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It wili be valuable to us ju.st now. ; THE CHANCES AGAINST THEM, The Republican party managers are keeping up a bold front and are , pretending that they have bright prospects of controlling the next Congress and'electing the next Pres ident. But they don't feel half as con fident as they seem to " be. They know that the chances are against them, and so much against them that only the most sanguine temper merit could see anything" hopeful for them in the outlook. They have been planning and scheming to overcome the Demo cratic majority in the House and in the Senate. As the Senate stands now, countingjhe Democrats on one side and the Republicans and. Popu lists on the other there, is a. tie, but with a Democratic President of the Senate who would vote with the Democrats on all party questions they have a majority. To overcome this majority the Republicans must gain nine Senators,and it isn't in their power to do it. The Democrats have just as goocLor a better chance of winning in some of the Republican States where Senators are to be chosen as the. Republicans have in States which are Democratic, close or doubtful. They are hoping to get two af these Senators or one at least and a Populist from North Carolina, but-they stand as little chance of that as they do of turning into angels be fore breakfast. They will elect- no Senator South of the Ohio and the Democrats will lose none unless Tillman should be elected to succeed. Butler, and he would be a kind of a freelance. They will e'ect no Re publican from a Northern State to succeed a Democratic Senator who is now serving, while the Democrats have a chance either by themselves or by combinations with Populists to beat some Republicans who are now i To overthrow Democratic suprem acy in the House they will have to carry over forty districts . which are now represented by Democrats, and while they may possibly gain some which are close there is little proba bility of their being able to carry so ! many. ; ' If they don't carry the next Con- gressit will not be worth their while to enter the race for the. next Presi dency, for the same influences and the same reasons that will keep them out of Congress will keep them out of the Presidency. : The conditions are against them. Their main, if not only hope of revo lutionizing public sentiment and re covering power was in a continued depression in business. They know this and hence they planned, and plotted and taxed their ingenuity and endurance to protract the tariff deoate, to retard and prevent the set tlement of that question as long as l ; . . . . t . . IMjssiuie, Knowing mat mere wouia be no revival in business until it was settled. Continued hard times was their mainstay and hope. They fought until their resources and endurance gave out and then they surrendered. Although the surrender didn't come . as soon as Democrats desired it came too soon for the Republicans, for the revival in business which they didn't want to see, and against which they intrigued and labored, has come and is showing itself all along the line. The American people are aa emi nently practical people. They are all to a greater or less extent poliil wans ana partisans, out tney are also business people, and do not on economic questions let partisanship run away with their sense. - With the majority of them questions like the iariu ana the currency are regarded simpiy as business questions, ques tions based on dollars and cents, in whlct- sentiment dnest not nif There Is in neither of them anything v wmcn an appeal to sentiment, ciuouon or prejudice could be made. it is simply a Docket business. For nearlv twn varc th rniintm has been passing through a business depression in. which the employer and the employed suffered, and many others whose prosperity was directly or indirectly i dependent on these sunered. The Republicans through- . au iae larin debate, ana pre VOL. XXV. viously during the debate on ' the re peal of the Sherman bill contended that the depression was caused not by any legislation that had been enacted but by apprehensions as to the changes the, Democrats might make in the tariff law. - That ,. was not true, but conceding that it was, will the business men who have- got ten or are beginning to get on their feet since the new tariff has : become' the law and gone into operation de sire to reopen that question and renew the agitation which, according to' the Republican statesmen, proved so embarrassing to many and sO' disas trous to others? .Wouldn't they, since they are discovering that the new tariff is not the terrible thing the Re publican oracles said it was going to be, rather let it remain and give them a rest, than stir it up and elect a Re publican Congress to fight it over again? American business men are not fools, and will not: vote to turn things upside down after they had become settled and got to moving nicely, and for that reason they will neither give , their money nor their influence to turn Congress over to the party -r which would use that power for the revival ot , McKinley ism. They are tired of agitation, are heartily glad that Jthe tariff question has been disposed of.' They will be anxious to let - well enough alone, give the new tariff a trial, and if party pride will not permit those of them who have been voting the Re publican ; ticket to vote for Demo crats, thousands of them will have other business than voting to attend to on election day. MINOR MENTION. Hon. W. L. Wilson, of West Vir ginia, who is now in England, was interviewed a couple days ago and expressed the opinion that the Maine election was not a Democratic re buke, but simply an . illustration of the' kind of pouting the American people can do at odd times. - He has about covered the case." The elec tion, like the election in Vermont, came right on the heels of the pass age of the new tariff bill, before the Republicans had time to get over their anger, or the Democrats over their disappointment that the tariff didn't cut deeper and hew closer to the line of a tariff for revenue only. The Republicans are making a big parade over the "great victory," .and yet, ; with all their mighty efforts, with the whooping up of all their home orators and imported orators of national reputation, and after spending money lavishly, they in creased their vote only 2,500 over the vote. of two years ago. They didn't make any Democratic con verts, and "this so-called great vic tory is due to the fact that they by their . extraordinary efforts brought out the full Republican-vote, while the Democrats remained at home. The Democrats took so little inter est in the election that they didn't even make a canvass. With all the Republican efforts there were 20,000 votes less cast' than two -years ago. It was understood that this elec tion was to give ' a boost to the Presidential boom of "Maine's favorite son," T. B. Reed, and hence the party managers who are running Reed's boom, 'r made extraordinary efforts - to poll a heavy vote and make the majority as large as they could, but with all this they suc ceeded in increasing the vote only 2,500 over the vote of two years ago. They did as well as they did because the Democrats let them have their own way. ' The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that if the English people are really anxious to investigate the causes of lyncblngs in the South, they appoint a committee ot . respectaDie women . . - . .... and let them come to this country and live a couple of years in the sec tions thickly populated by negroes, and then report what they have learned. . Gen. Gordon captured the Gl A. R. at Pittsburg, and then the silvery- toned Watterson gathered 'em in and is going to bring them to Louis ville next year. They will not have to slip in the back doors there to libate as they did in Smroketown. Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri; a Democrat, says Tom Reed is ' the biggest, brainiest man in the Republi can party,'; and almost worried the wits o3t of the Democrats in Con gress. As a teaser Tom is un doubtedly a success, and so is a horse fly. Gov. Brown, of Maryland, writes the Governor of Virginia that he is glad the oyster trouble is ; over. Down here it hasn't begun yet, but they 11 soon be getting in a stew, and lots of 'em may -expect a roast ing. ; According to the' reports from China the clouds are lowering rjn the house of Ll Hung Chang, who, in addition to losing his "yaller" jacket, is in danger of losing his influence if he doesn't maul the Japs pretty soon, if not sooner. The Mtxton Fair, Mr. W. B Harker, Secretary and Treasurer, was in the city yesterday on business connected .with the next Fair to be held at Maxtosv Considering his very brief stay, he met with encourag. ing success in. the matter of advertise ments and special premiums. . If he wilr come again and spend two days here he will do better still. The Fair will open October 81, Id YELLCJW GARTERS- Bnid- to Be a Talisman Against Brjinater- " , hood Is It a Snperstinonp - 5 A wedding pn what country? without- the distribution of yellow garters, says that staid old , journal, the -Charleston News aud Courier, I would not : be any sort ot wedding. ' . . you see, it is the same old story; the bride wears the ' garters during the cere mony, and when she gowns herself in . her traveling frock she very considerate- iv discards two or three dozen garters which are eagerly grabbed for by the frenzied mob of bridesmaids.. For has it not been proven time and time, again that a yellow garter is a talisman against spiMterhood? - : 1 know a girl who. has worn a yellow garter for seven years, and she's never bad a proposal yet. But her case is an exceptional one, and as far as I can see she takes it all. very happily. She savs. .though, that she still has hdbes. arid although her faith in yellow garters is a tut irayea out around the edces. there's enough left for-another seven years or so Resides, this girl occasionally dares to -give an opinion on politics and things, which is very foolish of her:: be cause a man is a conceited, lofty-minded sort of creatnre, and doesn't like to have a sweet little thing in 'petticoats stand up and tell him that his ideas aren't the .only ideas in the universe. 1 On St. Eutrophus' day in Haute-Vi- ennealltbe unmarried women walk in procession to St. Julien-les-Gombes to the cross near the. church. Each woman hangs her left garter on the cross and pravs that she may have a good hus band, j l here is a superstition, not un known in this country, that a yellow gar ter this, too. is the lelt carter knit by a friend and given unexpectedly to the wearer, if worn on Easter day, will bring an engagement before the year is out. It would be interesting to know the origin of this rite, which has a strong family re semblance to that narrated . above and more than possibly had a common ori gin with it. ' - " DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. . FOR CHIEF JUSTICE: James E Shepherd, of Beaufort. .- FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICES: Walter Clark, of Wake, lames C MacRae, of Cumberland. Armistead Burwell, of Mecklenburg. ! FOR STATE TREASURER: -Samuel McD Tate, of Burke. FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS: First District W A B Branch, of Beaufort. .' Second District F A Woodard. of Wilson. Third District John G Shaw, of Cumberland, Fourth District Charles M Cooke, of Franklin. Fifth District A W Graham, of Gran ville. ' Sixth District J A Lockhart, of An son, i .- Seventh District John S Henderson. of Rowan. Eighth District W H Bower, of Cald well. Ninth District W T Crawford, of Haywood. - FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES : v Third District Jacob Battle, of Nash. Fourth District W : E." Allen, . of Wayne. Eight District B F Long, of Iredell. Ninth District W - N Mebane, of Rockingham. -' Tenth District W. B. Council. Jr., of Watauga. Twelfth District H B Carter, of Bun combe. - j ! FOR SOLICITOR. First District W M Bond, of Chowan. Second District WE Daniel, of Hal- . ifax. ' - Third District John E Woodard, of Wilson. Fourth District E W Pou. 'of John ston. !' ' ;" ' Fifth Distnct-E S Parker, of Ala mance. Sixth District O H Allen, of Lenoir. Seventh District N A McLean, of .Robeson.'- : - Eighth District Emory E Raper, of Davidson. Ninth District W W Barber. Wilkes . Tenth District W C Newland, Caldwell. I Eleventh District---! L Webb, Cleveland. - ' Twelfth District Geo A Jones, of Macon. The Executive Committee. The following Welcome Week Execu tive committee was appointed yesterday and will begin work at once and see what railroad rates can be obtained and attend to all minor affairs. A better committee could not be found the town over, and with these hustlers at the helm there is no doubt but what Wilmington' will have her Welcome Week. The committee is as follows, Messrs. Thos. D. Meares, W. E. Springer. J. W Martenis, G. G. Lewis, W. E. Worth, W. J. Woodward. R. R. Bellamy, P. Pear- sallj M. Jacobi. W. A; Riach, T. C. James. Geo. R. French, J. G. L. Gies- chen, H. G. Smallbones, J. C. Morrison, I no. M. Wright, P. Hemsberger, Jr., T. W. Murcbison. . -J Tbev will hold a meeting Wednesday night at 7.30 o'clock at the S. A, L. office on r ront street. Ei Is King. - The Cincinnati Price Current, an ex cellent authority on. grain, estimates the yield of corn in the South this year at 700,000,000 bushels, against 43S.000.0UU bushels harvested last year. This is an increase of about sixty per cent.; and when the great shortage of the crop in the Northwest is considered, augurs well for the prosperity of the South. It means a large increaseJn the meat crop and the sale ot millions oi ousneis oi aoutnern corn at not less than 80 to85 cents, and probably as high as $1.00 per bushel. The business man who cannot see a ereat Improvement in Southern trade in the very near future is to be pitied. Pender Deer .Law. - In response to an inquiry Jrom a sub scriber at Marlville, the horse editor of the Star begs leave to report that he has carefully examined the game laws. and finds that' it is unlawful to hunt or kill deer in Pender county between the 1st day of January and the first day of October. So, the war-cry, "On Stanly, on." will not be in order until Octo ber 1st. r - Charlotte News.' Dr. and. Mrs. O'Donoghue spent their summer vaca tion at WrightsvlIIe beach. They were so delighted with the place that they bought a lot there and will build a cottage and have it in readiness for occupancy next summer. WILMINGTON, N. C., miD COUNTY EXECUTIVE "COMMITTEE; County Democratic Committee Xiist of ' - ... Membera. " The following is a list of the members of the County Democratic Executive Committee as organized on the 4tb day of August, and which has- been recog nized - by the Committee of Five re--cently in session here, as the legally constituted Committee: ' First , Ward-Reuben . Grant; Dave. Matthews.'- '-' . Second , Ward Charles E. . Borden Daniel Quinlivan. - Third Ward W. N. Harris9, George H.Howell. .... Fourth Ward H. C .McQueen, G Herbert Smith. . i - . - Fifth Ward J. T. Reynolds. There is a vacancy in this Ward, caused by the declination of C E. Hall. ' Cape Fear : Township R. W. Bor deaux. ' ' ! " Masonboro Township D. J. Fergus. Harnett Township Ed, Wilson Man ning. - r .Federai Point Township. W. D Rhodes.. ? Mr. Charle8EBorde'-rs ChaTrmanT "and Mr. W. N.' Haniss, Secretary. On this Committee devolves the duty of completing the county ticket by The nomination of-, one candidate for the House of Representatives and a candi date, for Constable for ' Wilmington Township. . A GOOD BEGINNING. Some Comments On the Meeting; Xiaat Nighr, and On Welcome Week, as WeU. The Star takes occasion to express its gratification at the large attendance of business men at the meeting held last night to further the interests of the Welcome Week movement. It was -just the sort of meeting that gives an im petus to any enterprise, it may consider. About every branch of business in the city was represented : and there was -. a degree of - zeal, energy, earnestness and nnity of purpose that re moved all doubt, it any existed, that Wilmington's Welcome Week festivities this year will be a grand success. All we need to insure the attendance of eight to ten thousand strangers is a low railroad rate and a sufficient fund to provide an attractive programme. The dates will probably be between the 10th and 25th of November, and. if pos sible, will be selected so as not to con flict with any of the agricultural fairs that will be held during that month. - Now let every man who feels an in terest in the growth and prosperity of Wilmington make up his mind to con tribute a reasonable amount to the fund necessary to make the occasion a com plete success. Our country friends will have some money to spend in Novem ber, and if we offer them the proper in ducements, they will come here to spend it. A bright, unique and varied pro gramme one that will interest the visitors from start to finish is what is wanted; and if we can get up one of that kind everybody will be satisfied, and the attendance will be larger and larger every year. Success, says the Star, to the public spirited gentlemen who made such an auspicious beginning last night. WORDS OF PRAISE. They Were Brought Out by Senator Ransom's Bpeeeh. The Asheville Citizen says: "Senator Ransom spent the greater part of this morning . driving with Mai. Y. Breese, and left on the 2.30 train this afternoon for the East. He will go to Washington or to his home, and will speak at Wilson, N. C, September 18. "Comments on . Senator Ransomfe speech were being made in business men and political circles all day, and the nntversal verdict was that it was a splendid effort. Evangelist R.G.Pear son is warm in bis praise, saying that be had heard many able political speeches and that Ransom's overtopped them all. E. D. Carter declares that the equal of the speech is yet to be heard in Ashe ville, and C. T. Rawls says it never will be equalled." . The" Kttohen Market. The leading feature, in the city mar kets the past week has been the advent of the rice bird, an appetizing morsel that tickles the palate of those who can afford to buy the birds at 30 to 40 cents per dozen. No other. game has been offered, thongh a few small deer have been killed and summer ducks shot by pot-hunters. The fish market yesterday was sup plied abundantly with oysters from the Sound at 12 to 15 cents per quart; clams at the same price, and mullets, flounders, sunfish and other varieties of the finny tribe at 10 to 15 cents per string. One or two small shipments of New ' River oysters have arrived, but these bivalves are not yet full-flavored and fat. The truckers had abundant supplies of vegetables in market yesterday; green corn at 10 cents per dozen; field peas, 5c per quart; cabbage from 5 to 15c per headpotatoes, 5c per quart; okra. 5c.; snap-beans, 5c; butter-beans, 10c; toma toes, 5c. - Poultry was in fair supply at 80 cents apiece for grown fowls, and 15 to 20c for chickens; eggs. 18 cents per dozen. Country hams (bacon) are scarce and find ready sale at retail at 14 to 15c per pound. ' ' . - - , In - fruits, there were scuppernong grapes at 15 to 20c per peck; a few water melons, 15 to 25c apiece; Nortnern apples, 35 to 40c per peck Narrowly Escaped Drowning:. A correspondent of the Star writing from Smith's Mills, near Elkton, N; C says that Mr. Hampton Baldwin while bathing in the Smith mill, pond came very near' being drowned, and had it not been tor Mr. S.W. Smith", an expert swim mer, who sprung from the bank of the stream and reached him just as he was sinking the third time, no doubt he would have filled a watery grave. - - Six cents for cotton is not to be despised when the reduced cost of pro duction is considered. 'Moreover, 'Six cents will buy the farmer as much goods. now as eight or nine cents, would bay three years ago. AY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894. IffiilOCHATIC DIFFIDENCES The Committee of Five Messrs. R. H. Battle, F. S. Spruill. , Ed. Chambers Smith, Edward J. Hale and Henry .A. London, of the State Democratic Exec utive Committee appointed: to adjust differences of "the: two ,; factions of the Democracy of New Hanover county, met yesterday morning in- the county Court House as agreed upon at the ad journment of the session held Wednes- ; day evening at The Ortoir. The session was held with open doors for all Demo crats; but outside of the leaders and ; representatives of the two - factions and the witnesses who .were called to testify : before the ' committee, the attendance was smalL Mr. Sol C. Weill conducted 'the case for the Regulars and Mr. Thos. ; W. ' Strange and Mr. Iredell Meares the case for the Reformers. J . ' r .- ' ; . The issues, as agreed upon were:. -- : - j 1 1, Was the County Convention held ijuly , 21st. a legally constituted.-rvalid .convention ? " 1 i : 2. Were the nominations made by such convention legal nominations r -".3. Which of the executive commit tees, if either, is the properly constituted r . f i ;. jcac;uuvc tumuiiucc ui iue bounty r . - " The forenoon session was taken up entirely, with recital ot statements of concerning the case that were' ad mitted by both sides, and at one o'clock the committee took a recess until 2.30 p.-m. " " '. -" : - . Mr. Frank Myers was appointed ste nographer tor the committee. . . f . , It was nearly three o'clock when the committee resumed its sitting, and the chairman, Mr. Battle, announced that they were ready for the business before them. ' ' - A number of witnesses were called and examined and cross-examined at great length," among them ' being Capt. W. R. Kenan, chairman of the late county executive- committee; Mr. D. B. Cameron, poll-holder and del egate on the regular ticket from the Fifth ward; Mr. William Ulrich. mem ber of the former executive committee of the Fifth ward; Mr. E. G. Parmele and Mr. H. Freeman. j At the conclusion 6f Mr. Freeman's examination, the committee retired for conference, and upon reassembling Chairman Battle " asked if the County Convention had appointed delegates to the Congressional and : State Conven tions. - Mr. Iredell Meares answered in the af firmative and explained the manner in which delegates to these conventions were selected by the different wards and townships, and their appointments certi fied to by the Chairman of the County Convention. - Chairman Battle : asked, also, if the nominations made at the -County Con vention were declared to be unanimous. This was also answered in the affirma tive. " Mr. Battle then said: "We are inclined to think that no more testimony as to the first and. second issues is needed The convention settled the matter itself by unanimous endorsement of the nominees . and appointment of dele gates to the State and District con ventions." - : On the third issue which is the properly constituted execntive com mittee he said the committee would bear testimony, and that the burden of proof rested on the Reformers. ' Mr. Meares then read what had been admitted by both sides as to the custom heretofore of constituting the executive committee. A number of witnesses were examined, among them Mr. W. P. Oldham, Mr. H. McL. Green, Mr. C E. Borden, Mr. W. S. Warrock and Mr. J. W. Branch. At 7 o'clock the committee took a re cess until 8.30 p. m. , At the night session argument was made on the Reformer s side of the question by Capt. R. B. Davis and Mr. Iredell Meares. Mr. Sol. C. Weill fol lowed, for the Regulars, and Col. T.W. Strange, for the 'Reformers,' closed the debate at iu.su o'clock. j The committee took the matter under advisement and adjourned to The Orton. About midnight the committee made final and official report on the matters in dispute as follows : -issues. 1. Was the convention held July 21st a legally constituted valid convention ? -Answer: Yes. . ;' - , 2. Were the. nominations . made by such convention legal nominations? Answer: Yes. And we further find that the resignations of O. H. Kennedy and Geo. T. Shepard were' final and created vacancies. - - - . 3. Which of the Executive Com mittees claiming election, if either, I is the properly constituted Executive Committee of . the . county? ' Answer: The committee of which C E. Borden is chairman, which said committee has the right to fill the vacancies declaredi The committee further find that the plan of organization is the law of tine party, and is binding in case of any objection to a local custom. - -R. H. Battle. i - Ed. Chambers Smith, E.J. Hale. H. A. London, . F. S. Spruill, v Committee. RIVER AND MARINE.- Notice is given byv the Ligbt-Hause Board that should the Daboll trumpet at the . new light-house at Wolf Trap, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, not be ready for operation oo. the date specified in Notice to Mariners,No. lOO.of 1894. a bell will be struck by hand, a single blow about every ten seconds, during thick or foggy weather, until such time as j the trumpet shall be ready for operation Receipts of cotton at Wilmington so far this season are largely in excess of receipts for the same time last year. Yesterday there were received 776 hales, as against 101 "bales same date last year. for the week' ended yesterday tne re ceipts were 2,914 bales; same week last year, 982. The total receipts since September 1st, 1894; are 3,45U Dales; against. 1,098 season. bales fdr same time) Corn and Hogs., Here is a good showing for county, S. C: Last year 4,986 were returned for taxation! and. assessed valuation was $11,849. year 6,781 were returned, valued at $16,784. One York county renter has between ' forty . and;: fifty v hogs; and twenty-one - of ' them weighed. I when listed, over 225 pounds each. With the immense crop of corn made in . North and South , Carolina this year,! there ought to be meat, enough in the two States next Winter to supply the; entire population. - It's a Qood one. . That is a fine Executive Committee appointed for Welcome Week. It" Is composed of the very best material; and if the members cannot make a success of the occasion;' nobody can. , Bui they have carefully examined ' the 'jbright lexicon ot youth," and found "nj word as fail.""; ;CORN 13, KINO. Southern born Will Bo King This Beaaon : : -A. Short Crop North and a Heavy Crop South; . " . The annexed article from the Colum bia State applies with as much force to North Carolina as to South Carolina and is interesting alike to farmers and merchants : " -' ;- L- "We wonder whethrr the farmers of South Carolina appreciated the full sig nificance of the September crop report of the f United States Department of Agriculture. puDiisned .in the $tam on Tuesday ? They are accustomed to concern themselves about the condition and prospects of the cotton crop, but how many of them take an interest in the yield of com outside of their own State? ',-".-" . ' - -. - , "It is time to do so now. South Caro lina this year is harvesting the largest yield of corn from the largest acreage planted since the war. It is a superb crop, not only ample for all home needs. out anordmg, we think; a surplus for. the markets. What is true of South Caro lina in this regard Is almost equally true .nisyear .ot the entire South. On the other hand, look at the picture presented by the Department of Agriculture of the cornfields of the great West, the States which have been the granary ot the country. The condition of the crop is 80 per cent, of an average in Inaiana. ranging to 78 per cent, in Illinois, 70 per cent, in Missouri and Ohio, 60 per cent, in Minnesota, 55 percent, in Michigan, 51 per cent, in Wisconsin,45 per cent in Kan-? sas, 40 per cent, in Iowa. 16 per cent, in South Dakota and 15 per cent. - in-Ne- braska. So much ' for - the corn - now standing; But in addition there has been cut for forage or utterly abandoned the following percentages of the area planted in the great, corn States: Illinois 10. Missouri 16, Wisconsin 21. Iowa 35, Kansas 53, Nebraska 81 and South Da kota 81. Of 40.000.000 acres in these States 15,000,000 have been destroyed br drought, . leaving the remainder, as shown, averaging half a crop. Twenty per cent, of the union s corn area will make less than two-thirds of a crop. In the South, on the contrary, "the condi tion has risen and a good crop is cer tain." The market reports published yester day show the effects or this news in the exchanges. Corn in Chicago is selling higher than wheat; the first at cents a bushel, the -last at 54 cents. 'The high condition of corn in the South called attention to the securities of roads traversing that section of the country," and those of the Southern Kauway and other companies rose materially. "Quite a number of opera tors who are bearish on the Grangers and Western stocks are quite bullish on Southern securities. Every week that passes strengthens the assurance of the South's coming prosperity. The food .crops which she has planted so liberally this year and produced so largely will yield her enough and to spare. The fall in cotton prices which her enormous crop would seem to compel, will be checked by the increase of consumption arising lrom improved financial conditions and the manufactur ing revival. Within the next few months a stream ot immigration will set in from withered prairies and blackened forests Of the West. The West has outrun its capacities. Its industries have been stim ulated artificially beyond the point of profit,' Hereafter ' investments will be sought here, not there, lbe men and the monev are surely coming. "To return to our corn. South Caro lina farmers should not waste the great crop they have made, merely because they are assured of an abundance for home purposes. , On the contrary, they should economise in its use. By next Spring corn will command over a dollar a bushel, and we may have to ship our surplus to the markets. It will be a cash crop, like cotton, finding ready sale every where. Save your surplus corn, and hold it. You will be able to turn it into money to plant your next crop. f CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Semooratle Convention Nominations A i Strong Ticket Maj. S. J. Hale En dorsed for IT. 8. Senator. Special Star Teiecram. Fayetteville, N. C, September 13. -The Democratic Convention nomi nated the following ticket to-day. For State ' Senator, Capt. S. C Rankin; House of Representatives. B. T. Mc Bryde and P. H. Hall; SherifL J. B. Smith; Clerk of Court, C G. Cain; Register of Deeds, A. D. McGill; Treas urer, T B. Troy; Surveyor,, Wm. Alder man; Cordner, J. Vance McOougan. The Convention endorsed Mai. E. I. Hale for United States Senator. This was one ot the most enthusiastic con ventions'ever held in the county.'. The ticket is a strong one, and will be elected by a big majority. TheBesult. The Committee of Five was composed of intelligent men and sterling Demo crats; and no one can donbt that tney were governed in their conclusions by conscientiousness and impartiality, ibeir decision as to the candidates nominated by the recent County Convention is no surprise to the Star; for in its issue of August 26th it expressed the opinion that it those candidates should "decline to withdraw, 'there was no power that could compel them to do so. As stated long ago. the Star will place the ticket in its columns as soon as it is completed, and we will give ' it our hearty support. . Bedneed Bates S. A. !. On-account of the 'Blue Ridge An nual Conference M. E. Church, at Con cord. N. C. September 87. 1894, the Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets to that point at reduced rates. Rate from Wilmington, $9.25; rate from Maxton, $6.45. Tickets on sale Septem ber 25th. 26th and 27th; final limit Octc- j ber 1st, 1894. . On account of the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church at Oxford, N. C October 3 11, 1894, the Seaboard Aim Line will sell Tonnd trip tickets to that point at reduced rates. . Rate from Wil mington, S9.10; rate from Maxton, 17.00. Tickets on sale October 1st. to and in cluding the 4th; final limit October 12th. Bobeson County Fair. The first annual meeting of the Robe son County Agricultural and Live Stock Association will be held at Lumberton, commencing on Tuesday, November 20th, and continuing four days till Fri day, the 23d. The association can boast of bne-of the finest regulation tracks in the South, large floral hall, grand stands. ample accommodation for all stock. Space plentiful for exhibits of all kinds. A fine exhibition is promised, and Lum- : bertoh always does thugs right. Mr. Donald McLeod is President, and Frank Gough Secretary. NO. 46 "EIPE FOR PR0SPEEUTY." , . That is What That Great Beoubltean - Channoey Sepew Says. - K : The New York Herald recently inter viewed Chauncey M. Depew with this result:' .- -" - , - "The settlement of the Tariff question is the beginning o a new era of prosper ity. The country has. passed through the most serious industrial and financial distress in its history. " "There is no end of idle money which will now seek active "employment. In less than two years the panic of 1893 '94 will be forgotten. I Mines, furnaces, mills and factories will be conveying profit able traffic; and the movement of inter nal commerce and the free circulation of currency or the: equivalent in business ana wages win certainly increase the de mand tor everything produced upon the farm or elsewhere, - .:..- - . "There will be some setbacks, but only temporary, and they will be followed by greater activity. The next six years will, in my judgment, mark a gratifying advance in the solid prosperity . of the country. We have touched bottom and scraped along rt..We .are now off the ?ocks and" away irom the breakers, i ' ; S; "Ihese ideas may seem optimistic, but the United States is an optimistic coun try, uur resources .may be temporarily paralized, but with certainty as to cur rency and tariff legislation we are ripe for a long period of prosperity in busi ness, good : wages and full employment for labor." - HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Various Dishes to Tempt the Appetite of the Xploure. -Tomato Soup.' One quart tomatoes, three pints milk, one pint cream, or two ounces butter, cayenne pepper and salt to suit taste, one-fourth teaspoonful saleratus; place the milk ou : to heat in cooker and the tomptoes in another dish to boil-up, and when they have boiled add the saleratus, and put them through the colander. When the milk has come to a boil and been seasoned add the to matoes, and strain into the tureen, then add - the cream: if cream - is used the soup is much richer than with butter. The same rule applies if the tomatoes are raw, as with the peas' and corn. " Mutton Dinner. Take three pounds of mutton , cut in small pieces" (if you skin mutton it loses its strong flavor); put- on the stove with cold water; when half done, put in a tea cup of rice; pepper and salt; have water enough to cover well. ; Make a nice biscuit crust cut in diamonds; and 20 minutes before dinner drop them in around the top of the kettle; cover very closely or steam the dumplings over the meat.. This, with an apple pie and po tatoes, makes a good though not stylish dinner. Ginger Pound Cake. One cup butter, one cup sugar, one cup milk, five cups flour, one pint molasses, two tablespoonfuls of' ginger, four eggs, a teaspoonful of soda dis solved in a little milk. Mix butter and sugar together, then add eggs, and then molasses and flour alternately. Relish FORTEA.-Three pounds good beefsteak chopped fine, three soda crackers grated, two tablespoonfuls salt and one of pepper, one teacupful milk; press it down into a baking tin or bowl, and let it bake an hour; when cold, slice thin. Salt Mackerel. Buy the large fish and soak in cold water 12 to 20 hours; drain and put in a dripping pan; set in the oven and cook until tender' and brown; turn out on a flatdish and pour melted butter over it with mashed po tatoes. This is very .nice. . Molasses Spice Cake. Six cups flour, two cups sugar, one and a half cups butter, two cups milk, one and a quarter cups molasses, tour eggs, half teaspoonful soda; spice, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Corn Starch Cake. Two cups su gar, one small cup butter, one cup milk, two cups flour, one of corn starch, whites of two eggs, one teaspoonful soda. . Fla vor with lemon or vanilla.- - Mock OYSTERS.-One'pint grated corn. one cup cream or milk, one cup nour, one egg and a piece of butter the size of an egg. fry in butter. - North Carolina will have the biggest trade throughout the next twelve months that she has known during any like period for fifteen years. The farmers will be in better condition; and this means that everybody else will be in bet ter condition. SAMPS0H DEMOCRATS. County Convention-Nomination A Tioket that Will Win. i r Star Correspondence.', . ' v Clinton. N. C, Sept. 13. The Dem ocrats of Sampson county met in con vention here to-day and placed the fol- lowing strong ticket in the field: For Senator, W. B. Stewart; for Representa tives, R. A. Eraughan ancPC E. Daniel; for Sheriff, Jas. M. Spell; for Clerk, Jas. S, Blzzell; for Register, Jno. A. Beaman; for Surveyor, J. R. Maxwell; for Coro ner, W. E. Barden. - The ticket is regarded as an excep tionally strong one and will win. Capt. cjctavlus coke, secretary ot State, and Hon. D. H. McLean, one of the nominees for Senator in this district. made excellent speeches. Democratic prospects in Sampson are daily brighten ing and victory is well in .sight. j; PENDER COUNTY.' Superior Court Two Prisoners- for the I Penitentiary Bepnblloan Convention i Nominations. , Star Correspondence : Burgaw, N. C, Sept. 15. Editor Star: Pender Superior Court adjourned : yesterday evening. There were four criminals, two of which go to the penitentiary for two years each. The Republican . convention met here to-dav in the Court House, and was called to order by R.' M. Croom, Esq,5 chairman of the County Executive Com mittee. After going through the usual confusion and filibustering that gener ally prevails in a Republican convention, A. Lloyd, of Topsail township, was re ported as permanent chairman of the convention, J - Syeeches were made by R. M. Croom. John A. Tones and A. H. Paddison, the latter a Third party man "A; E. Taylor was nominated . for Register of Deeds; R. M. Croom for the lower house. The offices of sheriff and clerk of the court were left open for the present, -- The convention seemed- to favor a fusion ticket. . . , It ' is probable that 'E. McMoore, (Third party) will be nominated lor clerk and D. W. Rivenbark. (Democrat) for sheriff. There were other minor offices left vacant for the Executive Committee to fill. RATIO CANVASS. . ' Bpetker Lpppmted by Chairman Pou for the State Canvass, I ; The following list comprises a part of the speakers who have been appointed by Chairman James H. Pou for service dur ing the campaign: ' ' The dates and places also are given and the chairman will be obliged if State and county papers would; copy for the information of those interested. " HON. D. WINSTON Snow Hill, September 29. at 12 m. Lizzie, Greene Co., Oct. 1, at 12 m. senator m. w. ransom. Smithfield, Wednesday, Sept. 19. at 11 am. ' Raleigh, Thursday, Sept. 20, at 11 a. m. Rockingham, Friday, Sept. 21,' at 12 m. Wadesboro, Saturday, Sept. 22, at 12 m. Monroe, Monday, Sept. 24, at 12 m. Lumberton. Tuesday; Sept. 25. at 12 m. Whiteville, Thursday, Sept. 27, at 12 m. Elizabethtown, Saturday; Sept, 29. at 12 m. -Burgaw, Monday, Oct. 1. at 12 in. Warsaw, Tuesday. Oct. 2 at 12 m. ; W. G. BURKHEAD. ;Rose Hill, Duplin county, Sept. 27, at 11 a. m. . Chinquepin, Duplin county, Sept, 28, at 11 a. m. Hallsville. Duplin county, Sept. 29; at " 11 a. m. Kenansville, Duplin county. Oct. 1, at I 11 a. m. .-.-.. . . t TO MAKE BETTER ROADS. 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