the Fisherman's Union was kept, is well known to the publicj I have been informed : that Messrs. Green, T. W. Branch and sevjbral others went to the office of the Clerk of the United States Court to investigate the record in the wreck case above referred to. They were told by the clerk that I had entered a plea of nolo contenare and that the J udge did not consider tnat tnere was any intent on my part io do wrong, but whatever was done was more a mistake of judgment, and my jconnection with the case could not by any stretch be called criminal. I called, this morning on the U. S. Attorney here and he informed me that my plea in the! case was not an acknowledgement of guilt, but that the wnoie matter was an arrangement oe tween counsel after the jury could not agree in the Hewlett case. He further informed me that trie statute under which I was indicted was only a misde meaner, and even it it had been con victs I would not have been disfran chiscd as a citizen. It ieems to me that the gentlemen who investigated the r cord could have learaed this as well as myself. If - they j had so de sired, and especially! so after the statement that was made to them by the Clerk of the Court. , I can not but be convinced that I was put on the ticket for the purpose of "pulling chestnuts out of the fire' and that there was never any intentioa that I should be allowed to remain orj it, or that the promise to put Mr. Freeman on in my place was ever to b carried out. I make this statement because I think it is due both myself and the pub lic, yet knowing that byjso doing 1 place myself in a humiliating position, and show that I have been badly fooled, but regard an honest confession the best. I have never had anything to do with politics before, and hve been easily handled, but my eye-teeth are now cut. Yours respectfully, t GEcj T. Shepard. STEDMAN FOR SENATOR. A Flea for Stedman froia an Unexpected Quartet. Referring to the com est in this State for the United States penatorship, the Charleston News and Courier of yester day says : J It may be necessary ko put up another man, and we would like to suggest that there is a very good J man at Asheville who would measure up to the Senatorial standardthe Hon. Cjhas. M. Stedman. He is well-known throughout the State, he has served his people, in war and peace with fidelity, hejis honest, capable and faithful to the jConstitution and would do good service at Washington. We would ask the Charlotte Observer and other newspaperl friends in North Carolina to look at ttte situation in this State and determine jrhether it is worth while to destroy the peace of a whole State for the benefit if any candidate for any office. If they cannot agree npon Ransom or Jarvis, is their inclination may be, why can the y not all together stand by Stedman? Meeting of County Commissioners. The County Commissioners of New Hanover met yesterday afternoon at 2,30 o'clock. Preient: H. A. Bagg (chairman) and -Messrs. B. G. Worth, E. L. Pearce, B. S. Montford and J. C. Stevenson. James A. Montgomery, County Treasurer, submitted his monthly re port, showing balance on hand August 1st, as follows: (general, special and educational fund, J$19,512s91. He also submitted to the Board coupons to the value of $810, which had been paid and canceled, and they! were burned in the presence of the Board. Register of Deeds Haar reported that he had issued thirteen marriage licenses for the past month and exhibited treas- urer's receipts for fees for the same. The committee appointed to inquire into the claim of Cpl. Roger Moore for damages against trie -county, for injury done to his flat at Smith Creek bridge, reported that in the opinion of the Board the county was not liable for such dam- ages. Capt. DeRosset appeared before the Board and asked fdr an additional allow ance as tax lister. On motion action on the matter was postponed. The Board then took a recess until next Monday. Not a Failure Has Been Reported Mr. R. B. Glover. Randall, Ark., writes: "Out of all the Hughes Tonic I have sold not a failure reported. Every bottle has given perfect satisfaction. I recommend it a certain, safe and speedy cure for chills and lever." Sold by Drug gists. SERIOUS AFFAIR IS CHARLOTTE. Mr. Jabes Myers Bhot by Mr. Fred Oliver His Chances for Beooyery Doubtful The Cause of the Difficulty. Charlotte News, August 6th. Mr, Jabez Myers was shot twice, and very seriously wounded, this morning, oy Mr. Fred Oliver. The shooting oc curred at 8 o'clock, in thfc street in front of Mr, T. L. Alexander's residence, on iNorm uranam, ana it was the result of some disagreement which occurred be tween Mr. Oliver and I Mr. M vers, at Morehead City. It was a most unfor tunate affair in all its aspects, and it brings to light the sad condition of one of the most successful of Southern sales men, a popular society man and a genial, warmhearted boy Jabez Myers. Mr. Myers arrived in Charlotte on the night of July 31st., and registered at the Central. He had been spending his summer vacation at Morehead City, and entertained there in lavish style, the crowning social event of the month at Morehead being a favor german given by Mr. Myers. It appears that all of the trouble sprung from this german. The day Mr. Myers returned here, it was noticed by his friends that something was wrong. He acted j! and talked ex citedly, and on the second day his friends had to take him in charge. At first it was attributed to his nervous condition," but finally, j the conviction was-impressed upon his friends that he was an undoubted victim of mental ab erration. His moving impulse was that two men in particular, Mr. Fred Oliver and Mr. S. Wittkowsky had mortally offended bim, and he made vigorous and constant threats to halve their blood. Saturday afternoon Mr. Wittkowsky vis ited Mr. Myers in his room at the hotel, and succeeded in pacifying him, for Mr. Witthowsky has always been one of Mr. Myers' best friend?, and. had never said or done anything to injure him. But Mr. Myers continued to make threats against Mr. Oliver, who was, in the meantime, at Morehead. Seeing that Mr. Myers' condition did not improve, his friends were urged to have him confined and they were considering the propriety of this course. The proprietors of the Central desired his removal from the hotel, as the guests were disturbed and fearful of some violence. Sunday aftei noon at four o'clock Mr. Myers left the hotel and took a drive with a friend. On his return a party of his friends took him to the house of Mr. Lafayette Alexander, on North Graham streetJ where he spent the night. 1 Mr. Oliver returned tq the city Satur day night and was notified ot the threats made against him by Mr. Myers, and was told that Mr. Myers' friends had promised to look him up. At the same time, Mr. Oliver took precautions to protect himself. L THE SHOOTING. This was the situation this morning. Mr. Oliver, after calling at the postoffice for his mail.got into his buggy and started to drive to the oil mills at 11th and Graham streets. His route led di rectly by Mr. Alexander's house. As he neared that locality, Mr. Alexander and Mr, Myers were sitting on the front porch, the latter bareheaded, apparently quiet and not brooding over his supposed wrongs. Mr. Myers, glancing down street, saw Mr. Oliver coming. He at once became greatly excited and before Mr. Alexander could realize his inten tions, he jumped from his seat and was making for the street. Mr. Oliver was driving by at a trot, and Mr. Myers rushed after him, swearing and calling on bim to stop. Realizing that danger was impending, Mr. Alexander shouted: "Don't shoot, don't mine) him, he is un armed." But if Mr. Oliver heard he had no time to heed. Without slacking the speed of his horse, he j turned in the buggy, drew a pistol and fired on his pur suer. Mr. Myers staggered, showing that he was hit, but immediately resumed the pursuit, when Mr. Oliver fired again, and Mr. Myers, slapping his left hand to his right shoulder veered off. Mr. Oliver drove to the next cross street, turned back up town, stopped at police head quarters and reported that he had shot Mr. Myers. He then surrendered him self to the sheriff. 1 MR. MYERS' WOUNDS. Drs. J. P. McCombs, C. A. Misen heimer and Robt. Gibbon were called to attend. Mr. Myers. He had been taken from the street into the house and had been placed on a bed when the doctors arrived. ' They found that he had been shot twice and that his injuries are seri ous. The pistol was a 38 caliber, and the first bullet struck Mr. Msers squarely in the chin. The bone was shivered, four of his lower teeth were knocked out and the bullet took a downward course in his throat. The physicians probed for it, and found it lodged near the col lar bone. It was extracted. The second bullet struck him in the right arm, about two inches below the shoulder. It shat tered the bone into fragments and passed on. His arm flapped helplessly by his side and the bones could be heard grat ing against each other as he was led to the house. The physicians found that the wound in the arm is a very bad one. They sawed out 2 inches of bone and brought the parts together with wire thread. It was at first thought amputa tion would be necessary. Just after the physicians had left Mr. Myers, a News reporter saw Dr. McCombs. "Which of the two wounds do you consider the most dangerous ?" asked the reporter. "The wound in the shoulder," was the reply. 'What are Mr. Myers' chances for re covery?" was the next question. "Doubtful," was the reply of the doctor. THE TRIAL. The preliminary hearing was set for 3 o'clock this afternoon, in the office of the D. A. Tompkins Co., that place hav ing been selected to avoid the crowd that would have been inevitable at the usual place of trial. Esquire D. G. Maxwell was the justice presiding. At the hour set. Mr. Oliver appeared, accompanied by his counsel, Mr. P. D. Walker and Mr. E. T. Cansler. Mr. Oliver through his counsel, waived examination. Esquire Maxwell examined Dr. Misenhimer and Dr. Gibbon as to the nature and extent of the wounds, and as to the probability of Mr. Myers' recovery. Both these physicians gave it as their opinion that the chances were in favor of his recovery, and Mr. Maxwell thereupon required Mr. Oliver to give a bond of $5,000 for his appearance for trial at the present term of the Criminal Court. Mr. D. A, Tompkins signed a justified bond for $5,000. and Mr. Oliver was released. THE PRINCIPALS. I The affair has naturally created in tense interest, which is heightened by the prominence of the principals. Mr. Oliver is manager of the extensive Oil and Fertilizer factory of this city, and is prominently identified with the lead ing enterprises of Charlotte. Mr. Myers istknown throughout the South as a trav eling salesman for the bi 4 dry goods and ribbon bouse of Jaffrey & Co., New York. He is a native of Anson county, but was employed here by Mr. S. Witt kowsky, before he went to New York. He has always made Charlotte his bead quarters and is a favorite both in social and business circles. . Just what the trouble : was at More head 00 one seems to know exactly, but from Mr. Myers' standpoint it was about this, as he charges: He gave a german and it was an elegant affair, He was paying attention to a young lady at the time, and he charges that Mr. Oliver broke up the match by telling the young lady's mother that Mr. Myers could not afford to give an event such as the ger man was. It was under this belief that Mr. Myers harbored enmity against Mr. Oliver. j O. L. Rice, Mendota, I1U says: "Have used your Japanese Pile Cure and found it a sure and permanent cure." J. Hicks Bunting, J. H. Hardin. ; t ROBESON COUNTY; Bato and Btffl Ealning-Many Br,dK6I Gone -Hallway Washouts-Politio. The Bads and the Fops. ', Star Correspondence, McNatt's, Robeson Co.. 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