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Of course he spoke from a Southern standpoint, and substantially tolJ his New England hearers that if they permitted themselves to believe that the people of other sections were a capable of self government as they were, and as capable of conducting their own affairs with justice to thr white man arid the black man, and a majority of the people in the North got to thinking that way and acting, upon it they would find that the South em people would easily settle these problems, which seem to give so much trouble and about which some peo ple in the North seem to be so much concerned. j I In this utterance" Mr. Breckinridge acted upon-the assumption- that the people of that section were really in terested in these problems, and that they were solicitous about the pres ent condition and the future pros pects of the colored race, which was a generous assumption upon his part, but is really without founda tion. The people of the North as a whole do , not care the flip of a copper for the present or the future of, the negro, about whom they know little and care less. ' There was a wide spread and deep-seated sentiment against the institution of slavery, a sentiment which was fostered and strengthened by teaching and preaching from many of the pulpits, from the rostrum and the press, but j when slavery was abolished, and the slave passed from sight interest was lost in the negro. Every ; movement which, has been made in j his behalf since his emancipation has been Inspired by politics, and all the' agitation of questions in which the ' negro figures as a chief subject has been started and kept up by politi . cian. . .- There are benevolent men in the r North who take a friendly interest in the welfare of that race, who have sent educators, amongst them and have donated money liberally for the establishment of schools for their ed ucation, but these are few and far be tween. They are entitled to credit for this, and the fact that there are so few of them amongst the many who profess interest makes it the more creditable. The South, not withstanding the bard struggle she has had to rise from the ashes ot war, and the Radical devastation and plun der that characterized the ever mem orable and, in the language of Senator Vance, "the ever damnable" era of reconstruction, has done more to ed ucate, to promote the .temporal arid spiritual welfare of the negro race than the North with all her millions ever did or ever will do, and the negro to day, with all the alleged proscription against him, is better off in the South than he is in any other part of the Republic, has a fairer show in the struggle, of life, enjoys mote personal freedom, and has a more promising future than he has anywhere north of the Potomac or Ohio rrvers. If it had not been for the fact that he has been used ever since his en f ranchisement as a tool by designing politicians, he would be much better off than he is, for it there has been any estrangement between him and the menwho were his"3nasters, it has been caused' by this, by the mischievous teachings of his self-constituted " leaders, and the consequent demoralization. 'The negro was taught to look upon his old master as bis enemy, and made to believe that the only way - to maintain his newly acquired free dom, and at the same time show his gratitude to the Government and the party which gave it to him, was to get away as far as possible political ly from his old master, and to stay away from him. He is taught that as studiously, as persistently and as urgently to-day as he was twenty nvo years ago, and that is why we still have what is called the "race problem." If the Conspirators who trampled the Constitution of the United States under their feet to make the ex-slave a voter and an ally of the- Republi can party with the hope of thus being enabled to politically hold control 6l tne bouth, had been motfevof patriots and less of partisans, and left that VOL. XXIII: q'u'estioriv to Uhe people who ; were most vitally concerned in it, there never would fiaye been' any race problem, and if their successor? de sisted from their partisan - devilment now, there would be no race problem now. . Whatever of a problem there may be, it has not "been made by the white people of the South nor by the colored people of the South, who get along very well '. together when there is V: no outside .interfer ence : by the : scheming Repub lican ? politicians F of 4 the North, who started it and do their utmost to J keep it 7 alive for , their own gain. With their -hands off, a&.Mr. Breck inridge said, this problem would be1 very easily settled and settled to the mutual benefit of both races. In spite of the meddling of politicians on- the other side ot tne line tne South has managed it so far and will continue to manage it until it ceases tobe a threatening or a vexing prob lem. And in this the white people ot the South will eventually have the co-operation of the best element of the colored race, who are beginning to seer through the trickery of the Tjoliticuns and "' the byprocrisy of their - professed . champions on the other side of the line. ' PAYDJO FOS FRANCHISES. Gov. Flower, of New York, is a practical sort of a man . and has struck on an idea which, if followed up and carried out as tar as it might be, would throw . a good deal of money into State and city treasuries and make taxation for the support of the State and city governments very light, if it did not abolish it alto gether. , He holds that corporations receiving valuable franchises from a State or city should be required to pay to the State or city granting the franchise a . certain percentage of their net earnings. The suggestion is iot an original one with him, but,Kas far as we know, he is the first Gover nor who has put it in shape and urged that it be made a part of the public policy. i There are two States which de rive direct pecuniary benefits from railroads running through them and . become sharers, so to speak, io their profits. One is the State of New - Jersey; the other the State of Illinois. ' The former re quires the railroads running through the State from other States to pay a certain per capita tax on every passenger carried through,"' a small per capita (about, 5 cents, we believe), but which in the aggregate amounts to a considerable sum, on account of the large number of passengers car ried to and from New York. In consideration of privileges and State lands granted by the State of Illinois to the Illinois . Central Rail road, the" company agreed to pay into the State treasury a certain per centage annually of the net profits of the business done. The business of that road, owing to its connections, the development of the West, and the growth of the cities along its lines, with the immense indus tries that have' sprung up within theov, has become so" great that the amount it pays into the treasury has been for years sufficient to de fray the expenses of the State gov ernment without , any taxation for that purpose . on the people. The only taxes paid by the people of that State are municipal and county taxes, if we exclude" the tariff tax, from which no one! escapes except people who live near the sea or the border and form the business ac quaintance of the energetic smug-' gler, as many of the loyal citizens of Michigan do, who get good woollen clothes at reasonable prices from Canada. ' I' Why couldn't every State and city which grants charters to corpora tions make it a condition that the receivers of the charters shall pay in consideration therefor a certain percentage ot their-net earnings? This should be small enough not to discourage enterprise, but. large enough to amount to something in the aggregate." As j it would come from the net earnings it would not be burdensome, and no! one would have a right to complain,! this was understood! especially when to be one of the conditions when charters are applied for ... -Uv :r '"!v- There areq-easons, and good ones, why the. State or city granting fran chises might insistSipon this, for franchises carry wifh them special privileges, and the State or eit grantingthem assumes the responsi bility of protecting the companies in their enjoyment and of protecting J the property and . the business ot the rec'iDients of the franchise. In times of labor disturbances and strikes, for a instance, it costs Mates and cities many thousands of dollars to protect the property of ! companies from violence, .when sometimes the com panies are largely responsible for the disturbances, which make State in terference and municipal protection necessary. It might be said that these com- panies ,pay taxes and' are therefore entitled to protection. That is true, but don't propertyowners, merchants, shop owners and others who enjoy I no . special privileges - pay taxes? There are some of these companies whose ' taxable ' plants bear no com I parison to the amou ot of business J done, or ; the income . from them:. I Take a street railway, tor instance. It enjoys special privileges, its tracks must be kept ; clear, .- bo' one has a ; right to . offer' any , hindrance or retard j the' free',' , regular and - rapid, movement " of - its cars. The vehicle before the street car must pull but and give it the right of way, and yet the tax it pays is a mere bagatelle compared with the privileges it enjoys and the pra- tection ' guaranteed. So . with rail roads running through a State. If North Carolina were to adopt a policy of this kind, to require char tered companies to which valuable franchises are granted, railroad companies, telegraph dorapaniestel--ephone companies, mining companies, insurance companies ' and others, to pay to the State a certain per cent age of the net earnings of the busi ness done in the State, she would get in a good deal of money and some of the' money which now goes out in large sums annually to still further I enrich capitalists of other States. This per centage might be regulated according . to j the business - done, making- it light on those companies whose enterprises did more or less to develop the State and promote her prosperitv and larger on others, which did nothing in the way of de velopment but simply -took money ovt of the State, very little of which they pay back and for. which privi lege they pay practically nothing. MINOR SLBNTIOjL It is said that the great scheme for utilizing a part of the power of Niagara Falls! will be completed in September next, which, if successful, as it is thought it will be, will result n revolutionizing the motive power in manufactories wherever there is water power enough to operate eleC- trie dynamos.! It is proposed to carry electricity from the Falls to the city of Buffalo, N. Y., for the purpose of running the manufac tories. It is said that electric power has for some time been transmitted a distance of 108 miles in.Germany and successfully used in the running of . machinery,1 so that the Niagara idea is not altogether an untried ex periment. The Philadelphia Ledger, in speaking of it, thus describes the method of construction of the works, as they migEt be called, to supply the power: " "From a point below the falls, iust above the water level, a great tunnel, a mile and a half long and 200 feet below the surface ot the bluff on which the vil lage of Niagara is. built, has been bored Tbis tunnel, nearly twenty feet in diam ter, is to serve as the tail race to numer ous turbine wheels, which will be situ ated in vertical shafts of an average depth of 140 feet. . The water to supply these shafts will be taken from the Ni agara river by j a great supply canal, which has been constructed about a mile above the Falls and which will carry the water to horizontal pipes connecting with the shafts. The difficulty ol sup porting this great weight of water, to gether, with the weight ot tne turbine and the steel shaft which must carry the power to the surtace. is overcome by the simple but ingenious device of introduc ing the water below the turbine, which is thus balanced by the weight of the water. It is calculated that each tur bine wheel will be capable of transmit ting 5.000 horse power." The company will get about 100, 000 horse-power, but a fraction of the power of the Falls, which is esti mated at several millions horse power, double as much as the' com bined steam and water power now employed in the manufactories of the United States. It will operate man ufactoneson its property in the vil lage of Niagara, and transmit power to Buffalo nd other manufacturing towns within a certaiaradius. It is proposed to charge : at' the rate of $10 per horse power per year, for power furnished in Buffalo, which is $25 per horse power less .than steam -is. estimated to" cost, in that town, and that is putting it at a low figure. With this difference in the cost of . . . motive power, some opinion may be formed of the grand total saved in a great manufacturing city, if electri city should generally take the place of steam. ; . . If members of Congress, in discuss ing the tariff question, would confine themselves to some particular feature instead of trying to cover the whole subject in one speech, when two dozen speeches wouldn't begin to do it, we would have a more intelligent, instructive and effective discussion. Free wool is now the question before the! House of - Representatives. A imber of speeches have been made by Democrats and Republicans, and not morethan two of them were on wool and only"o of theni strictly so. As tne enort istoreiorm tne McKinley tariff by sectioas rtought to be discussed in sections,, ami-each section disposed of - on its merits. This would not only throw a fuller light upon the particular subject in hand, but would cut off scattering and irrelevant discussion, save time and expedite action!: : -There are'sij far some thirty-six gentlemen who have given notice that they want .to be heard on the tariff question, only one of whom has - announced what sub ject he will deal with, (Mr. English, Democrat, of New Jersey, who wilt talk on jute bagging) and the prob- abilities are that hel confining hitn- self to this-subject, upon which he is doubtless" well posted, 'will say some- thing to. the point, and give informa- tion which ; will enable, other mem bers who have not made jute bagging- a study to vote intelligently. Taking it section ,by section, discuss ing it'by section, one sectiorrat a. time, is the level-headed,vbusiness- Jike way to deal . with it and to dis pose" pf it. v Hon. Wm.'R. Morrison, of Illinois, isn't taking a large amount of stock in the little Palmer boom that has been ' started out m his ; State. ; He thinks .Senator Palmer is too old to be thinktng about -the Presidency, and 'that if elected he might die be fore his term was out," which would be very - unfortunate for. the Demo cratic party.and for Senator Palmer, too." But Senator Palmer's teeth are in good order, he can masticate bis food like au athlete,' and eats with a relish that makes some of the younger Senators green with envy. The pre sumption is that a man who can successfully dispose of three square meals a aay tor seven consecutive days in the week, and can keep it up as a general thing right straight along through the year, and attend in the meantime to all inci dental business, and who in the last State campaign canvassed his State, made speeches every day, and kept the young fellows hustling to keep' up witu him,-must be in pretty good physical trim and have a good deal of vitality in him, if he was 164 years old instead of - 7i. Some men ; are pretty old at 74. It depends a good deal on how they are built and how they lived before they got along that far, : But men who are built on the Palmer plan, and didn't spoil the job by straining the machinery are youths at - 74. If ithe, truth were known Hon. W. R. Morrison probably don't think Senator Palmer too old, but entirely too young for one of his years. Mr. Morrison has a sneaking little boom of his own, laid back in the-coot waiting for a good chance to come out. . It don't want to ven ture out while .the Palmer boom is in sight. Thanks, Dear Jefferson. . Well, here it is at last the lelt hind- foot of a graveyard rabbit sent to the Star by Mr. Jeff Blackburn, of Armour, Columbus County. He certifies to its genuineness, having slain the "cotton- tail ' with bis own trusty gun; and the fact is. it has an unmistakable odor of coffins and skulls. We are sorry to see, however, that Jeff is badly posted in one respect. He says: ' "I keep the left fore foot for myself. It brings just as good tuck." Credulous Jefferson! You will discover before you are fifty years older that there is no luck j in any part of a graveyard rabbit except his left hind foot. When be enters a cemetery he never allows any other foot to touch the earth, and that's just where the luck "comes in. j Thanks. Jeff, thanks! He la Dead. Old man Jim Waddell, the well known colored Nimrod ot Brunswick county, is dead, much to the regret of our field editor, who had often been with him in the chase. Deer hunting was his specialty, and there isn't a "stand" with in ten miles of "Jockey's Branch" that the old man didn't know as well as he knew the main road in front of his hum ble cottage. He was full of reminiscence. and, with ; his remarkable vernacular. could interest one for hours. foor old Jimt He will never more respond to the music of bis dogs as they follow the "antlered monarch" through White Oak, and Elbow Bay, and Rosa "Tick." j He has gohe,we trust, to the "happy hunting grounds. A tear to good old Jim's memory! N Valuable Iiot Sold. . Messrs. Cronly & Morris, real estate brokers, have - sold to the Atlantic National Bank the valuable vacant lot on Princess street, opposite the Star office, with a frontage of 80 teet on that street and 56 feet on Ewing's alley. The consideration was four thousand, dollars cash, and at this price the purchase was a very fortunate one for the new bank. -' The directors will take immediate steps towards the erection of a banking house, and work will be begun as soon - as the plans and specifications are pre pared. In -the meantime, temporary quarters tor the bank will be secured, and it wilt be open for business at an early day. " ; - A GENEROUS OFFER. The Railroad Come to., the Asalstanoe of - the Sufferers. 'V." The Cheraw & Darlington, Cheraw & Salisbury, Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta and North-Eastern railroads, of the Atlantic Coast, Line system, and the Charleston, Sumter & Northern railroad have come to the assistance of the sul- ferers by the recent fire in Darlington with the generous offer to allow a rebate ot twenty-five per cent, of the freuht charges on all articles shipped to Dar lington for the purpose of rebuilding the burnt district. 1 bis applies to arti cles shipped not only from local but also competing points, and the rebate will be given until June X.tlorence limes. The Revenue Cutter Xiot M. Morrill. - fhe U. S. Revenue Cutter Lot M. Morrill, from Charleston, S. C arrived here yesterday morning and moored at Fowler & Morrison's wharves where she was taking in coal during the afternoon. The Charleston News and Courier speak ing of her departure from that place says : The cutter has gone for a" short cruise to the northward, and Cap Keene has on board with him Collector " Johnston, who has been quite unwell for several days past, ana wno is taking tne short sea trip with: the hope that, the change may prove beneficial to him. THE FLORENCE TRAGEDY. . - The Barringer Brothers Oat on. a $8,000 Bond, and Sow in Charlotte, v Messrs. Xharles and .Will Barringer arrived ia-the city last, night from Flor ence, S. C,. and j arev at Mrs:" Simmons Clarkson's, who is a relative of theirs. A Chronicle representative saw both gentlemenand talked with them in ref erence to the recent tragedy with which they were connected. 'Mr. Will Barrin ger is well remembered here. ". liis brother who fired the-'shot "that killed Talbert, is small' and very boyish look ing. - He has a smooth face, -.and pleas ant,, kindly expression. When asked for information as to the killing. Mr. Will Barringer said he would prefer not say ing anything about it, as his lawyers had so ;ad vised , them; : They were out on bail of - $6,600r and were ad vised -by. fnend9'.;t??.KaveI"Floreuce for "awhile. that is until the time of triaPm May. Mr.- Barringer said" that the letter whch Mr." Talbert daughter received and led to the trouble, was written by another party altogether: that his broth er was incapable of doing such, a thing, and if he. had. been guilty of such con duct, brother though he was, he (Will) ouia -not have . shielded him. the party who wrote, the letter of letters ran away and Mr. Talbert laid the blame on Charlie Barringer, because he had cas- Luatly remarked jon the girl's appearance now and then ' and the remarks had probably been falsified. Mr. Barringer says : the best people in Florence have befrienned them, ottering them every assistance possible, and tbey have no fear ot the results of the trial, Tbey will remain in the city tbr several days. Both voun? men have friends here. Mr. Will Barringer especially, .who was very popular during his residence in the city. NEW NATIONAL BANK - Organized With Capital of $125,000 Mr. J. W. Norwood Elected Presi dent. A meeting of stockholders of the new Nattonal bank was held at the' Produce Exchange last night i : On motion-Mf. H. Walters was called to the chair and Mr. Geo. Rountree was requested to act, as secretary. The report of the committee having in charge the subscription list being called for. Mr. S. P. McNair reported $125, 000 as having been subscribed. . 1 Messrs. C. W. Worth and J. W. Norwood, com mittee, reported 849 shares of stock represented in person and : 136 by proxy; a total of 9$5 out ot 1,250 shares. : r ' . - A committee of three was appointed to nominate eleven stockholders as directors Messrs. B. IF. Keith, Jr., A. M. Baldwin, jjno. F. Rehder. They reported the following, wiz: Messrs. J. W. Norwood. S. P. McNair, D. L. Gore, C. W. Worth, M. J. Heyer, H. L. Vol- lers, Samuel Bear, Jr., Wm. E. Springer, E. J. Powers, Wilmington; G. A. Nor- wood. Greenville, S. CI; J. L. Coker, -. i Hartsville, S. C After the adjournment of the stock holders' meeting, the above-named Board of Directors met iand elected Mr. J. W. Norwood President. The election of other officers was, on! motion, defer red until a subsequent meeting. It was stated that as nearly everything was now readv the bank would beorened at an early dateJ The name decided upon is the "At lantic National pank." j TQBACCP. , Salea at Boeky Mount at Satiafaetoir j Prices. Star Correspofulence Rocky MouSt, N. C., March 11. Notwithstanding the unfavorable weath er the tobacco sales mere have been good. Pitt County has been largely represented the jlast week. . R. R. Cot ton, of Falkland, has been trying this market, having sold twenty hogsheads at prices very satisfactory, and this, in ad dition to his first lot of seventeen bales, makes thirty-seven sold n this market Prices are so satisfactory, he says, be has a large lot more to come as soon as he can get it in Order. ' For the quality of grades now sold, prices continue good. Entered into the rest of Paradise, on the 7th day of March, 1892, Mrs. Kate A. Williams, wife of George -W. Wil liams, Esq , of Wilmington. N. C. A proper manifestation of respect and regard demands! from the living more than a brief notice of the passing away of such a woman so j devoted to all claims of family iand friends, so unselfish m the discharge of every duty, and so exemplary in every relation of life. A child of God, a devoted mother, a faith ful wife-her character was one of un common beauty; - By nature warm-hearted, kind, sincere and loving, she had deeply attached to herself a large i circle on kindred and friends. : - .. ' "Whatsoever things arp true, whatso ever things are honest, whatsoever things are iust whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what soever things are of gxd report; it there be any virtue and if there be any praise, she thought on these thshgs. But uod s finger touched her ana without one lingering look she took he flight. Death to soch an one, is tn crown of life indeed, and we think While we realize that; she has entere into blissiul rest, and we- should nc mourn as those without hope, yet nc deeply sympathize with her immediaU family, to whom she was so dear, ana to whom her loss: seems now wen nign irreparable. As at the grave of Lazarus, weep when those closely! united to us by ties of blood or friendship are removed from us to thei . world bf spirits, even when we are assured thev sleep in Jesus. Death is yetJ and always, a feartul thing! ' -- " i: , : Covered with the flowers she so dearly loved, she has been laid to rest, and I. too, desire as my poor tribute, to lay an immortelle on her grave.) J. W. A. Tide Water Oil Co. -': - -1 The Tide Water Oil Company in broadening its field, has opened a branch in this city. - In the pst . few weeks several of its officials halve been in this city and have succeeded in buying out Mr. Geo. L Morton's naval store busi ness, which will be run on a more exten sive scale, and will be in) charge of Mr. Morton, who has been elected general manager of the company here. THE STATE GUARD. Adjutant Gen. Glenn's Bopor t The En yti oampsxent BeeommendaUona, Etc y . ! Adjutant : Gen. J." D. Glenn, in his "annual -report, aays4K3r5.;?C'-vr-'-- As the officers and -men of the Third and Fourth Regiments are very anxious' to encamp in the western part or the state aunng the . summer of 1893, I recommend that they tie allowed to do so. ' 'w- :r":--':- I also recommend that . the . First and Second Regiments be encamped on the. permanent : encampment site near Wnghtsville. The f citizens of WiU mmgton have certainly ; acted in a very noble , and . generous manner: by the State Guard. : bavins " our- chased and donated a ' permanent camp, consisting of one hundred acres ot ground, and have given large sums of money towards the improvement of the same; but the new grounds are very -far from being in a condition tobeoccuoied .by the brigade,T.hough one regiment, at a time, or perhaps two,, could be made tolerably comfortable there. But the men have become - tired of coiner, to Wrightsville year after vear. and thev desire : a change; : and until the State, furnishes a sufficient appropriation, out of which tbey can be. paid for their time and all expenses, I ' feel ; the wishes Of the men should be " regarded as much as possible. When they are paid, as in-New York and other Northern States, then ! think the strictest disciD- line should be enforced, and they be re quired to attend annually at a perma nent camp supplied witn the necessary conveniences for . practice and instruc tions As long as attendance is without pay, and at their own expense, we must, while enforcing discipline, allow a rea sonable amount of time for recreation and pleasure. By using good judgment the encampment can be made very prof itable and instructive to the men. and at the same time so attractive they will not only be willing, but glad to attend every year, r-.--"V f he Guard now consists of 81 com panies ot infantry organized into four regiments, one troop of cavalry and two batteries of naval artillery, and one com pany of colored infantry a grand total ot 1,536 officers and men. VINELAND JOTTINGS. Tramps Moving on "Wilmintcton An Abun dance of Ekks Shad and Other, Fish Ducks and Pure Return of the Mar tins. ;'v-- Vineland, N. C. March 9, 1893. To the Morning Star: - ' Tramp, tramp, tramp. Who ever saw the like of tramps? They are passing here in squads from early mora 'til night, going Nprth. We-pity the rail road men, for they have the additional duty of standing, guard. Our pig has his rations cut short, for the victuals left over has to help the tramp, tramp on toward Wilmington. Ours may be called an egg town. This1 evening we were creditably lnformedj that more than one thousand dozens ot eggs were shipped from this place to day. We saw a hen s egg, which was taken from Mrs. Hudler's fowl house this even ing. Its weight was 35 ounces; it mea sured 7 2 inches lengthwise around and o inches around the middle. It is a hen's egg; no goose. That does not look like bard times in our town, does it ? Fish cannot be" in much demand when large, white shad are brought forty miles at this season of the year and sold at 75 cents per pair. The truth of the mat ter is White Marsh abound In fine fish which can be had by going after them; if you know what to do when you get there. .. - ' Ducks nave been reported in great numbers. Yesterday, Messrs. Schulken & ' Co. paid one man $50 for furs he brought in from the country. The man who turns up his nose at Vineland surely does not know the place or people, or has only seen our town iust after a heavy ram. beveral days ago the martins returned to their old homes here. But the English sparrows held that the houses were their's by right of possession. The contest has grown to be serious; so much o that the high sheriff of the county, in bis usual business-like and official style told Messrs. Sparrow they must get out, and give Messrs. Martin possession. When it will all end we cannot say. " t V. March 9th, 1893. Strawberries and Oysters. - Dr. E. Porter, President of the North Carolina Piscatorial Association, in formed a Star reporter yesterday that he had just returned from New River, where he had planted lands owned by the association with strawberries. This land overlooks the association's oyster beds, and if the strawberry will flourish there they will be able to furnish the public with oysters in the Winter and strawberries in Summer, This is a novel scheme, and if it proves successful the lands will pay the association all the year round. : The oyster crop this year was good and the outlook is that it will be better next season. f Death of Mr. Thomas B. Badollffe. A telegram from New York; received yesterday- by Mai. D. O Connor, an nounced the death in that city Wednes day night last, of Mr. Thomas D. Rad- cliffe, formerly a resident of this city. His body will be brought here for in terment and is expected to-night, ac companied by his wife. Mr. Radcliffe was a native of Wil mington and about 33 years of age. He was the only son of the late Capt. Robt. S. Radcliffe, a well . known, mason and builder of this city, and graduated at Chapel Hill with high honors.- Several years ago he removed to New York, where he married and has since resided. His death is supposed to have resulted from apoplexy. 7. .v i - , Improving Salt ICarahea. A scheme for improving salt marshes has been adopted in Florida, and if tried I here might prove advantageous, to owners of property along the sounds. Mr. W. A. (jilbert, ot Jacksonville, says "I tried the experiment during 1888, and it was decidedly satisfactory, l srot an ounce of wild rice seed from the-gov ernment, put the seed in the mud and in four years it has crowded out acres of marsh grass. Wild rice is the daintiest food for wild geese ducks abd other birds. Wild rice marshes in a few years would teem with game. Wild rice is also an excellent food tor cows and. cattle. All Of the marshes could be converted into the richest of pastures, "How are you going to get the marshes planted?" was asked. "Well, we are doing it our selves. That is, the sportsmen are. We will plant our district and let other places plant , theirs." ? Will the stuff grow without . attention?" I should think ; so. Ten feet of it will gain an . acre in two years. Nf 1 " ' 1 7 I WATTERSON SPEAKS. Any Good Pemoorat Will Suit - Him Tot ' President But David B. ' rail baa Killed Cleveland, and' Almoat .Killed '.Hlmaelf;- itf - ;r ,K " t ' v "Bt Teleciaph to the Hornist Star. : .; 5.; Chicago, March 11. An authorized interview with. Mr. Henry Watterson'' is made public Mr? Watterson' read the interview after it was written and en dorsed it as correct. Three questions were "propounded. The " first and second related to Mr. Watterson's well known views on the tariff and silver, and the third and most important question that of the Presidential nomination. This Mr. Watterson answered last. He said: - "I" have never -indulged myself very much in. hero-worship, and any good ; Democrat whom , the National I Convention may e fit to nominate will j suit me. "If I had to nut a man in the White House, he would be Mr. Carlyle. I re-; gard him as 'the best equipped Demo- ! crat in puduc lite. - tie is able and hon est. ! He is sound to the core, and has the courage of his. convictions. He was making great experience in Democratic lore and leading the Democratic tariff battles when . Cleveland was Mayor of cunaio. tie wouia make an eminent President. Him aside anybody will suit me, who does not come from New York" "Why so? Because the factions there have made the nomination of any New Yorker impossible. - Governor. Hill has killed Mr. Cleveland, and, in doing so he has almost killed ' himself. The nomination must come West or go to Massachusetts, -Pennsylvania or Mary land. . If we could not elect Mr, Cleveland in 1888 when he was in the White House and when we had all the outer forms and shows of harmony in the State ot New York, what chance snouia we nave against the present vehement opposition ? - Cleveland made us a good President, and in great affairs has many of the elements of ; a great man. 1 am most sincerely his friend. But' 1 must contest, and sometimes I feel like resenting the notion that he is our sole our only and most original Moses in the matter of tariff reform. "I do not mean to impeach or criti cize Mr. Cleveland in the least. He is as good a tariff reformer as anybody, but be is no better than halt a dozen who have an equal claim with him to public confidence. In the face of the New York, schism, it seems to me his nomination would be sheer suicide. WILL VISIT CHARLOTTE. Senator Hill Accepts the Invitation to De liver an Address May 20(h. Br Telegraph to the. Morning Star. - Washington,' March 11. A delega tion from Charlotte, N. C, arrived in Washington to-day to present a formal invitation to Senator David B. Hill to deliver the anniversary address at the Commemoration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence at Char lotte, May 20th. The delegation con sisted of R. J. Brevard, " Mayor of the city; b. D. Latta, J. L. Chambers. J. F. Robertson, T. R. Robertson, Jerome Uowd. I. f. Caldwell, and Wade H. Harriss. The delegation met Senator Hill at 1 o clock, and he Cordially ac cepted the invitation. Senators Ran som, Vance abd Butler, and all the North Carolina Representatives will ac company Hill to. Charlotte, speaker Crisp also said that he would be ot the party. f IMPORTANT RULING. - Judgment Against an Insurance Associa tion for Amount Claimed and Costs. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Bloomington, III., March 10. A very important decision was rendered in the Circuit Court here yesterday. which has a bearing upon the business of all insurance associations. It was ren dered in the case of Mrs. Maggie Bel cham, ) widow of Thomas Belcham, of this city, versos The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workman. Mrs. Belcham's husband carried a life policy for $2,000 in this order for twelve years, but was expelled from the Order a few months before bis death. - for .drunkenness. Claim was made by Mrs. Belcham that when he was expelled her husband was insane. The verdict ren dered gives Mrs. Belcham judgment for $2,115. f SENATOR HILL Will Arrive in Jaokaon, ' Miss., on the 15th Inst., and Ueave the 8ame Day. Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star. Iackson, Miss., March 11. The fol lowing telegram sets at rest the doubt entertained as to the coming of Senator Hill from Washington: - - Gov. . M. Stone, fackson. Miss. 1 will arrive in Jackson at 11 50 o'clock a. m. on the loth inst. l accept with pleasure your kind invitation to be your guest. I must leave that afternoon be tween 4 and 6. David B. Hill. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. . Democratic Canons Poorly Attended. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Stat ' Washington. March 12. The Dem ocratic caucus this evening was but poor ly attended. When the hour announced for its assemblage (7.30) arrived, there were not one dozen members present, and when Chaff man Holman assumed the gavel at 8 o'clock, he confronted not more than forty colleagues: A resolu tion was adopted for the appointment of a Congressional Campaign Committee. consisting of one Democratic, member from each-State, to.be selected by the State delegations. ' There was no divi sion in tne caucus and an adjournment was reached early in the evening. j TO JOIN FORCES. The People's Party and Prohibitionists of the Hoosier State Will Act Together, Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Indianapolis,' March : 12. Repre sentative men of the People's party and Prohibitionists have agreed that the two organizations shall amalgamate . in this State. It has been agreed that they shall act conjointly. A union of forces is recommended for State, Congres sional, Legislative and connty purposes. It is proposed to call a state committee of each party together at an early day to call a joint convention, which will be held about May 26, and put a lull state ticket in the field. . .. .. . ' At a meeting at Jackson, Miss.; last I night, a committee was appointed to meet Senator Hill at Meridian and es cort him to the Capital next Tuesday. A fire at Bloom field, la., Friday night, laid waste the entire south, side of. the public square, including the opera house and many fine store buildings. -1 he loss will probably reach 200,000. i Raleigh 'Visitors ' Up to date there ; have been issued 15,072; warrants.- lor direct taxes refunded, and there re mains about $87,000! Weldon News .Mr.W;. :;H.- Day. Jr. several days ago brought to this office a curiosity in the shape-of a white snowbirds. He killed it while cun nJ5ff'' 'c was in a flock & ordinary snow- r www saaavi was wiv Vlil w uifcv VUV CaaaJVllg - them. No one m these parts had ever ,"j before seen a similar specimen;' ,: It . was beyond any .doubt a genuine , snowbird.. Goldsboro Argus: Quite a bain- ' ful and serious accident was sustained by mr. nenry cpung, supenntenaent oithe Goldsboro Furniture Factory, yesterday morning, from which at. this writing, he is suffering considerably, we are sorry to know... He was turning a piece of wood ' on one of the machines when in somei way a spar of the wood flew off and struck him in the face,' making an ugly wound across his nose and involving one of his eyes to a grave extent. " ; Newton Enterprise'.. Last Fri-. day near Catawba, the western passen ger train caught a woman from Alexan der county in a cut, and before the en gineer could bring the train to a stop the woman was knocked ten feet to one side: but, strange to say, was not hurt in the least. , People east ol Newton are , talcing : the "gold lever in earnest Digging and pannine are eoin&r on in many places. Messrs. W. R. Self and A. T. Lackey, of this place, we learn . . have a good prospect v at Mr. Walter Setzer's. i. '?. - 4V ?---i- -'.;'.:( Smithfieid JTerald: . Tosiah Pul- ., ley, a white man about 25 years of age, ' was placed in iail last week in default ot bail for illicit distilling. The officers found him in his house hiding under the C bed. . Our merchants say that very -. little guano has been sold by them so far this-season and the opinion is that not much ore than half as much will -be used this season as last. - -The attorneys for Waitman Thompson have presented one petition to the Governor and are getting up another. .They will , appeal for a new trial it they don't suc- ceea in getting his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. All of our physi cians have examined him and they say - ne is sunering with consumption and ; will probably die in less than a year it confined to jail. " Charlotte Chronicle : Messrs. Maxwell & Thomas, who have an install ment house opposite the court house, are out a collector and a neat little sum .. of money. A young man by the name of I. D. Wills, of Rutherford countv. has been employed by them as collector. Monday he was given six or seven bills to collect. He did not return at the time expected, nor that night. Tues- ' day the firm received news that Wills had collected the. bills, pocketed the money and skipped. A warrant was ' issued for him and sent to Sheriff Long. of Rutherford, to serve. The sheriff is expected down to-day with his .man, as it was learned that the delinquent col lector went back to his home in Ruther- . ford county. Fayetteville Observer; We iearnr-"" that some nights since the store of Mr. J. L. Andrews, in Campbellton. was en tered and robbed of a considerable quan tity of goods. : : Major ' Jonathan 7 fcvans died at his residence in Cedar Creek township at an early hour on Sat- . urday morning, the 5th instant, in the . , 55th year of his age. after a brief iftaess. ; On Friday last ex-Senator wJ Williams, of the Little River AcademyV' section, while superintending the haul- V mgoi timber, had his leg broken Dy an. unmanageable log. His friends here . were much shocked at the news first re ceived that the limb was broken in two . places, and that amutation would be un avoidable; but we are glad to know that ) the bone has been skillfully set, and that ' Mr. Williams is doing fairly well. . t - Shelbv Review: Mr. A. W. Ham- rick, near Mooresboro, with two little boys and orite mule, last year, made 3,200 pounds ot lint cotton on eight acres. He also raised corn enough to last him two years, 83 bushels of wheat, a lot of oats, . and meat enough to do two years.' One of the pigs he raised and killed at nine months, netted him 283 pounds. It is un necessary to say that Mr. Hamrick "lives at home and boards at the same, place." ADout tne cneekiest rogue so lar heard of was captured near Grover Fri- . day. He was colored, and had stolen a mule and wagon at Blacksburg, drove to a cotton gin near by, stole a bale of cot ton, loaded it on the stolen wagon, drove to Grover, tried to sell the whole lay-out, but failed, and started on to King s Mountain. He was overtaken and carried back to Blacksburg, and after trial sent to Yorkville to jail. x Statesville Landmark: Mr. S, B. Bailey, of Turnersburg Township, was hauling saw logs Monday, and while loading one on the wagon the chain broke and the log rolled back, striking Mr. Bailey and throwing him to the ground. He fell in such position that ' his body was protected, but the log rolled on his head, crushing it and seri ously, if not fatally, injuring him. ' Ihe evangelists referred to last week . were in town again yesterday and held another service on the square. They"' travel in a wagon which is decorated with texts of Scripture, and distribute tracts and post bills On which are. em blazoned various passages from the Bible. They seem to be very much in earnest As stated before they do not take up collections but believe, or pro- - fess to believe, implicitly that they will . - be taken care of and fed, even as the ravens ted Elijah in the days of old, so far they have awakened no interest here. One of them, whose name is Cowles, would pass anywhere for Col. Calvin J. Cowles, of Wtlkesboro. Winston Sentinel: A Sentinel reporter was to-day informed by a gen- . tleman who has devoted much time to , the study of the mineral resources of this section, that there is an important -lead of magnese running northeast and southeast through Forsyth county, and :; extending into Stokes and Rockingham. sheriff Hunter, ot Lancaster, b. C arrived here last night after Allen Dye, colored, who is wanted at that place for burglary. Dye was arrested here last f riday, and sneritt Hunter escorted him back to Lancaster to-day, where he will be given a hearing in the courts. f- Mr. J. H. Greer, of Salem, was in the Sentinel office yesterday afternoon with a number of specimens ot minerals which were taken from lands in David son county, and of which he has charge. One ot the discoveries was made twelve miles south of Winston, and the other one five miles south ot Lexington. Gold,' silver, lead, zinc and copper are the pro- ' perties which promise, to be very pro lific.';; f'.;5 f Goldsboro Headlight:: An egg, weighing ten ounces, was shown to us yesterday by Mr. W, . M. Gardner, of Saulston -township. .... Several hun- . dred acres of Irish potatoes have been planted by our truckers this year and with good seasons, the crop will be the largest ever raised here. .We don't remember ot ever seeing the fruit trees so backward.. This is now . March 10, and there are but few blooms to be seen. Hundreds of acrea of corn has been planted this week throughout the county. Farmers are bent , on rais ing something besides cotton this year. The barn and stables of Mr,-James M. Oliver; near Princeton, were destroy ed .by an incendiary fire on Saturday night. Everything in the barn went - up in smoke but the live stock were gotten out in . timeU An illicit distillery run by J. J. Odoni, in Grantham's town- . ship, was destroyed by Deputy Collector Grimsley Thursday and the owner put v to flight.-' Another moonshine distillery was captured by Mr. Grimsley near New ton Grove Friday. The man who was operating it fled as the officers approach-. ;, ed. ; . . ... a ! m : J :;r. "vr.-..' v
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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