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ft VOL. LXXX-XO. 1J32 WILMINGTON, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1907. WHOLE NUMBER 123f)0. OUTI.INE8. Uf rvqueal of , Harry K. Thaw hLs chorus girl wife visited him at the Tomb prison la New York yesterday, and hf clasped her In hla arms, call log ber his "Dear, bravo little wife"; uh was pale and worn by the terrible croas-xaminatioo of District Attorney Jerome, and if she is able she will have to undergo nearly two days more of 1L The statistical bureau at Washington reports that the val ue of the Souta'a cotton crop Is J5O0C 000.000. and consulates 25 per cent of the 11.733.000.000 . feiports of the United States; England. Germany and Italy our best cotton customers in that order.' and the value of cotton seed products is more than $33,000.000. After heroic efforts and battling with mountainous teas life savers yester day rescued li people from the Brit ish steamer Ilerlln. wrecked Thursday morning off the Hook of Holland; two wckeco and no child are still on the wreck. 7-Gen- W. It, Cox, of North Carolina, was the George Wash ington birthday ' speaker yesterday at Richmond. Va. President Roosevelt and family went from Washington to Boston yesterday, and will be absent till Monday. In Washington yester day Prrsldcnt Roosevelt addressed the Navy league and a resolution was adopted favoring National and State legislation to compel respect for the uniform of the Navy and Army. In Hertford county, N. C. yesterday two negro beat out the brains of another with clubs, At Warsaw. Russian Poland, yesterday terrorists, under the red Cag. llllet the postmaster and foor other moo, -wounded several and looted the postoGJce. Ily the foun dering of a ship off the Norwegian coast yesterday IS men were swaJlow- jt J by the sea. Ex-President C&cTland delivered the George Wash ington birthday address la Chicago yesterday, and declared that the glory of the country will be unbounded and imperishable if the wisdom of Wash tog Is fallowed. -On cross-examination before, the Texas Legislative Com mitter of Investigation yesterday. Sen ator lUiiry denied that he had ever don wrong, but that his enemas re sort to unworthy ends to throw mud on htm and wreck him as a roan and nacrvholder During a JSO.000 Are 'at Sumter. S. C. yesterday a wall col!apsd and buried Fire Chief W. S. Graham and Injured eight men. Wfctl duck hunting In Lake Mlnesha. Ark., yesterday. Ma J. W. I. Smith, general agent of the Illinois Central Railroad, and his 13 year-old sou. were drowned. War is on In earnest be tween Nicaragua and Honduras and 11 i Ui that Salvador will txs in- GOVERNOR AT' SEA He is Open-to Recommendations With Reference to Board of Audit and Finance. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT LETTER CAME YESTERDAY Chief Executive Doesn't Care How Endorsements Come. He Will Con sider Them All Wilmington End of the Controversy. Governor Glenn Is evidently very much exercised over the situation in Wilmington as It h.t$ developed in connection with his appointment of mjembers of the Beard of Audit and Finance. Ilk ii anxious to give the people a "square deal" evidently and desires to make the appointment as soon as possible without doing vio lence to the opinions of any large body of citizens here. This was still furth er evidenced by a ascend letter from the Chief Executive to -Vr W. II. Coop er yesterday. After stating the fact that the act provides that he shall appoint mem bers of the body, the Governor says that he would bo glad to have recom mendation from the pcopk of v 11 mlngton and he states to Mr. Cooper that they can make them by petitions. by letters or ward meetings, with em phasls on the word "petition." He says further that he would treat every thing they do simply as a recommen dation and would after receiving them decide whom ho wll! appoint. The Governor authorizes Mr. Cooper to say to -Mr.- Kelluai, chairman of tho City Democratic Executive Com- mltUe. and to the papers of tne city for him that If the various wards de sire to recommend people to him, let them tale action, or if they prefer pe titions, let them also send them in. He further saya that he will give every name sucKested to him a mest care ful consideration and then he will do what bo thinks best. The Governor having requested some "expression , from the people In this matter. Chairman Kcltum of the Executive Committee, said last night that he did not feel warranted him self In taking any steps toward call- in warH friM-flnM nr maklnir recora vol veil; the Mcaraguaa army invading njmjations for appointment cf mem Honduras. ,eUto.tho. victory, in .anlt hot h said the matter would be im&ortant battle.- and the capture or two towns: a revolutionist army has bvn raised la Honduras and is co operating with the Nlcaraguans. In the Houm at Washington yesterday, aftrr a speech by Mr. Clark, of Flori da denouncing colonialism, his reso lution calling for the cost of the Phil ippines, was tabled. Some people want the earth, but all that Mr. Charles W. Morse now fms to want Is the sa. The Buffalo N T.) Kxpress heads a news Item "Had One Wife Too Many." That, however, is no sign that he had two or more. Before we fly up at people with pe culiarities we should first ascertain whether they are freaks, fanatics or fakes- "What shall we have after the Thaw cajMs?" asks a contemporary. Oh. there's the controversy between the French government and the Catholic legislature and unless Church. Itooseveltmay so arrange it as to offer the oro door of the Khool hoase to the Japanese, but he can't make the white kids play with the yellow kids during recess. Harry Thaw's lawyers'" are trying to prove that Harry was craxy enough to kill Stanford White, but Isn't craxy enough now to be put to the Inconve nience of being confined In an asy lum. Some fellow has invented an illu minated keyhole for the benefit of . married men wno come noma nighL It s all right to light the key Hir what ome men wani tr V - be rat again presented to the committee at tho meeting which has already been called for Wednesday night and at that time he had no doubt but that the committee would take some action. He said that be thought the committee would either raafco some recommenda tions Itself or would provide for the calling of ward meetings to let Inter ested voters say whom they will have to represent them on the Board. In the meantime the status of af fairs Is that the Governor has in his possession a communication from bus iness men asking that the present members of tho Board be re-appointed while there Is another petition either in Wilmington In the hands of the n.mA.M nr nn its W3 V to the GOV ernor. asking that tb members of the Board be recommended rrom me va Hon wards. The Executive Commit tee at Its meeting this week had the matter suggested lor consideration hut several members strongly express d their opinion that the present meth fd cf appointment was tne nest tor all concerned and no action was ianen In the meantime the bill of Represen tatlvo Morton is in Itakigh before tho It is passed before the Governor manes nis ap pointments for the present term, the law will be inoperative ior iwo ji-am at least. However, should tne bin pass before tho Governor makes the appointment, be win nave 10 do go- mxi hr the measure as It pase. It was stated In private advice-3 from Ilalelgh yesterday that Senator Bella my and Representative Morton naa about agreed upon a bill making all department officers In the city gov ernment elective by tho people. In eluding the clerk of tho Board of Audit and Finance, while members or tne Board of Audit and Finance are to be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of ward meetings or citizens acting in any other way. The Governor is willing to these recom mcadations now. eaylcg that he will el t a anr names suggested full consld- ! eratlon. but under the law these rec- Sorvin-Law Conveying Inebriated Fa- ther-in-Law Home Fell Oat of" Hack and Sustained Very Se vere Scalp Wound. Endeavoring to take his venerable father-in-law to his home at Dejgado, Frank King, a well known young white barber of the city, with the ine briated father-in-law, fell from a hack at Third "and Princess streets yester day afternoon about 1 o'clock, and the younger man suffered a severe lacer atlon of the scalp and bruises about the head, which rendered him uncon scious for some time. He was taken into the office of Messrs. Orrell & Al exander, the liverymen, near the scene of the accident and was later sent out to the James Walker Memo rial Hospital, where he was .given fur ther attention." The father-in-law was unhurt apparently and was taken to the glty hall, where he reposed in slumber a while and until after his Intoxication wore off, after which he was prepared to go home. Mr. Wallace was In the vicinity of Second and Princess streets, and was in a pitiable condition for one of his years. Mr. King at first thought -that he would allow the old gentleman to get home the best he could, but later at the proffer of a hack from a man In the vicinity, he took the old man in and started with him up the street, his arm around Mr. Wallace to steady him in the seat. Reaching Third and Princess, the hack gave a lurch and the old gentleman unable to preserve his equilibrium, fell out, carrying the younger man with him. Mr. King struck the pavement hard on the head and blood gushed from an-ugly wound there. A number of bystanders rushed up and assisted the injured man to the livery office, when he was revived. Mr. King was later sent from the hospital to his home, it be ing stated that he was not seriously hurt. SOLONS AT RALEIGH ! RATE BILL IS PASSED Topsail Sound Bill Admitting Township to Territory of New Hanover. BRUNSWICK RAILROAD FIGHT Mr. Taylcr Introduces BUI in Contro versy Compulsory School Law Passed Under Conditions Re corder's Court Bill Passed THE TERMINAL PRCHASE 1 ,tm -mmv K msnrtatnrv nn keyhole that doesn't dodge WiS-SSTSu when they are trying meir oesi w st the night latch. The nlghtlhat Harry Thaw's pis tol cracked at Madison Square Garden and Stanford White tumbled to the Coor. It was the prelude to the unveil leg of all the shocking past of the wife whom Thaw sought to avenge. In his case revenge certainly cannot be sweet. Says the Norfolk Vlrgialaa-Pilot: "If any malign Influence 1 to be ex erted 00 the public by Mr. Dixon's y. It will be because of the hysteri cal comments of a portion of the press. No doubt the author li grati fied at the free advertisements and larger audiences so secured. . pixoa'a drama Illustrates hlstro leal fact that soma people do cot Ilk to have raked cp. Te truth hxxts eoxno people. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Deed to Hall A Pearsall Property Filed For Record Yesterday. By deel filed for record yesterday B. F. Hall and wife and Oscar Pear sall transferred to the Xorth Carolina Terminal Company, for $60,000, the property beginning in the southern line of Brunswick, 100 feet wst of Nutt street, 264 'feet on N'utt street, thence COO feet more or less Ao the. channel of the Cape Feart river, thence to southern line 01 1 Brunswiot street and eastward along the southern line of Brunswick to the beginning, being parts f lots 1,X 3 and 4 in block 259 according to the official plan of the city and the same being a part of the premises, one undivided one-half In terest In which was conveyed by Jesse Wilder and wife to B. F- Hall by deed of April 30th, 18S1 and the other half bv Georee 1. Morton and wife to Oscar Pearsall by deed of October 9th, 1S90. An announcement of this pur chase was made eome days ago but the deed was filed only yesterday by Hon. John D. Bellamy, representing the purchasers. There are also -filed for record at tho Court House two mortgage deeds on the property, one to Hall & Pear eal!. Incorporated for 130,000, being a first mortgage and a econd to the Seaboard Company,, bf New Jersey, for the same amount. The Seaboard Company, of New Jersey, Is a holding corporation for the railroad company and the transfer of a second mort- mortgage on the property to them is regarded as evidence that the S. A. L. Is largely Interested In the deal. THE EXHIBIT A SUCCESS Union Made Goods a Feature at Cen tral Labor Hall Last Night. The exhibit of union made goods un der tho auspices of the Carpenters and Joiners Union of America in Cen tral Labor Hall last night was a big success In every particular and was largely attended. The merchants re sponded liberally with exhibits and these goods were examined and shown by good speakers who brought out their merits. There wore a number of j (By So. Bell Long Distance Phone.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. There was nothing of very great importance, aside from the passenger rate bill, in either house of the General Assem bly today. A night session of the House was held as usual, at which a large number of local bills were passed. In the Senate the bills to authorize Rocky Mount to issue bonds for street improvement and to amend the char ter of the Cumberland Savings and Trust Company were passed. Among bills introduced were: Seawell, to amend the charter of the Aberdeen and Rock Fish Railroad Company. Seawell, to allow householders and tenants in North Carolina to repair damage and do other plumbing work on their own premises. Burton, to prohibit fast driving over bridges in Onslow. In the House an important bill in troduced by Mr. Morton was to change the boundaries of New Hanover coun ty, so as to take in Topsail township, in Pender county. This, was supported by a strong petition from the resi dents in the proposed territory it is sought to add to New Hanover. 'The bill was referred to the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns, and is expected to develop strong objec tion In Pender. Another bill by Mr. Morton today was to amend the revisal in regard to damage to electric and other wires. -Mr. McLean introduced a bill to pre vent wine and cider in two miles of a church in Bladen county. Taylor, of Brunswick, to amehd the revisal as to certain publications. .Still another bill by Mr. Taylor con cerns the railroad fight they are hav ing ill ,hla ?couatyt; a 1 - between the County. Commissioners at Southport and the Waccamaw Land and Lumbsr Company, of Wilmington, a Michigan corporation. The bill is entitled one "To prohibit corporations from pre venting improvements by other cor porations by occupying rights of way not needed for the purposes of the opposing corporation." The Cqunty Commissioners of Brunswick have be fore them a proposition to vote $80,- 000 in bonds to the proposed Wilming ton, Brunswick and Northern Railroad Company, which proposes to build from Wilmington to Southport, Shal lotte and Little River, S. C, and at the meeting of the Commissioners at Southport, last Monday, the Wacca maw Land and Lumber Company is understood to have Interposed objec tion either directly or indirectly. The bill of Mr. Taylor has to do with this conference, and it is expected that it will have passed by the time the Com missioners met at Southport on the railroad question again on, March 19. Hollowell Introduced anaill for com pulsory s hool law in Goldsboro under certain conditions. Parsons, to provide for minority representation in all town elections In Hamlet, N. C. This -bill was put on its immediate passage and sent to the Senate. The Koonce bill for electing the State Insurance Commissioner by a vote of the people, passed its second reading without opposition, but ob jection was made by several to its final passage, imd it goes over until tomorrow. The House discussed at some length and finally passed by a vote of 91 to 9, the Giddings compulsory scnooi law, requiring the attendance of chil dren between the ages of 8 and 14 PILOTS FIRST BLOOD State Senate Yesterday Passed Gra ham Measure By Decisive Vote and Arranges for Conference Between Two Houses. Senate Committee Five to One For Compulsory Pilotage ; Over the, Bar. (By So. Bell Long Distance Phone.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. The Sen ate discussed from 10:15 to 2:30 o'clock today the railroad rate bill, reaching a vote with the result that the Senate Committee substitute or Graham bill passed the second reading by a vote of 44 to 3. The first speaker this morning was Senator Mitchell, who advocated a 3 1-2 cents rate1,- Senator McLean of Robeson, in a fiery speech of half an hour or longer denounced what he declared to be a gross misrepresenta tion of his position by the morning paper here, especially in its reprot of his speech yesterday. He also made a vigorous denunciation of what he termed the dictatorial policy of this pc-por .toward legislators its whole at titude being unfair, unjust and alto gether outrageous. For one he would not take orders from that or any other source or be coerced into line from any position ithat he did not consider right and just to all. - I The next THE HEARING YESTERDAY Sharo Scat Between Morton and Senator Bellamy. ' Later Threatens to Lay Bare Campaign Agreement. (By So. Bell Long Distance Phone.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. The pilots win first blood in the fight before the General Assembly for the s restoration of compulsory pilotage over the Cape Fear bar. After a isomewhat expended hearing in the Senate chamber; this afternoon, culminating in a sharp spat between Representative .Morton .and Senator Bellamy from (the territory in volved, the Senate Judiciary' Commit tee by a vote of five to one voted to report the bill of Mr. Bellamy favora- I bly and it will come up in the Senate tor passage tomorrow. The hearing speaker was Mr. Lovill ; lastfid 11Tlti1 7 T, a ,f in advocacy of a 2 l-2c, rate. Senator tftft ma-nif m.-.tanoti-,.,, . Hicks argued for a 1st and 2nd, class face but insisted that the principal need was for a regulation and reduc tion of freight rates. Senator Daniel spoke at length for his substitute of 2 1-2 cents. Major Graham closed the-'discussion in favor of hi3 bill for, 2 1-2 cents first class and 2 cents for second-class, to apply to roads earning $1,000 per mile and more. The first vote was at 2:15 P. M. on the McLean substitute providing 2 3-4 for 1st class fare and 2 1-4 for second class fare. This was lost by 34 to 11. The Daniel substitute was voted down 27 to 18. The Blair substitute went down 34 to C. i There was a substitute by Fleming but that was also lost The Mason substitute was voted down without roll call. tire and vote on tfche recommendation. The hearing was opened in the Sen ate chamber by former State' Senator Brooke G. Empie, of Wilmington, counsel for the pilots.4 He stated briefly the purposes and provisions of (the bill, establishing the Savannah ia.Lts uver mtj ua.r aoa requiring no compulsory pilotage up the rivier f roan Southport to Wilmington and -vice versa. He said that no more merito rious measure had been presented to the Senate. The experience of the past vessels sailing to and fro on the out side waiting for pilots to bring them in, shows conclusively the necessity of establishing by lawthe system, ask- ; ed for in-the bill. Immediately after the abolution of pilotage in 1905, the seeing thie error of its way, had of its own volition elected a harbor, mas- ' AT t- (Ira nam nfFeir.orl nn amion n Tff PT1 T. . , . , . . . ... : . ; r. ---Mxer, Dougnu a Doat ana issued license to his own bill making Section 3, ap-sto miofcs to brine- varsaIr nvr tho W plying to roads earning as much as $1, 500 per mi'e and if the earnings are less than that, 3 cents may be eharg-J ed, effective July 1st, 1907. This wasj abolished by men directly in adootied Then came the "vote on the main bill which was passed 44 to 3. At this point the 2-cent rate bill from the House was announced and the Gra ham bill as just passed was offered as a substitute for the House bill. Then the Graham bill passed its final reading as a substitute for the House bil'. This parliamentary course was taken to pavie the way for the ap pointment of a joint conference com mittee to adjust the differences be tween the bills as passed by the two houses. Some action in this respect will ifcake place soon. T'his was without law cr authority : (simply that- the exigencies, of . the oc casion demanded -it. 'The old, system .. TRUCK INSPECTION BILL Conference of Committee in This City Yesterday Redraft Made. The committee from the Truckers' Association to which the bill promul gated by the Board of Directors was recently referred, providing for an in spection bf fruit and vegetables and prescribing a method of collecting the revenues of the Association, met in this city yesterday and went carefully over the measure. The 6riginal draft was found in the main to be very sat isfactory, but a number of changes suggested themselves to the commit tee. and these were made. The bill will be taken by the commitifcee to Ra- laicrh nrnliahlv nhmit thf middle of the coming week and will be offered for I c and logical statement tcf the case 4- ior the business men who are onnnsprf i- j J it . . -L . a - ' , , i 1 -;f. by ship "owaneirs who want dividends - regardless of .the lives iof the sailors, by the lumber men who can add the fees usually paid to the pilots to 'the price "of lumber and by :' the Chamber ' of Commerce for no reason that will' bear the scrutiny of investigation. Mr. Empie was followed by Mr. J. A. Tylor, president of the Chamber of. Commerce of Wilmin ertrm Wia snrVa. at length in opposition to the bill, say- ) ivjg that it emanated from the Chamber- of Commerce at SouthpiOirt, a town of no commercial interest; a town that ', never Deceived an inward or outward1 ' bound cargo and their purpose was ' merely to provide a living for 40 pilots, who resided there. He spoke in- the : kindliest terms of the people of South-' ' port but argued that they w.eire" actuat ed entirely by a selfish motive. He reviewed the history of comrajerce ' at the port of Wilmington for a, number of years to show that the damage to shipping during the two ' years there was no compulsDry- pilotage was. , if anything, less than any two years that the compulsory pilotage was in voguev ' He said that the government had spent an immense amount of: money ; for and marking the chaamel and that, the . conditions no longer necessitated - the ' rigid pilotage regulations that were formierly required for the . protection ' of life and property. His was a veryf ftom. of plure and inut to j h to STWuS present. . Lrmio undtr th law .bv vote of the After the exhibit all present oye e qt where ,fc ,g oVdered by the W. B. SprlngerA Card J. A. Karr For Alderman. Academy Children's Matinee. R. C. DcRosset Office Supplies. R. Portner Bros. Co. Rock Beer. J. M. Solky & Co. Suits to Mea sure. . Palace Market Turkeys, Chicken, Etc Dressed a delightful smoker and a spread of elegant refreshments. The exhibit was a practical demon stration of the goods on display and will result In much good, not only to the merchants but to the manufac turers. The committee desires to make the following acknowledge ments: Wm. E. Springer, one saw and one spirit level; P. Q. Moore, -two boxes dgars; w. H. Hubbard, one dox clears: J. H. Rehder. one pair over alls and one pair gloves; Soan & Sweeney, one saw; J. M. Solky, one bat; N. Jacobl Hardware Co., one plane; J. W. Murchlson, one hammer; Charles D. Foard, one chisel; George W. J. Board of Education of the counties upon majority petitions of the quali fied voters. At tha night session of the House the Wilmington Recorder's Court bill passed as amended in (the committee submitting the question to a vote of All the people. The bill has been pass ed by the' Senate and mow goes back I to that body for concurrence which it will ;become law. Mr. McNeill, of Cumberland, intro duced and secured imraiediate passage of a Joint resolutipn calling. on North Carolina s represen taxi ves m tuasrtss to support theamehdmenit to the River Members present at the meeting of the committee yesterday were Chair man Jos. A; Brown, of Chadbourn; H. J. FaiS'On, Wm. E. Springer, Z. W. Whitehead and Attorney J, O. Carr, cf Wilmington. Dr. John M. Faison was prevented from coming by a pro fessional engagement. Mr. Brown was asked if he thought the bill would be generally acceptible to the grow ers. He replied that he thought there was no doubt of it, as there is no increase in the per crate tax for the maintenance of the organization and that this tax, was paid by nine- tenths of the growers anyway. The life of the Association practically de pends on the passage of the measure and the chaos that would follow the ' afiter i disintegration or tne Association would be disastrous to the trucking industry in this section. Mr. Brown stated, that it was hoped to arrange the bill so that this revenue will still be "collected by -:the transportation companies in spie of the rate bill. The r unit nvaMlia p;; one iprcoi izit Rma one suit overalls: S- & B. Solo- and Harbor bill giving $200,000 for system or inspection proviuea in y tne Dili wiii uiumjcl iegibiijLui.it; pau&eis Business Locals. WantedMailing Clerk. W. A. Vollers-Surry. for Sale. M. 1. Fields Restaurant for Sale. Wanted To Buy Pony and Buggy. Wanted Young Man to Feed Fold lug Machine. . , , Ij. III I Oa and after March 1st next there STftp otrj trj opu2 wtreip trff oa nit for all "Readers- Inserted7 la The Morning Star. Rates given oa appU cation at Jho cCce. mon, one pair snoes; reiereaa x rtnlf one nalr shoes: Hewlett & Price, one pair shoes; Mercer & Ev: ans, one pair shoes; Geo. R. French, one pair shoes: Wilson Saw Manufac turing Co- of Port Huron, Mich., one saw: R. F. Warren, one cake; Warren & Davis, one cake; Grove Tobacco Cou of Detroit. Mich., one. box -of smoking tobacco; Acorn Jewelry Co., Chicago, , IU., jewelry; , Gaston -D: Phares, one chair; Wm. EL Springer, 10 in cash. A young man' toT feedja. newspaper meat. The committee in Congress now The Pare FdM bill, passed tonlghtr j terially advancing prices north also providing legalized - primary for from abuses of irresponsible growers. and it is believed it will result in ma- Robeson "county .and tovprt&rerit spread of coatagioua diseases in" that county.n The House spent most of the night session; in considering the special or der, which was. the- substitute for Bux ton's reformatoiy.blll, authorizing the establishment of the Stonewall, Jaokr gon Manual -Training and Industrial School, v The plan la to have theState appropriate ; $7,500;, for 4 the establish ment oU the .InstItntlon": in 'oonsldera- tloa ' of WhJchf It will hare the pow-er appll-1 folding machine Is .wanted at the Star: to appoint a majority pf the trustees, tf- JODce. Also, a mailing, clerk. .- if 'tats' -is-not made thesi the lastita- tioa is to be run as an independent school by influences in ' the State ; at work far a reformatory. The ' biH passed by a vote of 78 to six and an other bill carrying the appropriation will be Introduced later.' 202 is the number of : ' Peter soar & Rnlfs' new shoe store, North -Front street. ''': f- r'. - - ' - - r 2t ; .Colored boy 13 to 14 years' old Is wanted at: the Star Oflice. Must be willing to work. - : - f business men who are ODDosed ' rfjo. any compulsion at all governing the traffic. - Mr. B. H.- Stephens, of the Swift Fer tilizer Works at Wilmlngtoii, which has just completed the building of an. " immem.se plant there,, was the next speaker. He stated that his company had establishied the Wilmington plant largely bemuse of the : city's advant ages as a free port and' the company . i he represents contemplates - thj ' doub-' ling the capacity of the present plant, at Wilmington under continuied fa vorable conditions. He was question ed by member of ithe committed iir -regard to the pilotage charges at'pres- emt ana ne siatea;tnat tne charge on tne orumary vesselthat hits company would handle would be $122 but that under the present system the consign ment of cargoes to his plant were rat ed oh a basis of a free port -so that If a vessel took a pilot voluntarily, it repreisented no additional cost to his -company. , Captain J. W. Craig, a member'of tine pilot's association, a man who has -grown grey, ia the service, aad witaar : a splendid and effective talker was next Introduced and epoke ia behalf of ' the pilots. - He explaiaed.th6aeed of - a system from his ylewpofait, ayiag that the gentlemen: renresentlna ' the ' opposition had ao practical iaformaiioa in regard Jto pilotage at all; thLt they kniew jiothing of the inwardness of the- science bf pilotage. He explained the orgaaizatioai of the .pilotage service "on the. Cape Fear ,, Its 'dangers r an? . its -values; the inecesslty for:it in the de' Telopmeatof the "commerce" of.ita& -. port. He insisted that under .the free port system, the pilotage organization v would bp destroyed and within a short time as ,the oldlfeikvwa were . passing- iuoatiaued oa mm page.; . . K ,
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