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PUBLISHKD AT - y .. WILMINGTON,:!!. C $1.00 A YEAR, I N ADVANCE. 888888888S8S833S3 H 1"H t- tH P Q npnon 81 S8S8S88S88SSS888S npnow, g 888S888888S888888 S5gg?83S85:i3BSS8g8S8 8S88SS88888S88S88 82888888282888888 888888S8828888888 1A 8 to o o i ao 82888882288888883 88888888888888888 i at eo 4Motcsa o eojj g I a 5" Entered at the Pott Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class Matter.! . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows: . - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid $1 00 S months " 8 months " " m 80 VERY IMPORTANT ; During the past two months bills have been mailed to about, sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. The aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the aggregate amount thus far paid is comparatively 'mall. It is hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due us at once. It is unjust to thexproprietor to 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 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. SOME ODIOUS FEATURES. There are some features that enter as factors in the. so-called protective tariff that seldom attract attention in taria discussion and yet they are entitled to the most serious onsid- eratron. A protective tariff is in it self a monstrosity because it neces sarily implies a discrimination against one portion of the people the ma jority in favor of another por tion the minority by taxing the majority that the minority may pros- . per. We know that it is alleged in justification and defence ot such leg islation that it is not in the interest" of any particular portion of the peo ple but of all, and that its ultimate effect will be to build up manufac tories and enable them . to undersell the manufacturers of other countries which . would ensure the American purchasers goods at such prices as no foreign manufacturer couldafford to make and ship them to this country. But if this were really the motive, which it is not, it would be a misdirected motive, for now after thirty years pi protection, long enough to put any industry permanently on its feet, if such legislation could put them on their feet, the protected demand as much protection as they ever had, if not more, and are now beseeching Congress not to withdraw any of the protection which they have been given within therT past three decades. This shows that the assertion that the high tariff was intended to foster manufactories, with a view of ulti mately furnishing the people with cheap goods,- was a mere pretence, or if made in good faith a . signal failure. - The only logical conclusion from the result is that the whole system is either a failure or a fraud. If it had accomplished what it was contended by its promoters thatj it would accomplish and proved a bene fit to the people as well as to the protected manufacturers and others in whose interest the system was established and perpetuated the fact might be overlooked that there is no constitutional power vested . in the Congress of the United Slates by which it can impose a tax on one portion of the citizens to benefit and protect the industries of another por tion,be they few" or many. And this is precisely what the protective tariff does. It says to those of the people who earn their living by the plow, ot by the forge, in the field, or In the . shop, behind the counter or in any of the numerous industries that are not protected: "You must contribute an indefinite portion of your annual earnings that the man who lives by the protected industries may make a liberal profit or may be enabled to draw a liberal dividend on the money he has invested in such enterprise." There is a. pretended authority found for this in the "general wel fare" clause of the Constitution, which has been stretched to cover every possible scheme for which no other real or: trumped up authority could be found. The most odious and disreputable feature about all this is that it takes advantage of the necessities of the poor and the most helpless to benefit and enrictr those who are the best able to take care of themselves and imposes the heaviest burdens oa those who have. about all they can do to bear the ordinary burdens that fall to their lot, whereas justice de mands that the burdens, If there is to be distinction at all, should be laid In proportion to the ability to bear them, and more should be required the rich than of the poor. " i j 'Y VOL. XXIV. - - But the builders of the present tar iff system pursued the very opposite course from this and taxed tbe'poor man - heavily .on the necessaries' of life) and the rich lightly on the luxu ries, taxed the poor man's blankets and clothing heavily; and the silks, satins and fine goods of the rich, lightly. - . The fraudulent excuse given : for this is that the goods which are taxed lightly are not manufactured in" this country and therefore there is no need of protective" duties becausejthere is no competition and no one vp needs protection, which gives the He to the whole system of protection, which! was established for the: avowed pur pose of encouraging the establish ment of manufactories which would make us a self-sustaining people and independent of other nations. At the end of thirty years of pro tection we import more ;manufac tared goods per capita, and spend millions more in payment for them than we did three decades ago, when there was no more protection than the incidental protection that "a tar iff for revenue only" gave, when we got to the nearest possible approach to free trade and nearer thanwe probably ever will beagain.1 ; The whole system is founded on a false assumption which has nothing in the powers' vested in Congress to y est upon and no defence that does not do violence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. MINOR M EST ION. Rumors about a' pending compro mise between the advocates and opponents of the repeal bill are afloat in Washington; as they have been heretofore, but, we are told, there is more ground for them now than heretofore. It is said that the compromise now hinted at is on the line of the Faulkner plan, which, however, may be somewhat changed. The essential feature of the Faulk ner plan is that while it provides for the continued coinage of silver, for the coinage of the bullion now in the Treasury, and for the coinage of the bullion which may hereafter be purchased, it obviates the objection as td"unlimited'r" coinage, because it limits both the amount to be coined annually and the total to be coined, the limit being, including the amount already coined, $800,000,000. Several anti-repeal Senators- have expressed a willingness"to accept a compromise on i this line, and it is intimated that something Of this kind would be acceptable to the President. The impression seems to be that whatever action of this kind is to be taken will come after the Sherman purchasing clause is re pealed, and not as a part of the re peal bill, and this being out of the way the new legislation on the line of the compromise will speedily fol low. In the present frame of the Senatorial mind, and the inability of the friends of repeal to bring it to a vote without the adoption ot cloture, or resorting to a test of physical endurance, the first of which cannot be done, and the second of which will not be attempted, some under standing in the nature of a compro mise is absolutely necessary, and this gives ground for the belief that there may be some ground for the late rumors from Washington. ' j One of the greatest obstacles the physicians and sanitary officers in Europe have -had to encounter in their efforts to check the spread of cholera, has been the obstinate oppo sition of ignorant people, who do not understand the necessity of sanita tion or the necessity of sanitary en actments. In some of the towns in Russia last summer mobs attacked the sanitary officers who undertook to enforce the regulations, and they had to be protected by the police, and in some places by the military, while scores of people were dying daily from accumulated filth and a poisoned atmosphere. In their igno rance the people got the idea from the great mortality- that the doctors were administering poison to ' thin out the poor and thus get rid of them. Even the doctors who were trying to save lives went around on their calls by day and night in con stant peril of their lives. The dis ease has entered - Hamburg again where the attempt to enforce sani tary regulations in certain portions of the suburbs led to riots in which, the sanitary officers and police were pretty roughly handled by the people who objected to this interference with the liberty they had enjoyed to live in filth. No wonder disease en ters and "spreads where such dense stupidity and ignorance has to be battled against and taken by the throat.. Some of the indignant papers of Pennsylvania are calling on Senator Cameron to resign. .When they can supplement a call of that kind with dynamite enough to lift him out of that seat which he has a ten or fifteen million dollar pull on he may listen to it. A Russian prince has just arrived in San Francisco after a 12,000 mile ride on horseback through central Asia. 1- . Senator Colquitt; of -Georgia, who rides around the Senate Chamber in his wheeled I chair, says he'll spend his last breath to defeat the uncon ditional repeal and he says it with a snap that indicates that he might use some ardentf exstives ; if the fact that he occasionally takes a hand at preaching didn't rule him out on the strong words of the-smner. : THE WILMINGTON COMPRESS. Probably the largest and Moat Powerful in the State Its Capoolty-1,890 Bales Per Day Will be Put in ' Operation Shortly. . .. .. Among other enterprises recently noticed by the Star was the Champion Compress with its addition of automatic sprinklers and other improvements to that valuable plant, which, by the way, is now running day and night. To-day the Star will give some facts and figures about the Wilmington Com press and Warehouse Company" (gener ally known as the upper compress) which is the oldest company 'of. the kind in -the ', State. This . company owns more : ground- thaa any other company in the city.' Mr. Walter Small bones, the Superintendent and Secretary and Treasurer of the corporation, was very clever in showing the Star repre sentative through the warehouses, point ing out the many advantages which this compress company has. His assistants are Mr.J. Murray Grant, chief clerk, and Mr, Dave Matthews, chief engineer. The. buildings are: Two large brick structures, each 3S0 feet long by 100 feet wide; three metallic .covered sheds, 800 feet long by 90 feet wide, one on each side of the main building, and one in front, bordering on Water street. These sheds have storage capacity for 5,500 bales of cotton (that is only one layer on bead) and the main building for 7,000 bales, making a total storage capacity of 12,500 bales. Cotton is . now arriving there daily, from all roads, and the compressing will begin to-morrow. A contract has been made with Mr. J. H. Sloan to compress all of the cotton for his firm, which will "be bought by agents along the line of the roads entering this city. The first steamer. for the upper press is expected the next few days. The two large Taylor hydraulic lastest improved presses have been put in con dition to be run in ten minutes notice. One has 15,000 ton power, and the other 12,000. and. can compress easily 1,800 bales of cotton per day of 10 hours, or SO bales each, every hour. When run ning, from seventy-five to one hun dred men are employed in the compress regularly, An entirely new wharf has been con structed with a T extending from it, so that four ships can be loaded easily from the wharves at one time. V As a guard against fire buckets filled with water are hang all through the buildings; and there are six hydrants and one hundred water casks, besides two steam pumps. The tracks of the W. & W. and W-. C & A. railroads run through the com press yards, and those of the Carolina. Central R.R. through Us platform. This compress expects to do a larger business than usual this year, and a corps of competent clerks has been employed. The plant has a 500-feet water front and above the Chadbourn mills the com pany owns a large tract of land with 700 feet water front, which has upon it a fer tilizer warehouse with 10,000 tons stor age capacity. ' A RICE BIRD STORY. They Don't Shoot "em Around George town, bat Booop 'em TJp With a Bet. The News and Courier is responsible for this "anecdote": .Reports from Georgetown are to the effect that the rice birds are more plentiful than ever before known. They have almost ceased to be a target for shotguns, and are so thick and close together that they are caught with a dip net like so many fish. One gentleman who did go oat with his shotgun killed 180 at a single shot. The regular way now, however, is to get a boat and a dip net 1 and go among the ditches in the old rice fields and dip op the birds. A gentleman went but a few nights ago and returned with 1,236 birds. It required a wagon and two buckboards to carry them all home. Quite a con siderable sum has been realized, by several parties who embarked in the rice bird business. They can be bought on the plantations for a mere song, and when taken to the town are sold for at least 25 cents a dozen. v The Money Is Here. ! Did you say there was no money in Wilmington ? You are- mistaken. . It's all around here, and lots of it, too;, but a very large proportion of it is not in cir culation. . It is "out of sight" in old stockings, safes, stove-pipes, trunks and, some of it, no doubt, under ground. With proper coaxing, however, a great deal of this hidden treasure will be un earthed, so to speak. This is shown by the very large amount received by the city for taxes during- September under the inducement of five per cent, discount on all taxes paid during that month. A Close Call for Prof." Walters. "Prof." Walters, of mocking-bird whistle and life-saving raft fame, nar rowly escaped drowning at Atlantic City, N. J., lately." A: dispatch from that place says : . V''J-;::'.;b';' . Shortly after noon to-day Prof. G. W. Walters, who has been giving aquatic exhibitions here for several summers with . his : patent life saving' raft, was piicked up at sea, two miles from shore, in an exhausted condition by the yacht William Captain Graham. He had started from the foot of Virginio avenue with his life raft, intending to give bis usual performance, but the wind carried him out to sea and he was unable to re gain the beach. , , : 'Change of Firm Name. The firm name of Brown & Roddick has been changed to A. D. Brown; and everybody who knows "A. D." will re joice to hear that the old house with the sew name has made a fresh start under the most favorable auspices, and all will wish for it a most successful career..;, c Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY; OCTOBER 6r1893ir WASHINGTON NOTES. - The Fight Against . Eliss and Simmons - Representative Grady as a Tnaeoter . The Compromise Talk."- .- " . .':; Thf annexed items are gathered from the Washington correspondence 5 of llhe Baltimore Sun and the Richmond Dis patch of yesterday : -, . - NORTH CAROLINA NOTES. ' The fight -against Collector . Elias, of North Carolina, is growing warmer, and. it is also somewhat warm' as regards Mr. Simmons. Just how the war on them will terminate no one can tell at present. Action will probably be taken, by the Finance Committee ofthe Senate next Tuesday. . There seems to be no doubt that a great many people in North Caro lina are taking a hand for or against Collector Elias. His opponents insist he is beaten already, and his friends de clare it can never happen. 1 GRADY'S SOLUTION. . ... Representative Grady is beginning to receive letters from college professors wanting to hear more specifically about bis solution of the problem of trisecting an arc or angle which was; referred to a few days ago in this correspondence. He sent the drawings and explanations to bis son, who is at Chapel Hill University, with permission to publish in the maga zine issued at that institution, young Mr, Grady being one of the editors of the magazine, k A professor in the Columbian College, in Washington, has examined the solution reached by Congressman Grady, and be says that it looks very simple after you know how it is done. Hippius, a scientific man, who flourished on this earth before the Christian era, Professor Grady says, is supposed to have come nearer to the problem than any one else before. One of the North Carolinians now in the city, and quite a good friend of the Congressman's, remarked to-day: "I am inclined to think-that Brother Grady would like to solve the problem of per petual motion, and he will probably suc ceed in that before he gets old man Bis sell to bounce that "nigger'.' postmaster at Fayetteville." COMPROMISE TALK. : There has been considerable talk of some agreement being reached as to the sort of a bill thatwill be introduced to follow this one, and it is believed the passage of the; pending measure will be greatly expedited if some such agree ment can, be reached. Senator Voor hees intimated to-day on the floor that there was something of the kind jn store for the immediate future, when he de clared that after the passage of the pending bill, which he thought would be soon, it would be seen that he had in no way relaxed his devotion to the in terests of silver as a money metal. Whatever else may be done for silver in the supplemental legislation that will fol low the repeal bill, it is reasonably cer tain that provision will be made for the coinage of the silver bullion now in the treasury and the retirement ot the coin notes issued on it, the silver itself being used for currency either by putting the coined dollars out or by issuing silver certificates upon them. The practice in troduced by the Sherman law of storing bullion without coining it has few de fenders now. and will probably be stop ped permanently. It is also possible that the supplemental . legislation may. contain some provision lor continuing the silver purchases until the amount ot silver coinage reaches the total of $800, 000,000, or some other fixed amount, as is proposed in the amendment Mr. Faulk ner, of West Virginia, has introduced to the present bill. It is quite generally believed some such legislation would meet the approval of the President. . ATLANTIC COAST LINE. The Washington Light Infantry Be solutiona of Thanks to the Officials. Charleston, Sept. 12, 1803. C. C West, Soliciting Agent, Atlantic Coast Line, City Dear Sir : At a spe cial meeting of the Washington Light Infantry, held September 0, 1893, it was, on motion of Capt. Cogswell, unani mously : ; : Resolved, That the thanks of the Wash ington Light Infantry are due the offi cials of the Atlantic Coast line railway system for the - innumerable courteous attentions shown by all the'officials and employes of the Atlantic Coast Line to the Washington Light Infantry on their trip to the Fayetteville (N. C) .Indepen dent Light Infantry centennial celebra tion of the 22d, 23d and 24th August. 1893. ..r-.,.. - Resolved, That the1 many unusual fa vors conferred by the Atlantic Coast Line will ' always be pleasantly remem bered as significant, both of the efficient management of the Atlantic Coast Line and also as an expression of the kindly relations that have ever existed between the two organizations. : I take great pleasure in forwarding these resolutions, and request that you will extend them. ; Thanking you per sonally for the valuable time you de voted and interest you took in our be half on above occasion. f am, very respectfully, ;' . E. S. Dingle. - V 1 Secretary ro . THE FUTURE OF COTTON. 1 An Estimate of a Smaller Crop than Iiast Tear Nine Cents in the Hear Future. .We publish this morning, says the Augusta Chronicle, an elaborate review of the present cotton situation, -and a carefully calculated estimate of the crop ofl893-94. It is by Mr. H. Pasch, of Havre, who comes hearer to predicting last year's crop than any foreign author ity, and his figures are entitled to some consideration "' ' . j; ; . . -. He figures out a crop of 6,237,000 bales? as probable, and 6,485,000 as a maximum. He goes, more into detail, and calculates upon "various phases of the problem, but can see no view of it, in which seven millions is not over and above outside figures. . . We believe than nine cents cotton is a thing of the near .future, and under the showing already made this figure ought soon to prevail. There is a spirit ot frankness and 'conservatism throughout the letter of Mr. Pasch, and there is no disposition manifested to bull the mar ket. He simply discusses the situation as a business man, and is led to the con clusion that events haye been working in such a way as to place the farmer on vantage ground and enable him to secure good prices for his cotton. His letter will be found interesting. - , . ' ) ''Praise ITom Sir Hubert. ' Baltimore Sun.1 The Star, Wilmington, N. G, has en tered upon the twenty-seventh year of its publication. It is the oldest daily pub lished in North Carolina and one of the best published South . Of the Potomac. The Star is deservedly prosperous. - A MARKED IMPROVEMENT Trade In Charleston Muoh , Better Like- - wise in Wilmington. : ; r - What is said of Charleston in the an nexed paragraph from . the News and Courier is in a large, degree applicable. though business is not yet quite' up to the standard, of the same period last yean - - , J -, The marked improvement in the fi nancial situation is becoming more and more noticeable every day and trade prospects in every line are assuming brighter aspects. "Business is getting better very rapidly," said a well known banker yesterday, "and the banks are doing just 100. per cent, more to-day than they were this time last month. The improvement has been rapid : and won derful. Money is now getting easier in New York and plenty of it is being loaned at 5 per cent. Cotton and naval stores, the markets for which were so seriously threatened some time ago, are moving at a lively rate now, and business is,about as good as it was this time last year. " The prospect for the season is much brighter than was expected it would be at any time-during the dull season." , . - Worth Considering. The Charleston News mentions - the case of a prominent merchant of West ern North Carolina, who passed through Charlotte last week on his way North to buy hardware While stopping inlthis city ; he was given prices by a leading house, and asked to look over the list. He went on to Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia,' and then came back with out buying a cent's, worth. - When he arrived, in the city he went around to the hardware store and bought his bill, say ing that he could save the freight by buying here. As - hardware can be bought in Wilmington as low as any where, it may be well for country mer chants in this section to ascertain the prices here before buying elsewhere. Daring Bobbery In, Cumberland County. - Fayetteville Observer: On Saturday night last, the store of Mr. Kelly Sessoms in 71st township, was broken into by Rube Ross. Will Parker and . Lee Mc Lauchlin. . They are, according to the statement of one, an organized band of thieves who have been at work for sev eral months in western Cumberland and Robeson counties. " They were captured on Monday last, and some ot the stolen goods recovered. They were tried before Esquires D. B. Gillis and W. J. McCrainey, and bound over to court. One of them, Lee Mc Lauchlin, on Monday nighJ. made a dar ing dash for liberty, but was captured after an exciting race of two or three hundred yards. They ase now in jail. Death of Eev. Jno. B. Barlow. Rev. John B. Barlow -died yesterday at his home at Sloop Point, Pender county, in the 72nd year of his age." He had been confined to his room for the past twelve months with dropsy. Mr. Barlow was for many years pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Wilmington, and had served churches of the same de nominations at Masonboro,. Caintuck, Mount Holly.' Morris - Creek. Barlow's Chapel, Turkey Creek and other places in Eastern North Carolina. His only son now living, Mr. Jas. W. Barlow, was with his father during his illness and death. Rev. Mr. Barlow , has many relatives in this section, among them a sister, Mrs. Holden, wife of Mr. S. W. Holden of this city. Death of an Old Citizen of Brunswick County At New Supply, Brunswick county, N. C. (known as the Mercer place) that old. true and tried Democrat, Henry Addix, died on Tuesday, the 26th inst. at the advanced age of 83 years. On the 25th of last December, (Christmas day) the dwelling in which he lived was burned, with a number of outbuildings, destroying a considerable amount of property belonging to himself, and Mrs, T. B. Mercer. A new house in which he died, was built at once upon the site of the old one. ' . On the 26th of August last, just one month 'before he died, the old store house in which was stored many valua ble articles, important papers, - books, &c, was burned. In his efforts to rescue some of these, he sustained injuries which undoubtedly hastened his death. Out of this fire he saved very little, al though there was considerable help at hand. . For many years he has been the faith ful and 'efficient postmaster at Lock wood's i Folly. He was an - edu cated man, a great reader, and was well posted in general. He was born in Germany, and came to. this country in early life, spending a portion of his time in Texas, Louisiana and other States, and coming to Bruns wick county, N. C, about forty years ago, having . lived : withthe family of John Mercer, deceased, for thirty-eight consecutive years, and by whom he was loved and treated as one of its members. He was always reticent about certain portions of his past history. A good man has gone, and his friends mourn. The Bird Law Again. -" . . The Star feels a loving interest in all true sportsmen, and In order that there may be no misunderstanding it will state that the law makes it a misdemeanor to "kill, shoot, trap or net any partridges, quail, dpyes, robins, mocking-birds or wild turkeys" between the 15th day of March and the 1st day of November. The penalty for the violation of the law is a fine of ten dollars for each offence, and every bird killed is a separate offence. Fire at Florence, 8. C- Four houses were burned at Florence, S. C last Thursday night a residence occupied by Capt. Boone, storeroom and workshop of M. W. Watters, and a residence occupied by Stephen Williams-fall owned by Mr. M. W. Watters. The insurance amounted to $1,200. ljaurinsburs's UtrebuRS. In addition to the man named Jordan who the Star's correspondent said was arrested there . , for arson, another white man named Barefoot was subse quently arrested as Jordan's accomplice. Both were put in Lumberton jail yes terday. .V- , - - - L- I WASHINGTON NEWS. Crulser Hew York Waal Officers Com- ! 1 plimented for Devotion to Duty, . .7 1 'By Telegraph lo thai Morning Star. . ashinjjton, i Seprj 28,r-Fears for the safety -of the . cruiser New . York should, she attempt trj proceed to the Norfolk Navy Yard,- paused Secretary Herbert to decide this afternoon to or der the vessel to th Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs arid fitting, intended to be done at'Norfolk. The heavy draft of the cruiser rendered it jexceedingly risky for her to steam to the Norfolk Navy Yard. . -The material to be used in fit ting out the New York will be sent from "Norfolk to Brooklyn. When the vessel arrives at her natal city, a handsome silver : service will be. presented her officers. f " Secretary Herbert has issued a general order complimenting iosem the naval service and civilians stationed at the Port Royal Naval Station, S. C. for their devotion to duty during last month's hurricane. Ckpt. L. A, Beards ley, Ui S. N commanding the? station, and the ladies on the island are men tioned Jori adopting prompt - measures and for carrying oft relief. Israel Elliott, commandant's iteward. and John : Broadneckj commandant's cook, who waded" up to, their j necks : in ; the sea-r that j swept tie island ' and rescued about twenty iromen and chil dren from drowning; (Middleton Gray son, coxswain; Jerry Green, Lawrence Green, landsmen, and Peter Brown, fire man, who assisted in tlie rescue with a steam launch and barey escaped death; and the members of thte Marine Guard, under First? Sergeant Michael Gallagher, who waded; Into the j flood preserving life and property, are highly commended for their bravery ; ahd , self-sacrifices. Others thanked for valuable assistance are: Civil ' Engineer j George McBay, Surgeon H.C BabinL G. B. Stratton. Juan Jerainez, J. S. Jones, EmilDubitch, J. n. uesner, and L. Bennett. " Washington, Sepi 29-rThe Presi- dent to-day nominate George W. Levi, of Virginia, to be mar al of the United States for the Weste district of Vir- gima, and Lommodoi George Brown to be a rear admiral. ' The compromise on silver talk is more pronounced to-day than it has been at any timethis session. J It is hard to find any tangible ground far it, but the fact is very apparent. It is believed that the abandonment by the managers of the repeal bill of their scarcely-concealed intention to force an issue next week may be the basis for a great deal of this talk; but a prominent! Democratic. Sen ator who has been identified from the beginning with tie movement to reconcile the conflict qf opinion between the twol elements in his party, is .to-day confidently expressing the opinion that an early date, probably some time next week, aicompromise will be reached by the terms of which the silver bullion now in the Treasury will be coined dur ing a period of about four, years; that a sufficieiit amount of sflver will then be purchased from time tp time to bring the total silyer circulation) upMo 800.000,000; that bonds will be issuedflufficiently to bring the gold reserve jupH $200,000,000. and thai the bank ckcialat& is to be ex tended to" the pa&Jue bonds de posited to secure thSlation. - Washington, Sept; 30. Secretary Hoke Smith to-day appointed Josephus Daniels, bf North Carolina, chief clerk of the Inierior Department. Mr. Daniels, who is the present appointment clerk of the Department, is the editor and propri etor of the North Carolinian at Raleigh, and has several times been, elected State rinter qf North Cirolina. Secretary mith regards him as an exceptionally efficient officer and it was at his urgent request tatMr. Daniels accepts the new appointment.. His successor, will be John W. Holcombe,o Indiana, the pres ent chief Clerk of the Bureau of Educa tion, who received his appointment as such eady in Mr. Cleveland's first ad ministration. Mr. Hplcombe was twice appointed . superintendent of schools in Indiana, add is believejd to be well equip ped for his new position. CLEVELAND LETTER. Comment of British Newspapers on His Beply to Gov. Horthen More Iiikely to Betard Bepeal of the! Sherman Act Than Not.;- . . ;-. BvCable to the Morning: Star LondonI Sept. 2. The Standard says editorially this rhorning of Presi dent Clevelind's letter to Gov. Northen concerning he Repeat bill in the Senate: "No doubt that Mr. j Cleveland's letter will have the; result la America which people here think and! expect it ought to have. There is a refreshing down rightness about his utterance, but once or twice in his scorr of chicane and double-dealing he . hjas1 . forgotten . to some extent the . constitutional limits within which I he caiji exert : his in fluence over the law-rnakers for good. This makes his utterances bear occa sionally a curious resemblance to those of Emperor WilliamJ - The form is different, but the essence is the. same. ."The present letter s more likely to retard the repeal of tjhe Sherman act than not. The Senate will be more angry with Mr. 'Cleveland than ever, or pretend to be so. The letter seems, therefore, to be $n rror in tactics. Moreover, Mr. pefeland' fails to hint what should betioie to lighten the stock of silver or avert 4 crisis. As mat ters stand, it unquesticbably would pay the Union better to g wholly over to silver. An honest silvfer dollar is far likelier to restore confidence than a lalse gold one, and Mr. Cleveland's gold dollar would- be pinchback unless he should raise a large loan. In the end there must be a compromise, and it would be wiser to discuss a tnodus vivendi than to scold." I j The Times says: "Mri Cleveland evi dently intended to make a political manifesto. , If the meaning is somewhat ambiguous, it is not altogether his fault. The President, like the English Premier, is sometimes obliged to bse language to disguise thought. Nothing is clearer.how ever, than the general principles enun ciated, but as a practical jguide to legis lation it leaves something to be desired. We are surprised that Mr. Cleveland is capable of encouraging a delusion among some of supporters by posing as a friend of silver. Nothing is to be gained by paltering with unworkable! theories, or by trying to "square' the friends of sil ver. The disasters resulting from the Sherman act have been brought about, as Mr. Herbert's report shows, by trying to compromise with an economic prin- coroi ple." Ably Conduoted and Always Bright and v -Newsy. -- Charlotte News. -The Wilmington' Star, the oldest daily paper in the State, has entered upon its 27th year. All this time it has been under the guidance of Mr. Wm, H, Bernard, and has ever been ably con ducted and always bright and newsy. -, NO. 47 COTTOITCROF ESTIMATES. A PROBABLE YIELD OF SIX MILLION -I EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BALES- Calculations Made by Alfred "B. Bhepper- son as to the Condition and Prospects of - vthis 8eaon' Output.: ;;: ;-; .-. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. . ; New York, Sept, 80. Alfred B.Shep person, author of "Cotton ; Facts," has furnished the Southern Associated Press with the ' following 'opinion as to this year's crop. Shepperson is neither a buyer nor, a seller of cotton, but pos sesses unusually good facilities for acu rate information concering the entire cotton belt. He said: While in many sections the cotton plant has matured so large a proportion of fruitage that the yield would not be ' appreciably in creased by delayed frosts, there is a great deal of fertile bottom land upon which the plant will continue to make and mature fruit - till killed by severe frosts. " No frosts "have yet occurred in the cotton belt. Estimates at this time of the probable size of the cotton crop are therefore necessarily based upon the occurrence of general ' killing frosts throughout the South at about the usual or average dates: Should these frosts be delayed until later than usual, the crop will easily exceed any . present estimate by several hundred thousand bales, while should they occur earlier than usual the crop will be far be low the estimate.' The acreage is calculated by the Department - of Agriculture as practically the same as - last- season." The general con ditions affecting the crop have been unfavorable. A 4ate and cold Spring followed by protracted drought in Texas are resulting in poor stanas, with Con siderable replanting and some abandon ment of acreage. Excess of rain and several storms in the Atlantic ' States, with drought again in other sections, and serious damage by worms in the Gulf States -are the feature of the season. These things are not the usual indica tions of a good crop. Assuming that a general killing frost will occur at about the usual time, my advices indicate a probable yield of about six million eighty hundred thousand bales. : Frosts last year were earlier .than for several years and seriously curtailed the crops. For several seasons large quantities of cotton have been marketed with each crop which was grown in preceding crops. This old cotton has now been about all marketed, and it is probable that the commercial crop this year will not differ appreciably from the actual yield. I estimate the actual yield of cotton las season at only 6,400.000 bales. The dif ference between that and the commert cial crop being made up from cotton from previous crop. Compared with last season's yield, the present indica tions point to the following gains, viz: Three hundred and sixty thousand bales in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, being 20 per cent.; 200,000 bales in Arkansas, being 33 per cent.; 240, 000 bales in North Carolina, : South Carolina, Georgia and Florida being is per cent. The total of the gains is eight hundred thousand bales. The yield in Texas I estimate at 1,750,000 bales, being a loss of 400,000 bales. This, deducted from, the estimated gains, will leave a net gain ot 400,000 bales upon last year's yield of 6,400,000 bales. Tennessee will probably make about the same crop as last season. .. Some of my correspondents, whose facilities for obtaining information are excellent, and whose standing are Of the highest, do-not think the gain in Ala bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, will be over 15 per cent., and the gain in the Carolinas over 10 per cent., while I am informed that the Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia estimates the yield of Georgia will not exceed that of last year. The receipts for the ports for the week just ended were 20,000 bales more than for. the corresponding week last year, and it is probable that this week's receipts will bey liberal. Early receipts are no indication of the extent of the crop, for a small crop may mature quickly and be promptly marketed. The visible supply of cotton in the world, which means the stock outside of the mills, is about 400,000 bales less than a year ago. The stock held by European and American spinners is far below last year's, while the consumption in Europe is as great as at-this" time last year, and many British mills have made contracts for their entire product for several months ahead. Owing to the financial troubles our own spinners are buying very sparingly. European views of the market are based upon an American crop of seven and half millions or more. The Liverpool price to-day is four and a half pence - for middling, be ing one-fourth of a penny higher than this day last year. Liverpool mer chants ot standing think if the Amer ican crop is 7,000,000 bales, cotton would easily be worth five pence in that market. In this opinion one of our oldest and most esteemed cotton mer chants concurs, and I not only agree with him, but think the resulting spec ulative purchases might easily carry the price a half penny higher. In the mat ter of cotton prices New York follows Liverpool and sets the gait for all Amer ican markets. - ' - Much interest is felt, in the report of the condition of the cotton crop on Oc tober 1st, to be issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture. .. While I have not even an aquaintance with the statisti cian who makes up the department re port of the crops, I am satisfied the Oc tober report will show a lower condi tion of the crop than any October crop report since 1883. y. SOUTH CAROLINA LYNCHING. Gov. Tillman's Views The Only Crime for Whioh it is Justifiable. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Columbia, S. C Sept. 26. In an interview on the recent lynching of a negro at Aiken for murder, Gov. Till man says that it is inexcusable, as court was in session and the negro could have been hung according to the law.- Lynch ings are getting to be a serious matteras lynchings are breaking over' barriers here, as elsewhere, and the recklessness in lynching is increasing. It is impos sible to do anythings with the lynchers now; but a climax would be reached some time when public sentiment would turn; 'Rape is the only crime for which lynching is justifiable. Lynchings are caused by, delays in trials, but they are being carried too iar. Gov. Tillman is : in favor ot speedy trials as a remedy. He has urged this on the State Legislature. - - Montgomery Advertiser: Taken roughly, by comparing acreage and con dition, the crop this - year will be some what in excess of last year, the total reaching 6,900,000 bales, against 6,717. 000 bales. While this is true of the general average for September, 1898, compared with the condition for Sep tember, 1892, as given by the Agricul tural Bureau, the very low conditions in South Carolina, and especially in Texas, and the damage done in the past two weeks to the crop in various sections, indicates that the crop ot 1893 will be at least 100,000 bales less than last year. ; SPIRITS TURPENTINE. -, Newton Enterprise : , Mr. O. L. ( Lowe died in this place on Thursday morning, the 28th inst, of consumption, ' ! after lingering a few months. V ": 1 Raleigh News 'and t Observer: Robert Jones, aged ten years, son of Mrs. Laura Jones, 631, ? East Martin street, died yesterday about 12 o'clock- "1 from a congestive chill. j : Chatham Record-. - The many J friends of Mr. A. C Moore will regret to - f hear of his death, which occurred on ' ! last Tuesday night, quite suddenly, after , 1 only 24 hours' sickness. 7 He was about ' '. 40 years old and was a son of the late Rev. G. P.Moore. ; , . - Statesville . landmark Last Thursday evening while Mr. R. R. Reid was working at his still house, about two and a-half miles west of town, he acci- , dentally fell from the top of the building -to the floor, a distance of about 14 feet, i -breaking his right arm in two places, and s cutting a gash ; in his head. Mr. Reid ' was alone at the time, but notwithstand- i ing his injuries he hitched his horse to his buggy and drove to town, where he ; ' received the necessary medical atten- ' t tion. - ; Raleigh Visitor : Auditor Fur- ; - man has now about completed the list of pensions to ex-Confederate soldiers. The amount will approximate $100,000 and it is thought that the increase in the 1 amount ot pension tax will equal the in- "' crease in pensions. The four classes of pensioners will receive annually $17, $34, ) $51 and $68 as last year. Widows will 1 . : . get $7. All disabled er-Confederate soldiers now receive pensions. There ; are now 63 inmates in the Confederate Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Jane Minerva Kuffin, daughter of . the late Chief Justice Thos. Ruffin, of " the Supreme Court ot North Carolina, and widow of the late Edward Ruffin, of ' Hanover county., Va.; died last week, in the 65th year of her age. , Gov. Cm; has appointed Norman Castle a 1 Commissioner of Deeds for North Caro lina - at Portsmouth. Gov. " Carr ; has offered $200 reward for Walter James, who is wanted in Halifax county -for assault on a young girl, . - . . Roanoke Beacon : Will McCleese, the colored man who assaulted Dr. B. Chears on our streets last Tuesday week, ' was captured near -Skinnersvllle on Fri-' , day by Justice J. A. Cheason. He was taken to Mackey's Ferry and turned over to Sheriff Blount. He was then brought to Plymouth and given a trial before Justice L W. Bryan, who alter hearing . th( rauf rpmiirprt thp nriunnpr tn orivo bond in the sum of two hundred , and fifty dollars for his appearance at court, -and upon failure to give the same he was taken to jail. Stanley News: Mr. C. M. Huneycutt, Jr., was placed in jail in . Albemarle the 21st inst., on a charge of arson, but on the hearing- of an applica tion for a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Mclver on the 23rd, he was a mitted to bail in the sum of $250. HesSSsS was accused of burning a dwelling houses belonging to Mr. Leonard Lambert, but occupied by Bettie Almond. It appears that several other persons were first ' accused of the crime, but on the pre- liminary investigation .before the magis- -trate all were discharged except Mr. Huneycutt, . Wilkesboro Chronicle '':". Curtis -M.Brooks, of Mulberry township was brought to town Sunday night and placed in jail on the charge of shooting his own daughter. Brooks got on a wild drunk-Saturday and came home in the night fuming and frothing under demon of drink. He ran his family out of doors and threatened to kill them: - He ran his 12-year old daughter around about the house till she was exhausted, and she ran into the house. After she got in the house Brooks took the old shot gun, loaded with bird shot and fired it at her, the load taking effect in her arm and side. It is not thought that the wounds are dangerous. Weldon News : Mrs. Rebecca, the beloved wife of our esteemed coun tryman, Mr. S. A. J. Glasgow, died sud denly at the residence of her husband near Aurelian Springs, last Sunday, aged 6 years. There was a tramp in town last Monday a little different from the ordinary run of foot pads. He had . a little, black darkey with him who acted in the capacity of a valet. The man would send the little Ethiopian around from house to house to beg for food, while he would quietly seat him- self and await results. ' This is a new de parture in the tramp business and we expect to see the example set by this enterprising Tohnnie followed by others. By order of the Mayor this worthy pair . were shown the railroad and ordered to leave town. : . Greenville Keflector: The death , Of Miss Estelle Williams, which occurred on the afternoon of the 20th at the home of her father, Dr. Richard Williams, was a shock to the entire community and caused sadness to many hearts. She had been sick only a week and no one thought her sickness very serious -until the evening before her death. Miss Estelle was twenty-two years old. Last Friday young Isaac Sugg, who ' in June killed the newsboy named James at Hobgqpd, came in and surrendered -himself to Sheriff King, and immediately, applied to Judge. Hoke under- writ of habeas corpus for bail. After examin-. ing into the matter and hearing testi mony thereon, Tudge Hoke decided that the defendant was entitled to bail, and ordered young Sugg to be placed under a verified bond of $1,000 for his appear- ance at the November term of : Halifax county Superior Court. The bond was promptly given and the boy released irom custody. - Southport Leader: Mrs. Mary Fountain, of this city, died at her home, corner of Lord and West streets, on Saturday afternoon last, aged 60 years. - A noticeable growth of new green leaves is seen on trees in many parts . of town. This growth has come out on trees and shrubs that lost their leaves from the effects of the -hurricane of August 26th . and 27th, Some scoundrel committed a das tardly trick one morning this week in putting a quantity of broken glass down in the pump which is near the pilot's office, and one that is in constant use in supplying water for many persons. m A large waterspout was visible last Fri-i day morning to the South of this city. Capt. Potter and others ot the crew of the U. S. dredge Woodbury say that the . waterspout came within 800 yards of the Woodbury which was at work on the bar. .The waterspout seemed to be about 20 feet in diameter and was trav elling very fast in a northeasterly direc tion in the channel. -Charlotte News : Mr. Wm. H. Case, of Burkeville; Va., has rented a dwelling on the corner of Graham and Eighth streets, in this city, and will re-, move his family here in a very few days. Mr. Case is a mining "expert and the wonderful production of gold in Meck lenburg within the last few months at tracted his attention. He will invest heavily in gold dirt here and start some big mining works on foot. If -the min ing interests in this part of the country continues to grow in value' for a few more ' months as it has in the past few this country will have , scenes akin to those in K California when the gold fever broke out there. The mine at Surface Hill is being worked still, and. is paying handsomely. There are many hands that work there, ahd on Sunday the number of 'visitors is simply immense. An old mine on Anderson's Creek, in Cabarrus county, has just been, discovered to be very rich. The miners who left it as being splayed out" were mistaken, and had not reached the best part of jt. The Shinn mine in Cabarrus is yet being worked ; by improved ma chinery and yields nice quantities of the yellow metaL . -r . , 4 ,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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