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MAS': EE OF THE SITUATION.
America controls the cotton mar-
i. r .h. ffiot Ic th nrirp of
td. onttnn .f tVi tni-t-1rf ic COVemed
Hit V.. c
by the cotton supply of this country.
This has , been amply demonstrated
in the past several years not only by
the low priced when the . American
crop was large ut by the rapid ad
vance in prices this year when the
American crop is snort, i nis snows
.1 . 1 a. a 1 a. a. L. . ' - L . .
me aoumern coiton pianicr tuai uc
, is master of the situation if . he wili
be master of it and exercises the
same business judgment that men in
all other industries must use to suc
ceed and conduct their business with
a profit.
When cotton manufacturers, wool
len' manufacturers, iron manufac
turers, or other manufacturers find
the markets becoming overstocked
, witn tneir particular line oi goous
they get together and agree to re
strict production by working shorter
: hours or a less number of hands un
til the surplus is" worked off and
there is a growing demand for their
goods.
lnisis precisely wnat . tne cotton
planters of the South did last year
Vwneii tney called conventions and
decided to reduce the acreage oi
cotton, and did reduce it about 2,
500,000 acres. I"he business sense
of this action is now apparent in the
advance in prices, which it) is the
opinion of some will continue until
cotton reaches twelve cents a pound,
a price wnich it should always com
mand to pay the man who raises it a
reasoiiaDic?pront. - r; . .
The -Southern crop ttiisl year is
about 7,000,000 bales, e'verjr bale of
which will be needed for consump
' tion at home and abroa,d, the first
time in several years in which there
has been no surplus left oh the hands
of the planters, and the first time in
several years when they had it in
their power, if they would, to name
the price of their cotton, and ths
first time in several years when the
buyers were more anxious to buy
than the planters were to sell. '
The demand for cotton to meet
the. world's consumption increases at
the rate oi about three per cent, a
year, or say in round numbers about
250,000 Dales. It should be the aim
ot fcouther i planters to keep witnin
the limit if there should be any . in
crease oi acreage at all, but for a
year or two at least there should be
no increase, for1 it is better -that they
should be .under the 7,000,000 mark
than over it, at least until it is defi
nitely settled what the full effect ot
the reduced output is going to be,
and how high prices will go before
another crop comes in. i With the re-
suits so far gained as a certainty, and
with prospects of still better- results
there is nothing to be lost by a little
experimenting "of this kind. Theories
are one thing and tests are another.
The 7,000,000 crop of this year has
been a test which .has panned prut
very well so far.
But there is something else gained
by reducing the cotton acreage and
the cotton production, which has
; also been demonstrated this year.
The 2.500,000 acres taken from cot
ton has been given to raising food
any large gram crop, wmcn ot course
is that much clear money to the plan
.11 . ... .
ters wlio have -heretofore been de
pending upon the West for their sup
plies and paying for them out of low
priced cotton Now they not only
have higher priced cotton but many
planters have all the food stuffs they
need without paying a dollar more
than the cost of production.
There are two things which at
present prevent the Southern cotton
planter from being absolute master
- of the cotton question; one is that
most of them are more are less in
debt and therefore have to sell part,
at least, of the crop to meet matur
ing obligations, and those of them
who do not raise their home supplies
have to sell to purchase these.
If the planters, as a rule, were out
of debt, and raised all their home
supplies, wouldn't they then be abso
lute masters of the situation, and be
when they pleased?; This year the
planters who were compelled to
market their cotton at the opening o
the cotton year got less for It by a
couple of cents a ponnd than those
who are marketing it now.Of course
they didn't anticipate the "advance,
i jand very few planters did," but it
VOL. XXIV.
would have been all the same, if they
had for they needed money and had
to sell. . ,
The South must eventually become
her own bread and meat raiser, as
she was before the war. She can be
that now as well as she was then,
and she will never be on the straight
road to agricultural : independence
and prosperity until she does. When
she does that then the cotton crop,
which will always be kept within
reasonable limits, will be the "money"
crop in fact, because it will be a crop
that the planter controls, and not
one that controls and makes a slave
out of him. It will be "king
tjottou'; again, but a king . over which
the planter will be the master.
The area of cotton culture In this
country has been covered; it cannot
be extended, for climatic conditions
prevent that, so that however the
consumption may increase it must
come from the same cotton area.
Then to meet the demand increased
production from the same acfes will
be necessary, and the thrift and sav-"
ing habits acquired from the cultiva
tion of, grain, the grasses, the raising
of stock, &c;, will show themselves
in enriched lands which after yield
ing crops of grain, grasses, &c, will
be in better heart and yield better
crops of cotton. It is not saying
much for the aiverage cotton planter
of the South when it takes nearly
three acres of land to make a bale of
cotton when under thorough culture
the reverse of this, or three bales to
the acre, is possible.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
No scheme has been suggested for
years of more importance to the com
mercial interests of this country than
the proposed Nicaragua Canal; but
we have more than a' mere commer
cial interest in it, for with a long
stretch of coast on the Pacific to be
defended in case of war it becomes
of the utmost importance that this
Government should have the first
right of way through at least one
waterway between the Atlantic and
Pacific, on the presumption that
there is to be more than one, and if
only one then the right of way
through that.
This Government has, at least
since the territory pn the Pacific was
acquired, recognized this fact, and
hence numerous surveys have been
made to ascertain the most practi
cable and the least costly route.
fhese surveys have left no
doubt that the route selected through
Nicaragua and Costa Rica is the
m jst feasible and the cheapest that
could be selected, for it presents a
river. and a lake, both of which can
be utilized, at comparatively little
expense, leaving but' about twenty-
six miles of canal to , be dug. The
entire length of the waterway as
contemplated between the two
iceans is 169 miles, j 100 of which
would be through Lake Nicaragua,
through navigable waters or .'easilyil
made so by a little dredging where
they might happen to be too shallow'
for deep draught vessels.
The San Juan river flows from the
lake into the Atlantic. By some
dredging and locks at intervals this
tream can be used for 42 miles,
leaving but 26 miles of canal to be
cut to give an outlet from the lake
to the Pacific. Tffe estimated cost
is $100,000,000. - DeLesseps spent
$200,000,000 on the Panama canal
and had barely "made a fair start
before he had to quit for want of
funds. It is doubtful if that scheme
will ever be revived. It certainly,
will not . if the Nicaragua canal is
constructed. "
This route is under the control
npw of an 'American company who
have secured the right of way and
certain concessions from the Govern
ments of Nicaragua and Coita Rica,
which prevents any foreign Gov
ernment from getting a controlling
voice in this route unless by contract
with the parties who hold the conces
sions. lhisfmtght be accomplished
by some, European Government fur
nishing money to construct the canal,
as France did the Panama Canal.
This is not likely to happen nor
would this Government be apt to
permit, it if there were any indica
tions pointing in that direction. The
company which has this enterprise in
hand have no idea at present of seek
ing the aid of any foreign Govern
ment, for aside from the pecuniary
interests involved they are Americans
have some national pride in it. They
desire the co-operation of this Gov
ernment to the extent of guarantee
ing the interest at four per cent, per
annum on the $100,000,000 of bonds
which they wish to issue to raise the
money tp complete the work. This
guarantee is to be given, if given at
an, upon terms wnicn wm give tnis
Government practical control as far
as any other Government is con
cerned, and ultimately, if it so elect,
the option to become the controlling
owner of the canal, subject, of course,
to the agreement between the Gov
ernmentsof Nicaragua and of Costa
Rica, and the company to which the
concessions were granted.
."A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate during 'the last session of Con
gress providing for such a guarantee
and ably ' advocated by some of the
Democratic as well as Republican
Senators,! one of its strongest sup
porters being Senator" Morgan, ot
Alabama.'- ' - . . i, . " v " '
Without committing the Star to
the guarantee proposition, we realize
the fact that this is one of the most
mportant schemes I of the century,
one in which this whole country is
interested, one in which the' South
has an especial interest, and one
which this' country should never per
mit to pass directly nor indirectly un
der the control of any "other power.
One of the main arguments ad
vanced why the Government should
assist in building the Pacific railroads
was to connect the Atlantic with the
acific States, to shorten , the time of
trayel and thus be' the better able to
defend our . territory on the Pacific"
side in the event of j war. vTbefarguV
ment prevailed," and; millions, of dol-
ars and millions of acres! of the
public domain were appropriated for
this purpose. : There were legislative
and other rings in those days and the
Government was outrageously rob
bed, but the roads were built and a
great work was accomplished.
A.-waterway between the two
oceans is of quite as much it not
more importance than rail ways be-'
tween the two oceans. The canal
company does not expect this Gov
ernment to do it all as the railway
companies did. ' I-" "
As the railways shortened the time
between the Atlantic and the Pacific
from months to days, so this canal
will shorten , the
distance between
our ; Atlantic ports
countries so much!
and the Pacific
so as to make
comparative neighbors out of nations
which are now practically at the
furthermost ends of the earth, and to
reach which it, is 'necessary to go
clear- around the South" American
continent. It reduces, the distance
by sea between New York and San
Francisco from 15,660 miles to 4,907
miles; and between New Orleans and
San Francisco from. 16,000 miles to
4,147. , In other words there is 8,000
or 10,000 mfles cult off in reaching
our States on the Pacific, and thou
sands of miles saved in reaching
other countries, which we have now
to double Cape Horn to reach. Every
mile of travel saved means that much
gained to commerce, and it means,
also, an increase of commerce with
the nations which can be easily and
cheaply reached.
he shortening of
this distance means much, also, for
the cotton-growers
it will open up new
of the South, for
markets for im
American cotton
mense quantities of
where, heretofore, on account of the
cost of transportation, but little-
American cotton has gone.
ftllTOH JtENTIOJN.
According to Washington dis
patches there is considerable diver
sity of opinion among the Demo
cratic Congressmen who have arrived
in Washington as to the advisability
of repealingthe ten per cent, tax on
the circulation of State banks. The
diversity seems to be among mem
bers from the East and the West,
Southern members being pretty gen-'
e'rally agreed upon
t.
It is not sur
the Eastern
prising that some
of
members should be
disposed to let
that question rest
as it is because
they represent districts where money
is plentiful, and lending money to
sections where it is
not plentiful is a
but it. is some-
profitable business
what surprising that Western mem
bers should be content with the
present condition, j But they should
both remember that the platform
adopted at Chicago; absolutely com
mits the Democratic party to the re-
pealof the tax, that to refuse to do
so when we have the power to do it
will be a gross breach of faith, ,, an
unpardonable imposition upon the
people and one that will not be for
gotten nor go unrebuked. To stand
with the people, be respected by the
people and endorsed by the people a
party must keep its pledges to the
DeoDle. The Democratic party is
uncompromisingly pledged to the re
peal of this tax.
. . m
.
Tom Watson is still indignating in
Georgia. Tom is an eighteen carat
fraud, and it begins to look as if he
was an eighteen carat dead beat. If
he had the sense of self respect that
any man who aspires to represent a
constituency, white, black or black
and-tan, he would turn his attention
to earning a respectable, honest living
and quit going around among the
deluded white people and the credu
lous negroes who supported his can
didacy , haranguing them, leading
processions, pleading the pauper and
passing the hat around among them
for contributions to pay the expenses
of a contest for a
Congress, where he
seat in the 53d
wouldn't -be any
more use to his constituents, if he
got the seat, than a fly on a wheel.
But he tells them that .while it will
take $5,000 to make the contest he
does not expect to get the seat, nor
the $2,000 usually; allowed contes
tants to defray expenses, so that thfr
jpnly reason this disappointed, spite
ful, incendiary little marlplot can
have in asking his dupes (who need
every cent they have) to chip in, is
to achieve some more notoriety, slosh
around Washington and have a good
, WILMINGTON, N. O:, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9,
time at their expense.' We always
thoughtiiim an , unprincipled dema
gogue, but he is moire than that, he
is contemptibly, mean.- : ; ; .-'
4 This Is a year for divided votes in
the. electoral college. Michigan is di
vided, Oregon is divided, Ohio is di
vided, V and 'jaaw - Cleveland and
Stevenson do not-get all the electo
ral votes of California, that "State.
ill be divided, The indications
from the last report are that - they
will have all. : These divided : votes
do t not ' amount- to much with the
election as one sided as it is, but if it
had been close they would have been
very interesting; factors. But even
as it is they-are1 interesting- as it
shows how; close States sometimes
become and how much depends upon
work, organization and party men
marcmng u snouiaer to -; snouiacr..
'there will be- some rattling hard
fighting in these States in the next
campaign. : . . - "-
The Legislature of South Carolina
is tackling a dog law. Nearly every
Legislature tackles a dog law, but
somehow the dog always manages to
come out on top.
' THE RICE MARKET.
A. Olanoe at the Situation, Wfclob. to
' . Cheering. - ' -
The New York Shipping and Com
mercial List of November 80 has the
following: "A good demand prevails in
all styles of domestic, the principal
movement, however, being in Louisiana
sorts, which are considerably cheaper
than equal grades of Carolina. As de
mand keeps along at about equal pace
with supply, the market is in good form
and quotations on desirable regular
grades lully maintained. Advices from
the South note a slow movement in
markets along the Atlantic coast, but
continuation of former activity in the
Southwest. Taking the demand as an
entirety, it is 25 per cent. larger than
last year, and 59 per cent, over all other
years in the past decade, except 1887
and 1891, in each of which there
were special reasons for increased
sales. At equal ratio of movement, the
present crop will be marketed and im
ports of foreign renewed by or before
spring, fresent prices must be con
sidered reasonable, if not very low, as
the general demand is large and to it no
insignificant addition by exports to coun
tries with which the UuitedStates has
reciprocal relations and for manu
factures which ordinarily import spe
cially prepared styles under special pro
visions of the tariff act. Foreign styles
are scarcely so active, the exceedingly
low prices in domestic tending to cause
the trade to turn quite generally to it. ,
Messrs. Uan I al mages Sons & Lo.,-
New Orleans,' telegraph Louisiana crcp
movement to date : Receipts, rough.
909,475 sacks, last year, 600,300 sacks.
Sales, clean, (estimated) 155,640 barrels;
last year, 117,900 barrels. Lower and
higher grades scarce and in active re
quest, medium styles more plentiful, but
moving treely. , .
The Wiaeat Course.
The Star has always advocated the
plan laid down in the following extract
from the Savannah News:
Railway officials whose practice of
concealing information from the news
papers or attempting to do so generally,
find in the long run that it does not pay.
Savannah used - to have a number of
these officials, but they have nearly all
moved away or dropped out of sight.
Most of the officials now believe that a
frank and full statement of any event in
which the public has a right to be in
terested is wisest, and they find as a
general rule that the representatives of
the press do not abuse this confidence.
Vice President Harahan of the Illiaois
Central has set an example to many of
ficials by issuing a circular addressed to
all officers, agents and employes in the
traffic departments instructing them as
to giving information to the press, in
wnicn be says:
"It will generally be found that if the
company s agents and local officers will
furnish tne press the facts in matters in
which the public has an interest the
newspapers will generally appreciate
such action and will refrain from pub
lishing exaggerated or highly colored
accounts of circumstances connected
with the company's operations. Many
newspapers make such exaggerated re
ports because they are unable to secure
from the proper representatives of tne
company tne actual facts and are, there
fore, compelled to glean their informa
tion from persons who are not always
familiar with the facts and who may be
prejudiced against the company.
Democratic Celebration at Jacksonville.
- The Democrats of Onslow county will
celebrate the victory of Democracy in
the recent elections, at Jacksonville next
Thursday. The good people of the
county will assemble jn great lorce, and,;
the occasion will be one of feasting as
well as rejoicing." The W., O. & E. C
R. R. will offer special rates on that day
to all visitors; from Wilmington the fare
will be $1.50; Scott's Hill, $1.25, and pro
portionate rates for all other points on
the road.
COUNTY S0ADS.
To the Chairman of the Board of County
; ; Commissioners and Chairman of the
Board of Justices of the Peace of New
Hanover County
; Gentlemen Believing that better
roadways throughout the county would
pyery materially improve the welfare and
prosperity ot both, the city and county,
nd that this is an appropriate time to
call the matter to your attention in order
that we may secure , such legislation as
you deem advisable at the approaching
session of the Legislature, we would
most respectfully request that you bring
this matter up for consideration before
your respective boards in order that we
may act in conceit with the county au
thorities and with a view to the best re
suits. IrAhis connection, permit . us to
call your attention to the act passed at
the session of the General Assembly, of
1885 tor tne county ot Mecklenburg.
which may with such amendments as
you. may suggest, answer for this county.
: j Awaiting tne result of your considera
tion, and the action of your two boards,
we remain, -". very respectfully,
. -Geo.-L. Morton,
' Giles. W. Westbrook,
Edgar G. Parmele. .
WELCOME WEEK.
ANOTHER ROUND OF AMUSEMENTS
TOR VISITORS.
A Pigeon Shooting Contest Tournament
-Firemen's Contest Reel Baoe and
fiook and Ladder Exhibition Grand
Displ y . of Fireworks, i - - - -Ye-
.-y morning about eighteen-
hun uca people went to Hilton Park to
witness the shooting match between
teams from Charlotte. Wilson and Wil
mington and a few entries from Greens
boro and Goldsboro. The iudees were
L: L- Pntchard, of Wilmington, and
Richard Carson;" of Charlotte. The
scorer was J. L. Fonda, of Greensboro.
The following gentlemen composed the
Charlotte team : T." T. Anthony. J. T.
Carson. E. R. Dodge, W. T: Dowd, IL
T. Rollins; Wilson team. W. W.Simms.
W. Gardner. W. C. Gorham and S.
Hodges; v Wilmington team,, E. Mc-
Eachern, R. H-. Grant. W.s B. Oavis, E.
W. Moore and B. G. Empie. The shoot
ing was at blue rock pigeons thrown in
the air by five expert electric pull-traps,
and began at one o'clock, governed by
the American Association rules. ,The
following are the scores by events : v
First Event, was entered by the
three teams named above and the score
out of a possible hundred was Charlotte
81, Wilson 54, Wilmington 49.
Second Event, . five doubles with a
possible ten to be made. Glenn and
Dodge tied, killing eight. They re
ceived the first money.: The second
money . was. equally divided among
Messrs.' Dodge, Gorham, Moore and
Empie; each killing six out of ten.
Third Evei-.t, was a 20-team shoot
with a chance of making a possible 100.
Charlotte. 80; Wilson, 85; Wilming
ton, 55. Charlotte secured first money;
second money was divided between Wil
mington and Wilson, i
Fourth Event, (sweepstakes), first
money, Carson; second money, Fonda,
Dodge, Dowd, third s money, Rollins,
Dixon, Wall and Glenn. ! -
Fifth Event, (sweepstakes), first money
won by Glenn, Empie and Hodges;
second money. Carson, Oowd, Wall and
Davis; third money by Anthony,' Dodge
and Fonda. -
The following events for sweepstakes
were governed by the Semi-expert
American Rules:
Sixth Event, (sweepstakes) first money
to Glenn; second money, Fonda; third
money. Walls, Dowd and Anthony;
fourth money, Empie. .' jj
Seventh Event, (sweepstakes) first
money, Walls, second money, Anthony
and Carson; third money, Empie and
Fonda. i
Eintti Event, (sweepstakes) first
money Glenn and Carson; second
money, Anthony and Dowd; third
monev, S npie, Fonda and Walls; fourth
money ' ) .vis and Gorham.
N li vent. (sweepstakes) first money.
Anthony, Davis and Dowd; second
money, Glenn, Fonda, Wells and Butler;
third money, Empie; fourth money,
Gorham. . '
! TOURNAMENT.
This concluded the shooting matches.
which lasted until four o'clock, at
which time the knights who were to en
ter the grand riding tournament reached
the park and were entered in the follow
ing order: Allie Shepard, New Han
over county; George Summerlin, Edge
combe; Albert Peschau, Pender, C. P.
Love, Bladen; R. H. Paddison, Onslow;
Guy Love. Craven.- Capt. O. A. Wig
gins was chief marshal of the tourna
ment -and the iudges were Messrs.
DuBrutz Cutlar, Sr., O. A. Wiggins and
Bonner Southerland; time-keeper, Mr.
L. B. Sasser; scorer, Herbert McClammy,
Esq. Mr. Summerlin , was the first to
go over the track: on time,! catching four
rings; Allie Shepard was second, catching
two rings; Albert Peschau, three rings;
C. P. Love, three rings; R. H. Paddison,
one ring; Guy Love, two rings. Mr. Geo.
Summerjin was awarded the first-prize.
There being a tie between Peschau and
C. P. Love, the race was run over and
Peschau was declared winner of the sec
ond prize, leaving the third to C P,
Love. ; The tournament was witnessed
by about three thousand people and was
enjoyed very much.
j FIREMEN S CONTEST. ;
Thousands of people gathered - on
Front and Market streets in the after
noon to see the contests between the
firemen, probably the most exciting if
not the most interesting event of the
week. Promptly at the hour appointed
Chief Newman gave the signal from the
alarm-box at the foot of Market street,
and a moment afterwards the hose, reels
Howard Relief and, Wilmington No. 1
came whirling down Market street at
,full speed, followed by the "Atlantic1
and "Adrian" engines. The Howard's
reel turned down Front to Dock street,
where hose connection was made
with the hydrant, -corner of Dock and
Front streets, while the reel of Wilming
ton No. 1 turned into North Front and
made connection with the hydrant at
the corner of Princess and Front. Then
came a race for the firemen, to be. first
in throwing a stream on a pile ot blazing
tar-barrels in the middle of Market
street below Front
The boys of Wil
mington No. 1
were a few seconds
ahead of their opponents in the race and
threw - first stream,, winning ; the
plau f the crowd and the prize of
fiftet n dollars offered by the committee.
-The second event was a contest be
tween steamers of the two companies
named for a prize of fifteen dollars. Both
engines took position at the foot of Mar
let street and "took water" from the
river. The Howard boys .were winners
in ithis contest, ; their engine, "the
"Adrian," throwing thefirststream.
.After this came an exhibition given
by Wilmington Hook and Ladder Com
pany No, 1 and the ) Fifth Ward Hook
rand Ladder Co. It . was-thrillingly in,
teresting and the manner in which the
members of the two companies handled
their ladders and mounted and descended-"
from them showed that they
were well drilled and capable. Both
companies were awarded prizes of fit-
teen dollars each. The Fifth WarcTbbys
1
1892.
v
made a splendid exhibition' with -their
new truck. , '
FIREWORKS.
The display of fireworks last-night
was the finest and most elaborate ever
seen in this city, and was witnessed, it Is
estimated, by at least twenty-five thous
and people. There were sixty-three
numbers on the programme, embracing
set pieces, fireworks - balloons, heavy
calibre exhibition rockets in great
variety, mammoth Japanese bombs, de
tonating shells fired from iron. mortars
and : other marvellous ' displays ' "too
numerous to mention," that kept the
crowd enraptured till the close. "
SECOND REGIMENT N. G. S. G. .
Election of Field Officers Resolutions
- Adopted.
The election of Jeld officers for the
Second regiment was held at the WTL.
I. Armory yesterday. All of the com
pany officers except Lieutenant Herring,
of Clinton, were- present.. Capt. T. R.
Robertson, of the Charlotte Light In
fantry, was called to the chair, and Mr.
W.- E. Warren, of the Wilmington Light
Infantry, : was made secretary. The
meeting at once went into' the election
of officers. Co1 I- F- Bruton, of Wil
son, was unanimously elected Colonel;
Mai. Walker Taylor," of this city, was
elected Lieutenant Colonel; Capt. W.
W. Sirdms, of Wilson, was elected Major
of First Battalion, Maj. W. A. Johnson,
of Clinton, Major of Second Battalion.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, By the Second Reeiment
officers assembled in -the Wilmington
Lignt infantry s armory, that thev re
gret that Col. W. C Jones feels it his
duty to decline a re-election to the posi
tion ot Colonel of- the regiment, and in
parting with Col. Jones as a command
ing, officer the officers of the reeiment
desire to extend to him their heartfelt
thanks for the uniform courtesy which
be has ever exhibited towards them. '
The following resolution was offered
by Capt. E. W. Kerr, of Clinton, and
was also adopted unanimously. "
Resolved. That Capt. Jno. H. Daniel.
Capt. T. R. Roberson and Mai. W. A.
Johnson be requested to act as a com
mittee to make arrangements for trans
porting the Second Regiment to Wash
ington, on March 4th. to attend the' in
auguration of President Graver Cleve
land..;: COLORED PEOPLE'S DAY.
Oadet Drills Firemen's Contest Cake
Walk Trades Parade.
The colored people had their day yes
terday, and carried out the programme
as published in the Star. There was a
competitive drill between the "funioc
Cadets" and the "Young Glittering
Stars" (the "Marechal Neill Rosebuds"
did not appear,) and the contest was
won by the "Junior Cadets."
The potato race was very amusing.
Elisha Brown of the Banniker Hose
Reel Co. won the race and was awarded
the prize.
The cake-walk was somewhat of a
disappointment. Only three couples
entered. Cephus Finch and Haines
Davis were decided to be the most
graceful walkers and "took the cake."
The hose reel contest was won by the
boys of the Phcenix ' Company; but the
Cape Fear reel was a close second.
The trades parade at night was very
creditable. A squad of policemen pre
ceded the procession, which was led by
Chief Marshal Jas. B. Dudley and assist
ants, mounted. The Enterprise Brass
Band followed, and after the band came
the committees in carriages.
There were a number of floats in the
parade, and the Cape. Fear fire engine
and reel, both handsomely decorated.
The Bricklayers and Plasterers Union
had a large float followed by members
of the brotherhood carrying tools of their
trade. : v
J. G. Norwood's float represented a
bouse in course of construction with
carpenters at work.
Wm, Howe, Green & Co.'s float was a
representation of a shoe store.
Wright, the "baggage man," had afloat
emblematic of his business.
Employes of Southerland 's livery
stable, mounted, were - in the parade, as
were also employes of Portner's Brewery,
. Yarborough and Murray, barbers, had
floats prepared but they broke down
while on the way to "jine in the proces
sion." :-
The Wind-Up of a Host Enjoyable Event.
Wilmington's Welcome Week wound
up yesterday. It was an occasion of en
joy ment to everybody who visited the
city and a cause of great pleasure to
those of Wilmington's citizens who took
part in it and labored. tor its success, in
all particulars it surpassed the gala
week of last year. There was a larger
gathering of ."our friends - from
the country, , the decorations were
finer,, the " trades " parade, - while
not so large, perhaps, as tha: of last
year, : was superior in some respects,
the fireworks were-oi unequalled splen
dor, the firemen's contest, the civic
parade, the marine parade, the bicycle
races, the tournament, the shooting
match, the foot races', were each and all
features ot great, interest in an event
that will no doubt be long remembered.
Information-Wanted.
fostmaster r rench has received an
enquiry from a law , firm in New York
concerning one Thomas B. Hay ward,
who was last heard of in ' September,
1884, in Rocky Point, N. C Hayward
was . an ' Englishman, about forty-five
years of agej had been a seafaring man.
and then requested that funds might be
sent to him at Rocky Point, in care of
Dr. E. Porter of that place. Dr. Porter,
of Rocky Point, has no recollection of
ever having Known a man of the name
r m t " . i "
oi i.e. nay wara, out recollects as nav-
ing in his employ about that time an
Englishman who was known to him by
the name of Lemming, who left him and
went to .Wilmington, N. Ci where he
engaged " in the manufacture of some
kind of herb beer. . Since then . nothing
has been heard of Hayward, nor is jt
known that the- Lemming referred to
ana naywara are tne same person. -
NO. 3
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A.Bill Introduced in the Xieglaiature to
Bed ace Salaries of State Offioera Col
ored Baptists Petition Against State Aid
fo Claflin College Prohibition and the
Grape Growers. . -i -..."
By Telegraph to the Moruina Star. --.
Columbia. Dec; 1. In the Senate to
day, the bill to reduce the salaries of
State officers passed a second reading.
The Colored Baptist Association has
sent a memorial to the Legislature pro
testing against the State continuing to
give appropriations to Claflin College, a
colored Methodist institution, supported
principally by Northern philanthropists.
The memorial says : "Claflin College is
under control ot the State, and is at the
same time teaching the distinctive creed
of religion and sectarian principle."
A strong memorial was presented in
the House from citizens engaged in
grape culture in Greenville and Abbe
ville counties, in regard to prohibition
legislation. It claims that the grape in
dustry offers the only practical solution
of the temperance Question. The
memorial says: "Prohibition of wine
making for. the market, would be a
virtual destruction " of our vineyards
without restitution.- Weprotest against
trampling upon our rights and our pro
perty" ..
V THE HATCH BILL.
A Be solution Adopted by the Senate Of
- Georgia Urging Its Enactment.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Atlanta; Ga.. Dec. 1. The Senate
memorial, calling on Georgia's Repre
sentatives and Senators to support the
Hatch bill which was yesterday by a
close vote laid on the table, was taken
from the table to-day and passed. It is
as follows : .
'Be it resolved by the Senate and
House, that it is the sense of this Gen
eral Assembly that the bill now pending
in the u. d. senate, known as the
Hatch Y bill, or some other law.
should be enacted at the earliest
possible date, whereby the practice of
selling farm products by persons who
are not owners thereof, commonly
known as "short selling," - shall be so
regulated and restricted that the value
of actual products of the soil shall not
be beaten down or in a large measure
destroyed by imaginary: and fictitious
products continually being offered- by
those who own little or none of the ar
ticle offered." There was considerable
discussion before the memorial was
adopted.
JAY GOULD DEAD.
The Millionaire and Bailroad Magnate
Passes Quietly Away Pulmonary Con
sumption the Cause.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, December 2 Jay Gould
died at 0.15 o'clock this morning. The
direct cause of Mr. Gould's death, as
stated at the house this morning;' was
pulmonary consumption. The scene at
the house at midnight was not extraordinary.-
It was stated at the time that
the strong, master-mind had ceased to
battle for life. His children were at
his bedside, and they recognized that
the hopes of the past few days were van
ishing, and that the end was not far off.
They tearfully admitted this to a few
close personal friends, and then began
the vigil, which only ceased when the
last breath left the body. "
barlylast evening it became known
that his death was only a matter of a
few hours. He had never rallied after
he had hemorrhage of the lungs on the
day before Thanksgiving. He had- an
other hemorrhage two days later, and
still another last .Wednesday. This an
nouncement was a great surprise to all
but the most intimate acquaintances of
Mr. trouid. it bad all along been sup
posed that he was suffering from nervous
dyspepsia.
r rom an early hour last night Mr.
Gould began sinking rapidly. Dr. Munn,
his physician, had Dr. Jane way in con
sultation, but they said that nothing
couia be done but mate Mr. Lzouid s last
hours as comfortable as possible. Dr.
John R. Parston. pastor of Mr. Gould's
Church, was at the house last night
when the end came. The members of
the family who were in the house were
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Gould, Miss Hetta Gould. Mr,
Howard Gould, Mr. Harold Gould and
Miss Annie Gould
Dr. Pazton said Gould's end was very
peaceful. Just a few minutes before his
death he was perfectly conscious.- He
called all the members of his family
around bis bedside, and spoke to each
one of hjs sons and daughters mdividu
ally. He became unconscious before
nis death. The funeral will take place
Monday. , The funeral services will be
held at the house, and the interment
probably in the same cemetery where
tne oooy ot his wite lies. ; t - v .
. There are many guesses made in re
gard to Gould's wealth, and the disposi
tion to be made of his. immense hold
ings .of securities. One of his closest
associates and oldest personal ' friends
said in regard to the matter: "Gould's
wealth will be found to vary not 110,000,
000 from $100,000,000, about $40,000,000
of which is in Manhattan, Western
Union and Missouri Pacific stock. The
holdings of these three stocks are trusted
and will not be sold. His other securi
ties will be taksn care of by the same in
terests which have had charge of them
tor the past three years. - it is esti
mated Mr. Gould held $15,000,000 or
Western Union stock and about $20,'
000,000 Manhattan- Elevated stock. - , .
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
The Conference at1 .Winston Mr. B. M.
Duke's Proposal for Endowment of
Trinity College.' x . . ; "
I "By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
-Winston, Dec 3. Most of to-day's'
session of the Conference ot the M. E
Church South ; was with , educational
business..- President : Crowell read the
report of Trinity . College, setting forth
the plans for more efficient organization,
and recommending therefore changes in
the State charter of the college. The
report was adopted, including its recom
mendation that the proposition of B. M.
Duke,' of ' Durham, be ' accepted. Mr.
Duke proposes to insure the lives .of
fifty men between the ages of 40 and 50,
lor ten thousand dollars each, for the
benefit of the Trinity endowment fund
on condition that the two State Confer
ences guarantee the running expenses of
the college until this plan of endowment
be realized upon sufficiently by deaths
among the parties insured to ' relieve
the Conferences of further obligation.
The Board of Missions reportod about
$4,500 collections out of $3,000 assess-'
ments. -; They recommended . the ; ap
pointment of a travelling agent in the
domestic mission field. The report was
adopted,
. V A -Spokane, Washington, dispatch
savs H. H. Odell. at one time champion
sprinter of America, committed suicide
last night by taking an overdose of
morphine. - -
Asheville Citizen: According to .
certificates filed by the physicians w&b
City. Clerk Young there were , 25 MeT .
in Asheville during the month of. !vy
vember just closed. Of these, 10 werev
colored and 15 white. - - - -. ;
Salisbury Watchman : Caleb A
Partee. a colored brakeman on a con-"
struction train, Richmond & Danville
railroad, was killed last Saturday. He
slipped and was caught between the cars -and
was mangled so that he died within ,
a few hours. . " s ' 1
Hickory Press and Carotiniam .
Our friend, 'Squire Hamilton, is the
owner jbi a Bible that has been in his , r
family, descending irom iatner to son
for over two . hundred years.-, It was .
printed in the city of London, A. D.,
1869. The book is still in a good state y
of preservation.
Durham Sun : Toe Parker, a
young man who lives' in Wake county, -x
near Morrisville, has Invented a kind of
combination plow that can be made to . "
do the work of three or four-different
mplements simply by moving a single ; .
bar. The farmers who have seen the -
mnrlel are mnrh nlftnsnrl with it and
think he will make a very good thing .
of it.
Raleigh Chronicle: Capt, J. M. - "
Pugh, a veteran and wealthy citizen of.
murrisviue. uica at ms nome in mat
town Wednesday night, aged 70 years.
Died at her residence in this city, '
on South Dawson street, at 9.30 o'clock
thte moraine, Mrs. Caroline P. Pennington-
nrifo nf Hnrw Pmninntnn Van
aged 69 years, after a long and painful
illness since the middle of last January.
Winston Sentinel: While an
old well was being cleaned out this after-.
nrtnn nn t-ri rt nn nyhih A KVA,t Ar
Jones, new tobacco warehouse is being
erected, it cavea in, ana Marshal Allen,
a colored man from Leakesville. who
was in it twenty odd feet below the sur-
lace, was covered up and is probably
killed. Over ten feet of dirt fell on him. ; U
This is now being removed rapidly. He u
is IV years or age. He told . bis friends
if there was a cave-in and he was killed, 7
to send his body to Leaksville. ' -
Smithfield Herald: The dry '
weather continues, and the supply of
water in a great many of the wells has 'T :
given out. Mr. I. A. Wilson, of
Wilson Mills, has a hen which lays re-'
markably large eggs. Mr. Wilson says
that he has one other eees that weiehs -
5H ounces, and the average size will
weigh i ounces. There is enough
cotton in the hands of the farmers ot
Johnston county who .are out of debt, . '
and would loan the-mohey if they were ' -to
sell it, to build a, cotton factory here'
. n n . 1 .4 .... 11 . V. . . 1
tush wuuiu uac ait iuc tuiiun thrown in -v-
me county. . , . .- j .-. .
Tarboro Southerner; This mornr
ing Daniel Johnson, of Barterfield town
ship, No. 9, after leaving the -Pamlico -Bank,
where he had cashed a draft for '
two bales of cotton, walked off towards
the creek. The unknown darkey wanted
some money changed. Tohnson, believ
ing that the money was Confederate.de-
clined to make change. " The man grab-
Dea lonnsons nana contaimne the
money, but had to let go as Johnson be
gan using his knife. The man ran off.'
The authorities were notified and the po
lice and the sheriff are now out search
ing for him.
Clinton Democrat: Quite a
serious accident happened to Atwood
Lewis, the five year old son of Mr.
Henry Lewis, who lives near here. , In
some way his clothes caught on fire and
before the flames could be extinguished
his body was badly burned. The
farmers tell us that while the acorn crop
is not so good this year, pine mast was
never more abundant, and conseauentlv
the pigs are picking up much of their
living in the woods. Pigs thus fed, they
say, make , the sweetest pork, needing
only a little corn feeding to give firmness
to. the tat. - ..... -.i ..i
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Wadesboro Messenger-Intelltgen-
cer : Anson county brown, stone has -achieved
a reputation all over the coun- .
ty as being a stone of the very best qual-
ny, auu now it is proDaoie mat in tne .
near future Anson county kaolin will be
used in the manufacture of the finest
crockery and china. On the plantation
01 Mr. Shepherd Edwards, two miles
from Polkton, this mineral is found in
inexhaustable quantities and it is be-
lieved that the samples so far unearthed
are of excellent quality. On an average
of four feet beneath the earth's surface
the kaolin is found. A hill, containing
at least ten acres, to a great depth, is
composed of the white substance, finer
than roller ground flour. ,
Chariotte Observer: Capt. John
A. CooDer. of Wilkes, has been elected
president of the First National Bank of -Statesville,
succeeding Geo. F. Shepherd,
&sq., resigned. William l illman,
the negro shot by Ben Huskins, also
colored, last Friday night at a dance in
Davis' row, died , yesterday afternoon of
the wound. The negro was shot in the
stomach. Huskins fled the same night,
and has not been heard of ; since. , '
"Those that humble themselves shall be .'
exalted." Humility is the "sure way to
to religious exaltation, but whether or ' .'
not to political ':we dinna ken." Dr. H. .-,
J. Walker, of Huntersville - says he a
thinks some "droppings" of spoils should V
fall on him, but unlike most of men he
has selected for himself, a very humble
ofilce. "All I ask," said he, "is to be al
lowed to dig bait for the President's fish- '
mg excursions. - . . . 1
I i Goldsboro Headlight t i-Since
publishing the report concerning the -conviction
of W. C. Rich, we are in re
ceipt of a letter from his father, C. C. -Rich,
of Faison, denying the report as'
"absolutely false." The sudden .
death of Mr. Wm. H. Hosea' which oc-,
curred of paralysis Friday 1 night 4 at 10 '.
o'clock, in the 60th year of . his- age, is -announced
to us from Pikeyille. . w-
After a lingering illness with consump- .
tion, Mrs. Florence Alptiin, wife ot Gil- -bert
E. Alphin, died Tuesday at her
home in Duplin county, aged . 28 years. .
A slick-tongued negro who claims '
to be "just from Africa," is In the city
endeavoring to raise a colony to emi
grate to Africa, but has met with, poor
success thus far.- A cotton - com
press for this city is now talked of by our ,
moneyed men. The removal of the
Caucasian, ot rather what there is left of
it, from Clinton to this city is contem
plated by its editor, ; Marion Butler,,
soon after the Christmas holidays.
A ten-year old colored boy" named
Joe Bradshaw, was drowned in a well
near -Princeton, Friday evening, while -attempting
to draw water. He being
subject to fits, it is believed that he 1
tumbled into the well while hnvfng a fit.
A , sixteen-year old colored girl
named Ida Brown, residing with her
grand-mother in the Southern portion
of the city, was burned to death Mon
day morning by her clothing becoming
ignitecV while passing the fire-place. She -lingered
only a few hours and died in
great agony. . v
prohibition
A Perplexing Situation in South Carolina
1 as to tha Prohibition Question.
Special to the Associated Press. . '
Charleston Dec 8. A' curious
prbblem will -be presented - here if
the Legislature 'passes the "prohibition
bilL An impdrunt Charleston industry .
is a big brewery, which was chartered by
the Legislature in 1879 to manufacture
and sell beer and other beverages.'. The r
charter has seventeen years to run. If
all other dealers are shut out, this one .
will have a monopoly. li that is closed, ,
it will. nave good ground for suit for.
damage against the State..; It Js a per
plexing situation, but only one of many
which the proposed legislation will
bring before the people. - '
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