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Site W ILL IAM H. BSBH ABD, .' Editor and Proprietor. - WILMINGTON, N. C, Friday, September. 22, 1892., former yon wiah no DOUI la writing to change your addreai Iwyi give rmtr direction u well aa f nil particalan as where oar pvper to m lent uereatter. vuea yon angea can tut be made. . W Notices of Marriage or Death, Tribute! of Re aped, Reaolutlona of Thanks, &c, are charged forai ordinary advertisements, bat only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rate SO cents will pay tor a simple announcement ot marriage or areata. W Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Foetal Money uraeror Kegisterea Letter, i-ost ten will register letters when desired. W Only sach remittances will be at the risk of the pawisner. . . j Specimen copies forwarded when desired. of people have been rushing for weekVto "get In among the first and stake off a claim, and then perhaps fight over it after it is. staked off. They will come Southward, not in a wild rush', bat slowly and steadily, and when they do come they will be the kind of people whom we want and whom we may welcome, people of more or less means and intelli gence, who will . readily assimilate with our people, co-operate in the work of progress and development, and become good and useful citizens. SHI VEEY IMPOST ANT 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. '.''' It is hoped every subscriber In ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due us at once. v It is unjust to the proprietor to reaa nis 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 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. WHERE NOW! With the Cherokee Strip opened to settlement and occupied, there is an end practically to the public domain, as far as homesteads go, and the question might be asked, whither wil the land-seeker turn now ? There are still in the far Western States and Territories large bodies of unoccu pied lands which are within the reach of settlers, land belonging to rail roads and syndicates, and also large bodies of what are called "desert lands," which may be made produc tive by irrigation, but this will re quire large capital and the desert is not a very inviting site for the home seeker, at least until the irrigating system is established. But the day is not far distant when all these lands worth taking will be takenTas the public domainhas been, and then the home-seeker will have to turn in some other direction. In what direction will he turn? There is but one. He must come Southward. There is an immigration South ward now and has been for some time, but it is mainly an immigration of speculators who come with a sharp eye to pick up large tracts of land, for speculative purposes, or to ope rate them for the timber that is on them or the mineral that is in them. This is an immigration that the South derives very little benefit from, nothing in comparison, with what she will lose in the long run. Theserspeculators are the owners now of millions of acres of the most . valuable lands in the South, which they have purchased at almost nomi nal prices, some of which could to day be sold for many times as much as they paid for them. . We are not prejudiced in this mat ter, Dut it goes much against our gram to see these valuable proper aV!. - A. . m uc5 go 10 aa venturers tor a mere song, while our own (people stand by and see the transfers made, without realizing the value of the posses sions that are passing into the hands of strangers, some of whom never saw and never will see the South. we ao not think it is a cause for congratulation nor any evidence l muusinai progress when a man or a company with a few thousand dollars come in and select the most valua ble of our timber lands, for which they pay a ridiculously low price, erect their saw mills, and proceed to stripping the lands of trees, cut ting them up into lumber, market ing it and sending the proceeds of the sales to still further enrich men whose homes are and will continue to be in other other States. If the proceeds were spent in the South and went towards the, development of her resources or the building up of her industries we would look upon iV with somewhat of a different feeling although even then we would enter, a protest against the havoc of the forests to which the South is largely indebted for her matchless climate, her exemption from extreme heat in summer and extreme cold in winter. "' -.. , . The transfer of mineral lands is not such a serious matter although mo nopolizing these will retard progress. While working these does more in the way of develpment than the timber industry does, because they require more expensive plants and more skilled and unskilled labor, still a very considerable portion of the profits arising from them go to owners, some of whom, as in the tim ber ownership, have never been and probably never may be, identified with the South. But being the own ers of large bodies of land, they may find it to tbeir interest to encourage immigration, to occupy tne lands from which the trees have been stripped or from which the ores were mined, and make them productive, - If they do this they will in; part, at least, make amends for the harm, they do in destroying the forests or mononn. Jizing the mineral-bearing lands. : -H out wnatever they may do the time is not far distant when the home seeker will turn his eyes to the unoc cupied lands of this section, where there-are still - millions of - acres of better lands than those in thecher okee Strip," towards which thousands .WHERE THE INJUSTICE IB.. Whether it be the intention of the opponents of the free coinage of sil ver or not to demonetize silver, that will be the ultimate effect if coinage be stopped. Under the Sherman law the Government buys about all that is produced -by the American mines over and above, what there may be consumed in the arts or shipped to foreign countries.' Under this law silver enough may be coined to pay for what is purchased, pro vided the Secretary of the Treasury exercises .. the discretionary power with which he is vested and redeems in silver and not I in gold, the notes issued for the bullion purchased. This gives silver the monetary value it still has in spite of the combina tions made against it on both sides of the Atlantic, by men who would drive it out of existence as a money metal and make gold the sole stand ard of value. ; It is said that it is not the inten tion to demonetize silver, but when silver is degraded and no lonsrer recognized as of sufficient value to class as a money metal it is practi cally as much demonetized as if it were made an outcast by law. While" in some of the European countries they make no scruples about demon etizing it, as it may be done by act of the Government without consult ing the popular will, there are some in this country who are candid enough to admit that they would relegate all the silver but the frac tional parts of the dollar, which1 they would consent to continue in use to make change, because It couldn't be very well dispensed with. Out of the $70,000,000 subsidiary silver coined there are probably. $50, 000,000 m circulation, which would leave $361,000,000 of silver which Would be retired eventually, 1f not just now, if the advocates of the gold , standard succeed in their pro gramme." This means a contraction r. MINOR MENTION. LThere are few -abuses which have been carried to a greater excess in the Congress of the United States (i: both branches) than absenteeism. It very frequently happens that no busi ness can be transacted for want of a quorum, : and it. sometimes happens that telegrams have to be sent; all over the country summoning the .ab-" sentees who are needed, and the Ser--geant-at-Arms is sometimes sent to scrimmage around Washington with instructions to arrest and bring; in t he L truants. 5, Some . farcical : excuse lets them off when arraigned for contempt- in refusing td obey-the sum mons of the House. "This abuse is quite as prevalent among the Dem ocrats as "among Republicans. In the House Democratic caucus held Tues day a resolution" was : adopted to the effect that it was the ' sense or tne ,; caucus . mat it . . was the duty of t every . Democratic member (as it is' of every member, no matter to what party he belongs) to attend the sessions of the : House which was amended by the addition of the words "and vote." This was not only the sense of that 'caucus but it is the sense of the people of, the United States, who elect . representa tives "to go to Washington to .attend to the public business, for which they are paid, and not to loaf, nor to spend the time which belongs to the public in attending to their own' af fairs or seeking tbeir own ease and pleasure. That resolution should not only be an expression of the sense of the caucusrbut should be a rule of the House from which there should be no divergence without good and sufficient cause. , : One of the most unique and original methods for booming the j price of cotton is the "White Cap", plan adopted in Mississippi of notify ing ginners not to begin, or to sus-J pend, operations until the price of cotton reaches ten cents a pound.! The fact that similar notices were served on some ginners in Louisiana shows that there is method m the business, and that it is the result ot organization. It wouldn't be just to charge the Populist party with such a programme as that, but we will venture the prediction that if the originator or originators of that plan be discovered it will be found that they are closely related to the Gideonite tribe. 'The penalty for refusal to obey instructions . C NEWBERN AND WILMINGTON. ; The Taat Through - Paaaenge Train ' on : the Wilmington, Hewbern and Norfolk BaOroad-Ths ' Boed Well Equipped. exd in Excellent CondiUon. ! . Following the example of the Star of Tuesday, the Newbern ourno pf yester day .brought out its rooster and crowed lustily" over the departure" of the first through passenger train over ihe Wil mington, Tfewbern.and Norfolk - Rail road. The Journal has the following interesting account : gy r ; Among the passengers 'on the 'j first schedule train of the W., N.&N. R.R. who left here yesterday morning, were : Messrs. K E. Harper and C Tr Hancock of the Journal, Hon.- F. M. Simmons, Mr.: T. A. Gneen, Mr. and Mrs. C E. Foy, Messrs. James A.' Bryan, George Henderson,Capt. D. Lassiter and Mr. Nelson Whitford, of the city. Mr. John F. Zebley.of New York, president of the Newbern Water Works Company was aiso among . them. A portion went simply for the sake of taking a trip on the road and came back on the freight. The two trains passed each other at Whiteoak, the first station beyond Mays ville. . . -.. v1-- i ', Therun from McCarthy's store at the edge of ahe city to Pollocksville was made In seventeen ; minutes. Whiteoak was. reached in just an hour from the time the train pulled away from -the depot. - .w - - - Upon the return trip ' almost as good time was made. The space from Pol locksville to Newbern was Covered in eighteen minutes this means to the entrance of the city, where the train has to slacken speed, - r; ' ; - - The trip was much enjoyed. The view near the city shows well, and the fine forests, but little disturbed hereto fore, lies a little beyond. We noticed particularly beautiful bodies of pine and gum that lie at and near Maysville. a, The elegance of the cars adds trt h delight of the trio over the road. Th second class cars are handsome, having roomy- windows, seats covered with lovely red plush and being finely finished in oak. - The first-class cars are vehicles of sur passing beauty and comfort. The aisle is covered with Brussels carpet. The sides of mahogony and- the overhead lining of .oak, all finished In beautiful styly and highly polished. Jhe seats are as comfortable as could be madef the windows are supplied at will with either spark" deflectors or spark arresters; and every furnishing is of the latest im proved and most approved kinds. -. , For the present we will simply say that in whatever our people have dons to se cure this road they have builded better than they knew. The road is excellently conducted and well equipped, so that travelling over it is delight and the sche dules arranged are of remarkable conve nience for the two cities it connects and for all those along the line. Its good ef fects will be immediately felt, but will increase more and more. The distance between the two cities is 87s miles. This is covered by the pas senger, train in Zi hours and by the freight and passenger in four and-a-half. The former's speed is 25 miles a hour in cluding twenty-one stops, which is not bad for a new road. - It will put Wilmington mail In New bern by 11,35 a. m. and Newbern mail in CRIMINAL COURT. of the currency and a proportionate I s the burning of the gin, which will I Wilmington by 12.30 p. m. enhancement in j the value of what I no doubt effectually stop the gin- remains. But it wouldn't stop there, I maS by , the gin owner. It the au- for gold being the only real money I thorities do not squelch these incen- in the full acceptation, the holders of the gold could at any time they saw fit call m and contract the volume of gVeenbacks (the only other legal tender) and could thus create a de mand for money which would - give their gold an additional value above the value that was given to it by the contraction in' the volume above re ferred to. The gold holders would then be absolute masters of the situation and could not only dictate to the people but to the Government if it should be compelled to borrow gold to meet any of its obligations payable in gold. Every year they would become more and more mas ters of the situation, for as the pop ulation increases at the rate of a mil lion a year, there will be need, for more money, which cannot be sup plied except to a limited extent by the coinage of gold." The volumef currency for 70,000,000 of people would remain practically the same as for the present population of 62,000, 000. . 1 1 Aside from the bad policy of con tracting the currency and putting the money volume of the country prac tically in the hands of a compara Jattly small number of men, it does gross injustice to the creditor class whose debts will be increased in pro portion to the amount of contraction. The colossal proportions of this injus tice can be comprehended only when we contemplate the debt the credi tors of this country owe, the debt which is secured by mortgages, leav ing out of account altogether the debts they owe, unsecured by mort gage. From the census returns of the mortgage indebtedness on real estate by States as far as compiled, it is estimated that the aggregate in debtedness of the people of the United States amounts to $5,626,- 660,000, or over one-twelfth of the total estimated wealth of the United States. The contraction in th i. ume of the currency which would Result from j the practical de-. monetization . ; of silver and the corresponding appreciation in value and purchasing - nower of o-oM would add at4east fifty per cent! to this aggregate indebtedness, mak ing the debt $8,439,990,000, instead of $5,626,660,000, that iscreditors would have to pay in labor or pro ducts of some sort $2,813,330,000 more than they originally owed to cancel the debt and take ud the mortgages. '-" ' Is it strange, then, that the credi tor class protest against this effort to bury them still deeper in the mire? Haven t they as well as the money kings a right to be heard, when it is proposed to saddle them with a load like this? There are some other in terests in this country which have a ngni to De neara on this financial question besides the money manipu lators and money lende g diaries, probably the next thing in order as a sure way of putting the price of cotton up will be to allow each planter to market only so many bales, and to make suie that the order would be obeyed set fire to all over and above the number of bales allowed. This would be somewhat sweeping, but it would be a more effective way of putting up the price. - The failure of - Senator Voorhees, after several attempts to elicit from the opponents of the repeal bill an expression as to when a vote may be had, shows that they have deter mined that no vote shall be taken on the bill in its present form, unless the Senate takes some new departure, which is not likely, for the power which can prevent the bill from- be ing brought to a vote jean, if it so decides, prevent any action that looks to the closing of de bate. . The free coinage men in the Senate are fighting fora compromise, for some direct and au thoritative recognition of silver, and they feel that the, course they are pursuing is the only way to get jit. They know that if a vote were taken there are votes enough to carry that measure through, and then they would be powerless. Mr. .Voorhees doubtless understood this when made his appeal Tuesday, and making it he was talking more to country tnan to the Senators. he in the- It will enable anvone from anv mint of the road to leave home in the morn ing and spend full two hours in Wil mington or full two hours and a half in Newbern and enable business men from either city by a little manceuveriag to visit as many as two places along the roaa ana net DacK mat same afternoon. The convenience will be apparent to any one, the completion of the road is a grand event for the whole section. Let all rejoice. - . - sj saa ss ii . r ' Jurors for United States Court. The following jurors have been drawn by the Jury Commissioner and Clerk ot the Court to attend on Tuesday, October 81st, 1893, to serve as jurors for the FalLterra-of the U. S. District Court, viz: ' t New Hanover county Jas." H. Lane, J. H. Durham, E. J. Powers, James P. Walton, D. L. Gore, H. P. West. Levi Nixon, Wm. Struthers, F. W. Foster. Duplin John E. Lamb, Matt. Sonth erland, Geo. P.Giddens, S. D.Terrell, S. W.Hill.' i ' . ; Bladen John Herring, A. S. Mc Koy, Daniel Patterson, Luther Leonard. Brunswick David Ward, E. W. Tay lor, H. K. Rnark, Geo. H. Bellamy, Pink King, Lindsay Walker. ; Onslow J. BGrant, G. J. Scott, Al bert Murrill. R. E. Batts. Jr. , 1 Robeson J. T. Edmonds, W. B. riaricer, i. M. Watson, George B. Mc Leod. . . ... i - : - j Cumberland Jas. Perryjc. B. McMil lan, S. H. Cotton, D. B. Gillis. . U Pender Jno. C Carroll, Richard Eagles, Tames W. Colvin. J. E. Herring. James H. Alderman. . Sampson Jonathan Goodwin, Isaiah McPhail. T. C Hobbs, Louis H. Daueh try, Arthur Lee. - i - vf; Columbus L. G. Stephens, John C Powell, Joseph Chadbourn, J E. Mc-Cracken. Grand Jury Vrmwn and Empanelled The J Judge' iCharffs Saxton, the ITegro " J- KurdereT, Bmtro m - The Criminal Court Convened yester day morning at .10 o'clock. Judge O. P. Meares presiding, "i. . T:rThe following grand jury Was drawn and empanelled, viz: Chas.: H. SchuU ken, foreman;. Jno. G. Norwood. J. M. Farrow. Geo. A. Bishop, W.E. Springer, G. G. Lewis. A. M. Biggs, W. A; Walker, t C, Williams, J. S. Barnes, J. T. How a rd S. Behrends, W.'M. Hankins, E; N, Edens, H. H.Wobse. ; ; - " .The' Judge's charge was very rigid and exhaustive, charging fully on gambling the liquor question, and . the wrecking laws. - -;". '" v .: .; v. " ' ; ; : '. ' ' r j Alter the charge Solicitor Moore sent the bill for murder and the bills against the parties charged with', removinsr articles from the barque Najadsen to the Grand Jury for their consideration, and the Court took a recess -until 3 o'clock. ; At the evening session three cases were disposed of, viz: r'-: ' : ; F. D. Capps, charged with wilful tres pass." Not guilty. . ' " : :' ; : Jos. C Whitted assault and battery guilty. ; .:: . - Chas. Saxton, charged with the mur der of Sue Cooper, (both colored) was arraigned, and plead . not guilty - of mur der in' the first degree, but guilty of murder in the second degree."'.-r-'':;-". -" :The Solicitor introduced testimony as follows :. v ' .;: '' Alice Sampson testified that she saw Saxton walk up to Susan Cooper, throw the pistol up and fire. Sue Cooper fell and Saxton ran." Belle Washington, col ored testified, to about the same, and W. H. Brown, colored, testified that he first knew Saxton about three months ago. when Saxton first came to Wilmington. About three . months ' ; ago one - day" Saxton came out of Simon Jones' wood yard and asked him if he had seen Sue Cooper go up the wharf. Brown re ported that he had not. Saxton then said, "D n her. she has .two dollars of mine, and if I catch her I will kill her.7 Deputy Sheriff W. W. King testified that some time in last month (about the middle) lie had Saxton working about the jail. - He (King) had -two pistols, one of which was not in order. Saxton heard him say the pistol was "no ac count and wouldn't fire." - He put both of thie pistols together under his bed. On tbe19th of last month, about 11 o'clock in the morning, he was at the jail, when he received a note from his wife stating that Saxton was at the house and told her he had shot a woman and wished to.be arrested. Mr. King went immediately to get his pistol and found the old one was miss ing. He went to his house arid found Saxton there. Saxton told him in the presence of constable Millis "that be did not intend to shoot Sue Cooper.". "He had heard him (Mr. King) say that the pis tol would not shoot," andHhat he didn't know that it was loaded." He only threw it up and snapped it out of fun" when to his surprise it fired and killed the woman. He then ran, threw the pistol away and "sent for him. That if he had intended killing the woman he would faaye gone to the woods." " J Mr. King further testified that the pis tol had been found, and that all the cart ridges had been snapped by Mr. McRae on the Sound when the Sheriff's posse was looking for a prisoner just before the shooting, but none would fire. He further said that three months ago Sax ton was in the hospital.' - Judge Meares pronounced the sentence of thirty years in the penitentiary I It was only by the act of 1893 that Saxton escaped hanging, as it was a clear case ot murder under the old law. Marsden Bellamy, Esq. was counsel for the defendant, j Saxton was a stranger in Wilmington and was said to have come from Nor folk, Va about four months ago. IT THROUGH1N3 1 -2. HOURS. The Hew Railroad Schedule Goes into v Effect To-day The Run Wilt Be :' STade in Three Hours and 'a Half Come Over and' See JJa. f v",;-. ' x As announced in the Str last Satur day."" the hew schedule on the W N."& N. Railroad goes into effect to-dayi-Tbe following are the details as furnished kt headquarters nereVt:':"-t?r,V "Commencing to-day, the Wilming ton,. Newbern & Norfolk Railroad will run through trains; each way between Wilmington and Newbern. The passen- j ger and freight train will leave Wilming ton af7.a.m., arriving in Newbern at 1185 a. m. : iThe strictly oasseneer train, with I Deal of the tederal Election laws uirhu 117:1 : l r :. TK fnllnwinnr TMnlrtHrn fFo, WASHINGTON NEVVS. . : . - Appointments! i and :JS"ominatlon Demo- f eratio Cauoua-r-The President Unable . to ; Visit the World Fair on' Chicago Day? Br Telegraph to" tie Morslnx Star.'K :f-, : Washington, Sept. 19. The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Henry Smythe.jof Graham Va to. be iMin- isterlResident andConsuJ :5enerat of the United States to Hayti; and the fol lowing Postmasters in South Carolina Rob. W. Harris, at Union Josiah Doar, at Georgetowo; Thomas B. Crews, at . The caucus of the Democratic mem bers of the House this afternoon was brief and. to the point. r Mr. Holman presided and -Mr. Alderson acted as secretary. .There was a full attendance of the Democrats who had been present during the proceedings in the House and the action ,1 taken, it was reported. had the hearty and unanimous, concur rence ot all who participated. Speaker Crisp offered the following resolution: ; Resolved, That it is the sense of this caucus that it is the-duty of every Dem ocratic member to attend the sessions of the House in : order that the public busi- nessjnay De considered and disposed of. Mr. Enloe,' pf Tennessee." moved to am en a Dy aaaing "and vote . after "ses sions of the House, : which was accepted. oy tne- speaKeiv- i:i.rr.?ie ... Mr. Fithian, pf Illinois, moved to. add the following jto the Speaker's resolu tion, and the caucus agreed : - v "And that when the House meets on to-morrow it is the sense of this caucus that it remain in session continously until a quordm is obtained voting in favor of reporting the bill for . the re new "coaches will leave Wilmington at 2.80 p.'m., arriving m Newberrfat 6 p. m.; makings direct r connection : with - the A. AN. C R.R. forMorehead City and Beaufort. Passenger - train ' will leave Newbern at 9 a. m., arriving in Wilming ton at 12.30 p. m.' . Passenger and freight train will leave -Newbern at. 2.10 p. m., arriving at Wilmington at 6.50 p. in." ; Thi3 will give doubledaily service be tween the two cities; and will enable the Wilmington morning papers to arrive in Newbern at 11.85 a. m. on day of publi cation. ; . i:4 j , The opening of this sew and ' quick route between Wilmington and New bern is an event of importance in the history of the two cities. Under the schedule of. the Wilmington Newbern and Norfolk the run on the strictly pas senger train, is made in Z honrs and on the passenger and freight in 1 hours. The two historic cities will now be broughtjcloser together, both socially and commercialjy, which will prove highly advantageous to both. The Star cor dially invites its neighbors' to come over and see us. They will find much here to interest them, including the most beautiful girls in North Carolina, the U. S. warship Nantucket, ' the cotton compresses, the immense railroad shops, the electric street cars, a splendid fire de partment, some ot the handsomest public buildings and private residences in the Sjate. and many other things which they would rather see than read about. If our Newbern friends can't be away from "home long, let them come over at 9 a. m., take dinner and remain here two hours, and return at 2.80 p. m reaching Newbern at 6 p. m. Beenres a Scholarship. . ft t r Mr. Alonzo T. King, son of Mr. Louis J.' King, of this city, who was examined in last July by Capt.'E. Wj Manning, of the school committee, for the scholarship for. this section of the State to the Pea body Normal College at Nashville, Tenn received a. letter yesterday from Super intendent of Public Instruction, Jno. C. Scarborough, that he had received the appointment.. He is only sixteen years old and stood a remarkably fine exami nation.' receiving in history 99, geogra- pny, 7, Jinghsh grammar, 90 and in arithmetic. 72. ; He will leave here on October 1st so as to get there by the 3rd, when the College opens. This is an honor to a Wilmington boys. . CRIMINAL COURT.- by The following resolution, offered Mr. McMillin, was adopted: ' Resotved,rTh$X it is the sense of this caucus that the House should proceed at the earliest praticable day during this session to the (Consideration of thYbiir or bills, repealing the laws authorizing deputy marshals, and supervisors of elections sjt the polls.. : . ; , - After adopting the resolutions' as a whole,- the caucus adjourned, having been in session; but a little over an hour. Subsequently, in pursuance to the last resolution,: Speaker Crisp issued a call for a meeting of the Committee on Rules to-morrow at 11 o'clock, to considertbe fixing of a date; for taking up the repeal bills and determining the length of time that shall be allowed for debate. .i ; ; President Cleveland has notified the Wold's Fair Board of Managers that in view of the pressure of official business, it wilt be practically impossible for him to visit the Wold's Fair on Chicago Day, October 19th. - - . National Banks that increased their circulation during the -Tecent financial stringency are how beginning to retire the: circulation; taken out - during that penoa in excess ot their normal circula tion. " i i The President to-day nominated Wm. B. HOrnblower. of New York, to be As sociate Justice: of the Supreme Court of the United Stites, vice Blatchford, de ceased, and James J. VanAlen.of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy. -- - "p ib a puiuiucui ana widely known- New .York lawyer who has for manyi years had a very lame practice- before the Supreme Court, of which he wilU soon "become a member. Senator McPherson, - who knows him personally. Says he is a man of strong mind and of gjreat judicial attainments, with a natural! aptitude for constitution al subjects.-1 He comes from a family of jurists, his "father having been the late Chief Justice of New Jersey, while-his grandfather f was a leading prac ticioner atf the bars of his day. Mr. Hornblower was for a number of years the lak partner of. ex-Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, and is a relative by marriage of the late Justice Bradley, whd married "a Miss Horn blower. ( r - ' . - - .- , Senator Hill this afternoon declined to i discuss itbe nominee, but simnlv said that the Democrats of New York would be disappointed. --The Democrats of NewYork,i; said the Senator; "pre f erred the nomination of Judge Rufus W, Peckham.of the present Court of Appeals." . No one will say, however, that so far as the qualifications of Mr. Hornblower aire concerned that it is not a strong appointment. -' Mr. VanAtfen is one of the connec tions of the New York Astors, being a son-in-law ofj, Wm. B. Astor, and the possessor of great wealth by inherit ance, which will enable him to maintain the costly office of Ambassodor to Italy with becoming state. i-eopie wno nave not been able to visit the World's Fair at Chicago need not give up in despair; There will be another pretty big show at San Francisco this winter and France is getting ready to have a tip-top one at .Fans in 1900. ; - f THE RICE CROP, f ;;;' "A Summary of Taimaara'a Rnna latest Reports differ widely; ma- I farmer does not . want : to be small An African Bishop recently re- marked that:' wherever he went he ran up against; the color line, and was a negro In the North and SnntK alike. Well, : what' else did -he ex pect to btil:i.::j-:.':ryi -..i,-- In bulletin No. 5, rice crop 1893, New York, September 15, Messrs Dan jTal mage's Sons state v -, . North Carolina Harvesting progress mg under favorable conditions. Out come 275,000 bushels. - j South Carolina Badly damaged by cyclone and consequent rains, which prevented repairs to plantations and re Covery of crop from "salt.V Freshets now prevailing on Pee-Dee and Wacca maw threatening further reduction of yields Outcome 950,000 bushels - as against 1.60D.0OO last vear. . : J Georgia Same general features per- MMKiouth CaroM-M- Outcome 830,000 bushels as against 550,000 bushels last year. i Louisiana jority are gloomy, yet hot a few cheerful. The turnout In older and river parishes is larger than anticipated, and alsd with many in the southwest, which may in part make up or counterbalance further reported shrinkage because of drought and cold northwest ; winds. Weather conditions have in the main been Excel lent. TherewUl be a larger per cent, of high grade than last year, due to good seed and care in culture. The outcome is a subject of controversy, but -with ad vanced and promise of still higher values it is hoped that the monetary result will tnai oi tne present crop. ;- J . " First Dote Cured. i U f n, uiasgow, K.y, writes: My daughter contracted chills in 1877 No prescription ever crave mor than temporary relief, no tonic kept them off. Two bottles of Hughes' Tonic cured her completely. She had no chill after tak- bold by Druetrista. - ' " ' . Bohooner and Cargo 80S by Auction, '..r ; The wreck of the .schooner Enchant ress and her cargo of cross-ties, were soldS by auction yesterday by order of . the agent for the under writers. Col. J. W, Atkinson. :- The vessel sold for $185 and was bought by Mr. Samuel Bear, Sr. The cargo of cross-ties was bought by Capt. Jno. T. Harper at 7 cents apiece for jthose in the hold of the vessel and 11 cents each for the ties already taken out.! The ves sel's main-sail sold " for $50. ? Messrs. Cronly & Morriss were the auctioneers. ; The Enchantress is a vessel of 358 tons. She was on a voyage from Beau- tun,, v, wua a cargo or o.uoo cross- ues. uunng tne recent severe storm she went ashore near the mouth of the Cape Fear river and was abandoned. - The Farmer and the Newapaper Man. ; ; Many men think that newspaper men are persistent dunners. By way of comparison let us suppose that a farmer raises 1,000 bushels of wheat a year and sellsthis to L000 persons in all parts of the country, a great portion of them saying. I will hand yoa a aoiiar m a short time." ana says an right, soon the 1 - vu ; Dusneis are gone, but he nas nothing to show for it, and he then realizes he. has tooled away his whole crop and its value to himjsduein a thousand little drib lets, i eonsequently he is seriously embarrassed in his business, because ms aeDtors, each owing him a dollar, treat jt as a small matter and think it would not help much. Continue this kind of business year in and year out, as the publisher does, how Inn or would lie stand it? , A moment's thought wilL convince any one that a puoii5ner nas causetor persistent dnnning.GlFaas -Times.- . Death of Mr. Henry W. Bryant. We regret to announce the death of Mr. H. W, Bryant, which occurred last evening at 9.20 o'clock at the residence ot Mr. Jno. W. Monroe, No. 816 North second street. He had been sick for some time with dropsy, but bore his suf ferings with patience. He was in the fifty-first year of his age, and was married to Miss Mary A. Monroe, the oldest daughter of Mr John W. Monroe, in January, 1890. He leaves her, two brothers and one sister. He served in the late Confederate war. and was brave and faithful. Shortly after the war he came to our city and clerked for Mr. E. Peschau, the late P. Newman, and others, for some time, and then established a business of his own, which was destroyed in the big fire of Feb ruary, 1886. After the fire he moved' to his home in Pender county, where he has lived until he was brought here some months since for medical treatment. He was highly esteemed, and had - the respect of all who knew -him. The funeral notice will be announced here after. - : ; - v: - :;.; --. TOM WEBB AGAIN REWARDED. r AttorneyOeneral Osborne Presents Him With a Gold Medal tor Savins the Life ' of His Bon." . - ,; ' . - - - The numerous friends of Mr. Thomas M. Webb, formerly ot Wilm ington. will read with pleasure this from the Char lotte Observer : - , : "Virtue is its own reward. At least so Mr. Thos. M. Webb has had evidence of. ;;: ?(i : i's -y - - ; -. Yesterday while standing in his store; indulging in a good cigar and the accompanying-Bachelor's Reverie," At torney-General Osborne, walked in, ac costed Mr. Webb, and quietly handed him a small box, which upon opening, he found to contain a magnificent gold medal, a gift from Mr. Osborne, lor Mr. Webb's bravery in saving his little son from being drowned at the1 pool in July.; ' - ,. - ' ' , The medal is solid gold, having a de sign of a bath house and water in the centre. On the pin bar is engraved Thomas M. Webb' and on the reverse side of the medal "-Thomas D. Osborne, July 11th, 1893." . - Mr. Webb has received several gold medals for similar acts, but none which he prizes so highly as this, so handsome an expression of tfce gratitude of Attorney-General Osborne for the rescue- of his little son." , 1 A; Golden,-Druggist, Birmingham, wiiica. -. x-icaae , puDUSQ some auc testimonials x nave sent von or " . , "Waie Nature Needs&rsunce it may be best to ren der n promptly, bot one should remem- irtrxo use even, the most perfect reme dies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Fies. manufactured bv thrrai fornia Fig Syrup Co. ? ft" - ; y ? -The Grand Jury'a Billa-Tho Slander Case ..-.J. . Ben Perry Submits. . " " " The Criminal Court resumed business yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge O. P. Meares presiding. : I - The Grand jury returned the follow ing bills, vizj against Jas. A. Hewlett, J. S. Walton. Lewis Whitledge," Davis Foiles. Wm. Sheppard, Joe Pickett, Jno. Sidbury, O. F. Corbett, CharieS Mason, George Sheppard, John Pettitt and Tim othy Peterson true bills; against Tom Boin. for killing a cow not a true bill; Ben Perry, slander true bill; J. E. Salis- KnM '. r. -3 . .... a TTT-ti. Kwuij, ujiaucuictnur true 0111; - William Holly, larceny true bill; Mag Wilson. killing a cow true bill. - 'V 'y The case of State vs. Jas A. Hewlett was, on motion of Marsden" Bellam y, Esq., counsel for defendant removed to the United States District Court for the' Eastern District ol North Carolina. " State vs. Wm. Holly; larceny. Guilty, Slate vs. J. E. Salisbury.-.! Continued on account of absence of counsel. ' t r State vs. Ben. Perry, charged with slandering Miss Maggie Coffee, was called, - and the jury jpok the box. Messrs M."; Bellamy and A. J, Mar shall appeared in behalf of - the prosecuting witness. Solicitor Moore, represented; the State and , Herbert McCJammy, Esq, appeared as" coun sel for the defendant. Defendant's coun sel moved for a continuance on account of the absence of ;'a witness. Counsel stated to the Court that he wished to prove by the witness that the defendant had been told the words charged to be slanderous by another Derson. " The State's counsel said they ? would admit the testimony as true. -, The Court said it would charge the jury that if they be lieved that the - defendant spoke the words he would be guilty, i as a wanton and malicious vending of slanderous reports would make a per son equally as guilty as the originator The defendant then entered ;a submis sion and at the same time filed a state ment that he had only repeated the slan derous words as they had been ' told to him, but he had since ascertained that they were false, and that he believed the prosecuting witness to be a good and in nocent womijr?i?0, - Mr.Maraden Bellamy statedthat all the?6secutmg was a vindication of her character and was' now satisfied,'' r-.JLt---.vr . , The Court stated that it was always inclined to impose the severest penalties for slander; but after the statement of counsel, he would suspend judgment oa the payment of the costs, which amount ed topver fifty dollars. s ; .1.' " " 1 aa a " ' " - It will astonish yoa how quick John son's Magnetic OU wilt kilt all: pains. ABOUT. COTTON. t Futures 4 5 Polnto Higher in New "Tork Market Firm at Manchester. By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. New York, Sept. 2. The Sun's cot ton letter says : It was a nervous and erratic market, opening lower owing to a decline in Liverpool and larger esti mates of the pceipts at New Orleans to morrow." In the afternoon, however.the general drift! of the market was upward and the estimated removals at New Or leans w.ere reduced to 1.500 bales and most, of the crop advices were un favorable, j The crop movement is moderate, j hough it is increasing at the interior towns. New York and Southern operators were selling and Europe sold to some extent. The course of the market hinges, to a great extent to the receipts jat the ports. If they should increase materially it is believed that prices here and abroad will decline and perhaps sharply. Prices closed steady and nine points up in September and four to fivef points higher, with sales of 156,700 bales. Liverpool decline done to two points land closed quiet, with spot sales of 14,000 bales. - - l Manchester. Eng.. Seotember 20. The Guardian in its commercial article Says : Theijmarket is firm. A healthy Indian inquiry continues, but manufac tures have ..advanced quotations : and prevented the turn-over yesterday reach ing the recent average. The . fact that cotton has lost some of its recent strength has somewhat modified buyers' readiness to give the extended time usually required. There is a fair Chinese inquiry, but the business is small, j Bra zilian and ! river Plate business is sus : pended. j Very firm prices are quoted for ; American yarns. - , : . - : ji W rj EG U LAR BATTLE Between Whltea and Netroes in Dallas County Alabama Two JlTegroes Killed and Several Wounded, " Br TeleErapb to the Homing Star. New Orleans, September 20. The Times-Democrat's Birmingham special says: Tne negroes, friends of Ned Gully, who was lynched a few days ago near Pineapple, in Dallas county. Ala.. for criminally assaulting a white woman living there, made an attack to-day upon the whites. From the best informa tion received there was a regular battle. Two negroes were killed and several badly wounded. As far as can be learned, none ot the whites were seriously hurt. It is feared that-tfaete wj!iJe a general out break and race war. The negroes are procuring all the arms they can and everything: is on the rOutlook. There are but a few whites in that section, three-fourths of the population . being colored, There is no telegraph commu nication with nneappie and information so far is tneagre. . . - , v- . -. - Several New York banks made ship ments of currency to the South yester day and the movement of money south wara to move tne cotton crop is assum ing proportions. . The flow of money to New York from the West- and East is quite heavy, and represents the liquida tion of loans Sccounts. -. , . p t : SPIRITS-TURPENTINE. " r Durham Recorder: A farmer told us Monday that he liada fine field of Corn and had to prop a good deal of It, up: so as to prevent the ears from breaking, off, t the ears being so larPP John L. Dixon's little child dfed" Iast:Sunday morning. . The child bad been sick with scarlet fever and was im proving very . fast, but unfortunately it got hold of a green apple and died soon afterwards.: ; . . : Lenoir 74: : - From all parts of the county comes the report that the corn crop is damaged a great deal by the recent freshet. The prospect for a lar crop was good until the last rains. -L Mr. A. N. Corpening tells us that a few ku uc was spmung a piece of lumber and in the middle of it he found a minnie ball. The lumber had been sawed several years and he was just solittine it ud for kindlincr he found the ball. : . The wood was per. fectly isound ; and no signs of how the ball got in there could be seen. It must have been shot ia the tree when it was very small. v. . -- - Newton Enterprise: If anybody wants to see peach seeds by the hundred bushels) just step into Smpre. Khyne & Co.'s . ond J. Rl Gaither's warehouses Mr" Gaither has one pile of 600 bushels and another of 400 and has shipped 20a or 500 bushels. The two firms together nave oougni irora tne larmers of this section this season not less than 2 500 bushels of peach seed. The price paid was 85 cents a bushel, making $875. if the trade at other places in the county has been m proportion to that in New ton, the peach seeds, which used to go to waste, have brought tbe farmers this year $2,000 Or p.SOO. Charlotte. News: The flow of tramps Southward is now rising rapidly ana eacn train aumps oil larger num bers. Yesterday evening there were fif teen tramps lounging around the rail road trackst)f the R. & D. in this city. Most all of them were going to Texas they said. One of the tourists told a passerby that their goag had taken in the World"s .Fair. New York city and Baltimore, beating their entire fare from place to place, and that - they now pro posee going to Florida, thence to Texas, where they would work awhile if they felt like it and could get something to do that suited them exactly. CarthageAffAjrf : Died at his home, about 5 -miles west of Carthage on Tuesday night, 12th inst, Mr. D. d! Morris, aged 42 years. . Mr. Morris was engaged in saw-milling, and was a suc cessful business man. He had an attack of typhoid fever, from which he was rap idly recovering, when he was taken with a congestive chill and died in a few hours. -The county has another heir which was born to Miss "Siss" Maness one day last week in the jail. This makes two babies born in jail since "July 1st. -.. Mr. Marline Fry, one of the county's Oldest citizens, died suddenly last Friday; He was hauling a load of fodder and fell off the wagon deads He was upwards of 70 years of age. -Raleigh Neius and Observer: At the State Treasury yesterday $5,000 f old bonds were exchanged for new four per cents. The Governor has been notified that RicBard Hines. who is wanted in Montgomery county for lar ceny, has heen captured in South Caro lina ana is now in custody. Gov. Carr yesterday honored a requik sition ot the Governor of Ken tucky for -Dr. Walker Hill, who is wanted in Kentucky on the charge of poisoning Andrew J. Fisher. Hill was in jail at Asheville, and an agent arrived there and started for Kentucky with him yesterday, A little 6-ycar-oldspn of Mr. Rufus Brown was drowned in Dr. Lewis' pond, three miles from the city, Saturday evening. His father had taken him to the pond to fish, and left him for a few minute to go and cut a fishing pole, when he fell in with the sad result as above stated. -- al I a. a 7 " ... . uanoug uoserver' Mr. va tpr Potts, died -at his'home on East Sixth street, last night at 9.30 o'clock, ol con sumption. Deceased was a son ol Mrs. M. R. Potts, and was about 26 years of aee- - Mr. F. Eastwood, of Fall Kiver, Mass., is In Charlotte looking into the feasibility of establishing 'a factory here for the manufacture of sizing ma terial for use in cotton mills. This gen tleman is of tbe firm of Eastwood & Co., of Fall River. This firm now supplies a very large proportion of the sizing in Southern cotton mills, besides having a large Northern business. Surface Kill CAme rlMtinAl sv k , ,-, w w - a VLllLdUlC CI Dorado. Everything one touches there turns out to be gold. Friday a barrel of sour kraut was packed at Mr. W. L. Kerr's, a rock being laid on It as a weight. Mr. Keer noticed something glittering on it, which, on investigation, proved to be gold. He had it worked, and it produced 12 pennyweights. Durham Sun: Mr. Sidnev S. Strowd, of Baldwin township, Chatham county, who met with such a horrible accident a lew days ago, which was chronicled in yesterday afternoon's Sun, died Thursday evening. It will Jje re membered he fell from his tobacco barn, sticking ttoe end of a tobacco Stick in his left eye to the depth of three inches. His son pulled it out and he walked to tbe house, a short distance away. He became unconscious soon after reaching there and never regained consciousness. We learn that the Duke branch of the American Tpbacco Co. is now filling an order for 6,000,000 cigarettes and it has another order for 6,000,000 more to be filled in the next few days. Twelve million cigarettes for Tapan from a Durham factory seems to be keeping up our foreign relations pretty well. . ' Raleigh Nrws and Observer: . Mr. John, Robinson, Commissioner of Agriculture, after a very, careful investi gation, together with personal observa tion of the present condition of the cot ton crop in the State, says that it is his Opinion that the recent storms in this State, together with the damp weather since, have depreciated the prospects -from 20 to 25 per cent. The dead body of a negro- man named Needham Lee was found yesterday morning on the Richmond & Danville track, three miles east of Raleigh, by the section-master. Coroner A. T. Buffaloe visited the body and inaugurated an inquest at the court house. The dead mac proved to be a brakeman on the freight which came in from Goldsboro the night before at 8.20 o'clock. The body was badly Tnutllated, the skull being crushed and the breast mashed in. His right arm was torn off near the shoulder and the left arm at the elbow. It is supposed that he fell from . the train and that almost the entire train passed over him. ' - . 8,228.672. ' - J These figures represent the number of bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which " . were sold in the United States from March, 91 to March, '92. Two Million, Two : Hundred and Twentv-Eicht Thousand, Six Hundred and . Seventy Two bottles sold in one year, and each and every bottle was sold on a positive guarantee that money would be refunded if satisfactory results did not follow its use. The secret of its success is plain. It never disappoints and can always be depended on -as the very best remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc. - Price 50c. and 11.00. At R. R. Bellamy's Drugstore, t - " - BucKien Aimca sure. 'The best Salve m the world tor Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever, Sores,. Tetters, Chapped Hands ChilblainsvCorns. and all Skin Eruption and positively cures Piles or no pay ' required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or . money refunded. Price 85 cents per box. For sale bv Robert R. Bellamy, Wholesale and Retail Druff- !at: -r - .. - - . . ... . t
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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