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If that were true it would be much in its favor, but it is not true. ; - As a proof that it is not a sectional party they point o the fraternizing spirit which marked the Omaha con--5hlion where some of the delegates from the tforth and the South Who had met and crossed swords on South ern battle fields had a ' sort of a hallelujah break down, "jined" "hands, s wung corners and exclaimed that they would be dad gasted if by gones shouldn't j be by gones,. and henceforth they would bunk in the same bunk and lunch together from the same board like a family of long separaied, but recently got-together , brothers, etc. j : That was the picturesque part of the business, but: didn't amount to much, and might possibly have been somewhat stimulated by the exhilar ating properties mate, etc. They of the Omaha cli also point, as. addi tional evidence, to the further fact that the " convention nominated a Western ' man for President, and . a. Southern man ' for Vice PresiJent, one a General in the Union army, the other an officer in the Confederate army. ;That was where the" politics came in. The West took the big office, the office of honor,, power, trust, patronage TITf" yvjnsibility and gave the South the secondj place, a mere hon orary position, honorable as far as it goes, but really a sinecure which amounts to nothing in influence com pared with the other. As small as it is.it was given to the South as a bait for Southern support, and to make Southern people believe that in the Third party sectional lines are ignored in fact as well as in declara tion. . . But they are not, all the same. The section-al lineslare there, the only difference being-that they are drawn North and South instead of East and West, with the West and the South against the East and the center instead otj the North against the Sout,h. 'We are free to confess that this is a better phase of section alism, if we must have it. than the other kind;, but all sectionalism is bad and therefore the third oartv kind is not to be approved. i he third party has really no existence in the New England or I Middle States and no serious effort is being made to organize it there, nor will there be, for " the third party uuiiders know that it can never make any headway there. The plat form was constructed to meet the demands of the Western and South- era third party men, and is antago nistic to the Eastern and the Middle States, whfch have little or nothing in common with: the t. p. innovators. The Northeastern section has no use for the sub-treasury scheme, takes.no stock in Government own -ership of railroads, steamboats and canal boats, telegraphs and tele phones, and don't care a continental about the Government lands, which are virtually played out anyway The people of! that section , do not care to migrate to cultivate bliz zards. cycloneSj 'floods and droughts alternately. There is not a plank in the platform which could apply to it or command 'the support of any re spectable number of its voters. It is an entirely sectional platform in its scope and intent. when some of the Third party organs in the South are trying to talk the Force ill issue down." they ucuare tnat there is no tear ot a Force bill, that! it is a New En?- land idea, and ttat the West1 and the South understand each other and W'H not tolerate any such foolish ness. Of course this is mere talk a"d nonsense, j which amounts to notning only in so far as 4t shows the disposition j of the Third party spokesmen to create the impression iat there is some kind of a compact or understanding by which the West w"i stand by and help defend the South from Eastern proscription. It sfiows the sectional drift, and the in tent to cultivate the sectional spirit by arraying the West and the South against the Northeastern quarter of the Republic, the sectional fight to X SaSWWSSaBlaai.UMMwiiMBMMMM 0 VOL. XXIII.; continue with the;, lines changed. The., people who really - desire ; the prosperity and' glory of the Republic don't want to see ' sectionalism of any kind perpetuated. . ' 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 . weekl Try the Daily and' keep" posted during the camDaizn. Terms. $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. f A MERE PRETEXT. The (Third party organs, advocates and their dupes in the South who op pose the election of Grover Cleve-. land are not only inconsistent but are not honest in the reasons they give' for the coarse they pursue. They, denounce Cleveland and de clare that they will not support him, but it would have been the same if the Democratic convention, had nominated Hill,' Gorman,- Palmer, Boles, Pattison or any other of the gentlemen whose names were; used in that connection before the con vention met. : I' ; Their antipathy to Cleveland is on the alleged ground of his sympathy with the money power,- as shown, they assert, by his position on the silver -question, but there is not one of the gentlenen mentioned as can didates who did not occupy substan tially the same position on that ques tion that Cleveland does. ; The leaders of the opposition to Cleveland had made up their minds at least as long ago as Febru ary, to oppose the nominees of the Democratic convention whoever they might be. As proof of this "we call attention to the fact that immediate ly after the meeting of that so-called "conference" at St. Louis which is sued its "second Declaration of Independence," otherwise known, as the St. Louis platform, these leaders set themselves to work to have that platform accepted and. endorsed by the sub-Alliances and Alliances in the Southern States. This was four months before the nomination of Cleveland, when there was yet no certainty that he would be the nomi nee, when a hard fight was being made aeainst his nomination and when many Democrats did nol be lieve that he would be nominated. " If they didn't "then intend to op pose the nominees of the convention why were they so energetic and in dustrious in having that platform endorsed by'the Alliance men of the South, a platform which they knew the National Democratic convention would never endorse? No stronger proof than . this is needed to show that they had then determined to op pose the nominees and the platform of the Chicago convention, and that their opposition to Cleveland is a- mere pretext for doing what they had made up their minds to do and intended to do months before Cleve land's name was' presented to the people for their suffrages. In their position they are neithe candid nor honest, nor are they con sistent with themselves in their lack of candor and honesty. Many of them. DerhaDS the maiority in this state, say they will support the Dem- ocratic State ticket, aitnougn tne Democratic State Convention was not asked. to endorse the St. Louis platform, upon which these anti Cleveland men stand, while they de clared previous to the meeting of ""the convention that that would be made a test upon which would be condi tioned their support of the ticket, But they support the ticket with out the test. Why? To guard against the danger of the State Government going from the hands of the white . people intp the hands of the negroes. They don't believe in negro. rule even as a possible contingency and therefore they stand with the Cleveland Dem ocrats of the State to protect' North Carolina and keep her in " the hands of men who will guard her peace, prosperity and happiness, and keep her out of the hands of the white SDoiler and vandal and his black as sociates. - - y ... "': , ' That is right. It is patriotic. But where is the consistency "when they do, this in throwing their votes away on two candidates who do hot stand the ghost of a chance of an election and thus "contributing; in as far as they can, without positively voting for it, to the election of Ben jamin Harrison and the perpetuation Of Republican rule with all that im plies for the country, and especially for the South? , Don't they know that the continuance in power of the Re publican party jmeans continued pro scription of the South, the continu ance of the race question, with con stant danger of race contention and conflicts, in . which the "black race will have the sympathy " and moral and, if possible, legislative support of the Republican party, with force bills impending and sure to come if that party be continued in power? They vote for the Democratic State ticket to keep North Carolina white, The -Weekly Star. , and then they kill that vote by indi rectly voting for the Republican par ty to make her black." Perhaps they don't see fit in this light, but that is logically and precisely : what they propose to do. , A considerable number of subscri bers to the Weekly Star have . re- cently 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 "r: every week. We have many subscribers t& 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. : ' ' . ' '' ' . .' . ' . . -; MINOR MENTION, r - ' - ; Hon.: Tom " Watson- Third " party luminary in Congress from Georgia, has made several exhibitions of Him self in the. House, but he never suc ceeded more effectually in showing .himself in his true-character than he did in the episode of Friday. ; In his campaign book which . he nas nad published for the enlightenment of his Third party friends he makes the charge that members go into the House reeling drunk, and in that con dition take part in the discussion of public matters of -.importance, trie natural inference from his language being that drunkenness in the House is general and habitual. When called to account for this gross and mean slander upon his, fellow members he put on an air of injured -innocence, undertook . to pose as - a martyr, played a little cheap . bravado, and declared that every charge: he made was literally true, as far as his know ledge went. "He undertook to de fend it on the ground that the news papers had said as much as he had said, when he himself has complained more than once that the newspapers had misrepresented him. But if all the newspapers and newspaper cor respondents in Washington had said it and repeated it every day in the week, that would have been no justifica tion for a member of the House pub lishing over his own signature- that charge, when he was in a position to know that it was not true. He not only slandered his fellow-members but he misrepresented the newspaoer correspondents, none of whom have ever made the charge as he makes it. The probabilities are that there are some members who at times indulge more freely in stimulants than they should, and who may sometimes come into the House in an unbalanced condition, which would not be remark able in a body composed of 332 mem bers, but when a member, for politi cal purposes, makes this a basis of a general charge against the body in which he sits, when every one who knows anything about the present Congress knows it is utterly false, he wilfully and knowingly perpetrates a mean and monstrous slander, for which there is neither defence nor palliation. The man who would do that would be capable of any sneak ing meanness. . : We are again" sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted o ug 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. The Richmond Times quotes Quar termaster Field, third party candidate for Vice President, as saying in an interview that it'is very hard to get. men to leave the Democratic party in'Virgfnia, because there is a social as well as a T political relation in volved. He is quite right. No South ern man, who really respects himself as much as all good white men. should, will leave the Democratic party. . " " - " ' - -'I The Republicans of Minnesota are in a quandary for a nominee for Gov ernor. They want to nominate their most popular man, but their most popular man is Knute Nelson,' who is a tariff reformer, and wha when in Congress voted for the - Mills bill. They don't see how they can run a "tariff reformer for Governor and sup port Harrison on an anti-tariff re form platform. . Thomas Watson, of Georgia, de fiantly informed Mr. Tracey, of New York, that no man from his bailiwick could bulldoze .- the representative from the 10th district of the great State of Georgia, not by a jug . full. No siree. And then Thomas ; indig' nantly sat down with so much sud denness and emphasis that it made his teeth rattle. - ' - 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 withour paying for it. v A Chicago paper thinks it strange that Cincinnati which has paid out $20,000,000 for a railroad, and $6,r 000,000 for paved streets,' refuses to put up $6,000,000 to get a good sup olv ot clean water. With Cincinnati beer as abundant and as cheap as it is Cincinnati has no nse for water. The moment, humility under takes to carry a flag, it kills itself. Ram's Horn, WILMINGTON, N. C.V FroAY, AUGUST, 5, 18921: HOTEL ON BOGUE BANKS.". : A New - Enterprise On' the Co-ops ratrre . " Star Correspondence v . NEWBRS, July 29. - A movement is on foot "to have a magnificent hotel on Boguer Banks, op posite Morehead-City. on the surf side of the banks in full view of the ocean, . The incorporators i- are among the soundest and most solid business men of Newbern and Carteret county W. S, Chad wick, manager ot the A. N.-C K. K.; Dr. b. Duffy, Wm. Dunn, J. J. Royal. Chas. Reizenstein, - O. Marks. Geo. N. Ives. M. Hahn and FUlrich. The idea is to; raise one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the hotel and outlying improvements and to place the stock in as many bands as possible say htteen hundred shares at. $100 per share. -The" hotel will be a large one on the surf side of the beach, and the syndicate " propose connecting " the sound side--: with Morehead City by either a railroad or steam ferry, and in case the latter is used., electric cars will be run across the banks from; the land, ing point to the hotel lof the accommo dation oi hotel patrons.. v The hotel win have every convenience of a seaside resort; a beach twenty-fi ye miles long tor driving, riding and other uses, and electric lights will be extended along the banks for the convenience of those who wish to have surf bathing at night. "--.:: - - .- - -- -.- . The company will be co-operative on a feasible plan; conditions embodied in the stock make it redeemable in board. thus obviating the risk of loss. - Incor poration papers will be registered this week' and the charter, secured. It is in tended lor the stockholders to meet next Monday at Morehead City, elect officers and go immediately to work. Mr; J. A. Patterson, the agent, ' will visit the most prominent towns in the State. They propose to have the hotel open for the next season. GROVER CLEVELAND. Extract from a Letter to a Cituen of Wil mington Hla Confidence in North Carolina Democrats. . ' - The following is the closing paragraph of a letter recently received from ex- President Cleveland by a gentleman of this city : , I desire to thank you for the kind ness' and good will manifested in your letter. I have never been disturbed by the fear that when the issues of the cam paign were fairly presented to the peo ple ot North Carolina they would con sent to have their State found anywhere else than in the Democratic column. Her history and her interests point so distinctly in that direction that it has Seemed to me that discontented Democrats and those seeking relief in other quarters would in due time re turn to the Democratic fold. Much can be done to brine about this result by frank, open and intelligent discussion oh the part of the press of those reasons which should influence the judgment ot the people of the State. It seems to me you ' are to be congratulated upon the unvarying and consistent course which you. have taken in 'the midst of much vacillation and unfounded apprehension. very truly, yours, - Grover Cleveland." Brunswick Deer Zjaw. .'--" rJ Is not the South port Leader mistaken in stating that the open season for deer opened July 15th for Brunswick county? The Star is under the impression that September 1st is the date fixed by law for that county, and if in error it will be glad to make the proper correction. Just to think of a fellow making a "drive" through Elbow Bay with the thermome ter at 96 is enough to prostrate the most ardent hunter. And. then, the mosqui toes. Whew! -' Not Forty Per Cent. " In the article concerning the late First. National Bank which appeared in the Star yesterday, the opinion, as written, was expressed that creditors would ulti mately receive at least 50 per cent, of the amount of their claims; but it was made-40 per cent- as printed. As a mat ter of fact the STAR gives it as its own opinion that creditors will finally receive 60 percent, of their claims, and probably more it the Dawson estate can be held responsiblelfor its liabilities. . Judge Winston Pleased With Our Sea Shore. ::..;., Judge Robt. W. Winston, one of the" ablest and most popular Judges of the Superior Court, who has been spending several days on the seashore, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Columbus county, where he holds-court this week. He stated to a STAR re porter that he was greatly pleased with the Hammocks, Wrightsville and Ocean View. That the bathing and sailing was very good, and the fishing not surpassed by any he had ever tried: The Judge is a good fisherman, and was quite "success ful while here. He was out only about two hours and caught over 200 of the finny tribe. When asked if he was sea sick, his eyes twinkled and he replied, "that the judiciary had again been ex hausted." But he enioyed his sport ex ceedingly. . He sees a bright future for our coast, and believes it in the near fu ture. ' . - - .- . ' , As Sampson" county exhibited a few of its fat men at the encampment last week it is proposed that Wilmington show what it can do In that line on the third day of the veteran's encampments One of the "boys" says, let the fat men assemble at a certain hour, prepared to give their weight on that day " The Star is pleased ' to note the improvement in! the condition of Mr. Albert H. Creasy, in the fact that his father has been enabled to leave his son s bedside ana go on a visit to nis aged parents, hear Ml Airy, N. C. Capt. A. C. Huggins, of Ons low, is quite sick with an attack of ma larial fever. - He had to stop here on his way home from the Clinton Convention. We hope he will soon be himself again. He is stopping at the Sutton House. '; --- i-;'- - ""WissB "s ' It is announced that Capt. Thos. W. Mason, one of the most eloquent speakers in the State, will address the people ' of Brunswick county .. August 23d and 24th, but it is not stated at what points he will speak -;?;i ; The" Register of Deeds issued four marriage licenses the "past week three for . whites and one for a colored couple.- -- - -"" - The Second Dividend. ; ' . . - - 3 Receiver -Robinson; will 3 be - ready about August 10th to pay a second divi dend of 15 per cent, on all proved claims of creditors of the late First Natidhal Bank. This is good news to all the Creditors, and especially to" those who mever expected to get a" cent." -:THls Will make 30 percent, and more to come, ,and it is but fair to say that -'Mr. Robin son has shown himself fully equal to the responsibilities of his position." He has forked faithfully and industriously for the interest of" the creditors, and con sidering the obstacles - that have beset fairct, he has certainly done well. When a inira dividend will be paid -cannot now be determined; but "it is pretty safe to say that creditors will ultimately re cover at least 40 per cent. Of the amount oUheir claims. - : -: Politioal Information Needed. . . Chairman Simmons of the Democratic -State Executive Committee . reauests that as rapidly as the "comity 'executive committees ire-organize rthe chairmen will send in their names. ' - As it is the; policy of the committee to have' the speakings as far as possible in the country and as the committee does not know the; best places, or their , loca tion, : it is . specially desired that the . chairmen o the county committees send in the names of the places, together with - information : as to their location with reference to the railways, and their distance from the. railways. ;: SAMPSON DEMOCRATS. A Cleveland and Carr Club Organized in t Franklin Township. - ' Harrell's Store. N. C, . " j - July 25th, 1893. Editor Morning Star, Wilmington, N. C: Dear Sir; We are glad to report the organization ot a Cleveland and Carr Democratic Club - in Franklin township, Sampson county, N. C, on the 23rd inpt. With only one day's notice we organized with thirty mem bers. Dr. Chas. S. Kerr acted as chair roan arid J. F. Lewis as secretary. , On motion of J. W. S. Robinson, a committee, consisting of N. F. High smith, C. C, jCorbett ' and D. T. Robin son, was appointed to nominate perma nent officers land to formulate by-laws for the government ot the club, to report at the next meeting. On motion ad journed to meet at Newkirk's Bridge, on Saturday, August 13th, . 1892, at 2 o clock p. ro. We hope to number seventy-five, at least, by election day. Let every Dem ocrat labor earnestly for the .election of Cleveland arid the regular Democratic nominees, from constable to President. The secretary was instructed to ask the Caucasian, the Star and the-Mes-senger to publish these proceedings. We will dc all we can from now until November fox the perpetuity of Demo cratic principles. - - . J. . Lewis, becretary. Wilmington Messenger please copy. ' 0iD REB IN CAMP. - Camp Holt. July 27. 1893. - Editor Star: .This is our sixth day in camp, and while we found our quar ters not as complete and pleasant as for merly, but with Col. W.C Jones and his able staff, who are always on the look-, out for the comfort and welfare of his regiment, we have always gotten our quarters in a good and comfortable con dition. We have no grumbling and our camp is in a neater condition than I ever. saw before. Two companies left this morning, G and D, and I took a look through their quarters. I haye been an observer for four years and never saw quarters vacated in a neater condition no empty bottles thrown about the quarters. As the Wilmington - people have do nated the lands for the encampment, I think the State authorities ought to have it put in a good condition. : An expendi ture of $500 would make it one of the finest camp grounds in the State; and I know of no place better suited tor, the health of the State troops, for in the West we would be subject to fevers, rail road accidents and many other disad vantages. Here we have a nice breeze. good water and every facility for the soldiers to enjoy themselves. - The deportment of the troops is bet ter every year, and I am sure the Y. M. C A. has much to do with the enjoy ment and moral change. I have never seen men try harder to do their duty as soldiers. The two companies Wilson L. I. and Wilmington L. L are hard to beat for clever boys: they have lots of -fun, but when duty calls they are out in full tofce; tnj tact, tne second regiment is composed ot good men; their quarters are all comfortable and neat. We saw ojar beloved Vance yesterday, and we were glad to see him so cheer ful. . He has almost spent his life in the interest of North Carolina and her peo ple. I feel! that North Carolina can never pay him for what he has done for her people and her interest. There are several old veterans in camp. Have not heard but two men in camp advocate the Third party, and they will vote for Cleveland. j Yours, now and then, - - v j Old Reb. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. -. (.Special Star Telegram. Raleigh N. C, July 28. The meet ing of the State Republican Committee to-day was well attended; nearly all the members of the committee were present. A full consultation, was held with lead ing Republicans from different parts of the State, and after a harmonious session it was finally agreed to call a convention September 7th, next, for the purpose of considering' and determining the tnatter oi running a oiaie iiukci. .- No proposition looking to a fusion with the People's party was made, and there. appeared to be a very strong senti ment against it. The general idea seems tp be to leave Republicans untrammeled as to voting! for State officials, . and the canvass is likely to be pressed mainly on national issues, in the ope of securing the state tor Harrison electors. Damage Spit A gainst the O. F. A Y. V. i The case Df M F. Trotter against the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad for injuries; sustained on that road on the 21st of last January, was decided m the Superior. Court at - Winston last Wednesday. Trotter sued for $20,000. The jury awarded him $3,500, ' Hon. Aaiai H. Stevenson. "-1 Chairmari Simmons, of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee, received a letter last Thursday from Hon. A. E. Stevenson,) the; Democratic candidate for Vice President, in which he stated that he would make five speeches in North Carolina, the places to be decided' upon by the committee. . ' DR. PEYTON H. HOGE Mooted to Fill cha Chair of Pastoral The- olosx at Hampden-Sidner TJnion Seml- Inary. - A special to the Richmond, Va., Z patcA. July 27th, from Lynchburg, Va., says.: "The Board of Trustees of the Union Theological Seminary, at Hamoden. Sidney, at a meeting. in this city to-day elected Kev. Dr. Feyton- H.. Hoge, of Wilmington, N. C to the vacant chair of the English Bible and Pastoral The-. ology m the Seminary. - . . . : Dry Hoge. as a " member of the Board of Trustees, was present. "A meeting was held yesterday but no decision was reached. To-dav the Board met again and Dr. Hbge was chosen for the position.- The new-elected- pro fessor is about 85 years of age. He is a nephew of . Rev. Moses D. Hoge, the famous Richmond preacher. His first pastoral charee was in Richmond, and he.tias been pastor of his present charge m Wilmington, N. Q, ; for about six years. Dr. Hoge is a man ot ability, and in North Carolina he ranks wit h the best as a preacher. . ' - . - ' "The.U nion Theological Seminary- is under the. joint care ' of the Synods; of v irginia ana worth caroim-ience the name "Union" The professorship of English - Bible and .Pastoral Theology was nameo - m . honor ot the late Dr. Stuart Robinson. ' of Louisville. The last; incumbent of the chair was Thomas Cary Johnson. D. D., who was. trans ferred to the chair of Ecclesiastical His tory and Polity upon the death of Pro- lessor James F.Latimer. - B"lSSBrs-4ss4lssVM . ' FIRE AT ALMA. ' Saw mil and Other Valuable Property Burned Iiosa Over $20,000. . The saw and planing mills of Mr. W. E. Miller, at Alma, on the Carolina Cen tral railroad, were destroyed by fire yes terday. ' The fire broke out in the shavings room, about 11 a. m., and could notDe controyeo. Besides the mills, a quantity of lumber in the yard, belong ing to the Alma Lumber Co., valued at $1,500, was burned, together with two box-cars loaded with dressed lumber one belonging to the Seaboard Air-Line and one to the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. -the "car-shed of the M. A. & R. R. con taining $300 worth ot supplies, and a negro shanty the latter of little value. The dwelling of Mr. W. R. Hawkins was endangered and his " household goods were hurriedly removed, causing a loss of about $200 thereon. . The saw and planing mills had been advertised for sale at public auction in Lumberton, August 1st, to satisfy a mortgage held by Adams Bros.& Payne, ot Lynchburg, They had been in opera tion ever since the advertisement ap peared in order to clear off unfilled bills. The loss on the mills and machinery is placed at $17,000. Mr. Miller had $4,000 insurance. The fire .was caused" by a spark from tne lurnace. i CONFEDERATE VETERANS. ' ; Gov. Holt Aooepta an. Invitation to Visit the Encampment at WrightsvUle. Col. E. D. Hall has received a letter from His Excellency. GovA Holt, of which the following is a copy, viz: Executive Department, State of North Carolina, Raleigh," July 27th, 1892. Gen. E. D.Hall, President C. S. A. Vet- - ran Association, Wilmington, N. C; " Mv Dear Sir I am instructed by His Excellency to acknowledge the re ceipt from your Adjutant of an invita tion to attend the annual encampment of the Confederate Pensioners and Vet erans at Wrightsville on the 16th proxi mo, and to say in reply that he fully ap preciates the honor and be will endeavor to be present on that occasion. He will notify you by wire the exact time of his visit. He desires me to express to you his wishes that you may have a pleasant and largely attended reunion of North Carolina's honored survivors of the Lost Cause. i '. 1 ' -, I have the honor to be sir. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, C. F. Telfair, . ; Private Secretary. THE PEERLESS VANCE. En Route to the Mountains The People Extend a Cordial Greeting A Brass - Band and a Cannon Wake the Echoes at Laurin burg, r While on his way to Charlotte, Wed nesday evening. Senator Vance was cor dially greeted at Lumberton, Laurmburg and other points on the line of the Carolina Central. At Laurinburg an immense crowd of the stnrdy Demo cracy of old Richmond were assembled at the depot when the train arrived, and with a brass band, a cannon and several hundred powerful lungs literally "made fhe welkin ring." There were loud calls for Vance, and the idol of North. Carolina Democrats was compelled to say a few words to the en thusiastic multitude. Among other things he said he had been down to the seashore; he had been . among good. Democrats, and his health had mate rially improved." . He had been taking a hot and dusty ride on the cars; he was a dirty man, the dirtiest man, he sup posed, the crowd had ever seen. "But,1 said he, "fellow-citizens, it's good Demo cratic dirt picked up between - Wilming ton and Laurinburg." ; 5 - The train reached Charlotte at 12.20 a. m., yesterday, having been delayed an hour and twenty minutes by the dem' onstrations of the Democrats at different points on the road. He has gone direct to his' pleasant mountain retreat at "Gombroora," and it is the sincere prayer of -every tr ue North Carol i n ian that he may recover his health sufficient ly, to enable him to take part m the campaign in October. .. --o DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. - rSpedal Star Telegram.! -' Greenville, N. C July .28. The Pitt county Democratic Convention met here to-day and elected a straightont Democratic ticket as follows: For Senate T. I F. James; Representatives J. K. Witherington and M. C Lawhorn; Sher iff. R. . W. King: Register of ; Deeds, Henry Harding; Treasurer, J no. Flana gan; Coroner,- Dr. w. tu warren; ur- vevor. I. rf. KiipatncK. : . Congressman Branch was endorsed. The demand for Montana frost yesterday was very active. NO. 37 THE CLINTON CONVENTION. Letter - of Explanation from Chairman Simmons, of the State Democratic Com mittee. . . . State Democratic Ex. Com., ) ". Raleigh, N. C July 28, 1892. f W. R. Kenan, Eso Chairman. Wil mington, N. Q: . - Dear Sir Replyine to your favor of July 26th, I beg .to say the statement contained in the Daily Review to the ef fect that the Clinton convention voted down a resolution endorsing Cleveland and Stevenson is a mistake and withoat any foundation. No : such resolution was introduced in the convention. ; - With reference to -the convention itself I beg to assure you thaf it was with the greatest reluctance I attended it. because 1 bad been tully informed of its composition. I went at the urgent solicitation of delegates who hoped we mignt oe able to devise some plan of escape trom the complications which the extraordinary composition of the convention threatened - ; When I reached Clinton I found our friends very much alarmed for fear the convention would adopt the St. Louis platform and r nominate a Weaver elec tor. -'Under thes circumstances I rnn. sultit&lhVarJrrnninent in the convention, . ana we decided upon the course which was afterwards pursued. we couio see no way by which we could eject the anti-Cleveland delegates trom the convention because they were not only duly accredited .delegates, but were in the majority; and the question was squarely presented to us whether we would retire and surrender the conven tion to this element or remain in and force it out. . We decided it was best, if possible, to make them run rather than run ourselves. ; Several times on the very threshold of the convention we were threatened with a test which would have revealed our. weakness and forced us from - the convention. These tests wisely; as we thought, we averted. t The first difficulty arose over the con test from Onslow. That contest was settled exactly as the State convention bad settled it. This, however, gave very great offence to certain delegates from that county, who, from that-time on, neglected no opportunity to further embarrass an already greatly embarrass ed situation. We were satisfied a ma jority ot the delegates were not with us. We had seen all the committees consti tuted against us, and after a long squab ble in the tommittee on fiauorm we succeeded in agreeing upon- a platform, which, while it did not embody all we wished, contained nothing seriously ob jectionable. The concessions necessary to produce this result bad, in every in stance, been made by the other side. This platform we had every ' assur ance would be . adopted as agreed upon, unless amended, ..and then the field being opened for additional amendments we might expect to find ourselves confronted with the St. Louis platform. One of the delegates from Onslow offered the amendment pub lished in the Review. Mr. Lyon and my self explained to the Convention the sit uation," and suggested while there was, no sort of opposition on our part to the Chicago platform.tbe platform, as agreed to by the committee was unobjectionable in what it did state and embodied the main principles of Democracy, and that under the circumstances it was not deemed prudent to open the field to promiscuous amendments. When the vote was taken on Mr. Huggins' amend ment our position was again reiterated in explanation of our vote.' Whether the action of the Clinton Convention was wise under all the cir cumstances or not, those who were present at least thought so, as is shown by the vote the amendment only re ceived the vote of the Onslow delegation and one vote trom Duplin. I have no hesitation in saying to you the situation was one of the most em- barassing, I ever had to deal with, but it was the opinion of our friends who were present that under the circumstances we could have done nothing better than what we did. We secured all practical results of the convention.- to-wit.: A platform upon which as Democrats we stand; the nomination of a good Cleve land Democrat lor Congress and another for Elector, and we did not think it good policy to surrender these practical results to secure the substitution of one Demo cratic declaration for another, although the one might oe fuller and more de sirable. . I was exceedingly anxious-my self, and so were the rest of us, to avoid if possi ble disclosing the fact that m a Demo cratic convention we were in a mi nority.. - : .;:.:; When the nomination of Mr. Grady was reached we demanded that his friends . make known his position with reference to Mr. Cleveland and refused ta proceed to ballot, until it had been stated by those professing to know that be was sound - on the National ticket Unquestionably we would have with drawn from the convention rather than have submitted to the nomination for Congress of any one not in favor .of Mr. Cleveland likewise, we would have withdrawn rather than have submitted to the adoption of an objectionable plat form, such as we were at first threatened with?. I think no one who knows my post tion would accuse me for a minute of desiring the success of the State ticket at the sacrifice of the National 'Ticket My position upon this question has been very decided. At the late meeting of the Central Committee,- in the presence of Mr. Carr and Mr. Furman, the only candidates on the state ticket present, I stated we could not at this election di vorce the state from . the National ticket, and that nothing must be done by the candidates on our state ticket or by this committee which would give color to the idea that we were willing that one should be saved to the detri ment of the other. : I stated that it was necessary that every candidate of the party on the ticket should at - all - times and - under all cir cumstances take an unequivocal position with reference to Mr. Cleveland, and such is my position now. But the ques tion, to my mind, involved in the Clin ton Convention, was whether we should surrender what was practically and essentially Important in order to pass a resolution which might be omitted with out serious consequences. The explan ation which was made at the time to the convention (which was in possession of all the tactsWch complicated the situ- atibn) was satisfactory and it seems to , m;r n nKiiar. th overact me very unjust to publish the abstract facts without giving the circumstances, which seemed to those present to war rant the action of the convention and render it justifiable.'; ; i Yours truly. - F. M. Simmons, Chairman. Mr. W. J. Harris, ; of Wilson, 'called at the Star office yesterday. He has been a subscriber to the Daily.Star for twenty-four years, and. we were glad to see him. i Mr. Harris has two sons in the Wilson: company, and has been' to the encampment which he greatly en- joyed. He returned borne yesterday. Mr. A. V. Wood, of Brunswick, GaV is here on a visit to his brother; Dr. Thos. F. Wood. SPIKITS TURPENTINE. : .r r Messrs. J. A. & M.. IL.HoIt, proprietors of Oak Ridge Institute, have - ' issued a very handsome, illustrated cat--v: alogue for 1891-92. ' This is one of the - : most flourishing schools in.the South, receiving a verjr large patronage from ; x; many States. ' , Asheboro ' Courier: The boiler at Henley & Redding's saw mill, 10 or 12 miles south of Asheboro. exploded r Tuesday afternoon, killing the fireman, named Bean, and seriously injuring one other mill-hand, who will probably re- ' cover. ; ! " .: v--'--,". . ' -.- Statesville Landmark'. Mr. Al fred Hampton died at his home at ' Hamptonville, Yadkin county,last Thurs- v day. - Capt. W. H. H. Gregory sent to the Landmark office last Fridey. two of the largest tomatoes ever seen in this -office . up to that time. .. One of them weighed IK lbs. and- measured 15W inches in circumference. The other was not quite so large. They are tree tomatoes and the plant on which they -were grown has reached a height of over 7 feet and is still growing.' Smithfield Herald: The third party men seem to be in good spirits. -They are going to combine with the Re publicans in the county to defeat the Democrats. The will not feel so iubilant after the 8th day of November is passed. l wo young men. Mr.,N.-T. Morgan and Mr. E. B. Morgan, of Meadow town ship, were before U. S. Commissioner D. W. Fuller to-dav. charged with illicit dis tilling. They were bound over to the - federal Court in the sum of one hun dred dollars-each. - Greensboro Record: Miss Nora Gamble, aged 86, died here and was buried at . Rehobeth, six miles from Greensboro, yesterday. She had been hi ior apout twwtJta-; The MU Airy Granite Company; Htf meeting here yesterday, decided to cut in about $8,000 worth of new machinery of the most approved pattern. It is a. well fact that the supply of granite at the " quarries, which are located near Mt. Airy, is almost inexhaustible, and it was found necessary, by the i ncreasing trade. io enlarge, ; Henderson Ledger: I Mr. W. H. Green, of Dexter, discussing the croos. said he sowed, 9 bushels of wheat and thrashed out UW bushels. That he could also take the premium on corn; that it was so rank and vigorous that it looked black, extending; heavenward. about 14 feet on an average. - There, is in Walnut Grove township, on the land of Frank M. Dixon, a white oak tree, the limbs of which average 86 yards from the trunk. The body of the tree at its largest point measures ?2 feet and 11 inches around. r ". Salisbury Herald: Tohn Flvnn. of Montello, Wis., one of the stone cut ters of the Smith quarry, died suddenly yesterday evening. He was travelling in . company with a friend towards Lin wood. He was taken sick several miles this side and died in a short time, Mr. . 'John Palmer's little 8 year old son Gro ver, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday evening at Palmersville. Stan- ly county. The shooting was done by Mr. Daniel Coggtn s little bov. Playing with a gun that "wasn't loaded" is the report. ; Charlotte News: Senator Vance - yesterday afternoon concluded that he would ioin the editors in the carriage drive about town, and left bis room in the Belmont at a time when he was alone and unattended for the purpose ot passing through the covered bridge into the Central, and thence to the front, where carriages were in waiting. In go ing along, however, he stumbled at the bead of a flight ot stairs and had quite a severe fall. The heavy carpeting and the soft rubber strips on the steps saved him from serious injury. One ot his wrists , was sprained and the shaking up was such that he had -to abandon his pro posed drive. Raleigh Chronicle: Died last night at 9.50 p. m., at the residence of her husband on East Lenoir street, of typhoid fever, Mrs. Maud L. Norwood, aged 28 years. ' Early yesterday morning," at the residence of her mother, on South Wilmington street. Miss Annie ts. stronacb, daughter of the late Mr. George T. Strpnach, at the age of 24 years. She had been for years an inva lid. There are now j fourteen ship pers of grapes from this point. During " the past few days Champion (the first to ripen) have been shipped quite liberally, and now Ives are going forward. In the Junaluska vineyard there are forty varie ties of grapes, of which less than a dozen are found good for shipping. The Duch- ess this season are greatly affected by rot. Monroe Enquirer: I Mrs. Nancy Long, wife of Mr. Adam Long, of Long's Store neighborhood, ran across a verita ble curiosity in the egg line a few days ago. She broke a large egg and found inside the shell another fully developed egg which had a shell on it also. - Mr. Will McLarty, one of our most popular and highly esteemed young men, died at the residence of his father, Mr, James. McLartv. about four miles from here. last Thursday afternoon, at 2.80 o'clock, after a short illness with an aggravated -. and very malignant attack; of fever. - A mad dog was killed at Mr. M. B. simpson s, 7J4 miles east ot town, Mon day morning about day. It was at the house early in the night and had a fight with Mr. simpson s dogs, it was run on , and came back again, when it was killed. - it is reported to have bitten dogs at thirteen places in the neighborhood. Charlotte Observer: Senator and Mrs. Vance and Mr. Harry , Martin ar rived here here this morning at 12.20 in - Superintendent Moncure s private car. over the Carolina Central Railroad, from the Hammocks, and remained in the car all night. The train was an hour and twenty minutes late. Senator Vance stood the trip well, sitting up much ot the way. There were demonstrations ?n his honor at Lumberton and Laurin burg, and at the latter place a band played and the Senator went on the. platform and addressed a tew words to the people. . There are thirty-eight prisoners in the jail at present. All are negroes with the exception ot a white boy, who was sent to. jail for walking through a watermelon patch that was not his and coveting his neighbor's fruit . to the extent that he took one melon. Mr. P. D. Furr died at his home in Union county, : Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, aged 78 years. j- - Charlotte . Observer: Senator and Mrs. Vance and Mr. Harry Martin, left, for Gombroon; last evening. Maj Dowd, Col. I. E. Brown, Capt. John. Wilkes, Mr. H. C Eccles and others ac companied the Senator to, the Rich mond and Danville station.. He was able to get out of the carriage with but httle-assistauce this being rather neces sary on account of his" sprained wrist, his arm being in splints. . From the car- 3Z"2ZZ . "u " rrritWm . tendent Moncure s car was irk waiting to take the distinguished sufferer to his mountain home. inursoay nignt . some one", entered the stable of Mrs. Anna Brown of Hopewell, - and stole -a fine horse which belonged to her. ' The fact was reported here early yesterday morning, and the police im mediately louowed up the trail, rarues who came over from Gaston, reported having seen a negro boy riding a horse . such as described, and that he was mak ing his way to Dallas. An officer was sent out in pursuit and it is thought the boy will be captured. . .W. S. Hay.i aged about so, junior memner oi tne to bacco manufacturing firm of Bitting & Hay, In Winston, died suddenly Friday afternoon. - The deceased took a pain in his head and summoned a physician who gave him a small dose of morphine. It is thought the patient increased the dose, which caused his death. . -