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Mr. Cleveland has coined a good many phrases which deserve to live, but he never coined,: one which had more sense and genuine patriotism in it than when he said in his speech at the Reform Club banquet in "New York that the American people must "rid themselves of the idea that there is anything shabby or disgraceful in "economy, whether in public , or in private life." j " . ; Beginning with the war this Gov ernment has been run with an extrav agance which has increased year after ... . 3 year until it is simply amazing, ana the 'people have become" so accus tomed to it that they think as little about the expenditure of millions of dollars now as they would about thousands thirty years ago. It has come to be so that the member of Congress who contends for rigid economy is apt to be looked upon as a1 bore by many. 6f his fellow members, and to be con sidered a sort of a crank by many of the newspapers. Congressman Hol man, of Indiana, is known as the "great objector," the "cheese-parer," &c, tor the reason that he has stood almost -atone as the advocate of rigid economy. And yet, even' he Vin c alnrauc hpl lihpralin trnrinor fnr "-J- v-w.. 1, appropriations tn which his constitu ents had a direct interest. Up to the time of the war appro priations were closely scanned, and representatives were held responsible . for the votes they cast. . Extrava gance was then deemed so culpable, that 1 one of the serious charges against James Buchanan's adminis tratioa was ttiat it spent $70,000,000 in a year, which included interest on the public- debt, and such other 'ob , ligations as the'Government had to meet, as well as current expenses. Now we spend $500,000,000 a year, and there is less .clamor against the $500,000,000 than there was against the $70,000,000 in 1860. . i 1 tie cost of uovernment now is out of all proportion to the increase of population or the increase of wealth, and still more out of propor tion .16 the increase of property among the people, for the mass of people are not in as good circum stances to-day nor as well 'able to bear extravagance m Government as which time the era of real reckless" extravagance began. It is unfortunately the truth that this Government has for the past thirty-two years been run ' by the nfoney power which believed in do ing everything on the million idea. When the Fifty-first Congress was criticized for reaching the billion dollar mark in its expenditures the - a1 - 1 r . 1 x-r n men caairinan oi me raeuse Ot rte- presentatives, Reed, sheeringly re marked that this was a "billion dol lar country. Tom Reed is not the only man who had this .-idea for it ran through nearly all the Kepubli- volved. The country was rich and therefore they held it could afford to spend money without counting 'the dollars. : The money came easy; even with an iucu ciuayoauuc iucic was a - fall treasury, and the most serious . problem that legislators seemed to have to encounter was what to do with the surplus. It never occurred to the Republican statesmen to re reduce the income, to get rid of the . surplus by taking off some of the tax ation. That mirht-rsn1t in r re ducing the income as to necessitate calling a halt m the liberal appro priations which they had been mak . ing for the benefit of the favored, which was one of the things they didn't want to do, and consequently we notice that there was : always a contest when the House was Demo cratic between it and the Senate over the appropriation bills, the Senate al most invariably insisting on adding largely to the bills as they came from the House. There were many mil- llonaries in the Senate, and millions were nothing to' them, especially when the millions were paid by the people. J Thus it was beginning in the days of the war when money was printed in such amounts as were called for, when everything was run . on the nign pressure: plan and no one stopped to count the cost, when large rings and small rings ran the Govern ment machine and got all the money they asked for, that extravagance r VOL. -XXIV. took root and has been growing year after year until a great many people have come to look upon economy , in administration 'or the -suggestion of economy as "disgraceful and shabby." 'c - 'r ;-r Mr. Cleveland may endeavor and may succeed to some extent m re moving this impcession; but the day when we will ever approach the sim plicity bnd economy, of the genera tions previous . to 1860 is passed. never to return. Under Democratic administration there will be retrench ment and reform, but the Republi- can, ' administrations . of all these years have so much 'increased the ex penses of Government 'in all the de partments, that : even .-: with air the economy practicable the - expendi tures will be enormous for the years to come and it will be absolutely v im possible, without a v revolution of methods, to get the expenditures within a limit that would not seem extravagant.. . Even in the last year of Mr Cleveland's! administration it cost over $400,000,000 to meet '.the demands of the Government; 7 There will - be" improvement m methods, more consideration for the people who pay the taxes, and more hon esty in disposing of . their money but we will never get back to first prin ciples from which we have drifted so far. ' IT SHOULD BE WELL DONE. The "greatest work which will come before the next Congress will be the revision of the' tariff or rather the making of a new tariff law. ' It is a work which should be done as . soon as possible, but it is more important that it be done wisely and well, for tariffs are something that cannot be changed every day and when they are framed they should be so framed as to avoid as far as possible the necessity of changes afterward. The conditions that present them selves now are different frjom those that have presented themselves after any Presidential electiori since 1860. It is the first time that the Demo crats have had full control of the Government and consequently the first time that radical tariff reform was possible. Heretofore while there might be changes or modifications in the existing tariffs those who', were interested in keeping the duties high had no fears of not receiving all the protection they asked for and conse quently there was no uneasiness in manufacturing circles and importers and others were not afraid to import or to buy large stacks of goods for they felt pretty sure that the duties on imported articles would remain pretty much as they were if not made higher. ; ;- " "'" - But It is pretty well understood now, and pretty generally accepted, that the day of protection for ,pro tection's sake has passed, and that there s to be some pretty deep cut ting in the Republican rates. This is accepted as settled, and those in terested are putting themselves into shape to be prepared for it. The only question as to which there is any aiij certainty is, when the catting is to begin, and whether it is. to be done by an extra session of Congress con vened before the regular time of meeting, or wait until the ne.w Con gress meets in December next at the regular time. : . ' - There are some .Democrats, and hot a small tiumber. who think that Congress should be convened soon after the inauguration of the Presi dent-elect and the .work of . tariff re form be entered upon at once. These represent that element of the party which believes in putting the knife in deep and cutting as near to the roots as possible. ' . - There are others who represent the more cautious and conservative element who are opposed to an ex tra session, who realize that the work of tariff reform is a big work which ought to be approached thoughtfully and carefully. ' . ':.. Any tana Dill tnat is framed in haste, even" though the men who frame it may be men of more than ordinary intelligence, will necessarily be defective. There are, we believe, about two thousand dutiable articles in the McKio ley tariff. To handle intelligently -: and to impose upon each the proper amount, of duty it should bear, requires not only much intelligence on the subject in general but much knowledge of the details and 'the respective parts that each of these plays in the commerce of the country. " How little the average Congressman knows about this has been demonstrated -time and again in the tariff discussions in ! Congress We haven't the r slightest doubt that a commission - composed of; a suitable number of .Senators and Representatives, with the assistance and information that would be given them by reliable and responsible bus mess men of the country, represen tatives of the farm, the shop, the manufactorv the consumers and I makers of goods could frame a bet- ter and more enduring tariff . law in three months than. Congress could in six. It has been said that we .have had tariff commissions before. "This is true, -but they were commissions whose purpose was to bolster the ex isting tariffs and to find excuses for Eld not reducing duties, ' or to make them higher. - They were, .mere par- tisan commissions which did not en ter - upon : tneir woric v- with an honest purpose. A- commission appointed by a Democratic Congress would be a different sort of thing al together, tor they' would 'approach the work assigned them' with honest intent. They would seek and obtain the information, necessary to do that work intelligently, and - the result would be a tariff bill so framed that' when submitted to Congress there would be but little need of 'much dis cussion, f and : it could be passed quickly without keeping the country in a condition of uncertainty : which would result from a protracted dis cussion, .hvery member of Congress would Jiot want to make a speech on - it nor have a hand in the making of the bill, "which would be the case if the preliminary work is left until the next Congress meets, whether in ex tra or regular session Of course, there might be amend ments deemed -advisable, but the most difficult part of the work would be done and the task com pieted, be fore Congress, if the work were left to "it . to do entire, could get fairly started on it, MIN0E MENTI0S., The. .State " Comptroller of New York has .hit upon : an idea from which he thinks the State may occa sionally make a pretty big haul in revenue. It is a sort of graduated income tax from the estates of de ceased rich people. It is, in . his opinion, an improvement uponthe present system which imposes a tax ot one per cent, on all estates over $10,000 which come1 by direct inherit tance. He suggests that the one per cent, rate should hold on all sums over $10,000 up to $100,000, and two per cent, be imposed on all between $100,000 and $500,000, tnree per cent, on all between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and five per cent, on all exceeding $1,000,000. . Three rich men have died in the State of New York recently, Jay Gould,' Wilson G. Hunt and a millionaire named Crouse, ' in Syracuse, ; from whose estates the State would have . gotten under such a law about $4,000,000. He argues that much of this wealth is in such shape that it escapes taxa tion during the lifetime of those who make it and that this is the first chance to reacn it, wnen it passes into the hands of heirsJ '.vi'..VMv:j.',yi There are daily reports and daily contradictions . of the report- that James G. Blaine had been admitted. to the Catholic Church. Whether he has been or not seems to overshadow for the time being the question as to whether; he is getting better or worse. Whether he has or not seems to us a matter that concerns Mr. Blaine much more than the American pub lic, whoj ; have very little interest in what Mr. Blames religious views may be. But there would be.nothing strange j in it if Mr. Blaine were to embrace the Catholic'faith. He was born of a Catholic mother, and in his younger days was connected with that church: His father was a mem ber of no church, but became a mem ber of the Catholic Church before his death, i ah ot JYir. uiaine s sisters - - 4 were Catholics, and one of them be came a nun m a convent in the West, Under these circumstances it would not be strange if Mr. Blaine, in his last; days, should draw, near to the church of his mother and of his youth. According to the latest reports from -Kansas the Democrats hold the balance of power in the Legisla ture and can control the election of United States Senator. This means that there is no phance for the election of a Republican and that a Senator will be elected who will be in accord with the Democratic party ... a m 'J. .." on the leading questions tnat win come before the Senate. The Re publicans might defeat- this by com bining with enough of the Populists te elect a man with Republican leanings, but it -' is - not likely that they could find Populists ; enough to; join them in that game, the more un likely as they have very much embit tered the Populists by their efforts to steal the Legislature and beat them out of a Senator. There is not much danger of a Republican-Popu list combine. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record reports the aggregate amount invested in new industrial enterprises in the Sooth for the past week at $7,565,000, in addition to which there are a number noted for which no figures ; are given. , ; These .: relate mainly to cotton and other mills to which additions have been made and increased machinery put in. : The work of industrial . progress goes steadily on, and the indications are that there will be many and large investments in the near future. - Senators Peffer, KyleStewart and Hansbrough are outspoken in their condemnation of the Republican efforts to hold power in the Senate by stealing Senators from those Western States. Li WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23,1892. .-ARS0N LONEY. ' 1 1 ' The Colored. Preactier Besorted to Have MTatertotoly Disappeared. -The ' colored preacher Loney, - who from published reports created a greater sensation in Raleigh and ether places he visited than he did -in Wilmington, has' disappeared vamoosed- mizzledr-and his Whereabouts" yesterdav. ; were un- known even to the most deluded of bis dupes. After all, it does not appear that be made many, converts here, and his speedy departure may be taken as an in dication that the field was not an inviting one. ' '- '- a ' . . In Raleigh, it seems Loney bad been. preaching and exhorting-the past year and had made many ' converts. In a published account of his' peculiar teach ings the following statements are made j Loney teaches that, unless men and women are sanctified by the Gospel be fore marriage, (they are violating God'a law Dy living together as man. and wile. Those who married before they were sanctified mast leave their wives and husbands, or they will he lost and damn-; ed foreverr-Men of" the sect may have as many wives as they ' choose if the women also belong to the sect, and tbey may barter witn male members ot the sect for a new wife provided the. women belong to the sect. At every meeting tbey call upon all the new members to give up all their J iewelry, saying that they cannot be holy unless they etve up property of .this character.. It is usually taken off and pned upon the ground surrounded by the worshippers, and : then Loney? and bis four women take possession of it and it is never seen any more. ., ' ; . Ministers of colored churches in Wil- mington are very much relieved . by the departure of Parson Loney, althoagh be carried off with him several of his female converts. He was a firebrand in the colored community, and if he had con tinued his meetings here in all proba bility there would have been serious dis turbances. For Better Boade. 2. '--: A petition has been sent to the Bicy cle Club of Wilmington, to secure signa tures to the same, which recites: We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, hereby most respectfully petition that there - be .founded - in the city of Washington, in the District oi Columbia, a Road Department, similar to the Agricultural Department, for the purpose of promoting knowledge in the art of constructing and maintaining roads; and we ask that in such - depart ment provision be made for- teaching students so that tbey may become skilled road engineers. - In connection with this Koad Depart ment we request that there be establish ed a permanent exhibit in which shall be shown sections of roads illustrating various methods of construction and also the best road materials and ma chinery. We further petition that Congress ap propriate lunds sumcient to erect a building at the World s Columbian Ex position f tt the purpose of a comprehen sive road exhibit. Mr. Albert A. Pope, of Boston. Mass., who is circulating the petition, in a note says : "Copies ot this petition nave been sent to various parts of the country and it is hoped that at least a million signa tures will be secured. All petitions sent in before January 1st win be united in one great petition, which will be pre sented to Congress -and the result will be, no doubt, the establishment of a Road Department, an Institute of Road Engineering and a permanent Road Ex hibit in the city of Washington, and a comprehensive exhibit of the construc tion " and ' maintenance of roads at the World's Columbian Exposition." "The StateerlUe Firebugs." The Charlotte Observeroi yesterday says: Humphrey and Taylor, the Statesville firebugs, did not tarry in that town after their discbarge from custody Tuesday afternoon, but took the railroad track and began footing it towards Charlotte. .Any community in which they appear needs to keep an eye on them. The in dignation of btatesville is very great. Citizens of the town say that all that saved them from lynching Sunday morn ing was that day broke a little too soon. There is no manner of doubt about their guilt and it would probably not have gone well with them if tbey had under taken to spend luesday night here. That evening after they left one of their clerks found in- their room a pistol which was In the safe when he locked it at 10 o'clock Saturday night which is proof that one or the other ot them was in the store between 10 o'clock and the time the fire broke out. RIVER AND MARINE.-; The chairman of the light house board at Washington has given notice of some important changes which are to be made on the coast and elsewhere. -: On December 31, 1892, the fixed red light of the. fifth order, exhibited from the screw-pile structure at the end of the Lambert Point coal pier, east side of the channel of Elizabeth River, Virginia! to gether with the fog bell,, will be discon tinued. " "J ". ' ' " - On or about the same date the light at Hell Gate Light Station, East River, New York, will be changed from a fixed white light to one showing alternately red and white, each for three seconds. A Wilmington Boy. i Mr. rW.: P. Oldham, Jr., son of Mr. W. Pf Oldham, of this city, a student at Georgetown College, Ky., came off with flying colors in the contest T for the declamatory prize at the college, iast Saturday There were seven competi tors, but the contest 'narrowed down between Mr.' Oldham, and Mr.- R. S. McDonald, of Atlanta, Ga.,: who was finally awarded the prize by the judges. The audience, however, were, enthusi astic in praise of Mr. Oldham, over al his opponents, and declared that be was entitled to the prize. : ' A Postal Thief Captured. - ; - Junius H. Penny, clerk in the registry department of the postoffice in tnis city, who absconded last June and carried off with him several valuable packages in cluding a registered letter containing $390 sent to Mr. Geo. W. Huggins of Wilmington was capturedby a detec tive of the Postoffice Department last Wednesday at Denver, Colorado. Penny will be brought to Wilmington for ex amination upon the charge of embezzle ment and is-expected to arrive here the latter part 'of this week. M . , . - JEFFERSON DAVIS." - : - The Boatli't Tribute to He Great Chief. At the assemblage ot the' Jeffersoo Davis Monumental Association at Rich mond it was resolved that a ' committee of five be "appointed from each: State whose duty it should be 'to .represent their State in the organization and. to raise luoda for the same.-: Accordingly the following committee . was" selected ot North Carolina, vtz. Maj. Gen. E. D. Hall (chairman), Maf. Gen. R. F. Hoke, Hon. M. W.. Ransom. Gen. Rufus Bar- ringer, Col. M. Q. Sherrill. Most of the heroes , who led in - the South's struggle for independefiee tiave passed Jrom the arena of action and left to us memories and fame as a rich -in heritance. -The , historic page' perpetu ated their fame, while affection and ad miration have erected befitting monu ments to the memory of some; but to jenerson Uavis, the- ureat Chieftain, whose wisdom guided the Confederacy and whose valor , inspired the armies wmcn went out to oreast the battle, no .monument has. been reared worthy of mm or of the brave people he led. : . r The time has come .wnen this long- deferred tribute tp pne of the greatest of Americans is to be paid. ; Richmond,' Va the capital of. the Confederacy has been.- selected as . the: site most:; appro prute. ana the design js such -as-to at test the admiration'" and "-love 'of the. Southern people for the man: who dared so much and suffered so much, as ' the typical representativeof the South-land. it win oe a monument, not oniy to nis memory but to the bravery, patriotism and superb devotion, of the boys in grey. wnose valorous daring is a world-wide story. ". .-' ;. . n-tf ; North Carolina, never wanting when valor, patriotism or duty called, has now an opportunity to show her admiration for her illustrious leader by co-operating in this noble work and sharing in the giory ot its accomplishment. , in making this appeal to North Caro lina, we feel that our words will . not tall on listless ears and we know we do not speak in vain when we ask the patriotic co-operation of the noble mothers and daughters of the btate whose more than Spartan devotion in the days of fiery Ordeal nerved their sons and brothers to heroic action and chiyalric daring. In spired by their co-operation and stimu lated by their zeal, the workers tor this memorial of the Southland to her illus trious son, statesman and soldier have no fears of failure, nor doubts that it will be one ' worthy of him and of the people who rear it. z-y- All persons or communities that have already collected funds for this noble purpose will please notify the chairman at once of the amount, and the disposi tion of the same, as it is desired to remit to headquarters the funds as soon as re ceiver. E. D. Hall, Chairman. The State Press "is requested to copy. Georgia Turpentine Hand. ' : '. - V The Savannah News says: From the reports of the railroad men there will only be a few hundred turpentine hands that will leave the State to spend Christ mas tn North Carolina this year. The season has not been an especially profit able one with the turpentine . operators this year, and the labor has suffered ac cordingly. - Usually there are several thousand turpentine hands who return to North Carolina to spend Christmas, and the railroads have a regular bonanza i .1.-: .i " - i. SENATOR. HILL, OF NEW YORK. Beport That He Haa Been Tendered the Position of Secretary of Btate in Clere- . land's Cabinet. . Br Tdesraph to the Mormns Stat.; Albany, N. Y December 15. The Times- CjwVwlto-night, under a New York date, says: - U. S. Senator Hill has been tendered the portfolio of State by Presi dent-elect Cleveland, l bis is following the custom, to give to their leading op ponent the portfolio. U. a. Senator Hill warapproached while in New York by a close friend of Mr. Cleveland. As a result, Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill met in Baltimore later on, where, all differ ences were healed and Mr. Cleveland in person tendered Mr. nul the portfolio ot State. - - This would - result in the following changes in New York State: Gov; Flower and Hon., Edward Murphy, Jr would both be sent to the United States Sen ate, placing Lieut.-Gov. Sheehan Jn the Governor s chau. ' ' POSTMASTER ARRESTED. Charged With Misappropriation of Fonda. By Telegraph to the Horsing Star. J r Scranton, PaJ Dec. 15.Isaac Til- linghast, for ten years postmaster at La Panne, whose business as publisher of the Seed Time, Harvest and Grower, made the office a Presidential one with. a good salary, . was arrested to-day charged by inspector Hancock, of At lanta, ua., with making false returns ot business of the postoffice, having a de ficiency of postal note and registery busi ness, the misappropriation of 300, and the depositing of Covernment funds in other than a Mattonal bank. He gave bad for his appearance at the next ses sion of the District Court. , A NEGRO RAVISHER Said to Have Been Captured and Hanged and Hia Body Cremated. ' i By Teleeraph to The Morning Star. Nashvilli, Tknn- .: Dec. .15. The chase after the negro -who . outraged Emma O Bnen, an ' 18-year-old : white girl in this city, is said to have ended. A renort comes that the brute was cao- tured and hanged to a tree in-a church yard, and his body cremated. .'. The nelghbornood is in a wna state ot ex citement. . - v SENATOR GIBSON Died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, Yesterday, : By Telecraph to the Morning Star. . Hot Springs, Dec 15, At noon to day Senator : Gibson was barely alive. His body bad . begun to grow cold and respiration was weak. ; . Later, senator Uibson aieo at 0.10 this afternoon. -' : ' ...y?:- SHORT I N HIS ACCOUNTS. Sequel to the Suicide of the Late Geo. XT v Woodbridge, of Biolunond, IVa. ;. . . ;,. By Telegraph to the Mormac Star.-; , Richmond, Dec. 17. Rumor is cur rent to-day that investigation shows that the late tieo. N.. wooaonage. wno com mitted suicide here several days ago. was short in his accounts as trustee for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Richards, to the amount of tl 8.000. and also for several thousand dollars as trustee for a widow lariv. The . matter is now being thor oughly Investigated. Tbe intelligence was a great shock to the friends of the deceased, who hope that a different state of affairs will be revealed, it is also said he was indebted td one of the banks, other than the one of which he was cashier, to the amount of several thou sand dollars. " orJr.A.jR.. NORTH CAROLINA C0JTPEREKCE Of the Methodist -XSsiaoonal Cbvureh. South-- Thursday :' and Friday's Pro oeedinga EfforUior the Belief of firth 8treet Chureh, WUnungton. . ' .. ISpedal Star Correspondeace. ..-.r. ' Goldsboro, N. C Thursdav. Decern- ber 15. The Conference convened at 9.80 a. m., and was opened with religious services conducted by Rev. T. P. Ricaud. under question 8rd. who' are discontin ued ? Rev. Jesse F. Usrey was discon tinued at his own ' request be ; having passed the examinatioa- of character. Under - question 8, "What travelling Eeachers are elected deacons,": the fol ding having passed the examination before the committee,', and. the annual examination of character, were admitted into full connection, and elected to dea con's ? orders: Jasper B.- Thomrjson. George W. Starling. William B. Moore. John A. Rouse. John C lones - w. y; Jbverton passed tbe examination of character," and was admitted to full connection, be having previously been ordained. G. G. Harley was admitted to full connection, and elected to deacon's orders. G D.Langston and W. L. Sen bolt passed' examination of ' character, and were elected to deacon's orders, and continued is class of second year. W. P. Galloway, passed the . examination of character and was continued in the class of the third year. : -. J - .; "-s. The xl aUowtng travelling preachers were elected to Elder! orders: . Tohn H. Shore, Magruder H. Tuttle; Eli C Sell, N.iM. ; Watson. Louland S. Ethende. Daniel ReTd; Geo. T. Simmons and las. G. Johnson. ; : ? - ::"".? William H. Puckett and John R. Saw yer passed the examination of character,, and having failed to appear before tbe examining committee were continued in tbe class of the fourth year. : John J. Barker passed the examinatioa of char- after, and having passed boiore the com mittee of the third year, was advanced to the class of the fourth year. When tbe name 01 Henderson Cole was called, tbe president. Elder R. B. John, stated that he -had surrendered his credentials and withdrawn- from the ministry of the church. - Leave of absence was granted J. R. Lawyer. .;:,;V-" :s ':-r -' ; Kev. J. f . crowelL t resident ot irin- ity College, presented his report, which was referred to the Committee ou Eiu- CatiOn. : --J.rJ. A communication" from" Rev. I. G. John, Secretary of the Board of Mis sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was - read and referred : to the Board of Missions. ' '-'r- A -communication from Rev. David Morton. Secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the M. E. Church South, was read and referred to the Board of Church Extension. A communication from W. G. E. Cunninghim, Sunday School Editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was presented and referred to the Sun day School Board. - - Question 1 was called : "Who are ad mitted on trial?" The following preach ers were admitted : Allison .Lee ur- mond, Durham district; Doctor N.Cavi- ness, Durham district; Walter H. Willis, Rockingham district; James H. Frizelle, Kockingham district; Thomas H. but ton, Wilmington district; .William A. Jenkins, Fifth Street, Wilmington dis trict; Marion T. , Plyler, Newbern dis trict; James t. fate, Mewbern district; Julian L, Rumley, Warrenton district; Samuel T. Wilson. Wilson district, and John W. Wallace, Wilson district. . On motion of Rev. M. L. Wood, per mission was granted the Presiding Elder to employ William c. Hal torn as supply. Kev. I. M. tJvrd. of the f ree Will Baptist Church, who. had joined': the Methodist Church' had his credentials recognized. - Rev. Lemon H; Joyner. of the Missionary Baptists, after taking tbe vows of tbe Church was received into full connection in the Conference. The credentials of D. P. Meacham, a local preacher on the Raleigh - district; were returned to the conference, rite having been expelled from the Church. J. Y. Joyner. the superintendent of the graded school, sent an invitation to the Conference to visit the school. After, the usual announcements the Conference adjourned to meet to-morrow at 9.30 a. m. ! N. Goldsboro, Dec 16. The Confer ence met at 9.80 a. m., Bishop W. W. Duncan, ' presiding. Keligious service was conducted by Kev. t. A. Yates, D.D.. John Randolph Newlin. from Fay- ettevllle district, was admitted into the Conference on trial. Henry E; Tripp, -from the Washington district was also admitted on tial. . s The name ot Kev. L. feu was re ferred to the Committee on Conference Relations, for a supernumerary - rela tion- . . ;.: - The name of Rev. D. R. Bruton was reported for a superannuated relation. Dr. B. F. Dixon, President of Greens boro Female College, was introduced to the Conference. 1 v---v Dr. Lambeth, one ot tbe missionary secretaries of the M. E. Church South, and superintendent of the mission in Tapan, was introduced to the Conference. ine Kev. Mr. soutngate, ot tne Pres byterian Church, and a missionary to Greece, was introduced to the Con ference and made a very fraternal and interesting address. : ' fc j -? The. class: ot the third year was called, and Milton D." Hix, Rob ert H. Broom, Richard F. Taylor. Asa. J. Parker, Henry G. Stumey. lames H. M. Giles, passed the annual examina tion of character and were advanced to the class of the fourth year. ' . Revs. T-W.Guthrie, T. w. S. f arker and W. E. Edmonds were transferred from the Western N. C. Conference to this Conference. H : Rev. W. A. Jenkins, from" the Wil mington distnet. was received on trial and elected to deacon's orders.- , The 20th question was called, and the following fcJders passed the annual ex amination of character: John N. Cole, R. C Beaman, W. H. Moore, W. B. Doub, W. C Norman, Alphus McCullen, I. rl. cordon, J. L. f egram, u. A. Wat- kins. W. W. Rose. T.O. Guthrie. W. M. Chaffin and L. M. Chaffin passed the an nual examination ot character. - The call of this question was stopped by a preamble and resolution offered by Kev. -fc., A. rates, u. u., touching tbe subject of unauthorized evangelism. The preamble and resolutions were : referred to a committee of five, who will consider it and report.- There is a general feeling of disapprobation ot this class of evan gelical work. - ' -f:;a .-.-j The Ministers who were received into full connection were called up, and ad dressed by the Bishop, z The lecture he gave them was very fine, and was highly enioyed Iby- the . Conference and tbe large-audience that packed the house. The anniversary of the Board of Church Extension will be held to-night. A special collection will be taken for ruth street Churcn, Wilmington, and an effort will be made to float the re mainder of the bonds.: Bishop Duncan will address the meeting. We are having a steady rain this even ing,-and we fear that it will affect the congregation. The pastor of Fifth Street Church ta President ot the tsoara 01 Church Extension, and is doing all be can tor tbe relief ot tnat cmurcb, - ' The session of the Conference .is un usually interesting, and the good people NO. 5 of Goldsboro are making every effort for the comfort and happiness 'of each member of .the body. ; :&v ; v It is thought that Conference will ad journ Monday. - : .. . Nr,:; Goldsboro, N. C, Dea 17th. ? The Conference met at 9.30 a. m.iand was opened with religious services, con ducted by Rev, PJ L, n Hermon. : The minutes of yesterday's session were read and: approved.': - t :-xX"0. The 20th question was called, and the following ministers passed the annual examination of character : - J. B. Perry. D. A. Futrell, I.: T. Lyon, A. D. Betts, F. : B. McCalL N. , M. Jurney. , F.: A. Bishop, G. W. Fisher, J. C Underwood, D. L. Earnhardt, T. N. Ivey, J. M. Low den Jonathan Sanford, R. J. Moorman, M J, Hunt. L. L. Nash, T. J. Gattis, H. B. Anderson.- L L. Keen. B. C. Allred. J. M. Ashby. R. L. Warlick, A. R. Raven, w. H. Townsend. W. A. Forbes. T. 1. "Browning, C P. Jerome, R. F. Bumpass, l. B. Hurley, f . L. Hermom; L H. .Hall. W. S. Black, E. H. Davis, fc. E. Thomp son. '-v r;--' -yiy--- .3 J C Crisp passed the annual exami nation of character, and his name was referred to the" Committee" op Confer ence Relations for a supernumerary rela tion. " 'Sr-i .S-'-y-t-' ; '-- ' ' :'": J-: H.:-; Wt S. Chaffin passed the examination of character, and his name was referred to the committee for a superanuated re-. lation. --'",::r':.:,:-'::,'-.v:-.:i T.. W. Guthrie.; who was transferred to this conference, from the' Western North Carolina Conference, had - his name referred to the Committee on Con ference Relations for a supernumerary relation. . ' . - - The Committee on the Bible Cause re ported, and recommended that a collection- be taken for this interest in the month of March. - Rev. D. R. Law. Dis trict Agent for the American Bible - So ciety, addressed the Conference. . ': ; The Board of Missions made a report and recommended a plan to apportion the missionary debt to the dTstncts in the Conference.: j- ; ' ' Dr. Lambuth made an: address that touched the hearts of all present. Dr. Lambath is the son of a missionary, and. was born in China. '' His father died in Japan this year, and was one of the most devoted missionaries ever sent out by the church. '--'r'M': : '. v. : A collection was taken to liauidate the missionary debt, and the Conference and congregation responded very lib erally.:' 1 'tvv: ':;: -r:. J The Committee on Col portage report ed, and Rey. T. J . Gattis, the agent - of coiportage, addressed the body. r xne committee appointed on the sub ject of evangelism made the following report: Your committee to whom the question , of evangelism was referred recommend the following for adoption by the Conference. Resolved, That we urge our ministers and layman to adhere to the old Method dist usages in conducting their revival meetings; tnat when our - pastors desire help they will arrange to aid each other in these meetings, and that we will dis courage the sending of invitations to. and the employment of self-constituted and unauthorized evangelists, both in our denominational' and union, meet ings. - - " Signed ... p. Li reid, - W. C. Norman, E. A. Yates, -D. R. Bruton, 1 F. A. Woodward. 1 he report ot tbe Committee was adopted. Last night the Board of Chruch Ex tension held the anniversary meeting, Eighteen applications for help had been considered by the Board, and the entire amount raised was appropriated to help tnese neeay cnurcnes. - -. - - -. f ifth Street Church was made a spe dal object at the, anniversary meeting. Bishop Duncan made a very strong speech in the interest of church exten sion, and a strong plea for Futh Street Church, of Wilmington. Fifty-three bonds were sold, making $1,800,: and a collection was taken in addition to this. amounting to about $75, The impetus given to the plans to relieve this church assures success. The Conference is fully impressed with the importance of re lieving Fifth Street Church. ' 1 be conference resolved to - bold an afternoon session, and when' it ' adjourn it did so to meet at 3 o clock p. m. Dr. Atkins . was introduced to the Conference, and gave notice that he would address the Conference at a con venient time on a general interest. N. - A DOUBLE MURDER. Newbern Journal. Dec. 16. A correspondent writes us a horrible affair that occurred on the farm of Mr. B. W. Bergeron, near Idalia, Tuesday night. .. . ; Robert Rogers, a white man, who was overseer for Mr. Bergeron: went to the house of Wm. Hammonds,: colored, and shot him through a window -with a pis tol. : The ball entered his head, killing him almost instantly. After the murder Rogers went into another Dart-of the bouse occupied by Thomas Moore, col ored, and attempted to kill him and his children. Thomas Moore having a gun in the room shot Rogers in the . breast, killing him instantly. Rogers is said to have been drinking and to have had a bottle of whiskey on his person when Killed. - ..- v::.-- ;- The Washington Gazette in speaking of the matter says it learns that a woraaq was thought to be tbe cause. ' ; E0CKT MOUHT. : , The Keeley Institute Tobacco Break The - Coast Line Kail road Bhopa Srerythins UtcIt and Business Brisk. - -:..- , : tSpecial Star Correspondence. :-: Rocky Mount, Dec lftV The Keeley Institute, of Greensboro, has concluded to establish a branch at this place and will open on the. first of next January Arrangements have been made with the Roanoke Hotel, where it will be opened, and they will be ready to receive pa tients. - 1 bis place is to be congratulated on having a branch. It is the most ac cessible point, and having more advant ages over any other point in Eastern Caro lina, can be run to a better advantage. -The Institute wiiroe in charge of Dr. G. A. Ramseur,physician,and Mn Dossey Battle will be manager. : - - i Yesterday; the tobacco - break", was nearly as large as on November 2nd, of the Exposition. The sales ever since the Exposition have been unprecedently large, and the money paid 1 out will average from five'to ten thousand dol lars daily. . - - 1 he railroad shops are nearing com pletion. .. The machinery is being placed in position as rapidly as possible, and on or by the 1st of next January the - trains will commence running through to Flor ence, S. Cwhich will f actliate and shorten travel South very' much., Everything here is: on aa -upward : ' tendency; business brisk, money plentiful,- cotton bigb, and everybody cheerful and happy, A Savannah dispatch says: George A.' Wright & Son, of Cano, have failed; as sets iau,yw, liaDmues i),vw,. . 5 SPIRITS turpentine; - A ':;"":? 7 k . ' '-:W ';'?''' -:'' :"' Jonesboro 'Home, Journal : ? John ' McLean, a negro, stole a pair of pants " from Godfrey & Gunter last. week. , He earned them home and it seems that " r they did not suit him, for he carried them back and exchanged them for an- other pair. A little later the theft was " W discovered, he was arrested and bound over to court. He has been sent to the' penitentiary for two years. . -- Wilson Advance Wiley Parker after stealing $50 from Mr. A. Garvey. Of Rocky Mount, and escaping from the ' guards, returned in the night and carried -off the money from its place of conceal- j ment. Glascow. Venis (colored) aged 111 year, died near Falkland, Pitt county, a short time ago. . A short time previous to his death he was able to do considerable work. A year before his -death he could grub, split rails, &c do- v ing fully half as much work as a good man. ; He left a Wife about twenty-five -years his Junior and a numerous pro geny, extending to the fifth generation Chatham Record : On last Thursday Mr. John B. Johnson, of Oak land township, met with the very seri ous misfortune of losing his right hand. -He was "feeding" the cutting machine, which was run by horse power, when his hand was caught in it and mangled so badly that the doctors had to - amputate it at the wrist. ' - -The past summer and fall have been unusually dry. , Very little rain has fallen since early in July, -over-five months ago, and in conse- quence water has been quite scarce. Nearly all the small streams havealmost : stopped running, and many aprings and wells have gone dry, putting many fami- . lies to much inconvenience. Dusty roads in December seem strange in Chatham, where generally at this season our roads are muddv and miry. Henderson Gold Leaf; "Mr. R. B. Burwell. a well-known citizen of this county, died at his residence, "Forst . Home, near Wiuiamsboro. Friday night at 9,o clock. He had been in feeble " health a long while., having been oar- tially paralyzed about twelve years ago, from which he never recovered, although he was not confined to his bed during all that time. The immediate cause of his death was a recent stroke of paraly sis. Sunday last 'about 12:30 o'clock a peculiar noise.-resembUng that of dis tant thunder or the roarine of a cannon. was heard, away to the northward, bv many ? persons here. We underssand that in the neighborhood of AVilltems- ble altitude, thought to have been an aerolite flying 'through the heavens,' which apparently exploded, leaving 'a long trail of smoke in its wake. . . i Charlotte News: Safe blowers i got in some successful work at King's ' Kountam, on the Air Line road, last night. : They blew a safe of Carpenter . Brothers open with dynamite and got away with $2,000 in cash. The News yesterday noted that efforts were being made to haul Register Blakely over the coals - in the Federal Court. Mr. "Blakely was the . registrar of " election for : Huntersville, and the - : grand jury of the Federal Court found a : true bill against him. The case - will be tried here in January. - Last Saturday afternoon the daugh ter pf Mr. H. A. Stowe, of lower Steel Creek township,' swallowed bv accident " one of those tin tags so common on to bacco plugs these days.. Tbe tag stuck v in her throat, and at two o clock Sunday morning her parents arrived here with her. and took her to Dr. Graham for treatment. She is still suffering from the ettects, though the tag was extn- -cated from her throat, - Laurinburg " Exchange : Tony . Rogers was tried last Thursday for the murder of his wife; was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on the 28th of January, t We are informed ' that -the farmers of uooer Richmond have J" largely - increased the acreage of small " .. gram, and cotton will be proportionately ' cut down. A telegram this morn- . ing brought the intelligence of the death of J.- K. Diggs, of upper Richmond, ' - Mrs.. Catharine McRae. of Robe- son, aunt to -senator MCKae.v died ? last week. She was in her 90th , yearr and ' was a - most estimable woman, i - Engineer Neimeyer was running at - full : speed last Friday and about one . mile this side of Hamlet saw an object -oh the track - about a hundred feet feet a head of him.. He reversed his engine and did everything in his power , to stop the train but was not able to , do so m time to save the life of a man by t: the name of McKethan, who had Iain down on the track with one of the rails . for a pillow. The plow tossed the body out of the way of the train, bat not until ' one hand had been cut off by the wheels. His : skull was fractured by tbe blow. and though so tearfully wounded was brought here and lived until Saturday ' , morning. ; , , - ' Wadesboro Messenger-Intelltgen- ; cert. About a o ciock last aaturaay mgnt, , the waste room at the cotton factory was. burned to tbe ground, the room was situated about forty yards from tbe fac- -tory building, and the fire caused - great j excitement up town,as every one thought the mill was the building burning. It is : supposed that tne tire was caused Dy spontaneous combustion. Mr. W. ' J. Thomas, who lives near Morven, hap pened to the misfortune ot having the -honse he occupied burned down last - Friday night. Mr. Thomas lost, every thing he had except a small quantity of UUUIU ' UUV MVhUlMI - aV W building , longed to , Mr. .Martin -Lowery, TBjd? was ; not ' insured. About uuHtfth of ' last month Mr. Geo. W, Rogers, iailer and constable of ' . . A 4 a v ' waaesDoro townsnip, naa aoout $iow stolen from him. Mr. Rogers, in order, if possible, to catch the thief, did not , make public his loss. , but did some . mighty hard thinking and some pretty close watching. On last Thursday Will . Candle, a young : negro boy who i stays " "with Mr, Rogers, confessed that he stole .. the money: at the instigation of one Charlie. Finlayson, colored. Finlayson was arrested last Friday and taken be fore Esq. J. C Parsons, who bound him over to court in tbe sum of $200. . He is now in jail, having failed to give bond. -The money has not yet been recovered. . vU ' Goldsboro Headlight. We learn that Marion Butler, who is continually pleading poverty and howling calamity in his paper, the Clinton Caucasian, has , outfit, by paying $1,600 cash. As "Mary ann" doesnt mention anything concern ing this transaction in his last paper, but -continues to beg" for more money, we have good reason to believe that the outfit - was . bought - by unclean hands: with Republican boodle. The seven-year-old daughter of Samnel Loftin, colored, a tenant on - Mr. A, T. Uzzell's place in A New Hope.' township, was burned to death Tuesday evening -while playing about the fire place, during the absence of her parents. Her clothes became ignited from a flying spark; and , before help could reach her in response -to her pitiful cries, she was literally burn ed to a crisp. ' We learn that there . is a resident in Johnston- county named John Whitley Grantham who has seven grown daughters six, of, whom, are married, " and,- curious -v to . say. all : to men whose baptismal name is John. The residence of Dr. W. H. Finlay son caught fire Friday morning about 3 . o'clock from some unknown cause, and before the fire department had time to respond the interior of the building was badly burned and nearly alt its contents . destroyed. The family had to- flee for ; their lives; witboutsaving anything, as they were not aroused until friends had broken the doors open: ' The building -was insured for $2,600, but' there was no insurance on the furniture and cloning. , the loss of which will foot up $1,600. This is the. second time within a little over four years that this family was made homeless by ore. . :i, i - ; v
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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