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rUUUSKKD AT WILMINGTON, N. C, 00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. $1 "r SSSSSSSSSSS8SSS8S imaoW M SSSSSSSgSSSSgg 88888888888888888 8SS3SS8S8888888S3 8S33S8SSSSS388S33 8S888888S8S8888SS I88888S83288SSSSS 82886882388888883 . 838888S3SS3S88S83 l'AV I '-,a,0'"oo,!1,S 322558 SJ 8 ' 8 . . a V a. o-in .Entered t the Post Office at : Wilmtgton, N. C, ai 1 Second Clasi Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star U as i"""i..-rr: m iim -IDKievopy j".,i--5- ,. ...... G monthi 3 monthi " SO 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 n is i,irn a:.d cotton, and wheat, and thickens, and eggs, and keep out of t!ie poor-house? If so, let us have ii f iwipe. Itwill be valuable to us jut no. DEMOCRATIC NOIttltfEES. FOR CHIEF JUSTICE: James E Shepherd, of Beaufort. FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICES: Waftcr CIark, of Wake, lames C MacRae, of Cumberland.' Armistead Burwell, of Meckjenburg. FOR STATE TREASURER: . S muel McD Tate, of Burke. FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS: First District W A B Branch, of Beaufort. Second District F A Woodard, of Win, ; Third "District obn G Shaw, of Cuni:j:rlanfi, . Fourth District Charles M Cooke, ol Ff i (i k! in. Fifth District A W Graham, of Gran- vi'c. ''' ' Sixth District J A Lockhart, of An son. Seventh District John S Henderson. ofRoan. " Eiehth District W H Bower, of Cald well. Ninth District W- T Crawford, of Haywood. FOR SUPERIOR COUjST JUDGES . Third District Jacob Battle, of Nash. Fourth District W E Allen, of Wivne. Eight District B F Long, of Iredell. Ninth District W N Mebane, of Rockingham. Tenth District W. B. Council, Jr., of V. ;it:itll. . . ' , ri:i!trt District H BCarter, of Bun- FOR SOLICITOR. First District W M Bond, of Chowan. Second District W E Daniel, of Hal ifax. Thirrl District John E Woodard, of Wls-m. Fnunh District E W Pou, of John Si!)!!. Pi.iDisitict -E S Parker, of Ala- Ili.l-.Ci'. SiXiii District O H Allen, of Lenoir. S v nth District N A McLean, of R.:b-!,1 . - Ei-hih District Emory E R.iper, of D viddoi). ' Ninth District W W " Barber. W.ikts IVtuh District W C Newland, tallcll. Eleventh District J L ' Webb, Cleveland. - Twelfth District Geo A Jones, M non. ol of NEW HANOVER COUNTY TICKET. F'jTHouse ol Representatives: THOMAS W. STRANGE. HERBERT McCLAMMY. . For Sheriff: JOHN J. FOWLER. " For Clerk Superior. Court : IOHN D. TAYLOR. For Register of Deeds: JOHN HAAR, Jr. For Treasurer: JAMES COWAN. For Coroner: W. H. BIDDLE. F'r Constable, Wilmington Township ; . JW. MILLIS. Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently ? if so, Is it cerrect ? If cor ner, 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. J We don't blame that Pennsylvania G. A. R. Post for refusing to march under a picture of Grover Cleveland. There are some Republicans to whom the sight of Cleveland or any thing that looks like- him always gives the jim jams or something jof that sort. lhe latest from China is that Li Hung Chang has been deprived of his tray spot peacock feather, in ad dition to his yellow jacket. If this disrobing and defeathering process continues,. Li may yet have to ap pear in the Georgia uniform, minus the spurs and paper collar. There is some talk in New York of . nominating Senator Hill for Gover nor against Morton. 'That would be a royal battle. Hill doesn't like the O senate anyway, and if he runs and is elected Governor, it will give him a . b'g boost for the Presidential nomi nation, i r VOL. XXV. FIGURES VERSUS THEORIES The Populists of this State have, we believe, abandoned the sub-Treasury, which was one of their cardinal principles, but they still adhere to the Government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, &c. This is as bad as, if not worse than, the sub-Treasury. It is one of the favorite hobbies of the Rev. Mr. Martin, the Divinity called, as he professes to believe, Populist candidate for Congress in this dis trict. If Providence called him, as he says, to represent the people of this district in the national legisla ture, Providence would in kindness have supplied him with some com mon sense, at least enough to pre vent him from making himself ridic ulous in the eyes of every one who is not destitute of common sense. He has, we are told, the gift of volubility, and can knock the stuff ing out of our vernacular when it comes to stringing words together,' and delights in expatiating on the untold benefits that would come to the masses of the people if the Gov ornment owned and controlled the railroads, and especially to the masses in the Sixth district of North Carolina, which, by the way, is a farming district. ,, He illustrates by calling attention to the fact that with Government ownership travel would be so cheap about a cent or a half a cent a mile that it would be cheaper to travel than to stay at home, and that freights would be so cheap practi cally nothing that we could get California grapes, peaches, pears, raisins, plums, prunes, oranges, &&, laid down at our doors for a mere song; tropical fruits from Florida and the islands ditto; wheat, flour, corn, pork, beef, etc., from the fields and the pastures of the West, ditto; that we could live like lords, bask in the sunshine, or in the shade, if we didn't fancy the sunshine, and keep our small change to buy store clothes, go to the circus, &c, or words to that effect. And then our lumber, we'd get that so cheap, already grooved and planed, that the ordinary sable field hand could have a nice house with an upstairs to it, and if he was particularly nice and had a little money he could have something approximating a palace for little or nothing. This is about the sum and sub stance of the verbal picture he draws of the blissful slice of territory this shoestring domain is to be when Uncle Samuel owns, and runs the railroads. He doesn't inform his hearers where they are going to get the filthy lucre to buy these things even at the nominal cost he predicts, and seems to be oblivious of the fact, that this would knock the bot tom out of farming and the lumber business in this country and leave several thousand people with nothing but a very large surplus of time on their hands, which they could put in fishing, possum hunting or playing mumble the peg. All the Populist advocates of this wild proposition do not talk as fool ishly nor idiotically on it as he does, but there is none of them who knows anything about it. They haven't the slightest conception, or do not seem to have, of the immensity of the railroad systems of this country, of the cost of building, equipping roads, ot ooeratine. and. what it costs or should cost to carry people and freight. Hon. jerry Simpson, the unique and original Populist Representative from breezy Kansas, contends that if a railroad can afford to haul a live hog from Kansas City to Chicago for a few dollars it can afford to haul a live Congressman for the same, ignoring the fact that the hog does not demand a palace car, ' with mahogany finish, cushioned seats and other accompaniments of com fort and elegance which the Hon Jerry avails himself of when he travels. If he were willing to put up with the surroundings, plainness and lack of style and ease of the hog car, we have no doubt that the railroads would be willing to haul him at hog rates. But, as we remarked, they do not know anything about the railroad business and necessarily talk a great deal of nonsense when predicting what Government ownership would do for the people in the way of les sening transportation, and cheapen ing rates of travel and freight. The experiment has been tried in other countries and we have the cost of service in those compared with the cost in this, where the railroads are abused more than they are in any country under the sun. During the last session of Congress Senator Pet tigrew, of South Dakota, had passed a resolution Instructing the Inter- State Commerce Commission to in vestigate the question of Govern ment ownership of railroads and the cost of service in this and in other countries. The report they have made, after investigation, is sumar ized as follows : , ! "There are ten countries that do not own or operate railways, viz: Colon bia. Great Britain and Ireland, Mexico, Paraguay. Peru. Spain. Switzerland, Turkey, United States and Uruguay. "The following Governments own and one rate some of the railways, viz: Ar gentina, Australasia, Auatria-Hungaria, r4 Belgium. Brazil, Canada, Cape of Good nope, CniU. Denmark, France, Germany. Guatemala, India, Japan, Norway, Port- ueali-Kussia and Sweden 18. V be f Jllowiag Governments own and operate practically all their railways, viz: fcgyptand Nicaraucua a. "The followine Governments own Dart of their ' railways, but do not operate any, leasing all the present mileage to private companies, viz: Greece, Hollan d and Italy 3. "The relatiye rates charged, for freight and passenger service' on the govern ment-owned railroads and the other facts cited in connection with such roads are calculated to afford little encourage ment to the advocates ol government ownership. A comparison of passenger charges per mile shows an average in Great Britain of 4.42 cents for first class. 3 20 for Second class and 1.91 for third class. In France the average is 3.85 cents for first class, 2.86 for second class-1 and 2.08 cents for third class. In Ger many the rate is 3.10 cents first class, 2.32 cents second class and 1.54 cents third class. In the United States the average charge is 2.12 cents. lhe average charges per ton per mile are! as follows: In Great Britain, 2 80 cents; in France. 2.20 cents: in Ger many, 1.64 cents, and in the United States, 1 cent." It will be seen from this that there f s no country in the "world,- whether the Government operates the rail roads or not, where the cost of travel and freight is as low as it is in this country, where the Populist states men and their dupes are clamorous for Government ownership. FD7TY-FCTTH VOLUME; The Morning Sxar is twenty- seven years old, and begins its fifty fifth semi -annual volume to-day. Six months ago the Sunday issue was greatly enlarged, and the pro mise was made then that, with a mod- ! erate increase of business, every issue would be made as large as that of Sunday. That promise is redeemed to-day. The moderate increase of business i has come; and we have so much conndence in the future that we fully expect a steady growth, both in subscriptions and advertisements. The increase in size, of course, means an increase in expenses; but it is our intention to give the readers of The Morning Star the i best newspaper we can afford, and to offer the business men of Wil mington the best medium for reach ing the merchants and farmers in the territory that is commercially tributary to Wilmington. The fact that The Morning Star is the oldest daily newspaper in the State shows that twenty-seven years is a long period in daily journalism in North Carolina. And during all i these years there has been no change in its name, proprietorship or edito- rial management. With thanks to the thousands of friends who have stood by us for i nearly a generation; and with a cor dial acknowledgment of the gener ous courtesies shown us by our con temporaries of the "fourth estate," The Morning Star looks gratefully at the past, and hopefully to the future. SENATOR RANSOM Will Addreaa the Democrat of Hew Han over at Wilmington Monday Zigbt, October lat. Senator Ransom has accepted an invi tation to address the Democratic voters of New Hanover county in this City on Monday night. October 1st. If the weather is favorable the address will probably be delivered outdoors, and that there will be a great gathering of peopje to hear the distinguished speaker, goes without saying. The County Executive Committee and the Young Men's Dem ocratic Club have ample time to make preparations for the event, and will no doubt! arrange for a great popular de monstration. The following is a copy of the invitation to Senator Ransom and his reply : I ; j Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 22. Hon. W- IV. Ransorn, Wadesboro, N. C, The Democratic Executive Commit tee of New Hanover county invites you to speak here on Monday night, Oct. 1st. i You speak at Bargaw on same day at noon, and can reach here that after noon at six o clock. Trust you will ac cept. Please wire answer, so announce ment can be made. U. borden. Chairman. Wadesboro, N. C. Sept. 22. To Charles Et Borden, Charmant Wil mington, N. C.'. It will eive me very great pleasure to speak in Wilmington on Monday night, October 1st. Yours, sincerely, M. W. Ransom. Ten Dollare Beward. The pot hunters and other violators of the game laws will haveto put away their guns tintil November 1st, or suffer the penalty. . The Eastern Dog and Game Protective Association, of this city, have taken the matter in hand, and offer! & reward of (10.00 for evidence suf ficient to convict any person of viola ting the game laws in New nanover county. The members of the Association are in earnest in this matter, and they in tend to see that the game laws are en forced. Those who imagine that the club was organized for the purpose of smashing" clay pigeons are mistaken. That is merely a diversion for the dull months of Summer, ine real ooject oi the Eastern Dog and Game Protective Association, as its name indicates, is to. protect dogs and game; and this they in tend to do. a-a- -1 The Rev. Pop. Charles Henry Martin, who thinks he is "running for Congress against Lockhart, is a political crank of colossal proportions. - Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C;, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1894. . CRIMINAL COURT Adjourned for the Verm Grand Joxj'm Beport. The Criminal Court adjourned y ester-) day for the term. Ben Lane, the white man convicted of seduction last; Thursday and recom mended by the jury to the mercy of the Court, was sentenced to two years im prisonment in the State Penitentiary. No appeal was taken. -The grand lury made report as fol lows t- The grand jury respectfully report that they have performed, so far as they are able, the duties assigned to them. They have made three presentments for different crimes. They nave taken evidence in twenty bills of indictment. Of these, nineteen true bills were found and one not a true bill. The County Home and County Jail have been visited; and so far as the grand jury have been able to inform themselves by a brief inspection, both these institu tions seem to be well kept, and the in mates, both paupers and prisoners, well ted and cared for. In the County Home the rooms and premises were found neat and clean. The kitchens for both white and colored departments were in good condition, and tue dinner which was cooking at the time of Inspection appeared to be of good Wholesome food, and from enqui ries made of inmates it is furnished in sufficient quantities, though some slight objection was offered to' want of va riety, - The dampness of the furnace cellar under the main building, referred to in the report of a former grand jury, has been materially improved, and the grand jury respectfully recommend a like im provement in the insane department. The general condition of the tail cells and corridors appears tto be good, and the prisoners offered no reasonable com plaints as to food or care. If your Honor has no further duty to impose upon us, the grand jury respect fully ask to be discharged. Respectfully submitted, B. F. Hall, foreman. As foreman of the grand jury I take great pleasure in bearing testimony to the patience and diligence, as well as the uniform courtesy and kindness ot each grand juror. a. t. hall, foreman. A Bailor Accidentally Killed. A seaman named Jonas H. Andersen, one of the crew of the British, steamer Tortnore, lying at the Champion Com press wharves, was instantly killed yes terday by falling from the top of the smokestack, upon which he was doing some work, to the deck of the vessel. The unfortunate man's neck was broken end his skull crushed, Coroner Walton was notified and made an official inquiry into the circum stances. He decided that an inquest was unnecessary, as the man's death was altogether accidental, Andersen was about 22 years of age, a Swede by birth. The captain and crew ot the vessel took charge of the remains, which were placed in a neat casket. ' The funeral will take place this morning at 0 o'clock ir'om the Seamen's Bethel, on Dock street. City Markets. Prices of products in the city markets show but little change. Sweet potatoes sell at 60 cents per bushel, or 3 quarts for 5 cents; tomatoes, 5c per quart; Lima beans, 10c; snap beans, 5c; field peas, 5c; okra. 2 quarts for 5c; Irish potatoes, 2 quarts for 5c; green corn, 10c per dozen; cabbage, 5 to 15c per head. Apples (Northern), 5c per quart; scup- pernong grapes, two quarts for 5c; sugar pears, 10c per quart; chinquepins, 10c per quart. Eggs. 15c per dozen; grown. fowls, 25c apieoe; chickens, 12f to 20c. Fresh water trout, 35 to 40c per string; perch, 15 to 25c;mullets,10c; flounders,15 to 25c; sturgeon, 5c per pound; clams,10c per quart; snrimps, oc per quart.; cnannei crabs, 10c per dozen; soft shell crabs, 40c; rice birds, 40 to 50c per dozen. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Vacancies on the County Ticket Filled Other Business Transacted. The County Democratic Executive Committee met, pursuant to published call, at the Court House, yesterday af ternoon. Eleven ot the thirteen mem bers were present. Mr. E. A. Northrop was elected to fill a vacancy existing in the representation of the Fifth Ward. Chairman Borden announced that nominations to fill the existing vacancies on the county ticket were in order; whereupon the name of Mr. Herbert McClammy was presented for the House of Representatives. There being no op position, Mr. McClammy received the unanimous vote of the Committee. The vacancy for Constable of Wil mington Township was filled by the unanimous nomination of Mr. J. W. Mil lis. This completes the ticket. A motion was adopted requesting Chairman Borden to invite Senator Ran som to speak here on the night of Octo ber 1st, as he speaks at Burgaw that day and can address the people of New Han over at the time indicated without inter fering with his other appointments. The committee confirmed the elec: tion of the Executive . Committeemen for Federal Point Township chosen by the voters August 8th. After authorizing the Chairman to ap point canvassing and campaign commit tees, the Committee adjourned. One ot Many. The Star receives a good many let ters fully as appreciative as the following from Messrs. Julian Lewis & Co., of Clinton: "Enclosed you will find money order for six dollars, on subscription due you for the Star. We can't do without the Star. It belongs to our household; so, send it right on. Cotton Crop Estimates. There can be no doubt that there will be a very large crop of cotton made this season; but it is equally certain that the mammoth figures, ranging from 9,500,000 to 10,000,000 bales, heretofore given out, will have to be reduced. There is nothing in sight now to justify any estimate in excess of 9,000,000 bales, and the crop is likely to be somewhere near those figures. It the Emperor of China con tinues the work of "divesting" on Li Hung Chang much longer the poor old Viceroy will have nothing left when the chilly blasts of December come but the Georgia uniform a shirt collar and a pair of spurs. v KING KORN'S KROP. The TieM Ts Variously Estimated at from 1,300,000,000 to 1,387,000,000 Bush els A Considerable Shortage. - In consequence of the large produc tion of corn in the South this season the people of this section are much in terested in the crop estimates. .The New Yqrk World szys: l he biggest crop raised by a single country is Indian corn, and the United otates is the country that raises it. - In a good year the United States pro duces 2,000.000,000 bushels of this staple, and has produced more. At the average market price these 2,000,000,000 bushels are worth $1,000,000,000. or about ten times as much as the gold production of the whole world for a year. - It would ay the entire public debt of the United tates. - : - But this year the corn crop is short. A severe drought has greatly reduced the yield.' Just how much is what many people would be very glad to known, and the World therefore prints to-day reports from nearly three hundred cor respondents! scattered throughout the corn region. Ihese reports cover ! the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Mich I igan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. These twelve States include the great corn belt of the United States, and in an average year produce about 75 per cent, of the crop. lhe Government report makes the yield this year 1,100.000,000 bushels, but most all of the corn authorities say this is too low, and the World's exhaustive reports indicate that the latter are right. If one will -study these reports care fully he will see that they indicate about two-thirds of an average crop, or in the neighborhood of 1,300,000,000 bushels. The greatest reduction has been in the States west of the Mississippi, and there the loss has been heavy. V Kansas, which raised more than 150,- 000,000 bushels of corn in a good year, reports only 42 000.000 bushels. But the States east of the Mississippi, where rain is a more certain quantity, pull up the average. i The reports follow by States. " The annexed estimate by the Prairie Farmer, it will be observed, is somewhat larger than that of the World; but it should be noticed that it calls attention to the fact that it is the "third small crop in succession :". x v CHICAGO, Sept. 18. The Pratrie Far mer s corn : crop report lor September says: "Special investigation indicates that the acreage lost amounts to 7,764,000 acres. Of this one-half was in Nebraska alone, and 6,500,000 acres were in Ne braska, Iowa and Missouri. The amount 'cut up has been overestimated in some quarters by including a large amount of corn which was ripe and 'cut up simply to save the fodder in best possible con dition. The present return indicates a crop of 1,337.000.000 bushels, against 1,718.000,000 bushels last year. It is the third small crop in succession, and, con sidering the depleted stocks and in creased population and consumptive de mand, is the smallest supply on record. Criminal Court. ! In the Criminal Court yesterday, Ben Lane, a white man, was tried for seduc-j tion. The jury returned a verdict off guilty; but recommended the defendant to the, mercy of the Court. Judgment was not pronounced. M Mary Perry, colored, charged with inn fanticide, was acquitted. I. E. Warren, charged with larcenyi submitted to a charge of trespass, and the Court suspended judgment on pay-) ment of costs by the defendant. Owen Huggms, colored, charged with! criminal assault on i Laura Stallings, af bright mulatto girl about 17 years of agei submitted to a charge of assault with criminal intent, and was sentenced toj twelve years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. I os. Robinson, against whom there were several indictments lor larcenyi submitted, and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the State penij tentiary. r AtQ o clock p. m. the Court took recess until 10 a. m. to-day. Bword Captured During the Iiate War. A prominent Baptist minister, of Ken tucky, writes the Star: ' An Ohio lady whom I have met at the Virginia Springs, tells me that her hus band captured during the war a sword inscribed "Capt. Bellamy," and she would like to return it to the owner's heirs. learn that there is a well known family of that name in Wilmington, and I invite persons interested to address Mrs. H. P. Booth, Rawley Springs, va where she will remain until October 15. They would, of course, furnish references. Such courteous returns have right often been made, and are always gratifying tp the public as well as to the persons co cernea. John A. Broadus. of Louisville, Ky. Life Insurance on a Large Boale. "The largest single policy holder i! the South," a newspaper paragraph going the rounds says, "is J. S. Carr, of Dur ham, who carries $545,500 on his life. He carries on the lives of members of his family about $200,000 more. Ex Gov. Holt of North Carolina, carries only $57,452 on his own life, but he caf rles upward of $500,000 on the lives Of members of his family, and Lawrence $. Holt, a relative of his who resides Burlington, is insured for $172,000." I Sudden. Death. Coroner Walton went to Mvrtle Grove Sound last night to investigate the deatb of Amos Wheeler, colored, who was found dead yesterday morning in sitting posture behind the door of h house, at a place called "Rock Spring!' Wheeler had been sick four weeks, ana his death is supposed to have been from natural causes. He was forty-five years old, and came from Sampson county. A Meritorious Promotion. f lhe rayettevule Observer says: so. Burwell T. Jones, the youngest con ductor on thelC. F. & Y. V. RR., has been appointed yard conductor at Wil- mington. He went down Tuesday tot take charge. It is an appointment that will give pleasure to every one, and we . congratulate our young friend-and his a company. This is the Place. The Florence Times says: - "The receipts of cotton at Florence from August 25th to September 17th were 489 bales. Of this amount 66 were shipped to Charleston, 137 to Norfolk and 286 to Wilmington." : Well, what of it ? There's nothing the matter with Wilmington. She has plenty of money to pay the market value for cotton; she has three of the finest cotton presses in the country, she has a depth ot water to the ocean sufficient for ships carrying 10,090 bales, and there is no reason why she should not be one of the leading cotton ports of the South. TAR r i THE COTTOH TRADE. ' ! w V . ... - Hubbard, Price & Co.'s Letter Crop Eatl j mates. The decline of the past week, in face of the bad crop accounts which have been forwarded from every: section of the South, and which are making them selves apparent in the files of the South ern- newspapers, in addition to their publication by the Government and pri vate sources, is an instance of the in credulity ot the public as to the extent of any damage to the growing crops in America this season If crop accounts oi a - simuar cnaracter had been re ceived in previous Years, the market un doubtedly would have responded with an advance, notwithstanding the increase in the movement of the receipts' over those of last season, for the simple fact that tnis movement would then be compared to the pig crop year, and found to be less than in that season. But this year me spirit of buying produce of any character has vanished, as a result of the severe losses which were experienced last year in the continued decline of both Cotton and wheat. The cotton iraac wiiu meir inenas nave -made up their minds seemingly in such a manner that it will be impossible to change it. that tfhis season's crop will be a very large jone, and therefore it is utterly useless to consider the question of buy ing cotton at any price whatever. To locate the exact reason for the sharp! break of c. a pound, which has occurred since our last letter, it is to be found in the fact that a report was sent irom, Augusta, ua, by a prominent man in the Liverpool cotton trade, that the cotton crop appeared to him to be a very large one and might possibly exceed 9,- uuu.vuu oaies, and as his opinion is looked up to in his own market the nat ural! result was to throw upon the cotton markets ot the world not only the hold ings of his friends, but a general and in discriminate rush to sell ensued which sharply broke prices, as there is not speculation enough on either side of the water to think of buying cotton at 6 5-16. Our cables from Europe to-day state in fone instance that the feeling in the trade there tends towards the belief that cotton will sell as low as 3d. a pound this season, and that therefore it is useless to consider the question of buying cotton at any price. On the other hand it is also felt that the demoralization abroad and in this market has been sufficient for the present, and that the markets will be apt tp become comparatively steady, and if anything, react from this sharp decline. Looking at the market broadly, it would seem as though we were now feel ing the effects of the extreme force of the wave of pessimism which has been 'growing gradually since the cotton cul minated in May, 1890, and at 12.64 for August, which has continued with inter ruptions to work against the value of cotton, until to-day it is selling at 6.29 for October. In other words, in lour years cotton has declined 50 per cent, of its actual value. At the same time the visible supply of cotton on the coming Saturday will probably be less than it was in any year since 1890, and, there fore, we must look for this sea son's crop to form the basis for this extraordinary depreciation which has ; occurred in the - price of cotton. Other circumstances, such as bad trade and financial panics have been taken from the situation; in fact trade has so improved throughout the world that it is estimated the consumption of American cotton this year will be larger than ever before known. Whether this wave of pessimism is now approaching its end and will be gradually succeeded by an optimistic view of the cotton mar ket will depend largely upon the advices which are received regarding the cotton crop during the next 60 days. - We have yet i to encounter the most dangerous factor which makes or mars the cotton crop,! namely, a frost, and as the j plant this season is green and luxurious it would be more disastrons than for any season since 1889. There remains, therefore, the same story which we have repeated from time to time in these letters, namely, that there is no speculation, and until the belief in a 9,000,000 bale crop is badly marred by crop prospects, it is not likely that there will be any increase in that factor to sup port prices. Therefore, the question still remains an open one, whether the pros pects' for the crop, which have sadly de teriorated since the 1st of September are now such as will produce' a yield of 9,000,000 bales or a yield exceeding the estimate for consumption for the coming season, namely: 8,250.000 bales of Amer ican cotton. Should by any accident the crop fall to or below this required con sumption, an advance would occur in the cotton market which would astonish those who are now so confident that cotton will sell at 2 pence per pound in Liverpool, and it is this factor which is the only one preventing such a decline at the present time. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Thirty Thousand Casks Bold in Savannah Wednesday Btook in First Hands Be- duoed to Five Thousand Casks. The News has the following concern ing a heavy transaction in spirits turpen tine in Savannah last Wednesday: A sale of 30,000 casks of spirits tur pentine was made here yesterday. The price was 24 cents a gallon. The transaction amounted to about $367,- 500. The factors' combination held a meet ing in the afternoon to consider a bid from two prominent buyers at the price stated above, and after some discussion agreed to accept the oner, l here was a stock on hand of over 61,000 casks, of which about 35,000 casks were in first hands. The sale of 80,000 casks left 5.000 in the hands of the factors. After the sale was made it was rumor ed that there was a strong inquiry for the product, and that 500 casks were sold at 24jg cents a gallon. A bid for 1, 000 casks at the latter price was also re ported. As nearly all of the stock at the ports is now in the exporters' hands, it is expected that there will be a grad nal advance in the price during the next few weeks. ' The price at which the stock was sold yesterday is just 5 cents a gallon below the combine's highest figure, or a loss of $25,000 on the amount the- factors ex pected to receive at the beginning of the long and exciting fight. The expense of holding the spirits during the summer reduced the profits considerable. Although the several sales made during the past four months have been at a better price than would probably have been realized had not the combina tion been formed, the transaction of yes terday shows that the supply and de mand governs the trade, and that the exporters, backed by the consumers, old the balance of power. The fight of he factors was strongly made, buttney ve been ultimately defeated. They ill now start at the bottom again, and v inducing the operators to curtail the production, will endeavor to realize bet- r prices in the future. - The Democratic ticket for New anover county having been completed according to Democratic party law. it will be found in its entirety in the Star tot-day NO. 47 FAIR OF THE CAROLIHAS A Great Gathering of People Expected at Maxton Senator Jarria -Will Bpaak Be- dnoed Bates on Bail oada, : .. Star Correspondence ' : Maxton, N. C, Sept. 22. 1894. ; Dear Star: The railroad rates to Maxton during the Fair have been fixed by the S. A. L. and AT C Lat oneffare for the round trip; The fare from Wil mington and return;" including admis sions to the Fair grounds, will be $3.20. Senator T. J. Taws will deliver an ad dress on Thursday, November 1st, and Hon. T. W. Mason will sneak on Friday. the 2nd of November. Mr. G. F. Greene, curator of the State Museum, was in Maxton yesterday, mak ing arrangements for the exhibit of the State's resources, to be made from the collection of the Board of Agriculture. Col. J. S. Carr. of Durham, President ot the State Fair, will make an exhibit here also. 1 . , Part af Wilmington's police force -will be on hand, as usual, to make the thou sand Wilmingtonian s .feel at home and safe when they come up to the inland city to "see the sights. lhe Gun Club had its weekly and weakly shoot vesterday. Harker holds the medal. . TOBACCO SALES. Breaks at Booky Mount Prioes High lor All Grades Farmers Pleased with the Bales. , Star Correspondence. Rockv Mount, Sept. 21. 1894. Hang the banners on the outer wall. the cry is, still they come.'. The tobacco sales this week have been unprecedented, tobacco coming in from . Green, Pitt, Halifax, Franklin. Edgecombe and Nash counties, and the prices running high for all grades, has induced farmers from every direction to come with not only cart) but wagon loads, i To-day the break is, unprecedented. Mote to bacco on the market than ever has been seen at one time, the expositions had heretofore not excepted. There is such a large quantity it will require two days to wind up to-day s sale. A large lot, a car-load, from Greenville, Came in yesterday, and there being so much on the floor it was not offered to-day, but will be to-morrow. I The farmers arc buoyant and highly pleased with the sales; not a complaint having been heard from them. Yesterday the sales were not so large amounting to nine thousand dollars paid out. One man sold over three thousand dollars worth, and to-days's sale will amount to twelve thousand dol lars if not more. It does not look like hard times with the farmers, to see so many here with their tobacco on the market for sale. J. AT ROCXEfOHAM COURT. Walter Whitley Acquitted of Murder The Case of E. J. Fuller Senator Bansom. Special Star Te7e?ram. Rockingham, N. C, September 21. Walter Whitley, the white boy charged with murder, was acquitted; the jury returning a verdict of not guilty Thurs day night. The trial of E. J. Fuller, for murder (removed from Cumberland county), will begin to-morrow (Saturday) morn ing. His counsel are: W. W. Fuller, Jno. D. Shaw and son, C. M. Cooke, Geo. M. Rose, W. H. Day. Senator Ransom spoke here to-day. to a large and appreciative audience in the court house; one of the finest speeches ever made in this town. WAYNE POPULISTS Accept the Proposition For Fusion With J Bepublioans. Special Star Telegram. Golds boro, N. C September 22. The Populists of Wayne county met in convention here to-day aud accepted the fusion proposition of the Republicans, conceding them the offices of sheriff, register of deeds and one legislator. They nominated candidates for clerk of court, treasurer, coroner, surveyor and one legislator andadjourned to meet again next Thursday tojatify the nom- nation of the Kepubiicansto be made the previous day. Senatorial District Convention. Mr. C. C. Borden, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, re quests that the delegates of the various wards and townships to the late County Convention confer with the chairman of that convention, . Mr. Tohn J. Fowler, for the purpose of selecting delegates one from each ward and township to attend the Senatorial Convention of the district composed of the counties of New Hanover and Brunswick, to be held at Southport October 1st. 1894, for the pur pose of nominating a Senator. Mr. Rufus Galloway, of Brunswick, was endorsed for this position by the Democratic County Convention of Brunswick, held September 19th, at Lockwood's Folly. The firm of JFennell, Fore & Co. having closed their doors, are busily engaged packing up preparatory to mov ing their stock to Jackson, Ga.' Messrs. Fennell and Yopp will also move there, but Mr, Fore,- as has heretofore been stated, will remain here. Jim's friends and those made by Mr. Fennell during his short but pleasant stay in the city, wish them both much success. STEWART-GLASSCOCK. The Suit for Divorce In Which the Sen ator from Kevada la Co-Bespondent. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, September 22. Sen ator Wm, M. Stewart, of Nevada, who is made a co-respondent in a suit for divorce brought in the -Courts of the District of Columbia by a man named Glasscock against his wife, filed in Court to-day voluminous affidavits set ting forth that the case is one of conspir acy to blackmail, and the plaintiff and respondent have continued to reside to gether as husband and wife after the suit was filed. In a sworn statement fur nished by his attorney, Senator Stewart says : "From the foregoing, you will see that there can - be no consideration by me of any suggestion of a settlement of any demand ot this woman or of her husband and there will be none. They are certainly blackmailers and it is my duty to state these facts to you frankly and truthfully that you may know what I solemnly declare to be the truth, namely, that I have had no relations whatever with this woman except as herein stated, that there is no founda tion for any charge of any name or nature against me. . DEMAND. The General Bevival of Business Making : Itself Felt In the TJ. B. Treasury. " By Telegraph to th. Horning Star. , Washington, Sept. 22. The general but gradual revival of business is mak ing itself 'felt in the Treasury by the heavy demand for small notes of the de nominations of $1 and $2. Money of this class is in great demand in the South and Southwest, aid while.. the Treasvry is doing its utmost to accom modate all who ask for small money, it cannot always supply all orders as promptly .as desired. Preference is given to orders When gold is deposited tor small notes, as it is the policy of the Treasury to build up its gold reserve by all legitimate means. In the West gold is being freely deposited for such, money as the banks desire and' no delay is experienced in filling all orders promptly. In the West, how-, ever, very little money of denominations lower than fives and tens is wanted and this class ot money can be readily sup plied. , For the past six weeks the amount of money sent to the Treasury for redemp tion has been unusually heavy, averag ing $750,000 a day since. September 1st. TWO WHITE MEN HANGED For. an Atrboious Murder at Winnsboro, South Carolina. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. CoLUHBiA. S. C, September 21. John and Jasper Atkins (white) were hanged at Winnsboro, S. C , to-day, for the murder of William Clamp, ' also white, on February 19, 1893. They died without a tremor, but never denied or admitted their guilt. The murder was an, atrocious one. They killed Clamp in order, that John might live with Clamp's wile and Jasper with his daugh ter, and between them divide up what little property the dead man had. The Governor thought of commuting their sentence to life imprisonment, but had he done so, a mob was ready to go to the jail and lynch them. ONE OFTHE VICTIMS Of the Darlington Dispensary Biota Ltkely to Die of His Wounds By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 22. Consta ble McLendon, who was shot three times during the Darlington Dispensary riots, once through the stomach, is in a serious condition from his wounds and it is likely that he will soon be dead. His wounds have never healed, but recently have become more aggravated, and be has been in Columbia this -week seeking medical advice. The wounds are in such condi tion that little hope is held for his re covery. WARM WIRE LETS. Lady Randolph Churchill has written to a friend in England that her husluad shows no sign of improvement; that his physical weakness is serious and -frequently alarming. J. G. Spencer was nominated for Con gress from the Seventh Mississippi Dis trict, to succeed Charles E. Hooker, whom he defeats. The fight has been on in the convention at Canton, Miss., for several days. Several Populist farmers in Northern Texas have been indicted Tor combining to keep up the price of cotton seed, and Attorney General Culberson is pre paring to trring suit against certain cot ton seed oil mills for violation of the anti-Trust law by combining to keep the price of seed down. A San Francisco dispatch says : Fed eral Judge Morrow decided the Ezeta Extradition cases. 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