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JThe uruiw - I "1 ect in" this platform is, a Mr, Tiorman expressed it in an inter iei few days! ago, that even If all the part of the j platform had merit in them, it attempts too much! and mvers too Msoy distinct points.feach Me of which involves a new df par tare in the governmental policy- of recent years arq eacn requiring! spe cial legislation. ' The following is the substance of declaration of principles, or platform: i national banks 'and th tjpsue of greenbacks sufficient o do il efruiness ot tpe country on cash Ami. i. The prevent pn of dealing in fo iares." j :i Free cninatrtf of silver. .4, Prohibition of alien ownership of a . a l r fcvi:. I-. tuna aiJu recovery ui puuHtHiujyaui d to railroads w uen possible, 5. imoartial taxation. U, Economy and honesty in the ex penditure ot a revenue not largee than necessary. , 7. Fractionl paper currency, j V . Government control and operation of railroads and telegraph lines, and if that system proves unsatistactory.f tnen aiioiTal ownership of them. This platform, is wide; enough in Us 6eep to cover the whole ground, in fact it covers it too well Eliminate clauses and mocracy. tHe 1st, 2d and ; 8th it is pretty good De- If there be! greenbacks- Issued bv the Government sufficient to do the business of Ihe country on k cash basis, there would be no ned for national banks.lbecause this issue of I greenbacks wjuld supply what the national banksjnow inainly sufpiy, a circulating medium. It j would not then be necessary to abolish the national banks for they would find their occupation gone and wojald be compelled to c! ose doors; and go out of business. The question of dealin in futures is one to whiih there. a -e two ei.'es, and while it is objected to by some from a. moral sitandpoint as fostering i n a. the gambling jspirit, it is no alto gether sure thait dealing in futures is not to the farmers' advantage; rather than disadvantage. j Free coinagd of silver is al right. There is already on the statutes a law prohibiting alien ownership of lands, but this 'ought to be modified so as not to prohibit the purchase of raining lands jfor mining purposes and of lands for industrial purposes. The spirit of such a law should be to prevent the monopolizing of lands, and the gobbling up! of the public domain or speculation or for pasture purposes, and j this j should apply to citizer s as well as to aliens. A case in poin t is f urnishedf in "the recent bid by i syndicate of $10, 000,000 for dhe Cherokee strip, con: I'aming 6,500,000 acres, thej syndi lcfte outbidding the Government by AAA L t i . When Mr. Lmar was Secretary of he Interior he investigated tjhe rail oad land grant question and was "gely instrumental in Ihavintr - hills Passed throng Congress folfeiting ne titles of a hundred millions acres, more, of these unearned! lands But the Drinr.inJ in iu:,. lound. The rovirnmSn i . W to give away under prepense of fcouraging the building of railroads Ftoms of acres of the puilic do- pnas it has been doing, j. ne seventh clause is all rieht. for agonal paper currency is k ereat Pvenience to the people in fending Ui" sums by mail as silver does :ot answer for this purpose, and f naing postal notes involves trouble could bd avoided if fractional rr currency were restored. An "jection woilld he made to this. if. tssiipd in - rnnsider Ple amities lit would drive frac onal silver and nirtela out nf use. .i.:-' . ,u l"cr piaei be taken by this pa er currency hich is not as suitable ' '-"-inge m le Pactional ordinary business as com. iIle dghth,' is full of grounds for, flection, IWrl rrrt ernwrnmnf nf ill- J . 0 '"as is orie of the hhierts aimed K.. . i . --J.7y ln intr.Stat mmmwn law r ' has noH yet been demonstrated fethe farmer h "j iudL ann urn rv it- rrmmc 'wa to the government: owning nt railroads. telegraphs, &c, it is nde in the direction of a Inno, 833 VOL, XXII. cenralization as to be intolerable to people who take an unbiased view of it. Besides this the scheme is such a colossal one that it never could nor would be carried out. Govern ment ownership involves either leas ing or operating by the government. and it would take the government a long time to learn how to run the railroads; "and then, with two or more' parties in the field striving not only for political mastery, but also for con trol of the railroads and telegraphs arid their immense patronage, how lively our politicswould become. How long'Would it take to get a-party out of power ' which had control of the railroads of - the country and the army of men employed upon them ? The 5th and 6th are good,sound Democracy, in ' entire accord with the demands of the Democratic par ty on those questions, and are; the really vital points in this declara tton of principles, the accomplish ment of which means more relief to the farmer than" all the rest of them put together. ,' SOTTSD DOCTBDra. One of the planks in the Alliance platform adopted at Ocala demands an economical administration of the government and the levying of only so much taxes as are necessary lor the support of the government, and that there shall be no taxing of one industry for the benefit of another. This is good, sound doctrine, and it; is good, sound Democracy. It means in other words a tariff for revenue only, believing that such a tariff, with the incidental protection which it; would give would be amply sufii? cient to give bur manufacturing In dustries all the protection which they need or which they should ask. s The essential difference between the Democratic and Republican parties on this question is that the Republican party holds, that the tariff should be a tariff for protec-. tion with incidental revenue, while: the Democratic party holds that it should be a tariff for revenue with incidental protection. The farmers represented in the Alliance have wisely taken the Democratic ground, "for they have learned by bitter ex perience what a tariff for protection simply means. . There were, j in that meeting' men from the West who had until recent ly been voting for protection right along, because it was . a part of the policy of the Republican party to which they professed allegiance, who would then regard this doctrine to which they now s bscribe as sy nonymous with free trade, that bug bear the Republican politicians found so useful to scare innocent people, arid prevent them from voting with the Democratic party. ; It has been customary with the advocates of the protective doctrine to denounce "free trade," as if there were something radically wrong or monstrous in it, when in fact the nearer we get to free trade the near er we get tb the. principle ' which ought to prevail between the nations of the earth, and which ought to be recognized by all. s It is not states manship that refuses to recognize it; it is selfishness jand a very narrow selfishness, j ' The commerce of the world con sist in disposing of the surplus pro ducts, of one country for tbe surplus products of another. It is barter, and the freer this barter is, the fewer the restrictions placed upon it, the greater it is, and- the greater the commerce is. Every. restriction placed upon it discourages trade be tween nations and reduces the quan tity exchanged,' thus, leaving upon' the hands of the producers of the surplus more or less, which were it not for the restrictions" would have been disposed of. . One of the results of this is, that when this barter is obstructed the home market is glutted and prices fall, frequently below the, cost of production- This means hard times, inability to meet obligations and to pay debts, and general depression, the very condition to which the farmers of this country have been brought by the tariff laws which have obstructed the disposal of their surplus products. The farmer is differently situated from the manufacturer or the produ cer of raw. materials, which are sub jects of commerce, ! because these have the benefit of the protective laws which compel purchasers to pay the price they put upon their pro ducts, and j they by agreement amongst themselves are governed by the law of supply and demand and when there is danger of a glut they can reduce the output and thus keep the market under control. But the farmers pcannot do this. Such concert of action as this is impracticable among ;' them j . : for they cannot reduce ' the output without destroying it, nor can they regulate it even if concert of action were practicable, for nature is more bountiful some years than others and the farmer lias no means of cal culating definitely what the harvest will be until it is gathered. His only hope and reliance is the market of the world to prevent a glut, and en sure him prices that will leave him a margin on the cost of cultivation. - IHE The policy which prevents this is not only bad for the farmer but for the country, for no country; can be really prosperous when the farmer is not prosperous. . : HHTOE MEUTIOB". ; There was another of 'those per sonal tiffs in the Senate Friday which occasionally vary the routine mo notony of that body, ' when ' Mr. Dolph, during the colloquy between him and Mr. Butler, of South Caro lina, remarked that he was informed that Mr. Butler had threatened to discharge men 1 from his service if they voted the Republican ticket, to which Mr. Butler gently replied that the man who said that was "guilty of a deliberate and wilful falsehood." It was Mr. Hoar who imparted the aforesaid information to Mr. Dolph, whereuport Mr.Butler said that the re mark applied to him. Mr.Hoar retort ed that he couldn't be intimidated, eta.and then the matter dropped un til iater when Mr. Hoar produced what purported Lq he the minority re port of an -investigation held in J876, in which Mr. Butler is quoted as hav ing substantially said that. Mr. But ler pronounced this a garbled report, but jMMr. Hoar's statement was made Sipon its authority, and not upon his own knowledge, the remark hg had made wouldjnot apply to Mr. Hoar. This soothing pjasf er aflayed the irritation in Mr. Hoar and per stored his equilibrium to the extent that he declared his very high re gard for the Senator from .South Carolina, which, being reciprocated by the Senator from South Carolina, the tiff was declared a draw to their mutual satisfaction and the satisfac tion of all concerned, and again the1 dignified .Senators settled down to jaw each other according to the reg ulation methods. ' '.!' Senator Dolph, of Oregon, see.ms to have suddenly - discovered that there is something radically wrong in allowing a State representation in Congress for people who are dis qualified from voting by State enact ment, and has introduced a resolu tion of inquiry to ascertain to .what extent laws restricting the! right of suffrage preyai). The immediate cause" of the Senator's concern on this subject seems to be the action of the recent constitutions! conven tion in the State of Mis- -sissippi prescribing qualifications for voters. Hp does not question the right of ' a State to prescribe qualifications for suffrage, but holds to the belief that where the number of voters is reduced by disfranchis ing legislation the right of represen tation should be reduced in propor tion. It is . somewhat remarkable that considering the number of Northern States which have had for years property or educational quali fications, or both, or tax-paying requisites to the Tight to vote, that Mr. Dolph should have been so tar dy in making the discovery that it is wrong. The political necessity, however, for this discovery, was not as urgent in the past as it is now. Representative Frank, of St.Louis, Rep., is the author of the apportion ment scheme which makes the basis of representation in." the House 356, on a ratio of 173,901 of population to each representative. Fixing the ratio at 173,901 there is no loss of representation by any State, but a gain in seventeen. The bill pro vides that every State having an ex cess of 86,950 over the ratio agreed upon shall be entitled to a represen tative on such fraction. The bill further prdvides that' the Congress sional districts shall be so laid off that they w.ll be composed not only of contfguous territory but that the opposite parts shall be as nearly as practicable . equi-distant from the centre, the object or which is to knock out the shoe-string and zig zag districts which exist to such a large extent We have an idea.how ever, that the equi-distant proposi tion will not strike the Republican statesmen with favor, as under, that the gerrymander would be played out. If the Force bill be passed and ap plied to the country without section al discrimination it will cost the peo ple $10,000,000 every two years. A pretty heavy tax to keep the Repub lican party in power. ' K When Mr. Parnell's friends sup press an opposition journal by seiz in and duroninc its issue into the "S -- 1 o river they present Home rule . in new light. , ' The Carolina Central's Hew Schedule. The Charlotte News, calling attention to the new schedule on the Carolina Central says: "One can leave here Sat urday afternoon for Wilmington, spend Sunday with friends in the city by the sea, and get back here at 9.30 Monday "morning. The schedule is really convenient in that way and is one that has lone been wanted. Heretofore a Charlotte person could not make a Saturday trip to Wilmington without losing two days, and the schedule now in force does away with all thai; . The Carolina Cntral runs no Sunday trains, but a train goes down to Wilmington Saturday night and comes back Monday morning." EEK WILMINGTONN. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER HIS THROAT CUT. A Hystericus Affair at Norfolk, Va. Mr Bobert B. Taylor, tfonnerir of Wfl j , mington, Assaulted and Seriously In- ' Jured. ,T ' -J'r'.;y-; ' ' : The brief telegram in the Star yes terday, from Norfolk, Va., stating that Mr. Robt. R. Taylor, lumber inspector of that place, had been assaulted and his throat cut. and would probably die. ex cited considerable interest here, ; Mr. Taylor being a son of Mr. Tos. Wi Tay lor, and up to a few. years ago a citizen of Wilmington. Yesterday' afternoon Mr. J. D. McEachern," brother-in-law of Mr." Robt. Taylor telegraphed to Norfolk for particulars and was intormed by "wire that Taylor's condition was not so seri ous as reported, and that he was not expected to die from the wound. ; The Norfolk landmark of yesterday contains the following particulars of the affair: , ', ' . ; ' ' At seven o'clock . last evening there was great excitement on the south side : of Mam street, near. Church, by the report that man had his throat cut, and for some time great mystery seemed to envelop the affair. Mr. Robert R. Tavlor. a well known young man, walked into Mr. J William Hoffman's barber shop, No. 203 Main street, under . thej Washington House, bleeding at the neck, but quite unconcerned about it, -except that he wanted tfi W3?h the blood off. He didn't say what was the matter, but simply wanted to wash. Mr. Hoffman noticed the blood and said to him, "What's the matter?. Your throats cut,- isn't it?" And oe (Hoffman) seemed then to manifest more concern than the wound ed man did. The blood from a gash in the1 throat" had been flowing down be hind the wpundeg man's Collar and he didn't know what his Cftndfpqn really was. When his coat anfl vest were un buttoned it was very apparent that he , had been bleeding profusely, He sat down in a chair and refused to tell who ddit, or where tbe cutting was done. As he leaned over the blood gushed from his throat in a stream, and the sight wa a ghastly one. Mr. Hoffman rushed out after a doctor, and other gentlemen also went after -one.-- The news soon spread, and a large crowd athered about the front of the shop. )r, "Charters fesnonded' "and bad the wounded man carried to the St. Vin cents Hospital, he eoiag there with him, where he sewed and dressed the wound, and then turned the cage oyer to Dr. N. H. Rrddick. . When, the report that a man had been cut was sent out, police tiffieera Brooks and Bamburger responded promptly, and pohce detective Prince was soon on the spot and dispersed the crowd. Officer Brooks and a "mari named Ephriam H. Beazley, the latter appearing to be a friend of Taylor, ac companied him to the hospital, to gether with the -doctor. Beazley had tried' to get a doctor for Taylor, and ap peared in every way interested in him, but it had gotten noised about that' the cutting was done on the street, in front of the Washington House, and that Beaalev and W. Simon Capps were with Taylor at the time. For that reason Captain Mordica and police detectives Pitt and r"nnce wenr to the hospital and arrested Beazley, locked him up at the police station and then went on a hunt lor Capps. They went to Portsmouth in the search, and in the meantime Police De tective Heppel arrested Capps in-front of the Monogram saloon, Main street, this city, and locked him up upon the return of the omcers from Portsmouth. They, with Detective Heppel and Police Justice East, took the two prisoners to the hospital lor laentincauon Dy tne wounded man. He did not appear very much prostrated, but talked with ease. He said that Beagley was a friend of his. and didn't do the cutting; that he had no reason for it, He failed, too, to re cognize capps as navmg cut mm or as having had any fuss with him. In fact, he didnt seem to know how the affair occurred. Soon after he was carried to the hospital he told Offi cer Brooks that a negro cOt him. Re ports differ as to whether Taylor had been drinking. The prisoners were carried Dack to the police station. An effort was made to get bail for them, but both Justice ILastana justice uauun reiugcu u. The wound in Tavlor's neck, on the right side, is an ugly one, but no vital part was cut and it is not necessarily dangerous. He is a large and fleshy man, said to weigh near 200 pounds. He is a timber inspector by profession and' has been employed considerably by Messrs. Tunis, Eccles & Co., in Berkley. He lives at No. 31 Noe's Court. He and his wife had arranged to leave Norfolk this morning via the Seaboard & Roan ake Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line for Valdosta. Ga., to spend the Christmas holidays with' his parents. He had secured transportation through the Union ticket agency, and every pre paration for the trip was completed. . . THE PRISONERS' STATEMENTS. I The prisoners were interviewed by the Landmark in their cells last night at 12 o'clock. : i Beazley occupied a chair in his cell. He is a married man and lives on Chap el street. He said he met Taylor in front of the Washington House, . where Taylor was waiting to be shaved in Hoffman's shop; that while they were talking Simon Capps and Jack Howard came up; that Taylor ask him (Beazley) if he knew Howard and he said yes; that Taylor said he didn't believe it; that just then Taylor and Capps became in volved in a fuss about what he (Beaz ley) couldn't say. but he heard Taylor call Capps a d n liar, and saw Capps strike at Taylor lightly, and then saw blood on Tavlor's face. Taylor has a slight cut on the face. That he (Beaz- levl went with Taylor into the barbeir shop to wash his face arid also went af ter a doctor tor mm. f Caoos was situated much more com fortably in his cell, having been pro vided with nice bedding by friends, and had retired for the night, but was not asleeo. He didn't want to say anything about the affair, and said the reporter could come . over to the-Police Court this morning and hear it all; that he would then prove that -he was not the man wanted. He became more talka tive after awhile, and said that he was sitting in a .window of the Washington House when the fuss was going on, out had nothing in the world to do with it, and didn't know Tavlor when he saw him. His denial of the charge that he did the cutting was very emphatic; said he had had no fuss at all witn layior. He seemed to have no fear of the trial oi the case, - NAVAL STORES. j Receipts of naval stores at this port for the , crop year from April 1st to December J 2th as compared with receipts for the same tjerm last year are as follows: , . ;. , . .Spirits turpentine. 54,964 casks; last year, 55,809. Rosin, 241,295 bbls; last year. 164,748. Tar,' 35,353 ; bbls.; last year, 43,114. . Crude turpentine, 14,353 bbls.; last year, 14,931. II - f : .' i'-im-..- -.X ' II " I -L-.vl!' LJ :::.: ' - - ' 8TATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT. , A Probability that the , First Virginia , Begiment Will Join the North Caro lina Boys in Camp. ; . (. ,; ; s -Many of the readers of the STARill be delighted to hear that there is a strong probability that the First Regi ment, 2 of Virginia . Volunteers wiJI go Into, camp this summer- at Wrightsville "with the troops of the North Carolina State Guard. . '.-? Col., W. C. Jones yesterday received a letter from the Colonel of the' First Virginia, of which the following, is a copy,Yiz: . . ' . ; i - ;Headquarters First Regiment .-V.y.lJINIA VOLUNTEERS, INFANTRY, Richmond. Va., Dec 9th, 1890. Col tit, If. C. ones., commanding Second Regiment, AT. C S. G.: ; j ' Sir : I am in receipt of yours of the 8th inst., referring to your meeting with. Col. Coward in and extending to us your gratification at the knowledge that your Governor has extended to the First Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, an invi- tation to camp at Wilmington next sum mer. with your troops, Colonel, these two Kino letters were most unexpected; yet for this the more highly appreciated, A compliment has been paid us, than which none higher could have been ex tended. Words fail me to express fully our feelings. I can only say I thank ybu most heartily and that we will ac cept if we can so arrange. . It is as you know necessary, hrst, lor me to consult my, superior officers as to ieavlng the State, and then to refer these matters - to a conference of ' mv officers. From such expressions as I have heard to-day, 1 am of opinion that within a few days I shall be able to write you that we are coming, and when. 1 wilt be obliged if you will send the plot with a description of your camp runds and surronnfi jngs, as suggested , you. V - ' : . Again thanking .you for your ktnd-- ness, I am yours respectfully, . . . Henry C. Jones, Colonel. NAVASSA GUANO CO. Annual Meeting of Stockholders election of Officers. The annual meeting of stockholders pf the Navassa Quano, Co. was held at their office in this city yesterday. Mr, Walter Gregg was called to tne chair and Mr. Donald MacRae, Jr., was requested to act as secretary. After the transaction of the usual busi ness the Treasurer and Superintendent read reports showing the affairs of the Company tp be in a satisfactory cpndU tion. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year : Directors Wm. H. Crawford, J. I. Middleton. Smilie A. Gregg, Geo. W. Kidder, Donald MacRae. D. G. Worth and F. L. Grafflin. President Donald MacRae, Secretary and Treasurer Donald MacRae, Jr. Superintendent C. E. Borden. Superintendent of Agencies W. L. DeRosset. - Travelling Agent Geo. P. Cotchett, Accountant W- C. Jones. The Board of Directors declared a dividend of 8 per cent, out of. the earn ings of the Company during the past year. The Norfolk Throat Cutting Case. The Norfolk papers of yesterday states that the investigation of the cutting case (of which an account was given in the Star yesterday), was held before the Police Court Friday. Mr. R. R. Taylor, the man who had his throat cut from ear to ear, was unable to be present, and for that reason . Justice East decided, after hearing the witnesses for the Commonwealth, to- continue the case for ten days, and admitted Capps, the man accused of doing the cutting, to bail in the sum .of $1,000 for his appear ance at that time. Joseph Bon f ant i went on his bond. Dr. C.L. Charters testified that there were two wounds one on Taylor's left cheek and the other across the throat; while the wound "in the throat was dan gerous, yet it was not. necessarily fatal. Dr. N. H. Riddick testified that Tay lor had rallied considerably, and he did not think the wound would result fatally. - ' - , Taylor had a very narrow escape from death. It is said that the jugular vein was slightly cut by the knife, which means that his call was as close as is often heard of without fatal conse quences. . . The Virginia Boys Are Coming. The Richmond Dispatch of yesterday says that the First Virginia Regiment will probably hold its encampment with the N. C. State Guard at Wrightsville this summer. A meeting of its field, staff and line officers was held Friday night, at which the invitation extended by Gen. Glenn, at the instance of Gov. Fowle, was read, with letters from Col. W. C. Jones and Capt. W. R. Kenan and it was voted unanimously to accept the invitation Before the regiment can officially no tify Adjutant General Glenn of its ac tion, it will be necessary to receive per mission from Gov.. McKinney, but no doubt is entertained that it will be the pleasure of the Governor to letthe regi ment go, Aj dose Call. - At a way station on the Carolina Cen tral road yesterday, says the Charlotte Nrujs ol Wednesday, a lady passenger from the country raised a window and stuck her head out to see what the en gine was blowing for. Just as she did so the train sped by the station and the mail-catcher took off her bonnet and carried a lot ot pins ana nair aiong witn it. she raised a big row and couldn't be made to understand why she shouldn't be thankful that her her head didn't go along with the bonnet. Burning Pences. Edward Marshall and Willie Cotton (both colored), charged with setting fire to the woods with malicious intent and burning part of the fencing around Tho& Moore's .premises in Cape Fear township, were tried before Justice Jas, Cowan, of that township, and in default "of fifty dollars bond each for their ap pearance before the Criminal Court, were committed to the coantyijail. 19, 1890.. I NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. .. Proceedings of the Meeting at Wilson j Reports, of Committees, Ao, - -. -..... v. SECOND DAY. .;rr.!-'f:;'" f WiLN,CftecJllw-rThe Confer ence was opened with; religious services conducted by Rev! J. B. Martin, i Rom ans, 12, was read, and hymn J'Let Him, tq whom we now belong" was sung. . iiic uimuict were neau ana approvea Holland McTyeire. and J. C. Morris the former . representing the Publishing1 House, the latter the Board! of Church ExtensionwitfiRey&H. H Campbell and T t Jaytpn . .: Va were intro duced to the Conferencet! ; : r! i' ; ,vi Rev, J. A. Cunnlnggim - moved- that Rev. T. J. Boyton, who was: transferred with the new territory from Virginia he referred, to the Committee on Confer-r ence Relations, ;r UJ:'',-';. ' 1 Rev. J. N. Campbell, who was also in the pew transferred territory, was grant ed location upon his own request. S In answer to the question, ' "Who are received by -transfer ; from other Con ferences ?W, H, Moore, J. H, M. Giles. R. P, Troy. S. D. Adams, f. A. i-ee, j. ts. miiey. Miles oy. J. a. Per ry, w. K. urissom, were reported as coming from W. N. C. Conference. Ihe fourth question, who are admit ted into full connection? was taken up and answered . as follows ; Geo. T. Simmons, John J, Barker.john H. Shoal, M. rt. I uttle, JL. SelI, Chas. F. Sher- rill, L. S. Ethridge, M. M, Matson, Edwin C. Glenn. Daniel Reid. The character of M. A. Perkins passed. and he was discontinued at his own. re-. quest. -, . ' 1 he character of R. W. Bailey passed. and he was continued in the class of the nrst vgar - .- ; : :-, Wey, T, Gauls. Colporteur of the Conference, read his report. During the year he has sold 51,500 pamphlets, cate chisms and other small publications, and 17,160 books, amounting in all to $10,- 432. The report was referred to the Committee on Colportage. ' " yuestion twelve was tnen called. What travelling preachers are , elected elders?" In answer to this the following were reported: J. D. fegram, l . r. tvey, Geo. F. Smith, Henry H, Anderson, Nanhan . Qeyton, I . Uev, f . L. Keed offered resolutions for a permanent place for the publica tion of the Conference Journal, which were adopted. On the motion . of Presiding Elder G. A. Oglesby, a committee was appointed, consisting of L. J. Holden, S. El. Adams and B. B. Cqlbreth, to investigate certain rumors concerning the rniftisterial character of D. R.Bruton The report of the. Church Extension Board shows that $71,122.15 was spent the past year in the erection of churehes. T" - l . t A a 1 a A a- v inuring tne past iour years $40,od4.ov have been expended for this purpose. This Board has either built or has helped to build 1.20Q churches475 of which arc in this State, I Rev. L. S, Ethridge, of Smyrna Cir cuit, stated that during the past . year he bad received only S165, upon which amount he, his wife and child had lived, besides feeding his horse. j After the address of the Bishop to the class received into full connection, the Conference adjourned, with the bene diction by the Bishop. 1 The Conference opened at 9.30 a., m., with Bishop J. C. Keener in the chau. The opening religious services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Wheeler. The minutes were read and approved. The Bishop announced that Alpheus McCullen, of the Missouri Conference, had been transferred) to this Conference. Rev, J. C- Morris addressed the Con ference in the interest of Church Ex tension. . The secretary read a report from the trustees of Davenport Female Col lege of Lenoir, which was referred to the Board of Education. I The Bishop took up Question 2 : Who remain on trial? Answer : A, G, Stamey. Question 12 ; What travelling preach ers are elected elders ? Answer ; Chas. W. Robinson. ! , The report of Littleton Female 'Col lege was handed in and referred to the Board of Education. The Conference granted the Presiding Elder of the Wilmington District the privilege to employ Rev. W. A. Jenkins on that work next year. ' Drs. lohn R. Brooks, of the W. N. C. Conference, and W. P. Harrison, Book Editor, were introduced to the Confer ence. The latter addressed the Confer ence in reference to the second Ecumen ical Conference, to Ibe held in Washing ton, D, C, in 1891. The Doctor thinks that at that Conference there will be a gain since 1881, of at least 1.600,000 members. ,i Dr. B. F. Dixon, President of the Greensboro Female College, was then introduced and handed in his report, which was referred to the. Board ot Education. ; , . ' Dr. W. H. Potter, oi Georgia one of the Missibnary Secretaries, being intro duced, addressed j the Conference on the subject of missions. . His address was a masterpiece. He is a strong man, and will vindicate the wisdom of the General Conference in electing him one of the secretaries. , After the address a . collection was taken up, and about $760 were raised to support a missionary in the foreign field. This amount is over and above the regular assessment. Resolutions thanking Dr. Potter tor his fine address were passed. The Presiding Elders were appointed to nominate the various ; examining committees. ! The investigating committee in the case -of u. k. crutpn reported a trial necessary. The Bishop then appointed the following committee of trial: W. H. Moore, W. S. Davis, B. R. Hall, J. W, Jenkins, J. N. Cole, R. J. Moorman, A. R. Raven, I. Sanford and V. A. Sharpe. Rev. M. L. Wood is" to preside and J. T. Abernathv is secretary. L. J. Holden is prosecutor, and J. R. Brooks, F. A. Woodard andJ. F. Bruton appear for the defendant- Rev. John N. Cole offered resolutions jsking the preachers to take up collec tions every Thanksgiving day for the Oxford Orphan Asylum, and asking the Bishop to appoint Rev. W. S. Black, D. D., so the supenntendency of the Orphan Asylum, j . Question. "Who are . admitted on trial ?" was taken up ? Answer ; W: Moore. John A. Rouse, J. F. Usrey and N. E. Seabolt. " r After announcements the Conference adjourned with the benediction by the Bishop. ' . ' - i Wilson, N. C, Dec. 18. rPromptly at 9.30 o'clock the Conference opened with relieious services, conducted by Kev, T. A. Cunnineim. Bishop I. C. Keener in the chair. ' h , The journal of yesterday was read -and approved.':, .-j.. .j. . jrr--' .7 Question' 20 was called i Are all t preachers blameless in their lives and official administrations? - Answer ; - ' Raleigh District J. H. Cordon,! L. L. Nash. B.C. Aldred, P. l Merman, . Pooe. E. L. Pell. A. R. Raven, G. W. J. W. Puett. C. O. Durand, J. B. Hur NO. ley, W. L. Cunninggim, J. H. Hall, F A. Bishop, F. L. Reid, W. S. .Black.- Durham District E A. Yates. R. F, Bumpass; L. L. Johnson, W. B. Worth, is. w. ivey,D. L. Karnhardt, J. B. Mar tin; N. E. Caletram, A. S. Nelson. T. J, Gattis, O. Ryder. J. E. Underwood. V. A. Sharpe. y. Trinity College District--J. Sandford. W. H. Townsend. ' v . Fayetteville District C. W. Byrd, J. W. James, "W. J. Crawson. ! J. E. Thompson. S. V. Hoyle, W. B. Daub, J. X Lyon, M. L. Wood, D. A. Futrell, i A H.ornadv' J- W. North. W, S. Chaffin. I. A. White, J, T,Gibbs. At this point question 10 'was called "What local preachers are elected dea cons ?" Answer: M. G. Davernport. - Question 14; "What local preachers i are elected elders.7 Answer: George D. Langston, R. H Whitaker. , Question 20--" Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official ad ministration?" was then resumed. An sweri .Wilmington ; District Walter S. Creasy, R, C-. Beaman, J. L. Keen,W, A. Forbes, C. P. Jerome, J. E. Brfstowe, F. B. McCall, CW. Smith. Phillip Green ing, J.. M, Ashby, F. D. Swindell. ; - Newberne District T.s Page Ricaud, R, A.' Willis, B.. R. Hall, M. M. McFar land, W. S. Rose, J." T. Abernethy; J. E. Thompson, R. B. Gilliam, T. C. Loven, G. F. Smith, N. M. Jurney, D. A. Watkins, W. Rone. Warrehton Ristrict John N. Cole.B. B. Culhreth, J..-W. Jenkins, J. B. Car penter, Z. T. Harris, J. W. Guthrie, D. H. Tuttle, A. D. Betts, J. M. Rhodes, J. A. Cunninggim, Washington District W. R. Ware, F. M. Shamburger, R. B. John, J. A. Green, B. B. Holden. R.J. Moorman, R. LWarlickT G. A. Oglesby, Oh motion of R. B. John question 34 "Where shall the next session of the Conference be held?" was.: taken up. He then nominated. Greenville, and W, Si Rone put Goldsboro in nomina tion. . After some discussion Greenville was selected. . The Bishop took up question six "Who'tare received by transfer from"' other conferences?" Answer: R. W. Townsend," P. H. Law, agent of the American Bible Society, was introduced and ad dressed the Conference. . After, his address the Bible Commit tee submitted their report, which was adopted. The Bishop made some timely re marks about the duty of reading the Word of God. He said that no one ought to read the Revised Edition in the pulpit, and urged upon all to use the St, James' version, . Dr. W. P. Harrison heartilyjendorsed the Bishop's remarks.' ? Rev. R, P. Pell, of. the Presbyterian Church, was introduced to the Confer ence. . . ' On motion of F. L. Reid, 10 a. m. Monday was the time.decided upon for President Crowell's report of Trinity College, The following resolution was adopted: Mesohfed, That a committee of five ministers and five laymen be appointed by this Conference to consider the wis dom of observing with religious services the 2d of March, 1891, the 100th anni versary ot the death of John Wes ley, the founder of the Methodist Church which God has -so honored by the spread of "scriptural holiness in the world. j R. Q. Burton, W. S. Black, V. A. Sharpe, John N. Cole, i - E. Pope. The following were appointed on this committee: K. O. Burton, T. I. larvis, W.S. Black, C. A. Cook, M. L. Wood, E. A. Thorne, L. L. Nash, Walter Clark, J. T. Cole, D. W. Bain. Rev, E. D. Hatherway was received from the Free Will Baptist Church, and his orders recogniz'ed. On motion of Dr. W. b. Black, the name of Dr. T. R. Rohhitt was referred to the Committee on Conference Rela tions. To-day, when the name of Rev. J. T. Harris was called, Dr. Yates arose and feelingly told of Mr. Harris' illness and triumphant death. A good man has gone. . Last night Dr. Morns del vered an address in the interest of the Church Extension Board. Among "other things he stated that since the organization of this board eight years ago that 3,556 churches had been built one every 19 hours. The following are the .appointments for Sunday: Methodist ..Church 9.30 a. m., Love Feast, conducted by Rev. S. D. Adams: 11 a. m., sermon by Bishop Keener. At 3.30 o'clock, ordination of elders and sacrament of Lord's Supper; 7 p.m., ser mon by Dr. W. A. P. Harrison Baptist Church 11 a, m., W. S. .. Dr. J. , J. J. Creasy; 7 p. m., R. A. Willis. Presbyterian Church 11 a. m C. Morris; 7 p. m., E. L. Pell. Disciples' Church 11 a. m. Renn; 7. p, m., R. J. Mooreman. Colored Methodist 11 a. m L. L. Nash; 3 p. m J. E. Underwood; 7p. m.,'B. B. Culbreth. Rocky Mount 11 a. m. James Wil son. . Weldon 11a. m., C. P. Jerome. After announcements the Conference adjourned - with benediction by the Bishop. The Conference will probably adjourn Monday. . SOUTH CAROLINA. The Attorney General of the State to be Prosecuted for Discharging a Cleric from ; his Office for Political Beasons. : Columbia, S. C, December 12. A warrant has been sworn out by N. G. Gonzales, a newspaper correspondent against Attorney General J. J. Pope, for a violation . of section 2,552, general statutes, which .provides that whoever shall assault or intimidate any citizen because of political opinions, or in the exercise of political rights andpriyileges guaranteed to every citizen of the United States by the constitution and laws of this State; or for such reason . srill discharge . such citizen from employment or .occupancy or eject such citizen from a rented house or land, or other property, such person shall be deemed guilty of misde meanor. and on conviction thereof be fined not less than $50, nor more than $1,000, and be imprisoned not less than three months or more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The Attorney General had discharged ihos, B. Butler, clerk in the Engrossing De partment, who had acted with the Has kell bolters, and was a candidate on that ticket for the Legislature from Union county. In discharging Mr. But ler, . the Attorney General ex pressed personal regret at the neces sity for so doing, and "testified to Mr. Butler's efficiency. 1 Mr. Butler then wrote to Mr. Pope, and desired to be in formed Of ' the cause of his discharge. Mr..; Pope answered, "1 removed you from office from a sense of duty to the people of this State I believe it due to them that no office shall be bestowed upon one who has so recently jeopard ized bv his political conduct the best in teresta of our -whole people.'; While I am Attorney General no Independent need apply for office, and no such one will knowingly be retained in office by ' me-" ' e XT' ' . - E-Harrell,pastor " -"ipusr. cnurcn nere, died in I Gates county Tuesday week, - .Roxboro Courier: Before the close of another year we confidently-! expect to see several tobacco facto ries in our town, manufacturing both plug and smoking tobacco. GoIdsboro -Argus: Threre arer -Jdl inmates at present in the East ern Insane Asylum, and it is evident that the capacity of the asylum will soon be taxed to itsjfullest limit. t Wilson-rfftwKvr': The low price of rotton for the past, several weeks has depressed all classes of our peo ple. There is a large amount of cotton in the country m the hands of the farmers which has generally been converted into, money long before this. ; Oxford Day A little colored girl, the daughter ; pf a woman who cooks for S. S. Haithcock's fam ily, fell into an open fireplace the other day. She was soon enveloped in flames and was horribly burned. She died the same night after suffer ing great agony. Morganton Herald: Mr. W. B. McDowell, of John's River, met with " a peculiar and painful accident last Saturday.' In' throwing a rock at a dbg his arm was badly fractured near the wrist. -The D una van t I Manufacturing Company is erectine i eight new, tenement houses on the factory property. The number of r operatives wiil be largely increased when their machinery is placed. Burlington JVews: Last Friday night, near Gibbonsville, in Guilford county, the , colored people gave a party, and in the progress of the i eveniug a dispute arose between i Aaron Foster and Lem Faust which i led to blows, and resulted in Lem's knocking Aaron over the bead with ' a raw, nearly, if not quite killing; him. Our informant tells us that Foster was unconscious late Satur day evening, and that Lem Faust had left for parts nnknown. Raleigh Chronicle: Oh Tuesr day night shortly after 12 o'clock, Mr. Lonnie M. Bagwell breathed his last in Raleigh, at the residence of his brother, Mr. L.',C. Bagwell.- Jack the ; Grabber is in ' jail. He was arrested yesterday by coustable John R. Upchurcb. . The exploits of Jack the Grabber have been numer- ; ous, impudent and surprising, and ' for some monthsl past his reputation has been of such a terrorizing na ture that ladies have great trepida tion at going on the streets after nightfall, and many 'refused to go Mi- all -r Winston Daily : Mr. T. W. I Huske has just returned from Roa noke, -Va.f- where he has been several weeks looking after business con nected with the R. & Sroad. He informed us this morning that work on the Roanoke end was being done with rapidity, and that it would sur-. prise the, people here to see how much grading has already been done. Messrs. T. B. Shepherd & Co. have just made the biggest shipment of tobacco stems that ever left Win ston: They were billed- direct to ' Bremen, Germany, and it required fifteen cars to transport them. In' weight they footed up just 294,481 pounds. Sanford Express: Oa last Sat urday night Mr. A. D. Mclver, who lves about 3 miles from Sanford, had the misfortune to lose his barn and cotton gin with the contents, by fire. While the family were seated around the fireside about 7 o'clock m., Mrs. Mclver discovered the fire. Mr. Mclver's loss is very heavy. In addition to the barn and gin house there were burned 18,000 lbs. of seed cotton, 200 bushels of cotton seed, few bushels of oats, all forage, cotton gin, wheat thresher, wheat fan, corn shelter, four pair of wagon harness, three saddles, two pair ot buggy harness, one road cart, cotton press, all cow stalls and one cow. Goldsboro Headlight: The . . , i , this seasen, will fall short owing to the rot. Some farmers tell us that they have lost about one-half of their crops up to this time. Near Fremont Monday while the 14 year old son of Mr John Radford was grinding cane, in reaching for cane to place in the rollers his sleeve was caught between the cogs, . drawing his. arm in and crushing it in such a manner that amputation will be necessary. A fight which took. place near Princeton Monday night be tween Jesse Pierce, white, and a colored man, the result was that Pierce had to be carried to his home with a fractured skull. There is little chance othis re covery. The negro, Whose name we failed to learn, made his escape, loo much whiskey in both started the trouble. Charlotte News: Lieutenant J. L. Wilson, 4th Artillery, has arrived in cnariotte tor tne purpose ot establishing a recruiting office here. He expects to make a permanent office here. The old recruiting office here under Capt. Hayes did a big business while it lasted, and the go vernment no doubt thinks that Char lotte is a good place for recruits as . it is for almost everything else. There is a big crowd of Northern hunters at Tayloisville and 'they have about 26 dogs. They have won the good graces of the farmers in a novel way. Whenever they are hailed and informed . that they are hunting on posted land they ask the farmer how much his taxes are. 1 he farmer tells them and they hand him o ver the amount .of his taxes m cash. This makes it solid and they now ,have about all the hunting ground around Taylorsville to them selves.. . Asheville Citizen: The congre gation Of the Catholic church on Hay wood street have been "considerably an noyed of late by miscreants stoning their house of worship. James Henson, colored, was put in jail - several days ago for mistreating his wife's child. He was released Friday, his sentence havings expired. Saturday he went to the house of his wife, Mary Henson, near the Asheville tobacco works, and the trouble between the two- was renewed. In the quarrel the woman was badly cut with a razor in several-places on her hands. Henson escaped and , has not been caught. Through freight train No.-19; loaded chiefly with coal and cot--ton, and which left Asheville early this morning, , was wrecked - by a broken brake beam beyond the Swannanoa tunnel about .nineteen miles east of Asheville, at half-past 6 o'clock. The engine and the train were derailed; Conductor R, B. Leinster.of Statesville, cngiteer ueorge Beaver, nicmaii j. h. Sullivan -. and Brakesmen "Sylvester Downs and Jones Gaines., of Salisbury were injured. Downs' arm and Gaines' thigh were broken and Sullivan was cut. on the face. The injuries of the others, were not serious.