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ft... WILLIAM H.BBEKAED, Xditor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N. C. ; Friday, January 4. 1895. SS" la writing to chance yoni address miwyt give ftrmrr direction as veil as (oil particulars where yoe wish rant pepet tt oe seat Dsreanar. unless you ao Dots m i ' ui ntk TuTl M spect. Resolutions of Taenia, Ac, we charged (or at ordinary advertisements, bat only half rate when paid for strictly la advance. At this rate 60 seats will pay for a simple aaaouaceaMat of Marriage or Death. tSF- Remittances moat be made' by 'Check. Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas - ten will register letters when desired. (V Only inch remittances will bt at the risk of the publisher. PF Specimen copies forwarded when desired. Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Sta re cently? i so, is it correct?. If cor rect, wh not pay it? Is there a man - on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing, and pay the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his corn, and cotton, and wheat, and ' chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house? If so, let us have the recipe.' It will be valuable to us just now. " L00KIHG SOUTH WABD. . It is said that the "Republican leaders are counting upon being able to secure some electoral votes in the South in 1896 and with this view will play a conciliatory game. . The victory of the Fusipnists in North Carolina, the election of a Republican Governor in Tennessee, the large vote that was cast for Kolb in Alabama, the bolt of the sugar planters. in Louisiana and the gains in Republican and Populist Congressmen they construe as evi dence that the Solid South is at last broken and that by shrewd and con ciliatory management the break may be enlarged and turned to good ac count by them in the next Presiden tial election. They will try to win over Demo crats who may be dissatisfied with the course of events under 'this ad ministration and offer those whose support may be worth having tempt- -iag baits to go over to them, and J - they will humor the Populists for ' the reason that they believe the ma jority of them will eventually fall into the Republican ranks. Another part' of the programme will be to have it. pretty well under stood that while they do not intend to abandon the negro and cut loose from him altogether, they will not depend upon him, nor concern them-, selves particularly about what be- . comes of him politically. They have come to the conclusion that they have made so little " progress in get ting a foothold in the South by stick ing too closely to and depending too much upon the negro, and now they ' think the opportune time has come to change this programme and bid for white votes. They would doubt less be not only willing but glad to trade two negro Republicans for one ; white Democrat, and give the Dem ocrats a chance to capture the two colored brothers. It is not unlikely that Dr. Motr, of thid State, and other Republican , leaders wtio have for several years been scheming with the hope of building up a white Republican pariy in the South by driving the negro out, have succeeded in con vincing the leaders in the North that such an achievement is not an impossibility, in proof of which they might with some show ol plausibility point to the result of the ' late elections, and the close relations that existed . between the Republi cans and Populists and the perfect harmony with which they worked together. It may be noticed in this connec tion that although in the South wherever the Democrats were de feated it was done mainly with negro votes, not a negro was elected to any responsible position. - The lead ing negroes in this State kicked ' against the fusion, probably because they apprehended the outcome and felt that the success of that move ment would result in freezing them out and barring the way to positions of honor or emolument. They were . justified in this apprehension when they' saw at the head of this move- ' ment men who for years bad f made no secret of their opposition to the recognition of the negro as a politi cal equal and associate. The present indications are that the leaders of the party will be largely guided by the views and ad vice of the'men who have been ad vocating a "white man's" .Republi can party, although they may not, and probably will not, go .to the ex tent of driving the negro oat and barring the doors on him. With this modification they will let these managers in the South draft the plans of action, and will when neces sary furnish tbtm substantial aid to carry their plans out. One of these plans will doubtless be to form where they can with the Populists joint electoral tickets, with the understanding that where such tickets are elected the electoral rote Is to be divided between the Repub lican and Populist candidates for the Presidency. This scheme they think might result in winning from the Democrats the electoral votes of - several Southern States.and dividing them between the candidates of the Republican and Populist parties. There is politics In that. 'The Re publican managers could afford to go so far as. to give all the electoral votes that could be captured from the Democrats itf the South to the Populists on the hypothesis that the Democratic . candidates cannot r e elected without the vote of the solid Sooth, with the-rotes of several Northern States. Every Tote cap tared in the South from the Demo crats, no matter to ; whom it goes, makes the chances of the Republi cans that much the better. Taking this view of it it will not be verjri difficult for the Republicans and Populists to come to an understand ing as to the electoral rote. : " : ' Another part of the programme, which is openly talked. of, to win favor, is the nomination of a South ern man on the 1 Presidential - ticket giving the South the Vice Presidency. This would give them a chance to say that they had less -prejudice against the South than the Northern Democrats have, who since the war have never, ; although : depending upon the South to elect their : ticket, named a Scutherri man for the Presl dential ticket. Of course every in telligent person knows why the Dem ocrats have not done this, but still this wou'd take with a good many inno cent people who do not or cannot look under the surface, and who may not understand that if the Democrats were to put a Southern man on the Presidential ticket the Republicans would raise a sectional - howl that would ,wake the mummies in the pyramids of Egypt.! v ' The prospective candidate sorfar mentioned for the Vice Presidency is Governor-elect Evans, pi Tennessee, who, by the way, is! not a Southern but a Northern man, who settled in that State about j ten years ago. They-may or may not do this, but if they think it will pay they will. They are are going to do au they can to make further inroads on the South. That is certain. - MIHOR MEHTIOH. Every section of this country is in terested in the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, and the men who are opposing it, whether they be hon est in their opposition or not, are throwing obstacles in the way of an enterprise which promises more for our country than' any one that was ever presented to the, public. It is not a new scheme, for its importance has been recognized and it has been discussed from time to time for half a century,- and the 'probabilities are that if we had had no internal strife to divert attention from it, and to cause radical changes in our public policies and systems, it would have been completed long ago. What was thought of it even ss far back as 1849, is tbvs shown by an extract from Commodore Maury's writings, republished by the Baltimore Manu facturers' Record, as follows: . "Such advantages, both moral and physical; such means of power, wealth, and greatness as have been vouchsafed to us. no nation has ever been per- mtttea to enjoy. "i nave snuwn mat mere no sea to the world which is so important as this Southern sea of ours; that with its suc cession of harvests there is from some one or otner ol its river basins a crop always ou the way to market; that it hes for back country a continent at the North ad nanother at the South, and a world both to the East and totbe West. I have shown that it is contiguous to -the first two and convenient to them all. The three great Outlets of commerce the delta ol the Mississippi, the mouths of the Hudson and the Amazon, are all within 2,000 miles of the isthmus. It is the barrier which separates ns from 900 000 000 of people, three-fourths ol the .population of the earth. Break it down,' therefore, and this country will be placed midway between Europe and Asia; this sea will become tbe center of the world and tbe focus of tbe world's commerce. Open this as a highway and you will give vent to commerce, scope to energy, and range to enterprise which a few years hence ., will . make, gay wilh steam and canvas parts of tbe ocean that are now unfrequented and almost un known. Old channels . of trade will be broken up and new ones opened. This is brief, but it is as full as nut, and shows what a big, far seeing brain thought of this enterprise", when this country didn't need it half as much as it does now.. If this country is to make , successful com petition with other nations which have been reaching out for the world s trade, and securing the greater part of .it, we must provide the ways and means to do it, and cut down, where we can,1 the. barriers in the way. at Notwithstanding the dull times, scarcity of money, etrx. the Balti more Manufacturers' Record's review of the industrial investment in the South shows that there were over five hundred more enterprises estab lished in 1894 than In 1893, the to tal number being 2,829'against 2,293, for '93. Some of these enterprises are the result of capital from other scources, but most of them are the work of our own people. One grati fying feature of the movement is that tbe new enterprises cover a wide range of industries, all of which have growing capacity, in them, and most of . which require more or less skilled labor. Diversity in manufactures, while perhaps not as necessary to the welfare of this section as diversity in agrlculture.ls still an important factor in our future prosperity, and at the same time shows that the Southern people are keeping their eyes open and catching on to the situation. A few years ago very little "machinery was manufactured in the South. Now there is considerable and it commands a high . standing not only at home but in other sections, and is beginning to go abroad. The same is to some extent true of agricultural implements, furniture, stoves and other household articles, the increase in the manufacture' of which has made fair progress.'; It takes time to carry out movements, like this, and money, too, but ; with the" present rate of progress the South will . not long be dependent upon other : sec tions as she has for articles of every day use. The progress madeJn the estab- ishment of industrial enterprises in the Sooth last year, a. movement which has been" advancing steadily for the past twenty years, .butesp'e cially in - the past ' ten, " shows that Southern men have not only confi dence in their.section, but in them? selves. They 4iave entered some lines of industries wher they have had to compete not only against skill and experience,; but' against 'almost un limited capital, and yet they have not only secured a firm -foothold, but have forged :- to the front and dis tanced some' of their competitors in the race. Cotton manufactures now find ;: a - market . - right '.under the 'X shadow- ; of f : New Eng land mills,s have ; a large -sale in", the West which ' not many years ago bought '.altogether7- from New England, and are in growing demand in tbe countries of the Orient. The same Is true of . some lines of iron manufactures, of which Southern men knew little or nothing fifteen years ago. y These have been shipped to various points w this country and to the very "centers of the iron industry in the North . and across the seas, and every time after competing with bids from some of the strongest establishments in this country and; abroad. With such a record in the Dast what may not be expected from Southern pluck and enterDrise in the future, when the South has more capital at her com inand and larger and better facilities for transportation. o There are rumors and contradic tions of rumors that 'ecretary Car lisle contemplates resigning. If there is any man m tne irovernmem ser vice who has a rough time, that man is John G. Carlisle. He is the hard est worked and most abused man in Washington. A housebuilder in New York who thinks the people in the tenement sections of that city are not sardined enough already proposes - building. a house which will hold .2,500 families, or about 20.000 people.! Think of cramming the population ot a city like Wilmington, for instance, into one house. - IMPORTANT RAILROAD CASE.- An Interesting Decision by Jades 8tmon- ' ton st duH-lMon. In the Ucittd States Circuit Court vesterday. says tbe News and Courier, Judge Simonton filtd an opinion and order in tbe case of J. H. Bouknight vs. the Central Trust Company cf New York, and the Cbarlo-te. Columbia and Augnsta Railroad.- This was an action to recover for damages to the peiSDn of tbe plaintiff on judgment." Bouknight bad purchased a return ticket from Trenton. S C, to Auuta, Ga.. and when about to return was ir j jrrd on tbe train. He sued tbe Chariot te, Columbia and Augusta Railroad -ia Elv fi'ld and obtained judgment for $10 000. ; Tbe Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road was then under lease to tbe Rich mond and Danville Railroad Company. In last July, when tbe Charlotte, Co lumbia and Auguta Railroad w; s soid in Columnia, B iknmht save notice of tbe existence ol his judgment and o bis claim, stating thai it was prior in rank of the mortgages on hs road. . Io the United States Circuit Court Bouknight filed a petition that bis judg ment be paid out of tbe proceeds of the sale, and tbe court held that.althougb tbe accident occurred when tbe road bad been leased to tbe Richmond and Dan ville system and controlled by it, never theless be could sue tbe Charlotte, Co lumbia aid Aunutta railroad; that the action could pnpsrly be brubt in .South Ctr jlina. and that bis judgment, under the railroad law of South Carolina, took precedence over any mortgage exe cuted since that law was enacted in 1&83 An rrder was appended requiring the Tucchasersof the road to pay. to J. H. B. aknight $10,000 and interest. - Tbe opinion is a lengthy and ex haustive one, and. being ihe first de cis on under Section 1528 i f tbe Gentral Statutes since its passage in 1883. Is of great interest. WHAT BUTLtR 8AYS " What Marion Says About City and County - Government, -ijf A correspondent of the Charlotte 04 senttr interviewed Mr. Butler in .Wash ington. Monday, and here is wbat he said about the present systems of town and county government : "As to the county governments noth ing is decided as yet. . There will be full confererce, however. There is a veiy strong feeling in tbe West. - embracing most of the Democrats, perbaps. in favor- of populir elections. Tbe action of tbe County Commissioners in the matter of bonds bas strengthened the desire for Magistrates elected bv the people. As to tbe Board of Audit, whether it will be sufficient as a check on the action ot the County , ' Commits oners' government, much will depend on the powers with which they are invested and also on the character of the men chosen; arKl regard ing city governme t the . Legislature would, I think,. . listen to tbe members from Wilmington, Raleigh, Goldsboro. etc., fitting each cae to the local re quirements. I can only speak with full knowledge as to Goldst). j-o where I live. The charter will be so changed as to break tbe rule 61 tbe existing ? ring not to disturb politics oih r wise. " The city would probably remain Democratic un less tbe voters changed their party alignment.".:-;.."" " - . ', ' , ; Lost at 8a.-?;- . fty-::-.: J; ; . ;: A telegram tdtfae Charleston News and Courter from Young's Island. Tuesday last, states that CapuRelyea. of the sloop Nina, reports that his sloop, with one man," John Jones, colored, on board, was lost off Edisto Br during tbe gale of Wtdnesdav night last She was loaded with gravel bound from Brunt wlc. Ga , for Wilmington. . N. C ; The captain and bisoiher man barely escaped with their lives - I ' '. . -i COTTON PACT b . AND. FIGURES ; Receipts here yesterday 18' bales; same day last year. 800. Ne w :- York futures ; closed 'barely steady and 7 to 9 points slower than closing prices Monday;-January Opened at 5 58 and closed 6,48, February. 5.50 and doted 5 60; March. 6 60 and closed 5 58; April, 5 64 and closed 5 68; May. 6.70 and closed 6 63; June, 6.75- and closed 5 68; July, 6 81 and rl :d 6.73; August : 6 83 and closed 5 77; Septem ber, 5 88 and closed 5 80. . ':! , Japinese-Ltver Peilets ' are' tbe best family medicine for liver complaint and constipation. : J. H. Hakdin, '. Hicks Bunting. -t --.-1 . "SEABOARD AIR UN E. O - lEeatinc of rrailtt and PaaaenRM Arata In PortsnKttitli Tna Ziooal BuaUMsaof tbe Lin to B Drytlopad. Z Tbe Norfolk Virginia gfvet the "folt lowing report cf an important ratltoad meeting held in Portsmouth : - " - -, A - very " important- meeting of the freight and passetfger agents of the Sea board Air Line was lleld at the Hotel Portsmoutjtufe Portsmouth. ? Friday and Siturday. Tbe meeting was significant tn many " ways, i ne ..-j-epresentawves were called together by tbeir.soperior cfhcers. the general passenger agent and general freight agent, to report; .now at the close of this, tbe most -prosperous. year ia tbe hirory of the. Seaboard Air Line; the volume of business secured, to devise ways - and means to aeenre a greater share of competitive business, to develt p in', a , greater degree the local business of the line and to d iseuss the i?reat Question""")! "Immigration and colonization. :A : The agents were honored, by the pres, ence of the president ot tne aeaDoara Air Line. Mr. R. Hoffman; the new vice- president, Mr. E. St. John; the general manager. Mr. John W- Winder; tbe gen eral agent at Portsmouth. Mr. -Carroll H. Smith - and the department heads. General Passenger Agent T. J. Ander son and General Freight Agent H.. W. B Glover. Mr. T.J. Anderson. general passenger agen,t.- was by . vote of tne meeting, selected : to preside, and he made an excellent presiding othcef. boldini; the com ole te attention of every aont nrrivnt bv hi hannv soeechfcs and witty remarks. There were prentaila the Ireiffbt an- nasenger agejita. rotn Boston New York. Poiladelpbia. ' BaltH more, Wrtshinit ton, Rchtnond. -Noctolk. Portsmouth. Durham, Raleigh, Fayette ville. Augusta," L urens. Wttninton. Atlanta. Macon. Montgomery. New Or leans. St. Lonis and Cincinnati - i The reparts made showed gratifying increase of business from air points cov ered, the percentage ot increase is many cases being little short of marvelous Not the least significant feature of tbe gathering was tbe strong fraternal feel ing and spirit of co-operation manifest ed, and it is this element superinduced b the efficient management ot the . line by tbe capable general officers that : will have the most decided effect on the showing that will be made in the future by passenger and freight agents. The meeting was addressed by the "newly elected V ce- President Mr. E St. John, who. m an excellent speech, assured tbe agents and officials that the management under him should be an aggress ve and Droeressive one. " ; The representatives passed -Votes of thanks to Mr T. J. Andeiaon.: general passenger agenty and to Mr. H. W. B. Glover, general freight agent, lot their s rong co-operation in the past and for their tr-itressiv and emcien- direction which hid As such txcellent results pots b;e and which will serve to bring tbe Seaboard Air Line to the front in the ear fa-ure., - . " : ' The meeting arjourned at 6 00 p. m. Saturday mghr, alter voting to bold tbe next meeting at Atlanta. Ga date not determined upon, : .. Killed onT-tlia Ball. i .Alfred Moore, a farmer. living near Ore Hill. N. C was struck and instantly killed yesterday about 13.80 o'clock by tbe West-bound train on tbe C. F & Y. V R. R.. about one mile from the depot at Ore HilL Mr. Moore was about 65 years of age. He was walking on the railroad track ahead of tbe train, and Mr. J. P. Monaghan, the engineer, blew the whistle. . Mr. Moore turned around, looked at the train, and stepped off the track, but before the train reached him attempted to recross the track and was struck by the locomotive and Instantly killed. His body was t$ken. to Ore Hill where Mr. Moore's relatives took charge of it. . Sad Aootdent fn Iafant Cbild of Mr. B. Ij. Dun faulty Burned, The infant child of police officer R. L D.xon only nine months old was ter ribly burned yesterday evening - at 6 o'clock and died last night at 10 o'clock from the ic juries it received, at tbe home ot the family on South Sixth street: It seems the infant was left with another cb ild. Ja bout four years old. near the fiie place in a room in the house, for a few minutes, and when Mrs. Dixon returned. sbe found tbe younger child enveloped in fi lines from its burning clothes In her efforts to extinguish tbe fire Mrs Dixon was berself s vcely burned. Xssvlathan Iioo -ma-tve.' . . The Star relerred some days ago to the purchase of six new locomotives by tbe Atlantic Coast Line. 1 The following better description is interesting: - Tbe Atlantic Coast Line has pur chased six new monster locomotives for its passenger service. Tbey were built bv the Baldwin - Works, and are now ready for set vice. Ech baa six feet drivers and 1 weighs' 181.000 - pounds. Tbey are built to carry ten cars each, in cluding- six sleepers, at tbe rate of forty miles an bour with stops. Oae of these is for the Richmond and Petersburg, an other for the Petersburg road and the others for Other lines in tbe system Tbey will be urd principally for through trains to Florida. The grades of tbe Coast Line are now so low as to enable tbe company to run - trains at seventy miles an bour i b safety. Bobaon County 1 ems, . . --. Mr. Bond, of Lumberton. who was here yesterday, stated that the farmer of Robeson county were making up ' a car-load of corn to send to the suffering people of Nebraska. t :. '-.J x Mr. Bond also said that at a cash auction sale of corn in that - County recently; 800 bushels : were sold' at S3 cent per - bushel. At ' that-price. It would pay to ship! it to Chicago, fir re-sal. ; ' - . ' ;' :-;:" : : . -. -r To Develop Iitxsal Business.'; V: ; One of the obiects of the meeting of the freight and passenger agents held in Portsmouth last week was stated to be to "develop in a greater degree tbe lo cal business of the line." The Star is glad to note this important determtna ti n of tbe Seaboard system. ' because it feels that it will prove a great thing both for the Carolina Central railroad and the city of Wilmington. l atarlna Disaaisrs. .U'-- A dispatch from Hatieras, N C. re ports the schooner Richard S Spofford a total I loss. V Some materials cao Tbe saed. Tbe cook was frozen to death. ;t Th'e . schooner . Annie AinslieSm'iih cargo of lumber, water-logged, with mid ship house gone, is anchored near Ports mouth, N. ; C-!- The Captain mate and cook are aboard. Four men ashore. The tug Alexander Jones - left Sout h port Tuesday last to" ko to tbe asustaace of tbe Ainslie, a frequent visitor to this portrgv"1- ;'-v" ;. V: . .' .' V . :- Johnson's Oriental ; Soap ' imparts a delicate odor and leaves the skro soft and yelvety. Try it and you will -never use any other. J. H. Hardin J. H Bunting. , - - t CHEEKY . BRECKINRIDGE. He Is Advertised to ttaotuiii in Ottarlastoa An Kxeiti inoldant ol. Eta Ziserors )a CineuuMtt.i Vl YZ Tbe Neivs and Courier says: " -W. C P. BreCkinndge, Madeline Pol- Jard'i - man,lia5,becn advertised to de liver a lectDfe st the - German Artillery Hall, in this! cif?CA letter iust received from a. College President Jai this -State, an ex Conf derate soldier iwhalost one of his legs at Wliinisburg, Virginia, a man who has nothing of the Puritan about him, but wno has : a heart and cocseocet writes as follows:. . ' "What in the world are.yon going to 4o - with, Bxecklnrtdge m Charjestoc? tie ought to get the cold shoulder frbm so decent and self-rtspecting . a city as Charleston. "-' If Chicago can say , we want - none of uim surely-? Charleston will spew turn out of her mouth, Br:ckinridgedeiivered his lecture -in Ctncinnati.'Ohio,, last Thursday 'night The following account of -the - perform-: ance and its attendant events is taken front tbe New York Sum The box office' at Pike's ' Opera THeuse. where Col. Breckinridge lectured to-nitht, was tbe scene' Ol an exciting figbtf i Attorney Gus Meyer who repre- aepsed Madeline ronata in taxing aepo- s here previous to the Washington bad a bill ol $45 60. against.. Col kmrwee. This . alternoon - be . se- writ of attaenment from -. Squire man, woo insuueted- Constables ey and Valker to serve it. There been Tumors jol an attempted at uchment.and the box -office, war barri- ""A lew inutes alter' 8 o clock lun ey went ojS to the window as- il to par chase a ticket At that instant Vaiker gave bim a shove and K nney was sent cteae through - tbe barricade, knocking down tbe ticket seller, overturning the casu register and breaking a picture on tbe wall. Tn.;n began an exciting struz (Lie-ifor tne pos son ot tbe money which bad rolled from the smashed re gister.;. - . U.-, : Kinney - managed to pick - up about t. The struggle attracted Breckin ridge s friends and about fifteen rushed in. Kinney was knocked down-and kicked, his lips being cut. The ticket taker received a severe cut on. the band. probably from flying glass. ' "Just ai quiet was restored Col. Breck wridge and bis son . Desha rushed in. Both were greatly excited. ru robbers i shouted the Colonel. while Desh straggle i to hit the consta ble, but was restrained bv r tends. You come down to the Grand Hotel to morrow.' yelled Desha, and give me satisfaction. :''a ;--' '.-4.-. - i. 'Kinnev declined the invitation, and after counting the money be had seized returned $18 75 to Manager Ballenberg wnue me struggle was in. progress two other constables, supposed to represent Madeline ruilard, were watching for a chance to lump in, . -':! -: -. -, tJoL Breckinridge. .walked pn . tbe stage ' rmmed lately after the box office fiht. and delivered his lecture on An bra of American History. : There ws nothing striking in the discourse, and it met with a chilly reception. . There were exactly two hundred in the audi ence, twenty four of whom were women. A heavy guard was kept at the box office, but no further - assaults were made.". A VERY GOOD SHOWING. Craven Conaty'a ' Damooratie ' Ocmair sieners Have Bedueed tneir TJob $14, 000. ,f :S' Newbem foumo On another pige will be found the be ginning ol the annual report of tbe Commissioners of Craven County, show ing; the annual receipts land; disburse ment!, present condition of the county finance, etc, It is a report which every jvoter and taxpayer should study. I Wben tbe " Democratic board took charge tbey found tbe county burdened with a debt ot. $165 000 saddled upon it by their Republican predecessors They have reduced this now to $50 945 53 and are now preparing to make another pay ment oi sjeo uoo more. . v. . uivic ui buuu wiac auu economic management and the county ill ce free from debt and increasing even more rapidly in material prosperity. now.' tbe -question arises, will tbe Rep.- Pop. Legislature permit this good work to goon in Craven count ? Star A. Snow 8tom. . An inch or more of snow altogether fell 'here 'yesterday. It , began at 6 o'clock and soon covered the ground and roofs-of buildings.! but about 8 o'c ock there was an accompaniment 61 ram, and ih: white covering on roofs and roid ways gradually disappeared The fall of rain and snow intermingled con tinued ' until the afternoon and then ceased, and soon after nightfall ihe sky was clear of clouds and the. stars were shining.: -; : .. Reports received yesterday show that the show storm extended ' all over the country. A postal from tbe Star S cor- respondent at Weldon stated that up to 7 o'clock yesterday morning the sno-v was four inches deep 'and still fall ing.! and persons who came later in tbe day by train on tbe W. &W. railroad. 'said that -the snow was j about twelve 'inches deep on the line of the road as' tar south as Wallace. JFrom Newbern, the. report was that four inches of snow bad fallen there. t . . msss . Tha.Cbeclcar Championatiip. A rpectal telegram to. tbe bTAR Irom Asbeville says the series of thirty games tor the checker championship of ; North Carolina, was finished last ' night with tbe following result: J. A. Murdoch, of Ashvme7f H.C McNair, of Alma, 4. draw'ri, 18. ,So. the three rings of a rac coon s tan teat tne leit ninu-ioot ot a graveyard rabbit. Ztafaed to the W., B. sN, B. B. Co. The Water street line of the Wilming. ton Street Railway Company has been leased to the Wilmington' Newbern and Norfolk - R. R. Co. The arrangement was perfected yesterday at a called meet ing ot , stockholders of tbe two com paaies. The lease goes into - effect to-day. " : :-4- Saslneist.bar.Ctf. .. - Mr. : J. W. Murchison. . as Agent bas taken charge of. and coffers for sa?e the large s ock of hardware, etc., of the late firm, of Gites& Murchison, It is announced, that the stock will be kept up to its former standard, and that new goods will be ordered as occasion re qaites. - Mr. Murchison's experience as a member of tbe old firm 'ha guarantee that he thoroughly understands the bus iness." --'ii?' ' " ? J; ;' ';-" To Transfer the Asaota. Ji '- -Z Hon O.. P. Tucker, Deputy Comp troller of the currency, and Mr. Thomas X) t, an attache of tbt Comptroller's office, are here for the purpose of mak a transfer,, of the assets ' of the First National ft ink to Mr. AVG Ricaud, re-, cently appointed Receiver to succeed Mr. W. S. O'Brien , Robinson,! resigned. SltliH rtriai Bff4 CarL Kum THE COTTON MOVEMENT. ThaXxoeas Ova Xrat Tear Is Tranian- doos, and Xa445.C0O 8 W In CxeeM of the 8 g Crop Tear 1831 - The first four - months ot tbe cotton season are now practically 36ver, and ac cording totbe official figures of Secre ury Hester. jof the local - Cotton Ex change, there bas come into, sight of tbe present crop 6,788,000 bales, as compared ith '5.866.000 bales : last '. seasonjand 6 $77,000 bales in the. big crt p year of 1891. ' The excess in tbe movement over last year is tremendous, and. even com pared with tbe heavy m vemeot of 1891, the excets js 4 45 000 bales. -f : , It is at least reasonable to 1 suppose that a greater proportion of the crop bar been marketed this year tnan usual, pw- ire to the unusually fine weather, and that whatever excess there may be over the big crop year has already appeared. Should - the movement - from now on prove no larger than it was in 1891 93 a crop of 9.500 000 bales will be realised. Whatever the size ol tbe crop may ultimately prove to be, the low prices at which cotton has been sold' this season should ' convince tbe farmers "of tbe absurdity of ' devoting their entire acre-. age to cotton ; A large crop . actually brings the farmer in much, less money than a smalt yield. .The present crop. vast as k is, will , actually - self for less money: than, tome 7.000 000 bale crops This should teach tbe. farmers of tbe advisability of curtailing tbe cotton acre age, and devoting their, surplus land to food crops. -The future of the cotton in dustry in tne aout.n must depend on tne progress made by the f arinera i ia grow-. ne heir own-so polios. Cotton . shoo id se actually the eazpfas, or casn crop, ana it would then be in an infinitely stronger position, and tbe farmers would be more independent of the fluctuatiors of the market. . - - ; . -. . . '. ;r M'NAIR LOS r HIS GUN. - AShort- S ory. in Which Is Beetmnted - the Christmas Xuek of tv Jtaxton Ifim- .- rod. - -.; ' Dr. H. W. McNstt. lnd Mn Martin McKinnon, of Maxton. were visitors at the Star office yesterday.: Tbey brought tome sad news about Murpby, McNair. noted all through Robeson county for hit prowess as " a- mighty ; Nimrod. "Murph " went hunting Cbnst mas Day and lost - bis gun; and v the fun niest "part "of the story is, that be - didn'tj xJiscover". that" ; he had lost hit trusty fowling-piece until he reached home. Then he remembered - that be bad "left it standing against a tree. JSack be went to the unlucky forest, but a. thorough search:, proved bootless and gunless; and now "Murph." account of the,"stnngency of the town lot market, is reduced to tne necessity cf hiring a three-dollar gun at a dollar a day. . These ihree-dollar guns come high in Maxton, tut "Murph V positron as" Lord Mayer of the town entitles him to a special rate when it "comes to hiring guns. :, There are various ways of accounting for ''Murph's misfortune. True, he lost his gun on Christmas Day; but Maxton is a "dry town in fact, "dry at a pow der-horn" and it is ' not supposed by any one. that "Murph " and the gun were beta "loaded." The Star's theory of the matter is this: "Murph " dis covr-ed a covey of birds pn the ground. and prepared himself to fill hit bag at one shot; bJt be hesitated, and pointed, and pottered so long that a Croatan In dian, standing near, became disgusted at the delay, gave a Scuffi nown war-whoop. and cried out at the top of bit voice "Shoot, Luke or give up thegun,"Th;n 'Murph, who has"a very fine apprecia tionof the eternal fitnett of things, handed his gun to tbe Croatan, shed a peck of "tears of pearly dew." and "le vanud" for home. WILMNG TON'S COTTON RECEIPTS. An Id or ease of 41,546 Bales as Compared with lnat Tear, ; The Charleston News and Courier published a day or two ago in an article on tbe Cotton Movement.' a table, giv ing, as it says, "tbe receipts at tbe lead ing ports for this and last year up to date. In this table, tbe receipts at Wil mington are given as 195 647 bales for 1894 against 195 117 for 1893. - The total receipts of cotton at Wilming ton from' September 1st to- December 81st. 1894, are , 202 749 bales, against re ceipts for the tame montbt in 1893. 161,203, an increase of 41.546 bales. West Point and Wilmington are the only At lantic ports showing an Increase Charleston, according to ihe News and Courier's figures, is 20 000 bales behind her record of 1863, and Savannah shows a decrease, according to the : same au thority, of about 60 000 bales. THE INCOME TAX Hopea from as Bxpeoted Botwea ot Bev- enae Kay Be Blasted. (Special to the Baltimore Sua. - Washington. Dec.- 31 Unless ap pearancetaie very deceitful, the exhaust ed revenues ot the Government have lit tle to hope for in the income : tax. of which to. much was anticipated at the time ot itt enactment. Tne opponents of the tax evince a determined disposi tion to ngnt its entorcement at every stage. - The Moore suit is only one 61 various preliminaries to be resorted to in tbe programme of embarrassment and hindrances It is understood that nego tiations have been privately instituted to secure harmony and unity of action among all ' the corporate influences rbtcb are to be affected, by the pro visions of tbe law. Individual effon. of course will be strenuously directed on tbe line of evasion and -avoidance. It has not yet transpired whether the con gresstonal denouncers : of tbe tax will carry their enmity so tar as to -prevent tne necessary appropriations lor its exe cution. This has been loudly threatened. but possibly tbe thiear may not be car ried out. .No opportunity will be lost. hi weyer, to throw obstacles in the way ana to increase, wnatever dissatisfaction may prevail throughout the country in cons q leoce. . uadoubtedlv . consider able time will be consumed in -the dis cussion oi me suojeqt, ana v tne appro priation aske bv the Treasury Depart ment should ultuoa'eiy be given, in all probability it will not be available' until some time after the new year." ) ;? Vor Oyer Vtn leera . Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup bas -been used tor over fifty vears by million of mothers lor their children wtile teeth ing, with perfect success. - It soothes the cbi:d softens the gums, allays all pam cures wina cone, and is tbe best remedy tor uiarrccea. - it win relieve the poor little suffdrer immediately.. Sold by. druggists in eyery part oftbe world. Twentv-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syiup.' and take no other kind i y-i: y Gov Fisbbark ot Arkansas, has ofiered a reward of 2u0 eachj fortbe capture and conviction of tbe tix men who et tempted to rob the passenger train on the Cotton Belt road at Buena Vista, .Monday night. - The railroad company hea offered a similar reward. - COTTOK CROP COMMENT Interestina Zhctraota from' Adveno Bheets : of Mr. Bhpnraoas Book for the Sea son of isos-'Ois ..v . - The annexed inuresting extracts a from advance - sheets of : Mr - A f . eoVB, Sbepperson't cotton book "Cotton Facts and Figures." for tbe season of 1893V94.r which it now in prtt:--..;-..- - -r r:'; The American crop of 1894-'95. which. Is being crowded - into - tight and upon the markets of the country in; such an enormont volume, it andoubtediy a very large one, and perhapt larger-, thaw any previous crop, Tbe weather, conditions have generally been favorable -throughout the season, and especially, to during the time fof maturing: and picking' the crop. Early circulation of extravagantly large estimates cf the crop followed by a rapid decline in prices, caused in' many planters an anxiety to market .their cot ton quick!, which some of, my corres pondents nave aescrioea as an unprccc- dented craze to teuY -While tne extremely low : price of cotton hat v .reqoi'ed .r; about -- double tne usual auantitv to pay the tame amount of indebtedness, it mutt be remembered that very much smaller advances tnan customary i were made upon the crop. The early marketing of so large a quan tity if cotton it therefore chiefly due. in my opinion, to the 'fact that the farmers, beluy.ng .the crop to be a very large one and fearful of lower prices. have rushed their cotton'lnto marxet. thus creating .the enormous movement and causirbe- drBioTrtcet which ibeyiSonRbttoestapav--:'- Qpmioos differ argely s usual as to the site of the crop", Put fewer esti mates have been published than last year.,- - s-.'.1---, To December 14. there bad come into sight 1,200 000 bales more than to cor responding date' last year: and 2f 8 OnO. baits more than in I8t (when tne com -rnerciai crop was 9.018 000 bales ) Should the mnvement bereatter qial th-t ot 1891 93 (aud it is well to bear in mind that about 500 000 bales of o d cotton was marketed with that crop, jrberestt there was very little old cotton with the planters at the beginning of this seaion) then the present crop would he about 2.696 000 bales, a It will thus be teen that a review of orevious croos doet not afford , encour agement for the expectation ot a crop of over 9 600 000 bates, it Ail marketed. while tt mifiht "readily turn .out to be 400 000 bales lets. - In this connection it should be considered that the crop hav ing been raised upon . Very limited ad vances, many planters, ana especially those in good circumstances, ere well atle to hold back - from market a larger quantity ;of cotton v than usual, il they were disposed to do so. Having paid their debts and purchased their needful supplies, it is a question whether tbe low prices may not cause tbe holding back - from - tbe pretext c mmerctai crop of at least 60J 000 bales i f cottonj This problem makts ait crop estimates more than ever guesses, for no man can tell what tbe planters will do witb this large surplus, which tbey can m u ket this season or not. as they please Mt is a ques-.on which, as 1 take it, few of the planters themselves have yet decided, and their decision will de pend upon wbat tbe prices are later on. If prices advance . materially in the Spring, it is evident to me that a much larger proportion of tbe surplus, and perbaps all of it, will be - marketed dur ing tbe Spring and Summer. - . It may be noted that the ' average of tbe estimates on the crop on N lvember 26th by 131 members of the New York Cotton Exchange is 9,249,838 oaies.-. Though tbe cotton which baa come into Sight is 1.200 tOD bales more than for the corresponding time last year, it is to be hoted that the visible supply of cotton ( f all kind) is only 90 000 bales greater than a year ago, while the r ocks in tbe markets of this ecu i try are only 94 000 bales in excess of same date last year.' i- -i-:"-' ' V:---' .' ' -: . -i.'V-i ' , ! - S. A- U INSPECTION. Offloers Iieava Fortamouth tp Inspect the ..---. I. tne. - r The Norfolk Virginian ; of yesterday say :" ': -v" . ... The executive effi-ers of the Seaboard Atr Line will 1eav Norfolk this moro iog on a tour of inspection of tbeir line Tbey will occupy a handsomely arranged special train. - : The gentlemen composing tbe par y are Messrs R.. .C. Huffman, president; ! C. St. John, vice-prestrteot: Ino H Win der, general manager: V Mt-lJee, su perintendent - of transportation; T. W. Wbisnant, superintendent of roadwav; T. J. Anderson, general passenger agent, and- H. W. Br Glover, general freight agent. -.;.! - ;v -1, k The management of the Seaboard Air Line is ever on tbe alert to afford tbe best service possible, and this trip is made for tbe purpose of a thorough in spection of the line with a view of im proving the set vice and accommodations for its pitrons wherever improvement is found to be prcticable. -y. -, It the management will look carefully into the matter "with the view of im proving the service .and accommoda tion! for jts patron;" we think it pot- tiole to make a change in tbe mail and passenger schedule of the Carolina Cen -tral that wilfaccomplith the object aim td at ? Why Inot give Wilmington the same facilities that are er j )ved - by' Charlotte ? Could not : a'- mail ' and passenger train leave Wilmington about 4ua. m and make as good connec tions as are now made at Hamlet for Ralei,h Cbailo te and Atlanta ? The present schedu es on the ' "main line"! seel? to show that this could be done. Editor Star ''?.r-. Perfect Bailroed bervloe.'C 1- " - The Ntw York Horn Journal says: "Tbe New Yoik Florida .Special. vesti- buled train. Comxed entirely of Puli roan ears, that has contributed to much in previous seasons to directirg South ern travel by I the Atlantic' Coast" Line and Plant .system.' will be resumed on January 7tb.i This superbly r qaipped train will leavr New Ytk daily txe pt Sunday via Pennsylvania railroad t 4 80 p. m . Philadelphia TOO p. m., Bal timore 9 27 p. m and We suing ton 10 43 p. m arriving at Jacksonville and Si Augustine tbe following evening. Tbi tt tbe only- line running "solid" trains between New York and Florida, and it is understood there will be material re duction in time; without extra fare for the improved service The cars are steam heated and lighted throughout by elec tricity The dining car is provided wiih the best supplies and it affords en r- ute an toe luxuries or-a pm class hotel -&09T Blat aisiee eases. V; i- Having the needed merit to more than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have reached a phenomenal sale, Dr. King's New Discovery, for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, each botnle guaran teed Electric. Bittert, tbe great remedy for Liver. Stomach and Kidneys Buck ,en' Arnica Salve, the best in tbe world, and Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are a perfect: pill..';-'. All these remedies are guaranteed to do just what it claimed for tbem and tha dealer whose name is at tached herewith will be glad tp tell you more of them. Sold at R. R. Bmxamy's -rug otore. . : , 1 , i.T.beoolmoowelln, attorney of King William county. V . rtoortt thtee new tuset ol small-pox at 1 1ndian Town in the Pamunkev reservation and says that it necessary to quarantine tbe town. ' - rMlLL JQONSTRUCTlON, nit Beoord ; for. . the Fast Bis Sorth . BUtes. trountj issadt tha f :)f-y 'i?; ByTeletrssli te the Moraine Stsr. y BoSTQir.;.. January; 2 The A., Wool and Cotton Reporter, in it, H aBnual jreview of milt constrocJJ throughout the country to morto -give tome interesting data. Dunn . J past six months the improvement i0 v general business' situation has reflect! in: no, uncertain) manner the uad taking of the construction of a ar number cf textile plants. In' the fi six months ot the year 1894 the nu0i!I of new mille was. 118, a wonderful sho, mg considering the condition ol tL business wor d. -Since tbe middle ol thi year the'construaion of no less than u textile planu have been underukpD a io crease- of 81 . as compared wi h previous. six. months The record Q .the year is 253 new mills, as agaii s-.j; in the" corresponding year of 1893 l 8S tor 18.12. j ! y-- The Southern States make a very coq showing ta'tbe number of new mills m dertaken during the latter poition of u . tj . XT v . , -year, nowcra, iuit ana Ftta tylvania lead with 21 each to their credJ next comes iorin varonna with 18, ai then aoutn tarpnna with 14. The record oy idtates ior the wh ics ia iviiwi'i -- ui & 00. reni tylvania SO,. North Carolina 5S6. So'J Carolina 93. Georgia 19 Massachuwit lSMaine 11- Virginia and Rhode Lht 8 each, Texas end Connect icut 7 eacbJ the remander being divided among tJ other atatet. j j ; Vl-.' . ..." .TkV . WiiMlera mother flat found tnat ner utile ones are it proved more bv the pleasant lazatiJ 5rupot KifiS, wnen in need ol the hi. ativt effect of a gentle remedy than J any other, and that it it more accepuiiJ to them. Children enj jw and it betJ fits them. -!"Tbe true' remedy. Syrup i r igs, is manwaciurea oy ine uaiilorj, Ftff 'Syrun Cn rtlv ' : Booki ALMOST GIVEN AWAY - To Readers of THE HORNING STAF The Best Books, - By the Most Popular Authors. r - At One-Third of I Their Value, , Umy one. twOupon required will each order, regaidless of number books ordered. " 2 O o o o O CD a . OS I - c tt o : O o UJ X v. x S - n 85 o o o w r A portion of the books named we; offered by the Star some time sind but. lor tbe information ot all i have heretofore ordered, attention called- to the large additions tM have been made 10 the list. SLIST Ogi THE BOOKS. No. 61 A Dark Ntsht's W ork; Bv Mrs. Gastell Ne 69 Prettv Mis. Smith: Bv c'lorence Wsrda no. ou UDtsric lonnsront:; u i.uaiies Kesae. 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'They are sold renulsW" tail lot ten cents eaca, so tttat our omi readers to bay them at about one-third of tblffcyt It is a grand cbanor to secure standard, nif works of fia-oo at merely nominal cost. One of the above Coopons wUl be published lane f Tms Stab until lur.her notice kb( We make thie liberal offer, whereby some of f works la fktioa ia tbe EngHshogoa ZL cured bv on reanera- for tbe merest trifle ol or- ia order to increase onr drcolstion. 1 . Our present readers will greatly ObHipe ns oJri the attention of then Mends to the fact M'"irre Tub -.tas the' ey can semte the advantages Addxe-e ! j matl Book offer. HUE Dii COUPON DEPARTMENT. N.C Choice Wilmington, " V
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