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i - ' ' rUBLISHRD AT . 1 WILMINGTON, iH. bj '. - j.-: ! $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. 88388888883888888 8888SS8888S88S888 -stpuoj 9 8 8 8" 8 8 s"8?i'S'Slii' S S S 2S S SS 5 5? SS$3SSSS 8i88888888i888Ssi t:qiao( g 8S8S8888S8S888888 8888S8S882888888S to t- t eo w t- oo 8888SS88838888888 m to ggjgggj 8SS8S88SSS888SS3S8 eo - t-oo as o w to o co o O -; a. tn St :::: : er (K.ntered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C; as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, i - .11!" : The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is ak follows-: :l, I j I Single Copy 1 year, postage paid. " ft m,nll,. " L...S1 W it;. ;. i-'fift " 8 months " . FOR THE SOUTH ONLY There, never was any doubt that the election bills which the RepublU can conspirators have bee working bit ever since the beffinnirts m the "Present Congress were intended fo j. he South - and for the Sduth only The men who got them u pi ne ver tirade any concealment of' their nin - Unsn and iust'ified their intention b . ? ' 7 1 i i maintaining that the Reptiblica party did not haVe fair South', aj;oncluson reached from the fact that- Republican calif idates in f t iie South did not receive as many, v;es as there were colored men of voting . age in the btatjes, wlyph jlistricts and counties n i hey ran. They counted t he colored .heads, put each one of th iem down ! r a Republican vote, and because Viiev came up short of the: count, there was. intimidation or fra kl. is an assumption which does -.!U-.)Lr UlSllI V IIIC CUIlClllSlOll, UUU II - ;j.isvcrs their purpose, and while it 'jlwk that it is as good as a i bushel :! bisk el full of solid fact. 0 The devisers of these measures do ? not Uenv that they are especia iiy. : (lesilii'il to apply '.'ii:it they deny is ' 'ribute;! to .them .ii ierthur that ; the ire fair ele'etions, to the Sodth, the motive at- in alvocating, motive is to jen and not to ebn- trol them in the interest of the Re publican nartv, as. charged by their comnctitors: a . oretence which is s o tiviiTsparent that a' 'Digger Indian (-oiikl see through it. : ; ' They can't deny it if they would; hilt' if they would' their work m the ; proposed' : election bill would appear ;in evidence againstj them, for :,H speaks louder, than any language of theirs. - ( f course there is no under the constitution,' authority by which Con mess is supposed to be gov erned, Dy wnicn tney.couia trame an - election law whicli would! apply to ' one section of this countrv andi not . to another, hence they had to make :t apparently 01 national scope, ; : while cunningly so framing it as to i-.-c)'nfine its operations to the Squth- eni States. They did this by lflcor- j.,; pirating the petition feat bre into it ' a substitute for the Lodge propo-. . :;Sition requiring that all Congresp-on al elections in all the States be held , under federal officers and 'j .". pervision. ' - ' The bill as drafted, w iirimense and elaborate provides that in cities or federal su- nich is an document, 20,000 in- Habitants or upwards, iarid in con- ifressional districts exclusive of such t itles, upon application of 100 v oters to the district Supervisor ties or townships on the or m coun- kipplid ation "f'- fifty this supervisor wi 1 make ap plication to the U.S. Circuit Court for the appointment of j t hree super- r - visors to attend to the" registration Of voters, challenge voters, person ally inspect the registration books, and papers, attend elections and de tect and expose the improper I or wrongful manipulation Ojf the lists. .. This i$ intended especially for the outn, lor no , such petitions or ap- Wications willome frorri any part f the North, with the exception, perhajisj of some strong pemqeratic cities where they might hope through this peculiar machinery to capture a Congressman or two. But in the South it will'be the easiest thing in the1; world to get up Jipplications with 50 or 100 names on them, for any- little Republican politician or candidate can write up that many names, if he knows how to write, in a little while. , This part of the trick is as easily seen through as a fish-net. Of course the applications will .be foriheoming in every district where they want them, and they will want them in every district where there is ; the ghost of a chance of electing or : counting in their man. The law pro- vides that but .two out of three of these j supervisors shall be of the aaiui: pouucai -party, wnicn means ; that two of them shall be Republi cans, and the third someone who will ;ne as near a Republican as possible. ' A particular feature of this pecu- har bill another bijr ear-mark to show what. it really is s the proyi- -sion requiring the supervisors in towns of 20,000 people and up wards: to make a thorough house to house inspection . before election to inform the voters where 7 and in what-box to. deposit 1 heir ballots, and to scrutinize- naturalization. A turther provision is made tliat if a VOL. XXI, vote be cast in the i wrong box it shall be counted. It is ; apparent that the purpose of this is - toj neu tralize, in as far as they, can, the rfflptinn . laws of States where the voter is required to deposit his bal lot in the proper boxes, and where they are not counted if not so de posited. It is somewhat remarkable that they did not provide for a box of some peculiar and striking con struction so that the colored Repub lican who can't read his "ballot nor the lettering on the box would, have no trouble in telling what box to de posit his ballot in. This would have obviated the necessity of making the house to house inspection : to impart the information. But as they pro vide that the votes shall be counted anyway, no matter in what box cast, where is the need of all this trotting around to inform the voters on that point? If they don't elections in the South carry some with such a law as this It will not be for want of the machinery. r rj j i. THE MECKLENBURG ALLIANCE. It Presents a List of Pledges to Col. H. C. Jones He Declines to Sign and Gives His Reasons. ,..'.,. ... '.f--i .-; j ' From the Charlotte Chronicle of Thursday, we learn that Mr. L. M. McAllister. Secretary of the County farmers" Alliance of Mecklenburg county, presented to Col. H. C. Jones, one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress from this district,' a list of six pledges, as the "demands' of the "National" Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union as ratified! by a majority of the. sub-Alliances - of North Carolina," as follows: i. We demand, the abolition of na tional banks, and the substitution of le gal tender treasury notes in lieu of na tional bank notes, issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the coun try on a cash system, regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis as the business interests ot the country ex tends, and that all money issued by the government shall be legal tender in pay ment of all debts, both public and pri vate.- 1 1 . I . ; ! - 8. We demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually pre vent the dealing in futures of all agri cultural and mechanical productions, preserving a stringent system of proce dure in trials as shall secure the prompt conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compli ance with the law.. ' - 3. We demand the free and . un limited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage ot laws prohibiting the alien ownership of land, and that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates ; and that all lands now held by railroads and other corporations, in excess . of such as is actually used and needed by them, be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. Believing in the doctrine ot 'equal rierhts to all and special 'privileges to none," we demand that taxation, national or State, shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible m the hands ot the people, ana hence we demand that all revenue, na tional, State or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the govern ment economically ana none&uy iu- ministered. j i 6. That Congress issue a sufficient amount of fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange through the medium of the United States Mail. This pledge was supplemented by another obligating the signer to sup port the Sub-Treasury bill, as fol lows: '; . ' !i , I approve of the above demand, and if elected will endeavor to have it en acted into a law. I also approve of the purpose of the bill introduced into the UniKU OLaica ociuilc uy ociiaLui auu. and known as the Sub-Treasury bill; if it is not shown to be unconstitutional 1 will vote" for it and advocate its passage, and in the event it is shown to be un constitutional, then I will introduce and advocate a bill to abolish bonded ware houses for whiskey, etc.. and also a bill to abolish National Banks in accordance With the first demand on this card. Each of these pledges was to be signed separately in the presence of a witness, ancLreturned to the Secretary.- :' !. A statement oh the back of the tard containing the pledges, says the candidate who refuses to sign all or any of these pledges, may give his Reasons in writing therefor, which with the card will be forwarded to the Secretary of the State Alliance, to be kept on file for reference. Col,1 Jones declined to sign any of them, and gave his reasons - therefor in the following letter : Charlotte N. C, June 18, 1890. L. M. MCALISTER, JiSQ.: Sec. j Mecklenburg County Farmers' Alliance. ' Sir: I have carefully read the demands in the shape of a daclaration of princi ples submitted by the Alliance and re spectfully decline to sign the same. In announcing myself as a candidate I dis tinctly stated that I did so subject to the decision of the Democratic Conven tion to be held at Laurinburg on the 29th of Julv. If nominated I shall be the candidate of that party, standing squarely upon its platform. ', My ; first allegiance is to the party whose candidate I aspire to become. To it, in ray opinion, this country owes whatever of liberty and good govern ment it enjoys and whoever under takes to set up a standard of political principles independent of it, is' disturb ing its harmony and destroying its em ciency; It is the party of the people. As aproof of the fact, it succeeded on yesterday in securing the passage through Congress ot a bill providing for the free coinage of silver which I : notice is one of : the ': meas ures demanded by the Alliance and it is engaged at this very moment in a struggle against the great evil of class legislatiou in the shape of burdensome tariffs; subsidies, etc.. which is another of the evils of which the Alliance com plains.; Can not the people safely trust this great party to labor for it in the future as it has done in the past? But there is another objection which I have to signing the pledge which you VrrTr E present in behalf of the Alliance. !i I am reliably informed that of the twenty-five hundred farmers in this count, less than twelve hundred of them areA con- -nected with the Alliance, ana tht in this congressional district less than one third of them belong " to it. Now -you have excluded these non-alliance farm ers from your deliberations as you have excluded me; you have not given us an opportunity hear your discussions of those measures. If elected to Congress I will recognize this lact that a large majority of my constituents are farmers. I hope J should labor fori their im provement, .but I certainly would be liable to be greatly embarrassed if , I were to pledge myself in ad vance to that one-third of them consti tuting the Alliance without waiting -to hear 7rom the two-thirds majority for whom the Alliance does not speak. It seems to me that the Alliance has erect ed one-third or less of the farmers into a class, and is demanding class lecis- lation in accordance with their pecu liar views! Is not this doing what the Alliance itself condemns?! The white men of this State cannot 'afford to di vide or to risk division. The Republic can party has commenced a; new crusade against the South in the shape of a. Eed- erajl election law tnat proposes to set ovir us at the polls supervisors, creatures of its own, to rob us of the inestimable right j of a free election. It has not abated one particle of its hostility to our people and in such a crisis God for bid! that you or I or any) other white man should imperil that unity in the ranks of the Democratic party which has been our only salvtion in the past.' Kespectluliy yours. H.j C. Jones. STATE TOPICS. The setback of J. B. Eaves, whose nomination as Collector of the Wes tern district the Senate rejected a few days ago, will be interesting to Democrats, because it will probably result in some vigorous hair pulling and calp lifting among the faithful on tlie other side. ;It is said that the rejection of Eaves was worked up by Dr. Mott, who secured his appoint ment but got mad at him because Eaves wouldn't pull in his harness. If this be so, it means an alliance of - I - -Eaves with the anti-Mott faction, and some more hair pulline:. Eaves is riot a man of very much force, but he has a" good deal of vim, and not a small amount of "pizen" in him; and then he is one of those "ain't afraid of the devil" sort of fellows. Marv Donohue was recently dis charged from the Pennsjdvania hos pital in Philadelphia, where she had been under treatment for a broken neck. The bone was broken but the spinal cord was uninjured.; The doc tors patched up the bone and turned her out as nimble-necked ja.s ever. We heard of a similar case in this State some years ago, where .a man's neck was broken by a falL and the doctors fixed him up all right. Sergeant, Dunn, of the Signal Ser vice, thinks that the increased warmth of the seasons is attributable to ! the' large amount of irrigation out West. It does not seem to oc cur to him that Tom Reed and his gang have been firing up the North and trying to make things red hot. A few. more like Thomas Brackett Reed, John J. Ingalls, Col. Elliot bhepard, etc., would warm up any climate and even make it smell of sulphur. j A Brooklyn census enumerator de cided that a man belonged where he had his washing donei If this be so the Chinese laundries will show up immense. NAVAL STORES. The Stocks at the Ports at the Closo of the ij Week. : 'I The following is a statement of the stocks of naval stores at the ports at the close of the week, viz: Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 5781 casks; New York, 1,717; Savannah, 13,- 947; Charleston, 2,218. Total, 23,003 casks. ! Rosin Wilmington, i 19,491 barrels ; New York, 12,462; Savannah, 44,937 f Qiarleston. 16.221. Total, 93,081 bar rels. - Tar Wilmington, 7,028 barrels; New Yjork, 2,029. , Total, 9,957 barrels. Naval Stores and Lumber Exports. The German barque Trabant cleared for Hull, England, yesterdaywith cargo of 2,200 casks of spirits turpentines and 389 barrels of rosin, valued at $40,739.49 and shipped by Messrs. Williams & Mur- chison, ' : Norwegian barque Bayard cleared for Riga, Russia, with 6,447 barrels of rosin, valued at $8,396 and shipped by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. I British schooner Iolanlh cleared for Kingston, Jamaica, with cargo shipped by E. Kidder's Son, consisting of 369,- 377 feet of lumber, 200.000 j shingles and 50 bundles of lathes; valued at $6,859. The "W. & W. Railroad Shops. .The Weldon News says: 1 . . "It is rumored that Manager Walters, ot the Atlantic Coast Line, is contem plating the removal of the railroad shops from. Wilmington to RockV Mount, and that the citizens of the latter place! have ottered land for the buildings. Rocky Mount is about halfrway between Richmond and Wilmington. . The above is altogether a mistake. The Company have had under consider ation the removal of the shops of the Norfolk &. Carolina road I from Ports- mouth to Rocky Mount; and this, no doubt, has given rise to the above re- port. I - J " . ' A Working K. of P. . J I During the two terms of service of Mr. Thos. D.i Meares, as prand Chan cellor of the Knights .of Pythias ;of this" State, the membership of the order in this jurisdiction . increased eighty- three per cent. As an eviqence of their appreciation of his services: the members of the Grand Lodge presented him with a massive gold chain and charm. WILMINGTON, N. C, NEW HANOVER. Organization of a ... County Farmers' Alliance. "A, Farmers' Alliance for the county of New Hanover was permanently, or ganized on yesterday at the Court House in the city of Wilmington. The following officers were elected: President S. W. Noble. Vice President G. W. Rogers. . Secretary B. B. Humphrey. Lecturer L. K. Mason. Assistant Lecturer B. F. Grant. Treasurer I. T. Kerr. " Chaplain John S. W. Harvey. . Door-keeper T. R. Canaday. Assistant Door-keeper C. H. Edens. Sergeant-at-Arms R. F. Gore. Business Agent J..W. Millis. Executive Committee D. G. West- brook, S. J. Jones, E. L. Ennett. Committee of Arrangements E. L. Ennett, R. F. Gore. J. W. Millis, Geo. W. Rogers, D. G. Westbrook. - V After the organization was perfected a good deal of routine business was transacted. The organization was .effected under the supervision-of Hill E. King, Esq., of Onslow county, who was duly appointed for the purpose. " " Ihe tollowinp preamble ana-resoiu-, tions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, A part of one ol the great political parties of New Hanover coun ty has held its political convention and has placed in the held a candidate lor Senator and candidates for the- House of Representatives, and has appointed delegates to the Judicial, Congressional and State Convention, and by its ac tion has almost entirely ignorea tne farmers in said nominations, and has not given them a proper and fair repre sentation on said delegations named above; and whereas, a great many of us have always affiliated with said party and still desire to continue in the same faith, we do cordially and honestly be lieve that the said nominees cannot be elected by a portion of said party, and we do cordially and honestly believe if said nominations are withdrawn and farmers in deed are nominated bv all of said political party, that they can and will be elected. Resok'cd, That we do believe and are willing that the Judge -and Solici tor of this judicial district should be able lawyers, and we will give them our un divided support. V Resolved, lhat having made the above concession, we demand that the Legis lative ticket be made up of representa tive farmers. Resolved, That we demand a fair re presentation in the Congressional, State and County Conventions. Resofi'ed, lhat a committee consist ing of S. W. Noble, L. R. Mason, H. D. Murrell, Geo. W. Rogers, J. W. Millis, J. T. Kerr, pe appointed to cortfer with the Executive Committee of said party in pursuance of this preamble and reso lutions: Resolved, That this preamble and re solutions be furnished to the Star, Messenger and Progressive Farmer for publication.. B. B. Humphrey, Scc'y New Hanover County Alliance. j BOLD HIGHWAYMEN. Pender County Farmer Bobbed by I Colored Footpads. Mr. W. O. Johnston, of Harrison's Creek P. O., Pender county, writes the Star, giving the following account of a bold I robbery by colored men, on the highway between Wilmington and Harrison's Creek, stant, being the that i has occurred on the 19th in .second robbery in " the neighbor hood within, the past two weeks: Mr. Alonzo Millis, a citizen of this his way home neighborhood, when on from Wilmington yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock, was seized by negro highwayman and robbed of fif teen dollars, just as he reached the road leading to the mill of the late D. S, baunders. lo use Mr. Millis own words, he says: A strange negro arae in the road at the branch below Mr. S- Davis' place, and walked along beside my cart until I passed the branch above the Davis place. I was sitting in my cart with my back to the wheel, wheh the negro suddenly sprang upon the front of the cart, caught me, in his arms, and demanded my. money or my life.! About the same time three other negroes appeared aud surrounded my cart, I slipped my hand in my jacket and tried to conceal the money under me, but the I negro caught it up, and called to the negroes outside that he had it. Onj of the negroes drew back a heavy stick to strike me, but the one in the car said, don't strike him; I've got it, an4 immediately jumped out of my cart and all four of them left the road, going in the direction of Sadgewar's place." The negro that did the robbing is de scribed as about five feet ten inches in height, coal black, front teeth wide apart; wearing a blue over-jail shirt and common pants ana straw nat. ihe other negroes he couldn't, identify, as they came and left so sudden; only they were negroes. Mr. Millis says that he was unarmed, and that even if he had been, armed, the attack was so sudden and unexpect ed he would have been unable to de fend himself. The Carolina Central's New Schedule. The-Charlotte News mentioning the new schedule arranged for the Carolina Central railway, says: Capt Whistnant could not have arranged a more conve nient schedule. The Charlotte business man can finish up his day's business, eat dinner at home,' and be in " Wilmington orjatthe Hammocks ' for supper. The Wilmington people can leave home after breakfast arid take supper in Ruther fordton under the shadow of the moun tains. It is a fine schedule and will re sult in a largely increased travel over -'the Carolina Central road." The Onslow Railroad to be Extended to Newborn. Mr. H. C. Whiting, the manager of the Wilmington, Onslow & East Caro lina Railroad, returned a day or two ago from a visit to New York. He re ports that it is the purpose of the Com pany to extend the road . to Newbern, and that a surveying party will be sent out as soon as possible to select a route, "the tract from Wilmington has been laid for a; distance of sixteen miles, and is steadily progressing. To facilitate the work an additional engine and cars have been ordered, and further shipments of steel rails . have been made. It is expected that the road will be pushed through to Jacksonville by the Fall. FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890. THE THREECS RAILROAD. A Sensational Story The Suit of David Eisley, of . Georgetown, Against the Massachusetts and Southern Construc tion Company. . The Eveniner Record, of ; Columbia, S. C, publishes the following: ; 1 I v From excellent " authority it ! was learned this fhoriiine that -Mr. David Risley, a citizen of Georgetown, has in- stituted a suit in jthe Courts of Massa chusetts against the Massachusetts and southern Construction Company; jof Boston, Mass., which has the manage ment of the Three C's Railroad in charge. j;. - ' , "It appears that Mr. Rislev was the original promoter ; of - the road now known as the Three C's, and owned most of the materials of the concern; that -he employed R. A. Tohnson. I of Saugus, Mass., to form a syndicate ! and secure the capital i wherewith to build the road He went on to Washington in 1884 and met Col. Johnson in com pany with E. Howard. The latter rep resented himself to be the agent of the Massachusetts and Southern Construc tion Company, jits treasurer and; a director. He represented the capital! as $250,000, cash paid-up, and gave refer-,, V ..kJ U.O W 4XJ. J.lli S "The reference being satisfactory. Mr.; Risley entered into an agreement with Howard, as agent I of the Construction Company, on the 29th day of February, ls4, and bv it Mr. Kisley transferred all values he possessed connected with the road, including the franchise, worth i2,000,000. After: the company had se-i cured this the agreement was repudi ated, and it is claimed that Howard was not the company s authorized agent. Hence comes the suit. . ; j "Eminent legal counsel are on both sides, and the case will be tried in the Courts of Massachusetts. Gen. B. I F. Butler and D. C. Trescott, both of Bos ton, have been retained for plaintiff, while Beniamin Johnson, a son of the manager, and Mr. Riney, will represent the defendants. ; "The addenda amounts to $2,000,000. The report goes tpat the company had not one dollar of legally paid up capital, and that Col. Johnson and Howard ob tained the transter , fraudulently. The parties swearing to the capital being paid in when the ' agreement was made are: E. Howard. Charles Whittier, Edwin P, Metchalf and Hiram Blaisdell. : I "In the suit the plaintiff claims that the defendants comply with the terms and conditions of, the agreement, or that they restore the property transferred j to them, which involves the ownership: of the Iranchise ot the 1 hree C s Koad. It is also reported that the management of the Three C's Road has fajled, and that the road is now in bad condition, but if this is true ornot cannot be ascer tained." - I A DAY (TRAIN. j On the Carolina Central Railroad. A new schedule will go into effect on the Carolina Central railroad on June 29th, and a day train will be put! on which will leave here at 9.30 a. m.; Laurinburg, 12.50 p. m.; Hamlet, 1.25 p. m.; Lilesville, 2.30 p. m.; Charlotte 4.33 p. m.; Lincolnton 5.52 p. m; Shelby 6.50 p. m. and arrive at Rutherfordton 8.05 p. m. This train leaves Rutherfordton at 8.45 a. m.; Charlotte, 12.30 p. m.; Lilesvillfli 2.40 p. m.; Hamlet, 3.19 p, m.j Laurinburg, 4 p. m. and arrives at Wil mington at 7.20 p. jm. This train stops at Lilesville for dinner, and will 'also make close connection at Hamlet' for Raleigh both ways and with the Chester and Lenoir narrow gauge at Lincolnton for Hickory and Western North ; Caro lina. . ' j-. When this schedule goes into opera tion the night train will leave here at 8 p. m. with sleepers attached for Ral eigh and Charlotte; arriving at 6.30 k. m. leaving Charlotte at 6p. m.; and .arriv ing at 7.30 a. m. s I This day train will give great satisfac tion to the public and will be a pon- venience which will surely be appre- dated. It willj give much better piail facilities than before and will enable the Star to reach jits patrons much earlier, and in fact will be benefit to every one. Hon. A. M. Waddell. i Rev. Dr. Pritchard, one of the Board of Trustees of j the University of North Carolina, in the last number of Charity and ChildrenA pays a merited compli ment to Hon. A. M. Waddell. In speaking of the election of a professor; to the newly created : Chair of History; in the University, Rev. Dr. Pritchardi says: ; If a North Carolinian shall fill that: Chair, and it seems- to -me eminently; this should . be the tase,! desirable that then I beg leaVe to nominate Col. A. MJ Waddell, of Wilmington, as the man of: all others best suited to the position,! and this selection I think I could make good against all comers if I had space; to present my argument. I shall j haves a voice in this election, and if he j does not object, I shall take pleasure in; pre- senting his claims before the Trustees when the proper time comes. The Blooming Season. Mr, E. Lee, a correspondent of the Star, writing from Rowland, Robeson county, sends a cotton bloom plucked from a thirty-acre field belonging to Mr. David E, McCormac, near Rowf land. Mr. McCl had cotton blooms on the 14th instant. j The prospects, he says, for a fine cot--ton crop in that county are exceedingly flattering, and with four or five weeks favorable weather and 10 cents in the fall for cotton, he sees no reason why the happiness of our farmers should not be complete, Democrats of Bladen County. . .The Bladen county Democratic Con vention met yesterday at Elizabethtowrt, and it is reported that the delegation will be divided between Col. W. j. Green and C. B. Aycock for Congress man, and T. D. Mclver and Jas. C. McRae for Judge, "j . ; j Receipts of Naval Stores. : j Receipts of naval stores at this port for the crop year to June 20th, as; com pared with receipts to same; date last year are as follows: Spirits turpentine, 15,540 casks; last year, 14.373.1 Rosin, 65,812 barrels; last 45,930. Tar, i 14,211 barrels; last year, 12,960. Crude turpen tine 3,448 barrels; last year, 4,141 - Tobacco and Cotton in Pender. Mr. E. M. Johnston, of Willard P. O. sends the Star a cotton plant and a to bacco leaf both magnificent specimens and which he says are fair samples of his crops ten acres in cotton and twenty in tobacco. li ; ! Star THE SILVER BILL. Its Status in the House Still Undecided. j - - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. i Washington, June 19. The status of the Silver bill, after the aetipn of the Housejto-day,is purely problematic, and .will have to be decided after another "discussion of parliamentary law. Even. though its reference was erronious,; as the House to-day decided, it is in the possession of the Clerk of the Commit- on Coinage, Weighfs and Measures, and h has no authority to surrender its cus tody except upon the order of the House or of the Speaker. ! No such or d?r has been made by the House, (the resolution merely expunging the state ment of the transaction from the Jour nil), and the Speaker not being liable to recall it, the bill is somewhat inj the position of Mahomet's coffin. , There is no record i on the Journal that any reference of the measure has been made, and threfore it is doubtful whether the motion to dis charge the Committee i of the Whole from further consideration of the meas ure will be in order, or even whether r&olution fixing a day for ,ts consider tqe committee on Kuies can report a upn. un tne otner hand the bill is in the possession of chairman Couger, and h will refuse to take any . action in dis regard of the wish of the majority of his committee. The JournaJ of Wednes day, however, not having yet been ap proved, some method may be devised to cikt the Gordian knot which now binds the Silver bill, and some means may be invented to relieve the House from its present dilemma. ! TERRIBLE CYCLONE. Several Villages in Illinois Nearly Swept Away Large Number of Persons Soiled and Many Injured. By Telegraphlo, the Morning Star. Chicago, June 21. A special from Ejixon, 111., says Paw Paw, a small town irt the eastern part of this county, was struck by a cyclone yesterday afternoon and seventeen people killed, and the tqwn destroyed. The. wires are all down and the news was brought in by a courier over the country. j A dispatch, just received by the prosecuting attorney from the coroner at Amboy, states that theumber of killed is greater than at first reported, and a relief party had gone from that city to Paw Paw, Great damage was done in the surrounding country. ' j Dixon. Ills.. June 21. A terrible cyclone passed through the southern part of this county last evening,. It passed through the village of Sublette, wrecking all of the prominent buildings, killing four persons, and wounding' sev eral others. I A' strip of farm houses southeast of the village was also deso lated, and many persons hurt. A: school house in Brooklyn township, containing twenty-four children, was entirely wreeked and eighteen children injured. i The school was not in session at the time, having been dismissed owing, to the fury of the storm, but it being so great Miss Maggie MacBride and eight little pupils had been unable to leave the building. An observer states that when the wind struck this building was carried iip into the air for a dis tance of three hundred feet, where it was wrecked and lost sight of. Neither the- teacher nor any of her pupils lives to tell the story. 'Miss MacBride was found in the .road some distance from where the building had stood was almost completely divested of her apparel. The pupils seem to have taken another course and all were thrown into a creek near by. and several of the little bodies were carried down stream, but all were afterwards recovered. Not a vestige of the building remained, even the stones in the foundation being taken out. . Aside from the fatalities and injured, the damage is exceedingly large. Many persons had their possessions, save land, wiped from existence. Organized par ties are now at work soliciting aid for the homeless and destitute, and their wants will be speedily relieved. Com petent judges place the damage in this county at from $150,000 to $200,000, j RACE jROU BLES IN TEXAS. A Negro Lynched for Killing a White Man The Negroes Kill Two of the Sup- posed Lynchers Troops Called Out and a Race War Feared. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ! Chicago, June 19. A dispatch from Houston, Texas, says the Hooston Lighf Guards are under arms; by order of Gen King, being in readiness to respond to a call from j sheriff Hammond, of I Pitt countv. in which trouble is expected The negrd at Luvington, who cut the throat of, a white man named Morris, a few days ago, was lynched by a posse of armed men. In revenge a band ol ne groes killed two of the men alleged to be implicated. A -bloody race war is feared. A SHOOTING SCRAPE. Two Men Wounded in! a Street Fight in Columbia, S. C. -By Telegraph to the Morning Star, j Columbia, S, C, June 19. Ten min utes after six o'clock this evening seven or eight pistol shots were fired in quick succession in front of the Opera House, in Main street, and then two men were seen grappling. They were Dr. W. W. Rav, of Cbr.garee, this county, and Trial Justice v. H. Weston,; recently appoint ed. The men are cousins and both are young. Weston was shot in the left side and left thigh, and Ray got a scalp wound. Ihe faring was done at close range, the combatants being almost within arm's length. The trouble is re ported to be of a private nature, j GEORGIA DUELLISTS. T. E. Watson Challenged by Judge Twises. Augusta, June 19. Judge H.i D. D. Twiggs, who made a speech at Waynes boro in favor of Congressman Barnes, has challengev T. E. Watson, Congres-f sional aspirant, tG-hght a duel, tor the severe language used by Watson in last. Sunday s Constitution; in replying ' tq Twiggs' speech. Watson says he is no duelist, but will r defend himself. Wat-f son lives in Thompson, but is now in Augusta Judge Twiggs lives there. Greensboro Patriot: Mr-. G. Tj; Glasscock, the well-known iron worker, is erecting a new foundry building in South Greensboro. It will be of brick 40 by 80 feet, : The Southern Buildr me and Loan company nave seeurea a charter and organized. The incorpora tors are Messrs. R. R. King; J.W.Scott, T. H. Harris, H. H. Cartland S. S. Brown! '! George S. Sergeant, ,W. M Houston and J. W. Causy. The authorized capitol is one million dollars, Sixty thousand dollars have already been subscribed by citizens of Greens boro. The Company is organized on the national system and will establish branches with local advisory boards in the principal towns and cities in the South, i : . ' i NO. 33 ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. By1 the Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina. Rooms of State Dem. Ex; Com.. J Raleigh, N. C, June 16; 1890. To the Voters oFlNoRTk Caro lina: At a meeting of the Demo cratic State Executive Committee, held m this city on the 10th instant, it was resolved, that the Democratic State Convention be held in the city ofjRaleigh on' Wednesday! the 20th of August, 1890.! i It wiil devolve on this convention to .nominate "for vacancies now filled by appointment ot the. Governor a Chief Justice and one Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court, and Judges of the Superior Court for the First, Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Dis tricts. Also Judges of the Superior Court for the Second,! Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh .Districts, to succeed the present incumbents, whose terms expire; and to adopt a platform of principles, and fr such other busi ness as may properly come before it. the convention f is called, to meet later than in 1888 to sjuit the conve nience of the great masses of the Democratic voters, so that a fuller representation, ? reflecting a more general sentiment, may be insured; and it is desirable that the delegates shall attend. I ! The Democratic party congratu lates the people of the State upon the material and moral advancement made under its beneficent adminis tration of affairs, and, . having re deemed its pledges iii the past, pre sents its claims to them for a contin uance of that confidence to which it is ;justly entitled, fully assured that they will be recognised, and the in terests of all classes thus subserved. The ternvfor which Hon. Zebulon B I Vance has ' been elected to the Senate of the United States will ex pire next 'March; and the Legislature tp' be chosen this year will be called upon to fill it. It behooves us to see that no Republican is elected to-the Senate from this State. 1 he com mittee most earnestly requests a thorough, early organization in every townshipj and county. It is essential that this preliminary work shall be done at once, so that we may be ready fdr an active, and en ergetic campaTgn as 'soon as the con vention adjourns. It will inot do to assume that our opponents, because they are inactive now have ; no life. They can organize with celerity and stand ready to take advantage of any apparent lethargy on our part; and, if we wish to prevent, opposi tion, we must demonstrate, by our organization and strength, its futili ty. In 1882 over-confidence and apathy nearly resulted in the loss of the State, and again in 1886, from the same causes, the control of the House of Representatives of the State was lost to the Democrats and given to our opponents. Such a re sult must be carefully guarded against this year. i It is important that the various fCounty Conventions be called at such times as will best suit the masses of the party to the end that a full and free choice of candidates for the offices may be had and no discontent engendered. The Republican party of to-day is the same as in the dark .days of Re construction, and only awaits the opportunity to inflict upon our peo ple the same disgrace and . humilia tion. Its action in the federal con gress indicates too plainly that it is the party of Force, without respect for law or order. The despotic usurpations of the petty tyrant who has been placed by them in the Speaker's Chair only to dishonor it; the deprivation of legally elected Democrats of their -seats in both branches of Congress and the seating of Republicans in their stead without the least vestige of right, for partizan purposes, and the effort to perpetuate themselves in power by the passage of a federal Election Law by which the control ot Con gressional elections will be trans ferred from the State authorities to the hands of j irresponsible agents appointed at the dictation of un scrupulous partizans at the National Capital, thus striking a serious blow at our cherished institutions and the rights of the Sovereign States; the reckless appropriation of the public funds for illegal and unnecessary purposes, by which not only is the surplus left in the treasury at the endof Mr. Cleveland's benign ad ministration,: entirely swept away and a large deficit created j but also the opportunity of giying relief from the burdens of taxation is i retarded; all admonish us that our only safety lies id a return to Democratic rule, in country and its continuance at home. Should they succeed in their aims we might expect Federal Supervisors backed by Federal bayonets at the polls, and a re-enactment ol tne scenes of 1868 in our own and sister States. Utterly indifferent to the interests ot tne southern tarmer, an us legis lation has been at o'ir expense for the benefit of other (interests and other sections, and ti e only hope of the agricultural South to throw off the legislative shackles that have crippled our prosperity and bound us to poverty is to move forward on the lines of those great principles of relief which the Deiiocratic party has steadfastly advocated. To, at tain these ends the co-operation of all patriotic men whej have at . heart the prosperity of our agricultural and industrial interests and the ma terial welfare of our Southern peo ple, is earnestly asked, and they are urged to enroll themselves beneath the Democratic banner. Let every Democrat realize the responibility thatreists upon him and meet it. Ther can be no doubt of the grand victory if we do our full duty. Unceasing vigilance is the price which we must pay for success, but when wej consider what defeat means to us, tjhe sacrifice is small. Over estimate, rather than under estimate, the nemy and go into the fight determined to .win it. We must prove equal o the emergen cy, and when the firtt Tuesday in November shall nave :passea, vietory will be ours aqd white supremacy which crntic onymous with : Demo- e. win ue assurea us lor a furt tirm. ; ' , -. the committee. ; "Ed. Chambers Smith, Chairman. C. Beckwithj i Secretary. B. SPIRITS TUHPENT1NE. Raleigh Visitor-. The board of. trustees of the. college of . Agriculture and Mechanic. Arts have authorized a small expenditure of money, for the pur pose of establishing a canning industry, the fpurpbse of which is to snnnlv thp - couege witn its own canned fruits. .... 1 1 i - Wadesboro Messeng iger-Intdligen- cer: foxes must be cettinc numerous around Wadesboro. At an early hour a ' ' few mornings ago Mrs. W. A. Rose, who lives in the western part of the town,' went into her yard and was surprised to see a large one make for the woods near by, as she approache. . ' - Nashville Argonaut: Mr. Askew Batchelor has six acres of tobacco which several days ago would average four feet high and over three feet across. The present indication is that the bulk " of the tobacco in Nash, will be cured during the month of July, and some the latter part of June. Some farmers pro pose trying the experiment bf turning out the sucker and raising j the second crop. 1 j .:: Charlotte -Chronicled Judge Shipp's condition was very much im- ' proved yesterday, and he is now said to be in a fair way to "recover. John j Weeks, hjs wife and three . children, all J , colored, ajte some canned beef yesterday ) about dark, and an hour later began to get sick. Dr. H. M. Wilder was called in, and found symptoms of poisoning, all of the negroes suffering from gastritis. The doctor pursued the usual method of "V treatment! in such cases, and finally left them all testing easily. Hej could not tell what the result would bei Thecon- -dition of Weeks' wile, the doctor thought, was very Serious. The children poisoned were between the ages of 3 and 13 years. Monroe Enquirer; Out of nine ' customer's at Austin's mill this morn ing eight had new wheat. The quality was tolerably good. We; learn that one hundred and fifty convicts' began work in Stanly county, on the . railroad from Salisbury to Norwood, last week. - Mrs. Bethany Snider, of Lanes Creeck. djied on the 6th ot June. She had ah attack of measles in March, from which she never recovered. It is rumored here that' a meeting of the directors of the Roanoke & South--em Railroad - held a few days ago in Baltimore, it was definitely idecidedj to bring the road to Monroe. 1 Raleigh Chronicle : From. a gen tleman iujst returned from! the eastern part of the State, it! is learned that the -ops in the section about ! Washington, are more promising than they have been for many years, and everybody feels in good spirits accordingly. .- -A right", laughable incident occurred, at the Cap itol yesterday. Capt. Roberts had ap proved a bill of a negro fdr labor done, and-as usual, he was sent ko the Audi- tor's offic e. After seeing it was proper ly approved, the. Auditor! said to" his clerk: "Set a warrant for this man;" -when a negro, with a terrified expres sion, replied: "For de lord's sake, boss, 7 don't git no warrant for me. Tclar ter gracious I ain't done nuth in.' " ' ; Statesville JLandriiark:' Satur day afternoon last, Eddie Miller, the 16-year-old son of Mr. Henry W. Miller, started from town with lour com panions to Kestler's mill, j two miles to. tne south, to go in bathing, it was a race to she which could get there first, and they ran nearly if notj quite all the way. Arrived , at Ithe pJnd they un- dressed hastily and plunged into water" a , little over their heads, fcind as Eddie Miller struck the water his- companions saw a ch; inge come over his countenance. He sank like lead, without a struggle, and as he rose, after a lapse of two or three minutes, Clarence Steele, who hll tried the water and come out, caught him and dragged him ashore.. The youth took.a step or two, gasped, once or twice, and died. -. . Raleigh Nws cV Observer: The Railroad. Committee completed all the work it frould accomplish at present and adjournfed yesterday afternoon to meet here again December -2nd. Gover nor Fowle has made a requisition on the . Governor of South Carolina for Bob Powell, a fugitive from justice from this State. 'The chairman of County Commissioners along the line of the Raleigh & Augusta Railroad have as- . sessed the road for taxation at 23,200 ; per mile. Last year it was $2,200 per mile, the difference being added in consequence of the improvements on the roadbeq. It was decided by the Board of Countv Commissioners to as sess the N. C road at the rate ol $10,009 per mile and the stock at par. Last year the road was assessed at $12,500" and the stock at par. The decrease of the rate on the road raises the rate on the stock so that the total tax receipts under yesterday's assessments will amountjrto more than! formerly. The net taxable valuation will now be $1, 318,153; -Monroe Register: Mr. S: L Mullis, jof Goose Creek township re ports that on the last day of May, while in the clover patch near the house, his little son, who was with- him was bitten on the foot by a black adder. The child when bitten, was only a tew steps from his father. Mr. - Mullis, hearing the chrta scream, ran to him and found the foot swelling. He quickly ran to the house and obtained ; some whiskey, . -castor oil and gunpowder. He gave the child some whiskey tO drink.iand put some of it on the wound. Then put- . ting on some of the gunpowder thor oughly saturated with castor oil he ap plied tire to it. l he composition burned for several minutes till it was entirely consumed, during which time the little fellow bore the pain with much bravery and fortitude. In half! an hour the pain from the bite had entirely gone and the patient is nOw all right save the sore caused by t;he burn. , Mr. Mullis has much faith in his remedy and it may be well to make a note of the fact. ' We learn with regret, of the death of Mr. James C. Huey. which occurred at -his home in this county, near Walkup, last night. j . .. ; Grgehsboro Patriot: Harding Callum, who has beftn demented for some weeks was arrested this morning and locked up until Arrangements can -be made to take him to the. asylum. His : mania assumed a dangerous form this morningiand he made an assault upon his father which led to his arrest. - It is reported that Sam Tatum, who was struck in the head with a horse-shoe on Tuesday, by a negro, is worse to-day and is in a critical condition. . The negro, McKeethan who comjmitted the assault, has not yt been Cjaptured. and his wiprphouts are unkhown. ' Tust after the match game of base ball ! at Warnersville, in the southern suburbs of the city, between the Graham and Greensboro nines, .all - colored, in which the Grahams were badly beaten, oh Monday evening, Doc Wat-T son, the captain of th6 Graham nine, as- ; saulted Bob. Edwell, colored spectator, with a bat breaking itj over his head, j A free fight then took place, a number of the participants being badly used, up. Edwell died this morning, his skull , having beer fractured. - - John Bran- . nock, a colored drayman, met his wife near the post-office last night and began firing at her. The ifrightened woman ran screaming down jEast Market street with her intunated nusDana in pursuit. , His wife was not .hint. It is thought ; that jealousy was the! cause of thetrou- , ble. Brarmock was bound'over for his appearance I at the next term of the Superior Court. f 1
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