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I H reuce with r gdrdel is urpris , i lro the le?s surprising tti-i ijn I co'npm fes ot the -C'JU- , i- il given it more at- tiir.i it i i t d hjve not I iV ,oo n.Heti ided ths bears tn : p rh ips reUt r c u i'fy r aJ II il T J It :'i:"y nil ps s fer r I ( oi !! ul 1 ."I liito the d n e if them, t i stiick C u i try lat creeks H . if I Vldi I I titi i re are: ad- i t " . c ' railr nJ- ) r - - -t t W- V ui ut the w n1 ju1J be t i he nu p Ves fr i?n - r ilr i I ., i lKl be no 1 w'uhou railroad-. r. ince to tcre possi- I 'le in i. : i Ji i -Si i n i a; i r. tra,V' r-e 1 by.it made ve : :0 1 1 c ;inm - i i mi r a rci il com that re idy c-j. , .1:1 4 :i 1 1 o e co n mo Ml- in -. i s le.i . nev s me- tin 0 i rac: brtnon r tads m o P o J : -'e r ; 'i m., to c t ft i and ; n - . r. ic'i n 1 hcj n n l id t s . r I t tie i i .'ile -. r iJjcts ! Tnu i ii bra i n and n ,i t t ' a ' q i c- r i -ir a r . t hi Iv C' ' ii I 1 If. .vi lh U o l ) . t te hi i tCMe h a" r 1 i t ' -I t: e or'iriVr- a;- qc i I i mi f o ,the e i t -, !. not i 4 . i l )U ' I i ..1 V I :; tht de) t if f-i 'T I a w .ti c - n Wl - I r I m .. i y o'. ti e r ia Is .. e de if hs , id gorges cmrtl by ih c m li foe ar "y h ie cn try roads, which m r- w t4 i up isiole at times ti i.e, . ,tji n. ad when it b- t CO a. ay jc-iDie men comes tne rus .' p Vn .if whic i could ie "J if he roads c -uh be freely Used a k ')' season of the year ..4 : - 1 ' o ti T ic uc that they cannot be noi i i rfcres with the e ven opera n if tl'e r iids, but increases tnr Cdsi of .ftjuip nent for the byc i n,J,cllin4 thein t pro work done vide them i se ve- wuh a larger number of loco m 'itive- la id cars to be T prepared for tne ruh ti a i wo uld be nece-sary the i merits coaul be moved without inttrruprt m and with egulanty Here is Where the railroad is inter ested in the matter of qutUy invov log many thous thousands of dollars and n kirn t ti 4a Ulh'itli. f,uintrw with its 174,000 Seniles of nil way isicunsJd ered, many millions of dollars.- In addiiion to this it is an indisputable fact that, bad roads retard and ma j terialiy interiere of the Section' i run, and also kee terialiy interfere with the settlement through which they eep downthe produc- tiou of the portion which on account of the difficu is settled ty of get ting it removed from the. farm: '. The, . cost ,of rem vol adds, to the cost of production, Uartd hence the farmer raises only so much as he C&n readily . handle and dispose of and only those articles for .which he can find the readiest and most profitable matrke, Jsn't the railroad, which depends for jts profits on the volume of bust n ess it does, interested in encoprag Jng production, and in securing the growing or two Dusnels or two Dales where one bushel or one bale grew before? Every bushel and every bale .added to the commercial output add that , much to its business and pro portionately to its income and its profits. With its greater volume of business handled at a smaller propor tionate expense, because there wouldn be fever empty cars and less profct - VOL. XXIV, less dead weight t,o carry, couWo't the railroads better afford to- make lower freight rates, and thus give, without loss to themselves, the farm ers what the Jhtrd party agitators have been raising such a clatter about within the past few years, so that the country road may hot only be made tributary to .the increased pr sperity oC the railroads, but also contribute to solving the problem oi low rates, which has recently been the'siibject of so much aggressive action and animated discussion. i .. In .our article a few days agq we contended that not only the people or the coontry, but the people of the towns as well "are interested in good r tads, a d so are the railroads. 1 All three should' get' together, discuss ihis su'iject in a business bke way, and see if so ne plan carfnot bej de vise I which ihey could muttjally aist. eich . other, and work . in con ccrt f r the s ilutioojof this prAiblem in whichthey are all .interested. -..- NEW.MARKEIS FOR COTTok If itt 1 1 planting is topay in the! Suth ihsre roust be one of two things, either a" production restricted within the limits of the markets we now have, or we-must have new mar-' kets. Even with restricted pruduc'l tion new markets 'are desirablej.for! the m ire markets; the greater competition; among purchasers the and th better the price. Bit under pre sent c i.liti ons there are, and can be pracucaliy but two m trkefs, j the; hom- marke! and the Eurojeah mar kct. There is a Iare-sectionor ra ! ther sections of the! world in and on the other side of the Pacific Ocean which would become large purchasers ' - ...-.!.'' of. A nencan c itton, but which, are how practically beyond our reach on! account of the jcircuitous routes we have to "travel to get to them. China,! ndia, Jipan, all offer inviting fields or . American cotton and catton goods, and 'yet we cannot profit by! hem because we cannot reach themj We ship cotton to E igland -wherd it is woven into fabrics and shipped o the nations of the far East, which are am ng E-igland's best customers. I fhey are clothed largely with Araeri can cotton, but after it has passed through British spindles and tbomsj iiauu iLu iici superior sinupi'ig has the a J van cage of us in, the jmatl J ter of transportation, and being a ifree tnde country has the advantage of us in trading with other nations! but in addition to this she has the I , . . . I . ; . additional advantage of a shorter route than,-any we have, by way of the Su z' Canal, through which most of her traffic with Eastern countries s now done. The only way we can hope to compete with E inland for this great I trade is by securing a shorter route to those countries,, and th only way e can do that is by the construction of the Nicaragua Ca ul w lie will cut off the rounding of Sou'h Americaj - t. j Mr. Hmrv G. Hestei', the Secre t iry o if.tie Niw Orlei is Cotton E ci i ig aot ne if the bist a it loif . . i . - - - , -, ii in this ooincry, hi-. us no written a pa er on the rtticii thit the Mioaragju i Canal "wul I hive o i the cotton industry of this country. Acpor Jin. to hi h, Great Britain ships annua ly ii'OUO.UUt) worth ot cotto -. g )od, $L7J,000,000 of which goes' -to Brmsh In lia, China, Japan and other, Eisteroi countries, j Du(r-, ing 1891 the) exports from the TJ.iited State- to Asj'a an 1 pceanica amount ed to $43,814 UUO, Ot Which Only $ti, 787.000,' or less than one fifth. were C itton ra i mfactures. "ihus. he siys, "while Eigland sends th prod jet .of. her looms and spindles, wortn one hundred and seventy odd mdli ns of dollars, to clothe the peo ple f the far E ist, we, who produce the raw muerial in the greatest quantity a id under the most favora- li circumstances, send considerably less than one twentieth of 1 that amount." i ' ' -j..' i - "'r V .:',.;' I .'England buys about half the cot- t m of the South, runs it through heY spindles and looms' :and. makes it bring her more I moiiey than the S-iULhern planters get or the, whole crop, and she finds in the people jof those Eistern countries purchasers for one-half the amount she shipsJ Of the 9,035,000 bales raised J in the South in 1891 but 2,900,000 bales wtre manufactured in this country. and our p'anters had to seek a mar ket elsewhere tor the surplus of over 6,000,0)0 bales and take for it what the foreign purchasers were .willing to pay. The consequence naturally was low prices as there always will be with an over large product and limited - markets, j. Qf the . crop of 1891, the South -manufactured only 686,000 bales. ; , ; ; : The construction of the Nicaragua Canal by reducing, the , distance be tween u , and these Eastern countries many thousands of miles, would not .only open up a vast field for , Amen can cotton and cotton goods, but would give the South advantages which would stimulate the; cotton manufacturing industry, which would in a short while require twice or three times the quantity ot raw ma terial now used with the probablli ties of a . large and ' steady increase for years to come. 1 ; These markets, once gained, they could be held, for with the advan tages of the shorter route and conw sequently. cheaper transportation with the cotton grown in our owo territory,' -there is, no nation in, the world I that could '-,wrest that i trade from us or successfully com pete with us in that field. It would introduce our cotton dealers . and manufacturer to 800,000,000 of pep-' pie, most of whom wear little but cotton garments, because ' most of them live in latitudes where heavier . -i. - - t -. garments are not necessary. They wear fewer of these now than they would if ; they were more easily or cheaply obtained, which they could be if we c uld reach them quickly and cheaply, as we could if we could pass from .ocean to ocean without doubling . Cap Horn, as England now does by the Suez Canal, instead of douoling the Cape; of Good Hopd, as she! had to do before the Suez nut m virai opened. ::r - . Tt'L; .A :t. It is not surprising under; thejeiri- cumstances, and-n view of the Vast ntl iencethis enterprise wiU-have in promoting the cotton industry of the' South that it should be so favorably regarded and that those of our peo ple who have given it any tnought are solicitious for its success. It is a scheme in which this Government may well take an interest, because it offers grand potentialities to Ameri can enterprise, provided that the 13 teresrean be taken safely. and thie American people be amply protected against fraud or contingencies which; might wrest the canal from their con trol after their money had built it. With these conditions settled, it is a proper subject for the consideration and encouragement of this -Govern ment. MINOR 9lN HO Jl. In his message Governor . Holt makes a number of recommendations which 'are deserving of careful atteh- tention but there is one, which, view ed from a moral standpoint, has so much in it that it should not fail ito Wommand the earnest thought of the Legislature and of the people, fie urges the, necessity of a State refor matory for youthful criminals and llustrates it by citing the fact that there are now in the penitentiary 362 convicts under twenty years of age and 56 under fifteen, years. This is bout one fourth of the total number i ot convicts. .They are doubtless nearly all black, as the large majori ty of the convicts are black, but it does not necessarily follow" that, whether black or white, they are not innately wicked... But tnere is much doubt in the mind of any ken sible person that after serving a term in the; penitentiary, where they j are thrown t in constant contact ' with with older and hardened criminals, they will come out fully - equipped tor an Kinds ot Oivument and deter mined to lead la wless lives. ... If there was anything good in them when they went in, there is nothing gooq in them when they 'come out. There are undoub erily some persons who are born with a thieving propensity, as some are., born with a talent for are one thing or another, but they not ali bon thieves, nor mni'der ers, tor fire bugs. Miny of those ho go to prison become criminals feom temptation to which they yieldj or ' r im d -praved association. I o ten force such association within the con fines of a penitentiary is simply to continue and accomplish under law the woric tnac Dezan witn pe praved associations, or under the ! influence of irresistible temptation. The State should ,not become a party to, making hardened Criminals, put should endeavor to save rather than destroy. " If there was known to be an infectious disease within the peni tentiary the convicts would be sepa - - , - . i rated the halthv from the infecttd. This to preserve the body. Why, then, should the younger be subjected to the -moral, infection of the con firmed deDraved.f thus destrov the better part of the victim,. and make n necessarv for the 'State to watch him and take care1 of him the better part of his iife, when by careful sep aratlon in time be might be saved and become a law abiding citizen ? Not Only the youthful criminal but the State, which hasto care forenmi nals, is interested in the reformatory. v . k- ' Uxr-l : j A ventriloquist took a mean, ad vantage of a confiding Boston wo man by selling her a parrot which could repeat the Lord's prayer in half a dozen languages. After the man left the parrot couldn't be en ticed I to say beans. The ventrilo quist did the: praying in the half dozen languages while the parrot struck an attitude! and looked serU ous. The State of Pennsylvania spent last year for all purposes $10,743, 759.08, of which 5,379.672.08, or over one-half, was for public sphools, which shows that Penn's Woods be- lieves in teaching the young idea hiw to shoot, . ' ' Indian Bellos. , , , t ' Mr C. H. Blizzard; of Elkton. Bladen county, was a visitor- at the Star office yesterday. He exhibited a stone toma hawk found at Elkton a few days ago by laborers digging ai well, about four feet below the surface, along with a bow and arrow and a number ot beads. ''.,'i-'" .Vi, ;. ..-'r.; ?,c? ESXILY WILMINGTON, N.-G., FRIDAY eTANUARY 13, THE STATE BANK BiLU. : J Tba Maohlnery Provided for Their Ooins Into Baaineas. - ' 'T- CharlMe Vtaenrer. " ' ' - ' J The following is a synopsis of the- bill introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr; Sherrill. of Catawba." entitled "An act to authorize State banks to issue notes.'' It is an open secret that -Treasurer Tate drew the bill. It provides that ady bank or: panking association now chartered, or which may be chartered by the State, and doing business within - the - State. may issue circulating notes., payable on demand in lawful money of the United States.- under the limitations contained n the act. to an amount not exceeding the paid up cash capital of such bank. To secure the pivmeni of . these circu lating notes, North Carolina 4 per, dent, bonds or 6 per ' cent, bonds shall be deposited with Jt'ie State Treasurer in amount equal to the circulating notes to be issued to any such bank. The bonds-so deposited shall be- held exclusively for the security of . the cijeu-r atin notes until the latter"' are redeem ed; but any bank may return any part of its circulating notes for cancellation and withdraw ratably the deposited collater als, Upon the deposit being made the btate Treasurer will issue the bank cir culating notes in blank, registered and countersigned, equal in amount to the par value ot Donds deposited. . the notes so issue d can oe : then circulated by the banks as money. No oank snail issue post-notes orany oiher notes to circulate. as money, than such as are authorized by this act. The circulating notes shall be printed from plates engraved in. the best manner, to guard against counterfeiting. etc., and be in $1, $5 - $10, $20 and $50, as may be required, and on tneir lace it snail be stated that they, are secured by state bonds deposited in the State Trea sury. - l be plates and dies are to remain- under the entire control : of the State- Treasurer. The expenses are to be paid out of the taxes or duties collected on the notes aforesaid. Upon a bank's fail ure to pay these notes, at its place ot business, the holder may have the same protested and presented to the State Treasurer for redemption, and then, after giving notice to such defaulting bank, the Treasurer may advertise that he will sell by publicauction so much ot the collateral in his hands as is applicable to the pay ment of such dishonored notes and out of the proceeds of such sale. redeem the same. To further secure the notes the stockholders of the bank issuing them shall be liable for tbeir pavraent to an amount equal to their individual stock in such bank, aod verified lists of such stockholders shall be furnished in Janu ary and July, with the amount of stock each holds. .The tax to be paid by tne banks upon such circulating notes shall be upon their receipt one-ball ot one per cent, upon the amount of notes; de livered, and then the same tax semi annually upon the amount of notes out standing. Neither the State Treasurer nor any one in his office shall own any stock or other interest in any bank J issuing such notes. Freight Trains Derailed." Two accidents ocenrred on the At antic Coast Line yesterday morning be tween Wilmington and Richmond One was just this side of Halifax, on the Wil mington & Weldon Railroad to through freight train No. 209. near Ruggles, Halitax county, caused by a '. freight car jumping the tracic. tnrowing several aers on. and tearing the. track up badly fo some distanced -The other was at JarrattV Va.. on te Petersburg Rail road, to the second section ot No 209. Of this train several freight cars were also derailed. ' , . These accidents necessitated north ound ptssenger trains N's. 78 and 68 going from R cky Mount via Tfboro and Scotland -Neck branches back to the main -line. Trains coming south will have to do the same thing.- Pas s nger train No 23. which was due here at six o'clock last night, did hot reach the city until two o clock this morning. No one was hurt in either accident. A WilmioR'on Bjy Bobbed. Mr. Osear B. Watson, formerly , of Wilmington, but now employed in the Carolina Central Railroad shops at'Laur- inburg, was robbed of about fifty dollars. worth o! clothing and Other articles last Thursday night,j The thief a negrcv- entered bis room at the Merchants Ho tel while Watson was absent. He also robbed the room of Mr. H- C. Morrow, D puty Sheriff Chas. Avdlott captured the robber at Hamlet, N. C, . while he was making his way west, and recovered the stolen goods; but the negro slipped away from him. and escaped. ."' '. Barges Ztoat. " y1' . A dispatch fronj Beaufort. N. C. Janu ary 4th, says; The tug Alexander Jones, towing five barges from Norfo k to Wil mington, lost three of the barges inside of Ocracoke Inlet in six feet water. They can be raised. Sunday the other two barges cut adrift off Cape Lookout, but both went ashore as before stated. The tug proceeded to Wilmington for fuel. Underwriter- and the Merritt Wrecking Company have been notified. Wilmington Presbytery. The Presbytery of Wilmington had a called meeting at Wallace, on the A. C. 1, yesterday, to readjust the Clin ton and Faison fields. Arrangements were made to secure the services of Rev.' Geo. H. Dempster at Clinton to take up that part ot the work of the late lamented Rev. B. F. Marable. D. D. Revs. P. H. Hoge. D. D.. A. D. Mc- Clure and W. McC. Miller, of this city, were present. r j " -y.J:i- " North Carolina' Board of Health. 7 A circular from the North Carolina Board of-Health. received by the Star, says that the Bpard has been called by President Bahnson to meet -in special session in Raleigh on Tuesday, January 24th. It will consider particularly: ; 1. Qur present health laws, with a view to amendment by the General Assembly, ; 2. The threatened invasion of Asiatic cholera, which is regarded as more than probable next soring' or summer; and the best means oi keeping it out of our btate, : ':-r k r -; ; ;' i 3. The salaries of county superintend dents of health. . : - - : i. : And. generally, any subject relating to the public health , that may be Intro duced. - - - . i A general invitation is extended to all persons interested in health matters to attena tne meeting. . - ; FREIGHT TRAINS WRECKED Two Accidents an the Atlantic Coast Una .Twenty-One Can Bmaabed Into Ki- d lins Wood A -Colored Han' Fatally In jured. ' V , V ' " . I Special -tar Telegram.! ' - --' WeldonTN. C, January 8. The first section of the south-bound freight tram from Richmond.' - which passed - here about 6 o'clock , this morning, 'was wrecked at . Ruggles. station twelve miles from here.' One. man, Willis Fer- gusoncolored, was killed,-He was on the top "of a car, and "when the wreck occurred 4 he jumped to the ground. breaking his leg and receiving internal injuries from which he died in a few hours. .The train was going at a speed of about sixteen miles an hour. The locomotive passed oveftbe switch safely, but the spring in the ' frog which held the rail in place broke and twenty-one -. cars were, piled in a heap;. Seventeen of them ; are. ina space of one hundred and fifty feet and 'broken into kindling wood. Some are on thceide of the irack bottom upwards. others are across the track .and some piled ap on others.. They were loaded with various kinds of merchandise. All trains are blocked and haye to go by the Scotland NeCk and Greenville road via Hobgood and Tarboro to Rocky Mount, which is twenty-five miles out of the way. A wrecking train reached the scene of the ' wreck at three o'clock 'and a large torce : is at work 'removing the . wreck, . under the superintendence of , Mifor Mdrrison Divine, .. but the track will not-oe- cleared before nqon to-morrow. Four hundred feet of track and a trestle twenty-five feet long were torn. up. The cars will; be a com plete loss to the c6mpanyTrC.'Davies. conductor, and J. C. Ward,; engineer. were in charge of the train. L- The second section of. the: same train was also wrecked near Jarratt's, on the Petersburg rdad, this morning, and fif teen loaded bbx cars were ditched. No one was hurt id the Jarratt's wreck. The cause of the accident could not be ascer tained to-night. No blame is attached to any employe. Ii's a Guyaacutua. ; .-. ' ;The South port Leader is under the impression that the motive power of the fast mail flying between Wilmington and South port is a mule. The Star thought so, too, but the Professor of Natural History who is employed on the staff of the Star at an enormous expense, has made a thorough and 'exhaustive exam-. ination and reports that it is a "Guyas cutus," which is a cross between the snail and the mud-turtle. It is a formidable locking animal, but it has a disagreeable habit pt taking one step forward and two neps backward. Tne name of this half- breed is Wily Wanamaker, and the Postmaster-General will exhibit him at the World's Fair under the management of J. Lowrie Bell. Eq. CRIMINAL. COURT. Henry Ana'm indicted for the Murder o Idzsrie Brown Ttie Trial to Take Place . at the ' March Term Grand" Jury -Beporr, Sic. ; . In the Criminal Court yesterday the rand jury returned a true bill against Henry Austin, colored, charged with the murder of Lizzie Brown. Austin was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The Court' ordered that the case be set for trial on - Thursday of the first week of the March term it 10 o'clock a. m. ' Jno. Williams alias Hand, convicted of larceny, was sentenced to th ree years imorisonmenk in the State penitentiary Juigment in the case ot Wm. Howard, Peter Welbert, Tony Waiters, Moses Hill, Ellis Sanders and Amos Smith, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and affray, was set aside and Howard was fined $50 and costs and the others each fined noe penny and costs..' -, ... ";..; At S o'clock in the afternoon the. i aries were discharged and the Court; took a recess until 1Q a. nv MondayJ wnen u win meet iar toe settlement pi a Jew cost cases, '.. - ; The grand jury submitted its report as follows: , To the Hon. O. P. Meares, fudge of the Criminal Court: , j The Grand Jury respectfully submits that they have visited the county jail, and were courteously shown through it oy the keeper, Mr. Wash King. We found everything in good order and condition; the premises clean; prisoners fed on good, wholesome food.- We also visited the county home and house of correction, and were shown through the various parts and departments by the keeper, Mr. Chadwick. We respectfully recommend that a competent mechanic be sent out to examine the beating ap paratus and furnace, as the same does not work satisfactorily. Also, we re I commend that the prison be white- wasnea ana tne prison aoors ana steps I 3 - 1 ' M . be repaired. Also, recommend that; a fence be built around the premises to keep off . depredations of hogs, cattle, etc. We think the county has ' Se cured the services ' of a good man in their selection of Mr. Chad wick; fas the premises bear witness of a careful and tidy hand. We found no complaints of treatment among the inmates, and that their food ; was good and whole some. We recommend that Iightwood, or kindling wood,' beJurnished he keeper, as we found that be had none on the premises, and the only wood acces sible on the land is green. The inmates have great trouble in getting nres on ac count of the character of the only wood obtainable. . ; Respectfully submitted - Isaac Bear, Foreman. Wilmington. N. C. Ian. ANOTHER CLEVELAND.! Anticipations that Cause Rejoicing Among friends of the President-Elect,1 By Telegiaph to the Mornios Star. I Brooklyn. N. Y., January 5.-The Standard Union says to-night: fin the Intimate circles of President-elect Cleve land's friends there is much rejoicing over the lact mat, wnen tne wnite House opens to receive the choice nf the Democratic oartv. the dark soel that has hovertd over It wi'i oe in a fair way to be lifted. One being passes out of the world, another enters existence,! lust as the morning succeeds the night. Should , the new-comer prove ta be a I boy. the cup of earthly happiness will be i mu iqt wovn vw siu. 1893. STATE LEGISLATURE. Raleigh, January 5. The ' Gover nor s message, containing twenty-five -thousand words, consumed most of to day's sessionof. the Legislature. It is the ablest State document ever presented to the General Assembly, He spoke touch ingly of the State officials who had died during his administration Messrs.. Fowle, Davis. Merrimon and Blain. The finances, be said, show the condition of the State Treasury to be very healthy. and he commends it to confidence and respect- At the close of the fiscal year there was $85,000 cash and $75,000 in bonds. . making a total of ' $160,000 on hand. He strongly urges - the re peal of the tax on State banks ' and re-establishment 61 the same; also, the issuing of circulating notes on bonds through State banks.;- He further said: "I desire to emphasize no particular scheme or system, but earnestly recom mend due preparation for the .financial bange impending: to gi ve our citizens equal ; advantages with those of other States; keeping in. mind that- the great requisites are soundness of basis, flexi bility of the currency and such induce ments for the use ot capital that it will seek this channel, to the great relief of those who are developing the interests agricultural, mechanical and commer cial of our whole people, anM or relief from financial depression toe " to the present banking system and high pro tective tariff. '. . Several revisions in the present laws are suggested in order to have uniform ity. He urges the State to encourage educa ional and charitable institutions for, both sexes "anft colors, by sufficient appropriations, and ; to complete and maintain them properly.. Also, that pro vision be made for idle prisoners in the penitentiary by establish ing factories. rle suggests an increase in the public school fund to twenty cents on property and sixtv cents on the poll, for a four months term. The Geological survey has proven profitable in developing the mineral md other resources of the State and' should be encouraged. The rail way commission has proved advantage ous. The taxation ot corporations has increased the revenue $75,000; we have better depots, - freight -rates "have been i educed at a savin? to the shinner&nf about $250,000 oer annum; passenger rates about $320,000 per annum; the .ex press business has been simplified arid rites reduced; telegraph business has been simplified and rates reduced about 50 per cent. He showed that railway corporations were prosperous and should help bear the burdens of taxation. ' i. The healthfulness of the State is good. and the report of quarantine physician t-ums. oi wnminton, was gratifying. re urges state aid to tne World s Fair, to make our exhibit, creditable and advertise our resources; encourages the Nicaragua Canal, for cheap andTiirect transportation of commodities. i Special Star CorrespondeiiRe . r-;':L ' senate; :yj I President King called the - Senate to order at 11.45 o'clock, and prayer was pffered bv Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, rector of Christ Church, after which the journal of Wednesdays proceedings was reaa oy tne principal clerk, j f j 1 be resident then announced the following committees: - On Rules Senators King. Davis and Pou. .' . t. ' ! On Inauguration Senators Posev. Mercer, Morton and Marsh.. . i A memorial was introduced for Mr. Nesome. contesting the seat of Sena tor A. M. Stack, of the 22th district. . I Gov. Holt sent an invitation to the members to attend a reception at the Governor's Mansion. Fndav evening. January 6th. from 8 to 11 o'clock. The invitation was accepted. : - senator Marsd. of Beaufort, intro duced a bill to incorporate the First Na tional Bank of Washington.; ' Senator Aycock introduced a bill in aid of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Morganton. A message was received " from the House announcing that that bodv was' duly organized and was ready for busi ness. Also, announcing the adoption of the resolution providing for the inaugu ration aria tne inauguration committee; also, a resolution asking that a joint committee of notification be appointed to watt$n the Governor. - Senator Cooper introduced a resolu tion memorializing our Representatives in Congress to use their efforts to repeal the prohibitory 10 per cent, tax on State banks of issue. ! - A bill was introduced to amend the charter of the Baltimore. Norfolk and Roanoke Steamboat Company. ; - Senator Aycock moved that the Sec retary of State be requested to furnish each Senator with copies of the laws of 1883. 1887. 1889, 1891, and also copies ot tne kxmc , ' ' A bdl was introduced 1 by Senator Harrell to authorize State banks to issue circulating notes. The bill was read and referred to the Committee on Banks and Currency, 'and was ordered printed. : Senator McRae, of 'Robeson, intro duced a resolution providing for a ioint Senate and House Committee on Banks and Banking. It was placed upon the calendar. ' '. ,- ;J HOUSE. y. :?) The House was called to order" bv Speaker Overman at 12 m.,' and was opened with prayer by Rev. M. T. Law rence, of Martin. ' - , Yesterday s Journal was read and ap proved. Members C. E. Tatum. of Tyrrell, and F. F. Taylor, of Halifax, who were not present yesterday, presented their certificates and were sworn in. . ' The following bills were .introduced: Instructions to the State Librarian; to incorporate the Western North Carolina and Hot Springs Railroad. ; Mr. Morse, of Jackson, introduced bill to simplify and make more con venient the. release and discbarge ot deeds ot trust ana mortgages. An invitation was accepted from Gov. Holt for the members to attend a recep tion at the Mansion r riday, January 6th, from 8 toll p. m - v f ' The following committeeon the inau guration of Gov. E. Carr on Wednes-i day, January 11, at noon, was appointed: Messrs. SpruiU, Watson r of - Forsyth, Lovell, Barlow and Green, v " ! The following Committee on Rules for the government of the : House was appointed: McNeill (chairman); Gilmer of Haywood Jones of Caldwell, Spruill Axiey, Bellamy ana L,tfiington, . Adjourned until . to-morrow at 1 o'clock. " - '- . Raleigh, N. C Jan. 6 The date for the inauguration of State officers is fixed for the 18th instant. - The North Carolina Commercial ' and Industrial 'Association, c composed of members appointed by the ' Board - ot Trade and of Mayors of all towns in the Ji5 -I'NO, 8 State, will reconvene at the same time. The Association has petitioned the Legislature to repeal the merchant's pur chase tax and - to provide for banks of issue. - ! vi, In the message of Gov. Holt sent to the Legislature, is a statement of the debt of the State. There are $3,278,000 four per cent. Consols, and $2,720,000 six per cents. . The latter are secured by three million dollars of" stock; in the North Carolina Railroad, now loaned tor $180,000 rental. - All the old bonds re cognized as valid have been funded ex cept $1,221,000. which, if funded, would rTncrease the four - per cent, debt to $3.615.7,70. The Governor recommends an extension of the time for? funding now expired, another year. The condition of the State's finances, he says, 1s ex cellent: He recommends' the adoption of banking laws, providing!) for banks of issue, in view of the- possible repeal of the 10 per cent. tax. The Governor re commends the appointment of a com mission to agree on uniform laws among the States on the subiectlol marriage and divorce, contracts, etc. "L While the message the longest in the history of the State, it deals chiefly with local in terests. ':,.'-rs; :: -- Raleigh. January Gov-. Holt to night gave a reception at the Executive Mansicn to the State officials and mem bers of the Legislature.. If was a most enjoyable occasion. Many regrets were' expressed that this was the; last of Gov. Holt's-; receptions. Refreshments were served, both solid and liquid, and were greatly enjoyed. The appearance of the Governor's mansion was gratifying to the pride of every guest. .1 r-- . . t - hauuuhi xi. v. jauueuj . The Senate met at 10 a. in., and was called to order by President King. ' Mr. 'Abbott made a statement and presented papers of Mr. Leach, of War ren, who contests the seat n the Uth Senatorial district, i ;l ' ! ; ' 7 Mr. j Atwater introduced a bill to amend chapter 56 of the Code respect ing usury. - ' ';--;. r'L '; '-.'v:: Mr. McDowell, a resolution on the Nicaragua CanaL 1 j . v Mr. Brown, to amend chapter 2184 of the Code. i I Mr. McRae of Robeson, ai bill repeal ing an act of 1891, concerning agricultu ral statistics. ' - . 1 i '.--' Mr. Battle, of Nash, offered a resolu tion regarding contesting elections and moved that the rules be suspended and the resolution be put upon fts passage. it.passcu. it proviues inai a contests be disposed ot as soon as Ddssiblo. President Kine appointedVhe si ing committees as follows : u - Penal Institutions Field! chairman; Patterson, Day, James, :; Newell, , Mc- Uowell. Armstrong, Brown. 1 Potter and Atwater. ' . - Engrossed Bills Oliver.! chairman: Burch, McRae of Robeson, Owen, Newell and Henderson.- ! Corporations Aycock, chairman: Mc Dowell.' Little; -McLaughlin! of Iredell, Brown, " Abbott, ". Cooper. 1 Campbell, Posey, Phillips and Morton. J Judiciary Committee Jones, chair man; Uay, Battle, Means, Field. Pou. Little. Petttgrew, Posev. lames. Leather- wood, McLaughlin, of Iredell; Stock.. Cooper, McDowell and Owen) . , finance Committee McDowell, chair man; Davis, fields, Lucas, sMcDay of Richmond, Patterson, Campbell, Burch, Abbott, Brown and Merritt.! ; - Agriculture Patterson (chairman). McRae of Richmond, Mitchell, Phillips, Mercer, : Parrott, Armstrong, Catling, McLauchlin of Cumberland, and ; At water..' . . -. " - I .? Education Battle, Jonei, Oliver, Cheek, Patterson, SherrilL Aycock, Newell, Leatherwood, Pou and , School field. . V - - "- Propositions and Grievances Arm strong, chairman; Posey. McRae of Rich mond. Campbell, UatlineJ Mitebell. Owen, McLauchlin of Cumberland. Twitty, Lucas, Davis and Burch. Privileges and Eleaiohs Cranor. chairman; Sindifer, PoSey, pay, Oliver, Pnillips, McRae of Richmohd. Merser. Jones and Schoolfield. v i 1 Internal Improvements Morton, chairman),' Meares,' Brown. Sherrill. Pettigrew, Potter. Blalock. McLaughlin of Iredell. Ch-ek and Joyalll . Mr. Day, chairman-, of f Committee on i Inauguration, announced that the joint committee agreed oa Wednesday, January 18th, as the inauguration day. Mr. Meares introduced a bill to incor porate raiicrson Masonic ioage, at ivit. fleasant. Cabarrus county. I Mr. Uay introduced a bill to regulate the discbarge ot convicts. . a Adjourned. i I , ' HOUSE. J In the House, committees were an bounced as follows: I ' On Education Holt, chairman: Rob ertson. Starnes, Jones of Caldwell, Gil mer of Haywood, Norwood. Spruill. Kucker, Erwtn of Cleveland. Hovle. Ward, Merritt, Roscoe, Euie, Shepard, Blue, walker, Williamson, ' Parker of Perquimans, Crews, and Taylor of Green ville. : - -' i Institution for the Deaf j and Dumb and Blind Jones of Caldwell, chairman; Adams, Hoyle Groves, Byrd. Crouse, Wetherington.Kobertson, Daniels, Nash, Erwin of Cleveland, Brooks, Russell, Vance of Mitchell, Pntchard, Watson of Nance, Walker, Erwin of Mecklenburg t ish interests -carter, chairman; Par ker of Jones. Shepherd. Moore, Venters,' Carraway, Allen. Lawrence, Midgett, Starr, Pntchard, Parker of i Perquimans, J ones ot Caldwell, Harper. - Engrossed Bills Scbulken. (chair- man), Erwin of Cleveland. Taylor of Halifax, Jones of Caldwell, and Wilker. Agriculture Vance ol Buncombe, Johnson, , Nash.'- Hoffman, -White . of Cabarrus,. Eubanks, Blue Taylor of Alexander, - Bellamy, ciark, l nomas, Thaggard, Hudson, Self, Ellis, Stevens and Arledge. y :.-;'-; .;::H ';r-l-:-v. Propositions and Grievances Ray, chairman: Brake, Anderson, .-King, Byrd. King of Iredell, iWood, Law home. Eubanks. Lawrence! Rowe. Clark. Watkins. Tbaggart, Tatum, Williams of Craven, Lee, Arledge and Pritchard. ' -Counties, Cities, Towns and Town ships Ward, chairman; Parmele, Ros coe, Schulke. Cook. Taylor of Halifax Hamilton, Mccurry. McKenzie, coving ton, Oliver. Norton and EHis. ; . i j 1 E0CKT M0U1IT. ; - Argonaut Offloe Burned The Seeler In- . . Special Star Correspondeace.1 ' i Rocky Mount, Jan.. 7. The Argonaut office was . burned to tbe grounq i oursday night about 7.50, o'clock. Some ! of the I fixtures were saved, but not alL X '? ' ': The Keeley institute has ; several pa tients, and the manager S receives com. munications daily ia regard to more coming in. . j J. r The committee of the locked-out cotton operatives, in session at Manches ter. Eng.. has refused to accept clerical mediation and has agreed that delegates from the operatives should meet deie gates from the master cotton spinners on Thursday next to discuss the- terms ot settlement. , I , SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Chaibam Jttcord: There are1 no new : developments about the horrible murder ot Mr. - Adam Siler and wife. ": The coroner's jury is. still-investigating the crime, but nothing definite is yet dis covered. -,,,.. , ; . - -r- Raleigh Chronicle : Mrs". W11-' liam Van'n. who lives abnnt three mllea from Lasker, N. C, wrapped her eleven months old baby up in "its cradle and ' left it near the fire. She was gone about -fiftten minutes. When tbe returned she found the baby burned to a crisp. . ; Mt. Airy News A murder oc curred just over the Stokes county line. r wginia, one aay fast week, one 1 Walter Hall shot and inatantlv killed one James Snider during a- brawl. The last " iteuigence that Hall has committed suicide.; Both men were -from Stokes county.; On Christmas day, in the afternoon, a difficulty occurred near the rauroaa -depot in tb is , place, in which Wm. Jones was cut on the back of the -neck with a razor by a young man named Lee -Tones. While the wound is not ne cessarily dangerous, the young man eyi- - oenuy cut to km, ana immediately made bis escape and is still at large. Too much whiskey was the cause of the difficulty. -t Fayetteville 1 Gazette: Pol ice man! Ingram was painfully cut about the head with a knife by r- Bullard, one night tbe past week. Bullard is now1o iail to await the action ot the grand iurv at the next term of Cumberland Sun - perlor Court tor using a deadly weapon - and resisting an officer. - All efforts to ferret out the murderers of Miss Mc- : Donald in Moore countv about a month 8o, and Mr; and Mrs. "Siler near Siler ' ty. in Chatham countyabout Christ mas, nave proved tn vain, and the sen- - era! supposition Js that it is all the work otramps It is a little remarkable and significant that in both instances the' parties robbed and killed -were very aged and known to have been the possessors ol more er less money. In. the latter instance the crime was . committed in broad day light and school children ' heard the sharp crack of the pistol shots. -Wilson Advance) tiltA at his residence in this place,' on Tuesday' night, January 8d. 1893. at 9.25 p.m., Mr. A. Branch, in his fifty-first year. f On Wednesday of last weeklnr. Frank: Howard, son of Mr. Ben How ard, of Saratoga, was shot and almost instantly killed by Ad. Amerson. Mr. Howard had been out bunting all day 't and on returning he took his gun and game nome ana tnen . proceeded to Shelton s store, where he found Amer son. who, it appears, had borrowed some harness from Howard. When he asked : him; why he had not returned the same Amerson replied that the harness had been returned, whereupon an altercation ensued, - during the: course of which Howard took hold of Amerson. upon ' which Amerson drew a pistol and fired. the bullet lodging just over tbe heart, causing death almost instantly. , At last sLuiunu amerson was sun at large. ; v ... ' - ' . i II :.- Wa.6esbOTO'Messeager-Intelligen- cer: Alter an illness ot about fourteen months, Mrs. M. A. Murr died at her re-; sidencein this place on the 26th ulf., aged about 47 years. Mr. . J. M. Hendley, who left this county for Texas twelve months ago. died at Metia, that State, on tbe 24th December of typhoid fever, aged 24 years. ; Anson countv can' boast of two one-legged Commis- ' doners, a one-legged Register of Deeds, a badly crippled Treasurer; a one-armed Coroner," a one-armed keeper of the County Home and tbe fattest Constable in the State. .'-Weldon Kendall and Catharine Simons, both colored, were ' before Esq. J. C. Parsons last Friday ' chairged with complicity in the theft of Mri G. W. Roger s money, an account of which was given by us a week oe two ogd. They were required to give bond in the sum of $200 for their v appearance -at court, which they did, and were re leased. ' :'.'':.i'; - Raleigh News and Observer i DrJ ! William Rovall. Professor of Eng lish; In Wake Forest College, died sud- ' denly in Savannah, Ga., at 10.80 yester- day morning. . He was spending , the holidays there with his daughter, Mrs. ' w. c Powell. ur. Koyail was about 68 of age, and had long . been, connected with the College, and he was well known and; greatly- esteemed throughout' the atate. oov. noit yesterday fixed the day of execution for the following: William and l bos. wbitson, of Mitchell county, convicted of murder, to be ,!: hanged on the 24th of February, 1898; John Hambright, of Cleveland county, ' convicted of murder, to be hanged on the! 17th of February, 1892; Leonidas McKnlght, convictea-Qf burglary in Surry county, to be hanged on the 17th of February. 1893. All the cases were appealed to the Supreme Court and the judgments sustained and the . Governor accordingly uxcu tuc aaics lorexccuupc. ,44 Goldsboro Headlight'. It was i indeed a great surprise to many of our citizens when the intelligence reached here Tuesday that Gov. Holt has par doned Willis IL Brogden out of the pen- itentiary, wnitner ne went less than a i month ago to serve a six years term for the killing of his neighbor Fab. E. Sas- ser.ion July 11th. last. . We regret to learn that Mr. Wm. Harris, of Wilson, was: forced to make an assignment Sat- : urday by reason of several, accommoda-- tionl notes given the late firm of H. A. : T .... Q r rfii t ,i.fiiA ii 800 r ith estimated assets of $6,000. from the many undetected burglaries ; committed here during tbe past two weeks, it seems now that a regular or- ganized band is working the city. On both; Thursday and . Saturday nights they made a big haul ot geese from the -premises of Mr. Asher . Edwards, on -Sunday night they .paid a. midnight call i to his neighbor, Mr. Jake Summerfield. and departed with a large lot of eatables, while soon after they made an attempt . . to enter the store of Mr. G. F. Cotton, neaf ,the graded school, but were run off, by a pistol shot from Mrs. Cotton. We ' learn that this is the third attempt to. i burglarize his store. ; -; ; ; -4 Greenville Reflector'. Saturday before Christmas Daniel James, a col- i ored man. proved himself a champion ; eater, and showed to what extent a man can: sometimes gorge himself.. Some par- ! ties! .offered to pay for all the barbecue Darnel could eat and ' he nearly cleaned up a pig weighing 80 pounds, with bread and trimmings in proportion. The meal 1 cost $3.50. , Christmas night Coro ner' Warren received a telegram from a j justice of the peace at Ayden that a col- i ored child found dead was supposed to have been murdered. , He went down to i investigate Jtut found no ' evidence Of . fouf jplay. The Jury returned a verdict i that the child came to its death by its : mother accidentally smothering it while asleep. Tbe child was 4 months bid. OnuNew Year's day. Mr. Henry. Sbep pard cut a watermelon that he had been keeping in his cellar since September. Theimelon was rather ripe, but bad very r muc the appearance, odor and taste of i the iraidsummer article. On Monday -Mr- ,W. L. Cobb gave us some tomatoes thatf be bad been keeping 3 la hia stori since the p early - (all frosts , They were as sound, and well preserved as if. freshly gathered. i Latej last Wednesday evening the body of Mr. Howell Hearne, a former citizera of Belvoir township, ' was found in the -river; just below Centre. Bluff. He had! been missing since f Monday . algtau ; Hearne drove to the Bluff on Moh?ayr December 26th, left fits horse and buggy near tbe river and crossed over the ferry -to Dudley's bar-room. During the even- , ing there was considerable drinking, and , Heart with others got pretty full and fussyi Sometime after night Hearne started to go home, his son and another young man walking with him as far as the river -where ihey left htm and 're turned to the bar-room. 1 1 f, "4 y J . 1 A
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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