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A RUINOUS SYSTEM.
There is. no Government which
lays claim to a first-class standing
among the nations of the earth
which is as completely at the mercy
of its money handlers as the Gov
ernment of the United States is. It
is they and not the administration
which may happen to te in power
who control its Treasury and dictate
its financial policy. It has been so
for thirty years and will continue to
be so until there is a radical change
in the financial system. ;
Since the present administration
has come into power it has been
forced to issue bonds twice to main
tain the gold reserve in the Treasury,
and trie probabilities are that it will
have to issue more, for the money
lords can force an issue whenever
they decide to do so. They have
the Treasury completely in their
power and when they get. upon their
hands a larger surplus of money than
they care to hold or can find profit
able investment for they will tap the
Treasury, drain it of its gold and
lorce another issue of bonds "to
maintain the credit of the Govern
ment," which they find such a con
venient plea when they want to
squeeze Uncle Sam and force him to
take off their hands the money they
can't otherwise profitably dispose of.
It is the simplest thing in the
world to do. The policy of this
Government is to make one dollar
as good as another, which means that
every dollar must be as good as a
gold dollar. There are m circula
ti6:i, (this is the word, although they
may be locked up in vaults) $346,-
681,016 in greenbacks, and $151,
C00.257 in Treasury notes of 1890,
whicbare redeemable in coin, which,
according the practice fn the Treas
ury means in gold, for silver has
been ostracized by the Treasury and
is not considered coin. These $346,
681,016 of greenbacks might go into
the Treasury, but under the law they
cannot be retired or destroyed. With
this fund to utilize and draw upon,
all the money lords have to do is to
get 8850,000.000 of greenbacks, or
less, together, present them at the
i reasury, have them redeemed in
gold, thus break into the gold reserve
and force another issue of bonds to
"maintain the credit of the Govern
ment." Then they can take that
. same gold which they yanked out' of
the Treasury, buy the . bonds when
they are put upon the market, and
repeat the same process.
- What does a hundred million gold
reserve amount to to redeem $498,
290,273 of Treasury notes which the
Treasury practice says must be re
deemed in gold, and when $346,681,-
016 of these not only may be but
must be put into circulation again ?
The blunder, and it wouldn't be
strong language to call It a crime,
in this was the arbitrary policy
entered upon by the Treasury years
ago, of paying in gold notes which
by the law and the understanding of
those who took them were payable
m coin, a policy which made the
silver dollar worthless in the hands
of the Government although it had
the quality of a debt-redeeming
money in the hands of the citizen.
io the citizen by law it is made a
dollar, because it bears the impress
of the Government's stamp, but in the
vaults of the Government it counts
only as so much white metal, unless
where the holder of, a note prefers
the silver, which is seldom the case.
But not only these but every dol
lar in circulation in this country over
and above the $579,728,587 in gold,
is practically redeemable in gold, in
directly if not directly, for it may all
be converted into the Treasury notes
. which are redeemable in coin, which
the Treasury construes to mean gold.
This means that there are cut of the
" nine different kinds of money in cir
culation $1,662,912,833 which the
government of the United States
pledges Itself to make as good as
VOL. XXVI.
gold and to redeem in gold, and all
this it expects to guarantee with a
little $100,000,000 gold reserve which
a few bankers mav break into and
walk away with whenever they" de
cide to do so, and enter into an agree
ment to that eKect;:Zr:"::-i:i'li,: i
France with one-half the popula
tion of the United States has no
trouble in keeping up f her coin re
serves, maintaining the parity be
tween her coin and her paper money,
and borrowing ; all the money she
needs from her own people, because
she protects the quality of money
she issues and does not discriminate
against one in favor of the other.and
therefore there is no grabbing for
one to the detriment of the other.
There is no combining to raid the
Treasury there to drain it of its gold
and compel it to go on the market
to borrow more to give a few bank
ers an opportunity to invest their
surplus funds in Interest tearing" se
curities. , . , : ' -
England has no trouble in keep
ing tip her reserve fund, and no
trouble in borrowing money when
she needs it, nor has Germany, nor
any other of the leading powers of
Europe, save Russia and Italy,whose
credit are not ot -the best. But
France, England and Germany are
financially solid, because they have
wisely guarded against putting them
selves in the power of any money
combinations at home or abroad.
The policy of this Government has
been the very - reverse, : and while
pretending to maintain the parity of
all its dollars it has discriminated
against all but gold by setting a high
er standard of value upon the one
made of yellow metal, and making it
an object with every one who holds
one of the other dollars to have it' re
deemed in that which by the action
of the Government is made the most
precious. -
If this policy were changed and
the Secretary of the Treasury ex
ercised the option which the law
gives him- to redeem in "coin" the
Treasury notes presented for re
demption instead of redeeming them
in gold, which he has to borrow,
these runs on the Treasury would
cease, and instead ot hoarding goia
to force the Treasury to - become a
borrower the bankers would seek
other ways of investing it and the
ostracized silver dollar would, take
its place as one of the recognized
coins In our monetary system, and
would have in the hands of the Gov
ernment the debt paying property it
had before an arbitrary ruling forced
it into a subordinate and dishonored
position.
MTK0R MEBTI0H.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Republicans claim to have elected
246 -members to . the next Congress
there are so far announced some
thirty contests, with probably other
districts to be heard from. The fact
that anybody else happened to be
running against a Democrat seems
to be taken as prima fade evidence
that that somebody was elected and
has "good grounds for a contest.
Some of the contestors down in these
parts are Populists, but we haven't
so far seen it announced that any
Prohibitionist has gone into the con
testing business. Some of these men
may possibly. count on being seated
because the Republicans have a ma
jority in the next House and can seat
them if they will, but the majority of
them are simply taking the chances,
because it will not cost them much
for they will have their expenses paid,
will be allowed counsel fees, and can
manage if they are thrifty to make
a little money and have a good time
while they are doing it. Of all the
impositions on the people this con
testing business is one of tne gross
est, for in eight cases out of ten the
contests are based on the flimsiest
erounds. and they drag along in
committee through perhaps two ses
sions of Congress and are sometimes
then not decided, or decided upon
purely partisan grounds, the man
who holds the seat continuing in the
meantime to act and vote and draw
his salary as if there were no ques
tion as to his -right, to be Ubere.
These contests should be held before
a body which was not interested in
the result, and which could try them
without any partisan bias, and the
man who makes the contest should
be required to bear his own ex
penses. This would prevent: frivo
lous contests and keep a good many
cranks or sharps at home.
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The Washington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says that Ma
rion Butler may, as reported, vote
with the Republicans to organize the
Senate," on condition that he can
name the Secretary of the Senate,
the position now held by Gen. Cox,
It is understood that he has his friend
Gideon Wilson, otherwise known as
Otbo,' slated for that billet. This
may be a matter of mere speculation,
and probably is, for Marion couldn't
very well work. It without being able
to control four more Populist votes
besides his own. which would be
necessary to enable the Republicans
to organize the Senate, and this be
will not be " able to do, for
although he is "peart," mentally he
will be about the smallest caliSred'
Pop. in the Senate. We 'have not
the , slightest ; idea : that - Senators
Stewart, Jones, Peffer,'. Allen and
Kyle are going to let M.. Butler puU
the string while they do the dancing:
There is no ., reason why Marion
should have the cheek to demand for
his pal, Gideon,! about the biggest
plum the Senate has to dispose of,
for the Republicans had considera
ble of a hand in the business in this
State, and could more consistently
demand Senatorial favors, if any
came this way than the Pops. can.
As the parties are divided in the Sen
ate, however there will be a pretty
good chance for thrifty Pops, to turn
a Jack if they be that way inclined.
. Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, who
a few 'days ago married a fifteen
year old girl, daughter of one of his
tenants, first fell in love with her
older sister, but she took a shine to a
young Irishman named Toomey and
ran away with him. Cassius then
"fell in love" with the child'and mar
ried her in spite of the protests of
his children. He is 84 years old,
hale and hearty, and nimble as ever
with the pistol, for which reason
there are not many audible remarks
made in his vicinity about this ill-
paired match. :
CUMBERLAND FAIR
Gave Enjoyment to Many The Hsoes
Trp-ahooting-Conteata A Grand Ball.
f Special 'Star. Correspondence. ;,
Fayetteviixe. N. C, Nov." 17.
The Thirty-second Annual' Exhibition
of the Cumberland County Agricultural
Society is numbered now among the im
portant events of the past. It was aaoe
casion of much enjoyment to all parti
cipants, and while the attendance this
year was not as large as on former occa
sions, tbe fair was a grand success, and
the efficient management is to be con
gratulated thereupon. Mr. Walter Wat
son, the President, and Mr. Geo. Law
rence, tbe Secretary, have been laboring
assiduously for several weeks to make tbe
occasion one worthy of tbe patronage ol
the country at large, while Mr." George
A. Barns has left no stone unturned to
induce the sporting fraternity of this and
other States to send tbeir fine racing
stock here to compete with the horses
offered, with tbe view of perpetuating
tbe reputation heretofore sustained by
the society for the excellence of the con
tests in this department; and right well
does he deserve the praise, which has
been given him for the success - at
tained. -
The trotting face yesterday, free for
all. was won by "Prince Albert": in
2.S2&. . The principal running race was
won by "Unite ol Kent. ine racing
was ciose ana exciting, ine prettiest
test of speed was made by "Little Tobe
in a mtle heat against tue record, making
the race in 2.24m. tbe record being
2.26X.
,THE PIGEON SHOOTING
yesterday, participated in by a team com
posed ol tbe best marksmen or me town.
resulted in a score not very, creditable.
The first sweep -stake contest was par
ticipated in by Messrs. E. L. Pember
ton. H. W. Lilly, H. M. Pemberton,
A. J. Pemberton. u. Mc&acnero ot
Wilmington, and F. W. Thornton, Jr.
and was won by Dr. H. W. Lilly on a
score of S ont of 5.
The second contest, won by A. J.
Pemberton on a score of 13 out of a pos
sible 20.
The third, won by H. M. Pemberton,
8 out of 5.
The fourth, fifth and sixth were also
won by H. M. Pemberton on the same
score. 8 ont of 5. Good seconds were
Dr. Lilly. Harry Smith. E. L. Pember
ton and Alex. Campbell, who tied several
times with tbe successful marksman on
his score.
All contests except the first were par
ticipated in by tne following named
gentlemen : F. W. Thornton, Jr., Leon
Brandt. E. L. Pemberton, ur. n. w.
Lilly. A. I. Pemberton, T. C Thomson,
H. M. Pemberton. J. B. Underwood,
Alex. Campbell. Bailey Evans, and Mr.
D.McEachern of Wilmington.
THE FAIR BALL.
Last night presented a scene of dazzling
beauty and erandeur. The F. I. L. I.
armorv was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, and not nntil tbe wee sma hour ot
8 this a. m. did those with weary feet and
drooping eyes seeking a respite from the
exuberance of the deiectame occasion-
and retire to the anietude of their res
pective homes for a recuperation of tired
nature. It was 'indeed the happiest event
of the season, and our zuests from
abroad left us feeling that it was good
and p'easant to be here, and witn a re
corded resolution" to join us again in the
Fallot '95. So mote it be. H. HYE.
The Trap Shoot Next Week. . I
The members cf the Wilmington gun
club are making energetic efforts to have
the trap shooting daring Welcome Week
a most attractive feature. .. .
Col. .J. T. Anthony, a whilom Wil-
mingtoman, writes that be win oe nere
with a Charlotte team, and that there
will be a large number of visitors from
that progressive town.
A request for a programme and fall
particulars Of the shoot has been received
from Sanford, Florida, with a view to
having a team here from that place.
Altogether the outlook is favorable for
the attendance of a large number of
sportsmen, gentlemen of means and
standing, who will contribute materially
to the success of our week of fun and
festivity.' '.! "' ""::"- 'r:-
Monday,' Wednesday and Friday after
noons ot this week there will be practice
shooting at the grounds near Hilton,
when 25 birds will be furnished each
club member for each event free ot
charge. The Wilmington boys should
not neglect tbe opportunity thus offered
for improvement, as they will have to
meet the very best shots from Charles
ton. Charlotte, Maxton and, probably, a
half-dozen other points.
For Welooma Week.
A brochure copy of '.'Wilmington
Welcome Week" has been left at the
Star office. " It contains lists of the
committees, the marshals and the pro
gramme for each day, and is illustrated
with pictures and a diagram showing the
position of boats In the sham battle on
the river to take place after the parade
Wednesday evening.
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MINGTQN N. 0
MILLIONS' OF'. ORANGES.
Heavy Shipments from Tlorida The ICiop
: Estimated at 4,800,000 ' to '5,000,000
.:B0KaW'':'i'?-'
The Savannah News 'states that ihe
Florida orange crop is being shipped at
the rate of 25,000 boxes, or in the neigh
borhood f of .1,500,000 oranges, -a day.
The fairly good prices which have' ruled
have inspired an eagerness .among the
growers to get their fruit on the market.
Ahead y from 825,000 to 850,000 bokes
"hate been shipped. . The crop is stl-
mated in the neighborhood of l,566fep8r
to 5.000,000. boxes, probably near the.,
first figure. '. The following figures show
tbe increase of the Florida orange crop
during the last ten yeart: .1885-6, 900,-
000 iboxes: 1886-7. , : 1.250.000 , boxes
1887-8.4,450,0000 boxes; 1888-9, 1,000,-
000 boxes; 1889-90, - 2.850.000 : boxes:
1890-1. 2,460,000 boxes; 1891-2, 8,761.643
boxes; 1892-8, 8.400.000 boxes; 1893-4,
5.050,000 V - boxef . The - crop is
largely sold now on the tries. The
sale of fruit in this way is due in a
great measure ta the active competition
of the large fruit houses, where repre
sentatives bend their energies toward
getting the choicest fruit in the soundest
possible condition. ' By purchasing on
the trees they see what they buy, and
being always cognizant of tbe condition
of the pulse of the market, they are in a
position to market tneir purchase at
will, and to those places where, the de
mand : is good and prices rule . firm.
Every year there Js a wider demand for
oranges in all sections of the country. A
few years ago the great bulk of the crop
went to the North andLEast. Now the
West-is a great consumer and takes
more oranges every year, and the ship
ments there are correspondingly greater.
Besides disposing of the fruit on the
trees a great deal of it is sold on com
mission. The commission men this
year are in Florida m fine force. :
-W. WVW. C0NTRIBIJTI0BS.
In accordance with a resolution adopt
ed at the, last meeting, the W. W. W.
Executive Committee have furnished
the following list of contributions, for
publication:
A C Line 1100. C F & Y V R R 50,
W. N & & N R R, 25, S B A Line 50,
Clyde Line Steamship Co 25; A David
& Co 25. S H Fishblate 25, Wilmington
Messenger 25. A D Brown 25, R R Bel
lamy & Co 25. N Tacobi Hardware Co
25, Sneed & Co 25, Wilmington Street
Railway Co 75, West & Co 5, M O'Brien
5. Corbett & Gore 5, W B Cooper 2.
Burke 2. J C Mands a, beo Harnss, son
& Co 5, M F Croom & Co 10.T C Croom
10. B F Mitchell Co 5, J Naumburg 10.
F W Kerchner 10. N B Rankin 10, S G
Hall 10. R M Mclntire 5. I H Bunting 5.
W E Springer & Co 25,Purcell House 25,
Chetsnut & Barentine 25,Katz & Polvogt
25 Johnson & Fore 15.Powers,Gibbs & Co
25. W R Barksdale. agent Standard Oil
Co. 25, A Sprunt & Son 25, Navassa
Guano Co 25. Worth & Worth 25, Acme
Mfg Co 25, Orton House 50, Souther-
land's Stables 20, W H Bernard 25, F
Rbeinstein & Co 50, Bear & Bros 25,
Murchison & Co. bankers, 25, Geo R
French & Son 25, Clarendon Water
Works Co 25, Atlantic National Bank 25,
Wilmington Gas Co 25, Davis &Zoeller
15. Dozier & Lee 15. Tucker & Bro 15, J
T James 15, G L Morton 15, J H Harley,
manager binger Mfg Co 10, A Prent
pert & Bro 5, C E Gordon 5,
J S McEachern 5, L Weil 10, J I Stern-
berger & vx 1U, wnitenead a son o.
Divine & Chadbourn 5. W E Davis 5, A
P Adrian 10. LeGwin Bros 10. R P Mc-
Clammy 5, R C OrrelUO, W R Kenan 1,
S & W H Northrop 10, Paterson, Down
ing & Co 15. J H Taylor 5, M Friedman
5, W H Green & Co 5. Wilmington Pa
per Co 5. R M Gilbert 2 50, M
Levy 8 6ft K r tiamme 6, uonitz
Hotel 10, W S Dunlap 5. I Elsbacn
2 50, Taylor s Bazaar 5, A Shrier 5,
Sam Bear. Sr, 5, J G L Gieschen 20.
J A Springer 10, Hall & PearsaU 10, D
McRae 5, Hugh McRae 5. D Qainlivan
5, J H Render & Co 10. D O'Connor 5.
W H Yopp 2 60, T B Singletary 5. E
Warren & Son 15, Kasprowicz & Gerken
15, A T Daggett 15. G W Huggins 15, M
J Deinglehoff 15, Geo Honnet 10, H
Cronenberg 10, H L Fennell 10. Braddy
& Gaylord 20, P Heinsberger 10. Alder
man Hardware Co 10, Wilmington Iron
Works 10. 1 Shrier, 10, S A Schlosa &
Co 10, S & B Solomon 10, W L DeRos-
set, Tr 10, J L Boatwrigbt & Co 15, M
Solky 10, Greenwald bhoe More 10, C
W Yates 10, Mnnson & Co 10, S G Ste
phens 5. T C Craft 5, I H Weil 5.
Robt Portner Brewing Co 20, u ci
Chadwick 20, Chas Schnibben 10, Sol
Bear 15, C F VonKampen 10, F W Oil
man 5, B H J Ahrens 10, Jno M May
land 5, A..V Horrell 2, J W Dais 5,
M Rathien 5, W H Fuchs 2 50,
C Schulken 2 50, J H Boesch 2 50, Geo
Hever 2 50, Chas Ricbters2, E W Hew
lett 2, T E Wallace 5. Norwood & Kelly
5. T J Gore, 5. H A Kure 5, T C Miller
2, Yarborough & Murray 2. Win Howe,
Green & Co 1. Total, $1,909 00.
TOBACCO BREAKS
At Boeky Mount Good Prices for the
" Weed large Sales.
" Star Correspondence.
Rocky Mount, November 17, 1894
The tobacco break on the 14th at Cooper
& Graveley's and Davis' warehouse was
very large. , Neither could sell out on
the first day the amount of tobacco
placed on the floor; it requiring two
days for each to close tbe sales.
cooper & uraveiey soia oi.ocv pounas
for 112.638. T. P. McDowell averaged
56c; Stewart & Daniel. 800 pounds, aver
aged 56Xc; Cobb & Wells averaged
72Jfc Their check to w. M. York.
Nash county, was f a,7U.7 tor a.ooa
pounds, averaged $34.80, and several
others from $500 to $1,000.
At Davis warehouse the number ot
pounds sold was 74,867; amount paid
out, $12,583.92. R. W. Lancaster, 869
pounds, averaged 54c; J. P. McDowell,
182 pounds, 68c; 1 Latta & Jones, 105
pounds, 90c; E Joyner. 661 pounds,
82.50. --J- - -'.--.
Everybody was well pleased, except
one man from wash county, wno naa
about 150 pounds sold at 55 cents at C
& G.'s warehouse.. He will never get
that price any more so the tobacco
men say.
Sixth Congressional Sistrlot. .
The statement that Chas! F. Martin,
the Pop.-Rep. candidate for Congress in
the Sixth district, would contest the
election of Mr. Lockhart was confirmed
yesterday by Judge D. L. Russell, who
said that he had been retained by Mar
tin as counsel in the case. .
They are Oomlsic. . :- -'.-: ;. ;:
A Wilmington travelling man writes
the Star from Goldsboro as follows:
"I have been over Eastern North Caro
lina and think -Wilmington's Welcome
Week will be a big success, as it is so
well advertised. The people expect to
come. The railroad rates suit them.'
The Programme For JCaoh Day of (he Gala
KJfz.-"f-:f. Occasion. '
, , The programme for - Welcome Week :
has been arranged for each day as fol
lows: :;- ' ' .
xuesoay. iMOvemoer 7tn. a. m.
ringing of fire alarm and bells, and
blowing of the whistles of the mills and
steam craft in the city; 10 a. m;, music;
8 p. m.,bicycle races at Fifth and Market
streets music. " Tuesday night, grand
concert on the band stand. 4
Wednesday, November 28th. 10 a. or
music at the band ; stand; 8 p. m, foot
and bag races at Hilton Park; Wednes-
ay night, magnificent civic, military
and marine parade, and sight attack in
the harbor, ... ' . .y ,;;.. , ....
Thursday, November 2910 " a. m..
music at the band stand; trap shooting
at Hilton Park; 8 p. m., foot ball between
the Agricultural and Mechanical college
team and the Wilmington Brownies; to
be played at Hilton Park; Thursday
night, theatre. " 1
. Friday, November 80 10 am, music
at the band stand: 10 a. m., trap shooting
' tournament at Hilton Park; 8 p. m.,
parade of fire companies; night, theatre,
nrusic on tne streets, etc" " - p -
Cast. Blank's New Boat. ' ' .-X:
The ' new. steamboat Frank Sessoms,
Capt. D. . Black, left here late last
evening on her first tripnp Black River,
with a large freight and some fifteen or
twenty passengers. Her destination is
Mill Creek, one hundred miles above
Wilmington. Her captain says she will
make two trips each week hereafter,
leaving Wilmington every Tuesday and
Friday. -"-"-c.. ,
& brief description of the Sessoms has
heretofore appeared in the Star. Cap
tains Sherman and Driver, two of the
oldest stsamboat men on the river, say
that she is the best boat of her class ever
on the river. She was built in Wilming
ton, under the personal .supervision of
her owner and master, Capt. D. J. Black;
even her machinery, which was turned
out by the Wilmington Iron Works,; -
:a PRACTICAL VIEW. ;'
The Country People Are Zfot so Bad. Off
. , After All.
"Times are hard. it is true; but the
condition of the country people is not
so deplorable as many suppose, and
there is a good deal of truth and good
common sense in the annexed article
from the. Monroe Journal:
Cotton- is low -and not likely to get
much higher soon; from this we all suffer.
Bat the other crops have been abund
ant, and by reason of this fact the coun
try is in good condition. We believe
that right here -in Union county tbe
people are as well or better off than they
have ever been, f rom all parts of the
county people tell us that they are bet
ter prepared to live than ever before.
A tremendous corn crop has just been
harvested, great quantities of the very
best molasses have been made, a greater
number of farmers than ever before
have plenty of meat, while the lesser
crops, such as potatoes and vegetables
are by no means to be left out. A gen-
tleman told us a few days ago that he
had iust finished putting up five hun
dred heads of cabbage for the Winter,
which he expects to be of great yalue to
him. He also had plenty of corn, meat
and molasses. So, taking all things- in
consideration we have plenty to be
thankful for, and the country is not yet
ruined, as many would have us believe.
Cotton Tire at laurel H11L
Mr. John F. McNair received tele-.
grams last evening from Laurel Hill,
N. C, stating that fire broke out early
in the night in cotton belonging to him
on the platform at tbe Carolina Central
railroad station at that place. A loco
motive with help from Hamlet, came
down in response to a call for assistance,
and the fire was gotten under control.
Forty-five bales were burned and dam
aged; the remainder was removed from
the platform. The cotton was insured,
TJnole Zadoo in Iinok.
It is wafted on the murmuring breeze
from Rocky Point that our neighbor-in-
law Gee Zee is to be special deputy - un
der Sheriff-elect Hewlett, and will have
charge of the office in this city-. So, the
honors and emoluments of office are be
ing thrust on our neighbor-in-law in a
manner so lavish that he must feel that
it is "better to be born lucky than rich,"
A member of the Legislature of North
Carolina,! and candidate for Speaker;
cultivator of peanut pops, or .political
Pops., and strawberries at Rocky Point;
a member of the "Lime-Kiln Club" of
Pender, and head deputy in the office of
the Sheriff of New Hanover county
there can be but one more earthly bliss
in store for Gee Zee. ; - i
Barn, Stables and Cotton Burned.
News reached the city yesterday
morning that a barn containing about
forty bales of cotton.'and the stables, of
Dr. R. W, Ward, at Verona. Onslow
county, were burned. The fire took
place about twelve o'clock. Dr. Ward
was in the city with his son-in-law, Mr.
George L. Morton, but left for home yes
terday morning. At that time he had
not heard of the fire. It was supposed
to have been the work of an incendiary.
He was burned out in the same way
about one year ago. There was no in-
surance. -m'mm
Foot Baoe Programme.
Mr. Saml J. Springer, chairman of
the Foot-race Committee, has arranged
the following programme (the prizes to
be named later): One hundred yards
dash; one hundred and twenty yards
hurdle , race; two hundred and twenty
vards dash: one-fourth mile race: one-
half mile dash; three-legged race, fifteen
yards; - sack race; . potato race. "AH
entries for the races must be sent to the
chairman by Tuesday, Nov. 20. The
outlook now is that there will he over
seventy-five entries. ; - - : I
Three-eent Cotton, Possibly.
Messrs. Hubbard. Price & Co., in their
circular printed In the Star yesterday,
make the very reasonable suggestion!
that if the crop of cotton next year '
eaual that of the current season. ; the
price, will go down to three cents. .' This
is something for planters to think about
before they fix their acreage for next
year, it is really a very serious matter.
: v' "An Important Factor.
? ( Durham Sun '
That staunch Democratic journal, the
Wilminsrton Star, was twenty-seven
years old on Sunday last, and celebrating
this good age for a daily in North Caro
lina, it increased its size to 8 columns to
the oage. ' The Star has been an im-
I tortant factor in the history of the State,
and we wish it long liie ana lncreasea
prosperity.
'j-.""HAT BIG ESTIMATE.
Mr, Belli Comes Back -with Hla Knox
mona Cotton Estimate He Gives the
- JData on Which the Estimate la Based.
Notwithstanding the fact that practi
cally, all . the cotton statisticians , take
issue' with Mr. Neill on his claim, of a
crop pf 10,250.000 bales, he adheres to
his figures, as will be seen by the follow
ing letter to the New York Journal of
.owner ce - i- fi-t K
( , Niw Orleans, Nov, 10, , 1892.
In the short note recently .published,
which was written as soon as I learned
from London the actual date on which
our estimate was to appear I had no
time to analyze the .conditions which
led me to adopt such a large estimate. .1
shall now proceed to do so, I think it
is only right that the cotton world,
which has for so many years done ine
the honor to listen with interest to what
I have had to say about the crop, should
have before, it not only thesfigure itself
but the reasons which have led me to
adopt it. . .. .. 1,. 1
lathe circular of : warning which I
published on the 23th of July I stated,
and it was undisputed, that the promise
was at that time',equal or superior to
any previous crop in every State," and
tnat u eacn atate snouia realize a pro
duct per acre equal to its ' previous best
crop toe result on tne acreage Riven.
would be a crop of about 9,600,000 bales.
What has happened since?
1. There has been no loss of land on
the rivers by overflow. On tbe contrary
not only have all the lands piotected by
levees made magnificent crops, probably
far beyond any previous crop, but the
large area outside the levees, which has
not been cultivated successfully for many
years, has this year also produced very
largely. : ' -
2. It is generally tbe case that during
June and July, from excess of grass and
weeds, a very considerable amount of
land in many States has to be abandoned
to the weeds, the plantation force not
being able to keep all clean. What pro
portion this abandoned land bears to the
whole in any year is a matter of conject
ure; it varies in different years. . This
year we have not heard of the loss of an
acre from this cause. . '
8. There is generally more of less loss
from imperfect stands in nearly every
State. This year we have heard abso
lutely no complaints on this score.
4. There has generally been in former
years a great deal of damage done by
worms, rust, shedding, etc and, although
complaints of this kind were heard this
year, it must be admitted that they were
much less alarming than usual, and
much less even than in the two previ
ous great crops.
o. finally, there has been practically
no frost to do any serious injury, and
the weather for maturing and picking
has been perfect.
While the crop of 1891-92, which
realized 9,035,000 bales, was the largest
on record, yet in that year the Atlantic
States and Alabama produced only
8,600,000 bales, against 3.887,000 in the
previous year. (See Hester's annual
statement.) in 1881- 83 lexas pro
duced 2,400.000 bales, and there is little
doubt of about 3.000,000 for Texas this
year. These two items, together, say
815,000 bales, added to the crop of 9,035,
000 of 1891-92 would give a total of 9,-
850,000 bales without any improvement
on 1891- 92 in the Gulf States. But 1
think it is beyond doubt that they will
produce much better crops to the acre
than in the year named, and that an esti
mate of 400,000 bales for that increase is
very moderate.
1 thus reach tbe following figures.:
Crop of 1891-92 9.035,000
Add for Atlantic and Alabama
to equal 1890-91 285.000
Add forTexas to make 2,930.000 530,000
Add for improvement on 1891-
'92 in Gulf States 400,000
And yon get a crop of 10,250,000
It is a fact that scarcely any person
familiar with crop conditions in any one
State will hesitate to admit that that
particular State is this year better than
ever before. As regards Texas little
need be said. No one disputes the
great increase in acreage or the splen
did crop. The Valley States and Ar
kansas i did very badly " last year.
showing only 850,000 bales recovered
of the 1,170.000 lost in 1892-93, com-
fared: to 1891-92; while the Atlantic
tates recovered 550,000 bales of the
875.000 lost in 1892-93, compared to
1891-92. It is therefore to the Gulf
States that we must look for the great
Increase in crop, although the Atlantic
States are also making very good crops.
But in Texas, in the Ked Kiver valley
and in all the river lands of the Missis
sippi Valley the crop is a phenomenon,
while the high lands are also making
crops rarely if ever equalled before.
I am, therefore, compelled by my con
victions to adopt this large estimate of
the actual growth. Whether it will all
find a market this year, considering that
the supply so largely exceeds any possi
ble requirements of the year for con
sumption, is a question which only the
future can settle. If prices go very low
much may remain in the country, but
any important advance would not only
bring it out but encourage continued
and extended planting, with still more
disastrously low prices another year.
m m mtt- M.WEILL.
HALIFAX C0TTBT.
A Negro Girl Sentenoed to tha State Feni-
enttary for Ten Yeart. .
, . Star Correspondence
Weldon, N. C, Nov. 15. The Su
perior Court for this (Halifax) county is
in session. Judge Armfield presiding.
Two negro women mother and daugh'
ter were tried for attempting to burn
the residence of Mr. V.L. Cherry, of
Weldon. in whose employ they . were.
The jury convicted the girl and ac
quitted the mother. No one could ac
count for this act upon their part; as
they were on good terms with Mr. Cher
ry and family. The curl stated on the
witness stand that another girl offered
her a calico dress to commit the crime
and she was given ten years in the pen
itentiary. .
The. Bouthern Outlook.
Cardinal Gibbons, who has -recently
returned to Baltimore from a visit to
New Orleans,' gives the Sun an encour
aging account of the general outlook in
the South." He finds signs of progress
and improvement everywhere, both in
agriculture and business, and notes with
pleasure the absence of sectional bitter
ness. In common with all other visitors
to that section, be is deeply impressed
with it varied resources and its splendid
Dromise of , development. :. While the
South has lost none of its former inter
est in politics, it is rapidly getting down
to business, and fn the course of a few
decades may out-Yankee the Yankees
in push, shrewdness and restless enter
prise.
NO. 3
' AB0XIT COTTON.
Hubbard, Price Co. Say the Low Prioe
Has' SUmolated Buyinjt, hut IjOwer
Prloes are Xaooked for -n " ?
Nkw York, Nov. 16. The greater
part of the sharp reaction from the low
point touched on Monday has been lost,
but it is evident that a .large number of
people not heretofore! interested in cot
ton have been attracted to it by the.de
pression in the market and the low point
to-which prices have fallen. ..This inter
est has manifested Itself in an increase of
business on the part of commission
houses who have been in receipt cf in
quiries from all sections of tbe country
regarding the future course of the mar
ket, and in many instances accompanied
by ordersto buy cotton on an investment
basis. This demand during the last week
was sufficient to absorb the Heating cot
ton, and when a slight demand to cover
previous sales was made, the absence of
the pressure to sell-(was noticeable and
the market quickly recovered all of the
-decline oLthe past ten days.: ;
It: must be lrankly stated, however.
that the bearish feeling regarding the
future course ot the; market still domi
nates -the trade and lower , prices are
looked: for. regardless of the fact that'
cotton is at such a point that it is im
possible to produce) it at these figures.
That argument is admued bv everv one
connected with the tis'le, but in answer
thereto the statement is made that the
cost of production has, nothing whatever
to do with this crop; that this crop is
raised and must be Soki, and there is too
much of it, and the visible supply at the
end of the season wlii be the largest on
record, and therefore whether or not a
large crop of cotton is raised . next year,
the price of this one must be deter
mined by the amount of cotton tobe
sold between now and the first of next
September..'"!: --
All suggestions as to the reduction of
acreage are not regarded with serious
attention at present, as it is thought that
tbe intention of the planters will be de
termined by the course oi tbe market
next February and March and not by
the prices ruling at the present time.
In tbe meantime it is becoming appar
ent that the spinners will absorb a very
much larger quantity of cotton than was
expected in the early part of the season
as they are aware that they will be able
to purchase cotton at prices which will
not be reached again, unless indeed the
planters of theSouth should be so fool
ish as to raise another crop of cotton of
this size, which would reduce the price
in New York to three cents per pound
and practically place it on a basis in
the South where it would be unprofit
able to pay for the picking of the cotton
in tbe fields.
From this standpoint it is hardly
necessary to repeat what we stated last
week, that the number of investors who
are buying cotton at present prices is
daily increasing. They are not disposed
to buy whenever the market advances as
they feel that P an advance at present
would be premature, and therefore they
await weak markets and are then found
in numbers in the various commission
houses throughout the country accumu
lating small lots of cotton, baaing their
views entirely I upon the mercantile
situation, namely that they are able to
buy a staple of which this country has a
monopoly, at less than the - cost of pro
duction.
It seems hardly probable, in view of
the ruinous quotations now ruling
throughout the. South for cotton, that
there will be any great disposition to sell
cotton for future shipment from the
South, as the limit of profit - is exceed
ingly small and tbe danger of loss is very
treat. But we do not expect to see any
great or permanent advance in the cot
ton market at preient, but rather to see
the market remain steady with sharp
fluctuations whenever the short interest
becomes alarmed at the magnitude of
tbeir sales and the lack of fresh supply,
So far this season there seems to have
been no disposition on the part of mer
chants and planters throughout the cot
ton belt to hold cotton, but all our ad
vices point to a rapid marketing of the
Crop, and lead us to infer that the crop
has been overestimated by the large fig
ures current during the past two weeks.
Nevertheless the situation is that the
trade as yet manifests no disposition
to own cotton, and tbe investment de
mand, which is actually taking the cot
ton away from the different markets, is
as yet not large enonrh to absorb the
surplus off srings.
FALL RIVEk DIVIDENDS.
Beport of the Distributions for the
Quarter to be Issued To-day.
Fall River. Mass.. Nov. 11. The
report of the quarterly dividends de
clared by local corporations for the third
quarter of the year, 1894, will be issued
to-morrow. It shows a great falling off
as compared with tbe corresponding
Quarter in 1893. Of the 37 corporations
oh the list the Bourne, Davol and Flint
are tbe only ones that paid tbe same
dividends this year as last. Fourteen of
the 87 passed their dividends, while of
the others a few borrowed money to
preserve an unbroken record. The aver
age dividend isabout 1 per cent, for tbe
quarter.or, in actual payments $215,900, on
a capitalization ot I2i.ioo.ouu. - from
Aug. 20 until Oct. 1. and some weeks
thereafter, a great - proportion of tbe
soindles were idle on account of the la
bor troubles.! The trade was conducted
on a very narrow margin oeiore ; tnat
time, and tbe results show that several
mills were being pushed bard in the mat
ter of earnings before the reduction in
wages was agreed upon. : .
Tbe prospects for an early resumption
of active trade are not regarded as par
ticularly bright, but the consensus of
opinion among manufacturers seeml to
be that the advent of Spring will witness
conditions that will warrant a restora
tion of wages.
Florence Cotton Beport.
From the Florence Times of Friday:
The cotton receipts at this place
Thursday amounted to 80 bales. All of
which was shipped to Wilmington.
The total receipts of cotton at mis
place, for the season of 1894, up to and
inclusive of yesterday, amounts to 2,705
bales. Of this amount, 14 bales were
shipped to Savannah. 200 to Charleston,
191 to iMorroiK ana to w umingion.
Exports roreica.
The Norwegian barque Transatlantic
cleared yesterday afternoon for Bristol,
Eng., with 815 casks spirits turpentine
and 4,325 barrels rosin, value $15;851.40.
Vessel and cargo by Messrs. Paterson,
Downing & Co.' '
5 "improve withr Aee.
Hf: :: J Baltimore Sun.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Star com
pleted the twenty-seventh year of publi
cation Saturday last, and celebrated the
occasion by an enlargement which makes
its pages very attractive. The star is
now the oldest daily paper published in
the Old North Siate, and is in the en
iovment of deserved prosperity. It im-
proves witn age. ; i ...
A NEGRO RAVISH ER
Harrowly Escapes Inyaohlns at . Ajehlson, "J '
. -fj.i - Kansas. '.':,'-: !
: B Telerp! to ih Moroim Star.
Atchison, November 17. The negro
who committed assaults upon . three""-1
white women Friday morning was caught -to-day.
Tom Collins, who was believed to
be the guilty one, " was arrested at Fort "
Leavenworth yesterday and put in the
couaty jail. About noon to-day .
Officer Sallivan' arrested a negro
at Parnell Junction, about two miles
from tbis city, and took him to the city
prison. The man gave . his name as
Geo. Smith. ; Several persons fully lden- .
tified him as the man. ..The orison was Vu
thronged with people and the man's"
face became: white with fear. He was :
removed at once to ' the county jail. ;
Strong thteats of lynching are being v
openly made and trouble may arise to- '
night. -
MAY GET TWO SENATORS.
They Claim the Constitutional Convention
Which Will Sistrlot the Bute,
Washington, Nov. 14. It now seems
likely that the Democrats will have the
two Senators from Utah, who are to be
elected next year. At first it seemed as
if the Constitutional Convention, which
wilt fix the apportionment for the Legis
lature, would be Republican, but later
returns made necessary an official count
in several districts and the Democrats
are now claiming they have a majority
of at least one in the Convention and a
very gd possibility of capturing three "
or four more beats. Utah could be easily .
districted to give a safe Legislature, as
Republican roaiorittes are- bunched in
the cities and mininr camps. , This out
come is looked for by men from that
State who are here.
conspirators Sentenced.
They Tried to Kill a Revenue Informer.
By Telegraph to the Morning BtaK
Atlanta, November 17.r-The five
Cohutta mountain conspirators, who
tried to kill Roper," were sentenced to
day by Judge Newman. W. R. Morn-
son was given eight years in tne peni
tentiary at Columbus, Ohio, and A. P.
Duncan, I. M. Morrison. T..T. Mortison
and J. W. Redd were each sentenced to
ten years' imprisonment. In addition to
the hard labor sentence each was fined
$1,000.
The six-night game of billiards be
tween Scbaefer and Ives, which ended
last night, was won by Ives, whose total '
score was 8,600 to 3,074 for Schaefer.
The match was for $2,509 a side, the
winner also to tcke the net gate receipts.
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