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During ihe 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, bu$ the
aggregate amount thus far patd is
comparatively small.
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rears will read this notice, and that
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read his newspaper without paying
for it fully as much so as for the
proprietor of the paper to eat the
farmer's chickens and eggs and then
tan or reiuse to remunerate mm.
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.
THE TWO MAIN CAUSES.
It is an undisputed and indisputable
fact that the agricultural industry of
this country has been on the decline
for the past twenty years. While
there are farmers who havedone
well, made some money and added
to their estates within that, time the
farmers as a mass have not, and are
really in a worse condition now than
they were twenty years ago. -
As there is nothing without a cause
there must be a cause or causes for
this. There are causes, for there are
more than one. There are causes
and causes which have their origin
in the Iaws which have been enacted
within the past twenty year,s. In
these the trouble chiefly is and it
, i it t"wl ' -
Degan wnen ine ijovernment oegan to
fool with the finances, to discriminate
between the different kinds, of
money which bore the stamp of its
authority and to thus contract the
volume of the currency, which gave
the money in favor of which it dis
criminated an enhanced value, in
creasing its purchasing power and
decreasing the value of "unpro
tected" things put upon the market.
Up to 1869 the greenbacks for
which Northern and Western farm
ers had been selling their wheat,
brn, oats, . beef, pork, &c, and
Southern farmers had been selling
their cotton, tobacco, &c, was good
legal tender money, as good in the
eyes of the law as any coin, although
it was made out of sheets of paper
intrinsically Valueless.' It was
money, absolute money, redeemable
in nothing, a simple promise to pay
at an indefinite time, without saying
in what, but the presumption was in
coin, as coin had been, the only
money of the Government up to the
time of issuing the greenbacks.
The 5 20 bonds issued during the
l dh-f errv rjr rrr
war amounting iu $i,uuu,uuu,wu,
mighLhave been legally redeemed in
greenbacks because they were "law
ful money," but the bondholders
fixed that by getting an act through
Congress making the bonds payable
in coin, which to a certain extent de
monetized greenbacks, making them
worthless tou pay the bondholder,
but still good,, lawful money to buy
wheat, labor, meat &c, and to pay
the debts that one citizen owed an
other. But they were divested in
part of their full money value. The
next step was to get an act surrepti
tiously through Congress demoneti
zing silver, . which made the debts
due the bondholder payable in gold.
Here then were two kinds of money,
. the greenbacks first, and silver next,
partially demonetized, and gold left
as the only true, fully recognized
money in the country. Then prices
ot farm products (which were not
v protected by a tariff) began to de
cline and the purchasing power
of ' gold began to increase
until it is to-day from forty to, fifty
per cent, greater than it was in 1873.
Wheat, corn, oats, beef, pork, etc.,
are selling to-day for less than ; half
' what they ,sold for.twenty years ago,
and the farmer who owed $1,000
- then (leaving the interest out of
question) would have to sell $2,000
worth of the products of his labor to
- pay that debt now, and so he has in
the meantime been forced to sell a
largely increased amount, if not
double, of the products' of his labor
to pay the interest due to prevent
the mortgage from being foreclosed
and his farm from being put up and
sold-under execution. -
Is it a wonder that Agriculture has
declined? -
And then, coincident with this
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VOL. XXIV.
financial manipulating, the manufac
turers and 'their tools in the Con
gress of the United States were ma
nipulating the- so-called "protective
tariff a legislative monstrosity to
levy tribute on the farmerand other
toilers of the country to foster favored
industries while their own languished
and they had all they could do to
keep their heads above water, or the
the sheriff away from their doors.
And, they, didn't all succeed, either,
for thousands ; of farms have gone
under the sheriff's hammer, ard thou
sands of men who once owned homes
are now the tenants of the men who
held the mortgages upon them. ' ;
As the prices of farm products
under the financial manipulation de
clined the duties on manufactured
articles increased with -each'succeed-
ing revision until the duty on many
articles exceeded the value of the
article, the result of which was that
the manufacturer protected against
foreign competition, had a monopoly
at home, and the farmer deprived, to
a great extent, of a foreign market
by the tariff which cut off much
trade with European countries, was
compelled to sell in the'cheapest and
buy in the dearest market, while at
the same time from these two causes
the prices of the 'products of - the
farm were steadily declining and the
farmer, although he worked hard,
and struggled hard, and lived hard,
got deeper and deeper in the mire.
Is it any wonder that the Agricul
tural industry has been depressed? ;
IS THIS PROSPERITY? -
Hon. Thos. BReed, of Maine, and
other Republican speakers in both
wings of the Capitol in discussing
the silver purchase repeal bill have
with astonishing effrontry declared
that when the Democratic party came
into power the country was prosper
ous and that the misfortunes which
have since befallen it are the result
of lack of confidence in the Demo
cratic party, and fear of damaging j
tariff legislation. They knew that
this was not true, for every man who
is able to understand what has been
going on around him, or. has sense
enough to distinguish .between ad
versity and prosperity, knows it is not
true. - - v' i " . :
T5o a people twho are prosperous
arise and overthrow the party and
the polices which made them pros
perous? Do people who have em
ployed agents to attend to their bus
iness for them discharge them after
many years faithful service, and em
ploy others about whose ability they
know nothing, simply onthetrength
of what the others promise to do?
People with their senses about them
don't do that way. - If they did they
would very soon lose their reputa-
t'on for sense, j That is precisely
what the American people did, ac
cording to T. B. Reed, and those
other Republican statesmen and
organs j who have been playing on
the "prosperity" string. In 1890
they bounced as many of theHepub-
lican agents as they could get rid of
and in 189,2 they bounced the balance
of the lot, with the overseer, and this
after they bad peformed their duty
so faithfully that they left the coun
try in a most prosperous condition.
If this were., so th4n Mr. Edison
might have ante-dated his remark
about this country resolving itself
into a lunatic asylum.
But they were protably judging
the prosperity of the country by the
prosperity of the manufacturers,
who were, reaping the benefit of the
Republican " high protective tariff,
which had been i touched up and in
creased from ten to fifteen per cent,
by McKmley, Reed & Co.
.These favored manufacturers pros
pered because they gathered in the
enormous tribute laid upon the
people, a tribute which con
stantly increased while the ability of
the people to pay it annually, de
creased. They certainly didn't find the pros
perity among the wage-earners, for if
these were prosperous how will the
numerous, v great, .protracted and
wide-spread strikes that have be
come a part of the history of the
times be accounted for? and bow will
the nomadic -'
tramps footing
band of 300,000
it on nearly all the
highways Of the country be accounted
for? Strikes and tramps are not the
progeny of prosperity.
- They didn't find it among the far
mers, the workers jn the greatest of
all our industries and the one upon
which the prosperity.of the jcountry
as a whole depends. When agricul
ture languishes then' all theindus
tries save those which live by plun
der or favoritism, (which are some
times convertible terms), languish.
It is estimated that 45 per cent, of
the population ; of this country '. live
by the plow, and a large per cent, of
the remainder are in one way or an
other dependent upon it . Oar rail
roads, steamboats, and the ships
that plow thelriain are mainly de
pendent upon it, for it is the prq-
ducts of the farms that constitute the
bulk of our internal and external
commerce. ; -
A few days ago we published an
editorial - on the depression in' this
great industry, and ; some of the
causes which , produced it, a depres
2d
sion which has been going On - for
twenty-five years, until the farmer
has been brought so low that it does
not seem possible that he could be
brought ; any lower,, and yet , if
the - policies - which have brought
him to what he is be persisted
n, he will be brought . still lower.
The mortgaged farm is now the rule,
the unmortgaged one the exception;
in a large number of the States of
this Union, ' and so great isthe ag
gregate amount of these mortgages,"
that if every farm in he United States
were said for "cash to-day it would
not cancel the indebtedness on the
mortgaged farms. . . , ;
As showing how the "agricultural
industry has.- declined between 1866
and 1893, we reproduce the follow
ing tabulated statement; which; ap
peared in the New York Sun jsevqral
days ago, giving the decline in prices
tor periods of four years '--
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si liill .
3: :: : : :
bmm Value of an aire's pro
o6 Bweeets doct. 1866-70.
tSS u MtS Value of an acre's pro-
aS.o dnct, 1671-75.
SS 5ggS8 - -
115 Value of an acre's pro-
-o -obm duct,1676-'80.
IStST i-u i-t2 Value of an acre's pro'
"-Si dnct, 1881-'85.
of an acre's pro
tste oooiteito duct, 1886-'90.
SIS - - Value of an acre's pro
o ooaaS duct, 1893. -S3
S8S85 -
Look at these figures and compare
the $78.21 an acre (value of products
between '66 and TO), and the aver
age' of $15.66 an acres with the
total of $40. an acre (for all pro
ducts), and the $8.15 average per
acre in 1893, and then talk about
"prosperity." Out on such "shame-
ess effrontery or airant stupidity.
The man who cultivated a 100-acre
farm between 1866. and jl870 got
$1,564 for the products of his labor
and his land; the man who cultivated
the same 100 acres in 1893 gets
$815. The man who got $1,564 for
his produce bought goods witha 19
per cent, tariff on them, while the
man Jwho gets $815! for the product
of the same acres m 1893 buys goods
with a 60 "per cent.t tariff on them.
Here is an illustration of Republican
statesmanship, and a striking exhibit
of what T. B. Reed and other triflers
with the truth call "prosperity." :
Last week the North Carolina. Ga
zette closed its first! volume and en
tered on its second year with bright
prospects. The Gazette is an excel
lent paperand- there are few harder
or more vigilant workers on the press
of the State than editor Whitebeadj
who is always wide awake for news,
and always writes forcibly and inter
estingly. LJ '
NAVAL STORES PROSPECT.
The Prod notion Iaesaened Better Prices
- Expected.
A naval stores factor in Savannah.thus
unburdens himself to a reporter of the
News: : ' ' . - ' : - -
"The decrease in the output caused bv
the damage done by the storm, and the
general action of the producers in cur
tailing their product by shutting off old
boxes last month will have the. effect of
causing better prices for spirits and rosin
from now on. The improved conditions
of business in this country will revive
the domestic market and assist in the
improvement of prices, j The result will
be that the producers will net some
thing on the remainder of their crops
and will find themselves in a much . bet
ter condition at the end of the season
than they are now. They will be able to
square their accounts with the factors,
settle up with the merchants and have
something left in pocket besides. All of
which will be a great help to trade in
this section. .
Population of Sombpon.
A few davs ago an inauirv was made at
"tis office as to the population of
South port. - Yesterday, Mr. C. L. ' Ste
vens, of the Leader, called, and the Star
confesses its surprise when, he stated
that the population was 1,200 by the cen
sus of 1890, and fully 1,390 now. We
had not thought it so large, and take
pleasure now" in giving . the figures.
Southport is one of the most delightful
places on the South Atlantic coast, and
it will not be many years before her pop
ulation is doubled.
The Freshet Sid no Damage,
r ; There is plenty of water in the Upper
Cape Fear river, but it is falling rapidly,
and the freshet, so far as can be learned,
caused no damage to crops on the low
lands. -Advices received from Fayette
ville yesterday were that after a rise of
39 feet at that .place the water began
falling, and at 8 o'clock "a. m. Friday had-
fallen to 35 feet. V The farmers along the
Cape Fear made splendid crops this
year, and the chances now are that they
will be harvested without loss
Young Williamson.
The young man (son ot Mr. Columbus
Williamson) who - was bitten ? by
"ground-rattler" a few days ago, and
who came up to the city for treatment,
as heretofore stated m the Star, came
to town to consult his physician again
yesterday. . Dr. Shepard found his right
hand -considerably swollen, especiallythe
middle finger, which was also very much
discolored. The wound was' dressed
and the young man returned home in
good spirits. The Doctor thinks there
is a possibility that blood-poisoning may
ensue, but considers the chances very
largely in favor of early and complete re
covery. .-- .- ...
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,
Bitten by a BatUeanake. u . -
. The 12-year old son of Mr, Columbus
Williamson, living at the Morris place,'
in Harnett township, was bitten by n
rattlesnake yesterday morning. ' The
boy, was . engaged in"' gathering
wood, and reaching around a tree
for a stick lying - on' the -ground,
he " felt , ', a- stinging 3 sensation in
his hand. Looking: around the tree he'
saw the snake, and his father, Mr. Wil
liamson, coming up, killed the reptile,
which -proved "to be a "grounds-rattle
SMke..--'" 'K-v-;
. The boy wasTrought up to- the city
yesterday " afternoon on the Seacoast
railroad train, and taken to -Dr. Shep
ard for treatment. His band "and - arni
were much swollen and he came near
fainting while in the Doctor's office. Dr.
Shepard gave the boy internal remedies
to counteract the effects -o( the . poison,
feqd made local applications to the hand
to reduce nhe-swellingt "The . Doctor, -thinks
the boy will soon recover. - The
ground-rattlesnake is not so large nor so
venomous as the rattle snake proper. 7
" THE CAPE FEAR "RISING. "
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Froapeeta ot a Big Freshet and Canseqaent
Damage to Crop. ' - -
The Cape Fear river is rising at Fay-
etteville and serious apprehensions of a
big freshet are entertained. Advices to
the Weather Bureau in Wilmington yes
terday were that the stage of water at
Fayetteville was 89.0 feet; a rise of 26.5
fest in the previous 48 hours. -" '
The, Cotton Region bulletin issued
last night reports 2.05 inches . of rain
yesterday at Greensboro, in the Haw
river section, and this will undoubtedly
swell the freshet in the Cape Fear, and
may result in great damage to the luxu
riant crops of corn on the bottom lands
in Bladen county. Timelv warning of
the disaster impending may, however,
enable some of the farmers to save a
portion of their crops. : . v
Sand-Packed Cotton.
A most artfully packed bale of cotton
was discovered at the Champion Com
press yesterday. The bale bore the
mark "A. G. T.." and was shipped from
Society Hill, S. C. The usual inspection
was made and it passed to the press,
where itrwas discovered that- some for
eign substance prevented the cotton
fromyielding to the pressure. - The ba'e
was removed from the press and opened
when there was found in the centre
about fifty pounds of white sand, show
ing clearly that it was placed there with
the intention to defraud. ( The case will
be thoroughly investigated. ' r v
Rosin in Savannah. :-.'--.'' ; "
There has been an advance from 10 to
50 cents a barrel in the price of rosins
during the past week, says the Savannah
News. This was the result of the work
of the storm in damaging the rosin so
badly on the wharves that they were
tied up by the railroads until the'owners
would make some arrangement by which
the railroads were not to be held respon
sible for any losses. With the increase
in price there has been a heavy demand
for all the new crop brought in.
Southport Notes Gathered From the
Ieader. "(i .
When coming in Sunday' night the
Blanche caught her propeller in the outer
red buoy at the bar. By whistling, the
ones was signaled and went to her as
sistance, bringing in the Slanciebaoj
and anchor. The Blanche was grounded
at Battery Island and released from the
buoy. h
Capt. lohnW. Harper, as boatswain
of the Naval Reserves, went on duty
Tuesday p. m., placing the Wiltnineton
in charge ot O. D. Burriss during his
absence. i
Capt. Babbidge,wife and crew of the
schooner Wth. Smith, the vessel towed
into this harbor on last Thursday, were
safely landed in Baltimore on the 3rd
insu having been taken off the Smith by
the barque Syra. : i
A Singular and Fatal Aooident.
A singular accident occurred yester
day at Goldston, Chatham county, N. C,
on the line of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R.
Mr. A. J. Goldston, a merchant of that
place, having learned that a dog that
had been killing his sheep belonged to a
colored man in the neighborhood, took
his gun and went over to the negroe's
place with the intention of shooting the
dog. An ' altercation ensued between
the negro and Mr. Goldston, and the
latter striking at the man with the but
pf the gun the weapon was discharged,
the whole load lodging in Mr. Goldston's
body, killing him instantly. .
Intelligence of the unfortunate affair
was brought to Wilmington last evening
by persons arriving on the C. F. & Y, V.
train. -
XT. 8. Commissioners' Conrt. " -
. Wm. Shepard and Geo. Shepard, from
the Sound, were brought before. U. S.
Commissioner R. H. Bunting yesterday
charged with plundering the Norwegian
barque Najaden. They waived examina
tion : and ; gave bond- in . the sum
of $200 each for appearance at the
next term of the U. SDistnct Court.
Anthony : Ballard , colored, arrested on
the same' charge (violation of . section
5,358 Revised Statutes of the United
States, was sent to jail in default of bond
for his appearance before the commis
sioner's next Tuesday.
Oyer a Hundred,
The Laurinburg Exchange says that
Mrs. Mary McLauchlin. of Laurel Hill
township, was born in the year 1792 and
is in good health. She is a little absent
minded, but is otherwise mentally vigor
ous. Her age is recorded ' and there is
no doubt about it whatever. She be
longs to one of the best families of Rich
mond county and has been a sonstant
member of the Presbyterian church for
the best part of a century. - ' -CoL
Hall's Address - - ; : "
Qn the third page" of the Star to
day will be found an extract from the
address of Col. E. D." Hall, delivered at
the reunion of the 27th. Regiment N. C
S. T, held at LaGrange August 27th.
He pays a merited tribute to the gal
lantry of Gen, M. W. Ransom, now the
distinguished senior U. S. Senator from
North Carolina. -' i ? c
- .WASHINGTON. NEWS.
kJChe New fWhite House Baby to
be
of
JTamed - Eaiher Official Notifloation
the Bombardment at KJo by Revolu
tionise. , ' " 1 J
:-j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
Washington, Sept. ' The new
White House baby will be. known here
after as "Esther.", This oldashionad
name has been Selected for the child bv
the President and Mrs. Cleveland. It is
stated, thai the selection of this name
hag no significance other tharT" the parr
tialkyjot the parents for scriptural .de
nominations and that it means "a star"
and fgood fortune."
Secretary Gresham has received the
following a.ble. from Minister Thomp
son at kio.
"At 11 o'clock this rnornine the revo
lutionary forces bombarded the forts
Commanding the entrance to the harbor;
also the arsenal on the wharf in the cen
ter of the city.: A few shells were fired
into the city and a woman was tilled Th
tier residence. Commercial iteleerrams
have again beenforbidden.-Th'e Charles
ton has not yet arrived.": -- ';r ' .
The Navy Department received a
cablegram this afternoon reporting the
arrival of the cruiser Charleston at Mon
tevideo to-day. The cruiser will pro
ceed immediately to Rio Janeiro to pro
tect American interests. .
Washington, Sept. 15, It is under
stood hat Josephus Daniels, of North
Carolina, the present Appointment Clerk
of the Interior Department, has been
tendered the position ot Chief- Cleric ofT
the Department. . !: v.;'",. v
Commander Crownmgshield. of the
United States . Steamer Kearsarge, re
ported to the Navy Department -this af
ternoon that his vessel left Wilmington
to-day for New York with the Sailors of
the old 'monitor Nantucket on tfoard.
The Nantucket has been turned over to
the North Carolina State authorities for
use by the Naval Reserves as a practive
vessel. It is not unlikely that the Kear
sarge Will be ordered to Nicaragua as a
precautionary measure in anticipation of
another revolution there. .
The! Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
reports that the total values of the ex
ports of domestic cotton from the United
States during the month of August, 1893,
were $3,433,481, and during the twelve
months ended August 31, -1893, $189.-
118,219. in August. 1892, 83,543,235,
and during the twelve months ended
August 31, 1892, $257,044,546.
lowing! nominations: Collectors of In
ternal jRevenue P. B. Trammell. Dis
tricfof Georgia; R. O. Randall, District
ot Alabama; J. T. Essary, second Ten
nessee; F. P. Bond, fifth Tennessee.. '
A series. of embarrassing and provok
ing incidents is. preventing the United
States from furnishing speedy protection
to the! extensive American interests in
Brazil endangered bv the revolutionary
outbreak, The cruiser Charleston is de
layed in sailing from Montevideo by an
accident to her steering gear; the cruiser.
Detroit has been stoorjed in her vovace
to Brazilian Stater on account of the dis
covery that it was necessaryfor her to
comply with certain conditions prelimi
nary to her final acceptance by the Gov
ernment, and the cruiser Newark cannot
leave Norfolk tor Rio until Sunday or
Monday. These delays under, existing
circumstances are decidedly embarrass
ing. I -
- The Charleston arrived at Montevideo
yesterday and her commander found
orders there directing him "To proceed
with dispatch to Rio. This morning a
dispatch was received at the Navy de
partment from the commander. Capt. H.
ivricking, stating that the Charleston s
steering gear had broken down and that
it would be necessary to coal before
leaving for Brazilian waters.
It is probable that nothing will be
accomplished in the House before next
Tuesday. This is the view of the situa
tion taken by Mr. Tucker, of Virginia,
who has charge of the bill to repeal the
r ederal election lawsr Alter the House
adiourned to-day he said to a reporter:
"Weshall endeavor again to-morrow to
get the election law repeal bill
before the House, - but " our real
expectation is that nothing will
be -accomplished before Tuesday.
It looks .now as if we should be unable
to secure a quorum this week, and as
Monday has been declared a holiday,
nothing can be done then. CoL Ike
Hill; the deputy bergeant-at-Arms, has
reported that most of the answers to his
telegraphic summons read: "Will Mon
day do? As the senders in all probabil
ity won t come earlier, the colonel says
he has notified them that Monday will
do. . . V J !.
Washington, Sept. 16. The Treas
ury Department has made public the
exact facts in relation to the reported
loss "of gold bullion from the mint at
Philadelphia as follows: ''Qn. account
of the demand for coin a vault in which
some sixteen million- dollars was stored
in 1887 by Mr. Preston -during the term
of Mr. i ox, as superintendent, and
which was receipted" for by Mr. O. C.
Cosbyshell, without weighing, was open'
ed on the 8th mst. and the bullion, re-
weighed by Mr. Morgan, and was found
to be thirty bars short, valued at about
$134,000. Mr. Morgan immediately re
ported to the mint bureau the results,
when he was directed to return to
Philadelphia at once and re-weigh
the -bullion: - On the second weighing
it was still found to be short. Since this
bullion was stored in the vault the weigh
clerk, an old employe of the ' mint, had
sole custody of it, and circumstances in
dicated that he knew what had become
of the missing bullion. He was charged
with its embezzlement and be finally ad'
mitted it. He furnished information as
to where over $100,000 of it was secreted,
which was recovered yesterday, and more
will be recovered ' later, as he has ex
pressed a willingness to give it up, but
as to how much cannot be accurately
stated, but probably between $6,000 and
$7,000. It is Relieved at the Treasury
Department that nothing will be lost.
This statement is made in order to alley
all sensational news." -
- The name of the implicated official is
Henry S. Cochren. He had been in the
employ pf the mint over forty years. His
salary was $2X00. ,
' Among the many stories that have
gotten afloat concerning this robbery, is
one to the effect that Cochren used a
common iron garden rake, which he-inserted
between the bars of the'vault
"doors and raked out the gold; he has
been at work doing this for a number of
years, but, fortunately for tneuovern
ment and Mr. Bosbyshell's bondsmen.
the fellow hoarded up his m-gotton gold
and upon being discovered turned it over
to tne officials. - : ? ! :
- Frank Pilson. porter, in a grocery
store, Richmond, va was snot ana
killed yesterday by Jim Temple. Jfiison
ordered Temple : out tSrThe store.. A
nuarrel ensned. rlnrinc which the former
threw a knife at the latter, who retarPi
ated with a pistol shot, which killed
Pilson almost instantly. Both men are
colored, -..'.---J ;.;.". .
Stam.
1893.
THE' STORM SUFFERERS, j
Bo Serious Sickness on the Sea-Islands
Abundant Supplies of Pood and Clothing
Received. ..
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Charleston. September 14. A spe
cial to the News and Courier from Beau
fort says: With regard tot the condition
of the storm sufferers." I am rejoicedto
say that as far as can be learned every
thing is getting along very nicely. The
immediate sunermg is being relieved.
No serious sickness has been reported.
The work of: distribution seems to be
well organized. "The people are getting
into their normal good arfd happy spirits
and all Beaufort is getting,long very
well, i The worst is perhaps over. With
the work of 'charity well systematized
and a generous response .from the peo
ple of the United States," there is no
ground for apprehension that there wjll
not ue a supply -of lood. Ihe Beaufort
committee, I learn,' has received $22,664.
in addition-to this supplies of food and
clothing havebeen received from every
part of the- country. The cpmmittde
holds nightly meetings and a system ot
distribution has been adopted. The
Douglass fund is being turned' over :tb
the general fund. I . ' ;1;
Col. J. G. White is: chairman of the
Citizens' JRelief Committee, through
which the New York Evening Post fund
is being carefully distributed among the
needy. The matter was brought to the:
special attention of. the -Post through
Mrs. G. F. Lawrence, in addition t6
the fund of $1,396.50 through the PostJ
there have been immense packages of
clothing, evidently from the best class!
f New Yorkers. Although fifty pack
ages of clothing goods have been disV
tributed to whites and colored, I found
a quantity ot really fine clothing on
hand, so good that the committee think
it best to sell the articles and use the
money for food. There were almost
new plush dolmans from Emil Pasquier1,
Paris; ' Moscowitz, Fifth avenue, NeWj
York; brocade silk wrappers, tailor-made
business suits, French shoes, etc. There!
will be Parisian style among the negroes:
of the oea islands for once.
WHOLESALE LYNCHING.
Two Men ancf Two 'Women . the ViottaU
in Monroe County, Mississippi. .1
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 14 In the
line of lynching business, Monroe county
comes to the front with a case in won
bur negroes, two men and two wemeh.
were victims near yuincy. 15 miles
froiA Aberdeen. Two weeks ago
Thomas Woodruff and five chill
dren were taken violently ill and
two children died. -He and the others
still linger with little hope of rei
covery. 4 A number of neighbors also
I -r ' t ! I I! -1
ucuiiuc vciy situ wuue icmenuing
sick. Examinations of the well on the
premises - disclosed three . packages pf
rougtr'on rats in it,- and suspicion
pointed to a negro, Ben Jackson, who
was arrested and taken bv a crowd I of
unmasked men from the officers during
the inquest trial and hung. The next;
day the jury examined Mahaley Jack
son, Ben's wife, and Lou Carter, his
motner-m-iaw, who testified to a Knowl
edge of Ben's intention to buy poison
for. that purpose, but the jury dis
charged them. A crowd of armed men
also took them out and hung themjas
participants in the conspiracy. Mehaley
Jackson also testified that Rufus
Broyles. a well-known negro man f of
the neighborhood, had furnished the
money to buy the poison and after the
first lynching be bid away and eluded
discovery until yesterday. He was seed
. rr i I 1 . . . . J
at woou jyiui, a tew mnes irom ue
scenes of the other tragedies, and tiii
morning his dead body was found hang-i
ing to a limb in that vicinity. No par-i
ties have yet been arrested, but thej
grand jury now in session is thori
oughly investigating the case. : Iudg
cayes, of the Circuit Court, gave
the grand jury - a forcible . and per
emptory charge to ferret out the lynchers1
and return indictments against them.!
Ben Jackson bad an altercationJast Fall
with Woodruff. In which he entered:
Woodruff's house violently, and so ex-
ulcu uia wiic, wiiif waa iu a uciiuilcuuut
dition from child-birth that she died in
a few hours. Ben was under bond to
appear at the present term of the circuit
court with Woodruff as witness again t
him, which is Escribed as a motive for
his poisoning the well.
AGAIN POSTPONED.
The Beunion of the Confederate Veteran
to be Held at Birmingham, Ala.
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New Orleans, September 16. Gen
eral Orders No. 108, United Confederate
Veterans, says:" -: 1;
First. The General commanding deeply
regrets that an almost universal request
for the postponement ot the United Con4
federate Veterans' reunion, which was to
have been held at Birmingham, Ala , on;
the second and third days of October
next, compels him, very reluctantly, to
issue this order, it was sincerely hoped
by hinvand it was his earnest wish, that
no impediment would arise which would
hinder the Veterans from meeting upon
that date, but the increasing demand for
postponement, based upon the extreme
depression ana poverty in the country,
makes the postponement imperative, the
date of the reunion to be fixed hereafter.
Second. "The General commanding an
nounces with pride and . congratulates
the United Confederate "-Veterans that
No. 406 has been reached in the enroll
ment ot camps in our benevolent " and
noble . federation, and that application
has been made to these headquarters for
necessary forms and blanks for member
ship of over one hundred more. .The
temporary disappointment of the post
ponement, as it appears, may result in
great good to the organization.
Enthusiasm is now aroused in Ala
bama, North and South Carolina and in
Georgia. Lieutenant General W. L.
Cabell, commanding the trans-Mississippi
department, is pushing .organiza
tions in lexas ana Arkansas, also in
Missouri, the heroic "veterans of that
grand old commonwealth having just
forwarded resolutions ot sympathy and
willingness to co-operate with the United
Confederate Veterans, so that by the
date the reunion is held.it is believed
that all of the States will be fully organ
ized and that the hearts of the old vete
rans will be gladdened at their next
meeting by tne sight ot a lull represen
tation of their surviving commanders
from every Southern State, so that they
can all unite in measures "for the bene
fit of the living and to care for the graves
and memory of our dead. ' . .
. By order of John B; Gordon,
r ; - General Commanding.
George Moorman,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
A dispatch from Davis. I. T says that
A. Baldwin, a prominent young pbysi
cian, son of a member oi the Georgia
State Legislature, was shot and killed by
) esse Bowden, at rainier, on - Kock
creek JThursd ay. The tragedy was the
resalt of a quarrel over the hand of a
young woman who lived at the house
where Baldwin ana Jttowaen Doaraea.
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NO. 46
MISCELLANEA. , .1
1 BY T.H. PRITCHARD. ' - V .
The- Experiment In Sontb Carolina.
Editor 'STAR:-The-" most inter
esting liquor law in this country is
now on trial in our sister State, and
as 1 1 have recently spent several
weeks over there, and f have studied
thesubject some ; little, 1 propose to
give your ; readers .my conclusions.
The law now in force there is inmany
of its features, similar . to one-which
has been tried in- Sweden for seven
teen years,'ahd has been . an emi
nent success; something, like it, I am
told, has also done well In Atlanta,'
Ga. : .The. adoption of this law was
due , to a' singular combination of
political circumstances, which led to
the election of a Legislature pledged
to some form ofprohibitlon, without
really being in favor of , prohibition
When the attempt was made" to re
deem these' pledges, a number of
bills were defeated by one or the
other branch of the Legislature, and
the bill finally adopted, known as
the "Dispensary Law,'1 wasv in the
nature of a compromise.
The chief feature of the law is that
all private sale of spirits is made Ille
gal. Liquors can only be sold by the
State, which guarantees both purity
and good measure. None can be sold
to be drunk on .the premises. Dis
tilled spirits are to be sold in quanti
ties of not less-than half a pint, and
beer only by the bottle. Railway
companies are forbidden to deliver
lquors to any one except the keepers
of dispensaries. If I understand the
matter correctly, prices are a little
above those at which liquors have
heretofore been retailed, and all the
profits go to the State. -
What now, is claimed for this
law as. a promoter of temperance?
First, that there can be no dispen
sary in any county or community,
where a majority of the free- holders
do not vote for it. It is, therefore,
definite local option law. As a mat
ter ot tact, it is said mat only some
thirty counties in the State have thus
far opened dispensaries.
Next,- it is claimed that it will
sweep away at one blow the saloon.
Nor can clubs, nor restaurants, nor
drug stores, nor hotels sell or give
away liquors. It is also claimed by
the advocates of this law that it will
4ring large revenues into the Treas
ury of the State by which the taxes
of the people will be reduced, and as
the Interest of the tax-payer was thus
direcly concerned, it is hoped that he
will aid in the enforcement of the
law. . . . - '-' !
From what I saw and heard of its
practical operation I am disposed to
think it a good law, but the bitter
feeling against Gov. Tillman, whose
pet this law seems to be, makes many
good people take but little interest
in it. In their indifference and even
opposition to it, I do not think they
are acting patriotically or wisely.
STATE ' REFORMATORY FOR VOTING
:: ,- CRIMINALS, . ; "
Is not our good old State greatly
behind the times in tlaving no insti
tution of this kind? All the States
North, and many . in the 'South,
have . such places . for "j the. im
provement of this interesting but
unfortunate class of our' popula
tion. When a pastor in Baltimore
used to preach, once a month, to
large numbers ot young people gath
ered into an institution of this kind,
called "The House of Refuge." Not
long since I read a report of the Re
formatory of New York, the same
that the World has been making such
an ado about, because of its misman
agement, and yet badly as it affirms
Mr. Brockaway's administration has
been, the proportion of reformed
criminals is most encouraging. Mark
you, they take them in there as old
as 25 ana 30, and yet H is claimed
that as many as 32 per cent, are re
formed and. become good citizens.
Chief Justice Noah Davis, of N
York, gives the history of "-one or
phan girl, who was allowed torow
up in vice, and who cost the State
over a hundred thousand dollars.
S Eighty-three of jher descendants be
came criminals;. If an institution,
such as I am calling for, should cost
the State a half r million of dollars, it
would pay for itself, in lessening the
number of violators of the law, be
sides doing immense good in ' many
other ways. ." . . ' ' '
l v , MR. MOODY AT CHICAGO, j
If I regard Mr.) Moody as the -most
useful man in .merica, and he never
did a better wjork than he is now
doing in Chicago. He has about 36
of the best evangelistic preachers of
this country and Europe at work,
'under his direction. He has thir
teen churches! four theatres, five
large tents and four Gospel wagons
filled with worshippers twice a day.
He affirms thai many of the strang
ers who come to the great Fair are
on the eve of great national "revi-
val. such as has not been seen in this
Country during this century. And
this spiritual blessing, he thinks, will
be the out-come of the financial dis
tress of the people.- God grant that
his prophecy may prove true!
1 ! 1 CU RRENT COM M ENT.I
ill, ... V ,.., ,-l
We do not approve of the! ugges
tfon to require by law that members
of Congress hall listen to each
other's speeches.. That Is too much
like requiring tjhe directors of a rail
road to ride oh the cowcatcher to
prevent accidents. Norfolk Land
mark!) em, ; '
v -4 - Cholera cases are getting to
be widespread, but it is especially
worthy of note that cholera spreads
and becomes epidemic only in those)
places'l which j are; not t vigilantly
guarded by the resources of sanitary
science. It is as good a demonstra
tion as one could ask, that the dis
ease may be held under control, and
that it is not likely any longer to be
come a scourge in any 'community
that chooses to protect itself.-.
Ledger iInd. ' iASr'i
-. .;. I;! tT r-fc . : '.;-rf
"All sorts of people are ready for
the Cherokee Strip.'; It isjjiot a dress
affair.--Picayune. ; -: v .--.' 'OZ. f , ;' .. v.,..
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"triimri'AHi
I aafdead. my
r AM DEAD.
r 5i '
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sinif-fio sad songs for me:
tant thou no roses at my head, j ;
Nor shady cypress tree? ' :
-? Be the green grass above me "
With showers and dewdrops wet;
. And If thou wilt, remember, "
And if thou wilt, forget. . .
' I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not leel therainr ' ' -v - '- -J
. I shall not hear the nightingale '
Sing on, as if in pain; , - . - v
And dreaming through the twilight-
That doth not rise or set, ,
Haply I may remember, , - " -
And haply may forget. : -1
- Christian Rosette.
SUNDAY SELECTONS
r- He that rebukes a private fault ,
openly, betrays it rather than reproves it.
Quarles.
? - A-man is r relieved and ' gay '
when he has put his heart into his work s
and done his best; but what he has said'
or done otherwise shall give him no
peace Emerson. .. a--.- ' a;; v .
The : great . hold , the' Sunday '
School has on the people is shown by
the large number of schools and atten
dants reported for the United States
and British America. There are 180,000 .
schools,' attended by over 10,000.000
pupils. ; . . ... -
Happiness is a sunbeam, which
may pass through a thousand bosoms '
without losing a particle of its original
ray; nay. when it strikes on a kindred
heart, like the converging light on a
mirror, it reflects itself with double "
brightness. Happiness is not perfect till
itis shared. Porter c
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
-Clinton Democrat'. Mrs.. J. M.
Spell, wife of our esteemed sheriff, died
at her home Monday night, after a very
brief illness, at the age of forty years.
Weldon News: Mr. H. L. Joyner,
dealer in general merchandise at Sea
board, made an assignment last Satur
day for the benefit of his creditors. We .
are unable to learn the amount of assets
or liabilities. :
Goldsboro Argus: In the case -of
young Mangum formerly of the Cau
casian office,, who was indicted by the
management for the larceny of two pos
tal notes, and which came up in the Su
perior Court yesterday, the jury returned
a verdict of "not guilty," after a short
conference. . - ;
Kinston Free Press: "The late
rains have damaged cotton badly. Cot-
ton is sprouting some in the bolls,
caused by the damp, warm weather, and .
if the weather continues so much longer -the
damage will be very great,1 -There ;
is also some complaint of rust. Some
of the cotton on the ground is rotting.
There is also complaint of corn rotting.. .
NewbernKr?: Native hay -is
coming in and judging from appear
ahces the crop will be abundant. . The
growth is luxuriant, and near the city
more land on almost every farm has
"gone to grass" than ever before. If
farms more remote have done equally as
well the spectacle of a Crayen county
farmer buying forage this year will be a
rare one, ' ,
Fayetteville Gazette: Ator'near .
Hope Mills, this county, on last Satur
day night, the fast' mail on Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, ran over and killed .
a man by the name of Faircloth, who
was either sitting or lying on the track...
It is stated that Mr. Faircloth was under
the influence of strong drink, and the
verdict of the coroner's jury was that he
came to his death by his own careless-
ness.- " '- .: , '
; Wadesboro Messengr-Intelltgen-cer;
We have interviewed a number oj ,
the largest and most conservative far
mers of the country as to the probable
damage the cotton crop has sustained on
account ot the recent great storm and '
subsequent wet weather. The ' unani
mous opinion is that the crop has been
damaged from 20 to 2t per cent. up to
this time, and every day of wet weather
increases the injury. The cotton that is
open is sprouting in the bur and num
bers of grown bolls are rotting before .
opening. . There is no doubt about it;
the crop has sustained serious injury.
Corn has also suffered greatly. Most of
the corn on the low - lands was covered
with water twice- and ruined, and much
of that on the uplands was blown on the
ground and has since rotted,. : -i
- Chatham Record': -The many
friends of Mr. Mark Bynum, of Gulf
township, will regret to hear of his death,
which occurred very suddenly on last
Saturday. While in his usual health he
was taken sick at the breakfast table on
Saturday and died in less than an hour. - -He
was 78 years old. -On last Tues
day Mr. Sidney b. Strowd, of Baldwin .
township, met with a horrible and prob
ably fatal accident. By some mischance '
he fell from his tobacco barn and as he
struck the ground, face downwards, the
short stump of a bash pierced his left
eye to the depth of three inches. His ;
son, who was with him, pulled the piece
of wood out, and Mr. Strowd walked to
the house, a short distance off, but soon-
became unconscious and at last accounts -
esterday was still unconscious and it ..
was thought he would soon die.
Monroe Enquirer: Monday af-1.
ternoon a large copperhead snake bit a
little son ot Mr. Johua Whitley on the
foot. Dr. Ashcraft attended' the little -fellow
and gave him the snake bite
remedy. His suffering was intense, but -he
is getting well now. Mr. Whitley's
mother, who Is about eighty years old,
killed the snake. Saturday morn
ing, near Beaver Dam, waiter ategaii
accidentally snot auu kiucu ma cuwian, .
Thos. Stegall. The particulars of the sad
affair as near as we can get them are
that Walter went to the home of Thomas
for the purpose of trading him a pistol -for
a saddle. Thomas wanted to see
how the cylinder worked and while Wal
ter was showing him and explaining the :
workings of ft the pistol fired and the
bullet struck Thomas in the breast. The
wounded man lived about six bours af
ter he was shot. Thomas' was about -twenty-two
years old and Walter is .
about sixteen. .
1 " Creensboro Record: Passengers
An tfi train fmm thtt f aat last nioht
I brought up a story that at Burlington
I yesterday a white man by the name' of
Woods and a Colored boy, both inmates
oi the work - bouse, were wrestling.
Woods had thrown, the boy in the first
bout, but the lad insisted on another .
trial, at which the same result followed.
Woods got up and rubbed the side cf
his face and at once fell 'dead in his
tracks. An autopsy showed that he had
ruptured one of the veins, leading to the
heart, or as our informant stated. , had'
"bursted his heart strings" by the vio
lent exertion. Of course the boy . with .
hom he was wrestling was exonerated. '.
- There is a- gentleman living in
Greensboro by the name ot .Wm. A.
Brown. There is also a colored indi
vidual by the same name. ' The first is
well known to the postoffice officials,
while the latter is not, in consequence
of which Mr. Brown, white, 'often: gets
the letters belonging to, Mr.. Brown,
colored. He kicked about it. Finally
one of the clerks suggested that he in
struct his correspondents to direct let
ters to W, A. Brown, colored.v Said he
"Let it go; I had rather miss all my
letters than have 'colored' stuck on to
them," and he is black as coatdust.-
- Telegrams were sent Senators Call and
Pasco, of Florida, yesterday, urging their '
support of the i unconditional repeal of :
the Sherman bill, signed by every busi- r
ness man of prominence in the city, who
was seen." No one refused.' The Cham
ber of Commerce has unanimously en-
dorsed unconditional repeal.,, sj,. '
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