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OUTLINES.
Department gives notice
Scission of art.
hterruptions "railroad
i'tie five cadets aisim
point academy have
ri of New York
Asphalt Co. An
C issued for the removal
Tne and the Gaynors from
Savannah for trial.
Relate Kin, Humlrt
autt-d suicide. KiR"
.tFall River have signed
Ct to reduce wages 10 per
f 3rd-it is believed a gen
Uaai' operatives will fol-
olca'ofKeloet' J8
'neat loss of life is re
be Southern Presbyterian
leaibly agreed to the con
i the Northern and South-
pcal seminaries.
Sters in Pekin declined ta
American proposition for
L of the amount of indem
rj p. Morgan proposes the
Lnlof the largest bank in
L jontinues to im pru v o.
Ls: Money on call steady
last loan beiner at
L. cotton quiet, middling
r ' n a, .11 onl fuiiOw-
j- nour uun
'. ooii Nn 2 red
vneai J '
Lpotweak, No. 8 49Jc; oats
ijommuu s '
Latine quiet at 35i36c
nTHES REPORT.
Dirt OF AGRICULTURE,
RtTRIT ATT.
Iff JiiQ&U j
N. C. May 23.
Weg; 8 A. jl., i aegreos;
gdegrees; maximum, 76 de .
Warn, 69 degrees; mean, 72
k for the day, .PI; rainfall
I of the moi to date, 4 10
titer in the Cape Fear river
nine at 8 A. M 48.1 feet and
rOIRiaiON BULLETIN.
Merprevailed in all districts
ia Wilmington. where
jatinaed. The temperature
Mr higher in all section?.
Llittmberton was 1.08 inches.
;UCA3T FOR TO-DAY.
faro May 23. For North
Hiir Friday and Satu t4ay ;
Eght south westerlinds,
nriible.
kilainac May 24.
i..... 4.4a a. m.
,J. 7.05 P.M.
Ii 4H.17M.
it South port. 12.00 A.M.
Wilmingotn. 2.30 A.M.
Bans to have discords in
of Adam Music,' of New
Adam is in jail for shoot-
laic.
w fifty different ways of
meet potato, but only
RJ3. The first is baking,
roasting.
iuoiei3 already in opera
wwn, and the twenty-
1 31188 Vom "Vvt
pretty well equipped to
wjfarer in.
pbeeu discovered in Man-
a remarkable how Boon
frying invaders discover
Guinea that the aborig-
M how any thing about.
pan, of Jonestown, Pa..
fcwaan unpleasant habit
Fg her limbs. She has
ceen times, the last
Fg a leg while she was
ere arefti good manv
r- II she ifln'fc. -hAr
fe7e)s figures it out
bard's tRrrit.nrw nnm.
pwthofthe globe; that
f Amenca 100,000 more
Hthan Uncle Sam, and
I'M neat Tni;QI, xt
b jwethan 200,000 square
Ivu u ne ever crptn f nnL
Q r -
r with us mavbe
r oi it away from him.
nphia woman whn n-mnaA
, vr w VI
ghtwhen it was cheap
R U he turned it
ST b00ni was on a short
L Thia was too much
ce, because she
?eWymuat have ot
Wa
" reiurned the check.
1 PAT. f
a-"uiencea are scarce
elphia.
freak in San Francisco
18 pipped with a"re-K&-?-i,tele.
3m' telescope,
CrpiC and with
the minutest par-
a. . , are entirely in-
K " eye of another
D 01 rather his eyes, are
taem Deiore.
VOL. LXVIH.-NO. 54
A 5PECIAPSESSI0N.
Called Meetiqg of Wilmington
Presbytery Held in I his City
Yesterday Afternoon. ::
MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS.
Were CoasidereiPkt Some UnrthRev.
E. E. Ute Dismissed to Moatiomery .
Presbytery-l-wni Establish a '.
Male Academy.'.
The Presbytery of Wilmington met
in special session in the lecture room
of the First Presbyterian church of
this city, yesterday at 12:30 o'clock in
the afternoon, Rer. E. E. Lane in the
chair as moderator. Those' present
were the Rer. Dr. J. M. Wella, Key.
P. O. Morton, Bey. K. E.' Lane, Rev.
A. D, McClure and Dr. A. D. Mc
Donald, all of , Wilminuton. , ; . :
A report from the committee on the
20th . century fund was heard. The
Presbyterians of North Carolina haye
undertaken by this movement to raise
$300,000 for educational purposes, and
the sum allotted to Wilmington Prea
bytery is $20,000. Dr. Wells, and Revt
R. M. Williams, of Wallace, constl
tute the committee, and it was decided
to adopt the plan suggested by them,
which- is to have mass meetings
throughout the territory, at which
collections will be lifted for this pur
pose. In this connection the move
ment to establish a military academy
within the 'bounds of the Presbytery
was considered, and ReyUR." M.- Wil
liams was added to the" committee,
which is composed of Rev. Peter Mc
Intyre, of Faisonj Rev. A. McFay
den, of Clarkton, and Elder J.: H.
Moore, of Burgaw. Several towns are
making concerted efforts to secure the
school, amon g them - being Clarkton,
Kenansville and Wallace. .
The commission appointed to in
stall the Rev. Dr' Wells as pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Wil
mington, reported that duty com
pleted. -
-Rev. E. E. Lane was given a letter
of dismissal to the Presbytery of
Montgomery in Virginia, he having
decided to accept the call to Liberty
Presbyterian church, . Bedford City,
which is within the bounds of that
Presbytery.
Rev. Dr. Wella was made a mem
ber and . chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Missions, vice Rey. Mr.
Lane resigned.
Rev. Mr. McClure was appointed to
preach the opening sermon for the
Fall meeting of Wilmington Presby
tery in October at Clarkton, in place
of Rev. Mr. Lane. The subject
assigned to Mr. McClure is "Practical
didib otaay.
THE $50,000 BOND ISSUE.
Read This If Yea Are lateretcd la the
Bead Issue Electloa.
Remember these facts: Unless you
register anew your vote will not count -either
way in the bond election to fee
held Jnne 18th.
If you wish to vote for the issuance
of the bonds for county road improve
ment you must both register and vote.
If you are opposed to the issu
ance of the bonds ($5L0O0 you
must register. Then your vote
will count against bonds, whether
polled or not. It requires a majority
of the registered vote, not a majority
of the vote cast, to authorize the bond
issue.
Do not overlook the fact that an
entirely new registration is required
for this special election.
Some Qeaeral League Notes.
Manager Cunningham is fast en
gaged in signing newmen, says the
Landmark. He will have a winning
team in Norfolk if money can get the
men. Heron, a pitcher from . tne
Washington American Association
team, will arrive there today and will
play in the game. In a week, Drake,
the famous" catcher from the George
town College team, will report for
duty, and on June 8th Pulsifer will
wear a Norfolk uniform.
A snecial from Newport News to the
Richmond Times says that the sensa
tion of the day in base ball circles
there is the sudden disappearance of
Pitcher Hieberger. who, witnoul say-
ling a word to anybody, bought j
ticket for Cincinnati Wednesday and
left on the evening train. -:
The Norfolk Landmark of yesterday
. . - Sit
says: The game u-aay wm w
called at 4:30. o'clock, with Charley
Snyder, an ex-big league official, as
nmnire. He succeeds Upchurcn.on
the regular staff of officials"- .
St Paul's Parochial School. ;
The commencement exercises of; 8L-
PatiI'. Parochial School - will tase
tk-Aa- Th Axercises - Of the
primary atfd intermediate classes will
h nhMirved this morning, DegiunioK
at ten o'clock and this evening at .-8 0
nvir.ir Rmoks Q. Emoio.' Esq.. will
deliver the annual address to the acai
demic department. During the even-
in there will . also be recwauona,
.wanlinir of certificates, medals,, etc
; The public Is invited to attend the ex
ercises. The school: will oegin iu
summer vacation Saturday.'"
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Parker Choice cuts.
-v cuiAmnnii flhoA Btore llanan snoe.
S. H. MacRae-7-Bankruptcy notice.
7 St. Matthews glish Lutheran
Churchjon North Fourth street is being
handsomely repainted and repaired.
LOCAL DOTS.
Have you ; registered for tha
bond electionl
: Members of Uncine Comnanv
No. 2 wish to thank -Mr. Chas. M.
Whitlock for reading matter sent them
recently. .! ' . .... ; . : . -. -
The steamer Compton arrived
yesterday and will take freight to da
for Calabash and Little River, 8. C. '
ana intermediate points.
The road bed of tho A n. T.
from Wilmington to Newbern ia bAintr
generally improved. It is estimated
that 87,000 new cross ties will be nut
in.- . . . - .
Sherilf Walker, of Brunswick
county, broueht no a crazv niwrn fmm
Southport yesterday who will be taken
io uoiasooro this morning and placed
in the asvlum them.
License for the retail of liauor
was granted the Seashore Hotel at
Wrightsville Beach at a special meet
ing of the County XUommissioners yes
terday morning.
- The R. A. R's and&R. J. R's
played an interesting game.of indoor
base ball at the Y. M. C. A. iast niht
io,which the last named team was
victorous in a score of 10 to 11. Some
good team work was noted.
J. V. Grainger and wife, C. S.x
Grainger and wife and Theodore Mar
burg and wife vesterdav transferred bv
deed filed at the Court House to David
Williams for $100 a tract of land on
the Federal Point road, containing ten
seres more or less.
The committee oL ladies ao-
pointed by Daughters of the Confeder
acy to confer with a committee of the
W. L; I. with reference to plans for
giving an entertainment in June for
the benefit of the company, will meet
the W. ju. I. committee this afternoon
at the armory.
STATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT.
Col. P. A. Macon, of Governor's Committee,
Visited WrlihtsvlIIe Pleased With
Ootlook Soatbport.
Col. F. A. Macon, of Henderson,
Quartermaster General of the North
Carolina State Guard, was the only
member to arrive in Wilmington yes
terday of the committee appointed by
the Governor to look over the situa
tion at Wrightsville with a view to
holding the encampment there this
year. Col. Pearsall is detained at
Raleigh, owing to-the absence of the
Governor, and several other members
of the committee were detained at
their homes by various causes. Col.
Macon arrived on the 8. A. L. train at
12 :05 o'clock P. M., and was taken
immediately to the sound on a special
train over the Seacoast Railroad, leav
ing the city at 1:S0 P. M. He was
accompanied by CoL Walker Taylor,
Maj. W. F. Robertson, Capt C. McD.
Davis and CoL W. A. Johnson, of the
State Guard; Capt. A. P. Adrian, of
the Wilmington Light Infantry; Capt.
Geo. L. Morton, Mr. Frank H. Sted.
man and others of the Wilmington
Seacoast Railroad officials; Mr.- H. S.
Leard, travelling passenger agent of
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; Mr.
A. B. 8kelding, general manager of
the Wilmington Street Railway Com
pany; Geo. L. Peschau, Esq., and
others.
The party at first had a splendid
dinner of sea delicacies and other re-,
freahments at Stokeley's and then the
camp site was inspected. Col. Macon
spoke encouragingly of the prospect
for holding the big-gathering of State
militia on the sound and it is believed
he will make a favorable report when
he returns to Raleigh. - ' v
CoL T. H. Bain arrived in the city
last evening after the return of CoL
Macon and party from Wrightsville,
but he will accompany Mr. W. H.
Pyke and Mr. Robert W. Davis, of the
Southport Chamber of Commerce,
CoL Macon, Col. Walker Taylor, Mr.
Walker Meares. and others to South
port to day to look after the location
there, which is described as being ad.
mirable for the Encampment.
THE MURDERER CAPTURED.
Slayer of John Browa,-Colored, Was Ar
rested by Police Officers and Consta
ble Sheehan Last Mldalfht
Jim Hawkins, the slaver of John
Brown, colored, particulars of which
killing were printed in these columns
yesterday morning, was arrested last
midnight by a detail of police includ
ing Sergeant Woolard, Policemen
Leon and Dan George and Constable
Wm. 8heehan. -. He was found upon
information received by Chief Fur
long, in the house of Francis Jones,
colored, on Meadow between. Tenth
and Eleventh streets. The officers
pulled him from under a bed in .the
house, and though he had a pistol on
his person, he offered no resistance
and confessed the, murder, implicat
ing Robert Smith, Wm. Bennett and
another negro, all of whom were In
the house at Brooklyn at the time of
the shooting and who are being held
at the station house by Chief Furlong.
- The coroner's jury of inquest met
yesterday morning, and after the ex
amination of two. or three witnesses
and a view of the body, an adjourn
ment was takenuntil 9 yAM. to-day;
The capture of Hawkins will aid the
jury materially in making up iU verr,
Board of Medical Examioers; V ; " ;
The next annual meetingof the
. j x . T j r1trM1 TCraminers and
the North Carolina Medical Society wilL
be held as wumiuu. -"tT"-j
who succeasfully passed the Board
at Durham this week ; were i r vThoa,
S. Green, Edward O. McEachern and
jTh. Honnetti of Wilmlnto -
WILMINGTON N. C
WON FROM ORPHANS.
They "Were Unable to Solve
Stewart, WhUe Rapp Went
All to Pieces.
IN THE EIGHTH INNING.
Raleigh Defeats Richmond in aa Eleven
inning Contest The Giants Appear
to be Invincible, Bat Hid a
Close Call Yesterday.
YESTERDAY'S GAMES.
Wilmington, 9; Portsmouth, 3.
uewpori news, a; Norfolk, 8.
Raleigh, 3; Richmond, 1.
WHERE THEY PLATO-DAY.
Portsmouth at Wilmington.
wxNewport JNews at Norfolk.
Richmond at Raleigh.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lest Per cent
SO 12 .625
Wilminaton ...
Raleigh
.... 18 14
16 13
...15 16
... 15 17
.... 9 21
.562
.552
.483
.468
.800
Newnort News.
Norfolk ,
Portsmouth....,
Richmond
Wanted A team either in the Na-
tionaL American, or Two-State league
that can defeat Wilmington and re
lieve the monotony of a succession of
uninterrupted victories.
The game yesterday with the Ports
mouth "Orphans" was as fine as any
body could expect to see up to the
eighth inning. Then Rapp, who was
in the box for the visitors, went all to
pieces. IUwas a complete collapse
and the Giants piled up six runs and
clinched a game that up to that time
belonged Ip anybody. Prior to that
inning Rapp had pitched magnificent
leather and had received perfect sup
port; in fact he had errorless team
I
BIG
BILL KEMMEK ON FIRST.
work' behind, him throughout. the
game, but the heavy hitters of Wil
mington in the eighth were able to
judge his wild curves from over the
plate and when he did let one come
anywhere in the neighborhood of the
rubber, they gathered it . in for a good
safe single and made a circuit of the
cushions at their own sweet wilL
Wilmington led off with two earned
I jruns in the very first inning. For the
visitors Weaver got first on McGinnis'
muff and then with a sacrifice by
Swander, a fly-out by Kemmer and a
fan by Murray the side went down.
Bebring led off for Wilmington
with a single through the box;
Clayton sacrificed and Bebring
crossed the rubber on Crockett's single
to centre; then Crockett stole second:
Warren forced Devlin at second while
Crockett scored and Stafford went to
third; Warren stole second bill the
side was retired on McGinnis' fan.
In the second a fan by Knau and
two little infield hita by Clark and
Westlake retired the Orphans, while
the locals went out on a foul by
Thackara, a fly to second by Stewart,
and a throw out of Bebring
at second after he had singled to left
In the third, Rapp went out from
short; Rapp, O., walked; Weaver
singled by first; Swander forced him
at second; Rsp, O., and Swander
crossed the plate on Kemmer's two
base hit; Murray went out from sec
ond. Clayton, Crockett and Stafford,
a heavy hitting trio of locals, went
out out from the field, while in the
fourth Ensst and Clark, of the visi
tors, went out froth the infield and
Westlake fanned. A fan by Devlin
and infield hits by Warren and Mc
Ginnis retired the locals in this in
ning. The fifth finds Stewart fanning
Rapp, O., and Weaver, while the
other Rapp went out from -third. A
hit to pitcher by "Thack," a perambu
lation to first by Stewart on balls, and
a fly out by Bebring and Clayton to
centre and short wound up Jhe Giants,
and in the sixth .the visitors opened up
with Swander, who went out to Staf
ford; Big Bill Kemmer, who fanned
furiously at Stewart's sigssgs, Mur
ray, who singled over second, : and
Knau, who forced Murray at second.
Wilmington through Crockett, Staf
ford and Devlin went out from the
infield. J'- ... x'-.-:yi
Clark, Westlake and Rapp went out
in their order In the seventh, and the
locals broke the tie gained by the visi
tors in the third inning by a single by
Warren, a nice sacrifice by McGinnis,
a single to third by Thackara, a fan by
Stewart and the score by Warren on
SebringV single to centre. Thackara
was caught going to third, and the
Old Man died hardV : i " ; '
With only one more inning, after
the eighth, it looked gloomy for the
locals when Sebring refused to handle
a highly sent away up in left field by
Kemmer, upon which Weaver, after a
single :7 and I i subsequent advances,
crossed the-rubber and again' tied the
score after Rapp, O.; and Swander had
been retired on infield hits, Murray
went out to Stafford and then' began
the succession of scores by the Giants
related above, all of wrhich la charge
able to the balloon ascension of Mr.
Rapp. ' Clayton I fouled ; out to catch
and Stafford, . DevlinX. aud Crockett
were given, free passes Jo first, with
:FJ WHOLE NO. 10,534
Pullman accommodation, each being
at the end of Mr. Rapp's aerialistic
feats in berths Nos. one, two and three.
Then Warren came up and got his
usual single, sending "Davy" and
Capt. "Bob" across the home plate ;
McGinnis singled hot' by short, and
Devlin rushed across the rubber on
Tbackara's brilliant single C Stewart
flew out to right and Warren, who
started the ball to rolling, came trip
ping in on a "light ! fantastic" toe;
"Mack" is soon comfortably seated on
the bench on a single by Bebring;
"Kid" Clayton then got in the push
and singled and Thackara scored,
Crockett flew out to right. -
Only the Orphans figured in the
eight with a fan by Knau and infield
hits to second and third by Clark and
Westlake. . j" ;.
The features of the game were
Stewart's pitching and that of Rapp
up to the eighth inning. Sebring's
stick work was the decided feature.
Out of five times upj he got four
singles and his fifth chance was a fly-
out to centre. : l
SCORE BY INNINGS.
12 3456789 R H E
Portsmouth ...002000010 3 4 0
Wilmington ..2 0000016 x 9 11 2
Batteries Rapp and Westlake; Stew
art and Thackara.
THE TABULATED SCORE.
Portsmouth. ab b h po a e
Weaver, cf ..... 4 12 110
Swander, If..... .. . 3 1 0 1 1,0
Kemmer, lb , 4 0 1 7 0 0
Murray, rf 4 0 1 3 0 0
Knau, as 4 0 0 2 2 0
Clark, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 0
Westlake, c 4 0 0 5 0 0
Rapp, 3b.. 3 0 0 1 0 0
Bapp, 0.,.. 2 1 0 0 2 0
Total 32 3 4 24 8 0
Wilmington. ab b h po a e
Sebring, If 5 1 4 0 0 1
Clayton, as..... 4 0 1 2 4 0
Crockett, 2b.... 4 2 1 14 0
8tafford, lb 2 1 0 17 0 0
Devlin, rf . 2 1 0 0 00
Warren, 3b. 4 2 2 0 4 0
McGinnis, cf 3 1 11 0 1
Thackara, c 4 1 2 6 10
Stewart, p 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 31 j 9 11 27 16 2
Summary Two-base hit, Kemmer;
first base on balls, off Rapp (6) : Stew
art (1) ; struck out by Rapp (3) ; by
Stewart (7). Time of game, one hour
and twenty five minutes; attendance
350; scorer, Mr. Bell; umpire, Mr.
Btaley. -
Dust Prom tbe Diamond.
It was a dandy game 0p to the
eighth inning. Then! the Brownies
went into bankruptcy, j -
Turn out to-day and swell the
gate receipts. This is the food on
which a base ball team lives. :
The game was a beauty up to the
eighth inning, with a; tied score of
three to three. After that the deluge.
The horse editor fears he will
have to invest in more "loud" neck
wear. Jim Cowan is beating him out
of sight. j
Cy Vorhees came in yesterday
from Charlotte and is in good form,
He will likely go in the box to day or
to-morrow.
The Giants Rapp -ed the Brown
ies all over creation in the eighth.
The sad spectacle was enough to move
a Leart of stone.
The Skippers started the season
with a rush, winning their first seven
games, jnow they are nun in tne per
centage column.
There will be no six runs in one
inning to-day nor a score of nine to
three when the game ends. The game
will be a hot one. Don't miss it.
The attendance was smaller by
one-half than it would have been had
the weather been favorable. The
ladies were conspicuous by their ab
sence. . I . j
It requires a lot of money to
keep up a -first olass ball team, and it
is the gate receipts that . supply it
Encourage the boys with a big atten
dance to-day.
The record of Stewart against
Portsmouth yesterday! was indeed
wonderful," when it is considered that
the Orphans are now the heaviest hit
ters in the league. -
The "Old Man," of the Raleigh
News and Observer, wrote a fine story
of Tuesday's, game there and Merritts
better treatment than j has been ac
corded him. He ought to give King
Kelly some bracers. ' j
The Red Birds, at Raleigh, had
to play eleven innings in ' order to
beat the Grays by a score of three to
one, the game being a tie at the close
of the tenth. But the eleventh made
King Kelly happy. !
Notwithstanding the defeat. of
the Brownies by a score of nine to
three, it must be said to their credit
that they played an errorless game,
while the Giants fiad two errors
charged to their account. - j ,
some fair admirer of "Kid" Clay
ton sent him a bouquet of "baseball"
roses as he went up to the plate in the
third inning yesterday. . The "Kid"
acknowledged the compliment with a
tip of the cap, a smile, and then sent
the ball somewhere, over, in centre
field for a single. .. T " v
It took eleven innings for Ra
leigh to defeat Richmond, yesterday,
all of which verifys the; paragraph In
yesterday's Stab that if the Red Birds
expect to take two of the three; games
from the Grays, they, must do it by
better work than that exhibited by
them at Wilmington last week. -;
, '" " Games On Other Diamonds.
At Raleigh (eleven innings)
- : 1 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Raleigh. .0 00000010 0-23 5 4
Richm'd .0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 01 8 2
- - Batteries Persons and - Legrande ;
Hooker and Bigbie. I ,. ;
At Norfolk -i'-m.
i ,Rrr, .2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 K H E
Norfolk 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 18 12 8
Newport News.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 02 6 0
! Batteries Dannehoweir and Leh
man ;81agle and Ashenback..- -;
' The turpentine season is said
to be two or three weeks ' benlnd that
of last year on x account ' of the late
Springj-jj -' vr-jfi
I I ' I " i l ' . .
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
-
Wilmington Public Schools Closed
. "a Most Successful Year's
. Work On Yesterday.
HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES.
The Address by Dr. Winston and Qradnat
Isg Orations Were n Feature Elabo
rate Programmes and Creditable
Exhibits at Other Schools.
... . ' - . r
The third annu commencement of
the Wilmington High School , last
evening, beginning at 8:30 o'clock,
served as a fitting finale to the closing
exercises during yesterday of the
other institutions in the city graded
school system, which perhaps!, was
never before at so near ah. approach to
absolute prpficieiusy as now. - -
The exercises took place in . the
main auditorium of the handsome
school building on Ann between
Fourth and Fifth- streets, which was
handsomely decorated with a profus
ion of plants and flowers. The at
tendance was very large and taxed
the utmost capacity of the large ' balL
On the. stage' were Dr. George T.
Winston, of Raleigh, orator of the
occasion; Mr. J. J. Blair, superin
tendent of the Wilmington public
schools; Mr. James F. Post, Capt. W.
R. Kenan, Mr. James H. Chadbourn,
Sr., Mr. R. J. Jones, Mr. E. Borden
and Mr. Samuel Northrop, composing
the school committees; Miss Fiorina
G. Worth, principal ' of the High
School; County Treasurer H. McL.
Green, Hon. George Rountree, J. O.
Cafr, Prof. W. Catlett, Rev. Dr. J. M.
Wells-and members of the graduating
class.
The exercises were opened with a
selection by the Italian Harpers, who
were on the stage at the rear of the
piano; then Mr. Blair welcomed the
large assemblage in words befitting
the occasion. The Rev. Mr. Wells
next invoked a Divine blessing and
Miss Mildred Davis, with piano
accompaniment by Miss Ida Rankin
Brown, very charmingly rendered the
solo: "When . the Flowing Tide
Comes In."
Mr. Blair next spoke in a timely
manner and in words of. welcome to
members of the graduating class and
those in attendance. He referred to the
gift of the High School building by the
estate of Mrs. Hemenway and congrat
ulated the class upon Jhe - work
accomplished during theear. He then
introduced Miss Catherine Cooper
Barden, of Magnolia, N. C, who des
livered in forcible manner her gradu
ating essay on "Representative Ger
man Poets.". Miss Barden treated her
subject in a thoroughly exhaustive
manner and with signal ability. She
traced the history of poety through all
ages and referred complimentarily to
Goethe, Schiller and others of Ger
manfdescent. The next orationwras by Lemuel
Clayton Grant on "Higher Patriot
ism. He reviewed the history of
Greece, the Roman Empire and others
down through the ages, contrasting the
retrospect with the great Republic of
the United States and the Icardinal
principles upon which it is eternally
founded. He paid a tribute to the
public schools and other educational
branches and was accorded the warm
est applause.
Miss Mildred Davis next delivered in
exceedingly happy manner, her gradu
ating oration on "Songs and Singers
of the Southland." Her treatment of
the subject was thorough and showed
a marked knowledge of literature and.
authors The works of all the distin
guished writers of the present and
past with special emphasis upon
those of the South, were treated com
prehensively and in words couched in
the most beautiful language.
The other graduating orations were
as follows: The Passion for Dram
atizing Popular Books,' by Miss Ida
Rankin Brown; "Some Architectural
Features of the Pan-American Exposi
tion Buildings," by Miss Geraldine
Sailing; "Popular Education,"- by
Mr., Julius Prince Webster "The
Rough -Smooth Way," by Mr. Robbie
Earl Mclntire; "The Golden Promise
of the 20th Century," by Miss Alice
Charles draft These were not deliv
ered last night but were previously
read, before the faculty. Mr. Blair
explained that the selection of the
three for commencement delivery had
no significance as to class standing or
matter of excellence.
Next followed a piano solo by Miss
Alice Charles Craft and the diplomas
were then presented by Miss Worth,
the principal,- who did so in very
graceful manner and with words of
congratulation to each member of the
class. . -' :
The Italian Harpers then played
'Dixie,"'' "during" which the ushers
presented many handsome bouquets of
flowers to members of the class and
teachers.
Mr. Blair next exhibited some, ex
cellent botanical specimens prepared by
the class in that study , under the di
rection of Miss Gertrude M. Baghy.
The work was one of art " and highly
creditable to pupils and teacher alike.
Mr. Blair then followed with a happy
introduction of the orator of the even
ing, Dr. George T. Winston, presi
dent of the A.& M. College, Raleigh.
Dr. Winston began in a humorous
reference to the length of his speech
and followed for little more than : half
an hour in one of the. most: graceful
and pleasing commencement addresses
ever delivered in the city. He said it
waa a pleasure for him Urcome to
Wilmington and that he Jcnew of no
city, where old t3outh nd ' the new
South were so happily blended ; tow
gether. He was reminded, he said, of
the old South by the architectural de-;
sign of the City Hall by which he
passed the afternoon previous. He
led from this to an able contrast of the
conditions in the South prior to the
war and the conditions now, and the
part that education has and will take
in shaping our destinies. He paid a
tribute to the method of instruction
pursued in the Wilmington schools
and under another subdivision of his
general theme of education he em
phasized the necessity 'of special and
higher education. Self-made men" in
the race of progress now will soon sink
into oblivion . and men will rest by
merit alone and with regard to their
special training. In the present age,
we must know something about
everything and everything about
something. In every vocation in
life this fact is becoming more and
more patent The part that woman
takes in the race of progress was
closed by a beautiful reference to Mrs.
Augustus Hemenway and Miss Amy
Bradley, which was .warmly applaud
ed. His .address was also along in
dustrial lines and to syiSbpsize further
would be' to do the distinguished
speaker a great injustice.
Dr. Winston was given an ovation
after his speech, and the exercises
were closed with a benediction by Dr.
Wells.
At the Other Schools.
Space forbids an extensive reference
to the closing exercises of the other
schools yesterday. At Hemenway the
exercises were opened with a few
words of welcome by that energetic
school worker, Mr. James F. Post
Mr. Blair then anhoiniced the several
numbers on the programme which
opened with an exceedingly clever
little salutation by little Miss Fannie
Mitchell, followed by songs, recita
tions and tableaux. In all the rooms
were exhibits of class work during the
year and in the main auditorium were
some especially fine specimens pre
pared under the direction of Miss Ber
nard. At Union School there were also
very creditable exhibitions and a
splendid programme of songs, recita
tions, flag drill, etc., arranged under
the careful direction of Miss Nellie
Cook, the painstaking principal.
The attendance at all the schools
shows a marked increase over last
year and the exercises yesterday attest
that each teacher has done her full
duty by those entrusted to her care.
FLOODS IN THE RIVER.
Fifty-five Feet of Water and Still Ris
ing at v ayetteviiie All Kecords
May be Broken.
The A. & Y. train was again several
hours late last night awaiting South
ern connections, which were delayed
by the freshets spoken of in yester
day's Star. At 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon there were 55 feet of water
in the Cape Fear at Fayetteville and
the record of the "Populist freshet" of
58 feet in 1895 was expected to be sur
passed. The Sherman freshet of '65
was 56 feet and the river is doubtless
by this time beyond that mark, as the
river was rising a foot an hour yester
day afternoon, according to the Fay
etteville Observer.
The Clarendon and A. O. L. bridges
are believed to be in danger as 60 feet
will take them away. The freshet of
last April was 48 feet and this record
is already smashed.
The river at Fayetteville is full of
all kinds of debris and it is believed
that mueh damage has been done.
All dams on rivers and creeks
around Fayetteville have been swept
away the Observer says, and the first
floor of the Fayetteville Knitting Mills
is under water while the Hope Mills
Companj is shut down by back water
for ttf first time in Its history.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Capt V. V. Richardson and
his son Da V. were among our visit
ors yesterday.
Mr. TKos. Davis and family are
spending several days in Newborn the
guest of the family of Mr. L. J. Tay
lor. Misses Ida. and Annie Hankins,
Miss Gertruder Bryan and Miss Annie
C. Morton returned last evening-irom
the State Normal at Greensboro.
''Miss Lucy Baldwin and Miss
May Belle Sneed, of Wilmington, and
Miss Watson, of Southport, returned
yesterday from the Baptist Female
University at Raleigh
Rev. J. E. L. Winecoffi who
is in charge of the Presbyterian work
in Columbus county, spent yesterday
in the city fat the interest of his charge.
He is doing great work in his territory
and had fourteen accessions to his
Whitevilie church this week. He is
now agitating the question, of the es
tablishment of a Presbyterian manse
at Whiteyille.
To the Teachers' Assembly-
The privileges of 'the Young Men's
Christian Association building will be
allowed members of the North Caro
lina Teachers Assembly during their
meeting here next month. : A cordial
invitation is extended to teachers and
others to make the Association build
ing their headquarters while in . Wil
mington, r -
Met With Tax Assessors.
Chairman Franklin McNeill, of the
State Board of Tax Commissioner,
met New Hanover tax listers and
most of the county officers including
the commissioners at the Court House
-yesterday morning and explained to
them the provisions of the new tax
law adopted by the last General Assem
bly.
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One Tear, by Mail, $5.00,
Sis Months, " 2.60
Three Months, " l 1.25
Two Months, ; "1,00
r ' m ub Miww- .;"
City at 4S Cents per month. .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
3!
The quality in a Hanan Shoe
never changes. The very best grades
of stock the most skilled workmen.
Never in the half a hundred years
of their shoemaking career have '
'Hanan & Son Sought. to lessen the
cost of production by lessening the
worth of their production. , :
The never failing sunenoritv is
what its legion of patrons like. It's
worth-the little more you pay.
Hanan Shoes are not nigh priced
THEY ARE BEST.
As the sole agents here we've, a
complete stock of the Spang shapes
in all the new leathers.
SOLOMON'S SHOE STORE.
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Bayers of Groceries.
We Offer at competing prices:
2 Cars Va. Water Ground
MesvL
2 Cars Mixed Corn, en route.
Canned Meats.
Liard and D. S. Meats.
Bellies-Plates.
Bacon, Shoulders. ,
Red Seal Lye.
Sardines.
Sugars, all grades, etc.
We are headquarters for ,
Cuban Blossom.
Renown Cremo.
Topical Twist Cigars.
Vonw bra ii!o IhAWMf a a.n1 rIora.KkfcfcAa Tf VAn
want to save money, ask for prices.
Yollers & Hasbagen,
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DISTRIBUTERS.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the Eastern District of North Caro
lina. In the matter of C. t. Evans, bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy. To tne Honoraoie Tnomas u.
PnrnelL Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Eastern District of North
Carolina. C. L- Evans, of Rockingham, in
the county of Richmond, and State of North
Carolina, in said district, respectfully repre
sents tnat on tne uy oi Apra, uwt
past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt un
der the Acts of congress relating to bank
ruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all it prop
erty and rights of property, and has fully com
piled with all the requirements of said Acts and
of the orders of the Court touching his bank
ruptcy. Wherefore, be prays that he may be de
creed by the court to have a full discharge from
all debts provable against his estate under said
Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are ex
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated uus swtn aay oi nay. a. u. iwi.
O, Jm EVANS, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
ICantarn District of North Carolina. 88.:
On this gist- day of May, A. D. 1901,
on reading the foregoing petition. It is
ordered by-the Court that a hearing be
had upon the same on the 8rd day of
June, A. D. 1901, before the said Court,
at the office of the undersigned referee-to Fay
etteville, N. C, la the said district, at 1 o'clock
In the afternoon; and that notice thereof be
published In Thx Morning Btxb, a newspaper
printed In the said district, and that all known
creditors, and other persons In Interest may
appear at the said time and place and show
cause. If any they have, why the prayer of the
said petitioner should not be granted.
witness my nana at j ayewievuia, iu un saiu
district, on the 2lst day of May, A. D. 1901. -Samuel
h. Macrae,
ma 24 It Referee In Bankruptcy. '
The Wilmington
Sewerage t Co.
Has opened an office at No. 114 Princess
street. In the building formerly occupied by the
Gas company. Full Information as to the
policy and purpose of tbe company ' will be
cheerfully furnished.- Contracts for sewer ser
vice will be entered Into with all parties who
may desire to connect-with the new system
upon Its completion. No charge will be made
for connection with the sewer, but the -pipe
will be laid by the company to the property line
free of charge Terms of sewer service will be
made satisfactory in every case.
E. G. PARMELE,
my Slim tufr Secretary.
PALACE PHARUAGY.
I am again in my . old Stand,'
and am prepared to serve j
my customers as heretofore
with promptness and accuracy.
HARDIN'S Palace Pharmacy,
126 South Front Street"
, Both 'Phones. No. K my88tX
MEETING.
All merchants who signed an agree
ment appointing the undersigned ss a
committee to endeavor to secure lower
rates of freight between New York
and Wilmington will please meet at
the rooms of the Merchants' Aksocia
tion on Friday, May 24 th, 1901, at 4
P. M. r . :
C. W. Worth, .
J. A". Tatjlob,
Sam'Xi Beak, Je., . . v ..
J. A. Arrihgjale,
' v a p.monaib, . .
my 23 2t ? : , Committee.
On and After Monday, ,
May SO, 1901, trains wm leave daily on WH
mlogton Seacoast Railroad : '
Iave Wilmington 10:10 A. M 2:30 P. M.,
:S0P. M. "
. Leave Ocean View 8 A. H., 11:30 A. M.,
BP SUNDAY TRAIN. . . .
"Leave Wllxnlngton 8:80 P. M. . v . .
Leave Ocean view 5 P. M. ... - ? . .
On Monday morning there will be a Strain
leaving WIimuigMia ai o;w a. u.
Besolar Bummer scneauie m wn itbuu wui
flro Into enwtvaua a, imit. .
R. O. OBANT.
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Baperlntenaent.
CHOICE CUTS!
Theipast 80 days have been tbe "Dullest" I
: have ever experienced. Lettuce,8traw-,
. hxarriAs ftninta Tnmntlne. Cold Weather -
and Hah. The next at and 80 days wUl be
A: I
t: tne nveuest iryou wia get my pnw bb-, -; j.; : , ,
Furniture and f crntere FIoYeftiesJSIg
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