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THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1909
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Founded A. D. 1867.
, Published by the
WILMINGTON STAR CO.
J. E. THOMPSON,
FTlce President and General Manager.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Entered as second-class matter at
the posoffice at Wilmington, N. C-
nder the Act of Congress of March
I.
Sunday, July IT, 19T)9.
WANTED A MAN TO GO TO CHINA.
The Government at Washington has
been quietly searching over the South
for a capable and well qualified repre
sentative man to be sent to China to
represent the United States as its
Minister to the Government at Pe
kin. The reason that a Southern man
is wanted for this mission is a logical
one, with a commercial end in view,
for our Government officials concede
that the South is more interested thau
the North in the selection of a Minis
ter to China. That concession is
based upon the tremendous commer
cial intercourse which has been estab
lished between the Southern cotton
manufacturing interests and the buy
ers of cotton goods in China. While
this trade goes to swell the annual
value of the commerce of the United
iStates it is more stictly Southern, and
consequently the promotion of the
South's trade with China naturally in
creases American commerce. The
United States Government as a matter
of course, desires to see our Chinese
trade greatly extended, and believes
that in the interest of increasing our
trade with China, a Southern man
would best be suited for the mission.
The Star has heretofore spoken on
this matter and has named its man
for Chinese Minister Mr. D. A. Tomp
kins, of Charlotte, N. C. The first
prerequisite for a Minister to any gov
ernment is that the man must be an
individual of accomplishments and at- j
tainments and possessing the tact and
qualifications of a diplomat. In that
respect Mr. Tompkins fills the bill
He can easily take care of the amen
ities between Governments but beyond
this qualification for the Chinese mis
sion, the Minister should be a man
earnestly, zealously and profoundly
interested in developing the commer
cial relations between the United
States and China. As a business man
who has made a colossal success and
as a manufacturer who has largely
brought about the ttfemendous and
marvelous development of the South,
Mr. Tompkins again fills the bill.
If the appointing power at Washing
ton looks over the Charlotte man, it
need look no further. We quite agree
to the proposition that in the inter
est of developing our . export trade in
cotton goods with China, possibly no
one thing could be of greater advant
age than our having on the ground as
American Representative, such a maa
as Mr. Tompkins, whose long experi
ence in and practical knowledge r.f !
cotton mill conditions, both South and
North, would preeminently fit him for
grasping an insight into a situation
that is now a puzzle, and work out by
diplomatic means in China and sug
gestive means at home, a large in
crease in American Commerce with
China. Mr. Tompkins possesses a
thorough knowledge of American
methods of manufacture, business, and
finance, and we doubt whether any
man in the United States is better
posted and fortified with statistics
than is Mr. Tompkins. He has the
creative and organizing abilities to
encourage business in and with China,
and it will be found that he is equip
ped with the initiative and the infor-i
mation upon which to base a mova
ment to increase the South's trade
with China and at the same time be an
inspiration to China in the develop
ment of manufacturing, railroad con
struction, commerce, etc., all of which
will work for the benefit of American
commerce.
Mr. Tompkins, in early life, served
an apprenticeship in the Bethlehem
Steel Works, studied engineering at
Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
N. Y., spent a while in Europe for the
Bethlehem Steel Works and later lo
cated at Charlotte, N. C, about the
time of the beginning of active inter
est in cotton manufacturing in the
South. He designed and supplied the
equipment for some one hundred
Southern cotton mills, and has, for a
long time, been most closely connected
with the textile industry. He is now
president of the Atherton Mills and
the High Shoals Company. Probably
his greatest achievement, however, has
been in the development of the cot
ton oil industry. He has designed and
built about 250 oil mills, and a large
number of these were not only design
ed, but were practically created by
He went into towns and inter-
' , . Kt ThP Norfolk-Landmark saysi .'Tie mu ciimDer; kju; uu r
have not been successful , from the be- Tfce notioi Jnanr .. . ft pedestrians to that extend Just
ginning. Almost every cotton oil mill philosopher Epicurus according to , ft macnIne that will get 'em on
in existence today Is planned along Seneca, made a great boast of having thQ flatpIttsburg Post,
lines-mapped out by him during the dined at a cost of one penny Wed, (Maria) do you remember that
fiff vpL Thid amounts nrac-Jlike to see Mm duplicate that feat In fi dinner you got up all by yourself
past fifteen years., This amounts prac j However, within the 'day I asked you to be mine?"
tically to the creation of this large tms cou y we Yes. indeed. George!" "Everything
industrv out of nothing, for the cotton , "IT T was snlendid." "I am sure it was
nractically tmknown mar "avc " "Ah, I wish your mother was living
tt-iic I . i.i rri, T.ee witn us now. Maria: rucn.
oil business was
except with the past 25 years
fact is mentioned to show his creative
and organizing ability. Many similar
circumstances could be shown.
Mr. Tompkins is a member and past
president of the American Cotton Man
ufacturers' Association, is a member
of the" National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, a past vice president
and now a member of the board and
executive committed of the National
Association of Manufacturers, a mm
ber of the American Asiatic Associa
tion, and was on its executive board
during the year 1908. He is a direc
tor in the Equitble Life Assurance
Society, having been appointed to this
office by the late Ex-President Grover
Cleveland, as trustee. He was also a
member of the United States Indus
trial Commission, having been appoint
ed by President McKinley. He has,
for many years, worked incessantly
for the upbuilding of American ex
port trade, particularly in cotton goods
but incidentally in all lines of manu
factures. He has occupied a broad
political position, which cannot now
appear prejudicial. He is known all
over the United States, probably bet-
ter than any other Southern man, out
side of Congress. He ranks high as
student and author and has written
very valuable technical and commer
cial books, among which are: "Cotton
Mill, Processes and Calculations;"
'Cotton Mill. Commercial Features; '
'Cotton Values in Textile Fabrics:"
'American Commerce, Its Expansion;"
'Cotton and Cotton Oil."
We have advocated the appointment
of Mr. Tompkins without considering
has politics, but because there Is not
within the range of our knowledge a
man in the South better equipped to
go to China for all the. purposes in
volved, v
Andrew Jackson, Samuel J. Tilden
and Grover Cleveland on "Democratic
Principles." The principles are all
right but when we "face a condition
and not a theory" the Democrats of
This Day and Time have to act accordingly.
"What is meant by the word lock
er?" inquires a newspaper. We are
not attorney for people in this prohi
bition country, but we merely state
that they can stand on their right to
decline to answer any question of an
incriminating character.
The automobile manufacturers seem
to be sure that we are facing another
period of great prosperity. They are
building 200,000 motor cars and are
satisfied that this country will next
year spend $200,000,000 for automo
biles. 3
Utility frocks, costing all the way
from $2.99 to $9.99, are said to be the
tendency. Our lady friends will be
gratified to know that the above fig
ures show that they can save a cent
on each frock.
Fortune Teller I can read that
there is to be a wreck in. your home,
and it will be caused by a blonde wo
man. Patron Oh, that has already
occurred. Our new Swedish maid left
the dumb waiter fall and broke all the
dishes. Baltimore American,
"We don't have dinner in the mid
dle of the day 'at our boarding house
any more." "You have lunch, I sup
pose?" "No, luncheon." "Well, that's
the same thing." "Oh, no, it isn't
Lunch is a light dinner, and luncheon
is a light lunch." Puck.
It is to be hoped that Governor Joe
Brown, of Georgia, doesn't keep that
gourd at his watercooler just because
he was once goaded to desperation by
the recent Gov. Hoke Smith.
A girl can get away with a "con
tract physician" by requiring him to
enter into a marriage contract In or
der to make it more binding.
THE BUSINESS REVIVAL.
Honeyed words from some people
often cause the victims of their flat
tery to have bitter experiences.
Rocky Mount, N. C, July 9. The
proposition settled upon by the com
mittee, who have the Castalia-Rocky
Mount railroad matter under discus
sion, has presented the facts, exactly
what each town may be expected to
do, to Mr. W. L. Groom, manager of
the Tar River Iimber Co- and also
manager of the Rocky Mount and
Northern railroad. In accordance
with this proposition Mr. Groom is
having this territory between his pres
ent road and the town of Castalia gpno
over with several preliminary surveys
and after this data is secured some
estimate of the building expense, and
operation of the road will be made,
and he has promised to report to the
committee within the next sixty days
whether or not he can accept th's
proposition. In the instance that he
can, it is expected the work on the
continuation of the road will begm
in the early fall. The town of Cas
talia has already called an election for
passing upon the bond issue, the
date of the election being on August
seventh, Saturday. The committee
from that place state that there are
about one hundred and twenty voters
in the township and it is thought that
there will be little trouble in carrying
he election, and that it will pass with
but few opposing votes.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Heart Disease Its cause and cure.
Heart disturbances and diseases are
usually caused by indigestion. So
closely related are the heart and
They are charging Mr. Taf t, like stomach that derangements of the di-
Roosevelt, with stealing Democratic I gestive organs always affect the heart
thunder and appropriating it to his
party's use. Who blames a man from
taking advantage of a good thing?
"I T T
After the worst panic that this
. 0lxli.0 , stress upon the subject of good roads.
being wide-spread disaster and busi-j Never was there such an awakening
ness stagnation, all the indications , to the importance of good public nigh-! strain and thus cure heart
now point to a vigorous revival of ways as has been felt in this State ( Robt. R. Bellamy.
business and another period of pros-' auf.mg past yea SS?nUe8
L uo . rnriTi or hnnHo frw rnnn miimlmr curt in
If the digestive organs continue un
healthy long, the heart may become
diseased. Make your digestive organs
healthy by using Rydale's Stomach
Tablets. They will soon establish nor
mal healthy action in the -digestive
tract and relieve the heart from all
disease.
perity.
The circumstances seem to favor at
least a return to normal conditions,
the first factor in which is that the
country has raised an enormous crop
of grain, for which there is steady and
increasing demand in Europe. This! cents and earns $1.75 an acre
every community interest is growing
in the subject. Charlotte News.
According to reports from Europe,
the State" of Wuerttemberg, Germany,
spends yearly $2.05 an acre on its for
ests, and secures a yearly net revenue
of $6.60 an acre. France spends 95
This
Forget
your troubles take a trip to the pier.
Boat leaves 5:15 P. M., 15 cents round
trip. jul 1 tf
"Poet and Peasant."
by the Lumina Orchestra tonight.
means nrosneritv fnr th Waster i means a very nanasome proni
- r i- iivoiwu,., . n,... x 1 At II
cne state- ioresis, put me conservation
of the water supply, the prevention of
Be sure to see it, the Flag Dance
from j tomorrow night.
grain producers, while the outlook for
the cotton growers is equally as good.
It is true that it is conceeded that the
cotton crop will be under the average,
hardly large 'enough to meet the de
mands for consumption, while weather
conditions still seriously threaten fur
ther damage to the growing crop, but
under these conditions the price of
the staple has steadily advanced,
showing recent gainsvof nearly $20 a
the washing away of the forest floor
and the denudation of the hill-slopes
and the maintenance of our water
poyers would represent infinitely
greater profits to our farmers and the
manufacturers. Columbia State.
Examination of the $93,000,000
treasury deficit for the fiscal year just
ended shows plainly that it was not
decrease of revenues but extrava
gance in expenditures which has in
volved the government in trouble. The
bale. Hence we observe that while : total receipts from all sources were
the Southern farmer will raise less ' actually 3'250'000 larger than for the
t,vr, i, mi w . preceding year, but at the same time,
cottonhe will get good prices and will , the total expenditures had increased
come in for his share of the prosper- $37,000,000. Although there was a de
ity. That the demand for cotton will flcit' of $60,000,000 for the fiscal year
increase to a great extent is assured 1908' Mr Roosevelt refused to counsel
w o I. . , . . , I economy. On the contrary, he urged
by the fact that the spindles both in ! Congress to increase appropriations i
xne Unitea states and Riirnnp hnro .nil nlnnf tia Tin nnrJ wno rlica n-nrvi-n-K I
' enormously increased," as the story
comes from Wall street, making it cer-
ed because It voted less money for -jingoism
and flighty sociological ex-1
tarn that there will be a scramble by ;is paylng the penalty of his predeces-
" diaui l ui up mat uie sor a iinanciai mcapaci ty ana lack of
South is to gather to supply the tex- "business sense. New York World,
tile world. On the last lap of the course of
This makes us optimistic, and there e special session of Congress, and
is further ground for it in Dun's week- 'Z In JhTr'ltt
ly report, published in The Star yes- demands, one by one the highly objec-
terday morning. Dun & Co. report tionable features of the tariff revision
that "no one can now question the nave been snaked back into the run-
ninrr Aimtn tl ,
substantial character of the revival in ctV 4hViT 11 miumium-maximum
. . . . . . . , : ! section, with the vermiform appendix,
the iron and steel trade which is rap- j known as the customs-court section.
idly rising to high-water levels," while nas "been trotted out and is running
plenty of money at low interest toge-neck"a"neck witn tne revolutionary;
ther with an unprecedented yield of lPp?!!0n T!8 ,K biJ1 t i
,1C1U U1 comes law with those features in it i
gram makes sure of trade revival, its title will have to be amended by
which indeed in mid-Summer is such cutting out the words "to provide rev- j
WE ARE IN FULL SWING
repairing all kinds of damaged, old
and rickety vehicles, and notice
how much longer their life would
have been if they were only
brought here in time. Don't al
low your carriage or wagon to drop
all to pieces at once like the
"Deacon's one hoss shay," but
keep It good for years by bringing
it to Brown's.
J. O. BROWN
Phone 284.. .. .
jul 7 tf
as to be considered remarkable.
The one thing to be dreaded, how
ever, is that under the Aldrich tariff
bill, there will be a further inflation
of prices on all the commodities neces
sary to the living of the people. As
enue, equalize duties and encourage
the industries of the United States,"
and leaving only the words, "for other
purposes." The new title ought to read
"to discourage commerce with other
countries, to create Increasing annual
deficits in revenue from customs du
ties, to discourage American Indus-
an evidence of it, there has already I tries and to arm the Federal Govern-
Deen runner advances in the price of ment wth ft power over the Individual
leather.
him.
The county or State which does not
build good roads as rapidly as they
can, will have no surprise coming to
them if people "take their clothes and
go." People are going where they
can get decent transportation facili
ties furnished by good road which
make it easy and less expensive to go
to market Pokey counties can "put
this in their pipe and graokejt down
to the nicotine.
citizen greater than that of any des
pot," Manufacturers' Record.
TWINKLINGS.
French women have brought pres
sure to bear on the Chamber of Depu
ties to repeal the act declaring that
the wife owes obedience to her, hus
band.
Mid Wabash How delightfully ;
your iter plays? Miss Waldo -Why, I
my dear that's the man in the back
parlor tuning the piano Ldfe. r I
"What Is a chauffeur, Hans ?" "A, '
chauffeur is a man who is smart
enough to run an auto, but too smart
to own one." Kansas City Journal. j
Gus What did you think of Our
amateur theatricals. Miss Mamie? Ra-
tner a rare entertainment, was It not?
Miss Mamie Well er yes; it wasn't
very well done, to be sure. Harper's
Bazar. '
"Since you have insisted on trying
on my nai, miss Maoei, i snail certain-
All Mnds of . Base
Ball Goods for all
loads of base 'ball
players. ;: :: ::
Reach's Goods Are
Guaranteed.
J.W,
6 COMPANY.
MURCHISON
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Bargain Feal for This Week.
LADIES' HATS
In "Jap" rough Straw A silk Band Mushroom Sailor in black and
colors, a $1.00 beauty, TO,
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this week
Extra, sizes
49o
Summer trimmed Hats, two hundred to pick from, of AA
$2.00 and $3.00 value. This week -.tlPl.VV
All of our 75c and 50c Shapes, O CJr
This week ,.....
All $1.00 and $1.50 Shapes CAp
This week JUL
All $1.50 and $2.00 Shapes, QQr
This week 70L
We trim free of charge when hat and material are purchased from
us.
Rubber Bath Caps 10c
Best quality and style 25c
Lawn Baby Caps 10c and up
Children's Socks in colors of 10c and 15c valne 5c
Children's Dress of the celebrated "K. anl E." make of splendid qual
ity and perfect fit, selling Qr
this week for w Zs
SOMETHING NEW.
"Creepers" for the little "Tots" every mother is de- EJftr
lighted who uses them O VL
Rompers for boys and girls, $1.00 values, COr
this week for JC
Beautiful line of Ladies' Tailor made suits, as these must be closed
out we are selling this week 1 X
as low as, per suit '. JJ) X TrO
SPECIAL SALE ON VAL. LACES.
All 5c Lace, this week 3c
All 7c lace, this week 4c
All 10c lace, this week ,5c
Black "Sterling" Petticoats of straight $1.50 QQ
value, this week C3C
Ladies Wash Dresses, good material, best work- fa -f t a
manship and latest styles tJJ)AA
All children's Dresses of straight $1.00 value,
this week
Ladies' bleached Undervests, full size, tape neck and
sleeve, selling this week, 2 for ,
75c
15c
A few pieces of 38-inch "Glasgow Linen Skirting, will be -t f
sold this week for AvIC
....18c
...18c
15c
A small lot of 25c Flaxon
this week for
The balance of our 25c white "Batiste" will be sold
this week for
A beautiful white "Rep" for skirts, special
this week at
Small lot of colored Batiste, in gray, navy, Nile green, 25c goods,
limited quantity to each -t f
customer X2V
MEN'S SHIRTS.
We have 200 dozen "Negligee" shirts of 75c value we bought at a
bargain and will sell at a bargain,
you can get them for OC-
Don't buy your trunk until you have seen those are have just got
ten in.
Anything you need in the mosquito net line.
Lowest prices on Mason Fruit Jars.
GEO. O. GYLOI&D'S
BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
. 210, 212, 214 IM FRONT ST.
Your Losfc
my
and
03glfi(S)lf,
N. JACOBI HARDWARE COMPANY
PHONES 98 and 1310.
je 29-tf.
Having agreed with the manufacturers to discontinue our jobbing
department and support the warehouse, we will close out at once
about
35,000 Worth off Cheap & Medium Furniture
Lamps, Toilet Sets, Matting, Pictures, Rugs, Window Shades, Chairs,
Rockers, Tables, etc, at wholesale price, for cash.
Please remember this means cash when goods are bought.
To merchants we will sell; all or any jart of this stock at whole
sale cost, for cash. The atfove applies only1 to good' from our whole
sale department.
WILMINGTON FURNITURE COMPANY
Garrell Bulldlnjg ' " Second and Princess Streets.
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mgnt nere is where we line up ,17 claim the forfeit." "I don't know
they can 6ee us
ested the people in the building of
an oil mill crnf. lin tVi o cnVmir,4.!.
to stock, etc., and it is considered re-!",," Zi T'.-Z '.m. as. "from the hotel."-Liie
. fcB nKauiBunem sucn & dent tHat
wifh our French sisters, for that lawlwhat you mean, sir;, and, besides, this
is a great imnositioTi thom ltsni a good. place;
inarkable thatnniv nHrktif five f v, .. '
. , Wi -tney will never be able to pay It
"You
course?"
want a speedy car, of
"You bet." "How about a
CHANG OP PROGRAMMF
- DAILY.
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CYPRESS
SHINGLES
The Largest Stock in the City.
WALL PLASTER, PLASTER PARIS, FIRE BRICK
FIRE CLAY, ROCK LIME, ASBESTOS.
LATHS, RUBBER ROOFING, HAIR,
BUILDING PAPER, PORTLAND CEMENT,
CHIMNEY PIPE,1 ' WOOD, AND'XOAL.
W. B. THORPE & CO.
Phone 789.
Office, Foot Ann St.
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