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WHY ENGLAND DID IT.
Mr. Malcomb McCall, a wealthy
merchant of Calcutta, India, who is
- now in Washington, in a conversa
tion with a reporter of the Washington
Star gave some of the reasons which
influenced the Indian Council to stop
tne tree coinage ot stiver, i nis does
nt mean, he says, the stoppage of
coinage but only the stoppage of
' free coinage on: individual account.
The coinage will go on "about as it
did under the Bland act in this coun
try. . Tjnus the volume of silver
coined will be kept under the control
of the Government which will coin
or not as circumstances may suggest.
Under the free coinage System, in
dividuals could ourchase silver and
make large profits on it, because
while the price of silver bullion was
decreasing they could use the rupee
at its full face value in the payment
of laborers, or for wheat, Cotton or
other Indian products and thus make
' a handsome profit On it As long as
it had only this effect the British
"Government didn't mind it much
but the British officers in India com
plained Ot receiving pay for their
services in depreciated rupees. An
other reason was that India owes a
very large debt to England, the in
terest on which amounts to $80,000,
000 a year. Every week drafts are
, jssued on the Indian Council for a
portion of this interest, which drafts
were paid in the rupees which were
collected in taxes; but the stoppage
, of fee coinage puts a stop to that
and England puts a gold valuation
. on the silver rupee which is the val
nation at which the rupee will be re
ceived by the British Government,
equal to. about 3t cents- pt our
money or about 74 cents to the
dollar, a ratio of 1 to 21 of gold to
silver.
But while Great Britain does this
and makes jthe Indians pay their in-
terest witn silver on a goia Dasis
she does not agree to pay the Indians
gold or silver on a gold basis, but
will continue to circulate the rupee
and coin it and pay for Indian pro
duce and labor in the depreciated
silver rupee. "'.
. . Indiabecause it is the money prkc
tically of the country. One seldom
sees gold in circulation there, for if
bvlchance it tret 'into the hands of
tie people it is immediately hidden
where it can be found only
by the hider. The disposition
which prevails to bury it wil
always prevent . It from be
coming a circulating money even
if enough of it were sent into" the
country for circulating purposes, so
that silver must continue to be, as it
has1 been, the money of the country
and that means the money for 200,
000,000 of peopleT ta brief it means
-'that the depreciated rupee is money
good enough for the people of India,
who have to take it at its face value,
, butj not good enough for the British
Government- which puts its own
valuation upon it and demands silver
rupees on this standard of valuation.
As a business transaction, without
regard to the effect upon India, this
was cunning upon the part of
Great Britain - which receives the
; Indian rupees at a reduced valua-
! tion, gold standard, and pays them
out to India at their full face value.
j ' There is speculation in this, for at the
low! price of silver bullion she can
make about thirty per cent V by the
process ot coining, while she will re
ceive the rupee only at the price she
herself fixes upon it. ' - ,
There are 200,000,000 of people in
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VOL. XXIV.
British India, among yrhom silver has
always been the standard of value,
and these - would necessarily suffer
from any derangement of that sys
tem, tor which they are not prepared,
and of which there is -no likelihood
of their being . 'prepared - On
the new standard of valua
tion which the British government
puts upon the silver coin which it
receives from India it means, if it
were carried out in a general way,
a loss ofabout $300,000,000 to the
people of India in jthe debt-paying
and purchasing capacity of the only
money they. have. ' iBut as it is not
intended to apply to the' whole peo
ple in their transactions among them
selves, but only in thpir transactions
with the British government " and
British traders,- who take -their
i i
rupees : at -one valuatioq and pay
them back in another, it looks like a
grab game instead of ax movement
for honest money. ) -. .
TO PLAY THE GREENBACK;
Yester.day we referred to some re
marks that Senator Sherman made
ib an interview in Chicago, in which
he touched upon . the silver question
and the difficult task the Democratic
oartv would have in disposing of it
satisfactorily. '. - !.
" Anticipating that a demand will
be made by the advocates of an in
creased volume of currency, for the
repeal of the tax on the circulation
of State banks, he asks, "how will
the hard money Democrats like
that?" The anticipation here is
ather to the wish, tut we doubt
whether there are hard money Dem
ocrats enough in Congress to make
fight against any system of banks
which may be properly secured and
will furnish " the people with a cur
rency which will be good and con
vertible into coin.
Mr. Sherman, however, is a xe-.
sourceful and pretty long-headed
fellow, and recognizing the fact that
the people demand more money and
cheap'' money, as it is called, he has
struck upon an idea to head off the
State bank note with the greenback.
nthat same interview he threw out
this idea as a possibility and that
means that he is going to play that
card if he can get his party to adopt
it. I think," he said, "that no
money should be allowed in this
country which has not behind it the
full guarantee of the United States
Government." j 1 That 1 means the
greenback. If Treasury notes were
issued in sufficient quantities to meet
the demands of the people it would,
he thinks, head off the movement for
State banks, for these would become
a legal tender good any where, and
would have "the guarantee of the
United States behind them."
There is politics in this, and big
politics .from Mr. Sherman's stand-
point, for it is swallowing a very
considerable part of the platform of
the Populist party, which demanded
the issuing of greenbacks to an
amount to make the circulation $50
per, capita, the issuing to continue a
the population increased, so as to
keep up the $50 per capita ratio.
He followed this up with the re
mark that the "Republican party
would in all probability become a
greenback party," which would not
be surprising in view of the fact that
it invented the greenback, and ot its
slippery record on the financial ques
tion generally. It invented the
greenback as a war money, and when
it accomplished the purpose for
which it was issued, the Re
publican financiers concluded as
soon as they could to resume specie
payments, call in the greenbacks,
and destroy them. - They would
have continued that process until
the last greenback had been called
in and destroyed, if Democratic Con
gressmen seeing the disastrous ef
fects if such a contraction of the cur
rency had not come to the rescue by
securing the passage of a law pro
hibiting the further destruction of the
greenbacks presented for redemption
and requiring the Treasury to keep
them in circulation. This accounts
for the existence of the greenback
to-day. It ; wouldn't ; be surpris
ing, however, to see the party
which, originated the. greenback
and then : wanted to, destroy
it again become) the' Greenback
party, if there was anything to be
gained by it j But Mr. Sherman does
not go quite' far enough to capture
the Populist ; greenbacker, for his
greenback, . with the guarantee of
the United States Government be
hind it, is a redeemable greenback,
and that means redeemable in gold.
But that is not the kind of a green
back the Populist wants. He wants
a greenback that will keep circulat
ing until it wears out and then a new
one printed to take its place, redeem
able in nothing. That's wnat
greenback party proper means,
r that
is the only consistent kind of a green
back party, and that kind of a green
back party the Republican party will
have some difficulty ; in becoming at
the first jump. Mr. Sherman would
And more trouble in reconciling the
hard money (that is gold) Republi
cans to that than the. advocates of
State banks would have .'-p reconcil
ing the hard money Democrats he
talks about to State bank notes.
HIS0IL MEXTIOa:
'Th consolidation of .the Raleigh
New and Observer with the Chronicle
leave? Raleigh with but one Dem
ocratic morning daily, and that is as
many as it should have. -The trouble
with that city is that ; it was never
satisfied with one Democratic paper.
no matter how good it might be, but
mustlhave two, and as there was not
a held tor two, or local support
enough tor more than one, the con
sequence was that both had to peg
alonj the best they could until the
weaker petered out ' and was. ab
sorbed by the stronger or went to
smash. The Chronicltrwz. an excel
lent paper, and x remarkably. - well
edited, but there wasn't room for it,
and it had to succumb to fate and to J
the News and Observer which, under
the able and level-headed msinage
meni xf Capt. . :Ashej.;; had - Se-
cured a
strong and well won
foothold.
Raleigh ought to have
a rattling good party paper, and in
stead of frittering away, money on
new ventures should concentrate and
givela warm and liberal -support to
one paper and thus encourage and
1 - a
help jits publishers to give the public
a paper that would be a credit not
only to Raleigh, but to the State.
Brains and experience are necessary
in the newspaper business, but these
cannot run a paper without cash and
a good deal of it. There has been
money enough sunk in newspapers,
Democratic newspapers, in Raleigh
to keep up one first-class paper to
speak for Raleigh and for the State.
Profiting by their experience the
Democrats of that town and of other
towns lrf the State, should quit their
foolishness and work ; with : Capt.
Ashei and give the News Observer-
Chronicle a cordial and liberal sup
port, build it up and make, it strong.
The deaths from cholera in the
city of Mecca, which has a popula
tion pf about 40,000, have ranged
from 000 to 700 a day. This has
been la great year for pilgrims to
Mohammed's tomb, and the conse
quence is there is an unusually large
number gathered in and about
Mecci. The town itself and the pil
grims utterly ignore all sanitary
laws, and live in filth that would
germinate disease at the North pole.
' t
1 he City of Mecca has no sewers,
and no way of disposing of the
accumulated filth: but by digging
holes and burying it, where it is left
with a thin crust ot earth over it to
t -- . .
fester jand incubate the disease germs
which! beget the pestilence which
sweeps thousands upon thousands of
these fanatical 'devotees from the
face of the earth, and invades other
countries and does its deadly work
there. The pilgrims do not shudder
at tfiei pestilence they invite, because
they are taught and believe that it is
the will of Allah, and if they die
from it while on i their pilgrimage
they, go straight to Paradise. Mecca
is a pest house, and European
nations would almost be justified in
taking it and wiping it from the face
ot the; earth. i .
t
wide tire on wagons, in
Th
common use in a ranee, are coming
nto favor in this country. One of
the New England States not long
ago passed a law requiring the use
of the wide tire, ; the law to take
effect in 1895j to give ample time to
make the desired changes in the con-struction-of
wheels. The Legislature
of New York has adopted an excel
lent way of encouraging the use of
the wide tire without any mandatory.
legislation, by the enactment or a
law which gives a rebate of one-half
the amount of the road tax to all
those who use the wide tire instead
pf the narrow. This inducementr-and
the manifest advantages of the wide
tire, .which will become apparent
when they come into use, will soon
lead to their adoption. , But this is
something which the people who
have wagoning to do ought to catch
on, to without without any compul
sory laws, or rewards, as induce
ments. ' .
They say patience, perseverance
and a little sweet oil will accomplish
almost anything, and sometimes
when the sweet oil can't be gotten
water will do on a pinch." A prisoner
sentenced to solitary confinement in
Siberia for twenty years has just
made his escape by removing two
big stones from the prison wall. It
took him nine years, to do itas he
had no tools to work with, and had
to loosen the two stones, which were
two feet thick and three feet long,
by moistening the mortar with water
given him to drink, and rubbing it
away with his fingers. But he kept
pegging, or rather, ruDDing away
until he succeeded. ' L'
The meanest man in Indiana, a
denizen of CrawfordsviIle, named
Kyle, gave his wife 10 cents to go to
the (World's Fair. She didn't go to
the "Fair, but invested the 10 cents
in poison and went to the cemetery.
He went with her and when he
counted up the cost he was sorry he
didn't , give her enough to go to the:
Fair. .-' '-v ;',;:;::?:
I In some of the mining towns of
.Colorado the U. S. flag was hung at
half mast on the Fourth, because of
the .apparent determination to "de
monetize silver. .That's bad when
those Colorado fellows let their
patriotic spirits flag in that way.
WILMINGTON, N..C,
BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING.
Initiatory Movement . o Otgulis ' Na
tional Bank with Not lies Than $100,
OOO Capital. . "
The meeting at the Produce Exchange
yesterday to considerthe . matter ot es
tablishing a new bank In .Wilmington
was well -attended! many i leading busi
ness men of the city being present. Mr.
W. H. Sprunt. President tsl - the Ex
change, called the meeting; to order, and
on motion Mr. Wnv Calder was called
to the chair. I Representatives of news
papers present were requested to act as
secretaries. VL 1 ',' - f j ' -. '. '
Mr.' Sprunt stated that Mr. Jno. S.
Armstong, of Tempe, Anzona, who was
present, desired to secure! the co-opera
tion of business men iii establishing a
national bank in this city,1 with a capital
stock of not less than $100,000. of which
Mr Armstrong would furnish one-half.
or a proportionate amount if the capital
stock was enlarged. Mr. .-Armstrong,
ne said. vas ready ; -to answer
questions. He had
brought with
letters of re-
him credentials and
commendation of the
tier, among others a
highest charac
letter of E. K.
Wright, President of the Park National
Bank of New York, (which was read) and
a copy of a letter addressed to President
Cleveland, from prominent citizens ot
California and Arizona,! urging that Mr.
Armstrong. be appointed Governor of
thr territory of Arizonai Mr. Armstrong
is a native of Culpeper, Va., and his
wife is a North Carolinian, with rela
tives residing in Wilmington.
Mr. Jas. C. Stevenson offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted.
viz.: i 1
Resolved, That we extend to Mr. Arm
strong a heartv welcome in his mission
to establish a bank, and that we recom
mend cordial co-operation on the part of
our citizens. .
Mr. G. H. Smith addressed the meet
ing, strongly endorsing the project, and
stating the great need of better banking
facilities in Wilmington.
Col. Jno. W. Atkinson and others
spoke briefly in favor 4f the scheme.
Mr. Smith moved ' thai the chair ap
point a committee of two to open books
and to solicit subscriptions to a National
bank to be established in Wilmington
with not less than $100,000 capital.
The chair appointed ; Mr. W. H.
Sprunt and Mr. Jas. H. Chadbourn, Jr.,
as the committee. i
On motion of Col. Atkinson, Mr. Wm.
Vsaiaer, cnairman oi tne: meeting, was
made a member of the committee.
.Mr. ij. Herbert smith,; alter a few re
marks pertaining to the, subject, offered
the following: M m
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting that our Senators and Repre
sentatives be requested to vote as soon
as possible after the assembling of the
extra-session oi (congress called to meet
August 7th. 1893. tor the: unconditional
repeal of the silver purchase clause of
the act of 1890, generally known as the
Shermaa act.
The resolution was adopted and the
chair requested the secretaries to forward
copies of the resolution to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress. The
meeting then adjourned, i l
The Bank of New Hanover JadKO Boykin
He fuses to Set Aside the Appointment
of Mr. Davis aa Heceiver.
The motion to vacate' the appoint
ment ot J unius uavis, fc.sq., as receiver
of the Bank of New Hanover, was
i .
argued before Judge Boykin, of the
Superior Court, in chambers at Clinton
last Friday evening by Mr. Jno. D. Bel
lamy, Jr., and Sol C Weill, counsel for
petitioners, and E. S.I Martin and Geo.
Rbuntree, Esqs., for defendants. Judge
Boykin, after hearing argument of
counsel, refused to vacate the appoint
ment of Mr. Davis as receiver, decciding
that Judge Connor ' had ! jurisdiction in
the matter. An appeal from the de
cision was taken by
counsel lor plaint-
iffs.
The Fortner Brewing Company and - the
B. C. Liquor Law. j. ) - ij
A telegram from Charlotte says the
branch bouse of the Robert Pottr
Brewiner Comoanv in that citv will ! defv
the present liquor law in South Carolina
by making two big shipments into that
State of lager beer. The shipments go
to Greenville and Charleston. The
brewing company in Charlotte make no
secret of their intentions.
Xhese shipments will be made over
the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
road, which is under the control of the
Richmond &.Danville,this road having
some time ago said they would trans
port, any liquors that knight be put in
their depots consigned to South Caro-
hnt towns. 1 his will be thelhrst ship-
ment made since the dispensary law
went into effect, andj it is understood
that it is for a test case.: The outcome
is looked forward to with much interest
by the public who have been - more than
anxious to see this test made. -
A CLOSE CALL.
A Colored Man Narrowly Ki capes Drown
ing in The BiveT. . '
Ed. Barnwell,, colored, of Pender
county, had "a close .call last night
about 8 o'clock. He is employed on a
wood-flat that had just come down the
river and was lying outside the dock at
the foot of Princess street. While mbv-
mg about the boat he tumbled over
board and was carried under one end of
the flat by the tide. As he fell into the
river he gave a half-smothered cry for
help and some colored knen on .another
rt t . . . - . . . ,1 . 1
nai-ooai ran to nis aid wjtn a long poie
which they extended to Barnwell, who
grasped it, and was pulled from under the
boat. His rescurers then managed to
put him ashore with little difficulty.
,G EORG1A CENTRAL R.R.
The Conference Committees Fail to Agree
. Upon Plan of Beorganization.
Br Telegraph to the MornlnStat. ; '
New YORK, July C.-t-There was an
other conference this evening between
ffie committees of stockholders of the
Central Railroad and. Banking Com
pany of Georgia and Hollins Reorganiza
tion Committee at the office of H, B.Hol-
lins & Co. H. M. Comer, receiver of the
road, was present. Ivon Jt.tioweu ana
CoL C. H. Phinizy. represented the
stockholders, and H. B. Hollins. Jacob
H. Schlff and Emanuel Lehmon repre
sented the reorganization ' committee.
No new plan of reorganization Was pre
pared and the conference adjourned sine
ate without arriving at any result. -
FRIDAY, JULY U, 1893.
Be. D. H. Turtle. - . - 7 -
Rev. D. H. Tuttle' preached at-Bladen
Street M. E. Church South; Wednes-
uay evening.- snort notice was given
that this deservedly: popular divine
would be in the city and would -preach
for Rev. J. C McCaU's congregation, yet
'.the, house was densely crowded. ; Mr.
Tuttle's prayer was conclusive evidence
to a hearer that he knew the power of
prayer, and was no stranger to . such
communion with God,. His text was
Irom Exodus, 3226, "Who is on the
tord's side? Let" him come unto Me."
The bold earnest manner in which lie
dealt with the great national sins of this
Country avarice. Sabbath breaking and
arnnKenness would j convince aav
rational person that he seeks no compro
mise with the world, but loves to declare
Abei-whole counsel of God. f By manv
illustrations he proved conclusively that
those who are not afraid to do right
and are bold to defend the right, are
..always in the minority, v. "-. .f :: .:"'
Many expressed their great pleasure at
hearing him, and also how gladly they
would listen to a repetition of hfs ser
mon. ;t :' ' ! :: ' .-
ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK.
Ita Capital Stock to be Inoreaaed Statement
- of its Resources and XdabiUdea.
The directors of the Atlantic Natiori
Bank held their regular weekly meet
al
ing yesterday aiternpon at which the
matter of increasing their capital came
up tor discussion. Alter discussion ; it
was : decided to increase the capital
stock of the bank to two hundred
thousand dollars, and a resolution was
unanimously passed : authorizing the
President, Mr. J. W. Norwood, to take
the necessary legal steps to make the
increase to that amount. The president
read his report ot the condition of the
bank up to July 6th, which was as fol
lows : . '-';!':.''" '-. I ' M
RESOURCES. j . i
Loans. ..... . . . . . .". . . . . .$235,855 84
United States Bonds..' 31,250
Premiums ; 4,140
Banking house furniture and
h fixtures
Due from reserve agents. . . .
15,600 0i
44,683 1
Due from other banks.
Redemption fund .........
54.884 88
1.406 00
92,848 56
Cash. L
; Total:..
.....4480.168 84
LIABILITIES. i i
Capital....
Surplus...
...... ........ $125,000 00
12,500 00
Other undivided profits..
2.966 12
Circulation
Cashier's checks
Certified checks ......
28,120 00
421 79
440 28
Deposits from other banks.
Individual deposits. v. i ....
Re-discounts ..........
41,022 20
261,075 92
8,622 55
Total . . . . ........ .... . . . $480,168 86
This is a good showing for a young
bank. , The president savs that the bank
is willing to make loans to customers on
any reasonable security.
Another Bank Proposed.
Mr. J. S. Armstrong. -ot Clpepr
Va.,
, who iiaa kai considerable experience
in banking, has been here a few days
looking over the ground' with a view to
enlisting the co-operation ot business
men in establishing a new bank! in this
city. He proposes a j capital stock of
$100,000 or more, to which he wjll sub
scribe one-half. A meeting of those in
terested will be held at the Produce Ex
change at noon to-day to consider the
question. Mr. Armstrong, who has
strong letters of recommendation, will
be present.
Merry Maxton
The Maxton reporter of the Robeson-
ian draws this bright picture Of merry
j Maxton : "There are now ten dwellings
going up in Maxton and four others un
der contract. The cotton factory in
which the machinery is being placed will
employ twenty-five or thirty hands; the
brid WQrks of j Mf w E Croom are
working about twenty-five, and the ma
chine shops of Mr. J. C McCaskill thir
teen, with a prospect ot an increase.
These are but the nucleus of a departure
from the old business routine which
shows that Maxton is to have a future."
The Bank at Wadeahoro.
Mr. las. A. Lockhart, of Wadesboro.
attorney for Mr. Jas. A. Leak,! recently
appointed receiver for the branch bank
of New Hanover at that place, passed
through Wilmington yesterday from
Clinton, where he secured a pre-emptory
order from Judge Boykin, of jthe Supe
rior Court on Hon. R. T. Bennett, as
signee, for the latter to turn over to Mr.
Leak the assets, etc of the bank.
RVER AND MARINE.
The following circular to collectors
of
customs and others has been issued from
the Treasury Department, Washington,
D. C. viz : "To facilitate the removal of
wrecks and derelicts along the coasts and
in bays, harbors, and other : navigable
waters of the United States, which are a
menace to - navigation, masters of mer
chant vessels, and officers of Revenue-
Marine cutters, of vessels ot the Light-
House Establishment, and of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey are directed to
keep a lookout for such dangerous
wrecks and derelicts in the waters in
which their vessels cruise in their regular
course. The . officers observing them
will make report direct to the Commis
sioner of Navigation, treasury uepart-
ment, Washington, D. C. Such report
should embrace as accurate a description
of the wreck or derelict as possible ; its
locality the class of vessel, name, omctai
number, and home port, if it can be as
certained: whether sunken on Dottom
or a floating wreck, and, if abandoned,
apparently how long ; and if in the
lairway oi any channel, sound ornaroor,
and ! any other material facts which
should be communated to the Depart
ment relating to the matter. : ;
Cropa in Bladon.
Mr. E. C. Wootenwriting the Star,
from Wooten's, N. C, says in regard to
crops in that section: "Cotton is iot
growing or fruiting on account of cpbl
nights. Corn: is doing well, but needipg
rain.; Small grains are turning out well.
Mr. H. . B. Collier, of this place, gath
ered over one hundred bushels of rye
last week.,; ; j ;.-;r ''.:'.,. ,. i., . : . . j'
TheT', British war-ship Victoria,
which was sunk by the Camperdown,
cost $6,000,000.-
HON. S. a ALEXANDER'S VIEWS
What He Thinka Coneresa May ' and
- Should So. ' j
On his return from Washington, Tues
day, the - Charlotte News interviewed
Honj S. B. Alexander and quotes him
as follows: : -i
'In regard to the nrobable reoeal of
the Sherman act, Mr. Alexander said: - - -
'It may be counted as a lact that the
Sherman act Will be repealed by the
extra session oi Congress, though if an
attempt oe maoe to repeal it without
anything satisfactory being substituted,
there is danger of the friends of, the re
peal making a failure. Just what sub
stitute that will be offered, or what
change will be made cannot now be fore
shadowed. .All conflicting interests
must be provided for." ', .. j
"What shape will the tariff Question be
likely to assume ?" asked the reporter.
"Well." replied Mr Alexander. 1vou
don t hear so much talk on the tariff
now. Of course it will be reduced to a
revenue basis, and many important
cnanges maoe. i believe it will be greatly
modified. Now,-n the tariff matter, we
could do a great deal more if we had the
income tax. ' - V i .
"How do you stand on the income
tax, Mr. Alexander ?'; . j
"I am certainly in favor of it. We
should have all incomes of $10,000 and
upwards taxed, sufficiently at least to
pay the pensions, i The men with enor
mous incomes made their fortunes out
of the war or its predjuces and should be
mane to pay the pensions. Wow. there
are many rich men in the country, jwith
large incomes and vast property Whcrido
not contrmute much more to the sup
port of the government than vou db.
-wm you state. Dneny, your exact oo-
siuon on tacsc questions.'
M.t ... , i
'Yes.! 1 lavor the tariff reform: the
repeal of the ten per cent, tax on State
banks; the repeal of the Sherman; act
and an income tax.'' f
Then drifting to another question the
reporter asked: V t
"Are the indications that the populist
movement is gaining or losing ground?"
Mr. Alexander replied:
"I think they are losing very rapidly.
it the Democrats can succeed in reliev
ing the people the Third party will very
soon go to ruin. This 1 believe we can
do by carrying out all the pledges made
tne people oy the Democratic party in
their Chicago platform. I am confident
that those who do not return to the
Democratic fold will speedily drift into
Republican night." j
I CARR AND LATHAM.
Prof. Graham Couldn't Tell T'other from
Which An Embarrassing Position.
Some fellow "got " off on Aleck
Graham (who was referred to in another
connection in the Star of yesterday) a
prime joke during his recent visit to
Morehead City, and it - is given thus by
the Charlotte News: i :
It seems that there was no more popu
lar man at the recent Assembly of . the
State teachers than Prof. Alexander
Graham, of this city. Many good jokes
are told on the Professor about; con
tinually having Gov, Carr and ex-Congressman
Latham mixed up. Prof.
Graham admits that he could not tell
one from the other. Their ! size' and
features are almost exactly alike, and
tuey nave moustache that rom pare
favorably. While walking- around on
the hotel veranda one evening j after
supper. Prof. Graham approached the
Governor, thinking he was Mr. Latham,
and said: "Well, haven't we got the
sorriest Governor that you ever j saw?
I'll declare he is the shabbiest man I
ever saw in that chair." i -J
"Yes, replied the Governor, "he is a
pretty sorry fellow."
Graham never discovered his mistane
and during another similar conversation
he said to the Governor : "We U I have
to stick to Carr, and, really, I believe he
is going to make a pretty good Govern
or. He is becoming more popular every
day. What do you think of it, Latham?
The Governor comd not hold in any
longer, and replied : .
"Now, come off, Graham, .You know
that i am governor iarr.
"Bless my soul, Governor ! i You must
forgive me, I can't help getting you
mixed with that tool Latham.
And the Professor went off to hunt an
auger-hole to crawl into.
SHALL WE CELEBRATE?
The Wilmington, Newborn and Norfolk
Bailroad Will Boon Be Completed
The : Event Should Be Celebrated.
i- :
The Star briefly suggested ) some
time since that the completion of the
Wilmington. Newbern & Norfolk Rail
road to Newbern would be worthy of a
celebration, and it will be seen from the
following extracts from a letter of a cor
respondent of the Journal hzt a similar
feeling prevails in the "Elm City.
Editor Journal: Your call for a
celebration on completion of the Wil
mington, Newbern and Norfolk railroad
to our city is timely and appropriate-
let us celebrate. .
Wilmington, commercially speaking,
has hitherto been to us a terra incognita.
Lines of communication and rates have
been prohibitory, but as the old darkie
says, we are right "dar now." With her
deep water and contiguity to the West
Indies I she should sen us Dananas,
oranges, lemons and other tropical fruit,
to say nothing of molasses, coffee, etc:.
and prove a successful competitor to
Baltimore and New York, with whom
we do no inconsiderable trade in these
lines. !
Let Wilmington trot out her beauty
and her-chivalry quantum sufficit and
Newbern likewise, and let the two cities
be joined together we need no prece
dents, i Should differences ever arise be
tween us, we can but remember:
"The kind and happiest pair.
May find occasion to lorbear.
And something every day they live
To pity and perhaps forgive.
What says Wilmington to our pro
posal for a dual celebration.
The Bank Failure at Winston.
The Winston Sentinel says of the re
cent suspension of the First National
bank of that place : , j I
This has been the largest and one of
the strongest of our. banks, , and in its
efforts to aid our business community
has rediscounted its paper to a large ex
tent and in the present great money
pressure has been unable to realize upon
its assets sufficient to maintain its legal
reserve. The bank, examiner, who is
now here, found it incumbent upon him,
under the law, to, close the doors. The
bank has met its local obligations and is
in a solvent condition. ; The depositors,
the Sentinel is requested to state, -need
not feel the slightest uneasiness as to
their deposits, as they win oe paid iniuu.
An effort will .be made to reorganize
the bank at once and place it in a posi
tion to go on in its career of usefulness.
There is but little doubt that this will be
accomplished at an early day.
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1- LYNCHING A NEGRO.
THEY INTENDED TO BURN HIM, BUT
THE PEOPLE COULD NOT WAIT, i
Thousands ; of People; to Witness the
Execution Uttle Excitement Every
body Calm but Determined The father
of the Outraged and Murdered Children.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Bardwell, Kv July 7. This is! the
most exciting day that has ever been
seen in the history of this peaceful ittle
town. All of the trains of last night
and this morjiing i have : brought! in
crowds from the neighboring, towns in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
The alleged murderer of the Ray girls
says his name is Charles Miller, and he
is undoubtedly the same man who! has
been burglarizing in the neighboring
towns of Fulton, Clinton and Milan for
the past two weeks. Six ' gold rings
from J. A. Porter's store in Clinton were
found in his possession after his arrest. ,:
smeared, with I dirt and clotted ' with
blood,; but were easily identified by
Porteiv who is here, , i 1
At 7:50 a. m. A telegram from Weck-
lifLa small town eight miles north, of
here, - states ' that a posse has reached
there from Sikeston with the prisoner,
who is pleading for mercy. They will
bring mm here at once, and will arrivi
at 10.-35 a. m. : . I
At 8 a. m, The crowd around ' the
depot is increasing every minute, and W.
K. Parker, ot t ulton. K.y., is making
them an earnest speech; advising them
to do everything in an orderly way. Mr.
Kay, father of the murdered girls, has
requested that they allow him to" light
the pile of wood which will burn the
fiend to a crisp. 1 j J I
At 8.30 a. m. frof. . M. bpeight;1 ot
Clifton, is addressing the mob of deter
mined citizens, who seem perfectly cool
and determined to do their duty as men.
Speight begs them to do everything!
in
of
an orderly way, and hot as a matter!!
show, but as a matter ot necessity, ibis
no doubt will be done. This is a prohi
bition town. ,! No whiskey or other (In
toxicating liquor has been taken by any
ot the crowd. I Men are here Jrom every
town m this part of the State; f
A telegram received iromj Hickman,
Ky., states the negro murderer is Well
known there, having worked two years
ago in the Laclede Hotel, and is a des
perate character. The farmers are all
here, although they are in the midst of
the wheat harvest. I One j bid fellow,
speaking of the horrible tragedy, said,
'D- n the wheat; let it rot: we are
going to burn that mgger.T tie only
spoke the sentiment of all who heard
him. The watchwords of the mob are :
"We did not j come to hang or shobt;
this is too easy." The Paris, Texks,
affair will berepeated. j j . L
10.10 a. m: i-The train on which the
party will bring rapist, double-murderer
and fiend is late and will not arrive till
11.15. The crowd is increasing every
minute, and talk of the approaching ex
ecution as coolly as - if ordered by the
courts. The Crowd now numbers thous
ands, and when he was taken from the
train a mad rush was made, and fori a
few minutes nothing could be heard
above the shouts, and nothing could be
seen for the dust. The unhappy father
announced from the stand: '"This is the
man who killed myl children. Let us
burn him at the proper time, but let us
keep quiet.": ! i . : I 'j i . ':f
Bardwell, ky., J uly 7. A large pue
ot waoJ, rrith tha wrtolwd sad hreath-
less fiend incarnate on top, is to be built,
and the Paris,1 Texas, affair duplicated,
as predicted in a former dispatch. Con
tributions are j being collected by Mr.
Portefj of Clinton, for the benefit 6f
those who Captured the murderer.
. W. R. Parker addressed the crowd, ahd
praised the capturer. M. T. Ingram,
the brave policeman from Sikeston,
who made the i capture, is nbw address
ing the crowd, which is orderly, but de
termined. The murderer will be burned
here at 3 o'clock. i ! : 1 1
Bardwell, Ky July 7i The mob at
3.27 hung C. J Miller, the negro mur
derer, to a telegraph pole next to the
depot here. Most of the mob wanted to
burn him, but in their anxiety and haste
swung him up. -
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Laid Up With" Bheumatism at Gray
:. j ! Gables.': j j i
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
i
Buzzard's Bay, July 6, A call made
at Gray Gables this morning reveals the
fact that the President is confined to his
room. Secretary Lamont says M.
Cleveland has an attack! of rheumatism
in his foot and knee, a complaint Of
which he hassuffed for many years, and
which is no doubt aggravated at this
time by .hard work and severe strain on
his strength which the frresident has
undergone since the fourth of March.
The trouble has been hanging about him
for some weeks, but has now so much
increased in severity that he will be
compelled to take absolute rest in order
that he may be at his post of duty at thp
special meeting: ui vAJngrcss ncxi luumii.
It will be necessary for the President to
deny himself to visitors for the present.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS I
Pass Resolutions Concerning the Meeting
of Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Grant.
Bv Telecraoh to the MominK Star. .
New j York, July 8. A special to the
World torn Lakeland, Fla ., says : Con
federate Veterans of Polk county. Fla.
have organized the Francis S. Bartow
Camp of Confederate veterans. During
the meeting the following resolutions
were offered by Perry : M.s DeLeon, an
ex-Confederate Naval officer, cordially
seconded - by : many -ahd j unanimously
adopted: j V f
Resotvea, That . francis a. Jbartow
United Confederate Veterans present
their compliments to Mrs. U. S. Grant
and desire to express their great appre
ciation of her recent graceful acts of
courtesy to Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow
of our lamented cniei, j
Resolved. That this action on the part
of Mrs. Grant touches the hearts of our
people, ' and evinces the fact that the
historic prayer of her I great husband.
"Let us have peace, has indeed become
a reality, ana evinces ;io tne wona
that we have once more a united and
harmonious country, wherein the bitter
ness of the past has been forgotten, and
mutual respect ana sympaiuy exists.
Kesoivea, mat a copy oi mese resolu
tions be sent to Airs, urant coupiea
with the hope that she may enjoy a long,
peaceful and happyjifeJ t .- y
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BURSTING BANKS,
ZTore Doors Closed A Cashier Arrested for
' Eecelvina Money When the Bank Was
Weak. , ',:?zJ;'';. i A'- I V
, j By Telegraph to tSTMornlng Star. , ' .
; Hot Springs, S. , D.j July 8i The
First National Bank of this city closed
its doors yesterday, ij -i! -j ii'
. - Wjenncome, Wis.; July 8. The Citi
zens : hiank closed its doors yesterday.
Its cashier, Varmacter, "was arrested on
the charge of receiving deposits after he
knew - the bank insolvent. He claims
that the bank can pay in full.
, SPIRITS TUBPtNTItlE.
StatesvilIe2flMr : Mr. H. ;
A. Bost, of Statesville, sends the Land
mark an egg laid by hi$ Plymouth Rock
hen. The egg : measures ight. inches
around lengthwise' and sjurlnches ra cu--
cumference. ? Last spring thii hen laid -10
eggs, the largest olj which was one
fourth of an inch larger j than ' this one.
Her eggs average; about seven inches
and look like goose eggs, i ,
v Newbern f journal. iMrs. S. E.
Credle, the-clever keeper of the boarding
house in the Howard building on South
Front street, has; a, curiosity a lock of
hair that has grown to several times its
length it was; when severed from the
head. It was sent to her by a friend two
years ago, and was then) only about 1
inches long.: Since then it has grown .
constantly and is now over a foot long.
It is in vigorous growth and has alive .-'
look. f v"' T; '
Goldsboro Headlight'. " An- epl-
demic of. distemper Jhas broken out
among some ol the horses -in thi3 sec
tion. Several fine horses have died re
cently, : The .i. f arnjers are now en- .
gaged in planting large quantities of
peas in place of their grain crops to im
prove their : lands without the aid of
guano. A prominent farmer of the
Fremont section i who! was. in the city
yesterday told j us that cotton Jn his
neighborhood is really; in a. bad fixN and .
if the present cool nights continue the
bugs and lice will eat it all.
v Dunn Ttmei: jljhe crop outlook 1
inthis county js very poor, likely the '
poorest for several years past. . Corn, it
much -better than coiton, there will - not
be more than a half cotton crop even if
the seasons and everything is favorable
from now on. jThe slice are on cotton .
and the farmers say they almost ruin it
where they take to 'it! turn the leaves :
yellow and suck the life all out of the
little stalk.! We thinlf that our farmers
will make plenty of j Corn to run them
another year, but don't know what they
wilLflo for money pr how they can pay
debts. him ,
Charlotte. iNetos: It : is said
that two white menj John Honeycut and
Thad. Kennedy, have been operating a
counterfeit money j shop in the Utah
neighborhood Of 1 Unionfcounty. They
are rather bold jin thir work, and use
all kinds of material from pewter spoons
to still worms, j They stole the whistle
off Dave Pusser'Sj iteam engine last
week and ; run i it! nto dollars. The
policemen irvthis city are on -the look
out for them. The j moulds they use
have been used by three generations of
counterfeiters, the first place they were
used being in Montgomery county,
Greenville deflector: Mr. R. A.
Willoughby, of 1 Beaver' Dam, told us
Saturday that in five months he has
sold 651 dozen eggs and received $79.75.
He finds that there Is a great deal more -money
in eggs than jthere is in raising
cotton.' Farmers are reporting the
cotton : crop th poorest for years. ' Mr. i
R. R. Cotten land! Mr. J. R. Warren,
both of the Falkland section, say that
the cotton crop up that way is exception
ally poor. Mr. R. M. Spier, of Pactolus,
says that between his house and Green
ville it is as poor as! he ever noticed. In
all the years he has been living at his
place he has not had so sorry a prospect
for a cotton cro: asjthis yean -
Charlotte; N$ws : The Secre
tary of State hasf had an examination
made of the affaires Of the North Caro
lina State Insurance Company. Being ,
of , the opinion that the assets of the
company were not of sufficient charac
ter and value as tq justify its continu
ance in business, he has revoked the
license of the company and it has no
longer authority to transact business.
The company has jits main office at
Asheville, and has been in existence a
little more than) three months. The
capital was furnished by Toledo, Ohio,
gentlemen, principally, and the charter
granted by the JastyLegislature. -
Henderson! fpold Leaf: From
all that can be learned the finest crops
seen in this section' for a long time are
nowjjpon theflplds. The seasons have
been very favorable up to the present, ,
and the despondent heart should feel
thankful for the God-given- abundance.
Tuesday night burglars made a
raid on. the hardware establishment of
Mr: J. H. Daniel, !knd stole therefrom a
small amount of money and many valu
able articles. The entrance was effected
through a window1 at the rear of the
building, i iThe j plan for the robbery i
seemed to be well conceived, showing:
that the parties niust have been familiar
with the surroundings.
' Charlotte! pbserver: Mrs. Wil
liam Dunn, one jof the oldest citizens of
the county, died ! Sunday, ather home
in"- Paw Creek,' aged 89 years. -
Robert Simpson,! Esq., familiarly known
as "Uncle Bobble,! died at his home - in
Clear Creek, . yesterday morning at 4
o'clock, after some weeks of illness.
Deceased was j7j years old, and one of
the best known; (citizens of the county.:
Will Spririgsj the negro who shot ,
Dick .Thomas, -another negro, Saturday
night, and j who escaped, was captured
yesterday on ast Ninth street, in a:
house beyond the (reek. Springs could
not resist I the i temptation ot coming
back to enjoy the i Fourth on his native
heath, and thu? ! landed himself in the
Tombs. .- :- lJJ 7 ;
Wadesborp Messenger Intelligen
cer: J Jake Little J a 17-year old colored
boy of MorvenJ township, was committed .
to iail last Thursday, charged with as
saulting a youngl ; colored girl of that
township, j The assault was committed
about a year ago but Little has been in
hiding and was only captured last week.
David Dargah, an idiotic colored
man was arrested in Gulledge's town
ship last MondaV by constable Huntley
and brought to! Wadesboro and carried
before Esq. Ctl Parsons, who com--mitted
him to Jail ;f or safe keeping. Dar
gan had been wandering around in the .
township I several days, frightening
women and children. He is described -as
being a hideous object, with his long
wool and bulging eyes. He says that his
home is at Parlihgton, S. C.
i-i Smithfiei4 llSeraldi Mrs. Appie -Grant,
wife ofj I?. T. Grant, of Bentons- -ville
township, waisj placed in jail here .
yesterday for safe-keeping until she can
be . got intoj jthe) I Asylum at Raleigh.
She is insane and badly demented. She
is52yearsotage,and is the mother of
seven children..) f Ross Kennedy, a
young colored boy, son of Parker Ken-
nedy of this .town, was drowned while
bathing in theriyer here Sunday morn
ing. He and several other small boyji
were in the river and Ross, who had just
learned to swimt i attempted to swim
across the river ! and when about half
way across, where the water was ten or
twelve feet deef; he began to sink and 1
called for help; but the other boys were
all too small to assist him. much. One
of them took a stick and gave him one
end of it, but ithe , stick broke and he
sank. i. ' mi
-i- Charlotte i Observer: Tohn F.
Leeper, EsqJ !6f .Gaston, who reached '
the city last evening, reports the drown
ing of a negrbj name unknown, in the
South Fork of: the i Catawba, near Mr. ,
J. H. Holland's place, yesterday at noon.
The negro was one of the Air Line rail-
road section hands. At the noon meal -hour
he undressed and went in the
river, sank and though thirteen of his
companions! were i on . the bank A he
drowned. 44 Mr. Brown Williamson,
lives near Matthews. Last Wednesday
night Ws barn, twot hogs and a quantity
Of forage jwero burned between the
hours' of 9 io 10 6'clock. ; Mr. William
son and family i yrete attending prayer
meeting at Matthews When-, the fire oo .
curred., The fire was evidently of incen
diary origin,' as shucks were found near
Mr. i Williamson' dwelling, it ..is pre
sumed for the purpose of setting fire to
that butfdinglalsa but irom some cause
that was prevented.
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