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WILMINGTON, .N. C, ; '; :-JV': , r .. .&' I liU : -7 bfMRIr 3?&A&& M5.Sr -.Wo.mc-nn Ar Blmple mod TJnoatehtations Ceremonle " frtmom io flroemiionni Cmmmterr-i I I i t 1 J Atiendaoee The VaU-Bcaretsl - 'J I ; " .:----l-rr - - .-:,.?.., is?; ir- iii;S. vf -.-TV-- ' .'-'- ?H - 'mains of the: late .William ; T. Walter. - v, J oossoes9Q9V! 88888888888888888 88833883882881188 88S88S&88888888S3- M 0 a - 0 IE f VOW 8 82888888282888388 8888858828888888 8288288228888883 pssassssassag 88888888888888888 as a H U - a i riCRfed at the Port Office at Wnmtgton, N. C, a 1 Second CUm Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscriptkm price of the Weekly BUT la M follows: I ' . " .-ingle Copy 1 year, ponfl paid $1 80 5- l 8 ntontha i " ................ 80 " Smoothi 1 " 80 Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly St ax re centl If so, is i . correct? If coiv t? Is there a man rect, why not pay on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing, and p&y the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his cnrn, ana cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs I, and keep out of the poor-house? th? recipe. It wil jutt now. : jlf so, let us have be valuable to us THE PEESSING QUESTIOIT. - This country presents the4 dis creditable spectacle of a "billion" I dollar" country (as T. B. Reed called it), havingj to go upon the market as a' borrower when it wants a few million dollars in gold to "maintain its credit" It keeps, or tries to keep, a gold reserve, to show that it intends to redeem its obligations in gold, and when the. money manipulators wish to get rid of some of their! idle money they break into the j gold reserve and then urge the necessity of an issue of bonds to replace the gold which they had drawn jtrom the Treasury. This is an unfortunate predica ment for a Government of a great and rich country to find itself in, but this is precisely .'the predicament that this country is tin today. It is un fortunate for the Government and it doesn't do-any credit to the states manship that made it possible. - The establishment of a .gold re serve without! providing the ways and means to keep it up without go ing before the world as a borrower was one blunder, and a great one, and undertaking to .redeem in gold out of this reserve paper which was redeemable at the option of the Treasury in coin either silver or gold was another blunder, of scarcely less if not greater magni tude. From these two causes have sprung the embarrassments of the Treasury which have forced it twice within a year to become a borrower of money. - . - Is there no wav to remedv this and put the Treasury in sucha posi tion that a few of the money lenders can't squeeze it? Must it always be at their taercy and be compelled to becomei borrower when they have more surplus money in their vaults than they can put out safely and profitably, which they would like to put into interest-bearing bonds, which they can utilize as banking capital if they care to expand the volume of their Currency? This Government collects from the people in "the form of revenue tariff duties or excise taxes about $500,000,000 a year. Some $300,000,000 of this conies in the form-of duties on -imports. Why not require these duties to be paid in gold, as they were dur ing the war and for some; time after the war? If this were done the Government would have some way of keeping up its gold reserve be sides borrowing, and depending on American or foreign bankers to lend it the gold which they could : draw out inside of six months again if they 'chose.. '. . - It might be said . that this would operate to enhance the value of gold, by stimulating speculators (jo sell, to importers who , would need - the gold to pay duties. Perhaps Mt 1 might, but if it did it might at the same time lessen imports, which would be to the advantage of our home manu facturers, giving them more to do and the Americans workman more work, so that what was lost in one way would be more than made up in another. But the' Government can't take care of itself and of the impor ter at the same time, and when it becomes a question as to which shall be squeezed, its first duty is to itself. It might be said again that such action by the Government would be a practical dishonoring of . its 'other, money by establishing such a dis crimination between it and gold, bat it would not, for it would only be' a step tafcen to ensure the ability of the Government, without depending upon outside help to maintain the parity between its other money and gold by providing the means to promptly redeem such - as" are re deemable upon presentation. " It is Ply a question whether theOoV ernment will take the precaiftidn to protect Itself or continue to do -business in an unbusinesslike; .llp shod, yol: xxvr. haphazard way and,be always at the mercy ot any combination of money manipulators who may see . fit tar combine against it . If it is to-be game ot wits ' between them and the money sharps then ; it ought to ex ercise its wits and use the power it can legitimately use to protect itself. i With such a provision as this to bring gold into the Treasury, if the Secretary of the Treasury exercised the "option", which he has under the law and redeemed such obligations as are redeemable in coin,v with -such coinv; as was .,most convenient, pay out silver if he was short on gold, mere would be less need for gold and less disposition to present paper tor redemption when the object . was simply to tap the Treasury to force another bond" Issue. i There wnnM no more rushing upon the Treas ury If when the i rush begah the Treasury would plank ., down: silver dollars and thus demonstrate: that the "option" be ;has .under the law means what it" says ; and .wasn't ) n tended to be altogether exercised bj the man presenting notes' for re demption.. ; . . -: " ;0 't'1- The fact is that this Government has been too much victimized and .has been made to suffer ' from an ex aggerated fear that if it asserted its rightslts credit might become im paired and the value of its money depreciated. a fear which the money powers" have taken advantage of to control the Treasury and dictate the financial policy to 1e pursued, the result of which-has been in their in terest, to the detriment of the Gov ernment and of the'people. ' V ; MOTOR MXNTI0B. - The AUanta Journal publishes a special dispatch- from Washington j stating that the President Is in favor of the repeal of the State bank tax and of State banks, and that he goes further in this respect than Secretary Carlisle. The fact, that Secretary Hoke Smith is largely interested in the Journal gives Its Washington news -of a special character more than ordinary importance, for the presumption is that such information comes directly or indirectly Irom him, and he ought to be' in a position to be able to speak-with some posi tiveness on a subject like this. It has been understood all along that the President was in favor of the re peal of the State bank tax, but whether conditionally or V uncondi tionally lias not been stated, but if he throws his influence In favor of the repeal pt will have ' great weight There is ho shadow, of doubt that the financial question will be a lead ing if not the leading one. in the next campaign, and it is therefore to the interest of the next Democratic party to so deaf with that question while it has the power as to put itself on a good footing with the people and at the same time remove as many of the perplexing features as possible. Unless something be done to neu tralize the free silver agitation that will be a distracting and dangerous ! factor, more dangerous to the Dem-1 ocratic party than to the Republi can party . because the Demo cratic party is in power and will be held responsible for . what is. or is not done. . If the bank tax be re pealed it will do much to eliminate the silver question and stop the months of the agitators who have been creating dissensions within the party, and driving thousands of good - men out of . It There was in the Republican party a great deal of opposition to the fu sion with the Populists by men who were not aspirants to office and were not looking for any spoils t The job was accomplished . because certain men who were aspirants to office with two U. S. Senatorships included had control of the party machines. They took . their chances on being able to command the .. votes of the rank and file, and succeeded in doing so, and, owing to the apathy . in the Democratic ranks, won. But they, have won for the last : time, for the object of the fusion having been se cured there will be . nothing , to hold it together and it will fall to pieces. This is the view taken by observant Republicans, one of whom writes the: editor of the Raleigh News and Ob server as follows : -;7-..':i V;:-T "My rejoicing over the result has rot been excessive for the reason that I fully understand thatthe result will probably be reversed at the next election.. I have not the slightest doubt that the same ele ments which were accidentally brought together daring the recent campaign will fall to pieces and that in the long run the present victory will be no advantage to the Republican party, i I am glad that a number ot my Iriendt have secured good positions, particularly as the ma jority in the Legislature will insure the election of Pritcbard to the Senate. I beat you prophesying as to the result,' ana l propose now to put myself ia a position that will not be likely to reverse the matter at the next election, .for I no v predict that .1896 will bring back tho Democratic party to its former status in the State.' 9 The advantages which the South offers as a cotton manufacturing sec tion are now pretty generally recog nized in the North and especially among the mill men of the New-Eng land States. The Boston Journal of Commerce sees a bright future for the South, and presents an array of facts and' figures to iustifv' the view U takes . After - exhibiting r the prog ress that has been made since 1880 giving figures to "show, the -increase in the number of mills, looms, spin dies, etc.,- fn these "States-i-North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor gia -the immense - increase In the amount of wages paid, and cotton consumed it concludes thus;' , "The large percentage of gain in. cou ton manuracturtng in the South, " shown in the' above figares. has been 'more than maintained in the past four years. In fact, it . can be confidently looked forward 7 to in the next four years that toe gam in cotton spindles wilt be most ly conhnea to the South. Northern .mills will be changed, over, on to- finer goods, and the coarser goods wilt be made in the South; where they 'can be made so - much ' cheaper! than in the North. It would not be at all sur prising to see before long a large pro- portion oi tne print cloths now being turned out - on our Northern - looms transferred to those of the South. Many of the new mills of the South-not only have the advantage of cheaper cotton and cheaper labor, tut also of the very latest improved modern machinery be sides.-. A 'Northern . mill, even withs greater stilled labor, unless it is eqoalty well equipped with the latest improve ments ia machinery, would be heavrty naaaicapped in successfully competing with the South irr the cost of produc tion, even leaving the factors of cheaper couon and cheaper labor entirely out of. we question. . - - - - r ' This is. no Southern optimist or enthusiast writing but a . cool, calcu lating, observant New i Englander who sees the situation' and tells his readers the truth as he sees it that they may act wisely and plan accord ingly. ALDERMAN T E. A. NOKTHROP Died Teitsrdey In Saw York City After a Short Zllneaa A JCeetinc ot the Boerd . Held BesoInBonr Adopted. . ' The sad intelligence of the death of Mr. E. A. Northrop, a member . of the Board of Aldermen of the city of Wil mington, was received here yesterday afternoon. He died in New York city from an attack of pneumonia after an illness of a few -days.His wife, infant daughter, and his father. Mr. Saml NorthroD. were at his bedside, and he was attended by DrsV- Russell Bellamy, Loomis and Polk, of New York city. His remains are expected to arrive here this after noon at 5.45 o'clock by train on the A. C L ahd the funeral is announced to take place - to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church.'""; 'sy''-2. ' Mr. E. A. Northrop was the eldest-son of Mr. Samuel Northrop, of this city. He was bora in Wilmington March 4th, 1867, and in November,., 1891, married Miss Annie J. Thomas, of Petersburg, Vaw who with an Infant child, seven months old, survives him. It is seldom that it falls to the lot o any one to chronicle the death of a young man more generally beloved-than Edwin A. Northrop. He was a man of the highest ambition and great capabili ties.' During his short lihhe held many positions of trust and honor. . Before he became of age he was connected with the Standard Oil Company, Blodgett, Moore & Company and the Carolina Oil and Creosote Company. In 1887 he re moved to i Philadelphia, where he be came a member of the firm of Harriss and Northrop. During the next year he rev turned to Wilmington to again cast his lot among his friends, and in March. 1892,. was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen and served that body with distinction and ability. The Board of Aldermen met last sight in called session to. adopt suitable reso lutions ia regard to the death of Alder man E. A. Northrop. - . 7 i Mayor Fishblate called the meeting to order and said that it was his sad duty to inform the Board' of .the death of Mr. E. A. Northrop, one of Its members, and that suitable action should be taken. Alderman Harriss arose and said : "I rise to perform one of the saddest duties of my life, and beg to tender the follow ing resolution : 't'5! Edwin A. Northrop? a member of the Board of Aldermen of the Cityjof Wil mington, . died in : New York city this 24th day of November, at 12.10 p. m., in the 27th year of his age. A true man. a faithful friend, a public spirited and pro gressive citizen, a tender and anecttonate husband and lather, has passed away. . For the past few years Edwin A. Northrop has Served the City of Wil mington as an Alderman .of the Fifth Ward, with fidelity to every duty and obligation, aad his wise counsel has made him an invaluable member of the Board. ; .' t-------:- . . Therefore be it ' resolved, First. That the City Hall be appropriately draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and that ; the chair occupied by our deceased member be also draped - tor the same length of time. . - ; - : Second. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen go to Wilson. N. C , to act as an escort to his remains, and - that all of the city officials be requested to attend his funeral in a body. - , - r; . XTAirdJ That - these resolutions - be spread upon a page of the record book of this Board, and a copy thereof be sent to the press of this city for publication. ,y Fourthr That a copy of these resolu tions be engrossed and sent to the fam ily of the deceased as a token of our heartfelt sympathy. - - "4 Alderman Moore moved .adoption of the resolutions, ; and Alderman Gore amended by a rising vote. : ' Carried unanimously. - - - ' 1 "' : Alderman Moore then moved that a blank page be left on the minute book, with name and age of deceased, which was carried unanimously. , . Alderman Harrifs moved that all city business be suspended (Monday and the City Hall be closed in honor of the de ceased member that day. -. The motion was adCitedU"-5 a Mayor Fishblate said :fi Z "He was a manly man with a heart as oft and tender as the gentlest of women. ,He possessed the highest and the keenest sense of honor; his word and his promise were religiously kept. It was Impossible to know him and not to love him. . - I -r ' '-' 1; "It has not been the lot of many as it was his, to have made so many friends and to have created so few antagonisms, and this without deviating one jot from the highest and strictest principles of rectitude:--" . :r:: ;.-! : Zr. John Hi iTreeman An - Old and. Be- ' v " speoted Citizen ( Wilmington. : Dr. John H. Freeman, one of the old est citizens', of Wilmington, d ied last night at 7.45 o'clock,- from' a stroke of paralysis, at his residence corner of Sec ond and Orange streets, tn the:71st year of his age, leaving a wife, one son and two daughters to mourn : the loss of a loving and devoted busband'J and father, r v P& Freeman was born " in Orange county, near CompaQy's Shops, January lOtfc 1825. i-While a boy. he removed from Orange to " Hertford county, andf: subsequently came to Wilmington, where4 he.has since resided, with the exception df a few years spent in Fayetteville dur ing the late war. - He was engaged in the practice of, dentikty over forty"yeari. arid was ; eminent ty successful in his chosenlavocauoe . Iiewas a most esti mable gentleman," genial, kind-hearted and highly esteemed by every; one who s)newim vxit 0z; The funeral will take place this .after ooa fat r 80 o'clock from the ; Fast Baptist church. -A-sfi-&j'- The Ziete W. T, Walters. K: . ' - The foOowing extracts from editorial tributes of leading Northern papers to the late W.T. Walters will be read with interest in Wilmington: : ; " . ? . New Yorkjrw.--4"His reputation was international in all matters pertaining to the fine arts.- .He gave with fail hands and always with the condition that it should be unheralded. His friendshio was something to be prized.". New York Evening- Posti . "No less an authority than Albert Wolff, the critic, sata mat Mr. waiters' collectkni of French pictures and sculpture was unri valed anywhere. T Mr. Walters' taste was of a high order." " -vyi r Philadelphia Ledger: "He was horn With a love ot aru "Mr. Walters did a great deal to promote art culture in Bal timore and was one of its best and most useful citizens.". Philadelphia Record: "His death un doubtedly means for Baltimore the leg acy of one of the finest private art col lections in the world. ..Mr. Walters was a learned Maecenas of art and artists." V. A Novel Display. . : . - t The show windows at Mr.; A. D. Brown's ! dry goods store, on North Front street have been , elaborately decorated for Welcome: Week, and one of them "takes the cake." It is a per fect and beautiful representation of 'Brooklyn Bridge" and East river, New York. The bridge is constructed of cakes of soap of varied colors, is perfect in ? every .detail, and - as may - be imagined is most artistically constructed. It is said that there are 9.580 cakes in the structure. There js also a train of cars and a horse and cart crossing the bridge. The representation of East river, below the bridge, with boats on its; sur face is perfect The exhibit will no doubt be a leading attraction to visitors this week. It is the work of Mr. L. L. Dortch, of New York, with the assistance of Mr. D. D. Hankms of this City. - KUled on the Bait - r O V ? ' Albeit . Watkinsi colored, about 45 years of age, .was killed last evening about half -past six o'clock-on the W. & W. R. R. track near Sixth street bridge. No one. knows how the accident oc curred. : The body was found about 7 o'clock by the night yard crew," lying oa the track with ; the head and " neck crushed. Watkins ras employed in the A. C L roundhouse: his home was at Rocky Point Yesterday his wife was ia town, and whed the "Shoo-fly" train left he got on the train with her and it is supposed jumped off after accompany ing her part of the. way, and was killed. The coroner was sent for and viewed the body, but did not consider as inquest necessary. - - " ' ;; - - Bneed ft Co. Bnuaon Out. It is announced In the Journal that Messrs. Sneed & Co,, of this city, , will soon open in Newbern a branch of their furniture house, with Mr. P, N. Hewin as manager. The Journal says: : ; ; "Many of the mattresses, lounges, eta. will be manufactured in Wilmington. Mr; Hewin, the manager, recently of St. Louis, is now making his preparations tor opening. - He informs me that he will carry a very select line, as'good as any trade around calls for." - A Growing City. The representative. of- the Star who attended. the sessions of the Southern Associated Press in Norfolk during the past week, was wonderfully impressed with the commercial progress and possi bilities of that aty. What nature has done for Norfolk, is now being supple mented, with capital and energy; and it is claimed by some of her people that her present population of 60,000 , will . be doubled in the next ten years. - Cupid's Effort. . .. "There is a large and beautiful painting executed by Miss Beanie Bagg, a daugh ter of Mr. H. A. Bagg, on exhibition at Mr. W. R, Morrison's crockery store on Market street which attracts much at tention. It is a lovely piece of art and the young lady deserves credit for it7 - The K. S. aehedule. " . It seems - that the long-talked-of change of. schedule on the Karolina Sentral will soon be made, and that a fast train for passengers and mails will be put on, leaving here at 8 p. m. This will be an improvement so far as speed is concerned, but it will be worse for the Wilmington morning : papers than the present schedule tor all points .this side of Hamlet The Trap-shooting. Teams and indivldeal competitors to take part: in the trap-shooting tourna ment this week are; now expected from six different States, and it is probable that even more Stotes will be represent ed.. The days set apart for the trap- shooting are Thursday and Friday. The Star long ago predicted that this would be one of the most popular ' features of Welcome Week.":V:---- -.The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary is now complete in 49 Parts. Send in orders at once. An Zaineat Ctdaen'of Bllmare, CioMlr ; Identified "with Wilmington imConoeb- Uon vtth: the AOentie Coast Une By ; tvta o( XUnioads f hiUnthropier, Art 1 w fwuwiend ywtoeWlcj.T.T ItMri Wniiam Tv?, Walters, jrtroa and nancier, : owner 6f-"tbe world' famous Walters Art' Galleries in Bait! more, the prinapal. stockholder In the, Atlantic Coast Line system of railroads and the wealthiest man . of Baltimore, died yesterday morning at 10.80 x'clock in . that" city at his ; residence, No. 5 Mount Vernon Place. The cause bf his death was paralysis of the stomach. Intelligence of , the serious illness of Mr, Walters was received in Wilming ton Wednesday afternoon , while . the annual meetirg of officials of" the Wil mington & Weldon Railroad Company was in progress, andpiis -son, Mr.' Harry Walters, Vice President of the company, left atprice by;, special train for Balti more The sad announcement -of- the deatf WTV Walters followed yesterday 'after aeon .and was; received with sincere sorrow . and rregret. by many ; m the i community, especially personal friends and; acquaintances of Mr.- Harry; Walterswbo' sympathize with hisikdeeply p thir sad affliction A number, of thenf,' including. prominent citizefisand business men of Wiimtngton, will goto Baltimore to attend the fa il era! which will take place to-morrow in that cityrr An official announcement of the death of Mr. Walters was issued from the. of fice of the Atlantic Coast Line in this city yesterday afternoon, as follows: JS To the Officers and Employes of the At- Klantic Coast Line: I The Presidents of the several roads composing the Atlantic" Coast Line an nounce to the officers 'and. employes. with deep regret, the death of Mr. Wm. T. Walters, whose official connection with the companies of this line is well known to all, at bis residence , in Balti more, on Thursday, the 22d day of No vember, 1894. 4 v - '. r -The funeral will take place at Grace Episcopal church, Baltimore, at 2.00 p. Saturday, the 24th inst. i-- The officers of the line are invited to be present as far as possible, consistent with their duties. - -The general offices of the line will be closed on Saturday from twelve o'clock, as a mark of respect - i . f r. K. SCOTT, i . i . W. G. Elliott, i , C S. Gadsdss, Mr. Walters was born on the Juniatia river, Penh., in 1820, and : was conse quently seventy-four years of age. He was educated as a civil and mining en- gineer. Before he was twenty-one he was put i in charge of an extensive smelting! establishment at Lycoming,, Pa and produced the first iron made with mineral coal in: this country.' : He came to I Baltimore when of age, and after embarking in the produce commis-1 sion business established : the! firm ; of W.T. E. Walters & Co, spirit importers and distillers, and amassed great wealth.' In this business he was associated with Mr. John W. Coy, also A .lover of'art. whose munificent bequest to the Johns Hepkin University has : resulted, in a , great university hall ' and a magnificent collection of rare art works. !- . About fifteen years ago Mr. Walters gave up the spirit business and devoted nimseu exclusively to bis financial and transportation interests, in which he was ably seconded by his son, Mr. Harry Walters. ; He was president of the first steamship line between Baltimore and savannah ana - a director in every line established between Baltimore and the South. At the close of the war he was the most active of nil men in re-establishing Southern com munication. It was in art that Mr. Wal ters' part was particularly prominent He was intimately known to the best American and European artists, and his life in Europe from 1861 to I860 brought him into contact with. the most cele brated painters there. The ; nucleus formed by his purchase of art works with the first year's profits of his busi ness in Baltimore has grown to a collec tion which in many respects is superior to any other in private hands anywhere. Not only are his paintings a notable as semblage of 4 the greatest works of modern r masters, but his ! Oriental collection of - rare artistic skill Is the costliest and most representative of any private collection : in the world. These treasures have been thrown open to public view on certain days In each year and all the money arising from admission fees, amounting to large sums annually, have been given to the poor of Baltimore. Similar liberality has been extended by him in other -directions. A few years ago a gift of $10,000 from him enabled the Metropolitan Museum of Art . m New York to be opened on Sundays. He gave to Baltimore for the ornamentation of Mount Vernon Place a number of Barye's bronzes, including a. massive lion. To these he added Du bois's figure of "Military Courage."- He also gave a statue of Chief Justice Taney by Kinebart- Kinehart the sculptor 01 fOytia" and other great works, was es pecially benefitted by Mr. Walters, , be ing enabled to study - his art in Italy six years, during which time Mr;; Walters' purse was always open to him. Mr. Wal ters was. especially interested in the breeding of Percheron horses, He brought t a large number of them from France, and to them may be traced many that are now in various parts "of the -Union. -pocf i, '4:; : .. A Press dispatch to the, Star last night from Baltimore, says : :. tJiC William T. Walters, one of the wealth iest and best known -citizens of Balti more and the owner of the finest private Lart collection in the world, died this morning at lo.ftu o ciocb, at nis nomeon Mount Vernon Place. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis of the stomach and Bright's disease. The news of Mr. Walters' death created wide spread comment and regret He t was financially interested in nearly every im portant ( enterprise in Baltimore.; He was in his 76th year and a widower. Wm. T.Walters, justly distinguished In many ways, was . beyond all question Baltimore's foremost most liberal and mqst discriminating friend of art At the age of 21. in 1841, he came to Baltimore from Lycoming county, Penn-i where his father was a merchant and banker. Mr. Walters at first established a commission business and a few years ' later opened what subsequently' developed., into the great whiskey house of Wm. T. Walters ACo. r.-.v, ". ' '. ; : r ' Mr. Walters was prominent in the or ganization of nearly every steamship line out ot Baltimore. . jtie was nresiaent ot the first steamship line to Savannah. "His early fondness for art induced Mr. Walters to devote part of the profits of his first year in business to the purchase of fine pictures. Each year he has added to this lot untiT now the world knows that Wm. T. Walters had one t the finest collections of pictures and bric-a- orac m existence; He bought the famous Peachblow vase, it will be remembered, for $15,000. He was one of the perma nent trustees of the Corcoran Art Mu seum at Washington and chairman of the 1 Purchasing- Committee. 5! He was a trustee otlhe Peabody Institution and chairman of the Committee on Art In 1845 he married Anna D. Harper, of Philadelphia. She died in London ia 18687 Two children, a son and daugh ter, was tne result ot the union. 5 ROBESON COUNTY FAIR. Iora Attendanoe-The Baoes Tar Q Heel JUnatrele Perform to a Crowded Housed ' I ' v Special Star Telegram . V : Lumberton.i November 22, The weather cleared to-day and a very' large crowd was. in attendance on the Fair. The racing was fine. ' The trotting race was won by "Billy Wilkes." r'tb.e trains brought visuors from Wilmington, Fay ettevllle, : Raleigh, Maxton, and other places, while the country folk came in all kinds of vehicles. Taken all in all it was an Immense success for .the there being about. three -thousand person in attendance.y.--s;,-:8 -V. y .v: ; The exercises of .the day wound up with a performance of the Tar Heel Minstrels to a crowded hoass at eighu - The managers have decided - to con tinue the Fair through SaturdayV ,; - " KNITTING - MlttS.-- J V - They Seem to Be.. Profitable BUewhare Why Hot tn .Wilmington P . ; - 5, . Surely, there are some enterprising people in Wilmington who wiI read with interest the annexed article. - The mills referred to are at Sotland Neck. Halifax county, and the article is from the Democrat, published there: . 'Last Saturday we made it convenient to be at the knitting mills at 4 o'clock, the pay-off hour, and it was interesting -to see 125 operatives come to the pay window and receive their money for two weeks' work. -- . ; - c ' The pay-roll is carefully made out before pay hour, and .every operative's money is put into an envelope, sealed and directed. : As the names are . called the operatives march to the window of the office at the mills and receive their : Say tor honest toil. Their faces were right as they turned away with the happy satisfaction that they are taking care of themselves. - These mills give employment , to a goodly number of girls and grown up ladies, who are glad of the opportunity to make the money that they spend. Manager McDowell said that last Sator- day a pay-roll was the largest since the mills have been at work. He says he needs more girls. Some of the girls who stick to their work closely make more than a -dollar a day. We noticed that some of the envelopes containing the pay for two weeks were . labeled as much as $18. - i New machinery. being placed and j the mills are still running day and night and the .manager does not see when ! their orders will be . so well filled that they can stop at night. Manager McDowell said that his ship ments, of goods last week, which are simply' tegular - orders, amounted to An Xrldeses of Pfospeslty.--',':.';-,: "The Charlotte Observer says: " - ' "Day arid night the wheels of the cot ton mills of Charlotte are to run. ceasing only during the Sunday hours.1 This means a double force of hands for each mill, and consequently a doubling of the weekly pay roll., The Victor Mills now pay out in wages $38,000 annually. Its pay roll hereafter will be $65,000 annu ally. The Charlotte Cotton Mills fOates Brothers) has been running-day and night regularly, and now all the other mil's are arranging tor continuous day amT night work. The Victor will begin night work within a week, and the other mills will fall into line as soon as they can get the necessary force of hands." Criminal Court. , ":; -.- -L-.:' The greater part of the session of the Criminal Court yesterday was occupied with the case of Jos. Nixon, colored, charged with manslaughter. After the selection of a jury the testimony of wit nesses : was heard by. the , Court- when upon motion of the Solicitor, the Court directed that a verdict of not guilty be rendered, and ; the prisoner was dis charged. : Nixon killed another negro named Solomon near Castle Hayne, in this county v some weeks ago, and the coroner found that the killing -was in self-defence. - - -P i. ':; ? Isaac Chapman, charged with being a nuisance, was found guilty. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs. - Court took a recess until 10 a. m. to day, j ' , ' ' The Star's correspondent at Weldon writes that in the case ' of 1 Kee vs. the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad Com pany, suit for damagea growing out of the killing' of husband of plaintiff (here tofore reported in the Star) the jury were unable to agree And were dis charged. The jury stood, ten for dam ages and two against. The Judge charged the jury that if the trouble grew- out of an old grudge the company was not re sponsible, but if it grew out of anything concerning the - storage charged on baggage they were. THE FUSION MAJORITY. . Raleigh News and Observer - " From the official returns thus far re ceived, and the unofficial estimates from the counties whose exact vote is un known, it appears that the Fusion ma jority in the State will be about 20.612. Taking the vote of the State Treasurer as a basis, the estimate is as follows : Pop. and Rep. vote reported;.. .115,841 Net reported bnt estimated.. .... 29 200 Total.... ....... ..i.. . ......144,541 Democratic vote reported... r, . .101,699 Democratic vote estimatecU . . ; 22280 Total. .... . ... ........ . . ... , .128,929 Fusion majority.....; V..t .. . . . 20.712 -It may be interesting to know that the majority on the Treasurer's vote is prob ably about 2,100 less than on the Judi cial ticket .. On the, Congressional ticket the Democratic vote is about the same as on the Judicial ticket, while the Fu sion Congressional vote will probably be somewhere near 148,000. being an increase of some .3,000 over the. State Ucket Oij.:- -r-T r. . In the above calculation no account is taken of the votes thrown out on either side. -," ... -- "m:m- ' ' v.;-. Sunday Hafl Servloei' L: K V--"Q.:, ; Sunday .mail service begins on the Cape Fear and r Yadkin- Valley to-day. The Star made a special effort to se cure this additional service by informing the people interested that any post office could have it if the patrons of the office wanted it The postmasters have nothing to do with it further than to ob serve the wishes of their p&taoaK CRIMINAt COURT- Dlaposed of Teaterday-Orand. Jory ;r' ;-. -'.'Bopoaad Are j Disohuged. . ; jlThej- Crimlnar Court yesterday.rdisi posed of theiollowing cases:-? W, L; fohnson, colored, f orgery. . Verl diet guiliyi ; Defendant sentenced i to two years in the Penitentiary. Jno. -:Beasley, - abandonment Not Prosed, :'. ' fi -. " , . ' - The grand jury .having finished the business before them, visited the County fait, the Home, and House of Correc tion and submitted the following report To the Hon, O. P.'Meares, Judge of the jfr. Crtmtnat Court i: p . v; .t-fe-i-w?-" Dear Sir We the grand jury for the November term ot the Criminal-Court have faithfully investigated all cases that have come under our observation.' as well as those that have been reported to us.r-We, therefore, beg leave to make the following report: -f.---- ' , '.During our session, ; we found nine true bills and one not true hill that were sent before ns by the Solicitor.' We ex? ecuted six'corAmitments, aad found true -oHis forar ysr rp , -tvj. . i We visited the county Jail in a" body on the 22it inst., and found the sanitary condition of the same,, perfect and the health ot the prisoners good, with one exception. We examined the food and found that a, sufficient! quantity of bread aod meat w.s furnished, but we would. recommend that vegetables be furnished at least thrtt days mi each' week, and that the prisoners be given two meals per day, setved hot.- It now appears that.'they are allowed only . one meal a day and that is cooked the day before it is given to them. "" We also ' recommend that the lower floor of the fail be .repaired, as the cement of tte same has hegun to give way aad is now in holes. i.' . On the 22d inst. we visited the House of Correction and County Home. We found the wards occupied by the whites in good sanitary condition, but those of the colored people filthy and in some cases very offensive.; . We examined the food and found it good and wholesome. but are of' the opinion that the manner of serving it could be improved. We examined the beds f land bedding, and found that the mattresses were very light1 weight and in! some cases there was only one single- cotton blanket allowed to a bed. ; Therefore we recom mend that the sanitary condition be looked after and the inmates be fur nished better beds and bedding, and slop buckets in each pioom. ' we examined intp the health of the inmates and found several sick, and re commend that , the county physician be instructed to -Visit the institution at least twice a week, instead of once, as he how does, and oftener if necessary. - --" On our way out to the Home we found the street from Hutfiff's corner to the railroad crossing leading into the county road in very bad condition, so much so that you have to leave the public high way to get along with any comfort. . We therefore recommend that the attention of those in charge be called to this mat ter and requested to repair the same . It; appears that no further business will claim our attention for this term, we, therefore, ask ypur Honor to dis charge us . -! . jl. . . . v ,. : H. McL. Green. Foreman. - TAR HEEL MIHBTREIS. The Performanee Given at Iiumherton ' '. , . Thnnday Night. ; Star Correspondence. Lumbxrton, N. C, . Nov. 8. The Tar Heel Minstrel Company, fifteen strong, gave one of their delightful per formances to a crowded house at Lum- berton last night. From the moment the boys touched Lumberton'saoll until tneir aeparture. tney were right royally treated by all Lumberton, and especially by Dr. R. Vampill, manager ot the Opera House, and Mr. Frank Gough, Secretary of the Fair, who showed -them all the courtesies. The boys gave the citizens a street parade at 5 o'clock, headed by the Lumberton Cornet Band. - - The curtain rose promptly at 8.15 o'clock oa the first ; part with Cowan, McEachern, Croom and Turrentine on the ends, and they held it down in a way that added another link to their already long chain of fame. I The next thing on the programme was .Cowan and James, "Kings of Mirth," which was much en joyed. Mr. Turrentine, drummer of the band, next held the audience's attention. The hit of the evening next followed, it being Messrs. Croom and Marshall's ac robatic act which twas, indeed, marvel ous. One of the most enjoyable, hits of the evening was the musical act and the boys deserve great credit for the way in which they handled. the instruments. The show was brought to a close by the ludicrous farces Old Dad's Cabin' and "The Famous Cake Walk." vThe performance as a whole was a most en joyable one and will ( be the seven-day talk of the town; -The management was as follows: Mr. W. L, Jacobs, treasurer, J. H. Cowan, stage manager; W.W.Vick, representative; B. H. McGarity, property manager; James Hi Myers, musical di rector; B, W, Marshal,- business mana ger. ; ,;..f vf..-;.; v The boys contemplate a brand new show, to be given early in December at the Wilmington Opera House. They deserve a full house.: ' Badly Mangled. - .'".- - . "A special dispatch to the Star last night from.WeldoBN.cC says: "A tramp attempted : to . board a north- oound freight here to-night' and bad both legs, badly mangled. The railroad company is giving him the best medical attention Don't think he can live." - A ZTovel for Tour Cents. . .; For four to five cents each you can get novels by Charles Reade, A. Conan Doyle.' . Rider . Haggard. Miss Mulock, Miss Braddon. Wilkie Collins, Robert L. Stevenson,' Alex.' : Dumas. Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs. South worth, Emerson Ben nett Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. - M. Thackeray," Charles Dickens, Captain Marryat Jules Verne and many others. These books can be obtained through the Star. Read announcement in an othercolnmn. - j - . tz-iji The pulpit of the Synagogue Beth' Ahaba of Richmond.' Va, will be filled on next Thursday, Thanksgiving day. by Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge . and Rabbi Edward N. Calisch. Tey Alwaye Aak for the Star." ;" r Progressive Agei ' 1 " ; : i - During the" political'' campaign just closed we were so fully engaged thatwe neglected to notice the enlargement we will not say improvement, of the Wil mington Star, as in our opinion that as a State paper -it has never -. been sur passed or equalled. The Star is our favorite State paper, and the visitors to our office always ask for the Wilmington STAR. M5V Baltimore, . November 24. -The re- !raaios of the late William Tv; Walters, art collector.' philanthropist and finan- cier, were qoietlyjaid to rest in; Green mount. Cemetery to-day. : In accordance with his wishes the ceremonies were of . the simplest and most unostentatious . . characterf;'--"' ; Numbers of the friends lot the de ceased collected at the residence, Na 5 ' " Mount Vernon Place, this morning, and took a farewell look at the dead. At 1.40 -' thejmembers of the family and the hon orary pall-bearers assembled at the house -and ; proceeded in. carriages to - Grace T Protestant Episcopal Churck. cornet of ; Park avenue and Monument street The spacious ; church was filled with " friends ot Mr. Walters,' many having come from New York, Boston, Phila- -delphia, Washington and other cities. The remains, incased in an elegant, ' but . severely plain casket, were placed in front of the altar. The rector. Rev. Arthur Chilton Powell, read the short and simple, yer beautiful burial ser- V vice of : the Church. The casket was carried into and from the church by employes of the undertaker. After the brief but impressive service, the iuneral . party, consisting of the immediate fam ily, a few personal friends and the house hold servants, moved slowly to the ceme tery, where the body was placed in the family vault beside - that of Mrs. Wal ters, who died In London four years ago. - The honorary pall-bearers, who were the friends and business associates of Mr. Waiters, were Senator Dja Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Gen. Geo. M. Dodge, U. S. A-, New York,. : C M. McGhee. Tennessee; F. R, Scott Of Richmond, Va.; H. B. Plant of the Southern Ex- v press Co., S. P. Avery, New York; Wm. Laffan, New York; Henry G. Marquand. of the Metropolitan Art Museum; Dr. Dan'J C Gilman, Prof, of Johns Hop kins University; Henry James, Dr. S. C. Chew, J. P. McCay. Francis White, Thomas W. Hall. Enoch Pratt and Michael Jenkins, of Baltimore. A moat Valuable Exchange. . Goldsboro Headlight. ; . ' ' v The Wilmington Star, the boldest daily paper in the State, is twenty-seven years old. 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