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. .m s ss ... . I . ghc WXtcUij gtac. WILLIAM H. BBEHAED, Bdltor nd Proprietor. - WILMINGTON. N.'C. Friday, . . April 6. 1894. t0- la writing to change youi address tv"-7' jfive aSwt drecno well s 'uU P"""1"?" "5ere S7SJper to be lent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can avf be made. . Or Nonce of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re .peReVSution. of Thank, c.,re charged for a. oidmary adverfiementt, but only half rateshen paid for rittly in advance. At this rate 50 cent, mil pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. ry Remittance must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order oi Reginered Letter. Postmas ter nU regutet letters when desired. fT Only such remittances will.be at the risk of the publisnei. " Specimen copies forwarded when desired. A SPLENDID 0PFB. AU readers of The Weekly Star should avail themselves of the splen did opportunity offered them of securing theStoddafd Art Album at a purely nominal price. 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Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, has been quoted assay ing within the past few days that the President is in favor of the repeal of the State bank tax and that when the tariff bill now before the Senate ' is diSDOsed of he will send i a . special message to Congress upon that subject. As far as we know it - was not stated what he will recom mend but the probabilities are that he will favor the repeal upon certain conditions to apply to the State banks that may be established after the repeal. The President has committed him self unreservedly to maintaining a sound and stable currency. This was the ground upon which his veto of the seigniorge bill was based, and the ground upon which he would veto any silver bill that might be passed unless accompanied by an act providing for keeping up the supply of gold to enable the Government to promptly meet its obligations' in gold. In his veto message he vir tually admitted the necessity of an increase in the volume of the currency when he said he believed the seigniorage could be coined with safety provided . authority were given for the issue of bonds when in the judgment of the Secretary it might be necessary to keep up the gold reserve. As there is not the slightest probability that silver men in Congress will ever give the Secretary authority to issue bonds at his discretion, it is evident that if there is to be any material increase in the volume of currency during this administration it must be by the establishment of State banks. Whether the President thinks this way or not there are thousands of his fellow citizens who do, as there are thousands who - regret that he didn't recommend something ot this kind before the silver question was sprung. Our impression is that he has heretofore expressed himself in favor of the repeal of this tax, but whether he has or not he can now favor the repeal without being charged with a change of front or. with inconsis tency for he has not committed him self against this as he had on the silver coinage question. He can stand squarely on tbe Democratic platform and "recommendv" as that ' does, the repeal of this tax. . As be. is aa uncompromising advocate of a '"sound and stable currency," and in view of .the 'objection made by the opponents of State banks that their ' establishment would result m a dangerous inflation and JJoodjing the country with -wildcat money, ni nrnhablv recommend some sort of Government supervision of the $o banks, and perhaos issuing 1 the notes to the banks- - by the Government ' and ' making the Government liable for their red,mp ;n ih mvnt nf the failure of a bank of iu withdrawal from busi ness. .This would make them.to all intents and purposes national banks, but under less restraint, and there fore more serviceable to the people among whom they were- started. It would alsoh)giye the currency issued by them national circulation, equal in mis respcui it mc riote the greenback or the silver cer tificate, i U the President should move in this direction and endeavor to secure al Kf this bank tax. he will do 'a good thing financially, and po- I VW; IWlVWi - - . - ll A litically one of the very oesi impgs i he could do, for it will conciliate thousands of Democrats who are now condemning him unmeasureaiy ior mi a? his veto ot the signiorage bill. j There is no use of disputing the Jact that the veto of that bill was a great disappointment to the Southern people,' who favored that measure not because they attached any special importance to it in itself, but because they hoped it might be a step in the direction of a policy which would lead to a still further increase in the currency later on, and when that bill met the fate it did they felt that the money power had them in its grasp and would con tinue to control-the money Of the country and dictate the financial policy as they had been doing for many years. ' As between State banks and the coinage of silver, while they, believe in silver and will insist upon its be ing a part of our monetary system, the mass of the Southern people are more interested, as the mass of the Western peoole also are, in State banks' than they are in silver, for with State banks they will have their sources of money supply at home without depending upon Eastern banks and Eastern money, lenders for ltJ They will become financially independent, and the silver question will no longer be a vital or a vexed question, with them. We venture the opinion that if the question of State bank or no State' bank, with a system so guarded as to make the State bank perfectly re- liable and its currency sound beyond question, were suomuiea io me pco- pie of the United States to-day, the majority for it, with tie exception, perhaps, of a lew of the. Eastern States where money is abundant and interest low, would be overwhelm ing, j . ! Financially , it would supply ! the needy sections with as much currency as they might need, and thus the agi tation for more money would cease. Politically it would take the money question out of Congress and out of the political arena. j Economically there would be no more disturbance of the business of the country, which always results form the agitation of this question and form the uncertainty as to what, Congress may do about, and ' there fore we say that both from a finan cial and political standpoint the Pres ident could not do a wiser thing than to direct the attention of Congress to the necessity for the repeal of Uhis bank tax and to use all the influence he may have to effrct it: j MINOR MENTION. Republican opponents of tariff re form are harping much . upon; free sugar, which they claim the McKm- ley bill gives us. "Free sugar" is about as much of a fraud as the pro tection given to the workmen in our "infant" industries. There is no such thing as free sugar. There is free raw sugar which I en abled tbe Sugar Trust to buy its raw material free of duty; but to protect it and give it the monopoly of the home market refined sugars! were taxed. In addition to this the peo ple who buy sugar were taxed to pay the bounty which was given the sugar makers as an offset to the tax removed from raw sugar. The bounty this year amounts to more than eleven millions of dollars which comes out of the pockets of the people, whether they. use sugar or not. The farmer who raises cotton or wheat is taxed to pay a bounty to the man who makes sugar from tbe cane or beet, or boils maple sap, an industry the only out lay in which is the cost attending the boring of the trees, catching and boiling the sap. Why should the cotton grower, or the wheat grower be taxed to make sugar growing profitable? Aside from the injustice of this thing, the bounty is notvfor tbe benefit of the poor men who raise the sugar cane, but of the rich men who own large plantations and sugar mills, which' now require expensive machinery, which the poor planter can't afford to buy. Poor men raise and sell th cane to he rich men who run the sugar mills and get the benefit of the bounty, which, in some j cases amounts to nearly half a million dollars. Senator White, now' Asso ciate Justice on the Supreme Court bench, who kicked against the Wil son tariff bill until he got) sugar taken from the free list, receives $30,000 bounty, and there are others who receive sums ranging from this to $200,000, $300,000, $400,000 and nearly $500,000. The bounty! whicfc gave us 'ffree sugar" is a rich! man's take, and a fraud of the first water. It and "free sugar" are a pair of frauds. The Slate' Uerhocratic Committee of Minnesota ha issued "an address the Democracy of that State in which the Democratic Senators who who have been throwing obstructions in the way of tariff reform are com pared to Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold is dead, and it isn't fair to abuse him that way when he can't defend himself and has no friend to detend him. , TS Provisional Government of Hawaii has issued a call for a consti tutional convention. 1 They made dead sure of the thing by confining the right to vote for members- to those who will support the Govern ment and oppose the restoration of the monarchy. An Ohio boy who for the first time saw a looking glass got a shot-gun and knocked it into flinders when he saw nimseii reneciea in it. xxc uiuu want any rt flections cast on mm. Crank Coxey told his "army" at Pittsburg that what the people of this country needed was one country, one religion, and I pne party. But Coxey's crowd also needs some soap SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Of Interest to. Many Persons In Wil mington. ' The Supreme Court of North Carolina has reversed the decision in the case of The United States National B ink of New York vs. McNair arid Pearsall. of Wilmington, tried at the January term of the Superior Court lor New Hanover county. Judge Brown presiding, and giving judgment for defendants. Plaint iffs appealed. !; Tfae case is one of several of a similar character "growing out of the failure of the First National; Bank of Wilmington. The defendants had a note for $5,000 discounted in the First National Bank ol Wilmington, which was rediscounted by the New York bank for the Wil mington bank, and the proceeds of such rediscount passed to the credit of tbe latter oh books of the New York bank on the 22d of November, 1891. Defendants bad a tiepos.t in tbe Wilmington bank of $4,000 at tbe time of tbe failure of the same on the' 25ih day of November, 1891, and tbe proceeds of such redis count being in possession of the New York bank at the titue of such failure the defendants insisted upon their rigbt to offset said note to tbe extent of their deposit in the Wilmington bank. Tbe New York bank contended tbat it be came the purchaser for value by the re discount and was not affected by the de fendants' claim against the Wilmington bank for their deposit. Another case decided by tbe Supreme Court was tbat of the City of Wilming ton vs. Alex. Sprunt & Son,- affirming the decision of the lower court, giving judgment for plaintiff against the firm. Ia this case garnishee notices were served upon Messrs. Sprunt & Son, at taching wages due to hands in their employ who had not paid their poll tax. Tbe firm resisted tbe claim for tbe pur pose of testing the constitutionality of the law. An Exoitinjt B. B. Baee. The race between tbe Atlantic Coast Line's hotel-help train and tbe Rich mond and Danville R. R's. help train, from Jacksonville, Fla., lor New York City, began yesterday morning. Tbe A. C. L. has six coaches with a large engine, and the R. & D. four coaches and large engine. Railroad people in Wilmington were anxious to get news last night, but nothing authentic could be learned, of the movement of the R. & D. special. Up to a late hour the A. C. L. extra bad made an excellent run and it is thought she will win. Tbis train is fol lowing closely the vestibule tram, which is considered "a hustler." Tbe A. C. L. train left Jacksonville at 1025 a. m. and tbe R. & D at 10 40 Tbe Coast Line has surpassed the race which was bad a few days ago. The Coast Line train stopped twenty minutes at Savannah for lunch for its passengers; tbe R. & D. train ran by without going into the city. STODDARD WOKK COMPLETE. 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Quotations of Southern eggs, at wholesale in New York, on tbe 10th were 10 to 10 W cents per dozen; best quality of Elgin butter, 25 cents; ex tracted Southern honey. 5 to 5 cents; North Carolina asparagus, $3 50 to $5.00 per dozen bunches. New Toik Truok Trde. Palmer, Rivenburg & Co. wire prices to tbe Star, April 11th, as follows: Strawberries, 15 to 25c per quart; aspar agus, $2 50 to 4 50 per dozen bunches; lettuce, $3 00 to 3 00 per crate. Guaranteed Care. We authorize our advertised druggist to- sell Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Cold upon this condition. ' If you are .. afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this reme dy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may re turn the bottle and have your money refunded. We could not make this offer, did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery could be relied on, It never disappoints. Trial bottles tree at K. K. Bellamys Drue Store. Large size 50c and $1,0P, j COMMITTED TO JAIL. A Younsj White" Mn Charged Wi& Btealing $310 From VLt. Jonn W Guthrie. '.- x . A young white man. about fwenty years of age who gave bis name as John Reynolds, was arrested in this city yes terday, charged with stealing $310 in gold and currency from Mr.Tob'n W. Guthrie,, a boiler maker, , living on Sixth street, between Cas tle and Queen. Reynolds twas arrested early in the forenoon by Con stable Millis at the house of Etta Wil lard on South Fourth street and was put in jail to await an investigation oi the case before justice R. H. Bunting. , s At 4 o'clock in tbe afternoon the ac cused was taken to the office ol the magistrate. Reynolds was attended by counsel. Messrs. A. T. Marshall and Jno. D. Bellamy. Jr., Jr., while Herbert Mc Clammy, Esq., appeared for the com plainant. ' . " . Mr. Guthrie, from whom the money is alleced to have been stolen, testified tbat Saturday night last be was at the Onera House waiting . to purchase a n ticket, when Reynolds,, whom he bad met once before, tapped bim on the shoulder and' asked bim to have a drink They went down town and had several drinks together. "I got full," he said, "and Reynolds went home with me. going into my room. We both went to bed: he blew out the light. About one o'clock be left, and when I . recovered from the effects of the spree, $310 was missing out of my trunk. I had $700 in it. I had a warrant issued for Reynolds arid identified bim at Etta Willard's. on Fourth street, where Constable J. W, Millis arrested him this morning." Etta Willard testified: that sometime Saturday night Reynolds came to her bouse and she bad changed two five- dollar gold pieces for bim. He bad roll of paper money; had no idea how much. After argument by the attorneys Reynolds was committed to jiil in de fault of $200 bond lor his appearance at sthe Criminal Court, Reynolds came o Wilmington some months ago from Charlotte: was a ' news-butcher" on tbe Carolina Central railroad for some time, and more re' cently has been drumming for a board ing house here, Y. M. C ASSOCIATIONS. The State Exeoutrre Committee Officers Eleoted Besolmlons Ad' p ed. The State Executive Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations met Monday and re-elected the following officers .for the new year : George B. Hanna, of Charlotte, chairman; C. W. Tillett, of Charlotte, secretary; Thos. C. Diggs. of Wilmington, treasurer. Mr. L. A. Coulter, of Charlotte, was also unanimously re-elected State Sec retary ant) the following resolutions were adopted ; Resolved. That the Executive Commit tee of tbe Young Men's Christian Asso tions of North Carolina, in re-electing Mr. L. A Coulter State Secretary, de sires to express to him its appreciation ol his skill and abilitv in managing our finances during the great depression of last year, and especially for bis zeal and proficiency fas shown in managing all tbe details of the work, and bis devotion to the cause ol the Master as manifested in the great number of conversions. 2nd. Tbat the committee does hereby assure him ot its hearty sympathy in all bis work, and hereby commends him and his work to all our Associations, and asks for him the hearty co-operation, sympathy and support of tbem ail. Death of Mr. Newton QUI i can. Mr. Newton Gillican died yesterday morning in this city and will be buried from Fitth Street Methodist church (of which in former years be was an official member) tbis afternoon at 4 o'clock. In early life Mr. Gillican served an apprenticeship in the printer's" trade under Mr. Alfred L. Price, at tbe old Journal office. After this he engaged in business here, and then was in busi ness at Moss Creek, on the Carolina Central R. R. Several years ago be moved to Georgia, and about three months ago he returned to Wilmington in search of health, but was too far gone in consumption, tic died at the resi dence of his sister, Mrs Adolph Nelson, on bouth front street. He as a brother in-law of Mr. John A. Everitt. His wile and children arrived here in time to be with bim the last few hours of bis life. He belonged to tbe Masonic lodge at Brunswick. Ga , and will be buried with Masonic honors by his old lodge, St. John's No. 1, this afternoon at 4 o clocli. - " FAMOUS PAINTINGS." A Most Attractive Offer Part One Now Beady Send Twelve Cents and Two Coupons. 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A tth&osand Mile Baos Between Trains Over the Atlantic Coast Jjihe and the Blehmond and Danville Boate; The Florida Times-Union of Saturday gives tbe annexed report of an exciting railroad race : between- rival lines. It appears that the R.. & D. claims a victory; but, read by the light of Tub Morning Star, it' seems from the accounts given by both sides that it was the "other fellows", who won: . When the Savannah, Florida and Western and Atlantic Coast Line and tbe Florida Central and Peninsular and tbe Richmond and Danville announced some days ago that each would run a through hotel help train from Jackson ville to New York, leaving on xnursaay and at tbe same hour and within a few minutes of each other, all the railroad men in Jacksonville and along the two lines clear to the destination, knew that it was going to be a race, a race for a thousand 'miles and a race for blood. Just before tbe race there flashed out orders irom tne aispatcners omce in both railroads to bave tbe track cleared. to .sidetrack everything for tbe hotel help specials, and they did it, ana the two trams went through screaming. ! joer.ua r. ana rc. u. naa tne advantage of a line thirty-eight miles shorter .than the S., F.-& W. and Atlan tic Coast Line and sayed twelve miles more by not running into Savannah, having an engine in wailing at the junc tion. Tbe a., r. & w. put in to savan nah and spent fifteen minutes there for dinner. The two trains were neck and neck all the way up to Washington. Thursday night a special .from Washington said : "S . 'F. & W. arrived at 9.15 and left at 9 29. R. & D. arrived at 9.19 and left at 9.48" f j Yesterday afternoon another special came from New York with tbe announce ment tbat the Savannah, Florida and Western arrived at 3.20 and the Rich mond and Danville at 3.45. The time of leaving of the Savannah, Florida and Western train from this city was 10.15 and tye Florida Central and Peninsular left at 10.36. The time of the Savannah Florida and Western between this city and New York was twenty-eight hours and twenty minutes, and tbat of the Richmond and Danville .and Florida Central and Peninsular twenty-eight hours and twenty-four minutes. There were just four minutes difference in tbe time spent on the road between the two trains, and that was in favor of the Sa vannah, Florida and Western, consider ing tbe thirty-eight miles longer haul was greater than tbat of its rival. It was a close race, and one of tbe most excit ing ever run in the world, i The actual running time of tbe trains was over lorty miles an hour. Both railroads run help trains out on the 11th. and it is whispered around that it is to be another race for more blood. ; ' ! R&D. CLAIMS A BEAT. The Richmond and Danville says that the Atlantic Coast Line failed to go into the Broad street station In Philadelphia. but went around the city, thus saving thirty minutes. The Fionda Central and Penninsular also says it was compelled to wait twenty minutes for a drawbridge on tbe Satilla river. The Richmond and Danville figures out that its train, occu pied only one minute less on the road tbat tbe train of tbe Atlantic Coast Line, taking into consideration its delay ai the Satilla and in entering Philadelphia.: It gives the following figures. Richmond and Danville left Jacksonville 10 36 a. m.; S.. F. & W. left at 10.12. Richmond and Danville arrived in New York at 3 45 p. m.; S-.F.& W. arrived at 3 20 p m. This is a dinerence on the road of only one minute. The Richmond and Danville claims a beat ot over a halt hour. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTEQ At the dosing Session ot the ?. M. C. A. Oonvention. Tbe following resolution, reported by the committee, was adopted : Whereas, railroad men who form so large a body In themselves are not only absent from their home and home influ ences most of tbe time, but at the same time are surrounded by all manner of strong temptations; and whereas, rail road men have been blessed in leading railroad men into right living. Be it resolved. That tbe State Com mittee be urged to extend tbeir work among railroad men as soon as the ; way is clear. I Second. That the officers of the city associations tnat have railroad men as members be urged to bold accasional meetings especially for railroad men. Resolutions were also adopted thank ing tbe citizens ot Wilmington lor cordial greeting and hospitable enter tainment, and pastors and members of churches for the us: of churches and for hearty assistance and co-operation. Also, to the president and general secretary of the Wilmington Associa tion; to the Ladies' Auxiliary; to the railroad companies for reduced rates to delegates; and to the newspapers for valuable set vices rendered. . The Btate Treasurer Sues. A summons was received yesterday from Wake county by Sheriff Stedman, to be served on the former Directors ot the late Bank of New Hanover. The suit on which tbe summons issued is brought by S. McD. Tate, as State Treasurer, against those who 1 were Directors at the time of the failure of the bank, though they are not sued as Directors, but as individuals, according to the verbiage of the summons. There is nothing in the process to show the basis of tbe civil action; but it is pre sumed the object is to hold those who were Directors individually liable for the State's deposit in tbe Bank of New Hanover when it failed. The defendants are summoned to appear at the next term of Wake Superior Court, to begin April 23d. "Valued and Welcomed.' 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It is not merely an obstinate effort on the part of Governor Tillman fto enforce his obnoxious dis pensary law; it is a deep-laid political scheme. ! with Winchester rifles back of it. and tie election of Tillman to Senator Butler's seat next fall as its object. There are bad times ic store for the "Palmetto State." . This is the prophecy of Mr. E, Motz. made last night to a, Sun reporter, re garding! the condition ot affairs in South Carolina. Mr. Motz, wbo has lived . in South Carolina for, fifteen years, is half owner df the Brewer gold mine, having been a partner of Senator Hearst, of Cal iforniaj who had an interest in tbe mine, He is also the postmaster ot Brewer Mine, afnd a Republican in politics, al though! he voted for Tillman when the latter first ran for Governor. Mr. Motz. arrived in the city yesterday, having come tip from his home at Biewer Mine, in the northeast of South Carolina. He bas studied the political situation care fully, ind can see little but trouble in the luturet . - "Injthis fight," said he, "we are not combatting the dispensary law, although God knows that is obnoxious enough. It is the; way that it is carried out, the-concomitant outrages that we are fighting. The dispensary law originally was a sop to the Prohibitionists wbo elected Till man.) Tbey were not satisfied with the way ft worked, and when the Governor's first ierm was over he made a plea for re-ndmination on the ground tbat he hadn't had a chance to try tbe law lairlv. He was re-elected, and then he gpt his Legislature, which was merely a pocket edition of a law-making ma chine that he carried in bis pistol pocket to pass amendments to tbe law, one of which gave bim tbe power to appoint special armed constables to an unlimTt extent at $2 a day and expenses. Then came tne law giving ngnt oi search in private houses without warrant. These two things combined formed the basis of the worst kind of outiages by the constabulary. jTbe men tbat formed the constabu lary were 'ruffians and desperadoes. They were appointed because they were knbwn to have killed their men. Now se$ what they proceeded to do. They want ahead to search privite houses and private property in the hope ot finding wtfat we call 'blind tigers.' A 'blind tiger' is where liquor is sold clandes tinely. There are none in private hcjuses; they are in drug stores or small nqtion stores. But Tillman sent his spies every one calls them spies there to! search private houses. There were scbres of outrages committed by these spies. Here are a couple- of cases in point : in Charleston they broke into a ropm where a woman was in confine ment, notwithstanding the orotests ot the nurse. Tbey ransacked, the room, tufrnM everything inside out, and firfaliy departed, baving tound noth ing. - Tbe fright occasioned by their breaking in caused serious complica tions, and the sick woman was for a long time on the point ot death. Another case not so serious, nut just as senseless, was injSumter, where a Charleston woman wis visiting some friends. Sbe drove to thieir house from the station, leaving her trtnk at the station to be sent on after ward. Some one told a spy that the trink contained whiskey. He broke it opjen, tossed out all tbe clothes, turned things upside down; then, baving found nd wbiskev, dumped the clothing, all middled, back in. stamped it down and closed the 'trunk. The lady, who h&d previously sympathized with the Gover nof, is now strongly anti-Tillman. iNow, in regard to tbe Darlington edy, the trouble arose over a man nafned Floyd, whose brother is tbe dis pensary clerk there. Floyd himself kept a lind tiger, but he turned informant When tbe twenty spies arrived tbey were of by tbe mayor and tbe chief of police, whp counselled tbem not to exercise the right of searching private bouses, assur ing! tbem that there were no blind tigers in pe houses. The spies then raided the blind tigers, one of tbem be ing at the hotel where a man named Rogers was clerk. When the sp es went back to the station Rogers went with thein and called Floyd a rascal and a tractor. There was a fight and McLen dorj , the spy, interferred. Rogers went up town and meeting the Norment broth ers! returned with tbem. He and Floyd fought again and Chief of Police Dargan arrested tbem. In the course of bis ex planation to the chief. Rogers said tbat McLendon had interferred to help Floyd. Frank Norment, who was sitting on a bar el said: " That's right, Rogers would have used hin up only for that." - 'You're a liar,' said McLedon to Nor me it. " 'You're a liar yourself,' retorted Nor- me it, iumping down from tbe barrel, and as be spoke McLendon drew a pis tol thrust it between the chief and Rogers, and shot Norment dead, tbe point of his pistol being within four feet of bis haart. McLendon yelled: "Let her roll, boys," and tbe fight followed. All this was told me by an eye-witness, wblo was one of tbe few men on that plgtform who wasn't hurt, and it is the correct account of tbe affair. fNow, the people were not fighting Tillman's dispensary law there. Tbev are not fighting it anywhere. They will ndt fight it. It is the outrageous and unconstitutional actions of the constables Jbat we are fighting, and will continue tcj fight. Tbis Darlington affair is only ope move on tbe chess board and Till-' man has plenty ot other moves in reserve, and we shall see them later. He is play ing a desperate game and staking every thing on his chances of winning. One must nnderstand-Tillman to under stand the- situatioa. Tillman's politics gre simply Popvlistic Tillmainsm. He ifs a 1'opulist, but be is for Tillman first. st and all tbe time. He is a dema- ogue, and therefor a liar. He is also a ully, and, like all bullies, something of coward; but he has the pertinacity of a ull-doe. How. here is bis programme s I and many others in South Carolina f believe it to be: "His political chances are dwindling. The Prohibitionists have.fallen away from him. The mechanics have desert ed his standard. His one ambition in life ts to be elected to Senator Butler's seat next tall. To do this he is contem plating a little private force bill of his own, with his dispensary spies for intim idators at the polls. It is his only chance. Wherever he establishes a new dispensary there is a new electioneering post for Tillman's candidates. Now, he understands the temper of South Caro linians. He knows that they will not endure his armed spiesx searching their bouses, and he will goad them into re sistance. You will find bim causing up rising first in this place, then in that. Then by Fall, when election comes, and when the people are thoroughly exas perated, he will make some move that will, cause an uprising. There' is bis chance. Martial law will be declared. Tillman's dispensary spies will be at" the polls, and either Tillman's men will be elected or there will be a bloody tragedy. 'The newspapers there know this, but tht editor who would publish it would do so wjth the knowledge tbat Winches ter rifles and pistols were loaded for him. I tell you Tillman will stop at notbing. But unless I-have read the people of South Carolina wrong, he will be de feated, even it every voter has to fight bis way to the ballot box." SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Salisbury Herald -. Six freight cars loaded with chickens came down the Western road yesterday morning. Th.e chickens were, fed and watered here and then forwarded to New York. Hillshoro Recorder'. Will Dez ern, one of the burglars who robbed Mr. Ben. Kinion on tbe night of March 22nd, was brought out of jail and carried be fore Thomas D. Tinnin, J. P., Monday. Messrs. Graham & Graham, counsel for Dezern, waived an examination, and he was re-committed to jail. Mr. Kinion has recovered nearly all of the $400 stolen from him. j . High Point Enterprise: A man was anested at Randleman last week and sent to jdil for passing counterlett money. This makes tbe third case where Randolph men .have been caught with counterfeit money, and it is believed that there is a regular "mint" in opera tion somewhere below Asheboro. The matter has been reported to tbe Federal authorities and they-are now on tbe lookout. . Lexington Dispatch : Farmers wbo were in town Monday attending the meeting of the County Commissioners, talked freely in regard to the damage resulting; from tbe -freeze last week. Some say tbat the wheat crop is injured fifty per cent., while others think it will revise and make some approach toward an average crop The opinion seems to be unanimous tbat j winter oats will be killed outright. From all quarters we hear that there were no fruit this year.1 - .i Gastonia Gazette: Mr Jacob Lineberger died at his home near Union church early last Thursday morning. He had been very ill for some weeks pre vious to his death and it was . not unex pected. He had reached the ripe old age .of 80 years and was 12 days past. At the advanced age of 83 years Mr. Cyrus Black died at his home near Castnaia Grove church last Friday. He was planting corn when he was stricken with a pain in his side. He went to the house and did in half an hour. j Windsor Ledger: Bertie county has been bereft ot one of her most hon orable citizens, A Oram Jenkins, Esq.. 'who died Wednesday, the 28th nit,, aged 62 years. Mr. George H Smithwick brought to town last Saturday and examined by Drs. Du stan and Puch. He was foufrd-tp be insaae. He receives constant attentiorrHfrcimthe physicians in hope of mitigating in some degree the terrible calamity which has befallen him. Tbe prime cause of his demented condi tion is said to be tbe recent marriage of his daughter. j Charlotte News-. Mrs. F. O. Alexander, of Pineville, this county, died last night at the home' of her brother, Mr. H. K. Reid, after a lingering illness She was 56 years of age. Consumption was tne cause ot ner death. it is not an uncommon thing for rich speci mens of go d ore to be picked up on the street where macadamizing is being done. If all the gold that is now on the streets were sold it would pay for tbe city ball and1 build the city an ele gant park. That is what expert miners say. .j Wilson Advance: We learn that the acreage in tobacco culture in this county will be about the same as last vear, but in Pitt and Greene it will be doubled. Wilson is looking forward to a big trade in the weed next fall. We are informed that at a church con ference in Pitt county last Sunday, a good sister arose in meeting and asked for a collection to be taken up to send missionaries to preach the gospel in Winston. She was asked if she meant Winston, N. C, and she replied in the affirmative; adding that she desired the gospel carried to the heathen in Win ston. Charlotte News: . The Char lotte broom factory is now in full blast and on the start is turning out thirty dozen brooms a day. The work is ot such superior quality and the material so far above the average tbat the orders can hardly be kept up with. Tbis morning while at work planing a large piece of wood on the mammoth wood planer at tbe Wilkes Iron Works. Mar tin Salter, a colored man, got his left hand caught in tbe large planing cylin ders and cut nearly cff. The band was shaved down to tbe bone, making the exact thickness of a thin plank. The pieces ol flesh were scattered over the room in a sickening manner. Greensboro Record: Saturday night a wholesale raid was made on tbe store of R. A. McCracken, on Ashboro street, near tbe residence of G. T. Glas cock. An entrance was effected through tbe back window and tor their trouble the thieves got away with two boxes of fine tobacco, one box of costly cigars, seven sacks of flour, 80 pounds of bacon, sugar ano other things "too tedious to mention," as tbey say in a sales bill. T. T. Brooks bas been appointed receiver ot tbe Bain Building Company. The action was taken by the stockhol ders by consent of the directors for the protection of its creditors, large amounts being due, the company which could not be collected, although good. Tbe assets are ample to pay tbe debts and it is ex pected all claims will be paid in full soon. Tbe officers and directors are in no way implicated in this action. The factory will continue to run as occasion may re quire. . . Winston Sentinel: The Davie Times learns from a reliable source that the parties who lynched Daniel Slaugh ter in Alleghany county and escaped the vigilance ot the sheriff, were sent ito a point in the far West via the Norfolk & Western Railroad. They bave made arrangements tor their families to follow them later. David R. Hogan, who bas been in the employ of Mr. ohn G Young, commission merchant, since J une. 1892. left Winston Saturday morning, leaving several creditors to mourn their loss and his gain. Major Young caught up with the young man's "crookedness" several days ago and dismissed i him from his employ. At that time, how ever, he did not know "that Hogan bad caught him for so much. Bills whxb tne young man collected continued to come in receipted. Major Young says that his shortage with bim will amount to several hundred dollars. He left here saying he was going to -his home in Orange county. He has several brothers who stand well. i (Deaervee Generous Support." 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