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VOL. LXXIV.-NO. 27.
WILMINGTON, N. C.FBIDAY. APRIL 22, 1904.
WHOLE NO. 11,436
StMo
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OUTLINES.
The pension appropriation bill and
tbe emergency river and harbor bill
pasted tbe Senate yesterday. The
House passed a number of bills, in
e tiding one for the government of the
Pacaraa canal zone. - Judge Holt
overrated the demurrer . of Sally &
Co , agaloat the InToIuntary petition
in bankruptcy. The Massachu-
setts Democratic convention Instructed
it delegates to 8t Louis to support
Oiney for the Presidential nominee;
-ipportera of Hearst were defeated by
a?! overwhelming majority., TJ;
8. marines at Seoul, Cores, are order
ed 1 1 go to Manila on the cruiser Ra
leigh. All quiet at Port Arthur.
Buaaia'a daily expenses on ac
count of tbe war average 1750,000.'
Rutalans will fit out two! merchant
ships purchased .from Germany to
Erey upon Japanese commerce.
lusslans say the Japs are preparing to
make a .landing sear Takushan.
Bunians are reported as fleeing from
the Japanese and are losing hundreds
by crossing the Yalu river in over-.
.rowded boats. r The Chicago
car barn bandits will be executed to
day. Fishing schooner off Nor
folk blown out to sea - and dismasted ;
crew rescued. . Negro who in
sulted white girls at Blacksburg, Va.,
was severely whipped by cadets of
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
New York markets: Money on
call easy at lUc; cotton quiet at
14.15c; flour was dull but steady;
wheatspot steady, No. 2 red SI-04;
corn spot Irregular, No. 2 nominal;
oats spot steady. No. 2 44fo; rosin,
easy; spirits turpentine quiet..
WEATHER REPORT
U. S. Dbp't of Agrioultubk, )
Wbathkb Bureau,
v WlLMEJQTOH, N. C, April 31. V
Meteorological data for the twenty
four hours ending at 8 P; M. :
Temperatures: ' 8 A. M., 43 degree ;
8 P. ., 53 degrees: maximum 60 dr
erees; minimum, 40 degrees; mean, 50
f ?-iea. -.-.; .
tUinfallior th day, .03; rainfall
since first of the month to date, L01.
Stage of water in Cape Fear river at
Fayetlevllle, at 8 A. M. 4 feet.
OOTTOH REGION BULLETIN.
Local raina have fallen in tbe Caro
linas, Qeorgia, Arkansas and Tennes
see. Toe weather has continued cool
in the northern and eastern portions
of the belt with killing: frosts reported,
at Qreentboro - and Weldon; heavy
f roai at Raleigh, and light frost at
Lumberton, N. O. :
FOBEOAST FOB TO-DAY.
Vashihgtoh, April 2L For North
Carolina: Warmer Friday with rain
in west portion; Saturday rain and
warmer ; fresh east to southeast winds.
y Port
aae April 28.
aa Rises. . ....... . . ... . . 5.18 A. M.
SunSeU . . 6.40 P. M.
Day's Length . . 13 H. 21 M.
High Water at Southport. 13.24 A. M.
Hgh Water Wilmington. 2.54 A.M.
Wlien is the Winter of our dis
content to be made glorious Sum
mer? There has been a revival of Wang
ivr New York. DeWolf Hopper is
again scoring a big hit in his old
time specialty.
As Judge Parker is also a farmer
we hope his nomination for the
Presidency means that he is going
to raise cane with Boosevelt. .
It is said that Jndge Parker
spends much of his time on his
farm near Albany. From this we
should infer that he knows how to
hoe his own row.
"How shall
Aycock when
we treat Governor
he visits Spartan
burg?" asks a South Carolina paper.
We guess Governor Aycock: will be
satisfied to take "the same."
It is hardly to be supposed that
Judge Parker will take advantage
of his position on the bench to hand
down an opinion on Theodore Boose
velt. The case'will be heard "in
chambers."
A court in Philadelphia' decides
that a man does not have to tell his
wife how much money he makes or
how he spends it. Decision Over
ruled and declared null and void.
Opinion by Judge Feminine.
A New York man has been sent
to jail for three years for striking
three women.. EvidentljTthey sent
in good bawls, and the striker is now
sorry it was his time at the bat for
such a long "inning.
BusBia has decided that it is the
better part of wisdom not to send
her Baltic Sea fleet around to. Port
Arthur. Of course Bussia doesn't
want all her ships Togo to the bot
tom. In New York recently the Daught
ers of the Confederacy had a ban'
quotand 8ang some of the'-poetid,
gems of Syney Lanier. Some South
ern papers printed it "Sydney
Lamer." What is fame for a poet
outside of Georgia?
The gentlemen who are fond of
mint juleps need not miaconstrnA
statement that "all mint.
rds
were broken at PMUflninv,?-
the past week."
It is meant tn n
--w UUACB
that the coinage of gold there for
ine month ending April 16th wa8
w,iwfd0 in $20 gold pieces,
,and for the week $11,302,600, an
average of nearly $2,000,000 a day.
The weight of the gold coined was
more than forty-two tons.
LOCAL DOTS.
Thos. J. Bann has been given
a permit to build a two-story residence
on east side of Fifth, between Hanover
and Brunswick streets.
' Pay your poll tax before May
1st, or you cannot vote in the State
and Presidential elections to be held
In November next.
A number of friends of Brooke
Q. E tuple, Esq., announce him a can
didate for the State Senate. In an offl
clal card appearing elsewhere in to
day's paper. .
It Is stated that Mr. S. P.
Cowan will conduct only boarding
stables for horses at Second and Prin
cess streets for the present, but that
later he will probably also engage In
the livery business. - .
A special meeting of St. John's
Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M. will be
held at o'clock to-night, business
of importance with reference to the
old St. John's building, Market
street will be considered ..... . -.
The alarm of fire at A05.yP.sM,
yesterday, from box. 49, ! was on ac
count of a small blase caused from
sparks from the chimney at 311 Castle
street, occupied by Virginia Hall," col
ored. The damage was about $10.
George Washington Council
No. 67, Jr. O. U. A. M., will hold a
pleasant social session after the regu
lar lodge exercises to-night. Refresh
ments will be served and a full at
tends nee. of members Ii desired.. . . -
The County Board of Educa
tion of Brunswick at the regular meet
lng last Monday elected Geo. H. Bel
lamy, Etq., county superintendent of
schools, to succeed the late John Hen
ry , Mints, whose death was noted In
these colums. ' '
The burning of " a railroad
bridge ten miles this aide of Monroe
night before last cut off mall and pas
sengers on the Seaboard Air Line from
points west of Monroe yesterday. - A
temporary trestle was completed yes
terday and. the track ,1s again open to
traffic.
Prof. J. S'jLeonard, teacher of
Tocal music In the schools of the
country, will give a joint muslcale at
Mason boro this afternoon at 3 o'clock
and another at Delgado next Friday.
The children of the Masonboro school
are requested to meet this forenoon for
rehearsal prepatory to the exercises
this afternoon. y ;
Mrs. Horace M. Emerson, Miss
Amy Harlow, Miss Laura Clark, Miss
Julia Parsley, Miss Bessie Gore, Mr.
Benj. Bell, Jr., and Master Allan Em
erson, left ; yesterday morning for
Chapel Hill. They will attend the
regular April german of the Universi
ty German Club to-night, and also at
tend the game of baseball"between
North Carolina and Virginia at Chapel
Hill thia afternoon.
; By deed filed for record yes
terday Thos. Settle and wife and
Tenehe O. Coxe and wife transferred
to W. J. McCall, of Charlotte, for $4,-
000, tract of land beginning at a point
known as "Negro Head Point," form
ed by the confluence of the northeast
and northwest branches of the Cape
Fear river, thence up the northwest
branch of tbe river, a distance of about
two miles. "
EX-Q0VEKB0R RUSSELL'S CONDITION.
Decides to Reasla' a Few Days Losier at
tbe Johns Hopklo's Hospital.
It was announced In a -telegram
from Washington to yesterday's Rsl
eigh Post -thai ex-Governor D. L.
Russell would be discharged from
Johns Hopkins Hospital on the fol
lowing day and that on Friday, after
spending the night in Washington, be
would return to his home in Wilming
ton. A later telegram received here
'yesterday, however, slated that the
ex- governor's fever bad returned and
that he had decided to remain in the
hospital a day or two longer; that he
would telegraph later when to expect
him. : r' :-':r''- ''-'V
Dr. Young, who performed the ope
ration on ex Governor Bussell, says
that the patient will leave the hospital
a well man ; that he is in better physi
cal condition than he has been in for
ten years. For several weeks in the
hospital his life was dispalred of and
the news of his recovery will come
with satisfaction to many friends here
and elsewhere throughout too Slate.
The following Associated Press dis
patch from Baltimore was received
last night: , .
'Former Governor: Daniel L. ISus-
sell of North Carolina, -who has been
under treatment at the Johns Hopkins
hospital or several weeks left that in-;
stitution : to night for Washington,
D. O., where he will spend ajew days
ith hfa friends. He will return to
his home In Wilmington, N. C early
next week." - r
Pastor Hale Arrived Safely;,
A telegram to Mr. W. O. Peterson
from the Bev. Fred D- Hale, D. D.t
last night stated that Dr. Hale had ar
rived safely at Hot Springs, atx., on
schedule time." air. naio
the telegram that he stood the trip
well and was in good shspe.;
NEW ADVEBXISEMENTa 1
For Senator Announcement.
At Hardin's "lokio Camphor."
Wilmington Grocery.O-New goods
Masonic Meeting St. John's Lodge.
Muonlc Meeting Concord Chapter.
Wilmington Sivings & Trust Co.
Where to put your money.
8UBIVK88 LOCALS. ' ' . ;
Home and Lot Far isle. " " ' : :' '
FIFTD ANNIVERSARY.
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics Celebrated an
- Important Event.
JEFF DAVIS COUNCIL NO; 63
Five Years of Goad Wnrk and Splendid
Growth Addresses by Prosaiaeat
Meobers of Order and Bonstl
f nl Spresd af Ref reshmests.
Jrff Davis Council No. 63, Junior
Order of United American Mechanics,
last night very auspiciously celebrated
the fifth anniversary of its founding.
The exercises too pises in the hand
somely appointed lodge rooms of the
council on the third floor of the Mur
chison National Bank building and
there were In attendance a very large
number of ''Juniors," , members or
their families, members of the Daugh
ters of Liberty and other friends. The
hall was very tastefully decorated for
the occasion. Past Councillor A. J.
Hewlett presided over the exercises
and. after, the opening preliminaries
he made a very cordial welcome ad
dress and presented William J. Bel
lamy, Esq., the speaker of the even
ing. Mr. Bellamy outlined the beau
tiful principles of tbe order and spoke
with much interest and felicitation
upon what the Jr. O. U. A M. has ac
complished since it entered the lodge
realm In Wilmington; i
Mr. Bellamy was followed by Past
Councillor J. T. Burke, who read a
statement giving , the history of Jeff.
Davis Council. It was established in
Wilmington April 21st, 1899, with 86
charter members, largely through the
instrumentality of Messrs. Jno. E.
Wood and Walter E. Yopp. Now the
council has nearly 800 membew and is
growing every day. The receipts dur
ing the past five years have been
$4,013.33 and of that amount, $769. 95
has been paid out in sick benefits,
$1,095 In death benefits while $951.70
has been paid in funeral assessments.
For Slate Council purposes, $315.60
has been psid In per capita tax, while
$767.88 has been paid out for hall rent,
officers fees, paraphernalla,etc Dar
ing the past five years Jeff. Davis and
George Washington councils have
presented bibles and flags to Hemen
way and Union schools, of Wilming
ton, and Jeff. Davis Council has done
likewise for Delgado, Masonboro and
Greenville schools in the country.
The "Juniors" propose to keep up the
good work upon the opening of the
schools next season until a flag floats
over every school building and a bible
is in every school room In the county.
Following Mr. Burke's very Inter
esting story of the growth of . the
council and Its laudable purposes for
the future, Mr. G. J. Boney spoke
upon "Why I Became a Junior." His
talk was very interesting and was
greatly appreciated by the large crowd
present. Mr. Geo. T. Hewlett, with
Mrs. E. B. BUrkhlmer as accompanist.
next entertained with a number of
"coon songs" and plantation melodies.
He also appeared In a monologue
skit In which local hits were abundant
and timely. Many of them "brought
down the house."
Following the exercises the "Ju
niors" entertained their guests at a
sumptuous spread of refreshments,
consisting of ice cream, xake, fruits,
etc. The committee of arrangements
consisted of Messrs. G. J. Boney, Jno.
E. Wood, W. A. Parker, A. J. Hew
lett and G. 07 Simmons and to them
tbe large crowd in attendance voted
thanks for a most pleasant evening's
entertainment.
MUSIlALB A GRAND SU8CESS.
-Miss HcQirt's Circle ef Fifth Street M. E.
Charch DellfhtfaUy Eatertalaed.
: The entertainment given last even
ing in the lecture room of Fifth Street
M. E. church by Miss Mamie L. Me-
Girl's Circle-of tbe Bunday school was
a highly successful affair In every re
spect, both from a financial and social
nolnt of view. The numbers on the
programme, without an exception,
were delightfully rendered and all of
them were received with enthusiastic
encores. The nroeamme was as fol
lows: '
Piano solo. .March Mliltalre..Bchnbsrt iatnsig
wsauoroeu. .
Duet............. .Fair Janette
- Mrs. F. a Muse, Mrs. O.D. Weeks.- ,
Female goartette ....selected
us Horee, Mrs. J as. emtio, :
- Hlsfl Adrian. Mrs. F. A. Muse.
BeadinK........ ........The Lisper
Mlsa FmaU. ,
Dnet.. One Swet Solemn Tbooght
Miss Bcott. Mr. O. V. Motta. :
Trombone solo ..................violets
Mr. B. Merries. .
Beadlns;.... ...Katie's Bean
' lllss Poarsall
Vocal Solo, Past and Future, Reginald da Koven
miBB BOIWi
Mandolin net wltn altar and Piano Aocom-
panunen.
" Misses Kthfl Hopkins, Mamie L. rfCOlrl,
Mr. Clifford Hopkins, Mr. A. U. Doener.
The lecture room of the church was
verv nrettilv decorated for the musi-
cale and. Miss McGIrt was compli
mented by every one for the magni
ficent success she made of the event.
THE LITTLE TYCOON."
Behesrssls . Preiressloc . SatlsfsctorUy.
...... a - . . .
' Sesls on Sale Box Sheet -
tienearsais ior auo uihw
to be presented next Friday evening
in the Academy of Music, under the
nsnteM of the Colonial Dames, are
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now In progress nlgnuy anu rapm
is being made in training
the voices ior me aeugawu
operetta. The : management desires
th.tthe announcement oe mw u
only ' those who are members of the
AttAnd the rehearsals. Seats are
r - ., .
fAP tha nroauction
vf. The Office. ' The Orton and
iieauwin : -
DeBoiset's Wednesdsy morning.
A. a L. SUIT COMPROMISED.
Vnltevlile Superior Coort Still is Sessiea.
Verdict for the Defendant la Another
Damsge Case Coleman faith.
The $50,000 damage suit brought by
Mrs. Sasle O. Holmes, of Florida,
against the Atlantic Coast Line, was
compromised before it came up for
trial in Columbus county Superior
Court at Whiteville this week, coun
sel for defendant railroad having
agreed to allow the - plaintiff $3,750,
which amount has been paid. It will
be remembered that. Mrs. Holmes sued
for injuries received last year at Don
aldsonville, Gs., the same having re
sulted from a tram running Into an
open switch upon another tralp on
which the plaintiff was a passenger. . ?
The only other -civil action of any
interest tried this week at Whiteville
was that of L. Lock, administratrix.
against the Acme Manufacturing Com
pany, of this city. In which plaintiff
asked $6,000 damages f or the.kllllng
of her husband at the factory at Cron-
ly N. O., in February3903. While
Lock was engaged In oiling some
machinery, his clothing was caught on
a shaft and he was thrown several
times against .the ceiling, kill
ing him instantly. The esse was
on trial all day Wednesday and
all of yesterday morning, the jary
at 11:30 o'clock bringing ' in a
verdict for the defendant and award-2'!
ing no damages upon the ground that'
plaintiff's testator was guilty of con
trlbutlng by bis own negligence to his
in j aries. Ex-Judge E. K. Bryan, of
Wilmington, Messrs. Schulken &
Lewis, and Jackson Grier, of White
ville. represented the Acme Manufac
turing Company and Messrs. O. O.
Ly on & Son represented the plaintiff.
It was decided yesterday that the
trial of A. Coleman Smith, charged
with Implication in the Boles-Btaly
murder, would begin thia morning.
Oiring to the heavy expense Incident
thereto the prisoner's counsel has de
cided not to bring either H. B. Regis
ter or Cress Edmondson from the pen
itentiary to testify. The general opin
ion seems to prevail at Whiteville, it
Is said, that, while the circumstantial
evidence is strong, it Is not sufficient
to convict of murder In. the first de
gree. - '
FRUIT AND PRODUCE TRAVELLERS.
Assail Meetior la This City Satardsy,
With Bsse-set Nifbt Followlof.
Arrangements are all complete for
the banquet to be given at The Orton
to morrow evening at 9 P, M., compli
mentary to the members of the Amer
ican Fruit and Produce Travellera'
Association, which meets In annual
convention in this city tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock In the rooms of
the Merchants'-Association. An at
tractive list of speakers has been ar
ranged for the occasion and a most
interesting programme is being map
ped out A large attendance is ex
pected.
The American Fruit and Produce
Travellera' Association has members
in fourteen States of the union who
travel from Florida to the Great Lakes
on the North from early in January
till the dog days In August They
represent millions of dollars in wealth
and It comes their way to speak favor
ably or unfavorably of a community
as their Impressions may be, and as the
association her held ' three annual
meetings here it goes without the say
ing that Wilmington has a soft place
in their hearts.
APf. R. 9. HOBSOB'S LESTURE.
The Navy, lis Achievements aid Im
provements" Will bs the Subject.
'The Navy, Its Achievements and
Improvement" will be the subject of
Capt. Bichmond Pearson Hobson's
lecture In the Y. M. O. A. auditorium
Tuesday night as the eighth and last
number in the Star Course of Enter
tainments. The recent utterances of
the distinguished naval hero along the
lines suggested by the subject have
created a deal of newspaper and maga.
sine comment all over the United
States and that the speaker will have
something interesting to say in his
own interesting way, there can be no
I doubt. He will speak as one with an
authority borne; of experience, and
there' will be food for thought in bis
eloquent discourse,
Capt. Hobson will reach Wilming
ton from Charlotte on the noon train
Tuesday and - will be entertained - at
The Orton The box sheet for the leo
ture opens at DBosset's Monday
morning. f - j
James Spraat Institute.
The following invitation has been
received : "The Faculty and the Senior
Class of the James Sprunt Institute
request the pleasure of your presence
at the commencement exercises, April
24th to 26tb, 1904." The Senior Class
Mary Louise Pridgen, Bettle Souther-
land and Mary Graham Carr, and the
piano graduates are Misses Mary Gra
ham Carr, Bessie Williams Hfnson,
Kate Middleton and Callle Newton. .
Street ear DlssMed.
The motor under a street car bound
south on North Front street, near
Bladen, yesterday afteir noon about 6
o'clock gave way and dropped to the
track while the car was going at rather
rapid speed. . The motorman was
thrown -over the front of his car R
some distance, but caught on his feet
and was only slightly In jured. -There
were ho passengers on th ear and the
conductor managed to hold, to a seat
when the sudden stop came.
FIRE TOG IS CERTAIN.
5
Committee from board of Alder
men - Receive and Accept
, ' Another Proposition
FROM CAPT. E. D. WILLIAMS.
Marlon WlU be Equipped With 1,000 Qal
.Ion Sspsclry Pomp Approprlstloi
: of USi in .tfalntensBce Will - '
- ' be Iscloded (a theTBadget '
That the city will In the near future
be in possession of a first-class fire tug
is nowbeyond peradventure. That
one is needed no one who has kept
track of miniclpal events within the
past year trill gainsay. . s. f
At a meeting of the Fire Committee
of toe Board of Aldermen yesterday
f 6r the pur pom of making up an esli-rnate-.
tESfc, amount of appropriation
needed for that department during the
fiscal year ensuing June lsti 1904, a
proposition was received .from Capt.
Edgar D. Williams; owner and master
the steamer 'Marion," offering to
equip that tug with modern fire-fight
ing appliances and have it ready at all
times to respond to alarms from along
the water front for tin modest sum of
$600 per year. Only Chairman P. Q.
Moore and Alderman W. E. Yopp
were present at the meeting, Alderman
.M..G. TIencken being unavoidably ab
sent, but the two members of the. com
mittee present at once decided to
recommend the acceptance of the prop
osition and to Include an amount suffi
cient to maintain the tug in the appro
priation for the next" fiscal year's ex
penses. There appears not a shadow
of a doubt but that the appropriation
will be allowed at once, upon the
committee's investigation and recom
mendation, 1 ' j( ,
Capt. Williams, for the sum named,
agrees to equip the tug with a pump
of 1,000 gallons per minute capacity i
and to have the boat In readiness at
all times to respond to alarms from
the water front, keeping the fire under
the boiler banked and one or two men
aboard at all timet, who shall be com
petent to man the tug. Tbe city Is to
furnish the hose and nozzles sufficient
for the equipment. A detachable
alarm will be kept aboard the boat at
night so as to facilitate the work. The
further, details of the proposition will
appear from the contract when it is
presented to the Board of Aldermen
and Board of Audit and Finance for
acceptance.
. STOLE S6HLIIZ-BEER BOTTLES.
Two Nefroes Seat to Jail -lor Larceay.
Other Cases Before the Mayor. ;'
8ternberger Bros., grocers on North
Front street, yesterday gave the police
a tip which led to the arrest of a couple
of negroes engaged in the wholesale
larceny of Bchllts beer bottles from the
Cape Fear Club. Jim Anderson and
Thos. S. Gordon are the negroes, and
they carried about 100 bottles of the
kind that "made Milwaukee famous"
to the store of Messrs. Sternberger
Bros., representing to Mr. Sternberger
that they were train hands and had
secured the bottles from a bar-room at
Dudley, N. a They said they had
more at the shanty car, and without
passing over any coin Mr. Sternberger
told the negroes to go and bring the
remainder of them. When the ne
groes left, Mr. Sternberger 'phoned
the police station and Officer H. W.
Howell responded, finding the ne
groes in the yard of the Cape Fear
Club filling two sacks with the hot
ties, preparatory to carrying them to
Messrs. Sternberger Bros1, store. The
negroes were at once arrested and
half an hour later they were taken
before Mayor Springer and bound
over to the May term of Superior
Court In bonds of $50 each, which
they failed to give and went to jail.
The negroes attempted to implicate a
"James" Anderson,, who worked at
the club, but he could not be con
jtected with the affair and was dis
charged. 1
The only other defendants in the
police court yesterday were Calvin
Larklns and .Annie Johnson, both col
ored, charged with being drunk and
disorderly. They were each fined $5
and costs, which they arranged to pay.
tk INCIDENT OP YEARS AGO.
lesaa&fflaa Who Shot Strssrer la Boalti
' " House Died la Asylam.
Mi. W. D. Siler, an attorney of the
Chatham connty-bar, ia in the city
looking after the estate of Bobert F.
Trask, who died In the insane hospital
at Morganton four or five months ago.
Mr. Siler is accompanied by Mrs.
Lizzie, Andrews, of Mount Vernon
Springs, N. Y., who la administrator
of the estate of the late Mr. Traik. It
will be remembered that eight or ten
years ago Trask, while a guest at .the
Bonitz House, in this city, became
violently insane, and coming through
the lobby to the street, shot and, in
stantly killed the first conn whom be
met, travelling man for a crayon
portrait house and an entire stranger
to the man who shot him. Trask was
placed on trial for bis life here, but
the plea of Insanity saved him from
the gallows and he was sent to the
State asylum, where he remained until
his death a short time ago.. Trask in
herited an interest in a house, on
Grace street and it is for the purpose
o&dixposlng of that which, brings Mr.
Biler and bis client to Wilmington
now. . . -"
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Sears
I have returned from their bridal tour
"to Florida. -: - .-- . . - '
PERS0NAL PAA0RAPHS-
Mrs, TV J. Gore is visiting
in Charlotte.
Mr. C. B. Wright, of Raleigh,
arrived yesterday.
Mrs. Chas. Whedbee, of Hert-'
ford, is the guest of her brother, Mr.
Cuthbert Martin:
Miss Nora Angel left yesterday
morning for Washington, N. C. to
viait her sister, Mrs. Blount -:
Mayor A E. White, of -Lum
berton, accompanied by Mrs. White,
is in the city on a brief visit. He was
a welcome visitor at the Stab office
yesterday.'
Dr. Exporter, of Booky Point,
spent yesterday in tbe city. He said
so far as he could learn the strawberry
crop had suffered . little ' from the con
tinued cold weather.
--Mr 4Wm-i B. Streeter, State
superintendent of the North Carolina
Children's Home at Greensboro, NXX ,
Isih jheeitjr in 1hb interest of that
most praiseworthy institution.
i Mr. JM & Thompson, . repre
senting Brown & MeMahon, of Phila
delphia, Is In the city looking after
strawberry and vegetable shipments.
He is an ex-president of the American
Fruit and Produce Travellers' Asso
ciation, and Twill attend the annual
meeting here to-morrow.
Southport , Standard'. "Miss
Annie Z; Newton returned Saturday
from Wilmington, where she has
been visiting for the put week.
Miss Mary B. Legge, a charming
young lady of Wilmington, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with relatives and
friends in Southport.'
ARMOUR TAX SUIT DECISION
Important Points Involved is the Contro
versy Mast Pay.
The purport of the decision recently
recently rendered by the Supreme
Court in the case of the State of North
Carolina and the Commissioners of
New Hanover county against the Ar
mour Packing Company, which went
up from Wilmington, is as follows:
The Bevenue Act of 1901. Section
95, provides for a license or franchise
tax to ba paid in proportion to the
amount of capital stock by a corpora
tion "organized under the laws of this
The tax for a corporation of $1,000,000
and over, would be $500 for the county
and $500 for the State for etch year.
A suit was brought against each the
Armour Packing Company, the Stand
ard Ull company and swift ox Company
to recover . these taxes for the years
1901 and 1903, amounting In all to
$6,000. The case of the Armour Pack
ing company was taken to the supreme
Court as a test case. In this case the
defendant resisted the payment of the
tax:. -
1. On the around that section 95 of
the He v venue Act wasnnuuuaedln ac
cordance with the reouirementa of the
Constitution, which provides that such
an Act should be read three several
times in each House, and the ayes and
nays entered upon the Journals upon
the second and third readings:
2. That the act could not applyto a
non-resident corporation, and.
9. That even if the state could coliecr
the tax, the County could not, be
cause it is a franchise tax and not a
license tax for doing business in the
County.
The Court bad formerly decided In
another case that a material amend
ment to an act of this nature would
have to pass each House according to
the requirements of the constitution.
and tbe defendant insists . that sec
tion 95 had not been passed in
this way and introduced the origi
nal bill in evidence as amended
by the Legislature to show that this
was so. Tbe court on this point holds
that the original is not competent evi
dence to prove this, because the Jour
nals of the Legislature constitute the
Uecdrd. and tbe Constitution requires
tbat the lact snouid appear not irom
the original bill, but from the Journal,
and that tne journal snows in this
case" the bill was read and the entry of
tbe ayes ana nays was properly made.
Tbe court further holds that the
Act applies to non-resident corpora
tions, and that the tax is a privilege
tax and ean be collected by the State
and county. f '
Tbe plaintiffs were represented by
Bountreedc Carr and the defendants
by Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy. The decis
ion Is of considerable importance as it
sustains the collection of $8,000.00 of
contested taxes.
TAB RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Caps Pear Interests Looked AfterSeme
of the Appropriations. .
. (Special to Neto8 Ss Observer.
WAsHOtaTOH, D. a, April 19. The
River and Harbor Bill, as it passed.
contained only one item for North
Carolina, that being the continuation
of the work on the Cape Fear below
Wilmington. : As reported to the Sen
ate' by the Committee on Commerce
the bill makes provision for two pre
liminary surveys In addition to tbe
work on the cape rear. . They are :
Bhallotte nver. from tbe bar at the
mouth of said river to the town of
Bhallotte.' with a view of dredging.
cleaning out and widening the chan
nel. -;f---' -
Northeast Elver from Wilmington
to HausTlIle, witb,a view to remov
ing snags, stumps and logs, and over
hanging trees and maintaining tne
natural channel of the river. remov
ing sand bare and securing the depth
in said river from Wilmington tar
Hallsville of four- and one half feet at
low water at all times In the year.
Sprlsf leases for Meaaadea. ?
r The recent cold weather la Interfer
ing seriously with the catch of men
haden off this coast,; though both the
Cape ff ear and Atlantic fisheries at
Old Brunswick, down the river,' are
now in full operation, tearly 300 ouen
being employed," Five . steamers are
a resd here and others are expected
as soon as the weather clears up and
the jBah begin to. come . up in schools
toward the surface where they ean be
caught. - ' -.
The Store That Pays
I Tdit Car Fare.
READER'S.
McnrjcrJ'G celebrated
....- - . -
TALGUM
AT LESStiAN THE REGULAR SELLING PRICE
We have just received a large shipment, from the factory and offer it
now in any quantities, at lfic a box.
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EBHDBE&Ca, .
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sistent with careful, -conservative management Yottr moneys
invested with us will be a working asset, good to keep, and well
to' have for an emergency or opportunity. - We Invite yon to call
and open an account. ;
Wilmington Savings & Trast Co.,
. 108 Princess Street.
J. w. NOBWoon, President. . ,
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RIOQBWAY S0SIERT. COliPAMY.
Sale el Seats WW Open This Morals!
; DeRossefs Ashevllle Criticism.
The Ashevllle Dally Gazette has the
following criticism of the Katharine
Bide way Concert Company, which
comes to the Y. M. O. A. Saturday
night in the Star Course:
"Miss Bidgeway as an elocutionist
his a maner peculiarly her own. There
is something so original about her
that comparison with other artists of
tne same profession would fall to do
her jastlce. She was never more af
fected than last evening, which is her
third appearance here In Ashevllle.
The Star Course would be Incomplete
without Mlis Bidge way's appearance.
The other members of the company
are equally as fine in their respective
talents."
The box sheet opens at DeRosset's
this morning. Reserved seats on sale
for the pjtronsox the Star Course.
Present for Two Schools.
Some time ago Mr. Gustav Maeglln,
a wealthy cotton merchant of Ghent,
Belgium, was In Wilmington on a
business visit to Messrs. Alex. Sprunt
dc Son. and while here was taken by
Mr. Wm. EL Sprunt, chairman of the
County Board ef Education, for a visit
to the colored school at Acorn Branch,
and later to a public debate at the East
Wilmington school. Mr. Maeglln was
much impressed with the American
schools, and lately, upon his return
to Ghent, he enclosed Mr. Sprunt a
check for $13 with which to buy a
present for each of the schools which
he visited, the same to be presented
upon the occasion of their commence
ment exerciser. Prof. Washington
Catlelt, superintendent of the schools,
will select the presents and give them
to the schools designated.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Concori Chapter fio. 1, B. A. I.
COMPANIONS Tnere win be a special con
Tocatlon thia rFrldav) evenln? at 8 o'clock
to confsrtfcs Past Masters degree. ,
B7 OtOU OI HM ttlga RKBI.
- W. A. MARTIN.
apga u secretary.
St. Ws Lodp No. 1, . F. & A. H.
Than win ba a, sneelsl meetlnrat 8 o'clock
P. sl, on Friday tna 2ind Inst. Business or
Importance relative to the Old et. John Build
ing, on Market st-eet, to be considered. Every
memoer anouiu oe present.
Bf order or tne w. m. - -
B. a HXRBITT,
ap 88 tl Becretary.
For Register of Deeds
Grateful for the support heretofore received.
again I sailott the votes- of tne Democratlo
oIUxmu of New Hanover county for the" office
of Beglster of Dee as, subject to the decision of
the primary. W. H. BIDDLK.
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Announcenent.
.The friends of Brooke - G. Vmple, Xsq.,
i hereby tender Us name to the Democratic
voters of New Hanover county to be voted an
at the coming primary for nomination as
Senator to represent the oountles of Brunswick
i ana New Hanover:
j. H. waiters.
John Baar,
w. T. Robertson,
l. stem,
o. W. Yates, m -.
w. F. Alexander,
J. H. Sweeney, .
8. W. Bandera,
"John H. Brown.
C. B. Taylor, Jr.,
w. J. Bellamy,
Loiil H. Bklnnar.
J. Alves Walker,
h. a. uavis,
F. E. Hashagen.
T. 8. MeManns,
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A 'substitute for genuine Gum
Camphor unequalled as a preven
tive and destroyer of Moths and In
sects; 35o pound; 3 pounds for $1.
very much cheaper than camphor.
For sale at
Palace Pharmacy,
126 South
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Front Street.
New GoodGr
Jtiat received ner axonr a lot or tbe Beast
Pennsylvania creamery Bu'ter, in 1 ponad
blocks and S pound palia. Lovers of Uie
cboiot fresh Batter sbould try thaw eoods
Also a lot of genuine Batlthneld. Va., Hams
(eoneuung exra nice). -
Votisht's Royal Flsur.
.One of the finest flonn oa the market. We
can teu you tne genuine article in norma,
halves, quarters and eighths, as well aa In any
smauer quantity a us very lowest price. -
WilmlsgUa Grcsery Co.,
Jno. L. Boatwrlgnt, Xanagar.
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Camphor
AEEElsforNewIflea
Patterns 10c. Uh
POWDER
Both the plhin and Violet perfumed.
IIOBEY. i
, H. WALTllBS, wtoeFreaUens
Jr., caskleri
..
CROWNED
by the iia.rvimous
vote of intelligent
American ;
- Housewives
Saves Latbor
Time - :
A Patience
; ; Money
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"El PMfido,"
"El PMedo"
OIG--A-HS.
Highest type of Olsar made of all Hayan
na Tobacco. Bales wlnoreasInK . all the
time." so says
Crescent Cigar store.'
"M. Van Hardin's."
"Orton Hotel."
"F. W. Ortraan's."
"C H. BornesaanV
And otkrB. Try one money back if not worth
10 cent the Judge. -
THE F. E. HASHAGEN CO,,
WholeaaleTobacco and Cigars. ;
aprntf r vV.
Some 11 G. Hams
are good, others are better, but
Pat. Howard's Cure of
- Hams Can't be beat.
: Ve have them.
Leggott's ApploButter.
Acorn Biscuits.
Euntloy & Palmers Din
ner Biscuit..
Ougar Wafers,
. Where do you get your Butter ?
" Ask your neighbor about ours.
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SWBET CREAII .
50c por quart.
Can fill all orders, as I get fresh
cream every day.
J, 7. Plommer, Jr.
marlStf
NOTICE.
To the Democrats of Hanover Co.: -
I take this method ot announcing myself a
candidate for l he offloe or County Treasurer,
aubjdot to too action of tbe primary election
tobbeldMay8HLl90. ...
Veir respectfully,
pritwt h. vod, ywsxir.
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