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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
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wtte Copy 1 year, postage paid
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sides? Can a farmer give away his
-mm. Mid cotton, and wheat, and
c,n . ens, and eggs, and keep out of
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OIMIOCKATIC NOMINEES.
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE:
Jjimes E Shepherd, of Beaufort.
' FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICES: .
Walter Clark, of Wake.
ames C MacRae, of Cumberland.
Armistead Burwell, of. Mecklenburg.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
Samuel McD Tate, of Burke.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS:
First District W A a Brancb, ol
Beaufort.
Second District F A Woodard, of
WilSon, .
Third Disirict John G Shaw, of
Cumberland.
Fourth District Charles M Cooke, of
Franklin. '
Filth District A W Graham, of Gran
ville.' '
Sixth District J A Lockhart, of An
son. . ...
Seventh District John S Henderson,
ol Rowan. .
Eighth District W H Bower, of Cald
well. Ninth District W T Crawford, of
Haywood. - .
IFOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES:
Third District Jacob Battle, of Nash.
Fourth District V E Allen, of
Wavne.
,Eiirit 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.' ,: .,
1 FOR SOLICITOR. ;
First District W M Bond, of Chowan.
Second District W E Daniel, of Hal
ifax. Third District John E Woodard, of
Wilson.
Fourth District E W Pou, of John
ston.
Filth District E S Parker, of Ala
mance. Sixth District O II Allen, of Leooir.
Seventh District N A McLean, of
Robeson.
Eighth District Emory E Raper, of
Uavidson. . - .
Ninth District W W Barber, ot
Wilkes.
Tenth District W C Newland, ol
Caldwell.
Eleventh District J L Webb, of
Cleveland.
Twelfth District Geo A Jones, of
Macon.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY TICKET.
For House ot Representatives :
THOMAS W. STRANGE.
, HERBERT McCLAMMY.
For Sheriff :
JOHN J. FOWLER.
For Clerk Superior Court:
JOHN D. TAYLOR.
For Register of Deeds:
1IOHN HAAR, Jr.
For Treasurer:
. JAMEb COWAN.
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For Coroner:
, W. H. BIDDLE.
For Constable, Wilmington Township;
J. W. MILLIS.
FIFTY CENT WHEAT.
, Yesterday we made some : remarks
about five cent cotton and suggested
some of the remedies. But if there
be any consolation in it, on the prin-
clP'e that misery loves company, the
wuthern'plahter is not in any worse
condition with five cent cotton than
l"e Western farmer is with fifty cent
w"eat,for there is about as little
margn for profit in fifty cent wheat
tfiere is in five eent cotton. The
cotton planter has advantages, too,
ov the Western1 farmer when their
Principal staple j runs down some
wne in the vicinity of zero, for he
, can raise a good ! many other things
nat lhe Western wheat grower can't
aiSe and is not nearly so much de
pendent upon cotton as the Western
"neat grower is'uDon wheat.
The Populist politicians contend
tnat t!ie low prices of cottou. wheat
and other products of the farm are
ne result of an insufficient volume
of currency, in which there is some
ruth for the more abundant money
we more freely people spend it,
the Vwf- 4.1 ,. . ..- ...
-viici uney nve ana the mgtier
"e price of "things generally; but
.ll)Is does not account for the declin
H prices for twenty years past. The
fause of the decline in the price of
"m cotton ar. ml
. uuu nucav is uvcipiu-
, -"v-uon. As th
eased year by year until it has
Joubled the crop of twenty years
go, so has the wheat crop increased
Until u .
. ' luc surplus has reached a couple
nllnri-. ....
--.uxcu million bushels.
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VOL. XXV.
As we remarked yesterday when
speaking of cotton, while the in
crease was going on in this country
other cotton-growing countries were
adding to their acreage and product,
until they jointly produce more now
than the total crop of this country
amounted to twenty years ago. So
with wheat. If the Southern planter
has competitors in other lands so has
the wheat-grower, who will eventu
ally, and that before many years,
have to face a competition which has
already become serious and will
prove much more formidable than
the competition that does or will con
front the planter.
There are three sources from which
this competition will come. The
first is Argentina,' which within a few
few years has become a great wheat
grower and is adding largely to her
acreage every year. Her exportable
surplus this year amounts to some
thing more than 50,000,000 bushels,
(about half as much, as we export
when there is the ordinary foreign
demand) with an increase of twenty
per cent, in the acreage for the next
crop, which will, if nothing happens
to the crop, give an exportable pro
duct of 60.000.000 bushels.- The
wheat-growers of that country can
at present produce it for less than
our wheat-growers can because land
is cheap, labor is cheap, and the soil
still in its virgin fertility, yielding on
the average much more than our
wheat lands do. With Argentine
wheat alone to contend against in the
foreign market the prospect for the
future would be sufficiently serious
for the Western wheat -grower. But
that's not all. -
The building of railroads in India
has opened up a considerable section
of that country for the cultivation of
wheat, the production of which is in- j
creasing largely. The cheapening
of freights by the way of the Suez
Canal has made it practicable for
England to draw much of her wheat!
supplies from India, thus lessening
the demand for American wheat.
Russia is already a large grower of
wheat, and can when her crop is a
full 'one export a hundred million
bushels, but in addition to this she is
building the longest railroad in the
world, to run : through Southern
Siberia and China to her possessions
on the North Pacific. There are
two objects in this; one to secure
the trade of China, the other to
develop and populate Southern Si
beria, which is a favored country,
rich in minerals, soil and timber. The
climate is adapted to the raising of
everything grown in this country and
especially adapted, it is said, to the
cultivation of wheat. Already colo
nies have been located there along
the line of the railroad, which will be
completed within the next five years,
and arrangements are being made to
plant more and larger ones, to whom
liberal inducements are offered in the
way of large grants of land free or at
nominal prices. We do not know
what the area of this wheat land sec
tion is, but it containsmany millions
of acres.
Here, then, are three competitors
against which the American wheat
grower will have to contend in the
near future, some of which he has to
contend against now, and the ques
tion naturally arises, can he do it ?
He has one advantage which they
have not, and which they will be
some time in availing themselves of
it they ever do to any considerable
extent. He has labor-saving ma
chinery which enables him to culti
vate three acres to their one; but he
must change his methods and 'cease
cultivating (but that is a misnomer)
three acres to get. what he should
sret from one. When he does that
the average whe?.t-grower ' can
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produce wheat for less than fifty
cents a bushel. It is possible to re
duce the cost to twenty-five cents or
less, and none of the foreign growers
even witrr cheap labor can do better
than that. ,With reduced acreage, by
increasing the product per acre as it
can be increased, and short routes,
such as the Nicaragua canal would
give, to open up markets for our ex
portable product, the American
wheat-grower may continue tor
years, even with increasing competi
tion, to grow wheat at a profit.
Have you received a bill for sub-
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srr ntmn tn 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
com. and cotton, and wheat, and
chickens, and, eggs, and keep out 01
the poor-house? If so, let us have
, -- , .
the recipe, it will be vaiuaoie to us
just now.
Ralph Conklin, 18 years old, son
of a farmer near Mt. Sterling, III
filled ud on dime novel literature
until he could stand plain, plodding
bucolic life no longer. Then he stole
one of the old man's horses, equipped
himself with a mask and a big revol
ver, rode into" town, made straight
for the bank, and with that big re
volver made the cashier hand over
the ready assets, amounting .to $411
He then mounted his horse, shot at
the constable and would have
escaped if he had not been knocked
off his horse by a brick which was
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harder than his head.
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MINOR MENTION.
The J bolting sugar planters of
J-ouisiaria contend that the bounty
granted by the McKinley law is a
'vested right," and that in jnstice it
ennnot: be repealed before 1905,
when it would expire by limitation.
(This vested right claim was an after
thought, and was never dreamed of
until there was talk of repealing it
and putting sugar back on the duti
able list, where it was before the
McKinley tariff-makers put it on the
so-called free list, and adopted the
bounty instead bf a duty. The
planters were not then in favor of a
bounty, but preferred to have the
protection that the then existing tariff
or a higher rate of duty would give
them. They sent a- committee to
appear for them before the Ways
and Means Committee when it was
fixing up the McKinley tariff, of
which committee ex-Governor War
mouth, a Republican, was spokes
man. ' He arcued asrainst.' ' -the
bounty.;, for the reason that
the bounty couldn't stand and
that there would be a universal de
mand kr its repeal. And for that
reason he argued that putting sugar
on the free list, with a bounty in
stead of the protective duty, would
destroy the sugar making industry
in Louisiana, because it would "dis
close the fact that a tariff is a
bounty, and the moment it is under
stood that we are singled out and a
bounty paid into our bands there
would be a universal cry for the de
struction of that bounty." and it
would be destroyed, for the Congress
which gave it could not give any
guarantee that a succeeding Con
gress would not abolish it. This
shows how they viewed it then and
that the idea never occurred to them
that if Congress passed it, in opposi
tion to their! wishes, it would become
a "vested right."
The
Raleigh Press, speaking of
Andrews, for several years
Greek
ocal editor of the News and Observer,
now connected witn tbe Baltimore
Herald, for which he is doing some
work that is attracting attention,
says "t,he readers of Raleigh papers
have learned to appreciate this man
since he severed his connection with
ournalism in this city." The trouble
with most' of them was that they
didn't! know Greek. But Greek is
ucky in meeting even this belated
appreciation, for there is many a
bright writer for the press who is
never appreciated until he is dead,
when he wouldn't give a continental
for the appreciation.
The New York World tells of a
baby thatxdied in that city and re
mained unburied for twenty-three
days because there was some irregu-
arity in the doctor's certificate as to
the cause of death. We have known
men who have remained unburied for
twenty-three years because they
couldn't be persuaded they were
dead.i Just because they could croak
and make-everything around them
blue they fancied they were alive.
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 m"an
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.
THE TROTTING RECORD..
Tbe Pneumatic Balky Had Much to Do
j with, Lowering the Beeord.
The New York Sun says a letter pub
lished in that paper recently lrom Mr,
Peter C. Kellogg, a very familiar friend
of trotting horses, will make fellow
observers look upon the trotting record
question from a new side. According
to Mr. Kellogg, so far as horses are con
cerned, Alix's 2.03 is no better, on its
actual merits, than Maud S.'s2.08i and
Sunol's 2.08& on a kite track. The
difference lies In-the pneumatic sulky, in
itself six seconds faster than the old
wooden wheel machine, which, owing to
its rigidity, received such shocks from
the imperfections of the track that the
driver felt a vibration something like
that of a torpedo boat. Comparing the
different conditions, the present record
of 3 03M 's actually inferior to Sunol's,
and 'Alix must yet trot in 2 02& before
she proves herself Sunol's equal. In
other words, putting Maud Sv and
Sunol about on a par, there has been no
nrncress in horses since Maud S. s day,
The two-minute mile is still a long way
off.
'Larger,
lettei and More Active
Than Ever."
j Raleih News and Observer.
The Wilmington Star has reached
the mature age of twenty-seven years,
and Sunday it began its fifty-fifth semi
annual volume. This makes it the
oldest daily paper in the State, and it is
lareen better and more active now than
at any other time in all its lengthy ex
istence. Careful management and able
oi wnrlr is resDonsible for this
CUlUliO . w-
longevity and prosperity of a North
Carolina newspaper. Hereafter the Star
will every day be the size it has been on
Sunday. We congratulate the manage
ment noon this evidence of prosperity,
and wlsh'for the Star a steady im
provement upon even that excellence by
which its popularity has so long
maintained.
been
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894.
WILMINGTON WELCOME WEEK
Prom November Twenty-sixth to Decem
ber First-Arrangements Proposed by
the Executive Committee.
Welcome Week is now a certaintyTl
unds sufficient can be raised.
The Executive Committee of the Wil
mington Week met last night and a very
Urge number !of committeemen jwere
present, which showed that the interest
was increasing.
After a full repot t from the committee
-appointed to confer with the railroads
(the substance ot which was published j
in Thursday's Star) and statements :
fiora Messrs. T. C. Tames, of the C. F. !
& Y. V. R. R.: Tnos. D. Meares. of the
C R. R., and J. W. Martems. of the
W., NJ & N. R. .R., that they thoucht it
would be impossible to get less than one
and five-eiehhs cents per mile, which
was onlyone-eighth of a cent more than
was requested, upon motion of Mr.
Wm. E. Springer it was unanimously
decided to have the W. W. W. celebra
tion this year, and accept the one and
five-eighths cents rate from the rail
roads. u
Various other matters were discussed.
and upon motion the dates selected for
th? occasion were from the 26th of No
vember until the 1st of December, in-
uMve; ten days earlier than last year.
Mr. W. F. Heiskell, of the Wilming
ton Street Railway, was added to tbe
committee.
After discussion by Messrs. P. Pear-
sall and I. C. Morrison as to the advisa
bility of sending letters of invitation to
country merchants and farmers to come
on a day to be selected later as "Mer
chant's Day," it was unanimosly carried.
Mr. Joe M. Cronly. lessee of the Oaera
House, was added to the committee,
wtih the hope that he can induce some
how to fill a week s engagement here
during the week.'
Mr.il. W. lackson was requested to
correspond with some one in authority
to secure the appearance of The Cyclo
rama of Gettysburg for the week.
Different propositions were made for
he entertainment of visitors, and the
committee feels ! sure that after three
years' experience and knowing what to
leave j from the programme, that the
finest , and grandest display for real
amusement and interest can be arranged
if the cash is forthcoming.
Mr. Springer, the treasurer, was in
structed to appoint his Finance Com
mittee and ascertain it tbe proper
amount could be raised.
MrJ Springer stated that he would put
the committee out next week, which
committee would report to the meeting
next Friday night. He said that with
low rates on all roads, no celebration in
Charleston, no fair at Weldon this year.
and the committee selecting a week
when nothing is docketed in
this State, and with prospects
for a good trade this Fall, that every
merchant should plainly see that this ot
all other years is the one which he
should better afford to not only subscribe
to, but subscribe more liberally than ever
belore. Don't forget they will wait on
vou next week, j
The meeting adjourned to meet Fri
day night next, i
STORM NEWS:
Disasters to Shipping A Water-logged
Bohooner Towed Into Bouthpoit
Schooner Wrecked -on Frying-pan
Bnoala Crew Bescued by Life-Savers.
- Reports of disaster to shipping along
the coast during the recent storm are
being received.
Yesterday the wreck of the schooner
Wm T. Parker was towed into South-
port by the Clyde steamer Iroquois, from
Charleston for New York. The
schooner was picked up by the steamer
last Friday at 1 o'clock p. m.t forty miles
from Frying-pan shoals light-ship,
totally dismasted, with sails, anchors
and chains gone, and leaking badly. She
was from Georgetown, S. C, bound to
Philadelphia, with a cargo of lumber.
Capt, Coverdale, master of the wrecked
schooner, came up to the city yesterday.
He reports that his vessel was
water-logged and rolled over in
the hurricane on Wednesday last. The
crew lashed themselves to the sides, and
after hard work managed to cut away
the masts, when tbe vessel righted.
Two steamers passed them and offered
to take the men off, but they refused to
abandon the vessel, and on Friday the
Iroquois was hailed, took the wreck in
tow and brought it to Southport. The
Parker was built at Milton, Del., in
189L and registers 170 tons.
The schooner E, A. Beasley, Capt
Smith, of Camden, N. J. from Charles
ton, S. C, to Baltimore, with phosphate
rock, went ashore Friday morning at
5 o'clock on Frying-pan shoals, five
miles south by west from Southport.
The vessel will prove a total loss. The
crew of seven men were taken off by the
life-saving crewsjfrom the Bald Head and
Oak Island stations.
A teleeram received by Messrs. At
kinson & Son yesterday reported an un
known schooner, dismasted, four miles
cast of Bogue Inlet.
The schoone r Jesse C. Woodhull, from
New York to Daricn, Ga., put into
Southport for a harbor Friday.
OCTOBER WEATHER.
Data Compiled at the Weather Bureau of
Observations Taken at the Wilmington
Station.
The Chief of the Weather Bureau di
rects the publication of the following
data, compiled from the record of obser
vations for the month of October, taken
at this station for a period of 23 years:
Mean or normal temperature, 65; the
warmest October was that of 1881, with
an average ot 70; the coldest October
was that of 1876, with an average of 59'
the highest temperature during any Oc
tober was 88 on 5th. 1891: the lowest
temperature during any October was 82
on 16th. 187B: average date on which
first -killing" frost occurred (in autumn
November 8th.
Average precipitation for the month
3.90 inches; average number of days
with .01 of an inch or more, 8; the
greatest monthly precipitation was 8.73
inches in 1885; the least monthly pre?
cipitation was 0.48 inches, in 1886; the
greatest amount of precipitation re
corded in any 24 consecutive hours was
4.61 inches, on 11th and 12th, 1885.
Average number of cloudless days, 15
average number of partly cloudy days.
9; average number of cloudy days, 7.
The prevailing winds have been from
the northeast. The highest velocity of
wind d urine anv October was 60 miles,
on the 11th, 1888.
i THE STORM 'AND THE RICE.
Fears That the Crop Has Been Damaged
-V-j ....... by the Storm. ;
The News and. Courier says : "News
ice and sea island cotton sec
tions is, of courseryerjf meagre. It was
thought yesterday up toafkrthatahere
would be little danger of extraordinary
tides with a northeast wind, but when
the inundation set in in the city and the
tide seemed to rise 1 almost a foot a
minute it was at once apparent that the
rice crops were in danger. , -
About all the early rice has been cut
and stacked in the fields and threshing
is wen under way. while tbe June or late
rice will not be ripe until some time
next.' month.: Damage to the stacked
rice would be hard to prevent. Last year
the planters moved a good deal of it
into their barns, bat did little good, as
most of the barns were washed away
and the i rice scattered lar and
wide. About the only thing-to do
was to anchor it down, and some
of the planters on Tuesday endeavored
to make the stacks of rice as secure as
possible. The damage to the late crop
could be caused by its being covered
with" water or salt water being backed up
on U by the wind. This la the way in
which much 61 the crop was damaced
last year, m
This is, it is said, the most inoppor
tune time for a storm so far as the rice
plantations are concerned. What the
water could not destroy by beating it
down and rotting the grain it could dis
pose ot by washing away. The rice plan
ters in this section have not made a fair
crop now in about three years. For the
last three years they have suffered losses
from rain and wind, and although the
aggregate this year was very much re
duced, they had promise of a tair crop
until this menace appeared. ,
Yesterday the rice crop of South Car
olina was conservatively estimated at
750,000 bushels. To-day no man can say
what it will be." i
Wilmington and Southport Telegraph
Line, j
The Government telegraph line be
tween Wilmington and Southport has
been purchased by Capt. J. T. Harper.
The line will now be known as the Wil
mington and Southport Telegraph line,
and will be kept in good order and first
class service given the public. The
charges will be 25 cents for ten words, 2
cents for each additional word, delivery
free in city limits and to vessels in the
harbor at actual cost lor such service.
The Southport office will be in Capt.
Harper's new store, and in charge of
Stanley G.! Stevens, lately with the U. S.
Weather Bureau Department. The Wil
mington office will be in the Postal Tel
egraph Co. s building.
AT OCEAN VIEW.
Considerable Damage 'caused by the
Storm The Beach Abandoned Yester
day. '
The storm Wednesday night caused
no little alarm among the people at
Ocean View and the Hammocks. Every
body deserted the Beach early yesterday
morning, tbe ladies crossing the trestle
to the Hammocks on hand-cars and the
men following on foot.
At Ocean View the tide washed over
the beach, and was knee-deep in several
places.
l he piazza ol I udge D. L. Kusseu s
cottage was blown away.
A great deal of damage was done to
the Shelter of the Silver Cross.
The colored people's pavilion and tbe
bath houses were blown down.
The trestle over the banks channel
was damaged, but was repaired so that
trains could pass last evening.
Severely Hurt.
Dr. Andrew H. Harriss was severely
hurt last Wednesday at Wrightsville, by
the horse he was riding falling on the
turnpike at the railroad crossing. The
horse tell upon Dr. Harriss right leg,
which was painfully bruised, and his
head was cut by striking one of the iron
rails. He was unconscious when picked
up. Dr. Burbank went down to Wrights
ville yesterday to attend him.
The Mullet Catch at Southport.
The Southport Leader says: -The
mullet catch around here this year has
been far greater than the demand, there
being absolutely no market lor this fish.
During the past week quantities ot
these fish have been salted down by
many families in Southport. There is
no sale for them in Wilmington." '.'
The Western Benatorship.
Ia connection with the United States
Senatorship, the Asheville O'lisen says
this of Major Charles M. Stedman :
"The Citizen has reason, moreover, to
believe that Major Stedman is growing
in strength as an available candidate
from this part of the State. He is an in
teresting figure in North Carolina poli
tics just now, and the chances are that
interest will increase rather than di
minish.")
FU LLER ACQUITTED.
The Jury Took Only Twenty Minutes to
Reach a Verdict.
Special Star Telegram.
Rockingham, September 27. Solici
tor McNeill made the closing speech in
the Fuller trial this morning, and it was
an argument worth listening to. The
court house was filled to overflowing.
Upon the closing of the speech the Judge
delivered an impartial charge to the
jury, but owing to some oversight of a
technical point, a second charge was de
livered, and the jury retired, remaining
out about fifteen or twenty minutes, af
ter which a verdict of not guilty was re
turned. j
"Has Done Splendid Service."
! Norfolk Virginian
This excellent paper with its issue of
Sunday, completed its twenty-seventh
year of publication and entered upon its
fifty-fifth semi-annual volume, enlarged
in size,' and showing evident signs of
increased prosperity. The Virginian
extends its congratulations. The peo
ple of Wilmington have every reason to
exhibit ! an interest and pride in this
journal, which has so long been an in
stitution in their midst, and which has
done such splendid service in all that
related to that city's welfare and pros
perity, i It is the oldest daily newspaper
in North Carolina, with no change dur
ing its career in . name, ownership or
editorial management. May every pros
perity attend Mr. Bernard and the Star,
is the wish of The Vtrgtman.
For the State Fair.
On account of the North Carolina
State Agricultural Fair at Raleigh, N. C
October 23-26, 1894, the Seaboard Air
Line will sell round trip tickets to that
point at rednced rates. : Rate from Wil
mington $4.85; Maxton. $4.25. This in
cludes one admission to the Fair grounds.
Tickets on sale October 20th to 25th, in
clusive; final limit October 29th', 1894.
j ABOUT GLEAN COTTON.
xs will ray to Separate the Clean from
i. the Dirty Cotton. ..
The agricultural editor of . the Peters
burg Index Appeal gives. some good and
well timed advice to cotton farmers in
Virginia, which maybe followed with
profit by their brethren in other South
ern States as well.
ine present years crop, as be savs.
promises to be exceptionally laree. the
price of ordinary and inferior grades will
rule very low. and buyers will be parti
cular on the score of the quality of what
they buy. It is of especial importance
to tne farmer, theretore, that he take
pains to have bis cotton picked clean of
trash and dirt and bits of leaves so as to
have it reacn the market in eood condi
tion. L The pickers should be impressed
with the necessity of exercising unusual
care in their work, and should be re
quired to free .the lint from all trash, as
well as they can. while picking it.
it would be well, the same authority
suggests, if the pickers were required to
"put ait ttirty. yellow and trashy cotton
into a separate bag as they pick, and
only the whitest and cleanest cotton
into the main sack." A little extra re
ward, he adds, might readily secure this
end, and every means toward it should
be employed, as only the best quality of
cotton will command a living price this
season. "Better have the poor stuff to
itself and sell it lor what it wilt brine
than to ruin the sale of the whole crop"
oy mixing good and bad, clean and un
clean, together, The advice is based on
tne role that when good and bad cotton
are packed in one bale tbe good sells at
the price of tbe bad, and no other argu
ment is needed to prove the unwisdom
ol mixing them. It will "pay to keep
them separate in the picker's bag. the
gin and the bale, and the prudent farmer
will govern his conduct accordingly.
SOUTH CAROLINA RICE.
The Escape of the Bica Fields High Water
but Little Damage to the Crop.
Naturally a great deal of anxiety was
felt yesterday, says the News and
Courier, to hear from the rice fields
around the city, where it was feared
serious damage had been done to the
rice crop. The first authentic news that
was received in the city came from the
Fon-fon river, and was kindly furnished
the News and Courier by Mr. Theo Mel-
chers, of Melchers & Co. The informa
tion was as follows :
Mr. Herman Bischoff writes under
date of Thursday, 27th, 9 a. m., as fol
lows : "Have just returned from rice
fields where we were obliged to stay all
last night on account ot the storm. As
far as could be ascertained everything is
all right; the tide was not high enough
to top the banks and so far no breaks.
It blew and rained very hard and the
ditches are full of water.
From this it appears that the rice in
terest has suffered but little by this
cyclone. Of course, said Mr. Melchers,
there is danger, for the rice stacked, in
the fields is soaked with rain, and will
require to be turned, which involves an
expense and certain percentage of loss
by shelling oft, but that is comparatively
a small matter, and the rice planters can
congratulate themselves in having
escaped so lightly.
Mr. Weston, ol Dan Talmages Sons
& Co., learned that the crops on the
Ashepoo had not suffered from tide
water, but that the ram falling upon it
cut in the fields would probably miure
it somewhat. This is thought to be the
case on most of the rivers.
"Choltefull or llve News."
Charleston News and Courier.
The Wilmington Morning Star was
twenty-seven years old on Sunday last,
and celebrated the event by appearing
in a greatly enlarged form and chqkefull
of very interesting miscellany and live
news. The Morning Star is the old'
est daily newspaper in North Carolina,
and during its busy and useful life it has
held on to its name, been owed by the
same proprietor and been under the
same editorial .management. In con
cluding its birthday announcement it
says: "The morning star looks
gratefully at the past, and hopefully to
the future." This is a comfortable frame
of mind, truly, for our contemporary to
be in. It has nothing tto reproach it
self for; and, therefore, it looks to the
future with hope. We congratulate it
and wish it well. Our contemporary has
succeeded because it has not used its
columns to squelch the honorable ambi
tion of good men, and holds its columns
open to the promotion of individual in
terests when those interests promise to
benefit the public.
An Incomplete Bketch.
The Augusta Chronicle tells of a quaint
character named Charles Brandt, of
SycamoreTSV C. It says : "He is 83
years old and has worked his farm with
out ever buying a pound of corn, bacon
or fertilizers. He has never borrowed
The Star wonld suggest that this
sketch of Mr. Brandt is very graphic so
far as it goes ; but public curiosity is on
tiptoe now to know whether or not the
old gentleman has ever had a day's sick
ness, used tobacco, or taken a drink ot
"sperms.
TOBACCO FoVbREMEN.
Sale Made by Leaf Dealers in Booty
Mount.
Star Correspondence.
Rocky Mount, N. C, Sept, 29.
Messrs. Thorpe & Ricks, one of the old
est and heaviest, tobacco buyers and
dealers on this market, have been bus'
Lfor several days in hauling their tobacco
to the railroad for shipment. Unly a
few days ago they made an unusual sale
of tobacco having sold thirty-nine
hogsheads to a manufacturing establish
ment in Bremen, uermany. This is
only a stepping-stone-to future transac
tions, not only to this but other foreign
markets.
The Cape Fear Freshet.
Private advices from Fayetteville yes
terday by telegraph were that there had
been a forty-foot rise in the river at that
place. The steamer Caie Fear, which
arrived yesterday morning, brought in
formation that all the lowlands were
flooded and people were out in small
boats trying) to save tlive stock endan
gered by the flood.
Dockery Not In It.
The Rockingham Index says: "We
have it direct from Col. O. H.
Dockery that he has no intention
now, nor did he ever have any mten-
tion,;orunning lor Congress, and will in
a letter through the Index to tbe com
mittee, explain his position. He in
forms us, however, that he will take an
active part in the campaign.
The Rep.-Pop, conf usionists are
in a bad way now; but it will be "confu
sion worse confounded" in November.
NO. 48
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK,
Capt. Howgtte, Formerly Chief of the
Weather Bureau He Kmberxled Three
Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, September 17. Captain
Henry W. Howgate. formerly Chief of
the Weather Bureau in Washington, D.
D , and who has been a fugitive from jus
tice since the Winter of 1880-81, to-day
was arrested on Ninth street, between
Broadway and Fourth avenue, by De
fective A. L. Drummond. . of this city,
acting for J Sterling Morton. Secretary
ot Agriculture at Washington. How-g-ate
was not only chief, but disbursing
officer of the Weather Bureau. His em
bezzlement,! forgeries andSarcenies it is
alleged aggregated $370,000 at least. He
was an officer of the regular " a-my,-and
being a genial, whole-souled man, had
hosts of friends..; There are seven in
dictments hanging over Howgate. each
containing a number of counts
C0BBETT MUST FIGHT.
The Prevalent Opinion of Bportine; Men Is
That the Champion Must Fight Filz.
stmmons Whit Solhvan Bass.
The sporting editor of the New York
Herald says: j
James J. Corbett, in the opinionof
nearly all, if not all, fair-minded sporting-
men, must now accept "Bob" Fltzsim
mons' challenge to fight or resign all
claim to his present title heavy-weight
pugilist champion of the world. That
Corbett could successfully defend the
championship against "Fitz" in tbe ring
is very probable, but that is neither here
nor there. If the-champion refuses to
accept the opportunity to demonstate
that lact he, it is generally agreed, can no
longer pose belore tbe footlights as a
world beater in a fistic way, and in that
capacity cull tbe dollars of the American
public. If Corbett relies on his histrionic
ability alone:. as a drawing power, well
and good; but he cannot rightfully claim
any fighting championship and at the
same time oyerflook "Fitz. The ethics
bf the prize ring demand that he fight
Lanky Bob or retire. .
Any attempt of Corbett to push for
ward "Steve' O'Donnell, and demand
that "Fitz" first defeat the latter, will be
regarded "as a flimsy excuse on the part
of "Gentlemin Jim" to avoid a meeting
with the Australian. In an interview at
Lewiston. Me., ' yesterday, Corbett is
quoted as saying that he never said
filzsiramons must dispose of Creedon
and Choynski before engaging .his (Cor
bett's) attention.
"Fitzsimmons may keep on fighting
midSle-weigbts until doomsday, but I
will not meet him until he gets into my
class." says Corbett. "He has been
challenged time and again by O'Donnell.
and he has got to recognize him before I
will tight him.
Be that as it may, it has little to do
with the matter in question. - "Fitz" is
willing to comply with the requirements
for a fight with Corbett. He has issued
a challenge and will post $1,000 forfeit.
He agrees to a side stake of $10,000, and
is willing that the winner.take the entire
purse of $25,000 which has been offered
by the Olympic Club of New Orleans.
This is a propitious time for a meeting
between the two men. "Fitz" has
shown without the shadow of a doubt
that he can take pretty good care of
himself in almost any company, so Cor
bett cannot Cry "class."
The following letter from John L. Sul
livan appears in the World of the 28th:
j Washington, Sept. 27.
If Fitzsimmons ; and Corbett were
brought together you would see the hot
test fight in years, i But I do not believe
that Corbett wants to fight. He is mak
ing money fast, and he doesn't want to
take any chances. When I was fighting
no one had to hunt me around to be ac
commodated. I do not see how Corbett
can refuse to meet Fitzsimmons. if he
does not accept the challenge, be does
not want to fight.
I do not care to express any opinion
as to the results if the two men were
matched. But it would be a fight and
no mistake. : Fitzsimmons is no quicker
than Corbett, but he knows all the fine
points of the game. Tbe difference in
weight would not make such a great
difference, as many people imagine. 1
would like to see Corbett and Fitzsim
mons meet. Corbett would have work
to do in that fight. I do not see how he
can get away lrom Fitzsimmons's chal
lenge unless he wants to admit that he
does not care to fight.
I John L. Sullivan.
WAYNE COUNTY
Demooratio Convention A Strong Ticket
Nominated-Speech of Hon. B. B. Glenn.
Special Star Telegram.
Goldsboro, Sept. 29. The Demo
crats of Wayne county held a rousing
convention; here to-day. Every town
ship had large representations. A strong
I ticket was nominated, as follows: B. F.
Aycockfor the! Senate; J. H.Edwards
and W. C Munroe lor the House; B. F.
Scott for Sheriff; GeoC. Kornegay for
Register of Deeds; AT Uzzell for
Treasurer (re-hommated); C. FHerring
for Clerk of Court; Dr. Thomas Hill for
Coroner; J. J. Herring, Jr., for Surveyor.
Hon. R. B. Glenn made a powerful
speech, and for nearly two hours held
the undivided attention of an audience
of at least 1,500. He made many votes
for Democracy.
RANSOM IN BLADEN
Spoke at Elizabethtown Yesterday to a
Large Number of Voters of the County,
Special Star - Telegram.
Elizabethtown, Sept. 29. General
Ransom spoke here to-day to a good
crowd. Our new court house was full;
the crowd was variously estimated at
from three to five hundred, and but for
the weather wonld have been much
larger. Gen. Ransom's speech was re
garded by many as the keynote to the
campaign. His old comrades in arms
wept, the young and growing Democracy
cheered, the Populists cheered and hung
their heads, the Republicans grinned
and laughed and showedtheir teeth,
when Ransom laid "bare the marriage
between the so-called People's party and
the Republicans. His defence of De
mocracy was complete.
Tne Oldest) Ton mean.
Concord Standard.
The Wilmington Star entered upon
its nny-min volume sunaay morning,
the 23d, being 27 years old; one of the
oldest, wide-awake dailies in the State,
We wish this esteemed paper many more
years ot prosperity and life.
With six exceptions, the Ral
eigh Press is the best evening paper in
the State.
Be-organtsadon of the Clerical Foroe of the
Treasury Department-Tobaooo Samples
by Mail to Great Britain-Bmugglera Ar
rested at Newport News.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Sept. 29. The re-or
ganization of the clerical force of the
Treasury will go into effect on Monday
next. The changes necessary to accom
plish the result were made to-day. No
dismissals were made to-day, but 88
clerks were droped lrom the regular roll
and placed on the tempory roll at re
duced salaries under the appropriation
to bring up to date the work in divis
ions of the Treasury that are behind. It
is believed that this work will continue
about two months. The forty-two dis
missals made in the Treasury on
September 15th -took effect to-day.
A net reduction of 143 people of
all grades is made in the re-organized
clerical force, but as vacancies occurring
in the past year have not been filled,
only forty-two dismissals had to be
made to bring the force to the reduction
point provided by Congress. The
efficient clerks of the eighty-eight put
on the temporary roll may be provided
for as vacancies occur hereafter, as they
can be reinstated within a year.
A report became current to-day that
Civil Service Commissioner Lvman had
sent his resignation to the President.
When asked about it Mr. Lyman would
not talk on the subjuct further than to
say: "riiaye not resigned and have not
said to any one that I had done so."
The Postoffice Department has noti
fied postmasters that the British Gov
ernment has relaxed the rigor of provis
ions relative to samples of tobacco intro
duced into Great Britain by mail. Un
manufactured tobacco in mail packages
not over four ounces in weight will be
received in the United Kingdom if des
tined for the trade, subject to a customs
charge of nine pence. Other "restrictions
remain in force.
A special customs inspector at New
port News, Va,, telegraphed the Treas
ury Department to-day that he ai rested
six persons for smuggling. He says the
proof against each of them is positive,
No particulars are given.
About forty miles from Charleston,
S. C, Wednesday last, George W. Mc
Cabe shot his brother, B. F. McCabe,
with a double-barrel shot-gun and then
committed suicide by drinking a tum-j
bler-full of whiskey and strychnine. It is
supposed that George W. McCabe was
insane as there was no motive for the
shooting. i
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