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HOW WILL IT BE DONE?
There will be when Congress meets
a strenuous effort made to prevent
the repeal of the State bank tax.
Two elements will 'combine in this
opposition, the extreme gold advo
cates and the men who want to per
petuate the national bank system
and thereforel. regard with disfavor
any proposition looking to the estab
lishment of banks which might break
into,the monopoly which they have
enjoyed ever since the State banks
were arbitrarily legislated out of ex
istence. They have had a good thing
all to themselves and it is not a mat
ter of surprise that they should look
with aversion upon State banks
and desire aod work for the per
petuation of their own. j
In some respects the national bank
system is an excellent one, its chief
excellence bein, the provision made
for the security and redemption of
the notes they Issue, but they only
"partially serve the purpose of bank.
In the true sense they are pot banks,
but simply establishmentsrto receive
deposits and lend money to a limited
number of people. As banks for
the accommodation of the people
and to furnish the currency which
the people need in the amounts
needed, and on the security whiam
land owners could offer that is real
estate they utterly fail to meet the
requirements. As far as they go
they do very well, -but the field of
their operations is too circumscribed
to have the people dependent upon
them for their banking" facilities.
- But waiving any objection that
may be made t'o them the question
may be asked, how is this system to
be perpetuated? In its inception it
. was intended to be temporary, and
was devised for an especial purpose,
to encpurage the taking of U. S.
; bonds, corner-stoned on these bonds,
and intended to expire by limitation
when The bonds expired and were
called in. In 1907, we believe, the
-' last of the outstanding bonds mature,
' and will be called in and redeemed
unless the Government default in
payment. When called in what will
'! the national banks have to stand
upon? As they are redeemed the
national bank notes issued upon
. them as security must be called .in,
: too! When the bonds are all called
in the last ot the 3,806 national
banks in the country before the
present stringency closed some. of
them up, will have disappeared,
unless some new plan be devised to
keep them in existence, or unless the
policy be adopted of making the
. bonds perpetual, which means a per
petual national debt.
But will the people, stand the in
definite or perpetual issuing of bonds
and paying interest upon them simply
to let a certain number ot men issue-!
notes to lend at interest, while the
mass ol the people have to scramble
around and get the money they need
the best way they can, especially
when they are taxed to pay interest
on the bonds issued, not because the
Government was under the necessity
of issuing'them, but simply that the
national bankers might continue in
. the banking business in the old style?
If they could be persuaded that
national debt is a national blessing'
and that the national banks are the
appointed agents for the diffus'on of
that blessing they might acquiesce
and pay the interest tax willingly,
but it will require a very large amount
of very eloquent and convincing talk
ine to make them see it in that light
The only other plan hinted at or
suggested, looks to the continued
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VOL. XXIV.
purchase of silver, or to the unlim
ited coinage of silver, making the
silver bullion or the coined silver the
basis of security for the redemption
of the notes issued to the banks. The
silver bullion or silver coin would
here perform the function now per
formed by the Government bonds.
But this plan, whjle it would be more
acceptable to the. people than the
bond system, would not meet with
favpr from the money manipulators,
because they would receive no in
terest on the coin.or bullion deposited
as security, as. they now do on the
bonds purchased, and could count
only on the interest derived from
money loaned. This would mate
rially reduce 'the profits anfconse
quently the attractions presented in
the business. These arthe only
ways so far suggested for the per
petuation of the national banking
system, and there are verv serious
objections to botn.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
The coming extra session of Con
gress will be a warm one, and will in
all probability be along one. The
silver men are going to make a hard
fight for silver, which will make it
warm,' and the tariff question will
come up, which will make' it a long
one. m ' '
The extra session was' called to i
meet in August for the especial
purpose of dealing with the Sherman
bill, but it was simply anticipating
by a month or so the extra session
which it was generally believed
would be called anyway early in the
all, as early, perhaps, as September
and not later than October. Then
the reason urged for the" early call
ing was -to consider the tariff ques
tion, and to get to work as soon as
possible to give the people relief
from the onerous burdens imposed
by the McKinley tariff. For the
present this seems to have been lost
sight of, or been overshadowed by
the silver question.
The silver question is an important
one and it is imperatively necessary
that it should be settled in, some
way, but the tariff question is also an
important one, even more so than
silver to the people at large, and
there are special reasons why the
work of reform should be promptly
ehtered upon. That was the j great
issue in the campaign and - was the
issue on which j Mr. Cleveland was
nominated. It ; was rung on the
forum and in the press, and every
where the Republican campaigners
had to' meet it and defend it as best
they could. It j was discussed five
times as much as the silver question
was and that accounts for the revo-
ution which for the first time: in
thirty years put the Government
completely in the hands ot the Dem
ocratic party. -
The Democratic Convention at
Chicago in its; platform denounced
the Sherman bill as a "cowardly
makeshift," and pronounced in favor
of a conditional free coinage of sil
ver, but these were both regarded in
the canvass as subordinate to the
great, looming issue of tariff reform.
So much in earnest were the people
on that, that some papers urged Mr.
Cleveland to call anextra session of
Congress at once and begin the work
then, and there was some disappoint
ment because that was not done. Re
publican papers have been twitting
us with the tardiness shown in deal
ing with the McKinley bill, and are
endeavoring to create the impression
that the Democrats, now that the
responsibility of giving the country
a better tariff i than the McKinley
tariff devolves upon the Democratic
party, are not anxious to tackle the
task. ., . . .7 ..
j There are special reasons why this
work should riot so over to the
regular, session. ' Delay will give
color to the asset tions of Republican
editors and politicians that the
Democrats are not anxious to begin
it. The people: expect it and will
not be satisfied with dilatory- move
ment. 7- 7 i ! . . I ' '!
But there is another reason which
will and should have weight j among
those who look ahead and keep
their 'eyes on L the political field
There will be elections next r all in
about -eight States, some of them
very close States, and some of them
now Democratic for the first time
since I860. - In all of them tariff re
form was the issue ! in the last
election, and on that the Democrats
carried some of them if not all. If
Congress ignores that question in the
extra session how can it be an issue
in the coming elections, and if noth
ing be done with it what reason have
we to believe that the Democrats can
continue hold those that are .close ?
The voters who severed their connec
tion with the Republican- party and
acted with the Democratic party for
the first time may conclude that
party which can take tariff reform so
easy is not much interested in it, and
that they didn't gain much by their
change of base. It is oi vital Impor
tance that the coming Congress
should furnish the Democrats -of
those' States with assurances that
we were in honest earnest when
we made tariff reform the party slO'
gan and told the people that it would
come as soon as possible. Congress
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may not finish the work before these
all elections take place, but it can
do enough to convince" the-people
that it intends to carry out the party
pledges in good faith and as expedi
tiously as possible. Enough shotild
be none to at least show the people
fb'at is contemplated and what they
have to expect in the way of reform.
Whether the silver question, which
ay -be given precedence, be dis
posed of quickly or slowly, the next
thing in order will be the question of
tariff reform, to which the party is
dlemnly committed and upon which
ere is a unanimity of sentiment
among Democrats, i
MINOR MENTION.
Human nature is human nature the
world over, and human nature has a
good deal' of selfishness . in it wher
ever you find it The average man
oe-ks put for himself, both in his 'in
dividual and collective capacity. The
Cpmese exclusion j act has been
roundly denounced in this country
and characterized by such eminent
statesmen as Senator Sherman as 'a
disgrace to our civilization," and yet
we find France passing substantially
he same kind of a law, not to pro
tect her workmen from the Chinese,
who do not seek that country, but
against immigrants from other Euro
pean countries who : seek homes in
ranee. The Chinese exclusion act
prohibits the immigration of Chinese,
and to prevent fraud requires every
Chinaman in this country to register
have his picture taken for the
purpose of identification. The French
aw requires every alien settling in
France, and those now there, to take
out a permit from the city or town
where they settle! or reside, re
quires them to register and provides
for their' expulsion J if they fail to
comply with the law within thirty
das, and also for the punishment of
evtry person who employs, an unreg-
stfered alien. The reasons for this
ari that there has been a consider
able immigration in late years to
rknee from Germany, Belgium, Italy
and other countries, numbering now
it s said about 900,00. They come
intjo competition with native labor
and send out of the country annually
$3p,000,000 of their j earnings, while
thpy are exempt trom proscription in
the army. 7
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The public road question is receiv
ing more attention in the United
States now than perhaps at any other
period, and there seems more of a
disposition to recognize its impor
tance and to do something to make
thfe highways serve the purpose for
which they were intended. The last
Legislature of 'New -York, spurred
up1 to it by Governor Flower, passed
anj act Authorizing the employment
of; 300 convicts for a limited period,
appropriating j money for the
purchase of tools, support of con
victs, &c, the idea being to keep an
account of the work done, the actual
cost, and thus arrive at the practica
bility of employing them as a regular
thing on road-making. This act was
supplemented with another giving a
rebate of one half the amount of
road taxes to all j persons owning
wagons who substituted wide tires
for narrow tires. In New Jersey
there has also been considerable dis
cussion of the question. There is
one county. Essex, in that State
which takes the subject up in a
practical: way. It jhas established a
system of roads radiating from its
principal town, Newark, and has
already built thirty-eight miles of
roads, paved with Telford pave
ment, from 80 to 100 feet wide, at a
cost of $1,700,000 for which it bas
issued county bonds. - If
counties in that and other
other
States
would approach the subject in this
business-like, practical way that
problem would soon be solved.
AiKansas farmer has gotten up a
sub-treasury of his own. It's solid,
top.4; tie owns a xou-acre iarm, un
derlaid with a salt vein 260 feet
thick, which he figures worth in
- ! t -t n r . r
rcjund figures $3,000,000. He doesn't
propose to work it just now, buthas
issued $50,000 non-interest bearing
bonds, of $5 each, secured by the
salt. He has managed to put some
of these on the market, and found
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purchasers for them. As they do
not bear interest they .do not come
under the denomination of money in
the eyes of the4aw, but they circu
late in. the neighborhood as money
because they are secured by $3,000,
000 worth of salt, which will keep.
j Some of the patrons of Tillman's
dispensary in South Carolina, charge
it with gouging. Some of the quart
flasks dispensed are a gill or so lack
iiig, and that means if all the quart
flasks are constructed on that gauge,
4 pretty big gouge. i -
Dr. Warner Holt, ot Missouri
Mrho was bounced by Commissioner
Raum for saying that pensions were
allowed for baldness, has been rein
stated since the bald-headed pen
sioner has been found.
Gov. Waite, of Colorado, who talks
about blood bridle deep, should wait
until he cools off and then be might
compromise on knee deep or some
thing thereabouts. ,
-WILMINGTON, N. C,
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
EnootiragiDE Reports Two Leading Pa
pers Tftko Hopefol View of the Situa
tion. The New York Times of the 14th
says, editorially:
'We have seen the last,: we hope, of
excessively tight money. The rates are
already easier and they are going to be
easier yet. Whatever speculative move
ments may be reported, from the street
during the coming- weeks will not be
based upon tight money. The easing up
of the rates will give very great and
much-needed relief to manufacturers,
merchants and business men." v
And this is supplemented as follows in
the financial department of the same
paper: ' 7-: I,:
Money was distinctly easier, particu
larly in the afternoon, when it was
quoted as being abundant at 3 to 5 per
cent. The highest rate during the day
was 8 per cent. Currency is cominy in
from the country with considerable free-I
aora, and unless speculation should be
come wild money is likely to be easy for
some time to come. I Some gold was re
ceived from Cuba, and there were ru
mors oi orders for round amounts being
placed in London. The Clearing House
neither issued nor cancelled any loan
certificates to-day, but it is likely that
the process of retiring those' outstanding
win oe begun in tne near luture. ine
buying of odd lots, which was noted yes
terday as indicative of the return of in
vestors to the market, continued to-day
even to a greater extent. ; . '
The World of the 14th, in its money
article, takes this view of the situation :
The events of the day went far towards
confirming the statements made by the
World early in the week that the fi
nancial situation was then on the mend.
The monetary situation for some time
has been responsible for the almost un
exampled depression in financial and
commercial circles: borrowers having
been unable to obtain the . accommoda
tions necessary to carry on legitimate
operations even by paying "fancy" rates.
bolar as Wall street is concerned it prac
tically shut down on new business en
gagements weeks ago, except where they
happened to be on an actual cash basis.
Now, however, financial institutions here
and elsewhere, as well as individual
capitalists, are letting loose the money
locked up during the recent scare and
the effect was seen to-day in a decidedly
easier market for call loans.
I The change in the direction of ease
arises from the restoration of money to
the channels ot active circulation by
banks in near-by cities in addition to the
offreings by local institutions. The
chances are that if there are no new sur
prises of a depressing nature time money
will soon be onered more freely, and when
this occurs Wall street, as well as up
town concerns, will feel more like branch
ing out. ;j -
Don't Touch the Wires. ; !
The public cannot be too often warned
of the danger of handling any sort of a
wire in a community where the use of
electric lights and motors make it pos
sible that any wire may be accidentally
charged with a death-dealing current.
t was only a disarranged telephone wire
that Mr. Mullorphy. a Newark, N. J
man found hanging down before a door
which he desired to enter. He took
hold. of it to put it out of his way and
was instantly in a death agony, with
electric flames play trig about his hands.
The inquest found that the telephone
wire had been blown by a storm against
an electric light wire a long distance
away from the scene of the accident.
Official Announcement Made by General
Gordon. Commanding the United Con
federate Veterans. " j ,
ine confederate veterans reunion
which was to have been held at Bir
mingham. Ala., July 19th and 20th, and
Gen. Underwood's excursion to North
ern prisons, the World's fair and unveil
ing at Chicago, have all been postponed
until Friday and Saturday, September
15th and 16th, 1893, This postponement
makes no change in arrangements or dis
positions already made, arid all delegates
appointed and everything done will re
main in force for September 15th and
16th. . i .
Committee Appointed. 1
Mr. -Wm. Calder, chairman of the
meeting of creditors of the Bank of New
(lanover, held recently in the City Hall,
has in pursuance of a resolution adopted
at that meeting appointed as a commit
tee to aid the receiver of the bank
Messrs. Martin S. Willard, Roger Moore
David G. Worth, B. Solomon, G. J,
Boney, Thos. D. Meares and Geo. R,
French. ;
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IN THE MOUNTAINS.
The Brooklyn -Baptist Excursion to Mount
: Airy.
The excursion left Wilmington at 9.3ft
a. m. Wednesday, witn about zuu per
sons, and recruited at the various sta
tions to about 250, all told. They had af
beautiful day and all went well until they!
arrived about 9 clock p. m. at the land
slide in the McKinney high cut on,; the
C. F. & Y. V. railroad, about three miles
from Mount Airy. Here: they were me
by carriages, hacks, buggies, wagons,
&c, which the railroad officials had se
cured to meet the emergency. The
women and children were thus trans
ported from the cut to Mount Airy!,
while a ! maiority of the men had to
walk, as a sufficient number of convey
ances could not bp secured to move both
sexes. ' - I
The railroad officials, as well as the
Mt. Airy people, did all jthey could to
accommodate the excursionists.
The caravan arrived at Mt. Airy about
12.30 p. m. and found comfortable quar
ters at the hotels,! boarding houses and
in private families. Next morning the
excursionists were up jearly securing
teams to drive out sight-seeing. They
scattered around to the various places of
interest. Some to the springs, the flat
rock, the cotton ' and tobacco factories
and mountain resorts. Many crossing
the line and going over into Virginia on
the mountain peaks. . j , - . ' . l
Quite a number went up the moun
tain, along the "Fancy i Gap" road to
"Mttchel's Hotel" and the "Devil's Den;.'
Friday evening at 6 o'clock, without
tne report ot a single accident or any
kind, all were seated on the cars and
moved off for Wilmington.
Everybody was in good humor, spea
ing words of praise oi their "up-count:
cousins. -. l-i ! . - ".
There was one interment
Oakdale Cemetery the past week, and
two interments in Bellevue.
FRIDAY, JULT 21, 1893.
TILLMAN'S TIPPLE. 7
How the Old Thine "WoTks TJsht Bala.
of . Apple-Jack " m the Towns But
the Blind Tiger Lashes his Tail in
Charleston. - I -. - . .
Columbia. S C, July 13. A mem
ber of the, .Legislature says that the
General Assembly will be called together
this !year on November 1, one month
earlier than usual, giving the lawmakers
two months instead ot one. ' The sur
face reason for this is the completion of
the codification of the laws, but it is also
presumed that the Governor intends to
have the Legislature on hand reau tn
act) on the decision of the Supreme
Court, which meets November 1. as to
the constitutionality of the dispensary
law, ana aiso to arrange to pay the big
deficit which it is thought will be made
by the dispensary. - , 1
ine first ten days operation of the
State liquor dispensary law cannot be
regarded as flattering from a business
point ot view. At ; jJrangebure the bie-
gest day's sales at the State bar-room
was last Saturday, when nor quite $70
were taken in at the dispensary. The
average for ihe week, was $40. Before
the law went into effect there were six
bas's'in Orangeburg, whose combined re
ceipts averaged $130 a day."" 'Some per
sons refuse to Buy "at the State dispen
sary on principle. Others are attracted
to it by curiosity. ! One criticism fre
quently heard lis that, the poor will
be compelled to buy at the dispensary
and pay the tax, while the rich will order
from outside the State and escape taxa
tion so tar as their liquors are concerned.
The dispensary closes at 7 o'clock in the
evening. .!
At Aiken the State barroom began
business July 1 ;with $800 worth of rye
whiskey, gin and beer, put up in one and
two-gallon kegs; quart, pint and half-
pint bottles. The sales so far have aver
aged $25.20 per day. The city has been
very quiet under the new order of things.
At tsrancnvuie there has been as vet
little attention given to the dispensary,
most people having a supply of liquor
on hand. The bars are closed and no
liquor is being sold surreptitiously.
There is considerable indifference among
the people generally about the new State
enterprise.
At Camden the sales are very small,
many persons refusing to buy from the
dispensary on principle.
CHARLESTON, j a. C, uly 13. This
ity is still waiting for the promised en
forcement of the ;State dispensary law.
The dispensary law has been in oper
ation now nearly two weeks, and while
i tew bar-rooms have been closed, most
of the 200 are still open. Some of them
display signs with . lists of soft drinks,
Ubut the old stuff an be had wherever the
password is given. '
The city is filled with Governor Till
man s secret detectives, but most of
them are known, and they have not yet
made a move. No information has been
odged as yet for violation of the law, al
though it is violated daily. .4
Another complication has arisen as to
ihe supply of alcohol for the druggists.
One of the largest manufacturing drug
fconcerns in the city wrote to the State
dispenser for a . barrel of alcohol, and
was told in reply that as Charleston re
pudiated a dispensary no alcohol could
be sold to the druggists.
These will probably order their alcohol
from the North j as usual and have it
shipped, depending on the railroads to
idehver it. ; 7i
THE BANK OF NEW HANOVER.
i Judge Whi taker's Eecent Decision in
the
Matter if Kecelyers. -The
Raleigh News and Observer says
In the Bank cases in Wake Superior
Court Judge Whitaker decided that the
State Treasurer had exclasive jurisdic
tion to appoint Ireceivers tor insolvent
banks, that the Wadesboro Bank was
simply an agenCy and part of the New
Hanover bank. I He appointed as Re
ceiver of the liank of New Hanover
Junius Davis, Esq., to take charge of
and collect the assets of the New
Hanver Bank except the assets of that
part of the New Hanover Bank which is
located at Wadesboro, and be appointed
as Keceiver ot the part of the bank
located at Wadesboro, Mr. Leak, the
former president of that bank. These
are the same gentlemen who were ap
pointed Receivers by Judge Connor.
The argument by counsel on both sides
was very able and interesting,
The decision of judge Whitaker,
which confirms the appointment of Mr,
Davis as Keceiver gives general satistac
tion and only emphasizes the confidence
which the public reposes in him as a
lawyer of great ability and a gentleman
of the highest character.
National Bank Statements
The Comptroller of the Currency has
called for a statement of the condition
of the National banks. It isstated that
the basks have been expecting this call
for some time and have been getting
their affairs into! as good condition ! as
possible in anticipation of it. lit is pro
bable, therefore, the showing! made by
their reports willi be favorable; and will
go far toward restoring confidence. .! It
is expected the reports will show a very
large shrinkage
in deposits, but they
will also show
that business has been
generally carried
on in a safe, j conserva
tive way calculated to reassure the timid
and lead to a return to the banks of
much of the money that has been drawn
out of themr ! I
The statement of the' Atlantic Na
tional Bank appears in the Star to-day,
Dr. Nash Canvassing. - ! j .
The Raleigh N. O. C, says: "Rev.
L. L. Nash, D. PJ, pastor of i the Fifth
Street M. E. Church, South, of Wil
mington, N. C, and editor ot the At
lantic Methodist was in the city yester
day on his way ! from Durham District
Conference, at Roxboro, to the District
Conference of the Warrenton district at
Littleton. Dr. j Nash is canvassing in
the interest of his church. He is sue
ceeding finely in adjusting and paying
the enormous debt with which that
church is burdened, and he is hopeful
that he will be able to get the debt in
manageable shape by the session of the
conference which will meet there on the
6th day of next December. He has sue
ceeded in bonding the largest debt owed
by the church for ten years at four per
cent., and will no doubt arrange the re
malnder satisfactorily at an early day.
Schooner! Eva A. Danenhower
cleared yesterday for Barbadoes, with
207,124 feet lumber, 05.900 shingles and
100 bags rice, valued at $3,881. Vessel
by Geo. Harrissi Son & Co.; cargo by E,
Kidder's Son.1
- The C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Co,
will sell round trip tickets to High
Point for the annual meeting Society
of Friends. Tickets on sale August 5th
to 9th. The rate from Wilmington wil!
be $8.20.
BORNEMANN.
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Particulars of the Drowning Accident Near
"Charleston, 8. C. j "
Mr. - Jno. C Bornemann, . who was
drowned with two others last Monday
off Charleston, bar (as reported in the
Star's telegrams) was formerly aj resi
dent of Wilmington, brother of Messrs.
H. and G. W. Bornemann, and about
45 years f age. He was for some years
a member of the police force of this city;
was twice married, his second wife sur
viving him, with fdHir children, three of
whom by his first wife are living in! Wil
tn Wilmington with relatives. ' 7
The Charleston News and Courier
gives' the following account of the ac
cident : ' .- h- 7-1 . 7:1 '.
George Rahde, a Norwegian sailor.
has been liviug with his wife and child at
82 Wentworth street. He was formerly
mate on the Rattlesnake Shoals light
ship, but some time ago he left that po
sition, and has since been -fishing for a"
living. Qn Monday morning be started
out as usual to try his luck. He went
in a small clinker built vawl called the
Etta with a leg of mutton sail, and j with
him were John Bornemann. a German
sailor, and a West Indian negro, whose
first name was Harry. ; i : j,
l he fleet of fishing boats,- commonlv
called the "mosquito fleet," was just
crossing the bar when the squall came
up. Most ot tne fishermen lowered
away their sails and took down ; their
masts to offer as little resistance as! oos-
sible to the terrific gusts, of wind, j The
last seen of Rahde and his crew was
when the fleet was first struck by the
squall. He was then crossing the bar
along with the rest. . j j
Some fishermen who went out yester
day picked up in Swash Channel the sail
which bad been used on Rahde's boat.
and it is almost sure that the boat j went
down with all on board. I
'You see," said one of the fishermen
yesterday, "George's boat was loaded
down with ballast. They had a whole
pile of rocks in her bottom, and when
he neglected to lower the mast the! wind
blew her around and a big wave struck
her, and she went to the bottom like a
shot. That's the whole story."
Neither of the three bodies has been
recovered
BANK OF NEW HANOVEft
-Judge Whitaker Confirms the Appoint
ment of Junius . Davis, Esq.., as Re
ceiver of the Bank at Wilmington and
Mr. J. A. Leak at Wadesboro.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, July 13. Yesterday
afternoon on conclusion of argument in
the case of the State Treasurer vs. the
Bank of New Hanover; fudge Whitaker
took charge of the papers and left for his
home three miles south ot the city.
This morning at 10 o'clock he notified
your correspondent that he had con
firmed the appointment of Junius Davis,
Esq., and Mr. Leak; the former as re
ceiver for the Bank of New Hanover and
the latter for the Bank of Wadesboro.
t is understood that the action of Judge
Connor is fully sustained. No formal
opinion has thus far been written put,
PORTNER'S KEG OF BEER.
A Keg of Beer That May Have a History
And It May Worry Tillman j More
Than a Keg of Powder Exploded in
the State House. j
The long expected and much talked
about shipment of beer from the. depot
of the Portner Brewing Company in
Charlotte, to the company's agent, Mr.
Otto Banck, in this city, has arrived.
says the Charleston N. and C. The
f -i
shipment was made purely for the pur-;
pose of testing the right of the State to.
prohibit the roads from carrying liquor
to parties in South Carolina lrom points
in adjoining States, and it consists of
one keg of beer. The froth-capped
beverage was brought to the city by the
South Carolina railway, that company
having received it from the Richmond
& Danville road.
The beer was delivered to Agent
Banck in Meeting street, accompanied
by an announcement from the railroad
to the effect that the package was sub-
lect to confiscation and the receiver
ject to a fine and imprisonment. Agent
Banck. however, smilingly received the
Jovial and refreshing looking cask, and
had it placed on ice tor future reference,
There it remained throughout the day
yesterday unmolested by the green-eyed
minions ot the btate bar room. Every
body wanted to know what is going to
be done about it? j The company are de
liberately snapping their fingers in the
face of Governor Tillman and the dis
pensary law. So far from attempting to
do business in an underhand manner,
especial pains have been taken to inform
the authorities ot what was being; done,
Governor Tillman j and his spies could
not remain in ignorance of the ship
ment if they wanted to,
The brewing company is determined.
to exercise its right to ship and sell beer
in this State, and if interfered with pro
poses to fight for it to the bitter end.
The fact is the sooner the fighting begins
the better Mr. Portner will be pleased
The Portner Brewing Company has a
beer barrel on its j shoulders as it were,
and is daring Governor Tillman to knock
it off. If his Excellency, picks up the
gauntlet by levying on the keg, there is
going to be one i of the liveliest legal
scraps ahead of him that the State has
ever seen. The brewery is in the war
for the campaign and means to give the
authorities all the fighting they want.
.Should Governor Tillman persist in
declining to take cognizance of this ship
ment it will be probably followed up by
others, until he is either forced to take
the matter up or to allow the company
to do business throughout the btate.
North Carolina Bailroad,
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the North Carolina Railroad was held
yesterday at Greensboro. j
Directors tor tne ensuing year were
chosen as follows: By the Governor
W. F. Kornegay. F. L. Reid, J. J.Young,
F. S. SpruilL Chas. W, Johnston, of
Orange; Lee S. Overman, of Rowan;
Jno. P. Allison, of Concord; W. C. Max
well, of Charlotte; V. E. Turner, State's
proxy. By individual stockholders
Ex-Gov. Thos. M. Holt, Graham; Gen.
R. F. Hoke, WakerH. W. Fries, Forsyth;
Jno. L. Morehead, Mecklenburg.! -
Finance Committee Hugh MacRae,
Wilmington; W. E. Holt, Alamance;
Benehan Cameron, Hulsboro,
A Fatal Flash.
At Mr. J. C. Frink's farm, near
Calabash, in Brunswick county, last
Monday, Leo Frink, a colored farm
band, and a horse belonging to Mr.
Frink were instantly killed by a flash of
lightning. Botn 'man and horse were
standing under an oak tree at the time.
THE LATE JNO. C
NO. 136
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Internal Bevenue iBegnlation Concerning
Distillation of Frnfi Brandies A Gain in
Gold ' Beceipts Silver- Purchases The
Trouble in Biam." J! j ' . .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.,
Washington, July !' 14.--The official
news of the trouble between the French
and the Siamese received ! at the State
Department was contained in a private
cablegram from Acting Consul-General
Boyd, at Bangkok, stating that after an
hour's engagement the French vessels
had passed the forts below Bangkok. It
is not the present intention'' of the De
partment to specially dispatch an Ameri
can war vessel to the scene of wan in
view of the fact that American interests
in Siam are insignificant, being confined
to a small trade in teak wood. Never
theless, it is apprehended that if the. war
assumes formidable ; proportions the
Siamese may make it very unpleasant for
toreign residents, including the few
Americans there, as hostilities are apt to
be characterized on one side by the sum
mary proceedings known i to semi-bar
barous nations. If such a state ot affairs
obtains, however, the United States will
not be without a vessel in Simese waters.
as the U. S. steamship Concord, now on
ner way to China, will be. in that neigh
borhood in thecourse of twd months.
The Internal Revenue Department has
issued a new circular to collectors rela
tive to collection of the tax oa fruit
brandies. It is intended to admonish
collectors against too frequent and un
necessary visitation of such distilleries,
habit that has grown until the fees
have become out ot proportion to the
taxes collected. The new regulations
suggest that visits should be! from two
to four in number each month during
he period of actual operations; each
successive visit by different officers, and
that the employment of special officers
shall close at the close of active opera
tions in each disttict and irt all cases.
unless specially authorized,! not later
than December first. i
There has been a daily gain in gold
receipts this week, to-day's increase be
ing $285,228, which brings the total up
to $98,378,369. ; ! i
The acting director of the mint to
day purchased some silver, but for good
and sufficient business reasons declined
to give out either the amount bought or
the price paid until to-morrow.
NO TRUTH IN THE STORY
That Cholera, Had Broken Out in North
ampton County, N. C.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Stai.
Washington, July 14. Specials pub
lished in New York alleging the exist
ence of a disease in Northampton
county, N. C, resembling cholera, were
to-day brought to the attention of Sur
geon General Wyman, of !the U. S.
Marine Hospital Service,! with ah in
quiry as to whether any; advices had
been received on the matter. He re
plied that official returns of the State
health officers to the Marine Hospital
service made no mention ot any such
extraordinary outbreak, and they would
assuredly have reported it if it existed.
He, however, directed inquiries to be
made in North Carolina, and this after
noon he received a dispatch from the
State Bourd ot Health of North Caro
lina, stating officially that there was no
truth in the story that
broken out in that State.
cholera had
FIRE AT RICHMOND, VA,
A -Four-Story Building Burned A Specta
tor Injured by an Electric Wire.
By Telegraph to the Morning Stai.
Richmond, Va July 141 Fire to
night about 9.30 completely gutted the
large four-story building, No, 1016 East
Main street. It was occupied by Left-
wich Bros., art dealers, i and R. W.
Harwood, ticket broker. - For some
unaccountable reason the fire depart
ment were dilatory, and the" flames had
gained considerable headway before the
department reached j the scene. 1 be
Times newspaper bunding being in
juxtaposition, its large private hose was
turned on the flames, which rendered
valuable service in preventing the spread
ot the flames. During the fire an electric
wire broke and one end of it fell upon
Ernest Lucy, who was watching the
flames. He was unconscious for an
hour, but physicians think he may
recover. j 1
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An Avowed Third Party Man Elected
President of the Farmers' Alliance of
Greenville. ' J
' Bv Telegraph to the Homing Star. -
:
Greenville, J uly 14. At a meeting
of the Greenville County Alliance to
day, Hugh M. Barton, an avowed Third
party man, was elected President; de
feating M. Li Donaldson, President of
the State Alliance. Donaldson was one
of the men.black-list.ed by Gov. Tillman
because he supported Cleveland at the
Chicago Convention.! This is an impor
tant Alliance county,! and" to-day's result
is a decided triumph for the Populist
and Tillman element of the Alliance and
the defeat of the more conservative lac
tion.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Drowning of Hunter L. Harris, Assistant
7 State Geologist.
Raleigh, N. C, Tuly 14.4-Hunter L.
Harris,1 Assistant State Geologist, j was
drowned while bathing Thursday even
ing, near Little River Academy, Cum
berland county. He got into an eddy of
the-river and . could not swim, btate
Geologist Holmes went to his aid with a
log which reached Harris and supported
him. Holmes landing that be could not
move the log, swam to the shore for
plank, but before he could return Harris
lost his bold on the log and disappeared
He was 28 years old, and a man ot cul
ture and -ability.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Director Appointed by Gov. Carr Sup
posed to FaTor Surrender ; of the Tax Ex
emption, i 'i
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
. Raleigh, N. C, July 15.-1 A contro
versy between Cov. Carr and the old
State members of the Board of Diree
tors of the North Carolina Railroad over
the question of taxing the property of
the corporation, has ended by the Gov--ernor
appointing an entirely! new repre
sentation on the part of the! State, with
one exception. The road has a charter
exempting it from taxation and' Gov.
Carr insisted that the charter exempt
iion be surrendered, as had been done'
in the case of the Wilmington and Wei
don road; but the directors declined to
adopt this suggestion, and, when their
terms expired, the Governor appointed
new men. It is supposed that they agree
with the Governor s view upon the sub
ject of taxation, and that they will vote
to surrender the charter exemption
placing the road upon the same level as
other like property in tne btate.
- Raleigh News and,. Observer
Farmers' Institutes will be held this year
throughout the State. These institutes
will be held under the direction ofj John
Robinson, Commissioner of Agriculture,
to be assisted by professors of the! Agri
cultural and ji Mechanical College and
Others interested tn agriculture! 'Ar
rangements are now being perfected to
begin the work as early as possible1 '
- Smithfleld . Herald: . j David
Lockhart, an bid colored man, who lives
near Smithfield and who is well ! known
to many ' of our; citizens, was bqm Tin
1801 and is perhaps the oldest man' in
the county, being now in his ninety
third year. Daye was a slave and was
brought to this county from Perqu mans
m 1843 by Mr.! Thomas Lockhart. The
old man is still able to do some work
and comes to town quite oltenr i
Ashevillej ji Cttizen: New is
brought here! by Gen. E. R. Hantpton,
of Sylva. of a homicide that occurred
yesterday on Savannah creek, abOiit five
miles from Webster, in Jackson cojunty.
Particulars ares meagre, . but it j seems
that two men; named Morgan and Estes,
became involved in an altercation, phen
Morgan drew I his knife and stabbed
Estes. One jif j the knife thrusti was
made with so 'much force as to break
one of Estes' ribs and completely fever
his lungs. Estes died in a shorty vthile.
Maxton; Union and Scottish Chief:
The scorching I Summer heat whicjh we
have had for the Ipast week has cabsed
cotton to turnj green, but as yet has
added but Jittle:to its growth. The pros
pect for a cotton! crop in this section is
certainly very poor. Old Aunt $allie
McCallum died jlast week. She Was a
slave in ante-bellum days of Mr. Archi
bald McCallumiand Mr. A. j. McNiir.a
grandson of MH McCallum, inforrris us
that according tb the best information
old Aunt Sallie was 102 years old.!
- Fiyettevilpe; Observer : Apirty
of "colored boys were bathing inrthe
Cape Fear river Son Sunday last, j when
one, Charles Evahs, aged 12 . years, got
beyond his depth and wasMrowned. The
body was soon j after recovered, j t
We are informed: that a mysterious black
man who was lately in the neighborhood
of Hope Mills,! has disappeared. When,
last seen he went into the woods pear
the village. Parties who followed him
after some delay, found a rusty tin cof
fee Ipot in a freshly dug hole in the
ground.! TJie min had gone, but t$ere
was the freshly dug hole and the cdffee
pot, and the discoverers belive it con
tained treasure! which the mysterious
man appropriated. Some who saw jhim
aver that he was not black, but blacked.
Charlotte . Observer : A good
many farmers were in the city yesterday
and all complained of needing rain. No
rain of any consequence! has fallen for
nearly three weeks, and the crops I are
badly in need! !ot i a shower. - The
farmers say jthat the cotton lice Have
about all gone but that a small red hug
is playing havoc with the stalk. 1 pne
iarmer said that row after row of cotton
in one of his fields was droopping uijder
the attacks of this bug. It inserts
itself in the stalk and plows its way up
and down, rendering the stalk so frail
that the least breeze will snap the plant
in two, This; bug has not been seen for
a long ! While,! sSpme older farmersjsay
they can remember just such an insect
years ago and that it played havoc
with
the cotton plants.
; Henderson, . Gold Leaf.
Sol"
Bracy died at his home in Northampton
county lone day last week, leaving j be- ,
hind him a i fortune, in cold cashj of
$8,000, which he had hoarded up during
his j lifetime, f i Mr. Bracy was a hard
worker, and from; all appearances was a
very poor man, though rumor whispered
that he had rnoney. There wajs a
severe hail and !i wind storm in the
section i of Vance county around jQill
burg, about 12 o'clock last Saturday, Jthe
8th i in st. Thel storm only covered a
small area, but Ipfoved very destructive.
beveral small houses were blown down,
trees were twisted off and uprooted, and
truit, cotton, corn and tobacco consider
ably injured, t We understand that some
of the tobacco was broken off . at the
ground and completely ruined. 1 I
Statesville Landmark: ColJ W.
H. Forsyth, of Atlanta, Ga., an agent of
the secret service of the United States,
arrived here last Sunday and on Mon
day, accompanied by Mr. E. M. Goolsby,
of Marshal Allison's office, went down
into Davidson ktownship, near Doolie
postoffice, and arrested Lovick W. Mayes
on a charge. Of counterfeiting. Mayes
was brought to Statesville and Tuesday
was given a 1 hearing in the Federal
Court room before United States Com
missioner. Hi C Cowles. Af tt -hearing
the- testimony i Commissioner Cowles.
.held Mayes in a bond of $2,000 for hip -
appearance at, the uctooef term ot he
federal Court. ! He tailed- to. give bond -
and was put in jail. Mayes is a man of
some property and has heretofore borne
the reputation of a good citizen among
his neighbors. ; 1
Weldon Nezus : Two convicts,
a white and a colored man, esdaped from
the guards at the farm on the river near
here last week, and boldly dashed
through the) swamps for that Sweet
liberty which they forfeited when con
victed ot their transgressions, i ne dogs
and guards were soon in pursuit, how
ever, and it was only a short-while before
the fugitives were returned to the stock
ade. - We learn that the storm Sun
day was particularly severe in the Gaston
neighborhood and that many farms in
that section were damaged by wind and .
hail. The residence fit Mr.T.H, Christie
was ' lifted from the foundation and
turned partly around. The crops of J.
R. Shaw! and; others were greatly in
jured. There was no hail at this place.
The State farms near here were not in- .
jured... ! jH-' -- -' .- f I !:
Winston Sentinel: ' Mrs. Robert
Dilworth, aged about 45 years, commit- -ted
suicide north of Winston a few days
ago ! by j taking! a general mixture of
poison rough7on , rats, arsenic and
ground glass. I Mrs. Dilworth had been
in bad health for some time and in; con-'i
sequence became1 despondent. Shii was-
rational when Dr. Dalton called, tof see
her.! She told her own story .about the -act.!
She said that she had vthe poison
prepared but j Waited .untilf .herj hus
band and I j children ,. returned I to
their farm wotk m the afternoon be- -fore
she took it; f Thfarough on rats she
thought was strichnine. By mixing the
latter with the arsenic and ground glass
she thought!! j would . produce instant
death, but in this she was mistaken.! In
stead of sudden death she was thrown
into intense misery. She sent for! her
husband to come to the house. She told
him what she had done. Mr. Dilworth
immediately sent after Dr. Dalton who
arrived about 5 p. m.. but was unable to
do anything for the patient. After suf
fering intensely until 10 o'clock, Mrs.
Dilworth breathed her last. j .
Charlotte News : Policeman
Hunter pulled in another burglar sus
pect to-day. P The name he gave is ,Sam
Williams, of Winston. The negro! has
been hanging around town several days,
and his suspicious manner generally is
what attracted the policemen to him, .
they having had him spotted lor several
days. He now peeps from behind the
5ars The Wadsworth & Pegram
farm, or the old Jones place, shows what
progressive farming can do. Four years
ago it was one ! of the roughest looking
places about Charlotte, and now presents
the picture of the ideal farm. Jt com
prises 500 acres and all the cultivated
land is pulverized and growing fine
crops of corn and cotton. The barns are
much larger than the farm houses. The
driveway through the farm is lined with
young apple trees, now bearing fruit for
the first time; Corn, wheat and grasses
are the principal crops raised, but Mr.
Wadsworth is this year experimenting in
cotton and has 200 acres of the Egyptian
mrii. knee hioh and in a fine state 01
riilttxratirm. !
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