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-OTBUSMD At- WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE 8888S888888S8888S 8?SSS8828S3S2S?gS MF4Hrtp4r4MHMO) 88S3828S38S888S8; V. 888838888883833S8 52SJSS255S22SSeSS8 4 , o M 888S388888888SS8S '1aoH I mmm B w O 82S888882SS88388S 8888888828888888 82S8S8822S8S888S8 SSSS2S2SSS8S 88888888888888888 S f J Xatered at the Po.t OfBc at Viimtftoa, N. C, at second Clan Matter. 1 . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. lono"ub,cr,pdoB Weekly Ba It a SinCol.pcpjia ....II 00 " " Smoatai " 60 BO IMP0RTAHCE OF SOUTHERN PORTS. j The "Daily Bulletin of the Manu facturers' Record," under date of Baltimore, August 25th, contains an Interesting article and valuable stat istics concerning the export trade of the principal cities of the United States in. 1904 as compared with those of 1903. Oar Baltimore con- vcmuiinj a arncie lays stress on the importance of our Southern ports, and it is a most gratifying exhibit that Is made of the increase of their export trade. It shows that tho export business of Wil mington in 1904 was $19,085,221, compared with 14,966,754 in 1903. The increase at this port was $4, 118,648, which represents a growth in one year of about 30 per cent In the foreign trade of North Caro lina's principal city. The Record's article says: Analysis by the Mnufcturerr Record of official figures of the coun try' export trade during the put two fiiei years brings out several striking factt about the steady growth of trade at Southern porta and the Increasing weight of the South In the country's commerce. -In the fint place of the several groups of customs districts of the country the Qulf ports alone showed an Increase in the value or ex ports in the fiical year of 1904 over those of 1903; in the second place, the increase In the value of exports of cot ton and its products was $47,600,000 or $7,000,000 greater than the Increase in the value or all expporls; in the third place, the value o( exports originating In the 8outh. directly or indirectly. aooui &wj,wu uuo, constituted 40 ceu;. oi me tiiuo -oi ai- exports, and its increase was nearly equal the total increase over 1803. - . The ' value or all export increased between 1903 and 1904 from $1,420, . 141,679 to $1,460,868,185, f qual to $10,- 726 508, or 8.8 per cent. Tne value In created rrom 1306,422,527 to $358,883. 156 equal to $52,459,629, or 17.1 per cent , at the Qulf ports. The decreases were from $201,814,737 to $200,360, 312, qual to $1,451,894, or .6 per cent, at Snith Atlantle ports; from $708, 357.243 to $696,764,461, equal to $5,- 592.782, or .7 per cent, at North At lantic ports, and from $209,547,172 to $204,861,226, equal to $4,085,646, or 2.2 per cent., at all others. The charters at the several Southern ports are shown in the following table: Ports. Baltimore Be u Tort Brunswick., Charleston. Fernandtna. Georgetown, 8. 0... Nswcort News...... Norfolk Blchmond. ........ . St. Johns Bavannab Wilmington Apiiachlcola Ogive ton.. . Key West Mobile Naw Orleans Pe irl Blver Pensncola... Bt, Harks Tampa Tecbe Brazos de Sum Ugo. Oorpas Obrletl Paso del Norte...... Baiarla...... ..... 1903. 181,704,497 151.794 8,5"S,199 4 8-O.930 8 0B.3I5 17,1)83 2S,508,89l 8,757,499 8 885 287,008 54,140,88 J, 14,980,754 851,823 104.12l,09r G31.01S 1,631,278 119,078 610 8,540.635 13,745,644 J81.551 1,639,803 " - 7,284 197,219 7,973,765 8,188,426 5,042,083 1904. 183 836,164 131,991 8,67S,4t4 2,830,675 .7,361,185 23,750 16.718,454 9,041.794 8.487 381,935 63,770,388 19,085,221 206,705 145.816,457 696,367 16384.611 141,595,103 4,056,280 15,897,541 1,211,016 1,930,669 '2651818 8,026,778 9,743,091 6.463,8-20 Total.. $508 .287.261 1559 242,498 11,460,868,195 au pons 11,420,141,679 Of thn 90 norts from which merchan dise was exported la 1903 or 1904, 41 showed decreases in the value of ex port, 20 of theoa beine North Atlan tic P'tr ts, four or them South Atlantic parts, three or them Qulf ports and 17 of theat other ports. Of the 46 show in increases, 19 were Southern ports. It U interesting to note that the In errors at Baltimore and Boston close ly approached each other, being some tniog more than $1,000,000 each; that the increase at New York was but $978,319. and that the decrease at Phil adelphia was within $170,000' of the decreate at Charleston, and that the greatest increase in the country, $41, 195,370, was at Galveston, Texas. New ' York led, of course, in the value of its exports, $506,808,013, with New Or leans second, 148,d,iuo; wivwmi third. $,445,T16,457; Boston fourth, $19,845,072; Baltimore firth : $83 ,836 -164; Philadelphia sixth, tfMiHfo' and Savannah 1 seventh, $53,770,882. no other port showing the value or ex ports more than $35,000,000. Or the 1904 exports, those exclusive ly from the South were: $370,810,246; cotton seed oil, $J.W. 280; cotton seed meal, $9,134.08S; coa. $17.72?,515; naval "16.; 145,223, and phosphate, $6,517,S96--a toul of $431,046,747. The South's share In exports produced in other parts or the country is well as In the Hmnh mu ba estimated as follows: Tobacco, $29,000,000; lumber in va rious forms, $28,000,000; petroleum, $26,000,000; grain. $24,000,050; pro visions, $17,000,000; eattle,i 1.000,. 000; cotton goods, $9,000,000; fruits, $3 000,000 -a total or $150,000,000. To these totals must ba added the direct and Indirtct proportion or the South a share In the exports or iron and steel products, of manufactures or wood and leather aod lt products, estimated at $9,000,000, making; the total weight of the South in exports $590,000,000. or ' $40,000,000 more than Its share last year. The campaign has now begun in earnest. The spellbinders for both sides aro on the stump. Republican speakers are now trying to make the people believe that Roosevelt will hereafter wear a Iridle without a stiff bit. 1 ' VOL. XXXV. GREATER CHARLOTTE. The Charlotte Chronicle is claim ing 40,000 inhabitants for the city oz Charlotte, taking into account the suburban population. Some Charlotte man who visited Wrightsville Beach a few days ago, gave the crowd a double action spiel which left the impression that in time New York will be on her hunkers when it comes to trains? nn against Charlotte as the metropolis of America. He was telling how that big electric power plant on the Latawba, twentj'two miles from Charlotte, will soon be inside the cor porate limits. He stated that an electric railway is to be built from Charlotte to the Catawba Power Company's plant, and expressed confidence in the ultimate bulidinr of a eolld line of manufactories - and dwelling houses along the line be tween Charlotte and the " plant. That would make Charlotte lap over eight miles into South Carolina, but the Queen City wouldn't mind a little thing like that. All joking aside, however, there is sufficient water power along the Catawba from Paw Creek to Lands- ford to run all the factories in the United States by electricity, if they should be within the zone of cur rent transmission. That Charlotte man who had 'em all sitting up straight at the Beach believed every word he was" saying about Charlotte's going to be the greatest manufacturing the world. He ia an worth every cent In the centre in evangelist collection box, when it comes boom spiel. to emitting a - Mr. J. E. Pogue, of Raleigh, sec retary of the North Carolina Agri cultural Society, sends us the prem ium liat for the 44th State Fair to beheld at Raleigh October 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 32nd. The premiums aggregate $10,000 In value, and the fair is expected to be the biggest one in the history of the Society. Wilmington is always woll represented at the State Fair. It looks fanny . that President Roosevelt bad selected Col. Root to run for Governor of New York. Where was the Republican people all the time that the selection of their candidate was not left to them? Since Root declines posl liVlW- It U bmw,, .!! the people will bo given a chance to vote for somebody else. It is stated that swallows and pur ple martins are the best extermina tors of mosquitoes. There are large numbers of both of these birds in llWmlngton, and probably that ac counts for the comparative scarcity of mosquitoes here this season. Don't kill a swallow or a martin. Miss Alice Murrie, of Boston, was married on Friday to Dr. Tang Yawn Fawn, a Chinese dentist who has an office in Boston. The den tist may have reason to be down in the month if his American wife gets tired of a Fawn-like life. Judge Parker's declaration that he will serve only one term, if elect ed, is regarded by the London Spec tator as unfortunate,, "as under the constitution he will hardly have time to carry out any great1 policy whatsoever." We refuse to believe that any cam paign is going on in Arkansas, for Governor Jeff Davis hasn't knocked the stuffing out of any judge or any other fellow for three or four weeks. Swltchmai Killed Wilson Times while at work i "Mr. A. N. Currin, yesterday at South iwkf Mount as switchman, stooped to couple some ears when his bead was caught between the bumpers, kill ing him instantly. Mr. Currin has been living here only two months, his home being near Oxford. His remains left here last night on 31, the Bmtth field Bhoo-fly, for Selma, from which place it will be taken to Oxford." Wed la Norfolk. Miss Eva May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Gilbert, formerly of Wil mington, was married in Norfolk, August 21st, to Mr. O. F. Morris, as i.tnt rm.hier of the Southern Ball- way In Norfolk. They have gone North on a bridal tour and will reside in Ghent, a suburb of Norfolk, upon their return. OaIii mWft state: "So - far as toother features of the Maude Allen mystery are concerned, there was no development yesterday. If the Co lumbia police have any more idea now than they had two weeks ago as who the dead woman is or as to who killed her, tt baa not yet leaked out." On Friday at Raleigh the State authorized the Alpine Cotton Mills at Morgahton to increase capiwu stock from $100,000 to $250,000, and to Issue preierrea srooa, w uu- ration being also extended 60 years. The Carolina ljana na miibwi Company at Moyocir, uurmnw county, was authorized to increase its capital stocic irom $100,000. A cnarier was gHu the Watauga County Bank, at Boone, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000 and to do a com mercial and savings business. , CURRENT COMMENT. T, Tne fir8t qualification of a itepubllcan campaign orator Is to be able to prove that Mr. Roosevelt will stand without hitching. -New Mr. Roosevelt is said to favor a free-for-all race for Governor. His wish has already been gratified. All the really fit candidates are racing for the woods. New York World. President Roosevelt has al lowed his cabinet officers to blue pencil hia letter of acceptance. This Is the strongest proof of friendship the world affords. Chicago Post. A Chicago paper sneeringly says: " Judge Parker has the wo men, but our Teddy' has the men, and the men vote." Yes, they vote for the man favored by the women. New York Herald. . Washington Post: Judge Parker has written a magazine arti ole in which he contends that edu cated men are greatly needed in! politics. The argument is expected to clinch the Devery vote. With the departure of the Virginia negro from the political wood pile, the mugwump vote threat ens to be something worth consid ering. Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Bishop of London has received a gruesome gift of $25 from an undertaker, who writes that it is a thank-offenner "because trade has been so brisk of late." Richmond Times Dispatch. , Philadelphia Record: Judge Parker is safe and sane. Theodore Roosevelt is strenuous and rlskv. This is the general popular judg ment. The verdict of the voters at the polls will be largely Influenced by this estimate of the personal characteristics of the two men. It is understood that Gen eral Groavenor has locked himself up for for the purpose of preparing figures to show that farmers should thank the Republicans for $1.25 wheat and that the consumers must blame the Democratic party for the high price of flour. Washington Post 1 The amiable and esteemed Press observes that President Boose- velt's failure to wield his "Big Stick" in the China ports must be a terrible blow to the Democrats. Jekyll and Hyde were no more unlike than the bellicose President and the Quaker candidate for election. If the people give him a commission in his own name the "Big Stick" wiU not long remain "behind the piazza door." ew i one world. Walter Eittredge, author and composer of, , the famous war-time song "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," lives in Reed's Ferrv. N. He aiuVWpv- TT -a, - . . - ' royalties from ''Tenting" still come in to him and, while not. large, help to make the old man's last years comfortable. He offered to-sell the song at first to a Boston publisher for $15, but it was refused. After ward this same publisher took it up and alone has sold more than 100, 000 copies of it. Brooklyn Citizen. The citizens of this country ought to take a personal interest in this tariff lady, wheeling her wagon load of babies a very personal af fair. She la indeed the mother oi that batch of infants, and there are a lot more to come just like them, if she lives and thrives. One single fact should sufiloe to make Demo cratic votes the fact that Democ racy in every one of its wings also in its feet and head is pledged to tariff reform. The man who votes the Republican ticket votes to per petuate the tariff system which puts the country absolutely at the mercy of the schemers able to monopolism any one industry. New York American. If Germany and France, which dominate large areas in Afrl- ca'and both of the indies, snouia follow the example of Great Britain, their manufacturers might be ren dered less dependent on America than they are now. Again, if the mills would accumulate larger re serves of raw material than they have been accustomed to carry, they would suffer less from an attempt ty corner the market. Such a course should be followed cautiously and by Blow stages, lest a demand be created which ironli force prices upward temporarily, but it is dic tated by common prudence. If a prediction of a crop of 12,000,000 bales or more in this country this year should be verified, an opportu nity for making a beginning would seem to be at hand. New York Tribune. APT. V1CKERV IS FLORENCE There Yesterday oi His Way te St. Lenls With Oreyhonsdf. Yesterday afternoon's Florence Times has the following of Interest: n.nt Jav Thomas Vickery. of Washington, is in the city to-day. CapU Vickery is an enthusiast in dog racing and is the owner parhaps of tho fastest string of grey hounds in ih mnntrr. He is on his way to BL Louis from Wrightsville Beach, where he has been training his dogs for en tering the interna lonal dog race meet ing at the exposition next week. Oapt Vickery has with him two of his fleetest ruanerV'Princess Maude" and "Queen," and they are attracting the admiration of every body who sees them. "Princess Maude" holds the world's record for a mile having made the distance in 1 minute y seconus. a I I. IIAnun ' BhO IS a oemuiy n t .1! whose record is a close second. In tne International meeting many fine Eng lish dogs will participate, but Oapt. Vickery expects his dogs to carry oil more than their share of honors. Oapt. Vickery has a large ranch In Oklahoma and trains his dogs with wild Jack rabbit chases. He has been f..(.tin inmA fine snort for Wil mington people and Wrightsville visi tors, having given a number of the chases at the beach this Summer. He baa thirty dogs to enter in the International races, and they have been shipped from Wilmington to St Louis. TO WILMINGTON, N. C, FRp BUILDING OF A YEAR; Despite Boom the Past Season, October Will Find Scarcity; of Renting Property. AN ENCOURAGING . SIGN. Estimated Tkat $300,000 Will Mot Cever Value ef Twelve HsBlhs Seiatnc Ilea Record of the Permits. Maay!Ke8idesces Erected. . ... The near approach of the new rent ing year on October 1st and the con tinued scarcity of eligibly located resi dence property for lease at any price," despite the unparalleled boom in build ing during the past twelve months. Is being freely commented upon in real estate circles and the condition Is often quoted Wan unmistakable support" tt the contention that as a city "we do move." a gentleman, noted jor : his conservatism and well posted on reaj estate values, after making an examl nation of the list of new buildings returned or taxation this year, said that In his opinion $300,000 would not cover the amount expended in new construction in the city for the twelve months ended last June 1st. Of course, the tax books will not show that Increase and the reason Is ob-. vious, but the figures are correct. In many Instances new 'build ings have taken the place of old ones torn away, and in 'nearly every instance the tax assessment upon new property does not represent the money put into the property by the owner. But those matters are for etgn to the subject. The building boom the past year has been substan tial and phenomenal. Best of all. It continues. .-. The official record at the office of the I Oit Clerk and Treasurer shows that for the fiscal year ending June 1st, 1904, the permits numbered 133. Since that time the ratio has even Increased; and next year will develop even greater things in the building line.1 From the record.the past JUcal year the following permits appeaKT Capt. Jno.-W. Harper, residence; Front, between Ann and Nun. i - 8. F. Harmon, resldente; Fourth, between Obesnut and Princess. . v George Bishop, resfilenee; Oanf a, between Ninth and Tenth. y. Mrs. Ellen 8heehan, residence; CVs tie, between Fourth and Fifth. Chat. Richter, residence; 8 wan, be tween Fitth and Sixth. - - - J. H. W. Mask, residence; BeventE,, between Bed Cross and Walnut. - J. H. W. Bonitz. extension to hotel; Market, between Front and Second.' n.W. H- Sharp, residence ; Fourth', b Li. D." Bordeaux, Third, between Wright and Dawson. C. F. Bell, 118 Church. D. L. T. Capps, Sixth, between Ann and Nun. O. D. Richter, brick store; Fourth and Harnett. J. Q. Wright & San, Grace, between Front and 8econd. a R., L. & P. Co , warehouses at Ninth and Orange. Thad F. Tyler, Chesnut, between Beventh and Eighth. Mrs. O. M. R. Ahrens, 414 Nixon. Geo. O. Gaylord, store; North Front street. Willard Bag Mfg. Co., factory on Water street. Mrs. E. Vollera, store on Nntt and Walnut. D. N. Chad wick, residence; Market, between Ninth and Tenth. Dr. J. H. Dreher, four buildings; Taylor, between Fourth and Fifth. H. W. Penny, two dwellings; Ran kin, near Bay. Mrs. Westermann, Red Cross, be tween Third and Fourth. Mrs. J. W. Bremer, Fifth and Cas tle. Franklin Pierce, Thirteenth and Princess. i W. M. Gumming, two dwellings on Andorson, near Vanning, and one on Nixon, near Tenth. R.M.Wescott,tueen, between sront and Second. F. Mlntz, Fourth, between Queen and Wooster. E. Fotzke, Fourth, between Queen and Wooster. Mr. J. M. Bremer, Castle, between Firth and Sixth. J. P. Bowen, Brunswick, between Sixth and Seventh. T. K. Mask, Block 50, uou a ana . B. W. Sanders, Fourth.near Harnett. N. E. Gallagher, distillery houses on Fifteenth, between Wooster and Daw son. C. EL Carr, distillery, Twelfth, be between Castle and Queen. Mrs. Sal He L. Mclntire, Ninth; be tween Market and Princess. I J. A. Nixon, Ninth, between vock and Orange. ' . , Mlsss Cornelia Alderman, Rankin, between Eighth and Ninth. J. E. Taylor, Seventh, between Red Cross and Campbell. R. H. Beery, residence; Eighth, be tween Princess and Chesnut. R. B Lewis, residence; Walnut, be tween Sixth and Seventh. A. David, Market, between Bixth and Seventh. ' Mallnda White, Third and Bladen. W. T. Penny, Rankin, between Twelfth and Thirteenth. Mrs. C. Blomme, Fifth, betweeen Campbell and Red Cross ;Campbell,be- tween rourin ana in. Leger Meier, Nixon, between Fifth and Beventh. I Moses Jones, Orange, between 10th anrflltb. ,w . Dandy Johnson, Seventh and Swan. . . ,, . Oicar Miller, Moore and MacRae streets. B. R. King, two dwellings; Woos ter, between Eighth and Ninth. Jacob Johnson, 418 MacRae. m ' B. J. Davis, Market, between uron and Second. F. J. Gooding, Ann, between sec ond and Third. I E. A. Obadwick, Third and Han- T1!'g, Ellis, Nun, between Fourth and Fifth. Q Mrs. Dora R. Bornemann, Seventh and Orange. L. Freimuth,U8 North Ninth. - - W. G. T. Keen, 823 Maeomber. -p. O Mmk. Sixteenth and Market. R. B. Clowe, Princess, between Fifth and Sixth. , , W. J. Meredith, Second, between Grace and Walnut " - . Mrs. Eliza M. Bellamy, Second and Dock. . J. H. Whitemsn, foot of Orange. iY, SEPTEMBER 2, J. IL Bryant, Red Oros, between i ;tb and Seventh. J-G. Kuhlken, Bixth and Bladen. ' .7- . Galloway, Third, between i ncess and Chesnut.- J G. Wright A 8on, 81xib, between Diwsou and Wooster. - J.-- T. : Bellamy. Peeond. between rock and Orange. ..,y,,,oh"onWilloa 1 of 113 Dock. .W.p. Moore, Dawson, between Taventh and Eighth. t G. W. Lutterloh, Nunn, between t-xth and Seventh. v Ar J. Howell. Jr Ninth hat.... Dock and Orange. VaLr Smith, Fifth, between Han Over and Brunswick, f Q. G, Sanders,Castle, between Sixth and Seventh. . 8. & B. Solomon, shed, Front, be tween Market and Dock. ('JJL a Hill, Tenth, between Walnut ad Mulberry. l - G. a McDougald, Ninth and Ones nut. ; - I Tom Ennett, Harnett, between Sixth ana oevenui. ... 1 VaU. Foster, two buildings, Biztb, between Bladen and Harnetl d one i Taomtr .Quinee, , Fifth, - between Hixoa ind Taylor. " 1 - Amnda, Gay, Twelfth between. wooster and Dawson. im F. Haar, Sixth, between Dock and Orange. i Worth 6c Worth, Block 203. f Joo. D. James,81xth, between Queen and Wooster. v Mrs. H. L. Sloan, Sixth, between Bwann and Nixon. J. H. Strauss, Fourth, between Han over tnd Brunswick. !aira.M. a. unaaoourn. Davis, be tween Third and Fourth. Independent lee Co . Reventh and Brunswick. I Primus Davis, Queen, between Wooster and Dawson. " F. P. Limb, Green,- between Ninth and Tenth. - W. R. Walker. Chesnut. imtann Fourth and Fifth. Miss Hattle Mahn. Red Cross, be- ween Fourth and Fifth. Edward Swann. Market, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth. J. H. Moselev. Red Cross, between Twelfth and Thirteenth. W. B. Savaee. Sixth, between Queen and Wooster. Mrs. E. Vollers, Eighth and Market. 8. W. Aman, Seventh and Grace. Walker Taylor. Queen, between Six ih and Seventh. : Hanrv Dtten. RAwttnth and R.inn ' Tar Heel Steamboat Company, Wa ler, between Princess and Chesnut. -Seaboard Air Line, 8. A. L. yard. Uaiversal Oil and Fertilizer Com pany, Block 289. G. C. Jackson. Nun. between Fifth and Sixth. a H. J. Ahrens. Nos. 110 and 113 Market. m n a t . mit 1 1 . . r . .. . i. it. cjkcb, euteenin ana jnarxet, and at Fourteenth and Market. Walter Taft, Second and Church. Thomas 8mitb. two buildings at Tenth and Brunswick. Lib am Qaiek. Ninth, between Grace and Walnut Henry MeGee. Sixth, between Wal nut and Red Cross. .OwenBmitb. Wriarbi. between Sec ond and Third. C. Pv Davlf . Caal. between Second Klntn anaienwi. . L. D. Kennedy. Seventh, between Red Cross and Campbell. , ' J. H. Johnson, Anderson, between Rankin and Miller. Martin Ratbjen, Walnut, between Eighth and Ninth, i Mrs. Sarah Evans, Third, between Bladen and Brunswick. T. G. Landing, Second and Wooster. BURGLAR IN HIS R0OW. Harrowing Experience Related by Yon sr. News Dealer Mot hint Stoles.? People who have experienced them, vouch for the statement that night mares are the most realistic things in the world but Tom Bhepard, the popu lar young clerk at The Orton news stand, vows most solemnly that it was more than a nightmare which all but turned his hair gray before day yes terday morning. He has a room on the ground floor at Mrs. Flllyaw's, No. 110 Grace street, and between 4 and 5 o'clock, he awoke half-conscious to find a negro in bis room. He held a pistol in one hand and was between Mr. Bhepard and a revolver which he had in a bureau drawer, therefore, resistance was impossible. Mr. Bhepard lay on his pillow and was forced to watch the burglar as he went about the room, even going so tar atone time as to run his hand under the sleeper's pillow to find what had been put there for safe keeping. Fortu nately for Mr. Bhepard, a watch which he had placed under his pillow had slipped down in the bed and the in truder found nothing. Finally the negro went in an adjoining room, but by the time Mr. Bhepard could get up and get his own pistol, the burglar had disappeared. Tki State Fair. Secretary Joaeph E. Pogue, of the State Far, announces the icompletlon of the premium list for the next fair, to be held two months hence, and copies are being sent out. This will be the 44th annual fair of the North Carolina Agricultural Society and will beheld daring the week beginning October 17th. The premiums aggre gate $10,000, and are this year more varied snd numerous than ever before. Coart at Vhltevllle. Columbus county Superior Court will convene Tuesday, Sept. 6th, and a number of Wilmington lawyers will attend. Judge George H. Brown will preside and be has written that a recess will be taken Monday, Bth, on account of Labor Day. Raleigh News and Observer: The Evening Telegram (N. Y.) prints a quarter page announcement of the work being done by Its "staff. of brilliant cartoonists who- are de picting the humors of the cam paign, flaying xoiiy ana lightening fife with healthful mirth." With the announcement appears the pic tore of its "brilliant cartoonists," among them being Mr. Forman . Jennett, who begun -his career as cartoonist on the JXews ana co 1 - - ' m a - - ir . - i 01. :-:;:r;a--a-.; - 1904. GEORGIA MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY. To Investigate Conduct of State Troops in Connection With Lynching at Statesboro. . TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES. members of the Militia on Doty at the TfjnTaive Their Evidence Feature,, of the Hearing the Testimony . of a Newspaper Reporter. By TeloTph bo the Momlnfi Btar. Bavatoah, Ga., August 27. Tha military court of inquiry.appolnted by the Governor to Investigate the con duct of the Btate troops In connection .with the recent burning of two negro prisoners at the stake at Statesboro, Ga., held its third station to-day. The feature of the hearing was the testl monyofG. M. Guerry, a reporter, who went to Statesboro and reported the tragedy. He testified that the mob dragged the prisoners along the road to the stake within thirty yards of the military camp. There were fifty men cf the militia drawn up in line. There was no movement by any officer or soldier, ao far as he saw, when the crowd passed to rescue the prisoners. He did not know what officer was in command of the men at the time. The mob in charge of the prisoners amouted to about two hundred. They were in snirt sleeves and only a few were armed. The rest of the crowd, about two hundred more, were spec tators and stragglers. Neither pris oner was carried in a vehicle to the place of the lynching. He said Pri vate Falligan told him that some one had reported the mob's intent to lynch the men, and be said he reported the fact to the cimp officers and was laughed at. Private R. L. Miller, or the militia, stated that he was among the men on duty at the rear stairway. Halt a dozen men took his gun away. Pri vate McGulre aaw him and came to bis assistance, A very large man, who he reeogn'xsd as a balLfiT of the court house, rushed up to ' McGulre and helped to take his gun away. He was in the court room when the mob came into the room. He saw, he said, the sheriff as he opened the door of the prisoner's room. He was there when the men tried to get up the steps and was at the foot of the steps disarmed. He had orders from Captain Hitch, on the train, he said, not to fire until he gave ordera and then fire according to specific orders. Private Russell testified that he was aent in tne room to guard the prison ers. The mob was two feet behind the sheriff and the sheriff ordered him to stand aside. The sheriff said: "Bttnd aside men, and let the mob take the prisoners ;we cannot resist the mob any longer." Private Falligant said that he was mob would get the men when con victed, lie reDorted the matter to Sergeant Eaalman, and be said, "We have heard that a dozen times." He thought that trouble was brewing. Soldiers' guns, he said, were being taken across the atreet during the moraing, and he counted seven or eight and got disgusted and quit re porting it, because no one would ac cept his information. "I yelled to the sentinel on the post that the mob was passing. A lady shouted that the mob was coming with some of our men, but it was the negro. There were twenty five or thirty men in uniform in line. I saw a commissioned officer and called to him. The mob was then not over a block away and coming toward us. ' Blx or eight men broke away and started to come to me, but were or dered back." The court will reassemble in States boro Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. FREIQHT TRAIN WRECKED Oo the S. A. L. at Pee Dee, N. 8. -Fire msa and Eotlaeer Kill. Br Telegram to tne Mornimt Bur. Charlotte, N. O., Aug. 27. A through freight train from Raleigh to Monroe, on the Seaboard Air Line, was wrecked at Pee Dee, N. O., this afternoon by running Into a culvert which bad been washed out by heavy rains. The engineer, Alex. Adams, and Fireman Shepherd were killed, being burled under the wreckage. The bodies of both have been recov ered. About five cars were smashed to pieces. The main part of the train was composed of flat cars loaded with cross-ties, and several of these cars were badly torn up. rSpectaI Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O, Aug. 87. An extra train on the Seaboard Air Line dashed into a culvert, 90 feet long, at Pee Dee, near Rockingham, N. C, this afternoon, and the engine, tender and nine flat cars were hurled to the bot tom. Engineer Alexander Adams, of Rale!, waghs burled under the engine and his body has not been recovered. John Shiplett, of Staunton, Va., the fireman, was also killed. A negro brakeman is missing, and one of the crew renorts that two tramps were stealing a ride on a flat car and have not been seen since the wreck. The line is blocked and the Seaboard ia using the Coast Line track. The wreck was due to a washout resulting from Friday's heavy rains. BATTLESHIP LOUISUNA Successfully Lanssbed at the Newport News SblpboUdiBX Yards. Br Tetegrapb to the Homing Star. Newport Nkwb, Va., Aug. 87. The battleship Louisiana, sister ship to the Connecticut being built at the Brooklyn navy yard, was successfully launched at the Newport news snip- building yards to-day, Miss Junlate Lalande, of New Orleans, was the sponsor and broke a bottle - of wine across the prow of the new fighter. Miss Lalande's maids of honor were Misses Margot Oastellanot, Alice Staufferaod Ruble Lalande. Louis iana was represented by Lieutenant Governor J. Y. Bandera, Governor Blanchard being unable to attend. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dar ling represented the Navy Depart ment. Governor Montague, oi v ir- f'tnla, also was present. After the auneblng breakfast was served at the Hotel Warwick. Covers were laid for 185 persons and there were a number of Informal toasts. The local ship yard is six points in the lead in the contest with the Brooklyn navy yard. r - 1 V I PIRS TURPENTINE NO. 45 MR. WILL N. CRONLY DEAD. Unexpected News of His Death In New Orleans Reached Here Yesterdsy. ' .. Faseral In WllmlPf isr. A brief telegram from New Orleans to members of the family In Wilming ton early yesterday afternoon convey ed to them the sad news of the death of Mr. Will N. Cronly, which occur red In the Louisiana city, presumably the same morning. Although Mr. Cronly had been in very poor health all the Summer, his death was entirely unexpected and the news came as a great shock to the family and a host of warm friends here. No particulars of the death were given In the telegram and nothing further had been learned last night. The remains will babrought to Wilmington as early as possible, but no funeral arrangements can be made until the hour of . the arrival of the body Is ascertained. Mr." Cronly was a son of the late Mict sal Cronly and Mrs. Mar are t Croaly and was born In Wilmington 44 j ears ago. He received hfo educa tion In the city schools and early In lire began his career here as au ac countant. As such he was an expert and for a number of years he was em ployed in the offices of Messrs. Alex ander Sprunt & Son. In later' years, he was special agent of the New York Life Insurance Company la this terri tory, but left Wilmington two or three years ago and had been other' whe engaged further South and in the West He was a man of genial, whole-souled disposition and number ed his friends by the range of hia ac quaintance. His death Is sincerely regretted here. Mr. Cronly married Mrs. Eliza Lstham, of Wilmington, and she with one little girl, Elise, survive him. They are residing on the beach during the Summer and the sad news reached them there yesterday. He Is also' survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Margaret McLaurln Cronly, of this city; four sisters and four broth ers, viz: Misses J. M. Cronly, Bailie Taylor Cronly, Margaret Cronly and Mary Cronly j Messrs. Robert D. Cron ly, of Baltimore; Oapt. D. T. Cronly, of Columbia, 8. O. ; Mr. M. Cronly, of Wilmington, and Mr. Joseph M. Cron ly, of Norfolk. They have the sincere sympathy of hundreds of friends in their deep bereavement. A. 0. L. CO&ftJSTOR IN TROUBLE. Arrested in PayettevlHe by Railrosd De fective Chsrfed With Larceny. Yesterday afternoon's Fa1 ayetteviiie As ConaueTOF U.TJ. urrimsiT alighted from his train last night he was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Mon- air h an and Pale, who held a warrant, sworn out by H. Y. Scarborough, the well known A. C. L. detective, charg ing him specifically with the larceny of flour, tobacco, meal, etc., the prop erty of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company. He asked to be con fronted with Mr. Scarborough, and, when the detective stepped forward, he asked himlwbat this arrest meant. The latter replied that it meant that he bad been taking goods from the rail road, and that he had positive proof of the fact. Grimsly then asked what was proposed to be done with him, and when told that he would have to go to jail, be asked to be allowed to register off, and requested that his young wife in Florence be informed of bis arrest. He was taken to the jail, where he still remains, though it is thought he will be able to give a bond of $300 for his appearance at trial before the day is over. "Grimsly, who is about S3 years old, has a young wife in Florence, to whom he was married 18 months ago end tn whom he teems ereatlv attach ed. For the oast three years be his beenrunnine as conductor of freight trains Nos. 9 a. d 10 between Fayette- vllle and Florence. He is a native of Bladen cnuntv. "The authorities claim that Grimsly, with the aid of other persons, has been robbing the trains, of which he was conductor, and that the bulk of tha foods obtained In this manner he disposed of to a store at Bute's, a little station in this mate, xney.ciaim wai he stole as much as 50 sacks of flour at one time." FIQHT IN JAIL AT SHELBY. Chief of Police Dying aad Negro Who Shot Him Fatally Itjored. . Bj Telegraph to tne Morning Star. Chaelott. N. C, Aug. 27. Chief of Police B. E. Hamrick, of Shelby, N. 0., is dying, and a young negro named Clark who inflicted his lnju ries is fatally jniared. as the result of a fight in the jail at, Shelby to-night. The neero. accompanied by a compan ion, was arrested for drunkenness and locked up. Hamrick started in to the cace to auiet them, when Clark fired upon Chief Hamrick-, the ball taking effect in the upper left aide of the chest, piercing the lung. The negro then fired on Sheriff Buttle, grszing bis abdomen and leg, and then upon assistant Marshal Kendrlck, who re turned the fire, shooting the negro in the side and neck. Kendrlck was shot in the neck by the negro, but not seriously hurt. Tbere is considerable excitement but no danger of violence. TRAIN WRESKERS CAUQHT. Placed Obstroctloas oa the Track of tbe Soothers Near Martinsville, Vs. Br Telegraph to the Horning BUr. Danvillb, Va , Aug. 87. A special to the Register from Martinsville, Va., says: "The dlicoverv of obstructions on the track or the Danville and Western division or the Southern uaiiway yea terday prevented the loss of many lives. Police Officer John P. Hutson of this dtv was detailed on the case. John Cox, a youth, whose dog had recentlv been killed by tbe train, was arrested. The youth admitted his emit and implicated Pete Hairs ton, eniored. as his Dartner in the crime. Both were tried before a justice of the nAaee at Azton and sent on to the vnnd iurv. Both nleaded guilty to the charge. Mr. Isaac Harris has proved to ' be a champion watermelon raiser, says the Oxford Ledger. Cue day -last week he gathered from his patch 22 that weighed 1,032 pounds, tlx , of which averaged 50 pounds each. Charlotte Chronicle: Tho Chronicle's claim yesterday that the population of Charlotte, including the suburbs, Is now 40,000, was ac companied by tho detailed estimates to prove it. We believe that the next government census of Char lotte will show a population of 50, 000 or more. From Winston-Salem on Frldaj : Th B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Compa ny shipped a solid train of 29 cars, approximating 800,000 pounds of plug tobacco. The trainileftlwln-ston-Salem at 1 o'clockiand ran through to Atlanta, Ga., from which point the tobacco will be distributed to various points in Georgia and Alabama. Cy. Forney, when his house was burnt some time ago at Concord, had a pocket full of sliver money that waB melted into a mass. Mr. Kesler sent this to the United States authorities and yesterday he received $3.89. in good currency for the uncurrent coins sent, paying 50 cents per ounce troy. I ' . Raleigh News 'and Observer: xne winscon ,. Republican devotes most of its editorial space this week to trying to answer Glenn's speech at Raleigh. At the present lick it will take it a dozen years to answer a single argument. Why not trot out Harris if there la such a man to meet Glenn on the stump. Kinston Free Press: A band of twenty-five Italians passed through on the A. and N. C. mail train Tuesday afternoon, on their way to Newborn, whence they were taken out to where the construction of the P. O. and W. R. R. is in progress and will work as graders and laborers. Theywere of a large number which will be sent to work on this road. Dnplin Journal : So far North Carolina furnishes three campaign I speakers for Roosevelt; John Dancy ana xx. u. uneatnam, negroes, who go West to talk un Teddv and so cial equality, and Marion Butler, the exBiIvente Senator, who comes to North Carolina to talk ud onlv the Lord knows what. Possibly, he hopes, as he talks Teddy and Book er T. to white folks in North Caro. Una to get a rotten egging so that he may be able to make high grade campplgn expenses. Mary Ann is a shrewd duck and he only moves for free silver or free gold now and it will pay to keep your eyes on him since that South Dakota bond Buit. A gentleman bv the name of Cameron, a Canadian, is in Raleigh. writes Col. F. A. Olds, making a special investigation of the deposits or beds oi marl in Eastern North Carolina. It is strange that there has been such a limited use of this very valuable fertilizer in the State. Uf course there is some local use of it by farmers on whose lands it is found, but there is no general use, as in New Jersey, for example. The aepoaits or marl are m a number of the output of marl is only equalled by the smallness of that of a phos phate rock of which also there are a nnmber of deposits in the eastern part of the, State. It has always been a puzzle why so little phos phate is mined in North Carolina, that coming here to itaieign, ior example, being from near Chatta nooga, Tenn. Charlotte News: "It is not a bad idea sometimes to remind some people that the common law makes public drunkenness a crime and punishable by a jail sentence of two years." The above statement was made by Judge Allen from the bench yesterday and his remarks were ad dressed to solicitor Webb, wno was at that time engaged in trying a case in which the man indicted was chargod with being a. drunkard. There are few people in North Car-,J- olina who realize that ,sucn a statement is in the laws of North Carolina, but it iiji and Judge Allen wishes that the people have it brought to their at tention. Many people are of the opinion that a man may carry his jag in public, provided he does not make too great a snow ana cnen zaii into the hands of the police. A prominent lawyer In speaking of the above statute Bald that the reason the people are Ignorant of that spe cial law was because of the fact that it was never or seldom ever enforced. The law against public drunkenness is an old oneand it is well for some people to be reminded of its exist ence. Mr. W. A. McCrary, who re sides a few miles east of Salisbury, but in Davidson county, went to Lexington Friday for the purpose of filing his complaints, against the Southern Railway on account of the killing of his wife, Mrs. Laura B. McCrary, and seriously injuring ms daughter, Miss Lillian, in a colli sion with tho fast mall train, No. 97, last March. The action will be brought for 125,000 damages on ac count oz Airs. Mcurary s aeain, anu 120,000 for damages sustained by the daughter, Miss Lillian, who has recovered irom ner lujuneo, unuun been treated in the Whitehead Stokes sanitarium in Salisbury for several weeks. It is alleged in the complaint that tbe engineer did not blow the signal for the crossing at which the terrible accident oc curred, the engine striking the vehicle occupied by Mrs. McCrary and her daughter while making about sixty miles an hour, killing the former Instantly as well as the team. The allegations are denied by the railroad authorities, and it will remain for the courts to decide. YELLOW FEVER IN TEXtS. One Death aad Several Cases at dovera- meat Post at Brownsville. By Telegraph to the Momlwt 8trf. Austht, Tex., Aug. 87. -The 8tate Health Department was noufied to-day of the breaking outif yellow fersr it the government post at Brownsville, Tex. One death was reported last night, and several cass exist there. 8tate Health Officer Tabor bs left for Brownsville. Hatch Bros., will bring an eursion from Wilson, Bept. 18th. ex .vJ