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f : - i 1 ' 5 1'. I ill y 1 1 1 m :? v.i 1 J ,1 i-i.i 1 1-:::!. S ! -V-.r-Mi;:: Mr. v S " . !.: . , ; ' . . - . ' (1 Sv:. . ,: ifj'i'S : it t-i " I': - f i mm i t f -:Wr f i,- . ' i - - 1 mm -v.. mm WILLIAM H. BEBKAED, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C t Friday, July 22, 1892. In writing to changeTyoor eddrea 'mi rive i as where yoa wish toot pper to pc w k. do both changes cmaW be made. 4 HT Nottea of Marriare or Detth, Tribntei lof Re "ipect, Reaolutioia ot Thanks, Ac., are chargred for a ordiaary advertiiementa, but only half rates when paid for atrictly In advance. At thia rate SO centt wiU py for a simple announcement of Marriage or Deatb. tW Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postaf Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. 3T Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. J Of Specimen copies forwarded when desired. ; National Democratic Ticket. . i -.. . ! For President : GROVER CLEVELAND, Of New York. - For Vice-President: ADLAI E. STEVENSON, , , . Of Illinois. For Presidential Electors at Large: C. B. AYCOCK, of Wayne. R. B. GLENN, of Forsyth. State Democratic Ticket, Por Governor: ELIAS CARR, of Edgecombe. For Lieutenant-Governor: - R. A. DOUGHTON.'OF ALLEGHANY. For Secretary oft OCTAVIUS COKEJ State: of Wake. For State Treasurer: - . DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake. For State Auditor: M. FURMAN, of Buncombe. R. For Attorney-General: FRANK I.OSBORNE.Mecklinburg. For Sup't of Public Instruction: , C. SCARBOROUGH of Johnston. For Judge Twelfth Judicial District:, GEO. A, SHU FORD, 6f Buncombe. MISGUIDED PEOPLE. It is said, and apparently with some reason, that there are a great many Alliance men in this State who will vote for the Democratic State ticket, but will not vote for Cleve land. They will vote for Weaver and Field in preference to , Cleveland and Stevenson. We are that there is more not" surprised or less preiu- for the papers in this State which advocate x the third party or: have third party pro-? . clivities, have for the past two years done all they could to misrepresent Cleveland, and make j their readers - believe that his sympathies were all - with the moneyed interests as against . , the farmer and the laborer. All the ground there was foif this was that 'Cleveland was opposed to the free coinage of silver as at present" pro posed, and had the honesty, candor . and manliness to say so. Not satisfied with jmisrepresenta tion on that account some of " these s organs, notably the Progressive Far mer and the Salisbury tVatchmafttboth edited by the same writer, while they - do not positively assert it, insinuate and try to create the impression that he is quite as much in favor of the Force , bill as Mr. ; Harrison, which they know is as untruthful a fabrica tion as was ever uttered. They couldn't if their lives depended upon it produce one line jor one word that Cleveland, has ever written or spoken which by the most violent distortion could be construed into anything bordering upon an endorse ment of anything taat bore the slightest resemblance to' the Force bill of the last Congress or any other Force bill. To assert even by sneak ing insinuation that h was or is, and to thus take advantage of the confi dence of their readers,jwho rely upon their veracity, is superlatively mean and dishonest. I It is legitimate to attack him on. his silver views, because they differ from him in these views, and they have as much fight to their opinions as he has to his,but they have no right to misrepresent him and because he with thousands of othler Democrats does not believe that the free coinage of silver as at present proposed is a wise or an expedient jmeasure hold him up as the attorney of the Wall street money kings jor as the as sociate of the advocates of a central ized despotism who are endeavoring to get possession of the ballot box through Force bill devices. -. t A Whatever prejudice there may be . amongst men in North Carolina and other Southern States against Cleve land is the result of this studied, presistent and unscrupulous mis representation, the alleged facts be ing believed by confiding readers V, who do not suspect that they are be ing deceived. Prejudice is the hardest thing in the world to reason with because it will not stop to reason. But where this prejudice has tiot altogether closed the eyes and the ears, so that iuc yicjuuiceu win neitner see nor hear, it is hoped and we believe they will see the deception, see the dan ger of the course they are pursuing and unite with their brother Demo crats not only ia the effort to keep . 1 . .1 . norm Carolina in good safe , hands, but to keep the elec ioku vote oi north Carolina out oi tne nanus oi the Republicans. A Republican plurality Will be the sure consequence if the third party ticket gets any considerable number ' of ' white votes in this State. The wild est visionary in the so-called People's party has not the scintilla of a hope of electing Weaver and Field, even if the election should be thrown into V Congress, so that the; votes given to ;.them in North Carolina or any other Southern State. are practically .votes given to Harrison and Reid, and thus : , - . . a g t- : . . . - . - - 1 giving, in as far as they can, a new lease of power to : the Republican party, which' many ot the men who now declare their .intention to sup port the third party have been zeal ously and honestly fighting for years. Suppose they do differ from Cleve land on the free coinage question; suppose further that they, prefer the Omaha platform to . the Democratic platform, what have they to gain by the election of 'Harrison who stands on a platform as far removed from everything they seek as a platform could be? .A They believe in standing by the Democratic State ticket to keep North Carolina in the hands of her own white people and yet so in consistently vote on the National ticket as to aid in the election of & Congress and a President who will do all they can if elected to take North Carolina out of the hands of her white men who have adminis tered her government since 1872 and put. her under mongrel black-and-tan control. That's what the elec tion of Harrison may result in, and that's what these misguided men will aid in making possible it they cast their votes for Weaver and Field. :' A considerable number of sub scribers to .the Weekly Star have recently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. ; This is a capital idea in all cases where the paper will reach subscri bers three times or oftener every week. We have a good many sub scribers to the Daily who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily, and keep posted during jhe campaign. Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. Gen. Chalmers, Rep., of Mississip pi, Gen. John S. Mosby, Rep., for merly of Virginia, now of California, and ex-Congressman John S. Wise, Rep., formerly of Virginia, now of New York, seem to be in accord on Benjamin Harrison. Chalmers de clares that his nomination Knocked the vitals out of the Republican party in the South, Mosby says he ought not tq have the sup- Dort of anv Southern man, nor of any liberal-minded man any where, and Wise ' declares that the South has been and will be no more part of his administration than Hay ti, Cuba or Jamaica. In .fifty years, he says, .Democracy couian t Vh . w deal the Republican i party in the South such deadly blows as Harrison has dealt it in the three years he has been in power. Wise objects to Mr. Harrison treating Southern Repub- icans like yellow dogs, or any kind of doers, which is the way he has been treating them. STEAMBOAT TAXATfON. The Bailroad Commission Directs Atten- tion to the Question. Raleigh News and Observer. Major J. W. Wilson, chairman of the Railroad Commission, has addressed the following letter to Gov. Holt : His Excellency Tkos. M. Holt, Governor of North Carolina: Dear Sir The Railroad Commission created for the supervision of railroads, steamboats, sc, as you are aware, was also created a Board of Appraisers. l ne law, noweyer, does not clearly de- nne its duties as such, it appears that there are a number of steamers doing business exclusively within the waters of North Carolina but list for taxation elsewhere, if at all. These boats should. in our opinion, be taxed in this State, but cannot see that it is in our province to list tnem. As to the liability for taxation we are sustained by many authorities, but would particularly call to your, attention the case cited in vta Alabama, pacre 234. l nere are other boats plyine partly in the waters of this State and partly in the waters of another. North Carolina is entitled to a proportion of the taxable value ot such as was decided in the case of the Pullman Car Company versus the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The values involved will amount to several hundred thousand dollars from which the State has never received any reve nue. We have taken the liberty of call ing your attention to it as chief execu tive officer, knowing that vou will place the matter in the proper channel for col lection, should the views of the Com mission meet with vour approval. Most respectiully submitted for the coard. Jas. W. Wilson, Chm'n. A considerable number of subscrl bers to the Weekly Star have re cently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. Thisfisa capital idea in all cases where the paper will reach subscri bers three times or oftener every week. We have many subscribers to the Daily who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily and keep posted during the campaign. Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. - A heathen Chinee lawyer in San Francisco, who got his schooling at Yale and Columbia Colleges, has dis covered a way of dodging the exclu sion act, and . identifying Chinamen who want to come in under the terms of the law, and all for $140. For $140 he convinced the San Francisco Examiner that he could do it. It pay ed the cash and published his ' modus operandi in nine . columns of closely packed type. We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted" to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. . : Astronomers say that the. auroral display last Saturday evening is as sociated with the sun spots, in which' there was . unusual activity on that day, one of them undergoing several changes and ; finally disappearing. We don't think there is any doubt about these sun spots affecting our. earth, and the probabilities are that they have a" good deal ' to do with the weather freaks. : v THE THIRD DISTRICT. Democratic Congressional Convention t Clinton Oradr Benominated for Con : ereaa and J." A. Bnaw : tor Elector , stormy Boenea. A representative of the Star attended the Democratic Convention of the Third Congressional District at Clinton yes terday, which was to nominate a candi date for Congress and. a. Presidential elector. Hon. B. F. Grady, ot Wallace. is the present representative ot the Dis trict. The Convention - was cauea to order by the Chairman o! the District Executive Committee, Mr. Z. M. White head, of the Fayetteville Observer: Mr. A. Green was elected chairman and Messrs. D. B. Nicholson, of Clinton, and H. Cook. of. Fayettevule,, .were elected secretaries. The centre of in terest were the contesting delegations from Onslow "county; one delegation being led by Mr. Frank Thompson and the other, by his brother Dr. Cyrus Thompson. , Both gentlemen made very able and interesting presentations of the claims of their respective delegations" The Committee on Credentials had not made their report when the train left at 3 p.. m. -V, .."' ':'-k :' There was quite a large gathering. Manv prominent Democrats from the district were present. Among them was Hon. F. M. Simmons, ChairmaA of the. State Democratic Executive Committee Among the names spoken of for Elector were Messrs. Jno. G. Shawi of Fayette ville; F. R. Cooper, of Clinton, and Chas. Thpmas, of Newbern. yr From talks had with many of the delegates, the outlook for Mr. Grady's re-nomination seemed good. . Special Star Telegram. Clinton, N. C, July 20. Promptly at 12 o'clock noon to-day Z. W. White head, Chairman of the District Demo cratic Executive Committee, called the Convention to order. On motion, S. B. Nicholson, of Samp- a- 'M. r r a 1 son, and Air. snaw, oi cumoenana. were made temporary secretaries. Com mittees on Permanent- Organization, Credentials, and Platform : were then appointed, and after remaining out some time reported J. A. Green, of Harnett, for permanent chairman, the tempora ry secretaries permanent. Pending the adoption of the report of the Com mittee on Credentials "and Platform, some stormy scones prevailed, ana when the nomination of Presidential elector came up many of the delegates withdrew from the Convention and held an anti-Cleveland meeting in the court house. Hon. B. Z. Grady, of Duplin, was re nominated for Congress, and J. A. Shaw, of Cumberland, Cleveland elector. TOO WET FOR COTTON. The Crop Being Choked with Grass in Many Sections. Reports received by cotton factors from the country are to the effect that the continued rains may have a very serious effect upon the crop. The crops are now in the grass, which is becoming worse every day. With dry weather and hard work, however, the farmers can rid themselves of this. A more serious re sult anticipated is that the excessive moisture in the ground will cause the plant to crow largely to weed. When the wet season is followed by an August drought which is regarded as a certainty, the plant being full of sap will be in no condition to stand the dry spell and will throw off the greater part of the young fruit which it has accumu lated. Theresult will be a very short crop.' With the effects of the wet spell and the well known facts of reduced acreage and a large decrease in the use of ferti lizers, cotton men generally feel that they can expect a much smaller yield this year than last. The heavy floods all over the country and especially in the west, will reduce the crop many thousands of bales. A letter recently received from the Red River country of Louisiana, one of the heaviest cotton producing sections of the South, gives a vivid description of the disaster caused by the recent floods. : "Since you heard from me last." it says, "the Red river has been on quite a tear and the newspaper accounts of the destruction of property are in no way exaggerated. This flood has 'bust' at least seven out of ten of our river farm ers. The first crop has been an entire loss. The second crop is in every stage of growth from the seed freshly sown in the muck and mire up to the cotton that has been chopped out. . At least 30 per cent, of the river lands will not be planted from the fact -that the water is not yet off the land." Great -damage has also been done along the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers in Alabama by the floods. Arkan sas and Mississippi have also suffered from the floods. The floods will tend to largely reduce the yield, as the river land are heavy producers. . Beoeptlon to Sister Cecilia. Despite the inclement weather, the residence of Bishop Watson was last evening the scene of a charming recep tion. It was given to Sister Cecilia by her many friends in the city in token of their affection and esteem. It is with general regret that this es teemed lady leaves the community in which she has labored so devotedly for so many years. For nineteen years she has toiled incessantly over , our sand hills; for nineteen years she has been an angel of mercy , to the sick and suffering poor, and much 'will they miss that familiar and striking figure, that hearty sympathy and wise advice. , " She leaves, despite the protest of the Rector and Vestry of St. James' Church, at the command ot the head of her Sis terhood, who has recalled her for work among the poor of New York city. Death of Mr. A. T. Holmes. Mr. Alderman T.. Holmes who died at his home in Clinton Tuesday night last, was a young man of admirable qualities, and had a promising future before him. He had been, previous to his sickness, a resident of this city for several years, and counted among his f riends many of its best people, who will hear with gen uine sorrow of his untimely taking away. He was thirty-five years old at the time of his death. He .will be buried to-dav at the cemetery in Clinton. He was the eldest son of Dr. A. Holmes, a practicing physician of Clin ton. :' ' I ; We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash.. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. Mr. L. V. Bassett, of Rocky Mount, passed through here yesterday on his way home from Florence, S. C CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Tne SUt Pensioner to Go Into Camp . ' 1 'at WrlghtayUle AnRuat 16th. . . That the encampment of State Pen sioners and reunion of Confederate vete rans at Wrightsville will be held this Summer seems now to be a fixed fact, as shown by . the following special order, signed by Col. E. D. Hall, viz: - v:' State Pensioners, Attention! : ' ; " Headquarters : . f Pensioners'. Association. General Orders No. S. - - . . All North Carolina Pensioners who served in , the Confederate Army or Navy,, and who are - able to go into camp, are-; requested to -report at Wrightsville bound, near Wilmington, on the 16tb day of August next, tor a few days' enjoyment.... . :- :;:y--: ' Transportation will b6 furnished male pensioners on all railroads in the State ot North Carolina on their pre senting a certificate to the conductor of the train, said certificate to be signed by the Clerk of the Superior Court of their county, with the county seal at tached, certifying that their names are on the pension roll of", their county. Present this order to the conductor with the certificate from the; clerk of the court. - : Pensioners will be met on the arrival of their train and conveyed to-the camp ground free of charge. E. D. Hall, : - Adjutant txeneral. By order of the Executive Commit" tee. - RAILROAD WRECK.V , Accident on : the northeastern Bailroad Hear morenoc Two Men Killed and Others Wounded.; , k:':' : An accident, caused by a washout, oc curred on the Northeastern ' Railroad, about five miles from' Florence," b. C about half-past 1 o'clock last Sunday morning. ? Train No. 27, known as the fast mail, pulled out of Florence at 1.25 a. m., with three sleepers, . a first and a second-class coach, a baggage car, ex press car and .mail car. About twen ty-five passengers were on '- board. The entire train, with the exception of the engine and one tender, was derailed The wrecked train was running at the rate of thirty-five or forty" miles an hour, and when it struck the washout, which wa not very wide, the engine passed over safely. But the rails, already weakened from the weight of the rush ing engine, gave way under the coaches which followed, and a complete wreck was the consequence. F. H. Simmons, white, a newsboy of Charleston, S. C, and William Moore, colored, a train hand, of Summerville were killed. ; W. M. Bahr. of Charleston, was pain fully injured, his body and legs being mashed, and P. M. Hymes, also of Charleston, was hurt. R. W. Hargrave, baggage " master, of Wilmington; J H.Collins. Richmond; C F. Plane, postal clerk, T. Naiswtth. Florence, S. C, were slightly hurt. A relief train was sent to the scene of the accident with doctors and everything necessary for the injured, and after a de lay of two hours the passengers were transferred to another train and sent forward to their destinations. The track" was cleared and traffic resumed by noon Sunday. The coroner of the county held an in quest on the bodies of the two unfor tunate victims of the accident and the jury rendered a verdict "that f . S. Sim mons (white) and William Moore (col.) came to their death by an unavoidable washout on the track of the Northeast ern Railroad on the morning of July 17th, 1892, causing the wreck of train No. 27.' CRIMINAL COURT. July Term The Grand Jury Cases Sis- posed of Yesterday. The Criminal Court of New Hanover county convened yesterday morning, Judge O. P. Metres presiding. The grand iury Tor the term was drawn and empanelled as follows; Geo, N. Harriss, foreman; J. E. Grissom Lewis Tindale, D. Duncan, E. B. King, T. T. Herrine. A. T. Shepperd. N. W, Ketcham. T. B. Carney, P. H. Smith Thos. A. Shepard. E. G.' Jones. Isham Quick', Thos. Schroder, M. F. Beasley. Cases against a number of parties charged with selling liquor to minors, were, on motion of Solicitor Moore, nol prossed, for the reason that in one case submitted to a jury at the previous term of Court, a verdict of not guilty bad been returned, the State's witnesses in the case appearing to be twenty-one years of aee. All the other cases were based on evidence by the same wit nesses. . . Several true bills were returned by the erand jury in the afternoon. The case against George Sloan, color ed, lor burglary at the residence of Mr, Tno. W. Perdew, was continued to the next term, on account of the absence of an important witness. FIRE AT MOYTON. '; Special Star Correspondence Wilson. N. C. Tulv 18. A fire at Moyton, N. C- this morning about o'clock burned J. H. Applewhite's barn carriage house and stables and the : corn and fodder in the barn. : All the live stock, a carriage and buggy were saved, The barn was a large frame building Land including buildings burned would approximate a two thousand dollar loss. The fire occurring so early in the morn ing leads to the belief that it1 Wa3 the work of-an incendiary. If there was any insurance it .is not known. Stocks of Naval Stores. , Stocks of-naval stores at the ports at the close of the past week are reported as follows:. ; Spirits turpentine New York, 2,111 casks; Charleston, 3.319; Savannah, 15, 448; Wilmington, 3,989. Total, 24,867 casks. Rosin New York, 8.821 barrels; Charleston, 11,333; Savannah, 58,960; Wilmington; 42,997. Total, 122,111 bar rels.-", .:" .';: . Tar New York, 2,675 barrels; Wil- mingon, 4,159. Total, 6,834 barrels. The Norwegian barque Siold- moen arrived at Southport quarantine yesterday. A Little Girl's Experience in a Light- ' nouse. .- Mr. and Mrs. . Loren lrescott are keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach, Mich- and are ; blessed with daughter four years old. 1 Last April she was taken down with Measles, followed with a dreadful Cough and turning into a Fever. Doctors at home and at Detroit treated her, but in vain, she grew worse rapidly, until she was a mere "handful of bones". Then she tried Dr. King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was completely cured. They say Dr. King's New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet you may get a trial bottle free at R, R. Bellamy's Drugstore. t WASHINGTON NEWS, The 25th lnat. has Been Sued Upon, in Committee as the Time for CoDgreas to Adjourn. A Souvenir m . Connection With the Zfotifioatton of Cleveland and Stevenson... - I - - - By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. ' WASHINGTON, D. C July 18. The Ways and : Means ; Committee of the House this - morning adopted a resolu tion providing for the final adjournment of Congress on the 25th. one week from' to-dav. ' The r resolution : will soon - be called up, and in the present temper of the House there is, little douDt tnat it will pass. The Senate is equally anx ious to bring the session to a close, so that nothing short of an emergency' is likely to cause any extension by .Senate of the date fixed m the resolution: -The committee left with Mr. McMil- lin the. - determination ot the time-at which the resolution shall be brought be fore the House' for. action.. It is not at all likely that Mr. McMillin will call it up before Wednesday, purposing to hold it back so as to give an opportunity to the House to -name another day, .if a later date be deemed advisable. The members of the Ways and Means Com mittee say adjournment depends upon the" World's Fair amendments to the Sundry Civil bill, and if differences over these amendments I ' seem ' capable of speedy adjustment a resolution wilt be brought in with Monday as the date fixed. Otherwise. , a later day will be named. . The . meeting- to-day about completes the 'work of the Ways and Means Committee tor this session. There has been no renewed discussion with referenbe to the report of additional tariff bills. The policy on the. part of some, of the Democratic members favorable to postponement of further at tempt ; at tarin revision has prevented action on sugar, salt, lumber, iron ore and other proposed; bills, and the proba bility ot adjournment , at an early date makes their position almost impregna ble. The improbability of any additional tariff bills emerging from the Ways and Means Committee! is increased by the fact that Republican members of the committee are not disposed to assist the Democrats on the committee to se enrefc quorum. . - I Word was received by the Democratic members that the Republican members would not attend any sessions of the committee except jfor consideration of the adjournment resolution reported to day. A number ot Democratic members are absent, and the enect ot this refusal on the part of the Republican members makes it impossible tor the committee to do anything. This relusal, if persist ed in, besides preventing a report ot ad ditional Tariff bills, will render impossi ble an adverse report on The sub-Treas ury bills, which Alliance members of the House are fighting to have reported in some shape, and also on Mr. Dalzell's resolution of inquiry with reference to losses sustained through National and through State banks. When the' Democratic nominees for President and Vice-President are for mally notified of the action of the Chi cago Convention next Wednesday night by the committee appointed for: that purpose, each will receive a substantial remembrance of the event. This re membrance will be a copy of the Demo cratic platform, handsomely engrossed on parchment and bound in pure white buckskin. The preparation oi these copies has been under the supervision of the Notification Committee. Several members of the Notification Committee are now in Washington. COMING OVER. A Xjetter from a Prominent Bepublioan to - Mr. Cleveland The letter's Beply. By Telegraph to! the Morulas Star. -' Chicago, July ljr. Ralph E. Hoyt, of laiiiorma, now temporarily residing in Chicago, rcently wrote to ex-President Cleveland touching his endorsement of the tariff plank in the Chicago platform Mr. Hoyt is an old-time Republican, and now a single-taxer.) but will support the Democratic ticket on the ground of tariff reform. In his letter to Mr. Cleveland he expressed the hope that the ex-President would see his way Clear to endorse, with out qualification, the anti-protection plank in the Chicago platform. No an swer was solicited or expected, but to day he received an autograph letter from Mr Cleveland, of which the following is acopy: j Gray Gables. Buzzard's Bay. Mass., July 14. Ralth Hoyt. Esq.: My Dear Sir: -Your letter of July 2nd is at hand, and I am exceedingly grati6ed to hear of your intention to support the principles and caddidates of the Chicago Convention. I think ny sin cere advocate of an honest tariff can be dissatisfied with the possion the Dem ocratic party has assumed on that sub ject, and I am sure! none need fear that the contest will not be made on the lines laid down, which have already proved to be so acceptable to the great majority of the people. Very truly tours, . GROVER CLEVELAND. AT GRAY GABLES. General Adlai Stevenson's Visit to Mr. Cleveland. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Buzzard's Bay. Mass., July 18. Gen. Adlai Stevenson, with ex-District Attorney W. G.'Ewing, of Chicago, and Lewis J. Louge, oft'. New York, arrived here on this afternoon's train. They were met by Mr. Cleveland and driven to Gray Gables. The party will proba bly leave for New York to-morrow on the yacht Oneida. J - FOOD FOR BUZZARDS. A Kegro Shot and! .Left in the Woods fo the Usual Crime. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Jackson, Miss!, July 19. News of the rape of Ala Maddox. white, aged 15, and the subsequent shooting ot ber as sailant. Doc Davis, has just been re ceived here. . He enticed the girl to field, outraged her and then, dragged her to a neighboring house, where he kept her all night. She finally escaped and told her - story, lne negro. was arrested by a posse which started to take him to jail. On the way he was shot by a mob, who took mm trom the posse, and left him in the woods to be food for buzzards. - r . . The people pf Pennfylvania and Idaho need' a campaign of education more than they need martial law; they need tne schoolmaster, and not the mili tary, to explain fully the rights of prop erty, as popular ideas have been very much' confused on this subject by the efforts of Mr. McKinlev and Mr. Ham son to defend the I robber tariff. Louis villi Courier-Journal, Dem. in a worcy tne - senate, com posed chiefly of millionaires, railroad at torneys. Dosses ana outers wno - are in politics to protect a special interest, has long since forfeited tne good opinion and respect of the masses ot the people, who see in it an enemy! to the general . wel fare. Votinir for -Senators on general ticket, the people, it is believed, would elect men not less capable and much more to their taste than those now made Senators by the average legislature; Baltimore Sun, Dem. Bucklen'a Arnica, Halve. . The best balve m the world lor Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever, Sores, Tetters, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption and Dositivelv cures Piles or no nav is required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Robert K. Bellamy, Wholesale and Ketail Drug. gists. I CLEVELAND & STEVENSON FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF THEIR NOMI NATION IFOR PRESIDENT, AND VIGE-PRESIDENT." A Tremendous Gathering of the New York Democracy at Madison 8q.uare Garden- Great Entnnaiaam Mr. Cleveland's . Ad dress to tLe Committee of notification. .- By Telegraph to the. M ormas Star. ' New York. July 20.-r-Grover CJeve land and Adlai E. Stevenson have been officially notified that they are the choice of the Democracy of this great country to lead it either to victory or defeat. - The notification ceremonies took place to-nigbt in the presence of a large crowd of people that surpassed in enthusiasm and numbers even that vast throng that on September 6tb, 1888, at the same place gave greeting to Allen G. Tbur- man. . The great Amphitheatre ot the Madison Square Garden was "crowded as it never had Been before, and the thousands and odd electric lights twin kled in wonder as they Iooked down from their lofty perches upon the sea of heads and gesticulating, speakers. Out side the air. was warm and sultry. In side the thermometer was like the .en thusiasm of Mr. Cleveland's friends at blood-heat. But no one thought of the heat. - Madison avenue. Twenty-sixth,' T wen- to-seventh streets and Fourth avenue were cfowded as early as 6 o'cleck. It was a struggling mass ot humanity, dash mg like waves against the rocks the rocks in this instrnce being burly -police men wno snowea no favor and took - no back-talk, simply pushing people back until tne management saw nt to open the portals of the great halL -When the doors were open people over-rode the police, clubs and all; they made one fran tic rush: for seats and in the remarkable short period of ten minutes all the room in the building that remained vacant were the reserved seats on the platform and the boxes. - i . Mr. Stevenson was first to appear, but Mr. Cleveland soon followed. 'After watting some time for an opportunity to be beard, and for the uproar of ap plause to suDsiae, Mr. Cleveland arose, and Mr. Wilson notified him in a speech of ten minutes' duration that he had been nominated for the Presidency. It is well to state what Mr. Wilson was do ing, as it is doubtful whether more than nity peopie neara a word that was spoken. The reason for this was be cause of Mrs. Cleveland's appearance in another part of the house in an open cox, and tne crowd bad a chance to look well at her. In the same din secretary Nicholas Bill, of . the Notifica tion Committee, read the official letter. of notification. - j Mr. Cleveland then rose to reply, and again panaemonium reigned, it was one terrible roar, and to add to the ex citement, the immense standing crowd of 10.000 people swayed back and forth and crashed in upon the press enclo sure. One newspaper man nearest "the crowd was pressed against his table and fainted with' the pain -caused by the pressure on his chest.- He was revived in a few minutest and then the police got to work on -the crowd. Gradually it fell back, and the excitement was sub dued. . Mr. Cleveland began to speak in the miost ot tne noise, and his voice could not be heard ten. feet from the platform People were not aware that he had be gun, and when it gradually dawned ppon them that they were losing the best part ot the meeting; they quieted down and the resonant tones of the ex-President were heard in -every part of the house. He was listened to attentively and inter rupted but seldom. 'The applause came at the end of his speech. In delivering his arraingnment of the Republican par ty. Mr. Cleveland s tones grew a trine harsher and his delivery more emphatic, which evidently found an echo in the sentiments of the audience. When he said, "Let us tell the people what we believe, his voice rose even higher, and he lifted bis bis band in an impressive way above bis head. . It was 9.10 o'clock when the ex-Presi dent finished. He concluded with cheers and cries of "Four, tour, four years more! - ... ' . The next speaker, ex-Lieutenant Gov ernor Stephen M. White, of Califor nia, had more success with his speech, notifying General Stevenson of his nomination, than did Mr. Wilson in his effort. Mr. White's voice was most powerful, and he quelled the disturb ance by his very loudness. Iwery word was heard. .As in the case of Mr. Cleve land, during the delivery of Mr. White's speech, Gen-. Stevenson stood opposite him. but at the other side of the speaker's table. When he bad finished Mr. Bellagan read the convention norni nation. uen. Stevenson exhibited some signs of nervousness as he stepped forward to respond, but quickly recovered his com posure and gazed calmly on the crowd as it cheered. If Gen. Stevenson had any doubts in his mind as to the enthu siasm of a New York audience,Nthey were completely effaced by the reception be got. He delivered his with effect. "The meeting is now adjourned." said Col. Wilson, it had lasted iust - one hour and three minutes. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. The following is the formal address of the Notification Committee: Grower Cleveland: As members of the Notification Committee delegated by the National Democratic Convention which assembled In Chicago, Tune 21 it is our agreeable duty to inform you that upon a single ballot you were unan imouily nominated for the Presidency ot the united states. Nothing could evince the affection and confidence in which you are held by the Demo cratic party more positively than the fact that you have three times been made its candidate: for that office. Your devotion to the principles ot tne party ot I nomas jenerson; your fidelity in every trust reposed in you by the people; your courageous, conserva tive and exemplary administration when chief executive of the United States and the prosperity of the country under that administration have won the respect of every citizen. In the maintenance of the doctrine which you have so clearly expounded and so consistently advotated and which form the basis of the declara tion of the principles formulated by the Democratic Convention which has again placed you in nomination, rests the hop- ot tne people tor constitutional governe ment. They turn to the Democratic party that blessings of civic and industrial lib erty may be secured to them; and in -re sponse to the people's demand that party has chosen for its leader him whose pub lic record conveys guarantee that the will of the people will noi be thwarted. It is then not only with a sense of pro found personal satisfaction, but also with assurances that your nomination is welcomed by every man who teels the burden - of unjust taxation and the distress of unwarranted legisla tive interference with the rights of the citizen, that we inform you ot- the actios of the National Democratic Convention, and submit herewith its declaration of principles. Firmly believing that there is no otner sate repository tor the liber ties of the people and the welfare of the nation than the hands of a Democratic administration, we most . heartily con gratulate the country upon the oppor- muiiy presented oy your cauaiaacy ior a return to the methods and . measures ot that party which has and will ever administer the Government for the srood "of our country and in the interest of the entire people. That our cause the people s cause will triumph, we have no doubt, nd, judging the future by the past, the administration which you will give to the people of the United States will be directed by wisdom, statesman ship, integrity and patriotism, and will cause your fellow Democrats to regard with the same pride ana . pleasure your future career as President of this great republic that they now enjoy in the re membrance of vour former adminatra- tion, V ;:. : ::yx'- -. v - y. MR CLEVELAND'S RESPONSES ' ; Mr.-Chairman and Gentlemen the message you delivered from the National Democracy arouses within me emotions which would be well nigh overwhelming. if I did not recognize here assembled the representatives ot a great party who must share with me the responsibility your mission invites. .1 find much relief; in the" reflection that I have been selected merely to stand for ' the principles and purposes to which my party is pledged. and for the enforcement and supremacy of which all who have any right to claim Democratic fellowship must constantly and persist sntly labor. Our party re sponsibility is indeed great, we assume the momentous obligation to our coun trymen when, in return for their trust and confidence, we promise them the rectification of their wrongs . and the better realization of the advantages which are due to them under our free and beneficent institutions. ; But if our responsibility . is great, " our party is strong. It is strong in its sympathy with the needs of the '. people, in its in sistence upon ; the exercise of govern mental powers strictly within the con stitutional permission the people have granted, and in us willingness to risk its life and hopes upon the people s intel ligence and patriotism. Never has a great party, intent upon the promotion of right and justice,- had a better incentive for effort than is now presented to us. Turning our eyes to the plain people oU the - land; we see them burdened as consumers with a tariff system that unjustly and relent lessly demands from them in the pur chase of the necessaries and Comforts of life an amount scarcely met by the wages of bard and steady toil, while the exactions thus wrung from them build up and increase the fortunes of those for whose benefit this in justiceis perpetuated. We see the farmer listening to the de lusive story that fills his mind with vis ions of advancement, while his pocket is robbed by the stealthy band of high protection. Our working men are still told the tale, oft reapeated in spite of its demonstrated falsity, that the existing protective teriff is a boon to them, and that under its .beneficient operations wages must increase, while as they lis ten scenes are enacted in the very abid ing place of high protection that mock the hopes of toil and attest the tender mercy the workingmen receive from those made selfish and sordid by uh just Governmental favoritism. We oppose, earnestly and stubbornly. the theory upon which our opponents seek to justify and uphold the exist ing tariff laws. We need not base our attack upon questions of constitutional permission or legislative power, we de nounce this theory upon the highest , possible grounds when we contend that in the present condition its operation is unjust, and that laws enacted in accord ance with it are inequitable and unfair, Ours is riot a destructive party. We are not at-ehmity with the rights of any of our citizens; all are our countrymen. We are not recklessly heedless of any Ameri can interests, nor will we abandon our regard for them; but, invoking the love of fairness and justice, which belongs to true Americanism and upon which our Constitution rests, we insist that no - plan of tariff legislation shall be toler ated which has for its object and pur pose forced contributions from the earn ings and income of the mass of our peo ple, to swell directly the accumulation of the favored few. Nor will we permit the pretended solicitude for Ameri can labor or any other specious pretext of benevolent care for others, to blind the eyes of the people to the selfish schemes of those who seek through the aid of an unequal tariff law to gain un seasonable advantage at the expense of their fellows. We haye also assumed in our covenant with those whose support we invite, the duty of opposing to the death another avowed scheme of our adversaries which, under the guise of protecting suffrage, covers but does not conceal the design thereby to perpetuate the power of a party afraid to trust its continuance to the untrammelled and intelligent voters of the American people. We are pledged to resist legislntion intended to complete this scheme, because we have not forgotten the saturnalia of theft and brutal control which followed another Federal regulation of State suffrage, be cause we know that the managers of the party which did not scruple to rob the people of the President would not hesitate to use the machinery created by such legislation to revive corrupt instrumentalities for partisan pur poses; because an attempt to force such legislation would rekindle ani mosities where peace and hopefulness now prevail; because such an attempt would replace prosperity with discour agement and dread throughout a large section of our country, and would menace everywhere in the land the rights reserved to the States and to the people, which under-lie the safeguards of American liberty. k I snail not attempt to specify at this time the other objects and aims of Democratic endeavor which add inspira tion to our mission. True to its history and its creed, our party will lespond to the wants ot the people within safe lines, and guided by enlightened statesmanship, so troubled and impa tient within our membership, we com mend continued unswerving allegiance to the party whose principles in ail times past have been found sufficient for them, and whose aggregate wisdom and patriotism their experience teaches can always be trusted. In a tone of partisanship which befits the occasion, let me say to you as equal partners in the campaign upon which we to-day enter, that the -personal fortunes of those to whom you have entrusted your business are only important as they are related to the fate of the prin ciples ..they represent, and to the party which they lead. I can not, therefore, forbear reminding you and all those attached to the Demo cratic party or supporting the principles Which we profess, that defeat in the pending campaign, followed by the con summation .of the legislative schemes our oppenents contemplate, and accom panied by such other incidents of their success as might- more firmly fix their pO'wer, would present a most discour aging outlook for future Democratic supremacy and for the accomplish ment of the objects we have at heart. Moreover, every sincere Democrat must belieye that the interests of his country are deeply involved in the victory of our party in the struggle that awaits us. Thus ' patriotic solicitude exalts the. hope of partisanship and should intensity our determination to win suc cess. This success can only be achieved by systematic and intelligent effort on the partrof all interested in our cause. Let us tell the people, plainly and hon- Lestly, what we believe and how we pro pose to serve the interest of the entire country, and let us, after the manner of true Democracy, rely upon the thought-: fulness and patriotism . of our fellow countrymen, . ' ' ' It only remains for me to say to. you in advance of a more formal response to your message, that I obey the command of my party, and .confidently antici pate that an intelligent and earnest pre sentation of our cause will insure popu lar endorsement of the action ot the body you represent. ; : ::'.- : . v We call special attention to the adver tisement in our columns of the Medical College of Virginia. This old, efficient and honored institution is about enter ing on its fifty-first session, and we urge upon our young men who purpose study ing the profession to patronize this home institution, whose professors and instruc tors are selected from the best practi tioners in the State. . f SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - . J-enoir i Topic: Adlai F Stevenson, Vice-Presidential candidate is a near luauvc ui iuc wiicoi r residing Elder Scroggs, and of Messrs. S. M. and G. R. Clarke, of this coutry. r Lexington JDispaleA: A very re markable phenomenon was witnessed by our people on last Thursday evening . It was a very large circle or halo ali around the sun. We heard old men say they bad never seen anything like it. Raleigh Chronicle : The ship, ment of grapes ; from here is exptec ted to begin to-morrow at the Junaluska vineyard. The crop is two weeks late nere, out so it is everywhere. ; and re- munerative prices are assured, at the beginning of the season certainly Asheville Citizen: Jack Craw ford, a visitor from Old Fort, was "touched ' for nearly $300 in cash on Saturday night. The money was in his purse and was taken from his pocket by some person : while Mr. Crawford was in the alley in rear of Sorrells' bar, on South Main street. . Gbldsboro ' Argus : ' The most terrific: rain ever experienced in these parts a regular cloud burst visited this city and section about midnight Sa turday night. Our street for a few mo ments ran, like rivers and several trees about the city were blown dbwn , by the strong wind that accompanied the pass ing shower. " Hickory Press and Carolinian: Clem Fair, of Burke, died on the 80th of June, aged 103 years. It is said he could climb any kind of a tree, and at the cel ebrated Henry Clay mass meeting in Morganton in 1844 he climbed the flag pole and took a drink to the health of Henry Clay from the top, a distance of eighty feet from the ground. i Durham Sun: Miss Minnie Sparrow, an estimable young lady about 17 or 18 years of age. died in East Dur ham Saturday afternoon. John Word, of this place, a member of the Durham police force, fell from the t ,x cursion train, going to Norfolk li-t Thursday, when it was running, we an told, at the rate of a mile, a minute. He slipped and fell, and it was one ot those sudden accidents it is Ijard to iet a straight accounts I, bui he sustained injuries abbut the head flonj which h he died in Norfolk, Sunday afternoon at 3.35 o'clock. ' . Raleigh Chronicle: Miss Carrie Utley. fifteen year old daughter , of Mr. W. M. Utley, who has been quite ill for several days died at five minutcf-. after one o'clock this morning. Notice of funeral services will be given latere Cant. Williamson has sold from Kuir. view farm (located one and a quarter' miles northwest of this city) inside of twelve months fifteen head of trotting breed horses for nearly $7,000. Four of these animals were yearling celts and eight others were mares lour years old. When nothing else sells a fine, well-bred horse will bring the money. The. produce exchange of Wilmington yes terday filed with the railway commissi n) ers a written complaint against the new schedule on the Carolina Central Rail way. To this Maj. Winder files a written- answer, in which he says the old schedule was run at a loss, and that the present one .is made a necessity. Maj Winder also denies the right of the com mission to make a schedule. Charlotte Observer: Although the daily rains never fail to arrive, still Charlotte has been fortunate in not hav ing the dreadful storms that have visit ed the various sections around here. The storm of Friday evening burst in its full fury along McAlpine's Creek. Mr. B. E. Burnett-says he has been living on the creek for 20 years, and he never re members such a terrific rain, hail and thunder storm as they had Friday even ing. The trees in his orchard along the creek were twisted-off, many of them, and carried down the stream. Several stacks of hay were carried away, and his corn in the bottoms completely sub merged by the spreading of the creek. The storm was also heavy in Matthews; six telegraph posts were struck by light ning near there, and other slight dam age done. At Shelby a terrific storm also prevailed. ' The brick store ol Messrs. J. F. and W. C. Whisett was completely unroofed, and several smaller houses suffered some damage. Raleigh News and 'Observer: Gov. Holt has given permission to the Lee Light Infantry of Chester, S. C, to enter this State and to go into encamp ment at Blowing Rock. The head quarters of the State Democratic Execu tive Committee have been established in a suite of rooms in the Florence Hotel building, on Fayetteville street, where Chairman Simmons arid Secretary Cowan can now be found and will be glad to see . everybody interested in the success Of the Democratic party. The Richmond & Danville Railroad Company has instructed its conductor to pass free all pensioners of the State of North Carolina over their lines en route to the Confederate Veterans' Re union at Wrightsville, August Kith t 20th, inclusive, upon presentation of a certificate signed by the clerks of th Superior Courts of the various coumu that the holder thereof is a pensioner the State of North Carolina anri h name regularly appears on the pefisio' roll. Charlotte News : A car load of water melons passed through Char- lrr VPfitprriav hil!ri frr Tnmntn r- A t lu A l. .u... Liaua. iviia, jvaii nuci lldiu) died at her hOme'in the Hopewell neigh borhood, vesterday, after a brief illness. She was about 80 years old. On the Fourth of July, 1886, the negroes at Hasty, Richmond county, had a big celebration. : There was a row, and a negro named Henry Harris, shot and killed the negro he was fighting with. Harris fled, and nothing had since been heard of him until yesterday. The mur der was almost forgotten. When the train stopped ' at Rockingham yesterday morning an officer got off and went to the Ja'l with a negro in chains. The negro was the long missing Harris, and the officer was Deputy Sheriff Ladd. of Henry county, Alabama, who had cap tured Harris there. The rewards for Harris' capture apcrecate ' 300. The captured negro, on being locked in jail at Rockingham, confessed to the mur der at Hasty's, but said he did ;t in self defence. Further than that, he con fessed to having killed two other men. one in Georgia and one in Alabama. All three murders were committed at frolics and, according to Harris' claims, in self defence. ', Charlotte Observer: Marion Rob ertson, a well-known farmer of Spring Creek, Madison county, hung himself with a grape vine on Monday at Paint Rock. His body was faund about 4 o'clock in, the afternoon. Mr. Wal ter Brem returned from Morganton yes terday. He tells of a terrible waterspout, which occurred in the upper edge oi Burke county several days ago. The water came down in a stream fully six teen feet square, and with such force as to bore a hole in the earth eight feet deep. Water rose on the trees near ten feet high, the muddy sediment marking the exact height it rose. The volume of water emptied itself in one particular spot, and no damage was done, but per sons near by were greatly terrified. - The cotton compress which the Sea board Air Line is building at Hamlet is to be n mammoth affair. The compress was made by the Perry & Jones Com pany, of Wilmington, Delaware, and is one of the largest ever seen in the State. A convict force of several hundred hands is at work making excavations for the foundation of the compress. Large quantities of bned are being sent to Hamlet. The shed to be built over the compress and platform is four times as large as the one here. The press will be ready tor operation by the opening of the season,: , r
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