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PLAYING TOO BRASH. !
Tr i annarent to leverVOnel who
keep his eyes on the political field
that the third party nttver would
have taken shape in the" South if the
men who conducted j the movement
had not counted upon the support of
the Republican leaders and. the votes
thev c.iulJ barter. The Republican
. leaders encouraged the movement
because they thought they saw in
it a prospegt of dividing the Demo
cratic party and of j ultimately re
gaining the power which they lost
years ago. r rom inej nrsi mere nas
been an understanding between the
" schemers on both sides. They sop
out of the same dish on the most
friendly terms. . ' ...
'. Did anyone ever hear these- third
cartv headlights abusing the Repub
lican party or the Republican
leaders? ' I
Did any one ever hear them criti
cise any of President Harrison's offi
cial acts or denounce him for being
opposed to the free -coinage of silver,
. nr whii-h ih-i'' have, and still do
abuse Mr, Cleveland so roundly ?
Did any one ever hear them re
ferring to Mr. Harrison as a "toolj"
"attorney" &c.of Wall street ?
These are stereotyped, pet epi
thets when speaking of Graver Cleve
land.
Who ever heard them denounce
the Republican party in the unmeas
ured terms they do the Democratic
party for the defeat of the sil ver bill ?
And yet there was a majority of
the Democrats in the House and a
major ty of the Democrats in the
Senate in favor of free coinage, while
there was a majority d the Republi
cans 1 1 ti.e House and a majority of
Ihe Republicans in the . Senate op
posed to it. : tr
This is hypocritical and dishonest,
tmt they are at least consistent , in it,
for. their fight is not against the Re
publican but against the Democratic
party. , . - - - , j :. - - .
When little Tom Watson, (who was
elecfed to Congress jas a Democrat
and by Democratic! votes, and be
trayed his trust by going over to the
third party), played for any applause
in Congress he always looked to
the Republican side and got it,
because Tom Reed , was using him
as a tool to help carry out the Re
J Dnhl
They are not making a fight
against the Republican party, be
cause they are counting upon the co
operation and. assistance of . the Re
publicans and don't dare to array
any antagonism amongst them ))y
criticising and abusing Harrison's
administration or 'the Republican
senate,
They think they are. playing the
Same so fine that they can fool the
good people of this State whom they
Mpect to rope into, their so-called
People's party, but they are fooling
. themselves more than they are fool
")g the people, who will, if they have
not already, see through the bungling
game.
the fact is they presumed too
much on the gullibility: of the peo
P'e, and played their game a little
wo brash
When for the purpose ot fooling
llie colored voter : they played the
agreeable to the colored brother, and
invited him to come in and take
ats as delegates jn their conven
tlons, and then nominated them in
sme counties for county' offices,
lhe7 opened the eyes of a good
many whose eves had not been onen
e(l before, and disgusted a ';good
others who don't believe m
ltl,s black and tan business
, And when they followed this up by
"nobbing with Republican wire
. fliers at the State Coavention last
'aesday, they opened the eyes p:
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en thev Rat. Hnvn nn TTarrw
'nner because he refused to accept
the
nomination for Governor unless
ws understood that he could with
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draw if the Republicans ran a ticket,
they not only showed their hands,
but threw off the disguise theyhad
been wearing and appeared in their
right garb as Republican allies. "
They have had,, the rope,; and they
have got themselves tangled up in it
so badly that they can't get out now,
even with such Republican assistance
as may come to their- relief.
The simple truth is, they were not
smart enough to play the. game they
undertook to play, - and permitted
themselves to be played by the Re
publicans, who played them to use
them -
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.
t is not fair to read a paper without
paying for it. -V ' .-
" PLAYING WITH FHLE. -
The Republican ' machine mana
gers who had about abandoned hope
of recovering power, in any ot 1 the
Southern States ;without a Force bill
which would enable them to control
the elections and virtually take pos
session of the I ballot-boxes, have
picked up fresh courage since the
third party came into existence and
are now counting upon that to ulti
mately recapture; some of the Southern-States.
. j, '
There are two factions in North
Carolina, one of which' would be con
tent for the present to carry the
State for the Republican Presidential
ticket,- the other strikes: for the
State and ' the Presidential ticket
too. In other Southern States also
they are more o less divided as to
the best course to pursue to utilize
the so-called People's party
In Arkansas, for instance, they
put up a ticket with the understand
ing that if the canvass showed that
the Republicans! could not" count
upon success the State candidates
would withdraw and turn whatever of
tes they could control over to the
candidates of the so-called People's
party. .) ' ' ., : ' J; ; " .
In Alabama they threw their in
fluence for Kolb, the Third-party
candidate for Governor, an3 gave
him all the votes' they could control.
In Tennessee they will probably
do the same thing, and try to- elect.
Gov. Buchanan, who is running as a
so-called independent ; against the
regular Democratic - nominee, who-
beat him in the primaries and in the
convention. ' '
In Georgia theyi will do the same.
but will run a straight Harrison
electoral ticket, as the anti-Eaves'
faction insists should be done in this
State. ! ' '-
In Texas they; will also play an
nex to the Third: party.
But whatever they do they expect
to utilize the Third party for their
present or prospective benefit. They
are playing theirj game with a good
deal of political cunning, and the
Third party leaders are playing right
nto their hands. .
, We are not surprised at anything
these Third party leaders may do,
nor that there should be a perfect
understanding between them and the
Republican machine manipulators,
for the most of them are on the bar
ter - are Third I party men for gain
merely? We "will not be surprised,
either, if the Republicans should be
succesful at thej November election,
to see some of them go over, bag and
baggage, to the Republican party,
and receive the reward for the servi
ces they are rendering it now. The
reward may not be large, for there
are none of them of sufficient calibre
to command a very high price.
But we are surprised when the
game is so perfectly patent, that they
could have succeeded in deceiving so
many honest and well-meaning peo
ple Into following them and endors
in? their treachery to the Demo-
cratic party, which for twenty-five
years has stood, bet ween the people
of the South land the Republican
plunderers with whom these deserters
are now hand and glove.
. "A burnt child dreads the fire.
The Southern people, with their fear
ful experience I in the past, should
dread anything that by any possible
combination of
circumstances would
open the way fbr the return , of the
Republicans to power. . The mem
ory of reconstruction and of. the six
years of riot and plunder that char
acterized that rule as one of the
blackest and most infamous chapters
in the history of the age should be a
perpetual and an ever present warn
ing to the man who is asked to de
sert the Democratic party which
overthrew the rioters and blunderers,
and put an end to the reign of riot
and robbery. - " - '
That reign, of riot and robbery cost
the Southern States r $213312,694,
for which the South had nothing to
show but promises to pay. .
It cost North Carolina $22,198,
219. Most ofj this has been fepu
diated as fraudulent; but if the Re
publican party got into power again
most of it. would be acknowledged.
for the holders of these fraudulent
bonds have not given up the hope of
ultimately reinstating them. The peo
pie who- permit themselves to be
duped by. these Third party trus
ters who are playing into the hands
of the Republican ' party managers
are playing-with fire." 1 ,
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; papers-will reach subscri
bers three times ;or of tener K every
week. We have many subscribers to
the Daily who can only get the paper
twice Ja week. Try the Daily and
keep posted during the campaign.
Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for
6 months " " , -
MINOR MENTION.
The labor problem, is becoming a
very serious one in this country and
will become still more so unless
something be done to check the in
flow of the worthless,vicious and law
less element thai forms such a large
part o,the annual immigration from
Europe. We mean by this the so
cialistic, anarchistic and vagabond
gangs who leave their country for
their country's good and come! to
this country for this country's harm.
n the past there have been labor
strikes and some of them of consid
erable magnitude, but it is only within
the past few years that the anarchistic
teachings have been followed and an
archistic methods resorted to. - Now
the strikers as much an insurrection
as a strike, and they rarely occur
without more or less bloodshed, and
when collisions with the officers of
the law do occur the plotters gener
ally manage to keep at a safe dis
tance, leaving the misguided mob to
suffer. The labor market of this.
country has been overstocked for
some years which is one of the
causes of the low wages com
plained of, and . yet ' within the
past three years, in addition
to the Immigration from other
countries, there has been added to the
wring population 471,198 immi
grants from Hungary, Poland and
taly, nearly all ot whom are cheap
aborers, if they labor at all, who un
derwork and displace the labor with
which they come into competition.
After a" while they get tired working
for low wages, demand higher wages
and then the devilment begins. The
American workman is taxed to pro
tect and enrich American industries,
to protect them from competition
with the pauper labor of Europe.
isn't it about time that the American
aborer was protected from these in
cursions of a foreign pauper labor ?
The so-called People's party is in
lavor of "liberal pensions to the
soldiers who fought on the Union
side ia the war between the States.
Gen. Weaver is not Only m favor of
"liberal pensions," but he is also in
favor of paying the soldiers who
fought on the Federal side the differ
ence between greenbacks and gold
at the time they were paid. He
made a rough calculation as ' to how
much money it would require to do
this, and introduced a bill when he
was in Congress appropriating $300,-
000,000 for this purpose. It would
take twice as much. The pension
appropriations for the current year
are, in round figures, $150,000,
000." About one-third of this sum
is paid by the people of the South
and a tenth part of what, they pay
never comes, back to them, but' is
distributed in the North. Add to
this the enormous tribute that is
levied upon the people of the South
to "protect" Northern industries.
and then ask yourself if it is strange
that money should be scarce in the
South compared with some of the
other sections. The fact is the Gov
ernment policy of the past thirty
vears has been one to bleed the
South for the benefit of the North,
and yet these Third party leaders
who pretend to be championing the
cause of the Southern farmer are do
in? all thev can . to perpetuate this
monstrous policy. !
Col. Harry Skinner in his -speech
in the third party convention at Ral
eigh told the fellows who nominated
him by acclamation for Governor
and then pulled him down and sat
upon him, that there was no fault to
be found with the administration, of
the Government by the Democratic
party in this State, that the Govern
ment was good and honest and that
there should be no war made upon
that." This was honest, and it was
candid, too candid to meet ; with the
endorsement of the aspirants ' to
office who got up. that con
ventiou, and they and their strikers
Dulled Harrv'down quicker than
they put him up. They didn't show
much sense when they did it, but
the Republicans who" figured so ex
tensivelv in the convention couldn't
stand Harry's swipes at the Repub
lican party and the declaration that
as between Eaves and Carr he would
vote for Carr. They wouldn't. They
would vote for Eaves, as a great
many of them doubtless will do if he
should be the Republican candidate
for Governor, when tney see were is
no chance for electing Dr. fcxum.
It is said that among the Kansas
exhibits at the EWorld's Fair will be
a "model of "Lot's wife in salt'." A
State which has been in Republican
hands as Ion? as ' Kansas has need
V
of lots of salt.
WILMINGTON, N: C.V FRIDAY, AUGUST 26,
The St. Louis Republic, has been
figuring out what it costs to run this
Government and finds that ! it Tcost
under Arthur's administration $6.63
per capita, under Cleveland's $6,12
and under Harrison's $7.6l.Clvelahd
ran the Government for 51 cent lesss t
per capita than Arthur did and for 89
cents less than Harrison has done.
Here - is-a practical illustration of
what Democratic economy means,
and ye Cleveland's, administration
had to expend much money made
necessary . by previous Republican
egislation which never would have
been enacted if the Democratic party
had been in power.
According to the census' of. 1890
three-fourths of the voters, in this
country are native-born. This ap
plies, of pourse, to the country at
arge, and includes the. South where
there are comparatively" few foreign-
born voters. In some portions of. the
North; and especially in the. North-;
west, fully fifty per cent, if not nW
of the voters are adopted' citizens.
According to the figures given thert
were in the country in 1890, 16,940,-
311 males of voting age, an increase
of 4,119,962,000 over the returns of
1880- '' - . ' "'"v"
The subject , of draining and re
claiming the Dismal Swamp is being
again discussed in Norfolk, but the
report of an engineer who some time
ago made a survey ot the swamp,
does not give much encouragement.
He says j that . the bottom of the
swamp consists of a turf composed
of roots and other vegetable matter,
which, when dried, would be liable to
tae fire at any time, burn out and
become a desert waste, not worth a
cent an acre for any purpose. Now
the swamp is valuable for the timber
which grows in it. -. His advice is to
et it alone, and not to waste money
in draining it. .. . ,
The Republican: convention of
Idaho put free silver and protection
in their platform and endorsed Har
rison. Of course. But when the
free silver bill was before Congress
they swore that if it didn't pass Har
rison needn't look in that direction
for any votes. And yet some men
in the South who were Democrats
are fighting Cleveland because he
differs from them on the tariff ques
tion." '."-! ' t
The Sampson Democrat is the name
of the new paper started at Clinton,
Sampson county, with Fleet R.
Cooper as editor. When the Cau
casian Hopped tne Democrats got
together, and concluded that they
must have a paper to talk Democracy
and they got it when they got .the
Democrat, which is as straight as a
ramrod, bright and vigorous."
Secretary Foster, of the Treasury,
is now taking his recreation in Ohio.
While he is taking his recreation and
drawing his pay as usual, he is put
ting in some work for his friend
Benjamin and the Republican party,
in which he takes a much keener in
terest just now than he does in the
U. S. Treasury.
When candidate Reid left New-
York the other day to "see his
mother," who lives in Ohio, his car
riage ran against an- express truck
and he was "badly shaken up." . He
was not half as ..badly shaken up as
he will be when be runs against the
Democratic party in November. -,
Competition is the life of trade.
it enters into all : the avocations in
which men engage. But the main
purpose of the protective tariff is to
prevent competition,: and thus stifle
trade by establishing monopolies.
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 i , ,
PEOPLE'S PARTY. -:
Koonee and Butler' BtTalrr Th It
' Convention at Balelsn- a Great Dlsap-
: Dointment Many Will Betnrn to the
Democratic Fold. "C '"': - '"'"'". '-f
7. 4 fSpecUl Sua Telegram.!
j Fayettkville, N. C, August 20.
W. J. Sutton's acknowledged desertion
of the Republican party and -linking
his fortune with the Weaverites, coupled
with the semi-official announcement
that Marion Butler would measure a
lance with Koonce here next Tuesday
for the Congressional nomination on the
People's party ticket or ask him to step
down and out, combine to make the
event a lively one in every respect.
Koonce says he was first in the field and
will die in the last ditch. Butler, on the
contrary, notwithstanding that Koonce
has the inside track over all others,
goes without saying; Onslow and Bladen
counties jn convention assembled hav
ing ratified and endorsed his nomina
tion already. ; i '
The disgraceful scenes enacted by the
People's party at the convention at Ral
eigh this week proved to be a grevious
disappointment to many of that . faith
and order throughout this section, who
make no concealment of their disgust
and contemplate return-to the Demo
cratic fold. The ticket is everywhere
regarded as the weakest ever put out in
North Carolina. A
: Mr. Elias Carr passed through here to
day and spoke hopefully of the outlook
and reported that tremendous crowds
creeled him evervwnere ana listened at'
tentively to the discussion of the issue
- ;.. . v RAILROAD JACK.
A Celebrated Bog Now on Hia Travel a.
"Railroad Jack," a celebrated dog. ar
rived here yesterday from Charleston,
S. C.j and was the object of much atten
tion from persons who visited 'the Ex
press, office ; : : ' v, - ' :- ; ' -.:;-
Jack's"- history" is interesting and
different from. . that ot any, other dog
living. ; He is a red Scotch terrier, 5 Or
6 years old, and was born in Albany, j
Y, ? When a puppy he became the prop
erty ot the Wells: Fargo Express Com
pany and took . up his quarters at the
Union Depot at Albany, as he was used
to being: taken by express messengers
oh short trips, coming back always with
the man-he went out with.. ' V :? A
a year ago he started out on an ex
tended tour, and before he -came back
to Albany he had looked over the lay of
the land in Canada and most of the
Northern and Eastern States. Having
become' thoroughly familiar with . the
North "Jack" decided upon an extended
Southern tour, and left Albany on the
4th of July, - Since' tren he has '.been
hustling;.". In less than two weeks he
wai iaSaC FrancTsco Salt . Lake 'City,
ortland", Oregon, and many other places
of -note. The first part of August "Jack"
spent in Texas and then went to Florida:
From Port-Tampa "Jack" went to Cuba
ana a card ttacnea 10 nis collar says
'Jack' ate 'laagda de cibolo' in Havan-
na Aug 13." - .
"Jack," with I his baggage, left last
night for Richmond. Va.
' ODD FELLOWS NEWS-
A Summary of tne Important Beport of
the Grand Sire.
The Raleigh Chronicle learns from
Grand ; r Secretary Woodell . that the
report of : Grand . Sire Chas. - M.
Busbee. "to be submitted . to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge at Portland,
Oregon, . on September 19, is of great
importance and couched in the most
elegant and touching language. It will
show the. largest gain in membership
for the, year 1891 that has ever been
made in any one year of the Order's
history. It says: "
"The net increase of membership
from January 1, 1891, to January 1,
1893, was 48.807' The membership in
good standing on the first of last Janu
ary had reached: the enormous total of
721.140 and including the membership
of Rebekah degree lodges, 802,881. The
expenditures ion reuei, tne testot tne
operative fraternity of the Order during
18SI. were S3.176.382.08.
The following tabulated . statement
will show: Lodge members, 721,146;
encampment members, 124.553; Rebe-
kan degree members. 105,015; aggre
gate relief by lodges and encampments.
$3,142,131.90; relief by Rebekah lodges.
$35,250.18; total revenue, $7,856,084.48,
being an increase for the year in revenue
of $220,138.42. At the rate the Odd
Fellows are now; growing it will not be
long before the world wilt be captured.
Grand Master. Bellamy has under con
sideration a petition for a new lodge in
Raleigh. 11 organized it will be the third
lodge here and will start Out under fa
vorable auspices.!
It is rumored that tsuena Vista lodge
at Greensboro made the largest net gain
in- membership I for the term of six
months ending Tune 30, in the State, be
ing 18. She then bad- 115 members.
Cross Creek at f ayetteville, and awan
nanoa at Asheville, are close seconds,
both having made a net gain of 15 each.
Cross Creek had 126 and Swannanoa 91.
Another " Welcome Week."
Mr. Geo. G. I Lewis, secretary, says
that "Welcome Week" festivities, (simi
lar to those of last Fall) will surely be held
in December ot this year, and that a
meeting will be called shortly to get
committees together to begin work. He
says, also, that at least twenty-five mer
chants have signified their readiness to
subscribe and prepare floats for the gala
week, ' - 1
The Veterans' Encampment,
Col. E. D. Hall desires through the
Star to return his thanks to
Col. W. L. jDeRosset and CapL
A. D. Cazaux; for the very val
uable assistance rendered him during
the veteran's encampment at Wrights-
ville, to the management of the Seacoast
railroad, and particularly to Capt. Nolan
and Mr. Phil Thomas, for their kindness
and courtesy.
Beturninc Veterans at Qoldaboro.
The Argus of yesterday says: "One
hundred and thirty Confederate vete
rans, under command of Col. L. M. Al
len. ot Asheville returning from encamp
ment at Wrigbtsville, arrived in this city
on the early train yesterday , morning
and were royally and gladly entertained
by the Goldsboro Kines during their lie'
over here awaiting the out-going of the
4 o clock p. m. train for the West. An
elegant dinner" was spread for them in
Armory Hall, and thev were the recipi
ents of every possible attention, and their
lusty cheers testified how truly the same
was appreciated by them. 1 bey cheered
Cleveland Carr, the Goldsboro Rifles
and the ladies of Goldsboro, and wound
up with the old fashioned regulation
"Rebel yell." The Argus took the poll
of the assemblage and "every mother's
son of them was a straightout, uncom
promising Democrat, and had never
heard of Exumj
Reduced Bate on the 8. A. Line. -' '
On account (Of the Sullivan-Corbett
fight at Ne wprleans the Seaboard Air
Line will sell return tickets to that point
for one first class fare on sale Septem
ber 2d to 6th good to return till Sep
tember 12th.
Also, will sell reduced rate tickets to
Wilmington on account of the meeting
of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor
on sale'August 28th to 80th, good to
return till September 2d. For price ap
ply to agents. ., I" ; - '
For the Bnlhvan-Corbett PigLt.
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets to New Orleans on ac
count of the Sullivan-Corbett fight from
all its coupon stations at the rate of one
first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets
tp be sold September 2nd, 3rd, 4th and
5th, limited to September 15th. .The
rate from Wilmington will be $25.00.
A letter 'from Fayetteville yes
terday stated that Mai. R M. Orrell of
that place was dying. He was formerly
postmaster at Fayetteville and for many
years was engaged in the steamboat ousi-
ness on Cape Fear river. '
L892.
VETERANS ENCAMPMENT.-
It
Wound Up
Yesterday A Tory Suo
EDjoyabla Affair to All
oesafol and
Concerned. -- v-' -.,-rr,. .
The State pensioners encampment at
Wf lghtsville wound np yesterday, and"
by - last night the greater number of
them had left' for their homes. VA few
remained in campi and will take their
departure, to-day. -- The veterans have
had fine weather during their sojourn at
the camp, have been comfortably quar
tered and well provisioned, and nearly
all say that it has been a season of great
enjoyment to them. They were express-
emphatic yesterday In their manifesta
tions of gratitude to the ; ladies ot
Wilmington, and especially those of the
Memorial Association who have been so
assiduous in ministering to their comfort
and -happiness and have expressed so
much sympathy for them. , Theymade
special request of newspaper reporters
present that the. names of. the ladles
should be published, so that they could
bear one and all in kind remembrance.
The members of the Ladies Memorial
Association who were present yesterday
and spread a s- bountiful dinner
for . the" pensioners . were : Mrs,
Jno. J. Hedrick, Mrs. Col. Jno. L. Cant
well, Mrs. Josh T. James, Mrs.. Gaston.
Meares. Mrs. Kittie Stevenson, Mrs.
Mittie Moore, Mrs. M. J. Cushing, Mrs.
Julia James, Mrs. Col. Roger Moore,
Mrs. W. T. Daggett, Mrs. R. M. Hous
ton, Misses Inez and Ida Kelly. Mrs. T.
CXraft. Mrs. W. N. Cronly, Mrs. F. W.
E. Peschau and Miss Maggie Peschau,"
Mrs. W. R. French, Miss Mary Read,
Mrs. Edward Peschau, Mrs. H. M.
Bowden, MiS3 Lillian Bowden, Mrs. W.
W. Hodges, Mrs. Dr. Carmichael,
Miss Mary Sanders, Mrs. A. H. Holmes,
Miss Maud Hall, Mrs. Wm. Houston.
Miss Alice Holmes Mrs.,; R. C. Cant
well. Mrs. T. Hall McKoy, Mrs. W. C.
Catlett, Mrs. S. H. Burt, Mrs. J. A.
Montgomery, Miss Kate Quince, Mrs.
Joe H. Walters. The little girls who as-!
sisted in waiting on the tables were
Misses Carrie Wright, Leonora Cant
well, Maggie Peschau, Katie Maffitt,
Lucy Latham, Liza French, Florie Maf
fitt, Maria Maffitt.- i 1
The ladies went down on the 10
o'clock train and at 11 o'clock; Rev. F.
W. E. Peschau held devotional exercises
in camp on the stand which bad been
erected. His sermon was enjoyed very
much by the old soldiers, as it was the
first religious exercises which had been
held in camp. '.- I
As many of the veterans left for home
last night it was extremely touching to
see them go to Col. Hall and the ladies
and thank them with tears ini their
eyes and say, "we have been so well
treated; if God spares us we will come
again next year. i i
executive committees report.
Fellow Comrades : Once again
we meet in a glorious reunion. To Col.
E. D. Hall, our Adjutant General, we
are indebted for the pleasure of this re
union; this noble and gallant Officer
whose patriotism is only equaled by his
desire to aid the maimed and disabled
veterans of the - State. Yet his efforts
would have proved powerless had they
not been seconded by the ladies of the
Memorial Association. Fellow ; com
rades, we know you will appreciate and.
acknowledge tne laoor ot love and pa
triotism they have performed, that we
may have a few days recreation. Words
fail to express our heartfelt thanks and
gratitude to the ladies on this occasion.
Your committee suggests that we ap
ply to the General Assembly for an an
nual appropriation to aid in defraying
the expense of our reunion. Your com
mittee has also decided through our
rustee and honorary member, J. T. Pat
rick, Esq., to purchase a magic lantern
with suitable views to be placed in charge
of a disabled veteran and exhibited by
him in the different towns of the State
under'the control and management of
our trustee, to raise lunos tor the pur
pose of aiding in defraying the expenses
of our annal reunion
By this means all parts of the State
will aid us, while we contribute to their
enioyment. Our trustee has kindly con
sented to loan us the money to purchase
the equipment neccessary.
Since our last re-union many of our
fellow comrades have been quartered in
the arms ot death, including that noble
and gallant officer, Gen. Root. E. Ran
som, our past commander, r enow com
rades, with us it is the eleventh hour of
lite. ' Your committee suggest to those
who have not done so, to enlist ; under
the banner of the blessed Saviour, and
obey his commands as faithfully as you
did those ot uen, k. t. Lee. or "uncle
Bob." as he was affectionately called by
our North Carolina soldiers. Each one
of us will soon receive bis furlough.
signed by the Great I Am, with orders
to report on the other shore, there to
await the sound of reveille of the resur
rection morn, and we hope we shall all
meet in the "great re-union, j clasp
hands, and say good morning. .
' J. H. WHEELER,
- Acting chm'n State Ex. Com.
The following resolutions werej unan
imously adopted by the disabled veterans
of the State:
Resolved ist. That we, the maimed and
disabled veterans of the State of North
Carolina, do hereby instruct our ex-commander
through our chairman, W. H.
Hamilton, of Wake, to apply to the
Legislature at its next session for an an
nual appropriation of five hundred dol
lars to aid in defraying the. expenses of
our annual reunion or encampment;
said expense heretofore being defrayed
by privatecontributions. J;
Resolved 2nd, That we respectfully ask
the unanimous vote of both Houses that
we may annually have a week's recrea
tion in reunion for the few remaining
years left to us.
Resolved jtrd, " That a copy of these
resolutions be placed in the hands of W.
F. Hamilton; and he is hereby instructed
to lay the same before the General
Assembly at its next session; also, that a
copy of these resolutions be forwarded
to the Wilmington Star for publica
tion. - ;: " N
The Veteran Confederate.
The few remaining veterans at Camp
Holt departed tor home yesterday. Sev
eral of them called ; at the - Star office.
Among the - number were Mr. " O. H.
Loo per, of Vashti, Alexander county,
Mr. O. H. - Pearce, Dover, Craven
county, and Mr. Matt Gregory, Robeson
county.. . All said that they had enjoyed
the reunion very much. ' ,
Thieves made a raid on the veterans
in camp Friday night and robbed sev
eral of them of sums of' money and ar
ticles of clothing. . One man lost $15,
another $5 and another $3.
.NO. 40
BRUNSWICK IN LINE.
Cleveland, Can and Alexander Club
' Formed at Phoenix.'
Phoenix, Brunswick Co., Aug 18.
Editor of the Star: On yesterday at
the usual voting place, our primary for
the purpose of electing delegates' to the
County Convention to be held at Lock-
wood's Folly, on - the 24th inst., was
called to order by J.' D. Robbins, Esq.",
Mr. A. M. Williams acting as secretary.
After some very appropriate remarks by
the chairman and the completion of the
routine business, it was proposed by Mr.
r. M. Moore that a Cleveland, carr and
Alexander Democratic Club be formed.
Amid much enthusiasm this suggestion
was unanimously endorsed by everyone
present, who immediately enrolled their
names, r. M. Moore was elected presi
dent and J. D. Robbins secretary bv ac-
ciamauon. i am sure mat, in a very
short time,, our club will number one
a . ...
hundred members. We have the ban
ner township ot North Carolina: not
a single Third party man in it. and every
Democrat a worker tor the good cause.
; HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Prominent Citizen of Columbua County
Killed by , Hi Wepnew Eacapa of tha
Murderer. -. .
Clarendon, N. C, Aug! 18th.
Editor Star Wilmington N. C.
A horrible and cold blooded murder
was committed near here on the 12th,
inst. Mr. Wm. H. Grainger, a promi
nent citizen, who resides near Mt. Ta
bor, was the victim. While Mr. Grain
ger was on his way home in a cart, with
his nephew, Vance Spivey, they had
a dispute about something and a few
words were passed, when Spivey became
angry and drew his knife and stabbed
Mr, Grainger in the heart, killing him
almost instantly.
It is one of the most horrible murders
ever committed in Columbus county.
Spivey fled, but a posse is scouring the
woods for the murderer, and if caught
he will probably be dealt with by Judge
Lynch.
Mr. Grainger was about 45 years old.
and apivey is about 23 years Old. D.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.
Negro airl'a Encounter -with a Hotel
Proprietor..
Mt. Airy, N. C; Aug.
19.
Editor Morning Star: .
Charlie ' Jordan, proprietor of the
White Sulphur Springs Hotel, four
miles from Mt. Airy, met with an acci
dent last night. Some negro nurses
were on the back porch of the hotel, and
he ordered them to leave.: when all left
except one. He attempted to force her
off, when she threw herHreafdoetweea.
his legs, raised him up, and threw him
over the banister. He fell upon a pile
of stone twenty feet below, but. marvel
ous to tell, no bones were broken. The
negro girl was from Winston, and left
this morning for her home. Mr. 'Jordan
was attending to his duties this morning
but was very sore. J.
COKE IN CARTERET.
Speaklnjr at Newport A Pine - Impression
. . Made. .
Newport, N. C, Aug. 18.
Editor Morning Star:
Rarely has it been our privilege to
listen to a speech such as Capt. Coke
delivered here to-day. The audience
was not large, but attentive' and much
good will result. It opened the eyes of
reasonable men who have been led by
the . blind, and set them to . thinking.
Unly one Third partyite showed signs
of restlessness, and be concluded the
shortest method ot disposing of Coke's
arguments was to deny their truth. Every
one knows the signibcance ot that kind
ot argument, the truth is, there is
more smoke than fire in the Third party.
and before November the captain, if he
has his health, will put out a good deal
of the fire. -
The weather is hot down here, but he is
standing it first rate, and goes on from
here to Stella to speak. to-morrow. He
leaves a good impression here and with
him carries the best wishes of the com
munity. . P.
THIRD PARTYITES.
The Xate
Convention Curioua
Pact-
Harry Bkinner.
Special to the Richmond Times.
Raleigh, N. C August 17. The
Third partyites dispersed in various
directions for their respective homes to
day. Mr. Manon Butler, when asked
this morning if Harry Skinner would
accept the nomination for elector at
large, replied: "Oh yes, Mr. Skinner is
all right this morning.
A curious fact about the convention
leaked out to-day. There were in the
convention as regularly accredited dele
gates two candidates for Congress in the
same district. One was a negro, the Re
publican-candidate' in the Third district.
The other was a white man and the Third
party candidate in the same district. A
Republican emissary named Dr. Hough
ton, sent here from Connecticut to form
a combine with the Third partyites,
to put North Carolina in the Har
rison column, was seen in frequent con
sultation with the leaders during the
convention, and last night lust before
the convention adjourned he addressed
tbe convention, in the course of which
be openly declared that he' would carry
good news back to the, New England
btates when be lelt here, lbere is
much indignation among " Democrats
over this utterance. -
Hon. M." W. Ransom, United States
Senator, made a powerful Democratic
address to-day at Henderson, lbere
was a large crowd and great enthusiasm.
FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Meeting of the- State Association of Vlr-
. . idnia Officers Elected, Etc.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Richmond. Va August 18. At to
day s session of tbe State' Farmers. Alli
ance. T. B. Beverlv Dresented a resoln
tlon of respect to the memory of the
late national resident, u u folk,
which was adopted. District lecturers
were abolished, and one State and
three assistant lecturers ' will be
elected by the State ; Alliance. ' . The
constitution was so amended ' as
to allow an officer to be eligible for an
unlimited number of terms. The bvsl
ness exchange system was adopted and
placed under control of the Executive
Committee. v 1 he following omcers were
elected; Mann N. Page, president; Dr.
W. D. yueensberry, vice president, and
J. I. bilw. secretary and treasurer; i
Hobson was elected State ' lecturer. T.
Y. Allen, Robert Beverlv and E. R.
Cocke were elected members of the Exe
cutive Committee. '-:..' -
The Kentucky Legislature has been
called to meet again August 25th by
the . Governor, to consider the bills
vetoed by him before the adjournment
Tuesday.
SPIRITS TURPtNTJNE.
Charlotte News: Mai. " W. A:' : "
Guthrie, the Third oartv'a nominee for .
Justice of the Supreme Court, is attor- '
ney for three railroad companies, and "
his acceptance involves a surrender of -his
passes and lucrative position. It is
pretty safe to say that Maj. Guthrie will
not accept.
- Winsdor , Ledger : The Ledger
records with sorrow the death of Dr. J.
S. Griffin, of Lewiston. N. C. : We '
are informed by Mr. C. T. Harden that a ,
boy named Wessie Pierce, aged 13 years.
was arownea wnue in bathing tt Thun- .
derbolt yosterday week. The little f el-
jumped fronra canoe and although the
water was only five feet deeo the other J
boys : were . unable to save him. His -
body, was recovered in about two or
three hours.- - . - , v
Mount Airy JVews : -.Leonidas
McKnight, the . villain who was put in v
jail some days ago for his Mt. Airy bur
glary, tried to escape Tuesday night. He '
had freed himself from the shackles that.
had been bradded around his aukles and
was trying to escape. He tried this ' :
about 3 o'clock in the morning, W a
woman who was m jail notified- the jail- "
or.? Mr. Sam Pace savs it was a desider
ate effort, as the shackles were strong:
enough for Samson.
Caswell 'News : A few weeks
ago the crop prospects in Caswell county
were the finest ever known. Everybody
felt good over the outlook. Now there
is gloom in the land, for the drought has
done no inconsiderable damage. The
crops are cutshort at least a fourth. That
is tne report that comes from everv L.art
of the county. Tobacco is - burning up
and corn is firing to the ears. In this .
section there has been no rain to speak
of in several weeks, with the exception .
of a single blustery shower which fell too -
hastily to beiof jrouch benefit. :
Stanly Newsy The wheat crop
in this county this year was considera
bly above the average, but the corn crop
will be hardly a hall one, if present indi- - i ,
cations be correct. A nesrro rev
enue officer stepped off of the train here
i uesnay evening with a verv lmoortant
and official look about him, but several
of his white brethren who stood near by
looked somewhat sheepish and did not
claim relationship with the Ike.
Tbe Thebe Saunder gold mine again
comes to the front with an unprecedented
7-1-1 r mmma
yieia oi tne precious metal, l ne new
superintendent, while workings thought-to-be-exhausted
shaft, from a sincle
washing obtained onei quart of the yel-'
low dust.
- Greensboro Workman: Charles
Reynolds, one of the parties under ar
rest for the murder of old man Swaim,
early yesterday morning confessed to the
.sheriff that he shot Solathiel Swaim and
that his cousin, Julius Reynolds, planned
and instigated the crime. The sheriff
went down to Pleasant Garden neigh
borhood on yesterday afternoon in search
ot . Keynolds and to obtain further evi
dences as to the crime. On yesterday
we stated that Charley Reynolds told
Sheriff Cook where to find the money
and pistol, which was a mistake. The
sheriff discovered the fact by his energy
in attempting to ferret out tbe crime and -found
the articles while, searching the
house of Reynold's father. The sheriff
is to be congratulated on his success and
that these miserable wretches are now in
the clutches of the law. .
Raleigh News and Observer;
We learn that a few days ago Mr. I. J.
Rfwall. n rpsnfptnhlf white citizen 'of .
Morehead City, entered the postSffice '
there where a negro postmaster presides
and asked to send on a money-order.
The negro replied insolently that the -hour
for securing money-orders was past
and that he could not get it. Mr. Royall -
insisted and the negro became more in- .
solent and finally Mr. Royall told him
he had better put him out, whereupon
the negro rushed at him and struck him .
three or four time? over the head with
an iron lock. They were separated by
some citizens and yesterday Mr. Royall
was arrested upon charges preferred by
the negrarfor interference with him in ;
performing his duty as postmaster. Mr.
Koyall was brought to Newbern for trial
in the Federal Court.
Monroe Enauirer: Livincr at
Corner Store, between this and Lancas- -ter.
county, S. C? were Charles and '
Ehzabath Young, former residents of .
South Carolina. They had with them
two of their nieces, Amanda and - Becky .
Allen, aged 12 and 7 respectively. Some
time last week Elizabeth beat Amanda .v
till her body was perfectly raw, and was
one mass of cuts, bruises and sores. The
face and cheeks were beat into a jelly-
like mass and the forehead, crashed in.
Just exactly when this was done or
whether it was done all at one time is not
known, but the girl died Friday morning
and was buried on Saturday across the
line. On Tuesday morning Coroner J.
D. A. Secrest, with a -jury and Dr.
I. M. Blair, held a post mortem exam
ination and inquest over the exhumed
body in this State, and Elizabeth Young
and her husband were both committed
to jail as a result. Over 500 negroes v
were present at the inquest. The other
girl, aged about 7, is most cruelly and
unmercifully lashed up. This brutality, '
according to the evidence at tbe inquest, -surpasses
anything of the kind that has
ever occurred in this county. - - Mrs. .
Helms, wife of Noah Helms, of bhiloh
neighborhood, died Monday night, after .
a lingering illness. She was about 70 . '
years old. -
Greensboro Jcecord::- blothall ,v
Swam, an old man in his 86th year, was
murdered yesterday at tbe residence of
Kobt. Coble, with whom he lived, ten 1
miles from Greensboro, and about a -
mile and a half from Climax, a station
on the C F. & Y. V. railroad, in the :
Pleasant Garden neighborhood.' The -
facts, as' far as we have been able to as
certain, are that Mr. Swain, who was a
widower, had sold ' ail his property, and
was preparing to go' West, and it was
known throughout '' the neighbor ,
hood that he had received the money, -something
like ;$1,000, and that he us
ually carried fit, about his - person.
Warrants were sworn out lor two sus-
pected parties, 4 young white boy about ;
18 years of age and a negro man. both ot
bad character, who were seen loitering ;
around the locality. It was whispered
around last night that the man who
swore out the warrant for the arrest of . .
the two men knew more about the mur-
der than he cared to tell, in, fact he is
susDected himself, and it -may be that .
his action in causing the .arrest of the .
other men was only a blind in order to -get
a better chance to escape." He was
not seen around there last night at the .
inquest. -
y Goldsboro Headlight; The -death
of Capt. Wm. T. Gardner occur-,
red Friday evening at 4 o clock, after a .
continued illness, aged 65 years.
The death of Miss Martha Ham, aged ;
45. which occurred Tuesday night at the :
home of her brothrr-in-law, Ben j. Car- .
lisle, after a continued -illness, is an
nounced to us from Saulston township.
Alter a two weeks illness with .
typhoid fever, Mrs. Ellen Howell, wife.
of Marshall Howell, departed this life
Thursday evening at 7 . o'clock, at . her
home in Fork township, aged 83 years.
j While Mr. David S.: Martin, ;
of Brogden township, was cutting bats .
In hisieed cutter, Friday- morning,, his , .
left band came m too close- proximity
with the blade and almost instantly his .
three middle fingers were cut off. -.
This immediate section is suffering from
a drought as no rain has fallen -here for . .
over four weeks. Cotton is burning np
and corn is firing to the ears. From the -present
outlook not one-third of a crop
will be made. - -During a sever? ,
storm which prevailed near Mount Olive,
Friday night, lightning struck .the sta-:
bles of Mr. Hatch Grady, instantly kill-,
ing a mule, seven hogs arid three goats.
The adjoining barn was ignited from the ;
fluid and burned down with all its con
tents. - " -