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We have published several instances where' they without provo cation have attacked white men, one some time ago in Pitt county where they assaulted a tax lister be cause he refused to list a negro un der age, and later another in the sumo uouuty wnere several 01 tnem lay in wait for a registrar, who es caped attack only because some white men were watching the negroes and got close enough to the regis trar to protect him. Xot long ago a citizen of David son county driving on the highway was assaulted by a crowd of rowdy negroes who abused and cursed him, threatened to kill, him and might have done so if he had resented their abuse. A few days ago a gang at- tnnlrafl o wVii a man An a t-vri Vvl T vn A in Wilson county, dragged him 'from hi wagon, searched his pockets an'd took from him the little money they found in his pockets. ; The latest comes from Shelby, Cleveland county, thus reported in a dispatch: ! "Mr Anderson Howell, a white man,, a .is held up by three negroes near Shelby Tuesday. The negroes saw that ho had on a white supremacy button and one of them said: 'Look at-that Q d n poor white scoundrel with that button on. He ain't as good as a negro. We are a good mind to kill you and throw you in the creek.' A white man drove up about that time and the negroes fled. This man's offence was that ho was a white man and wore a white Supremacy button, which excited ,the rage of these three cowardly ne groes, whored n the approach of another white, men. Had not this ither white man ap peared, and had this whiter man as sailed, resetted the attack, the probabilitiesire that theso three negroes would have carried out their threat, killed him and thrown him. into the creek. It was three against one,1 and they knew they haefchim in their power. ll&re is another instance of a somewhat similar character, al though really more outrageous, an occurrence in Surry county, told by an Elkin correspondent of the Charlotte Observer: iu linn sectiua ui me oiaio iur iuo past few months it has been a mat ter of comment that negroes have be come quite insolent and the cause of this change is to found in the fact that they are being backed up by certain fellows who want office and to get it do not care what means , are used. jrrooi positive mat some rene&raae white men have been putting the devil into the negroes is shown by a recent occurence near Elkin. One day last week a crowd of negroes tanked up with mean whiskey, went to the house . i i a-ui - u:i named Lyons, who lives near Bustc, Surry county, and demanded that he 4m11 4LAwt lvwa It A iham waivim 4a wnrQ AVI the amendment. When told that he exDected to vote for the amendment the negroes got very mad, commenced to curse and abuse the old . man ana kent it ud for some time. They finally left, jsaying he had best be careful how ne voiea against mem, as iney lnienu eu to get even with every white man who voted to disfranchise them. This is the result of white men advis iner neeroes to protect their rights at all hazards and if the white men . of the State allow the amendment to be - defeated North Carolina will witness many scenes more shamful than this UUB. , ,, Ilere we have this outrageous in- . soience going on in dinerent sec tions of the State, where the ne groes are numerous and where they are few, but they are all character- ied by audacity and inspired by the common hatred of the white man who does not agree with and affiliate with them. r This wasn't the, case until quite recently. There were bad ne jroe8 of course, as there always will bo, but a white man could travel on the highways alone and feel pretty secure from assault. It was not considered safe for a lone, unprotec ted white woman to do that, but white men were seldom maltreated. It isn't so now. Why this change?. Why is it that negroes seem to lay in wait on the highways to assault and in sult white men, when they feel safe ia doing so ? It is nothing more nor less than the result of the incendiary harangues they have been listening to from the political bushwhackers who ' have been going among them and, i as the correspondent of the Observer j says, filling them with the devil. They are easily stirred up now, more easily than heretofore because they are told that the constitutional amendment is intended to put the shackles on them and that it is simply the preliminary to offensive legislation which is to follow. They believe that and consequently they are in just that state of mind to be put up to any kind of devilment, an illustration of which 'we have in the assaults herein referred to, and in the alacrity they show in swear ing against registrars to have them arrested. "With such exhibitions of lawless lessnessV insolence and hatred of white men who differ from them now, what may be expected if the constitutional amendment fails and the incendiary, villains who have been urging them on get control of the State? The insolence they ex hibit now wouldn't be a circum stance to- what they would exhibit then for they could construe the de feat of the amendment as a license to insolence and encouragement to walk over and abuse any defenceless white person who happened to be in their way. - They wouldn't wait for them to happen in their way but would go .out and hunt and lay 'for them. A man going out upon the highway would have to equip him self with an arsenal to feel secure against insult and assault, and in the towns they would claim - a mo nopoly of the sidewalks and crowd White ladies and children off, as they have done heretofore, when they thought that could be done with im punity. An ounce of preventive is worth a pound of cure, and the way to pro- vent that is to ratify the constitu tional amendment and let the ne groes see that the white people are going to rule North Carolina and that negroes must behave themselves or get out of it. , BEARING ITS FRUIT. - As a result of the incendiary harangues of some of the anti amendment stumpers in this State we have had assaults upon registrars for refusing to register negroes who had no right to register, upon white men travelling upon the highway for wearing white supremacy but tons, upon men at public meetings simply because they were Democrats. We have heard threats by negroes that they would apply the torch" to houses of Democrats, and murder women and children. Little atten tion was paid to their threats be cause they were taken for the mere vaporing of senseless negroes, but they were not all idle threats for in one case at least the torch' has been actually applied and a white family narrowly escaped death. The devel ish story is thud briefly told in a press J dispatch from Troy, Mont gomery county. , "Troy. N. C. July 20. A Radical went to the house of a red shirt Demo crat and burned it at 1 o'clock last night Before applying the torch he poured a large quantity of kerosene on the building. Nine inmates of the house barely escaped with their lives, through the flames, in their night clothes. Every-vestige of furniture and clothing was destroyed." There is nothing in this to indi cate whether this midnight incendi ary was a negro or a white-skinned man. This is the county where a white registrar was forced under guns presented by a squad of white- skinned men and negroes to put their m m . 11 names on. his dook, ana anotner registrar was threatened anony mously with being sent to a worse place than the penitentiary if he re fused to register men who applied. It may have been a white-skinned man who applied the torch that burned this man's house and came near burning to death his -family with it. But what an object lesson of. the devilish spirit that inspires the ig norant following of the incendiaries who from the stump are inflaming their passions and inciting them to vengeance. Isn't it time that these men and this following ,be eliminated from politics, and deprived of the oppor tunity to do mischief ? In his speech accepting the nomi nation Mr. McKinley, speaking of the Philippines said, they "recog- j i nize American sovereignty as me symbol and pledge of peace, justice, law," &c, but he failed to say in that connection why, if they recog nized all this, it is necessary to keep an army of 65,000 men there, why Geh. MacArthnr says he can't spare any for China, and why it is necessary to keep shooting the Fili pinos. ' Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, is one of the Populist patriots who made it pay. It is said that he didn't have a dollar when elected to Congress, that he had to borrow money to, pay for a ticket to Washington but that he saved his money after he got there, invested it in -land and cattle and is now worth $40,000. Thrifty Jerry. There is something more than month in him. I 1 - II II " 81 f ; t 7 II .1 I II II W T 1 A H "TV MORE BECEUITS FOE THE ' AMENDMENT. We have heretofore published lists of Republicans and Populists who are supporting the Constitu tional Amendment, and also letters from some of them giving their rea-' sons for so doing. There is scarcely a day that does not add to the num ber. The following are among the latest. .The first is from the Clark ton Express : "Editor Express : I have studied the Amendment very carefully,' and with a mind unblinded by prejudice and unbiased by argument. I have heard it discussed pro and con . and I am now ready to endorse it as it now 4 stands revised, and say, "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my heart and hand to this vote." I write this because in my hesitation to endorse it, and because as it stood be fore it was revisedI really was op posed to certain features of it I have been known as Mn oppose r of the Amendment. - , . . "Yours cordially, - "JAS. A. GOODES?' ; The following is from the Salis bury Truth-Index: "Mr. John Goodman, of Locke township, who has been a life-long Republican, has renounced the Re publican party and expressed his de termination to affiliate in the future with the Democrats. "Mr. Goodman was present last Saturday night at a meeting of the White Supremacy Club at Kepley's school house, and at the conclusion of Prof. Smoot's speech was called on. Mr. Goodman arose and briefly stated his past and present position with reference to the parties, and said that in the future he would be found fighting with the white men of Rowan. "Mr. Goodman is enthusiastic for the amendment" There is rarely a meeting ad dressed by Democratic speakers that Republicans or Populists do not de clare their purpose to support the Amendment, especially in the Cen tral and Western portions of the State, where white Republicans and Populists are more numerous than in the Eastern section. Thousands of both will vote for the Amend ment, and many of them for the Democratic State ticket and candi dates for the Legislature, too. REVENUE BULLDOZERS. In an article a few days ago on the part the Revenue officers were taking in trying to intimidate regis trars, we referred to the fact that in many counties in the central and western parts of the State they ex ercised a sort of despotic power and wielded it in the- interest of the party to which they are indebted for the offices , they hold. The follow ing, which we clip from the Raleigh News and Observer, corroborates this and shows the methods some of them are resorting to to force men to vote against the constitutional amendment: "Chairman Simmons yesterdaye- ceived a letter front a leading J-emo crat of Wilkes which shows how Fed eral officeholders are using their office to help on neerro rule. We make this extract from the letter: " 'I read with pleasure your letter to Mr McKinley. -We are to-day feel in? the effects of Federal interference. I will eive vou an instance. I learned that H. M. Parlier. who operates a government distillery, was opposed to the Amendment Parlier has always voted the Democratic ticket I saw him in Wilkesboro last week and asked him if it were true that he was opposed to the Amendment He said: "No: I am in favor of it but must vote against it' He said that he had been notified that he would be watched on election day. If he voted for the amendment that a storekeeper and gauger would be sent on him. who would run him out in four days; but that if he voted against the amendment' everv favor possible would be "shown him. Parlier said that if he was forced out now at this season of the year with the large lot of hogs he had on hand that it would ruin him. and under the circum stances he must vote against the amendment This was said to Mr. W. W. Barber in the presence of James M. Wellborn." The fact is the internal revenue service in this State is a political machine, which is worked in every campaign for the Republican party, and it was never more thoroughly or infamously worked than now. There are hundreds of men acting with the Republican party in this State who were driven into it by these revenue officers. ROBESON COUNTY. A Very Large Majority for the Amend nent Shown by Registration. Special Star Telegram. Maxton, N. C, July 21.Eight townahios in Robeson county Max- ton. Alfordsville, Lumber Bridge, Lumberton, Red Springs, Burt Swamp, Smith's and Thompson's show a.reg iatArfld maioritv f 1.725 for the- Amendment This is a gain oyer the trntA for Humnhrev. Democrat, for Superior Court clerkin 1898, of 1,376. The ten townships not heard from ought to make Robeson's majority from 2,000 up. The majority in- 1898 was 667 in the county. Maxton's gain will be about 250. Maxton is shipping melons at the rate of twenty oars per day. Died At KenaosvlIIe. A correspondent of the Stab writing last week from Magnolia says: "Mrs. Elizabeth Farrior, . relict of the late John Farrior. passed peacefully away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Kelley at Kenansville, N. C, on July 19th, aged 90 years. She was the mother of Henry Farrior, Esq., of Kenansville and S. D. Farrior, Esq., of Wilmington. She was universally beloved for her kind and amiaoie Christian character." ROBESON AROUSED. Six Thousand People at the Great Democratic Rally at Lum berton Yesterday. AYCOCK AND GLENN SPOKE. The Procession- A Thousand Red Shirts in the Parade (heat Barbecue Beantlfol Girls Fine Music Cannon Booming. Special Star Telegram. Lumbeeton, C, July 'Jd. This has been great day for Democracy in this section. The crowd present at the Democratic rally was conserva tively estimated at six thousand ; both Glenn and Aycock said it was the largest crowd they had spoken to dur ing the campaign and those who have recently attended great gatherings in the State pronounce the one to day the most enthusiastic, and best organ ized assemblage of Democrats they have seen. Chairman Geo. B. McLeod and Col. N. A. McLean, assisted by other party leaders, have made a great fight and confidently expect t wenty five hundred majority for the amend ment The Procession. . A grand pageantry,- indeed, was the beautiful and orderly parade, pro nounced by all who saw it the finest ever seen in this section of the State. The procession was headed by a phae ton, white as snow, drawn by the nicest horses in town, with harness to match the vehicle, which was driven by Miss Annie French,- daughter of Col. W. F. French, one of North Car olina's fairest girls, who was attired in white and wore a crown of white. There were a number of other vehicles which carried young ladies, all of whom were beautifully attired in white. Following this procession was a large company of mounted Red Shirts the number being estimated at ore thousand who were commanded by that gallant leader of men. Col. N. A. McLean. Aycock and Glenn both made pow erful speeches. Glenn spoke for two and a half hours and Preached The Whole Gospel. He covered the entire ground and ed ified the flock and brought sinners to repentance. . Aycock followed, for on -ly fifty minutes, in one of his-happiest efforts. The people went wild as they listened to their-peerless leader ;lie. was at his best and no doubt did much good. He concluded his speech by saying that it was not necessary to speak long here ; said he wanted to wait till he found more sinners. A great barbecue, fine music, and hundreds of beautiful girls were among: the other attractions. .Cannons were fired all along during the morning, and at intervals through the entire day the air resounded with the reports of rap id fire guns. W. F. Gibson, of Gibson, the first organizer of Red Shirts in North Car olina, was here from Scotland county and says that county will give 1,000 majority for the Amendment, out of 1,100 white voters. Walter H. Neal, Scotland's peerless leader, was here and helped to warm the occasion with his enthusiasm, SENT TO CASTLE HAYNES. Connty Convicts Have Been Potto Work in Phosphate Mines There. Thirty-three county convicts have been taken up to Castle Haynes to be used in mining phosphate rock by the Hanover Land and Improvement Com pany, an equitable agreement having been reached between' Chairman Mc- Eachern, of the Board of County Com missioners, and Mr. C. C. Chadbourn, general manager of the mines there, by which the Improvement Company will get the phosphate rock and the county all that is adapted to road work. The agreement is believed to be a very advantageous one for the county. Mr. W. H. Shearin has been en gaged by the county to superintend the work at the mines. Active work will be begun Saturday or Monday. Mr. Brown Roughly Treated. Correspondence Charlotte Observer: "Mr. J. A. Brown, Democratic candi date for the State Senate from Robe son and Columbus, lives at Uhad- bourn, in the latter county. vi. Lewis is a sore-headed politician who left the Democratic party in las be cause he was defeated for the nomina tion for solicitor for this district by U. F. McNeill. .He joined the fusionists and is now a candidate for . the Senate against Mr. Brown. A few days ago Lewis invited Brown to his office to arrange for a joint debate. Brown went and was cruelly beaten Dy a 101 of thugs who had gathered in Lewis' room seemingly for that purpose, xne word has gone out and before the election trouble will come." District Conference Elect Delegate?. , The Wilmington District Confer e ice which convened last week in Bethle hem church, Bladen county, was a success in every way and was largely ... 1 M It ' f - 1. . f attenaea. xne ioiiowing aeiegaujs were elected to tne Annual uonierence of the Methodist Church which will convene in Newborn in December: Messrs. A. McA. Council, Bladen", A. J. Johnson, Magnolia; W. B. Cooper," Wilmington and David Ward. Elected to Texas Parish. Rev. M. -'A. Barber, rector of St, Paul's EDisconal Church, has received notice "of his unanimous election to the rectorship of St Mark's parish, San Marcos, Texas. Rev. Mr. Barber has neither accepted nor declined the nlAfttinri aa vet and the numerous friends of himself and family here hope that he may see his way clear to remain here. t PROMINENT LAGRANGE CITIZENS ARRESTED. It Is Claimed They Are Proprietors)! Al leged Fraudulent Concern Doing Busi ness Through Wilmington. The local postofflce authorities Fri day received notice of the arrests of Messrs. J. M. Murchison and W. H. Taylor, prominent business men of LaGranee, N. C, who are said to be president and secretary, respectively, of the "Southern Cotton Association," an alleged fraudulent concern claiming headquarters at Wilmington, N. C, and having for its object the procuring of situations as cotton buyers for its clients, who were, it is said, charged $5, "cash with order," for its service. The concern advertised quite exten sively in North and South Carolina papers and it is learned that through the Wilmington postoffice it did a land office business, judging from the large amount of mail received through its private lock box, which was at in tervals emptied of the voluminous cor respondence. The attention of the authorities at Washington was called to the suspi cious circumstances under which the concern was doing business and Post office Inspector Jeremiah Conelley, of this district was detailed to look up the case which culminated in" the ar rests as set forth above. Messrs. Murchison and Taylor were arrested Thursday night by Deputy Marshal Mangum and carried before United States Commissioner Hugh Humphrey, of Goldsboro, where they promptly gave bond in the" sum of $1,000 and were discharged. They employed as counsel Messrs. Munroe and Daniels, of Goldsboro. Mr. Conelley was at work on the case only about two weeks. The concern began business accord ing to receipts of mail at the postoffice several months ago., Many of the letters were addressed simply to "Cot ton," while others were addressed in full. There was quite anccumula tion of mail at firstso-ifis said, but more recentyTroe proprietors of the concern sent for the mail with some degree of regularity. Messrs. Alexander Sprunt 8c Son received frequent inquiries as to whether they were interested in the "company" and of coursa replied "no." It is claimed b7 the prosecu tion that the location of headquarters for the concern at Wilmington was to have the benefit of the influence of Messrs. Sprunt & Son, as the natural inference would be that they or Mr. J. H. Sloan, the only exporters in Wilmington, were really in need of men. It is learned that friends of the two men arrested, claim that Messrs. Murchison and Taylor will find no difficulty in proving themselves inno cent of the charge of using the mail for fraudulent purposes at the prelim inary investigation. Lumber Notes. Mr. Z. W. Whitehead, secretary of the South Atlantic Lumber Associa tion, yesterday received a telegram in response to an inquiry, stating that at a recent special session at Cordele.Ga., the Georgia Saw Mill Association de cided to endorse the action of and en ter into the agreement with the South Atlantic people with regard to the cur tailment of the lumber output one half. ,; Messrs. Whitehead and J. A. Arring dale, of this city, returned yesterday from Georgetown, S. C.wherethey at tended the annual meeting of the Atlantic Coast Cypress Association. Business before the association was principally routine and of a private nature. There was nothing for publi cation. Died at Southport Mr. William Drew, father of Mrs. Alice Thees and an uncle of Mr. Samuel S. Drew, of this city, died at his home at Southport Friday after noon at 1 o'clock, at an advanced age. Mrs. Thees and Miss Carrie Drew, a granddaughter of the deceased, who who has been visiting friends in the city, left yesterday morning on the steamer Wilmington to attend the funeral. Other children of the de ceased, besides Mrs. Thees, are Messrs. James and Alfred Drew, and Mrs. B. D. Wescott,- of Southport and Mrs. Sophia Wiley, of Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Fallon Left. Mr. W. H. Fallon and wife left yesterday morning via the A. C. L., for Grand Haven, Michigan, where he will succeed Mr. G. W. Felger in charge of the Weather Bureau station there. Mr. Felger, as already stated, has assumed charge of the Wilmington station, succeeding Mr. Fallon, who re quested a change for the reason that he believed a change in climate would result in a benefit to his health. Death of a Child. The three-and a half-months old son of Capt and Mrs. P. T. Flowers, of Florence, died yesterday morning of bilious fever at the residence of Mr. W. C. VonGlahn, No. 616 North Third street The remains were car ried to Florence yesterday afternoon at 3 :45 o'clock on the W. C. & A. train. The bereaved parents have the sym pathy of many friends. Election on Constitutional Amendment, for State and County officers, and for members of the Leg islature. Thursday, August 2d. It ia reported from Chee Foo that the international commanders have con cluded that it will be useless to try to advance on Pekin before the .middle of August THE REGISTRATION CLOSED. New Hanover is Now Certain of 3,0 Majority for the Amendment The Leaders Well Pleased. Registration closed Saturday at sun set and thanks to the earnest and well directed efforts of white men in every ward and township in the county yes terday, there was a very full registra tion, and it is now absolutely certain that New Hanover will roll up 3,000 majority and more for the Amend ment and State and county tickets on the first Thursday in August The negro registration was very light and the colored man, as a -rule, took no interest and appeared utterly indiffer ent to the question at stake. Many of the leading negroes are preaching to their followers and have preached it during the past few months that their pace for prosperity f was out of poli tics and the advicej appears to have been pretty well taken. The white registration is larger than for the primaries for county and legis late e officers several months ago, and this is very encouraging, notwith standing the seeming carelessness of somje white men at the beginning of the period of registration. Chairman Johnson and prominent members of the Democratic Executive Committee last night, after a thorough canvass of the registration, expressed themselves as highly pleased with the result and confidently confirmed the estimate of the majority made aboye. As stated in yesterday's Star the registrars will be at the polling places txt Saturday for tne purpose of en iog challenges. r. B. S. Montford, of Masonboro township, sends a good report from that precinct Only two white men in the entire township failed to register. FIRE THIS MORNING. Two Story Residence on Walnut Street Partially Destroyed Several Nar row Escapes. The two-story frame residence, No. 109 Walnut street owned by Mr. L. Hansen and occupied by Mr. F. L. Manley, was partially destroyed by fire this morning at 1 o'clock, the total damage to the house and furniture being about $1,000, partially covered by insurance. Two other residences adjoining, No. 107, owned and occu pied by Mr. H. G. Smallbones, and No. Ill, owned by Peterson & Rulfs and occupied by Mr.- Geo. E. Left witch, were also slightly damaged by fire. . The fire originated in the kitchen and took a rapid flight up the stairs leading from near the kitchen door. It was well advanced when cries from inmates of the house attracted the at tention - of Mr. Geo. W. Branson, who hastened back to Front and Grace streets and turned in an alarm from box 25. When the department reached the scene the house was al most entirely enveloped in flames and the firemen deserve much praise for saving the building at all, to say nothing of the two residences in close proximity Mr, P. R. Allbright and a Mr. Wil liamson, an A. C. L., machinist, who were boarding at the house, barely escaped from the second floor. Mr. Williamson lost all his personal ettects, saving only a shoe. He was also slightly burned about the face in escaping. Miss Myer McMannen, of Durham, who was visiting the family, also had a narrow escape. CAUGHT IN MARION COUNTY. Negroes Who Attempted to Assault a White Girl at Florence, S. C. Lynching Threatened. Special Star Telegram. Florence, S. C, July 21. After five days' hard, chasing the negroes guilty of attempted rape on a white girl here last Monday, were , captured in the woods of Marion county. The sheriff went for them in a special, re fusing citizens passage. Citizens fol lowed in another special, but found the prisoners too well guarded. The Governor put the local military com panjf under the sheriff's orders and instructed him to do his duty. The sheriff held the prisoners at Marion, S. C, waiting orders of the Governor to return to Florence. The Governor addressed the men here this after noon, urging them to vindicate the law. The crowd wanted vengeance and refused assurance, so the Gov ernor ordered the sheriff to hold the . v mm m m 1 TV . neeroes in Marion ior orders, un less assurance is given of their pro tection, he will order them to Colum bia. Citizens talk of wrecking the train if an attempt is made to rush the prisoners through. The crowd is holdiner an indignation meeting to night and is very angry with officers of the law. Conservative citizens are trying to reason with the crowd and have hopes of success. This morning while responding to the alarm from box 25, Chemical Engine No. 1 ran into an obstruction at Second and Grace streets, caused by one of the reins becoming unfastened. Both horses were thrown to the ground and Chief Schnibben and sev eral of the men were precipitated to the streets. The Dickinson house and-iot, on the corner of Front and Chesnut streets, also all of block 290 and lots 7 and 8 and part of lots 5 and 6 in block 303, are offered for sale as a whole or in part by Junius Davis and Piatt D. Walker, Esqrs., trustees. Vco. AYCOCK SATURDAY. Thousands of People Heard Him ' at Whiteville, in Columbus County. CAME HEREJSATURDAY NIGHT. Unprecedented Campaigning During the Past Week-A Thousand Red Shirts Rode in Procession Patterson Accompanies the Governor. . In no section of the State has Hon. Charles B. Aycock been more warmly welcomed or received by larger crowds than in the east At Lumberton Thursday; at Elizabethtown Friday, and at Whiteville Saturday the de monstrations were unprecedented and full of augury for a great victory in August Through it all Mr. Aycock has proved himself the wonderful man that he is. A part of the time travelling through the country long distances in private conveyances with a burning sun over him and speaking to throngs of people in the open air, it is a wonder how his physical endur ance was equal to the task. It is no wonder that Saturday night when he reached the city on a dusty freight train that He expressed a desire to rest and a pleasure at being able to spend aSundayby the. sea. Mr. Aycock is accompanied to Wilmington by Mr. Samuel L. Patterson, Democratic nominee for Commissioner of Agri culture, who also spoke at Whiteville yesterday. They were met upon the arrival of the train that night at Sixth street bridge by Iredell Meares, Esq., who accompanied them to the Front street station where a carriage in wait ing took them to Mr. Meares' residence where they were entertained. The speaking and rally at White ville Saturday is said to have been fully the equal of the the Lumberton demonstration on Thursday, which eclipsed all former campaign meetings in the State since the days of the im- ortal Vance. Mr. Aycock and Mr. Patterson were driven over in a car riage from Clarkton whence they came from Elizabethtown on Friday. They reached Whiteville about 11 o'clock and were met about a mile from the town by the Second Regiment Band, of Wilmington, the Cornet Band, of Chadbourn, and a mounted procession of red shirts conservatively estimated at from 900 to 1,200. It was a triumphant entry into the quiet lit tle town and the approach of the State's Chieftain was heralded by a volley of ten guns from one of the big brass HowiUers of the Wilmington Division Naval Reserves, which was carried up by a detachment from the division in charge of S. A. Matthews yesterday morning on the early f reght. The speaking took ploe in the large oak grove in front of the Court House and it is said 5,000 people, in cluding many ladies, were present. Mr. Patterson spoke first He was introduced by Hon. J. A. Brown, of Chadbourn, and while his speech was short it was full of en. couragement. Mr. Aycock was introduced -by Mr. D. S. Cowan, of Brinkley, in a pretty speech befit ting the occasion. Mr. Aycock spoke for about an hour, and his address to the yeomanry of Columbus was in deed sublime. He spoke confidently of success in the campaign, and re cited reasons which led up to this great uprising of Anglo-Saxons -for the freedom of the race from political and social thraldom. Mr. Brown, nominee for the State Senate for the district comprising Co lumbus and Robeson counties,' spoke last. He counselled conservatism and expressed pleasure at the opportunity his people were enjoying of seeing and hearing "Our Next Governor." x Notes Of The Meeting. Just as Mr. Aycock concluded his splendid speech another volley of ten guns was fired from the cannon. The Naval Reserves and Second Regiment Band were received cordially by the Columbus people and it is unnecessary to' state they contributed much to the success of the occasion. They return ed last night on the freight train with the delighted speakers. About 250 Red Shirts from Clarkton accompanied Mr. Aycock to White ville. Equally as large a number came from Chadbourn. . Mr. Aycock's next appointments are at Kenansville Thursday, July 26th ; Burgaw, Friday, 27th; Clinton, Satur day, 28th ; Richlands, Wednesday, August, 1st WARM WIRELETS. J. P. Hoffman, an old time counter feiter, was arrested by Secret Service Operative Burns yesterday at his lodg ings in Philadelphia. The Postoffice Department has de nied the application of the authorities of the Charleston, S. C, Inter state and West Indian Exposition for the government issue of a special series of postage stamps commemorative of the exposition. Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, one of the members of the U. S. Commis sion to the Paris Exposition, adver tises an offer of a reward of $500 for information leading to the return of a necklace valued at $17,000, which is missing. The War Department has issued orders for the withdrawal from Cuba of the First infantry, to take station at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.- .The com manding general of the department of the MiBsourt"wili designate wo oat talions of this regiment for service in the Philippines. The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus re serve, increase $4,121,776; loans, de crease $3,381,100; specie, increase $1,681,100; legal tenders, increase $2,111,900; deposits, decrease $1,315, 100: circulation, increase $747,100. The banks now hold $24,081,900 in excess of the requirements of the 25 percent rule. Sta tesville Zandmark: Mr. .1 L. 'Cowa n made 150 bushels of wheat' on "acn, an average of 30 bushels to the Jrcre. Kinvrton Free Press: The crops in this section are suffering terribly . for lack of nun. Corn is cut off near ly half. Tho dry weather is damaging to cotton and very damaein? to tobae- Southport Standard:1 Mr. J,-eph Skipper, of Town Creek, has among his tools two shp carpenter hampers which have been handed down from generation to generation ever shtce the year 1700, making these hammera 200 years old. ; Laurinburg Times: The Ne- -groes of Scotland county and especially of Btewartsyille township, are trying best they can, to carry out the advice of the best white people, and that is, leave off politics, buy a home and be quiet and industrious citizens. Salisbury Sun: Mr. J. W. Mil ler, of Providence township, brought us in three apples a horse apple, rus tico and red sweet apple. The three trees on which these- apples grew sprang from three seeds which were taken from one apple and planted fif teen years ago. Mount Airy News: A horse 22 Jreara old was in town Monday. It be ongs to Mr. N. T. Hutchens. This shows that a horse will live to a ripe old age if taken care of. The animal is in fine condition and is good for many more years if the present owner keeps him. - Sanford ExpressV We are told that a certain Populist of Chatham has been employed by a very low down -white Republcan of Sanford to canvassV Moore county in opposition to the amendment. - This Populist has already made several speeches in this section, and we only hope that he will continue to speak in the county till the election is held, as his speeches are vote-winners for the amendment Rockingham Anglol'Sazon: Wo have reported to us on the very best authority that a number of good people at Roberdel witnessed an apparently inexplicable phenomenon last Friday afternoon At about an hour by aun on that afternoon some one noticed a , volume of smoke, about such as would come from an ordinary stove, curling up from the top of a green spruce pine in the yard of the Methodist church at Roberdel. It attracted a great deal of attention and was watched with much interest by a number of people for about two hours, or Until it was ob-scured-by the dark. No one has yet been able to suggest an explanation of this curious phenomenon. It was in the churcKard, where no fire was near it, ane&urling up from a green pine tree. (Nashville Graphic: A white manvnamed George W. Griffin and his wife, of near Sandy Cross were brought here late Tuesday night and placed in jail after having been tried by Squires R. C. Dixon, J. E. R. Win stead,. W. H. Proctor and G. M. D. . Langley for a criminal neglect of their children. From what we can learn of the affair it seems that Griffin and his last wife had very little love or feeling for three children by his second wife and that recently the little ones, aged 8, 10 and 13 years were taken sick and E laced in an out-house, away from the eartless father and step-mother, and there left to the mercy of the neigbors; and their feeble strength. Their con dition . gradually grew worse until death relieved them of their suffering. A warrant was issued against the inhu -man parents and: as a result they are now in jail awaiting court. We regret to learn of the death of Mr. T. T. Lawson who died at his home near Springhope Wednesday of last week. Mr. Lawson was sitting on his front piazza and was seemingly in good health, but suddenly his head sank to his breast and in a short while he was dead. The farmers report that tobacco ia fast failing on account of the extremely dry weither. MISSIONARIES IN CHINA. Southern Presbyterians and Baptists In Northern China Who Are Reported to Be Safe. By Telegraph to tne Morning star. Richmond, Va, July 20. The For eign Mission Board of the Southern -Baptist Convention, with headquarters. ... . i . i ji s ; Jl in mis city, mis morning receiveu a . cablegram from Che Foo, China, as . follows: "Rev. J. Willingham, D. D. Lives saved. Pingtu looted. Christians fear fully persecuted. (Signed) "Hartwell." This means that all the Baptist mis sionaries of the Southern Convention now in Northern China are safe. Rev. and Mis. J. W. Lowe, who were in Pingtu, and for whose sefety grave ears were felt escaped, ivev. J. is. Hartwell himself is well-known here. He has been in China for many years. Miss Lottie Moon is the only mis sionary in North China from Vir ginia. The others there, now believed to be in Che Foo or Shanghai, are as follows: . Tung Chow, Shan - Tung province J. B. Hartwell, Mrs. Hartwell, Miss Lottie Moon, J. C. Owen, Miss Mattie Dutton. ' Hwang Hien, via Che Foo O. W, Pruitt, Mrs. Pruitt, Peyton Stephens, Mrs. Stephens, Miss E. B. Thompson. Pingtu, Shan Tung via Kiao Chow J. W. Lowe, Mrs. Lowe. Nothing has been heard by the board from Central China. The reason of their silence is unknown. Those de tailed to this portion of the celestial empire are as follow: Shanghai E. F. Tatum, Mrs. Ta tum, R. T. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan, Miss Willie Kelly, Miss Lottie W. Price. Soo Chow T. C. Briton. Mrs. Briton;:-' Chin Kiang W. W. Lawton, Mrs. Lawton; Miss Julia K. MacKenzie, Miss Alice Parker, W. E. Crocker, Mrs. Crocker. Nashville, Tenn., July 19. A ca blegram has been received .from Shanghai by the Mission Board of the Southern Presbyterian Church an nouncing the safety of 50 of its 56 mis sionaries. They are at Shanghai and in Japan. The six still at their sta tions are: Rev. J. L. Stuart and Mrs. Stuart, who have been in China for 30 years at Kudin ; Rev. Geo. W. Painter and Miss K B. French, at Hang Chow; Rev. J. B. Pear and Mrs. Pear, at Chin Kiang. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. A Big Battle Said to Be In Progress at Mlddleburg.' By Cable to the Morning Star. London, July 2L A special dis patch from Cape Town, dated to-day, says: "Lord Roberts has attacked Middle burg in force and a big battle is in progress. President Kruger ia with the burghers during the defence. - He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker whose spirit ia entering into living peace. And the men who have this life in them, are true lords or kings of the earth they, and they only. John BusJein. " Y