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u J r) -A M A-lit 1 ' t J PVaUSfSO AT Ilmington. N. C. A YEAR.IN ADVANCE. DO "IfJSJHiiiSlliill VOL. XXVI. I I I qiooH I I 88888S18828888888 82888882288888888 88888888888888888 8 W U a. r. 3- VI ' red at the row vmce i numiwui SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. iubscriptlon price o! the Weekly Star it at Copy 1 ye"' postage Pld S months " " $1 00 , 60 , SO 8 month Have you received a bill for sub- ption to the Weekly Sta re- ? If so, is it correct? If cor- why not pay it? Is there a man earth who can print a newspaper si(AV S V ran a farmer cive awav nis I " r"" w: " ' r kens, and eggs, and keep out of poor-house? If so, let us nave recipe, now. It will be valuable to us HE BEST OF ALL CALLINGS. phere is a set ol men roving und this country devoting their and talents to persuading the biers that they are the most un- unate of people, and that the in- try which they follow is the most sed and oppressed of all mdus- If they only meant by this the agricultural industry is the (st abjsed of all the great indus- because it does not receive the f . . r be measure 01 attention irom slative bodies that some other less portant industries do, this asser- would be true; but they mean re than that, and work to create -conviction that the dweller on farm is victimized by the dweller the city, and that there -is an an- Ronistn ueuweeii iuc oitu wuu 101 s the dIow and the mad who fol- a different kind of business. ese are aemoeogues, wno nave ething to accomplish, and expect profit by the misrepresentations y make and the antagonisms they use. . - ; rhere is tfo antagonism between dweller in the town and. the ler in the country. Their in- ests are intertwined and one can- be materially affected without other being affected more or less. t is true that the industry of the m has not received as much atten- n from our legislative bodies as it uld have received, not a . decimal t as 'much as it does in some of countries of Europe, which bear comparison with this in general ightenment, or in the average in igence and progress! veness of the ple. We do not mean by this at- ion, bounties, protective tarins, rig other people for the benefit of man who follows - the plow, but attention which keeps a close friendlyeye on the progress the ner is making and helps him in se methods which make his call- less laborious, and more produc- and profitable. there be complaint at this appa indifference among our Legisla-i to the industry of the farm, the Bers have themselves much to e for it in not looking as closely heir own welfare as they should e done, and in showing less unity fforts to promote their own pro- s than they should have done, re is not that same cobesiveness png them to bring their calling prominence and to command at ion that there has been among followers of some other callings. ph one works for himself and there been too little unison in work- I, to work to the best advantage. h one plows and sows, and plants ardless of how much others plow, or plant, and thus each one does injury to the other without in ding it. From these and other causes, for Ine of which the farmer is respon- le, and for others not, the calling she farmer has its drawbacks, but ing it all in all, comparing it with tier callings, and realizing what it do for the one who pursues it h intelligence, method and indus we contend that it- is the best the most inviting of all callings ere a man earns his bread by the of-ef his hands. There is within fences of an ordinary farm all ft is necessary to give one a good ng, to ensure him comforts and ke him independent, and if he be reasonably happy temperament, ptented. kith all this what more should a n want and why sBould he strug- and wear, himself put to accumu- p dollars- which can add nothing Vthem, and if he had millions d give him no more, and perhaps so much ? What man is more to jnyied than the farmer who owes Sin anything, calls no man mas . as all upon his own domain to ort him and his with the com- i of life and is sure of that as as he lives? He doesn't lie awake nights cogitating over; the present and prospective price "-of stocks, nor rack his brains forming schemes to be elected to office, which is about as hard to hold , after one gets it. as it ; was to get it i was it, nor become " nervous over a small decline in the price of manual factured articles which' may destroy the profits of a season! Farm pro ducts may be low, and! in . little de-" man., but if he owes nobody any- thing, has enough - to eat at home and a house of his own to live in, his own fuel to warm it and make it cheery rhen the storms gather and the wind howls, what need he care ? He can stand it and be happy if he is built right, and sympathize with the millions of other people who would go down on their knees and thank heaven if they were as happily situ ated. .'.V-lv.v.v' 1 The merchant toils and plans, has to meet competition on all sides; thinks so bard and continuously that he thinks himself prematurely old. The manufacturer scuffles along and has to fight competition, too, and a nettling, ana pay postage uc- n-rnfa - . - maw pn;n and cotton, and wheat, and Dusiness 01 a year tor nim. loe w i - r ' i; ti workman in the city out of his daily wages may manage to live, but be is the exception who saves anything to take care of him when age or ; dis- ease incapacitates him for labor, while tne thrifty farmer pursues the even tenor of his way, adding something to his store!' and getting more solid comfort out of life j than whom the nine tenths of ij those thoughtless farmer might envy and the mouthing demagogues teach him to look upon as many times more blessed than he. . The life of the farmer may not be appreciated by all, but take it all in all, his -is the most trusty and the best of callings after all. MINOR MENTION. Mr. Walker, j Republican, of Mas sachusetts, in the House Friday pre sented two additional sections to his substitute to the Carlisle bank bill, 'one of which provides that for a cer tain period part of the j customs du ties shall be paid in gold; the other that the Secretary of the Treasury be empowered to sell three per cent, bonds to cover deficiencies in the Treasury. There is little probability of the passage of Mr. Walker's sub stitute, but regardless of any action that may be taken on j the Carlisle bank bill proposed a bill ! should be passed requiring the customs duties in gold payment - of in such pro- portion as to keep the Treasury sup plied with enough to meet the de mands upon it. Now j there is no way ot replenishing the gold reserve when it is cut down without borrow lng, and while the Treasury. notes which are redeemed continue to go back into circulation the Treasury will always be sub ject to attack. It is not redemption of the notes but simply an exchange of notes for gold, the notes still re mnining to be "redeemed," again and again as often as they may be pre sented, which will be every time any profits can be made by drawing gold from the Treasury, for shipment to Europe or for other purposes. The Treasury is now simply borrowing gold for the benefit of jjold specula tors, and not to maintain its credit or the parity between its different kinds of money. When these speculators want gold they make a bee-line for the Treasury just as the bee does to the floweret sucks its sweets from And this state of affairs will continue until some steps are taken to protect the Treasury and supply it with , the gold it needs, without selling bonds to get it. A telegram published yesterday announced that the contract for the granite to be used in 1 the construc tion of the public building in Kansas City, Mo., was awarded to. the Geor gia Granite Company, which bid against many others from different sections of the country. The Geor gia bid was $50,000 1 less than the lowest bid from the New England quarries. This brief telegram shows two things; one that the - Southern quarries . can compete successfully with quarries in any section of the country and that some of them, at laest, can quarry and deliver stone at distant points cheaper than the quar- rymen of other sections can do it, and that this stone comes up to the requirements as well if not better than the stone of other sections. This encourages the belief that the quarrying business in the South may . become an exten sive .and 1 profitable industry. It shows another thing which . is that the United States Government doesn't stand much on the matter of expense when it comes to erecting public buildings. The State of Missouri is full of quarries contain ing stone suitable for building pur poses, and we . have no doubt that such could be found within gunshot of where that building will stand. But they bad s to have granite, be cause granite shows better, and Is suDoosed to be more durable than other kinds of stone. ' Qf course it bad to be paid for accordingly, with a result that the building; will cost 71 H about twice, as much . as : necessary; A building put of the stone of the neighborhood," or out of a good quality of brick,: which" could have been made : in - the neighborhood. would have answered just as well, without costing' half as much; but that wouldn't have been 'stylish enough. 7 '; :-i:i23 In referring ; yesterday to the cul tivation of the sugar beet, we stated that we did not know the probable cost of a factory for the manufacture of the beet sugar, but in a communis cation by Mr. H. B. Battle, Direc tor of the Signal Station, published in the Raleigh News and Observer, be puts the cost at about : $500,000 j If this be so, we couldn't expectlo. see plants for that purpose put up by home capital, for that is too much money to invest .in an entirely new enterprise - for this section, where there are so many openings for capi tal m enterprises that are in no way experimental.; It was hoped when Congressman Alexander took his trip or inquiry and observation to Nebraska, that capitalists who look ed favorably in this direction might be induced to erect one or more man ufactories if they could be assured a sufficient quantity of beets of the right kind, but the financial troubles which followed, and other causes, put an end to this hope and no progress seems to have been made in the cul tivation or the testing of beets. But hope need not be entirely abandoned. The beet sugar industry will! grow in this country, for it can beat cane sugar every time. It wouldn't be a bad idea for our farmers to plant some j and ithus get accustomed to handling' them and be prepared to plant largely if the opportunity should be presented in thei future to secure the erection of factories. The beets grown could be used as feed for stock and thus would be service able, and when the fact was ascer tained that beets were grown in the State it would have a tendency to turn the attention of sugar! makers this way. ' ! NtW COTTON MILL COMFNY On the Co-operative Plan Stook to be Paid fa Instalment-Board of D tree tore and Other Omoere Choaen. A new cotton mill . company, on ; the co-operative plan, was organized in this city yesterday. Those present at the meeting were Messrs. C. W. Worth, Jas. H. Chadbonrn, Jr , W; H. Cnadbourn, Walker Taylor, M. W. Divine, M, W. lacobi, W. A. Riach, John DJ Bellamy, Jr., Jr., John S. Armstrong and Geo. D. ParSleyf ' . ' ! Mr. C W. Worth was called to tbe chair, and Mr. Geo. D. Parsley was made secretary. I j A committee, consisting of Messrs.' Riach, Taylor and Bellamy, was ap pointed to draft a constitution and by laws to report at a future meeting. Messrs. C. W. Worth.. las. H. Chad- bourn, Jr., W. H. Cbadbourn, John D. Bellamy. Jr.. lr M. W. Divine, W. A. Riach, M. W. lacobi. Walker Taylor. S. Bear. Tr , John S. Armstrong and Geo. D Parsley were chosen as a Board of Directors for the ensuing year.' Subsequently, at a meeting of the newly elected board. Mr. Jas. H. Chad- bourn, Jr.. was chosen president, Mr. C. Worth vice president and Mr. Geo. D. Parsley secretary and treasurer. Mr. C W. Worth was appointed chairman of a committee to solicit sub scriptions; be to select two others on tbe committee. : j The stock: is to be raised on tne in stalment plan. The par values is placed at $100, to be paid for in weekly install ments of 50 cents each. The amount of the capital stock will be $100,000. Four teen thousand dollars of this was su bscribed at the meeting. ' The gentlemen interested in this new industrial enterprise have been engaged for the past month investigatine the matter, and are thoroughly satisfied that it will pay the investors handsomely. One More Cotton Mill Certain. Readers of tbe Star know! how long and how persistently it has worked to arouse an interest here in the important subject of cotton factories. And they know, too, that it has with equal energy advocated the instalment plan as the only one likely to secure the necessary capital in Wilmington. ; It is safe to. say that this paper has printed more practical information on the subjects of cotton mills than have any three newspapers in North Carolina, and we feel sure it has had a good effect. But, whether the Star's effort has contributed anything to tbe result or not, it rejoices to call attention to tbe proceedings of a meeting held yesterday, and which are printed in our columns to-day. '"v;-r: The ball has been started. Now, keep it moving. ; ! - 1 Death of Mr. J. M. Ward." Mr. I. M. Ward, book-keeper for Messrs. Burr & Bailey, died yesterday at his residence in this city in the 43d year of his age, after an illness of some eight or. ten days of pneumonia. : He leaves a wife and four small children to mourn the loss of a demoted husband and father. He was a member of Grace M. E. Church, Master of Exchequer of Stonewall Lodge Knights of Pythias, a member of Wilmington Lodge I. O. O. F.. and was Insured in the endowment rank of both orders. His funeral will take place Monday from Grace Church. Wonder what the North Caro lina Pops, think oi the result of tbe re pent election in Georgia for bounty of- j fleers? The - Democrats made heavy gains over the November election, and the Pods, carried, less than . a dozen counties in the Stat?. ' - " ' ... - r-. -. - ----- --i -- -, - - WH.MINGTON, NC., PEEDAY, JANUARY 11, 1895, DEATH OF ALBERT GOBE. After Brave StrtJKRle, He Died t Paneei Tratetdey. 'A After a long add brave- battle lor life,- r Albert Gore died at his residence fa . this crtv yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock In his.87tb "year..' He was the son of William Iredell' and Rachel Ann Gore, was bora at Little River, S. C and came to Wilmington with his parents m 1889, In 1881 he married Mist Bessie Ledford who with five children, survives hinnT" He began nia pusiness me as tier auq book-keeper for ; his -father, and.' was afterwards a partner in the firm ol W. If Gore & Co., and for some time ia ;-thai of Corbett & Gore. For two years p more, however,his:; health had ?5 failing, and be was compelled tagban don active business almost- entire Thoaeh naturally modest and Bdthewlfat reserved in his manner, he had rfJcind-3?,eB heart, and those who knew him best were his warmest friends. Very early in his business life he de veloped a talent for mercantile pursuits, showing excellent judgment and a keen penetration in trying emergencies.1 But consumption, that insidious destrbyen fastened Its relentless bold on him so early In life as to deprive' him of all hope of reaching the position as a man of business which nature seemed to have' fitted him for. -r - ; M His family and friends had for some time realized the serious nature of his sickness; bnt, buoved up by the indomi table spirit that Was a part of bis nature, be was hopeful to the end; and but a short time before he breathed his last he told tbe kind friends who were watching by his bedside, to go home and rest that he "would be all right in a day or two." But even then the lamp of life was burning with unsteady flame; and as the last rays of the setting sun lingered on his home, seeming to beckon him to rest, his spirit passed beyond tbe portals of earth to - fi;hr : "That undiscovered country from' whose bourn - : i.r! No traveller returns." . i i i ! "Peace to his ashes.". Consolation to those who loved him so well in life, and who now mourn over his untimely death. "Far may we search before we find I A heart so manly and so kind. But not around his honored urn Shall friends alone and kindred mourn The thousand eyes his care bad dried Pour at his name a bitter tide. COMPARE THESE FACTS. The PiSerenoe Between tbe Profits of Edk- club and Boutbern Mill. InEngland Of 71 cotton mill com panies in Oldham, 12 showed profits last year of 4,709, or 23.500, while 59 showed losses of 43.018. or $315,000. Two cotton mills were offered at auction at Preston. One, with 80.000 spindles, was withdrawn - because ! the minimum of 6.000 ($30,000) was not reached. The other, with, 81,000 spindles, was also withdrawn, as the best bid obtained was j8.500. or $42,500. i J . " . : On theloregoing the Columbia State makes this pointed comment: -' 'In bomb Carolina The Pacoiet, Clifton, Converse, Enoree, Spartan, Piedmont and Pelzer mills all in a bunch paid out on the lstinsLJ$183. 600 in semi-annual dividends, or at the rate of $367,000 a year." LARGE SUPPLYo'f WILD DUCK. Tnree Hundred Tine Ones in One Lot and More Coming Bird Hunting. Hunting of every kind is fine now, says the Newbern Journal. Mr. -Thos. Dil lon, of Tnscarora, sent down yesterday about 100 game birds, mainly partridges and doves which he had killed the day before. Similar luck has been experi enced bv several sportsmen. On tbe 2nd of January Messrs. D. Bell & Co., of Morebead City, who handle game as well as fish and oysters, had the most elegant lot : of wild ducks ever known there. ; In the number there were 254 fine red-head, 45 black-beads, eta. and there was another big supply to come in the next day. . j Mr. 1. W. Fry, of Greensboro, General Manager of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad,' Mr. H. L. Fry, the Chief Engineer, and friends, have been spending several days at Morehead, en joying the sport1 They went down on a special car and passed through on it yes terday morning returning home. A VERDICT OF $25,000 - Awarded to a Kan Who Was Broiled on a Xilte lUeottio Wire. Newark, N. J., January 2. Robert McMullen has been awarded $25,000 damages against the Western Union Telegraph Company for injuries received while working for the company as a line man. In making some repairs McMul len grasped a live wire and was horribly burned. He fell face downward among the wires. He hung suspended there. He lost an eye, his back was burned to .the bone, his hands badly burned and his brain was partly paralyzed. Tbe current came from . electric-light wires which were strung on the same poles as the telegraph company's wires, v..-: f Edward Fomeroy. - Mr. EdwardTPomeroy, who died sud denly from an attack of paralysis, irr Richmond, Wednesday, was well known among the horsemen of this State and had a number of friends in Wilmington, where he was well known. He drove in many of the races on the track of the old Cape Fear Agricultural Association. He was for many years a citizen of Ra leigh, where his remains were taken for interment. The Xjeglalatnre. The Star will have special correspon dents in Raleigh to give full and inter esting reports of the proceedings of the Legislature. The sessions will begin next Wednesday, and 'will be watched with unusual interest, as there will be much legislation Of an important char acter, r ; For the Hebraaka Sufferers. - -- Tbe Atlantic Coast Line officials, as usual, are to the front" in aiding suffer ing humanity. - Yesterday afternoon a newly-painted Atlantic Coast Dispatch car left their depot laden with corn and North Carolina rice, which is sent to the relief of the Nebraska : sufferers. The car bore an inscription, "Contribution corn and N.r C. rice from the Atlantic Coast Line to the Nebraska sufferers. The Argus announces the" clo-sing-of the Goldsboro Rice Mills, owned by the National Rice Milling Co. They have been'7 nsed only as a ; purchasing depot f of several years, the milling hav ing been done elsewhere. VV j ' , SEABOARD AIR LINE. Tne.- Jffew VioenFnsldent 7 Took Cberge i turnery Jtt-Be lMaee e Olranler.: Vice-President St. John took charge rof f he Seaboard, Air Line January 1st, Vsad issued the f 0E0 wing circular: Office-of ths Vice- Prksidknt,, : PORTSMOPTH, VA, Jan.. 1 189S. -To all. interestedi,r'"::''Cfe In assuming the duties of Vice-Presir dent: ot tne railroads comprising the Seaboard Air. Line; the undersigned de sires to express to pne and all connected therewith feelings1 of entire cordialitv." with the added hope that the New Year upon wnicn we are just entering may be a most prosperous pne. . k- . . - : -The propertv entrusted to our care is very valuable ape, requiring at our nanas me greatest! consideration. Oar Efforts must be ta hicrease In every Ie- legitimate manner possible , its business; r"1 care io the protection of its reve- V practice- of economies, not fWJnnpnsjio its necessities, is enjoined upon . au. Let the Question be. how each (not how llttk) can we personally q, to aia in tne accompiisnment ot at 8i.';d results.. Efficiency will be required Joyauy to superiors' expected. These two go h'andVin-hand. . and when united in a commoa- cause, will always prove invincible-' To a greater degree, if possible, than ever before, let us strive to possess.botb. ' . i : . - All officers, department chiefs and representatives of jtbis line will con tinue in the "performance of present duties.' - ?r .- ' The undersigned will gladly receive suggestions from every source, when it is believed that such suggestions are in any way likely to improve the business or the service of the Seaboard Air Line, and his doors will be open at all times to officers, department chiefs, employes or the public at large, who may have business to transact with him, and such persons may be assured of a most cor dial welcome. ,-. JVery sincerely, . E. ST. JOHN, Vice-President. TWO BANKS SWINDLED- A Sharp Baa cat Gets $38.00 Seen from Two Charlotte Banks. " The Charlotte pbserver thus chroni cles the exploits of a slick swindler in that city: J The First National Bank and the Sav ings Bank start the year $38 short each It happened in this way: On the 24th day of December a man stepped up to the cashier's window in the Savings Bank and i handed Mr. A. Brady, cashier, a check for $38. The check Was drawn -on tbe Holston Na tional Bank of Knoxville, Tenn was signed by J. R. Cohen, and made paya ble to C W. Bryan. The man being a perfect stranger to him, Mr. Brady handed the check back and told him he must have a city endorser. He left, re turning in about an hour with the check endorsed with the name of Capt. Geo F. Bason. Mr. Brady i is familar with Capt. Bason's signature, and believiug that on the ' check to be Capt.' Bason s, cashed the check. - f r Tbe First National Bank went through the same performance. Monday the checks came back from Knoxville, pro tested. Capt. Bason was seen, and pro nounced the signature a forgery. The writing was so nearly like his that any one would have sworn it to be his. The only difference was that Capt. Bason runs the B and a somewhat together, Tbile the forcer serarated -them. Mr. ' "Brady describes the man - as weighing about ISO pounds; he bad dark hair and moustache, was decently dressed and withal rather prepossessing. STRICKEN. NEBRASKA. Will Ifot North Caroline Beapond to Her Appeal for Selp, The people of North Carolina should contribute to the relief of the stricken people of Nebraska. Read the-following, which gives really but a faint idea of the suffering in that State: . "The recent blizzard which swept over the Northwest has inaugurated a season of severe winter weather that has largely aggravated the already great destitution and sufferings of the people of the "State of Nebraska. Throughout a large section of that State the drought last Summer caused almost a total loss of the corn crop. As a consequence, where the animals had not starved, ths people have been forced to sell off their hogs and other live stock which thev could not feed, and forced sales always impose a sacrifice to sellers. Driven to seriou straights by the de struction of their chief food supply, the sufferings of the unfortunate people have been increased by the stormy wintry weather to a degree that is not endurable, and the accounts which come of the situation in Nebraska are truly terrible. i The wretched sufferers inhabit wide expanses of open plain, which in Sum mer are subject to destructive droughts, while in the Winter the Northern bliz zards rush down upon them with freez ing fury. They have little or nothing upon which to live? and are destitute of tbe means ot getting away, iney are making appeals for help, and in this connection it has been proposed to send them from the South a train-load of meat and cotn." j Iiouisiana Bloe Crop. The Louisiana Planter for December 29, reports as follows: ; I . The rice market is dull, and bot! rough and clean show only a light de mand. The movement is small, but bus iness will probably revive after the holi days.. " ': ' -The receipts at New Orleans from Au gust 1, 1894, to December 28, 1894. com pared with last year, same time, were as fOllOWS: I ::- - i Sacks Rough. Bbls. Clean. This year. . . 545.925 854 Last year. . . 623.828 8,278 A Texas. Iiewrert Story. A story is told ol a Texas lawyer who was appealing most eloquently to the jury on behalf of his client, who was being tried for larceny. The lawyer's defence was so thrilling and pathetic that even the prisoner himself was moved to tears, and was wiping his eyes with a handkerchief, when his attorney turned and asked the inry to gaze on the hon est features of his client, and say if they could believe that it i was possible for a man with such an i honest face to be guilty of theft. -Suddenly the, lawyer paused, gasped for breath and ejaculat ed; "well, l a be mowed it tnat Dians. ety blank scoundrel hasn't swiped my pocket handkerchief. - Behooner Annie Alnalie. The schooner Annie Ainslie hereto fore reported water-logged at Ocracoke, N. C was towed into this port yester day by the tug Alexander Tones. The schooner was on a voyage- from Savan nah to Philadelphia,; with cargo of lum ber, and sustained damage in the storm of last week. . 2 : rtr"" TV tTTT): J- - THE COTTON CROP. - . Hubbard, .Fries ft Coe. Bevtew of tbe Market Speculations me ' to - the Hex Nrw York, Jan. 8, 1895. r The opening of the New Year has brought tfo consolation to tbe holders of cotton, and the market closes to-night within Kc of the lowest quotations of the year. - There is also a feeling of dis couragement regarding the future, which is difficult to account for in face of the known inability. of the South to produce another large crop of cotton at . present prices, even were it not well understood that the result would be disastrous to the entire couhtrv. A sham fallinc cfT has occurred in the movement of the crop-as compared with that of previous weeks, but In comparison with last year or with 1891, the receipts still' show a movement which is so largely in excess of : those years. that there is " no Change in the current estimate as to tbe. nlttmateoutturn of the crop. Nine million nve hundred thousand bales is now the accepted commercial crop of this season. although it -may vary a few ' hundred thousand bales one way or the other from such a yield; depending upon the course of the market for the balance of the year, and were it not lor the uncer tainty felt as to the reduction in the land devoted to cotton for the ensuine year. the trade wonld be willing to absorb the surplus of-.tbe crop at the basis cf pres ent prices. But it is felt by every one that we must look to the next crop for relief -; from the present over supply, 'and until it is determined that , the South . is ' willing to. pursue . the same course which reduced the crop of 1898 to 6.700,000 bales, tbe market will be a hesitating one with little dispo sition to accumulate more than the nec essary supplies by , both planters and merchants. Spinners have bought so freely that they are now in a position to await the effect of the pressure of the re mainder of tbe crop before takins any further large amount of the raw mate rial. Therefore the factor which is be ing regarded by both spinners and mer chants throughout the world with the greatest interest is the prospect of tbe curtailment ot the crop to be planted within the; next ninety . days. bo tar as reports have been re ceived from those States using com mercial fertilizers it is probable that there will be a reduction in their use of at least 40 per cent, as compared with last season, and the question of acreage will remain to be determined later when the question of advances .becomes a mo mentous one with every merchant in the cotton States. In the meantime for the next thirty days the pressure upon the market will be felt through the compar ison with other years as we have before mentioned, and it is generally believed that this weight of cotton will be suffi cient to break the market to a lower ranee of prices than those yet touched. Ua the other hand, it must not be for gotten that the effect of large receipts. or oi a lignt. movement, or of any of tbe other 'factors which . control the price of cotton, are discounted in advance of their occurrence, and it is a question whether the reduction in the acreage which now seems to be almost a certainty will not be similarly discount ed before tbe knowledge of the actual extent of such a reduction is known. It is this feature of the situation to which we would call the especial attention of our friends, as we are convinced that should the boutb reduce the acreage to a greater degree than they did in 1892, tbe ettect upon the market would be a sharp one. COLUMBUS COUNTY j ITEMS. Farmers Killing large Hogs Vlourlahtag Vlneland Pretty Crayon Work Bev W. H. Towneend. Star Correspondence. Vineland, N. C, Jan. 4. More large hogs have been killed in this county than ever before in one sea son. Messrs. Shade Wooten, Albert Thompson' and Dave Suggs have re cently killed some weighing over .300 pounds each. Sheriff. McPhaul has one that will weigh about 400 when fat; Mr. W. A. J. Soles has three that are estimated at 1,200 pounds - of pork; Mr. Emanuel Barefoot, of Bogue Township, killed one this week that weighed 309 pounds after tbe bead was taken oiL It was only two years old. Your' correspondent was recently shown some crayon work, executed by Miss Alice Keglster -ot this place, tnat was indeed a clever and creditable piece of work. The new pastor ot the Methodist church. Rev. W. H. Townsend, has moved here and lives in the parsonage. More houses were built here last year and the year before than ever before for the same length of time. Still, there is not a vacant dwelling in town, and tnere is demand for more houses. Mr. N. C Stubbs has withdrawn from Joe firm of Powell & Stubbs on account of bad health. The business win be un der the management of Mr, R. H. Powell. The Messrs. Lennon, of Tatom s township, will erect a brick manufactory here shortly. A. C. Ii. Florida SpeolaL Tbe New York and Florida special, which is run over the : Atlantic Coast Line every winter, will start on its 1895 run on the 7th of January, leaving New York city to-morrow evening at 4 80, and running on a lightning schedule to St. Augustine, Fla. The. train which arrives here at ten a. m. will connect with the Florida special at South Rocky Mount, making the trip from New York to Wilmington in seventeen hours and a half, ! Back to Hie Old lave." Mr. John H. ; Hanby, who has for eleven years filled the responsible posi tion of Supervisor of Buildings of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad system, has retired from that service, and now resumes his old work as general con tractor and builder.! The managers of the Coast Line regret the change, and Mr. Hanby carries with him their best wishes. : The duties of his position with the railroads require him to be almost continuously absent from his home, and it is this that caused Mr. Hanby to resign.- His skill and experience in his line of business are so universally recog nized here that it is not likely he will be Often "out of a job." The Star wishes him success. ' Charlotte : Observer. : Notice of Little & Co.'s failure at Beaver Dam, on Monday last, was made in Viz Obser ver of . Tuesday. - Yesterday Mr. little and. his': partner; Mr. John W. Hasty, were arrested on account of a claim held against them by some guano company, They gave bond, each, in the sum of $1,000." - . v.4U j' -fc NO. 10 THE WOOLLEN- SCHEDULE. Tariff Beduotlona on the Sehednle Whloh Went Into Xffebt January 1st. ' : - -The following , are the reductions on the principal j; Items or the woollen into effect Tanu- schedule which went ary 1st:.: " ,;" Shoddy, 71 per ctn.t? :;;C; Yarns, woollen and worsted, accord ing to classification, 62 to 89 per cent. Cloths, three classes, 50 to 75 percent. Shawls, three classes, 55 to 77 per cent. Knit fabrics, four classes, 51 to 74 per cent, 'v,:'-,:;.--- ,1 .;. -w-v " All other manufactures, not specially provided for, three classes. 43 to 75 per cent..:': -::-' ' Blankets, four classes, 53 to 72 per cent..: .iv .. .' .;".' ' Hats, four classes. 60 to 72 per cent. Flannels for underwear, four elasses.48 to 78 per cent. -..,.;.. i--v:..' Dresi goods, women's and children's. Italian cloths Ac five classes, 43 to 54 per cent. i -.. l : .v " - Other, clothing, ready-made, &c, 88 per cent. ' j f. . ;--"V '. ' .' - ;. relts, not Woven, 62 pecenju i. Plushes and other pile fabt'.cs, 52 per per cent. - - ; Uoaks, dolmans, lackets. talmas, ul sters and other outside garments for wo men and children, &c 38 per cent. ; Webbine',' goring, braces, bindings, fringes, gimps, cords and tassels, dress trimmings, laces and embroideries, etc., 47 per cent. . j ' . : .1'..; '.; Carpets and CarDetinc Aubusson. Azminster. Mcquette and Chenille car pets, and carpets woven whole for rooms and Oriental,' Berlin and other similar rugs, 84 per cent. azony, Wilton and Tournev velvet carpets, 42 per cent. Brussels, 51 per cent. Velvet and ; tapestry : velvet carpets. printed or the warp or otherwise, 48 per cent. . - I -: Tapestry Brussels, printed on the warn or otherwise, 48 per cent. i reoie ingrain, three-ply. and all chain Venetian carpets, 48 per cent". Wool, Dutch, and two-ply ingrain car pets. 54 per Cent. Druggets and bookings, printed, col ored or otherwise, 64 per cent. ' Felt carpeting, 52 per cent. carpets s wool, or in part of, not specially proyided for, 40 per cent. THE CHAMPION PLYEES. Statement From ": Atlanta as to the "Dixie Hammer" Ita Time Beaten by tbe "Pytnjan Flyer" Over the Plant and Coast Line System, A few days ago. says the News and courier, tne nicago tieraia ran a train down to Atlanta for the purpose of dis- tributing a special edition which the pa per got out. The time made bv tbe train was very fast, and with its usual mod esty Atlanta said that it was the fastest time ever made in the South. In fact an Atlanta enthusiast sent the following dispatch to the Asscciated Press, and it was printed in most of the Southern papers: j "The Dixie hummer, which left Chi cago at 2 o clock this morning, made the fastest long distance tun in Southern railroad history, - coverine the 783 miles in 16 hours, 15 minutes, ac tual running, or 16 hours. 57 minutes, elapsed time. Tbe average running time was 45 miles , an hour. Many a piece of track was covered at the rate 'of 70 miles an, hour. The tram was scheduled to reach Atlanta at 5.80-p. m., bnt it lost no time going over the mountains between Evansville and Chattanooga. The train came over tbe Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the. Evacs- ville and Terre Haute, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and tbe Western and Atlantic." Of course, this is an excellent show ing, but as J tar as its being the fastest time ever made in the South, "that's all poppycock; Everybody knows that the fastest long distance run ever made in tbe South, if not the fastest made in tbe world, was that made by the Pyth ian flyer over tbe riant and Atlantic Coast Line systems on the 29th of Au gust last. I The Pythian tram ran 781 miles . in fifteen hours and forty-nine minutes, including stops, or excluding stops in fourteen hours and thirty-four minutes, its actual running speed for the entire distance was 53.6 miles per hour. in other words, it ran forty-eight miles farther than the "Dixie Hummer," and covered the distance in over an hour and a half less time. The performance of the train attracted the attention of the whole country, and the railroads and newspaper men from Boston to New Orleans unanimously'acknowledged that it had beaten the world's record for long-distance racing. I No one questions the fact that the "Dixie Hummer" made a splendid run. Considering the country through which it had to go it was a truly remarkable performance, bnt it is mere bosh to claim that it broke tbe record. . The At lantic Coast Line and Plant system men naturally feel that an injustice has been done them by the dispatch. They put themselves to great trouble and expense in making their great . run, and they don't want to seer themselves unjustly robbed of their laurels. COTTON MILL ITEMf, Southern Hills Can Hake Fine Goods Bis Crops of South Caroline j Vao tartar. I - . j; ' y The Spartanburg . Herald recently showed that eight factories in Spartan burg comity paid $127,000 in dividends every six months.- Now the Greenville News gives the following list of seven cotton mills in Spartanburg and Greenville counties, which pay $180,500 semi-annually in div idends: . :- 4 " ) . : .' J.- Pacoiet Manufacturing Company $35,000 Clifton Manufacturing Company 85.000 D. . Converse Manufacturing Company . . . . 15.000 Enoree Manufacturing Company 16.000 Spartan Mills... 15,000 Piedmont Mills.! 87.500 Pelzer Mills.... , 80,000 Is any further evidence needed to satisfy even trie incredulous that cotton manufacturing In the South is profit able? .. !'-- The Springfield (Mass.) Republican gives up its claim that the southern cotton mills cannot manufacture . fine cotton goods. It says: "H. A. Belin, of Charleston, S. C disputes the claim that the Southern cotton mills cannot or do not make the fine goods manufac tured in New England, and he sends the Republican a sample of cloth made by a South Carolina mill in proof of his. 'con tention. I We shall have to give up to him in this case, at least. Nor is there any reason why the Southern mills should not make fine goods with ma chinery so far perfected as pt is, and skilled labor so available as it is or must soon be in that section." ' . TO RESTRICT PRODUCTI Irha Cott cL Plan Proposed by the New Orle . 1 - Factors. V- '. Br Telegraph to the Mbn&i New Orleans, January factors oi New Orleans nave signed agreement with a view; to assisting the farmers' movement to' restrict the pro duction of cotton. The plan proposed will be presented to the Cotton Growers' ' Convention, which meets at Jacksonville January 9th. .., f .. . . .. - ;i The agreement is to continue for one year acd will not go into effect until 75 percent, of the farmers in 95 per cent, of the cotton producing counties sign it. The farmers are to agree to plant only a certain acreage, reducing the amount in every case to one-third less than this year. A committee ' of seven are to be elected in . each " county, who will- see that- the farmers keep their obligations,! 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