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7 rUBLISHKD AT WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8888SS888888S88S8 8SSg888S8g8Sggj , . 8&38888S8S8888SSS 88S888S8888888S8S - S : 88888888888888888 g vn sas8sa35ssssse U 82888888282888388 B pbw t "as3aa8aass;8388 ' 888888S8883888888 5 " ' 82888882288888888 """" - 83888888888888388 . & ; , ' ; , ! - - a. g w as o t as o j jg gj g I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgtoa, N. C, as Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . The subscription price of the Weekly Star if ai follow : J . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid ...Si 00 a if annrh. " 60 6 months 3 months 80 HOW TO MAKE IT PAY. j It has been predicted, and as good reasons given for the prediction as can be given for anything in the future, that the South is to become the center of the iron-making indus try of this continent, and even better reasons can be show a why she is to become the great cotton manufactur ing section ot this continent. She is moving. in that direction now steadi ly and even rapidly, although she is doing it quietly, and not making any parade over it. There are now in the South, ac cording to statements furnished the Balti nore Manufacturers' Record 'by mill owners, 377 mills, with 2,540,856 spinU-- and 55.375 looms, an in crrase f 123 mills, 727,926 spindles and 16,144 1 mus since the census of 1890 i 'aken. N-Tth Carolina leul arvl licX. and 13 Mi.il-. 588,016 spindles :i,o45 -ms Georgia coming w 64 " . , 514,144 spindles ll,5)4 to ) n. South Carolina comi.ig third wnti 51 mills, 516,526 spindles a id 12,905 looms. These three States are the center of cotton manufacture in the South, and will, in time, oc l ie greatest cotton manu faqturc -u .' r Continent. Georgia;! leads S utn Carolina in the number, of mi' s, )ut Soutn Carolina lead. , Georgia and' North Carolina in the number of looms, these mills are- all in operation, which gjves evidence that t it-y are prospering! Pov-ibiy the low price of cotton may h iv. sti nulated the building of mills, bot there is every reason to believe n it tne activity iri mill build ing win continue at as great if not a gr -ater pac- for some years to come it inay ue renarked in this con nection that the same belt of terri tory which has been designated as the future center ot the iron industry is also tne center, of the cotton in dustry of the South. Every cotton mill erected in the South adds to the wealth of the South not only in the value of the plant but in the value of the proJucT over and above the cost of tne-' raw material,-Erery pound of cotton manufactured more than doubles the price of the cotton, so that when it goes to market in the form of manufactured goods that cotton brings a hundred dollars or more a bale instead of fifty dollars or : less. - - ' . ; Jt is only a question of time when the bulk of the cotton grown in the South will be manufactured 'in the South, but every effort ought to be made to hasten that day, for the South loses money on every Jjale of cot to i snipped in a raw state, that is she loses the difference between the value pf tne raw material and the manufactured goods. The cotton crop of the South is worth in rund figures say $3,000;- 000. Manufactured its value is dou bled, and instead of $300,000,000 , coming to the South to pay for it, $600,000,000 would come. ' ; With $600,000,000 put into the pockets of our farmers,5 manufacturers, trades men and other business men annu" ally, wouldn't Dixie soon bound to the front and become a hummer from long taw? .- ; , V.'i-y - , . . ' Then the Southern planter- would have his market at his own door, could count with a reasonable degree r of certainty on what his crop would - bring him, because with a demand for so much for. regular consump tion, he would feel pretty sure of a, market tor that much which would be influenced very little by specula tion. The speculation would come from the outside to meet the de mands of foreign buyers, and they would have to pay for their deals, for the planter feeling assured of the sale of his crop to the home ' mills, could make the speculator dance to - bis -music. . Hence every new mill built helps -,. the cotton planter some, and when many are built they help him a great deal. Every one built makes the home market that much the stronger and better, and makes the cotton . growing industry that much the surer as an industry of profit. For this reason as a matter pf self interest the cotton planter who may have money to invest should; en: courage the building of cotton mills and should put money into' them, provided he has assurance that they J. will be ! put into the hands of. ex perienced business men competent to to manage them. v There are many ' .-.- neighborhoods where toy concert of VOL; XXIV. action this could be done, and many mills be thus established to be added to those how in operation. The planters who' did this would be aiding id buildin? up home markets- for their cotton at their doors, and thus save time and long distance hauling to deltver the crop, but would also share in the profits of the manufac tured goods, thus getting all the profit there is in the crop he grows. Then cotton growing. would, be to him not only a remunerative but an interesting occupation, for "his in terest in it would ' be such that he would study the cotton movement and keep abi east of it. Having a near, market for the sale of his cotton there would be a stim ulus to greater production and to better and more" economical culture, and intensified farming, . which must come in time to produce the best re sults, would come all - the "sooner! The intelligent planter would discov er that it was to his interest to cease exhausting strength on a large acre-" age, when by concentrated effort and better methods, a smaller: acreage could be made jnore productive, and consequently more1 profitable, There may not "seem to be much connection between the business of manufacturing cotton and the busi ness of growing cotton, but there is, and it will be found that ; as manu facturing increases the . methods of culture -will ' improve, for the thrift and intelligencethat builds 2hd di rects the factory will . eventually di rect the culture of the staple upon -vhich the factories depend. - When the factory and the farm, which have a common interest, go together then Me highest possibilities of 7 cotton culture will be achieved. ---.. HOSTILE RAILROAD LSGISLA. TI0H. There are bills pending before the Legislatures of South Carolina and Georgia which, if enacted into - laws, Vili not' only cripple the roads of trv.se States, but prove a damaging blow to the progress and prosperity if tne States themselves. While pur porting to be laws for the govern ment of the roads and to protect the eople from" discrimination and ex '.uruon, they are so sweeping in their provisions andgive the railroad com- nissions such absolute power as to put the roads at their mercy. - If the men selected to perform the duties entrusted to these commis sions were fair minded men, with dis criminating judgment, and business nen who know something about rail roads, how they ought to be man aged and run, how much it costs to build, equip and operate them, bow much business they'would have to do to pay a reasonable; interest on the investment after the cost of building, running expenses and the wear and tear were accounted for, no serious harrmightxojmeto any one, but. it is exceedingly difficult iigrjiftnmisr sions of this kind. The majority of men who are put on tfjem are apt to have more or less prejudice against railroads, and are therefore unfitted 0 do discriminating, and impartial justice as between the roads and the public. This is oae of .the reasons why there are so many contests be- 1 ween railroad commissions and rail road companies, and why the public j is so little benefitted. . ;;-. Railroads are common carriers ad while they are the property of individuals they are to a certain ex tent public institutions, ,! Tbey are granted franchises by the State and certain privileges and therefore the SUte is rightin making requirements of them, in making reasonable regu lations for their government and in protecting the public fronafunjust ex action for service . rendered. But this ought to be done in a 'spirit of fairness and with recognition of the fact that railroads have some rights that legislators sho'ul J respect. . : Unfortunately there are too many of them who are of a different opin ion and who seem to think that it is their duty to rap a railroad corpora tion on the head every time they get a chance, and that thep business of the railroads is to be everybody's servants and that everybody has as much or ' more right to have ; a voice in their management' than the men whose money built them, and whose experience and brains operate them, The result of this has been much foolish and injurious legislation. J; Railroad men, as a general thing, are pretty well able to take care ot themselves if they have half a chance and as a rule the men who build railroads and the men -who control them are better posted on the pow ers of legislatures than; the average legislator, in addition , to which they have the cash to supply and pay law yers Who know enqogh about consti tutions and laws to tear acts of leg islatures all to pieces if there be any legal flaws in them: For this reason it is advisable th at legislators should go slow and noye with their eyes open lest in going too fast, they stumblelnto a. pit ; and defeat he very purpose for which they - started out. Extreme legislation" very sel dom meets constitutional tests when they are applied as they always will be when the capital ; invested finds it necessary to go into the courts to protect itself from destructive legis lation. - 7 . That's one reason why the-legislator who wants to piit - the- breaks down hard on the railroads should go slow and be sure of his grip, but there is another reason 'and that is that no Southern State should estab lish the reputation of being inimical to the railroads? for if it does it will throw blocks in the way of railroad building. There is no State in the South which hasn't need of three times the railroad mileage it has. " In these days "of rapid and -competing transportation they arejthe'great ar teries of enterprise, the great devel opers of natural resources, the great aids to the building of manufactories,' towns and cities, and to the peopling' otthe unpeopled sections. While there has been a great deal of clamor against them, much : ofj which is the result of ignorance and some of dem agogism or malice, they have added millions of dollars to the : value of property in the South in the past de cade, have opened up large sections of country filled with wealth ' which nntiLthen were unprofitable wilder nesses, have opened the way for- the utilizing of vast tracts of iron, coal, Sic.; and for the establishment of nu merous; industries and .flourishing cities where a decade or two ago not a house stood and no smoke stack was in sight : ' ': ; " . The South is not finished yet; she is but onthe threshold of her indus trial and commercial T career," she looks to a glorious future and has need of the rail roads to help her on ward, and. the men who are entrusted with the making of the laws for these States, unless they desire to re tard progress and throw obstacles in the way of the South, will deal with the - railroads justly -. if not gener ously, nor proscriptively nor insanely. The bull In the china shop method of legislation is not a good one.; ;; The fool can in a day destroy what it takes wisdom months to build. , People whp are afraid of the num ber 13 had better look out how tbey fool with the new quarter-dollars that have been issued. The New York Sun has counted up the 13 's on it and finds ten of them on one side, thus: There are 13 stars, 13 Jetters on the scroll in the eagle's beak, 13 marginal feathers in each wing, 13 tail feathers 13 parallel lines in the shield, 13 hori zontal bars, 13 arrow heads in one of the. eagle's claws, 13 leaves on the branch in the other claw, and 13 let ters in the words "quarter-dollar. The man who can tackle such an ar ray of. 13"s isn't afraid of a baker's dozen. 'ym22t-':- - : - A Pennsylvania mine boss is brag ging, about a mule which was sharp enough to recognize a boy who had set fire to the stable in Which she was. The male " was badly burned, and when she saw the boy she rushed on him and would have chawed him up "--ae nadn t been re rnm , ny fury. Up; t that Mmc she "had been so gentle that-tha boys could play. jackrocks between her heels. But the mule that wouldn t fire up and chaw a boy under; those circum stances isn't much of a mule.;: The sentiment in favor of annexa tion to the United States is growing in Canada. With this country Demo cratic all the outlying! territory will want to be coming in after a while. Under the direct inheritance tax law of New York the State will get $700,000 out of "the estate of Jay Gould. But the State : will be the only party outside of the family who will get anything out of it. . i FREIGHT CAR THIEVES. A-Band of Pinndarera Discovered Baidiss Freight Train on the "W. Or- & A. B. B. Three of the ' Bohbera Cap tured, , . . - .-'1 A band of negro thieves undertook to roo a treignt train on tne w., i. a A. R. R. Friday night, but came to grief, and nearly all of them are nowjn the clutches of the law. ! ! - The train left Wilmington late Friday evening, in charge ot wonauctor nan sell, and it is supposed, from subsequent developments, that ' - the : thieves all Wilmington negroes were 'conceal ed on board. , When the tram was L within a few ; miles of Ma rion. 5. C Conductor Hartsell ' dis covered the thieves in a box-car from which they were throwing out packages of freight. The train hands were sum moned and an attempt was made to cap ture the robbers.. All of them, however, made their escape, for the time, with the exception of one, who in : jumping from the train landed in Lumber river and was rescued by the train men. He gave his name as Pat," but refused to give his surname. Another of the grang who gave bis name as "Wallace," was arrested at : Marion yesterday and a third who called himself ''Graham'-, was captured later at Florence, Si C. il: XV-; The -thieves began; throwing goods from the cars at Lake Waccamaw and were detected at Mullins. S. - C thirty- five miles from Waccamaw. f Eat," the man who jumped into Lumber river. is badly bruised. The three men cap tured are in jail, at Florence, S. C It is supposed that the robbers had confed erates along the line of the road ' who were on the look-out and picked up the packages ; of goods thrown from the train. -. ' :v ' : u? r;" ' v -S'" "v";;;'-''.; ';..; -' It seems that this is not the first oc currence of the kind on the W C ft A. R. R' freight cars having heretofore been plundered while in transit. - ' vWXMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, THE LATE DR. MORAN. A, vault Prepared at Oakdale Cemetery ' , for Hla Bemalna. " " : - During the past week or two work men have been employed in Oakdale cemetery building a vault for the recep tion of the remains of the, late Rev. Root S. Moran, a former pastor of Front street (now Grace) M. E. .Church, who died in New York city and whose body was. by his - express wish, brought to Wmington for interment in a vault above ground. - It is the only vault of the kind in. Oakdale cetnetery. It was built under the; supervision of Mr. Jas. F. Post, by Messrs., Jas. H. Tucker & Brd. contractors. A description of the vault, furnished the Star, is as follows : . "It is like a small house; with a ten feet wide browa stone front, similar to the atone used in the public, building here; running tea feet back with - con crete and pressed brick walls, and with a concreted . water-proof "rooL - The - en trance to the vault is guarded by heavy pale doors, in front of which is an iron grating door.' Above the door "on the outside Is the . word Moran,"'cut in the brown stone arch. A neat cement floor As - -" built " In front of the vault, to the line of the avenue. Tne" designs inside the vault are very tastily arranged, presenting a perfect cemented arch, with the glass-faced cas ket placed in a beautiful sarcophagus entirely covered " by Tennessee marble which cad be pushed aside, at any , time to allow the friends ot the deceased to view his remains when passing through Wilmington. ; It cost about one thous and' dollars. . : :r- "'- ; - ' Rev. Dr. Wilson, who is now in the city, and was a particular friend of " Dr. Moran, will visit the vault to-day. ' State Railroad Commission. The Raleigh papers announce disposal of the following cases before - the Rail road Commission;, "- -. . 'i r"; ". ';t Harrison & Co. vs. Southern Express Company, Complaint: . . Failure to post schedule ot rates. Action dismissed, it not . appearing that the defendant had failed to comply with the rules of the Commission. -; ; - : : Wright "vs. C. C Railway' Company. Action for non-compliance with - the rules of the Commission' in refusing 10 sell plaintiff ticket, thereafter charging excess. Dismissed, it not appearing that defendant had failed to comply with the rules of the Commission. ; - - .-: Wade ft Sonvs. S. A. Line Railway Company. . Overcharge on freight ship ment. Overcharge adjusted. Case dis missed.. .; - ; Totten & Pool vs. C F. ft Y. V. Rail way Company. Case argued for the de fendant by Geo. M. Rose, Esq. NAVASSA GUANOCOMPANY. ' Annual MeetinE Election of Offloars. The annual meeting of he ;Navassa Guano Company was held at the com pany's Office in this city yesterday morn ing. After the reading of the reports of officers and the transaction of the usual routine ot business, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year.".- ;i V' " : :. " ;-: -'-: ;-;";'-;-;' :y::: ; DirectorsJ-Wm. , H. Crawford, J. 1. Middleton, Smilie A. Gregg, George W. KiddeCD. G. Worth, Frederick L. Graf flin and Donald MacRae. President David Gl Worth. - , ! Vice-President Wm H.Crawford. Manager and Secretary and Treasurer ' Donald MacRae. - ' ' e :. Superiotendent--Chas. E. Borden. . A dividend of six per cent was de- Bouth-Bound Ofi5ialtof - the Atlantic Cbas" L,e report the opening of and prospects for travel this year to beadmirable. j Al ready they are jforced to run daily an extra coach out of Washington in order to furnish the proper accommodations for south-bound , travellers. The pre parations which they are making for the rdsh which they anticipate later includes a doubling of the number of trains over their road. The regular rush from the North to , Florida and intermediate points, will not, of course, set in until January, as most of the travellers desire to eat their Christmas turkeys at home. Death of lba. 7, O. Bowden, ; The sad announcement of the death of Mrs. Emma J. Bowden, relict of the late John C. Bowden, was made yester day evening. . She.died at her residence in this city, corner of Second and - Cbes nut streets, in her ,78th year, after an ill- .ness ot several weeks following a severe attack of influenza. Arrangements for the - funeral will be made to-day and published in the Star to-morrow. : Bail war Commission. r ' The following decisions have been handed down by the Railway Commis sion of North Carolina: ' . - Justice and Justice vs. Carolina Cen tral Railway, and the Charleston, Cin cinnati and Chicago Railway Company, complaint of discrimination against the town of Rutherfordton by ,the defen dants, in their schedules. It appearing that the ' discrimination complained of has been remedied to the satisfaction ot complainants, the action is dismissed. "Totten and Pool vs. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company; com plaint of over-charge in bill lading. Ac tion dismissed, . it appearing that the charge demanded ot the defendaqjwat not in excess of the rate allowed for this -class of freight mentioned in the bill of lading. -. ..; 1 Meeting of Maa&Blratei Called Dr. W. W. Harriss. chairman of the Board of Magistrates for New Hanover has called a special meeting of the jus tices of the county, at the court house in this city next baturdayatlO o'clock a. m. ; It is understood that the meeting is called , to consider - the ; county roads question, and perhaps other matters of importance. .- r- 'S i':- -:i: "i:v'ri;. ' Stocks of Zfrval Stores", Stocks of : naval stores at the ports at the'close of the week are reported as follows, viz: .-4;;; '-;-"u -v":;;;;.-" Spirits turpentine New York," 13,160 casks; Charleston, 1,800; Savannah, 19, 108; Wilmington. 1,807. TotaL 85.875 casks. ' "- -. -: ' ; . : ; -. . ;. ? Rosin New York, : 17,935 barrels; Charleston, 7,892 ; Savannah, v 125,899; Wilmington, 21.B29. TotaL 162,855 bar rels. .- -i' V V-:-v: :-; f. y Tar New York, 2,708 barrels; Wll-nihgton6492- Total, barrels SUPREME COURT DECISION. I The JWilmlnfrton and Weldon Bailroad yiivSi:"t-tv -Caae8r x ;y i.;S;;iJ:j" The Raleigh 'papers announce that the Supreme Court of the United States, in an opinion delivered by Chief Justice Fuller on Monday last, affirmed the de cision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in the case of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company vs. B. I.' Allsford, sheriff of Halifax county- " . The News and Observer, in its, sum mary of the matter, says: The case iust affirmed by the Supreme Court "ot the United States was brought to test the claim by the railroad for exemption from taxation of its branch line in Halifax county, and also of that part of. the mam line between Halifax and Weldon. The ""State Supreme Court held that both pieces of . pro'perty were taxable. Conceding that the main line generally was exemDt. the Court held that the ? portion Detween ' Halifax and Weldon was taxable for this reason, to-wit: v That that part of the road was a distinct- line in operation before the Wilmington and Weldon was built, be longing to other parties, and was at the. time liable to taxation. - - - But when the Wilmington ftWeldon got. to Halifax it arranged for,the incor poration of that piece of property into us iiac. . x pis arrangement tne supreme Cooj heid did not impart to that prop ery jftay-xenvptitn from taxation. - . -When the case ot to: he Supreme Court of the United States the counsel for the State moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the Supreme Court of the United States was bound in the construction of a State statute by the decision of the State Court. If that motion has been allowed and the case has gone off that way; then the Supreme Court of the United States has not passed on the points at issue, and the effect is just as if there, had been no appeal. Should this prove" to be so. the pres ent decision would have no effect in another case which is now pending in the ; Federal Court to subject all the branch lines of the Wilmington and Weldon to taxation. But if, on the other hand, the opinion of Chief Justice t uiier goes into the questions involved, and the decision is to the effect that the orancn unes are taxaDie, it wm put an end probably to the other case still pend ing in the Federal Court. " ; Until the text of the opinion is seen, we cannot know whether - the Case went oil on the motion to dismiss or upon the merits. ; It seems to us, however, that it must be the latter, and that the decision jnst marie will probably wind up the whole litigation. .. ;-, ;; v '; . ; , . AN JNTERESTING REUNION. ; The Beoeptlon ' Given Lut Sreninic by Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church. -The congregations of the several Presbyterian churches of this city held a reunion in the spacious rooms of the Y. M. C A.- last evening, the occasion being the seventy-fifth . anniversary of the founding of the First Presbyterian. Church. Rev. Dr. M. B. Grier, of Phila delphia, with his wife, and Rev. Dr. T. R. Wilson, of Tennessee, were present, as were also Rev. Sidney G. Law and wife, of New York. These gentlemen and their wives, assisted by Rev." Dr. P. H, Hoge and wifereceived their numerous friends in the parlors of the Y. M. C A, and, it can be safely said that nearly every Presbyterian in the city was pres ent and many of other denominations. Rev. Dr. Grier was pastor of the First Church for about ten- years and up to the time of the war, and Dr. Wilson was pastor from 1873 untu 1884. 1 - y Nothing could be more grateful to the hearts of these pastors than to see the affectionate remembrance in which they were held by their former: parishioners, and every one grasped their bands as of those they loved and revered . Tears ::kC3 OJt these preachers br . ii fnlnds so many scenes both of joy and sorrow In which they had participated. ; i ' In thOooms adjoining the parlors ice cream," cake and Traits were served, and atone table, beautifully decorated with fruit and ; flowers, sat the preachers and elders With their wives. . - - . . No more joyous occasion has ever come j to the' Presbyterians, and this, with the anniversary exercises to be held to-night and Sunday, will complete an event which will always be ' remembered by all who participated. The ladies spared no pains, and their efforts were crowned with abundant success. ONSLOW DEMOCRATS. : ' The Celebration at Jacksonville Barbecue and Dinner Speeches, Etc. It is estimated- that about .two thou sand people attended the Democratic Celebration at .Jacksonville, Onslow county, yesterday.- Visitors from the city returned last evening and-report a very pleasant day.- There was a. grand barbecue and dinner for the crowd, and the Second Regiment Band furnished music for the assemblage. :" Maj. C. W. McCIammy. CoL E. D. Hall and others made - enthusiastic speeches. . Messrs. Craig and Branch, "with: the cannon "Zeb . Vance," which they carried with them! from Wilmington, made the woods ring with the salutes they fired.-'. -: 1 -- Andrew Halt, . a colored man of this city, who accompanied the Second" Reg iment .' band,; met with an " accident. During a display of fireworks Thursday evening he was struck by a rocket and his neck and chin were severely cut; A doctor present attended to his injuries and he" was able to return with' the band. Christmas Bates on the Atlantic Coast Line. . ' " " The Atlantic Coast Line announces the sale of holiday excursion rate tickets ove all the lines controlled by that sys- tem or roads, l ney announce tnat rouna trip tickets at four cents per mile will be sold between local stations of the follow ing roads in their system:;- Richmond and Petersburg Wilmington; and Wei-, don and branches, Norfolk and Caroli na, Albemarle and .Raleigh, Midland, North Carolina, Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta,' Florence. Manchester and Augusta,.' Northeastern, of South Caro Una; CentraV o South; Carolina; Che raw and Darlington, and - Hartsville and Cheraw and " Salisbury roads. Tickets will be sold from the 23d to the 29th of December and from December $1 to January 2. Tickets will 6eood to re turn until January 1893. - J?y . Washington, N.-':. Cf rejoices : over the first white shad. It was caught on the" 5th day of LT4eQembef by Capt. 1892. THE BAPTIST COR VJUiTI02T. A Toll Bepreaentation of Delenatea Pres ent Sermon by Dr, Hardaway The An nual Election of Offioera. . r .-Rarrigh News and Obserrer, Friday. ' - The Baptist State Convention'met'last night at 8 o'clock, 568 delegates being present. Rev. R. H. Marsh, of Oxford, called the convention to order as presi dent. - The entire audience sang a hymn with fine effect. - Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr, Tyree' nuu a utnpiurai selection was reaa. Rev. Dr. T. S. Hardaway prsached the opening sermon, taking his text from the filstjehapter of Isaiab. His theme was the strength ot the Church. His ser mon was of an hour s length and showed care in preparation, and was forceful throughout. At its conclusionjwhat may be termed the regular business of the convention was taken up. officers being chosen for the ensuing; year. Rey. Dr. R. H. Marsh was on motion of Dr: Sanderlln re-elected - President' by acclamation. Three vice presidents -were " chosen- and the secretaries were re-elected, the lat ter being Rev.. C Durham, Correspond ing Secretary, Rev. N. B. Cobb, Statis tical Secretary, andMr. N; B, Brough ton, Recording Secretary, v :The convention :- shortly after 10 o clock adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock this morning at the Tabernacle. - One of the pleasant - incidents of last night's meeting was the, very hearty welcome extended by -the convention, through Dr.. Marsh, its President, to the nnusually . large number of prominent preachers of the denomination .from. otherStates. - The principal religions papers of the Baptists in the South have representatives here. . " - The attendance of prominent preach ers from the State is also quite marked. All the delegates to the convention are pleasantly quartered. - Proceedings Yesterday. Br Telexrapb to the Haraioc Star. Raleigh, December 9. When the Baptist State Convention assembled at the tabernacle , this . morning, Dr. J. J. Holt delivered the address Qf welcome. E. K. Proctor responded. - Rev. C Dur ham read report on Mission and Sunday School Work, showing great progress. Dr. Frost, corresponding secretary of the Sunday School Board of. the South ern Baptist Convention, 'delivered an address detailing the increased work of that Board. In speaking of extended exertion of the "Board, he said a large part of its funds had been expended in Texas. ; . - - , :-;'.i..;-. y::i--' .. Foreign mission work was discussed by Dr. Tupper, of Richmond. President of the Board of Foreign Missions, who presented a gratifying resume of opera tions in foreign countries, and particu larly the extraordinary results in China, where much headway had - been made. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Bagby, missionary to Brazil; Dr. Powell, mis sionary to Mexico, and Rev.'D. M. Her ring, missionary to China, detailing the progress of Baptist work in those coun tries. 7 r --: -,-: .-.: f - ;ir;" ' The conventionjs decidedly the finest body pf Baptists ever convened, in this State." Among those - present are Dr." W. E. Hatcher and Dr. E." Dickinson, Richmond; Dr. S. M. Ellis, Baltimore; Dr. J. M. Frost, Nashville; Dr. I. O. Dill, California; Dr. E. Dely, Georgia, and Dr. Thomas, South Carolina; . ' ;;.; - x BAPTIST STATE C0STEITTI01!r. -"" - Special Star Correspondence. " Raleigh, Ns C. Dec 9. - The Baptists are sometimes spoken of as a slow set of Christians, but it would seem from their history that they have not been wanting in enterprise in Nortt Carolina. ; They were the first to estab lish a denominational college, at Wake Forest; the first to originate a' State or gan in the Biblical Jlecoraer; the first to send out a foreign missionary. Dr. M. T. Yates and wile, to China in 1847, and the first to organise a church orphanage at Thomasville, and they constitute . by many thousands the largest Christian denomination in the State. This body represents 1,700 different churches and cant, with 100.000 CotofluteCbaimupi-H - Am tv,M Rinist-s ( ed members. it is not strange that tHtrongjnJtale body have been held'in this city more frequently than at any other point, and as it is central, the attendance is gener ally large, but this promises to be the largest session ever held in all its histo ry. --This is due to the fact that .this is the centennial of missions, and there are many eminent men from other States Drs.;-.. Ellis, of Baltimore; - Tupper, Hatcher and Dickinson, of Richmond; Frost, of Nashville; Thames, Of Danville, Va.; Bilting, of Philadelphia; Thomas, ot Greenville. S. C; Edens. of Atlanta; Dill, of Georgia, and Prof. N. T. Robin son, of Louisville. Ky. ' - -' ' - - Dr. R. H. Marsh, of Oxford, was re elected President; Rev. Henry Brown, T. M. Pittman and' Rev. R. T: Vann were made ; Vice ' Presidents; N. B. Broughton - and Dr. N. B. Colt , were elected Secretaries; - Dr. C - Durham, Corresponding Secretary; J. D. Bous ball, Treasurer, and W. N. Jones," Andi tor. Rev.J. b. Hadawayuof Oxford, preached a capital introductory sermon. The I pastor. Rev. ; J.' J. Hall, welcomed the: convention to Kaietgn, and a re sponse, which was brief but happy, was made by E. K; Proctor, of Lumberton. -The report of the State Mission Board, read by Dr. C Durham, was long and full of interesting facts, some of which are the following: This side of the Blue Ridge for there Is a Western convention covering twenty counties over there 116 men have been employed during the year, with the accompanying results : Sermons, 11,486; mission; churches supplied, 228; out stations supplied, 427; baptisms, 1,142; added Jbyjetter, 1,294; churches organized, 62f5unday schools organized, 93; houses of worship finished and occupied, 28; cost of these 28 houses of worship, $33,600; houses of worship oeing uuiii, oi, . . . Many of the places aided this year have become self-sustaining .and will no longer need the aid of the Board. Some of these houses of wbrship have cost $600, some $800, some $1,900, some $I.200r some $1,500. and some $2,000. The average, cost has been about $1,200. - This Board,; in connection witn the Northern Baptists,: has .conducted ten institutes . for the benefit ; of colored preachers, at Elizabeth City. Charlotte, Weldon, Winston; Roxboro, Greensboro, Rockingham, . Magnolia, - Wilmington and Newbern. , The growth of the Baptists m this country during": the , past twenty years has been more rapid than the growth ot the population. - The population of the United States has not doubled jn.the past twenty years, but the Baptist mem bership has more than doubled during that time. - la 1872 the total number of Baptists in the United States was about 1,489,000, now it is about 9,500,000; then the Baptists, :numberedone ' in 'every twenty-six of the population, how one in twenty - rt?,.; A very large per cent, of the (increase in our countrv s population naa come SSMK-Tufba notn . . - . - . T-.-.--.i- s .t.'. helpful to the number of Baptists m this country, but almost ' entirely to the ad vantage of other denominations. When this is remembered, the- growth; ot the Baptists is the more remarkable. ; t ; V. NO. 4 -.: The total amount of property and en dowments belonging to the Baptist Col leges ana. lneoiogical bemmarierin the United States in 1872 was $3,487,000: now it is $29,000,000. The growth of tne uapusts in our own state has been more marked than in any other State in the country. . About one in everv six of our entire population in this State is a member of a Baptist Church. - This . Board is doing good work through its supply store in Raleigh and quite a number of supply stores at work in different parts of, the State. r . Dr. J. M. Frost made an impassioned speech on the Sunday School work: he was followed by Dr. Tupper, calling for many new missionaries tor foreign fields a hundred laborers are urgently needed in China. Japan. Italy," Africa, South America, Cuba and Mexico, and this is one oi the aims of the centennial effort. i " Perhaps the finest speech thus far de- livered was made by Rev. W; B. Bagby. of Brazil". He is an orator of power and feeling and highwater mark was reached under , his thrilling description of : the neeffand religious condition of the people in that semi-civilized country. - As I finish this article Dr. Powell is talking about Mexico, and pleading for more men for- that country, and he is more eloquent; than Bagby or any one else who has- spoken; indeed, I have rarely . heard 'anything finer than his portrayal of the life and character of the great North - Carolina Missionary, Dr. Yates. -" - ... He is followed by Rev. D. W. Her ring of Pender county, who has been In China for seven years. He addressed the contention .about ' the :.- Millions : of Asia." . .. - r -I- - Dr.W. E. Hatcher, of Richmondi will speak to-night on "Mmistenal- Educa tion." :: ' : ; ; - : ' " "v--:-; second day. . r y-'i- Before giving the proceedings ot to-- .aay. i must mention the great meeting of last night the spacious church, the largest in the city- seating, with chairs MOO people, was crowded to its utmost capacity, drawn . together to hear, the distinguished orator, Dr.W. E. Hatcher, of Richmond, Va on Ministerial Edu cation : His theme was the' human side of a. call to the ministry, and the address was one of the wisest speeches your reporter ever heard, abounding .not only in good sense and eloquent passages, but with a sparkling wit which kept the audience in good humor. ; . . ' The Secretary of the - Educational Board, Rev. W. R. Gwaltneyr stated In his report that there were at Wake For est some 70. students for the ministry; about 40 orphans had been aided board. None ' are helped who are able to help" themselves, and . only to meet a part of their expenses. - The board has raised over.' $3,000; was " $340 in debt and $500 now asked of the Convention at once $585 was raised, Dr. Hatcbertaking the collection, in which difficult ''work he is an expert. ; -;?T"V.-.-;..I. v;- - ; He was followed by Prot A.T. Robin son, of the Theological Seminary, in a brief address. He statedjthat there were 850 students at the Seminary, 17 of whom are from this State, more than ever be fore, and that they were men of unusual promise. ..These young - men . pay no tuition fees, and many of them are un able to pay their board, and lie asked a contribution of the convention for this object. The-response was over $500. ' - And surely your reporter would be derilect in duty now not to gtve promis nence to the doings of the good women who are working so faithfully in missions. The ysecond session ' of the Ladies' Missionary Society held in connection with: the convention, was held at the First Baptist; Church on Friday. Mrs. T. H. Briggs made- an address of wel come, which was responded to by Mrs. rattle, or Durham. Miss Fannie Heck, of Raleigh, was re-elected Presi dent; Mrs.Hartwell Edwards, of Golds boro, Vice President; Miss- Eva Bell Simmons, , of Wake; Forest. -Recording Secretary, and Mrs.' Jas. H. Briggs, ;of Raleigh, Corresponding Secretary. Your correspondent . has - not learned the amount of money raised during the past year, but it has doubled during the past two years; -sr:; -.i,;-;.:: 'M'-ti.s - The Society will have a public meet ing on Sunday and be addressed by Dr. Ellis, oi: Baltimore. -.-- They are to have a talk to-day from Dr. W. D. Powell, of thevcen'riso Southern Baptist Convention, and it is said, is administering the responsible du ties of her honorable position with great efficiency - ' ' I notice that Mrs. J. L. Divine, Mrs. S. H. Britt, Mrs. T. A. Montgomery and Mrs. Fannie Hays are here and take a ively interest in the proceedings of the Society. -." . r;;: , j. The pulpits of this city will be occu pied to-morrow by the visiting and minis ters who have been but recently settled in the State; among the latter are Messrs. Blackwell, of Elizabeth City; Tyree, ot Durham; Wildman, of Goldsboro; Moore, of Morehead; - Kessler, of Laurinburg, and Edwards, of Goldsboro. It is to be noticed that of the twenty different ap pointments young men are selected to fill nearly all of them, and the older min isters who have been for years chosen to preach on " such occasions will have an opportunity of listening. Mr. J. C Ste venson' is to address the Y. M. C A. Sunday afternoon. ; - - C As I cldseJ this article Dr. Powell is trying to raise the guota of North Caro lina to - the centennial : Fund, . alter a magnificent speech from : Dr. Ellis, of Baltimore. - About $7,000 has thus far been pledged. . . - ; . Timothy. FILLED WITH LEAD. NeBToea in Arkansas Kill a Fiona Fraud ' Who 8windled Them. -s ' : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . -- Newport, Ark., Dec, 10. The col ored people oi a portion of Jockson and Woodruff counties are excited over the discovery of a stupendnous fraud, which has been perpetrated on them by a ne- fro Baptist preacher named ; Lightfoot. le has been organizing negroes, into se cret societies, claiming he was a w ernment agent sent "to prepare them . to go to Liberia; About eight hundred ne groes joined the circle, paying initiation fees and contributing in other ways. Yesterday they discovered the fraud, and demanded their : money,? It being re fused, they fired on him; killing him in- : j! t NICRAGUACANAL. President Harrison Oives the Bcheme His -I Bv Telegraph to tba Moraiax Star. - Washington, Dec 10. -A committee representing ; the- National..- Nicaragua Convention ; had an audience with the President, who listened with interest to the representations made and responded with a short" -address,; saying, among other thugs, that the world was calling for the construction.ot the Nicaragua canal, and he could not see how any one could ' possibly find grounds -for objec tion. Absence ol the canal retards tne i progress oi mc wunu, x-. uui uv fnml coast line, and if the United States I .. :.u .... m.,imr4ii Droeress of the world, It was our nat- does not proceed with its construction, England or -some "other power would. which we should not permit AU the ports of this couutry; were equally in- rterestea in it.. r- Charlotte arc Deginning to De every night aus In the city. Rev George A. Page is t last vittim. .Yesterday mornine, . be tween three and four o'clock, burglars entered nu ; nouse on aast Eleventh street, and after rifling the pockets of all tne uoinea tney couin nno,. and discov ering no money, left. - ;-. ; ; . Trogden, while riding t)n!the running . gear of a wagon last Monday, caught his foot and ankle between a stump . and a ' ' " cross piece of the wagon, breaking -the " small bone of the ankle - and - seriously mutilating the foot and leg. .He - ! has 1 suffered great pain, and it is feared that he will be permanently crippled.; ;; , " - Stanly 'iV'wjr Two wild tur keys were captured on the streets here Saturday eve. They had been frightened and were almost, completely exhausted when they lighted in the streets.- - s Mr. Hiram T. Williams ? had the sad ' i calamity pf breaking one of, his legs; ; r Tuesday.: ' While hauling he got his leg , j fastened in the breaks of the wagon and 'l' the distressing accident happened before- ne couia tree nimseit. ". - - . Newbern Journal : Mr. T. T. Tolson's grocery store was again broken , into Wednesday night. This is the third ' time within a few months. ; This .time the entrance was effected through a back . window which had broken hinges. The burglar bent the bar and prized away a j- staple sufficiently to move. the,: shutter . - -and-get in the store. What little cash was left in the money drawer was taken - . and the knob of the safe broken off. in ' v an unsuccessful attempt to get into it. , j- - ..Charlotte News: The cold, wea- , ther north of here is driving tramps this way in droves. The wore vicious of the r ' fraternity do not come up town but beg provisions from the residents, on-the " outskirts, but some more ; honestly in- -dined fellows make straight for police " 1 ' headquarters, especially it ; they strike -' town about dusk, and ask tor a night's . . v- KKigmg in tne station nouse. . mey are invariable accommodated, Jor locked in )he station house the; police .know : that they will neither steal nor burn ; for that night at least. .:: -'V ; FayettevUlev rwr ' It ; is quite evident now that the , big fire of November 80th, was not the result of an accident, but that it was the work of a set of thieves who are infesting our city. Mr. George Brandt's , store was entered -last Thursday night in . the same dold ' manner that Mr. Rosenthal's was Mon day night, by-the plate glass window de ing broken;,' and the robbers entered through the aperture.: The thieves must have been in the building fully halt an hour before they.were discovered, as i they had deposited, a large quantity: of' goods in the back yard ready for carry-' ing off, haying previously.; opened the back door of the building. , . Capt- l J. D. McNeill informs us that the com-" mittee appointed to secure water-works for this city ; have closed the contract with Messrs, Ferris and Richards of Jer sey city, N. J. - y -. ,; : -.r : ; ).- - Chatham Record-. We regret to ' hear of the death of Mr. Willis C. Wil son, of Williams township, who died about ten days ago after a protracted sickness. A most brutal and Cow ardly outrage was-committed in this county two weeks ago. A band of dis- -guised men went at night to the house , of Mr. , Bryan jPhillips,' of Bear Creek ' township, and took him-out in the woods and cruelly whipped him. When the lynchers took Mr. Phillips out of his house his father and. family started to i-, follow them, but were driven, back with-" threats of being shot. The only reason that is supposed to have instigated this high-handed outrage is that Mr. Phil lips was suspected, of having ooisoned two horses in: the neighborhood which are supposed to have died from poison. th -MaxtonJ7(9 dndScottish Chief: ' ivicu, uu muuuiiy. uiKut, inc gin insi,, . Mrs. Catharine McRae. widow of the late Malcolm McRae, in the 91st year of , nerage; one was. probably the oldest Sirson in the county. Two negrcW--amp and Feril Bethea. living near Lit tle Rock, S. C, were arrested in MaxtonM ' on Tuesday, just after they had dis-.' f posed of a couple of . bales of the . fleecy! staple to Carter & Weath erly, . not because .they sold the cotton,: but because they : were not the owners thereof. The cotton belonged to Mr. R. P. Hamer, Sr and early Tues day morning our Mayor received a tele- gram to look after the thieves, and about, five minutes after its reception Chief-ol- - Police-Henderson had them locked up-. The mules and wagon which conveyed the cotton , belonged to Daniel; Bethea, - who. with Mr. K. P. Hamers son. took "- charge of the prisoners and carried them to Bianon-jau. . - .' ,. -A Fayetteville Gazette: Japanese York last week, retailed there at 10 cents apiece, with a demand- far in - excess of the supply. ; Entrum Cannon was arrested here on Sunday morning ' last -charged with having broken into . the house of one ueorge Anna Mew, in . the vicinity of ; the : Short Cut depot, the night before.- Cannon, of course, denied the charge, but; was tatten Detore the "brown-eyed damseL" who at once fden- lfied him as the guilty party, f tannon , was searched and the key to the house - found in Cannon's pocket. -The ; proof, otherwise is clear and conclusive against - him. ( He is about 25 years old, has been in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company tor some time past on the gravel train. - His home is in Dar- . hngton, b. l, ana accoraingto tne testi mony already adduced stands a mighty good chance to stretch hemp. : ; Shelby Review. About . the . youngest father of whom we have any record is W. H. Sullivan, ot Morganton,4 who was sixteen years; old on November . 80th, and whose wite presented mm a, ; son on that day. ' Masten Rippy ' one of the oldest and best citizens of this - county, died at his home near Earls Sat- urday night after a Jong iimess, aged va years. About tour years ago Mr. K.ippy was married to a Mrs. Mcbwain, who. with several sons and daughters by his r two previous marriages, survives him. i he onice ot trrou x rwenancit s mill at . King's Mountain, was entered Saturday and $46.00 in money and a . check for $16.00; stolen from the desk. Two small boys', 12 and 15, years old sons of Ed Bradshaw, colored, were j -found spending money freely Saturday, night and were awested. They ' con- fessed and forty dollars 6f the money " were recovered. Their father agreed if the boys were let off to make good the money they had spent and give them a - genteel whipping. This was agreed to and on bunoay aiternoon. m .tne pi ess ence Of a number ol spectators, tne whipping was administered. It was a - m . a ; lit. C.. -.a, scorcner anq tne ooys wue nave .iu ml oft' a shelf for ten daysf ;;, ;:- ;vi: DEMOCRATIC SENATORS v In Consultation With Memberaef tne Ha- : ional Committee in ZTew Tori. ':- r By Telegraph to the sloraiac 9tu. ' ' k ? ; TJf.w YoRir-iDeci" 10. Messrs. Gor man, Carlisle and Brice, who were ap; v pointed by the ".Senatorial Caucus to come to New York and ' consult with the Democratic '; National : Committee 5 concerning measures to prevent the al t , leged steal of Senatorships by Repbuh- , cans in Montana Wyoming,! Nebraska , Kansas and , North Dakota were busjr. . ! this morning receiving news at their ihotel.- Among those - In iconsultaiion: wai Morton McGinniS member j of 1 the- National Committee from Montana, who- ? tnW .MtfrtMnatMMW' -"- - -: , . - . r-,i'. a about the 0 T' I art within bis atatfi, LDUnnan , t , gaVe IDC VAUlUlM.WWi . ., : - , -s'i rky and other members of the Campaigns ; Committee are expectea muuu-, . -a conference will be held between them and the Senatorial Committee. ;:: - 5 1 1 ' ! i -V S
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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