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TIO?iilIi. - J
Tti tretui is to make the State
absorb private affairs, and. the Gen
eral Government to absorb the States.
'his is moBt dangerous. -Let , the
ptate usurp the functions J of the
.arent and let the Federal Wovern-
lent take control of the States and
. rsonal -liberty is gone, and with it
'he grand fabric fashioned by our
Ihitstrioua ioreiatuers. . , nui tne
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rei'i.i is all that way. ' "
In the North yon will find among
Jiukers aad scholars the most de-j
Icilcii convictions that the States
I a i.ua I
owjntkion aa in the strong govern-
men'. ot monarcnical Jl-urope.
Thess canifist advocates of j educa
Lion even go farther. 'Many of
thtm are in favor, as Blair and other;
f his indorsers are, of setting up
he General Government as a school;
li stibcriri the sovereign andinde-
ticinltrut Slates that compose the
Union. . . i I ' . '
The Star has opposed and will
1 : ii;iie to oppose all attempts to
t.'rt compulsory educational laws.
iVtf 6tae has opposed and will con
Mti to oppoBe all, attempts to in
i.l," the: States and to strip them of
r- rogaUves. The Stab has opposed
1 j will continue to oppose all at-
rapts to set up-the Federal Go-
1 . . j
rninent the creature of the States
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l-j-a-iji Big Boss School Teaeher. The
rtTAS has stood and will continue to
ml iiv the declaration of the Na-
.ti.vl Democratic . Convention in
884,'as follows: ; j ' 1 j -
f vrc arc uppuseu i ait propoBiuuns
ffhici. upon auy pretext would convert the
eoeral tov.'riiiiitiit rnto a machine for col"
ectiDg taxes to he distributed among the
Etalcs or the citizens thereof.'' ' I .
The safety of the people is al
ways) endangered when the' State
Uhhs its -nose into any work and
rats ih the family. It has come to
n-s that the State, ignoring the law
f Jehovah, has become the regula
tor of family discords and infilicities,
id his maJe an -eternal ordinance
xpt, for one cause) an easy yoke
in of which the head can be sliptin
fl.i.ll. Tlift aa;ift diunrpA la rlninnr
uiuro to corrupt society and ;dnder
tame the family, the source and
fu;uition of all healthy morality
nd public safety, than all other dev-
ry combined. . ' j j
Bat the plea in regard to sumptu-
iy laws and compulsory ' education
it the duty of the Government
Pj State to regulate these things. As
0 schools, it is argued that when the
4re.nt for any cause neglects to send
he chili! to f chool, then the j State
NiUf,t come in and compel the
ducation of the child. Give
'tie Church the ascendant and
JtHBOns -' of rfilicrinns lihnrtv
ill soon be forgotten and all men
will be compelled to attend church
rtl the dominant church. What
as hem may be. Then we will
have a State relicion ! and
State
ehooU teaching that religion. Here
re havo the State stepping in he-
i eu th parent and child and be
ween the immortal soul and God
Jif.d, undertaking to proscribe what
fan be. Ih not the natural euide of
be child the. father? j '
The truth is the drift is fearful.
rhe people are getting farther and
farther awav from t.hn
nBs' The lessons of the past, learned
h7 Buffering and the travail of the
Boul, are being lost. A free people
are beginning to adopt measares
that are dangerous and subversive of
hnmao liberty, and are unworthy of
any people calling themselves free.
Ttey are turning their backs uponjall
the sad lessons of history and are re
rning to their vomit, j They are
.opting measures and plans that are
eete, exploded, and discarded by
enllgbtened intelligence and reflect-
IDg experience. J i .1
The Philadelphia Record, referring
l industrial schools, points to the
dangers that always lurkin extremes.
8ay8, and very wisely and thought
fully: '.! ! ...
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LOmntllanpt .liinn 4 1 AH .Ua .nn nl. Inn
F how to sew and cook, and of boys
dip 8aw wood or -Plan corq, the experi
ment of higher education at the general ex
rn.6e' and all of the various plans for ex
nrrSrS the UBefalness of the public schools.
ff.; .tupon ine uypotheBia that m wese
th I -the 8tate may d0 1 advantage what
ma is a straight departure from the
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VOL. XIX. !
American theory of government. The
State should dp nothing that might be safe
ly left to the responsibility of the parent or
the citizen. It will be a sad day for the
country when the mothers of the land shall
be encouraged to abdicate the duties of the
household by sending their daughters to
school to have them taught how to build a
fire and boil a potato or bake a loaf of
bread. - . , ) -.
"There can be no objection to industrial
schools for boys and girls They are both
useful and necessary. The tendency of
skilled workers is to follow the hard lines
laid down by the crafts and guilds of the
Old world and to restrict industrial knowl
edge within certain close bounds. Indus
trial schools would to' some extent correct
this evil. But if the schools should be fill
ed with youth being taught at public ex
pense the greater part of the instruction
would be thrown away. Every business
man understands that those things which
are furnished without cost are used without
appreciation. Besides, industrial schools
are only for the few. I The few should pay
their way. The State in aiming to do every
thing will push beyond its depth, and all
the virility and force of independent, self
confident citizenship will be lost in a puerile
and incapable uniformity."
THE REPCBXICAN GANB.
- The Republican leaders are return
ing to their vomit, as we said the
other day. The . Black Flag now
floats from the Republican Head
quarters. There is to be no mercy
for the. South. . There is no doubt of
an organized purpose on the part of
the 8gents of ' the Money Devil to
start and carry on a war of conquest
if possible against the South. The
Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times an able Independent
paper says of the Republicans in
the Congress:
"They admit privately that there is a
growing sentiment.especially in the North
west, in favor of low tariff taxation and
that it may therefore be necessary to resort
to other issues to keep the boys in line with
the 'grand old party.' "
"Other, issues" do yon see. So
the dying fires must be fanned into
angry flames, and the issues of war
times must be revived., What does
this show, but a fear, a misgiving as
to the result of a square fight on the
Tariff reduction issue ? The same
correspondent writes:
"It is understood that quite a number of
Republicans are engaged in the collection
of materials for such attacks upon North
em Democratic leaders as Ingalls made ,
upon Voorhees and i upon other Southern
leaders for alleged suppression of the negro
vote, by which it is claimed the solid South
is made Democratic. It is conceded upon
all sides that a judicious revision of the
tariff and a reduction of internal taxation
are essential to the economic welfare of the
country, and the Democrats are willing to
make the issue right there, but the Repub
licans say the revision should be made by
a Republican Congress."
We note this' with regret. But
the blatant and fiery demagogues
must be met. The recent attempt
to make the last election in Louisi
ana a fraud shows the animus of the
Republican leaders in the Congress.
Ohio and Massachusetts Republican
Conventions denounced the election,
and the Vermont Rads even went so
far as to adopt the following resolu
tion:
"The present Democratic majority in the
House ot Representatives at the executive
branch of the Government is a usurpation,
and never before except by hostile armies
has popular government been so seriously
imperilled " j .
All this betrays the purpose and
ehows that the j poison is distilling.
But while the Republicans are at
their old game of misrepresentation
and defamation the truth about the
Louisiana election is coming out and
IfCHTvep' u oiiUauVt illA. J."3nfe0ik.
lowing from the Louisville' Couriers
- ) i
Journal gives some of the evidence.
. ii ' j
It says: J j . I .- .
! "Here is the New Orleans Item, a Repub
lican journal, which in speaking of the re
sult of the recent Louisiana election, says
that 'a number of the better sort of intelli
gent and independent negroes boldly pro
claimed themselves Democrats and in favor
of the election of Gen. Nicholls from the
beginning.' And here, too, is the Progress,
a paper edited by negroes, which declares
that 'thousands Of colored voters' cast their
votes for the Democratic nominee for Governor-
This is a kind of evidence which
will be totally ignored by the Republican
newspapers of the North, which are insist
ing that the Democratic majority in the
Louisiana election was due to the grossest
of fraud." II
THE BOSS EIOREB OP DEM
OCRACY.
Mr. Randall has spoken. He has
made a strong High Tariff speech
one strong enough and high enough
to suitjeven "Pig-iron" Kelley and all
the other advocates of a robber
Tariff. .We j expected no better
thing of Randall. . He is and has
always been a1 Protectionist in dis
guise. He is to-day the . worst ene
my in the Federal Congress of the
Democratio party. His plan is to
reduce the Tariff just a very little
here and there, and to wipe out the
whole internal tax. His remedy for
an overflowing Treasury,' grinding
taxes and a corrupting, demoralizing
surplus is free whiskey and a plenty
of it; free oigars; free oherootB; free
oigarettes; free chaws and free dips,
and high blankets; high wool hats;
high crockery ; high clothing, and so
on. . A wonderful political economist
is this Samuel J. Randall, of Penn
sylvania, who holds his seat by
special favor and arrangement of
the Republican managers in that
j High Tariff State. Hear this agent
of Monopoly j and this tool of the
Money Devil: j
"I cannot be coerced into any particular
action upon economic questions by the di
rection of a party caucus. The period of
tbe political caucus had departed, never to
return." : -: j i
He will not abide by the decision
of his so-called party friends, but
will kick and do as be pleases. Very
well. We are glad he has shown his
horns. The Democratic party must
adopt this Mr, Sam Randall's polioy,
' . . . . 1 l . . . , ; ; - I I -
as an adjunct of Republican Protec
tion, or he will defeat them if he can.
We are indeed glad he has so expos
ed himself to the public gaze. We
are glad that the man who has three
times defeated the Democratic party
has made his antagonizing speech. In
that speeoh 'you have the monument
he erects to himself. But he will
please mightily some Democrats.
yJSimUissimiliffaudet.
. In North Carolina men who would
not abide by the action of the Demo
cratic caucuses were roundly de
nounced in the past. In North Car
olina Democrats who in a campaign
fought the principles of the party
were regarded with suspicion. F
There is but one chief, paramount,
pre-eminent, supreme, all-important
principle now before' the people in
active and urgent canvass. It is
Tax Rkduction. It is to reduce the
surplus. . It is to rid the country in
part of the grinding, unconstitutional;
War -Tariff. He that is not withthe
Democratic party in that vital issue
is against it.! f 7
Republicans in the House have re
jected the Democratio proposal to
terminate thej Tariff debate, and are
mere obstructionists.. They have no
substitute to offer. The Democrats
are united, leaving out the Kicker
and his handful of little Kickers.
President Cleveland is being in
dorsed by Convention after Conven
tion, and his policy of course. Min
nesota is for him.
Forty Parnellite Home Rulers have
issued a protest in answer to the
Pope. They regret his late rescript,
and think he was not well posted as
to Ireland. They declare that no
freedom of contract exists, and that
..... i j i ,
outrageous rents are charged on im
provements made by very poor ten
ants. I i I
Senator Daniel's forte is holiday
speeoh-making. He has been select
ed to deliver the oration at Chancel
lorsville, where a monument has been
erected upon the spot where Stone
wall Jackson fell. The ceremonies
i
will occur on the 1 13th prox. A fine
address may be expected.
The Charleston Sun heads its tele
graphic abstract of Randall's speech
as follows: ; jj . .!
"Randall's rant. He takes issue with
Cleveland and dashes his brains against the
buckler of popular approval. After railing
for an hour the Speaker calls him down
cries to 'go on' Mills 'objects' McKinley
and Breckenridge, who are to follow, each
gives Randall fifteen minutes of their time
and the flood of words goes on."
The Baltimore Sun an excellent
paper is fifty-one years old. If the
Sun would only change its form and
put on a modern dress it would be
better still and j more sightly and
agreeable to the eyes.
The Republican bloody-shir ters in
the Senate are doing themselves no
credit and their party no service in
hesitating and delaying over the
confirmation of Mr. Fuller as Chief
Justice i of the -United States.
in Washington have just few. Df legisla committee wffli kcc?lrine -came
a reception at Willard's Hall, Wash
ington. Cleveland was loudly ap
plauded. J1L
The split in Virginia among Re
publicans is very interesting.. Think
of Mahone, Wisej Elam and Came
ron bossing Radicalism in the grand
old State. I t
Tbe able Henry! Watterson, editor
of the Louisville Courier-Journal, is
one of Kentucky's delegates to the
St. Louis Convention. No man de
serves it more.
The debates ' ih the Northern
Methodist Conference are not very
orderly. Rev. Dr. Buckley likens
the Conference "to a boy's debating
club." 11
The war; cloud in Europe is still
dark. Russia suspects England and
Germany to be combining against
her interests. I
It is thought by some in Wash
ington that i Cleveland stands a'
good chanoe to carry Oregon.
Professor VirchOw reports that no
sign of cancer can: be discovered, in
the Emperor's throat.
Dakota shouts for Blame.
H ELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
In 1844 the total value of the
Methodist Church property, North and
South, was about $20,000,000. Now it is,
in tbe South, about i $16,000,000 ; in the
North, $44,000,000.
Methodism is making great
strides, and, though its history is brilliant
with the achievements of its pioneers and
latter-day preachers, it has without ques
tion scarcely entered upon the great career
for which it was created. Chicago Inter
Ocean. ' i
A Texas Baptist Church recent
ly adopted the following resolution: "That
it is the wish of this church that the Pas
tor should give notice a week previous to
having the pulpit filled by a visiting min
Ister.lunless otherwise arranged." Rich
mond Religious Herald.
Our Saviour was crucified that
we might be holy.: He "gave himself for
us that he might redeem us from all ini
quity, and purify us unto himself a pecu
liar people, zealous of good works." When
our feet become weary, and our steps lag
ging, let this thought come home to our
hearts and quicken onr footsteps. Jesus
has died to make us holy. Let not his death
be of no avail in our lives. Baleigh Re
corder Baptist.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1888.
Revenue HEturln matter. ; ; -
First Assistant Engineer T. E.
Owen reported for duty on the Col
fax yesterday. . Mr. Owen was on this
station about ten- years ago and his
return is highly gratifying to many
friends who held him in pleasant re
membrance. ,f - . :
- He succeeds First Assistant Engi
neer T. B. Randall, who left Tecently
to Join the Hamlin at Boston. ; :
. '. Lieut. D.jP. Foley has arrived at
his destination, Portland, Maine, and
reported for duty. Capt. (Barr, who
is. held in high esteem, here, com
mands the ship to which Lieut. Foley,
has been assigned.
. Lieut. Foley was on this station for
over three years, winning in that time
the greatest regard of his associates
as "an officer and & gentleman" the
highest praise from those most capa
ble of judging and in' addition made
an enviable name for himself ashore,
where his departure was regretted by
many true friends.
The Colfax has about completed
the overhauling,! repainting and : re
pairing which she has been undergo
ing for several weeks past, and will
doubtless depart about Tuesday for
Southport, to enter upon her tour of
summer duty. j
Naval Store.. j-
Receipts of naval stores at this
port since the beginning of the crop
year, April 1st, show a considerable
falling off as compared with receipts
for the same time last year. - Of
spirits turpentine the receipts this
year up to yesterday are 5,945 casks;
same time last year 7,334 casks.
Rosin, receipts 29,359 barrels; last
year 39,044. Tar, t 7,983 barrels; last
year, ll,96i. Crude turpentine, 1,294
barrels; last year 2,510.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Democratic State Convention Dele
gates to tbe National Convention.
Columbia, May 17. The Democratic
State Convention met in the hall of the
House of Representatives here to-day at
noon. j " . -
Capt. Willie Jones was nooiinated for
re-election aB treasurer, and the Conven
tion proceeded to the election of four dele
gales at large to tbe National Democratic
Convention. The following were elected
unanimously by 'acclamation: James F.
Hait. of York; F.,W. Dawson, of Charles
ton; Willie Jones, of Columbia, and C. A.
Wood, of Marion. The following were
elected as alternates i T. M. Raysor, of
Orangeburg; A. M. Ruth; of Hampton; 8.
T. MacCraney, of Spartanburg, and J. F.
Rhone, of Clarendon.
MR. COX AND THE DEVIL.
Mr. Cox, of New York, in support
ing the bill said he did not want to
quarrel with the gentlemen who had
local interests at stake. He would
not quarrel with the gentleman from
Michigan because he wanted lumber
and salt protected, nOr with the gen
tleman from Vermont, who appealed
for wool. If Pennsylvania robbed
too much from Massachusetts, let
Massachusetts rob something from
Pennsylvania. Let Connecticut, the
land of nutmegs and corsets, which
recall tender memories to members of
Congress, make a raid upon Tennes
see and North Carolina and Virginia
after peanuts. That was the way to
carry on a tariff reciprocal rascality.:
The devil when he came to earth was
greatly delighted ! in going around
and finding that the most select of
all his instruments was a cunning old
lawyer who cheated by statute. But
then the devil had never read the
tariff law,' with its ad valorem and
specific duties. If he had he never
would have bought the beautiful
dress he wore, or he would have got
through the custom house without
paying taxes. I
And how was the devil dressed T
- 1 ii j &.
urenuemeu on uit:utuev'L.LvJi,ii
"""1 . A. m .m
that the Mills bill was a radical mea
sure. He did not see that a reduc
tion of seven per cent, was much of
a free trade reduction. He had made
a calculation about the infant indus
tries of this country and their power
of suction from the maternal govern
ment. He could show that the pow
er of suction oft these industries
amounted to over ten million horse
power. ' j.
The protectionists argued that the
U nited States had protection and
high wages; therefore protection'
brought high wages. Apply the same
argumentation to England. England
had the House of Lords and low wa
ges; therefore the House of Lords
made low wages. Ireland had no
snakes and no wages; therefore snakes
made no wages. The . truth was
that wages were a matter utterly ir
relevant to a discussion of the tariff.
He then attacked Butterworih, of
Ohio, for favoringt reciprocity with
Canada and yet attacking any reduc
tion of the tariff. '
He would give the gentleman a lit
tle gem of the sweet singer of Michi
gan upon the alligator as being ap
plicable to the gentleman's reciproci
ty and the fisheries question:
How cheerfully it seems to grin,
' How neatly spreads its paws
And welcomes little fishes in
With geutly smiling jaws.
CAP AND BELLS.
Wtfe (club night): "Will you
be home early, John t" Husband: "Ye'es,
I think so, but dont keep breakfast wait
ing for me." New York Bun.
It is Said that i Tennyson some
times spends hours on a single line. We
can rattle off a single line in the twinkling
of an eye; it is the second line that exhausts
our poetic genius. Martha's Vineyard
Herald. - - - -y
"Now, John," said a wife who
was going on a Jjourney, "when you bid
me good-by on the train,' you mustn't lift
your hat or kiss me." j "Why not ?" "Be
cause people will think that you are not my
husband. 7 New York Sun.
"I am surprised,' Bobby," said
his father, reprovingly, "that you should
strike your little brother. Don't you know
that it is cowardly to hit one smaller than
yourself t".
"Then why do you hit me, pa?" in
quired the boy, with an air of having the
better of it Epoch.
- "There seems to be nothing in
the market," said Mrs. Hendricks, despair
ingly, to the Widow Jenkins, who had just
'dropped in' for a moment. "I am worried
to death to know what to get for"
"Why, ma," interrupted Bobby, who
was laboriously pencilling his name On the
wall, "I heard you say that Mrs. Jenkins
was In the market. "Harper's Baaar.
Tbe 8Had FUnlng Indnstryv :
The shad fishing season for 1888,! as
mentioned ' some time since ' by'jthe
Stab, shows a remarkable incfehae.
in the catch as compared with previa
ous seasons. : The '. season - begins
about the first of February and ends
o'n the tenth day of May," when the
fishermen are 'compelled by law to
put up their nets and turn their.at
tention to other business pursuits; .
From records carefuly-; kept by
Messrs. W. E. Davis & Son, we find
that the total catch of 'shad the past
season was .52,351, an increase of . 18,
385 60 per cent, over the season of.
1887, when &the Icatch" was . 83,966.
Careful estimates made from data
gathered by Mr. S. Gt. Worth, former
Fish Commissioner, show that the
catch! above Wilmington in 1887; not
marketed here, was 21,530,and adding
60 per cent.,the same ratio oi increase
as at the Wilmington fisheries for the
season of 1888, will make the catch at
the up-river fisheries 34,448, or a total
of 86,799, shad caught in the Cape
Fear, Northeast and Black rivers du
ring thtf past season. '" '
In a report to Mr. Luther Maddox,
assistant Fish Commissioner at Wash
ington, who visited'the fisheries here
a short time ago, Mr. W. Ei Davis
calls his attention to the important
fact that the Cape Fear river shad
are the largest and finest caught in
any river on the coast. This is the
testimony of the largest fish dealer
in New.Tork city, who handles shad
from the St. John's to the Kennebec.
It is suggested, as the Commission
desire to stock, the rivers of the
country with the ; finest shad, that
this would be a most eligible site for
the establishment of a hatchery.
Mr. Davis says that the ripe fish can
be taken in sufficient quantity to
justify the outlay for the necessary
plant, and furnishes facts and figures
for the enlightenment of the Com
mission, together with a diagram of
the Cape Fear, Northeast and Black
rivers, the waters of Which : are dark
but clear, and the cprrent alljthat
can be desired.
Republican Convention.
The Republican County Conven
tion of New Hanover met yesterday
in the Court House.1 Gen. S. H.
Manning was chairman and Thos. C.
Miller secretary. Nearly all the
delegates from the different wards
and townships were present.' Dele
gates to the State, Congressional and
Senatorial Conventions were elected,
"as follows:
State Convention C. P. Lockey,
"W. P. Canaday, Daniel Howard and
John Holloway. Alternates J. T.
Howe, Sam Reese, J. O. Nixon,
Benj. Williams.
Congressional Convention John
Holloway, J. E. Taylor, James Elder.
Alternates Geo. E. Green, Jordan
Nixon, Luke Grady, William Mc
L&urin, '
Senatorial Convention-C. P.Lockey,
E. M. Green, T. C. Miller, John H.
Brown. Alternates S. H. Manning,
E. J. Pennypacker, Godfrey Willis,
Jr., Monroe Byrd.
The following resolution, offered by
S. VanAmringe, was adopted, viz:
Resolved. That this convention do
now take a recess until October 13th,
1888, at 10 o'clock A. M.
This action is taken at the instance
of the Executive Committee, who re
commended that no nominations be
made for county officers at this time.
but that the matter be deferred until
October.
The convention was quiet and har
monious, all the "kickers" having
been "quieted" before it assembled.
Cape Fear and Yadkin Taller Hall-
tr m. i""
m
Tesiu. . . '
report made to the stockholders at
the annual meeting held in Fayette-
ville on the 3d inst.,
says,' in speak
of the road to
ing of the extension
Wilmington
"It is with great pleasure that "we
announce to the stockholders that,
on the first day of March last, the
city of Wilmington, with great unan
imity, voted a subscription of $150,000
to the capital stock of your company
to aid in extending your line 'from
Fayetteville to that port, and' that
our deep water terminus is at last
assured.
"In accordance with the authority
heretofore granted your directors
have entered into a contract with the
North State Improvement Company
for building and equipping the en
tire road. Our engineer corps is
now surveying and locating the line,
and the work will be pushed to com
pletion as rapidly as possible.
The Cape Fear, North East and
Black Rivers being navigable streams
it was necessary to get an act of Con
gress allowing us to bridge them. A
bill -was prepared by your attorney,
Mr. Rose, and through the efforts of
Senator Ransom and Representative
McClammy it has passed both houses.
Our Atlantic terminus now being
fixed, it still remains to perfect our
North-Western connections, and our
long-cherished dream of a grand
trunk line from our own seaport at
Wilmington, running diagonally
across the State from southeast to
northwest, to the great valley of the
Mississippi, will be realized.
We can now assure you that this
consummation, so devoutly wished
for, will soon be reached."
From Enfield." "
A correspondent of the STAB, wri
ting from Enfield, N. O., says that
while at that place recently, he was
very much gratified to learn that the
merchants of Wilmington are strong
ly and favorably competing with the
Richmond, Va., merchants for the
trade of that section.
Mr. Morgan, the young man injured
in a railroad . accident at Enfield, a
short time ago, is improving, and
bids fair in a short time to be able to
walk. He is carefully attended by
two loving sisters and a brother, and
is cheerful and contented.
Mr. Wm. A; Smith, a former
member of Congress from the Ra
leigh District, and at one time presi
dent Of the North Carolina Railroad,
died in" Richmond, Va., Wednesday
afternoon last.: - .
Total receipts of cotton at this
port since Sept . 1st," 1887, are 167,160
bales; last year for the corresponding
period the receipts were 153,313-an in
crease of 88,847 bales.
PROHIBITION CONVENTION 1
In Seealon at Greeneboro Tbe Flat-
. form A State Ticket Nominated.
Special Star Telegram.
Gbsbnsbobo, Hay 17 The State Prohi
bition Convention was called to order at
ten a: m. Wednesday morning by Dr. D.
W. C Benbow. Prater was offered by
Rev. (3. Miller. W. T. , Templetoo, of Ra
leigh, was made permanent chairman, and
W. F. Steele and J. ' R Jones secretaries.
The usual committees wera appointed. . 37
Sam Small, who was present, was called
on and spoke for an hour. At the conclu
sion of his speech the Convention adjourn
ed till afternoon. - '" . 1' .
At the- afternoon session the Committee
on Platform reported, demanding rigid
National and State . legislation on Prohibi
tion, repeal of the internal revenue laws,
protection of free against convict labor, &c.
Nominations were made as follows: Gov
ernor W. T. Walker. Lieutenant-Governor
M . Hammond. Treasurer H. W
Dixon. Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion N. C. English. Auditor J.M. Win
stead. The Executive Committee is author
ized to nominate other State officers, includ
ing Judges. Presidential electors were ap
pointed aa follows:.. Districts J. D. Lang
ston, J. B. Webb, : Jesse; Moore, J. M.
Thompson, J. 8 Ragsdale, T. L. Vail, T.
M George, R. L. Abernethy, B. B. Lake.
At large J. E. Walker, J. 8. Jones.
Considerable money was raised for
campaignjfund. - .
iBv Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.)
Raleigh, May 17. The Prohibitionists
of North Carolina, in State Convention at
Greensboro, to day nominated a full State
ticke', (with the exception of Secretary of
State and Attorney General), headed by
W. T. Walker, of Greensboro, for Go
vernor, aud Mdscs Hammond, : of Ran
dolph, for Lieut. Governor.
WASHINQ1 ON.
Tne Tariff Bill to til we War for Ap
propriation Bllle Conference of Be.
poblleanar '
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
WASHUTOTOsr, May 19. An arrange
ment was concluded this afternoon
by which the tariff bill will be laid
aside for a week or ten days, and the
House will proceed withthe consider
ation of the appropriation bills. It is
the general understanding that this
concession was made by Hr.lMills, in
order to allow an opportunity to the
Republicans to reach an agreement
as to how his proposition to take a
vote upon the tariff bill and the Rep
publican substitute without amend
ment shall be treated . I f
A conference of Republican reprej
sentatives was held to-night at the
home of one of the members. The
subject of discussion was the Mills
proposition to vote directly upon nitr-f
tariff bill or the substitute to be of- I
lered ny tne itepuDiicans. ic appears
that the majority of the Republicans
are in favor of joining issues in
this way without passing : through
the tedious and protracted con
sideration of the bill in Commitf
tee ol the Whole for amendments;
Some of the members who make up
the majority are influenced in the
matter by a desire' to shorten the
session and get to their constituents
before the dayf of days, while others
believe that the Mills bill can be
beaten on a direct vote. From pre
sent indications, however, some forty
Republican members favor considers
ation of the bill under ! the five
minute rule. Their motive is to di
vide the Democrats by j offering
tempting amendments, or ; to defeat
the bill by delay. The meeting to4
night brought together about 15 or
18 members. There was much talk!
Dut no action, western memDersf
who participated strenuously perH
sisted in their opposition to thej
Mills proposition, despite all of the
arguments of the leading Republican
spirits. The conference lasted until
nearly midnight, and anjourned to
meet again next Tuesday, when the
effort to bring the recalcitrants int
line will be resumed. Meanwhile, th
Tariff bill has been formulated, th
Republicans' substitute for the Mills
bill. It is of course subject to change
and it is hardly to be regarded as the
final proposition until the party has
been united, but some of the leaders
express tne opinion that this will be
effected. It is reported to contain
the woollen schedules of the 1867
tariff, and the free suear nrovision
besides the administrative features of
the Mills bill.
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A Bear Day In Wheat Corn Iiotver
Provisions Fairly Active.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Chicago, May 19. It was a bear
day in wheat. More efforts were made
here to break the market than to sup
port it, and it responded. There was
some good buying early, and prices
not only opened o higher than last
night, but advanced ic over the open
ing prices. July wheat opened at 90f
90ic, and advanced to 90fc, the high
est figure reached. Several large oper
ators then became open sellers, and
there was enough - appearance of
weakness to cause very many to wish
to realize. From the above quoted
prices the decline was slow, with
slight rallies. The weakness contin
ued up to the close, and the decline
tor the session from the best price of
the opening was just 2c;
Corn was not bolstered up to-day,
and down it came under bright sun
shine, large receipts, large estimates
for Monday, large percentages of con
tract stuff, and large jafferings by a
few local carriers. Of corfrse the tum
ble in wheat made the decline in corn
more abrupt, but it was weak of it
self. May opened at 58Jo and tum
bled to 67c, the closing figure, and
July, from 5756fo to the close.
Oats proved more stubborn than
other grains to-day, and while the
price for May was ic . lower at the
close, the price of other futures was
about steady, in the face of the break
in wheat and corn. May closed at
34Jc, July sold down to 33i33fo, and
closed at 33f o. i
Provisions were fairly active and
higher at the opening, but later a
weaker feeling set in, due to the drop
in wheat and corn, and prices declin
ed sharply. Pork broke 17c, lard 10c,
and Bhort ribs 12c, the closing sales
being at inside figures, and recorded
a net decline of So on pork, 2Jc on
short ribs, but steady - in lard. The
feature of the trade in lard was the
buying for every month by George
Stewart & Co., and selling by Kirk
wood & Co. July sold at $8.658.75,
and closed at $8.65. July pork open
ed at $14,571, broke to $14.40, and
closed at $14.45. I Two houses bought
1,000,000 pounds of short ribs each.
July sola at $7.671,80, and closed at
When a man takes it upon himself
to write for a newspaper he must
meet the consequences. If he writes
for the edification of the people,- it is
well; if he writes, prompted by any
malign motive, it is not well, and will
most invariably recoil upon his own
head. We generally print what is
handed in to us,' but we are not re
sponsible for the views or statements
of correspondents, and they must not
expect us to assume such responsi
bility. When a newspaper corres
pondent raises a storm in his com
munity, he must either face it like a
man, or run like a turkey. He should
always' consider i the consequences
before rushing into print. Waaesooro
Intelligencer. i
NO. 29
SOUTH'Ry PRESBYTERIANS
General Assembly- of tne -frnuren a
Baltimore First Day's Proceed
Inss. . . . .
By Telegraph to the Xornmg 8tar.
Baltimore, May 17. The General As
sembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church met in Franklin Street Church, this
city, ht 11 o'clock to-day. - .' t
me sermon was preached bv Rev. Dr.
Strickler. of Atlanta, moderator. At the
close of the religious service, Rev.,Drs. J.
J. .Bullock, of Washington; C. A. . King,
of Central Texas, and J. R. Graham, of
Winchester, were put in . nomination for
Moderator. Dr. Bullock received a ma
jority of ail the votes cast, and was declared
elected He acknowledged the compli
ment in a short speech.
Kev. Drs. JS M' Munroe. of Ouachita.
and R. P. Farris, of St Louis, were elected
clerks, after Which the Assembly took a re
cess untjl 4 oclock p. m.
The Assembly includes sixty Presbyte
ries, which are represented generally by
one clerical and one lay delegate, though
some of them have two of each. The
whole number la about 150. who are un
titled to seats in the body. . i
The General Assembly reconvened short
ly after 4 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Richardson.
Secretary of the Executive Committee on
Education, presented the report of that
body. The committee had paid $13,297 for
help to candidates, which numbered 157
three of Whom, however, did not rjursue
their studies because of ill health. There
remained in the treasury only a small bal
ance, but the committee had no debt. The
committee resolved for this year to appro
priate $100 to each candidate, though that
appropriation is not sufficient, and candi
dates will have to depend upon their own
exertions and the kindness of friends.. The
balance in the treasury at the beginning of
1888 was upward of. $595. The report
made an appeal for more liberal offerings
for the cause of education. The number
of candidates now is 267, but the number of
ordained ministers has not been comment
surate with that number.
Rev. Dr. Houston, of the Committee on
Foreign Missions, presented the 27th an
nual report. During the past year four
new mission stations were established, and
means for their support was at hand. The
receipts were $83,040; an excess of $3,967
over the receipts of the preceding year.
Tbe report stated that tbe missions are in a
healthy condition, especially China ana
Japan, Italy,- Brazil and Mexico. An ap
peal is made for the Indian Territory,
where, it states, an effort is being made bv
Homaniste to get control of the schools.
Kev. Dr. Craig presented the report of
the Home Missionary Committee. The re
ceipts were $51,813 and the disbursements
$58,048; leaving a balance on hand of
$18,765.
The reports were referred to appropriate
committees and tbe Assembly took a recess
until 8 o'clock.
The evening session was devoted to the
discusBion of the condition of seamen, and
the time was principally occupied by Rev.
J. A. Witherspoon, chaplain of tbe Sea
men's Bethel of New Orleans.
Rev. Dr. Fedder and Rev. Dr. King, in
Convention to-day, with a number of pro
minent members of the General Assembly,
stated that the probability is very remote
that any action will be taken favoring a
consolidation with the Northern Presbyte
rian Church Such consideration, they
said, would destroy the identity of the
Southern Church, and for that their .peo
ple are not now, at least, prepared.
Baltqcobk. May 18. In the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
South to-day, tbe first order of bbsiness
was the announcement of standing com
mitters. An invitation from the M. E. General
Conference, in session in New York, was
received, proposing a union committee of
all evangelical societies on Sabbath schools.
It was referred to the Committee on Sab
bath Schools.
A special committee was
proposed, to
which to refer all correspondence referring
to a union with the .Northern Church,
which was adopted. i
The Committee on the Centennial Cele
bration in Philadelphia on the 241 h Inst.,'
reported an acceptance of the invitaion
to this General Assembly to join in the
celebration. The report was referred to
the committee to make proper answer to
their friends in Philadelphia.
The Committee on Publications presented
a report showing assets to be $73,243 more
than liabilities. Heferred.
An invitation to hold the next cession of
the General Assembly at Wilmington) N,
C , was docketed.
Overtures were received from the Presby'
teries of Montgomery, New ' Orleans and
others, protesting, against organic union,'
and were leterred.
The report of tbe Committee on Training
oi juoiorea ministers was presented,
showiDg good progress on the part of
students, who seem devoted to the work of
the ministry.
BALTiMORB.'May 19. The General As-
samhlv of the Southern PrHhvtnrian
Church assembled promptly at the appoint-
,.,. iutuuiniea uu me oauuain
m.rto o ronnrl Et.tin.74.5Al While 1U 80mB
States traffic trains are not run oh the JSC'
bath, m others they are by the law permitj
ted to run. The report opposes Sunday
excursions, and says greater effort should
be made for the better observance of the
Christian Sabbath.
The motion to appoint a Committee on
Temperance was opposed. Rev. Dr.
Brook 8 said if the motion was to appoint a
: committee looking to prohibition, he hoped
'it would not be appointed. He had no ob
jection to temperance, in a moral sense.but
he did not wish to see the Church engage
in even a seeming political contest. The
motion was opposed by others, because the
subject is connected with politics and can
not be well separated .
3Rev. Dr. Btown offered as a substitute
that a committee be appointed on temper
ance, with instructions to report at the
meeting of the General Assembly In 1888.
The substitute was adopted. x
The greeting t the M E. Gtn r.l Con
ference, in session in New Yuit, was read
and a reply ordered.
The question of . selecting the place for
the next session of the General Assembly
was taken up, and Wilmington, N. C, and
Chattanooga, Tenn., was named, and
Chattanooga was selected by a vote of 73
to 68.
The Judicial Committee reported in fa
vor of hearing the complaint of Wm. T.
Russel against the Synod of South Caro
lina; and with the consent of all parties to
try it by Commission, the parties agreed,
and the report was adopted.
A recess was taken until 8 p. m. When
the Assembly resumed business Rev. Dr.
Brown offered a resolution, to be spread
upon tbe minutes, in place of the fiction
taken to-day on Temperance, directing
that the committee to be appointed shall
carefully consider and report to the next
General Assembly the best means to put a
stop to the use of intoxicating liquors,
which isj such a growing evil. The reso
lution was adopted. -
An overture from the Synod of Georgia
and Florida, asking that the whole of the
territory of Florida be included in that
Synod was granted.
ERev. Dr. King, of the Judicial Commit
tee, presented a report in relation to the
case of Rev. James Woodrow, D. D , and
recommended that complainant be heard,
as he was prevented by the providence of
God from presenting bis complaint against
the Synod of Georgia. A minority report
was offered as a substitute for the majority
report, declaring that the complaint of Dr.
Woodrow was barred bacause be failed to
present his complaint within the time re
quired by the law of the Church. Rev.
Mr. Whaling, of Cheraw, 8. C, opposed
the minority report, declaring that only
technical objections had been advanced in
it, while it was a fact ihat Dr. Woodrow
was prevented by the providence of God
from prosecuting his complaint within
reasonable time.
Rev. Dr. Hill opposed the minority re
port i because all its technicalities were
aimed against tbe constitution" of the
church. It was not Dr. Woodrow per
sonally, hut the Church, and every mem
ber of the Assembly who might be affected
if the minority report should be adopted.
- Rev. Dr. Brown said to adopt the mi-
: injustice. It could '
ke complaint, while
i hear it. lie would
tsido to do lusticc.
Ejected and the ma-
The complaint of
9 tho SDecial order
for the first hour of tbe session on Monday
next.
Adjourned until Monday.
Spirits Turpentine.
Goldsboro Headliaht: Worktm-
on the ice factory is progressing very
rapidly, and it is expected that it will
be, in operation in about three weeks. .
( North Carolina Herald: On'
next Sunday at 11 o'clock the Re v.
R. P. Eubanks, of Concord, is to be
ordained priest in St. Luke's church,
Salisbury.
r Weldon . News: Rumor Bays
the passenger conductors and engi
neers on the Coast Line will com
mence to run through from Richmond
to Wilmington again this fall.
f i Greensboro Workman : The
closing exercises of Mount Vernon
Springs Academy will take place on
Friday, May 25th, 1888, at 10 a. m.
Hon. Walter Steele, of Rockingham,"
N.iC, will deliver the literary ad
dress. r
1 1 Lexington Dispatch: - Mr. Geo.
Beck, of Conrad Hiy, has a sheep -which
brought him six lambs in less .
than twelve months. A few more like
that would make sheep raising profitable-even
in a country where the dogs ,
have all the advantage.
. Goldsboro Argus: . The new
roof to the Baptist church in this city
has been completed, and a force of
workmen are now busy on the interior
of the edifice remodelling. The
nominating convention of this the
Third Congressional District will be
held in this city on Wednesday next.
: Durham Plant: Rev. Dr. E.
A. Yates' sermons last Sunday on the
"General Judgment" were able, logi
cal, deep arguments. They were
heard by large congregations.
Durham shipped last week: Smok
ing tobacco. 66.445 sounds.
worth
worth
$23,946.52; 9,267,000 cigarettes,
$3U,3B1.1U.
- Hendersonville Times
We
have been informed that some Mor-'
mon missionaries have been promul
gating the doctrines of their faith in
the" Reedy Patch section of this
country. Several converts have been
made already, with a bright prospect
for more." What shall we do with
these Mormons?
Raleigh New Observer : Sam
Small is in the State on a lecturing:
tour. He has lectured at Winston,
Greensboro and Durham. On
the evening of the 15th iust. Hender
son formally abandoned the street
lamps Of our fathers, and agreeably
to that progressive spirit that char
acterizes our town put on the electric
light. -
Raleigh Chronicle: The organ
ization of the young Democrats of
Raleigh is, we believe, the forerunner
of similar organizations all over North
Carolina, which will do noble service
in the approaching campaign.
The Raleigh Savings Bank has closed
its first year. The directors rhet and
decided declare a dividend of four per
cent, of the capital stock, payable on
July 2d.
i Newton Enterprise: Hickory
has been considerably excited since
the town election last week over the
question of licensing barrooms in
the town. It was understood for
several days that license would not
be granted, but the wet influence
finally prevailed, and it has been de
cided to grant license to one shop
for $1,000 or to two for $600 each. '
! . Elizahethtown Enterprise: John
Chastin Martin, son of Chastin and
Sarah -Martin of Bladen county, N. .
C, jwas born November 13th, 1862,
died in ' Woodbin,! Whitley county,
Kentucky. April i7th, 1888, aged
twejnty-five years and five months.
4-We Tegret to learn that Tom
Plairk, a most respectable colored
man, living at the Tar Heel, was
drowned last Thursday night while
fishing in the river.
j Madison Leader : There is an
apple tree in Rockingham county
wnich has borne fruit for four years
and has never been known to blos
som. The apple grows off from a
soft shoot or sprig which springs
from the larger limbs. The fruit is
something similar in taste to the
pine apple, and makes a most deli
cious drink when prepared as lemon
ade. The point which baffles one is
how the fruit can grow without a
bloom.
! -- Asheville Citizen: Yesterday
morning we looked at our thermome
ter just at daylight. It marked 30
above zero, and a white frost covered
the 1 ground. We looked for a general
destruction of vegetables, but it was
not so great as we expected. Some
gardens escaped with little loss. Mr.
M. S. Pope, a painter at work on the
French Broad Baptist Church, had a
serious fall from a ladder yesterday
morning, breaking one of the small
bones in his left leg about the ankle. ,
Henderson Gold Leaf Work
- Deen -commenced on vue snopb m-
the Henderson Building and Manu
facturing Company, located near
Mr. Crozier's place in the northeast
ern edge of town. Gratifying in- v
telligence comes of the encouraging
outlook of the crops generally, con
sidering the backward season for -planting.
Corn and cotton are grow
ing finely, while wheat and oats are
promising. At a meeting of the
Board of Town Commissioners held
Monday afternoon, an appropriation
of $200 was voted to the Vance
Guards.
-j- Charlotte Chronicle: In our
special telegram from Greensboro in
yesterday's paper, the number of
delegates to the Prohibition Conven
tion should have been 154 instead of
15, as printed. Miss Alice Sloan,
daughter of " Mr. J. L. Sloan, Sr., of
Davidson College, a young lady in
the i junior class at the Charlotte
Female Institute, died Wednesday
night at 12 o'clock. Miss Sloan had -
been sick only a few days. Track
laying on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad has reached the
Catawba river, twenty-two and one
half miles from Monroe. The bridge
contractors have a large force of
hands at work . on the iron bridge .
over the Catawba river, which they
expect to have completed in about
two months. ,
Charlotte Chronicle: A Chron
icle reporter learned yesterday that the
cotton seed oil mills, in this city are to be
enlarged, and that;i50,000 brick have been
ordered for the purpose, The Caro
lina Trotting Horse and Breeders Associa
tion was organized at Raleigh with Capt,
Syd B. Alexander, president; W. P. Batch
elor, secretary, and Dr.- Gus McKee, treas
urer. Thomas Settle, Jr., is an aspi
rant.! we learn, for the nomination for
Attorney General on the Republican ticket.
The Charlotte people who usually
spend their summers at Blowing Rock,and
there is a pretty good crowd of them, will
be interested in the account of the destruc
tion of the Presbyterian church at that
place, by lightning, during the severe
storm a day or two ago. The workmen
say that the building will have to be torn
down and rebuilt.
I Greensboro Workman: The
prospect for wheat is very fine, especially v
in the southwestern and western portions
of the county, not altogether because of the
yield per acre, but because of the large area
sown. - We are indebted to Major At
kinson, civil engineer of the C. F. & Y. V.
Railway, for certain facts as to the progress
of the survey for the extension of the rail
road i from Fayetteville to Wilmington.
Mr. H. L. Fry, accompanied by Messrs.
Robtj Strange, Duncan O'Hanlon.K H.
Evans, George Pritchett, J. M Vaughn,
James Kyle and L M. Perdue, is on one of
thefroutes, and has located the road for sev
enteen miles, and an experimental line will
soon be begun by White Lake, Bladen
county, which is on the south side of the
Cape Fear.' By any of the routes hereto
fore suggested the country is level and the
work of grading will be easy.
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