WILLIAM H. BBRIfAED,
Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday,
June 1, 1894.
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rect, why not pay it ? is there a man
on earth who can print a newspaper
for nothing and pay the postage be
sides ? Can a farmer give away his
rnrn an rl cotton, and wheat, and
chickens, and eires. and keep out of
the poor-house ?
Tf sn let us have
the recipe. It will be valuable to us
just now.
WHERE THE PROFIT IS.
There is very little profit made(in
the production : of crude materials
whether of the mine or of the field.
In exceptional years when there may
be short crops or for some cause.an
extraordinary demand, the prices of
farm products go up enough to "give
the farmer a margin; on which he
may make some money, but gener
ally speaking this margin is ;so
small that the average farmer makes
but little money, if he makes jfhy
at all.
" The price of crude iron, of timber
in the forest and of other things in
daily demand also runs low, with a
lowering: tendency all the time. One
of the reasons of this is that ma
chinery has so multiplied thevpro
ductive capacity of men that it is a
very easy matter to furnish the
world's supply of anything, which
leads to competition among pro
ducers who bid against each
other and put prices down to
the bedrock. Either that or they
produce so much that the markets
become overstocked and prices tum
ble accordingly. unless mere
should be a change in ' the condi
tions which prevail now and have
preva'led for several years, this will
continue to be so,"even to a more
marked degree than it is now, for
labor saving machinery is being
constantly added to that now in
use, and the productive power of
men is becoming still greater. Added
to this is the combinations of capi
talists to work on a grand scale,
for the larger the scale of operations
and the larger the output the less
the cost of production in proportion
to the amount produced
There is wealth, however, in the
products of the earth, but it is not
the first producer, if we may so
phrase it, who secures the wealth.
A ton of iron ore may be worth
ten Hollars; worked up into
certain forms it may bring
from one hundred to one thou
and dollars. A tree cut down in the
forest may be worth fifty cents: run
through the planing mills and finish
ing machines it may be worth fifty
dollars or more. A bushel of wheat
may be worth sixty cents; converted
into bread it may bring three dollars
or more.; A pound of cotton lint
worth seven cents woven into cloth
may be worth fifty cents or more,
and so it goes,
It is the crude ma terials taken from
the earth which form the basis of the
wealth of the world, but it is the
men who manipulate them in. the
various stages they pass through
after they leave the hands of the
first producer who make the most
clear money out ot them. England
is a very small country. You could
put thirty Englands in the United
States without touching. It has
about half the population of the
United States. But England is the
wealthiest natiort on the earth, and is
queen of the seas, ruler in the empire
of commerce. Why? - Because she is
tne greatest manufacturing nation
on the earth, pursues policies which
invite other natrons to trade with
her and buy what she makes, and
this has given her the entry into the
ports of the world and opened her
ports to the ships of the world. She
manufactures the crude materials
that other nations sell her, and sells
them back .again in manufactured
form, thus making the profit there
may be between the price of the
crude material and that of the article
in finished form.
New England is the richest section
of this country. It is naturally the
poorest. It. is comparatively so
small that you might put it down in
the center of the country and ride
from the Atlantic to the Pacific on
either side of it without touching it
or knowing it was there. " How did
such a naturally ppor section, with
no advantages in mines or in geo
i .
grapmcai location Decome so
wealthy? As old England did, by
manufacturing the crude materials
that other States supplied her with
and selling them back to the other
States in finished form thus gaining
. the profit there was betwen the price
a . a -
oi me cruoe material ana tne price
of the same In manufactured shape.'
She bought cotton by the pound
from Southern planters for ten cents
a pound, wove it into cloth and sold
it to them for fifty cents a pound.
ihe bought hides from Western
tarms at a few cents a pound and
sold them back in shoes at from a
a dollar a pair up.
'."Old -"England and New England
have both made a very large propor
tion of their wealth out of the crude
cotton they bought from the South
and are still doing so and will con
tinue to do so until the South be
comes the manufacturer of the cot
mh;h cTia now sells to them.
SheVill do this some day. It is only
a question of time, for in this age of
the utilization of resources and of
capital it is not in the nature or
things that a crop which may De
made worth $1,000,000,000 a year will
continue to be sold in its first form
for $300,p00,000. There is, too
much difference between these figures
.. .. A
to keep on giving it away,
whether the Southern people may
ever be able with their own resources
or nat to fully utilize this product,
the capitalists of the world will see
and avail themselves of the advan
tages the South presents as the pre
eminent field for the cotton manu
facturing: industry. Even at the
present rate of increase in manufac-
- c -
tones the time is not so tar distant
when Southern mills will manufac
ture the bulk of the cotton grown in
the South, and there are people liv
ing now who will live to see the day
when there will be but few bales of
cotton shipped to the mills of Eu
rope or of any other section.
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MINOR MENTION.
With the partial report of the
biibery investigating committee sub
mitted to the Senate Tuesday, the
business of that committee is practi
cally ended, for with the refusal of
the correspondents to give the names
of their informants the committee is
at its rope's end. " It may try to
force the correspondents by threats
of imprisonment for contempt, or it
may imprison them, but this will be
only punishing the correspondents
who are bound on honor to protect
their informants unless the1 inform
ants release them, which, it they
were brave, honorable men, they
would do. Senator Hill took the
right view of this question when he
objected to prosecuting, or as he
characterized it, "persecuting" the
correspondents, . although he didn't
point out a way to conduct the in
vestigation to a satisfactory issue
without forcing the correspondents
to testify. To pursue the course
suggested by him of swearing
every benator would simply turn
the whole business into a bur
lesque. The object of the inves
tigation has, however, been accom
plished, because the informants fail
to substantiate the charges they
made, which are now supported only
by their statements, and it has given
me .nbers of the Senate Finance Com
mittee and others whose names were
mentioned an opportunity to appear
before the committee to testify and
flatly contradict the statements as to
the references to them, to Secretary
Carlisle, and as to what is alleged to
have taken place in the committee
and between members of the commit
tee and the officers of the Sugar
Trust. With, these 'sworn denials.
which the public is bound to accept
as against unsupported newspaper
reports, the purpose of the fhvesti
gation has been practically accom
plished and the. public has little fur
ther interest in it.
King's Mountain is the center of
one of the richest mining sections on
this continent, nearly every known
useful mineral being' found in it and
most of them in paying quantities.
In an interesting article on this sub
ject last week the - Shelby Review
names gold, iron of several varieties,
tin, zinc, lead, silver copper, sul
phur, coal, mica, asbestos, graphite,
and a half-dolen different varieties
of stone. The latest find and per
haps one of the most important of
all, If half what is said about it be
true, is the discovery, or rather re
discovery of a vein of platinum, a
very valuable mineral, found but
rarely in this country and in but lim
ited quantities anywhere. The dis
covery was made, according to the
Review about twelve years ago by a
man from Boston who was prospect
ing tor tin. He kept his discovery
to himself, but while negotiating for
a lease of the property he was
summoned . to , his home bv sick
ness in his family. ' Since then
numerous deaths in his family kept
him at home. .But recently he re
turned, secured the lease he desired
and then for the first time gave pub
licity to his discovery. Sinkings
revealed a vein eight feet wide of un
known length and depth, in which
the platinum of a high grade is found
in a deposit resembling black lead.
This vein had been previously dis
covered, but the discoverers had no
idea what it was and gave it no fur
ther attention, but the Boston discov
erer seems to have known its value
and is now confident that he has a
bonanza, which he undoubtedly has,
unless the reports'are very much ex
aggerated. K
.. The New York TMes asks. "Can
the Senate be cured?" If salting
can cure, it it can, for it is getting a
good deal of that these days.
- FURIOUS FREIGHT FIGHT.
An interesting Bommary of the Origin and
. Existing Condition- of Oxej War-Tha
Atlantic Coast JAM and die Clyde) in It
- V TJp to the Seek. " ' :
The Charleston News and Courier of
yesterday gives the following account of
the great rate war now on between the
rival transportation lines: '
The rate war which is now in effect
and which is attracting such" universal
attention throughout the South, is one
of the most noteworthy conflicts of the
kind which has been experienced in this
section of the country iiryears. Like
many other things, it had a small begin
ning, and when it was started it is more
than probable that none or the transpor
tation companies: had any expectation
that it would reach its present propor
tions. As it is it has grown In impor
tance until it now affects the traffic of
hall a dozen States and thousands of
miles of territory covered by a score of
transportation companies. And more
than that, the endhas by no means been
readied yet. How far or bow long the
war will be continued is a matter of con
jecture. At the present time it is rag
ing with' undiminished bitterness, and
the probabilities are that other cuts in
rates will be made in the near future.
While there is no indication that rates
to Charleston will fall lower, it is very
certain that those through this city to
points in the Interior will be cut again.
It has been stated in fact that . . - .
AN ADDITIONAL CUT -
in the rates to the interior will be made
on the 2d of June, and wilt be in effect
before the present week is out. Rail
road men say that there is an evident
disposition on all sides to carry matters
to the last extremity. If this is so there
is no telling where the rates will go be
fore the war is over. Some effort was
made yesterday to ascertain the true ori
gin of the war. It seems that sbme time
ago there was a misunderstanding be
tween the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Clyde Steamship Company over the
rates to Fayetteville, N. C. The Atlantic
Coast Line does business there via its
all rail and rail and water routes:
the latter route being via Norfolk and
Old Dominion ; Steamship Company.
The Clyde Company has a line to Wil
mington, and reaches Fayetteville there
by a line of river boats. The Clydes cut
or reduced the rate to Fayetteville, and
in retaliation the Atlantic Coast Line got
the rate to Charleston reduced. In fact.
it is supposed that it was through the
instrumentality of the Atlantic Coast
Line that Commissioner Fitzgerald, of
the Associated Lines of Virginia and the
Carolinas, issued his circular authorizing
A WHOLESALE REDUCTION OF RATES.
This circular was issued in April and
the rates authorized by it were to have
gone into effect on the 25th of that
month. The cut made was a territle
one; the rate on first-class freight, which
had been 70 cents, was put down to 25
cents. The cut was nominally participa
ted in by all of the lines of the Associa
ted Railways of Virginia and the Caroli
nas. that is to say the Atlantic Coast
Line, the Seaboard Air-Line and the
Richmond and; Danville systems, but
these roads were a little slow to avail
themselves of the rather doubtful privi
lege which the commissioner had granted
them. . - '
.THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Was the first to begin operations under
the new rate schedule. On the 5th of
May it began to haul freight into
Charleston, via Norfolk and the Old
Dominion Steamship Company for 25
cents a hundred for first-class freight.
It was not very aggressive in the busi
ness, however, and many people in the
city were not aware of the big cut that
had been made. On the 18th of the
month the South Carolina and Georgia
road's agents came down town and
went to work on the same basis. Sub
sequently the Clyde Line met the rate
which had been made by these reduc
tions. The war on rates to interior
points began still earlier. While the
Clyde Company was the aggressor in
the matter, it will lose some of the credit
which it would otherwise get from the
fact that it allowed the Ocean Steam
ship Company to reduce the rate to
Augusta and other interior and junc
tional points before it did.
THE CLYDE LINE '
Subsequently met the rates to all inland
points. Then the cutting began to be
general, and one line after another came
down to meet the lowest figures that
had been made. The Clyde Line is still
said to be on the aggressive and there is
no question of the fact that it can make
its Charleston rate still lower if it be
comes necessary. At the present time
the Clyde Line has the same rate to
Charleston which is operated via the
Old Dominion Steamship Company and
the Atlantic Coast Line. The Clydes
have the advantage of being an old
water line to this city and can, of course,
better stand the condition in conse
quence of that fact. -
The fact ot its being the spring rather
than the fall of the year makes the re
duced rates of less service to the mer
chants than it would otherwise be. but
large shipments are being made n the
strength of the cut all the same. The
Atlantic Coast Line received a large
quantity of freight yesterday, and a num
ber of carloads of goods for the interior
were turned over to the South Carolina
and Georgia roadby the Clyde Com
pany. This is suracient to show that the
merchants - are availing themselves of
the opportunities afforded them by the
cut in the rates. Pretty much every
class of merchandise is affected by the
cut. It includes the six numbered and
pretty much all of the lettered classes of
freight is less than carload lots.
A FURTHER CUT.
Railroad men say that rates will go
down again soon, and that there is no
telling when the war will be over. The
probabilities are that the matter will
not be adjusted until the rates have
fallen so low that the roads have noth
ing to make out of them. When all
bands have lost money for a while they
will get together again. In the mean
time the merchants should make hay
while the sun shines.
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THAT SMALLUNDUSTRY.
It la a Broom Faotory It Will Bo In Oper
ation About Juno 18 th. -
The Star has found that -small in
dustry" referred to in a recent issue. It
is to be a broom factory, and it will begin
operations about June 15th, in the build
ing No! 108 North Water street: The
machinery; has all been ordered from
Schenectady. New York, and is expected
here in ample time for the factory to
start at the time indicated. . s -1 ,
The business will be conducted under
the name ot the Taylor Manufacturing
Company, the corporators being Messrs.
Leopold Taylor and Julius P. Taylor,
two enterprising young Wilmingtonians,
who will give their best energies to the
work. ' v .
. The capacity of thtf factory, at the be
ginning, will be fifty dozen brooms per
day; but if the proprietors meet with
sufficient encouragement, as many
machines will be added as may be
necessary to supply the demand.: r .
The product of the Taylor Manufac
turing Company will be of the highest
grade, as they will handle only the best
stock, and they have engaged! the ser
vices of several skilled men in broom
manufacture from Northern factories.
The Star welcomes its new neigh
bors, and it bespeaks for them the hearty
encouragement of every Wilmington
merchant who sells brooms. This is the
way to make a city prosperous. Buy ev
erything that is manufactured at home,
especially when prices and quality com
pare favorably with good's manufactured
elsewhere. ;
Now. who will start the next "small
industry?" We need more of them, and
we must have them
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Killed on the Bail.
vTwo young men Albert Williams and
Arthur Moore both colored were run
over and killed by the "Shoo-fly" train
on the W. & v. R. R. near Magnolia,
Duplin county, yesterday morning at
8.40 o'clock. They were lying partly on
the track. The engineer cf the train, Mr.
J. C. Neimyer, saw the men and reversed
the engine, but it was too close upon
them and could not be stopped in time.
Both men were killed instantly. When
tbe train stopped their bodies were taken
up and delivered to their friends at Mag-
nolia.
Hail at Bosindale,
Mr.G. C. McDougald, of Rosin dale.
N. C writes a friend in Wilmington
that "The heaviest and most severe bail
storm, I have ever seen passed over Ro-
sindale Sunday night about six o'clock,
breaking down, tearing up and almost
entirely ruining vegetables and Sowers,
Nine turkeys and forty chickens belong
ing to Mrs. Clark were killed by the hail.
The storm lasted several hours,
Dr. Walter C. Murphy.
' The Augusta Chronicle has the fol
lowing . complimentary notice ot Dr.
Walter C. Murohv. so well known in
Wilmington: .
Dr. Walter C. Murphy, of Washing
ton City, who has done so much for tbe
Immigration Association and this con
vention, will arrive Wednesday morning
with Senator Walsh and party from
Washington. - Dr. Murphy has been one
of the most tireless and effective work
ers to bring about this great and im
portant convocation. By bis wise counsel
many obstacles have been overcome and
many friends drawn to the movement.
It was through his influence and co-op
eration that the Young Men's Business
League secured tbe convention for
Augusta. He is a great worker for the
South and a great friend of Augusta,
and admires her energy and enterprise,
Our people will be more than glad to
welcome him to the city.
A large crowd is expected here
from Raleigh June 5th. the occasion
being the excursion 1 of the Sunday
School of the Baptist Tabernacle of that
city. Two trains will run, one via Ham'
let and the other via Goldsboro.
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If the Maxton ; reporter of the
Robesonian don't keep his bread-trap
closed the peregrinating piscatorial pre
varicator Of the Star will set a fish-trap
for him. Then the scales will fall from
his eyes, etc. ' I , .
The Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company has declared a divi
dend of three per cent., payable May"
31st at the office of Mr. Jas. F. Post, Jr.,
treasurer of tbe Company.
For Commencement at Little
ton Female College, Littleton, N. C. the
C. F.& Y. V. R. R. Co. will sell round
trip tickets June 4th to 6th. The rate
from Wilmington will be $8.55.
Ex-Representative J. T. Kerr,
one of the most substantial and success
ful farmers of New Hanover county,
was a visitor at the Star office yester
day.
Persons sending' orders lor
books or photographic views will bear in
mind that they have to be forwarded to
the publishers, and a week to ten days
will usually be required to fill the orders.
John Brock, the wife murderer,
and other convicts for the State Peni
tentiary, left here yesterday morning for
Raleigh in charge of officers.
It looks like everybody wants
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by the Star at four to five cents each.
Orders are increasing every day.
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QBnUffAL C0TTRT.
Day of tha Term John tstoex wo
"Wife-Murderer Sentenced to .Thirty
Tears Imprisonment Other Cases
Tried Indictment Against City Official
Grand Jury'a Report..
The Criminal Court met yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock. -
James Anderson, colored, convicted of
embezzlement, was sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment in the State pen
itentiary. .
THE BROQS MURDER CASE. i
Coh WaddelV; the Solicitor, said that
he understood that the attorneys for
John Brock, the white man convicted of
murder in the second deg-ee, desired to
withdraw tbe motion made bv them last
Saturday for a new trial, and he prayed
the judgment of the Court upon thS
prisoner. r
Mr. P. B. Manning, one of -Brocks
attorneys, stated 'that after carefully con
sidering the matter, defendant's counsel
had determined not to press the motion
for a new trial. There were but small
grounds upon which to make the
motion, and further, counsel considered
it too grave a responsibility to jeopardize
the Hie of the prisoner a second time.
He made an appeal to the Court for
mercy..
The Solicitor made reply in which he
cbcracterized the murder as a most heart
less cruel butchery, and prayed the full
penalty of the law.-
s, i THIRTT- YEARS IMPRISONMENT. ;
Judge Meares thought that the pris
-oner deserved the full penalty, and pro
nounced the judgment of tbe Court, sen
tencing Brock to imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary for thirty years.
The prisoner received his sentence
without tbe slightest manifestation of
concern.
OTHER CASES DISPOSED OF.
Nancy Stallings et al., charged with
keeping a bawdy house. Verdict, not
guilty.
Kate Montrose, (same charge). Not
guilty.
Lou Johnson, (same charge). Not
guilty.
Cases against Etta Willard and Maud
Estes. (same charge) were nol prossed.
Randal Craig, assault and battery
witn a deadly weapon. Not guilty.
The grand jury returned true bill!
against Ira Cox, lor perjury, and H. B.
Hankins, perjury.
A recess was then taken until 8
o'clock p. m.
CITY OFFICIALS INDICTED.
At 6 30 o'clock the grand jury came
into Court and returned true bills
against b. H. fishblate, (Mayor) and
Richard J. J ones, ( Chairman ot tbe
Board of Audit and Finance) for misap
plying city lunds.
These indictments are made under
Act of the State Assembly, passed Feb
ruary 3d. 1891. entitled an "Act to re
fund and consolidate the debt of the
city of Wilmington and for other, pur
poses. . section s ot this act recites:
That any officer or employe : of
said city who shall apply tbe pro
ceeds of any bond or bonds issued
under this act, or exchange any such in
any other manner or lor any other pur
pose than is provided for in this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined not
less than two hundred dollars or be im
prisoned not less than two months, or
both at the discretion of the Court. - It is
alleged that $15,000 cf the old bonds
have never been presented for redemp
tion, and this amount of money de
posited in bank for the redemption of
these bonds has been used to pay cur
rent expenses and other debts of the
city.J -
THE GRAND JURY
Then presented their report to Judge
Meares, who, after reading the report
and before discharging them, addressed
them briefly, saying that they were enti
tied to the thanks of all good citizens
in the community. "1 take, be said,
great pleasure in stating that the Court
sustains your action; particularly because
you have been severely criticised by
some persons for your action against
bawdy houses. You did precisely what
the law required you to do. These
houses are a nuisance, and a menace to
the morals of the community."
The grand inry was discharged, and
the Court then adjourned for the term
GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
We, the grand jury, for the May term
of the Criminal Court of New Hanover
county, beg ieave to submit the follow
ing report of our labors. We have acjed
on 37 bills of indictment, resulting in
the finding of 35 true bills and 2 not
true. We have made eight present
ments, finding true bills in each case.
We have visited the county jail and
county home and in both places found
the inmates well housed and fed.
We found no cause of complaint at
either place, nor have we any recom
mendations to make with regard to
them. We cannot refrain lrom saying
that we feel the citizens .of this county
should be proud of these institutions
and the manner in which they are kept.
We doubt if any county in the State
looks better after the welfare of the poor
and the criminal classes than the county
of New Hanover.
I We recommend that the city discon
tinue the dumping of trash in the neigh
borhood of Fifteenth and Princess
streets, and that tbe trash now there be
gathered together and burned, as we
deem it a constant menace to the health
of our city.
i - I cannot close ' this report without
taking advantage of this opportunity to
thank each and every one of my fellow
grand lurymen for their prompt and
faithful attendance upon all the sessions
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j And'now, having completed our labors.
we respectfully ask to be discharged.
Respectfully,
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W. B. SCATTERGOOD, Clerk.
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THE FREIGHT-RATE WAR. 1
The Biohmond and Danville and the
Seaboard Air Line Take m Hand The
Tight Setting Hot. "
The Augusta Chronicle gives this -as
the latest from the "seat of war: " .
The railroad freight war is only in its
inctplency. V"- "
Yesterday the Seaboard Air Line and
the Richmond and Qanville railroads
mtXr the cut - of the Central from New
York to Augusta, which was followed by
the Clyde line. -v"-. ?' - - . -iK ' ".' 7'; "' '
All the roads that are cutting rates
have already gone further, and are now
making the same reductions from Bos
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore as they
have from New York, and are giving the
same rates to those points as they have
to Augusta. - - ;
The Seaboard Air-Line claims it has
more sailings weekly from the East than
any other line. From Baltimore, daily;
Philadelphia four ships; New York five
ships; Boston three ships; Providence
two ships, direct to their docks at Ports
mouth.
The agents of the Richmond and Dan
ville railroad have istructions to use
the rates named in the ' Central's cut,
from New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
and Providence, and they are prepared
to give as close figures as any other line.
1 be lines that have been compelled to
lower rates on account of tbe Central's
cut declare that the war may prove in
teresting to the roads forcing the reduc
tion
The railroads are expecting lively
times and are hustling for the business
under tbe new tariff,
The ' merchants are looking on at the
fight with a smile and are taking advan
tage of the great offers being made them
and are ordering large shipments of such
goods as the Eastern markets furnish.
It is behved that further cuts will be
made as have already been intimated by
several railroad men
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chickens, and eggs, and keep out of
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just now.
NAVAL STORES.
Great Activity in the Savannah Market
Becently Large Orders Coming In.
The News has the following review of
the Savannah naval stores market Sat
urday:
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Buying began this morning before the
first call was had at the Board of Trade.
An exporter, who had been out of the
market several weeks, suddenly started
in early this morning, and in a short
while had gathered together about 2,000
casks at 28c., the brice at which the fac
tors have been holding their receipts for
the past week. No sooner did it become
known that there was a buyer in tbe
market than every other exporter hur
ried around Jto get what be could. It was
not long before every cask on the market
was purchased, and engagements made
to t.. kc the receipts of Saturday afternoon
and Monday morning at the market
price. There is every 'indication that
there will be a further advance in the
price about Tuesday of next week. At
tbe Board of Trade at the first call at 11
o'clock the market was bulletined firm
at 28c for regulars, with sales of 2,793
casks. At the last call at 1.30 o'clock it
was strong, with further sales of 2,438
casks.
ROSIN. .
Another demonstration of the factors'
determination to stick together for firm
prices was had to-day, when nearly all
the offering stocks of pale rosins were
sold at an advance of 10 cents
per barrel on yesterday's closing
prices, for several days there were
occasional inquiries for pales, but no
sales were made, because they could not
be bad at official quotations. Besides
the foreign orders, which are only urgent
at certain periods, there Is an unusually
large and steady demand from American
manufacturers, who have been short of
stock for tbe last year. This indicates
that the shipments to the interior will
be steadily increasing and as the dealers
in the North and West are cognizant of
the healthy situation of the market here,
the orders are coming in at a lively rate.
Tbe sales for tbe day amounted to about
2,500 barrels, of which 600 barrels were
tbe pale grades.
RIFLE SHOOTING.
Exoellent Work By the Lumber Bridge
Light Infantry A 8oore of 24 Ont of
a Possible 25.
The Lumber Bridge Light Infantry, a
fine Company that has many friends in
Wilmington, still maintains its reputa
tion as the best marksmen in the State
Guard. At a recent target practice,
near Lumber Bridge, the company was
divided into five teams of five men each,
a prize being offered for the best individ
ual score in each team. Tbe following
was the winning sqore m each team, out
of a possible 25: -
1 Lieut, J. W. Hall .24.
2 Private W. S. Cobb.. .20.
3 " J. G. McDuffie. 21.
4 " J.M.Johnson.. .'.19.
5 " P. Wellington ...'.18.
The average lor the whole company
was 16 J6, which is excellent . shooting.
Lieut. Hall s score of 24 is probably the
best ever made by a member of the
State. Guard. Tbe distance was 200
yards, and it requires a steady nerve' to
make Jour bull s-eyes and a four at that
distance with tbe "kickers" used by the
State Guard.
How the Brook Jury Stood.
'The following is a correct statement
of the position of the jury in the Brock
case: Soon after retiring it was pro
posed that all who favored a verdict of
murder in the second degree stand up.
To this proposition nine responded by
rising, while three remained seated.
Later, a second vote was taken which
was unanimous for a verdict of murder
in the second degree. There was no
member of the iary in favor of ac
quittal; and but one at any time in favor
of murder in the first degree.
The Bate War in WilmlnK-on.
The freight-rate war has been inau
gurated at Wilmington, tbe Clyde Line
having reduced rates from New York to I
this port to tbe following figures : First!
Class, per 100 pounds, 25 cents; second!
class, 20 cents; third class, 17 cents;!
fourth class, 14 cents; fifth class, 12 cents;
sixth class, 10 cents. All the railroads
and steam lines in the South Atlantic
States will doubtless be involved, and so
long as the war lasts merchants will en-
Dividend Bay..
The most popular resort in the city
yesterday was tbe headquarters of Mr.
William Smith" O'Brien Robinson. Re
ceiver bt the late First National Bank of
Wilmington. He "received with his
usual grace and dignity, and he " dis
bursed" to the infinite satisfaction of his
numerous visitors. It was dividend davl
ana tne ten-per-ceniers ODserved it in a
manner never to be forgotten.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
iTayetteville Solid South i Mr
J. W. -Phillips died very suddenly on the
nigut pi mc oru at nis some,
Goldsboro Areusi The death of
Mrs. Mary Wright Edmundson. one of
Goldsboro's oldest inhabitants, relict of
the late Wm. Edmundson. occurred at
her h&rae in this city Sunday at i-ooo,
after 4 lingering illness of many months.
jLumberton Robesonian: ' Miss
Betsy Davis, who has been nursing Mrs.
D. W Millsaps, died last Monday night.
She was taken Sunday night with bil
ious cplic from the effects of which she
died as above stated. She was a sister
of M Alex, (jailor) Davis, and was
about45 years old. : :
Oiarlntr A7;c- Kvr Fir Th..
odoref Whitfield died in Richmond. Va ,
last nfgnt. ur. wnitneld was formerly
pastor of the Baptist Church in this city,
ana ie was unaer nis pastorate that the
foundation of the Trvon Street Bantist
Churjbh was laid. He left here about 14
year ago. - Mrs. Satirah H. Wolfe
died at home in Sharon township yester
day, 7th, after a long illness. She was
in hef 63rd year.
I Winston Republican : A severe
hail sjiorm passed over the towns last
nighiand hail stones as large as hickory
nuts fen inicic ana last. Mr. E. T.
Kapif. of Bethania, reports six German
Carpffish recently taken from bis pond
that fire hard to beat. The total eight
of thj six was 54 pounds. The heaviest
weighed 21 pounds and was 84 inches
longj the second best 15 pounds. The
fish were about 3) years old.
I Stanly News: Last summer
Frank Morgan was arrested for dealing
in ")reen goods" in Stanly county, and
was pound oyer to court by a magistrate I
for Jpbtaining money under false pre
tences, but be succeeded in scaring the
prosecutor off to Texas before court
camion and thus escaped weil-merited
punshment. His success emboldened
birafin his career of crime, and caused
himto extend his field of operations to
othr States, but he has been caught
agaii, this time by the Federal authori
ties! and is now in Albemarle fail.
-f Raleigh News and Observer:
Yesferday morning about 6.30 o'clock
MrJ. A. Penny, a highly re?ptcted citi
zenfof this city, was found dead in bed
in $is room over his shop on East Har
ge street, by his blacksmith who de
sired to get in toohe lot to start a fire at
his force to begin work. Mr. Penny
was seen as late as 9 30 o'clock Friday
nifjht, and probably retired about 10 He
tiaP been in somewhat feeble health
oi some time, and last nicht he com-
leplained of a- pain" in the breast.
The Governor has granted a re
prieve to David Broaduax. colored, ol
C4stll county until July 6th 'convict, d
off rape and sentenced to be hanged June
1st m Older that papers asking commu
tion might be placed before him.
The Supreme Court has handed down
the decisions confirming tbe sentence
of the lower court in the case of Calvin
and Thomas Coly, convicted of murder
10) Frairklin county, and the Governor
bias signed a warrant of execution tor
Jlnly 13ih.
1 Durham Sun : Bob Madkins,
tpe negro who raped Miss Mary Phillips
qn the 20th inst.. near Burlington, was
captured Saturday night on the (arm ol
R A. Mattock, in the extreme northern
part of the county, by Mayor W. A.
Hall and Dr. J. R. Stockard, Jr. They
Ipcated him Saturday evening and
Closed in oa him about 0 o'clock. He
aft once confessed that he was the guilty
que and told a straight tale from the be
ginning and stuck to it. He was carried
before the girl who positively identified
him without a moment's hesitation.
Bob Madkins is an ex convict, who
had lust finished a 3 vcar sen
tence, for house breaking, in the Ala
mance county work house. At least
2000 people gathered at Burlington,
Sunday, to see him and to see What
vould be done. There was some talk
erf lynching, but wiser council prevailed.
Capt. E. S. Parker, the solicitor, made a
speech begging the people to desist from
djoing violence, and told them what he
cpnstquence would be. The prisoner
Was tben turned over to tbe sheriff ai d
trried to Graham jail, where extra pre
ution will be taken to keep him. and
as speedy a trial given as is possible
tbget.
I Charlotte News : The farmers
spy that cotton had a very unhealthy
lfok on it this morning. This has been
the woist day on it this season, and it is
f fared that lots of it wilt die on account
of the cold. Mr. William Gadd und
His partner, Mr. Jeff. Hartsell. of the Co-
ftA i : - T T - . , ,
Lfum mine, id union cuumy, nave sudk
veral shaf s and the ore is ol such an
cellent quality that tbey are encour
ed to go ahead on an extensive scale as
tpey can afford. Tee specimens of tbe
cire from tbis mine are very fine, and
some rich reports are listened for.
Messrs Peter Bost and Allen Bost, of
Cabarrus county, who inherited a large
part of the famous Billy Bost estate in
Chat copnty, decided recently to make a
Sheep ranch out of a body ol six hun
dred acres of wood land which fell to
hem. Tbe property is located in the
ilds of Rocky River in the southeastern
rt of the county, and no one lives on
t. There is nothing in tbe woods except
ild animals, snakes, turkeys and the
ike. The other day hands went there to
ut a wire fence around the whole thing
n order to keep tbe sheep in. Tbey
iscovered that a large flock of iherp
were already in the woods. Tbey bad
strayed off from the old Bost flock, and
were as wild as deer. The wool on sime
of them was drageine the eround. and
line ram bad horns eighteen inches loner.
fTbe sheep could jump like kangaroor.
In the same woods were found about
balf'a dozen wild hogs and one deer.
frhe latter was taken down Mr. Allen
Post; v-itb a rifle which belonged to'
r Billy"
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SALEM COLLEGE.
Senior First Evening Rev. Dr. Pritohard'a
Sermon.
Special Star Telegram.
Winston, N. C, Mav 29 Com
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College continue to attract large crow ds.
Principal Clewell said that more visiting
friends and patrons, representing nearly
everv Southern and many Northern
States, were here than had been for
years.
To night was "Senior First Even
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read. The reading was interspersed
with vocal and instrumental music.
The baccalaureate sermon Sunday
morning before tbe graduating class by
Kev. ur, tr ni.cru.ra was an able t Sort
listened to by an immense audience,
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SALEM COLLEGE.
Class Beunlon and . Alumni Association
Meetina-Many States Bepresented,
Special Star Telegram.
,- WINSTON, N. U May 80.-The class
reunion this morning and the Alumni
Association meeting this afternoon were
attended by several hundred patrons
and former graduates ol Salem Female
College. The Slates represented in
eluded North Carolina. South Carolina
Georgia. Florida Tennessee, Viri;i-,i.i'
Alabama. Texas. Indiana and Pe: ..VI
vania. Many interesting addresses w-.e
made and papers read. The Alumni
fund was increased to two thousand dol
lars. As soon as it reaches twmiy iVVi
hundred the interest of it will be used ni
educating a deserving daughter oi some
Alumnus. The Emma Moore memot i d
steps were formally presented to ult.
trustees of the College. They were do
nated by Col Ganit. of Texas, in hono
of his deep isod wi e. who was educated
here. Sevr ra! hundred voices took part
in tbe rendrrinu of the grand musical
concert to niht. To morrow w: K
commencement rUy uropcr.
SEVERE STORM
Of Wind, Bain and Hail ut BennettaviW,
8. C. -Crops Dmgd and Hnuses Iii -xnolished.
Stecial Star Telegram.
Bennettsville. S C. Ma. SO A
very severe wind and iui or.n romin
from the north visited this section th s
afternoon about 5 80 o'clock, doing con
siderable damage to crops and di r -
ing some valuable pr. perty. Capt P. L
Breeden had bio n tn pieces a 'arje gin
house and two good iid ui' I, ousts trnl
a large barn moved about four inches -r
more from its foundation. Mi. Barney
Wallace had two tenant houses blown to
pieces Mr James McDaniel had a l;n.-gin-bouse
destroyed and quite a r.unii.cr
lest ft ncing in and around town.
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