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. i s N . 4 it il 'J 3 4 ii !: i - - m .V- PAGE 4 THB MOENrtTG STAB, WTLMINGTOl, K. C.; WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 1912 Published by 41m WILMINGTON STAB COMPANT, Wilmington, N. C. TSC Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Wilmington, N. C ander Act s-t -mr l- fkl 107i or wongresa, marcu uu, ion. FUIX ASSOCIATED PRESS KKPOBT. PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MOBNINO STAB, the oldest dally newspaper In North Carolina, Is pnblisnecl dally except Monday, at $6 per year, $3 for aix months. $1.50 for three months. 50 cents for one month, served by carriers In the city, or by mall. THE SUNDAY STAB, by mall, one year, $1; six months, 50 cents; three months, 25 cents. ADVERTISING BATES may be had on application, and advertisers may feel as sured that through the columns of this paper they may reach all Wilmington, Eastern Carolina and contiguous territory In South Carolina. 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Call either, if the other doesn't answer. COMMUNICATIONS, unless they con tain Important news, or discuss briefly and preperly subject of real interest, are not wanted; and If acceptable in every other way, they will invariably be rejected un less the real name of the author accom panies the same, not necessarily for publi cation, but as a guarantee of good faith. Wednesday, May S, 1912. By George, it is going to be a close rub. DAIRYING ALL IMPORTANT The big eephant has gone to sea in a tub. It is about time to pull ripe Spring chickens. The G. O. P. elephant is stagger ing at a gnat and swallowing a camel. For lack of an opportunity men never make a blunder. some A man loves to be a farmer when he can get somebody to do the work that makes farming pay. , A man may make a failure at one thing and score tremendous success elong some other line of endeavor. j- J3y the way, if we are to have wo loto suffrage. wiU a bachelor be eligi ble to any pcsitkm above that of dog pelter? When politicians take each other by the nape of the neck it is because of the office and not because of a con flict of convictions. Between Taft and Roosevelt it is now "pull Dick and pull Devii." The indications are that the Republican party is verging on the point of repu diating itself. Who will be the Republican dark horse at Chicago? Looks now like a compromise candidate will be the logical outcome of the contest between the President and the ex-President. Everybody seems to be a prevari cator in this campaign, but in Ken tucky the epithet hurled a few days ago was "diseased liar." That seems to be regarded as less complimentary than being called a robust liar. Politicians try to spring first one thing and then another on each other. In the meantime nobody knows what they stand for. They only seem to want to give us to understand that they cannot stand for each other. Senator Atlee. Pomerene, of Ohio, tells the Washington Post that the one big issue in this campaign is the tariff. President Taf t's opponent for the nom ination has neverVheard of any such issue. At any rater he never men tions it. "Up in the air for nine minutes" is the newspaper heading of a dis patch telling about an aeroplane trip by Congressman. William H. Heald, of Delaware. Is Heald the only Con gressman who is going to be "up in the air" after the 5th of next November? A Chicago brakesman found a box containing $25,000 and restored it to its owner, who promptly presented Mm with a ?1 bill. That seems to be about the price placed upon honesty by some people. It is hoped that the brakesman will not kick himself for being honest. A number of German scientists are pleased over the finding of the lost skull of Schiller, the great poet. Alas! The inanimate skull of the brilliant poet is only a curiosity. The potential gray matter is lacking and the once glowing spark of genius has long since gone out. . The Taft' supporters are howling -because the Colonel has emissaries in the' South- attempting to seduce Re publican delegates committed to .the President's nomination. They reflect CTiavous.lv on Southern ReDublicans -when they thiriS ir a moment . that they can't . stand hjtched while the Roosevelt bandwagon- Is passing. The running of a dairy Instruction and promotion train through North Carolina the past week by the South ern Railway but illustrates the ne cessity of our paying some attention to one of our neglected resources of wealth. The value of the butter and cheese which the South buys annually from the less favored portions of the country amounts to millions of dol lars. It constitutes a tremendous drain upon the production of our peo ple, for they have to produce the equivalent in-other crops to get the money to purchase the necessary sup plies which we should raise at home. Dairying conducted properly in North Carolina would be a source of wealth if it would but be the means of en abling our people to (keep at home the immense amount of money which they are sending away for the good, bad and indifferent dairy products which we have to get from others. The Southern Railway's dairy train was at Greensboro a few days ago, and during the past week it has visited many of the cities and towns in the central and western portion of the State. It is gratifying to learn that the farmers were deeply interested and turned out in goodly numbers to see the dairy equipment, hear the lec tures, witness the dairying process, and see the improved live stock car ried along for exhibition. This is a great opportunity that the Southern has given North Carolinians free or cost, and doubtless it will result in immense good. Dairying is one of the great possibilities of farming in North Carolina, and it is encouraging tnat already there are several successful fT-co-operative "dairies in the central and western counties of the State. Where they are conducted on right lines they have been profitable, while the more successful ones have greatly extended their business. Dairies either on a co-operative or a commer cial basis are a great need here and' the Statewide demand for their prod ucts shows that we ought to supply the need and meet the demand. We need not ask ourselves what re sources we have to develop when dairying is one which we have not touched. The millions of dollars which North Carolina is spending for North ern and Western butter should be pouring into dairies conducted by our own people. Indeed, if we will not conduct dairying on a commercial scale we should at least produce on our farms the butter and milk that will supply the homes of our farmers and provide a surplus for the nearby markets. Very few of our farmers really know how to make good butter on the farms, and if the Southern's dairy train did not teach anything else, it will prove of great value in learning our people the simple art of making good table butter. However, all , portions of North Carolina are splendidly adapted -to dairying if we would but eradicate the cattle tick by the well-known methods being intro duced by the government and by grow ing pastures for them instead of let ting them roam the woods. The Southern Railway would not be running an expensive dairy train in North Carolina, 'South Carolina, Geor gia and other Southern States if it were not considered that the South is capable of becoming a great producer of dairy products. Then, again, we would not have as a lecturer in North Carolina so eminent a man as the Hon. Maurice F. Egan, United States Min ister to Denmark, who is now in North Carolina holding up to us the example of Denmark in its system of dairying. Dr. Egan delivered an intensely inter esting lecture in Greensboro on Mon day night, and of it the Greensboro News says in an editorial: "With only 14 weeks of growing weather, in which the cows can graze in the open, the little country of Den mark' is yearly making a record that should be a forceful lesson to farmers who are blessed with a home and the ownership of land in the delightful, sunny South. Some facts concerning the achievements of the Danes in ag riculture, gleaned from the very in structive address of Dr. Egan in the Court House yesterday afternoon, are worthy of attention and emphasis on a comparative basis what' is be ing done in North Carolina. "Denmark is a small country of only 15,592 square miles, with a - popula tion of about 2,700,000, a little larger than the population of North Carolina, but in area only about one-fourth the size of this State. Dr, Egan explain ed that the Danish people's only re sources are the products of the farms, but by intelligent work and co-opera tion they not. only have comfortable homes and live well, but that they now actually export produce to the value of $100,000,000 annually in butter, ba con and eggs. The butter goes large ly to England and the bacon to Ger many. "Education and co-operation are re sponsible for Denmark's leadership in agriculture. Compulsory education prevailed there since 1814, for chil dren between the ages of 7 and 14. Every child in the kingdom who has sufficient intelligence to learn, can read and write. The law prohibits the building up of large estates through the merging of smaller, ones. The farms are all small, ranging in the main from 3 to 20. acres. A 90-acre farm is an extra larga one. It is a rare thing to find a farm house with out a telephone and. other modern con veniences." - -.- .. - . Why should Denmark be setting North Carolina an example? Why does North Carolina have to pattern after Denmark? -Just think of the dif ference between the grass-growing pe riod of Denmark compared with that ,of North Carolina. We not only have the advantage of Denmark as to a long season of pasturage but we have our cotton-seea products right In our midst, the best cattle feed in all the world. The people in the cold climate of Denmark not only support them selves but supply butter, cheese and meat to all ithe surrounding nations. She is even .supplying a large portion of the cheese we consume right here in North Carolina. For all we know, !we may -be getting from her some of the; butter which we get from we don't know where. When are we go ing to quit doing that kind of busi ness? GAYNOR FOR PRESIDENT Mayor .Gaynor seems to be coming in for a considerable share of men tion as a dark horse for the National Democratic convention to "be held in Baltimore on the 25th of June, one week after the Republican convention meets in Chicago. It is believed there is something in the Gaynor boom, for it has been strongly hinted here of late that New York's big uninstructed delegation will go to Baltimore and keep hands off with a view to securing the nominee for the Empire Stated It is said that the New York politicians really .are grooming the Mayor of the metropolis and will spring him at the psychological moment. Judge Gaynor is not an avowed candidate but long ago .he has said he would accept if he were nominated. The Greensboro Record says about this Gaynor boom: "Unless all signs fail a big game is on in the political fight for the Demo cratic Presidential nomination. For some time it has been apparent that a concerted effort was being made to prevenba nomination, on the first bal lot at least, while for the past fe-v. weeks it is bobbing up that a dark horse or two is hitched out in the woods, one of whom is Mayor Gaynor, of New York. The hope is that with four avowed candidates in the race the fight will grow so warm that as a last resort a compromise candi date will be trotted out. At first it was the field against Wilson; when he was lambasted a few times, Clarli ran -up towards the top of the score board and now the others afe after him, seeing that he has too great a lead. That effective work for Gaynor has been going on is plain. Only a3 a dark horse has he any -showing, but this will be the result in the event. a nomination Is not made on the sixth or eighth ballot. As two-thirds are re quired to nominate, it is seen how hard is ithe task. The men who are managing the Gaynor business are perhaps not bitterly opposed to any of the other gentlemen, but they like Gaynor and seem to know how to play the game." The Democratic situation is getting discouragingly muddled. Mayor Gay- rfftr may have some hopes, but he can not have any greater ones than the Hon. William Jennings Bryan. Col. Bryan, has been' getting delegates' fbr, both Wilson and Clark, and if there is to be any dark horse, because none of the avowed candidates an get the nomination, why Col. Bryan will step in and say how he has worked for the party so worked that no one man can be nominated under the two-thirds rule. If New York gets too busy with its candidate, the Nebraskan will be right on the spot and climb upon the table and proclaim the fact that New York is too close to Wall Street. .'South and its fiber is a. substitute for silk. Its decortication, or removal of its thin barfc, and the treatment of the fiber to destroy its mucilaginous properties makes it expensive. It is decorticated by hand - in China and much of the silk goods woven in all countries is made of ramie, or vege table silk. If once an economical pro cess for treatinsr ramie is discovered, that plant will furnish the South an other source of "great wealth. We have no doubt the process for treating the nettle plant will also do the york for ramie. That plant will grow to per fection in eastern North Carolina. 'The Great I CURRENT COMMENT. In introdnoinp- r".ni Roosevelt to a Maryland audience Saturday an en thusiastic admirer referred to him as "the greates human beiiig that ever trod this earth." Which is perhaps in line with what the Colonel has been thiiiking for some ,time. -Win ston-Salem 'Sentinel. The Outlnnfc- cava the tariff is not to be the big issue in this campaign. Upon one thing all Republicans arc agreed and that is to run away from the tariff. All Democrats are equally determined that thov cannot escano responsibility for this indefensible tax upon xne American people. itaieign News and Observer. Robeson county Republicans seem very fond of the Rough Rider. They put across a solid delegation of 12 for him. Maybe it is not because they love Theodore so much : but because they don't love William at all. Well, Theodorecan be depended on to make a big noise, and to distract attention the while he winks the other eye and gloats wih. the plunderers. Lumber ton Robespnian. ., (. Ambassador James Rrvce is under fire by the outs at home, because of j.w vi.l'J. i, . . .." i, , x. . sue puuucauon or me . .connaenuai Taft letter, to Roosevelt', 'saying reci procity wo.uld make Capada only an adjunct of yne United States, union ist orator's, and newspaper's are asking why Mr. 'Bryce- supported a treaty which was designed by American statesmen for such ends, and it seems not at all improbable that he will be recalled. If so, 'this country will lose a sympathetic student of its institu tions who has been a most welcome guest. Likewise reciprocity with Can ada will be placed almost beyond pos sibility of revival. This horrible mes of Presidential preference politics brings forth more bad results every day. Charlotte Observer. THE. SEA GATE. FARE FIBER SUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON The European spinners seem to keep on worrying themselves over the sup ply of cotton and are ever on the alert for fiber substitutes for their textile industries. The search for a substi tute for the fleecy, staple has been go ing on for a long time and many ex periments have been made. None of them,, however, have resulted in pro ducing fibers in as large quantities and as cheap as cotton. The Chicago Tribune notes that some of these ex periments have been made with the common nettle. It is said to be a promising plant on account of the strength and beauty of its fiber, and because, it Is said, it grows wild and yields largely under the most discour aging conditions. The Tribune says about these experiments with the net tie plant: "The great difficulty has been in separating the fiber from the woody stem. In a method of treatment that has been worked out in the last two or three years, the dried nettle stems are boiled about half an hour in dilute soda lye, and the loosened fibers are then separated in a machine with re volving brushes. The material is then subjected to a number of alternate boilings in dilute lye and thorough washings, both under high pressure. The product is a mass of yellowish fibers, free from gum, that can be bleached, combed and spun into lus trous white yarn. This is claimed to (have ithe smoothness and softness of flax, with a strength even greater than that of hemp. The yarn has been made into brilliant damask, and can be used ! alone or with other threads for up holsteries, ribbons and a variety of Tabrics." We doubt very seriously whether any fibrous plant will yield the same amount of fiber as the poorest acre of cotton in the South. All fibrous plants have to be decorticated in order to get the fiber and then it has to undergo an expensive chemical . process to ma'ke the fiber fit for use. Some, plants produce a better product than cotton but none of them a commercial fiber that is as cheap as cotton. That is the reason cotton is used for the cheaper grades of the world's cloth ing. When it comes to other fibrous plants than cotton, however, the South is adaptible to the best of all such plants. There is ramie, for instance. That plant grows profusely in ithe President : -Hugh MacRae.- of Tidewa ter Co., Explains Reduction To the Editor of The Morning Star. Dear Sir Referring to an item ap pearing in yesterday's Star in regard to the reduction of fares to Sea Gate by the Tidewater , Power pompany, as being the .result of a petition to the corporation commission ; oy certain citizens of Sea Gate. I bee to sav that this was not the pause as, will be seen py the toijowing jacp: .. It Was decided' more ' than six or eight months' ago'1 to make this reduc tion, but the announcement of it was postponed with the expectation that it would be made at the same time that Winter Park would be d'eeded to trus tees, it being the intention at that time to make also a public rate of five cents from- the junction of Front and Princess streets- ; in Wilmington to Winter :Parir.. ; ' ; ; ? The engineering! necessary to be done beforenthe park could be deeded caused unexpected delay so it was con cluded to prepare the tickets and an nounce the rates earlier. It was not until May 4th that the Tidewater Power Company knew that citizens of Sea Gate had presented pe tition to the Corporation Commission. So it is obvious that this knowledge could not have been the controlling factor in what had been determined six or eight months previously. Twice during the past Winter two of the citizens of Sea Gate discussed with the waiter this question of re duced rates ( to that point, and they were told hr, full detail Just what the plan of the : company ' was in regard to the rate and the only'reason why it was being delayed. !li The officials of the Tidewater Power Company think the rate1 to Sea Gate has been a reasonable one in consider ation of the service given; but think that the new rate to be given on May 15th is a more equitable adjustment of rates along the line of the road, and for this reason have announced the change. . HUGH MacRAE, Pres. . Tidewater Power Co. Because of a Very Advantageous Arrangement, we are enabled to offer some Very At tractive Merchandise at. some Most Astounding Low Prices. The May Sale starts Monday Morning. Low Prices, High-Class Merchandise, Quan tity and Variety will be the Attractions. Polite and Courteous Attention is Always our Motto. Handsome Millinery, as well as the Cheaper Quality. Many very New Shapes and many different shapes to select from. Each one seems more Fetching than the others. The Newest and Smartest Ideas. The Sale lasts for One Week. See Page Ad. and Large Circular for Pri ices. 25c White Linen Suiting 36-in. wide, . the yd., 18c. 10 yds. best 10c Bleaching, for . . 69c. The FIRM THAT PAYS VOCB CARFARE J dote saved the life cf his companion. They had been warned of the poison, but considered the admonition as only an attempt to frighten them to keep them from eating the nuts. BURGAW TOWN ELECTION W. M. Hand Chosen Mayor Commis sioners. Elected A Tragedy (By Long Distance Telephone.) Burgaw, N. C, May 7. The town election was held here today, one of the most spirited and most hotly con tested in the history or Burgaw. W. M. Hand was elected Mayor over A. H. Paddison by a vote of 50 to 37. W. D. Croom, W. C. Dicksey an. I Giles Kornegay were nominated as three of five commissioners but there was a tie for the two other places be tween H. S. George, W. R. Harrell and D. J. Farrior, Jr., each of whom received 43 votes. Two of these three will be selected to fill the two other places. C . C . Branch was elected, town treasurer.- ' ' A daughter of W. H. Walker, col ored, about 12 years of age, was killed here today by an older brother, Curly Walker, aged about 17. From best in formation. Curly had a gun after one of his brothers and the two were grap pling for possession of 'the weapon when it was discharged and the little girl was killed. - If SERIES OF TRAGEDIES Kinston Reports Several of Them, All Rather Unusual .Special Star Correspondence.) Kinston, N. C, May 7. An epidem ic of violent deaths during the past 48 hours in this city and vicinity has startled the community. Frank Vause, a well-known white farmer several miles from Kinston, was -drowned late in the evening in Southwest creek, and the body found several hours later by a searching par ty. Alone when he met with the mis hap, there is no definite information concerning his death. It Is presumed that he was fishing in the creeiki, and known to have been drinking that af ternoon ; thait he fell overboard and could not isave himself. Vause was 43 years of age; was married, and had eight children. " ' Incensed at his wife" because she ;would not 'sign a deed to property which he wanted to sell, 5"ank Evans, a negro, cut his wife's throat and the side of her face, splitting an ear, with a pocket knife. The timely arrival of a physician kept the woman from bleeding to death, and she may recov er. Evans was arrested. Ed. Eason, white, was found dead in a road near LaGrange, his neclt broken' and a team which he had been driving standing near. Mystery sur rounds the death, and foul play is hinted. Particulars are meagre, the tragedy having occurred In the night in a lonely spat. Arthur Hill, a negro boy, of Lin-, coin City, a suburb of Kinston, and another boy were poisoned by Paris 'Green. The boys were employed on a farm, and in sowing -. peanuts which had beenXsprinkled with Parish" Green to prevent' destruction by Insects, ate of them freely. Hill died, but an antl This year it's the "BALLOT." Every good citizen ought to enjoy its advan tages. "Ballot" is the comfort able low collar with "Easy-Tie-Slide" space and patented "Lock-that-Locks." The wide slitching adds a slyle distinction to this collar that you are sure to like. If you prefer same syle but higher ask your good haber dasher for "Whirlwind" or "McAdoo." All arc (offers Q&esi Grafxf in Amerca 2 for 25c Quarter Sizes United Shirt & Collar Co., Makers, Troy V v WE CAN SHIP PROMPTLY Land Plaster. . Cotton Seed Meal. Cotton Seed Hulls. Guano of All Grades. Fancy and Heavy Groceries. Write for Prices. D. L. GORE COMPANY Wholesale Grocers and Importers. . WILMINGTON, N. r ii it White Goods. PIQUES, From Narrowest to the Widest. - CORDUROY CORDS. Ratines, Plain, Striped and Figured. Wide Bands in Ratine, Cluny and Shadow Effect. Exquisite for Trimming. A D. BROWN'S R$ia1 Life Insurance Life Insurance is a mighty Good thing, and every man should have a Good policy in a Good company. But, isn't Life Insurance really Death Insurance? Why not have a little Real Life Insurance, too? A deposit in this bank is yours, live or die; and it's ready for use whenever you want it. Always growing. Ever increasing. The -Longer it stays the Bigger it grows because we Add to It Four Per Cent, Compound Interest. Home Savings Bank 115 No. Front St. Orton Bldg. wi Du d on New Iron Beds -the nobbiest out; nothing in town like them. Automatic Refrigerators different from any to be had elsewhere. , Bloch Go Carts and Carriages. Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets. Ostermoor Felt Mattresses. Reliable dealings, or none. Goods as represented. WILHBT0N FURNITURE CO. Atlantic Paint and Varnish Works ... i . 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