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! lie Weekly Star. 11 nBtJSinED AT ' - -: i I tt MINOTON, Ni C AT ' ' . j.OO A VEABi IN " j 7 I SSSSS8SSSSSSSS3SS -1 SSS38888S833SSSS8 T" I S8838S3SSSS83S8S3 m(uoh s Saggg5Bi8SSSPa3t8 38888883383388333 i 828J88S88SS828S8S88 S888888S8888888S3 88S8S8S2SSS8888SS 8888S88S8S.S8SS888 ri ai oo o e cb o - go is oe Enter I nt the Post Office atTWllmington, N. O. as Seoond Class Hatter. t , i subscription price, i rh J subscription price of the Wkrkx.v -TAK Js a3 follOWS smity Copy 1 year, postagerpaid. $1.00 " o monuis 3 monthi " -"J .00 . ! .80 ! w ureal cilebration of the battle . of Cm:, ford Court House has conte and gone, h o w'V cpeech thnt was specially prepar , I fijr tb occasion was that of Judge tbecck It is represented to have been iWborate, learned, able and eloquent. We ., ..ratified to learn that the distinguished alter Droved to the satisfaction of his huditoTS, that the stigma of cowardice, Kiv n tradition and history has attached to the North Carolina militia on that crucl V. dy of conflict, was wipedxit by a care in; nrt eonsDlete unfolding of ; hitherto ..t-itWuvI facts. .The explanation Which. wesre toW, the orator made of the retreat of the North Carolina militia from the con fl.ctj of which so much has been said and written was (hit General Greene had or ).. red them to firo so many rounds and retire, and they literally obeyed orders. This explanation was shown by abundant evidence to be correct. Clmrlotte Chron icle. Sofmo thirty years ago there lived lawyer. named Jiiuer Banks. lie was a yeryt decided ability. We man of believe he was a Scotsman by birth and pro l)3Uftwenty years ago removed to Florida or 6ome other State Booth of uv We have understood!! that' he dead.' lie wrote well, had a I. cical mind and was a man of read' in-, ji lie published an elaborate; ar lids in the Fayetteville Observer of L .1 ' which we have distinct, recollection. lib purpose was to defend the con i'tct of the North Carolina militia at Guilford Court Mouse. He contended i. ,i Mm great injustice had been done to lln ra by all the American historians who had essayed to give an account of the , bat tie. lie described t.i;- grounds upon which the- battle -as I oh 2b t, now tne lsriusn oame bwa a hill and bad to cross a emal h; ream at a narrow point wnicu ne tuKtuatea tneir reiormicg. , i ney moved up the hill and when1 in shot ...(, r - i un range of a fence, they were j re ceived with a volley that threw them into confusion. But - being British Ho.'dierH the best "in thej world they soon closed np and advanced again. Another volley was poured ii . i' . i .-: r i ' - rT-1 into them and then the North Car- olind toilitia began to fall back. Greene had placed very nn- Gtn, wise y) raw militia two! or three li unci red yards in advance of j his r.rmy behind a rail fence with order to - fire .and fall back. All eoldiers know- that green arid utterly Und rilled militia could not t'bey the command without getting into ; a run and finally into a panic. Once started they never stopped.. Greene intended that they should reform behind his regulars, lut militia are not "built Ibat way." It tales the beet soldiers to fall back steadily in the face of overwhelming odds. - ; - '.I !'" . ' .-. . Mr. Banks supported his view by two independent witnesses and both officers in the British army. Writ ing to their respective homes they gave The same acoount of the open ing of the fight how .they were received so hotly by - the advanced militia, &c. These letters, were pub lished at different timcs and the wri ters knew nothing of each other's account. All students know the ex treme value of undesigned coinciden ces. There could not possibly be Btrongeror more conclusive evidence than that furnished by the two Brit- ifh soldiers. Writing nearly or luUe thirty years after reading Mr. Banks's ex- cellent historical I I! r- essay we may not e accurate in every detail, but we have given the leading fact, and that is all! wo are concerned with. !We are glad ttrat Judge Shenck has taken" the matter 'in hand and has oiiowea mr. uanitB in nis suc cessful effort to vindicate the North p Carolina militia. We have of course no. knowledge of the li no of his defence. AMENDMENTS IN. CAUCUS. The Democratic caucus seems to have'! been guarded. Randall was there and' his followers. What he will clo with the majority is the van lereBting question. He 1 may defeat reform if he so elects. The members availed themselves of the opportu mty offered by a resolution adopted to offer amendments. It is wise and proper that these amendments should come up in caucus rather than in open session. It is generally oon' ceded in Washington that the Tariff bill will be amended in several par ticnlars. Several .of the amendments were needed and judicious. Repre sentative Crain offered an amend i " ".- 'v7.-: 5-'.:V'v. V- ,. t5sjss::t:;::: r VOL. XIX. ment to place sheep Bhears, surgioal instruments, coal, all machinery UBed in mannfacturins; ootton bagging,and cotton and woollen goods on the free ist. This is . surely proper and is greatly needed. .'He also proposed to reduce the present excessive tax on woollen goods to 25 per cent, ad valorem Also to place the tax at two cents a yard on all bagging. All this is in the line of genuine re form and will benefit . the - farmers. and moBt of I the proposed reduotion would be of great advantage to con sumers generally. . ' 1 ' ! The most needed amendment is that offered by Representative Springer. It is to place on the free list all manufactured products, the domestio production of which may be controlled by trust, i This is the only way you can absolutely defeat conspirators ..and protect the. people against the most dangerous comVina tions known to history. As long as there is a High Tariff it is oertain that Trusts can operate. By placing on the free list all artioles that can be controlled by the unrighteous and oppressive combinations and you at once prevent success to Conspirators and free the people from a positively crushing tyranny. Let foreign goods compete in open field with all such Trust combinations and victory will be with the people. " Representative Stone, of Ken tucky, wanted to give the farmers and carpenters free tools and imple ments. Blacksmiths should be in oluded. The Charlotte Chronicle of the 11th had a special from Wilmington, dated May lOtb, giving an acoount of the celebration in this city. Inas much as there was no Memorial eel ebration on that day, the special has the appearance of being a "little too previous." The account anticipated the address by saying: ' "The speaker, Mr. H. McClammy, was introduced amid hearty applause. His ad dress was able and patriotic. He paid a noble tribute tc-the memory of the Con federate dead by soul stirring oratory, and won many high compliments from the whole gathering. I "The roll of honor was called and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Strange. The decoration of the graves followed." Representative Turner, of - 6a., seems . to nave made a good speecn. The Augusta Chronicle's Washing" ton correspondent telegraphs: . "Mr. Turner hvd a fnll representation on the Democratic side and a large number of Republicans to listen to his tariff speech to-day. tie received ins very closest pos sible attention, and what ; he said was well worth hearing. His speech was not writ ten. He spoke from notes only. At its conclusion be was very heartily congratu lated bv nearly every Democrat on all sides. I hear the highest compliments paid his effort." He was born in Franklin county, N. C. What a great man William E. Gladstone is. He has received more pay per page for, an article in an American periodical than any other man ever received. ; His article in review of ' Ingereoll ' in the May number of the .North American Review, Republican,1 has already caused twenty-two editions of that number to be issued. Vilas and Yoorhees have buried the hatchet. The former wrote to the Senator congratulating him on the way he used his hatohet upon the Kansas Vaporer. This called out a kind reply and then along con ference. j : The Woodrow case is immortal. It will not down or die. The Augusta Chronicle says: 'The Woodrow case will be reopened at the general arsembly of the Presbyterian churcb, to he held next week In Balti more." I - . Tlie S.acoa.s Railroad. 1 President Latimer and Superin tendent Chadbonrn, accompanied by several gentlemen interested in the eeacoast railway, rode out to the present terminus of the road Friday afternoon for the purpose of Inspect ing the work. They found the road completed to within a short distance, of the Lewis Martin place, which the track-layers expected to reach yester day evening.- By Tuesday night they hope to reach the creek and if they find the trestle all ready for them to cross when they get there they will probably be at the Sound by next Saturday night. The trip over the road was made on a flat-car at good speed and it was the unanimous opin ion of the gentlemen of the party that the track was as smooth and solid as on many old and settled roads. ' ' m:wm ': " "- Chapel HllKOoHBitnciment. i ' Cards of invitation for the com mencement ball at the State Univer sity, Chapel HilL have been received at the 13tar office. The managers are W. T. Shaffner, chief; J. H. Lon don, XI. M. Graham, X J. Bellamy, Jr., B. P." Tyson, S. C. Bragaw and H. : A. Gilliam, Jr. -; The honorary managers are ! CoL W. H. S. Burg wyn Piatt D. Walker, Esq., CoL P. H. Pries, Pembroke Jones; Esq., CoL Harry Skinner, Prank Wood, Esq., Hon. Jas. E. Shepherd. : J ( An official notice, received by the Stab from Mr. George W. Sparger, secretary of the citizens' meeting at the town of Mount Airy, says that Wednesday, the 30th. of June, was appointed as the day- to celebrate the completion of the Cape Pear and Yadkin Valley railroad to that place. An invitation is extended to all the citizens of North. Carolina and the adjoining States to attend. hi. TllCI.Cail N, B, B. . . - CoL John M. Robinson, 'President of the Seaboard, system, not . having the fear of the Richmond and Dan ville combination before his eyes, is pushing right ahead .'with the new railroad . from ; Monroe to Atlanta, known as the Georgia, Carolina and Northern." He pays , no attention to the threat of his competitors to- build a parallel line; but being fall of ener gy and determination ' himself,' and having made . arrangements for all needed funds, he has no idea' of aban doning an enterprise that will add so largely to the traffic- of the other roads under his management. Now, let the wide-awake Wilming ton merchant look at the map of the twp Carolina? and estimate the com mercial possibilities of this exten sion. ; It will be completed to Ches ter, and probably beyond, by the opening of the next ootton season. This will place within our reach, one of the finest cotton sections of South Carolina, "and. it hardly ' seems, ex travagant to say that it ought to add at least "20,000 bales of ootton to the receipts Of Wilmington, tt is not tod' early to take the preliminary steps toward securing this trade. It will come, it must come to Wilmington if the merchants of this city make a de termined effort to secure it . . ttorionaly Injured. J - Mr. Steinback, one of the messen gers of the Southern Express Com pany, was seriously Injured in his ear on the train which arrived from the North last night at 7.50 o'clock, by a pile of heavy boxes falling upon him. The accident occurred just after the arrival of the train at the Pront street depot. ' The Injured man was taken from his ear and carried into the depot building'; and Dr. Pigford was summoned to attend him. - The doctor found the patient in a coma tose state; ' no bones were broken but there were severe bruises about the body and on the head, indicating in ternal injury, the extent of which of course could not be ; determined. Everything possible was done to re lieve the sufferer, and at midnight he was transferred to the north-bound train for transportation to his home at Weldon: Dr. Pigford accompa nied him, with the expectation of re turning on tne 11 o clocK train tms morning. .. m'' Improvement of Rortlaeaat River. A meeting of the citizens of Duplin county was held in 1 Kenansvilb? last Monday for the purpose of assisting in the government i survey and en couraging the improvement of North east river. The ; organization was made permanent, with Mr. S. O. Mid- dleton chairman, and Mr. Jno. R. Miller secretary. S . After aDDolntinsr a committee of twenty-five citizens to .render all pos sible assistance to tiiose authorized to make the survey, the meeting ad journed to meet at Kenansville on the 1st Monday in June next. Political Folnuu I , Township meetings were held in Duplin county yesterday, for the ap pointment of delegates to the State Democratic Convention.' Three townships Island ,Creek, Warsaw and Kenansville the only ones heard from are solid for Stedman for Gov ernor. ' j ,: .(.,-' j " Township meetings were held also in Sampson, for the selection of del egates to the County Democratic Con vention to be held in Clinton on tne 19th. The only township heard f jrom. Clinton is solid for Stedman. The Democratic ; Convention of Wayne county met at Goldsboro yes terday. The delegates elected to tne State Convention are largely forSte man. The delegates from Goldsborc township Messrs. J. E. Peterson, C. B. Ayoock, Swift Galloway and Wash ington Lamb are all for Stedman. Deatb of BIr. F, B. Burr. Mr. Pred.H. Burr, a native of Wil mington, but for eight years past a resident of Morganton, in this State, died at his home in that place last Friday afternoon. His death was sud den and unexpected, although he had been a sufferer from rheumatism for some time past. Mr. Burr was about thirty-nine years of age. He was for many years a conductor on the Caro lina Central: Railroad, and after hie marriage to Miss Lillian Walton, of Morganton, removed to that place, where he has since resided. His wife and two children survive him. CoL Jas. G. Burr, father of the deceased, left here yesterday to attend the fune ral, which takes place in Morganton this afternoon. i CeiMa movement. ;. The total receipts of cotton at this port since September 1st, 1887, are 166,995 bales, against 133,243 for the corresponding peried the previous seasons showing an increase of 83,753 bales. The receipts last week were 874 against 1 222 bales received the same week last year. The exports last week (all domestic) were 690 bales; the corresponding week last year 481 bales. - j The stock at this port is 2,693 bales. naval Stores. .'. h ; The movement of naval stores at this port shows receipts since the be ginning of ithe crop year, April ist, as follows: Spirits j turpentine, 4,726 casks, against 5,547 casks for the cor responding time last year; rosin,24,707 barrels, against 32,106 last year; tar, 6,632 barrels, against 10,907 last year; crude turpentine, 1,024 barrels, against 1,988 last year. Steamer cava ar, The steamer Cape Fear came out from the dock at Skinner's shipyard. yesterday, looking as bright and neat as a new pin. : The boat has been. thoroughly overhauled and repainted. tmm sfoT-n to stern and will this weeft: take her place on the river fully equipped ior me McurBiuu bdwvu, which it is confidently expectod will be a leading feature in tne .tntmo ei tne iip-river noais m bhuuici. Capt. Tomlinson, the commander of Ihi nrtna TTenr 1 fTDB Of tha niOBt popular men on the river, and under ahare of the basiness. j , ,, .... , l4l . .; W ' - ' - '., .. . . ' : .s--'-?' --.T..V.v-'R---- , , ... . ij. , 7 W EEKLY WILMINGTON N. C.roAY MAY 18,-' 1888. 8TATJB MEDIC ALt SOCIETY f BXattefa and " Thing - rJUcOMtd-M-eenses Granted ny the Board of Ex- . amlaera TheJStata Board of Health Dr. MVood'a ReportA. Banquet and Ball Given the Society. , - ; : Special Star Report, j ; f , PAYKTTKVlIiItB; May9. The Society was opened with prayer by Rev. Thomas Atkinson, of the Episcopal church. - " J " Dr. Lewis, of Lumberton, read a pa per on the use of antipyretics. It was followed by a general and lively dis cussion . "When doctors disagree, " &o - SOME ITOTH3. - .'. These doctors do not read distinctly enough to be easily heard. But they area Handsome set; sun-ourac iaces and hands show hard work and expor sure. There are very few bald heads, and some that are bald are also young. Trouble? ' .j J' K:: The following have been licensed by the . Board of -Examiners: Mrs. Dr. Elma Travis. Raleitrh: Dr. J. W. Me-'. aee. Jr.. KaleieU: Dr.x. x.meriweiQ- er. Asheville: Dr. J. G. Sherrill, Salis bury; Dr. A. E. Ledbetter, Guilford county; Jr.J.u. waiKer, ftauuoipu county; Dr. A. M. Moore colored, Leonard School; Dr. R. A. Reynolds, colored, Leonard Bcnooi. The nnanoe committee's report was adoptedr - r i ; . - a HTx.c.in.1 nnm-miccee 01 luree wu appointed to codify all the by-laws,, resolutions, &cM of the Society. The use of the dilator and intro-ute-rine stem in the treatment of dysmen orrheas and?sterility was tne utie oi a Saper reaa oy ut. a. a, wuoioul, 'er York, a native oi New Hanover county, N. C, and now a most emi nent specialist. j AFTEBHOOH SESSIOH. . ' . Th nnninint session of the Society and of the State-Board of Health was held; Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, in the chair, in the absence of the presi dent, JJr. W. Jones, oi xarooru. : ' Dr. Thomas P. Wood read an in structive and encouraging report as Secretary of the Board'of Health. This paper was followed by another from JJr. wood on some censes ui death in North Carolina, and some suggestions as to future prevention. A most practical and useful paper. "Contamination of Food with Me tallic Poison," was the title of apa- per by Dr. k tf. venaoie, oi me uni versity of North Carolina. . The reve lations of this paper were wonderful. It should be widely aistriouiea. The conloint session rose ai 4.ou P. in. f . iM. 13. xnis joara oi xieiubu owuiun as close to the lives of our people as any institution in the State. It is a necessity, and should be heartily and liberally supported. x Dr. S. T. Nicholson, of Washington, N. C, made a report on obstreterics and gynecology. . Query; Would not the Society en list more of the sympathy of the people if their papers were, not less scientific, but less vigorously techni cal? i - . Vr. Ji. if..isanie, oi naieigu, renu a paper on the "Importance of. the early Treatment of Nasal Polypi." To-night there is to be agrand cit-, izens' banquet, at ' the Hotel La Payette, to be followed by a ball given by the young men of the city to the Society, j ' ; , M The banquet will ' have to wait for another letter. " Fatetteviixb, May 10. Thursday, 9.45. Society called to order by Vice President W. T. En nett. Prayer by Rev. A. L. Phil lips of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Reagan heartily invited the Society to Asheville. . Dr. IL-L. Payne read a paper on certain forms of disease. V Report of Obituary Committee will be Dublished in transactions. Dr. Bahnson reported on the codi fication of laws, &c An invitation from the Ladies' Memorial Association to join in the Memorial service at 4.30 p. m., was accepted. ! Dr.Carr, of Durham, read a"pa per on Continued Fevers. Prof. Dr.- Arnold, of Baltimore, read an interesting: paper on Ner vous Dyspepsia. Prof. Dr. Miles, of Baltimore, made some interesting and practical remarks on restoration from Chloro form. : ' , ! ..- Dr. White, of Riohmond, read an elaborate paper on the nose. Xote. the .examining xoaru auu DrsL Wood, R. H. Lewifl, Bahnson, Barrinser. Payne, Foote, Haigh, Ba ker, Thomas, Long, Battle, are scien tific men of whom no State need be ashamed. There are many others, no doubt, bat these; were here. The stenographer was paid twenty five dollars. s i The Committee on - Nominations made the following report for officers &o., during next year: President, W. T- Ennett; 1st Vice President, W. J. Jones; 2nd rVice President, S. W. Stevenson; 3d Vice President, G.-W. Long; Seoretary, J. M. Baker, Treasurer, C. M. Poole; Orator, R. L. Payne. ' ! ; ' Board of Censors. W. C. Mo Duffie, J. A. Hodges, J. W. McNeilL Committee on Publication.-T. F. Wood; Q. G. Thomas, J. M. Baker, W. W.Laoe. Delegates to American Medical Association. Drs. G. W. Graham, R. H. Lewis, S. W. Battle, W. L. -a Crump, J. M. Covington, Eugene Robert Brevard, E. S. Young, S. Satchwell, K. M. Fer cusonT R. A- Whitaker, J. T. Nich olson. . --L . . - J Delegates to Virginia Association. Drs. John w mteneaa, . Foote, H. H. Dodson. . -:- South Carolina bbocisuou. . G. Thomas, F. ;B. Barringer, x. F. Meisenheimer. r . , . Committees on Pittman ana vui- fie prizes were continued. . : . amencw ruuuu iiwwi - tion Drs. T. F. Wood, John, Mc Donald, J. H. Tucker. - 3 p. M. Committee on reorgan ization of the working foroes of the socity reported.: It divides the sooiety into eleven sections; each seo tion has a chairman appointed by the President of the society. : It pro vides too for a committee of Scien tific Inquiry- - After amendment the report was adopted,: a - I Board of Censors delivered the opinion that an M. D. who is also a druggist selling patent medicines ought to take down his M.- D. sign or quit selling I them. This was heartily endorsed by the sooiety. ., f The Memorial I service was held in I aUWn.g.Hall, which was crowded, superb anthem from a fV au male quartet, led, by Mr.,Novitzky, prayer by Rev. , Thos. - Atkinson, another Bone, a glowing speech from Mr, J. H. Myrover, another song and" benediction ' Fayetteville's pride, "the 1 Independent . Co.', was present. ; The v broceBsion - to the cemetery "was broken up ; by 'hard rainKiuf l.-f if:-s4'- : - 8.30' P. f Mi--The annual - orator,' Dr. Booth: of : Oxford;: Was called away before be could speak. .Report of jseotion on iTherapentios; was referred, to committee on Publi cation. - " .. ; Elizabeth City was chosen as' the place, .and, the third Tuesday ; in April, as the time of the next annual meeting of the Society, i ' . , ;1 A batch of hew M. D.'si! Drs," K. B. Goelet, B, "T. Cox, A. Cheat ham, A; - S." Harrison, E. H. McCuI lers, T. T.' Ferral. - V 1 Still another Drs, H. L. Alexan der, L. A. Morris, J. E. Morrill, W. V. Martin, Giles Lucas, J. W. Oaveness. : . - "-, l :L v., The President announced the fol lowing chairmen of : the seotiona, (I failed to get two -of . tbem):,,rrao tice, H.-P. Murray;. Surgery,. J. H.' Way; Obstetrics, D. Tay lor j Gyne cology, T. S. Burbank; MicroBoopy, J. A. Hodges; State Medicine, K. P. Battle, Jr.; Therapeutrics, itoDert Jones; Anatomy, P. B. J Barringer; Medical : Jurisprudence, J. T. Nich olson; Leader in Debate, Dr. J. W. McNeill. : . A ' cordial vote of thanks was unanimously castr.- (Fayetteville is much obliged to the doctors for com ing here.) 7 ; ! Adjourned finally according to pre vious resolution. , v I i Some Pickings. That banquet Wednesday night was immense. - A very large crowd was abundantly fed by mine host Wright, of the LaFayette. -There . was j plenty of wine too, and lots of speeches; some Of which were good. j That Board! 'lis said that of about forty applicants for license only about twenty-three have passed up to the present. They are mak ing things lively enough. Good I The people's health is j largely in their keeping. j . I A Good Thing! Dr. Barringer, of Davidson Colletre. the ' most ex- pert microscopist in N. C.7 was mainlv instrumental in forming a Microscopical Society. It starts with a membership of twenty. Long and prosperously may it livel - One of the most progressive young doctors said, "Say that : this is the most scientific meeting the Society has ever held." The doctors came here .to work and work they did. It was harmoniously and well done. ; They made a fine impression here, and gave unqualified pleasure. May the Lord bless the doctors of North Carolina! MARYLAND. Platform Adopted tor tha Democratic State convention -, By Telegraph to the Moraine star. Baluvobb. May 10. The Maryland Democratic Convention met at noon to-day at Ford's Opera House. : CoL H. Kyd Douglas was elected Chair man of the Convention. The committee on platform after a few moments deliberation reported the follow ing resolutions: . It is fitting at the close of the third year Df the Presidential term of Grover Cleve land to acknowledge our sense of the ser vices which he has rendered to the people of the United States. An adverse majority in the Senate has prevented his carrying in- to erxect tnose legisiauve reiorma to wiubi he was pledged, and which he has so earn estiy desired to achieve, but he has made compensation to the people for this loss by his wise, honest and capable administra tion of his duties as President; He has re stored to the people large portions of that public domain which ought always to have remained their heritage. We will owe to his well ordered purpose the conshraction of a navy sufficient for the protection of our interests at home or abroad. He has above all brought the public service to the highest standard of efficiency, not only by rule and precept, but by the examples of his own untiring, nnseinan auaunisuauon ui public affairs. The people, acting through their respective Legislatures, will bring the Senate to his suppork .With a full sense of his personal and political merits and power for future influence, we declare our preference for Grover Cleveland as, his own successor in the office of President of the United States, and we instruct our dele gates to the Convention at St Louis to cast their unanimous vote for him as the Demo cratic candidate for President of the United States, and to vote as a unit in all matters which pertain to the business of that Con vention. - 1 , National taxation ought to be limited to the aggregate annual sum needed for the following purposes, to wit: Interest on the public debt, with adequate provisions for the payment of its principal at maturity; payment of pensions granted by the United Stales, and to provide the means for all the necessary expenses of an economically ad ministered government. Unnecessary tax ation is unjust taxation, and 'ought not to be longer tolerated. Success in great political contests cannot be achieved without effort, and this Con vention requests all of those whom it repre sents to begin at an early day the work of complete organization for the coming cam paign. , . . , v . ine piauorm was unanimously auopicu, and the following delegates at large were elected: A. P. Gorman, Gorman H. Hunt, L. V. Banghman and John B. Brown. ALABAMA. state Democratic Convention Tne Platform Adopfed. Montgomery, May 10. The State Dem ocratic Convention this morning adopted the following platform unanimously, and after -transacting other business, adjourned sine die: ' - r The Democratic party of the State of Alabama, in Convention assembled, de clarer- ...m v.. - 1st That the firmness ability and states manship displayed by President Cleveland in the- administration of his high office, entitle him to the confidence and support of his fellow-citizens; that we endorse and approve his administration, and especially his action and efforts to secure reform and reduction of the tariff, and we believe that the interests of the country demand his re-election;' and to that end our delegates to the National Convention are hereby in structed to vote for his renomination. 2nd. That we are unalterably ' opposed to the present war tariff; we demand re form of the tariff and a reduction of the surplus in the treasury by a reduction of tariff taxation. ' - . " 4 i 3rd. That we favor a liberal appropria tion for public schools, in order .that the means' of acquiring knowledge of the rudiments of education may be afforded to. every child in the State. r t - ?- New Bern Journal: .The Chief Marshal then introduced General Robert Ban8om,'who in a thirty-five or forty min utes aaaress, wnicn ae resu nwta wbuub cript, gave & very graphic account of the battle of Fredericksburg, which was fought on the eigteenth day or iecemoer, ioo, the audience giving prof ound attention. Stab, ; "SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, v The Convention . at Kiehmond A Great . Gathering Fraternal , Del .. catea rrona the North.' - ' Br Telegraph to the Xornbut Star. ' Richkohd, v May 10 The Southern Baptist Convention .will begin its .annual session in this city to-morrow. The hotels are rapidly filliog . with delegates; and visitors to this great gathering. - The . ses sions, which- will last four or five days, will be held in the Pint Baptist Church, of which Rev. Dr.-.-. C. Cooper is pastor. Tne delegates ' and. visitors- will number over one thousand. The delegates include representatives from alt -the important churches in the old . slave Stater,' and from a few churches ' of the District of Columbia. Among the fraternal dele-" gates from tne north are Key. turn. mxDy, D. D of Providence, -K.. I ; ttev. Mr. Johnson, of B&tavia, N. Y.j Dr: O..C Pope, New York city, and the following from Philadelphia! B. Griffith, D.-D.; C. C. Bitting, D. D.; Col. Charles H. Bauls, of the famous "Philadelphia Brigade;" W. O. BnckneU, John P. Kendrick and others. - A large number of Southerners will at tend the Northern Baptist Anaiyersary at Washington, which begins on the 16th iast. in Calvary Baptist Churcb, founded by Amos Kendall, Postmaster General under President Pierce. - ' -:;'".f ;i. Bicmcoim, VaI, May 11. TheSouthern Baptist Convention met in annual session to-day in the First Baptist Church, and was called to. order by Prof . Ls wis R El, of MiESOuri. first vice-president; Rev. Dr. P. H. Mell,-president, having died since the last Convention. Prof. Ely t made a few touching . remarks in relation to the deceased president, after which Rev. Dr, J. E. Burrows, of Norfolk, offered prayer, and Rev. Dr. George Cooper, of ' Rich mond, made en address of welcome. On a call of 8tates, it was found that 745 delegates were present as follows: Alabama 23, Arkansas 28, District of Co lumbia 12. Kentucky 63, Louisiana 9, Florida 5, Georgia 86, Indian Territory 1, Maryland 44, Mississippi 13, Missouri 68, North Carolina 104, South Carolina 100, Tennessee 19. Texas 52, Virginia 169. The Convention then organized by the election of the following officers: President, (rising vote) Rev.- Dr. J. P. Bovce. Kentucky. j . Vice-Presidents- Lewis B. Ely, oj Car rollton, Missouri; Rev. John Pollard, of Richmond; Rev. J. B Hawthorne, of Atlanta;' Judge Jonathan Harrison, of Selma. ! , Secretaries H. Lansing Burrows, of Aueusta. and Oliver P. Gregory, of Balti more. ! ' - Regular committees on the order of business and religious observance were then appointed. ' The report of the Home Mission board was then presented. The report described the work of the board as never - before so prosperous. This is shown both by the in crease of its receipts and the amount of work it has done. The report says the needs of the hoard are greater than ever. The work in Cuba must be largely increas ed ; that among the foreign population of the South and the colored population is just begun. To evangelize, our own country will not only save America, but spfeed the conquest of the world. The number of ac cessions to the church in the Home Mission field was 7,496, and the cost of the work $177,953- The principal work of the board has been done in the following fields: Ar kansas, Florida. Indian Territory, Louisi ana, Texas and Cuba. Of Cuba the report says: The whole island is open to the gos oel. Persecutions have been heavy, but the faith and courage of our people are strong and unbroken. The work done is not surpassed by any in the history of mod ern missions. Pray for Cuba. The total issue of Sunday school publications will soon reach five million. They have re ceived the highest commendation, and are making rapid progress. They are the ex clusive property of the Home Mission Board, which derives an income from them proportionate to their circulation." j At 3 o'clock the Convention took a re cess until 8 o'clock, when the Convention sermon will be delivered by Rev. F. M. Ellis, of Baltimore, Md. - ' The Convention is composed of delegates from each. Southern State, and embraces .both laymen and preachers. It is purely a missionary bedy, having no ecclesiastical jurisdiction or control of churches, and do ing its work through the Foreign Mission Board, located at Richmond, and the Home Mission Board located at Atlanta, . The report of the Foreign Mission Board was also submitted. - It opens by congratu lating itself on the honor of welcoming the Convention to Richmond, where was held its first anniversary, since which its foreign work has spread to every continent on the globe, employing hundreds of laborers, dis ciolmine and gathering inter the Church thousands of hopeful converts, and eliciting and combining at home benevolent ener gies represented by a million and a half dollars. Of women's work the report says : "From all indications our Christian wo men were never more enlisted, heart and hand, in giving the Gospel to the perishing. As this special work of our sisters does not now come directly unuer tne eye 01 tne Convention Board it does not receive regu lar reports from which to collect authentic statistics of what is accomplished. The Board estimate the contributions of the fif teen central committees' at not much short of $18,000. It is hoped that the fullest and wisest encouragement will be given to this zealous endeavor of our women, whose work is not included in the published re ports of the 20,000 women missionary soci eties of the Christian world, which support in foreign lands a thousand missionaries and more than fifty thousand pupils, and which contributed last year $1,221,649, nearly equal to the whole foreign mission contribution of Southern Baptists for forty years. There are almost as many women as men in the foreign missions of the world." The Treasurer's report shows that $88,885 has been received, and $84,775 disbursed by the board, leaving a balance in the treasury of $3,610. Liabilities re ported, $1,861, were not discharged be cause they pertain to parties who prefer that only the interest be paid. The whole balance, and all that may be received be fore and at the Convention, will be speedily consumed by drafts which are beginning already to appear. The board calls atten tion to the fact indicated in the Treasurer's account, that $43,173 Has been borrowed at the expense'of $833.45. This is the inevi table consequence of the board paying its missions quarterly in advance, while the churches pay not even at the end of each ouarter. Nearly one-third of the whole year's receipts $27,483 came in the last month of the conventional year, and about one-third of the amount was received on the last day of the last month of the year April 80 when the treasury book was closed. . The fact is worthy of the study of the Convention and churches. The home expenses of the Board, exclusive of in terest paid and publications ordered by the Convention, , are: about ten per cent, of the gross receipts of the board. The board closes its conventional financial year with profound gratitude to God. The report then goes into voluminous details of missions in Mexico, South America, Eu rope, Africa and ' China, giving the most gratifying statistics and showing successful progress; aiso, emooaying we upuuoas wu suggestions of missionaries in all of those countries as to the needs and requirements for the advancement of the work . The board, in making official announcement of the death in March last of Rev. M.T. Yates, D.D., missionary to China, pays a glowing tribute to his worth and . works in the mis sionary field, and presents to the Conven tion the following resolution: - Resolved, That in the death of the late Hav Matthew T. Yates. D. D.. the South ern Baptist Convention has lost one of its oldest, most steadfast and efficient mission aries; China its most enlightened and phi lanthropic adopted citizen, and the Chris tian world a man and servant of God, whose life andScharacter were an honor to his race, and whose death is a loss to man kind. ------ ' -'. - : V - . , -:' ;-. Resolved, That in honor to the memory of our noble dead, and in justice to our own sentiments of gratitude and grief, a call should be made for a company of our best qualified young ministers to reinforce our reduced forces in Central, Southern and NO. 28 Northern China, as a "Yates Memorial Band.": y, : The Convention sermon, preached to night by Rev; F. M. Ellis, of Baltimore, was a remarkable dissertation " on the sub ject of Christian giving; his presentation of the character of.hberality as outlined in the Scriptures, was interesting in, the extreme. He contended that the tithe laws of the Jews had never been abiogated, and that the prevailing Christian methods are out of harmony with God's law governing libe rality. His arguments were received with apparent approval by . an immense au dience, many hundreds standing through out the discourse, which occupied an hour and a half.-. - ' ; . i v- i -r i The impression prevails that the sermon is intended to pave the way for the adop tion of new methods in pressing missionary endeavor. . The rapid succession of incisive epigrammatic sentences delivered with plain yet eloquent oratory insured an attentive hearing to the close. The sermon was fol lowed by the announcement of the Com mittee on Home Mission Work, and this consumed the evening session, j ",. 1 Richmond, Va., May 12 The second day's session of the Southern Baptist Con vention opened with devotional 1 exercises. The treasurer's report was presented and Ordered printed. G. W. Norton, of Ken tucky, was unanimously reelected treasurer,' and W. Larue Thomas, of Kentucky, .was elected auditor. A communication, pre sented from the American Baptist Home Mission Society, in relation to the matter of cooperation in the border states, was refer red to the appropriate committee. I The committees on the time and place for holding the next Convention, and on nominations, were appointed. Rev. Dr. T. M. Ellis, of Maryland, chairman. The joint committee of the two boards, appointed at the last annual meeting, sub mitted a report. The committee Bay they are satisfied and. impressed with the emU hent wisdom of the general method of the Convention. Its great need is not of new plans but of more effective work. The first section of the report refers to the relations of the committee to State organizations. Recognizing the paramount importance of avoiding any appearance of conflict, and of 'securing for the Convention the heartiest sympathy of the brethren who are charged With State work, the committee recom mend that such State organization as prefer to devise and execute their own plans of raising money for the Boards of the Convention, for raising the quotas of their respective Btates, and ' in case it shall at any time appear to either Board of the Convention that any State will probably fall short of raising its quota, it shall be the duty of said Board, - in Co-operation with the titate Board and the vice-president, to employ such means as may be deemed best to, supply the defi ciency. ' j i Section. 2 recommends that article 3 of the constitution be so amended that the Convention shall consist first, of brethren who contribute funda or are. delegated by Baptist bodies contributing funds for the regular work of the Convention, on the basis of one delegate for every $350 actual ly paid into the treasury of the Boards durintr the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of April next preceding the meeting of the Convention. Second, of one represen tative from each of the district associations which oo-operate with the Convention, provided, that such representative be for merly elected by his district associates and his election certified to the secretaries of the Convention; and, third, of one repre sentative for every $500 collected and expended jointly with those of the Boards of this Convention, by any 8tate Conven tion or general association. ! i Section 8 urges the encouragement and formation of Women's - Missionary- Socle-' ties and Children's Bands in all churches and Sunday schools, and that the societies so formed establish channels for conveying their contributions to the objects for which ithey are designed. I Section 4 refers to the dissemination of missionary information, and recommends ; First, that the boards of Convention use the columns. of our own denominational newspapers to disseminate as much infor mation as possible in reference to the pro gress and needs of their work, and that each board publish besides, atldiscretion, a journal, putting the price as low as will cover the cost of publication . SecondJ that boards continue to print tracts, leaf Jets and circulars, in amounts : as large as they can use advantageously, and distri bute agencies so as to give them wide cir culation. Third, that the bureau ofmis- sionary information already established in Baltimore deserves commendation, and that others of like character should be or ganized when practicable in other centres. Fourth, that we earnestly urge the estab lishment and maintenance of ; a monthly concert of prayer for missions, as more ef fective means of keeping up an intelligent interest in the evangelization of the word. 1 Section 6 argues systematic benificence, and recommends the scriptural plan of Christian giving as elastic and simple enough for application to all churches, i The second section, recommending an amendment to- the constitution as to the basis of representation, gave rise to con siderable discussion, and for the first time in the history of. the Convention, a call of the house was ordered upon the adoption of ! that section. The vote stood 558 in the affirmative. The negative vote was not counted, as it only required 511 votes to make the neeessary two-thirds. The report was then adopted as a whole. The remainder 01 tne uay s session was consumed in ordinary business. To-morrow af ternoou a memorial meeting will be held, out of respect to the memories of Rev. Dr. P. H. MelL late president of the Conven tiog, and Rev. Dr. M. T. Yates, late Mis sionary to China. The evening session was given to con sideration of the work of the Home Mission Board. Dr. 'B. H. Carroll, of -Waco, Texas, made a characteristic address upon the growing demands of the great empire of Texas. His plea was based upon his State being a world in embryo, and pre senting . all obstacles in the way of ad vancement of religion that are to be found in almost all bccUods. He was followed in a pathetic and deeply interesting plea from A. J. Diaz, the Convention's missionary to Cuba. He reported the organization of six churches and the conversion of over a thousand persons. GETTYSBURG. Arrangement tor a Grand Bennlon " of Confederates and Federal on tne Battle Ground. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, . Richmohd, Va., May 12. Gen. Horatio King and Gen. Geo. H. Sharp, represent ing a committee of the Army of the - Po tomac, arrived here to-day, and were met by a committee of the Army of Northern Virgidia. These gentlemen came here to perfect arrangements for a grand reunion at uetiysDurg, d uiy 1, . o anu . wen. King stated that Congress proposes to furnish money enough to give the soldiers shelter and furnish transportation to those on both sides who are financially unable to attend. Gen. Sharp stated that the War Department would send batteries to fire salutes and soldiers to do guard duty. Thanks were tendered Gens. King and Sham for coming here in behalf of the movement- , -: 'v- .'. V ' .-j OUT OF THE WAY. , Execution of a Flendleh IHnrderer In ' . . nleago. . j Bv Telegraph totheXornlng Star. - . j . Chic AO o, May 12T The horrible and un justifiable murder of little Maggie Gau ghan has just been avenged by the hang ing of the colored murderer, Seeph Davis. The execution took place on the same gal lons from which the Anarchists were swung off a few months agq Davis was the first colored person to suffer capital ittintehment in Cook COnntV. . ' 1 Floating Items: Senator and Mrs. Z. B. Vance will spend the summer at Morehead City. The State secretary of the Farmers' Alliance, reports- 746 sub alliances as existing in the State to day. There are fourteen native North Car olinians reported on the active list of the United States navy. Spirits i!- Oxford habitants and death. entine. or more in-. there was not a I Asheville Sun : The weather" was extremely bad on Wednesday night, but not bad enough to keep the . Ashevillo people from going to hear Mr. Pearson. -There were about 1.500 persons - At the close of the sermon Mr. , Pearson extended the usual invitation to all . persons con cerned about their soul's salvation and who wished the prayers Of the Christian people, to remain at the Inquiry meeting. ' Between one hundred and fifty and two. hundred remained. . - -v ... . I Oxford Torchlight: We are in- tion with the Oxford Orphan Asylum is to June 1st. The dimensions of the"-' stage of the new Opera House are 50x25 feet and of the auditorium 50x65 with gal- " -lery; vestibule 50x10; height from floor to ;-'---: ceiling 85 feet. . There is ample ventilation. - ' ' and exits sufficient to prevent a panic in - the event of fire It is to be lighted w ith v electric lights. - " ; 1 , , ( Henderson Gold Leaf x : It is ,. M with peculiar sadness that the Gold Leaf is called upon to chronicle the death of : Miss Mary Donna Edwards, daughter .of - ' Mr, and Mrs. James W. Edwards, which ... occurred at her home in ..this place at an ' PRrlv hour this mnrnipcr Tinv AIpt Sprunt has been elected chaiplain of the -Vance Guards, and in a beautifully worded -note accepts - the office. There is no more . noDular and beloved eentleman in our midst than Mr. Sprunt. . f Raleigh News Observer'. iThe v Raleigh and Gaston passenger' train going out from this city north yesterday ran over and killed a colored child on this side of and near Forestville about fourteen miles from this city. -Rev. C. H. Btrick- . land, D. D., of Georgia, now pastor of the Baptist church at Nashville, Tenn., and recently elected pastor of the First Baptist church Of this city, has been invited to de liver the dedication address of the Teacher's Assembly Hall at Morehead City.-"-? ; - - ! - Pittsboro Homei Thompson --. ocnooi, Biiermty. win ciosoon tnemn -inet Rex. A. L, Phillips, Fayetteville, N. C, will deliver the address, and Rev. B. F. Dixon, Oxford, N. C, will preach the '- - annual sermon. A citizen dug up on j the Quilla road near Haywood, on last Fri- -day, a solid silver cup of antique design. It - was smau out tmcs ana ceavy, weigning a quarter of a pound. It was evidently the v work of the last century, and perhaps was loBt by one of Tarlton's or Cornwsllis offi cers about 106 years ago. ;l Tarboro Southerner: Died the . 20th of April, 1883, at the home of his brother in Murfreesboro, N. C, John W. - , Nicholson, in the 24th year of his age. -The general sanitary condition of the coun ty is good. No sickness of importance among the people and no epidenmic among the domestic animals. The sanitary condi- . tion of the public buildings is also good. - Died yeBterday, Joseph J. Porter, at his residence in this town, in the 95th year -of his age. Thus, one by one the connect" ing links between the past and present gen erations are obliterated. - II Wilson Advance : We regret : very much to learn of the death of Mr. . Guilford Lewis, who was found dead last Thursday morning near his home in Bal- - ley's township, Nash county. The Missionary Baptists met at Scotland Neck on Friday, April 27, we see from the Dem ocrat, In a meeting of the Roanoke Union and Tar River Association. Rev. Dr. J. D. Hnffham was Moderator, and E. E. Hilliard, Esq., Secretary. The different ' churches in the Association were repre sented and quite a number of questions of great importance to the church and the cause of religion were discussed. I Charlotte Chronicle: Among the veterans at the meeting of Confederate survivors, in this city yesterday, was Mr. A. L. Williamson, of Sharon township, who was arrayed in his 'Old uniform, cap, -jacket and pants. He was a dingy looking old fellow, but he had to shake hands with nearly-iverybody- who mat him. The old : lirliform was a genuine lic ot"the-Cpi' . federacy, and it clothed one of the bravest men iu the ranks. - The old Confed erate soldiers of . Mecklenburmed a Survivors Association at thj a s&fgusein this city yesterday, and wherfHSecretary counted up the roll, 550 names were found inscribed upon it. The meeting was called at 12 o'clock. Gen. R. Barringer was called to the chair, and Capt. - R. E. Coch- - rane was elected secretary 4 iuxeiok, - N. C, May 10. Raleigh enjoyed the usual , Memorial day celebration to-day. The oration was delivered in I happy style by v Hon. R, Tyler Bennett, of Anson. His . subject was "The Life and Services of PricTafHor-floTiprttl Jnnliia Tlnnlnl." ! He did honor to himself and the heroic Confeder- - ate dead. His address was one of those speeches which cause the memory of the . old Confederate soldier to go back to the early 60's, that the trials of those days were experienced in struggling for a noble cause, the animosities between the enemies having . since expired and the wounded love healed. ! I Raleigh News Observer : Gov. -., Scales leaves this morning for Petersburg, -Va., having accepted a special invitation to meet Gov. Lee, of Virginia, at the occasion of the annual Southern Musical Festival at Petersburg. It was learned here yes- - terday that Miss Ida Poe, who was shot at Carthage on Sunday night, continues to im prove, and it is now hoped she will recover speedily. McNeill is still at large. -Yesterday about noon Jim Young,; colored chief clerk in the office of the Register of Deeds, had a difficulty with an old colored man named Frank Johnson at Strickland's store, on the corner of Blount and Cabar rus streets . The trouble grew out of cer -tain reports that Young alleged Johnson , had circulated about him. During the dis pute Young produced a pistol and fired -at Johnson, whereupon the latter turned and fled. . Young fired two . more -i shots, one of which - took effect in Johnson's left shoulder, causing a flesh wound which is thought not to be fatal. Young was immediately arrested and pat under a bond of $150 for his appearance before Justice Barbee this morning. Ashsvtxlk, May 9. The Republican county convention held to-day instructed for O. H. Dockery for Governor and Harry Hard wick for Attorney General: - .. Oxfoed. May 8. In the town election yes- terday the following officials were chosen; Thomas u. urawiora, democrat, mayor, re-elected by a largely increased majority; Dr. D; O. White, W. A. Davis, B. H. Co- zart, Banky Gee, colored, commissioners. . There were two tickets, one a straight Dem ocrat and the other a citizens'. .The latter was elected to a man. .;- ' ' Raleigh News- Observer: '. The annual election of officers of the Governor's -Guard took place last night .with-the fol lowing result: E. G. Harrell, captain; J. j. cernaru, ist uenienamj, . . i uiw- head, 2d lieutenant; Kevr U it. rtasn chaplain; Dr. E. B. Rankin, surgeon. . Wake Superhor Court was engaged yepr day in an interesting slander case. Ifce parties concerned are Miss Nixon and Ur. George W. Norwood, both of this county, . the latter being sued by the former for $10,000 damages for alleged slander. Last night at a full meeting of the congre gallon of the First Baptist church a unani mous call was extended to Rev. W. H. Strickland, of Nashville, Tennessee, to the pastorate of the church, at a salary of $3,000 a year- Dr. R. H. Battle,. State chem ist, returned yesterday from his tour through the Northern and Northwestern States, where be visited some of the most important experiment stations in the United states. The Dr. visited the stations of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine. New York. Michigan and Wisconsin, and from his observations of the methods expects to be materially aided in his labors and make his work prove very effective and valuable. WniBTOH,N.O.,May 8. Yesterday evening about three o'clock lightning struck a tree in the yard of R. B, Odom and instantly killed his little son, about seven years old. - No other . damage . was aone. 'Hendersons municipal elec tion held Monday resulted as follows: Mayor, T. W. Goodrich; Commissioners, W. H. Walker, Redding .Perry. W. E. Gary, J. D. Cooper and R. L. Daingerfleld. Louisburg elected Dr. O. L. Ellis. Mayor, and Messrs. Thomas White, J. M. Fleming, F. N. Egerton and G; W. Ford, Commis sioners. Tarboro elected . four Democrats TMrt.i;MMa .a. Iff. jwn nkllffinll Two members of the former board. Judge Howard and W. E. . Fountain, were re elected. There is little doubt that the pre sent mayor, Mr. W. E. Fountain, will be re-elected. Winston elected Capt. Buford Mayor and a Democratic board. : : has 2,o) in TrTfah V
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