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; , i : . . .' .' ?- - . I ttc meekly WILLIAM H. BBEWAED, Sditor wid Proprietor. . - WILMINGTON, N. C. t Friday, April 7, 1892. y in writing to change your address always give femur direction as well aa full particulars a where yon wish your pper to be tent hereafter., Unless yon do both changes can net be made. tar Notices of Marriage or Death, TributesofRe ipect. Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are chargedtor as oSrylSvSrtisements, but only half wh w pa.i forttrictly in advance. At thjs tmtt 60 nUr mU pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. jy Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. t-sy Only such remittances will be at the risk of the pnhhsher . : I- Specimen copies lorwaraea wueu VILLAGES FOR FARMERS. The farm village is not a new idea or a new thing, although it is some thing new to this country, but it is an idea which, if it could be carried out generally, would revolutionize farming arid make it one of the most attractive of pursuits. ! Mr. Bookwalter, a wealthy manu-, facturer of Ohio, sometime ago con cluded to try the experiment in Ne braska, where he purchased 12,000 acres.-In the center of this tract 160 acres are laid off for the village site, and in the center of this 40 acres for a public park. Facing the park are the school, church or churches, pub lic halls, stores, shops, &c. The re mainder is cut up into 240 lots of about a half acre each for dwellings for the farmers; storekeepers, me rhanirs and others who mav seek! a residence in the village. After pro viding for the village, the rest of the twelve thousand acres is divided into one hundred and fifty farms of about eighty acres each, with roads so laid out as to give each farm an open highway to the village. j Mr. Bookwalter proposes to sell these farms on time, giving ample time to the purchasers to' pay for them, and he will assist, in the build ing of the village by helping to build the school houses, churches, and such other public buildings as may be desired. Of course in a vil lage . like this, which would have something of a family nature about it, the land would or should be sold only to a good class of people,' so that the village might be as nearly homogeneous as possible, and with out any demoralizing or destructive elements in it. ' j , Here, then, if this idea be carried out, there would be a village with one hundred and fitty families of farmers in it, and perhaps fifty or more other families of store keepers, mechanics and others, say a village of two hundred families,! or one thousand people, which would make a pretty respectable place, consider ably larger than many of the towns we now have. M - The advantages of such a system are apparent on sight for it does away with one of the greatest -objections to life on the farm, its isolation, mo notony and loneliness.!. One hun dred and fifty or two hundred fami lies would form a society of their own, could visit and be visited, in sickness have neighbors and physi cians near by, in the evenings could have their social gatherings, and hav ing a postoffice and frequent if riot dally mails' they could have daily papers, and leep abreast with the events of the day, and with a public library the young people would have books to read, form the habit of read ing, become fond of it and would thus be. educating themselves. The ' school with so many children to de pend upon would become a perma nency, and would be open most of the year. Here the people, young and old, would be drawn close to gether, and while in a social way they would be mutually benefitted, they would be, benefitted in a business way, too, for with the opportu nities for acquiring information and of imparting it to others, there would be an interchange of ideas the result of which would be improved methods in agiculture and some of the best of faring for the farms being small would in all" prob ability be thoroughly tilled. The day would be spent upon the farm, the night, Sundays and holidays at homein the village, the distance to the remotest farm being not more than half an hour's drive.- It would be simply necessary to i keep the hired help upon the farm to look after stock and premises, j We have an idea that after- the experiment is made the advantages of this system will become so apparent that there will be many of these farm villages established throughout this! country. -For some months this subject has attracted much attention inj Georgia, - where 'some of its advocates have published articles upon itj and; the press has given it prominence. rtmuug us warmest aavocates is Governor Northen, who suggests that land : owners form joint stock companies, purchase a central tract for the village, build a -thurch, a school house, a 6tore, have a post office established, and thenj let those nearest the village site either build, or if practicable, move their dwell ings to .the Village site, thus giving it a start. Then sub-divide1 the lartre farms into small nnc anH invit-A cot tim to com n.i.i.. L residents of the village. ! It is not as easy to do this in long settled country as it fs in a new one, where large tracts of land : may be secured without incumbrance of any kind, which may be laid out by the designers in the way they may deem best; but still it )s practicable in the South, in many portions of .which there are large bodies of land available, and other portions where - : -. : -.- ,h 1 : . I the farms are large, enough, to be divided without trouble. The estab lishment of such a system in the South would be a grand departure from the present method. It will be a, blending of i farm and town life, with all the advantages of both with- of either. ""It would be as near ideal farming as we could ever get. A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION We have had evidence already, although Mr. Cleveland's administra tration is but a' month old, that it is going to be what he said it would be, a business administration. When he selected John G. Carlisle .for Secre tary ot the Treasury the country felt confident that i the finances of ' the people would be in safe hands and that there would be no more leger-de-main carried on in that depart ment. The anticipation has been so far realized, and at no time m thirty years have, the people, from the man of millions, to the man of hundreds, felt easier on that score. When Secretary Carlisle entered upon the administration of his office he found the so-called free gold in the Treasury about exhausted, and talk of the necessity of issuing bonds to" borrow gold to keep- the gold reserve, fund intact. Banks had hoarded gold ' with the ex pectation of its commanding a pre mium, but Mr. Carlisle had scarcely taken charge and given the country to understand that he was going to conduct its business on business principles than offers of gold came pouring in from the banks in -ex-, change for treasury notes," until there is now more free gold in the Treasury than there had been for months before, and there is no talk of issuing bonds. If. Secretary Fos ter were still in charge of the Trea sury the probabilities are that bonds would now be upon the market and that the Government would be pay ing a premium, upon the gold it wanted. . Speculators saw : they couldn't use Secretary Carlisle and instead of holding back their gold they turned it loose and offered it in exchange for paper cur rency which they could handle to better purpose. They discovered that the Treasury could not be man ipulated by combinations, and they had further proof that the man who is in charge of it is one who carries his own head and . keeps : hisown counsel when he issued instructions to subordinates in the Treasury that they must : not gife" out news or opinions as to : what was being done or likely' to be done, thus giving foundation ' for speculation and numerous rumors upon .which specu? lation is based, sometimes resulting in unsettling the money market, and doing much mischief in various ways. He rightly insisted that only such news should go out from th Treas ury as to its operations, present or prospective, as went out by his authority and in an official way, There was business in that, and the country saw it. When he cast his eyes about the i reasury and saw numerous em ployes engaged in doing ; little or nothing but drawing their pay and notinea tnem that their services could be dispensed with there was more evidence of business, and when he found some States monopolizing the places in, the department which ought to be proportionately shared by other States and resolved that this system of State discrimination should cease there was more evidence of business andiair play, such as has not been seen in that department in thirty years. ! i . ' ; All this has been done without any fuss and feathers, without any parade, without any courted interviews with newspaper representatives, but quietly, methodically, and in a busi nesslike way which has strengthened the confidence of the country in the level-headed man whom Mr. Cleve land called to manage the finances of the people One of the ficst official acts of the Secretary of the Interior, was to re voke the privilege granted to certain parties to cut fifty per cent, of the timber on the public lands in some of the Western Territories, a privilege wjjich was fraudulently abused, and was resulting in the ' destruction of the forests. Following on the heels of this was his decision recovering to the Government large bodies of the public lands which were claimed by the Southern Pacific railroad on an alleged title procured from the At lantic and Pacific railroad, whose claim had been previously forfeited In both cases he .decided against strong and influential corporations, showing that he had an eye to tne interests of the people, and was do ing business i for them on business principles, j ; When Secretaty - Morton took charge of the Department of Agri culture he found many sinecures filled with 'persons who had little to do but receipt for their salaries, whom he dispensed with at once, thus saving to the Government about $125,000 a year without im pairing the service. As a further proof that he is running his depart 1 ment on business principles, he sub mits certain tests to applicants for a, f,SltinkS hts department to ascer- ' , " 7 ' Detor ey are ap- We might-point out instances in the other departments showing- how mc Duirii. ui iciuiw uas entered, hut l j . r r i . these will suffice to show that this is a business administration and that Mr. Cleveland ana tne men he has called around him to assist him in the administration are business men and are there for easiness. BOARD OF ' MAGISTRATES, Special Meeting Mr. James C. Stevenson Elected CommiMioner. - v L ' The Board ot Magistrates of , New Hanover county met yesterday ana elected Mr. James C. Stevenson a mem ber of the Board ot , Commissioners ot the county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Col. Roger Moore. Dr. W. W. Harriss, chairman of the Board . presided, and stated the purpose of the meeting. An election was or dered and Justices Manning and Cowan were appointed tellers. Justice Green nominated Mr. H. r, West. Justice Strauss nominated Mr. M. F. Costing i Justice Belden nominated Mr. Jas. C, Stevenson. A ballot was had with the following result : - Mr. Stevenson received-20 votes, Mr. West 13. Mr. Costin 8. . ' Mr. Stevenson was declared elected, and on motion, the election was made unanimous. : : :" 1' -. T Mr. Stevenson, being called lor ajn peared and addressed the board briefly, accepting the position, thanking the members for the honor conferred and .'" . ' . a promising a laitntui penormance oi duties. ! . ''a . . - The Board then adjourned. '; , ; THE RALEIGH ACCIDENT. Ho Deaths Among the Wounded Several Amputations Neoeaaary Young Ladles from Wilmington on the Cars. The Raleigh News and Observer in its account of the fearful accident in that city Tuesday last by which a number of young; ladies, pupils of St. Mary's bchool were injured, says : "The following were on the cars but not hurt: Miss Same Kenan, of Wilmington; Miss Mary Calder of Wilmington; Miss Carrie Davis, of Wilmington; Miss Nell Hardin, of Fayetteville; Miss Lila Tucker, of Henderson; Miss Katharine Boylan, of Raleigh; Miss Margaret Sraedes, of St. Mary's; Miss Sadie Root, of Raleigh; Miss Frances Hodgson, of Norfolk; Miss Turner, teacher at St. Mary's; Master Ruf us Boylan and Master Jesse Degree, ot Charleston. 'No explanation can be offered is to how the car jumped to the wrong track. The track was examined yesterday and found to be in good order and the cars were being run to-day as they always have in the past. It is one of those un fortunate affairs which are inexplicable. 'The switch-back consists of two parallel tracks with undulating surface. One car was started from the end of the tracks next to the grand stand and had proceeded a short distance when the other car was started from ! the other end by Mr. A. F. Bowen, who was in charge; of the switch-back. He meant it to go on the other track, but when it had left his hands and struck the switch or frog, to the horror of all it jumped to the wrong track and shot like an arrow down the rapidly sloping track to meet the other car coming in the opposite di rection. It is not possible to under stand how it should have jumped at the switch to the wrong track." ; !l A press dispatch to the Star last night says - that no deaths have yet oc curred; among the injured, and that some amputations will probably be made. THE BACK TAXES. The Beoord In the Matter aa Made by Di rection of the Commissioners of New Hanover County. j " p The lollowing is a copy of the entry made on the tax lists for the years 1801 and 1892 by direction of the Board of County Commissioners and in pursuance of the agreement arrived at at the meeting ot the Board Tuesday after noon. ! ! .. . j ' i : List of property ot the- Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Co. returned for taxation by the Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, under the act of General As sembly passed at its session of 1893 : 1891. County valuation, $128,837.54; at 37 cents per $100 valuation, total amount of tax $474.84. 1892. County valuation, $128,337.54: at 37 cents per $100 valuation, total amount of tax $474.84. Total for both years. .$949 68 Less 15 per cent, retained by K. K. and paid to State . . 142 45 Net county tax. ....... I .$807 23 1891. School valuation. $128,337.54: at 87 cents per $100 valuation, total amount of tax $192.51. . 1892. School valuation, $128,837.54; at 37 cents per $100 valuation, total amount of tax $192.51. Total for both years. ......... . .$385 02. Less 15 per cent, retained bv R. R. and paid to State. ..... 57 75 Net school tax. .$327 27 The New Colored Churoh at Orton The new A. M. E. Church at Orton has been j dedicated and Rev. Scipio Sauls ; duly installed as pastor. The church has thirty-four members and an average attendance of about -fifty per sons. It is a neat frame structure and the colored people on the plantation and in the neighborhood are very proud of it and speak in glowing terms of the kindly aid received in its construction and. furnishing from Col. K. M. Mur- chison and wife. Mr. Tames Snrunt and wife, and Mr. A. B. Gwathmev of New York, who , has been visiting Col. Mur- chison at Urton this winter. ; Mr. Gwathmey also gave the church an organ, Mr. Sprunt a large Bible, a dozen hvmn books, and three lamps for lighting tie eaince. -Ripe Stawberries. j I - Mr. J. B. Stokley, who has just re turned from-Onslow, reports'! that he visited the truck farm of Messrs.! Porter &vWestbrook, at Bay View, where he saw ripe strawberries last Tuesdav. Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky Point; and Mr. Samuel Westbrook, of Faison, com pose this firm, and both have! been very successful in strawberry culture. ur. jforter now has about thirty acres in strawberries on his Rocky Point farm, and during the past three years l i: a i a f . t . . Has rcauzcu uanusume proms irom ms shipments to the Northern markets, What . the Doctor can t tell you about strawberries is Hardly worth knowing, Death of a Wilmingtonian Besident in Savannah.' p Mr. Chas. D. Russell, formerly of this city, son of the 'late Henry P. Russell, died in v Savannah, Ga yesterday. He moved to savannan several years ago where he engaged in the naval stores business. He was about thirty-six years oiage. Men of all professions and trades, min isters, lawyers, merchants and mechanics unite in indorsing Pr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the old reliable care, for all bron chial and Dulmnnarv troubles as rhKa j nousenoia remedy in the market. t ji , : ' Monthly Meeting of the Board The W. & W B. B. ", Makes Formal ' Tender of the Amount Of Taxes Due " for 1891 . " and ; 1892-A - Prolonged Discussion Mr. Strange Presents His Resolution , Both Matters Deferred for Considera tion. ' -The Board of Commissioners oi. ,New Hanover : county met yesterday in monthly session. -The members of the Board in attendance were Messrs, H. A. Bagg (chairman), B." G. Worth, E, JL. Pearce and B. ; S. Montf ord. - Besides these there were present, Mr. War ren G. Elliott, President of the W; & W R. R. Co., Messrs. Janius Davis, Jno. D. Bellamy, Jr., and Thos. W. Strange, attorneys. . . -- v- ----- " . RAILROAD TAX MATTER. ' Mr.' Junius Davis and - Mr. J, D. Bel lamy, Jr., appeared before the Board in behalf of the W. & W. R. R. Co., ask ing that the proper entry be made of taxes against the railroad., company ac-; cording to the report of the railroad commissioners, and asking that the as sessment be put on the tax - book; that Mr. Elliott, president of the company, was present and ready .to pay the said taxes. . . -V Chairman Bagg said that inasmuch as there was a vacancy on . the Board he thought it best not to take action in the matter now. ., Mr. Thosl W. Strange, attorney, urged that the' Board take actioflT " v '-. : Mr. Bellamy, also, said that .action should be taken at Once. j Mr. Elliott addressed the Board at length, reciting the action taken by' the late General Assembly, the prolonged controversy and the final adjustment of Xhe ; "back tax matter." The city ot Wilmington, through its Board of Alder men, had taken action last Saturday to keep this matter open. He sus pected ' that something of this kind might happen at the meet ing ' of this board, and he was here to prevent that; to make application to the board to make the levy for 1891 and 1892, and to make formal tender of the sum or 51,134.01, wmcn tne rauroaa Commissioners says is the amount due the county of New Hanover. The act of the Legislature says that when the railroad company accepts its proposition the ' payment shall be in final set tlement of all claims tor taxes. The railroad company accepted the proposi tipoiand withitfthe next week if the cdnnty refuses to take this money it will be paid into the State Treasury, and will operate as a final discharge for all taxes claimed to be due prior to 1893. It you refuse to receive it you are cut off from collection of any back tax whatever. It the Board was going to continue a controversy that has already cost so much time and money, he was going to protect the interests of the cor poration he represented. He asked the Board to pass upon the tender he now made of the taxes for 1891 and 1892. Commissioner Worth said that the Board only wanted time so that the matter could be considered bv a full board. Chairman Bagg said the Board of j Justices would be . convened Wednesday to elect a commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Col. Roger Moore. He said that the matter ought to be equitably adjusted. Mr. Elliott said the railroad company had made every - effort to have an equitable settlement, and were not going to nght unless lorced to it. j The only trouble they had was in the bouse of their friends; every county in the State along the. line of road, ex cept New Hanover, would have its as sessments made to-day and the matter settled. Mr. Worth asked if the matter could not be deferred to a special meeting. Mr. Elliott said that they might take all the time they wanted for considera tion, but if they attempted to bring in this other matter : thcHKulroad company would show fight. Mr. Strange said if they postponed consideration of the other matter it would be too late as the six months dur ing which action could be taken under the law to put properties of the railroad on the tax list, would expire. It must be acted upon to-day. Mr. Elliott said if the Board admitted this tender and would not receive it and then put upon the tax book the property alleged to be taxable, that would be the end of it. .. Mr. Worth said the board was not pre pared to deefde; they wanted a full board. Mr. Strange said: Unless you put it upon the tax books to-day it will be too late. The tax law of 1891 was read. It says the commissioners may put properties upon the tax books at. a regular meeting within six months after tbey become delinquent. Mr.' Bellamy argued. that under the law there were only two regular meetings the June and Decem ber meetings. Special meetings could De held once a month. w A resolution as follows was then sub mitted, viz: :v ',:.-- Be it resolved. That because of the fact that there is a vacancy upon the board, and jthe 'question of the tender of the Wilmington & Weldon K. K. Co. of the amount alleged to be due the county of XMewj Hanover, in lieu ot all taxes due by said (companjjjs a very important one tnat tne matter be postponed until the next meeting ot the board. The resolution was adopted. ;1 I . .1 :. TAX LISTERS. The chair said it was in order to elect tax listers for 1893. Several nominations 1 ' I J . ... t r .1 . were maue -ana ine iouowing were elected, viz.: j Wilmington township Jas. G. Burr. Federal Point Jacob H. Home. Ms sonboro Jno. G. Wagner. . ' Hs rnett J. N. Macumber. . Cape Fear Jas. Cowan. Jas. A. Hewlett was granted licence to retail liquors at Ocean view. . ;;-..!";.?:' BACK . TAXES AGAIN. -' ; .: After the disposal of . other routine matters, Mr. Strange asked permission to bring the matter of back taxes again belore the Board. He then read the resolution submitted to and adopted by the Board : of Aldermen of the city of Wllraingion last Saturday. , He said he would not discuss the matter, but would leave the paper to be considered by the Board. If they did not take action at once, that is the last of it. In giving his figures he read from the report of the Railroad Commissioners. . Mr. Elliott replied to Mr. Strange's re marks and '-pointed out' errors' in his statement. He contended that not one dollar of- the property named in the resolution was,, owned.- by the - railroad company 1892; it ;Was sold in' 1891; they did not, own a dollar's ; worth, of taxable property ia ,io4.. tie warnea the board thatwheni they 'spread upon the teCOrds property for taxation that does not exist - they would be "making enemies of a corporation"" that desires, to ; maintain ;the f most . friendly rela tion's with the county. . With regard to the real estate ' in j the list alleged to belong to the W., C. & A. R; R., He said there ; i3 not t a ? dollar s worth ot real estate that is not owned by the,W.& W R, R. If there is anything thought to be due by the W., Cv & A. R. R., send your chairman and I will show him the books. ' 1.1 1 - 1 Mr. Bellamy argued that the report made by Mr, .Strange should be sworn to. tie regarded it as oniy an intent to harass the railroad company and make something out of it. ji After the conclu- sion ot Mr. Bellamy a remarss iuc cuair manlsaid the Board would take a recess untii 2.80 p. m. to-day. ; ' "" ' THE; RAILROAD TAX MATTER. l$ewi Hanover County Aooepta the Tender of Taxes Made bj the W. ft W. B. B. Ini Final Adjustment of the Question. The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county met yesterday in ad journed sessions Commissioner E. L. Pearce. who was present at the meeting Of the Board on . Monday, was absent, having been obliged to leave town for his home On account of sickness. Chair man Bagg and Messrs. B. Gr Worth and B. S. Montford were present. ". Mr. Bagg called the meeting to order and said it was for the purpose of giving the. rail road back-tax matter further; considera tion. : . . r- ' x . - -,.. - Messrs. Warren G. Elliott, .Jno. D. Bellamy, jr., and (unius uavis were present in behalf of the railroad, and Messrs. Thos. WJ Strange and Marsden Bellamy, attorneys. " I Commissioner Worth submitted the following resolution, viz: ; ' In the matter of the delinqusnt tax of the Wdmingtont & Weldon Railroad Company : WHEREAS, the W.j & W. Railroad -its' President, Hon. Company, through Warren G. Elliott; having- tendered to the Board ot Commissioners of the County the sum of $1,134.51 the same being the amount of back taxes upon the superstructure, road-bed, mam and side tracks of the said W & W. Railroad Company according to the returns of the - Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina for the years 1891 and 1892; and j) whereas, the General Assembly of North Carolina at its session for the year of 1893 compromised the back taxes for the various counties, cities and towns along ! the line or lines of 1- said railroad company. conditioned - that Jthe said W. &j : WJ R. R Company surrender its right of j taxation forever t! and the Board of Commissioners that the; saia rauroaa company tnrougn itsstocK- UUIUCI3. its raccung iiaciuuicu, UCIVC surrendered such exemption; it is ordered that the Said tender of $1,134.51 by the said W. & W. Railroad Company in settlement of the bacK taxes for the years 1891 and 1892, due by said W. & w. Kaiiroaa iornpanyi be accepted as a final settlement of said back taxes, brd moved adop- Commissioner Mont tion of the resolution. Mr. Marsden tfeuamv asked that a recess be taken before taction was taken , i i i . oneway or the other on the jmatter, as his associate, MrThos. W. Strange, would like to! address the Board. The Board . took a recess, and in a few minutes Mr. Strange appeared, when the resolution was again read. Mr. Strange argued; that the Board should not take action on this resolution' until a full meeting of the Board was held, and urged that the Board should enter upon its tax I books the claim for linquent taxes as embodied in the resolution submitted by himself Mon day. The railroad company could not suffer by postponement of acceptance of its tender of taxes, but the matter of en tering properties on the tax books could not be postponed. It was only a com plaint, which the railroad company was given thirty days to answer. Mr. Marsden Bellamy said that the railroad company bad no right to com plain if the Board should do as Mr. Strange asked. Even if the matter was entered upon the tax books, the Board could afterwards accept the lender of the company and ! thai would be the end oi. it. Hi asked that the Board put this matter on the tax books to day, and let the full! Board act upon it. Mr. Elliott said that so far as the rail road company .was concerned there was ho disposition to urge hasty action . by the Board. - It would be desirable, bow ever, to have the! matter settled. If dealing "with the Board alone he would waive anything, bud they were widening the breach by this proposed action. Mr. Davis argued; that counsel on the other side, in seeking for back taxes, bad lost sight of the fact that the county, if the tender was accepted, would here after get taxes pn the railroad property in the county, but if not accepted the county would get nothing hereafter. Commissioner Worth believed the Board would dp what was right, but did not think they should be forced to act with only three members present. Chairman Bagg said that he did not feel like passing on the matter with only three members present. Commissioner Montford said he would withdraw the resolution. Chairman Bagg j then asked what action should (be taken on the matter of ! 3 ... placing properties of the railroad on the tax books. .::--.' '. i i ' - . Commissioner -Worth If we can1 take action on one, we' have no right t take action on the other proposition Chairman Bagg asked if it devolve upon the Commissioners tb declare th actot the legislature unconstitutional Mr. M.Bellatay replied! By no means. Only put the batter on) the tax books. It can do no harm to any one. " . Mr. Elliott said that speaking as a cit izen, he would- say that it would do a great deal of harm to the county of New Hanover. After further discussion the attorneys were, requested to withdraw, that the Board might have a private conference. and they left the room, t ' After the room was cleared. Commis sioner Montford moved that th rpsnln. tion adopted py the Board on Monday, postponing action on the tender of taxes by the W. & W. R. R. Co., be rescinded. The motion was adopted. x ben, .on motion, the resolution ac cepting the tender of taxes previously recited was accepted ' and -adopted unanimously, and the Board- ordered the following entry to be made upon the minutes, viz t Ordered, That in accordance with and pursuant to ' the resolution this flay adopted, agreeing to accept the : tender made by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad ; Company, that the Board as reauired bv section 5. bv the Act of As sembly ratified on the 23rd day of Feb jruary, : 1893, : doth order the iouowing levy to be made for the -years 1891 and 1892 on the assessments which have been reported to this Board by the Railroad Commissioners', to wit - For "the year 1891 the assessment as . reported was $128,337.54. and for the year 1892 the asssessment reported was the like sum iof $128,337.64. For each of said years the levy is made of 37 cents on the $160 for : general county purposes,' thus baking a total of $1,334.71 for the taxes for the two years, from which ia to be deducted 15 per cent, by said company, as provided in said act, leaving: a bal iance of $1,134.51 due the county, as tendered ; and that the sheriff of this 'county be and is hereby, directed to Ireceive the said sum of $1,134.51 from the said Wilmington & Weldon Railroad (Company and to receipt for the same. . FIRE IN FLORENCE, S. C.i Disastrous Conflagration A Score or More Buildings ' Burned Loss About 'eiso.ooo;. :' - " f .Intelligence was received here yester day - that fire broke out' early in the morning in Florence, S. C, and was spreading through the townl It began in the grocery store of D. F. Parker, caused by the explosion of a kerosene oil lampy At least a score of buildings were burned and destroyed. Among them are the Central Hotel, the bank of the Carolinas, the City Hall," the Knights of Pythias hall, and the hall in : which was all be paraphernalia of vari ous secret societies in the town, and the Derrick machinery budding, j Several firemen "were injured by falling walls. The estimated loss at noon was $150,000. ' There was a very high wind and the fire department worked at great disad vantage, the water supply being inade quate. Among the other sufferers are Barringer's general store; Ives' market; four buildings belonging to Sanders Ellis three of them occupied; Cox's under taking establishment; S. A. Gregg, gen eral merchandise store; Western Union telegraph, office; Willoughby's printing office; F. N. Lake, general merchandise; Nach man's general store; Fulake's drug store. The insurance is estimated at $60.000'to $75,000. ; j . - ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Charleston, S. C, April 3. The business portion of the town of Florence was destroyed by fire this morning, Flames started during the night and burned until after. 9 o'clock this fore noon. The loss is estimated at fully Slou.uuu, witn only partial insurance. The fire originated in T. G. Parker's groecry on - Dargan street and spread southward to Cox s furniture store, then westward to the city hall. After the fire was gotten under control at the city hall, an incendiary set fire to James Walter's store, on Evans street, and all buildings from the Central Hotel to the Western Union telegraph office were destroyed. , I New Boute to Charleston. . The Carolina Central Railroad Com pany have opened a new route to Charles ton by which the regular train leaving here at 9 a. m. connects at Hamlet with trains for Charleston reaching that city at 10 30 p. m. Returning, trains leave Charleston at 6.50 a. m. and arrive in Wilmington a) 6.52 p. m. Under this Schedule passengers may leave here at 9 a. m.t reach Bennettsville at 3.50 p. m jjariington .ou P. m., aumter o.io p. m. Returning, leave Sumter- 10.25 a. m Partington 11.45 a. m., Bennettsville 12.40 a. arriving in Wilmington at 6.52 p. m. , IT MAKES THE DEAF HEAR. SUCCESS OF A NOVEL INSTRUMENT The mysterious Restoration from i Deafness by an Unseen Device Old I Theories Successfully Applied, During the past few years there have been many rumors oi the restoration, in some mysterious way, of the hearing of those who were known to have been. deaf for many years. This led to an in vestigation by those interested, and it has been found that this happy-change has been made by the use of a most sim ple, yet ingenious device, which was in vented by a gentleman in Bridgeport, Conn named H. S. Wales. This device is the same to the ears as are glasses to the eves, and is simplv a soft: rubber disc, arranged on a rubber spring, and so shaped that when inserted in the ear it will locus the waves of sound on the natural drum, thus increasing the vibra tions of the latter. ! ' .The possibilities of a device of this nature have long been known, but the many attempts to use this knowledge have been such utter failures that it was considered beyond our present ; knowl edge of the ear to make a practical in strument of the kind. Consequently when this device was first invented, not much attention was given the same, as it was thought to be merely an old enemy in a new dress; but gradually this slight prejudice was dispelled, until, at tne present time, must pnysiciaus ana aurists look kindly upon the instrument, and seem pleased at the success it is meeting. At a recent interview, Mr. Wales made the remarkable statement that, to his knowledge, the device which he calls Sound Disc, bad never failed -where relief was afterward obtained ! by any medical, surgical or mechanical; means, excepting a powerful ear trumpet, which he says is more powerlul than nis device, It would seem to be an ideal device for the deaf, as it is worn in the ear, out of sight, for months at a time, and, as far as we can leath, is pronounced safe and comfortable for the patient. Many times It has proven itself, to be an advance ment in the science ot acoustics by re lieving the most obstinate cases which had defied medical treatment for years, What may be the ultimate result of the use ot this device whether the re sults thus far obtained will warrant its use in such a variety of cases that it will stop the progress ot deafness in the future to such an extent that it will avoid the use of ear trumpets we cannot say: but the desirability of a device of this nature, as regards its satety, its; oenent and general comfort to the user, none will fail to admit. Sohooner In Distress. . The American, schooner John G. Schmidt, which was i reported at Southport Saturday evening in distress, lost her jib-boom and other, head-gear and sprung a leak in a ' gale some days ago. She is from Savannah bound to New York with a cargo of lumber. She will make temporary repairs, at South port and will be towed to i New York by a tug sent from that city, We are ' pleased to announce that John H. Hardin, our enterprising druggist, has secured the agency ior the Japanese Pile Cure; a most wonderful discovery for the Cure of Piles of every kind, which he will sell with a wntteu guarantee to refund the money if it does not cure, ' It is said to be a specific for that terrible and ; dangerous disease uet a tree sample and try it. t SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO PUPILS OF ST. MARY'S SCHOOL RALEIGH M.EIGH. -j I II SB.. . , , V Eight Younff ladles Seriously Injured In r : a Collision pn a Switah-Baok. , - - ' Special Star-Telegram. t Raleigh. N. C.; April 4. The happy and beautiful , Easter- season was ruth Jully broken in pojn to-day by a terri ble and almost tragic occurrence. About half-past ten o clock this morning a courier -came dashing into the city from the State lair grounds and brought the news tnatmerenaaiDeen a neart-nend-ing accident ; there. A large number of the young ladles of St. Mary School, the leading Episcopal institution of the State, accompanied bv Rev. Dr. Bennett metfes. rector of tu school, 'and some of the teachers, were en joying a holiday at the fair grounds, ;jtheir principal pas time being the switchback, j There were probably fifty young ladies on the ground, mostly juvenile scholars, iff elu ding many ofth little daughters ol our best known citizens. They were rilling on the switchback! s nd having a hippy frolic, : ; their ; tner ry, childish laWh ringing out in Jthe beautiful " morning sunlight. : All at on :e the innocent klee was turned into heart-piercing screams of agony; the two cars of the switchback had collided while . both cars were run ning. at fearful Velocity, and nearly a dozen maimed and stunned little girls were-hurled ou upon the iron tricks and upon the ground, where they lary in helpless agony, cpelly cut and mangled by the splintered I wreckage "of the smashed cars. Those who rushed to the rescue saw as 'many as seven of the innocent little girls lying in a state of helpless injury; 6meof them maimed for life, and probably as many more were badiy hurt. : Among those who werej in jured were. Miss Mabel Green.daughterof ex-Congressman J Wharton J. Green, of Fayetteville, whd had one limb broken and the other badly Injured. Florence Bovlan. daughter' nf Mr.- Jam pa Rnvlanl of this city wha her face crushed in awie ids uuae, uiu susuiinea lae most t . 1 J . . S 1 i . serious injuries bf j any of the victims; Annie Root, daughter of Mr. Charles Root, of this citylhad oneIimb btoien; Addie.Snow, daughter of Mr. George H. Snow, was badly part, sustaining inter nal injuries; Miss Patterson, ' aged 13, was badly bruised and rendered help less by her injuries;.. Dr. Smedes' two little twin daughters, who sat on the front seat pf one of the tars, were both terribly hurt: one of i the little girls had oije or possibly both limbs broken and the other sustained like injuries; Miss Adelle Martinare, of Georgia, was severely bruised and cut. Many others were injured, though, not so seriously. i j 'j The scene at the point of the collision, just at ter the accident became known and people began to flock to the place. was most piteous, the maimed little girls laying helplessly upon the ground. and touched the jlstoutest hearts with their cries. Cots were quickly extem porized and they were borne away to the adjoining building! It is stated to-night that one ol Dr. Smedes' daughters" is unconscious with concussion of the jjbram ! and Miss Boy lan's condition is considered critical. The affair has created intense excite ment, as the injured children belong to the most prominent families in the State. ' : . - j ' j i By Telegraph m the Morning Scar. Raleigh, N. C, 'April 3. Dr. Smedes, rector of St. Mary's School, invited his pupils to ride on a switch-back near his grounps. By accident one car jumped and passed on thf wrong' traclC upon which a car from the other end had started. Both cars, filled with children met at the lowest point with great velocity. Eight hildren were badly hurt in the smash-up. Mabel Green, daughter of Coli Wharton J. Green. oK Fayetteville, ; had one leg broken and the other badly injured.. Miss Patterson was I badly cut" and bruised. Adele Martinaire, of Georgia, was badly cut and bruised. Annie Root, leg broken. Two daughters ot Mr. Smedes each had a leg broken. Florence Boylan.j daughter of James Boylan, was badly hurt in the head. Addie Snow, daughter of George H. Snow, was badly cut. These were all seriously injured. The others were hurt, but not dangerously. j . ' . - j A JIM-CROW CAR CASE. - .v - j- - . . !,:' Verdict for $800 j Damaeea Againat the . Sast Term., Va. & Ga. B. B. Co. 1 By Telefraph fo the Morning Star. New York, April 5. -A jury in the U. S. Circuit Court to-day awarded Mrs. Mack W. Caldwell, (negro) of Brooklyn, (800 damages against the East Tenn.. Virginia and Gal R. R. Co., because a conductor forcedher to ride in a car provided for negroes. Mrs. Caldwell and her three children bad provided themselves with fjrst-class tickets from Johnson City, Tehn., to Chicago. I The conductor forced her to take the "Jim Crow" car for negroes, where, she said, she had been annoyed by. the profanity and unseemly conduct of other passeng ers. Her husband brought suit for $5, 000 damages against the railroad com pany, and the case came to trial yester day. The defense was that the laws of Tennessee permitted the company to provide separate fcars for people of dif ferent color. Judge Wallace, in charg ing the jury, explained that the Consti tution of the U. & granted jequal rights to all citizens, irrespective of color. Caldwell is a respectable citizen ' of Brooklyn. - - i - l i ! - mm . : ' ' IJndlsputed Merit. j ; The great success of thefRoyal fak ing Powder is du to the extreme jcare exercised by its manufacturers to make it entirely pure, uniform in quality.! and of the highest leavening power. All the scientific knowledge, tare and skill) at tained by a twenty years' practical experience are contributed toward j this end, and no pharmaceutical preparation can be dispensed with a greater accuracy, precision and exactness. Every article used is absolutely pure. A I number of chemists are employed to test the strength of each ingredient,! so thaf its exact power ana enect in comoinatioa with its co-ingredients is definftely known. 'Nothing! is trusted to chsince, and no person is $ employed in the pre paration of the ijmatrials used or the manufacture Of the j powder, who isjnot arv expert, in his particular branch off the business. As a consequence, the Royal Baking Powder is of the highest grade of excellence, always purej wholesome and uniform- in quality. Each boi is exactly like every other, and will retain its powers and produce the same ' and the highest leavening effect in any climate, at any time. I The Government Chemists, after having analvzed all i the . principal brands in 1 the market, in teir reports placed the Royal Baking Powper at the bead of the J list: tor strenafin. nnrits and 'hnlMnmKnwn. and thou sands Of tests all Oyer the country hve further demonstrated the fact thntfits qualities are, ia every respect, f n- rivaled. SPIRITS TURPENT Henderson ! Herald: Farmers t . ... uave aoout nnished sowinir oats, and are busy preparing their land for corn. ' ! Goldsboro Argus; The death of Mrs. W. S. Tovner. a mosti estimaku lady,, formerly of. Princeton, occurred aaiuroay nignr, at ner home n th s rit ot pneumonia. : I L.umDerton Kobesoniani i Ther is a calf near Lumberton that has a mania for eating chickens. - We do not know the pedigree, of this strancr animal, but we can vouch i for its chicken-eating qualities. - Alf Mayeal, oi mitts townsmp, wnue crossing a swamp one day last week was struck oij the head by the top of a falling tree and killed. . ;l Rutherford JJanner'. The hun dred of bags of Guano hauled awayfrorr the depots at this place in the last fen weeks looks like that pur county farmers ; believe that cotton is good to eat. - Jim Miller, a colored man living in "New Hope," abused his wife on Saturday night last, until she sought refuge in the house of a neighbor. Sunday morning he went to the neighbors house and re-t newed the assault, striking and kicking her. He was arrested and tried Monday and bound to next term of courtJ j I i High Point Enterprise: Mr. Lee! Craven, living five miles North of here, had the misfortune to break a leg while log rolling last Saturday. . -Messrs. J. Elwood Cox and T. Crudup have been appointed Receivers of the Carolina Manufacturing Co., by Judge Bryan. It is the intention of the Receivers to wind up the affairs of the Company as. soon j as possible. -Again we are called onj to chronicle the death of one of our old-i est citizens. .This time he is the pioneer.j himself, wbo many years ago hauled the lumber to build the first house ever erected in High Point. Last Saturday evening at 6:20 o'clock 'Squire E. C. Farabee died at bis home in this city, after an illness of only a few days. I Salisbury Herald: Mr. Robert L. Brown, one of the best and most highly respected young men ever raised in Salisbury, died at his home on Inniss street at 2.40 o'clock yesterday af ter noon.' For some time past Mr. Brown had not been in good health and . about six months ago he was attacked by con sumption which rapidly sapped his strength. Jim Ricardson,. colored, was arrested to-day for beating Fannie i Hairston. colored, with a rock Saturday, night. The woman is badly hurt, her face being terribly bruised and swollen. At his trial before Mayor Linn this morning Richardson was? required to give a $200 bond for his appearance at the next term of the Superior Court, and was sent to jail in default. v ! - ' i i- Raleigh News . and Observer: The report of Dr. James McKee, Presi dent oi the City and County Board of Health for the month of- March shows that there were only 23 deaths, of which number 10 were white and 13 colOrtri.- Five were children under five years of age. The premises of Missilate Boylan were broken into and robbed Saturday night by a gang of robbers. The miscreants carried off everything they could lay their hands on., i - Re ports reached the city yesterday that the forest fires have created great destruc tion in Moore county. It was stated that a large quantity of lumber, rosin and turpentine which had been brought out to be shipped was destroyed and the total' amShnt ot loss in Moore county : was estirnated at $1,000,000. j j i Greensboro Record'. Some time last njffnt Mr. Futrell, who lives oh the roadleading from Jamestown to Guil ford College, about two miles from the former place, awoke to find his barn in flames. In it was alt his provender and three fine mules. . An investigation showed that two of- them had been burned, but that the other was gone. It did not take long to 'discover the object In burning! the barn some bnejhad stolen one of the mules and attempted to cover his tracks bv destroying the barn. Numbers of Mr. Futrell's neighbors soon rallied to his aid, and, headed by Deputv Sheriff H. C. Lamb, started on the hunt for a clue Which, they were not long in finding. A negro man by the name of Jeff Nelson, living in the neighborhood, was found missing. Going a little fur ther it was; ascertained, that be was seen riding the mule in this direction. r Rocky Mount Argonaut: We do not think that the farmers ot Nash and Edgecombe are going te materially in crease the acreage of cotton- over that of last year, -j Robert Wi Stalling. Esq., aged about,80 years, died at bis Dome in Griffin township one day last weekj We think he was a native of Franklin county but had resided in Nash many, years. We regret to chronicle the death of W. W. (Bill Baldy) Arrington. which occurred on last Sunday morn ing. "Uncle Bill" has had several strokes of paralysis during the la3t two years and was considerably broken '.in health. He came to town on last Saturday and started for home on Sunday morning, but was taken seriously ill when near the Falls and died in a house to which he was removed in a tew minutes after he was stricken. Mr. Martin Cog- gin, who resided in wastaiia townsmp. Nash county, died last bunday morning in his eighty-seventh year. He had suf fered for many years with heart disease, having often been, to all outward ap pearances, On the verge of the grave., . j. Shelby Review: Interest in the proposed big co-operative cotton mill continues unabated, and the plans are beginning to assume shape. : John E ueen, one j of the oldest citizens of incoln county, died Friday and was buried Saturday at Bess' Chapel. Mr. Queen was oyer 80 years of age, and was a good citizen. , About $40,000 of stock in the. big cotton mill,! which it 1 Is i proposed to ! buijd here, is in; sight. It is coming.: J Marion f Lam by, (or Lambeth,) a citizen of the South Point section of Gaston county, was found lying dead j in ; a field near his home on Thursday morn-! ing. The back of his head was literally j shot to pieces, portions of his skull lying all around, one piece being found severalj yards away, and his brains spattered over, the ground.' His shot gun, with , both; parrels empty. ",lay beside -him. The "natural evidence" showed that the man' had deliberately suicided. Cocking his gun, he placed it behind him on the ground, leaned the back of his head against the muzzle, sprung .the trigger with the ramrod and died instantly. He had been dead several hours when found. There is no known cause for the suicide. About three years ago the body of Robert Bradford, white, was found be side the track of t,he 8's railroad-near Hickory Grove, horribly mutilated by the train. The supposition was that Bradford had fallen on the track while drunk, gone to sleep and been killed by the train, and the coroner's jury so de cided. Last Saturday; howeverj Matt Byers. a young negro in jail in I Yorkr ville confessed to the Yorkville Enquire that he, Burt Byers, and Ed. and George McCraw, all colored, had waylaid Brad ford, murdered and .robbed him and placed his ! body on the track, then waited until the train came along ajid ran over him. r. The whereabouts of the other three murderers is not known, but they will be run down j i ' A Million Friends. j A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found; just Such a friend in ijr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. If you have nevr used this Great Cough, Medicine, oie trial will convince? you that it has won derful curative .powers in all diseases of Throat, ChesTand Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed ' or money will be refunded. 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