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-FACTS FOE COTTON GROWERS.
The convention of cotton planters
to consider the question cf a reduc
tion of acreage has been called to
meet in Memphis early in January.
It is more than likely that this con
vention will decide that a redaction
of acreage js advisable, and if it
does, every cotton ; planter in the
South, whether he plants, much or
little, should respond affirmatively to
its decision. There will - dqubtless
then be presented such an array of
facts and . figures as will leave no
doubt that this js the proper thing to
do and the only thing to do if the
cotton planters ever expect to make
the business a remunerative one. -If
cotton culture were confined to
-a small number of men this would
have 'been done long ago, if they
made the mistake of letting the sup
ply exceedtie demand. It hasn't
been done because of the large num
ber of people engaged in it and be
cause of the difficulty of securing
concert of action where there are so
many to be jConsulted, and arnong
the number ja considerable propor
tion who farm with .their eyes shut
and never bother their heads a"bout
the facts and figures which they
"should know and which should gov
ern their action. ' .. - -
That 2 and 2 make 4 is a self-evident
fact, but it is not a whit more
self-evident than that an overstocked
market makes low prices. This is
true the' world over and it is true of
everything, even of the metals out
of which our coins are made. The
history of gold and silver, which one
would think should have a uniform,
. fixed value if anything has, will show
that their prices, or value, fluctuate
with the production. . '
Why have the grain growers of the
great and fertile West been brought
to the verge of bankruptcy? Sim
ply because they have raised year
after year more grain than the home
.market could consume: and a narrow,
Idiotic, tariff 1 policy hampered, if it
did not destroy, trade with foreign
nations. The only two periods in
the past thirty-five years when the
farmers of the West made money
were during the Crimean war, when
there was a foreign demand for
American grain and meat, and dur
ing the war between the States, when
there was a reduced production 'in
. consequence of the large number of
workers taken from the fields mto
the armyi and the demand for sup
plies to feed the army. The farm
ers got good prices for everything
then because there was a demand
r .. . . .
tor wnat they raised, iiut since
, then the acreage has been constant
ly increasing by the number of new
' settlers and imnfigrants who have
come to, this country and gone to
farming in the opened up territories
of the Northwest, while the home
demand has not increased ra proporv
tion, and while at the same time.the
wretched tariff policy pursued has
more and more interfered with for
eign exports. And yet it would be
difficult even with these thirty, odd
years' experience, to convince the
Western farmers that they raise too
much grain, and the more difficult
: now, since the short crops of Europe
this year have made a good demand
at high prices for all the wheat that
can be spared.
Some years ago a hop fever struck
certain States in' the Northwest
Hops were commanding a fine price,
a few shrewd men engaged in the
- culture and made money and then
all their neighbors concluded there
was a fortune in hops. They went
to raising hops, and ' about the sec
onrl vpar hnne tnmh1rl cn 1-nr fltn-
: it didn't pay to pick them off the
vines.
We have another illustration of
over-production in the overdone
-business of melon raising in Georgia,
jriiere hundreds of raisers last season
didn't; get returns enough from their
shipments to pay the cost of trans
portatipn to market, and the orange
growers of Florida are going through
a similar experience now, when or
anges are lower than they ever were
and barely pay the cost of picking
and packing.
i ne cotton planters have been do
ing just what the grain-growers of
the West have been doing, what the
nop growers did, what the Georgia
melon pen did, and what the orange
growers of Florida are doing. The
world will buy just as much of any
thing ag it has need for and can pay
VOL. XXIII. ;
for, and the man that buys, whether
he needs what he buys or not', is go-!
tng to 'get it "at the 1 lowest possible
price, and if there is an abundance of
anything, he is riot going to- be in a
hurryto buy, because he ' knows, he
can get it when he wants it, and as
much as he wants, without: any dan
ger of having to pay a higher price
by waiting;' ; -:-"V
If the cotton planters raised less
cotton, sufficiently less to get near to
or under . the world's demand, or
consumption ; the buyers '-' would
be seeking the sellers instead of
the sellers seeking them, and they
would be willing to pay the prices
asked rather than run the risk of
flosingthe cotton. All this " is so
apparent that it is a wonder that
every man who raises cotton doesn't
see it. ": -
Others besides cotton planters are
interested in this, interested in their
getting good prices, for cotton grow
ing is a great industry in the South,
and when it languishes business gen
erally suffers in consequence When
it prospers all prosper.
ELKINS
AND THE SEAL BUSI-
l ; ; NESS. -
The nomination of Stephen B.
Elkins as Secretary of War was in
some respects a peculiar one; pecu
liar in the fact that Mr. Elkins is, or
has been until quite recently, it he is
not now,-the ardent admirer and the
zealous and strong political adherent
of Secretary Blaine. What Mr. Har
rison should want with a devoted
friend of the. gentleman who is his
only real competitor for the Presi
dential nomination, why he should
have selected him from a dozen or
more distinguished Republican pa
triots who would readily have accep
ted such appointment is the peculiar
and mysterious thing which the pub
lic do not understand. -
It has not altogether escaped re
collection, either, that Stephen B.
Elkins was a somewhat conspicuous
figure in the Star Route scandals
some years ago, which retired Mr.
Dorsey and some other Republican
statesmen who had ranked pretty
ugh inthe party councils. It is
true that Mr. Elkins put in the plea
of being the attorney of some of the
Star Route swindlers, in which ca
pacity he played lobbyist, shaped
their tricks for them - and rendered
them very . efficient service. Mr.
Harrison should not have forgotten
this but it seems he did., But per
haps Mr. Harrison considers such
thing prerogatives of the attor
ney and that attorneys have the moral
and legal right to beat the Govern
ment out of all the money they
can for the men who employ them
and pay them to do it. Since he
has become President he took a
ittle dab at the Treasury in the role
of attorney for the Government him
self when he signed a special bill to
allow the firm of which he had been
one a pretty big amount as fees in a
case, where they rendered but little
service and demanded and got, by
virtue of President Harrison's signa
ture, extraordinary pay when a much
smaller sum would have amply com
pensated them for all they did or
had v to do. Under these circum
stances it could hardly be expected
that Mr. Harrison would consider
anything done by Mr. Elkins as an
attorney as a cause to disqualify him
for a seat in his Cabinet. :
But Mr.' Elkins' connection with
the Behnng sea seal business is fresh
er than the Star Route affair, al
though there is a great deal in that
which the public do not know and
which they never will know if it be
left for Mr. Elkins, or his friend, Mr.
Blaine, to tell. This, too, makes the
appointment somewhat pecular. it
will be remembered that about the
time the President started out on his
Southern and Western junket last
Spring, rumors appeared in the news
papers stating that the British Min
ister at Washington had made cer
tain propositions to Secretary Blaine
concerning the Behring sea compli
cation, to the effect that if this Gov
ernment would agree to limiting the
number of seals to be caught for the
remainder of the year to 7,000, the
British Government would join this
Government in declaring it a closed
sea, until the question in dispute
could be considered and adjusted by
impartial arbitrators. Blaine gave
the British Minister, it was reported,
to understand that he favored that
proposition, but never paid any at
tention to the matter afterwards, and
pigeon holed the correspondence
Blaine is accused of acting with du
plicity in this matter, and not only
with having trifled with Lord Salis
bury, but with having deceived Sec
retary Foster. ' . ,
The New York Times asserts that
the proposition tojimit seal killing
on the breeding grounds - to. 7,000,
and to prohibit it in the open sea
was , made by Secretary Blaine to
Minister Pauncef ote on the 3rd of
April, with the strange request , that
the offer be made to appear as-coming
from Lord Salisbury, '' and calls
the attention of the TJ. S. Senators
to the fact that on the 12th day of
April, ten days later, before Lord
Salisbury had timel to - consider the
proposition, and -just before the
President started oh his tour, Secre
hi
tary Foster issued-to the company
that' had leased : the - privilege, or
monopoly,' of killing' seals in the
Behring sea, a permit of killing 60,
000 instead of the 7,000 suggested
as the limit. Mr. Elkins, as attor
ney, was the gentleman who engin
eered that little game through j wrh
the co-operation of Mr. Blaine, both
of whom jointly and collectively
pulled the wool over Secretary Fos
ter's eyes, and got him to sign pa
pers that he didn't know 'anything
about. : .. '.V'';: "
It. is said that Secretary .Foster.
was influenced to issue" the; permit
by a statement from Mr. Blaine that
Lord Salisbury was not in good
humor and would not do anything
towards suppressing the slaughter of
the seals. . : ' ' -
"". It will be remembered, also, that
when Mr. Harrison' reached San
Francisco.' where he for the first time
learned' throughthe published' tele
grams that Lord Salisbury had made
any propositions of that 'nature,
he promptly by telegraph re
voked the permit grantedand
took the correspondence into his
own hands, shortly after his return
agreeing to the proposition made,
and getting the question in shape to
be settled ' by arbitration It will
also be remembered that about that
time Mr. Blaine hurriedly left Wash
ington for New York to consult with
his friend Elkins, and that he didn't
return to his post at Washington
until a few weeks ago. ' In this the
President not only ..." snubbed " Mr.
Blaine, but also knocked the com
pany, of which Mr.. Elkins was the
attorney, out of a pretty big thing;
This, too, makes the appointment
peculiar. The Senate being Repub
lican by a small c majority, it is not
likely there will be any investigation
of this seal - business, but if : there
were it is said there would, be devel
opments which should prevent the
confirmation of Mr. Elkins and prove
somewhat damaging to Secretary
Blaine.
MINOR HEXTIO?.
Dun's review for the past week de
scribes-the business situation and
prospects as bright and encouraging,
and states that "money is plenty and
cheap." We suppose this has refer
ence to the money centers in the East,
for it is anything but plenty or cheap
in the South. It is more plentiful,
and therefore, probably, cheaper m
the West than it has been for some
time on account of the immense ship
ments of wheat, which is bringing a
pretty good price, and giving the far
mers more money to pay debts and
use as their necessities or convenience
may demand, than they have, had in
years. But unfortunately the sta
ple crop of the South, upon
which she depends for the bulk
of her money, hardly 1 brings
the cost of production and conse
quently it isn't a good thing either
to market or to bank on. 'It very
often happens that money is plenty
and cheap at the money "centers
when in the South and West: it is as
scarce as hen's teeth and proportion
ately dear, -and this will continue to
be the case while the present tariff
and financial systems prevail, and
until some system is devised tor a
better and more equitable 'distribu
tion of money, and of a kind that
may be regulated in quantity by the
business demands of the respective
States and communities remote from
the Eastern money centers. A State
banking system is what is needed.
A Washington . correspondent of
the New York World s&ys on what
he calls good authority that the
Democratic leaders in Congress favor
the passage of a silver bill which will
provide for the free coinage of the
product of the mines of this country
It this be so, then it is in the nature
of a compromise. The principal ob
jection made by the anti-free coinage
men was that there would be a rush
of ; silver into this country which
would so increase the - volume that
depreciation would result and the
parity "between silver and gold be
destroyed .But if free coinage be
confined to the product of our own
mines there can . be no such inflation
to cause depreciation,-for even if
this product were all ' coined
it would not add more than $50,000,-
000 a year to the volume of money,
but seven or eight million ounces of
this are annually consumed in other
ways, so that there would not be
much -.1 over 40,000,000 ounces for
coinasre purposes, an amount which
could be very readily absorbed with
but the slightest monetary derange
ment. Under the present, law it is
necessary to purchase six or . seven
million ounces annually to coin the
full amount required. With a . bill
providing for the coinage :of the
product of "our amines only, there
would be really less coined. than un
der the present; law, and there would
be no -necessity for the purchase of
any bullion frofm abroad.
.- Several of our southern ports are
destined at no distant day to be
come great gram " exporting ports,
'Notably among these now are New'
port News, where a fine line - o
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WILMINGTON, N. 0., FMDAy, JANUARY 1, 189
steamers has been put on, and Gal
veston and New OrIeans,"neither' jDf1
which has a regular line of ' steamers
yet, the carrying . trade'being done
by ocean tramps and other vessels
chartered for that purpose; .Both
Galveston and " New " Orleans are
building elevators to enable them
better to handle large quantities : of
wheat, for want of which their ex
port business has been seriously ln
terf erred with, but notwithstanding
this botji have made marked prog
gress especially New Orleans, where
the shipments of breadstuffs for the
past five months amount to $8,427,
554 as compared with $1,151,947 for
the -corresponding period of ,1890,
nearly seven .. fold increase, about
twice as! great as the increase in ex
ports from any other port. This is
an . indication ot this, growing
trade which will in time" extend to
other Sdutherh ports which are now
making efforts in that direction. -
Edward M. Field, of New York,
has been judicially declared a luna
tic, soHije banking firms having testi
fied that they have for some time de
clined to do business with him be
cause they did not consider him men
tally competent to attend to busi
ness. This decision gives the Field
tamuy a lunatic, out relieves it oi a
forger.
Dr. Keely says the reason why he
does not make the formula of his
bi-chloride cure public is that "the
barkeepers would only use it to sober
their customers up." Another good
reason, perhaps, is the $1,500,000 or
so the Doctor is said to be making
in doing the sobering up himself.
Secretary Blaine says he has not
declared for Foraker, and,yet he and
Mr. Sherman nearly collided in the
capitol a few days ago and neither
spoke. I It was jnot the' .first time,
howevef, that these two distinguished
citizens: nearly collided. , Blaine nas
got on Sherman's track several times.
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Uncle Jerry Rusk announces that
improved weather forecasts will be
issued after Jan. 1. Well, we have
been doing pretty well in the weath
er line down this way, but if Uncle
Jerry will improve it in other sec
tions we will not object. ,
7
It is said that 2,125 acres of land
near rans supply vegetaDies tor
nearly i.000,000 inhabitants of that
district and that a considerable
quantity is shipped to London. That
shows what gardening or farming on
the intensive plan will do. r
The 'daughter of the late Dom
Pedro, is said to have such a fine and
well trained voice that she could if
she would rival the leading vocalists
upon the stage. If she ever gets
pressed for cash, she can go out and
raise a tew notes.
A pretended clergyman, whom the
New Yc-rk police took in a few days
ago, had his wardrobe equipped with
the necessary robes to play minister,
priest or rabbi, as circumstances or
the! demand tor his services' might
require.
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THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Work
to be Begun in January A Big
Thing for Wilmington. .
The announcement made in the Star
of Friday mornine of the close of the
negotiations for the purchase of the
btreet Railway by a wealthy syndicate,
was. a nice Christmas present to the
people -jof "Wilmington, and onfe they
must have appreciated very highly if
their expressions of approval may be
taken as a fair index. It was all the
more gratifying because the impression
had become almost universal that the
negotiations had already failed
- The exact terms of the sale have not
transpired, but this is a matter of small
moment to the general public compared
with the known fact that the sale has
been effectedand that the work of put
ting in the electric plant will be begun
next month. v
The Star is glad to state, and it must
be very gratifying to the people of this
city that the purchasing syndicate is
composed of gentlemen - of wealth,
and , that the "movement - is ' full
of commercial possibilities beyond
the construction and operation of an
electric railway. This, of itself, will be
of untold benefit, giving quick and
cheap transportation to all parts of the
city; but the owners of the road, who
can command millions of dollars, once
thoroughly identified with the interests
of Wilmington will seek other Invest
ments for their money, thus infusing
new life into trade and resulting in vast
benefit to our entire population. ,
The new organization will assume
charge in a few days, and will continue
the present horse-car system while the
work of transformation is going on. so
that the people may not be entirely de
prived of facilities of transportation.
They will make such changes, however,
as may be necessary to give a' prompter
and better-service.: ; :. !v
. Mr. H. W. Carroll, of Bennetts
ville, S.'iC, was in the city yesterday.
Dr.; E W. Gasqne and J. C.
Mace, of Marion, S. C, were m the city
yesterday.
, Mr. John L. Wescott, of Bruns
wick, is reported dangerously sick at his
residence in Southport. :
' Mr. H. Sharp, of Rocky Point
is in the city, enjoying the Christmas
holdays.
THE STREET RAILWAY. ' -
Sold to a Company of Northern -Capital.
iota Who Will in an Eleotrio Plant
. A Fromiaiag Outlook for the City'
Advancement. ? 'v?"--;;
Mr. John D." Bellamy, Jr President
of the Wilmington Street Railway Co.,
returned last night from New York city,v
where he has been for several days past
negotiating with parties whd proposed
to purchase the Street Railway. He was
met upon arrival by a Star reporter, who
was informed by Mr. Bellamy that , the
negotiations : had been completed, the
contract closed, ; and the road : sold to
capitalists who will take possession of
their new purchase on the first day " of
January next. : ' "
The members of the syndicate making
the purchase are all millionaires, and
their being thus identified with business
interests in Wilmington must redound
to its welfare and prosperity; and if in
their efforts for its advancement they
arenet with the cordial co-operation of.
its citizens, the staid old city will start
on the biggest boom it has ever expe
rienced. : '
The new. company will put in the
finest electric system in the South, cost
ing $250,000, and will make large expen
ditures in other directions.
Western Union Bates.
The Charlotte News of the 23rd has
the following; , .
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has made a big jump in its charges
for the transmission of messages. In
fact it has doubled its charges. To all
points in this-State, a message can be
sent at the old rates, ten words for 25
cents. But under the new schedule, it
costs 50 cents to send ten words to
points outside the State. The rates on
newspaper specials has also been
doubled. No reason is given for this
unprecedented action by the Western
union, but it is a matter that should be
at once be taken in charge of by Con
gress.
The above may apply to Charlotte,
but the manager of the Wilmington
office, who was called upon by a Star
reporter, says the only change in the
tariff here is "an increase of five cents
lor ten words to Charleston, Columbia
and Sumter, S. C, making the present
eost thirty cents.
XTimrods on the War Path.
The Boss, a. steam yacht .owned by
Gen. S. H. Manning, left her wharf yes
terday, towing a gondola, and on board
the gondola were . a festive hunting
party bound for pleasure and pelts.
This party, each one of whom had pow
der and lead in his "belt and blood
in his eye, consisted of Gen; S. H. Man
ning, CapU Jno. H. Daniel, Hon. A. M.
Waddell, Sheriff Frank H. Stedman,
Capt. B. H. Russell and Mr. Geo. R.
Morton. Simon Richardson was captain
of the convoy.
The larders of -the boats were lined
with everything the inner man delights
in and the magazine was prepared for a
setge. Besides these, there was a library
for tired hunters to indulge in while en
joying their siestas and other sundries
of liquid character for snake bites.
The following order they have agreed
to fill, viz: Deer, 13; Asiatic buffalo, 11;
squirrels, 742; ducks and geese, 13,102;
quail, 00.
Presentation Ceremonies.
At the closing ofXape Fear Academy
for the holidays, a pleasant and signifi
cant ceremony occurred, not in the usual
line of such affairs. It was pleasant to
both teachers and pupils and significant
of the respect held by the latter for the
former,
The students ot the Academy testified
their appreciation of their teacher by
the presentation of a gold headed cane
to Professor uatiett -ana gold pens
each to Professors Seawell affd Scales
Messrs. Tom Davis and Henry Peschau
made the presentations in felicitous
little speeches, which were gfacefully
replied to.
Beoeiver Appointed' for the Clinton Bank.
From the Clinton Caucasian it is
learned that Judge Whitaker appointed
Mr. Eugene b. Martin, of this city, re
ceiyer of the Clinton Loan Association,
which did a banking business, but Mr,
Martin declining the Judge appointed
W. A. Dunn, Esq., of Scotland Neck.
The Caucasian then goes on to say
"If Mr. Dunn does not accept some one
else-will be .appointed who will take
charge at once. If the people in this
county ever needed a bank it is now. and
a new one must be started to come to the
rescue of the people who are indebted
to the old one.
The Beoeivership.
Mr. W. S. O B. Robinson, whose ap
pointment as Receiver for the First
-National Bank has, been annbunced, is
expected here WednesdayrThe amount
of his bond has been fixed at $35,000.
Mr. Alden. the Examiner, will remain
here two or three days to give Mr. Rob
inson the benefit of his experience, and
will then leave for his home in Pennsyl
vania. " ' '
Homicide on the O. P. & T. V. B. B.
It is reported that on the C. F. & Y,
V. railroad train which arrrived here
last evening from Mount Airy, a- fight
took place between two colored . men
in which one, was shot and killed by
the other. The murderer jumped and
made his escape while : the train was
running at a speed of about 40 miles an
hour. --. .' -'.
Brunswick Objects. . ,.-" :
Complete returns from J Brunswick
county show that out of a total regis
tered vote of over 1,900 only 656 votes
were polled in favor of the subscription
of $100,000 to the B., W. A S. Railroad
This will probably be the last election of
the kind that Will be held in Brunswick
county during the present century,
Holiday on the Wflarres.
All places of business on the wharves,
except a few retail stores and shipping
and insurance offices were closed yester
day, and. Water street had more the ap
pearance of Sunday than Saturday. The
Exchange was closed, and no market re
ports were received or sent oof.
Star.
RAILROAD NOTES.
- Baltimore Sun. ' A gloomy Christ
mas will be the portion of hundreds ot
the employes of the Richmond and Dan
ville Kailroad, under the order for a re
duction of 25 per cent, in the shop em
ployes of the entire system which was
issued ' last- week.- In Savannah alone
one hundred men were discharged. This
wnoiesaie discnarge lot . mechanics is a
hardship at this time of the year, in the
miast or preparations for the holiday
season, when the men , were least ex
pecting it.r The managers say the re
duction is in the line ot necessary re
trenenment. -. .
The Richmond and Danville has
abolished 'J extra lares on its "limited"
between New Orleans and New York,
via Atlanta and Washington. Begin
nings Sunday, fares on the vestibule
trains will be the same as on other regu
lar trains. This will amount to a consider
able saving to the travel, as the extra
fare between Atlanta and Washington
is $2. A further improvement in the
service will be made, by running the
trains through to New York instead of
stopping at Washington as at present.
A through Pullman car is now carried
from Washington to Augusta by this
schedule, and if the travel warrants it
will be extended shortly- to Savannah.
i. The Central Railroad emnloves
will have plenty of time in which to en
joy Christmas, if, they can enjoy it un
der th circumstances. A localorder
has been issued ordering the closing of
the shops of this division from 6 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, -Dec 23, until
Monday morning. Jan. 4,! 1892. This
will give the empldyes just eleven days
rest, including Sunday, . without pay.
The: order further stated that there
will be no freight trains from 6 o'clock
Thursday night, Dec. 24, until 6 o'clock
bunday night, Dec. 27,-and from 6
o'clock Thursday. Dec. 31, until 6 o'clock
Sunday, Jan. 3. 1892. This will give the
train hands six days holiday altogether
tor Christmas and New Year, without
pay. Superintendent ; Dill, who was
seen, said -that such orders were cus
tomary at this season of the year. He
said similar orders had been issued upon
all divisions of the Richmond & Dan
ville system. ' .
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES.
-rJThere is a strong disposition on the
part dr factors to advance less money to
planters for next year's cotton crop. It
is believed that the adoption of this plan
will ! certainly result in a decrease of
acreage. ; . ;
The New ; York J future . market
closed easy yesterday with sales 163,500
bales; December opened at 7.60 and
closed at 7.43; January T.63, and closed
7.48;! February 7,80 and closed 7.65;
March 7.97 and closed 7.80. .
, Cotton receipts .at Wilmington for
the week ended yesterday 5,855 bales;
the corresponding week last year, 3.802
Receipts for the Crop year; 131,443,
against 142,883 bales to same date last
year a difference of 11,440 bales.
Augusta Chronicle: A mill presl
dent said last night : "This is the first
time I have ever knowp the price of cot
ton goods to follow the price of cotton
In 1884 when cotton goods were so low
cotton was high, and in 1886 when the
price of cotton goods went up cotton
was low. Usually they move in this con
trary way, but this year the price of cot
ton goods has steadily gone down with
the price of cotton in my experience,
an unprecedented thing,
Ne York Bulletin: Bleached cot
tons have been in regular request as the
result of the revision in prices the last
three days,and through the many orders
that have been given for shipment,
agents holdings have undergone a large
reduction and in some instances have
increased the orders against arrivals
The low grades have attracted consider
able attention on the part of Southern
buyers, and of desirable brands some
have been cleaned out arid orders for
early delivery nave been located Print
ing cloths reflect the strong market of
late reports, - and in proportion as the
stocks have been reduced, manufac
turers are more unwilling sellers of 64
squares at 3c and 56x60 cloths at 2 9-1 6c
r The Savannah correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution has interne wed
the leading cotton men of that city with
regard to the outlook. He found them
all awaiting the developments of the
new year with much anxiety. If the re
ceipts continue proportionately as heavy
as they have been up to this time, the
market will be swamped and prices will
tumble from seven cents, the present
quotation for middling, and the lowest
in forty-five years, down, perhaps, to five
cents, then it will be a case ot "stand
from under," as f a factor expressed it,
and few people will want to have the
staple even at that figure.
New York Bultettn: There is
probably a more general inclination to
assume that after Christmas the volume
of movement will really commence to
fall away, with strength to come into
the market proportioned' to the measure
of shrinkage, but past experience makes
all hands rather careful about depending
upon small receipts until so revealed by
actual record at all points. So far as can
be learned, the actual consumer remains
as a very indifferent operator, ana there
is said to be some very attractive ten
ders from the South meeting with neg
lect. The spot movement is light and
no change in quotations has been con
sidered necessary. j;
'' Extract from a letter, of. A. B.
Shepperson to W. W. Gordon & Co.
cotton factors, Savannah, Ga.: To secure
any marked improvement in' the price
of cotton, the chief essential will be to
give to the world some certain assurance
that the present large stocks will be
diminished in the near future, and not
again augmented by another large crop
in 1892. If such action should be taken
at the South as to induce the belief that
the acreage of the next cotton crop
would certainly be materially reduced,
a liberal advance in prices would almost
certainly ensue. , Spinners and mer
chants would not wait for the stocks to
be actually largely diminished by rea
son of a reduced crop, but would dis
count the fact months in advance of its
actual accomplishment. " - V
Mr C. C. Morse Dead. I : v -
. Mr. C., C. Morse, a well known citizen
of New Hanover county, died at his
home on Greenville Sound last Thurs
day nighL He had a stroke of paralysis
some two years ago, from which he
never fully recovered.- He. was about
68 years of age The remains of de
ceased were buried yesterday in the
grave-yard at Lebanon Chapel, Wrights-
ville - Sound, Rev. Dr. Pritchard con
ducting the services. . The pall-bearers
were Messrs. W. H. - Northrop, W. .P.
Oldham; H. C. Evans, end Jas. I. Metts.
NO. 7
INFLUENZA LA GRIPPE.
The Appearance of the Malady Its Cause
ana iareots careful Sanitation May Be-
- strict Its Savages Good Advice from a
Physician. ; ; .'v '
The reappearance of "the grip";, with
the appearance of cold weather bears
testimony tolts epidemic character and
its probable origin from a specific germ;
The Star readers all know with what
complacency they read the telegrams
two years ago which told of its spread
through Russia first, and thence rapidly
over all Europe and Great Britain. This
complacency was , begotten of an expe
rience with previous influenzas, all of
which had travelled slowly, many of
them prevailing a whole winter in Eu
rope, only to find a new field to range in
this country in the following year. But,
contrary to the course of its predeces
sors, this disease which has prevailed so
generally throughout the western world
since the winter of 1889-90, came rap
idly into Europe it is now confidently
stated from Bokhara or Central-Asia
and was first carried into Russia.-- Much
of -the country in Asia and all of
lower Russia had in 1889 suffered from
frequent floods, and the winter found
the people surrounded with every "con
dition to rapidly fertilize and spread the
seeds ot such a disease as the influenza.'
No doubt the increased facilities for
rapid communication and the increased
travel everywhere,, afforded the means
for the dissemination of the malady, and
after it had found victims by the hun
dreds in all Europe, the quiet trust of it
being delayed another year before we
were.to make its acquaintance was rude
ly shattered by its appearance in the
northern cities of our own country.; .
Its progress in the United States since
its first advent is a matter of history
but the tenacity with which 4t has lived
ana reasserted itseit is still a surprise,
and a source of deep concern. It seems,
at. present, that the violence of the
former years has been largely spent, and
that the character of the disease as re
gards its dangers and its spread in com
munities has been ameliorated. How
ever, it is not to be understood that care
is no longer necessary, on, the
part of individuals either to escape the
sickness, or having received the- poison
to rashly - disregard , the experience
already so painfully secured. In the
changes of weather that always exist at
this season in our latitude, it is neces
sary to remember that due observance of
these, and the accommodation of dress
arid person to the variation of tempera
ture will go along ways toward securing
an immunity from an attack ot the in
fluenza. This statement needs no fur
ther discussion; as its meaning is clear
enough. But it does become necessary
to urge upon the health officers to push
forward all means at their command to
keep the town clean and wholesome.
Let no one suppose that a good hard
freeze will serve as a barrier in the
progress of an epidemic wildly prevalent
in our midst. Crisp wintry -air may
quicken our energies and. in the ap
parently punned atmosphere seem to
put all disease at rest in the fresh
ness " of the days and nights but
this will be a painful delu
sion . if the officers of the sanitary
corps should seek a rest, too, in
the hope that a little frost and ice,
and the magnificent sunshine of our
Climate is to do the work of the street
cleaner and care for the health of the
community.- The individuals can keep
their premises in order. It is their duty
and their safeguard against sickness,
and it is equally the duty of the health
officers to set in order the streets and
alleys. In the damp dirty towns of East
ern Kussia the epidemic ot inuuen
za received its violent character and
gave it force enough to maintain its
stronghold on the civilized world, and
its birth and early nurture serve as a
fruitful lesson, if we will, profit by it, to
aid us in fixing some definite limits to
the future existence of this calamity.
"Trust noJuture however certain .
The present promise of a mild epidemic
may be suddenly broken and only care
ful sanitation will secure us against a
continuance of disease and its conse
quent embarrassments and discom
forts. -Its serious inroads upon
health, and its apparent propensity for
searching out the weak spot in ones
make-up, make it doubly necessary for"
the more delicate ot our people, espe
daily the aged, to preserye as far as pos
sible the best health attainable, and if
the disease overtakes them to send for
the doctor, that he may yisely regulate
luc iicaiiiicut anu wuai uiuuauiy is
quite as important, provide proper safe
guards against a relapse after they are
well; or set their outdoor life under such
rule that they may escape from the
tediousness that has made convalescence
as painful a period as the days of the
acute attack.
Two Murders.
A passenger coming in on the Caro
lina Central Railroad informed a Star
reporter . last night ot two murders
which occurred Christmas day in Robe
son county. One was near Moss Neck.
A White mannamed Marson Britt; shot
Jim Powell, colored, twice, ' killing
him instantly. Britt was rigged
up as a cponer and the shooting re
sulted from an old difficulty that oc
curred several years ago. . It was said
that no words passed between them this
time; that Britt rode up to Powell, dis
mounted and shot him down.
The other murder reported is, that
Lester Norment shot and killed a man
by the name of Robertson, near Alfords-
ville; both are white men. It is said it
resulted from whiskey drinking;
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
The
TJ. B. Cruisers ?San Francisco
and
i , Charleston ;En Bonte to Chili,
i
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
San Francisco, December 26. The
cruisers San Francisco, flagship of the
Pacific squadron,, with Reer Admiral
G-eo. Brown on board, put to sea from
this port this afternoon. It was stated
the cruiser might put into Monterey
bay for gun-practice, but the fact that
the cruiser has an unusually large quan
tity ot guns and ammunition aboard.
added . to the fact that a number of
sailors and marines left - here on the
Pacific Mail Company's steamer San
Jose, last Wednesday,' for Acapulco,
where, it is understood, they will be
drafted into the cruiser : Charleston's
crew when she arrives from Honolulu,
leads to the belief that the San Fran
cisco 13 on her. way to join the Charles
ton . at Acapulco, whence these vessels
win proceed to Chill, v "
At a soecial term of the Supreme
Court ot New York Judge Dykman rati
fied and confirmed, the finding of - the
jury, which CftrWedhesday last adjudged
lid ward M. field to be insane. His
wife, Clara L. Field, was appointed ' to
take charge of his person and estate.
- SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Raleigh - JVeivt and . Observer: yi
Grand Secretary Bain, of the Grand "
Lodge of Masons announces that the -
105th annual communication will assem
ble in Raleigh January 12th. , - Com- ;
missioner Godwin, of Tennessee, has
telegraphed;. Commissioner Robinson ' i
urging him to be present at the Conven-,-'
tion of Commissioners of Agriculture of
the Cotton States to be held in Memohis
January 8th. ; Commissioner Robinson
will probably be present; " -..
r Durham Snm Mrs. R. " A. Pat-
rish, relict of the late Col. D. C. Par
rish, died last night about 10.30 o'clock,
at the home of her son, Capt. E. T Par-
risn, on umard street. ? She was in her
74th year.- -G. W. Farrington was
before the Mayor this morning, .charged :
with obtaining H. C Jones' check from .
the Globe Warehouse under false pre- -tenses.
The amount was &16 and some
cents. He represented himself to 'be"
Jones, got the check and drew the
money on it. He was bound over to the
Superior Court in a bond of $200.
JNewbern lournah Mr. F. T.
Hard ison fin ished a bored well yesterday
ior. ut. jn. rj. atreet wmcn will supply
water for his two houses adjoining Cen
tenary M. E. Church.. The well Is 66
feet deep 16 feet being through solid
rock and ending in sand and gravel at
the bottom.from which source an abund
ance of. excellent water is-obtained.
These wells are coming more and more
into use and giving general satisfaction -as
the inteivening rock excludes all sur-'
face water and is an assurance of the
purity of that which the wells yield.
Charlotte News: James Mc
Carthy is a young white man who was
sometime ago convicted of robbing a
tQre2Jn Pineville and sentenced to
three yeara'on-the chain gang. His time
would have expired ""fifeiLmApril. Mc--
Carthy behaved exceedingly wCll ftnd. ,
was made a "trusty. lhree months
ago. a woman named Harrington. was
placed on the chain gang for an offence
against the laws. The "trusty" lost his
head on the woman and they planned a :
unristmas elopement. Last night Mc
Carthy unlocked the woman's cell and .
together they put out on their honey
moon, direction and destination un
known. - Raleigh -Chronicle : The Su
preme Court Wednesday adjourned for
the term. r Wagons loaded with cot
ton seed were here by the score yester
day, l he owners said they had disposed
of nearly all their . cotton. Auditor
Sanderlin says that there has this year
been remarkably little trouble with the
pension warrants, 5,000 in number, and
that not over half a dozen have been re-
turned.. A tall and old- white man .
named D. Gooch is in jail. He was
caught ydsterday at Mo-risville selling
moonshine whiskey, his barroom being
on wheels a buggy. . The whiskey thus
unlawfully vended was the worst kind.
Lrooch could not give $200 bond, so
went to jail.
Raleigh Chronicle : The Pull
man Palace Car Company have sent to
the State Treasurer the amount of the
tax assessed by the Railroad, Commis
sion upon their property in transit- in
North Carolina property worth $130,-
000. ' Contrary to the ruhngs of the
Railroad Commission on January 10th
on the Western North Carolina Rail
road a. rate on cotton was put into effect '
at a considerable increase over the rate
in effect for two years past, which in
crease would " have seriously" affected
shipments from Raleigh aad other points
over the road. On calling it to the at
tention of President A. B. Andrews, he
at once promised to have it corrected
and restore the old rate.
Chatham Record'. 'The revenue
officers made a raid in this county on
last Friday night and captured, about
three miles north of this place, twelve or
fifteen hundred gallons of "beer" which
was just ready to be made into blockade
whiskey. Chatham has lost an
other venerable and respected citizen in
thejleath of Rev. T. C. Moses, which oc
curred on last Sunday. He was about
erf years old and for some time had been
ha superanuated minister of the North
Carolina Conference. The many
friends of our former countryman. Dr.
W. A. Hayes, will regret to hear of his
death, which occurred on last Thursday
at Wilkesboro, to which place he had -
recently removed. He was about 72
years old, and was highly esteemed by
all who knew him.
Laurinburg Excliange: A week
ago last Sunday evening Frank Harllee,
colored, who was living on Mr. Hugh
L. McLaurin s farm, near McCall, S. C,
disappeared with his wife. Afterwards
Sunday night frank saw her son and
told him to tell Mr. McLaurin that his
wife had run away, and he was going to
look for her. Up to last Friday, neither
having been seen, Mr. McLaurin's sus
picions were aroused, and, with another
of his hands, he instituted a search, and
finally found her dead body . in Gum
Swamp, near the run of the swamp.
When found a coat and pair of pants
covered her body. , Under the coat was
a shawl tied around her head. The
shawl and bruises on her body indicated
that he first tied the shawl around her
head to" keep her from hollowing, then
tied her to a tree and beat her to death,
then loosed her from the tree, laid her
dead body down on the ground and left
it as it was found. What a foul-hearted
demon!' Frank hasn't been seen since.
Monroe Regester: The Hessian
fly is doing considerable damage to the
small grain in Lane's Creek township. .
Mr. f.. b. rlarkness, a well-known
magistrate ot Vance township, died on
Sunday night after a lingering illness -with
consumption. There is talk of
the organization of a new Building and
Loan Association in Monroe, with a
State charter. Mrs. Sarah A, Lem
mond, wife of Thomas . W. Lemmond,
departed this life at 2 o'clock a. m.
Tuesday. sShe had a severe attack of'
the grippe last March, and this ran into
consumption, resulting in her death.
On Monday night Mr.Tilero Wentz,
who lives on the public road nearConder
Stinson's gin, in Vance township, went
to a neighbor's house after some milk
for a sick child. As it was some distance
Mr. Wentz rode mule-back, and as he
was returning he met a man in the road
who deliberately- fired at him three
times with a revolver. One of the balls
struck the bottle containing -the' milk.
which he held in his hand against his
breast. This probably saved his life, as
the ball was on a line with his heart.- It
was very dark and Mr. Wenz conld not
tell who the man was.
Wadesboro 'Messenger-Intelli
gencer : Mr. Charlie Warner, aged about
27 years-, died at bis home in Cru Hedge s
township yesterday, of typhoid . fever.
Mr. Benjamin real, a prominent
citizen of Morven, was committed to
jail last Saturday for three days by W.
A. Fenntngton, J. f lor contempt ot
court. J - Mrs. Sallie Rathff, wife of
Mr. Wat Ratllff, died at her home in
"Gulledge's . township last- Monday, of
consumption. Mrs. Katlitf was. about
36 years old.-. Died, at- the resw
denceof Mr. A. G. Bruner, in this place,
on the 19th inst., Mr. I. JB. Wolfe, aged
about 80 years. : Mrs. Jane Sykes,
widow of the late Berry Sykes, died at
the residence of S. S. Shepherd, in this
place, on the 10th inst. Mrs. Sykes was
82 years old. .The new Methodist
church is being covered this week with
tin shingles. ' This building, when com-
nrleted, will be one of the handsomest
church edifices in the State, One
night last week a lamp was knocked
from a table at the residence ot Mr. in.
B. Stutts. who lives near Mangum, Rich
mond county, and broken. The oil ig
nited and Mr. Stutts, in hisv efforts to
extinguish the flames stepped on the
broken lamp and cut his foot almost off
he was in his bare feet, having retirea
before the accident. Mr. Stutts came
near bleeding to death, but the hemor
rhage was finally checked and ne is now
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