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irVBLISHU AT WILMINGTON, N. C tn nn a VP AR IN AnVANCE. 888SS8888888888S8 nonow SI 88838888888888888 tqjnon b 8S88S88888S888S88 88888SS88888SS888 -t ipoon. g 88888888282888888 tpaoK J ao 50 t a 88888858828888888 OP IS " CO D t- CO I 8288S882288888888 at co o 00 -j jo o g jg g g 88388888888888888 'Witt. I m co a s ti co e e ce a H U a. CO i... HOwicot-ao I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C as . Second Clan Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. - The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows: , ' -. Single Copy 1 year, postage paid $1 00 " "8 months " " . ; 80 A PERSONAL INTEREST. As far as the. tariff is concerned the American people are divided into two classes the manufacturer or producer of articles upon which duty is levied, and the consumer -the pro tected and the unprotected, the re cipient of tribute, and the, payer of tribute. The former is to'the latter in the proportion ot one to twenty. The former has a personal interest in keeping the tariff duties up and mak ing them higher if he can; .the lat ter has a personal interest in putting them down. It is a matter of per sonal interest with both, but with the latter personal interest based on right and principle, with the former basd on wrong and robbery. Strip ped of disguising verbiage and reduced to ; a plain statement of fact,this is the essence of the conten tion between the advocates ot tariff reform and the advocates and de fenders of a high so-called protec tive tariff, for protection simply, for which there is no authority found in good morals nor in the fundamental law of the Republic. ' The high tarffites may pretend that there is no ground for complaint, de clare that the tariff is not a tax, and that it is a small matter to be mak ing so much fuss about, and keeping up this constant agitation. They may figure Up in their cunning, de ceptive way, that the tax on wool, for instance would be a trifling sum on each individual, and so it would be if that $vere the only thing taxed, but with the three thousand articles, embracing nearly every thing in common use, covered by the McKin ley bill, it is , very far. from being a trifling matter, but becomes a very serious one, and makes a heavy draw on the pocket of every purchaser in the land. .: ; Some of these same high tariff ad vocates are' censuring the present Congress for appropriating $21,000, 0U0 for river and harbor improve "ments (less than was appropriated by the last Congress), but this would be only about thirty cents' a head, and according to their style of reasoning Ihey have no right to growl over this little matter of thirty cents. It is by littles these Government taxes are imposed, but it is, these littles when squeezed from the people and bulked that make up the thousand millions of dollars expended by the Billion Dollar Congress. It is not the tax on one article which the peo ples - complain of, for they could stand one or a few good-naturedly, and might not, consider, it worth while to find fault, but jt is the money in the aggregate amounting to a sum that justifies not only fault-findings but-very emphatic protest. Let us look at it from a .business stand-point, and see how much-per sonal interest every one who belongs to the unfavored, unprotected class has in securing a reasonably low rate of duty on the things which he buys and must have, whether thev are manufactured at home or abroad. It has been estimated by tariff experts, who are familiar with trade and the prices prevailing in the cpuntry at different periods under lowltariff and high tariff, that it now costs the American people $600,000,000 year more to buy the things which they need, than they would have to pay for them were there no such thing as a protective tariff, but simply tariff for revenue a Democratic tariff. The proportion that the Southern people pay of this, if it were distributed alike, would .be in round numbers about $200,000, 000. Isn't this! something worth talking about ? Divided out v this would be about $10 to every man, -woman and child in the South, or $o0 to the average family. Demand $50 of the head of the average South ern family1 to-day and wouldn't it take some hustling and scuffling and some sacrificing of something to get it? Hasn't this man a personal in terest in a reduction of tariff taxa- tt . i. . . . uonr nasnt tne man, white or black who earns his living by his daily labor, and who has about all he can do to scuffle along under the most favorable circumstances, a per sonal interest in it ? . And yet, strange to say, the so called People's Party which claims to be the party of the toiling masses, championed in the South by men wh profess to be the particular friends of the farmer and laborer, is as dumb as a clam on this monstrous VOL. XXIII. imposition ; not only dumb,, but gives its tacit consent to it by tail ing to protest against" it lest it of fend some of the elements which constituted that motley assemblage at St."" Louis; "The framers of its platform cotjld find language to de mand a number of things reasonable and unreasonable; bnmot a word in behalf of tariff reform, which in im portance to . the people for . whom these "reformers" profess to speak' towers mountain high above any demand that was made. There can be no ' relief to - the overburdened people, and no real and abiding pros perity can come to them while this sapping, exhausting system of filch ing from them their hard. earnings continues. -Every one who desires relief and hopes for it has a personal interest in helping along the work of tariff - reform in . which the ' Demo cratic party, which these third party missionaries are trying to destroy, is now and has been for years honestly and earnestly engaged, '' . Several subscribers who have been reading this paper for ten-years with out paying one cent for it, andTto whom" we recently sent bills, have coolly informed us that they never subscribed for it. May the. Lord have mercv on their souls. THE ST. LOUIS DEMANDS. Mr. Marion Butler, President of the North Carolina- Farmers Alli ance, has issued a call for a confer ence of Alliance men, to meet him in Raletgh, on the 17th of May, which is one' day before the meeting of the State Democratic Convention. The purpose of this conference is at least partially explained in the following circular, issued from his office at Clinton: "(Official Cncular No. 5.) - President's Omce, N. C F. S. A., Clinton,, N.C, March 15, 1892. To the Lecturer. County F. A: Dear Brethren : We are nearing the time when important action in the battle for reform must be taken. We are nearing the time when we and our principles will be put to the highest test. At such a time and in matters of such grave import to the cause and to each of us personally. 1 desire tne bene- nt of your counsel, l desire a confer ence with one true Allianceman or more from each countv in the State.- There fore I ask you at your April .: county meeting to elect one man to be in Ral eigh on Tuesday, May 17th, to meet with me in conference. Elect your best and truest member and empower him to act for you in a representative capacity in any emergency that may arise. Instruct him to use his best judgment for tne good of the organization and the cause ol reform, and put on him one restric tion and one only tbatbe must not. un der any circumstances, compromise or back down from the St. Louis demands. The conference will convene at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 17th. See that your representative is furnished with a certificate of his election under seal of your county lodge and is on hand on the day named. If he is not able to bear his own expenses, assist him so that he will be sure to. go. Have your coun tv secretary to furnish me at once with bis name and address. . "Fraternally. Marion Butler, . "President N. C. F. S. A. "Have the above communication read and acted on at your county meeting.' The meaning of this circular is so plain that no one can mistake it. It is tnat these representatives who meet Mr. Butler in conference must be instructed to insist on the endorse- ment by the Democratic State Con vention of the platform of the third party as a condition of the affiliation of the men whom - they represent. With all due respect to Mr. Butler and the men who go thus instructed into conference with him we have never seen a more glaring exhibition of colossal cheek. . Is Mr. Butler vested with the su preme authority to tell the Alliances ot North Carolina how they must instruct their representatives, - that they must give them only one in struction and what that instruction shall be, andthat one in a matter of politics, too ? We have been assured and believe that the Alliance is not a political organization. President Butler says it is not, and 7et he is sues his circular to the county Al liances instructing them as to what they shall do in a matter purely po litical. : 7r , The sum and substance of this whole business is that the Democratic party if it wants to retain the adhe sion of the President of the Alliance must-surrender to the People's Party by adopting the platform ' of the People's Party, which the third party advocates prefer to'call "the St. Louis demands." Our impression is that if this be the line of action that Mr. Butler in tends to pursue as a condition of his going into the Democratic con vention, his conference will be en tirely unnecessary, for we are far from believing that there is a Dem ocrat in North Carolina, inside or outside of the Alliance, who goes to that convention as delegate who would for one moment entertain such an absurd and stultifying propo sition, one who would go there call ing himself a Democrat and volun tarily surrender himself and his party to that hybrid progeny of the St, Louis ''conference," against what Marion Butler and other Southern Alliance men protested. The Democratic convention which would entertain such ; a proposition as that and, adopt it would forfeit all respect and all claim to the name of Democrat, and ; should at once ac cept the name of the party to which it had so ignomlniously- surrendered. The" men -who contemplate making such a proposition,1 if they do con template It, will - not go the Ra leigh ', as : Democrats, ' but as third party men,'determined to take pos session of the Democratic party and make it an - appendage to " the . so- called People's Party. - There is no reasonable demand which Mr. Butler, as a representative of the Alliance, might make, con sistent with Democratic principles, which the Democratic- convention would not consider, -but . that any body of men calling themselves Dem ocrats should have the assurance to demand that the Democratic party renounce its principles and accept the grotesque and absurd platform of this so-called People's Party, is so amazing as to stagger, belief. But J some- strange things are happening n this year of strange surprises and extraordinary ; combinations. ' Our impression is. from what we know of the ' Alliance of North Carolina, which- numbers in its- ranks thou- sands of as good true and loyal citi- zens as there are in the Statet that it will be very far from endorsing- this circular, if it means what its language implies. We have recently sent statements of accounts-to a large number of our subscribers, Many have re sponded with the cash, while many others have not responded at all. To each of these latter we beg to say Pay what thou owest." The Republicans of Ohio should have more regard tor the feelings of Mr. Harrison and Governor McKin- ley than to harrow them up by such an outrageous gerrymander ot the State as they made recently when they chopped out sixteen Republican districts and left the , Democrats only five. Neither Mr. Harrison nor Gov. McKinley have been able to find language to express their disap proval of it. i If -you are indebted To this paper please do not fail to forward the proper amount, which may be ascer tained by statement recently sent you.-' : . - ' : ' . " " A Takamine Shrum Jozo Kersha is to be established in Chicago with a capital of $250,000. As there are not many of these in this country, it may De well to state tnat it is a brewery for the brewing of Japanese beer. From the name and the amount of cash it takes to run it, Japanese beer must be quite a com plicated beverage. We cannot get up such a paper as the Weekly Star at one dollar a year unless we get the dollar. This is a solid fact. I The microphone has been put to a new use by a St. Petersburg physi cian, who witn n detectea a taint beating of the heart in a case of sus pended animation when - aH other tests had failed, and after strenuous exertion saved the life of the patient. Please let us have the amount of vour indebtedness if vou are in our debtor class. I The Stste Guard Encampment. The Raleigh Chronicle of yesterday says: It is said that in a few days it will be known whether the fund set apart will pemitran encampment of the StateGuard this year. 'There is an increase of twenty five per cent, in the number of troops. but there has been no increase of the annual appropriation for the encamp-' ment. If the latter is held it w.ll cer tainly be at WrightSville and will be di vided; as in 1890. the First and Second regiments going under canvas trom July 21 to 29, inclusive, and' the Third and Fourth regiments from August 4 to 12, inclusive. .STONEWALL JACKSON.. ' Even His - Enemlea - Praised Him Editor Star: Will you please pub lish the following, and oblige some of your readersi General O.: O. Howard, the Federal commander of the 11th corps at the bat tle ot Chancellorsville; thus speaks of Stonewall Jckson: "btonewall Jack son was victorious. Even his enemies praise him; but, providentially for us, it was the last battle that he waged against the American Union. For, in bold Elanning, in energy of execution, which e had the power to diffuse, in indefati gable activity and moral ascendency, Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and after his death General Lee could not replace him. The Predominant Characteristic. FayettevilleJ)bserver. The other day the Wilmington Star entered upon its 60th semi-annual volume. In its Quarter ot a century of life and work it has made up a brilliant and eventful record tne .. Southern sa trapies, bayonet rule at the polls, a Rad ical ridden State government, a satur nalia ot "scalawags", and "carpet-baggers" in high places, the perils and hor- rors oi " Reconstruction, iuc - nuiucn and Kirk War,'' the political redemption of North Carolina and the revival of its material prosperity4-and its proprietor can fearlessly say: "Our books (embra cing this record) are open for public in spection at any and all times." Through all. the Star has been true to its princi ples, leal to its convictions, faithful to the South, devoted to its people; and never shone brighter in its astral orbit than to-day. It wel were going to pick out the predominant; characteristic of the Star trom first to last we should select - its level-headed ness. Its judg ment is admirable, and its sound sense "is there every time. . Brother Ber nard, better than any journalist we know of,, understands what not to put in his paper a much rarer gift than one would suppose. WILMINGTON, N, C, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, t892. ' -. FUNERAL OF DR. MORAN. ImpreaaiTS Services Conducted by Dr. Wilson Sr. Deems nd Dr. Swmdell Interment at O&kd&le. - - Funeral services over the remains of the Rev. Dr. R. S. Moran were held yes terday morning at 10 o'clock in , Grace M. . Church. The Church was crowded long before the services began. At the hour appointed - Rev. Dr Deems and Rev. Dr. . os. R. Wilson entered the Qhurch arm in arm, and together ascended to the pulpit. . They were fol lowed by Rev. Dr. Swindell, Rev- Mr. Norman, Rev. Mr. Nash and other min isters. The .. pulpit and other parts of the church were appropriately draped in emblems of mourning, and the casket containing the remains was covered with floral tributes. . ' ; After an anthem by the choir, the solemn services - were opened by Dr. Deems who read a passage from the Scriptures. " Dr. Wilson then addressed tbe congtaftation and in the course of nis remarks said tnat some years ago himselt and Dr. Moran bad made an agreement, the survivor to attend the funeral of the other. Rev. Dr. Deems followed Dr Wflson in a short address in eulogy" of the deceased, and he in turn was followed by Rev. Dr. Swin dell. The service at the grave" was conducted by Dr. Deems. While they were covering the vault the hymn "God De witn you tin we .meet again was sung, l be benediction was pronounced bv Dr. Wilson. ' A FATAL FIRE. Colored -Woman ssd Her Two Children Burned to Death.. - A colored woman and two children were burned to death last Thursday night near Harrell's Store, in Sampson county. Capt. Ward, of the Black river steamer IV. T. Daggett, which arrived here yesterday, says the woman was em ployed as a field hand by Mr. J. -F Cald well. She and her two children, six and eight years old, lived in a small house fust outside the village. About 11 o'clock Thursday night the bouse was discov ered to be in flames, and people who were aroused and went to the place said they could bear screams from the in mates of the house, but were unable to render any assistance or to stop the pro gress ot tne tire. After tne bouse was burned down the charred bones of the woman and two children were found in the ashes. TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS- The Flan Adopted in France Is not the Experiment Worth Trying Here F The value of good roads to a country has been a matter about which there never bas existed, a difference of . opin ion, and yet we know of but one county in North Carolina, and that is Mecklen burg, that bas been wide-awake enough to her interest to adopt a good system of toads, and good laws to perpetuate them. As no county in the State is lacking in. good roads more than New Hanover, it is well for our county au thorities to adopt some system that will give us better roads, and thus cause our valuable trucking lands in the vicinity ot Wilmington to come into immediate use and value. In the Century Magazine for April is an article on "Our County Roads" which every intelligent citizen should read, and from it we subjoin the following extract trom the Commercial Agent of the United States in France to our Department of State, which every citizen who owns a country road cart or wagon should heed: "The road system of France has been of tar greater value to the country as a means of raising the value of lands, and of putting the small peasant proprietors in easy communication with their mar kets, than have the railways.- It is the opinion ot wen intormea rrenenmen who have made a practical study of economic problems, tbat tbe superb roads of France have been one of the most steady and potent contributions to I, the material development and marvel lous financial elasticity ot the country. The far-reaching and splendidly main tained road system has distinctly favored the success of the small .landed proprie tors, and in their prosperity, and tbe en suing distribution ot. wealth, lies tbe key to the secret of the wonderful, financial vitality and solid prosperity of tbe French nation. "Every freighting and- market cart here is a road-maker. Its tire is from three to ten inches in width, usually from four to six, and so rolls the road. With the few four-wheeled vehicles used, the tires are rarely less than six inches, and the' rear axle is about fourteen inches longer than the fore, so that tbe rear or hind wheels run in a line about an inch outside of the line rolled by the fore wheels, thus, with a six-inch tire, two feet ot road width is rolled by every passing wagon. The varied guage is also observed by cabs, hacks, and other four-wheeled vehicles. so that they become road-makers in stead of rut-makers, as in our country. The cost of highway transportation over the properly built roads ot France does not exceed one-third tbe like ex pense in the United States, it being common in the rural districts of France to haul : three tons, and in the cities from three to five tons freight with one horse. Bev. Dr. Wilson. Rev. Dr. Wilson, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, who came from his home in Tennessee to attend the funeral of Rev. Dr. Moran, was the guest while here of Mr. Charles H. Robinson. Dr. Wilson received many visitors yesterday. . He had re cently recovered from a severe illness and is not yet fully restored to bis ac customed health and strength. Dr. Wil son has a strong hold on the affections of many in Wilmington of all classesand all denominations who will be glad to know that he contemplates visiting this city some time next summer. Wilmington Presbytery. v The Presbytery of Wilmington,' in ses sion at Burgaw this week, closed its ses sions yesterday. Rev.. Mr. McClure, of St. Andrew's Church, was made Modera tor. A pleasant and profitable meeting was held. Delegates to the General As sembly, at Hot Springs, Ark, were ap pointed as follows: Rev. : Peter Mcln- tire, principal; Rev. P. H. Hose, D. D.,' alternate; Ruling Elder L R. Faison, principal; W. H. Sprunt, alternate." THE LATE REV. R. S. MORAN, D. D. Arrival ot the Bemaias in Wilmington ynneral this Jtonlng from Grace Church. 4 The . remains of Rev.; Dnt Robt. S. Moran arrived last evening and were ac companied by Revs. Dr. Deems and Dr. Kennedy, and Mr. J.W.Taylor, nephew of Dr. Moran, from New York, and Messrs. W. F. Kornegay.E. B.Borden and Chas. Dewey, of Goldsboro, N. C. The re mains were met at the depot by Rev. W. l C Norman, Rev. Dr. Swindell, Rev. Dr; Nash, and the Boards of Stewards and Trusteerof Grace Church, together with a large number of the -members of the church. They were escorted " to Grace Church where large number had as sembled to show their respect for their beloved and deceased pastor. . The body was enclosed in a: handsome metallic open-faced casket. It was placed in the auditorium of the church, directly in front of the pulpit. The funeral sciyftes will be conducted at tbe church this morning at 10.30 o'clock. . The following will act as pall bearers, visv Rev. F. D. Swindell. D.D., Rev. W. C. Norman. Rev. L. L. Nash, D. D., and Messrs. C. W. Smith, E. C. Sell. W. M. Poissonr H. P. West. W. M. Hankins, Geo. G, Lewis,; W. W Hodges, D. H. Walsh. R. J. Jones. T B. Kingsbury and CoL Roger Moore. RIVER. AND MARINE. - The Port and Harbor of Wilmington as Compared with Other Southern Ports. The Southport Leader, in an article on the subject, says: Cape Fear bar can be safely crossed. at all times, day or night. Tbe protec tion afforded by the Frying Pan Shoals prevents the tilling in at the bar from north or east storms, as well as making smootn sailing over tbe bar during stormy weather, which is an obstacle at other Southern; ports. As to the water on tne bar, vessels can cross drawtne i sixteen and a bait feet at low water, and twenty-one feet at high water. An- cnorage inside is as sate as. any perfectly land-locked harbor can be, and in ! connection with this it - may . De : mentioned tnat every vessel entering or leaving tbe port of Wilmington anchors in thebarbor here, coming or going. Comparing the bar depths with other Southern - pons, Charleston cannot do better than seven teen feet, high water, a vessel drawing tnat amount touching several times when leaving that port, recentlyTwelve feet on an ebb tide is the best the pilots will undertake to carry out. Savannah has more water on her bar, but has no harbor, the anchorage ground at Tybee being the same as the ocean, where ves sels will pitch and roll from every ocean sweu. -vessels must go up the river nearly twenty miles to reach the city. LIQUOR DEALER'S LIABILITY. Supreme Court Decision of Interest to ; . Saloon Keepers. The Supreme; Court ot North Carolina rendered a decision in a "whiskey" case from Charlotte 'that is of interest. The case was tried in the Criminal Court at Charlotte. .. : It was proved that one of Mr. Kit- telle's clerks sold whiskey on Sunday and to minors. Judge Meares ruled that Mr. Kittelle was responsible for the act of his clerk, although he had given orders that no whiskey should be sold on Sunday nor to minors. The charge of Judge Meares was against Mr. Kit telle and he was fined $50. His lawyers took an appeal, and were confident that Judge Meares' charging would be over ruled, The decision was "no error," the court sustaining Judge Meares. The Supreme Court held that under our statute which permits license to sell liquors to be issued only to persons of good moral character, that such li- cvnse is a personal trust and the licensee is indictable for sales to minors or on Sundays whether made .by him or his clerks. It is held that the licensee is held responsible for: the criminal negligence in hot preventing illegal sales by clerks and that in employ ing them the licensee becomes guar antor of. their observance of the law, and that if this were not so it would be a, virtual repeal of the license law, since a licensee can employ as clerk one to whom the commissioners may have refused license to retail as unfit tor the trust and if the employer is not respon sible for such clerk the public receive no protection from the commissioners hav ing examined into the character of such applicant and having - refused him li cense. The opinion is fortified by many similar decisions cited from other States. Strawberries. I Mr, D. M. Summerell, of Armour, Columbus county, exhibited a sample of the strawberry (crop yesterday in the Star office. The plants were full of fruit in all stages of growth, and some of the berries lull ripe. After all the draw backs the crop in the Wilmington sec tion, it seems, will be a fine one, but a little later than usual. - : ROCKY MOUNT'S BOOM. Large IJand Purchase by the Atlantic ' Coast Iiine Extensive Buildings to be " Erected for Shops. Etc. The Central Point on the liine. , Special Star Correspondence. Rocky Mount, N. C. April 7. Maj. Kenly was here yesterday. looking after the interest; of the W. & W. R. R. The land donated to the company a short time ago 1 was found to be not sufficient tor the necessary extension of the proposed shops, . and - he bought seven and a half acres more, of Mr. W. M. Danghtndge, on the Edgecombe side of the road;! 150 feet wide, running south parallel with the main line tbree- . . r i - . . l ; - m Quarters oi a miic, ana lax-iug in oe Lancaster's dwelling. -. It is a fixed and settled tact tnat tne railroad - company means business, and will soon begin work preparing the way for the tracks and shop buildings, l his Is to be the central point of the Atlantic Coast Lane from Kichmond to r lorence, in making up passenger and freight trains North, , South, East- and .West. The arrangements of the yard system will be the most complete in the United btates. - r It is such a big thing our people can't conceive of , its ; . magnitude, nor the amount of revenue that will be derived from three to four hundred bands em ployed bv the companyi . - Other- developments will be" made later on. -; . ENCAMPMENT. Governor Holt and Party Visit Wright- -ville and the - Hew Encampment Grounds Vital Questions Slseussed Wilmington Does the Honors and Gives the Party a Boyal Time The Governor's Speech. Informal B6cep ."tion. According to announcement in yes terday's paper, Governor Thomas M. Holt and party, - accompanied by some ot our . interested citizens, left iWilmington in President . War ren i G. Elliott's private car at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, to visit the new encampment grounds at Wnghts- ville: forlhe - purpose of ascertaimnsr if the grounds will be sufficient to ac commodate the whole State guard, or whether it will have to be divided into two encampments. .jj ; ; The following composed the party ; Governor Thos. M. Holt, Adjutant-General ; James G. Glenn, Quartermaster Col, ; E. G. Harrell, Surgeon-General Hubert Haywood, Col. J. T. Anthony' of the Fourth Regiment Lieut: Col.' J. F. Bruton of -the Second Regiment, Gen. W. G. Lewis, T. P. Jerman. Special Private Secretary to tbe Governor, W. E: Shipp. Lieut. U. 5. A., Col. Thos. W. Strange, Col.; J. L. Cantwell, CoL W, C. Jones. Maj. Walker .Taylor. Capt. W. R. Kenan. Capt. J. H. Daniel. Col. F. W. Kerchner. Judge O. P. Meares, A. J. Marshall, Esq., Messrs. Geo.iR. French, J.- R. : Nolan, A. H. Neff;W. H, Bernard and T. W. Claw- i ; . .. i . - . son. . : L:- '' Upon arriving at Wrightsville, tha party was met with carnages and drove over to the new grounds. . A discussion was flad in. regard to sufficiency of the grounds, and what would be required to put them in order for use by the boys in; July next; viz: Water supply, officers quarters, parade ground, &c, &c. After going over the entire ground, the party was taken back to the depot, then to .the Beach and Hammocks, spending- a j short time at each 1 place . and then to Capt. E. W. Manning's, where - a delicious oyster- roast was served in splendid style. Then the - party took the train for Wil mington, and on the way the coming campaign was the topic of conversation. Short speeches were made by Col. Strange, Col.; Kerchneri Gen. Lewis, Judge Meares and others, and a vote was taken as to the personal preference of the party ; between Cleveland and Hill,' which resulted in a count of twenty-one to four in favor of Cleveland. One of the features of ' the. afternoon was the presentation of a bunch of as paragus by Col. Strange to Gov. Holt for his wife, as a gift from Mrs. E. W. Manning. Col. Strange made an appro priate little speech in presenting the same, which was responded to by Gov. Holt in fitting terms. , j - Upon arrival in the city the party re paired to l be urton, where a sump tuous repast was spread in honor ot the distinguished visitors. ; ; After tea the Governor held an infor mal reception in The Orton parlors. when a large number of the citizens, in cluding many ladies, called upon him There were probably 200 present and many were doubtless kept away by the wind-storm and rain that began about half-past eight o'clock. The Governor addressed his visitors in a short, but appropriate, and well- timed speech, saying among other things, that he came to Wilmington on business and on a matter which seemed to be a difficulty between the State and the cit izens of Wilmington, which would be de cided according to business principles only; but from present indications they would be decided satisfactorily to the citizens of Wilmington. He said that he had not expected any such demon strations like those that he and his party of officers had been greeted with; that he was surprised when upon arriving at the depot he saw such a large gathering to meet them with music and mili tary ; honors; and ' that ' the further arrangements which had been carried out so successfully were to him flatter ing'indeed, all of which had taken deep root in his affections and would doubt less grow and flourish in time to come, He touched slightly on politics, and said that he was a Democrat to the bone: that he loved his God first, his family next, and his coun try next; that he was a white man, and would forever stand to the principles of justice, mercy and honesty. That he bad seen the time when, just after the war, he was imprisoned for his princi ples, and when he sought the Executive chamber it was at the point of a dozen bayonets that he reached it; but was now, and should ever be as long as he remained executive officer. free to any man, be he white or black. rich or poor, to gain admission un molested and have his' cause Investigated and decided according to law and the principles of iustice. . That when he was given the office of Lieutenant Governor' it was not by his solicitation, and since,; by . the hand of providence, he had been exalted to . the supreme office of the State, he had ever strove to do his duty fairly and impar tially.' That now -the condition of the country was in an uncertain state, and he had been forced to announce himself as a candidate for. the' gubernatorial nomination.. He did not want to-be Governor and wished that ; he was out of it, but as his country had called, he expected to go forth to the battle to win. He paid a beautiful tribute to the State Guard and closed by thanking the citizens of Wilmington, lor their extreme hospitality and wish ,ing them much prosperity and happi- iness. If Governor Holt is truly a sincere and honest man, a staunch Democrat, and it ia iivImo tn (tav that New Hanovr will stand by him in the coming campaign, let the result be what it may. The Governor and -j party leave for their homes to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, very favorably impressed, and with much love for dear old Wilmington. - Messrs. Alex Sprunt & Son cleared the German brig Dri Witt yes-' terday, for Bremen, with a cargo- of 1,077 bales cotton, valued at $33,400. ' THE NO. 21 FUN IN THE HOUSE. Congressional Tipplers'? as Shown Up by r a Rewspepex Correspondent.. : BTdegiaph to the Morning Star. : . Washington, April 7. In the House to-day Mr. Funston.of Kansas, rising to a question of privilege, sent to the clerk's desk and had read an article pub lished in the New York Voice, which for ten minutes kept the House in a whirl wind of laughter and merriment. The article, which is headed "a few of the Congressional tipplers, goes on to men tion the names of a dozen or more Sen ators, and an equal number- of Repre sentatives, who at the Senate and House restaurants have been seen indulging in intoxicating liquors; Mis f r-unston s) name was one of those mentioned and he believed the article was intended to affect the primaries in his district. Laughter. : He denied that he had ever drank intoxicants within the capi tal, and produced the affidavit of the proprietors of the House restaurant to to that effect, and denounced the cor-. respondent of the Voice as a liar. Mr. Cummingslof New York, .whose name was also poblished. said that at the time the article was written he was sick in his room; undoubtedly, at. the same lime the correspondet had seen him drinking a -decoction known as cold tea," to which he had been intro duced by Senator Edmonds. Mr. Scott, of Illinois, whose name was on the black list, denounced tbe author of the article as an unmitigated and ridiculous and malicious liar. Mr. Fellows, of New York I wish to say on behalt of the correspondent ot the r v M-e umi, uc is ngai in one instance. I am guilty. fLaughterl. - Mr. Fitch I -declare mvself suiltv with Col. Fellows. Mr. Millikin So far as I am con cerned it is absolutely false. Mr, natch, of Missouri, thought that it was due to the House that tbe names of Senators and of Representatives men tioned who were not present or had not spoicen, should j be espunged from the record. I; Mr. Cockran, of New York, who was one of the gentlemen alluded to, regret ted that tbe motion had been made. It was not his practice to pay any attention to extracts of this kind, or to dignify them by replying to them. Enough had been said on tbe subject and tbe matter should be allowed to drop into the ob livion to which it belonged. Mr. Burrows, ot Mich., moved to ex punge the whole letter trom the Record and despite Mr. Funston's protest, this motion was carried. Then Mr. Funston, rising to a ques tion o privilege, said that this action of the House left his remarks without any thing to rest upon. In lanereuaze more forcible than polite, ' he denounced the correspondent of the Voice, and called upon other correspondents to kick him out of town. . 1 Mr. Lewis, of Miss., suggested that the correspondent was a woman. Mr. r unston It makes no difference. whether she is a lady or a street-walker l am standing here in my own defence. Viiisses in uie gaueryj. . Mr. Wheeler, of Ala., made a point of order that gentlemen should not use such language upon the floor of this House. . Mr. Funston said that he was inform ed that the correspondent -was not a woman. He had been told the name of the man who wrote the article. Mr. Funston then took his seat amid more hisses. .- . ; Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, rising to a question of privilege, offered a resolu tion declaring that it was due to the dignity and good name of the House of Representatives that the, remarks made by Mr. Funston lo-day, relative to a woman, should be expunged from the Record. i Mr. Burrows asked the gentleman to withdraw his resolution. He was assured by the gentleman from Maine that any thing that could be criticised would be eliminated from the Record. . Mr. Wheeler said that with that assu rance "he would allow the resolution to lie upon the table for the present. CONFEpERATEVETERANS. Proceeding in the Convention st New A- Orleans. -1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans, La., April 9. The United Confederate Convention, which adjourned yesterday afternoon, was called to order by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, Gen. Gordon's voice not being able to stand the strain of making itself heard in the large; hall. ; ' Gen. Lee announced tbat members of the Confederate Navy were also part and parcel of the association. A resolution in reference to the badge worn by the association jwas reported by substitute as follows $ "Resolved,. That, if by so doing a copyright can be secured, the letters A. u V. be placed on badges, and that the Quartermaster-General be au thorized to make changes; if no copy right can be secured, that there be no change in the badge." ; - A resolution by Col." Price Williams, Jr., relative to a monument to Raphael Semmes, was , reported by substitute. wbiCb was, adopted as follows: "The committee has considered tbe resolu tion, and while they are in hearty sym pathy with any project tbat would honor the memory of a man who so gallantly carried the flag of the Confederacy on the high seas, they are Of tbe opinion tbat the Association, as such, should not select one hero, to the exclusion of others, for monumental honors."- Surgeon General Joseph Jones sub mitted bis report. He said be had a roster of the medical and surgical staff who served in the armv and naw of the Confederate States. He had statistics ot the number of killed and wounded, and also had data relative to the way in which the several Southern States were taking care of their sick and disabled veterans. The report was received and a vote of thanks tendered to Gen. Jones. ; ? ACQUITTAL Of a Naval Officer who Killed an English- Bv Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. - , :, Washington April 9. News was re ceived at the Navy Depaitment this morning, that Lieut. J. H. Hetherington, U. S. N., had been acquitted on the charge of killing James Robinson, an Englishman, at Yokohoma, about two months ago. A telegram from Com mander Jno. R. Bartlett. of the Marion, gave briefly tbe information that Heth erinpton had been acauitted bv the Con sular Court at Yokohoma, before which he was tried. This action settles tbe case finally, as there is no other tribunal than the Consukr Court that has juris diction in such a matter, liethenng I -ton, it will be remembered, is the Leu- tenant in the navy who shot and killed Robinson, a prominent member of the English colony, oa. the ground that the latter bad been unduly intimate witn Mrs. Hetherington,- who was living at the time at Yokohoma, her husband being attached to the Asiatic squadron, It : is said that Robinson made what practically amounted to a confession to Rear Admiral Belknap, and Hethenng- ton's act was -approved by the foreign residents who were familiar with tbe cir cumstances. . ..,r.-;'r-" .,- SPIRITS TURPENTINE; Greensboro Record The report irom an sections ot f ledmont Carolina V give promise of a fine yield of wheat, f oats and rye, should no disaster betall -the crops between this time and harvest. I Thos. O'Connor, near the city, has rye i two feet high and in head. , s Raleigh'iv"mf and Observer:. At i the State Treasury yesterday $244,800 ' of old bonds were burned at the State Treasury, leaving about $1,250,000 still i outstanding We are sorry to learn j of the death of Miss Emily Frasier, of I ' Gulf, Chatham county, . which occurred ! at 2 p. m. April 6th. ,. - L Rocky Mount Argonaut . The j Atlantic Coast Line people have made j another purchase of land near the rail- ! road shops site. They will have their j main yard for the whole, system at j Rocky Mount, as well as the shops. . i Negotiations tor the construction of a t tobacco factory for the American To bacco Company are progressing rapidly. It is settled that Rocky Mount Is to be their chief purchasing point for Eastern Carolina. Statesville Landmark : ' Last " Sunday afternoon a little son of Mr. J. Chap. Turner, of Chambersburg town ship, who was with his father at the house of his uncle. Mr. W. W. Turner, climbed on a chair and got some matches off the mantelpiece while no one was no ticing what he was up to, went out and struck one and applied it to a straw stack. The result was two stacks ot straw burned, and it was only bv the hardest kind of work that the barn was saved. The stacks stood close to the barn and the end of. the building was charred, and the forage inside- caught fire, but was finally 'extinguished. The little boy said he did not think the straw would burn. Asheboro Courier ; One of the large saw miHs belonging to Dr. Worth was burned on last Sunday afternoon. The boilers and engine were very little injured. There is on the lumber yard of the; mill more than 800,000 feet of dry pine lumber, all of which would have been consumed by the wild flames had it not been for the presence of mind and heroic efforts of a lady, Mrs. Avant Wil-. liams. who happened to be present. Mrs. W seeing a pile of brush burning near the lumber, with great effort fought the flames and succeeded in removing the leaves,' brush, etc., which connected the burning brush with the lumber. Had1 it not been for the efforts of this woman the owner would have sustained a heavy loss. The mill was twelve miles south of Asheboro on the property recently purchased, by Dr. Worth from Mrs. Hancock, " Raleigh Chronicle: There was a report yesterday that on the railway , west of and near here a negro man had made a desperate attempt to cut the throat of a negro woman, but that the wound, though bad;, was not serious. - Mr. Council, one of the best farm ers m west Wake, says the farmers are planting no cotton in his section, but are putting all their land in corn. In a stretch of 'eight miles he did not see a , field in which cotton would be planted, but the planting of corn is going on, even spare bits of land .near dwellings being used. - Mr. G. B. Alford, gives a bad ac count of politics in the Holly Springs section; declaring that third party men are plentiful there. He knows of 45 in bis immediate section.- Gov. Holt yesterday commuted the sentence of Gil bert Dunlap, who was to have been hang ed May 5th, at Carthage, Moore county, for the murder of Robert Hoover, Au gust 14th, 1891. The sentence is com- . muted to five years in the penitentiary - M.3.x.onUnion and Scottish Chief: Mr. Calhoun Patterson, who lives about a mile from town, was assaulted and se verely and painfully injured by Mose - McLaunn, colored, last Saturday morn ing. Mr. Patterson was at his barn and was engaged in currying a mule when Mose came up, and was in a stooping posture, rubbing the mules legs. Sup posing the negro had come to go to work, Mr. Patterson spoke to him with out rising from his position, and was felled by a blow from a 2x4 scantling in the. hands, of the negro. He was struck just a little above the right ear.' The blow rendered him uncon scious for about three hours. -There seems to have been no real cause for the assault. While Mr. Patterson and the negro were ploughing together in the field the day before Mr. P. said some thing to him about his work, but there was no quarrel or harsh words. The negro escaped and has not been cap tured. It is said that he came very near killing his father some two years ago by cutting him with a pocket knife. - Mrs. wooiara, motner oi our townsman, Mr. H. S. Woolard, died at her home at Blrdville, Columbus county. on the 14th inst. Weldon News: Mr. R. J. Boyd, an aged and respected citizen of the Au- rp.lian Snrincs section died on Wednes- day of last week, aged about seventy five 1 vears. ; Willie Thomas, who killed , a young girl near Aurelian bonnes last vear. has been oardoned out of jail by Gov. Holt. The killing was ac cidental. He was arrested and taken to jau ana was incu at tne muvciuucc term ,. of the Superior court. In view of the facts he was sentenced to six months im prisonment in the county jail. Sat urday a colored convict escaped irom the guards at Great Falls. He was at work with the others. The morning was very foggy and taking advantage of thifi fact he jumped into the river, swam some dis-, tance down the stream and disappeared. iwo convicts aiso escaped irom tne State farms a few days ago. So far as we have learned none of them have been captured. ; We were shown a white . snowbird not long since and we have ucaru oi wnite Diacaoirua, uui wc never . thought there was any such thing as white moles, but they do exist along with white snowbirds and blackbirds. Mr. J. W. Liles. of the Aurelian Sorinsrs section, informed us a few days ago that -his son, Mr: John R. Liles. while plough- v ing last week, unearthed a genuine while mole. It had not a soot on him. " . . i . j . , -. duc was pure wnite ana a genuine ropie, . Raleigh Chronicle: The presi dential preferences of the members of the Democratic State Executive Com mittee were yesteraay ascertained upon inquiry to be as follows : Cleveland 14, Hill 6, a Western man 4, "the nominee" l. Two declined to express any prefer ence and three said they had no choice. There is great interest felt all over tne state tnis year in tne aiversincation -of crops. The agricultural department.; is in receipt daily of inquiries regarding clover, grasses, upland rice, castor oil . Deans, ana sucn tnmgs. in tne next is-. sue of the Bulletin by the' department will appear a special article on the culti vation of upland rice, by Rev. G. W Sanderlin, who used to be an admirable farmer. He 'did more than any other man to introduce .upland rice in . North Carolina, . and was the largest grower 'in the state. - sMr. John Robinson, Commissioner of Ag riculture, was asked yesterday - what , was the status of affairs , with regard to the cotton crop acreage. ;;; He said: "You will remember that two months ago I expressed a belief that there would be reduction oi a inira in tne cotton crop. baa rQonn m . n n m nta rnA or i m hip - made then. Mr. George TerreU, inspect tor of fertilizers, who. is very observant and careful and who travels all over tbe cottnn territnrv- tells me that there is a great reduction in acreage and a remark-' able increase in corn. , For instance, be tween Charlotte and 'Louisburg, which has always been one of tbe best cotton sections, he finds this season only a few fields prepared for cotton, but nearly all the land is beinsr put in corn. In 'Anson - ... . . r -rounttr rut nhwrvM ODIVlhrM or lour fields in preparation for cotton planting. The oeoDle there are all corn planters this year ; -d-:-' ' l- v
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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