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WILLIAM H. BSBBABD
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Friday,
July 22, 1904.
National Democratic Ticket.
For President :
ALTON B. PARKER,
Of New York.
For V ce-President :
HENRY O. DAVI8,
Of West Virginia.
State Democratic Ticket.
For Governor:
ROBIBT B. GLKHH.
For Lieutenant Governor:
Fbakois D. Winstoh.
Associate Justices of Supreme Court:
. W. A. Hokk.
George H. Brown, Jr.
State Auditor:
B. F. Dixok.
State Treasurer:
B. R. Laoy.
Becretarj of State:
J. Beyak Gwmks.
Superintendent of Public Initruetlon:
J. Y. JoYHia.
OommlHloner of Labor and Printing:
II. B. Varver.
Corporation Commissioner:
S. L. Rogers.
Commissioner of Agriculture:
B. L. PATTERSOir.
THB HIQRO ISSUE IN TEX
HOETH.
The presence of the negro in the
North in such large numbers has
affected both the political and in
dustrlal situation.
In many instancea the negro has
been used as a "strike breaker,"
which is to say, that since he is a
cheap laborer, he is employed to
take the place of strikers That
use was made of the negro during
the troubles in the coal regions of
Pennsylvania and Illinois, and just
now in the stockyards strike at
Chicago. There are many other
instances to which it is not neces
sary to refer, but we may as well
note that this use of the negro has
arroused the white working men of
the North againBt him. It will be
recalled that the white miners in
three or four States actually rose
up in arms against negro
miners, killed many, and
chased them out of the country.
That means of getting rid of the
negro was done in several instances
where negro labor was 'secured from
the South. Many negroes after their
rough experience in the North re
turned to the South as the most
tolerant and hospitable place for
their race.
Politically, the negro in the North
cuts a much more important figure.
In several Northern States the ne
gro actually holds the balance-of
power between the Republican and
Democratic parties; and it is a fact
that this negro vote elects the Pres
ident of the United States, as it is
thrown almost solidly to the Repub
lican party.
It is this importance of the negro
vote that has caused Roosevelt to
court the negro and secure his con
tinued support of the Republican
party. For that reason the last Re
publican national convention at
Chicago made a stronger bid for the
negro vote than was ever done by
any former national convention of
that party.
In the campaigns in North Caro
lina when the negro was the issue
the white Republicans were wont to
deny and resent the charge that the
Republican was the negro party.
However, with Roosevelt's "open
door of hope" policy fox the
negro, with Roosevelt's social
eaualltv stunt In entflrtaininor Rnnlrnr
;) T. Washington at lunch or dinner
at the White House, and with the
last Republican national convention
making a plain point in opening its
arms to the negro, the North Caro
lina Republicans oould hardly have
the hardihood to deny that the Re
publican party is the negro' party.
It is not only nationally the negro
party, but is the negro party in
North Carolina, for the North Caro
lina Republicans heartily endorse
and support the pro-negro Roose
velt who tenders them social equal
ity at the White House, and they
are endorsing and supporting -the
pro-negro platform adopted at Chi
cago, making the negro one of
the issues in the campaign, Hhat
Issue was drawn by the plank in the
Republican platform which pro
poses to cut down Southern repre
sentation in the electoral college
and in Congress, because the South
ha eliminated a large portion of
the negro vote in order to protect
Its social and political institutions.
- In order to cater to the negro, not
only did the last Republican national
convention open the way to reduce
Southern representation and thus
punish the white people of the
South, but further manifested its
negrophlle sentiment by the great
Ovation Which it cava a neirro crl
) o -
and a negro bov who were dunned
ion thft rhafrman'. .fa ..A -.,,.
, m BMUtU UU TV ( T CVA
Muug wwn iime wnne giris
who were also put there to wave flags
j when Roosevelt was nominated. Of
course that pleased the negroes who
are opposed to the Southern amend"
jnents llmitim? rieuro stiff raw ind
all of it was so intended by the negro
fj .party. That incident of flag-waving
; and the assertiveness of the negro
Who i nil ted on being shaved by a
white barber, t hp "nlbirr day at Oyster
Bay, the f resident' summer home,
shows how far the influence of
Roosevelt's policy for social equality
has been felt.
All this play for the negro vote is
because the Republican party is
compelled to have the negro vote In
order to elect Roosevelt. All of
that is very plain, but if anything
were needed to make it plainer the
Hon. Henry G. Davis furnished the
proof in a speech which he made ifi
the West Virginia Democratic State
convention, before he was nomi
nated for Vice President by the
Democratic national convention at
St. Louis. Here are some of the
remarks and statistics of the negro
vote as furnished in .Mr. Davis'
speech:
"In the coming election the Demo
crats would be sure to elect v a Presi
dent were It not for the negro vote, as
you will see by the following figures
from the omciai unitea states
census
of SUte elections of 1902:
Negroes
of Voting Age:
New York 89,649
New Jersey 81.840
Delaware ' 8,884
Maryland....:... 60,208
Republican
Majority:
8,803
6,6S4
8,249
8,940
11,878
7.S88
3,649 -
West Virginia....
14,774
18,149
3,413 Indiana. .
California
"Total 155,787 43,830
"The census gives 8,065,989 negroes
In the United States of voting age..
"Ibis statement shows plainly that
there are 155,000 negro votes In the
seven States named, while the Repub
licans had a total majority of less than
44,000 votes. Or, In other words,
there are between three and four times
as many negro votes In these States as
the Republican majority in the States
named In 1903. If these States were
added to the Democratic column a De
mocratic President would be certain
of election."
The' Stab, has heretofore publish
ed these statistics In another shape,
but the Democratic vice president,
ial candidate emphasizes the fact in
a way that is striking.
The negro has become such a fac
tor industrially and politically in
the North that it is quite likely that
many a white vote will be turned to
the Democratic side in this cam
paign.
At Stevensport, near Evansville,
Ind., on Monday, "as the result of
a race war," says a dispatch, "one
negro is dead and a white man
fatally stabbed." The negro cut a
white man with a razor, and a mob
gathered and lynched him by shoot
ing him full of bullets while he beg
ged for mercy. Later in the night
the whites gathered in large num
bers and chased all the negroes
through the streets. That was in
Congressman Crumpacker's State,
and it looks like he had better get
busy at home.
The only reason that five negro
ravishers have not been lynched in
New Jersey and that two white mur
derers have not shared the same fate
in Pennsylvania within the past fort
night, was because the officers of the
law had good luck in spiriting their
prisoners away from the mobs. Still
that the prisoners were protected
shows that the officers did their duty,
but it also shows that our Northern
brethren will take the law in their
own hands if they have their way.
A heart rending affair occurred at
Edgewater, a Summer resort in
Westmoreland county, Virginia, on
Thursday. While in surf bathing,
Mrs. James Hubbard and child, of
Westmoreland, and' Misses Ada,
Helen and Harriet Keaman, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keaman,
of Washington, were drowned. The
loss of mother and child in one
family and three sisters in another
touches even strangers far away
from those bereaved homes. .
Says the Greenville, S. C News:
"At anv rate, we should be grati
fied that there is no person living
who can tell us how Henry Gaasa
way Davis acted when a child." Un
less Mr. Davis proposes to gass
away abont his boyhood days we
will never know anything, for the
oldest inhabitant wasn't yet on the
turf when our next vice president
was in the habit of stealing off to
the creek to "go in washing."
A just judge like Parker for Pres
ident would restore constitutional
government and that is more impor
tant than any other consideration.
Yet the Democratic platform prom
ises us relief In many other particu
lars, and the reason that the Repub
licans want to keep the Democrats
out is that a Parker administration
would relieve the people of some of
their burdens.
The Mobile Register boasts that
"Mobile now has 27 feet on the
bar." Greensboro, N. C, is 180
miles from the ocean, but there were
846 feet on the bar there on Tues
day. The Greensboro bar, however,
will soon be so dry that a beer
schooner can't pass in, so it is
claimed.
; The . price of "the full dinner
pail" is cow at outs with the price
of a day's work.
Then U nor Catarrh in this sectloa of the
onntrf Uua all othar diseases pat together, and
oaraua. For a great many year doctors pro-
wuuwm fc. o uirw iua vrevonoea local
m mm WWHWUI lolling UTO W1UX
local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Science
tmm MMM a.otsh 4a k. m uuutUntlAH.I J .
and therefor require coniUtutional treatment.
A Co., Toledo, Ohio, la the only constitntlonal
vu AAJ m JkUV . B 1 .1 PU U1MUIHU 111
donee from 10 drops to a teaspoonfol. It acts dl-
MM M J . a
TBtem. They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it falls to core. Send for circulars and testi
monial. Address,
n , , . -. 4. va&x&x c trV Toledo, v.
Sold by DrsirglRts, 7So.
Uall's FainlJyUla are the beet.
TDEY WANT REPORT.
Chamber of Commerce Demands
' to .Know What Military i
Committee Said.
AS TO THE ENCAMPMENT.
Oovermr Ayceck Appar tally Bellies
Pablte lafsraistlsa aa Hot Kcsoto
Iois Are Passei ky Baslaess v
Mea as to His Actios.
Words are neither minced nor'Is In
dlrnatlon concealed In an exhaustive
expression from the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce upon the Gov
ernor's recent arbitrary decision to
send the eneimpmeni of the State
troops this year to Horehead City
without giving his reasons for ignor
ing Wrightsvllle or making publlo a
report of the special committee sent
to lnspeet the eamp sites offered by
both Morehead and Wrlgbtsville,
which report Is stronglj believed to
have been In favor of the Wilmington
resort The expression was adopted
at a special and very- representative
meeting of the Chamber, which had
been called yesterday afternoon by
President J. A.-Taylor to .receive
the report of the special . com
mittee appointed to - present . the
claims of -Wrightivllle before the
Advisory Military Board in Raleigh
and a recommendation, embodying a
resolution, from the Executive Coun
cil of the Chamber with lefsrenee to
the same ' subject. The - resolution
brought forth an animated; discussion
In which nearly every member present
took the ground that Wrlgbtsville had
been unduly discriminated against.
There were frequent references to the
A. & N. C. Railroad as a factor in de
termining the location of the eamp
and some of the statements were sen"
sational In their nature. The object
of the meeting was stated by Presi
dent Taylor and at bis request. Secre
tary Kyle read the report of Colonel
Walker Taylor, chairman of the en
campment committee and the recom
mendation of the Executive Committee
thereon as follows : ;
WlLMIBOTOV, N. C, July 18, 1904.;
Mr. J. A. Taylor President Wil
mington Chamber of Commerce,
Wilmington, N. C.
. Dear Bib: The committee appoint
ed by your Chamber to visit Baleich
to attend the meeting of the Military
Committee to select the site for the
encampment for the National Guard
of this State, submit, herewith, their
report.
The meeting was largely attended
by the representative military men of
the Btate, and the proposition as to
where the encampment should beheld
was duly considered. Mr. 8. L. DID,
treasurer of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad, presented the
claims of Moretread, and upon request
of the chairman of the meeting, I pre
sented the claims of Wrlgbtsville.
After some little discussion, the en
tire matter was referred to the follow
ing sub-committee: Gen. J. F. Arm
field and Colonels Bragaw and Craig,
with Instructions to visit the two sites
mentioned, and report thereon with
recommendations. This . committee
very promptly visited the two sites,
and filed their report with the Gov
ernor. The Governor after consider
ing the report ordered the encamp
ment to Morehead.
In order that I might make, a full
and Intelligent report, I addressed the
Adjutant General three times for a
copy of the report, and this morning
am in receipt of his reply, stating that
the Governor declines to give same
out for publication. Telegrams from
Raleigb, presumed to be from military
headquarters, state that the committee
recommended Morehead. My knowl
edge of the sites In question, together
with my knowledge of the high mili
tary qualifications of the very able
sub-committee (and none better eould
have been selected), leads me to be
lieve that they could not possibly have
recommended Morehead in preference
to Wrightavllle. It was for this rea
son that I was especially anxious to
embody herewith a copy of the com
mittee's report
I desire to remind you that your
Chamber appointed the committee to
attend the conference at Raleigh on
recommendation of the Adjutant
General.
My expenses attending this meeting
amounted to $16.88, for which I will
thank you to Have the treasurer remit
me check. Very truly yours,
Walkkb Taylor, Chairman.
XXCOXmVX OOJOOTTKX'8 EXPORT.
In the matter of Brigade Encamp
ment, this Chamber appointed a com
mittee to urge the claims of Wrlgbts
ville on the Btate authorities. The
committee was composed of Colonel
Walker Taylor, Capt and Adit Jno.
VanB. Metis and Oapt W. F. Robert
son, and the matter was taken up
promptly and vigorously pressed. A
telegram was sent to Gen. B. 8. Boys
ter, offering Wrlgbtsville as a suitable
site, and was followed by a letter of
same date, pointing out that for the
encampment to be at Wrlgbtsville
would mean a saving In railroad fare,
on mileage basis, to the Btate of from
$760 to $950 as against Morehead City;
also that the Wrlgbtsville site was
none other than the Latimer and ad
jacent properties, which was most ad
mirably equipped with all necessary
facilities, such as officers' quarters,
plentiful supply of wholesome water,
electric lights, etc Any one familiar
with the conditions at Morehead City
must readily concede -the superiority
of Wrights ville, and we believe that
if the best interest of the State Guard
had been the sole consideration
that the emcampment would have
been held at Wrlgbtsville.
In the correspondence between the
committee and Gen. Boyster, the com
mittee was informed that a meeting
was to be -held In Raleigb, to be at
tended by: -4Gen. Armfield, the colo
nels of the three regiments, the in
spector general, and the chief of en
gineers for the purpose of determining
the matter." In this letter Gen. Roys
ter Invites the city of Wilmington to
bs represented at the meeting, when
her claims in behalf of Wrlghtsville
would be heard. This meeting was
authorized by Gov.Aycock, and at the
hearing a sub-committee was appoint
ed to look Into the relative merits of
Wrlghtsville and Morehead City, and
report their recommendation to the
Governor. The power to select a site
resides absolutely with the Governor,
but we respectfully submit that when
a committee was appointed at theiln
stance of the Governor himself to look
into the relative merits of claimants,
with recommendation to be reported
thereon, that the Governor waived bis
arbitrary ricbt of selection and was In
good falin ooucd either to accept the
recommendation of the committee op
to give satisfactory reasons for not do
log so; nor will the plea avail that
such report is the private property of
the Governor, for the State treasury
paid the expense of the Committee of
Investigation, and .heir report is nftc:
enarily a public documeat.. "r ' , .-.
Whbrbas, the eommttlee appointed
by this Chamber to present the claims
of Wrlgbtsville at a site for the encamp
ment appeared before meeting of mili
tary authorities in Raleigb; conrened
on -the authority of the Governor;
whereas, said committee appointed a
committee to examine Into the rela
tive merits of Wrlghtsville and More
head City as encampment sites and re
port their recommendation to the Gor
ernor; whereas, said committee of in
vestigation visited Wilmington and
Morehead and made their report to the
Governor, who selected Morehead City
in preference to Wrlghtsville; and
whereas, - the report of the com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce, bow in hand, recites - that
application has been made to Gen.
Boyster for a copy of the report of the
Investigation committee, which re
quest has been denied by the Gover
nor; be It resolved:
1. That the report of the Investi
gating Committee Is not the private
property of the Governor- That said
report was procured at public expense
and embodies a recommendation
which the Governor was in good faith
bound to observe. That said report
dealt with the advantages of Wrights
rille as a claimant for an encampment
site, and that the city of Wilmington
Is entitled to this report and to know
the reason why Morehead City was
preferred over Wrlghtsville.
2. That in refusing to furnish a copy
of said report to the committee from
this Chamber, the Governor lays him
self open to the suspicion of conserv
ing the interest of Morehead City at
the cost of the military service of the
State, as well as having done Wrlghts
ville a grave and deliberate injustice.
3. That we respectfully request the
Governor to furnish this Chamber
with a copy of the report in Question-,
to the end that we may know what are
the shortcoming of WrlrhUTQle and
the superior advantages of Morehead
city.
"The report is before you for ac
tion," raid the president upon conclu
sion of the reading. Mr. G. J. Boney,
Democratic nominee for the Legisla
ture, moved the adoption of the Exe
cutive Committee's recommendation;
seconded by Mr. H. W. Malloy. Mr.
Sam Bear, Jr., favored modifying
that section of the resolution in which
it was stated that, by his action, the
Gorernor laid himself open to sus
pielon, etc. Mr. P. Pearsall also
thought that section should be modi
fled. Mr. Malloy said, upon second
thought he favored striking out the
word "deliberate" in the same sec
tlon ; however, he was ready to stand
by the committee's report. Col.
Walker Taylor, chairman of the en
eampneent commitee, gave a vigorous
recital of the transactions In Raleigh
when the Military Board was there.
saying the Governor was not
present, but bis private ; secretary
was and- he was very active
in the deliberations of the body. Both
colonels of the regiments to go In
eamp favored July as the month on
account of the convenience to mem
bers of the guard, but the wishes of
the commanding officers were totally
disregarded and he had heard It whis
pered that the change to August wis
in order that the State's Atlantic Hotel
there might remain open a month
longer. He also said that he believed
the time and place had already been
set oeioro. me Advisory Board ever
met He didn't know what the Inspec
tion committee had decided with re
ference to Wrlghtsville and Morehead
but he did know that the people of the
Btate who defrayed the expenses of the
trip had a right to know which they
favored. It was time for Wilmington
to speak out and not be trifled with.
Another member present said that
it was an actual fact that many of the
troops will be brought through Wil
mington on their way to Morehead
and that the cost of their transporta
tion to Morehead will be ' $900 more
than to Wilmington.
CaptJ. VanB. Metis, Mr. Malloy,
Mr. J. B. Hooper, Mr. Sam Bear, Mr.
Boney and others spoke along the
same lines. Mr. Bear renewed his
request for slight modification of the
section referred to and President Tay
lor took the floor with a rigorous
speech which he concluded with the
significant paragraph, "either we are
children to be played with or men to
demand that report" He declared
openly that there was an apparent
effort to send the encampment to
Morehead so as the A. & N. O. Rail
road eould declare a dividend before
the present management went out and
that Wilmington would have to suffer
to patch np an administration. The Mo
tion obi ee ted to by Mr. Bear was finally
amended by mutual consent, striting
out the words "A. & N. O. Railroad
and substituting "Morehead City,'
which several remarked was one and
the same thing. The reports and reso
lutions as printed above were then
passed unanimously.
Just before adjournment of the
meeting President Taylor said that
he had a request from Mr. J. T. King,
freight agent of the A. O. L. In Wil
mington, asking for an earlier clos
ing hour in Wilmington. Richmond
and Norfolk close that department
at 4:80 o'clock and Charleston at 5
o'clock, according to communications
gesented by Mr. King. President
lylor said a 5 o'clock closing hour
the year round was in rlew here, and
he asked members to think orer the
matter 'for Intelligent action at the
regular meeting in August
Present at the meeting yesterday
were President J. A. Taylor, Secre
tary James Kyle, Oapt Jas. L Metis,
Oapt A. P. Adrian, Capt J. VanB.
Metts,Ttol. Walker Taylor, Oapt W.
F. Robertson, Messrs. L M. Bear, M.
F. H. Gourerneur, S. T. Ashe, W. J
Boney, E. A. Metts, P. Pearsall, W.
E. Perdew, A. B. Skelding, W. H.
Brown, EL W. Malloy, Bam Bear, Jr.,
M. J. Heyer, W. E. Worth, O. J.
Mitchell, Jno. a McEachern, J. 8.
Hooper and L, Bluethenthal.
Hammon Tletgen, a familiar
figure at the police station, fell Into
clutches of the law again yesterday
afternoon. He came up from the
sound, filled up with "life elixir" and
was making merry In the market
house when he was arrested by Capt
T. H. Johnson, the clerk.
Iflclit Was Her Terror.
"I would' cough nearly all night
long." writes Mrs. Charles Applegate,
of Alexandria, Ind., "and could hard
ly get any sleep. I had consumption
so bad that if I walked a block I
would cough frightfully and spit
blood; but when all other medicines
felled, three $1.00 bottles of Dr.
King's New Discovery wholly cured
me and I gained fifty-eight pounds.'
It's absolutely guaranteed, to cure
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis
and all Throat and Lung troubles.
Price BOe and $LO0, Trial bottles frea
at R. R. Bxixajct'8 drag store. t
TO DEAR CHALLENGES
Caases ; VVill; Be Assigned and
. Answered in Three of ttje :
CityWards To-day.
TUB DISPENSARY CAMPAIGN.
Weather Isterfered With (access et DIs
' pessary Spesklag Lb si Bright ot
x Waddell Win Mske Three A
dresses Afsisst Dispensary.
Dispensary campaign .circles 1 were
remarkably quiet yesterday, but inter
est of the red-hot temperature will be
revived to-day upon the beginning of
the hearing of the challenges of the
registered roters in the First, Fourth
and Fifth wards. There are such a
large number of challenges that the
attorneys on both sides were afraid a
complete hearing eould not be given
In all the wards on Monday and so the
registrar and two Inspectors In each of
the wards named, who constitute the
tribunal before which the causes are
to be heard, decided to begin "early
and avoid the rush," according to the
commercial phrase. The hearing in
the Fifth ward, where there are 232
challenges by the dispensary people
and eight by the anti-dispensary ele
ment, will begin at 9 o'clock, but in
the other two wards the hearings will
not begin until 10 o'clock., It Is known
that both sides will be represented" by
counsel In each of the wards to day.
The law requires that personal notice
shall be aerved on each elector chair
Ienged and it Is presumed that
nearly all of the eligible ones will be
present As the books were revised
irom a registration nearly two years
ago, necessarily many of the number
who have been challenged have re
moved from the city or ward, while a
great many others have died. There
have been applications at the sheriff's
office during the past two days for du
plicate tax receipts and it Is thought
that the hearings will be. somewhat
extended. In the First ward there are
111 challenges by the dispensary
forces and 54 by the antl dispensary
advocates. In the Fourth ward there
are 43 challenges by the anti-saloonlsts
and eight by .the ani-dispensaryltes.
The election officials and places of
registration where challenges will be
heard to day are as follows:
First Ward Hose Wagon House,
Fourth and Campbell streets. B?g
Istrar, J. A. Barnes. Judges of Elec
tion, G. F. Qtiinn and F. T. Skipper.
' Fourth Ward Worth's Ice House,
Dock street Registrar, T. G. Pickett
Judges of Election, Geo. D. Parsley,
H L. Vollert.
Fifth Ward Hook and Ladder
House, Fifth and Castle streets.
Registrar, W. D. Rhodes. Judges of
Election, K. W. Jewell, T.G. Landen.
The Ipesklag Lsst Mfht
Owing to the stress of weather only
a small crowd heard Bev. Joe P.
King in the Court House Jail night
During the storm the Delgado Band
made tour of the city In the big
closed suburban car of the Consolidated
Company, but there were few who
cared to brave the elements even to
bear the "burning issues" discussed
by either side. To-night there will be
an open air meeting at Seventh and
Market streets.. The speakers have
not been announced.
Col. Waddell FrIJsy Night.
The greatest Interest was manifest
ed yesterday over the announcement
that Col. Waddell would speak In the
Court House to-morrow night In op
position to the dispensary. His pow
ers as an orator are known to Wil
mington people, and that he will
make the first open speech against the
institution of a dispensary, -Is suffi
cient guarantee that the room will be
crowded on the night of the meeting.
CoL Waddell will also speak In the
Fifth Ward at Fifth and Castle streets
Monday night, and at Fourth and
Harnett streets, In the First Ward, on
Tuesday night the eve of the election.
There will be music by a brass band
and other demonstrations by the anil
dispensary forces. Handbills adver
tising the meetings were being gotten
out yesterday.
L06AL PORT PARAGRAPH?.
Cettoa'asd Naval Stores Two Schsoaers
Cleared Other Notes.
Spirits turpentine wss steady at
52Jc on the local market yesterday.
There was nothing doing . In rosin
Cotton receipts yesterday .were 24
bales, which came over the Carolina
Central.
Schooner "Bayard Hopkins." which
discharged cargo of fertilizer at the
Wilmington compress warehouses,
cleared yesterday, light for George
town, 8. 0. Schooner "Josephene El-
llcott," cleared with cargo of lumber
from the Chadbourn Lumber Co. con.
signed to parties in Boston.
The Clyde Liner "Oneida," Capt
Rich, formerly on this run. but now
plying between New York, Charleston
and Georgetown, arrived before day
yesterday morning and will clear
Jiriuay lor tne norm, alter receiving
cargo.
Bishop's Condition Not Improved
Late' reports last night were to the
effect that there was no change for the
better In the condition of the beloved
Bishop Watson, who Jles at the point
of death at his home on Orange street
The end is expected at any moment.
He has never rallied since the second
slight stroke of paralysis about day
light Monday morning.
Mr. fi. J. Harris:- tVio Ronnk.
Tirn nnminee for ' Rnmrnnr rolla
the Asheville Citizen that he hardly
thinks there will be a ioint cum.
paign between Mr. Glenn and him
self. Harris, as wa understand it.
is a business man and not a cam-
paigd speaker, and He is hardly to
be blamed for not going into a joint-
riiarnmilrm with trftlcArl mtmrmlorn
brator such as 'Glenn is. Monroe
Journal"- -
Baan tin J Ih8 K'ni Yoi Haw Wwrs
8!gaatnz&-
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
j Amoriglaat evening's arrivals
was Mr. E. J. Hit', of Warsaw.
-' Hiss Jean Pemberton, o f Fay
etteviileJs visiting in'iheclty. ;
Miss Eva Hnssey, of . Warsaw,
N. 01, Is the guest of Mrs. K. D. Sloan.
Among Mast , night's - arrivals
was Mr. W. J. Thomas, of Charlotte.
Among" yesterday's arrivals
were Dr. W. Boss Davis and Mr. W.
E. MeDaniel, of Whlteville. : .
Mr. Leon Pearsall and family,
of Rocky '-' Mount ere guests at
Mrs. W. H. Northrop's cottage on
Wrlghtsville Beach. .
":" Miss Grace McMillan and Miss
Line Halgb. of Fayettevllle, N. a,
passed through the rcitr yesterday en
route to the St. Louis Exposition.
Mx. and Mrs. W. S. Egel, of
Philadelphia, are visiting in the city,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Per
dew, No. 310 North Seventh street.
Messrs. W. O. " Spell, Autry
rille; B. F. Tatum, Ammon, Bladen
county, and 8. E. Memory, White
rllle, were visitors to the city yester
day. Mr. B. F. Penny, a former
business man of Wilmington but now
a leading merchant of Chadbourn, N.
C and Mulllns, B. J , was here yes
terday. He reports crops exceedingly
fine and the business outlook the best
In years. ,
Friends of Mr. Chas. E. Gor
don, the well known news dealer on
Soujh Front -street, will regret to
know that he Is very 111 with an ' in
testinal trouble of a serious nature at
his home on Walnut between Fourth
and Fifth streets.
Mr. R. McMillan and son,
Misses Grade and Jessie McMillan,
Miss Una Halgh and .M!si Whitfield,
oi sayeuevuie, wno came down on
the excursion yesterday, decided to re
main in the city for the - regular traia
this morning and are gueils at The
Orion.
Fayettevllle Observer: "Mrs
O. B. Wlghtman and Annie returned
to-day from the seashore. Mr,
and Mrs. J. A. Huake rttarnea to-day
from Wilmington and the beach.
Miss Liszle Dell Sutton, of Wllmlng
ton, is visiting her parents on Coo
Bpring street."
T. T. Adams, wife and three
children, Greenville, Tenn. ; Mrs. E
T. Stones, Danville, Va. ; R. G,
Vaughn, wife and children, J. G
Broadnax, Greensboro, atd McL.
Graham, of Clinton, were among yes
terday's arrivals at the Seashore
Hotel.
Newborn Journal: "Miss Hilda
Davenport gave a reception Monday
night in honor of her visiting friend
Miss Bena Mills, of Wilmington. Miss
Mills is an accomplished, musician and
that with the delicate refreshments
served and the music it was Indeed
pleasant eyenlog far the favored
guests.'"
TOWN FULL OP EXiUKSIONISrf.
Travel en f absrbaa Use Yesterday the
Heaviest Slsce Fonrth sf Jely.
The large t excursion of the season
reached Wilmington yesterday from
Hope Mills and Fayettevllle, bringing
807 passengers, who spent the greater
portion of the day at Wrlghtsville
Bescb, returning last night at 8
o clock. Another excursion also ar
rived yesterday. It was from White-
vine and brought 189 people. The
Whlteville party returned at 10:30
o'clock last night Both crowds were
orderly and quiet though the jam and
push on the Fayettevllle train was
severe.
The excursionists patronised the oars
very freely and reports -from the eon
ductors on' the suburban line last
night indicated that the day's trave
was the heaviest since the fourth of
July. The Fayettevllle train left laat
night in a wind and rain storm and
the scene at the A. O. L. station, with
all the confusion, beggars description.
An excursion from Elrod, N. C, will
reach here to-morrow
Wanted la loath Isrollsa.
Upon a warrant from Richlands
county, near Columbia. S. O.. charr
ing him with house-breaklnr. Nathan
TImmons, colored, was arrested in the
A. O. L. yards in Wilmington yester
day afternoon by Policeman T. O.
Evans. Chief Furlong had been at
work on the case for several days, but
not until yesterday waa the negro
spotted. An officer from Columbia
will probably be here for the prisoner
to-day.
Dr. Hale's Mother Desd.
. A letter from Rev. Fred D. Hale,
D. D., pastor of the First Baptist
church, who left for Hot 8pringr,A.rk-:
last - week In response to a telee-ram
announcing the illness of his mother,
stales that she died Saturday afternoon
before he arrived there. The funeral
was conducted Monday. Dr. Hale will
return this week and will occupy bis
pulpit Sunday. -
Concord Snn: It la annnnnnnrl
that a number of Kentucky and
Ohio revenue oflBo.lala' ta t.n Ho
located in Rowan county for the
purpose of gauging the large amount
of whiskey manufactured in this
section. The announcement htm
caused some consternation and no
little dissatisfaction in Republican
circles at bringing "detectives," as
some choose to call the offi. from
distant States to do work in Salis
bury.
BTm tally Tertmrec.
A case came tn ifoht that fa.
sistent and unmerciful torture has
perhaps never been equalled. Joe
Golobick. Of Colusa. !J1 writ a.
"For fifteen years I endured Insuf
ferable pain from rheumatism and
nothing relieved me, though I tried
erervthino knnarn T m
Electric Bitters, aweV-U'i the greatest
medicine on earth for that trouble.
A few hattlea nf 11
lieved and cured me." It's just as
euoa io r iJirer ana Kidney troubles
and general debility. Only 60c. 8al
Isfaetkn ruarnted h n n Rmn.
dWgiai, -
r,R. ovn phtt fEn..
Former Cilisea of . Wilmlsgtea Passed
Awiy st Gsstosls Yestcrdsy.
Friends and relatives in Wilming
ton yesterday learned with regret of
the death of Mr. David Pratt, a native
of Wilmington, but fcr the past, sev
eral years a resident of Charlotle-and
Gastonla. Mr. Pratt died at his home
in Gastonia Where he had been In bus
iness for several months, having mov
ed there recently from Charlotte. Mr.
Pratt was 69 years of age and spent
the greater portion of his life In Wil
mington. He was held In the highest
esteem by all who. knew him. He
waaabrare Confederate soldier and
held his membership In Cape Fear
Camp, U. O V., of this city. He was
also a member of the Knight of Pythias
and of Cape Fear Lodge of Odd Fel
lows, of this city Mr. Pratt leares
one son to mourn hls loss, Mr. T. J.
Pratt, of Wilmington.
: The remains will reach Wilmington
on the noon train orer the Bf aboard
Air Line to-day, and after funeral
exercises, the remains will be laid to
rest in Bellerue cemetery. The Knights
of Pythias and Cape Fear Lodge of
Odd Fellows are; called to assemble
and attend the obsequies in a body.
The funeral will be at 5 o'clock
from Grace M. E. Church. Cape
Fear Lodge of Odd Fellows will as
semble at its ball at 4 o'clock and at
tend the serrleev. The Knights of
Pythias will meet the remains at the
train. - ; '
CHARLOTTE. IS NOT PLGASEP.
Waafs Extessloa of Early Moralsg Sea
board Train from WMalaitee.
The Charlotte Evening Chronicle
has the following editorial :
; "The Seaboard road has sorely dis
appointed Charlotte about the double
daily service which it waa expected
would be given between here and
Wilmington this summer. We can
not see that additional service be
tween Hamlet and Wilmington helps
anybody In particular. We hope the
authorities will revise the present
plans in such a way as to give us two
trains a day each way. and if they do
Ut we are sure they will be pleased
witn ins results ana me population
all along the way will be pleaseLalso.
The towns below Hamlet are good
frlenda of Charlotte and would like
this new serv!c to come on from
Hamlet and connect with this city. If
tne tram leaving here at 78 P. M.
could be run through to Wilmington
instead of to Hamlet only, or if that is
not practicable then let this train take
a Charlotte to Wilmington sleeper
a oa earned from Hamlet to Wll
mlngton on the freight. This latter
p'an would Involve nothing but a lo
cal aieeper. The Seaboard has a host
of strong friends in Charlotte and In
many eases the road Is given the prefer
ei.ee on freight It would be money
m the company's treasury to accommo
date the people now and la the future
s it baa generally done in the bib'.
If the accommodations suggested could
be given until October next only, it
would be of advantage to people In
unarioite ana an moss along the line.
A FAMILY FEUD.
Edward Stevens Shot aad Killed by His
Fatber-la-law, Thos! J. Lyoss.
By Telegraph to tHe Homing star.
Augusta, Oa.,- July 80. A special
to the "Chronicle" from Greenwood.
a a, gives details of the killing of
Edward Stevens, aged 25, residing In
Greenwood county, 8. 0., by bis
father-in-law, Magistrate Ttaos." J.
Lyon, aged 65. Since the elopement
a lew years ago or (Kerens and Lyon's
eldest daughter, and later a justice
court decision against Stevens' father,
there has not been the best of feeling
between the families. At a picnic
yesterday mere was a quarrel be
tween the kinsmen. It was renewed
later in the day In front of Stevens'
house. Stevens attacked T. Ton mlh
the butt end of a whip, and Lyon shot
mm tnrougn tne neart. Lyon aur
rendered and Is In jail.
TERRIFIC HAIL STORM.
Destroyed Crops la a Large Area of
Southeastern Alabssas.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar.
Montgomery, Ala., July 20. De
tails of a terrific hail storm which
passed orer southeastern Alabama
hare been recslvnd hM tk
covered an area fifteen miles long by
nine dun wiae ana destroyed all veg
etation In its path. Cotton stalks were
torn to snreos and eren the bark on
the trees was torn off. , Subscriptions
for the destitute sufferers are being
taken. -
system was established at Maxton by
a local company. It gave satisfac
tion tO the SnhBnrihnra. an A nalil .
three years' existence, the company
sold out to the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company, which, a
Maxton dispatch says, seems to be a
branch of the Southern Bell Com-
serrice to go down hill steadily,
making no repairs on thn line and
the Sernce has become so rery poor
that a number of subscribers had to
protest. The answer of the Caro
lina Company was that they will
imnrnvA it k. lt..ii '.al't
- wj luBbaiiiijg vua reil
system and doubling the rates. A
meeting of the patrons was held
last Wflek tn rrntof oi..n.
. f-" " agwug, hub
raised rates and a committee was
aoDointprl tn
. """"" win, mo Caro
lina Company.
Jack Bone
superior court at Rmn n- im
ing Z. T. Hall. He was aenteBed h.
Judge Henry to hang on Wednesday,
waaaa ai,
22 Caliber
lllilllS
t use ..a Caliber Ran Fire Cartridge, that .hoot
to.ft.T37' br ttwtried Winchester make,
lew rmk n They cost but a
7 th cheap, unreliable End, and
L1 Wi" Caliber Cartridges
mefarniabed loaded with either black or nnokeles. powder, the
iTJr -oaded with the celebrated Winchester Qrease
ee. Bulleta, which make them very clean to handle.
S f12 BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE.
W MlNflTON
Bojs Claiming Ihrs Cliy ai ihelr H0Bj
; - riested la Norfolk. '
l&peckd Star Telegram, l
- NOBTOLK, VA., July 18.-E. Wji
llama, J. W. Msrrlne and T. N. Bi
white meo,who said their homea '
la Wilmington, N. O, were held fo!
the grand jury to day on a char8 0r
burglary. The prisoners weie arreiwd
at an early hour thit morning Wniu
In the act of looting the b!g grocer, nf
McHorney dfc Wyatt on Water ttrett
The local police are advised that ihj
men are wanted for robbery at Wu.
mlngtonr It Is believed the prisoner!
are thegang which has been robbing
wholesale commission houses on it,
water front for two weeks. Wi!iiami
was on the outside of the building
while Marrlne and Barr were inside
Investigation showed that the thick
Iron bars had been filed In two with
steel saw. A large lot of stuff re
covered and on Marrlne was found 54
in money.
The photographs of the Den WAra
taken and will be sent to Wilmington
for lndentlficatlon.
WOHAN BURNED TO DBlTtl.
Fxelailoa Wllh Peatfnl (Miimi.no..
Tsrboro Yesterday Morslor.
Special Star Telegram.
Tabbobo, N. Q, July 19. -While
attempting Ito start a fire In her cook
atove with a can of oil about 10 o'clock
this morning, the wife of Road Super
visor W.F. House was almost literally
roasted alive by a fearful explosion
which Instantly occurred. The fire
burned off all her clolhlne and fear
fully charred the body. Neigh ton
hurried to the scene in response ti uie
agonising screams but they ar i ved t00
late for aid. Everything was done i,
alleviate the torture until Mr. Uoue
died at noon.
PROHIBITION WON IN OREKtSSHORO.
Election There Yesterdsy Retailed lot
Msloiity of 423 tor "Dryp.
Special star Telegram.
Gbkhbbobo, N. C, July 19.-Tr.e
prohibitionists won the election here
to-day by a majority of 423 or, in
other words, 738 against stlooni to
SIS aEaio.it prohibition. Tee cam
paign was a very heated one, but the
electioa passed off quietly. The
antl-Probibltlonlsts put up a k tub
born fifht, though It waa seen early
In the day that they had no proipect
of winning. Greensboro tried the
dispensary two years. It now u
saloons, which will giro way to prohi
bition. SENATOR DAVIS AT bSOPUS.
Plrst Mectlsf ol the Two Candidates.
Arrasf entente Made lor Notification.
Natlosal Committee Chairmen.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Hur.
ESOPUS, N Y., July 20. -Former
Senator Davis, the Democratic :e
presidential candidate, arrived at
Esopus to day, accompanied by Com
mitteemen Mack and D. J. Oampau.cr
Michigan. They were driven al our
to Boaemount. Judge Parker ami
Senator Davis had never met baforr.
Mr. Mack Introduced the candidate
and they warmly greeted eacb other.
Messrs. -Mack and Campau, ipeak
ing of the committee chairmanship,
said they will regard Senator Qorma .
as a possible chairmanship.
"Judge Parker himself said: "ft
notifications of 8enator Davis and my
self will take place In our respective
States. This is all we will aay at thlt
time."
- Later, he declared positively that hn
own notification would take place l
Rosemount. It U likely that Senator
Davis will be notified at Whit
Sulphur Springs, that place being
more conveniently altuated than
Elklns, the candidate's home town.
National Committeeman Mack while
hero to-day talked freely of the situa
tion with reference to Mr. Murphy
and Tammany Hall and their attitude
toward the campaign and the national
ticket. He scoffed, at the idea that
there was any sinister significance in
the failure of Mr. Murphy to send
congratulations or other messages to
Judge Parker.
"Mr. Murpny will be found loyally
supporting the ticket." he said. "Tarn
many la one of the organisations that
can be relied upon to get out Its vote.
As for Mr. McCarren, I do not deny
that there is a rivalry between him
and Mr. Murphy, but they are both
good Democrats, and there Is no rea
SOn Whv ihelp fAAlliiM lnnt, .ph
other should interfere with the sue
cess of the ticket"
Asked about the national chairman
ship. Mr. Mack rental l M. h am thai
8enator Gorman would be induced to
iaae it. oome one asked if it was not
the nlan that Ranatn nnpman .hnuM
be chairman, with Trrt in hrn
In the West and Sheeban in the East.
xnat would be an admirable arrange
ment," said Mr. Mack.
When such Ivnchincs as thrum
reported from Eutawvflle and from
Scran torr are permitted in a commu
nity we think that the neanla wnnld
do a great deal better to drive the
negro out oi tne country entirely,
bnt as a rule the men who would be
most ant to encaPO in anr.h wrtrlr
wonld be the ones to most bitterly
oppose anv moTement to annd th
negroes away. Florence limes.
Bonrke Cockran roonf1v
told ft mfietlnc nf tVia wA.na
a - it vutcu a
federation of Clnba "that hAtoQn
- w Stvt W VT
polygamy and divorce the difference
i iu iavor oi tne lermer." "Polyg
amy," he continued.
a group of wives at one time, while
diyorce imply means driving them
tandem." Brooklyn Citizen.
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