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4 She 'W&3& -FtmUUKD AT- WILMINGTON, N. C .... AT i .00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 1- id mm stpwH SI stpuoji. 9 SS 88SS88S8SS888888S 83Sg888S88S88S5g8 M T-t H -H 1-t W W CJt 88888888888888888 SS8888888SS338833 SSaSSS55SSS8S5SS8 - - : : VOL; XXIV. WILIINCrTON', N. G:,; FRIDAY, APRIIifel8; -NO. 2J 88888888888888888 SS333338SSS333383 8888883828888888 8S8SB88S288SS8888 st ao s eo jj o o o e g g ggj gj 88883888888888888 i 'v': KKy 3: :::::: : :j,sj: " " 2 S 3 S S3 S 3 I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgtott, N. C, i Second Class Matter.l , ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as follows ! Single Copy 1 year, postage paid ...........SI 00 " 6 months " 60 ' " 8 months " " . 80 WECAT THE 80TJIH NEEDS. There is no disputing the tact that the great impediment to Southern development and progress is the scarcity ol money. This is , true, also, of the West, although not to the same extent as of the South. The East is the great money center, and both the South' and the West are dependent upon Eastern banks fo; the money with which to conduct their ordinary business. At the open ing of the-cotton season in the South or of the grain season in the West the movement of the crop is often delayed for weeks, waiting until the local, banks make arrangements to secure enough money from the New York banks to enabTenhe buyers to proceed with business. This is almost an annual occurrence, and it some times happens at the very time when the products of the farm would bring the highest price if they could be marketed and thus the farmers lose thousands of dollars. , , Jt will be remember how last year the movement of Western grain was checked because there was not. money enough in Ch cago and other grain- buying cities, of the West to pay for what was offered, the consequence of which was that the' railroad sta tions became gorged with it, the cars filled up with it, and millions of bushels were stored up at shipping points waking for purchasers and for shipment. Then-when it could move every farmer wanted to rush his in and the result of .that was an over stocked" market and . lower pi ices than there would have been it the crop had been marketed regularly. The delay caused in marketing early in the season left the farmers with a great deal on hand later in the sea son until the roads' got bad and it became difficult if not impossible to I do any hauting,and ; they had their I grain in their bins when they should have the money for it in their pock ets. And s. the movement of the cotton crop was delayed for the same reason want of money to handle it. If this was a rare occurrence it would not matter much, but it is what happens nearly every year, and will continue to happen every year until there is a change tn our finan cial system, and the South and the West are independent of Eastern . banks. . j - ' We have National banks, it is true, but, while they are very good as far as they go, they are totally inade quate to meet the demands for money, but they are all the banks we have, and all we are likely to have if Eistern money lenders can influence financial legislation. It is not to their interest to have the vol ume of currency expanded. They would rather have it contracted. . Thev want the Sherman law repealed, not because theyare opposed to stack ing up bullion in the Treasury vaults, . but because that would stop the ' issuing of silver certificates, and thus stop adding to the currency the $50, 000,000 a year that is being added under the operation of that act. -Whatever the' volume of currency supplied through the instrumentality of the Federal Government may be the South will not get enough-of it. J Under the pensions and tariff sys tems, even if both be reformed, the bulk of money collected, issued and expended by the Government will go into circulation in the North or into Northern banks and will come South only as borrowed money or as capi tal brought to be invested in property or in some enterprise. What the South and the agricul tural States of the West most need is State banks of their own upon whiclj they can defend for the money they .require, regardless of which Congress may or may not do upon the money '. question. , AVhile the money power is located in one particular section of ' the country, which has few interests in common with other sections, and while this power depends for its profits on the rates of interest it may command there will always be a con flict on that question, and contention . over every measure that may be in troduced in Congress bearing upon it, with more or less consequent dis turbance of the money market -ana more or less Uncertainty as to what ' the action taken may finally be. . The financial question has been a distracting one in this country for twenty years, more so now than at any time in the twenty years, and Is apparently no nearer a satisfactory solution. When it does reach' a solu tion, it will be by a compromise. -But whatever that solution may be, it will not be such as to supply either the South or the West with the volume of money ; which they need, and it therefore behooves them to combine their strength in Congress and move the first of all for the re peal of the ten per cent, tax on- the circulation of State banks of issue, thus clear the way for their estab hshment, and then go on with the fight on' the silver and - other ques tions bearing upon national finances as their judgment may suggest. With the 'way cleared for the establishment of Staterbanks, the. people of the South and of the West: may - witness the struggle in Congress "over the financial questions with much less concern, for they . will then be much less concerned in it. What we need is the right, which was arbitrarily taken away, to manage our own fi nancial affairs according to our needs and'our best judgment. ' When we can do that, we can shape our own course, jog along our own way, and be independent ot the money lenders of other sections. : ; . We are sending out bias for sub scription to. the Weekly Star. Many subscribers are in arrears, and some of them pay no attention what ever to requests to pay what is honestly due us. With this class our. patience is nearly exhausted,. and in a short time we shall begin to cut them off, as we cannot afford to pub lish a paper for nothing and pay the postage too. ' - ' - A Boston court has decided that a steam whistle is .not a "fog-horn." We'll wager that' that same court would decide that a "fog-horn" is not a jewsharp, nor a hand-organ, nor a tour-year old steer nor anything of that sort. The nearest approach to a fog-horn,- for anything that is not a sure enough fog-horn, was that Michigan ' ex-Congressman, Conger." u '' ; ;'".:-'-1 Mnroa mehtioh. , It is said that President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle are becoming irritated at the action of the New York banks, since the Treasury has got into the" pinch for free gold, these banks-seeming disposed to run the. Treasury which has been compelled to meet the demands, for gold for export, notwithstanding the fact that there is $600,000,000 of gold locked up somewhere in this country It is a noticeable fact, too, that the offers of gold to the" Treasury to - help it along In the pinch have come mostly from Western j banks, which seem much more disposed to preserve the credit of the Government than the Eastern banks, and ' it has been as serted that the action of the New York banks is inspired by a desire to force gold to a premium' and compel the Government to issue bonds which could be utilized for banking capital. If with $600,000,000 of gold in the country the money powers permit the Treasury of the United States to become embarrassed and its credit to suffer, it will be a poor commentary on their patriotism; but as to that they neve'r did show much patriotism when there was a. chance to squeeze the Treasury and make some money by it. w - "... ' The advocates of a high tariff on wool seem to be distressed at the prospect of putting it on the free list and declare that - it would destroy the wool-growing industry in this country. . They'make this assertion in face of the fact that wool-growing flourished when there was little or no orotective tariff on wool, and that the industry has not grown under the protective tariff that has pre vailed since the war.'pow amounting to about sixty per cent. Ipstead of a low tariff or no tariff doing an in jury to the wool-growing industry it would build it up, for it would cheapen' goods, which would make an increased demand for them and con sequently an increased demand for wool. We have, a striking illustration of the effect on consumption the lo w ering of price has in the case of sugar, - When it was selling at seven cents a pound the consumption per capita in the United States was about twent-five pounds. When the 'price fell to five cents a pound the con sumption increased to sixty pounds for each person, more than double. So it would be with wool, the cheap ening of price would be more than compensated by the increased con sumption. "v - .' : - - TOEVEffDBTMBTTTIOH." ' In writing a few days ago upon the necessity of State banks in the South and West to supply the volume of "currency which the.people of "these sections need, we called attention to the fact that the early marketing of the crops was delayed nearly every year waiting till arrangements could be effected with Eastern bank&to se cure the money to "moves the crops," as the phrase goes, This money must come from the Eastern banks be cause there is nowhere else for it to come from, and yet if it wasn't for the farms of the South and the West. the exports from these which form the bulk of our commerce and bring wealth to the country, this country would be bankrupt inside of two years. - - - j : r;-. -, . To ascertain the amount of money,' bonds, securities, deposit's in banksj. saving banks trust ; companies stocks, &c., which represent money in some form, and upon which many might be borrowed, census agents for 1890 made an investigation and re ported for the various States. ; The sum total of all such, designated . as "loanable funds," upon which credit is based, footed up $5.840,43!,191, an average per capita of $93.03 to the 64,156,300 population of the whole country. This embraces every character of paper which might be used as a collateral upon which to borrow money. . v'f. ; The statement of the gross amount or rather the method; by which the gross amount was arrived at is de ceptive, for it counts the same money in different forms sometimes several times, j For instance, it counts the $1,000 deposited in a bank as $1,000 ot available money in the bank and then counts the $1,000 certificate of deposit as "loanable funds," and if the party who held it had borrowed money on it the money heborro wed would be included, and the certificate which bad passed into the hands of the lender would be again counted, thus the money which passed hands and, the certificate. being counted' several times, so that this total footed up simply means that the census men found! money, and paper of various descriptions. which might be used in borrowing money, to that amount. i - .- j - - r . ! . i- . - -- i But assuming that the figures are correct and that there is really in the thus and otherwise accumulated has . been invested in banking schemes,' insurance schemes,' trust:- schemes, and various . other " money-making schemes, 'which brought in more wealth to be added to that earned by their manufactories. . . I - - 5; The money they . thus tmade was drawn not from other countries but from other sections of this country, and they became richer .while other sections became poorer. . ! , . ' : Thus it will continue to' be!; while; the ; present .JSnanciaf ;, system ""arid tanff systems continue to .brTng money into their coffers and take it put of the pockets of i the people in the agricultural sections,' who- are thevvictims of these discriminating systems. " Xt,': t:J: 'i':: ''. - .JWith this uneven distribution of the" money of the country there can be no real prosperity, for a compar atively few States have it in their power tocontraCt or expand the vol ume of currency at their; will and thus hold the other sections at their mercy. Money to be useful,. and to perForm the full functions of money, must flow freely andnot be subject to the combinations .that may "be formed by a small number of money kings. . -r - - V '"- We are sending out bills for sub scription to the Weekly Star. Many subscribers are In arrears, and some of them pay no attention what ever to requests to pay what is honestly due us. With this class our patience is nearly exhausted, and in a short time we "shall begin to cut them off, as we cannot afford to pub lish a paper for nothing and pay the postage too. . ' - ISLAND BEACH HOTEL. The Damue to the Annex ty Thursday' Gale Not ao Great a First Beported. :.- The damage to the annex to the Island Beach hotel by the wind! storm of last Thutsday, the Star is glad to learn, is not so great as was reported by persons' Who came up from the Hammocks that night," . - ' j - " ' S Mr. Geo. R. French, president; of the Seacoast Railroad Co., visited the Ham mocks yesterday afternoon to" ascertain the extent of tbe damage. - On his re turn to the city last evening he was seen by a representative of the Star.' Mr. French said .that a i: contractor and builder who went with him to the Ham mocks . estimated ' that one thousand dollars would repair the damage. - Mr. French said the building; would be re paired and ready for use by the first of 't'Mi' iCi.'' 'Tx?v:::i: .C--T He attributes the accident to defec tive construction, the pillars on "which the. building rested not having been sunk belowihe surface : tf "jthe" ground, which caused them to topple , over as soon as the weight of the building was removed from them by tbe force of the wind. This defect will now be rem-' edied, and the reconstructed ;' annex made absolutely safe in every particu lar. .; :-i i I i v THE COTTON -ACREAGE. WASHINGTON NEWS... THE ; INCREASE - NOT TOO " GREAT ; FOR THE, EXPECTED"" DEMAND. Preparations for the Haval Beview Offioa : Boekera Thinnlni ' Out Mr. cioreland VTW. Take I Hl Time tn the Matter of The State Capitol of Texasjs said to be the largest State building in the United States. Texas was look ing for a "dirt cheap" job and got .a Chicago syndicate to build this' big house for 3,000,000 acres of land. It is a nice piece of work, however, and is said to have cost the syndicate $3,500,000. It was begun in 1881 and completed in 1888. country thai! much capital or its equivalent, in some sort of negotiable paper it will be interesting to note how it is distributed. ::;.' We find ihe Eastern and some of the Middle States recorded as fol lows' - The Chinese telegraph system has been connected with the Russian and overland ; messages can now be sent to any part of Europe.- It wilf not be many years before Russian lines will run through Siberia, form con nection with iines in the northern part of this continent, and thus open another way of communicating with the far East. '- - MOURNFUL MAY MEETING- DAMAGE CASES COMPROMISED. Tbe Hiohmond & Danville Bail road A& ; joata the Suits Growing Oat of the ; SUteavflle Wreck. - - I ". ' The Statesville Landmark says all the suits again st the Richmond and Dan ville railroad, growing out of the wreck at Bosttan's bridge, near Statesville, on the 27th of August 1891, in which 22 persons were killed and 80 wounded, have been compromised. There were thirteen ot tbescipases in Iredell Superior Court and tbe following amounts have been alled In each case : Death claims J. C Brodie, $5,000; W. M. Houston, $5,000; I Chas. , G. Weber, $5,000; Miss Ophelia Polk Moore. $2,000; Mrs. Susan Pool, $2,000 Hugh K. Lins ter, $2,500; A. Davis, $13Q& Rev. . J. M. Sikes. $3,500. r -'f'(." - Claims for injuries-?-!. F. Holler, $2,000; Mrs. Naomi Hayes Moore, $1,500; Miss Louallie Pool. $1,500; O. W. Law son, $1,000; G. W. Bowley, $1,000. Messrs. Bingham & Caldwell and R. Z, Linney were attorneys in the Linster and Davis cases and Ex-Judge D. M. Furches in the case of Rev. J. M. Sikes. Messrs. Armfield and Turner Were at torneys in the other ten cases. ' There were a number of suits entered at Asheville. Salisbury and other places. We understand that all of these have been compromised. The Lexington Dis patch understands that A. L". Sink and wife have been allowed $5,000. This case was in Davidson Superior Court. We have not learned what amounts were allowed in tbe other cases, but it is safe to say that the wreck, first and last, cost the Richmond &! Danville Railroad at least $100,000, j . Hon, Charles M. jStedman was one of the attorneys for plaintiffs in the suits instituted at Asheville. Ed. Star. - ' v I -' 1 f States and Terri I tones; - i Maine ... New Hampshire. . . VeJmont.... ...... Massacbnsetu .... Rhode J aland ..... Connecticut....... New ,Yo k.,.,4. New Jersey. ..... Pennsylvania Capital etc $81,363,068 Popula tion June 1, 1891. 663.000 879.000 2Jjy9,000 742,65121 352,000 127.126389 764,00 199,953,8tl 6,140000 -1,683,604,173 1 484.000 119.766,779 m ooo iwi ka OUT ne AH banks. Aver age per capita. 1124.55 2539 j 1 07 - 823.0 "861.15 ' 261.78 i 27.87 80.70 101.M w, estern States thusi 1 'UIV . Indiana. ... Illinoi . ... Michigan .. Wisconsin.. Iowa....... M naesota . Missouri..., Kansas .... Nebraska . . 8,720.000 ...... 8jei8.000 ...i.. 8.899,000 ' ...i.. 8,129,000 . ...... 1,738,000 ...I.. lO-JO -9 ...I.. 1.860,0 ...... 8,784,000 ... 1,448.000 ...... 1448.000 220,297,991 : 71,753,885 j 871 513,188 124,332 290 9138,490: 111,981,211 ! 103 4 2,170 164,047 645 63.896,583 69,833,620 S9J23 I 82.42 69.61 58.13 63.14 57,87 75.85 60,00 87 22 60 89 25.23 18.26 6.47 12.49 12 14 80 95 9 6) 898 80 90 28 24 6.55 46.08 24 08.. We are sending put bills for sub scription to the Weekly Star. Many subscribers are in arrears, and some of them pay no attention what-1 ever to requests to pay what is honestly due us. With this class our patience is nearly exhausted, and . in a short time we shall begin to cat them off, as we cannot afford to pub lish a paper for nothing and pay the postage too. 1 - I Col. John D. Cameronr who is one of the best known and most thor oughly equipped editors in North Carolina, , has leased the Asheville Democrat and will take"" editorial charge next. Thursday. " The Star welcomes him back to the fold. The Southern States thus: j i , i Virginia 1,670,000 42.181J55 West Virginia...... 778,000 14,113,894- North Carolina i,tS3,w , io,ouas.y . Sonth Carolina.. .. 1,165,000 14.556,232 Georgia. 1,867.0 0 22.682.049 Honda 405,000 - 8,485,786 Alabama 186,000 14,900,568 Mississippi......... 1,809,000 11,754,888 Loni,iana 1,187 000 85.188.019 Tias 2,304,000 65.070,736 Arkansas 1,161,000 . 7,6 7,971 Kentucky 1,-70,008 86,078.682 Tennessee .. 1.778,000 42,603,237 I These embrace all but a few of the Atlantic a few of the Western and the Pacific States. j -, ! It will be noted In reference to tins table that the Eastern States lead with Ur cabitas ot "loanable funds" ' ranging ; from $80.70 to $361.72, the West following wither capita?, ranging from $32.42 to $75.25, while the South come third with per capitas ranging from $6.47 to $46.03. Of the total amount of the loanable funds of the whjfe country, 'which is put at $5,840,438,191, the Eastern States control $3,737,812,013, over 60 per cent.; the Southern States $197, 041,999: the Western States on the list and other States and . Territories ot the West not included in the list, $1,905,584,182, or about one-third. ; This shows where the money power is, the power that has con trolled bur financial system and leg islation, and will continue to control it if it can. This is the power that is fighting the free coinage of silver, not because it is opposed to the silver dollar,: but because free coinage means expansion jot the currency, which is something it don't want. It would oppose any proposition to ex pand the currency as hard as it does the coinage of silver. , . j' It may be asked how it is that these Eastern States have' become such a money power? . In natural re sources or productiveness , of so they are not the equals of the South ern or of the Western States, upon the latter of which some of them are dependent for breadstuffs . to-day. Investigation will show that it is due primarily to the fact that they have turned their attention to manufac turing industries which have always been more or less . fostered by the Government, but especially "within the past thirty years, during which they have reaped the benefit "of a high protective (tariff. (The money Charlotte Offers "Indooemema for the Meeting of tbe Funeral Director-An Elaborate Programme. In the mild month of May, when the obituary editor is on . deck and floral tributes are in their prime, there will be a sad and solemn conclave held in the city of Charlotte. It is called the State Funeral Directors', Association, and the Observer gravely announces that the "Queen City" was selected as the place to hold the meeting on account' of its fine hotels and "other inducements." As there ; is a "dead low" tide in business, the attendance will be large; and as the grief-stricken Directors, clad in - garments of sombre hue, step one by one from the incoming trains, they , will be pre sented with copies of the Observer and the News filled with inverted column rules and lugubnous editorials. The numerous hearses, so-indispensable to the "Queen City," will be at the various railroad depots, in charge of the Coro ner, while Wittkowsky and- Baruch and Alexander will be on hand with the gloves, crape and trimmings which form an important adjunct to all processions of a funereal character. ,Joe Caldwell and Wade Harris, mounted on black geldings of uncertain age and melan choly mien, will perform the dual parts of marshals and mourners, while Walter Taliaferro will play the dirges on a hand organ of the vintage of 1492. With a degree of caution highly com mendablethe Observer does not file a bill of particulars when it mentions the "other inducements" that cause the eyes of all "Funeral Directors" to turn instinctively towards Charlotte, r" Tis true,, and pity 'tis, 'tis true," Dr. Cald wellideals only in vague and "glittering generalities." Bat the F. D's know where the "woodbine twineth," and they know where the demand for undertakers is greatest. So they make their annual pil grimage to Charlotte, where they occupy- the forenoons . in reading the columns headed "Died" in the Ob server and " the!; News, the after noons in visiting . the various ceme teries, and the evenings r in drinking their toasts "standing and in silence." After spending a week in Charlotte they return to their respective homes and offer to bet high that Charlotte is the livest town for Funeral Directors to be found anywhere this side of the grave. ' '-. N. B. As the Star draws the line at second-hand coffins and caskets, no pay ment "in kind" will be accepted for the foregoing advertisement. ; ; : ." The Encampment QneiUon. r ' C The Star learns that, in addition to what it has heretofore published, the .military authorities at Raleigh have de cided that no more money will be ex pended on the ; encampment grounds near Wrightsvule until a deed is made conveying to the State the strip of land and the water privileges in front of the property. '. It is reported, further, that unless this is done within a reasonable time the United States military author ities will be notified that the guns com posing the seacoast battery are now on private property, and thai the State will not be responsible lor their care or preservation. .-.-'.- -.It is said the deed referred to can be secured without much trouble. " A NEW DEPARTURE. : A, .Cape Fear Planter Abandons Hioe Cul ture and Will Experiment With Oats. ' " Mr. J. Dickson McRae, of -Brunswick county, who has heretofore cultivated rice quite extensively every year,: has not planted any this season, and will give his whole attention to other, and as he thinks, more profitable crops. He will keep his rice fields j'flowed" until next Fall, in order to "kill out" the grass, when he expects to experiment with oats on these lands.- When it was suggested to him. that the oats would develop such a luxuriant growth of stalk that they would probably fall to the ground before harvest time, he replied that he was satisfied that by seeding very thickly all difficulty would be avoided.-!,.; j Mr. McRae has no doubt acted wisely. The country is heavily stocked with rice, the result jof (overproduction, and it may be seriously doubted if the crop made in North Carolina this year will yield a dollar of profit to the producers. . In addition to his preparations for the experiment with oats, Mr. McRae is de voting his upland fields to corn, peas, strawberries and other crops; and just here it may be noted that some years ago when his farm Was known as "Belvi dere" (then owned by Messrs. Willard Bros.), fine cabbage were made on some of the rice land on the' West side of Brunswick river, the soil being kept free from an excess of moisture by means of a pump operated by a windmill. -: TROUBLE WITH NEWBERN NEGROES, James Cityitea Betake to be Dispossessed The Sheriff and Posse Confronted by a ' 'Mob. ..; . ;,;J ; -, '". ..-,j;";. ";;;' Newbern, N. C.. April 19. Special to the Raleigh News and Observer. The sheriff went over jtp James City this morning with wagons to dispossess the tenants of the houses, but finding all the houses locked up and the occupants ab sent he returned. to jthe city, having ac complished nothing. What the next move will be has not yet been made known, but a very large number of citi zens of Newbern have been summoned to report at the court house to-morrow morning. : The sheriff states that on his arrival there to-day he found an immense congregation of people, ten or twelve hundred, in the streets, all in a sullen mood, and in answer to his question, "Who lives in this or that house ?" "I don't know," was invariably given. " The threatening aspect was such that his men, four or five in number, were unwilling to proceed to break open the houses, and findine that he could do nothing r under the "circumstances ' he returned to the cityj He says the post office and one church were the only buildings he saw open. All the others were closed ap. No threat was made to him, but one of his men was told by some one in the Crowd that if he at tempted to break open a house he would '-2 Bt Teleciapk to! the Moron Star. ?Vv ; Raleigh, N. . C, AprU ; 20. The sheriff of Craven county, having gone to James City to oust ihe negroes and put James Bryan, the owner, in possession of his property, found jail the doors locked and over one thousand negroes in a body who were antagonistic. He with drew and called for a posse, but so few men responded to his call that to-day he abandoned his purpose to proceed, and will call on the ' Governor for military assistance. A delegation of colored ministers are seeking to have the terms offered by Mr. Bryan accepted by the negroes. Trouble ts anticipated. The Btatua of the Crop as Indicated by He porta Received from the Cotton He ' ; Klona by Savannah Merchants The : ' J Crop Expeoted to be a Uedinm Be- tween Those of 9I and 02 Paota Which are Xiiable to- Increase the Se mand. -3 r--' ;.1;;;2-f v S-: t . 'The impression is .very general, and correctly so the Star thinks, .that the cotton ' production . will: be decidedly overdone this year, . and its columns have, frequently", given warning to planters that a heavy crop would result in ruinously low prices; but the follow ing from the Savannah News is on a some what different line," and whether the readers of the - Star: agree ' with the views expressed or not i they "will read thejarticte with interest i.:-'-.'.-:p The reports from the cotton region received by Cotton men here contain some very interesting information, which, while it cannot be definite at this early date, gives rather a general idea of. the status of the crop and furnishes - a basis on which to figure out, a prospect," with some degree, at least, of exactness. ""The general impression which is being conveyed on all .hands , that there is a largely increased acreage is probably the outcome of an attempt to bear the mar ket, but there are counter-balancing circumstances which may in the end de feat this efforts of the bears. According to the report of the State Agricultural Department there is an in crease of about 10 per cent, in Georgia's acreage, and there is likely to be a very littlcjnore planted. Georgia may well be taken as an .average for tbe Southern States, with the possible exception ot Texas, as her farmers are, as a rule, con servative, and consult their interests be fore acting hastily. In Texas it is said that the crop is liable to be considerably larger than was the crop of last year in that State, so, all around, it is sale to count on an increase of about 13 per cent, throughout the : entire cotton growing section. " - about sea island cotton. ' The reports in regard to the acreage vary. . Some sections report an increase, some a decrease, while, some say tbe crop is about the same. A general sum mary of the reports indicates that There has been little if any increase in the long staple product of- South Carolina, an in crease of 6 to 10 per centT in Georgia and an increase ol cabout 5 per cent, in Florida. 1 THE UPLAND PLANT. - The upland cotton is in many places above the ground, but is not far enough advanced to base any crop prospects upon it. One set-back, of which part of the crop is in danger, arises from the fact that the price of cotton seed was so high thi3 year that almost all the farm ers sold all of their seed, buying fer tilizers and new seed for sowing this spring. The consequence is that if a cold snap should injure part of the crop,' or if the stands should not turn out good, the farmers would, in many instances, be minus the seed with which to replace them. ; - . The fact of a somewhat increased acreage, and further; that the recent rains in Texas and the adjacent cotton territory have made it probable that the Texas crop will pan out, have probably been responsible, say the cotton men, for the recent decline in the price, which, as is well known, has been nearly a cent per pound during the last week or ten days. v.- : 1 . THE CROP NOT TOO LARGE. It will be readily seen, however, that the increase is not enough to seriously affect the market during the coming season, it is pretty wen Known among cotton men and generally admitted that while the crop this year will be larger than that of 1892, it will nbt run up as high as did that of 1891. Now last year the supply fell short, and the year before the market was overstocked, So it is probable1 after all that this year will bring forth a mean between the crops of the last two seasons, and as the demand from various causes is liable to be increased, a fair and prosperous sea son all around is anticipated. - Among other things that are liable to : Making Appointments To . Investigate the Depression In the Cotton Industry. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. . .- Washington, ; April 20. The sub committee f the Committee., on Agri culture, charged with the investigation of the depression of the cotton industry, and the causes leading thereto, have out lined their J work and will, later in the season, make visits to New .York, New Orleans ami to some manufacturing cen tre , ; in. New England, - not yet agreed upon. At those places they will take testimony 'and will conduct the rest of the investigation through the medium of a circular which has been sent out. A. B, Shepperson, an expert, has been em ployed byj the' committee to aid in the work. I " The" President to-day appointed W. Lather Pratt ; Postmaster at Blockton. Ala.,vice Cornelius Codle, resigned; Mul- ford M; Pepper, Rome, Ga., vtce Z B. Hargrove, resigned. . - Comptroller Hepburn has appointed Henry M. Hall, Jr., Receiver of tlie-Ala- bama National Bank, Mobile, Aa. '" t Secretary Herbert was much better to-day and was only prevented from re suming his duties at the Navy Depart ment by the inclemency of the weather. His improvement removes all doubt about bis trip to Hampton Roads, and he will leave here some time to-morrow for Annapolis, where the Dolphin awaits him, Chief! Justice Fuller, of the Supreme CoOte, Called at the Navy Department to-day and personally informed Assis tant Secretary McAdoo that he would be unable to attend the Naval Review, owing to a press of business before the Court, A telegram was received at the Navy Department to-day from the Superin tendent of the Maritime Exchange, New York, stating that the steamer -Yucatan which arrived yesterday, reports that she sighted the Spanish fleet, - with the Columbus caravels in tow, Sunday last, off the extreme .south coast of Florida, and it 3 the fleet has not met with ad verse I winds, thev should reach the Roads to-day or to-morrow. - A cold, dreary ram storm kept many office-seekers away from the , White House to-day, but the falling off was too large to be accountable to this reason . alone. It is apparent that, the beginning of the end has set in and that hereafter Mr. Cleveland, will not have all his time for three hours dur ing three days of the week, and for one hour iduring each of the two other days, taken up exclusively with the business of seeing applicants for -office. To-day. those who called, scarcely filled the seats in the waiting room. The departure of many Senators and Representatives is the greatest reason why the place hunt ing fever has abated, but another reason for it is the growing belief in fact, the understanding that Mr. Cleveland pro poses to take his time in making ap pointments, V i ' Washington, April 22. The gold reserve is intact to-day, offers aggregat- -SPIRITS TURPtNTINE; Burlington Herald-, Capt. David Sidney Thompson died Vat his home about six miles from Graham' April 12, after a lingering illness extending Over ; several months. ; . - . " ;..( ; ; v Warrenton Record z i There will be a good crop of fruit In this section ; this season, If no disaster overtakes It v hereafter,. and the season is so far ad4 vanced that no danger is apprehended.! . Statesville ndmarkilJtfheteM. was considerable frost last Sundav morn-' ' mg and also on Tuesday morning in this ' - ' 1 section, but so far as can be learned no -.1 -fi damage was done. ' The fruit crop is yet v : . j safe.. ....:!. :::- z- i-J:;-' " 1 ;.;J Tl r Lincoln Courier: Safe-blowers' ';; took in the town ot - Lowell, , Gaston ; ; f county, last Friday night. Thev robbed " ! iour stores, broke open two safes and V ! robbed the postomce ot sumps, getting aoout ou trom the sates. . i,.,: ji i.:f-:; Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligent i cer. Walter Taylor, a colored - boy aged -; f about 14 years, was put in jail -Tuesday, " charged with assaulting an old colored ;: woman in Burnsville township; ' v' There are now twenty-two prisoners ia '. ' Richmond county 1 jail, nine of them ' f charged with murder. i jj i Tarboro Southerner i A wood , factory, to make hoops, plates and other things out of gum, is to be established at Knight s, a station on tbe JNortolk- 6t : ; ' i Carolina road, a few miles from here. ; Tbe stock will be taken by persons here : M and at a distance. The amount of stock 7 to be taken at home has been subscribed: , ' -r Newton Enterprise-. r-K gentle-! .1 r man in the western part of - tbe county : has an old clock which he- had been try- ; ' . ing for months to make run, but without , I success. On the day he heard of Cleve-v - land's election he tTfcSided to give it aw'i - other trial. It started 'off at once, and ' has never shown any signs of crankiness ; 'r , : since. ; There must have been a disgusted set of burglars in Conover one night last week. - They broke into three . f ; stores, and the only thing they found ; that was tempting enough for them to - take were seventeen cents in one store. and a box of cartridges in another, ill f. ill of ing nearly four million dollars having been j received and . accepted by the Secretary this morning. Secretary Car lisle (stated to-day that the Treasury would continue the policy of paying out gold if or Treasury coin notes. . ., . Secretary Carlisle said hj did not think, in justice to those who were dis posed to supply the' Government with gold; that their names should be pub lished, and lor that reason alone be did not think it was wise to state the names and places from which the offers came. He was feeling quite good over the fact that 'offers aggregated a sufficient amount to make the gold reserve intact, and leave a little free gold in the Treasury. He I expressed the hope that it would continue to increase, so that be would be liable to meet any demand made on the Treasury for gold for export on next Tuesday. When the day closed the Treasury Department had to its credit slightly over $700,000 in free gold. It is expected that this will be increased Mon day!, as there is a disposition shown by Western bankers to help the Treasury swell its gold balance. Several banks in New York are stated to have turned in gold for greenbacks. There is better feeling temporarily at least, and the fact that no bad result has occurred by dip ping into the greenback-gold reserve leads to the belief that none ; will occur if it is found : necessary to repeat the proceeding. It is anticipated innvsu thi rtomanrl this VMr. it mstv he noted that the uses to which the staple I here that large shipments of gold will is being put are increasing every year, I be made next week; large enough, if the as well as the fact that all substitues for cotton are playing out. Then, too, it may be noted that, the cotton at Liver pool has almost all been bought up; and there is very little there to be disposed of, which, it will be -remembered, was not the case at the opening of the sea son of 1892. All these facts, and others which might be enumerated, go to indi cate that a larger crop will be needed to supply the demands ... - Everybody is expecting an eany crop Shelby Review: The amount stock so far subscribed to the Nicholson cotton mills is $36,000, which amount.' it ! is tbought,will reach $50,000 to-morrow, thus assuring the success of the enter-. Erise. A man giving his name .as J . J. Kennedy and claiming .to be a watchmaker, visited Boiling Springs last week, i After collecting several valuable watches for repairs he disappeared, tak- . ing them with him and has not yet been heard from. Dr. John H. McBrayer has sent to this office a fine specimen of crimson clover, of which he has a i lot now infull bloom and presenting a beau tiful appearance.- Dr. McBrayer has sue- cessfully cultivated this clover for several -years and .considers it the best paying forage crop that can be raised. ; i -4- Goldsboro Headlight, : jffqm every township in tbe county the report : '. comes to us that mad' dogs are being killed. The destructive potato bug has already made its appearance in jthis section and is playing havoc with.' the 1 young plants. The sudden death of Mr. Geo. C. Rodenhizer,' occurred Sun day midnight, of heart-failure, aged 60 years. The death of Mr. James Dove , occurred at his residence on West Cen tre i: street; yesterday morning H at 4 o'clock, after ; a lingering illness of consumption, aged I 55 years. A veritable curiosity of a tree is on the land of Mr. George Daly, Sr.; in New Hope township. It stands near the " banks Of Neuse river and measures 27 feet in circumference. ' Our; farm- -ers are very busy at present planting cotton, and judging from the large lot .of fertilizers hauled out daily,' the acre age of the fleecy staple will be unusually large in this county. j After: a I lin gering illness of consumption, Mr; Mat thew J. Ham, a most worthy citizen, and representative in the Legislature, of '89, breathe his last Thursday j morning at 2 o clock, at ! his home in Stony .Greek township, aged 48 years. ' j j . Asheboro Courier: - Mr. ,E H. Allred, a native of this county! and at present a resident of Asheboro, i$ the inventor of an engine that will, no doubt, revolutionize the engineering world. The idea originated with Mr, Allred in Portland.. Oregon, where he has been living for some time, but! hav ing neither the time-nor the opportuni ty while there to complete his invention, came back to the old North .State , to . put into operation the creation' of b(s active brain. About two months ago he began work on the the engine, and unaided, has built the ' entire; 4 engine, do'ng the casting, drilling, grinding, filing; etc. until the machine was ready for work.i He has ifcin operation at the AshbOro Wood and Iron Works. '; It is surely different in construction and unlike any other engine. A patent was issued on March 27th, 1893, 1 from the Patent Office of the United States, and . patents will soon be applied for in sev eral foreign countries, j- A1 reliable . citizen of Back Creek township! vouches for . the statement that a chicken was batched on the farm of David Faulkner" that has four well formed legs, and feet, and is in every other respect well formed, j Another hatched in the same nest had no eves and no . place for or this year, and the exporters are leaving 1 early that they may return when the crop first begins to be marketed. THE RICE DOCTORS DIFFER.' Sheppard & Porcher After Dan Talmage'a - Sons A Wide Diffarenoe. In addition to the statement of Messrs. Sheppard & Porcher, 6f " Charleston, which appeared in the telegraphic de partment of the Star a few days since, that honse sent the following to the News and Courier-." Charleston, S. C Apnl21, 1893. ' Dan Talmage's Sons, New York: As vou hold to your estimates and still as sert that there was on Apnl 1 of the rice crop of the current season one hundred and twenty-five million pounds unmar keted, which is nearly 40 per cent, more than we can discover by actual Count, we invite you to join us in an immedi ate recount, it being of the utmost im portance to the entire rice interest that an unquestioned statement be prepared and published. - . , . t Consolidated Rice Company, ' ; : Sheppard & Porcher. . The Edgar Allan Poe Stories. : J For years the short stories of the late Edgar Allan Poe have held the proud, distinction of being the best short stones in the English language for vividness of imagination and weirdness of effect, Who that has read "The Goldbug" or "The Black Cat" will ever forget the es- ne.rience? ' I . - But these master-pieces seem almost unknown to the present, generation, and to provide a treat for readers of to-day, and to enable many older persons to re new a treasured acquaintance, the Star is now publishing these brilliant short stories in instalments, in both the Daily and Weekly editions, and would - advise its readers to lay aside all tbe issues until the series is completed, A small extra edition of the Daily will be printed each present information is correct, to again wipe out the free gold and invade the gold reserve. No official information of these shipments has reached the Trea sury, but the reports come from sources usually correct. In case the shipments are made, there is nothing to indicate that Secretary Carlisle will not do as he did yesterday, viz: invade 1 the gold re serve ' to meet all demands. Advices from New York indicatethat up to noon to-day $1,850,000 in gold 1 had been or dered for shipment to Europe by Tues day's steamers. ' j . MARINE DISASTER. Lost The Captain's Wife and I Barge Two Men Drowned. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' , : ,New York, April 23. The barge Plymouth, Capt. Wyman, pom Newport News, with coal for New York, foun dered during the heavy! easterly gale Thursday night off Barnegate. The Ply mouth was in tow of the ocean tug L. Luckenbach, and when it became appar ent that the barge could not stand the heavy sea an attempt was made by tbe tug to rescue the captain and crew. The high sea running made it impossible to get near the barge, and just as she foun dered the captain and one of the men jumped into the water and, being able to Swim, - managed to aeep anoar. aniii Picked up by the tug. J The captain's !wiie and two men were drowned. i k - " -sjssbssbsbsVbbsbVbbsbss1sss"s- THE JAMES CITY TROUBLE. Matters Still Unsettled Troops ordered to ..Hold Themselves in Beadinesa Gov. Carr Bent For. ' f t By Telegraph to the Moraing Star.j r ! I j Raleigh, N C., ' April 22 Matters in James City, near .Newbern, are still unsettled and look : threatening! Mr. tames A. Bryan, the owner of the prem ises, at the instance of a delegation of -colored Ministers, has modified the terms he formerly offered, but . the ne groes have not .accepted. Troops have been ordered to hold themselves in read iness to go to the scene and will i proba bly be sent." Gov. Carr, who was absent, has been called back to tbe State by the situation. . . i.-i?r : ",!.V A New .York dispatch says: Dr. Sin clair Smith left MrBooth ar 9:30 yester day morning. - He says' his patient slept well since 9 o'clock the previous . night, until '6:80 o'clock 'this , morning. His opinion is that he is much Improved. - .. sign of eyes.! Both chickens are liying v and doing .well. . J f ,; il k . : i,"'V: j Greenville Reflector : A friend, at Hamilton writes us that Harrell's car- . riage shop and other buildings were burned about 8 o'clock1 Saturday night. ' Loss about $1,500. - Some children that. ; were passing saw a yellow man enter the turning room, strike a match bnd apply it to some shavingrand then run off. It r was no doubt the work of an incendiary. . A colored man working at a lumber mill out in Beaver Dam township, was literally cut to death by the j saw some -, days ag . .In attempting to step over a ' . log whi e it was in motion his feet be came entangled and he was jthrown on . the saw in such a position that his leg was cut in two at the ankle and thigh,; his arm cut off. and cuts also received about the : body and head. 1 The man ; was placed in - a' cart and started to his home in Greene county,! but bled to death in a Very- short while. We learned last, Wednesday of the suicide of, Mrs. Jane Edwards, of Falk- , land township, which occurred a few days before. She told her husband the morning of the sad tragedy that she was -going to the home of a friend to spend the day. ; He advised her against going and left her at home, when be went off . tQ his work. - He went back home later, and finding that she was' not there be gan a search for her. -. From inquiries he ascertained the direction in which she went, and following on found she had gone towards Mayb'si mill pond. He hurried hoping, to overtake her, but arriving at the mill found her body lying in the water, r On the bridge were some articles that she had placed there before throwing herself into the water." The distance from her. home to the mill was about three miles, but the way she went to get there covered about six miles; Mrs. Edwards was more than 50 years.; old. and left a husband ! and several grown children It is supposed that her -i mind being impaired led 1 to her taking f her life; .y ' -) k 1 ELECTRIC 8PARKSr , . ' ' GetL Edward Fi Beal died at his home in Washington yesterday afternoon, He was Gen. Grant's closestj friend , I ;i . - Rnlrl went from New York to Europe yesterday, per steamer ILa Champagne to the amount of $2,090,000, and per, steamer Elbe $l,640,000j j ;.. . . i '.i Robert iMcNelly, watchman at the Maysyille, Ky jail while serving dinner to the-prisoners was KnocKcu aow mi-r nrionnars ar9rM(l and tOOk tO the ; aiA iksavsawav s hiUs. I 1?J 3:
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