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pit atoeMij : jjinxr onriGn iieySj - WILMINGTON, H. C, $1.00 A 'YEAR-I.N ADVANCE. S8888888888SSS8S3 8 S 8 8 8 8 S 383 3 3 TS 3 3'3 g8888SSSS$sIII I if HHWW t 88S88888883333333- 88888888232833333; 888888SSS2888S333 --S S SS S S S 8S88882S88888883 S i ioW 8 S : C ipooW I 88888888888888888 W O a. 3: s s i s ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Tb .utacriptioa price of tto Weekly BUtf to a w - S months . . ' BO THE GRESHAV SCAEECaOT. v One of the mala standbys in fact the main and about the only standby of the gold standard advocates is the Gresham law, which they are con stantly invoking to support their opposition to silver coinage, which law is that money of lesser value put into circulation will drive oat money of greater value. While this as a principle, based on fact, is true, it applies to other things as well as money, and is true as to money only gnder certain conditions and limita tions. v-.:" " The quoters of this law mean to convey - the impression that a large stock of silver, which 'they call in ferior money, would drive gold, the superior money, not only out of cir culation, but out of the country, which statement might be emphati cally denied. It would not drive it out of circulation, for ; gold is not now and never has been in really active circulation in this coun try, certainly not within the past thirty five years. We gave some of the reasons tor this in our article yesterday. Who will seriously as sert that gold is in circulation in this country now? We venture to say that eight men out often in .Wil mington, including business men who handle a good deal - of money, have not seen a gold cointn - twelve months, and that eight out of ten of those who have seen one didn't have one of their own; and we ven ture io say mnacr mas mere is a very considerable portion of the adult population of the country who, in the past ten years, have handled as many $1,000 bills as they have $5 gold pieces.- And yet the goldites have the cheek to assert that there are in round figures $600,' 000,000 tn gold in circulation, but after counting all they can dis cover in the banks and in the United States Treasury, they lack about $280,000,000 of coming-op t the $500,000,000 mark. Where is the re mainder? They don't know, they can't find it anywhere. It is hoarded umewhere, some of it hidden in out- of the way places in this country and some of it gone abroad, where it was sent and sold on speculation. ' ' The silver we have didn't drive it int6 umiug or aDroaa, tor tnese same goia ites maintain that the silverand pa per money we have are as good as" gold, because the Government since " has gone into the eold-standarc business maintains the "parity" he wn gold and its other money. It nt out not because of the presence of silver, for it never was really in as a circulating medium, but on aecount of a law that existed before Qresham as born, and applies to anything as well as money. .'.", " P Don't people take better care of and set . more store by their "dia monds and rubies and pearls than tbey would by ordinary golden arti- iresof personal adornment? Doesn't ieol the pictures ot the masters wmmand more attention and Isn't it Prized more than one1f our modern H'ciures although a work of real em?. Paintings are plentiful, but there are but few of , the former which i g'Vesthem a rar' vain - and lIley are prized amordintriir. Gold s the rarer, the higher priced and wweiore the most -prized of our 7UQej metals, and for that reason it ""lore cared lor, kept out of circu and hoarded. -;;; ; W we had three time's as much sil r money in circulation as we have y Jhere would be as much gold in "fcnlation and as much o-nld In this "ntr as there is now. Gold will . stay in circulation, because It is nsided too nrrmiis hit it will P from one country to another . 7s inere s such a demand for It uai country as will, tempt ship J.Dt for the profit there is in it, J ln that event it would" be PPed regardless of" the" quantity quality of other money that -6ui De in cirrnl lTT it as shipped from. stead Prt&n; l inc resnam law, as by the gold standard advo.- being an argument against I iecoi, " . . ---- . "sc ana circulation of silver. entne 01 the very stroSest argu tstw! '!! favor of if fr no country, iqwoyt 81 PtoZ f " a yn& growing and Wvcountry like this, should New1' iD titl0n 10 W de nt upon money as scarce VAT VtrTTT . , " .. . . . " , . v soia tor its coin of "final redemption," when , a very large percentage, of it is - constantly hoarded by the gold standard Gov ernments of the world, a very large percentage of the remainder hoarded by individuals, 'and when a very small number of the leading money lenders of theworld can at will con trol and lock up the bulk of the re mainder; leavingthe world oractt- ally withouuhis money of final re- aemption, which should never have been made a money of final redemp tion. To call it that is a glaring fraud, for there is not enough of it in existence, much jess In circulation, to pay the national debts of two of he leading nations of the world to-day. i nese; debts , never- will be, paid.: in gold, and thqse - who - madeHhem knew; it. . Ask a' fake, gold as the "money of final redemption" may do, but to jserlonsly so-call It, Is to per petrate a fratid.Vr:: C r--hU: t Tbe Republican organs are doing a good deal of howling about bor rowing money to keep up the gold reserve and to meet the deficiencies, when as a matter, of fact this is all the result of laws passed under Re publican administrations which, the present administration has to exe cute. A deficiency was imminent trader the Harrison administration, so much so that the Issuing of bonds was so seriously contemplated that Secretary of the Treasury Foster had the plates made for printing the bonds, and those same plates, slightly changed, were used in prlntingthe first $50,000,000 issued by Secretary Carlisle. .The Republican statesmen didn't want any surplus, for a sur plus they regarded as a strong, argu ment against a protective tariff,' and hence the protectionists' ' favored cleaning out the surplus to give them a better plea for a high tariff to "raise revenue." "The easiest and the quickest way that " presented itself to wipe out the surplus was to increase the pensions and the pen sion, list, which at the same time gave the Republican statesmen the chance to pose as the friends and projectors of the soldiers who "saved the Union." How effectively they did this is shown by the following statement of the number; of pen sioners in thefespective years from 1888 to 1894, and the amounts paid: Year. 1889.. ..... 1890........ 1891......;. Pensioners.' Amount. . V 489.725 -489.181,988 .. 537.944 106,936.855 .. 678,160 124,415,951 1892,....., 876.068 134,583.052 1893 ......... 966.012 15957.558 1894. . . ............ 959,544 141,17785 The following shows how the sur plus was wiped out, which led to the deficiency about which -the Republi can organs are now bowling: i :" .; iJ' - .' 'Excess - -!'"'- of -Revenue. 1888........... 1889..;....... 1890...... $111,841,000 87.761.000 85.040.000 26.838.000 1891 . 1892 ..;r.a-;;.-..:.i 1893 " ' . T " . ' . . ...... mi 1894(dVficit)-. lllll'll'l 9.914.000 3.840.000 70.025.000 i Owing to retrenchment and re- form, the lopping off of fraudulent pensions, &a, the deficiency for this year is'estimated at about $50,000, 000. . But all this is directly charge-" able to Republican legislation. f We qlipthe following from an edi torial on Trusts In a Northern pro tection pap,er:;f ;;; V; ""f 1 "All things considered, it is well that we as a people strongly oppose the idea of paternalism, for we are practically the present glorious nation, because of the Intense and throbbing individualism, which hat been so prominent a factor in our progress.". " ;'":' J- :'': "S ' : The journal which published this is a Strong advocate of the protec tive doctrine as understood and car ried out by the Republican ; party, but that is the very essence of .pa ternalism, In one of its worst forms, a paternalism which grew stronger and broader year ; after- year, and grew more demoralizing as u grew strongerand broader, r The more protection the protected got . the more they demanded, ; the more theyJ depende'd on it and the less they re lied upon themselves' Indirectly the Government was running their es fahlishments for them and to the tribute " imposed on ; cpn sumers, they looked for the profits that were to come to them. Relying upon this they made no effort to, ex tend their trade abroad ; nor-even to compete wltn foreign ; , manuiac turers who' shipped ' goods to this country, to whom they almost gave the home market : in certain lines of goods. Since this parternalism - has been lessened by a reduction of tariff duties our manufacturers are-relying more upon themselves and less upon the Government, are reaching out for foreign' trade In competition with the world and are meeting with, s ratifying measure v of success, enough to make them feel, ashamed of the Diteoas appeals for protection Mh thi had been making for Vff MSWM mm-mrj r , . . . years. ..V:--. For vears the woolen manufac turers Cthis country were protected by a high tariff on their manufac tures, nd every effort made to re duce the tariff was net by the cry '1 it could not compete with "the pau per labor of Europe." It was pre dicted when the WUson tariff was under consideration that the moder ate redaction proposed would shut up every -.woollen " factory in . the Country, and . that placing wool on the free; list, would "absolutely de stroy the wool growing industry. How the former prediction I has panned but Is shown by Jiit follow jng extract from the American W and Cotton Reporter-. : V ; Z i ; ; I "It is . estimated that in May, 1893, there were in operation f 7.784 seta of cards, woolen and wonted, 71,000 woolen and worsted loomi, and-43,601 knitting machines About June 1st. 1895, there were in operation ,.8.456 ust of cards, woolen and-worsted; 77.100 looms on woolen and worsted goods,' and 64.250 knitting machines, this probably must be increased at date in every particular,' as there is a most imposing list of en largements ot woolen mills and installa tions of new - machinery since January 1st. 1895, exclusive of thirty-eight brand new -enterprises (woolen mills) and a large number of new knitting plants as hown-in the Reporterlot July 4." - v f Our f actorles are not only increas ing ra number, -but some of those in Deration are running' day and night J6 xeep up with their Orders. As for the wool-growing industry, instead of being ruined wool is now two cents a pound or more higher than it was when wool ' was placed f on the free list, and sheep are commanding a better price than they have cona manded within twelve months. A lttle fact goes a long way to upset a theory. "- - ' - Samuel Rumph, of Marshallviile, Ga., is the pioneer peach grower of that State. In his orchard at Fort Valley which he planted in 1884 he has 80,000 trees, from which he real ized $52,000 one year and $64,000 another. He has since planted another orchard near; Marshallviile, and is also said ' to ; have the largest plum orchard in the world,; with 15,- OOOUapanese plum" trees, 200,000 seedlings and 30,000 raspberry bushes n cultivation. It Is estimated that his peach crop will bring him in net this season $60,600 and his nurseries $70,000. There are within a few miles radius-- of Marshallviile 1,000, 000 peach ; trees and 20,000 pear trees growing on what was not many years ago worn-out cotton land. The New York' Commercial Adver tiser . has discovered that the race war in the Spring Valley; III; coal region is the. result of "Southern sentiment."' When it comes to dis- rcovertng , things ; there are few to compare with the really , talented Republican editor. ' But ; what the unsophisticated citizen at a dis tance would like to know, is when, how and where these Italian miners who are going ' for the " colored miners imbibed their "Southern sentiment?" . There 'is no evidence of their ever having lived further South than Spring Valley. The Japannse editors have a very. nicearrangementto keep themselves out of jail. They employ assistants whose principal business it is to go jail for ; the editor when somebody out of the print shop has to go to jail. It might contribute to the comfort of" the editors in Judge wart's district if the editors ut there could work up something ot that kind. Tben they might crltl- cue the court ana go to jaii py proxy: Er-Maydr Grant, of New York, who has recently returned from Eu rope, says the sentiment for bimetal lism and ah' international monetary Congress is growing, '-but ; that; the holding of the Congress "depends lareelv - on the action . of Great Britain." As G. B. Is . the money lending nation, she will never go into it until necessity whips her in . It is said that the Georgia : peach growers , shipped about 1,500 car loads ; of peaches this season, and made some money, too. Tne Hani Baacrre. Commander. Wise and his corps of officers paid the highest compliments to the North Carolina "Naval Battalion, savins it was nndoubtedly the finest organization of Its kind in the United States, with only Boston Reseryes equal to them. He spoke of the damg.tbe obedience to orders "and the -efficiency of the . North .Carolina Reserves,' and alt the officers aboard were pleasant ly surprised to ,"- know I" that; North Carolina is the only State in the United States which: can man her ship without any outside assistance, carrying her wherever T they like - with -only N. C Naval Reserves. Capt. Wise also added that the Reserves could man a regular warahin if the Government could tarnish them anything in that shape. In every line, he says, the Reserves are emcient, and the State should feel proud of such an organization. -. - ; . The dlty Markets. I Cs-SPZ ' Snoohes of vegetables and . waters melons show no diminution in the city markets. ' Ia fact there it aa abundance of everything and at prices lowenongh to satisfy almost everybody Tomatoes are in great abundance and were offered yesterday, at 10 cents per peck. : Water melons can " be bought at almost any price the purchaser may offer, .the finest selling at 10 and 15 cents apiece. ; ; Poultry continues to tarrtye in good quantity and eggs were never before so abundant and cheap at this season. Avt r tail sell at lucents per dozen grown fowls 25 to 30 cents," ana thickens 12 to 20 cents apiece, as to size and quality. 1 WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1895. D50T7EED III THE STTRF. . Sad Pte of Mr. 3 E. Evn. : Asent ;of tie Armour Packing Co. Hi! Body EeoOT Vred "Will Be Sent to Ela Home at Bca- noke, Va. : v. l-ihy y -Mr. L. . Evans, agent in Wilmington lor the Armour Packing Company.iwas drowned at Ocean View yesterday aftej? noon while bathing in the surf. There were twenty or more persons in the water at , the time, but he . ventured farther out than the others land was soon beyond his depth. -Not knowing how to 'swim he ; called for help. and;;Mr.:2:vW.i::;:::A;Dlckit was near him, seeing his peril, gave .the alarm and went to Mr. Evans', assist ance. As ? he C approached. ?: he Maid: Evans, keep yonr head and '111 save you," -As soon as' Mr." Dick reached Mr, Evans ; thel latter ; put both arms around his neck and thev sank together. but were torn loose by the swell. Mr. S. M. Bobbitt. of Wilson, went to the aid of Mr. Dick and called for a life- ine. Mr. Bobbitt then tried v to save Mr. Evans, but was : torn from hinvby the waves, and Mr. Evans sank. Mr. W. W.Merfell swam put with a life-tine, ut it was too late to save Mr. Evans. Mr. Dick 'took the life-line and swam to Mr. Bobbitt who was nearly exhausted, pass ed the line around his waist and with the assistance of Mr. Merrell pulled him to the shore. The tide was then coming in and shortly afterwards the body of Mr. Evans was . thrown upon the beach by the waves. ; - It was taken into the cottage of Revr Robert Strange, and Dr. A. H. Harnss of this aty and Dr. O Donohue of Charlotte, wno were present, used every means known to science to restore the drowned man, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The body was brought to the city on the p. m. train, was placed in a handsome casket and taken to the boarding house ot the deceased, the residence of Mrrl P.Collier. ' Ut. Evans was 83 years of tlge, t He came to Wilmington about: six months ago and" had. made many friends here. His home was in Roanoke, Va., where ! he leaves a wife and three children. He was with the Armour' Packing Co. there and a member of the firm of Evans & KerapV brokers. :.:; ;,:::"' Intelligence of the sad death of Mr. Evans was sent; by telegraph to his friends in Roanoke, and his body will be taken there to-day on the train leaving at 9.20 o'clock, accompanied by a nam- berof the friends of the deceased, to whom the Atlantic Coast Line furnished ree transportation, : 1 ; ;: v The Waaoott Case, i . '- "The case of Mr. Albert Wescott, here tofore mentioned in the Star, was tried before Magistrate SamL P. Swain, at Soutbpbrt, yesterday, and resulted in the prompt acquittal of the defendant, there being no evidence whatever to sastain the charge on which, he had been arrested. Col. A. M. Waddell represented the prosecution, and Messrs. John D. Bel lamy, Jr., and SoL C Weill the defence. Before much progress had been made in the trial. CoL A. M. Waddell stated to Court that the evidence was not sum cient to make ont a case against the de fendant, and he was discharged. . The Hone Xdlto Invited. The horse editor of the -Star has re ceived a pressing Invitation to attend the second annual 'exhibition of the Robeson County Agricultural and Live Stock Association.: to be held at Lum berton October 15th to 18th inclusive ; but we can't say the aforesaid horse edi tor will go unless President McLean and Secretary Skipper will promise to tie ex Sheriff McEachern out in the woods at least two days of i the Fair. Mc is a terror when it comes to the fairest of the Fair. . - - ---;;v a" INSURANCE IN RICHMOND. The Bate Wn Continue Biaka Taken at -Ona-Tourtn Bscnlav Bates Bad tag Amonc Agents.' - . The Richmond Times says:. The insurance war is on in real earn est, and there have been some lively cut ting of rates The companies mostly have agreed to back their agent to any reasonable degree in - protecting their business, and the movement is fast growing into a scramble for . good busi ness. " ; - i Good business risks that were written a few days ago for $L25 were, taken yes terday at .35 or less. Everybody has lowered rates, but the conservative agents are trying principally to hold the business on the books by meeting the Cut of competing agents. mo one is willing to unaenaxe to say where it will end, but a number of the agents detlare they , will go into no movement witn wmcn tne outneastern Tariff Association has anything to do. An agent of long experience' said it was a cut-throat eame. and could not last over sixty days; that the deeper and more rapid the cut, the quicker the fight would collapse. ; . t It is generally; believed that a strictly local board of underwriters with their own established tariff of rates is the Only thing that will harmonize the pres ent situation, in the meantime -the. owner of a good risk can almost name his own terms for insurance. -: The Richmond correspondent of the Petersburg Index-Ap teal MtAxts: . ; The insurance rate war is on here in earnest and policies are being written at ridiculously 'low prices. ; All this Is the result of an unsuccessful effort to reor ganize a local : board of underwriters. The companies, of course, are backing their agents. I am told that the last rate war was in 1871. which ended im mediately after the big fire in : Chicago. Madt bad feeling exists. There ? was a fisticuff between . two agents last night and two other personal difficulties were narrowly averted. - - ? -v;; A r- The "new woman" has not yet reached Wilmington;, but she may be expected at any time.". She . will ride a bicycle, as heretofore announced; but there wilTbe appendages in the shape of a hiD "pocket and a oistoricaL . If the boys are not reckless they;.will give her the right of vway.7 ;' ;i" ; ;; - J ' The yacht Vigilant left Bristol for New York at 10.10 ; o'clock -yesterday morning. Mr. Willard told a reporter that he fully expected to enter the Vig ilant for the trial races. He also stated that he would be very glad to give the Defender any private- racing that was wanted. - CONFEDERATE vETEhura. Oeneral Ordera Iaaued hi the Major Qon- . era! Commandt&s the . XTorth Cwolina DIvitlon, . - . - 'T r "Headquarters: - ' North Carolina Division, : ' T Unitxd Confederate Veterans. 1. : Wilmington, N. C Aug. 6, 1895. General Orders No, 1. " " I.j Having been elected Major General of this Division, an honor which is duly appreciated, - and having 'received my appointment from - the General Com manding, I now assume command of the Division.-v - . : . .. ' - ! II. In order to an intelligent appoint ment of : the Staff.? which should be made from among the active members oi toe uiyision. it js necessary that a complete roster of each Camp be sent tqkthese : Headquarters. V The Adjutant-1 oi acn ump is urged to give tnis mat ter ms immediate attention. III. Junius Davis, of Cape Fear Camp mo. 4. is nereoy appointed Adiutant General and Chief of Staff, with the rank of Colonel, and will be obeyed and. respected accordingly. ; r - j- IV. All .-communications" for : these Headquarters should be addressed to Col. Davis, of Wilmington. N. C - V. j It is hoped and expected that each Camp will promptly and cheenully com ply with all orders and requests; from these Headquarters,- and that they will aid and assist the General -Commanding m his. efforts to perfect the organization ot tneruivision and increase the number of its members and Camps. . : : - . ; The active support and co-operation of all our comrades will greatly tend to uiq ucocul ana increase oi our organi zation, and to encourage its officers in their labors. - - - . VL The next Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be. held in Richmond in the Spring of 1896, when the ' corner-stone of the monument of our beloved Chief Jefferson Davis : Will DC UUO. ,- This promises to be the greatest gatnermgoi the soldiers of the South in thirty-three years. ': , Our proximity to the Capitol and the memory of the glorious deeds of the soldiers of our State, demand that North Carolina shall be fully represented by her veterans. . Therefore, let the officers of each Camp earnestly strive to in crease its membership,' to promote the formation - of . other Camps, and ' to encourage the - attendance of - all ' at Richmond. . . . - By order of r t Wh. L DeRosset, I Major General Commanding. JUNIUS DAVIS, Col.. Adj't GenTand Chief oi Staff. ;r Death of Mrs. B. A. Ealletr,. Mrs. Emily T. Hallett, wife of Mr. B. A. Hallett. died yesterday morning at the residence of her husband in Mount Olive; N. C Mrs. Hallett was about 58 years of age and had been sick for some time. She was the yonngest ' daughter of the late 'Capt. Thos. Peck,- and sister of the late Geo. A. Peck Of this city. Her - - a a - . . . remains wu oe orougnc to wumingion for burial, and. the funeral is announced to take place this : morning at 10.80 o'cloafcCfrom the First Presbyterian Church, oi which deceased was a. mem ber. !f """' ''''''' - " THE MEETING AT CARY. r Consreaaman Slhlay of Fennarlvantal May Attend Orapa Shipments New To- ; baeeo in Karket. - j Special Star Telegrdm. Raleigh, August 9.-Senator Butler writes1 that Congressman :-; Sibley, of Pennsylvania, will be at Cary Thursday. Efforts are being made to secure one rate tickets from adjacent towns. Secretary J. W. Cooper, of the Young Men s Christian Association, Has re signed. , . The; first week's grape shipments North - have been -larger than usual. Prices are satisfactory. 5? - f- The first load of new tobacco was received to-day. The sale occurs on UiG SU IBM. A party of six will attend the Phar maceutical Association in Denver. Bleyelen Beware, . "Vm Scientific American calculates on the momentum of bicycles with the fol lowing result: .- fA man -weighing 150 pounds and moving at the rate of 10 feet per second (which is only, about seven mika per hour) has a momentum of 1.500 pounds, leaving out of account tne weignt oi tne wheeL This is sufficient to upset any oedestrian with terrific force. A colli sion between two wheels, each with a 150-pound rider, spinning at the moder ate sDeed ot seven mues per nour, woaia result ln a smashup with a force of 8,000 oounds. in view of tnese lacts. it is no wonder that bicycle accidents are often very-serious. A Biorole Faee. ; A picturesque reporter of the New York Sun is responsible for this: - The beginner in the red sweater rose painfully from the gutter. He straight ened out his ' nose, and carefully he fineered the Duffy bruise over his left eye and winced. : He took out his handker chief ' and. having gently brushed the dirt out of the scratches on his chin. bound ; it tightly about his lacerated fore head. Spreading it apwara to cover nis scalp wounds. ; With his cap he wiped the blood irom bis face, alter wmcn ne collected three of : his teeth from the gutter and put them away in his pocket- Then he picked up his collapsed wheel ana turned to tne crowd. "This." he said in bitter tones, point ing to what remained of his physiogno my "tbi I suppose, is what they call the bicvele face ? r And a sympathetic bystander sent for an ambulance. t '.-: . WEIDOU'S WATER POWER. Miniate Bsnsom sad Others Interested in - the i Boanoke Navigation and Water -'" Power Co.- v I ; . Star Correspondence. I , .-1 :..r" Weldon. N. C, Ang. 10. ! Minister Ransom and ex-Senator M. C Bufler were in town yesterday. Gen. Butler! is interested in' the Roanoke Navigation & Water Power Co., of this place. 1 The large grist mill, which has a caoacitv of two thousand bushels a day. will be in operation Dy aeptemoer isw and we are soon to have a large factory. Mayor Wilson is also interested in tne ; company.. . - : Poneril ot Mrs.Hallstt.. . . . The funeral of Mrs. Emily T. Hal- lett, wife of Mr; TB. A. Halleu, ook place yesterday morning at 10.80 erclock from : the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alex. Spruht officiating. The in terment was in Oakdale Cemetry, and a laree number of friends attended the fu nerai; The 7pall-bearers ; were Messrs. Wm. L. DeRosset Thos. Evans, W. H. Sprnnt, Joe. H. Watters. Jas. H. Taylor and Chas. Hi Robinson. ; 7) RALEIGILIIEWS LETTER. LIBERAL PURSES FOR RACES AT THE STATE FAIR. Bale of . wmiama ft Co's Books and Stationery BapUat TJnlveraity for Fe-males-Petty Bohberiea-Pannera Alii anee to SataUlah a," Shoe. Paoterrat Oar. r ' , r -V- Star Correspondence. - . - : '.- Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 10. " J. W. Durham, the brother of the young man who was killed in the Haw River collision, is doing better, and it is thought he will get well.: His condition is such that it will not permit of his re moval irom Haw River. , - - The bortlcufturists and florists are in vited to meet In Greensborovon August1 21 and 22. " - " , -. . I The Horsemen s Review .has a cut of Messrs. John R; Gentry and J. Fj, Scott, and quotes them as saying that the two minute pacer is on earth. - Mr. Sqott, is a half owner of the horse -"John R. Gentry,' : and : also? a former citizen: of Kaleieh. A race between Gentrv and Joe Patchen . is said to have been arranged It will be the eveit among horsemen. The races lor the State Fair wilt be ar ranged this evening." The, purses :will be liberal and will be such as to give ail classes of horses a show. , Pcint is a new feature lor races at the Fair, and this season the management has offered several purses. Secretary Nichols has assurances that splendid - strings' of horses will be here. The schedule will be published in a few days. The sale of A. Williams & Co. s stock is nearly completed;? Their stock of sta-. tionery and book supplies, which is one of the largest in the South; has been dis posed of at auction in this city. It is needless to say that the town - is flooded witn such supplies. -. y,z',. v. Vivr. I. HartweU d wards, oi i-ayeue- ville. who has: been; canvassing for: (be Baptist Female University, has already secured about $2,000 in sixty days. : Mr. J. B. Cfndup. of Kittrell, has given $500 as a memorial to his father, Rev. losiah - Crudup. . It will require about $38,000 ; to complete the building, on which work has been stopped A pam phlet has been gotten out bv the trustees stating the condition of affairs and the objects and views of those in charge. Among other things it says: "We. are very anxious to open the school Sept em bes. 1896." ;::r:v:;;; -.:T,. The like of petty robberies that are being committed in this city was never known before. - livery day one or more reports of these pantry raids are made. Only a lew robbers have been captured so far. Last night Major Vass saw a negro in his house. He jumped out oi the window and fled. ' ' When the Alliance meets in Cary the matter of establishing a shoe factory will be settled. At the last meeting it was decided to locate, a factory and Cary has since been agreed upon as the. place. The Alliance has over $30,000 on hand and will decide what amount of the sum is to be placed in the factory. It is hoped to get the factory tn shape for work in a few months. Last night the L. L. t ois Lodge of this city subscribed $100 lor the factory. ; , - " " , , -v Mr. lvey. the business manager, tells me that it is proposed to locate a roller flouring mill, a woollen mill and a fer tilizer factory in connection with the shoe factory. '- He says the - Alliance is able to do it. :;-.' - ; - -' ' The Revenue people are so busy with brandy bonds that they rarely ever make a seixureaow- ' : : ':- Six hundred students are expected at the University next year. - r i; Dr. Kirbv tells me-that there is a 12- year-old boy in the asylum who is deaf, dumb and blind and an idiot. The only pleasure he receives in life is to sit in the sunshine. - - - - - r Death ot 3K. Hary Bennett, of Brnnswiek County. f The Sonthport Leader announces the sudden death of Mrs. Mary Bennett, wife of John N. Bennett. - of -Town .Creek, and mother of Mr. H. J. Bennett andMrs. T. J. Gore, of Wilmington, Mrs. Bennett, while at work in her dairy Saturday suddenly fell down and was found later in an unconscious condition, .remaining In this state until midnight when she died. -Her death was . said to. be due to apoplexy. Mrs. Bennett was a woman of fine character, respected by all who knew her, and her death was a shock to her neighborhood, where, her kind words and actions made her great ly beloved, and her place will be hard to filL, UaxtonrB. and Tj. Aaaoolation. The first series of stock of the Maxton Budding and Loan Association has ma tured, requiring just six years. But for bank failures and reduction of rate of interest, however,' the first series'would have matured about two months earlier. When the Maxton Association was or ganized by Mr. W. B. Harker, Secretary ana .t reasurer, it was generally supposed Maxton was too small a town to support it, but the result shows that it is one ot the most successful associations ever es tablished in the State. Death of Mrs, Virginia Banddlph, Boge. The announcement of .the death of Mrs. Virginia Randolph Hoge in the Star this morning. " will be read with sorrow by many in the community. She died at the residence of her son. Rev. Pevton H. Hoee, D. D. The re mains will be taken to Richmond, Va, for interment. - : - '; Grand Jineampment I, O. O. P. r: A special dispatch to the Star last nieht, from Charlotte, says: There was aa enthusiastic meeting of the Grand Encampment l.U. O. f iThe following.omcers were this day elected to serve for one . year: H. ; E. Heart, G. P.. Durham; Wesley Williams. G, H. P- EUzabeth City; B. C Gorbam G. S. W Fayetteville; G. L. Tonoff ski. G. SL Raleieh: T. W. Blake. C T Ral eigh; L. C Howlet, G. J. W, Greens boro, r - - - . - The next meetitfsr ot this trrand bodv wUl be held at Newbera, N. U" . Payetuvilla OUsptnas . ' fl From -the Observer of yesterday:. : CarSt. I. M. Walker is buUding a band some house on Dick street,", opposite Mr, Q. K. NimocksV.: We grieve to learn that -Mrs. Annie Wingate McRae. widow of the; late Major Duncan ii. MCKae, is dangerous ly ill. Little hope of her recovery is en tertained. Mr. Joseph N. Starr will be ' ordained In St. John's Episcopal Church next Wednesday morning. Bishop Watson will perform tne ordination service, as sisted by Dr.carmicnaei, of Wilmington, and. Rev.- Thomas Atkinson, of Balti more. - ' The Goldsboro fK was -sold at auction yesterday and was bid in by. Mr. W. H. Smith who will continue its publication until some rangement can be made. permanent ar- ie a.; NO. 42 7 AN INFANT PRODIGY. A Colored' QUI Preaoher Creattna a Bensa- " Uon in Daziinaton, S-.o. . .; By Telegrapli to the Morning Star. Charleston, S. C August 8. A special to the News and Courieri'hom Darlington, S. G.says: Claretta Norah Avery, the 9 year old , colored girl preacher, is creating a' .sensation here. She iapTCaching-in the colored Baptist Church to tremendous ! .congregations, many of whom are white. persons. Her sermons are remarkable in many re spects. Most remarkable and extraor- dinary.from any standpoint under the circumstances. She does not appear to oe a aay over nine years old. weigns not oyer 75 poundsjs self-collected and calm in manner, forcible in speech and ges ture talks with simple and natural na- tos and apeak -with trongtstjconvic- ons. tier sermons last now are. the talk of the town aad she seems beyond question to be & prodigy. ; . THE COTTON CROP ' , Hnbbird Bros. Say It is Lc,bat Whether ; Smaller Than the Preoeding One Will ; be Determined by Weather Condition. New. York, August 9. One 'of our correspondents has called attention to our error in statingMr. - Neiirs average yield - per. acre on July -!45th,. at 200 pounds of lint cotton per acre whila a Careful computation shows his average to be about 194 pounds, which, upon an acreage of 19,700,000 acres, would sug gest, on a basis of 477 pounds net per bale, a crop of 8,000.000 bales. It was 9i generally 8tatettbat Mr. Neill estimated the growing crop at from 8 to 9,000,000 bales, that we take great pleasure in be jog permitted to place the following let ter from Mr. Neill before you: - ; - New Orleans. July 81st, 189$. Dear Sirs: I have your polite note. and am. much oblized. Of coarse I did cot estimate at all, any more than I did in June, 1892, when ' I said that an average crop would be .7,000,000 bales. The only expression of opinion was that 4 thought conditions to date were about an average, and therefore with favorable weather berealter, we miaht count on better than ' an average crop. That is better than average weather hereafter. Since then the weather has been very good generally, and the crop -has im proved. - Truly yours, v 'I C;;; 'pl H- M. Neill." During the week the improvement in the market has been due to the quiet demand of the American spinners, who appear, willing-to retain a portion of their surplus stocks and to buy sufficient cotton with which- to make the . goods they are able to sell at a profit based on the present prices - for cotton. ' Then again, the surplus supplies appear to be unevenly aiviaea , amongst the mills, which naturally increases the demand. In view.of the absence of an export de mand this summer, merchants are sur prised at the volume of their sales upon what - appears to ' be a duiet market Meanwhile the receiots ot new cotton at the Texas interior poi.4a are exceedingly smaii, wmieine smau movement to the ports and the demand from the Southern spinners is evidence of -the exhaustion of stocks usually held upon plantations, or at the uncounted towns. It is apparent that the growing crop is a later one than the two. preceding crops; whether it is a smaller one will be determined by the weather conditions from' now on, as so frankly stated by Mr. Neill. There is, at the moment, no pressure of cotton upon the markets, as only a small por tion of the visible supply, is held by the cotton trade, and it is noticeable that this visible supply, though large, is over 100,000 bales smaller than in 18tf2, when the trade had to- contend with the re mains oi two targe crops ana poor iraae in Europe, - Whether the invisible sup ply was greater at that time than it is now Is the uncertain factor in the situa tion, and we can foresee that whatever tliese combined supplies may be, they Will 4 be drawn upon during :: the next six weeks for; -consumption by reason of the lateness of this crop. : - it is unanimously reported by south ern exporters, that the forward sales of shipments to European markets : ae smaller than since 1892.-and the trade regard this feature of the situation as "bearish, which it will be if we should produce more than average crop, as, in that event, the buyers would have the advantage, ilf, on the other hand, we should be favored with a moderate yield. me aosence oi iorwara saies would in crease the domand to provide substan tial supplies of cotton, upon what would then seem to be a reasonable basis;-and is an open question whether : the light receipts may not cause " many conserva tive merchants and spinners to place at least a uttieconnaencein the reports ot a short yield in cotton; Certainly at the present time the leading merchants and spinners are timid,' because of their recollection of the enormous crop and low prices of last season. They expect the Bureau report will state an Improved condition, of affairs in the cotton belt, which will bring about a reaction from the presenr advance, and their impres sions are .based upon the action of the market upon the July report. - - With this marked uncertainty prevalent the mar ket remains subject to local influences at home and abroad, with the attention of the trade centered upon the reports from the growing crop. ,-r; r v; t5": '-' Yours very trulv, " v ;' f . . Hubbard Bros. & Co;: ; A STATE BANK TAX. Its OonstitntionaUty to Be Teated in the J;:;:- v:.;;. 'Bupreme Ponrt. 'f. The rase of the Merchants and Manu facturers' National Bank of Pittsburg against the State -of Pennsylvania has been appealed to the united states su preme Court- from- the : Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The question involved is the constttutionaiity oitbe State bank tax act and the case is considered a test: fine. The papers filed : represent that here are 836 national banks in the State of Penn sylvania, the market value of Whose stock is $128,000,000. which will. be affected by the decision in the pres ent case when-rendered. . -".y . v ;;: ; ,; Che Bloomer QlrL . : i What next? says the New York cor Respondent of the Pittsburg mm '"mm m m m m a The . bloomer girl has added a pistol pocket to her cloth-devouring panta loons, and carries a real bullet nurler in It. The authorityfor the statement is none other than one of ' the oldest and most experienced cycling outfitters in the country a man who has made more plain and double skirts for devotees of the wheel than any other tailor of either sex. The new fad is not confined to the bolder bloomerites, but Instead has been boomed by the - weak and modest wheelesses -who have been annoyed by recent- acts of - ru&anr on the road. When pistol practice becomes part and parcel of the wheeling: course those who poke fun at the cyclinnes in "knicks" will take desperate chances. It has been demonstrated that a woman can fire a bullet stralghter than she can throw astone oraikillet - :: : :sbF MISSION, " . aries in china. "." . J' " ;; Iord Baliabory Deteimlned to Avenue the , . Ou ragea-Parliament to Open Ausuit 12 The Queen's Speech Will : AXake no Beterenee to Porelgn AnUra England's -! Belattona with Germany. S- ' By Cable to the Morning Stat, - London, August 10. The Queen's speech on the opening of Parliament on August 12 will be a bare and formal document, unless reference is made in it to foreign affairs. : Yet persons in a posi tion to be well informed upon the sub ject say the speech will not refer to. Armenia or China,'' and that if any for eign affairs are - mentioned . they will be ' those in connection with Africa. 1 . : Debate on the reply to the speech ' from" the throne will begin on August 15th, and . the time between the opening -and that date will be occupied jo admin istering the oath to the members who -will be sworn in batches. : . ' Charles F. Crisp, of - Georgia, ex- ' Speaker of the House of Representa- tives of the United States,', has rie iu -England for ten-days. Mr, Crjsp pur- poses to remain to witness, the election " Of the Speaker ol the. House' of Com-' mona.-and will then depart on the 18th . for. Pjris. where he ' will' soyourn for a , , week. - Mr. Crisp was born In SUefSeld in 1845, during a visit Of. his parents to - , England, and this is the first trip abroad since his Warents raturned with him to' America. i '::, i Hon.? ThM.F.; Bayard, the United . --States Ambassador tar London, has ac - cepted the invitation to deliver the an nual address' to ' the Edinburgh- Philo sophical Society in November. - The in-. , vttation to - deliver .the addreas is the highest literary honor In Great 1 Britain. Among those who have made the ad dress in previous years are the Right. w Honorable John Morley. late Chief Sec retary for Ireland, and Right Honorable ' H, Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury. ' Though Lord Salisbury is determined to avenge the recent massacre oi English- s .; men at Kucheng and the outrages com- ' mltted by the Chinese ' mob . at that ' place, he refuses to entertain the claims of missionary, societies that their agents . be protected .wherever they slay go, and in this action the Premier is backed up by the Liberals. - The Daily News, in an -article on the subject, says the mission aries can be, if necessary, acd ought to be, prevented from going beyond, the limits of British authority. ' The mis- ' sionanes, seeing .that the sympathy of the public is confined to the victims of the outrages , personally, have issued a statement signed by the Editorial Sec retary of the Church Missionary Society, : saying that the last thing they desire ii that the Gospel shall be carried into ' China at the point of the bayonet But. nevertheless, the British' Government cannot in China pass .lightly over the murder of British subjects who have a light to be there. The statement -is ad versely commented upon! by the lay . : press. ... ; .; ,- Lord Salisbury has found another diffi- culty ia the way of general action, which is the same as was felt in 1891, when si m- . ' ilar attacks were made upon the Chinese -missionaries. The German Government ; at that time failed to back up. the other , Powers with any heartiness, and in con- ; sequence of this fact the Sung Li Yemen -successfully placed the Powers against-' each other. In the present instance the same (pint is being displayed by Ger- - r many. The North German. Gazette yes terday printed a restrained article, con- - -, eluding thus: "China's whole : Intel lectual tendency is against reforms, but this fact will not keep Europeans- from knocking harder and harder at the doors -of the Chinese Empire, which are as good, as closed, but it is hardly to be ; expected that China will meet us half way.'V ' . - ' - k - - . England's relations; with , Germany have undergone a notable . change in another direction within the week. A v quotation from an article printed in the . -Daily News last Saturday showed that it was expected that the Liberals would . approve of Lord Salisbury cultivating the most friendly and cordial relations . with Germany, but the Standard, alter the arrival at Cowes of Emperor Wil liam, printed a remarkable leading article, saying that, although Eng- -land desired to retain - Germany's . friendship, Germany had better renounce some of her ambidextrous - Bismarckian methods in her relation with foreign , Powers, especially in connection with -Africa. This article was widely quoted and i unanimously condemned , by the German press. (- k ' . : The presence of British and Spanish men-of-war at Tangier is due to the an- . thorities at Morocco having granted consent to the permanent existence of a French Consul at Fez. ' The other Powers insist that their representatives - - shall be granted the same privilege. ; The gold and silver reserves of the : Bank of France have reached a sum in excess of 182.000,000 pounds sterling, of which amount about 5,000.000 pounds is , in silver. This is not only the largest re serve ia the world, but it has never been : paralelled in the history of England. i Mr. James Kler Hardie, the ' labor leader who satin the last Parliament for the south division of Westham, has ac- , cepted an invitation to attend the Labor Congress to be held shortly in Chicago. He will sail for New York - on August . 17th. During his visit to this country be will speak in several of: the largest . cities. The regular week at Cowes this year, judged from a racing point of view, -was not equal to that, of last year, but . socially ii was as brilliant as ever. - Em peror William of Germany had the sat isfaction yesterday of ' seeing the : schooner-yacht Verena. owned by his chosen friend, the Earl of Lonsdale, win . I the Emperor's cup. I - WASHINGTON NEWS." 1 .;.-.. - - '-' . ' Judge Bemmee' Argument In the 8uar -. Bounty Cases Hovamenta of D. a. Wat ShipaCralser Cudnnatr Ordered to Be- -lleve the Atlanta at Key West. . . , ; 1 B Taktranh to tha ItonUaa btai- Washington,. August 10 Judge v SemmeSf Of Louisiana, . the attorney of the sugar planters ' of that State, "made the final argument in the sugar bounty cases before Comptroller Bowler to-day. He asserted in his opening speech that bounties, direct and indirect, had been . sanctioned by the people and by legisla tion, after which, he cited the pswer given by the Constitution to Congress to gise money and to make appropriation, e then, quoted numerous authorities on constitutional lato show that Con gress was - not restricted in us use pf. money. Following this he took up the qaestion as to what' was "public pur poses," and quoted many legal - authori- - ' ties. In this connection, be said that ' for - over . a 1 century no court in the United States, for any reason whatever, ; had attempted ; to interfere with the ; grant of any appropriation by Congress. ' The cruiser Cincinnati wm sail irom iiewnort. without delay to relieve the mm . " A m . . a I cruiser Atlanta from the duty of watching for Cuban filibusters- at Kef West and the Atlanta will return to New York im mediately on being relieved. A tele-. gram has been received at the Navy Department from ' Commander Crom well, of- the Atlanta, stating that the -Connecting shaft between the furnaces and the tubes of one of her eight boilers hadJroken, rendering the boiler useless. : I 'Newport, R; Ii August ,10. Orders instructing the Qncinnati to tail this morning for Key West, to relieve the Atlanta have been rescinded, and she is now under orders to depart on- Monday for the same purpose. . ; . Several car loads of foreign exhibits for the. Cotton States, Exhibition were received at the Atlanta custom house yesterdayi-; ;;- " : THtkECEN T MASSACRE that this would ruin the Industry, as
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