'i.i-'-r: V i I mm JUT mm 1j -r ill if Hflrfc y TO 1111 1 Ill;- -IMS ."I Hi 1 IK it5 Hi' 1 mi Mm - 1l Ml s KLGE TWO THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1909 gggggggfgggtiutKKKKBKf 1 i . . . , . D)5 WMi Wiomtna 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 "4 e JSS-tL- 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, : : J 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. je29tf0 f." ;?mj?-r.v .f.fvf-f" ('ff- S '-' S. C ? ?ViV ::; !) fKt v v , to--- .i.l -"" ' " " "" ' ' "' ' ' " ' " P " """ " " " ' '" '" "' " 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. BIJOU NJtVJEII OUTI NVEII w 5 Conto. OVft 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. 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