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Morning I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.? tircnlatlo Lartet Thai Ttat t ill Any Other Dtlly News- t paper Published is Wllmlnrton. TAR, $6.00$ One Year, by Bail, v Months, " s.6o : 9 Three Kontha, " 1.86; 1.00 ; Two Months, " IN TUB STATK. J I? . C C 0 0 0 0 Dllvr4 to Mabsrlbra 1st th VOL. LXX.-NO. 148 WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1902 r City a At Canta par BIosMBu X rmteed Boii-FMt, Every-Div nnTiriP1 JLHE WHOLE NO. 10.937 The ittovmug jgtav. outlines. Gen. Mile left Washington yeatei day for the Philippine. Confed erate veterans of New Orleans decline w;iti thanks the proffer of the Q. A. jj. to build a home for Indigent Con federate soldier. Fire in a cotton mi!l at Stonewall, Miss , caused dam- tiis to the amount of $135,000. The Great Cjuncilof Bad Men will hold Its next session at Atlantic Citj, N.J. Toe battleship Wisconsin and the era ser Cincinnati have been ordered to the Isthmus of Panama. A c, naiiitee of the People's Alliance ap peared before Got. Stone, of Pennsj! T3Qi. and submitted a plan for settle meat of the anthracite coal strike. jUrjoni declares he has solved the prob em of sending wireless messages orer d:taace of more than 1,500 m;ie. A-t Richmond, Va., Ui eremn; Lnwis Berkeley shot and wounded Mjsj Annie Kessler and then killed hinnself. J. P. Morjraa tad Senator Hanna and others are Irying to raise one million dollars for tbe work of the Episcopal Church in the Pniiippioe. Coal barjre sunk ia a gale off Fire Island; crew were resrued and taken to Providence, R. I. Xe v Y or k markets : Money on call u strocg at 7&VS per cent.; cotton qaiet at 8c. for middling uplands; fbur was firmer and held higher on best grades ; wheat spot firm. No. 3 red 77c; corn spot firm, No. 3 73c; oU spot dull. No. 3, S33c; rosin steady ; spirits turpentine steady at i7 QiSe. WEATHER REPORT. U. 8. DtpT or Asrioultubb, t Weathkb Bxtkkau, Wilmisqtos, N. C, Sept. 11. ) Meteorological data for the 34 hours eadin 8 P.M.: Temperatures: 3 A. iL, 6M decree 81 U., 70 degrees; maximum. 77 de crees; minimum, 57 degrees; mean. 67 degrees. 'Uiafail forth day, .00; rainfall iiQce 1st of month to date, 3.43. of water in the Cape Fear r:er at Fayetteville, N. C, at 8 A. M. Wednesday, 1.1 feet OOTTOH RZGIOX BUUXTIH. Except traces reported in the Okla hi-oi and Savannah district, tber- has ben practically no rainfall darin? th pist 24 your. Temperatures coi tinues moderate. rOCCOABT FOR O DAT. W 3HisaTO!r,Sept 11. For North Ciroltna: Increasing cloudiness Fri day; rain in the west and warmer i i the east portion ;freih to brisk winds; Saturday, cooler and "air rzeeptrain on the coast. Port AlmatMbc September IS. J i . Rises - - i 3eU i-.'s Length M h Water at Bouthp :i:7ri Wat WrimJiT '- 5.39 M. 8.13 I". If. 3?!. 35 M. 3.25 A . V. 5.55 A. A Bo3ton woman of 59 years in vited 1250,000 on a new twenty :x-year-old husband. Her people t iiak her insane, but she declares iiat wa3 the best investment she ever made. California produces daisies a foot in circumference. We produce liiaiea here whose circumference is over two feet, and they grow several feet high. The California daisy can't hold a candle to ours. Gov. Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, aaya that is the grandest State in the Union. It may be noted in this connection that the sovereigns of that State re elected him Gov ernor by a satisfactory majority. When a man contracts a fondness for sweet stuff it sometimes sticks to to him a long time. A Missouri paper tells of a citizen, aged 89 yeara, who climbed a tall tree to capture a swarm of bees which had settled on a limb, and he got 'em. Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, seems to be prond of the fact that "the Republican party presided at the birth of the infant Cuban Repub lic." It had a very narrow escape from being strangled, and hasn't fully gotten over the bungling oper ation yet. The scientists in the John Hop kins laboratory have discovered an intestinal microbe which, it is said, causes many of the summer com plaints of infants and so much in fantile mortality. This is an im portant discovery, from which great results are anticipated. The mother of the late Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State under President Cleveland, has been a resi dent of New Albany, Ind., for sev enty years. She celebrated the hun dredth anniversary of her birthday last Monday. Nearly five hundred guests helped her celebrate. The steamer Chesapeake, sailing from New York to Baltimore, when about twenty-five miles out from the latter city ran into water that was as "red as wine," but it didn't taste like wine. The color was caused by some red sediment that floated on the water and mixed with it. Maybe it was stuff from Pelee. MULLET CATCH POOR, SO SAY THE FISHERMEN. Oaly Five Thossaad Ponds Hive Yet Reached Local Packers Short sie Attrlbotcd to Dry Weather. This is the month of the 4 -September mullet," but fishermen sav their sue- ceas in hauling: for the favorite "It nsn tnis season has been verv limited In fact, the cateh up to the present ume nas been comparatively none. The demand for mullet, however, as is usually the case when none is to be had, is very strone and the prices are stood. There is no last season's stock on hand and packers, who have secured the few that have reached the market the past week, have been able to d spoai of them easily at $5 per keg of 100 pounds. Last year about this me they were none too eood sale at as low as $1 per hundred. Mr. W. B. Cooper, one of the largest packers here, said last nirht in sneak ing of the calcb. that he had been able to buy this season only 5,000 pounds and that consignment arrived jester- ay by rail from New River. Previ ous to that time he had been unable to get a single mullet, although he had many inquiries for them. Fishermen attribute the slow c.tch to the very dry weather. Now that heavy raids have fallen the mullet in- ustry is expected to pick up. LOCAL DOTS. The first coots of the season were on the market yesterday and sold for 50 cents per dozen. Rev. Thoa. Dixon will lecture at Warsaw Saturday night before com ing to Wilmington on Monday. Southport Standard: "A friend writes us that the telephone line is nearing Town Creek and will soon be to Southport." Mr. John E. Woodside has an nounced himself a candidate for the Legislature n Brunswick county, sub ject to the Democratic convention. By deed recorded yesterday Tnos. A. 8mith and wife transferred to Margaret B. Green for $100 lot on east side of Dickinson, near Green at reef, 33x65 feet. Mr. Marshall Guthrie, of South- port, was recently elected by the facal ty of the University of North Carolina s assistant instructor in Anatomy in the Medical Department. Sarah Smith and Hattie Mose- ley, colored, were arrested yesterday and placed in jail for trial in Justice McGowan'a court to-day on a charge of indecent exposure of person. License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Miss Gertrude Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ashley Brewer, of Wilson coun ty, to Mr. Autry Driver, of Wilming ton. ACTIVITY IN T1HBER OPERATIONS. Up-Rlver toaslry is Alive With Lasher aid Shlsile Mill Met Tramways. The Bannerman correspondent of the Pender Chronicle yesterday writes as follows: 'MV J f MMr nr the Wilminir- tn Hhinvli C.n has a lot of contrac tor drifting out thousands of pine and cypress log for his plant in Wil mington, oil new steamer u now completed and will ply the North Kast river, transporting togs to nis plant. "Mr. F. C. Mallard of the Hilton T.nmKorPji has MmnlnUd lix miles of road and is now putting two thousand logs to the water each week. The steam er F. and F. is regularly engaged tow ing to mill. The skidder used for nm.A-nv losrm in the IVIIDD was acci- dently burned a week ago. It is quite a loss to the company ana win great ly retard the progresi of their work. 'VfMr Mark and John Brittoo. contractors for the Angola Lumber Uo., have availed we opportunity oi iiwHnv in the wamna. durinsr thedrv season, and have quite, a number of nne cypress logs on weir roaa. iaey have two and a half miles of road and expect a cargo of rails this week. "Messrs. Britton ana jueexs nave a large force of hands cutting cross-tier, and while we have no volcanic erup tion', the rumbling sound of falling trees may cause the no-fence law to be agitated in the coming campaign." Will Retora to Chlas. Rev. D. W. Herring, of Sampson county, who is well known in Wil mington, has given up his temporary ministerial duties in this section, and will return to China to resume his -mission work about the first of Oetobar. Mr. Her ri n z was forced to abandon his work ia China on account of the Boxer in- surrectiin. Mrs. Herring will ac company her husband. I 0. 0. P Soverelr a Orssd Lodge. Grand Lodge Representative M. W. Jacob!, of the Independent Order or Odd Fellowr, has gone to Das Moines, lows, to attend the Bovereign Grand Lodge which meets Monday. Past Grand Sire C. M. Busbee, of Raleigh ; Grand Master B W. Murray, of Greensboro, and Representative George Green, of Newborn, will also attend from North Carolina. Excarsloa From Dllloi, S. C An excursion of 400 people reached here yesterday from Rowland, N. O., and Dillon, 8. O. The party was taken to the beach on specially char tered trolley cart, and at 6:30 P. M. they returned to their homes. Mr. M. A. Stubbs. of Dillon, 8. O . was mana gar of the train. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N. F. Parker Like many others. 8. & B. Solomon Now'o the time. Hall Tie and Lumber Co. Notice. I : NEWS OF THE WHARF Busy Day in Shipping and Other Operations in Wilmington's Wholesale District. RIVER IMPROVEMENT BEGUN. Chamber ol Commerce Will Be Eater tshed To-night Aaother Cottoa Steamer Clesred Schooaers Thtt Arrive asd Depart. The second cotton cargo of the season from this port for foreign export was cleared last night on the British steamer Polano, 1,898 tons. Capt C. H Holttum. Bhe carried 9,135 baler, valued at $410,000 and the cargo is consigned to Liverpool, England, by Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son. The first cargo of the 'season was aboard the British steamer Tuskar, which cleared a week ago to-day with slight ly a larger cargo-9,741 bales valued at $150,000. The big British trampsteamer Tolosa, 2,099 tons, Capt. Widdesr, ar rived yesterday from Baltimore for a cargo of cotton and will go into a slip at the Champion Compress, succeed ing the Polana, as soon as she has coaled. The Tolosa is the largest cotton vessel to reach here so far this saason. The Rosewood and Sir Rich ard QrenviUe also have bsrths at the Cnampion Compress and are baiog loaded as rapidly as possible. The Chamber of Commerce banquet will not take placa until to night in stead of last night as was erroneously stated in these columns yesterday. It was also stated in error that the pro prietors and members of the staffs of the city newpapers bad been invited to become members of the Chambers1 when it should have been "members of the party" on the trip to the beach and guests at the supper. The event promises to ba a delightful one to night. There will be fifty or more in the party, who will leave Front and Princess streets at 7:30 o'clock on a suburban car under special charter. Mr. C. H. Robinson has been invited to preside and a3 previously noted Hod. A. M. Waddell and Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy will make addresses. Members of the Chamber, who have customers in the city for the night, are asked to take them down for the occa sion. The Chambsr of Commerce is in debted to the Hill Directory Com pany, of Richmond, Vs., member of the Association of American Directory Publisher?, for 23 volumes of city di rectories of the same number of cities. North and 8outh. The list includes New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Phila delphia. SL Louis, Kansas City, Cin cinnati, Memphis, St. Paul, Minne apolis, Camden and Asheville. The volumes are valued at more than $150 and were placed in the library of the Chamber for reference of members. The Diamond Steamboat and Wreck ing Co's dredge Watcoosa, in charge of Capt. Edgar D. Williams, is engag ed in cutting a four-foot canal, 30 feet wide and about a quarter of a mile long, from a point in the river just this side of the "dram tree" to Mr. T. J. Gore's distillery at "Summer Hill." An old bomb shell, from which the cap and fuse were removed, was un earthed while the work was in progress there Wednesday. It weighed about 40 pounds. Capt. Chas. M. Holttum, of the British steamer Polana, which leaves to-day for Liverpool, tenders to all his valued friends in the city of Wilming ton and suburbs, his sincere thanks for the kind reception and many fa vors accorded to him during his brief tay. and assures all of his hearty ap preciation of same, and in bidding adieu, trusts to have the pleasure of meeting all again in the near future. The schooner Chas. C. Lister, an old trader at this port, which has not been here before in some months, ar rived yesterday with a cargo of salt from New York for the Durham & Kleuppelburg Co., of Charlotte, N. C. She is being unloaded at the Carolina Central wharves for further shipment of the cargo by rail. The government dredge Ajax went to work yesterday on the shoal in the river opposite Kidder's mill, which gave the cotton steamer Tuskar trouble as she was proceeding down the river a few days ago. It is ex pected that sufficient dredging will be done to give the big vessels immunity from further trouble at that point. Cotton receipts yesterday were 2,294 bales, against 193 bales on the same day last year. In sympathy with New York the local market dropped off an eighth during the day, the closing quotations having been on the basis of 81 cents for middling. Last year the market was firm at 8 cents on a corre sponding day. Two schooners cleared yesterday for New York the Emily F. Northam, Capt. Pennewell, with a cargo of lum ber consigned by the Cape Fear Lum ber Co., and the four-master Clara A nnnrwlL Cant. Jamieson. with a big cargo of cross-ties consigned by the Hall Tie and Lumber Co. The river steamboats on the shoals above Elizabethtown got off yesterday with the rising water. The Highlan der proceeded to Willis' Creek and will reach here to-day for a return trip to Fayetteville. The four masted schooner Merom, Oapt Borenson, arrived yesterday from Boston, and will be loaded with cross-ties by Flynn Co. The vessel has a net tonnage of 881. CONTRACT CLOSED FOR THE PYTHIAN CARNIVAL. It Will Be Held Week Beglnninr. Nov. 3rd sod Will Be Down Town Soperb Pree Fireworks Display. "The Knights of Pythias Carnival and Merchants' Fall Festival" will be held in the down town district of the city for the week beginning November 3rd and an engagement was made late last night with Uhe Lay ton Carnival Company to furnish the attraction. It was originally intended to hold the Carnival on the O. A. N. grounds and a letter was read last night at a meeting of the committee from the vestry of tSL James' parish, which controls the property, offering the site upon very liberal conditions, but there was an insisteat demand on the part of several retail merchants who appeared before the committee, to have the fair down, town and their ur gent request was at length granted. The change in date ia for the reason that the Layton Carnival Co. . could not ba engaged before that time as contracts had already been made with the management of the State Fair at Raleigh to carry many of the attrac tions there. Mr. Bert Hoss with whom a special committee had the final con ference said that his showj, greatly strengthened by several from the State Fair, would come here fresh and up-to-date and would be the largest ever exhibited in the State upon a similar occasion. Of course the Carnival is condi tioned upon the correctness of an abid ing confidence the committee has in the business people of the city, who are expected to contribute something to the financial support of the under taking. Committees will wait upon them in the near future and liberal re sponses are earnestly hoped for. One of the big events of the week will be the reproduction on the river front, of idount Pelee in eruption, which is said to ba the moat elaborate display of fireworks ever made in the Siate. This will bs free and will last an hour. It will cost the Carnival Committee an even $500, but the testi mony of other cities is that the exhibi tion is well worth the price. The meeting of the General Com mittee last night was largely attended and the situation was canvassed thor oughly. Mr. Hoss, who leaves to-day for Newborn, was present and made his proposition. This was carefully gone into by the committee as a whole, and at length a special com mittee, composed of Mr. S. H. FisL blate (chairman), Messrs. T. D. Meares, W. F. Robertson, L. B. Rogers, B. O. Stone, H. E. Bonitz and W. E. Per dew, was appointed to finally con summate the contract, provided cer tain details were adjusted. This special committee had a conference with Mr. Hoss at The Orton and the contract was closed at midnight. The Pythians are at work for the Fair and will make a big success of it. WILL LEAVE TO-DAY FOR ATLANTA. Mr. 0. P. Qalao, Delefite to Convention of Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners. Mr. Q. F. Quinn, delegate-elect, will leave for Atlanta to-morrow afternoon, over the A. O. L., to at tend the Bi-ennial Convention of The United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners of America, and will be present at the mammoth trade meeting, which is by far the largest in the world. Over 1,500 local unions will be represented from all over the United Stater, Canada and Mexico. The carpenters of Local 899 will hold a special called meeting at the res idence of the chaplain, Mr. Charles R. Kriner, this afternoon, to give their delegate a happy "dead off," and in all probability stuff him with more suggestions than forty Philadelphia lawyers could remember. 8till all who know "Frank" will be satisfied that the interests of unionism in the South will be safe in his hands His office, that of financial secretary, will be filled by Mr. Jessie E. Smith during his absence, which will be pro tracted no doubt until well on in the month of October. The Stab wishes him a pleasant and profitable trip to our Southern metropolis. THE CHICKEN SCARED HIM. That is Escsped Convict's Excuse for . Steslinf a Powl Last Night. About 10 o'clock last night Police men Frank George and D. A. Rowan arrested an extraordinary chicken thief at Fifth and Castle streets. His name is Henry Fullard, aged 19 yearr, and he 1b colored. The officers espied the. "coon" and the chicken and knew that the two in such close communion at that hour of the night was at least a very suspicious circumstance. They accordingly halted the negro and accused him of the theft, which he admitted, but excused himself by say ing that he started in the yard of Wm. Sampson, colored, and was scared by the chicken, so he picked the fowl up and thought he would sell it. At the station house, shackles were found on the negro's ankles and he confessed also to being an escaped con vict from the Horry county, 8. 0., chain gang. A silk umbrella was found on the negro besides the chicken, and it is thought it had been stolen also by the negro. sssBsyBsVPissB," The reserved seat sale for the appearance of Rev. Tom Dixon Mon day night begins at DeRosset's this morning. REAL ESTATE MARKET September the Month in Which Preparations Are Made for October Moviogs. GREAT SCARCITY OF HOUSES. There Are Comparatively Pew for Rent, Hence There Will Be Few Chsnges. Rates Are Advanced Because of Supply and Demand. "Real estate in Wilmington was never more valuable as an investment than now," yesterday remarked a well known dealer who is generally cred ited with knowing a thing or two about what he is talking when it comes to his particular line of business. It is at about this season of the year that values are more accurately deter mined, he went on to say, for Septem ber is a renting month and usually a man knows what his property is worth when he prances up to the agent's desk to find what the middle -man has been able to do with this or that dwell ing or store that has been put uo the market at the most lively period of the year. September is a busy month, top, with house renters everywhere. In less than a month moving time will be around again and a majority of Wil mington people, who live in rented bouse?, will be in the throes of mov ing day. The demand for houses this year is said to be greater than ever be. fore; especially for the neat modern places that have all the twentieth cen tury improvements. The day of the big barn-like structure has passed and people want cosy little dwellings that are more nearly in the van of progress than the dilapidated structures that they have been perhaps accustomed to in years gone by. The scarcity of any kind of houses thfs year, however, is an item with the renter, and he is fortunate if he can move into one of the less preten tious structures. One dealer with whom a reporter talked yesterday said tha this azency had never experienced such a demand for houses. His firm, which is one of the most extensive and reli able in the city, has only three dwel lings for rent, and October 1st is yet nearly three weeks ahead. Usually, he said, this early in September his agency had a dozen or more. Of the smaller houses with modern improve ments he, said, there are none in the city; all of them were taken weeks ago. Another item that does not meet with special favor with the tenant is tho increase in rentals. When there is an unusually heavy demand, or course, there is a corresponding short age of supply, and that means higher prices, upon the same principle that the longest pole usually gets the per simmon." The advance, according to a well known local dealer, is at least 20 per cent, this year, while the in -crease in the rental of smaller build ings ia some cases reaches 33 J percent. With the renting values up, there is likewise an increase in the actual real estate values. Some place the advance at 50 per cent, while others say it is not quite so great. A number of very handsome resi dences have been built this year, but comparatively few of them are for rent. It is calculated that not more than a dozen have .been built with a renting purpose in view during the twelve months which will end Oct. 1st. "There will be less moving this year than ever before," is the verdict of a well-informed dealer. "This is for several reasons," he said; "it costs money to move and then there are no places to move to. The recent influx of Savannah people to the city to work for the Coast .Line has brought us nearly 500 new inhabitants and, -of course, they had to have houses to live in. They went to renting early in Au gust as soon as they came here and na tive tenants were not quite so alert. They thought September plenty time, but in that they were foole ; now they simply can't move. "Of course these new residents have had something to do with the increase of rates, but it is only in conformity to the inexorable law of supply and demand and not because of any inhos- pitality to the strangers. "Then there Will be less moving for another reason: Tenants who had dwellings at a certain rental before the advance in most all cases will be allowed by the agents to retain their homes at the old rates. The renters do not care to move Bomewhere else, involve themselves in the cost of new carpet, etc., and pay more rent be sides. Human nature is not built that way." Wilmington has more modern dwellings this year than ever; and more are to be built on account of the demand that has developed for them. Many were built this year and several are now in course of construction. The more eligible are taken as soon as they are completed and some of them before they are anywhere near com pletion. Back from New York. Mr. Paul M. Taylor, Wilmington's enterprising photographer and proprie tor of Taylor's Studio, got home yes terday from an extended trip North. He attended the annual convention of the Photographers' Association of New England, which met in Boston and- returrned via New York, where he visited a number of the largest photographic studios and made a care ful study of all that Is new and beau tiful in the art. Returning, he also stopped aJew days in Norfolk with friends. BROKE INTO A HOUSE, THEN ASSAULTED OFFICER. Youog White Printer Held for Higher Court by Msyor on Serious Charge. PoUcemaa Qeorge's Encounter. The only offender in the police court yesterday was T. R. Morgan, a printer, who was arrested the night be fore for breaking into the house of An nie Ne scomber, Eighth street, between Church and Castle, whom he said was his wife, and with whom he confessed he was tangled up in a divorce suit in Roanoke, Va. Morgan beat in the door of the house with an old axe, and the cries of the woman within attracted Policemen Frank George and D. A. Rowan, who rushed to the scene and arrested the intruder, but not until he had made a desperate assault upon Officer George with the axe. Officer George was struck in the side with the blade of the axe, but fortunately the wea pon went against a watch in his pocket and saved him from serious in jury. The chain to the time-piece was, however, chopped in several pieces, and the watch dented. The officer drew his pistol and would have fired on the man, but the woman interfered by jumping between the two. Mayor Waddell - suspended judg ment in the case of disorderly con duct against the man and bound him over to the higher court for assault upon the officer. He did not give the $50 bond required and went to jail. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. T. M, Morse, ia visiting relatives in Southport. Mrs. C. W. Worth left yester day for Buffalo Lithia Springs. Mr. R. D. Caldwell, of Lum- berton, was an Orton guest yesterday. Miss Mary Shepard has re turned from a visit to Topsail Sound. Miss Julia Canady, of Scott's Hill, is here on a visit to relatives and friend?. Mrs. N. F. Parker and little daughter returned yesterday evening from Southport. Mr. W. M. Corbett, Jr., of 01p, N. C, was a welcome visitor to the city yesterday. Mrs. M. L. Bolles and daugh ter, Misi Bessie, are visiting relatives in Birmingham, Ala. Rev. Judson L. Vipperman, who was reported quite sick Wednes day, was better yesterday. Miss Mabel Howell, of Golds boro, returned home yesterday after a delightful visit to friends in the city. Mr. George Honnet, who has been sick several days, was sufficient ly recovered to be at his store yester day. Miss Lula Holden went down to Southport yesterday for a brief visit to the family of her uncle, Capt. J. T. Harper. Sampson Democrat: "Mr. H. E. Merritt, now of Wilmington, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Merritt." Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bishop, of Monroe, N. C, are in the city, the guests of Mrs. Bishop's mother. Mrs . Jasper Bishop, No. 310 North Sixth street. CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRIMARIES. The HsIe-McNelll Paction Snowed Under In the Cross Creek Precincts. Special Star Telegram.) - Fayettbville, N. C, Sept. 11. The Democratic primaries for the se lection of delegates to the county con vention were held cere to-day. Cross Creek (Fayetteville) township voted as follows with reference to tha two factions in the fight: Precinct No. 1 was uoinstruoted, except for Mc Kethan for Clerk. Precinct No. 2, voted against the McNeill-Hale faction 77 to 29. Precinct No. 8 was 50 to 6 anti-McNeill-Hale, while No. 4, the home precinct of Messrs. McNeill and Hale, went 78 to 37 against them. Returns from most of the country precincts indicate about the same ratio as between the factions. Here For Clarence Davis. Sheriff T. 8. Burcb, of Florence county, S. C, arrived in the city last night and will take back with him to-day Clarence Davis, a young negro who has just completed a SO days sentence on the New Hanover county roads. Davis at the time of his conviction here was wanted by Sheriff Burch to complete a term on the Florence county roads, from which he escaped 90 days before his time was up. BLADEN C0UNIY CONVENTION. Strong Ticket Nominated by the Demoo. racy at Elizabethtown Wednesday. Special Star Correspondence. Elizabethtown, N. C, Sept. 10. The following ticket was nominated to-day by one of the largest and most enthusiastic conventions held here in Sears: House, Forney Willis; Clerk, . L. Blue; Sheriff, O. W. Lyon; Register of Deeds, J. S. Williamson; Treasurer, W. 8. Clark; Coroner, R. S. Brisson; Surveyor, A. Allen; Com missioners, a P. Parker, W. K. An ders and B. L. Brldger. The Democracy of old Bladen goes forward. It's a winner. Mr. Paul M. Taylor, the Photogra pher, has returned to the city and may now be found at his studio on Princess street, where he is better prepared than ever to execute all orders. t Quick Sellers AT POPULAR PRICES. We refer to a lot of heavy and medium weight Skirtings in Black, and also in colors, just in. Also a fine assortment of NEW GINGHAMS FOR FALL AND EARLY WINTER. As we claim this Store o be the center of new and fashionable goods we can with confidence ask a careful inspection in all the lines we carry. SPEAKING OF CARPETS! Our line of these goods is complete, with all sizes of Rugs to match. MATTINGS New, pretty and cheap. "American Lady" and "Her Majesty" Corsets are great favorites with many of our customers. Butterick Patterns, which are regarded the best on the market. Respectfully, A. D. BROWN. sep 7 tf 8FLENDID SHOWING- OF Fall and Winter Dress Goods. The newest things in Dress Goods are with us, including the beautiful Silk and Cotton Velvet cords. GRANITE CLOTHS, VENETI A N CLOTHS, ARMURE CLOTHS, FANCY POPLIN, BASKET CLOTHS AND THIBET CLOTH. Special prices the next 10 days. J". 3ED EEHDBE & CO., 615, 617 and 619 North Fourth Street. Car fare paid on purchases of $2.00 worth and oyer. sep 7 tf Like Many Others. I love Wilmington, know onr Daonle to ba the moat hosnitable in the world, know the climate tbe most salubrious on tha face or tbe eartn, ana as a believer in her tnture prosperity nave ever been a most earnest worker for everything that would tend to tha up building of onr city In every way, shape and form That we are on the upward stretch none can denv. The many new and handsome business houses and residences that have been erected within the past few years are substantial and self evident proofs of this assertion, bat there Is one very material thing lacking UNITY OP THOUQHT, PURPOSE AND ACTION. Atlanta, tbe most progressive city in the South, reached her present magnificent proportions simply because every one of her people from the little negro bootblack to the retired Merchant rnuct) aiways x ni.ni., orjsAj&. tLRU aut as it everytning maae, or sota m Atlanta us uie utu In the world. Let us do likewise, and with her natural advantages It will be only a few years before oar city will have doubled her population and taken rank wltn thejeadlng cities In the South. ItsT. IF1. PAEKBE, Furniture and Furniture Novelties, 1 1 1 Market St. Bell 'Phone 613. sepl2tf NOW'S THE TIME It's the proper time IMIatrtri n g; aazLcL Carpets When you can get them cheap. We have just received a new lot of these goods and respectfully invite you down to make a selection. S. &c 33. soXiOnycozsr. sep 12 tf TOBACCO QR0WINQ SECTION. Point Caswell Correspondent Has Interest tag Interview With D. McEachern. The Point Caswell correspondent of the Pender Chronicle writing this week says: "We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Duncan McEachern last week. He is one of the most successful com mission merchants of Wilmington, as well as the chairman of the Board of Commissioners ot New Hanover county, whose opinions on public matters are worthy of consideration. Heisverv much imnressed with the importance of tobacco growing in New uanover ana irenaer counties. a.t whs in search of some good farmer to engage to work a one-horse crop on the Castle Havnes farm. His nronosition was that he would furnish land, team, feed the team and guarantee the work man three hundred dollars a year, or give him one half the crop, the only condition to tbe trade was that five acres should be cultivated in tobacco. Mr. McEachern savs his experience has been with farmers that those who cultivate a portion of the farm in to bacco are the most desirable customers and, as a rule, at the end of the season have a balance to their credit. He says this has been his experience in Duplin, Sampson, Robeson, and Cumberland, and he is sure that what applies to these counties would equally apply to New Hanover and Pender, especially Pender, as her soil is better adapted to tobacco and cotton than any county named. Southport Standard: "Lieut. Beinburg left on Monday last for Richmond, Va. His mother, Mrs. Reinburg, and two sons will follow in the very near future. Lieut, and Mrs. Reinburg will make their . home in Richmond." NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. The mlsnnderstandtng which arose between F. H. HoUaday and the Hall Tie and Lumber Co. has been tally adjusted and satisfactorily arranged. The said F. H. HoUaday will take ness and conduct same as In lormer manner. All parties wishing any information as to the Hall Tie and Lumber Co. business will call at 803 wter SKiSkb CO., By J. w. Hall, President and Treasurer. sep 10 6t 1 Printer Wanted. Wanted, a first class compositor who has had experience on a daily morning paper. Must have good re commendations as to habits and quali fications. Apply at, or address the sep 7 tf MORNING STAR. SHARKSKINS, BROADCLOTH8. MOHAIR ARMURE, CHEVIOTS, SATIN PRUNELLA. Inter-State 421. D&W to make your purchase of Fancy Hew Catch Mullets. Ask for prices until a shipment just received is closed out. Salted meat at 11 cents don't com pare in economy with new fresh fish at present prices. Vollers & Hasbagen, Agents for the celebrated NIXON FISHERIES. au28tr Fruit Trees For Sale! For sale at less than net cata logue prices about 1,000 FRUIT TREES. From the leading Nursery in North Carolina. Will be sold in one lot, or in two lots of about 500 each. Selections to be made from latest catalogue. Address, "BARGAIN," Care The Mobbing Stab, Wilmington, N. G. sep 2 d&w tf FOR RENT, Stores, Dwellings," Offices, &c. ill! an S3 tf D. O'CONNOR THE OLD RELIABLE. We are well supplied with competent barters now; but we can accommodate a few more customers to whom we guarantee the very beet attention. Call at the old Frempert headquar- taw sep 9 tf 7 South Front St.