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-rUBUSHKD AT- WILMINGTON, N. C, f AT $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. SSS8888SS8S88S888 88888888888SSSSS8 g88S883S888888S8S 88888888888888888 qjoow 8 82888888282888888 11111882288888888 88888888888888888 U u in S SS 4 S S S 4 S S i!. Kntered at the Post Office .t WUm'gton, N.C., i Second Class Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. , The subscription price of the Weekly Star Is as K!l!iIVvnv 1 vear. oostaee paid 9? " 0 months " . it a " , 60 80 VERY IMPORTANT n.irino- the nast two months bills 3 - i j 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. It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as for the proprietor of the paper to eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate him. - We thank those ot our subscribers ,who have paid us, and trust this ap peal will not be lost on those who have not paid. IT MAY BECOME FAMOUS. No administration to which has been entrusted the guidance of this Government in time of peace has ever had such opportunities pre sented it of becoming famous as are presented to the present administra tion. It has come into power after a generation of misrule, extrava gance and a reversal of the economic and patriotic policies which had pre vailed until the advent -of the Re publicarTparty, and all it has to do to win lasting tame is to undo some of the things which the Republican party did, and to bring the. Govern ment back as near as possible to the Demqcratic landmarks from which under Republican pilotage it drifted thirty-four years ago. This is saying a good deal, and yet it is not such a herculean , task, and the way is mapped out clearly and unmis takably. In addition to the other things that it is dome or will do, such as retrenchment in expenses of Gov ernment, removing the supernumer aries trom the Government service, stopping frauds upon the pension office, and other frauds upon the Government, &c, there are now four measures, some of which have been and others of which will be presented for consideration, which, if carried through, would give this' adminis tration a lasting place in the civic history of our country. One of . these is tariff reform, whkli, after long and wearisome depate, is now approaching the consummation so devoutly prayed for by millions of the American peo ple. This will break the shackles ot trade, and give our commerce more freedorrrthan it has had since the monstrous commerce-crushing pro tective tariff succeeded the com merce-creating Democratic tariff of 1840. - . Another is the Fithian Free Ship om wnich will help to restore the American merchant marine which was driven from the seas by the navigation laws and the protective lanu which combined made it prac tically impossible for Americans to own ships to engage in foreign com merce and sail them under the American flag, the protection of which they were denied under the navigation laws. Free shins and freer trade naturally go together for without freer trade there would be a iimrt to the demand for ships,' and with freer trade the demand would be great and increasing for some years to come. I he two together would expand our shipping and our com merce until within a decade the American flag floating from the mast heads of our merchantmen would be a lamiliar object in the ports of the world, as it was in the der.ari nr. ceding the war, before the new policy ..au uccu cuiereu upon wnich furled it from sight and made it a stranger, - sici sccu. Another is the adjustment ot the vcxeo. nnanciai question and the auopuon ot a system to take the Place of the national banks which wui snortly expire by limitation, un ess their existence be prolonged by the perpetuation of the national debt. represented by bonds issued. But this is not likely, for while possibly small issues oi bonds might be made -for limited periods, there would, not be wugnio serve as a basis for tional bank circulation It is evident, then, that some sys torn rrmcf A . . . Ja ..auuuug ana distribution of money.) The way for that is nr. Rented now in the proposed repeal of "1C otaie Dank tax, which would re U5 uusiacie to tn rA..M.k lishment of State banks and provide for thji restoration of the status which P'cvauea up to the time oftheestab lishment nf tr. , . . . - r - uauunai Dank sys' lus would put the trouble- -".uauwai question in a wav r.f easy Solution and enable the people t the respective States to supply themselves with all the money they VOL. XXV. needed without any political . agita tion or any congressional intervene tion. It - would pat the country just where it was up to 1861, when the people attended to their financial matters themselves and the Federal Government bothered itself no' more than to com the gold and silver pre sented for coinage and banded it over to the men who owned it with the Government stamp upon it. It could then ' be ! determined what necessity, if any, there might be for. the coinage of silver and it could be coined accordingly. 7 m Then, to close up the quar tette of measures we have the prop osition to aid in the construction of the Nicaragua canal, which will open a short way to the Pacific and the countries bordering upon it and. within it, and open a magnificent field' for-American commerce, too magnificent to fully comprehend now, so great are ..its possibilities. Here are these four questions, all closely connected, and the tour combined presenting the finest opportunity, if accomplished, that any Administra tion ever had to become lastingly famous. MTJTOR MENTION. While tending to make the income tax more acceptable to the Demo cratic Senators who were opposed to it, the amendments agreed upon by the finance Committee do not materially affect it. The limitation of time of operation to five years, although it has failed to placate Senator Hill, will, we think,' be gen erally approved, for at the end of five years it can be determined if there will be any necessity for con tinuing it. No tax should be im posed longer than there is necessity for it, and as this is the main reason advanced for reviving the income tax now the five year term ought to be satisfactory until it be determined whether a longer term -may be neces sary. The opinion prevails . among those versed in tariff matters that with the new tariff there will be be fore the end Of President Cleve land's term of office a large surplus in the Treasury, which would not only make a continned income tax unnecessary, but will permit of a much larger reduction in tariff du ties. With the revival in. business which has begun and will continue, and the reduced tariff, there will be an increase of imports with' a corres ponding increase of exports, the re- suit ot whicn will be greater pros perity and a more general distribu tion of money, which will result in an increased consumption of liquors, cigars, tobacco, Sec, with a large in crease in tne internal revenue re ceipts. Unless the calculations of these experts in tariff matters be all wrong, the probabilities- are that the surplus in the Treasury will be even larger at the end of Mr. Cleveland's second term than it was at the end of his first term. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, who is entitled to the credit. ot originating the Arbor Day idea, is now proposing the establish ment of a holiday to be known as Kirn Haw ' Krarflo h riU7 h nrn. poses to celebrate it we doTiotknow, but what.be hopes to accomplish by it is thus, set forth in a letter which has recently been published. "It is a melancholy fact," he says, "that among the enemies of our birds two of the most destructive and rebnt- less are-our women and our boys. The love of feather ornamentation so thoughtlessly persisted in by thousands ot women, and the mania for collecting eggs and killing birds, so deeply rooted in our boys, are legacies of barbarism inherited from our savage ancestry. I believe that a public sentiment can be developed so strong and so universal, that a re spectable woman will be ashamed to be seen with the wing of a bird on her bonnet, and an honest boy -will be ashamed to own that he ever robbed a. nest or wan tonly took the life of a bird." There is more than a mere matter of sentiment in this, although, as a matter of sentiment, it appeals to respectful consideration, for this wanton destruction of birds has well nigh annihilated some of the most useful of our birds, and the result has been a vast increase in the de structive insects which prey upon the crops of the farmer and the fruit grower. With the mania for birds' feathers, encouraged by ndicu lous fashion, millions of birds are an nually slaughtered, and with- the mania for birds' eggs, which is about as reasonable and excusable as the mania for feathers, the boys follow up the fellow with the gun and net. and what are left of the birds have to take their chances against the pug nacious and now almost omnipresent English sparrow, which claims the land. The farmer and the fruit grower has enough to contend against without seeing his best pro tection against Insects ruthlessly and senselessly destroyed. - '. . The Populist Congressmen in Washington are not showing much sagacity in identifying themselves and their party with the Coxey 1 movement, as they are now doing m the interest they are taking in Coxey, Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones. , It is not interest in the men alone, or the desire to see that they have a fair trial, that brings them to the police court to identify them selves with the arraigned and-tender service of counsel but the interest they take in and the endorsement they give to the insane methods and demands of men- who have no fall conception of what they ask They nave encouraged wis crazymove- ment from the beginning, thus iden tified their party with it, and demon strated that Populism isn't any better than Coxeyism. They underrate the intelligence of the American people when they suppose that they will en-, dorse Coxeyism or the men who en dorse it, while claiming to represent the bone, sinew and honest toilers of the land. The Wilson Mirror this week en tered upon its 13th volume, enlarged, and form changed from eight to four pages. Mft'H. C. HerrTck, formerly of the Martin County Sun, has pur chased a half interest in it and will be associated with Mr. Biount, of gifted pen, in the editorship and manage ment. We always liked the Mirror and wish it much and continued pros perity. - ' - - 7' 7 ': - ; Ex-Senator Edmunds says Speaker Crisp is the logical candidate of the Democrats for President- Mr. Ed munds never permits himself to run short on logical candidates. Last time he thought Mr. Carlisle was the logical gentleman. Aside'from thfe logic of the remark in th's instance it is a very clever compliment to Speaker Crisp, and not a mere com pliment, either. TheCoxeyite sympathizers .in Col orado are going for Senator Wolcott. In one of their meetings they de clared that Judas Iscariot and Ben edict Arnold consolidated wouldn't be a circumstance to him for downright cussedness. They wound up by burning him in effigy, from which we conclude that they are inclined to' make it hot for him. Lawrence Spiller, the negro who ravished and murdered a little girl in Staunton, Va., committed the crimes on Monday, was arrested and in dicted Tuesday and on Wednesday was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. With dispatch like this in our court's there would be less busi ness for Judge Lynch." The clover crop of Pennsylvania is in danger of destruction from the ravages of a little green insect which has attacked it. It is so small and so near the color of the clover that it is bard to detect them, although there may be millions ot them in a field. Mr. New, of Indianapolis, rises to remark that his friend Mr. Harrison is a candidate for a re-nomination. There is not much news Jn that, for if there were' any doubt it was set tled when Mr. Harrison went to the Republican State - Convention and discharged his gun. Since the election in the third Ohio district the Democrats are picking their flints all along the line. The issue, clean cut. in that district was tariff reform, and it won. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who is said to have the finest coaching turnout on either continent, is de termined to have the fastest yacht on the waters. He is having one built which will cost him $80,000. Thia Ought to Fetch '.Em. Mr. B. McD. Russell, mounted on a bicycle, will start on a collecting tour of the "rural deestricks" for the Star Tuesday morning. He will visit post offices and neighborhoods in this sec tion remote from the railroads, and if he don't collect much money, he can have lots of fun. The Star will not state just where he is going, as it might cause some of its subscribers to "take to the woods." Don't Bob the Nests. It is a misdemeanor to export from the State any quail or partridges, whether dead or alive, also to take or destroy their eggs, and the same shall be pun ished by a fine not exceeding $50 and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. There is no inducement now for export' ing partridges from the State; but the season for nesting will soon be here, and then the egg-hunter will be on band. The penalty for robbing the nests of cartridge is sufficiently heavy, if en forced, to protect the birds. Cotton Seed Oil Mills. - The Wilmington Cotton Seed Oil Mills. Mr. H. E. Wells, manager, which are located near tiuton , rarK, ciosea their doors yesterday for the season. During the Summer months the large plant will be overhauled and renovated bv a corns of machinists, under the supervision of Mr. Taylor, the super intendent. "Amonar the Beet Papers of tne South." : Hilhboro Observer. The Wilmington Star closed its fifty-third semi-annual volume on the 22nd inst., and its first Sunday issue of the new volume appeared in a much enlarged and improved form. -The Star . - .... J is tne oldest oany newspaper puonsncu in this State, and has always ranked among the best Daoeri in the South. As it Increase in age, we hope it will continue to prosper and nourisn. E -WILMINGTON, THE FDLLER: CASE. THE CONDEMNED MAN HAS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY. The Supreme Court- Oranu ZTew Trial on Three. Beparste ' Grounds-All Of Which are Suoolnctly Btated in Spe- - oial Telegram to the Bundaj Star. The Supreme Court has at last ren dered its decision in the celebrated case of E. J, Fuller, which has been awaited with so much interest. : - - - Fuller, it will r be recalled was - tried at - the ' January term of - the Superior Court of Cumberland county, judge Bryan, "presiding, '. for the "murder of - B. C Parker, and after a prolonged and exciting contest (elabo rate reports of which were printed in the Star), in which five lawyers spoke, on each side, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to .be hanged March 16th. ..-ir, ... ' " ' :; Application for a new trial was made on several grounds, which, after exhaust ive argument, judge oryan reiused. The case then went to the Supreme Court on appeal, and the result is told iq the following story: - . - Raleigh, N. C, May 5th, i . 5 p. m. J Sfiecial Star Telegram. State against E. J. Fuller. In the Supreme Court of North Carolina. A new trial is granted on the follow ing grounds: : First, that the Judge erred in allowing the State to challenge a juror perempto rity after he had been tendered to the prisoner, the proviso in section 1200 of the Coderequiring that such challenge be made before tender. Second, that the Judge erred In hold ing that an affidavit to the effect that a juror had falsely sworn, that he had not formed and expressed the opinion that the prisoner was guilty, would not war rant him, in the exercise of his discre tionary power, in setting aside the ver dict. ----- Third, that the Court erred in instruct ing the jury that when a prisoner was indicted under the act of 1893, the use of a deadly weapon raised the presump tion of premeditation. The Supreme Court holds that it raised the presumption of malice only, and in the absence of actual proof would raise the presumption of murder in the second degree only. TJ. S. DISTRICT COIIET. The Business of the Term Concluded Jurors Discharged Prisoners Sen tenced. - The present term of the U. S. District Court practically closed yesterday after noon, with the final discharge of the grand and petit juries. During the day the following cases were tried: Moody Strickland, illicit distilling. Not guilty. Wm. Strickland, retailing liquor with out license. Verdict, guiity. - ' Dan'l B. Tew, illicit distilling. Not guilty. " ; w . Peter Tindle. illicit distilling. , Guilty. Asa Gum, illicit distilling. Not guilty. Thomas Smith and John Watts, re tailing and peddling liquor without license. Found guilty and sentenced to thirty days in jail and $100 fine. John Thomas Hare, illicit distilling. Verdict guilty; sentenced to thirty days in jail and $100 fine. Charles E. Tindle, illicit distilling. Verdict, not guilty. Garry B. Draughon, illicit distilling. Verdict, not guilty. M. Goin, illicit distilling. ; Verdict. guilty; sentence, thirty days in jail and to pay a fine of $100. . ' Stephen Hare illicit distilling. Ver dict, not guilty. Nathan Strickland, illicit distilling. Not guilty. P. A. Hyatt, distilling. Not guilty. C M. Guin, distilling. Found guilty. and sentenced to thirty days in jail and $100 fine. Mark Sowls, distilling. Guilty; thirty days in jail and $100 fine. Isaac Williams, charged with retailing without license. Case continued. Sealed sentence was given in the cases of E. J." Graham, Andrew Parish and Wm. Strickland, all convicted of retail ing without license. Judgment was -pronounced on .other prisoners convicted during the week and not sentenced, viz : Jas. Crib, retailing, thirty days in Co lumbus county jail and $100 fine. Samuel Worrell, retailing, thirty days in Sampson jail and $100 fine. Chas. Blocker, retailing, thirty days in Robeson jail and $100 fine. In the case of Chas. Campbell, of Richmond county, charged with retail ing, and convicted, amotion for anew trial was made and continued till next term. At 6 p: m. court took a recess until 10 a. m. to-day. ; WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY ProDose to Have a Fair or Festival at the Armory Shortly. " The Wilmington; Light Infantry have decided to give their annual festival some time the latter part of this month or early in June, and .earnestly request. all lady friends of the company to assem ble at the armory to-morrow af ternoon at 5 o'clock, to meet a committee from the company and arrange the preliminaries, for a fair or bazaar as may be agreed upon. It is proposed to have jit in the armory, and to spread some twenty tents to be used for booths on the "beautiful grounds around the building. The tents for this purpose have been secured. ; The generous laid given by the ladies has been invaluable to the Light Infan try in reducing the debt incurred in the purchase of the armory, and, indeed, without their valuable assistance it is scarcely possible that the company would be able jto boast that they have now the finest armory in the State. This they appreciate, in the highest degree, and hope that there will be a kindly con tinuance of their favor. THE FEDEEAL COtniTi The Business of the Term Concluded An. Admlralty " Csae-The 8oit Against the O. ,7. & V. - V.TEt B. Co.-Sundry Ciders : Issued Notice Given of a Motion to Set Aside the Appointment of Beoeiver. The U. S. Court adjourned-yesterday for the term. In the forenoon, the case of - Wm, St. George et al ys. jasl T. Harper et al... (in admiralty) was " argued; libel in personam by plaintiffs for ' pilotage "of a ' wrecked : vessel.. The Judge took the . pleadings and reserved his decision. In the case of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of Baltimore, vs. The Cape and Yadkin Valley Railway Com pany, and the - Mercantile Trust Com pany of Baltimore, notice was given of a motion to vacate the receivership, and it was ordered by the Court upon motion of defendant, the Cape Fear and Yad kin Valley R. R. Co., that the defendant haveJeave to file' its answer, to the bill heretofore filed in the above entitled suit, apd that notice of the motion to be heard, in Charlotte, ' N.r C, or the 14th V of ane. 1894. be served on the complainants,, and that the Clerk Of this Court certify to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, the proposed proceedings in the suit to the end that the motion may be heard in that Court at the time and place designated. On petition ot the receiver of the C F. & Y. V. R. R., an order was issued by the Court, authorizing the receiver to pay the coupons of the first mortgage bonds of the South Carolina Pacific Railroad Company which matured on the 1st day of April, 1894; the said cou pons being 3 per cent, upon the principal of said bonds, aggregating the amount of $3,180. The road extends from the North Carolina State line to Bennetts- ville S. C and was leased by the C F, & Yi V. R. R. Co.. ia January, 1886. Mr. E. S. Martin was appointed exam iner to take evidence in reference to cer tain claims against the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Co., upon petition of the receiver, Mr. Jno. Gill, which recites that there are nu merous claims against the C. F. & Y. Vj R. R. Co. growing outof the Car Trust equipment, leases and other obligations of the said railway company and he is advised that it "is desirable that the same may be filed and passed upon by the Court, and he prays that some mem4 ber of the Bar may be appointed by the Court, who shall act as examinecor mas ter before whom testimony in regard to said claims and matters may be taken. ROCKY MOTNT. A Town Meeting to Nominate a Mayov and Board of Commissioners Mayor Battle Renominated His Successful Ad ministration. Special Star Correspondence Rocky Mount, May 2. The town convention for the purpose of nominat ing I a mayor and board of commis sioners met at Jeffrey's tobacco ware house last night. Judge Jacob Battle was made chairman. ; The present in cumbent, Thos. H. Battle, Mayor, ren dered his report of the town expendi ture. . It showed the' indebtedness ot several years, through his economical administration, had all been paid and the town was now out of debt. The subject of electric lights and water works has been agitated for several months and doubtless if the people of the town could see wherein they would be justified in hav ing these works and lights, wouia en deavor to have them, but unfortunately the people are not in a condition to have them now. After the meeting was organized the vote was taken for Mayor and Commis sioners, resulting in the nomination of Thos. H. Battle for Mayor, and Com missioners J. J. Hackney, W. - L. Thorp, J. C. Braswell, D. J. Rose and H. T. Baughman; the latter a railroad man. formerly of Wilmington. A motion was made to vote vtva voce, which went through by acclamation with the above named result. The town can congratulate itself fir having nomi nated such a strong ticket and can re tain its reputation of being one Of, if not the best regulated towns in the state. The meeting was very pleasant and har monious, and no dissatisfaction was manifested during the meeting. Bill Buffaloe. SEABOARD AIR LINE NEWS. Bumors In Connection With Mr. Monoure's I . Besignetion. Conjecture is rampant in Seaboard Air Line circles, says the Charlotte Ob server. The talk in connection with the reported resignation of Superintendent Moncure, of the Carolina Central, as it drifts this way, is to this effect : If Mr. Moncure resigns, the road will be made into two divisions, the Carolina Central and Raleigh & Augusta. Over the for mer Mr. John H. Winder, Superintend ent of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern, will have control; over the latter, Capt. T. W. Whisnant. The cause of Mr. Myers' resignation as General Superin tendent was due, it is stated, to the man agement wanting to cut off sixty hands in the shops in Jfortsmoutn. Mr. Myers said he could not run the road on less force, and that led to his resigning. RIVER AND MARINE. South port Leader, May 3rd: The wreck of the schooner Geo. G. Green, ly ing on Frying Pan Shoals several miles inside of the lightship and which has been reported as dangerous to naviga tion, was blown up last Friday by the U. S, dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. The Green, bound north last November, when off Cape Hatteras sprung, a leak and tried to reach this place, but had to be abandoned when off Cape Fear, the crew reaching Southport in safety. The schooner was in the track of vessels com ing to or leaving this port. The Vesu vius, after blowing up the wreck of, the schooner, continued down the coast.; "Of the Sound and Practical Kind.' Southport Leader. j The Wilmington Star has closed its fifty-third semi-annual volume and be gins its new volume by making its Sun day issues of extra size, with the promise of making its week-day issues of the same size if warranted by business, which the Trader trusts it will get. j The Star is the . most conservative daily or weekly newspaper in the State, and its position on local. State and National matters is of the sound and practical kind. : i Star fom souTHcAROLiNA. Another Phase of the Liquor Question- Two Cases to Be Bjroncht Before the (Supreme Court Hex Monday. , -The most important development in the liquor , situation since the filing of the decision of the State Supreme Court, occurred yesterday, says the Columbia State, and by Mondav evening it is likely that the uncertainty, as to what the Supreme Court meant by its de cision whether it is free liquor or pro hibition ill be. removed-and every body will, till Judge Gary goes on the Supreme bench,' know exactly where they are at. There is no case which has been brought, before the court recently in which all take so deep an interest as that which started on its career yester day. . Many seem morally certain that it will result in the court declaring that its recent decision meant absolute prohibi tion. Equally as many are just as cer tain that the court will decide that it meant absolutely free liquor, and then there are others who consider -that the court will say that it meant the old license laws would govern the situation. This latter class does not consist of many, however. Like the original cases, which resulted in the knocking, out of the dispensary law, the case referred to above came up trom tne fee uee section. Yesterday morning Mr. P. A. Wilcox arrived in the city from Florence. He bad nothing to say to anybody, and did what he had to do so quietly that it was 2.80 o'clock wnen ne had completed his important work before any one knew what he had come here for. He was armed with papers which, meant business. There was no session of the Supreme Court yesterday, and be went, before the Chief Justice at chambers. The cases will permit of all doubtful points being brought squarely before the court, and admit of the securing of a square-cut definition of the meaning ot the recent decision. It is understood mat tne arguments wiiu consist in a great measure of quotations lrora the recent decision. - It is also, understood that Mr. C S. Nettlss, who made the winning fight against the Dispensary law,' will appear on behalf of the town council of Florence. It was further ascertained that the constitutionality of the new Dispensary law will be brought np, and the Court will be asked to make its decision on the original law apply thereto. . The liquor men have been running along under the idea that the recent de cision meant free liquor, and if in case. the court defines its decision to mean absolute prohibition, attorneys say that no action will be possible against any of them because of the fact that they, not knowing what the status was, could not have had any criminal intent. If the court bolds that its decision meant ab solute prohibition, then there will be a good many liquor dealers caught with a good deal of new stock upon their hands; and there wilt-have to be another gen eral closing of saloons. CAROLINA BEACH. This Popular Bummer Resort 'Will Be Open Mr. Hans A. Kure Has Secured Control. The friends and patrons of Carolina Beach will be glad to learn that their fa vorite resort will be open for the accom modation of the public again this season. Mr. Hans A. Kure, well and favorably known to all frequenters of the Beach, has secured control, for the season end ing November 1st next, of the hotel and other privileges, including the rail road, and will go to work immediately with the work of repair. For the pre sent, the pier or trestle on the river front, which was considerably damaged by the. great storm, will have a footway, extend ing its entire length, for passengers, but it will ultimately be rebuilt so the trains can make close connection with the boats, as formerly. Mr. Kure confidently expects the footway to be completed by the 10th inst. Of course, . Carolina Beach without John Harper and the queenly Wilming ton would be like the play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet omitted. He will be "on deck," as of old, and a complete schedule will be announced in a few days. Mr. Kure's energy, together with his familiarity with everything at the Beach, the result of years of experience, will be of great value to him, and he will be sure to have competent assistants in every department. ' - ROYAL ARCANUM. Eleotion of Offioera of the Grand Council Oreenaboro the Next Place of Meet- - fog. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh," N. C, May 3. The Grand Council Royal Arcanum selected Greensboro for the next place of meet- ing, on thfr second Monday in May, 1895. The following officers were elected: T. I. Gill, Laurinburg, Grand Regent; H. i D. Dockery, Rockingham, Vice Regent; R. D. Gilmer,' Waynesville, Grand Orator; W. B. Boyd, Newbern, Grand Secretary; A. M. Powell, Raleigh, Grand Treasurer; W. F. Rountree, New bern. Grand Chaplain; E. Zoeller, Tar- boro, Grand Guide; Chas. Dewey, Golds- boro, Grand Warden; T. Laraprecbt, Concord, Grand Secretary. Grand Trustees X H. Hill, Goldsboro; T. W. Branch, Asheville; P. C. Carlton, States- ville. T. Howell Way, Waynesville, Grand Representative; H. B. Adams, Alternate. Representative. . NEWBERN H0TES. Suicide of C. H. -Fletcher Proposed Ex- : cursion to Wilmington, j - :Star Correspondence. -ilii i; i Newbern, N.C., May 2. - This morning at 8 a. m. Mr. C. H, Fletcher, a saloon-keeper on Middle street, formerly ot Hyde county, died trom the effects of morphine taken while under the influence of liquor, about 12 o'clock last night. From , re marks made to his clerk about his effects if he "should drop off," it was ev idently intentional suicide. - Deceased wav about 28 years old, and bad been drinking heavily for some -weeks. "; - v; . v.. .-''.'..-'" The ladies of the Presbyterian Church . here propose having an excursion to Wilmington in the near future for the benefit of their church. They will have a refreshment car along, with every con venience and comfort, together witnxx tremely low round trip rates. They are anticipating a pleasant day witn tne Wilmington people, i H. NO. 27 FAYETTE vTLLE LETTER. THE F. I. I I. CONGRATULATED BY GOV. CARR . Tire on Haymount Municipal Election ConTederate Veterans Propose to Con- tribute Btone to the Moownqnt to Sena- ( Star Correspondence. . :lle, N..C.,"May 5. The tetter has been received by Vann. commanding F. I." L. I. Contpany, from his Excellency Governor arr. in reply to a letter ad dressed to jitaim on SOth ult.: ' ",: ; Sta:e of North Carolina, Executive Department,-" 7 I - Raleigh. May- 8d. 1894. S.L.B. Maj. . cXVann. commanding F. I L 1. CoFayktteville.N. C; Dear Sir: Yours of SOth ultimo, in forming me that the Fayetteville Inde pendent Light Infantry Company was now armed and equipped as ah indepen dent company," and well prepared to obey, every order, from . headquarters, has been received. . . I '" . I congratulate your; company on its equipment and feel satisfied from its past history that should the State need its valued services, it will be willing and ready to respond to her call. Assuring you of my esteem for your worthy and historic organization. I have the honor to be. ' Versr respectfully yours, I Elias Carr, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. The company have received numerous letters of Congratulation from ex-mem-bersand friends of the company, resi dents not only of North Carolina, but of almost every State of the Union. The company are drilling nightly and will go to Kaleigh on 23d inst., attended by a large number of private citizens. TIRE ON HAVMOUNT. The residence of -Billy Williams." a well-known and popular colored man of our town located on Hay mount Hill, was destroyed Dy nre on i nursday ai- ternoon test, together with nearly all the or four members of his family were sick at the time, and three of them being con fined to tjheir beds, were rescued by the prompt sict ion of the members of the fire department, who were promptly on the scene soon after the alarm was given, notwithstanding the fact that the residence was without the corporate limits, pne of the sick a daughter took a sudden relapse, caused by fright. ana nas since aiea. THE ELECTION For municipal officers will be held on Monday! next. : There is no opposition to the nominees of Wednesday night's convention. - (joNFEDERATE VETERANS. A meeting of the Confederate Veter ans of j Cumberland i county was held here td-day. - The meeting was largely attended by the survivors of the "late unpleasantness,' and ! eloquent speeches were made, eulogistic ot .the late sen ator Vance. Mai. E. . Hale, com mandef'of the Confederate Veterans of Cumberland county, presided, and Mr. E. am Waddell acted as secretary. Among other proceedings, a resolution was adopted recommending that a stone for the) monument to the memory of the late benator L. a. Vance, be prepared and presented to the! committee having in charge the funds contributed for the fmonument, bearing the in- scriDtibn : "Confederate Veterans of Cumberland county." with the name ot the commander, and further recom mended that such a stone be prepared and Similarly inscribed by each and every county ip the State. This resolu tion was offered by one of the most enthusiastic "unreconstructed rebels," a brave; soldier and an uncompromising Democrat, James W. Atkinson. A com mittef was appointed to solicit funds for the Vance monument. H. EYE. TO MAKETHEISOUTH PROSPER. Patronize Your Own Merchants and Your OWn Summer Beaorta This la the Way topuHd TJp the South. A level-headed contemporary has this to say of an evil that exists too gener ally ii the South: Recently the News stated that one of the reasons why the South has so, little money with which to build factories and endow colleger, is that her people for many? years have been throwing awav a large part of their surplus earnings in speculations in cotton .futures. Hun dreds! millions of dollars of their money have been added to the wealth oi New Yorkers by these speculations. The thousands of small speculators in the Soutfc speculate against a few well in formed big ones in New York, and they almost invariably lose Another reason why the bouth is kept poor is that a vast number, of those of her people who have means spend a por tion of every Summer and Fall at North ern' summer resorts and in Northern citiess Much of what they save during the nfonths they are at home they spend while! they are away. Their own sum mer resorts are neglected, and lacking patronage cannot be made as attractive as they otherwise could be. And while in the Northern cities Southern people make purchases of cloth ing and various other articles, thus tak ing hundreds of thousands of dallars away! from their home merchants. They excuse themselves for making these purchases at ? the North by. say ing I they .find a greater va riety from which to make their selections. If I they would adopt the practice of j trading at home their home mercnants would oe aoie to carry larger stocks ahd la higher grade and greater variety of goods. They would. be astonished to see how quickly the home merchants would accommodate ther&selves to the new conditions. Tne money that is spent at Northern summer resorts and in shopping in New xork should be spent at home. Let the Southern people stop speculating in cot ton futures and stay at home in the Sum merjand spend their money with their home merchants, and in the course of a fewjyears there will be in the South all the jmoney needed for developing mines, erecting factories and endowing institu tiorfs of learning. Let the South -keep 1 J HI 1 L. J. 1 : 1 1 ncrjuoiiars wiimn ncr ica.u auu sue win be rich and prosperous. ted s of Mutton. lave the bone taken out of a nice fat led of mutton. "Make a rich stuffing of bread crumbs; yolks of hard-boiled eggs. chipped fine, a little chopped onion, butter, a little sage, sweet marioram, black pepper and salt. Fill the leg with this forcemeat, and bake, basting often. "As Bright aa is la Old.' Kinston Free Press. rhe Wilmington Star closed its 53d setni-annuali volume last week 26 years old. That's a good old age for a paper, ana the star is as bright as it is old; if any change, it gets brighter all the time. torVenoej Specie ' FAYETTivi following Mai. John C. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Red Springs Scotch Scion : are pained to chronicle the death of Mr. W. K. Thomas and bis sister Miss Mat- tie, of Jackson Springs, which occurred on the SOth and 28th of April. Salisbury Watchman: .There are tbousands-of "seven-year", locusts mak ing their appearance in this community. xney are coming trom tne ground wing less, but shed their skin and will in a few days be full-fledged flyers. V.7 i '". Charlotte Observer : Mrs. W. - B.Gooding is compiling a Vance memo-, rial. She has clipped every piece from the papers In regard to Senator Vance and his death, and after she gets her col- -lection of cllpplings complete, will have mem puousnea. . Warrenton Jlecord: Mr. W. W." Davis, who left Warren county, in 1849. died at bis home in California last Janu ary. It seems that he succeeded well in business, and at his death left quite an estate and as he had no children, hises- .." tate (whether large or small) will go to -his relatives in Warren county. , Rocky Mount Argonaut: The coroner's inquest which was held at Tar- boro on the case of Toad ii. Barlow, who was found dead in his bed at Doe head on the 22d of April.tesulted in a verdict that the deceased came to his death from swallowing an overdose of phosphor u?, contained . in bitters, and that suicide was unintentional. - Raleigh Press: Gov." Carr in formed us to day that he had received $5 4rora a colored man named Isaac Smith, residing at Newbern, which he wished to be devoted to the Vance mon ument fund. The Governor says the contribution was the first received from a distance- and was accompanied by a patriotic letter. Smithfield Herald: It - is esti- : mated that only , about two-thirds the amount ot cotton is planted in lohnston county this year that was planted last. -Last week a colored man, while car rying off lumber that was being sawed at Mr. r. S. Heath s mill, staggered back and was caught in a belt and thrown up so high that when be fell and struck on his head his skull was fractured. He suffered for two days and died. Weldon News: A colored man living at Day's X Roads has a curiosity in the way of a duck. The duck has four well developed feet and gets around quite lively. It only uses two of them for walking and the other two are a little shorter and do not touch the ground. This freak of nature is apparently as well and happy as any of its two-legged x brothers and sisters, and there is every reason to believe that it will live to a good old age. Concord Standard: T. L. Sneed's wife, near the old Simonton mill, last Sunday bad an experience long to be re membered. She walked out to the well with her child in her arms and stepped upon the plank covering over it and the plank broke and precipitated her and the child to the bottom of it, about forty feet. Help was summoned at once and a rope and basket let down and the woman and child was brought up, the child in the basket and the mother by the rope, without being much hurt with the exception of a dislocated ankle and a few outside bruises on the woman. Charlotte Observer : Mr. Ould, of the Ould Mercantile Co.. of Concord has suddenly lost his mind. He left Concord several days ago, telling them he was going to the asylum.- He went as far as Salisbury and returned. He is now confined at his home. Mr. Ould is from Virginia. Mrs. Samson Wolfe died yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, at Monroe. Deceased was about 55 years of age, and was the mother of Mr. Ros ser Wolfe. She lived formerly in Sha ron township, and was well known throughout this section. Statesville Landmark: On Wednesday of last week, Prof. C. L. Haywood, principal of the Boys' High School, and who boards with Dr. W. J. Hill, on Davie avenue, discovered his trunk open, and upon examination found that $75, out of $150 which he had in the trunk, was missing. He at once suspected frank Ho'rcr..a small colored boy who attended his room, of the theft. The boy acknowledged tak ing the money, but said that he had burned it. On Thursday he was arrested and brought before W. G. Lewis, Esq., who found sufficient evidence to bind him to Court in the sum of $100. Fail ing to give bond the boy was sent to jail. Goldsboro Headlight: We re-. gret very much to learn of the assign ment ot Mr. J. Henry lid wards, dealer in millinery, made to Mr. Leslie C. South- erland, Tuesday evening, with liabilities amounting to about $1,700. Two more members of the county chain gang made tneir escape last week. One of them, George Crumpler, white, has since returned, but the other, Chas. Peterson, colored, is ttill at large. This makes three escapes within less than a week. Fire destroyed the barn and stables of Mr. W. R. Hollowell, in Brogden township, Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, with nearly all its contents wagons, corn and forage. Three mules and five hogs were burned to deaTh, Loss, about $1,200; insurance, $725. - Maxtor Scottish Chief: Last Saturday evening Luke McKinnon, son of Mr. John McKinnon, went to Shoe Heel Creek to fish, taking with him his gun. Arriving at Kocky ford be placed bis gun against the railing of the bridge and with his hook and line was soon watching the bobin of the cork in a deep hole near by. Hardy Fairly! a colored man about 70 years of age was also fish ing from the bridge and either from the jar of his walking or some other cause the gun fell, discharging the load. which took effect in Hardy s leg just above the ankle, almost severing the foot from the body. He was carried in a dog cart some three miles to Mr. Fred. Seals where be had been employed. Drs. Mc Natt and Betts were sent for who ampu tated the leg, but the poor fellow had lest so much blood that he could not stand the operation and died soon after it was performed. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: In the death of Mr. Wade Hub bard, which took place at his residence in Lanesboro township, last Monday morning, the county looses a substantial farmer and good citizen, Mr. Hubtard was 78 years old at the time of his dr ath. Last Saturday night the stables and several other outhouses on the McRae old place, in Lilesville township, were burned to the ground by the act of an incendiary. Mr. Rufus Little, of Rich mond county, owns the plantation. Be sides the buildings, Mr. Little lost about 125 bushels of corn and nearly all of his farming implements by the fire. Mr. J. Frank Smith," of Morven township, who shot and ' killed T. B. Sellers, his brother-in-law, in this place, Wednesday of last week, was released from custody last Friday, the coroner's jury having returned the following ver dict: "That T. B. -Sellers came to his death by a gun shot wound at the hands of J. Frank Smith, under circumstances so aggravating as, to render the said Smith inculpable." Esq. J. C Parsons, who committed Mr. Smith to iail, did not feel justified in longer keeping him in custody in the face of the verdict of the jury of inquest exculpating him from all blame in the matter, therefore he was turned loose. i The Mobile & Ohio Railroad engi neers have decided to accept a reduction in their wages of eight per cent. The cut is to remain in effect until December 1st. At that time the old rate is to be restored - and to continue for four months. If at the expiration of that time business does not justify full wages, then the eight per cent, reduc tion will go into effect again. ' W ! -1 h M f r"