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THEY WANT CHEAP C0TT0H.
There is one feature in the aglta
tion for the expansion of the volume
of the currency which has not at
tracted as much attention- as it
should, and yet it is a very important
feature. Practically speaking, the
agitation might be called sectional,
although it is not strictly so, the
Smith and the West, the great agri
cultural sections, contending for an
enlargement of the volume and for
the free coinage of silver as one of
the cleans to that end, the Middle
and Eastern States opposing it and
contending that .we have money
enough. The former demand the
increase in the currency because
they believe that this will ' re
sult in raising the prices of
(arm products, the latter oppose
it because they are greater con
sumers than producers and are
therefore interested in keeping the
prices down. Five cent cotton and
fifty cent wheat snit them much bet
ter than ten cent cotton and dollar
wheat, for the former means not only
cheap raiment and cheap bread, but
it means also that the South and the
West must continue to be borrowers,
and to be dependent upon the money
centers of the East for the money
they need.
Ia an interview a few days ago
John Sherman, one of the most cold
blooded and far-seeing schemers that
ever figured in the financial affairs of
this or any other country, said in
speaking of the silver agitation and
the South, "what right has the South
to demand to have anything to say
In shaping the financial policy of this
country? She long ago by her
financial heresies forfeited all
right to that. Cotton may
be cheap down there, but cheap
cotton for the South means cheap
cotton goods for the North." This
is not his precise language,buit is the
substance and the spirit of it,and there
is truth in it cold-blooded as' it is.
Cheap cotton does mean cheap cotton
garments for the North, and while this
is the case, aside from other selfish
considerations, John Sherman and
others of his way of thinking will
take mighty good care to do nothing
nor to permit anything to be done
which they can prevent to raise the
price of cotton.
wnue the volume ot the currency
is contracted, and it can be con
trolled by the money combinations of
the North the Southern cotton-grow
er and the Western wheat-grower
cannot hold back their crops, but
must put them on the market what
ever the price may be to get the
money they need, and it is unfortu
lately the case with most of them
that they need money to buy things
they must have and to pay debts
they owe. A very large, percentage
ot Western farmers are in the hands
of mortgage-holders, and the money
they owe must be forthcoming on
Qemand, while a very considerable
Percentage of Southern farmers are
in debt, if not under mortgage to the
"me extent that the Western farm
e are. But they are both at the
foercy 0f creditors, and are forced
to market their crops regardless of
Price to pay these debts, which
-um not De the case if money
ere more plentiful and could be
"re easily obtained. If when cot-
100 goes to five or six cents and
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10 mty, the growers of these
wapies could hold them back, how
"g would they remain at these fig-
01 iorty-elgnt hours, lor 1Ut I
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-uon as the speculators saw they
-"'umpiay that game, they would
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us. cut while thev can di- I
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u.c 01 me currency thev can
CntroI prices and ttie money-needing
Producer of the staples sDeciilated
Jon will always be at the mercy of
combinations,
ne movement of the cotton crop
-the grain crop will shortly be
P. but will be restricted until buy
""ave arranged with the Eastern
iks to advance money to enable
Jem to pay for deliveries; and while
.m are wa,tln2 for that a very con
jwawe Portion of the crops will
"".rinced by men who cannot af
'"ratowait.
Every man with
two grains of
ows that
an abundance of
"wej would
raise prices; these men
are lighting sosubbornly to keep
VOL. XXVI.
down the volume of circulating me
dium admit it by the hard fight they
are making to keep ", it down, by
their twaddle'about "cheap money,"
so, 'and 'John Sherman admitted it
in the interview the substance of
a portion of which we have repro
duced above. ' V
The redemption of the : South and
the West from'the depression which
has been weighting them down; for
years is in an expanded volume df
currency, the ' speediest and most
effective "way to which is through
State banks and the restoration of
-silverfis a fall money metal.
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HE3TI0N.
The Indications are that the Wal-
densian . colony which located in
Burke county Within the past couple
years will ' prove a . failure. , We are
not surprised at this, and have, from
the accounts of the condition i of
many of the colonists, anticipated it.
As a good many others have done
the agents of these colonists pur
chased a large tract of poor land,
because they got it cheap and on
easy terms, and fancied because they
had been accustomed to poor soil
and a rough country that they would
have no trouble in making their
holdings immediately productive and
profitable, and made no allowance
for accidents, unfavorable seasons,
&c. Many of them were in such
straitened circumstances that they
were in a suffering condition and
threatened with starvation before the
end of the'first year, and had to be
aided by others. They may : be a
very good, industrious and thrifty
people, but it would be very remark
able if under the conditions, as we
understand them, the colony had not
failed. - We regret this on their ac
count, and also on account of the
State, for the failure in this instance
will have a discouraging influence,
and may prove a very serious obsta
cle in the way of establishing colo
nies of Europeans.
It is said that capitalists in the
West who have been lending money
on Western farms have for some
years found this such an unsatisfac
tory business that some of them
have concluded that they can turn
their money to better account by
purchasing large bodies of land in
the South, dividing them into small
farms, and selling them on time or
renting to a good class of tenants.
Some companies have been formed
which have sent men South to in
vestigate and obtain such informa
tion as they might desire as to lands,
localities, transportation, the amount
of land that might be secured, &c
On the strength of the reports of
these explorers purchases of consid
erable tracts, it is said, have been
made in Florida, which is one of the
States which now seems to be attract
ing particular attention. Movements
like this, which are based on money
and backed by money, mean a good
deal in giving impetus' to the immi
gration and colonization movement
Southward. In .' view of these and
other facts, every Southern State
ought to make it , a point to have
fine exhibits of " its agricultural and
other products at the Atlanta Expo
sition next Fall.
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Over $2,000,000 in gold was with
drawn from the Treasury Friday for
shipment. One dispatch informs us
that the Treasury officials were sur
prised at this, while another informs
us that there is nothing surprising
about it, that it is all in the way of
legitimate business., ":i There is really
nothing surprising about it. The
gold reserve is there ostensibly for
the redemption of greenbacks and
other demand paper of the Govern
ment, and. when an importer or gold
speculator or any one else wants a
pile of gold for any, particular pur
pose, instead of going into the banks
or to the gold manipulators and buy
ing It, they get together a lot ot re
deemable palter, go to the sub
treasuries or Treasury, present their
paper and cart away the gold. Then
those same greenbacks ' are paid out
again, again fall Into' the hands of
the fellows with an appetite for gold
an1 f loram nmrfrirtri th - rw!r nf
-e,- t-w-w.
pulling but more gold, and so on
without end until the' bottom is
knocked out of the gold pot. and
there i nothino- left f or the Treasurv
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to do but bargain with some syndi
cate to get some more gold or ac
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knowledee itself broke, not a very
nid,nf nnfu;Aii fnr tht "most
UlWHMUb wwaw70vm wa
prosperous country in the world,"
which according to some of the gold
ites, has money "t6 burn." Such fi
nanciering would disgrace a board of
town aldermen.
This is what Secretray Carlisle said
about the demonetization of silver
when ' he was a member of. the Na
tional House of Representatives and
represented the people : J -
"According to my views on the sub
ject, the conspiracy which teem to have
been lormed here and in Europe to des
troy, by legislation and otherwise from
three-sevenths to one-half the metallic
money of the world, is the most gigantic
crime of this or any Other ago. The con
summation of such a scheme would ulti
mately entail more misery upon the hu
man race than all the wars, pestilence,
and famines that ever occurred in the
history of the world.'
Prof. O'Reiley, the entomologist
of the Agricultural Department at
Washington, has long been trying to
educate the American people of the
rural districts, where grasshoppers
dp congregate, to. the true , inward
ness of the g. h. as a - dainty dish
edible. -He I has ). either - converted
Levi Layman, of Sullivan county, N.
Y. or Levi went exploiting on his
own account, captured a quart, fried
them, and has ever since been ban
queting ongrasshoppers -. ,
The Mayor of Oakland, California,
when, making ; his official rounds In
specting city works, , &c, .rides a
bicycle. If other towns- would fur
nish their mayors and aldermen with
bicycles, they might Save a ' good
deal of Carriage hire. 1 - , .
.jr - aaa a m - --.'; ,
Here is a sample of the voting in
the Democratic primaries recently
held in Mississippi for , Governor :
Jasper county, McLaurin, 1,161;
McCabe, ,115. Union county, : Mc-,
Laurin, . I2i0;. McCabe, 188. Mc
Laurin is for free silver and McCabe
for freegSld. '
The-Solid South'.:. will be a thing
of the past if the financial views of
Mr. Carlisle prevail in the next Na
tional Democratic convention;, and,
worst of all, North Carolina will re
main in the hands of the Republi
cans and Populists. The Democrats
Cannot carry this State on a Carlisle
platform. . ' '
Prof. Wiggins, of Canada, says
nature is getting short on electricity.
There is no occasion fornature to
become alarmed. If .she gets too
hard pressed, with the number of
dynamos we are getting up these
days we can lend her some.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, doesn't
think it would be any great loss if
the whole lazy, shiftless tribe of
Bannocks was exterminated. That's
the general ; idea that prevails out
West as to the Indian when the red
man stands in the, way of the hust
ling paleface.' . v
If speeding on the waters keeps
on the railroads will have to look to
their laurels. The British Admiralty
has just made a contract for three
torpedo destroyers, which are to
have a speed of thirty -six miles an
hour. -:: : ; '.r -;. .';- ": -- v"c;::; -
Mr. Chas. H. Cramp, of ,. Philadel
phia, one of the snip-builders, says
the yacht of the future rill be built
of steel and propelled by electricity.
BellttUns the HaUaUm.
Some newspapers are never satisfied
except when they are making assaults on
some well established nsages and tradi
tions. Now we find the Boston Herald
talking about hailstones as big as peas
being reported in various sections of the
country, when it is a well-known fact
that there never has been a parity es
tablished between hailstones and peas in
this country, not even in the ratio of 16
to 1. True! there is no constitutional
provision on the subject; but there is an
unw'ntteulaw which is held sacred by all
Southern newspapers, and not to speak
of a hailstone as being "as big as a hen's
eee" is considered rank treason. ' Occa
sionally when an enterprising citizen
scoops np .a quart or two of hailstones
from a neighboring street and rushes to
the sanctum of the village editor to ex
hibit thrtr mammoth proportions, he
makes a close calculation on meltage
and remarks - that when T- gathered
they were, as large as goose eggs
and the village editor is goose enough
to believe , him but ; the standard
of size is the "hen eee:' and the South
ern hailstone and the egg of the Shang
hai chicken of the gentler sex circulate
on a parity, with or without co-operation
on the part of foreign ! governments.
"Hailstones as bie as peas?" Let the
Herald, if it like, talk about Massachu
setts hailstones "as big as Boston baked
beansbut when it comes to the North
Carolina hailstone we protest against
such odious comparison. As "big as
hen-eses. ot nothine. " Them s our
sentiments.
CITY MARKETS.
Abundant SuppllM of Vegetable Flan
1 Soaxca lrnlta In Fair Supplx. '
The city markets yesterday were sup
plied with almost everything in the line
of vegetables. In the way of fruits there
was little besides watermelons to attract
purchasers. Cantelopes are disappear
ing, though there are yet a few fine ones
to be had. - Apples are on sale in fair
quantity at 80 to 25 cents per peck, and
a few peaches arelo be had at 10 cents
oer aaart or 60 celts per peck.' ' Water
melons this season, though late, are in
ereater abundance - and , finer and
cheaper than for years.
'. There is a good supply of poultry in
dealers hands and prices are reasonable.
Grown fowls sold yesterday at 30 to 85c
each, and .chickens from to 25c;
ducks 60c, per pair. ggs are more
abundant than usual at this season and
prices are low; at retail. 10c. per dozen.
The fish market yesterday was poorly
supplied with fresh fish, and the' lew,
bunches of desirable varieties were sobri
SOld. '': r''J?-Ttfi
Few Killed by Xrfcntnliijt. ., V ;
' - Statistics show ihat the average an
nual loss of life by lightning in the
United States is 224 persons, and this
out of a population of nearly 70,000,000.
This means that about one person out oi
every 812,000 is killed every year in the
United States by lightning. And yet
some people act during a little thunder
storm as if one person out of every
baker's dozen were killed every year,
By the way, how many people have been
killed by lightning in Wilmington dur
ing the last fifty years?
WILMINGtTON N. 0,, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Of the Carolina later-Bute Building end
Xioau AaaoeiaUon.. . V
The stockholders of this Association
met yesterday at 12 o'clock noon in Py
thian Hall, m this city. 1 , :
The meeting was called to order by
Charles E. Borden, president, who pro-
eeeded to appoint a committee, to verify
proxies, consisting of Rev. Dr. P. H.
Hoge, ; M. Cronly and E S. Tennant.
The committee reported 1.548 shares
represented, of which number 124 were
represented in person, and 1,124 by
proxy. :'y;:Z "' .,; '
This not bemz a quorum of the stock,
or a majority as required by the charter,.
the chairman announced that the direc
tors would retire and.'appoint persons to
represent the absent stockholders. - V '
Messrs. John D. Bellamy and D. A.
Covington made i the point and ; con
tended that such appointment could not
be made, a majority of the Board ot Di
rectors not being present. f - .x-
The xbarter requires nine directors.
and only four directors were present. ' '
The point was also ; made that the
meeting could not be made a formal
meetine. and that; only an informal dis
cussion of the affairs of the Association
could be had, upon the ground that
only sixty-seven , shares of stock had
been represented at the annual meeting
in July, ana nence no aajournea meet
ing could be held legally.
The chairman overruled these points.
The report of the committee on proxies
was adopted and the meeting declared
organized for business, a quorum being
secured by the appointment ot proxies
for absent stockholders by three of the
directors. M . " -
The annual report and statements
were read and adopted.
The chair announced that since the
call for the adjourned meeting had been
issued a temporary receiver of the
Association bad been , appointed, and
therefore resolutions were introduced to
allow the ' directors to wind no the
Association's affairs upon a plan out
lined in the resolutions. The resolu
tions were fully , discussed. A stock
vote beine taken the chairman an
nounced the - resolutions . adopted. - al
though no quorum voted, and this point
was made. ?t j::-'.-
A resolution introduced by Mr. M. H.
Jones,' instructing the attorney for the
Association to oppose the appointment
of Mr. Iredell Meares as receiver before
fudge Graham, was overwhelmingly de
feated. The meeting then adjourned
sine ate. - 1 , . ' .
, FAREWELL SERVICES
Held Xtt Sight in the Flrat Presbyterian
Churoh, Oompllmeatary to Dr. - and Mr.
Oeo. C Worth. . ' T-r
Farewell services on the occasion of
the departure of Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C
Worth to the missionary field in China,
were held last night in the First Presby
terian Church. After music by the
choir. Rev. Dr. Rawlings offered prayer
and Rev Dr. Hoge read passages from
the Scriptures. . -!..- , ;
Rev. Dr, Strange, rector of St. James
Church, was then introduced by Dr.
Hoee. ' ' l - "
Dr. Strange said he had been asked to
speak in behalf of the Christian com
munity, to bid these two yonng servants
of God farewelL I It was a sad and
sweet duty to him. It was sad to say
farewell, but sweet to speak of the
younger brother and sister of the same
city, consecrated to the same cause.- On
this occasion he loved to speak for the
Christian community, as be represented
the mother church of Anglo-Saxon
Christianity the Episcopal Church and
St. James, the mother parish of this city,
which sent out the first missionary from
this State the late Augustus W. Lyle,
who died in the very year and in a few
months before his appointment to sail.
Dr. Strange said he was proud of
this strong son and this sweet
daughter of our dty who are leaving
their comfortable homes and mends,
forsaking bright futures here to go to
do work for the Master. He spoke of
their fitness and preparation for the
work, and bespoke the blessings and
prayers of all for them in their holy
mission. v ; s ' :j :t
Mr. B. F. Hall saoke for the session
of the church, and Mr. C H. Robinson
for the Sunday school, v
After the conclusion of the exercises
in the church, the ; parlors in the Me
morial Hall, in rear of the church, were
thrown ooen to the nublic and Dr. and
Mrs. Worth held a i reception there for
friends who desired to bid them fare
well; ..-,-' ' ' .1 --"' , ;';
Dr. and Mrs. Worth will leave on the
950 train on the Atlantic Coast Line
this mornins and will go to St. Louis.
From there they go to San Francisco
and will sail thence for Shanghai on the
13th instant. - 1
' SCOTLAND COUNTY.
The Feosle of Richmond Vote Down the
Proposition to Divide Their Territory.
. - Special Star Telegram.
Rockingham, August 1. The ma
jority against Scotland in the entire
county is about fifteen hundred less than
one-half the vote registered in the Scot
land territorv. The vote in Rocking
ham is seven hundred and three against
Scotland; nineteen for it, Scotland has
beea before the Legislature fifty years
and by this vote the people say they do
not want it
About Copperheads. 1 V
The following telegram appeared in
the New York World'.
New Havxk,- Conn July 31. Five
boys on a fishing excursion on winter-
green Lake, yesterday, killed . fifty cop
perhead snakes, so they say. , y
; Now, there it is again. "So they say !"
Why this qualification? . It is nothing
more nor less than a reflection on the
five fishermen ; who found the snakes,
and all because they were fishermen. It
wouldn't"; be : safe down , here, where
the ; veracity . of the picturesque pis-
catorical prevaricator is never ques
tioned, to print such a reflection on that
"noble order." Suppose such represen
tatives of the Anglers' Ananias Associa
tion of Wilmington as Charlie Yates,
Renb Pickett, Henry Nash , and Sam
Hall were to go fishing and come, back
with a hair-lifting "anecdote" to the ef
fect that they had killed not only fifty
coDoerhead snakes. , but while their
"hands were ia" had also slaughtered
and scalped , fifty copperhead Indians.
Would anybody doubt it? Would any
body have the hardihood to call for the
scalps? Perish the thought! iV- t h
. Mr. Jno. F. Taylor, of Battle-
boro, in forwarding a subscription to the
Star lor James H. Pittman says : " Jim
la a lifelnnor colored Rermbllean. and
savs things is so fusy' he wants to be a
Democrat where there -is no foolish
ness." .Jim has coined a good rord for
nse in retemng to lusion.
RALEIGH HEWS LETTER.
POPULISTS AND REPUBUCANS PLAN-
- t NING FOR SPOILS .
PopulUfr Bally in Chatham County The
Seaboard Air .Llne'a . ImmiRTatlon
MoTremont A Family Fotaoned With
Ioe Cream Panta For the State Guard
Cotton Turning; Yellow Furehasers For
Swamp lands. 'yyyys''- Z
. ' Star Correspondence :;X
- ' Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 2. .
About fusion In the next election. Ed
itor Ayer says it is a probability and a
possibility and yet an improbability.
Mr. Ayer says it is certain that no agree
ment has been reached for a distribu
tion of offices. Ex-tudge Spier Whita-
ker tells me that the matter of co-o Dera
tion is first to be decided; upon, and
then the distribution of Offices' comes.
A leading Populist and. an " editor says
that unless the Republicans are in sym
pathy with their ideas, there will be no
fusion. Another Populist, who siu in the
band wagon, tells your correspondent
that the idea of having a fusion electoral
ticket for the Presidency is preposterous
and absurd. It does not seem to reason
that Populists would throw half their
strength In favor of goldbugs, whenthey
are such rabid free silverites. The elec
tion is over a year from this time, and
many events will transpire in that time
which win influence the election. .
Edmund Morgan was .committed to
jail to-day tor burglarizing a store mthis
county. He stole a large lot of goods. -
city, has just returned from a trip-to
Baltimore ana JNew lork in the interest
of immigration. He went at the in
stance of the Seaboard Air Line, who
desire settlers alone the Raleigh & Au
gusta it. k. Mr. uugnt visited immi
gration bureaus and Italian families. He
found them ready to come on -satisfac
tory terms. The details ' for getting
them here will be arranged in a short
time. - ' o
Editor Ayer and Otho Wilson have
returned from the big Populist rally in
Chatham county. They report the at
tendance from 1,500 to 2,000. Senator
Butler could not be presenL - The
speakers were Major Guthrie, Congress
man atroud, r. tu, Massey. Mr. Aver
ana s. utno wiison. .
At Gary, this county, a big silver rally
occurs on the 15th. Senator' Tillman,
of South Carolina has been invited and
is expected to be present.
The Love family that was poisoned
by eating, ice cream is worse. The mem
bers have not improved at all since they
were taken sick. Consulting physicians
have been called in, and members of the
family telegraphed for. .There are six
ill in the family.
ine Nauooais aeieaiea ine uas i,itys
by a score of 82 to 8. The Oak Citys
claim ' some of their players sold out.
Under instructions from the Adjutant-
General, Quartermaster-General Harrell
will furnish: an extra pair of pants for
full dress, purposes to every soldier in
the State GuardV. This clothing is tar
nished from the national appropriation.
and not from State fnnds. It will take
about 8,000. ;
Cotton is turninc? Yellow in some locali
ties in this county, especially on sandy
soil. The recent cold nights are said to
be the cause of it.
W. G. Burkhead, of Whiteville, rep
resentative of a large Northern party
who desire to purchase all the swamp
lands in the counties of Columbus and
Brunswick, appeared before the Board
of Education to-day. He desires to se
cure for the parties all the swamplands
belonging to the State in those counties.
it is not known whether the btate owns
any land in those counties until a sur
vey is taken. Mr. Burkhead agreed to
have the survey taken at no cost to the
State but under State supervision. If
any lands belonging to tne state are
found: thev will be sold to the comnanv,
It is understood tnat a movement is
on foot to ran a canal tnrougn tnese
swamps which will drain a large terri
tory. 1 Very fine swamp lands belonging
to private parties have been, made valu
able by proper drainage.
j Special Star Telegram.
RaLeigh, August 8. The Committee
of the Board of Agriculture,' which met
here to decide upon the advisability of
sending the State forestry and mineral
exhibits to the Atlanta Exposition, failed
to reach an agreement, and will meet
again to-morrow.
The Quarantine Station,
The Southport Leader says : . ut,
Raver was over to the olace soon to be
occupied by the new quarantine station,
last Tuesday, and set stakes, showing its
location. The station will occupy a
space one way between the upper end of
Battery isiana ana ranee s creeKiigni,
on the east side of the channel. , The
!)ier, which win be six hundred feet in
eneth. will ran north by northwest, and
be in! water from eighteen inches to
twentv feet in deoth. ; n
In the contract, as let by the uovern
ment. the attendants and medical quar
ters are not included in the bid. The
station to be. constructed will, consist of
a oier. above mentioned, a hospital build-
An artesian weu win be sunk at tne
station, and both the flow and character
of water coming from this weu win be
noted with interest.
Mr. Prank Baldwin, the contractor, is
here and will this week have tour test
piles driven, in order to determine the
length; of the piles necessary to be used.
Ninety davs is the time auowea to com
plete the contract, the time dating from
This bond has already been accepted, so
that work on the station will follow at
once. I -
The tug Wobdard, will be tied to the
end of the quarantine pier, when built.
and used as attendants quarters, v
A Government superintendent ot con
struction will be sent down, who will
make reports as the work on the station
progresses.
Coroner's Ioqueat. . . . .
Coroner David Jacobs held an in-
auest vesterdavt on the body of Sarah
Sweat colored, whose husband, wo,
Sweat! had made affidavit that he be
lieved her death was caused by vio
lence at the hands of Edward Dick
son, colored, (as told in the Star.) The
members of the mrv were Messrs. k.
F. Hamme (foreman), I. H. Weil, Wash
ington McNeil. I. W. Perdew, A H.
Lloyd and John S. riowe. Alter near-
ing the evidence of the physician who
attended the deceased woman and child,
and of several others, the following ver
dict was rendered: "That the deceased
and child came to their death by fever,
superinduced by natural causes." -:
i The Norwegian barque Trans
atlantic cleared yesterday for Bristol,
Eng with 500 casks spirits turpentine
and 4,705 barrels rosin value $18,801.70.
Cargo by S. P. Shotter & Co.; vessel by
J. T, Riley & Co..
INSURANCE SWINDLES.
Continuation of laTeatimtlon of the Beau
fort Conspiracy Fraud Proved Conoln
tvely In lEany Cases. .;...' ;:'
" By Telegraph to the Morninf Star.
Morkhead City. N. C August 1.
The trial of the sensational cases of con
spiracy to defraud insurance companies
continued to-day.
The evidence brought out was in line
with that of the day before .but was much
more explicit and conclusive. Fraud was
proved conclusively in one case after an
other. The following shows, first, the ac
tual ages ; second, the age named in the
poucy; ana tmra. the real physical con
ditio of the parties named . below who
were insured for good amounts:
, riattie A. Davis, 70; 45; 'Infirm. . . ,
Sarah M. GabrieL very old; 47; infirm.
Shepard Davis, 70; 56; infirm. "
Emma J. Caseo, 70; 50; infirm. .
Melissa Guthrie, 70; 50; infirm.
John Boyd; physical wreck.
Wm. T. Rice; said to be good risk; lu
natic-
Mary A. Longhurst, 65; 55; poor health.
Wm, H. Jones; good risk; consump
tion.
w5axabALewu;Ave40:-40;fj''4.'
Kosanne Washington. 60; 35; laid np
with rheumatism.
; Samuel Windsor, 85.58; infirm.
Thomas Davis; consumptive. -
, Florence Chad wick; in very bad health.
The prosecution attempted to prove
that the money received on the benefit
paid at the death of Wigfall was divided
between fonr relatives of the dead man.
and that these four relatives insured a
man in the last stages of consumption
eleven days before death, swearing that
he was a good risk; that the ; insurance
agent in Beaufort certified that Wigfall
was a "good risk. Most of the day was
taken np by wrangles between counsel
as, to the admission of testimony. A
large number of letters, affidavits, appli
cations for insurance policies, etc, were
admitted to-day, and seven of the wit
nesses were examined orally. The
court room was filled with interested
listeners. . ' .
Morshead City, N. C August 2.-
The taking of testimony in the life in
surance swindle investigation was con
tinned to-day. Following are examples
of the testimony presented : ; v
Wm. Rice stated that he was never
examined, and at the time he was in
sured weighed about 125 pounds instead
of 158. He had been on a spree for
three years; did not authorize any one to
sign his name to any papers.
Florence Chadwick, age 3, never naa
her life insured: never authorized any
one to ' sign her name. . There were
Dolides amounting to seven thousand
dollars on her life. The first she knew
she was insured, she was sent for to
come to her aunt's and found there Mr.
Noe, ot Noe, Delam&r & Co., Insurance
agents. He informed her that they bad
gotten out on her life a policy for her
mother, and there was an insurance de
tective in town. If he called on her she
was to state that her mother was a washer
woman, and would keep it up. It was a
surprise to her and her mother.
A large part ot the time is taxen np
by the attorneys in sharp and cutting
words.- - -,
Hettie Davis lives in Beaufort. Never
applied for insurance or authorized any
body to apply. Never signed any paper
or authorized., anybody to sign for her.
(two applications purported to be signed
bv witness were presented). Dr. Dela-
mar never examined her lor life insur
ance. Hassill denied to witness having
secured insurance. Thought she bad
consnmotion: family all died of it.
George Wbeatly knew the wueot
Sam Williams lived near. Health some
times good and sometimes bad. Sam
told him his wife was troubled with fe
male complaint. V Sam frequently told
Aim that Serada was going to die.
Tenny Chadwick, mother of florence
knew notning ot tne applications, wm.
- . . tit
Fisher got out the policies. - fisner toia
her Florence was sick from July until
k.lnl. Ctt mnA Kill mi tin
,divide. Shep Davis (the old negro in-
mail UUIHUA wuv . khu mu . naa
snrea as oo years oia; naa mi iuc in
sured. Can't say what time, sometime
in the Winter. Knew of it. Bill
Fisher had it done. Dr. Delemar
examined him. Bill promised to
keep it up. Bill is his sdn-in-law.
Never gave anybody bis age; am not
know it. Brought np in secession times.
His oldest boy something over 26. Was
married before the war. Doris, his son's
child, died five years after the war.
Shep s hair was right smart gray a
while during the war. Was ex
amined . by v Dr. Delaman meas
ured him. but did .not ask him
questions. Chadwick lived here all his
life. Has known Shep Davis all his
life. Thinks he is 80. Witness is 58,
and Shep was a middle-aged man when
he was small. James Davis is 58, has
known Shep all his life. Was called
T1 CL..H 1 V - km,
OIK JuCy wucu uc wu auiau uuti
thinks he is nearly' 80. Policies were
exhibited on Shep's life to the amount
of six thousand dollars. -
The Durham Tire. . -.
The following Is a statement of the
losses and insurance in the DnVham fire :
"Reams' warehouse $10,000. owned by
I. M. Reams and B. L. , Duke. Mr.
Dnke's insurance is $2,000. There were
a number of small shops under the ware
house which were all a total loss witn no
insurance. Saunders & Co. s loss 25.000;
11.200 insurance. R. Blacknall & Sons,
drug store, loss 24.000: insurance 12,800.
A. Max. eeneral mercnanaise. loss sxd,-
000; insurance $15,000. kills, Mone a
Co, loss $25,000; insurance $20,000. A.
E. Llovd. I. M. Wyatt and others, loss
from removal of goods, covered by in
surance. Stokes building damaged $20,-
000: Insurance $14,000. Durham Fertil-
izer Company, damage i3W,coverea oy
Insurance.
Mr. Ellis, of Ellis. Stone & Co, will be
remembered here as a clerk in the dry
goods house of the late John J. Hedrick.
PROBABLY A HTIBDEB.
Death ot 8ann Sweat, Colored, Supposed
to Stave Been Caused By Injuries Be-
oelved at the Hands of Edward Slokson,
Colored.
Coroner Jacobs will : hold an inquest
to-day upon the body of a colored
woman, Sarah Sweat, wife of William
Sweat, who died yesterday under cir
cumstances which lead to the belief that
her death resulted from violence at the
hands of Edward Dickson, colored.
The Sweats live r on Campbell
street near - Ninth, - and Dickson
boarded with - them, v Last Tues
day night while Sweat was absent
from home, his wife and Dickson had
dispute about the latter not paying his
board. Dickson knocked the woman
down, and notwithstanding her delicate
condition, beat her so severely that she
was compelled to take to her bed,
where she remained until her death.
: Dickson was arrested several days ago
on a warrant for assault and battery, is
sued by Justice Bunting on complaint of
Sweat, ana was reieasea unaer nona.
. Charlotte News-. Little PearL
the two and a halt year old danghter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McNinch, mea at
their home this,morning,fsom the effects
of swallowing a draught ot poison.
no; 41
RALEIGH HEWS. ; " . .
The 8tto Museum Exhibit to be S to
Atlanta Applicants ror; Positions in
the Internal Keren ue Berrioe Ceaxh of
' Baptlat Missionary in Chinas v
't Special Star Telegram. '
Raleigh; N. - C, August " 8. Newt
Teaches here of the death of Miss Fannie
Knight, a Baptist missionary in - the in
terior of China, from small-pox.' She
went from Chowan county. Miss Knight
was returning from her bridal trip. :
The Committee of the p3oard of Agri
culture met again this morning and
Bgreed unanimously to send the Muse
am exhibit of forestry and minerals to
Atlanta: Professors Holmes and Day
are to bear all responsibility lor .the re
turn of'the exhibit. r'"
The mortuary, report for July shows
that the health of the city - was never
better. '
Seven applications for positions in the
U..S. Revenue Department stood exam
inationoefore the Board of Examiners
to-day, -
i. i
GREAT YEAR FOR CORN.'
LARGER . CROP THAN EVER
KNOWN
IN HISTORY. -
Iowa Alone Will Balsa Xoouxh to Oive
Xvery Man, Woman and Child In the
Country Five oahela.
Chicago, August 2. A local paper
says: ibe crop of corn this year will be
the largest that has ever been known. It
is estimated at the present time that the
yield will exceed by 200.000,000 bushels
the record of any previous year. This
condition did sot exist a month ago. At
that time continued drought in nearly
all the corn States made the outlook du
bious for an average yield, but the rains
'came copious, heavy, continuous show
ers, just at the time most needed, and to
day prosperity hovers closer over mill
ions of homes than for many a year.
How much depends upon the corn
crop is realized by a -few. ; 1 he corn
crop will bring more money if marketed
than all other giain products combined.
The estimated yield of corn for this year
is from 2.250.000.000 to 2,500,000,000
bushels. At the present price, which is
25 cents for December or May delivery,
the crop will be worth $800,000,000. A
decline of 5 cents a bushel wonld mean
a difference of $115,000,000 in the value
oi -tne crop, lo emphasize the im
mensity of .this crop it may be said that
the State of Iowa alone will raise enough
corn this year to supply more than five
bushels to every man, woman and child
in the United States.
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota. Missouri.
Nebraska, comprise what has been
termed the corn belt. This section fur
nishes nearly if not quite two-thirds of
the entire corn product. So favorable
have the reports become ot an enormous
crop that the managers of the various
railroads that traverse the valleys of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers are
largely making arrangements and per
fecting their equipment for handling the
crop. The force ot -workmen has been
increased in a number of shoos, and all
rolling stock is being repaired and made
available for use, in addition to new
freight cars that are being hurried rapidly
in construction. .
The Government report of July 1st
indicated that there would be an un
usually large yield of corn, but since
that report was issued the conditions
have vastly improved. ; 4
The previous greatest yield of any
year was In 1889. when the acreage was
78,819,651, and the yield 2.112.892.000
bushels.' -'pr: :
SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE.
Able Addresses by Prof. Davis, Battle and
Wlnaton.
f By Telegraph to the Moraine Btar.
ASHXVlLLE, August 8. Prof. Noah
K. Davis, of the University of Virginia,
is drawing large crowds to the school of
the English Bible, held daily. At the
general conference held yesterday after
noon, Prof. Kemp B. Battle and Presi
dent Geo. T. Winston, of the University
of North Carolina, made very able ad
dresses on the Bible in the family. . ,
Among those present at the assembly
are Prof. E. A. Alderman. Dr. Thomas
Hume, Prof. Cain, Prof. Venable, Prof.
Foy. all of them of tie University of
North Carolina. All churches to-morrow
will be filled by distinguished ministers.
Among those preaching will be Dr. J. M.
rotts, of Alabama: ut. J. J- wnue, 01
Macon, Ga4 Dr. Thomas Hume, of the
University of North Carolina: Dr. W.T.
Hall, of Columbia. S. C; Dr. Gross, of
Vanderbilt University, and Dr. Powers,
of Washington, D. C. i ' T ;
A FLORIDA SWINDLER
Captured in Bouth Carolina and - Tken to
Jacksonville lor Trial.
Sr TeleiTaph to the Moraine Star.
Jacksonville. Fla., August 8.
Sam I. Wheatcrof t, the swindler, who
used the United States mails in forward
ing the advertisements of his many
fraudulent schemes, reached here this
morning on the steamship Cherokee
from Charleston, in charge of Deputy
U4 S. Marshal Hickson. of the Sontb
Carolina distrxt, : ' ' : -
Wheatcroft ws arrested at Summer-
ville. near Charleston, about a month
ago, and after having a preliminary trial
on tne cnarge 01 using me mwu iui
fraudulent nurnoses was committed to
the Duval county (Fla.) iail in default
of bond. He is to be tried at the De
cember term of the United States Court
in this citv. His Florida scheme was a
bogus pineapple plantation on the In
dian river.' ' :'.'
Should Wheatcroft be acquitted in
this city, he will be immediately re
turned to Charleston to stand trial ore
several charges there.
-t:
CIVIL RIGHTS SUITS
Brought' by Heroes Acsmat
a BaOroad In
1 1 - y 1 . Florida, ' , t ' .'
. . : Bv Telegraph the Moral nc btai. - -JACKSONVILLE,
FLA August 3.
There was filed in the office of the clerk
of the United States Court this morn
ing the declarations in three suits against
the Savannah, Florida & Western Rail
way for $10,000 damages each. The
suits were brought by John Wallace.
Alice Wallace and Nena P. Wallace, a
minor, by her next frmd, John Wallace,
a citizen of Florida. ' These salts are in
stituted to recover damages on account
of Wallace, his wife and daughter being
refused the right to remain in a first
class coach on the .Savannah, Florida &
Western Road from here to Savannah in
September 1893, although they were sold
first-class tickets. The plaintiffs are ne
groes. " ' ;
Rocky Mount Phanixi Geo.
B. Gorham died at his home near. Tar-
I boro on Saturday, July 27th.
I THE DISCONTINUANCE OF
OUR GENERAL 20 PER
" CENT. DISCOUNT AND
' THE BEGINNING
..-9
' OF OUR
Final Sale
Tales Place tne 1st of Aimst.
We have only a few days in which
to close out the balance of otfr stock.
The GREAT ' DISCOUNT t SALE
relieved us of the bulk of it, but the
rest must go and we call it a -.v. v
fc .. . . '- 1 . . 1 '.'.'. 1 ' . ' ..!,.'.
Necessity Sale.
It is a final one also,1 and you have
only a very short time in which to
take advantage of it. .
: This will be a HARVEST WEEK
for the '
Bargain Gatherers.
. . , .
.. This sale is different from all
others and the various lots put for
ward increase in real value WHILE
THE PRICES GET STEADILY
SMALLER.
Read the Items.
Figured Cashmeres and Bedford
Cords, all wool, only 25c, worth COc
to $L00.
Challies, all wool, 8c a yard, worth
20c a yard.
1,000 yards evening shades in Cot
ton Fabrics, as pretty as Crepons,
only 5c a yard.
5,000 yards
3c a yard.
Cotton Crash, only
1,000 yards Elastic at lc a yard.
1,000 yards Veiling at 10c a yard,
all Silk. '
100 boxes Soap Tropical Boquet,
three cakes In each box, only 15c a
box, worth 25c. v-
5,000ucakes
cakes for 5c.
Castile Soap, three
Bixby's Shoe Polish at 5c a bottle.
1,000 yards Lace
worth 15 and 20c.
at
5c a yard,
200 Corsets, including "Warner's
Health," "Bridal," Diamond" and
other well known brands, only 50c a
pair.
500 Gent's
worth 35c
Suspenders at 25c,
100 Silk Belts at 10c each.
A good Machine
spools tor 5c
Cotton,
two
100 yards all Silk Grenadines at
75c a yard, worth $1.50.
All our 50c Waist Silks at 40c yard.
We will move to No. - 29 North
Front street, Store formerly occupied
by Mr. P. Heinsberger.
A. D.
Successor to B&OWK & RODDICK
No. 9 NORTH FRONT ST.
' ang- ltl : '
Women Watch for tne
Items that suit yon best and prices -that
yon think are cheap. This is our
moving price and means all cash.
Check homespun 22 inches wide 8c
a yard; Check homespun, 22 inches
wide at and 5c; heavy white home
spun M yards at lc; Rockingham AA, 1
Jard wide IHc, Rockingham A, the
eaviest homespun, at 5c; Bleaching, 1 .
yard, iyic better at B and ec Anaras
scroggin bleaching at 7c, one yard wide. ,
Fruit of the Loom, one yardide, 8c
fine line of heavy dress Ginghams at 5c.
Apron ' checks, all colors, at 6c; with
iu-n-riM-a tin anntit inrnM wini- nr ;
8c White Lawn at 4 to 18c 41-inches
wide fine white and black, nicely em
broidered Shirt Flouncing at 25c regu
lar price 69c White ' Skirt Lace, 42
inches, beautiful goods, 29c worth ' COc.,
Decorated muslin, worth 10 and 12Kc"
now going at 8C (Jrtnkie urepon irr
Cream, with blue-black finish, stripe
through It, long goods, at tHc, worth .
10c. White Marseilles, beautiful goods;
worth 85c our price 18c Shirt Waists
Silk finish, Cream, Bine. Black; Red.
and Figured. 18 inches wide, at 25c per
vard. Dress Lining and Stiffening of all
kinds. Spool cotton basting thread at
lc a spool; Dragon at 2c; Coats' thread,
all colors and numbers, at 4c a spool.
In Hosiery we have children's black
hose. NdMX. 6, 6 and 7, for 5c a pair;
larger sizes at 10c a pair- This is a
special price. Ladies' long leg, London
shape Hose, seamless, at 10c a pair, or 8
pair for 25c -
; We are on Front street opposite the
Market House.
BRADDY & GAYLORD, Prop.
. Vft ff. fkt tA1 CAM
inly 28 tf '
BIOE, EIOE.
10 barrels common Rice. , ,
10 bags Java Rice.
25 bags best Tapan Rice
10 boxes Borax Soap. 1
30 boxes Riverside Soap.
; 25 boxes Boss Soap.
10 boxes D. D. Soap.
'.'si'ewttsk,' :,
Wboletato Orooarsad Conmlarioa alerchant,
'i , . 828 horHi Watat Btraet!
JalrSltf DW ttiUnlactoa, M. C.
BROWN