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(J -Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, aa inti mate friend of Mr.McKinley, a great booster of the McKinley tariff, "'ami -a large wool-grower, has re cently written a letter which is pub lished by his authority, in which v he belittles jBlaine, and holds up i for special adjmiration that distinguished pair of Ohio statesmen, Wbl. Mc Kinley and John Sherman,'1 the foriner of whom he pronounces one of the greatest jtarirT builders; of modern times and the latter one of the "greatest financiers now living. He pays "high tribute to the statesman like ability of both and among other reasons why Mr. Sher man should receive the warm and continued support of the wool growers of Ohio, says it was Mr. Sherman's intention to offer as an amendment to the'- wool clause in the tariff bill a sort of ; progressive tariff clause providing for a steady increase of the duty on wool until it reached the point of absolute pro hibition, when there i would not be another pound ot . foreign wool im ported, but finding that he couldn't get votes enough to .carry it- he had ' to be content . with accepting the wool provision in, the McKinley tariff, which some of its supporters J thought high enough to be prohjbi- :tory, as it was intended to be. ! ; This is the way that John " Sher j man showed his deep and abiding interest in the Ohio wool-growers, p who are a; considerable of a factor 'IF' i ?. . ' - .' . . " .' -- K w wnen n comes 10 tne eiecuon . 01 p the legislators who elect U. S... Sen K ators, and how he proposed .to help the wool growing business in this hj country, that is by compelling 'the i millions of Americans who Wear P woolen garments of any description p to buy those made of . American 1 wool or eo ' without them. This '; would doubtless be a good thing for I Jadge Lawrence, Columbus Delano and other big sheep raisers, but it wouldn't be quite so good for the fpeople who had to buy their wool, j This statement of Judge Lawrence Scorning from a zealous champion and particular friend of Messrs. I. McKin 'Mey and Sherman, may be taken as true and is therefore interesting as tit lets the cat out of the bag and shows the animus and inspiration of Vthe high tariff protectionists, who T.are not prohibitionists in fact as they cfare in spirit simply because they can t be. ! 1 v i - i i Is there any good, -logical reason why John Sherman, who would raise 1 the "tariff high 'enough- to "prohibit the importation of foreign v wool to j protect ..' and foster the growing of American wool, ;!u would not also raise the tariff high "j1 enough to prohibit the importation of woolen goods to protect and fos l ter the wool-manufacturing industry i in this country? T " And if he would do this, is there any good and logical reason why he f would not make the tariff, so high on ' imported hides and leather as to prohibit their importation to protect ; and foster the raising of American I cattle?.- f- - :-V- T;. V " one American industry should be protected by a prohibitory tariff wh7 should not all Americanlndus- . tries be? j- ' . -:; ' SI -Mr. herman would be inconsis 3 tent .in. granting " to one industry Jwhate refused to others equally as ideserving aind equally as V important, lng a orohibitorv tariff for all. for , j . 9 Ithat ;stoodby the McKinley champions, lumeas if carried out to its logical ijresult, and they are steadily advanc lngto John Sherman's contemplated 'Prohibition, by constantly increasing pe duties imposed, although they n OaVe n (St tUa r.nr,Anr r ailmi't nnf ;the courage to proclaim it. r ; They began with an average rate ,ftenper cent., which not proving .tisfactory to the protected manu I i4urers. thev have, at their dic- ktes, increased the rates from time tot!me asithey had, the power and e opportunity presented, to an verao-p n Showing a steadv inclination to the ohibitory point, which they will 3m reach! if the people should "at 'the next 1rtmn ndnrRe the.Mc- linley monstrosity and put them hback into bower aainJ - " ; ' Prohibition is the logical sequence of a high protective tariff, with pro- flection as the principal, not the n- cidental feature," as,, Mr. McKinley uwiares nouw belaud to this it must come or -the tariff must be so modified as to make protection the Incidental ;: and not theiDrinciDal feature, as the Democracy - contends it should be. ; :.; When the" originators of the; third party, inappropriately called the Peo ples'. Party, brought it Into existence in Cincinnati they counted on " the &uppon oj xne jarmersAiiiance to make it a factor j of importance ? in State or National . politics. They knew that without the support of the farmers they might as well hang up-menaaie ana retire trom ; busi ness. " r; J ' :-.'. : . i - ' They also played for the support of the laboring men of the country hence representatives of "the? Indus trial Union were invited to partici pate in the prpceedings of that con vention.. y:;y:--' ;;T-;f'i, In discussing it at the time it was organized, , and later, we Expressed the opinion that as a. "political or ganization it would not hold to gether long, for it carried within - it self the elements of . destruction and with the breath of life, so to speak, inhaled the germs of death. . It is founded on ephemeral issues exclusively, and does not proclaim -one single principle that may be come a living issue that had not al ready " been . proclaimed by I other parties; before it. What there' is good in it.it borrowed from the Democratic party and what there is bad in it took from the; Republican party, or its originators invented themselves., .- . ' - , It has not strengthened itselfr but in the effort to force itself upon the Alliance it has divided the Alliance of two States, Missouri and Iowa, into warring factions, and will split more of them. A bad outlook for a party, that was counting on the solid Alliance vote of the country. There are more conflicting elements in it and obstacles in its way than even the most far-seeing of its originators 'contemplated. To get ; a foot-hold aud make any progress in the South they knew they could not count on the solid supportbf white men who belonged to the Alliance and there fore they figured on carrying with them theolored Alliance, and Jerry Simpson as- the most - unscrupulous and ready-mouthed mountebank of the crowd was sent to the South, (he says he was invited to come into North Carolina by oL Polk,) to alienate the white farmers from the Democratic party, and persuade the negroes that in the " Peoples' Party there was a great big, broad bed in which the white man and the color ed brother "could lie down side by side on a deadevel and repose in perfect equality. - He declared in his published interviews that this is what the Alliance of the South promised the ne groes jri the colored Alliance, and that he, Jerry, had "confidence enough in the white men of the Southern Alliance to ' believe that they would carry out their pledge." We refuse to believe that any Alli ance in the South ever entered into such pledge directly " or indirectly, and therefore believe that Jerry Simpson was slandering them when he said they did. But that's what Jerry Simpson promised the. colored men and what Jerry Simpson, and Senator Pfeffer, both of whom were died-in-the-wool Republicans in "bleeding Kansas" before they be came Alliance men, would give them if they could. ' ; Jerry overrated his ability h to manipulate: the white farmers of North Carolina if he counted on inveigling them into a mongrel com bination where they and the negro would stand upon the same plane, and where they would, be expected to work for and vote for a negro who might be nominated for any office, regardless of color, just as if he was . white man. " , - Jerry didn't say all this on the stump when he was addressing white men. Jle "- was . too shrewd for that. "He knew that if he did he would have dis gusted the white men" to , whom he talked, and that -his missionary tour would prove a fizzle. But he did it in conversations and thus gave the norrmpc tht information" which he didn't think it advisable to impart on the stump. This is an obstacle which'' his; party can . never surmount in the South, for he might as well try to mix oil and water as to blend the white man in the Southern Alliance and the black men' in one political organization. They won't mix. . There are ther conflicting ele ments in the ' organization in other sections which will prove quite as se rious obstacles- to - its progress and perpetuity there as the race question will ro tne ioutn.-wiu uc institution long -- beforerSenator Pfeffer's term expires, and we pre dict now that Jerry Simpson's first term will be his last." . . I Mr. McKinley has been assuring an interviewer that "Ohio's majority will be all right this fall." This will be probably so, "as Gov. Camp bell and other Democrats feel confi dent that it will be Democratic. . -, iWILMINGlTO ; 3; ; STATEj TOPICS. .in to-day's Star we publish some interesting information Jon pecan culture as given bMr. W. RlStaart the. celebrated pecan grower and propagator, at Ocean " Springs, Miss.; As considerable interest is no w being shown by the readers of the Star in pecan culture, we publish this, com ing from one who has had experience- in ffroflMng the trees, for their benefit and the benefit of others who may contemplate engaging iH this prom ising industry. The Clarion Ledger speaks of nuts three inches long and an irlch and a 'half , thick,, which seems almost incredible bufwe are in receipt of a few nuts from Mr. Stuart's trees, which he says are not a fair sample, b&t are ; manmpths1 ,in size compared jwith the ordinary pe can that we find in the stores. While people jsat huts there - is no tloubt that the growing 'of nuts like these will be-a profitable industry. .Mrs. Cantfelljof -Kentucky, -who is one of the board of lady managers tut iuc vvoria s rair, seems to ue a lady of observation. They had a vote the other day on the question as to whether the Fair ; should be kept open on Sunday, and she after wards remarked that there was one thing that struck her as strange and that was that so many of the ladies who had voted to close it slept the day before (Sunday) until noon and then went yachting in the after noon." .; - V ' Part ofrthe distress which prevails in Rissia is attributed to the fact that, the Jews from whom the farmers were in the habit of borrowing' money to pay for harvesting the crops, on account of the persecution to which they have been subjected either c6uld not or would ; not lend money tnis year, ana as a conseH quence much of the grain crop went unharvested and rotted in the fields. A BRIGHTER PR03PECT. The Outlook FTorble Bualnees Men - Speak More Hopefully Money fWfll Soon be Easier In the South, f . The Savannah News is another paper that gives no encouragement to croak ers. It speaKs thus hopefully of the business prospect: . ; - There is a much better feeling in business circles than there was a week or two ago. And this feeling is becom ing more apparent every day. Indeed, the outlook throughout the country for a healthy revival in trade, and in enter prises of one kind and another, is ex tremely encouraging. Business men speak more nopefully of the future, and make contracts with greater confidence. They act as it they felt that a period ot sreat business oiosDeritv was at hand. 0 ., " And there are. good reasons for this condition of affairs. ; In j the West an extraordinarily large wheat crop has just .been harvested, .and ow ing to crop failures in Russia, good prices are . being obtained - for it. In the South the cotton crop will be x good one, notwithstanding the damage it has suffered in localities, and the pros pect is that it will command better prices as the season advances. There has been an advance of a cent a pound in cotton since the opening of the season, and a still further advance in the very near future is probable. It is true .that there was a little falling off in the price yester day, owing . to -the favorable report of the condition of" the- crop sent out by the agricultural department, but the market, it is safe to say,, will soon regain its firmness. . Z All of these things help to make those who are engaged in business bolder in their undertakings, and cause the strong boxes in which money has been hoarded to be unlocked. Money is now abund ant in New York and, it will soon be much easier to get in all the other cities and towns of the country. With plenty of money in circulation, there will be unusual activity in trade and in the promotion of industrial enterprises. In this immediate locality the gener al sentiment seems to be that the pres ent season will be a prosperous one. The rice , crop promises to be larger, ano the indications are that it will be har vested m excellent condition. Cotton is a little backward, but the receipts will soon be enormous; and will put a good deal of money into circulation, , Both the wholesale and the retail merchants recognize a marked improvement : .in trade, and are anticipating a very pros perous season. :' ''z:y,--:;': , And in the mterrior towns a better condition of affairs is noticeable. The merchants feel that money is circulating much more freely, and consequently they are encouraged o be more liberal in their" purchases. ." What has Been heeded for months more than anything else is confidencend now that seems to be in a fair way of being fully restored. With confidence will come money, and with money unusual activity in all de partments of business and industry. , "Big Tom" Wilson. . ' ; In the account of the trip of Caney river sportsmen, given the Star yester day, an important and unique character was unintentionally omitted. "Big Tom" Wilson, the . noted hunter, trap per and guide added immensely to the success" and general : enjoyment of the party. In fact, it is difficult to see : how his services, and' jthose of one of his sons, could have been" dis pensed with. He was especially ; atten tive to our "Mike,"" whose patience while on a deer "stand" he admired and comf iimntd ' - But he was very solicitous about Mike's legs, which he thought en tirely too shadowy to carry " him over the rugged and rocky country through which they hunted.; am Micnaei reach ed there, legs iadaded, "all t&e ; Mmft. BUSINESS SITUATION. 1 Improrlng All Une Sepori 1,. The Springfield, Mass., Republican : is no croaker. Like the Star, it takes np stock in the gloomy predictions made by some in regard- to the ; future of business." The Republican says; ':' -. :' -The general business situation is im proving'; all Hnea report greater, activity andjnromising. outlook. The tone ot theirbn market has improved;, the boot and.' shoe men report a preceptible in crease in orders and the dry goods , jobi bing trade is quoted as showing a decid ed advance over the same time a year ago. ; The iron trade is rallying from the depression in which it has been, foe a year or more, 'and . shows its improve ment in firmer prices and a slightly bet ter demand, -The hopeful railroad sit uation is to a large extent responsible for this improvement, which is as signifi cant as any element in the 'situation. ;The general fall trade is only just open ing and lias not developed very fully- as yet,- but it is - conceded ; that- there has not been a' time In : several -years when the belief was so-general that the coming season would be one of pros perity and. unusual business activity. ; Merited Promotion. . , "; ' Mr, W. F. Williams has been appoint ed .Train Master of the Carolina Central Railroad, the appointment to take effect September -15th. This is a deserved promotion, and it shows that those who' control the Seaboard Air Line system have a proper appreciation of real merit. Mr. Williams has for many years been one .of .the most . faithful and " trusted- employes ? of . the Carolina Central, and his natural abili ties and experience make him one of the best all-around railroad men in the State. ; , : ;-"-- :;'-' . ; A The position of Train Master, under the rules and regulation of the Seaboard system, is one of great .responsibility. The duties are varied, complicated and exacting, and require a- man of Jceen perception and watchful!eye. But Frank Wilhams will be found equal to the de mands of his new position as has been the case in every other position he , has held since his connections with railroads. The appointment gives genuine satis faction to all of .Frank's -friends, and especially to the employes of the Caro lina, Central with whom he is univer sally popular. -The Star - tenders its congratulations, and trusts, that this is but the beginning of a" career of unin terrupted success. Norfolk, WilmiAfrton and Charleston Hall- rosd. '-- "-;;;- '; . , - The Newbern Journal mentions the arrivaUhere of Mr. F. L.l'itman, Chief "Engineer of the Carolina Construction Company, and adds: This company which is to build the Norfolk, Wilming ton and Charleston Railroad started a surveying party of twelve men in charge of Mr, E. R. Wallace from Core Creek yesterday, working northward to meet the similar party which started from Norfolk about tw6 months ago work ing southward which is in charge of Mr. S. McRae, and which has surveyed a preliminary line to about 40 miles this side of Wortolk.- lney are now campea at Gatesville, Gates county. The com- oan v also propose to put additional parties in the field at an early date. . Engineers have also been steadily at work at Chowan and Roanoke rivers to determine the most available points at which tdveross the rivers. It is to be borne in mind that the routes now being surveyed are not located lines, but only 'preliminary ones, to develop the coun try and thus determine, alter ail ques tions thereto have been considered, which will be the most desirable loca tion for the railroad. . Known and Appreciated. " Prof. E. VanLaer has just received an order from New York city and one from Brooklyn, N. lor pianos, which would seem like "carrying coals to Newcastle, but the parties giving the orders were formerly residents of this city and, hav ing had dealings with - the Professor, knew what they were about, and order ed from a skilled musician in whose knowledge of pianos and . strict integ rity they had implicit confidence. He has also recently had orders from Flor ida, Georgia, Washington, P, C. and Boston. Mass. Surely "a good name is to be chosen before greatViches." WEATHER AND CROPS. , Report of the North Carolina Experiment ; Station Decidedly Unfavorable as to ; Condition of Cotton. " . r -" ' The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by ''the North' Carolina Experiment Station and State Weather Service, for the week ; ending Friday, I September ilth show a still further decrease injhe percentage condition of the staple crops, although the weather has not been de cidedly unfavorable during the past week. Very little ram has fallen, which was favorable forall kinds Of farm work, The first part of - the week was slightly above the normal in temperature, me latter part decidedly below the average with unfavorable enect on cotton ana tobacco, which both deteriorated since last resort. The condition of cotton is probable as low as it has been at . any time this season. - Shedding continues and rust is doing considerable damage. opening very slowly and picking as yet nniw renin or on at a few nlaces. -A cor respondent at Dunn, Harnett county. reports first new bale, sold on - Septem ber : 8th: cotton . is in : the best condition in the Southern portion of the Central District, r in - Union. Richmond, Harnett and perhaps a few other counties where its condition is re ported as high as 96 per cent. - An early frost would inflict serious iniury to . the cotton croc Tobacco has been consid erably damaged by previous rains and is not curing so well. Curings will be light.. In, many counties the crop is reported poor. The corn corn crop has Deen tne . . . - r . i f -1 . C J stana-oy oi tne iarmers icus year, occu- fne of oats and wheat is in progress, The prospects are for more rain the Hrlv nart nf the. wp.ftk. ber.omini? slicht Iv warmer. "The present condition, of croos isas follows. - - - Eastern District Cotton 67; . corn 80; tobacco 78. ' A Central Disctrict Cotton 77; corn 91; tobacco 81. -Western District Cotton 72; corn 90; tobacco 80. - For the State Cotton 72; corn 87; tobacco 80. ' '-. THE '':n-:-;H;;'-: Bnalnesa ; This is intended only for subscribers , subscriptions have: ex pired. It is not a dun, but a simjie request that all who are in ar rears for the STAR T7ill ifayor us with a prompt remittance. - We are sending out bills now V (a few each weeMj and if 3 ou. re ceive one;please give it your attention. A-Pleoiant Visitor. ; : : Mr. John King, of Westbrook, Bla den county, and one of the oldest sub scribers to the Star," made us a visit yesterday. It " is always a pleasure to see and talk with this ! venerable man. Though now in his 89th year he is re markably quick in his movements and fluent of speech. When a boy he was a boarder in an old frame house which stood on the site of the present Star buildiner. During his conversation with a Star ; reporter, -1 yesterday, he gave a curious piece of " information. He said since he had lived on his farm. 'Marshall Hail" in Bladeacounty.triplets had been born there twice, three boys and three lambs; and twins twice, , two colts and two calves. Mr.. King made many inquiries con cerning friends in-.Wilmington, among others Mr. John S. James, whom he had 'known three score years ago. Death of a Former Resident of Wilming ton. , -She Rochester, N Y Post-Express, Sept. 2nd, says: v ' George H. Koetb. aged 33' years, died this morning at bis home, 245 Caledonia avenue. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house. The deceased had a slight stroke of paralysis about a week ago and was obliged to give up work. He suffered another "stroke Sunday and died at 10.80 last evening. The . deceased was born in this city as years ago. -. w hen u years of age be went to Wilmington, N. C, and establishecUhimself in business. He afterward returned to this city and for fiveyears was in business on West avenue under the firm name of McAllis ter & Koetb. For the last few weeks he had been engaged asa draughtsman in the construction department of the Execu tive Board. He was twice married. He leaves beside his wife two 'young children, father and mother and two sisters, Mrs. A. McAllister, of this city, and Mrs. J. Whittelsey, of Greece, : The deceased married a sister of Mrs. R. M Fowler of Wilmington," and one of his children is now living here with Mrs. Fowler. ; , A Sad Accident. Yesterday between 12 and 1 o'clock p. m while the employes oi tne inaus trlal Manufacturing Company were en joy in. their dinner hour," a crowd of girls were sitting on a hand-car, when one of the boys who was standing near by gave' the car - a: push and : sent it whizzing down -the road un til it reached a log wEiCh' was in the middle of the " track. Mary Moody, a girl abqnt 17 years old, was caught between the log and the car, and her right leg.between the knee and ankle was badly crushed. J. Dr. W. Hall was summoned to attend !the girl, who was carried in" a hack to Mr.' Dan Sheehan's residence on Church street, and at last accounts she was rest-t, ing easy. i Onslow OyaterB. Dr. E. Porter, President of the East ern - Carolina . tr iscatoriai Associaiiou, called at the STARoflice yesterday. He had a rear guard consisting of a young "brother in black" and three baskets of oysters. These were samples . from the beds of his own association, as well as from those of the Onslow Oyster Company of which Mr. Berry Gleaves is President. With the ease and grace of a panorama lecturer the Doctor gave an elaborate and practical explanation "of the oyster in all stages , of its growths Those ; planted six months ago have grown from two to five times their size when planted, and some planted six weeks ago had grown more propor tionately than their older relations. The Doctor is an enthusiast on the oyster question, but there can be no doubt of the ultimate profit of his enterprise. The Accident to Mr. Mallard. A telegram received in this city Wed nesday night stated that. Mr. J. H. Mallard bad 1 been thrown from his buggy at Chadbourn and broken one of his legs. Happily this was a mistake. Dr. Bellamy, who left here Wednesday night to attend Mr; Mallard, said that no, bones were broken, but that Mr Mallard was severely, bruised. It was reported yesterday that rwo of his ribs were broken, but this was also untrue. ; The accident was caused by Mr. Mal lard jumping from his buggy while the horse was running away. r Mr. J. C. Stanley, of Marville, was in the city yesterday. . . .... : . - - MrR. A. . Murphy, of Pender county, was . in the city - yesterday on business. - Mr. W; F. Marrill, of Jackson ville, Onslow county, was a visitor in our city yesterday. v. Mr. Wm. R. Walker,, formerly of this city but now residing at Currie, was in the city yesterday, Mr," : J. H. Mallard, who was hurt as stated by the Star a few days ago, was reported yesterday., as getting on very nicely. - . - COTTON FACTS, AND FIGURES, i. - Ellison's figures make the new cot ton crop 7,300,000 bales. ' '' ;; , 'i U The cotton pickers' strike was not' inaugurated yesterday, it seems. T - fir Tne first bale ot Florida Sea Island cotton of the season has been received at Savannah.- ; . . . 7 ;:.";;: -i;': R".: Nobody m Wilmington' seems to be very eager to buy cotton ; if we . may judge from the figures. -. - . . - If Wilmington wishes to make good her claim to being one of the best cotton markets In the South she will have to revise her quotations. ;. C' The New. York Financial Chronicle estimates the Cotton crop for the year just closed at 8,655,510 bales. The es timate of ihe New Orleans Cotton Ex change, as heretofore given in the Star is 8,652,597 bales. . ,r - ', A decline -of 28 to 81 "points in Jfutures took, place on the New York Cotton Exchange yesterday, resulting from the .Department report on the condition of the crop-which was better, than had been expected. . " ' . , ' - The Boston Advertiser'' declares that "even if the price ; of cotton should fail to advance with that ot other farm products, it is believed that the South ern farmers will find themselves in a more prosperous condition at the end of the present season than for- many years' past. .:.;;. ;v";;.a '-'- )"A.'S':':-:. 7-lAA' : North Carolina and Tennessee are the only States in which improvement in conditions of the crop are reported by the Department of ; Agriculture. North Carolina gained 4 points and Tennessee 2 points, while a loss of 2 to l0 points is reported for the othej- States. ' -'S':- S y'jA'-: . - New York Commercial Bulletin': But if the yield for the year 1892 should lall short more than 1,000,000 bales, and prove no more than, about 7,4002000 bales, even this quantity with the stock of American cotton remaining uncon sumed September 1st, would meet all requirements for consumption in "this and other countries almost as large as that of last year. - . j ' The Savannah News says: Evi dently the government reports did not estimate the damage to the crop by rains, drought and other causes at anything like the reports . received generally by the cotton exchange. There is certain ly bo danger of the country producing another seven milhonand-a-half crop this year and theVstimate that the crop of '91 will closely approximate, that of '89 is doubtless a fair one. - Bad reports of the Sea Island cot ton crop from Beaufort county, S. C, continue ta come in. The damage from the recent rains seems almost universal. A considerable proportion of the cotton is shedding. and the plant is checked in its growth. The picking is backward tor the season on account of the weath er, , The staple of the cotton" received here so far is said to be good, though it will have to be spread to get rid of "the moisture. Ginning has not started yet. bavannah . News'. 1 here was a teady -"market yesterday for .cotton. "While the demand was not active it was general and all. the stock offering was taken. The receipts at present in are showing the results of the recent wea ther and the grading is lower, especially the cotton coming in by the Central railroad, which shows a greater per cent, of damage than that by the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.; : Henry Clews, in their special cir cular dated Sept. 12th, says : The re ports of damage from worms to the cot ton crop have-undoubtedly been grossly magnified; for that kind of injury is now so largely under - immediate control by the planter that : it - is no longer the source of danger it once was. Besides, even supposing that a loss of a quarter million of bales were to arise from this cause, it is more likely, in view of the present large stocks, that it would in crease the total value of the crop than that it would diminish it. '-i . "'y-: A cotton factor who has just re turned from trip through Georgia and South Carolina informs the Savannah News that he eame down from Spartan burg to Augusta, the Piedmont section,, one of the best cotton raising- districts in the South, on August 31st, exactly the same day on which he made the same trip last year.-. Then the fields were white as snow and picking was go ing ahead" rapidly..; This time there was hardly an open boll to be seen. . There was nothing but blooms and greenTxlls. Nothing could better illustrate how far the crop is behind in that section. ' The N. Y. Bulletin says: "It is noticeable that " in comparing official statements of last year with the present season, the deterioration from the high est plane to date Is just about the same, or say 6 points, and that in 1890 the Bureau dropped from 95.5 in September to 80.00 in October. .The present run of crop news is generally cheerful and im proving it anything, with the feeling that serious danger has passed, up to the frost period, while the swelling run of receipts indicates that the marketing of the crop is commencing' with greater freedom. ; The Seaboard Air Line will place on sale reduced rate tickets to Newton : on account of the Catawba Agricultural and Industrial Tair. , Following will govern from junction points: Forest City, $1.50; Hamlet, $3.75; Maxton, $4.15; Moores boro, $1.35; Rutherfordton, "$1.50; Shel by, $1.15; Weldon, ;$5.60;; Wilmington, 5.60. Toriates from other , points in quire of agents. Tickets" on sale Sep tember 28th to October 3rd- Good , to return till October 5th. 1 Seoeipts of Haval Stores. ' Receipts of -naval stores in this mar ket for the crop year-rfrom April 1st to September lltu--as compared with re ceipts for the same time last season, are aS IOUOW8. OpiriU: lurpcuiiuc. o,naM casks; Jlast year, 40,900. Rosin, 136,096 barrels; last year. 161,868. Tar. 21473 barrels; last year, 22,941. Crude turpen tine, 8,775 barrels; last year, 10,413. .. ; NO. 44 : WASHINGTON N EWS, Naval Orders More Vessels Heeded on the Asiatic StataoniAdvioes of Farther Biotins in China in Which" American Missionaries Are Involved.' ; ;S; : -."Washington, September 10. Secre tary Tracy has made .further changes in squadrons on the North Atlantic coast. An order issued this morning transfer red the Boston and Atlanta from Ad miral" Walker's squadron of evolution to Admiral Gherardi's command, the North Atlantic squadron. This leaves the; two squadrons equally balancedin number; of vessels. Admiral Walker has the Chicago, Newark, Atlanta and Bennington, and Admiral Gtrerardi has the Philadelphia, Boston, Concord and Kearsage. The Enterprise, which was under Admiral Gherardi's command, is to co to Annapolis as practice ship , for the cadets.' --'-.;.' ;.; . ' ''. Further Changes are.hkely to follow Admiral Benham, lately commander at Mare Island Navy" Yard,-Jhas been; as signed to the command of the South Atlantic station to succeed .Admiral McCann who is president of the retiring board and board of promotions. . At that station the force consists xf twofold bnlks the Tallapoosa -and Essex neither of which is suitable io flagships; so it is probable that one of the new cruisers, perhaps the Newark now in "thejsquadron of evolution will be' sent to South America to serye as; Admiral Benham 's flagship. r 4 - The Department of State has received a telegraphic dispatch from the minister at Pekin, reporting that a riot had oc curred at Ichang on the Yang-Tschiang river in the province . of Hoo-Pe and that an establishment of ' American mis sionaries there had been destroyed. No further particulars are given. The grav ity of the situation in China increases daily and the Navy Department is lend ing its aid to protect American interests in answer to representations of the De partment of State. ; ;' . ' - The Charleston, how on her way to China, and the Petrel, in the neighbor hood of New York, are under orders to proceed ; immediately , to China -. to strengthen Admiral Belknap's fleet, but they can hardly reach their destination inside of two months. . V Particular concern is felt at the de partments in the last riot, because of its location: Ichang is about two hundred miles further up the Yahg-tserKiang from Holgow, which .is as far above the mouth as vessels of war can make their way under ordinary circumstances,; In time of high water light draught war vessels may get above there, and in fact the Ashullot and the Monacey have each succeeded u?. reaching Ichang, But unless there is high water in the river at present Admiral Belknap wilt have difficulty ih getting a vessel up to the" scene of the trouble. -; Washington, Sept.-10. The Secre tary of the Treasury V. has decided to make a further withdrawal of two mil lion dollars from -depository banks. The. call will . be made in . the first instance upon banks which the Secretary thinks have too large an amount of govern ment ' funds in proportion to "security furnished. In some cities, where there are several government depositories, one of these will be discontinued and the funds thus withdrawn will go to make up the two million. - COTTON PICKERS STRIKE. South Carolina Farmers Do Hot Appre- - hend Any Trouble. ' ; By Telegraph to the Mornis2 Star. . - CharIjESton.'S. C September 10. The following special from "Darlington, this State, gives the South " Carolina farmers' view of the cotton pickers' strike : ' ;; 7;-;.; - "The situation here in reference to the probable strike of cotton pickers in the colored Farmers Alliance excites no apprehension among the farmers. It is not believed, despite what has been said, that the strike will be ordered; but if it is, the demands will not be consid ered. Opinion prevails among the farm ers interviewed that where they are con fronted with such condition of affairs, the colored people could not, sustain their" position for . many reasons, , the most prominent being the lease system and plan of farming oh shares, which prevail here to a great extent. No official or definite action on this subject has yet been made public and no alarm is felt by our Iarmers generally. ' - . , ABSCONDED.; .' Tne Supreme Treasurer of the Catholic Knighto of America Missing A Shortage of $20,000 to $50,000 in ,his Accounts, i - Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;. . Chattanooga, September 10. M. T. O'Brien, Supreme' Treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, who was reported financially embarrassed yester day, has left the city and his where abouts are unknown to his friends and family. He left the city Tuesday night. The amount of shortage in his accounts with the Catholic Knights of America is not known, but it is supposed to be be tween $20,000 and $50,000. Supreme officers ot the Society are expected here to-morrow. -The Society is pro tected by a bond made by an Eastern security company. He has deeded valu able city property to protect his bondsmen.-- . ". . :2' : ''-': "... v.;; T . GRAIN CROPS. The Condition of Wheat, Corn, etc, as Re ported by the Department of Agriculture. Washington," Sept. 10. The statis tican of the DepartmSnt of Agriculture reports the September general average of cereals crops as follows: Corn; 91.1, wheat, 96.8; rye, 95.1; oats, 90.7; barley, 94.3; buckwheat. 96.6. A small advance is noticed in all; buckwheat, alone ex cepted. The average' for potatoes is M.8; for tobacco 87.4. ' . The condition of. corn is '21 points higher than in September of last year and has been succeeded only three times in the past ten years. State averages are generally high; the lowest are those of those of jMichigan andWisconsin;Min nesota and North Dakota coming next. The crop is in fine condition in the Southern bUtes. . It is not so much in jured by heavy rains as cotton. In some bottom lands water has caused material injury while on uplands the crop is. re markably good. It was somewhat late. but is now generally beyond the reach of frost. It is a crop decidedly above the medium throughout the South as a whole. Many . correspondents refer to it as the best in- years.", . ; ; ' CHECK RAISING. ; - A Country Merchant Jailed in Richmond, Ta., for Attemptm to Defraud.- ; , B Telegraph to the Mormox Star. . . -Richmond,' Va., Sept. 12. I: D. Aus tin, merchant, residing ; near Salisbury, N. C, was arrested here to-day, charged with raisine a check of $30 to $3000, and attempting to pass it upon the whole-t sale grocery hrm ot A. aaunaers ot Co. -The check was drawn on Davis & Wiley's bank, of Salisbury. The work of raising it was poorly executea. i ne case will be heard on.wednesaay. AUs- ;tin' was jailed..; VS-SS S-i Clinton Caucasian: The finest cotton that we have heard of this, season ; . -is on the : Capt.' Faison : placerTn town. The rows, Six 'feet apart,"" are completely-; lapped, andt will average over six, feet ; . high alter being topped. . ;; !;" t-ir !; - Stanley News' John Perry, C ' who had been In prison here Tor- some time, went deranged last week and upon " ". giving bail for ; his appearance M. ext ;; court -he was-placed in chargej of ihis. . father, who went on his, bond ;.'' -.V Morganton IleraldC Prof; E; McKay Goodwin, of the Institution i for " the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind at-Raleigh, --fa :l informs us that he. has the names of - more than 500 deaf mutes in the State d who are within the school age. Of this number only about 150 are now provided ' for by the State. Prof. Goodwin esti- 'l , mates that there are fully 200 deaf mutes in the State whose names are not on bis , ;T '; list, thus making the nUmbeFunproid edfor fully 600. ; ;-?..:.; ;;;,f '-:'4v;: - i Hickory Press and Carolinian: Mr. Jim Martin has just returned from . . Washington City, where he has been) to place his paten mail bag before the ;i Government authorities. He is veryj ; enthusiastic over his prospect or sue-. ! cess in securing a royalty; Jim has a-.- ; wonderful invention. The Lutheran. .;?: brethren are booming : up East'Hickdry around Highland. New houses are-:oy.i. ing up in every direction and some f of v them are large and beautiful structures. t;"j They have fine school prospects andare j; a grand accession to our town in maiyv ways . : ;-' ll; ;;;';-: ;0;; Washington Ga: ,Ye ' are informed that while Capt. Styron; .was" ;4 ; dowh the river last week be fountf a ' ' pake's Best ; which.; contained. 37 ' eggs ' lf -and in each egg was- found a snake averaging irora. eight to ten Inches. 4. ' " We are informed on good authoti; i.-.Vi ty that the-contract for grading tie - -road " to Washington stipulates that it t ;. shall be completed in 60 days, and that 800 convicts . were . to leave for i tlie j Junction last of last week. The ei-. J". gineers have arrived and are beginnii ig. . their work at the Junction. 1 4; T ;v" ' Shelby Aurora : The Catholi' :s ;V. of Cleveland county have 'purchased a s. lot in the eastern1 portion of Shelby c n which they propose to . build a church, v ; Two young colored men, George Locan and Ed. Thomason, of Ruther-, ' ; ford county entered through the window in the dwelling house of J. W. McLurl,' a merchant at Crouse's station, disunt sixteen miles east of " Shelby. - They . -;.; stole a watch and pistol Monday about three o clock before day, leit in not haste and at sunrise were at Waco, j a distance of nine miles from' Crouse's, on their way towards their former hom Teleerams were sent in pursuit for their arrest, lhey were arrestea wonaay. " ... - Lenoir Topic: The Ashe coun oaDers, tell of the destruction" of threshing machine belonging to, a M; Osborne, in Ashe, caused by qynamiw placed in a bundle of wheat by sonie . malicious scoundrel. Col. Charles McDowell Dickson died at his residence on Mulberry, Saturday morning, Sept. 5. If Col. Dickson had lived till Sept. 28, ; his age would have been 80 years. - 4-, Jackson, who was bound over to Federal Court a few months ago, came into this office last - weekend said: 'You, havje . done me an injustice in saying I was ai -; rested for illicit distilling on Ducjc Creek." "I am sorry," was the reply. 'I will correct it. How was it?'; "SI was not caught on Duck, but 0 1 Ginger." . .. Raleigh News ; and Observet : There are now fifty students at the Uni versity Law School. The teachers are Hon. John Manning, LL.D., Hon. Kemp Battle, LL.D., and Hon. James E. Shep herd, LL.D. Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff , A. MTbompson, qf House's Creek township, arrested Leje Jones, colored, who is wanted in Florida for shooting his - wife. A requisition from the Governor of Florida Teached. here and yesterday Jones was lodged in jail. News was received here yesf-. terday of the sudden death of'Mr. Henrjr W.Jones, a well-to-do farmer of this coanty. Day before yesterday evening he was walking about his premises, just beyond Crabtree, apparently in- goo( i health. Suddenly he was taken with a peculiar feeling and so expressed him self to his brother, remarking that h felt badly, and soon after he fell to the ground. - He was picked up to be car ried in doors, but before reaching th house he was dead. . . . Fayetteville ' Observer: Mr.. E. M, Radford, baggage master on the At4 lantic .Coast Line, between this place! and Wilson, died at Smithfield " on the 3d ipst. of fever alter a brief illness. 4 Lucian Fisher, "who; was so cowardly shot in the breast and back by some miscreant .near Roseboro several, days aeo. is rapidly improving, and is thoughtr to be in a fair way to recover from, hla injuries. A meeting of the incor porators of the Favetteville Street Rail way Company was held here' on Satur day, the 5th inst. . The books of sub scription, were' opened and fourteen thousand dollars of stock were then and there subscribed. A permanent organiza tion was then effected by the election of the following board of directors: Dr.J. W. McNeill, J. T. Denny,'. l. ri. button, Z. W. Whitehead and las. D. McNeill. In the afternoon of the same day-the directors met and elected officers for the next year as follows: J-T. Denny, Presi dent; Dr. J. W. McNeill, Secretary and Treasurer; Sutton & Cook, Attorneys. Charlotte News: ' Mr. Erskire Youngblood, son of Mr. T-. S, Young blood, of Steele Creek township, was bitten by a copperhead snake last -Tuesday and come very near dying from the effects of the bite. The young man was shelling corn in the crib, and while in the act of reaching down lor an ear, he was struck on the little finger. 6t- his left hand by a copperhead snake. The snake' pulled out a piece" of flesh. Mr. Youngblood hurried to the house, but was almost delirious when he got there. His arm swelled up rapidly and: turned black, and the swelling extended to the shoulders, around his neck and down his back. In the meantime, his father had mounted a horse and put out in search of whiskey, .while a messenger was sent for a doctor. , The father went to a dozen farm houses before he found one where he could eet a drop of whis' key. He secured a pint and hurried home. Dr. Knox had arrived .in the meantime and was resorting . to the usual remedies. - It appeared for a time that the young man was bound to die but the effects ot the poison werennai ly conteracted, and he is 'now - improv ing; A hired man on the placet went to the crib and killed the snake., ; , Asheville Citizen: Thirty-seven thousand dollars is at . once to be laid out in Asheville in the : construction of buildings to be used by the colored peo ple. Through the Influence ot Mr. K U. Garrett, of Asheville. money suffi cient to buy a lot on Eagle Terrace was recently raised in the north, assurance haviner been previously given by -Mr. Geo. Vanderbilt that he would see ' that the monev was forthcoming for the erection of a building upon it if the lot should be secured. . The lot ';, bought thrOuch Mr. Garrett's influence cost about 5.000. - The building to be erect ed uoon it will cost $25,000. On the first floor will be five and six splendid storerooms. The othor . floors wdl be occupied by Y. C A. rooms, reading rooms, bath rooms, etc . Mr. Vander bilt will furnish the brick to be used - in constructing this building, and his mother, Mrs. Vanderbilt. will furnish the money to complete- the work. .In addition to the above building, a $12, 000 hotel for colored . people is to be built on Eagle street.: A lot 69x100 feet has already been purchased for this pur pose, and the work will go forward at once. ' ;-'; ' : "if.S , ; :..;. ::; -I .-- -- -r ; k " N' ' ma. 'X: ,1- ?'l 3. mi ,1'. 1;
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 18, 1891, edition 1
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