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Por Governor:
ELI AS CARR, QF EDGECdMBE.
For Lieutenant-Governor: .
R. A. Doughxon, of Alleghany.
For Secretary of State: 1
OCTAVIUS COjKE. of Wake.
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For State Treasurer: ;
DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake.
For State Auditor:
M. FURMAN.toF Buncombe.
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For Attorney-General:
FRANK I.OSBORNE.Mecklenburg.
i For Sup't of Public Instruction:
C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston.
For Presidential Electors at Large:
C. B- AYCOCK, of Wayne.
R. B. GLENN, pF Forsyth.
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OUR NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR.
There are agreatjmany Democrats
in North Carolina who favored the
nomination of Governor Holt for the
flnnKl. rp.icnn that riA muHd a . errtnA
Governor, and that
he fully deserved
the honor of succeeding himself. The
strength which he developed in the
convention shows that he has a
strong hold on the Democracy of
this State, and that of itself is a
recognition of which he may well be
proud. He and his friends who stood
so enthusiastically by him have cause
to congratulate themselves that in
choosing his successor the conven
tion made,-such happy choice as
Elias Carr, whose nomination will
give general satisfaction "throughout
the State. j
Mr. Carr was not a candidate in
the sense of desiring the nomination,
and some time age wrote a letter de
claring that'he wa not a candidate,
and declining to p ;rmit his name to
be used in that cor neetion, but he re
cognizes the right of his party to de
mand service of those in its ranks.
and the duty of the Democrat when
called to obey.
(" He is a farmer, of Edgecombe
county, and one fof the best in the
State, one of the original organizers
of the Alliance, but has always stood
.'straight within the party lines and
discountenanced any independent
movement or third party talk
When the St. -Ljrais platform was
thrust before th Alliance in this
State he unhesitatingly condemned it
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as not only irrational but antagonis
ticjto-the reforms for which the Alii
ance (was laboring, and contended
that there was no reform which the
Alliance sought which could not be
better, more easily and more speedi
ly secured through the Democratic
party than through any other agency
witmn the Alliance there is no
voice in the State more potent than
his, for he has always been looked
upon &s an able, safe and sagacious
counsellor. He has done as much,
perhaps, as any man in the State to
1 1 All! M' . '
iteep me Ainance witmn tne lana-
marks and curb the revolutionary
spiritjhat sought to lead it astray.
He is a graduate of the State Uni
versity and is, w6 think, about fifty-
five years of agej enthusiastically de
voted to his calling, liberal-minded,
large-brained, and in everv wav well
equipped to. discharge the duties of
the high position for which he has
been nominated! and to which he
will be elected, With credit to himself
and honor and benefit to North Car
olina:
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VOL. XXIII.
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The ticket nominated at Raleigh
meets with responsive accord
throughout the State, and is univer
sally conceded to be a very strong
one. .Thefe is not a man on it who is
not a representative man, and not
one who is not a sterling Democrat.
Elias Carr, the nominee for Gov
ernor, is a tarmer, aevotea to nis
calling, and one who by precept and
example has done a.s much to pro
mote the industry of the farm as any
man in the State. He is in the prime
of lite, and in every way qualified to
acceptably fill the position to which
he will be called by the suffrages of
his fellow-citizens. The nomination
came to him undesired antr unsoli
cited. His speech in accepting the
nomination, in its modesty, is charac
teristic of the tnaii. "
R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany
county, nominee for Lieutenant-
Governor, is, we think, a lawyer. He
represented his county in the legis
lature last term, was elected Speaker
of the House and made an efficient
presiding officer.'
Octavius Coke, for Secretary of
State, is a native of Virginia, a resi
dent of this State since the war, is a
lawyer by profession, now incum
bent of the office, having succeeded
the late Col. Saunders by appointment
of Gov. Fowle. He has always
been a good party worker and has
in every campaign rendered valuable
service.
Donald W. Bain, for Treasurer, suc
ceeded Dr. Worth and has filled the
office two terms with an efficiency
which has been universally recog
nized. " North Carolina may have
had as good, but it never had a bet
ter Treasurer.
J. C. Scarborough, for Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, has served
In that position before, having been
Supenndendent. before Major Fin
ger, when he filled the office well.
R. M. Furman, for Auditor, is an
editor, formerly from Eastern North
Carolina, but for some years resident
of Asheville, where he publishes the
Democrat. For many years he was
engrossing clerk of the N. C. House
of Representatives.
Frank I. Osborne, for Attorney
General, is now solicitor of the
Eleventh judicial district, a resident
of Charlotte, where he was born, and
is a lawyer of recognized ability, in
addition to which he is a very ef
fective speaker. This istne ticKet in
the selection- of which it will be noted
that due attention was given not on-
j ly to the personnel of the nominees
and their fitness for the offices for
which they were named, but also in
the proper distribution to fairly rep.T
resent the different sections of the
State, East, West and Center. It was
selected with admirable judgment
The choice for Presidential Elec
tors at large was good, C. B. Aycock,
of Wayne, and R. B. Glenn, of For
syth, being capital speakers and
good campaigners.
The delegates to the National
Convention are well known through
out the State.
Ed.. Chambers Smith, of Raleigh,
is a lawyer, now Chairman of the
State Democratic Committee.
W. J. Green, of Cumberland, is the
owner of the Tokay Vineyard, and
ably represented his district in the
48th and 49th Congress.
J. P. Caldwell, formerly of Iredell
and now of Charlotte, where he edits
the Observer, stands in the front rank
of journalism in this State, and is a
man of fine sense.
J. D. 'Bellamy, of this city, it is not
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.necessary to say anything about in
this section of the State, where every
one knows him as one ot the first
lawyers at the bar and a gentleman
who carries an eminently level head.
Many subscribers to the Weekly
Star to whom bills were recently
sent have forwarded the amounts
due; but many others have paid no
attention whatever to the bills. We
will be glad to have all subscribers
understand that we cannot afford, to
print and. mail this paper, postage
paid, for fun. ' It is all we can do to
furnish it for One Dollar. Please
send amount due if you have not
already done so.
Kaiser William is a remarkably
modest young man. At a recent
banquet he got upon his feet and got
off the following: "May the sons of
this country accept patiently what
ever Providence has in store for
them, and await with confidence the
results which the Emperor will
achieve in the course, of the toil
some future." It must, have been
cheerinc for the sons who ! are
not shot when the festivities, are in
augurated to learn that the Emper
or's achievements will offset Provi
dential drawbacks.
John Boettcher, of iWilkesbarre,
Pa., owned a coal mine but didn t
know it. He sold the tract of land
on which it was discovered, a barren
tract, for $300, and was very well
contented until the fellow who
bought it went to piruting around,
discovered the coal, and sold it for
$15,000. Then John got so mad be
cause he hadn't piruted some that he
filled a pistol with powder and lead
and shot himself to death.
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Dana Sofia L6reta Micaela " de
Maro-Reayisy Perallo de la Cordova,
don't want the whole earth, but
only 7,000 square miles jot Arizona,
valued at $20,000,000... She is the
widow of the . late James A. Reavis,
of St. Louis, the man to whom the
city 'of Washington is 'indebted for
becoming ja respectable city. He
worked up! a boom, and wrote a
dozen pamphlets, . and newspaper
articles without number, favoring
the removal of the Capital to St.
Louis, and scared up Congress and
the Washington people so that they
made that (city not only respectable
but one of! the handsomest in the
world. Reavis, who was a steam
engine in pants, did it. -
" Many subscribers to theWEEKLY
Star to whom bills were recently
senthavej forwarded .the amounts
due;jbut many others have paid no
attention whatever to the bills. We
wilt be glad to have all subscribers
understand that we cannot afford to
print and mail this paper, postage
paid, for fun. It is all we can do to
furnish it for One Dollar. Please
send amount due if you have not
already done so.
THE RICE CROP.
The Increase Over - Last Year Estimated
at Fifty Per Cent.
The rice (crop of this year, under any
favorable growing conditions, according
to the estimate ot Dan Talmage's Sons,
can hardly fall short of 8,000.000 bushels,
an increase
of about 50 per cent, over
any previous year.
The basis of estimate is
on acreage
planted, prepared and promised. The
enlargement is mainly due to planters
who have tad previous experience, but
further augmented by those who, plant
ing less cot) on, adopt rice as a substi
tute crop;- it being equally safe and
abundant as any other grain, and of
much higher value. The latter make
the venture in an experimental way,
judiciously planting to a limited extent,
yet the aggregate production therefrom
promises to be quite considerable.
About half the crop was seeded during
March anq April. Operations were
suspended during May, but will be re
sumed early next month, continuing in
the extreme South and Southwest until
the middle pf July.
The acreage and condition in the two
Carolinps isi reported as follows :
South Carolina Acreage one-third
more than last year; lowland slightly in
creased; upland largely. Lands in much
better ordeif than last year. Cool, dry
weather has! retarded growth. The rivers,
especially the shorter ones, have been
quite low and "salt," but are now nearly
normal under lecent raintaJ1-. Stand
ratner poorj out recovering under im
proved conditions. Harvest likely to be
later than usual. , !
North Carolina Acreage greatly en
larged; abont the same quantity of tide
water land cultivated. Dut nearly n not
fully double upland. Seed going to many
new localities, the low price of cotton
drawing attention to rice and other sub
stitute crops. Planters exercising more
care this year in the selection of seed.
Season backward but now progressing
favorably.
The Largest Shipment.
Thursday night last, says the Charles-
ton News
and Courier, the " Atlantic
Despatch shipped North 80
vegetables. This is the larg
Coast Line
carloads of
est shipment of truck which has been
made out ojf the city of Charleston this
season, and
the Atlantic Coast Line
Despatch's
fast vegetable tirain had to
leave the cty in three heavy; sections in
order to handle it. The 80 carloads
were made up from three points as fol
lows: -
From Ybung's Island, 32 carloads,
the largest single day s shipment made
from that point this" season.
From Flbrida, via the Charleston and
Savannah, 26 carloads, and the remain
ing 14 carlbads from the immediate vi
cinity of this city. .
An Old Gentleman Drowned.
A correspondent of the Star at Mc-
Coll, S. (p., says: "Yesterday (Thurs
day) ai -twelve o'clock, Mr. L. B. Mc
Coll, an ojd gentleman, eighty years old
who lived inear here, left home to go to
the creek to bathe. He was found
shortly afterwards in the creek dead.
The doctqrs think heart trouble was the
cause of hjis death."
A Butler Eumor.
A report was current here yesterday
that Marion Butler had determined to
corns out squarely for the State Demo
cratic ticket in the next issue of his
paper, theCaucast'an. He should either
do this or change the name of his paper.
It is also fumored that he win support
tne iNauonai ueinucraui; in-nci..
The; Star regrets to learn that
Messrs. McMillan Bros, who are among
its oidest.!subscribiers and advertisers,
lost property by the recent big fire in
Savannah to the amount of 430,000, on
which there was insurance tor only $12,
500. But - they are not the men to be
overcome jby adversity, and will soon re
cover their losses.
Mr. S. . Van Amringe reports
the burning of a vessel at sea, off Mason-
boro Inlet, Thursday night. He wit
nessed the fire from his house at
Wrightsville, and he judged from the
flames that it must have been a vessel of
considerable size. No further particu
lars have oeen received here.
SEVERE STORM.
Wind andiBain at Bocky Mount A Iiarge
Tobacco Prise Souse Blown .Down.
Seial Star Correspondence
Rocky Mount. May 21. This morn
inc about 6:30 o'clock, we had a very
heavy rain accompanied with thunder
and lightning and a powenui wma.
Braswell & bherroa s large toDacco prize
house, three and a half stories high, was
laid level with the ground. It was a
frail structure nnd the owners naa Deen
notified by an expert to leave the build
ing in the event of a storm. Fortunate
ly, occurring so soon in the day, the
hands had not crone to worit. ine loss
is estimated at between 25,000 and 80,
000 pounds of tobacco, and the loss on
tobacco is from ftl.000 to J1.500. Their
insurance does not amount to anything,
as they had it only against fire and not
against cyclones. . The debris is now
being moved and work will commence
at once to reDuua.
WILMINGTON, N. C,
' A . YOUNG DOCTORS.
Sixty-nine Applicants' for Iiioense-FoTty-'
five Applications Granted.
The' Board ot Medical Examiners did
notcomplete-their labors until a very
late hour Friday night. The number of
applicants for license to practice medi
cine in this State was sixty-nine, ot
which five were colored men. Of the
whole number, forty-five ; were success
ful and twenty-four were rejected. The
first prize for the best general average
was awarded to Dr. E. J. Buchanan, of
Salisbury. The following is a- list; of
those to whom .diplomas were awarded:
R. H. Stancell, Jr Margarettsville ;
Dr. C. L. Summers, Winston; Andrew
H, Harriss, Wilmington; - J. Taylor,
Washington; S. L. Martin, Leaksville;
W. 13. Bullock, Frahklinton; L. A. Cro-
well, Lincolnton; H. J. Thomas, ,Win
ton; A. J. Crowell, Cobarn Store; E. ArMerred to the Committee on Publication.
Rainey, GermarftoWtt; C. Mr Jones,' Tar
boro; R. W. Smith, Hertford; H.
H. Baird. H. S. Williams, W. R.
Below, Asheville; J. F. Wright,
E. J. Buchanan, Salisbury; J. B. Briggs,
Elizabeth City; R. L. Caverness, resi
dence not stated; T; H. Boaz, Price; J.
F. Rivers, Julian; ,W.C. Ashworth, Ash
boro; C. J. Oliver, Asheville; W. C. Fol
ger, Dohson; A. J. Koonce, Roaring
River; C. H. Adams, Currie; H. W.
Long, Statesville; J. C. Twitty, Ruther
fordton; F. B. Roberson, Weaverville;
S. E. Pennington, Sturgis; F. Roberts.
Marshall; S. C. McGilora, Asheville;
Wm. Bowden. Knoxville; M. E.
Gattis, Garner; J. C. Rodman, Wash
ington; J. W. Castin, Gatesville;
M. L. Stevens, Enochville; L G. Blount,
Washington; J. H. Bennett, Wadesboro;
S. L. Perkins, Solitude; J. By num. Win
ston; H. L. Hoover. Elm City; J.' E.
Dellinger, Reidsville; N. B. Houser,
Charlotte; J. W. Jones, Winston. The
last three are colored men.
NOTORIOUS ALEX. GILMORE.
His South Carolina Record as Told by
One of the Sufferers from his Depreda
tions in that State.
McColl,S. C. May 19.
Editor Morning Star, Wilminzton.N. C. :
Dear Sir : I notice vour account of
the notorious Alex. Gil more -in yester
day's issue of "the Star. You leave out
his South Carolina record. ' On his re
turn trip from Georgia, near Tatum sta
tion, this State, he broke into a negro
house in open day-time, and took a lot
of clothing. He was pursued by a crowd
of negroes anq overtaken aoout two
miles from where the goods were taken
in a negro house. Seeing his pursuers,
when they got hear the house, he broke
for the woods and was fired upon by the
pursuers and wounded pretty badly, but
made his escape. The following night
he entered the premises of Mr. Henry
McColl, near, where he was wounded,'
and stole a mule which was unmanage-
to a buggy and finding he could do
neither, he led the mule about a mile
and exchanged with Mr. McColl's neigh
bor, getting one (the property of the
writer) that would both ride and drive,
and in his words "a good one;" and
mounting the mule, alter stealing a
saddle at this place, he pursued
his journey towards North Carolina.
About two miles further on, he decided
he must have a buggy, and so he entered
Mr. B. F. McLaunn s premises and tooK
possession ol bis nuggy ana narness,
and on he went for North Carolina. He
was pursued and overtaken two days
lateron inRalelgh where he was captured.
He still had m his possession everything
except the saddle. Gilmore was brought
back to Bennettsville, this State, and
tried at our last September term of
court, and sentenced to seventeen years
hard labor m our penitentiary, bhortly
after he was put in the penitentiary he
waslsent out to work on a quarry near
Columbia, and the first opportunity he
got to escape he made use of it, and, was
fired upon by the guards, but was. not
hit... S .
I don't think there was any reward
offered for him except the $25.00, the
standing reward offered for escaped con
victs in this btate.
Miss Brunt should be rewarded for
this heroic deed and I believe all the
readers of the Star will be glad to con
tribute. So. Mr. Editor, it you think
well of the scheme, head the list with
five dollars from the writer.
Respectfully,
T. B. Gibson.
The dav after Gilmore stole my mule,
hunted him in his old stamping ground
below Fayetteville, where every one
knew him. I had men with me who
knew him, and who said they would not
halt him if they were to meet him, but
would shoot him on sight. He was a
oerfect terror to that whole country. It
cost me one hundred dollars to get him
and mv mule back, but I am willing to
pay more to Miss Brunt. F. B. G.
The Peanut Crop.
A Norfolk correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch says: Advices from the
peanut-growing sections received by the
commission merchants here indicate
that the peas are coming up badly, and
the outlook at present for a good yield
is by no means promising, though the
acreage in some counties has been in
creased. The dry weather and the cold
have retarded very much the growth,
Whether these reports of unsatisfactory
conditions will affect the present low
state ol the market remains to be seen.
The nut-cleaning factories have all about
shut down, owing to the hands knock
ing off for the pea-and-berry-picking
bonanza in the trucking-heids. -The
Ooeanic.
The Oceanic Hotel, at Carolina
Beach; is now running on schedule time,
and the hungry wayfarer will find it
haven of rest and refreshment. Phil,
Wright is in his element when he crosses
the treshold of a hotel and takes com
mand. "The only trouble with Phil,
as a gentleman remarked in the Star
office vesterday, "is that he feeds too
well to make money."
The German brig Dr. Witte,
from Wilmington, N. C, April 9, for
Bremen, reports that the crew of the
German bark Sirene, from Wilmington,
N. C, April 5, for Liverpool, before re
ported seen abandoned on April 15, had
been saved.
A correspondent of the Star at
Savannah, Ga., inquiring as to the price
of tar in the Wilmington market, is as
sured that the quotation in this paper
($1.35 per barrel of 280 pounds) is cor
rect. - The market has remained steady
at this price for about three weeks.
FRIDAY,' MAY 27, 1892.
NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Report of Committee! Presentation and
Discussion of Interesting Papers- In
stallation of .Offloere Appointment of
Chairmen of Sections.
The third and last day's session of the
Society for the year was' called, to order
by , President Cheatham at 10 o'clock
a. m. j
The Committee on Credentials reports
ed the name of p.- M. Hackler, who was
received. ""' ; I '
" The resolution of yesterday to :print
300 copies of the substitute for the Con
stitution of thes -Society, was changed,
on motion of Dr. Jewett, to 500 copies.
Dr. E. C. Laird read a paper on the
"Therapeutic Value of Mineral Waters,"
the subject being the Buffalo Lithia
Waters. This paper was discussed by
several gentlemen and. on motion, re-
Dr. R. rrTLewis presented and read a
valuable pnper entitled : ?A . few Plain
Words About Glaucoma." Referred
to the Committee on Publication. '
Dr. Michael, of the Maryland Medical
Institute, read a paper on "Obstetrical
Teaching,"' which was lisrened to with
marked attention by -the Society, and
was referred to the Committee on Publi
cation. -
The committe on the Daffy prize es
says made the following report:
The committee appointed at the last
meeting of the Society at Asheville, N.
C, to decide as to the merits of essays
for the Duffy prjze, beg leave to report
that two essays were offered, neither of
which are on the subject tor which the
prize was offered. Dr. Duffy was wired
and he says the prize was offered for
treatment of hemmorhagic malarial fe
ver. The committee recommended that
the matter be left open and the com
mittee instructed to publish their award
or action in the Worth Carolina Medical
fournal. ,
Dr. Pearce read a short paper on the
treatment of pneumonia, which was dis
cussed by several members and referred
to the Committee on Publication.
Dr. T. S. Burbank exhibited a speci
men of cancer and made an explanatory
statement of its treatment and manner
of removal.
The hour having arrived for the in
stallation of thej newly elected officers,
Dr. Cheatham, on retiring from the office
of President, returned thanks for the
uniform kindness and courtesy which
had characterized the conduct of the
profession toward him during bis in
cumbency. He then appointed a com
mittee to escort fiis successor to the chair.
On taking the chair, Dr. J. W. Mc
Neill, the newly elected President, was
greeted with applause. He thanked the
Society for the distinguished honor con
ferred on him. and declared that the
the high office of Governor yesterday by
the Democratic Convention could not
possibly swell with the feelings ot pride
which he felt jat being elected to the
Presidency of as dignified and scientific
a body as the Medical Society of North
Carolina.
The following gentlemen were ap
pointed chairmen of Sections :
On Practice-Dr. E. MSummerell.
On Surgery-j-Dr. J. P. Munroe.
On Obstetrics Dr. J. H. Marsh.
On Gvnaecoloev Dr. R. H. White-
head
On Materia
Medica Dr. Thomas
Stamps..
On Therapeutics Dr. C,
E. Hllliard.
On, Pathology and
M icroscopy Dr.
W.T. Pate.
On State Medicine and Medical Juris-
prudence Dr. S. J. Montague.
Leader of Debate Dr. D. T. Tayloe.
Committee pn Pittman Prize Drs. D.
W. Bullock, H. T. Bahnson, T. D.
Haigh.
Committee on Duffy Prize--Drs. N.
B. Herring, Dj McBryde, Duncan Smith.
A am' tat10 M Q A A t-VlOfr Tr X T
r. aiaicuiwuvi naa uiauv wuai. a-
Robinson, of Goldsboro, one of the
members suspended on Wednesday lor
advertised a nostrum, was present, and
desired his case re-opened in order that
be might make an explanation.
This idea was embodied in a motion
and was discussed at some length by
i
several of the members, some wishing
the matter to go over until the next an
nual meeting, ;and others thinking that
iustice to Dr. Kobinson required an
immediate hearing.!
Two of the members of the Board of
Censors being absent, Drs. Cheatham
and Pearce wre appointed to sit with
Dr. Bahnson as a Board of Censors and
hear Dr. Robinson in his defence. This
Board made a! report reaffirming the ac
tion taken by the Society on Wednes
day and the sentence of suspension re
mains in force.
Dr. Roberts read a paper on "a case
of Abnormally Low Temperature In a
typho-malarial patient which was re
r
ferred to the Committee on Publication.
On motion the thanks of the Society
were returned to the local physicians
and citizens generally for the hospitality
and kindness; exhibited during their stay
in our midst.
"On motion, the Society adjourned
sine die. - .
EXCURSION TO THE BEACH.
At 2.30 o'clock p. m.. the doctors
(several of them accompanied by ladies)
met. at the Princess street depot of the
Seacoast Railroad and boarded the train
provided by jthe local board of arrange
ments for a visit to the sea shore. At
Ocean View they enjoyed themselves in
walkincr on the beach, gathering shells
and drinking in huge draughts of
ozone, and about a dozen of the more
venturesome indulged in . a surf bath,
which they j seemed to enjoy greatly.
Two of them, however, evidently had
not got on their sea legs, and furnished
amusement to some of the lookers-on
who observe their antics. Drs. Picot and
Hodces took advantage of the hard
beach left by the receding tide, and hav
ing taken bicycles down with them
amused themselves with riding.
After spending an hour on the beach
the train was boarded for the return
trip. In a few minutes the Hammocks
was reachedj and the party -left the cars
and spent another hour- in rambling
Star
- T -)--
about the island and fishing from th
bridge across the channel. Several of
- v
the fishermen had ! crood luck and
Drought back with them a number of
fine fish.
x iic gentlemen witn wuom the re
fi . i ... . . . -
porter talked - expressed themselves as
highly pleased with their trip.
STILL REACHING OUT.
Another Kailroa Added to the Atlantic
Coast Lin System It is the Columbia,
He wherry und Laurens.
The Columbia State of Thursday
giyes the following particulars of a new
combination with the Atlantic Coast
Line:
Only a day or so ago a most impor
tant new railroad connection and change
to Columbia was mentioned. Now
comes one that will be just as important
and is much more surprising.
The fact is, tLe Columbia, -Newberry
and Laurens Railroad, which, since it
was opened, has been operated by the
South Carolina road, yesterday went
over to the Atlantic Coast Line, and it is
to be used no longer as merelv a State
road, but a main line.' .
The lease of the South Carolina Rail
way expires to-morrow, and yesterday
General Manager Kenlv of the Coast
Line came here, and at a conference with
President Childs of the C, N. & L. the
comDinauon was iormea. ine road is
to be operated in connection with the
Coast Line and the G., C. & N., or Sea
board Air Line, and it is understood
that as soon as things can be so arranged
the little road will be used as a portion
of the main line of the Coast Line for
through trains from the North to At
lanta and the West, i This, if it is done
-and there is no doubt that it will be
is evidently done for the purpose of en
tering into close competition with the R.
& D's new through schedule for Atlanta.
It will result in great good to the towns
along the line of Columbia's own road
and put Columbia on still another great
main line. ,
The road will after to-morrow be un
der the supervision ot the officers of the
Coast Line.
One of the most surprising things
about the whole change, however, lies in
the tact that Capt. C. U. Little, who has
for years been one of the best railroad
men in the service of the South Carolina
Railway, refusing the superintendencv
when practically in his hands, will resign
his position as master of trains with that
road, and take that of assistant superin
tendent of the new line. He is a valuable
man.
President Childs stated yesterday, be
fore the above was obtained, that here
after the road would be operated in con
nection with the Coast Line, using its
depots, etc., and he would be. to a cer
tain extent, the superintendent. He evi
dently did not care to tell about the real
purpose ot the comoination formed All
Columbia will rejoice at it, however.
it was also heard vesterdav that the
Coast Line would, j in the near future,
again put on the morning tram to
Cbarleston.and night train from Charles-
State m that portion ot the btate will
once more get their papers on time.
LETTER OF EXPLANATION.
Concerning the Account of the Alleged
Killing of the Outlaw Gilmore In Bla
den County.
Fayetteville, N. C, 20th.
Editor Star. Wilmington, N. C:
Dear Sir: I notice in the Star of
yesterday an article about the killing of
Gilmore, in which it is denied, and you
mention the fact that I sent the dis
patch, and I desire to set myself straight
in the matter I
On Monday night a little after nine
o'clock, the messenger boy of the Postal
Telegraph Company came to my house
and said the Star and the Messenger had
wired the office here to see me and get
me to send them a special ot two or
three hundred words about the killing
of Gilmore. I was surprised, as I had
not heard anything of it, and told the
boy so. He said that it was so and I
told him it he would give me the facts,
that I would be glad to accommodate
the Star and Messenger. I went down
to the office i and the operator
told me the same, and 1 ob
tained from him the copy of a
long special which had been sent by a
newsDaoer man here to some Virginia
and New York papers, and got the facts
from that copy, which i telegraphed you.
I did not for a moment doubt the cor
rectness of the report, and simply de
sired to accommodate you, as I put my
self to inconvenience by leaving home
at. nieht and dropping other work in
which I was engaged, as our Court was
in session and I was very busy. I have
since heard the report confirmed and
denied, and do not know yet whether it
is true or not. A gentleman told me
this morning that one of the engineers
on the river steamers said yesterday that
it was true. i
These are the .facts, and I trust you
will set me straight in the matter. I
thank you for your kindness in the allu
sion to me vesterday. .
The Fayetteville Observer yesterday
published the report. Yours truly,
) rlENR L.. COOK.
A Visitor's Impression.
The Weldon News says: Mr. W. H,
Brown returned from Wilmington a day
or two ago, where he attended the ses
sion of the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F as
representative from Weldon Lodge No.
1. He says his ; visit to the city beside
the sea was very pleasant, and as for the
hospitality of Wilmington people he
could only say that that city surpasses
all the cities he ever .visited. rHe stop
ped wfth our friends and former towns
men, C. T. Bennett and W. H. Capell,
who are now running so successfully the
Purcell House. ! They treated him with
special kindness and consideration.
Aooident on the G., O. & N. E. B.
The north-bound through freight
train (No. 22) on the Georgia, Carolina
& Northern railroad, jumped the track
a few miles north of Atlanta, Ga.. Thurs
day night, about 11.30 o'clock. En
gineer W. E. Clayton was badly scalded,
and was brought to his home in Laurin-
burg. N. C, yesterday morning in Mr.
1. H. Winder's private car. His condi
tion is a very painful one, but his in
tones are not considered fatal. No
other particulars have been received re
garding the balance of the train crew or
the damace to the train and track. The
train was delayed about nine hours.
The Southport Leader reports
three miles of the proposed railroad
from that place to Wilmington graded
and some fifty hands at work.
NO. 27
THE STATE CONVENTION
FINISHED ITS WORK AND ADJOURNED
LAST NIGHT.
I'M work Wea "Done A Ticket That.
Pleases Everybody and That Will Sweep
the State. - .; ---. ,,., . .
Special Star Tdegram.1
; . Raleigh, May 19. The State ticket
so far, is Doughton.' of Alleghany, for
Lieutenant Governor; Coke, Secretary of
State; Bain, Treasurer; J. C. Scarbor
ough, Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion; R. M. Furman, Auditor. An ex
citing . contest is now in progress over
the nomination for Attorney General.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, May 19. F. J. Osborne, of
Mecklenburg, nominated for Attorney
General on the sixth ballot, and is now
addressing the Convention. The best
of feeling pervades. . -1
. Special Star Telegnun.
Raleigh, May 19. For electors at
large, C B. Aycock, of Wayne, and
R. B. Glenn, of Forsyth, were chosen.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, May 19, 9.20 p. m. The
Convention wound up business at 7.50
p. m. by selecting the following dele
gates to Chicago : Ed. Chambers Smith,
Raleigh; W. J. Green, Cumberland; J. P.
Caldwell, Iredell; J. D. Bellamy. Jr.,
Wilmington. Alternates, J. H, Merri
mon, E. B. Jones. P. B. Means, T. W.
Strange.
Resolutions endorsing the nomination
of Judge Shuford, of the Twelfth Dis
trict, and also endorsing in the highest
terms the administration of Gov. Holt,
were adopted.
The Convention adiourned with three
cheers for Democracy.
bd. Chambers Smith is a Hill man:
the views of the other delegates are not
Known. -
The following is Mr. Elias Carr's
speech accepting the nomination for
Governor, viz :
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Con
vention:
No one knows better than yourselves
that this compliment has been un
asked. When I left my home in
Edgecombe . I left it, with the determi
nation, expressed to my many friends,
that I would not become a candidate tor
the office. You have seen fit to
place the banner of the Democratic
party in my hands. I accept the
trust, and I will do the best in my power.
l do not pose before you to-day as a
farmer who works between the plow
handles. I am a farmer. I have the
reputation of being a successful farmer.
My work has been principally that of
supervising a farm. There are only two
things which I claim to do; one is super
vising a farm, and the other is voting
the Democratic ticket.
' By Associated Press.
Raleigh, N. C, May 19. The Con
vention completed the State ticket this
evening in perfect harmony. Donald
Bain was nominated' for Treas
urer; . rant... l. .Osborne.. Altornev
perintendent of Public Instruction.
Delegates at large to Chicago, John D.
Bellamy, Jr., h-dward Chambers -amitb,
J. P. Caldwell and Wharton J. Green.
Their preference are the men who can
be elected.
HON. ELIAS CARR.
A Bousing Welcome Given to the
Democratic Candidate For Governor
at His Home in Edgecombe County
Yesterday.
Special Star Telegram.
Tarboro, N. C May 21. Edgecombe
gave Elias Carr a rousing reception to
day upon ' his arrival from Charlotte.
He was met at the train by the Edge
combe Guards, a large number of
mounted men and a multitude of citi
zens in vehicles and on foot; Amid
shrill blasts of whistles, cheer after
cheer from the throngs, pealing bells,
the waiving of flags, handkerchiefs and
everything shakable, the blast of trum
pets and the resonance of drums, he
was escorted through the town, which
was in rain-bow array with red white and
blue.
The school children greeted him on
the way, hailed him as next Governor,
and litterally filled the carnage in which
he, Mayor Fountain and the editor of
the Southernorere riding, with flowers.
Mr. Carr was happily welcomed and in
troduced to the vast assemblage from
the balcony of the hotel Farrar by Judge
Philips. He was visibly affected when
he arose. His speech was short. He ex
pressed his thanks at the royal welcome
given him, and promised if elected to be
Governor ot the people of North Caro-
linh, and not of any faction. Henry C
Bourne, the silver-tongued orator ot
the county, followed; then ex-Gov. Jar-
vis and J. J. Laughinghouse. Jarvis'
speech was a happy effort, and is yet
being praised.
No such demonstration has been ever
witnessed here. There is a closing up
of the Democratic ranks here, and an
advance all along the line. ; F. P.
JUDGE LYNCH.
A Negro Loses ma Standing in Ten
nessee.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nashville, May 19. A special to
the American from Manchester, Tenn,
says at 2.80 this morning thirty men en
tered the town, and going to the jail, de
manded Charles Everett, the Tullahoma
negro. The sheriff had spirited him away
to a barn in the suburbs. After thirty
minutes search he was found, carried to
the railroad bridge, just above town, and
hanged. - When thrown over tne rope
broke, and his body, was riddled with
bullets. - He was then again strung up,
and as the dispatch was sent he was
hanging at the bridge. A. Y. Smith, of
Tullahoma, announced himself as the
leader, and his wflligness to assume the
responsibility for the deed. - The room
of a young lady, a relative of Smith, had
been entered by the negro Monday
nieht for the purpose of assault, although
the negro claimed that robbery was bis
object. :. . -
Statesville Landmark: The out
look for a crood wheat crop is very
promising. A month from now har
vesting will be ' In progress. Mon-
dav night ot last week the smoice nouse
of Mr. T. W. Brandon, at Brandon s
bridge, near Yadkinville. was entered
and about 260 pounds ot meat; a kit of
lard and some, butter stolen, ine tniet
or thieves were tracked from Mrv Bran
don's to the house of Lee Carson, col
ored, of Eagle Mills township, this
county. " . - - '
' . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. -
i Concord ; Standard : ,From in
terviewing both; county and town citi- ' -zens
the Standard finds satisfaction over
the nomination ot Elias Carr,. of Edge
combe.. Not one- man ' has : yet been,
heard, who is at all disappointed. "
, Concord Times: Mr. Smith, a
young man at Forest Hill was found '
dead in bed Tuesday morning. Mr.
Smith had a severe attack of the measles
but was thought to be improving. Mon- ,
aay night he walked out in the yard be- ,
fore bed-time. The next morning he 1
was found a corpse. He was a son of
John A. Smith, who gallantly saved the '
fe of Cowles during the war. .
! Salem Press: Mr. T, F. C rist
of this place has a curious relic in the
shape of a walking cane which has been -
handed down as a heirloom in his fam- '
ily for 150 years. The Salem Broom
Works and Jenkins Cannery have ' been -consolidated
under the corporate name
of the Forsyth Canning and Manufact-
uring Company. The charter author
izes a capitalof$50,000,of whichamount
$10,000 has already been subscribed.
The company will put up an extensive
establishmeht ; on the South Side, ! and
will be ready for the coming fruit crop
' Rocky Mount Phoenix-. Post
master Person is running quite an exten
sive market, garden near town, and is
shipping produce to Pittsburir. Pa
The fruit crop promises to be good. Ap
ples and peaches will be abundant. There
c Ksuciauy guua sianas oi corn, cotton ,
and tobacco. Rev. Dr. Osborne, of h
Fauquier county, Va.. has been called by
the Episcopal church at this place. Dr.
Osborne is a native of England, though
he has lived in this country from early
boyhood. He is a graduate of Oxford
University. ...
Monroe Register-. Mr. I. A,
Helms, -of Monroe township recently se
cured from one sheep six and .a half
pounds of wool thirteen inches long.
Mrs. Rebecca Osborne, relict of the
late M. Osborne, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs, Pistole, on last Fri
day morning after a lingering illness.
She was eighty odd years old. A -
negro who gives. his name as Andrew
Barrett, had. one of his feet badly mashed
by a train on the Carolina Central Rail-
road, near Stout, Saturday night. He
claimed that he sat down on the track
and went to sleep, but the generally re
ceived opinion is that he he was trying
to steal a ride.
Lexington Dispatch-. The far
mers says the crop prospects are now
very good. A Mr. Sink, of this
county has a child only seven months
old that tips the beam at 87J pounds.
it is said that W. A. Graham will
contest the Democratic nomination with
Hon. John S. Henderson in this: the
beventh Congressional District.
The saddest intelligence we have heard
of in many a day wad the death of Mr.
ijeorge Back, who lived about seven
miles from Lexington. Monday morn
ing he had some hands engaged in fell
ing trees. He Was standing under one
when a limb broke off striking him on
the head and killing him almost in
stantly. Shelby Review: Some time last
week between Wednesday night and
Saturday unknown persons broke into
the distillery warehouse of William
Wray. near Kings Mountain, and robbed
it ot 520 gallons of whisky. That
part of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago railroad lying in Tennessee, .
was sold Friday, and was bought by the .
stockholders for $200,000. The unfin-'
ished portion of the road in thattate
will be completed at once. When this
is done, the only uncompleted part of
the road will be the gap between Marion
and the Tennessee line, and we learn
that this will then be pushed to comple
tion. '.'
we calf gaiheV if OVrf a nonpartisan stand-
point, we infer that .there will be no
State ticket put out by what is termed
the third party. Rumor has it, how
ever, that there will be a third electoral
ticket placed in the field. The
canvass for funds towards the North
Carolina building is progressing well.
and it can now be said to be assured.
All the material will be prepared here in"
good shape and shipped to Chicago. A
handsome desk will be sent by the stu
dents of several colleges in the State in
honor ot Virginia Dare, the first native
born woman. It will be made of wood
from Roanoke Island.
Oxford Ledger: There are rosy
promises ot old c-ranville making a
great hit with her iron mines! The
Grand Master of Masons has called a
special meeting of the Grand Lodge at
the Oxford Orphan Asylum, June 25th,
bt. John s day. l he C-overnors ot vir- '
ginia and North Carolina will be invited
to attend. There are now 203 orphans
present. The Granville Iron Mine
Co., with a capital stock of $100,000,
filed articles of incorporation here Wed
nesday. The company is composed of
hustling capitalists, and own and lease
land in the Seth neighborhood. The
following gentlemen compose the com
pany: H. S. Thompson, J. W. Beecher
and W. K. Woodbury, of Pottsvdle, Pa.,
and Wm. Raker and W. Z. Raker, of
Seth. N. C.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen-.
cer: Mr. I. u currie mea at his nome in
Lilesville township last Tuesday, aged
about 82 years. Mr. Wm. Lee died
at his home in Burnesville township on
the 10th inst., in the 86th year of his age.
- Last Friday night at half-past three
o'clock, the Central Hotel, at this place,
was discovered to be on fire. The fire,
when first locatedrwas burning in an un
occupied room on the third floor, and
could have been easily extinguished had"
the smoke not been so stifling that it
was impossible to reach it. The fire was
first discovered by Mr. Fred Hargrave,
whose room was only a short distance
from the one in which the fire started. '
He quickly gave the alarm, and, although
there were quite a number, sleeping on
this floor, all escaped without injury.
The hotel was the only building burned.
- Winston sentinel: .a. l.. rise,
a jeweler, who conducted a business for -
several months in aaiem, ana wno leit -here
under mysterious circumstances,
was brought back to Winston from
Johnston county last Thursday and
lodged in jail. Yesterday afternoon he
appeared before inquire regram to an
swer the charges of embezzlement. The
Court recognized Pike in the -sum of
$100 to appear before Esquire Peg-
ram again . on the zotn . instant
to answer the charges against him. -
Pike was brought back - on a war
rant for stealing a watch from Mr. Frank
Harris. It is understood that there are
several other charges against Pike for
embezzlement, but as to whether any
action will be taken is not learned.1 He
has already pulled out for parts unkfiown
and nobody believes that he will ever
show up in Winston again.; The $100
therefore be used in the settlement of the .
claim for which he was locked up.
Goldsboro Headlight: An elope- ,
ment, in which Mr. S. G. Pate alrdMiss
Eva Pilkington participated, took place
in Stony Creek township, Wednesday. -The
couple went as far as Wilson, where
they were made husband and wife. '
Since our exposing the escapades of
Mortimer Jones, alias E. P. Hale, until
recently a school teacher at rnnceion
the county treasurer of - Johnston, finds
that he has a forged school order, issued
by the former, to the amount of $30.
Jones still lingers in the Tarboro jail as
his wife refuses to interfere in his behalf.
!- From a private letter received m
this city yesterday we learn of the death
of Mr. R. F. Bearaan, a former citizen
of Greene county, which occurred at St.
Augustine, Fla., Tuesday, caused by
lockjaw. A few days ago whiie doing
carpenter work he stuck a nail into his
foot with the above result. Deceased v
was 83 years of age.