William h.bbenaed,
Editor And Proprietor.
"
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday, - - - September 14, 1894.
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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 ? Caft 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. ' . .
MORE THAN A SAVING
OF
MONET.
As a matter of public policy out
ot regard to the health and comfort
of the people, if nothing else, if
there be necessity at all for a tax on
the necessaries of life, it should be
the very lowest possible. The men
who produce these necessaries
should have' a fair, living price for
them, but there should be no policies
pursued which will increase the price
that the consumer would other
wise have to pay, for every addi
tional cent thus added makes it that
much the harder for the poor to live
with ordinary comfort. By the time
these necessaries reach the consumer,
especially those whose scant earnings
compel them to buy in small quan
tities, the -prices are high enough,
anyway, without adding to the cost
by legislation. They pass through
many bands, and every hand that
touches them adds something to the
cost toUhe last buyer, he who buys
for consumption.
The bread the people eat, the fuel
that cooks their food and warms
their houses, the material that goes
i a to the clothes they wear, the lum
ber that builds the houses that shelter
them, the medicine they need in sick
ness, the salt that seasons their food
and preserves it, the sugar that
sweetens the few little luxuries they
have in the eating way should be
exempt from taxation, and made as
cheap to them as they possibly can
be-made, for on these their health
and comfort depend.
Take the item of coal, for instance.
The people ot nearly all our- large
cities are now dependent upon coal
for fuel, as there is but little wood
consumed in them. Nature supplies
the coal, as she supplies the wood of
the forest, and the only expense the
miner is at is the cost of digging it out
of the ground. On the ground, at
the mine, it is worth probably a dol
lar a ton, and that gives the mine
owners liberal profit. By the time
that coal reaches the hand of the
consumer who buys in small quanti
ties, after the Winter snows begin to
fall (for be cannot afford to buy and
store his Winter supply in advance),
It costs him eight or nine. dollars a
ton. Isn't it. the refinement of bar
barity to give the coal barons a mo
nopoly of the market and by legisla
tion prohibit the consumer from buy
ing where he could buycheaper? But
that. Is what a protective tariff on
coal does, and that ijs what this so
called protection means. It means
the prohibition of competition and
thus putting it in the power of the
mine operators to make their own
prices. If they are not higher, it is
simply because there are many coal
companies, and some competition be
tween these.
Take the item of wool, the next
thing.af ter food.in point of health and
comfort to fuel. In our variable cli
mate, specially in the North where
the weather is changeable, the
changes sudden and the extremes
. great, good, warm and, sufficient
clothing is not only necessary to
comfort, but to health. There are
thousands upon thousands of graves
in the cemeteries filled by those who
. contracted disease from exposure be
cause they were not properly; clad.
. Isn't it criminal, and the refinement
of barbarity to add unnecessarily to
the cost of the garments the people
wear, and by such increase of cost
put it out of their power to purchase
the kind they should have and such
as their health and comfort require ?
No false plea of fostering home in
dustries is a justification for or an ex
tenuation of this. Health and life
are too dear a price to pay to foster
any industry, to enrich any man or
set of men.
"The man who pleads for cheap
and good clothing is a humanitarian
who shines as an angel of light com
pared with the victim ' of sordid
greed, who would levy tribute upon
the health and life of the poor for
his own gain. From this moral and
humanitarian standpoint alone, leav
ing out of consideration altogether
the mere economic view, the advo
cate of low tariff or no tariff when
it may be practicable can take his
position and convince every one but
the heartless, selfish pursuer of pelf
that he is right. 1 '
1 The framers of the Wilson bill
- took this view of it when they put
some of the necessaries of life on the
. free list and made an average reduc
tion of forty per cent, o! the duties
on others.
HIHOB. MENTION.
There has been a good deal of dis
cussion and many opinions openly
expressed as to the best way to pre
vent the lynching of men charged
with crime. Lynching is not, con
fined to this country, for there are
some crimes which by common con
sent are outlawed, and if the perpe
trators are caught but little mercy
will be shown them and little cere
mony shown in visiting vengeance
upon them! There is in society an
instinctive sense.if we may so express
it, of self preservation and when that
question Is presented it brushes aside
the snail-paced formalities of the law
and administers retributive jus
tice , with its own stern hand.
It never punishes the inno
cent if it knows it, and never
the merely suspected when there is
no proof of guilt. The only instance
of this kind that we know of was the
shooting of those six negro prisoners,
near Millington, Tenn., who were
suspected of belonging to a gang of
incendiaries; but society, with spon
taneous indignation, condemned
that, and the officers of the law are
now doing all they can to hunt down
and bring to justice the brutal per
petrators of that butchery. But
how to prevent lynching is the ques
tion. It will continue while the
causes continue, and justice by the
slow process of law as now adminis
tered is so tardy. The' first step in
the direction, of prevention is for
those who have any influence over
the class of people given to the
crimes which call aloud for ven
gence, is to use that influence to pre
vent the perpetration of these crimes,
and the next is to have the perpetra
tors when captured, tried at once and
if convicted, punished at once. . The
certainty of this would have more of
a deterring influence than lynching.
There should be courts in every
county where they do not already ex
ist, where these cases could be tried
at any time without waiting three or
six months for the regular courts. An
instance occurred some time ago in
Virginia where a man charged with
rape was arrested one day, tried and
convicted the next day and sentenced
to death the third, and but a few
days ago there was another where a
criminal with like charge, was ar
rested, tried and convicted the same
day. With such speedy justice as
this, there would be little occasion
for improvised lynch courts.
Have you received a bill for sub
scription to the Weekly Star 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. I
Secretary Smith, in his speech in
Atlanta a few days ago, sug
gested several plans by which a
greater use of silver can be brought
about, but the, one he preferred was
the "repeal of the tax on the issue of
State anks and let us control our
own bank?," on which the gentleman
from Georgia is eminently level
headed. The repeal of this tax would
go a long way in the solution of the
financial problem.
A young lady, aged 24 years, ap
peared before a New York J. P. the
other day and complained that: her
mother "spanked her most emphatic."
As her most emphatic was not- seri
ously damaged the J. P. sent her
home and advised her to make a
truce with the old lady.
One of the charges brought against
Congressman Settle, Republican, of
the Fifth district, is that he was ab
sent from his post about three-fourths
of the time during the past session of
Congress. It wouldn't have made
any material difference to his district
if be had been absent the other
fourth.
THE RICE CROP.
Practical Suggestion From Dan Tal
mage'a Bona.
The following excerpt from a letter
written by Messrs. Dan Talmage's Sons,
New York city, to a local planter. Is
printed in the News and Courier, and is
of general interest as bearing on the rice
crop:
"This ought to be a good year for
home rice. It has a sharp competitor in
foreign, for by reduction of Tariff it is
brought in here at one-half cent less
than preceding years. Still our crop is
far short of the total requirements of the
year, ana tor this reason ought never to
go below the cost of importing foreigns.
The best of these are selling at 5 cents,
the poorest at cents. If the home
product realizes as much it would mean
$1.25 per bushel for the best, 75 cents
per bushel for the poorest, less, of
courser transportation to market;
and expenses connected with its
handling. These prices can be
realized if planters, knowing the
value of their goods, insist on getting it
or something approximative. Every
thing depends upon the intelligence and
deliberation of the planting fraternity.
No one can make the market, but by
'pulling together' good lair prices can be
gotten for all of it in proportion to
qualit y of rough. Planters must exer
cise tbeir judgment and bhouhj endeavor
to grade their rice fairly the best is only
best, the poorest is only poorest and
prices follow quality. Neither merchant
nor miller can hold the market; but only
the planters. They own the crop and
can get what they please up to the cost
of foreign ii they will but use the power
they have. Here is a motto: 'Fair
price or no rice.' " - ,
The sum and substance of the above
is . that our planters can realize good
figures for the crop if they will use dis-i
cretion and deliberation in the disposi
tion thereof. Foreign rice is not nearly
so much of a menace as might have
been expected, as values have been;
greatly enhanced because of the war
between Japan and Corea. The latter
country is generally quite an exporter,
but by reason of the seat ot war being
in the rice sections they have not grown
their usual crop, and will be dependent
for supplies - on other East Indian
countries.
RANSOM AT KSHEVILLE.
A Thrilling Speech by the Senior Senator
j The Opera Honae Crowded. ;'
Special Star Telegram
j AshevjlliV N. C September 12.
Senator. Ransom spoke-to-day at'Ashe
ville. He commenced by a most touch
ins; and tender aliusion to Senator Vance
and proceeded immediately to discuss
the political issues. He spoke of the re
peal of the Federal election laws and the
restoration of the South to all her rights
and equalities io the Government, and
the removal of all the disabilities ol her
people by the Democratic party. He dis
cussed the tariff in general with great
clearness and effect. He presented the
income tax in the strongest light; called
attention to the reduction by the Demo
cratic party ol over fortyone million
dollars He and the Democratic party
were true and faithful to the South. He
contrasted the justice of the Dem
ocratic party with the injustice
of the Republican party towards
the South. He demonstrated that every
measure of benefit, relief and justice to
the Southern people since the war had
been achieved by the Democratic party,
He spoke of the perfect success with
which the Democratic party had man
aged State affairs, of the great wisdom
and iustice with which the Sauthern
people had treated the colored people,
and declared that humanity owed the
Southern Democrats a debt of gratitude
for the way they had managed this diffl
cult question. " ' . '
He paid a gra nd tribute to the ability,
courage and patriotism of the National
Democratic administration. He poured
light all through the Republican and
Populist parties. He spoke of
their wild and desperate attempts at
legislation by which they proposed to
appropriate more money than the whole
world possessed. He stated that they
had promised prosperity and abundance
to the people, but wherever their in
fluence bad been ielt the result was dis
orders, strikes, riots, bloodshed, fire and
ruin. He spoke ol the great achieve
ment of the President in breaking up
riots and restoring law and order.
The Opera House was crowded to
overflowing. The applause was frequent
and enthusiastic, and often long, con
tinuous and deafening.
At the conclusion of the speech crowds
of old soldiers, citizens and lovely women
surrounded and greeted the speaker.
The universal expression is that if
Ransom could speak in every county
Democracy would have a "walk-over."
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
The Civil Serviced Commission at
Washington has ordered that an exam
ination be held in Wilmington, on Sat
urday, September 22nd, 1894, commenc
ing at 9 o'clock a. m., for the grades of
clerk and carrier in the city postoffice.
Only citizens of the United States can
be examined. The age limitations are
as follows: For carrier, not under 21
nor over 40; for all other positions, not
under 18 years. No application will be
accepted for this examination unless
filed with the undersigned in complete
form, on the proper blank, before the
hour of closing business
on Tuesday,
September 18th, 1894.
aft .i r i
The Civil Service Commission takes
this opportunity of j stating that the
examinations are open to all reputable
citizens who may desire to enter the
postal service, without regard to their
political affiliations. All such citizens,
whether Democrats or Republicans, or
neither, are invited ! to apply. They
shall be examined, graded, and certified
with entire impartiality,1 and wholly
without regard to their political views,
or to any consideration save their
efficiency, as, shown by the grades they
obtain in the examination. Fof appli
cation blanks, full instructions, and in
formation relative to the duties and
salaries of the different positions, apply
at the postoffice to W. C. Craft,
Secretary, Board of Examiners.
SOUTH CAROLINA FIGHTERS.
The Oantt Family In Bad Iraok-And the
Kojda -Were In It Hammered With
Pistols'.
A special to the State from Spartan
burg, the 11th, gives these particulars of
a political row at that place :
This has been an off day with the
Gantt family. Col. T. Larry Gantt, edi
tor of the Headlight, got into a discus
sion with two men from the country.
These men said they had always been
for Tillman until the past two weeks,
and since they were convinced that Till
mamsm meant ring rnle they would
never vote that ticket again. Gantt told
them that they were dd traitors.
Gantt was very much under the in
fluence of liquor and became boisterous.
Mart,Floyd was standing near, and told
the men to talk to him (Gantt), where
upon Gantt made at Floyd with his fist.
Floyd then administered .two stinging
blows on Gantt's head and he fell off the
sidewalk into the street. Friends inter
fered and it was thought that everything
was over.
Half an hour later Gantt's two grown
sons accosted Floyd at the Windsor
Hotel and demanded satisfaction. Floyd
told them they could get it. Thereupon
the elder Gantt, Jessie, struck him. and
the other Gantt drew a pistol and de
manded fair play. Floyd's brother came
in and grabbed the pistol. The men
fought for some time, and John Floyd
and Mart succeeded in taking a pistol
each from the Gantts and clubbed them
unmercifully with them.
It is feared that one of the Gantts will
lose an eye.
The Floyds are not hurt, except that
each has a sprained finger.
AGRICULTURAL 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.
Fair of Cumberland County Agricul
tural Society, at Fayetteville. Novem
ber Hth, 15th and 16th.
Prisoners for the Pen.
.Sheriff Rouark. of Brunswick, came
up from Southport yesterday afternoon,
on his way to Raleigh with five prison
ers, sentenced at the recent term of the
Superior Court of that county to impris
onment in the State penitentiary. The
prisoners were put in the county jail
here last night, and will be taken to
Raleigh to-day. ;-
"-a-es
A Household Treasure.
D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Yw
says that he always keep Dr. King's
New Discovery in the house and hi
family has always found the very best
results to follow its use: that he would
not be without if procurable. G. A. Dyke
man, Druggist, Catskill, says that Dr.
King's New Discovery is undoubtedly
the best Cough remedy; that he has used
it in his family for eight years, and it has
never failed to do all that is claimed for
it. Why not try a remedy so long tried
and tested. Trial bottles at R. R. Bel
lamy's Drug Store. t
THE COTTON OUTLOOK
Satimatea of ' the Crop It BUJr fie
10,000,000 Bale, but It More trfxelr
-J -. to Be Knob. Lets. : '
: - The factors expect to do a larger busi
ness this year than formerly, says the
Augnsta 2 Chronicle, and are sanguine
that last year's receipts will be over
reached if the' present crop prospects
bold out. And unless some unforeseen
disaster occurs before the crop is gath
ered, it will exceed last year's crop by a
million or a million and a half bales. ...
These are the figures of conservative
cotton men who have studied the situa
tion, and who, for years, have made a
business of studying the crop. They
believe the outlook is a great deal better
than at this time last year; but disagree I
with the somewhat exaggerated reports
that have been sent oat. from various
points in the South. . '
One repor;- which gained ' currency
through the press it was given out by
some cotton firm placed the estimate
of this year's yield at 10,000 bales, i This,
conservative cotton men believe to be
extravagant, Last year's yield reached
seven and a half million bales, and it was
not such a bad cropV, This year the i-est
estimates are that the total yield in bales
will be between eight and : nine million
bales, 1 ," .... . . .
Of course there is a great deal of un
certainty attached to any- estimate that
might be made of the coming crop.
White it is practically made, a storm or
an early frost might destroy at least halt
a million bales.
Said a prominent cotton factor yester
day: "No cotton man. no matter how
well ' posted, can talk: with certainty
about the cotton outlook. The possi
bility and probability of rains and early
frost furnish so many wide opportunities
for a change in the situation that it will
be several weeks before anything can be
said with definiteness.
"The greatest danger which we have
to fear is an early frost. Such a cal
amity might cut off the crop to the ex
tent of a half a million bales; therefore
in speaking of it, it is necessary to allow
a wide margin for such occurrences.
"It is iust simply guess work to talk
about what the crop will be. We can
only tell what it is now. Speaking from
the present outlook, the future will be
good." I expect a crop of between
eight and nine million bales.'
SENATOR JARVIS
Addressed the Democratic i Voters of
Fender at Burgaw Yesterday Was In
the City Xjaat Night Will Iieave for
BaJeigh This Moraine. ; :
Senator Thos. T. Jarvis reached the
city last night from BurgaW. where he
spoke to about five hundred j of Pender
county's faithful Democrats. The
court house was filled and the
-aisles crowded with people standing.
He began his speech at 2 p. m.
by touching on State politics, showing
the chances for overwhelming success if
the Democrats would do their full duty.
He then reviewed National politics, say
ing the party had literally carried out
every pledge both the financial and the
economical sledge having saved over
twenty million dollars on pensions alone.
The tariff bill, he said, was the best that
could be had, and in every way the party
leaders had stuck close to the platform.
He favored tariff reform outright, and
gave.his views favoring bimetalism.
He spoke yesterday for about two
hours and a quarter. His address was
able and was listened to : attentively
throughout. The meeting was very en
thusiastic. " s ', ' '
Many old Democrats called to see
Senator Jarvis last night at The Orton
and gave him a hearty hand-shake. He
will leave this morning for Raleigh.
liunar Eclipse.
The journalistic astronomers inform
us that there will be a partial eclipse of
the moon next Friday, September 14th,
which will be visible at Charleston. The
moon will enter the earth's: shadow Fri
day night at 9.35 o'clock, the middle of
the eclipse will be at 10.31 o'clock and
the moon will leave the earth's shadow
at 11.27 o'clock. The magnitude of the
eclipse will be a trine less than one
fourth of the moon's diameter on the
northern limb. The point of the first
contact with the shadow! will be the
north point of the moon's limb.
Xitndsay Issugha.
A correspondent of the Raleigh News
and Observer reports Tudge Russell as
saying, while iu Washington recently,
that the "Republicans and. Populists
offered him the nomination for Con
gress but he did not want it. The Dem
ocrats, said he. will elect every nominee.
I doubt whether Settle will be re elected.
His vote -on the silver question will
make him too big a pill for the Popu
lists to swallow. He laughed at the pre
diction in .the Post that Ransom and
Jarvis would be defeated by f usionists."
IFor the Star.!
DUPLET DEMOCRATS.
Warsaw, N, C, Sept. 12. 1894.
At a meeting of the Democratic voters
of Warsaw township, held here last
night, a Democratic club was organized,
and ! the following officers were duly
elected: S. J. Veach, president; Capt.
S. A. Johnson, vice president; J. S.
Winstead, secretary, and W. L. Hill,
treasurer.
The following Executive Committee
was appointed: T. M. Moore, J. J. West,
W. S. Stokes, J. F. Woodward. H. G.
Owen.
Delegates and alternates were also
elected to attend the State Convention
of Democratic Clubs, to be held in
Raleigh on September 20th; after which
our president, Mr. S. J. Veach. addressed
the club with a speech of about fifteen
minutes, in which he made some ' very
strong and impressive remarks. At the
close of his speech it was . unanimously
resolved that a copy of the proceedings
of our meeting be sent to the Wilming
ton Messenger, the Morning Star, the
Sampson Democrat and the Goldsboro
Headlight,1 with a request that they be
published. S. J. Veach, President.
J. S. Winstead, Secretary.
RANSOM IN BUNCOMBE. -
Delegates .to the Bon combe Convention
I Correct the Published He port. .
Editor Charlotte Observer
Your special correspondent sent an
unjust report of the Buncombe conven
tion. He should have stated that Chas.
N. Vance, Senator Jarvis' private secre
tary, offered the resolution for senato
rial primaries, which was badly defeated;
that the friends of Ransom were in a
majority in the convention from begin
ning to end, and that Locke Craig, sena
torial candidate, asked in the convention
that delegates should not be instructed
and his friends and Ransom's friends
voted to table "the motion for instruc
tions, Please correct.
E. D. BlAnton, ) 1
J. M. Campbell. Delegates.
Eug. D. Carter. )
Asheville, N. O, Sept. 9, 1894.
J. H. Hardin and T. Hicks Bunt
ing, Druggists, will tell you that John
son's Magnetic Oil always gives satisfac
tion and Is the cheapest $1.00 size 50
cents; 50 cents size 25 cents.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Of the Late Belli Graham at Wallace The
'Attendants Floral offerings, Xto. -
The funeral of the late Mr. Neill Gra
ham took place from the home of bis
father, Dr. D. McL. Graham, near Wal
lace, yesterday afternoon." .The remains
were interred in the cemetery at Rock
fish Presbyterian Church, about a. mile
from Wallace. - - - ' -L,'
The funeral .was .attended.. by. a num
ber of friends of the deceased from this
city, among them being Messrs. Wm.
Creasy, B. . Jacobs, H. H. Merritt, Geo.
N. Harriss. W.- D. McMillan. W. B.
Thorpe, Guy A. Cardwell. A. D. Myers,
R. B. : Davis, Jr., E. Borden, Samuel
Win. -Flanagan. W. H. Bernard, Geo. C.
James. W. C Yarborough, S. P. McNair,
Geo. J. Boney. Warren G. Elliott, Jr-
and Mr. and Mrs. Tnomas. Represent
atives from the two lodges to which he
belonged EyotaTribe of Red Men and
Wilmington Lodge of Odd Fellows No.
139 were present as follows: ' W. C
Smith. Martin Newman, D. E. Winstead,
George LeGrand, M. L: Stover. W. C.
Yarborough, Ben. J. .Bell, James Calder,
S. J. Elhs, J. R. Davis. "A. D. McClure,
B. J. Jacobs and W. L. DeRosset.
The floral offerings were beautiiul.
Among those most noticeable were;
From Misses Eliza McPherson, Mary
Bolles. Edith Bolles. Maud McLeod.
Annie Borden, Mabel Taylor. Fannie
Taylor and Fannie Smallbones. a beau
tiful pillow with the inscription; "Neill;'
a broken column, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Thomas; harp, B. H. Marshall; bouquet
with inscription from friends at home;
pillow, Wilmington Lodge I. O. O. F,
No. 139;- a large harp and wreath from
employes of A. C. L.; harp from Mrs.
Graham Farmer; cross from Mrs. W. T.
Bannerman; column, with dove, from
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas and W. B.
Thorpe; pillow, Mrs. H. A. Newberry,
magolia pillow, Mrs.J. B. Moore,Burgaw;
Eyota . Tribe Red Men, palms, ferns and
flowers; others from Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Mitchell. G. C. Swann, Mrs. A. J. Di-
dier, Mr. 1 Thos. R. Post, Mr. A. H
Brennan and several small bouquets.
The services were conducted by Rev.
A. D. McClure. and afterward lodge ser
vices by W. C; Smith, Acting N. G. and
A. D. McClure of Wilmington Lodge of
I. O. O. F. No. 139, and J. M. McGowan
and S. J. Ellis of Eyota Tribe of Red
Men. . . i
The pall bearers were honorary E.
Borden, B.J. Jacobs, A. C, Myers, Geo. S.
Le Grand; active, from I. O. O. F.. M.
L. Stover., W. L. DeRcs et. r ; Ii6m A.
C. L., D. E. Winstead, S. . Ellis;' from
Red Men, J. D. Nutt. Martin Neman.
1TC1XL GRAHAM.
Deaih of an Estimable Ybnnft Man He
Paaaed Away Sunday Afternoon.
The critical illness of young! Neill
Graham, referred to in the last issue of
the Star, culminated in death at the
home of his father, Dr. D. McL. Graham,
near Wallace, Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. As a last resort, a surgical op
eration had been performed the I night
previous, but it was too late to avert the
arrow of the "insatiate archer;" and a
large circle of relatives and friends now
mourn the loss of one of its most cher
ished members.
Rarely has the death of any young
man evoked a more general and genuine
expression of sorrow in this city. Young
Graham was but 24 years old; yet he had
held responsible positions with the At
lantic Coast Line, and in a marked de
gree enjoyed the respect and confi
dence of his employers, . His friends
were only limited by the I num
ber who were brought within the
charmed circle of his acquaintance.
Pleasant in his manners; warm in his at
tachments; loyal in his friendships; gen
erous in his impulses; with the heart ot a
woman united with the courage of a
soldier; his was a rare combination in
deed of the best qualities of the human
heart. Ana oi ail these, none - was
more prominent none shone more
resplendently than his pure, un
affected, devoted love for those who
were nearest, to him by ties of blood.
Next to God. he religiously believed
that his first duty was to his father and
mother; and nobly was that duty per
formed.
With the feeling born of profound
sorrow, the friends of Neill Graham
laid him to , rest yesterday as the
evening snn was slowly sinking be
neath the distant West. In the
quiet little country churchyard; be
neath the stately oaks, with the towering
pines murmuring their requiem; where
the wild bird carols its sweetest notes,
and the daisies bend their slender forms
to the evening breeze, a new-made
mound, covered with flowers, marks the
burial place of Neill Graham,
May he rest in peace; and may his
beautiful life always remain a sweet
memory to those who knew him, and for
his worth loved him.
Knocked ; Down by
Street Car and
Severely Hurt.
A gentleman from Robeson county
(whose name is withheld by his own
request) was knocked down and severely
hurt by a street car, corner of Front and
Market streets, yesterday morning about
9 o'clock. He was hurrying to the
steamer Wilmington, lying at the foot
of Market street, to take the boat for
Southport and says that he did not hear
or see the car until it was within two
feet ot him, He endeavored to get out
of the way of the car but was struck and
knocked down, sustaining a severe scalp
wound, j Drs. Shepard and Russell
dressed the wound and the injured man
returned to The Orton, where be re
mained until last evening, when he left
by train on the Carolina Central railroad
for his home.
Speaking; at Southport.
; The Democratic nominee for Con
gress, Hon. Jas. A. Lockhart, addressed
a crowd of Brunswick county's voters
yesterday, at Southport. He was intro
duced by Mr. Geo. H. Bellamy and made
an impressive and winning speech. He
was followed with speeches by Mr. Sol.
C. Weill and Mr. L Meares of this
city. The speeches were heartily ap
plauded
Specimen cases.
ri. itiinora, rxew uassei, wis., was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in nesn ana strength. "Three
bottles of Electric bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisbunr. 111.
had a running sore on his leg of eight
year's standing. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes -of
Bucklen s Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba,
O., had five large Fever sores on his leg,
doctors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold
bv R. R. Bellamy's Druse Store. f
REE COWAN
Died at the Age of
Thirty-Three
Funeral . Servieea
Teaterday
It 8t,
James' Church.!
Mr. J as. McReei Cowan died Sunday
morning last at 6.45. o'clock, at the resi
dence of Mr. W.t M. Howey; corner
Fourth and - Ann streets, of malignant
malarial fever complicated with jaundice
He had been sicll only ten days, and
Saturday last he; was thought to be
better. Sunday mprntng early his con
dition was much worse; he 'became un
conscious and gradually but rapidly sank
until the end camel ' L
Mr. Cowan was the third and young
est son of the late pol. RobL H. Cowan,
and was thirty-three years of age. In
the Summer of 1892 he married a
daughter of Mr. Sajmuel Northrop, and
iust one vear ago sue died, after a brief
illness.
The funeral of
deceased took place
yesterday afternocn from
Church, Rev. Mr. Strange,
St. James'
the." pastor,
conducting the -services.
The church
was crowded witjh the relations and
friends of the deceased, and members ot
lodges of the order of Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias to which deceased
belonged. There fwere many beautiful
and appropriate floral offerings.
After the services at the church the
remains were lofowed by the funeral
cortege to Oakdale Cemetery where the I
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interment took place. The pall bearers
were Messrs. wj !M. Hovsey, Bonner
Soutberland. Wafker Taylor, W. H.
Northrop, Jno. M. Wright and F. A
Lord.
0AD IMPROVEMENT.
A Partial Programme For. the. Meeting of
the Aaaoolationl In Charlotte, Wednes
day end Thursday of This Week.
1. What the macadam road has done
for j. my farm.
Charlotte.
Mr. Wadsworth, of
2. -What -the Mecklenburg roads have
done for the farrcfers of that county, by
Capt W. E. Ardfey. ol Pineville. Meck
lenburg county. I
3. : The Mecklbnburg road law and its
adaptability to the State at large, by the
Mecklenburg County Attorney.
4. The courtly convicts and their
management onjthe public roads, by Mr.
W. C. McMackiA. of Wake,
H. Better Dublic toads in their rela
tion to the public schools in the country.
by Major S. M. ringer, ot Catawba, and
President Oeorte i . Winston, of (Jrange.
6, Public roans and country church
attendance; by Rev. I. V. Brooks, of
Monroe, and Rev. Dr. J. A. Preston, of
Charlotte,
7. Our public roads and the country
doctor; by Dr. R. I. Brevard, of Char
lotte. " I
8 The demand for better public high
ways by our manufacturing enterprises;
by Mr. Hal Wdrth, Mr. J. M. O'Dell and
Mr. D. A. Tboinpkins.
9. The "ways and means (or money
problem) of the public road improve-
- . i . s 11 T A
mem in ; xnotid iarouna; dv j.
Holmes. 1
10. What better public roads would
do for the trucking interests; by Mr. W.
S. Chadwick and Mr. Wm. Dunn, of
Newhern.
II The road problem in Eastern
Nor h Carolina; by J . A. Holmes, of Or
ange. I I
12 1 be necessity ot engineering su
pervision in tie improvement of North
Carolina public roads: by Mr. I T. K.
Foust. i .
13. Limestone or shell rock of East
ern North Carolina in road building, by
ben, Oaston Lewis, of Wayne.
14. A Cheap macadam road, by Prof.
Wm. Cain, of the btate university.
15. Roads and road improvement in
other' States and countries, illustrated
with stereopficon views, Wednesday
night, by J. Al Holmes, of Orange.
Several additional papers are expected,
and every phase of the road problem
will be discussed.
Delegates will be carried over the
Mecklenburg and Charlotte roads and
given every opportunity to examine the
plans and methods used in this work-
the machinery, management of convicts,
rock quarriesi etc
-
A Kansas. Krank.
A lurid prognosticator, of Larimer,
Kansas, who signs himself "John Fetzer,
God's Commander," sends the following
to the Star :
'There will be a great war in Europe
and America! in the year 1895 (oeein.
ning probably during the month of
May.) The light men will stand and
the dark men will fall. The North At
lantic ocean will thereafter divide the
nation and the city of New York will be
its capital (meaning that a part of the
nation formed will be on each side of
the North Atlantic ocean.)'
BLADER COUNTY.
Mr, 8. G. Woo ten Nominated aa the Dem-
- oeraticf Candidate for Sheriff!
Elizabethtown.N. C.Sept. 10. The
Democratic i Executive Committee of
Bladen county met to-day. Mr. J. P.
Council, Jr., tendered his resignation as
the Democratic nominee for sheriff, and
the same was accepted.
Mr. C C. Parker placed Mr. S. G.
Wooten in nomination. Mr. Wooten
received thfe unanimous vote of the
committee, and being notified came for
ward and accepted the nomination.
Mr. Council, in tendering his resigna
tion, pledged his hearty support to the
nominee, whoever be might be; but ex
pressed his
decided preference for Mr.
Wooten,
C. C. Lyon, Chairman.
F. M. Willis, Secretary.
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Pimples! blackheads, moles, freckles,
tan and sunburn removed by lobnson's
Oriental Soap. Medicinal, f. Hicks
Bunting I. H. Hardin.
THE DIPHTHERIA CURE.
Further Proof of the ISffloaey of thn
New
Diphtheria Cure.
In advance of other Southern papers,
the STARfgave, s short time since, some
interesting facts concerning the new
diphtheria cure. Here is something
later which confirms previous claims as
to the success of the remedy :
Berlik, Sept. 9. The diphtheria
cure of Dr. Behring, of Berlin, a dis
ciple of ' Professor Koch, has been ex
ploited at the Budapest Medical Con
gress and was indorsed by many of the
delegates) present, including Professors
Heubner. of Berlin, and Roux, of Paris.
Professor Roux said he had applied the
remedy at the Child i en's Hospital, in
which, up to last year, 60 per cent, of
the cases of diphtheria ended fatally.
This year, he added, he had inoculated
over 400j children with the serum and
the mortality sank from 60 to 15 per
cent. After a few injections the malady
changes almost in star
then soon disappears.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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BRASS AND IMPUDENCE.
ENGISH MORALISTS SEEKING TO IN
VESTIGATE SOUTHERN LVNCHINGS.
Got. O'Verrall Telia What' He Thinks of
English Intermeddling m Our Affairs.
- By Telezrapb. to the Morning Star -J
Richmond, Sept. IO. The following
appears in the State this afternoon : .
"Gov. O'Ferrall received last night the
following telegram 'of the; New - York
World.- -7-,v,-:'r:f .,.y-..:.
. New York, September 9.
To Gov. Charles T. O'Ferrall, Rick-
ptond. Va : j . i :
An English committee has been sent
here to investigate and denounce South
ern lynching. . Will you please telegraph
us what yon think of .ngiisn meaoung
with our affairs. ! :
(Signed -. u THE WORLD.
, the governor's reply. .
Commonwealth of Virginia,
Gov's Office, Richmond, Va
: September 9.
The World, New York:
Things have come to a Drettv Dass in
this country, when we are to have a lot
of English moralists sticking their noses
into our national affairs. It is the quin
tessence of brass and Impudence. They
nad better sweep in front ot their own
doors before seeking to regulate us. We
might as well investigate English affairs
in India, her white chapel murderers,
her Jack-the-ripper slashings, the May
brick trial, and her alleged injustice and
cruelty to this woman, her rapacious co-
lrinial nrhlirv in Afrlro anf th HoraH-
lonial policy in Africa, and the degrad
ing effects upon the Chinese, resulting
from her opium war. l
What do they propose to do in case
they find that the law is not adminis
tered here according to their ideas?
Declare war against us or open the
vials of their wrath upon Our heads?
What information do they seek? Do
they want to know that the white people
in the South have lynched nagroes
whose miserable lusts led them to the
commission of trie black "crime of rape
upon white women? If so, they need
not investigate, for such is the fact. .Do
they desire to know that this has been
done by infuriated coramuunities for the
protection ol their white women and io
save the victims ot these fiends from the
humiliation of testifying in courts? If so.
this is the fact. Do they want to know
whether there was any doubt as to the
guilt of the men lynched ? If so, for the
satisfaction of their yearning souls, they
could have ascertained without encoun
tering the perils of a sea trip that their
guilt was clear in every instance.
If they had desired to learn whether
these lynchings were permitted or coun
tenanced by tbe civil authorities, they
could have learned through the regular
channels of correspondence that in every
case tbe civil authorities were either
without knowledge or were overpow
ered- in Virginia the i authorities in
every case have asserted ail their
power to suppress the lynching spirit
and within the last few months I have
protected from violence with military, at
heavy expense to tbe State, three negroes
who were charged with outraging white
women. They had fait; trials and were
convicted and executed. While lynch
law is to be condemned, and every effort
has been and will be made to suppress it
in the Soutb, without the advice of those
would-be philantropists who have taken
so much upon themselves, lynchings
will surely cease when tbe crime of rape
ceases. These sympathetic Englishmen
might find missionary work among the
negroes of the South in warning them
against tbe consequences Of the forcible
gratification of their devilish lusts.
Charles T.f O Ferrall,
: Governor of Virginia.
A FITTING REBUKE
BY GOV. O FERRALLj, OF VIRGINIA,
To Negro Agitators Who Seek to Palliate
and Condone Brutal Crimea Committed on
White Women in the Bonth,
By Telegraph to the Morning Sim.
Richnond, Va.. Sept. 12. In answer
to an invitation to address the Afro
American Press Association, in session
here, Gov. O'Ferrall to-day wrote as fol
lows: I
Messrs. John Mitchell, W, Calvin Chase,
John C. Dancey and Others, Committee
of Afro American Press Association,
City: ! ;
Dear Sirs In response to your invi
tation to address or attend the conven
tion of the Afro American Press
Association, ! now in
session
say that
in
I
this city, I beg to
would not tbfnk of
accepting
an
invitation to address any convention or
assembly that endorses, as your conven
tion did last evening, the course of Ida
Wells in her slanders of tbe people and
civil authorities of the South.
"I condemn lynch-law as much as any
one. and as long as I am Governor of
Virginia, every- man. whether white or
colored, whatever the charge against him
may be. shall have a trial by judge and
iury, if I have to exert all tbe power
given me by tbe constitution and laws of
Virginia, and should any case of lynch
ing occur, I shall endeavor to en
force the law against the lynchers,
but it . strikes me that the , ac
tion of your convention in endorsing
the misrepresentations : and slanderous
utterances of Ida Wells is calculated to
do harm rather than good, and Intensify
rather than mollify the spirit of violence
which so frequently manifests itself, not
only in Virginia, but throughout the
Soutb, when a certain crime is commit
ted. The brutes who commit this crime,
too horrible to mention, and are sum
marily dealt with, seem to elicit sympathy
from Ida Wells and ber supporters, as
though they were murdered innocents,
while not a word of sympathy is ex
pressed for their victims, who have suf
fered more than death. '
"I believe that if your Convention
would condemn the crime which has
caused all tbe lynchings in the South,
with rare exceptions, and the leaders of
the colored people would frown upon it
and cry out against it. and not exert
their energies and devote their time to a
denunciation of the lynching, there
would be fewer outrages, and it so. cer
tainly fewer instances of mob violence.'
"1 do not know, but it looks very
much to me as though the work of Ida
Wells was a deep-laid scheme to
check as far : as may be tbe pro
gress of the South, and every ood
citizen, white and colored, should feel an
interest in refuting her vindications
rather than sanctioning them, as your
convention did last evening. She and
her supporters certainly stirred up a feel
ing against her race which did not exist
prior to her ; crusade. The people
of the South, who have labored
so assiduously for nearly a genera
tion now to recuperate and build up their
waste places will not take kindly to the
efforts which this woman and her fol
lowers are making to bring reproach
upon their section and create the im
pression that it is a land ot lawlessness
.and disorder. . i
- "I have a most friendly feeling for the
colored people. They have my sympa
thies, in all their struggles and laudable
undertakings, as 1 think I have shown
in my private; and public life, and I
was indeed deeply pained' when I read
this morning that your Convention com
posed of representatives of your race,
had struck tbe Soutb a blow which she
did not deserve.
While I thank you for your invitation,
I must decline under the circumstances
to address your convention or attend
Its sessions. ! Respectfully, .
Charles T. O'Ferrall.
New Orleans reports receipt of two
barrels of syrup of the new crop. It
classed fair and sold at $1.50 per gallon.
A CHOLERA SCARE.
But Sew York Health Offioen Deola
Hare the
; Complaint Hot Cholors.
- By, Telegraph to the Morning Star -
New York, Sept. 12.-Six
who were ill on board the Knrh o '
man Lloyd . steamshin ,
Genoa. A 11011 at Rft
-t ii i j i ii
. "'urauar, which
'"wu tiuaranune at v O dork n R
day caused the health office the
shin authArin.. .u. . 3 lfe "cam-
oaasftnofTrs miTlT.,--"f 107 Ajst-cabin
.ouKc.a ,ucu uneasiness. The (ear.
rum tnese cases have been i
laved An examination made at H ff
man's Island bv Dr i.wi u " .H, ff
that the complaint waVnot Zy
was at urn believed, but instead was a
uuuiuoiagious aiarrncea.
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chickens, and eggs, and keep out of
the poor house ? If so, let us have
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just how.
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