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FVSLISHBD AT - : ; WILMING TO N . N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 83S33383338883888 SHSg888g8g8gg tqiooM SI 83838888883888888 S8&?$3SSS$SSSS$28 pwW t 88888888888888888 88888888888888SSS tqjaoW 88888883282888888 Hiuoit X 88888Se?8888888888 82886882288888888 88888888888888888 u u - o. n S; s s s s s s s CO U s e o j jj o . Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, a Second Clan Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ' The subucription price of the Weekly Star Is as (Hows: Single Copy 1 year, postage paid .....Si 00 B ' 6 months " " 60 " ' month " " OV TOBACCO GROWING. There arc few plants growi and in common use about which there is generally as little known as about to-; b.ico.'-There are thousands of peo ple who smoke it, chew it, snuff it and take some of it in their whiskey without knowing it. who nevtrsaw a plant and couldn't tell one from a corn-italk or a side of sole leather if they siw it. It is one of the most pscu urs.' plants in the world, and' one of the most difficult tj treat from the time it sprouts in the plant-bed till it is manufactured and boxed, and even then it is not entirely safe for if not -wirll manufactured ana well packed it may be affected by the temperature, to which it is very sen si:ive, and be spoiled. As a barome ter a leaf of tobacco suspended in a room is a speedier detective of a change of tempeiature than the in struments designed for that purpose. Even among farmers, with the ex ception, perhaps, of the State of Kentucky, where tobacco is more generally cultiva'-d than in any other State, there are comparatively few who know anything about it, and yet is grown to a greater or less extent in fortv-two States and Territories, although the bulk of the crop is grown 'in fifteen States, all the others raising less than a million pounds. Of these fifteen it is a somewhat remarkable fact that only four are south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. These States produced as. follows in the year 1889, as re ported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture : J v Stages. . . r Pounds. Connecticut.,. '.'.... ...... 8.874.924 Illinois 3,024.936 Indiana ....... J , 7.710.297 Kentucky. . . J ..221.880,303 MiiJan l....;.. ......... 12.35rt.838 M ichust ttsTj . . .... . . . . . 2.794.84)1 M un .1 9 424.823 Nv Y rk..".. 9.316.135 Nonh aro'ina 36.375.258 " 37.853.563 28 956.247 ... . 36.368 395 ... ..... 48 523.655 2.603.021 ........ 19.389.166 Onio Pennsv Iva na. . 1 Tehnese. ...... Vision.. '. : . W s: Virmlaj VVi c :.sm ... 4 ..Kentucky id the champion weed grower, with 221.880,803 pounds out of the 488,255,81)6 reported for the whole country in 1889. Vfrgima comes next. Ohio third, with North Ciroli a and Tennessee following close af-.cr. r'hese five Slates raise tlire; fourths of the crop of the whole country. Kentucky raises the largest q lamitv, her tobacco being large and heavy, but the North Caro lina product, with the exception, pex Kapvof the Connecticut leaf, com mands tne highest price. The following figures of productln 1879 will show how the crop has in creased or decreased in these same States in the ten years between 1879 and 1889: . . States. ' . Pounds. Connecticut.... .. i 14 044,652 Illinois .....i 3.935,-25 Indiana !. ..... .. 8.872,842 Kentucky 171.120.784 Maryland .. l.. 26,083.147 Missouri ... ....;..,...... 12.015,657 New York ..... 6.481.431 North Carolina............ 29,986.213 Ohio ;v ...-34.735.235 Pennsylvania .......... 36.943.272 Tennessee . . . .j. 29.365.052 Virginia 78,988 868 Weil VirviniaJ.-: ........... 2.296.146 Wisconsin ...... , ...... 10,608.423 By reference to these lists it wil be seen that the crop has decreased in eight States and increased, in seven, the aggregate product being about the same, the increase in the seven States! being about sufficient to counterbalance the decrease in the others. . . '. ' ' Another remarkable feature about np inn ncrrv ic th4t mht a -Ka sumption of tobacco in some shape is becoming more general every year, and while the cultivation is carried on to a greater or less ex tent from the: Atlantic to the Pacific and from Maine to Texas, the ag gregate product has increased but little in thirty years, the crop of 1859 being but 54,000,000 pounds less than theicrop of 1860, although the population has doubled in that time. The following figures show the product of the leading tobacco States. ? Pounds. Connecticut..! 6.000.133 t a- ' 8.885.262 1 . -... 7.993.878 entucky . ....... . . . .. 108.126.840 Maryland 88.410.965 ;sacnusetts ...... 8.283.198 k1; 25.086,196 North r V-' 0 764.582 "orth Carolina .82.853,250 Tfnn.i r 0,101,080 VIST' 43.448.097 WJE &: 121.787.946 -gm 2,180.366 -:fi. VOL. XXIII. A comparison of these figures with those preceding will show that while some of these States have largely increased their product . in the sub sequent three decades, it greatly de creased in others, r notably Virginia, where it fell from 121.778,946 pounds in 1859 to 48,523,635 in 1889, arid io Tennessee, where it felLf rom 43,448, 097 pounds in 1859 to 36,368,395 in 1889. In North Carolina, al though the area ,-of cultivation which was'tben confined to less than a dozen counties, now embraces for ty counties or more, reaching pretty well from one end of the State to the other, the product has increased but a few million pounds, though it pays better now, when the culture and treatment are jvell understood, than any crop grown in the State. Another remarkable thing about it is that even in some of the States where large quantities of it are pro duced, its culture is confined to very limited areas, the culture being carried on sometimes in not more than one or two counties, but in these very extensively. Up to the time of the war, and for some years after it. the culture was confined in North Carolina to a very narrow belt, bor dering on Virginia. In Pennsyl vania nearly all the tobacco raised in the state " is - raised " in the county of Lancaster, and in New York, Massacusetts, Maryland, Wisconsin, Connecticut and other States, the culture is confined to very narrow limits. Kentucky, Vir ginia and North ' Carolina are the only States in which it might be call ed general. - Tobacco is what is called in this country a "money crop," and there is money in it if the right kind of tobacco is raised and its culture and treatment throughly understood, but for all that no people would ever get rich who placed their sole dependence upon tobacco, for while: it brings money to the planter it is a land robber, and will, in turn, un less good farming prevent it, make the richest land as sterile as a des ert. 1 For this reason, if for . no oth er, it should always be a subordinate crop on every farm. POLITICS IH IT. The question with Chili has now passed the domain of controversy and become a matter of history, and not altogether the most creditable history to those figuring promi nently in it as representatives of the United States. That Chili had cause to feel aggrieved at the particular in terest that Minister Egan took in Balmaceda.Vand in protecting his adherents atter the overthrow of the usurper, there is no doubt. Had not Minister Egan been,, as far as his position would permit him to be, a partisan of Balmaceda, he never would have carried the doctrine of the right of asylum as far as he did, I and if the administration had. not some hidden reason for keeping him where he is, it would not have approved of everything he did, and persist in keeping him in that country although it was well known in Washington that his pres ence was and is distasteful to the Government and people of that country. 1 he surprising thing about this is that Chili did not request his recall as soon as the new govern ment was established. r Personally Mr. Egan may be all right, but he committed the blunder soon after going to Chili of forming an intimacy with Balmaceda, and of continuing it until the latter sent a outlet through his own brain to es cape the vengeance of his enraged countrymen. . It is said that one of the results of this intimacy was valuable nitre concessions in which the Minister and his son had a large interest. Mr. Egari was appointed as a reward for political services, and was kept in his position because it was not cousidered good policy, from ,a political stand point, to recall htm. Although a resident of Nebraska for several years, he had not been a cit izen of the United States more than six months when he , was appointed Minister to Chili. As this Govern ment has endorsed his actions, and as Chili has, under apprehension of war, withdrawn her request for his recall, Mr. Harrison cannot very consist ently recall him, and yet in justice to Chili, and to this country he should be recalled, for it is treat ing that country with, a lack of proper consideration, if not con tempt to continue to force upon her and retain at her capital a mad for whose presence in a representative Capacity, she has a strong and an avowed aversion. It is not credita ble to this country to thrust upon another a man as Minister who is not acceptable, when ; the acceptable could be so easily found. Austria objected to Mr; Keeliy, appointed by Mr. Cleveland, for a very bigoted and foolish reason, Mr. Cleveland recognized Austria's right to object, but concluded as Austria was so very particular, to let the Austrian Mission remain vacant China objected to Mr.. Blair, and no body but Mr. Blair got mad at China about it, and .it didn't worry him very much for although he missed the chance, of seeing. a The Weekly - good deal of the world at the Gov ernment's expense, he continued to draw his salary as if .he had been in- jlustriously occupied in mastering the intricacies of the "chop-stick over in China. In the appointment and the retaining" of. Egan Secretary Blaine is about as deep in the mire as Mr. Harrison isl o -- - : There' was politics in this, and there has been politics in this whole business as it has been understood by the Administration and nowhere more strikingly than in that : "de layed" message I which,' if it had been delayed one - day longer. would haveliad the vitality sniffed clean out of it, and a ; care fully prepared and elaborately constructed i campaign document would have been teetotally spoiled without ; he slightest show of getting in anything like it before the 7th of next June, when the clans gather at Minneapolis to nominate their can didate for the Presidency. It was too good an ' opportunity to miss to to get off some grandiloquent bun combe and pose as the champion and defender ot Americans' rights and American honor,1 especially in a case where there were 65,000,000 of people on one side and less than 3,000,000 on the other. But that document sounded as loud and read as emphatic as if it was hurled at a country with 30,000,000 and a re spectable navy if not more so. Had there been less politics, less bullying and less pretence in the stages that preceded the outcome of this controversy there might have been less of humiliation to Chili and quite as much of honor to this country. : '' . MINOR ME1TTI05. Mr. Blaine's friends do not pro pose to let Mr. Harrison make much capital out of the Chilian business if they can prevent it. They are now claiming, and perhaps with some truth, that the satisfactory termina tion of that controversy is due to Mr. Blaine's clever diplomacy. It is also said that Mr. Blaine, whose de sire was always for peace on honora ble terms, did all he could to re strain the President and prevent him from precipitating a crisis which would have resulted in war. There is no doubt that Mr. Blaine played his cards very cleverly, and that while be was not heard from as otten as Mr. Harrison, who managed to get in a couple of mes sages on that subject, be kept his eye on the gentleman in the White House and managed in an adroit way to let the country know that he, too, had a hand in' that affair. It s somewhat noteworthy, also, in this connection, that about the time Mr. Harrison was getting in his "delayed" message, Senator Hale, a particular friend of Mr. Blaine, introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for all the correspondence, with the re sults, that had taken place between this country and other countries on the subject of reciprocity, the signifi cance of which is due to the fact that the Republicans are going to play reciprocity as one of their big cardsln the next campaign. In discussing the question ot pro duction of crops in the United States we have contended that under good culture the average, product could be doubled, or more. As an illustra tion of this we note the fact that the average yield of corn per acre in the .New England States, where the soil as a general thing is poor, is greater than in any other section of the. country. Massachusetts is reported for last year at 40 bushels, Maine at 38, Vermont at a fraction less . than 38, and New Hampshire the poorest ot all of them at 35, which was ex ceeded by only two States in the West, Nebraska and Iowa. The average yield for the whole country per acre last year was 26 bushels, from which. ;t will be seen that the New England . States, poor as they are in soil, are far ahead. They also lead in the production of Irish pota toes, per acre, Maine leading all the States. Massachusetts and Connec ticut are credited with more than twice as much "tobacco per acre as any of the Southern States. This is simply the result of cultivating a smaller acreage and doing , the work of cultivation better. : . With ""the in tensified system of farming, the pre sent crops of the United States, and more, could be raised on one-half the acreage. ' - ' ' Th Oyster Outlook.,, j " The development of the oyster trade in the South, is attracting general atten tion. Twentv-nine le ises ' recentlv granted the Oemler Oyster Company cives them the control of 836 acres of oyster lands. Of this amount about 200 acres are breeding and ' propagating ground and the remainder is planting firround. On the 200 acres Dr.. Oemler estimates that there can be propagated ovsters that will produce annually, when grown, 800.000 bushels,: equivalent to about 4.000.000 cans.' The lands last granted 4.he company are mostly, in fact nearly all, in shallow water, and. are specially adapted for "propagating pur poses. From present indication Ons low county will be in the lead in the production of oysters. - , y-:: - ; ; Mr. A. H. Alderman, of Dur ham, was in the city yesterday. ? WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Meeting of the New Hanover Association Resolutions on.' the Death, of Major T. p.. Iiove and den. Bobs. Ransom. The New Hanover County Confeder ate Veterans Association met last night at the County Court House, iq- parsu? ance to the call issued yesterday. Capt. O. A. Wiggins. First Vice Commandant, was in the chair, and Mr. Wm. Blanks, secretary; , ; ' ,. ..' - Mr. Blanks read the following resolu tions in reference to the death of Maj. T. D. Love, late Commander of the New Hanover Association, which were adopted unanimously:, i - Whereas, An Omnipotent Power has seen proper to remove from us our esteemed friend and commander, Maj. T. D. Love, in the midst of bis useful ness Id our organization; Therefore be it Resolved, ist. That in the death of - this Christian soldier and gentleman our organization of- Confed erate Veterans has sustained a loss which is great indeed. Modest, unas suming, claiming nothing but the simple privilege of carrying out the objects of our Association, which are principally to alleviate the sufferings of those' poor - maimecL veterans .who ; stakeo their all in their country's cause, and are now in the Veteran s Home at Raleigh. V In alL. his business transac tions he-always found time to solicit benevolence, to perform a genei ous act for. and sing the praise of those who shared war with him. Resolved second. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family ot the deceased, and a memorial page be made upon our books in acknowledgment of the services of a brave soldier and good citizen, i O. A. Wiggins. Capt. Co. E. 37th N. C. T. Chas L. Cowles, Capt. Co. B, 51st N. C. T. Wm. Blanks. Serg't Co. 1, 18th N. C. T. ,i Committee. Col. E.i D. Hall then offered and read the following resolutions in relation to the death of Gen. Robert Ransom, which were also adopted unanimously Robert Ransom is dead. The brave, chivnlric-soldier. the high-toned. Chris tian gentleman, the true man in all the relations of life and in every position in life which be was called upon to fill, has finished his course, and now rests from his labors. . It is very meet and proper that we who have known him long, and known him well, should give expression, how ever feeble it may be to the feelings of sadness with which we are oppressed, nd lay, it matters not how small the tribute, a simple wreath of immortelles upon bis new made grave. Therefore be it Resolved, That this Association has heard with feelings of the most profound sorrow of the recent death of their com panion in arms, and late President of the State Association, Maj. Gen. Robert Kansom.j We mourn his demise as a personal I loss to each member of this Association, for he was greatly endeared to us by his many high qualities of head and heart. A truer " man we have sel dom known, for he was true to bis friends, to his kinsfolk, to himself, and above all true to his God. ' As a soldier he illustrated his ability and gallantry on many a bloody field ; as a citizen be gained the respect and esteem of all with whom be came in contact, by the urbanity and courtesy ot his manners and in the sanctity of his home he was the tender iather. the wise counsellor, the devoted husband. The death of such a man is a loss not only to the society in which he lived, but to the State at large. tor it leaves a vacuum very difficult to fill; but to this Association it is a per sonal bereavement, for we mourn the loss of a brother who was bound to us by the closest ties of affection 'and esteem. Resolved. That these resolutions be spread upon the records of our Associa tion, and that a copy be sent to the f air ily of our departed friend, with the ex pression of our deep sympathy in their sad bereavement. Col. E. D. Hall. 46.h N. C. T. Col. Wm LI DeRosset. 3rd N. C. T. Lr. T. A. Shepard, Co. G, 18th N. C. T. ' - Committee. Col. Hall spoke feelingly and at length in eulogy of Gen. Ransom, and at the conclusion of his remarks, there being no further business, the meeting adjourned." . FIRES ON COTTON SHIPS. (Suggestions teat May Imad to tne Eluci dation of tbe Mystery. The subject ot fires in cotton cargoes continues to be a matter of absorbing interest to English. ship owners and others interested. The February num ber of the North American Review con tains an article from Earl De La Warr. in wnicn ne treats oi tne matter; but the J New York Maritime Regis ter, commenting upon the article. says ' it gives no help upon the main point the cause of fires in cotton-laden ships. "Underwriter, ship owner and merchant have endeavored to ascertain the causes of the origin of cotton fires, and have adopted means to prevent or lessen them, but there still remains a mystery about them that they have not solved. From"the very nature ot the case it seems impossible for them to go any further." Earl De La Warr com pares the number of fires in American cotton and Indian-Egyptian cotton car goes, and infers that as the percentage is so much greater in the former the cause of fires may possibly be found in the in ferior system of packing and stowing of cotton iriAmenca, but no proof has been given and apparently no effort has been made to arrive at any true or valu able information in this direction.: ' The remarkable immunity from fire in cotton cargoes on vessels leaping the port of Wilmington, N- C, it seems, would, ere this, have attracted the at tention of these seekers after know ledge and led them to inquire into the reason therefor. Such an object lesson as - they . could " get - here 7 would probably lead to a solution of the mystery surrounding fires that have occurred on vessels leaving other ports. Here, the greatest safeguards are thrown around the cotton and; the ships. Not only is smoking prohibited on board the vessels at the wharves and among the men at work in the compresses, but no person is allowed to smoke on the streets Within one hundred yards of the build ings or wharves.1 But this is not all. At the Champion - Compress, where the great bulk of the cotton received here is handled, the marking ink used-is manu factu'red of dyestuffs' mixed with" water, and herein, perhaps, lies, a solution Of the trouble that has baffled scientists. underwriters -and cotton men.--It- is Well known that in most places in the South rwhere cotton is handled -at the gins, in country towns, and at" the sea- board-r-the marking ink, in general use is common lampblack mixed with 'oil. Herein lies the danger, ' Any chemist and ;j almost every practical- painter knows that common lampblack saturated with an oxidizing oil and subjected to a temperature of 100 degrees or more, is liable to take fire spontaneously, and it is not at all unlikely that exactly these conditions may be found in many cotton cargoes loaded at-other ports thanWil- mtngton. . ". . " A WONDERFUL GUN. The Innooent Looking Machine on the - :, . Revenue Steamer Colfax. The six-pounder Hotch kiss" rapid- fire gun, mounted on the forecastle of tbe revenue steamer Colfax, is an object of. great curiosity to - many persons. One man, whose observation of it -' was taSeni from the wharf, was willing to swear that it was a telescope, for he bad "seen, persons looking through tt, j ; and another was equally posi tive that it was a gun with which the oQtk.'Crsijf the steamer amused themselves in killing ducks on the river, But even to those who have exam ined it closely this new gun . is some thing wonderlul. It is a rifled piece of ordnance, with a diameter of 2.97-100 inches, nearly ten feet in length, and weighs about ,1,800 pounds. It fires a steel shell weighing six pounds or a case shot, thirty rounds a minute, and is effective at three miles with a charge of 1.15 ounces, of powder. Four men are required to work it; two to load, one to sight, and one to pull the pistol trigger that fires the piece. It is a breech-loader of course, arid automati cally ejects the cartridge shell after each discharge. ; From published statements of tests made with the Hotchkiss, shown to a Star reporter.: on a recent visit to the Colfax, it was learned that in the ex periments the best results obtained were at 300 yards range, with shell fired at a two-inch steel . plate worked on a one- inch steel plate; eight feet in front of a three-quarter inch plate. This target was completely1' pierced, the shell ex ploding after it went through. aw Don't Cry Dull Times." Under the above caption the Augusta Chronich r refers as follows to the habit now so prevalent throughout the South: It is usually conceded that this year is a hard one in tbe South.and a man stands in little danger of getting up an argu ment by the assertion that business is dull and money is hard to get. But this is no reason why the assertion should be continuously made. Give the friends vou meet credit for some powers of perception. It they know times are hard their burden is not lightened by your low-spirited assurances. If they have not yet found it out then don't thrust the unhappy truth upon then. A year or so ago we were all preaching the wonderful resources of the South, and the splendid advantages ottered for the remunerative investment of capital. If what we said was true then, and who shall deny it, it is true to-day. Then let us continue on that line. which is much moe entertaining and encouraging than harping on hard times. II the bouth only needed more capital to aid in her: work of development a year ago. we need it more than ever . now. But crying bard times will not attract it. Capital is timid, and will not seek investment in a section where the people are disheartened, and give up be cause of a single bad crop year. Instead of pining over the present, let us braveiy assert our faith in the future, and let us prove jit by our works. Let us snow to tne. prosperous people ot other sections that we can triumph over adversity and are resolute in the hour of trial, and they wilt feel like risking their fortunes among us and helping us to triumph. If we quail before tribula tion capital will not venture here. The Next Cotton Crop. There is one thing that is bound to diminish the next cotton crop, both as to acreage and production. That is the tremendous falling off in the sales of fertilizers. There are many persons who estimate the total output this sea son at only 25 per cent, of that of last year; while the most sanguine dealers and manufacturers consider 40 to 50 per cent, an excessive estimate. There are tens of thousands of acres of cotton land in the South that are not worth cultivating, and that will not be culti vated, without the use of fertilizers, and there are tens of thousands more that will be cultivated wiihout fertilizers, on which the yield of cotton will be far be low the average on account of the ab sence of the us"ual stimulants. This enormous decrease in the sales of com mercial fertilizers is a "pointer" that will have a marked influence on the future of prices.! . The New Bank. . - - : A member of the committee ap pointed to solicit subscriptions for the proposed new bank informed a Star re porter yesterday that a sufficient sum had already been subscribed to guaran tee the success of the movement.. It would be established, he said, even if the capital stock did not exceed $100. 000 (already subscribed), but he expected the amount to be much larger soon after books - of . subscription were formally opened. The Last Day. . The open season for deer closes to day. : 'Squire Wagner, the "Deerslayer1 of Masonboro, says fewer deer have been killed in this section during the present season than usual. This has not resulted from a scarcity of "ame, however, but because there has been less hunting, This would seem to indicate a fine crop" for next season provided all hunters will hang up their deer guns un til next September. . Death of Mrs. Cannichael. The whole community of Wilmington will' sympathize with Dr. Carmichael, of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in the' sad affliction t hat v has fallen ' upon him in the death of bis wife. Mrs. Mary. Carmichael, which occurred last night at 10. t o'clock, from pneumonia. The funeral is announced to take place to morrow, from the hospital, at- 2.30 -O'clOCkr rC-ii?.' Star 1892. 'l RAILROAD NOTES.- Tie South i With timber so plen tiful as it continues to be in large sec tions of the country, with the contrasted high, price ofsteel. and with "railroads compelled to economy by rate legisla tion, the prospect for anything like a : general adoption of steel in place of wooden ties is remoter "Nevertheless, when something approaching a reversal ; of these conditions comes, as it doubt? i - M less . will, we may reasonably expect to see steel ties as universal as steel rails. The principal, advantage -hitherto claimed for the metal tie has been its durability and ultimate economy, find these advantages, with others, are f ully brought out by the steel ties that have been experimented with. A portion of the Long Island Railroad is laid with them, and the ease and' sihootbness of motion is described as 'something re markable. There is a great diminution of noise, and .also ' of the oscillation ot the Cars.' It stands to reason, therefore, that, the wear and tear upon the rails and: upon the rolling stock must be greatly diminished, and the safety cf travel increased.. ' The 76 .railway companies report- ; ing to the Michigan, railroad commis- . sioner, operating 14,692 miles in that and , other States" during the last fiscal yeai enumerate 86tf accidents, an in crease of 297, the number of persons killed being 232, n increase of 54. Of the j killed 7 were passengers, 75 em ployes and 150 others, while of the in jured 53 were passengers, 491 employes and 93 others. Of the total number ot casualties 237 were reported as clearly accidental, - and 632 -as resulting from negligence or lack of cam ton, Tres- j passers or tramps to the number of 140 werekilled or injured, and S3r persons were injured as the result of intoxica tion; The employes i killed or injured were as follows: Baggagemen, 4. brake men, 247. conductors, 85; engineers, 19; firemen. 21; laborers, 8"; shopmen, 14; yardmen, 107; unclassified. 69; total, 588. COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. Charlotte Chronicle : The present disastrous price of cotton is due almost as much to the methods oL business employed by the merchants as to the farmers. Many merchants are credit ing farmers, though liens and mort gages and ( have required them to raise cotton to ' meet their obligations, be cause cotton - is always a ready money crop. The system of credit as carried on by mortgages-and the use of fertili zers has worked untold barm to both farmers and merchants, and if anything the merchants are in a worse condition than the farmers. More than fifty per cent, of them are at the mercy of their Northern creditors and the reform in agriculture and business must be brought about by the concerted action of both, j A correspondent of the News and Courier writes as follows in favor ot substituting broom corn for cotton: Your editorial on broom corn meets with my appreciation.. The Agricul-i tural Department neglected to state! that Texas is producing broom corn of a very superior quality, since it got the blue ribbon at Boston. Broom corn; doe? notf need a deep soil. It is very simple of cultivation and will command the present price of upland cotton per pound. You will thus see that it is a profitable crop, since the expense of culi tivation is much less. Orange, Judd & Co., ot New York, publish a book, price 50 cms, that fully c wers the subject and also the making of brooms. j N. Y. Bulletin: How far the in crease :n tne receipts may be accepted by the Statisticians as a basis for an other change in cr'-p guesses and sug gestions i cannot just now be demon-, strated. but they have undoubtedly dis gusted a great many who bought when the; movement was running light, and they are now letting ' go in many cases at quite a loss. The advices from abroad are also again referred to as a factor of much weight with many operators, who, while claiming nothing as really alarm ing, consider their information as sig nificant of a want of strength in' Liver pool sufficient to take care of the posi tion, except upon a much more solid support than anything at present pre sented, and among the weak features is the low rate of silver. s -!- Extract from a letter of A. B.Shep- person in the Augusta Chronicle: "This further decline emphasizes the absolute necessity of concerted action by the planters and merchants of the South to bring about a reduction of the acreage of the next cotton crop. In the present condition of affairs tbe mere prospect of another large cotton crop would force the price of cotton so low as to bring disaster, not only to planters and fac tors, but to every interest ot the South. ; In my. humble opinion the necessity of the hour is to present to the world some really tangible evidence of concerted and positive action which wil give the . certain assurance of a re duced acreage -sufficient, with ordinary seasons, to limit the next crop to 7,000, 000 or (7,250,000 bales. A" 10 per cent, curtailment of, acreage will bring about this result, ... 4 : I "The planters should understand that a crop of 7,200,000 bales for next season will sell for as much money as a crop of 8,000,000 bales, as the reduction of 10 per cent, in the Yield will certainly cause an advance of 10 per cent., and prob- -ui. . ....u u : I auiy very iuui,u iuuici iu 111c pnc j Boston Commercial Bulletin : j A few years ago all but a few of. the cotton mills of the South were too small and tod isolated for economical working and they had as much as. they could do to supDly the neighborhood demand. Their operatives were, as a rule, unskilled they had not vet systemized their busi ness. ; It is quite different to-day, in fact it is so dinerent that Worthern mills are affected. The advantages which the Southern mills have over the Northern mills are pretty well understood. Prob ably the chief one is close proximity to tbe cotton nelds. in regard to neip, they secure the services of the Southern mill operative rat a lower compensa tion than that paid by the New England- mills. Of course the salaries, paid the overseers are comparatively higher, but the wages of the common cotton mill employes of the South' is less than that of our own mills. - It is for the interest of the Southern railroads to increase tbe cotton manufacturing industry at that oointr consequently very? favorable freight rates are given to the Southern mill, so as to encourage others to locate. The South is not slow to take advantage of these various inducements and numer ous advantages, and the ratio of increase of mills is larger than in tne JNew .ng land States. It is true' that the South is limited to making coarse goods, but it is producing great quantities 01 them. r NO. 12 : 2. ANOTHER MESSAGE. : The President Congratulates" Himself and the People . On the Favorable Turn Chilian AJ&irs'Have Taken. ' Br Telegraph to the Morning Stat y-r Washington, D. C, Jan. 28, The following is the President's mes sage, transmitting additional Chilian correspondence: - . -.' To the Senate and ffouse of Representa tives : -;-. i ,- - V ' I transmit herewith additional corre spondence between this Government and the Government of Chili, consisting of the note of Mr. Montt, Chilian Minis ter at this Capital, to Mr. Blaine, dated January 23rd ; the reply ol Mr. Blaine theretopf date January 27th, and a dis- atch trom Mr. fc-gan. our Minister at iantiago. transmitting the resDonse of Mr. Pereira Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the note of Mr. Blaine, of January 21st. which was received by me on the 26th inst. The note of Mr. Montt to Mr. Blame, though dated January 23rd, was not delivered at the State De partment until after '12 o'clock meri dian of 25th. and was not translated and its receipt notified to me until late in the afternoon ot that day. -' :. .1 he response ot Mr.f ereira to our note of 21st, withdraws, with acceptable expressions of regret, the offensive note of Mr. Matta, of the 11th ult.. and also requests for. the recall of Mr. Egan. The treatment of the incident of assault upon the sailors ot the Baltimore is eo conciliatory and friendly, that I am of opinion that there is a good ' prospect that the differences growing - out of that serious attair can now be adjusted upon termy satisfactory to this government by usual methods, and without special powers from Congress. : This turn in the affair is very gratify ing to me, as I am sure it will be to Congress and to our people. The gen eral support of tbe efforts of the Execu tive to enforce the just right of the na tion in tbis matter, bas given an instruc tive and useful illustration ot tbe unity and patriotism of our people. Should it be necessary, I. will again communi cate with Congress upon the subject. " . (.signed.) tJEKJ. HARRISON, Washington. D. C., Jan. 28, 2892. A STRANGE CASE; Alioe MitcheU. Who Killed Her Oirl Friend Frida Ward, t Mem phis, Saya She Did It Because She Loxed Her. " . . ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis. Tenn., Jan. 28. Alice Mitchell, who Cut the throat of her girl friend, and Lillie Johnson, spent last night together in their room in jail. The father of Lillie also remained in the office of the jail. He is fearful that Alice will do his daughter some bodily harm and this fear is shared by his family.; All efforts to inter view Miss Mitchell have failed, but this morning a reporter learned from good authority what passed between her and her counsel. On other subjects she seemed to be perfectly rational, and did not realize tbe enormity of the deed. I killed Frida," said she. "because I loved her and she refused to marry me. I asked her to marrv me three times, and atlast she consented. We were going to marry here and go to St. Louis." What did vou intend to do in St. Louis?" asked one of her attornevs. Oh, I don't know; but when Frida Fromised to marry me. I was so happy sent her an engagement ring and she wore it for a time ; but it was returned to me and I was miserable. I could not bear r to he separated from her and I resolved to kill her. I would rather she was dead than away from me." The girl then ; asked one of the lawyers where Frida was. She was told that the body was at Steinley & Hinton's. Oh. mamma,' she said, "if I could only see ner. ; Please let me eo to see her. If I could only lie down by her side I would be so. happv;'' When permis sion was refused .she broke into a torrent ot tears, not for having killed Frida but for tbe separation. The leters that she wrote to Frida are full of the most endearing terms, and go to show that the girl eagerly looked for ward to tbe time when she could make Frida her wife. Strange to say from what can be learned, Frida herself seemed to be infatuated with Alice, and willingly assented to the pro posed marriage. The time .had been arranged, and the affair -was to have been in the nature of an elopement. She does not fear the confinement in jail, but regards it as a school girl would a slight punishment. On other subjectsshe talks rationally, as she does on the killing, but for the peculiar views she entertains of the proposed marriage ' THE MEMPHIS TRAGhDY. Both Miss Mitchell and Her Companion Indicted for the Murder of Miss Ward. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis. Tenn., (January 80. The grand jury this afternoon handed in its decision in the - Ward-Mitchell murder case. : The result ot the deliberation is that both of the girls , are indicted, and the charges set . opposite their names will read as follows: ''Murder in the first degree." There are two counts one charging that the . accused mur dered Freda, alias Frederica Ward, with a razor, and another, with an instrument unknown to the grand jury. The ob ject of presenting two counts is to guard against the possibility of the defense showing that the. cutting was done with some instrument other than a razor. It may be stated that the razor used by Miss Mitchell has not yet been found. The routine life of the young girls at the jail remains unchanged. No one except members of their families is al lowed to see them, and nothing new has developed in this most remarkable and deplorable affair. v KILLED HIMSELF. Jacob Sornberne Shoots His Cousin and Then Commits Snlcide. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Jan. 30. Julius Sorn bernewine merchant of 07 Broad street, had a cousin named Jacob . Sornberne, who was a pensioner on his wealthy relative's bounty. -: To-dav Jacob called on Julius at the latter's office and de manden money. Julius refused. Jacob shouted "I will kill you if you tion t. and drew1 a pistol to make good his threat without further words. Julius received two slight flesh wounds as he turned and ran. 1 Jacob then stepped to the sidewalk, and fired two bullets into his own head and. fell dead. " GIVES GREAT1 SATISFACTION. The United States' Acceptance of Chill's , i ;"! Reply to the Ultimatum. Byv Telegraph to the Morning Star. , Valparaiso, via Galveston, Jan. 80. The United States acceptance of Chili's renlvtO the ultimatum has given great satisfaction here. ' Exchange has risen one-and-half per cent.. ; , SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Concord Standard: Jesse Ham ilton, tne iv year oia cierg oi tne . jonn- son drug store; wejghs 266 pound. . v ; , , Durham Sun: Mr. James Bryan, father of Mrs. V. Ballard and Mrs. Geo. Lougee, died last night at 10.30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Ballard, aged 88 years. San ford Express: We learn that Deep river, after the rams of last week, was higher, than in any former low ground freshet for . many years. - The -water.at Lockville was five or six inches -higher than it bas been in twenty years. Stanly News: Rev. Wm. John son, colored, who was charged with stealing wheat and was sentenced to two yeais service in State prison, has abided his time, and is here plying the pick and drill. Johnson; who has changed several times to suit his congregations, from Baptist to Methodist , and vice versa, will still preach sinners to repentence, he says, and his two years service, ap parently it has not disabled him of his zeal. :.,-, '' . '." V Oxford Day: , A young colored man, who gave his name as Henderson Jones, and said he hailed from Raleigh, was before 'Squire .S.-V. Ellis this morn ing. A half dozen warrants for larceny l i : j - a i -e i . i . uau uccu issucu. n. uig 101 oi doming and other things were piled in the court rouui ovcituai, suns, ureases, under wear, two razors, a pistol and a cakeT These articles were lound in Jones' possession, bundled up in his room in John .Green's boarding house. . He acknowledged that they did not belong to him, and confessed that he had stolen ' them. ', . -: Shelby Review: Tom Mitcham. colored, was arrested near town Mon- day by Capt. B. E. Hamrick and jailed under"a charge of burglary. The crime was committed near Oaver,., S. C, on Sunday night. January 17th. ' -Rlch- ard Moss died near Grover Monday from tbe effects of grip at the great age 109 years, "There is no record of his birth, but from the old man's recollec tion of historical events, and from the testimony of Old men who have known him all their lives, there is no doubt that he was. as he claimed to be, 109 ! years of age. - Gastonia Gazette : Joe Walker, a colored man well known here, is now in Shelby : jail for stealing money and leather from Messrs. Cansler & Rhyne's lactory .at King's Mountain. Old man Andrew Fullenwider; colored, of Dallas, walked over to "Gastony" last Thursday. He, is about 100 years old. He claims to be 107 according to the histories, as he can "subscribe" things that happened way back in the "history. He is the father of twenty-seven child, ren and he don't know how many grand children. -Andrew is living "alone by himself and has been since his wife de ceased sixteen years . ago." ' He is sprightly tor one so young. Rockingham Rocket : A plan is now on foot for the erection of a new cotton factory for Rockingham. If this one is established it will make six that have Rockingham for their distributing and receiving point. An accident occurred on the C F. & Y. V. Railroad at John's Station last Tuesday morning. A switch was left open, and the. mail from Bennettsville run into it, smashing up some flats and damaging the engine. No one was hurt. It is now inti mated that Hamlet may yet grow up into a great health and winter resort. A New Englander has recently made some purchases there and it is thought that a colony similar to that located at South ern Pines will be the result. Statesville Landmark: Mrs. Susan Summers died at her home in Turnersburg township Tuesday morn ing, 26th mst. Had she lived until the 10th of April next, she would have been dissolute white women by tbe name of shoemaker, who live near town, were put in jail on the charge of receiving and concealing , stolen goods. That night they set fire to the wooden sill to the window of their cell, with the view of loosening the bars and effecting their escape, iand the sill being of heart pine burned readily. The smoke was so dense as to have nearly stifled them and they screamed lustily until Mr. Joyner. thejailor, appeared, and learning the cause of the uproar, extinguished the fire nefore anv crreat amount of riamace j Cf f" had been done. Monroe Register: A two-year- old child of Mary Barret, colored, who lives near tbe A. M. E. Z. Church, was severely burned on Tuesday afternoon. It was lelt in the bouse alone and it is supposed that its clothing caught on fire, 1 here is no doubt one thing there will be a considerable reduction in the acreage of cotton in this county tbis year. A number of farmers have told us that they did not intend to plant any at all. There is a general feeling in favor of a reduction in the acreage. A gentleman from the neighborhood of Waxbaw tells us a fatal : malady has attacked' cattle in that section, and a number; have died. They are taken with jerking spells and in about: three hours are dead. JNobody in the neign hood bas ever seen anything . like it be fore. .' j ' ,.,: Charlotte News: Three prison- ers-i-Leiroy Gray, Jim Tood and John Kiser broke jail in Cabarrus county on Thursday night. They cut through the iron grating to their cell, then lowered themselves to the ground below. Gray and Tood are the Rowan cotton thieves. Si Blair; the man who is charged with writing threatening letters to Mr. Long, of Clear Creek township, this county, declined to leave tbe jail with the. other prisoners. Mr. William Sample, a well known citizen of Mecklenburg county, died at his home in bbaron township, last mgbt, frotrrparalysis. Mr. Sample was 68 years ot age and was highly esteemed throughout the county. -About 8 o clock last nignt a young man who was charged with having in sulted & lady on the streets, was pounced upon by two friends of the young laoy, Harry Smith and E. McGinnis, and se verely beaten, The affray occurred near the Charlotte Hotel. The offender was knocked down and pummeled and the blood was dripping from his face and head as he confronted his assailants be fore the Mayor, in the: office of the Chief oil Police. After hearing the cir cumstances of the case. Mayor Brevard fined the assaulted party $5, and his as sailants $1 each. , j Raleigh ' Chronicle: . Mr. Geo. W. Scarborough died night before last at his home at Eagle Rock, this county, at the age of 83, He was the uncle of Mr. lohn C Scarborough, and was an esteemed citizen. The once fa miliar sight of the baggage of the negro "exodusters" at the depot , was brought to mind! again yesterday1 by a big pile of boxes! at that place. Ten exodusters were here on their s way " from Franklin county to Southern Mississippi. The . bondsmen of . ex-Sheriff Rowan Rogers have made good all bis shortage. It appears that some of the bondsmen have not paid their proportion and that those who have paid will force the de linquents to do their share;" The short age ' approximated 110,000. The railway people do not think that 1893 will be a prosperous year for their busi ness. : They think less commercial fer tilizers will be handled and also less cotton. -Of course tbe larger the amounts of meat and grain raised by the farmers the'less 1 hauling the railways get. At the Shaw University, colored, there are enrolled over 400 students. Rev. Dr. Tupper says over 800 are In the ag ricultural and mechanical course; sixty one are studying medicine, forty theo logy, eleven law and eleven pharmacy. Of the medical and theological students some are from each of the States in the South arid several foreign countries have representatives. 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