North Carolina Newspapers

, . . - ' i. -: 1 . :-f ' I i . H,.n,.Flde. EvervDayT I tfW""u -Of Any Other OallyNew- paper KODiwneo in , Wilminxtos. i fit'" vrint. IS ino OUTLINES. tjaaSSBaaMBaSBesaaaa j by the fire at Norfolk jot jKorif i out $900,000; half bj insurance; there wh no, T,if. Four men suspected fln(t the postoffice at Dae Wert. fifS Ita i1 AbbeTille, a O The interstate conference of 'iDiagbiera elected officers and Samed to anet in Detroit next year. In a fig" between the fugitive e who escaped from the Alle Jl p., jail and sheriff1 officers, r V. Biddies were mortally -Lnded and Mrs. Soff el shot herself . ,je breast- : 0.1,1a arrived in Nashville; the tas in holiday attire and enthusi 2c crowds greeted the visitors. 4 L iwtish reply to the Dutch note .-jinff the bringine about of peace lutoulh Africa has been sent to Hoi- , i TraDS Alianuo aicaaisuip SieihT6 adopted a uniform freight jj, on Jjraia auu , jet York markets: Money on call Aw at 243 per cent; cotton dull. i0c flour market was dull and a ife' lower to sell; wheat spot 0j, No. 8 red 780; corn spot easy, v 8 49c: oata spot firm. No. 2 I; rosin-steady; spirits; turpentine or. I WEATHER REPORT. U. 6. Dkp't or Agriculture, , Weathkb Bubkatt, Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 31. Temperatures : 8 A. M., 38 degrees; iP M.. 39 degrees ; maximum, 53 de- rnet; minimum, 37 decrees; mean, 44 ipees. ,f I Rainfall for the day, .13; rainfall Ue 1st of the month to date, 1.39 bches. ! rOBXOAST FOB TO-DAY. Washington, Jan. 31. For North Kkrolina Bain Saturday ; Sunday jpobably fair; light northerly to Port AImanave-Febnubry 1. Bites I 7 03 A.M. SeU .. 5.88P.M. 51 Length 10H.24M. 3th Water at Southport.' 1 S3 P.M. Water Wilmington. ' 4 03P.M. If the Emperor of China has 300 soh, as reported, it is no wonder ipoor fellow looks as frazzled oat ihe does. A bill has been introduced in the Iktncky Legislature requiring pen in that State to register. 2s nothing is said about requiring i to wear muzzles. According to the millionaire cen- 3a there are 4,000 of them, scat- fced oyer this country. But some 4them are poor fellows, who hsren't m than a million or two. There is a variety of sweet potato povn in Louisiana which pans out 072 bushels per acre, but there is ia man who steps ahead of 5t with a tuber which yields 1,445 Mels. . i Dr. Browning, of Philadelphia, put in a claim for $190,000 for bating the late C. L. Magee, of IntUbnrg, thinks he has as muoh for that money as anybody, as I dead man has no farther use it it. . ! It is said that Mr. Drvden. elected p. 8. Senator from New Jersey, has m boyhood found recreation in llprinj oat mathematical conun- and can solve the most diffi problems offhand. He figured Wtf well on that Senate problem, wJay. 1 6 New Orleans Picayune, a I "Pita! paper in every respect, has tered on its fifith v Tt was in 1837 by two printers, one J North Carolina, ! the other p ew Hampshire. ! They are pNead, but the Picayune Tery rut M Official BtAt.omont. nf f ha Kni. of Steel Trust last years hows Mt of ii on nnn nnn Tt IJ on it books contracts for JJWOO tons of steel rails, on h e PTofit will be $10 a ton. I " rlariiin i, m . I, . eajs ine xrnsi must P. """"w committee on j? oresi u IWnot. rt ... ' -n &!vm haa rePrted orably JJ9 bill asking for an appropri- tow W'000WO to purchase J Carolina, Virginia and Ten W. T eatabli8h an Appalachian care fni. ? - an Louis has an Aldermanic scan rp, " nuoi uiBuiu auau- Ik J . u passea.aom grans' K?'7m nchises i to a street )t i, UQ ln ore Park, where tt;.r:pouion is to be held, for Iwo Poised to na i3.vnnn w company refused to fork and In- Hln-a Paiaca fnarmae tZZa bona-Fidc, Every-Dayt I: i -- ". l' - . ... - ' .- ,--v .,- -i.-j-". , .; J- - , t -. , t, t. . , ; , . ..... ...... I 1 II M : .-THE VOL. LXIX.-NO. Ill LOCAL DOTS. Sixty-one arrests were made by the police in January ; 33 of the dt fendanU hawing; been white and 89 colored. i A store at Navassa station was robbed Wednesday night and a quan tlty of roods and a small amount of money stolen. , Norwegian barque Viva cleared yesterday for Goole, Bug., with cargo of 4,703 barrels of rosin consigned by Paterson, Downing db Co. The annual meeting of the Wilmington Seaeoaat Railroad Com pany will be held at 11 A. IL Tuesday instead of 8 P.M. as before stated. A discharge in bankruptcy for M. Oreenblot, of Lumberton, N. a, was received in the office of the Clerk of the United States Court here yea terday j .'"'-i The steamer Hurt arrived last night from Fajeiteviile; the Hawee will arrive this mornine with a careo of 800 bags of cotton seed meal from FayettewiUe. Washington dispatch, 30th: The Honso Committee on Claims to day reported favorably on Congress man Bellamy's bill for refunding war taxes to Sol Bear." January was a great matrimo nial month for the colored population. Twenty licenses were issued during that period to colored people,- while only nine went to white persons. The water has been pumped out of the derelict : schooner Mary L. Croaby and work will now commence upon discharging her cargo of lumber so as to determine the actual damage to the vessel. i The congregation of Grace church met last night to practice con gregational singing for. the dedication service Sunday, to be conducted by Bishop Duncan, of Booth Carolina. The new organ was used, Mrs. Chasten being the organist. Congressman Bellamy present ed a petition Thursday from the North Carolina Association of City School Superintendents in favor of the bill to give the revenue from the sale of government land j to the colleges for establishing mining departments. The Life Insurance Company of Virginia, the foremost industrial institution of it kind in the South, will shortly enter the field at Fayette viile. Mr. J. C. Collins, of Wilming ton, will be in charge of the Fayette- ville office. The British steamship Polana, Capt. Holttum, cleared yesterday and will sail at noon to day for Liverpool, Eng., with a cargo of 9,679 bales of cotton consigned by . Messrs. Alexan der Bprant & Son. 8he leaves only one steamer in port for a cotton cargo, the Wing rove, Capt. Watson. The Holt-Worth Supply Com pany, of Greensboro, to carry on a general mill and faetorybnsiness, was chartered by the j Secretary of State yesterday. The ! incorporators are Ernest A. Holt, Hal M. Worth, of Greensboro, and E C. Holt, of Wil mington. Total authorized capital stock $15,000. President Elliott, of the Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital, has transmitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen an itemized report of the conduct of the institution as prepared by Dr. Thos. B. Little, the superintendent. The data covers the period from July 23 rd, when the Board took charge, until Jan. 1st. 1903. Soaveslrs ef Yacht Sasie. Mr. bJp. Cowan, owner of the yacht Sadie, which captured all the races she entered at Wrightsville last season, has presented to each member of his crew a neat little souvenir m the form of an emblem of the Carolina Yacht Club, white with red -star in centre, and bearing the inscription in gold letters: "Sadie Won, 1901, July, August and September Regattas," The fallowing composed the crew; Bobt. C vyeRosset, Unas. a. urainger, jdwinVA. Metts, Jno. VanB. Metts and W.'D. McMillan, Jr. Mr. Cowan was, of course, in charge as captain. : Lectaxe at the Y. M. C. A. Prof. John B. j DeMotte, author of The Secret of Character Building," will laetnra at the Y. M. O. A. to night as the fifth attraction in the Anmiitfon course. The lecture will be illustrated and Prof. DeMotte will be assisted by Mr. Truman W. uar- rinft-tan.an exnert. "A Plea lor rQs taritvor the Problem or uereaiiy win h his snbiect. Press criticisms of the lecture by j Northern and West- mm nMi sm verv favorable, voors open promptly'at 8:30 o'clock. j -v. '..: - Promlsest Assos Chixes Dead. News reached; the city yesterday of the death at his home near Wades boro, N. C, of Mr. John J. Dunlap, a prominent real estate owner ana duh- a man nt AnsAB eanntV. Mr. Dun- lap had finished : bis dinner as usual and as he was about to leave tne taoie ha became violently ill and died wltn in an honr. Mr. Dunlan was inter ested in several of the most important enterprises of the county and was uni versally esteemed by all who knew bim. ' ;i " f,. , jv , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS . Pntl.'HAVines Bank SpecIaL j National Bank Dividend. Wilmington Gas Light Co A means E. Warren & Son-Chocolate crackers - ' Business ivooaus B.EJ. Ahreni-Por rent. : - INJUNCTION MODIFIED Hearing in the Sewerage Contro versy Before Judge Tim berlake Yesterday . THE ARQUMENT WAS HEATED Cotnpssy te Give J15.CC Boad lor Resto ration of Streets, Bit Aldersaea Still Esialaed From Passat e of Or : dlssoce A Compremise. , Special Star Telegram. LomSBTTKO, N. C, Jan. 31. The in junction of the Sewerage Company against Mayor Waddell and the Board of, Aldermen of the City of Wilming ton wasT arguwThera before Judge E W. Timberlake by Geo. L. Pescbau and E. K. Bryan, Eqs., for the Sew erage Company and Junius Davis and Marsden Bellamy, Esqa., for the city. The arguments were spirited and occupied the entire afternoon. The in j auction, though modified, is continued and the resolution intro duced recently by the Aldermen is still enjoined. The Sewerage Company is required to give a fifteen thousand dollar bond before excavating further, however. t is considered a compromise judg ment with the odds in favor of the sewerage people. The above is the latest from the seatof war," as Judge Timberlake'a court at Louisburg wss humorously dubbed by those who anxiously await ed developments in . the injunction matteryesterdsy. While the news is somewhat disap pointing to the large number of citi zens who hoped for. a complete disso lution of the restraining order, it is, without a doubt, the very best that the able counsel for the oity could have done under the circumstances and it is believed that the "verdict" will be general accepted with satisfac tion by the city, which only contend ed for some measure that would abso- utely guarantee a restoration of the streets' to the same condition as they were before the excavations were made. The movement to have the Sewer age Company give a bond was inaugu rated by Alderman George Harriss some time ago and he introduced Bey era! ordinances with this end in view. but each of them was turned' down ike a hot brick by other members of the board who feared that in the pas sage of an ordinance providing for a bond they would be "recognising'' the Sewerage Company, which "recogni tion" they claimed they had not hith erto conferred. Yesterday Alderman Harriss and other "members of the Board secured signatures of a large number of busi ness men to a telegram lo Judge Tim berlake stating that the streets had not been restored and the city .needed re lief. One such telegram as to the con dition of the thoroughfares is reported to have been sent by the Superintend ent of Streets. An Alderman who had hitherto given a favorable oppression as to the restoration of the streets, in a communication to Judge Timberlake, is also reported to have later qualified his statement by tele graphing to the city's counsel that his knowledge of the work was solely upon information and not upon per sonal investigation. All these telegrams are believed to have had great weight with Judge Timberlake and were no doubt potent factors in the modification of the in junction. As stated in these columns yester day morning, upon the appearance of Messrs. Bellamy and Davis . before Judge Timberlake Thursday, he imme diately notified the counsel of the Sewerage Company that its work must stop, pending an adjudication of the matter. This order wss strictly com plied with yesterday by the contrac tors and their large force of laborers was "laid off" with the exception of two or three squads which were em ployed in the work of restoration. ' The Aldermen wore a smile or su- preme satisfaction as (ney greeiea their constituents yesterday and news from Louisburg was eagerly awaited. It is very probable that the attorneys will return to the city this evening and a special meeting of the city council seems inevitable for to-night However, the matter may be post poned until the regular session on Monday evening when as lively a time as ten Aldermen ana xour iswjen can make may be expected. In addition to the special given above, a private telegram was received last night from Messrs. Bellamy and Davis which stated : "Judge modified Id junction against defendants and en joins plaint ft from excavations until it gives $15,000 bond." j i The telegram means that not an other clod of earth can be turned until the bond is executed and dnly ; ap proved by the Board of Audit and Pi' nance. L i I Win Celebrate 7th Aaslverasry. - The Ladies' Missionary Society of wr tr. fMhvtr!An ehnrch.Bruns- wick county, will celebrate its seventh anniversary on the second Sundayin February. Rev. Dr. A. D. MeO1-". .mJ, a Andrew's Presbyterian TVmi ihm anniversary cnurcn, ww ; imwi . . -sermon and other appropriate exer- . - . . .MUM. dses wlir bo ooaerveu. Itiui jnatata of 1XJTS- J- mania wmuu. TT . Johnson, Mrs. F. Ai Prldgen and Mrs. M. alcSieithan. M ORMNG WILMINGTON , - N . C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY DELIGHTFUL PIANO RECITAL Gives Last Eveaiag by Papils of Miss Hamme's Classes at No. 412 Mar ket Street Prsgrasaoe. A number of -the pupils of Miss Hamme's piano classes gave a delight ful recital last evening from 8 to 8:45 o'clock at her stndio. No. 418 Market street Nearly a hundred invited guats were present and all were charmed with the splendid manner in which the programme was executed. The selections were as follows : 1. Second Valse. Godard. Misses Alice and Bessie Fishblate. 3. MoonlighUReverie). Fisher. Miss Olive Quince. 3 Reverie, Wilson, Miss Louise Corinth. 4 Romance, (a) Rathburn. Voelin (b) Grieg. Miss Louise John. 5. Evening in Madrid. (Mandohns). Cnenet. Misses French. Catlett. Pars ley, Fishblate and Worth, accompan ist auss Fentress, guitar, Miss Bailey, piano. 6. Melody in F. Rubinstein, Miss Ida Evans. 7. La- Scintilla. Gottschalk. Miss Margaret John. 8. Last Hope, (Jottschslk. Miss Sarah Catlett. 9. Message of Love. (Mandolins) Chenet, Misses French, Catlett, and uamme, accompanist. Miss Virginia Bailey. 10. Two Larks. Impromptu. Lescbe- tizky, Miss E. Hall. FAMOUS 0REKN SWAMP LANDS Motlos to Coitiane Restralaiaf Order Will be Heard la Ralelf h Monday. A large number of Brunswick and Columbus county citizens are expected here Monday on their way to Raleigh to attend a hearing before Judge Pur nell in reference to the famous Green Swamp land suit, which has been in the court for years. The suit is brought by the New Jersey and North Caro- ina Land and Lumber Company against the Gardner-Lacy Lumber Company and forty four Brunswick and Columbus real estate owners. who have sold timber to the principal defendant. On Dee. 13th, last year, upon motion of Messrs. Meares dt Ruark, of this city, attorneys for the plaintiff. Judge Purnell ppointed Mr. A. T. Clark, of Columbus, receiver of the property in question, and also issued a restraining order preventing the cutting of timber or trespassing upon the lands in volved. The question of making this order permanent will be heard Mon day. The plaintiff is under bond for $3,000 for the prosecution of the mat ter and Receiver Clark has given $500 bond for the faithful performance of the duties imposed. HARBOS MASTER'S REPC2T. Vessels of ft Teas aad Over That Ar rived Oariag Jassary. The monthly report of Capt Edgar D. Williams, harbor master, for Jan nary shows arrivals of vessels of 90 tons and over at the port of Wilming ton as follows:' American Ten steamships, .13,448 tons; 1 barge, 1,600 tons; 11 schooners, 8,607 tons. Total vessels, 83; total tonnage, 18. 555. Foreign Two steamships, 8,718 tons; 5 barques, 3,543 tons; 1 schooner, 191 tons. Total vessels, 8; total tonnage, 8,449. The grand total number of vessels was 80, with a combined tonnage of 35.004. The report compares very favorably with that of January, 1901, and shows an increase of about 3,000 tons. MERRY MINSTRELS ARE C0M1N0. Soaethiac of the Barat Cerk Artists With Richards aadPriofle The coming of Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels to the Opera House Monday night marks one of the most interesting amusement events booked here this season, so tt is claimed by the management. This firm of ambitious amusement mana gers, it is said, seems to be radical ex pansionists, for each succeeding season their organization increases in size and expands in every conceivable way. The world famous Billy Keraands; James Moore, the grotesque comedian. is seen in the latest darky essenoaaong and dance; the musical artists, Bailey & Spiller; Toledo, the juggler; uiar ence Powell, the up-to-date black jes' ter; Tio Kitehie, the Japanese equili brist; Ueoper ana nis wooaen ngures; Moore & Thomas, the sidewalk jest ers; Craig, the boneless wonder; and miBT others, oloaina with the unroar- iously funny after-piece, "The Dark- town Policy flayers." seats now on sale at Gerken's. Possded Their Chaplaia. A large number of carpenters and joiners, of Local Union No. 899, visit ed Mr. Charles Kriner. their chaplain, last night with a bountiful supply of groceries, ranging from a pound of sugar to a sack of flour, and a nice load of wood to cook the same. Mr. R. Davis. Jr.. stated the object of the visit, to which Mr. Kriner, wltn much feeling, responded. Mr. Kriner is iust convalescing from a severe at tack of la grippe, and, of course, a pounding from his shoo mates was much appreciated. The Pesnnt SIlsatloB ia Halifax. Roanoke New : f Halifax county grows the Spanish peanut almost ex elusively and the crop, last year was just about one-half of -what was ex pected. The State farms lost nearly their entire eron bv freshets and f aim ers generally report that the crop was very short. : The same conditions ap pear to have existed in other peanut sections. Some of the Halifax county farmers who have heretofore planted peanuts say they will not plant them at all this year, while others may be come encouraged by the prospects of higher prices in the future and plant Increased acreage." , TOE POETRY SHOW. Many Additional Entries of Fine Birds Were Made Yesterday for the Fair. MANAGERS MET LASL NIGHT ElxWyooe Fiae Birds Proa Soath Care- Uaa Win he Breaght Over aad Haa- drcda Win Come From This State Arrsszeaseats. "The Poultry and Pet Stock ahow next week is going to excerfd ; all our expectations," ssid a prominent mem ber of the Executive Committee of the Wilmington Poultry and Live Stock Association yesterday, j ?The exhibits are going to- be nu merous and of a very fine order," he continued. "Fact is. the only Question with the Association now is how it is to handle everything." L An enthusiastic meeting of the fair promoters was held last night and final details for the opening next week- were arranged. Secretary Armstrong reported that entries had come in the past few days at an exceedingly lively rate and indications are that the City Hall, where the fair is to be held, will be taxed to its utmost capacity. The snow will open to the public at 8 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and will remain open each day at convenient hours until Friday at 11 P. M. The judges will begin their work early Tuesday morning, and to this end the management is insisting promptness upon the part of every exhibitor. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged the public and something in teresting in poultry and pet stock is assured. The exhibits by local fan ciers promise to be exceedingly good. Yesterday Superintendent Will Bonitz spent his time in securing ever greens for decorating the ball and to day carpenters will begin construct ing! skeleton benches upon which to arrange the coops. j An entry of 81 fine birds was re ceived yesterday from 8outh Carolina and the North State exhibit will be even larger. Some fine hounds and other dogs with a number of pet rab bits of all varieties have also been en tered and this department will be watched with much interest by many. Arrangements have been made to keep the show open until after the theatre performances next week and by ! this convenience many will take occasion to visit the hall adjoining be fore returning home. : ENTCRPR1SINQ WILMINQTONIANS. Improved Railway Gate Isvested by Yeaag i Men Which Promises Well. Messrs. George 8.1 and Wm. D. Sumlin, of this city, yesterday receiv ed from their attorneys, Messrs. Evans Wilkena dc Co., of Washington, D a, letters patent for an improved railway gate, which they recently invented and which appears to be a serviceable and meritorious device. The letters patent dste from Jan. 88th, 1903, and are for seventeen years. The invention relates to railway gates adapted to serve as cattle guards and the object is to provide a pair of swinging gates adapted when closed to extend across a railway track in combination with improved mechan ism so as to be operated by the flange of a car wheel, to unlock the gates and swing them open and providing means for automatically closing the same after the passsge of a train. The Messrs. Sumlin have notjyet decided what they will do with their invention, but it appears very certain that they haye a "good thing" and will profit largely by it THE COTTEN-RIDDLE NUPTIALS. Beaatlfnl Ceremony at Grace Episcopal Charcb, Petcrsharr, Wednesday.' The following special to the Rich mond Dispatch will be read with in terest heret j PsrncBSBinto, Va., Jan. 80. Not withstanding the marked inclemency of the weather, a large and fashion able assemblage filled Grace Episcopal church Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock to witness the marriage of Miss Bessie Meade Riddle to Mr. Jno. Wnittaker Colten, Jr., of Wilming ton, N. C. The church was handsomely deco rated and the vested choir, with Professor-John Moylan Bird at the organ, furnished beautiful music. Right Rev. J. B. Cheshire, Bishop of North Caro lina, a relative of the groom, officiated, assisted by Rev. John Ridout, rector of the church. Miss Lina V. Noterius was maid of honor, and Mr. Joseph Cheshire Gotten, brother of the groom, was best man. ' The following gentlemen were the ushers and groomsmen: Morton Rid dle, William Gotten, James Heartswell, E. Olifc Cohen, R. B. Davis, Henry L. Plummer. Dr. John Mann, and Dr. Joseph D. Osborne. The following young ladies served aa ribbon girls: Misses Ann Peabody Riddle, Mary Banks, Elizabeth i Bragg and Mary Goode Stevens. F ' f Maffitt-Qray Wcddlaf. Friends in the city yesterday re ceived the following invitation: "Mrs. Walter C. Maffitt requests the honor of Tour nmranea at the marriage of her daughter. Lottie Jenkins, to Mrs. Richard Wilson Gray, on Wednesday evening.February 13th, at 6 :80 o'clock, 406 West Twefth street, Charlotte, NiO." ' ! . !Mr. and Mrs. James. B. Wat ers will leave on Monday for Mays ville, N. Q. where they will resde in the future, Maysville being Mr. Wa ters' old home. All their friends re gret to lose them, but success and prosperity are wished for them. 1, 1902. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. E. Li. Middleton, of Cary, N. C, is at The Orton. Mr. J. D. McLean, of Maxton, N. C , was hero yesterday. Mr. Geo. A. Croft returned from a business trip South yesterday afternoon. Col. A. M. Waddell is still con fined to his home with an attack of neuralgia and la.'grippe. Misses Katherine and Eloise Vick, of Councils Station, N. C, are visiting friends in the city. Messrs. D. H. Green, East Arcadia, and B. H. Dillon, Charlotte, were Orton guests yesterday. Messrs. J. L. Potter, E. M. Earle and C. W. Carter, of Fall River, Mass., are registered at The Orton, Miss Fanny Taylor has re turned home from a visit to her sister, Mrs. O. E. Borden, Richmond, Va. MissMoale, of Baltimore, who has been visiting the family of Mr. G. Herbert Smith, has returned home. Mrs. W. J. Martin, of Raleigh, has returned home, after a ten days' v.sit to her parents and friends at Wil mington. The Stab is requested to say there will be a tea served at the club house of the Cape Fear Golf Club this afternoon. Members of the club aid guests are invited. Mr. Neill Emerson, of Boston, is at home on account of the serious illness of his grandmother, Mrs. Eiiza O. Davis. Mrs. Davis' condition was reported more favorable yesterday. BASKET BALL LAST NIGHT. Yooof Mea Defeated Business Men aad A. C. L. Forfeited to Naval Reserves. The second of the series of basket ball games in the T. M. C. A. League was played last night to an enthusi astic attendance. The Young Men defeated the Business Men in a score of S3 to 9 and the A. C. L forfeited its game to the Navsl Reserves by non-appearance. The score was en tered on the league records 3 to 0. The teams which played lined up as follows: YOUNG KEN. BUS SI KIT. Davis, E. Y.(capt)guard Williford Boney guard .... Williams Davis, J. L for ward. Little (capO Scott forward Irving Hopkins centre Smith Officials Umpires, W. L. Latta and J. T. King; timekeeper, W. R. Dozier; referee, N. M. Wetzel ; scorer. Gilbert Foard. CatUsg Affray at Delfado. News reached the city of a severe cutting affray at Delgado yesterday evening. Geo. Godwin, a fifteen-year old boy of the village, engaged In a difficulty with J. H. Johnson, aged 31 years and an operative in the mill there. The result of the altercation was that Johnson was slashed severely in the left breast to the ribs, and he will be laid up for some time in conse quence thereof. Godwin was arrested by Constable Sheehan soon after the difficulty and was carried before Jus tice J. M. McGowan, who placed him under bond with his father in the sum. of $50 for a preliminary hearing Mon day at 4 P. M. NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL LEAGUE Cities la North Caroliaa Asked te Scad Deler stes to Raleigh Wedaesdsy. Special Star Telegram. Raueiqh, N. C, Jan. 31. The Ral eigh Athletic Association adopted resolutions this afternoon calling, on North Carolina towns iuterested in baseball to send delegates to a meeting in Raleigh February 5th, to consider the organization of a State League. The towns expected to have represen tation are Wilmington, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Newbern, Win ston, ; Durham and Tarboro. A tele gram from Newbern said : "Newbern is prepared to enter the State League and awaits particulars." SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM. Mr. Gore Thinks the Sewerage Company Should Give Bond aad Work Go On. Editor Wilmington Star, City. Dkab Sib: About the sewerage muddle here, I think if the Sewerage Comnanv would give a bond for double the amount it would take to put the streets in order after, the ex cavations are made and filled up, then tbecitv srovernmeat should let them go ahead and finish their sewerage system as quick as possible. In the meantime, the city government should have an expert looking after the work carefully to see that it is done in a first class manner. I think this is all that is necessary, and if it could be done immediately, the Sewerage Com pany should agree to it and be satis fied and the city should be sansneo. " Yours, truly, D. L. Gobb. History of the Deeomiaatloas. Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Blaekwell, pas tor of the First Baptist Church, will preach to-morrow night at 7:80 the first of a series of sermons on the his tory and doctrines of the great de nominations. His subject Sunday night will be "The Roman Catholic Church." At the morning service his subject will be "Obedience the Proof of the Truthfulness of Truth." Camherlaad School Closed. Favetteville Observer. 31st: "Pub lio school No. 8, Flea Hill district, haa been closed temporarily on account of a mttllrwvr Kim. Miss Loula Ornm- pier is the teacher, and recently her brother, died in eampaon county oi mal1iwr end ee Miss CVnmnlev- had visited her brother the parents of the children got frightened, and it was tnougns oest to eiose tne aenooi. WHOLE NO. 10,747 i Atlantic National Bank, If FEBRUARY 1, 1902. The directors of the Atlantic National Bank having declared the usual dividend of one per cent for the month of January, same ia now payable. Resident stockholders will feb 1 tf Special Attention To AttllAji 4a 4V. a t , Y uio i uui uepwiis msae wun us to-asv, Surd5T'. tf'braarylst. will draw 4 per cent from to-day. DO NOT DELAY in making a start. Once begin to save systematically and it will soon become a habit easy to continue and leading to permanent succtsj. Why not open a savings account with us at once ? Th? People's Opposite the h. o. HtQvanr, rrMiaoas. Xeb 1 tf V. W. B)ICK Caaaior. North Carolina naval hero. Capt. Johnston Blakely, Intrepid Sea- fighter, Spent His Childhood Here. Charlotte Observer, Slat j The last of the North Carolina Book- lett aeries contains sketches of "A North Carolina Naval Hero and His Daughter,' by Dr. K. P. Battle. The naval hero was Capt. Johnston Blake ly j a native of Ireland, in his child hood and youth a resident of Wilming ton, a student of the University of North Carolina and an officer of the United States ntn. Aa ennnntnilm of the Wasp, second snip of that name, in 1814, he captured and burned in the western entrance of the British flhsn. nel the British warship-Reindeer having repelled her attempt to boaid his ves sel and tnen boarding her, after des perate hand-to-hand fishtimr. All her officers were killed or wounded and the cspUin's clerk surrendered the prize. BlskeJy afterwards captured the Avori, and the Atlanta and other wise distinguished himself and his ship. Tne Wasp and her orew were never afterwards heard of and their mysterious fate is still a secret of the sea. ! j A daughter. Maria Udnev Blakelv. was born in 1815. and the mvsterv of her father's disappearance made the babe the centre of universal svmoathv. The North Carolina Legislature. al ways economical to the point of parsi mony, adonted her as the ward of the State her mother lived in New Eng land and annually voted $600 for her education until 1839, when Mrs. Blake ly married a gentleman of the Danish Island of St. Croix, i Maria Udney married la Danish nobleman in 1841 and died with her infant son in 1843. Both J. Fenimore Cooter and Theo dore Roosevelt accord the highest praise to Cant. Blakel v as an intrepid sea-fighter. He was only 33 years old when he met his mysterious fate. I r ' i en saw. "' I CAPT. HOLTIUM DEPARTS. Popular Steamer Master Retaras Thsaks I for Maay Courtesies Shewn. 3: i Ekitor Morning Star: Through the medium of your paper beg to express to all of mv very dear friends, both in the city of Wilming ton and the suburbs, my sincere good wisnes and tnanasror tne cordialitv and gnod will accorded to .myself and officers during our stay in the port,! which has made the same very pleasant and is fully appreciated. Wishing one and all the best of good wishes and nrosperitv : of the citv of Wilmington, respectfully. J ! U. U.' HOLTTUM. J j i Master Steamship Polana. Church Notices. 1 Bladen street Methodist Church: Bev. Geo. B. WehHter. motor. Sertfcai At 11 A. M. and 7:30 P M. H it) bath tcaooi 8:30 p. M. Prayer servlca every Wednee lay a' 7:S0 P. H. A cor dial weloome extended to aU. Chanel of the Good bheoherd. Sixth and Queen streets. There will be the usual services on 8unday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday Bcnooi at 4 o'ciock ui tne anernoon. Bonthslde Baptist Church, corner Fifth, and WOoster streets. Bev. B. H. Herrinar. oastor. Services 11 o'ciocr a. M. and 7 80 P.M. Sunday School at 8 P. M. Prayer meeting service every weaneeaay nignt at s o'ciock. Services In St. James caurch. The Feast of toe Presentation of Christ la the Temple, "oly Communion and sermon 11 o'clock. Mon day School S:5 P. U. Evening prayer 6 o'clock.. The fervlo-s at 8t. I'aul s Episcopal Church on Sunday will be as follows: Morning ser vice and sermon atll A. M. annday School at a 80 P M. Evening- service and sermon at 7.80 P. M. The aubject oC the Rector's discourse in tne morninar will be Taiklno- with Jesus:"' ln the evening- Bancttned Zeal." It is hoped that an attractive onertory sou may oe sung at one or both services. j first Presbvterian Church. Rev. John M. Weils, Ph. D., pastor. Divine services at ll A. M , ana at 7 so p. M. conducted by the pastor. Buodav school at 3:55 tt. M. Prayer meeting on Thursdays at o:oo p. u. Tne paouo cordially invited to all servloes. Pews free. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, corner Fourth and Campbell streets, Bev. Alex. D. Mc Cinre, D o pastor. Hvlne services at 11 A. M. and 7 so F. at. Baooain scnooi as a.su r. at. Prayer meeting and lecture Wednesday at 8 P. M. The public invited. Seats free. - Beiiglons services will be conducted at the Beaman's Beuiei io-urorrow, laauintui; noon, at a o'clock, by ev. A. p. McOlure, D. D. Seamen and rlvermen are respectfully invited. All are welcome. i Brooklyn Baptist Church, corner Fourth and K rnnswioK streets, rev. j . i . rsuruour. uwt. Barvtcea to-morrow at 11 A. M. and 8 P. If . Sunday School at 8.80 p. M. weekly prayer ,nH nmla nuwit.nff WMdtwwdA At S P. M. Strangers and visitors are cordially Invited to all services. . i Fifth Street Methodist Church, situated on Fffth street between Nan and Church, Bev. John H. HalL pastor. Servloes on Sunday at U A.M.andt.80 P. M. Prayer meeting wed neada evenlnff at 7.80 o'clock. Sandav School Sunday afternoon at 8.00 o'clock. A cordial In vitation extended to all. 1 dram m k. Chnrc.h. earner or oraoe and Fourth streets. Pastor, Bev. J. N. Oole. Ser vices Sunday at U o'clock a. m. and s.co p. m. Hitndu, BChooL W. B. CoODOr. SUDt 4S0 D. m Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday at 8.00 p. m. A cordial welcome to all. Visitors to the city peclallv invited, seats free. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 ANNUAL MEETING Of the stockholders of the Wilmington coast Railroad will be held at the rooms of the Merchants' Association, in the Seaboard Air Use building, Tuosday, February 4 th, atll A. X. I f H. WOOLCOTT, . janai4t ! Secretary 1 1 ! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD. niCHARDS & PRINGLE'S I j FAMOUS GEORGIA niUSTRELS. ;35- PEOi'llJfi ' -oo. ; Headed by B1LLT XEB8ANDS. a nacmiflcmt free street parade takes place qjoiarat,aQP.x. j , lansist TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION.: lOao Toavr, by Rail 5.00, I Six Months, " . . 8.60 ; Three Heath. " ' 138 $ Two ZXonths, " 1.00 eDellTere to KBbserlbers tat X flit It II ma Maath. ! V art. 2 voo please call for their checks. ANDREW MORELAND, Cashier. 1. I J !4. ... . i Savings Bank, Postoffice. xtro. a. arjswtkoncu A MEANS OF Quick Heating IS WHAT YOU, WANT FOB THE BATH ROOM. Placed In Your Bath Room.: No Trouble, Ho Asbes, Ho Dirt. Prices from $1.50 up. "Foot Prints" Tobacco. "Foot Prints" Tobacco. "Foot Prints" Tobacco. Makes the Grocer 14c a pound. "Cabin Home," "Cabin Home." "Cabin Home." Makes the Grocer 2o a pound. All hand-mada and finest stock. 30c nald In cash (no Dremtnmal for "Foot Print" Taos each. 4Mo tn cash lor Cabin Home f ags. Pon- oer over una ana nanoie wnat pays yoa ana db your own buss, sole agent for the American tmzar Oo.'a bran da of Cuban Blossom. Benuwn and Oremo Cigars. None equal tola on any BWHH. Vollers & Hashagen. Sole Distributors. Jan to u M Uti Id. Unllets, New Catch. Patent and Straight Flour, MEAL, TOBACCO, CANNED GOODS, Fox River Butter. Candy, Soap, &c. Williams Bros. lanaetf To-day Only! WE WILL SERVE Chocolate Crackers with each Cup of Hot Chocolate and Whipped Creani at our Fountain. If feb 1 U Talcum, Talcum. Pure Powdered Purl fled Talcum in one pound : boxes for 25c, twe pound boxes 40c. 1 Tor sale ai uoirrs pauce "mow. janisu lie south Front Dausa. HAVE A CAS HEATER son. jh'i ay .r, v-. U I t - t: if . ' I j' - 1 ' : h