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WILLIAM It. BEBNABD, JCdltor ini Propria tot. WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, ;:' ' ' September 6,' 1895, (ST la wridag to change jrotrr address Amjv grt fmrmtr curecaoa a wtu m uu i yon wth roar pper to be lent hereafter. Unlessyoe do both changes caa ut be mad. - vr Notices of Marriage of Death, Tributea of Re spect, Resolution of Thanks, c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, bat only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay lor a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. tar Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ter will register letter when desired. . Only soch remittances will be at the risk of the pablisher. f3T" Specimeo copies fonrsjded whea desnred. " HOW TO EXTIRE THE GBJBEJT- BACKS. -.;: There seems to be an Increasing demand by the "sound money" peo ple for the 'retiring of - the green backs, the reason alleged being that they are used to keep the Treasury drained of gold. It may be incident ally remarked that no demand has come from the people, for retiring these greenbacks, which render a nra tmnnrtartr ZPTvlfif in RnnnlvinC t them with the currency they need, and as a matter of fact are prefer able to either gold or silver, because more convenient for handling than either, on the same principle that a gold certificate or a silver certificate Is"7 preferable to either the gold or . silver. , : ': " These greenbacks have been in circulation for thirty years, and al-thnno-h nricrinallv issued as jzmonev e --o redeemable in no thine, thev have become a fixed part of our currency, and would continue to remain so if it depended upon the people showing any aversion or hostility to them. It is true that nearly twenty years ago a Democratic convention condemned the Republican policy which kept these greenbacks in circulation, and two years later a Democratic Con gress passed a law prohibiting the Secretary of the Treasury from de stroying them when "redeemed," and requiring him to reissue them and keep them in circulation. The rea son it did this was to prevent the dangerous contraction of the cur rency which was threatened by the redemption and destruction of the $346,000,000 of greenbacks which were then outstanding. That action was endorsed by the people, who have ever since continued to use these greenbacks in prefer-: ence to either cold of silver, and if there ever has been any popular de mand since for retiring them we have never heard of it. The people know, of course, that these greenbacks are redeemable in "coin," but they never think of that, for they don't want the coin. They, prefer, as we have said, the greenbacks which are more convenient than coin, and while they have a coin value in purchasing what the people want and in paying debts, they are good enough for the pe ple. and it will be a very long time before a demand comes lfrom them to call the greenbacks in. After these greenbacks have been been m circulation for thirty years j and rendered the efficient service they have as a currency equal in pur- ! chasing power to either "gold or sil ver, simply because they were so made by law and the people cheer folly accepted and used them as such, Mr. Benedict, of Wall Street, who wants thtm retired, objects to them as worse than silver, which he says has -some "intrinsic" value, while they, being made of paper, have nose. As far as the intrinsic quality, not value (for there is strict ly speaking no such thing as intrinsic value) silver is good for some pur poses and paper for others' and paper has its intrinsic quality or proper ties just as tiiver has. It performs a very important part in the varied uses to which it is adapted, and the world would be a great sufferer if it were suddenly deprived of paper, so that when we come to speak of "In trinsic value," as the phrase goes; we must consider the uses to which the thing spoken of is or may be put. But Mr. Benedict, Mr. Eckels and others of the "son nd monw" trih of Wall street want the greenbacks retired for the reason that they have no ' ''Intrinsic value" wand serve to keep the Treasury drained of gold, although there would be no neces sity for that if the Treasury officials didn't oersist in navino crnM Jnctoorl I f J of "min " . ,.:'. . -:-:- While they - demand the with drawal of the greenbacks they make no suggestion as to what kind of currency is to take their place, the only proposition yet made being for redeeming them with interest bear ing bonds, Increasing the public debt $500,000,000 to get the gold to redeem them and other demand paper. It seems never . to have occurred to them that 'the American people would sit down oh the man or the nartv that would seriously advocate that hard enough to squeeze the breath out of them. If they were to suggest that the greenbacks be retired and their places taken by an equal amount of coined silver,. they; would" stand a chance of having such a proposition listened to and would at the same time give silver some of the recognl tion tnat it is entitled to. . In other words let them agree to the limited coinage ot stiver, quit redeeming the greenbacks in gold so as to make the gold sharks turn them loose,' and ; when a sufficient amount' of silver has been coined; call In 'the ereen- backs and Issue In their place silver certificates endowed with full legal tfcridef . properties. This .would be equivalent to redemption Jn" silver,; we know, but this wouid be also pro viding a way to prevent the contrac tion of the currency,- which would follow from redeeming the green backs and Issuing 5 bonds in their stead. " We are not hankeringfor the retiring of the greenbacks, but if they will retire them: let them show a willingness to replace them' with silver. - - " -- , r ' . MIS0R MXBTIOX.- An ounce of fact sometimes knocks out tons ol theories,and tumbles pyra mids of predictions based on those theories.. When the Wilson tariff was under consideration and it was proposed to put copper, coal and Iron ore on the free list, the protec tionists protested and to show what the effect would be drew designs of our mining regions, " representing them plctorially as immense "grave yards over which the gloom hung so thick that you could slice it oft like cheesey and. In which there, "was no visible sign of life. I Well, notwith standing these prognostics of dis aster copper "ore went on the freer list and for years copper mining has not been as active and prosperous as It Vis V now. ; In ' consequence ot the stubborn opposition of a few Democratic protectionists in the Senate a compromise became necessary on iron and coal,; and the tariff was reduced one-half. The re sult is that with the reduced tariff there is a boom in the iron business, which was never in a more encourag ing and prosperous condition than it is now.' The ; following from the Philadelphia Times, published in the great coal State of Pennsylvania, tells the story of coal: "The coal commerce of the country is deep in suggestions to the advocates of high protective schedules. For the year past the total coal production of Canada, which includes British' Columbia and the Northwest Territories, amounted to 3.454.188 tons. The consumption of coal in the Dominion aggregated 5,496.776 tons, and while Canada exported 095.998 tons the imDorts amounted to 1.530.582 from the United States. "When the tariff on coal was reduced from 75 to 40 cents a ton it was claimed that such a course would ruln.tbe soft coal mining Industry of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as Canadian coal would compete and flood the markets. Under the first.year of the Wilson tariff bill the Dominion imports half as much coal as the Nova Scotia and other oper ations were capable of producing, and all this with the Cape Breton miners mak ing 75 cents a ton to the average rate of 45 cents in this State. . "What would the situation be if there was no tariff tax? The removal of 85 cents of the tax increased imports from' this country nearly one millon tons in th near inst enrlMl a verv rnntrarv claim to the predictions of the calamity- uowicrs. ..... . ' . ' . We admire the cheek of those or gans which take credit to themselves for being the champions of "sound money" while they charge either dk rectly or by implication that those who differ from them favor "un sound," "dishonest" money. "Sound money" is a catch phrase that they appropriate without any right, to de ceive people by a play of words. As they use it it is a fraud of the first water. If it means anything it means simply that the only "good," VsbundrM "honest" money is gold and that all the others are merely representatives of money, and good only in as far as they are exchangable for gold. They say that stiver is. good because the Government keeps the silver coined at a parity with gold, by making sil ver dollars redeemable in gold, when every one knows that the Govern ment will not exchange a dollar in gold for a dollar in silver, nor re deem in gold 'a silver certificate. Why: then this fraud in claiming that the Government makes its sil ver good by backing it with gold when it does no such thing? The silver dollars take care of them selves by virtue of the : stamp they bear and the legal tender quality they possess, and the man who pro fesses to believe that"the Govern ment will ever undertake to redeem them in gold is either a simpleton or a knave. ' , ;- ---:" " . ;v? North Carolina is not much of a trumpet blower and never was, but she is getting in some mighty "telling work in the building of cotton mills. She has for some time led all the Southern States in the 'number Of mills, and will before long, at the present rate of progress, lead In the number of spindles and looms and in the amount of cotton consumed, which has a little more tharrdoubled in the past five years. -: She now con sumes a quantity nearly equal to One- - - .Is - V ' . nan tne total product of the State. If every cotton-growing State, did pro portionately as well what a home market we would have r for-cotton, and how much more money the South would make out of it. While we .- are entitled to . some cred it ior : this . good showing as 1 an - r evidence -.- nf . j ntr. prise and, thrift "it must be acknow ledged that North Carolina- haaex ceptional advantages for the estab lishment of mills in the fact that in at least two thirds of the State everv stream of any size affords - water- power and some of them enough to turn all the wheels in New England. This is an important factor, which, ot course, accounts for the rapid in crease of mills in this State and will continue to increase them for years' to come.- : .' ." :. r -Three hundred people last SSatur day shared ih.the festivities of cele braUng the 91st birthday of John and: Richard VJMcGrlff.: twins, of Geneva, vlndiana, .This interesting pair ot orphans never wore glasses. never use acane and are as nimble as goats. " . - The - Richmond DtipattK ii'fiot meeting with much ' success In its elfbrts to keep the,-silver question 6utof the Virginia" State canvass. County after county Is indorsing Daniel for the Senate and free coin age at 16 to 1 and it is evident that a-very large majority of the Virginia Democrats favor the "Populism: sil-. ver. craze" (if we may be pardoned for using an expression of some of the gold. standard-bearers). It is a fact, however, that the "county con ventions referred to are strictly Dem ocratic, having no Populists or crazy men among the delegates. The Baltimore Sua, through , its Washington correspondent, is trying to start a Carlisle boom for S the Presidency." ; The correspondent takes it for; granted ' that he is strong in the - South, while his ""sound money" views would make him "acceptable to the North' ' There is a coal mine 'in Pennsyl vania which is worked by women ex clusively This shows that "women can not only work their way on top of the ground but under it MAIL FACILITIES Extended to 6oen View ty letter Carrier ''y. Berrioe from Wilmington.' -.-- Through the efforts of Postmaster Morton the Summer residents on Ocean View beach will hereafter have the same mail facilities that people jn Wilming ton enjoy, the Department , at Wash ington having directed that the carrier service of this city be extended to that place, and two deliveries and collections ot mail be made there daily, the same as In the city. The service will begin this morning, a letter carrier going down to the beach on - the .10 a. m. train to deliver mail and get lists of occupants.of cottages and hotels who receive, mail and wish to have it delivered to them there. The earner will be supplied with stamps to sell to persons desiring to pur chase. ; V : '-ris0; ''J-y ;J-i Postmaster Morton deserves great cre dit for this extension of mail facilities. He would have had it in operation early in the season, but was unable . to do so. He has, however, secured it for the' re mainder of the season, ending Septem ber 80th, and it will be resumed next year as soon as the season opens. ' ' "Baaar'SBW,"aaBBBaaaBaaBBB ' Her Husband was Pastor of ,1 Fifth I Street Churoh. .. - j ;'; , ".. ; - After three weeks' illness of fever, Mrs. Mary Holl. widow of Rev. William I. Hall, of the North Carolina . Metho dist Conference, died at her residence in' Shelby Saturday morning,. August 17th, 1895, and was buried by the' side of her husband in the cemetery, at TKing's Mountain. ' Z"- 'ci':i'i"S. 7i- : Rev. Mr. Hull died some ten years ago. : He was at one time pastor of Fifth Street M. E. Church South, of Wilming ton, and for three years was on the Top sail Circuit. - : NEW YORK TRUCK MARKET. Vail and Beliable Beports of Markets For ; Southern Tralta and VeaetaDlee. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; New York, Sept. 4. Peaches steady and in lair, demand with moderate of ferings and - prices firm.; Some fancy large exceed' quotations. Watermelons held steady; supply moderate, but .'de mand light. Sweet potatoes steady for fancy; inferior dull.; Peaches, carrier. 1 to 2.50; basket, 50c. to:$l.S5. Water melons, per hundred, to to fl8.' rota toes, awcet, $1.75 to 2.00. ' " Good Words for Trsnk. Lnmbertoa Robesonian: ' Ex-Solicitor Frank McNeill, so well , and favorably known in this county, where he lived for. quite a number of years, has located in Wilmington, N, C, to practice his profession. The Wilmington people can oe congratulated upon the acquisition that has been made by the bar there in having Mr. McNeill as one of its mem bers, x He is not only an able lawyer, bnt a refined and honorable Christian gentleman. We are glad : to see that ne nas determined to remain in his native State, and we predict for him a successful professional career in Wil mington.' Our best . wishes, and in fact the best wishes of the whole people of Robeson county, go with him to his new home. i, " - Aooident to Dr. Fritohard. Charlotte Observer, ot 4th: ' Yesterday morning, while Dr. Pritchard and Mr. Milton Dowd were out driving,: the hrtrf: ahir1 frnnt tli art mv mmA tm buggy struck a tree in front of Dr. J. H. McAden's and turned the buggy over. Dr. Pritchard was severely bruised. He fell OB the rnrhino nrtnn thm rioht aiif of his face, bruising it and scraping the a.ia uu iw nis snouiaer ana oreasc were also hrnivd Vin, rtn Mrinni VrnnMa will result the physicians think. Dr. Cf Don oghue happened to be passing about the I .Z .1 .' . . a a time ui ine acciaent ana ne ao minis tered to the doctor's wounds "Late vesterdav eveninc nr. Pntrh. ard had some fever." . v - v Msxton Item. . ,- From Harker's letter in the Robeso- man: 1 - . The moonlight nights of the past week have been delightful and have de veloped several . lady bicycle riders in Maxtpn. " The first bale of cotton was brought into Maxton last Saturday by Mr. Byrd. who lives on Mr. R. M.,McNair's place. It brought 8 cents per pound. ., - the) crops of this section bid fair to be splendid,- and if the " price of cotton keeps up to its present mark" there will be no occasion for complaining of "hard times? this. Fall. - Chance of Engineers. - C-' ' -The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says: "Mai. William S. Stanton,, the army engineer, who Jaas been (n charge, of the Wilmington and other ; Nortb Carolina -. improvements, with headquarters at .Wilmington, has been transferred to Oswego and relieved by Lieut. D. P. Heap, who comes from .Portland, Me." ; I- : J " v ' Frel itniia. . Send -your address to H. -E. Bncklen & Co Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's - New Life Pills. A trial will convince y6u or their merits. These pills are easy .in action and are particularly eflective in the cure of Con stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma laria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaran teed to be perfectly free from every dele terious substance and to be purely, vege table.' They dq not weaken by their ac tion, but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly tnvienraie tfc a 5 tern. Regular size 85c per boa :-:"' SoH by i R. R,'BxLUiinr, Druggist. H f ARRIKGTOH TRIBUNAL. JUDG WHlTAKER MAKES A SPEECH. A Soathlnc Amlsnxaent of Kn, AxMncton and the Committee Calls the XaOj a - Liar Mrs. Arrington ISakes Charges AsmlBst the Jndge. y ' Star Corresjtmdence . ; ; Raleigh, N. C Sept. : , Secretary; Cooke took the oath of office yesterday afternoon 'before. Gov ernor Carr. and i immediately,1 took charge of the offic.. - - Mr, Cooke was to have appeared be fore , the Arrington court k to-daybut Judge Whitaker. appeared before' the; august tribunal! and gave' some of "the hotest and most spicy shots that were ever given in the Senate chamber.'. "He came,"-he said, "to answer statements made by Mrs. Arrington - yesterday." The Judge said, that he came to protect bis character not only for himself, out also, for the - sake -of - his children. He had a stenographer ' with : him' and began ' with -i: a half hour's speech in which he rasped Mrs. Arring ton and the committee, -He. called her a liar and spoke disparagingly of her as a lady. ; He took the committee to task and said that it had done him an injus tice and that they had acted ungentle manly in their treatment ot him. Phil lips and Campbell were both sober, and this brought them to their feet . Both were highly enraged and made animated speeches. . - attempting . to refute udge ' Whitaker's charges. Campbell got. excited ? and : made a : nnm ber; of extravagant " statements. : He lost complete - control of.' his temper. Judge Whitaker said that Mrs. Arring ton had made statement derogatbry to him, and he asked the -committee to have her make her charges in , writing before, taking ; her testimony, : After much squabbling the committee. . at Judge Whitaker's j request, had Mrs. Arrjngton's testimony of the day before erased from the books. This insulted Mrs. Arrington, and she made a number of side remarks and insinuations. She charged- Judge Whitaker with running the r committee, and said she -would leave the room if he was not stopped. The committee had:, to call her to order several times.- ;.,K;;-r - y ;- .... " Mrs. Arrington made her charges and stated that Jadge Whitaker - had de ceived her while her attorney, and that she had heard he i took $1,800 of her money in - making 1 a , collection. . This statement she could not prove . - : Judge Whiuker then addressed the committee and staled that i he could prove this to be false inblack and white on a paper to which Mrs. Arrington's name was. attached; He said it would take several days to do this, as he would have to get witnesses from Nash county, including Jacob Battle, B. H. Brown and others. ,r-'-. l:. : '" ? ': :, Lord. Campbell and the 'committee said- they .could not wait.- The Lord Justice said he was sitting there paying his own, board bill land wonld certainly adjourn sine die to-morrow before IS m. Judge Whitaker thought , he should be given a hearing and Mrs. Arlington was permitted to go on with her .testimony. - - Isaac Liggins, the negro "whose leg was broken : at the car wheel- factory, died yesterday from the effects of am putation which became necessary. . - A Sammer OuUng Splendid Huntlnc and . jruhlns Kicht Hoodred : BCountam Trout Caacht. 'j ' ' J - -:' Mr. M. Cronly, JrJ. has just returned from his sammer outing of two weeks, which he heartily enjoyed, He spent a week at Col. K, M. Murchison's moun tain .retreat, on Caney river, in. Yancey county, about thirty miles west of Ashe ville. The party consisted of Col. K. M. Murchlson ' and Mr. New York; Messrs. Jarnes Swans, qf S, M. In man and son, F. M. Inman. of Atlanta; W. A. Doody. of Macon,; and M. Cronjy, Jr of Wilmington. "Big Tom," the noted hunter and trapper, acted as guide.' - The Reek-on Caney river was most delightf ally spent in hunting and fishings Mr. F. M. Inman killed a very large buck; the first deer he had ever seen, and ;Big Tom" killed a fine doe. Mike turned loose both barrels of his breech loader at a buck, at close range, without "getting a hair;" but as the "antlered monarch" came very near running over Mike before he saw him there is ample excuse for his faulty aim?:! .', ; ' The party had very fine sport in fish ing, catching oyer 800 mountain trout, those "speckled . beauties" that are the joy and delight of the expert angler. .-. ' Mr. Cronly brought" back with -him the skin of an enormous bear, killed by "Big ! Tom." and the j skin of the deer killed by Mr. Inman. These will be turned over to 'Squire John G. Wagner, of Masonboro. who will tan them in his usual- unapproachable style. Mr. Cronly alsof bronght with him some' beautiful Pekia ducks and a photograph of "Big Tom." -By the way some idea may be formed of the prowess of "Big Tom" as a hnnter when we inform the reader that he has killed 118 bears. i ; A GOOD INVESTMENT. The 8oood Series of Stock of the Cltl xiah . Bulldinc Aasooiation Pays 10 :. Percent.- j , v J- Stockholders in the second series of stock! of the Citizens'- Building and Loan - Association are 'requested to call at the office of the Secretary, Mr. John D. Bellamy,, r at 10 o'clock a, m.. to day, and ' receive full payment . for unre deemed shares, 'Notes and mortgages will be surrendered to holders of unre deemed shares. - - "J Jhe Citizens' Building and Loan As sociation makes a ; highly creditable ex hibit on the second series of stock: re ferred to above. It J has z matured in three f week's" less ' than, six years. The amount ".of instalments paid in during that time, on each share, is $77.25,- The amount to be paid on' each unredeemed share to-day is $100.40. - This shows a profit'ef $23.15 per share, and is a trifle over 10 per i cent, oni the jnvestment, basing the calculation! on three years' time ) for; the : whole amount; inyested, Which; is the 'proper average.; ; - There, is nothing better for men of moderate means than: a well managed .Building 'Association. 7:?',-i Sew Cotton Jrom Jjaariabargv r ,-.'',' '-f'yl The first bale of new' North Carolina cotton was received here yesterday from Laurihburj;, N. C, by fr.J. H. Sloan. It was shipped by Mr. J.: W. McNalr, of Laurinburg, who bought ' it-: from" Mr!' John - W. Graham, paying 8 cents per pound. J it was graded stria middling. - '-i" 1 W Orcr Finr Tsars --.-' -' .' Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bs been used for over fifty vearsoy miUtons of mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect snccesa. - It soothes tpt child, softens the gums;' allays all'pain cures Wind colic, -and is ;the bes remedy -for Drarrhoea. It wilt relieve .a: roor little -saHdrer : immediately, t ooH ; by druggists in every part of tne wo Id Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure anr ask for Mrs. Winslow t Soothing Syrup -and take no other UnX. : ' - ' I;1- :;;'.;.--- :e----l -v-v- ?H2 IZ.XIXI..I1 . L .ITi They Perfect Their Organisation and Ad ' journZha Output of rertlirssrs Hay ' itcd to 640.000 Tons for the ZSext Tear. .-' Askeville Citizen r The Southern Fertilizer Association is now a permanent organization, the rep-' resentatives of numerous lertllizer manu factories mtheSouthhaving completed their work last night at 11 o'clock: r 'Permanent organization was effected by the election of the following officers : - President W. A. "Clark. Columbia,. S. C-v ' " - Vice President Joseph- HulC Savan nah;Ga. - ' f Secretary-H. M. Tucker, Jr:, Charles ton, S. C- -:r'i-vrh.C The directorate is made .up ot mem-, bers In the different States as follows:: .Virginia- E, Sturd wick, Norfolk; S. W. Travers, Richmond. . ... ' North Carolina Henry. Savage, .Wil mington; Fred Oliver Charlotte." ? South Carolina W. A. Clark, Colum bia;! G, A. Wagener, . J. B. E. Sloan, W. B. Frost, G. .Walter Mclver, Charles ton.: S';-" H''-i-'VVU 'VC- Georgia A. D. Adair, Atlanta; J. Rice Smith, Augusta; Joseph Hull. Savannah; R. J. Taylor, Macon. " f ; 5 - Alabama O. a Wiley. Trby; E. R. Tabor, Montgomery. ;;r. VJ- L-.j. . . .One of the important'clauses ot the agreement which is in force for oneyear is that concerning the production of the factories In the association. , The limit is 840.000 tons of fertilizer for the year, apportioned among the members, This, of course, does not mean that, this ton nage will be all sent out in the territory ot the associations which; includes the States from Virginia to Louisiana. Some of the Northern factories will of course ship I tntor the", territory. .Besides this, there are ...some ' lactoriesv. In "..the South that . .. do not , belong . to the association. For instance. , it is said that there are nearly 50 factories in North Carolina outside, the association, out they are . mostly small ones. The factories In the association can put out a much greater amount, but the .total was based upon estimates of the tonnage re quired by the planters and the associa tion, desired to prevent an overprodncr tlon. j IUs thought prices will remain at about the present figures. ;'..;.. Conventions are to be held annually hereafter. y--y-f PLANT-CLYDE LINE.' Humored AlUanoa Between the Plant and Clyde I4nee Only a Bnmor. Bat Seems '. toBava a Baaic t: f '. ;- J, ..r . There has been a great deal of talk in tramc circles lately, says the Charleston. News 6 Courier, about some alliance which, it is reported, has been formed between the Clyde Line and the Plant system. : No one is given as the author ity; for the statement that an understand ing of some kind or other has been' en tered Into by these two great transporta tion: lines, yet one continues to hear, on all sidles that such is the case. The. ru-r mor has, ia fact, gained such wide cur rency and it is so generally accepted as being based on fact that it is almost im possible to doubt that there is at least some foundation for it. ; ;; People who are familiar with the traffic) conditions of this section have been saying for eighteen months or two years that the relations between the Plant and Atlantic Coast Line systems were becoming more and more strained. It has been repeatedly said that if either system could discover a means of ren dering itself independent of the other it would, accept the opportunity at almost any cost. People who place faith in the Clyde-Plant alliance idea- seem to think that the break between the Coast Line and the Plant system is about to come. They predict that during the next win-' ter the Coast Line will be found divert ing its business over the Denmark ex tension , and gaining admission to Florida - via the Florida Central- and Peninsular system. Such a course would undoubtedly be Ta deadly blow aimed at the Plant system; and wonld force Mr. B. W. Wrenn to seek some new and powerful Northern connection. Should the Coast Line even attempt to carry out such a policy as this the Plant system might very probably turn to aa alliance with the Clyde Line for a way 1 out of ; the dilemma in which It would find itseU. w An alliance between the Plant system and the Clydes might be a good thing for Charleston, but it is not what the city has hoped for. 1 There ' have been certain signs seen in the commercial heavens within a few months which have inspired the hope in Charleston trade that Mr. Plant proposed to establish a line of steamers of his own bet ween, this port and the East, and any arrangement which j prevents the consummation of the much to be desired result will be re garded unfavorably here. .. Weloome Week. Several prominent merchants' called at the Star office and expressed them selves as ' being pleased at the' steps taken to get the merchants to have a gala occasion . this year to bring the merchants and farmers here this win ter. There were . many .; who ex pressed themselves as follows: "The Atlanta Exposition will not .; effect Welcome Week in the least as those who visit Atlanta are a different class from those who will come here on busi ness. There seems to be no doubt about the one cent a mile railroad rate, and this wiQ be the most prosperous year for several years with the farmers and conn try merchants, and we need to draw some of their trade by bringing , them here.' It is also a prevailing ; opinion that those seeing the necessity of a Wel come Week move will subscribe more liberally than heretofore and begin work at once:". . :V - - " THE COTTON , MARKET. Fort Beoeipta Very Smll--X2stimAles of the Crop betting Down to 7,000,000 Beier.' J. T. Roddey & Co., cotton factors, of .New Yotk, say in their report of Septem--ber 8: wW'-iZ-- Crap reports from - the South only confirm what we have been : bearing for the past two weeks. From New Orleans worms ire reported , to be cleaning op plantations in many places. : From Ala bama crops will be 60 per cent, less than last , year. Similar messages f rom , the Texas and Mississippi weekly govern ment 1 epcrts expected very unfavorable crops everywhere, estimated two to three; weeks late . and the conditions daily J growing worse, so that - con servative men are bringing their es timates j down to: 7.000.000. ? With such figures proving "true. 9 cents would be cheapj for cotton. All the unfavora ble news is being confirmed ' by receipts; New Orleans receipts for to-morrow es timated at 100, against 850 the same day list year; Houston 8,800 to-day. agaiost 5.400 the same day last 1 year; port re ceipts for two days 2,000. against 8.2C0 last year the same days. While we be lieve in higher prices as justified by the present Conditions.- we think on sharp advances it will pay to taker profits and get in; again on reactions, which are al most sure to follow sharp advances, es pecially where a market . is being pfra- miaea as this.on nas been recently. . . I T. CO Tlie Modern Beauty T- Thrives Ion good food and sunshine. witn plenty ot exercise In the open air. Her form glows with health and her face blooms with its beauty.' ILher sys tem needs the cleansing action of a lax attve remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. CvwmX? Cw Dr. W. D. MoMillan Elected County Phj . -. aioian Property Aetesiments Adjusted . Delinguenia to be Allowed to -LUt - Property Board of Education Con--. vened-A . ITew School House to be , '.Buflt in District So, 10. V The- Board - of Commissioners held their regular monthly meeting, yester day -Present Messrs. H. A. Bagg (chairmaD). B. G. Worth. L. PearceT J. C Stevenson and B. S. Montford. ..' -Treasurer Van Amnoge submitted his report for the month of August, showing balance on band to the credit of the general, special and educational fund. - - Register of Deeds- Haar submitted report of - marriage licenses issued d nr ing the month ' ot August, and the ; fees therefor ($1125) : turned over to -the county treasurer, v .: -: - .;- - . ; ' ' ; ' The matter": of salaries of the county physician and Superintendent of health, were taken up for consideration. . . ; On motion the salary of the superin tendent of health was fixed at $500 per ' annum,, and the salary of the county, physician, $400. . ' On motion an election for ' county physician was held and applications for from Dr. W. HalLsDr. W. D. McMillan, Dr. W. Fi Stokes and Dr. A. H. Harrlss were read. ' A ballot was taken, and Dr. McMillan having received a majority of the votes (four) was declared elected county physician for the term of two years from September 1st, 1895. r The Board of Assessors of Harnett township, on complaint of owners of "East Wilmington property,, recom mended that no change of valuation be made, and on motion their, recommen dation was approved. -" The valuation of property in block 821, Wilmington township was ; made as fol lows: H. H. Parsley $600. "R. A. Pars ley $400, Mrs. RutlandJIOO, C. Parsley. Jr.. $650-. .vi ; -On , motion the -Board .allowed M. Cronly $2.00 per. day. for two days at tendance on the meetings of : the Board. There appearing no clerical error in the assessment of W. H. Strauss, the Board declined to consider his applica tion for reduction. : ;: ; On motion, the valuation of property of T. W. Wood, block 179, was changed to $2,000. : ; , -;. .V- ' ' --. v, ' On motion, the Board decided' to al low the presidents of banks to list shares of stock held by individuals , before the Register of Deeds for taxation. : It was ordered that the tax on stock listed by resident stockholders of the Na-. tional Bank of - Wilmington - and the Atlantic National Bank be abated. -. : It was- ordered - by the - Board that all persons who have failed to list their taxes for 1895 be allowed to list them, provided the taxes are paid at the time of listing. :-'-,, -r r'-'-: ' It was- ordered that the public road in Harnett township, known as the "Wrigbtsville road," from the four-mile post on the Newbern road to the Ash branch, be abolished.- ; ;; The purchase of a suit of clothes lor Lowrey Brown, colored, discharged from the county workhouse, was ordered, the cost, not to exceed five or six dollars, and the same to be charged; to the ac count" of S. H. -Terry, keeper of the county home and workhouse, '- v J f - 1 The Board took a recess until Wednes day at 2 80 p. m. - The " Board of Education convened after the adjournment of the Board of Commissioners. 1 ;- ; ; ": The treasurer submitted his report for the month of August, sustained by proper vouchers showing balance on hand of $7,525.09. - Upon application of sundry citizens of school, district No. 10 the Board of Education decided to use the school honse formerly occupied by white chil dren for colored children, and that the schoolhouse to .be erected near Castle Hayne be for the use of white children in that district. . : : , ; ; - On motion Capt. E. W Manningwas appointed a committee of one to secure ' the proper . papers ' f orf the land and superintend the erection of the school house. . - ;;.....:..-;--;- .., z , :;,; Jurors for the Superior Court. ' ; ; Jarora for the September term of the Superior Court 'l for New Hanover county, which will convene on the 23rd inst. were drawn yesterday as follows: First Week Pembroke Jones, N Jacobi. AH Creasy. S T Eeyes, WG Guthrie, E C Glavin, J H King, W G Whitehead, -W H Humphries, T J Gore. W H Croom. M G Chadwick, Chas E Collins. J R Bissett, M C Wal ton, i Daniel Gureanus. G W Branch. Abner Quinn. E C Griffin, E T Conway. B B Humphrey, R B Freeman, Jr, S G Craig, John- F Soil, A W Wat son, L T Pritchard, A "Lockamy, Charles Thompson, George; A Rogers, Jas Madden; W H Gilbert, J T Little ton, W.S King, C C Covington, W H Turley, Jas T Jewett. , . . ;; . ; Second Week L I King, - W W Hodges, J O Wiggs. Wm Struthers. A B George, Chas B Grissom. D W Ram sey, Walter G McRae, Jno Darden, G A Peterson, E Skipper. W A Wright, las P Montgomery, Hans A ; Kure. I - E Bissett. W R Beery. E S McGowanJno; Sheehan. . ; Cropf in Bladen. x' : Capt. T. J. Green.'of White Hall, who was in the city yesterday gives a good account of crops - in Bladen. : - Corn - is fine, and cotton very good, though the acreage of the. latter is less than last year. The danger to corn in the lowlands from overflow is not yet entirely passed, but the chances favor exemption from that danger. Should the farmers- harvest a full crop on the river lands they will be in better financial condition than for several years. ' . - - J JSTew Crop Cotton. ; Two baies of cotton of the new crop arrived here yesterday afternoon, con-' signed to Messrs. Corbett & Gore. It came irom Mr. E. Sternberger at Clio.. South Garolina. " - '?'::i-'y ' This is the first shipment of the new crop received in Wdmingtoa. .. ;tt is about' two weeks later ' than the first shipment .last year., v 1 : ."..;; : ;- 'gz: " Bs u Crops of Corn and Birds. -. , ; ' ; MrK John F. Taylor, who lives three miles v from Magnolia, war a visitor at the Star office yesterday. He reports a good corn crop, and cotton looking very welL: The partridge - crop, how-: ever, is very short. In fact, Mr. Taylor says he has not seen a covey of young birds ! this season. He attributes the scarcity of oirds to the terrible weather of last February.; I . ; i:x Z.-r The October term of Robesort Superior Court begins September 80th; Sampson October 7tb ; New Hanover, September 23d, for civil cases; Criminal Court of New Hanover October 14th. gQiSlOO "Eeward: tipQJSI " The" readers of this paper will' be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that : science; has been, aole to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only, positive cure known to the medical fra ternlty. Catarrh beine'a f.-vnitntirn5H disease. It requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucons surfaces ot the System, thereby destroying the foundation o: the disease, and giving the patient strength by tmildin up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its cu rative powers, that tney offer One Hun dred Dollars for ariV MM that It Yalta cure Send for list of testimonials. '. Aaaress, v. j. CHENEY & CO -' V 1 ' ;" " Toledo, Or lSold by Druggists, 75c. N7 SECRETARY OF STATE. HON. CHAS. M. COOKE SUCCEEDS THE V';j;- LAT&OCTAVIU3 COKE - . 7ho Arrlnaton Tribunal PhOlipe Sober and Penitent A. Baldch Boy. Drowned-Cetth et Mrs. W. W. Vass-Beauiort Icearanoe BwiBdleca-TJ. 8. BTarsbal Carroll Xabor Day H. C. Batlroad Dividends. " f ; v Star 'Correspondence. i V. ' . ' Ralmgh, September 22.". " 'Hon. Chas. Mather Cooke, of Louis' bhtg, wis' this morning appoinled Sec retary of State to . succeed the late Oc tavius Coke. Mr. Cooke's appointment came in the nature of a surprise, as it was known that he came here jn the In terest of the . candidacy of : N. .B, Broughton.jrof this city. Mr." Cooke came in response to a telegram from the; Governor. -He was immediately offered the Secretaryship and accepted it. Of the names-that had been specially urged upon the Governor for appoint ment. Messrs. S. . W. Mason and S', A. Ashe. received ; high . endorsement. Other names suggested to Gov. Carr were N. B Broughton, Raleigh; Capt. W. P. Batchelor, private secretary to the late Secretary Coke; Wm. R.Williams. of P4tfc and W. A. Blair. Mr. Cooke wasla the city yesterday and returned to Louls burg this morning. Mr. .Cooke will re turn to-morrow and take the oath of office on his arrival. It is - not known whether he will retain Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Saunders in the office or not. The bond required is $20,000. - -..x !.- Mr. Cooke cpmeaof distinguished lin eage, .the Cotton Mather family. He was, born. in Franklin county, educated at Wake Forest and served through the war. 'Was admitted to the practice of law ln'67. Has served ; as Solicitor in this - district. Been member of the State Senate - and in the House three times. Was elected Speaker of the House and presided dur ing one session. -Has oeen ,a prominent candidate for the Democratic Congres-. sionat nomination for the last two terms. He was selected, as the standard-bearer last year, but was defeated in the Fusion landslide by Stroud. : ;;..: '- -? r:,. Editor James, of l the Wilmington Review, wis in the city to day greeting friends.-. . - :: : .': vv ".. .- ; Phillips has sobered and is very peni tent. He says he thinks he will apolo gize tothe people of Raleigh-through the j papers . for v his conduct." "Lord" Campbell Is also sobering. '. ; .. The court' f after ; refleaing held s public session this morning in the Sen ate Chamber. Several; witnesses' were examined; but nothing new developed. ' Mr. Quint. Busbee, a Raleigh boy, was drowned yesterday at Ocean View near Norfolk. No particulars - were learned. Basbee was a very daring young man. He was a member of the Governor's Guard and .an escort of . that company will meet the remains this afternoon at Henderson.. I. - -;.,.. .; The death'of Mrs. W. W. Vass, wife of Major Vass, for many years treasurer of the R. & G road, occurred . Sunday morning rather - suddenly. . Mrs, Vass was. a lovely r lady." Much sympathy ia expressed for the family. Mrs. Vass had presided over the organ of the First Bap tist Church a number of years. There were no services yesterday, in. respect to her memory.' ' -' ; - - :'.:----- Zion Halleman, a prominent farmer of this county, lost a barn full of tobacco night before last by fire. It was nearly cured. ?...;;. .r- rs..ri.;. y',:i . Mr. H. S. Leard, the new: passenger and freight agent for Raleigh is here. . Prof. Craighill, the newly elected pro fessor of the A. & M. College, has ar rived here- with bis wjfe. The college opens on the 8th with bright prospects. The Beaufort Insurance swindlers will be tried at the October term of court in Beaufort ' county, Judge Graham pre siding. ' --;: The new iron bridge over Neuse River, five miles from the city, will be 60 feet high and 150 feet in length. It will be completed by October 1st. ' - f The number of prisoners in the work house is 72. Number of infirm, 72. The increase of prisoners in ten years has been 800 per cent, U. S. Marshal Carroll left to-day for Duplin, Wilmington and Southport on official business. ' . ' . vJ I (CoL Eugene - Harrell has . returned from New York. He saw the horseless wagon in operation and is high in its praise. He says it can be managed easier than horses, being perfectly under control. They . cost . $500 and require one cent an hour to run them. ,. ; ' Labor day . was observed here at 'the Federal buildings. The' Capitol was closed, but banks- went on as usual. Seaboard employes in the shops took holiday; ;-;aM:- i- ":v: ;-'w ; The semi-annual dividend of the N. C Railroad, .amounting to $90,000 being the State's part was turned over to the Treasurer to day.: rs-sr- Mr. A. G. Rowland,! ot . Lumberton, Robeson county, has been appointed a Commissioner of the Circuit- Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, by Judge Seymour. . - ;.-;; -;V: Mr. L. B. Wetmore, of Lincoln county,, a former Democrat, has flopped to the Republicans, so Editor Ayer tells me. ? : . BOARD OF HEALTH.' ; Dr. J, c. Bhepard Eleeted Buperintendent of Health. Jv;;v v '-.;.;:j'i ; "The New . Hanover County Board of Health held its' annual meeting;; yester day at noon in the room of - the County Commissioners at the court house. .Mr.' H. Aj Bagg was elected chairman. Upon taking thexhair Mn Bagg stated that the purpose of the meeting was to elect a Superintendent ' of Health .-for the. county. Nominations were then; called, for. t Dr. S. P. Wright nominated Dr. J,r a, ri, Harrus and ur. u. U. Thomas nominated Dr. Jewett. f j--?; " ) -There was but one ballot taken! which resulted as follows: Dr.. Jewett three votes,1 Dr.- Harriss. three DrV Shepard fifteenv -'Dr. Shepard was declared to be elected County Superintendent of Health for the next two years. "; ', ; Dr.J Thomas offered the ' following resolution, which was adopted, viz:-;; v v That a . committee of three be ap-' pointed . to wait : upon the ' Board of Aldermen to ask that a Board ol Health be organized to control all sanitary mat ters within the cityiimits.andao do such other things as appertain to such boards ,f The motion ;;. was' adopted, and the chair i appointed ' Dr. 'Harrlss, ; Dr Thomas and Dr. 5hepard as the com mittee. :-ijki ;-;::.;-';-Yl'i':: , A :ir; ; -"f ? TBefe being no other business, upon motion the meeting adjourned. : V , . The Board of State Medical Examiners, which: met last week at Wrigbtsville to examine applicants, granted license to the following: " Messrs. J. T. Sevier, D. E Sevier. WJ HUIiard and J.P.Mniard, of Asbeville; E. T,.Hartsell, of Concord; H. W. Car ten of Fairfield; John Mc Campbell,'of Morganton; C J. Savage of Bell Cress; B. R. Graham, of Wallace; "E A Moye,-Jr.; of i-Green ville; iWF, Holt, of Williardsville. and S. M. Mann, of Manteo, White, and W. F. Fuller; of Reidsville. and C H. Barnhart. of Ul .Pleasant, colored; . .-''f:ti:-.i-s r-. M . Mr. Benj. R. Graham, son of Dr. Gra ham, of Wallace. N. C, shared the high est honors f having received ninety-sir out ot one jbwndrcd). with Mr. E. A. Moye. of Greenville. N. C. Mr. Graham and bis father are. both well known in this City, and their friends will.be glad loiearn 01 Mr.. Benjamin Airabam s suc cess. ' v; - - ' DUKP GsgaretteS IGAgfTES W.DukeSonsft.C' WEAMERKUI TOflUCDCO; PUWHAM. N O. u.a.. Vi MADE FROM nighGrado Tobacco , ASS 'ABSOLUTELY PURE decMtf fr sa we W 2p NORTH CAROLINA MILLS. REMARKABLE INCREASE IN COTTON ' ;. MANUFACTURING. Eleven Jims In Course of Constiaotion .Bd ; One Hundred and Forty-Nine Now la Op. ; erarton Thirteen Woollen Mills. Raleigh, N.C Sept. 8. The Stale Agricultural Department to-day issued a valuable bulletin, giving lists of all min ing enterprises in North Carolina. That portion of it which is of greatest inter est ia. in regard to-cotton- mills. This shows that; eleven mills are now in course of construction; that the stock ia eight more has been subscribed, and that one hundred and forty-nine are now in operation, spinning or weaving. Be sides these there are twelve knitting mills, oneilk mill, one towel mill, four tut. jnills and one manufacturing sash cord and cording. There are thirteen woollen mills in operation. The total of all is one hundred and ninety-two. Alamance county leads, having twenty-two cotton mills, Gaston has twenty-', one, Randolph fifteen and Mecklenburg '' thirteen.' .There are mills in forty-one of the ; ninety-six counties. There are re ported 19,000 looms and 756,500 spindle;. Henry , G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, has sent Gov. Carr the following telegram: "I congratulate you and the people ol North Carolina on her remarkable pro gress in cotton manufactures. She is now practically equal to South Carolina, the : largest cotton consumer in the South. By the actual census ol mill!, North Carolina consumed of this year's crop 227,000 bales, an increase of 53.000 over last year. 7, She has now spindles which may be brought into play in 1895-08. which with fair trade conditions should increase ber total to at least 250, 000. In 1890 North Carolina consumed. 114,000 bales. So your State has prac tically doubled her cotton manufacturing within the past five years.-' The GoldsDoro Cotton Mill Company was organized at Goldsboro to-day with sixty thousand dollars paid-up capital and power to increase it to half a mil lion.' It buys the old cotton mill there and will put In new spinning machinery and enlarge the mill. Henry Weill was elected president. ... v ' A SOCIAL EVENT At Point Caswell Last Friday ZTighi Crop Fromlalng. : , :; Point Caswell, Sept. 3. 1895 Editor Star; .Friday night a grand social event' took place in our little town, the occasion being a party and ball given complimentary to visiting friends by Miss Hyacinth Peteison u her : father's residence. About fifty young ladies and gentlemen were pres ent and a splendid evening was spent dancing. At 12 o'clock a delightful sup per was served. Music was furnished by Mr. Lee Simpson's band. Crops in this section are generally above the average, and a bright ant promising Fall is expected. The mer chants and farmers are all unanimously in favor of Wilmington having her an nual Welcome -Week and will come in ' droves R. D. W. " WILL NOW EAT EVEN; "COLD CROW." )j-X-1 - Nashville, N. C, August si. Editor News and Observer: . I send you an extract from the speech of W R. Henry made here in 1892. It is the substance and almost the exact language used by him on that occasion: - If one drop of Populist -blood should fall into the bottom; of a well and that well filled with dirt and rammed with a maul, and grass should grow over it. and a Sheep should eat that grass, I would not eat the mutton for fear of being tainted with Populism." ;di-'';s! Yours truly, ; ;; ,:;:.; :,;; ; B. H. Sorsby. . M NEGRO LYNCHED Tot Attempting a lfelonloue Assault 00 iw ,;. .White QlrL - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond. Vai Sept. 4. The cat of the Pollard murderers has'prev ntrd a Lunenburg culprit from going tuiiiJ. Yesteiday a negro you'h attempted a felonious assault onadauerrcr of An drewi Shelton, who resides over the Lunenburg line, ten .' miles, from here. The fiend was caught ar d given a pre liminary hearing and com milted to ju! Mack Pal more was appointed a special constable to " carry ' the negro to jail. . Mr, Talmore was here to day, and stated that when be was about half way to jail, abom dusk yesterday evening. he was overpowered by a party cf unmasked men.? who took the prisoner from him and fbde him off rapidly through the woods. Air efforts to find the prisorer . or his body have proved fruitless but it 'is safe to assert that he was lyncbn'- Particulars are very meagre at this time. COLORED REFORMERS. Che drand Fountain of the United Ord ; I Seealaa at Blohmond, Va. ;i::; ::j By Telegraph to toe Mcrnlng Sti H Richmond. VaJ, Sept. 4. The second day's ' session of the Grand Fountain of the United ; Order ot True Reformeri (colorrd) was called -to order in True Refonrrers' hall here at 10 o'clock tb morning by W. W. Brown, G. w. . Afterprayer had been offered the follow ing programme was followed: "Work lor the Njght is Coming." Grand Pountsi" Choio M. M. Gordonteader; Reading oi . . Scriptures. Rev. Richard Wells, chap lain; Prayer by Rev.Marshall Williams. Roll Call: Discussion. : At 13 o'clock noon the delegates form ed In liae in ; front of the hall and weie reviewed by the Grand Worshipful M tetC;q:;r r - " Ji. " ".: A.II Pree. 5; Those who have used Dr. King's Ne Discovery know its value, and those wn have not, have "now the opportunity w try it rree. tJall on tneaaveniu gist arid get a Trial Bottle, Free. b your name ana aaaress tu - ienux.L.nicago.anaga!'"r" OfDr- Kins New Life wen as a copy oi- uuiae w "v"r 0f Household Instructor, Free. d which is guaranteed to do you gooo s cost you nothing at R. R. 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