North Carolina Newspapers

, - ' . , , J ' T - f vranteeJ twoa-nuc, tTr; i 0 Any Other D?y News- paper Published la t W'Hmlnttoi. X in tub mm. OUTLINES. It is reported that Gen. Bailer hu has strain crossed theTugela river, but report lacks confirmation. - ' Natives say that Gen. Joubert was killed by a shell at Ladysmitiu Eagiaeer C J. Kennedy killed and several persons wounded in a railroad acciient near Lakeland, Fla, . Congressman White, of North Caro lica. aad another negro, have sued a saloon keeper in Pittsburg. Pa., for 5,tKX damages .for refusing to put ,,., oi a footing with white persons. JThe situation at Fraok'ort Ky., is practically unchanged; Gov. Taylor has appealed to President McKialej to cjh? to his assistance; the members of the Legislature ara barred out from the Cap:tol by bayonets. Got. Goe- , befs conditio i is still critical; doc j tors ent rtain no hope of his recovery. i NY markets: Money on. call easy at 2tSH Per cant., last loan at 2 J per cent; cotton steady, middling uplands SI2; fljur steady on all grades; wheat spot steady, No. 2 red 753; cjrn spot steady. No. 2, 40t:; oats spot quiet, Nj. 2, 29e; rosin steady; strained cam mo a to gjod $1.62 J; spirits turpentine firm. WEATHER REPORT. r. 3. Dkp't or Agriculture, . Weather Bureau, Wiljungtoh, N. O., Feb. 1. ) Temperatures: 8 A. SI., 18 degrees; S P. L, 27 degrees; maximum, 31 de g-re-s; minimum, 13 degrees; mean, 20 decrees. Rainfall for the day, 0,; rainfall .-lacs 1st of the month up to date, 0.00 -iach"s. Stage of water at Fayetteville 5.2 feet. rOREOAST FOR TO-DAY. Washington, Feb. 1. For North Carolina:' Increasing cloudiness and warmer Friday; rain and warmer Saturday ; light westerly winds, be coming variable. ft Port Almanac---Feb. 2. Sun Rises 7 01A.M. Sun Sets 5 28 KM Day's Length 10 27 M High Water at Southport. 9 57 P. M. High Water. Wilmington. 11.27 A. M. The exports of manufactures for last year foot up $330,000,000, an in crease of 25 per uenC. over those "of 1$9S. But our manufacturers want tariff, protection, all the same. By the route surveyed and appar ently agreed upon the Nicaragua canal between Sau Juan, oa the Pa cific, and Greytown, on the Carib bean sea, will be 189 miles long. It is said that Senator elect Clark, of Montana, who is charged with buying his election, is the richest man who ever sat in the U. S. Sen ate. If that be the case his chances of sticking, bribery or no bribery, are pretty good. About the best sticker in France is Gen. Doumerce, who is 94 years old; has been a General for forty- seven years, an officer for Biity-six years, and has served under three kings, two publics and an Em peror. : A "Western firm has a contract with the British Government to de liver 8,000 more mules in South Africa. If this thiDg keeps up St. Louis can launch her centennial show without asking Uncle Sam to chip in. 1 Count Castellane was hot as blazes when he read those reports about his bid ventures in the stock market, published in the Paris Fiqaro, but he was as cool as liquid air when he sent that cable dispatch to the editor C. 0. D. Robert T. Lincoln's first bill as a lawyer for services rendered a cor poration was $50. His preceptor saw it and added ; another 0. The $500 was paid without objection. Ever since then Bob never forgets the ciphers when making out bills. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Rep., rises to remark that "The U uied States sells more than twice as much as it buys. Germany buys $250,000,000 worth a year more that it sells, 'and Great Britain buys twice as much as it sells." How about "trade following the flag?'' Hadn't they better revise that some? .J Among the prisoners in the county jail at Kansas City, is a fourteen-year-old boy who had lost a leg, was too poor to buy a wooden one, and was convicted of stealing tools to make one. The courts there do not seem to appreciate the persever ance of youth, struggling against difficulties. ' The Old Tippecanoe Club, of Chi cago, wants Senator Mason to re sign his seat in the U. S. Senate. Mason made some threats ' of that kind some time ago, but since arriv- - ing at Washington he has reconsid ered and called them off He is hav ing entirely too much fun to think ! of resigning even to acconrmodate a Tippecanoe club. ' .... , , ... ifll 1 m-H'I. -, .... . i " ' . " ... v ", ' ; ' r 1 VOL. LXY.---NO. 112. LOCAL DOTS. Rev. Dr.; A. G. -Voigt will be special speaker at the men's meeting at the Y. M. O. A. Bunds y, afternoon. William Campbell colored, was fined $5 and costs in the Mayor's Court yesterday for being drunk and down. A meeting looking to the re organisation of the Baptist Biys' Brig ade of the First Baptist Church will be held to-night. The regular month! v meetin? " . w o of the Hibernian Benevolent Society was held last night. Only the regular routine business was transacted. The meeting of the Organ Fund Society of Grace M. E Church, South, to have been held last night, was postponed for lack of a quorum. The regular monthly stock Te port, as posted yesterday at the Pro duce Exchange, is printed in the com mercial columns 6f the Star this morning. A hearing in the case of W. H. Gaylord bankrupt, wil be had in the United Stiles Court room at 3 o'clxjk P M , February 12th, before Referee S EL MacRae, of Fayetteville. The schooner Wm. F.- Camp bell. Capt. Strout, was cleared yester day by Messrs. J. T. Riley & Co , with a cargo of lumber and shingles for Barbadoes, from the Kidder Lumber Company. The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at their regular meeting last night initiated the following can didates for membership: Messrs' Ben j. Jackson, M. W. Divine, F. L. Wood rnff and George W. Prince. Mrs. L. W. Curtis, wife of the returned missionary ,to Laos, Siam, will lead the Ladies' Foreign Mission ary Society of St. Andrews Presby terian Church this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The meeting will be held at the residence of the pastor. Rev. A. D. McClure, No. 314 Red Cross street. A telephone alarm of fire at 10.15 o'clock yesterdsy morning brought the department to No. 415 North Eighth street, which is owned by S G. Wright and occupied by C. C. Ha mi It n, colored. A spark from the fireplace on the second floor started the blase and about $35 damage was done. The gymnasium committee of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion is in correspondence with the as sociations of several of the largest cities in order to secure the best plans for the swimming pool, for the con struction of which one of Wilming ton's Jiberal citizani donated the money a few weeks ago. f The telegram of Price, McCor mick & Co , printed on the second page of the Stab to day, makes inter esting reading; but the Star takes oc casion to suggest that its readers be very cautious about buying new-crop months. To those who are financially able to follow the market, should it go against them, it seems safer to sell than to buy those months. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Opera House Wilbur KirwinCo. Johnson Dry Goods Co At 50 cents. J. TTSheder & Co. Clearing sale. BU8IHH LOOAJJB. Wanted Reliable man. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. John J. Hilburn, of Phoe nix was in the city yesterday. Mr. R. M. Jordan, of Fayette ville, arrived in the city last evening. Mr. D. H. Wallace, of Wallace, was among the visitors in the city yes terday. Mr. E. C. Carroll, of Wallace, came down to the city on business last evening. Mr. J. R. Highsmitb, of Par kersburg. came down to the city on business last night ' Mr. S. A. Starling, of Hubert, Onslow county, was a welcome visitor to the city yesterday. Miss Lena Hassey, of Warsaw, is visiting in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R- C- Collins. Mr. Harry S. Leard, travelling psssenger agent of the Seaboard Air Linepent yesterday in the city. Mr. B. M. JackBon, a popular young business man of the firm of Jackson & Byrd, Fayetteville, is in the city on a business trip. Miss EJna Atkinson, of Rich mond, Va., who has been visiting in the city for some time, the guest of Mrs. J. W. Murchison, returned yes terday to her home. Miss Sarah Gardner, who for some time-has been head milliner at Taylor's Bazaar, has accepted a similar position at the big department store of Messrs. J. H. Rehder & Co.. near Fourth street bridge, where she will be glad for her friends to call andaee her. Embedded la Earth. Workmen engaged in excavating at the building at the Carolina Ice Com pany, at the foot of Dock street, yes- terday mornm 7 7 .v. ...th thnnt four feet below the vtlO tcs u - surface a live and well developed clam. A number of persona verinea the statement yesterday and express, d great surprise at finding me wu. 1 such an unlooked for place. xt a ku.J,i,fir 91 cents per yard; 10 cent Canton Flanol at 7 JnU; $1.00 Kid Glove at 69 cent ; $3.50 suits at $J0U; Cpei auu vm I coats at half price,, at Rehder'a. t JDlJlld FEBRUARY MEETING OF f 1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Ship Subsidy Bill Considered Yester day With a View to Endorsement : Another Meetlos To-morrow. The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at its rooms in the Seaboard Air Line build ing yesterday afternoon at' 3 o'clock. President W. E. Worth presided, and CoL Jno. L. Cantwell, the . secretary, was at his post. ' There was a good attendance of members, and present by courtesy was Mr. E P. Wilson, of Cincinnati, O , secretary of the National 'Associa tion of Manufacturers. Mayor A. M. Waddell was also in attendance. 1 he Ship Subsidy Bill. President Worth stated that Con gressman J. H. Small, of the Second District of North. Carolina, who is a member of the House committee on commerce, bad written to him to get the sense of the Chamber of Com merce with regard to the so called ship subsidy bill now pending in Congress. entitled A bill to promote the com merce and increase the foreign trade of the United States and to provide auxiliary cruisers, transports and sea men for government use when neces siry." President Worth stated that upon receipt of Congressman Small'a letter, he called on some of ; the mem bers of the Chamber and finding that they were opposed to the bill, be tele graphed to Mr. Small that the Cham ber was opposed to it. Subsequently he received and read the bill, and after consultation with others, he had con cluded that the bill might not bo ob j -ctionable and that it would be best to refer it to the Chamber at its regu lar meeting He therefore telegraphed Mr. Small to disregard bis telegram stating that the Chamber was opposed to the bill. He announced that the Hon. A. M. Waddell, formerly a member of Congress and probably more familiar with the propped legis lation than any oneelse ! here, had been invited to speak to the Chamber about the bill. He then called upon Col Waddell. Col. Waddell stated that he was not familiar with the bill, having never read it, bat he would say in a general way he was opposed to subsi dies. Casually he noted soma features of the bill to which he said he was op p wed, notably that providing a sub sidy for deep-sea fishing. He then in troduced Secretary Wilson, of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, who he said was here to speak about the bill. Secretary Wilson explained that he was here to represent the National As sociatioa of Manufacturers, an orgadi lion which was ocgaoizttl in 1835, and is composed of members from the va rious States, including North Carolina, South Carolina and other Southern States. The Association, he explained, is not political, but its obj ct is to pro mote the commerce of the United Slate?, develop the home trade and seek trade in foreign markets. The Association was therefore committed to ihe support of this bill as the best means of enlarging the shipping inter estsot the Uaited States. H then ex plained the bill and made a very favor able impression. President Worth expressed the thanks of the Chamber tor the in formation which Mr. Wilson imparted. Healso reads letter from Congressman Small stating that he felt impelled to support the bill provided the Chamber of Commerce favored it. He, how ever, desired to do what the Chamber deemed wisest: In a further discussion it developed .v. . Mt.r Vt W. Hicks. H. G. Smallbones, J. B. Mercer and Presi dent W. E. Worth took a favorable iew of the bill. Messrs. J. Allen Taylor and T. D. Meares made remarks in opposition to it. and Mr. G. J. Bney made inquiries of Mr. Wilson but did not express what his views were. CoL Walker Taylor topk the stand that the Chamber was not ready to take action on the bill, and moved that the matter be referred to a com mittee of five, with instructions to report in writing, making recom mendations one way or another, at an adjourned meeting of the Chamber to be held to morrow at 3 S) P. M. The motion was adopted, and the committee appointed consists or I resi dent W. E. Worth, R. W. Hicks, J. A. Taylor, George R. French and F. L. Huggins. National Pilot Bill. President Worth laid before the Chamber a bill now before Congress, providing for the licensing and con trolling of pilots throughout the U nited 8tates. . The bill aims to take the mat ter of pilotage out of the hands of the individual States and place it in con trol of the United States Steamboat In spection 8ervice. On motion, the bill was referred to Secretary S. F. Craig, of the Cape Fear Pilots' Association, in order to get the viewsor the puots before the Chamber takes action, f At the suggestion of , President Worth, and upon motion, the secre tary was instructed to write and ex press thanks to Capt. Shoemaker, Chief of the Revenue Cutter Bareau. for sending to Wilmington one of the best cutters in the service the Algonquin. ' A letter was read from Mr. fa W. Jacobi, vice president of the Chamber, expressing the thanks ; of himself, father and brother, for the action taken on the recent death of his mother. I The Cnambsr tootc a recess till o.au o'clock to morrow. -I Tne Saip Subsidy Committee will "meet this afternoon at 3 30 o'clock at the Oaamber's room to prepare its re port. i Two more nays of bargains I Bender's. iViOEN WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900. ICE PLANT ENLARGED. Carollia Ice Company's Factory Being Refcallt With Increased Cspsclty New Machinery. - Mr. 1). Hanna is superintending a force oi workmen who yesterday began- tearing away the eld "Bishop building" at the southeast corner of Wajter and Dock streets, where the Carolina Ice Company will erect at once a modern cold storage warehouse to be used in connection with their ica factory, which is adjoining. The warehouse will have a capacity of five hundred tons and will be built upon the most approved plans. In addition to this improvement, Mr. J. M. Solky, president of the com pany, vesterday afternoon told a STAR representative that the factory build ing proper would also be thoroughly overhauled before the Summer season ; in fact the improvements contem plated will practically amount to a thorough reconstruction of the entire building. Besides this improvement all the old machinery will be re placed with new, a purchase of which has already been made of the Fred W. Wolf Company, of Chicago. The twenty ton refrigera tor machine will be replaced by a new one of thirty tons capacity and five more tons of ice will be manu factured daily than heretofore. The factory with all of the new equip ments can make and prepare for sale 15 tons per day, whereas only ten tons has been made heretofore. The Carolina Ice Company was es tablished only two seasons ago and the remarkable appreciation of the public of their efforts to give them "cheap ict." displayed in a twice en largement o" the factory, is at least gratifying to the officers of this enter prising company. Death of Mrs. Oerkeo. The Star notes with regret the death of Mrs. Anna Gerken, the venerable mother of Mr. H. J. Oerken, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of this city. She has been a sufferer from heart trouble for some time, and while her death was not unexpected, it wak rather suddeu, as she was seemingly doing very well yesterday. 8he be came ill last night arter supper and passed away at midnight. She was born at Scbiffdorf, Hnover, Ger many, and was aged 72 years, 8 months and 10 days. She came to America when quite young and has resided a half a century or more in Wilmineton. She was the widow of the late Mr. Neil Gerken and leaves four children, who are Mrs. J. G. 01 denbuttel. Mrs. T. L Powell aDd Mr. Henry J. Gerken. of ibis city, and Mrs. W. J. Buhmann, of Galveston, Texas. The funeral will take place accord ing to notice to be given in to-morrow's paper. Mrs J H Hildretb Died Yesterday. Mrs. Dor a J. Hildreth, wife of Rev. J. H. Hildreth, so well and favorably known in Wilmington, died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, after a short ill ness with pneumonia. She is sui vivtd, besides her husband, by two small children, a boy and a girl. The funeral was held vesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the lte residence. No. 17 South Ninth street, and the remains were carried to Wadesboro, N. C , her former home, for iotermeiit. The ser vices were conducted by Rev. J. J. Pvseur. nastor of Brooklyn Bapt;at Church, assisted by Revs. Dr. C. S Blackwell and J. K. Marshall. Ine pallbearers from the residence to the train were Rv. J. R. Marshall, and Messrs. John Thomas, J. W. Barnes, J. A. Montgomery, S. J. Sneeden and Rev. J. W. Potter. Many False Rnmors. . There were many false rumors yes terday of new cases of smallpox. Ooe hsd it yesterday morning that there was a case in East Wilmington; an other had it that a colored employe of j th Wilmington Gas Light Company j was stricken with the disease and there were various other false "alarms"j from different sections of the city. All were promptly responded to by; Df. McMillan, but a diagnosis of the several suspect cases in question proved that all the reports were ill founded. The patients at the pest house are rapidly recovering and vac-j cination Is becoming ' more general with the people. The case with Mr.j D. Hanna's little child was yesterday pronounced varioloid. j Capt. Edrar Williams' Condition. Manv inquiries were made yester day concerning the condition of Capt Edgar Williams, who was so severely injured by falling to the wharf from! a ladder Wednesday afternoon. The Stab is glad to announce that yester day the symptoms were much more favorable. He rested well yesterday and is believed to be out of danger un less something unforeseen develops. New Stamp Clerk. Miss Marv D. Davis, of Beaufort, N, O., a niece of Mr. B. L Perry, who was. a number of years ago proprietor of the Purcell Housi, has been ap pointed to a clerkship in the Wil mington postofiuce and will enter upon her duties as such to day. She will be at the stamp window, and Mr Robert Windley will have other work in the tffice. 1 The East Carolina Real Estate A ill ull tnr muth. Or Will 6X- change for desirable house and lot in Wilmington, a rarm 01 f'-. three miles from Rose Hill. Address R a nHn k Co.. Bureaw. SS.KJ. T Be sure and go to Render's, t G W1LBUR K1RW1N company. 7 I Qaeen's Lace Handkerchief" at Matinee . T-day-GraBd Duchess" To-night. The Wilbur Kirwin Company pre sented "The Black Hussar" at the Opera House last night. 1 A fair ! audience was present and seemed to derive much pleasure from the opera,1 "which wa really the best that has been presented this week, and abounded in catcby airs, pleasing mu sic and considerable mirth. I Miss Kirwin and Mr. Harvey were both at their.best and contributed in a great measure to the general strength and merit of the company. The most attractive feature of the company is the excellent chorus. Miss Foy, Bell mont and Hare deserve special men tion for their, skill and grace in the execution of ihe drilling and serpen tine figures. I The Wilbur Opera Company seems to be working to a climax, as each rmrfnrmancft excels the others in point of fnn and music. . S- To night the bill will be "The Grand Duchess," which is considered the strongest opera in their repertoire, j To-morrow afternoon a special mati nee will be given at 3PM, when the baauliful and tuneful "Queen's Lace Hndkerchief will be presented. The prices for this performance will ba 10 and 25 cents, and no doubt a crowded house will be in attendance. : I The company will close their engage ment SaturJay night, presenting "The Pirates of Morocco." .. I RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENT. The Amount Available for This Purpose la North Carolina. The chief of the War Department has sent to C ingress the amount of money available for river and harbor improvement in North Carolina as fol lows: Ioland water route from Norfolk, Va., to Albe marle ! Sound. N. C. through Currituck 3ound.$ 7,004.16 Edenton Bay,.. 2U2.48 U.nnlr Riror 29.083 62 Pasquotank River, . 4.-. 4 57 Ocracoke Inlet . . 18,072 5 Fishing Creek 4 41)6 S3 Pamlico and tar Rivers. ; . . . 9,276 47 Contentnea Grerk. . . . 1 467 27 Trent River VV 1.838 93 Neuse River.. : 5,42140 Inland waterway from New - bern to Beaufort. ...... 6,785 6J Harbor at Beaufort. . 1.9U8.U3 Iulaod waterway from Beaufort Harbor to New River 1000 00 NewRver 3 4U0 00 Black River 1,857 u Northeast (Cape Fear) River 2,400.14 Cape Fear River above Wilmington 4,162 70 Cape Fear River at and be low Wilmington 120,518 58 Town Creek, Brunswick County....... . 3,913 90 Wsccamaw River, N. C. andSC 2,338 38 NO SMALLPOX IM MAXT0N. Case of Varioloid Discharged Wednesday.! Vaccination Was General. pectaZ Star Correspondence. Maxton. N. C, February 1. The esse of varioloid, which gave this section the smallpox scare, was dis charged by the authorities yesterday as cured and the quarantine was raised. Vaccination has been general, the town cleaned up and every precaution tairan acrain&t th a anrrsd of the disease,! and while Maxton is as much like a self contained engine as other towns perhaps, weenj y meetingour old time friends occasionally and we feel that they will be quite as safe here as else-; wbere. The oca re has developed the; fact that quarantining against other towns is a farce. It is understood that there are villa ges bristling with gatling guns against tbecit zeos of Maxton that have had much more of the eruptive disease in their midst wbich they have not even isolated. "It's chicken pox," you know. Funeral of Mr. W. K. Freeman. The funeral services over the remains of Mr. W. Z. Freeman whose sudden death of heart failure was .noted in yesterday's Star, were conducted ; from the residence of his son-in law Mr. A. E. Blake, No. 202 Orange street, yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Jno. H. 'Hall, pastor of Fifth Street M. E; church, officiating. The remains were sent on the after noon 8. A. L. train to Marlville for interment, the pall bearers being Messrs. J. B Mercer, B. A McClammy E. A. Johnson and D T. McCulloch, , anffj- -fjf JsWw Steamer Roanoke. The steamer Roanoke. Capt Hand, lumb r laden Irom Jacksonville, Fla., to Philadelphia, which was reported in the Star yesterday: as having put in at Sout port on account of a leak and break in her machinery, proceed ed up to the city yesterday under her own steam. The leak is a very s.igbt one and the break in the machinery will be repaired ready for her to sail in a very short time. ; To Make Cloth To-day. For nearly two weeks the Delgado Mill has been carding and spinning, and to day all the manufacture de partments will be in; full operation, as the looms will be started up for the first time. The warps will be put in the looms this morning and by this afternoon the mill will be manufactur ing cloth. Most all the machine men who have been here installing the machinery in the mill expect to take their depart ure in the next ten days. Cold Wavea.. It is not necessary for one's family to suffer every cold day. A modern gas heater can be at once installed at a cost of $1 50, which will keep any room comfortable. Can be put in and tested, subisct to purchaser' approval. Address . ni vj. t care Wilmington Gas Light Co,; Star THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. I Chairman Simmons' Views in Reference Judge I y to the Change Sofgested by 0. H Brown. Special Star Te&egram: . ; Ralkiob. N. G.February li Chair man Simmons, who has just Ireturmd from New bern, was asked what he thought of Judge Brown's suggestion in the Wilmington MoRKikd Star. recently, with reference to a change' in the amendment at the adjourned session of the Legislature in June "The essential object of the amend ment," said Mr. Simmons, "is to take the ballot from the hand's of the ignorant negroes and at the same time forever secure and protect the unedu cated white man iu the right to vote. There must hot be, and there will not be, any modification in the amend ment which could change i in, the slightest particular this main and essen tial purpose. On the other hand, and fur the same reason.any change which will more effectually accomplish and secure Ibis purpose, will be not only unobjectionable but wise." Con tinuing. Mr. Simmons said: "Judge Brown's suggestion is not a new idta. Thesubj ctof consolidating ihe fourth and fifth sections of the amendment and adding words which will -x press the well known legislative ibtent, that all the amendments shall stat.d or fall together, so as to leave not bios' to con struction, has been the subj-ct of discussion among Democrats for the last two months; indeed, ever since the opponents of the amendment be gan their demagogical attempt to de ceive and scare the uneducated whites with stories that the fifth section would be declared unconstitutional without carrying with it the fourth section." The chairman said he had personally discussed the subject from time to time during the j past two months with many prominent Demo crats throughout the State, with lead ing members of the State Executive C mmittoe and of both branches of the Lgislature. Among members of the Legislature with whom be bas dis cussed it, he mentioned Judge Connor, Speaker of the House; Senator M. H. Justice, president pro tem. of the Sen ate: Messrs. Walter E. Moore. F. D. Winston. Hriot Clarkson.' Judge Al 1a0, Jas. A Brown and F. L Osborne. He also said that about about two weeks ago. at Lenoir court, he had discussed it -mith Tnricm "Rrown. and that it was rthe opinion of every one witn wnom he had talfced upon tne suoj-ci mai while the context of the amendment mad it clear that it was tbe intent of the Legislature tbat the fourth and fifth sections were conditioned the one upon the other, and that the one would not have been adopted without the other, and bene the courts would have to sustain both or neither: yet as the opponents of the amendment wt re hy misrepresentation tryioe to divert the minds of the people frpm the real issue and raise groundless doubts and fears, it would be best to answer all such demagogical attempts to deceive and mislead by writing in the amend ment the manifest intent of the Lgislature that the fourth and fifth sections should j, stand or fall together. ' I am satisfied," said Mr. Simmons, "from ihe unanimity of opinion 00 this subject, expressed by everv Democrat and member of the Legislature with wnom j. nave taia.ru, tbat the Democratic State Convention, when it meets in April, ji 1 request the Legislature, at its adj urned ses sion in June, to add to the amendmeut such words as will remove! all possible doubt, if any exists in tbe mind of any one on this subj ct, and that the change will be made by the Legisla ture when it meets in June by practi cally a unanimous vote on the part of the Democrats I Of course," he said, "I can't say what will N the course of the Republican and Populist mem kAa - n t Ha 1 .A(V itttfiiure wiiii reference ucio aaa suv -psj-- - - to this proposed change, but I suppose lhat tht Populist members will vote for it because they voted for the amend ment when it was submitted, and if the. Republicans do not vote for it, it will show conclusively that all their clamor upon this subject) is a subier futre and fraud " Mr. Simmons added, "there is no legal necessity for any such change, because, as I said before, the context of the amendment shows that these two sections are seperably linked together as one single scheme of suffraee, and tindoubtedly the courts would have to to hold. But we are willing to remove every possi ble doubt, or suspicion of doubt, or suggebtion of doubt, from the mind of evtry white man. It is ihe fixed pur pose of the Democratic party that no white man, however poor or unlet tered he may be, shall under any cir cu instances whatever, lose 'his vote, and we wish to make this purpose so plin that the enemies of the amend ment will not be able by misrepresen tation to muddy the issue.: 11J. GKRKTEN In this city, on the evening ol Of Febr.ary 1st, t .2 o'clock, aw.na w"."wb. a native 01 8chlndorf, Hano er, Qern.any Age ' years 8 mon hs and 10 dajS. Funeral no-Ice later. - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. -Ths Pub'ic Buildings Committee will receive f e led aoe St th 4 '8 ofil n"1" sih tnciuRle. fort-ang t own ' Id portico In fnc r " .UVhousI and for f urt-ishiug a 1 mat-rla?s and balidmg a nrw i"1 tee .eseiv ng therlgtt to reject i.y or all bias. For lurther iu 01 uiatu jqIj h aN BY, .Chairman Pubic Buudiugs commluea la 80 st ! To-night. . WILBUR-KIRWIN OPERA CO. "The Grand Duchess." Strongest Bill til the Rep-rtblre. To morrow afternooni bpJee at 3 P. M. 4 THE QUEEN'S LACE HANDKERCHIEF." Prices. 10 and 2i cnta .1 tebsit Left Over From Holidays I t nostra -TaTuvnrette l Tablf8. a uiciva sauA Ql ten Oak ant uUiogauy Frames. . Valour cushions, fancy chairs in Oaic, aia hpgai y. Pure Gold Wh.te Enamel. iniai1 ov.n . 'R. iriiipii muiiiCD .uvun aa At Cost. P. PARKER Furniture and Furniture Novelties, N..19 S.ntli Front Street. Keseenger and Dispatch copy. ; Ja s WHOLE O. 10,128 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j J "SANDERS" Has lots of Kico Things at "The Unlucky Corner" , At regular prices, aud some BARGAINS. ' Notably Suoked Beat Toniraes at 25c eaeh. Luve Fish Roe 45c dozeu, -worth 60c. DESUCIOTJ3 ORANGES Something New I Cahnei Peaches in Cordial. febltf To the Ladies: -Mm- i ' 1 We waiit to call your attention to this f at we have now two seta of Bakers, working day -aod night, and , we are low prp ued to Oil ordt rs for Tea j and Birthday Part es at short notice. 1 I ; Warren'b Steam Bakery and Cafe, : I Opposite Masonic Temple. jlSStf . i ; ' - , j PURE GERMAN KA1NIT. X SEED POTATOES White Bliss, Early Rose, Early Ch'os BRED OATS White ar.d Rust Proof. Vegetable Baskets for shipping. HALL S PEARSAIL, . Nutt and Mulberry Streets. jaSOtt ' For! Sale ! ABuMing Let Centrally Located For j $950.00. CUMMINC, Real Estate agent and Notary Public s 1 LISTER'S CUIS. P. S.-Tliere Are Others. j 1 1 : ! ; II. ' Glasses are not worn as ornaments. Nobody likes to wear them. , Many aie doing so becau e of necessity and go d aenBe. : a here are hundreds of children who need Glasses to-dav who are refused th s aid through ihetr own or h;lr paten s' raise pride. ! A few mon h wl h G a ses new wiuld save them a lire timl or eye acd glass won y would cure a temporary trouble, that fulth r Btraln forces Into '& c'arqpic incurable one. DINGELHOEF BROS., Jewellers and Scientific Opticians, ja 28 tf Parlor N 123 Market street. CROCK KY, GLASSWARE, House Furnishing Goods Our Motto, No Fancy Prices. WE I ARE ON THE JOBBERS' List AND WILL SELL YOU GOODS EIGHT. Country Merchants ; would do well to eat our prices before placing orders. 0. P. CAZADX & CO. Ca 7 tf . WILMINGTON, N. C Capital. - $ 200,000 17,000 377,182 Net Protits, Deposits, Orsaniaed March lat, 1899. Oonnlo aoxr ttila la a. irnnd showinflT. but WO ar6 wv" m not satipn-jd,' and if we said we wera nobody would believe it. We want mire business and must have it. Careful attention to the wants of customers. large or small. Foreign Exchange bought ana eoia. H ci McQUEBN, President. ' J. V. GRAINGER, Cashier. laiatt; r Seasonable Cdods. MULLETS, new catch. Best Cream Cheese, Martin's Gilt . Edge Butter, Bagging and Ties. SALT. A aEKTEEAL LINE OF CASE GOODS IS DEMAND AT THIS UEASON. Sole agents for Rob Roy FLOUR. MITB ft PRAHSALL ; aiAw itaaa seplOtf I Bank, I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS ; One Year, by Mall, $5.00 Six Months, .! - 2.60 ' Three Months, " .; 1.86 Two Honine, . "1 i;00 Delivered to subscrlfeers In tb City at 45 Casta per Identii. T NEW ADVERTISEMENTS - www WHILE CROSSING THEi stream: There Is solid wnpet In the above. It 1 better to kp :fe on fold ground b fore tiyli gsouj. thing i w and ntild or. mao years smotreri- have tmoked the un- matchaDie. "Cuban Blossom" Cigars. ; I ! Wfl can't conufnhA run union voti cIt-a this Fire rigtr a trial at d then ynuwtll be con vinced wl'lioui doubt, a' d In tufire be a fri-ntl nf ihis rminlH Clunr Th a i lisar nn- tatnsihe choice 'tjswe -ted Havana, beta m Id ani a pit-asure ro em We only sell our goods through dealers, as Is well understood. 1 ep . j, VOLLERS & HASH AC EN, ja9tt Manufacturers' Agents.: XJ W. MURCHISON & CO., I Whntacala and Raait floalorc in , Tinware, ! FINE CUTLERY, GUNS, t ; PISTOLS, AMMUNITION, f agricultural! 2 I : mni riiruTC i I IVI 1 ! t III t I w, siuvtd; etc. .. j X We carry large stocks of every' t. ILL. 1 .- 1 1. a vt(lh ' 4 invite the special attention of? Y Country Merchants. I J. W. MURCHISON &. C0 ; & Orton BulldintTf Y WILMINGTON. K. C. rX"X"XxX'-xxx-x'Xxx FOR THE MEW YEAR We will otTer to the trade at the ,; - Lowest Prices, Selected brands of Flour, Water Ground Hieai, Soap, Sugar, Starch, and Other Ptandwd Groceries. Including Tobacco, Cigars and Cjgiretfes Thank'nsr our customers for tblr past favors, we shall by satisfactorily rapt ptjtng iheir wnts, endeavor ti meilt their I continued support. . ; RICE STRAW, WILLIAMS BROS., decSltf 18 and 18 Worth Water street. It Sounds Nice and Chews Vice, Buv the grade': T on Leif. Peach aud Hun-y, ai.d Scho.-l Boy Tobacco; Flntr wmi m Ptrai?ht Flour, wood nhnr.k. Volunieer. Little Glint and B g dar Sjaps. - Bugar, Klce, Cnff e. Meats, Lard and Molasses. VirorvTilTKr In t.h Oroee v line. Give us the I Orders; wo'ii do; the rest. I We have several thousand feet of No I Dressed Ceiling and Flooring , 1 on consignment alFO some Fire Moulding. Gee our prices beiore parcbasing. . T. D. LOVE. atumw tnr v&tammvuid Mondavs and Thurs days. rasBengera, ireiuku Fnr rates appiy w t r i.oviL JaSi tf 1 TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: WE WISH TOTJ A Happy Sew Year and solicit yoni orders for Groceries to help us to the same. Yours, truly, D. McEACHERN, Wholesale Grocer. Jaatf ! I -FRESH GOODS- IJT MALAGA OEAPE8, u CALIFORNIA PEAE3, T ' SWEET JAMAICA OEAKGES, j ASPINWALL BAKAKAS, and a choice aaorent of fiae Candies, aecond to none in the city. J. W, PLOMISHER, Jr., JaS7tf sot Princess street. 500 BARRELS POTATOES IN BAGS. I Early Ohio, EarTy Eoee, Burbtnk, Bil-s. Trlumi bv t now i-dy tor o. - . llverv; fo mer yield elng 18 to SV bar4li to oue bant-1 8 rd. B. F. KEITH CO., Wholes le (iiocers, Ja 81lm DAW Ufliington,M.O. hi i nra It Is M Yh Its M FnliiliBiil. 'I ' i J i ! Av tv.: . - -