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FVBUSHZD AT V WILMINGTON, N.C.,' $1 .00 A YEAR. IN A D V A N C E; 82SS88SS338883333 . " 88888S8I888888SS8 1 88888888S3SS8888S '. 83333333838888883 t 82888888888888888 i 8838888888888888 82886888288888883 1 88888888888888888 I ". . - ' s S3 . . ": f a i W S . - T " . - . ,r:':,, t ui .-'..-'.'." 1 id - 0 Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class Matter.! ci laccoiD-rirtM ODirc The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as follows: - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid..'.,. ...... 00 " ,f 0 months " " 60 " 8 months " 80 VERY IMPORTANT During the past two months bills have been mailed to about sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. The aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the' aggregate amount thus far paid is comparatively small. . It is hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due -as at once. j i is uujubi iu inc proprietor io 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. j 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.- STATE BANKS. It is said that a majority of the House Committee on Finapce are in favor of the repeal of the State bank tax, but are not agreed as to the kind -of a bill which they will report. Mr. Springer, Democrat, of Illinois, is op posed to it, and so is Mr. Henderson, Republican, of Iowa. Mr. Springer opposes it because he thinks it will interfere with the adoption of a scientific currency - . 1 t 1 M. l 1- system ior me wnoie country, wmcn he hopes to see established, but of which there is little prospect or hope while the gold and silver question re mains as an irritating cause of dis cussion and dissension. No national currency system can be devised in which gold and silver will not enter as a factor, and hence the repeal of the State bank tax, which would open the way for the establishment of State banks, is the only way in sight uy wnicn iae currency can De in- creased to meet the demands of those States which have not a sufficiency of circulating medium or a sufficient number of banks to supply it. : While we believe In the free coin age of silver, we believe that the! re peal of the State bank tax is a mat ter of more moment to the people of the South and of those Western States which need no more money than they have, for if there were' free coinage it is not likely that there would ever be more than $50, 000,000 a year coined, if so much, which would be but a little over seventy-five cents per capita. And then this would trickfe out to the people of the South and the West by such a slow process that its influ ence would scarcely be perceptible for a long time. Possibly, and prob ably, some of the silver coined might find its way South to be in vested in the building of railroads, or in mining tr in manufacturing in dustries and to that extent would do good, but in increasing the volume of currency to meet the demands it would perform a very insignificant part. The South needs more money than can be got in that way and needs it more promptly supplied than it could be supplied in that way, even if a larger amount per annum were coined - We need a monetary system sup plemental to that which may be sup plied by Federal legislation which will be under our own management and controljidapted to , our particu lar needs, based upon :our own re sources, . and independent of any money combines that maybe formed in the money centers of the North, which now control the gold and the silver of the country and the na tional banks, and will control any national system that might be de vised, because no national system can be devised which they do not favor. It is just this influence which we have to fear in the effort to secure the repeal of the State bank tax, and it. is this influence whicfy will defeat it, if it be defeated They would like., to keep, the Southern States .deprived of the power to supply themselves with a : bank currency of their own to keep them dependent upon the Northern money lenders, as the leaders of the .Republican party would : deprive them of their political rights to keep them in a condition of political Je pendency a money vassalage with one, political vassalage with the other but both inspired by the same cold-blooded, calculating self ishness, and desire to dominate. We said betore the extra session o Congress was called, in discussing the ---.-v.-:. ; .' vCv V." c J.--V- :" ' VOL. XXIV, nsist upon the repeal bf the State c tax, "to get - in "the: foreground a bill for that purpose . and e that precedent to any financial egislation. We believe if they had se. With the way cleared for State banks and supplying the cur rency which the "people need there would be. fewer interested in the coinage of silver, less need for it, and it could be discussed without the excitement witnessed now or arous- gthe antagonisms that have been aroused since this discussion began, the end ;-,of which is not - in sight, whether the unconditional repeal of the Sherman purchasing clause goes through the Senate or not. - 1 We believe, further, that while the repeal of this tax would practically remove the financial question from the domain of national politics, thus preventing the periodical distur bances resulting fiom the frequent agitation in the country and in Con gress, and the consequent injury to business, it would lift the South up and put her on the highway to pros perity exceeding anything she has seen in the past. . With such safe and sound bank ing facilities as would be established, and the money to meet her grow ing demands supplied, we beUeve'as confidently as we believe that the seasons will continue to follow each other in succession as they have done since the morning of creation, that the industries of the South would be doubted within the next ten years, and that she would be financially, in dustriously and commercially thor oughly independent, and the most prosperous section of this Union. ENTICING FICTIONS. The Wool Growers' Association is very much disturbed at the prospect bf putting wool on the free list, and thus subjecting the-wool which they grow to competition with wools grown in other countries. They have issued an address in which they 1 say that free wool will destroy the flocks of this country, and predict ing how great ttrer wool-growing in dustry will become if the protective policy be continued for "a few years onger." The word "lew"- is not large, but it is a word of pretty wide sweep. and in the free way in which it is used may cover any ; number, from three to a half hundred or - more. ATan mhn 1c hnrn rf BAman rc rf few days," but one man lived 960 years, others nearly as long, and even in these short-lived days a good many live to reach and pass 100. This is about the sense in which the Wool Growers' Association employ a few years," which may mean any thing from a decade to a century. They assure the people who read their circular that the 45,000,000 sheep now in this country would have been many more if it hadn't been for the tariff tinkering and the dread of free wool. Let's see about that. All the tariff tinkering that has been done in this country in thirty-two years has been done by Republican statesmen who professed to be particular friends of the Ameri can fleece grower for whose benefit they fleeced the American people. The Democrats never tinkered with it because they never got a chance. During Mr. Cleveland's first ad ministration Mr. Mills and the Dem ocratic House of Representatives tried their hands in a tender, gentle sort of a way, but when - their little bill was sent over to the Republican Senate it was cavalierly pigeonholed and that was the last of it. It couldn't, then, have been Democratic tinkering with the tariff and the fear of free wool as a consequence that threw, such a wet blanket on the in dustry. The tinkering that was done gave wool more and more protection, winding up with the McKinley boss tinkering which gaveAmerican wool more protection than it ever had. Now . after thirty-two years of the protective system,- what showing do the wool-growers make with their 45,000,000 of sheep, or about three fourths of a sheep to each inhabitant? But they promise to ' do better in the fufure if they be given protection for "a few years" longer, and predict an increase of 55,000,000, making a total of 100,000,000 in "a few years." It might be asked if they, can more than double their present stock . in a few years if they 'jbe let alone, why they didn't do a little doubling in al the years when the Republican party was in full control of the country, and when there was no imminent, or then prospective danger of free wool? Much land in the country, they say, at least 12,000,000 of "acres, is worthless for any other pur pose than sheep; farming, but is admirably adapted' and would be very valuable for that. As this land is worthless for. any other purpose, m of. course it is cheap and would, therefore, cost the sheep farmer but ittle, giving him at small expense a range in proportion to the flocks he would keep. " With such land as this shouldn't the sheep , raiser be able to compete with, wool growers of other countries? "- - ! '.- ' The address then makes a bid for the support" of the farmers who do' not raise., sheep, but have corn and oats to sell, by assuring ithem that with the prospective Increase of the flocks under . continued f protection they would need annually 20,000,000 bushels - of - oats , and as much corn to feed to their flocks, which would be a big thing in the present "depressed condition of the grain markets." They are evidently not calculating on feeding their, 100, 000,00 sheep much griiin w1i eh their purchases wouldn't amount to more than 20,000,000 bushels of oats, and the same quantity of corn " per an-num.-,,They are calculating on rais-; ng them on cheap pasturage, while insisting on dear protection. . - : But that isn't all, for they further assure, us that there would be $150,- 000,000 additional capital invested in flocks, which ought to give at least 75,000,000 of sheep or 25,000,000 more than they promise, and all this will add $70,000,000 more to the in come of farmers by the sale of fleeces, which fagured.up means that with an additional investment of $150,000,000 -in flocks, and an "in crease of 55,000,000 in the flocks the income af the' sheep! farmers would be increased $70,000,000. Deducting the interest on the investment of 8150.000.000 this would give the sheep farmers about a dollar a year income from the wool of each sheep; which isn't a very capti vating showing with protection that practically excludes, competition and puts the wool game in the hands of the American wool grower. It would pay him better to put some fat on his sheep it, kill it, skin it, throw the fleece away, and sell the carcass. for mutton, which doesn't require any protection. The Wool Growers ad dress either promises too much and deals in enticing fictions, or does not promise, enough to make wool-grow- ng an inviting industry. 7 . St. Louis is getting- a move on her, and is determined to have a big fair i n 1903 to celebrate the centennial of the purchase of the territory of Louisiana m 1803 One of the features will be the dedication of a monument to, Thomas Jefferson, whom . most Missourians look upon as a sort of godfather. That pur chase was one, of the bieeest real estate transactions on record.' Mr. Zerbe, of Johnsonburg, Pa., went around in his cellar with a lamp looking for a Jeak inj the gas pipe. He found it and about the same time he discovered an explosion that made his house a total wreck, and sent window glass flying half a mile, killed bis child and came pretty near putting an end to him and his wife. When-a man goes, hunting for stray gas with a lighted lamp he generally finds it. I The question that is puzzling the gentlemen who manage the Ameri can navy is how to get American sea men to man our : war-ships. But it seems to be an equally puzzling ques tion how to keep what they have. for according to official reports there were 939 desertions by men and 320 by boys during the ast fiscal year, from which it seems that the navy is not a very fascinatingplace for the ordinary seaman. j : An Afflicted Family. ... Mr. J. J. Matthews, of -Magnolia, Duplin county, who recently removed from that place to Wilmington, with his wife and; baby, was seriously hurt a few days ago. He was engaged in making some improvements ' to the house he occupied with his family. north of the Rheinstem building on North Front street, when a piece of timber fell oa his head, fracturing his skull. He was removed to the City Hospital and is now under .treatment there, and report says has been all the time in an unconscious condition. His wife is an invalid and lis confined to the house, and the condition of the -family; from all accounts, excites the sympathies of those who have heard of their afflic tion. - ' ' ' J : '' : Dr. Cheshire' Consecration. An official telegram to Dr. Carmichael on yesterday, announces that the con secration to the Episcopate of the Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., D. D., will transpire . in Calvary j Church, Tarboro, on the 15th inst., the 20th Sunday after Trinity. The attendance of Bishops and clergy on this; occasion, will, we understand, be unusually' large. 7 Judge Jscob S. Battle. ; The ' appointment of Mr. Jacob S. Battle to succeed Judge Henry G. Con nor was very clearly foreshadowed in the Special correspondence of the STAR?rom Lumberton, which gave the first news of the intended resignation of Judge Connor. Judge Battle is admirably equipped ior the position, - From a Bellsious Standpoint. ; Biblical Recorder. -The Wilmington j Star, the oldest daily paper published in the State, and one oPthe best published in the South, recently entered upon the twenty seventn year ot its puDiication. Weekly WILMINGTON, JN.. C; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1893. A PROSPEROUS FUTURE. This Is What Is- Predicted for Farmers. and Indiieotly for all Business Men, by a Sangame and . Cheerful Merchant of Augusta We Can Discount It and Btlll Be Happy. " -This:. from the Augusta Chronicle, while probabl? too highly colored, is re commended to all croakers: ' - "Thelfirst day of January next will find the farmers of the cotton-growing States in better condition than they have been before since the war." i These were the sanguine and cheerful words of an Augusta-business man ut tered yesterday ' in all soberness and earnestness. - "I am not talking that way simply because it is pleasanter to say this than to say that times are hard and getting harder, but I am speaking thoughtfully and seriously. I have never known so bright an outlook for the far mers since I have been in business, and prosperous times for the farmers means a prosperous business year; therefore .1 say that- .if everything continues in ac cordance with the present outlook, and no unforeseen disaster occurs to change the " current of events,' the Southern States are about to enter upon a season of unexampled prosperity.' These are pleasant things to hear, and they are all the pleasanter for having back of them good reason for their fulfil ment. The cotton crop lust made is figured at 6,717,000 bales, not a bale more than there -is ready demand for. if there had not been so much old cotton brought forward from the big crops of the past few years. But as it is, the in crease in consumption which will follow upon the starting up of all the idl&pin- dles and the steady addition of new&nills will dispose ol the present crop and the residue from old crops by the end of the new cotton year. If the next crop shall . be like the present . one. only ' equal to the actual demand tor consumption. 10 cents a pound will, be - cheap (or it. The farmers have prosperity m easy reach now, and they have : but to continue for another year in the path they have followed with such notable courage and self-denial for the past few years. It will be easier to do because "they are beginning to see the wisdom of the endless preaching they have had for the past ten years. The beneficial result of living at home, and planting what they ned to live on. is too manifest to need additional argu ments.; -. : ! Farmers are in comparative indepen dence this year, who if they had con tinued the all-cotton policy would be in absolute bondage. They have found that with all they need to eat at home the price of cotton is not such an all-im portant matter. - 1 farmers have been learning economy in earnest in the past few years, and each succeeding crop has been made more cheaply than its predecessor. This years crop Is the cheapest crop ever made in the South, perhaps, and the farmers will have a better start on next year's crop in the shape of supplies than ever - before, cotton is bringing good prices and the tone of the market is strong and healthy. There is no wisdom in holding back the crop as it simply de lays the coming ot livelier trading and better times, and does not mislead any body as to the size of the crop The men whose business it is to buy the crop keep posted as to the size of it, and cannot be misled by the holding of it back from market. They know what is obliged to come forward sooner or later, and they can withold the pnee as easy as the farmer can the cotton. -: - - ,2r ; But the farmers will get fair prices for their cotton -this year, and big prices next year if they hold the crop down again to six and a half million bales. Having all their supplies for their stock and plenty ot corn at home for meal, and a number of them with plenty of meat,! they will have more money this year to spend for clothing and. improved farm implements. They have been econ omizing so rigidly for the past few years that they will need clothing and household utensils, and they will have some money to spend in that way. This means a good trading year: and this add ed to the money that will come from other sections seeking Southern invest ment gives every promise of good times. There is ground for the statement quot ed above that "the first day of January will find the farmers of the cotton grow ing States in better condition than they have been since the war." THE DIFFERENTIAL, RATE. A Temporary Bednotlon of Five Centa on Cotton from Competitive Points Or dered for Norfolk. The Norfolk Virginian of yesterday says: . ! '- . Business men and cotton dealers were gratified yesterday with the announce ment; that the differential rate of 11 cents had been reduced 5 cents, the re duction to remain in force till the 1st of November. The following circular let ter, issued by Commissioner Stahlman, of the Southern Railway and Steam ship Association, was received yesterday by the Seaboard Air-Line: "The range of ocean quotations from the various South Atlantic and Virginia ports cannot secure a fair share of the cotton traffic at a differential of 11 cents per 100 pounds from points within the association, where that differential now prevails. The commissioner, therefere. has decided to authorize a reduction ol 5 cents per 100 pounds in the rates to the Virginia ports on cotton from com petitive points within the territory spe cified; to take effect on and after the 10th msuand to remain in effect until No vember 1st, unless otherwise advised." It is well to explain in this connection that the above ruling is issued pending the final decision of the Southern Rail way and Steamship Association, through its Board of Arbitration, and gives to the Virginia ports the relief for which they ask- .The Board's decision will be rendered on or about the 28th instant Under the Commissioner's ruling, Au gusta, Atlanta, Macon,! Athens, Colum bus and Americus, Ga.; Montgomery, Ala., ana m tact ail the important cot ton markets throughout South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama will necessarily be thrown in closer touch with Norfolk and other Virginia ports. The C. JP. and T. V. Schedule." : - . Wilmington folk who wish to visit Fayetteville or Raleigh and return in a hurry, and do hot mind getting up "early in the morning," can make a round trip in short order under the new schedule of the - Cape r Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway. A "hustler" can leave here at 4.50 a. m., arrive at Fayetteville at 7.52 am., remain there over , eleven hours rand reach home . on the return train at 11 p. m. Or, if he wishes to visit Raleigh, he can leave here at 4.50 a. in., arrive in Raleigh about 11 a. m., spend 'about five hours m the capital,' and reach home again at 11 p. m.v:: COTTON CROP REPORTS -1 r V From Territory Contiguous to WUmlns-. ton Estimates aa to Yield and Condi tion at Compared With Xiast Year.' Information 'concerning the condition- of the cotton crop in this section was fur nished the Star yesterday by merchants and factors in Wilmington.r Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son's esti mates, made from reports received from numerous correspondents of the firm in North and South Carolina, are . that there will be an increase of ten per - cent. ,.. in - the . crop of the two- States - as compared with last year. In some localities In South Carolina advices have been received of a very short crop less than last year's but taking the State altogether advices justify the. expectation ot fully five per cent, increase as compared with last season.: In North Carolina, indications are thai there will be an increase of ten tGfifteen.per cent. Picking generally is progressing favorably. - . , MessrsWorth & Worth say that from reports of their correspondeats in Pen der, Sam psoa. Duplin, Robeson, : Rich mond and Anson counties, North Caro lina, and Marion, Marlboro and Darling ton, South Carolina, the crop will be ten per cent, short of last year's. The con dition is not anything like as good as last year at this time. Cotton was badly damaged by the storm in August; bolls are opening rapidly, and from present indications all the crop will be gathered by the 1st of November. Far mers generally seem to be depressed at the situation. " . .' Mr. D. L. Gore's advices are, that in Penderj Sampson, Brunswick. Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties the crop will be larger than last year's by about fifteen per cent., on account of the in crease jg acreage. The yield per acre com pared with that of last year in these counties will not be as much probably. Half the crop is picked out. and on plantations where labor is sufficient all of it will be gathered by the first of No vember There is practically no "top crop," it having been destroyed by the, storm in August. Labor seems to be" abundant. Mr. E. Lilly '8 information from Marl boro, S.'C., is that the crop is poor as compared with last year's crop. Ad.' vices from Richmond, Robeson and Anson, tare that the crop in those counties is short as compared with last year about ten percent, or more. The plant was badly injured by the August, storm, and there is not much of a "top crop, farmers are well up with their work in picking the "staple." Mr, Wm. Calder's advices show that as the season progresses the more disap pointing is the yield of cotton in the sec tion tributary to Wilmington.: Farmers are reducing their estimates; and taking the section through, thers will not be much increase over last season in the yield, i - , .. Mr. R. W. Hicks' advices from Du- i: . c . ti j i r tuu, jduipuu, oiauca aau part ui Robeson are that the crop is short in those sectioas, as compared with last year by about twenty percent, and that over halt of it has been gathered. ' - Welcome Week Committees. - Progress is all the go with those in terested in the coming Wilmington's Welcome Week Carnival, and at a rapid rate. - . . - - . - The Committee of Three met yester day at noon and selected an Executive Committee, to serve in conjunction with them, which cannot be bettered as a whole. They are as follows: Messrs. W. E. Springer, Geo. R. French, Thos. D. Meares. Berry Gleaves. R. R. Bellamy, S. H. Fishblate, M. W. Jacobi, J. H. Bar nard. Ike Bear, Geo. G. Lewis, ' E. P. Boatwright. E. G. Parmele, J. S. Hooper and P. Heinsberger, Jr. This committee is expected to work, and there is no doubt but what it will. They will ap point sub-committees o work in co-operation with them to-night at their meet ing to be held at Mr. Thos. D. Meares' office at 8 o'clock. To-day the work will begin in earnest, and by to-night some great accomplish ments will be made, Capt. Edgar G. Parmele, with a corps of good com mitteemen, will have charge of the fire men's tournament, and Mr. EP. Boat wright the musical programme. Be inL good spirits for the next few days and show the Welcome Week Committee how liberal you are, and reap the benefits . the . latter , part of November. ' : - Military Committee for Welcome Week. The Military Committee for Welcome Week was appointed - yesterday by the Executive ' Committee as follows: As-. sistant Adjutant General of the N. C. S. G.. Col. W. R Kenan; Maj. Walker Tay lor, N. C. S. G.; Capt. Doug. T. Cronly of the Wilmington Light Infantry; Lieut. Geo, L. Morton of the Fourth division North Carolina - Naval Reserves, and Lieut Ed. Daniel, Third division North Carolina Naval Reserves. -This is thor oughly a Military Committee and yon can bet on their getting up a "jtm-dan dy" military programme to consume one day during the W. W. w. ' PROLIFIC YIELD Of Soven-elghtha of an Acre of .Land in Fender County. BURGAW, Oct. 6, 1893. Editor Star, Wilmiagton, N. C. Dear biR To show you what our lands in Pender, county will do with anything like a fair showing: " lplahted seven-eighths of an acre in corn the 1st of April. 1893, in the town of Burgaw. and from that small portion of land I gathered sixty-five bushels of good sound corn, one thousand pounds of fodder, and "one thousand pounds of hay. The - apple - trees on the : Same ground are full of small apples, being theTTamily, fell into a wash-pot to-day and: second crop. ' I notice also the peach trees have bloomed out. C j " Always Favorite." . . Roc kin? ham Rocket. Our most excellent neighbor, the Wil mington : Star, .has: recently entered upon a new volume the 53d, we be lieve. The Star has always been favorite in this section, and with increas ing age it -increases its hold upon the dTAE. ' r-- - t - t f f1 r r -i ; - ---- At - JUDGE HENRY. G. CONNOR. C His Resignation Attracts Much, Attention ' A Slerited Tribute. j The - Star - seems to have been the only paper in the State that had a "tip on the resignation of Judge Connor: and it gave .the - earliest news. -Now, however,! in . consequence of I the high esteem in which the learned : Judge is held, his resignation is attracting general attention The Charlotte Observer has the following, which the Star heartily endorses: "-y'Z'- -.1. ,i .yn---' :r;.-M A Lumberton correspondent writes the Wilmington Star that Judge Henry. G. Connor, of the Superior Court bench,; now holding Robeson Court, sent his re- Signation to Gov. Carr Monday even-5 ng, and will," at the end of the Court which he is how. holding, - retire to private life. The: correspondent says it is intimated that Mr. Jacob Battle, of ; Rocky Mount, mav be his successor.' The retirement of Judge Cognor from '; the bench is- an- event which the State may well deplore None of our judges goes before him m learning, patience, diligence, fairness or any other of the qualities which go to make the ideal judicial officer. - Without having striven for popular applause, the qualities which -we have just enumerated, together with his charming modesty, have made him favorite throughout the State. ; The ; abandonment of public life by so ca pable and in all respects excellent a gen tleman as Judge Connor, is a circum stance which is to be regretted." Death of a Good Man. i : i The Fredericksburg, Va. Star an nounces the death of Mr. Charles Wal- ace at that place on Sunday.! Oct. 2. He was a brother of Mrs. Dr. Carmich ael, of Wilmington, r Referring to the; character 1 of the deceased, the Star says: --i-j i' ' In announcing the death of Charles Wallace, Esq.. we record with! personal1 regret the decease of one of the most useiui men wno nas uvea m this com munity in his day and generation. He was faithful to all the duties of Christian, a citizen, and a man! perform ing all obligations with an eye1 solely to the welfare of others. Although never a candidate for office he was always fore most to participate in public enterprises. and his wise a ad conservative counsel was sought by the leading business men of our community. Kind and cordial to all, the humblest man or woman, white or black, went to him with Confidence that he wonld undertake to assist the ac complishment of any .desire ! with the same zeal that he4 would devote to his own affairs and without fee or reward, except the satisfaction that he had bene fitted a fellow being." M EASTERN ASSOCIATION. Second Day Evening Session Beport on Ministerial and General Education, j Able speeches were made by Rev. O. L. Stringfield on general education and on building a Baptist Female University in North Carolina. " t i By Mr. E. E. Hilliard and Rev. Dr. I. L. Carroll On general education and the efficiency ot Wake Forest College. ay rrestaent rtoogooa on general ed ucation and on the Oxford Female In stitute. ; :' I' , . . -. By President J. B. Brewer on general education and on Murf reesboro F emale Institute. . I v j Then the committees on the various objects made their reports, aft which iuc uuuy aujuuiueu. ; .: '::"'! . third day. . -r 9.S0 a. m., devotional exercises by J R. Marshall. ' 10 o'clock calling roll, reading min utes, &c Speech by J. C Caddell on the usefulness and necessity of the Bib lical Recorder as denominational litera-j ture. , J " i' r -1 Rev.! D. W. Herring spoke ion home1 missions; also Rev. R. E. Peele. ' Rev.: R. S, Bryan s report of the Committee on Home Missions was adopted. j tsja. Peterson and Kev. K. feele spoke on periodicals and the usefulness and efficiency of the North Carolina Baptist and Rev. F. T. Wooten and Rev. Dr. I. L. Carroll on the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville. N. C, Report on foreign Missions was dis cussed by Rev. Robt. T. Bryan, Rev. David Wells Herring of China Rev! C. E. Crocker and Rev, C. C Newton of Africa. Adjourned for dinner. Important to Wilmington. The Seuthport Leader mentions a well founded report that Oak Island light- house is to be discontinued, and warmly opposes it. A protest is now being got4 ten up at Southport and will be for-l warded to Washington. This lis aques tion ol great importance to Wilmington and our Chamber of Commerce should take prompt action against this inde fensible proceeding.' -yi ITJMBtTON C0TTET. A Murder Trial in Progress Before Judge : Connor. : " i - ': . Lumberton, October 5. Editor Wilmington Star: - - Jake Chaver's case the Croatan who killed another Croatan two years ago or more was taken up this morning, and from a venire of seventy-five men a jury was soon selected, and proceedings went forward. The case has been continued for several terms, and has at last been brought to a hearing. ;. j Another : murderer will be tried later on. i J, Fire in the Country. --j I : The dwelling , house of Mr. N. W, Richards, at Richards' station on the C F. & Y. V. railroad, about eight miles from Wilmington, was destroyed by fire with all of Mr. Richards' furniture and household effects, last Monday morning about 4 o'clock. Mr. Richards, his wife and two children had a narrow escape. In attempting to safe some of the more valuable of his effects, Mr. Richards was severely burned, and Is likely to be laid up lor several montns. lne are was ac cidentaL ' . . :i - HAPPENINGS AT SHELBY. A Child " Drowned in a . iWasn-Fot "Whiskey DistiUery Seized. SUcial Star Telegram. Shelby, N. C October 6. The twp-j year old child of Mag Wesson, insane, (colored), who recently - deserted her; was drowned before any one knew it. j ' Under instructions of Collector Elias, Deputy Collector "Erwin seized the dis-j tillery of J. F.Jenkins, near Earles. ' jit is supposed on account of . using stamps twice. -' y . ' -; .''4-''i H. F. - Loving: - paying teller of - the First National Bank of Roanoke, Va. has absconded with over $4,000 of the bank'siunds. - NO. 49 WASHINGTON NEWS, jjemoo ratio cauof s to oe Held on the Federa Election Bill. By Telesraplfto the MornlnssStai. i WASHiitGTON Oct.: 5. The Demo cratic members qf Congress will meet in caucus next Mbnday to coesider the Federal election bill. The caucus was called to consider amendments proposed to the, bill; but s principal object will be to determine pvhether it lis : a part of . the policy to send the bill to the Senate 'pending a disposition of the Sherman law repeal bill by that body. . . Representative Tucker, author of the bill now being ; Biscussed in the House, ays that the clucus is called for the pur pose "of determining whether or not the Democratic pEty was earnestly and en- jtirely in favor the repeal of the elec tion laws as demanded by the platform. f'We are either jin favor of the repeal, orl we are not, sd Mr. Tucker'and we bight as well find out just how we stand. jlf Fitch's bill lis to be adopted as the party measure as well abandoi borporates all! t seems to me we might the fight, If his bill in there is objectionable, then we've gc no case. I am perfectly well satisfied. owever, that the caucus Will make a sa isfactorv declaration on the subject.''": Mr. Tucker said the cau cus would represent the friends of both measures . (hif own and Fitch's), as he understood the call had been Initiated by thise in favor of the titch bill. The votq on the bill and pending amendments is to be taken at noon next Tuesday. So far but one amendment has been offered, by Mr. Lacy, of Iowa. This is said tofbe largely identical with the bill drawnf by Mr. Fitch, chairman I bf the committee reporting the Tucker I jum, auu wuiuj oe nas proposed as a sud stitute therefor. It differs from the jTucker bill in kbat it leaves out the stat ute sections 21)02 to 2010 inclusive which jthe Tucker bill repeals, along with all others relating to the appointment of su pervisors and jdeputy marshals. 1 1 The Populiits of the House have not yet decided hbw they will vote on the Federal Election bill, but they will bold a conference Saturday, when their course will be mapped out. j Washington, October 7. The mo notony bf a dill day in the Senate was broken at 2 ojclock this afternoon when Secretary Carlisle appeared in the mar ble room andibegan holding little con ferences withkuch Senators as came in j response to his request for an interview, j He had not been at the Capitol long un til he wrs met by Mr. Voorhees, Chair man of the Finance Committee, and went to the room bf that committee where they were clofeted for some time The presence of Mr. Carlisle caused a spread of all rts of rumors, and more or less significance was given to this visit, which! was so speedily fol lowed by tie public announcement of Mr. Vooraees on the floor of the Senate that Senators would be requested to attend the fsession next -Wednesday, with the end n view of remaining until a final result las been reached. ; ' While the doors of the - committee room were closed upon the conference, a few other Democratic Senators were sent for and jtfie situation was discussed jin all its phaes in a calm and dispas sionate manrer. Mr. Carlisle came to :tfie Senate rirectly "from-a conference 'with the Prespdent, but if he carried any message to jsie senators that message was guarded. Inost closely. After the ! iconferehce was over Mr. Voorhees maBe the following statement to a reporter! bf the Sbuthern Associated Press : "It j fwould be manifestly im proper for m to say anything of a con fidential talk? that passed between sena tors and the Secretary of the Treasury; but I can sayjthat there was absolutely nothing to cuse any uneasiness or pro duce any mystery in the minds of the representatives of the press. It is per fectly natural that the Secretary of the Treasury should Confer with Senators and the chaifman of i the Finance Com mittee concerning measures in wnicn nis department is so vitally interested. We were looking over the situation, and I am free to say tat 1 was at his house last night, and at that'time we discussed the pending billJ It would be strange if we did not, in view of the fact that we ex pect the final action! very soon. "How about propositions ol a compro mise ?" the Senator was asked. "So far asll am concerned, said Mr. Voorhees, "1 know! of no compromise and can thelefore say nothing on that subject. I Ijdo know, though, that the administration has taken no back ward step, aid that any statements look ing to a retif at are utterly untrue. The flight here is to becoutinued as it began, for the unconditional repeal ot the pur chasing clauie of the Sherman act, and the fight will be kept up on that line 'if it takes all simmer- That is the way I look at it." Still theri were rumors about the Chamber that .Secretary Carlisle's mis sion was in the direction of a compro mise, with ! a view of gathering what would be demanded in case it was found that repeal cbuid net be accomplished, and the test bf physical endurance had to be abandoned. Among the ardent advocates of; compromise who were seen by the Secretary were Messrs, Harris and Blackbujrn. - It was even stated (but this cannot be confirmed) that the Sec retary was endeavoring to eneci an un derstanding: Whereby in the event that comDromise Iwas the onlv thing left to be done, and its! acceptance or the dropping of the pending bill altogether was the onlv alternative an agreed-upon propo sition would pe submitted, l his, it was said, involves the issue of $2,500,000 of silver coinage a month, the issue of Na tional bank rfotes up to par of the bonds deposited ana the further issue of bonds, with the' possible addition of a further amendment: repealing the ten per cent. tax on Mate banks. A prominent Western silver man, who has taken little part in the debate, re ferring to this proposition, wmcn was being quietlt discussed as the supposi tious proposition of the Secretary, said that it wouldj not be acceptable to West ern silver meln, but that they would not insist on freelcoinage under such restric tions as the (foverament might nx, reg ulating the aeignorage, to be deposited with the Government. They would, he said, insist anon silver being given a chance as gdod, at least, as it had under existing laws, and if that : was . not accorded to it. thev would prevent any action on the! bill.' The silvar men have organized fostne siege weanesaay mgnt and will place themselves in the atti tude of transacting business at all times. They will not make any motions toad' journ. but will have one of. their men ready to speajk whenever there is a quo rum present. To Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, has been assigned the task of remaining on guard to j sk - a call of the Senate whenever a jsuornm shall disappear, and to Mr. Stewart will fall the pleasant task, to hfm, of speaking during the earlier hours of the prst night session Mr. Jefierabn Wallace, of Richmond Va., was arrested . last night upon the charge of sending' a challenge to fight a duel to Mr. Joseph Bryan, proprietor of the Times newspaper. - Mr, i Bryan de clined to accept the challenge.' , SPIRITS TURPENTl . Sanford Express:- the farmers anticipate plai smau gram crop this year J termmed that cotton sha longer. - Wadesboro Messenger-InteUigenk cer. Mr, . Allen Carpenter died at his home, in the Brown Creek - Church -neighborhood, last Saturday night, ol y asthma and chronic bronchitis, aged -f about 70 years. On last Friday : ' Mr. Daniel Cowe- got his 'right hand T caught in one of the lappers at the cot ton mill, and before he could extract it one of his fingers was cut off and an other so badly injured that it had to be amputated. . - -, - j-y :;.; y-y. y - - Smithfield " Herald'. For ! some weeks an unusual number of tramps ' have been passing through our town. ? They are nearly all of foreign buth. fh Tuesday evening Eugene Rayford, J. I. Harrison and J. F. Harrison, all white men, were arraigned before U. S. Com- V missioner D. W. Fuller for passing coun tefeit money. Raiford and J. L. Harri son ; were adjudged , guilty and- bound- 4 over to the next term of the . Federal Court to be held at Raleigh, m the sum of $400 each, and in default of bail they : were committed to iaiL. J. F. Harrison was released, noevidence being against him.' .-.v...,..;. .---.:-.",::,' Charlotte Observer: The cry of "can't get work," always the burden of the loafing element's song, is a "cow- , ardly makeshift," and altogether untrue. Tuesday afternoon Mr.' Toss Asbury, needing twenty or more hands at his brick-yard to begin work , yesterday morning, hunted out those who were complaining of being unable to get work; ' and engaged them at 75 cents a day, to -be at the brick yard yesterday morning. tie was tnere on time but only two or three of the number engaged material ized. 'Another gentleman also engaged six bands for Mr. Asbury, directing them wnere to go, etc., and they lalea to show up. :,:. - " ... : ,.- :.- , : Lumberton Robesontani Rev. F. B. McCall handed us a sample of lintless cotton from the farm ot Captain K. J. Braddy, on the Cape Fear river, near V White Hall. It resembles ordinary cot ton in growth of stalk very closely. From claimed for it, cf last week, lou to 0y bushels per acre yield is On Friday evening v while Alonzo Williams, a son of Mr. T. Williams, of Thompson's Township,, was ginning cotton at Mr." Don McLeod s, : his right hand was caught in the saws of the gin and so ; badly mutilated that amputation was necessary.- This operation they per formed the next morning, and the young man was carried nome. . , Charlotte Observer; Mr. D. Brown, a member of one of Winston's oldest and largest tobacco manufactur ing firms, died of Bright's disease Thurs day afternoon, aged 57 years. He leaves a large estate to four children. His wife died in March, 1892. OttisLowe.a citizen of Catawba, committed suicide . Sunday morning. He had some throat - trouble which' was pronounced by the - physicians to- be consumption ot the " throat, and he was told that he would die from strangulation. He was heard - to say that "he didn't propose to die like a dog, but if he died he expected to go like. a gentleman. On. Saturday he -purchased some laudanum, which he T secreted in his bed, and on Sunday morning he was found dead. . . , Statesville Landmark: News i was received here last week of the death at Cambridge, Mass., September 25tb, of Mr. Joseph L. Cornelius, a son of the late Albertus Cornelius, of Davidson ? township, this county, and a nephew of . a. Cornelius, bsq. Mr. Cornelius - was studying lor the ministry of the Methodist Church, and had attended the University at Cambridge for several terms. Death . resulted from typhoid fever. H. D. Marquand, the piano tuner, who was charged with the larceny of a watch, and who was under bond for appearance at the last term of the Su perior -Court but failed to appear, was arrested in bahsbury , yesterday ny Le- Dutv' Sheriff t Sheoherd. brought to Statesville and lodged in jail. Roanoke Beacon: On Friday - last an officer came up from Creswell with Ben j. Hill, colored, under arrestr- and placed him in jail. . The news as we then bad it, was in substance as follows: The prisoner, Hill, and one J. E. An drews, white, had a fight while at work . in a field on - Thursday afternoon, in which the white man came out best. When on their way from the field, to the house, Hill struck Mr. Andrews on the head with a single-tree and then escaped to the woods. Mr. Andrews was taken home unconscious, and an officer being . notified of the matter, went in pursuit of , Hill and arrested him sometime during the night. Mr. Andrews continued to suffer from the wound, and Sunday night he died from its effects. - Weldon News: Mr. Tack Tor- dan, of Northampton, met with a most painful and fatal accident at his cotton gin Monday. Mr. Jordan was raking the lint cotton away lrom the breast ol the gin with a stick. The saws caught his sleeve, drew his arm into the gin, and terribly mangled it. Mr. Jordan's face was horribly cut with the saws. We regret very mucn to learn ot a painiui accident near Enfield, in which Mr. Toe Ptppen, a son of Mr. F. L. Pippen, the polite and efficient agent of the Coast - Line at Enfield, was the victim. Mr. -Pippen was at the cotton gin of his father's in Edgecbmbe county, and one ' of his feet was caught in the machinery and terribly injured. Medical aid was called in and it was found necessary to remove a portion of the. injured foot. He is now doing as well under the pain ful circumstances as could be expected. : Rockingham, Rocket: News was brought to town Sunday afternoon that Thomas riicks, a son oi me wiaow Hicks, who lives about three miles north of town, had been badly cut by a negro named Sandy Covington, and Dr. W. M. : Fowlkes was summoned to attend the , wounded, man. . It was found that a gash bad -been cut to the hollow in his right side, from which the entrails protruded, and also a deep gash on the right side , of his head extending fiom near the top down-, across the temple. The wounds were properly dressed and the ' young man given every attention, but he : died from his injuries at an early hour . Monday morning. The negro was cap tured Tuesday morning and lodged in jail. The Rocket was shown a veri table curiosity tuesaay mgnt mat was captured by a countryman and given to - Mr. K. u bteeie. it was a bird with an the characteristics of a screech owl, ex- : cept that it was as black as a crow. Their . natural color or plumage is grey, and we ; never before saw or heard of a black one. ' - "Gastonia Gazette: Much excite-, ment was created Tuesday by the report-.: that John Hovis had been held up- and robbed that morning by three negroes ; while on his way to Gastonia. . Hovis tells that he was in the road near Whet- stone mountain going towards Gastonia He met three, negroes and one asked him to change some money. He started. . to change the money and as the negroes: saw how muchjinoney he had they cov ered . him -witbi pistols and made him ; give up $27 in alL They then escaped : and he went to Dallas to- get a posse to catch them." Neighboring stations were . wired, but up to . the time of going to preSs no news had came of the robbers. -There came near being another safe robbery in town the other night.- When Mr, J. E. Page, of J. D. Brumfield & Co., left his office late Saturday afternoon, he left three $20 bills in his safe, locked the door and threw off the combination When he returned Monday morning, he , found that burglars tad entered the Of fice through a window and attempted to rob the safe. The knob was broken oft and the combination damaged. So far, no- clue - to the burglars-has been dis-; covered. ;T " 1t irj.s ijs saidlhat 'ting a leavy I They e de- SU be icing no ;:t,yi t. L;f. ' -' 7. .- i 1:
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