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riYirva tax to vote. .
Osgood Farmers1 Alliance num
ber 187, of Chatham .county,
has .adopted a petition asking the
Legislature to take stepa to alter the
Constitution so that when there is do
tax, there shall be no vote. It thinks
it ia as great a grievance to allow
men to vote who bear no part of the
public burden of taxation as it was
for England to tax the Colonies and
allow no representation in the Par
liament. And so it is. It is in fact
a much greater wrong and .offence.
The British Parliament was com
posed of able men, educated men,
and the people in the Colonies were
of English descent, or birth. Bat the
negroes are ignorant, besotted, eta
pid, incapable, of an alien race and are
not in sympathy with the whites, and
care not how great the hardens they
are forced to bear. The British
might oppress, bat that would not be
the design. Greed and fear of com
petition might lead them to unwise
legislation and provoke the Colonies
to an extent they did not intend, bui
they would not be indifferent to the
prosperity and happiness of the Col
onies. On the other hand, the ne
groes being the allies of the North
era Republicans who control the
oountry, are ready no combine in
passing any : laws that will please
their Northern masters, keep the cor
rupt party in power and punish tbe
Southern Democrats. That is the
feeling. ,
So to allow any of this alien race
to levy taxes upon the-white people
of the South is an outrage and wrong,
far greater thaor-tbo- Colonies ever
were subjected to when a tax of two
cents a pound was - levied upon tea,
an article that not one in ten of the
taxpayers had never seen or tast
ed in their lives. -
The Chatham farmers declare:
"We know there can be 00 law that dis
criminates between the races; yet we be
lieve there can be some law enacted that
will mike the burden of taxation rest more
equally u pon the shoulders of boih races
in regard , to the law that requires us to
keep up a system of public schools in the
State.
"Believing as we do that all of the col
ored race will spare no effort to secure for
themselves tbe riant to vote, and will make
every effort to meet all the requirements
thai may be made of them to secure for
themselves tbe right to -cast their ballots:
Therefore, we, tbe said citizens, do respect
fully ask tbe Legislature to pass a law re
quiring every voter, who may be asked to
do so by any citizen at tne pons. 10 pro
- duce a receipt for bis poll tax for every
year intervening between tbe election at
which be offers to Vote and tbe election
nr-zi preceding the election at which he
offers to vote."
Bat the present Legislature, com
posed mainly of farmers, will take no
such steps. Already the action of
the House indicates unmistakably
that it is afraid to do right in this
matter, and that henceforth the ne
groes who pay no tax shall continue
to vote to impose taxes upon those
who already bear their full share of
he publio burden. Is this right?
It is estimated that at least $40,
000 in taxes are lost to the. Educa
tional Fund by reason of a failure to
compel the negroes to pay their tax
before voting. This is an important
f aot. Tbe negroes are burdening the
State because some quarter of a mil
lion dollars -levied upon the whites
for nearly all of it are taken yearly
from the tax payers to send the. ne
groes to school. They are bo utterly
indifferent to the interests of their
own children that they do not eon
tribute one cent towards their edaca
tion. Is this right? Is it fair and
just and honest? Shall it continue?
The Pittsboro Record publishes
the Petition and indorses it as fol
lows:
"The above is a step in the right direc
tion. and we wish that every sub-alliance
In the mate would present a similar peti
tion to the Legislature. We heartily favor
an amendment to our State Constitution re
quiring every man who is liable to poll tax
to pay the same before he votes at any elec
tion. A man who evades bearing tbe bur
den of government ought not to enjoy its
highest privileges. A man who is liable to
poll tax and able to pay it ought to be
made to pay it, or not be allowed to vote
and put taxes on those who do pay. Let
the law say to him, "No tax no vote " Of
course this would not apply to those who
are exempt from poll tax on account of
age, poverty or infirmity."
The Alliances of the State ought
to moe at once in this most eerU
ous matter. Perhaps a general pe
tition would give backbone to tbe
legislators and move them to the
discharge of an important duty they
owe to the white people of North
Carolina,
VOL. XX.
We would not be surprised to aee
a party formed against being taxed I
to school the negroes if this oatrage
of allowing negroes to vote to tax
others who never pay a cent of
taxes themselves should continue.
A NEGRO'S 8OHDTION.
There is a pegro editor in Florida
named Menard. He has written an
open letter to Gen. Ha rrison. He
onoe contested a seat in Congress;
That is his main distinction. He is
very gloomy over his race. He is
looking forward to a terrible conflict
in the South between the whites and
blacks. He says one or the other
must be supreme. True, and it is
easy to determine which it will be.
The Aryans have never bad masters.
The Southern whites, of all other
branches of this great stock, are the
last to submit to domination from a
raoe onoe their slaves. Menard says
this:
"An experience of twenty-five years
shows that instead of assimilating in
social and political interests the two races
are drifting every year further apart - from
each other religiously, socially, and politi
cally." . -
; This is true. The same may be
said as to the two races in the North.
Tbe negroes are to be used for poli
tical purposes in the South But in
tbe North lie will have no more rights
in 1889, than he has had all along,
and the intelligent negroes know
how much fewer those rights and
privileges are in " the North than in
the South.
Bat has Menard a solution? Hear
bim:
"If the Government could be induced to
furnish free transportation and home tends,
there is no-doubt but that at least 1,000.000
(colored people) could be Judiciously dis
tributed in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ne
brassa, Dakota, Colorado, Nevada, Cali
fornia aLd other points in the Sonthwest
during tbe next decade. Tbe amount of
money proposed to be appropriated by the
B air Educational bill and that of the
Freedman's Bank had better be diverted to
aid in distributing a large portion of tbe
negroes from the 8outh. The expenditure
of $15,000 000 would be a cheap solution
of this vexed problem."
Mr. Harrison will pleaBe attend,
The Republican blowers in Congress
over tbe negro problem will give ear,
to the Menard solution. But why re
move only one seventh of the popu
lation? There will be still left 6,
000,000 to vex the problem and wor
ry the whites. Menard takes it for
granted that it would be constitu
tional to take $15,000,000 from the
TJ. S. Treasury to pay the moving
expenses of the million negroes.
Well, there is just as much authority
to do this as to take $80,000,000,
seven-eighths of which must be raised
by subsequent -taxation, and teach
the negroes in the States.
The Stab has all along insisted
that if the Congress could pass the
Blair bill it could build school-
houses, cure diseases, buy school-
books, pay debts of individuals, give
each .negro forty acres and a mule'
aud anything else that was for "the
general welfare."
an inpoatANT vasiroB
FOR
.KIAR.CH.
Mr. C. B. Lewia.the "M. Quad" of
the Detroit Free Press, is to spend
the month of March in North Caro
lina. He comes on a kindly mission
to help .fill the State with desira
ble immigrants men of means and
industry. la a letter of the date of
the 27 th alt, to the Stab, he says;
The times are ripe for a great move
ment Southward, and one will begin with
in a year. If I can help North Cerouna to
boom I shall be only too clad to have a
hand in it, I want to meet every variety of
people, look closely into every industry,
and publish facts to interest not only the
people of the North and West, but of Eu
rope as well." j
Mr. Lewis will be cordially wel
corned. North Carolina really offers
a wide and inviting field to the bet
ter sorts of immigrants, American
and foreign. Its variety of produc
tion aud extent of undeveloped re
sources, as well as unbounded oppor
tunities for investment, are un
questionably and unmistakably great.
A tour of prospecting ; from
the Albemarle to the trans-montane
sections will reveal much o the great
hidden riches and the inviting fields
of North Carolina. It is so long
more than 500 miles that it offers
great varieties even of climate as
well as of prod actions. A line
drawn across the map fromJCherokee
to Currituck counties and then hold
ing the thumb upon the latter and
turning it northward will place you
in Lake ChampIaioJ loo mmeral
tAlt.li nf trifl fltatft ia certainly ex-
-
tensive. . All products of the Ameri
can Union are found, in this one
State. ; Tobaoco and rice, cotton and
all tbe cereals, and the grasses are
all grown. Parts of tbe State pre
sent the best opportunities for sheep
husbandry and dairy farms. North
Carolina has more than eighty rivers.
Its eastern bays and sounds are filled
with fish, oysters,, &o., and it is the
best watered of all the States,
The grape ripens to perfection,
as C do . all of the best fruits.
The !i apples of the State ' are of
unrivalled size and have taken the
premiums in the World's Fair in
New York and at other Fairs. I Its
forests of the best timbers are well
known and are very extensive. Not
more than one-third of the State is
yet touched with the axe of the for-
ester. Bat to undertake to bint even
at the variety and extent of the re
sources and productions of North
Carolina would be a big task. - Let
the Northern men who desire a more
genial climate and fields for invest
ment oome and see for themselves.
We may say here that the husband
man oan work out doors in three
fourths of the ' Slate auite eleven
months in the year. In this section
there are but few days he cannot do
so. The tobaccos of the State are
beyond all question the finest grown
on this Continent. The best farmers
of the best tobacco sections make
or from 3300" to $600 to the
hand. Men must learn of these far
mers how to grow the golden leaf
and -prepare it for market. There is
a fortune in it. Then the manufac
turing and handling of tobaooo for
other, markets has grown to boa big
thing, and several of the most flour
ishing towns, Durham, Winston,
Reidsville, Oxford, Henderson, are
almost entirely tobacco towns.
The Free Press issues a weekly edi
tion in . London, the circulation of
which is 87,000; If will be seen how
important it is that North , Carolina
shall be properly repotted in this
paper. Mr. Lewis says scores of en.
qairies oome from J&agland and
Scotland. He says these indicate
"tbe same restless spirit among the
people there as at the North: a
search for new homes, better climate
and greater returns for labor.
He will visit Wilmington while in
the State.
mORUlU BAITS.
Virginia is doing its duty by its
heroes. The peerless -Lee has one
statue at Lexington and is to have
another in Richmond. Jackson, the
brilliant right hand man of Lee, and
a military genius of a rare order, is
to have a $30,000 statue at Lexing
ton. These things greatly please.
It Bhows high appreciation of two
of God's noblest creations on earth.
These grand soldiers were Christians
of a high type pure, lovable, gen
tle, brave, truthful, merciful, sympa
thetic and noble. What a contrast
between such lofty examples and the
Grants, Sheridans, Shermans, Kil
patricks, of the Northern - army of
invasion!' What is North Carolina
doing to commemorate in Btone or
fronze its greatest soldiers? Pender,
Pettigrew, Ramseur and others
should not be forgotten or neglected.
There Ought to be a high monu
ment of the beat North Carolina
granite erected to tbe memory of the
120,000 Confederate soldiers that re
flected such undying glory Upon the
State. A generous and patriotio na
tive of North Carolina wrote to ns
more than a year ago that if such a
monument was erected at Durham he
would give $2,500 towards it, and
donate a lot and keep it in perfect or
der. When will tbe legislators of the
State ever think that the time has
oome to pay fitting honor to the he
roes who fell in defence of liberty
and local self-government, and the
people's rights? They oan build a
bUndred thousand dollar ugly palace
for a small " salaried Governor and
givemanythonsands'to start a school
called an Agricultural College that
may prove a useless luxury, but they
cannot provide foj the maimed and
helpless survivors of the great war or
erect a monument to the heroic dead.
The best encouragement we get Ss
from cultured men and .women and
from ministers of the Gospel. - Tbe
other day in a private letter from a
minister . well known in this city
written from the town he lives in, it
was said: , " -
"I had but 'a narrow idea of tbe good
you were doing until I came here You
have power among tnis people. A number
of them have spoken to me about the
strong, moral and sweet religious tone of
your writings in tne eTAB. .
The Italics are his. He refers to
oar Sunday morning chats more par-
ticularly. In dealing with rascals
and Radicals we -are foroed to be
severe some times.
There is a gang of rascals in Nor
folk causing great excitement among
the negroes by their depredations,
Many houses are barricaded and ask
ing protection. A special to tbe
World says :
iVViSla men anI wstntnn as ta!1 o a tliA
1 negroes have received attention at their
nanus, ana me city is nooaea wua.wtien
warning people to ston their alleged bad
habits. The police stalioa-and the magis
trate's offices have been beseiged with citi
zens who. wished permits to carry weapons
to protect tnemseives."
About a dozen are engaged in the
deviltry, and one has been arrested
and jailed
The late. Prince Rudolph, of Aus
tria, and the Prince of Wales (of
England), were warm friends.
Bowing Good. Seed.
Twenty-two hundred instances of
afd to Sunday schools in our State,
through the agency of Rev. 6. S.
Jones, during the past twenty . years,
makes a very pleasing record for the
generous hand of the "American Sun
day School Union."
' While Mr. Jones is in this section of
the State, his address will be 103
South Front street, Wilmington and
Hendersonville, - in the western eeo-
j tion.
WILMINGTON, .N, 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8,4889.
1HJS LATE D. JS. JtiL'&JLEL
meeting or the Wlimlnecton Br-R-
olutlona Adopted, ate.. .f
A meeting of the ' Bar, which- was
fully ; attended by its' members and
many leading citizens, was held yeater
day at the Court House, for' the pur
pose of taking appropriate action up
on the death of one of its most hon
ored and conspicuous members, - the
late Hon? Duncan K. McRae.
On motion of M. Bellamy, Esq.,
Hon. Geo. Davis was called to the
chair, and Mr.' DuBrutz Cutlar-waa
requested to act as Secretary.
Mr. Eugene S.Martin.on behalf of tbe
committee, presented the following
resolutions. - ' - -
The members of the Wilmington
Bar, desirous of testifying the high
esteem in which they held their late
associate, the Honorable Duncan K.
McRae, who after a long season of
suffering has passed peacefully from
earth, do resolve: That by tbe death
of Col Meuae the Bar of North Caro
lina sustained a serious loss. From
early manhood to ripe age, he was
universally recognized as one of the
most brilliant advocates, and one of
tbe most earnest, zealous and faith
ful defenders of the rights of his cli
eats that have ever appeared in the
courts ol North Carolina, i) earless.
vigilant, learned iu tbe law and gift
ed wttn oxtraordinar oratorical pow
ers, he was always a welcome associ
ate and always a formidable adver
sary, and the remembrance of ' his
moving eloquence, his tolid reason
ing, his sparkling wit and genial hu
mor will ever remain with those who
survive him. ' '
Resolved, That this testimonial to
the professional worth of tbe de
ceased be, with his Honor's permis
sion, spread upon the minutes of this
courtrand t hat a copy thereof be sent
to Mrs. McRae. with an expression of
tbe sincere and profound sympathy
-of this Bar with her in tbe affliction
with which she has been afflicted.
Tbe meeting was then addressed at
length by Hon. ' Chas. M. Stedman,
Hon; D.r L. Russell, Mr. John D.
Bellamy, JJr., CoUThos. W. Strange,
and finally' by the Chairman, Hon.
Geo. Davis, all of whom spoke affec
tionately and feelingly of the de
ceased and in terms of the highest
praise of his great talents and per
sonal qualities.
The resolutions were then adopted
unanimously by a rising vote.
Major Stedman was the principal
speaker of the meeting and his re
make were as follows:
Brethren of the Bar: I was
closely connected with Col. Duncan
K. McRae by "the ties of an intimate
friendship, enjoying tnis great privi
lege to ah extent, perhaps, accorded
to no one! else so much younger than
himself, excepting his partner, Mr.
Strange. I knew bim well. In every
sphere of life into which be was
thrown be was conspicuously great.
As an orator he ranked with the
foremost names of our State, and in
political debate there was no man in
all North Carolina who cared to
meet him He was a superb belle
lettre scholar and every literary pro
duction which came from his pen was
of exquisite and classical finish.
An an early age ne leaped to tne
front rank of our profession, contest
ing successfully with the greatest
legal lights tbe State has ever known;
for during tne years ol nis yonng
manhood was our Augustin age
when intellect ranked far above the
vulgar acquisition of money.
When scarcely tnirty years old, in
the case of tbe State vs. Ann K.
Simpson,! he delivered a speech mar
velous for its eloquence and logic and
which established for bim a lasting
reputation, extending lar beyond tne
limits of bur State.
' His mind was anylitlcal and of the
highest Order, drawing the closest
and finest distinctions. It was per
baps his chief fault as a lawyer that
intbis respect he sometimes over
reached the mark which would be
recognized by tbe average intellect.
Bo brilliant were nis enorts upon
every arena tnatine erroneous opin
ion largely prevailed tnat they were
the offspring and inspiration of
genius alone and that he was lacking
in application.
It is true that his striking talents
aDDroacbed closely that hitm pinna
ofe where Genius sits enthroned, but
it is also true tbat be aided and
strengthened them bv a research and
industry ! which excited tbe wonder
i i ; . i . i , . i i
anu auiuirauuu ui ait ui us wuo ue
came associated with him in the pre
paration of his cases for trial.
Asa soldier his name stands Pre
eminent among the heroes who have
illustrated the valor of our Southern
land. At Williamsburg, at tbe bead
of the Fifth North Carolina Regiment,
he immortalized himself aud State.
A writer for tbe London Times, and a
soldier of no mean distinction bim
self, who was present at that bloody
combat as a staff officer to McClellan.
names as! the most illustrious feats of
arms in modern warfare, tbe charge
of the Old -Guard at Waterloo; the
charge of tbe Light Brigade at Balak
lava and the charge of MacRae's
North Carolina Regiment at W illiams
burg His courage, both physical and
moral, was dauntless, and had belived
in tbe days of the crusaders, the
"knightliest warriors of tbat chival
rous . order would nave done bim
reverence. And yet, with all' his
dazzling qualities I love most to think
of mm as be was at nis own lireBide
or in the social circle of his friends.
Who of us can ever forget his nnceas
ing flow of humor, bis brilliant sallies
of wit, and above all that gentle and
loving courtesy which - followed his
presence as a charm ?
His life was the embodiment of
those ideas and deeds which shed a
halo around humanity, Buch as abso
lute ttdeiity in bis friendship: Kind
ness to those in distress; defiance of
tbe tyranny of power; an abounding
charity, for the frailties of others; a
love for the beautiful and a sublime
faith in j the Christian religion. 1
snail say no more. t J1
As one stands at . the grave of a
friend all speech is but poverty.
Words become meaningless and
empty sounds when used to recall to
the memory of those who loved him,
tbe exalted Intellectual gifts, the
heroic virtues and the gentle cour
tesies of manner and heart which
made up a character worthy to have
adorned any era and which would
have reflected lustre upon any peo
pie.
Army Appointment.
The President has appointed Major
Royal T. Frank, of the First Artil
lery, to be Lientenant Colonel of the
Second Artillery, U. S. A. Col. Frank
was stationed here some years after
the war and has many . friends in
Wilmington who will be glad to hear
of his promotion.
Barque Arbutus, from Wilming
ton, N. C, January 11 for Fleetwood,
Eng., has been abandoned at sea in
a sinking condition. Tbe British
steamer .Nether Holme. Ritchie, at
Martinique from Philadelphia, res
cned the crew of the sinking barque,
XLY
nannnent to a North Carolinian. -
The, following is dipped from a
Florida paper: - ;
A monument twelve feet hieh and
weighing about three tons, was erect
ed last xnursday by the Bt, Angus
tine Marble and Stone Company over
the grave of the late Hon. William D.
Moseley.. ; The - inscription on four
sides runs -as follows: On the east
side, "In Memory of William 1).
Moseley," who was 'born at Moseley
Hall, N. C, on the 1st day of Febru
ary, A. D. 1795:" north side, "Elected
First Governor of the State ol Flori
da, on the 26th day of June; A. D.
1845": - west sidfl. "Died at Palatka.
Fla. , on the 4th day of January, A. D.
1803"; south side,; "Resurgam.n The
second base has in raised letters the
name rMosely "
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Qoaranttne:Convu4!on.
The : Raleigh News ' and. Observer
publishes, the following as the list of
delegates appointed by his Excellen
cy Gov. - Fowle to attend : the quar
antine convention at Montgomery,
Ala., Tuesday, March 5th,. 1889: Col.
L. L. Polk. Raleieh: Hon. S. B. Alex
ander, Charlotte; Dr. W. C. McDuffie,
Fayetteville; Col. W.F. French, Lum-
berton; CoL John Wilder Atkinson
Wilmington; Nat Atkinson, Esq ,
Asheville; lohn R. Beaman, Sr., Clin
ton; Clement 'Manly .Esq., New Bern;
W. H. . Miller, Esq., Shelby; Joseph
E. Robinson. Goldsbora; Dr- C. D.
mith. Franklin; . J. , H. . Hennessy,
Murphy; D. R, Meyers, Henderson
ville. -
Proctor 8creen roaapaar. '
A meeting of the incorporation of
the Proctor ScreenCompany was
held in this city yesterday, Capt.'J.
F. Divine being called to the chair
and Mr. R. J. Southall , acting as
Secretary. -; The company was organ
ized by the election of the . following
officers : . . , .
President D. .G. Proctor, of Wash
ington, D. C. ,
Secretary and Treasurer H. L.
Borden, of Wilmington, N. C. .
Board of Directors D.,G. Proctor,
Washington, P. ft; J. F. Divine,
Wilmington, N. C; R. J. Southall,
Augusta, Ga.; J, T, Barron, Colum
bia, S. C ; J. F. Post, Jr., . Wilming
ton, N, C; A. M. Proctor, Washing
ton, D. C; J. M. Proctor, Washing
ton, D. C. , ,
The company propose to proceed at
once to have screens manufactured
for railroad ears and dwellings, to
supply the demand for the coming
summer. The screen is a device in
tended to keep out the dust and lower
the temperature. It has heretofore
been described in the columns of the
Star. mm tm ' ' '
8ieamsnlp Albany.
The board of survey ordered; at
Norfolk, Va., on the British steam
ship Albany, recently ashore at Little
River, reported that the vessel was
not damaged enough to require re
pairing there. The Norfolk Zand -
mark says: . "The steamer is now un
der one libel for $50,000, and it is
thought that another will be filed
against her in a few days by a pilot
who had : something to do with her
at the time she was ashore. As soon
as the vessel gives bond in these suits
she will, it is thought, proceed on
her voyage."
Foreign Exports lu January
The total value of exports from this
port to foreign countries during the
month of January is $369,952, as fol
lows:
Cotton 5,100 bales, weighing 2,433,-
259 pounds and valued at $225,100.
Rosin 45,296 barrels, valued at $44,-
906.
Tar 2,000 barrels, valued at $3,-
200.
Spirits turpentine 106,925 gallons,
valued at $48,988.
Lumber 2,516,000 feet, valued at
$38,481.
Shingles 1,162,000; valued at $5,-
816.
Miscellaneous Flour, tobacco.cross
ties, etc , valued at $3,461.
The Late llkta Mudaick
The Boston Post of Tuesday last
contains the f llowing.
The funeral of the late Wilkin Rod
dick, formerly of Boston, who died at
Wilmington, JNC, on January 2ttb,
took place yesterday . afternoon at
the Columbus Avenue ' Presbyterian
Church, the pastor, the Kev. Mr.
Campbell, officiating. Besides the
relatives and near' friends, a delega
tion was present from the Scots Char
itable Society, of which deceased was
a member. ' Tbe pall bearers were
Messrs. Robert Gilehrlst.Gilbert Bun-
ton and Robert L:' Walker, of Boston,
Peter Murray, of's Springfield, and
William Crawford and Alexander Mo-
Isaac, of New York. .- The funeral was
at Forest Hills. , .
Subscription to the '. V & V. V
The subscription of ; $150,000 to the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad
by the City of Wilmington was made
in due form by Mayor Fowler yester
day, all the conditions required by
law naving been complied witn.
Tbe first payment of bonds to the
railroad comnanv on account of the
subscription, will be made as soon as
required by tbe company lor tne
purchase of terminal faculties in this
city.
Cotton for dnecnatown.
Messrs. Alex, Sprunt & Son cleared
the German barque Nestor yesterday,
for Queenstown for orders, with 1,680
bales upland cotton, weighing .814,-
544 pounds and valued at $75,850.
Rev. Dlrt'Fiarion.
Rev. Mr. Pearson, who conducted
the - remarkable series of revival
meetings in this city last Spring, has
been doing some good work in Green
ville, S. C. A newspaper correspon
dent giving ah account of the meet
ings says: . . -
V The city is triven over to the revi
val. For the morning services busi
ness men leave their stores and go
.early to secure seats; at night the
church is filled and packed an hour
before tbe services begin.' Business
is dull;' news is dull; '. but a mighty
work is going on among the church
workers, such , as the city has never
seen before.,. , , k
- The. revival meetings , closed i to
night. The greatest congregation
ever seen - at a religious meeting in
the citv attended the cloeine services.
Nearly. . four . -hundred -p. conversions
have resulted ' from,, the meetings
Mr. Pearson leaves to-morrow ? for
Houston Texas, whence he will ' re
turn to bold reviyal,jneetings in Col
nmoia m Aaron.
nn a id)
GEJSARAL, AtMJMBL,Y.
The School Liw BUI Canaitiared and
Paeaed In tna Senate New Bills In
troduced. "Special to the Morning Star. :
Rjlleigh, Jan. 81. Ia tbe Senate, a bill
was introduced this morning by Mr. Lusk,
extending the time for sheriffs to settle with
the 8tato treasurer, from February 1st to
May 1st. - -
Bill to amend the public school law was
taken up by tbe Senate, in Committee of
the Whole. The bill was la ken up by
sections, and sections 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8 land
9, were adopted,. The clause which- gave
non-resident teachers leave to be examined
at a special examination was stricken out.
Sections 11." 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, were
adopted; Section 18 was amended, by re
quiring tbe treasurer to ba present the first
Monday in each month to pay educational
vouchers. Sections 19, 20, 21, 23. 23, 24.
25, were adopted. Sections 26 and 27
were stricken out. Mr. Shaw submitted a
substitute, requiring the retiring treasurer
to turn over his school accounts and books
to his successor in office on-June 80th, in
stead of Nov 30lh. Section 28 was ad
opted, tiection 29 was amended to include
the amendment enacted by the law of
1885. Section 80 was adopted. Section
SI was amended by striking out the clause
preventing persons within two cegreeB of
kinship to two members of the committee
from being employed as teachers. Sec
tions 82 and 83 were adopted. Section 81
was amended so that misapplication of
'school funds, "wilfully and unlawfully"
done, shall merit the punishment provided
for in the said section. . r
Bills were introduced relating to binding
out colored children under twelve years of
age; to increase tne peddlers tax: to lncor
oorate the town of Hastv. Richmond coun
ty; to prevent frauds and perjuries; to bet
ter protect landlords and tenants; to abolish
the State Normal Schools and apply the
sum set apart for them to county Institutes;
to increase the efficiency of the Slate Guard;
to establish an agricultural and mechanical
institute for colored people, to secure to
creditors a just division of the estates of
debtors Who convey to assieneea for the
benefit of creditors; to better-protect the
waters of cities and towns; to prevent
drunkenness; to define .what persons may
obtain license to retail liquors; to amend
tne Uoue in reference to tbe school laws; to
limit tbe appropriation for the' State Guard
to $3,000 per annum; to provide that no
person shall be eligible for county commis
sioner for more than two years m any term
of four years.
As the special order, the House at noon
took up the case of Green ys. E M. Foscue,
from Jones county. The minority report
of tbe committee favored Foscue, the sit
ting member; the majority report favored
Green, the contestant. Upon a vote being
taken the minority report was defeated
yeas 49, nays 57.
The majority report seating Franklin
F. Green was adopted. -
The bill to prevent the spread of disease
among stock was taken up and passed.
Tne bill to cnanee the name ol tloiaen
township passed a final reading.
Bill amending the law in regard to tbe
sale of seed cot ion passed third reading.
Bill relieving tbe Governor from duty as
acdng chairman of the State Board of Ag-
griculture, and providing that the Board-
may elect its own cbairman, paesed a sec
ond reading. -
Bill to punish trepass on boats passed a
unai reading.
Bill to amend the law in regard to tbe
election of trustees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College passed a final reading.
Bill to incorporate tbe Ocean view Kaii-
road Company passed a final reading. .
Raleigh, February 1. The, following
bills passed a third reading: Empowering
gas companies to supply electricity for
lighting purposes and power; authorizing
the Lynchburg & Durham R. R. Co. to
consolidate, lease to, or merge into other
companies now incorporated under the
laws of the State; extending the time for
the collecting of taxes and settlement with
tax collectors.
The Senate went into Committee of the
Whole on the educational law. After
striking out several sections and amend
ing others, the committee arose and re
commended that the law pass.
HOUSE.
Bills were introduced to provide for re
printing by the Secretary of State of five
volumes yearly of North Carolina reports
now but of print; to protect landlord and
tenant by providing that contracts shall be
in writing, -and eacn. party to seep a
copy, and . tnat itemized - accounts
of supplies furnished shall be kept;
direcine return to the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Rai road Company, by the
State Treasurer, of bonds of lhat road for
$101,000, now in the Treasury; to incor
porate the Fayetteville & Albtmarle Rail
way Co: to prevent hunting - in Currituck
county at certain seasons of ihe year.
The Bouse took up tbe case of ureen vs.
Biucc m, from Wake, After argument tbe
majority report or tne committee was
adopted, and Baucom holds his beat.
.Lyon, for tbe committee, submitted
report in the election contest from Bertie
county, of Outlaw, the sitting member,
The House, by an overwhelming vita voce
vote adopted the report and Outlaw holds
his seat.
Bill to require a registration of dentists
in each county of the State within six
months, passed. - - -
. Bill to expedite criminal trials upon their
merits by allowing correction of slight va
riation or omissions in evidence, eta,passed
a third reading. .-r-
Bill extending the time for; sheriffs to
settle with tbe State Treasurer . from Feb.
1st to May 1st , passed a third reading.
Raleigh, February 2 In the Senate the
follow bills passed third reading: Amend
ing chapter 82, Laws of 1881; relating to
tbe Bank of Newborn; resolution in rela
tion to the boundary line between Virginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina; for the bet
ter protection of books in the State Library ;
transferring certain law books from the
State to the Supreme Court Library; abol
ishing Fishing Creek township, Wilkes
county, and creating the new township of
Wilkesboro. . -
Bill to amend the Constitution was made
the special order for Tuesday.
Bill reducing the legal rate of interest to
6 per cent, was made the special order for
Monday. : -
Bill to prevent the sale of pistols was re
committed. .'
HOUSE!
Bills were introduced to amend the law
in reference to the State Guard, by Increas
ing the number of companies to thirty ; to
amend the law in regard to killing stock by
railways In Kockingham: to abolish tne of.
flee of standard keeper in Cleveland conn-
tv : to amend ' the act in regard to Rock
Soring Oamn Ground. Guilford county; to
regulate the serving of criminal processes
in Roanoke Swamp, in Mania and Bertie;
to change the line between Macon and Gra
ham counties: incoroorate Beaufort County
Lumber Company ; to amend the charter of
the town of Younesvule.irranKiin county
to allow judgment and decree of the Cir
cuit and District Courts of . the United
States in this 8tate to be docketed on the
judgment . dockets of Superior Courts of
this State; to incorporate epam institute
Atlechanv count v: to amend the - Divorce
law: to incorporate the North Carolina
NO. 14
Land, Lumber and Railroad Comnanv: to
amend the law In regard to the sale of
wood' in incorporated towns: to authorize
Commissioners of Pitt county to appoint a
Tax Collector.
The following nassed first reading Tn
allow Cherokee county .to levy a special
tax to build a jiil; to incorporate Walnut
Cove, Stokes county; to emend the charter
of Ashbbro, Randolph county.
ism to amend tbe charter of tbe town of
Smithfleld by allowing the election of a
mayor and commissioners passed second
and third reading- ; .-
BUI to change the name of the Hiawassea
Railroad ' to the Chattanooga. Cleveland
and Hiawasaeo Railroad passed.
ine uommuiee on rnviieeea and Elec
tions made unanimous report in tbe case
from Pender county, wherein R M. Croom
contested the seat held by ft C. Johnson,
that Johnson is entitled to the seat. Croom
withdrew his contest last Thursday.
Bin to enreaerects la deeds. &c. ordered
to probate by judges, passed.
tfiu proniouing unlawful removal of
property, on which there is a mortgage or
lien, out of the county, passed. "
Bin to amend tbe charter of the Burlaw
and Onslow Riiiroad so as to increase ihe
capital stock to $500,000, passed first read
ing." , -w;
iill to allow people of Vance county the
right to elect a representative and take
from Warren county the right to elect two
representatives, was taken up and finally
recommitted -
Bills passed final reading as follows: To
incorporate the Bank of Commerce and
Industry at Raleigh; to enlarge tbe 10th
judicial District by adding Alexander
county. '"
A message from the Governor was read.
It Was ,n relation to the nenitt-ntinrv and
taotatow-gesiiojn regard to inan.
agemeni, directors, etc. zsvfFir - -4-
- mm a ai " 1 v-"::
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Wm. O'Brien ladced In JTaU A flair a
in France Debete la the Chamber
I DepntleeXrlab Trials.
. Bv Telegraph to tbe Horn ing star. -Dublin.
Jan. 81. Wm. O'Brien to-day
was lodged in Clonmell jail, to undergo
sentence of four tnoniha imprisonment
imposed on him at Carrick-on$uir, for of-
ienets under tbe urimes act. When ordered
to remove bis civilian clo hing and adopt
tbe prison garb O Brien refused to obey,
whereupon he was seized by wardens snd
hi clothing was forcibly removed. His
beard was then thaved off He made a
desperate resistance and was exhausted by
his efforts to prevent the removal of ' his
clothing. The prostration of O'Brien after
bis struggle with the wardens was so se
vere that it was deemed best to summon a
priest to him.
Dublin, June 81. John O'Connor and
Thomas Condon, M. P. rs for Tipperary,
were to-day .sentenced to imprisonment for
four months without hard lahor for incit
ing tenants hot to pay rent. They appealed .
After the adjournment of the court the po
lice were pelted with stones by the mob.
Pabis. June 81. In the Chamber of
Deputies to day M Jouveniel interpellated
Oovernment regarding the measures it in
tended to take 10 arrest the progress of
Boulangerism. Tbe speaker attributed the
change in public .opinion chiefly to tbe in
sults that havo been heaped upon tbe Gov
ernment and to the indifference of the Min
isters toward their revilera. The Govern
ment ought to defend itself from the attacks
of slanderers.
M Fioquet, before replying, asked leave
to introduce a bill re-establishing tbe Ecru
tin d'arondissement system of election.
Deputy ue ornano, - Bonapartist, here
exclaimed: "The only possible issue is a
dissolution of the Chamber I"
M. Cazaux, member of the Right, asked
leave to speak on a matter of urgency.
Tbe fre8ident refused permission. Fresh
protests from members of the Right led to
a scene of great confusion. The President
finally called the members to order, and de
cided that the House must hear M. Flo
quet. ' .
M. Fioquet beid tnat tbe establishment
of the ecruiin d arondisaement system
would in no way assail universal suffrage.
If his policy obtained the approval of the
uepuoiican party be would i pursue It with
greater authority, but if it was not approved
ne would resign, in the meantime be asked
tbe House for a vote of confidence.
Paul DeCasBagnac followed the Premier.
He reproached M Fioquet with- attacking
universal suffrage, and said it was the Right
upon whom rell the duty of defending suf
frage against the government. The situa
tion for the Ministers could best be summed
op in the phrase, '"Get out!" After accu
sing al. Fioquet of striking at liberty
through tbe proposed laws against attempts
on the security of the State, M. Caseagnac
concluded by intimating tbat he would vote
for the present Ministry, since its continu
ance in office would be the best means that
could be sought to overthrow the Republic.
The sitting of the Chamber was then sus
pended.
Paris, Jan. 81. When the Chamber of
Deputies reconvened M. Hubbard demand
ed that the government proceed against
Bouianger witb acts, not words.
M. Fioquet replied tbat it wss necessary
to combat the idea of a dictatorship. They
must fight it resolutely in a legal way, using
fresh weapons if necessary.
M. Langnerre (Boulangist) reminded the
House that the Boulangist -propaganda was
Supported by thousands of citizens. Those
citizen?, he said, dasired an honest repub
lic. They desired a republic open to all
Frenchmen in contradistinction to a republic
governed by a parliamentary clique. It
was an infamous slander to say that Bou
langerism was supported by funds received
from abroad- M Clemenceau held that
although Paris had made a demonstration
tbat displayed its discontent, no rebson ex
isted for a change of government.
M. Montaud then presented this motion
"That the House, confident in the firmness
of the Government, passes to the order of
the day."
The motion was accepted by a vote of
800 to 1500.
. Bouianger did not appear in the Cham
ber during the debate.
samoa.
A Paper. Suppressed by the Germans
and all Vessels Arriving mt the
laianda to be Searched for Artlclea
Contraband or War.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Auckland, January 81. Advices from
Samoa state that the German officials have
given notice that all vessels ; arriving there
will be searched for articles contraband of
war. They have suppressed tbe Sumoan
Times. - r .- . , -
A passenger on the British steamer Wai
nui, who visited Mataafaja camp, wss
placed under arrest, but was subsequently
released in compliance with the demand of
the British consul.
A proclamation has been iseued placing
the Apia police force under Germrn con
trol. Mataafa'a followers number six thou
sand. They are strongly entrenched, and
other Samoans are rapidly joining them.
Upon arrival of the steamer Richmond
she was boarded and searched by the Ger
mans. -
: . VIRGINIA " '
White Cape Organised at Harrison
. bars.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Habbisonbubo, February 2. The
White Caps have organized , here and
severely handled two colored men Arch
Strother and Moffett Cochrane. Notice
had been previously given them that they
must improve their morals or they would
be visited by White Caps. The colored
people are very much alarmed, and many
of them are afraid to be seen on the streets
at night. ,
Conkfing is dead, but his skele
ton is still in Bialne's closet. In Oneida
county, N. Y., the Republicans are en
raged at tbe prospect that Conkling's bitter
enemy will rule the Administration, and
say they would never have voted for Har
rison if they bad known it. Boston Globe,
Sen.
CK Spirits, Turpentine.
Wadeaboro .'Messenger: The
bill to work the roads of the State by taxa
tion 88 .been - killed In the Legislature.'
Several counties are having special acta
passed looking to tbat end. .
Weldon. News: Our farmers
should make preparations for raising a
many supplies hog and hominy as poesl
ble this year. The report of the State Ag-;
ricultural Department says that those
farmers who do this are as a rule prosper
ous, others are not.
Linoolnton Courier: On laBt
Saturday morning Elsie Moore, an old col
ored woman of this place, started to make
a fire, when her clothes caught and were
burned off of ber. Her body was horribly
burned, and after suffering intensely she
died on Saturday morning. ,
Charlotte Chronicle: vThos. D.
Gillespie, Superintendent of the Southern
Express Company at Columbia, 8. 0., died
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, at his home
in Columbia, in the 61st year of his age.
He leaves a wifo and three sons. Bis re
mains were brought to Charlotte yesterday
on a special car.
" Charlotte News: Capt. Robert
Clark, whose serious illness was noted a day
or two ago, died at his home in Laurinburg
yesterday. " He was one of the most popu
lar men in the employ of the Carolina Cen
tral road, and was liked by all who knew
him. He had a great many friends in Char
lotte. His life was insured for about $8,000.
New Bern Journal: Shad
are
coming in rather slowly. They
are pre-'
paring for a big iun Fair week. Rail
road extension is not dead. The Wilming
ton line will soon have new life also.
We regret to hear that Mr, Hardison, who
had tbe misfortuue to step on a ten-penny
nail on the night of the fire at the rice
mills, driving it almost clear through his
foot, is suffering very much. -
v ; Chatham Record : We regret
to learn that a little daughter of Mr. Win
ship Goodwin, of New Hope township,
was accidentally killed by the falling of a
tree a few days ago. The child was sitting
J near where her brothers were cutting down
sumo irees, una, as one or tne trees in fall
ing was blown by the wind in the wrong
direction, she ran tp get out of its way but .
was caught under it and crush ed so badl
IhaUiBdAjjout half an hour.
county last Friday Mrs. Beisv Dial, wife
of Mr. Bright Dial, 74 years of age. ' The
deceased had been a consistent member of
tne Baptist Church for 40 years. In
o'clock of pneumonia, Mr. Joseph King, la
the 52nd year of his age. A fsi hful father
and good neighbor has paesed beyond the
river.
Winston Sentinel: Dr. W. A.
Lash's $10,000 residence at Walnut Cove
is nearing completion, It is said that
the Germanton Times is to be revived. Mr.
Benton Nelson will be editor. Revs.
Guthrie, Ware and Downum, of tbe North
Carolina Conference, have presented to the
museum at Trinity College a. rare specimen
of the bamboo root and stalk. It was
found on Oqracoke Island, having been
washed from the shores of India. The stalk
is about sixteen inches In circumference.
Maxton Union: Judge J. H.
Merrimon spent Sunday,- -Jan 20tb in
Maxton, at tbe McRea Houee, but no one
knew who he was, as hu never registered
or told any one his name. He was ex
tremely reticent. As we go to press
we learn that Mrs. Clarkie Purcell died of '
paralysis at the home of her son-in-law,
Dr. Frank McMillen, Plainview.
Sunday morning's Wilmington Stab
reached Maxton Monday morning on the
east bound train from Cearlotte. Came by
the ' Star route" we suppose. '
Charlotte Democrat: Ed Alex
ander, colored, was shot in the hand last
week. He was loading his pistol while on
his way to a negro ball but the ball got to
him before he got to the ball. Plans
are making for a convention of North Car
olina Hotel men to be held next May at
Morehead City. The Methodists will
build a bew Mission church on Eighth
street right in the nest of factories. The
Methodists will then have three churches
in the city. The growth of this church is
encouraging. - '
Tarboro Banner: A oolored
woman severely whipped her child, a boy
7 or 8 years of age, last Saturday, because
he could not start a fire with wet wood.
She used a common size rope, and many
were the bruises on his face and body when
examined by a physician. He. was whip
ped unmercifully. It will give pleas
ure to many of the citizens of Tarboro to
learn that the Evangelist, Rev. R. G. Pear
son, has consented (D. V )to condu.U a
meeting here, commencing tbe first Sab
bath in October, and continuing ten days
or two weeks.
Whiteville Record: The colored
Baptist Church was burned last Sunday
night. It was accidental and no one is to
blame but a wagoner who left the fire ia
the vicinity. Our friends are making ef
forts to rebuild their bouse of worship
and we hope all our citizens will gener
ously lend them a helping band.
Died At bis residence near Mt. Tabor
on the morning of Jan. 18th, Mr. E. W.'
Fowler in the 53rd year of his age. The
d ceased was a consistent member of the
Missionary Baptist Church at Mt. Tabor
and died rejoicing in the hope of life eter
nal beyond ths crave.
Raleigh News-Observer : The
alumni banquet of the graduates of Trinity
College will be held here on the evening of
February 5th, and not of the 7th, as has
been announced.. President Crowell is
now at the North. - H. C. Fisher, the
sheriff of Cumberland county, brought
four prisoners to the penitentiary yesterday
convicted last week and sentenced by Judge
Merrimon. James E. Moore. Esq.,
has been appointed by Gov Fowle as chair
man of the North Carolina delegation to
iue t BHUiugiou anniversary at v BsuiDgiuu
on the 29tb of April, vice W. T. Dortcb,
Esq., who is unable to serve.
- Clinton- Caucasian: The explo
sion of Mr. Uriah Hill's boiler last week
makes the fifth accident of this nature du
ring the year, Hardy Brewington, .
colored, killed a hog a few days ago that
weighed 412 pounds net The Samp
son Light Infantry met last Saturday for
drill and the election of officers, which re
sulted as follows: W. L. Faison was re
elected captain ; T. H. Patrick. 1st lieuten
ant, and P F. Stevens, 2d lieutenat.
Mr. J. H. Brewer killed a hog this season
that weighed 616 pounds net. He also
nlanted about snvnn-eiirhtha of an anrn nf
tobacco, cultivated it and cured it himself,
and sold it for $67 net cash. This was his
first experience raising tobacco. -,
Goldsboro Argus: The rem a u
of Mr. Jas. F. Davis, who died in Raleigh
yesterday morning of braio touble, wherv
he had been for some time undergoing
treatment, passed through this city yester
day afternoon, accompanied by bis brother
Capt, Jeff Davis, en route for La Grange,
for interment. Just at this time this
section is much stirred up among all class
es of our people over the wily efforts that
the Richmond & Danville Railroad Com
pany and their allies are putting forth here
abouts to build uo trade over their lines to
the farthest limit of their systems among
our unsuspecting and credulous colored
people. It is estimated that nearly
three hundred of the best colored labor of
this section lef i; over the Richmond & Dan- .
ville Railroad from this city yesterday for
Arkansas, wooed by the circular of Mr. R.
A Wi'H, m m,hliiat,eri In annthv AAlnmn
of this issue, and by the personal solicits-'
tions of the railroad emissaries .
Sanford Express; .Mr. M.' B V
nicnoison, a veneraeie ana esieemea cm -zen
of Greenwood township, expired at hi
home last Tuesday morning after a brief
illness. On the day before he was stricken
with paralysis. A very enthusiastic
railroad meeting was held at the academy
yesterday evening to elect a committee to
meet the committees from New Bern,
Goldsboro, Charlotte snd other points
along tbe line of the A. & N. C Road and
its proposed extension, in the Yarborough
House in Raleigh next Tuesday.-
Maj McClammy has done well for Harnett
county Since he took his seat in the House
from the Third district, and when he fails
to hold Harnett be will be forced to retire.
This week tbe mail bags at tbe postoffice
here were full almost to overflowing with
seed from the' Agricultural .Department,
sent by tbe Major to his fellow citizens in
Harnett county. The Major is a good far
mer himself and- knows exsctly what seed
to send his constituents and if he is as libe
ral tr, hi- AiliAP iwinulitnentji it will take &
strong Richmond to down him even nest,
time.