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RAILROAD BUILDING.
-The Chicago Railway pub
lishes a list of 34 States and Terri
tories, with the railroad mileage con
strucied in each during the year, the
total amounting to 1,919.13 miles
which is the least number of miles
laid any year within thirty years ex
cept in 1865-'66 and '75. There were
fourteen States and Territories in
which there was none laid. The
Territory of Arizona scores the
highest number with 193.40 miles,
Illinois coming second with 147.20,
Pennsylvania third with 128 87,
Michigan fourth with 112, Maine
fifth with 111.70, Montana sixth with
101.17. These were all that ex
ceeded one hundred miles, and but
few of the others came near that
figure. ' ,
la the Southern section (in which
we iuclude Missouri and the Terri
tory of Arizona) there were about
5v3 miles, or nearly one third of the
total new mileage. But the past
few years have been hard on the
railroads a considerable number of
them, and among these some of the
inost extensive systems in the coun
try, havinz gone into the hands of
receivers. This will account partly '
for the decreased construction of the
past several years. For the past five
years there has been a steady decline.
In 1890 the new mileage was 5,670
miles; in 1891, 4 282; in 1892. 4,178;
in 1893, 2,635; in 1894, 1,919, a pretty
big fall from 1887 when the new
nrltage was 13,000 miles. -
The total mileage in the United
States is now 179,672miles, of which
54,300 miles have been constructed
in the past ten years, an average of
5,430 miles a year.
The States having the largest mile
age come in the order as follows : Il
linois first, with 10,576 miles; Penn
sylvania second, with 9,564 miles ;
Texas third, with 9,272; Kansas
fourth, with 8,931; . Ohio fifth, with
8,652; Iowa sixth, with 8,513; New
York seventh, with 8,150. These
seven States have an aggregate of
63,658 miles, or a little over one-'
third of the total mileage of the whole
country, while they contain less than
twenty per cent, of the total area of
the country, omitting Alaska.
The figures here presented suggest
some thoughts in reference to the
.future of railroad building. The new
mileage of this and for several years
past, nas Deen merely snort lines as
connections between lines already in
efjeration or as feeders to main lines.
ibis will in all probability be the
character of the work that will be
done for some years to come in the
oiaer Northern and Western States,
which have now about all the rail
roads they need, or will need in the
near future.
The far Western States are not as
well supplied as they may desire to
be, but there is little temptation to
invest mjney in railroad building in
those sparsely settled States, whose
industries are limited, and, with the
exception of mining, not of a very
profitable character, in addition to
which, from the nature of the coun
try and from other causes railroad
building is much more expensive in
that than it is in other sections of the
country, while the prospects
Of
profits are not so encouraging.
cre is neither sentiment, sec
l-tional pride nor patriotism in railroad
DUIldine. It Is rnM.hlonHoH hnei
ncss which has nothing in it nor be
w - - wm U Wall
"no u Dut dollars. Where there is
reasonable prospect of a road pay
Inirtk. k.:u
- c uunucrs it win oe built some
daJ; where there is no such prospect
" roan will ever be built. . Capital-
ao not build railroads for recrea
on, as millionaire FfoirW ..hniMe
HMieis, nor to accommodate the pub
lie unless the public are willing ohH
S3
Dje to patronize them sufficiently to bitionists 219,843. Add up thecom
PaF a reasonable dividend on th in. I hini nnnosition vote and It leaves
'Wtnent. Roads Ho
wis, and some come far from doing
K, but these ar mm. r
these are casi.t nf
"on, or of contingencies which were
VOL; XXVE
not anticipated or taken into account
when the roads were built.
i Capital Is always on the outlook
for investments where it will pay
and requires little or no 'persuasion
to in vest . when the, prospects for
pay are good. Capitalists keep a
close eye on the present and prospec
tive development and possibilities of
new fields of enterprise and are care
ful readers of the reported business
and earnings of enterprises already
established. They compare the re
turns with the returns of similar , en
terprises in other sections and from
these draw their own conclusions.
For the past year the railroads of
the South show a larger percentage
of net earnings than the roads of
any other-section of the country,
which shows that there is work for
the railroads and not tod many rail
roads for. the work to be done.
i ne indications tor some years
past have pointed and they still point
to the South as the future field for
railroad buildifig, for there is not yet
in : this grand and richly-endowed
domain one-fourth of the railroad
mileage that there will be use for in
the near future.' When the revival
of business comes in good earnest it
will be first felt in the South, for it is
in this direction that surplus capital
will seek investment in the" working
of the mineral and other resources.
Into this section Immigration from
other sections will continue to flow,
and the manufacturing industries
will continue to increase even more
rapidly than they have in the past.
All these will be incentives to rail
road building and reciprocally rail
road building will be an incentive
and give stimulus to these. Rail
roads follow population and enter
prise, and population and enterprise
follow railroads. Unless all the signs
are. at fault the great railroad work
of this country within the next ten
years will be in the South.
MIlS OB. MSfiTlOff.
A press dispatch published yester
day, announced jthat the capital
stock of the Whittier Cotton Mills,
of Lowell, Mass., had been, increased
from $150,000 to $300,000, and that
a three-story factory would be built
in Georgia, where the same grade of
3oods will be made as in their Lowell
factory. This is the third mill to be
erected in the South by New Eng
land companies,j announcements 'of
which have been made within the:
past couple months. One of the
others is a $600,000 and one a $500r
000 planCWhat better evidence could
be asked that the New England
manufacturers realize the advantages
that the South, presents as a field for
cotton manufacturing or that they
realize this to.be the center of the
cotton manufacturing industry? it
must be remembered that these are
practical men who know all about
the business, and are not going to
take chances' in an untried field
They know what they are 'doing and
are putting' their money and ma
chinery in the South in order to be
better able jbo keep up in the race of
competition. If they could have
held their own they would never
their own they
thus have practically acknowledged
the advantages of a location in the
Sontb. but would have put their
money into enlarging their plants in
New England. There is more in
these announcements than the mere
building of cotton factories, for they
mean also Drroeinz to me soma
more skilled labor, and valuable ex
periencei which will help in the wort
'' trr . :
ot educating our mm opcravuia iu
the manipulating of new lines ot
goods. Every new miU started witn
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new JMigiana capuai ana uuuci iuc
management of practical men from
that Section will: become to some
extent an educator, and therefore
in a double way. This
movement, which began sometime
ago, will continue until these New
England branch 1 establishments, as
they migbt be called, will be numer
ous in the .South. ; .
.
With its great triumph in last No
vember the Republican party is still,
as it always has j been, sr minority;
party, and does not represent or
nf the neoDle
ocaA sv iujwi g
of this country. If at any time since?
1 CfiO tViA nnnneitinn to It had been
1UW vrr , - (
united it would have been swept out
of existence. It has maintained its
hold on power simply because of the
I divisions among its opponents and
the scattered epposition that was
made to it. Its leaders gloried in
the "magnificent" victory they won
at the late elections; a victory oy
whiph they revolutionized the House
of Representatives :and recovered
nearly . all the ' States : ' which
tbey . lost two and four years
ago. but this victory' they owe to the
fact that the opposition was divided.
The summing up of ; the total vote
cast in the respective States shows
that the Republicans had 5,588,326
votes, the Democrats 4,148,456, the
I prtnniuf 1 24B.725. and the
From
v.nKi.Wn nartw 26.725 in the
minority, not connting the- many
I a.1 j t n.muni. votes which
I k-, r rmnrratic votes which
were not polled, i Four years ago the
Democratic : party had - a. majority
overall of 268,550.' If it were not
for the leadership of the Republican
party and the failure of the opposi
tion to unite against it it would have'
been annihilated long ago. ' ;
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.That is a touching story of desti
tution that comes from Southern Ne
braska; where' thousands of people
are suffering for food and fuel, and
dependent upon charity for the neces
saries of life. This is . not a new
story, for the condition of these peo
pie has been k.nown for months. It
was predicted last Summer that if no
organized effort was made for their
relief they would suffer much this
Winter. Their condition was so
well known ; that the Legislature
made, an appropriation to send them
seed-wheat to sow last Fall, and it
has also been known that yfbrl the
past two years there has been a large
emigration from that section end also
from the adjoining section of Kansas.
It seems remarkable that any one
would remain in a section where rais
ing crops is so uncertain that bat
three crops have been raised in nine
yaars. The probabilities - are that
most of those who remain were too
poor to get away. If they were not
very poor they would not be living
in sod houses, the same they threw
up when they took up the land. One
of the striking incidents in this con
nection is that the South ; which has
heretofore been buying corn from
the West is now donating corn and
other food stuffs to feed people from
whom they formerly bought these
things. ' ""
In the decade from 1880 to 1890
the capital invested in cotton mills
in the' Sontb increased from $217
000,000 to $97,000,000. The capital
now invested amounts to about $106,-
000,000, a five-fold increase in four
teen years. And the bulk of this
was in three States, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
There is no campaign assessments
nor stuffing the ballot box in Pana
ris, one of the islands in the Medi
terranean. Padre Michelangelo is
priest, mayor, harbormaster, post
master, and runs the telegraph with
the assistance of his niece. He fills
the bill so well that they never think
of running any one against him.
Congressman ' Goldozier, of Chi
cago,' is a reformer, .and proposes to
begin in the beer dispensaries of the
Capital which have beerr taking ad
vantage ot Congressmen Dy giving
them short beers and charging them
a long nickel. He proposes to have
the glasses collared and no foam be
low the collar. -
Captain Stephenson, of the New
York police, who was sentenced to
three years and nine months in the
penitentiary and to pay a fine of $1,-
000 was convicted of accepting
three boxes of peaches, worth $6,
from a fruit vender, for permission
to obstruct the sidewalk: Somebody
peached on him.
Senator Turpie Says if the Govern.
ment proposes to take any stock in
the Nicaragua Canal, it ought to
build the canal and run the business
Itself. But if that was proposed, Sen
ator Turpie would be throwing more
oratory and objections at it than an
ordinary canal could, hold. . .
The power exerted by the engines
ot the world (oot including locomo
tives) is estimated to equal 46,000,-
000 horse power. This equals the
oower of 1.000.000.000 of men, a
steam horse oower beinz rated at
a -
the p0wer of thrte ordinary, horses.
An inventor In Switzerland has
contrived a device for burning pe
troleum for generating steam, Which
it is said works so well that it will be
practicable with it to use petroleum
whereever coal is used for genera
ting steam. : '
England is becoming very depend
ent upon this country for- the com
forts of life.' We send her her best
beef, pork, oysters, apples; and just
before Christmas we sent her a ton
and a haif of plum pudding for her
Christmas dinner.
Henrv Pomeroy. who recently died
in tne city nospitai id . iuumuopuua,
was the personal fnend""of three
Presidents, Lincoln, Grant and Ar-
thnr. but that didn't prevent fate
from buffeting him and sending him
and his wife to the alms house. f
The relations between ' Messrs.
Croker and Cockran, of New York,
have become so strained that they
will not slide down hill on the same
toboggan. J Croker says Cockran has
hn talking too 'much with his
mouth. ' , I
The Clubbins Bystem. ; I
The Charlotte Observer has some good
observations on the "clubbing" system
which has been adopted by some of the
North Carolina weeklies. Here is an
important result of this -foolishness not
referred to by the Observer'. -When a
"club" subscriber gets the N. Y. World
or the N. Y." Timer And compares it
with bis borne paper, he begins to think
that the home paper js.no paper ai au.
New York truck dealers quote
I kale at 75c for Norfolk; rand; spinach,
2.002JSO.
Katoott Down to rbnrMMi SMNMTM-
trd7 ltorntot rwln AIT; Dy-
- Oadook lot- Loww Ttmpnttar ThlB
The- mercary went dowft yesterday
morning to 14 Jegreits abeve aero-two
degrees lower f thin ' predicted Friday
night by the Weather Bureau, observer.
Mr. Graham. ; It was the coldest of the
season so far. and not far-away from the"
lowest temperature recorded inWilmtDg-?
ton in tuenty-fonr years. Jaouanr oth,
1884. the mercury dropped to 9 degrees
above zero, and n January. 1393, a mini
mum temperature of 18 degrees was re- I
corded. The maximum temperature yes
terday was x6 degrees; hv nightfall it had
fallen to 84, and at 11 o'clock p. ni was
at 20 degrees. Observer Grahani tUougbt
that the record would be broker , this
moroiag and that the mercury Would
fall to-six Or eight degrees, although ;
possibly, ft might not get loweXuan
ten or twelve degrees. " . .. 2 '
Although the cold .ras intense ft
terdav vet toe'-weather-waa clear and
dry, and not at all "unpleasant out-of-
doors in the warm rays of the sun.
Colder weather i was experienced . at
many other places. The minimum tem
perature at Jacksonville,, Fhw was the
same as Wilmington, 14 degreet. At
Savannah, Ga 13 degrees, and at Char
lotte, 2 degrees above zero. - "
It is not at all unlikely that the freeze
in Flbrida caused great damage to the
orange crop, and to early vegetables. In
this section, the cold snap has been ben
eficial to truckers in retarding the devel
opment of strawberry plants that were
already fruiting. .
Zero temperatures were recorded by
the Weather Bureau in the Ohio Val
ley. At Pittsburg, Pa., and at Parkers-
burg, W. Va the temperature was 2 de
grees below zero. - . ; '
Ooserver Graham said last night that
the weather will grow warmer this after
noon. J;L. oTV: -
Chrlaton Truekera Jjiked It.
Whatever may be the opinion of the
people who dodged about the city, in a
vain effort to keep warm and comforta
ble yesterday, says the News and Courier,
muffled in Winter wraps and scurrying
around corners to avoid the teeth of the
biting wind, - from the truck farmers'
standpoint the freeze has been a God
send. Two weeks ' more of the . balmy
weather that the Farmer has been giv
ing the public for the last' month would
bave brought tli tarty "strawberry crop
to a point at which it woold bave fallen
an. easy and a sure prey to tne nrst me
.andermg cold snap wnicn mignt nave
chanced to come this way.
Sacs a catastrophe would have been a
beaw blOw to the trucking interest ot
Charleston, but as matters have fallen
out this freeze came in the very nick of
time to retard without destroying the
plants, and thus it came to pass white or
dinary mortals were flapping their arms
and stamping their feet to keep their
blood in comfortable circulation yester
day the vegetable men held a high car
nival of tatlzracttonr evenr wbriethcTr
teeth chattered and their limbs shivered.
They say that the freeze was just the
one thing ot all others that they wanted,
and they would not have been without
it for many dollars.
That Cheeks Contest.
Referring to the series of games now
in progress at Asheville between Mr. H.
C McNair and Mr. John A. Murdoch
for the checker championship of North
Carolina, the; CVWk reproduces what
the Star said about Mr. McNair and
the rabbit foot, and adds:
"John A. Murdoch, who is to play
Mr. McNair. has no rabbit foot, but tor
years has carried three rings from a rac
coon's tail, and what he will do for the
rabbit foot will be a plenty. -
Then, this is the issue : Can the left
hind-foot Of a graveyard rabbit beat three
rings from a raccoon's tail ii Well, the
Star is content with that but we posi
tively protest against the introduction ot
even "a hair of the bide of. Vanderbilt s
mongoose. -
P. S. There is a rnmor here that out
of four games thus- far played Murdoch
has won three. 11 the report is true, it
is evident some sharp Asheville real
estate broker has traded McNair an
eligible town lot for that rabbit toot.
Outlook for Iiumber.
Mr Merritt W. Dixon returned yes
terday from New York, says the Savan
nah News, where he has been for some
time on business, and incidentally be
has been giving much attention to the
condition of this lumber markets. '
' Mr ' n viin uM '. vtrrtatf that the
prospect for the lumber business this
season was qaite encouraging. Especi
ally were large ' orders expected from
railroads in almost all sections ot the
country, r Many of ; the' roads have . let
their rolling stock run down until much
of it is in such condition that repairs are
absolutely necessary. .Orders for this
purpose, be said, are constantly being
filled, and while prices have not materi
ally advanced, the mills have a good
many orders to nil, ana tney are almost
all quite busy. The prospect, be said.
Is in every respect bright and encourag
ing.. - i; V -
Kitchen Markets. , I. '
"The cold weather yesterday was a
damper upon market-men and but few
of them were in market.
Poultry was scarce and in demand.
grown fowls (live) retailing at 85 cents
each, (dressed) 80 cents per pair. Eggs.
20c. per dozen.
In the vegetable market, turnips sold
at 5c perbuncb, and 2c per pound for
rutabagas; lettuce, 5c per head; collards,
' 5c; sweet potatoes, 15c per peck; celery,
50c per bunch; onions, 5c per quart; cab
bage, 10c per bead. ; I
The fish dealers sold oysters at 10c to
25c per quart; mullets, 10c; flounders.
20c, and trOut, 20c per bunch.
JMed from Her Injartes. - : '
Many friends of Mr. G. B. N. Hudson.
one . ot tne worxsnop employes oi tne
A. C. L., will learn with regret that his
little six-year-old daughter, Mamie
Claudie, who was severely burped Fri
day afternoon last, died yesterday morn
ing of her . injuries. Her clothing
caught on fire from contact with a red-
hot stove as she passed it. '
Two physicians were in attendance
upon her from the time of the. accident
nntilher death, but her injuries were too
severe for recovery.
THE. COTTON MOVEMENT.
t - , v- - ' - 3"'
Jd-lfofdlnartly Znt Bat TmXOnm Off
; v in Bsoelpu Is Szpeoted Tbe Hew Or-
less Sttmt of 0A75,OOQ Belee. ''
The movement of the present cotton
crop, says the New Orleans Picayune,
has been the most extraordinary ever
known in the history ol the trade.
There has been marketed! up to date,
according to the figures ot -Secretary
Hester, of the Cotton Exchange. 6.828-
000 bales, an increase over" last year ot
1.801,000 bales, and over the "big crop
year of 1891 of 844.000 bales. If the
same percentage of the crop has been
marketed as was the case.i ia 18di, the
total yield will be in the neighborhood
ol 9 500,000 bales.- Wnen the unusually
fine weather which has prevailed daring
the entce9eason is considered, and the
many incentives for .marketing the crop
rapidly have existed, there is reason to
believe that an even greater percentage
of the crop has been marketea than was
the case in 1891. M;-..l--:i -.-.t;':
Practically, every , weekly crop sum-.
my issued by the New York Chronicle
tor two months past has reported rapid
progress to marketing the crop. It must
also be remembered that the transporta
tion and shipping' facilities for handling
cotton are better how .. than they were
three years ago. It is, moreover, a fact.
wnicn nas oeen apparent irom tne very
tsted in. the country a desire to market
the crop as rapidly as possible, owing to
the general belief which has prevailed in
extremely low prices.. : .
It is. consequently, very easy to ex
plain why the movement! has been so
large, without accepting the extremely
large estimates which have, been issued
by some . authorities. , Thar the crop
would be a large one was evident from
the commencement of the season, the
increased production in Texas in partic
ular contributing to that result; but
there is every reason to expect that the
new year will find a smaller .percentage
of the total yield, on plantations .than
ever before in the history oi the indns-
trV.V iw.v: ':.,.;.?i 1 . -. . . r i
The phenomenal movement of the
past week, has been no doubt due to the
anxiety to market, as much cotton as
possible prior to the holidays, and also
to enable the farmers to meet obliga
tions falling due between the ; 15th of
December and January 1, such as farm
mortgages, .advances : by country mer
chants and the like. Nearly .'all the
reports now ..being received from the
interior by merchants report an un
usual .exhaustion of cotton on planta
tions. and the general opinion among
fictors is that the crop will turn out
much smaller than is indicated by the
present rate of marketing . The average
ot the crop estimates of .xbe factors - of
New. Orleans, as published some days,
ago, is 9 175 000 bales. These men have
ttteiT'correspondeats all through the
country, and certainly ought to be as
well, it not setter, posted tnan any other
class in the cotton trade. Moreover,
the estimates of the factors have usually
come quite near to the actual yield, and
there is no good reason why they should
be far wrong this season.
An Episcopal Church Burned.
The Fayetteville - Observer reports the
destruction by fire last Saturday of St,
Thomas' Church (of which Rev. Dr.
Huske is pastor) on Hy ban's Hill, near
Fayetteville.
. A number of young people had just
qoitteo tne cnurcn, - alter oeautuuiiy
decorating it for the Christmas service.
Tney left a colored boy in the church to
start a fire In the stove, to which a new
pipe had been attached, and to report
ho it burned. The bov after building
the fire set an arm-full of fat ligbtwood
by the stove and lelt the church. It is
supposed that the stove got very hot and
ignited the lightwood. The fire was
discovered by two colored men, who
barely bad time to remove the organ
and a few chairs. The building was in
sured - for 1500. We ncderstand that
work on a handsome little building will
commence immediately.
The Evening Dispatch.
. A prospectus of the Evening Dispoich,
a new paper to be published here, ap
peared yesterday. . It will be published
by a joint . stock company of practical
printrrs, and the first regular issue is an
nounced for January 10th. provided the
projectors meet with sufficient encour
agement. The prospectus, which is neatly
gotten up, is issued as . a five-column
folio, and is intended as a sample of the
style and size -of the paper. The price
will be 25 cents per month.
"Bioeud Is Bleoted."' " j
. Mr. W. 5. O n. Robinson received a
telegram from the Comptroller of the
.Currency yesterday, notifying him that
Mr. A. G. Ricaud had . been appointed
Receiver of the late First National
Bank. Mr,, Robinson will be ready to
turn over all the effects of the bank next
Monday, the 81st. "Just! as we expected,'
Ricaud is elected." He will make an
excellent oflScer-.,.- j
THE GRATEFUL VETERANS.
They Bxnieae Their Thenks Tor the
Christ maa Contribution Bent '1W
, Wilmington. - - , j ; , - "
Soldier's Home. Raleigh. N. C
I- - December 26.
Editor News and Observer.
We. the old "soldiers of the home," de
sire to give expression of our apprecia
tion for the many kindnesses of which
we have been the recipients from Col.
Ed. Hall and Mrs. Holmes, of Wilming
ton, and to put on record our assurance
of the deep gratitude we feel for their
unremitting and untiring kindness.
Cut off as we are from home and.
friends and all that is near and dear to
us, we feel very deeply grateful for any
Hall and the dear good lady but have
witnessed our enjoyment of the nice
things they sent us, as we assembled
around the tables to partake of them,
and bave beard their praises sung from
all sides, they would have been forced to
exclaim, truly it is "more blessed to give
than to receive.
Should any of those who are near and
dear to those good people, who have on
so many occasions so kindly remem
bered us, ever by the withering and
blighting band of misfortune be so
afflicted as we have been, to seek an
asylum here, may they always find as
good friends as we have ever found in
the kind-hearted Col. Hall and the dear
good Mrs. Holmes, of Wilmington.
God bless Mrs. Holmes and Col. Hall
too, and all who show us any kindness.
The Old Bovs at j the Soldier's
Home.
The British brig Isabella Balcont
cleared yesterday for Jeremie, Hayti,
with 121.762 feet lumber, 20,000 shingles,
(casks spirits turpentine. 10 bbls. tar
and -80 bbls. pitch. I value $1,967.93,
shipped by James H. Cbadbonrn & Co.
THE C0TT02T TRATJ&. C
Hubbard's Weekly Report on? Conditions
''. " Affoetms the Ittrket. : ' - j
New York, December: 2?. With the
approach of the New Year the tendency
on the part of all interested in the mar
ket has been to await the movement of
January, with airmail an interest in the
market as possible, as this season of the
year is always a critical, time in' the
movement ot the market. On one hand
is advanced the theory that the price has
already discounted a 9,500 000 bale crop,
and witk the knowledge that in all
human probability the acreage for the.
coming year will be largely red Deed, and
that the use of fertilizers will be greatly
curtailed, while on the other hand it is
stated that the lack of speculation in all
commodities in America and the fact
that by the 1st of January there will, be
6,900.000 bales of American cotton in
sight, which, added to the visible supply
on the 1st of September will furnish 8
500 000 bates lor the consumption ol the
wona aariog me year,, leaving me re
maining portion of the crop as yet un
marketed, to be carried over as a surplus
either in the visible or invisible supply.
These ire the lines of thought which
Sss. through the minds of members of
e cotton trade as they consider, the
question of the fluctuations of the mar
ket for the coming year, and either ol
these propositions at the moment seems
to be of sufficient weight to bring about
a sudden change in values, acd it will
probably be left to the question of trade
conditions to decide-whether the falling
off in the last week of December is only
a spasmodic interruption ot the market
ing of the crop, or is brought about bv
exhaustion of the supply. Were it not
for the. present . trade conditions in
America, where the prices of all com
modities are ranging upon an extremely
low level, we believe that: the cotton
trade would be disposed to anticipate a
sharp advance as the result of the enoru
btcb will undoubtedly be made to
restrict the- planting operations in the
Spring, but those who think well of cot
ton are confronted with the fact that all
other articles are similarly cheap, and
that:there appears in no line any anxiety
to anticipate the' future wants of con
samers. It Is this feature which discour
ages the holders of cotton as they other
wise would consider the crop as having
been discounted in the prices at present-
current, un tne otner hand, there is un
doubtedly a slowly , increasing demand
on the part of many not connected with
the cotton trade to invest in cotton. At
the present time this demand, with no
pressure to anticipate any further de
cline, causes steady market s and im
proved prices. It is felt that throughout
the country there is a slow improvement
ia trade, which is reflected in- the in
creased -railway, earnings of all . sec
tions of the country east of the Mis
sissippi river, but as vet this im
provement in business has not led
merchants to anticipate any advance in
the prices of the commodities which
tbey handle, and is considered by all as
simply pointing to the slow but constant
improvement in the conditions ot trade.
It has been this feature of the situation
upon which the basis of the demand for
cotton by 2 those not directly con
nected with the trade rests, and
the strength of ; this demand will
be tested - should the movement dur
ing January increase to the proportions
anticipated by close observers, as up to
this time the spinners of the world have
come to the relief of the market and ab
sorbed all of the cotton pressing for sale,
so that the visible supply at the present
time is only 100.090 bales in excess of
what it was last year, in spite of the fact
that 1.250 000 more bales of cotton had
appeared up to last week than in 1893.
A MURDERER LYNCHED.
James Bergeron Swans np by His Neigh
bors in Beaufort County.
Special to the News and Obeerver
Newbern, N. C. Dec, 27. At Idalia.
twenty-two miles from Newbern, on
Christmas evening. lames i F. Bergeron,
unprovoked, brutally mnrdered James
H. Watson, a constable, who arrested
him for assault with a deadly weapon.
Bergeron was tried and held under
guard of tour to be taken to Washington
jail Thursday. Wednesday at midnight
seventy-five masked men took Bergeron
from the guard, hung him to a tree half
a mile away, riddled his body and left it
banging till midday Thursday.
Watson was a good, peaceable citizen.
Bergeron was a quarrelsome , bully and
the people of the neighborhood generally
say that be only got his deserts.
WELDON'S WATER POWER.
Preparations to .Establish 7sotories at
One.
Star Correspondence.
Weldon, N, C December 28.
Mr. Bullard and sons and another
gentleman of Boston, were here, -the
other day . to visit Roanoke Rapids,
formerly known as Great Falls. They
were much pleased with this water
power, and thought it strange that it
bad never been developed. This water
power is . within five miles of Weldon,
and .is owned by Mr. Thomas L. Emry
and a Northern party. Tbey are mak
ing preparations to establish factories at
once. Messrs. Habbeston and Cohen.
of Petersburg, are largely , interested.
Weldon is surrounded by fine water
powers. "
: ALWAYS IN THE LEAD.
The Atlantic Coast Line to Pat on Fire
Sew .Wind-Burners.
The Atlantic Coast Line system, says
the News and Courier, has a reputation
for fast running, and in order to sustain
it the management of the road always
keeps its equipment-supplied with every
modern improvement. When the heavy
Winter travel begins the Coast Line will
put into service five new engines which
it has recently ordered.: It is believed
that these engines are the fastest rail
road locomotives in the South, : and that
they will be able to carry the Coast
Line' patrons from the North to the
South at the rate of sixty miles an hour
without trouble. The new engines were
ordered in November and are ready for
delivery to the company. . j
General Manager., R. Kenlv, of the
Atlantic Coast Line system, was in the
city yesterday. Mr. Kenly came down
to Charleston in his private car and
spent the day attending to business for
his road. He returned to Wilmington
in the-afternoon.. The Coast Line is
getting ready, to handle the big Winter
travel which will begin early in the new
year, and . General Manager Kenly is
making preparations tor the rush.
Twelve games Out of the thirty
had been played up to Friday , night in
the checker contest at Asheville, . Of
these, Murdoch had won three, McNair
one. and eight ; were draws. From the
preponderance of "draws," it . is ! very
dear that McNair has drawn his rabbit
foot at last.
ROTTJTHEBLH COTTOff KILLS :
Great Growth of the Industry The Num
ber ol Stills Has Increased fa fourteen i
' -Years; from 180 to 405 The Capital
. Xnraeted Increased from, 921,000,000
. to $97,000,000. .... ; y. '
Slowly but surely the belief is grow
ing, says the" Savannah News, that the
South is to be the cotton manufacturing
section of this country. The great cot
ton mill owners of New England are
finding it necessary to establish cotton
mill plants in the South in order to hold
their trade, and the Southern people, as
they accumulate surplus wealth, are
putting money into cotton mills. The
announcement was made the other day
that two cf the strongest cotton mill
companies in Massachusetts had decided
to butld large mills in the South to cost
about $600,000.
Each cotton mill that is bnilt is an in
ducement for the building of other cot
ton mills, because all of the well man
aged mills pay a good interest on the
money invested ia them.4 The reason of
this is that the Cost of maeutactunng in
the South is less than in "the North.
Cotton costs less and labor is cheaper,
v. For along time it was thought that
satisfactory labor could not be obtained
in the South. It is now well understood
that as skillful operatives can be made
out of the labor to be obtained in the
South as there are to be iound in the
New England States, and, besides, many
operatives from the New England mills
are seeking homes in the South. Tbey
like the Southern climate and find the
labor conditions more satisfactory.
Southern - operatives are becoming
better all the time, and it will not be long
before the manufacture of the finer
Grades of goods will be undertaken.
While the progress of the cotton in
dustry in the South was slow for years
after the war, owing to the lack of cap
ital and the ucssttled state of political
affairs, it has not been slow within the
last ten years.-" ,'
V Fourteen years aeothe whole South
bad only 180 cotton mills, with 600 000
spindles,1 14 800 looms and a total cpi
tal of $21)00.000. A careful inquiry
made six months ago showed that there
were'405 mills in the Southern State,
with 2,700,000 spindles and 62.000 looms
and a total capital of $97,000,000. It is
stated that besides the foregoing there
are 20 new mills under construction that
will require an outlay of $6 000000 and
will add 285000 spindles and 6.000 looms
to those -'already in operation. Surely
this is a showing that iustifies the South
in expecting the time is near at band
when . she would - manufacture the
greater part of her cotton crop. y
There has been a large and steady in
crease in the Somh's consumption of
cotton. : Fourteen years ago the S6utb-
ern mills consumed only about one-
fourth as much as those of New England,
while last year they consumed nearly one
half as much, v y j
The South produces fully 60 Der cent.
ot the cotton of the' world, and there is
no good' reason why she should not
manufacture at least a third of the cot
ton goods consumed in. the world. Her
cotton, when manufactured, is worth
about three times as much as it is in the
raw state. A great part of the hundreds
of millions of dollars annually that is ad
ded to the value of her raw material in
the mills of New England and Europe
could be kept at home, and the South
would become the richest and most pros
perous part of the world.
HOUSEHOLD KECLPES,
I ; . APPLE PIE.
Maxe your pie as usual, adding your
spice and a little salt, and then bake.
Pat your sugar , in a tin and water
enough to make a syrup; let it cook, and
when you take your pie from the Oven
insert a small funnel in the, pie and pour
in the syrup hot, and yon have a moist.
finely-seasoned pie, without any juice in
the oven. -
Limon Pie. Grate the rind of one
lemon (or if you prefer, chop it very
fine), take the juice and pulp, add one
cup of white sugar, piece of butter the
size of a nutmeg, yolks of three eggs
(well beaten), and two thirds of a cup of
sweet milk, and one tablespoonf ul of
flour; bake as a custard pie.
How to Cook Cranberries.
Wash one quart of cranberries and put
them in a covered saucepan with one
pint of water. Let them simmer until
each cranberry bursts open; remove the
cover and add one pound of sugar and
let them boil twenty minutes uncovered.
The cranberries must never be" stirred
from the time tbey are placed on the
fire. Follow this recipe ex-ctly and yon
will have a most delicious preparations
of cranberries. r
THE DEPRESSION DT COTTON,
What fa Said About It by Cotton Men in
..'-. Boaland.
Messrs. Beer, Cowell & Co., of Liver
pool, in a circular dated December 12,
say: -I y
"Our market continues to suffer from
Neill's huge crop estimate of 10.260.000
bales, which seems to receive confirma
tion from? the heavy movement, and
upon which Manchester buys only from
hand tQ month; so strong is the feeling
that lower prices will prevail for this and
the next crop .that there are free and
large sellers . of cotton for 1895-96, be
fore a single plow has' been put in the
ground." . . ' '
"Thenrice now ruling, 8 8-16d for
next October, is equivalent to about 1
cents on plantations. , We call your at-
.ention to these figures because we be
lieve that if ever there has been a chance
to profit by bnying 1 any commodity so
far as I twelve months ahead without
having to pay storage or interest charges,
cotton now affords that opportunity."
"It looks to us as though the South
would buy all these new crops at the
S rices established (4Jc.) for them by
lanchester and the Liverpool specula
tors, instead of planting the next crop, if
the theory is correct that the above quo
tatiobs are below the cost of production.
The quantity of these new crops sola
daily would seem to indicate a strong
belief on the part ot the sellers that cot
ton cannot be raised much under ruling
prices lc on plantations.
Contributions for the Confederate Veterans
Some. . ; 1 1
Mrs. A. H. Holmes, of this city, one
of the Board of Lady Managers ot the
Confederate Veterans Home at Raleigh,
has received acknowledgment of receipt
of Christmas contributions collected and
sent by her, as follows : .f-
' Raleigh, N. C DeCi 26. 1894.
Mrs. A.H. Holmes Wilmington, N. Ci
My Dear Madam The four boxes
and package contributed by the citizens
of Wilmington to The Soldiers' Home
were dnly received. f
Please accept-the thanks of tne man
agement for your continued interest
Witn very best wisnes,i am. .
ii - Yours, truly,
I W.C Stxonach. '
'SqNp .GEORGIA R, R.
Direotors' tteetmg-Tfte Boajl'a Stoning.
;:';'' Br Telegraph te the storatag Stat. -
New York. pec. 29. At' a meeting
of the directors of . the . South Carolina
end Georgia; Railroad Co. to-day, Mr.
AshburyBurr, 'of Augusta,", Ga.. was
elected a director to fill a vacancy.
The statement of six months ended
December 81st, 1894." partly estimated,
shows : C Gross earnings, $618452 40; net
earnings. $214 044 69; interest and taxes,
$116,250. Surplus. $57,794.69.
. By a recent act of the Legislature the
company is - authorized to purchase,
lease.1 own and operate a line of steam
ships between Charleston and New York,
and between Charleston -and foreign
ports, and is also authorized to lease or
purchase wharves and erect elevators
and cotton presses, and lease or consol
idate with any railroad in South Carolina
or adjacent States.
A MURDERED MAN
Toond In the Woods Near Genera,
' Altbtm.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.'
Montgomery, Ala , December 29.
A; special to the ' Advertiser, from
Geneva, Ala., says a -party of bird
hunters, on Thursday, while walking
through the woods, in this county,
discovered the dead body ot Mr.
T. C Lyon, lying! by a little mound.
His head had
been smashed all
all out of shape by
some blunt instru
ment, presumably an axe, and his ap
pearance - indicated that he had been
dead at least a week. - ;
Dick Stanford was arrested on suspi
cion, as he had been seen talking with
Lyon about the time he (Lyon) disap
peared, and at the Same time had an axe
on his shoulder. I .
Stanford is in jail at Geneva, but
stoutly denies bis guilt.
!A PHYSICIAN'S MISHAP.
Tell Into aVell While on a Visit to a
. Bring Woman and . Narrowly Kaaaped
- Drownings . " "
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
. Upper Sandusky. Ohio, Dec 29.
Dr. Alexander, ot Wyandotte, was sum
moned in great haste last night to the
bedside of a dying woman at Morral.
He drove near the house and started to
walk across the ; field. In doing so he
stepped into anjuncovered well and Was
only saved from drowning by Catching
hold of an offset just above the water.
He was kept a prisoner in the well until
morning, when a searching party found
him. In the meantime the woman had
died. , ,
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