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This has bedn disputed lately, for the low price which cotton had reached when it got down; to -five cents or less per pound, which barely paid the cost of production,": de prived it of its royalty; but it is picking up and recovering its pres tige. Whether it will continue to be a royal crop will depend much upon the men who make it. They can keep it where it will pay them well and bring wealth to ! the South, or they can pull it down to where it will be a drudge crop, which" will bring them loss instead of profit, ' and re tard the prosperity of their section instead of promoting it. ; : ; j Properly handled and ; utilized there are unbounded possibilities' in the cotton crop, possibilities which are increasing every year.' Asshow- Djj these' possibilities The Manufac 'unr's Record, of Baltimore, makes the following exhibit of the value of jtbe crop this year: ' i , The South's cotton crop ' this year ill be worth from $450,000,000 to 500,000,000, against an i average of ;;JO,000,000 of late years.' an increase if from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000. including the seed, the value of the :rlton crop will exceed $500,000,000. .Southern mills will consume prob kbly 1,750,000 bales, against 1,600,000 pin last year. Thu cotton, which kill cost (Southern mills: about $75, m00Q to $80,000,000. wilL in iu man- 'ctured shape, be worth; more than :23,OwO.OOO,lhu adding $150,000,000 in p processor manufacture. To this add In estimate of $100,000,000 as the Vlueof cotton seed olil. hulls, etc. (cd is found that the coton crop this tar will yield up the South the fol- Cottoa and seed $500,000,000 kMjQea value - cr cotton ' tnaourattur-d in the South. 150.000.000 ralue (foil and hulls,; Itc., for fn ding, 100,000,000 l ins is oue or ihe many stores- m one btiag worth $750,000,000 ormiog tbe loundauons for the South 's business structure." . Thi3 gives the actual value to the pouth of the present cron without i mng into account what others make m of the portion of the crop which hey handle.. The South now man ufactures about one-sixth of her rap which .increases the valuueof JDat one sixth $150,000,000. If the Whole crop were manufactured in the Jonth, 1900,000,000 would be added 1a i j j. a -M i : z to the South $450,000,000 or 00,000,000 it would bring $1,350,- ,000 or $1,400,000,000, and this on the basis of the ordinary, com- bn grades of goods now made in pnthern mills, and does not take to consideration the possibilities the finer grades which would ultiply many times the value of e cotton used. The cotton which trebled in value by being manu tured into coarse grade goods ay be made five, six or seven times Talnable by being converted into e grades. Of course the whole op could not be worked up into e grade goods, because . there i m m m 31 raw be no market ior tnem, ana the cotton produced is not suita- for fine grades, but if as much tention were given to fine grades, ich can be made as well in the nth as anywhere, many millions fid be added to the value of the athern cotton crop. . It is said that Enronean mills ke $2,000,000,000 a vear on the 'trafacturo of the cotton they im ft from the South. These look pretty large figures, but many he European mills make a spe -ty of fine goods, for which they t bifr "nrioa fain ri'moa aa mnftrl Afl O r vos icu vtuiva m miwm coat of the raw cotton . This .000,000 worth of that kind of notwithstanding the fact that 7 of the New England 'mills a SDfir.ialt. v of fine croods. "Wher thpsft imnAi-tod crnnfla urn sjm jwa ww vw let or better than the -qualities fractured by the Northern mills not know, but there must be reason for giving them a prefer Wll. flllIMM IIIKIIH ' VIHfllB. - - , AfG Pnaann. Iiaaah.a IV net n int. 4 Roods all hftTA tbi tariff du- -mvuuv,!. iif-.i niinn Lilian lui Wdea to the original cost: -. probabilities are that a con C401e portion of these foroign fj eoods find a market in the i, which also supplies ft market qnantities of the finer goods VI onh, which are not y et man ootad be tod wmteforfi :mBBV?rVft;B be made In the - South,5 adding that mucn more to tne value of the crop. on. puoBioumea in the seea and in the stalk- that have not yet been measured. -As a food -ma. terial it has been demonstrated tfcit bushel for bushel ;'Vioitnnv oaj ?- -5y?r.tn ' than '. corn, and js not yery far behind wheat.": And exper iments demonstrate that when fully utilized the value of ; the seed alone is as much as the ordinary crop of cotton was a few years ago, so that it would be possible without any manuractunng into goods to make. Wwt amw ZL ' J Sff-ff' Addt0 .us muwmju vtuuo xrum manu facturing into such ordinary goods as are now turned out by Southern mills and we -would have - a cotton .'-.t? w I crop worth .$1,600,000,000 or ou ::r.nn::;rr:S 1 700,000,000. $l,i But there are other" possibilities in the cotton seed which, may make an unlimited demand for it and add immensely to its value." As an illus tration: It is, said, that,a process has Jaeen discovered bv which fine white paper may be made from cot ton seed hulls. , It was discovered twenty years ago or more that pa per could be made' from these hulls, but only a coarse" quality,1 and the process of working the seed was so costly that it didn't pay for that kind of paper. 6But this new dis covery seems to ; , utilize the hulls for the. manufacture of fine paper, which gives them larger value. There is sO much confidence in it that it is announced by telegraph that ten or more paper, mills are to be im mediately erected in the cotton pro ducing States, reaching from Texas to North Carolina.. The result. of this will be to create an extraordi nary demand for cotton seed hulls and add much to their value. It is not among the impossibili ties that the day may come when it will pay ' to cultivate ' cotton for the seed alone, when the seed, may be worth more than the lint. - Whether it is to be king or not cotton is be coming a greater crop than it ever was, and one that the South can al ways depend .upon, if she doesn't depend upon it too much.' u - AHD HANffA GKIHITED After the election the boss Bepub- licans celebrated with a big banquet at the Union League Club inNew York. Hanna, was - there, Senator Piatt was there, Ex-Secretary Alger was there 'arid a number of others more or . less distinguished. . They felt good and when speech time came One of the gentlemen who was called upon for some remarks was General Greene, of New York; what hap pened when he spoke is thus told by a Boston correspondent of the New York &ft who got it from a Senator, who was present, who thought it too good a thing to keep, although it occurred at a private dinner, and therefore he gave it to the Sun's cor respondent. The Sun, which is a Republican paper, seems also to have considered .it too good a thing to keep and therefore published it, after remarking that it . might look, like trifling with the properties to report for' publication what happened at private dinners the Senator said: - "Still, it is a cood story, in my esti mation,-and, of course, the Sun is en titled to it. Well, here eoes. it came time for Gen. Greene to sneak. He was in his best mood." He is a fine- lookinjr, soldierly fellow. He was very hanra because Emperor Dick Croker's estimate of 80,000 for Bryan in the boroueh of Manhattan had been cut down to less than 28.000. Gen. Greene said some very handsome tnings oi Senator Hanna. the truest of the even mar. Turninsr to Mr. uanna, uen. U-reene said : 'To you, sir, l owe my army appointment, my selection as a origanier general, and my assignment to tne rniiiDDines.' " 'Moid on there.' interrupted len. Alger, rising from his chair. - -'Where was I, Uen. Ureene, during; all tnat time?- Was I not Secretary or War!' " 'Certainly you were, sir,' suavely replied Gen. Greene, 'but you merely made the appointments recommended by my friend Senator Hanna.' "lien. Alger was sun on ms leei, TTa was nettled. : " 'Let me say to you, Gen. Greene,' rasned back lien. Alsrer. 'tnat very ap nointment vou received dunnr tbe Spanish war was recommended by my . ii . r . 1 ! 4 aear oia inena wno siis ua mj r.gu, FWnatorPlatL and that without bis en dorsement vou would not have been anywhere, for the reason that you, as a W ew xorK itepuoucan, was com pelled to receive his endorsement be fore either the President or his Becre tarv of War would acL , "Senator Hanna grinned, everybody else at the table smiled, and it was an interesting bit of the evening." And Hanna grinned, and they .all smiled except Alcer. And the reader might inquire "who runs the admin istration, McKinley, or the Senators who have a pull?" ,3 iieien uouia receives uu u TV , ft 1 f am, mm AWA age weekly about ; 1,006 begging let-. ters, aggregating in-aunounts-sKea for j about $1,500,000. She ; has a printed circular .which she sends out in reply. , , The requests range all tne way from $5 to $1,000,000. . ' ... .. . . " 1 j "The trust ideajs spreading.5 Forty of the big' tomato) cultivators of in Ohio and Kentucky have formed ft combine to raise the price of their prodnct 30 per cent. . They 'V ,..m--mlj, . ... - .. - r . want to get even Wltn tne meat SOW FOi THE BIO AEMY. The probabilities are that -when Congress convenes one?of the first things that it will be called upon to consider will be the bill for the in. crease of the army to 100,000 men, which is the number that Uhe Presi dent has fixed upon. .As the Repub licans are in the majority and thii increase was practically endorsed by the voters who voted for the re-election of McKinley, the bill will doubtless go through with" a; rushr They can't lose much time on it be cause ' the time "of enlistment ot abbnt 25,000 voluneers- now in the JThilippines will expire June 1st when they must bedisbanded,' and therefore there must be hustling w get men to put m their places. 'JLhe indications are that the ad ministration will endeavor to enlist as many, natives as'they can, and thua'get - up . a Philippine army,' a large portion of which will consist of Filipinos, which would be a good thing for them to do if - they can, io it will not be easy, . to pick up. -o,uuu mon to - go into the regular army lor service in -the Philippines Another advantage in this would be that ii would save the cost of trans portation, and the natives can stand the climate better and ''' are more" im mune from the diseases v which have proved so troublesome and, fatal to American soldiers. In thus enlisting 7 Filipinos the administration is taking the cue from Great Britain's method in In dia! Where she hires Indians to keep Indians in subjection. The admin istration may not be so successful in this in the' Philippines , as "Great Britain is in India, but whether or not it is going to be a , costly busi ness. . :V(?V -v-v .v; . -. ... . KauQEs nr feauce. President Kruger is receiving a very cordial reception in France, which is doubtless gratifying to him and to his people, bat there should be no special significance attached to this. The - French people : who are throwing their chapeaus up in the air and making the welkin ring with their huzzas for the doughty old Afrikander have very little in terest in him, his people or the Re publics, but they hate England and this gives them a chance, to give ut terance to their sentiments. It may be observed, however, that the Gov ernment is not only , keeping strik ingly, aloof from these performances, but is taking special precautions to prevent anything that might lead to complications with . Great Britain, and will look on passively while the nnnnWii nTnmiRn tViftir Itinera sliftnt- ing for Kruger. and the municipal authorities content themselves with extending him courtesies and pre senting him with medals, and so Will Great Britain, which is fully aware of the feeling of the French people and how harmless such de monstrations are. Even if France took an interest in the South American Republics she is in no condition to lock horns with John Bull, and therefore she will not lock. If there were any pros pect of securing the co-operation of Russia or Germany, it might be dif ferent, but both of these and France, too, will have all they can attend to in China for some time to come." As we see it the visit of Mr. Kruger to Europe will amount to about as much as the visit of the Boer delegation to this country did. There will be cor dial receptions, municipal courtesies, friendly speeches, " warm . popular demonstrations, and that will be the end of it. And all this will, not be worth a continental to the Boers. A man in Baltimore laid up with rheumatism which proved too much for the doctors had it scared out of him by a nocturnal visit from a bur glar man. The rheumatism left the same : time the burglar did, and neither came back. ' He says he prayed to the Lord to be cured and had faith. It is a pretty strong faith that combines the Lord and the burglar to answer supplications of that kind and to effect cures. I.N. Marksa preacher in Geneva, Wisconsin, has made his mark with the male membeis of his congrega tion, by saying, in V sermon, that if men cannot find time to fish on week days, if they' go to church on Sunday, there is no harm in go ing fishing. If he was angling for Tjorjularitv he struck it, and also r-r . . gave Sunday fishing. a boomo A New -Orleans man is said -to have discovered a process by which cotton seed oil can be used as a substitute for ; linseed oil, of which tthnni i250.000.000 : worth is usdd annually. The ; substitute can be sold for about one-third the price of the linseed oil. .Cotton, seed is coming right 'along;! ' ? r A sympathetic !chicago ; Sqhire who nrobablv had some reminlscen- cesi nas deciaea tnas wnwu. v,'.Vo foiinw h a must shucK tne . , . " . - 1 x i l... mnmnntR Ol I preaeum ue maun um - C . . ... . . "fe V v';fiS ". -V.-. -. .r THEEECTORAUOTE 4 As Announced by the State Board ' , ' ? of Canvassers." The Follewiog Is toe Electoral Vote fcy . bOHfltlei as- ulveii not hv the Caa. 6 ; Ti8i0f Boird, Which Met at ; C 'RsIelgB OB Tnesdsy Last. .i,., sx- ,VtT man, Price. Bep.- Alamance. 1923 f 774 709 - 1,856 1,513 2,816 2,420 1,102 : 525. 3,724 1,389 ' 1,485 . 1,111 ,498 v 1.046- 1,342 v 1,612 1,489 r 774 ,898 " 404 2,228 1,623 2,028 1,964 927 404 1,823 ;831 1,879 . 2,373 8,009 2,482 2,781 1,931 1,125 358 2,288 1,385 ; 3,335 3,990 1,342 1,785 973 1,337 -867 2.523 , 1,080 . 3,154 ' 714 1,942 ; 892 977 1,268 ' 1,819 1,014 3,786 491 1,100 1,606 2,600- 2,247 1,992 5 1,322 : 1,275 597 1,196 1,137 ; 830 - 1,666. . 3,264 484 2.264 1,264 2,256 938 i 662 v. 673 1,937 ' 1.799 '1,067 1,192 x 643 .4,140 1,110 " 1,112 1,317 v 535 767 1377 1,522 ' 2,240 1,157 932 . 394 1,311 1,237 1,502 2,138 435 331 2,329 1,251 1,081 2,020 1,635 2.588 1,602 1,626 Alexander.; Alleghany... Anson....... Ashe......... Beaufort... :. Bertie.v..UV Bladen....:. Brunswick.. Buncombe,.', Burke....... JBabarras. ... Caldwell.... Camden.,... Carteret.,... Caswell."'.. . Catawba... Chatham.. .. Cherokee. Chowan...,., Clay;.:.:. Cleveland . Columbus..... Craven.... v;.. Cumberland... Currituck'. . . . Dare.viVVJVv Davidson. :.. . . Davie. u Duplin..... .... Durham.:..1... Edgecombe. .:. Porsyth ; .:...; franklin . Gaston , Gates.. 564 Graham...:..:."....;, Granville.. 387 1,587 820 3,296 2,174 1,199 1,257 1,482 732 ' 798 2.044 1,047 1,997 602 1,224 1,133 1,035 2,377 1,088 1,024 2,234 1,958 920 2,029 1,337 60 1,587 618 1,280 . 729 1,282 Greene. .... .. . . .. . . i Guilford.... ........ Halifax Harnett Haywood............ Henderson.... ., Hertford Hydev..,,. Iredell. Jackson Johnston ......... Jones:.......'...'. Lenoir. ........... Lincoln.... Macon Madison. Martin..... McDowell........ Mecklenburg; Mitchell.......... Montgomery...... Moore.. Nash. . . New Handver.... Northampton . . . . Onslow.....:.: . Orange... ..'..... Pamlico.. Pasquotank . render. 543 846 Perauimans . . . Person....... Pitt;.- Polk liandolph.... Richmond.... 1,274 2,156 652 3,487 504 1,144 2,253 1,555 1,981 Robeson.. 3.280 Bockineham ......... 2,652 Rowan. Z.460 2,081 1,257 925 1,265 1,443 1,898 590 52J 46J 1.790 1,233 4,774 1,573 834 923 8,104 1,704 2,816 950 954 Rutherford I gXKdT.' ;;;; 2,002 - -44 792 1,798 2,451 782 I Stanly Stokes. ...... Surry ...... .. Swain....... Transylvania. Tyrrell.:.. .. Union. ....... 382 864 881 Vance. ....... Wake........ Warren...... Washington.. Watauga Wayne....... Wilkes. .. . . 3,947 1,327 784 1.439 - 1,963 2,840 1,194 - 1,737 1,082 Wilson. Yadkin. Yancey. Total.. .157,736 132,997 Bryan's majority is 24,739, which is 5,473 more than e received in 1896. The total vote cast was 292,- 541. 1 Through some error the Wake county returns show 300 votes more for Bryan than he was entitled to, but the Board let the figures Stand, feeling that it had no authority to go behind the returns. In 1896 the total vote cast was 329,710, showing a falling off at the last election of 36.169 votes. Tne Populists re ceived less than 1,000 votes. In the primaries Simmons, for Senator, receivedl02.355 votes, to 47.282 for Carr, rith eleven scat-. tering votes," giving Simmons a ma jority of 55,073. He carried eighty four out of the , ninety-seven conn- ties". '' ' - '' ; CURREENT COMMNT. It is reported that the Ameri can bird of freedom, the buzzard, has abandoned Galveston island since the storm. The buzzard colony was washed and blown away, and no successors have come. Probably, the rest of the tribe have decided to boy cott the island as unsafe- for buzzard habitation, -MocnU Register, Demi In view of the conduct of Bussell B. Harrison during his father's incumbency of the Presi- dency, there is probably nonoay dui. Russell B. himself who will not be lieve that - he 1 has been dismissed from the volunteer service in Porto Rico for good cause. If his bumps i ere examined by a phrenologist,: bis chart would give "bumptiousness as his distinguishing, characteristic. Brooklyn Vitizen, Vem. Although a pest hole of yel low fever for three hundred years under; Spanish rule, Santiago de Cuba enjoys this year the marked distinction of being immune - from attacks of the plague. ' The city has been cleared and cleaned up, and I kept clean that's all. . A. similar bourse of sanitary treatment would Tmrmastionablv .render pest-ridden TTATana as safe from - attacks 'Of Yellow Jack" as would be 5 any American citv within the' Southern I tavar belt. JrMiaaeiptna , Jw:oraf - i w . I" 5 - THE ELECTORAi; VOTE f How the States Went at the Last Presl- - deatlai Election. 1 For McKinley: L? rarcrs-'rnrvY. California. . .... , . . . . . 9 Connecticut .v.v:: ;v;. '. ;'; 6 Delaware: ir; ....i.i i. i...,J.3 Illinois .. .V. . . ....... , ,-. .. 24 Iowa . . . :.:.:. .v i 13 Indiana. . ... . . ... . . . ... - 15 Kansas '. . . . .V. . .V . . , .. . . ... . 10 ! Maine .. . ::;. . ::. . ............ 6 Maryland .-ii;v:. i..t. .-4...i'''8 Massachusetts . . . . ... . . ....... 15 Michigan., . .. 1 Minnesota . r. 9. New Hampshire. 'irfU . :' -4" 10 8 36 .3 "23 ,4 32 "4 4 .3 New Jersey. . : ; ; :. ' : I : & . . JSebraska .... New York. . North Dakota Ohio Oregon '. . .. . .: . . . r Pennsylvania , Rhode Island v South Dakota. Utahi. :...:; -Vermont.". ... . Washington... West -Virginia. -.4 4 6 12 3 Wisconsin 4 ...... Wyoming. Total... .292 .11 . t 8 "For Bryan: Alabama;. . . . Arkansas . . Colorado Florida Y- ,- . .4 Georgia........ Idaho..!....... Kentucky ..... Louisiana ...... Mississippi . . . . . .. 13 .:. 3 ..13 .. 8 ;. 9 .17 3 .. 3 ..11 .. 5 .. 12 Missouri .... .:. Montana. . . . . ". . Nevada . . . North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee . . Texas Virginia....,. 15 12 Total .... . . . . . . ... .''.165' Whole number of votes in electo ral college, 447; number necessary to a choice, 224. - COAST LINE IN COLUMBIA. It Subscribes Fifty Thonssod Dollars to the New Uoioa DepoL Columbia State, 23rd. 1 -Last Monday the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line Company-met in Richmond. After the meeting a party of officials took a flying trip over the several divisions of the road. Yesterday Mr. W. G. Elliott, of Wil mington, N. C, president;' Mr. H. Walters, of Wilmington, N. C, first vice president, and Mr. U, F. New comer, , of Baltimore, one of the di rectors, arrived in Columbia and spent a few hours here. They expressed themselves as astonished and gratified at the general improvement of Colum bia, and they were astonished at tbe magnificence of the Olympia, The Coast Lane has already expressed Its confidence in the upbuilding of -Columbia by subscribing $50,000 for tbe new union depot, it la generally supposed that - the Southern is alone Interested in this undertaking, but the station is being built by a stock com pany, in which each of these roads is -equally interested. It is stated that already $16,000 has been spent upon the excavations for the new station. WON A MERITED DISTINCTION. Miss Msrie E. Marchison's Pretty Horse "Horapipe" Takes the Blue Ribbon. CoL K. M. Murchison last night re ceived a telegram from New York an nouncing that . "Hornpipe" the rery handsome horse - belonging to his daughter, Miss Marie E. Murchison, had won the blue ribbon or first prize at the New York Horse,! Show in the ladies' hunting class. Miss Murchi son's horse won over 62 competitors and the distinction is a great as well as a highly deserving one. This triumph makes "Hornpipe" eligible for the championship of the United States, and Miss Murehison's many Wilmington friends will hear with delight of her, great success in the contest. -t.-y- "Hornpipe" was greatly admired here last Spring where Miss Murchison kept him for some time and those who were ' acquainted with ' his ' sterling qualities are not surprised. at his great achievement. NEW PASSENGER COACHES. The Coast Use Received Poor Cars from . the PaDnaa Company. The Atlantic Coast Line has re ceived four new passenger, coaches from the Pullman Car Works in Illi nois. ' They are a part of a recent or der for ten new coaches.' The order was piacea on account oi tne uoasi Line shops hot .being able to supply the present demand from the shops here. ; Two of the new cars will be used 'between Wilmington 'and Co lumbia and two- between here and Pinner's Point The coaches are all for first-class passengers, witn tne usual smoKing compartments. They are of the stand ard Pullman make, and are sixty feet long and will. comfortably accommo date seventy-two passengers. They are considerably larger than the aver age size passenger coach. , : -r ' Unise Mac Ruled Out. i The New7 York papers of last Wed nesday, in their notices of the second day of the great Horse Show in that metropolis, print very strongprotests against the unceremonious ruling out of one of the trotting contests of Louise. Mae, Mr. A. B.Gwathmey'a fine horse, which entered the class for standard trotters with a record of 3 :30 or better. Louise MaehmM a record of 8:09 X, and horse show attendants .r were ; espe dally vigorous in their denunciation of the judges for their unwarranted for conduct in the mMY;:X:" FALL TERM IS ENDED Work .of.; the ' Criminal;; Court ; . Was : Completed Yester- r ? day at Noon.'1 THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT. Was " Very Short J and Costslacd No r ; Special Festores Hanj ' Jnry dot f ' Fartfaer -loBtrnctlons -. sad Re-. 7 ..... tarsed Verdict of Oailty. ,1 -v'i - -.-; . The Fall .term, of the Eastern. Dis trict Criminal Court for New Hanover county adjourned ' by. 'limitation last midnight.' The 'work, of the term was finished - about noon ' yesterday, but Judge Moore thought that in the event other -matters might arise it would be as ; well to let the sessions come to an end as stated. v T-:'7':l': - - Judge Moore will leave . this After noon for Charlotte to convene 'Meck lenburg court - to-mortow. f Nowith-: standing his very feeble health, he has maintained his excellent record during the term just ended and his friends part with him entertaining . the hope that by the time for the next session of the court here he may be fully restored to his health again, if, indeed, not Sooner.- V r': - - The proceedings of the court yester day were without interest and con sisted mainly in: winding up affairs of the week. The . jnry which remained out all night in the ; case of. George Nash, charged, with larceny, came in upon the opening of .the court in the morning and asked for further instruc tions, after which a : verdict of guilty was returned and the negro sentenced to six months in jail with leave to the County Commissioners to i hire him out .. irU .-,!-,.-.: , During the day several business con cerns were brought intocourt for fail ure to pay schedule B. tax, but the defendants claimed .. that the tax had beep paid in other forms such as cor poration tax, property tax, tax on stock, etc. One of the cases which was against the Wilmington Compress Warehouse Company was submitted to Judge Moore as a "test" matter. He reserved his decision in the case and will make it known later. Messrs. Junius Davis and E- K. , Bryan, represented the defendant in the ac tion. . The following proceedings during the day appear from the clerk's rec ord. - : Marshall Hayney, larceny;' nol prossed with leave. : Mattie Nichols, selling liquor with out 'license; submitted and paid COStS. ,;.: ::c -: J, H. - Armstrong, carrying con cealed weapons; submitted and judg ment suspended on payment of costs. Wm. Brown, failure to support family; judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Wesley Nixon, larceny: submitted and sentenced to six. months on roads. Wilmington Compress and Ware house Company, failure to obtain li cense and pay tax for compressing cotton; judgment reserved. George Nash, larceny, six months in jail wtih leave to county commis sioner to hire out. The Orand Jary's Report. The grand jury also finished its work yesterday and was discharged. The following is . the report made to Judge Moore. ' To the Honorable, Judge Augustus M, Moore: . v :... . . We the following grand jury for the November term of the court, make the following report: - We nave acted upon 49 bills and found 44 true bills and five not true bills. . We have visited the county jail and find the jail in good condition and kept well by Jailor Millis. We would recommend that the water pipe be looked after and the ventilators in top of building be repaired by having tMAn Khm Tint ii wAnvilaAM aIba uvu vats pui iu v vusiiatvia suav snv cuspidores placed in the jail near the beater. We have visited the County Home and find it in good condition inmates well : cared for. We recommend that glass be put in the windows where broken out We have also visited the quarters of the county prisoners ' at Castle Havnes and find the camp in good condition and prisoners well cared for. We would recommend that a boiled dinner - be given twice a week. We have had a great deal of trouble getting witnesses. - O. R. Branch, : J.- M. Wood, Foreman. Clerk. PRETTY WEDDING AT BUROAW. Miss Msmie Croom Hsppily Married to Mr. Albert T. Croom. The hospitable home of Mr. J. F. Croom, of Burgaw, was the scene of a beautiful nuptial ! event Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the marriage of his daughter, Miss Mamie Crooui, to Mr. Albert T. Croom, a son of Mr. R. M. Croom and formerly of Burgaw, but how steward on the United States lightship off tbe Cape Fear coast . . The ceremony was impressively per formed by Rev. J. W. 'Martin, pastor of the Burgaw Methodist. Church, in the presence of a few invited guests, including friends of the bride, and groom. There were many handsome and : costly1 bridal presents and the popular young couple received many happy congratulations upon the cele-1 bration of the event Mr. Robert Harriss Home. Mr. Robert N." Harriss arrived last night from Fall River, Mass. .. 'He sail ed from here as mate on the schooner Chas. W. McCoUough, several , weeks since. , The vessel ; got into . a severe storm and put into Vineyard Haven in distress. The vessel thennroceeded to Fall River, where Mr. Harriss left her. : : -'"'- fit-n-i ": Do you . want 000. or i 3,000 old newspapers at your own price! ; If so. - ! call at the Stab office. They make a cheap wrapping paper, r t 'ATV K oti J 9 j Horse With Hydrophobia. li-t! U-: ; Mr.1 WJ W,'cXihgj! 5 who resides on: Queen street,, in the southern section of the city, lost a good . horse y esterday "with a disease ' which he ris Very certaiov was" hydrophobia?' Mr.' King sent, one t ot k his sons;. tox fee " the none Thursday morning as usual and when the young man entered the stall he was attacked vicioualjr. by " the ani mal and escaped , only with difficulty. Even when young Mr. King .had with drawn from the stall the - horse made desperate efforts to get at him through the cracks i and "kt length, failing in tins, be began biting himself viciously about the legs.) Mr. King came : up later and 1 was 'forced?, to shoot the horse.: He i "is unable ; to account for jthe strange, actions of .. the animal un- ess be was bitten some time ago by a dog belonging to him which was sup posedto fiaVe' had ba, v ?.3"s Iclsf Stalioa stscThejs H Tbe Fruit Growers' Express ; Com pany is building a large icing station at Teachey's and expects 'to have it completed in ample time for the ship-; meat of the strawberry crop this sea son. . The station will receive 700 tons of Ice and will be next in size to the one at ' Chadbburn.v The excavations for the . building has already - been made and the lumber will be put on the ground at once. Mr.'C. W. Wood- ward, manager of the F. G. ' K., and Train Master J. C. Higgins, of tbe A. O. X , went up to Teachey's yesterday to look after the new station, m b REVENUE TAX LAW. mportint Chsoger to r Be Made The I Schedule B Wilt PracticsHy Be ; -:! : wiped Oat. : ' ;:: ; bt Tetogrspn to tne Bornins Star. Washikotok; Nov. 24." The sub committee Republican membership of the Ways and Means -committee, held a short session to-day and adjourned until. Monday. .The.. ; sub-committee has not yet completed the draft of the revenue bill, but is making, progress. t is stated that it is not likely that the general outlines agreed upon will be changed before the bill goes to the full committee, unless there is a great pressure among Republican members as they arrive in the city. It is under stood that in addition to reductions heretofore mentioned the . increase of 60 cents per thousand on cigars will be removed, also, that the stamp taxes on steamship tickets will be taken oh?, because the revenue received does not justify the difficulties of collection. Members of the committee have been asked tolremove the stamp taxes on foreign bills of exchange and bills of lading and it is possible that the matter may be re opened. - The tax on parlor car seats and sleeping berths will re main. . . . . The most important" changes in the present law will be in schedule B, wbicb practically will -- be wiped out, and which includes medicines and'pro prietary articles.' The tax, also, prob ably, will be removed : from . convey ances, . mortgages, etc . These, with the abolishment of taxes on express receipts, telegrams, bank checks, and some other stamp taxes, will, it is said. secure the reduction of 130.000.000. which is the amount agreed upon by tbe treasury officials and the commit tee. THE TROUBLE WITH TURKEY. Uaifed States Claims Only tbe Ssme : Commercial Privileges as Great Britain Ed joys. By Telegraph to the Morning star. , - WASHHTGTOir, Nov. 24. The Turk ish authorities having refused to grant an exequatur to Dr Thomas H. Nor ton to act as United States consul at Harpoot the indications point to some retaliatory measures on the part of our government in the near future. The Turkish contention now is that they permitted a United States consulate to be established at tfrzeroum under an implied understanding that the United (States would abandon its claim to a consulate at Harpoot That there was some shadow of foundation for this understanding? is admitted;' but it is still the purpose of the United States to estabusn una consulate, because tne British government has since been per mitted to locate a consul at Harpoot and, under the favored nation clause of our treaty with Turkey,- the United States government claims the same commercial privileges as Great Britain. There is, besides, a peculiarly potent reason ior tne presence of a United States representative at Har poot for at that point is located some of the most important and flourishing American missionary and educational interests in Turkey. - Moreover, being located in the Armenian district, ; it is extremely aesiraoie tnat our govern ment should have some impartial rep resentative to waton over tne interests of American citizens there. - The last adverse decision of the Turk: ish government in this matter has not modified the orders to the big battle ship Kentucky to proceed from Naples to Smyrna. She sailed to-day and should arrive at Smyrna; in the ordi nary course. Monday or Tuesday next It is, of course, not expected that the ship is to make war single-handed on Turkey, but it is thought that the mo ral influence of this exhibition' Of American naval power may be benefi cial in settling the question-ofexe quatur as well as the long pending mis sionary claims against Turkey. ; I Porte Firm I la Its RefosaL ' CONSTAirmroPiA, Friday, Nov. 23. -United States Ubaree d' Affaires Oris- com called upon Tewfik Pasha, mih- I . . cm . . . , ister ior loreigu aiiairs yesteruay, to urge a settlement of the difficultv in relation to the granting ol an exquator to ir. xnomas u. riorton. - wbo some time ago was appointed by President McKinley to establish a ; consulate at Harpoot , The Porte, bowever, , is firm in its refusal to grant the request ior an exquator., waJn. i-s h - "Really er " stammered, the p. ? who had bees, caught red- anded. "I'm ' afraid you ; . over heard what I said, about you. Per hana er I " was a bit too ; mrM.n . Ob. no." replied the other Woman. "you weren't nearly as severe as you would nave been u you anew what 1 thljikof you"---i,Atiade(phta iress,' 1 Mount Olive Advertiser: . -IBeo- P-e who imagined that all 'the cotton in this territory had been sold, realised their error when they saw the immense quantity that came ' to town this week in response to an increase pricev.i.' . ' ! Lumber ton Eodesoni an: Mr. Z. R. Prevatt has sold his crop of tobacco v.j raisea on lour acres oiiana ior f &40.tt, n an average of 1138.61 per acre. Still v1 some; people say; there is - no money - in raising tobacco and . prefer raising;., cotton, the proceeds of which, even at ' ten cents per pound, cannot equal ' such return as above. , , ; vs ,41 t Washington Gazette vTheven- erable CoL Creasy,., of the Elisabeth City conomifif, recommends the far- mer to go into the culture of the sun - - I flower. - It produces the 'finest oil and - l the seed make excellent nut food, and . , remarks: "No doubt Hon. John Small would take creat pleasure in Stipptv-' Ing his constituents with seed from the n Agricultural Department' : ; Murfreesboro index: un Mon day night the new store -of Mr.'. L. J.i Wiggins . at Mapleton was .. robbed, v j goods, money and checks being car- v ried off. : An entrance - was -made through a second story window by ni means of a ladder. ; Murfreesboso and. , Conway was notified of the" robbery , by 'phone and a reward of $50 offered ' for the capture of the. robbers. Two , negro men were arrested at Conway , by. Messrs Lassiter and Draper, a check attesting their guilt being founn, ' on the person of one of . them. .-. : They . , are now lodged In tall at Winton. it. Louisburg Times'.. Mr. B.J L. Wester,' who is a truthful man,- and vouches for what we are: about to re-.,, late, informs us -4hat a few days ago while digging a well he found a hick- ' ory nut 19 feet and 7 inches under the top of. the ground. ; It was a little de- caved on one side. ' Now the question - is, how did that nut get there f Mr. 1 Wester is positive - tnat it ata not rau into the well, as it was dug from un der a rock. ' Mr. Wester also has quite curiosity in the - way of a scythe blade. He knows positively that It was bought 121 years ' ago by his an cestors, and it has been handed down through several generations, k Rooky Mount Moton V Weare sorry to note the death of Mrs. G. C. Robblns, which occurred Tuesday at her home in this place. On Sat urday last Joe Lancaster and.Ivey , Shirley, aged resectively 9 and 17 , years, while returning from hunting, ' met with a fatal accident" Young Lancaster told his companion to throw . up his hat He did so, and as the other , turned to shoot the gun -suddenly dis charged, the load entering the head of - young aniriey, causing instant aeatn. : Young Lancaster is almost crazed with grief over the unfortunate affair, which - was purely accidental. . . .. .;. , ;; :.0 Red Springs Record: Norman .-, Ferguson, of Bladen, has just bored a 120-foot artesian well for A. T. McCol - lum, which furnishes excellent water and is highly satisfactory, giving a ' quantity of water estimated at fifty gallons a minute. Mr. Ferguson bored a 180 foot well for the Seminary, but intended to make it deeper, to escape, quicksands. He found wood and coal at 140 and 160 feet deep. He says min- -eral water can be .reached on Main ' street at a depth of -45 to 50 feet, and the quantity and quality would be much better than the kind in general use, and mucn safer as to beaitb. More artesian wells are needed. ' Shelby Aurora,: The two Mor-. mon elders who were required to move on" last week, were in town ' again Thursday night They were in . the northern part of . town seeking a lodging. They olaim to have : about ' 1,000 converts in the State,, and will hold conference , at Goldsboro in the. near future. ., The Piedmont Cot ton Seed Oil Mill: have installed all their new machinery and , began work last week. : it is well equipped witb -the latest improved machinery and will doubtless prove to be a profitable , in- vestment Ambus Mull, was in .- town Friday and Saturday with a load of fine honey. , He brought about 700 pounds, lie is making money out of this industry. . . . - , Hillsboro Observer: Last Wed nesday morning Mr. W. Silas Turner,' better known as 8L," who lived with his brother-in-law, Mr. W. H. New man, in town, left home, taking his gun with him. . Thursday, as he had not returned to his home, his relatives became uneasy about him and search- ing parties scoured the woods near town in which Mr. Turner was known to have done a good deal of hunting. looking for him. - Saturday morning the man's r body - was found by his brother. Mr. James Turner, in Major George P. Collins' woods, about one mile southeast or town, ms gun, a single-barrel breech-loader, had been discharged and a whole load of shot entered his neck, just below the chin, breaking the peck and making a fright-. f oi hole in the back of his neck. Mr. Turner was 37 years of age, and as far as known he had, no enemies. As to how he met his death, that may never never be known, i TRIED TO BRIBE THE- GOVERNOR. fiuildlnt Contractor Arrested at Jscksoo, Miss, on Complaint of Oov. Loaf Ino. ' '..ItMtta r Jackson, Miss., Nov. 24. A man . claiming ; to be J. E. Gibson, a build- ng contractor of Logansport, Ind.; .' has been taken into custody here on an affidavit sworn out , by Governor Longino to the effect that . Gibson had attempted by bribery to secure his In fluenee to receive the7 contract for the ' new million dollar State House which will be let December 10th; According to the Governor's story, related at the ' preliminary hearing before Judge ' Fitzgerald, Gibson tried to induce him . to open the State . House bids on the day preceding the r letting-of, the con- ' tract and furnish', his firm with the ' figures so that: they could -prepare a bid lower thanJ the others. The Gov ernor testified that Gibson offered him " any sum he would ask, to do this. At . the preliminary hearing Gibson was admitted to bond in the sum of $5,000. i""' U. S. MONITOR NEVADA. ' Vessel Usnched at Bath, Me., sfd Chrte- ; : ' j tened by Miss Bontelle. A r , . bv Telegraph to the Horning star. ' Bath, Me., Nov.- 24. The ;U.' a - ' monitor Nevada, in tonnage the largest government vessel ever-, built by the j Bath Iron Works, was launched to-- day. The ; vessel was ; released rand' started down the ways in a novel man- r J ner by Miss Annie 0. BouteUe, youog ' ' -est daughter of Congressman Charles ; Ai xkmtelle, who christened her;1 The hull was held in place till the last moment by a careful adjustment of -J.v .the shoring, and -a strong cable was ' set free by severing the rOpe at the -proper moment ) Miss Bontelle used av : silver hatchet provided by the builders. As the monitor started down tne ways suss souieue aasneo-' a ooiue or -' American champagne across tile bow and christened the vessel "Nevada." 1 reaa the Sooth,-but which' I confiding blfasv r-K : J v,n'
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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