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WILLIAM H.BBBKABD Bdltoi and Proprietor. Sept. 19, 1902 Friday, DEMOCRATIC TICKET, p ' For Congress Sixth District, GILBERT B. PATTERSON, of Robeson. f For Chief Justice of Supreme Court, WALTER CLARKj ofWske. 1 For Associate Justices, HENRY GROVES QONNOR, of Wilson, j . PLATT D. WALKER, of Mecklenburg. Superior Court Judges: sft0nd Distrlct-R. BJ Peebles, of Northampton. n . . Fourth District O. M. Cooke, or Franklin. . . Sixth District W. R. Allen, of Wayne. ... m ' . . Eighth District W. u. new, SootJand. . , - Tenth District B. P. Long, of Ire- Eleventh District E. B. Jones, of Thirteenth District W. B. Oonnell, of Watauga. Fourteenth District M. H. Justice, of Rutherford. , Fifteenth District Frederick Moore, of Buncombe. Sixteenth District ur. o. rerguswn, of Haywood. For Solicitor: Fifth District Rodolph Duffy, of Onslow. . Seventh District C. O. Lyon, of Bladen. For Corporation Commissioner, EUGENE C. BEDDINQFIELD, of Wake. For Supt. of Public Instruction, . JA11E3 Y. JOYNER. of Guilford. AN ENGLISH VIBW OF TRUSTS. The defenders of the trust system, which has grown so rapidly in this country, assert that trusts aro no new things, that they are old, and that they exist in all countries, some of which have never heard of a tariff, and therefore protective tariffs are not responsible for trusts. We are told that there; are trusts in every European country, and some of the greatest of them in free trade England. i The only two countries in Europe which have trusts that in any re spect resemble the trusts of this country are Russia and Germany, both of which have protective tariffs which foster their trusts, which do for them by protective tariffs and export bounties what the Dingley tariff does for our trusts, with the protection given. As our protected manufacturers, through the protec tive tariff, ship their goods to for eign markets and sell them at a lower price than they ask for the goods sold at home, so the Russian and German beneficiaries of the ex port bounties ship their goods to other countries and! sell them for less than they demand from the purchasers in their own countries. The protective tariff and the export bounty Is pravllwnttj tre same, though called by different names, and hare substantially the same offect. ! These men who talk about trusts in Europe call all corporations trusts when they know as well as they know the end they stand on that there is an essential difference - between the ordinary corporation and those that Are classed as trusts, just as much as there is between a fishing net opera ted by hand that catches a few fish and the drag-net operated by steam which gathers the fish in by tons. The trust marches out, spreads Its nets and goes for everything. These trust, apologists or defend ers couldn't name a single corpora tion In "free trade'f' England that bears any resemblance to or has any of the grasping characteristics of the American trust. To establish such a trust in "free trade" Eng land it would be not only necessary for the trust financiers to get con trol in Great Britain of the industry in which it proposed to operate, but also in other countries to prevent competition from that source, against which it would have to com pete while Great Britain was a free trade country, for las soon as the . trust raised prices to an unreason able figure just so soon would the British consumers drop its goods and trade with its comnetitors from otW countries. There is no trust monop oly there and cannot be while British ports are open to the goods of other countries. They have large cotton manufac turing corporations, large woollen manufacturing corporation's, large cutlery corporations, large steel and Lxon manufacturing corporations, large ship building -corporations yvuo uugBB. iu wg nviiuj, UUb more Isn't a trust among them and can not be until Great Britain abandons free trade, builds a protective tariff wall and thus by walling out com petition makes trusts possible. Last week the British Association for the Advancement of Science met in Belfast, Ireland. There were st number of papers read by distin guished men on j various topics of publio Interest. The following, clipped from a cable dispatch, gives the trend of sentiment and the gist of the opinions I expressed on com bines and trusts: Borne of the papers touched on the ubjects of mercantile trusts and ship ping combinauona. Doubts were ex pressed In the subsequent debates re garding eventual success financially of - theAUantle shipping combine. The opinion was voiced that such truata tad little chance of eventual success - . In such free-lMae ch'in'.-j ; B It wis heU that the system of pro much fuller scope to tne eVolutlon of trmt?. but that the expe ri.niA of Ameria as teuding lo fw that increases of monopoly had re sulted in lower prices than the enemies of trusts apprehend, althourh tras t at nmoloT were not likely to be such stroDg psitfins to enforce their demands. Hi Bosdin T. Lc-, Jtrector of the Manchester Snip Oaoal, predicted that free ships would eventually predomi dominate between England atd America. He said be believed the day was not distant when the United Htii. l-d hv President Roosevelt, would do something to check commer ...f AAmKin.B In fact. Sir Bosdin mmiA fAaw.fl tha United States would someday adopt free traar, nu would be disastrous to Great BriUin. The participants in these debates held that shipping comoines or trnsta (referring, no doubt,- to the combine formed by J. P. Morgan) could not permanently succeed in a free trade country like Great Britain, for a great commercial nation like Great Britain would not be willing to put its business practically in the control of any one combine and be d minted to bv it. as to 1 the cost of transportation. Its shippers have I alwavahftd the benefit of competing I lines and ships -which gave them cheap transportation, which was no small factor in building up their for eign trade and in making England the great commercial and manu facturing nation she is. They will not surrender that, and if they submit to the combine for a time it will be because it gives them cheaper rates than it can afford to do permanently and pay the divi dends the parties to the combine will expect. It will have to com pete with the ships of other nations whose commercial fleets are large and growing, which can sail ships for less money and consequently carry cargoes at lowei rates than the Morgan combine can. Another opinion they held was that the protective system gave much further scope to the evolution of trusts, which was another way of expressing (but with a different meaning) Secretary Shaw's declara tion when he said that the protec tive tariff did not foster trusts, but simply created the conditions which brought trusts into existence, which is, to all intents and purposes, crea ting trusts as the logical result of the conditions created. The result of this trust system if is be not checked and held within bounds, will be to destroy the pro tective system altogether, make thia country as nearly as possible a free trade country, and pull down with the protective wall the trusts that planted itself behind ic to practice extortion upon and . abuse the generosity of the people who sup ported the protective system at such an enormous cost to themselves. HENDESSON OUT. The withdrawal of Speaker Hen derson from the race for Congress in the Third Iowa district is signifi cant, for it is a district that glrea about 7.000 -Hepnblicau majority. A few days ago the Democrats nom inated ex-Governor Horace Boies to run against him. They nominated him because they knew he was a strong man with the people. Whether this had anything to do with Mr. Henderson's somewhat be lated decision to withdraw or not, it is evident, even upon the reasons he assigns for his action, that his party is badly split up upon the tariff and trust questions. But Mr. Henderson knew that when the Republican State conven tion met, if he didn't know it be fore, for that convention, in which his district was fully represented, committed itself unequivocally to tariff revision and to curbing trusts. Mr. Henderson's position on both of these questions, while Congress was in session, was such that it created antagonisms in his own party to such an extent that there was some talk of nominating a Re publican against him if he offered himself for re-election. It is creditable to his candor and his independence to come down and out rather than occupy a false posi tion as the representative of poli cies to which he is opposed, but he wasn't always such a stickler for conviction, for he at first opposed reciprocity with Cuba but later, When he heard from his district, supported it, so that there is ground for the suspicion, at least, that it wasn't so much the lack of accord between him and other Republicans on the tariff and trust questions that influenced his action as the doubt as to which way the cat might jump, with the divisions in his own party and Horace Boies in the field. A Missouri man who makes a specialty of corncob pipes turns out 17,000,000 of them a year, and turns in a good deal of cash. The cobs ont of which these pipes are made are found only .in a limited area of the field in which he operates, and the peculiarty of that corn is that it will not grow anywhere else. How's This? we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for HOTauSnW..11" cannot T.J. CHE SKY, & CO., Toledo, o. We, tbe nodenlKneO, hare known P. J. Ohe- r Deueve nun per fectly honorable In all bnainmu tr.TumU.. Jl11?!1.17.'. 10 carr' out I Obligations made by their Arm. West Truai, Wholesale DnmtriRti. Toledo o tT&ito?ot& MABT1" w"1 Drug- pinS Testimonials sent tree. ?,7,F?.otWe. Bold toy all Drnmrtsta. w-auij rmsarethepejt,-, lit Moneys Are you indebted toTHEX WEEKLY STAR? If so, J when you receive a biil for your subscription send us the amount you owe. ' Remember that a news-$ t.' . , y i paper bill is as muchen- A ..a., m mmalllllM. I . TiIIah n unn w nnniinora. HUCU U IWUI gviigiwuiH : tionasis a bill for gro-$: ceries. t GETTING A TASTE OF IT. Boston is a city in which the ne- gro had more professed friends and champions than any oiner cuy than any other city in the United States, in proportion to population. PosBibly it has more yet, although not so many as form erly, for even Boston is learning something, learning by contact and not by studying at long range, and through books of fiction as in days past. There are a good many ne groes in Boston now, the influx, within the past few years having been large, and they are not all of the unsophisticated, lovable kind either, for many of them are tough, the toughest of the tough, and . do not fail to make it known. ' For some time past' the Boston papers have been filled with" ac counts of lawlessness, and outrages by negroes, which. had become so common that in some parts of the city women feared to be upon the streets after dusk unless protected by some male escort. And they haven't seen the end of it yet, as may be inferred from the following which we clip from the Baltimore Snn: A recent issue of the Boston Globe is largely devoted, at least that part of the paper given up to home news, to accounts of crimes committed in and around Boston the day before by negroes. We believe that only about 2 or 3 per cent, of the population of Boston is colored. And yet the police of the city seem largely occupied with ttiat small portion of the population. There were in the one issue to which we refer no fewer than fire articles, each with a conspicuous display head upon it. telling of murders and other crimes by negroev, besides leas con spicuous articles upon the same sub ject. A patrolman at LSO o'clock in the morning surprised a negro bur glar in the home of a citizen and was shot and wounded by the negro and the negro was shot by the policeman. In the town of Lynn, Mass , a negro who la described as a leader of "the colored 400" of that city saw another negro talking to his wife on the street and stabbed him in the neck. A negro in Boston was at the same time fatally stabbed by his wife. A big negro ran against a white man on the street and robbed bim of hia watch. Two ne groes got into a fight on an elevated train th same day ana terrified the passengers by their violent and bloody struggle and by their shocking lan guage. The same paper has a report of the proceedings of the National As sociation of Stationary Engineers, where a resolution to exclude negroes from membership was received with enthusiasm and was later adopted. It will be noted that all the criminal do ings took place in one day In a city which has not as many negroes as a single ward in Baltimore. We could sympathize with Bos ton, but Boston needs to learn some thing and the more of this kind of thing she has the sooner she will learn what she onght to have learned long ago, and would have learned if prejudice against the Southern white man had not made her a negro worshipper. But Boston is not the only city up there which is wrestling with too much negro. Many of them are having more or less experience in that line, and are asking themselves the question how they are going to solve that problem. ' Mrs. Coward, of New Jersey, who celebrated the 102d anniversary of her birthday a few days ago, has dis covered a recipe for longevity. It is "don't worry," but "hustle." She was left a widow many years ago, and had to hustle. There was an abandoned quarry on her little mort gaged farm, which she opened up, quarried the rock, and has been doing it ever since, not only making a com fortable living, but a respectable bank account. A. & N. C. RAILROAD DIRECTORS Qovernor Makes Appointments for Coming Year Mining Corporation In Moore. Special Star Telegram. RiXEiaB, N. C.,8ept. 17. Governor Ay cock to-day announced the appoint ment of the Board of Directors of the Atlantie and North Carolina Railroad Company to serve during the year be ginning September 24tb. They are O. M. Busbee, Raleigh; W. H. Smith, Goldsboro; M. L. Harvey, Kinston; Jas. A. Bryan, Newbern; J. C. Par w.s niim'i r w n.a.. ivt- R. W. Taylor, Morehead City; Dan'l B. Hooker, Bayboro; J. W. Granger, Bute's proxy. The Becretary of State charters the Glendon Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Glendon, Moore county. wun paid in capiiai oi iuu,UO. Tne company will engage in mining and manufacture role, soapstone, asbestos, graphite and other minerals. G. W. Pinshaw and J. O. Magendor are the North Carolinians interested. Will Retire from Business. The old and well known retail grocery firm of J, L. Boatwrlght & Co. closed its doors yesterday for stock. taking. It in learned that the firm will retire from business, A TOBACCO flARKET. That is the Aim of Merchants' Association to Make City of Wilmington. THE MEETING YESTERDAY. Refolsr Monthly Session of Board ol Di rectorsTo Compile Book of De llsqaentsNew Member Elected. Other Proceedings. " . i. The Merchants' Association is the ! first of the trades bodies of the city to j take up the matter of the establish ment of a tobacco warehouse in Wil mington and the encouragement of to bacco growing In this section a ques- oacco growing m ni oonuu 4uo tionwhichhalb86n very mnch . . . . . . . . lv t . tated lately in the publio prints and which promises tangible results next season, if, Indeed, not sooner. The matter was introduced by Mr. George O. , Oaylord at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association yesterday afternoon in its rooms in the Seaboard Air Line building and la very enthusiastic dis cussion of the movement led to the appointment of Mr. Gaylord, Mr. W. E. Worth and Mr. J. H. Thomas as a committee to more fully investigate the subject and further the enterprise. Steps were also taken to bring the mat ter before the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gay lord, who recently con tributed a very interesting article to these columns upon the possibilities of Wilmington as a tobacco market, said on introducing the subject that it was a matter in which he felt great con cern and would take stock in a com pany to build a warehouse; he wanted members of, the Association to put their shoulders to the wheel and help the movement along. He cited the town of Mullinr, S. C, as an object lesson of what the tobacco industry is doing for the farmer and retail mer chant. Mullins paid out in one day for tobacco $13,000, besides other amounts that were not paid through the banks. -Wilson handled a million, three hundred thousaad pounds in a single week' and Kinston is doing almost as well. Much of the tobacco going to these markets would come here with! Wilmington's superior transportation facilities. He said it would be no trouble to raise the stock; -the object was to get as many people interested in the company as possible so that their influence would be ex erted toward the growing of the weed in this section. Mr. W. E. Springer agreed with Mr. Gaylord in all that he said, and quoted a travelling man who had recently seen 40 carts from Onslow county in a single file, coming from Kinston laden with all kinds of merchandise as the result of sales of tobacco. Mr. W.i E. Worth cited Rocky Mount as an example of what tobacco would do for a town, and discussed the matter as applied to Wilmington, whether the conditions were the same, etc., etc. j Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wm. Ni est lie, Mr. C. M. Whitlock and Mr. D. O. Love also participated in the discussion j after which the committee named above - was appointed by Chairman Springer. The remainder of the session of the Directors . was taken up principally with routine matters and those of a private nature. The successor to Mr. A. B. Skelding, resigned as a member of the Board, was deferred to a subse quent meeting. The Secretary was instructed to compile an alphabetical list of all delinquent creditors, report ed to the Association, who have not settled their bills and publish the same in booklet form for the ready reference of members, the pamphlets to be sold to members at 85 cents each. Messrs. W. E. Worth and George O. Gaylord were appointed a committee to review and arrange the manuscript with proper headings and introduc tions before it is allowed to go into the hands of the printer. The committee on free ferry between Brunswick and New Hanover counties reported progress. I 1 Mr. D. J. Piidgen, manager of the Cape Fear Dairy, was elected to mem bership In the Association. Tnose present at the meeting were President W. E. 8pringer, Secretary Heinaberger and Messrs, D. C. Love, J. H. Thomas, O. M. Whitlock, W. E. Worth, George O. Gaylord, Wm. Niestlie, A. O. Schuster and P. Heins berger. fHB NEWS ON THE WHARF. Movement of Vessels to nnd from Wil- mint ton Tbe Mnrkets. Spirits turpentine continues to soar in price. Yesterday there were sales at 46 cents; receipts 77 casks. ' The schooner Chas. C. Lister, Capt. Moore, which brought fertilizers to this port, cVr!d yesterday for Jack sonville, Fla., for cargo. The British steamer Richard Gren- viue, hence for Bremen with cotton, passed out at Southport at 10 A. M. yesterday. Cotton receipts yesterday were 3,076 bales,, against 693 same day last year. The New York spot market ad vanced to 9 cents for middling yester day. ' The British steamer 4,Huxby" was given in these columns yesterday as having sailed from New York to Wil mington. There is no such steamer. It should have been the Roxdy, 1,964 tons, Capt. Shields. Mr. E. K. Proctor Serlooslylll. The Lumberton Robesonian of yes terday says: "Much Interest Is mani fested by our people In the condition of Mr. K. K. Proctor, Jr., which con tinues critical. Our latest information is that he Is resting comfortably with out change. His son, Mr. James D. Proctor, who is at Wake Forest Col lege, has been telegraphed for and will arrive this morning.1! The Heat Prescription for malaria Chills and Fevers is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic It la simply Iron ana quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no par. race. bob. satuth CRAIG AND PRITCHARD SPEAK HERE NEXT WEEK. Joint Canvass of Able Exponents of Dcm ocrstic and Republican Parties Lee S. Overmsn Coming In October. Thursday night week Hon. Locke Crate, of Asheville, and Senator J. O. Pritohard, of Msrshall, N. C. will meet in Wilmington in joint debate. The speaking will most probably take place either In the Academy of Music or in the Court House and a . large crowd will no doubt be present to wit ness the 8 par ring between these two able exponents of the Democratic and Republican -party principles. Mr. Craig will open the debate vhere. The following additional dates for the joint canvass between the aspir ants for the United States Senate from the West have been arranged: Kins ton, September (22; SmithfteldSap tember 23; Fayette vllle, September 24; Wilmington, September 25, (night) ; Rocky Mount, September 26; Raleigh, September 27, (night); Pittsboro, Sep tember 29; Oxford. ! September 80; Greensboro, October 1; Lenoir, Octo ber 2; Statesville, October 8; Char lotte, October 9, (night); Hickory, Oc tober 10; Asheville, October II. It has been agreed that on the close of the above appointments the candi dates will speak at two places in the northeastern part of: the State, one of them to be Elizabeth City, and two more In the western part of the 8tate. It is also agreed that the first speaker Is to have an hour and fifteen minutes, the second speaker to have an hour and twenty minutes, then the first speaker has a rejoinder of fifteen min utes. Pritchard will open the debate at Kinston, and Craig will open the next day and so on. ' , . Hon. Lee S. Overman, of Salisbury, also a candidate for the Senate,-is an nounced to speak at Wilmington Thursday night. Oat. 2nd. Other ap pointments are: Beaufort, Sept. 29th; Polloksvile, 8ept. 30th; Jacksonville, Oct 1st; Burgaw. Oct. 3d, Warsaw, Oct. 4th. I- A BIQ COTTON BLAZE EARLY THIS MORNING. Two Hundred Bales on Fire at the Caro lina Central Whsrves Nsrrow Escspe of Two Vessels. I "" Fire which broke out at 1 o'clock thia morning' on the Seaboard Air Line wharves at the foot of Brunswick street, burned about 200 bales of cotton, a large area of practically new wharf, a hoisting engine and shed and bidiy damaged other property that will probably run the, entire loss up to be tween $3,500 and $4,000. The British steamer Gladys and American schooner Gem, laden with pyrites and discharging at the wharves, were lying elose in: and had a narrow escape from burning, though neither of them caught fire. The Gem loosed her moorings and swung down the wharf with the tide. The stern of the Gladys was thrown away from the wharf by the prow of the Gem. All the property Is believed to have been in charge of the 8. A. L., though the cotton was in transit to Messrs. Alexander Bprunt & Son and was "headed up" on the platform to the number of about 400 bale?, preparatory to its being lightered to one or the other of the two compresses operated by the firm.: The fire Is supposed to have origina ted from the small hoisting engine which had been used the previous day In running the machinery for discharg ing thelpyriles from the vessel. An alarm was sent in . from the box at Nutt and Brunswick streets, but it was the long est kind of time before a stream could be turned; upon the burning cotton. An effective stream was not secured until Engine No. 1 was attached to the hose and then the firemen easily got the blaze under control. It Will be several days, how ever, before all, tne nre is out. a number of bales of cotton were dump ed in the river, but others were still burning on the wharf this morning. A. C. L GENERAL OFFICES WILL BE ENLARGED. Third Story Will Be Added to Original Building at Front nnd Red Cross. Valuable Improvements. It is officially announced that the Atlantic Coast Line will enlarge its handsome general offices In this city by the addition of a third story to the original building on the southwest corner of Front and Red Cross streets. The enlargement is made necessary by the concentration hereof all the clerical force of the "greater" system since its absorption of the Plant lines, and the additional floor will not only provide more spacious apartments for the hundreds of officials and clerks but will contribute much to the sym metry of the general structure, making the building present a solid three-story front and conforming to all the rules of architecture.; The additional story has been con templated ever since the extension two years ago of the three-story annex to the north end of the building on Front street. j ! 1 ' The Coast Line J already has one of the finest general office buildings in the South and the enlargement just agreed upon will; make it even still finer. It Is understood that -work will be commenced on the Improvement as noon as the material can be gotten on the grounds. It is not known what department will occupy the new tbird floor. : i Thousands Sent Intol&Ktl. Every year a large number of poor sufferers, whose Jungs are sore and racked with coughs, are urged to go to another climate. But thia is costly and not always sure. Don't be an ex ile, when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption will cure you at home. It's the most infallible medi cine for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief. Astounding cures result from persistent use. Trial bot tles free at a. & uellait's drug store. Price 50 cents and f LOO. Every bottle guaranteed. t o Bean tbe Blgnatue. of STORIA. ) The Kind Yon Haw Always (5ougM PRETTY CHURCH WEDDING CELEBRATED YESTERDAY. Miss Msmle D. Morrill, the Attractive Yooni Bride of Mr Wm. Strathers, Jr Bridal Toor North. A large gathering of friends and relatives were present in "the First Baptist church yesterday at 6 o'clock to witness the marriaga of Miss Mmie D. Morrill, the attractive .young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.. Morrill, and Mr. William Strut hers, Jr , a popular young man of this city and a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Struthers. The ceremony was performed in an exceedingly happy manner by the Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell, ptor of the church, and the wedding marches were rendered in a most skilful and appropriate way b? -Miss Cannie Chasten. The decorations were by R-jhder and were elaborate but in rare good taste. They con sistedof palm, ferns and cut flowers and the building was beautifully lighted, the effact balng all that cjuld be desired in a ' consummation nf beauty of environment. Promptly at the hour appointed for the ceremony, to the tuaeful strain of the wedding march, the bride cam down tha right aisle accompanied b the maid of honor. Miss Iablle Strutherp, sister of the groom, pre ceded by two 'pretty little ribbon girls, Misses Emmie Bell LsGwin and LuU Morrill,, who were beautifully dressed in white organdie and carried pink and white carnations. The groom accompanied by his oest man, Mr. George V. Harrell, entered from the east door of the church, and joined the bride and other attendants at the altar where the words were sq't- ly spoken that made the txci popjlir young people mai and wifc. The riag service was used. The maid of honor was handsomely gowned in pink silk mulls trimmed with chiffon and carried a bouquet of nink carnations. Tne bnue wore an exquisite costume of grey iik with white applique trimming and carried a bouquet of white caraatiou?. The nale attendants were in full dr.?3 of the conventional black." includiag the ushers, Messrs. Oicar Morris, John S. tfcEachem, B N. Morrill and Dr. Jno. O. Wessell. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom repaired to the home of the bride's parents, Sixth strce', be tween Chesnut and Mulberry, where they prepared to depart on the north bound A. C. L. train for a bridal tour of ten days to Washington, Philadel phia and New York. Returning to the city they will be at home at the residence of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Struthers. N 418 Market street A number of very pretty wedding presents were received, including a handsome oak sideboard from the groom's fellow employes in the Coast Line general officer. AN ALLEGED TRAIN ROBBERY. Express Messenger Lewis, of Qoldsboro, Relstes nn Excltlog Experience With Desperado Nesr Charleston. Yesterday afternoon's Florence Times has the following in regard to an alleged Express robbery about which there was much talk on the streets here yesterday: There is a sensational and rather mysterious report of a 'hold up" on train 23 from Florence to Savannah on Saturday night. Express Messenger G. G. Lewis re ports the robbery. He said a man got on bis car at Lanes and bound mm. and at the point of a pistol robbed tbe packages, taking away several pack ages of jewelry, among them some val uable diamonds and some cash. He did not tamper with the safe. Lewis said that the man jumped off of the train at the Columbus street crossing and made his way into the city. He got his hands loose in time to fire one shot at tbe retreating figure, but missed bim. JNobody on the train seems to have beard anything of the robbery. The crew returned to Florence Sunday mgnt and were seen by a Times re porter to-day, but said that they knew notblng except wbat Ur. Lie wis said. tie is now in Charleston with the de tectives, doing what they can to locate the robber. Mr. Cross well and Mr. Howell are both there looking into the matter. There was clearly a Ios, but the express people do not have much to say in the matter. Mr. Lewis Is a young man from Goldsboro, N. C. ine robber is described as a young wane man. Lie wis says tbat he blind- folded bim and then tied his hands behind hn back, corering him all the time wun a pistol. It was reported in the city last night that two young whit men were arrested on the charge of the robbery in tbe Argyie Llotei, Ubarieston, yes terday morning Star RURAL FREE DELIVERY ROUfH Special Agent Will Hold Examlnstios Next Week for Carrier ia bronswick. After investigating tie feasibility of establishing the proposed new rural free delivery route from the Wilming ton postoffice through a portion A Brunswick county, including Shal- lotte and a number of other points, Mr. W. 8. DeWolf, special agent nd examiner of the Rural Free Delivery Service, has decided to hold an exam ination for tbe appointment of a car rier and the establishment nf ku eligi ble register for fillicg future vacan cies in the service on tbe proposed route on next Tuesdav, September 23d, beginning at 10 A. M. That there is practically no doubt of the new route being established will be hailed with delight by a very large number of rural residents along the lino proposed to be covered. Mr De. Wolf recently went over the route after a consultation with Congressman Bellamy, who has lost none of his old time fervor in the good work by which no many of his constituents derive benefit. PUea! Pllea! pueet Dr. Williams' Indian Ptl fMntmnl Is prepared to core Plies and DOES IT in short order. Easy to apply, every box guaranteed, 60c and $L00. All drngghitH or by mail. Williams MVq w., wutwuii, VMUO. BOId by J. O, ouopparu, 4u j CAPE FEAR POLITICS. Cumberland County Democratic Convention Nominated a Strong Ticket. TOWNSHIP RULE CHANGED. Provision Made for Two Additional Com mlssloners and tbe Men Named Choice for State Senste and House Other Notes. Special Star Telegram. Fayktteville, N. 0., Sept. 17. The Democratic Convention of Cum berland county to-day nominated tue following ticket: For the Senate. James M. Limb; Representatives V. C. Bullard and J. W. Moore; Sheriff, W. H Marsh; Clerk of the Superior Court, A A. McEetban; Register of Deedp, J. A. McPherson; Treasurer, John B Troy; County Commissioner?, &. B. Wili- Ums, W. H Downing and J. J. Bull ard ; Coroaer, Dr. A. 8. Rose; Sur veyor, Chas. Jessup. A motion was passed to the effect htt the next General Assembly will ba asked to increase the number of County Commissioners to five and J, M. ueas and Unas. Uilmore were recommended for appointment as the additional Commissioners. The Convention voted, upon recom mendation from the committee on rules, ten votes to each precinct, and not ten to the township as for the past four years. The Convention was very Urge and enthusiastic. The ticket is well dis tributed and regarded as a strong one. Bon. G. M. Rose was chairman and 11 l. McDjffie and J. W. Hill were vcreiaries. ine ..convention unani mously thanked them for efflecient and mpartial services. The ticket named should assure Democratic victory for Cumberland. From yesterday's afternoon report ! the convention in the FnyeUeville Observer, it :'s learned that Dr. Rose's nomination for coroner and that of Mr. McKetban for dirk of tbe court were without opposition and were by acclamation. For treasurer the vote was: J. B. Troy, 1821; N. H. Smith, 4?J. Upon Mr. 8milh's motion the nomination was made unanimous Capt. J. A. McPherson and J. Hector Snith were put in nomination for Register of Deeds. Capt. McPherson was nominated on the first ballot by a vat of 157 to 73. For sheriff the first biliot rrsulled as follows: W. S. Cook, 83Ji; J. C. Adam?, 59X; J. C. Thorn -s-fi, 49tj W. D. Gaster, 331. The fourth ballot had been taken without result and the fifth was being taken as the Observer went to presr. "r. Dave Sontherland Desd ' Mr. John David SjuUiirUad, the wellknovn grocerymau -it daveath and Castle streets, and a native of Duplin county, died yesterday morn Ing at his home in his store building, after a severe illness of several weeks. Tuesday a week ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and tha'. is sup posed to have hastened his deutu Hi was in the 43 i year of his age, and leaves a devoted wife and one child, who have the sympathy of numerous friends. Deceased was a member of Linden Grove No. 2, U. A. O. D., and that organization will attead la a bady the funeral, which will take place at 8:45 A. M. to-day. Tht in terment will be oa Myrtle Grove Sound, where the deceased formerly lived. Another Negro With Knacks. Willie Melyin, a Laurinburg, N. C, negro, was arrested yesterday noon with another "bird of the same feather," on suspicion of having stolen a watch, for which the police were on the lookout. Melvin succeeded in throwing off the suspicion a? to the larceny of the watch, but when he was searched at the station house a pir of brass knucks was found on his person and he was held on the charge of cr- rying concealed weapons. Col. Slocomb Nominated. Col. A. H. Slocomb, of Cumberland, was nominated without opposition and with singular unanimity by the Sixt i Dibtrict Republican Congressional Convention, which met yesterday at Maxton. Of course there may have been, and probably were, other asmr- ants for the honor, but all differences were settled and Col. Blocomu atreeti upon before the convention assembler. WDNODESnrEOB FACTORY LOADED "fc 1 ' New Rival IF you are looking rrr uyj munition, the kind that shoots where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: "New Rival," loaded with Black powder; "Leader" and "Repeater"" loaded with Smokeless. Insist upon having Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM m m ii i I 'V I lyon's French Periodical Drops Strictly vegetable, perfectly harmless, sure to accomplish DESIRED RESULTS. Greatest known female remedy. nsiiTinu BewareAf counterfeits and Imitations. Tha rnnnlnn Is nnt ud only in pasto-board Car- Send for Circular to WILLI AM8 Mtiii. CO Bole wsmfjj I W II tnn with f&A-nfmiln niimsLtnrA nn Sold by r tVPR. M O v i r ' 1 I ill ziLzlLM ii "a U (TEETHING POWDERS) mmmmmmmmmmmmmt Eer.J. W. (of Arkansas Methodist fVniforflnca. Berrv Illlll.l .III III I II 1 1 III 1. XI' k. JSJViniWA." we wonder how perfect relief and be has had no further troublo. DMn in t.n aa.iii . j . nothing that we owiaperiectsuooesa. i i . . . A-vr oai uy ail irooa urnffffists. oarl sent as a Dackare and It same t a nn.t nnmptniu time: onr babe was In a serious condition ) nisiw, n rado with TiET mifi. at Dr. Moffett's prices. V elAakes short roads. nd light loads. sXod for everything that runs on wheels. Sold Everywhere. Stads bSTAJtDARD OIL CO. RENEWAL OF TROUBLE IN CHINESE PROVINCES, Msssacre of Netlve Christians city of Chang Tu Fa Surrounded by Boxers Paeds Between Religions Sects. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Fekin, September 17. United 8Utes Minister Conger has presented to the Chinese Foreign Office a letter from Dr. Canright, tha American mission ary of Cheng Tu Ju, regarding the massacres of native Christians there in July. Dr. Canright says that eleven converts were killed by Boxers and tbat the local officials refused to take measures against tbe Boxers. The let ter was written August 2d. The mis sionaries were then guarded by troops and were unable to leave the mission buildings except when escorted by sol diers. Dr. Canright'a recent telegrams say tbe situation is worse. The native papers declare the trouble is due to the collection of excessive indemnities for Csristians on account of the troubles of 1900, and owing to the Christians' arrogant attitude under foreign protec tion. London, September 18. Cabling from Shanghai, under date of Septem ber 17ib, the correspondent of tha Daily Mail says that. Cheng Tu Fu : . I il ! - r. i capiiHi oi tue pro v luce oi CZecnUBD, is surrounded by fifty thousand Boxers, but that their attempts to take the city have so far failed. Without im mediate help, however, Cheng Tu Fu must fall. "A prominent Chinese merchant tells me," continues the Daily Mail's correspondent, "tbat if Cheng Tu Fu is taken, a rising in the provinces is inevitable. To further complicate matters the feuds between Protestant and Catholic converts are now worse than at any previous stage, and mag isterial jurisdiction in various matters has baen unwarrantably interfered with by priests and missionaries." A DESPERATE ROBBER. Wrecked a Bank Balldlog and Killed Him. self With a Dynamite Bomb. By Xeieitraob to tne Horning Htur Seattle:, Wash., September 17. A. special to the Times, from Skagaway, Alaska, says: Abput 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an unknown man walked into tha Canadian Bank of Commerce a re volver in one hand and a dynamite b;mb in the other, and demanded $20, 030, threatening to blow all into eter nity. Cashier Pooley and Teller Wal lace were the only two men in the bank. Wallace ducked to get his gun and ran quickly to the back of the rooaj, calling for Pooley to do the sai3j. "No you don't," yelled the mm, dropping the bomb. The clerks lid gotten out of the window. The b;k was wrecked. The robber's head was smashed and one arm was torn off. People living above tbe bant wre blown into the air. The dyna miter died without regaining con sc ousness. The bank lost about a thousand dollars, chiefly in gold, wheih was lying on the counter. Kinston News: Sol. Best, a colored man, was shot and killed by Mr. John Edwards at his home in Wayne county Sunday. Best tried to force his way into Mr. Edward's home and drew a revolver and attempted to shoot when theplacky man jumped on Bes', foot his pistol away and shot him dead. 'Best was a desperate chararter. He had threatened Mr. Edward several timet. Lumberton Robesonian: Berry McLean, whose son shot and killed Andrew McKimmon, at Alfordsyillc, on the 19th of August, was brought here Saturday night and placed in jail. He was charged with being ac cessory to the murder. Don't Let Them So O'er. Often children are tortured with ItchiDg and burning eczema and other skin diseases, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve heels the raw sores, expels in flammation and leaves the skin with out a scar. Clean, flagrant and cheap, there's no salve on earth as good. Try it Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t SHOTGUN SHELLS tlmm. mm LOduur , nepeaier for reliable shotgun" am Ma v k ktti. Age eta, CJ'ind. buiol J. C. SHEPARD, Je., Wilmington. FFETT S u i i ii ip a f" i II Pi.irr Rpnmnfl. Ark.. writes:) "Enclosed nnd flftj cents for wn co piw . wa bare raiseacmiarenwiuiuu.iu imimn '.t. l kwHluil uhllllMII WIIMIBl il inflDuieruai"" 1 h Other members of tho family hare uted It nd ever p.r. did any gopo ; w .erona no. . "- i0 v , thfl t t nnTT-i uw onnnlT a. a. joxiuajaolx uau. rr--. A
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