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--.-r-. it It i 5- i! it 1 i i 4 I V i t t . J : J '1 I WILLIAM S. BEBNABD, Editor nd Proprietor. .. .WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday. - February 24. 1892. fmf- In wrttin to change yoot address iomyi give ftrmtr direction as well u fall particulars .as where yon wish roar pvper to be lent hereafter. Unlen rem do both changes can be made. tar Notices of Marriage or Death. Tribute of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, 4c.. are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when pud for strictly to advance. At thy rate 60 nawill pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. Or Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. , - V0 Only tuch remittances win be at the risk of the publisher. I fW" Specimen copies forwarded when desired. SOTTTHEEIT POSSIBILITIES." Take it all in-all, there is no por tion of the United States which pre sents as many advantages and as few. drawbacks to the man "who wants to make a comfortable living and add some to his worldly possessions, as that portion South of the .Potomac add Ohio rivers, East of the Missis sippi, and Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, West of it. While there are -populous' cities in it, many towns and sections pretty ihlckly settled, as a whole it is comparatively an un settledjegion. To the eye of the traveller the trees felled in clearing the lands for cultivation have scarcely made a perceptible impres sion on the great, glorious forest with which nature crowned it. In the area South of those two rivers and East of the Mississippi there is room for 50,000,000 ot peo ple, without over-crowding, and capacity of soil, if properly cultivated, to feed and clothe many more. Let us take torth Carolina by way of illustration. The population is in round numbers 1,600,000. The area is 50,000 square miles, or 32, 000,000 acres. This would be at the rate of 32 persons to the square mile, giving each man, woman and child in it a farm of 22 acres, or every family of five persons a farm of 110 acres. If one-fourth of this, farm were put in wheat, it would produce, at the average rate of production in this State, about 190 bushels, or enough to bread : the family and leave a surplus of 165 bushels. Put the remainder in corn, oats, veg etables, fruits, &c, and there would be enough to feed the family and leave even a greater surplus, for wheat gives a smaller yield per acre than any other cropj grown. This gives some idea of the capacity of the soil as a food producer to sus tain life, even with the present small yield per acre. The farm of 110 acres would not only feed, and feed well, the family of five, but ten fam ilies of five and then leave a surplus, that is if industry and intelligence made it do what it could do. But it could do more than this by thorough culture. The fact is there is no telling what it could not do. There is land in North Carolina, once and not many years ago, land of less than average.) fertility which now produces from 40 to 50 bushels of wheat per acre, six times the av erage. We have seen it. r There is land which produces 600 bushels of Irish' potatoes to the acre. We have seen it. j , There is land which produces more than 75 bushels of corn to the acre. JVe have seen it. - There is land which wilh produce three tons of hay to the acre, and will yield two cuttings to the season. We have seen it. There is land which will grow : clover and timothy j six feet high. We have seen it. J - .; There is land which will produce sorghuniLturnips, onions, beets, cab . bages, sweet , potatoes, beans, peas and other food xrops in the same proportion. We have seen it. Of course they are the exception, but the exception only because in telligence, industry and perseverance have co-operated with nature and brought out the latent possibilities of the soil. All the 32,000,000 acres in the State are, of course, not susceptible of being cultivated, because some is swamp land, (much of which, how ever, may be reclaimed) some moun tainous, some too barren for the plow, and the larger part still under timber, but with all this there is room enough in North Carolina for five times the present population and . then she would not be as densely populated to the square mile as some of the Middle and New England States are.' i':r:- What North Carolina wants, and what every other Southern State wants, is more people, the right kind of people, and smaller farms. More people to consume what thesoil pro daces, to make a home market, and more smaller farms to produce in the desired variety and in the great est abundance. ;.' More people, not people of muscle merely, laborers to do the drudgery of the farm or town, there are enough of that kind, but - people of brains and energy, who farm not because they couldn't do anything else, but because they can do that and understand their busi ness. These, by adding to the pro ductive capacity of the soil, would in vite increased manufactories, and - these would draw skilled labor, and . cities and towns would grow, to be , fed by the farm. v - : : The granary and the slaughter bouse of the continent ". is the great Northwest, but when the Northwest - became that it reached the limit of its possibilities! It can produce the ' staple food crops but there it must be content to restfor the climate . limits its productions to a compara tive few! ..:" " i ., - -1 There is .nothlog.lgrawn v in the Northwest which cannot be as well or better grown in North Carolina, or any other Southern State, while there are numerous products of these States which cannot be grown there. There is not a grain grown there which cannot , be grown here in per fection and abundance. : ; r s- , - There is not a vegetable grown there which cannot be grown here in quantity marvellous and of match less excellence. 4 " , There Is not a fruit grown there which cannot be grown here with scarce an effort. ',. There is not a grass grown there which would not clothe our fields with a luxuriant growth, while there are grains, and vegetables, and fruits, and grasses that are common here, that would be out of their latitude ! and would perish there. If man had done his part by the South as nature has done hers, it would be the para dise of this earth. MINOR. MENTION. Minister Stevens, who has been running the Hawaii annexation busi ness at the Honolulu end, writes too many letters and sends too many telegrams. His first communications conveyed the impression that the de sire for annexation was general, that everything was quiet on the islands and that the Provisional Government was- firmly, established. The next thing he did was to proclaim a pro tectorate, and now we have a tele gram from him substantially admit ting that the protectorate was de clared and U. S. marines called into service not to protect the islands from any other power that might show a disposition to meddle In the business but to awe the natives and to protect the Provisional Govern ment, which was firmly established and commanded the support of the people. "Subjects who were doubtful ' he says, before "the United States flag was run up and United States rifles displayed, "are now for annex ation," and "natives show unexpected regard for the United States flag." Of course he commends the action of Captain Wiltse, of the Boston, who was ready to do just what Minister Stevens wanted done. It is assuring to learn that the natives who are to be annexed, if this job goes through, "show unexpected respect for the United States flag," for this being so, if they should be annexed, it may not be necessary to keep, a little standing army there to see that they continue to show this "unexpected regard." If Minister Stevens con tinues to write and send dis patches, he may get himself badly mixed up. ' . New York is considerable of a town, and generally speaking, can be relied upon to poll a pretty hefty Democratic majority in emergencies, a virtue, which, like charity, covers a multitude of sins, it the multitude of sins be there. . But- New York is no sluuch when it comes to looking after New -York, and going for the appropriations. That's business, not politics. During the first session of the present Congress, the New York papers were vigorous in their denun ciation of what they called the ex-, travagant appropriations for harbors and rivers of the South and the West, but none of them have discovered, any extravagance in the increase of the appropriation to Hudson river from $300,000 to $500,000, nor, we venture to say, will any ot them dis cover extravagance in the additional appropriation of $800,000 to the $1, 400,000 previously appropriated, to purchase a site for a new Custom House, which passed the Senate Tuesday. - New York, papers are strong for retrenchment in other localities and if-jthere isn't retrench ment in other localities the New York papers will be sure to have something to say about it. Mr, Harrison Says he will not sell bonds to keep up the gold reserve fund unless it should be necessary and he doesn't think it will be. He seems to be under the impression that the draw on gold was a sort of put up job to force the issue of bonds and when it is found that there is no present intention to put them on the market the draw will cease. Neither Mr. Harrison nor his Secretary of the Treasury like to admit that there is any danger of a shortage in the Treasury, and that the Government may become a borrower of money, but the fact that Mr. Sherman, who is supposed to be on Intimate terms with the Secretary of the Treasury and to have access to , the inner circle, had an amendment incor porated in the Sundry Civil Appro priations bill providing for the issue of $50,000,000 five -year 3 per cent, bonds is a sufficient answer to that If there should be no need to sell any of these bonds it will be because of new methods of retrenchment,' the way to which does not yet appear. Prohibition doesn't seem to pro hibit in Bangor, Maine. Three hun dred men are under indictment in that town for selling liquor.- ' Fire at Hattbewa. , : Ad vices-to the Star yesterday from Matthews, on the S. A. Lv report tbat the stables of Dr. T. N. Reid with two horses, a buggy, forage, etc., were de stroyed by fire last Friday. The loss is aoouiii.uuv; no insurance,, The fire is supposed to have been caused by an in cendiary. " - T . '' ; -' -Men who for years have been suffer ing with a distressing affection ot the back or kidneys have been immediately relieved and permanently cured by .the judicious use of Salvation ; Oil, the great pain-cure. .: Apply according to direc tions. - J - " f -. ' - ' "- ",,"' ' ; ; ,t ' 'it-.. THE RAILROAD BILL It Han Passed the Senate and Honaebyan " Owielieliainj " Majantj "Short Com ..: mona" for .'Wilmington.. ; . -' . ,yj. Special' Star Telegram . Raleigh, N. C February 21. The Wilmington and Weldon back-tax bill passed the House to-nigbt by an over whelming majority, with one or two un important amendments, just as it, came from the committee and as it passed the Senate to-day.! ;:; ly.Zf'--.;. MrAycock,'of the Senate branch of the committee, states that under this bill the city of Wilmington will receive from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars. LATER.' Mr. Parmele offered an amendment to the bill, providing that Wilmington shall receive three years' back taxes,, in stead of two, as provided in the bill, but the amendment was defeated upon a yea and nay vote of 73 to S3. . The vote by which the bill passed was 70 to 22. FERTILIZERS AND TRUCK. -. Marked Improvement In the Fertiliser Business ths Outlook for Track.' Referring to what it terms the "boom in fertilizers" and the truck business, the Charleston News and Courier says; The railroad people are ail in high glee over the activity in the fertilizer market. Usually at this season the phosphate business is a boon to the railroads and helps to bring the earnings up to a high water mark. The railroad officials a f say that the business is better than it was last year at this time, and that it is brighter j than they expected. , While there is no "blockade" or special lack of cars, the railroad managers find that they have immediate use tor all cars within reach. A large proportion of the business is for points outside of the State. Yesterday, for instance, three hundred tons of goods were sent by one company to Wilmington, N. C, ' The roads are all better equipped than ever for the prompt handling ot the fertilizers, and up to this time there das been no reason for the old time complaint of the manufacturers. Charles ton has been doing a big phosphate business i and the railroads are quite happy in consequence. . - Close following the handling of the fertilizer trade comes the truck business, which promises to be even larger than usual. Yesterday a well-posted railroad man said that the area would be larger than it was last yean that the farmers were using more fertilizers and cultivat ing in a more "intensive" way?" If the weather does not seriously interfere the island planters will, by the 1st of April, be sending to their Northern and West ern cousins the most delectable of early vegetables. V The island farmers are planting plenty of cabbages and peas, besides the usual crop of other vegetables. Tde increase in area is principally in the cabbage fields, i I - 4 Mr. T. M. Emerson, of the Atlantic Coast Line, and other-railroad authori ties will be in the city in aJew days to arrange the schedule for-the Atlantic Coast Line dispatch, which will be run via the Wilson Short Cut this year. The South Carolina Railway authorities ex pect to come in tor their usual share of the truck and berry business. SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED. An Incendiary Fire Loss $2,000 Insu- ranee $1,950. The public school for colored children, known as the Peabody school, situated on the block bounded by Campbell and Red Cross and Fifth and Sixth streets, was damaged by fire last night about 9 o'clock. The fire is believed to have been caused by an incendiary. Police officer Moore, who discovered the fire, said that he saw a light under the building while on Campbell street, and hurrying to the place, found fire burning fiercely on one of the sills between the main building and the annex. He attempted to put out the fire by throwing sand on it. but finding this unavailing he ran to the nearest fire-alarm station and sent in a call for assistance. -The Fire Depart ment responded promptly and were soon on the ground, but by this time the flames bad mounted to the root of the building and were burning fiercely. Chief Newman, who was speedily on the ground, realizing the situation, sent in a second alarm, calling out the reserve. and soon all the engines, reels and trucks were at band. Under the direction of the chief the firemen soon had the fire under control, and made short work of it. The roof and upper portion of the building were burned, and the damage will 'amount, probably,;' to $2,000. ; The insurance upon the propeity agzregates $1,950 $1,750 with Messrs. Hodges & Taylor in the Underwriters, and $L200 in the Scottish Union and National, with Mr. I. A. Boatwrigbt. Police officer Moore, who as stated. discovered the fie, says that a strong odor ot tar and oil was perceptible when be first reached the building. It is said that two.attempts to burn the bouse have been made previous to this. NORTH CAROLINA COAL. A Favorable Report from a Mining En - : gineer. " There are many people in this city ana section wno are pscunianly in terested in North Carolina coal and who will read with interest the annexed ex tract from an article written by - Mr. Job Atkins, a mining engineer, for the Northern Settler : "I have been carefully examining the surface indications and surface associa tions of the coal out-croppings between bgypt and bantord lor eighteen succes sive months, and I make no exaggera tion when I say that outside of the Eypt and Gulf tracts enough -.high-grade bituminous coal exists within a radius of a tew mues to last tor a bundred years and operate on a large scale and pro duce largely. y , "There is no more necessity for the Pocahontas coal to be sent here than to haul water into the Atlantic ocean;, and the coal can be produced from the recion I alltrde to and delivered in Sanford for a little more than half of what the Poca hontas coal is now costing purchasers Kooeson is a Dig county, and" no mistake. r The Robesonian gives the list of post-offices in ' the county, which numbers sixty-two.1 Of these, thirty three have a mail service six times week, ten tri-weekly, and thirteen semi- weekly, j Robeson, too, has an abun dance of good people, pretty', girls 'and fine lands. No wonder Mr. McDiar mid is always in a good humor and ready to laugh on the slightest provocation. Never . be without it. Mr. Charles Visscher. 44Lmcoln Ave Springfield U- writes: "rive -doses of Or. Bull'i tougn . ayrup cured .- me ot a severe cough. l,shail tlwas keep it." ' 'i THE SEABOARD AIR LINE. Mr. H. O. Hoffman Eleoted Preaident JUJor John (X "Winder HeJSleoMd Oen 'eral s.5i.i5iS' Directors of the SeaboardLaod Roan oke Railroad Company, says . the Balti more Sun. met at their office, " in ; the Eauitable Building, f on" Saturday and selected Mr. R- Curzon" Hoffman .presi dent of the company. Vice the late John M. Robinson.- Mr. Charles risner was elected a member of the board in place of Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman has been vice president of the company many years, and is familiar with the railroad property and the detals of its manage ment, n is. selection us president was expected. Major J. C Winder was re elected general; manager ol the com pany. -The board passed resolutions to the memory ot the late president.' These will be published alter tue . directors ol the.auxiliary lines of the Seaboard and Roanoke and other properties ot wmcn Mr. Robinson was the executive officer have held their meetings and adopted similar resolutions. These meetings are expected to be held this week. The meeting of Saturday was Held to suit the convenience of the out-of-town - di rectors of the railroad company : who were here to attend:. Mr. Robinsons funeral last Friday. r WILMINGTON AS COTTON PORT. Comparative Statement of Port Beeeipta Wilmington the Only . Port That Buowa an Znerease. Wilmington' is . the only port, that shows an increase of cotton receipts over last year, as wili be seen from the an nexed compilation of: tout receipts for the crops of 1891-92 and 1892-93. made by the New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle up to February: T 1892 03. .. 189r93 Since Sept. Since Sept i. t8g. . fSpf. 934 481 1,0 1 7.05ft 1.214 912 .2,029.681 149.340 235,049 S?1.12 870 441 256.764 421.420 153 281 144 6)4 215.235 430 784 175 848 . . 269.758 16.607 84.521 82.085 62 434 66 471 86.6U3 43.561 63143 32.714: i 56.933 Rece pis to feb. 17. Garvcsion ...... New Orleans... Mobile ........ Savannah ...-.. Charleston.... . Wilmington.... Norfolk. West Point . . Npt N., &c New York..... Boston . . ..... Baltimore...... Philadelphia, &c ' There is a "crumb of comfort" id this statement which the Star has, reason to believe may be increased to. at least-a half-loaf next season, as influences are at work which may bring much cotton to Wilmington that goes "to ports both north and south of us. It the business men of this city will "get together" a vast deal may be accomplished in the. di rection of increased cotton receipts. K THE LATE DR JNj). H. HILL. Hia Funeral Tea'erday in this City later- : mant at Okdale Cemetery. The remains of Dr. I no. H. Hill who died in Goldsboro last Sunday were brought to Wilmington that evening for interment in Oakdale Cemetery. The funeral took place yesterday at noon. the services being held in St. James Church, and conducted by Rev. Robert Strange, the rector; Bishop Watson and Rev. Wmi Hoffman, rector of. St, Stevens Church. Goldsboro, participa ting. The pall-bearers were: Honorary Hon. George Davis, Mr. no, S.James. Dr. A. J. DeRosset, Col. E. D. Hall. Mr. M. Cronly. Dr. E. A. Anderson, Col. James G Burr. Maj. W. N. Peden and Mr. ames bprunt. Active Col. ohn D. Tvlor, Mr. William Watters. Col. T. C. Mcllhenney, Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar, Mr. Walker Meares, Col. W. L. DeRos set, Gen. W. G. Lewis and Mr. J. Alvis Walker. r : - . Dr. Hill was in bis 86th year. He was a native of this section, and fur manv vears orevioiis to the late war was engaged in rice -planting on the lower Cape rear river. ; A Columbus Cjolone. . A correspondent Of the Star writing from Prong, a station on the Carolina Central railroad in . Columbus County near the Bladeo, county line, says that a destructive cyclone or tornado passed through that place , place-last Friday about five o'clock in the 'afternoon. Everything standing in its path was com pletely demolished. . Mr. Shade Wooten was one of the greatest sufferers: his barn and other farm buildings being blown "all to pieces. This tornado was nearly in the track of the one that passed through the same section in April ol last year. A Historical Building uarned. Tne "Hooper House." at Fowler's Point, Masonboro S mnd, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night. It belonged to the estate ot the late N. R. Fowler, and was not insured. 'The fire is supposed to have been accidental. The "Hooper House" was a large wooden mansion built about the beginning of this cen- tury. It is said to have long been, a place of meeting for the Masonic frater nity ot tbis city. COLUMBUS NEWS. Deatruotive Storm Houses and Trees Blown DownA Broken Iar M.r. , - T. Wooten'a Irjuriea. v Wooten's. Columbus Co., N. C. i ' February 17. Editor Star: . "' . A destructive storm struck this sec tion last evening. It played havoc with the trees in the turpentine districts and olew down Mr. W. W. Wooten's stables and unrooted Mr. Shade Wooten's barn and demolished Mr. C. K. Baldwin's housei It was accompanied by a-bard ram. NO one was hurt as we know of. Mr.J Gabe Meadows, of this section. was thrown by a Texas pony last week and bad his thigh broken. Mr.i J. T. Wooten, who was shot by the negro McKenzie, is doing very well. He had sixty shot in his legs and stomach. E. C W. . : RAILROAD TAX QUESTION. The Proposition for Settlement Ratified by a Pull Meetins of the Iteaialative Committee. Aig,: Special Star Telegram . Raleigh. N.C Feb. 20. There was another full meeting of the Railroad Committee this evening, and the basis of settlement with the Wilmington & weiqon . Kauway IO., as already ; an nounced, was finally ratified. A full at tendance not having been present at the last meeting, efforts were- made to-day to get the lull committee to makeva change in the proposition,' hut the com mittee determined oy a large majority to stand by the action already taken. Tbis settles the question, and a bill em bodying the settlement will probably be reported to the Legislature to-morrow. ; Xr:--' -- later.: - . - a mm ' a " KALEIGH, f eo. ne.. Dili pron. viding for settlement of the Wilmington .& Weldon Railroad Co.'s taxes was in troduced in the Senate to-night, by Mr. v. a. Aycocic, and passed a second read ing. Jt was made the special prder for 11 0 clock to-morrow, when it will com op on third reading. WILMiNGTuNWEOJON BASIS OF SETTLEMENT OF THE BACK; r ;. :; .TAX QUESTlOW '-r Aa Axreed Upon by the Company and the ijegialauve ; Committee Text or . tne Bill Passed ' toT Both Houses of . the General Assembly.- . "si-Q ... i j A bill- to be entitled an act to amend: the charter of . the Wumibgton dr .Weldon . Railroad Company and to provide for,, taxing the property of the said company in like manner as other property is taxed, and to adjust alt differences between r the State of North Carolina or " any county, ciiy or town in said State and said com-f pany. - cAi'.yi i-4 j Whereas. It is claimed that the i General Assembly of North Carolina by the original charter of. the Wilmington a . . r i i : tsi - S Kaleign Kauroaa vompany, wnicn is now tne yvumingion. ox vveiaqn rviur road : Company, granted an exemption from taxation on certain property and stock of saidr company, and conferred upon. said company: the power to fix freight and passenger rates; and it - is represented to this General Assembly that said company is now ready to surf render all its exemption from taxation and all its powers to fix rates on 'the terms hereinafter set forth, and. fit is de sirable that all matters of controversy between the State or any county, city of town therein and the said, company shall be amicably adjusted. . ,. ' The General Assembly ol JNorta , taro- lina do Enact: ' -;; '-.., Section: 1. That the act of the Gen eral.: Assembly of the State of North Carolina ratified on the 3rd day ot Janu ary, 1834, entitled "An act to Incor porate the Wilmington a weldon Kaii- road: Company" and the same is hereby amended as follows: "that the 18th sec tion ot said act be amended by : striking mt tne words and the property of said company and the shares therein shall be exempt from any puolic charge or tax whatever, and that section 20 ot said act ie amended by striking out the follow ing wordito-wit: and they snail be en titled to receive and demand the fallow ing rates, to-wit : not exceeding 4 cents a mile tor toll and 9ctsa mile lor trans Lor ution per too of 2.000 pounds; and fur the transportation of passengers not ex ceeding 6 cents per mile for -eaefe pas senger until the net profits received snail amount to the sum equal to the capital. stock expended, with 6 per cent, per annum interest thereon f torn the time. he money was advanced by the stock holders, until received back in the Jiet profits; but when the net profits rece ved as aforesaid, from tne tolls aloresaid. shall have amounted to a sum equal lo tne capital Mock aloresaid. with interest thereon as afore?aid, then the tolls which the said company, or the president and directors snail oe entuiea wj receive ior the - transportation of produce pr ther commodities on the . said rail road shall - be fixed and regulated, trom time to time, by the president and directors of the said company, so as to make tnem sufficient in their estima tion to yield a net profit equal to 15 per Vent, per- annum on the capital stock ;of the company over and above wbat may oe nece&sary tor tne repairs, improve ments or renewal ol the same, together itb all other incidental expenses ol said company. . . 1 1 Stc. 2. That the said company shall be, and is hereby, required to pay to the State of North Carolina for State t-txes a sum equal to the taxes for the three years ot 1890, 1891 and 1892 on its main line and equipment between Wilming ton and Halifax, and on all its branch lines and equipment according to the assessments made as bereinatter pro vided. ' . ! SEC. 3. That the said company shall, and is hereby required to piy to the several counties and towns in which aav of its branch, lines are located, all the unpaid taxes which have been assessed against the said branch : lines for the years 1891 and 1892, and in addition thereto the taxes tor the year 1890 ac cording to the assessments made as here inafter provided. . ; SEC 4. That the said company shall and' is hereby required to pay to the several counties, cities and towns la hich its main line is located between Wilmington and Halifax the taxes for the years 1891 and 1892 on the main line and equipment according to the assess ments made as hereinafter provided. SEC. 5.That the Board of Railroad Commissioners is iiereby direciM and required to forthwith assess the main line of said railroad between Wilmington and Halifax and its equipment for the three years of 1890, 1891 and 1892. and to also assess all the branch lines of said company. and their equipment tor the year 1890. according to the rate of assess ments for- similar property that wer made for said years, and the said board will rep irt to the State Treasurer . the amount of sucb assessment upon which tne i State is. entitled to collect in taxes tor the years 1890. 1891 and 1892 as provided for in this act, and th aid board shall also report to the pro per authorities ol the. several" countiefe, cities and towns the amount of assess ment upon which each county, city and town is entitled to collect the taxes ud der the provisions of this act; and the Treasurer of this State in collecting the taxes and the proper authorities of the aid "counties, cities and towns in col lecting the taxes due them shall levy uson the said assessments tbe same rat' of? taxation that was levier". by the State and by tbe several counties, pities and towns for tbe several years for which they are entitled to collect taxes under the provisions of tbis act. ( Sec 6. That when the said Wilming ton & Weldon Railroad Company in stockholders meeting assembled shall accept this act and the amendment to its charter as hereinbefore set forth, and shall in sucb meeting by a resolution de clare its absolute and unqualified surren- jcr oi oil exemption irura isxauun ami its readiness to submit all its property to taxation under the Constitution arid laws ot North rarolina in nice manner as other property is taxed and Its ab solute surrender . of said rate mak ing t power as coutained in said 26.h section ot its coiner ana its agree ment to pay to the towns, cities and counties, the taxes due them as set forth in this act, and shall have delivered to tbe Secretary of State of this State d 4ly certified copies of its acceptance of this act and ol said resolution ; and shall have paid to the Treasurer of tbis State all such sum or sums as shall be found to be due and collectable by the State under this act, and then this act shall operate as a lull and complete discharge and relief of said Wilmington and Wel don Railroad Company from all other taxes which might or could have been claimed or assessed against it by the State of North Carolina or any county, city or town in this State prior to January 1st, 1893. , . . 1 Sec. 7. That-to provide a fund for the payment of the attorneys employed by the state in litigation with , said com pany in making payments to the coun ties, cities and towns of the amounts due each 'county, city or town, fifteen per cent, wmcn said per cent, the said com pany shall pay into the said State Trea ury, and the tender ot the balance to any -county, city or town in case its accep tance is refused, shall be a discharge; of said company-from any liabilities to such county, city or town under this act, and said? company shall tor tike purposes pay into the State Treasury the sum; of $2,500, which sum is equal to one year's tax on the stocks and credits listed 1 by said company in loui." The committee recommended the bill by the following vote: In the Senate Pou, Little, Means, MacRae, .. Aycock, aye; Sandifer, no four majority. In the House committee: Allen, Lovell and Sprutll, aye; Parmele and McNeill, nb-- one majority; out Axiey. Morton, Ward, Adams,. Robertson and GUmer of the House,: declined to vote. . and some of them reserved ' the right to antagonize the bill in the House, stating that Wil mington was not lainy ac&it wiulj .t, ..- .. : . SECONO SESSION.' - . " 5j . rSENAT - - ' Washington. Feb. 20. " The House bill to provide for the pub lication of the Eleventh Census ;was taken from the Calendar and passed.-. House bill to limit the jurisdiaion of the Districtand Circuits Courts of the United States was rreoorted back ad versely from the Judiciary Committee, and placed on the uaienaar. , Messrs. Pugh;: Coke anaGeorije, members . ot he commuter, dissented. - ," During . discussion Of ? the bill. - p&r. Gorman,in some -remarks which he made in opposition totthe appropriations for oublic buildings, spoke of tbe serious and alarming condition which confronted the country; expressed oeiici mat oniy the borders of the trouble - naa oeen touched; and said - that extraordinary, action would have to be taken by the Treasury - Department, ' or ; else Con gress would - have to reassemble before next July- to meet tne conditions. His warning did not prevent the Senate from agreeing to all the amendments that were offered, making appropriations for. ot increasing the limit of the cost of public buildings, c The inly yea-and-nay vote that was taken upon rthem ' showed all the Republican Senators, except Mr. Sherman, in the affirmative, and all the Democratic Senators, except Mr. Ve t, in the negative. The Sundry Civil Appro priation bill occupied the attention of the Senate throughout the whole day. Mr, Allison, in charge of tbe bill, gave notice that he would to-morrow ask the Senate to complete the bill. That could be easily done, he said, unless debate was prolonged unreasonably. . - .- Alter a short executive session the Senate adjourned.- - : -:-:-".,',y- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After disposition of two private bills. the Naval and Agricultural Appropna ' uon bills were called up, under a sus pension of the rules, and passed. Mr. Lo kwood eave notice that the McDuffie-Miller contested election case woald not be called up until To-morrow week: . - The House then adjourned. - 'Washington. Feb. 21. i SENATE. The credentials of . Wen. Lindsay as Senator from Kentucky in the pli.ee of Mr. Carlisle (resigned), were presented and read. Then Mr. Lindsay was escorted to tne vice presidents oesk. where be took the oath of office. The credentials of Wm. V- Allen as Senator from the state of Nebraska trom the Fourth of March next, in place of Mr. Paddock, were presented and placed On file. . ' - The consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was proceeded with, the pending amendments being those offered by Messrs. Manderson and Vest n regard to tbe site for the Government Printing Office building. j That subject occupied over two hours f to-day's session, and the result was that various propositions in reeard to it were voted down, and that no provision at all was made for a building site. An other "site" question, that as to the New York Custom House, was also discussed at much length, and tbe .result was that an 'appropriation ol $800 000 in addition to tbe f ormer one of $1,400,000 to pay for a site, was made. Another subject' which gave rise to rather a heated discussion, was one in reference to the expenses of the Soldiers' Home, and that discussion drifted na turally to the question of pensions and a possible dtficiency in revenue from ex cessive appropriations. All amendments including appropriations for Soldiers' Homes, were agreed to. An amendment which was offered by Mr. Davis in relation to tbe timber cul ture laws, gave rise to a dry, legal, unin teresting discussion, which lasted : tor nearly three hours. As the vote was about to be taken by tbe yeas and nays (which would have probably revealel the' absence of a quorum). Mr. Allison pro posed that all - contested amendments should go over till to-morrow, and tbe proposition was agreed to. A number of amendments were adopted, increasing and decreasing the amounts ot items in i he bill, the net result of which will be to increase the total of the appropriation carried in the bill. The bill was reported to the Senate (fronKcommittee of the whole) and all the amendments (unreserved) were agreed to. The bill is to be open to morrow for new amendments. At 10 20 the Senate adjourned. j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House in .committee resumed consideration of the Pi s. office Appro oriation bill. The pending section Wis that appropriating $190,614 for neces sary and special facilities ot trunk lines Irom Springfield. Mass., via New York nd Washington to Atlanta 'and New Orleans.. . ! Mr Dickinson offered an amendment striking the words of the terminal points. Mr. Mallory supported tbe provisions of the bill. It was not iatended to aid railroads in peed of assistance, but it was lor the purpose of carrying nut the ob jects of the Postoffice Department to expedition of foreign mails to and from Havana. " Mr. Hooker defended the appropria tion made, in the bill. The giving of special facilities to the railroads pro posed was in the same line as the in crease ot the free delivery system. Mr. Hemphill spoke in the same line. The people ot the United States did not wish that any backward step should be taken. Since the inauguration of this system of special facilities the carriage of mail matter bad largely increased. . Mr. Wise said that while he was not opposed to the appropriation be was not in tavor of it, as it was now made. He would vote against the amendment of the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Kyle), to strike out the paragraph, but be wanted it understood that be was not tbe representative of any railroad. He did not care where this appropriation went whether to one line or another and-fie was therefore in favor of the amendment of the , gentleman from Kentucky. ' Mr. Blount, -speaking in support of the motion to strike out the appropria tion, . said . that among the masses of tbe peopje there was a desire for special mail facilities. But there was a voice; it was a voice roming from the South. North. East and West, which spoke deep and loud, l nat voice was for retrench ment ot public expenditures, and reduc tion of the taxation which was im poverishing the country.' The proposi tion now made was to give to a railroad system which was already receiving more than $4,000,000, $198,000 additional. He protested against it. j Mr. Dickerson's amendment was re jected yeas 48. nays 80. -" : : On motion of Mr. Dingley an amend ment was adopted, providing that none of the appropriation for special mail facilities should be expended unless the Postmaster General should deem, such expenditure necessary in order to pro mote the postal service. - - . -The hour fixed for the consideration of the Car-Coupler, bill having arrived, the committee rose and Mr. Wise moved that the Senate amendments thereto be .concurred in. . Filibustering against the Din at once oegan. led oy Mr. Bicbard son, ot uennessee. Alter some time. Mr. Wise demanded the previous ques- iiuu ud uuui,urriDg in iac senate amena ment.: . It was agreed to-184 to 24. Progress went no further, however, for the time, parliamentary manoeuvres pre ventingi .. . .... ; - : j . , -. various nunustering motions : were voten upon ana bo quorum appearing at 6.45-ajcall ot the house was ordered. No quorum appearing there were several attempts maae to reach a compromise. All failed however. The House then nettled Itself down to' wait for the Ser- eeant-at-Arms to bring in absentees. At 10.30 o clock prospects iook , favoraoie for an all-night session ; : . ; 5 SENATES :-,;';7r' '5 Washington. Febrnarv ti Five years ago the birthday of Wash- ton, was commemorated id the Senate by the reading of his tare well address. This was .done at. the instance of Seoator Hoar.. Mr. Ingalls. then; : President of the Senate pro temU was the reader.- To day that precedent was Repeated, on mo tion of Mr. Hoar. Mr. Manderson, Presi dent of the- Senate pro tern., being the reader." . '. - ?:iK52.i-':'A- The Vice-President being absent, the Chair was taken by Mrv Manderson, and as sopn as the Journal of yesterday was read,; Mr. Manderson rose! and said that; in obedience to the order Of the: Senate; he would read, the farewell address of George Washington, and he proceeded to do so, with most of the Senators in I their seats, and with a fairly large audi-! ence jin the galleries, all giving close and. respectiui attention. i . The reading concluded at 1 p. mw and then, on mouon ot. Mr, Sherman, tbe Senate proceeded to Executive business. The doors were reopened after about five minutes. -and the routine of the morning business was '- proceeded, with. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was taken up and alt the amendments made in Committee of .the . Whole (some ot which . had been - reserved last night), were agreed to.: Two 6( three new ones were added and the bill passed. ' Tne Conference, report on the Army Appropriation bill (which had been pre sented last week), was called up and agreed to, after discussion as to tbe rank which the next chief of the Signal Ser vice is to hold. The Conference Com mittee bad struck out the: Senate amend ment fixing the rank as thatot Lieuten ant - J Coionel instead f of :. Brigadier Gene-rat. - -j r. -, -V Mr Bate moved to recommit the bill to the Conference Committee, but that motion was defeated. jSo tbe law on that point remains unchanged. The Consular and Diplomatic Appro priation; bill was then i taken up, but without any action upon, it the Senate at 2 40 again proceeded toj the corsidera tron of Ececutive business The Jo rs remained closed . until 15 40 when the Senate ad j turned. f. j - HOUSE OF R EPRE5ENTATIVES. : The incidents of tb bight session were, similar to those which occur on every such occasion. . Wit and humor ous repartee were prevalent,. but occa sionally a barsh word, uttered either in tentionally or unintentionally, would stir up strife among members and lend a somewhat dramatic effect to the pro ceedings or rather, lack pf proceedings. Under guise of questions of personal privilege, a number of gentlemen availed themselves of tbe opportunity to state their views on the Car : Coupler bill, and acrimonious colloquies were not infre quent; but taken as a wnolei the -session yave rise to no continuous bad feeling, and as the hours passed away the mem bers "became less aggressive and more sleepy. ' -' " Towards the wee sma'i hours, Mr-.. Allen, of Mississippi, made one of his characteristic. - humorous1, speeches, mainly directed towards the occupant of the Chair (Mr. Baileyi o Texas). It was appreciated, by -the members who were in attendace, for it was in his best vein, but at the same time it excited some resentment in f4ct resentment so strong that subsequently Mr. Crain moved it be expunged irom , the record, but objection was made. Then Mr. Cram asked the unanimous consent that all proceedings of tbe nigb relating to excuses be expunged from, the record. To this Mr. Tracy, of Near York, ob jected, but there was a general feeling that the proceedings of tbe day were not creditable to tbe National House of Re presentatives. But the fight is a stub qornone more stubborn, because not political. Advocates of the Car-Coupler bill showed a stern determination to pass the measure, and their opponents put up equally as strong a force against its enactment. . Finally at 6.80: o'clock tbe ..... . I 4 House adjourned, l here was a private agreement that Mr. Wise should be re cognized Monday, to suspend tbe rules and pass tbe bill. . i Not more than two dtzen members were in attendance when ine nouse met this morning, i Mr! Kilgore, before tbe reading of tbe journal, made the point of order of no quorum present. Fending f oil-call Mr. Kilgore withdrew the ; point and ' the journal was read. S'l-.j''''" On motion of Mr. Jones, jpf-- Virginia, the Senate bill was pissed appropriating $11,000 (part of the appropriation, here tofore made) for the construction of a wharf by which access can! be had ot ibe monument designating! the birth place ot George Washington. After the disposal of some routine business. Mr. Henderson was recognized to move that the House g f into Com mittee of the Whole for tne considered tion of the Postoffice Appr jp-iation bill' j Instantly Mr. Hatch was on bis feet antagoniz-ng Mr. Henderson's motion with the . Anti Option bill, jj Mr. Hatch raised the question of consideration against tbe appropriation bill, desiring that the Anti-Option bill should be taken up. But Mr; Henderson's motion was successful yeas 141, nays 64 and the House in Committee resumed con sideration of the Postoffice Appropria tion bill. Tbe pending motion was that made by Mr. Kyle, Democrat, of Missis sippi, striking out the clause making an appropriation tor special , mail facilties The motion was lost. Tbe bill was then teported to the House.' Mrj Dickerson, Democrat, of Ken tucky, moved that tbe bill be recom mitted to the Committee on Postoffices, with instructions to repoV it back, striking out tbe special facilities clause. Mr. Dickerson's motion was lost, The Postoffice Appropriation bill was then passed. : Its passage was the signal for another parliamentary struggle for the floor,! Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, claiming recognition of the House in behalf of the Indian Appropriation bill, and Mr. Hatch desiring to- move to go into Committee ol the Whole for the purpose of taking up - the Anti-Option bill. - Mr. Peel was first recog nized, and on a rising vote carried his motion by a " vote of 102 to 81 Mr. Hatch. then demanded the yeas and navs. which were, ordered after Mr. Hatch by parliamentary inquiry had elicited information that if Mr. Peel's motion were voted down he would be recbghized to move to take 'up the Anti Option bill. The result was yeas 125, nays 75 so the House went into Com mittee of the Whole on tbe Indian Ap propriation bill. . j r. . The -House broke into a roar of laugh ter. ? Deacon" White, formerly a mem ber of Congress, who had come trom New York to watch the fight over the Auti-Option bill and was on the floor, shook with glee when the Speaker called Mr. Hatch to the chair as presiding officer. Mr. -Hatch was feluctant to take the gavel, but yielded! after a few words of private explanation. from Mr. Crisp. General debate began and lasted until the House adjourned at 5 15. ' 'I . -r Gnantntoed Care. 1 We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and , Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this reme dy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit you may re turn the bottle and have, your money refunded. " We . could not- make this offer, did we oqt know that Dr. King's New Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at R. Bellamy's -Drug Store. Large size 60c and $1.00. - SPIRITS f TURPENTIN t. Lumberton .' Robesonian : Mr. W. M. Parker, deputy sheriff of. Row land, had the misfortune to leta prisoner escape, that he was conveying to jail last Monday. It was a negro named God frey, and be had stolen some meat from t Mr. W. H. McCallum. Officer Parker arrested him and secured all of the meat, and was conveying his prisoner to Lum berton, with bis arms pinioned and he tied to the back of the buggy. The ani mal which Mr. Parker was driving was very fiery, and while be was fastening one ot the traces which had come loose, - me negro mauaucu - cs,iih.c uuuseu and make good bis escape. Asheville Citizen-, Merritt Par ham, white, was - before Justice J. M. Israel at 11 o'clock to-day, to answer a charge of highway robbery, said to have been committed last Wednesday even- ing. The man who was robbed is R: H. Embler, a farmer, who live on New found creek, about eight miles west of Asheville. Parham, the accused,, looks to be under 20 years of age. -The saw, corn and flour mill of Nelson Smatbers, On . South Hominy, thirte.n miles trom Asheville, burned Friday night. About fiftvbushelsof.com and wheat and a lot of lumber were burned with the mill. The loss will aggregate $2,000or $2,500, and there was no insur ance. J- Carthage , Blade'. In a private letter to the editor Mr. J. F. Gaehring, of Philadelphia, writes : "A company is being worked up who have control of 5.000 acre" of stone and timber lands in tbe hear vicinity of Carthage. 'Their object is to quarry and mine and manu facture timber. It is expected to get to work by April, as there is already a con siderable amount of stock taken. . Whilejsome men were digging a tunnel through a. hill at tbe Burns' gold mine, about fifteen miles west , of here, ldst Thursday, there was a cave in. which caught Ira Tyson, a young colored man, and almost crushed the life out of him. When uken out it ' was found that he was injured in the hips and had an arm broken.:; ! - Raleigh Chronicle: A sad mis fortune befell Miss Annie, a 15 year o d daughter of Thomas Pettis; a farmer of Middle Fork township, Forsyth county, Saturday. While Standing in front of LJtbe fire with her back to the fireplac e, her clothing became ignited and were in ablaze before she discovered it. Her screams quickly brought her father to her rescue, who endeavored to smother the flames by enfolding bis daughter in quilts and blankets, but she wis so ex cited, and kept moving about so rapidly that the flames could not be effec ually Extinguished. Three buckets bl water rere also thrown upon the young lady, but before the fire could be put out she was so badly burned that she died at 2 o'clock Sunday, suffering excruciatingly until death relieved her sufferings. j r Charlotte Wff..Two men were killed on the Air Line road Friday nit ht at different places and by different trains. Mr. John Patton was a higman, em ployed at the junction ot the Air Line land tbe Spartanburg and Ashville roads, near. Spartanburg. Yesterday evening be was walking along tbe track there. He was on the Air ' Line track and car- riend an umbrella, lie beard a train coming up behind and .though it was jibe Air Line; so, without once jo .Ic ing back, he stepped over to the Spar tanburg & Asheville track - just in time to be knocked off by a train. He died of his injuries this morning. The passenger tram which came in from At lanta this morning, passed a freight at Wavcross. The. freight had. been side tracked there for the passenger train to ' pass, and during the ten minutes wait, a Colored brakeman climbed down from a box car, sat down on the end of a cross tie and fell asleep. When the passenger .I-, j , i j . r. ...... the track and instantly killed. Shelby Review-. Mr. J. Cephus St roup, one of the oldest and m ist re spected citizens of Gaston county, died air. bis home at Qhenyville yesterday, aged about 74 years. Georee Ful- brigbt was found dead .in bed Tuesday morning, at his home Jtwo milesMrom Morganton. - He-was about 45 years ot aie. Messrs. W. A Mauney and J; L. Pflifer, of Kings Mountain, have sold their lease on the mica nfine at Glenns to Hand, Wood & WhitneV. of Bessemer. City, who are sinking a shaft atd if they strike "pay dirt" will erect a mil' for grinding scrap mica, which will be a new industry in this section. -4-j Deputy Giltector . B. Fields, of Greensboro, and Revenue Aent Welker. with a posse of deputy mar hits, raided, irj the upper edge of this county Mon day, in the Ben's Knob neighbo rhood, Tney seized and destroyed two blockade stalls and arrested Noah Parker and John McNeely, who were brought here and bound over to the United Statrs Court Last week D.-piitv Marshals MFalls and: Wright raided the same neighborhood, and arrested .Geo. Mc Nilely, white, and Geo. Hunt, color d, wblo were brought here and jailed. f-Salisbury Herald: There was mJch excitement in town-Saturday by tbe report that a white woman had ber-n assaulted and outraged by a negro. On Saturday morning about 11 o'clock .while Lfie Tucker, a white woman, was cross inigHhe bridge ot tbeYadkin Railroad at Ton Creek she was accosted by a ne griproan, who drew a razor and com manded her to follow. him or he would kilfjher. The woman, too frightened -anqhelpless to escape, was dragged into thef. woods not far -distant where therS hellish purposes of the black brute were accomplished. The victim was ?nen iea to an oaic tree and told to rematin there or she would surely die, anfjhe neero disappeared. As soon as t Vi. Hi. I.,.! A . J . 1 wvvviu uau uii(i)jcaicu Llic wuiusu ran "Wo the house of Mr.Crider, not far distV and" told of the outrage. A. messenger was dispatched to Salisbury' o iaSorm i the- proper authorities, and Shetf3 Monroe with a posse started out immiiaieiy to nunt lor tbe negro. A diligent search was made, but the brute 1 has so . far eluded arrest. Mr. tJIL W. Cornelison, who returned from I .Montgomery county Saturday mornpg, reports a rich find of gold. The Gner of the new mine is Mr. Jones Cottrjl who has in bis possession several fine nfggets that he found: Two of these iere picked up in Mr. Cotton's vrd.- f:otland Neck Democrats One night jMst week some One called at the door of Miss Belle Bo vette. a maiden lady ltvjng just across the Edgecombe line, afeifl asked her to receive a telegram. The vbce was tbe voice of a man, and sne repesed to open the door unless be would pttll his name. He told her he had a treasure for her. but she still refused to open i&e door. He said that he would leave the treasure outside and would call for Ufa few mon hs. He then went awav, ihd upon opening the door she found i basket outside with a tiny young baby girl snugly tucked within. She has.'nbr been able to learn who it was. Last Monday: afternoon Mr. k. Whitehead, a farmer about 60 years of age, cafne into town very blood; and sought a physician tq dress his wounds. He related bis story how a short while before lie was passing the gate of his brother! Mr. . Sam Whitehead, wbo. in consequence of some words between them about fencing some land, assaulted him with a gate latch and well nigh beat the life; Out of hinn There was a bloody wound, pn the top of his bead several inches (long, and seemingly cut to tbe skull, aid a heavv bruise on tbe side of the . held and temple, besides other bniisespn the body. 'The old mar. wasV badly beaten up. and was' suffering very much. U Mr. Whitehead thinks that if Mr. J. j H. Hopkins bad not interfered, W ia KwUr$iAt arils ! triA nAiiMMit rst t- h j 1- Mia llMMbl W UW VUb IVUUVI Wft M two, would probably havf killed hiffl. . ' '4-
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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