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The Weekly. Star. V Spirits Turpentine. Laurinburg Exchange: .Col. R, ; V . PUBLISHED AT -' j 1, il IN C.TON, -M. C, AT . T. Bennett is one of the mostgeloquent -speakers that we baVe ever beard when he - - tv SO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. g85888888S8 " ggsssssssssssssss ' ssssssssssssiissi SoSsSSSSSSSSSSSSS S2SSgg8S8SSgS883 . gS88SSS8SSS3SSSS8 Xoa s 3 3 s g 5 g gj s a g g g 82SSeS8SS8SS8S8.88, SSgSoS8S88S8 :s - . , ..... J ,JT - f . : "'. . : '.. Si :::i::::::::s: rmtered at the Post Office atTWllmlngton, N. C,7 tniere Seoond clasg Katter.1 ,...,.-vL - : SUBSCRIFTION PRICE, The subscri6tion price of the Weekly Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.60 fi months." " - 1.00 6 months, .... 3 months ' IKOKE CONCERNING THE BIOJIlOlVIV - ; : .60 SEW Oar Southern exchanges are hav- "d more or less to say .of the cotton seed oiJ monopoly to which we re ferred a few days ago. The Ameri can Oil Trust Company , is catching it, and the Southern planters will not tamely yield to this new enemy that threatens so much of "evil to the cotton interests. -It is now given oat that it has gone to work and by an outlay" of only some $3,000,000 it has bought np all of the cotton seed oil mills, and has capitalized them at a sum amounting to some $35,000,- 000. lo enow what this means we copy from the letter of a Mobile cor respondent of the West Alabamian. The writer says: "The State of Alabama now produces 425 .000 tot 3 of cotton seed annually, and could sell 300,000 tons, worth at the former ra'e-$3. 000,000. and at the present onenntr only 1.500 000. If the State only sells 100,000 t ns the net loss under the new management wilt be $500,000 poured into the swollen coffers of an utterly unscrupu lous monopoly. It is the same method as Jay Gould's with the Western Union Tele er&Dh and his many railroad systems. Toey are generally capitalized at four times their cost, ana the trade ana laoor oi me country taxed to cover dividends upon the purely EcUtiou3 stock If this new giant monopoly suc ceeds, as it probably will, in getting coutrol of the whole cotton seed pro duct in the South, it will have a bo nanza that will rival the Standard Oil Company, and the American Oil "Trust Company will become the greatest Robber. Baron of the cen-! tury. The cotton planters mast combine: and fight this huge, crushing monop oly .at every turn. . We -doubt if the ; suggestion of Edward Atkinson, the well known economist of Boston, will do. His proposition is to build central ginneries with oil mills at tached. He says: - - ' iiy doing this a saving of 90 per cent. trio be made in Use cost of gins, as 10 per cent, of the gins, if properly arranged, are; sufficient to cin tbe entire cron. Again, by4 i !, r, lnrnntfr if biiiK tm u thin J. err. together with skilled labor to supenn i-.'uJ the ginning, the crop of 1886 87 would bring at least thirty trillion dollars more; than it will sell for a now ginned. This sura added to the loss on the seed would make the cotton farmer of the South, what his occupation entitles him to be, a prince la the land. The outlay and multiplication of mills may prove "a drawback. Bat whatever plan may be adopted, it is certain that some prompt steps must be takjen, or the planter will be rob-f bed of vast sums by this monopoly; If all of the seed must be sent to the mills of the American Oil Trust Company it must .be sent at such price as said Company shall dictate; This means vast loss to the planters mg will thow how im portar.t it is that the cotton seed be utilized at a proper valuation. We quote from the Augusta Chronicle, "The New Orleans Times Democrat com-' putes tbe aggregate yield of cotton seed for at 3.0UU.000 tons. Of this J5 per cent., or 40U.0U0 tons, will be crushed; 5 per cent., or 150.000 tons, will be required for planting, making a t.ntnl nf Ann OftO tnnn that comes to any legitimate use, leaving a twacce ot a.4UU,otu toes that is practically waaiea. uur eontemnor&rv makes the point that if this seed was manufactured by me men who produce it, and all of the pro auct (except the . oil) used by them. Jit wculd be worth millions of dollars to- tbe South." I Capitalists will find in Mr. Atkin son s suggestion opportunities for the nse itf part of their money. Let them build the ginneries and oil mills for the farmers or lend money i to do it. The Chronicle pertinently says: - , 'Mr. Atkinson has shown them how! to restore the 'King to his throne and how' to Ula&e In f IT? P I VPa nrfuiuvniid nnnrtliiFB Ine South could tret rirh onnnah bv fit.rtn- ping leaks, a iot thot iota can nnn . 000 in one product pvptv vmr nnirht to be stODDed immorliotAtn 1$ mamma T I , We had the pleasure of a visit from v?aj. Gen. Cullen Battle, ! of Alabama formorlv. but now I of , j , . Wadesboro, this Slate. He is a dis tinguished Confederate, and . is i of good North Carolina stock. His father was Dr. - Cullen Battle,; of Edgecombe. Gen. Battle is fthe agent for Gen. Long's forthcoming ue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, ithe knightliest soldier of the world. With Carlisle, Morrison, Hewitt, Tucker, Barbour, Bennett and other eading, 1 brainy men in the present House left on t of t.bo norh Honnethe Oemocrats will lacW for leaders of experience and high , ability. 1 Of course there will be still some men of tnis kind left, but it will make a reat "tank to have these able men ' re moved, i VOL. XVIII. ; HINTS A!TTO BE1LTH. An elaborate paper copied into the North Carolina Medical Journal for October upon the exercise of the military drill is unfavorable. It is not the amount of exercise bat the postare of the soldier that is objected to. It is very essential to : obtain exercise for health, and it is probably true that the best way to secure it is not. by the military drill. The wo men of the South do not as a general thing lake enough outdoor exercise. They frolio enough, but that is not healthful. What they need is regu lar outdoor exercise, and .the best is walking. It is much 'more invigo rating and health giving to walk two - miles than to rido six miles. It is really a wonder, that" rich and fash ionable women live to the ages they do knowing how very little exercise they take. They at least who refuse gymoafiinmt to walk ought to fiaVe a and they ought to exercise with In- dian clubs and take all the ; experi- ences of athletes and scullers. , - Just here, let us say that the fe-1 male 6ohools as a general thing are not sufficiently alive to the question of proper physical exercise for the pupils. There Cannot be any doubt as to the great benefits accivuing from a well regulated gymnasium. Every female school in the land should have one and proper instruction should be given. It is . believed - that such a course would prevent many of those maladies that prematurely afflict so many American women. Every Southern girl or woman should make it a rule to take some outdoor exercise whenever the wea ther allows. The English women can teach our women a needed lesson in this matter. The daughters of the first women in England will put on shoee laoed up high and thick as men's heavy boots, and will walk in the rains or dews or-mud by the mile. An American some years ago gave this account: He was at or near one of the English lakes. Every morning he saw at an early hour two female equestrians pass his hotel at a rapid rate, a man accompanying but riding at some distance in the rear. He inquired who they were. He was told they "were the daughters of Duke somebody, nd that they took a gallop every morning of twelve . miles . before the regular breakfast hour. Let our girls and matrons take more healthful exer cise and they will have less use for the doctors andfof trips away." ? In malarial countries let them avoid the night air and as far as possible the midday sun. Take exercise early in the morning by 8 o'clock say but always take a cup of tea. or coffee and some light food before going out. CI.BAni.lNE8H NEXT TO GODU- NESB." It is claimed that Mr. Wesley is not tbe author of the saying given above. Very well," it will do for a text all the same. Cleanliness is absolutely essential to health. This beiner an established fact, the use of soap is a positive essential. The Augusta Chronicle is responsible for the statement that the Bulgarians are never bathed but twice at birth and death. Too much water, how ever, is" not healthful. ; You can over do the bathing business. Some peo ple have a mania for dabbling in water. . But if bathing is essential to clean liness and cleanliness is essential to health, surely soap is essential to cleanliness. This being so, it is very imnortant that the right kind of soap should be used. The subject is important and is worthy of an ex pert.' So we fall back on an author ity. Dr. Atchison, uae many otner men of science, is no great believer in the highly perfumed soaps that are so much sought after. He says: "Mnnnfftfttiirers to-dav convert so many ..tipici intn tnnn that were never intended ... Mr - , in h mrnnts In cleansing the body, and cover the diseased germ in the soap.with norfnmfi. that l am strong in me oeuvi tutu mfttlC M Our BKin Uisease Uto vubii vnigm . J! L.M ttlf.111 AMAtfl from this source.. I would advise you to use the castile soap, aa I believe it to be the purest, and shun by all means- all perfumed Boaps; Again, we find offered for sale nu- mormiB cn-rdiififi meaicaiea soan cutuojiu soap, tar soap, &c. It is impossible to get a sumcient amount oi tne active piiuuiv of these agents in the soap w ne oi any hnneflt. so thev are. I think, worse than useless. The Chronicle says a departed physician of eminence in Augusta "was of opinion that the Romans and Greeks were sensible when they Oiled the body after it had been sub jected to bathing aad soaping. He did not believe in the too frequent use of soap in the bath .unless there was an unction used upon the body to replace somewhat . the oils : ab' stracted from the skin." This is in strnctive." We hope all concerned will avail themselves of the informa tion thus gleaned. . 1 Now let us add a bit of testimony of the highest kind as to the fine soaps. One of the best physicians in Wilmington gives us this informa tion. He was in New York a winter or so ago and was present when one of the greatest possibly the : very greatest chemists of, that city ana lyzed specimens of every nne soap upon the market.. The result was this: Lubin's fine 15 cents a cakev soap was about the worst doctored, the most impure, of all, Colgate's delightful "Cashmere boquet" con tained a .considerable amount of terra cotta. And so on with all the fine scented soaps. There was one soap, and but one; that was found to be pure among all- the toilet prepara tions. He held a cake of it up and said "Mothers - should never use upon their children any other soap but this, for . it is pure. I never use myself any other," As we do not propose to advertise a soap in our editorial columns, ' we withhold the name, but will : give it privately . to any who wish to know. ' " : The . lesson is, bathe, but not too often; use pure 6oap, and then an unction . i Remember, that for health cleanliness i an essential. ; i ; " We 8hore6Sv.lonff i;a2o bv comoar- Ing'- tbiej censua" of lSSftjarithlUie. actual vote polled in North Carolina tnat somtf forty1' thousand or more males over 21 years old failed to vote even in a Presidential year. This year there must have been 75,000 or more electors who failed to exercise their rights, and of these probably 60,000 were Democrats. General neglect, a failure to dis charge duty, has wrought the ruin that -it will require a great and pro longed struggle to repair. ... "T;. Col. Morrison was defeated mainly by a delage of money .furnished - by the Protectionists of Pennsylvania. A dispatch from Chicago to the New York Star says: 'It is claimed that Baker's campaign cost $65,000, Boe-third of. which was do nated by fittsburg prosectiomsts. As a rule the farmers and merchants sup ported Col. Morrison, but the laboring element not talked into the Baker ranks were purchased outright. Many of tbe miners at O'Fallon who manifested a de sire to remain away from the polls were given their cottages rent free for tbe winter on condition of supporting Baker. " Gen. Basil Duke, one of the editors of the Southern Bivouac, is out in a card denying that he is about to commit a breach of confidence lh pub lishing in the Bivouac the Thompson papers relating to what is known as the Northwestern conspiracy. He says the time has come when the whole story can be told without an noyance or injury to any one. 1 ne Bivouac would do well not to have a hand in the publication. The Philadelphia Times, that has been straddling on-the Tariff for some weeks, now that it has received the returns has got down on the Pro tection side. The Times often crab- bles . in its politics although other wise a bright, newsy paper. The New York Star says it has investigated tbe foreign correspon dence of the World and says the "letters appearing from week to week in the columns of tbe World over the signatures of Messrs. Yates and La bouchere are simply forgeries." The Irish at home are united. They are determined as one man to resist all attempts at eviction. This gives a very serious turn to the Tory Cabinet troubles. The Irish desire to avoid collisions, but they will resist ejectment at every turn. - In the language of Festus in the scrip tures "at a more convenient season we will call upon thee." The spirit is willing but the flesh, is weak. UyncwurQ Virginian. The language or tne Acts is "When I have a convenient season, I will call for thee." It is well enough to be accarate in quoting : the . Bible. A gentleman writes to as , to re quest the press of the State to urge a public collection for the Oxford Or phan Asylum wherever religious ser vices are conducted on Thanksgiving day. A good hint and we hope the brethren will take it. It is said now that Henry George got about twine as many Democratic as ; ltepuDiican votes tor mayor. w .... . mf ' Does that mean, that Democrats -of New York are more Socialistically inclined than the Republicans are? He is a happy Democrat in spite of disaster who has the consciousness of doing his full duty "to Ins party on last Tuesday. How about the "Don't . ..... r . Cares?" The Prohibitionists defeated the Democratic ticket in Guilford and the Knights of Labor played havoc in tbe Wake and the Fourth District. Scarcity of steam Tonnage, . The Boteviile is the only steamship now loading cotton at this port, and but one the Everest Is reported on the way hither. All the Southern - ports complain of the lack of steam tonnage, which fact explains the large stocks of cotton on hand at Savannah and other ports awaiting ship ment, Freight rates at 3avannah, in con sequence, are now 20 per cent, higher than they were in the middle of September. The cause of this scarcity of steam tonnage ia said to be the advance in grain rates from the Black Sea ' and India. This carrying trade is very brisk -' now and all the bes steamships are busy. . . The insurance and premium on vessels are less from the Black Sea than from America, and they can carry much larger cargoes out of the Black Sea. The coaling stations in the Black Sea and Mediterranean are close together, and the coal bunkers that would, have to be filled with fuel on this side are filled with cargo on (he other. WILMINGTON, C, FRIDAY, "NOVEMBER 12, -A Deserved .Tribute. Capt. James Knight, so long "and so prominently connected with the "Wilming ton and Weldon Railroad, was the recipient last evening of a handsome tribute from Mr. W. T. Walters, a director of the com pany. All the prominent officials of the Atlantic Coast Line, and all employe of the system located here, assembled in the large dining room of tbe Coast Line at the depot and the throng was augmented by the presence, of a number of ladies and prominent citizens of Wilmington. - Hon. Geo. Davis presented the testimonial to Capt." Knighton behalf of Mr. Walters, and alluded feelingly to his own knowledge of the recipient's worthiness as well as to the significance of the compliment coming from such a source. Mr. Davis' speech was of course in'every way admirable and felicitous, and Mr. Walters is to be con gratulated on having fo able and distin guished a representative. , Hon. R. R. Brfdgcrs responded on behalf of Capt Knight, and made a feeling refer , ence to his own relations with the recipient, alluding to Capt.: 7 Knight's long service i sad unequalled ' record- ad returning thanks both to Mr. Walters and Mr. Davis for the matter and the manner of their compliments. ' The testimonial is in the shape of a hand some, elegantly embossed Bilver pitcher and salver with tbe engraving of an engine and tender, and the letters "W. & W.'R. R.," inscribed on the latter. ' The salver bears also the inscription wbicb is undoubtedly of all, most highly pr.zed by Captain Knight: CAPTAIN JAMBS KNIGHT, From His Friend ' W. T. Walters. A testimonial to bis "never having been found wanting" during half a century's Railroad service. Oct 1886." -" After the speeches and while the guests were examining the testimonial. Mr. T. D. Mann, Superintendent of the ' Atlantic Coatt Line Restaurants, and Mr. P. E. Kiley, Manager of the Dining Saloon here, served an elegant repast, .during which nu merous-toasts were . drank to tbe good health and long life of James Knight, the vetcran and popular railroad man. Another Earthquake Shock. A decided shock of earthquake was ex perienced in W-lmington yesterday after noon, about 13.25 o'clock. It was felt by people indoora in all parts of the city, causing many persons to run from their dwellings into tbe streets. The duration of the shock is variously estimated at from five to fifteen seconds; the movement be ing trom nortneast to sou tn west, it is said by some to have been tbe most severe shock experienced since the heavy one on the night of the 31st of August. A faint rumbling noise preceded the tremor, but was not observed by people generally. 'At Tileston Academy the shock caused tnch fright among tbe children that the princi pal dismissed the school for the day. It was reported that plastering was shaken .down in one of the rooms.' The violence of the shock was also said to have cracked the walls of several brick buildings about town, but it was ascertained" upon inquiry that the cracks referred to were in exist ence before the shake. A crack . in the front wail of the building on the northeast corner of Market and Water streets, how ever, was considerably widened and length ened by the shock. - At the gas bouse a colored man came near beii g buried alive by an avalanche of coal that was t-haken down from a pile near which he was working. At Smithville, the shock was quite severe. The Signal Service observer reported that nearly all the people ran out of their houses iu great alarm Crockery and glass ware on their tables rattled, and buildings were shaken. The colored population of the place have resumed their religious exercises which had been suspended since the last Bbake. Breezy Weather A Cold Wave. A storm set in last night about nine o'clock. The wind sprang up suddenly about that hour from the west and blew with increasing violence: registering at about half-past nine o'clock twenty-five miles an hour. The streets were filled with clouds of dust that hurried busy shop pers homeward, and caused store-keepers to clogs -their door3 Overhead the eky was filled with : thrcileoiog clouds that went scudding by without a drop of moist ure falling. But by 10 o'clock the skies were overcast and a gentle steady rain set in. The ba rometer. as reported at the Signal Office, at 10 o'clock, ' registered 29.87,; with the wind from the vest. At Smithville, at the same hour, the barometer was 29.89 and the wind from the southwest, blowing at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. Farther south higher barometer, north westerly winds and cooler weather pre vailed, while north, along the coast, the ba rometer was lower with high northwesterly winds. At Capo Henry the birometer was 29 75, a thunder storm prevailing at 10 o'clock, with heavy rain, and the wind blowing from the northwest at the rate of fifty-six miles an hour Tbe maximum recorded up to that Lour was sixty miles an hour. No reports were received from Hat- teras and Kitty Hawk, the telegraph wires being down.: ;- The barometer at the Wilmington Sta tion rose seven -.hundredths of an inch be 'tween 10 and ' 11 o'clock indicating that the worst of tbe storm had passed. A cold wave was approaching from the Northwest, and its effects began to be felt at a late hour last night. Yesterday morn ing the temperature at Bismarck, Da., was 20 degrees, at St.' Paul, Minn.,' 24, Chicago 27, Buffalo, N. Y.; 83, Cincinnati 85r and Memphis. Tenn., 40. By 10 o'clock last night, the cold wave had extended south to the Gulf of Mexico and to the eastward as far as Charlotte, N. C," where the tempera ture registered 89 degrees. At the Same hour Augusta, Ga., reported the mercury at 48, ' Mobile, "Ala,, '48, Montgomery 43, and Norfolk, Va., 44 " The: temperature at the same time in Wilmington registered 63 degrees. Cotton Keeeipta. The receipts of cotton at this port, from the 1st of September up to yesterday are 10,500 bales In excess of receipts for the corresponding period last - year; the total number of hales being 60,339, against 49, 839 in 1885. The receipts' for the past week were 6.645 bales, against 8.869 bales revived during the corresoonding week J. A ANA last year; enowing an increase oi o,o bales.; A iL - , . THE 8TATK. NEW .' HANOVER- (Official.) . - 5 CONQBBSSMAH. . , " . . -v, 2 f " Rowland. Mavo. Jones 1st Ward, lstDiv....-50- - 110 00 2d Div.i. 48 - . 94 "- 00 " -SrdDiv.i:. 23 75 00 2d Ward.. ..;.247- -,.28 -!00r 8rd Ward::; . . .'. : . . .263 ' 61 00 4th Ward :: 1.283 V 53 " . 00 5th; Ward, ..lst-Div., 49 . . .250 00 1 " 3d DiV.. 85 - 122 . 00 Cape Fear...,. : 21 : , 45 117. Harnett... 4:..'..,"48 -. 497'. 97 Masonboro.... 25 , 00 6 : Federal . Point 8 : ' 12 t - 46 Total. .V-... 1030 896 286 CONSTABLES V ' '-'.. . Wilmington Township T.: O. Bunting. deml843; R. F. Holmes, i ep.", 1275; D. B Fulton, labor, 778. - - - " -- .Cape Fear John Pleasant, 87; M .: G. Chadwick, 26,. ... . L ' Harnett John :T. Hancock. 44; J.'Al Hewlett, 110; R. Ff Holmes. 1. , , Masonboro James Elder,' 56 .t ; .' .. .' :; Federal1 Point John - Rogers,- 2; H.B. Williams, 69.' ; . ., - ' . EaniSAl,' " ASSEMBLY. . . - . Senate-Huggins.' dem., 951; Lockey, rep , 1.6U2; uopkins, labor, 911. House of - Representatives Waddell, dem., 1,148; Reilly, dem.,; 923; Holloway, rep.,' 1,588; Howe; rep. and labor. 1,784; Spooner, labor, 922. JUDICIAL. Democratic ticket, 1,067; Republican ticket, 1.537. . ... ... BRUNSWICK. Smithvillb, Nov. 4 The following are? omcial majorities: Swain, for mem ber of the House, 125; Sutton, Senate, 118; Taylor,- sheriff, 241; Galloway, treasurer. 109; Ruark, register 158; Ross, clerk, 18. All Republicans, Later advices show that W. S. Dosher, dem.,'. was elected clerk in Brunswick county by a majority of 2 votes over Ross, rep. . ;" LINCOLN. . Lihcolnton, November 4. The entire Democratic ticket in -Lincoln county is elected. Col. Cowlea runs 56 ahead of bis previous vole. Our State Senator is elect ed by a handsome majority. X: PENDER. BuBGAW,t November 4 Pender elects a complete Republican ticket. For the Legislature Robert M. Croom beats James F. Moore .by 298 majority. For Sheriff, E. . M. Johnson beau A. G. Ward, (present incumbent by 10 majority. For Clerk of Court. Jno. B. Moore. endorsed by Republicans, beats J. N. Henry 152 votes. For Register of Deeds, A E. Tay lor (present incumbent) beats R. N. Blood- worth 215 votes. ,- For the Senate, Lockey's majority over Huggins is 150. Republi cans are elected to all the other offices. . ', BLADEN. Unofficial advices from Bladen county report the election of Wescott, Republican, for sheriff by a majority of eight. RANDOLPH. AsiiEBOno, Nov. 4. The Democrats carry this county by 500 to 700 majority. - WAKE. Baleigtv November 5. The official vote of Wake county gives Buxton, rep for Chief Justice, 4,801; Smith, dem 3,570. Associate Justices Republicans, 4.798; Democrats, 3,577. Superior Court Judges Bullock, and the rest of the Re publican ticket. 4.797: Connor, and the other Democrats, 3.571. Solicitor Fourth Judicial District T. M. Argo, rep., 4.859; Swift Galloway, dem., 8,517. Congress- Nichols, rep.. 5,086; Graham, dem., 3.408. Legislature Senate Terrell, rep, 4, Jones, dem , 3.483. House Hoover, col. rep., 4,458; Mangum, rep., 4.957; 8orreIl, rep., 4.961; Temple, rep., 4,925 ;Blanchard, dem., 3.486; Lumsden, dem., 3,663; Stamps, dem, 3.411; Strickland, dem , 3,423, County Officers Rogera, rep., elected sheriff by 992 majority ;. Adams, rep., regis ter of deeds,by 826; Wynne, rep., treasurer. by 1,187; Adams, rep., surveyor, by 1,288; Upchurch, rep., Snnerior Court clerk, by 1,771. . - . . MONTGOMERY. Tbot, November 3. IneompleUtTeturns show that W. R. Harris, dem., ia elected Clerk of Superior Court; M. B. Laesiter, dem., Treasurer; N. M. Thayer, dem.. Sur veyor. It is probable that P. C. Saunders, dem., is elected by a small majority over Allen Jordan, rep , to tbe Legislature. The Democratic candidate fer Senator, Capt. S. T. Usher, is beaten in this county by a small majority, but Richmond is supposed to more than make up the deficiency ne cessary to elect. ' It was a hard fight in this county for an off year. - - CHATHAM. The official vote of Chatham county is as fellows: ' Chief Justice Smith, dem., 1,906; Bux ton, rep., 1,409. ; Congressmen Graham, dem., 1,724; Nichols, rep., 1,586 Solici torLong, dem ; 1,904; Strayhorn, rep., 1,482. State Senate London, dem., 1,566; Mason, ind., 1,852. House of Representa tives Bynum, dem ', 1,573; Houston, dem., 1.5T8; Parham. ind.,1 2.010; Paschak rep.. 2.026. Clerk Superior Court Holt, deiv., 1,925; Moore, rep., 1,602. Sheriff Brewer, dem., 8,231. Register, of Deeds Exline, dem- 2,984. ' , . ROBESON. ' , Lumbkbton, Nov. 4. Col. Rowland's majority in Robeson is 1,464. t HARNETT. ' ' - - ' LitiiiiHQTOH, November 5. The officia: vote of Harnett county is as folio wsl Judges Smith, dem, 978; Buxton, rep., 659. Congressman McClammy. dem., 977: Koonce, ind., 215.' Solicitor Gallo way, dem.,lC31; Arg6,"rep.', 664. ; County officers elected are all Democrats. . : r ' ," LINCOLN. . . , . ' LrscoLintON, November 5. The vote in this county is but little more than - half of that cast two years ago. v Ia proportion to the vote the JJemocratic majorities are larger. For the Senate W. L.- Crouse, dem., re ceived 673 votes; .Brevard, rep., 9. v Thos. H. Proctor, dem., elected Representative by a majority of .150, over Smith, rep. A Nixon. Jr., dem., i for sheriff, elected by 789 majority, over Smith, ind. All the other Democratic nominees ' for county officers were also elected. ' Judges Smith, dem., 713; Buxton, rep. j 216., For solicitor (11th district)' F. ' I. Osborne ' received 731 votes. , ' " 'r PENDER.' ' Btjbqaw, November 6. The majority for Maj .' C, W, McClammy, for Congress, u 237: :. 1886. ' ; " V ONSLOW- .; Jacksonvillk, November 5. The fol lowing Is , the .vote, of Onslow, county: Judges Democratic, . 1045 ; - Republican. 273. Congressman McClammy, dem ,990; F. D. Kooncel rep , -35B; : State gentler-' John W. Saoders.' dem :, 873 L. L.. Hoyt. rep , 431 ; J. N. Whitf ord.. ind. . 43. r Mem ber of House of RepreBentatives Q. EL King; dem.,; 889; p. 8. Hewett, ind., 203. 8heriff E Murreil. 94; A. F. Farrell, Jr., 576; J. D. Frszell, 20. Clerk of Superior Court Charle Gerock, Jr.. 905; A.. C. Huggins, 517 Injustice to Mr. Hu.sgins, it should be stated that be was not a candidate tor Cleik of tbe Superior Court,, and that bis friends voted for him without his consent. : SURRY. ' , Mt. Airy, November ; 4 Surry goes Democratic Franklin is elected to the House by one majority. Kapps, for the Senate, from Yadkin and Surry, is -defeat ed by Lillington, Republican. DUPLIN- Kknaksvillk. November 5 The fol lowing is the official vote of Duplin : Con gressman McClammy ,detn., 1738;Koonce,. rep.. " 636."" Senate BrjShrt&m - 1620; Kornegay, dem .',1551; Broadhurst, rep., 900; Powers, rep., 791. House of Repre sentative Southerlaod, dem , 1646; Black more, rep,. 849..- The county officers (Dem ocratic) are elected by, majorities ranging from 895 to 1049 " CLEAVELAND. Shelby, Nov. 5. Tlic official vote of Cleaveland county is as follows: Judeea Democratic, 1,913; Republican, 00. Solicitor P. L Osborne. 1.718: Cowles. 1,932; Green. 11. 38th Senatorial District Webb, dem., 1,857; ManLey. ind.. 933; Webb's majority in the district is 544. House of Representatives Schenck, dem.. 1,284: Beam, ind , 758: Fortune, rep. 862, The old Democratic county officers were all re-elected and everybody . is truly happy. The vote is the largest ever polled in the county. thk fiftieth: congress. Political Complexion or tbe Houas of Representatives A Good Worklne majority for the Democrat. . Washington. November 4. Edward McPherson. Secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee, makes the fol lowing computation from tbe return's re ceived up to 9 o'clock this evenirg of the political complexion ot tbe House of Rep resentatives of the Fiftieth Congress: ine returns so iar receivea inaicatc tne election of 154 Republicans, 159 Democrats, 5 Labor and independent; six are doubtful and there is one vacancy. Total 325 The doubtful are: One in Illinois (Landis); one in Kentucky (Carlisle); one in Ohio (Camp bell); and three in Missouri (Clardy, Glover and Mansur). The Labor and Independents are: One in Florida (Pendleton); one in In diana (Marsh); one in Iowa (Anderson); one in Virginia (Hopkins); one in Wisconsin (Saithe). - If tbe Democrats get four of the doubtful they will have 163, or a majority of the House. McPherson says: the attitude of the De mocracy towards the present administra tion is similar to that of the Republicans toward the administration of President Hayes and that many dissatisfied Demo crats voted tho Labor' ticket. The labor element be thinks, will bo an organized factor in political contests of the future, and the labor vote must be taken into seri ous consideration, ; - - Phil. Thompson, Secretary of the Demo cratic Congressional Committee, says the Democrats .will have a good working ma jority in the House. fenhsyIjVania. The Tarlfl Campaign Aaalnst Morri son and Vther Free Traders PrrrsBUBG. Nov. 4. John Jarrett, ex- President of the Amalgated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, bas returned from tbe West, where be had been conducting the tariff campaign against Morrison and other free traders. , In an interview, Jarrett stated that he did not go on the mission of bis own volition but. was sent as a repre sentative of the American Tin Plate Asso ciation, of which he is secretary. So far as he could learn, tbe iron and steel manufac turers of this section had not contributed a rent toward tbe defeat of free traders in the West. Appeals for money were made to friends in Pittsburg, but. they were not ana wered.' When asked about the sentiment in regard to the tariff in Illinois, Jarrett re plied "In all the two weeks which I spent there, I did not find one man in favor of free trade.. The tariff feeling is rapidly growing through the West and South." "I suppose -that new iron mills in Birming ham, Ala,, and other parts of the South arouse this feeling V "Yes," said Jarrett; "I found that to be the case all through the South, when I went there two months ago, and as an illustration of tbe change of sen timent there I may mention tbe case of an old farmer, 1 met in Tennessee, who told me tbat before tbe iron mills were started in bis vicinity he could not get $10 an acre for his land. He was then a free trader, since then he can get $150 per acre, and now he is a tariff man. Jarrett, in conclusion, attributed the de feat of Congressmen Frank Hurd and Mor rison to tbe growing sentiment in favor of the tariff in the south and West. - . THE E ART HQ UAKE. Severe Shocks In South Carolina Sev eral Sehool Children Injured by Fall ing Plastering: ' . In Charleston A Sharp Shake at Savannah. Charleston, 8. C.. Nov. 5 There was the severest shock yet felt at Sumter at 12 25 to-day, and a. severe and continued Bhock at Greenwood, S. C , at 13 33 to day perhaps the second severest yet felt, Chaklebton, Nov. - 5 -4 All the schools were in session at the time of the shock to dav. - One pupil in a colored school ; was crushed in the panic of the pupils and sev eral pupils in the Shaw school- (colored) wore mi'ired by falling plastering. JNoone was seriously injured. 1 Macon, Ga , Nov. 5 A slight earth quake shock was felt at 11 27 this morning. No damage is reported. , Charleston, b. u., jNov. o A severe shock was felt at Chesterfield, S. C at 12.25 p. tn. Tbe same shock was felt at Laurens, o. C, and was tbe heaviest ex perienced there since August 81st. Richmond, Va.. ; Nov. 5. Two - slight shocks of earthquake were felt here at 12.30 p. m. . The vibrations were felt sensibly in the upper stories of booses. - - Sanannah, Nov. 5. A sharp shock was felt here just as ' the deck was striking twelve, a Tybee Island reports it the heav iest felt there since Aueust 81st, and pre ceded by a loud rumbling." It lasted thirty seconds and -people all rushed into the streets. - No damage was done beyond cracking glass. J Columbia, 8. C. Nov.1- 5 A severe earthquake shock was felt in this city at 12.33 p. m. this afternoon, it was accom panied by the usual loud detonations. . The vibrations continued forty seconds, build ings were violently shaken, and people; rushed into the streets. This shock was probably severer than any experienced here . A . A. Tl T j . 1 Since August o-isi. xtoutuiiageio xepuricu, '' Raleieri ' Chronicle: Solicitors Galloway and Ferguson and Glenn are -de feated, v it is not certain mat inoum ana Worlhinirton are elected. Mai. Thos. L. Emry, Mayor of Weldon, and one of the most extensive and successful farmers and merchants in Halifax ; county, bas again been elected President of the Roan oke S Tar River Agricultural society, to succeed u. J. rope. NO; 2 , MISSOURI, A Difficulty that Came Near lac ; Bloo.dshed CtesnlilDK trout the Bit ter PeellUK Between tbe Uentry and . Heard Faction. , vv St. Louis; Nov, 4 A" special , to the Bepublican from Sedalia, Mo., says: "The bitter fee ing existing between the Gentry and Heard factions of the Democratic party came very near resulting in bloodshed yes terday afternoon. Major William Gentry published a card in one of the local' papcis Tuesday, in which he repudiated Congrets man Heard and gave aa a reason, ihsl -e latter had pandered to the : Knights of Labor. : Yesterday1 morning Heard pub lished a card denouncing the charge that he pandered to tbe Kaigh's of Labor as an in famous " falsehood and : asserting - that bis refusal to recommend Gentry'OQ-in-law for Postmaster of Sedalia was the true cause of ' the difficulty - between them Shortly after 1 o'clock T- W. Cloney, son in law . of Maj. Gentry, stepped into tbe office of Sichers Hotel, ' where the Con gressman, and his brother were tea rd Heard spoke pleasantly to Cloney. who turned fiercely upon him and called l im a lying . Heard was in the act of rising fto his feet to resent the insult when Cloney seized a cane and dealt him a blow oa tbe side of the head. Tbe Congressman was uu his feet in an instant, wrested the cine from bis assailaot - and threw him to tbe floor .Friends separated the combatants and en deavored to effect a reconciliation They' afterwardscame together in the ball way. when Cloney made a motion towards his hip pocket as if to draw a revolver. Heard anticipated him and called upon Cloney to defend himself. The latter threw up his hands, exclaiming "I am unarmed" Heard remarked to him that the matter might as well be settled. now as at any time, and ad vised Cloney to arm himself The latter left the building and Heard returned to the office Five minutes later Major Wm. Gentry entered the room and stepping up to Heard seized him by the sbouldt r. He was greatly excited, but before any blows were exchanged. Heard broke away from him and drew his revolver.: The room was crowded with excited men by this time and tbe angry politicians were separated before any injury resulted to ntber. Following so close upon one of the most bitter political contests that has ever taken place in the district, the basty meetint; be tween these noted leadeis of the Demo cratic party created a great sens ln Mu tual friends have - endeavored to tfft t a reconciliation between the chief Hctorn. r ut nothing in that direction haa r. en accom plished Both men are impulsive by na ture and cordially bate each other, and it ia reared that when tbey meet again tbe trouble will be renewed. A LAB J MA. A Terrible Fate Bitted oat to a Brutal Hordenr. Chicago. Nov. 4 The Times' special from Montgomery, Ala., says: It la report ed here tbat a terrible fate has been meted out to John Hart, one of tbe negroes who brutally murdered young - Waldrup in Lee county last Thursday. Tbe negro was captured near Wetumpka Monday morning. tie denied tbat be took part m tbe murder, but confessed that the razor used was his. and tbat he knew when the young man was Killed. -A gentleman who camx in from Lee county last night says the negro was.! taken back to tbe scene of tbe murder and that preparations bad been raioe to put mm to death by burning I'topie are en raged and both whites and blacks say the murderer must die Ueore Uatt, the other murderer, is still at large, aud a large re ward is offer d for his capture The young man who was murdered .wa r cripple, and leaves a widowed mother. 'V-'i FOOD KB ADD?. fr Tbe Shameful TJe of Lime and Alum In 'Cheap Baklog Powder. Many food frauds," such as chicory coffte or watered milk, although they are a swin dle in a commercial sense, are often toler ated because they do not particularly affect the health of the consumer; but when an artie'e like baking powder. - that enters largely into tbe food of every family, and is relied upon for the healthful preparation of almost every meal, is 'so made as to carry highly injurious, if not rankly poi sonous, elements into the bread to the im minent danger of the entire community, it is the duty of the press to denounce the practice. in the most emphatic terms. Among recent important discoveries by the food analysis is that by Prof. Mott. the U.. S. Government Chemist, of large amounts of - lime : and alum ia the cheap baking powders. These are. l one the most dangerous and the other the most useless adulterants yet found ia the low- grade, in ferior baking powders." It is a startling fact that of over one hundred different brands of baking powders so ftr analyzed,: comprising all those sold in this vicinity, not one of them, with tbe single exception of the Royal Baking Powder, was found free from both lime and alum. The chief service of lime is to add weight It is true that lime, when subjected to heat, gives off a certain amount or carbonic acid Bas. but a quick-lime is left a caustic so powerful that it is .used by tanners to eat the hair from the hides or animals, and in dissecting rooms to more quickly rot the 'flesh from the bones of dead subjects. . A small quantity of dry lime upon the tongue or in the eye, produces painful esects; bow much more serious must .these effects be oa the delicate membranes of the stomach, in testines and kidneys, particularly of infanta and child rt n. and especially when tbe lime is taken into the system day after day, and with almost every , meal. . This -is said by physicians to be one of tbe chief causes of indigestion, dyspepsia, and those painful diseases ot the kidneys now so prevalent. instances ot the most serious anectlons o the latter organ) from drinking lime water found in some sections of the - West are noted in every medical journal. , Adulteration wun lime is . quite as much . to be dreaded t as : with alum, which has -heretofore received the most emphatic condemnation from every food analyst, physician and chemist, for the reason tbat," while alum is probably partially dissolved - and passed off tn gas by the heat of baking, it is impossi ble to destroy or cnange the nature or the lime in any ' degree, so that the entire amount in the baking powder passes, with all its injurious propertiesinto the atom ach. When we state that the chemists have found twelve per cent, or one-eighth of the entire weight of some samples of baking power analyzed; to be lime, the wickedness of the adulteration will be fully aoDarent. , ::s.'.;:. r '-- fure Dating nowaers are one ot tne cuiei aids to the cook in preparing perfect and wholesome food. While those are to be obtained of well established reputation, like the Royal, of whose purity there has never been and cannot be a question, it is proper to avoid all others. , NEW JERSEY. A . A Recount Ordered In Several Con gressional Districts The .Legislature vemoeratto. . - Newabx. November 5 The boards of canvassers met in all the countiei to-day. ana canvassed tne votes -or x uesaay 8 eiec-' tions. In six counties no result was arrived at and the boards adjourned Until to- mor row. A recount will be ordered in the second , district, where Peck, rep., was elected over Denny, dem. and lab.,' by five .majority.: Also, in the sixth dis trict, where .crane, aem., was elected r over Ward, ten.r by 22 ma.oritv. In the l j j - . -n i i. r. , . : BCCODU UlBhTlC ui rosssHi it in uu jrck.ucvt ded whether the tie between . Emly and Carroll wilt be settled by a recount or a new election: -. Tbe Legislature remains Demo cratic by one majority on joint ballot, with out tne Auuy untirick - - . : 'Wadesboro InleUiaeneer: ft Our readers wQl be elad to know that at as early day Judge Bennett will resume work on the biosraohv ot tne late uen. a. j. Dargan, commenced In : the Intelligencer some three years ago, but which he was rre vented from completing, because of bis manifold and accumulating duties as Con gressman. Hurry up, Judge. tne aueuuoa oi nia auuienco more man an - nour nere last Saturday evening. The protracted meeting at the Methodist Church haa closed with the following re sults: Several conversions, a few addi tions. ' V ' . . .- day morning a corpse from the express car wss delivered at tne w cuevuie oepot trom Way Cross. Ga. ; It was in a beautiful - casket and was the corpse of a floe looking, : hearty man. CoL Neil McPaul received a telegram saying it was Mr. Joe Fowler, son -. of Mr. Edward Fowler, of Bug Hill Town- -ship, this county. Mr. Fowler was killed by the railroad agent at Way Cross: who hd become crazed from spreeing. The particulars we have not been able to obtain - yet. Deceased was about 25 years old and went to fcteoreia some Tears aeo. He bad .- ' accumulated considerable property and was a sober, steady citizen. , Baleish - Visitor: In ; North ;-r Carolina the outlook is the Democrats as & compact organization have lost the Leeis-: ' latum. The irair of the North Carolt- ' na Colored Industrial . Aasociation will ; commence in this city on Wednesday next, . . JHovemoer iutn, and arrangements nave been perfected to make it in all respects a . -success. After paying all expenses there will be turned over by the Shotwell Bazaar to the treasurer about $150, and there is still on hand a great deal of fancy . work, and some pictures ot uapt. Shotwell. . Among the subscriptions was one of $2 50, made by "soldiers' grand-children." Charlotte Observer: Rowland's majority in -meckienburg is. an. - Judge Montgomery '8 majority in Cabarrus ' is 1,076. Rowland carries that county by 428. In Stanly county, - Rowland's ma jority is 440. The glass ball contest . on tbe fair grounds yesterday morning, for the sou farter gun was an interesting at- . fair, and was witnessed bv a larea crowd The gun was carried off by Mr. Barnes, of Spartanburg, s. u.. xesterday was a big day at the fair, the grounds and build ing being fairly crowded with people, and everybody seemed to be delighted with the elegance of the exhibits. It was agreed by all that it was the best fair known in Char lotte in years. ' In only one department, that of machinery and agricultural imple ments, was there a falling off, every rther department showing an improvement over the exhibits of previous years. . ' - Capt.' O. Smith in Baltimore Manufacturer' Record: When . I came to Durham in 1876 there was not a pair of kid gloves or a pleasure vehicle in town. Every man s . pocket was. his bank. All were -North Carolinians. Land in the suDurbe was wnrth hnt St2 Fift an nprn TT.oprvthintr was done in open market. Tobacco, wagons and land were sold at auction to the high est bidder. One piece of land that I saw -sold then for $75 has since changed bands for S7U0. next for S7.50U, and it is now worth $17,000. An acre was sold to an old man, who erected a cheap frame house on it. . It was blown down, and while he was " preparing to build again he was offered $700 for the property. He accepted the bid and 'moved away from Durham, saying he would not live in a place where land was worth so much. - Men were fools to give it. ; The. land has since been cut up into town lots and sold at $1.25 a square foot. ' - Durham Plant: Last week one : v nf tht lariTA mflnnfflOtftHnorflrTna nf Tlnrhnm - having occasion to communicate with one of their salesmen was forced to cable him to Singapore, Straits of Malaca.-. It ia rumored that the Baptist denomination will soen erect a new church on a lot donated to them by the Durham Land and Security Co. Durham Bhipped last week 49,196 pounds smoking tobacco,-worth $21,723; ea pounds chewing tobacco, worth $sU; 18.850 cigars, value $477 25; 1,835 pounds snuff ; 7,820,000 cigarettes, worth $2,444 90. ' -The Durham cotton factory Shipped' last week 21,354 yards bag cloth, 26,442 yards cbambres, worth $746 25. When . we called - at nuke s factory yesterday morning we saw an order for 300,000 cigar- ettes from Stockholm, Sweden. w. . Duke, Sons & Co. shipped during the month of October 30,111.450 cigarettes from . their Durham factory alnne. Black- weu Durham Tobacco Co. yesterday re- : ceived two large orders from Hamburg and Amsterdam. Lumberton Hobesonian: Our county-was well represented at the tobacce ? oreaK in rayeiievme last weeK. we nave. seen . Mr. Jos. Prevatt, and he is well pleased. His lot averaged 13 cents. He had some which fetched 21 cents, we be lieve. , We hope it will prove satisfactory , to all Tobacco and sugar cane are being extensively cultivated in this county. ' While other farmers were giving their en tire cotton crop to pay for the guano, Mr. J. Bennette residing near this town raised 425 bushels of potatoes on one acre of ground, iney were not namon potatoes but Norton yams and were raised without a pound of commercial fertilizers, v The . citizens having learned that the Wilming ton & weldon Kanroad decided to extend the Wilson Short Cut to some point on the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail-. road, held a meeting in the court bouse hereon Saturday, jQctober 80, 1885. w. F. French was elected President, and L. S. Townrend Secretary. The universal opin ion 6f the meeting was that if tbe authori- ties had not already decided to run said i road through Lumberton, that steps should j . be immediately taken to secure that end. j , Monroe Enquirer -Mcpr ess: The ; potato crop sweet and Irish made excel lent yields thiB year, and they are about the : only ones we can report as having done bo. At 2 o'clock this- morning Capt. J. J. : C. Steele, one of the most estimable citi- -zena of Jackson township or the county, ' sustained a heavy loss by the burning or his cotton gin, grist mill and three bales of - cotton. Seven other bales of cotton be longing to neighbors were also burned In cendiary work. Rev. J. A. Wright, ' who bas been pastor of the colored Pres- . byterian Church in Monroe for the past three years, has received and accepted a call to tbe pastorate of a church at Amelia C. EL, Virginia. Mr. Wright, during his residence in Monroe, has conducted bun- : self in a quiet, respectful and gentlemanly . manner. Wilson uaney, a y young man about 25 years of age, who haB lived with Mr. Doc Moore, of Chesterfield coun ty, for several years, met with, a sad death, -on last Saturday night. He went to Mr. Joe Knight's, from whom he procured a quart of wine and drank it. He next went to a wagon which was returning home from Monroe, and strange (T) to say this wagon bad a jug of liquor procured (it ia supposed) in our prohibition town. Ho Was given a drink : of liquor, and after wards got possession of the jug and drank, - -. x. iL . -1 . . . TT. JUJ M mediately. - - Elizabeth City Economist: We are of opinion that, there ia big and easy ,: money in a pecan nursery near, this town. We have an assured faun that mere would be more money in an acre planted in good - pecan nuts in three or four years than in any other agricultural product. r It is tbe nnest ornamental tree we naye. it of North Carolina can produce as fine to bacco aa any of the so called cotton belts. Roper City is eight miles from Ply mouth and one mile from Lee's Mills. In twenty years (mark the prediction; Roper will be a city not only in name but in reali ty. Lee's Mills will amalgamate with it, and Plymouth, we fear, will be but a mem ory, For nearly a year a force of convict laborers have been at work upon our swamp lands in Tyrrell and Hyde counties, and at this time are employed on tbe old turnpike road in the county of Washington, which leads from the head ,. waters of Pungo river and connects with Plvmouth bv the Lone Acre road. Gen. Lewis, State engineer, bas a gang of sixty hands at work on that road,, which will open up a large territory of rich land. We took in the circus at Edenton on Monday and found about four thousand dust-covered mortals there to see the great big' show. Senator Vance delivered a characteristic speech in the court bouse and then went with tbe great throng to tee the sights, KWhich he seemed -to enjoy. Dare county item: Quite a serious accident occurred at Manteo a few days ago. J. W . Evans was moving : bis goods into bis new store, which be bas just completed, and put his iron safe on an ox cart. Samuel Griffin, Milton Lennon and two negroes' got in the cart to steady it. - At they went to the new store the cart tongue broke and threw the safe out into the road. It struck Griffin and broke bis thigh bone just above thA kn mashed Lennon so badly that be - is expected to dio and broke an arm of one of tbe negroes. j i " . - -
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