v
WILLIAM H. BEBIABD
Xdltor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON N. C.
Friday,
-' August 10..1900,
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President :
WILLIAM J, BRYAN. Of NeWa.
For Vice-President:
ADLAI E, STEVENSON, Of IMS,
HOW EEPUBLICANS 15 WASH
TJGTOH TAKE IT.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun has a letter wi
der date of the 5th inst., interest
ingly discussing the sentiments of
Republicans in Washington on the
negro suffrage question. Privately
they approve of disfranchising the
negroes,, while publicly as partisans,
and for partisan purposes, they con
demn it and may make much clatter
over it, as some of their party or
gans are now doing over the result
in this State. As showing these in
dividual feelings towards the negro
we quote the following extract:
One constantly hears its leading re
presentative men admit. "We would
be very sure to do the same thine
under the same circumstances." Of
course this is not said for publication
and these gentlemen would be very
quick to disclaim any such expressions
if invested with their personal
authority. They have no heistation
in making; such utterances under the
protection of private conversation.
It may surprise the country at large
to be informed, what is so well known
in Washington, that there are no men
anywhere who have at heart such a
-contempt for and antipathy toward
the negro as the Republican officials,
high and low. This is carried to such
an extent that not a few of them in
both branches of Congiess and in the
executive departments will not em
ploy them in their households.
"An evening or two since while sit
ting in conversation with a group com
posed, with the exception of myself,
of officials entirely, an army officer
remarked: " 'I wish we could have
some of the North Carolina methods
here,' " and a grunt of assent went all
around the circle. This feeling to
ward the negro in this community is
not because of his illiteracy, for Con
gress has provided the most lavish
means of education, going indeed to
a verge of absurdity. It is because ed
ucation and civil equality have failed
to produce the improvement which
was anticipated. Ask any observer
who comes from the North to Wash
ington "Who do you hink are the
best classes of negroes ?" ani
stant reply will be "Those
down from slave time."
reeling as tney ao, perso:
about the negro they may
and probably will for nartv uur
poses resort to' some retaliatory
measures and possibly make an
effort to reduce the representation
in Congress and in the electoral
college from those States where
Suffrage is restricted, but when they
do that they will be confronted by
some obstacles that may give them
a good deal of trouble to remove or
surmount, some of which are set
forth in the following extract:
"Who set the example of disfran
chising the negro but the Republican
Congress In a very, few years after
conferring the suffrage the Republican
party in Congress at one blow wiped
the negro from the bodypolitic of the
capital of the coutry. Why was this
. done? Because the negro had- shown
himself to be unworthy of and unfitted
for the exercise of the privilege. To
disfranchise the negro in the District
of Columbia, which was right, Con
gress also disfranchised the white man,
which was wrong. The white man in
Washington had from the foundation
of the city enjoyed, in common with
his fellow-countrymen, the privilege
of the elective franchise. He bad
exercised that privilege intelligently
and honestly, and until the 'wards of
the nation' were thrown in one mass
into local politics no scandal, no taint
of corruption had ever attached to the
municipal governments of Washington
and Georgetown. As it is, the white
man is content to be deprived of what
was his by right and inheritance rath
er than return to the era of vice, vil
lainy, depravity and dishonesty
which characterized and which mark
ed equal and Impartial suffrage.
"When the subject of negro dis
franchisement comes up in Congress
this feature of local disfranchisement
will necessarilly enter into discussion
and consideration. It is an embar-
?5nuertion' but u must be met.
. If the illiterate negroes of the South
should vote, why should not the edu-
a SSP 16 1Jlstrict of Colum
bial
"nSllft'SS
negro
able to read and write. Rom nt
through the prodigal generosity of
Congress, may know music and book
keeping and all that sort of thing.
Nevertheless they are not good citizens
and the substance and intelligence of
the District would rise up in indignant
remonstrance against any proposition
to give them access to the ballot box.
They not only disfranchised the
negroes, but they disfranchised the
white citizens of the district to get
rid of the negro vote, not simply the
ignorant vote, but the vote of all
negroes. They wiped out the whole
business. They did it to protect the
district from the negro. With what
consistency, then, can they condemn
the Southern States for endeavoring
to protect themselves from the igno
rant, venal nd vicious elements of
that race? ' . "
But if a movement for retaliatory
measure should be instituted" there
will be lack of agreementfas-there
is a difference of sentiment among
Republicans as to what is the best
course to pursue. xm uxu.uciy
of sentiment is stated m the follow;
ing-extract: , .
"Many of the deep-thinking and
far-seeing men of the Republican
party, while they may be driven by
Wir nrAfiaure and discipline into the
support of repressive and retaliatory
measures rowaru ne duuuioti
which are eliminating the negro from
politics, are inclined to resort to other
courses for maintaining and. enlarg
ing party supremacy. These are be
ginning to doubt the efficacy and the
expediency of force bills and reduc
tion of representation. '
"For years past it has been the talk
among the politicians of both parties
that the fear of negro domination
dnce and forever removed from the
minds of the people of the South, the
States of that section would split up
on party divisions, just as do all the
other States of the Union. This,
whether true or not, is certainly most
pleasible, and the idea has found a
deep lodgment. Through motives of
policy no! Republican in Congress
would be-apt to publicly allege such
a reason for influencing his action,
yet this consideration is bound to
have more or less effect. v
"If the white vote of North and
South Carolina, Louisiana and Missis
sippi, no longer drawn together by
common interest and common fear,
should disintegrate and the Republi
cans pick up some of them, they would
not think they had dOne a smart thing
if they had cut down their electoral
and Congressional represention. Fig
uratively they have been kicking
against themselves very hard for the
last twenty-five years because of the
negro suffrage for which they are re
sponsible. Fervid eloquence and croc
odile tears will be expended without
stint in the old cry of human rights
and human wrongs. This is and al
ways has been nothing but rot." ,
The whole course of the Repub
lican party, in emancipating and
afterwards enfranchising the negro,
was one not only of arrant hypoc
risy but of absolute criminalty, -for
the men who did it never seriously
contended that they had any right
to do it and when they did it they
knew they were breeding race strife
that would bring untold trouble to
the South and injury incalculable
to both the white and the black
man, and they knew, too, that in
the conflict of the races the fittest
would survive and the weakest go
down. The correspondent thus shows
this hypocrisy, and how easily the
Republican party, this boasted party
of principle," shuffles off its prin
ciples when they cease to serve-its
purposes:
"The Republican party was not
actuated by one atom of sentiment, by
one iota of the principles of right and
justice when it through arbitrary force
ana power estabiisnea negro sun rage.
There is no politician worthy of the
name anywhere who does not know
the deadly blight and curse of negro
suffrage was fastened upon the south
for no other purpose than to benefit
the Republican party.- The purpose
failed in its object. The whole history
of the Republican party is proof that
it cheerfully surrenders any of its cher
ished 'principles' or doctrines the very
instant they are found not conducive
to party advantage.
"The Republican party originated
the greenback heresy, clung to it un
til it had been worked for all it was
worth and then threw it overboard for
the foolish leaders of the Democracy
to pickup. The Republican party
was the lather of the unlimited coin
age of silver. When its offspring was
af no further seervice it was also tossed
to the selfsame foolish leaders of the
Democracy. So it is with the unre-
egro suffrage. Uonceived
l no desire more noble
ease of Republican votes
and powevthere f would not. be the
lightest compunction in acquiescing
tstenmg its lingering
viction should come
nue useless as a party
The writer of this letter is a gold
Democrat who supported McKinley,
which will sufficiently account for
his sneering allusions to the green
backs and to free silver.' But he
has shown up some of the per
plexities of the Bepublicans if they
should tackle the negro auffrage
question, and has sized up the Re
publican party in it's relation to the
negro about right.
THEY WOULD LIKE IT. TOO.
Elsewhere wo publish an article
showing the feeling of Republicans
in Washington on the negro suf
frage question. But that feeling is
not confined to Republicans in
W ashington but exists to a great
extent throughout the country.
Speaking for New York the Evening
Post, politically an independent pa
per, says: ;
"Nine men out of ten of the educa
ted classes, when asked privately' what
they think of negro disfranchisement,
will say that they wish the franchise
could be restricted to the North also,
and that voting could be limited by
property and educational tests. While
this feeling pervades the influential
classes of the North, it is needless ft to
say that the South has nothing to fear
from outside interference with her
constitutional amendments, her
'erand-father clauses. ' har tiiwun V al
lots or her falsities of any kind at the
polls." .4 .
Thereare several Northern States
which have qualified" suffrage, some
educational, some property and
ROTTlft ' hnt.h ami anma toT.mi!n
P;!!8 noting. There are
uu la wo turning especially at negroes
for thereasonthat while there are a
good many negroes in some of the
Northern. States they are not suffi
ciently numerous to cause any special
aiarjuv If they were there would
have been steps taken long- ago to
eliminate them,, as was done in the
District of Columbia when they be
came an imperilling factor there.
Notwithstanding the clatter of the
partisan organs the people of the
North, with but few, if iany, excep
tions, approve of qualified' suffrage
in the South, even-when it elimi-
natesthejiegre' an lets every whltF
man in. They put themselves , in
our placesand judge us by what
they would do under similar circum
stances, ti
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, - A BAD MESS.
Whatever view be taken of it the
allied powers have made a bad mess
of the Chinese imbroglio, beginning
with the firing upon the Taku Forts,
which was practically a declaration
of war against China, before they
knew the fact, if it be known now,
that the Chinese Government was
encouragingxne uoxers. Admiral
Kempff showed a level head when
he refused to participate in the
bombardment and capture of those
forts.- With the capture of the
forts, which was a practical decla
ration of war, the movement on
Tien Tain became a necessity, for
that was the way to Pekin.
If the Chinese had been a weak
power, thero might have, been good
policy ;in the capture of the forts,
for that might have caused a scare
and brought them to terms, buttheyJ
were not a weak people, but had
large and well equipped armies in
the field, and among them some
hard fighters. But even then there
was.no understanding among, the
allies, and no concert of action,
each one apparently acting for itself
and each having some ulterior object
in view which prevented them from
acting in concert.
Even now since the march on
Pekin has begun there are said to be
misunderstandings and suspicions
among the allies,' which prevent
unity of action, while they have to
move against a wily foe who has the
advantage of immense numbers of
men inspired by hate of foreigners
and religions fanaticism, and .who
will resort to the most desperate ex
pedients to obstruct the march of
the allies on Pekin, an illustration
which is shown in the cutting of the
dikes to flood the country through
which the allies have to march. The
march has begun, there has been
some hard fighting, but the end has
not been reached yet.
DISTURBED OVER ROOSEVELT
It is said that the Republican
leaders; especially Mark Hanna and
Mr. McKinley, are very much wor
ried over the style of speeches that
"Rough Rider" Roosevelt is making,
which are driving away votes that
will be very much needed by Mc
Kinley. They are working for the
support of the gold Democrats,
whose votes helped if they didn't
elect McKinley in 1896, and Eoose
velt is doing all he can by his asinine
uttterances to drive these votes
away from McKinley. The follow
ing, taken from his speech before
the Republican clubs at St. Paul
some time ago, is a sample of the
sort of- offensive rot he spews out.
Speaking of Democrats he said:
"They stand -for lawlessness and
disorder, for dishonesty and dis
honor, for license and disaster at
home and cowardly shrinking from
duty abroad."
xnis is simply the raving oi a
unatic at large, and is not only a
malicious arraignment of 6,500,000
Democrats who supported Bryan in
896 but the more than 6,500,000
who support him now. It is an ar
raignment not only of these but of
thousands of Republicans and non
partisans who are opposed to the
McKinley policy of forcible expan
sion, ana in addition to that it is a
gross reflection upon the country
which has so many of that kind of
people in it. No. wonder the Re
publican leaders are becoming wor
ried with this kind of performances,
and no wonder that some of the Re
puoncan organs are calling upon
Hanna to send Teddy out to Okla
homa, New Mexico and, Arizona
where cowboy oratory might be less
offensive.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The removal of Marion But-
er from public life will be one of
he results of the constitutional
amendment in North Carolina, and
by no means the least beneficial to
peoTpe.-Chattanooga Times, Ind3
Senator Hoar will have to
hold joint debates with himself while
stumping Massachusetts. The
Democrats will confront him at every
stage of his canvass with extracts
from his speeches in the Senate
attacking the Philippine policy of
ne j Adnun8tration. rhmmlvhw
liecora, Hem.
There is quite a cackle be
cause John Bull is borrowing $50,-
000, 000 from this conntry . If John
Bull were to send over his thousands
of millions of American, bonds for
redemption, tho cacke would tnrn
to lament and penic. Auausla
vnronicie, uem. ,
sti t -r s
lhe time has come when to
stop petty quibbling and diplomatic
fictions and face the situation
honestly, If the President feels
that ne cannot now withdraw from
the entaglement he is in, and that
the conntry muBt eo to war.
(with China,) let him summon
the war-making power of the
government and have it take the
responsibility of the decision.
JPniladelphia 2 iraes; Ma.
Democratic Senators Elected.
Advices -from Clinton
are that
Messrs. J. W: 8. Bobmson, of Samp
son, and George H. Currie, of Bladen,
are certainly elected from the Four
teenth Senatorial district, the vote of
Sampson to the contrary notwith
standing. Both gentlemen are well
known in Wilminfcton, and their elec
tion beyond a doubt is gratifying to
their numerous friends here.
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assures you of the- pure, high-class
material that makes Roberts' a 'suc
cess. Don't take a substitute. E. R.
BezjLahy. Job. C. Shepabd, jb., and
J. Hicks BuHTora.
THE CRIMINAL COURT
Young Mr. Simons Was Found
Not Guilty of Cruelty to
Animals..-
A LONG DRAWN OUT CASE.
Keeper of Disorderly House Found fJoilly
After Hard Fought Contest Betweea
Attorneys-Other Dolag s of Yes
terday's Session.
Almo&t another entire day of the
Criminal Court was taken up again
yesterday in the hearing of a single
case that of the State against Mamie
Sheridan charged with keeping .a dis
orderly house. Quite a number of
prominent citizens residlng,-in the
vicinity of her place, No. 530 South
Fourth street, were present to testify,
and as both sides were represented- by
the best of legal talent, the case was
hard fought Thex jurors had been
selected and empanelled by 13 o'clock
noon, and the hearing of testimony
immediately began. A recess for din
ner was taken from 1 to 3 o'clock and
it was near seven o'clock, when the
jury after remaining out only a few-
minutes returned a verdict of, guilty.
Judgment was reserved by Judge
Moore until this morning at the open
ing of court, defendant having given
bond in the sum of $100, justified, for
her appearance at that time.
The bill in this case was not re
turned by the present grand jury, but
has been on the docket and continued
from time to time for more than a
year. .
Solicitor Duffy vigorously prose
cuted the case, and was assisted in
the same by Iredell Meares and L. V.
Grady, Esqs., all of whom made ar-
A. A ll mi mm
gumentw we jury, me aeience was
conducted by Herbert McClammy and
Brooke G. Empie. Esqs.
The first action by the court yester
day morning was the receiving of the
verdict in the case of Mr. W. D.
Simons for alleged cruelty to animals
in driving a horse to death belonging
to the S.. P. CoWan Livery Company.
The jury, after remaining out all
night, returned a verdict of not guil
ty and Mr. Simons was completely
exonerated. It is learned on the best
of authority that one-man hung the
jury alt night, the other eleven hav
ing readily agreed to "not guilty."
A small negro boy, who was sent
with Mr. Simons to drive, it is under
stood, '.will be prosecuted for perjury.
His name is William Henry Hooker
and his t stimony was very damaging,
if believed, to Mr. Simons.
Other cases heard yesterday were
Victoria Sid berry and Deleman Sid
berry, affray ; not guilty. Julia Mur
ray, colored, larceny of $11 in cash;
guilty; judgment reserved.
The following talesman have been
summoned for duty to-dav: M.
H. Curran, Frank Haffner, Thos.
H. Thornton, J. S. Brock, Geo. H.
Dicksey, G. F. Flynn, Jno. W.
Muhcey, H. C. McNorton, W. H.
Northrop, J, J. Winley, J. G. King,
Louis Capps, Jno. E. Silvia, C. M.
Kelley, J. E. Boyett, J. D. James,
Wm. Hayes, Jr., Henry Savage, J. T.
Mcllhenny, L. H. Kelley, Thos.
Evans, E. W. Edens, B. F. King, W.
H. Bonham. -;
There were no startling develop
ments from the grand jury yesterday,
but it is learned that searching inves
tigations are being made against
species of infractions of the law
hitherto unnoticed or for reasons
A'
passed over for the lack of evidence
to admit of a true bill. Disorderly
houses, it is learned, will come in for
their share of attention. The penalty
against keepers of such places is $500
fine and a maximum term of two
years in the work house, either or
both, in the discretion of the court
Every species of gambling and illicit
liquor selling is also said to be on
tapis for a rigid investigation by the
jury.
ALL QUIET 4IT BAYB0R0.
Mob at the Court House Dispersed Satur
day Night Tie Naval Reserves
Returned to Newbern.
Special Star Telegram.
Newbben, N. C, August 6. News
from Bayboro is to the effect that all
things are quiet. Upon hearing Satur
day night that the Governor had or
dered military to the scene, the crowd
about the court house dispersed. Some
people now say there was no need of
soldiers, but many good citizens of
Pamlico declared that the threats and
general conduct of the mob warranted
the request for protection from the
State. ' . ; -
The Naval Reserves reached Bay
boro Sunday about noon, having gone
by boat to Oriental and marching
across the , country. They returned
Sunday night.
To-day, by telegraph, Lieutenant
Commander Hill, of the Reserves, re
ceived the command to disband his di
vision, from J. C. L. Harris, acting
adjutant general. This command is
not generally understood here.
Maintains Its Claim.
An enthusiastic Democrat of Robe
son and a loyal citizen of that grand
old county, writes from Maxton:
"Now comes Halifax cla.-iminn' that
banner. We shall never submit to
have a Democratic banner va fto
Halifax neither good Democrats nor
their banner go there. It's the other
crowd."
Wm. S. Thomson. Esq.. a
North Carolinian and a native of Clin-
122! 7a S?8 cme7ed success in his
adopted State. Georgia a. h.
yesterday, returning to his old home
w ayouu a anon vacation. '
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MONUMENT UNVEILING.
Cape Pear Camp of Veterans Will Stnd
Large Delegation to Raleigh August
22d Association Meeting.
The indications are that a large dele
gation of Wilmington veterans will
attend the ceremonies upon the unveil
ing of the Vance monument and tbe
annual meeting of the Uonrtoemte
Veteratis' State Association at Raleigh,
August 33d.
At last night's meeting of Cape Fear
Cmp No. 354, Commander Metts was
instruct d to name delegates to the
event and he will do so in a few da; s;
It was also the sense of the meeting
that it would be quite the proper thing
for the entire list of active members of
the Cmp to attend the exercises. .
Upon motion of Col. F. W. Kerch
ntr, a committee, consisting of Com
mander Mrtts and Col. W. J. Wood
ward, was appointed to secure reduced
rates from the railroads for the occ
aion. It was also moved and adopted,
that delegates cast their votes as a unit
for the election of a General of the
Division.
Col. DdRosset at the meeting last
night made a report of the proceedings
at the Louisville convention in June
aad explained his action regard
ing the Gen. Sickles' affair. The
camp sustained his action in the mat
ter. He also expressed grateful appro
ciation of the sympathy expressed by
the camp for him during the recent
operation for his eyes at Richmond,
Va. ' ' :
Mr. Samuel Hall, upon recommen
dation of the membership committee,
was elected a member of the camp.-
ROBESON CLAIMS BANNER.
She Bases the Vote Upon Oovemor and
Defies Mecklenburg Prophecy for
Future and a Retrospect.
x Special Star Correspondence.
Maxton, N. C., August 6. Jtobe-
son's official majority for the Amend
ment is 3,311. You will note that
Mecklenburg-.is claiming the banner
on a majority of 3,553 for the Amend
ment, but only 3,468 for Aycock
.Kooeson's majority ror Aycock is
3.543, and as the vote for Governor
is the basis of representation in Dem
ocratic conventions, of course it must
regulate the movement 01 that ban
ner (which must be written with 1
bis B this year). Let the Stab shed
true light on this important subject.
xne Amendment, ror wmch many
KepuDiicans voted, is only an mci
dent to 1900, while the banner test
has been a biennial event since 1876,
at least.
Let it go down in history that in
1875, when the first great protest was
made against negro domination, Robe
son was carried and held and the State
saved; in 1900, when the first experi
ment was no longer enicient. Robe
son led the Democratic procession for
another term oLwhite supremacy.
Then, by way of prophecy, when
the final step shall be taken and the
erasement of the fifteenth amendment
to the constitution of the once United
States (now semi-empire) shall be tub
muted to the States. Robeson's renre
sentatives will go up to the Legisla
ture or convention instructed by the
largest majority given by any county
in the State always sunnosine that
she shall not in the meantime be
made into a number of baby counties.
Butler at Home.
Marion Butler and a few of his
henchmen have closed up shop at Ra
leigh and the "endless chain," as he
has been appropriately dubbed by the
Nexus and Observer, has taken up his
abode in Sampson county, his native
heath, which came very near repudi
ating him and his gang at the election
last Thursday. There were reports
here last night that a guard was neces
sary for the Senator from Warsaw to
Clinton yesterday morning, but these
could not be confirmed. Telegrams
from other papers to the Star last
night, asking for a confirmation of .the
news, indicate how closely his move
ments are watched. Nobody is won
dering if he will pay Wilmington a
a visit while he is in this section.
Death Of Aged Engineer. '
Mr. Henry Brahmer, who for a
number of years was employed as an
engineer by the Atlantic Coast Line
but who during recent years has been
confined to his house by old age, died
early yesterday morning of heart
trouble and the infirmities of age at
his home, No. 303 Wright street He
was born in Hanover, i Germany, Oct.
15th 1815 , and was therefore in the 85th
year of his age. He is survived by one
son, Mr, J. P. Brahmer, who is the on
ly remaining member of the immediate
family. The funeral will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock from the resi
dence and the interment will be in
Bellevue cemetery.
Congressional Convention
The delegates to the Democratic
Convention of the Sixth Congressional
District will meet in the city of Wil
mington, N. C, August 18th, 1900, at
4 P. M. for the purpose of nominating
a candidate and choosing an elector
for this district.
By Order of the Executive Commit
tee. W. O. Maxwell, Chm'n.
W. B. MoKoy, Sec'ty.
Papers in District please copy.
M. C. Richardson, Esq;, for
merly solicitor of this district, died
last week at his home in Clinton, N. C.
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arTOKanynsnrelr-deeU:py-jtli sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces.
Buch articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is ten fold to the good yon
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O contains no mercury, and Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the DIood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buylifg Hall's
Catarrh Core be sure yon get the genuine. It
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by F.J Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75o. per bottle.
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can raise them who ha9 studied 5
the great secret how to ob- j
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by the judicious use of well-
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COUNTY CONVICTS.
Mr. Chadwick Made an Explana
tion to the Board of Coun
ty Commisssioners.
AN AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT.
Regolar Meeting Continued from Monday
Held Yesterday Afternoon Rnllnr
Wlttr Reference to Tax Valua
tions of Bank Stock.
Mr. M. G. Chadwick, superintendent
of the County Work House, in response
to citation, appeared before the Board
of County Commissioners at its meet
inz yesterday afternoon and an amica
ble adjustment of the differences with
reference to the keeping: of a certain
number of convicts for use on the
county farm was reached, it" being
understood, however, that the County
Commissioners have plenary power
over all removals, the number em
ployed, etc. Mr. Chadwick stated that
his refusal to turn over four of the
convicts to-the road superintendent
was for the reason that their services
were badly needed on the farm, and
that it was his understanding of the
contract that he- should be . allowed
sufficient number of the men to con
duct his farm. It was shown by ref
erence to the records that while this
might have been a verbal condition
the contract did not show it. He was
assured that the board was willing: to
deal with him fairly, but at the same
time they did not care for a disregard
of their orders with reference to the
employment of the prisoners. Mr,
unaawiCK aisciaunea any sucn mo
tive on his part, and the matter was
satisfactorily adiosted both to the
superintendent and ' the commis
sioners.
The petition of Thomas Belcher and
others for a public road in Cape Fear
township, leading from the fourth mile
post on the Castle Haynes road, was
referred to Commissioner W. F. Alex
ander for further investigation. The,
following: order, upon motion, was
made with reference to bank stocks:
Ordered that the Register of Deeds
add for taxation the stock of the differ
ent banks of the city, to the holders
thereof as given by the State Auditor,
not including: those who have listed
and treated stock as solvent credit.
Also all non residents of the State who
hold stock in banks of the city shall be
notified that same not having: been
listed by the banks is liable for taxes
and must be listed.
At the session of the Board all
members were present and an ad
journment was taken subject to call
of the Chairman. -
North Carolina Press Association!
Mr. J. B. Sherrill, of Concord, secre
tary of the North Carolina Press As
sociation, writes that the local com
mittees are making; all arrangements
for the entertainment of the editors
during their stay at Henderson ville
upon the occasion of the annual meet
ing August 22nd and 23rd. The
Niagara excursion will be taken Sep
tember 25th. Nearly every editor fa
vored a late date for this outing. The
Pullman car fare to Jersey City will
be only $1.25 per person where two
occupy berth, or .$2.50 per person
where only one occupies berth. This
money must be paid at the Henderson
ville meeting. ,
(CONDITION OP COTTON.
Improving in the Carolinss-Two to Three
Weeks Late in Texts.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, August 3fc The
Weather Bureau's weekly summary of
crop conditions says or cotton and to
bacco:
Over the northern portion of the
central and western districts of the
cotton belt the condition has improved.
While an improvement is reported
from tbe Uaroiinas, the general condi
tion of the crop in Georgia, Florida
and Louisiana is less promising, com
plaints of rust; shedding and prema
ture opening being numerous. In
Texas the crop is from two to three
weeks late, its condition in the north
ern portion being promising, while
complaints of rank growth, shedding,
and ravages of insects are received
from the southern part of the State.
The tobacco crop has made favorable
advancement and its condition is gen
erally promising, although needing
rain in Virginia. Some cutting has
been done in Ohio and cutting will
soon begin in Indiana.
1 iHfsjE"Eaw 1
CHARLES A. TOWNE
Declines the Nomination.for Vice Presi
' dent on the Populist Ticket.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Dtjltjth, Minn., August 7. For
mer Congressman Charles A. Towne,
of Minnesota, who was nominated for
the Vice Presidency by the Populist
National Convention in May, has sent
a letter to the Committee of Notifica
tion, declining the nomination. He
says lie will advocate the election of
Bryan and Stevenson.
During its history of seventeen
years there has never "been a death
among the puDils of Littleton Female
College, Littleton, N. O.1 This is a
remarkable health record and those
who value health may do well to
think of it This institution has a
large patronage and is offering to
worthy applicants a limited number
of scholarships. t
A HAYRACK.
' Knockdown - Arnutscmeit Tfcat
Save Hea-ry Handilns.
Thi lavrsick - here Dresented was
originally figured and described In the
Ohio Fanner, the chler merit claimed
hairier the convenience and ease with
which It can be placed upon or re
moved from the wagon.
A A are the sills. 2 by 5 Inches, or any
good wood and of such length as de
sired, only if more than 14 feet tney
should be heavier. Two short pieces
of the same size should be bolted edge
wise to the undersides of the sills at
E B, where they rest on the' -wagon,
and two cleats on the outside to fit
HANDY bayback.
snugly before and behind each bolster
stake. Cut tenons 2 inches square and
2A inches long on the ends of the sills.
Make the end nieces B B fronvjthe
same sized timber and long , enough to
make the rack of suitable width. Cut
mortises In these to fit the tenons on
the sills and Just far enough apart so
that when in place the sills will fit
snngly between the stakes. The cress-
pieces C C are 2 by 4 Inches, of the
same length as the end pieces, with a
half Inch notch in thenTto drop over
the sills and a small cleat on top of
the sill on each side of them to hold
them in place. The boards D D are
10 inches wide and of the same length
as the sills and lie flat on top. There
should be a tenon cut on each end of
these boards two Inches narrower than
the board.
Now go to the blacksmith and have
four staples made of three-eighth Inch
round iron of proper size to go over
the tenons on the ends of the boards
at F P and clinch on the undersides
.of the crosspleces B B. They should
aot be tight 6n the boards. Also have
made four staples and four hooks and
eye bolts as In Fig. 2. The nut on the
eye bolt should have a crank, as shown
In Fig. 2. Put the staple In the sill on
the outside near tbe end and the eye
bolt through the end piece at G In such
a manner that when the nut Is tight
ened on the bolt it will draw the hook
tight in the staple. When the parts
are all In place and. the four nuts
screwed tight, the rack is perfectly
solid. ,
In order to suit wheels of different
heights the blocks E E may be varied
in width, or blocks may be placed un
der the boards on the crosspleces B B
and C C. Uprights may be placed at
the ends by putting large staples in the
sills at the corners -o the frame. In
which they may be inserted and re
moved at pleasure, t '
Any one using a rack of this pattern
will never go back to the old fashioned
back breaker. When you wisX.to
move it from the wagon. grv tie crsLai
nuts one or two turns to looses tltemv
lift the hooks from the staples ixt tie
sills, slip the end places frpca-tlte
tenons, and the rack will lift off a
at a time. When jwr wish to pet it on,
put the sills on first, then one end piece
and fasten with hooks, then put on the
two middle crosspieces, then the
boards, placing the ends in the staples
in the end crosspiece already on, then
the other end piece may be slipped on
all four of the tenons at once and fas
tened with the hooks.
Kafir Corm.
A variety of Kaffir corn of ,wl
much has been heard of late is blacl
hulled white Kaffir. Tbe Kansas sta
tion recommends this and tbe red
VARIETIES OF KAFFIR CORN.
Kaffir and says: For seven years we-1
raised the red. The black hulled white
was then tested, and from 1896 to 1898
the two varieties were grown side by
side, the red giving an average yearly
yield of 37 bushels per acre and, the
black hulled white 43 bushels per acre.
Kaffir corn heads very considerably
in form and compactness. We prefer
seed from long, closely compacted
heads. Kaffir corn is a warm weather
plant, makes a slow early growth and
should not be planted until the ground
becomes warm. We usually plant im
mediately after corn planting is com
pleted.
First Party Funny thing! Hamac
ter jiever wears a tie any1 more.
Second Party Yes. He says the
very thought of ties makes him sick
since he walked back from Frisco.
New York Journal.
Th Ideal ud the Mercantile.
"Oh, where are the poets," the critics ask,
To tell how the rosea bloom T
Oh, why do the muses neglect the task
Of lightening- care and gloom t
We must search far back through the weary year!
For lays to brighten this vale of tears
And bid us smile and restrain our fears
So long as the roses bloom."
But a poet, faith, must have common Joys,
As weU as the sosVs bloom,
And en soap and dry goods his pen employs
for clothes and a furnished room.
It IS misguided and most unfair
To scold when to . commerce he turns his ware
4nd think that he ought to exist on air
to long ss the roses bloom.
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MINISTERS IN PEKIN.
Rifle Pire on the Legations from Ctinese
' Troops asd Boxers Continues The
Killed and Wounded.
By Cable to tbe Morning star.
BKELIK, August -8. The Foreign
Office has received the following dis
patch from Herr Below, first stcretary
of the German legation at Pekin. dated
Tsi Nan:
"Since July 21st the situatfoistgs
not changed. There has been iitttler
attacks by the troops en masse upon
us nor shell fire; onlydesultor rifle
fire. The health of the memotrs of
the legation is comparatively gocd.
The wounded are progressing."
London, August 8 In the House of
Commons to-day Mr. Brodrick, par
liamentary secretary for the For?i?n
Office, read a telegram from SirClaude
MacDonald, British minister to China,
received in cipher at the Foreign Office
this morning. The dispatch was in
reply to a government message and
bore date of Pekin, August 3rd. It
was as follows:
I have to day received ydur cipLer
telegram forwarded to me by the Chi .
nese minister. The shell and caucou
fire ceased on July 16, but the rifle
fire has continued from the Chime
positions held by government troops
and Boxers intermittingl y ever sinca
The casualties since then have been
slight. Except one private of marines,
all the wounded are doing vrell. TV
rest of the British in the legation are
well, including tbe whole garrison.
The total of. killed is sixty and of
wounded 110. We have strengthened
our fortifications. We have overSiK)
women and children refugees in ih
legation. The Chinese governmtui
has refused transmission of telegram;
in cipher until now;"
Mr. Brodrick also read the followiug
dispatch, from Admiral Bruce, filed at
Che Foov August 6th:
"The allies, about 12,000 strong, at
tacked the Chinese entrenched position
at Hsiko. ahoat ten miles outside Tim'
Tarn eajty this morning. The-r?!iine
were drtrett oat and retired north waul;
pursued by the allies, who occupied
Ptettsaaa:. Transports followed up the
troooav Byroad and river the advance
apca fVkin has. been begun.
Xr. Brodrick said he thought He
messages were, on the whole, satisfac
tory. The country understood the
policy of ' Her Ma jesty's government
in regard to China which was to carry
On with absolute fairness and deter
mination the measures taken to pre
serve the country's interests.
EXTRA SESSION OP CONGRESS.
Talk ia Washieitoa of Probable Action in
the CfaiBege Matter.
By TOeeraDh to the Morning star.
ASHINGTON, August 8. Willie
there is talk of the probable action of
the United States government in the
Chinese matter and some discussion o!
the possibilities of an extra session oi
Congress to deal with the whole situa
tion,"it is very likely that nothing nil
be done until additional informatioi
is received from China. The tenor ol
the message from Consul Genera
Goodnow this morning and which hi
is expected to communicate to tin
Chinese authorities, was such as tt
necessitate an answer at . once: Thi
authorities here are now awaiting tha
reply. r
It is stated that President McKinle;
will not return to Washington unti
next week, when he will be accompa
Hied by Mrs. McKinley. As to lh
possibility of an extra session of Con
gress.it was said to-day by aprominec
official that such a session was in
probable. The situation, he said,
one of rescue, and were Congress !
session now it could not get addition:
troops to China in time to participat
in the entrance to Peain.
U. S. TRANSPORT GROUNDED.
The McPherson With Troops Struck on
Reef She Was Floated Again.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
On Board Norwegian Steamshi
Jamaica, August 5, yia Cape Henrj
Va., August 8. The United State
transport McPherson, which struck oi
Windsor Point reef. Fortune Island
Thursday morning, August 2d, at
o'clock, succeeded just before hig)
tide to day, with the assistance of ttn
Norwegian tramp steamer Jamaica, i
putting water under her keel afte
fifteen minutes' hard pulling. Th
Jamaica, it is assumed, captures bif
Salvage monev. The transnnrt is uu
kinjured.
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I uo JUbi. UUflUU WBUI 111 ICC UJilc-a
of hercourse when she was grounded
xne second omcer was on tbe briugr.
and the night was dark and, squallv
Both troops and crew showed excel
lent discipline. The former wer
landed with considerable difficuitro"
the island, which is about a szrffe dis
tant from the reef. The cartro was
discharged as rapidly as possible,. nd.
at each high tide the transport made
an effort to pull off with tackle on the
anchors astern. The Atlas liner Elene
made two unsuccessful attempts to re
lieve her.
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