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5 if i 1 il ll y ji4 i'f, r I si .'-' el" ft : CMCJ-Y V V " fVi ' i r ? '-i rm? ihii irrc nt SMr ' WIXII AM H. BEEITAED, Editor nd Proprietor. ILMINGJON, N. C. .-Friday, ; August 21, 1891 i S In'writing to change your addren always pv y'armff direction aa well a fall particular! a where ,igva wish toot paper to be aent hereafter. Unless you : -do both changes can net be made. fi! XX 'Notice of Marriage or Death, Tribute of Re- tf.oect,-; Kesolutiona of 1 hanks, sc., are cnargea tor ai Mtdiaary advertisements, but only half rate when paid Ear strictly in advance. . At this rate 60 cent will pay W or simple announcement o Marriage or ueato. I Hf" Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, T Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Fostmas- Eters will register letters when desired. 1 VW Only such remittances wiQ be at the risk of Jhe ; pubusner. j fW" Specimen copies forwarded when desired. I . ,'J . - TOUCH IT LIGHTLY. u ?Therej is a movement on foot now J in' peprgla to turn a part of the tide j of foreign immigration s to the ports l ofihat State, and. the co-operation of the railroads ' having terminal points at those ports is to be sought. Tfce movement is headed by a very progressive and energetic citizen of Augusta, who has recently located in that city, who is identified with some otjthe most important schemes for its advancement, and who nas naa considerable experience in formulat- ing colonization movements in the J West. As yet it is in its initiatory stage, and whether It is to result in anything of importance remains to be seen. HWhile 'it is.natural that pushing men,, eager for - wealth, who look upon the vast amount of unculti vated lands in the South as so much . r. - t .0 waste lands, should be impatient at the slow jprocess of peopling them by the natural increase and immigration from the North, should desire to hasten the peopling by stimulating foreign Immigration, they should rnbve cautiously , and remember I' that this' is a Question to which" there are two sides and that " there may be- rhore of evil in a promiscuous, large' ;tttflux of foreigners than of good. ' There; is such a thing as "making ; naste slowly, , when tne results at tained are sure and satisfactory, and , Sch a thing as making . too much haste when the results attained are- neither sure-' nor -satisfactory. I P I i Past lv uecaues me Hi' South has been "making haste slow- rfcand as a result she snows a re substantial progress and cora oi development equalled no where on tjijis continent. This development is regarded as marvellous the world 'i aver, and it has been done without foreign immigration, save ; such as Hay nave come with capital to m- vpt in Southern enterprises. While ihere is no more prejudice against the Jireignet, as such; in the South than & ere is in any other sections of the ; ; Jr f Jjountry,: and while the self respect ; j-H ; tig, industrious --foreigner will .al- ; ifays be welcome, a wholesale, '" 'Indiscriminate immigration, such as ;. 'if pouring Into some ' of the North i:M ' Irn ports, is neither ::fj desirable; ; -f . tfor practicable It is not desira ' . ' jple for several reasons,' one of which . :'p jp& that it would be throwing an in '.'4tl congruous element into our popula i ip ions, with nstinotraining and ! . social habits so conflicting that they never wquld harmoniouslyjassimilate. il One; off the distinctive ; character istics of the Southjs the homogeneity of her population, the community of jthought that prevails on great lead ing questions, and the ready unan .tnity of action when emergency or the itpmmdn interest requires, as a result Of .this homogeneity. If this pppula Mon had been less American,--ahd composed of promiscuous nationali- pes the ,six millions of Southern jpeople never would have made the glorious record "they did in that jgrand world-surprising four years' Struggle with eighteen millions on ghe other; side j with the ports of the tivorld open to - draw from. There jjwere foreign-born soldiers, it is true, 4n the Confederate armies, but they ;were men who were identified with the South, who had come of their ipwn accord to make their homes in f'the South, and who were Southerners in, thought and feeling as they were by adoption. They i were of that Imanly, intelligent, superior class who were welcome in the past and kre welcome now. ;"fy; '. aw-respecting' section of the cbun- kfryi where labor strikes are seldom peen riots hardly ever, and ;' these j. ft sr ' W4 .ruu . HluPu.rtlons inai tney t are quickly quelled by the civil au- fithoritiesj tThis is in striking ! coh- Ifrast: toi the North, where these strikes and .and other causes are frequent. Up Ijthere Americans rarely figure in these , -strikes and riots, the participants be Sing principally, almost all, if not all, foreign imports, whose peculiar ideas pand limited intelligence makes them f. j -asy dupes of the men who control .ft; hem. " .'. - H i-i '""'.."'. I These are but twp of the many Reasons why an indiscrimirfate alien S'jtff a ." " "v uuuauic x nere are (5 i:int1nv te nrtf 1Qf-;-l,1 mi t jvmtio, iu uui one, oi wnich we f will : refer here. This generation , should not look to itself simDlv but to posterity too, and if it were practicable ; to people thfe unoccu- Wi4 A4 ' 1 . J a : at" . 'l. i icm ictuus. oi me. aqutn with for- ; eign importations it is not desirable. lie .i . . . . ' , ior mere snouid be enough of Jthem reserved for the generations that are to-come, and who will inl time need all these acres. The ooliev that n i! f i tices the alien in, gives him lands at .!r 11 an insignificant price, and forces the ; j sons of ; coming generations to seek . !' bbmes elsewhere is neither wise nor ' M'.U commendable, " i It is the greed of 1 gaip, mistaken for progress by some, $ which sees only present results and v' : J , 18 b"Qdl to some of the consequences - V which : sound policy and V wisdom YZ would carefully guard against. - llk;; ;;.'; ' :r-;r' ' --. " ::-". ... . ' : - I j A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. ; The " American Agriculturist has been figuring on the outlook for the farmers for this year and makes it' an exceedingly bright one. It est! mates the corn crop at 2,000,000,000 bushels, wheatat 500,000,000 bushels and oats at 622,000,000, 28,8 greater than the crop of last year, 14.7 great er than the average crop for the. past eleven years. It estimates wheat at $1 a bushel, which is probably little less than it will sell for; corn at 50 cents, which is probably a lit tie more : than it will sell for, and oats at 40 cents which is, also, pro bably a little too high. At these figures the present- crop will be worth one bjllioirseven hundred and fifty million dolfars. To this may be added vegetables, fruits, poultry, eggs, hay and otherproducts of the farm,f which will add millions more. But on wheat, corn and oats alone the crop will be worth six hundred and twenty millions of dollars more . than any crop raised since 1880. As corn and oats will be higher, so, as a matter of 'course, will beef and pork be higher, and this, too, Will put more money into the pockets of the farmers. - v : ' This does not . mean that all this grain will be exchanged for money and that the farmers will get one billion, seven hundred ancffifty mil lions of dollars fdr it, for it will take a considerable portion of the crop to feed the twelve millions of people who live upon the farms and the stock worked upon them. . But after deducting this they will put enough upon the market to" bring them in five or six hundred millions of dol lars more than they have handled at any time in the last two decades. - It is possible, too, that this out look may extend beyond the present year and may continue for several years. With the present preparations for war by Russia and France on one side and Germany, Austria and Italy on the other, it cannot be much long er deferred and may possibly, come before another crop is harvested. That would mean .short crops in Europe again, high prices for Ameri can grain, higher possibly than they will.be this year, to continue while the war lasts. A war of the stupendous proportions which that will reach, a grapple of giants, is dot going to end in one seasoh nor irftwo. Thousands of men who in peace would be engaged in raising something to eat, will be engaged in snooting other men, and the some thing to eat must be fought from the nations that have it 'to sell. This is not a' very cheerful outlook5 for the bread-eaters of' those respective nations,' but it presents a pretty en couraging prospect to the American food-raiser. ;! 1 : It will also have its influence in the! political field where its effect will be first felt upon the People's Party; tne bottom of which it will knock out if it has any bottom in' it.'. The corner-stone of that par ty was the depressed, condition of the agricultural industry', ne cessitating, as its leaders declared,! legislative assistance to get the farmer out of trouble and put him upon his feet. With returning good! times, a sale of all he can raise at good prices, that corner stone wont be worth shucks and the party built upon it won't be worth a continental to the farmer. : With the party it will relegate the sub-treasury scheme and other im practicable, crude demands which have been formulated.. What use will the Western farmer have for! Government warehouses to store his grain when he is getting tip-top prices and must hustle to get all hisi surplus into market be fore the time comes to . get ready for another crop? He i will" npt have any surplus to put into the' warehouses, and if he had he wouldn't put it there while' the prices are as good as they are how, and as they are likely to be for some time to come. With the monev thev will get for their produce they can pay the interest on their debts, re new their mortgages, and not bother their heads about the Stanford Loan bill or any other loan bill. We hear now very little from that quarter about the "Ocala demands," and' as" times get better we will hear even less: JHHOIt MEBTIOff. According to the Atlanta Constitu tion the big melon crop of Georgia this year does not seem to-have panned out satisfactorily to all of the growers. . Those who got their melons to market early before the glut came realized handsomelv. Here is another 'illustration of over production. Men who went into the melon raising business a few years, ago in Georgia did so well that the melon patch got to be looked upon as a bonanza and a melon craze was the result. The railroads finding it to their interest encouraged the in dustry by giving reduced rates and putting on special lightning melon trains,-and in some instances running side-tracks into . the large melon fields. The result was an immense acreage, and train-load after train load of melons dumped simultane ously upon the market, and after the first few dumps, as might be expec ted, came tumbling prices. Once off the vine a fruit jjo perishable must be disposed of regardless of price and this gave dishonest dealers, who were.so inclined, an Opportunity, of which some of them have doubtless availed themselves, to swindle shippers.- The Constitution furnishes sev eral instances of this kind, one of J a I man who had - shipped three car loads, the melons . weighing" from twenty to sixty pounds each. At the quoted prices he should have got twenty-five, dollars net per car-load When he got his returns they amounted to twelve cents in post age stamps; others never heard from their shinments. - and others Were politely requested to make re mittances ; to defray the cost handline"reiected' melons. If of all this be true it shows that while Georgia men may know how to raise melons, they have a ;good deal tc learn in the way of marketing them The man who labors and spends his money raising a perishable fruit like !the melon, and then " ships car-loads of them hundreds of miles over the railroads to glutted markets, and to men of whom he knows nothing don't show ordinary common sense, and it is not surprising that he falls into the hands of men that gouge him. st It is orettv apparent from the. course pursued by the Southern State Farmers Alliances which so far have met that they are not tak ing much stock in the third party movement, but that they propose . to make their political fight, inside the bid party lines. This is in accord ance with the course pursued at. the la$t elections. While there is more or less rattle brain ; talk by the thoughtless who imagine that they have it in their power to instantly revolutionize the old order of things, and get ; on. top, the thinking men of the order who know, what they are doing and can see a little ahead and realize the size and im portance of the work they have mapped out for themselves, are not inclined to advise oir follow the bull in the china shop methods. . While there is'much that Alliance men de mand that is reasonable, right and practicable, there is much that is visionary, wrong and impracticable. While they are right in insisting upon the former they are wrong in insif ting upon the latter, and no reasonable Alliance - man should expect every one to . unhesita tingly acquiesce in everything which he demands whether wise or otherwise.. The gooll will bear discussion and will eventually pre vail if maintained with discretion and judgment, the bad will fail and should and will be eliminated from the-demands. There is too much conservatism and too much, sense in the Alliance as a body, especially in the South, to insist upon; either the foolish or impracticable when, in free and cool-headed discussion the ab surdity or , impracticability of any particular measure is shown. Brayer Shepard of the & YrMail and. Express, is one of the greatest discoverers ot tne age. He has re cently discovered that there "exists in the late rebel states organizations whose sole purpose it is to cherish the old spirit of treasonable resis tance to the Federal Government." Father-in-law Vanderbilt must have been mistaken when be said that his son-in-law was "more kinds of ad d fool than any man he knew" for such a fool as this could never have made such a discovery as this. With such a talent for discovery some one should fit up an expedition and send Brayer out to hunt for the North pole. He would either fetch it in or discover that it isn't there. . The most prominent '.Republicans of New York State are raining over to Europe to escape being nomi nated for Governor. A Handsome Gift to the University. Dr. Thomas F. Wood, of Wilmington. has donated to the University all the exchanges of the North Carolina ' Medi cal Journal, This will be a most valuable contribution to the Library of the Medi cal school. The list includes all of the Medical publications ; of the United States, Canada, and Great Britan, worth about ' $400.00 annually. This is the second gift to the University from Wil mington within two weeks; Mr; D. G. Worth and his . trr ' wvM UU T A W cently ghfen $500.00 to remodel the Chapel. The work of remodeling the Chapel has begun and will soon be com pleted. Chairs have been ordered, the aisles are to be carpeted, and an organ will.be used for the daily services. Raleigh Chronicle. - iunter'a Cud. That veteran sportsman Brooke Ernoie. who has just returned from a European tour," remembered our field editor and brought him an ingeniously devised drinking cup, made specially for hunters. it is made of rubber, and when rolled up it can be conveniently carried in the vest pocket. When unrolled and "ready tor action" it will hold a half-pint of w ater. The health of -Cousin Gwath" will be drunk on the 15th Oc tober, at the spring near Easy Hill. "Schedule B" Tax. : There was a well authenticated rumor here yesterday that Judge Seymour, of the U. S. Court, had decided adversely to the applicant in the habeas orius case from this city, wherein the defend-' ant. a merchant who refused to pay the tax and against whom judgment was given by-the magistrate who tried " the uac, tiaimcu exempuop unaer me inter state law. ; - Sad Death. Mr.Thos. "6. -Hill, son of Dr. John Hill, of Goldsboro, N. C. died suddenly of heart disease yesterday morning at Greenville, S. C. He was about , thirtv years of age. His wife, a daughter of Hon. T. W, Dortch. and two small hildrea survive him. ' ; ; One of the oldest citizens in this section, Mr. Luke , McClammy, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Samuel R. Chinnis is still dangerously sick at his home near Phemx. r-' THE FAST MAIL TftAIN. The Atlantlo Coast Line Contemplating " a Lengthening of the' Soheduie Hw . or Six Houra r to Uake X7p ,fbr the Eeduotion in Government - Pay by Looal Traffic. V . : - K Morning News reporter asked Traffic Manager C D. Owens of the Plant sys tem yesterday in reference to the taking Off of the fast mail train-between New York and Jacksonville on account of the reduction by the PostofEce Depart ment of the amount paid! for the service of the fast mail and the probability of a still further reduction, x -u- ; a- Mr; Owens said it il true that the pay for running the fast mail had been cut .down one-third by the rostomce ue- oartment. The result is that it is no longer profitable to continue the fast mail schedule. He could not say that the train would be taken off -if there were any further reduction, as he had received no notice from the Postoffice Department of any intention of a further reduction. : : . Air. Owens said the fast mail was put oh especially as a mail train and for ho otner mirDose, ana m rcvcuuc uum other sources is comparatively small The train leaves New York at 4 o'clock a. m., reaching Savannah in twenty-six hours and Jacksonville in thirty-one T . . . J nours. it stops oniy at cities ana . juno tion points and for wood and water. Consequently it derives no revenue from local traffic' It is contemplated to increase the time of the train five or six hours, enabling it to stop at local points and make up fox its lost revenue by the local traffic. The time from New York to Jacksonville would then be from thirty-six to" thirty-eight hours. and to Savannah about thirty-twb hours instead of twenty-six as at present, l ne schedule would-be arranged so as- to consume about two days and a night on the through trip. ; Mr. J. R. Kenly, General Manager of the Atlantic Coast Lnie, when asked by a Star reporter whether the statements in the above article clipped from the Morm'tt News, of Savannah, Ga., were true, said, that it was a fact that the fast mail pay had been reduced one-third, and that lengthening the running time ot the fast mail by six hours was- now under consideration; but nothing had yet been definitely decided and that probably a meeting will beheld in about ten days which will decide what is to be done. . , PECACULTURE. Interest in the Subjeot of Cultivating the Pecan Mr. Jrfwett, of Cronly Prepar . ing Seventy Acres for an Orchard., The articles which have recentiy ap peared in the Star on the- cultivation of the pecan nut have attracted a good deal of attention, and wilt probably lead to the planting of several "orchards." Mr. Stephen Jewett, a former Wilming tonian, but for some years a resident of Cronly, is .enthusiastic n the subject. He was at the Star office Tuesday and informed the Star representative that he was confident there was a fortune in the pecan. So confident is he, in fact, that he is now preparing seventy acres of land for a pecan orchard. With commendable forethought he will wait until he secures all attainable informa tion in regard to the different varieties of the pecan before setting out the young trees, for be realizes that a mis take made now cannot be remedied. Mr. Jewett estimates that when ten years old his trees would yield him a net income of nearly four thou sand dollors. When fifteen years old, this amount would be quadrupled; and when twenty years old, the trees having reached their full maturity, they would yield a small fortune every year. So anxious is Mr. Jewett to post him self thoroughly on the subject he is now so deeply interested in that he will make a visit to a Mr. Stuart, in Missis sippi, this Fall, who is said to have made a great success of pecan7 culture, selling some of the nuts, for seed, as high as one dollar per pound, f SNOW'S MARSH CHANNEL. ';' A Becent Survey Shows that it is Stead ily Improving. ... Capt. W, H. Bixby, U. S. Engineer in charge of our river and harbor improve ments, furnishes the following: U. S. Engineer's Office, Wilmington, N. C Aug. 13, 1891. During the past ten days a new sur vey has been made over the new Snow's Marsh Channel, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. This survey shows that this channel is steadily im proving in general, having greatly wid ened and deepened over its upper por tion; and this improvement is gradually worKing its way down stream. At pre sent the lower portion has slightly nar rowed so that tor a short distance at the lowest entrance, the sixteen-foot-deoth channel is only about one hundred and fifty feet wide; the deepest portion be ing on the western side. Boats can easily carry sixteen feet at low 'water through this lower entrance, without touching, if they run on the first range stakes to the westward of the center line of the buoyed channel.. l he old Horse bboe Channel and the old Snow's Marsh Channel seem to be steadily shoaling ai?d closing up, and tne volume ot water formerly moving through them, is daily going more and more into the new Snow's Marsh Chan nel, so that there is every indication of the latter s naturally expanding to eighteen feet depth and about eight hundred feet width within the next one or two years. , w. H. Bixby, Capt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A. Peanuts.' A telegram to Messrs. Mitchell & Son from Norfolk," Va., reports that 19,- 000; bags--about 85,000 bushels of pea nuts were destroyed in the recent fire in that city. . Prices, however, had not been affected, soTar, by this large with drawal from the stock of peanuts, and it was not ; likelv that - there would be any advance, on account of i large sup plies still on hand and the lateness of the season. Farmer's stock here is quot at 50 to 60 cents per bushel of 28 pounds. ThoOrton. The recent reduction of rates at The Orton seems to , be,, appreciated, as it should be, by the travelling public Ex cellent accommodations are given for $2.00 per day, the1 rooms furnished at that price being among the pleasantest in the house. The , Orton ranks, with the best hotels in the ".Southland the efforts of the owner should be substan tially enc6ura'..;-v: ."v." '. ' '" Late intelligence from Raleigh indicates that the condition of Capt. Kirklahd, who was shot, at Hamlet a few days ago, is not so favorable as it was.'the balls not yet having been- ex tracted. It is believed, however, he will recover. --. . - . Hon. Chas, W. McClammy has accepted an invitation to address the Western Frone Alliance of .Colnmhu. county at a gathering to be held Sep tember 11th., ; .. ; ,,- - .. i :;-.r': MAJ. CHAS.M. .STEOMAH. He is : not a Candidate for., the Nomi- - : flmmrnar." and "Would not L; Aooept - it if TTnanimously Tendered. Will Maj. Charles Manly Stedman, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of North Caro- lina.be a candidate before the convention next year for the nomination . toj guber natorial honors?" - L' That" is a question: which has been asked by many people of the-State. The question has gone- among the newspa oers "and -some of them are already dis cussing the Major" as a possible.Aa.ndi- date. . . . : With a "view of settling all doubts about the matter the ; Citizen called on Mai. Stedman yesterday afternoon. He was found in his law office over the Bat tery Park bank hard at work, but was willing to give a portion of his time to an interview with the paper which prints all the news.- . The attention of Maj. Stedman was called to article appearing jn a State paper in which his name was mentioned in connection with the nomination for Governor. --'' . The Major was all attention at once In decisive tones he talked about the governorship as follows : !r "I have received many letters from different . portions of the State, asking me to allow the use of my name. But I have told all of my friends who have personally approached me; and have written -to ail of those from' whom I have received letters to the same effect that I not only was not a candidate for Governor, but . would, not accept it if it was tendered to me unanimously. - Continuing, Major Stedman said em phatically that he did not wish the office, and' meant exactly what he said He also had a profound contempt for any man who secretly was seeking a nomination and yet said he was not a candidate. -He had met several people ol that Kind during bis lite. "4 shall always," said Major Stedman "support earnestly and cordially the nominees ol the Democratic party, and believe the success of that party is nec essary to the welfare and integrity 'of tne wnoie country. "I shall continue to practice law Jn Asheville, but will always be found ready to respond to any call the party may make upon me. Fersonally, .though i repeat, j desire no otnce ior myself, Major Steman was further asked if he never again intended to allow bis name to be used Mi connection i with public otnce. His reply to this query was "I cannot say what I might do in days to. come, but I certainly- neither desire nor would naye any olhce ; tendered me at the present time. v ;' Maj. Stedman has the greatest confi dence in the success of the Democratic party in the national campaign next year. He expressed kind i feelings to wards all-the gentlemen ; whose names are being considered for . Gubernatorial honors, without naming bis preference. He said further that ..the Democratic party at large had manifested very kind feelings towards himself, for which: he felt grateful, but that to the people of tmncoraoe ne was under special obla tions, for be had received this County's unanimous support, both for the- nomi nations for Lieutenant-Governor and Governor.. j The fact that his name has been men tioned in close connection with the United States Senatorship was also spoken of to Maj. Stedman. In reply be said that the time when a Senator was to be chosen was so far off that it Was useless to discuss the matters " There the iuterview ended. Mai Stedman's determination to keepout of tne race cannot be doubled. He is evi dently in a good humor with the Demo cratic party and its leaders,ynd not ITarrow Sscape from Drowning. Almost a drowning accident occurred Sunday . afternoon at the Hammocks. Messrs. T. M. Webb, R. Nolan, and J Lanear were bathing in the Banks Chan nel and in attempting to swim across Mr. Lanear was taken with cramp when about half the distance had been made and called for help. Mr. Webb swam at once to his aid, when the drowning nian caught him around the neck and pulled - him under. They came to the surface again and Mr. Nolan came to their aid, and Mr. Webb; managed to get Mr. Lanear to shore. This is the third time that Mr. Webb has been instrumental in saving life at the beach. . Alligators and Sich. The following allegation is made by a New Bern correspondent of the Ral eigh News and Observer: .1 Capt. T. G. Dixon, of the Old Do minion steamer Kinston, shot and killed about four miles from New Bern, on the Neuse river, from the deck of the steamer, the largest alligator on record He was eleven feet six inches long, five leet around, and weighed eight hundred pounds. Wouldn't be look well at the Exposition? Well, that's a pretty big alligator; but nes a rice-held "bouy when com pared with those killed here by Fred. Howland and Ben. Turlington. Those eminent sportsmen never count an alligator if he is less than nineteen feet long, and when they go fishing and catch a sheephead that weighs less than fifteen pounds they throw the pesky little thing into the Water to "give him a chance to grow." A Lively Squall on the Elver. Sunday afternoon about three o'clock a storm came up suddenly, from the west and made a lively racket while it lasted some twenty-five or thirty min utes. Rain fell in torrents and the wind blew violently for a time. The steamer W ilmington, which left for Carolina Beach at 2.30 p. m., struck the squall eight miles down the river. The water was churned into foam and the waves rolled up to height of five or six leet. Ihe Wilmington, however. under the skillful management of ber commander moved through it all steadi ly as a stonewall. j Arriving at Carolina Beach the visi tors found the sun shining brightly with no sign of a storm. Sometins About Fears.; The pear rs unquestionably the fruit for this section. It seems to reach ; the highest degrees of. excellence on the Sounds near . Wilmington, ; where some as fine specimens have been produced this ' season as are crown anvwherp: Mr. W. S. Warrock had a small lot in market yesterday, from his farm on Masonboro, which sold for 26.00 - H prefers the Keifer and LeConte varieties. thinking the soil and Climate here bet-. icr auapiea to ineir growth than to that of other kinds. ; -. - . Senator Ransom and ' Hon. R. T. Bennett were both on the Droerarrime for speeches at the Red Springs' Fair, and both found it imposible to attend. But Harry Myrover was there, and in resDonse to caffi man a momiiAu.. impromptu speech.-: WASHINGTON NEWS. LjThe President's Progranime for;;Si Trip'. ';VJ;'' -''2 to Vermont. "" ' . By Telegraph to the MorniOK Star. . .; . -,. Washington, D. C. Aug. 17. An executive order was issued to heads of executive departments to-day, as fol lows: "The President directs me to imform you that . he will - leave Cape May Point to-morrow, tb be absent..an til the 29tti of August. ; He desires you to hold (until his return) any - official business requiring his attention Or signa ture." The itinerary for the President's "tour as far as known here is as follows: Leave Cape May, Tuesday, August 18th, at 8.40 a. m.; arrive at Jersey Cityi at 12.50 p. m.; leave Jersey &ty 1 p. m.; arrive at Troy, N. Y. at-6.50 p. ta. and leave at 7 p. m. On .Wednesday the Pre sident will be present at the dedication exercises at the soldiers monument at Uennington. He will leave there Thurs day morning for Mt. MacGregor and remain there Thursday and Friday. Leave for Saratoga' Friday afternoon. August 21st, and will remain there Un til Tuesday morning. August zotn, wnen under escort of the Secretary of War he will start on: his tour through Ver-J mont. This tour will pccupy four days and at its conclusion the President will start for Cape May Point, arriving there on the 29th. f YELLOW FEV The Disease Prevalent to an AlarmiriK Ex i ;- tent in Vera Cruz. r - Bv Telegraph to the Morninj? Star. - New York, August 17. The Ward line passenger steamer City of Washing ton arrived here this morning from Mexican ports and Havana, and as a precautionary measure was detained for thorough inspection and fumigation by the health officials at quarantine. The steamer will not be allowed to come up to the city until to morrow. The City of Washington left Vera Cruz early in "August, and then yellow fever was pre valent to an alarming extent in that city. Hospitals were filled, and though health authorities were; stirring to check the spread of the disease, their efforts were apparently unavailing. Their first attempt was to isolate patients as soon as the malady made its appearance but the disease spread so rapid ly that it waa impossible to cope with it. "Many deaths have occur-, red during the last -six weeks, and it was a common sight, the of ficers say, to see a string of funerals half a mile long stretching ftom the gates ot the city to the cemetery; each funeral party whiting for a chance to bury its dead. Among the latest victimsof the malady is L. J. Snowball, a well known commission merchant of No, . 70, Wall street, who has been in Mexico since the 2nd of August. A few days ago the Evening T- - printed a report of the prevalence yellow fever in Vera Cruz, sent by Snov. - ball. was on nis way to iorooDii, io wmcn piace ne was going to Claim a fortune of $65,000 and fourteen' thousand acres ol ground. Snowball remained at Vera Cruz only one day and was stricken with the disease. 'j ?s ; ABINGDON'S SENSATION. The Baker Murder Trial-Motion for Ap- peal . ' : Richmond, Va., Aug. 17. A special dispatch from - Abingdon, Va says: The court met to-day at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Gilmer came into court heavily veiled and leaning on the arm of Col. Summer. She was bailed to appear at the August term. Neither side being ready on the motion ior appeal in the case of Dr. Baker, the court adjourned till to-rr)or-row. ' Affidavits of several responsible citi zens were made to-day toohe effect that one or more of the jurors had been separated from the others during the trial and in consulta tion with outside parties. The defence claimed that this is sufficient in it self to have the verdict set aside. Pub lic sympathy seems to be changing in favor of the prisoner. PEOPLE'S PARTY. Alliance Leaders from Kansas to Organize Sub Alliances in Cities Out West. Kansas City, Mo., August 17. A special from Topeka, Kansas, says: ' W. F. Rightmeyer, Secretary of the Citizens' National Alliance and Industrial Union will Jeave Topeka to-morrow . night to organize Alliances in Chicago, Right meyer says that steps have already been . egun to organize Alliances in .every, ward in Chicago and that a Union meet ing will be held Wednesday when . the central organization will be perfected to have charge of them. : In this way it is proposed to organize all the large cities in the United States, in order that the People's party may be prepared for the campaign of 1892. From Chicago Rightmeyer will go to Lansing, Michigan, and from there to Detroit. He will then proceed to Ohio. "WETS" AND "DRYS." Rev. 8am Jones Takes a Hand in the v. Election at Staunton, Va; ! Staunton, Va., August 18. There will a local option election here on next Saturday. The "drys" have had Sam Jones here two days. A challenge for a joint discussion was issued and District Attorney Craig on behalf of the "wets" accepted it and asked for fair terms. Jones' backers at first declined and then said Jones would meet Craig af ter a "dry" meeting which closed be tween 9 and 10 o'clock to-night. This was declined by the "wets," who insisted that the discussion should commence earlier. The "drvs" replied, denvins that Jones had ever issued a challenge. i nere is considerable excitement over the "backdown." DR-BAKER The Abingdon, Va., Wtfe Murderer Sen- tenoed to be Hanged. : abingdon, va., August 18. In the case of the commonwealth against John P. Baker, a motion for a new trial was overruled, and-the prisoner was sen. tenced to be haneed on Fridav. Nn 27th, next. Counsel for defence had a consultation as to exceptions taken for tne purpose of an appeal to'he Circuit A a vice to iriotnera. I b or Over Fiftv Years Mrs. Wt vsi nw Soothing Syrup has been used by millions of mothers for their-children while teething. Are von ri-s- turbed at night and broken ' of Trnnr rest ' by a sick child suffering and crying with pain Qf Cutting. Teeth? it so send , at once and st r ht - tie of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sv- rup for Children Teething. Its value is incalculable. . It will relieve th little - sufferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it It Cures Dvsenterv and n;-,. rhcea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums, re duces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. winslow s Soothine Svrun" for rhiMrAr, teething is pleasant to the taste anrl Is the prescription- of one of the oldest and Desy. iemaie physicians and nurses in the Umted States, and is for sale bv all drug gists throughout the world. Price twenty-five cents a bottle. Re xrire anri ask for "Mrs. Wmsunwls Snrvmrvn : : ; " FAKMt-Ko - AuLlAINCfc.. j Gathering of Virginia's Farmers at Bioh. - mond President Page's Address. . B Telegraph to e Morning Star ' Richmond; Aug. 18. The fourth an nual session of the Farmers' Alliance met here to-day at noon and was called to order by -PresidentMarr Page, of Prince George county, after which the doors were closed. There were ninety odd delegates present. " - VJ.rfi- : President Page delivered his annual address, in wmcn ne says: vvnue we are staunch advocates of individual lib erty, we areiorced to band ourselves to gether as an organization of offence and defence against, combines and trusts which, under : sanction of law, have sprung up in the last twenty-five years. forcibly absorbing individual enter prises and depriving the produ cing classes of a marker for the sale of their produce, except at prices below .-the cost of produc tion. We are told when, we complain ot prices being under cost of produc - Ton - that tae cause is over-productipn Senator Ingalls, who by the chastening nana oi the Kansas Alliance now poses as a "statesman without a job," and who for many years assisted in the enact ment oi laws wmcn now oppresses us, says that from I860 to 1890, wealth has been accumulated to the amount of one hundred billions of . dollars; yet, there are ten millions of people who never nave enough to eat from one years end to the other. 1 pause to ask why it is that with this accumulation of bil lions oi weaitn, and with an in crease of thirty-eight : millions of people there should . now be five hundred and two millions less money in circulation. Ihe- chiet . cause. in my opinion," is attributable to the act passed by Congress establishing national banks, for through the influence of these banks the act demonetizing silver was so adroitly passed that senators and Representatives have since declared that they were ignorant of the provisions of this act, and president want was not aware of it when he signed the bill. netnen cited L,niei lustice vnase as having acknowledged while Secretary of the Treasury that he made a mistake in "advocating . a National banking law. and President Lincoln as first advising eviis tnat are alleged to confront far mers to-day. He next alluded to the sub-Treasury plan submitted at St. Louis which received; no consideration by the last Cpngress, but at the instiga won oi wan street nas caned lortn a Stocm of abuse and ridicule and misrepT sentation, ii tne incoming Congress will 'not grant financial relief, let us see that their places be filled in 1892 by those who will enact laws for the protection of the agricultural producer and labprer. "I again appeal to you to stand shoulder to shoulder in sustaining the demands of the Supreme Council as adopted at Ocala. If we are to win this fight for our rights as free and equal citizens, it must be accomplished by ciqser ranits, ana tne determination that, with the help of God, we will 'do and endure until we can again make this a government of the people, by the peopie ana ior tne people. , , ; : "To the question' now asked with seeming anxiety by politicians and press, as to what -party the Farmers' Alliance belongs, l answer, we are not a political party. We have a platform of principles to which weinvite "the aid and co-operation of aiv and the time has arrived when our interests ' de mand that we , should do Our best to induce political . parties of which we are members to assist us. Yet we ought not to' su bordinate the obligations "we have as sumed to dictate to those who prefer party to principle. J now invite your attention to elections soon to be held in this State for members of the Legisla ture. To leave the selection of candi dates to our party bosses and wire-pullers would prove unsafe. We should attend the local meetings of our parties and see that delegates to the nominating conventions are instructed to require of candidates a pledge to aid and assist in creating a railroad commission to act in conjunction with the Inter-State Com merc Commission and clothed with the full power of the State to protect, her citizen? from unjust discriminations in freight and passenger rates on the part of railroads and other lines of transpor tation including the steamboat lines of Our riversand baysV GEORGIA ALLIANCE. To Convene in Annual Session at Atlanta Tb-Day. , Atlanta, Ga., August 18. The Georgia State Alliance convenes in annual session here to-rnorrow, and great interest is manifested in its pro ceedings, principally in the contest overe weeks buw x -.ji-iijr . 4-.. x-. uiviugoiuu, 'WUU is now President, is Congressman-elect from the Fifth Georgia district. He is a candidate for re-election, and is being fought by a faction of which Governor Northern and Congressman-elect Wat son are recognized as the head. Liv ingston will, however, undoubtedly be re-eiectea. To-day the trustee stockholders of the btate Alliance Exchange met and re-elected the present board of directors, and unanimously endorsed Col. W. L. Feek, President of the Alliance Ex change. ' PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS. State Convention Secretary Blaine Voci ferously Cheered. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. rlARRiSBURG, Pa., August 19. The Kepublican btate Convention was call ea to order at 10.401 A portion of the speech ol temporary chairman Hall, re lerring to Jas. G. Blaine as "that Re publican of Republicans, that leader . of leaders, was vociferouslv cheered. .-After the selection of committees the vunveniion at m o ciock took a recess until a o clock. . when the Convention reassembled John F. Aikens, of Indiana county, was j chosen permanent chairman.' He also. in his speech on taking the chair, made reierence to tsiaine, which evoked tre mendous enthusiasm. He served notice upon Democrats that al- uiuugo a democratic Ajroyernor was elected last year with the aid of Repub lican votes the Republicans were npt in tnat business this year. ; Gen. D. McM. Gregg was nominated ior Auditor General on the first ballot, and John W. Morrison, of Alleghany county, for State Treasurer also on the nrst oaiiot.' Alter the adoption of a dlatform and selecting a new State Com mittee the convention adjourned. s La Grippe-Again. . During the epidemic of La Grippe last season Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved to be the best remedy. Re ports from the many who used it con firm this statement. They were not only quickly relieved, but the disease left no bad after results.. .We ask you to giye this remedy a trial and we guarantee that you will be satisfied with results, or the purchase price will be refunded. It has no equal in La Grippe, or any Throat,-Chest or Lung Trouble. Trial bottles, free at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. Large bottles, 50c. and $1.00.. : j Bacekln'a Arnica. Salve, ' ' V The bet Salve in the world ior Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever, Sores. Tetters. Charmed i Hands Chilblains,Corns. and all Skin Eruotionst and positively cures Piles or. no pay is required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price o eents per box. For sale hv Rnhert RBellamy, Wholesale and Retail Drug-j SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - ...... . . Raleigh .-News and Oh;, Karl Wier, a fourteerl year oldV" Dr. V. E. Wier, of Kinston, N c of drowned yesterday evening while 'kW?3 ing in Neuse river. Th?editJath- the North Carolina Teacher ? Harrell. is arrangins to carry a partv S fifty teachers on a two weeks ch7rmV-of trip to Cuba during the Christm days. The entire LpenEe 0 f not to be over $75, which will J3 iransportation. board and sig&t-se;,,-e and all necessary expenses A will be spent in Havana, and" four S willbe given to trip? into the n" . Maxton Union, Cotton i k gmnmg to open right rapidlv n- farmer said a day or " tWO flon ik... . could get a bale this week by going 0veer his entire patch. Onedav last Ii! Huey Uoodman killed a rattlesnake o Mr. 5. S. B. Thompson's Dlarp rn ?,n I from town, which measured four a lioif ;n io. t, u.j . r u"u Mc.m ivug.u auu iiciu twelve rat- lies ana a DUtion. . I c McAs- kill has about a two acre patch bf cotton of the Bailey variety which excels ant. thing in the way of cotton that we ever ow. k wm avcidgc &ix ieet high the paten over, ana is : well fruited We counted 60 bolls on one stalk the 'otW day. outside of "forms." -r Charlotte News : A party 0f fifty; :Northerners passed through the city in a special car to-day for Talla poosa, Ga. They expect to make in vestments there. Thq farmers who were in town to-day speak very en couragingly of the crops. All sections of . the country have had good rains i- - Mr. J. Archie Bradford, an old- veteran oi tne Axmieoerate army, died at his home on North B street, thisdty last Saturday bight, after a brief illness Mr. Bradford was a native of Cabarrus County, and served throueh thfe war I. . . the 20th North Carolina Regiment as a private in' the Cabarrus Black Boys Company. Alex. Caldwell; a Chai Iotte negro, was killed in a fight at Cen tral, on the Air Line road, last night. Newbern Journal- Telegrams have been received by his family m this city announcing the drowning, at Wash-1 inpton. D- C. of Mr. Wm R SmiYV. this city, who has been away from home a year and a half as captain of a small steam yacht. - - We ire informed that Mr, Allen Johnson, of Johnson's Mills, is making, quite a success of tobacco-raising. ; He tried it last year and did so weH that this year he increased his acreage and . -has alreadycured four barns of it and has seven more to cure. .His tobacco is remarkably fine and brings high prices. He will have some of it on exhibition at both the Newbern Fairs.' He considers this as good a re gion for raising it as any. Goldsboro Headlight: The Pen--sion Office at Washington, D. C has appointed our townsman, Dr. Jno. D. Spicer, examining surgeon of pensioners of this district. j Lightning struck . v. t t r? T7 : . . mo iMiu ui vui. i. u. i dibuii, near Faison, Sunday evening, and consumed it with' all contents therein. - We regret to learn of the sudden demise of the pstimahlo nrifp rf Dr . T R VtrroA,- In Grantham's tomneViin nrriiVri cH event occurred Wednesday, in the 52d ' year, of her age Mr. as. .H. Croom was suddenly hurled into eterni-' ty by an explosion of the boiler of a stationary engine whTclrhewas testing in front of O. R. Rand, Jr. & Co. 's ma chine works, Tuesday afternnoon at about 2 o'clock. He was scalded from head to foot by the outpouring steam, and after suffering untold agony expired that( evening at 6 o'clock. ; Charlotte Newsi ' Cutshall, the uigamiac wuu vtas 111 ju.11 in uciduiu 01 1 J j . r .. ... Dona tojpcure nis presence ior trial be fore Judge Meares, at the next term of the Criminal Court, is trying to starve himself tb death. He has eaten but One meal since he was remanded to jail three days ago. - - Afifteen year old son of R. L. Harris, janitor of the Char lotte public building, was drowned to day, at noon, in Stewart's pond, near the city. Younsr Harris was in swimming with a party of boys and while in a deep part ot the pond he was attacked with cramps and sunk. - Mrs. Lelia Mc- JLeod Caldwell, wife of Mr. Lee Cald well, died in this city at 9 o'clock last night, after a few weeks illness of typhoid fever. She was about 30 years of age, and leaves a husband and one child, a little girl about three years old. Mrs. Caldwell was a neice of Major M. D. L. McLeod. Charlotte Chronicle: At Rock ingham Superior Court this week a true billot indictmant was found against James Highfill for slandering the good name of Miss Cora Stone, daughter of Rev. F, L. Stone, of Stonewall. This is the case referred to . in the Register Highfill is a well- to-do farmer ot Rockingham county, living near Madison. Miss Stone is the accomplished daughter of Rev. E. L Stone, a well known minister of the Primitive Baptist Church. Matthews has had a cyclone "experience. Satur day night a terrible storm visited the town.f doing considerable damage. The wind blew with terrific force upsetiing and unroofing houses and uprooting trees. The large brick store of Heath & Reid .was unroofed and the goods badly damaged by the rain. Loss esti mated at $3,000. Several freight cars were blown off the track, No loss oi life was reported. Hickory Press and Carolinign : ' On Wednesday Mr. H. F. Robinson, 4 Burke county, was ori his way to .Hickory. A mile this side of Connelly's Springs the screams of a woman at tracted his attention. When he got to her she was frantic out finally explained that her baby, while playing near th. well had fallen in and that her husband, John Stilwell, had jumped in .after it. The father jumped down the well, which was about 45 feet deep without injury to himself and without injuring the J child. The water was very deep so he was compelled to support himseli 'bv holding to the rock wall with one hand and his feet, and hold the child above water with his other hand.. Robinson quickly got a rope around Stil well's waist and rescued the father and child uninjured. - Mr. Moses Herman, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his home near Crossing last Friday, the 7th inst., aged about 78 years. ' Raleigh Chronicle: Mr. Wiley Whitley,-a Johnston county farmer, was killed, last Wednesday by the lever of a cider press.. He was engaged in press ing cider, when the beam broke, strik ing him on the skulf and killing him almost instantly. -United States Deputy Marshal T. W. Rogers has ar rested and imprisoned Daniel Jones, colored, a . maker of "sperets" on the sly. Jones carried on his business m . Johnston county. Chief Poiice Heartt has received the proclamation of the Governor of New Hampshire offer ing$2,500 reward for the apprehension of Frank Ahny, who brutally murdered Christie Warden on ; July 17th. The town and the family of the victim' also offer a reward, and the total amounts to $4,000. t The State Farmers' Alli ance, in session at Morehead City . week, completely vindicated the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in . connection with the seizure of fertilisers, manufactured by the Durham Fertilizer Company. A report . was adopted sus taining the Commissioner of Agricul ture, and provides that in the future tne State Business Agent of the Alliance shall be governed by the analyses rnaae by the Chemist of the State Agricul tural Department. ; Read advertisement ol Otterburn Lithia Water in this caber. Unequaic" ; . j j: nf itia- lor nyspepsia ana ai ; uwcca - hev and bladder. Price within reach 01 ill. '
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