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WILLIAM H. B1BSAR.D
Bditot ud Proprietor.
Fun at,
Jxvvxvt 29, 1904.
WILLW1 XBOW EACH OTHZS
THUUEf
It will he wiaa Democracy that
will know ita own children when
thev gather at St. Louis, where the
national convention meets July 6th.
If Democrats who know the real
article when they meet It in the
road are to aet np the standard of
the party, all right and good, bnt
we tremble to think how many will
be there with strange and questiona
ble garbs which they palled from
masquerading hags which they have
met and mistook for the original
and only.
In the past ten years there have
been two wings, both claiming to be
the real Democracy, bnt the issues
which divided them are deader than
a last century's cat, so the thing to
do is to get together on issues that
do not look backward but forward.
Any tom-foolery that brings np de-
fa net scores that have had two
wakes over them ought to have the
hose turned on it at the very begin
ning if not sooner.
We take it that the Democracy
which is to assemble at St. Louis
has no leader but it is to lay down
its platform and select a leader to
oarrj on a fight on liye issues. The
fate of the party depends on that
platform and if it is democratic
there will be a host to flock to its
standard. If it is to be a rattling of.
dry bones and a heterogenous con
glomeration of antiquated delusions,
why just four more years will be
wasted.
' Whether the Democracy is to get
together will never be known until
both wings assemble at St. Louis
and agree upon a platform that will
suit both. It will take wise men to
get together and lay the planks in
that St. Louis platform, but there
be many who will not stand for it
until they see It.
We are "pulling" for a getting.
together time ourself.
COSSIDEB TEB PROFITS
-It came to pasa In those days, as
was spoken by Helieth, the Profit,
ll 1 A W . .
mat me Panamanians "rose np as
a a
one man," out strange men came
ashore from ships from a far off land
over which there is a ruler called by
name Uncle Samuel, and so it was
that the seafaring men swear by the
beard of the Profit that there should
do no man to mase tne "one
. . . .
man'
that roseth up afraid at all.
It also came to pass that certain
men who were soldiers under a Co
"lombian oenturlan wonld have done
hurt to him who roseth up, but they
were given shekels in great quantity
and were told to go, wherefore they
got themselves In a ship that saileth
by steam and departed from that
coast. The seafaring men rejoiced
with great rejoicing, and refusing I
guts, oecause they were only passing
that
way by chance, they tarried
round about that region and remain
eth there till this day.
Nevertheless, a great hubbub arose
because of this thing, and while it
was yet going on two men in author
ity -surnamed Roosevelt and Hay,
with much gold, bought from them
that roseth np as one man a whole
canal zone. Many more things were
likewise done. Now is there mnch
confusion in the land of Uncle Sam
uel because of this thing, and cer
tain men, who refuse to be comforted
by the Profit, rise np, and strenu
ously disputing among themselves,
refuse to believe that the thing was
done as It is written by Helieth, the
Profit.
However, It will all come ont
in the washing and the transisthmian
canal treaty will be ratified by a big
majority.
OLD SCORXS DOS'! COUHT.
We beg to refer to that New York
dispatch which announced that Col.
Bryan declared that "no man who
voted for Palmer and Buckner will
be a candidate of tho Democratic
convention." That wire said also
that "according to report which has
gained much credence, Judge Parker
did vote for Palmer and Bnckner.
He never denied the report."
Neither have we heard Judge
Parker megaphoning anything else
around the country. Bo far as we
know he hasn't eVen written a letter
to an inquiring friend to let people
know what he stands for. He is
probably too modest a man to fore
stall the Democratic national con
vention with any of his deliverances
nor assumed to set himself np as an
oracle. In all probability Judge
Parker does not consider himself a
oandidate until he knows what that
8t Louis platform will stand for.
In a spirit forgiving and meek we
might say that those who voted for
Palmer and Buckner did so little
violence to Democratic principles
and so lightly effected the result bv
their votes in 1896 that they might
come in at the "open door" in the
hour ox need without being asked
what ailed them.
Cotton is doing a January stunt
now. Who ever heard of cotton's
opening this time of the year! The
Ashtville Citizen, however, states
that "Cotton opened with strength"
Just Monday.
Col. Bryan Is now having a bad
case of lorgorrhea oyer the national
conscience. The Nebraskan has
twice been honored with the nomi
nation for the presidency by the
Democratic party, and lie ought to
' hare conscience enough In this
crisis to give a living chance to the I
party that has bitten the dust twice
in staggering under the Bryan load.
We cbserve with a serotinous ob
servation that an anti-kissing so
oietyhas been organized with the
purpose in view to enlist all young
ladles and young men in this conn
try as members. If the boys go into
it they will never have the great
times their fathers had.
Don't get impatient because
Russia has taken her time to reply
to Japan's last diplomatic missive,
This is no ordinary cat fight that is
to be pulled off and time must be
allowed for nursing one's judgment
and coddling one's discretion before
pawing np the earth.
In the imminent scrimmage be
tween Russia and Japan, it is an
nounced from Washington that the
United States will be neutral. Uncle
Sam, however, will split his lank
sides laughing every time the Bus-
sian Bear gets it in the neck.
Arthnr Hunter, a noted whist
player died at Memphis, Tenn., on
Tuesday, themalady which carried
him away being yellow atrophy of
the liver. This should be a warn-
to whist players while the conscience
campaign is going on.
Judge Parker must have great
stacks of wood sawed by this time.
He might butt .into the supulchral
silence just to let ns know whether
his Presidential boom has been
frightened by the Bryan "booh" or
not.
A patent medicine advertisement
that oft stares us in the face is
headed "Cured after suffering ten
years." This ought to afford some
hope for the Democratic party be
fore its troubles get chronic.
The Norfolk Virqinian Pilot of
Tuesday says the Virginia Bepubli-
cans will stand for Roosevelt.
Pshaw! Southern Republicans are
expected to stand for any old thing
In pie time.
Since cotton has gone np to 15
cents, it has come to the point at
last that it is altogether too extrav
agant to go abont "spitting cot
ton." i
Says the Winston Sentinel: The
Republicans are willing to stand pat,
but as a rule Pat can't stand the
,the Republican party and policies.
Gewhilikins I If Wyllyamj could
only emulate the profound mnmnes
on which Judge Parker has such a
close hug.
An exchange asks, "What's
in a
name?" Well there seems to
be a
good deal in craft.
WHITE MAN FOUND DEAD.
Bad Bell Slabbed to Destb la Field
Near
Tarbsro Coroner's liqaest,
Special Star Telegram.
Tabbobo, N. 0., Jan. 25. Bad Bel).
a white man, waa found dead in Mac
clesfield, near Tarboro, Sunday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. He was murdered
the night before. His head was bloody.
showing Bins of a hearv blow lust
above the right ear. The coroner held
aa inquest over the body and the ver
dict waa that he came to hla death
by parties unknown. No clue aa to
who committed the crime huvet bean
louna.'
SEABOARD'S NEW SUPEBlNTENDEflT.
W. R. nadsos. of Jacksonville Appelated
to Succeed A. W.Towsley.ProsMted.
Special Star Telegram.
lUxriQH, N. a. Jan. 36. W. B.
Hudson is appointed superintendent of
the second division of the Seaboard
Air Une, to succeed A. W. Towaley.
He will arrive to-morrow to take
enarge or the divlalon. He baa been
superintendent of the fifth divlalon.
I wiu ueauquartersai Jacksonville, via.
Daoihter Has Ssiallstx.
Charlotte Observer: "Judge T. A.
JUCKieiu, who la holding a civil term
of the Mecklenburg Superior Court in
tola city, yeaterdar moraine received
a telegram aaylng that Mlaa Gammle
Axcneui, hla 10-year-old daughter, who
mi oeen in i or several days, had small-
pox. Judge McNeill waa very much
perturbed, but arraUfied to receive an.
other menage laat evening atating that
too mue gin waa very mnch improved.
waa getting along nicely and that no
danger waa annrehended. Tha noma
la quarantined and Judge McNeill will
not go noma unless there la a change
lor me worse in tne condition or tha
child."
There seems to no no hot air
abont this from the Asheville Citi
ten: Another source of pride to the
residents of this vicinity is the fact
tnat in no part oz the country can a
purer brand of fresh air be found
than in our own city. It Is here,
free for all, unchained or uncon
taminated by giant buildings. It
Is found on the mountain tops and
in the valleys, and even in the heart
of the city there Is pure air as pure
as any part of America can boast
of. 1
How's This?
We Offer On Bandnd Dollars Rftwmrd tnr
any case oi uatarm lUst cannot M cured by
Hail' Catarrh On re. '
r. j. ohjenet CO., Props , Toledo, O.
We. tha nndJiralinMid- Yi.. known V 3.
Cheney tor tha laat IS .M. and hellavahlm
perfectly tooorable In all basinets transactions
uu uancuuiy auie to carry oat any otuiga-
ttnna made bvtb-ir firm.
Wist TicAX.Whoieemie Dm esrtsts. Toledo. O.
waLDiso Kissai & Mastu, Wholesale Drug-
Halt's Catarrh Cure ta taken Internally, act
us directly upon tbe blood ana mamas sur
face of the miem. Prioe 7So per bottle. Sold
rsM sawis. Testimonials free.
HaUt Family Pllla are tne bast. t
THE VICE CIIUSADE.
First of Cases Prosecuted by
Law and Order League Won
4y the Defendant.
SUPERIOR COURT YESTERDAY
All Day la Trial el Jeaklaa Caae aad Se
lection of Jary far Another Jidfs
Pcrgosoa Qave Castody of la
fast tails Mother.
The first of the thirty-odd esses be
ing proaecuted by the Law and Order
Lesrue of Wilmington agalnat the
keepers of alleged diaorderly nooses
in the peak-easy districts of the city,
waa concluded yesterday in the Supe
rior Court with a verdict of not guilty
aa to thrdefendant Kate Jenklns,who
was charged with aelling liquor with
out license to one D. T. Turley, who
with George Wheeler, waa the prlncl
pal witneaa for the State. Defendant's
counsel Introduced no testimony
whatever and relied upon the measure
of credence the jary would give to the
testimony introduced for the prosecu
tion, notwithstanding the fact that the
witnessed introduced a number of per
sons to prove their characters.
The caae went to the jury at 1
o'clock and a verdict waa not returned
until three houra later. The opening
argument to the jary waa by B. M.
Eoonce, Esq., far defence. He made
aatrong plea and waa followed by
Thot. W. Da via, Esq., for the 8tate;
Herbert If cOlammy, Esq , for the
defendant; Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy and
Solicitor Duffy for State. The argument
waa closed for the defence by Marsden
Bellamy, Esq. The charge of Judge
Ferguson waa a clear ex position of
the law upon the aubject and waa re
garded aa very fair to both aides.
uourt look a recess ior dinner soon
after the jury retired.
The afternoon session was taken up
entirely la the selection of a jury In
In the second of the Law and Order
League cases, the defendant being
Mamie Sheridan and the charge that
of keeping a diaorderly house. More
than 60 talesmen were aummoned from
bystanders before the jury was at
length selected; both aidea having
exhausted their peremptory cballengea
besides having made a great number
for cause. While the jurors were
being selected, the first jury came In
with a verdict la the Jenkina caae and
several of those were summoned and
accepted to serve In the Sheridan case.
The full panel is aa follows: B. I.
Jones, 8. J. Bryan, J. N. Shepard, W.
J. Meredith, E. C Wood berry, J. O,
McLamb, A. a McNalr, Nathan
Schloaa, J. D. Sid bury. 8. Selgler, B.
M. King, and Walter Farrow. Thoae
who aerved on the former jury were
Messrs. Farrow, McLamb, McNalr and
Seigler.
Counsel for the State at first objected
to members of the first juryaerving
on the second panel, but Judge Fergu
aon held that they were eligible and
he believed them men of their oath.
Although the selection of the jury waa
begun promptly at 3 o'elock, it was 6
o'clock before both aides were content
The bill of Indictment was read and
some 35 or 80 witness ea were called
and a worn for the prosecution. After
charging members of the jury not to
discuea the matter bstween themaelvea
or with outsiders, Judge Ferguaon or
dered that a recess be taken until 9
o'clock this morning.
MOTHER SECURED HER CHILD.
The sequel to the pathetic scene in
the court room Tuesday afternoon,
when Mrs. Mary M. Brown was denied
poaaeasion of her infant child until
the following day, came yeaterday
when Judge Ferguson gave a hearing
on- the habeas corpus proceeding
brought by Attorney William J. Bel
lamy for the recovery of the child.
Mrs. Brown's husband was represented
by A. J. Marshall, Ef q., and no re
sistance was made to the return of the
child to Its mother. The judge or
dered that the child be returned to its
mother, with privilege to the hus
band to visit the little one occasion
any. Tne overjoyed young woman
went out of the court room with the
baby la her arms as happy aa could be.
TBI GK1HD JT7RT.
The grand jury Is accomplishing its
work with "neatness and dispatch."
Members of the jury yesterday vls! ted
the county jail and court house for
the purpose of making report upon
condition of the aame and will proba
bly go out to Castle Haynaa to offi
cially visit the convict camp to-day.
MR. WILLIAM STRUTHERS RESIGNS.
Wllalsitoalaa Qave Up Qeed Oevsrinieat
Paaitloa to Engage la Track Faralsf .
It became known yesterday, with
some degree of authenticity, that Mr.
William Struthers had resigned bis
position as second deputy collector
and clerk in the Custom Houae here.
ff1t. B . a a . M .
-ana resignation taxes enroot at once
and the appointment of bis successor
by the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, upon the recommendation of
Collector Keith, la expected in a week
or ten days. The dutlea of the office
are only nominal and the salary at
tached is 31,400 per year. In a few
daya the fight for the place between
local Republicans Is expected to divide
honors with the postoffiee contest
Mr. Btru there had been on a leave of
absence for aome time and baa already
removed with hla family to a fine
truck farm which he owns at Grlata,
Columbus county, N. a, and to which
he will devote his entire time in the
future. Upon the lapse of Mr.
Btruthera' leave of absence, he sent in
hla resignation to the collector here
and it will be forwarded to Washing
ton In a few daya with recommenda
tion aa to his auceessor.
-At the recent quarterly meeting I
Alliance, the'.lni Tw tSESL
rs? I
ed to appoint a committee conaiating cawmln OanmuOminS S.!! Dmess connecter! with the Un
of J. Mitchell, D. A. Saseer an! P JSti joy. RJaXit .l J' WU Mc
aobert Caldwell to formulate a nlun I
and subscribe stock for the purpose I
0f building an oil mill and I
zactory.to manufacture their own 1
m . a . . at -
Products. I
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TERRV M0RDERTRIAI Tt?-DAY
MorelksaTwe Haadredof Special Ve
nire Sammoeed Already Pogstolll- -iy
of Costlsnsoce Atforsejs
Mure than 200 of. the venire of 850
prisons ordered summoned by the
sheriff to appear In 8uperIor Court at
3:30 o'elock this afternoon for a trial
of the Terry caae which will bar com
menced promptly at 3 o'elock, had
been legally aerved with notice to be
preaent laat night A few more of the
Whole number will be secured to-day.
When the jury list waa revised ac
cording to law some time ago and the
names of thoae eligible for jury duty
were put In the box on typewritten
slips, mistakes In many initials were
made. There would be a "Tn for an
"F," an "L"for an "3." eto., with the
reault that the aherifl, who waa rea
sonably certain of the person meant,
could not however, legally summon
'them. Then others have died and
still others have removed from the
city since the Hat waa made, ao that
the aherifl baa done remarkably well
to get as many as above the two
hundred mark
It ia thought now that the case will
be entered upon first thing after, the
dinner recess to-day, though, it wss
reported yesterday afternoon that ex
Governor Busaell had sent word that
be would likely not be able to be pres
ent If a continuance is granted, it la
not contemplated that the delay will
be more than a day or two, though the
8tate would vigoroualy oppose even
that The very good gro-jnda that over
two hundred citizens, summoned on
the special venire, and counsel for the
State from a distance, would be put lo
much Inconvenience and the county
to a graat expense in any continuance,
however short would be strongly
urged.
David J. Lewis, Esq., of Whlieville,
arrived yeaterday. Hla law paitner,
J. B. Schulken, Esq., has been here
for a day or two conferring with wit
nesses and aaaisting Solicitor Duffy In
the preparation generally.
COAST LiatE FILES EXCEPTIONS.
Will Not Comply With Corpsratioi Com
mission's Order Relative fo Selma.
Special Star Telegram.
Ralegh, N. O., Jan. 28. The At
lantic Coast Line filed with the Cor
poration Commission to-day excep
tions to the recent order for the com
pany to either extend or run their
Plymouth train or Spring Hope train
from Bocky Mount, the present termi
nal, to Selma in order to make eas
tern connection with the Southern's
train for the western part of the Slate.
Five grounda In the exception,
briefly atated, are that it Is not practi
cable to extend or run either . the
Plymouth or Spring Hope train to
Belma for the reasons set out in detail ;
that to require the running of the
extra train from Bocky Mount to
Selma will give no increased travel
and necessitate at leaat $65 per day
running expense at a dead lots,
amounting really to forcing the com
pany to perform a service without
compensation, thereby taking ita prop
erty without compensation and In vio
lation of the constitution of this Bute
and the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States; that
the Commission has not the power
under the law of the State to compel
or require the company to operate an
extra or additional train;, that the
order is unreasonable because the
company la already affording ample
and aufflcient accommodations for
passengers from the esst lo Belma and
points on the Southern Railway.
aaaaWBBBaWallaasssaBaaBBBBBBBaB
MILLION AND HALF f ARQO.
Larcest and Most Valuable Ship Load ef
Cotton Ever Exported from Here.
Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son
cleared yeaterday evening the British
steamer "Oceano," Captain Davlee,
for Liverpool with 17.038 bales of cot
ton valued at one million and a quart
er dollars. This Is the larvest and
most valuable cargo of cotton ever
shipped out of the port of Wilming
ton, being 33 bales larger than that of
the steamer "Anglo Baxon," which
they cleared for Bremen about a month
ago.
The loading of thla cargo In the face
of apparently Insurmountable difficul
ties, the great scarcity of cotton with
an excited and Irregular market may
k - J m . . .
m rcgaxucu as one oi tne most re
markable commercialncidents of this
port Captain Davles expects to pro
ceed on his voyage this morning be
tween 11 and 13 o'clock. .
THE MARKETS AND SRIPPISO
Cottos aid Naval Stores Steamer Irani
fhlll llearsaces Yeslerisyv
Although New York futures were
up yesterday, the local cotton market
remained steady at 14a. Receipts were
only 258 bales against 677 same day
laat year. The naval atore market was
unchanged during the day.
Norwegian barque "Holden," hence
for Stettin, Germany, with cargo of
rosin, passed out at Bouthport at noon
yesterday. Schooner "Edward Stew,
art" cleared yeaterday for New York
with cargo from tbe Cape Fear Lum
ber Co.
British ateamer "Ooya," 1,915 tone.
Capt Thomas, arrived at anchor at
Bouthport at 8 P.M. tyeaterday, and
win discbarge part cargo of nitrate of
soda there for the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co. The vessel la from Val
paraiso, Chill, and ia consigned to
Measrs. 8prunt & Bon.
Save tosavTsRtle DsatH.
The famllv of Mrs. M T. RnhMu i
Bargerton. tenn.. aaw her dvino and
1 ll..r?"?'" aaTo uer. xne moat I
fe.Fe.P?werle1 1 as re her. The moat i
liluA,rl?,lc,SfiB nd ewy remedy i
WSSSJ!S J
i i l consumption waa
immediate relief, and ita mtinn7 I
PtoteIy cured her. It'e the moat I
cure in the world for all throat 1
Mna aa--, v.i ana - . . : l
7d rT. ..u.uir- wuaranieea ixt. i
r. l-w- bottles free I
mkw MMm XIw nETJ. A MV R rimtM a. I
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CAPT. FILLYAW DEAD
Esteemed Citizen and Brave Con
federate Soldier Entered into
Rest Last Right
FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Thirtysevea Years la Employ of Atlantic
Coast Uae Last as Statiea Master
la Wllaisftoa Died at Paea
bbobIs After Brief Ifiaess.
Capt DeLeon Fillyaw, one of Wil
mington's most highly ea teemed citi
zens who waa for 37 years an employe
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
last as station master at Wilmington,
died last night at 9 o'elock at his
home, No. 118 Grace street The news
will come to hia many frienda with
sincere sorrow, for Capt Fillyaw was
Inherently a gentleman and one
who drew to him in ties of warmeat
friendahip all who came in contact
with him. He had been confined lo
hia home for a week or ten daya with
la grippe when only laat 8unday
pneumonia developed. The moat ten
der nursing and the employment of
every means known to medical
acience waa his, but all was powerless
to check the ravages of the dread
diaease in the virulent form with
which it attacked him. Capt Fillyaw
waa a man of great probity and
Integrity; a devoted husband and
loving fatter; a loyal friend and a
Christian. Hia loaa will be felt in the
community and greateat of all by
members or his family, who have the
aincerest sympathy of all in their sad
affliction. The funeral will be con
ducted from 8t. Andrew's Presbyte
rian church by the Rev. Dr. A. D.
McOlure at A o'clock thla afternoon
and the remains will be committed to
earth in beautiful Oakdale cemetery.
Capt Fillyaw was born in Duplin
county Jan. 29th,1847,and would have
been 58 yeare of age next Friday. His
father vu the late Owen Fillyaw, a
large and suecesaful merchant of Wil
mington before the war. At the ago
of 17 years, upon the opening of hos
tilities between the States, Uaptaln
Fillyaw enlisted aa a private in Co. A.,
40th. North Carolina Artillery, O. 8.
A. He waa . a soldier brave and
courageous and his promotion from
the ranks soon folio wed. He was pre
sent at the attack upon Fort Anderson
In February 1865 and also took part
In the fighting about Zinston and also
In the bloody engagement at Bentons
vllle. Upon the cessation of hoatlll
tiea he was paroled at Greensboro,
April 26th, 1865. Capt Fillyaw was
held In highest esteem by his comrades
and remained until his death loyal to
every principle of the Southland, He
was an enthusiastic member and second
lieutenant commander of Cape Fear
Camp No. 254, U. O. V., of this city.
Soon after the war Ospt Fillyaw
entered the aerviee of the W. & W.
railroad as conductor of passenger
trains from Wilmington, and was one
of the most popular on the road for
more than thirty years. Two years
ago he waa made atation master at
Wilmington, which poaition he filled
with credit to himself and hla em
ployee until hla death. Capt Fillyaw
waa perhaps the oldest member of the
Order of Railway Conductors in Wil
mington, and took a lively Interest in
the proceedings of that brotherhood.
He married in Weldon, N. 0., and
his devoted wife, five children, one
brother and three sisters are left of
the immediate family to mourn their
great loss. The children are Mrs. W.
L. Jones, of Charleston, who was
with her father when he passed away;
Mlsaea Cornelia and May Belle Fill
yaw, little Miss Thelma Fillyaw, aged
four or five years, and Master Owen
JTiuyaw, aged about 13 years. The
surviving brother is Mr. O. M. Fill
yaw, and the sisters are Mrs. EL G.
Smallbones, Mrs. W. H. Northrop,
Sr., and Mrs. EUa K. Hill.
The following call to veterans waa
isaued laat night:
To the Confederate Veterans:
Comrades: For the first time we are
called upon to mourn the death of one
Of our officers. Last avanfnv at B
o'clock, the soul of our Second Lieu
tenant Commander, DeLeon Fillyaw
winged ita flight over to the great
Beyond," and passing over the river,
now rests under the shade of the trees.
The privilege of being called a soldier
?' Confederate army carries with
It all the enobllng qualities that may
belong to man, and now let us
meet with full ranks to pay re
spect to the mortal remains of
him who so nobly wore the
gray. The Camp will meet at the
W. L. L Armory At 3 o'elock this af
ternoon for the funeral. Let all who
have the gray, wear it
W. J. Woodward, Commander.
A. L. DeRosset, Adjutant
After Unlicensed Vehicles.
In the police court yesterday four
- drivers of unlicensed vehlclea were
arraigned before the mayor and three
of them were required to pay the tax
and $1 coats. The fourth, John Mfe
Koy, colored, wss without semblance
of an excuse, and waa required to pay
$3 85 and tax.
Killed a Blf f atamonnt
While gunning on hla father's place
near Rock Hill, In this county, yester
day, Mr. Riley D. Smith killed a big
catamount in the river swamps. Tbe
feline creature weighed 20 pounds and
measured over three and a half feet In
length.
Secured aa Iajasctloi.
Homer Lyons, Esq , of Whlteville,
was here yesterday and secured from
Judge Ferguaon a reatralning order
enjoining the catting of certain timber
in Columbus county. The order will
be heard on the question of perma
nency before Judge Peebles Feb. 10th.
Salisbury Sun, Jan 26: Mr,
-J " - I
cwlTa7' manager oi the Un-
iv" vuuip&iij, uaa returned I
mXe York, when, he has been
. v. . ...IU.U01 9"e to De interview.
8d " ? 'hat work will be re-
anmea at tne union in a verv short
..liIa mi i . .
wim. xuesiocg, oi this
has advanced from ,
Wltmn IRA Ttftsit VAAlr
5l.v t as ' . Z
50 cents In Jtl rJi I -JLIJ.PIJ?11 plsinir P lntea cla Will be obaritabla tn M. i.n.a
"8WEB ,T mmny.
! Are the statement of Wilming
ton Citizens" not mora re
liable than those of
Utter strangers ?
This is a vital question. '
It is fraught with interest to Wil
mington.
It penults of only one answer.
It cannot be evaded or ignored.
A Wilmington citizen speaks here.
Speaks for the welfare of Wil
mington.
A citizen's statement is reliable.
An utter stranger's doubtful.
Home Drool is the best proof.
J. B. Bloodworth, residing at 30
South Front street and employed at
123 Princess street, says: "I used
Doan'a Kidney Pills and they have
proven to be a very valuable remedy
and l believe l am sale m recom
mending them. My back and kid
neys have given me great tronble. I
thought I had rheumatism. I had
shooting pains through my back
and side which often made me yell
right out. If I stood, sat or lay
down or kept in any one position
for any length of time it was almost
impossible for me to move on ao
count of the great pain. I heard
some one speak in praise of Doan's
I Sidney Fills and I sent down to
Bellamy's drag store and got a box.
They completely knocked the pains
out of me. They are, without
doubt, a valuable remedy for back
ache."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
N. C, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no substitute.
LIBERTY ON HABEAS CORPUS.
Negro from Robeson Cossty Refessed frssi
JsU by the Extraerdlaary Process,
aa Immlfratloa ageat
Judge Ferguaon, in chambers, laat
night heard and granted a petition for
a writ of habeas corpus brought by
Wade Wlshart Esq., of the firm of
Wlahart & Shaw, of Lumberton, in
behalf of John Wesley Murphy, a
negro, held la the jail at Lumberton
by Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod, of Robe
aon, upon a commitment of Justice of
the Peace W. J. Smith, who sent the
prisoner over to the higher court for
an alleged violation of Section 74 of
tbePublio Lawaot 1903. Imposing a
tax of $100 each for the county and
8tateupon Immigration agenta. The
negro was brought to Wilmington
yeaterday In cuatody of Deputy Sher
iff D. W. Bigge, together with all the
witnesses in the caae. Judge Fergu
aon granted the writ aaked for by Mr.
Wlshart and the negro waa given hia
liberty.
The petition for the writ recites that
on Jan. Utb. 1904 Justice of the Peace
W. J. Smith, of Robeson county, is-
sueu wnai purported to be a warrant
for the negro upon which he waa ar
rested and brought to trial before aaid
justice on the following day; that the
juatlee after hearing the evidence com
mitted the prisoner to jail; that the
commitment waa Illegal for the want
of evidence; that the warrant upon
which defendant waa tried waa illegal
S il a . . .
in urn no Tioiauon or tne law waa
alledged; and was leaned without af
fidavit, bealdes being, with the com
mitment, defective in many other re
specie, ibe pspers were attached to
the petition as evidence.
The: warrant for the negro was pro
cured by Mr. J. F. Parker, a large
planter, who alleged that Murphy bad
gone among hla tenantaand induced
them to leave hia farm to get employ
mem in sioriaa. Mr. Parker came
down with Mr. Wiahart to resist the
petition, but hia efforta were unauo
cessfuL The law upon which the ne
gro waa tried imposes a fine of 3300 or
Imprisonment in the discretion of the
court, but Judge Ferguaon held that
from the evidence the negro waa not
subject to the tax and Mr. Parker was
required to pay the coats.
THE VILMINQTOM IRQ WORKS.
w. J. Reaves Farcbsses Hall laferest la
Established Eatsrpriae
By deed filed for record yeaterday,
Edward P. Bailey and wife tranaferred
to William J. Reaves, for $4,000, un
divided one-half Intereat In property
of Wilmington Iron Works, on west
side of Second, 66 feet north of Dock
street, 133 feet on Second street and
running into the block 165 feet The
purchase of Mr. Beavea la carrying
out a reorganisation of the Wilming
ton iron works, which was completed
yeaterday by tbe election of Mr. E. P.
Bailey president, Mr. W. J. EeaTea
vice president and general manager.
Mr. W. a VonQIahn secretary and
treasurer.
By two other dadar alao filed yes
terday, James P. Chapman, Sr., trana-
lerred to tbe wire of N. E Qallasrher.
for $1 and other couaiJf rations, prop
erly at aoutheaat corner of Fifth
and Nixon atreeta. 80x75 feet in else,
ana w. b. Gallagher transferred to
James P. Chapman, Sr., for $1 and
other considerations, property on eaat
side of Fifth, 80 feet south of Nixon
street 80x75 feet in size.
The Smallpox SitsitloB.
Mr. EL J. Been, the young man de
tained at tbe amallpox boapital as a
room mate of young Hllburn who de
veloped the zymatle dlaeaae in the A.
0. L. general offices abaut two weeks
ago, was discharged yesterday. He
developed not tha leaat symptoms.
Hllburn will be discharged next week.
The health authorities are Informed
that chicken pox la quite prevalent In
someaeetiona of the city and ad viae
the public to be very caref al to renort
anythingmore virulent The aituatlon
v,.. i. .u. , . .
"T r. nougb
Wilmington, but the authorities take
r n"us an around
the ground that preoautlou
Ia half the
battle.
Yo Knew What Tow Aro Taklag
companv zLl r?o roTaa Tastaiaa.rs.in UB. we unariotte offl.
I iTTo yWoh is probably dne to" force of
RUSSO-JAPANESE
NEGOTIATIONS.
St. Petersburg Reports That
There is No Change is the
Situation.
TOKIO REPORT DISCREDITED.
Baroa DeJtosea Reiterates Oplaioa thst
Japan Witt Net Press Ratals for a
Reply ExcBssf es are Still
Preiresslar.
Br Cable to ths Horning star.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 87. The ex
change regarding the Ruaalan response
to the Japaneae note are still progress
ing, and the Foreign Office here an
nounces to-day that there ia no change
In the aituatlon. The Japanese lega
tion does not credit the renort from
Tokio that Japan haa requested Ruaaia
to baaten her reply. M. Kurlno, the
Japanese minister, has received no in
structions on the subject On the con
trary . he apparently realfzsa thst tha
delay ia consequent upon exchanges
between St Petersburg, Vicerov Alexl
effand Baron de Bosen. the Buaalan
minlater at Tokio. M. Karino reiter
ates bis opinion that Japan will not
preaa Buasla for a reply.
Prince Kuhilkoff, minister of rail
road communications, will leave here
in a few daya for Irkutsk to inapect
the nearly completed railroad line
around Lake Baikal, which connects
the two enda of the Siberian railroad.
Thla connection, which will permit the
movement of through tralna la con
sidered of greet advantrge, eapecially
in the event of Winter military exi
gencies. Tbe Caar when voicing bia
approval of FrinceKubiJkoff's mission
said in substance that he desired peace.
wmcn no oeiievea would not be
broken, but that It waa proper to be
prepared for all emercenctea.
TOKIO. Jan. 27. It ia understood
that tha cabinet isasiatrd b tha alder
statesmen, haa completed a financial
programme which it is anticipated will
be published shortly. It la said to In
clude the lesuance of exeheauar
bends to the amount of 100.000 ooo
yen and Increasing taxes to tbe extent
of fifty million yen.
Colombo. Ckylow. Jan. 87 The
Japanese cruisers Nlashin and Kasuga
nave arnvea nere.
Jsesa's War Tax.
LOHDOS. Jannarv 27 Tha Timjt
this morninar Dnbllshaa tha fnllnamo
dispatch from its Tokio correspondent:
The rovernmenf haa maol4 to
impose a war tax by doubling the land
tax and the income tax, thereby ob
taining additional revenue of 44,000,
000 yen ($23,000,000).
Two Seat to the Roads.
John Brown, colored, not however,
the "politician" by that name, waa
sent to the roads for SO days by the
Mayor yeaterday, having been unable
to pay fine and coata for being drunk
and down at Fourth and Nun etreeti.
Moaea Divine, an old offender, charged
with being drunk and down at Front
and Market atreetv, waa alao given SO
days at the rock pile. Sam Hawkins,
the negro charged with shooting a pis
tol in the vicinity of Fourth and Davia
etreete, paid a fine of tS and coata.
Had i board To Mack.
A young man named Chad wick,
who Uvea below Island Creek, in Pen
der county, was thrown out of hla
wagon by a runaway horae at Castle
Haynes night before laat At first it
wsa thought he had been seriously in
jured and he waa taken into the atore
of Mr. Samuel Bloasom, but it later
developed that bia unconsciousness
waa due more to the tffecte of "John
Barley Corn" than to Injuriea he had
received. He went home from Castle
Hay ne yesterday.
LOCAL DOTS
Mr. B. B. Witherington,
a
prominent citizen of Duplin, died Sat
utday of pneumonia, at hla home in
Falaon, aged 47 years. A wife and
three children survive him. .The fu
neral waa conducted 8unday.
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Mias Linda a Doiher.
daughter of Mra. Mamie Doaher. of
Wilmington, and Mr. Clarence H.
Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Mills, of East Wilmington.
License was issued vesterdav
for the marriage of Miss Beatrice
Duncan, daughter of Mrs. Mary E.
Duncan, of Wilmineton. and U.
Geo. N. Dixon, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Dixon, of Dixon. Onslow .
ty.N. CL
Thalia Moore, an insane yonng
negro woman, was arrested by Police
man L. F. Harper at Fifth and Tavlor
atreeta yeaterday afternoon. She was
indulging in a wild ininuiinn a. k.
ana resiaenta lo the neighbor
vwu wmpiainea tnat tbe woman was
annoying them.
HOHICIDE AT MONRUB.
s. c wiiaeini Fataiiv shnt t,H a
sTt nil.l a mm
Fa-
basks la the Latter's Store
By Telegraph to the Xornln Star?
Chablottk, N. C. Jsn. 27. J. E.
r j
WTla . a m
witneiro, rormer proprietor ef the
Monroe hotel, was shot fatally by H.
u. jbuoanKs in th iai'a ..
monroe, u. u., to-day. The alterca
tion which resulted in th ,hMti..
w . . " " - m
was tbe culmination or Innv aiani.-
trouble between the men Kk..k.
uu iiaaim lour times. Th victim
died In half an hour. Ruhanb-. ...
luarricu last OUUUay.
I.J , in M
StateSVille Landmnrl- Tk
Charlotte officials have been getting
busy again with poker players in
that town. Two wars hnnmi
court last week and warrants r
out for others. One of the latta i.
Walter Daniels, who la
Georgia. Daniels, it will k...
uor u, was unaer sentence of six
ling, bnt as he had married a wife
and. promised reformation tbe Gov
ernor respited him nntfl t.
be.in unde' bond of I
T.ww "ppear m uharlotte at that
time. It is safe to say that if Daniels
guilty of the last w..
him hi. bond will be forfeitedrWe !
uai., uuwBTer, mat the Governor's
us uvea iuab
Cotton Must Have
Potash
Potash is an essential plant food
which must be added as a fertilizer
or the soil will
become ex
hausted, as is
true of so
many cotton
fields-
We have booVi
giving rateable de
tails about fertili.
ert. We will send
them free to any farmer who asks us for them.
QERflAN KALI WORKS.
Waw Tark tS Naaaaa Street, mr
Atlaata, .- Sa, Ctraaa St.
CHIN AND NOSE SHOT OFF.
Terrible Accident to Sen of , President
Vaos, of Rilelib A 6. L. Selma
f ennections Ralelf h Ntwi.
Special Star Telegram.
Bauciqh, N. 0.t Jan. 27. Har-ey
Van n, eon of Dr. R. T. Vann, presi
dent of the Baptiat Female University
who is a atudent of Wake Forest Col
lege, waa probably fatally injured this
afternoon while hunting near Wake
Forest He was standing with his
chin resting on the musxle of the gun
when It went off, the load taking off
his chin and nose. Phyaiclana say if
he ahould recover, which Is verv
doubtful, be can never talk and a tube
arrangement will have to be inserted
through which he will have to take
food. He waa brought to the Rex
boapital here to-night Dr. Vani
many yeara ago lost both bis arms bv
having tbem caught In a cane mill.
Elmer King, a young while man
was found dead on the track of tfan
Southern railway thia morning. The
ingnest by the coroner showed that
King was down drunk and some
freight train struck him before da.
His head waa cruabed.
Tbe Corporation Commission names
8aturday, January 20ifa, aa tbe dale
on which to bear counsel and officials
of the Atlantic Coast Line on their ex
ceptlona to tbe order of the Com mis
aion regard! g tbe Selma connec
tiona.
A man giving bia name as J. H.
Brooka, of Petersburg, Vs., was com
mitted to jail in default of $300 bona
to-night by a United States Commis
sioner on a charge of using the mails
for fiaudulent purposea in that he was
trying to buy gooda from dealers in
man? parts of the country under the
assumed name of Jones & Powell, who
are among the strongest firms tinsn
clally in Raleigh. Brooks referred in
lettera to the commercial ratiDg of
Jonea & Powell aa though it waa thai
of bia firm, which does not really ex
iat It developed in evidence that a
great part or tbe fraudulent letters
were sent here privately from Nor
folk to be mailed through thia post
office. Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Some days ago a colored man named
Will Turner died about two miles
from Scotland Neck, and investiga
tion showed that he was a genuine
miser. He lived alone and owned
the little home he lived in. He waa
fonnd stiff and cold in death sittiDg
np by the fire. He was clothed in
rags, bnt had good clothes in his
house. While he died sitting up by
the fire in tatters, he had a feather
bed in his house with plenty of
cover. To the surprise of all, he
had 18 in his pants pockets, $12 in
his overcoat and $130 in an old
shoe under the honse. He was an
ex-Federal soldier, and had been
getting a pension for some years.
uu; nsj u n mat a
CM. - . TIT 1 . .
man
causa woman a bird? He: I pre
sume because she is never without a
bill. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A Vary Close Call.
"I stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerTe
was racked with pain," writes a W.
Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, or
Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak and
pale, without any appetite, and all
run down. Aa I was about to give
up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters,
ud f,,;r.tk,BeT H I felt aa well as I
ever did in my life." Weak, aickly,
run-down peopta alwayagain new life,
strength and vigor from their use.
Try them. Railaf.rHrtn k.
B:R' BaXtAMT, druggist Price 50c
a Dome.
STon:
Bears tha
Blgaatoza
of
lhe Kind You Haw Always BoujM
CLEANSINO AHD
HEALING
CURB FOB
CATARRH
CATARRH
Ely's Cream Balm
Easy and pleasant to
OSe. Contain nn In.
j u nous urn
a.
t is
sorbed.
" Ja qnlckly sb-
Olvea RAll.f . mm
It Opens ana O lea usee
ww naaai rasi
Heals and Protects tbe Membrane rmhv..
$100 Invested
-IN A-
Remington
Typewriter
IS 0EY WELL SPENT.
Over 80 per cent, of all the Type
writers used in the city are
Remingtons.
Easy terms. Old machines taken
In exchange. 8old only by
C. W. YATES & CO.,
BookaaUora As Stationers.
n24 tf .Wilmington, N. 0,
habit.
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