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( 1 i gbe mMu W I LM.I NGTON, N. C ., .-. AT ... '. - SPIRITS TURPENTINES 1. Lenoir xoptcr ajbasi i uesaay . nirhtletween 12 and, 1 o clock the barn on the farm of Mr. J. R. Wilson, about three.miles from Lenoir on the MoV" ton roaa, ana two muies, one uciuuiuti ... ... . ... .... i ' t it: i 1 to Mr. wuson ana tne otner to mv t m-v t -. r- born Parsons, his tenant, were burned. Los9 about 200. Mr.- .Parsons cannot t v VOL. XXIV. WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1892. NO. 2 account for the firc.except tnat .ne con- , siders midnight a queer time Of day for . ; j; folii 1 0 J r V V 88888888888888888 a?SgS88S8lSSSSl SSSSS8SS8SS888g&8, PW9 gS8SS8Sg8S5SSgSg8. - 88S88888888SS8SSS pwM8 sS8S889a3g88g8S " 88888888888888888" tpoow 8 5gS8Sg85H522SS8S " 82888888S82888SSS " 88888858828888888 82885882288858888 88888888888888883 g I' - " 3s s s s s s i s s s s . s s . ... -o-"'-' 3353588 1 Entered at the Pott Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, a Second Class Matter.! " - s6bscription price. . - The subscription1 "price of the Weekly Star Is as follows : ' - ' .1 nn Single Copy 1 year, postage paid........ 11 W " " A months " ' " 55: ' - 8 months " " 80 SOME OF THE FETJITS. Forty years ago there were pro bably not more than one or two mil lionaires in the United States, a man worth a hundred thousand dollars was considered very rich, and a man v&rth ten thousand dollars very well; off. Now a mail worth a million at tracts little attention, a man worth aJ hundred thousand isn't worth notice ing-while the man worth ten thous and, if he is classed at all, is -classed among the poor men. There is no country in the world which his as many very rich men in -proportion to population, and there is no country in the world where great fortunes have been accumulated so easily aird so rapidly. "The aggre gate estimated wealth of the country is put at $60,000,000,000, aad it is said that less than 30,000 men own one half of it. It is probably true bt all' countries that a comparatively small number 01 people own the larger part of the wealth, and this is to be expected in monarchical gov ernments where there are titled classes, favored by the Government, who received from the crowns large estates which pass from sire to son, whtcn are seldom if ever divided, and where consequently the! common 'people, as they are called,' rarely be come possessors of the soil. They simply enjoy the privilege of living upon and earning a living out of the soil, fornich privilege they pay a rental t the favorediaristocrat whose ancestors back in the past became its possessors for service rendered," or through royal favoritism. Somebody was robbed to make somebody else rich. ' If the titles were traced back it would be found that the large ma jority of the estates in- England, Scotland and' Ireland, for instance, were stolen from the rightful owners to reward the servitors of reigning sovereigns. . One of the results of this seizure of the lands and the transfer jof the wealth to the comparative few has been the pauperizing ot the many ahd the enforced exodus of the mil lions ol-ls toilers who have sought other countries where the conditions are inore favorable to the man who has to struggle for a livelihood. That country wmch the poor man must leave because he is crowded , out and .cannot make a comfortable living in it is a 'badly governed country, however rich its favored classes may be, or whatever its standing among - the nations of the world. . When less than 30,000 people own about one-half the aggregate" wealth ot this country, and thai accumula ted within about thirty years, how long would it take to maki the mass of Americans, as the mass of Europeans are, mere hewers of wood and drawers of water for the wealthy few ? With the power of money how long would it be if these wealth-own ers combined before they would ab solutely cohtrol the Government and the class without wealth cease prac ttcally to have a voice in the Gov ernment ? We have had some illus . (rations ot tnis m a partial way 'within the past generation, and the hardest battles the. toiling people of this country have had to 'fight have been against the concentrated wealth in the hands of a very small number . of men interested - in : certain indus tries which reaped the benefit of the protective tariff, and of others who , sought special legislation for their especial benefit. Their money was a formidable pdwer in all National and sometimes State elections, and with few exceptions it triumphed It took thirty years to break its power, and it is not totally de stroyed yeV for when driven from one field of action it will seek an other and endeavor to secure by in- iluence jiver legislators what it faued to secure in the contest at the ballot- box. ' ' ' , , It is a Godsend to the American t people that the money power was at last defeated at the polls and that the sovereignty of the man did assert itself in such unmistakable terms, .for if . money had triumphed this time it would -have resorted to - methods that would have made it, invincible in coming years. Unless the signs, of the times are all at fault there is to be a new de parture and the dollar will no more te the mighty power it has been in -dictating and shaping the destinies of the American people. We do not expect to see such policies adopted s will lessen the fortunes of the rich, but we do expect to see such legisla tion as will cease to show special favors to thera, -and will give the toiling millions a chance. Rich men will not accumulate their millions as rapidly as they did, and the honest toilers will earn and save "more dol lars, and there will be fewer extremes of wealth and poverty. There will I be a better and a more equitable dis-1 tribution of the wealth of the .coun try, the lands will cease lo pass into the hands of the few, the debtor class will get out of debt and red more in dependent, and the people will "again realize that this is'a Government of the people, for the people, and by the people," a Democracy in tact ancLin practiceas well as in theory and in name. The triumph of the Democracy' wasn't a mere political victory, it was a declaration'thatL people of this country ; are-igteltec than ' doll airs:" ' " f '-i-' & : . ' ' " SUPPLY AND DEMAND. V The cotton crop of 1892 is estima ted at from 5,925,000 bales to 7,700, 000 bales but some of the closest nd best informed calculators put the crop at 7,000,000 bales, which is 2,000,000 bales less than the crop of last year. But these 7,000,000 bales at present prices would bring nearly as much as the 9,000,000 bales of last year. There is in - this an object-lesson for the cotton-planter of the Southland if he does hot see it and profit by it it will be' his' own fault..-; r ;!; Cotton had been low and had been getting lower for two reasons, one because the crop had reached-such proportions as to have exceeded the demand; the result of which was a large surplus for which there was no active market. The knowledge that there would be a large surplus "kept buyers back waiting for the 'low prices, aud at. the . same time kept prices down and lowered them. Then when a - manufacturer of anything- knows, he can get' as much of the raw material as he needs at any time he is not going to, be in a hurry to buy, especially when there is a moral certainty that prices will be ldwer instead of higher, and, per contra, when the prospects are for a crop below the demand the ten dency will be to buy to take advan tage of the lower prices before the advance begins. This is business. Another reajon was the htgh tariff, which cut the foreign manufacturer off fron this market in some lines of goods which : come '.under the protec ted thead,- thus limiting: . his ' output and proportionately decreasing the I "--, a . , demand abroad for American cotton. I Now these conditions are somewhat changed. The, reduced crop wipes out the usual surplus, and the pros pect for a revision.of the tariff where by duties wilt be lowered encourages the foreign manufacturer and gives trength to the demand for cotton abroad. From these two causes acting con currently, the price of cotton has oeen going up, until we have had an increase ot two ana a halt cents a pound since September, with a pros pect of a still further advance. On a basis of 7,000,000 bales this would make the cotton crop worth $87,500,- 000 more than it was in September, nd worth within about $8,000,000 of the 9.000,000-bale crop of last year, while the crop of this year was raised with less labor and less ex- oense. - I There was a certain class of spon taneous political economists sprung up within the past few years who scouted the ; idea that over-produc tion or high tariff had anything to do with the low price of cotton or of other farm products, it being, they said, the result of an insufficient volume -of money, in circulation. The volume of the currency has not been increased, but the price ot cotton has been steadily advancing, which effectually - dis poses ot that contention : as far as cotton goes. Wheat, on the contra ry, has been fluctuating, and has reached a -point lower than at any time for several years, simply for the reason that there is a large crop in sight,' much more than can be con .sumed at home, with little foreign demand or prospect of demand for the surplus to materially increase the price at present. '.;' -, . Here we have the object -lesson; a short crop of cotton with prices go ing up, and a large crop ot grain with the prices going down! Catching the idea, probably from the action of the cotton planters, who last year resolved to reduce the acreage devoted . to cotton culture, Secretary Rusk, of the Agricultural Department, recommends that the wheat-growers of the West reduce their acreage, quit over-stocking the market, and thus force prices up, which is good advice from a busi ness standpoint, but as far as the wheat-growers ' of the . West goes altogether impracticable., One insurmountable obstacle to carrying out any such suggestion in a general wavl sreneral enough to '. make it fruittul of the desired results, is that 1 a very large proportion of the wheat I raised tor market is grown ,in the far 1 Western States where, .from . the climate, and from other causes" they can't raise anything extensively but -wheat. That's the prop and -practi-. cally speakingtheir sole dependence for money-They can raise little else which has keeping qualities and Which would bear the cost ' of trans-" portation to thef markets.' '." ' The market iso overstocked with corn that the only. way an which, it can be marketed profitably is in :the shape of pork. Hence the majority of Western farmers feed a, large part of the crops- they raise to- hogs, and thus, get rid ot part bf the surplus, but the territory to be covered is too great, and the number of people in terested too large to. makV a practi cable scheme- for a I reduction of arceage possible. . ' f In this thejj.anters :of HfceSouth have the advantage of thev srain- . growers of ' the West,! tor they, can raise Inything the Western farmer can raise, ' and in addition to. these many things which' he cannot raise, for which there is a market at home, or for which he has use himself if he does not care to seek the market with them. The acres taken from cotton he "can give to grainy grass, fruit, vegetables, and pasturage for horses. cattle and sheep, all of which can be raised, and cared for much more cheaply in the South' than in; the North or West. : Hence diversified agriculture is here practicable in the fulTest sense, there it is not. And this is one reason why the cotton planter should adhere to the reduced acreage plan, the bene fits of jjhich are; being now so sub stantially demonstrated. -.1 ';;.'-. SHN0B MENTION. t -i :. : u introducedin Coneress we have re marked that there were two sides to the question, and that instead of be ing an injury to the planter, future dealing was more likely to benefit him. The passage of such anti- options bills as have been proposed would practically put an end to spec ulation, which was really the object aimed at,' and confine transactions simply to the amounts to be actually handled and delivered. This would put it in the power of a comparatively small number of men to combine and control the market, put whether it would do this or not, it would delay selling and make only a de mand tor as much produce on the market as was needed for con - - sumption for the time being without any regard to the probable future demand. A practical illustration of the effect of speculation is given in , . - u . the dealingirf cotton, since Septem- ber, when buying began to be active in view of the prospective short crop, and since when prices have advanced two and a half cents per pound, an advance which never would have taken place ' within so short a time if speculation were prohibited and only such amounts of cotton pur chased as were to be actually de livered. The planter gets the benefit of this speculation, and gets it in the early part of the season, when he needs it most and when it does him the most gefbd. ! - ' . . . .. . . - ' - v . The letter of congratulation to President-elect Cleveland, from the sugar planters of Louisiana, publish ed in the Star of yesterday, is sig nificant as coming from the represen tatives of one of the protected in dustries.- Under the tariff bills pre vious to the McK-iniey bill, sugar was protected and when underytl McKinley bill it was put upon the free list, the planters I were given a bounty to compensate them for the duties removed. They suggest a tariff reform, something similar to the Millsbill, which I would replace the duties on sugar, and remove tne bounty, and thus instead of about -eight millions of bounty going into the pockets of thev sugar planters, the duty derived from the sugar would go into the Treasury of - the" United States. The revenue derived from sugar was about $60,000,000, which the treasury lost and about the only persons really benefitted by it was. the sugar re- finers, for while raw sugar was put upon the free list duties were retained upon refined sugars, ine sugar planters of Louisiana show the right spirit, and all they ask is for "a just and fair tariff by which . no industry will be hampered or oppressed." A just and a fair tariff is the only kind of a tariff that any one should; ask for or expect," and that kind of a tariff will neither hamper nor oppress any industry. ' , ' ; Settle beats Williams for Congress in the Fifth district. There are sev eral reasons given - lor this, it is said that Williams had toyed so much with - the Third party element that the straight-out Democrats in the str6ngest Democratic counties in the district -were cold on -him and his name aroused no enthusiasm .'from the start, while he had as a Republi can competitor a shrewd young man, who had many personal ,. friends among the Democrats, and was also a first rate talker and as plucky and aggressive as a game chicken. He was more than a match for Williams on the stump, and when it; came to manipulating - the wires fstili r more than a match. . .There was, tt is said. a. good deal of trading done with the Third party people by which Settle got Third party votes in return for icepuBitcan votes : tor state ana county tickets," enough to elect him by the small majority he hassBut it will be Settle's first and last time however for the Democrats will get together, settle their little differences and : settle him ,- when he bobs his head tip "next time. jV...- u.: : ' . John Boyle O'Reilly may' not have been a prophet, but he struck . it pretty pat when he wrote, in the Boston Pilot in ' December, 1888 i "During every day of the next four years Grover Cleveland will grow in the admiration, confidence and affec- tion of the American people. De- pend upon it-'uCt be President iof the United States again, placed there by' a tidal wave of .popularity.' -Marion v Butler-: thought- somethic; like this, but "he" fizzled 'and wea back on what he "wrif ." ; " -" : New Jersey is a Democratic State but there are some very mean peo ple in it, mean enough to have two old women arraigned in " court for husking corn off Sunday in violation of the Sabbath laws. They were too .poor to pay the $2.50 fine and had to go to jail. cThe men who did; that probably stole the corn while the old women were in jail, aad left them the husks. ' - - I : - -Just befor the election 300 men employed in the stone quarries near Hartford, Conn., went on a strike against a reduction of wages. '.- Fearing- the result on the election the party managers got together and ar ranged to have the old rate kept up. The men went to work.- But the election is over and now notice has been given that a reduction will, be made December 1st. ., Ex-Senator I ngalls doesn't like Mrs. Lease and Mrs.- Lease doesn't like the ex-Senator, But in one re spect they resemble each other. They both part their hair in the mid dle, but this is the only part they take in common. . Secretary Rusk says the farmers need more protection. The farmers themselves evidently thought so, too, from the way they voted.. at" the. last election to bounce the McKinley party. t " - ' " A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC. Nortli Carolina and th World's Fair- Abandonment of tno Frojaot for a State BaildinK Canaea that lied to It The Virginia Dare Memorial Association. Less than a year ago the lady maa- aeers for North Carolina undertook-to raise a part, ana it possible, tne whole of the amount necessary for the erection of a State building at the World's Fair. Believing that such a building would advance the business interests of the State and conduce to the pleasure, com fort and convenience ot our people who should visit the Columbian Exposition, tbe women labored patriotically and faithfully to raise the money, and the sum of nearly $1,000 has been contri buted for that purpose. This work ot sonatina lunds was to be a labor of patriotism and co-opera tion, and we would not have undertaken so stupendous a work, but for encour agement in the belief that oar efforts, if not entirely successtul, would be aided by similar efforts oo the part of other members of the Bqanl of World's Fair Managers for North Carolina. The State Board, of Managers being recently Dressed by the Exposition Man agementto take immediate action in re gard to this hai lid ing, found that the Lady. Managers were not prepared to fill the requirements of the whole work. and tne board baring also lailed in se curing additional - funds, was without available means for completing and main taming this building, so the site was surrendered. The lamentable fact remains, that we are to have no State building. Tbe wo men have labored patiently and perse veringlyfor what they believed would benent.our people, but have only secured a proportion of success. That the result has been unsatisfactory is not because the women have failed to do their duty but because the requisite co-operation was not forthcoming. In regard to the dedication in Chicago last October of ' a State buildings which has proved a veritable "castle in tbe air, the lady managers . were not con sulted, and therefore are, in no way, re sponsibly for that premature and empty ceremony. - . For tbe zealous work done by the wo men of Wilmington, and for. tbe gener ous response of ber men, we tender: our appreciative thanks. Tne obiect lor wnicn tnis money was collected having been abandoned, the ladies desire to return it to the generous donors, and will make every effort to .accomplish this end.' - ; Sallie S. Cotten. , The Virginia Dare Memorial Associa tion was organized for the purpose pi establishing in North Carolina a perraa. nent memorial to perpetuate tne mem ory of Virginia Dare the first white child bora in America and to empha size the importance of colonization in the development of the New World. This association undertook to aid in me construction of a North Carolina build ing at the World s Fair, but as that pur pose has been abandoned, tbe associa tion will proceed to the accomplishment of its original object, the erection of a permanent memorial in the State. The association proposes to request the con' tributors to this building fund to permit the amount contributed to be -trans ferred to its account, to aid in establish ing this memorial. ' - ; - Apphcation will be made to eacn con tributor for permission to have this transfer made. Certificates of stock in the association will be mailed to all who consent. . ' "- -:' - '. 'The aims of the association 'cannot fail to elicit approbation when under stood. Explanations in regard to its aims and purposes will be distributed. i - v MRS. FLORENCE tV 1UCKER, ; ; ; - : " - -V President. Mrs. Sallie S. Cotten, t- - Secretary." , THE LATE DQMALD MACRAE." i BeeoltitJona Adopted by the f Board of ?-T XHreotprs of tlie Wilmington end Wei- ! ; don Bailroad Company. . . ; v : ' V f At a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors' of the- Wilmington - and Weldon Railroad Company, held .in this city Wednesday, Nov. 23rd, 1892, the fol lowing resolutions ; Were introduced by Dr. A.J. DeRosset,; and were unani mously, adopted, viz: !.tv;'" v ' Whereas, since the last meeting of this 'Board, .' Donald MacRae, .Esq, for many years past a . member of -the Board, has been called from earth after aslong life ot usefulness1 and honor, and we are unwilling that he should pass awy without expressing our high . ap preciation of his worth, and our sense of the great loss which his death - has in flicted upon;; the city , ot Wilmington, upon the State, and upon this company. Therefore, - .. . . :..-. ..... . - Resolved,' That ' the life of Donald MacRae is full ot . useful example and encouragement to all, as demonstrating how all may succeed by the same simple methods.- tie found no royal ; road to fortune -nd position.' He tried no (jouotful experiments in business or morals.- He planted his feet firmly in tne piam oia pains ana worked Dy tne plain Old -methods: Quiet, modest, and unobtrusive, Jie was of a keen and en lightened - business intelligence, which made him a "general referee and coun sellor, of an industry acd energy which counted nothing done while anything re mained to oe none, ot courage, which never faltered with the truth, but always faced it squarely at every risk, and of an old fashioned honesty too staunch and true to dally with dishonesty, corrup tion, : Or indirection. These were the only methods by which he won a gener ous fortune and an enviable position in the respect and esteem of all. . : ,.- Resolved. That this company is in debted to him for most valuable ser vices, through many years, as a member ot this Board, and we desire hereby to testify our recognition and high appre ciation ot them, j Resolved, That the secretary be di rected to spread these resolutions upon tne minutes ot tbis meeting, and to fur nish a copy of them to the family. Ohio Gives Ua One. - L There are a great many Democrats around here who are still anxious to hear about the result of the Presidential election in Ohio. Well, here is the latest : ' . Z ' ' :f. ' ' '-. ". " Columbus, O., Nov. 21. The official abstract of Lucas county arrived to-day and the result on electors was officially declared by the Secretary of State as follows: Total vote, 850,165, an increase of 9.804 over 1888.. Of these. Danford, first on the Republican ticket for Presi dential elector, h2s 405,187;, other Re publican " electors, 402,711, - Seward, (Uem.J for Presidential elector, 404,113, which elects himvby 1,402 votes. Other Democrats for electors, 401,481; Pro hibition, 26,017; People's party. 14,548. The Republican elector who received the highest vote is therefore only 1,074 over the : Democrat who received the highest vote. i - . i The careful readers of the Star will remember that this result was fore shadowed in, our issue of Sunday, No vember 13th. Death of Maj. H. H. Foater. 1 Maj. H. H.-Foster died at his home in this city . yesterday after a lingering illness in the 68th year of his age. leav ing a wife and daughter to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and father. He had been a resident of Wil mington some fifteen years and was a consistent member of Brooklyn Baptist Church. During the war - between the States he , served in the 40th regiment New York S. G. as cap tain, was wounded in action and afterwards promoted to be Major of the regiment." He came South after the war and engaged in the, newspaper business at Magnolia in 1871, and also practiced law at that place. He removed, to Wil mington in 1877, and with the Rev. J. N. Stalling published a weekly paper here called the Democrat. Afterwards, he was for several years engaged on the Review as local editor. He was a staunch Democrat, a kind hearted. . generous man. and had many warm' friends here. Bound Trip Ticket. The Atlantic Coast Line . will sell round trip tickets over its lines in North Carolina on account of the North Caro lina Baptist State Convention, at Raleigh, N. C, at reduced rates. Tickets to be sold December 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, limited to December 15th. The 'rate from Wilmington will be $7.05. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets over its tine in North Caro lina, on account of the Meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons (colored) at Goldsboro, N. C, ; at reduced rates. Tickets to be sold Dec, llth, 12th. 18th. 14th. and 15th. limited to Dec. 22nd. enator Vanee Goes to Baleigh. The Charlotte Observer says: "Mrs. Z. B. Vance and son. Mr. J. H. Martin, ar rived here yesterday from Llncolnton and joined Senator Vance at' the . Central Hotel. They all leave this (Wednesday) morning, via Greensboro, for Raleigh, where they will spend a few days, after which they go to . Washington for the winter. " Their stay in Raleigh ; is not likely to last beyond the endof the pres ent week." ' -.v -- !-' . A MURDERED CAPTURED Archie MoPhatter: "Who Killed Deputy Sheriff - Livingston of Blohmond . County in Jail at Jiumbertpn. ,' Information was received by the STAR yesterday that Archie - McPbatter, col ored, concerned ' in the murdei of deputy sheriff Livingston, of Richmond county, was captured yesterday morning by a colored roan named Marshal Max well, near Moss Neck, in Robeson county. The prisoner was lodged in jail at Lum berton and will be Sent to Rockingham, Richmond county He is badly wounded by gunshots in the shoulder, hands and legs, and , when found was unable to walk. "The wounds were inflicted by the: sheriff's posse in Richmond, who were trying to arrest him". ' He said'after his capture, that he fired at Livingston, but did not know., that he killed him. He"clat ms that white men caused him to get into : the .trouble, A reward bad been offered for his arrest by the Gov ernor of the State. " .THE RAILROADS-- Annual Meeting of Stockholdsre of the ' Wilmington "Weldon and Wilming- ;. ton,' Columbia' Auguat BaUroada. 7" V The stockholders' of the Wilmington & Weldon and Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroads held their annual meetings in this city yesterday. A :s : " The Wilmington St Weldon" Railroad stockholders ; met in the office of the president of the company at 12 o'clock noon.:-"-" '. ; -"; .- J-":" : -'. ... v';;.;.'1 On motion pf Mr. Warren G. Elliott; Hon. George Divis was ,called to the chair and Mr. Jas. F. Post, Jrn was elect ed secretary. t.-7 ;,-:-iv:i--? On motion; Mr. B. F.' Newcomer and the secretary were appointed a commit tee to exam ine credentials and report the number of shares represented by per son and proxy. ; The committee report ed that there were represented in person 2$,628 shares, and by proxy: 820 shares, and that all of said proxies were in due form, were in writing signed by a stock holder, and were made- to a stockholder who was neither an officer, director nor agent of the company, 'and that there were; therefore, represented in person and by proxy at this meeting 23,498 shares, oat - of a total of - 30,000 shares. On motion, the report of the com mittee was received "and adopted, and the chairman announced that a quorum was present, and the meeting was duly organized and ready for business. The reports of the President, Mr. W. G. Elliott, Mr. H. Walters Vice Presi dent, and of the General Manager, Mr. J no. R. Kenly, were read, and, on mo tion, were accepted as the report of the President and Board of Directors. The report of the General Manager of the Wilmington, Columbians Augusta Railroad Company was also submitted and accepted, and his recommendations were referred to the incoming Board of Directors; ! t - , , . -j, The reading of the reports of the Gen eral Superintendent. General Auditor, and Treasurer, were dispensed with, as they were presented to the meeting in printed form. "The election , of President and Di rectors being next in order, On motion of Mr. B. F. -Newcomer, Mr. Warren G. Elliott was unanimously elected as president of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad' Company for., the ensuing year, and the following gentle men for directors to serve for tbe same term: : .W.T. Walters. Michael Jenkins, H. B. Plant, B. F. Newcomer, J. P. McCay, A. J. DeRosset, H. Walters, E. B. Bor den, George Howard and W. H. Willard. It was resolved that the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Wil mington & Weldon Railroad Company be held in Wilmington on the Wednes day next after, the third Monday in No vember, 1893. i , On motion, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman for the sat isfactory manner in which he had per formed the duties devolved upon him. On motion, the meeting adjourned. , ' DIRECTORS' MEETING, v Immediately after the meeting of the stockholders the newly elected Board of Directors of "the Wilmington and Wel don Railroad Company met in Presi dent" Elliott's office, and the following omciais were elected tor tne ensuing year, viz: H. Walters-, Vice President; Jas. F., Post, Jr., Secretary and Treas ure. The following were also continued in their resoective oositions. viz: T. R , . - Kenly. General Manager; J. F.. Divine, General Superintendent; T. M. Emer son, Traffic Manager; W A. Riach, General Auditor; B. R. Dunn, Engineer of Roadway. . w, c. A. railroad. The stockholders of the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad met in the general office at about balf-past one o'clock. As this is a leased road there was no business transacted other than the -election of officers to complete the organization. 1 ne omcers elected are the same as those of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. . BRANCH ROADS. The stockholders' meetings . of the Manchester & Augusta Railroad, Cheraw & Darlington Railroad, Florence Rail road, Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad, will be held in Florence to-day, and stock holders' meeting of the North Eastern Railroad will be held . in Charleston to-morrow. Prominent railroad officials left last night for Wilson to inspect the new road just finished between Wil son and Florence on their way to attend the above meetings. ; They were in four private cars Mr. H. B. Plant's private car ot the Plant system. President W. G. Elliott's private car, Vice President H. Walters private'Car and General ' Man ager J. R. Kenly's private7 carall of the Atlantic Coast Line system. The report of the President of the Wilmington & Weldon . Railroad shows total receipts for the year $1,452,012.28; expenses. S802.884.02-s-leaving a net bal ance of 649,128.26. Percentage of operating, expenses to gross receipts, 55.29. The report of the Generat Superin tendent of operations of the Wilmington; Columbia & Augusta Railroad shows, gross receipts $846,286.08; operating ex-. penses, f 648,567.87. Met receipts, $19, 718.81. The BIchmdndlConnty Murder and Lynch- The Star received yesterday further information in regard to the lynching of Duncan McPhatter, who with his brother Arch McPhatter, murdered Deputy Sheriff Livingston of Richmond county last Thursday. " ' :'-r '. About two hundred negroes attended the fuueral of Duncan McPhatter. It is reported that Dan Morrison; a white man, was trying to organize a band of negroes to lynch some of the men who helped to catch Duncan.:. It is further stated that a number Of citizens went to Mr. Morrison's house, to ascertain from him, if possible, thejtruth of the rumor above alluded to, but they could not find him, and it is said that he has left the Stated ':-':W''1:C:-- t'--- Arch. McPhatter is still at large, with a posse after him. The last heard of him was that he is hiding in Catfish swamp. near Marion, S. CT - ' NORTH CAROLINA AGAIN WINS. Tne university Team Beats Alabama" ra tno. Second Oame for the ' Champion- r Bt Tele&apti to th Moisisf Sur. V.v " v .7 Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 23. The second game of the series of foot-ball games for the Southern "inter-State collegiate championship was played to-day before a large audience between the University of North Carolina and the A.; M.' C College of Auburn, Alabama. - Each is champion of its State. , The game" was exceedingly one-sided, the North Caro linians winning by sixty-four to nothing. There was onlv fifty-five minutes of play, after which the game was called. Theteam'work of . the North Carolina men has never been excelled in this part of the country. Ten touch-downs were made by Devme, Hoke. Guion and Baskerville. The tackling of the North Carolina men was also a -feature of the game,- . . - -; .. To-morrow the University of Vir ginia, present champions of the South, and the Trinity College team, last year's champions, will meet. A game will probably be arranged-, between the men of North Carolina and the University of Virginia team for Saturday. KING COTTON. Facts Showing; that Planters of the United Statej.Can Control the Markets of the . World An Objeot eon on the Vlne of Tradinsc In Irntnrea. ' - 1 ; . , By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .; New York, November 25. A re markable advance has been made in the prosperity of the South since the beginning-of cotton year in September, owing to the large advance made in the prices of the commodity. S. M.5 Inman, i xf Inman; ; bwan county, cotton mer chant, who recently returned from the doutb, estimates the advance in whe price of . cotton from the lowest figures last Spring, per bale, to be twenty dol lars, and the advance from the lowest price at which planters began selling- mis year s crop, to be lourteeen dollars per bale. He also estimates that there were in planters hands Nov. 1st, not less than three million bales, which is about half of this year s estimated crop. In man said that it was a noteworthy fact. that this country controlled the cotton market of the world. .Statistics had shown the average increase in the con sumption of cotton to be from 350,000 to 500.000 bales a year, and that the av erage increase of the foreign cotton crop, including South America, India and fegypt. Is not over 100,000 bales in the past ten years, while in this country the increase ran up into millions. , "It showed, ' said Mr. Inman. "that the United States controlled the .cotton market of the world." ' Last year's over production has made consumers think that cotton could be purchased for what they choose to give, but this year's pro- auct nao not Deen so extensively culti vated, and various other kinds of trouble had contributed .to keeping it down. Charleston, Nov. 25. An obiect lesson ot tne value ot trading in lutures. which the Hatch Anti-options bill de signs to suppress, is being taught Southern cotton planters to-day. and its enect is likely to be felt when the bill is taken up for consideration in the U. S, Senate, three months ago cotton was selling here at 7M cents, lo-day it touched 9M cents and 10 cents. One explanation of this is the short crop, but another is speculative trading, ine importance of the latter was pointed out by a local authority to aay, wno saio: " wnen tne season opened there was a surplus of over on million bales, depression in foreign trade. and no hope of a good demand when tbe new crop was made. 1 be new crop is here and reports show that most of it is out of first hands. Prices have advanced i cents, and the market is climbing. What has done this? Speculative trading. With a big surplus on hand .who would have entered the market and bought up the new crop had trading in other op tions not existed!1 it might be argued tnat with a snort crop, present high prices would be realized anyway. So they might, but not until weeks hence. SOUTH CAROLINA. V Bills Introduced, in the Legislature to Es- tsbliah a Confederate Bnme'and for Re duction of Salaries ol State Officers and. Employee. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia. S. C, Nov. 25. In the Senate to-day. Senator - Abbott intro duced a bill to establisd a home for aged and disabled Confederate Veterans of South Carolina. The building is to. be located in" Columbia, and cost 10.000, with a per capita cost of $120 per, year tor inmates.- - - Senator Efird introduced a salary re duction bill, which reduces the per diem of members from $5 to $3, and provides lor a nonzontai reduction ol 20 per cent, in the salaries of all State officers -and employes. The administration is pledged to retrenchment and reform. One of the things Gov. Tillman charged against the old regime was high salaries. There are signs that some of the reigning powers will fight the reduction in .salaries,, but it is believed that if the present Legisla ture does not carry out the promises of reform in this reduction it will produce a rupture in reform ranks. , THE DAVIS MONUMENT. Meeting of Direotora of the Association Flans for Further Prosecution of the ..Work. ;': ' . . BrTeleraph to the Morning Star. : , Richmond; Va., November 25. A meeting of the board of directors of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association was held here to-day, at which steps, were taken, tor further prosecution of the work of the Association. It was also determined to gather in all moneys now in the hands of various agents of the Association throughout the South, and on the first of February a plan will be formulated, which, it is believed, when carried out will ensure, speedy col lection of the sum necessary for-the erection of the monument, ; nearly $250,000. ::; . u ' ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Sleeting of Stockholders of the Northeast- . I era BailroadOffioera Elected. ' Charleston, S. C Nov. 25. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Northeastern Railroad was held to-day. The officers elected were: President : A. F. Ravenel; Directors H. B. Plant, W. F. Walker' B. A Newsome, C O. Willie; T. G. Main: .Treasurer, B. S. Rhett, General Manager. J. R. , Kenly; General Superintendent; Ino. Jf. Divine; 1 rathe Manager, T. M. Emerson. - The Charleston and Savannah Railway Company held its annual meeting yes terday, lhe old omcers were reflected. Keport of business showed a heavy jail ing on for the same causes which have affected other railroad interests in South Carolina. -.,- ' - 1 1 - - r -C Rbckv Mount z'ArgDnauii' Mr W. G. Hedeeneth. ' oFHilhardston had the misfortune- to-haye his pack house burned "a short time ago! The house cost $500 and. there was about, $400 worth of tobacco in It, making the. loss about $900. Wiley: Parker, a col ored lad well known in these parts, stole $51 from Ather Garvey s saloon on Sat?. urdayoight. Through his fown words he was detected, and was well underway to the guard house when be bid his es corts a hasty arewell and has . not been, uuiu uuui aiuvc. t. -. : - -. - ; - Salisbury Mrs. "Sophia S. Smith, wife of M. A. Smith, died of . consumouon at her home - on East Lee street, in this city, at 11 o'clock" ;,tbiuc morning, aged 55 years. A new brick church is to be built on Chestnut' Hill. It will be on the lot between the chapel and the public road. The. build ing will be 38x54 feet and will be a hand some structure, Two little daugh ters of David Goodnight of Mooresville were bitten by Mr. Ooodnignt s dog, on JNovember loth, it was soon alter seen that the dog was mad. The children were taken to Charlotte and a mad stone applied. Charlotte News : There are more Democrats in Mecklenburg than in any other county in the State, at least that is the record made at the last elec tion. By reference to the table pub lished in yesterday'sTVrtw it will be seen .that Mecklenburg cast 3,881. votes for Cleveland., -Wake' county comes next whh 5.724 votes, and Buncombe is third wth 8,588 votes.. New-Hanover didn't do bad, as it gave 2.408 votes foi Cleve land. In 1888 Wake county was sliehtlv ahead of Mecklenburg, but the latter is now the biggest Democratic county in the State. Two white men have oeen arrested ana lanea at AiDemarie on . . . . . i . ... charge of the murder of Mr. Frank Tally, in Stanly county. : The old man bad been murdered three days before he was found. It is said that two others besides those already iailed are suspected of complicity in tbe crime, and officers are after them. - Raleigh News and Observer: The State Returning Board meets here ; on Thursday, December 1st, to canvass the returns of the recent election. The ' Board is composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General and two Senators appointed by the Gov ernor. The Governor has appointed , Mr. James H. Pou, Democrat, of John ston, and W.D. Henderson (colored), Republican, of Vance. The Edge combe Guards, recently disbanded, has re-organized with new officers who were commissioned by the Governor yesterday - Gov. Holt has offered $100 each for tbe parties who engaged in -the re cent lynching at Oxford. - William Hasting, of Co. K, 43rd North Carolina regiment, died at the Soldiers Home yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, at the age of 72 years. Gov. Holt yester day offered $200 reward for Archie Mc- Phater. one of the murderers of Melville Livingstone, in Richmond county, Dun can McPhater, who was also one of the murderers, was lynched last week. . - Greensboro Record: The an nouncement .early this morning of the serious illness of Col. C. E. Shober cre ated -much surprise. He was in his usual health yesterday land last night was very cheerful. Early this morning be was found in an unconscious condi tion, and Dr. Brodnax was hastily sum moned, who gave him all tbe aid in his power, without avail, however, and he died at 11.15 a. m.,j While unable to give the immediate cause of his death, we learn that some kidney trouble was. the primary cause: One of his , old physicians told a Record reporter this morning tnat he bad been a sufferer from this malady for many years. He was seized with violent convulsions, which is a well known symptom of such a disease. Col. Shober was in his 63rd year. Denny Griffin, 88 years of age. broke his leg last week and -is m a precarious condition. - He thought. tbieves were alter his chickens in th night, and got up to see about it. 1 going out into the back lot he tell over a log. : JWhen taken back into his house the limb was seen to be fractured.." Fayettveille Observer: Passen ger train No. 1, bound for Wilmigton, which left here Thursday night apout 8 . o'clock, ran over and killed- 8 man at the Gillespie street crossing, baaed Jno. - NcNeill. of Hope Mills. . It is 'thought , the unfortunate man was attempting to board the tram when he met bis terrible . i? death. The baggage-car ranover-his.. . body, almost cutting in twj ; and other-' -- wise horribly mangling b;ra; ! . .. Uur ; , -readers will join us in the regret we feel - -at the accident which befell Hon. W. J. -' Green last Thursday. ' He was returning in his carriage to his home at , Tokay with his wife when the horses took fright and ran away, throwing the occu- : pants out of the carriage.; Mrs. Green fortunately escaped with, slight bruises, but Col. Green fared worse; his injuries. though not of a serious nature, being se-j vere enough to lay him up and put him up and put him on crutches for a few ; -days. ' ; t - . , Goldsboro . Headlight The Supreme Court having affirmed the ver- diet of the, Superior Court nn the mur der case of Willis H. Brogden. of this county, the sentence will be duly carried out after the first Monday in December; when the opinion- will be certified, It - will be remembered that on September 21st Brogden was convicted of man slaughter and sentence to six years in the penitentiary. He now stands under a $5,000 bond. We learn that W. C. Rich was tried for the murder of his wife at Walterboro, S. G, ' last week, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The evidence elicited that he committed ' the deed with a large mallet; which was produced in court. Mrs. Lorena Rich , was the daughter of Mr. T. O. Kelley, .and left many friends' here who' moufn her untimely , taking off. - The 16- ; year old son of Mr. Bryant Cherry Le- ' bnidas, while out hunting Saturday. near Mount: Olive in company with some boys. He was dragging bis gun over a log carelessly, when it was discharged, - v sending the entire load in his right arm and almost tearing it from his body: ' ' Charlotte ; News: . ; Mr. W. C. ; v Scronce, of Lincoln county, came to the city to-day on the hunt for-Dr. D. O. . - Donoghue s mad stone. : Mr. scronce v was bitten by an alleged mad dog last -, Saturday. .The doctor applied his rock . to the wound; and it adhered- Mr. . , Scronce, therefore, left, for home feeling . that his Thanksgiving was not a failure after all. . - It is pretty generally un- - . derstood among Republicans about here - that effort are - being made to nave .. Brady removed from the postoflice,;and . . it is said that Dr. Mott and Mr. Pritch ard have gone to Washington for " that . purpose. The object seems to be to re move Brady and install Mr,.C M. Ray for the balance of Brady's term which ex pires (unless the: Democrats put In a postmaster before that time) next June. . -Winston was visited by another dis astrous fire Thursday. This time, it is the Hotel ; Zinzendorfc Winston's fine new hotel that was only recently open rf. ': Th fire originated in the laundry . I of the hotel, and was caused by the ex plosion of a gasoline stove, loss is -. estimated at $125,000. There is an insur ance of $100,000 on the property.- , y . . ' A- - -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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