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THE CURRENCY QTJESTIOH.
Since the defeat of the bill for the
unconditional repeal of thebmktax
the sentiment in favor of a new bank
ing system has grown stronger in
Washington, where the necessity is
recognized of doing something to
increase the volume of the currency
and make it more elastic than can
be done under the present banking
system.- .
There are but three ways to do
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as demanded by the Populist plat
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cates of Iree coinage; and the third
is by the establishment of State
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der present conditions.
In thejrecent efiort to repeal the
bank tax both the Populists and the
more aggressive free coinage men
made their power felt in defeating it,
because they felt that if it succeeded
that would be the end of the agita
tion for more Treasury notes, and
for free coinage, at least for some
time to come. The other element
opposed to it was composed of the
friends of the national banks, who
saw in the bank tax repeal the end
before many years ot the national
bank system.
But people who give finances any
thought recognize the necessity of
providing a system to take the place
of the national banks which go out
of existence with the national bonds
upon which they are based. "In its
inception the national banking sys
tem was intended to be merely
temporary, and the only way
by which it can be perpet
uated is by perpetuating the
national bond, which means a
for the purpose- of keeping up this
favored banking system which, al
though it may be a good one as far
as it goes, is a very costly one to the
people who use it and to the Govern
ment which fosters it. As a national
Danking system in the true sense it
is a failure, for these banks are more
properly speaking discounting houses
tnan banks. They are not national
in.thetrue sense for thev are monoDO-
lized by the wealthler.section of the
country which has the ability to
rake nr. , i u- : I
bonds, payme a oremium on them
when necessary and thus controlling
the issue and circulation of the
national bank notes As it is
now tne onlv thine that can
buy a Government bond is gold, un
less the Secretary of the treasury
snouia be willing to take in payment
legal tender notes. Everv new bank
that is started now, starts under the
disadvantage of taking a certain
amount of coin or lesral tender notes
and receiving in exchange therefor
ten per cent, less ot bank notes, thus
contracting instead of expanding the
volume of currenev in th sprrinn
from which the money was taken to
: "ujr me government Donas as a basis
or me notes asked for. It costs
reany twice or three times as much
aii a national Dank now, as it
did in the first and early years of the
system, and that's why the national
bank currency has been mononnliH
and will continue to be monopolized
by the wealthy section which
trols the bulk of the bonds and will
continue to control the bulk of any
that may henceforth be. Issued, as
they controlled the last fifty millions
that were issued.
Under these circumstances neither
c aouin nor the West can have na
Trnt a enou&h to met their
for c ffiS- and their on,y dependence
Z Krni vol,lme of currency js
the establishment r e.- i "J
some secure and hncin-c i.t.-
aJ u Le ls no Partv question in this
dS not Deen so considered al-
n Tfll Pa"y dl.d fi2ure in the defeat
is simply a question of dollar anri
now to supply the Deoole with Hnl.
of trJ!?Ugh t0 meet the demands
of thJ t 'a a?d keeP then out
whohe,ianiS f the bankers,
minm. T1 ana exPand the
Shf "ency at their pleas
ure or as their interne
. . iSi!5S,.bSJ.l. n.ecessi'y d it
7 er.at the present ses-
thil 'Vress or in December, for
2S.2f5t be settlede,r'and
den ki .wDeiore lne next Pfesi
oential election comes arnimrt
VOL. XXV. : , WILMINOTON, N. 0;, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1894. -V : NO. 34
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MINOR MEBTIOH.
"Senatorial courtesy " and "Sena
torial dignity" got a big send off Fri
day when they were so forcibly Illus
trated by that edifying colloquy be
tween Senators Hill- and' Harris.
They were both mad, of course they
were mad, for Senatorial dignity has
never .' yet prevented the ; average
Senator from getting mad when an
other Senator trod upon his Senato
rial corns. But they must have been
very mad when' two gentlemen, both'
pretty well along in years, got to ac
cusing each other of indulging in
"plantation manners" and in the
manners of the 'slums." This "plan
tation" talk has sometimes been in
dulged in by Northern Republicans
in Congress when they wanted to
vent a little, spleen against some
Southern member, but this is the first
time , we remember to have
seen that particular line of
denunciation indulged in by
a Northern Democrat, a fact which
must have - surprised Mr. Hill's
friends quite as much as it must have
amused the Republicans, to whom;
by the way, Mr. Hill has been get
ting very close lately. When the
thermometer runs high, and things
are - not going on to suit Senators
they can't be expected to continue in
the best of humor, but we think the
universal verdict will be that both
Senators Hill and Harris made a very
unseemly exhibition when they,
turned their-'tempers loose Friday,
and performed to the amusement of
some and the disgust of a much
larger number. .
We have been waiting with inter
.
est to see what position Senator
Sherman would take on the income
tax, which he so ably and zealously
defended in 1870, when he contended
that it was not only the most equit
able of all methods of taxation, but
the only one which put the burden
of taxation where it should be put,
upon those best able to bear it. We
knew that he was slippery and un
scrupulous, but in this instance he
had made such a record on that ques
tion1 that we were curious to see
whether he would stand on it, or if
not how he would crawfish out. He
crawfished, and justified the crawfish
ing on the ground that although the
income tax was the fairest of all tax
ation, it wasn't necessary now, and
therefore be was opposed to it. Mr.
Sherman, in 1870, objected to depend
ing for revenue on taxes on consump
tion, and contended that the wealth
of the country should bear its just
part, but now that taxes enough, in
bis opinion, have been levied on
articles of consumption, there is no
reason why the man of wealth should
be required to contribute anything
more than he ordinarily does. Mr.
Sherman has suddenly, lost the sym
pathy he had for the overtaxed con
sumer, who is taxed a good deal
more now than he was in 1870, but
the income tax then was a Republi
can measure, and now it is -a Demo
cratic measure, which makes a good
deal of difference in the eyes of John
Sherman.
m
There is a great deal of nonsensi
cal talk indulged in these days about
protection to the sheep raising indus
try by means of a protective tariff,
There isn't much of that kind of
4
talk in the South, although there is
some. -Sensible people in the South
know that they could raise wool if
they wanted to without a protective
tariff, and that it isn't that they need
but protection against the packs of
dogs that lay in wait for the sheep
and destroy them. If it was not for
the dogs North Carolina could be
one of the greatest sheep raising
States this side of Texas. -There is
not a weekly exchange that j we
read that does not from time to time
record the ravaees done by does. In
one night a "couple weeks ago a far
mer near Windsor, Bertie county,
lost thirty-five fine sheep by dogs;
dogs, according to the. local paper,
"owned by negroes. 1 here was a
dog-killing shortly after that but that
didn't restore the farmer his sheep or
pay him for the loss of them. Sheep
culture' could be a great industry
with us if we could reduce the num
ber of dogs by about 90 per cent.
A Chattanooga man is suing a
patent medicine ! company for j the
$100 reward it offered for any case
of catarrh it couldn't cure. It was
his catarrh which stumped it. It
proved a sort of a ca-tarrh-tar, so to
speak. But the p. m. c. claim time
on him and assert that it will bring
that catarrh down if they have to
stick to him all his life. The p. m.
man never surrenders.
The Baltimore Sun has been mak
ing it warm for Senator Gorman for
some time, and occasionally becomes
scorching hot.
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A woman in Buffalo, N. Y.f who
jumped out of a third story window
with the intention of killing herself
was not hurt,;but everybody thought
! the storekeeper,; whose awning she
knocked all to ' pieces, was from the
way he howled and used words not
found in the dictionary.
There is a Texas town which ob
jects to women j wearing bifurcated
skirts, and another which prohibits
them from getting on both sides of a
horse when they ride. The way some
of the Texas towns are progressing
it won't be long before some of them
will object to straddling a blind.
ELEVEN HOUSES BURNED
On
the Outaktrta of the City All Small
BaildiDRa tnd Tally Insured,
Fire broke out last night shortly after
nine o clock on j the roof of - a ismall
dwelling on Lockey's alley, between Sev
enth and Eiehtfar and - Dawson- and"
Wright streets, on the extreme south
eastern border , ol the city. The Fire
Department turned out promptly in
response to the alarm and the firemen
labored earnestly to stay the progress of
the flames, but the water supply was
remote and insufficient, and before they
succeeded, eleven buildings were burned.
The nearest hydrant was at the corner
of Eighth and Castle streets, six squares
distant, and only one stream could be
had, as it took all the hose to make a
single line from the hydrant to
the fire. In addition to this disad
vantage, the Adrian engine working at
the hydrant, broke down just as the
water started, and the Cape Feat had to
be substituted for the Adrian. . The de
lay resulted in a further spread of the
fire, and when ' a stream could
be obtained to play on the
fire four buildings : were in flames.
The houses were all small cheap struc
tures, occupied by colored people. Six
were two-room buildings, owned by Mr.
C. P. Lockey, and insured for $90 each,
and the other five three-rooms each
one owned by C. P. Lockey and in
sured for 175; three owned by Mrs. E.
J. Mott and insured for 1 150 each, and
one owned by Geo. Bell, colored and in
sured for 150 in companies represent
ed by Messrs. Atkinson & Son, E. P.
Boatwrigbt and Walker Taylor.
The occupants of the houses saved
their furniture and other effects.
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TRICKY WORDS-
The Way to Learn All About Them For
Future XTse.
There are many tricky words. It is
surprising bow little one knows about
words on the average. One is apt to
use "lurid" for flaming, "desiccate" for
shredded, nor think that "transpire"
many mean perspire. It is a common
fault one neglects one's dictionary.
Neglect ot the dictionary leads to the
undoing ot one's education. It is easy
to forget even that which is bard to
learn, - - J
But perhaps one's dictionary is unin
viting there be dry, unpalatable dic
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charming reading. .
'The American Encyclopaedic Dic
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KITCHEN MARKET.
Baling Bstea for Vegetables, Poultry,
( Flab, JCto.
The city markets were well supplied
with vegetables yesterday; tomatoes at
15c per quart; okra, three dozen for 10c;
butter-beans, 20c. per quart; snap-beans.
10c. per quart; cucumbers, 5c. per dozen;
green corn, 10c. per dozen; squash, 5c.
per dozen; cabbage, 5c. to 10c. per head;
potatoes, 5c. per quart; onions, two
bunches for 5c.; beets, 3c. to 5c. per
bunch; blackberries and strawberries, 5c
per quart. !
Of fish from the sounds there were
mullets at 5c per string; blackfish, 5 to
10c; pigfish, 10c; flounders, 10 to 15c
sturgeon, 5c per pound; oysters, 15c. per
quart; in the shell, ,15c per peck; rock
crabs, 20c per dozen; channel crabs, 10c,
per dozen; shrimps, 15c per quart,
Chickens were in fair supply, grown
fowls selling at 80 to 85c apiece; spring
chickens, 12 to 20c. each; eggs, 12 to
15c. per dozen.
The supply of fresh meats was fully
equal to the demand, and prices un
changed, j
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A PICNIC PARTY
Spend
Fleaaftut Say at Olenoe Farm In
.Onslow County. . : t
A very pleasant picnic was given yes
terday to Miss - Edith - Whiting and
friends by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Whiting, aCGIenoe Farm, the party
being carried in a special train over
the W N. & N. R. R which
left here with two : cars ' - at ' o
o'clock a. m Those attending were .
Mr. and 'Mrs. H. A. Wbiting. Miss
Edith Wbiting and the following invited
guests: Miss Nellie Gregg, of Texas,
Miss Wilmerding of Chattanooga, Miss'
Atkinson of Columbia, Miss Nellie
Hardin of Columbia, and Misses Gabriel
DeRosset, Mary Calder, Cary Davis,-
Alice Boatwrigbt. Camie Lord, Athalia
Rankin,- Kate DeRosset, Mary West,
Sallie Kenan, Julia Daggett, Liza Munds
Ethel Myers, Nellie Kenly, Mary P. Davis,
Dena Angel, of this city, and Messrs.
fas. T. Munds. C R. Lewis, Arthur H.
Myers, L. H. Myers, T. C DeRosset, P.
J. Thomas, Thos. Davis, R. F. Clowe, C.
Duval French, S," MrBoatwrighC Rich
ard Bradley, A. W. Belden, Clayton
Giles, Jr.. and Jno. VV B. Metts. -
The train arrived at Jacksonville at 11
o'clock and found the steamboat Geo. D.
Purdt'e, Capt. Thos. Taylor, (waiting to
take the party fifteen miles down New
river to Mr. Thos. Mclntyre's farm,
where the day was spent in sailing,
dancing, driving teams, rolling ten-pins
and playing pool and billiards.
At 2 o'clock an elegant lunch was
served in the - grove where tables had
been set.
After a pleasant day's outing the party
returned to the city at 8 o'clock last
night, - I
Do You Knovf
In a Chicago club the other night a
convivial party of middle-aged men were
talking about the United States and its
marvelous . growth,' with I solon-like
wisdom, when one of the party asked if
they . all knew how many States there
were in the Union. Of course this was
received with shouts of derision; they all
knew. "Well, can any one here write
the names ot all the States and Terri
tories?" Everybody in the party could
do that, and at their request paper and
pencils were brought, and after fully an'
hour's labor and scribbling there was not
one man in the party who had succeeded
in writing them all down without an
omission. Well, the best way to. keep
your boys from that state of ridiculous
ignorance is to procure for them the
"American Encyclopaedic Dictionary."
It comes in parts, so that they can read
it as it comes along, and you won't feel
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THE SHOE-STRING DISTRICT.
The Bans of Voting in the Democratic
Convention.
The. vote allowed each county in the
next Democratic Congressional Conven
tion of the Sixth District will be based
on the vote cast for Governor in the last
election; Each county will be entitled
to one vote for every fifty votes cast for
Carr, and one vote for a fraction of
twenty-five votes.
For convenient reference the following
table is given:
Counties. Vote for Gov.
Vote in Con.
I , ' 81
15
82
78
- 49
18
85
;.: 45
! 37
Anson.... ...1.562
Brunswick ........ 767
Columbus.... 1,618
Mecklenburg 8,887
New Hanover 2,447
Pender 901
Richmond ..1,740
Robeson 2,270
Union... 1,827
Total vote in convention ....... 840
It will be seen that it will require 171
votes to secure a nomination.
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The Convention to be Held at iiumberton
August 22d, 1894.
The Democratic Executive Committee
of the Sixth 'Congressional District met
at Laurinburg yesterday. There were
present: Messrs. W. H.Neal, chairman,
of.Richmond county, A. L. : McDonald,
Mecklenburg; R. E. Little, Anson; Geo.
B. McLeod, Robeson; W. G. Burkhead,
Columbus, and proxy for Pender; E. G.
Parmele, New Hanover, and proxy for
Brunswick; Mr. Morrell, Union.
Wsdesboro, Monroe, Rockingham,
Laurinburg and Lumberton were all pro
posed and advocated as good places for
the convention to meet at. The roll was
called and Lumberton was chosen as the
place for the convention, i
The next business was to fix the date
for holding the convention. This pro
voked considerable discussion, some fa
voring July 25th and others August 22d.
A vote was taken and resulted in favor of
the 22d of August, at 12 o'clock noon.
The meeting then adjourned.
Cotton Gin and Grist Mill Burned Zrear
. ZSkton. j ..
A correspondent writing from Elkton,
Bladen county, to the Star, says:
"Last Sunday morning, about . six
o'clock, Mr. Jno. C Elkin.a large cotton
farmer near this place,' had the misfor
tune of Josing his cotton gin and grist
milL together with about lour oaies oi
lint cotton, and other property of con
siderable value. The total loss is esti
mated at $2,000. There was noinsur-
.. .. . . m .
ance. This is the filth burning ot muis
we have had in a radius of five miles in
less than five years." j
tf. 8. Commissioner's Court, ,
Walter Boykin, colored, charged with
breaking into the postoffice at Rocky.
Point, was arrested and brought before
Commissioner R. H. Bunting yesterday.
The investigation oi the case was set for
to-day at 11 o'clock a. m.. and the de
fendant was committed to jail in default
of 500 bond for his appearance before
the commissioner.
A Better Stage of Water in the Biver.
The steamerC Fear, Capt. Robin
son, irom fayettevuie, arnvea at ner
wharf in this city yesterday about 10
a. m. and left on the return trip at 4
p. m. The water in the river has risen
nearly two feet since the last report, the
gauge showing three feet on the shoals
at Fayetteville Friday morning.
o , DEATH OF MRS. KERCHNER."
A'Soit Estimable Iitdy Her Bemaina
Takes to Baltimore for Interment There, j
Mrs. Kerchner, wife of Col. F. W.
Kerchner, died yesterday at IS o'clock
noon, at their residence in his city, after
a long and painful illness. .
v The remains were taken to St. Thomas
Church at 9 o'clock. ; in the ; afternoon,
where funeral " services were held, con
ducted by Bishop v Haid, of .. Balti
more; Father Scahill of this city; Fathers
Barnard and Francis.iof Belmont, N.C;
and Father Price. After the s;rvices the
. casket containing the remains was car
ried thence to the A. C L. depot and
placed in private car attached to the
regular trfin for Baltimore. Col. Kerch
ner and Mrs. Kerchner's niece. Miss Ken
nell, accompanied the remains. The pall-
be arers were Messrs. M. J. Corbett, A
D. Brown, M. H. Curran. H. C Mc
Queen, O wen F. Love, D. O'Connor, C
H. : Robmson and V Thos. Evans.
The funeral services-- at Baltimore
will be held, Saturday at 12 o'clock in the
Cathedral, Cardinal Gibbons officiating;
Mrs. Kerchner was a most estimable'
lady and-was greatly beloved by all ac
quainted with her. She was noted for
her benevolence and kindly charity and
was always ready to. extend aid to those
who were in need or distress. She was
a native of Baltimore, Md., and was
married in that city to Col. F. W.
Kerchner in 1857. Her maiden name
was Lydia Catherine Hatch; -
THE RICE OUTLOOK.
About Three-Fourths of an Average Crop
; Prospect Only Fair.
Dan. Talmage's Sons' latest bulletin is
summarized as follows:
"In the States along the Atlantic
coast there has been fair progress; pres
ent conditions good, but with reduced
area only about three-fourths average to
be expected. Reports from Louisiana
are depressing, with prospects of late
and light crop. With the exception of a
few highly favored localities, conditions
have been most contrary and the out
look for crop not nearly so promising as
last month. Until the present week
there has been almost an utter absence
of moisture, no inconsiderable per cent,
of the earlier plantings killed outright.'
Reserves of water heavily drawn upon;
and in many instances exhausted. Gen
eral rains are reported tn the current
week; planting has been resumed and
will extend into the coming month. 'The
total acreage is likely to be less than for
several years. The crop, however, ought
to be of high order, as the seed was
good, ground exceptionally free from
grass, and methods of culture greatly
improved."
NEW YORK BUTTER MARKET.
Heavy Receipts Cause a Decline in Best
' Grades.
The New York Journal of Commerce
gives this review of the wholesale butter
market: j
Receipts to-day, 17,679 packages. The
receipts were very large to-day, and the
market has developed further weakness,
though unsettled and irregular. Some
receivers are not inclined to give way
much further and are still asking 18
cents, but others are freely offering at
17 cents, and to sell at that is all that
can be depended upon, though it is
easier to sell long straight lines of
strictly fancy at that price than it is to
buy, though small lots are easily obtain
able at 17 cents. Highest grades are
most plenty and still show the most
weakness, though all other grades are
influenced more or less. State dairy tubs
arrive very sparingly, and so few really
fine tubs are to be found that prices are
little more than nominal. Choice imi
tation creamery not plenty but the
tone a shade weaker in sympathy with
genuine creamery. Fresh . factory in
considerably larger supply to-day, and
with a slow demand the feeling is a
shade weaker to sell, though the goods
cost so high on the break West that re
ceivers do not feel like giving way very
much in price.
It Doesn't Iiook Bight.
How many thousand times you hear
people say, in spelling an unfamiliar
word, "That doesn't look right," but
they let it go because there is no dic
tionary at hand by.wb.ich to refresh the
memory. Then dictionaries have always
been expensive luxuries and encyclopae
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masses ot people But that day has
gone by and with it the necessity for
any one to offer any excuse tor not hav
ing so indispensable a work in every
home, especially where there are chil
dren. When the little ones ask ques
tions refer them to the American Ency
clopaedic Dictionary, and be sure you
have it in the house, for you can obtain
it from the Star for a nominal sum, on
the terms specified in the announce
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Co. was presented to the Star yester
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ket. The factory is now ready for orders,
of which the Star trusts jt will receive
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why we should not always give the pref
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by Alex. Dumas; Grandfather's Chair,
by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Surgeon's
Daughter, by Sir Walter Scott; The
Siege of Granada, by Sir E. Bulwer
Lytton; King Solomon's Mines, by H.
Rider Haggard. j
National Bank of Wilmington. j
j The new bank did good business yes
terday. Its clerical force is constituted
as follows: Messrs. F. R. Hawes, E. K.
Calder, Stephen Chadbourn, E. S.
Pegram. :
CONVICTED OF ARSON, j
Foatmaater Fairley, of Emporia, Va Sen-
tenoed to Ten Tears Imprisonment.
j Siecial Star Telegram.
! Weldon, N. C, June 237 Postmaster
P. R. Fairley, of Emporia. Greensville
county, Va convicted of arson, was to
day sentenced to ten years imprison
ment in the State prison. . The case has
been on trial for several days. i
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ail about- cotton.
Hubbard, Prioe & Coa Itter-Exoellant
Prospects or the Growing Crop-The
Yield Will GreaUy Exceed That of Xat
Year. - .- ; . j
;- The showers which were needed in
the Atlantic States and Alabama halve
fallen at the right time and improved
the condition of the erop in those sec
tions which were so fortunate as tote-j
ceive the - necessary amount of rainfall.
The deficiency, however, for the season-
in all the country east of the Mississippi
river is still great, and the country needs
a good soaking rain to produce Ithe
greatest yield of cotton "that Jt is ca
pable of doing. ; These showers came
at an opportune moment, and have bad
the effect of preventing any material
advance in the market from the effect
pCtbe renewed purchases by spinners in
Lancashire and New England. .The
market, therefore, shows a slight j im
provement over the quotations rulikg a
month ago, but so slight as to create
little-or no impression upon, the minds
of - the public at large. - j
At the present time the prospects for
the growing crop in the South are con
sidered to be excellent, and it is univer
sally expected that should these condi
tions be fulfilled by the first of Septem
ber; that the yield will greatly exceed
that of last year; but it must not be tor
gotten that the prospects for the Ameri
can cotton crop in June have always
proved misleading, so that itis an old
saying, "that if the planter could market
his June crop at the price in October, he
would soon grow wealthy." Ther is as
yet an utter absence of speculative activ
ity in the market, due to this prospect
of the crop, and to the fact that trade in
America continues to remain poor.Stocks
of goods of every character are reduced
to the lowest possible ebbj and
the entire country is engaged
in economizing to a degree never
before known. It is more than pro
bable that the tariff will be settled by
the early part of next month, and j possi
bly this may cause a change in the pres
ent discouraged feeling of general busi
ness. In spite of all these unfavorable
circumstances, the fact that .the market
does not decline has had the effect of
checking the disposition to be short of
cotton at present prices on. the part, of
the more conservative merchants in
the trade, but the growers of cotton be
lieve that the market cannot be sus
tained and are more disposed to antici
pate a decline than a failure of the crop,
and furnish the sellers tp - the
market, which is only supported by
the actual demand for cottbn for
spinners at home and abroad.
The situation, therefore, seems j to de
pend upon the prospects ofth;e crop,
and the probability of an improvement
in trade circles. As crop prospects
could scarcely be better and trade could
scarcely be worse, a decline injthe first
and an improvement in the; second
would bring about a sharp, reaction from
the present price of cotton, and it is
this feature of the situation whfich is at
tracting the attention of those! who be
lieve that the advances are more in
favor of this ' combination of events
occurring than that crop prospects shall
continue to indicate a larger production
and that trade shall remain upon a panic
basis during the ensuing yeari Natur
ally the agitation of the anti-option bill
has had the effect ot driving aWay those
who would be apt to buy cotton, but as
it is expected that the measure will not
be passed at this session of Congress, its
immediate enect is not apparent in the
market.
THIRD DISTRICT,
By order of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of the Third Congres
sional District, the convention for nom
inating a candidate for Congress for
said.district will meet at Durjn, Harnett
county, on July 19th, 1894.
W. E. Murchison,
J. S. Bizzkll, Sec'y. Chairman.
Democratic papers in tie District
will please copy and keep notice in the
papers until the convention.
i J. S. Bizzell, Secretary.
FOR' YOUR SCRAP BOOK.
Three Good Beoipea They
Keeping.
: DEVILED CRABS.
iB.re Worth
-When the crabs are boilei take out
the meat and cut it into small pieces,
then clean the shells thoroughly. With
six ounces of crab meat mix! two ounces
of bread crumbs, two hard jboiied eggs
chopped, ithe juice of ha f a lemon.
Cayenne pepper and salt. I fix all with
cream, or. what is still better, Bschamel
sauce. Fill the shells with the mixture,
smooth the tops, sprinkle over sifted
bread crumbs and color then in a quick
oven. ;
i COCOA ICING.
Cocoa is now much used in the place
of chocolate for icing cake The icing
is made by beating the whites ot two
eggs ana mixing witn tnera neany a
cupful of ; powdered sugar! Add two
teaspoonfuls of cocoa. An icing that
many prefer is made without any eggs.
Boil four: tablespoontuls of granulated
sugar with the same quantity xst water
for a minute, then add a teaspoonful of
vanilla and two teaspoonfuls of cocoa,
boil a minute longer, and the icing will
be ready to use. j
CLAM CHOWDElL
Put fifty dams on the fire in their
own liquor, and when they have boiled
about three minutes strain fiem and re
turn the liquor to the fire. Chop a medium-sized
onion into small pieces and
cut six ounces of pork into .dice; fry
both a light color in butter. Use a piece
of butter the size of an egg; then stir in
two tablespoontuls of flour. (When thor
oughly cooked add it to theclam liquor,
with half a pint of good stck or milk,
the same quantity of cream, a salt-spoonful
of mace, a salt-sooonful of thyme;
salt lo taste, and eight ounces of pota
toes cut into dice. Wher these are
cooked and the chowder isf about to be
sent to table, add the clamsi cut in dice
and four ounces of shipbread or crackers
broken in nieces. The salt boric may be
omitted, and for the cream use milk
with butter melted in it.
Another cotton blobm reached
the Star office last night, j It is from
the farm of Mr. J. M. Smith, of Colum
bus, and is reported as the first from that
county. Mr. ' Smith has seventy-five
acres in cotton and he says all crops are
fine in his section.
If the cut rates shall remain in
force until August 1st, asjrecently de
cided by the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, merchants will
reap the benefit ot the reaacea rates on
their Fall goods. v
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Nervous Strength.
There is one ture specific for diseases
arising from a debilitated nervous svs-
tem, ana mat is tne raine s celery corn-
pound so generally prescribed by physi
cians. It is probably the most remark
able remedy that the
scientific reseatch of
this country has pro
duced. Prof. Edward
E. Phelps. M. D..
LL. D- . ot Dart
mouth college, first
prescribed what is
now ' , known the
world over as Paine's
celery compound, a
positive cure for dys
pepsia, biliousness, liver complaint, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, and kidney troubles.
For the latter, Paine's celery compound
has succeeded again and again where
everything else has failed
SPIRITS JJENTBffi.
Wilson Mirror? I We heard a
well informed business 'man say the
other day that the farmers would make
their cotton this year at a cost of about
tour cents a pound.
Charlotte News : The storm
up on the Catawba river and west of that
stream yesterday afternoon was extraor
dinarily severe and shook things up con
siderably. At the little town of Maiden,
between Newton and Lincolnton on the
Narrow Guage road, the electrical dis
play was terrific. A man named Wilkins
was going toward his house in the place
and was killed instantly by a stroke of
lightning.
Shelby Review. Chevis Col
lins, a citizen of Grover, was found dead
in the woods near that place Tuesday,
Collins lived by himself. For some days
last week he was suffering from delirium
tremens, and on Saturday he left home
trying to escape from imaginery demons
who were after him. He did not return
to his home . by Sunday, and a search
was made for him. Late Tuesday even
ing he was found lying upon the ground
dead in a large body of woods some dis
tance from his home.
Scotland Neck Democrat'. Mr.
Peter E. Smith tells the Democrat that a
few days ago he killed a snake, and when
he cut off the snake's head a frcg came
forth from the throat of the reptile and
made good his escape in his usual man
ner of locomotion. A gentleman
has opportunity to make considerable
observation said to the Democrat a few
days ago that the people of this commu
nity are taking . more interest in im
proved farming than ever before. They
are studying the question and seem to be
more alive to the possibilities of this sec
ion than ever.
Raleigh News and Observer:
News reached here yesterday of a horri
ble outrage, said to have occurred about
three miles from Apex. The report was
to the effect that a Miss Wimberly and
her uncle were going to a neighbor's,
about sunset when they were attacked,
according to the uncle's story, by two
men, who ordered him o leave and
assaulted the young lady. It is reported
that she was found early yesterday
morning in an unoccupied house, her
bead badly cut and her skull fractured.
At last report she was said to be in a
very critical condition.
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TAR AND FEATHERS.
Brutal Treatment of Oen. . Tanner of the
State Guard of Colorado.
- Bt Telegraph to the Maniac Stat..
Colorado Springs, Col., June 23.
Shortly after midnight Adjutant-General
Tarsney, of the Colorado State National
Guard, was called from his room at the.
Alamo Hotel and informed that some
body at Cripple Creek wished to speak
to him over the telephone. .- When he
appeared to -answer he was confronted
by a masked man , armed with re
volvers, who requested him to ac
company him. Tarsney called for
help, but was quickly clubbed
into submission. Several more kid
nappers appeared and carried him to
a sidewalk, where two carriages under
guard were in waiting. He was fired
into one carriage and both carriages were
then driven at a, rapid rate to Austin
Bluffs. . Tarsney was removed from
the carriage and stripped, and a coat of
tar and feathers was quickly, adminis
tered. After this treatment Tarsney was
warned against returning to Colorado
Springs. i
xna campaign Meedng-c6anter, B. C,
Without Special Intareet Xxoept That an
Excited Farmer Wanted to I4ck Tillman
1 by Talaxrapa te taa Monrac Stat. -
Charleston, June 23. -The cam
paign meeting at Sumter to-day was
without special incident. Gen. Butler -made
a gentle and mild-toned speech,
while Gov. -Tillman was again on the
defensive and undertook to reply to the
charge made by Gen. Butler. Gov.
Tillman has, during his previous cam
paigns, resorted to hand . primaries to
test the strength ot the crowds; to-day
he made a new use of that custom. He
had the crowd to endorse, in that wayT
the attack he had made upon Gen.
Butler, the "language he Jiad used
about there being a corruption fund,
the re-opening of the TJispenSSry and
almost everything on which he wanted
support, ' At one time during (he meet
ing it looked squally. A farmer in the
crowd asked Governor Tillman a ques
tion, and tbe Governor said that the fel
low must be drunk. This excited the
farmer, and he said that be would lick
Governor Tillman if he would come out
side. To the invitation the Governor
replied that it waspeculiar on the part
of the man to ask him to stop his speech
and fight with him and that be must be
crazy or drunk: Then the farmer made
for the stand. He caught hold of the
railing and in attempting to climb over,
broke the strip of board. By this time
a number of men caught the excited
man around' the arms and carried him
out of the crowd amidst the, most en
thusiastic yelling.
Gov. Tillman - charged : Gen. Butler
with being followed around by two paid
detectives of the Richmond & Danville
road. He said that he -had no learof
being killed, 4or whoever entertained
such a thought realized that if he fired a
shot it was only a question of a few
seconds before he would be a target for
others. -He made a vigorous- defence of
the Dispensary law, and said that if the
people wanted it again that they could
have it, as they were mightier than the
Courts or Constitutions
The crowd was for Governor Tillman,
but war. not over eight hundred, two
hundred being colored. .
A dispatch from Pont-y-Pi idd.Glamor
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occurred yesterday in the Albion mine,
near that place. Two hundred miners- -are
buried beneath the debris of the
mine. Their fate is unknown, but it is
believed that a large number of them
have been killed.
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