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WILLIAM H. BEBKABS, , ' Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. ' Friday, - December 23, 1892. SW- In writing to change ycrar address alwsyt give formtr direction u well u full particulars u where yoq wish your peper to be tent hereafter. Unless yon do both changes can nut be made. Notice of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolution of Thanks, &c., are charged for as WIIIIIMiy MimUXCUCUIJ) VIA KIIXIJ Uil RUED W for strictly In advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for simple announcement of Marriage or Death. . W Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. . - BT Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . .. t W Specimen copies forwarded when desired. - , , . , IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING ' The 1 managers of the steamship companies plying between New York and other Northern ports and Euro pean .ports say that if the proposi tion to temporarily suspend immigra tion be carried out, they will be com pelled to largely increase the fare for cabin passengers. . Th.e object ! of this is, of course, to enlist the co operation of that class of people who do their summer touring in Europe -in'opposition to the proposed legis lation. .; ' . . j . . . , If this is to be one of the effects of that measure, it would have a ten dency rather to popularize it than to : evoke opposition to it, for there are many people who believe it would be a good thing for this country if when the ingress ot immigrants was check ed the annual exodus of the thous and of Americans who cross the ocean to spend their summers in Eu rope were checked, too, so there would be two arguments - for that measure instead of one. : Of course no one questions the right of people who have money to spend to spend it where they please, and if they would rather loaf around in European cities, or ramble around in European highlands than kill time . m American cities or take outdoor exercise climbing American ' moun ' tains, they have an undisputed right to do that. It is a matter of taste and of fashion, which is in such cases more considered than taste. It has come to be fashionable to cross the water, and fashion is a great boss in this as it is, perhaps, in all coun-' tries. Thousands of peoples go to Europe, spend months and lots of money In cities the language of whose people they can neither sneak nor understand, gather the little in- formation they can from 'the guide books and come home knowing - o icauy as nme aDoui stne countries they visited as they'' do about the planet Mars. About a hundred thousand Ameri cans annually go abroad for the sum mer. The steamship companies have made the rates so low that thous ands of people, who believe in fol lowing the fashion, are tempted to go,' when really they cannot afford to go, for the travel to and fro is- the cheapest part of the business. It is estimated thar these hundred thous- and people spend $100,000,000, nine tenths of which goes into European money boxes to stay there and never get back to this country any more. There is complaint in this country of a deficiency-of money, and de mand for more money to supply enough to meet the necessities of trade, and yet here is $100,000,000 annually taken out of the volume of our currency, $100,000,000 in gold, too, or its equivalent, and scattered in Europe. This thing has; been go ing on for years, not so much every year in the past, it is true, but in creasing every year, and likely to continue to increase. It would no doubt be a conservative estimate to pnt the figure spent by Americans abroad in the past tw6 decades at $500,000,000 which would be only one fourth asjnuch per annum as is now spent. ; ' .. . As we need this monev at home. there are a great many people who believe it would be a good thing if the steamship companies would raise the rates of travel so high as to keep the larger number of these European tourists at home and make - them spend the money they are anxious fO get rid of in communing with nature on this side of the ocean and acquiring a practical knowledge of the geogra . phy of their own country. It wouldn't take them long to discover that this country has more scenery than they could shake a stick at which for en chanting beauty and awe-inspiring grandeur lays over anything, they ever struck on the other side of the water, and every bit of it j genuine American, which does not depend upon the fictions of guide book artists to lend interest to it. There is grander mountain scenery in Virginia and North Carolina than there Is in any part of Europe. There is more beautiful scenery on the Hudson, the UDOer Missiccinnl ond JT -'-'si VU U6 WlSmUl" bia rivers than oh the Rhine or any other river .in Europe,' and , as for lakes, waterfalls, geysers, t&c.) we've the bulge on the old countries every time.. We don't 3 brag about our five great lakes, Which they -would call seas in Europe, and don't say much about our. great Sajt Lake in Utah, as a great natural .wonder, which eclipses anything In the old '-world, and yet Americans by the thousand who have never spent a month looking-at the beauties and wonders of their own country spend thousands of dollars looking at scenery not halt as interesting or in spiring, simply because it is in an other country and it is the fashion to do it. - '. .tv-v'-.i :..-: v. . ii ine-sieamsnip companies do raise the passenger rates so hlgh,as bring this annual exodus of Ameri- cans within reasonable bounds, and . , , , . i keeD about two-thirds of the money they have been spending abroad at - ' . ... a a . home they win oe puDiic peneiactors, and will not only be serving their country in this respect, but wiH be larzelv instrumental in advertising its charms for the " tourist which so few of ; them have thus far discov- ercu. . v ... - - ft !.:;:: 4 TT WTTIBT TIT! C.TVP TMOTW ; A W f 4b stVeM W W ea W M When the expenses of an individ ual are greater than his income,, un less he has a reserve' fund to draw upon, there is one of two things for him to do, one Is to call a ' halt and see' where he is, the other is to go on until he winds up in bankruptcy. The sensible man will call a halt, review bis methods, and change them before he runs to ruin, the silly or the' des perate man will run on in the old style until the smash comes. . It is with the nation as with the individual. If its expenses exceed its income it must either call a halt, get back into the lines where it can see its way and meet its obligations, or go into bankruptcy. " Governments do not follow the v same ;, business methods that individuals do, nor ex ercise the same judicious economy for the reason'that when they; want money they levy' taxes to get it, but if they do this to extremes it is only a question of time when they will have to go to borrowing and get In debt beyond their ability to pay out. There are nations in Europe to-day which couldn't, if they used their ut most endeavors, raise the: money to pay ; their indebtedness. ' They are practically bankrupt, although they rank amongst the foremost of the nations and are considered wealthy. Some nations,like some individuals never expect to pay their debts. With them it doesn't make any dif ference how heavily they may be come involved, but with the honest nation which values its reputation and character it does make a differ ence and such a nation ought to go slow and when it .finds itself going too fast it should call a halt and con sider its methods., v ; - Up to the time of the war ours was a reasonably economical Govern ment. There was little extravagance and no squandering of the people's money, but for the-past three decades the tendency has been to extrava gance, which has grown with the years until it has become marvel lous, marvellous that public servants 1 would cn. rn the 'Trpm in e., I " O - ... r w..w .u - OVJ uau I denng that the men who were en trusted with the administration of public affairs have gone, and mar vellous that the people have borne it as patiently as they have. Five1 hun dred millions of dollars a year to meet the expenses of this Govern ment, eight dollars per head for every man, woman and child in it, when a third of it should be ample, and with honest business-like methods V and genuine democratic economy would be. In nothing has this" extravagance been more apparent than in the pen sion laws, by the operation of which the people have been most merci lessly plundered, not so much to benefit the soldiers in whose behalf the plundering laws were enacted, but by tricky politicians, who sought to perpetuate their own rule thereby, and by thieving pension agents, who reaped a rich harvest from the pen sions they secured for claimants. . It is no mystery how this mpn strous imposition upon the people has grown to its present enormous proportions, for thepoliticians of the party which has had contiol of the Government wholly or in part for thirty years have played love for the soldier as one of their big cards, and it was for a long time regarded as evidence, of a lack of patriotism and of hostility to the men who "saved the Union," to object to any bill with a pension attached to it. the mouths of public men Thus were closed and the work of plunder went on. But it has gone so far that the Treasury is now on - the verge of bankruptcy and necessity, - if honest dealing With the people, not de- mands a halt and an investigation taking ot stock, so to speak The day to -question a man's patriotism sm in because; he demands a reform methods and an abatement of the abuses so long perpetrated has passed iiven the soldiers themselves have begun to realize this. ; , There will be, when the claims now pending are considered and the names go on the rolls something over a million names on the pensio list. It will take next year $180, 000.000 to pay the pensions due, with an annual increase "until" the sum reaches within a few years more than $250,000,000. Is there a sane man m America who believes that honest V pensions could ever amount to as much as this, or anything like it? Is there any sane man who , will say that in quiry should not be. made to ascer tain how much of this money is hon estly, and how much fraudulently ex pended? Is there any sane man who Will say that the men entrusted With the administration of affairs by the people will do their duty to the peo ple if they do not investigate and find out how this is, where the peo ple's money is going, to whom and what for, whether to soldiers "who have a just claim to pensions, or to frauds who have none?' This is not a matter of a fewVdollars for a few vears. but of milUAnc nr v . . . . : wi an indefinite number of years. The way to deal with it is to deal with it bravely and honestly, and begin to cut It down at once. KUTOS HENTI02L ', .The big distillery men : of the West are oeginning to interest themselves- in the proposed increase; in the tax on whiskey. Some of them pretend that they don't want it, as the dealers are opposed the agitation which disturbs business. ;. This: is a mere pretence. It is doubtless true that the dealers, that , is the. people who buy whiskey , to sell again, ' do not want the tax increased for ;they have nothing to gain by it whether they have anything to' lose by it or not, butVto the big distillery men the increase in the tax would be a bonan za. The very moment they felt cer- tain the increase would be maae they would start their establishments to running at their Cfull capacity, and there would be an ocean of whiskey "made in tbemeantim&then they Would have the law so framed as to exempt all the spirits on hand at the time of the passage of the law from the in creased tax, and they would . scoop in a clear ; thirty -five cents a gallon "Over and above their present profit on j what it costs them now about fifteen cents ' a gallon ; to turn out. But it is very questionable whether an increase of tax would add anything in ; proportion to the revenue derived. , There is block ading enough now with the tax at ntnety cents a gallon; ' There are squads of; revenue men constantly on raids in this and other States where small stills are rui and there is not a week that a lot of them are not pounced i upon and cut ud. some times not until apitch battle has been fought between the "moon shiners" and the revenue men, send ing some men to premature graves and making others ;. murderers. An increase of tax would simply amount to an incentive to more! demoraliza tion and more lawlessness which would more than offset the increase of revenue, even if there should be an increase of revenue, i The railroad commission law which has passed the Legislature of South Carolina and is now the law, is one of the most ( radical: measures of that kind that has ever been passed in this country. It gives Jthe commis sion absolute control of the roads, and from jits decision allows no ap peal to the courts. But there will be an appeal to the courts. The rail road men will invoke the law to test the power of the Legislature to or- ganize a commission of this kind and invest it with judicial pow&r equal or- rather superior to the-courts of v--vvr wy vru.. i law. ; Regulating railroads by law is I one tumg.no one questions the right of . I a Legislature to do that; taking abso lute possession of and! running them by commissions chosen, is another .The spirit in which this law was ad vocated and pushed to passage, does not indicate that it will j be equitably administered for rh cu it evidently nave an taea tnat rail roads have no rights that a Legisla ture or the public is bound to re spect. As sweeping and . radical as the law is. under nrnrint fair minded men, who were business men and understood something about the rauroaa pusmess and the relations between railroads and the public, it might result in no serious injury to the state or to the railroads, but there is not much probability of finding such a commission in South Car olina among the men' who favor this law and ot course none other willl be put upon ) it. As we view it tne passage ot such a law is unfortunate for the State, as the re sult will be to check railroad develop ment and keep capital out of the State, and it will in all probability, oy the very extreme to which it goes defeat itself ' Wm. Webb, a son of a Hunting ton, West Va., idoctor, got tired of this cold, j rough-and-tumble world, and concluded to leave it. To save his friends as much trouble as he could in arranging . for the pall bearers he selected a list, and then took a big dose of poison. ; But the funeral was prevented by the old gentleman with timely applicabion of a stomach pump. Between the s. p. and the racket he raised it knocked the romance of the business into pi. , Senator Carlisle is very methodical in his ways. It is said that he makes a list of the applicants for office from his State in a book : which he keeps for that purpose, and writes along with it the offices which thev want. As the Democrats of Kentucky are very modest, and haven't had much chance to learn the art of reaching out for Federal offices, the presump tion is tnat senator Carlisle, can carry this book in his vest , pocket. The New, YoikJTerald hints that Chas. A. Dana, of the Sun, would make a tip-top Minister to England, and -this right on top of several other remarks to the effect that he ought to represent New York In the Senate. The Herald seems bound to have an euitor tor sometnmg. inasmuch as the Herald has been demanding the abolition of the minister business as entirely-useless, Mr. Dana may not be carried away by this endorsement. Kaiser William has got to smoking long stemmed clay pipes. , He has not yet iearned-he . inherent virtues ot the corncob pipe. He should write to Uncle Jerry Rusk, who smokes no other kind. Col. Ingersoll says the genius for making money is -as distinct as the genius for music or painting. . That's our opinion." We've tried it. As h. tween painting a rooster and making a hatful of money it would be a draw. Politeness dosn't pay! all the time. at least out in Arizona. This Is the conclusion that the rilan who mashed a beer glass on another man's face, and went to the other man's house next day to; apologize, would , have come to it he had lived to express his opinion, for the other man instead of accepting the apology,' shot the apologizer deed..- It is not stated whether he shot him for apologizing or for hitting him with the glass.The incident, ho wever, ; establishes . the fact that he did not stand nn cere. mony, and that his cheek was harder than a beer glass. The fact that the shooter Was acquitted, shows that out in Arizona the people; believe that beer glasses were mae for another purpose than to be mashed on men's faces, and that they are not an. or thodox weapon, offensive, anyway. There has been a general outcry m Northern cities against electric wires in the streets, but it has been discovered that ; the ( corrosion of water and gas pipes is hastened by the escape of electrical force, and now the question is how to prevent this. In election matters you are never sure until the "Counting is all done. The Republicans in the Fifth Michi gan district felt. sure they had elect ed their man, but a recount of' the votes elects Geo. F Richardson, his Democratic competitor, by an even dozen: votes. - : !A HOWLING TEMPEST. The Storm Yesterday ITenoea and Tree Blown Sown The Weather Bureau's Beport A Cold Wave Bough Times on the Coast. . j The storm, whose coming was he ralded by the Weather Bureau fas an nounced in the Star), reached here yes terday morning early, and nearly "raised the roof" in its wintry .fury. Fences were blown down and limbs of trees twisted off in all parts of the city, and one or two tin coverings of roofs were rolled up and blown into the streets. A travelling photographer's tent, in the lot. at the northeast corner ol Front and Orange streets, . was lev elled with the eround " and in its fall dragged down a portion of the brick wan to which the tent ropes were fast ened. On the river the gale, shrieked like a demon through the rigging of vessels lying at the wharves and anchor ed in the. Stream. Two Scandinavian barques lying near the Wilmington Compress were ' in collision, anrf tvtrh sustained slight damage, and aschooner 1 ' Ins 1,1 me stream near me loot ol (Jastle I street, drifted from her anchorage and I brought up at the wharf of the Skinner vwuki auiu was U. UUL W1LUUUL BUS i imnano o ohm nnvl ki taming injury. The highest velocity & I : i the wind attained, as j reported bv the AVeather Bureau, was 46 miles an hour. Reports from Fayetteville and South port show that the storm reached those piaces ana was severe.! but no serious . . - . ddimje was rerjorted f rnm lrhr nla.- At Southport the schooner Gold Leaf . lying at the coal dock, had one of her masts carried awav. The maximum wind velocity was 48 miles per hour from the west. Mr. Davis, observer in i charge of the Weather Bureau station here, savs of the storm: The 8 a. mj day did not indicate any unusual dis turbance west of here, and no forecast was, therefore, made, j Tl the chief office in ordering signals at 11 p. m. Monday seems to indicate that kl. -I . k I L . ' ! . ' mis uisiuroance was aeveiopea over the ocean and advanced up this coast, being elt atout 1 a. ra. Tuesday, with heavy gusts of wind and moderate rain at the weather office, though from various re ports the rain must have been very heavy in other parts of the city. At 8 r. m. the storm was central off this coast. and by 10 a. m. it had moved north ward and was off the Jersey coast. During the. night heavy rain had fallen from New urn. tn.y 10 r loriaa, ana west to Texas. Rain was especially heavy, at Vicksburg. where 1.72 inches fell; also, at Meridian, 1.80; Montgomery, 2.46; Knoxville, 1.16; Charlotte, 1.16; Norfolk, 1.24. At this point (Wilmington) high winds from the southwest began at 1 a. m. Tuesday, in- creasing in force to the greatest veloci- ty, forty-two miles per northwest, between 5.00; hour from, the and 8. 80 a. m. The temperature rose! at a few stations along the coast and ;iri the Northwest, where it amounted to20. "but where the temperature is so far below freezing a change of 20-or more is of little ac count. Through the central nart of th country a severe cold wave is in pro II., the tempera- gress At Davenport, ture is 10 below zero. l he wave . ex- tends south to Texas aline drawn from Boston to Nashville, j thence to f. San Antonio, marks well the crest. To the right of the line, above 80: to the lefta range of-fi6V bet ween, 76 and 10 below zero. The greatest cold will, of course, be felt north of us, as it was Tuesday morn ing, being 62 here and 86 at Norfolk: still, due cafe should be taken of tender plants and water pipes, as the first cold .blast is rarely ever the coldest to come. .Northwest gales will! continue favor able for all vessels bound south; and up the coast, decidedly unfavorable, with fog, snow and head winds. These conditions will last for about three days, but it will not be unusual if tney ontain lor a week. Christmas for the Old Soldiers. Coi.. E.. D. Hall was: busily engaged yesterday collecting Christmas presents tor the veterans at the Confederate Soldiers Home in Raleigh. Liberal con tributions were made by merchants and others, of fruits, tobacco, oysters, provis ions, etc., enough to fill seven lares boxes, of such things that the old soldiers will eniov and will bless th (inn i"t fA scuuing. - ; Guaranteed Care. We authorize our advertised dmamot tO Sell Dr. Ttincr'a Nnr niuvunt. Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Iipon this condition. If you - are afflicted I : luougn, -oia or any i.ung, Throat or Chest trouhle. and will iku thia nm. ly as directed, giving it a fair trial. uia experience no oenent, you may re turn the- bottle and have TonrmnnM refunded. We could not , moL-. oner, aid we not know that Dr. King's .. . --. i--- "v uita ew Discovery could be relied on. It never aisappoints. Trial- bottlmt fr at K. K. BELLAMV5? Tmtr CM T . . .T-T -" "Wllii i-arge size ouc ana 11.00. . r : t COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Called Meetin Appllotion- (or Uquor .- License Granted Keeper for the - Connty Home Elected. . "A special meeting of . the Board of County Commissioners was held yester day pursuant to call issued by the chair man of the Board, Mr. H. A. Bagg. The meeting was held tocbnsider applica tions for license to sell spiritous and malt liquors, to elect a superintendent of the Coantv Home,' etc. r All the mem bers of the Board were present. ' There were two applicants for the position of keeper of the County Home M. G. Chadwick and S. H. Terry. Mr. Chad wick receiving a majority of. votes cast was declared duly elected superin tendent of the Home. Contract for furnishing coffins and attending to burial " of paupers, was awarded to D. C Evans at $1.09 for each coffin and $1.09 for each burial. . Mr... John W. Perdew was appointed standard keeper for the term of two' years. Mr, J, P. Nutt was awarded the con tract to furnish medicines for out-door poor at 12 cents for each perscription. Ufl motion, the application of Emu Bagge, Seventh and Ann streets, for re tail liquor license, was not granted, on account of applicant's place of business being near the public schools. w. H. Strauss. Wm. McD. Evans, and J. -O. Klander, justices of the peace, sub mitted annual reports, as required by law. Stooka of Naval Stores. Stocks of naval stores at the ports at the close of the week are reported as follows, viz: Soirita turnentin -Nw . Vnrlr 1 ft7 casks; Charleston; 1,907; Savannah, 17,- ibo; Wilmington, a,U85. Total, 83,824 casks. : j- ?t. ;-' - l - '. Rosin New York. 21.083 ? barrels: Charleston, 9.817; Savannah, 121.257: Wilmington. 21.869. Total. 173.S26 bar- rels. . Tar New York. 8.894 barrels: Wil mington, 6,365. Total, 9,759 barrels. A Burglar Captured. James McNeill, colored, was arrested by police officer Henry Kuhl last Sun day on the steamer Caie FeaK on her 1 arrival from Fayetteville. McNeill is one of the gang of thieves recently, ope rating in that city, and is charged with breaking into three houses there. About thirty dollars worth of stolen goods, in cluding some' money, clothing and shoes, were found in his possession. Officer Flowers from Fayetteville arrived here last night and will take McNeill back" to Fayetteville to-day. McNeill is an old penitentiary bird. After his arrest and confinement at the City Hall he tried to make his escape, broke out of the cell in which he was confined and got into the corridor of the prison, but was there captured. He was thereupon removed to the county jail for safe keeping. Important Caae. One of the important cases decided bv the North Carolina Supreme Court at the recent term is Brown vs. Tel graph U. It is there held that a telegraph company is responsible for damages sus tained irom mistakes in sending a mes sage, and that a stipulation against such liability unless the message is rerieatcri is null and void.' Bev. David W. Hemns. The Rev. D. W. Herring is in the city and will preach at Brooklyn Baptist Church to-night at 7.30 o'clock: Mr. Herring has been a very successful mis sionary in China for a number of years. He is quite an able preacher and It will be a, treat to hear him to-nioht. h; I child, who was ill at Mt. Airy, died and was Dunea at tnat place aunday. Uorth Carollnlana In Washington. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond. Va, Dispatch, says : Several prominent North Carolinians were in the city to-day. Among the number were Mr. Sol. C Weil, of Wil mington, an elector-at-Iarge on the Democratic ticket, and Mr. F. W. Kerch ner. of the same citv. who i nmninnH to be an aDDlicant for th Collertor of the port of Wilmington, the place now held by Dancy, a colored Re publican. - f Mr. Julian S. Carr. of Durham ; an other very prominent North Carolinian wau was at tne capital to-day. His friends want him appointed to a high position under the Cleveland Adminis. tration. He is said to have atronor hark. rag irom moixo warouna lor the fost-master-Generalship. . ' T . . . Decisions of the tMlrfmd Commission. The following decisions bv the State Railroad Commission have been handed down, viz: . Carolina Roller Mill m Wilm! saw ii sssutugbvu & Weldon Railway Company, discrimi nation against Fayetteville in freight smpments to points in South Carolina; it aooeanng that letter of exntanarinn hv defendant is satisfactory to complainant. uic utsc is aismissea, 1 Dickinson & Co. vs. Atlantic A- Knrth Carolina Railway Comoanv. comnlaint against a proposed rate by Atlantic & rxorttr Carolina) Railway Company on clams to Northern markets: it nnrwar!nr that complainant has no cause for ac- a I i .1 a-'s I hob me case is aismissea. Faulk VS . Cane Fear & Yarilrin Vallm Railway Comoanv. claim for charge and damage; it appearing by let ter irom tne complainant that the claim has been paid and no further relief '. waa demanded the case was dismissed. Suit - Against the Western Union fn $5,000. The Raleigh News and Observer savs that Mr. Z. Vance ; Walser, now in that city, is of the opinion that he is entitled to $5,000 from, the Western Union' Tele graph Company, and has brought suit to recover that amount. The case is rather interesting and the facts are about as follows After the failure of the First National Bank of Wilmington. Mr Walser was regarded as an aoolicant fnr iuc receivcrsaip; out tnis position was secured by Mr. W. S. O'B. Robinson. It seems that CorxiDtrolIer Lacv had intimate, personal relations with Mr. Walser. and was disnosed to him; and on the dav that Mr. Rohi nson was appointed Mr. Lacv sent Walser a telegram asking if he would accept if appointed. Mr. Walser says this tele gram was not delivered, and that, in consequence, Robinson was appointed; toai u me teiegram naa oeen aeiivered he would -have accepted the appoint ment. The salary of the receivm-; onn per montn, ana it is supposed that win rea aire two ana a naif veam tn dm, un the business: so that Mr. Wa1or is nf the opinion that he is out the sum of $5 000 ' BaelUen Arnlcai SslIy. The best Salve in the world tor 1 mi Cruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt-Rheum r ever. ores. Tttr. nionni un. Chilblains. Corns, and all Slrin I7n.rv3. and positively cures Piles or no pay is v.ubu. is giuiauwcu iu give penect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price mw per dox. or sale by Robert R. Bellamy. Wholesale and Retail rw gists. I ITOBTH.CABOIJIfA C02TFEBE3TCE Reports of Various Boards and Commit tees Fifth Street Church, Wilmington, Selected for the XText Conference Gen eral Minuiea Th Appointments, Etc. . (.Special Scar Correspondence. GOLDSBORO. Dec. 19th. FIFTH DAY. The beautiful sunlight cheered the hearts of the people as the Conference wended its way to St. Paul's .church to attend what every one believed to be the last day's session of the Conference- of 1892 " - The .Conference 'was opened ' with prayer by Dr. J. F. Crowell. The jour nal of the afternoon session of Saturday was read and approved. The ;, Board of Education reported. This .report is a lengthy and important document. Liberal offers to aid Trinity College in securing an endowment were made by B. N. Duke. ' - Dr.. Crowell addressed the Conference on the subject of education and in the interest of Trinity Collet e. The Board of Education recommended Greensboro Female College, Littleton Female College and Wesley an Female .College to the patronage of. the Church v Dr. T- Atkins, who represented Dr. Hayes'the commissioner of education for the colored rjeonle. addressed the Conference. ?-4:'r C'-S-' ' A collection was taken, amounting to $57.49 to aid this work. The joint board of finance then made l. ru f...J. j : 1 j men icpuu, iiic 1UUU3 were uisiriouieu to the claimants in open Conference. : The committee appointed to try Rev. J. T. Aoerfaethy reported. They ex honerated him from the charge of im morality, but found that he was guilty of imprudence, and sentenced him to be reprimanded at the bar of the Con ference, by the - Bishop.; The penalty was inflicted and be was located. There is much- sympathy, expressed for him, and the hope is entertained that he may yet prove a useful minister In the local ranks. - - Tbe various boards and committees made their ; reports. Resolutions of thanks to the good raonle of GoMshnm were passed.1 ;;;v v.; '-' Fifth Street Church, Wilmington, was selected as the seat of tbe next Con ference. The whole Church Is aroused- in tbe interest of this church, and hopes are entertained that in a year's time this church will be freed from its embarrass ment. . ;f The following is" a summary of the minutes, giving statistics, etc , GENERAL, MINUTES. ' Question 21 was called. What is tbe number of local Dreachers and mrmhm in the. several circuits, stations, and mis sions of the Conference? Answer Lo cal preachers, 185; white members. 57, 708; colored members, 281 Total 57.689. Question 23. How manv adnlta han been baptised during the year? Answer 2,608. - i'i-..y,S- Question 25. What is the number of Sunday School scholars? Answer 83. 808. ' - - . Question 27. What amount is neces sary for the superannuated preachers, and the widows and the orphans of preachers. Answer $5,500. ' Question 28 What has been col lected on ' the foregoing account, and how has' it been applied? Answer Received on foregoing ac count from districts, $4,262.58; from N. C. Conference Trust fund. $259 45; from Calvin fund, $22.95: from ' Pub lishing House, $600.00; amount from last year, $41.91. Total, $5,126.89. - Distributed to claimants. $4,924 80; miscellaneous expenses, loss through Wilmington Bank, and funds onhand, $202.59. : Question 29 What has-been contrib uted for missions? Answer Foreign missions, $9,845.43; domestic missions, $6,100.24. Oucstion 30 What ha tv Vn rnn t riK nted for Church extension? Answer-4-$1,892.06. N Question 81 What is the number and what is the estimated value of Ch edifices? Answer Number, 573; value, 3687 685. t ; " Question 82--What is the number and the estimated value of parsonages? An swerNumber, 94; value. $118,670. Question 83 What are the Educa tional Statistics? - Trinity College; num ber of professors, 12; number of students, 156; value ot buildings, $182,000.00; value of , productive endowment, $33,000. Wesleyan Female College, Murfrees boro, N. C, number of teachers. 6; num ber of students, 46; value "of property, $20,000. Littleton " Female College, number of teachers, 13; number of stu dents, 80; value of property, $12000. Burlington Academy, number of teach ers, 7; number of students, 125; value of property $4,000. Jonesboro ' High School, number of teachers, 4; number of students, 64; value of property. $2,500. jvumanu s Acaaemy, statistics not given. APPOINTMENTS. Raleigh district J A Cunninggim, Presiding Elder. ; Raleigh Edeaton Street, J N Cole; Central church, I B Hurley; J. B. Bob bitt, supernumerary; City Mission and Brooklyn, J J Barker. Cary circuit B C Allred. Rolesville circuit K D Holmes. Youngsville circuit W B Moore,' Franklinton circuit N H n wn.nn r? - m. w v SltfU AJS L. Pell supernumerary." Louisburg sution L E Thompson. Tar river circuit B B Cuibreth. Granville circuit V A Sharpe. Oxford station J H Cordon. Oxford circuit P L Hermon. Raleigh Christian Advocate F L Reid. Editor. v Oxford Orphan Asylum W S Black, Superintendent. uurham District E A Yates Presid- ing Elder. Durham Trinity, R C Beaman; Main street, F A Bishop; Carr Church. L L. Johnson. Durham circuit J W Jenkins. Hillsboro and Cedar Grove station D N Caviness- - Caldwell circuit F. F. Un. - Chapel Hill station N M Watkins. " Leasburg circuit L L Massey. , Roxboro circuit M H Tuttle. ' Mount Tirzah circuit D L-Earn- nardt. ... Burlington station jvE Underwood. Burlington circritA M Ormond. -- " Alamance circuit M J Hunt. ' Milton circuit J H Shore." Yancey yille circuit G W Fisher. Conference Col porter T J Gattis. ; t ayettevilIe,District f T Gibbs, Pre ; : V siding Elder, ' Fayetteville Hay Street and Camp-" bleton MissiohtT Lvon and T H ;., ton. , Cumberland circuit J D Bundy. Cokesbury circuit D A Futrell. . Sampson circuit Jesse W Martin. Lillington circuit Michael Bradshaw Buckhorn' circuit A J Parker, I W A vent, supernumerary. Cape Fear circuftW F Galloway. Pittsboro circuit T W Robinson. ... Haw River circuit J H Hall. P.?ePiver circuit H M Jackson. Siler City circuit J R Newhn. - Carthage circuit J A; Lee. - Aberdeen circuit W Crowson. Jonesboro circuit John E Thompson Rockingham, district W " Presiding Elder. Moore, wRckjn.eham "ation W B Doub; T W Guthrie, supernumerary, SucLingnara circuit-H D Stamey. Kicbmond circuit E B Wilcox. Mount Gilead circuit G B Perrv Pekm circuit J M Lowder. Prospect circuit J H Frizelle. Asbury circuit J B Thompson. St John sutionM L Wood. : Launnburg stationR J Moorman. j Maxton and Caledonia station CW Maxton citcuit A D Betts. ' Lumberton circuit F B McCalL Robeson circuit Philin Greening: R W Townsend, Supernumerary. ; , . -0 Wilmington district W S Rone, Pre siding Elder. Wilmington-rGrace 1 Church, ,W ' C Norman; Fifth Street, L. L. Nash; Bla den street. J C McCall; Market Street, M S Plyler. , Scotts Hill circuit Erskine Pope," :, Onslow circuit J L Keen. Kfacrnrtlia iiv-inr.in C' lZAAi " ' .: Kenans ville circuit. A R Raven. Clinton circuit ? San ford. Bladen circuit-L M Chaffin. - , Whiteville station W A Forbes. Elizabeth circuit W H Thompson. " Whiteville station W A Forbes. Columbus circuit R F Taylor. . , - Waccamaw circuit S J Browning. V Brunswick mission L S Etheridge. ; v Southport station Oliver Ryder. Newbern district F D SwindelL Pre 1 siding Elder. Newbern Centenary, R A - Willis; Hancock Street, J F Butt. Goldsboro St Paul, B R Hall; St John, M D Hix . : ' Mt Olive circuit N M Jnrney. - LaGrange circuit R H Broom. ' Snow Hill circuit N E Coletraine. - Kinston station F, M Shamburger. ' Grifton circuit J C Jones. Craven circuit J G Johnson. Jones circuit R B Gilliam. Carteret circuit Geo W Starling. Morehead station W E Edmondson. , Beaufort station R F Bumpass. . Pamlico circuit F S Becton, supply. Straits circuit James P Pate. ; Core Sound mission J M Carraway. Goldsboro circuit M M McFarland Washington - district R B John Presiding Elder. - Washington station W " S Davis; W H Call, Supernumerary. Washington circuit J W Wallace. Greenville station G F Smith. Greenville circuit L"Warlick. Jamesville circuit H E Tripp. Plymouth station W H Willis. Rooer Citv station I T Fin la Columbia circuit-I A White. Dare jcircuit J J forter. Roanoke Island rirmt1 R .anrvpr. Kennekeet circuit J A Rouse. . ; Ocracoke and Hatteras circuit D A Watkins. Mattamuskeet circuit J D Pegram. Fairfield station C P Jerome. Swan Quarter circuit G D Langston. Pantego circuit L H Joyner, Jr. Aurora circuit J E Bristow. . Vanceboro circuit N L Seabblt. Warrenton district S D Adams, Pre siding Elder. - : Warrenton circuit Alpheus McCul len. .- Warren jcircuit C O Du Rant, T, B Reeks, supernumerary. : Rtdgeway circuit J A Hornady. Henderson station W L Cuninggim. Littleton circuit J L Rumley. .Weldon station J A Green. ' . Roanoke circuit Jesse C Draper. Halifax circuit E H Davis and W L Grissom. - Gary sburg circuit T J Dailey. Northampton circuit L J Holden. - Meherrin circuit J H M Giles. Murfreesboro station R P Troy. : . Harrellsville circuit B B Holder. Lewiston Mission Supplied by Wm Grant. . Bertie circuit Z T Harrison. Littleton Female College J M Rhodes, President. Roaqoke circuit Jessie C Draper. Wilson district G A Oglesby, Presid- r ; . ;.";: " ing Elder. . WiIson-station-T N Ivey. ' Spring Hope circuit T WS Parker. Nashville circuit S T Movie. Rocky Mount station T O Guthrie. .Battleboro and Whitakers H B An- derson Tarboro station 13 H Tuttle. Tarboro circuit W Y Everton. : Bethel circuit G G Harley., . - Williamston and Hamilton station EC Sell. : . , South Edgecombe circuit E C Glenn. Freemont circuit W W Rose. Kenly circuit N H Guyton. Smithfield circuit W H Puckett. ' Dunn circuit G T Simmons. 7. Newton Grove circuit W A Jenkins, : Clavton circuit J M Ashby. - . Transferred S P Douglass and CF SherrilK' - , - . THE LATE SENATOR, GIBSON. Funeral Ceremonies at Frankfort, Ken tucky. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Lexington. Ky4 Dec 19 The body of the late Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, arrived herer yesterday afternoon and was meat the depot by friends of the dead statesman from Frankfort and the Confederate Veterans' Association of Kentucky; The remains, in charge of relatives, were taken - to the suburban home of Hart Gibson, a brother of the deceased. Tbe Congressional Commit tee from .Washington arrived and taking carriages visited the home of Hart Gib son, i At nine o'clock this c morning the funeral . procession started. The pall-bearers were: Colonel Wm. Pres ton Johnston, Major C. J. Hall, Colonel Stoddard Johnson, ex-Gov. J. Proctor Knott, C H. Voorhees, Duncan Gibson. Col. Kit rhnanlr onH T Q w v nvMiia su ve, We Johnston, under immediate escort of the Confederate Veteran Association, num bering over two hundred members, while the body was followed by an inter minable line of carriages and other Ve hicles. Arriving' at the Cathedral, the remains were rested in the chancel. The last sad services a grand, solemn re quiem mass was celebrated by Rev. Fathers Barry, Cavanaugh and Von Fos- senoerg. Kev. ratner Barry delivered the funeral oration. There were no ser vices at the grave. SOUTH1 CAROLINA. Passage of the Bill Putting all Railroads v Under Control of the Commission. ' ' i - ' ' ' By Tele .raph to the Morning star. Columbia, S. C, December 30. The bill putting absolute control of all railt roads in the State in the hands of. the Railroad Commission, from whose deci sion there will be no appeal, was last niKht signed by the Governor. A mass meeting of railroad employes Was held last night, and a committee was appoint ed to wait on the Governor In regard to mc oiii.., me governor sa d: "The hill is now a law. The opposition "of eight or ten thousand railroad employes does not amount to a damn, compared with fifty or sixty thousand farmers demand ing its passage'; The effect of this was rather inflamatory. A mass meeting of aU railroad employes in the State is Called for Thursdav nih .u i... iLe'C-jywil1 then htln in earnest against the Tillman movement. PP Hooaiers. - Wm. Tim'mons, postmaster of ldaville, Ind.. writes : ElvtriV r;o 1 j ' more for m? than all other medicines combined, for that bad feeling arising from Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place, says ; rFind Electric Bitters to be SfdJ63 Kidney and Liver medicine; made me feel like a new man. ' r- J. w Gardner, hardware merchant, same town say?. Electric Bitters is just the thing muanwho is all run down and donl y. uCU,ct ue nves or dies ; he found i1T good Petite, and felt just ?-iJtef a neJ?'lease Qn life. Only at R0BltET Bm:i SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Greensboro Record: We .' are sorry to announce that Mrs. Judge Dil lard fell "yesterday ; morning and frac tured her arm. She wa .going across tne room . wucu ucr 1001 Decame en tangled in a rug,' causing her to fall to the floor with the above result. . . . . . Salisbury Herald: A negro by the name of John Crump, living in tbe neighborhood of China - Grove, was' knocked off the track by a freight train near the fair ground, about 8 o'clock . , - - Li. i... oaiuruay uijjui. uuc in uu 'cs was Dadiy oroken, ana ne was ' mjurea inter nally, i He was drunk and . was walking on the track. - ' 1 Stanly News : It is rumored here that a Mr. Surrat was murdered for : his money Sunday rrjight, in Jackson . Hill, and that tbe murderer 'was cap-" . -XT ! 1 ; . m' luisu. aio 1 pariicuiara given. t -burglar entered the store of Mr. T. C. Hearne last Friday night and stole the contents of his money drawer $10The ; thief entered throuoh an oiwrhir. m ik. north side, and seems to have been per fectly familiar with the store. No sus--picions. Mr, Rumage prophesies that the latter part of winter will be somewhat severe, A sign which he has never;; known tp fail is, that when rhirlrAna ih.il thir Kn-. f . i : . . . , vu b iwivuua UlSli the winter will tie mild; tail feathers first. ft nr. 1 1 Sa d.it... Ae . t. A V. . . . t have gone by the board, lpok out for the s danger signal. - ' Morcanton Herald; We h aire been shown this week some rich speci mens of silver ore found in this county. Prof. Claywell has a number of speci mens obtained 'about four miles from Morganton. " ; The Morganton mar-: Ket is abundantly supplied- with cranber ries from Mitchell county. These ber ries are large and of fine flavor, They are found in tne Toe river valley at an elevation of four thousand feet above tide water. 4- The-. Dunavant' Cot ton Mills, successrs ic the Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Co., will probably add 2,000 more spindles to theuf fmill in the Spring. - It now has 8,200 spindles, and the addition of tbe new machinery will necessitate' the extension ' of the main building. Raleigh ? News and Observer : , News is received here of a valuable and extensive discovery of phosphate rock in Pender county. While a diich was be ing dug the other day to drain some meadow lands near South Fork, in Pen- , der county, the bed was struck. It is believed to be a very extensive bed,, and is a fine quality of phosphate rock. It is on the line of the, Wilmington & Wel don Railroad. A shooting scraoe took place 1 in "Leicester township, Buncombe county, Saturday night. Dr. J. M. Stevens and son James, with three other men, went to arrest Jesse. r r t 1 1 . wuui j. rv. 1 ones, ior not complying with the-sheriff's order to do certaih road work. As the posse approached the old man warned them off and swore they couldn't arrest his son. As the . posse ..approached the old man fired, ' which was returned, and resulted in the immediate death of tbe father and slight iuiuries to the rest of the persons en gaged. Jessej was arrested and lodged in jail.. ;:":'.': .-. .y.;:. ' Winston Sentinel: j. P. Scales, of Sandy Ridge, Stokes county, died on December 14th, of rheumatism and par alysis combined, Several 'possum hunters ran up on a sirscipus looking wagon camped out ner WaSfGwn the other night. No one" was at the wagon when tbe hunters went up, hence they took occasion to see with what tbe wagon, was loaded. To their surprise they found a number of blacksmith's tools, bars, etc Shortly afterward a negro arrived who cursed and ordered the hunters away.; The latter left but went off and reinforced the number with a view of findint? Out. if oossirtle' whr ih - camoers wantrl nr meant h ih.i. tion. Upon their arrival they found i some white men at the wagon. They also refused to be questioned as to their business, and requested the callers to gfet awav from there. The supposition of the, Waughtown people is that the strangers are a gang of burglars. V , They have moved therr camp to some place not yet discovered. The citizens of Waughtown are keeping" a watchful eye for any trouble that may occur. i San ford Express-. The stojre of . Mr., Ben Mclver, of Carthage was en tered by burglars on last Monday night and a lot of j goods carried " off. -Bruce Harris, colored, was arrested here last Saturday on the charge of iorgery. After receiving a preliminary hearing he' " was .sent to jail af Carthage to await' . court. . Earlv fatal accident occurred at the works of the Carolina Brownstone Company, just outside the western - limits of tbe town.' Three colored hands had iust becun their ' day s work when several tons -of earth and rocks jutting out above their beans, caved in upon them, killing one, Ed. Alston, instantly. The other two were painfully hurt. The accident was the result of negligence. Some thief 1 stole two bales of cotton from the Mclver " firm about two weeks ago. The cotton was removed from the platform at night J and earned off by a wagon. The wagon could not be tracked far on , account of so much travel. This is not tbe f first time this firm has lost cotton in thistraf. Nearly every year they miss One or two ; bales. The thief rionhtioaa h9. ..... . ' - vw...0 avi.C9a iu a press where he can chance the hacr. ing. . - - Tarboro Southerner : The Stra bane farm, about eight miles from here, 1.675 acres, sold to-day for $8,800 cash.- -There seems to be no market for big farms? M f" RjtrU'a form vr 2 township near Whitakers, sold for about the same price per acre. About midnight yesterday the new stables of E. L. Moore, at Sparta, wa discovered . on fire, : The building was used as a cot-" ton storage house by W, G. Webb. In it he had between sixty and seventy-five bales of cotton and crop of rice. Tbe cot- 'v ton and rice were destroyed. . There was . no insurance on stables, cotton or rice. - - The store and postoffice building. . wm.uicu uy ouaw tveecn. was broken into and the money drawer riflc-d of its . change, $1.80, Kerosene was poured on ' lucnoor ana lighted. Fortunatejy Mr. bhaw was awakened time enough to ex tinguish the fire before it had caught the wodd or had done much damage to the building, though some of the shelving and about $750 in shoes and other goods were burned or ruined. Shaw & Keech were fully insured. It is believed that the stables were 'GrA tn l . i , ' , - - 1U Willi" tate robbing the store. The t.t-i i between $3,500 and $4,000. Raleigh ?A. Th. Cn.-. Court of North fiirnii., i,.. -.vuun, uas juai ren dered two important decisions. One, j fxPr5S3 ompany vs. Wilmington and Weldoa Railroad Company., holds that the railroad commission is consti tutional and valid, but it does not by its terms compel a railroad company to fur nish facilities to every company desiring!, to run an express company over its line. Sl!r'row vs.; Telegraph 7. uum, 1.1 r a telegraph com pany is liable form stakes in transmit ting a message fcn 1 that a stipulation vu uuc oianit : lotms on r which the message is sent exempting the com pany from suchhabi ity. is null and void. - 1 he revenue collector has news of very large seizures of illicit distilleries in Wilkes and Catawba counties. In. the former county detective Osborne gave In uus 10 the locat'oi of the stills. uiVw Ch were cut up. iOsborne has left that part of the country, but moon shiners who are in business in Wilkes say they are again in danger of betrayal, -hf waa a 8arP fight in Catawba, where Deputy Collector Jones and a large party raided the notorious South Mountain section. They went in under fire, but none were hurt. Thef captured iKP'J'SSf and one moonshiZer. In the raid 4.000 gallons ; of fine liquor were seized. x .. .-
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