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S8SSSSSS88S8888S3 gjgggS88S88SSggg eIfSS8S8888888888 Hi" i 2 gff88888888888888 SgJS8SS2S88e8 fglff888288888888 'S5:5558KSi85i8SSaSS fSSSSS8SSS888888 ffgfg883l8888l888 Ig8SS888888888888 -TTTthe Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C.k as Uterw '"ocond Class Matter. , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. IK Mbription price of the Weekly SUr is ai ,1 year postage .SI 00' -a 3 months 30 FIFTY-CENT DOLLARS. hear much of fifty-cent dol ors these days, and much protesting the anti silver writers anu speax- Jsthat itwoald be dishonest to pay ..i Cfi j . II dollardebt witn a nity-cem aonar. it as the people of this country oare assumption, tor tnere are no ' ... T i 1 cent dollars, it is oniy wnen ,e encounter the Government bon J lolderthat the silver dollar becomes foarfed and ceases to be a dollar. Ttis doesn't affect the dollar which our people take and use in their bus- for it passes tor wnat it is stamped for, but it does affect the nil usefulness of the dollar, and it affects the value of the bullion out ol which the dollar is made. This is not the fault of the dollar, but the Ksnlt of legislation which made the. Ifty cent silver dollar which the ad Tocates of "honest money" inveigh so much against. . ever heard of a fifty cent sil- rer dollar before the demonetization jet of 1373? Up to that' time there ias no trouble with the silver dollar, there was no talk about keeping up the parity with gold be cause the silver dollar was, as good gold, sometimes at a premium, aid this was the reason alleged lor dropping it from the list of coins, because it could not be kept in circu lation the price of silver bul lion being so high that the silver dol lars were bought up, melted and sold iw bullion. This was the reason as- hut it was not the honest rea son. I he tact remains, however, that previous to the passage of that actsilver was the equal of gold, some times in greater demand, and that we Kverheard of a fifty cent silver dollar or any other than a! hundred-cent dollar. ! ! Botadmir, for. sake of argument, thatthe silver dollar is really what toy call it, a fifty-cent dollar -and taeasured bv the .legislative cold a at priceof silver bullion, that is about hat it is in what position does this pface the railers at" this dollar, who all ita "dishonest" dollar but yet de clare that they are willing to see it ptin circulation and performing s money functions as it has been I for years, that is to say, they willing to see the American People required to take ir, to take it ot their products, merchandise, labor ud debts due them, hut. vhfn it to the bondholder that is a feent matter; . he must have a Cerent kind of money, a more tony, "Wcratic money, not the plain, "try-day, unpretentious, democratic of the people. He must have W, and if the Treasury hasn't at enough to meet his de- "Unds it must hnrrno ir tmm como toneorforfitm c. 'nterestforthe useof it. UP tothe time of thpHmnnfi7i- i00as far as the bondholder is in-ffced-o( silver we had the double UnM. Since then we have not a dnnK1 j . . . . . hid aiiuuara, dui we nave w -doubIe.standard way of doing asiess as btrween the American WP'eand the creditors of the Gov nt, the former of whom is re- QO rait .... - ' , u 10 lae the silver dollar at the stamped on its face, wtiile the lr isn't r-nS.-J .- Jit - ' uucu iu taice it at an rtcoenize t -.e ti ..-ii- , -'"unestdea n Wh. i fh. "'7 In rennirino- tK Amori.m n.. 1 E buy. JlUiVIII.au tak.v, aoesn't own bonds to c the silver dollar for what the T nt wtHle tne holder of s's not required to take it at ""u t is therefore never offered "? Isn't . . - -'' a suit o UOUU1C- "dard. or -Mr ... . H ' "u ait aonesty, that f naoner wuld say? By , 'eat of moral leger de-main tor.n government make it right en r 11 oon-bondholding citl too money which it regards much depreciated in value to who holds a bond? If bo'T dishonest h0lder to take to require the silver coin in isn't:. lnterest on his: bonds, hp a j or forCtJ of his labor, for his labor, a- ws-debts? The "honestv" But. who don't own bonds. asnn?eoUhemsay that silver 'Monetized in 1873; that it """" 15,1,0 T - ' l Y I t ' VOL. XXVI. passes current, bays things and pays debts just as it did before 1873 and is therefore as good money as it ever was. Where then does the fiftv cent dollar come in that they are protest-- ing against? Why all this talk Why all this talk against it and this warning us not to beat creditors out of their jusi! dues by dumping silver upon them. No, the silver dollar is all right as far as the people go; they are required to accept it as all right but others are not. It1 is perfectly square and legitimate; for the Government to keep in (a-li leged) circulation $600,000,000 in sil-, yer, worth according to the gold standard people, about $300,000,000,1 which passes at its .face value, while it isn't worth more than that much brass or copper to pay a debt due a bondholder. As far as the bond-, holders goes, that is demonetization absolute, and pur coined silver be comes absolutely worthless. Is it honest to discriminate against citi zens and require one.to take a 'depre ciated money (depreciated by law) which is not offered to another more favored one? Honesty and the es-' sence of justice demand that the Government should treat all people; having dealings with it alike, and show no favors to one that are not shown to another, in other; words, show no favors to any, but treat all justly. MOTOR MENTION. j N The bimetallic sentiment is mak- ing progress in the gold standard countries of Europe, and it is now' respectfully and seriously discussed where a few years ago it wouldn't be listened to or, would be laughed at. In Germany it has made such pro gress that a resolution in favor of the Government moving to bring about a settlement of the ratio ques tion so as to provide for the use of both metals and a larger use of sil ver passed both Houses of the Reich stag by a large majority. This was done as a result of a popular agitaJ tion something similar to that whiclj has been going on in this ' country. The masses believe there, as they do in this country, that if silver re ceived more recognition and there was enough of it in circulation, times would be better and their condition would be improved. The main ob stacle to bimetallism is England which still adheres to the gold idea, as Mr. Trenholm y expressed it, because England is the creditor nation of the world and it is to thp interest of her money lenders to keep gold up and silver down, but even there the bimetallic sentiment is growing and thoughtful minds realize that it is only a question of time, and that short time, when England must abandon gold monometallism, and fall into line with other nations. Ex-Secr,etary of the Navy, Whitney, who has just returned after spending some time in England, in an inter view with a reporter of the New York World gives some idea of the growth of this sentiment in the fol lowing: "If they would leave this matter alone a year or two we'd get an international bimetallic agreement. There's a tre mendous movement in England now in favor of it. Twenty years ago all fcng- lisbmen were monometalhsts; to-day there is not a single professor in an English university that is not a bimetal - list. All ttae boards of trade in tne nour ishing manufacturing towns, like Man chester and Birmingham, have pro nounced in favor of bimetallism, and are very urgent that Great Britain should take action in that direction. "Then the statesmen. All the Con servative statesmen of ureat Britain, with .Balfour at their head, favor it. lue labor organizations all over England are in favor ot Dimetausm ana anxious io see it accompiisnea. "Of course in the Uty, as they call it that nart of London that corresponds to our Wall and Broad streetsyou can't say the city wants bimetallism. But some very strong men there have pro nounced views in favor ot it. You take Lidderdale. He was managing governor of the Bank of England all through the panic lOlluwinjj iuc uaiiuK failnre. He's a very strong man and a himetalliat. "There's no country in the world that has suffered so mucn from the depres sion of stiver as England. In the agricul tural districts the fall in silver has acted . . . t j . : t as a bounty ' on me prouutuuu u wheat in India. It has worked tne same am in the manufacturing districts. .Dg land has been moving in the direction of bimetallism for twenty years now, and to day the strong sentiment of the whole country is anxious ior u. Mr. Whitney believes that if Eng fand were to agree to an internation al conference the matter of ratio would be speedily settled and that we would have bimetallism in a short while, within a few years, but like sitha he does not believe that we can establish it and keep it up alone. But there is one thing that this coun try can do and at the same time maintain the parity, and that is to recognize silver and coin as much nf it a ran he absorbed, until the eyes of the gold standard countries become open and they recognize sn ver and thus open the way to unlim ited coinage. The sooner other na tions, 'including the United States, move on that line, the sooner Jfing land wili de driven into it, or lose h rA nf the silver nations she does business with. Ti,i r-Uv of Lancaster. Pa., is suf- holder Ck dS 'n behalf of the bond- fering from an epidemic ot typhoid tk.n aiso De neard in behalf fever, attributed to drinking impuic People who don't nn hnnHa I nratr which has too much animal matter La it for drink but not enough for food. r 1 - - " - 11 1 11 " 1 ' 'I ' I i - - T The FnbUo 8ohoola. New Hanover countv should be nrond of those who manase the nublie chv.i affairs of ne City of Wilmington. Each ycar for M- years the public schools f this comnianitV have grown both in emciency and numbers until a better scnooi service cannot be found in any city in the South. All the public school Duildings. four in number, have been built anew in the last three years, and now we have four first-class buildings used for this purpose; two by the white race and two lor colored children. In the closing exercises of all the public schools which took place recently they were crowded and many people were turned away from ach one, which shows the great interest manifested in our pub lic institutions. The Star wishing credit to whom credit is due in the manage ment of free schools, publishes the fol lowing list of those in chargevwho each deserve the thanks of the community for their untiring efforts in behalf of institu tions of such great importance to those in need of an education and the entire community. Board of Education H. A. Bagg, chairman, B. G. Worth, E. L, Pearce. School Committee of District No. 1 Jas. F. Post, Jr., W. H. Sprunt and J. E. Sampson (colored). School Committee of District No. 2 James H. Chadbourn. Samuel H. North rop, and John G. Norwood (colored). Superintendent of Public Instruction E. W. Manning. Superintendent of School Districts Nos. 1 and 2 M.C S. Nobles. Th Ooeanio Hotel. All who feel an interest in Carolina Beach will be glad to hear that Caot. Ino L. Boatwright has leased the Oceanic hotel for the present season. It is also probable that he will establish there, tor' the convenience ot Summer residents, a branch of his Wilmington business, where he will be prepared to fill all orders tor groceries and family supplies. Capt. Boatwright will continue to give his personal attention to his business here, but will visit the Beach as often as may be necessary. He will have a competent manager in imme diate charge of the "Oceanic," who will see that its patrons are provided with the good things of life." both from land and from sea. Hifh Temperature. Yesterday was the warmest day of June in Wilmington on record, the ther mometer at the Weather Bureau regis tering the maximum at 100 degrees. At other places around town the mercury was a notch or two higher. At Char lotte the maximum was 96; Cheraw. S C, 98; Florence, S. C. 102; Goldsboro, 98; Greensboro, 94; Lumberton, 100; Newbern, 98; Raleigh 98; and Weldon, 00; making -the average maximum for 'this district of the cotton belt, 98 de grees. The maximum temperature in the cotton region was in the nineties ev erywhere with the exception of the Gal veston district where the average was 88 degrees. , There were light rains in the Galveston and -Memphis districts, but elsewhere in the region no rain occur red. For Carolina Betoh. Beginning to-morrow. Tune 3d. the steamer Wilmington will make' one trip a day to Carolina Beach and Southport, leaving here at 9" 30 a. m. and returning at 0.30 p. m. This schedule will con tinue until June 13tb, when she will make two trips a day, leaving here at 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. The work of repair and improvement at the Beach is being pushed with energy and everything will be in readiness for visitors in a few days. In fact, everything is ready now for those who wish to spend a day there. rnitnl of the Xte Miss Living tone. The funeral of Miss Lidia J. Living stone took place yesterday afternoon from St. James' Episcopal Church, Rev. Robert Stiange officiating, assisted by Rev. F. N. Skinner. A large number of friends and relatives of the deceased were present. The interment was in Oakdale Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Col. lohn W. Atkinson. Dr. W. W. Harrisj, Capt. Jno. Cowan, Dr. W. E. Storm. Messrs. .George Howey, Jas. H. Chadbourn. Harbor Hatter's Report for May. Captain Edgar Williams, harbor mas ter for this port, reports the arrival of the following vessels, with their tonnage during the month of May: American 4 steamships, 4 brigs and 10 schooners, with an aggregate tonnage of 7.477. Foreign 3 barks, 1 brig and 2 schooners, with an aggregate tonnage of 1.931. Grand total. 9.408 tons. Cotton Beoeipta. Receipts of cotton for the month of May, 1895, 20S bales; same month last year, 622. Receipts for the crop year to June 1st. 234.337. against 189,380 bales to same date last year: an increase oi 44,947 bales. The piscatorial prevaricator of the Star received by Express, yester day, a big bunch of the celebrated Lum ber River "red-breasts" or "red-robins. They were a present from one .of the most picturesque piscatorial prevarica tors of Robeson county. They averaged a Dound each in weight, and were as pretty as "red shoes." The Oxford Orphan's Friend comes high now. Messrs. C. C Coving ton & Co., of this city, have just paid for a year's subscription with a barrel of mo lasses. Wouldn't it be a sight to see the little orphans mixing it with their flan nel cakes? . It is stated on good authority that Gen. Matt. Ransom is now on his way homer and that he will go to Ashe ville to recuperate his health, which has been rather feeble since his arrival in Mexico. . I Col. F. Gardner, of the A. C. L. has gone to Ellere. S. C to superintend the construction of the new short cut the Atlantic Coast Line is now building. WILMINGTON, N. 6., i : : : ; 1 -. : ; : ! RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET. MINISTER RANSOM EN ROUTE TsO NORTH CAROLINA FROM MEXICO, t Gov. Cur Baok from! Washington, D. C TJ. S TJlatrlot Court Revenue 8earea The w Conoerntns Drujtsiata Deal, ing in Iitquori-Hotteat Day on BeoorA- Star Correspondence Raleigh, N. C... June 1. 1 Governor Carr has returned from Washington, D. C j - 1 isOi. jonn w. Hinsdale appeared in a New York case recently for the assignees of B. L. Duke. The case was before Judge Andrews, and .the amount tie contended-for was $20,000 and upwards. i be lOlonel was getting in his fine work when the Judge interrupted him with the information that it was illegal for ja non-resident lawyer to practice in the Courts of New York:. However this did not interfere with the Colonel, as he quietly informed the Judge that he was admitted to practice in that State in 1866, The Colonel continued. The case was argued for six davs. and the Colonel got judgment for $20,000. with interest for two years and fees. - Mrs. Gen.' M. W. Ransom, accom panied by her son. Thos. R. Ransom. and daughter. Miss Esther, arrived in the city yesterday.1 and left earl v this morning for Blowing Rock. Young Mr. Ransom said his father had already left Mexico for North Caro lina and that his recent sickness was nothing more than a slight bilious at tack. The Minister will spend some time at Asheville foi the benefit of his health. Some people assert that Minis ter Ransom's departure from Mexico is incident with the selection of a Secretary of State. Hon. Octavius Coke will Dresent the Wiley Gray Medal at the Trinity College Commencement in Durham next week. The medal is given to the best speaker in the Senior Class and it is highly prized. It is said that Caot. Maelenn. who was recently displaced as master machinist at the Seaboard Shops will be reinstated. It would prove a very pop ular move on the part ot the Company. Yesterday was the hottest day on re cord for May. The thermometer ran away up to 98 during the day. - The Federal Court will adiourn to night in order to allow Judge Seymour to sit on the Court of Appeals in Rich mond next week.; The civil docket was taken up ; this morning and passed over. Other cases of impor tance were only touched noon. Several moonshiners were tried for counterfeiting, but- they could not be convicted.- Most of those who have been here during1 the week ' have re turned home, a number of them having jumped their board bills. All the new policemen went on duty to-day. j Deputy Collector Moffit reports the seizure of several barrels ot whiskey on the Wilmington &j Weldon road. The goods were irregularly stamped. They were shipped from the West. The Governor has appointed E. R. Brinkley. of Elm City, and S. L. Ross. of Robersonville, notaries public Section 22 of the revenue and ma chinery act, which reads as follows, went into effect to-day: j bee. xa. very person who shall buy for the purpose of selling spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, drugs and seeds shall in addition to ad valorem tax on his stock pay as a license tax two per cen tum on the total amount of his purchase, in or -out of the State, for cash or credit. whether such person shall purchase as principal or through an agent or com mission merchant,! to be returned and collected as prescribed in the preceding seciion; and also all druggists dealing in spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, shall on or before the first day of Tune, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and every year thereafter, obtain a li cense upon payment of fifty dollars to the State Treasurer, and any druggist who allows liquor to be drank within his place of business shall be subject to all the taxes required by dealers in liquors, and any druggist violating this provis ion shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor: Provided, that this act shall not authorize any druggist to sell spirituous. vinous or malt liquors except upon the prescription of a practicing physician, as now allowed by law. A number of local druggists and many over the State made application to-day for license, but there are a great many druggists over the State violating the law. because they know nothing of it. The case of Mrs. Mary Hawkins to set aside the will of her late husband. Wm. J. Hawkins, is being argued before Clerk of the Court Young to-day. Funeral ol the Iiata Mrs. nnett. The funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Same r. bnnett were held at the First Presbyterian Church yesterday morning at 9 o'clock; con ducted by Rev. A. D. McCIure, of St. Andrew's Church; The interment was in Oakdale Cemetery. The pall-bearers were: Honorary. I Col. Jno. L. Cant well. Col. Wm. L. DeRosset, Dr. D. W. Bulluck and Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar, Jr.; active, Capt; w. K. Kenan, wpt. jas. i. Metts. Capt. Chas. H. Robinson, Mr. Joseph D. Smith. Mr. B. F. Hall, Dr. J. H. Durham. I Savannah Pea Crop. "The pea crop from this section, says the Savannah News, this year was in many respects a dead loss to the planters, though this is usually relied on as one of the early crops to help carry the truckers through the season. Most ot tne peas reached New York in bad order, proba bly on account of the fact that they were grown largely in wet weather. They did not seem to keep well in transit, and when they arrived there some were sold at fifty cents a crate, some at twenty-five cents, while some were thrown over board. One trucker sent from Savannah 465 crates of peas and received tor the lot iust 865.65. This was doing better than most of them." HALIFAX COUNTY Superior Court In Session Four White Men Bent to j the Penitentiary. Star Corespondence Weldon, N.Ci May 80. Capt. E. I. Thomas, a prosperous farmer of Nor thampton county, died last night, aged 70 years. He leaves a wife and one child. Mrs. Dr. D. B. Zollicoffer. The Superior Court for Halifax coun ty is in session. Four white men were tried, two breaking into stores here, and given ten years each, two who went Into a store here, put on a snit each, lumped and ran and were captured near Little ton, cot-five years each. - W. E. Daniel makes a good Solicitor. The numerous friends of Capt, James Maglenn will be glad to hear that he has been reinstated in his old posi tion as Master Mechanic of the Seaboard Air Line .Shops in Raleigh. This is a high tribute to his ability. 1 ! ' . . - ' , -! :' FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895. DEATH JAMES. Benevolent Kind Hearted Man Who Will be Mined end Mourned by Many. Capt, F. ,,M. James died at his homein - this ' city ' yesterday after i a lingering illness of drop sy in the seventy-third year of his his age. The funeral is announced to take place this morning at 10 o'clock, from the residence on South Eighth street. Capt. James was a native of Nan- ticket, R. I. He came to Wilmington while a lad, and learned the trade of a brickmason, which he followed in after life. He was a man of kind heart, ever ready to help the poor and needy. During the yellow fever epidemic in 1862, he exerted himself in behalf of the sick and suffering, and rendered kindly service to many. He was tor many years one of the health officers of the city, and was always efficient and j faithful in the perform ance .:of the duties of this position. It had been his' custom for years on the recurrence of thanksgiving to personally solicit and distribute con tributions of food and clothing for the poor, and in this and other ways he was largely instrumental in alleviating suffer ing and distress. Capt. James was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Jane Wallace, by whom he had four children, two of whom survive. Mrs. G. W. Hardwick of Fall River. Mass., who was at his bed side when he died, and Mrs. J. W. Mc Cartney, of this city. His second and last wife was Mrs. Sallie Daniels who still survives him. Deatbjof Mrs. 8. P. E nnett. Mrs. Sallie P. Ennett. relict of the late Dr. W. T. Ennett. died yesterday morn ing at half-past three o clock at her resi dence; in this city. The funeral will take place this morning at nine o clock from the t irst Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Ennett was a daughter of the Rev. David Mclntire, a well-known Pres byterian minister, who died some years ago, and sister of Mr. R. M. Mclntire and Mrs. J. B. Huggins,of this city. She was a woman of high Christian character, most highly esteemed by all who knew her, and for thirty years past a member of the Presbyterian Church. She leaves three orphan children, all girls, for whom the greatest sympathy is felt in their sad bereavement. THE FRUIT FAIR. Meeting in Furtherance of the Flan ta Hqld It In Wilmington Thla Summer. i A meeting of merchants was held yes terday at 12 o'clock at the Orton to take steps I toward securing the Fruit Fair here this Summer. Col. F. W. Kerch ner was made Chairman upon motion of Mr. c w. worth, and f . neinsberger Jr., Secretary. The Chairman explained the. purpose ot the meeting and the secretary was in structed to correspond with Mr. Gerald McCarthy, of Raleigh to find out when; the Horticultural Fair Executive Committee would meet, so that the com mittee from Wilmington could confer with them. Col. F. W. Kerchner and Mr. Thos. D. Meares were appointed as the committee. The following were selected to wait on the merchants for subscriptions in the meantime: Messrs. O. Pearsall, S. H. Fishblaie. J. H. Boatwrierht. T. C James George' G. Lewis, R. I. Katz. Roger Moore, P. Heinsberger, Jr.. S. Van Amringe, George G. Southerland. S. A. Schloss. I. W. Martenis, CM. Whit- lock. J. C Springer. R. W. Hicks. J. C. btevenson, Thomas D. Meares. rl. M. Emerson, M. H. Kelly, J. G. L. Gieschen and John M. Wright. Funeral of tne Late F. M. James. The funeral of the late Capt. Frances M. lames took place yesterday morning at ten o'clock from Fifth Street Metho dist Church. Rev. W. L. Cunninggim of ficiating. A large number of friends and relatives attended the funeral, and the floral tributes were very pretty. The nail-bearers were Messrs. T. I. Gore, Ebm Piner, W. C. Moore. J. D.H. Klan- der. ITesse T. Brown and J. W. Fails. The Fifth Ward Hook and Ladder Com pany attended in a body, uniformed. Mr. lames being tne president or tne company and an honorary member. The interment was in uaicaaie temetery. BpeoiU Bates on the Sbaboard Air Line. On account of the Commencement exercises of Davidson College. David son. N. C, the Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets to tnat point at reduced rates. Rate from Maxton $5.40, from Wilmington $7.95. For the North Carolina leacners As sembly. Morehead City, N. C, the Sea board Air Line will sell round trip tickets at reduced rates. Rate from Maxton $9.85, Charlotte $11.70, Lincolnton $13, Rutherfordton 114.50. For Wake Forest Commencement, Wake. N. C. the Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets at reduced rates. Frdm Wilmington so.uu. Maxton sa.uu. In connection with the Baltimore Ohio Railroad the Seaboard Air Line will I run three excursions to Niagara Falls this Summer at rate of $25.00 for the round trip. These excursions will be ran in July, August and September, about the 16th, 13th and 10th respec tively. I SALEM FEMALE COLLEGE Commencement E zeroises Oration by Mr. ja. M. Beek Diplomas Awarded. I Special Star Telezram Winston. May 30. The ninety-third Commencement exercises of Salem Fe male College were concluded to-day and were attended bv an immense number of friends and patrons of the popular institution. The oration bv Mr. James M. Beck, of Philadelphia, was one of the most scnoi arly and magnetic addresses ever heard here'. His subject was. "The Relation of Men's Position to Women's Position in the Past and Present." He paid a glowing tribute to women's influence for cood in the world. His nnai peroration was superlatively grand and orougnt tears from many ladies In the audience. Diplomas were awarded to nine graau- ates in special studies ana miy-iarcc m - . . . . . : j f. f . -1 the regular class, l bey were presentea by Bishop Rondtbaler. Principal Cieweii says tne register showed nearly four hundred pupils in attendance during the past session. The 1895 class leaves a memorial in tne snape of a beautiful pipe' organ which will be placed in the college chapel Miss Lucv Chadbourn, ot Wilming ton,! was a member of the class which graduated in instrumental music. Sonken Beea a Bight. The Clinton Democrat publishes this incident of Henry Schulken's expen ence in Sampson: "Mr. Schulken, a travelling salesman representing a Wil mineton house, was passing tnrougn a section in Sampson county last week. when he saw a sight he had never seen before. This was two women pulling a plow and a man plowing them, They were an white, ine teamismea at jr. Schulken a little when he passed along. but when he got by they got down to business again and turned up the earth. OF CAPT. F. M THE CONFEDERATE DEAD DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT ERECTED AT CHICAGO. Imposing Ceremonies Paltleipated In tor Veterans of Both Armies Wade Hamp ton's Addresa-A Glowing Tribute to the Heroism and Valor of the American Soldier. Kr Telegraph to the Morning star. -Chicago. May 80. Under a sky, now grey now blue, as light clouds veiled the sun, blue and grey Federals and Con federatesunited to-day in dedicating the monument to the Confederate dead in Oakwood Cemetery. The extreme heat of yesterday had given place to pleasant coolness and the sky was slightly overcast when the distinguished omcers ot the late war assembled at the Palmer Honse this morning, awaking the formation of the procession which was to escort them to the statiou of the Illinois Central Railroad. The time set for the parade to move was 8 o'clock, but it was nearer 9 when all arrangements were completed and the Veterans ot the great struggle took their places in the carriages. In the meantime the great rotunda of the hotel was a scene of bustle and shifting colors. Army officers in full uniform, Grand Army men wearing the old volunteer uniform of 1861. members of the State militia in gorgeous array, and ex-Confederates dressed with the badges of various camps to which they belonged, hastened hither and thither or gathered in groups to talk over the changed conditions since that Spring day in 1865, when Appomattox ended forever the contentions of the North and the South. Ex-Federal and ex- Confederate sat side by side in the easy chairs.' and fought their battles over again, j . i Accompanied by martial mnsic the es cort formed on State street. In the throng were men whose names were historic. There were Longstreet and Fitz Lee, Jno. C. Black and Gen. John M. Palmer, Marcus J. Wright, of Geor gia and Gen. Jos. Stockon, of Illinois; M. C. Butler, Eppa Hunton, Gen. John C Underwood, the projector of the monument, and Wade Hampton, the orator of the day, besides hundreds of lesser officers on either side who had come together to do honor to the mem cry of the 6,000 men in grey who sleep the sleep that knows no waking in the beautiful' cemetery by the shores of Lake Michigan. Veterans were there who had followed the fortunes of Lee and Tackson and more than Once flung their squadron s gainst the hosts of Grant and Meade. There were commanders who had carried the Stars and Stripes of Sherman from Atlanta to the Sea and old soldiers, the mention ot whose names evoke the memories of Shiloh, Lookout Mountain, Vicksburg, the Wilderness, pettysburg and Antietam. All had gath ered to honor brave Americans not ex- Confederates, but soldiers ot a common country. Finally the- clear notes of a bugle an nounced that the Chicago City Troop. Captain Funkbauser. wich was to escort the visitors to the station, was in line and the carriages, each containing two Confederates and two Federals, were rapidly filled and moved toward Michi gan avenue. As the procession moved along the- broad boulevard Battery D. Illinois National uuara, wnicn was sta tioned in the Lake Front Park, fired a national salute of forty-six guns. At the station the party was quickly transferred to a special tram decorated with the na tional colors, and a rapid run soon de posited the distinguished Veterans at the Sixtieth street station, where car nages were waiting. The march to the cemetery then began. The Black Hus sars.1 Capt. T. S. Quincy, acted as a guard of honor, and detachments from the Illinois militia, -rand Army rosts and i camps ot Confederate Veterans, made up the rest of the procession. The route to the cemetery was covered within a few minutes and it was a quarter to 11 o'clock when the monument was reached. Here a great crowd had as sembled, stretching out in dense masses from every side of the speaker s stand The police and military had considera ble difficulty in clearing away carriages, and it was considerably after 11 o'clock, the hour set for beginning the exercises, when the distinguished visitors were seated on the platform and the military band began the opening selection. As the last notes died away, col. Jos. Dosha Pickett. Chaplain of the Ken tucky "Orphan Brigade, arose and ad vancmg to the front of the stand, in voked the Divine blessing on the assem blage. General - Jno. C. underwood, wno originated the idea of the monument. briefly sketched the inception and pro cress of the monument, which culmi nated in the great gathering to-day, and closed by introducing as presiding omcer of the exercises Kev. H. w. coiton, pastor of the Centennary Methodist church and Past Commander ot U. S. Grant Post Na 28, G. A. R.. whom he eulogized as the "embodiment of honor, justice and morality, a broad representa tive of the Union veteran, a numani tarian and a Christian gentleman. After an anthem by a double quartette. the orator of the dry, Gen. wade Hamp ton. was introduced and delivered an eloquent address. , HAMPTON'S ADDRESS. The scene presented here to-day is one that could not be witnessed in any country but our own. and for this rea son, if no other, it possess a signih- cance worthy of the gravest considera tion. A few vears ago brave men from the North and from theSonth stood facing each other in hostile array, and the best b'.ood of the country was poured out like water on many a battlefield. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of our bravest sleep in bloody gravesjtnen who gave their lives to prove tne lattn ot their conviction, and now North and South, standing by these graves wher ever they may be, grasp hands across the bloody chasm and proudly claim Federal and Confederate soldiers as Americans, men who have given to the world as noble examples of courage and devotion to duty as can be enrolled on the page of history. Nor is this all that marks this occasion as exceptional and remarkable, and which would ren der it memorable in our annals for all time to come. No monument m. the world has such an honorable history as attaches to yonder one. That marks the craves ot no victorious soldiers, but of the followers of a lost cause; it stands not on Southern sou. but on Northern; the men who rest under its shadow come from our far off Southland, and it owes its erection not to the comrades of these dead soldiers, but mainly to the cenerositv and magnanimity of their former foes, the citizens of this great citv. All honor then to the brave and liberal men of Chicago, who have shown bv their action that they regard the war as over and that they can wel come as friends, on this solemn and aus picious occasion, their former enemies. As lone as this lofty column points to heaven, as long as one stone of its foun dation remains, future generations of Americans should look upon It with pride, not only an honor to those who conceived its construction, bnt as a sdent though noble emblem of a restored NO. 31 Union and a re-nnited people. In the name of my comrades, dead and living, and in my own name. I give grateful thanks to the brave men of Chicago who nave done honor to our dead here, not as Confederate soldiers, but as brave men who preferred imprisonment .and death rather than freedom obtained by a dishonorable sacrifice of the principles ior which they were willing to die. "(Jf the six thousand Confederates buried here not one was an officer; all were privates, in to way responsible for the unhappy war which brought an Iliad of woes upon our country. And yet these humble private soldiers, any one of whom could have gained freedom by taking the oath of allegiance to the Fed eral Government, preferred death to the sacrifice of their principles;. vCan any possible dishonor possibly altajch to the' brave men of Chicago because they are willing to recognize the courage and the devotion to duty of these dead Confed erates ? Imagine, if you can, my friends, the despair, the horror of tbjt.se poor pri vates, lingering in prison and dying for men idim. iucy uicu ucic in wnat they looked upon as a foreign and hostile land, tar lrom the land of their birth, with no tender hand of mother or wife to sooth their entrance into the dark valley of the shadow of; death, and with all the memories of their far off horaes and loving kindred to add to the sharpest pangs of death itself. They were ttus men, and say if you please that they were mistaken, that they were wrong, no btave man on earth can fall to do honor to their courage and their stead fast adherence to' what they conceived to oc meir amy. x ou. tne ! Brave citi zens of Chicago, in doing honor to their memory, honor yourselves and human ity. Nor will you blame us of the South, while appreciating gratefully your gen erous action in behalf of our dead com rades, for cherishing with pride and rev erence their memory.. You could not respect us were we to feel otherwise. Death places its seal on I the actions of men; and it is after death that we measure men." I "A KinK once laid of a Prince struck down, 'Taller be teems in death.' ' I And this speech holds true, for now as then. It is after death we measure men: I And as the mists of the puts have rolled away, uui neroei wno cuea in ineir lanerea gray, vtiuw uiucr wwa gricr in an mcir parts. Till they fill onr mind as they fill onr hearts. And far those who lament, there is this relief That glory stands by the side of grief. Yes, they grow taller as the years go by, And the wc rid learns how tnev could do and die. The nation respects them; the East and West, The far-off slope of the golden coast. The stricken South and the North agree That the heroes who died or yon and for me aacn vauaut, in msown degree, i Whether he fell on shore cr sea Did deeds of which- 1 This land, though rich xn ninones, may Doast; i And the sage's book and the poet's lay Are full of the deeds of the men in gray. ro lion cietttrom the rock is ours, such as Lucerne disnlavs. i Our only wealth is in tears and flowers, and words of reverend praise. i And the roses brought to this silent yard Are red and white. Behold! , They tell how wars for a kingly crown. In the blood ol Bngland's best wi it down. Left Britain a stoiy whose moral old. Is fit to be graven in text of gold; The moral is that when battles cease, The ramparts smile in the bloom of peace. And flowers to-dav were hither broueht. From the gallant men who against us fought York and Lancaster gtay and bice i Xach to itsen and the other true. And so I say i Our men in srav Have left to the South and Ncrth a tale Which none of the glories of earth can pale. We. of the South, measure our dead comrades buried here by the standard applied to men after death, and you, ot Chicago, have measured them by the same standard the only standard by which we can measure men and by ap plying tnis you nave snown tnat you have come to the highest standard vouchsafed to men, and on this North and South can stand, with honor alike to both sides. Are any Federal soldiers disloyal to the flag under which they fought be cause they join in decorating the graves of dead men whom they met in battle ? Thousands of Federal soldiers rest un der Southern skies in Southern graves, many in unknown graves, j . Where some beneath Vireinian hills. I And some by green Atlantic rills, Some by the waters of the West. A mrriad unknown heroes rest. Of them, their patriot zeal and pride. The lofty faith that with them died, No great ful page shall further tell, Than that so many bravely fell. ' s V T a W Every Southern man felt that a call made upon him by his State was an im perative command, and that his duty was to obey without hesitation and at all hazards. When the North called on its citizens to rally to the old flag, they responded to the summons from a sense of duty, as did the people of the South to the call made on them. State alle giance and State pride in each case was the moving cause which arrayed millions of men in arms in this country, and while the war that brought them out caused untold misery to the country, it has taught a lesson to the; nations of the earth that America in arms can defy the world. ! It seems to me, too, that it should in culcate another lesson to us, and that is. that the time has come when the actors -in that fearful fratricidal strife and those whom they represent should judge their former opponents as they should them selves oe uagea. inis can oe aone without the sacrifice of principle on either side, as the example of our mother country has shown us. York and Lan caster, cavalier and roundhead, no longer wage war on each other; all are English men, proud of their country, and the red rose and the white are emniems ot peace and of the glory of Old England. Can we not all be proud ot the prowess of the American soldier t Another vocal selection followed, and then Maior Henry T. Stanton, ot Ken tucky, recited the memorial ode. He was followed by Rt. Rev. Samuel Fal lows. LL. D., Bishop of I the Reformed Episcopal church, and late Major Gen eral U. S. Volunteers, who eloquently voiced the blessings of peace, conclud ing as follows: "Sheridan and Tackson, Sherman and Johnson, Grant and Lee. are there, are here, with that moivisi Die, approving, protecting host. And with the bene diction of our common Father and the Prince of Peace, our Elder Brother, we repeat the words .that came from a Southern, woman s lips ana loving, ioyai heart: 'Together cry the people, and together still shall be, An everlasting charter bond, forever for the tree Of liberty, the signet seal, the one eter nal sign, Be these united emblems, the palmetto and the pine. " j Then followed the most impressive portion of the ceremonies, that of mon umenting the guns. The four cannons used in the ceremonies formed part of a f ederal battery during tne war. xney were captured from the Union forces in the battle of Murfreesboro and after wards fought on the Confederate side, in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dalton, Kenesew Mountain, reach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Franklin, They were re-captured at the battle of Nelsonville and did service for the Union side during the war. - The monumenting corps were as fol lows: ! For gun No. 1 Col. R. H. Stewart and Miss Lucy Hill. For gun No. 2 CoL S. J. Sullivan and Mrs. Albert Waters. For gun No. 8 CoL Geo. Forrester and Miss Laura M. Mitchell. For gun No. 4 CoL John W. White and Milt Belle Armstrong. aMkaa Spiking party Cot R. Lee France1 and Comrade Theodore Teal.' - The monumentine corps and the spik ing party formed in line, the gentlemen escorting the ladies, and passed to theff respective stations through double-lines of Union and Confederate Veterans, who stood uncovered. The ceremony at gun No. 1, which was repeated substantially at each of the three others, was as follows : Colonel Stewart: "This gun. having fired its 3ast shot, will now be silenced forever. 'Spike the gun." Whereupon the spikine party spiked the cannon, Col. France placing the spike and Comrade New driving it home, i " Miss Hill then mounted the pedestal and said? "This cannon, with its glori ous record on the field Of battle, having been silenced forever, I do consecrate it to the memory of the valorous soldiery we now monument, as a military decora tion for their bravery and honor unto death. ! The guns having been monumented. the drums) gave a muffled roll and the entire corps formed in line on the west front of the monument. Then from Gen. Underwood came the command? "Decorate the monument." At the word Miss Catherine Stewart. Miss Marion Sullivan and Mrs. R. E. Walker, dressed in white and escorted by thiee staff officers, approached the monument, Mrs. Walker to the east. Miss Sullivan to the west and Miss Stewart 1 n j the centre. M rs. Wal ker ad vanced and, placing a laurel wreath at the northern corner of the. monument base, said: "As a just meed to the worthj of the Confederates whose mortal remains are here monumented, I place this emblematic wreath in token of their honored remembrance on this occasion by friends. Southern people. and all broad and liberal men." The other ladies did likewise alter which the choir rendered an anthem. and then the ladies, generally assisted by the Veterans of both armies, decorated the monument, guns and piles of shot and sncii, with flowers. The field was then cleared and the first regiment of infantry, Illinois National Guard, paid the final military tribute by firing three volleys Then came the command "Taps," after which the military band played a march and the audience dispersed. The southern Generals, their I&muies . and other notable guests were tendered reception at the First Regiment Armory to-night from 7 until midnight. The event was a brilliant one from a so ciety and spectacular standpoint. Co- umbia Post G. A. R. and the United Confederate Association of Chi cago formed the guard of honor, escort ing the guests from the Palmer House to the armory. - Everything was con ducted in a military manner. The First Kegiment formed a hollow square in the centre ot the armory. The visitors were met at the door of the armory by the Citizens' Committee and led to a dais at one end of the building. Generals Long- street. 1 ttzhugh Lee and Underwood were in the centre of the honored group and the women of the South brought up the rear. Then Col. Henry L. Turner, com manding the First Regiment, pnt his men through evolutions, which were loudly applauded. A promenade con cert formed part oi the entertainment for the two thousand people present. SEA60ABD AIR LINE. Offioea to Be Bemoved From Atlanta to Foi tsmouth Only a Division Buperln lendendent to Be Left. A staff correspondent of the Atlanta Journal telegraphs from Macon, May 80th, as follows: The general offices ot the Seaboard Air Line in Atlanta will' be removed to Portsmouth, Va, I have talked to General Manager Winder and have heard an expression on the subject from Vice-President E. St John. Since neither of them denies the rumored removal and since I have other strong and reliable authority con firming it, it may be regarded as a cer tainty that the offices mentioned will be removed to Portsmouth, and this before the first ot July next. The following are the officers whose headquarters will be chanced from At lanta to Portsmouth: John H. Winder, general manager; V. E. McBee, general superintendent; T. W. Whisnant, super intendent of roadway, and O. L. Cloud, engineer of maintenance of way. A di vision superintendent at Atlanta is the only substitute which will replace this general removal. Who the man will be has not yet been determined. The change, I understand, was to have taken place on June 1st, but the Sea board's (75,000 office building in Ports- month has not yet been completed, which will necessitate a delay of from ten to thirty days.. In addition to the absence of Messrs. Winder, McBee, Cloud and Whisnant, the removal will take away an office force of perhaps twenty from the rail way circles ot Atlanta. THE DAVIS MONUMENT. Collections to be Taken Up Throughout the South Monday in Aid ot the Fund. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond, Tune 1. Monday being' the anniversary of the birth of President Davis, Honorable J. Taylor Ellyson, President of the Davis Monument As sociation, has appointed a committee of thirty-two to canvass the city for funds for the Davis monument to be erected here. It is expected that a similar can vass will be made of the ' cities through out the South. The Dispatch will say to-morrow: "To build this-monument, much money is needed. The nucleus of the fund has been secured; but the buik is yet to be raised. The chief part of this, it is hoped, will be collected to-morrow the day set apart by the Davis Monument Association as the most suitable time to appeal to our people to do their duty in this sacred cause; so on to-morrow, throughout the South, it is asked and expected that collections will be taken up for the, Davis monument fund." AN ATLANTA TRAGEDY. Iiewia Hanver, a Drag Clerk Shot and Killed Hie Wife The Murderer Escaped. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., Tunel. Lewis Hanvey, a drug clerk, shot and killed his wife to night at South Pryor and Garnett streets. She left him three years ago. He has been trying to get a reebneihation but she would not sgree. At 8 o'clock to night she was returning home with her 15 year! old daughter. Hanvey joined them oh Pryor street. They walked along disenssing a reconciliation. Mrs. Hen vey reftsed to let her husband go home with her. Suddenly he drew a pistol and shot her through the heart and through the head. The horrified daughter caught her mother as she fell. Hanvey ran across town and when last seen was near Grant Park. His wife was formerly a Miss Mitchell. ; A call has been issued tor a silver con vention to meet in New Orleans, Mon day, June 10, and elect delegates to the Memphis Bimetallic Convention of June 12th and 18th. The call is addressed to all who favor the use of silver and free coinage, regardless of politics. Nearly all the signers are Democrats. The Carnegie Steel Company at Pitts burg has voluntarily increased the waget of all tonnage, day and turn men in it various mills 10 per cent. About twenty thousand men participate in the increase.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 7, 1895, edition 1
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