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FUBUSHSD AT- WILMINGTON. N. C, $1 .00 A Y EAR. IN ADVANCE. S8S8SSSSS8SS8S883 8SSg8S82SS38Sg 8888888888888888 SS8?28BSSSSS 88888888888888888 SSglSSSSSSESSSSgSSS 83888888888888888 82888888282888888 qioow I 8888888888888888 o ie e c to t oo ' 8288S882888888883 88888888888888888 a a 2 W u Ok V3 S ' ' i'" ' Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C.,- as Second Class Matter.1 4 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. j The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows : - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid.......,........$l 00 " , " 6 months " " 60 " " 3 months'" " 80 VERY IMPORTANT. During the past two months bills have been mailed to about sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. The aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the aggregate amount thus far paid is comparatively small. i It Ts hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due us at once. ' It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as lor the proprietor of the paper to eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate him. We thank those of our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal will not be lost on those who have not paid. LACK OF CONFIDENCE. The phrase "lack of confidence"! which we hear used so often now to account for present monetary j trou bles so loosely used that it is not easy all the time to tell exactly what they who use it mean by it. If it be intended to mean that it is lack of confidence in the ability of the Gov ernment to meet its obligations, and this undoubtedly is the sense in which it is used by many, it is not strictlyjyue; for there is not one man in a hundred m this country who has not implicit faith in the ability of the Government io meet all of its obli gations As a proof of this in all the financial disturbance which we have: witnessed since the present troubles began there. is not one dollar of our money, whether in paper or coin, or one dollar of a Government bond which is not worth as much now as it was before the financial strin gency began. Small bills are jvorth more for the scarcity of these has put a premium on them. f f The demand for poney has forced some bond holders to part with their bjonds at a lower j price than they would have dons j if they had ' not been pressed for money, but: these bonds-were readily bought by na tional banks, which issued additional notes upon them, showing that these national banks have abiding' confi dence in the Government's ability to redeem i i It js not alleged that there is any lack of confidence among the masses of the people, for it is a matter of fact that in all the runs on the banks and withdrawals of deposits the de posits were paid mainly in paper, which the1 drawers put in places of de posit which they considered safer than the banks, thus showing that it was not lack of confidence in thej money or in the uovern- ment's ability to . redeem" it, but1 lack of confidence in the- banks. If the people had not full confidence in this money they would be found investing I it in various ways, when' the opportu nitiesfor investment were so! many, or they would have preferred coin, which in many cases was refused, and depositors let their money remain in the banks rather than take it m silver co'mr although that silver coin was a legal tender and as good for al practical purposes as any othei money. They pieferred the paper money, j a -mere promissory note, be cause it was more convenient to handle and more easily secreted. ' There is not a dollar of American money j to-day which will not pass current at its full face value, any where in the country, and a dollar will to-day buy more wheat than it would any time within twenty-five years. This does not show any de preciation of or lack, of confidence in the dollar, although the Government has but a little over a hundred mil lions of gold in sight, (and that only recently), as a fund to redeem its' more than thousand millions of paper. I . Was it lack of confidence i among the capitalists, the money kings and the money lenders ? ; If so how was it that they used their utmost en deavors to induce the Secretary of the Treasury to issue more bonds to " buy gold when the gold snpply was running short and approach was be ing made to the gold reserve ? Does it indicate lack of confidence when the effort is made to induce the Gov ernment to increase its debt, and the very men who are supposed to feel the lack of confidence are not only . v, 'r?I7MMiSK5:Mir: - ' ' ': '..:-.'.-. ""T;. y I sraiTSURPENTINE. ! I 1 1 I I . .11 I 1 ' IB L " - 1 ; il W , M --It v.-. - 1 I 1 - 11 - W, II i - : . . I IT Fl 1 - - ; ' A 1 - ' . . - 1 ' - ;! . .,. - : 5 . i . ' - 1 i . VOL. XXIV. willing but anxious to buy these evi dences of additional indebtedness ? They certainly have confidence in thej ability of the Government to meet its present obligations and also to redeem the new bonds which they wanted issued, or , they would not 'have been anxious to have them issued or to buy them when issued. t is not lack of confidence in the Government, either among the men of wealth or among the producers or the wage earners. I Certain combinations of the money i . . . .... . power j simpiy , piannea to create a scare tp carry but purposes ot their owii,, .Fart of their programme was to con tract the currency, withdraw gold and force the Government to issue bonds, but they failed in their aim, although they did create a scare, a bigger one than they counted on, and precipitated the disasters that have since tawen upon the country, tor which they, more than the Sherman. act or any other one cause are res ponsible. The people, the great mass of patriotic people have confidence in their Government, as much to-day as they ever had. AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT. ii. ' . '. . Sometime ago in discussing the outlook for the farmer, Hon. j. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agri culture, predicted that the next migratory movement of farmers in this country would be from the West to the East, principally to the New England States, where there i are arge quantities of unoccupied lands which have been abandoned by their owners, who have either moved West or into the cities. Many of these abandoned farms have been un worked so long that they are covered by a heavy under growth and by young trees, but with these cleared off are really better for cultivation , than they were when abandoned. Many of the farms. which range in size from ten to forty oififty acres, can be bought for less than the buildings on them cost. . In many portions ot the West the ands have been Impoverished by poor farming until their productive capacity has been so diminished that even with what they consider fair crops the returns give but poor com pensation for the labor required. In stead of cultivating farms of reason able size well the disposition gener ally was to own1 large farms and culti vate (that's what it was called) as much as possible, and to do this the D-urchasers haq to borrow money and give mortgages which have been hanging over them fbr years, because with crop failures and the low prices for farm products which have gen erally prevailed for some years they have been unable to cancel them. This is thej class of people as a general thing who rush to take up claims on the Government lands opened to - settlement in the terri tories. J Between the exhaustion of the jlands. the unsettled condition of af fairs growing out of tangled politics, Severe winters, summer droughts and crop tauures, tnere is growing dis satisfaction in several of the States West of the Mississippi, (and East of it too), and a disposition to imigrate. This, Secretary Morton thinks, will in the near future turn thousands of those Western farmers to those aban doned New England farms, which with intelligent and industrious cul ture may be made remuneratively profitable. Whether they can or not, will depend altogether on the kind of men that get'hold of them, if they are susceptible of improvement, and the" presumption is that having been once fairly pro ductive as lands produce in that sec tion, they are.! The land must be very barren which by good culture, systematic and liberal fertilizing can not be made fairly productive, in proof of which it may be stated that although the State of Maine does not claim to be as fertile as the great corn-growing. West she grows corn and shows a higher yield per acre than any other oorn-growing State, her yield being nearly double as much as that of some of the .noted corn-growing States on either side of the Mississippi river, a result due al together to intelligent and thorough culture. -''! '..;!;' This movement Eastward to which the Secretary refers has already be gun in a' small way, although its ob jective point is Maryland, not the New England States. A number of German farmers who have been for years living in Kansas have bought land in Maryland, and others are ne gotiating for land. They have be come discouraged and disgusted with' farming in that State, and believe they can do better in the Atlantic States where they will be close to the large markets and near the seaboard, In some portions of Maryland Ger mans settled years ago on lands which were considered poor, but the industry for. which they as a people are noted, and good cul ture they have made these poor lands rich and they are now regarded as among the best in the State. This may result in the removal of a large number of these Western German farmers to Maryland and if It does Maryland will be the gainer by it. JLMJiH VV' JhtfiiKJL Y . io 1 A K. - This same discontent and 'dispo sition to move will eventually tarn hundreds Southward to the one that will eo Eastward, for here the con ditions for success are much better, the lands better, as cheap as they are in the" East, with a climate and other inducements to which the East l-bears no comparison. : Well directed and systematic effort would in the near future result in a large migra tion of Western farmers Southward. MINOR MENTION. For some years past the Presidents of the United States have been look- ed upon so much in the light o pub- lie property by newspaper correspon dents and ."news" gatherers, that every act and movement was and heralded over the- wires noted from day to day, and -the most trivia 1 inci- dents seized upon as if they were matters of vast importance to the .American people. Whether the White House in the discharge of their official duties, or seeking rest and recreation in some out of the way place, it was all the same the lynx eyed purveyor of news followed them up and permitted no escape. If they went gunning the chronicler re corded the number of birds they killed and if they went fishing the number of fish they caught, with the kind of tackle and bait used, how the fish bit, the sort of weather they had and numerous other trivial and ridiculous details. No wonder that President Cleveland on leaving Washington, Friday, , expressed the hope that while spending the remaining part of this month with his family at their summer home he "would be free from the attentions ot newspaper corres pondents,' a wish in which all sensi Die people in this country will join him. x ne state convicts are putting in come gooa worK on tne state tarms on the Roanoke, as we gather from the following statement of Superin tendent Leazer, which we find in the Weldon Ncivs of this week ; The crops are magnificent, the finest I ever saw in all my life. The grandest agricultural spectacle of which I have knowledge is presented by our corn fields. We have an area in corn four miles long and a mile wide. This con tains 3,000 acres. There is not a miss ing stalk and so luxuriant is the growth that it is nearly black. We had a Rood wheat crop. On fifty acres we harvested 950 bushels. - Our whole crop was 3,000 bushels. We expect to make 100,000 bushels of corn unless a fresh 't in the river interferes. It is well worth going there to see, from anywhere in. the State. We have 1,600 acres in cotton and this is fine, although the cold weather in the spring dd it some damage, but not much. We have 1,000 acres m peas. We expect to get 1,000 bales of cotton this season. It should be borne in mind that we have not used a particle of fertilizer on corn, wheat, cotton or peas. You never saw a cleaner crop. I will undertake to say that in the 4,600 acres of corn and cot ton there is not a wagon load of grass. We have sold in this section 8,000 bushels of last season's corn. We pro pose to put 40,000 bushels on the market in the State of the crop now growing, and to knock out Chicago in this sec tion. We have 100 acres in sorghum cane, and there is no finer in Louisiana. As I rode through ' it on horseback it rose above my bead, we expect to make 10,000 gallons of syrup from it.' - i - The silver debate was precipitated in the House of Representatives Fri day by the introduction of a bill by Mr.-Wilson, of West Virginia, for the repeal ot the purchase clause of the Sherman act. This is much like the bill introduced in the Senate by Sen ator Hill, lhe debate was warm from the start and will doubtless grow warmer as it progresses. The friends of unconditional repeal are earnest in their efforts to secure that and will leave nothing within their power undone to accomplish it, while, or the other side, the friends of sil ver are as fully determined to defeat it unless ! some concession' be made which will recognize silver and pro vide for its continued coinage on some ratio, to be hereafter agreed upon. That s the situation now at the outset of the contest. But warmth of discussion does not neces sarily imply impossibility of agree ment after both sides have been heard, and later, on the cooler heads will come together with propositions to close the breach and bring jarring factions together. the Some of our contemporaries are making the Star responsible for a good many snakes in Florida. We wrote a j paragraph some time ago based on the authority of a snake- ologist, ; that every alligator mur dered meant 30,000 more snakes for the Florida swamps, and our ex changes have already got it up to 50,000. if this was only for one 'gator it wouldn't make much differ ence, but" where there are thousands of alligators murdered, an increase of 50,000 snakes for each one would be more than Florida could accom- madate. It is said that the big Lick tele scope and the spectroscope have set tled the question as to the stuff that comets are made of. They are sim ply self-luminous, incandescent car-j bon "and nitrogen. Now if a stray comet should scoot around this way and run up against us we would know what was cooking us. with the distinction ot being a pious man John Wanamaker, of Pa. looms up at the top ot tne lite insu rance carriers in this country, his life being insured for $1,500,000. WILMINGrTpN, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893. There is great excitement in Mos- I quito - Creek! Bottom, : Harrison A week or so ago county, Indiana, two brothers named : Conrad, were tried for some crime and acquitted, for want of evidence to convict them. The people I tnereabouts believed them guilty, ahej decided, to "white cap"J them,- and with this view about forty men visited their cabin one ; night in search of the boys. The boys were not tiere but they were not far off, and when the crowd of forty men battered in the door with a fence rail, put a rope around the neck of the boys '. sister and threat ened to hang her if she didn't - tell j where her brothers were, the boys opened fire, and after the, fusillade five! of the white caps were dead.; Since then thej boys have killed three more, and around is now the whole country- up ill arms bunting tor them. The boys in the meantime are well armed and swear that more of the "white caps' shall bite the dust That's up in Mr. before they do uarrison s btate Macoii Telegraph says the to the melon growers of The profits Georgia were so small this year, the probabilities are that the acreage will be much reduced next year. Only those who had good crops and got them to market early realized fair returns. After the railroad freight was paid, at the rate ot $1UU a car load, and commissions, &c, paid, the car load which brought $125 didn't put much cash in the raiser's pocket. Ex-Commissioner Raum is ' sneer ing at pension reform. It is not to be expected that Raum would en dorse anything like pension reform, when he was one of the chief instru ments in making reform necessary. Ellia Howa. Colored. The colored man found dead in a coal bunker of the Clyde Steamer Pawnee at sea, Saturday, July 29th, was Ellis Howe of Wilmington, son of Elijah Howe, jan itor at the Bank of New Hanover. He was a years ot age and worked as a stevedore on the Clyde steamers when they came to Wilmington. The cause of his death is not known. His body was buried at sea Sunday, sun-rise. M July 30th, at Embezzled $196 and Fled. i A dispatch from Reidsville, N. C, says: P. B. Hopper, employed as superin tendent of carpenters on the Govern ment building here, has embezzled 196 of pay-roll funds belonging to his em ployers, Messrs. Brown & Garber, of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Brown, of the firm, was here yes terday, and discovered that false records had been regularly sent in and de manded an explanation, whereupon Hopper admitted the theft and promised to go to Danville, Va., and raise the amount. His employer was lenient enough to permit this, but Hopper has fled, leaving many accounts unsettled here. I Charged with Assault and Battery. John Brock, a white man, for whose arrest a warrant was issued several days ago on complaint of James Jones, a res ident of Masonboro i township, that Brock had assaulted and severely beaten Mrs. Jones, Was arrested yesterday after noon near Wrightsville by Sheriff Sted- tnan and some of his deputies. Brock was brought to town and lodged in jail last night. A Challenge to Rocky Mount. i - The Fayetteville Gazette of last Wed nesday says: A prominent business man of this city authorizes the Gazette to state that a purse of $150.00 will be ready at any time, against a purse of like amount from the competitors, that Fayetteville will beat Rocky Mount. three out ot five games the time and grounds to be hereafter determined. This is square and bona Jute. What Fools We mortals Be. The above was once spoken by one of the greatest minds of the world and has been handed down from age to age until the present day, and the only way we can console ourselves after having been advised to do something for our own in terest, and have not done it, is to say "What Fools We Mortals Be.'; This is a serious matter when, one sees the mis takes of life, ! and often reflects and re marks: "Oh! that I had my days to live over; with the present experience, when old age comes upon me I would not have to toil and strive daily for a living, as I now do. Right here I would like to say it is the mistakes of . a man's life that brings poverty to his door, and if they would heed the advice of friends the re sult would be quite different in the end. Yes, it is a sad thought to me when I think of so many people traveling down the broad road of King Credit, knowing at the same time the day is near at hand when the answer will be : "Uepart from me for you have nothing to mortgage and I know you not." Yes, my friends, straight is the way and narrow is the road, and only those who pay cash can travel therm and enjoy the luxuries of life that are prepared for the cash man only. It is only he who pays cash and sells to every living man for the same, that euioys this lite, and to prove this asser tion I will point my to him who so many say is the happiest man in the country, bee him as he walks the streets of Wilmington, enjoying the greatest blessing, which is health. A glimpse at him at once proves the above assertion. by strangers and all exclaiming. "That is Big Ike, who buys so many merchants out at 40. 50 and 67 i cents on the dollar. : Now one word to the people of Wil mington and surrounding country, i he great slaughtering time has come and it behooves every man, woman ana cniia to sav. let others do as thev may, but I will eo down and try this man they call Big Ike. Let me earnestly say to all this is the opportunity of your life. Cost or no cost we intend to let no one go out of our store this week. Ask your neigh bor and he will tell vou there is no such stock in the State as the Huske & Draper stock that is now being slaughtered and that it is not surpassed as to quality and selection of stock.- Now all those who fail to do this will say : "What fools wc mortals have been." HOMICIDE AT FAYETTEV1 LLE. B. O. Parker Shot and Killed by Edwin J. Roller. . A special dispatch to the Star last night from Fayetteville says: "E. T. Ful ler and B. C, Parker had an altercation in .the street to-day which resulted in Fuller shooting Parker in the heart and killing him instantly.' The coroner's iury is in session. Mr. Fuller is nnder arrest. :' y"- Y.-: A later dispatch says: : i j Fayetteville, August 11. In a fight on Hay street at 2 o'clock to-day E. J. Fuller, member of a well known prominent family here, a clerk in the insurance office of Col. T. A. Pembeiton, shot and killed Ben Parker, a voung man of good standing, and cleric in the New York. Bargain House, on Pearson street. Fuller was on the ground un derneath, when the shot was . fired, After the shooting, Fuller calmly walked to King's drug store, had the wounds on his face dressed, and then crossed the street to the Bank of Fayetteville, where, a sheriff's officer coming in, he gave up the pistol and surrendered.. The difficulty is supposed to have been caused from conflicting attentions to a young lady. Cast-iron knuckles were found on the ground near the shooting. It is not known to which combatant they belonged. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 11. A special from Fayetteville, N. C, to the News and Observer sajs there was a deplora ble street tragedy there to-day about 2 o'clock in front of Mrs. Cook's resi dence. E. J. Fuller, ol one of the best known families iu the State, son of the late Elijah Fuller, a leading merchant in Fayetteville's earlier days, shot and killed B. C. Parker, formerly'of Averys boro, N. C, a clothing merchant and a young man of good standing in the com munity. Fuller was being badly beaten when the shot was fired, and his face showed severe injuries. Cast-iron knuckles were used, a pair being found on the ground of the encounter immedi ately alter tne homicide, and. are sup posed to have been used by Parker. Fuller displayed much coolness, walking to a drug store, where his face was dressed, and then surrendered himself to the constable and -gave the officer his pistol. The coroner's jury, Dr. J. W. McNeill presiding, sat in the town hall this evening. Fuller claims that he was compelled to shoot in self-defence. t uller was committed to lail to await further action. The difficulty is sup posed to have originated from the at tention of both to a young lady. Some misunderstanding arose which never could be corrected. (From Daily Review, Aug. 9th, 1893.) Spelling match in town. Ladies, put on your thinking caps. Big ike pro poses to give a handsome dress to the first lady who spells his name with five letters. In response to the above Big Ike has received the following answers, the first two of which are correct, but the first one having been first received, was, of course, awarded the prize: BIG K E ' L , Six o'clock, just received, and above is my answer. Miss , No. 814 Princess Street. The following is the way to spell Big Ike with only five letters: B IKE G Mrs. -, No. 313 North? McRae St, Scott's Hill, N. C. Aug. 11th, 1893. t-OL. big ke: A startling rumor has reached this quiet villa that your royal highness, in the boundless benevo lence characteristic of your excellency, hath offered a fine dress to the lady who would spell your ancient and highly re spected ptronymic with five letters. A lady tnend indulges the hope that in this awful period of expiring silver and vanishing gold, her truly pitiable Flora Mc Flimsy condition.she has solved this problem, and "taken the cake," by the classic adornment at tne bead ot this article. If her hope is blessed witbjfruition you can send an order on youf mammoth house for a dress, and I will present it to her. Yours truly, Funeral ol the Late Capt. B. B. Dunn. The funeral of the lamented Capt. B. R. Dunn, engineer of roadway of the Atlantic Coast Line; took place Thurs day afternoon at half-past three o'clock, at Lurich, Virginia, from -the Adair homestead, residence of the father-in- law of Capt. Dunn. The services were conducted by Rev, Wm. H. Burkhardt, according to the ritual ot the Protestant Episcopal Church. The active pall-bearers were Messrs. J. T. Shumate, L. P. Spanglen, J. E. Hansburger, Geo. Shumate, C. M. Spanglen, Tr., S. C. Hall, L. C. Wolf and Henderson reck ot JLuricn; honorary pall-bearers, Capt. Jno. F. Divine and Messrs. G. W. Britt and Armand D. Myers of Wilmington, N. C. Dr. Spang- ler. Messrs. W. A. French, R. C. Mur- rell, Wm. Adair, "Jr., and T. G. Gooch of Virginia. STABBING AND CUTTING. A Fight Between Counsel in a Buit Against the Norfolk & Western Ball- road. By Telegraph to the Homing SUi. Richmond, Va., August 10. A special from Lynchburg says: News reached here this morning ot a fight be tween Gen. James A. Walker and J. C Wysor, opponents in the suit of Hugh Shott and the Norfolk & Western Kan road for 420.000 damaares. At Pulaski City yesterday the iury rendered a ver diet of 87,000. The trouble began when General Walker, counsel for the rail road, claimed that Mr. Wysor ap pealed to the passion and preiu dice of the jury in his speech. The lie and several blows passed. when Walker stabbed Wysor in his shoulder and cut his cheek very badly. Wysor secured a gun and tried to find Walker in the hotel to shoot him. Both were arrested and placed under $500 bond. Wysor is not seriously hurt. He was Presidential elector last election for the ninth district, and is a young man. Walker is an ex-Lieutenant Governor. Death of a Prominent Methodist. A special dispatch to the Star from Shelby says that John A.; Ware died there yesterday, after a lingering illness, aged forty-eight years. He was a promi nent member of the Methodist Church, and a Y. M. C. A", worker. CONGRESS IN SESSION.' y SENATE. v ; -jHvf , Washington. Aug. 10. Brevity was the feature of lhe Senate proceedings to-day. The Chaplain con fined himself to the Lords Prayer', and the Journal ot yesterday was embraced in a couple of paragraphs. j Mr. Gorman moved that when the Senate adjourned to-day it be till Mon day next. - I :; .j". J-: y. The motion was on the point of being declared agreed to, when a demand for the yeas and nays came simultaneously from two Republican. Senators, Messrs. Lodge and Chandler. I The vote was taken by veas and navs and resulted : Yeas 40. navs 16. i " i As soon as the result was announced amotion that the Senate do now ad journ was made by Mr. Cockrell and the years and nays were demanded by j Mr. Chandler. The vote resulted : Yeas 39, nays 18. The negative votes,-in both instances, were given by Republican Senators; and the affirmative votes by Democratic Senators re-enforced bv the Senators from the silver-produciug States and by Mr. Mitchell (Rep. Ore.) and Mr. Peffer, (Rep. Kans.) i ne senate then, at 12.20. adiourned until Monday atj noon. The day's ses sion lasted, twenty minutes. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After the reading and approval of Tuesday's Journal, Mr. Bailey, of Texas, moved that the House take a recess un til 1 o'clock. On a viva voce the motion was declared defeated. Mr. Bailev then demanded a division, and again he met with defeat the vote standing 76 to 127. On tellers he was more successful and the recess was taken 126 to 93. The recess was taken in order to per mit the conference between the silver and anti-silver steering committees and give time to arrive at some conclusion. Alter the recess Mr. Springer moved that the House adjourn. A chorus of yeas came from the Democratic side and a strong echo of nays from the Republi cans. I Mr. Reed demanded the veas and nays, which was ordered. Before announcing the result of the vote, the Speaker appointed the follow ing committee pn rules : : ' The Speaker and Messrs. Catch ings, Outhwaite, Reed and Burrows. This is the committee bf the last Congress ex cept that Mr. Outhwaite is substituted for Mr. McMillan. The motion to adjourn was carried at 1.30 o'clock yeas, 179; nays, 137. The following Democrats voted with the Republicans against adjournment: Messrs. Cadmus, Campbell, Coombs, Cochran, Cornish, Covert, Cummings, Durborrow, English, Feilows, Fitch, Geissenhaimeri Hall, (Minn.), Harter, Hudson, Lapham, Lynch, McAleer, McKaig, Page, Richards, Ryan, and Warner. The! Populist members voted to adjourn. , I Washington, August 11. The silver fight began in earnest in the House to day immediately after the approval of the Journal. ; It was not unexpected, as the fact was known that the silverites and the anti silver men on the Democratic side had reached an argreement as to the method to be pursued; and as to the time within which the debate should be .limited. Alter reading of the ournal, Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, offered for present consideration a bill to - repeal part of the act approved July 14, 1890, (the bherman Act). ! j It repeals the silver purchase section and provides that "this repeal does not impair nor in any manner affect the legal tender quality of the standard silver dollars heretofore coined; and the faith and credit of the United States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the gold and silver coin of the United States, at the present legal ratio, or such other ratio as -may be established by law." ' i Mr. Bland then presented the agree ment made this morning governing the course of debate. After some little ob jection from the Republicans an arrange ment was effected whereby a debate for 14 days with night sessions if desired was provided for, votes to be taken on ratios varying from 16 to 1, to 20 to 1, and on an amendment reviving the Bland act of 1878. The daily sessions of the House to extend from 11 a. m. until 5 p. m. The silver men opened their batteries in the shape of a bill (offered as a sub stitute) for the free coinage of silver at the present ratio. This started the battle, Mr. Kayner, of Maryland, was the first champion sent out by the anti-silver cohorts, and he fought vigorously and well. He was re inforced by Mr. Brown, of Indiana, who in a brief speech advocated the repeal of the Sherman act conditionally or uncon ditionally. " Mr. Bland was put forward to return the fusilade of argument and eloquence, and he performed his part without de tracting from ' his reputation as. the leader of the silver forces on the floor. He was followed by the Populist mem ber from Colerado, Mr. Pence, who con stituted himself a bulwark for the pro tection of silver; and by Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, who demanded a greater volume of currency. The fight wast still on, when at 5 o'clock the House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. i Washington, Aug, 12. Whenever the House of Representatives deter mines to hold sessions for debate on sil ver, the attendance on the floor is gen erally very" unsatisfactory. And it "was so to-day. i i he average number ot Rep resentatives present did not in the six hours session of the House exceed 125 members, lhe largest audience was present when Mr. Hendnx, of New York, was! making his maiden speech. He was attentively listened to, and made a strong impression. But the speech of the day was made by Mr. Harter. of Ohio, who, while denouncing the Sher man act, eulogized the gentleman whose name it bears, and while declaring that the Republican party was primarily re sponsible for the present situation, did not (exempt the Democrats from blame. Mr. Bowers, Republican, of California, was thej principal Republican spokes man. tie. spoke lrom a free coinage standpoint, in opposition to the bulk of his party associates. When, at 4.50 o'clock, the House ad journed j until Monday at 11 o'clock, there were not more than fifty Repre sentatives in the hall. On motion of Mr. Richardson, Dem ocrat, of Tennessee, a resolution was adopted for the printing of 20,000 copies ot the f resident s Message. Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, opened the debate, continuing his speech begun yesterday. He warned the House that a repeal of the purchasing clause in the Sherman act would iiever be followed by any silver legislation. The moment the purchasing clause is repealed the power of the millionaires will J be strengthened, and they will exercise their advantage with relentless cruelty. Among other things he said : "They say our change to the worse"since 1860 is owing to idleness. Our people make : ' 7 "j; r NO. 41 three times as much cotton, work three times as hard, and are three times as poor. Arguments are made to me that my personal interests are not for silver coin age. -That is not the question. The in terest of ninety per cent, of my people is for free coinage, and my battle is for them." ; General Wheeler read from Jackson's messages and the Democratic platforms of 1840, '44. 48, '52, '56 and '60, all of which he said denounced in unmeasured terms the pernicious financial system, which has been fastened upon us by Re publican legislation. Mr. Wheeler was followed by Mr. Morse, Republican, of Massachusetts. He was heartily in favor of repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, but the; remainder of that act, de claring a parity between the two metals, was fine statesmanship and should stand. So much of the President's message as related to the currency met with his most unqualified approval, Mr. Harter, of Ohio, speaking in favor of the repeal proposition, likened Uncle Sam to a man in the last stages of alco holism. A drunken man taken to an emergency hospital would receive a treat ment by the doctors who would agree upon their treatment; but Uncle Sam's doctors did not seem to agree in the diagnosis. Mr. Grosvenor, Republican, of Ohio, interrupted to inquire what the gentle man would think if the physician, who, in the given case, should simply stop the administration of liquor, but who pre scribed nothing for the future. Laugh ter. Mr. Harter replied that he was some thing of a homeopathist and he knew of cases sometimes when mild remedy would cure when radical treatment would kill. There were gentlemen on this floor of national and international reputation who would fill Uncle Sam up with more silver. His view was to stop the purchase of silver. It had been said by the gentleman from Missouri that every Western man who voted for the repeal of the purchasing clause would be relegated to private life. Let Congress give the country an honest currency, and he (Harter) was willing to shake the dust of Washington from his feet and never enter the House of Representatives again. Applause. ' Mr. Harter was frequently interrupted with questions, and to some his replies were very pungent. . In. response to a question by Mr. Henderson, Republican, of Iowa. Mr. Harter said that the Sherman act had been passed by a Republican House and a Republican Senate and had been ap proved by a Republican President. (Democratic applause.) He asked pardon for having made this reply. It was not his intention to raise the issue of partisanship. The question was too grae, the situation was too serious, for men in their right minds to' permit the issue of partisan ship to be interjected. Under the cir cumstances, God knew that he was un willing to, introduce politics into this discussion. He then proceeded to mark out his plan of procedure. He would have the Congress in its extraordinary sessipn re peal the purchasing clause of the present law, authorize National Banks to issue circulation to the full 'extent of their bonds, .and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the issue of gold bonds. I Mr. Hehdrix, of New York, followed. He spoke at some length, but he stated his platform in epigrammatic fashion. It was : Let Congress repeal the Sherman silver law, adtourn and go home and let the people do the rest. Applause. Mr. Brewers (Kep. Cal.) spoke for the free coinage of silver, and in doing so, cast a slur upon political platforms, de claring that no party platform amount ed to.anythmg, nor was it intended to mean anything, Delegate Kawhng (Utah) lent his voice in favor of free coinage. 1 he declaration made by the anti-silver men that the Government was issuing a dollar which was worth but fifty cents, was absurd. . By the Con stitution of the United States, express power was given to Congress to coin money and regulate its value. ' Under that power the Government had declar ed that the silver dollor was equal in value to the gold dollar. If this Con gress adjourned without action there would be a depreciation in the valuation of silver that would be frightful to con template and would bring on a mone tary panic at once.' Mr. Kawlins was the last speaker of the day. AN EXTENSIVE CONSPIRACY. Disclosure of an Alleged Scheme to De fraud the Government. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, August 10. What is believed to be a very extensive con spiracy to defraud the Oovernment is now being unearthed .by the inspectors of the Postoffice Department. C i P. Barrett, of Spartanburg, S. C, who is said to be the real conspirator, has been arrested upon what is believed to be the. positive proof of his guilt. lhe story as told by the rostomce Department officials is substantially as follows : fearly in the last administra tion Barrett succeeded in getting him self and a lriend appointed as postoffice referees in the Spartanburg district. The officials of the Department were ex pected to refer to them all applications for appointment as postmasters in that section, together with all questions as to the establishment of postoffices, etc Barrett, it is said, at once began ope rations and succeeded in getting from twenty-five to fifty new offices located in York, Greenville, Pickens and other counties In his section of the State. It has since been discovered 'that in many cases the postmaster was the only patron of his office and by false returns as to cancellations of stamps, a very good income was obtained, in some ot the cases the bonds furnished are said to nave oeen bogus. Barrett aiso naa 1 T" I . . 1 I J himself appointed as special mail carrier to those offices, which was another source of revenue. It is also said that some Of these postmasters procured printed letter heads and by taking ad vantage of their position as postmaster and by giving as references Barrett and a number of the other! postmasters in the deal, succeeded in getting credit for pianos, sewing machines, etc., from city dealers. Altogether the scheme is said to have been a very extensive and profit able one. Several of the parties are n6w in jail and additional developments are expected. I j A GEORGIA LYNCHING, Jack Chambers Hanged; sear Waytrosa for Assaulting a White Woman, i By Telegraph to the Homing Star. Waycross, August 10. Jack Cham bers, colored, was taken trom Officers Spence and Clayton last night and lynched between this place and Wares boro. Chambers' body was riddled with bullets. He confessed to having taken part in outraging Mrs. George Warren, the wife dka prominent farmer at Ho boken, GaJast year. Chambers is the third negro who has been lynched for that crime, two others having been shot down in the house at the time the out rage was committed. Chambers is now hanging to a tree near the road, his body being yiewed by a good many people. Oxford' ledger : Mr. J. W. Mitchell informed us on Monday that a " lady, at the tender age of 70 years, Miss Inscore, who j lives within 8 miles of Kittrell, never saw the train or a show or any kind of a steam engine, and never has seen a grist! mill. . . . . - Chathainj J?wr: It is a most remarkable fact that corn is now worth ' more than wheat. The price of wheat at this place I now is 60 cents a bushel " and the price of corn is 75 cents. Usu- : ally the price of wheat is much higher than the price Of wheat. Goldsbofo Argus : The death . of Mr. John UzzelL 83 years old, oc curred at his home in New Hope town ship Wednesday evening, v He ' died' while asleep, t after a hearty - meal, and 1 his death was not discovered until the family attempted toake him. i Wilkesboro. iV(?aj: There -Is a man no Brushy Mountain who secured : two Bibles frpm Rev. Thad.I Troy who is representing the American Bible Society in this country, and went to Wilkesboro and pawned them to a bar . keeper f6r whiskey. Mr. Troy is doing a good work, j but such as the above is rather discouraging. , Salisbury Truth : Mr. John C. Miller, of Franklin township, died after a short illness at his home Sunday morn ing, aged about 84 years. ! Mr. J. A. Myrick, foreman of the - Salisbury Cotton Millsi died Saturday night of typhoid fever! He was about 88 years of age and a native of Randolph county. : Mount jAiry News : We saw in our city the past week the venerable Rev. Wm. Needham, of this county, who is now 95 years jold. He still goes around to protracted meetings, aids the pastors and is a I never-ceasing worker in the vineyard of teMaster. He has been in the ministry lo0 years and was on his way then to the protracted meeting be ing conducted at Salem church by Rev. H. L. Atkins. - Louisburg Times: Two prison- . ; ers escaped from Franklin lail last Wednesday evening. Their names are John Perry and (Dr.) Sandy Perry, both colored. They escaped while the jailer was watering and feeding them, about 7.80 o'clock. The outer door being -open these two fellows succeeded in slipping the fastening to their cell and made a break for the outer door. The jailer could not stop them, and they escaped. ; j I . : Raleigh News and Observer: It is gratifying to see the success attend ing the culture of grapes in this section, also at Southern Pines and on the line of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, and ' hundreds of crates are shipped every day to points as far as Boston, and the increase in the production of the finest quality, which have been paying a hand- . some profit Next year the production will be doubled. Last week parties in Richmond, j Va., telegraphed Whiting Brothers for some of their fine grapes. and on yesterday a telegram was received expressing surprise and gratification at the very superior quality received. GOldsboro Argus: The alarm of fire startled our citizens about 2 o'clock yesterday morning when it was found that the residence ot Mr. Jno. R. Smith, on John street, was in flames trom the j interior. The prompt arrival of the fire department saved the shell of the building and prevented the spread of the flames to contiguous dwellings, but the ! interior was completely de stroyed, together with the furniture. 1 here was SI ,500 insurance on the dwelling for the benefit of Mrs. W. S. Farmer, who holds the reserve title to the property, and $500 on the furniture. It is not known how the hre originated. -Rockingham Rocket: Hard times may be the cry, but the farmers of Rich mond county will get there somehow this year, and have much to be thankful for. Whnie.it may be that they will not get a big price for cotton yet they will have plenty of hog and hominy and will live at home. An applicant for aid from the county on Monday 'was an old negro 112 years old, who says he was a legal resident of Anson county, and that he was T Washington s war and remem bered the red-coated Britons who fit, bled and died" in that struggle, and that he livedi"a'fore de war" in Petersburg, Va., and traces his blood back to the ruins of Pocahontas," and that if any one did not believe him, they "might just tike de family Bible" which will settle it. Fayetteville Gazette: Our read-' ers will hear with many regrets that Mr. Absalom Marsh, who sustained painful injuries a few days ago on his farm in Gray's Creek township, died of his wounds on the 2nd mst. He had lived to enjoy i the ripe old age of 77. Monday afternoon, about the time the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line were trans ferring passengers, an unknown traveller, just in front of Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the platform, missed bis looting, and fell under the cars, directly in front of the wheels. Instantly Capt. Campbell threw himself on him and dragged him out by; the collar. It was a close shave, , the man's umbrella handle being cut off, ' and a moment more wpuld have taken both legs off above the knee. Here a cool, brave man, and physically much of a man, prevented a terrible accident probably saved a life. Statesville Landmark: Coun terfeit' money is floating around in Statesville. A gentleman has handed the Landmark a counterfeit quarter that was passed on him some time ago. It is a good imitation of the genuine but seems to be made entirely of pewter, as it can be bent double. Barring its color, however, it would pass, anywhere for good I com. Sunday night while Rev. Dr. B. t . Dixon, pastor oi tne Methodist church, was conducting ser vices, a thief entered his study in the rear of the church and appropriated two suits of the doctor's good clothes. Dr. Dixon Says he does not know who took his clothing. All of his own congrega tion were in church save one, a promi nent member who is usually a regular attendant, but curiously enough was ab sent just at this critical period. ' Suspi cion points to this member butbe claims he can prove an alibi. The Doctor says if the party under 'suspicion took the clothes with the' view of entering the ministry he has no objection; but if he took; them to sport in he is going to kick, 1 Greenville 'Reflector : A hail storm 'recently visited the Falkland sec tion and almost ruined the tobacco crop of several farmers. There was a mad dog scare at Falkland yesterday morning, and excitement run high until the rabid dog and two others bitten bv him had been killed. - -Friday Mr. R. L. Davis, of Farnlville, brought us a specimen of tobacco that comes out of a large lot that was ruined for him by a chemical process. A man professing to know a great deal about curing tobacco, went to Mr. Davis while his curing was in progress and wanted to whiten some up for him. The result was that he had three barns of good, tobacco ruined. i- Mr. J. C. Dixon, of Black Jack, came in to tell us Monday that his set-: ting gobbler had hatched. Two weeks ago he found that the gobbler wanted to set so he took a few eggs from under a turkey hen that was setting and put them under the gobbler. Last Saturday the gobbler .came off with .four young turkeys and seemed as proud of them as . ever any hen did of her brood. In tact the gobbler made himself such a dunce over the little ones, wanting to cluck them up and hover over them all the time that, they had to be taken away from him. I Nelson Morris & Co,'s large fertilizing department, on Forty-third street ana f .ntre aTCtinp. . lnicaeo. -was ourm yesterday morning. Loss $300,000. am Lr,r 'A . -k -' .v Urm I i J k 1 ft' i ft 1 it
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 18, 1893, edition 1
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