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SECRETARY SHAW OH TRUSTS
Secretary Shaw, in addition to
doing duty aa Secretary of the
Treasury, is appearing on the stump
as the apologist for and the defender
of the trnst8, and he seems to be
doing his level best in that line,
while at the same time he is trying
to pose as the friend of the people
as between them and the trusts
which wonld take advantage of them
and extort from them.
But, according to Secretary Shaw,
there are no trusts now. such as we
had before the Sherman bill passed,
for that killed the last one of them.
In place, of the trusts now we have
combinations, combinations which
he admits are formed for the pur
pose of removing competition.
He made a speech In Boston, be
fore a Republican club,' Wednesday
night, a speech wholly devoted to
tru8ts(which he says were driven
oat of existence by the Sherman
law,) the aim of which was to show
that the combinations, now com
monly called trusts, are, as a gen
eral thing, good institutions, that
the only law ever passed to handle
those which are not good was a law
drafted by a Republican statesman
and passed by a Republican Con
gress, and the reason why the bad
trusts are not prosecuted and driven
oat of existence - by that law
ji because it is almost impossible to
tecure the evidence by which it can
bedone. This is tantamount to a
confession that the Sherman law as
a trust remedy doesn't amount to
much, although he boasts in that
ipeech that is as near perfect as a
law for that purpose could be made,
to perfect that no Democratic Con
gress would undertako to improve
on it. But it takes more than a
Congress to enact legislation of that
kind. It takes a Congress and a
President. In all the years since
the war the Democratic party has
never had full control of the Gov
ernment, President and both
branches of Congress bnt for two
jears, and during those two years,
there were othei questions that com
manded more attention for the time
than the trusts did.
Mr. Shaw says the trusts which
existed previous to the passage of
the Sherman law were killed by that
lav, the last one of 'then disappear
ed so that according to him there
fere really no trusts to legislate
against, but there was the tariff
question and the money question,
the latter of which became the
looming question during Mr. Cleve
land's last administration, so much
j mat it completely over
shadowed the trust question
Assuming that he is honest
when ho says the trusts wore driven
out by the Sherman law, he admits
that they took another shape, that
of "combines," or "consolidations,"
which grew with amazing rapidity
alter the Wilson tariff was succeeded
hy the Dingley tariff, which gave
mem gome twenty pet cent more
protection than they had under the
"iison tariff. He is hardly consist
ent with himself when he says the
wnsta were killed by the Sherman
law, and then admits that combina
-twos took the place of those trusts,
tne object in forming which was to
prevent" or escape competition, to
gourd against which was one of the
main objects of the Sherman law.
H prohibited combinations to pre
vent competition and thus monopo
Iize the market, which is the principa
complaint against and objection to
tfuts, so that the thing which Sec
tary Shaw says was killed by the
"Herman law took another shape
exists in full vigor with a change
loamo.
The Sugar Trust, for instance, is
led the American Sugar Refining
Company, the Steel Trust is called
Reunited States Steel Company,
lhe Oil TruBtis called United States
Standard Oil Company, the Coal
A"at is called the Anthracite Com-
J Pany, but they are all Trusts, all the
I am.
While cUimincr that the Renubli
can statesmen gave the country the
,a tO hold thA frnat. tr. rWV.
a contending that the Democratic
Party not competent to deal with
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VOL. XXXIII. ; , WILMINGTON, N. 0.,:iy
Mr. Shaw finds it necessary to make
some explanation why his party rep
resentatives have made so little effort
to enforce this drastic law, this su
perb piece of statesmanship, which
they boast so much about the Shear
man law. His explanation is that it
is extremely -difficult, if not abso
lutely impossible, to secure the evi.
dence to convict one of the trusts
under the law. Perhaps this
is a reason in advance for the dismal
failure to prosecute to some purpose
the Beef Trust, or to take any ac
tion against the Pennsylvania An
thracite Trust, which is really a
more dangerous and criminal organi
zation than the Beef Trust, for it
has absolute control of the hard coal
supplies of the country, and it, too,
is protected by the Dingley tariff.
It is difficult lor secure evidence to
convict, is it? When. have they in
the twelve years that the Sherman
law has been upon the statute
books, undertaken to enforce it
against any other than the Beef
Trust? And this was done under a
pressure that could not be ignored.
The administration was driven to
take action against this Trust by
the papers, which gathered the tes
timony as to the methods of the
Trust, showed how it was violating
the law and showed it in a
way so conclusive and convincing
that the Law Department of the
Government had to notice it and
take some action. The only action
it could take was ' to instruct Its
district attorneys to investigate and
prosecute in the courts when the in
vestigation showed grounds for ac
tion. Why could not . the govern
ment with all its law machinery
have secured evidence which the
newspapers had secured? It has
the ability to secure evidence in
other cases when the law is violated,
but when it comes to the trusts
Secretary Shaw says it must fall
down, throw up the sponge, and ac
knowledge that it is whipped before
the fight begins. If it was half as
anxious to bring the trusts to time
and to break them up as it is to
knock out the traffic in moon shine
whiskey it would find a way to do
it, that under the Sherman law, and
if that isn't sufficient would make a
better one. It is absurd to suppose
that no law can be framed to abate
the trust evil.
THE IMPERIOUS BARONS.,
"Whom the gods would destroy
they .first make mad" applies with
considerable aptness to the coal
barons, who seem to be acting like
madmen devoid of reason. They
started out with a determination to
recognize in no way the Miners'
Union, and to crush it, if obstinacy
could crush it, heedless of the cost
to themselves, to the miners or to
the public, and now whon such ex
traordinary efforts are being made
by officials of the Federal and State
governments and by committees
representing industrial interests
affected by the coal strike, they
imperiously and doggedly reply
that they have no concessions to
make which would recognize the
Miners' Union or its president, Mr.
Mitchell, so that simmered down it
simply means that the issue is the
Miners' Union, to crush which these
arrogant mine operators would keep
their mines closed and subject the
people of the North Atlantic States
especially to a coal famine, with all
the horrors that implies.
And vet. while taking this im
perious, indefensible, heartless atti
tnde, they have the audacity to call
for troops, and having gotten 9,000
State trooos say these are not
enough, but that they must in ad
dition have - the support of the
Federal Government not only to
help them mine coal, but to .crush
the Miners' Union.
No wonder Governor Odell, of New
York, became indignant in the con
ference held Friday, and denounced
the unreasonable and cold-blooded
resolve of these barons to make no
concessions, although the Miners'
Union was willing to meet them
more than half way. The miners
show some regard for the sufferings
of the public deprived of coal, in
striking contrast to the haughty,
unfeeling, tyrannical, cold-blooded,
selfish bearing of Baer and the other
mine magnates, who are playing
Buch a brutal and despicable game,
apparently oblivions of the fact that
they are making themselves odious
to the people and provoking a retn
hntion which is as sure to come as
season follows season.
They may keep up the fight with
the miners, but when public senti
ment stands behind the miners the
will he overwhelmed and
crushed. '
The negroes in the neighborhood
of Dublin. Ga.. have organized a
reform association, to train negroes
in the way they should go. When
one of them doesn't behave as they
think he should, he is notified to
appear for trial, and if convicted is
whipped in the presence of the
society
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MR. M'KETHAN' OUT.
The withdrawal of Mr. McKethan
as the independent candidate for
Congress, has been foreshadowed for
some time. It clears the atmos
phere, and makes it a straight fight
between Mr. Patterson,- the Demo
cratic nominee, and Mr. Slocomb,
the Republican nominee, so that the
voter will simply have to decide be
tween Mr. Patterson and what he
represents, and Mr. Slocomb and
what he represents.
As a representative of the Demo
cratic party and of Democratic prin
ciples, Mr. Patterson stands for the
masses versus the classes; for fair,
honest legislation for all, and for
special privileges for no favored
class; he is opposed to excessive
tariff taxation for the benefit of the
few and to the detriment of the
many; he is opposed to trustPand
combines, which take advantage of
the people to extort high prices
from them, and to tariff legislation
that encourages and shelters such
trusts andv combines, in a word he
stands for fair play and honest deal
ing with the people. He is opposed
to Federal interference in our
elections and to legislation that
would force the. negro voter upon ua
against our will, and would put
Federal soldiers at the ballot boxes
to enforce, if necssary, such legisla
tion. As the representative of the Re
publican party Mr. Slocomb stands
for the reverse of all this, and if
elected will be found voting with his
party, (that is with the Representa
tives of his party from the North)
on these lines, to perpetuate and
force upon our people systems
against which we have been man
fully and resolutely contending for
years.
This is the issue between Mr.
Patterson and Mr. Slocomb, and
this is the issue to be determined,
as far as this district ia concerned
by the voters who cast their ballots
on the 4th day of November next.
It is either Patterson and Democracy,
with all that implies, or Slocomb
and Republicanism (which isn't a
bit whiter sinoe Pritchard white
washed it) and all that Implies.
One of the first men to meet the
soldiers on their arrival in his bail-.
wick was John Markle, one of the
anthracite coal magnates. He would
do anything he could do to make
their sojourn pleasant, but when
they asked him to let them stable
their horses in the stables on his
fine ranch he drew the line on that,
because the stables were "crowded,"
and then when they asked him to
give them the use of his sister's Bta-
bles, which were vacant, he said
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he couldn't do that without her con
sent, and she is in Europe. If these
soldiers had their way about it they
wonld let Mr. Markle do his own
protecting.
A New York brick man imparts,
through the Sun, the interesting
information to those who are short
on coal for cooking purposes, that if
they will soak a terracotta brick for
a lew seconds in kerosene oil, put
it in the stove and light it, it will
burn long enough to cook a dinner.
Hawaii is looking around inquir
ingly for the gentleman who has been
serving as custodian of her cash. He
dissappeared recently simultane
ously with $17,940 of her money,
which is the fact which most
interests her. His name was Wright,
but he seems to have gone wrong.
The "higher education" may re
ceive proper attention in the North
western University, in Chicago, but
the rudimentary preparation seems
to be deficient. A few days ago, in
an examination in spelling, only 56
out of 141 freshmen passed muster.
An English flea professor says
there are ten thousand kind of fleas
and one about as mean as the other.
Any one of them, however innocent
he may look, will make an ordinary
mortal come to the scratch in short
order. .
It is said that the anthracite trust
and the coal roads that Work on the
community of intarest plan, repre
sent a capital of $4,000,000,000,
which ia a nrettv strong thing to
buck up against.
They have all sorts of fellows in
Pennsylvania. One of the latest to
achieve distinction was a mild man
nered, soft voiced fellow who sold
Bihles in the dav time and stole
horses in the night.
Gen. Bragg of pig-tail whistle"
fam has been transferred irom
Havana to Hone-Kong, and that
closes the incident and will probab
ly close that style of remarks, as far
as he is concerned.
When Miss Nellie Brown, of Sioux
Citv. Iowa, married Mr. Fred Medi
cine Crow, a full blooded Crow In
dian, she formed a sort of Brown
and red combination.
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H'KETflAN IS DOWN.
Withdraws as Independent Can
didate for Congress in the
Sixth District.
THE COUNTY MOVEMENT.
Fall Ticket Nominated In Opposition to
the "Regulars" ia Cumberland Mr.
McKethan Evidently Displeased
With Local Tarn of Affairs.
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Special Star Telegram.
GoldSboeo. N. O., Oct. 10. In a
special given to the press from Dunn,
Sept 25 tb, I said: "K R. McKethan.
the Independent candidate for Con"
gressional honors In the sixth district
will, in the event he eannot get Slo
comb to retire from the race, withdraw
himself. This will be favorable to
Patterson, the Democratic nominee. It
was rumored at Fayetteville to-day
that the Republican plan was to in
duce McKethan to continue in the
race till the eve of the election in the
Interest of Slocomb, but McKe'han,
who is a personal friend of Gib Patter
son, will not pose as the decoy duck of
Slocomb or the Republican party"
It gives' me great pleasure to say to
night that Icam authorized by Mr. Mc
Kethan to state that he withdraws
from the race in the interest of his
personal friend, Gib Patterson, the
regular Democratic nominee, for the
very reason that he is Independent,
and further, that he. McKethaB, has
nothing in common with the Inde
pendent movement in his, Cumberland
county, bat will support the regular
Democratic county ticket for the self
same reason that, while he was Inde
pendent, that it by no means implied
that he did not know and did not in
tend to stand for what was for the best
interests of the people of his section
and that as between Mr. Slocomb, with
his record, and Mr. Patterson, the very
fact- that' he was independent de
manded that he cast his ballot
ior me latter. Tnat wnen be re
called the "deserter bill" and Mr.
Pritchard'a action in 1885, when the
"question of Confederate pensions"
was before our State Legislature again
his independence would demand that
he vote for no man who would vote
for the re-election of Senator Pritch
ard. That he would do this, no mat
ter what he was classed politically, as
he would rather be commandant of a
mall camp of Confederate Veterans
and of the Spanish American war
veterans, with honor, than to go to the
United States Congress by action or
votes tainted with dishonor.
It will be recalled that when Mr.
McKethan, who is the very soul of
honor, decided to become independent,
he promptly sent to Gov. Aycock his
resignation as a member of the State
Legislature and that he has not par
ticipated in any convention whatso
ever. C. J. RrVEXBARK.
The Fayetteville Observer gives the
following account of the Cumberland
County Independent Convention in
that city on Thursday :
A number of "Independents" met
to-day at noon at tbe Central Hotel,
and after adopting an address to the
people, setting forth the reasons for
their action, nominated the following
county ticket, which they style
the "Good Government Democratic
Ticket:"
Fo Sheriff, W. H.. Marsh, Gray's
Creek.
For Clerk of the Court, John C.
Thompson. Cross Creek.
For Begister of Deeds, J. U. omltn.
Little Kiver.
For Treasurer, McD. Geddie, Flea
Hill.
For Surveyor, H. 8. Everitt, Cedar
Creek.
For Coroner, Dr.S. Highsmith, Hope
Mills.
For County Commissioners. J. D.
McNeill, Cross Creek; N. O. Thaggard,
Cedar Creek: D. A. Blue, 71st.
Recommendations for additional
Commissioners: Josiah Cook, Flea
Hill: D. O. Oulbretb, Carver's Creek.
Mr. W. H. Marsb. wbom tne "inde
pendents" nominate for sheriff, is the
Democratic nominee for sheriff.
There were twenty-five or thirty of
the leaders of the new movement pres
ent. Mr. Josiah Cook, of Flea mil,
was chairman, and Mr. S. B. Talbert
secretary of the convention.
It is said that tbe "independents'
have an understanding with the Re
publicans, and that they will work in
harmony, but whether this is true or
not we are unable to ascertain.
Mr. McD. Geddie is an ex-Populist
sheriff, and Mr. Averitt is also a Popu
list
Another. Salt Against A. C. L.
Jno H. Brown, colored, yesterday
qualified as administrator of the late
Geo. W. Price, also colored, and
through his counsel, Messrs. Empie
& Empie, gave notice of a suit which
he will bring against the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company to re-
cover an amount oi damage ior mo
death of Price, who it will be remain
bered, was killed while trying to cross
the Coast Line yards in this city, be
tween some box ears. Tbe complaint
fa not vet filed and therefore the
amount asked cannot be ascertained.
Prosperity la Robeson
Lumberton Araus: "As an evidence
of the prosperity of the county, Mr.
Wilton McLean tells us the Lumber-
ton bank has deposits amounting to
$200,000. Mr. W. W. McCor-
micr, of Rowland, was m town Mon
day. Mr. McOormiek says he doesn't
know when he has known collections
so good around Rowland as this Fall."
Tobacco at Whltevllle. ,
Columbus Press: "The Whiteville
Tobacco Warehouse Company has re
cently purchased a lot adjoining their
wArehouie for the purpose of widening
out their capacity for handling tobacco
next season. We near some taic oi a
ping factory for this place, and hope
that it may consummate.
ID AY, OCTOBER 17,
T"E RAOF PENDER.
Coanty Convention at Burgiw, Yesterday
.Nominated Stronf Ticket-Brysnlzed
Resolutions Not la Pavor.
The Pender" Democratic County
Convention was held yesterday at
Burgaw. -The convention was called
to order by County Chairman J. T.
Bland, and Mr. James F. Moore was
made permanent chairman. Mr. Mil
ton Mcintosh, editor of the Pender
Chronicle, was made secretary. The
convention . ' nominated a complete
ticket, as follows:
Olerk of Court J. F. Johnson.
7 sacrm w. w. Alderman
I'Lit firtslKture J. T. F.
' . KegMler of Deeds J. B. Black.
Coroner Dr. B. J. Williams.
Burveyor CL 0. Woodcock.
Commissioners K. F. Powers. F. P.
FJynn and Geo. J. Moore.
A. D. Hicks, of Faison, was en
dorsed for the State Senate for the dis
trict composed of Duplin and Pender
counties. , . '.
The convention was enthusiastic and
well attended. Besolutions were re
ported highly extolling Win. J. Bryan
but it is learned that the committee
ws sent back and came forth again
with the "manifesto" considerably
modified, after which, it was passed.
AS SEEN IN BIRMINGHAM.
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers' Circus Com
lot To-morrow Week at Hilton.
Speaking of the Forepaugh & Sells1
Brothers1 circus,' the Birmingham
Age-Herald last week. says:
'The main feature of the two per
formances was the daring act of Dia
volo, who loops the. loop on a bicycle.
The rider decends a long incline and
rolls off on level ground. At one
time tbe man is hanging downward
with the wheel above him. The great
momentum keeps him from falling. It
is similar to the old feat of turning a
bucket of water over so swiftly that
not a drop is spilled.
The next act -which elicited great
applause from the crowd was a drill
by a company of Zouaves. Every
movement was executed with perfect
precision and the guns were handled
in such a rhythmical manner it seem
ed as if the arms were moved by ma
chinery, i -
"Tbe bareback riding, acrobatic and
aerial turns were all up to the standard
required by first class circuses, while
the clowns drove the children into
convulsions of laughter.
"Though , hampered by the big
crowd, the performance was entirely
nhefafltmf '
MARRIED IN SAVANNAH, OA
Miss Clark, ol Georgia, Bride of Mr. Ed
win T. Hnxzlns, of Wilmington.
Savannah Netos, 9th.
Shortly after noon, at Grace church
yesterday, tbe marriage of Mr. Edwin
Toomer Huggins, of Wilmington,
N. C, to Miss Janie Klise Clarke was
solemnized, t A. large gathering of
friends of the contracting parties were
present to witness the ceremony. Rev.
Charles A. Jackson omciated. The
maid of honor was Miss Annie Hue
gins, a sister of the groom. Mr. C. S.
Whaley and Mr. W. S. Arnold were
ushers.
The bride, a young lady of rare
beauty, was attired in a travelling
dress of gray. Immediately after the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Huggins left
for WasbiDgton, lr u., where they
will spend their honeymoon.
The bride Is the daughter or Mrs.
Jane Clarke. Mr. Huggins is a popu
lar employe of the Atlantic Coast Line
at Wilmington. The popular young
couple will ' be at home, 412 Market
street, Wilmington, N. U., after Mon
day, 13th Inst. !
SCHOOL CLOSINQ AT ROCKY POINT.
Delightful Treat Friday Night in Exercises
at Pender Institution.
Special Star Correspondence.
Rocky Point, N. 0., Oct. 1L Our
people enjoyed a real treat last night
in the closing exercises of Prof. Da-
land's school at this place. He is a
born teacher having in a high degree
the happy faculty; of interesting and
impressing even the smallest children.
Of tbe many interesting features it was
the wonder of all present to see a
child 1 as than eight years old at the
black board explaining the map of tbe
Central 8tates in a manner that
would have done credit to many
teachers of the old school. His meth
ods are unique. Prof. Daland is a
brother of ttev. W. O. Daland, D. D.,
oresident of the Mil ton College,
Miss., and carries: with him' to his
new field the love: of his pupils and
the best wishes of his friends and
patrons. i Rocky Poiht.
RANSOM AT FAYETTEVILLE.
He Will Speak In Cumberland on October
20th Everybody Invited.
Special Star Correspondence.
Fatetteville,' N. 0., Oct. 1L-
General Matt W. Ransom, the distin.
guished statesman and orator, will
speak in Fayetteville on Monday. Oc
tober the 20th, so it it is announced by
County Democratic Chairman tL 1
Cook, and he extends an invitation to
the people of the adjoining counties to
come and hear th.s great statesman on
this occasion.
His speech will no doubt be the
most notable during the campaign.
and the Confederate veterans from far
and near will be here to hear him. It
ia hoped that the ladies will attend.
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The Local Coal Supply.
For the present Wilmington has had
none of the! coal famine so grievously
complained of in other Southern cities,
but just how long the conditions will
remain satisfactory depends upon the
length of life of the coal strike. True
the prices are necessarily a little
higher than last i year, but the local
dealers have been exceedingly kind
and have made advances the mini
mum. Virginia lump Is quoted locally
at 14.25 per ton; ."Red Jacket" lump,
$5.60; Tennessee splint, $6, and Black
smith coal, $5. Anthracite well, that's
another question, but there is still a
little on hand and it's being sold in
side the fio scale so far.
1902.
MSTDJAL RESOLTED.
No Agreement by Jury in Penny
Damage Suit Against the
Atlantic Coast Line.
IT STOOD SIX TO SIX.
Dlssgreemenf Altogether on Question of
Liability Superior Court Will Re
sume Its Sessions on Monday -Morning
Jurors.
Pursuant to telegraphic instructions
from Judge Henry R. Bryan at New
born, a juror was withdrawn yester
day afternoon at 1 o'clock and a mis
trial was ordered in the $20,000 dam
age suit brought by B. F. Penny in
the Superior Court against the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad Company of
South Carolina.
Early in the day Judge Bryan was
communicated with by telegraph by
the attorneys interested in the case
with the result stated. The jury on
the last ballot stood exactly as it did
on the first six for the plaintiff and
six for the railroad. . The difference
was on the question of liability wholly
and evolved from the very first issue:
"Was the plaintiff injured by the neg
ligence of the defendant f" Six stout
ly said "No" and six were just as em
phatic in maintaining that the
answer should be yes. At one time
some one proposed to go to the second
issue, but again there were six "noes"
and half a dozen "years" and it was
seen with the determination upon each
side that the "brow of eternity would
turn gray with age," as a learned at
torney expressed it, before there would
be a changn aud consequently there
was nothicic to do but to "agree to
disagree," which was done."
Those understood to have favored
no damage were Capt. Walter G. Mac
Rae, Mr. Richard J. Jones, Messrs. E.
H. Sneed, George Harriss, O. D. Foard
and W. E. Koonce. On the other
side were Messrs. F. A. Montgomery,
Ike Solomon, John Dyer, W. H. M.
Koch, C. D. Gilbert and Ike K. Pin
ner. Tbe question of damages was
never reached, the disagreement
having been solely on the question
of liability as stated.
Both sides claim a victory in the
mistrial and will enter the next hear
ing just as full of determination as
ever. A finer array of legal talent
was never drawn up or more equally
divided upon a case in the New Han
over Court House. On the side of the
plaintiff were Messrs. Bellamy & Bel
lamy, Herbert McCIammy, E. K.
Bryai', Eugene S. Martin and A.J.
Marshall: for the defendant railroad
company, Messrs. Davis ec Davis,
Bellamy & Peschau and Rountree &
Carr.
JAMfiS SPRUNT INSTITUTE.
Wilmington Presbytery Acted Adversely
Upon Proposition for Its Removal to
Wallace Sessioos Closed.
Wilmington Presbytery at its session
at Mount Williams' cburcb, Pender
county, Friday, acted adversely
upon the proposition to move the
James Sprunt Institute from Kenans-
ville to Wallace; but it was agreed,
after a full discussion, to investigate
the locations at Wallace and Teachey's,
in view of the interest manifested in
higher education in those sections,
with a view to establishing schools at
either or both places later. The Pres
bytery already has very flourishing
high schools at Clarkton and Faison
and both are enjoying exceedingly
prosperous terms this year.
Rev. C. W. Traywick, of Wilming
ton, was moderator and Rev. G. H.
Starbuck, of Black River, and Elder
W. M. Hand, of Burgaw, were clerks
of the Presbytery.
Rev. J. O. Story, who is in charge
of the Brunswick group of Presbyte
rian churches, was ordained to the
ministry.
Presbytery adjourned to meet in
Kenansville in April.
THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE QUESTION.
Experienced Warehouse Man Will Be Here
Monday Investigating Committee.
Mr. A, B Smith, connected with the
Banner Tobacco Warehouse at Ben
son, N. C, will be here to-morrow to
talk with the Industrial Committee
from the Chamber of Commerce con
cerning the proposed warehouse for
Wilmington. Messrs. Geo. O. Gay-
lord and W. E. Worth returned yes
terday from Goldsboro, where they
made a careful study of the tobacco
trade and warehouse system. They
are enthusiastic over what they saw
and heard and. will report to the
Chamber of Commerce at their earliest
convenience. It now seems that a
tobacco warehouse for Wilmington
and the development of yellow loaf
growing in this section is a surety.
Another Appendicitis Patient.
Dr. John P. Brown, of Ashpole, N.
0., arrived yesterday bringing an
other patient to tbe James Walker
Memorial Hospital for treatment for
appendicitis. The patient is Mr.
Berry Mitchell, a young man of
Robeson, who is suffering greatly.
Mr. Wilbur Mitchell accompanied his
brother for the operation, if one - ia
found necessary to-day. This is Dr.
Brown's third patient with appendici
tis in the last sixty days.
Unless you register you cannot
vote in the November election. . Re
member, this is a new deal through
out. "
NO. 51
Ai.THe CARNIVAL.
Expert Msa Will Leave To-day for Trip
Through the Country Carnival
Queen to Be Elected.
Mr. Alex. S. Holden, of the Pythian
Carnival Advertising Committee, left
last Monday for a two-week's trip in
the country, advertising Wilmington's
big fair the first week in November.
He will carry along with him a plenti
ful supply of lithograph and other ad
vertising matter and will see, that every
nook and corner of country is covered.
He will go first down the W., O. & A.
railroad and connections as far as Flo
rence and will then cover the Carolina
Central territory as far as Monroe.
The Parade Committee Is arranging
for an elaborate pageant for one of the
big days of the fair. A week before the
Carnival opens a Queen of Carnival
will be elected by popular vote and she
will be privileged to name her maids
of honor, who will be assigned a hand
some float in the parade. The machin
ery for this contest is yet to be ar
ranged. An effort will be made to re
vive the Uniform Rank, K. of P., and
if this is effected an attractive display
will be made. Pythian lodges for miles
around are being invited to take part
in this feature.
The key to Carnival headquarters
will be found next door, at Bhepard's,
to all who desire to enter the rooms to
day. The County Schools.
The enrollment of pupils in the
county schools numbers 374 children.
Delgado and'Wrightsville tie for the
largest number, which is 46. Green
ville and Masonboro are a close second
with 44 and 43, respectively. Acorn
Branch baa 41, East Wilmington 31,
Scott's Hill 29, Middle Bound 26, Castle
Haynes 24, Myrtle Grove 27 and Oak
Hill 17. The enrollment this year for
the first day broke all previous re
cords. From Coal to Wood.
Raleigh News and Observer: Major
F. K. Huger, Superintendent of the
Second Division of the Seaboard Air
Line, speaking yesterday of the coal
famine and the outlook for the winter,
said he was on his way to look after
having eight engines of the Seaboard
system on the - Carolina Central
changed from coal to wood burners.
Two are switch engines at Hamlet, two
at Wilmington and six are road en
gines. MURDERED BY BURGLARS.
Prominent Citizen of Lexington, Ky., Shot
to Death and His Son Wounded,
Perhaps Mortally.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 11. A. B.
Ohinn, of the firm of Chinn & Todd,
dry goods merchants in this city, one
of the most prominent men in Ken
tucky, was shot to death in his home
by two masked burglars at 3:30 A. M.
to day. His son Asa, who heard the
noise, rushed to his father's rescue and
opened fire on the burglars through a
closed door. The burglars returned
the fire and Asa was perhaps mor
tally wounded. Citizens and police
are searching for the murderers, but
no clue has been found.
The battle in the hall was a sharp
one. do close were the burglars to
Asa Chinn the powder . burned - his
face, His room is near that of his
parents and he had scarcely gotten to
sleep when his mother aroused him.
The two burglars stood at the bedside
of Mr. and Mrs. Chinn and striking a
match covered them with their reyol
vers, demanding money. It was by
the light of this match that Mrs. Chinn
saw their green masks. Her Impres
sions of the personal appearance of
the men is very hazy. A. B. Chinn,
the murdered man was a deacon in
the Central Christian church
He
was sixty-eight years old.
COTTON MILL MERQER.
Committee Has Not Completed Selection
of the Mills.
BT TelecnD& to tba Horning Star.
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 11. An
Observer special from Greensboro, N.
0., says: .
The committee of cotton men charg
ed with the duty of selecting the mills
to be controlled by the Southern Tex
tile Company under the Fries merger.
adjourned to-night after a two day's 1
session without having finished their
work. Some of the members of the
oommittee had business engagements
for Monday that they were obliged to
fill and for that reason could not con
tinue their work here at this time.
Thev will meet aurain at a time and
place to be selected later and complete
tne list or mius.
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success. Luck is only a distant rela
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Tarboro Southerner: Some far
mers are still persisting in declaring .
that the crop is short. Some are now
admitting that the crop is better than
they at nrst expected.
Morehead Coaster: Mackerel
and other fish are being brought in
now in such large quantities that the
ice factory-cannot - supply our fish -dealers
with ice, although running its
full capacity.
Smithfleld Herald. Five years
ago If some one had predicted
that Smithfleld would sell one-half
million pounds tobacco in one week
he would have been laughed at. Yet
he would have been a good prophet,
for more than 500,000 pounds were
Sold here last week.
Carthage Blade: Mr. Burnice
Williams of this place met with an
unfortunate accident Tuesday morn
ing. While crossing a fence with
loaded gun, a rail broke, which in
some way caused the discharge of the
gun. The load took effect in and al
most blew off his right his right
hand.
Kockv Mount Spokesman: Dr.
Frank W. Whitehead died in Suffolk
Monday night, October 6th. He had
been living in Suffolk about five years.
He had been in bad health for some
months. He was born and reared near.
Scotland Neck, and practiced medicine .
there some time before going to Suf
folk. ' - j "
Dunn Reporter: A man
who gave his namsaa Dr. M Ham-
bright. was arrested on a warrant
sworn out to Roscoe West of Sampson
county, charging htm with obtaining
money under raise pretences. Mr.
West found that his man was at Fay
etteville Saturday and had him arrest
ed and brought here for trial, He was
given a preliminary hearing and bound
over to court.
- Gastonia Gazette: At a meet
ing of the colored voters of the county
in Gastonia Thursday, it was resolved
that they would refuse to support the
Republican ticket in either county or
State. A twenty-five dollar bill
that is 122 years old is a relio highly
prized by Mr. R N. Holland. It was
round among some or nis grand
father's old papers. It is a piece of
'North Carolina currency," the num
ber is 1,452, and it was printed, presu
mably in Newborn, by James Davis
in 1780.
Sanford Express: Many of the
white voters in this county are regis
tering under the "grandfather clause"
of the constitutional amendment and
thus are saving themselves the trouble
of again registering by getting on the
permanent roll. Bo tar very rew or
the negroes that are qualified have
registered. They seem to take very
little Interest in politics. We nave
never known watermelons to be on
the market as late as they are this sea
son. Within the past few days Mr. "
J. R. Weathersoon has sold some very
large ones raised at Cameron. More
melons, apples, peaches, grapes and all
kinds of vegetables have been sold
here this season than ever before in the
history of the town, and they have
brought better prices.
Clinton Democrat : We had a
storm in Clinton about two o'clock
last Sunday that might be considered a
phenomenal. It was very narrow in
its path, was not confined to a straight
line, but scooped about in spots, its du
ration was for a few seconds only, and
its force was terriffc. A two-story
bar r, heavily filled with hay and grain,
belonging to Mr. J. A. Beaman, was
lifted off Its blocks. A portion oi a
roof at Mr. B, 8. Peterson's was blown
off, and parts of It were found in an
adjoining yard. A. barn and stables oi
Mr. W. B. Ste wart were blown fifty or
more feet from their foundation. On .-
the premises of Mr. A. Hobbs an out
house was parMy blown to pieces, and
in his yard trees were stripped of their
limbs and scattered over the premises;
one mulberry tree in the back yard
was literally stripped of every limb,
leaving only the trunk standing, and
was strewn over the yard and porch
of his dwelling. On McCoy street
some oaks on the sidewalk were torn
to pieces, one of pretty good size be
ing wrung into and lifted over the
fence. At the residence of Mr. R. H.
Hubbard tbe storm was very severe
also. Mr. Hubbard was sitting at a
window reading when it struck the
house, and he leaned out to shut the
blinds, when the wind liked to have
blown him out of the window in
spite of himself. He also told us
that a tin tub was hanging
against the wall on the back porch
and was blown off and hurled clear
through the hallway to the front door,
striking the door with as much force
as if shot from a cannon ; a pitcher
sitting on a water shelf on same
porcb, was blown nrteen feet against
a wall aud Hindered into the smallest
atoms. In several places in the narrow
path ot the storm plank fences were
blown down, and even the fence posts,
two or three feet in the ground, were
nearly blown up. The wind was con
fined to such a small area,that but few
?eople In town knew it till next morn
ng. IN THE STRIKE REQI0N.
Everything QuietTroops Had Little to
Do Shipments of Coal In a Small
' Way Still Qolng On.
By Teiegrapb to tne Morning star.
Wileesbabbe, Pa , Oct. 1L An
other week of the coal mine workers
strike closed to-day without any inci
dent worthy of note. It was ex
tremely quiet throughout this valley
and the troops had little work to do.
Borne of the coal companies' superin
tendents assert that they have made a
slight gain in the number of men em-
(iloyed since last week, but also admit
here have been a few desertions. The
shipment of coal is still going on in a
small way.
There were no new developments at
strike headquarters. President Mitchell
arrived from New York city early in
the day and had nothing to say re-
Eardlng his trip. He felt that it was
etterforall concerned that nothing
be said at present.
Mr. Mitchell's attention was called
to the letter of Vice President Wil
cox, of the Delaware and Hudson R. R.
Company, to President Roosevelt,
In which ne maintains that the min
ers' union la an Illegal organization.
The strike leader hesitated to say any
thing for a moment, and then replied:
The miners' union la organized
along the same lines as all labor un
ions in the country. If .the miners',
organization is illegal so are all the
others, and I say our union is not
illegal."
A DOUBLE MURDER.
Parmer and His Wife Killed in Their
Home at Atoyacs, Tex.
by TelegTapb to tbe Morning star.
Nacogdoches, Texas, October 1L
A telephone message to the sheriff
this morning from Atoyaca, a village
eighteen miles east, stated that Dun
can Hicks, a prosperous farmer, and
his
wife, were both found to-day at
their home two miles east from Atoy
aca, with their brains shot out. The
only aolutlon of the murder was rob
bery. A negro suspected of having
committed the crime ia under arrest
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