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.. . A. Subscription Tormo i Kw Mall CSCS 1 Tho Morning Star Oldest - Daily Newspaper In the State. Largest emulation of any Wilmington Paper. . - . - - f -r rt " . -.-.,: j I . Six Months by Mall . . . . .I3.CS Three Month by Mail. ..$139 1 A VOL. LXXXIIINO. 70. WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1908. WHOLE TQ. 12,874. ilOMMil mm. .ft r OUTLINES. The Supreme Courts of Missouri handed down a decision yesterday mating the Standard Oil Company, of J Indiana, and the Republic Oil Compa- them ever again to do business in Missouri Thomas P. Ryan, one of the greatest financiers in the world, yesterday announced that, yielding to tbe advice of his physicians, he has resigned from the directorate of 34 corporations -Six ; witnesses were extaimined yesterday before Judge Hart in Nashville, Tenn on the appli cation for bail for Col. Duncan B. Coo per, son, Robin, and former Sheriff John D. Sharp, charged with murder of Senator Carmack -The United gtates Government has resumed friendly relations with Venezuela enf ter an interval of eight months and William L. Buchanan has been sent to look into the situation and make a report Frederick B. Burnham, former president of the Mutual Re serve Life Company, was found dead at his home in New York yesterday as a result of inhaling gas The jury in the Samuels case returned a verdict of murder in, the second de gree ' in Danville yesterday Jail sentences were passed yesterday in the Supreme Court of th District of Columbia) on President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Mor rison, of the Federation of Labor,, .the Court held them to be in- contempt of court for defying an injunction against the labor organ for-defiantly urging the boycott of the Bucks Store and Rane Company, of St. Louis. , The defendants appealed, and labor unions are petitioning President Roosevelt to interfere with the sentence of the court A thunderbolt of sensation was exploded in Pittsburg yesterday over the exposure in. court of whole sale municipal corruption; sixty mem bers of the Common Council are ac cused of accepting bribes for their votes and bankers are convicted of bribing its members -All of President-elect Taft's family will spend Christmas with, fhim at Augusta, Ga. Mr. Taft yesterday held a conference with Sir Horace Plunkitt, head of the Irish Department of Agriculture la the trial of the Night Riders at Union City, Tenn., yesterday, for the murder of Captain Rankin, several members of the band gave damaging evidence for the State. The accused hope to prove an alibi As the cruiser North. Carolina can cross the bar at Charleston, President-elect Taft will sail from there January 25 on Ms Panama trip. " Speaker Cannon knows when to talk and when to ke? bis mouth h gt. The Star wishes a merry Christmas to each and every one of its readers and patrons. Castro seems to be having a good time in Europe. He escaped the rack et at home just In time. .Tomorrow is Christmas. We hope you have made up your mind to ob serve the day in a proper way.- We suppose those who think Bryan can be elected next time Will insist on his nomination by the Democratic convention. If the farmers reduced the acreage in cotton last year, as they said they were going to do, they increased the production to a wonderful amount. The Durham Herald says it is for a Recorder's court or anything , else that will give relief. Durham must be in a bad way. We hope Mr. Lee H. Battle will be able to explain his way out of the di lemma in which he has been placed by the grand jury of the Federal court. - When Raleigh gets rid of her Ma yor and establishes government by a commission we hope the papers of that city will stop kicking against the city government. That committee of the House is go ing to hold meetings during recess. It is notoing to give the Preside'nt a ehance to get ahead of it on the secret service matter. With the New ear the State offi cials win have to tackle th'e prohibi tion law and then we will see what foe sheriffs and their deputies can do to the way of stopping blockade dis tilling. We hope the President in choosing a man for judge in place of the late Judge Purnell will have regard for fitness of the man he appoints and will not be governed entirely by poli tical interests. Resident-elect Taft surprised the fcole country by announciing his . ap pointment of Senator Knox as Secre tary of state and he gave it a still greater surprise by: keeping quiet' as 0 otter Cabinet appointments. The Democrats rif fh SrivMh ctum l think that because Taft Is going to Pend the winter 'among .themhe will essarily make up this- Cabinet of southern Democrats.;- ;We can't , pee W1)y he should be, expected, to do sow, SEMINOLE AFFAIRS mmissioner Young Talks of Investigation in Sou rolina. SOUTHERN LIFE RIGHT Annual Report of Corporation Com mission State Treasurer Talks of North Carolina Finances. Other Raleigh News. , (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 23. "After go ing into the matter thoroughly, ther is no doubt in my mind and in the mind of Commissioner McMasters, of South Carolina and others with whom I talked in Columbia, that the whole Seminole Securities Co., was a swin dle from its incipiency," was the statement of Hon. J. R. Young, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, on his return, from Columbia tonight. The Commissioner wants all in North Carolina who bought stock in the corporation to furnish him with names of agents and he will under take to prosecute them through Su perior Court grand juries , in counties where the stock was sold. Concerning the muddle the Sou thern Life Co., of Fayetteville, has gotten into with the Seminole Co., in the sale of Southern stock at rather fancy prices, Commissioner Young says the Southern Compaaiy is sol vent and policy holders are fully pro tected by more than $100,000 reservG deposit in his hands. He is gratified at the course the officers of the Sou them Life are taking to clear their connection with the Seminole deal and show that they have done nothing to be criticised for beyond selling Southern stock at quite high figures, for which they cannot be blamed. The North Carolina Corporation Commission, in its biennial report to the General Assembly,, rehews its rec ommendation that. $300 -instead of $25 personal property be exempted from taxation; that poll tax be not levied except as a State and county tax and that in no case shall these combined exceed $2 per capita, that statutes authorising a tax rate greater than 66 2-3 cents on the $100 vacation, State and county tax combined, be not enacted; that the municipal tax rate be so limited that when added to the county tax rate on property, it will not be confiscatory or any class of property; that the constitution be so amended as to allow the General Assembly to so segregate me sour ces of taxes as to specify upon what subjects there shall be State and up on what subjects local taxation. The Commission says oppressive taxation in this State grows largely out of the State and county, township or dis trict and towns levying on all proper ty. The Commission declares that the result of the inheritance tax was disappointing in that it fell off from $16,000 in 1905 to $4,673 in 1907, due largely, the Commission believes, to failure to enforce the law. It is rec ommended that some central State officer ''be directed to see to its en forcement, icierks of the Superior Courts being required to report to him tall qualifications of executors and administrators together with copies of inventories of estates. That North, Carolina State banks be allowed- to invest some reasonable part of their legal reserve in State bonds is a notable recommendation by State-Treasurer B. R. Lacy to the General Assembly to convene Janu ary 6th. He thinks this would create home competition for outside bidders for State bonds so bonds can be dis posed of to better Advantage. He re minds the Legislature, too, in his re port just filed with the Governor, that extravagant appropriations have a decided tendency to impair State credit. ' The readiness withi which he borrowed from a New - York bank $250,000 with which to meet a deficit in the current expenses the past bi ennial term is mentioned as evidence of North Carolina's fine commercial standing. This will be due next June and the Treasurer tells the Legisla ture If there are no appropriations at the approaching session for perma nent improvements to over-tax the treasury, there will be ample funds from current revenue to pay off the debt. The balance sheet of the treas ury with outstanding1 obligations shows the - $59,542 deficit reported in his correspondence some days ago. The treasurer wants the present reve-J nue act re-enacted with little change as possible end believes that with only conservative maintenance appro priations the State will have ample funds for the next biennial' period. , RED CROSS STAMPS can be used for other purposes . than stamping letters and packages. If you write no letters1 land send no packages, stick them on your hat .band; and; let your friends land neighbors know that you are lend- in a helping hand; ; ' , Stamps One Cent each, for sale at all Drug and Book (Stores and the Woman's Exchange.; ' ; Buy. one' two or a htmdred: as. you are able and willing to help us RED CROSS SOCIETY THE DISTRICT JUDGESHIP Ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams Now Said to be Leading Race Party, Ma chinery Behind Him J. B. Schulken Endorsed. A dispatch late last night from Ra- I leiSh states that there is a strong im pression among leading Republicans there, this impression amounting al most to a conviction, that ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams, Republican State Chairman, will be appointed to the vacancy in the Eastern District of North Carolina, caused by the recent death of Judge Thomas R. Purnell. The dispatch states that party lead ers are united .f or Adams and that his appointment is daily expected. This will be very disappointing news to the many friends among the bar and among the public of Colonel Harry Skinner, the present district at torney, who until now seemed to ba the leading candidate in the race and entitled to the place by right of suc cession and his splendid qualifications for the bench. ' In the event of Colo nel Skinner's appointment to the judgeship, it was generally regarded hero that Mr. Iredell Meares, of Wil mington, would be appointed to the district (attorneyship. That there will be some delay in the appointment is indicated by an or der received yesterday at the office of the clerk of the United States Court in Raleigh, appointing Judge James E. Boyd, 'of the Western Dis trict, to hold the courts of the Eastern District until a successor to Judge Purnell is named. The first court is appointed to be held at Newbern on January 5th. In the same connection, it will be of interest to know that the Columbus county bar has given its unanimous endorsement to Mr. J. Byron SchuV ken, a leading Eastern North Carolina attorney, the following telegram hav ing been received last night: Whiteville, N. C, Dec. 23. At a meeting of the Whiteville bar held here today at which every member was present, the following resolution was unanimously and 'enthusiastically passed ; "Whereas, the office of district judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina is vacant and such va cancy is to be filled by an appoint ment made by the President of the United States by and with the consent of the United States Senate, and deeming it a privilege as well as the duty of every member of the bar in this district irrespective of political affiliations to use his influence and support in securing the appointment of a man thoroughly compentent and well equipped intellectually and tem peramentally and, whereas, we are of the opinion that a Republican will re ceive the appointment to the said ju dicial office, be it therefore, "Resolved, That fhe members of the Whiteviile bar in the county of Co lumbus, confident that Honorable James Byron tSchulken, a member of our bar is a Republican, of such legal training and ability, well balanced judicial temperament and patriotic de votion to duty as renders him worthy In every respect of such an honor and believing that his appointment would be a credit to his party and an assur ance that the bench of the. district would maintain a high standard of legal excellence, meriting the respect of our people and winning a place in the judicial records of our country worthy of the able bar of the district. we do therefore, unanimously ask that he be given the appointment to this high office and that the bar of the Eastern District join us in requesting 'his appointment. OSHgned) David J. Lewis, Jackson Greer, Homer L. Lyon, Donald Mac- Rackan, E. M. Toon, J. R. Williamson, Irvin B. Tucker. It is believed here by the members of the bar and other friends of Mr. Schulken that his chance of receiv ing the appointment is good. It is urged that in addition to his unques tionable ability, high standing in the legal profession and spotless charac ter as a man that his political activi ties and party zeal in years past Will add no little in influencing his appoint ment. Mr. Schulken is 51 years of age and has been an active practitioner at the Whiteville bar for, 2 6 years and is held in very high esteem by all who know him. He represented his coun ty several times in the State Legisla ture where he to6k a very prominent part in the passage of several laws many of which have become a perma nent part of our . statutory law. In 1896 he was a prominent candidate before his. party convention for the nomination for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District coming within a fraction of a vote of receiv ing the nomination on several ballots and was finally defeated by Mr Mar tin, who received the nomination and was jelected. - He was, the Republican candidate-for Congress from this Con gressional district in 1906, making material gains for his party; was a delegate from this district to the Na tional convention at Chicago which' nominated Judge Taft for ; president and? Was Republican elector from this district at the last election. In de voting, his time and: talents trying to upbuild the Republicans party in his section of the Sfcatehe has- made him self many strong - party : Jfriends throughout the Btate,' who his friends here helieve : will bring 'strong -pre sere to hear irpone .administration AeKalf-v. - . . .viirf SATISFACTORY TEST 'V Section ofsWater Pipe Removed Yesterday Found in Most Ex cellent Condition. TO UNEARTH STILL OTHERS Bond Sale Probably Consummated and Negotiations to be Resumed Shortly After HolidaysSix- -Inch Test Yet to be Made. A thoroughly satisfactory ''test of the condition of a section of four1 inch pipe removed from the system of the Clarendon Water Work Com pany on Dock, between Front and Water streets, was made yesterday by the Water Coiamittee of the Board of Aldermen. The main was excavated and a sec tion out from the pipe in order that the committee might inform itself ful ly as to the condition of the. material in the light Qf' charges'Hhiat after re maining imder ground so' many years the pipe had become so corroded and filled up by electrolysis or other chem ical action "that Its former carrying capacity was materially impaired. The removal "of the four-inch pipe yester day demonstrated, even in the minds of members of the committee, that the riaterial Was apparently as good ias the day it was laid. In fact, sev eral persons familiar with iron stated that tha pipe was even better than the o .imo olaoa rF material aa furn ? aVi orl now an4 this, too, alter it 'tu been under ground 27 years. It was at first tnought that a section of the pipe would be removed from lower Prin cess street, but after consideration, the committee believed that the pre cipitation there would be so great as to militate against a fair test of the condition of th?3 pipe under a lew surface, therefore, the low, flat sec tion of Dock street was determined upon. After looking at the pipe, members of the committee freely admitted that they were surprised at the condition of the mate-rial and one of them said that, if the section had been under ground fir 27 years, it looked to him. like it would be good for at least a hundred yet. As a matter of fact, en gineers themselves have no data upon which to base a reasonable estimate of the life of cast iron pipe under ground. The committee will later excavate and take- up a section of the six-inch pipe, probably on Fourth or Sixth, be tween Princess and Chesnut streets, and if the same favorable conditions are found, it is expected that nego tiations will again ba opened with the waterworks company for a purchase of its plant. An inquiry by telegraph to the City Clerk and Treasurer yesterday as to the form and engraving of the bonds is taken to mean that the purchasers of the securities recently sold are sat ifcfied with all the preliminaries and that the money as proceeds from the sale will be forthcoming in a few days. Soon after the holidays, at any rate, it is expected that the Aldermen yttill conclude the waterworks question one way or another. IN MAYOR'S COURT. Two White Men Will Have to Serve Time on Suspended Sentences. In the police court yesterday noon, Joe Yates and Tom Brown, young white men, released by the mayor some time ago on suspended judg ment of 30 days on the roads pending their good behavior, were tried for an affray and the Mayor ordered that the former sentence be imposed. Another alleged participant in the fight, which occurred Tuesday night, was Louis Yates, who was released by tSfe court after he had proven that he did not actually take part, but aJcted the part of peacemaker. Clayton Grant, Esq., appeared for the twb Yates and took an appeal to higher court in the case of Joe Yates. Sis Lucas, Peter Evans and Geo. Anders were charged with the larceny of $20 from A. D. Wells, all parties colored, and were discharged for lack of evidence. "Kid" Lloyd and Charles Burnett answered to the charge of an affray, the latter being fined $5 and the costs, while the case against Lloyd was dismissed. He was represented by Win J. Bellamy, Esq. APPEAR BEFORE MINISTERS. Superintendent G. M. Fomby Appeals From Judgment as to Home. Mr. G. M. Fomby, who-with Mrs. Fomby, is in charge of the Rescue Home, in the southern part of the city, against which a report , was recently made by a committee from the Wil mington Ministerial. Association; upon the basis of which the TOayor revok ed a permit hitherto granted for the solicitation of support for. the institu tion in the city, returned to the city this' week and took cognizance of the action of the ministers. He has made a request, which It Is understood has been granted; to appear ; before the Ministerial Association ait" Its regular meeting at the Y. E C. A. ion next Monday at -which, timer heiJ hopes to vindicate the character of the mstitu ;tioti over which he presides and, for; j - wfricii ho stands sposojv ; - FIVE-HASTEB IN POBT Schooner Kmeo Largest Sailing. Ves sel to Enter Harbor of Wilming v ton Outclasses Fitzjames by Less Than 35 Tons. The largest sailing vessel which ever entered the port of Wilmington stretching hundreds of yards of can vas and outreglstering by only 35 net tons, the schooner jntijames, which was here only a few months ago and which held tha recordjip to this time, is the fivemasted schooner Kineo, 1,867 tons, Captain P. W. Patton, which arrived yesterday from Car teret, N. J., with cargo of acid phos phate for the Pocomoke Guano Co. The Kineo is built of steel, modern ly equipped and fitted in every re spect and is owned by Arthur Seawel, the millionaire shipbuilder of Maine. Slbd is 250 feet long, 45 feet beam and 22 feet deptn of hold. She draws 21 feet of water and entered yesterday in tow of the tug Siea King with 3,037 tons of tacid phosphate for the Wil mington consignees. The Fitzjames, which previously held the tonnage record of sailing craft tor the port registered 1,832 tons. The Kineo is consigned to C D. Maffitt and passed in over the bar Tuesday and will be gin discharging cargo at the ISIeaboard Air Line today or tomorrow. While passing -up the river on an unusually low tide yesterday morning she drift ed slightly ashore down the river, but the Sea King expected to get her off without damage on high water last evening. There w-ere two either port arrivals yesterday, the schooner Joel F. Shep Sard from Eliza, bethport, N. J., with cargo of fertili zer constituents for the Armour Fer tilizer Works, and tho schooner John H. May, Captain Stille, with cargo of salt from Jersey City, N. J., for the D. 1. Gore Co. The vessels are con signed to C. D. Maffitt. HAWES-HOGGARD. Pretty Wedding Yesterday Afternoon at Atkinson, N. C. (Special Star Correspondence.) Atkinson, N. C, Dec. 23. Of much interest to a large number of friends here and elsewhere was the pretty marriage this afternoon at 5:30 o' clock. of -Lliss.' Virginia 1 Hawes and Dr. J. T. Hoggard, both popular and highly esteemed young people of the county. The church was beautifully decorated in white and green and was thronged with friends and admirers of the couple. The groom was attend ed as best man by his friend, Capt. C. H. Cansey, of Burgaw, and the bride as maid of honor by Miss Mat tie Hawes. The bridesmaids were Miss Lillian Colvin and Miss Annie Hubbard, and the groomsmen were Messrs. E. A. Hawes, Jr., and Will Hoggard. The bride was prettily attired in white messaline silk and carried a lovely bouquet of bride's roses. The maid of honor was pretty in pink silk and carried white carnations. The bridesmaids were handsomely gowned in white silk and the scene at the marriiiage altar was one of great beau ty. The ceremony was performed in St. Thomas' Church, the Rev. Edward Wootten, of Wilmington, officiating. The wedding marches were admira bly played by Mrs. C. C. Hoggard, of Ahoskie, N. C, a sister of the groom, the party entering the church to the tuneful music of Lohengrin's bridal chorus and during the ceremony "Hearts and Flowers" was softly played with beautiful effect. The exit from the church was to the strains of the ever-popular Mendelssohn's Wedding March. After a most enjoy able reception at the home of the bride's father, Mr. E. A. Hawes, Sr., the .bride and groom left on the 7 o'clock train via Wilmington for at bridal trip to Cuba and points in Flo rida. The bride is a daughter of Mr. E. A. Hawes, of Atkinson, while the groom is a leading young physician of Atkinson, formerly of Aulander, N. C. They received a large number of useful and haaidsome wedding gifts, evidencing their great popularity at home and abroad. A Business Transfer. A business deal consummated yes terday, according to a bill of sale at the court house7, conveys the confec tionary business of P. Pateeo, which has been conducted for ome time at No. 605 North Fourth street, to Geo. Karavia and Hrest Kotitho for the sum of $500, the purchasers also as suming the indebtedness of the for mer owner in the transfer. Dm TWortfliHfl.TY Tina A a -ttrtH flrto are made from large and small rocks, which -unite and make a good road; one size of rock would not make a success. We want your help iand your -! 9 friends' help, no matter now small w or. how large, to build up a Fund for; the help of and the stamping out of the "Dread White Plague," in Wilmington which Is a menace to you and yours. . . iStampa . One Cent each,, for sale at all Drug and Book Stores and the Woman's Exchange. . -By one, two or a hundred, a you RED CROSS SOCIETY. only A SUSPENSION Former Order of Dismissal in Case of Capt. F. B. Rice Revoked ' By Department. LAID OFF. FOR NINETY DAYS Order is Effective on January 1st and is Confirmed by Proper Author.ty. Pernicious Activity in Pal fries. The many friends of Captain Fred B. Rice, of this city, government in spector of steamboat hulls for the dis trict including Wilmington, will be interested and pleased to know that he was successful in his effort for a revocation of the recent order of the United iStates Civil Service Commis sion, dismissing him from the service for alleged pernicious activity in poll tics during the , recent campaign. Instead of the peremptory dismissal of the inspector, the department in Washington has made a mere order of suspension for ninety days, which Will be effective on the first of Janu ary. This news is contained in pri vate advices received in Wilmington and also in a special from its Wash ington correspondent to yesterday af ternoon's Charleston, 9. C, Post, as follows: "The order of the Civil Service Commission to suspend Fred B. Rice, inspector of hulls, for ninety days for political activity has just been ap proved by the Department of Com merce and Labor. Tha suspension dates from January 1. The original recommendation of the Civil Service Commission was for removal, but Cap tain Rice was strong enough political ly to have his case reopened." Several weeks ago a telegram from Washington announced that the civil service commission had recommended the expulsion of Captain Rice from the department and later this was fol lowed with a statement that the case had bsen reopened and that instead of dismissal Captain Rice would prob ably simply be suspended. This later conclusion has been borne out by the facts and it will be ia source of pleas ure to Captain Rice's many friends tt learn that since he was to be penaliz ed it has come in the form of a ninety days' suspension from January 1 rathr er than a dismissal from the service. Captain Rice has held the position of inspector of hulls for several years and has given satisTtction in the of fice. Captain Rice during his term of of fice has spent most of his time in Charleston because of the centrality of tbst location in the district, but he has continued his "residence in Wil mington and it was out of his alleged political activity in this county that the charges were presented tq. the powers that be "in Washington. FOOTBALL TOMORROW. Savannah and Wilmington to Line Up on League Park Gridiron. One of the fiavstest games of foot ball witnessed in Wilmington this season is promised in the meet tomor row afternoon of the strong elevens Of Wilmington and Savannah, Ga., on the gridiron at New League Park, be ginning promptly at 4 o'clock. The Wilmington team, which has already eittained a large measure of success on the field this season, will emerge tonight from hard practices during the past week and are -confident of winning from the Georgians. The Savannah team will arrive tonight on the late train and after & night's rest will be in excellent trim for the bat tle tomorrow. The Wilmington team has been considerably strengthened by the addition of several college players and the Savannahians have doubtless also taken the same oppor tunity of adding strength to their line, so that nothing short of a gilt edge article of sport may be expect ed. The hour for the game has been mede 4 o'clock In order that all will have ample time to get to the grounds after the traditional abundant Christ mas dinner. SPECIAL SERMON SUNDAY Pastor Fred D. Hale to Speak on New Conditions of Prohibition. Instead of the regular sermon Sun day, night at the First Baptist church, Pastor Fred. -D. Hale will deliver an address on tha following subject: "The Going Out of the Licensed Sa loon; and the Coining In of the Blind Tiger." . The address will deal paxtiouilarly with the origin, purpose, principles and work of the recently organized "Law Enforcement League." i The invitation to the service la as , follows : Representatives . from ". all classes -of people are invited to hear thfe aifilress, Jews and Gentiles, Dem ocrats and Republicans, Prohibition ists, citizens of all shades of belief, a common;, brotherhood," will be Inter ested in a review of the city's history under the, reign of the Saloon and a study, of .the difficult problem of en forcing the Prohibition Law -. 4' , Regular Interest Period. of the People's Savings Bank beehur January 1st. If you' deposit novr -witht ; mis bank you . win reeeim your Inter : t i t I. I. .1 'i i I! 1 tot--; - v it ft , r - t ! ' ' :.. v.. '. ... - - v ' r 1, V t l - "t - a: "
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