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mcTKV : .Y.ir. cm... . . - PUBLISKSO AT ' WILMINGTON. N. C, 00 A YEAR. IN ADV.ANCE. T ' 8S8S8S888SSS88S88 ',i,aow 21 S8SSe888gg8gggg 88888888888888888 : 8888888888888888 ; 88888888888-888888 8S88888828S8888SS 888888S8S2888S8SS 8S88888SSSSSSSS88 " 88888888888888888 "I, :.V;7V'' rt a ' ;.. - . u w g Si g: : :s : : J s m,.!:: er . tn H8,w.afMc.ea53SgalB iKntcrfl Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star U as SaCoov t year, postage paid 1 00 M"S 6 months " " 0 Smooths " " 80 Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently ? If so, is it correct ?IC cor ed, 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, no. ' : ; .. REPUBLICAN SCHEMING. The Republican party managers are now playing to get control of the next Senate, or at least to take the control from the hands of the Dem ocrats. There are now in the Senate 44 Democrats, 37 Republicans, 4 Populists and 3 vacancies. A loss of one or two Democrats would destroy Democratic supremacy, but the Re publicans would have to hold their own and gain eight to have a ma jority. .1 While they hope to make-1 this gain we do not think they feel 1 confident, of it, and are hence playing to have as many Democrats as they can succeeded by Populists; and espe cially by those of Republican ante cedents or proclivities. , There may probably be one or two States where Democratic. Sena tors may be succeeded by Republi cans, but there are just as likely to be one or two to offset these where where Republicans may be succeeded by Democrats, so that the chances are about equal, in- that respect, while the Democrats stand a pretty good chance of increasing their strength by two Senators from the new State ot Utah. : It ism the South, however, that the Republicans hope to make the break in the Democratic column, which accounts for the active inter est they have been taking in the Populist campaign in this section and the material aid which they have given it. v The Republicans have no more use for the Populists than the devil is supposed to have for holy water, but they will play the Populist or any other party which bobs up, by whatever name it may be called, or whatever ' principles it may profess, against the Democratic party, wherever or wherever they can do so. When Kolb, of Alabama, called himself a- "Reform" Democrat, and ran against the regular Democratic nominee two years ago, he had the ' sympathy and co operation of the Republican managers, and this time, when dropping the "Reform" fraud and"coming out as a Populist he en tered the field again, he received the warm commendation ot Senator Hoar, and about $5,000 of Republi can money to put into his canvass. Why this Republican interest in candidate Kolb, and this backing 'him with money ? They didn't care about the State Government of Ala bama, nor about Kolb, but there is a Senator to be elected to succeed Morgan, and they hoped that the Kolb crowd might capture the Legis lature and choose Kolb or some other Populist to succeed Morgan. Why have they been watching the Tillman movement in South Caro lina with so much interest and wish ing it success, if not giving it surep- titious assistance? Because the triumph of Tillman will . put him in the seat now, held by Senator Butler and thus two Democrats will be re placed by .two men antagonistic to the Democratic party. This would destroy the Democratic maioritv uh less corresponding gains were made elsewhere, and give the Populists th balance of power. Tillman claims. we know, to be a Democrat, a better Democrat than those who oppose mm, and if he should go to the Sen ate tie will claim to be a better Dem ocratthan the Democrats there or the President, and be constantly fight : l ..il. TT1 tt V- aig Dotn. wnue caning nimselt a Democrat, Tillman is to all intents and purposes a Populist, and will be found mainly acting and voting with them if he should be elected Senator, In North Carolina they are playing Marion tfutler who thinks be sees visions of a seat in, the Senate, pro vided he can get the Republican atate machine managers to pool is sues with him on the Legislature, in wnicn event u they should secure a majority in the Legislature they would divide the spoils and he and some Republican agreed upon would go to the Senate to take the seats now held by Ransom and Jarvis. That would be two more taken from the Democratic column which would reduce it to 40. iust three more than the Republicans have, provided there De no more changes. . These are the only Southern States in which they expect to accomplish anytntng, put with these four seats taken from the Democrats a very considerable part of their scheme would be carried out. There are some Western States where the Dem uurats mav catch a Senator nr two but this is enough to show the nec essity ot southern Democrats stand ing solid and moving solidly, and not permitting themselves to be caught napping by ambitious self 4 " Ai VOL. XXV. seekers like Marion Butler and other malcontents, by whatever party they maybe known. : - . Have you 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 corn, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out ol the poor-house? If so,, let us have the recipe. It will be,valuable to us just now. - - ; . MDI0R MENTI0U, We never expect and we , do not want to see an immigration "boom to the South, We would like to see a gradual, steady flow this wav of thrifty, intelligent people who would not have to be drilled or driven into good citizenship. "We would father have a thousand of that , kind thaii . ten thousand of the miscellaneous, Indifferent kind. It Is in the charac ter rather than in the number that the South is to be benefitted by im migration. The signs are favorable to this kind of an immigration now, and the tide once turned in this direction it will continue to flow. At present it . seems to be mainly in the direction of the lower Mississippi Valley in the territory penetrated by the lines of the Illinois Centra railroad, which extend from Chicago to New -Orleans, with nu merous branches and connecting lines. The following, which we clip from the Baltimore 'Sun, gives a pretty fair idea,' as far as it goes, of what this company is doing to settle the waste places in its territory ; - "The Illinois Central Railroad is set ting an excellent example to - other Southern roads in locating a number of colonies along its line south of Mem phis. A party , of Belgians are now forming a colony in Bolivar county,' Mississippi-, and are at present busy clear ing up the land, erecting , houses and preparing for the farming in which they will engage. Those who . are now there are only the advance guard of great num bers who will follow. They expect soon to be . joined . by many Belgians of the Notth and West, who have tired of the unfavorable conditions confronting them there throughout the year. In addition to these seventy-five families are coming direct from Europe. These people are energetic and frugal. Many of them nave bought lands and are intent upon sharing the prosperity that comes to all industrious people in the South. A Polish colony is also to be estab lished in Bolivar county. This colony in rs establishment is following some what dfferent lines from the Belgians. The organizers have, purchased 12,316 acres from the Illinois Central outright and will dispose of the land direct to Po lish buyers. They, too, have a represen tative working up immigrants in Europe. The colonizers expect many others to come'from the North this fall when the harvest excursions are run South. These colonies are located about 115 miles south of Memphis. The lands selected arc capable of great production, and if the newcomers prosper, a great influx of others will, it is anticipated, quickly and easily lollow." ' :w . Here is an example that other rail road systems in the South might fol low with advantage to themselves and to this section. - V -: It has been our opinion from the first that English influences were at the bottom of the Bluefields business. English war ships have been lounging around there for a year or more with the ostensible purpose of protecting British subjects and their interests, but the real object was to see if something might not happen to fur nish a plausible excuse for British in terference and dictation. It seems, however, that in thecourse of events, the enmity that was at first-mani fested towards the American resi dents extended to theBritish.resulting in a number of arrests of British sub jects, with some Americans. If there were no Nicaragua Canal in question no British war ship would have floated in the harbor, and permitted the arrest and incarceration of a num ber of British subjects Jwlthout ip quiry into it and becoming satisfied as to the action taken. We cannot understand why the commander pf the Columbia pursued the apparently indifferent course which he did, but perhaps he concluded that as the larger number ot the captives were British subjects, and one a British consul, he would give precedence to the British commander,, and perhaps he also suspected : design in this otherwise unaccountable inactivity. We think" the mate of the Rover, which arrived at New Orleans a few days ago, struck the explanation of the British commander's conduct when he said that nothing would suit the English better, than for the American war-ship to rescue the English and American prisoners, thus accomplishing the release of the Eng Jishmen, perhaps the bombardment of the town, and the collapse of the canai scneme. 4 mi - 1 ine iraae journals report con tinued improvement in the business situation since the settlement of the tariff question. There hasn't been any boom or anything of that sort, but a steady, healthy movement for the better. . The Republican poll ticians who have, or think they.have, much to gain by business and indus trial depression will try to keep up the calamity howl and will refuse to see any improvement ta which they can close their eyes, but .. their calamity howling will not stay the 1 IT! ' progressive movement. But we must not look for a bound into business activity , and prosperity -all at once. It will take , time even ".'under the most favorable circumstances to re- cover from the shocks to which our financial institutions and industrial system have been subjected with in the oast v two years. - and recovering from this our business men will move thoughtfully and care fully. As we cannot live upon our selves and grow prosperous by trad- ng with each other only, the pros penty of the country as a . whole must depend largely upon our trade with other countries. . With " the war in the East, the probabilities that other nations may become involved in it, the failure Of the English wheat crop, etc., there -ought to be a pretty fair demand for American foodstuffs, With a corresponding- advance in prices. If this should he the case then we might look for something like a boom in business, but without this the movement will proceed and the; condition continue to improve from day to day until our industrial wheels are humming away as they never hummed "before, j Aside from the advertising, which may do some good, we do not think the convention held at Washington for the development of Southern in dustries will amount to much practi cally. There were some valuable and interesting papers read, which threw considerable light on the varied resources ot the South, which, if largely circulated, might do much to draw the attention of capitalists and home seekers in Ithis direction. Il . -I .. . . . but all that was done (n addition to this' was to appoint several , com mittees, one of- which was to formulate a plan for permanent organization. The suggestion - as to a permanent exhibit of the re sources of the South resolves itself into a sort of a museum where a fee will be charged for entering exhibits and a smalt fee in the way of com missions' where sales are effected. There are very few if any of the Southern States which will think it worth while to take an interest in a museum ot that kind, and there are very few individuals having property to dispose of who will- send speci mens there, accompanied by the charges made and let them take the chances of being properly exhibited or properly cared for, with the pros pect of paying somebody comnfis- sions in the event of a sale. A great many of the Western farm ers are feeding wheat to their hogs, and selling corn. It is said that at the ruling prices for wheat, it is econ omy to feed it to hogs which are being fattened for market. Mills are being erected for cracking the wheat for hog feed. If this were more gen erally resorted to, it would keep down the surplus and eventually run up prices. Another reason perhaps is anticipated shortness in the corn crop. Virginia raised in 1889, 8,391425 bushels of apples, and 1,052,000 bushels of peaches and didn't try hard either. Kentucky was the only State which led her in apples, the Kentucky crop amounting to 10,670 389 bushels. SAVANNAH QUARANTINE CHARGES. Vessels No Longer Taxed There for Quar antine Expenses Great Saving to Ship-' ping.". . :-: ;;v" ' Merchants and shipowners who trade with Savannah will be interested to learn that all quarantine charges on vessels ar riving at that port have been removed by city ordinance, thus relieving shippers from the charges of fumigation, dis charge of ballast, boarding officers' fees, etc. The . average saving .to schooners, barks and other sailing craft of Irom 250 to 1.000 tons is from $22 to $40 for fumigation,' and for vessels of 1.000 tons and upward $40 to $58. In addition, boarding officers' fees have been $5 for each' vessel entering the Savannah river. The cost of discharging ballast at quarantine was 25c. per ton for vessels carrying 50 to 2QU tons ot nanast. in short, the removal of these quarantine charges saves each vessel entering the port ot savannah irom $3U to $00. On the other band, it is estimated tnat the loss of revenue to the city will be at least $7,000 for he remainder of the present year and, in round numbers about $15,000 annually. The expense of conducting the Savannah quarantine is about $15,000 which will continue to be borne by the city, the city is on tnat account endeavoring to get the United States Govern ment to take control ot the quarantine at that port. A Bush in New York. A New York telegram of Aug. 30th says: ' ' There has he.en a ereat influx of strangers to New York the past four days, and hotels have been doing an ex- tranrriinartr hnainiu MflSt of them SrC business men, merchants from the West and South, and buyers for houses in the cities. In some of the hotels, particularly those nearer the wholesale business dis tricts, there have been so many arrivals this' week that .cots have been put in many rooms and great . numbers of would-be guests have been turned away lor lack ot accommodations. Large Yield of Corn. Mr. Wm. Latimer, President of the Acme Manufacturing Company, sent the Star yesterday two ears of corn, samples of the crop produced this season at the Acme Company's farm at Cronly. The ears weigh one and a half pounds each. Mr. Latimer says the thirty acres planted will yield from - ninety ; to a hundred bushels per acre, and "probably it would have been larger than this but for ex cessive rains. WEEKLY ioTAR. ; , WILMINGTON,; N. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1894; . THE COAST UNB FLYER.X - Official Beport of the Beeent' Ban from Jacksonville, .to Washing ton It Beat "the Beeord of All lira' Distance Bans m This Country. !"-"-'" 1 The .- remarkable run this' week to Washington by the Plant system and Atlantic Coast Line special -train says the Savannah News, marks a new era ot railroading in the Souths The official report of the run was received yesterday by. Master of Transportation Jackson, from Assistant Master of Transportation Hutchens, who had charge of the train, and who is now in New York.- ' The train beat the record of all long distance runs in this country. - Its speed for the entire distance, 778- miles Inclu sive, was 49.6 miles per hour. The long est fast ran up to then naf that of the World's Fair special from New York to Chicago, in May. 1893, which ran 964 miles at an average speed,:-inclusive, of 48.2 miles per hour, making Ihe run be-, tweea New York and Chicago in 19 hours and 57 minutes, over the New York Cen tral and the Lake Shore. joads. The New York Central and Hudson River railroad made the ran from New York to Brjflalo, 439 miles, in June, 1891, in 8 hours and 58 minutes, at an average speed of 49.2 miles per hour. That record has up to this week been unchallenged as the fastest ran for that distance, except that made a short time afterward between New. York and East Buffalo, 436& miles in 7 hours and 19 minutes, at an aver age speed of 59K miles an hour. This is beyond question the fastest time that has ever been made for that distance. The Plant system train had a run over 300 miles longer, over seven different roads with as many changes of engines, and in all thirty-three stops. The time to Washington: from Savan nah was 12 hours and 30 minutes, and to New York 18 hours and a few minutes. Had it beenjpossible to have maintained the speed the entire distance that was made over the Plant lines and the Charleston division of the Atlantic Coast Line the special would have overtaken the West India fast mail, which left-here 6 hours and 45 minutes ahead of it, be fore reaching . Washington. As it was, the fast mail was given a close race. At the rate at which the train travelled it would have taken it just seventeen days to have girdled the globe. The speed at which It travelled would have opened the eyes of a Savannahlan of twenty years ago, when it took the best part of a day to go from here to Charleston, and a trip to New York a few years before that was frequently a matter of a week or . : V The speed at which the fast trains of the world now travel is something more than remarkable. Two years ago the Empire State Express of the New York Central reached a speed for one mile of miles an hour. . This is the highest speed ever attained for any recorded dis tance. This distance was covered in 32 seconds. - The fastest regular trains in the United States for short distances are believed to be the Baltimore and Ohio trams be tween Washington and Baltimore, 40 miles in 45 minutes, at a speed of 53J miles ah hour, or practically the speed of the Plant special on its recent run, excluding stops. The quickest run be tween' New York and Washington is 4 hours and 11 minutes, the average speed being over 56 miles an hour. The tecent performance of the Plant special is more remarkable than any of these in view of the long distance it ran, the num ber of roads and the number ot changes in engines. Without any knowlege that such way to be the case, it was found that all the engines selected by -the various roads to handle the train were the same d ixnensions of cylinder and driving wheel. The engineers in every instance got the utmost speed possible out of the engines. and with what result the record of the run shows. - At Front Street Market. The fish dealers at Front Street Market yesterday were supplied abun dantly with the finny denizens of the deep. Small mullets sold at '5 to 10c per string; sand perch, 5c; flounders, 15 to 20c; pig fish, 10c; sturgeon, 5c -per pound; shrimps, 5c per quart; soft shell crabs, 50c per dozen; channel crabs, 10c. Poultry was in good supply, grown fowls selling at 25 to 30c apiece, and Chickens at 12i to 20c Eggs 18c per dozen. , In vegetables, there were cabbages in abundance at 5 to 15c per head; corn at 10c per dozen; tomatoes, 5c per quart; potatoes. Sc.; egg-plant, two for 5c; okra, 5c per dozen; turnips, 5c per bunch; snap, beans, two quarts for 5c; lima beans, 8c per quart. ' ':' Watermelons were scarce at 10 to 25c apiece; apples, 5c per quart; grapes, 10c per quart. Bazar and Pistol. There was" a lively row between two colored, men at the Carolina Central railroad- depot yesterday evening just before the departure of the 7.30 train. Jim Shaw, one of the men, works in the guano factory at Navassa, and was on his way there when he met at the depot a colored man mia wnom ne previously had a difficulty. Shaw was flourishing a razor and daring the other man to leave the car in which he was seated when police officer Collins came up and seized mm. tie tnrew the razor and a pistol he had on his person under the car, broke away from the officer and ran. The policeman pursued Shaw and - fired his revolver at him, but the darkey escaped unhurt. Another Fop. Candidate. And the Pops., too, have a candidate for Congress in the Shoestring District. It is Rev. Charles H. Martin, of Polkton, who wishes-to be Polkton the people at their Representative. Last time the Pops, had a medicine man for their can didate. Mow thev have a preacner, Where do the farmers come in ? - But, pshaw ! Lockhart can beat the "whole kit and bilin" five thousand votes, The Max ton Fair. The next Maxton Fair, kommonly kalled 'Border Exposition of the Twa Carolinas." promises to be ahead of all its predecessors. Great preparations are now going on. and among thernew fea tures will be an exhibit, comprising many articles, from, the State museum at Ra leigh. The Maxton men and the Max ton maidens are all at work on the pre liminary arrangements. ! Responses to the Star's re quest for the. opinions of business men on the subject of a November Welcome Week are still coming in. It may be taid, in brief, that public opinion is practically unanimous on the subject. HOW TO BAG COTTONv Side Pieces and - Headings .Should Not Be Used, i - - - , Messrs. Alex: Sprunt & Son. cotton L exporters, ot this city, have sent out a circular ot which the following is a copy; To bur Agents and Friends .--" In consequence of .very heavy losses sustained last season by the excess of bagging on cotton bales: the Liverpool Cotton Association has adopted . rules which prohibit the use of side pieces arid double headings. The rule is manda tory, and all bales not conforming there to will be subject to reclamations. " - Onrt buyers- are specially charged to . exercise great care in the ex-s animation -of each . and every . bale for excessive bagging, and not to pur chase any cotton with side strips or double-heading. : They arealso directed to give preference to bates weigh ieg 500 pounds and above, as nearly all charges are by" the bale, and heavy weights are alike preferable to producer and consumer. N - - . Compliance with the abovjc require ments will prevent friction and preclude the possibility of claims arising from this (canse, otherwise the - producer or seller will have to bear heavy losses. , Respectfully, -Alex. Sprunt & Son. KNOCKED IN THE HEAD, j Mr. J. J. Jackson's Fight with an Ztecaped . Prisoner from the County House of Correction .. -;. ' 1 .. The ; assistant keeper of the County House.of Correction, Mr. J, J. Jackson was severely hurt yesterday in an en counter with a negro named Fred Wad dell, who escaped from the House a day or two ago. Mr. Jackson, in company with Mr. Bert Chadwick, son lot the keeper of the House of Correction, was in search of Jackson, and found him at his house on Ninth street. They forced the door of the house, and. as Jackson en tered Waddell struck him on the head with a piece of iron, knocking him down and cutting a gash in his scalp about four inches long. - Jackson fired his pistol but did not hit him. In the melee that followed Waddell's wife took part, but both were finally arrested and lodged in jail. The wound on Mr. Jackson's head was dressed by a physician. It is feared that his skull was slightly' frac tured, j-' -, - : j ' " Sudden Death. - ,:....',.' Ben). J. Smith, a colored man well known "on the wharf," diedjsuddenly last evening about 7.30 o'clock, on' the side walk in front of Mr. B. H. J. Ahren's grocery store, corner of Market and "Seventh streets. Mr. Charles Haar, clerk in the store, says that bmith came there about 6 o'clock in the evening, and complained of being sick with asthma. He was given a dose of camphor, and sat on the steps of the. store, and apparently got better; but suddenly became worse, and laid down on the sidewalk, where he died, about 7.30 o'clock. Coroner J. C Walton was notified, and gave his opin ion that Smith died from natural causes, and the body was removed to the home of deceased on Eleventh and Princess streets. Smith was 50 years old, mar ried, and has two children. He has suf fered .several years with asthma and heart disease. 1 A Barrel Factory. Anew industry has been started 1 in Wilmington by Messrs. Ri M. Nimocks .1 &CbTJt is a barrel factory,' in the large warehouse ot the Carolina Central Rail road, near the river front, which has not been used lately. The .machinery has been put in and fifteen men are now em? ployed making casks for spirits turpen tine and cotton seed oil barrels. The force will be increased shortly. The machinery is of the latest improvement, and two hundred and fifty caiks can be turned out daily. Many of pur home people are interested in this in ustry. The factory is owned by a North r. E. M. Carolina corporation with Wells, Jr., as manager, who t roughly understands the business. French Is In It. The Clinton Caucasian says: Mr. f rencu. Mcyueen, who has for a number of years bought cotton fan this market for Messrs. Williams & Murchi son, of Wilmington, will be heie this season: He will buy for Alexander Sprunt & Son, exporters, of Wilmiigtonr as Williams & Murchison will have no buyers on the markets this season, thav ing decided to (handle cotton only on consignment. There will be other puy ers on the market representing houses.-Clinton will pay the highest prices for the staple as it did last year. The market does not open here until September 1st, 1 Steamer Disabled. ,The steamer .City of St. Auzusti from New York bound to Jacksonvill Fla., put in at Southport Wednesda evening, in distress, having broken the crank-ptn ot her propeller. Captain Haskill, the master, came up to Wil mington and made arrangements for the necessary repairs to be made here and yesterday evening the steamer was re ported by wire from Southport as on her way up the river. The Lity of bt. Augus tine is a freight boat of 391 tons, and runs a regular schedule between New York city and Jacksonville, Fla. Dockery nominated. The Republican Convention for the Sixth! District, held at Rockingham, Wednesday, unanimously nominated Hon. O. H. Dockery for Congress. If Mr. Dockery accepts this nomination it will not be because he has the Slight est hope of being elected, but for the purpose of becoming prominent again in Republican politics. In other words, he is dabbling in political "futures." . Johnson ft Fore. : " Maj. W. A. Johnson and Mr. Charles A. Fore have formed a copartnership under the firm name of Johnson & Fore, and will carry on the millinery and dry goods business at the stand recently oc cupied by Maj. Johnson. "Both these gentlemen are so well known by reason of their high standing as business men that they need no further recommenda tion to the people of Wilmington, - ... Burglary at Southport. ; v' ' The residence of Capt. Wm; Swann, at Southport, was visiteVi Thursday night by a burglar, One of Capt. Swan's daughters was awakened by the noise made by the intruder and made outcry and the villain choked her. When help came, he escaped by jumping through a window. Capt, Swann has charge of the lightship on Frying Pan shoals and was on daty there at the time, leaving his wife and four children at home. ; None of them could identify the burglar. NINE MILLION BALES . . Is the Average Estimate of the Cotton Crop for 1894-5-Ten Minions Posel. tbility. - - . . Hubbard, Price & Co.'s weekly cotton fetter, August Slst, says : . L iWe are; receiving Irom many sections of the cotton belt, notably the country east of the. Mississippi, many complaints regarding the recent damage brought about by the rainfall, which for the past six weeks has been excessive throughout the cotton belt. These reports, how ever, are. received wittf incredulity by the majority of the trade, as it is be lieved that rain in August and the early part of September does not iniure the crop seriously unless it is touched off by a cold wave which brings frost in the early part of : October. At the present time, good weather . authorities through out the country are of the opinion that a irost will' not occur in the Southern States until October 20tb, and whether - preutctions .oi tnis kind; can be relied upon or s not, . they have the effect ot causing many to believe that the present rains will be a benefit to cotton rather than a damage, in adding to the top crop and permitting the increased yield which comes fronv development of a croo of this character. j It is the unanimous sentiment iof the cotton trade, both North and South. that the present conditions promise for a large yield of cotton, and 9,000.000 seems to be accepted as the happy figure at which to estimate the yield for the com ing seafon. In fact, so positive is Ibis be lief entertained, that many of 1 he trade are of the Opinion that nothing can now happen Which will .. interfere with this prospect. On the other hand; it must not be forgotton that an early irost would have the . effect of cutting off the crop, and reducing the yield below the estimated consumption for the coming ; year. It is now thought that the consumption of cotton pt America's -growth for the ensuing sea son will reach between 6,000,000 and 8, 250,000 bales. Therefore it becomes a question as to whether the yield of cot ton will largely exceed this figure. - ao tar as trade in America is con cerned, the situation is one of daily im provement. Reactions naturally occur one time or another, from the - previous advance, but each step is a step forward, and we soon look for the country to be in a normal condition again. It is our experience that the demand for money is increasing, and that confidence in the future is a marked feature of the temper ot the country at the present time. New enterprises are springing up on every side, and it seems not unlikely that the demand for cotton goods will be greater than it has ever been from American cotton. These features are all favorable to sustaining the present price of cot ton. To cause a decline from present prices, it is necessary that the yield should, largely exceed the estimated consumption, ' and it is generally be lieved that it will certainly pan out very much larger than the world requires. So long as this belief is general in the coun try it will be impossible to attract specu lation to cotton, and as speculation usually advances prices, the course of the market is expected to De stationary or slowly downward until some check is received to these estimates of the crop which are now dominating the entire trade. : . : Receipts at the ports at the present time are not so largely in excess of last season to justify the large crop esti mates, but it must be admitted that all the advices which we receive from the South, except those which have been tinctured during the past two or three days by reports of damage by worms and rotting of the bolls, due to the recent wet weather, have been towards a crop largely in excess of even 9,000.000 bales. Par ties from New Orleans and the Missis si ppt Valley and , some sections of the Atlantic speak as if 9.000,000 bales were made and 10,000,009 a possibility. How ever, it is always well to recollect that these views are held at this season ot the year, and the time is- now approachin g when it will require visible demonstra tipn of their correctness to bring about any further decline in prices. F Should anything happen to reduce the average estimate of the crop below 9,000,000 bales, we expect the result will be a great and" rapid advance, in the price of cotton, as we find such a unani mous view held of the possibilities of a decline that it is difficult to estimate who holds all the cotton that is be ing pressed for- sale upon the mar ket. Owing to the coming holidays, the market has resisred - any further de? cline, but it will depend entirely .upon the movement of receipts whether pre sent prices can be sustained Or not. At present there is no sign of speculation being attracted to cotton, because of its cheapness, nor do we 'think it will be so attracted, as the experience of last year in wheat has practically destroyed all the hopes of profit to those who buy articles of produce when they are cheap. . GOING INTO AUGUSTA. The Atlantio Coast Line Makes Ita An- gnata Connection To-morrow. The Coast Line that has broken the record and made such remarkable fast time ! is the road : that will commence running to Augusta next Sunday, says the Chronicle, and operate fast freight nd passenger trains between New York. ueusta and Macon, The Ooast lane is the quickest and st popular route between Florida and tie East, and it will become a favorite waen it enters Augusta. t has one of the finest road beds and is one of the best equipped roads in the whole country. e new scbedme wm go in enect September 3rd, with through sleeping carspetween New xoric ano'Augustaano Macn; This will give the Atlantic Coast Line the shortest and quickest route be tween! Eastern cities and Augusta, Ma con ad Middle Georgia points. The first through sleeping car will leave Macon and Aigusta for New York on Septem ber 3rd and the first through sleeper from New York to Augusta and Macon will leafe New York at 9 a. m. Septem ber 2nd arriving at Augusta on th; morning of the 3rd at 8 o'clock.' Lookout for the Coast Line's hand some trains as it enters Augusta on its initial trip Sunday morning. The people and merchants will give the CoastlLine a hearty and substantial welcome. Baval iStorea Increase in Beeeipts as Com pared w4h Iaiat Year. Besides the increased receipts in cot ton at Wilmington (published elsewhere) the statement of movements in naval stores at tlis - port up to September first, shows! an increase as compared with last yi to same date; As tabulated at the Prodi Exchange, the receipts of spirits tu ntine to September 1st, ning of the crop year. from the April 1st, are 839 casks; for the same time last 24,660. Rosin, 82.805 barrels, against82,353 last year; tar, 22.- 002 barrels. aganst 16,496 last year, and crude tnrpentiie; 4,747 barrels, against 4,393 last year. NO. 44 BOTH MEN HAVE ACCEPTED. The Sioux City Crab's Offer Suits- Both Corbatt and Jackson. ' New York, August 28. Peter Tack- son' will leave tor Chicago to-morrow mghtHe will be gone about two weeks. the meantime all arrangements for a fight between himself and Corbett will looked after by Tom O Rourke. who has more than a passing interest in the big colored boxer. Both Corbett and Jackson -have accepted the offer of $25, 000 of the Sioux City Athletic Club, and if nothing goes wrong within the next few days articles ot agreement will hn signed. The fact that: the Sioux. City Athletic Club has tmmhrAA lrrr n closing certified checks of $2,500 each to go as training expenses, shows that the club is solid in a financial wav. and fully; capable of carrying out its pro poses programme; .. v j. - "t -r;. corbett was informed to day of . the ircan Nation's move. The information lj) elicitedja prompt acceptance from the chamoidrr If the r.luh a amhaasarW i coming to NewVork he will perhaps strike town eitherThursday or Satur day, i Jackson's representative will be on hand ready to proceed tolusiness. When Peter was informed : tht. th club would allow the pugilist training expenses, and that the money was on the way, he smiled and said: "At last it looks like a fight. 0f course, I ac cept. But I must be guaranteed protec tion. That is. thev must assure me that Will not he I intftrfprdA nrith T nnl suggest this, as it is most likelv that something . might happen whereby I might be arrested or otherwise nrevrnteri from winning. If the articles are satis factory I will sign them at once. As far as I'm concerned, i there will be a fight." END OF THE COTTON YEAR. - An Tnorease in Beeeipts of 29,742 Bales as Compared with the Previous Year. The cotton : season Iof 11893-4 ended yesterday. The annual statement for the year ended September 1st, 1894; posted at the Produce Exchange last night, shows the total receipts at Wil mington 189,840 bales9, an increase of '.742 bales, as compared with the crop year of 1892-8. when the total receipts were 160,098 bales. Receipts the past month (August) were H3 . bales; same month last year. 154. Receipts yesterday, 16 bales; same day last year, one bale! The stock of cotton at this port, Sept, , 1894, is 1,375 bales; last year. 1,740. Our total exports for the year were i a 0,7:43 bales, against the year previous. 160,728 exported Business Change. I ! A change has taken place in the firms of Williams & Murchison, Wilmington, and Murchison A. Co.J New York. These houses have been in active busi ness for the past twenty-eight years, and have always stood among the most sub stantial and reliable in the country. Mr. George W. "Williams ndwretires. and Messrs. K. M. Murchison. WiF. Sorey and H. C McQueen will con tinue the Banking, Cotton and Export business under the firm name of Mur chison & Co., both in Wilmington and New York. It is hardly necessary to add that the new firm have an abund ance -of capital and all the business capacity and experience necessary for complete success. HALIFAX COUNTY. Capt. Kit chin at Weldon-Visitors at the Btate Peniientisry Farms, v Star Correspondence . Weldqn, N. C. August 31. Capt. Kitchin spoke in this township yester day to less than fifty people, including some Democrats, some colored people and two or three Populists. Mr. B. W. Lynn, Superintendent of the Virginia State Prison, was here yes terday and visited the State farms in this county, and was highly pleased. The State ot Virginia has bought a farm and will in the neat future work their con victs on it. . Those gentlemen who recently vis ited the State farms were highly pleased with the crops and management. TO PICKLE RIPE TOMATOES. Take them when thoroughly ripe. Do not prick them as many recipes tell you. Let them lie in strong brine three or tour days: put them down in layers, in jars. mixing with them small onions and pieces of - horse-radish; pour on them cold, spiced vinegar; let there be a small spice-bag to put Into every pot; cover them carefully and let them set a whole month before using. j MANGOES OF MELON. Take green melons, and make a brine strong enough to bear up an egg; then pour it, boiling hot, on the melonsrkeep- ing them under the brine; then let them stand five or six days; then slit them down on one side; take out all the seeds, scrape them well in the inside, and wash them clean; then take clover, garlic, gin ger, nutmeg, and pepper, pnt all pro portionately into the melons, filling them up with mustard 'seed; then lay tnera into an earthen pot, and take one part of mustard seed and two parts or vinegar, enough to cover themj pouring it on scalding hot.: Keep them closely cov ered..' - - 'v j GREEN CORN PUDDING. . Take one quart of milk, five eggs, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one tablespoonful of white sugar, one dozen: large ears of corn. Grate the corn from the cob. beat the whites and yolks of the' eggscfieparately; put the: corn and yolks together, stir hard and add the butter, theft the milk gradually,! beating all the while, next the sugar and a little salt. Bake slowly at first, covering' the dish for an hour. Remove , the cover and brown nicely. . This is a most delicate accompaniment to a meat course, when properly mixed and baked. Warm ur what is left from dinner for breakfast, by moistening it with a little warm milk and stirring in a saucepan until smoking hot. Republican District Committee. - .The following is a list of the next Re publican Executive .Committee for the Sixth Congressional District, as given in the Maxton Blade: h J. L. Matheson. Anson; J. M. Goode Mecklenburg; W. A. McDonald, Rich mond; R. B. Russell, Robeson; J. A. Spaulding, Columbus: Daniel Howard, New Hanover; J. A. Bell. Brunswick; R. M. Croom, Pender, and J. S. Hasty, Union. The following names were also added to the list: Fred B. Rice, E. K, Proctor. I. P. Cameron and W. C Smith. R. B. Russell was elected chairman for two years and J . .P. Cameron secretary. HOUSEHOLD BECIPES. MILLIONAIRES IN TROUBLE. . Xt la All About the Inoome Tax What Some of the Blob. Men Will Save to Pay But They Can Afford It. v A telegram from New York to the Philadelphia Times says:";' .: Although the two per cent, tax .pro vided for on incomes of more than 4. 000 will be a contribution of but one dollar out of fifty to Uncle Sam. it is generally-believed that in many mansions the wealthy owners look uponthe tax as a great hardship. . It is estimated bv Treasury exnerta that; the revenue derived from the in. come tar will be 130,000,000 a ear. Other estimates vary from t5 000,000 to $50,000,000. Of this New York's men of wealth and others not termed wealthy, but who live comfortably on more than 14,000 a year, will pay a large propor tion. . I The tax to be paid by some of the leading millionaires of this city, will in many instances run up in the thousands. William Waldorf Astor will undoubtedly lead the list. .His Income is estimated at;8.900,90O per year, and on this he wiil have to pay a yearly tax of $178, 000. John D. Rockefeller, whose income js estimated at ft7.611.250. will have ! to pay $152,225; the Gould estate $80 800, and poor and unhappy Russell Sage about $90,000. Cornelius Vanderbilt. with an estimated income of $4 018.000, will have to contribute a vearlv tax of $80,960. while William K. Vaoderbilt's contribution to the r ational exchequer - win oe aoout 7o,truu. odn Jacob Astor will be let off on a payment of $60,000. utner millionaires and their probable income tax are: Henry M. Flagler, $60, 000; Frederick W. 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