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PUBLISHED AT- ' - WILMINGTON, N. C., si 00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 qiaowst s38g8g8S88gSgggg- 88888888888888888 .qjnow 9 ggSSgSfegSSaSSgSggg 88888288888388888 88888888888888888 $HjuoW -g c38838q35g3gSgg - ' 8S888888S8S88S88S - 88888858828888888 8288882288888888 - 88888888888888983 a " " 8 " to 3: : : : i : : : : j i . : : : or fr'n.erM at IOC row uraw m numigwii, , m Second Ulan Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The wibscription price of -the Weekly Star 5 as follows: Single Copy 1 year, postage paid.... $1 00 6 months 8 months 80 SENATOR VANCE'S LETTER. As is well known the condition of Senator "Vance's health is such as to prevent hinvrora taking an active part in the discussion of the issues in volved in the' contest now being waged, as ne always has dme here tofore when the cause of his people or of his party was at stake. In all this land there is not a man who when duty called more prompt er with greater zeal obeyed that call than our own Vance, and there is not ja county in North Car Iina where when the contest waxed warm, his was not a familiar voice. He was a power on the hustings, not so much because of his eloquence, which is great; his wit, humor and pertinent anecJ e, which were matchless, but beca i- the " people knew he was tonest. that- he meant . and" believed" w'nr.h -aid, and that he neyer de ce v 'I hem. While as a loyal citizen of North Carolina he was always truetoand proud of his State, as a representa tive true to and solicitous for 'the happiness of all her "people,, regard less of class or condition, still as the son of a farmer, aad having been raised upon the farm and spent his young manhood with and among farmers, he always felt a special, a kindly and a kindred interest in them, .and hence in our own State con tests or in discussions in Congress involving issues in which their in terests were involved no one ever came more promptly to the front or more zealously or ably championed "and deeod4-tbem than Zebulon B. Vance, with whom it was not only a labor of duty but a labor of love. This is the man who from his mountain home, where he is forced by fate to be an inactive spectator ot the g'ant contest in which his people and all the people ot this Republic are engaged, writes this letter,, sends out this warning and pleading to his people whom in other years he has met face to face on a thousand ' hustings. .lt is a cool, calm, earnest, honest, plain, comprehensive statement of the situation, of the conditions that confront us, and of 'the dire conse quen e if folly and obstinacy should . prevail over wisdom and . patriotism. There is no harsh criticism of any one, no effort to. humiliate, no lan guage to wound, no invective to ex cite, n appeal to passion or to preju dice; it is the voice . of a patriotic, earnest, "honest man, with wisdom matured by age, study, observation. experience and knowledge of men gained by mingling with them and watching the career of called or self constituted leaders, speaking to a patriotic, earnest, honest people who seek relief and reform" of abuses, and are laboring in good faith for that consummation. The 'people are honest, as they always are, though some of them may for a time be deluded by the specious appeals of designing men, and follow them in the vain effort to achieve impossi bilities. It is to these the sage of Gombroon addresses this wise, warn ' tng, pleading letter, inspired by the , love be feels for them, for our grand old State, and for'the Republic, the i welfare of all of which Js involved in the happy or unhappy decision of the contest which is now being warmly waged from Ocean to Ocean, from the Lakes to the Gulf. North Carolinians, take it, redd it at your hearth-stones,' ponder upon it, and then like men, North Caro linians, and as patriots, do ; your : duty as you have done it in the past, to yourselves, vour State and our ,--.,-- . common country. PLAYING MARTYR. General Weaver seems to have been demoralized at Columbus, Ga., when Mr. Horton, of the Atlanta Journal offered to read the affidavits showing Weaver's mFsdoings when in command in Tennessee, L to 'y prove that he had not been misrepresented and lied about, as boldly charged by Mrs. Lease, the Kansas, female stumper. . ' , He went from Columbus to At lanta, where he was announced to speak Friday night and where an au dience of 5,000 people had assem bled to hear him. but instead of speaking he declined to . speak, giv- 1ig as his reason that there was "no v free speech in the South," notwith. standing the fact that he was assur-; d by the audience and also by the r VOL. XXIII. Chairman of the , Democratic State Committee and by Governor North ern that he would have a respectful hearing. It it said now that he will issue an address to the people of the North declaring, that there is no tree speech in the South, which will carry the lie on its face for he and Gen. Field and Mrs. Lease haye canvassed several Southern States, have had respectful hearings everywhere; and at no meet ing, as far " as . we . have read, have they - met with rude ness. In all v the Southern States where ,'the r: Third- party 'is,-', or ganized its speakers are in the field aodv although the excitement runs high sometimes- and the respective sides indulge in a good deal of noisy demonstration's happens at times -at political meetings in all sections of the country," no tjne of them has felt compelled to abandon the hust ings because there was "no free speech.' as Weaver alleges. In that same State Tom' Watson is carrying on a very aggressive and in some re-M spects a., most offensive campaign. and holds the fort where Weaver backed down. If Weaver had tried to speak and met with opposition then he might with some apparent reason have quit the rostrum and -made the charge ; which he now "makes. But he didn't do' that, for he had probably made up his mind to quit his Southern canvass and was seek ing for an excuse to do it; and to write just 'such a letter as.hepro- poses writing. He does not expect -f. ' I to carry any Sputhern State, and pro- I bably not more than one or two Northern States, if so many As between the democratic and the Re publican party, he is fdr theRepub lican party all the time, and his pur pose and effort will be in this letter to drive Third party men who form erly belonged to the Republican par ty back into that party to cast their -J votes for Harrison and . Reid. He will lose nothing by this, but will help the election, of Harrison and Reid, which next to his own election if that we;jre possible, he desires, MR, STEVENSON'S TOUR. Mr. Steyenson's tour through North Carolina has had a happy ef fect, for it has demonstrated to those who may havehad doubts upon that subject that the Democracy ,of North Carolina is awake, up and entered for duty. He . may travel through other States, but we venture to say that even in his own Illinois, he will never meet with a more cordial re ception than has greeted him every ,where in this State, nor with a more generous outpouring of the people. These were not mere party demon strations either, tor he was warmly greeted on his entry, and in his progress through the State, by citizens -ot all parties, wnue in. some cities the residences and business places of Republicans as well as of Democrats were hand somely decorated and illuminated in recognition and in honor ot his pres ence. As he said in nis speecn nere, the memory of this tour will be, re gardless of the result of the pending contest, the oleasant memory ot a lite-time. - - While the' fact that Mr. Stevenson Jm,L -r IV. 1 1 is ot XMortn Carolina-lineage . nau much, doubtless, to do with the gen erous cordiality of his reception, the fact that he is the representative of principles upon the success of which the prosperity of the people and the preservation and perpetuity ot our free institutions rests had much more, and coming at a time, as he did, when the party of which he is one of the two leading, distinguished and honored standard-bearers is con fronted not only by the old foe but by a new one, the Democracy, true to the traditions of their heroic past, were more determined ro emphasize their devotion to their principles by these cordial demonstrations of re spect and admiration for him who represents them so ably, zealously and gallantly We are glad he came, we are glad our people had an. Opportunity to thus throw open their doors , and their arms to him. and now as he is homeward bound we wish him and his good wife, who accompanies him, Godspeed to their home in the prairie land, where they can tell bow North Carolina, through him, shook hands With'lllinois, and pledged anew her fidelity to constitutional Government and to our common country. Pot Hunters. Beware. The usual annual misunderstanding has arisen among sportsmen in regard to the bird law. and it may be well-to in form them now that -the Legislature of 1SQ1 amended the law and as it now stands the close season jsxtends from Marrfi 15th to November 1st. The law makes it a misdemeanor to shoot, trap. net or kill any partridges, doves, robins, larks, mocking birds or wild turkeys be tween thoser dates. The penalty is ten dollars, and each birfi killed constitutes a separate offence- That is to say, a bag f tn hirrla will cosfvou iust one hun dred dollars. The law should be amended as to moclcing "birds so that the penalty for killing one at any time shall be twenty-nve aoiiars. . The' British steamship Leander oni tin. Knrweoian baraue Freidrich ar rived at Sbuthport quarantine yesterday. THE RICE CROP. v , 8eriously Damaged by Rains in South Carolina and Georgia The Cape Fear Planters In Luok. Rice planters in the Cape Fear section have been more fortunate than the plan ters of Soath Carolina and Georgia this season. " Their crops have sustained no damage so far and with a continuance of the good weather they are how enjoying harvesting will soon be completed Reports from South Carolina And Geor- gia however, are of a very: discouraging nature. - In the . Georgetown section much of the rice is becoming over-ripe and the floods in many of the fields have greatly impeded the work of. harvesting the crop. "What makes , this state of affairs all the. more annoying is that up to the present time everything pointed to aohexceptionally; large crop. Nearly every planter In that Mate has suffered from the protracted rains and floods. JThe situation in Georgia la not much If any better. . Reports were, received in Savannah on Wednesday from - the Al- tamaha ahtfjSatilla-rivers that .the. fiee fields are flooded, and the rice is float ing about on the water. The prospect is a very gloomy one to ' planters Two weeks ago the crop was estimated to be the finest in years, both as to yield and quality. . The quantity will be diminish ed little, if any, by the rains, but the quality will be greatly injured. - - CAROLINA CENTRAL SCHEDULE. A Change to be Made It Seems to Suit All Interests Except the Horning Pa pers of Wilmington Better Than the - - .. x Present Schedule. l he details of the new schedule to go into effect on the Carolina Central rail road October 2nd have not been fully arranged; but it Is certain that the ' pres cm aiiciuuuu tidiu win uc ui.u and that ,t w,n be succeeded by ent afternoon train will be discontinued, a mixed mail, express, passenger and freight rain leaving here at 7.30 p. m.;and the freight train now leaving here at 5 a. m. will run only three times a week. There will be no change, it is supposed, in the present schedule between Charlotte and Hamlet. It is probable, though not yet decided. that. the. new train will leave here every day, or night, Sundays in- cjuded. The situation is a little hazy. but . so far a9 the Star can penetrate it, the new arrangement will suit every interest. except the morning papers of Wilming ton better . than the schedule now in force. '-" ' Mr. Robinson, President, and Major Winder, General Manager of the Sea-; board system, as well as the officials of the Carolina Central, have all expressed regret that the schedule cannot be so arranged as to suit all parties interested, but they say this is impossible; that the Carolina Central is losing three thou sand dollars per month on the day train now running, and they are driven to the necessity of reducing expenses. ' ' The Star,' of course, regrets, on its own account, the necessity ot this change; but on the principle of 'the 'greatest good to the greatest number. it does not see how it can reasonably complain. . . . - .-. COLLECTOR i. A, YOUNG. Indloted for Illegally Voting at the Eleo- . tion In November, 1890. J. A.-Young (colored) collector of cus- toms for the port of Wilmington, was indicted yesterday in the Criminal Court of New Hanover county for illegally voting at the election in November, 1890. Announcement of the finding of the grand jury created a considerable sensa tion among the colored leaders of the Republican party here. Young was ar rested and brought into the Courtroom, His counsel, Mr. John D. Bellamy, asked the Court to try the case at the present term. His - honor. Judge . Meares, stated that the prisoner was entitled to a speedy trial and that , if ." the State was ready there would be no. de lay. Solicitor Moore had no desire to delay the case; but, he said, the first wit ness named in the bill ofindictment J. C. L. Harris is absent from the city. JThe Court said that the case if tried at this term must be tried this week, as the Superior Court convenes on Monday ,and it was finally agreed that the case should be called on Saturday, if the witness lxge Harris-1 could be gotten here in time. .1 , The defendant, Young, was then placed under $100 bond lor his appear ance on Saturday. r Something About Sugar. (In Sent IKth 94 alrpartv noted in thege sayg the New York Com- tnercial 'Bulletin the Sugar Trust began a new system of selling sugar. Notice was given that future sales would he on the same terms as. have for. some time been furnished the New York wholesale grocers. These terms are ou aays, wren 1 oer cent, discount ior. casn m seven days. - In addition the Refining Compa ny agrees to allow an extra discount ot lioil cent per pound to all grocers equal to on purcnases 01 iuu uaircis who will certify that tbey have not sold and win not sen tne sugar peiow tne prices posted daily by the. Refining Company. - inis arrangement was roaae some weeks ago with Philadelphia whole sale grocers, and it has now been decid ed to give it a National scope. TOBACCO EXPOSITION To be Held at Kooky Mount in November Rocky Mount, Sept. 24, Editor Morning Star : The grand tobacco . exposition at Rocky Mount will take place on Wed nesday, November. 2nd next, at which time there will be distributed one thou sand dollars in prizes. Last year six hundred dollars was paid out in prizes and one hundred and twenty-five thon sand pounds exhibited. -This ' being a better year for various grades there will be a large quantity on exhibition. One thousand dollars in gold will be distrib uted. Let every farmer begin to pre- pare for carrying away some of this gold. There will be a nne oispiay ana many rZT. t'nterrX-th&t alwavs bringl good prices. - r ; ' J. - ' w " WILMINGTON, N. 0., - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, THE RISE IN COTTON, y " The Crop .Coming In -Slowly Seriously Injured by Rains Good Prospect for Higher Prices. Cotton is coming in slowly at all "the ports, and the fleecy staple is rapidly ad vancing in price.. There are discourag ing reports from all- sections as to the condition of the crop,' resulting from the recent heavy v rains. ' The crop is late every where, the acreage has been largely reduced, and in North Carolina the yield per acre is far below the average, accord ing to reports received by cotton deafer in Wilmington. ;.The - quality: of the crop, so far, has been good, but it is ap prehended' tharbad weather will cause it to deteriorate. 1 '....:; The Savannah - News says : Conserva tive cotton men here estimate the short age in the Georgia and Carolina; crop at 20 SSrr cenW very day the rain continues increases the injury to the crop. Commercial travelers report that cotton is badly rusted in aany localities ou sandy lands- and ' some farmers de-. dare that they have already; harvested" the'y full -crop, the rust having caused it to open at once. Many fields on light lands have been given np to grass,7 the cotton evidently riot being, worth the trouble of harvesting : ; : " -f .The Augusta Chronicle of the 22nd publishes an interesting letter from Al fred B. Shepperson on the crop outlook. in which he says ; . ;:.-' : Upon the basis of the Agricultural Bureau's estimate of acreage, and its September estimate of condition, the yield indicated is only about six million nve hundred thousand bales. The con dition of the crop as reported by the Bureau on September 1 was lower than for any year since 1883. : - The crop of 1883-84 was 1.237,000 bales smaller thanlhe crop of 1882-83. To the 6.500,000 bales indicated accord ing to the bureau's estimate must be added the amount of oldxoton left in the interior, of which an extreme esti mate is 250.000 bales. Supposing all old cotton to be marketed this season, and I have no doubt it will be, this would make the commercial crop, according to the bureau's indications, about 6,750.000 bales. ' , ' - I am merely pointing out what would be the result if. the bureau's estimates should prove to" be correct, and in this connection it may be proper to say that the bureau's estimates are . generally too low. l do not think there ts a shadow of doubt about the fact that the present prices of cotton are much lower ' than the cost of production, except to those planters .who nave the best facilities for producing it. ' Wnen an article of such universal use as cotton is pressed below the cost of production, and coincident with that tact there should come the fact of a short supply, there must of necessity be an advance, tor everybody will then realize that the article is too cheap." , OCTOBER WEATHER. The Record of Observations for the Month for Twenty-One Tears Past, The Weather Bureau furnishes the following data compiled from the record of observations for the month of Octo ber taken at the Wilmington station dur ing the past twenty-one years. The mean or normal temperature was 64 degrees. . The warmest October was that of 1881. with an average of 70; the coldest that of 1876, with an average of 5a The highest temperature during any October was 92, on the 6th, in 1884; the lowest, 32 on the 16th, in 1876 The average rainfall for the month is 3.75 inches. The greatest monthly pre cipitation was 8.73 inches in 1885; the least, 0.48 in 1886.- The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty four consecutive hours was 4.51 inches on October 11 and 12. 1885, The average number of cloudless days is 14; average of partly cloudy days, 9; average of cloudy days, 8. .The prevailing winds have been from tbe northeast. The highest velocity of theiwind during any October was sixty miles an hour on the 11th in 1888. Speaking at Wallace, Duplin County. A correspondent of the Star writes from Wallace, N. C. : - "To-day (Sept. 22) Mr. E. C. Bedding- field, of Raleigh, was billed for a speech at this place, but being sick Mr. B. F. Aycock, of Wayne, filled Mr. Bedding- field's appointment. There was a very large crowd in attendance. The speech of Mr. B. F. Aycock was one of the finest efforts of his life." The young ladies of Wallace, through Mr. Scott Stanford, presented. Mr. Aycock with a beautiful bouquet as a mark of appre ciation of his speech in favor of Demo cratic principles, i The Seaboard and Boanoke Bailroad Case . Decided. Judge Augustus Seymour, of the United States Court, has filed his opin ion In the case, of the State ex rel D. W. Bain, Treasurer, against the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, in an action brought by the Treasurer to recover taxes due by the railroad under its acts of incorporation and under an act of the last Legislature, amounting in round numbers to about $60,000. The Raleigh News and Observer says the decision rendered by Judge Seymour is in favor of the State. Naval Reserves. The following have been appointed as officers in the First Battalion Naval Artillery, with rank in. the State Guard as named : Lieutenant Commander and Major B. R. Smith, Charlotte. N. C. Second Division Lieutenant Junior Grade, rank First Lieutenant, ,Jas. B, Smith, Fayetteville; Ensign, rank Sec ond Lieutenant, Chas. J. Ahearn, Char lotte. Third Division Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Geo. L. Morton; Ensign, Edward Daniel, Wilmington, Fourth Division Lieutenant, Junior Grade, W. N. Harriss; Ensign, JI. N. Parsley. Wilmington Coming to Wilmington. The Heath Cotton Company of Char lotte, is making arrangements to estab- lish a branch of their business in Wil- I mington. The company has, it is stated, leaged the- ncw Compress re- cently erected at Hamlet by the Sea- I . . . . . . . n . . I ooara Air une ruuiroaa. X yv CRIMINAL COURT.' . ' A." Burglar Case-Two "White Men Tried fVtt 1awilrM1A 1aa'-'i " .The Criminal Court reconvened ves- "terday at 10 o'clock and disposed of a nam oerot cases. -- . .- ' - - ' The first case tried was that of George Williams, colored, indicted for - burglary at the residence of Mr. Jno. W. Perdew: The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of burglary as charged in the indictment but guilty of burglary in the second ivde- r ' TVi m .--a I -;.--v v-v-v.- -v, . Tta,a iiiiFiisuiiujcuv . iu uicaiaic pem- i tentiary. Geo. Acker, Mary Larkins and Addie Wright, all colored, and all indicted for receiving stolen goods in connection with "the burglary casein which, Wil liams was defendant were put., on trial. A verdict of guilty - was returned by the jury as to Geo. Acker.and Mary Larkins, and not guilty as to Addie Wright. The Court sentenced' Acker to three years, and Marv Larkins to foor ' veara imnrk I and Mary Larkins to four years impri sonment in the State penitentiary. . J. E. 3Tb wnsend (white) from Cumber? iana - county,, cnargea -witn lorging a check on the Bank of Fayetteville, was acquitted.. Messrs. M. Bellamy, and J. E. Stokes were attdrneys"7or the defen dant.. : v v'"": -' : , : ; Btu- Cost in alias W. A. Moore (white) charged with forgery, plead not guilty when put on trial. He had no counsel, and made no defence and declined to make any statement. Only one witness for the State was examined Mr. D. L. Gore who testified to. the fact (hereto fore published in the Star) that defen-U dant purchased a - bill of groceries amounting to f is.uu, and tendered a check for" $75.00 on the Bank of New Hanover made payable to W.A. Moore or order and signed "T. & E Sessoms." Wit ness paid defendant $57 in money, and upon presenting the Check at the bank found that it was forged. Mr. .Sessoms. a member of the firm testified to the signature on the check as being a forgery. " The iury were out only' a -few minutes and returned a verdict of guilty. The Court did not pronounce sentence on the prisoner. ; . ' - The grand jury returned a true bill against J. A. Young tor illegal voting, and not. a true bill as to Archie Benson for assault and battery with a deadly weapon." - : : , i The Criminal Court yesterday dis posed of the last of the jurycasesand the grand and petit juries were discharged for the term. The case of Jno. H. Young, colored. charged with illegal voting,. was nol prossed with leave, on motion of the State's solicitor. . Rabbitt Henry and Eddie Dry were convicted of larceny. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs as to Henry, and Dry was fined $10 and half the bill ot costs. Martha Sanders, convicted of assault and battery with a deadly j weapon, was sentenced to the house of correction for sixty days. nruce tostin, the -white man con victed of forgery', was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the State peni tentiary. Josephine Smith, colored, convicted of entering a dwelling with intention to commit larceny, was fined $50 and costs. Henry Brink, colored, convicted of gambling, was fined $10 and costs. Court took a recess until 10 o'clock to-day. when the business of the term will be concluded. The grand jury submitted its report as loliows: . : grand jury's report, To the Honorable, the Criminal Court of New Hanover County, September, i8q2. Term. -. . j '. The grand jury for September. 1892, term of the Criminal Court, desire to make the following report.As regards the condition of the county poor house: a thorough inspection was made with the following result: . 1 The main building we found in excel lent condition, with the exception of the basemen;., which was covered with about three inches of water. -The cause of this is very heavy rains; with ordin ary rains the case would have been dif ferent. ; The insane department we found in good order, and so also the department for paupers. - The hospital was clean and the only inmate at the time reported nerseit as quite comiortaoie. The prison is clean. The kitchen is in , order, except the arrangement for cooking, (which is abominable). The stove is badly out ot repair, and very much needs a new set of pipe. Just here we- will say r that the range which we suppose was put there to do the cooking for the whole institution is used only for the family of the keeper, and the cooking for the balance of the institution is done on the worn-out stove. . The yard is in very satisiactory condition. The dining-room in the paupers' building leaks badly; there is also "a leak in the wash-room. Questions were asked every inmate. We did not consider anything said by ia mates oi the insane department because ci their condition. - i be inmates are all better satisfied and seem to be relieved since the discharge of Henry Holmes who seems to have been the bone ot contention. I J ' Finallv. we. screed that the rmintv poor house is well kept and that the ar rangements provided for taking care, of the ditterent classes are good. We were informed that Jas. Davis, colored, is chief cook, and is assisted by Laura Morris, colored. Davis, the cook, says that the matter of badly cooked food, about which some of the inmates complained could be remedied if the in mates were not allowed to demand their meals until he : had sufficient time to cook the same. We also append to our report a list of the inmates ot the county poor house. - The grand jury visited the county jail and find the condition of the prisoners very good, there being no case of sickness, and all report as being well taken care of. We do report the condition of the cement floors and walk from sidewalk to -jail door as being sadly in need of repair and we recommend prompt attention to these matters, and the thorough white washing of the walls. i - - . R. M. McIntire, Foreman. Chief Justice Mammon. The Raleigh Chronicle says in relation to the condition of Chief Justice Merri- mon, which had been 'regarded as criti cal, that a reporter of that: paper called at Judge Merrimon's residence at 3.00 a. m. yesterday morning and ! learned that the Judge had passed a quiet night and that his condition was thought to be im proved, ..- ; r r i a in 1892. WEAVER AND MRS.. LEASE. The Third Party Leaders at Columbus A Sensational Scene with - a Newspaper Reporter. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbus, Ga.; Sept. 22. The Third party meeting here to-day drew together about eight hundred persons, one-third of whom were Third party men. Weaver and-Mrs. Lease arrived at 10 o'clock". They were met at the depot by a com mittee ana escorted to the hotel in car- d lucute iu tne .vpera tiouse, weaver was .. introduced by: Cary j. i nornton, ot this city v and was' received . with applause.. His speech was on the same line as the former one, and consisted of denuncia tion of the Democratic party and charges that all the evils of party and distress were attriDutame to that party. He was followed by the Kansas speaker, Mrs. Lease, wno sailed in to the - Democratic party lively. She extolled Weaver and the Third party, was particularly severe on tne democratic press, and character- ized the Atlanta Journal as a lying and its' representative as a liar. i sheet Thad. norton. tne journal reporter. 1 who got affidavits of .. parties in Pulaski l showing forth Weaver's brutality during tne war, was on the stage and immedi ately sprang forward,- stating he . had amaavits in nis pocket to prove the cor rectness of the fouonars reports and would read them. ' Weaver declared that . he had? engaged" the house and that- Horton. should not read the affidavits. Great confusion- en sued f. with' cheers and ' hisses. Finally i ' Horton was taken from the stage. He told Weaver, that he could not resent an insult from a woman that her. sex protected her but he would hurl the lie in the teeth ofany man who would step out as her champion. Afterwards Horton made a soeech in .front of the Opera House, in which he upheld the publication In the Tournal. and was loudly cheered. ' Weaver and his party left in the afternoon for Macon. There was no demonstration at their departure and a handful' of people saw them depart. MURDERED BYA WOMAN.- A White Man Killed by a White Woman in Hation, South Carolina. i. v By Ttiegraph to the Morning Star. , Charleston. S. C, Sept. 22. At . Marion, last night, Woodruff, a white man, went to the house of Ella Smith, also white, to ask her about certain, re ports she had circulated in regard to his wife. 1 Woodruff struck the woman and she killed him. Others are said to - be implicated in the murder. . . ; . LORD BERESFORD. An English Nobleman Who Will Proba bly Spend Ten Tears in the Georgia Pen itentiary. '..'.:' : ''.S-::-:- Rome, Ga., SepL 22. A telegram was received here from Gov. Flower this morning, notifying the sheriff of the ar rest "of Lord Beresford, the Englishman who was convicted here of f orgery.and who rah away while out on bail awaiting his trial... Gov. Northern telegraphed Gov. Flower to hold the prisoner. De puty Sheriff Dallas Turner left here for Atlanta this morning to secure requisi tion papers and will go alter Beresford arfd will bring him to the city. The Su preme Court affimed the decision of the lower court in the Beresford case, and when he, arrives he will be carried to the penitentiary to serve a sentence of ten years.. WEAVER'S CAMPAIGN. He Refuses to Speak at Atlanta, Declaring That There is No Free Speech in the South. j -. Atlanta, Ga, September 23. Jen. Weaver to-night refused to address an audience of 5,000, which had gathered at the State Capital to hear him. He declared that there was no free speech in the South, notwithstanding" the fact that the audience assured him of a re spectful hearing. To this was added the assurance of Gov. Northern and Chair man Atkinson of the State Democratic Committee, that he would have a fair hearing. He is preparing an address to the people oi the U nion. -j HARRISON DENOUNCED By the Colored Men's National Protective ".' - .Association.) v By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Indianapolis. Sept. 23. The col ored men's National Protective Associa tion in session here to-day denounced President Harrison and the administra tion Force bill and protective tariff, and declared that the failure of the admin istration to protect the negro was their reason for so doing. Free trade was en dorsed. An Iowa delegate offered a resolution endorsing Orover Cleveland but this was rejected. ' NORFOLK db WESTERN R, R. Completion of the Ohio Hz tension of the .f '. Line.'' j - y - "TBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. i - ... i Philadelphia, Sept. 23. Informa- tion was received here to-day at the of fice of the Norfolk and Western Rail road Company that the list rail - on the Uhio extension of that line was laid yes terday afternoon. This line runs through West Virginia and connects the main line of the Norfolk and Western railroad with its Sciota Valley division, extend ing from the Pocahontas coal fields to the Ohio river, making a! direct through line from Norfolk to Columbus, O. GEN. A. E. STEVENSON. Enthusiastic Greeting by; the Democrats of Danville. Va. Mr. .--Stevenson's Speech. j - I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Danville, va., September 24. Hon. A. E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, spoke here to-day to a great concourse ofpebple. The city was profusely decorated, and a long pro cession of enthusiastic Democrats , par aded the streets. Gen. Stevenson had a triumphal ovation after the parade. The crowd went to the tabernacle and beard a forecful speech from Gen. Stevenson, who was introduced by ex-Congress man Cabell, his personal friend. His speech was confined chiefly to discus sion of the. tariff and the Force bill, and ' . - L t : M was neara Dy ipur or nve inousana peo ple, v . Holmes . Conrad I followed Gen. Stevenson, and made a most impressive speech. To-night Mr. and Mrs. Steven son held la reception at ' Oronoco Club rooms, and many ladies and gentlemen called and paid their respects. . : A special from Martinsville, Ind says that Charles Hamilton, in behalf of the State," has fHed a suit against County Auditor Banta and Treasurer Langwood to test the constitutionality of the Dem ocratic anrjortionment laws of 1885 and 1891. Similar suits will be filed in every county in the State where the districts were anected by these measures. , . - - I -5, NO. 45 NO TIME TO DIVIDE. - All Good Itlen Should Unite to Avert tne Force Bill Calamity. : Extract from Letter' of W. A Guthrie. I, myself, in 186$ ; voted with the Republican party for the reconstruc tion of the Southern States under the act of Congress of March -2, 1867,; which put the ballot in the hand of the negro,and I did so as a choice of evils between civil govern ment with negro suffrage and mili tary government with no suffrage at an, ana just such. laws for our gov ernment as a General of the armvi as a department commander,: from headquarters at Charleston, South Carolina, might see fit in his fancy to prescribe for4 North Carolina. 5 I voted with the Republican" party to gef rid of the military in 1868. L-ouia i consistently vote in 1893 for men and measures calculated to bring the military back? - I ;. " -'. While negro suffrage alone : has turned out to be, bad enough in all cr.r.a t a' . . i. l it now with possible and even broba- Dle military'-rule on top of it. We nave had enough reconstruction of the South for one generation at least. We'have felt and realized to its full est extent the wisdom enunciated in the above qu6ted plank in the Re publican platform of 1860, and I, for one, believe to-day in the doctrine advocated by Mr. Lincoln in 1860, even though it be given the color of law, that the "lawless, invasion by armed force of any State, no matter under what pretext, is among the gravest of crimes." - , : Believing as I do, that all other party differences pale into insignifi cance when ' considered side by side with this, and as the only hope of giving effect to my sentiments on this subject, standing now where I did m 1868, I shall cast my vote in this election for Mr. Cleveland in prefer ence to Mr. Harrison. A .word to you, my People's party, inenas: Aiew weeks ago you ten dered to me,v without my solicitation, your nomination for the highest judi cial office in your gift. I thanked you then and I still feel and shall eyer feel grateful to you1 for this manifestation of confidence, though. I bad to decline it. Since then the Re publican managers .who hold the Re publican party in North Carolina by the throat, have, as it is reported and generally believed, broken faith with you and put up a State ticket. The danger now confronts you of turning over our State government to men who favor the National Force bill with its attendant evils, and the vote of North Carolina mighVdecide that contestT Let me beseech you, as patriots, rebuke that spirit by your votes and let us stand together and maintain, inviolate : the rights of the State, which are "essential to that bal ance of power on which the perfec tion and endurance of our poli tical faith depends." That bal ance of power once subverted and destroyed, we may bid a long fare well to the constitutional republic. We may expect, too, jn its stead, to be governed by orders from the headquarters of a military chieftain, such as our own eyes have seen in this Southland not very many years ago. I, myself, would prefer the very worst system of J civil govern ment to the best form of military depolism.. . Wm. A. Guthrie. THE DUPLIN DEMOCRACY. An Enthusiastic Meeting: and a Big Club Formed at magnolia. - Editor Star: Magnolia, N. C, Sept. 22. Af ter dark this evening the citizens of Magnolia determined upon the for mation of a Cleveland and Carr club, and succeeded so well that before 9 o'clock fifty-nine names had been secured, and. the organization per fected, with Dr. Wm. D. McMillan as President; Capt. S. A Johnson, W. R. Newberry, A. W. Wells and Hiram Southerland as Vice Presir dents, and W. W. Wilson, as Secre tary and Treasurer. The club was addressed by Messrs. D. M. Hardy and W. E. Murchison, who had stopped at Magnolia on their way to Hallsville, where they go to-morrow to fill the appointment made at that place for Hon. E. C. Beddingfield, who is prevented from attending on acconnt of sickness. Much enthusiasm prevailed, and amid the roar of cannotKcheer, after cheer for the cause" of Democracy and for its National and btatecan didates enlivened the occasion and served to keep awake the few who had not given their attendance. A vote of thanks was tendered the speakers by unammouifconsent. Democracy'has taken a new lease of life in this portion of Duplin, and much good , is expected from -tO' night's demonstration. A tall pole, 90 feet high, from the topmost end of which floats a hand some flag, upon which are inscribed the names of Cleveland and of Carr, marks the station of the battery. . .a SENATOR HILL Gone to Buffalo to Make a Speech A Detter From Gen. Stevenson. . " By Telegraph to the Morning' Star. Albany, lC Y., Sept. 24. Senator Dayid B. Hill left here for Buffalo at 11.20 this forenoon on the Empire State express, where he speaks this evening, Lieutenant Governor Sheehan and Hon. John Temple Graves, of Georgia, came from New York on the same train and accompanied him to Buffalo. Just be fore leaving Senator Hill received a let ter from Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson dated at Fayetteville, N. C, expressing his ap preciation of the senators Brooklyn speech, predicting great benefit to Democratic principles, and . tendering his personal thanks for the same. The Chicago Press Club invites al newspaper men and members of Press clubs who visit Chicago to attend the World's Fair Dedication exercises Octo ber 20th, 21st and 22d, to visit its rooms. 133 Claik; street and consider them' selves! members of the club while in the cty." 1 ' . , : A ban Antonia, Tex., Despatch says: The overflow- of the Rio Grande river continues to cause a great amount of damage in . the neighborhood of Rio Grande city. It has reached a higher stage than ever known, and thousands of acres of rich bottom lands between Rio Grande City and Brownsville have been washed away. ' " ; SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - Raleigh ; News and Observe We regret to state that ludge K. S. Merrimon is still quite ill and that his condition shows no improvement Vfjis son, Mr. Branch Merrimon. was calle from Greensboro to his side bv telecram yesterday. . . , ' . ' Mecklenburg Times : ; Trealus - Grimes, a white man, aged about 27 -years, . was found dead in Mr. Harry Howie's yard, on Mr. Frank Johnson's -place near the city Sunday morning. He " was a discharged convict on his way from Wilmington to Wilkes county. 1 BalisburvJ Watchman ''-: :". Th wife M;Lbb Hall, colored, who 'lives just across Town creek, was working with an oxen Tuesday morning, .when ' ; the animal became enraged and gored her; splitting her onen. from the effects of which she died the same evening. . Durham!: John GoinS" and " Baine, both colored have been arrested - and are now confined in jail, charged wlth-entenng the store of E. A. Rose mond, at Hillsboro, and stealing there from a gold watch, a silver watch and - $38 in coppers and nickles, and shoes. - Smithfield Herald-. We are In-. - formed that "one day last week Mr. Wil- -lie Edwards fell into a well 41 feet deep, at vBuffalo. Mills. He had found four water snakes in the well and he fell in while looking at them. He had to re main in the well until a man could eo to Selma, a distance of five miles, and get . a rope to draw him but with, and while in the well he killed three ot the snakes. ' Burlington News: Mr. Milton Loy, who lived .one mile beyond, Bel- - mont Mills, was found dead Friday morn- . ing near his house. He went out,' and being missed search was : made; for him ' with the result named, he having" died suddenly. ; Mr. Abrier Florence, -who lives on Mr. W. P. Barnwell's farm. fleasant urove, has achicken who is the - happy possessor of four legs, and follows the han as well as the others do. Charlotte Observer : A tele gram to CapL Armistead Burwell yes- -terday morning announced the death at ' his home m Kaleigh oi Prof. Baumann. ne had been in failing health "for several years, requiring perfect rest during the summer to prepare himself for his win- . ter work. prof. Baumann was 61 vears - of age. He was possibly the most prom- -inent musical instructor in the South. John1 Hanna, the negro who was shot and mortally.' wounded by lohn Harris, another negro, at- Pineville Thursday night a week ago.-died yester- Gastonia Gazette: ; That was a huge fish which got into one of Mr. J. M. Sloan's traps in the Catawba about one mile above the Air Line and came so near swishing the darkey into the' river on last Thursday. It seems that : the darkey got ; on the trap about the -time the great fish got into it and the hsh, fluttering and beating about, threw the water in every direction.- When j captured it was found to be a sturgeon six feet two inches in length and weigh ing eighty-three pounds. It was carried to Charlotte next 'day bv Mr. H. C. Irwin, who sold it, to certain parties to put in the lake at the park. It was turned loose in the lake but died shortly alter. . . Shelby Aurora: There is a re port current in Cleveland - that Rev. - Thomas Dixon is a Third party man. and that the said parson was shaking hands with men and telling them to vote for J. Y. Hamrick, etc . . The editor of the Aurora was informed by a Shelby r physician and a Baptist preacher that -the parson was making that impression among his people. So the Aurora Was informed that the 1 bird partites elect ed him pastor at Elizabeth church over Rev. Bridges. 'This ' week - we are . informed that this report does injustice , to the said parson and the Ross' ' and Elizabeth ' churches, that Rev. Thos. Dixon is an Alliance - member,-but not. a Third party man. Rev. Mr. Dixon says: "I will vote for Grover Cleveland for President and Elias Carr for Governor, and if that makes me : a Third party man, then I'm one. I have been a Democrat all my life and am still a Democrat." The cotton crop in Cleveland - is short and the price is . shorter. These two things will cripple our farmers and every other business. Charlotte Observer : Captain Clarkson died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at his residence on West Fifth street, after an illness of two months. - Mrs. E. C. Campbell, died at the residence .of her son Mr. George W. Campbell, on West Eighth street, yes terday morning at 8 o'clock, of paralysis', . after a week s illness. Mrs. Campbell was 58 years old. ' Dr. J. M. Mil ler, formerly of this city, was found dead . in his bed yesterday morning at nis home in Hopewell. He had been com plaining slightly for several days, but was appareptly in his usual health when he retired Wednesday night. Dr. Mil ler, was ' about r 65 . years of age, Rev. Patrick Quinn, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, will be ordained as dea con at the Monastery at Belmont to-day; and to-morrow will be raised to the priesthood. He leaves Sunday for Brad-, ford, where he will celebrate his first mass the first Sunday in " October, . - He . will then return to North Carolina and take charge of St. Augustine'9 Church at Laurinburg, St. Patrick's Church at T7 -,f 1 . . raycitevuic, auu wissiuus. ... Goldsboro Headlight : A ter rible accident befell Mr. W B. Thomp son at his home in Stony Creek town ship yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, . which Caused the loss of nis ngnt arm. While in the act of brushihg away some lint cotton from beneath the rollers of his gin, his right sleeve was caught by the saws and almost, instantly his arm was drawn into the gin and terribly lac-. erated from his fingers to the elbow.- Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at the opening of court, the jury in the case of Willis H.' Brogden, charged with the . murder of Fab. H. Sasser, returned the verdict "gudty of manslaughter, with re-' commendation for mercy." The jury at the first ballot stood 7 for manslaughter and 5 for acquittal, and at the last ballot this morning before they agreed, the vdte stood 9 for manslaughter and 3 for . acquittal. Two hours later the Judge sentenced him to six years in the peni tentiary. ". His counsel moved for an ap peal to the Supreme Court, 'which was granted under a $5,000 bond,' furnished, by Ex-Governor Brogden, wheeupon -the prisoner was released from jail. Raleigh .News and Observer: Sheriff Taylor, of Chatham county, upon a requisition of Gov. Holt to the Gov ernor of South Carolina, went to South Carolina and apprehended one James Chatham, alleged to haye committed an an assault upon a 13-year old white girl of Chatham county, returning to Chat- ham . county -.Monday with the . pris oner. Rumors, were afloat that on ; being committed to Chatham county jail he would be lynched, and believing this to be true, Sheriff Taylor secretly left Pittsboro with; the prisoner about dark Monday evening. He brought him to Raleigh and asked ' to be allowed to commit him to Wake jail for safe keeping. Monday night between 11 and 12 . o'clock a young colored man named Dave Ayef, whose home is at Selma, but who is a hand on the material train on the North Carolina. railroad, was run over and killed; about fifty yards this side ofBoylan's bridge, near the water tank. Gov. Holt has made a re quisition on the Governor of Alabama for ATM. Cawthorn. who is wantedfor the killing of Sam Talley at Hickory and who has been captured at Selma, Alabama.' "-"-v..w,.fn -r- Helen If, papa doesn't like George whv is he so cordial? - ' Tom He says it's such saving of . the gas lor him to visit of ten. i.nzc ago Inier-Octans j er: '. "i .v : - V. Ok , .1 7. I
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