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Yesterday we wrote on the Gov ernment ownership of railroads and called attention to some of the ob stacles in the way of carrying out that programme; but there is another question involved in it in which the people of the South would be ' very much interested if Government own ership were practicable and all the objections urged on that line re moved. ' - We will suppose, for the purpose of this article, that the Government has purchased, all the railroads in" the country and that they are the in suc cessful operation und;r Government management. So far, so good. But have we all the railroads we need? Some sections of the country may have. The New England and the Middle and the Central West ern States may have; but have the South and the West? Some' of the Western States haven't the jenth part of the railroad mileage they will need in the." near future when they become more densely populated and the millions of acres that are now running wild will be put "under cultivation. How would they get the additional rail roads that they would need?' The South hasn't one-half the railroads she will have use for in the near future. She lacks a great deal of having as many as she has use for now. Undrr the new dispensation 'how would" these at present sparsely settled V'estern States and the South get the railroads they would need? Who will build them ? If the Gov ernment, how ? If a new railroad is to be built in Colorado, for instance, will the ReDresentative from " the , i -Cripple Creek district present a bill and go to lobbying and log-rolling to get it through and secure an appro priation of $5,000,000 or $10,000,000, more or less to do the work? If a road is needed in Idaho will the Represen tativeTfom the Pinchgut district do likewise?. If we need some new tutus in xsortn Carolina win our Representatives do likewise? And If thev did what wnnld h their chances of getting them? They have J - . - - lo scratch gravel and perspire now to get bills passed to give them little public buildings, and generally speaking when these get through, if iey ever do, the man who first in traduced the bill has been retired to Private life or has died and been for gotten. , When it comes to matters of this ind, involving appropriations, it is the States and sections which have the big delegations in Coneress which settle the business and decide where and for what the appropria ons snail go. If there were any more railroads to be built those densely populated States would get 11 miles, built to the one that would he built in the thinly populated 'ates, and these might think them- aeives lucky in securing the tenth part. . , -avcu i we an illustration oi mis 'n the appropriations lor rivers and harbors ? For a hundred vears nine- tenths of the money appropriated for that purpose was expended on rivers and harbors East of the Mississippi, inu even then Western and South Western men had tn male a a hard fight to get a few millions of dollars worth of work done on the Missis Sppi river which is the great high Way to bear the products of the s'cdiest grain-producing valley in "c worm. or six or eight years commercial and other bodies have been holding congresses in the West nd in ihe Southwest to urge upon ngress the importance of making fuuaoie appropriations ior deepen 'g the channel of the Mississippi so tq make it navigable for deep uraught vessels to carry seaward the sratn, &c, from St. Louis and fcther commercial centers on that river, and ltey have never been- able to com mand votes enough in Congress to 6 mat project fairly started. ".with the general support that te improvement of the Mississippi r'Ver has had in thX Wr an Knnrh It has re.rpivprl en Iiftla nmiitinn rom Congress, what show would a J . . .aa Proposition stand which uuia have behind it only a local u um,ted support? This would be Radically the end. of railroad build m2 n the States whlr.h hari email At. Rations in Congress, for under, the Si I VOL. XXV Government , ownership . system,, no company could or would undertake to. build - railroads, ''however much they might be needed, " or whatever the prospect mighty be of their pay ing well. ? . - We remarked above that the South was. particularly interested in this presentation of the case because the South is to be for some years to come the section of railroad building ac tivity, and more money--trill be in vested in railroad work in this than in any other section . of the country. But with Government ownership all this would be brought to a standstill and we would have to knock at the door and petition Congress for every mue or. new. roaa Duiir, witn a very sum cnance of getting it. - . That's the layout - the' Govern ment ownership advocaters have in in Btore for the South, but that's the kind ot a layout the South doesn't want. ..r - - , " Have you-received a bill for sub- scription to the Weekly Star W cently ? If so, Is it correct? " If cor- ect, 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 corn, and cotton, and. wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house ? If so, let us have the recipe. It Will be valuable to us just now. ORGANIZE THE CLUBS. A few days ago we called atten tion to " the Convention of Demo cratic Clubs, called by President Julian S. Carr, to meet at Raleigh on the 20th of this month. Sup plementing this call he has issued a stirring address to the clubs and young Democracy ot the State, upon whom the brunt of the political battle must fall. "The war," it says, "is not closed; in dividuals, corporations, trusts and com binations must "submit to the free legislative will of the people's represen tatives;" they must not "dictate the laws which the people-must obey." The un holy alliance, consummated on Thurs day - last in .this city, between the old-time enemy of the Democracy and the Gideonmsb-Populistic lead ers, must be defeated; its efforts to undo the work ot the Democratic party mast be confounded. Great ex pectations are based on your efforts in this campaign, and we are sure that the party can realize on those expectations for with uatirine devotion to party prin ciples and unflinching loyalty' to its leaders, the young Democracy in this campaign, wherein its very faith is at stake, eagerly awaits the signal of battle." It then urges the. importance of organizing clubs in every town, village and township where none now exist and sending delegates to the convention at ' Raleigh. It em phasizes the fact that there is no more effective way of promoting and disseminating the cardinal principles of Democracy than through these home organizations where neigh bor is ' banded with neighbor, shoulder to shoulder, in zealous support of those liberties which 'are the birthright of the American peo ple, but held only at the price of eternal vigilance. Through each or ganization the machinations of the self-seeking schemers who have noth ing to lose, but everything to gain by the overthrow of the Democracy may be foiled, and their treachery exposed and made odious to their honest but deluded followers. - It concludes thus: "We can not rest until a full measure of release is secured to the burdened tax payers of this country. We must not re lax our efforts until tne gigantic mono polies and trusts that are still oppressing the poor have not only had their wings clipped. but have ceased to exist. There is ; work to be done. And whereever there is work to be done in behalf of those great car dinal principles of the party; wherever patriotism is encouraged as a virtue, ana treachery Is damned as a vice, and the traitor is not forgotten or-lorgiven, we pledge tbe young Democracy, we pledge it for the "war, until the ques tion may no longer be made, "Is this a government of the people for- the good of tbe people, or a government ot trusts for tbe benefit ot trusts i Have you received a bill for sub scription to the .weekly otak re cently? If so, is it correct? If cor 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 corn, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house? If so, let us have the recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. Some of the beet sugar men of Nebraska say the new tariff has knocked the oins from under their industry, but they are willing to compromise and pay the farmers $4 instead of $5 a ton for their beets, which means that they are making the new tariff a pretext for. beating the farmers out of a dollar a ton on beets. Notwithstanding their wail we predict that they will be found doing business at the old stand as usual. - Woman is coming to the front in Mexico. Senorita Maria Gonzales Hermosillo has been appointed post mistress at Teocaltchie. .We present our congratulations to Senorita Maria and trust that she will not find managing the males too much for her. ' Last year fires swept over 13,000,- 000 acres of grass lands and 13, 000,000 acres of woodland, in the Northwest, but there was not the destruction of houses and towns and the loss of life there has been in the recent fires, which are still burning. WILMINGKTOl , jraroit MEBTIOB. Since" Marion Butler has gone into co-partnership- with the .Republican bosses, he is not oniy pulling with I them, but imitating . their methods. He has learned the art of tapping the faithful for contributions.; Several years go, Chairman Eaves,' of the Republican State Committee, who was at the late Republican Conven tion sat upon and bounced, achieved some notoriety by jssuiog his secret circular to his strikers to pick out a dozen or so "not afraid of-the devil" sort of fellows to bulldoze the regis trars and hang around the polls on election day to help challenged Re publican voters to get in their votes and intimidate as many Democratic voters as.' they could.' Eaves' game dida't work worth a continental for his f side, .butt it.- made Demo crats indignant and red hot, and the : result was a . gain of several thousand votes 7 to the Democratic ticket. Marion nas lately been fol lowing the example of Eaves by urg- ng Jiis strikers to send .picked dele gations before the Boards of County Commissioners with fists, of "relia bles" and'insist that - some of them be appointed judges, of election to represent , the - Populists. They ap-r peared as directed in many counties last . Monday but, while they " were treated courteously, as far as. we know they were generally informed that the Commissioners understood the law and could perform their duties without any assistance from Marion and his tools. Marion doesn't play the bluff game with half the cow- bow dash that Eaves did. He isn't built that way and he shouldn't at tempt it. v.- - .. . The Populist Senators and Rep resentatives in the past session of Congress made a record for dashing financiering which has doubtless never been equalled in any legisla tive body past or present on the face of the earth. There were ten bills introduced by them calling for the expenditure of sums ranging from $1,000,000, the smallest, to $12,000,- 000,000, the largest, aggregating $35,507,300,000. Of course . they didn't expect these bills or any of them to go through. They were not introduced for that purpose, bat to make capital with the deluded con stituencies which these mountebanks represented. But if they had a ma jority in Congress and a President to back them then they would have got down to business instead of bun combe and we would have had a lot of legislation just as crudewild and insane as these bills, and the ap propriations for all sorts of rattle brain purposes would have been passed not by millions only but by hundreds of milltons. They wouldn't have minded the expense for they would have set the wheels of the Government printing presses in mo tion and printed stacks of paper and and put them , afloat as long - as anybody could be found to take one of them and give anything in ex change for it. They would put the mints to work to cbin all the gold and silver offered and with a hatful of paper to a dollar of coin they would say "here's your flexible vol ume of currency." The Pop party has some great statesmen in Con gress and has some others equally as great in soak. ' ' WW ... - When the tariff bill was under con sideration it was .contended by the protection advocates that" putting wool on the free list would place Amertcan wool at the mercy of for eign wool and ruin the wool-growing industry in this country. This was said in the face of the fact that under the protective . McKinley tariff the price of domestic wool was stead ily declining until it bad got as low as ten cents a pound. In the mean time the importations of foreign wool continued. ; Now, contrary to all these prophecies of disaster, there is more activity in American wool than there has been for some time - and the once -instead ot going down is going up. Since the new tariff with its free wool has gone into effect the prices of domestic wools have advanced about ten per cent, while the prices of foreign wools have declined forty per cent. Prophecies do not always pan out, especially when they are made from a political standpoint, for political purposes, and without any regard to trade statistics or the business condi tions. . " . - - - Facts and figures , are one thing and theories are another. - We have some men in this country who imag in themselves statesmen and insist that the Government ownership o the railroads would be a panacea for many of the ills the country is suffer ing from- Possibly the Government might operate a tew of the railroads ciirrPQsfnllv. when all the conditions favored, but when it came to oper ating about 177,000 miles of road then it would find an elephant on its hands than it would soon be very anxious to trade off, and would prob ably have to give away to get rid of. The following which we find in the Baltimore' Sun. shOWS about what the size of this elephant would be "Tuc capital invested in railroads in the United states, according to. tbe re cent report of the Inter State Commerce I Commission, gets out a small return, reckoned in percentages The aggre gate of share capital on June 80 1893, was $4,669,000,000, but of this R2,85U, 000,000, or 61.24 per cent. more than half paid no dividends.:- In the previ ous year, the percentage of non-paying stock was 60.60 per cent .and jn 1890-91 was 09 64 per-cent. But in addi tion - to the - large- amount 61 stock making no return, 2 there were 4743.- 000.000 of bonds, or 14.89 per cent, of tbe whole, : that paid no interest. . No less than $3,602,000,000 of stocks and bonds failed of income In the year ended une 80, 1893. In the year just ended, since the arnval of the panic and depres sion, tbe case has doubtless been muca worse. Not only have rates fallen lower. but gross and net earnings have gone down together. The figures at band for the first six months of the calendar year : 1894 show gross earnings oi but $357,201,483 against $427,934,491. in the tike period of 1893, the miles of road re ported being 112,570 against 111,165 in 1883. A loss Of $100,000,000 in Six months shows the intensity of the de pressing influences that have . recently weighed upon business. Senator Butler of South . Carolina has vwritten a - manly letter; to . the Charleston Ncws and Courier in Which he says that his Senatorial as pirations must,, not be considered a factor in the fight against ring rule in that State, and that he must not be in the way of any action that anti ring Democrats see fit to take in their fight against Tillmanism. He is with them, Senate or no Sen ate, and will .fight if need; be in the ranks. . 1 " Civil Servioe Exmmintion. ! The civil service examination ap pointed for Wilmington, of applicants for positions in the departmental.Indian, and Railway mail service of the Gov ernment, began at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and was r concluded by 7 m. Tbe examination f was con ducted by Mr. A. H. Hillyer, special ex aminer, Washington, D. C, assisted by the local board of examiners, of wbich Mr. W. C. Craft is secretary.;. :. There . were twenty applicants four females and sixteen males for posi tions; as follows: For clerk-copyists, four males-and three females. For railway mail service, nine males. For draughtsmen topographical, one; me chanical, one. For assistant observer, Weather Bureau, one. , For matron. ndian service, one. - ! Only two of the applicants were from Wilmington; the others were: from various places in the state, ineir names were not divulged. After the examination was concluded the papers were immediately forwarded . to the de partment at Washington. .1 Examiner Hillyer. goes j hence to Charleston, S. C to conduct examina tions there. ; - 4 Onalow Xand and Improvement Company. Tbe stockholders of the Onslow Land and Improvement Company held their annual meeting yesterday at the office of Mr.Jno.D.Bellamy. Jr., in this city. The company is in excellent condition. The Auditing Committee's report shows that it is out of debt and has a balance to its ctcdit in bank. i Dr. Porter, president of the company. submitted. his annual report, in which it is stated that since the last annual meet ing several thousand bushels of oysters had been planted; that the oysters were growing nicely and promised an exceed ingly large increase. All tbe omcers ot tbe company were re-elected. The County Interested. Two travelling salesmen of this city who returned yesterday gave substan tially the sime statement about Wel come Week. They said it was the sub ject of general comment in the sections they travel, th,at they saw the Star almost everywhere they went, and that it was the Star that had created such a lively sentiment in favor of Welcome Week in the country. They further stated that many of tbe farmers were already saving money for the gala occa sion, and would be here in full force. Fall Terms Superior Court. Tall Terms of the Superior Court will be held in the following counties on the dates named : Martin, Sept. 3; Pender,' Sept. 10; Pitt, ; Sept. 17; Richmond, Sept 17; Robeson, Oct. 1; Sampson, Oct. 8; Edge combe, Oct. IS; Carteret, Oct. 23; Du plin, Oct. 29; Wilson, Oct, 29, Colum bus. Nov. 5; Halifax, Nov. 12; Lenoir, Oct. 12; Nash, Nov. 19; Anson, Nov. 26. Ho Rabbit Foot Heeded. 'It is a fact patent to our senses, says the Waynesville Courier, "that Major Stedman is now prominently before our people for consideration in the Sena torial race; aad, being now' a Western man with intense popularity all over the. State, the charm of his candidacy will not down; and his individuality alone assures him such success as needs no rabbit's foot with its weird incantation to ingratiate him with the powers that make Senators. Enter, Stedman.' New Business Enterprise. - j ' Mrs. E. Warren & Son will open a bakery at No. 5 North Front street about the 15th inst end they promise that. they will supply the public with first-class coods in their j line. The bakery will be separate from, their fruit and confectionery business, and will be in charge of Mr. Richard F. Warren. Unusual efforts are on foot to make the next Maxton Fair a great suc cess. It is not yet determined whether or not the "high kickers" will be there; but Harker and Murphy McNair have been appointed a committee on inspec tion and will report -promptly. ' -U The New Hanover Republicans are not doing much talking; but the Star has a "straight tip" that they are formulating their plans for a fall county ticket, However, the Star has given, substantially, the same 'information, though not so fresh, twice before. UAXTfit GOT CLUB. A. Plseon 8hooil4n YWhtata There Wm A More Fba Than ; SkoC ;?f A practice sboec of the Maxton gun. club too place at the Fait Grounds, near the town, ? Tuesday afternoon There being ten entries, two teams were formed with M; F. Peaee Captain of No. 1,' and Murphy McNaff Captain of No. 2. The club has been very recently organized. and in the match of Tuesday several of the contestants had never shot at a clay 'pigeon; belore.- lr-;- ift-f Thecondiltdns were5' twenty "blue rocks", to each competitor, ': eighteen yards rise. V The score was as follows: Team No. -t-VL. F. Peace. 11; A. C. McKinnon, 8; Wi H. : Bernard. 7; L. S. McNair. 5; Fitzhugb, 5. Total. 86. ' Term .No.: Si Murphy " McNair, 13; A. A. Chapman;. 12; W. H. Harker. 5; AT f.' McKinnon, 8; .M. Burke, 2. Total. 35. ' . -'' " t" . ' '-" .' .'- It will be seen that the team shooting was very close; but the power of a grave yard rabbit foot gave the victory to No. 1 by one bird." . ' "''- " -'.'"'.; At the Maxton Fair, which opens Oc tober 31. there will be a pigeon tourna ment open to ciuos irom tne two taro- l linas, at which prizes will be offered both for individual and team scores. SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON. Beports That the Bolls Are Rotting in ... Many Flaoea. , Columbia, S. C, September 4. Cot ton bolls are maturing and opening rapidly, and picking has by this time be come general. As nearly all fields have been gone over,' the actual condition of the fields can be judged, lor instance, the fruitage and the damage by shed ding and rust, and the rotting of bolls. Shedding and rust are not as general as heretofore, although the reports of damage from those sources continue, particularly from localities having a sandy soil, where, also, there is no top crop making, growth having stopped. On stiffer or heavier toil the plant has attained a very rank growth of weed, but the fruitage is deficient, owing, it is thought, to the very rapid growth of the plant after the July rains began. This luxuriant growth of weed has given the crop a deceptive appearance heretofore. and its aggregate condition must be placed at considerably less than an aver age crop. There is considerable and quite general complaint of rotting of bolls near the ground. - .. The Star has advices from several counties in North Carolina which, agree, substantially, with the above. There is too much - weed and too little fruit. Many of tbe planters insist that the yield will be 25 per cent, less than that promised a few weeks since. Editor Star. . Work For All. The Southport Leader says : It has been decided upon by those having charge of the river and harbor improve ments of the lower Cape Fear to make some changes in the system hitherto fol lowed, and instead of letting out most ot tbe work bv contract and thus send ing the i money away from home, the greater portion of our river and harbor appropriation will now be used under the direct supervision of the Wilming ton omce, and local labor will be given the first call. The work which will scon be started in this vicinity, is the building of a casement at rort Caswell. . At Snow's Marsh a jetty six thousand leet long is to be built. The steam dredge boat is expected to be ready by January 1st. 1895, and in choice of men for this boat tbe preference will be given to the old crew of the Woodbury. A Farewell Party. Cant, and Mrs. John W, Harper, at their home on Moore street, Southport, the -Leader says, gave a very pleasant "At Home" in honor of Miss Lillie Harper and Mr. Fred Harper. Songs and music by a number ot the young ladies present, and an amusing impromptu instrumental duet a la Alvin Joslin. by Capt. Tom Harper and Dr. Watson, added very much to the enjoy ment ot ail. - .Fruit, ice cream, ices and cakes fol lowed the social ieatures ot the occa sion. .Among those present were the Misses Linda and Eva Dosber, Hattle Legge, of Wilmington; Dr. E. A. Gasque, of Florence. S. C: Mr. N. F, Parker. Wil mington; Capt. and Mrs. J. T. Harper, Mrs. H. W. Hood, Mrs. riessant. Miss May Webb, Misses Mary and Annie Harper, and Dr. D. I. Watson, Messrs. E. H. Cranmer, J. B. Cranmer and Robt. Newton.: Qood Times Anead. If smiling countenances are prophetic of good times, says the Observer, Char lotte merchants must be satisfied with the Fall prospects. They all seem to think business will revive with a rush this Fall. "Our trade," said Mr. W. R. Jones of Baruch's wholesale establish ment yesterday, "was never better. We are busy getting in and sending out.' Hardware men also pronounce traoe ex cellent. Exports Foreign. The British barquentine Edith Shera ton, cleared yesterday for Macoris, San Domingo, with' 260,434 ieet lumber and sundry packages of merchandise. Cargo, valued at $3,275.69. shipped by Messrs. Fore & Foster. , The Norwegian barquantine Flora cleared for Bristol, Eng with 1,000 casks spirits turpentine and 3,575 barrels rosin. Cargo, valued at $17,270.89, shipped by Messrs. Paterspn, Downing & Co. Cotton Beoeiptr. Tbe receipts of cotton yesterday were 234 bales; same date last year, 5. Re ceipts for the week ended Sept. 7th. 636 bales; same week last year, 107 bales. Exports since Sept. 1st, 1894, 82 bales (domestic). The stock at this port, Sept. 7th, is 1,879 bales; at the same date last year it was 1,567 bales. A6SICTJLTTJBAL FAIRS. Fifth Annual Fair of the Border Ex position' ot the Carolinas at Maxton. October 31st and November 1st and 2d. State Fair of the North Carolina Ag ricultural Society, at Raleigh, October -23d to 26th inclusive. . -Have you read "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne? You can get it through the Star for one coupon and five cents. ' Or either one of sixty-odd. other standard novels on the same terms. 'THE COTTON DIFFERENTIAL An Early Settlement of th Qneation Er . peated-Uminstoa ie pttereated. Though her business, men have not taken any patt in the fight for the resto ration of the old differential of 11 cents. Wilmington, as well as the; other South Atlantic ports.is interested in tbe results. The Savannah News says: It Is expected that within a few days the board of arbitrators of the Southern Railway and Steamship Associationon- sisting oiMessrs. Thomas; H. Carter," E. K. Sibley and Col. John Screven, wbich has before it the arguments in favor of the restoration of the diferential of 11 cents per 100 pounds in favor of the South Atlantic ports will render its de cision. The decision cannot be well an ticipated, but", it is believed from the strong arguments that haeve t-een.tnade, that it will be favorable o those ports which have gone so earnestly ifttn tt worlc -1 - j ; '- - - -' . Capt, Purse, Pi esident of the Board of Trade, bas just received copies of the arguments presented td the Board of Arbitration in behalf of the ports of the Sooth Atlantic by the Sonth Carolina & Georgia Railroad Company and tbe Plant system officials. Mr. L A. Em- erson, writing' for the South Carolina railroad, refers to tbe claim made by Norfolk and. the other; Virginia potts established- on that the differential was account of the superior coastwise set vice of the Virginia ports, and that si lare a differential is not needed now on ac- cuuu oi me - vast . lrnpruvcracni in the coastwise service from the South Atlantic ports. -. He shows by compari son that tbe Virginia ports have still, by far; the most frequent ajad best coastwise service, especially in point of capacity to handle freights. He snows, too. that if anything the differential in lavor oi the South Atlantic ports f should be in creased, as Norfolk's cheaper ocean rate and cheaper insurance rate gives that port an advantage, if anything, of a little more than 11 cents per hundred pounds. . The argument is a brief one, but It covers the matter thoroughly, and is a strong appeal for the restoration of the differential of 11 centsj . The arguments submitted by Traffic Manager C D. Owens and Division Freight Agent F. B. Pipy of the Plant system combines raanyl important facts in a very brief and succinct statement, which says, in summing up, no good rea son can be given why the differential of ll cents should be redaced, and it a re duction is ordered it will only be to add to ; the advantage which the Virginia ports are already admitted to have with- out it. i : Saturday Blent Market! ; . It is the open season for oysters, but the .warm weather prevents shipments from New River, .and so far only small supplies from the Sounds are in market. These : sell readily ajt 12)15c - per quart, and clams at the same price. Shrimp are in full si ipply at 5 to 10c per quart; channel crabs. 10c per dozen; soft ? shell crabs. 40c per dozen. Mullets are plentiful at 10c per string, croakers at 10c, plackfish ISc.fresh water perch 25c, andj trout 25 to 50c; sturgeon 5c per pound! f Fruits are scarce and high in price. with the exception oi scuppernong grapes, trices were appl s 10c per quart, pears 15c, grapes. 2 quarts lor 5 cents, x Poultry was in fair supply, grown fowls selling at 25 to 80c apiece, and chickens 12H to 20c Eggs 18 to 20c per .dozen. The " truckers sold from carts corn. cabbage at - 5 to 10c per head; 10c per dozen ears; beans, 10c per quart; field peas, 10c; tomatjoes, 10c; potatoes, 5c; okra, two quarts for 5c; turnips, 5c per bunch; egg plant J two for 5c." In the meat market there were full supplies of fresh beei veal and mutton at the usual reasnabli rates, f Boomed Dockery. ,j 7 - The Wadesboro Messenger says of the kalamitous kandidaor of Kolonel Dock ery: -' . f -I Col. Oliver H. Dockery, who was re cently nominated for Congress by the Republicans of this district, was in town last Friday. Quite h number of Demo crats put the direct question to him as to whether or not he would accept the nomination and make the race. He re fused to give a definite answer to these questions, but to white Republican from the country who Happened to be in town on that day, he unbosomed himr self. He told the aforementioned Re publican that he was in the race against Lockhart, and lor mm to go home ana tell the news to all his people. He also said that Martin was not in it, and that the fight would be between him and Lockhart, Cotton Freu Trouble Settled. The contention: between the railroads - and the cotton compress owners as to the charge for, compressing cotton, says an Atlanta telegram, was settled to-day i by a com promise 4 Heretofore the roaos have' paid the compresses 10 cents a hundred pounds for compressing. Re cently the roads announced that they would pay 7 cents a hundred this sea son. The compresses petitioned tbe Georgia Railway! Commission to reduce the freight charges on compressed cot ton. To-day the matter was compro mised, the roads agreeing to pay SM cents a hundred; This increase means $800,000 to the- presses on Georgia's crop alone. I ' - Brunswick Counrlr Populists. The Populists of Brunswick met in Convention at Lockwood's Folly last Thursday, and nominated the following ticket. For Sheriff, p. R. Waiker; Register of Deeds, J. W. Brooks; Clerk of Court, Lorenzo Sellers: Treasurer. Marion Robbins: Coroner, G. W. Sellers; Sur veyor, Silas, J. King; for Representative, W. W. Drew. The meeting Is said to have had a lacce attendance, and . was harmonious throughout,, - : j esj i The Partridge Orop. The prospectj for partridge shooting next season is excellent. The STAR has made inquiries !in several counties and the information received is uniformly favorable j to fine sport. . Sportsmen should not forget, however, to observe the law, which makes it a misdemeanor to shoot or trap partridges before No vember 1st. ; A determined effort will be made by the Wilmington gun club to have the law rigidly enforced in this sec tion.;; -"" '" ' j 'M l The Wadlesboro Messenger prints an excellent portrait of Mr. Jas. A. Lock hart." P. Charlotte Observer please copy. NO, 45 n LETTER r&OH SESTAT0R BAH90K Conoernlnx tbe Wilmington and Son th- part .Telegraph Une The Senator Btatea Eia Position. V V The following letter from Senator Ransom to Mr. Sol. C Weill will be read with interest: ' ..- ' ' ' ..,;, . Weldon, N. C., Sept. 6th. , Mr Dear Mr. Wtilh , . ; I received yours yesterday and wrote you a very hasty note.. I purchased the telegraph line without any expectation, desire, or purpose, of ever receiving a ny pay tor it. l was learfnl tbat it might be regarded as presumptive in me to tender the line to your city and there fore..! coupled two other propositions with that offer; my wish then. ' and is now, that tbe city of Wilmington shall lake the line without any consideration whatever to me. I prefer this to any tmng else. The city did not. in the I- slightest way,sufctst to me the, purchase ui tne hoc, mat was my act ana tne city is under no, obligations whatever to re lieve me of'the line. - If the city, for any reason, docs not wish to take it, I beg to commit the line entirely to your discretion and manage ment, with,the simple instruction from me that you dispose of it in no way which is not approved by the city -of Wilmington. My. sole object has been to protect the -people i Wilmington and Southport from any wrong or incon venience to which tbey might besub- lectea by trie laliinc ot. tbe line into the hands of parties who would not con sult ; their ' interests. Your sug gestion that - no ' person - should bnv the line at , a larger price than tbat paid by me is, in every sense, proper and meets my cordial approbation; for nothing must be done with the line which could possibly injure the business and the people of Wilmington and South- port. I should be deeply pained to think. for one moment, tbat the people of Wil mington teit constraints to take the line off my hands at a shadow of inconveni ence or loss to themselves. You must not permit anything of this character to happen. . j With sentiments of very high regard and attachment to your ; people, and of sincere friendship to yourself, 1 am, ' Yours very truly M. W. Ransom. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Many Ways of Cookinft the Toothsome Corn. ; . GREEN CORNJGEMS. . Two cupfuls of grated wee t corn, half a teaspoonful of salt, twobeaten eggs, a heaping tpoontui ot bakin powder, one cuplul of new milk, and flour enough to make a thin batter. Beat all thoroughly together and pour into gem-irons to bake. I ' CORN FRITTERS. Another nice dish for desert is corn fritters made thus: Grate sufficient corn to make two cupfuls; with it mix two tablespooniuls of cream, three . well beaten eggs a tablespoonful of butter and a little salt. Thicken with two gen erous tablespooniuls of flour. Fry brown in-boiling lard, roll in sugar and send to tbe table hot. i I . CORN PUDDING. Take halt a dozen ears of tender corn. which must be fully ripe, slightly cut off the 'edge ol,the kernels with a sharp knife and scrape tbe remainder off. Beat up three eggs, add to them a pint of sweet milk, half a cupful of sugar, a small piece of butter, and a little salt. Bake it one hour in a well healed oven. k CREAMED CORN. To one pint of corn cut from tbe cob, add three quarters of a qnart of milk. Put in a saucepan and cook until tbe corn is soft. It will require almost con stant stirring. Add several bits of but ter dredged with flower and cook five minutes longer. Lastly stir in the beaten yelks of two eggs and a small spoonful of butter. Send to the table as soon as it boils up once. - CORN OMELET. Grate the corn from the cob and. mix in tbe following proportions, to one dozen ears of corn, a cupful of cream and. five eggs. , Beat the whites and yelks separately 1 until very light; add tbe cream to the yelks and stir in the corn, a spoonful at a time; stir this through tbe stiff whites, and pour into a frying pan, very hot, with ' a little butter-over the bottom, fry brown and turn. Send im mediately to the table on a hot platter. . corn soup. Select ten ears of fresh sweet corn, grate off the grains, taking care not to grate any particles from the cob. Put both the grated corn and the cobs into one quart of salted water, and boil for ten minutes. This secures tne muK mat otherwise would remain in tbe cob. At the end of the ten minutes remove the cob and pour in a quart of new milk; add a small lump of butter, and season with salt and pepper. Let it cook slowly for ten minutes j more. Serve with browned butter crackers. USEFUL FIGURES. Vote for Governor in 1892-Also, for Con gressmen. The vote given below will be found useful for reference during the cam- paign : v Cleveland 132,951; Harrison 100.342; Weaver 44,736. The vote by congressional districts was : First W A Branch, 14,236; Riddlck Gattling, 11,676. t second tr a wooaara. is.hzol h r Cheatham, 11,814; E A Thorne (Pop). 6,457. I Third B F Grady (Demi, 18.457; A M Clark (Rep), 5,271; T D Koonce (Pop). 9,869. - . - - L ' Fourth B H Bonn (Dem), 14,640; I H Williamson (Rep). 2,106; H I Mc Dowell (Pop).i 872; W F Stroud (Pop), 12,916. -. - " Fifth A H A Williams (Dem). 13.746; Thomas Settle (Rep). 14.075; W. R Lindsav (Poo). 4.358. Sixth S B Alexander (Dem), vn.va; A A Maynard (Pop), 12,127. Seventh I S Henderson c Dem, l.,- 303; E A Bolton (Rep). 9.186; A C Shu ford (Pop), 5,899. j Eighth w n cower (uem;, to,evo: J O Willcocks (Rep), 13.215; R L Pat- ton (Pop), 8.664. ... . Ninth W T Crawford. 16.010; J C Prichard (Rep), 14,960; I C Brown (Pop), 872.- ; -,L: : -; . A FUSION TICKET Agreed TJpon by the Bepnblioans and Pop ulists of Wayne County. - " ' " Special Star Telegram. - . Goldsboro, Sept.' 8 The Republi can County Executive Committee met a committee of Populists here to-day and after considerable discussion, decided on fusion the Republicans claiming the officers of sheriff, register of deeds and one legislator. 1 The Oovenunent Will Probably Bend an 'Army Offloer to Berve with the Japanese - Army In the War with China, i" " -' - 9r Telegraph to the Morula Star. - Washington,: September 8. -It is probable that the Uoited States will -respond favorably to the Japanese in vitation to send an army officer to lhat country for service with tBe Japanese army during tbe Oriental war.' General Schofield is ia favor of it, and - is wait ing to hear the views of' Secretary Lament on tbe subject, - The acting Secretary of War has ap pointed 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Royal T. Frank. Second Artillery; Major George B. Davis, Judge Advocrate, and Captain John: w. Pullman, Assistant Quarter master, a board to meet at Fort Monroe, Va, ; September 17th. . to prepare a draft of the rules for tbe sewerage sys tem at Fort Monroe, provided for in the appropriation bill. ' IT WAS NOT CHOLERA. Thoronch Investigation Made by the Marine Hospital 8ervloe ot the Case Be ported at . Cumberland, Md. v'.; ; , By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington. Cept. 8. A most sat isfactory result has been reached by the thorough investigation' instituted by the Marine Hospital Service in regard to the Bavarian Immigrant, Wajther. who died at Cumberland, Md . with symptoms which local physicians took to be those of Asiatic cholera. , Surgeon Gen eral Wyman sent Passed Assistant Sur geon Gedding to Cumberland to investi gate., the matter. The body was ex humed, and the. result of a bacterio logical examination showed that it was not a case of cholera. It was found tbat the man had: carried with him a large quantity of improperly cook food, which . contained a" ptomaine - (or putrefactive) poison, wbich caused his deatb. THE TENNESSEE LYNCHING Strongly Condemned by Memphis Mer chants A Fund to be Beised for Fsmiltes of the Viotuns. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Memphis, Sept. 8. -The merchants and business men of Memyhls held an indignation meeting last night lor the purpose of denouncing the lynching of the negroes near Millington last Friday night. The meeting was largely attend, ed aad strong speeches condemning the butchery of the defenseless prisoners were made by some of the most promi nent men in the city. Resolutions were adopted- thanking Gov. Turney and; judge Cooper for the steps they have taken to bring the murderers to justice. A fund of $1,000 was raised for the widows and orphans of the murdered men and a committee appointed to so licit further subscriptions from the citi zens. " Gov. 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