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a " - -''MPinnmmMHi u mi nm . n niP(-MniiHHprw: mini nimnuMML -smwamMfh iuMn iiiiiih iniinm i - n n j -- i -- : - - - ' r - - . i .... - .... . rUlLllHKO AT , T WILMINGTON N.C., AT -r " $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE S888S8888888888S8 aS8g888ggSgSgg' 88888888888888888 88888888888888888- 88888888888888888 88838888288888888 ! 888888S88S8888888 8S88S888888888888 to b o jj at jo jo jd e g g g g 8SS88S88S8S8SS8S3 W . o a. C3 MS Entered at the Pott Office at WHmtgtoa, N. C, u . secona Mm auuter. I SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The lubscriptloa price of th Woekly Star ia as OTcopy 1 rew, pomceprit..........,.....fi 00 8 moQtbs " " 00 ' THE GOLD CB.AZP. The sold monometausts tell as that the "silver craze' is subsiding. There may not be quite as much talk about silver now as tnere was some time ago, because the condi tion of the country, from a business suiidpoint, is improving, and this would materially tend to decrease th financial agitation, whether it A s !aed on silver or any other kind of money. But because people do not continue to make the welkin ring, it does not necessarily follow that they have lost interest in silver, although the "craze," as the gold moncmetalists call it, may have somewhat subsided. The sentiment . for silver is as strong in this country today as it was six months, or twelve months ago, and if the ques tion of free coinage pure and simple wire submitted to a vote of the peo ple without another word being said about it, without any speech making "or effort to. influence theif judg ment or action one way or the other, it would carry by an overwhelming majority. .. fsome time ago Hou. W. D. Bynum, of Indiana, who was put upon the stump in that State to carry on a campaign of education as a "sound money" professor, wrote the New York Herald that while the free silver .agitation had subsided in the cities and towns, in the rural dis tricts and among the farmers the sentiment for free silver was very strong, although they were not say ing so much about it. This state ment would probably cover the situ ation in the country generally, but especially in the West and the South, where the demand for free coinage was the strongest and most out spoken. It is easy to account for the fact, as stated by Mr. Bynum, that the agitation bad somewhat sub sided in the cities and towns, which led to the belie! that the "craze" was subsiding, while the stiver sentiment still continued strong In the country. Id the cities and towns many indus tries have revived, and new indus tries have . been started, giv ing employment to many of the idle, to most of them, tnieh resulted In putting more more money into' circulation and in a pretty general improvement in the condition of the wage-earners in the towns and cities. With their im proved condition, witn more money in their pockets to buy the necessa nes and comforts of life for them selves and their families they are naturally less concerned about the financial question and have less to say about it. In so far the silver "craze" may have subsided, but Jhese people believe as much in - sti ver as they ever did. But if the silver "craze" has sub sided the eold craze is developing Pretty rapidly. In convention re cently the Democrats of the State of I Massachusetts took a long and bold stride in advance of all the conven I ons of either party that Have 0 heen held so far this year, and pro claimed for the gold standard straight out. From a financial and Political standpoint, this is simply "isanity. '.',.. The Democratic national platform i f 1892, declared for bimetallism and 'r the free coinage of silver on ia matiorial "aereement. and in the Went of the failure of that through I legislation as would maintain le parity of our different kinds of Boney- There was nothing said in t platform about committing the Party to the gold standard, nor about wymg all Government obligations in l0,d but these Massachusetts Dem S kick th nlatfarm rt '99. intft . r oia plunder room, construct a c one fonhemselves, declare for reeol( standard- and against the "ce cnmaffA r , : i n.k... 1 aQy silver bv the Government. oich in piain English means that 5T oon t want anv more silver Coinefl On anv trm tint mricf have 'aasthe only money metal. uus far everv Renubllcan con- muu Which hne mt has mtdr. K.J . ' whjch favored bimetallism, on 'Win Conditions n.m. ctatic convention which has met has firmed the Democratic platform 1 which favored bimetallism on fctain conditions, both platforms bei, substantially the same, but the t .v:.v-:.i..,.c:'-- STEAMER COMMODORE. . VOL. XXVI. Massachusetts r Democracy ; struck out on a new line and as for it kicked the national platform all to pieces, and sat down as" hard, as it knew, how on bimetallism. They uon twaat any stiver in tneirs,. ex cept as they are compelled to have i to make change. ; -x ,,!-, rr r.-yJi The Massachusetts - convention talks only for the Massachusetts De mocracy, and in our opinion forthe smaller -" number of - them, ' but we. would .i not be 4 surprised to find conventions;. In other States ia- that section following its ex ample in declaring for the ; gold standard, because Massachusetts be ing the richest State in that corner of the Republic is looked to. as a sort of authority on money. They are in jdanger of catching , the gold craze from Massachusetts. : ' : But as a matter of fact these Mas sachusetts ' Democrats ; voiced ' the sentiment of no small number of he so-called "sound money" advocates, who are quite as much wedded to gold monometallism as these Mas sachusetts proclaimed .of it are. They have been somewhat embold ered by what they believe to be the subsidence of the silver "craze" to make a little further advance on the gold line, and it will be simply a question - of politics and . prudence with them whether they would not, if they could control the next Na tional Democratic Convention, raise the gold standard banner as the Masachusetts gold monometallists have done. MTHOB. MXBTIOH. Secretary Herbert delivered his long advertised speech on the money question at Montgomery, Ala., Fri day night Judging from the synop sis of the speech given In the press dispatches it was somewhat different from the speeches delivered by some of the other missionaries of "sound money" in the fact that it was more conservative and that Mr. Herbert talked both as Democrat and a bi metallist, although he qualified his bimetallism by the intimation flat the country didn't really have much use for stiver and got along pretty well before 1878 with very little of it. But there are some remarkable pas sages in the speech, one of which we quote a3 follows: '- Fortunately for this country ' the effects of the panjc of 1893 are rap idly passing away; money has beean to flow again ia its accustomed chan nels; wheat has risen in prices; cotton has risen in prices; iron has risen in prices; industries are re-opening every where; wages are increasing, and all tnis comes from the act. that tne Dimetai- Hsti of this country, who -are shrewd, far seeing and who watch with keen- eyes the aotngs 01 every polit ical convention, have come to the conclusion that the free silver sentiment n the United States is not strong e ougn and not powenui enowrn 10 force this country to a silver basis." We have a very high regard for Secretary Herbert, but .we respect fully submit that such twaddle as this does'credit to neither his candor nor sense. If this be the reason why cotton and wheat have risen in price, to what will he attribute the fall in the price of corn, oats, potatoes and ther products? Doesn't Secretary Herbert and every one else who has as much sense as the average man ought to have know that the ad vance in the price of cotton has been caused by the reported shortage in the crop, and that the advance in wheat, which has been only trifling, has been, caused by the reported shortage, of 270,000,000 bushels in the world's supply? The silver ques tion had no more to do with this than it had for the unusually warm weather of last September. Nor were the revival in business, increase in wages, eta, influenced, as asserted, by the indications favoring "sound money," for the business revival be sran. and wazes began to increase when the agitation was at its highest, and when the principal perplexity of the professional politician was how to frame his platform without antag onizing it too much. But there is just as much substance in this quo tation as an argument against free silvers there is in nine-tenths of the arguments made against it, and no more. -; - - When wool was put on the tree list the protectionists confidently pre dicted that it would destroy the wool growing industry in this country be cause our wool -growers could not grow it and compete with, other wool-grbwing countries. But ever since the Wilson tariff has gone into operation the prospects of the Ameri can wool-grower have been improv ing, the home demand constantly in creasing. The sales last week in the city of Boston were the largest on record, and 500,000 pounds of the 12,000,000 sold went to England. This. , wool was from 'Montana; and furnishes some proof that the Western wool-growers can grow wool for shipment In competi tion with other wool-growing coun tries. The wool -growers . of Ohio, New York and other States where they pasture sheep on $50 or $100 an acre land might not be! able to do that, and it is hardly to he expected that tbey would. They can't grow. oranges or .bananas either in those States, in competition with Florida and Cuba. If the wool business con tinues to improve for the next twelve months as t has for the past,- the protectionists will be i ashamed to open their mouths when the next Congress meetss . - , ' - - r : - Mr. MuratrIIalstead, formerly of incinnati,5jnow of Brooklyn, is In favor of making the Presidential term two years Instead of four. We suppose his idea is that lwo years is long enough or too long for a Pres ident, who doesn't fiir the bill ac cording to the popular Jiotton; and if he does, he; can be re-elected.: But then imagine, a Presidential election very two years, with the excitement, the .disarrangement in ; business and the millions of dollars it costs, all of which are a pretty severe strainTon the country with our quadrennial -elections, which have brought many peple t4 :e belief that an election ,ronce ln every ; six 5 years- would be the better thing. But per haps ; Mr. Halstead's idea is to re duce the term one half . so as to give some of the numerous aspiring statesmen a.better show to get in, witbout living and hoping in vain as long as John- Sherman has. But if that be his idea he should propose a one year or a six months term, for that is the only thing that" would fill the bill in this respect ' Smiles are sometimes fascinating and sometimes costly. This .was probably the conclusion of the young man in Atlanta if ho was arrested the other day and fined $25 for familiarly addressing a -young lady oa the street, without the preliminary of an introduction, under the delusive im pression tnat she smiled at mm in a store. He will probably be more particular hereafter ; in translating Atlanta feminine smiles. The Patrons of Husbandry pro pose to establish a great manufacto ry of agricultural implements at Springfield, 111., which"" is to be started up next Spring. . The com pany is composed of members of lodges in twenty-two States. BOOK H0TICES. The November numbers of The Paris Album of Fashion and La Mode de Paris are already out, and will be valued by the ladies, who find them such attractive and useful . publications. The colored figures, of which there are nine in each number, are a special feature . of these publications, in addition to which there ate numerous plain figures, showing the styles of dress for the season. Pub lished by A. McDowell & Co, "No. 4 West Fourteenth street New York. How CorbAtt liooka. A New Orleans telegram says: "Cor- bett and party were driven to the hotel. He will give a performance at the St Charles Theatre to-night and leave for -Texas to-morrow morning. It is the general opinion among local sports that Corbett is not the same man as of old. His face is very much pinched and there is a dull look about his eyes. Caps Tsar Hirer Boata. A telegram yesterday to Mr. Madden, agent here for the steamer A. P. Hurt, reported that she left Favetteville Fri day at 5 p. m., with flat in tow carrying 150 bales cotton. The steamer Frank " Sessoms, from Willis' Creek for Wilmington, passed Elizabethtown Friday t 11 p. ra. A large Cargo. ... The British steamship Jeanara, Cap tain McLanchlan. was cleared yesterday afternoon for Bremen, Germany, with a cargo of cotton 11,125 bales shipped by Messrs. Alex Sprunt .& Son. The cargo is beyond doubt a very large- and valuable one. The feanara's registered. net tonnage is 2,179, and her lreight of 11,125 bales weighed 5.599,227 pounds. and is valued at $504,000 Odds on CoibeM. . Riley Grannan, who has lately become famous as the greatest plunger in the worlds of sports at least on this side of the ocean is backing Fitzsimmons. In New York the other day Grannan laid $18,000 on the Kangaroo, obtaining odds of 5 to '8. Should Fitzsimmons win, Grannan will be the richer by something like $30,000. The sketch of the Twentieth North Carolina Regiment by Gen. T. F. Toon is concluded in the Star to-day. Many of the companies composing that fine regiment were from this sectienv and very many of the survivors are sub scribers to the Star. They will enjoy the sketch. ' Ex-Judge Connor, who has been here nearly a week,attending Court, is a native of Wilmington and is always a welcome visitor He is one of the best equipped lawyers in the State, and a most affable and courtly .gentleman. He is an ornament to his profession. The Hon. Risden Tyler Ben- cett, the bald eagle of the Pee Dee, has been in the citv several days, and has been most cordially welcomed by his nu merous Inends. TyleMs a genius. Cotton Gins Burned. Two cotton gins were burned yester- lav at Mount Olive. One of them be lnnaed to Mr. E. 1. Martin and the other to Mrs. T. K. Lee. motner 01 nr. a. w B. Frank Lee of this city. The latter caught on fiie about 10 o'clock yester day morning, destroying . ten bales of cotton, the gin," press and engine, and a quantity of seed. The loss is estimated at about $1,700. In both cases the fire originated in the lint ' room, and was supposed to have been caused from matches olaced in the cotton. The gin of Mr. E. J. Martin was two miles and a half from Mount Olive and that 01 Mrs. Lee's about one mile. Verd tot Foj the Plaintiff in the CM o Karr , i WiUlama et ak va. JUao. Ha!d A Appeal Taken Other; Case filial Adjonrnr ;The ! trial of the case-of Mary Wil liams et aL vsLea Hald was coaiiided yesterday t in?, the - Superior Court the jury finding a verdict for the plaintiffs. The issues submitted to the iarv . and the 'aossienr were: tirV5av?,' XhJ?:'Z-i. " 1. Are the plaintiffs the heirs at. law of Laurence Brown?" Answer Yesi -ft 2 Are jxht plaintiffs, the only, heirs at law of; Laurence Brown? . Answer- Yes. w -.: : - ' VrVf 8. At the time of the execution of the deed - to the defendant was .Laurence Brown jol sound mind- and disposing memory? Answer-No. - 4. Was the said deed obtained by un due influence exercised by the- defend ant Leo. Haid, Daniel O'Connor, Rev. Father. Dennen, or any laymen of the tatholic Church, or any. of them?. An swer- -v . i-; ..- , r . . After the verdict . was -xeceived, -ex- Judge Connor of counsel for . defendant made motion to set the verdict aside on the ground that it was agarnst the weight of evidence on the third issue. The Court denied the- motion, -and then counsel asked tor a new trial. This was over ruled and an appeal to the . Supreme Court was then craved and granted.'. - This case has excited considerable in terest in the community and its trial has occupied the time of the Court for nearly the entire week. The plaintiffs in the case, are - non-residents; - nieces and nephews of the late: Laurence Brown, a boot and shoe dealer here, who died a few years ago. leaving an estate esti mated at $19,000, ; which he con veyed by deed to the defendant Rev. Leo Haid, for the Roman' Catholic Church. The case has been ably con ducted on both sides; and the great in- terest felt by the public was manifested by the large attendance of spectators throughout ' the : prolonged - hearing. Messrs. Thomas W. Strange, George Rountree and C P. Lockey were the counsel for the plaintiffs, and ex-Judge Connor and Messrs. M.' Bellamy & Son for the defendants. - - Court adjourned for the term .last evening. Among the cases disposed of were the following, i K. T. Braddy vs. Carolina Beach Com pany, leave granted to file, answer at this term. S, McD. Tate, State Treasurer, et al. vs. Bank of New Hanover, et al. The receiver filed his report of receipts and disbursements and the Court issued an order confirming the same. Carolina Inter-State Building and Loan Association vs. John C. Stout, et al. Stricken from the docket Nancy Nixon vs. Wilmington Savings and Trust Company, decree. - Junius Davis, receiver Bank of New Hanover vs. A. B. Cook, et aU, order of resale.. ! Elsie Brice. et at vs. Silvia Jones, et alM non suit D. O'Connor vs. trustees Bladen Street M. E. Church South. Continued. Standard Oil Co. vs. - Harding John son, alias summons. ! DeHaven Co. (limited) vs. Alderman & Flanner. alias summons. Hansen & Smith vs. : Argyle Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiffs. Eliza Moore vs. Thomas A. Moore, alias summons. Junius Davis, receiver, vs. William L. Smith and wife, judgment Junius Davis, receiver, vs. i. mtes ana wife, judgment. j ' Junius Davis, receiver, vs. u. w. Wil liams et at, leave granted to make addi tional parties defendants. Joanna Mahn vs. Adoipnus Doscner and wife, judgment K John D. Taylor, receiver.vs. Laura and Henry Tucker, indgment B.F.Keith, Jr.. vs. J. M. King, Jr, iudement I j. L. wescott vs. w. a. mck.ov. order. - i J. L. Wescott vs, W. B. McKoy, R. H. McKov. et aL. order; Henrietta Morrison vs. U. s. Branch London Assurance Corporation, judg ment. Armstrong, Cator & Co. vs. Davis & Zoeller. indement Klise Brice et ai. vs. uaniei riowaro et zh, non suit i Junius Davis, receiver, vs. C B. South- erland. iudement 4 1 Sharpless Bros. vs. Davis a .oeuer. iudement I John D. Bellamy, jr., vs. cmanuei Haeeett et aL remanded to -clerk. Roth well et al. vs. lewett et aiv dis missed." ' . i Davis, receiver, vs- W. C Miller, non snit -.- ! Wescott vs. W. C. McKoy, continued under former order. ; Ricaud. receiver, vs. H. B. Walker non suit. Fidelity & Casualty Co. vs. B. F. Lee, sixty davs to file answer, N. Frank & Co. vs. rowen co. jndgment for plaintiff. FIRE ON THE RIVER SIDE. An Old Shad and a Lot of Bhlnglee r Burned. Fire broke out about 1 o'clock yester day afternoon on the roof of an old shed on the west side of the river opposite Mulberry street There were some fifteen or twenty thousand shingles in the build ing and these with the shed were soon consumed. The building was property of the New Hanover Bank. It was old and practically worthless over half of it having blown down some time ago. i ne shingles belonged to CaptR. W.Gibson, who estimates his loss at about $200, with no insurance.1 The fire is said to have been caused by sparks from the furnace of a pile-driver at work near the shed. . " ' - 1 There was a strong breeze from the north that aent sparks and . cinders whirling through the air, and some of these falling on the roofs of two small dilapidated - houses on the causeway caused their destruction. The Fire Department, in response to the alarm, was early at the river side. Chief Newman procured a lighter, on which the fire - steamer "Atlantic" was carried across by the tug Navassa, and was soon at .work preventing the spread of the flames. The tug Marion also did eood service in this direction. . The Dile-driver. 1 which caused the conflagration, was ignited by sparks, but Was towed away by the tug Anna and the fire put out "The coal yard of the Champion compress co was in aanger bnt successfully guaraeo Dy a .stream from the tug Marion. . A Book of Sermons. X Rev. J. H Hlldretb, who Is engaged in evanoetistic work for the Missionary 'Baptists, has favored the Star with a book of 281 pages, containing twenty of his sermons and several essays of "help and warning, pointing out the way to clnrv." Tne once 01 me dook is to Mota. and Mr. Hlldretb. is now en gaged In canvassing for purchasers. The star wishes mm success. ' . . JWK.fcU. 1-1. UAKUWtUU 1 UfcOS VOTTON. MORE -MONEY I T:' Died Teatetdar. : Afternoon-j Oreecbrier ? ffi;8riBai-rirlmH. The v sad : intelligence , reached here yesterday that Mr. George H. Cardwell was dead, tie died at tne sweet cnaiv beate SDrines, Greenbrier. Va- in the Afternoon. --Mr. - Cardwell was well known -- in Wilmington, : having been chief clerk for? Mr. T. M, Emerson for the past ten -years. - He came here; a mere boy, faithfully fulfilling every duty that was entrusted to him,, and was held in the highest esteem by his employers and his associates. -; All Wilmineton knew this man for his gentlemanly, kind and good qualities. .:tV"::--'--v? Aoout one year aeo his health beean to fail, and he left his home in Rich mond, 'Virginia. He gradually . grew worse and went to the Springs, where he died. He was twenty-five years of age, and leaves a widowed mother and two brothers. Hit mother resides in Richmond, Va. One of his. brothers, Mr. Guy A. Cardwell. who is well known in Wilmington, who holds a respon sible position in the traffic department ot the A. C JU. and bis other brother. Mr. Frank CardwelL is with Mr.- Johnl D. Potts, division passenger agent of the C. & O. R. R. His remains were , sent yesterday afternoon to the residence of Mrs. I. u. Cardwell, his mother... at Richmond, Va, where the funeral ser-t vices will take place to-day. Mr. Gny A. Cardwell, of this city. left last night to attend the funeral of his brother. - The deceased was a man with good qualities in every respect was highly es teemed by all who knew him, and daring his ten years residence m Wilmington had not an enemy. He would have been married last Sprmg to one of Wilming ton's most popular young ladies, had it not been lor his sickness. The star ex tends its sympathy to the bereaved family. ,..-.-. . ; - The Commodore. Capt John C Dillon, the clever com mander of the Commodore, is still in the city. When asked last night by a Star reporter when he was likely to clear, he replied that efforts were being made by himself to have the ship released, but no definite information had been re ceived from the United States author ities as yet In all probability the Commodore will be released this week. He has been very anxious to go on with his voyage ever since detained- by the government authorities, and- feels as though - he and his ship', have . been wronged. He was glad to note that U. S, Marshal Carroll was urging that something be done immediately, as he is now under great expense. AS TO RICE. A Talk With Mr. Talmaae About, the Con . dltlon of the Market. , Mr. Dan Talmage, interviewed by a reporter for the Charleston, News and Courur m regard to rice -said: "Our local holders have shown much wisdom in letting their goods go somewhat free ly, for. barring accidents, the present crop should prove a record breaker, even eclipsing that of 1892. At the same time I trust we shall-not see quite so low figures as three years ago, for monetary conditions are now very dif ferent. - " -' "Since the opening of the season prices have been unduly forced down by the Mississippi river planters hastening' to market their crops before the Calca sieu section could be beard from in a com petitive way. . The harvest however, in this latter district is by no means com pleted, for planting was carried on untd some time in July and crops will not be wholly gathered before the end of the present month, Hence there is a possi bility ot an 'ill wind between now and then to boom the market and make glad the heart of the Carolina planter. There are, in addition, some encouraging symp toms Of rather more tangible character Stocks of trade throughout the countiy are light and demand is broadening every day. Indeed, when frost puts an end to vegetables and fruits now competing, we should see an enlarged Inquiry for rice and other cereals." But" suggested the reporter, "con siderable has been said of late concern ing the high prices in Japan. Has that no bearing on the situation?" Very little, I fear," replied Mr. Tal mage. "japan exports only l per cent, of her crop, and the United States gets but a small portion of that We import. however, four to five times as much ot Burmah, or so-called Java, and this is the foreign which consequently most largely affects the price of domestic rice, "j '-,.'-'-. RALEIGH NEWS ITEMS. Commissioner of Ibor Statistics Xiaoy will Beaten Cotton Gin and Cotton Burned The Mall Bobbery Case. . - 1 Special Star Telegram. Ralxigh, Oct 8. Commissioner of Labor Statistics B. R. Lacy announces that be will resign after his present term expires, in January, 1895." He is cashier of the Dime savings Banks Mr. Li Fowler, of this county, lost his cotton gin and four bales of cotton to day by fire. . N . ; Testimony was: given in the case against Tomlinson lor robbing the mail at Wilson's Mill. It developed that the robbery occurred last July a year ago, Tomlinson says it is a malicious prose cution. - Other witnesses were needed and the case was postponed. Senator Pritchard. Loee Harris, Hiram Grant; of Goldsboro, Satterfield and Jim Young are in consultation here to-night Young says he is for Fusion always. DISTILLERY BURNED; With Sixteen Hundred Bairela of Turpen tine and Boain. 4 Special Star Telegram. ; FAYiTTXViLtx, N. C October 8.- The- turpentinejdistillery of Brittain & Johnson, at Spout Springs, was accl dentally destroyed by fire this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Sixteen hundred barrels of crude turpentine and rosin were lost i The whole loss is $2,000. No insurance. - , RALEIGH NEWS. A Bigamist Arrested in Aahevills O. Z. French Working Up Bussell'a Guberna torial Boom. : ' i Special Star Telegram. - ' Raleigh, N, C, Oct 4 The Gover- nor is notified ot the arrest oi frame -.1 . m - m v ' m Carter, of South Carolina, at Asheviile. Carter is a bigamist - The uovernor of South Carolina has been notified. All the parties stand high. ' G. Z. French s visit here is said to oe in the interest of D. L. Russell's .Gub ernatorial boom. It is said he came to work Jim Young, the editor of the negro paper.;.: mmm' ' Death, of Caps. H. J. Oarraway. A correspondent of the Star, writing yesterday from Weldon, says: : Capt H. J. Carraway. of Halifax, died this morning; agea aoout ou years. . ne was a native, I believe, of Duplin coun ty. He married Miss Sue Simmons, of Halifax, in 1863. tie has been engagea in the mercantile business nearly ever since. He was an upright Christian gentleman. The .Wisdom of Beduoed Cotton Acreage The AdTloe of the newspapers Was WleeAbout Bexf Year.1 .. i. The wisdom of reduced cotton' acre age and increased provision crops,' says the Augusta , Chronicle, is fully : vindi cated by the experience of the Southern farmers this year. , A big corn crop and an .-increased meat crop provide full barns and smoke houses, while the short cotton crop makes the cotton that has been raised bring prices that are profita- Die to tne larmer. iie nas raised at home nearly everything be needs m the way pf provisions, ano ne nas the proceeds of cotton to buy clothes, furniture, and the comforts of home. . , -. -4 - Taking S cents a pound as the averace cost of production, the New York Jour nal of Commerce estimates that the Southern farmers realized about-2 a bale profit oa last year's croo. and adds: "Whatever variations future develope ments may make is the items ujed ia this computation, it is nearly certain that the crop of the current year will bring in no less money than the huge crop of last year, ndftprobabiy hring In more; . that it will cost more than $40, 000.000 less than the last crop, and that instead of barely ccverine the cost of production there will be a comfortable profit for the- planters. The lesson to the South Is to . raise no more cotton than there is a good market for, and, in cidentally, to raise its own cornaod pork nsteao ot buying them out of the oro- ceeds of the cotton sales, a system which tempts each planter to raise more cot ton in order to meet his bill at the fac tor's." ' - Again the advic6 of the newsDaners has been proven wise, and . though the farmers have . for many vears ridiculed "those fellows who farm in tht news papers." they are forced to admit that had they taken ten years ago the adyice of the newspapers and raised at home all the provision crops that were needed in stead ot buying from the jVe.t the Southern farmer would have been more independent to-day. Circumstances of dire necessity forced our farmers to do what the, newspapers have long been urging them to do, - and the result proves the wisdom of the. editorial ad vice. ' " "... , Now, let the newspapers begin at once to advise the Southern, farmer against being carried away by the im proved price of cotton, and induced to spoil it all by returning next year to the all cotton crop. A ten million bale crop this year would have continued five cent cotton, and a ten million crop next year win return to it. Let discre tion control the action of cotton plan ters. It is to a short crop they are due for better prices this year; let them not kill the goose that laid the golden eeg oy making more cotton next year than the world needs. - C0IT0H CHOP. OUTLOOK. Beduetioa of the Condition Looked for in , the Department Eeport Estimates as to the Probable Yield -Prices- Ete. Niw York. October . The trade expects that the report of the Depart ment of Agriculture, which will be pub lished on the 10th of October, will show a sharp decrease in the condition of the crop during- the month of September and many are estimating - that the re port will show a reduction of ten points as compared with the report of Septem ber the 10th. This idea is based upon the universally poor accounts received from the cotton belt, through private sources, and they furnish the basis for the active speculation which has ad yanced prices to the highest quotations recorded for the present crop. It is be lieved that Mr. Henry Neill will continue to reduce his crop estimate to agree with private advices, and it is already intima ted that his next estimate will point to wards 6,700,000 bales as the probable yield of this season's planting. - Spinners follow the advance slowly but they are not a factor in the market at the moment as they are believed to be entirely at the mercy of the planter and speculator this season, and they will therefore be compelled to pay a further advance for . their raw material before they have secured their - requirements. Impressed with these ideas the market is advancing under continued buying and the only supply seems to come from those who are willing to accept their profits upon previous purchases. So ac tive is this demand that many commis sion houses, believing that spinners will be compelled to follow, are advising fur ther purchase strongly, notwithstanding an advance of nearly four cents a pound since last Spring. The situation there fore presents the strongest appearance it has shown at any time since the advance began and those who entertained radi cally bearish views ia July are now ad vising purchases of cotton believing that there can be no danger in following the market upwards as long as this specula tive feeling continues. - On the other hand there are a few who foresaw the advance and profited by it and are now looking askance at- the market asking themselves whether pres ent prices have not discounted a reduc tion in the yield to 7,200,000 bales,' and whether the movement of such a crop to market will not prevent any material ad vance from present prices. The popu lar answer to such a query is no, the volume of speculation Is so large that no matter whether the market has advanced four cents a pound or iiotit will be carried still higher and therefore we had better get aboard ot the train while it is in mo Jion. The unpopular answer is. that if the Southern planter could be assured of present prices for the next three years he would be only too happy to contract to deliver his prospective crops, and therefore it is not a commercial propo sition to follow the advance further. though as. a speculative proposition it may prove correct . i -The receipts of cotton in Bombay, even at the end of the season, are in creasing. Last week the movement was 11.000 bales, against 8,000 last year, this week thev were 10.000 bales, against 2.000 last season. What the actual, in crease in the movement from India will be this season no one can estimate, as the trade has lone since realized that the size of the India croo is usually gov erned by the price paid for the crop of this country. , - Yours very truly, "" Hubbard Bros. & Co. S. B. CAR THIEVES. Two Members of the Gang Arrested at Weldon. Star Correspondence. WxLDON. N. C, October 8. For several weeks the railroad authorities of the. S. A. Line here have found that cars had been robbed of their contents, and they went to work , to capture the thieves. So last night two of them, Robert .Newsom 'and Tom Lashley, fboth colored) were arrested and bad a nreilminarv. trial before Mayor Goocth. who sent them on to await the action of the grand jury. Some of the goods were recovered and identified. The State was represented by Solicitor Daniel, and one of the defendants by T. C Harri son. Mr. Daniel is a faithful officer NO. 50 ILL TAKE A RECESS South Carolina Constlmtlonal Convention, . 7 Tdegrapo to the Morning Star. Columbia, S. C Oct 8. The only important action of the Convention to I night was agreeing to a resolution offer-J ed by Senator Tillman, that when the Convention adjourns to-morrow, it take a recess till noon Tuesday, October 18th; this was adopted. - The reason given for taking a recess was 'that a number of the members were sick, a number ot law yers would absent themselves for sales- nay whether they were- excused or not' and that the business pi many farmers at tnis particular time demanded their pre sence at nome. : The Convention devoted the remain der of the night session to bearing argu ment for- and eliminating -the right of dower in any and all lands alienated by toe husband during the overture. s S. C. CONVENTION. Beeornttons of Bympuhy forhe Cubn In- aarganta Beets Taken TJntil the 15th .-. - Br.TelejrfBpk to the; Morning 8tar. Columbia, S.COct 4. At noon to day, after a two hour session with but little more than a quotum in attendance. the Constitutional Convention took a re cess nil uctoDer -letn. This morning the question of abolishing the right of dower was debated at length. It was finally decided by a vote of 88 to 18 to- retain tne right ot dower in the new Constitution. The following resolutions offered by Mr. Patton, were Immediately considered and adopted : Kesotvear Vr&x we, the delegates of the people oTSouth Carolina, assembled in convention for the purpose of framing a constitution for a tree! and Independent people, extend cur hearty sympathy to the Cuban patriots now struggling for the same precious rights. ; " Resolved. Second, that we call uoon the Federal Government to recognize the Cubans as belltgerants so soon as the rules of international law shall permit A resolution looking to the doing away witn a session ot the (ieneral As sembly this Winter was offered by Mr. Ellerbe and will be acted upon when the convention reassembles. STEAMER COMMODORE United States MarahaU Carroll Instrnoted to Hold the Vessel and Cargo , For the Trailed 8tates Coon in Bovembsr. Special Star Telegram : Raleigh, N, C , October 4. Mar shal Carroll has received instructions from : Attorney General Han non. at Washington, to prosecute, the .libel against the steamer Commodore to the finish. Marshal Carroll has sent in structions to Deputy - Marshal T. O, Bunting to remove all of the cargo to the., custom . house, on . account of the leaky condition of the vessel. The case will be pushed at the United States Dis trict Court which meets in November at Wilmington. The Marshal mailed his, Instructions to Mr. Bunting. I The Lommoaor? Was libelled and seized bv tne united states Marshal a few weeks ago, when the: officers and crew of the vessel ware arrested for en. gaging in an alleged filibustering expe dition, capt union and his men were tried and acquitted, but . the vessel was not released. Her cargo consists of arms and ammunition; her papers show that she cleared : from I New Haven, Conn, to Cartagena, United States of Colombia. J .RAILROAD COLLISION. h ' An Engineer Killed and a Postal Clerk Badly Icjared. V B7 Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5. Alex. Atkins, an engineer on the Atlanta and West Point Railway was killed in a collision this morning one mile below Red Oak. Atkins was engineer j on the New York and New Orleans fast mail, which left here at 6 o clock this morning, 15 mlt- utes i late. At that point be re ceived orders to pass a northbound passenger train 'at Red Oak. ; In stead of stopping : at , the station he ran through at forty miles an hour. Conductor Law signalled the engineer to stop, bt Atkins paid no attention to the belu Then Law ran through the train and threw a piece of coal over the tender to attract the engineer's atten tion. Still Atkins kept on. Law, who had signed the orders at East Point, then cut the cars loose from the tender. The engineer sped on and two hundred yards further crashed Into the approach ing local train. The automatic brakes on the last mail stopped the detached train and;the passengers escaped. Engi neer Mcuade, of the north-bound train, reversad his engine and jumped. His fireman and the fireman on the south bound train also jumped; Atkins stuck to his engine and was terribly crushed. He was not unconscious at first though and begged the tram men who went to work to rescue him to give him some thing to relieve his agony. He died three hours later. A postal cierx named Boyd, on the north bound . train was badly injured but will recover. It is pre sumed that Atkins got mixed on bis or- ders as he had first received bis instruc tions to pass the north-bound train several miles below Red Oak. A HORRIBLE CRIME And Its Fearful Punishment The Lynch ing of a Negro Baylsfcer. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Chattanooga, Tenn Oct 5. The predicted lynching of Near Smith, the neero - convict who assaulted xuaggie Henderson at coie city, tooic piace at s . o clock last night. Two' hundred and fifty armed' and undistinguished men went to the stockade and demanded the culorit. v The guards refused. The mob covered them with Winchesters, resist-. ance was useless: and they gave him up. The mob took Smith to the piace of his crime shot him to death. An eye-wit- a ess of the lynching says that when Smith was first taken to the scene of his crime, W. A. Henderson, the father of the outraged girl, who headed the mob, cut off Smith's ears for souvenirs, and mutilated him otherwise- in a horrible manner, and then, while the negro s hands were held on a piece of . railroad iron.' his fingers were smashed, joint bv ioint with a blacksmith's hammer until the bands were shapeless masses of flesh and bone. The screams of the neero and the sight of so much blood frenzied tne moo ano mey empuea " . i m - a . si their pistols and; Winchesters into Smith's body. They then threw his re mains in a brush heap, fired it and piled on fuel until all was consumed, even to the farcer bones. Hiss Henderson wnen assaulted fought desperately and had the left index finarer bitten off at the second joint the pelvic bone cut horribly, her skull frac tured and one eye gouged out She is still alive, bnt there is no hope of recov ery. Strong. feeling -against. negroes generally prevails., r .t. . ;y,,i. "i . It is the better half that doesn't know as much about how the other half lives as she would like to know. Spare Moments. FU RTH E FT ; 1 NSTRU CT IONS FB OM A' TORNEY GENERAL HARMON To Belease the Vessel But Hold ths Anas and. Ammunition Itr. O." Z. French's : Visit to . Balalgh Seaboard Air The; Drought-Cotton Market Buffalo ' Bill's Saow-State Umversltsv - i7;:i-i Star Correspondence. j .' . " 'IJ"" Raleigh; N.COct 6V ; : train from the West for the past ten days hai' caused 'serious r inconvenience to parties desiring to reach Wilmington. , while the new schedule will not prove popular, a change which insures connec tion wi!l be hailed with delight Marshal Carroll this morning received further instructions by telegraph from Attorney General Harmon, at Washing ton, in regard to the Commodore matter. : The instructions were brief; They stated that Mr, Carroll's letter setting forth the -entire matter had been received and re quested him to release the vessel, but - hold arms and ammunition "if practica ble. Accordingly Marshal Carroll sent Mr. Banting, his deputy at Wilmineton. : - the instructions received. He also ad vised the Attorney General of his -ac- Hon. The Commodore will be at libertv. Just why the arms and ammunition are to be held and the vessel is not is not exactly known. Further light on the- subject will: probably be received by " mail. . --,. -. - Mr, a Z. French visited Raleigh on what was said to be a short business trip. -It is reliably stated he came uoto inflate the Russell Gubernatorial boom. ' Rus- " sell is being kicked by the negroes over the State on account of what he has said about them. ' One of the objects of Mr. French's visit here, it Is stated, was to . "spot" Jim Young, the arch Fusionist and negro leader who edits the Gazette.' Jim is smart and has a powerful influ ence. It would be a big feather in Rus sell's cap if he had Jim. lcmgnt a special train wui pass bv here over the Seaboard from Bethlehem, ' Penn. The train will have aboard 200 Chiefs of Fire Departments, who are on their way to the annual meeting in Au- - gusta, ua. . - ' There are already 850 students at the Normal School in Greensboro. Presi dent Mclver expects at many as can be accommodated in the next few weeks. At the Morganton Deaf and Dumb Institution there are 130 students. About 190 can be accommodated and fully this number have applied for a division, . Sells circus is pronounced one of the best by those who saw it in Greensboro. The menagerie is the best ever in the Kitty Hawks, a Raleigh horse four years old, won the prettiest race at the Lynchburg fair in the time of 2:29 m. The race was nearly even for two heats. This is Kitty s first race. Mr. J. C Caddell. of the Biblical Re corder. ia just from the Green River As- - sociation, near. Kutnenordton. . ne says the drought is worse there than at any place he has yet seen. Trees are dying fast Even the large oaks are being thinned out It is noticeable that trees suffer worse in a clay than a sandy country from the effects of the drought It has not rained in Ruther-. fordton since August A prominent - gentleman said to-day that cotton would hold a stiff price for the next three years. He stid it would take that long with good crops to reach the curp!us which was lost on account . of the drought Cotton declined a few points this morning, but recovered and New York advanced steadily in face of a foreign decline. -There were about 80 bales here to-day. ' Many people have made money in this city lately. The . bulls had a bad time along the first of the week. One gentleman lost two thousand. - Supt. Leazer has gone to Halifax. The increase in the traffic of the-Sea- board Air Line is noteworthy just now. - it is a remarkable fact, but No. 21 from the South passed here in seven sections yesterday morning. Night before last a freight from the North passed here in bve sections. The seaboasd s business is on a boom. They are utilizing all their available cars. - , : ; The vestibule is carrying more people - to the show at Atlanta." Extra sleepers have been attached nearly every night this week. secretary JNicnois nas booked many attractions for the Midway. Bnncoers aud gamblers will be kept on the out side. ' ,. - -' I The new schedule on the Southern goes into effect to-morrow. When Senator Butler purchased the Caucasian several years ago it had on its subscription list 800 names, and of this - number one alone was paid up. Now the paper claims 20,000 circula tion, and is quite a valuable piece of property. Clerk satterneid says that was only an informal gathering . at the fark Hotel in Senator Pritchard s room. "All . Mr. Satterfield would state in regard to what was done is lhat he held a good.. hand." It is said that the Stewart Bros., of " . Winston have had a good deal ot work r done in Richmond of late. " The Government report will appear on the tenth proximo, and will have a great effect on the cotton market One way or the other there is much specula tion as to what it will say. . , Mr. Will Wynne, Raleigh's wen known athlete, has been in the New England States doing fancy riding. Mr. Wynne s performances on the bicycle are spoken of in the most elaborate terms. in Bos ton and other Northern papers. - Mr. - Wynne's trick riding is spoken, of as marvellous. " Buffalo Bill s show comes here direct from Norfolk. It takes two trains to transport the enormous caravan. Mr. W. T. Chandler has received let ters from parties in Nebraska in the East few days stating that they win move ere in December. The Western people are looking to the Southern States with its luxuriant climate. , North Carolina is attracting as : much if not more than the other South ern States. On October 12 University day will be celebrated at Chapel Hill. . The day is a r holiday and exercises are held. Mr. jo- sephus Daniels will deliver the address. r- noay evening tne u niversity . uerman . Club gives its October dance. Raleigh will be represented by several young ladies. , -'-.;;: ,v.-:-r, ; ' ':. :;! : Governor Carr has returned from his trip east' Special Star Telegram '.. ; District Attorney Aycock and Mar shal Carroll leave for Wilmington to morrow on business In regard to the Commodore matter. - fr 2 ' NEGRO LYNCHED ; For Brutal Assault on White Woman. ; By Tsiaxtaph to the Morning Star. Cincinnati, October 6. The Post saysf Tobe McGrady, colored, assaulted Mrs. Gus Berry, near Perote yesterday. choking her and leaving her uncon scious - in the road. Deputy Sheriff Chauncey captured Mcurady last night, and was bringing him to jail here, when he was met by a mob. McGrady sprang from the deputy's buggy and fled to the woods. The mob fired twenty shots at him, riddling him with bullets. "When I wath a little boy," lisped a very stupid masher to hisoung lady, "all my ideath in life were thenter ed on being a clown." ' ' : ' "Well, - there- is at least one case n gratified ambition," was the : reply. utasgovf Man. i! I! -I it J': it! m -ill r ill f ; Yw l ,'. ! i I mi -.!i ' I t 1 I; r- ' -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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