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Will Gives the; Largest Quantity And Variety of Reading Matter, Of Any Daily Newspaper -jnrth Carolina. ; TZt the Postoffice at Wilmington, N.C, l tttttti lecondiasi Mfl Matter. siiTMON 1 TUE I WED THU FR115AT T2JLJ: S 6 'ffr 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 TTTf 23 24 ?j 2627' Jpj930 31 port Al nc Jnly 17. Sun Kis-.. AM S Sets J... -- ; P " n Tcnolh..;. 14 h 20 m Water at Southport 2.54 AM 4.41 P M Water at Wilmington -r1. i. nrjaekKAW J. lit? V Dep't of Agriculture. ruRE, l ; Weather BURiAir, Wilmington1 N C, July Meteorological data tor yesterday : jVmrature: 8 a. m.,72; 8 p. m., 72; maximum. 85; minimum,-72; mean 78. Rainfall for the day. .68; rainfall lor thr month tip to date 2.83 inches. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. , For North Carolina and South Caro lina, fair, except showers on the coast; loutherlv winds. Cotton Region Bulletin. The rainfall in the cotton beit yester day was heaviest in the Wilmington dis 'trict. At Raleigh, one inch was re corded for the 24 hours ended at 6 p. m.; at Florence, S. C 1.14; Wilmington, 62; Greensboro, 76; Lumberton, 58; Golds biro, 55; Weldon. 44; Charlotte, 41. There were also heavy rains in the Sa vannah, Charleston, Augasta and Mem phis districts. The maximum .tempera ture at the Wilmington station was 85 degrees; Newbern. 86; Greensboro, Wel don and Raleigh. 88; Charlotte. Cheraw, Goldsboro, Lumberton, 90. Vt'TLlNtt. t The first bale of new crop Texas cot ton was sold in New York yesterday. A mulatto charged with criminal assault on Miss Mytrice El kins, hanged by a mob in Winchester, Ky., yesterday morning.- Alarm ng increase of deaths Irom yellow fever in Cuban towns. Grain and provision market. Record of base ball games played yes teiday. - Seaboard Air Line No until in the report that the' Southern had control of the system. Wash ington news A postmaster arrested for embezzlement; a new civil service 1 rale is promulgated by Preside nt Cleveland. . - Spots and futures market. ; Business brightening at Pottstown, Pa.; manufacturers voluntarily increasing , wages of employes; a sudden boom in the pottery trade. Mrs. Farrall is acquitted of the charge of murder. Suit of , the Bonsack Cigarette .Machine Co. on trial in Asheville. ; Miners' trohbles Workers in Michigan iron mines strike for higher wages. Corbett-Fitzsimmbns ministers of the city of Austin working to prevent the pnzi-fight to take; place in Dallas." .--- New York markets: Money on call, was easy at per cent, last loan at 1 per cent, and closing offered at 1 per cent; cotton steady; middling gulf TJi cents; middling - uplands 7 cents; Southern flour was dull and weak; com "m to fair extra $2.403.15; jjood to choice do t3.304.00; wheat dull and easier; No. 2 red in store and at elevator Wfa; afloat 52c; corn urmer and dull, scarce and firm; No. 2 at elevator 49 afloat 5051c; spirits turpentine quiet and easy at 2828c; rosin dull and steady; strained, common to good $1.55157. . Lord Salisbury the new I British prime Minister, is solid. He weighs 280 pounds. " . ( f In the past year iip to June 30th e have added 42 "miles to the rail road mileage of this State, making the aggregate mileage now 3,655 miles. Zimmerman the cyclist wheeled a "ule in one minute fifty-seven and a "If seconds at Asbury Park the other day,- which was . the fastest mile be Werrnade. V Al-bama coal 'has advanced' 25 PAn, w.ui! a ton- ranenn tl.. operators formed Jndt6 the competition which kept the price down. ' , . We are m receiDt of the Univer- 1 J Catalogue for 1894-95. It shows W stodents in all; 317 in college, L,m the law school 26 in the medi' 1 2 school, and :57 .in , the summer f ""ool.for teachers. There are 35 ! professrs and instructors. A - yankee in Tanan hac inwpnfpH isha. A jinrikisha is a two-. Wed concern to which they hitch man to pin pe0pie around who are draft10 Walk MeQ ar cheaPer hors mmalSin that coutry than the CZat f Russia is said t0 be the 8teatest theatrical manager in seve Wrld runnin2 slx theatres," " or el2ht companies, a dozen or J orchestras with about 100 mem- "wS earl, -j . . Wltti If . ,anu a dramatic college a cohi-iIa v.. i j t; Miser Win:.' . . uuuurcu siuueuis. ii on th i succeeds in his efforts thenar hC mlht et a jb ' The f Morning Star .' VOL. LVL-NO. 95. . it is said that that there are on the sugar plantations n Louisiana 25,000,000 gallons' of molasses in tanks. It is so cheap that it won't pay to barrel and ship it, and they cant turn it loose because it would pollute the atmosphere and can't turn it into the streams because the peo ple who use the water would raise a racket. It is tod cheapito taste sweet to the darkies. Better invite some of the Boston fellows who supply the the heathen in Atrica with ram. They might find a way to utilize it. A wealthy citizen of Portsmouth Ohio, was captured a few nights ago while in the act of perpetrating a burglary. The police surprised him and he surprised the police when they found whom they had caught. He owned up and confessed that most of the burglaries committed in that town , for some time were his work, and gave as a reason 1 that he couian't resist the temptation to steal. On this overt act and admis sion he will probably be sent beyond the reach of temptation. Whatever success Gen. Campos may have in crashing the revolution m iuDa, ne seems determined to win the reputation of a brutal savage, when he issues orders that captured Cubans shall be shot without cere mony or mercy, it tnis nas any effect on-the Cubans at all it will be to make them fight all the harder. xi ampos wasn t as stupia as he is brutal he would see that. Since the establishment of the U. S. Government to, the present "time we have, according to the latest statistics, spNjnt in one way or an other $1,250,000,000 on account of the lone Indian. But then, in re turn, we got a good deal oF real estate out of him. NSW ADVEETISEME19TS. A. D. Brown Removal sale. G.R. French & Son Save money. W. B. Cooper Bagging and ties. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Pertinent Pumgrapbs Pertaining Princi pally to People Mud Pointedly Printed.; Rev. R. E. Peele left for Baiti more. Md yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hooker, of Webster, are in the city. Mr. I. H. Well left last night to vist Northern markets. j Mr. R. T. Draughon, of Ben nettsville. S. C, in the city. Mr. H. L. Frjr and ! wife, of Greensboro, arrived in ; the city last night; : .,.. - Miss MattieB. Willis -leaves this moraine ..to visi friends at Wash ington, D. C. Mr. J. M. lkoore superintend ent of the Cheraw nd. Chester railroad. is in the city. f Miss Lilly', Muse, of Rocky Mount, is in the city visiting Misses Janie and Lillian Home. - Miss Bessie Maunder, who has been visiting friends in the western part of the State, returned yesterday. Dr. W. C. - Galloway has re turned from an extended business trip along the Carolina Central railroad. Mr. Thos. A. Heide, of Minne apolis. Minn., formerly of this city, is hereon a visit to relatives and friends. Messrs. B. A. Gasque, F. F. CovinPton and T. W. lohnson, of Marion, S. C were in the city yesterday. Miss Maggie McRackan, of Conway, S. C was here yesterday en route to Morehead CitV. to visit rela tives. ) . ' ' ' : j. ' Mr. W, J. Balkcum, a promi nent citizen and farmer of Waycross, SamDSon county, is here on a business visit. - . "- Mr. W. L. Kennedy, superin tendent of the Wilmington Oil Mills, has returned from a visit to relatives at Dayton, Ohio. Among the arrivals from Ches ter, S.C in the city, are Messrs. J. F, Howell, M. Gunhoust, R. A. Billings, Rob't Owens. D. McEachern, Sam'l HonH. J. E. Hood. T. S. Colvin. W. H. Neal. '' . ' Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritcfiard, of Tryon Street Baptist church, Charlotte, has started on a three weeks vacation He is now at Wnghtsville, where he will remain a few days, whence he will go to Ne York and other bie cities. As this u not the ricrht season for deer and partridges, the Doctor carries no guns, Messrs. Douglass Jennings, Harrv3ristow. Frosland. Bennetts- ville; A: D. Ward, : Kenansville; H. L Stevens, Warsaw; T G. Shannonhonse, Charlotte; M. McNair, Maxton; J. L. Borden. Goldsboro; J. D. Wheelford, Newbern; J. F.; Robettson, J. F. Rob ertson. Jr.. Charlotte; S. S. Speir. Golds boro: T. M. Smith, Fair Bluff, C. E.Mc Gwigan, Enfield; J. M. Smith, Fair Bluff, were among the arrivals in the city yes terday. ' Sheriff Hewlett's Bond. The Finance Committee of the Board nt rnmmissioners of New Hanover county were in session yesterday to in- vestigate Sheriff Hewlett's bosfd. a re port having been circulated recently that Mr. H. U. Butters, one of the sureties, had disposed of his property in this State.. Mr. Butters appeared ds- fore the committee and stated that he was worth over $400,000, and that much f : ; iirtA in this State. He also Ul ! ma , w - - ,i said that he owned large moneyed in- terests in Michigan, ine conumncp will make report at the next regular meeting of the Board. LOCAL t DOTS. . Items of Interest Gathered and There and Briefly Noted. Too much rain for cotton; ibut not tor corn on the high sandy lands. Local forecast for to-day: Show ers; warmer; light variable winds. mostly southwesterly. . i Why not : Francis, after ; her charming mother? No need to lollow the Bible always, in name as well as deed. ' ' 4 - There was 4.4 feet of .water in the river at Fayettevtlle Monday at 8 a. m.; a fall of 0.1 of a foot in the previous 24 hours. For the District Baptist Sunday School Convention near Wilmington. July 25-29th, the C. F. & Y. V. R. R, will sell round triptlckets at reduced rates; from Fayetteville. $4.05; Maxton, $45. , J Joe4Werner, a white man, arrest ed here and returned to Darlington, S. C , some days ago to answer to the charge of larceny, was found not guilty upon investigation of the case, and was discharged from arrest. j ' On account of the District Conference of the M. E. Church South at Southport. N. C, the Seaboard j Air Line will sell round trip tickets to Wil mington and return at reduced rates. Rate from Maxton $4.25. In addition to the action j for criminal libel brought against the' edi tors of the- Dispatch, the Star is; in formed that a suit -for damages will be ..instituted against the proprietors of that paper by Mayor Fishblate. j I The Singing Class of the Oxford Orphan Asylum will give a concert at the Opera House next Friday evening for the benefit of the- Asylum. The programme will consist of songs, recita tions etc., and an enioyable entertain ment is promised. Re?. J. W. Taylor, Of the Mis sionary Baptist Church, will preach at Bladen Street Baptist church to-.nlght at 8 o'clock' on the Bible Doctrine of Sanctification. All who want lig'ht on that subject should attend. The negotiations for the sale of the two street railways of Charleston to a. W&lf. who intended converting them into electric roads is declared j off. The Northerners forfeited a guarantee ot 5.000 thev had put up. and quit. I So the old horse-cars will continue to run, There will be a number of lady chaperones on the excursion to Mt Airy, which leaves here on Tuesday next. Some of the best and most prom inent ladies of Wilmington have consen ted to go in this capacity. It is going to be ta laree excursion party' and a pleasant one. v 'The business men of San An tonio. Texas,' says the Manufacturer's Record, 'have organized a company with $25,000 capital to promote a fair to beheld in the city this fall.' One fifth of that amount would get up a show that would bring ten thousand strangers to our citv. Wilmineton must wake up. ' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Benevolent Society return their sincere thanks to iapt. j. n. uaniei. manager of the Seacoast road, for tickets given to the inmates of the Home; to Mr. J. H. Hanby, for the gift of a hand somely shaped sign on which has been beautifully painted in gilt letters the name, "Catherine Kennedy Home, 1880- 1895"; to the Wilmington Gas Light Company, through Mr. Engene Martin, for eras in the two halls of the Home; to Mr. J. F. Garrell and Mr. W. M. Hays lor beef given regularly every' week, and to Mrs.Reuben Grant for special work in the way of collecting pound packages on our regular Vlsiuag uaya, iuc uuuiuci iu uu& beincr 25 and in July 84. We wodld like to thank each individual by pame who contributes, towards the support ot the Home; not only on our regular days but at all times, but for the fact that in doincr sowe would trespass greatly on the kindness of our daily papers, which so generously give us space for notices of all kinds. A record is kept, though, of the name of every person who has brought or sent anything to the Home since it was opened, and this will con tinue to be kept. Exourttontsta from South Caroline. About two hundred excursionists from Chester and Clinton, S. C, arrived last evening at-6 o clock, by train over the Carolina Central railroad. .Many of the visitors went through to ucean View, while the remainder stopped in the city. They will remain here to-day and to-morrow, visiting the seaside re sorts, and leave for home to-morrow night at 9.80 d'clock. The managers are Messrs. H, Samuels, J. L. Simmons and H. S. Heyman. University Catalogue. The University Catalogue for 1894-95 shows 471 students, as follows : 817 in the College. 78 in the Law" School, 26 in the Medical School and 59 in the Sum mer School for Teachers. The, faculty embraces 85 professors and instructors. The 'cataloeue contains 114 pages, is carefully indexed and gives full informa tion about the University. Write for copy to President Winston. Chapel Hill, N.C. 8. A. L. Exouraions. Excursions will be run to Western North Carolina points by the Seaboard Air Line on the following dates: July 9th and 23rd; August 6th and 20th. and September 3rd. Tickets good ten days from date ot sale. Fare, half rates from all points on the system. A good opportunity to take in t a bit of scenery and inhale some fine mountain air at very little cost. , r City Court. J. A. Singleton, colored, drunk and disorderly, was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or work on the streets thirty days. Josephine Pigford and Ben Smith, colored, were charged , with disorderly conduct. The woman was discharged and Smith was fined $20 or thirty days.. WILMINGTON, N. C., AT THE STATE CAPITAL. 1 MATTERS OF MORE MENT OR less mo- Fatten Candidates " Jades " cook Seek ing; Congressional Hcmora A. rfioenaed Distillery 8elzsd by Revenue Officers Severe ' Btorm Colored Hinatrela The Hallway : Commission Considering Exoeptiona to Valuation of Bailroad Properties. - .; Special Star Correspondence Raleigh, N. C, July 16. Clerk Brown of the Civil Service Com mission ot the Revenue Department, says while he receives a number of re quest for blanks, very few are returned filled out with applications. Co operative candidates who expect to profit by fusion two years hence are springing up like mushroons. It is said that Mr. Chag. A. Cook, of Warren.-late Senator, and "Judge" in theory, is trying to hedge off the negro for Congressional honors in his district. Rev. Leaks throws out an intimation in his paper, The Outlook, that such candi dates should be tied in the bushes. Mr. H. M. Ivev, who is a member of the Board of Aldermen, has been trans ferred to Norfolk by the Seaboard road. Mr. lvey is connected with the store keeper's department which was moved irom tnis city. A registered grain distillery was seized for taxes near Roxboro,' N. C. belong ing to W. R. Seat. Two large stills and thirty-one barrels of whiskey were also taken. Judge Timberlake will arrive here this evening at 4 p. m., and open court for a snort time in order to pass sentence in the case against the Water Works Com pany. . . f ersons residing near Cary, -this county, report that one of the severest wind and rain stbrms ever known in that section, raged last nieht. It is feared that there is considerable damage to crops, especially, corn. The colored minstrels of this city, which have been quite successful, took the road to-day. They show in Dur ham to-nieht. The Durham.Light Infantry, forty-five strong. left this morning for Ocean View, Va.t for a ten days' encampment. The handsome building constructed in Fortsmoutn by the beaboard Air Line was occupied 'yesterday. It is esti mated to have cost. $75,000. It is a passenger depot, as well as headquarters lor the general officers. To-day being one of the days set aside by the Railway Commission for roads taking exceptions to valuation of pro perty to appear before them, Vice Presi dent St. Tohn. of the Seaboard, and Col. John D. Shaw, counsel for the road, appeared before the Commission and asked for a reduction of valuation. They considered the valuation made by the Commission too high. Mr. St. John and Col. Shaw were before the Commis sioners for dvertwo hours, Mr. St. John doing most of the talking. Their papers were filed, and the case will be con sidered as soon as Mai. Wilson returns. Mr. A. Henzy, of Comstock. appeared before the Commissioners. ' also. He also asked for a reduction in valuation, Mr. St. Tohn leaves this afternoon for Asheville, where he attends the gath ering ol the railroad magnates. Mr. St. John, it is said, will refuse to join any association which may be formed unless the plans conform to his ideas. He is also said to be hostile to Commissioner Stahlman. Three families have left Colorado for this vicinity in wagons. They are now in Illinois. , Mr. George Allen, of this city, has a letter from them in which they state that they will settle near Raleigh. Transportation by rail was considered too expensive, so they took it through the country, a distance of over 2,500 miles. , Robbers tried to effect an entrance into the residence of Mrs. Montgomery; in this city, but they were frightened away. ' The contract for constructing an iron bridge over .Neuse river oh the Pool road has been awarded to Mr. Wiley V. Clifton, of the Cambridge Iron Com pany, at a cost of $3,250. The correction for the error of the public printers ratifying the Revenue Act is being sent out by the Secretary of State to the Registers of Deeds of the different counties, etc.- It is headed "erratum." i Special Star Telegram Vice President St. John, of the Sea board, tells me that there is not a word of truth in the dispatch sent out from Atlanta to the effect that the Southern had obtained control of the Seaboard. He says it would be a very unfortunate matter for - the South were the report true. I .. Judge Timberlake, in a short session of Court this afternoon, gave his sen tence in the! case against the Water Co. He ordered the dam to be broken between November 20th and December a 5th. so that the water will .flow in its regular channel unobstructed. The company not to use the water for pump ing in the "meantime. The Water Co. was also taxed with the costs, amount ing to about one thousand dollar?. A fine of ten thousand dollars was also imposed for maintaining the nuisance, but the Judge withdrew this penalty on agreement of the Water Co. to waive all right to appeal to the Supreme Court. Death of Cant. 'Cuttf. Capt. A. H. Cutts, for many years one of the most'popular conductors on the Wilmington & Weldon railroad, died last night at his , residence in this city. after a long and painful illness, which had for years incapacitated him for ac tive service. He was about 70 years of age and leaves a wife and eight children. His oldest son, Capt. J ohn Cutts, is agent for the A. C. L. at Weldon. The funeral is announced to take place this after noon from St. John's Church. . Funeral of the Jjate Jffira. Freeman. The funeral of the late- Mrs. Isabel Freeman took place yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church; Dr. Hoge, assisted by Rev. Dr. Norman, conducting the services. The pall bearers were Messrs. B. F. Hall, B. G. Worth. C. H. Robinson; W. R. Keenan, Col. Roger Moore and Dr. Baldwin. . ! Buy No Others. All persons are hereby cautioned against buying copies of the Star offered for sale on the streets unless, in every case, the words "For Transient Sale" are stamped on the margin of the paper. Should any newsboy or carrier offer for sale a copy of the Star not so stamped he should be promptly reported at this office. WEDNESDAY, JULY AUDIT AND FINANCE. .Proceeding at the Begnlar Monthly Meet ing: ot the Board. The Board of Audit and Finance met yesterday in regular session. Present Messrs. Wm. Calder (chairman) H C McQueen. C W Yates. Jas. H. Hanby, C. H. Ganzer. After the transaction of the usual rou tine business, the clerk read a communi cation from the city clerk and treasurer, in reference to the license tax of the Wilmington : Iron Works Co., stating that the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen informed him that the amount agreed upon per month for settlement shouldcontinue as the tax on said firm until the adoption of the tax ordinance for 1895 and 1896. The chairman of the Board stated that the communication did not say whether the agreement covered the payment of back taxes or not iHe suggested .that the Board might concur provided the agreement covered back taxes. On motion of Mr. McQueen the Board concurred, with the understanding that the agreement include the prompt settle ment of all arrears of taxes upon that basis, ($10.00 per month.) It was ordered that the clerk furnish the city treasurer with a list of war rants, when said warrants are issued, and request the treasurer to mark them when paid. The Gas Light Co.'s bill for April, May and June was approved, with the understanding that it does not commit this Board to approval of the bid made Bills amounting to $1,011.79 for car- rent expenses, were audited and ap- prof ed. y3 Capt. W. H, Roberts, of the Bevenne Ma-' rine Service. Capt. W. H. Roberts, formerly with the U. S. revenue cutter Colfax, who has been stationed at Edgarton, Mass., since he left here a few months ago, has received orders to proceed to Charleston, South Carolina, and as sume command of the revenue cutter Morrill. When he takes command ot the Morrill she will leave for the Gulf to guard against yellow fever be ing brought into the United States and to intercept all smugglers, of whom there are said to be large numbers who work in collusion with the sponge fishers, and also to look out for filibusters. The Government desires to catch the smug lers and filibusters, of course, but the prime object is to prevent the introduc tion Of Yellow lack into the United States. The friends of Captain Roberts here will be glad to learn of his appoint ment. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining m the Wilmington Post- office July 16, 1895: WOMEN'S LIST. B Mrs Sarah Brinkley, Mrs Alexan der Brattley, Mrs M A Brown. C Mrs L A Costln. D Mrs J M Durham. F Miss Josie Freeman.' ' I Mrs Loy McAfee Ingraham. K Mrs Mary Ken nedy. Miss Susan Kelly (col.) L Mrs Carrie H Leach, Miss Eliza Linnon, Miss Nan Lanchester. M Miss Carrie Mills. P Mrs Kate Patterson. R Mrs Boon Rose. S Miss Annie - Smith, Mrs M F Sutton. T Hattie Tullman. W Miss Annie Williams, Mrs Lensa Wallice, Mrs M Wright. , - - MEN'S list. B Mr Tno A Brown. C Jeff Chad wick. F Oscar Fultord. Sigmand Farenso. I Rev J P Tones, Jacob Jones, William Jordan. Z B Jeffreys. K J D Kahnweiler. M A M Moore. H Marcus. M McCoy, Neil Martin, P M C Co (2)J W F Martin. P Benj M Pitt- man. K M ij Keverre, a Keicnman. S J WSandlin, Manvay Sanders, Whit- ted & Shepperson. T J B Tucker. W Nathan Wise, S W Watters. RETURNED FROM DEAD-LETTER OFFICE. T D Bowen (2). Mattie Brown, Louisa Chestnutt, E V Gregg, Sallie Robinson. Persons calling for above letters will please say advertised. If not called for in 15 days, they will be sent to the dead letter office. GEO. L. MORTON; Postmaster. ' iii Delinquent Tax Iilats, The work of compiling in , book form the delinquent tax lists for several years up to and including 1894, recently or dered by the Board of Aldermen, has been completed. The total amount due the city by delinquent tax-payers, as shown by this compilation, is $145,900. About $80,000 of this amount is for taxes upon real estate, the remainder, taxes due upon polls and personal property. The purpose of the compilation is to facilitate the work of collecting these taxes through the- courts under the special act passed' for this purpose by the State Legislature at its last session. An Atlanta letter.; The Wilmington gentlemen who re cently visited Atlanta had a royal time, and it wonld seem from the following letter that Mayor Fishblate, contributed to the enjoyment of others: , Offjpe Constitution, Atlanta, Ga July 12th, 1895, Hon. S. H. Fishblate VLj Dear Sir. Next year there will be an election for Mayor In Atlanta. This city needs a large hearted, philanthropic man a rather fat, jolly man. The boys have au thorized me to say that if you ever put your foot on our soil again there will be no escape. We will either lynch you. or elect you. Take your choice. As for myself, IU throw up my cap for you. I will leave for the coast to-morrow. Look here, when are you coming to Atlanta again? Don t forget to let me know. 1 appreciate very much your kindness. Truly yours, Alfred C Newell. Advised to Import Liquors. ' Wholesale liquor dealers in North Carolina' will endorse the following from the Columbia State?, "The quickest and surest way to get rid of the Dispensary abomination is to refuse to spend any money in it. Let the opponents of the law import their liquors and leave Its advocates to pay double prices by Way of voluntary and additional taxation. mere are lust as many peo ple looking for houses to rent this year as ever. If you have a vacant house to rent advertise it in the Star's Business Locals. Only one cent a word. But no advertisement taken for less than 20 cents. 17, 1895. ..'... . , I . THE SHEMWELL CASE. Viewa of Xisadln Papers on the Verdict The Sentiment All One Way. ' The trial of Baxter Shemwell, at Lex ington, who was charged with the mur der of Dr. R. Lee Payne, has attracted so much attention throughout the State thai the comment of leading news papers on the unexpected verdict will be read with interest : Greensboro Record. It has been a Queer case. : Everybody around Greensboro who read the evi dence of the trial said it was premedi tated murder, yet there seemed to be a feeling that the jury would acquit him, or at least fail to convict him ot murder in the first degree. . They were right. ' Charlotte 'News. Our high regard for courts of justice and trials by jury prevent our indulging in criticism at' this time, but we cannot refrain from saying that in the estima tion of fully four-fifths of our people the verdict in the Shemwell case is a mis carriage of justice. There is a settled 'conviction that a great crime has gone unpunished, and a criminal has evaded the lustice of the law. A verdict of murder in the second degree, or even manslaughter, would not have been so surprising, but that it should have been acquittal is beyond the understanding of those who expected a verajct in ac cordance with the evidence. Raleigh News-Observer. The acquittal of Shemwell will come' as a shock upon the people of the ' State who, while not desiring vengeance, Be lieve in the punishment of crime. There have been two juries trying the case- one the twelve men, picked irom the neighbors of the slayer and bis 'victim and the other the reading population the state, for no case in the annals the State has been so fully and fairly re ported The first jury of twelve knew all the parties, and was in a position to be influenced in rendering its verdict by local coloring, The second jury knew neither of the parties, and made up its verdict.from the evidence as it appeared in cold type. The verdict rendered by the twelve does not agree with the verdict of the reading public . livery law abiding citizen wilt feel m Shemwell's acquittal that there has been a miscarriage of justice. Imprisonment for life would have been a small punishment for the blood of which he was guilty. It is greatly to be doubted whether he would have escaped hanging in any county in which he nad no acauaintance. Shemwell has been acquitted by the laws of his country and every good citi zen will acquiesce in the verdict. But a thousand verdicts cannot wipe the mur derous blood irom off his hands. . Charlotte Observer. With such a case of the miscarriage of justice as that at Lexington yesterday before their eyes, newspapers can have little heart to inveigh against lynch law and to beg the people to respect the courts and leave violators of law to be dealt with by the laws which they have offended. Those who have followed the evidence impartially and ' who have a modicum of knowledge of the laws un der which they live, cannot conceive how such a verdict was arrived at. Where is society's protection when we see it dem onstrated, as it has been in this case and is in many, that the jury system is a per-; feet farce? -- Correction. To the Editor of the World: Having seen in your valuable paper of the 8th inst. a statement that the yacht Puzzle had to pay $7.50 per ton for coal when she recently visited our city, we write to correct this erroneous and inex plicable statement. , On the 4th : inst. said yacht was fur nished with required coal by us at $4 per ton of 2,240 pounds f. o.bv We feel con strained to make this correction in jus tice to ourselves, as we furnish all yachts and, steamers which visit our waters with fuel, and the statement made by your informant, uncorrected, would be materially detrimental to our interest and to the interests of our merchants at large. We are sure that Capt. Avery, of the Puzzle, will gladly verity our statement. Fowler & Morrison. Wilmington. N. C, July 13. . In copying the foregoing from the New Yprk World, we think it only fair to say that it is done without the solici tation, or eyen the knowledge of Messrs. "Fowler & Morrison Editor Star, DIED CUTTS At his residence in this at 10.25 o'clock last night, Capt. A. H. CUTTS, aged 73 years. The funeral will take place this afternoon at ' 5 o'clock from St. John's Church, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Horses Wanted R THS FIRS DXFARTMENT. ONE Hose Reel Hone, to weigh about 1,300 pounds, and a pair of matched hones for Engine, dote coupled, sound and of good action, and to weigh not less than 1,400 pounds each, and to be between 6 and 8 years old. MARTIN NEWMAN. , jv 17 it Chief Wilmington rue iep t. . Bagging and Ties. : 25,000 Yards Bagging. 1,000 Bundles Ties. Let us quote" you befdrti making . s contracts for this season. ; W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant, 826 North Water Street. July 17 tf DAW Wilmington. N. C V LIERGBR & EVANS - Are in a position to sell GOOD SHOES - : ".. - EXTREMELY CHEAP, , AM Tiey Are Doing Tnat Yer? THin. Call and see them at the Old Stand of H. G Evans, where Mercer & Gaylord for the past six months have made such a loud noise - about LOWEST PRICES. We will be glad to have a call from you all. Respectfully, Ilercer & Evans, jy 16 tf 115 Princess St. WHOLE, NO.- 8,801 . ? - - - : : . A GREAT STOCK FISHBLATE'S One House. Men's All-wool Suits, Sewed with Silk, $5, up. Children's Sailor Sgte, f$i.oo. Children's All-wool Suits, $1 up. It is notour aim, nor has it ever been, to sell cheap Clothing. If there is one thing we do avoid, it is "Shoddy Goods.' If you buy from us, remember, "Your money back if you want it." S. H. FISHBLATE, King Clothier. may 26tf WILMINGTON, N. C. THE CAROLINA MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company, of Charlotte, N. C. The CAROLINA MUTUAL is a strong NORTH CAROLINA Com pany. It is, however, a stock com pany, and issues absolutely non-participating and non-assessable poli cies. . Its mutual .feature consists in a charter provision, that one-third of its directors must be POLICY HOLDERS who are NOT stock holders elected by the POLICY HOLDERS; this is av very strong point, the policy-holders who have great interests at stake, have a share in the management of the Company, and will always know its condition. Better than this, the CAROLINA MUTUAL deposits all premiums re ceived at this agency to their credit With the WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. This makes It practically a local company. The directors of the company are : P. M. BROWN,. Of Brown, Weddington & Co Wholesale Hardware. E. B. SPRINGS. Of E. B. Springs & Co., Fertilizers ana wagons. M. P. PEGRAM. Cash'r First Natl Bank of Charlotte. B. D. HEATH, Of Heath Brothers, Bankers. SAM'L E. WHITE. President Fort Mill Man'f'g Co." A. C SUMMERVILLE. Lumber and Real Estate. J. T. ANTHONY, Wholesale Provisions and Grain. : JOHN W. MILLER, Real Estate and Cotton Broker. HERIOT CLARKSON, Of Clarkson & Dais, Att'ys-at-Law. These gentlemen stand among the wealthiest and most successful business men of North Carolina, and their names afe a suarantee of the Company's honesty, conservatism and success. We heartily recommend the Company to tne property owners of Wilmington. We also represent other good companies, and do a general insurance business. Come to see us. STEDLIAH & WORTH, Resident Agents. je 9 t flute Yacht Gaps, ALL SIZES. ; 19 Cents. Ladies' High Crown Sailors White and Black, 23 Cents. A SPLENDID MATTING, 10 Cents. Curtain Poles, all Colors, complete, 18 Cents. , ! NEW PERCALES, 5 Cents. Patent Leather- Sandles All Sizes, 98 Cents. Lobs of other Bargains at J. H. Render & Co's. Fourth Street Bridge. 1 Car Care paid on all purchases over $3.00. ; Phone 118. - jnrMtf Price Clothing THE MORNING STAB, ,v THE OLDEST -DAILY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. The Only Six-Dollar Daily of its Class in the State. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Great Removal SALE Gommences 1st July. A. D. Successor to BS0WH 4K0DDICK No. 9 NORTH FRONT ST. Beginning on the 1st July we will 20 Per Cent. Discount on everything we carry in stock (ex cept Shirtings, Sheetings and - Patterns). Will be cheaper than ever before and you will never have an oppor tunity to buy them as cheap as we offer them during this SALE. ' The 20 per cent, .discount is ap plied to the j Regular Selling Price. A great many goods will be sold for less than 20 per cent, discount " a - and .these goods will be placed on cout raters and marked at Special Prices. Do not forget that we do a ' Business and every thing is marked with plain figures. You purchase your goods at the marked price and get 20 per cent, discount on the whole amount. s . Save 20vPer Cent. out of every dollar you spend." It is the chance of your life to lay in a stock of staple Dry Goods. ' T-a ,m i iwery juaay m tne city snouia pur chase her BLACK GOODS now. This sale will continue until we move into the store now occupied by Mr. P. Heinsberger. Persons owing us will confer i a favor by coming forward and settling their accounts before X)TJR RE MOVAL. We close on Saturdays at 1 a. o'clock. ' June 80 tt : , s SAVE LIONET By buying your footwear where there's the greatest variety to choose .from. V--'- ' ' ""'"' Tennis can never claim the lawn so indisputable as we hold first place with our array of bottom prices. Call and be convinced. Geo. R. French & Sons. Frail H Steftman Jas. S. Wortl Stedxnan & Worth. INSURANCE. Fire and Life. Office at Banking House of the Wilmington Savings and Trust 'Company-: .. .. , jan25tf BROWN DryGoods One Price - i : Hi ' ' t". mm 'I I 'i t 1 4 '1 I 1 4 . j i f V tM m 1 -pi -' .? s; J III I. It- f 5i A:- si' '4 ': I'l- .4 I i' 1? . I .
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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