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",.tt -vrr i pfltornfog Stat WILMIKQTOK, N. C, TUESDAY FEBUARY 27, 1906. to la trial 01 Ueorge xiaaLj i. theatrical LL nn Thursday Represen- ..i.knrn ttpnublican. answer- Im fte indictment yesterday On 'the Ural Court at Asnevuiuumsr r,,-nf inril The argument on D in the ease of J. G. Rawlings 1,1 three sons, of Georgia, under sen- Lp for- murder, will be heard April rthe Claicne, uie r,' &" lied her former ioei iu cw luri, L.-terday. the girl being repre- C..j"hr Abraham Levy, who de- .jj Nan rauersou- .me iua; Ilia" lor we asjciuuv i" " LdRussian Parliament was issued lierday; for the first time in the Itorv Of KUSSia, howmuii wm ms Ide for reporters for the press bident Kooseveu m a iwner iu juuu Itchell again comes iorwara as peace- Iter Between Ule awi'uuirci auu 5ra!0rs and accordingly a general lrention of miners has been called March 15th. William Nelson DiDwell the New York lawyer who l,j the Panama canal rrancnise 10 mTPrnment, had frequent tiJts tterdar with Senator Morgan in the jmmittee investigating the canal, he ised to answer benator Morgan s 1 1, 1. ... r, . lfnn tgliODS Jiew 1 1" K uiiu jvci a. luwr call steady i to 4 1-2 per cent.; Iing rate 4 to 4 1-4, closing bid 2, red at 3 1-2: spot cotton quiet, iO; flour quiet and barely steady eateasv. No. 2 red. so 1-2 elevator; n finn.No. 2, 4S 1-2 elevator; oats hi -mixed 34 1-2 to 35; turpentine rosin steady, strained common good 4.20. WEATHER REPORT. OUTLINES. vpsrerday Tillman in- ihe seuaic . t. iu rsti lilt- 1 r 1 pui 1. wu irmalU' P bjlI and Senator Ald .pT the reasons why the ma- st . Lnnhlicans on the commit- LrttV 01 11 1 rftmtYiorpo -rofiis. irity u on iulc' the hill: Sen P ""n : bout two weeks will ' hP rate bill replace tl !0Tv"2 Mil if it is not out of the kntanfNm " mi - a. v. timp ine Kovenuneni ar LI its case against Greene and 'iJTn abot 10 days; the princl- r.'-itnpsses yesieiu.'.. . f rv of M. A. Connolly to help ie wo- , in the House or Kft- 1 .,iiniJii 1 " -" - - tUH!'" i,..j fmy CnooV. psentam" . trn(1l).1 hi, Kpffer, 01 wuiu, - Kin n southern representation '. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Wilminfrton, N. C, Feb. 2C, 190e. Z' Ueterological data for the ; 2 rs ending at S P. M., Monday, Feb. ftjnperature at 8 A. M., 42 degress; M., C2 degrees; Maximum, W ae Minimum, 41 degrees; Mean, degrees. lainfall for the day, .00; " rainfall ce first of month to date, 2.81. . fctage of water in Cape Fear- rivei Fayetteville at S A. M., Sunday, 10.4 Weather Forecast. or North Carolina Rain Tuesday. dnesday fair, colder, variable winds. toning northwest and brisk to WHOLE HTJMBEB 11,955 LOCAL DOTS.; r -r-Bishop Bobt Strange, of Wilming ton, will deliver the address on Con federate Memorial day,-the tenth of My, In Goldsbororn . "t - The suburban cars took an im mense throng of people to the Sound and beach Sunday afternoon, a The travel was the heaviest of the 'new year on the beach line, , c Rev. A. McCullen, pastor of Fifth Street M. E. church, will speak to both ladies and, gentlemen &t the "To'clock meeting at the Boys'I: Brigade armory next Sunday afternoon. The First Presbyterian church Touartette will sing. . . . Sanitary Officer E W. Hewlett had remarkably fine specimen of a young sturgeon preserved In alcohol at the Health office yesterday.1 It was given him by one of the fishermen on the Sound Sunday and is, a perfect specimen of the grown fish: In minia ture. - i:Z '::-i-:""'; V;.'"-; Mr. EL Hewlett Sunday receiv ed a - telegram . informing him . of the death of his uncle, Mr. Ephriam Wes cott, of Chapel Hfll.. Mr. Wescott iyaVfeg miiy "a ' flaugfllee UOnimF aate4iamiry;;;"Tne.Temam were inter red at Goldsboro yesterday afternoon at 1 o clock. ; - -. '' Mr. H. L. .Durant minister ' in charge of the Chapel of the Good Shep herd, spoke with good effect to young men at the Boys': Brigade armory Sun day afternoon at 5, o'clock. Miss Car rie"" White rendered with delight for every one a very fine solo, which-was much appreciated. . . . Sparks from - a chimney set fire to two smalT"houses in Gerdes alley, near Ninth and Wooster streets, early Sunday Afternoon The- Department responded to an ralarm from box 52. The damage was about $50 to the two houses which were owned by Mr. J. H. Bornemann, and .about $25 to con tents, the occupants having been Kate Livingston - and t Sarah . McMillan, colored.'- ' 'r:: ':-' . " Fayetteville. Observer : "Mr. T. J. Melvin has returned to the city, af ter attending the funeral of his moth er. T Mrs. D.M.Meivinr who died of pneumonia on Friday Jast, at tne fam ily home at White Oak, Biaaen county, aEred 49 vearsl x She" was a consistent member of 4he Baptist; church, a fond and faithful wife and mother, and leaves a- husband and ten, .children, seven living- at the homestead, one in Florida, one in Fayetteville, and one daughter Mrs. D. A. . Marshburn, at White Lake, Bladen county." DIED AT POINT CASWELL, N. C. MYSTERY' TO POLICE Strange Noises 1 That Emanate r At Night From House bri the,; Wharf PROPRIETOR ALSO MYSTIFIED Clink of Mallet and Chisel Gives Vis ion of Burglars and Safe Blowers ' v That Are Non Est"--Origih Unknown and Unexplained. IMPROVEMENTS' at orton Work Will Begin Right Away Plans For -Additional Rooms Season's 'Outlook. for Wrightsville Beach Mr. L. C. McDffie-uccumDs to sec- 1 ; ' ond Attack of Paralysis. Mr. Walter Gaylor yesterday re ceived a telegram from Mrs. Gaylor stating that her only brother,.. Mr. L.. C McDuffie. passed away at his home at- Point Caswell Sunday night. ' Mrs. Gaylor and son, Mr. Kenneth Gaylor, went ud to Point. Caswell Saturday in response' to a telegram stating' "that love first heard the noise late-one night several weeks- ago when Te was- On duty down. , in that; section:" but the reai tacts,: upon investigation by him. sounded ' so "flshy" that " for ' fear . of ridicule he would not tell the story to uis comrades on the force. Then an other and another officer, as the weeks came and went, were on duty down that way. They heard the noise; too, out were probably impelled to keeD silence for the same reason that Offi cer Truelove refrained I Finally lasfci Week, Officer Charlie ..wu, was assignea to that beat, kveryhting had scarcely quieted down on. the wharf before he pricked up his ears and heard the : same noise. - It was a sharp, distinct clink as if some one were continouslv hammertoe rwav Ion some hard substance with a cold cmsei steaay, constant and clMr as a whistle. Officer Wood immediate ly pictured in. His mind visions of a safe blower or- a burglar and" crept stealthily forward. Presently the" noise ceased, but so firm was he in his con. victionithat the store was being brok en into tnat ne called His partner from the adjoining beat to keep a- watch while he 'phoned the police station for help to bag; big game. But the noise had ceased, for good that night and other officers who came down and Mr. B. F. Keith, owner of the building to explore the place, found nothing and -Wood got the horse laugh. But' not for long. The next nieht thera came the same- clink of the chisel and the sound of the mallet. One of the k proprietors of the . store came down, heard it and wondered who was breaking in The place was again ex plored and nothing was found. Sat urday night a dozen people heard the sound and every means -of discovering its origin was exhausted. No . one seems to know. The -stranee noise is Mr. McDuffie was in extremis., - Iqqw known as "Charley Wood's ghost PORT ALMANAC Feb. 27. Rises .....6:37 A M. Sets ..5:5l-P, M. '8 Length ..11 hrs. 10 min. :h Water at Southport. .11:10 P- M. ;h Water at Wilmington. 1:40 A.. M. 'anted A slick lost car tracer to President Roosevelt in searching Senate side tracks for the Hep m railway rate bill. - : magazine contains an article on P yoiine mpii can flns?t n lnnrk " should say that any young man float alone if he puts his money ie savings bank. snator Aldrich very gracefully fed over the Roosevelt-Hepburn- Nr railroad rate bill to Senator nan and the Democrats. Look at Picture and find the cat in the M tub. wor Lodge favors magazine ar- P to instruct the American public 10 treat tl'ie Senate. We guess ."wans that the Senate dislikes e 'ffated at the bar of public rncnt. New Hotel . Olivette Badly c Damaged ; , -1 Ear'y-Sunday :Nlght.i ; .:. (Special Star Correspondence.) -Mount. Olive, N. C, Feb. 26 The splendid new hotel Olivette was Jaradly dema"ged ,by fire, last . night The alaf-m came while most of the people were at church but the volunteer "fire department made -a quick response and the little - fire pump"in the one single instance saved many times its cost. The fire was in . the roof and gables of the building but the firemen soon "got into the flames and? quickly extinguished -every- " spark. 4 Being Sunday night many of the volunteer firemen turned out in .their best clothes and many suits were ruined by the - smoke, hot paint, , tar and smut. The damage to the hotel and contents willbe about ?2,500. , : 1 . . - 3-r -r-... DR. EDWIN GEER DEAD. ls statel that it will cost Uncle HM.ftOO to Hoat the drv-ddck rs thro,,gh the Suez Canal on Its 1 to Philihiiines. TTnr-lP Rfliii's 'e plunks tO li:iv tho tr.ll hnt tin bl he hart l0 i,ave to rge it 011 the loss side of his arnhinela&o mi;. gation fi-rmi Uo,;! s snington to urs-r. rydA r f 10 take char pp. nf o ,rrtrt ;n . Of our nn; , ignty thouerhtl to handle any more hot ly 0,lt of hand. F Charlotte "ok" . . Itiiro , "'uuicie prints a and 7 s new union aet -!!s ' its leneth extends near- o blockT5 Tv eood : sized hut the astonishing part of it 'hat two blocks in Charlotte have 'ytng around loose without anv huildiivgs on them. - 'hrt n . . . " epuDiican nartv rlnii thnT it L 'he father of the Hepbunr rail- me bill, but that it allowed the f'ocratic 'icans realized that tvio rnmnnoa fc.a ....... . . Aycmuviubu Fc wii m 3 IU 111 Pa 4.1. ov. ui me mil. Th l;ily to become its step- - reason is that the Re- go a step farther to Mr. McDunle's, death was due to a second stroke of paralysis, having sup- fered "the first about three greara ago. He was 62 . yearS"of age and, was a gallant Confederate soldier, z Having been wounded in the last fight at Ben tonville. - , -" "- 7 Besides a sister, Mrs. Gaylor, of this city;: Mr. McDuffie leaves a wife, four sons, and one' daughter, Mrs. T. Jr. Johnson,- of Burgaw; Messrs. W. S McDuffieTof Mobile;. Ala., Harvey, For rest and J. T. McDuffie; of Point Cas- welL-.,. -: y . - - FIRE AT MOUNT OLIVE. Well Known In Wilmington, Prominent 1 Physician of Baltimore. - Dr. Edwin Geer, a. prominent Balti iiiore physician and a relative of the DeRosset's and. .Willards, of Wilming ton, whom he had several times visit ed, died in Baltimore suddenly Sunday- afternoon oil heart failure. ; Dr Geer was commander of the Maryland Naval; Reserves and former president of the North Carolina Society of Balti more. : Dr. . Geer was also surgeon of the city fire. department anLserved in that capacity during the great fire two years ago." - He was president of - the National Association . of Naval : Re serves, being re-elected . at the peet ing held- last - month in Washington. He was - a native ; of North Carolina- and was 41 years old. T He served in the iaval volunteers in he Spanish American war. ' ..-r". V - "HIS BROTHER DEAD. - veying to him the ad news of -the death of his only brother, Mr. W. I. Clawson, which . occurred yesterday ..at his home in Waco, Texas, where tie had been engaged In business for ten or twelve years. Mr. Ofawson was 50 years of age. He is survived by his father, one brother, Mr. T. W. Claw son, of Wilmington, and one sister. Friends in Wilmington will sincerely sympathize with Mr. Clawson . his bereavement - ' - NEW "ADVERTISE WIENTS.' . sident.c. c. Moore, president: of lu Carolina Cptton Association, 8suel an afirtc, I tne farmers iiryiro- iv.nn.' I men. acreage 25 per cent, for crop. reach Looks like the best the farmers . would columns of the Academy of Musi! Davis-Goodwin Co. " ' - " - - Cape Fear "Trading Co. Pure Lard. ' Jas "M; Hall Prescriptions at Night; Clyde S. S. Co. Schedule. . - ' - - - - . - -BUSINESS LOCALS. ; ' v Clarendon Savings &Loan . Ass'n Meeting. , - -; - - ; 1'. H. Swayze Furniture for,"Sale. :A boy isanted at the Star office to bi-ing water, Tkindle fires, &c. In color may . be': jvhite, black, -yaller, ringed, streaked or striped- But he must be willing to work. " Apply this morning. . - '' Police circles are agog over strange, unexplainable noise that has been and is still being heard in the stillness and .darkness-of each night around the building, on the wharf at foot of Chesnut street, the store im mediately on the corner riin occupied , -by Messrs! Fennel 1 Jtr K)f ovement . not only to the appear- van 'hel4frterday at .which a and ghost, indeed, it seems to be. The proprietor of the place is no -less mvs- tifled than the police and an -effort is being still further made to discov er the origin. , Officer Truelove. who claims the hon or st discovery in the matter, had the beat last night and swears he's going to solve the mystery, but so far he nas not. - .,'.. And now what is :'. . : It was in the wee sma' hours of Sunday morning. Sergeant Burnett, from the police station, was on his last round of the men on their beats down town- At Front and Chesnut. they had stopped for a moment to talk it over. Tne it - was as much unex plained as ever. ' As they stood on the corner and talked, Capt Eben Piner advanced the theory that it was water dripping In a tin gutter. Then what makes it stop when any talking is done around" the store?" ventured Officer Newton; who had also heard the noise and discarded peremp torily the" tin. gutter theory.. :. Nobody could . explam and. Officer Harris, on the adjoining beat said defiantly it might be; water dripping in, a gutter, but he had never "heard anything drive a steel chisel any hard er than the one was driven the night he heard the noise.. , - - Waiving the mystery" that the noise always stopped when anybody spoke up around the store, Officer Newton advanced the theory that it was the echo' up the wharf oMxriler makers at work down at the Cape Fear Ma chine works.- - - ' ?v But - Sergeant -Burnett twirled - his club, the officers all shook their heads and still the question remains "What is it?" ' -u - : . : - - :.. . . WEEK AT THE ACADEMY. : The decided improvements that arff to be, made' by Proprietor" Joseph H. HInton,to The Orton. will Jbegin with in the -next 'few days and' when com pleted wiH give Wilmington one of the most 'up-to-date hostelrles In the State. Workmen : for" McClamrock Broffierli.'bf Greensboro, have already arrived . and will ' begirt at once the laying: of tiling ahd - placing niarble wainscoting in the- lobby. The ce ment and tiling work and the- re-arrangement in the basement wilt quick ly follow. - - ' ' -. A .contract has just been closed with the Warner Elevatdx Co., of jCinciana ti, for, the installation " of a modern electric elevator in the house-to take ance of the building, but -also in-he way of a oetter : and quicker service VJ feUC&Ui. .-.a.. . .... ... . , .,.-i.iJ luit. nnthlna . .-14. -rr.hi'PV.t 1 fW P -AfimuQrt ,oo t""1 -wu.ir was agrees upon .. irinuinu uao just, completed the plans and. specifica tions for the - additional 14 rooms RAILROAD MEN HERE Station Agents and Telegraph ! Operators from Coast Line Sys tem Send Committee CONFER WITH MANAGEMENT Adjustment of Several Differences is . Wanted irt Way of Salaries, Relief, ; -r Etc May. Remain at: Head- f . quarters Several Days. A committee of. ten, representing the association of station agents and tele graph operators all over the:; Atlantic Coast. Line' system, is hero for a series of conferences with. General .Manager W N. Royall with reference toa nihn- ber Of adiUStments tha t ara. wan toA eeBlhtSt?hUc:K for ta organisation: The first confer PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Guy Webb, of Kinston, is. at The Orton. j Mr. R. F. DeVane, of Red Springs, arrived last night. . Mr. C. W. Godwin, of Charlotte, was here yesterday. - . ' Mr. P. S. Cox, of Newbern, is a guest at The Orton. - Mr. A. E. Lynch, of Florence,' S. C, was here Sunday. y Dr. W. H. Crowell, of Burgaw; is a guest at The Orton. . - Mr. C. L. Taylor is spending a few days in -Fayetteville. Mr. D. W. Morton, of Beaufort, N. C, is alguest at The Orton,. Mr. Henry . Mullins, of Marion, S. C, arrived, Saturday night. ,V Mr. E. A. Humphrey, of Golds boro, is a "guest at The Orton. - "Mr. S. A.' Schloss has gone ? its Greensboro on theatrical business. , Mr. ' J. - HrWilliams,r of -Timmbns- Doable Trad lag Stamps Thn riday, SI 9?rh 1, . 1006 ; hId gl TrndlDK Stamps all other dara. POLVOGT'S SPECIALS1 -. Double i Trad I K Stamp fltu r (1 )' Mcrh 1,: X900 ntn Kle Tradlaar Stamp" all obeT"day. STILL GREAT SACRIFICES, PROMPTED BY THE STEADY INCREASE OP OCR SPRING STOCK. PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING GROUPS THAT CROWD IX TO PROM,VExCE THIS WEEK ARE AS FOLt . par t of the grievances of the agents were laid: before the General Manager; which areto be built as a fourth floor to the rear wing of i the hotel. Each of these, rooms will be large, light and" airy, commanding a pretty view to the South, and each will have a private bath."? The exposure will be southern. T . - By remodelling the interior of the building ten additional -rooms with baths will b giveny making a total of over thirty with, private bath. This work will begin at once and will be completed, withmany other improve ments to the house, during the Sum me?. - " - ; : - , Mamager Hinton has decided to also conduct the Seasnore Hotel, . , on Wrightsville Beach, again this season and plans are already being laid for one ,of ;the biggest Summers ever at Messrs., H. -F. Murphy and C C. Branch, of Burgaw, arrivedlast night. Mr J W Tloi"rlrT.-fsnn' Jr - -of Other conferences will be heldfromaDetll-city, is a guest at The Qr- of day to day until both the management and lllft emnlovAu' unrlcrfcian,! nno on. I ftlr- A iyr, MVtaeland, were guests at The Orton to satisfactorily adjust differences. ; It . is understobd that the v princi pal. object of the visit of the station agents is more pay and a better reCTi- la;ion of hours and a systemvoi re- nei. A few years ago a similar com mittee from the agency- body of the system waited on the management and an advance in pay 'was granted,:; but the agents claim that under-the sys tem, tpf applying the' raise in" accord aneewith the4 salaries previously paid, the advance, was not uniform and "real ly the men in charge-at by-stations only nroflted by the increase. -The, committee does not come as repressing the Order of. Railway that 'favorite resort - He has just sign- tjelegi4phers, but as a committee re ed a contract 'for Prof. H. M. Weber a. orchestra again this season.!; It ip now engaged ai tne ttoiei uayoso, nn Memphis, Tenn. oneof the finest hos telrles in the South, but wilcbme to Wrightsville in good time forfhe op ening at the Seashore. BeOTdes the annual meeting of. the State Bar As sociation there in" June, the Stale Drug gists' Association, also ' ctjmcs that" month and several-other big meetings are in prospect for later "in the "Slim mer. - ' - REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Transactions . Which Appear From Deeds Filed Yesterday.' Cornelius J. McKoy, of Plainfield, N. J., to Robert Moore, for $10 and other considerations, property on--west side of AndersonGG'feet south of Mil ler street, 33x165 feet in size. J. F. Garrell and wife to J. F. Gar- rell & . Co., Incorporated, for 1 and othfiticoivsiderations. Sans Souci farm Lproperty in Cape Fear township-"" " P. Q. Moore and wife to S. Abramo- witz, for $1,000 and other considera tions, property on -south 'side of Mar ket, 30 feet west of Eleventh street. 33x150 feet in size. Robert Moore and wife io Cornelius J. McKoy, for $10 and other considera tions, property on west side of Ander son, 99 feet south of Miller street, 33x 165 feet in size. Mike Lloyd and wife and others to Aaron Lloyd anL others, for $10 and other considerations, property on west side of - Second street. 123 feet north of Hanover street, 33x165 feet in size. . Aaron-Lloyd to Delia Griffin, for $150, property on west side of. Second, 132 feet north of Hanover street, 33x 82 1-2 feet in size. .-, ,.-,: - r-.... John .Wilder Atkinson and wife to E.-j Bear, for. $10 and other considera tions, property on east side of north Water street, 132 feet southof Ches nut street, 40x114 feet in size, more or less. ' ..' ".. ' - ". "' ". ""-'". - " H. Howell, commissioner, to J. T. Harper, for $300, property on west side ot Second, 66 feet south "of Mars teller street, 33:165 feet in size. Carolina ' Real Estate Trust Com pany to. James -T,--Stafford, of Union County Illinois, for $900, four lots or parcels of land .known as Farm "K" and Farm "Nr of the Castle Haynes property and lots. - Nos. 3 and 4 in Block 23 of the town site on the Cas tle Haynes property. ' . ; ? PUSHING SOUTH & WESTERN. Davis-Goodwin Company: Opened; Last Night Matinee To-Morrow. The Davis-Goodwin Stock Company presenting the railway agents them selves,. The party, is stopping at The jprtonl and is composed "as fol lows - a Messrs. L W.Lane, of Faison, N. C.;-E.,L.-Brown, of Hobgcod, N. C; B. F. Wheeler, of Oveido, Fla.; J. L. Bridgers, Elrod, N. C; E. L. White head, Enfield, N., C, L. A. Walker, Bartow, Flaj. Tho's. Sasser, Waycross, Ga.; Z--T. Barbie, Orangeburg, S. C; J. N. Craig, MIeanopy, Fla., and C. W. Bos well, Salters, S. C. Members of the delegation will not talk for publication, preferring to give out nothing . until; some agreement is reached.... It is .learned, however, that the relations between the ralltoad 'man agement -and the employes are very cordial. and that the negotiations are progressing very pleasantly and sat isfactorily, . Members of - the commit tee do not know, how long their pres ence will be. "required 'here befb'N some . definite action is. taken. BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK. Federal AklforPrservwttti of - Revo ' lutionary Battle Ground. (Special Star Correspondence.) Currie,. N. C.; Feb. 26. On the 27th day of February, 1776, one hundred and thirty -years ago, the battle -of Moore's Creek Bridge was fought, and the first victory gained by the Amer ican troops in the War with Great Britain. There was captured in that battle seventy-five thousand dollars in ' English gold, medicine , chests, horses, wagons and guns to the amount of several thousand . dollars. That money and property . was used to aid in the great cause of liberty and today we stand as one of the greatest Republics on the globe, a headlight for. other nations to pattern. Where is there another battlefield of the Revolutionary War where victory was ' so- complete . and . wiere - that amount of money was captured from the enemy '. .If there" i one, history has' failed to record it. Other national battle-fields not - so meritorious as Moore s Creek have f received.? federal aid- and we. call the attention of our Senators and Representatives in Con gress to ; secure - an appropriation to build a monument and beautify the battle-field where the victory was gained In the war of . our independence. opened a four-night, and matinee en en crnm An r a last night, presenting the great ; mod- J busily engaged . in pushing 4he : work Connection With Seaboard ! Air Line .'" Valuable to This Section. ; v The following -special to. yesterday's Charlotte ; Observer- will be , read with much . Interest here: v' r ; .. Rutherfordton, Feb. 25. The, South & Western Railway people are quite active ; in,, this vicinity now, . and are Mr. T. W. Clawson Receives Sad News From the Far West. Mr. T. W. Clawson yesterday receiv- L: Clawson, of Richburg, S. C, con- pr- Swayze is closing up his business era drama -'Daughter of Satan.". Be? tween acts a line of clever special ties, which will be changed jilghtly were' Introduced. - To-night the' great sensational bill, "The South's Revenge" will be presented. The only matinee will .be. given to-morrow aiternoon. Popular prices will prevail during the week. Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee the company will give way for "Buster Brown." m . .- Mr F. H. Swayze to Leave. , Mr. F. H. Swayze: who for the past three - years " has had charge' of the Carolina - Pole Company 'interests in this city, returned Sunday from, New "Jersey where he has been recuperating from a severe attack of typhoid never. here, having been promoted and re moved to Philadelphia Where he tWII tage charge "of the company's affairs; Mr. Swayze and family-made - very: many friends during their stay m Wil mington and their departure is regret ted very much. ' Steamer Armenia Is Here."" . '.-.". The British steamer Armenia," 1,515 tons. Cast, r Mackaess, arrived "i Sun day from Las Palmas, and .will--re-Zaiv par?n t eum and other veneer-. 'ine timber from the Acme Tea Chest Company, 01 mmui -- to tha unlit here. -The Armenia has 'made several previous; trips to Wilmington and nas come w War figure in port.; Capt Millerasa fine cargo iorvue pahy's wharf across the river. v- . First-Asparagus of Season..; -. . ,. Mr Br B. Humphrey, .of Middle Sound, one of the largest asparagus growers. in the county, sends the Star with his compliments : a- bundh of this year's yield of tne iamous vesetauie. (,t wnmnrrrev will begin shipping as paragus now in a-few days. He" says the season is at least two weeks earl- let than last year. with -a view of locating the line so that - the construction '. work, can be be gun in , the. early Spring. .They have three engineering corps in the field- one at this point, mis south of town and- the other north, locating tne line bv this blace and making the Sea board Air Line connection. That the Hn will now-come by Rutherfordton ia nimoaf a foreeone "conclusion. ; Di- vision ' Engineer Daniels'' is here in charge of the' work and will remain nn: tH the : route Is nnaiiy ana: perma nently? located. I also learn from a most reliable source tnat tne faeaDoara Air Line will at an early date begin ereat improvements- on their line be tween this point and Wilmington, pre paratory to making this important con nection with the y South & Western. One authority says that this company will ; out . in new and heavier; .iron bridges fend Straighten the line. . ; This work will all be done by tne time uie South & Western reaches this plce. X ' --TT: ....... . The ish Hatchery Bill. - K The v Washington : correspondent? of the Raleigh News ana Observer says: "Representative Patterson has , assur ance that the bill appropriating $25,000 for the-location of a fish hatchery in North Carolina will pass the House, and the measure stands a good-chance of becoming a law. ? .The Fish Commis sion -will' locate the hatchery ins Mr. Patterson's . district, probably on -the Cape Fear, though .the location is a matter that will not be decided, until the -future. Funeral ofMr. O'Sullivan. - ' The funeral.' of the late v John PT O'Sullivan was conducted Sunday 'af-- .ternoon at 4 o clock from the late resi denes at 105 Meares street, the Rev Father Dehnen officiating The-lnter- ment "was in Bellevue cemetery. The nail-hearers - were Messrs. W. : M. Sneedeh . Jas. Winberg, J. Mills, Silas Sneeden.' D. Piver 'and William Shee- han, Jr. - DR. P. E. HINES STRICKEN. Raleigh's Oldest Physician, in1 Extre mis Other State News. I Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 26. Dr. P. E. Hines,. the oldest practicing physician in Raleigh, suffered a stroke of paraly sis and is in extremis, his death being expected at. any time. He is 89 years old and served several terms, as presi dent : of : the North Carolina Medical Society. He has been active in his practice all through bis declining years arid for .the past two years has besides keeping up his regular private prac tice, filled with credit the duties of city physician for'Raieigh. His entire left side- is paralyzed. ! - The : North . Carolina Corporation Commission' was ; ; officially notified this morning that the noted Selma connection case now on. appeal in" the United States "Supreme Court will be called for argument, to-morrow. - " Tabernacles Baptist - Sunday. School in this city, N.B.,Broughton, sopeerin tendent, is conducting a notable campaign- for, 500 new members. before April 1st.- Yesterday they made the re markable record of 104 new scholars, the attendance being 801 with no. spe ciay occasion to draw them. " Observer, spent" Sunday ina the .city. (on. yesterday. ' .- . ; Mrs. N. E. Bunting 'and son, Wil-. liam McDuffie Bunting, have gone to Fayetteville on a visit. Mr. Fred Fosgate, of Auburn, N. Y., arrived Saturday night and will probably be he several weeks. ; ' Miss Wolf, "of Richmond, who has been the guest of Mrs. Albert Solo mon,'' returned borne - yesterday . morn ing. . Mr. E. W; Whitehead, of Philai delphia, is the guest . of - his sister; Mrs. E. S. Hancock, North Fifth street. . - ; Solicitor C. C. - Lyon, of Bladen, was here - yesterday on his " wayN to attend Columbus - County Superior Court at Whitevllle. - --Mrs. Robert Jones, of Newbern," is' in the city, the guest of. Mrs. E. L. Holloway, at her- pretty , home, ; Fif teenth and Market - streets. ' - Messrs. O.'P. Mlddleton, Of War saw; J. B. Schulken, of Whitevllle, ana u.. 1. Manning, of Fair Bluffy rlyea lastnight from the Sou A bazaar wflibe held jfhis after noon and evening in Hibernian Hall for the benefit of St. Thomas' Catholic church. Supper will be served from 6 to 10 p. m. - i - -- Mr. H. A. Ford," superintendent of the Gainesville, Fla.," district of the Atlantic Coast Line, is in the city on official business at the headquarters of MONDAY, FEB. 26TH, 190. 10O dosen Linen flaUlt, hea-v Hucfc :-Twi. worth ie.5-3 rtquaf1itZ day only 11.1-2 cts. tUs 100 do heavy Turkish Bath Tow elu, larse size, 10c. value, llii- , Mr.. ; .mailer ',,ae V$ TUESDAY, FEB. 27TH, 1000. ' flOO pteoea Valanclennoa i .. MC-rtluna at Inn thn,. fc.w """ln- prlce, they wiU go at 15e o?n ,-8 find 49c the flonen yardn ' ? THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST, 1906. ' Blak ' Chiffon TaftVtn . Silk pi rich lustre, rery dl?ab5T they Klve perfect satlsf aetlo tor - all dre pnrpoacH.. , Otbcm ak xor . quality flM$ar price to-day lUJ'.'v Our reenlar .$15 value for- fcic. These sooda are- folly guaranteed and full 36 inches wide. - " ' FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND, 1906. - f -, . . -r - - Black Brtlliaatlnc and SeHece "Pe-, lal. . " -- - ' 52-inch Black SiceUaBr-valae-.ToCi special, 40c. i . J 45-lnch Black Mohair, - valw r90c-l special, 60c. . 4,-s-iiifh Black-' iuonair, - vm... special, 70c. . - x . , , . 45-inch Mohair, value $15 special. 8c. - ' - 45-Inch Black SlceUaa, value Kpecial. ; ,Wi;DSTESI)AY, FEB. 28th, 1006. S0 fancy, stock Collars, worth from 25 to 75c.r e will sell this dav only 15. eaeh. lur ' 2. Umbrellas and Parasols, reenlar J-23 1'n Hty5 this aaySnly Sc. -ton must sec them to appreciate (heir value. SATURDAY, MARCH SRDi: ISO. Our stock of Black Iererled Saline . Skirts must go this Is the last day at such low price..'' - " - " ' " S1JK Black Mercrlaed Skirts, 0e. -JTU.5 Black Mercerised , Skirts, 1.W; S3.0O Black Mercerised Skirts, l.i S2.RO Black Mercerised "Skirts, -l.Tp S3.0O Black Mercerised Mtins, POLICE CIRCLES YESTERDAY. Few in Municipal -Court For Selling Liquor Afternoon Arrests.' - The municipal-court-doekefygsTST-' dajr was not quite so heavy as usual on Monday. , Henderson Hayes made his usual appearance and smiled -benignly on the Mayor when the chief executive told him "30 days." John Watson, for a second offence of drunk enness in a week, was also given a sen tence of 30 days on the roads. . -Bryant Williams, a whKe man who got drunk and obstructed a stairway on the wharf, was fined $5 and costs. - Ed. Sampson, drajrman for. J. W. Murchi son Co?, was arraigned for driving at a faster gait than a . walk-around down: town corners. He was . let oft with the costs and a warning as to the consequences of "a future violation. Sunday night J. E. Tyner, a well known white man of the city was ar rested for selling liquor to M., Jacki sott, a white'man employed in John son's peanut , establishment on .Dock street The warrant was . served by. Officer C. G. Jones. JTh'e case was con tinued yesterday in the ; absence ...of witnesses for the prosecution. Early yesterday afternoon Jim Ed wards and Fonzie Robinson, the notor ious, were arrested by Officer W. rR. Appleberry for an affray in the alley across the street from ' the market house. ' The cases will come up in the Mayor's court to-day. Mary ' Barn hill, another notorious- colored offen der, was - sent over from "Brooklyn''. during the afternoon by Officer A. D. Smith.-" She is charged with- drunken ness and general cussedness- " ATLANTIC TRUST & BANKING CO. SOUTHERN BUILDING U v Interest 4 Per Cent . Save Something Now and Accumu late Wealth. : feb 15-tf. The C. W. Polvogt Co - - re ninl'K Always Busy." - Opposite, the OHtofHce Wilmington, X. C. " - : "1 Sole Agents for the W. B. and Kabo Corsets. X- fe25-tf ' A DAY WATCH THIS SPACE. 20o- A DAY -Will it pay you to deprive your family of the pleasure it brings? If you wiil cut out a few needless ex- -penses CON TINUED DAILY. V" A DAY We YOU CAN GET PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED HERE AT ANY HOUR OF THE NIGHT. Know that most every family has a preference when it - comes ;to drug stores, which is perfectly legitimate,' but there are times when fyou cant get them "their line is busy'Wand you will calf another store let that ' be our store; we have three 'phones and you can( always)' get good service here. BICYCLE DELIVERY." "CO MP. JAS. M. HALL, Druggist, Both Phones. Corner 5th and Castle streets Feb 27 tf IT, S. Government State, County, and City Depository. THE Capital . . . . , .9300,000 ' Surplus . 4 . . . 200,000 Shareholders, . : IJablllty . . . . 300,000 .Total .9800,000 Murchison National Bank, I" OP WILMINGTON, ' - Tour deposits in this Bank are secure by assets equal to its liabilitres.': , AND $800,000 BESIDES We have money to lend, and every other facility afforded by a modern ; Metropolitan Bank. . , - ( T -i-v President. V. GRAINGER, Vice-President, Si LACYHf N?; S Cashier. C S. Grainger, Asst. Cas.Ier. felO-tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. McFarlane 'Residence Sold.' - The McFarlanet residence on North Front street, next to. the Atlantic Inn has. been; purchased, by Air. Oscar II. Wright, and is being removed to make way f or-a handsome twd-story busi ness' building which . Messrs. Stern berger Brotbers will erect ion the site." The material In the residence pur-, chased by Mr. Wright will be used by him in construction of a new 'resi dence which : he will - have built on west -Side of Sixth, next to -the corner of Itock and -Sixth - streets. Contrac tor" Jamesi H. Burriss is in charge of ihe - removal of v the McFarlane resi dence and the building, of the" new dwelling - for Mr. Wright. . - " - Water; Works and Streets. r Petitions to the Board of Aldermen "asking that a - bond issue for water works and sewerage tate precedence over the jriatter of street improvemeui by" the -issuance ' of bonds. were-circu- lated "yesterday and largely -'signed. 1 These petitions will" probably-be pre "sented either to -.the conference of the Board of Aldermen and the,Board of Audit and Finance or to the Alder men at their meeting 30 days from th meeting held recently at which the matter was postponed. . Apollinaris Water, White Rock, Lith ia Waters Ganterell and Cochranes Ginger Ale, Sweet, Picket and Brandy Peaches, ," ... Crow & Tqylor, 14 Market St., Grocers." . 'Phone, 1052. " ' 1 -' Je25-tf -X r I '.' ' " ' CADEMY OF MUSIC! Davis-Goodwin Stock Company. TO-NIGHT THE GREAT SENSATIONAL BILL "THE SCOUT'S REVENGE." .PLENTY OF COMEDY. PLENTY OF SPECIALTIES. 10, 20 "and 30 cents. '. Seats' now on sale. Feb"271t People' May Now Realize That a Brick ; Building Even, in the Heart of the City- Can. BURN. , - Confer .with r J." VAN B METTS, t- 109 Princess Street, - and . Insure ' Your Property; feb 13-tf.r : Phone 162. r A Select Stock of Droo((and;;f.:sdioio2S C; ; 'Always Kept a! T . -"-I IIARDirJ S PALACE PIlAnrjAC Y , , 126 8o. Front BL Simon Pure! .- ,.. You will find at the . Cape Fear Trading go., among hundreds of other Eood things to eat, Simon Pure J.ard Try a few pounds and note the dif ference in your bread - J. EL TAYLOR. Mgr. t.Peb27tf , GROCERIES WHOLESALE ; ' ONLY. c-S To Buy Good- Goods nt Iow' Prices, ' ;--.- j - Send or-Phone Orders. to . . SAfJl. JEAR SR, X S0:iS : 18. and 20 Market St.,'- ' - -- ,v : - - " Wilmington, N. C. -7 felO-tf - ' GET THE BE3T7 . J " ome -to the Climax" Barber Shop, No. v 7 South i Front Street. Skilled ar tists, .sharp razors and polite attention. ' ; GUIOrV A DA VI 8. " fe24-tf ' J - How About Your Money ? Are you receiving, full value for $the portion of it which -you have"invested in machinery or mill supplies. Ifjpot, see us. -We give Value receiyT for every dollars worth purchased or. us Full line, -prompt shiument. T 4 : DDATT Rn Mor. Interet Kacfti Co. - Wilminnfan.- M.- C. ... Send in vour orders for tHe famous ' Harris Lithia . f , ----- .'--j. .i. :,.!j-..,.r"I...'V--.'"'-..-- Water ... - 1 The ;, strongest Lithia Water known , - - and ' ' , narris Littila Ginger Ale. The -best in the market. . - r ' , A trial will convince you." " H I. 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