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In? - , - - :-- ; . : t; - V; Vf; -V v. .- PUBLISHED AT .: .,1 ... LMINGTON, N. C, at A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. SSSS8SS888SS888S3 S883S88S8SSSS8888 g ? 2 8SS8SS5 Sf83f888888SSS888 quoits ssgsSS9$SS2SSSSS 88888888888888888 riS888888S82888888 T 8888888828888888 S88g882288888888 cias 'o-SSS5SS28SSSa 88388888888888888 e oo ib - oo o e - jo jj T,red at the Post umce at wumt lllere Second ClaM Matter.l Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, u SUBSCRIPTION PRICE " . The Subscription price of the Weekly Star is aa SglcCopyl year, postage paid. 6 months . 3 months . .SI 00 . 60 . SO coniderable number of sub--ribers to the Weekly Star have scently changed their subscriptions j the Daily Star. ; ;' j ' This i a capital idea jin all cases here the paper will reach subscri er three- times or oftener every reek. U'. have a good many sub ;nbrr to the Daily who can only et the paprr twice a week. Try ie Daily and keep posted during He campaign. Terms, 150 for 3 ionth, 83 "0 f'r 6 months. . WHAT THE SOUTH WANTS.. What the South wants is fair play, lifting f the incubus which has leen pressing upon her for, thirty ears. If her people have managed olive and prosper at all -inspite of he obstacles to their, progress that hey have had to contend against, bey have done more than any other eop!e under the sun : could have lone under the same circumstances, ind they could not have done this if ;hey did not live in" a section espe :ially favored by Providence with a jenial climate,, a'fruitfulsoil, and an ibundance of varied and wealth-pro-lucing resources. Beginning with nothing after four pears of wasting, desolating war, yith the old labor system destroyed ind the laborers demoralized by heir de'usive ideas of liberty, with-' rat money to pay for labor and stock :o work their farms, and with scarcely :nough to buy seed to seed the icres they could plow they went to fork with a Spartan courage and ieerM hope that succumbed to loinift'But" forged confidently pn vard. Year after year they brought :he briar-grown fields, under the alow until the land again blossomed is a garden. Year after year the icreage was increased! and culture improved until "the crops were doubled. j ' Since the war, leaving out of con sideration other crops grown, timber ait and sold, the product of her mines and quarries, herj fisheries and her manufactories, the South has grown and sold $10,000,0u0,000 worth of c tton, and yet there , never was perhaps, since the War a year hen the Southern cotton planter didn't feel the want of m,oney, of more money than he had or than hjs cotton crop would bring him. We specify cotton because tfut is eminently the staple crop of a grrat pu(r ton of the South, and is thr t x ort crop, or as some innocent ly ci i v . ''ii.c tnney tirop." . T ere been but little money nude ut of it. Why? Because even at what would be considered - a fair market price, there is nor mar gin enough between that and the cost oT production to yield a large return to the planter. And then when there is taken out of this the cost of meats, flour, and other food stuns that the planter does not raise, but buys from the West; this return is still further whittled down antil he is a, very large producer or a very clever manager, who has any thing left. ." While not perishable, cotton can ot be kept over from one crop to the other safely, for I there are few Planters who cn afford to keep it Wer, and they, although prices may be low, risk losses when the new crop comes in. if it should be an ordinary crop. The only way that this could be effectively done would be by com bination among the cotton-growers, sufficiently strong to control the crop, which is not practicable because it would have to embf ace .too many people. Others may do the corner ln& but the planters will never com- D'ne so as to control the cotton .Cfop. If they could or would, there ould be more sense and business in tQatthan in endeavoring to help the "r cotton industry by voting for impract ical visionaries or for impossible filancial schemes j : t The visionaries and the schemers tell the planter that the low price of cotton js the result of! an insufficient . Volume of currency,! and that; the ay to overcome this is to double jje volume. This may look plausi P'e to the unreflecting, but it is a ae usion. The volume of currency has een increasing more or less for wenty years and under the present r we are adding about $50,000,000 Jear t0 the currency. There is now ore money in exisrence, whether i -."v in actual ;.-fii..:.. than ;or not, at any time since the VOL. XXIII. war, ana yet cotton is so low : that it commands scarcely: enough to pay the cost, of production and marketing. The price of cotton- is fixed in Liverpool, and the volume of American currency does not affect it a particle. If there was a per capita circulation of $100 in this country instead of $25, it wouldn't affect the price of cotton the fraction of a pen ny. The " Southerly ; planter , wants something ; besides . an ' increased volume of currency to help him.' He wants the clamps taken off, and . the obstructions to the ; open markets of the world removed. Then the mutual trade relations that would spring up between him and the spinners of his cotton would create a larger demand and ensure better prices for the cot ton he has to sell, j '! 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. 1 '. VERY WLL DOffE. We congratulate j the Democracy of this Congressional district ' not only on the nominations made for Congressman andPresidential elector, both of which will give satisfaction to the people of the '; distiict, but on the zeal shown and the harmony which characterized the proceedings of the Convention, which was an un usually large one. v.,;f' ' When Mr. Alexander was nomin ated two years ago he was regarded as an Alliance Democrat and received the support of the! Democrats in side and outside of the Alliance. He is an Allianceman still, but believes that Alliance men who are seeking special measures of relief should seek them within the Demo cratic lines, where they will stand a better chance, ot receiving what may be reasonable and "practical - than they evercan by breaking off and setting up in business for themselves. There are some things that Mr. Alexander favors in! certain contin gencies, which may never arise, which we don't favor; but he stands square ly upon the Democratic platform,has made an industrious, faithful and honest representative, and will main tain his reputation if re-elected, which he will and must be. ; ; -' The unanimity with which Mr. Weii was nominated tor elector is a merited tribute- to and a compliment Hanover county. that gentleman as well to JNew The. Convention made no mistake in tnis, tor , Mr. "Weil is a man of recognized and dis tinguished ability, endowed with tal ent, vinv energy, tireless industry, and we predict that he will carry the party colors bravely and well and make a canvass that will not only do Credit to him but which will show for itself when the ballots are counted in November. . ! ; Nowhe conventions have done their work, and it remains ; for the Democrats to close; up the lines, and shoulder to shoulder march In solid column to the victory which will be ours if we do our duty. A considerable number of subscri bers to the Weekly Star have re cently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. ; Tnis is a capital idea in alt cases where the paper bers - three'' times will reach subscri- or oftener every week. We have many subscribers to the Daily who'can only get the papef twice a week. Try the Daily and leep posted during the campaign. Terms, $1.50 for3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. J K -. ; a fair spzenrar. The Third party organs have taken tbe Republican organs as models in misrepresenting theDem ocratic party and Democrats, and they follow so closely that it isn't all the time easy to between a Third tell the : difference party organ and a Republican organj The Republican organs, however, having been longer in the business, have become more expert . in misrepresentation, -.and don't do it so bunglingly as their Third,party imitators do, J; '. One of the tasks they have under taken is to convince their,readers that there is no danger of a Force bill if the Republicans sfrould re-elect Har rison and secure majority in' Con gress, and they try at' the same time to create the impression that Eastern Democrats are really more in favor of a Force bill than the Republicans, and that there is, therefore, more danger of a Force bill from a Demo cratic Congress than from a Repub lican Congress. As an illustration of the sneaking methods they resort to to- create this impression, and de ceive the people for whom ; they write, we clip the following from the National Watchman, the Third party organ, published at Washington, and of which the Hon. Tom. , Watson, of Georgia (who thought it all right to slander his fellow-Congressmen, be cause he was doing the slandering in a campaign book), is one of the re puted editors. This specimen, a nice ixoss between idiocy and mendacity, i reads as follows: . 7 :f. The force bill was introduced during c the last Congress in the House by Mr. fEodge, and in the Senate by Mr. Hoar. H "V It was passed by the House and defeat ed by the Senate. No such bill has been introduced at this session, and the only .threats of a force bill have come from the Democratic Congressmen ot New Eng land. As proof of this the following taken from the 'Washington Post of Jan uary 21st, 1893, is given. It will bear a careful reading: . r - : ': ' A group of Congressmen were gath ered on the floor of - the House betdre the hour of assembling, and were discus sing the outlook. In the group were Representatives Williams and Hoar, of Massachusetts, and McKinney, of New Hamoshire, while the South and West were represented by some Texan mem bers and Mansur of Missouri. The con versation between the men was at times quite emphatic and was always earnest. Representative Williams be gan the talk by telling a. clever little story on Bland. - the great free silver champion, and then the dialogue natur ally ran to silver. : "There are fourteen Democrats in the House," said Mr. Wil liams, "from New England, but there will not be one in the next Honse if a free silver bill passes this Congress, ex cepting, possibly. Mr. O'Neill, of Massa chusetts.! never heard such revolutionary sentiments as were expressed by Demo crats, and men of national prominence, too. while I was at home in Massachu setts during the past two weeks. They will break with our oarty and vote tor the Republican candidate: as quick as thought if this House passed a free sil ver bilL With such a bill ail hopes of keeping New England in tbe Democratic column will . be lost.", The , - Southern and Western . men listened with ears wide open to this talk. Representative McKinney's words were still more inter est in. "I tell you what it is." he said,"if vou past a free silver bill it means a force bill in the next Congress as sure as I am living. We New England Demo crats have stood by the South ." "So you have." interrupted Representative Bailey, ot Texas, "and I take off my bat to a New . England Democrat every time. It takes courage to be a Democrat in New England." "We have - stood by you," continued Mr. McKin ney. "and we will not desert you in the futur;. You miibt as well make up your minds to one thing, however. If a a free silver bill is passed by this Con gress it means the Iosj of many. Demo crats in the North, New York especially. Tbe next Congress will then be Repub lican, a Republican President will have been elected, and you will have a Force bill passed here that will put the South back twenty years, if, indeed.' it 'does not cause a revolution. Gentlemen, you have got to take your choice. It is either to be no silver, or you must take the consequence, and the consequence will be a Force bill as sure as we are sit ting here." The Hoar named here is a Democrat. being a nephew of Senator Hoar. ' The gist of all this is that, three Democratic Congressmen from New England declared that if the silver bill was passed it would react upon the Democratic party and elect Re publicans from the New England States in place of the Democrats who are now Congressmen. Two of them, Mr. McKinney and Mr. Hoar, declared that the election of a Re publican Congress would inevitably result In the passage of a Force bill. This intentional perverter of lan guage mendaciously so construes these utterances as . to make it appear that these Demo cratic Congressmen and the Demo crats of ' the New England States would favor a Force bill to retaliate upon the South if Southern. Repre sentatives voted for the free coinage bill, and ,hat bill passed Congress, There isn't a sentence, line, word or syllable in this whole extract from the Post to justify or give a tint of color to such a distorted construc tion.' The stupidity of such con struction is equalled only by tbe men dacious spirit that prompted it, but it is a fair specimen of the methods these unscrupulous tricksters resort to to deceive their people and mis represent the Democratic party, against which their fight mainly is. ' We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted o 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. . : jr v , Mr. Cleveland has expressed sur prise that his letter to Mrs. White in reply to one from her asking him to intercede in behalf of her condemned uncle, Col. H. Clay King, of Mem phis, should have been published, as it was a j personal letter; ' but Mr. Cleveland should remember that there are Very few letters written, by him that do not get into print re gardless of whether they are of pub lic interest or not. He is writing too many letters, and while he always knows what to say, and says it about as weir as it could be said, by an swering, so many he as simply en couraging people who have plenty of spare time and who want his au tograph to ; write him. letters ; on all sorts of I pretexts. Not one in- ten of the letters. so far re ceived by him and ; which he has answered, is worth tbe' time spent in answering them,' and no one would be the loser if they had been consid erately consigned to the waste bas ketinstead of being answered, and then wired all over the country as if they were matters of importance. If some fellow who has more dog than he needs wants to ' present the sur plus to Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Cleve land don't want any morexlog than heis'alfeady supplied with is that a matter in 'which the ' public is so much interested that it must be tele graphed all over the country? 'Nine tenths of the answers to letters so far published are about of as much im portance " as the one declining" the tender of a big dog, which Mr. Cleve land very sensibly refused as be al; W WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1892. ready had one big dog. One big dog is- enough in any -well -regulated family. ' - , .- r Burn your old rags and waste; pa per. Don't let them accumulate un der your houses, nor on your prem ises, for they are. absorbents of dis ease germs, ' and', incubators -of dis ease. " Flies and' other blood-sucking insects' frequently make them their " nesting . places, ' and poison them with the" disease germs' which they gather from the diseased , or putrid matter upon which they feed, and thus propagated these disease' germs : find their way into the fpod and' drink of the people, and typhoid fever and other diseases are .the re sult. - There are thousands of tons of old rags imported from 'Europe to be used in this country in. the manu facture of shoddy, and paper, and henre "orders have been issued to the"., customs officers of .New; York, Philadelphia and - 'other ' ports to ' prohibit the - landing ' of any rags which have r not been properly fumigated, and all collec tors have been instructed: to refuse to permit the "entry of rags from France until further orders, on - ac count of the existence of cholera in that country. This is the next best thing td absolutely' prohibiting the importation ot old rags, which is a disgusting business . at best, and always-attended with more or less danger. - While the C-overnmeht acts wisely in keeping its eye on foreign rags, which may bring in disease. bur people would act wisely, too, in keeping their eye on the old rags at home, and by seeing that they "'are destroyed before ' they become the propagators ot disease, l hey are not attractive, things to be lying about anyway, even if there were.no danger in them. Burn them.. There is a tailor in New York, named Keyser, who bears sucn a striking resemblance to Benjamin Harrison that he always feels sad and lonesome. He wouldn t object to taking Harrison's measure occasion ally, but; he don't like to be taken for Harrison, this man of the goose. THE STATE ALLIANCE. Delegates to the National Meeting The Conoern About Absorbed by the Third Party. ; . " . From the Charlotte Observer The State Alliance, in session at Greensboro, concluded its labors Thurs day night and adjourned. Some of the delegates, among them Major W. A, Graham, of Lincoln,; were in the city yesterday on their way home. From these it . was learned : that Capt. S. B. Alexander, wnose term at a roemoer of the State Executive Committee has just expired, was re-elected, and that Marion Butler, W. A. Graham.' S. B. Alexander and Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow. were elected delegates to the National Alliance. All of these, excepting Capt. Alexander, are weave rites. One of the delegates was asked if the representation in yesterday mornings Observer, that nine-tenths of the dele gates to the State meeting are for Weaver was correct, and replied that that was about right. As to whom the People's party, at its State convention on the 16th, would probably nominate for Governor, tbe same delegate said he had no idea that the delegates were at sea, on the ticket; many of them were found, upon arrival there, to be for Mai. Graham, but he would not enter tain tbe proposition, being himself for the Democratic State ticket, though for the People s party national ticket. It was" evident from the drift of con versation, that it is the purpose , to carry oyer to the third party, u possible, the remnant ot the Alliance which is still Democratic ; There is no reason to doubt that a State ticket will be nomi nated next ! week and that an especial effort will be made to carry the Electoral and Congressional tickets of tbe People's party. NOT SATISFIED. Complaints of Someof the "Troops" V Besent Encampment. . at the Charlotte Observer ' : Upon conversing with some of the troops who were at the encampment, it islearned that there was not that unalloyed satisfaction which we had hoped for at this year's assemblage of North Carolina's citizen soldiers. Much work is required on the grounds and at this season of the year the heat is so oppressive as to rob the occasion of the pleasure that might be found in it. In the words of the participants, it is a punishment ; - subsistence is not easly obtained and prices are . high. More is asked for f sh than retailers get id Char lotte. This should be remedied. The hotel charged $3: per day, while at the Orton in- Wilmington the price is only $3. -: These things are noted and find lodge ment in the minds-of those who have to pay the bills, jmd wilt exert an influ ence over the attendance in coming years if persisted in. If talk, and sober, earnest talk at that, amounts to any thing, it will be difficult to get soldiers to go from here to the seashore encamp ment hereafter unless radical changes are made jn the directions pointed out and in others which it is not -necessary to particularize. jdonument to Jas. ! H. Horner. A letter to the Star from Oxford says the treasurer of tbe Horner Monu ment Association desires to state that he has on hand $300. and it is proposed to erect a monument to cost not less than $1,000. It is suggested that branch associations be formed at different centres in the State, so that all interested in the matter may assist. Parties ex pecting to Contribute, are requested to remit at : once to J. Crawford -Ciggs, treasurer, Oxford, N. C. Snooting STear Lumberton. : Col. A. A. McLean, of Lumberton, was shot by. some person- last Wednes day night, the ball lodging in his shoul der. -Particulars of the shooting were not learned, but a telegram from Lum berton last night stated, that Col. Me- Lean's wound was not a dangerous one. KLY CUMBERLAND'S CONVENTION. Straight-Out Democratic Nomination Judge J. O. MoBae Endorsed for the Vaeanoy on the Supreme Court Bench. "- fSpeqial Star Telegram."! s ...... , .v , Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 11. The Cumberland County,. Democratic Con vention to-day was one. of the largest and most -enthusiastic ever held ' in the county. '" Hon.' Jas. C. :; McRae was per manent chairman and Z. W, Whitehead and B. T. McBryde secretaries. ' ' - ; The following ticket "i was nominated," viz: s t or the House, Henry L Cook and Rey. E. J. Edwards; Senate, John W. cLauchlin. For Sheriff, J. B.1 Smith was nominated by acclamation; Register. H. L. Hall; Coroner. Dr. J. F. High- smith; Surveyor. J. Hector Smith. , Resolutions deploring the death pf Justice J. J. Davis and endorsing Judge MacRae for the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench were presented -by Hon. Geo. M. Rose and unanimously adopted. All - the uelegates were straight-out DSiocrata and.the Convention was har monious and the best of good feeling prevailed. The Cumberland Democracy is solid and a victory will be ours in No vember. . i . The Third partyitcs declined to par ticipate in the deliberations of the Con vention and called one of their own. to meet here in September. . Columbus County Items." '-. v .'- A corresDondent at Wooten's writes to the Star: "There is stm lots of ty phoid fever among the colored popula tion. A Mrs Anderson from Georgia, who is visiting in this neighborhood, lost her little baby by death on Friday last. urops are aomg very wen, and labor is plentiful. Negroes who- went lrom this section to Georgia last Fall are return ing home very fast." , 1 Off for Japan. j ; : ' : Miss-Mollie J. Hawes left last night via Asheville, for Chicago, from whence she will co to Vancouver. B. C. and take passage on the steamer Empress of inaia tor rokoboma, japan.. Her des tination is Hiroshima, two or three days journey from Yokohoma. .She will leave Vancouver on the 28th last. . Many of Miss Hawes' friends assembled at the re sidence of tbe family last night to bid her God-speed on her journey. A Thief from Pender County, -. Police officer Kuhl yesterday arrested a negro man who is wanted at Burgaw for breaking into Mr. E. W. Ward's store at that place and stealing a lot of groceries. The robbery took place some time last month. Deputy sheriff Riven- bark of Pender came alter the man yes terday afternoon and took him to Bur gaw. ! (.For the Star. PEOPLE'S PARTY IN ONSLOW. A contention of the People's party of Qnslow county was .held at Jacksonville on Saturday, August 6.' Many of the most substantial and progressive farm ers and of other industrial classes-were f resent and took part therein. Jno. M. rancks presided, and E. J. Lanier and v. w. Kussell were made secretaries. Resolutions were passed endorsing the Omaha platform and the nominations of Weaver and Fields' for the Presidency and Vice Presidency; also, ratifying the action of the Fayetteville Convention and the nominations of Koonce for Con gress and of Perry for Elector in the Third district. The convention de clared in favor of la State and County ticket of the People's party, and elected delegates to the state and to the sena torial District Conventions. The County Primaries will be held on the 3d Septem ber and the County Convention to nom inate a : Cotrhty ticket will be held at Jacksonville On the, 10th of September. The Bnooting of Hr 29. A. McTjOan. , A correspondent of the Star, writing from Lumberton,' 'gives the following particulars of the shooting of Mr. N. A. McLean, a prominent lawyer of Lumber- ton,' which was briefly mentioned in yes- terday's Star, viz Last Wednesday evening Mr. N. A. - - i . , McLean was.sbot while at his plantation by a young white ! man by the name of Lewis. .Lewis and a Croatan bad some dispute and Mr. McLean tried to pacify them. Mr. McLean was sitting in his bueev with tbe Croatan and Lewis was behind the buggy; He shot the Croa tan first, in the back of the neck, the ball ranging on the left side and coming out above the lett eye. Mr. McLean was next shot in the back of the neck, making a flesh wound. Dr. Pnnce.of Launnburg.was called in to see and thinks it not serious, The ball could not be found and this morning tbe pa tient is resting easy and quietly. Lewis escaped. At Big Swamp last night two negroes were iroiicking with pistols when one shot, killing the other instantly.- CAPE FEAR 8. F. E. CO. Prize Money and a Letter from Chief Engelhard ot Baleigh. - Foreman Howe,- of - the Cape Fear S. F E. Co., yesterday received the fol lowing letter with the premium awarded the company at the colored firemen's tournament at Raleigh: -. ' ; Raleigh. N. C, Aug. 11. Foreman Howe, Cape Fear S, F. Engine Co., Wilmington, TV. C- Sir: Enclosed please find check, for $10.00, the amount due your company per programme, i Trust that you and your men enjoyed your visit, and will make tbe v ictor j company many more visits: We enioyed ; very " much your exhibition with the steamer, and were glad to note how pleasant everything passed on. - i -. ; . You will please say to uniet JNew man that he has a fine company in the Cape Fear, and that as firemen and men they won the good words of our citizens. - Kespectiuny, - U 4 t E. B. Engelhard, - . :. Chjef Fire Department. Dl ED TSH ELBY; Mrs. W. J. Bobrts, an Accomplished and :'J-7 I:-' Well Known Lady. ..' ':., ,-' ; LSpectal Star Telegram. Shelby, N. C August 13. Mrs. W. J. Roberts, nee Miss . Minnie Eddy, died yesterday . after S a short- illness. V She was one of the most accomplished' mu sicians in the State, being known as the "North Carolina mocking bird."- The I funeral took place to-day from the Bap- a- i i . I tist Church. , Star CIVIL ShRVlCEJAW, Warning to - Employes of the Oovern- ment Assessments for Political Par poses Prohibited.' ... y By Telegraph to the Morning Star, v - .. Washington, D. C, August 11. Good 'Government, ,the official organ of the National Civil Service Reform League, will publish in its issue of Aug. 15th the following proclamation: ; H . .. .. United States Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, - V. C, July 27th, 1892. At the - outset o(. the political campaign which Is now V pending: this commission feels it to be its duty to call public attention tor the provisions of the Civil bervice law in relation to political assessments or contributions, to inform Government employes of their rights in the promises, and to warm those not in the- Government service (of whatever political party),not to infringe upon those rights. Political assessments, under any guiscare prohibited bylaw. Provisions of the law on the subject- are, in substance as follows : -.-r, , : ; . First. That no government officer'or employe shall directly or indirectly so licit or receive in any manner whatever contributions ? tor political purposes from any other Government officer or employe. " - - second. That no Government officer or employee shall make contribution for political purposes to any ; other Govern ment officer or employ ee. ! -1 Third. That no person : shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive contributions lor political pur poses in any room or building occupied by Government employees in the dis charge of official duties, i :.: --: tourth. That no superior officer shall discriminate against or in favor of any Government officer or employee on ac count of his action '.in reference to con tributions for political purpose. Govern ment employes must be left absolutely free to contribute or not as they see fit and to contribute to either party accord ing to their preferences, and an employee refusing to contribute must not be dis criminated against because of such re fusal."1. ', . . -; i : r. It is the duty of the cem mission to see that tbe provisions of this law- be en forced, and it will employ every availa ble means to secure the prosecution and punishment of whoever may violate them. ; The commission requests any person having knowledge of any violation of this law to lay the facts before it. and it will at once take action upon them ' CHARLES LYMAN, " THEO. Rosevelt, Geo. D. Johnston. Commissioners. This is the first time since the' estab- lisment of the Civil Service Commission that the members ever issued sn official announcement of this sort. H. CLAY KING. T Memphis. August 11. Telegrams to the Associated Press from McKenizej Tenn., at 3.15 a." m., stated that the trains have met, and no signs of the mob are visible. Sheriff McLendon was not on the train . with his prisoner, H. Clay King, and is evidently in hiding to avoid the reported mob of forty armed men. who are said to be looking for him. The suspense and anxiety is intense. Nashville, August 11. King, the Memphis murderer, arrived at an early hour this morning, and was at once con veyed to tbe state prison by snerin McLendon. The sheriff brought his prisoner via Nortonville," Ky. -: The journey was a quiet one. Nashville. . Aug. 11. "Governor Buchanan, will you give me your reas ons for the commutation of the sen tence of H. Clay King ?" asked an As sociated Jrress correspondent of the Chief Executive this morning. "With pleas ure, replied the Governor. "And 1 will do it briefly. First, 1 thought that King should have had the change of venue. Affidavits to the enect that ju ror smith bad communicated with out side parties and expressed an opinion of the case were filed with me. The affi davits could not be filed in a court of record, . because . it was too late. The action of juror Mustin and of the jury in going to Arkansas to deliberate upon the case, also had their weight. The dissension of one of the supreme Court Judges in the defence of partial insanity, the pleadings of his wife and children, and most prominent men of the country, besides hundreds of let ters and petitions. These were my rea sons for commuting the sentence. "I am responsible for my action," added the Governor. "I thought I was doing right and I acted according to my be lief."" He then handed the reporter a petition signed by ; twenty-six Senators and Congressmen. APPEAL, TO CLEVELAND. QroTer, Cleveland ' Asked to Intercede for the Life of King, Bat . Declines. " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nashville. August 11. Among the documents filed with Gov. Buchanan in the King case is the fojlowing: s "Gray Gables, v "Buzzard's Bay, Mass., July 29. "Mrs. E. K. White -Dear Madam: I sympathize with you deeply and sincere ly in the conviction of your uncle. I know but little of the facts, in his case, but confess that my slight information on the subject led me to suppose that enough of mitigation would be shown uoon his trial to reduce the erode of the offence below that of the highest known to our law. I have been so moved by your appeal that I have seriously consid ered whether there was not something I might do to help you, . . ; - " 1 am forced to the conclusion, now- ever. that I ought not to interfere by ap plying to the Governor for a mitigation of the sentence pronounced upon your uncle. - sucn an application on my part would be based on the sympathy which I feel for you, and my experience teaches me that such-a consideration ought not to control executive action in -cases of this kind. - Notwithstanding this, I feel that there are circumstrnces in your un cle's case which ought to appeal strong ly to the pardoning power, and I earn estly hope such representation may be made to yonr Governor as will avoid the execution of the death sentence. . , Very truly yours, 7 - Grover Cleveland. ' THE CAMPAIGN. The Democratic Rational Committee Set- - tling Down to Work. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - r New York, August 13. The Demo cratic. National campaign committee will meet next: Wednesday. .'All the members have sent word that they will be ; present, l he heavy, wort ot the campaign will then begin, and the com mitteemen will settle down here tor tbe summer excepting E. C Wall, of Wis consin, who will have charge of the Northwestern States. - ,tf Srr. J. E. Tones, railroad agent at Pendle- tion Station, Loaisa County, C. & O. R. KM was run over and-killed at that point yesterday by an express train. NO. 39 MR, CLEVELAND Surprised to .Find . that His-Letter to B. CUy Etsg's 3Jiece Had Been Pub lished. By Telegraph to the If online Stat. - Buzzard Bay, Mass, August 12. Mr. Cleveland was to-night shown his published letter 'of ? July ' 27, written to Mrs. : E. K. White, niece of , H. Clay King, which has caused . no little comment. The letter, was a per sonal one, and Mr. Cleveland was very much surprised to find that it was being published ; broadcast, ' and that it had been filed among other documents, with Gov. Buchanan's. ' Mr. Cleveland does not i.r: deny J; writing f. the " letter.'. The letter received from Mrs. White was a very pathetic one and certainly deserved an answer. Mr. Cleveland reiterates his statement that he "ought not to inter-? fere by applying to, the Governor for a mitigation of the sentence." ' MrsT White's letter,' which stated the physical condition of her uncle and their circum stances led Mr. Cleveland to tender his sympathy for her with tbe earnest hope .that the execution ot the death sentence might beavbided. " - . , 7. " , THE BORDEN MURDER. A Massachusetts Sensation Miss Borden - Committed so Jail for Killing Her Father and Step-mother. By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. ; Taunton, Mass.; Aug. 12.-Miss Liz zie Borden entered a cell at Taunton jail at 4.25 this afternooni Her entry into the city took the form of a public ceremony. The excitement was high. Arriving at :ne central passenger station LMiss" Borden -was conducted to a cur tained hack by Minister Buck and City Marshal Hilliard. Detective Seaver act ing as guard and clearing the way. The only sign of interest she manifested was when Taunton was reached, when she aroused from her lethargy for a second, then dropped her head on her hand and closed her eyes." Arriving T at the jail she was at once placed in a cell, the minister conducting her to the door and Marshal Hilliard seeing that the door was properly fastened. Mrs. Wright, wife of Sheriff Wright, an old friend of tbe,Borden family, hurried to the cell with a glass of water, which the prisoner eagerly drank. -When Miss Borden entered the jail office her face was composed and there was no sign of consciousness given. She .passed towards the corridor, apparently seeing nothing and noticing nothing.' The sheriff stood by tbe iron .door, and be was affected almost to tears as he saw tbe daughter of bis old friend passing in the apartments usually occupied by the most degraded females. Minister Buck emerged from the cell room, white and agitated and not disposed, to talk. HON. A, E, STEVENSON, y Announcement of His Appointments for - - the Campaign. V ; Br Telegraph to the Homing Star..' ; Bloomington, III.. August 12. General Sttevenson announces the fol lowing appointments for the campaign: He will make speeches in Indiana Sept. 1st to 7th. and will then return to Illi nois for ten days. add. afterwards will visit L North : Carolina, remaining until the end of September. He will come back to Illinois upon the closing of his tour in North Carolina, and will devote most of the month of October to work in his own State. During the month, however, he will make several speeches in New York State at places to be selected. : . J J OUTRAGE AND MURDER. A Woman ..Outraged and Murdered by Two Men. v Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. : : Louisville, Aug. 12. Sunday morn ing the body ot a woman was washed ashore at Willough Point, Indiana, op posite this citv. k It was identified as Mary Lengel, a former, chambermaid of fcckert s Hotel, and the theory was sui cide. After the police and detective de partments of the two cities had dropped the case, a reporter found that the woman had been outraged and murdered by two men. Four ; boys saw the crime committed, but were so frightened that they were afraid to talk until last night, when one of them recognized the picture of the dead woman in the daily papers. ' THE THIRD"PARTY. Indianapolis, Aug. 12. Members ot the People's party here are elated over the St. Louis dispatch stating that. Judge Walter A. Gresham, in a letter to the chairman of the Indiana State Committee,- had consented to make some speeches for- Gen. Weaver. . Joshua strange, the chairman referred to, if he has received any such letter, has not let it be known to members, of the party here. . - ' . . Henry Vincent, editor of the American Nonconformist, the national f organ of the party, said that he was not surprised at the news, although he knew nothing except what he had read in the papers. Leaders ot the old - parties do not place any credence in the report. RAILROAD WRECK. Knights Templars from Denver Meet with an Accident A number of Them Tji- . jured. V; ' - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Chicago. Aug. 18. A special train on the Chicago & Northwest Railroad car rying Knights Templars from Denver, met with an accident two' miles west of Clinton. Iowa, to-day. The train con sisted of an engine, baggage car and seven sleepers, carrying Knights Tem plars from along the line of : the Lehigh Valey road in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with Grand Commander Cad ding; of Pennsylvania in charge. Through an accident of some sort to the first sleeper it lumped the track and derailed the other two following it. The last one turned completely over and- landed in the ditch beside the road. A num ber of persons were v injured, bul aside .. from ' Mrs. - Charles Rhodes, of South Battlehem, ' Pennsylvania, and Ruben Bresell, of Hazelton, Pa., all were able to proceed on their jour ney to Chicago, v Mrs. - Rhodes : and Bresell were taken to Clinton and cared for. Fortunately there were four physi cians on board the train, who were able to give the necessary medical assistance to those who were hurt. Bresell is most seriously hurt. Imt it is not believed that his injuries are fatal. It is expected that Mrs. Rhodes will be able to resume her journey to-morrow. : ' . A Port Townsend. Washington dis- Stcb saysr. It is reported from- Auna tka that a party of . marines from the Yorktown, stationed at False Pass, fired on the steamer ' Polar, a tender of the Bristol B4y canneries, while temporarily aground in the pass. .The marines are supposed to haye ' mistaken the vessel for a British poacher. ,.-. SPIKITS1WENTN ' Jonesboro Monitor The 7 Peo pie's party club at Shallow Well num- " bers about seventy-five, '-Every mem ber of the club, we are informed, is ' pledged to support the People's party nominees from President down to town ship, constable.- k v ' r- Trust God for the future of hu manity. The .world was not made in : jest, nor does the kingdom of God '.test on a contingency. - Faith, as well as love, ' -casteth out fear. Two boys were talk ing together of Elijah's ascent in the chariot ot fire. Said one :; 'Wouldn't you be afraid to ride in such a chariot ?" "No," said the other, "not if God drove!" ' God drives the chariot of human pro gress, and it mounts as it advances. God is in his world, not outside ot it. , He Is redeeming it from sin. He is making men; He is fulfilling his holy and bene ficent . purpose.' Fear not, ; but believe " and hope, tor the power as well as the glory is his to whom be glory forever and ever Philip S. Maxom. Oxford Ledger'. The nominations made by the Thirdites of GranViDe last Friday do not give entire satisfaction to the members ofthat party. There is no V little grumbling, and some of the defeat- -ed candidates threaten to bolt. '. Para doxical though it may seem, the organi zation of the Third party marked the beginning of ' its , end. It is rapidly travelling on the down -grade. Five weeks ago the crop prospects in ' Granville county were the finest ever . known.. Everybody felt good over the outlook. Now there is some gloom in -tbe land, for the drought has done no in- . considerable damage The crops are cut short at least a fourth. That fa the re port that comes from every part of the ' ' county. Tobacco is burning p and com 1s firing to the ears. In some sections . -there . has been no rain to speak of in three weeks. ; v . . ,,':;-: Charlotte Observer: Mr. R. J. .Todd, a carpentef who works for Mr.F: W. Ahrens, was engaged in conversation a few days ago with ; a gentleman for. . whom he was doing some work, when -some reference was made to the war. . "What did you do in the war ?" he was asked. "Fought when I wasnt running," ' was the answer. - He was interrogated further about his experience in those days, and it was developed that he was a member of the Thirty-seventh North " Carolina regiment, . Col. Barber's, and served throughout the four years; that -during all this period he never missed a roll-call; was never sick a day; participa ted in twenty-seven battles, not counting skirmishes was. in fact, in all the en- . gagements in which his command parti cipated, and never received a scratch, though his hat was twice shot off his " head and bullets passed through his -clothes. This is a very remarkable re cord few men can show, one equal to it. Fayetteville Observer: ; The community of Fayetteville was startled on Thursday last to bear of the death of Mrs. Francis R. Broadfoot, which, oc- ' curred early that morning,- Mrs. Broad foot was the widow of William G. Broad foot, Esq., long engaged in the banking business in this city, a man of great learning and a leader in its life a gener- ation ; or two ago. Major Geo. Hall's large saw and planing mills at Ivanhoe, were destroyed by fire the past week, together with Several thousand feet of rough and dressed lumber, en tailing a total loss of about $9,000 with only about $4,500 insurance with the ' agency of Col. J. A. Pemberton of this city. The origin of the fire is still a mystery. ; By the death . of Mrs. David Ray, at her home , od Rowan street in this city last Thursday, August 4th, 1892, Fayetteville loses another , aged member of a distinguished family. Mrs. Ray was nearing- the close of her . 83d birthday when the summons came. Monroe Enquirer- Mr. Morgan Broom killed a large mad dog at his housej two and a half mile south of town, Friday, afternoon last. The dog was in a fight with Mr. Broom's brother's dog. and he killed both of them. 1 John Broom, who lives four miles south of town, we learn upon reliable authority, is the owner of a chicken which at four days old began crowing, and is keeping it up. It now crows like an old stager. Reports from the threshers indi cate that the wheat crop is very fine for this section. Some wheat was damaged by the wet weather after it was cut and . before it could be housed, but the per . cent, is small. The oat crop is not as good as the wheat, but is about an aver- -age one. ; Much of it was damaged by the wet weather. Jno. L.: Currie, the popular sheriff of Moore county, -arrived here Saturday night last with Prof. P. Ai Miles, colored. Mites has . been teaching school here, and some while before he left- drew his salary. It is charged that he drew his pay, $52.50, for one . and - three-fourths months, whereas in fact he had taught only twenty-three days. The colored people ' here say he is. -guilty of other and simi- ' lar charges. : :. r-. ; ' - Greensboro. Record: The Al liance, among its last acts, adopted the . Progressive Farmer as its organ.' We . believe Col. Polk, some time before his V death, withdrew it as an organ from the Alliance because' of the course he - -had decided to pursue. Does this ac- . tion of the Alliance mean that they have gone over to the paper entirely, or " has the paper modified its views ? We -asked this question of several members, but they didn't seem to know. Some were of the opinion, however, that by . its adoption as an organ, ' they - only endorsed so much of it as related to the principles pf tbe Al liance ' aside from any political views. Some ingenious fellow from New York has sent Jno. J. Phoenix a sample -of coffee which he wanted him to han dle. While it looks like coffee, it don't smell like it, nor tastelike it, and it is not coffee, but is made ffom sweet pota toes. It is a genuine imitation, looking exactly like the pure stuff. ' Mrs. Sam'l C Smith, wife of . Prof. Smith, principal of Graded School No. 1, died this morning at 6.80 at ! the family resi dence, on Church street. Deceased has , been confined to her bed for over two years, and has been a great sufferer. Laurlnburg Exchange-. The Third party crowd at Caledonia has ' dwindled down from 800 uf 80. They are like ' Mark Twain gradually rising from prosperity to adversity. ., Wil liam Dayton Tewksbury died at his res- -idence in Spring HilL township on last Sunday night at 9 o'clock. He was born ; in the village of Mt. Morris on. the 9th -of February " 1825, he. lived for many . years in New York - city and moved to North Carolina in 1873. At a township . meeting in Blue . Springs . . -Saturday there were eighty-fiye Demo crats and two Weaverites. The revolu- r tion over there,soraehow,doesn't revolve. ' On last ' Wednesday Mr. Archibald v McLean, of Robeson county, took his life by cutting his throat with a razor and then shot himself with a shot-gun.-' His health has for a long time been very wretched, and in dispair and misery,- in- ' duced by disease, he in an irresponsible moment committed the rash deed. Mr. McLean was an excellent citizen and had many relatives in this community, who ' were shocked at his untimely; end. He was a. brother to Mr. - Daniel Mc Lean, who is a resident of Laurinburg. On last Monday evening a bolt of lightning struck the house of Mr. Elijah Bundyof Spring Hill township as the family were-: sitting together, , The ' weatherboarding on one side of the room was shivered and the bolt passed into the room and badly burned Mr. Bundy. -the head of the family, setting his cloth- . ing on fire. Mrs. tmndy who is an m- " valid was in bed, and the feather bed beneath her was torn and even the pit- -low ease under her head was ripped in . half by the bolt, but -marvelous to say, : she escaped entirely uninjured.1 Herson, Mr. Jno.: R. Bandy, was leaning on ' the bed Jbut was unhurt, - - , - - r t .r s 'I
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