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aUOaCRIPTlON PRICE.
The .ubscnpuon price-of the Weekly Star is an
follows :
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VERY IMPORTANT
Daring the past two months bills
have been mailed ,to about sixteen
hdu lrcd subscribers to the Weekly
Star. The aggregate amount due
on tnese bill was very large, but the
agreate amount thus far-paid is
compuirativtly small.
It is h iped every subscriber in ar?
rears will read this notice, and that
he will forward the amount due us at
once.
It is unjust to the proprietor to
read his newspaper without paying
for it fully as much so as lor the
proprietor of the paper to eat the
fanner's chickens and eggs and then
fail or refuse to remunerate him.
We thank those of our subscribers
who nave paid -us, and trust this ap
peal will not be lost on those who
have not paid.
OPPOSED TO STATE BANES.
'Vnile we believe that from both a
financial and political standpoint the
repeal of the State bank tax would
be a good thing for the country and
a goo-'i ' thing for the Democratic
party, we rea'ize that there are s me
very serious obstacles in the way,
and that the prospect oT its passage
is not very encouraging. What the
Democratic members of Congress
wl p oe it iti ihe face of the re
coTiineidatin for i s repeal in the
Ni'ioidl I) micratc platform will
say we lo not know, but there are a
g0 )d many D, moerats who will op
pose it as smugly as f it had never
been mention? d i the Democratic
pli'form.
The reason s me of them will as
sign will tr that we have bank
enough '. d u i.cy enough, and that
their coiiMiiuciits don't netd nor
wan Statr bink. Others will op
pose it because the laws of their
Sta'es di not prrmit the chartering
of bank- of i ue, and t'ers because
thr'y fip.fcss to fear that if State
ba k he ii -ili i t-vatlhetf we will
hive rt rtiurn of an era f 'wildcat"
m me v. The opposition arises either
fro n nen who represent constituen
cies when have money to lend, or
fr rn m-'i who forget the fact that
thO"e-ho adv care State btnks are
as m ioh p. s-d to "wildcat" money
as they are. and that there is no more
danger of a fl od of wildcat" money
than there is of an incurionof living
wildcats,
Am ng the most active opponents
of the proposition is Hon, Wm. E
Springer, of Illinois, who is chair
man of the F n ce Committee of the
House of Representatives. He is
opposed to it because it might inter
fere with a scheme which he has
been studying up n for some time to
enlarge the scope of the national
banks so that they may increase the
volume of currency and utilize other
than Government bonls for this pur
pose. His committee is now at work
on a bill for this purpose which will
be introduced shortly after the meet
, ing of Congress. It will, it is said,
provide for the use of State, county
and municipal bonds as a basis of
circulation, under the control of the
national Government, which will
issue the notes just as it does now to
the national banks and become re
sponsible for their redemption, and
exerctse supervision over them by
the appointment of bank examiners
who wiil report their standing from
time to time. These notes will be
national in their character, as na
tional bank notes now are, and will be
interchangeable with coin.-
This is the embodiment of the idea
of Hon. Michael D. Harter, of Ohio,
who in the last Congress formulated
and introduced a bill embracing it
and it is probable that this is sub
stantially the bill which the Finance
Committee intends to introduce.
When Mr. Hafter offered his bill
' we commented favorably on it as the
best thing in sight, and if the bill
that Mr. Springer sets his heart so
much upon be what it is represented
to be" it will be probably he best
thing in sight, and a very decided im
provement on the present national
bank 6ystem.
It covers one of the main points
airriorl htr ttio o A immt ftf State
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banks, which is the utilization of
State, county and municipal bonds
as a basis of circulation, which will
enable the . Southern States to have
many banks, which they cannot have
while Government bonds alone are a
basis of circulation.
VOL. XXV.
The fact that the notes will be
national in character, .redeemable by
the Government . ajsdinterchange-.
able in coin, giteX them that much
advantage over the notes th'st would
be issued by State banks. ' .:; '
Of the numerous bills offered in
the various legislatures of the South
ern States providing for the estab
lishment of State banks in the event
of the repeal of the bank tax by
Congress, we know of none that did
not provide for the use of State,
county and municipal "bonds, and we
know of none that did not' carefully
guard against an excess of circula
tion, or wildcat money, and they all
provided for . redemption in com.
The only difference between these
and Mr. Springer's system is that his
provides ' for Government control
and Government responsibility.
which my perhaps make it more ac
ceptable "and satisfactory to the peo
ple at large, and lor trading com
munities. Here in the South we are
not partial to.any particular method
of supplying the currency, provided
it bi supplied in volume sufficient to
meet the demands of business and in
a way that will enable us to utilize
the securities that we could utilize as
a basis for State bank circulation.
This will be practically the State
bank under a different name and if
we understand it, it will fill the place
that the State bank was intended to
fill.
But to make it accomplish the pur
pose iujiy, Mr. bpringers scheme
must provide that the banks be al
lowed to lend money on real estate
security, so that they may be of real
service to farmers, manufacturers,
merchants and others who may find
it necessarj to borrow money, other
wise it will be no improvement on
the present national bank system,
only in so far as it increases the
volume of the currency. . If with this
increase the banks can be brought
closer to the people and be made
more serviceable to them, then the
State banks and will not be a matter
of so much importance to us. and we
may get along very well without
them.
What the people and the business
interests of the .South want, is a suf
ficient volume of good, stable money
f r which xhry will not be dependent
upon New York or New England
banks, and if they are supplied with
that, they will not care whether it
comes over State bank or national
bank counters.
COMBINES AND STRIKES.
In an editorial on tramps some
time ago we remarked tnat tne
tramp is the outgrowth of conditions
which have come into existence
within the past generation, and that
the same causes 'which produced the
millionaire produced the tramp. The
same ca'uses which produced these
produced the combines and trusts,
and the-' same causes that produced
these produce the strikes, which are
the result of combination against
combination.
The strike as we see it now was
unknown thirty years ago. There
were, of course, differences then
about wages between employers and
employes, and there may have been
strikes embracing the workmen of
certain establishments, or perhaps.
of a certain trade, but there were no
such strikes as we have become
familiar with these days, embracing
thousands of men of different call
ings, and extending through months,
until either the employers or the
strikers surrender or a compromise
is effected. Then there was no
occasion for general strikes, for, as
a rule, although wages on an aver
age were lower . then than they
are now the employer and his work
men were more identified than' they
are now, they were closer together.
there was more of a feeling of mutual
dependence, more mutual regard, and
therefore less disposition to take ad
vantage of each .other's necessities.
Theti there was no combinations
amonz employers and no counter
combinations amonz workmen.
Then the workman preserved his in
dividual liberty, the right to exercise
his judgment and discretion as to
whether he would work for the
wages offered or not, and did not
surrender these to an organization
and obligate himself to obey its be
hests and quit work on .an order
given by a council or an individual
chosen to preside over the order and
exercise autocratic power in certain
contingencies.
But the workmen of these days in-
stst that such organizations are ne
cessary for mutual protection, and
that without them they would be ut
terly in the power and at the mercy
of the greedy combines and: corpor
ations for which they labor and from
which they get nothing that is not
forced. They say, and there 's truth
in the assertion, that the fact that
wages arp, as a rule, higher no than
thev were vears ago, is due to the
a 0
persuasive influence of these organi
zations, and not to the protective
tariff, as contended by the high tariff
advocates when quoting this as one
ot the beneficent effects of the pro-
tective tariff. ;
Without discussing the necessity of
such organizations or whether they
I are good or evil, the tact tnat tney
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exist, and that through them great,
and sometimes . long protracted
strikes take place, makes them sub
jects of interest to the public as well
as to the employers of men and to
the men who belong to the organiza
tions, who have just as much right to.
combine for their mutual protection
as 'employers have to combine' to
advance their own interests The
public is interested because between
the two it suffers, and suffers as much
or perhaps more than either of the
two principals to the strikes do.
In some respects' the conditions as
between employers and the employed
in England are similar to those in
this country,, at least in some of the
great industries in which strikes take
place there as well as in this coun
try and with the same consequences
on the public.: ' We have an illustra
tion of this in the great strike of the
coal miners which lasted about five
months and involved some 350,000,
cut of the 450,000 men employed in
the coal mines of England and
Wales. ,
That was a strike precipitated by
the companies, which have a monop
oly of the coal mines. In their keen
competition they ran the price of coal
down to from $2 to $4 a ton, which
gave them an excuse to cut down
wages twenty-five oer cent. to which
the miners objected and the strike
began. The miners were well o
ganized for it, having funds enough
in the treasury of their organizations
to s support themselves while the
strike was on. A temporary compro
mise was effected a week or
so ago and, the miners returned to
work, but not until the public had
paid dearly for the strike, more than
either the coal companies or the
miners, for the companies had big
stocks of coal on hand and got $12 a
ton for coal they had been selling
- 1 '
when competing against each . other
for from $2 to $4.1 Nearly every in
dustry in England which used coal
for fuel, and every housekeeper suf
fered, many of the industries being
paralyzed, thousands of workmen
thrown out of employment, thus be
coming the suffering victims of a
strike with which they had no direct
or indirect connection. That strike
cost England, it is said, at a low es
timate, $150,000,000; but the coal
companies made money.
A similar strike, originating in
somewhat the same way, is now on
in the J..ehigh Valley, in Pennsylva
nia, in wmcn the public win oe tne
sufferer. The Lehigh Valley Rail
road is in a combine which either
owns or controls large coal proper
ties. It laid np big stocks of coal at
its distributing points, in Pennsylva
nia and in other States, had thou
sands of coal cars filled with coal and
run on its side tracks, then forced a
strike ot employes on the road and
made that an excuse for closing the
mines operated by the combine and
throwing 27,000 miners out ot em
ployment, which gives them another
excuse to put op the price of coal
and make the public pay tribute to
their greed. In this instance the rail
road men are said to have fallen into
the trap set for them and struck just
when they were wanted by the com
bine to strike, but the poor public
which burns coal suffers by it all the
same. Ana thus it is in an sir ices.
wnoever gains tne puonc suners.
It is said that the assets of the
i
World's Fair managers are disap
pearing mysteriously at the rate of
about $10,000 a day. lhey were
counting as assets a lot of property
which is claimed by contractors, who
are getting away with it as fast as
they can. They are doing it so ef-
tectuany mat iuc -uiaaagcis arc sun
harboring the hope that in their
hustling energy they will not get
awav with the Park in which the
F
Voir i,.M
A (all ndJ a-j v- ixj. i
A man who had called
at ' the
White House several times
to bor-
row a quarter from
the President, is
called a crank; -That's the way it
goes, me youtn
who wanted to
borrow a hundred
thousand dollars
in Montreal a short while ago was
also pronounced a crank.' The fel
low that goes I around trying to bor
row money in times like these gives
good ground for being suspected as
a crank. . I
Prof. Garder says the monkeys
talk but they- do jftot all -talk the
same language, and sometimes re
quire an interpreter. The gorilla,
for instance, and the chimpanzee
have a different vernacular. The
talk of the gorilla is Greek to the
chimpanzee and the chat of the chim
panzee is Choctaw; to the gorilla..
The Oregbniansj have the advan
tage of us this year, for they had
one Thanksgiving; Day last Thurs
day and will . have another next
Thursday. They come rather close
together but the Oregoniansare able-
bodied citizens and can stand it. A
State which can stand as unique a
Governor as Pennover can stand
almost anything, j
Corbett says he is all right for the
Mitchell set-to, but his wind needs a
little more bracing. From the
amount of blowing that has been
done over this mill the inference
might be that it is a sort of a wind
mill.
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WILMINGTON. N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1,
" ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
The New Sobedolea to Go into Effect
December 3rd On the Whole m De- ,
eided Improvement Over Present Sohed-
nlea. -
The changes of schedules on the Wil
mington and Weldon and the Wilming
ton, Columbia and Augusta Railroads, to
go into effect December 3rd, taken alto-'
gether, are a decided . improvement on
those now in force. They may be sum
marized as follows:
No. 48 train will leave Wilmington
daily at 9 a. m.'and arrive at Wilson at
12.50 p. m., making close connection
with No. 78 train, which will arrive at
Nortoik at 6.0S p. m Richmond 6.50 p.
m.. Washington 11.10 p m- Baltimore
13 48 a. ra. and New York 6 60 a. m.
No. 40 tram will leave Wilmington at
7 p. ta. and arrive at W.lson at 10 85 p.
m., connecting with No. 14 tram, which
will arrive at Richmond at 8 40 a. m.
Washington, 7 a. m. Baltimore
8 20 r to. and New York" 123
p.m. Passengers leaving Wd mi net on
on this train can secure sleeping car ac-
cotn modations at the General Passenger "
Agent s office, to be taken at Wilson.
This will be quite an improvement on
the present tchedule. both lor passen
gers and mail north-bound. TrainrNo.
40 will ran through to Rocky Mount,
arriving at that point at 11 25 p. m.
No. 47 tram will leave Wilson at 3.05
p. m., daily, on arrival ot No. 23 train at
that point, arriving at Wilmington at
5.50 p. m. By this train passengers leav
ing New York at 8.80 p. m., will arrive
in Wilmington the following evening at
5 50 p. m. This train will bring mail
from Northern and Eastern points.
No. 41 train will leave Kocky Mount
daily at 7 a, m. and arrive at Wilming
ton at 11 a. m. This train will bring
New York papers and Northern mail.
No. 55 train, south-bound, will leave
Wilmington at 3 20 p. m daily, arrive
at Florence at 8 50 p. m. and Columbia
10 p. m. It will make close connection
with No. 23 train at Florence for Charles
ton and ail points south, arriving at
Charleston at ll p. ra. and at Jackson
ville at 8 20 a. m. the following day. It
will carry a sleeper from Wilmington to
Charleston; it will also connect at
Florence with the train on the Cheraw
& Darlington Railroad, arriving at Dar
lington at 7.38 p. m Society Hill 8 13
p. m . Cheraw 8 40 p. m. and Wadesboro
A ir . - i I
10.15 p. m
No. 50 train will leave Columbia at
4.80 a. m. and Florence at 7 40 a. m., ar
riving at Wilmington at 11.10 a. m. This
train will make close connection at
Florence with No. 73 train from the
South and will bring the Charleston and
Wilmington sleeper. It will also con
nect with the train from points on the
Cheraw & Darlington R. R. and wiil
give to Wilmington what she has not
enjoyed before--a quick through
schedule from points west of Florence
and Cheraw & Darlington stations. With
the above schedule our country friends
fiom any point on the Wilmington.
Columbia & Augusta R. R., Cheraw &
Darlington R. R.. Cheraw & Salisbury
R. R. and Hrtsville R R. cin leave.
home in the mornine and spend several
hours io Wilmington, returning home
the same day.
The Charleston and Wilmington car
should also benefit Wilmington in the
way of tourist travel. When the north
bound movement commences there are
a number who desire ta make the trip
North by easy stages. With this car.
which will be opened in Charleston
depot at 10 p. m., they can go to bed at
a seasonable hour and arrive in Wil
mington next morning, and if they de
sire can continue their journey the fol
lowing morning wuh a daylight trip to
Richmond. Washington, Norfolk or Uid
Point Comfort.
Al ot the through, tickets, including
Winter excursion tickets, reading via
Atlantic Coast Line, road via Wilming
ton, are accepted for passage either
via Wilmington or via Wilson & Fay
etteville Branch.
DEATH OF GEN. COLSTON.
A Noted Confederate Ofllo-r For Several
Tears a Resident ot Wilmington.
The Star's telegraphic dispatches
announce the death yesterday in Rich
mond. Va of General R. E. Colston, in
the 72nd year of his age. Gen. Col
ston was for several years a resi
dent of Wilmington. Coming here
with his family soon after the late
war he established a military school
in this city and conducted it with
marked success. During his residence
in Wilmington his two daughters (he
had no other children) wire married
one to Mr. A. D. Lippitt, and the other
to the late Maj. Byrne, well-known as a
gallant Confederate soldier, and subse
quently an insurance agent, who killed
himself accidentally while gunning at
Masonboro.
tien. Colston had command, of a
brigade of Virginia and North Carolina
regiments in the Army of Northern
Virginia, in 1862-68, and at the battle
mm mm rm
I ot. cnanceuorsvuie was in command oi
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Trimble s division of Jackson s corps.
Alter Gen. Colston left Wilmington
he went to Egypt, where . he was an
officer of high rank in the army of the
Khedive.
Gen. Colston was born, we think, in
Paris. He spoke and wrote the French
language with great fluency. During the
Franco-German war, in 1870. he wrote a
series of editorials for the Wilmington
Journal which attracted much attention.
but their tone was so decidedly in favor
of France that they did not meet with
general favor.
THE GAME OF FOOT-BALL,
A Iiittle Bough, bat a Deoidedlr Interest-
Idb Game.
In a brief editorial the Baltimore Suh
thus summarizes foot ball
The annual foot-ball discussion in the
newspapers is now going on. Prince
ton, the great Presbyterian university.
is a toot-ball centre, and yet the Presby
terian has pronounced against the sport
in the most earnest manner. There is
reason in roasting eggs, and so is there
in foot-ball. The Duke of Wellington
said that the battle of Waterloo was won
at Eton and Rugby. Physical health
and strength is at least as important as
a mental education. The two can and
should go L together. Every school
should encourage manly, sports, and" if
thev are a little rough, to engage in
them is not a bad preparation for the
rough-and-tumble battle ot me. But
these sports have their proper place and
limits, and should be kept within them.
To argue that foot-ball and rough games
should be proscribed because some get
hurt in them would'be as unreasonable
as to proscribe study and mental work
because some students study too Darn
and ruin their health. It is the foolish
extreme the rowdyism of sport that
should be avoided
. . WILMINGTON'S CARNIVAL. 1 l
Bnocroragipg Frospeete K Iitrge Attes-
danoe Expected-More Bubacriptlone
; to the Incd Keport from ' Commit
tees, t .v.r:V" . -' -, ; i :;.
Reports Irom the Welcome Week
Committees and people who are visiting
here are very encouraging. Every one
is of the opinion that the visitors will
exceed in numbers those of any preced
ing carnival, r ;-: ) .
Mr. W. E. Springer of the Finance
Committee turned in the following new
subscriptions made since (he list was last
published : R. F. Hamme. $3.50; P. W.
Miller, $2 60; M. Rathjen, $5.00; Wil
mington and Weldon Railroad Com
pany, $50.00; Wilmington, Columbia &
Augusta Railroad Company, $50.00;
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad
Company. $5000; Hanby & Russell,
$10 00; Brown & Pearson, $3 00; Col. F.
W. Kerchner, $10 00. He also reported
two , or three merchants who are
expected by the Executive Committee
to give.holding back.and says it is o great
importance to send names fn to-day, as
the. Finance Committee wishes to close
the subscription lists to-night and begin
collecting early Monday morning.
A gentleman who was here yesterday
from Newbern said that it would send
the largest delegation to the Wilming
ton Welcome Week that ever left
there.''. ! .
jThe Foot-Ball Committee, through
chairman George L. Peschau, reports
progress and expects to close contracts
with the visiting teams to-day.
The Overman Wheel Company,
through its agent, Mr. P. Heinsberger,
donated a $50 silver tea set as a prize in
bicycle races. i
Mr. P. Heinsberger, Jr., chairman of
the Bicycle Race Committee, sent the
following letter out esterday with a list
of the prizes: j.
Ejnclosed find programme of bicycle
races we will have during our Welcome
week.
The railroads have given very low
rates over the different routes and the
I
prizes are well worth racing for.
we nave an excellent clay track at
Hilton Park, and will guarantee a pleasant
time iu an wno win iena ineir presence.
Your earnest co-operation is requested.
Hoping to receive a lavorable reply,
x outs fraternally.
Chairman Bicycle Committee.
Thos D. Meares. P. O. Box 813.
Chairman Executive Committee.
The following letter was received by
bim from Isaac Baird, South Carolina's
champion rider:
Charleston. S. C. Nov. 23. 1893.
Philijt Heinsberger, Tr.
dear sir Yours to band, and in re
ply wouid thank you for your kind invi
tation, and while I may not be able to
go np I will surely try and do all I can
to get some of our boys to go. II you
send me some entry papers 1 will give
them to the racing men and put tnem in
our club room. Thanking you again.
I am vours truly, :
Isaac Baird.
A meeting of the Parade Committee
will be held to-night at the S. A. L.
office at 8 o'clock, when Chief Marshal
Walker Taylor will appoint his assis
tants.
The drummers will be invited to lead
the civic and military parade in their
ulsters and silk hats.
A railroad man who reached here yes
terday from FavetteviIIe says that old
Cumberland county will bring almost
her entire population here during the
celebration.
The Decoration Committee were hard
at work yesterday preparing the decora
tions.
WELCOME WEEK NOTES-
Committees to Meet To-Morrow Night to
Perfect the Programme.
The Welcome Week Committees were
bard at work yesterday preparing and
arranging for the final meeting to-mor
row night, when the regular programme
will be made up for publication and
other new attractions added to the large
list of amusements. The Executive Com
mittee requests and urges every member
of each sub-committee to be present, as
final action will be taken in all matters
pertaining to making the Carnival Week
the grandest success. -
Mr. J. S. Hooper, of the Fireworks
Committee, says the Consolidated Fire
wo'rks Company of New York writes
that new pieces and designs have been
added to the Wilmington Welcome
Week display, and that the company will
give their finest pyrotechnics; that it will
surpass all previous efforts, and that it
will pay people to come one thousand
miles to see it-
Contracts were closed yesterday with
Jno. C Howe for providing five hun
dred seats from which to witness the
display. -
Mr. P. Heinsberger, Jr., of the Bicycle
Committee, furnishes the Star with the
following programme and prizes to be
raced for on Tuesday evening. Decem
ber 5th. Over two hundred letters have
been mailed to riders all over the South.
. PROGRAMME.
.Time limit 2.50. First One mile,
North Carolina championship First
prize, silver service tea set, given by
Overman Wheel Co., manufacturers of
Victor Bicycle. .
Second Half a mile, Wilmington
riders only., 3.15 class First prize,
pair gold studs; second prize, feather
weight lamp; third prize. French brier-
root pipe, r i
Thtfd One mile, open to all comers
First prize, solid gold watch ; and chain;
second prize, diamond ring; third prize,
pair russett leather shoes.
i rouna nau mue upen; uisi itic.
. - rvr " t C i. . A
diamond scarf pin; second prize, silver
shaving cup; third prize, bicycle clock.
! Fifth Two mile open; first prize,
standing piano lamp; second prize, gold
watch chain; third prize, Dunlap hat.
I Sixth One mile, Carolina Cycle Club
only; prize, Hilton Park medal.
. Seventh Trick riding; prize, gold
head cane. . j
A sweet potato of mammoth
proportions was on exhibitiouyesterday
at the Produce Exchange. On a card
attached to the tuber it was written that
the potato came from Barium Springs,N.
C that it weighed 13 pounds and meas
ured 83 Inches in circumference. ;
1893.
WELCOME WEEK. ' jjj'jf
Committee work A Display Bar-:
pMsisc All FreYioas OooMlona Pro-'
mised j;' v'V". bijjff- " '
The Welcome Week committees are
hard at work doing their respective
duties. ; ; The Decoration Committee
took a stride to the front yesterday, and
made arrangements to beautify 'the city
th colored light,, which wmbputfn
the corners and np and down the prin
cipal streets. Several merchants ' are
busily engaged making handsome designs
to decorate their store fronts with, and the
Decoration Committee will this day in
vite the residents around town to deco
rate, and make the city as attractive as
possible to the eyes ot visitors.
As everything is now in shape, the Ex
ecutive Committee extend a welcome
to all and promise a greater variety of
amusements than ever had at any pre-
vious celebration.
'I
i;
jnr. j. a. tiooper nas secured at a
. nominal cost what is known as the 'One
thousand dollar pyrotechnic display of
fireworks,' which will illumine and give
light over the city for one night. The
day display will also be a special feature.
Mr. P. Heinsberger, Jr., who has been.
in communication with the cycle; fra
ternity has been assured that some of
the finest riders south of Mason (and
Dixon's line will be present. During
the W. W. W. is when celebrated IBert
Cooper will make his record. Many
here are anxious for him to meet ' Fitz
simmons of Greensboro for the State
championship. llll1:
Capt. D. T. Cronly and Lieut. Geo. L.
Morton are working arduously on the
military part of the programme, and j a
great treat is promised. The whole
Second Regiment has been invited, and
the entire North Carolina Naval Re
serves. Delegations of five ' or more
from companies will be welcomed,! if
entire companies cannot come during
that festive week.4 1111!
The clam-bake and oyster roast, under
the management of Mr. R. N. Sweet,
..... .... .
will be immense, outside of the free ride
to the seaside resorts. Every country
merchant will take part. Everything
will be free, with two bands of music
playing sweet tunes while they masticate
the palatable sea food. Two hundred
bushels of oysters will be served, j (
Mr. E. P. Boatwright will give out the
contract for the construction of a hand
some band-stand to-day. MH l!
Mr. Geo. L. Peschau promises the first
and only scientific game of foot-ball
ever played in Wilmington. You should
come and see the "giants" tussle. '
The boat races will be exciting; pri
vate parties are offering prizes, and each
night crews are on the river training by
moonlight and will participate.
THE LAURINBURG ELECTION.
The Iitoente People Elected Their Ticket,
bat There Is a School Hoose in the
Way. i
The Charlotte News gives some addi
tional particulars of the election in Lau-
rinburg, the result of which was printed
in the Star of yesterday: ' !
A very exciting election on the wet
and dry question was held in Laurin-
burg yesterday. The wets carried by 30
majority, but their victory is not yet
won, for there is an incorporated school
bouse in the town and liquor . cannot be
sold within a certain distance of that
building. To sell anywhere in the town
would come within the prescribed limits.
They are now trying to find a way out
of that difficulty. Some are in favor of
moving the school bouse out of town,
while others favor moving the town
away from the school house, and the end
is not yet. ;
An An tiered Monarch.
i
1! IV
Mr. John D. Woody informed a Star
reporter yesterday that a fine buck was
seen swimming Hewlett's Creek Wed
nesday. He made land near the house
of Tom Frank, a well known and highly
respected colored fisherman, on the
Greenville side of the creek. There
vm nn rirtoa at hand hut thu 1 nariv
, ,. . . , .
Rave tuc uiu uu au uuau.Ciui .u.
with some "curs of low degree," If
'Grandpa" Wagner had been there with
"Louder" and "Jack" and Driver," sup4
plemented with his grand old ten-gauge
mn1.lnaHfr. that nntleri'rl mnnnrrh'
would now be numbered with the "deal
departed.1
John D. has promised the Star to re-
port promptly tne nrsi near oi tne sea
son. i " 'mma9M ' :
Cardinal Gibbons Visited by a Crank.
A dispatch from Baltimore, Md., says
that last Tuesday Cardinal-Gibbons had
a visit from a crank named Frank Streck-j
fus. The Cardinal sized the man up as
anrtn nn he marie his demand for ftSO.lD
cash and soon got rid of his unwelcome
caller. Streckfus then went to SL Jo
seph's Church in South. Baltimore and
introduced himself as Cardinal Gibbons!
saying he had come to . dismiss Father
Barry.-1 the pastor. Streckfus was ar
rested.
Three of a Kind.
The Southport Leader states that far
mers living near upper Town Creek.' in
Brunswick county, had been losing pigs
tor some time and until a few days ago
were unable to tell - who the robbers
were, when the dogs belonging to W. H.
C Potter treed three bears, an old she
bear and two young ones. The bears
were n easily shot by the men following
the dogs, and when weighed the older
One weighed 150 pounds, each of the
younger ones weighing nearly one hun
dred pounds.
i -
Partridges Bear HHuaon.
Mrs. K. Bryan, who Keeps the Faison
Hotel, at Faison, writes the field editor
of the Star that, partridges are abun
dant in that section, and she will guar
antee good accommodations j and fine
sport to any of our Wilmington sports
men who may go there.' The Star1; is
prepared to endorse Mrs. Bryan, i We
have been her guest wnen sne Kept tne
hotel at Warsaw, and we have hunted
with much success near Faison.
The associated banks of New
York city now hold .a surplui of (70.835,-
175. This is idle money: but there
seems to be no demand for it. -
J NO. 4
' J-
EDERATE VETERANS.
ion at Aosusta, Georgia About
3,000 Present.
Telegraph to the Morning Stat.
Augusta, Ga Nov. 23. About 3,000
Confederate Veterans gathered in line
to-day tp celebrate the first day of the
re-uniofof Confederate Veterans held
under tie auspices of the Augusta Ex-
positioned Georgia State Fa. They
were present here from every section of
tne south and made up an array ot bat
tle-scarfed heroes, such as is seldom seen
together; They were glad of the oppor
tunity to meet again the men who (ought
in the pame cause that thev did, and to
hear 'dace more, maybe for the last
time, titie voice that led them without
altering, whether it be to victory or to
defeat.! But there was no war-cry heard
to-day 4 Where once these heroes met
for blody battles, to-day they meet to
grasp pit hand of comrades, who are
fighting, not against an enemy, but with
re-unitd citizens for the greater glory
of tbef Union and the prosperity and
-progrefs of the South. At 10 o'clock
the line was formed on Broadway, and
with music and yells they marched, with
some pt the old-time leaders at their
bead, i At the Expostion the exercises
ot tne May were held and addresses ot
welcome delivered bv President I. O.
Waddill, ot the Georgia State Agricul
tural society, and President Walsh, of
the Augusta Exposition.
. iukuuic39ui iuc uay wu ucuvcicu
TUaIaj.. f .i j-i: a
by Get). C A. Evans. He said : "The
state pi ueorgia, represented oy the
President ot the State Agricultural As
sociation, who was himself a brave Con
federate soldier, has bidden us enjoy this
splendjid exposition of Georgia's mag
nificent resources, and no one is better
fitted to give a cordial welcome than Col.
John Waddell.
l
But? we are here also, my comrades, to
enjoy la reunion of Southern soldiers in
our own way. We are true to this
whole! country of ours, for it is as much
our country as it ever was. They say we
surrendered but in fact we did not surren
der. .What did we surrender? Not our
States; nor constitution, nor principles
ot government. We surrender nothing.
The fighting stopped and we came home
and went again to work. We are better
off thpt most people in our wealth
ox Bags, tor we enioy the pos
session of this sacred svmbol of senti
ment as a banner borne by the hand of
affection and beheld by eyes that look
to it m the emblem of heroism, man
hood and popular liberty. We have also
our flig which represents our Govern
ment and-which we hope will wave over
a united people and represent the equal
advantages ot all sections under a good
as wel as a powerful country.
Gen. Crittenden, of South Carolina,
also spoke in the same strain.
JECAUSE OF HER SEX
Miss
lary Clancy Was Acquitted of the
(Charge of Forgery.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Memphis, Nov. 24. Some months
ago Mfiss Mary Clancy, local agent for
the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine
Company, was indicted upon complaint
of the officers of the company at St.
Louis 1 for embezzlement and forgery.
The first Charge fell to the ground be
cause the corporation had no existence
under she laws of Tennessee. The for
gery charge has been on trial for several
days. Miss Ciancy admitted that she
forged! names to contracts for the pur
chase of machines, but pleaded not
guilty ko the general charge. The trial
lasted three days and resulted this morn
ing in Ian acquittal. The court room was
tbrontted with ladies, and the prisoner
was embraced bv them after the giving
ot the! verdict. Miss Clancy has been
confined in the iaii three months await
ing trstl. It was a clear case of guilt and
a deaf case of acquittal on account of
the sex of the defendant.
AUGUSTA'S EXPOSITION.
Confederate Veterans' Beunion Address
I by Gen. Hampton.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
AupusTA, Nov. 24. The feature of
the last day of the Confederate Veterans'
reunion at the Augusta Exposition was
the arrival of ex-Senator Wade Hamp
ton apon the scene. It was an un
expected event, but it furnished a happy
occasion for a climax of enthusiasm
that was touchingly sublime. The day
was a love feast for the Confederates.
vanrjpn ooomea in nonor oi toe neru ui
i i i . i . i i .
Carolina, and old soldiers wept with emo-
iruon iwneu vjca. nampioa
and Gen.
, marrh-H !H h nn In th
stage in music ball. They were greeted
by prolonged shouts that were as lasting
as tbjey were vehement. Gen. Hampton
was introduced by Gen. Evans. He spoke
briefly but most feelingly. He paid lofty
tributes to the heroes of Georgia but took
occasion to refer to his retirement from
the Senate by the Legislature of South
Carolina.
To-day s exercises close one of the
grandest and most enthusiastic reunions
everlheld by confederate veterans.
"ILLMAN'S LIQUOR LAW.
Judge Simonton Directs the S. C. B. B. tp
Brijg in All Gooda Consigned to Private
uoaramgn. ...
By Telegraph'to the Morning Star,
Charleston, November 24. In the
Unitgsd States Court to-day Judge
Simonton signed an order directing the
South Carolina road to bring in all goods
offered as freight and consigned to pri
vate consumers.- The decision was made
in the petition oi a number of citizens
who claimed tne right to buy neer ana
whiskey in another State for their own
consumption and to have the railroads
transport it.
FLORIDA PLANTER'S VIEW.
He
Grrea Some Seasons for the Bapid
Movement of the Cotton Crop.
The! annexed paragraph, giving the
view taken by a Florida planter of the
cottool outlook, is worthy of considera
tion :
"Thi rapid movement of the crop may
be accounted for by the fact that there is
a largefnumber of new gin houses which
have sprung up in the last year. Then,
too, alriost every day for the last six or
eight weeks has not been a good harvest
day, but also a good ginning day. The
farmers lhave needed money, and this
year they found more trouble than be
fore on account of the bard times in get
ting advances on their crops, ana they
have consequently been, forced to har
vest andmarket it early. The crop, in
my opinion, is not above the average,
and I baldly think from now on it will
move as ppidly as it has of late.
General Master Workman Powderly
tendered.hts resignation to the General
Assemblr. Knights of Labor, yesterday
afternoon. No action has yet been taken
on It. '
CONF
The ReuLi
ress: ' Wild geese
are very plentiful in the Lockville sec
tion. (Sportsnren kill them while thev
are flywrlrom one river to another.
Many ducks are also killed along these
streams. -
Windsor Ledger: Mr. Aaron
Askew brought us Monday a bunch of
iaii oars irom tne farm of Mr. E. E.
Etheridge, Coleraine. There were fortv-
three sulks from one root and they.were
three feet high.
Weldon News : Six convicts
escaped from one of the State's farms on
the river near here last week. Three of
them have been captured and returned
to the proper authorities. One was
captured near town by Mr. George
Simmons. George is quite a young
man, but when he saw the convict on
his father s farm he ordered bim to hold
up his hands. The convict obeyed the
SfSSK ?ered Itohol
command, and was marched to town
justice.
Wilson Advance: Last Thursday
evening, shortly after dark. Mrs. Jas. E.
Kountree had a call from one of the
"walking tourists." He desired a little
supper. While Mrs. Rountree was en
gaged in preparing something for him
ne entered tne nouse ana stole a hand
some gold watch. All effort to appre
hend the offender proved .fruitless. Al
though our police succeeded in catching
up with two or three of the gentry dur
ing the night, the right one was not
found.
Charlotte Observer :: Grave rob
bing is horrible to think of, be the body
stolen white or black. Few instances
are recorded in this section, but one of
the few occurred several nights since in :
the Hopewell region. An old negro
man named Milas Black died Saturday
and was buried Sunday., The grave was
intact iuesday morning, lhat night it
was opened and the body of the old man
stolen. There is no clue at all to the
robbers, nor can their object be divined.
except that the body was stolen by some
one for dissecting purposes.
Stanly News: Stanly county
y I utu a iiuv. uui ui n ucai iuib jtgi,
a fair crop of com and an abundant crop
of potatoes and turnips. During a
ride of fifteen miles into the -western
part of this county last Saturday we no
ticed that an abundance of wheat has
been sown by the farmers. -There seems
to be a growing disposition among the
farmers of this county to rai?e more
breadstufls and less cotton and this is
right. Henry Ross, who broke jail
on the 4th of July, was captured by F. V.
Watkins and ohn Little in Anson yes
terday. He resisted arrest and received
an ugly wound on the head. He was
carried to jail last night. -
Greensboro Record : To illus
trate the possibilities of agriculture in '
this State, we notice a fine growth of
Soja beans raised by Mr. Harry Thorn
ton on his farm near New Garden. On
one stalk of these beans there are five
hundred and fifty-nine (559) well de
veloped pods, each containing two or
three beans. When we consider that'
this is the product from one single seed.
it will be seen that, the yield is simply
enormous. Mr. Thornton had about
four acres of these beans, which make a '
most excellent feed for cattle and hogs",
and in addition it is claimed that when
parched they make a capital substitute
for coffee.
Charlotte News: Yesterday af
ternoon Detective Tom Haney of the
Richmond & Danville Railroad, arrested
a negro at Wellford, S. C, on a charge
of complicity in the wrecking of the
train at Courtney's several months since.
at which place and time Engineer Geo.
Koberts was killed. Yesterday after
noon while a little four-year old negro
child, living with its parents on Mr. R.
G. Kendricks larm, in lower Steel
Creek, was - playing with an old "un
loaded" pistol, the gun was discharged
and the ball entered the child's chest -
near its neck. It is a serious condition
and will hardly recover. The child had
been fretful and the pistol was given to
it so it would play and be quiet.. But
like the kerosene can. it "went off."
Chatham Record: The ' many .
friends of Maj. Richard Watt York will
be surprised and grieved to hear of his
death, which occurred at his residence
in Williams township, on last Tuesday.
He was about 54 years old. At the
breaking out of the war he was princi
pal of the Cedar Fork Academy and
promptly raised a company of volun
teers, which became Co. I, 6th N. C.
regiment. He became . major of that
regiment in 1863, and was more than
once severely wounded.- Capt. Bill
Phillips, of . Bear Creek township, gath
ered this year ten barrels (50 bushels) of
corn from one acre of land, land that
was Originally poor. Dr. W. H. Ed--
wards informs us that he raised a sweet
potato this year that weighed eleven and
a half pounds. '.,
Laurinburg Exchange: Mr. D.
C Currie died at his home on last Sat
urday, in the 89th year of bis age.
Mr. Chas. A. Purcell, of Robeson county,
showed us some cotton the other day
that was a curiosity and which -we be
lieve bids fair to supplant our old time
cotton. There are two kinds, the Bamia
and the Afifi. Mr. Purcell thinks the
former the best tor this country. The
lint is long and smooth, the seed light
and sleek, and the yield at the gin can
not be less than half. It grows by the
side of ordinary cotton, and with less
fertilizers is much more vigorous. The
stalks are irom five to six feet high,
though owing to the past season it is
not well fruited. Still Mr. furcen tninks
he will get more from it than he will
1LUUJ LUG OaulG aiUUUUb v. M vr. u.
narv cotton.
Fayetteville Observer: The cot
ton receipts for this city up to this time
have been about 5,000 bales, against
7,500 up to the same time last year. The
receipts for the past week have been 400
bales. Saturday night about n
o'clock the large store-house occupied
by Capt. James Flowers, just across the
river, was discovered, to be on fire and
before aid could be rendered was en
tirely Consumed. The building, which
belonged to Mrs. H. C. Fisher, was in
sured for $500, about half its value.
The contents of the building, belonging
to Capt. Flowers, were partially insured.
During a colored festival last week
near Jeffrey's Mill, about seven miles
east of this city, Fred Crutchfield and
James McLean became involved in a
quarrel, Which ended by Crutchfield
shooting and seriously wounding Mc
Lean. Both parties are said to have been
drinking freely. McLean is said to be
dangerously wounded, with little chance
of his recovering. Fred Crutchfield was
arrested in Keyser and brought here Fri
day night and lodged in jail.
-Charlotte Observer: Charlotte's
seventh hummer has been added to the
list. It is a new mill, for the weaving of
towels and counterpanes, and is owned
and operated by Mr. Crowley, late super
intendent at McAden's mill. Henry
Taylor, the horse-trader whose property
was levied on by the sheriff Wednesday
night, as noted in yesterday's Observer,
was himself arrested last night on the
charge of embezzlement, and in default
bond went to jail. The prosecutor
was Mr. W. C McCall, of Monroe.
Mr D. S. Ellington owns property
adjoining the Surface Hill Mine pro
perty. In former years numbers of fine
specimens were picked up on Mr. Elling
ton's place, and it is believed that the
underlying strata would be found as
rich as the Surface Hill Mine, if pro
perly worked. .Mr. Ellington has re
cently had an offer for the property, but
has not yet decided whether he will sell
or not. Mr. S. W. Cramer, of the D. A.
Tompkins Company, is assaying for Mr.
J. C. Long the large specimen recently
purchased by him from the owners of
the Surface Hill Mine.