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?HE MISSISSIPPI CONVENTION.
. Mississippi is the only State in
which the negroes have an aosoiute
majority over the whites, . which
constantly increasing by
he 'large influx of negroes from, the
:
Stales further north, an influ not
r,mi1t nf miorrnfinn Rininlv. hut
.i'!" ' e , i
ii an organized system of importa
ti.Mi. a system which has been in
active operation for years, and whic
:h
"!(.'V ill lliajillltuut
every
year.
A'lial is called the
T tccicci I III
pi Pelt
f
'l '
is i ue oujeciive puui, nu ucic cue
"negroes from Alabama, Georgia,
S.Vuth and North Carolina, are dump)-
til ItUU II UJ HIV. iHUUJUiHi -ijy.: J
by; agents whose regular business it
j;; to'lravcl through these States for
a certain portion of every year drum
i
;i)itigup "immigrants" and jshiping
litem to this Delta and t,o pther
ii, lints where there ma'v be ai demand
i- , - I i
tor thiYi . - v 4t 1
; t.kt the rate at which thei are be
inn shinned in. with the natural inf
-.crease, it is only a question of time
aiul nrr very distant time, vjhen thj:
white nonulation will be insignificant.
itr proportion to the black, and when
the wiiiies would be, unless some ac
tion is taken to prevent it. complete)
ly in thejxnver and at .the mercy of
the blacks, so that it was not
a qucs-
tion of politics at all, ibut
of self-
i.....)Apltj-ti iirntpU I!" t f trio ! 1 1 1 1" nr
of tln St.ite nrihvftntion? a matter' rif
necessity, not of choice. .
It is not a '' movement, as man
think if is, to secure beyond ques
tion hemocratic supremacy, for' they
Ii;we that now, but to secure white
. siiin:tniacy,r(it is true that in Missis
, sippi Democratic and white are sy
. -mnn-niMitc tirmci nrif fnr nnrtiQ.m
"'inil for more vital considerations.
. About the best explanation of the
Mi nation, which we have seen and of
t ic animus which inspired the : callj
i. i -
irt' of the convention we find ' in
recent letter of ex-U. S. Senator AI4
( ini, a Republican, who is a mem
;berrf the convention, one of the twq
-.Republicans elected, written
to the?
. Doston Advertiser. Coming
trom a
-
Republican -of national prorhinenceJ
sufficiently so to occupy a place iri
President Grant's Cabinet, his state
ments will command attention and
not be suspected of being inspiredi
by .hatred of. the negro, or bj Demo
r,ratic prejudice. ,The letter -, wa:
written ia reply to inquiries f rom th
editor of the Advertiser. He says:
j "The desire for the call of i the! con-
mention arose from a spirit of unrest
among the people of this State, j The
iact tnaL tne negro population I was iriA
creasing so rapidly in the State! of I Mis
sitsippi, and that we had already a; ma
jority of .50,000 negro voters in the State,
necessarily forced upon the thinking
men the question, what was to be the
f eiid of this ? The rapid increase of the
egro population arose from causes over
which the legislature could exercise no
control. - - : ;
'"The river counties, or what is known
wiili ' us as the Delta counties of the
Mississippi, increased in its population
fr. . ... 1 . . . 1 f I
'in LiiuuMuub oi negroes ljmporie'
cacn year, it is estimated that the
were imported last winter and sbrintr in
to the Delta full 30,000 hegroesif These
' wej-c Lroiight at the expense of jplanters
"ni populous negro- districts o th
ununas ana Georgia, ihe Slands ol
tiiq Delta will produce, under the Imosi
careless cultivation, as much as !a bale of
cotton to the acre. The large likndhold
rsintne ueita lound it proifitable t
imprjrt negroes from the States named,
r elsewhere, to cultivate their rich soil
The negroes broueht to the Delta: were
t-'cncrally ofthe most tgriorafic fjUss,
i nc planter was not in search 61 ltiteih
!;f:nce, but of strength, muscle and en
uirtin.e unuer me Durning, sun oi in
Mississippi swamps, and capacity to re
?ist the influence of malarial These
ere the prerequisites for the 1 labor ir
' '-nc cotton fields.
Everybody knows, who knows any
. ug aoout tne negro, that he is mca
. ble Of SClf-rrOVPrnmpnt'-thnt itl tht. fi'
i - -i m. ..w..
'.'H pf)litics he becomes a commodity oi
"arter and sale among white men, whe
use him as a means of elevathW unde
. serving men to places of public trust
healthy body oolitic. The neoro hi
ncnni torniniintr oil inoo Af
n,)nc of the instincts of the Anclo-Saxo
ace with regard to self-government, bu
;nen possessed of limited education be-
"Jmcs the more efficient tool Under th
"laninulation
th State as witness, the history ol
..t " enterprise in Louisiana
j uc convention was caned in vie
revising some means of putting
neclc in the tprt nf the rnnstitntio
i ?Pn ignorance and corruption. .Th
r r;"Pic lelt the sting Of the North in th
-"..ucu cnarge or lorcibjc l domin
l,on m the RnntVi nf th. Koii iw
''The desire to free themselves f ron
""5 Ctlarrt. vrh irh tVn fU. in An-
to be true, and the wish to devise
e means more in accord with civilir
, "UKJIIICIUOII1JI, vi save L11CIU-
vc3 from the imnendinc ruin. pA tl
T of the convention. The conT
-"uon is now m session. It has or
5mzed by electing one of the most con1
""vative public men in the Sute as
Resident of the body. !
fhis is a calm, deliberate state-
r
vol; xxi.
ment of the case and of the motives
which, inspired the calling of the con
vention and of the 'purpose in view.
' How long have you been reading
the Weekly Star without paying
for; it ? This question is not in
tended for thpse who have paid in
advance. ;
J SETTLING ITSELF.
We have long held that the race
problem would settle itself,' and the
more it was left lone the; sooner it
would do it. It has been settling it
self for the past twentyrfive years
slowly, but steadily and surely, qui
etly, and without a: jar, with injury
to! neither race but with, benefit to
both. ' " .: ,
Shortly after the war the mi
gration of negroes from several
Southern States southward began,
arid it has been kept up ever since,
the movement being greater within
the past few years than ever before.
jThis business is carried on mainly
through "emigration agents" who
emnlov sub-agents who scour the.
country ana pick up' all the able
bodied men and women they can
find, ship them by the tram load to
fill orders which thev hold from
planters in Mississippi, Arkansas and
Louisiana, the three States Which
need and are seeking this kind of
labor. ' .': 1 '
The number that have been car
ried but of North Carolina alone the
past year is placed at figures all the
way from 20.000 to three times that
amount, and it is said by the agents
wh:0 are already prospecting around
that as many more will be taicen out
during the fajl and winter.
' This movement is going, on also
in South Carolina,' Georgia and Ala
bama. How many have gone from
these States within the past decade
cannot be definitely stated, because
no record has been kept, and because
much of the business of these agents
has been done on the sly to. evade
State laws passed to protect planters
in these States from interference
with their hired hands, but if the Te
cord had been kept, it would show
figures. which would surprise people.
The business is conducted so ; syste
matically and quietly by these agents
that it attracts but little attention,
and for that reason but few have an
idea how extensively it is being car
ried on. Frequently train loads
are sent out. the hrst in
timation of the presence of the
aent being when the crowds of "em
igrants begin to flock to the rail
way stations to take the trains south
ward.
The census of the States men
tioned, if it has been made with any
thing approaching j accuracy, will
show a considerable reduction of the
colored population and it will be
'found that the increase within the
past ten years ljas been among the
whites. This is the case in Alabama,
according to the census statements
published, and is doubtless the case
to a greater extent in the other three
RtnfM north of Alahama where the I
emigration system j has been con- J
r I
ducted more systematically and with
more industry.
With the decline in . numbers there
i
' ....
is, ot course, a corresponding ae-
decline in the political influence of
the colored element, which although
it still continues to be a political fac
tor, jceases to be one potent - enough
to wage successful political warfare.
Every year will increase the dispar
ity between the races in these States,
the white race continuing to increase
while the colored race decreases, un
kil white supremacy becomes no long
er a question if it is not already so.
Thus the race problem is settling
itself in its own way in these States.
But in Mississippi, Arkansas and
Louisiana, the States into which this
colored tide is pouring, what is the
result going to be ? Mississippi is
working on that, question now, and is
endeavoring to solve it through the
instrumentality of J a constitutional
convention! and she will solve it. Ar
kansas and Louisiana will both have
to meet it as Mississippi is meeting
it, if they continue to encurage the
influx of negroes as Mississippi
has done and ! is doing, and
as 1 j they are doing. Mississippi
and they may guard against impend
ing danger by constitutional safe
guards but there is a line beyond
which they should allow neither "en
terprise" nor cupidity to carry them,
in encouraging too large a predomi
nance of the colorjed race, whatever
their; constitutional safeguards may
be, Better that some of these rich
lands go uncultivated than thjat they
should becomepopularly Africanized,
although the whites may continue to
hold political supremacy.
The Weekly Star, each issue
containing nearly thirty columns of
reading matter, is mailed, postage
paid,1 for less than ,twp cents a copy.'
And still some people seem to think
it entirely honest to read thou
paying for it. :
With the prospect of a big deficit
the Republican statesmen are '. now
looking to internal revenue for the
spondulics to keep, the machine run
ning. Whiskey and tobacco will be.
among the items selected to hedge or.
STATE TOPICS,
The; Progressive Farmer seems to
have turned its batteries on Senator
Vance again,- renewing the charge
for the same reason that the first as
sault was made some weeks ago, be
cause the Senator refuses to support
the sub-treasury bill, which it -al
leges he had led its friends to the
belief he would support, and for the
further reason that he. is not in favor
of abolishing the national banks,the
abolition of which is tone of the
planks in the platform of. the Dem
ocratic party adopted at the recent
convention in Raleigh. Senator Vance
wrote last. May in" reply to- some
questions by Secretary Bickling(icid,
of the Alliance, that be was not in
favor of the abolition of the national
banks in the present conclii ion of our
finances, but he went aj long way in
the direction of abolishing them in
his bill to repeal the ten; per cent:
tax on other bauks, if that; bill should
pass. Since the first assault on the
Senator the State Convention has
met, a Convention in which the Al
liance was fully represented, and
that Convention without ja j -dissenting.
voice, endorsed Sehator Vance
and favored his re-election. .!, What is."
to be gained now by this renewal of
the fight by the Progressive Farmer,
is not apparent. If its -.purpose is to
defeat the Senator, it sbpHld have
the candor to say so, if not, it shows
poor judgment in stirriiig up discord
and throwing bricks just for the pur-
Dose of throwing theml . 'I he Pro-
gressive Farmer could drt
the
cause
it advocates more good ;by
showing
better judgment.
There are intimations coming
from Raleigh that there; is 4 secret
movement on foot toj orgjanize a
third party in this State, j The re
sults that have uniformly followed
the efforts to establish third
parties
in ' this
on a small or a large scale
State have been such so ds to afford
eentlcrncn who are inclined that
- 1 ' e
way very poor encouragerrent, if
they expect to accomplish anything
by it. They may perhaps find
some occupation and j a little fun
in running a circus 1 of that
kind, if they are looking for.
these, things, but that is about
all. The devil himself,1 assisted by
Dr. Mott, as shrewd as he is repu
ted to be, and am t-afraid-pf-the-devil
Eaves, and the pocketful of
malcontents or aspiring individuals
who may be found, couldn't succeed
in doing that thing, for the simple
reason that.JNorth Carolina is not
congenial to the growth'f anything
of that kind, and the people ot
North Carolina not the kind of neo-
ple to build-it out of it- They are
DeoDle of convictions, and can't be
a ' .
led at the whim of Tom, Die
and
Harry,' who may attempt it.
At any time during the past few
months have you received a
subscription to the Weekly
ill for
Star?
If so, and you have not already paid
the amount, do so at once, it is
. i . . 1
wrong to read a paper without pay-
mg for it. " .!
AN INSULT TO THEIR INTELLI-
GENCE. I !
The Monroe Register. ah orzan of
the Farmers Alliance
of
Union
county does not think that
he edi-
tor of the Progressive Farmer is do
ing the Alliance any good
opening the war on Senator
pn re-
Vance,
as is evidenced by the followi
ng ex-
tract, which." we clip from the last
issue:
'Wc have not space to' discuss this
matter this week as we would like to,
but we wi11 say this much: Col. Polk
is doing the Alliance no good by his
! attacks on Senator Vance.
Vance's1 record for thirty years Is famil
iar to the ieoole of North iarolina, ana
every intelligent man in ituv
... . tli.
knows that he has Deen launiui 10 mc
manv hioh trusts - committed to him.
When Col. Polk asks thensible mem
bcrs of the Alliance to believq that Sen
ator Vance is an encmv td thein he
offers an insult to their intelligence.'
-. 1-1
If yd u owe for subscriptlonto the
Weekly Star why don't ypu pay it?
IS li jiair iu suusiuiiuc i ci pcii,
read it I regularly for one or more
years, and then pay no . attention to
a bill when received? ji
STATE CONVENTION
Call for a Meeting of Democratic Cluba
I at Balei gh, Sept. 24th,
, ' By Teleuraph to the Morning. Star.
f i I
Raleigh, September 6.-f President
Tnlian iS. Cnrr to-dav called a State
Convention of the Democratic Clubs, to
"-"- . - j i
meet iri Raleigh September B4th. Ex-
ProeSd(nt Cleveland. Senators Ransonu
Vance and other distinguished Demo
crats are expected. AH of thie Clubs are
requested to send tate delegates.
It is admitted that the Weekly.
Star is a cheap paper at 6nte dollar
nr war but the impression that
prevails with some ot its suDscribers
that it can be published, and mailed
free of postage, for nothing if errone-
ous.
Drowned In Northeast Bivsr. J
Willie Wells, colored, aged
one of the hands employed
18 vears
at Mr. A
Elbert's saw" mill on Northeast
river
near Bannerman's bridge, was
ally drowned Friday afternoon
accident-
He was
engaged in loading a flat with lumber
and fell overboard. The body has not
yet been recovered. J.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12,
iln a conversation with Lieut. Gov.:
Stedman, who has recently returned
from an extended 5 tour throughout
the North-West, : be! corroborates
what jthe Star has J recognized for
some time. J He says that tne repu
tation of Senator .Vance is national;
that he, is everywhere recognized as
one of the foremost statesmen of the
Republic; that the Democrats of the
Nortli-Westl ever speak of him with
love and atimiration, and rely largely
upon pis cohrage, his
ability and in-
tegrity to win the
tariff reform. :
great, fight for
i -- -
Hon. T. MV-Daily,'
Of Texas, will
be the you
hgest, inC
nber, of 52nd
Congress
He is 25
college
ytears old, grad-
uated, from
only five years
ago, and is i;aid to be very bright. It
is a iity to
see a promising young j
-- t .- ...
man $tart oyt in life
So badly, but 1
then there will not beTmany Republi
cans-tn tne pznu vongress.
MOVING FOR A TOBACCO MAR
KET.
LOCKV
Mount,
September 3.
Editor Siar:A lat-ge and enthus
lastic meeting of the
citizens Mon-
day night considered
knd discussed
the tobacco
interest
of this place.
Resolutions
were adopted in which
all the merchants and
business men
use their, in-
pledged themselves to
fluence and fco-operate
with the waref-
hous0 men.
1 lie UiecllHJJ vua wttiiv-u iv uiui
by Jj W. Hines, President of the
Board of Trade. The object of the
meeting was explained by Capt. A,
TJ Ellinp-tori. who ibriesented .some
very important points, asserting that
there, was no reason why Rocky
Mount should not be the greatest
market for the weed in the State, or
iii Virginia.
THc Nash
county u
fced :s unsur-
.pjas'il Itn- its iirigiuness, waxy, suk-
i . - . . . . -
vin.'Wid srlove texture, and has been
nronbunced bv the UJ S. Aericultu
ral Department the finest the world
produces.
Resolutions were adopted in which
the merchants and all business rneii
bledjred themselves to
use their in-
fluence in establishing
a market here.
Harmony and great
interest pre-
vailed in the meetingl
1 here was another large breafe to
day of seventeen thousand pounds,
andjeverybody was pleased with the
prices. ' w. a. j.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.
Mra
Iiydia Wheoler ' Found Dead at her
Residence on South Front Street.
Mrs. Lydial Wheeler!, (wife of John
Wheelei, residing on Fourth between
Queen and Woostcr streets, was found
lying dead in her j-oom yesterday
afternoon about two o'clock, by some
oi ;uie- neigumjrs yi uiu i""".1;.
Hei- death ls supposed to have
resulted from an attack of heart
disease. The body wheii fjound was lying
across the bed face downward, fully
clothed .and With a bonnet tied on her
head as if Mrs. Wheelerj liad just entered
the house. Mrs. Wheeler's husband is
away from home, supposed to be in Bla
den county, and duringj his absence two
children oi his step-daughter (who works
in the cotton factory) were staying with
the old ladv. The oldest of these chil-
dren, a boy ot live or six years.
. . - . - -
was sitting in the doorway of the house
yesterday, crying, and upon being - ac-
costed bya neighbor sadthat his grand-
.Oll J CA a - vwkaaw
I mother was
was asleep and he could not
r. Upon entering the house
wake her.
the neighbor found MrsL Vheeler dead.
I as stated. Coroner Jacpbs was notified
and went to the house, but no inquest
was held. Lr. v. w. rotter, wno was
also called, stating that he had attended
the deceased, and giving his opinion
that death resulted from natural causes.
A certificate for burial Was issued by
: I
the coroner and arrangements were
made by Mrs.! Wheeler s
step-daughter
to have the remains taken
county for jjurial. '
to Bladen
The deceased was last seen alive at
half-past 10 p'clock Wednesday night
and appeared; then to be in her usual
health.
Strictly Business.
Mr. A. S
Hawkes, of
Winston, as le-
prcsentativc
o a syndicate of wealthy
gentlemen,
has been he
several days
looking around -for investments. His
principal object is to purchase the Wil
mington Street Railway and negotia-
Hons are now
pending looking to that
far, howuVer. the parties
result. Thus
have riot been
able to iagree on terms.
The owners o( that . property, with its
libcral charter, consider
it very valuable.
and are by no means anxious to sell un-
less very strong
induce
:rhents
i
are of-
fered
In addition
to the abdvi
Mr. Hawkes
has in view the purchase pf real estate.
though this is contingentj on a success-.
ful conclusion ol his eltort to buy tne
railway property. N
Mr. Hawkes is an intelligent, pro-
gressive and
wide-awake gentlemao'
He leaves for
his home to-day, but will
probably visit us again
very soon.
He
has been most favorably impressed with
t.T-1 . 1 .- C U n
4
Wilmington,
and predicts for her a
bright future
Freights oni the C. F. & 1X1 V,
The Fayetteville Observer says'
"The
increase of freight oveij jthe Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley Railroad within the
past thirty days, compared with the cor
responding period of lastj year; is simply
enormous. ! Between d o clock Sunday
evening last and 10
ofclock Monday
morning 119 loaded cars left Fayetteville
over the line j for various! points. ' Four
engines will be brought into service as
soon as completed by tne manufacturers.
yith other rolling stock in proportion
all of which will be needed to move the
reignt along tne line ot this roaa
-The Register of!
Deeds issued
four marriagejheenses the past week all
for colored couples. .
BLADEN COUNTY.
Democmtio Convention t Ellzabethtowi
Nominations, Eto.
A special dispatch to the Star from
Elizabcthtown, Bladen county, says that
the Democratic Senatorial Convention
for the Thirteenth district met at that
place yesterday. C C. Lyon was chair
man and R. S. White secretary. R. P.
Allen, merchant and farmer, was nomi
nated for State Senator by acclamation.
x Be county convention was also held
yesterday, and was one of the largest
and roost enthusiastic ever assembled.
I. N. Kelly wss chairman and A. M. Mc
Neill and K. B. Council were secret a
nes. 1 he nominees are:
Clerk of Court G. F. Melvin.
Sheriff W. S. Clark.
Register of Deeds W. J. McKay.
k i 'wuia j. m, uenson,
Surveyor A. A. Troy.
Coroner J. A. Reg,ister,
Dr. M. Mcl. Tatuin, an Alliance man.
was nominated ior the Legislature.
vaiitc was enmusiasucauv
endorsed and instructed for, Perfect
harmony preyailedj
vsA MEDAL. FOR ; WEBB.
A Movement Inaugurated to Seoure
a I
Government Medal far Gallant Tom
Webb.. . - I -. '
A movement has been inaugurated
to secure a medal from the United
States Government for Mr. Thomas M.
Webb in recognition of his heroism as
displayed in the rescue of two ladies
from drowning at Wrightsvilie Beach
sonic days since. This is eminently pro
per. Those who witnessed the thrilling
scene, say Mr. Webb risked his own
life to save two helpless -ladies from a
watery grave. 4:
Under a general law of Congress the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized
to present a handsome and costly cold
medal to any person who has saved from
drowning a fellow being at the risk of
his own life. Of course, satisfactory evi
dence must be forthcoming; and in this
case there are many witnesses who will
cheerfully testify in young Webb's be
half.
Mr. Iredell Meares will open a corres
pondence with the Secretary of the
Treasury immediately.
THE GRADING COMPLETED
On the Yadkin "Valley4 to the Virginia
Lino-Oil, Stool and Iron Projects.
A special tojthe Richmond Dispatch,
from Greensboro, says: ,
The work of grading the Cape Fear
& Yadkin Valley Railroad to the Vir
ginia line to the point where it is to con
nect with the Cripple Creek or North
Carolina extension of the Norfolk and
Western was completed to-day, t (Wed
nesday), and the large force of convicts
employed on the work passed through
here on their way back to the peniten
tiary. As soon as the work on the Nr"
folk & Western is finished the track will
be laid and Greensboro will be directly
connected with the Pocahontas coal
fields."
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
Dissatisfied With Bins Bule A Formid
able Independent Movement.
The independent Republicans are be
coming restive. They say they are tired
of "ring rule" and will under no circum
stances support the so-called "regular"
ticket now in the field. A meeting of
colored Republicans has already been
held which recommended C. P. Lockey
and Joseph E. Sampson for the House
of Representatives, Jas. B. Dudley for
RegisteVof Deeds, and. David Jacobs
for Coroner.
This -is but the beginning. Other
meetings will be held, and leading Re
publicans say a lull ticket of Indepen
dents will be nomiaated. Many leading
Republicans, and among them some of
the best canvassers! in the party, both
white and colored,! are in this move
ment, and some of them claim that an
Independent ticket can poll more than
half the Republican vote of the county.
A Very Busy Place. I
The cotton compresses are about the
busiest places in town just now.
At the Champion yesterday thi two
large Morse presses were in operation,
turning out per hour from 125 to 150 bales
of compressed cotton, which truckmen'
were rapidly transferring to steve
dores loading the British steamship
Picton, lying at one of the piers,
and which it is estimated will
take about 7,000 (bales. The scene
was an animated one. The large force
of. employes some two hundred or
more all moving with a rush, and yet
everything is so systematically arranged
that there was'not the least confusion or.
delay.
'Carolina Beach.
Speaking of the popularity of Wil
mington's seaside resorts, attention was
directed yesterday to the fact at that
Carolina Beach, which many predict
will not only be the lavorite of the Car
olinas but of the South, there were, dur
ing the past season, thirteen new and
substantial cottages erected by citizens
of FavetteVille. Maxton, Columbia. S.
C, arnT other places, and every visitor
was j charmed with, the place. Next
season, it is learned, additional railroad
and steamboat facilities will be afforded
to meet the growing demand.
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Death at a Great Age.
Mr. Chas. F. Browne received a dis
patch yesterday announcing the death
of his grandfather, Mr. Thomas Browne,
J who died at Wayman, Sampson county,
last Monday afternoon at the advanced
age of 98.
. Mr. Browne's grandmother,, who is
four years older than his grandfather,
I and who is consequently 102 years old,
is still living. I
The Lisbon arrived here last .1 is ripe, however, and ready for cutting,
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night, with cargo of cotton and naval
stores from Clear Run. Her crank-pin
is broken, but will be repaired and the
boat will leave on her regular time to
morrow, arS o'clock. Capt. Black says
that the boat was disabled before she
met the Maggie, and the slight collison
did the Lisbon no damagejat all. '
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1890.
RAILROAD .NOTES.
AUantio Coast; Line Georgia, Carolina and
northern -Cape Fear and Cincinnati
; . Sailroadit in Which Wilmington Is In-
' :terested. -V.-J.'- V -
' The railroad notes given beow con
cerning the extension of the Atlantic
Coast Line southward from Fayetteville
ar taken from, the last issue of the Ob
server:'' j - , ;f V 'I..:'.' i";-';.
Twenty car loads of 1 seventy : pound
steel rails have arrived here for the
southern extension of the Atlantic Coast
Life South, between this city and Row!
land, with others soon to follow. As
soon as the track is all laid between
these points, it is the, purpose of the
company to either double track or sub
stitute 70 u rails for the remainder of
the entire lin between Charleston and
Richmond. fThus Fayetteville becomes
the intermediate "point i between New
York and Jacksonville.
A daily freight to run between here
and Wilson will be placed on the
schedule on or about the 10th inst., re
lieving the passenger train of the annoy
ance of hauling freight and passengers
both, and a shorter schedule will cro in
to effect at the same time: leaviner here
I in: the meaning at 0.30 instead of .8.40 as
at present; -returniiifti-'arflvtng-fewa-atJ
5.30 instead of 0.00 as heretofore. - "
. Even the most doubtful is now justi
fied in belieying that the Coast Line
authorities mean business "from the
word go," in the matter of the extension
of the Short Cut route, and that we are
sodn to be on the great through line
from the North to the South.
Capt. Southerland tells us that the
daily freight which goes on September
10th will leave here about 8 a. ro., mak
ing quick dispatch, to Norfolk via Nor
folk and Carolina Railroad, and also to
other Northern points.
ihe following items in' reference to
thd Georgia, Carolina and Northern, the
Cape Fear and Cincinnati, and the At
lantic Coast Line will be read with in
terest : 1 '!.':
The G., C. and N. Boad.
yn last Monday ithe first through
passenger train ran over the Georgia.
Carolina and Northern Railroad, from
Monroe, N. C to Clinton, in this State.
It was drawn by a large coal burner lo'
cOmotivc, and made splendid timeA
bigj ten-wheeled cngime has been piaced
on jthe road for freight purposesv and a
telegraph line is being constructed along
the- route.
The track of this roa was received
Ias week by the railirpftd commission,
and already it is doinx'a very good bus
iness. The rails arnow being laid on
beyond Clinton, ad im a few weeks the
hands will meethe gang which is com
ing: in the other direction from Green
wood. The won bridge over the Saluda
RiVer is now being constructed, and the
cars will probably be running as far as
Greenwood in ten days, and to Abbe
ville by the middle of next month. It
will reach the , Savannah River, on itsj
way to Atlanta, by the first of next year.
The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Road will use the track of this company
to go into Clinton. f ' ;.
The Cape Fear and Cincinnati Boad.
The management of the Cape Fear
and Cincinnati Railroad has declared
that the construction of this line to
Charleston is no longer a matter of any
doubt. The company has sufficient
capital now in ; hand1 to construct - the
lincjj from Southport, N. C, to Conway,
and thence to that city. It is possible
thai a branch will be constructed from
Conway to Marion, S. C.
I The A. C. Ik Machine Shops.
The machine shops of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Florence have recently
undergone considerable repairing and
overhauling, preparatory to the busy
season. Several locomotives have re
cently been repaired at the shops, and
the polling stock of the entire system is
being put in good condition for the sea
son, ot heavy business.
French Broad Valley and Asheville &
Bristol Railroads.
Mr. George Peck, oif Wilmington, who
has been "summering in the western
part of the Stpte, spending a portion of
the time at Hendersonville speaks in
I globing terms of the agricultural and
mineral resources of that part of the
"Lajnd of the Sky,"; He rode over a
good portion of the country through
which the new railroad now in
course of construction from Ruther
fordton to . Bristol, Tennessee, runs,
and; which, when completed,- will give
Wilmington direct connection with the I Judiciary Committee, submitted, a re-o-rpat
Wt via thi Carolina Central I port from that committee in response to
railed. Mr. James . Raymond, of New
York, is general contractor for the
whole road from Rutherfordton . to
Bristol. Tenn.. via Hendersonville and
Asheville, N. C"through the French
Broad Valley. . Mr. A. B. Fortune is
subcontractor from tne Rutherford
county line to Reedy Patch Gap; A.
Tanner, sub-contractor from Rocky
Patch Gap to .Mills Riven J. D. Hardin,
frorn the Buncombe county line to the
Transylvania county line; Corpenning
& Lewis, from the Buncombe county
line to Asheville, and John T. Raymond,
f roni Asheville to Bristol. All the con
tractors have forces at work on the
linej about 800 men in all and 150
teams. They have been at work
about five ; weeks, Track laying
will' be commenced jabout the; 15th of
this
month, and it is expecfed to have
road built to Hendersonville and
the
beyond by the first oif June next.
THE RICE CROP.
All
Beady for Cutting The Yield About
Twenty Per Cent. Greater Than Last
Year. ' i
The rice planters on the Cape Fear
river have had an exceptional season
thii year, although only some sixteen or
seventeen hundred acres were planted j
about half the available acreage. The
J yield is estimated by conservative plant
ers'to average thirty bushels per acre
an increase of about 20 per cent, on pre
vious years. ;
j Cutting has been going on pretty
steadily since the middle of August, and
about; one-fifth of the crop has been
cut! and stacked in the. field all, of it
There will be no late crop. ' The birds
usually the planters greatest plague
are! very few i in numbers this year, and
haye done but slight injury to the crop.
The Cape Fear river; crop, it is esti i
mated, will be in round numbers, 50,000
i i
bushels. i -r -
It is confidently believed that the
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planters will make big money on this
season's crop, as last year's has been
cotsumed and there is little ofno for- J
eign rice in the country. With the old
crop swept away and Vi.-Trein' t ice on
the' market, pi i :cs fiiust neccssaiily be
Very satisfactory to ' the" planters this
year. ' 'V
i The South Carolina and Georgia crop
is said to be a good! average, and the
Louisiana crop is reported to be much
heavier than it was last year. ,' "
. RED SPRINGS FAIR,
Some of the Premiums Awarded and Con
f tributed by Wilmington Merchants.
In the list of premiums awarded at
the pair of the Lumber River Industrial
and Live Stock Association held at Red
Springs the 14th, 15th and 18th of last
month were the following, contributed
by Wilmington merchants besides the
awards maae to tne prettiest young
ladies 1
;: Prettiest young lady on the grounds
Miss Sallie May Shaw, Fontcol, t,50, by
Jacob Schlossburg;' also $10 portrait of
herself, 7 by Winburn's Phoiographic
Rooms, Fayetteville; also one pint of
McDuffie's cologne. Ey W. C. McDuffie,
fayetteville.
-i Second -prettiest young lady on the
frounasrAiise Lizzie bteed,X,iktlc Kock,.
. C; $10 portrait of herself, by Peters
son's Photographic Gallery, Red Springs.
Handsomest maiden lady between 30
and 40 years of age, Miss Alice Camp
bell, Fayetteville; one year's subscription
to' the Daily Morning Star, Wilming
ton; by W. H. Bernard. j
Oldest competitor who has never used
tobacco. William McLauchlin, aije 88
years, Raiford; one rocking chair, worth
$6, by Sneed & Co. Wilmington.
1 Young man 21 vcars of at'e who ran
show highest mark of punctuality in 1889
in Sunday School; John C. McNeill, Red
Springs, one umbrella worth $2.50, by I.
onrier, Wilmington,
Best gentleman horseback rider. Jas.
U. Williams, Red Springs; one leather
dressing case by A. J, Pemberton &Co.,
Fayetteville. " i
The saw mill that cuts the most lum
ber in one day, capacity and; number of
hands considered, Red Spring Railway
Co.. 19,055 feet. 12,350 lathes, hands
work 12. hours worked 10, isize of mill
50 horse power; one barrel I oil by the
North State Oil Co., Wilmington.
Largest and finest disolav of vegeta
bles raised by any one person. Mrs.
Charles A. Purcell.'Purcepolis; one bar
rel "D. L. G." flour, by D. LGorc. Wil
mington. . j
Best plow boy 13 years of jage. James
yra, Kcd lianks; S5 by S. I
McNair,
Wilmington. -
Best corn sheller; W. K.j
jpringer.
Wilmington, diploma.
Ugliest looking man, tto
ii Hinson.
Red Springs; one hat, by 3. II. Fish
blate, Wilmington. . I
LETTER FROM CAPT. ALEXANDER.
: -.!- ' - ' I "
He Denies that He is Opposed to tlio Be
Election of Senator Vanco -A Straight
forward and Manly Letter.
A report having gained currency that
Captain S. B. Alexander, the Democratic
nominee for Congress in this district,'
was j opposed to Senator Vance, a gen
tleman of this city wrote tojhim in re-.
gard to the matter and received the fol
lowing reply : j
Charlotte, N. C. Sept. Gth, 1890.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 4th re
ceived and contents noted. i; authorize
you to state that I am not oipposed to
the re-election of Gov. Z. B.i Vance to
the U. S. Senate. I arrpnt-prl Hip nnmi.
nation for Representative from this dis
trict with the full knowledge that Sena
tor Vance was the choice of the district
for his own successor, and II assure
you! that if I had any I idea of
opposing the wishes of the Democrats
who honored me with the nomination
of Representatiye I would Iresien. I
have twice voted for Gov. Vance for
United States Senator, and were I again
the "Senator from Mecklenburg" would
vote for him again. The personal rela
tions between Gov. Vance and myself
have always been Inendly. I hope and
Deneve tnat tne amerence between ben-
ator vance ana the Ainanceiwill soon
be adjusted satisfactorily to both. Thank
ing you for your kindness, :
I am yours truly.
I S. B. Alexander.
MISSISSIPPI.
The Constitutional Convention in Session
at Jackson.
Jackson. Miss., Sept. 4. The Con
stitutional Convention met atj 9.30 a. m.
Judge Wiley P. Harris, chairman of the
-nSi1 "
I tion without submitting the same to the
I people for ratification. The jcommittee
say the Convention has a rigk, and the
theory that a vote of the people is neces
sary to its validity has no support in any
principle of constitutional law, and is
merely a political theory of h doctrine
which has in some States acquired au
thority from usage. The dqctrine has
never prevailed in Mississippi and has
no sanction there from usage. Ihe re
port was filed without action, and the
I Convention resumed consideration of
the! penitentiary question.
Debate is
still in progress.
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION
Little Rock, Sept. 4. Returns from
556 out of the 1,020 townships in the
State give Eagle (Democrat) for Gover
nor a gain of 2,920 over his majority in
the same places two years ago. This
includes losses in Greene. Faulkner, De-
Shea, Benton, Lincoln. Craighead, Jef
ferson, rointsette and Crittenden coun-
fortv rnnnties. Tf the samelratin holds
upi Eagle's maiority will approximate
34,000. Conservative estimates give
28,000 as the minimum.
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
Be turns Show a Great Falling Off in the
- Bepublican Majority.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
White River Junction September
C.-j-Verified returns from all ol 243
towns in the State show a total of 33,318
lot Page, 19,214 for Brigham, and 1,216
for jAklen and others. These returns
from 243 towns make Page's plurality
14.104. and his maiority 12.888. The
same towns in 1888 gave Dillingham 48,
077; Shurtleff 19,046, Seely and all others
1,349; making Dillingham s majority a i;
682. and showine a fallintr off in the Re.
publican majority of 14,7944 Five towns
not heard from cave in 1888 a Republi
can maioritv of 262. which will not be
materially changed.
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The census office gives the total popu
lation of Vermont as 332,205. A oe
: . ( S1rt iThp nomila.
tion of Louisville, Ky., is! 161.005
ncrease of 37.247.
SPIRilS;TUK
Charlotte JVeivs: Mrs. Chas. G.
Pettus died at : her "home on South B.
Street, at 12:30 o'clock last (light,- after
an illness of a couple of week. .
i Greensboro Patriot-: : Deputy
Sheriff. Peyton Bilbro. who suffered a
stroke of paralysis some limit ago. is re
ported as being still in a very critical
condition, and fears are ente mined that
he will not recover. ' .
'' Concord Times: . Mr Rufus W
Krimminger was in to see u: yesterday;
He brought with him son e fine hen
eggs( some of which were nc lrly as large
as goose eggs. He sells his ieggs all the
year round at 12 cents a dozen.
, Asheville Journal-, j l-An insanC
man was arrested - on the street this
morning. Attention to his condition was
Called by his ravings on religious mat
tcrs. His name is Retf. Jj M: Cole. of.
Rcems Creek, and his insanity is attrib
nted to grief over the recent death ot a
daughter.
Kinston Free Press: iMrs. R. E.
Davis sent us a very fine lemon and two
bananas grown by her in Letioir county.
The lemon weighs 13 ounces, and Mrs.
Uavis has 100 like it on the tree from
which it was taken. The bananas were
fully matured but shorter than the-fruit
grown further South. The flavor was
delicious. ',.'--.
Raleigh Visitor: We regret to
learn that the son of Mr. Peter Pool,
who lives - near 'Auburn. Wake county,
had his hand and arm severely torn to
pieces, on yesterday evening, in the cot
ton gin of Messrs. Watts & Co., at
Auburn. It is reported that his wounds
are so severe that there are doubts as to
his recover'. i
Rockingham Poeket: The wife
of John B, Smith, Esq.,. died jof typhoid
lever jiear the tllerbe springs on Mon
day night last. , The gum factory is
in operation but not in full; blast yet.
The machinery all works smoothly and
does the work satisfactory f cxcept the
machine that cuts up the gum into little
blocks, which defect. will soon be reme
died. : - I I '
- Durham Recorder: Mr. W. I.
Kirkland writes to us from jBlackwood
Station, ' Orange county, ; as follows:
"While working in a well on my planta
tion, three miles south of University
Station, I found some very strong speci
mens of gold. Some of th rock that
were blasted are nearly covered with the
metal on the face. Peoplcj that have
seen it say it is the strongest they ever
saw." - : -
AVilson Mirror : We are glad.
to see that steps are being taken by
some of our liberal minded and public
spirited business men that will lead to
the establishment of a smoking tobacco
factory in this place. Dr. King had
the misfortune of breaking' his collar
bone on Saturday last. He and Dr.
Brothers, were in a buggy together, and
while going up that steep hill near bid
Clark's, the horse slipped and fell into a
small ditch on the right of the road, and
the buggy was turned over. Dr. Broth
ers fell upon Dr. King, and this, it is
thought, broke his collar bone.
Scotland Neck Democrats From
the tax list as taken this year the falling
off of voters in the county ince June
last year has been very great. In 1889
the white polls were 1,558. In 1890 the
white polls were 1,520. In 1889 the
colored polls were 2,544. Iri 1890 the
colored polls were 2.022. This shows a
decrease of 88 white polls and 522 col
ored polls. It is estimated that the
number of colored voters in the county
is about 700 less than last year.
Rev. Thos. Dixon, of New York has
been invited to sucaU i Weldon
Fair. He has consented to be theic
and will speak on October 30th.
Raleigh Chronicle : Ex-Gov.
Holden is seriously ill at his home, cor
ner McDowell and Hargett street, hav
ing been prostrated by a second stroke
Of paralysis. A negro woman, hail
ing from Henderson, stepped into L.
Levy's store last night to make some
trifling purchase, while Mr. Levy was
counting over his money, which he
placed in an old-fashioned leather pocket
book. While waiting on the! negro he
stepped away to another part of the
store to get that which she ) asked for,
and she reached for the pocket-book and
'slipped out with sixty dollars. No tid
ings further from .this dusky excur- :
sionist. I
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen-
cer : Dr. K. tJ. l witty cuea at nis nome
in Camilla, Ga., August 21st, Dr. Twit
ty was once a resident of this county,
but left here about twenty i years ago.
For: the year ended August 30th,
1890, there was sold on the Wadesboro
market 6,873 bales of cotton. Some
idea of the shortness of last year's crop
may be gained from these figures when
it is stated that our usual receipts arc
about 12,000 bales. Our estimate is that
15.000 bales of cotton will be sold in
Wadesboro during the season .1890-91.
Mount Airy News: The best
and largest crop of corn ever raised in
Surry will be gathered this tall. Mr..
Clinton Wilson, of Greensboro, saysi he
is the only man in the world who knows
the secret of welding copper. He is the
inventor ql the wondertul three-piston
engine. - mere are rumors in tne
air of the early extension of the Danville
and New River railroad from' Stuart to
this place. This road has been sold to
the Richmond and Danville, and it is.
said the R. & D. will at once extend the
road to our town.
Goldsboro Argus: The Clover
Bloom Farmers' Alliance had a barbecue
and picnic on Mr. Barney Daniel's farm,
day. Mr. B. F. Grady, of ! Duplin, the
Democratic candidate tor Congress, was
invited to come and make a speech. He
did so, and those who heard it say it was
a good one. It was both Democratic
and Alliance in sentiment, the candidate
claiming that the two are similar if not
identical in character. Miss Addie
Rovall. a voung lady who had been sick
for several months, died at the home of
her parents on West Centre street, op
posite the ice factory, at It p'clock to
day. Miss Royall was from Sampson
county but later of Durham, 'and came
to this city about a year ago.
Elizabeth Citv -Economist We
have recently seen the commission of
the first collector of .the towri of Eden-
ton after our war of Independence, sign
ed by G. Washington, President of the
United States, and issued to 1 nomas
Benbury. Edenton s first collector, who
had been Commissary General of North
Carolina, during the war of the Revolu-;
tion. It is the property of Gen. Ben-
1 bury's great-grand-daughter,
Our
of Hyde
I old friend, Riley Murray,
county, has a work steer that weighs
2,200 pounds that has never cat any
thing but grass, so Prof. Sheep tells us.
We suppose, it he was lattcned to obesi
ty he would nearly double his present
weight. Mr. Murray is approaching 90,
and is sprightly and sound of mind, but
entirely blind and physically infirm.
- Raleigh Chronicle: The direc
tors of the Oxford Orphan Asylum met
at Oxford Tuesday. Rev. Jj T. Harris
was elected superintendent. Mr. G.
Rosenthal, of Raleigh, was elected a
director to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Col. Thos. S. Kenan.
It was decided to limit the jnumber of
pupils to two hundred. There are more
than this number in the institution now
but Dr. Dixori has secured homes for
the excess. There was a full meeting
of the board, and their work gives gen
eral satisfaction. Rev. J. TJ Harris is a
prominent Methodist, having been-Presiding
Elder for some time, and is a man
nf considerable ability. H The Agri
cultural and Mechanical College will
open Thursday, September 4th, and not
on the 3d day of October, as has been
an stated. - The prospects for an increased
attendance are very good.
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