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-rVSUSHBD AT- WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A EAR. IN ADVANCE. 8S88S8SS8SSS8 iqjuow n 88888888888888888 SS8S88SSS888S8S88 88888888888888888 8288838888S88888S 888888588S8888888 8288882888888888 88888888888888388 - o ' " ' 1: 3: : : s : : s s : SI .Si - " ,, : -iO-lC-Dl-CC-00-iO (Entered' mt the Post Office at WUmtgton, N. C, ai 'i Second Clan Matter."! ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The ubscripdon price of the "Weekly 8 tax brat follows: j .. ; . j - - ,f... Single Copy 1 year, postage paid. .............. .(1 00 8 months 8 monthi .. IT DOESU'T PAN 0TJT. , It is said that President Cleveland is seriously thinking of notifying the Governments' with which we have negotiated reciprocity treaties that we do! not desiie to continue doing business in that way. .We believe that twelve months notice is re quired, so . that reciprocity would continue tor twelve months after the notice had been given. - . . "' . The reason why the President is contemplating doing this is because the official reports of our trade with the countries with which reciprocity has . been established, show that it is a jug-handle business, in which they ain all and we . gain nothing. The scheme has failed tp produce the results honed for and so confidently predicted by its advocates. Recipro city is a j sort of conditional free tradjfbased upon certain agreements and mutual concessions, -but in these cases the benefits of the free' trade are all on the other side, -because we are so hampered by our peculiar tariff system that we cannot reap the benefit of it. j .A pet idea with ex-Secretary Rusk of the1 Agricultural Department was to raise the blockade against Ameri can pork in German ports and secure it the right of entry into that coun try.: For that purpose he labored long and jj faithfully and finally through his persistent efforts a re ciprocity treaty was negotiated with Germany by which the American hog was! granted, the right of way, in consideration of which we agreed to receive German beet sugar free of duty. Germany needed our pork a - jjreatj deal more than we needed Ger man beet-sugar, xr anything else that came from! Germany. One would naturally suppose that this would in crease The trade between these coun tries, but it has not, tor the official reports issued from the Treasury De partment show that during the four teen months of reciprocity with Ger many our imports have fallen from ' $106,497,728 in valuejLo $104,986,240, and our exports from $112,657,076 to $107,628,292, a falling off of $1,511, 288 in the value of imports and of $5,028,784 in exports". .; :...j-V. The same reports show a decline of exports to Austria-Hungary, Brit j ishi West. Indies, Salvador, . Guate- i mala, Nicaragua, British Guinea, and Honduras. Brazil and Cuba alone show an increase, the former in cot- J ton goods, he latter principally in I flour, for which she in return has sent " us sugar. While our cotton goods trade with Brazil has increased, the cotton goods trade of Great Britain with that country has increased six times as much, and it was over six times as much to begin with.' But even with reciprocity, the increase of our j exports to Brazil is not much more than it was for the two years preceding i reciprocity, or than it -Would be in the' usual course of trade. But Brazil is making a good thing by it as the reports show that . in the twenty-four months of reci procity with her, while our exports i have increased but $2,005,221 in '.j value, our imports have increased in the same time $127,634,062 in value, I the increase of imports being over I sixty times as great as the increase ! of exports. The value of the Brazil j ian imports was $259,549,865, while ! the value of our exports was only $26,815,726. In other words we paid Brazil $232,734,139 more than we got . . 1 1 uui . ,t nab uvea a, 1 1111 y vi k j ; like tnat amount tor Brazifbuys some cotton goods and and a tew other manufactures from ' us,fatnd ships us coffee, and other products and then takes the money we'payher for them : and" bays' the things she wants from European na tions, mainly England. .Why ? Be cause the McKinley tariff, of which this reciprocity is the caudal append age, -imposes neavy quttes on - raw materials which our ! manufacturers need, and puts them at a disadvan tage when they have to compete with these European ! manufacturers. who get their raw materials duty free. Our manufacturers sell in these mar kets at a much lower figure than they do in the home market but they do not sell Jow enough and they can not sell low enough to compete with those European rivals" who have the advantage of untaxed raw mate rials and cheaper ocean freights, cheaper for . two reasons one be cause they have cheaper ships and 7 VOL; XXIV. more of them, and, second, because the ships cross the Teas with full car goes each way; whereas we have but few ships and those we have go only one way loaded. It was predicted that when steamers to Brazilian ports were subsidized" this would build up our trade, with ; Brazil, but how this prediction has been verified, is shown by the figures quoted above. No amount ol subsidies can build up trade where there is such an insur mountable obstacle as the McKinley tariff, a regular: trade killer,' in the way. While that exists the most in geniously contrived reciprocity im aginable will prove in practice a hol low mockery. , BACE MORTALITY. ' Occasionally some writer comes to the front with the declaration that in time the negroes will be in the ma jority in the Southern States, and supports it with the assertion that the negroes are the more prolific rSce, and that the negro births in propor tion to population outnumber the whites. - This may or .may not be true, but if it is, they lose sight of one important fact which is fatal to their , theory, and that is the large preponderance of deaths among the negroes compared with the whites, a preponderance so great as to seem almost incredible, were it not sup ported by unquestionable statistics of mortality. ; :- From the census of 1890 it appears that in three cities, taken as a fair il lustration, in which "there are large colored populations, the comparative mortality is as follows, per thousand of population : . ; : Death rate Children under per 1000. 5 years. Cities. White. Black. White. Black N. Orleans. 5.41 36.61 87.83 118.17 Washington. 19.79 88.23 . 79.25 205.20 Baltimore. . .22.61 86.41 94.76 208.23 In the city which makes the most favorable showing for the negro, the death rate as compared with the whites is six more in-the thousand, while in the city, of Washington, where the Republican party has been in ctfntrol fot nearly thirty years and the negro ought to. be pretty well cared, far, the proportion is within a fractions of two to one. jThere is scarcely a town in the Southern States which, wouldn't show compar- ativelv about the sames figures as the three above, which would be true also, no doubt, of the rural dis tricts.- .. r 1 ' '-' : -r- ?: " The .disparity among adults is striking, but when it comes to chil dren it . is almost marvellous, or would be tk one who was not familiar with the conditions which prevail There are in round figures five and a half deaths among negro children to the one among whites; which, extra ordinary as it may appear, is not dif ficult to account fon The compara tively large mortality among the adults may be attributed to lack of bodily care, either from ignorance of or indifference to the requirements for health and longevity. Excessive indulgence of appetite for food and drink has snapped the hie thread of thousands and will continue to do so, for if there is anything that the negro can t control it is his pre-dis- position to dissipation regardless of consequences, if he knows what the consequences are. In his respect he is all animal. , " Depending upon the labor of his hands, and being much of his time idle either from choice or from ne cessity, he.can buy" only theinferior Qualities of food and drink, and when he indulges in stimulants, which the majority do, they are of the cheap and vile kind which make short work of their victim if he dallies with them mach. Dissipa tion with stimulants, without the taste to- distinguish between the vile and the less vile, is the bane of the race, because it excites other passions inborn, and hastens prema tare physical wreck. He is to a very ; great extent the creature of circumstances and of onditions which he is powerless to control, while his poverty generally would, even if he were otherwise dis posed, make it impossible for him always to live within sanitary limita tions.- ;"-..-. J; ' :v:; In city and town they almost in variably live in the most crowded and . most unhealthy portions, be cause they must have houses which rent cheap, and these can , only be found in the densely packed and filthv tenement quarters. When sickness comes they have not the means to employ physicians, pay for medicine and have the care and at tention that sickness requires, to all of which there can be but one result, which appears when the mortuary returns are footed up. The children suffer more and drop off faster than the . adults, because many -of them are insufficiently fed and clothed, catch diseases easily, to which they fall easy prey for lack of the nursing and care and medical at tention which they need . Looking at -the race in the cities of the South, their unthnftiness, the hand-to-month-way in which; they live, the number that are habitually idle without any visible means of sup port, the. wonder is not that so many die bat that so many live. . - It is not going to be any better, 1- i for as the white population increases in number the negro population will decrease, and they will by" force of circumstances be crowded closer and closer to the wall, and the scuffle for I life will become still harder. lAs his natural bent is he will continue to get away from the country, the best place - for him, and crowd into the towns, j the worst place . for ttim, where he can fill , only the; most menial ! or the most laborious and least desirable positions, for j which, he will be poorly compensated be- cause be will be glad to find some way to buy food and give him the shelter of a roof. As great as has been the disparity in the number of deaths of the two races in the- past ten years tt will be found still greater when the end of the present decade is reached - - " . MOTOR HENTI0S. North : Carolinians visiting" the World's Fair may not have a i build ing of their own to go into but we do not think they will have any occasion to feel, disappointed in the exhibit made by the State. The Raleigh News and Observer publishes an ex tract from a private letter written by Mr. T. K. Brunner, who has had main charge of the exhibit and has done much in the collection, in which he sayS : "We are much pleased with our fur nishings, and trom what I see around us. am satisfied that we will rank 'with the States which had much more money to spend. I am satisfied that in mines, agriculture, fishes and forestry, we I shall be as well shown as most of the States. Of course, other States have more elaborate installations, but ours is more than creditable tt is handsome, durable and will 'become a permanent asset to the State when placed in the museum. Our mineral cases are the most convenient and most handsome on the grounds. Our agricultural space fronts France on the one side and New York State on the other. It is enough to say that I am content with what we shall show, and with our setting ot the same. The center piece will be hand some and effective, and will be a relief to the general plan of installation.in that it is different. We compare well witn New York, and our. proximity jto the great French display does not make us leel'alraid. - ; - We are satisfied that no State in the Union can make abetter r more varied display of minerals and stones, including the precious," thanj North Carolina, and this always makes an interesting and attractive feature of exhibit. The same may be said of forest woods, of which no ; State can produce a greater variety. We do not know bow successful the col lectors! have been -in securing pro ducts of the soil, but in these also North j Carolina should be able to compare with any ot he sister States. :.' .''-;: The May number of The Southern , States, published in Baltimore, is de voted mainly to the exposition of the resources and attractions of North Carolina, presenting valuable and in structive papers by Dr. H. B. Battle, President Winston, of the State Uni versity; State Geologist Holmes, W. W . Ashe and H. E. Harmari. Mr. Ashe's; article is on the forests! of the State, in which he calls attention to the abundance of several varieties of soft woods used in the manufacture of paper, which would supply the material for what might become a great incustry In this State. There are four mills' m the State making wood-pulp paper, one which uses ash altogether, the other three a. variety of woods. In the mountains there 's an abundance of linn, the kind of wood chiefly used in the North, and of buckeye and ash, while in the central and eastern portions of the j State there is plenty of ask and other soft woods. If old field pine is suitable for this purpose there is a practically unlimited supply of that. But still we would not like, to see this indus try take such proportions as to make a very heavy draw on our timber, unless those who engaged in it or disposed of the timber, planted so that another growth would jfollow the trees removed, which, unless dis cretion be used in the cutting, are more valuable standing than the paper-making industry would be to the State. We are constitutionally and uncompromisingly opposed to destroying our forests. Thejforests are not only the ' glory of our State, but man s best friend. Mr Coudert, arguing before "the Bering sea tribunal contended that this Government - has ownership in the seals which breed dn thej Priby Ioff ialands, no matter how far . they went out to feed, as much so as the owner of cattle has ownership when his cattle go oat on the prairies to grazel On the same line of argu ment this Government would have ownership of the birds which nest along the shore and go oat to sea to do a little fishing on their own" ac count. ; - . When the New York inns issued that order for catting down wages and cutting off waiters'- beards they didn't know what a racket they were raising. The strike of the knights of the napkin and tray has spread to Philadelphia and is moving west ward with head and tail erect and de fiant The waiter, like . the show man's monkey, "is perfectly docile except when irritated." . Then he s a waiter no longer, bat a hustling " rasher. . ; ; - - -z -r Weekl y WILMINGTON, N. C, '. BACK FROM ATLANTA., Return of the Produce Exchange Com mi t v mittee from j a .Conferenoe - with BaU-- road SepresentattTea at Atlanta,1' ! Messrs. Wm. iCalder, G. J. Boney," Jas. C. Stevenson, W H. Sprunt and C. W. Worth, the committee appointed by the Wilmington Produce Exchange to- con- i fer with the Hate Committee of the Southern Railway and Steamship -Asso-Ciation, returned .yesterday from Atlanta,- ' Ga,, - where, ori . Wednesday last they had j a conierence witn t rep- resentatives of various railroad? in re sard - to discriminations in rater of freight.' The committee - met with a courteous reception and all the requests made by them were granted. - While no particulars were given to newspaper representatives, they were informed that the arrangements made will put . Wilmington in as good position and on. an equal footing with other ports on the-j Atlantic coast) All the railroads center; ing in Wilmington were represented and i heartily sustained the committee. A special .meeting of the Exchange will be held to-day at 11.30 a. m when the report of, the committee will be sub mitted.' --j - r The committee left Atlanta at 5.45 o'clock Wednesday evening on the Sea board Air Line's new road and arrived in Wilmington via the Carolina Central at 9.45 a. m. yesterday. .They were pleased with' their trip... the reception they met from the railroad representa tives and the 'result of their visit. j '- ' GAS EXPLOSION In the Sheriff's Office at the Court House j .;'. --; ' j- Damage Trillins. - . There was an explosion of gas in the sheriff's office at the new Court House yesterday forenoon. - Fortunately no one was! hurt and the damage was not serious. For several dayS past the workmen engaged "" in arranging the gas and electric light fixtures have been trying : to find a leak ' in the gas pipe, J tnat tney 'knew lrom the odor was somewhere in the building. Yesterday part of the flooring in the Judge's room on the second floor just over the-Sheriff's office was taken up. but still the, leak could not be found. Finally, investigation was made in the Sheriff's office, and when a -workman's lighted alcohol lamp was passed along the pipe near the ceiling a violent ex plosion occurred, tearing off several squares of the metal ceiling of the room. The gas was turned off immediately at the meter, and no further damage re sulted. It was found upon investigation that there was a crack or slit about three inches, in length in the "gas pipe between the ceiling and the flooring above. -. .. m m'm i- '7 A SHARP TRICK Flayed by a Swindler on a Minuter of the : ' QoapeL j ' Kev. U. L. riernheim, V. U was the victim of a sharper and swindled out of five dollars on his recent visit to Charlotte. : ' The Doctor entered the sleeper on the Carolina Central train just before its departure for Wilmington Monday night. and took a seat at a table. A few min utes before the train started, a well-dressed man entered the coach and approaching the Doctor, said that he wished to send ten dollars through the mail and wanted a bank note for that amount in exchange for bills of smaller denomination. Doctor Bernheirri took the money the stranger offered and counted it, and found that there were only nine dollars a , five and three one dollar notes. The stranger apologized for the mistake and taking the bills put a silver dollar on the pile, and handing it back to the doctor, received the ten dollar note and hurriedly left the coach. After the train started the Doctor found that the man bad adroitly abstracted the fiye-dollar ' note while ' handling the money and had swindled him out of five dollars. Change of Management. - Capt. T R- Nolan having resigned his position as General Manager of the Sea coast Railroad, to take effect June 1st, Capt. John H. Daniel becomes his suc cessor. Capt Nolan has determined to become Farmer Nolan. In fact, he some time since purchased a farm on the Seacoast road. where he is making pre parations for trucking oh an extensive scale. Capt. Daniel will make one ot the most popular officials in the service, but il he isn't watched he'll "deadhead" all "the young ladies. Bedueed Bates to Balelgb. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets from its statioas in North Carolina on account of the re mains of ex-President Jefferson Davis passing through Raleigh, N. C., 'at re duced rates. Tickets to be; sold May 29th and 30th. limited to May 81st. The rates from Wilmington will be for in dividuals $5.80, military companies, 25 or more men, $4.85; for Confederate Veteranorganizations, 25 or more men, $8.35. " From Fayetteville, N. C, for in dividuals, $3.35; for military companies, 25 or more men, $2.50; for Confederate Veteran organizations, 25 or more men, $1.95. m m m ' DTJPLUT COUNTY. Caterpillars and Qnushoppera in the Go- I aben Bsotion. - FAisons, Mav 12. Caterpillars ' and grasshoppers are in the greatest abun dance in Sampson and Duplin counties. The '.'hoppers'are in the greatest abun dance in and around the Goshen sec tion. They are very small and insignia cant, somewhat resembling a flea, and as tney grow as one man sara iacy put . I ' - - . 1 1 A on their vests fverv small wings) and soon get grown, when they.- demolish everything ' that - - is green that comes within their reach. . The "pillars" , are more numerous in Sampson and are do ing likewise. The saying that . cold weather kills the insect or germ is not true. They are more numerous than ever.. ; asi-v;j"'H FRIDAY, MAY) 19, 1893. BUILDING ASSOCIATION DECISIONS- Important Deolaiona of Superior and Su preme : Courts Tney May Seriously Aflteot Some -Foreign Association With Branehea fia North Carolina.: --.7 . - -u: ,- ' The following decisions of both the Superior and Supreme Courts will be read with interest by all. stockholders in building associations, both home add foreign, but the, lauefespecially as. it involves a principle of jaw the final de termination of which will seriously affect all branch associations in this State do ing' business on the plan of; the Atlanta Building and Loan Association. The decision of the Supreme Court -led to the collapse of a movement which -was on fooTht Raleigh to organize an associa tion there on theV Atlanta" plan. " : The decisions, which - have been reported specially for the Star, are as follows: FINDINGS OF FA.QT. - - .. " - Superior Court, Cherokee County.Spring Term, 1892. -J. Meroney, vs. J. W. GoMsmr.h, Trustee, and The Atlanta Building and Loan Association. - This is a civil action,! instituted by plaintiff against "defendant in Superior Court of Cherokee county to Spring Term, 1892. of said Court, to redeem a mortgage on - realty situated in said county, given by plaintiff to defendant to secure a loan of three hundred dol lars. The matter was heard on applica tion by plaintiff 'for "restraining order prohibiting a sale of said realty by defendant under saidj mortgage. The restraining order was granted, return able on May 23d, 1893, and on application of both parties for a time to file further affidavits was continued and heard by consent before Hoke, Judge, at .Cham bers, on June 28d, 1892. The plaintiff moved that such restraining, order be continued to the hearing. Tbe defend ant insisting that same should be dis solved and the sale allowed to proceed. On considering the athdavits and ex hibits filedthe Court finds tbe facts to be as follows: I .- 1. The .defendant the Atlanta Build ing and Loan Association, is a corpora tion organized under the . laws ' of Georgia, having its principal place of business in Atlanta, Georgia, and for the purpose of carrying on a general building and loan business in Georgia and other States, with a provision for establishing local or f branch offices at sucn points as the company may deter mine, ihe scneme is particularly set out and described in tbe charter and by laws annexed, and made part of defend ants affidavits. .( - ' 2. In February, 1890, plaintiff became a subscriber for five i shares of defend ants stock, said - subscription being made in local office established at Mur phy, North Carolinaj and he became a member , of said company.' entitled to share in its benefits,! &c 3. On September 11th. 1890, plaintiff borrowed trom said Company the sum of three hundred dollars, and executed bis note for same, and also the mortgage on the realty, situate in Cherokee county. North Carolina, and also pledged and hypothecated his snares ot stock as security, pursuant to the plan set out in the scheme of company, and as shown forth in mortgage, application and con tract herewith appended. The applica tion lor said loan, was made to central office in Atlanta, and was also passed upon by local board," as required by charter and by-laws of the defendant company. The note and mortgage was signed m Cherokee, North Carolina, and mortgage was registered in Registry of Cherokee, where the land is situate. 4. That the note, and .mortgage, &c. stipulate on their face that the contract is made in reterence to tbe laws ot the State of Georgia, and is, and was, in tended by the parties to be a Georgia contract. Tbe contract and application and mortgage are referred to for a more specific description of their terms and stipulations. . 5. That since entering into contract relation of debtor and creditor the plaintiff for four months, from Septem ber to December, paid on said con tract interest at six per cent, or one dollar and fifty cents per month, and premiums at one dollar and fifty cents per month, and had, before that tirne, paid in premiums; ana interest tne sum of thirty dollars.' thirty! dollars being paid on premiums and assessments, as required by the plan and cnarter ot tne company; tnat piaintm maae no iartner payments, pursuant to plan ot company, but before commencement of this action had tendered to the officers and agents of the defendant company the entire amount due on his debt with interest at legal rates, claiming as Credit on same the thirty dollars paid oerore he Dor- rowed the money and signed the mort gage, and the twelve dollars paid as in terest and premium, and piaintm is ready and willing to pay on said con tract the debt and interest. . j 6. That defendant company and their co-defendant Goldsmith refuse to receive the debt and interest and under a clause of the contract, provided tor that pur pose, have declared tbe entire debt due, and refuse to receive the amount bor rowed and legal rates of interest, and claim there is due from plaintiff to de fendant on the i contract an amount greatly in excess of sum borrowed and interest at legal rate, and aemana an ad: ditional amount as lines, dues, assess ments, premiums and attorney's fees for foreclosure, and! had advertised the realty for amount dire on mortgage, as claimed by defendant, and will sell same unless restrained by this Court. 7. That by the laws of Georgia the scheme and plan ot delendant company has been construed not to be an usurious contract Several affidavits to that effect were filed, and the decisions of Supreme Court Georgia, were also1 introduced on subiect Parker 4. Building and .Load, 68 Ga. Van Peet v. Building and Load, 79 S. P43Ga. 8. That plaintiff has "issued his sum mons in this action, aud same made re turnable to Spring Term said Court. 1892, and said summons was served be fore plaintiff'applied for the restraining order. . . - .. U. : - r.l--" : l- 9. This Court is of opinion, and so holds, that tbe contract is usurious; that the decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia are noU conclusive as to the scheme and plan of defendant company, end it is therefore adiudeed that plain tiff is entitled to an account The mo tion to dissolve restrains in oHr hereto fore issued is denied, add it is ordered same be and is hereby continued to the hearing. I W. A. Hoke, I Judge holding Courts Twelfth District, spring term, lsaa. - I From the foregoing judgment defen dant takes an appeal. Notice waived. Appeal bond fixed at ; one - hundred dollars. . , i ! The findings of fact the ludgment will constitute the case on appeal on dis agreement' of counsel, xne amaavits and exhibits of plaintiff and defendant the charter and by-laws of defendant company, the mortgage, &c, and the decisions : bupreme court . oi ueorgia will also accompany case. : l w, A. HOSE, lo Judge presiding. Supreme Court Ni C No. 474, Chero kee county. J. 3. Meroney vs. Atlanta National Building and Loan. Associa- Star. tion and W. Goldsmith." Trustee (appellants).- JW, Cooper for plain tiff; J. w. Hinsdale and Batchelor & Devereux for defendants. .- u Per Curiam: If it is -true., as the plaintiff alleges, that the. contract set out in the complaint was made payable in Georgia to avoid the usury laws ot this State, that contract will be adjudged to be "usurious, whatever may be the uwot tbat btate. There, is therefore, a "serious lasue " between the parties. which, , under the rule established by Whitaker vs. Hill, 96 N. C 2r; Harrison vs. Bray, 92 JS. C 488. and Davis & Gregory vs. Field at this term, entitles the plaintitLto have the i restraining or der continued in force to the hearing. No error. .: .. .;..-. -. -- -, Frank W. Thornton ft Son. '. The following, so far as the leading facts are concerned,- from the Eayette ville Gazette, was foreshadowed in the Star a short time since, but it contains details of interest and will be gratifying to Mr Thornton's many friends: It is with' peculiar .pleasure that we are able to announce to our readers this week that Mr. F. W, Thornton, who failed here last January for several thous and dollars, has satisfactorily adjusted all his indebtedness, at home and abroad, and will continue in tbe future as in the past to "do business at the old stand." In the future conduct of his mammoth dry goods business, Mr. Thornton has associated with him Mr. F. W.-Thornton, Jr., his son, a graduate of Chapel Hill, and a young man of fine business sense, who has already taken Jiis stand in the -commercial as well as the social circles of the city. For - the building and de velopment or Fayetteville's industries. Mr. Thornton has for years been first and foremost and It was with many and sincere regrets that our people received the shock of his temporary failure last January, all of whom, however, to-day will receive with feelings of joy the an nouncement that he is again on Jhis feet and here to stay, r ull ol push and, en ergy he knows no such work as failure." - ! ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY. A Young Man Who Escaped from Cus tody in" ' Wilmington ' While Under Arrest Xor Forgery. -' ,'... A young man known as : Robert L. DeVane, who resided for some time in Wilmington, and left the city under seri ous charges, has turned up in Florida, where he has been arrested for bigamy. The Key West Equator, giving an ac count of this episode in his career, says: "DeVane has been in the city several months, and about two months ago was married to Miss Drucilla Morton. He was first in the employ of Day & Allen, and at the -time of his arrest was working for the Wagner Canning Factory. lie was first married in Jacksonville in De cember, 1889. His first wife, not having heard from in some, time, wrote to Day & Allen, The firm informed her of his marriage in Key West She sent her marriage certificate here, and DeVane was arrested on the charge of bigamy, the other certificate of marriage having been obtained. He had a preliminary hearing before Justice W. L. Gwlnne, and was bound over in the sum of $500 to appear at tbe Circuit Court ... . Devane, while in Wilmington, was in the employ of . Messrs. Sneed & Co., furniture dealers, as collector, and at the same time negotiated .loans on chattle mortgages for Mr. W. T. Parker and Mr. Paul Gary. It is alleged that be swindled Parker out of $400 and Gary out of $100. He was arrested on charges of forgery and embezzlement but feign ing sickness was allowed to remain at his home in charge of an officer, from whom be managed to make his escape, His wife remained in the city a few days after his departure and then left for the boutb. ATTENTION, VETERANS j General Order Kb. 6, from Division Head- . ; quartern. . ' - On July 25. 1893, a magnificent monu ment to the memory of 6,000 Confed erate soldiers (prisoners) buried in Oak- woods Cemetery, Chicago, will be un veiled and the following arrangements have been made by the energy and labor of Mai. Gen. Jno. C Underwood, com manding the Department of the North, to give an opportunity to such veterans of the South as desire to participate in the ceremony: - ; i All camps that are in connection with the United Confederate Veteran Asso ciation are hereby requested to select one delegate for every twenty members and one delegate for every? fraction thereof, to assemble at the citv of Bir mingham, Alabama, on tbe 19th day of July next, at the annual reunion of the Association, and at tbe close ot tbe re union, on the 21st" the following ar rangements have been made : A special train will be ready to convey all dele gates to Chicago and return for the sum of $10.00. That amount from each dele gate must be collected by their camps and transmitted to Gen. George Moor man, Adjutant General, at Headquar ters, New Orleans, before June 25tb, 1893. - A magnificent opportunity now offers itself at a nominal price for all Confed erate veterans not only to pay tribute to the memory of their dead brethren by being at the unveiling of a " monu ment to their memory but tor three or four days to visit the World's Fair and its display and to show the assembled representatives ot the world at large that while no disloyalty to the Ameri can Union is intended , yet we glory in the memory of that heroic strnggle and the unprecedented valorjof the Southern soldiers. i I urge all camps in North Carolina to at once connect, themselves with the United Confederate Veteran Association and to fully comply witbr all of its re quirements. Blanks will be lurnisnea on applica tion to the undersigned or to Gen. Geo. Moorman, New Orleans. " ' " A : E. D. Hall, Major General Commanding North Car olina Division.. ; Capid4 Capers. " .;' The Star chronicles with pleasure the marriage of Mr. W. B. Cooper to Miss Ada F. Gore, eldest daughter of our esteemed townsman, Mr. D.L. Gore, which took place yesterday afternoon at the residence of the bride's father, cor ner of Sixth and Dock streets. --Rev. W. B. Oliver, pastor of the First Bap tist Church, performed the ceremony in the presence ot a' few friends .and - rela tives outside the immediate family. Af ter spending a few hours with those present Mr. and Mrs. Cooper left on tbe evening train for South Carolina, where they will spend a few weeks with , the groom's mother before returning to Sa vannah, Ga., which place they will make their future home. .- ill 4 NO. 27 WASHINGTON NEWS. ' An Early Special Session of Congress No Advloea from Nicaragua The Cold : Be serre Appointments hy the President- Pension Offioe Frauds."..: - J ... i'. : By Telegraph to tba Moraine Star. Washington," May 13. The Presi dent to-day made the following appoint ments : Frederick C Penfield, Connecti cut, to be Agent and Consul General at Cairo; Irving B. Richman,- Iowa,- Con sul General at St Gale. To be Consuls -r-Edgar L. Gruins, Arkansas, at Winni peg; Alfred C. Johnson, Pennsylvania, at Stuttgart; Charles WJ whiley, Jr.. Delaware, at St. Etienne;!: Wendell C. Warner, New York, at Tunstall: Fran cois X- Bellean, Maine, at Three Rivers, Canada; Anthony; Howells, Ohio, at Cardiff; John R. Beecher, New York, at Cognac; Peter Lieber, Indiana," at Dus- seldorf; Theodore Huston, j Illinois, "at Paso Del Norte. Ij 1 . . A prominent ' Democratic member of Congress, - who has been in conference with the President respecting the proba bilities of an early special session of Congress, left for his home this after noon with the understanding that he would jiot be called to Washington be fore the end of August: -1 ' . . ,j Secretary Gresham said this morning that he had not received . information from Nicaragua to-day. j It. is believed at the State Department that the news wired from San Juan Del Sur by Consul JNewau, telling ot. tbe practical overthrow of - the - Nicaraguan ; Gov ernment: is correct, riotwitstanding the information which Dr. Guzman, Minister from Nicaragua, has received to the effect that there has been no fighting, . and tbat , the Government troops are well equipped and in large numbers. . - 1 At the close of business to-day the Treasury had on hand $824,425 of free gold, and had accepted, but had not yet put on tbe books, $1,176,000, making the free gold balance $2,000,000 above the $100,000,000 gold reserve. Gold came from the West. Among Treasury officials the financial Situation is re garded with equanimityu 1 It was stated to-day II at the iGfision office that up to last Tuesday ttie Pen sion examiners now in Norfolk, Va., in vestigating the claims filed by Pension Attorney Drewry, bad completed four teen cases, all of which jhad been found to be irregular or fradulent. Pension office officials are searching the files for claims filed by Drewry, which have been allowed, and so far 166 have been found and lorwarded to the examiners atlMor- folk. No computation of the amounts placed on these claims! has been made. but as all of them wer$ filed under the act oi june Z7tn; laau, wnicu allows 51a per month as the maximum rate, its pro bable .that the average will fall below $200 each. Drewry is how serving one year in jail for fradulent transactions in pension cases. I ! SOUTHERN BAPTISTS. , Yesterday's Proceeding of the Convention at NashviUe.yTehn. 1 V Br TekKraph to the Moraine Star. JJashyille, May ' 13, The Southern Baptist Convention opened this morn ing with prayer by Dr. W." S- Pickard, of Louisville, Ky. Secretary Lansing Bur rows, of Augusta, read! the minutes of the proceedings of the previous day, and a ' number of newly arrived delegates were announced and enrolled. The Committee on 1 Order of Work announced that the 1 Woman's work would be the special order for this after noon, and the mass meeting in the in terest of missions at night. - f .i A short report was read by the treas urer ;Of the convention.. The present treasurer, Dr. G. W. Northern, Louis ville, ' and present Auditor, Dr. W. P.. Harvey, of the same place, were elected without opposition. Dr. T. T. Eaton, Louisville, chairman of the Centennial Committee, made report. He said that Dr. W. U. Howell, of Mexico, bad taken the field in the interest Of the Centennial Missionary Fund, with I magnificent re sults. The -most encouraging reports came from - Maryland; . Alabama, Georgia and Texas. In other States fears that contributions to ! tbe special fund would interfere with the regular contributions account for the comparatively small amount collected. in this work the committee desired to express the greatest heartfelt thanks to the Woman's Missionary Societies and denominational papers for tbe valuable assistance rendered. In order that the collection of the entire sum $250,000 may be completed, the committee sug gest that' tbe time for contribution be extended to February, 1894. i r HEAVY RAINS. Southwest Texas Deluded Oreat Damage - to Cotton and Corn. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star.' San Antonio, May 13. The heaviest fall of rain ever known in Southwest Texas occurred during the past forty- eight hours. . The situation in the sec tion of country between here and the Gulf Coast, a distance of 150 miles, has changed from one of severe drought to the other extreme, and the cotton and corn crops will be badly damaged. One half a mile ot track and two bridges are washed away on the! Arkansas Pass Railway, in Wilson county, twenty miles south of here, and traffic on that line between here and the'! coast points has been cut off. Thousands of acres of farming land in Wilson and adiacent counties are inundated with a depth of from two to five feet of water, i It is still raining. Slight washouts are re ported on the Southern . Pacific and In ternational & Great Northern Railroads.. . THE COTTON TRADE. Depressed Home Markets and Unfavora ble . Advices from ilAbroad . Cause a Decline in Prices. By Telegraph to tba Morning Star.' r New York. Mav 13. The Sun's re view of the situation1 in cotton says: There- was a further decline in Liver pool. The crop' advices, especially from Texas, were - more j favorable. The Southern markets were dull and some what depressed.: and there were disturb ing financial reports from Wall; street and . the West. This caused wore on less long liquidation and another drop in prices. - The Mississippi river continues to riseij but: most, of its tribu taries are fallingjThe speculation is on a very moderate aie,-pending further developments in une nnancial world. Prices declined threes to four points, but rallied slightly and closed steady, with sales of 55,800 bales; Liverpool declined two; points, closing very, steady, with spot sales of 0,000 bales. ,- A London dispatch savs: The Amer ican Line steamshin Paris, which - sailed from New York,' May 6. for Southamp ton, passed the Lizard at 3.55 this morn ing, The Paris left.New York on the same day as the Campania, of the Cu nard Line, which arrived at Liverpool about ten o clock last night The Cam pania passengers arrived in London at an early hour this morning and will be scattered in every ' direction before.- tbe passengers of the Pans landed n SPIRITS TPtNTINL'. Oxford lidger.ryft learn that there is a good grade of Iron ore on the - lands of W.-J. Barnett in Oak Hjll township.- : .-.-. !" -V. ; : : '. ' Wayne-Duplin' Rvjewi Mr. John Morgan, aged sixtj years, a highly esteemed farmer of Grantham township, died last Sunday evening. , j ,.' Rocky Mount Argonaut ; The fruit trees are loaded, while! the woods and fence rows are filled with blackberry bushes covered with berries, and .im mense quantities of all kinds of vegeta- v bles are being raised by our Itown people and farmers.'. Last Friday. Charlie Wells, a carpenter, working Dn Mr. J. H. ; Short's house, on Hill street fell from the top of the house to the ground, a distance of thirty feet, and Was very se verely injured. Had it not! been for a " limb of a tree on which he fell before' reaching the ground, he no doubt would have been instantly killed, as he was' falling : head-foremost, j but fortunately the limb turned him and he fell partially on his feet : . ' ' -; ' -t . j I ;f ; t " ; '. j Kinston JFree PressYt John Car raway was killed Monday at the saw mill ' at Parmlee, on the new railroad. He was hit by a piece of timber while working ' around the saw. - Mr. Carl W. Prid- -gen, of Kinston, was.: outsat Mr. John Tull's, a few miles from town, hunting . last Monday. About 4 o clock in the ' afternoon he Was feeding the: dogs and had the muzzle of the gun resting under his left arm. One barrel wal loaded with bird shot, the other with bb shot. One ot the dogs in jumping about touched 1. the trigger, shooting the load ;ot large ' shot powder and , wadding : ahd some Clothing into his arm.) I fWeldo'n JVews: "A' fearful tornado passed over the upper, portion of this county last Wednesday night. In the Aurelian Springs section the storm was " particularly severe. The largest .oaks, which have stood the severest winds ol , ages, were levelled to the f ; earth and many houses were destroyed. ; A large two-story workshop 6f Oscar Dickens', was blown to pieces, and several build ings were lifted from their ifoundations and moved several feet Tie track of the storm was about 150 yards wide. No . one has been reported as injured in this county, though many were badly fright- 1 ened. The storm is said tol have been the most severe known in many years. Concord Times : A horrible case Of infanticide occurred: four miles north of Albemarle last Saturday night The wife of Bennett Smith gave birth to a male child, and smothered it by cram ming it in a water bucket and putting it under her bed to conceal it from her husband, to whom she had been married a short time. , The Child wa found two . or three days afterward. - Chalmers Sims'has a shepherd' pup seven months old that is a smart ione. Recently he took" $175 from Mr, Sims' house to the' express office, and laid it down at the safe door. He then barked to notify some one that the money) was there. Mr. Sims was so pleased with this feat that he at once set his dog 4p to three pounds of beef. : j .11 i- , -! "' - Raleigh News ' ana I Observer: We have heard many compliments ex pressed upon the splendid, address of Dr. J. A. Hodges before the. State Medi cal Society, j It was a finished and mas terly effort, and stamps Dr. Hodges as an orator ot the first water The approaching commencement at the Uni versity promises to be full ol enjoyment. Hon. Thos. C Fuller wil I deliver an oration on the life and character of the late Jos. J. Davis,', and Judge R. .T. Bennett will make an address or the life and character of Hon Walter L. Steele. The class of 1843 w 11 celebrate the 50th anniversary of ; its graduation, and Judge R. P. Dick, a!member of that class, will speak on; the memories of fifty years. There! will be a union of Alumni, and a large grand re meeting of' tne juoara ot trustees. j: Charlotte Newk Messrs. Will Russell and O. L. Elkins, who were ar- . irested and jailed at Albermarle upon the ' charge of the murder of old jman Tulley 01 ataniy county; nave Deen released. Fifty witnesses were summoned to ao- ircia.1 okouui iuciu, uu( ucipic twenty i had been examined.: the magistrates dis- I missed the charge; and liberated : the prisoners, j There was not the slightest J evidence against either of them. Russell and Elkins intend to bring suit for ma flcious prosecution. -Mr. Erastus Edwards, an employe Of the Sash, Door v and tsiina factory, met with a very se rious accident this morning. He was un derneath some machinery, cleaning it. wpen uie macnincry was startea Dy an- ; otheebne of the , employes. His right . hind was caught in a. planing machine -aad was terribly lacerated.; Alter a care- -ful examination," it was found that am- ujbtation was necessary. "- Newton I 'Enterprise'. 1 We are gad to know that arrangements have been perfected for establishing a Chair of Theology in Catawba College.; ! The pro fessor for this department will be elected brfore the beginning of the next session. Sheriff Cline and Deputy Sheriff tton, of Lmcolnton, brought Frank ttle and Will-i Murphy, both colored, ' to Newtoni jWednesday. il l bey are arged with a burglary in Hickory a slort time ago and were taken on there fo a preliminary investigation. They . bkd when captured full sets of burglar tools. Deputy Marshal Tones, of -Hickory, brought a blockader from the South Mountains down to jail - Saturday raorning. He was a gritty young fellow fated if he had had a gun less afflicted with the 'lowance weakness for scattering, might have done some ugly execution. He peptered all :four of the officers in the face at one' shot but none were i much disfigured. - . :j i.-"'- -f . i j j Asheville I Citizen: For about . ; seven years T.rW. Branch has had a pet squirrel 1 in his; family, and this squirrel frequently takes a mischievous turn. Mr. Branch lives on Starnes avenue, his Hot being back Of the Sondley'property, , which Jronts ori Cherry street! Yester day his squlrrelship got into a tantrum . and crossing the lot entered Mrs. Sond ley's lot . It sprang upon that lady's"" atiniilsttfkra an ft frit's Via1 YiairK'A fans f -vm her head, but not injuring hef.. A ser-' vant ran to Mrs. Sondley 's aid and at- X tempted to take the squirrel away, when the animal sprang at the servant and bit her' severely in the wrist. Later, Col. J. V D. Cameron, who lives at Mrs. Sondley 's, entered tne vara ana tne squirrel ran to htm n.l ulimli A Vila W1n,.l- set to Clawing his head and neck. Miss -Cameron ran Up and finally succeeded, at the expense of a bitten hand, in get ting a good grip on the squirrel, and it was thrown into the yard, when it ran away. The .death of the squirrel has been decreed,;! j.,-.; '. -. . :.-" f - Goldsboro Headlight. 1 , There are now twenty-three orphans at the Odd Fellows Homc-aear this bity. A portable prison is being built, by the county authorities for the prisoners at work on the County roads. The prison will be transported wherever they go by means of tour mules. '. -The' most . successful chicken raiser in this county, is undoubtedly Mr. J. W. Islerl of Sauls ton township. 1 j 'He ships his chickens, already dressed, to Northerni markets and receives from 85 to 60 (cents per -pound.. ; ji jsays ; it beats trucking -and- j cotton! raising and. keeps him in money 11 1 all the year , round. "'s A peddler named M. M. Shrago was waylaid Friday evening on the pub- lie road in Saulston township by a negro named Tackson, an ex-convict who after shooting at the peaaier, turee limes, ae manded his goods and money. .The ne gro, not succeeding in his design, started on- a run, followed by the peddler, but day evening he was caught . in Greene county, but : when brought ' here that , night by the 'sheriff of Greene county, inade a break for liberty when in front of the jail and has not been seen since, .u;.; it if-' - :
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