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V ' ' fUBUSHK) AT " : .. .jIlNGTON. N. C., AT- WEAR-'N ADVANCE. WE . " - - ' " - ' , r - , - " . v 55fS"88888888S88 ;5.a8SS2SSS5 r5es28S282S8888S C28l88fl8l8888888 ggfg88SS88888883 1 ggfil88888888888 (01 w " a we tZTpast Office t Wllmtgton, N. C, j' s3 Class Matter.! CRIPTION PWCEi ILtf. Price of the Weakly 8tl U , iBoadtt CAUSE AND EFFECT. Uticians who figure on the ol thiscountry agree that it 'aide marvelous progress in the Ration of wealth, and at this soon be the wealthiest na lathe world. This is doubtless 'because it possesses many ad 'es that no other nation in the 'a possesses. In the first place 'art a land that reaches from ito ocean, with more seatront Core sea ports than any other Jjf in the world. This' ought as a great maritime nation. 3a climate ranging from the tropical in the South to - the in the Mortn, Dut sun wnn L weather enough in the ex i' . . . e North to produce aDunaant i, we can grow almost anything ante grown in any country, gsily grow twice as much as 'a consume ourselves. This U make us a great food- ex- nation. ' r y'P I taw the finest mineral, fuel jaber resources in the world. !ght to make us a great man kg nation. ' fition to this we are a young lTtrorous nation and for over tsars have had the assistance oFi anons and large influx of im W most of which has flowed poccnpied lands in the West, irtbthe influx and theimmi ilrom the older States rapidly M these wild wastes into i sovereignties that - soon iftn older States -In all the tots of self sustaining com W With all this and other lutory causes this country; have increased in wealth very 7, tnd it is no matter of sur- Mitdid. ,:' tol860 it was comparatively .fan agricultural country and ? to that time it had made more jfctantial progress, decade by V than it has made in the ad a half decades since, al i tin is the period especially dtoas the one of 'phenomenal tud wealth-accumulating. v period from 1847 to 1860 j distinguished progress 'in tlffd PAmm. 1 . 1 -, wiuwciLc auu in tne es tatnt of manufacturing indus 3dthis without fostering legis j'iich taxed one class of citi peclassof industries for the of another. That was gen jperity which grew out of the and energy of our own fho relying upon them: edno odds of any other wier the sun. Then the I of the country was more distributed, then there were fnchmen and compared with Nation very few paupers. je lower than they are now .Varies of iife were cheaper 7 are nw, there was less "proportion to population now, and yet the coun f woltwas really more pro PaK Know, and the people nented because the rich did P the poor to the wall, mo controlled neither the in, ? the labor of the country, f a better living chance Intend that there is no l'tyin a country, what pcrease in wealth may be, I '""'in IS monnnolT1 K r Ul if-. S d0 not get t, u belleve that one of 0,- ppy and most danger is when wealth be- grated in the bands of iL! th few are thus ijate to and control the WtC t0and control po--'ons, to dictate to and t Jve bodies. Extreme L fc extme p!lVerty ,in any Ua,aC00dltion which tn : r ook Up0n with any- faction. ()JlI,e condition of this coun- V 7 0f an dependent, O Pperous and .mn P Then they were as tthem are noiandcon- 7.meansat their r.;-A Vth.5..utthe rich of those iT?ands enedby . . ' dJ.16 million, a.tj,-.- '4B8 ' .rcry short turn to 'itt J. r wealth and in !11 , . 1 -"s of corruption to secure the hislaticatbzt r-ald the sooner . cnabl5 then to carry out their schemes.' ,;' v , . We have seen the result of this one-sided, favoring ie-is!atlon in the great lortunes speedily amassed and In the impoverishment of thousand who were once, comfortable and in dependent, 'in thousands -at -mil. liphaires .s and m'anw r mnitKmii. lionaires, and in an army of tramps th.at !s a Usgrace to a modern, 'pro gressiver civilized" country; Cause and effect. "Is this thinw , o t r'vr petuated? -: . . -;. .i-Z-;.-r ." arson iriOTio CsThe SolTcrgans talce some'queer positions these days, and not satisfied with proving' enough they essay .to prove entirely too .much. ; In his speech at Memphis, Secretarv" Car lisle after r asserting that ' we had more money in jcirculation now than we ever had which is true only in the sense that there is - more money" in existence, added that he did not attach much .importance to the per capita I circulationiTaking a hint' frotn this, some offthe gold Organs proceed to ; irgue that the "capita circulation doesn't amount to a con tinental, . f or tbe country got along and" prospered when we didnT have half the per capita circalation which we have now. ; They dilate on the. progress ; made " previous . to i860, when the amount of money in -circa lation was much less than it has been sincef ' If .there is anything in this It logically follows that that the bus iness of the -country does not de pend npon the volume of the money at all, and followed to where it would logically lead it means that money is not absolutely ...necessary for the, transaction of business. . How men claiming to be sensible can indulge in such nonsense is beyond our com prehension, for any' one " who -has given this matter the slightest; at tention knows that money is ta the development and industrial progress of a country- wbatblood'lg to the human"body4 and that a country can no more show its. full vigor without enough " of the circnlating medium than a man can without a sufficient quantity of blood In his veins. ; But in commenting apon the progress made before 1860 , when the volume oT money was Jess than it is now they lose sight of one important, and an all important fact, which is that we then had State banks which sup plied an abundance of notes .which were within the reach of everyone whose credit commanded" respect. This moneyjwas kept moving, and. performed - -the full functions of money, save not being a legal tender. It was not hoarded In vaults waiting for gilt-ege collateral to draw it out. There was not a money gorge. In one sectior and ,a money famine : in others, as is the case under the pres ent monetary system, when jwe have such an- alleged large per capita. The money that, was in circulation then was in. actual, circulation, and conld be expanded as the needs of business might demand, and every dollar Issued performed fall service. ' 'm Mr Matthew Marshall, a financial writer on the New York Sun, one of the strong gold ' organs, writing re cently on the shipment of gold said: "Seiuible thlflken. who regard "cold only as a commodity like other commod ities, are not disturbed at seeing Tt go nhrnarl inv more than if it were cotton or wheat, bnt the mass, onfortnnately. are not sensinie on tnis poinu ,z :-. r What this country needsTs fewer banks, not more of them, and so far , from en coaraging their multiplication by aag menttng the profits of bank circulation. we should restrict it Dy oenymg to mem those profits" altogether, and giving to the Government alone the right of issu ing paper money." f ' This is a somewhat remarkable ut terance from such a source, for the common contention - by ' the gold standard people i.v that gold Has an "intrinsic" value and is therefore tJu metal for money of final redemption, while silyer' is a mere commercial metal which is bought and iold at its bullion valae. ' Bat still as a mat ter of fact this Is true as to gold, the only difference between it and silyer being that the demonetization of sil ver (not over production as alleged by the anti-sliver, men) has depreci ated -v ' the-Tr'prlce, hile the. price ot gold : nas Deen Kepi up, notwithstanding the continuous increase in production, by keeping it at the front as a money metal. ? Its bullion value is fixed and preserved by ihe. full recognition given to it, and the bullion vaffie is about equal to tbe coin-yalue, which-would also be' the case with silver if U had not been demonetized, i The second par agraph of the extract is remarkable alscTas' coming from a journal which has bad no tolerance for Populism in anv form, for this Is a clear declara tion in favor of a direct issue, of oaoer moniv by f the Government, which is one of the cardinal princi ples of the Populists: ; . : : . Tkev. Mr. Burr of Roxbary, Mass thinks that very warm spells' Qt weather promote criminality and we ----- ' t.! more than half way agree wun mm Certain it is that when the tempera ture climbs there is a good deaKof killing, suicidics: and general devil cent. ' V ' - Professor Garner, the - monkey ma.nt is - going back' to Africa to study np monkey , talk. ,.;He is sent oat, by a Chicago company, - which has subscribed ..$30,000 to "cover ex- peases. The Ribhmond Dispatch in- iorms .us that: the" orofessor - was born in Abingdon. Va nH troA in Confederate": army, and for several years after the war taught SChOoL He began to rnonbw ' with'- the monkey language at the -Zoological Gardens in Cincinnati. . - ; S , . ' There is a 'chance for. some in ventor toj make some money byin- ventmg a furnace for -consuming 'molasses; with which the sugar plan- tatrons of Louisiana overstocked, without any. convenient ayiOf getting rid of the; stuff. : -5.. a Ajrerman Dimetaiiist;'nTss- th bphifon that the iargeT increase in insanity is doe to? monometallism. There are a good many people in this country, who believe that""gold is the only thing fit; for money, and they think themselves perfectly sanevi . -When bnsiness Is dull in Chicago and the people Haven't mhch to oc- cupy their time or to amuse them. they indict a lotlof Aldermen, lodges of .elections, etc and ; make pthem furnish the amusement.cS;i Oregoh hasbout 10,000.000 acres covered wjthjdehse forest," and dense forest in that country means some thing, where the trees grow so large; high and close together there is little light in the forest at midday, ; -, There isn't much of a prospect of an Indian ; war growing, out of the trouble with, the Bannocks, who number all told less than.' 80j, with less than 150 fighters.' : Japan is putting in - a claim for $37,500,000 . against China for" the surrender of. the Liao Tang penin sula. , It is a good thing for China that Japan - didn't -get -l some more HOME MADE ICE asvsry TtaaSXy Can Booa Ibki lu Ova Supply of Xoe A BemtzkaUs Mtalilns. . "One interesting feature in connec tion, with the. ice business," ' says: the Philadelphia Press, is the great" in crease in the - production of ice ' by machinery.; Southern T cities . now rely on thg artificials, means bf productioa, and ice has been about as cheap" there at io the North. The improvement ;in this method of - production . and the fact' that' filtered -water is . used makes .that the .''moreV:;.desirabIe way - of securing ice. -Many of. these machines are now in nse in Northern cities, and they promise . to solve the question of cheap and. pure ice The Press will probably be interested to learn - that machines are being con structed in Charleston,, says "the Hews and, Ccttritr. that i will " enable every family to make its own supply of ice ss needed, by simply turning a crank.. We have een one . in operation that is not bigger than a beer keg. and that makes ice in less than a , jninoteu; It. the com ing comfort of the age. and as it will not costt much as a bicycle .it will find place in nearly every: home. ? The days of the ice trust are numbered. - "CITY MARKETS - VeaetablM sad Kslons-ln Abnndanec JPUh and Poultry PTentlfol. -Trackers are crowding the - market with vegetable:, and" melons and prices just 1 now are probably at the lowest point they will reach this season. Poul try and eggs are plentiful, fish, as usual in good supply, and fresh meats sufficient to meet all demands and at reasonable prices. 7 - Watermelons sold yesterday-all the way .Iron nve to twenty cents apiece. and cantaloupes from two to ten cents. Tomatoes. 15 to 20 cents per peck; green corn 10 to 12Jc per dozen ears; field peas.; 8 to luc per q.nart! osra. oc per. quart; beans. 10c; onions, 8 to. 5c; new potatoes. 15 to 20c per. peck; cabbager. 2 K'to.lOc each; squashes, 5 to 10c per dozen. vr,:;w "! ' Berries are scarce and sell at 10c per quart. -Peaches, poor ana in scant sup ply; 5 to -10c per quart; apples, (some very good) sold at 20 to 25c per ; peck; pears. 25 to 85c per peck. 'S , Grown fowls sold at 25 to 85c each; spring chickens, i2J to ,20c each, and eggs. 10c per dozetf. : 7. . . In the fiih markets there ; were mul lets at 10c' per string; blackfish. " 10'. to 20c; and plgfish; 15c; clams, 12 and 15c per quart, and oysters the same, '- , :V' RICE GROWING FINELY. - Ererythtnc- Points to Big rop Around :r'Cp ' :' '- SaTannsh. ? ''y'-.-i . The rice crop in this vicinity, say sthe Savannah News is in excellent condi tion. Some of the planters are apre hensive that the continued heavy ; rains will, have a bad effect, but there have been no Indications solar, r : The rice is jast between seasons "now The -harvest water is being turned.- on and the early rice has begun to shoot" nr'develdo the beads of grain . It is im possible to maker any predictions jast ret. hat the planters all regard the pros pect ss very good. - The acreage around Savannah this year is about the same as last year being about 9,000 acres. TA .SjjCommlsstoner's Court. ; ; h. Smith, a'wMte roan, who came here with the excursionists' from Marion, N. C. and was arrested." for attempting tapass a counterfeit silver'dollar on the clerk of the Bonitz House was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Bunting vestetdav. and - after examination was committed to jail In default of $100 bond fnr hts anoearance at the next term of the U. SDistrict Court in this city. WILMINGTON, Nr C. T TASL3, Bnlts to be BrouKlu by ihe Cltr'AttorneT Under tha Hewf IinwTho la Qxt . Bnds ct lha Cliy Cleik and TrsasnKt; The. bock containing a list of v delin quent taxes due the city of Wilming ton, recently compiled at a cost of 350. "is a bone of contention between the city attorney and the city clerk and treasurer. The law passed by 'the' last Legislature places the collection of these taxes in the hands of the city attorney, ' with such aE80ctate': counsel -as he-mav select and r directs' -'that suit ' be Tbroueht to enforce payment. But the -city Clerk and treasurer has the book in his possetslon, ; and desires to retain it. that he may make settlement and give the proper receipts and credits to delin- .qttent taxpayers- who may wish to pay their past ,dne indebtedness to the city. j& The matter - was-4nf ormally -discussed at a '"iecent. meeting the iBbard: Audit;andTFinance;Aiderman Hicka who was present, jaid that the ctty at torney Jiad engaged as associate coun sel ; Messrs. Bryant, . Ricaud and Weill. He suggested that it would be advisable to give notice by advertisement to de linquent taxpayers - that unless . taxes were "paid ;Nby a certain' ; date , the claims would beplaced in the bands of the city attorney for collection. Section 2 of the Act was read, as follows; -' ' . ViSec.2. That it shah be thdncf the City Attorney of the city ot Wilmlns- ton, together with such associate coun sel at. he may select, to bring such ac tions against delinquent persons or prop erty as will enforce the. collection and compel the payment - of all delinquent taxes, interest and penalties, due to the State, county or city, as the ease may be. and counsel shall be entitled to reasona ble compensation'-wcr;-:-- : s.- It seemed to be the opinion xA the Board of Audit and Finance, as expressed by its chairman, that the bbok should not be turned over to anybody until the question of "reasonable compensation" is settled, and alsof that the city attorney should be required ta givebond.' ' - . The total amount of delinquent taxes is about 1148.000;" and bt this amount some 180,000 are due upon real estate.' : ABOUT COTTOBV BxportsTlxe "Wprtd's Visible flupplr-- Btooka Crop Condition, Eto, ss Be iotted "by Oappand Company.;.:.' L... NE.w..YoaK July 26. Exports- Au gust 81, 1894, to fnly 19. 1895, were 6,- 654,74Sbales, out of 9.659,788 bales that came in sight; last season the same time 7,858.890 bales came in sight. United States ports have about 805,544 bales. against 243.808 a year prevlonsr-The world's visible supply Is 8,055.210 bales. against 2,519.879 July 20. 1894, and 8. 061, 147 same due in 1892. It decreased last week about 78.000 bales. European stocks of American and afloat. -for Eu rope are about 550,000 more than a year ago. indicating that spinners have taken 98O.800 naies - American - more . thact last C year. Out ot " 1.588.866 . more bales imported, flit. Ellison claims the surplus of cotton fn Great Britain and the Continent is ' 979.000 bales of 400 pounds, or 168,000 bales more than a year ago He claims the American crop now promises ewu.uou Dales, and may possibly count out 9,250,000 bales. : Mr. Neil, of New Orleans, predicts the crop will finally equal 800,000 bales, and the lint, per acre, equal 200 pounds. -The movement into signt now ranges less than an average, indicating the invisible is very small, pinners in ueorgia and the Carolina are importing cotton from other States, and pay,. In instances, half a cent per pound more than quotations at speculative centres. ! Stocks in 'New Orleans and tnis ctty are unusually small. Northern, spinners have 1,991,494 bales, again 1.623,882 bales last season. ' : ; . Manchester, rail tuver ana otner leadins spinnine - points report liberal sapplies and wages being advanced, and a good demand for manufactured tared eoods,with jsrices higher than in Jnne yet lower than a year ago. Exports of American cotton goods eleven months' to June 1, were 1199,868 less than same time previous season. New cotton is not appearing as freely and early as in the past, the crop! being about two or three weeks late, with many fields re ported clean and 1 many as "hopelessly grassy, with the average plant small and puny, and that scarcely any ' Jnly or "bottom cotton" will appear, yet a good "middle -crop", is looked for in August. The last Government report made the Texas condition " as 76. - That State last season '- made about one-third ot the American crop, and about one-quarter of the world's crop; The prevailing opinion appears to indicate general business has im proved abont 25 per cent., and the . feel Ins is more hopeful, and tendency of 1rices1s upward, rather than towards a ower level; the change being practically caused by seyen weeks rain in the cot ton belt The last Government weekly crop report is. more favorable to all crops. ; ; " ' ; ": " '.. . . A DEMOCRATIC POSTMASTER. " He .Wrlws a Soorohlns Beply to Be , ajuest From 8eoretary Soke 8mith. ; v ; One of the Georgia postmasters to whom Secretary ;Hoke Smith' sent a package of copies of Senator .Carlisle's speech, with a request To circulate thetn,' responded as follcwir0A4v-X-;T.- ' Lamar's Mill, Ga.; July 16. 1895. Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the In tenor, Washington, . D. C Dear . Sio Your letter and -copies of. speeches re- cenuy maae oy ocexctary . vanisie re ceived, r IT assure you : (that I win take pleasure is distributing them, should I find any 6ne who desires to read there. But I apprehend that there are very few people in this section of country who care to read Mr. Carlisle on finance since he "was r appointed Secretary of the Treasury. .If ; you can . send copies of some of his speeches made when he rep resented the people of his State, in Con gress and was not representing, a jrfass. as he is now. the people ot this section will be glad to read them, or if you can send some of the speeches made by your honorable sell a few years ago, wheq you were trying to make the Populists be lieve that you and the Democratic party! were more irienoiy to tne tree coinage oi silver than v the Populist party was, I am ..sure the people would read -1 them with pleasure. The people of this, sec tion' are Democrats, pure and simple, and- cannot -be fooled, cajoled, bought or bulldozed by the powers at Washington,-though they were aided by all the imps of hades, into the support'of Re publican; principles of finance: Their manhood revolts at the idea.-- They are not fools, neither are - they children. They; wilt not be led. from their; time honored principles by any traitor who.' by accident, has got into, power or wears the collar oj his masters. : -v- . - . ; ; Vl am, sir, yours respectfully,-. ' ' . "George T. Holleman." MODERATION IN ALL THINGS. Tnir Should Oovera All Who Bids Bloy i? difs-fWosienT Should 'B Bpectariy Care Jtta.: i ': yivr : .V.The sabject of the "bicycle back" hav ing been- pretty 'well examined, a. Lon don' physician ' has made a. timely dis covery . which he calls the "bicycle face." This is a farS" winwholesome' paV lor4" i indict nervous- exhaustion; Caused by a rconsunt effort ot Ithq rider to maintain ai equilibrium No doubt it is true that many wheelmen are more harmed than benefited by cycling, butis it not true that the most of those who suffer injury thereby do so by rea 'fort of their owntimprudenct ?- If .every man would, nde his wheel with that can - tion and moderation he exhibits In split-1 ting woodT pr handling a coal scnttle. or working byudyf1c'ageibeteiald. be yerfewiii&wsof nnw aiedWbyrrti5. exhau?tionv The youngf I wbeelmaui startsTout aa u 'hg wanted to break his own record m a race, .and,1 if he keeps .it. npi; ends Jby breaking his ownnstitntion l It is of the highest Importance' that women and girls exercise moderation in thense of the bicycle. A distinguished American physician has said: Bicycling is harmful, to some women all of the4 ttme. and to all women some bf i the time;" and an Atlanta specialist says: "The bicycle is by farmore injurious to the health bf women' than the sewing machine." : There are many physicians of high reputation, however, "who say. that moderate exercise on the bicycle is not injurious to - women " ny ordinary health; It is excessive indulgence in' the sport that mnst be avoided Little Harry Teboe. It is not certain that Harry Teboe, the 8-year bid son of Mrs. Dora . Teboe. was drowned in she snrf at Ocean View as reported, but he . is misstUg, and his family are very much concerned about him. It is said that' the story about his cryrngfor help is untrue; that after bath ing in the surf with several children he Went up the beach . and told a colored boy that he was going . to town.- It was reported- yesterday that be was on the train with the exenrsiohistsr who left here yesterday ' morning. . Mr. TJ. R Turney came up to the city last night in search of the boy He will beglad to receive: any information: concerning the little fellow. ; '--H-iifi. funeral of the lAte Cspt. John.H. Daniel. Funeral services over the remains of Capt. Jno. H.. Daniel were held yester- "day aiternoon' in SL Tames Church by Rev. Robt. Strange, the rector, assisted by Bishop Watson and Rev. Dr. Canni chaeL Plantagent Commandery, Knights l-JTemplar, in ' uniform.; escorted the re mains from the residence to the church. By reque9t of the family the military and fire companies did ; not parade, but were, represented by officers of tbe dif ferent organizations. : There was aiarge attendance at the church. ' - . .. " ' After the services the remains were followed by 'the funeral cortege to Oak dale. Cemetery, where the . interment took ' place. . The pall-bearers - were: HonoraryColonel Thomas C Mcll henny and Captain Ahris Walker. Ac tive Messrs. A. G. Ricaud, Walker Tay lor, Pembroke Jones,, R. S. WilliamV Frei Kidder. George L. Morton, G, Her bert Smith and Dr. E. S. Pigford. .The were many beautiful- floral offer- Hurrlesne Wsrnmcs.' '. ' ' '.'-' v. - For the purpose of giving warning of the approach of tropical hurricanes (and also those extremely severe and danger ous storms which sometimes pass across the -Lake region and-North Atlantic coast), the Weather Bureau has adopted a special signal called the hurricane sig nal, consisting of two red - flags with black centers, displayed 'one above the f-other. I This signal will be displayed at art Weather Burean offices and wind signal stations on the Atlantic and Gnlf coasts and the Great Lakes, and also at numerous' other points at sea; and lake ports and along the coasts mentioned. .The signal .will also be displayed from the Frying Pan Shoals 'lightship off the North Carolina coast," warnings being conveyed, thither by.a tug. from South-. port,' N. C ' " " v -i'""1,, " 'J -MaMBBBs4sV4sWai"''' Deolarsa for a Ballroad. T r --' "'; ;-,. - The people of Southport, Lockwood's Folly andhallotte. Brunswick county, voted Wednesday to J giye township bonds to encourage the constructioa of the Sonthport ?and Westerft-iaiTroad through these townships. . . . The Southport Leader says t r"The contest in Lockwood's Folly: township was active. bntrthe friends of the rail road captured the ; votes necessary for a majority. " Shallotte ' township : was to much in favor of bonds that the election was merely necessary to certify to the sentiment, which was gejieral." . 3 . v . Southport voted 265 for and 5 against the proposition. Lockwood's Folly gave 78 majority, and Shallotte 150 majority .forit. 4.i '-ru v?. sk.u; ;i--: -- wMaa.-i: ;..-v; Drowned In tne Bvaf..'.. . "'t-'-,'- ' I A little iboy Harry Teboer only 7 years bid. - was"; drowned at Ocean View yesterday morning between: 6 and 7 o'clock while in bathing by himself. He was staying with . Mr. John Tnrney, his brother-in-law. -who . keeps the : bar ad joining the Atlas House. : Mrs. Tnrney. sister of the little fellow, had forbid his going in the surf but he, slipped-out. went to the. bath 'house and put on an old shirt-waist aW pants , and. the next thing were his cries for help. He sank before help could reach him. His body has not yet been found. ,- f ITffw Hanorer Comes I"ourth. f ' - - The : fourteen wealthiest --. counties in North Carolina are given in the follow ing, according to property; the; largest counties are named first: Wake, ten mil' lions; Buncombe, ten millions; Mecklen burg. . nearly ten; - New, Hanover, eight and three-fourths; Forsyth, zeightJJur ham and Guilford, nearly: five each; Wayne and Rowan. - each seven; Rock ineham, Robeson, Granville, Iredell and Johnston each have a little ' over tour millions. RALEIGH HEWS LETTER. PROGRESSIVE CIT Y ADMIN 1ST RATION. Hew Engines for. the. 8--.A, Fopuliat "J Meatlnjc In, Wlliou County Ballroad j.;TX9S Heavy Baln-Balelah Water A Wotfa C. JIarahal Carroll An Xnaeoc r Feet '. 'in Bobeaon k and Cumberland ;, Counties ThomasVille '. Orphsnsxa V ;. Knights ot Dixie. -;t'- 5 - -f 9 ; i .Star Correspondence. '.- r -" : Raleigh, N. C; Juiy 25. The city administration is progressive in the matter of street and sidewalk im provements, and in this they: have won the good will and encouragement of the citizens. "Martin street,, leading from the. depot to the city, has been paved for some time, but the sldewaUs have been a disgrace. The new city . officers have compelled the property owners to pave the sidewalks and now they: are about the best in the city. Brick, stone or cement ' is required to beused. The authorities are sending notices to pro perty owners all over the city.- - - -y-T Miss Helen Floyd: Mcvea, of this city. has been elected principal of- ike pri mary department of the Norfolk Female College.;. . - :--' -; ;-.. -.: ine seaDoara aet Lxne nas received its: first installment of engines ordered from the Richmond Locomotive Works, The two received thi week are- passen ger engines, for the. vestibule, but they are being broke in hauling freight.: The engineers ; are delighted . with . tnem. Tbey nave tne latest improvements, and are; equipped with all conveniences. By blowing tne whistle the bell rings at the jame. time. The wneeis are six leet high. --The engines can make seventy fivjsvmiles an hour. It is said that they can do so easfiy. - : .' - . Mr. Hal Ayer, editor oi tne Catica- sum, lett to-aay ior Kocanricge. Acaa- e my, Wilson county, where a big f opu list barbecue and silver meeting holds forth-to-morrow. Major Guthrie, Dr. Freeman and others are the speakers. Mr. Ayer says between 5.000 and 8,000 will be present. , Mr. John It. Sharp, Of Portsmouth, Va- treasurer of the Seaboard Air Line, has sent to the State treasurer a check f for $4,483.29. being the amount of taxes due the Stats- by the Carolina 'Central railroad under the- recent assessment. This is the first payment made by the railways under the new assessment. There- has . been - remarkably . heavy rain Xn this vicinity for I the . past- three- days. Weather Officer Von Herman says it will nold up to-night and that we will have fair weather to-morrow.. The general opinion is that .there has been more ram this bummer than has Deen the case for many years, , bnt Mr. Her mann says differently.; - He says '.the average rainfall for the past nine years in . Inly has been 6.70 inches.' The rain fall this July has not quite reached the average so far.- . r s';-' C.r : Kams nave been heaviest in the North ern part of the State and in Virginia. Quite a rise in the Roanoke can be ex pected in a day or so. : ' '-. . Clerk crown, ot tne Kail way txmmis- sion office, is busily engaged in sending off the assessments made by the Com mission to the various towns and coun ties. : . -.' .1 . . The town is swamped with melons and canteloupes, though few came to-day be cause of the rain. - . The'Water Works Company is living strictly up to the order of the Court. Spier Whitaker passes by the pond four tfmes a day en route to his home. The company does not use the pond at aji. They use steam, which costs much more. The tobacco market opens here the first, of September. The dealers say the ?:ospect is the brightest in some years, he tobacco crop in the county is excel lent, being better than usual. ' t: -Marshal . Carroll's Office has already been beseiged with letters bf applicants for positions which are given him by being placed in the list of first class Officers. A white bug is attacking the leaves of black jacks and oaks in Robeson county. Tne bug is a small one ana manages to get between the folds of the leaves, thereby destroying them. It has also made its appearance tn Cumberland county.- - " " - 'i---; ; Besides electing "Rev.: J. B. Boone superintendent of the Thomasville Or-phange,-: in place of Jack-Mills, the trusteet elected Mr.:: tvey . Alien, oi Littleton, trustee, to succeed Rev. S. W. hHalL W. E. Daniel, ot Weldon, was elected a trustee to succeed Chief ns- tice Fairclotb, resigned. Mr, Mills was defeated by one vote. There was a great deal bf opposition to him. Mr. Noah Biggs, oi Scotland jncck, oneoi Mr. Mills', best friends, voted against him.- He says he wrote to fifteen lead ing Baptists in all pans of the State in regard - to- retaining Mr. Mills and the opinion of the fifteen was unanimous for removing bim.- There were many ob jections nrged against Mr. Mills. - - - Mr. zl. A. oomeieign, oi uiue rock. ArkV Supreme Representative of the Kniehts of Dixie, expects to organize a lodge in this city next Tuesday. ; He says he-has the promise oi twenty citizens to become members. , The order of Dixie is widely known in the South, having a membership of some 11,000 in Dixie alone. . : -; - .:"':; " '".' Kinston does not look like she has been ravaged by fire-bugs. There are not many places showing the charred re mains of the recent fires, for most of them are being replaced with more hand some structures..; The saying -that a big fire helps a town,"; seems tohaye proven true. - t" t, Special ':StarTeleg? am. - Raleigh, N. C, July 25. President Julian Cai-r, of the Agricultural Society, has appointed Rufus L. Pattersofr, of Durham, chief marshal Jor the Fair;., -:: - - ' 'r -Five applicants out often passed suc cessful examination before the State Board of Pharmacy. : : -; Warsaw Crate Tsetory. .' : . : ' The Warsaw- correspondent of. the Qinton Democrat makes the following encouraging report of the operations of the crate factory- near Warsaw4 of which bur bid friend T. B. Pierce is the leading- spirit : : "The Warsaw crate factory has done an immense bnsinessthis season. Beside supplying the 1ocal - demand -for fruit, berrv and vegetable carriers, it has sent manv carloads of its output to other States. It has supplied tor the local trade 14,000 berry crates alone, while 112 solid car ; lots ; have - been shipped to other points. About twenty-five car loads have been shipped :i in ' less than car lots. This will foot up some- thing like 100.000 berry , crates alone. Many bean, pea and grape baskets,' and other oackaees have been shipped. Ma chinery will soon be added for making egg crates. fori CuwiUi- X' The Southport -Leader,, says: ."The Government ; , work . upon . the torpedo casement at Fort Caswell is now going on. The materials to be nsedln the construction are upon the ground, and the masonry work is making good head way." - ' - - . NO.40 .-jr ; : '1 ." ; AN OLD LETTER. i A Jjatter -Written to "Henry" Clay toy .'" Citiaan or Wilmington Filty-yoni Tears ' Ago. ,..:Vi-v .;;;: ; : i ;. r. P NEwTORLkAS July 23, 1893 Editor Picayune'. The money qaestion being the ail-absorbing one of to-day, it may interest your readers to. take a re trospective glance which will introduce tfaera into a financial arena where: their forefathers battled over a half-century back. - To that end I hand. you the orig inal copy of a letter written by my grand father li'ty-four years ago from Wilming ton. N. C, to the Hon. Henry Clay on the subject of United States banks.- v . Yours truly, - , - - - , j ' , Chas. A. Larkndon, ; ' Wilmington, N. C ; 24th August. 1841. . Totfu Hon.HtnryClay; - t Respkctkd Sir An advocate for a .United States bank properly guarded" regrets to find that the .rational scheme presented by you has been defeated. He bees leave to express the eraiification. that he felt in observing -either that voa bad adopted the check, in regard to the. abuse-ot. proxies, which, he took the lib erty of suggesting' to you. pr;thatJ he happened to think as you did :. either is glory enough as Mr,Van; Buren would He has noticed the heads of another scheme ; which 1 ;bas v been presented through the Hon. Mti Sergeant, in the other end of the house ; and is. Quite astounded at the immense importance which ; he .finds is given to names ; he had no idea that there was either so much talismanic virtue or ' so much deadly poison in a name : but since this' is the case, we ought to take care not tq run on bcylla , while we are avoiding Cjarybdis:--;-.:-xj- Now, the word corporation is scarcely less deleterious than the word bank, it cannot please the delicate ear. . Would it not be better to style - the fiscal pro digy -The United ; States Company; of Exchange JBrokers for the Special En couragement of Kite-flying?" K; the changins ot the word branch ior that of agency was a happy thought it will surely quiet the oppugnation of the most iastiaious . antt-oanK man, wno would by no : means tolerate a : branch. while an agency :may find a , welcome at his fireside. : : ... -With regard to exchaogei1 dealing." though the drawer or vender cannot ex pect to receive the same sum for a ' bill at fonr months "as be. would for one at sight, yet. the odious word -'discount" must not be thought of, it is too nearly connected to that of bank; a substitute then is the question what shall it be? He cannot think of any more appropriate than the word shave,: for there will as suredly be shaving, and that too with a double-edged razor. The shaver as well as the sbavee will ' soon feel the edge keen enough. We are, sir, as yon - very well know, a people oi expedients, and our way is not to be impeded by straws. We shall soon learn how to.draw a bill as -well as to make a note. We shall discover, too,: that the absence of funds on which to draw will be matter; of but secondary consideration. -We shall find, out that, by drawing another bill or flying another kite, as it is called, funds can be raised to meet the former, and by this means the ball can be kept in motion until it bursts. What If we haye to submit to the double shave con sequent on selling and buying exchange? It will only bring the crisis to an issue in less than half the time that accommo dation notes would require; and if we are ruined, we shall have the consolation to know it was not by a bankl : Besides. the glorious and friendly bankrupt act is at our elbow ready to square all off, and then we may begin again, and so go until the shaver finds that he has actu ally cut his own throat. ;iiK:-rf;:V' -rK These are. indeed, times of fertile im agination and for correcting ugly names. The writer must apaiogize for this. peihaps, very- unwarrantable freedom, and begs you to be assured of his very great respect' and high consideration. .:-j-i- :;v: Your friend, ? .-.;- .''l:-.;.;;..r: .'.;; Aaron Lazarus. ; Many of the old citizens of Wilming-. ton will recall Mr. Lazarus, who was one of the most prominent business men' of his day, and who died here about a half century " ago He was grandfather, of Mr. William Calden Star -4 - PENDLETON PRODUCES PEACHES. Toung "Pen Meares a. Suoeotsml Trutt s f , Grower m South. Carolina. ;,. A correspondent T1 the News and Courier, in a lengthy description of the Ridge Spring" fruit section of South Carolina, in Edgefield county, thus re fers to a gentleman -welt - known7 and Very; popular in Wilmington: : I ' i Mr. O; P. Meares. Jr., is not the owner f the largest orchard in Ridge Spring, but never was a prettier or bet ter kept one ..seen any wnere. riie uaes to do things well, and this preference is literally; carried .out in ms oeautuni orchard. He ' is. a pushing, energetic and business-like young fruit grower of Ridge Spring. : and his experience is an interesting, and instructive one. ' He heard of Ridge Spring s wondenui fruit lands; he investigated and was pleased; he purchased and commenced, work, and , has .. been . more - S pleased every year. --. He and ' Mr. Charles M. Barnwell own a pretty - piece - of land, and they - now have twelve acres of peach and plum trees, and they win add 2,000 more trees this Fall. The crop from five acres this season sold for $1,- 100 and this will net. tnem sauu. : un a youBg crop of seven acres these gentle men win make szoo net. - Mr. Meat es save the business is a most -pleasant and profitable one and he has realized 80 pet cent.' profit on his ' investment . from the small acreage planted in trait... in aaai tion to the standard popular; varieties of peaches.: Mr. Meares- has a specialty Meares -Favorite Unknown, a nana some, large and delicious peach. On five of his trees Mr, Meares counted 7,000 peaches? after the : crop W had.;;; been thinned.": : : 4fi sg:t gEABOABP AIB LUTE 110713. preparing for Closet Csmpedtion WiUr the 'j J Southern Bailwy.: V- . . ":;: Birmingham; AiJtt Jhly JW.wThe Seaboard Air Line is preparing to secure a western outlet from Atlanta yla Birm ingbanV ia order to be better able to compete with the Sonthera : Railway. Vice President E. St. John and several large Eastern stockholders . - of the Seaboard are -here inspecting pros pective . terminal facilities and con ferring with officials of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, with a view to concluding-traffic arrange ments with that line for western busi nest. The plan of the Seaboard people is said to be to buy the East ana west railroad of Alabama, on which they are believed to have options and which Pres ident Hoffman and party inspected yes terday, and. by building thirty miles on each end of it complete a route from At lanta to Birmingham thus giving them a direct route of their own from Ports mouth, Va to this city. - , BUSY! -1 iThreeot; the history of j our. house haye - just past, and we enter , upon; the fourth' with eveu -.,-..-V:i- x Fleeting chances should be i;rap re ey pas " f oreverIow is the timejo avail yourself ofpur; "f WE AREi - MAKING -EXTRAOR- DINARY. EFFORTS. 20 Per Cent. Discomit oj all gobds (except Shirtings, Sheet-' r:z ings, Spool Cotton and Patterns). r . . Plain Figares. L A child could read them. " Don't let this chance slip by grapple ; it. ., i-i -"1..--W ' -y---.;.'r. ; . -? . Save yourself dollars and. secure the. most 'seasonable and satisfying "sort ':.r':-r::'--0:--..:T.'. :;.;: .': -: .; ,of bargains ever offered in av ; A. D. Successor to B$0T71l sk R0DSICX! I No. 9 NORTH FRONT ST. - We will move to 29 North Front street, Store formerly occupied by P. Heinsberger. jy3I tf UERGER & EVA1IS i ;Are in a position to .sell . . -- GOOD GHOEG P y,P t P-jv- : EXTREMELY CHEAP, - Mi Tlej Are Mi THat Ter? Ttici. Call and see them attheOld Stand of E C Evans, where Mercer St Gaylord for the past six months have made 5, such a loudnoise about LOWEST PRICES. We. will be glad to have a call from yoti all - . ; - -." Respectfully,5 Ilercbr 5Evans,- jylfi tf 115 Princess St. '. : oPAiiiiiiita CATAUBA; SPRfflGS. For Thirty Years the ravorite Resort :.:' of the People of the Cape" ! ' :" -s- :- - Tear Section. " 'P vjtlL obex jxnrs ist, , , ThesVjnstly celebrated Springs of North Carolina are beautifully lo-; cated tn the shade of the Blue Ridge climate - delightful, " waters emi-: ncntly curative for -t : Dyspepsia, Liver Disease, Vertigo, : Spinal Affections; Neuralgia,- -: Rheumatism, Scrofula, Gravel Diabetes, Kidney Affections, Chronic Cough, Asthma, Insomnia, Debility and Skin Diseases. .Hotel refitted and in good order. Write forterms. . . . ' Dr. E. O. Elliott Ccn, Sparkling Catawba. my S) if Sprins;s,N. C m Expectations ill . i h:.:::.r . ItI'H.H ItMIIIIIUUI: set - ws si an a lav arw bwb arm vb w arm w- . - ',:-;; :::;;A;; Mr"" r--' ; :h DryGoods BROWN
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 2, 1895, edition 1
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