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Vile UAMM JUiJt - - . o-t -f j , : i.v r rv;-;; - . - - - 1 - - r - . - - ' -'ji-r w- ( WILMINGTON, YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888883 ,4inoW EI SSSSMfflm 888S8SSS8S8S8S888 S888S8S888S8883 88888888883838883 5; sqjaort 8 8S883S8SS3S83S383 8888853333333333 8SS3SSS3S8SSS8SS3 .?-.,s-.3sss.8s8s.a 8888338SS3S383S33 liatered at the Fott Office at WBmtgton, N. M SecodC3a- Mctter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . The subscription price of the "Weekly Star fai u follows: . " - --.' jingle Copy 1 Wf8 l-A...... 1 M Smonthi " : 80 CONCENTRATED WEALTH. One of the serious problems that confronts the thoughtful American whq contemplates the rapid concen tration of wealth in this country is, -what is going to be the result of It? We are credited by statisticians with being the wealthiest nation in the worlJ, and still adding to this wealth with steady and remarkable rapid ity; This would be a cause for con gratulation if this wealth were so distributed as to contribute to the betterment of the condition of the masses, but there is little cause for congratulation in it when the' thought occurs that much of this wealth is the outgrowth of methods questionable in their character and when not absolutely corrupt ap proaching honesty only as closely as legalized plunder could. The differ ence between it. In many cases, and and the larceny that ts punished by penal servitude is that it was com mitted under sanction of the law, and was aided and abetted in their official capacity by men delegated to make the laws. There are to-day about 4,000 mil lionaires in this country, the xnaior it? of whose millions have been made -within the past few decades, and nearly all within the past half century. But few-pf these great fortunes were made in a strictly honest way, although, perhaps, in a legal way, for most of them were cornerstoned on legislation which was of doubtful honesty or moral ity, if not absolutely corrupt. Since 18G0 the Congresses of the United States have donated to railroads and other corporations land out of . the public domain equal in area to five or six moderate sized States. This was ostensibly to encourage and -aid In the building of theseT railroads. ' Make a r.ough , estimate of the value in dollars of such a vast territory and we can begin to understand bow some or the wealthy .men of this country known as rail road magnates acquired their great wealth, and we can understand, too, how some statesmen who served their constituents for the modest salary of five thousand dollars' a year could live in splendor and ac cumulate great fortunes, as some who have died and some who are living did. Immense fortunes were made by some of the protected manufacturers through the protective tariff, which was substantially nothing but a sys-tera-of legalized plunder based on fraud and maintained by hypocrisy and cheek. The effect of that was foi nearly thirty years to plunder the . people of the agricultural sections, wno were kept poor while the money squeezed out of them went to add to the wealth of the manufacturing States, where the wealth of the coun try was centering. Speaking of this concentration of wealth a writer in the New Orleans Picayune draws the following true picture of the country ,as it was less than half a century ago: "Before the, civil war there were few rich people in the United States and few very poor. The paupers were maintained in public institutions, and thev were al ways persons who were disabled or other wise helpless, so that thev could not earn it support. There was. perhaps, not 'a tramp io all the Southern States, and lew,' il any. m anv oart oi the Union. Exceot occasioaally, when the busine s apd in dustries of the country were deranged by lome periodical financial convulson. there were lew unemployed people and no over-supply of labor. "As for the rich people, millionaires were so few in number that they were regarded curiosities, and these, it was understood, had inherited their wealth or had accumulated it by iong lives of thrift and industry. Between the extremes of the very rich and the very poor there was a vast class, comprising the great body of toe population, and composed of psople in (rood circumstances who largely own ed the homes in ' which thv lived aad were engaged, in trades or professions which insured them a fair maintenance. "All the people were reas nably sius ued, and there was no desperate strug Rle to become rich. Honesty and fair dealing were so much the rule that even a rascal or thief in public office was an extreme rarity. In commercial and fi nancial business a man's word was as xooa as bis bond, and everybody was Ousted, while in nearly every case all ere trustworthy." .Then we had ho tramps, we had o anarchists and we had no colonies f American embezzlers in Canada non in Honduras. Compared with the population we had few very wealthy men and few paupers. One class was not struggling to become v"y rich and the other to keep out f the poor house, and the law. were m m 1 mv -...-' ... ...j m m m t. m . . .r - m m . a m m v m . mi 1 mm m . m m m , . . . . m. ms. mm mm mm c . - m . . 1 . mm 1- - r - ; -.- . -.. . . (.- s . . mm mm m mt mm amm. m m i mm mm . m m mr mm . 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Then men were content to become rich, as rich was considered in those days, by patient, industrious, honest effort, for that was before the Gov ernmefosterin : tock -jobbing future-gambling ; era set Inthree potent causes of almost universal de- moralizaf ion, which, while they have) enriched some, have made the lives; of thousands miserable, have im poverished thousands and sent other thousands into exilej to prison or to hell; the greed of wealth, thbligbt-' 1ng curse of the age, which has done more to bring unrest and misery stq the land, to honeycomb society.with the virus 'of rottenness and decay, and to destroy the sturdy manhood of our people, than all the other causes combined. ' - Over. 4,000 people own a million dollars or more each, some of them many millions. r- Thirty a thousand people own one half of the $65,000,-. 000,000 of national wealth. All this concentration of wealth within an ordinary life time. If this thing goes on what is to be the result of this ab sorbing of the substance of the many by the few? How long are the many going to patiently be the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the few, who count their wealth by the million ? That's, the problem that presents itself to the thoughtful American who is not solely en grossed with the pursuit of dollars, and that's the problem that will con front the economist, the sociologist and the statesman of the near future, who will have " to grapple with it if this concentration of wealth goes on. ' KIN OR MEXfTIOlf . . , The gold monometallists of this country contend that with the rapid increase in the production of gold that is going on now, there will tie metallic money enough to supply the world's demands and therefore not only no need of more J silver,, but really no need for what we already have. While they see in this a cause for congratulation, some of the gold monometallists in England are be coming troubled about it and anti cipate a "glut" of gold that is going to give the yellow metal a black eye. It is remarkabfe how soon the money manipulators become disturbed at a prospective increase in any kind of jnoney, and how soon they go to dis cussing plans to keep it down and to keep the value up. As showing what some of thje money handlers on the other side of the ocean think about the prospective increase of gold, and how some of them pro pose to remedy the "glnt, we quote the following from a paper In the London Banker's Magazine, by Mr. W. R. Lawson, a London Banker : "Inflation of paper monev and over abundance of stiver money are matters of common knowledge, . but a possible plethora of gold presents itself as a novel idea. It is, however, an idea which may have to be reckoned with shortly. ' "The right of free coinage of gold may have to be suspended in England as the free coinage of silver was suspended in India and under the Latin Union." Be hind that, again, would stand the last re sort of all, limitation of its legal Under power. If the gold shut ont from the mint lost value in consequence, that would be a matter for the producers to ad just, as other producers have to do. For the evil of excessive currency there is but one remedy, whatever the cur rency .nay be; it is restriction; and for metallic money the onlv known methods of restriction are. first, limited coinage; second, limited legal tender. When the gold output of Califor nia and of Australia just, after the discoveries in those countries threat ened a "glut' . of gold, there was a proposition to demonetize it in this country and in some European coun tries, and' it was actually demone tized in Holland, so that this sugges tion of Mr. Lawson, while it doesn't look to absolute demonetization; isn't altogether new, nor astonishing. But we will be considerably older than we are before there Is the "glut' of gold which some ot them seem to apprehend. The cable ii bringing us some in teresting news in reference to the performances "of Russia in China, and the concessions she is securing in that empire. For some time we have had reports as to Russian ma noevring J with the Chinese rulers, and the latest more 'than confirm these reports and seem- to have stirred up our British .' cousins to a white heat. V This wiil cive ' them something to think about and to talk about besides Venezuela. It is particularly interesting to them be cause it involves complications not onlv with Russia, which has been strengthening her power on the Chi' nese border for some time and been planning to get China completely un der her Influence, but also with France between Which and Russia there seems to be a' concert ol action. The result of these compli cations may not only imperil British commercial Interests in China, Japan and in the South Pacific, but her pos sessions iri; India, on which Russia' has had her eye for some time. The outcome may be a combination of Russia, France and China on one side and of Great : Britain, Germany . " . -----.----------- mmimmmimmmmmmmmmmmmm I and Italy on the other, although Italy hasn't much tt stake. ; If these reports be true and "there is doubt less some truth in themiEngland may very well be much concerned. for she sees before her prospectively tne roughest row of stumps, she has tackled for some time, and will prol aoly find enough to tax her states nianshipf and her energy , without courting a racket Ih.Venezuela. We have frequently in these col umns called attention to the value of walnut timber, and tn th fart that it m becoming scarce and more valuablevrA-iiort hl!eSaeo tre inentioned the sale of one tree; in the ; western . part of - the f State tot $75; and we have noted the sales of trees for nominal sums which, when cut up into timber, sold for many hundreds of doHars. A citizen 'of Watauga county, in some remarks at the last meeting of the State Agricultural Society about the tim ber in his section, stated that one walnut . tree in bis coun ty, which , was -sold for $L50, sold r when sawed up , into umber for $1,400. Of course the man who sold that tree (which meas ured four feet in diameter) had no idea of the value of the tree and was simply swindled by the man who bought it, although he doubtless thought he made a good bargain. There is plenty of unused land in North Carolina, and thousands upon thousands of acres the cultivation of which has been abandoned because the land is too poor to cultivate, which could be make very valuable in a few yeac, and its fertility at the same time be restored, if planted in walnut trees . There is no danger of this business ever belncr overdone. but the men who go into it first will be the first to reap the benefit from it. The initial number of The State, the new weekly edited by Capt S. A. Ashe, is handsomely gotten up and filled with interesting matter. ( It is an eight page paper, and shows well, not only editorially, but in the judge ment displayed in the selection and arrangement of the matter presented. To those who know Capt. Ashe, and there are few newspaper readers in the State who do not know him, it is unnecessary to say that The State will be Democratic, and a paper not only for Raleigh, but for the State Some of Secretary J. Sterling Morton's admirers are giving him a -little boom- for the Presidential nomination. This is probably com plimentary. Mr. Morton isn't in it, iLhe 'were nominated they would be throwing "junk" at him all over this country. Paderewsky, the long-haired ivory- pa wer. is with us again. He scooped $7,000 for one banging exhibition at Chicago. He is under contract for one hundred performances for which he is to receive $250,000. HeTknocks more out of a piano than sound. Its all sound money. With the last) number the Maxton Scottish Chief changed hands, Mr. J. Kirkland Hill succeeding Messrs. Terry and McKenzie as editor and proprietor. As the Star has al ways liked the Chief, it wishes it under the new management much prosperity. ' Bishop Galloway claims' that there is less liquor sold in Mississippi than in any State in the Union. Out of the seventy-five counties in the State there are only nine in which licenses are granted. - r The Kentucky young man who was requested by a preacher to desist from his attentions to his daughter, was persuaded that the old man was in earnest when the last request was tfmphasized with a handful of buck shot. - -' Speaking of the quantity of. hay coming into a Florida town the local paper remarks that if- they had known they could raise hay down there they would have saved lots of money. ' ' ' ' ' ' Coxey is still in the ring for Gov nor of Ohio, but he contents him self with making his ringing speeches on Sunday, as that's the ''only day that people will spare time to listen to him. CURRENT COMMENT. The demand for iron is so active in the South that there is no accumulation of stocks, and capital ists are making preparations for the erection of new f uf naces. Last year Southern ironmasters were trying to find buyers in foreigd markets. This year they cannot fully supply the home demand. - rtuiaaeipnia jxecora. Dent. ; : :C; Since the exposition opened its crates thousands of respectable colored people have Attended the big show, and they nave been as, wen treated as their 'white neighbors. This Is a part 'of the programme. Our exposition is national and inter national in its scope, and there is no room in it for sectional or social dis crimination. ; The "whites of the South are proud of the splendid showing made by the blacks at our fair, and they are anxious to have them enjoy the educational benefits whfch are connected with these ob ject lessons in art and; industry. Atlanta Constitution, Dent. ' RALEIGH HAPPENINGS PROCEEDINGS IN THE PENITENTIARY DIRECTORY CASE- Doalh of a Vfttenn Cond-etc pf the S. A. .,r, Bonthem Ballvay Beorgabliwtloa--, . ; JToot Ball 8wioa Breeders' Asaoolstlon ; Organtiid S. A. It. atootholder," Meet " lnc Tbe Fair Beilroad Tiaffla Iooreas ' In Fmrmeri Bobbed by B-klM Jfldge .duke to Oa to Mexloo Congreaunaa ; Setae Bey VaaioB is Certainty. 'c -I Star Correspondence, Raleigh. N. C, Oct. 26. I The proceedings brought by HL. Dockery for possession of the Peniten tiary were taken up again ia the - Supe rior Court -thtsmoraing. 'Thel various tables "inside the bar railing are covered with law books. Each, of the many conn sel has a big pile. The trial so far has resnlted in a wordy war among the law yers on technicalities. The prospects are that this will continue throughout, the day. The defence is trying to prove that the act Creating the new Board was passed after the directors Were elected. This morning Mr. T. R. Parnell is oi the stand. The jury Is composed of coun trymen entirely. Five, are -Populists, five Democrats and two are Republicans. Capt, W. F. Drummond, the veteran conductor on the Seaboard Air Line, who has been ill some time, died last night at Jenkins' Bridge, Va. r The fun eral jvill occur in Norfolk Sunday. Mr. Drunjmond was one of the veteran con ductors of the .South, and was widely known. .' r - """ A " general reorganization ol ' the Southern Railway, it is said, will take place November 1st. H. F. Smith will be made general freight agent, with headquarters jt Washington; J. F. Drake, assistant freight agent, in Rich mond; Fitzgerald, assistant agent, in Louisville, and Hudson Miller, assistant agent, in Atlanta, j This news your cor respondent gets very straight. Other changes may occur. A 1 cent rate has been made for the Colored Fair. , It will be. effective three days. ... ' i ,. , The foot ball team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College which has been in Atlanta, is in Charlotte to-day. The' team will play the Charlotte eleven to day. -, , . t The North Carolina Swine Breeders Association was permanently organized yesterday at noon. There was a good attendance at the meeting of well-known and successful hog raisers. The officers are G. S. Watson, Biltmorc, President; J. F. Holeward, Burlington, Secretary, and Prof. Frank E. Emory, Raleigh, Treasurer. This 1 organization' can do much to further the interests of swine breeders ia this State. - On the thirteenth of November the annual - meeting ot the stockholders of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad will be held in Portsmouth. At the meeting, the annual election of officers will ocenr. The meeting will be of particular inter est to all those residing on the Seaboard system. i The fakirs and " Hooch ev-Kooch efts" packed their "duds" yesterday and have" shaken the Fair ground dust which is a peculiar variety from their trilbies. A great many of them went to Maxton to do the Border States Fair, while others went to Atlanta. Not a few re turned to New York, i " The traffic of the Seaboard Air Line just now is greater than it ever was. both in the passenger and freight depart ments. Freight trains on the S. A. L. road are beiag rnn in sections, while extra sleepers are attached to the vesti bule every day. A Seaboard man said yesterday that the company did not have engines enough to transport their trains. The gentleman remarked that the Seaboard had recently received thir teen new engines, but that they needed twenty-five to do the present jush of business. - i The vestibule has had eight sleepers attached to the regular train nearly every day this 'week. Some of the freight trains have passed here in three or four sections. - The Exposition has been a great play ing card forthe railways. In fact, all of them are doing all the business they can. No better illustration of the pros perity of the people could be given. Yesterday a special train of ten coaches passed through the city from Atlanta en route to Norfolk. The train carried the Fourth Virginia .Regiment and Nor folk Post Marine Band. Special Star Telegram. While big crowds were at the depot, fakirs robbed farmer Gilchrist of forty dollars. A lady and another man were also robbed. i J The Arena, of Boston,- has arranged send Judge Clarke to Mexico to write a series of articles on Mexico, historical ly, its present condition, and the silver problem there.: These articles will ap peal in January and be magnificently il lustrated. 1 , ' j - - ' . . . . - Judge Coble rules in the penitentiary contest case, that testimony to show the exact time the act was ratified is not ad missible. This rules out Senator Dowd's testimony. The Judge has dismissed the jury, as only points ot law are in volved. . : Congressman Settle is in the city. He says Fusion is a certainty. The Popu lists, be savs. cannot accomplish any thing without it. -As to the electoral ticket, he says there will be no division. S. C. CONVENTION. ' The Bof&age Problem DLtouieed. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Columbia, Sj C, Oct. 26. The Con stitutional Convention this morning re sumed the discussion of the - suffrage problem. Whipper, the negro member from Beaufort, took the floor in behalf ot his race, and spoke for two hours and a half, dealing with the entire situation in perhaps even a more forcible manner than did Miller last nignt. tie was par ticularly severe on the proposed plan. He was listened to with marked attention. He recounted many things bearinson the dark days of the recon struction neriodr Gen. Robert Smalls, the famous Gollah"statesman.then took the floor and spoke for an hour, raking the scheme fore' and aft, -Then Senator Tillman had the further consideration of the matter postponed until 7.80 o'clock Monday ""evening. - Senator 4 Irby pro poses to re-commit to the committee to have the article construed as to its con stitutionality i - DRY GOODS MARKET , Closed Dull-Spot Business Inactive. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' -New York, Oct. 26. The dry goods market closed with a generally dull tone in the cotton goods department and qnite a moderate aggregate demand 'coming forward, spot business being qnite inactive. land mail orders about late ordinary volume. In cotton dress fabrics and other departments tne mar ket is quiet. . i- ., A STORMY MEETING Of, Bepablieaoe - la -fftgjit Caotared . by Adherents of Ex-Judge Bueell Beiolu ; latlone Adopted -Endoraaig Buseell the .' Bexmblioan Candidate for Governor.' i A large number ot colored voters as- sembled last night at . Giblem? Lodge, corner, of 8th and t Princess streets, to answer a call made by Jas. Elder, J." O, Nixon and C T.: Lackey; for an Anti- .Rnssell meeting.5" ' - At 8 O'clock the meeting was called to order with Mr. Jas. Elder as temporary chairman and F. Sadgwar colored) sec retary. At this juncture about two hun dred of the Russell element entered the hall taking; charge of : everything and electing Andrew Walker (colored) as ' . Jk J. m : - - lacir . cuairman. -.- coairmext :. re mained on the' rostrum throughout the meeting and disorder and dissatisfaction prevailed. I- O. Nixon (colored) spoke; opposing Russell and his gang, but was followed by none of his crowd, as. the Rnssellites captured ihe meeting and held it their way" throughout. y'.&lL'?i-ili ; J: B. Dudley -(colored) spoke -of this being no time to trifle, that the negroes should follow their allwiss and skillful leader. Judge D. L. Russell.' " CHy Attorney ' David B. Sutton fol lowed, challenging C P. Lockey to speak. saying that ne was a coward, bound and rascal of the lowest type, and accusing; jm ixon ot being a boodler or bribe taker. His denunciation of the Demo- j cratic party and the white people was extremely bitter, and in fact be made a regular fnlgger" speech. He said that Lockey bad boot-licked for office, and was a red-legged grasshopper and a rascal combined, and that Nixon had received $300 to vote the Republican iicKec . , J. S. W. Eagles then began reading some resolutions, out tne tumult and noise interrupted him and Mr. Sutton finished the reading, calling a vote on eacn resolution, mere were loud re sponses of "yes, and equally loud re sponses of. "no. The resolutions were as follows: The Republicans of New Hanover County in mass meeting assembled, re solve- First: That Hon. D. L. Russell is their choice for Governor of the State of North Carolina, and we endorse his course when he advised the Republicans and Populists in the Legislature to take charge of all departments of the State government, and to turn out the county commissioners and all other Democrats; and we approve of his course in advising the follce Hoard of the city to tarn Democrats ont and to turn Republicans and ropultsts in. ' - ... Second: "That we endorse the admin istration of the Republican officials of New Hanover County. ' I bird: . ibat we condemn the gang who call themselves Republicans who are the agents of the Democrats to as sist them in carrying the State of North Carolina and the Legislature to pass an act to disfranchise the negro voters like has been done in the State of South Carolina. Mr. Sutton announced that : the reso lutions were carriedr-- In Eagles' speech, be accused Elder of being mad on account of not .being ap pointed jailor. Elder at once pronounced him a liar, and confusion prevailed; but Eagles didn t reply. , J. fc. Taylor (colored) then spoke in favor of Russell and was followed by E. M. Green (colored), who said Lockey had sold out the party for a handsome sum, two years ago. Lockey jumped up and said ' iou are a liar Salem Bell and Wm. Johnson (both colored) spoke in favor of RusselL and the old leaders. Mr. Sutton arose and called Jor three cheers for Russell, and waving a sword, stated that the fight was on In earnest, Mr. las. blder and Mr. button bad words after the meeting. The Russell contingent was out in torce and cap tured everything. Cheofte ia the Drug; Business. Mr. H. L. Fentress, the well known and popular "Brooklyn" druggist, has purchased the stock of Mr. Geo. L. Har mon, at 128 South Front street, and will carry on the business there under the name of Fentress' Pharmacy. A thor oughly competent pharmacist will be in charge. IVds not Mr. Fentress' inten tion, however, to abandon his old and well established business at No.1 521 North Fourth street.. That will be con tinued. The difference now is that he has two drug stores instead of one. Prole-atonal -Tunes. . Wilmington has now three expert nurses. Une, Mrs. Jeggett. is sta tioned at the Katharine Kennedy Home, and yesterday Miss . Mollie Elliott, who has recently been . to Charleston, S. C a trained nurse from Johns' Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore, arrived here for the. purpose bf practicing her profes sion. A few days ago Miss Coffin, a graduate, ol Long Island College Hos pital, came to Wilmington to enter upon professional duties. ; She is located at Dr. Potter's old residence, on Market between Second and Third streets. Death of Mrs. A. M. Weddell. The community will hear with regret of the death of Mrs. Ellen Savage, wife of CoL Alfred M. WaddelL, The sad event occurred yesterday evening at 7 o'clock at the residence of the family in this city. , Mrs. Waddell was the young est' daughter of the late Mr. Timothy Savage and sister of Mrs; Zi Latimer and Mr. Henry Savage of Wilmington and CoL Edward Savage of; New York. The f uneral will take place to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock . from St. James' .'Church..; .---j-.;- Savannah News: Capt. C. Schwarz, of the Antwerp Naval Stores Company, came near meeting with a . se rious accident yesterday as he was get ting off a Broughton street car at Dray ton street. He asked the conductor to stop, but he failed to do so, and Capt. Schwarz attempted to jump off, falling heavily to the ground as he did so. He was taken into the drug store near by, where it was found, fortunately, that his Injuries were very slight. - r, V; v RESULTED IN ACQUITTAL. The Trials of Persons Charged WithPraud on Life Insurance Companies. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Beaufort, N. C, Oct. 26. All of the cases of persons charged with fraud upon life insurance companies that have come to trial here have resulted in ac quittal, and to-day-the remainder ot the cases were removed to Jones county and the defendants placed nnder $500 bonds. The next case is set tor Tuesday in next week.' AT THE STATE -FAIR- LARGE CROWDS AND ATTRACTIVE ,:: ; EXHIBITS. . v The Beeee -Pdwy Attraction Marenale Toutnam&t--Mtins - of ' -GxeeuUye Committee : of . People's ; . Party Spier Wbltekev in- Attend-noa-:rrmere Al ltanee Cozomlttee 8tllHa , Bee-ion Case of the Commodore State Dairymen's As sociation Orawnised Ttze in Duihazn. ; Star Correspondence ; ; ;5r-RAJHGH,-N.-i.6S The trains this - morning brought: in very large crowds. . The attendance will be way up in the thousands. One of the most, attractive exhibits at the Fairis that of J. S. Carr; -In his tobacco- ex hibit there is an Imitation of the Liberty bell done in the golden" weeoT! Th?sis one of the. most attractive -exhibi i oo the gTpunds. : The' cattle and - poultry exhibits 4ure.macb.. admired. ;:The Mid- way comes in for most attraction.' There was never the like of side shows bclore. There has been some talk of having the Hutch y-Kutchy dances put from the grounds. - ' . y: -.- Tne races are considered good. Whed- by won the free for all pace, and Kitty Hawks : took the 2 80 troi easy; The tunning race between. Senator and jenoia resulted in a dead. beat. , ., Mr, D. Boyd Kimball wen in the tair- shals' tournament, ; . . ' , . Marshal Carroll says that be expects a decision in the Commodore case Monday. He wm go to Newbernon that date. AH the banks in ' the city are closed to-day : . .- v., ; ' -:. . . The policemen have donned their new Winter uniforms." ; ; Capt, Ashe's paper has made its ap pearance, it is neat and full ot interest ing matter. The :. Executive Committee of the Peoples', party, met last evening pur suant to a call, in the room of Senator Butler at tbe Yarboroueh When asked what would be done at the meet ing, Otho Wilson promptly -replied that only routine matters -would be taken up. Other . members said that there was no special object for the; meeting; "just a good time to get the boys to gether," they replied. . 7 t The committee was in session several hours. What they did is not for the people to know. Those wbo were present were senator Butler, Mr. Hal Aver, secretary to the committee; Major Guthrie, of Durham; Congressman Stroud, "Mr. J. B. Lloyd, of Tarbpro; W. L. .Barnes, Dr. Cy Thompson, of church fame; Ambrosial Hulman, Utho Wilson. 1. w. Denmark. Senator Mewbonw. J. J. Rogers, Spier Whitaker and Mr. Pace. -. .' It will be noticed that ex- Jadee Spier Whitaker's name is among those in at tendance. ;For a time there has been some concern among certain people as to Mr. Whitaker's . political status. There seems to be but Little doubt as to where he stands at the' time bf writing. It -remains for some one, however, to come along and state that he was merely present as attorney. -, - V . .. . The Executive Committee of the Alliance is still in session. Sixteen towns -make bids forthe shoe factory.. Greensboro and Thomasville have dele gations here. ' The State Dairymen s Association was organized last night by the election of Col. J. S. Carr as president. in the slump yesterday of cotton a good many lambs who were on the bull side got caught. A- great many of the "know alls" say that cotton will be sell ing at seven cents in a few weeks. . Few farmers can afford to hold their cotton for any length of time. - ' : . Special Star Telegram. Eight thousand people saw the Fair to-day one of the largest crowds ever in attendance: - There was another fire in Durham this morning, in the Morris brick prize store Loss several .' thousand dollars. -It is suspected firebugs are at work. The magistrate decides that Register of Deeds Rogers issued a marriage li cense to frank -ferry, unlawfully and without reasonable inquiry. Perry is 16 years old. The penalty is $200. Roeers aoDeals. and Perrvs attornevs will enter suit against Kogers . bonds men to recover the penalty. At a meeting of tbe Agriculture so ciety to-night CoL Benehan Cameron was elected president for the ensuing year. John Nichols was re-elected sec retary. - - ; . THE STOLEN HORSE- ' . Found in CTimlngton and Beeovered by the Owner The Thief JBeoaped. The horse stolen from the stable of Mr. W. F. Alexsnder, on Middle Sound is told in tbe Star was found yes terday by the owner in this city; but the thief a young negro man about twenty years of age had made his escape. The thief with the horse came to Wil mington early Friday morning, and en deavored to sell the animal to Mr. Breckenridge, of the firm of Brecken ridge & Beery. Mr. Breckenridge sus pecting that something was wrong ques tioned the young negro, who told a plausible story; that bis father farmed at Rocky Point during the present year, making a two-horse crop there, but be coming dissatisfied- bad decided to sell out and move to Rocky Mount, That he had already sold one of the horses, and told bis son to carry the other horse to Wilmington and sell it. and take the train for Rocky Mount, and as he (the son) wanted to leave on the first train, be would sell the horse for - twenty-five dollars. Mr. Breckinridge told the ne gro to put the horse in his lot, and went With him to see tbe lad's father who, the young negro said, was at a house in "Dross Neck;" but on the way to this place the negro gave Mr. Breckinridge tbe slip and has not been seen since. The Maxton Pair. The pushing Secretary of the Border Exposition has secured some of the at- attractions of the Raleigh Fair for the Maxton Fair, to ' be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of j next week. Among these is "Noah's Ark," the great Show of trained animals, which, ot itself. will be worth a trip to the Fair. Last, but not least, ; Augustus Adolphus- Mo Nalr, with his melodious guitair, will be right there, and will sing "The Cat Came Back." Horse Stolen. . - , ,. . ' ; : v A medium-size bay horse, with white feet and blaze face, Is reported to have been stolen Thursday night last from the stable of Mr. W. F. Alexander on Mid dle Sound, about eight miles from Wil mington. The horse was traced to this city and is supposed to have crossed the river at the Market street ferry, as an animal of the description given above driven to a road cart, was taken across at six o clock a. m. ; , AVAy 8TORE3 IN FLORIDA.' Oeoxct Turpentine -Operators Seekinc -Tew Plelda The Territory In Oeorcte Being Bepldly Zxhsusted. " - i;1 ; r -The j Savannah : naval ' stores . dealers.. says the News, are ' gradually extending their operations into Florida." For some "years-the Savannah factors have had dealings with customers in the northern tier of Florida counties, but "now they are gradually extending their operations further south, Until now they reach down towards Tampa on the west side and for a considerable distance south of Jack sonville, along the St, .John's river, on the east side. These facts are obtained from naval stores factors and railroad men. "A. prominent railroad man told the Morning News that the naval stores traffic from Florida is Increasing every year, A well known naval stores factor when asked about this yesterday, taid: "Yeawe are extending our territory into Florida every year. The turpentine territory, in. Georgia is rapidly playing out; and tt is necessary for us to extend our operations into Florida. I bad half a dozen large customers last year who moved from Georgia into Florida. Thev sold out -their places in Georgia. Part has been abandoned and part will con tinue to produce a certain amount of naval stores for some time to come, though in gradually reducing quantities. miB move southward must continue as the Georgia turpentine territory ' plays out. Practically all of tbe available tur pentine territory in this State has been or Is being worked. There is verv lit tle railroad building going on to open up new territory and in fact there is not much territory left to ooen oo. The turpentine operators can work ten to fif teen miles from the railroads, which the lumbermen cannot do without building tram roads, so that while there is a great deal of good lumber timber left in this State there is not very much left for the turpentine 'operator. Georgia will con tinue to produce nayal stores for some years to come, however. There are still large bodies of land held by corpora tions and private owners, who have re fused to sell the turpentine privilege and this is gradually coming on the market.'''-. ,:, "There is a verv eood field ooen to us In Florida. : We are able to secure com peting rates from mosfeof the turpentine country there.. ThisTjis enabled us to work down toward Tampa. The same thing has enabled ns to extend our op erations along the St. John's river where we have the steamboat .lines and two competing lines oL railroad. The com pletion of the Florida. Central and Pen insalar Railroad to Savannah has proven a great advantage to us ia this respect." "we will have no trouble in holding tbe trade., too.", he added. "The naval stores trade has such a firm foothold here, and the facilities for handling it are such that it would not be an easy matter ; to deflect it.;. Then, our rail road connections are such as to give us practical command of ' the territory. Savannah will continue to be the princi pal naval stores market lor many years to come." ; "'. . V . . - ' NORTH CAROLINA WON. Hotly Conteated Gima of Foot Ball Be tween TJntvaralty Teams of Georgia and. NonhT Carolina at Atlanta. ' i - v j Special Star Telegram. Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 2ft. The Uni versity of North . Carolina defeated the University of Georgia to-day in a hotly contested game six to nothing. Fif teen hundred people saw the game. The white-and-b!ue was worn by hundreds bf Carolinians how . living in Georgia. Stephens, by a seventy-yard run, made touch-down in five minutes. Whitaker kicked goal. The game was hot from beginning to end. . Georgia, by- good rushing and heavy interference over tackles, took tbe ball within two yards of the goal when North Carolina by a supreme effort,, uphill, carried Georgia back ten yards, , , features of tbe game were ground- gaining by Stephens, . Moore, Collins, Bacid. The right tackling of Butler, Stanley, Merritt, Gregory and Hurley was very creditable. White played splendid centre. Carolina's interference was ragged. The game was ' seen by Governor Atkinson,- Hoke Smith and the fashion of Atlanta. . - V The pity is full to-night of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia students. North Carolina, as usual, on top. The boys are taking in the Exposition, and enjoying the Southern Educational Association. Profs. Winston, Alderman and Basker- ville; of the University faculty, are here enjoying the sights with the students. . . TWENTY-TWO FEET. Careful Bonndinae en the Bar Show Ttf I VI . -VUIJF , W 1 M ' 'The annexed .very encouraging para Y l c m f.k i graph is from the Southport Leaders "Last week, the Caps Fear pilots W. T. Sellers, J. K.vNewton and j. J. Thompson made thorough and care ful soundings at tbe bar. The weather was very favorable, tbe water being per fectly smooth. Tbe soundings as re ported Indicate 16 feet as average low water depth, tne snoai oeing at outer point of bnr. This means a depth cf 22 feet at high water. 'The ssutdings were made in direct line witb the ranges and along the course which the dredge Cape Fear is working. Tbe pilots report tne bar as being in the. best condition in years, the course being direct, which is In favor of deep draught vessels.. Iioee in the Viraania Peanut drop. -The Cincinnati Commercial'Cazette gives ihe following extracts from the re ports made by correspondents of a firm in Cincinnati in regard to the Virginia peanut crop, now being gathered: The first writes, eptemoer eutn: "it s ory as powder . and the crop s gone, and 1 ex pect to see peanuts 6c. Another, on October 8tb: "Tbe crop will ne vaneo; some fine, some only fair and mixed with blasted nuts. The crop will be near three- quarters of the average. Another, Oc tober 12th: "I have been out in the coun try several days, and after careful inves- tieation am satisfied that a conservative estimate will not be over 60 per cent, to 60 per cent, of last year's crop, and the 3i v- i:u- ,-? uuia wiu us "gut ami uui j . Alt on Aeoount of the Dronght. New River oysters in market yester day, and for some days past, were small and shrivelled, and not at all like the large plump bivalves that usually come to Wilmington from XJnslow county; but the price remains the same one dollar per gallon. Vendors said the dejected appearance of the oysters was owing to the drouent, t ' rreen - water nanermcu irom Diau- riv'f bad a boat load of perch at Market dock -sterday. They said the nsn in the mul streams are ravenous and bite at the bare hook almost. All on account of tbe drought catting off their; food supply. . . ; . .- -.. LIQUIDATION -OF LONG" COTTON PLACES THE MARKET IN A . . BETTER POSITION, j. Beporm of the Yield Ate.ar Dlotareln ; as -Qvet-The Crop Key Now be Ex " peoted to Hove Into the Channels o( Oon umpUorrTreely. ' - T . '- " 1 When the cotton market closed yes-' ' terday afternoon,, sky s ' the Augusta -Chronicle of the - 23d,t something like normal '.conditions had been restored. , ' There was a general feeling" that the flurry was pver, and that the enormous ' liquidation- resulting from . the.; pro--j tracted bull campaign of tbe past few ' months had been completed. No one had the faintest idea to what extent the speculation in cotton bad extended an- . til the flurry brought about the sadden unloading ot the "long" cotton accu-v mulated during tbe upward movement. The extent of the liquidation surpassed all past records, it being safe to say that ' the cotton trade .never before expert-j enced two such days of excitement as I Saturday and Monday. -A very favorable featu'e of yesterday's -market was the fact that Liverpool, not ' withstanding frequent and sharp flue tuations. finally closed' within a few points of the figures current on he4re- - r ceding day. .This appears to indicate that Liverpool is disposed to accept present prices as low enough, and, as the spot sales in that market increased to 10,000 bales, spinners are: apparently -willing to go on at the present basis.-' 1 The vast weight of "long" cotton hav ing been liquidated, the market is now in a better position to feel the fu'l in- , fluence of the actual statistical position. : Notwithstanding the collapse of the bull movement, reports from the interior re specting the yield of the crop continue as discouraging as ever, and the move ment is also beginning td bear cut the -short, crop predictions. The present fine weather certainly affords every 10- ducement to producers' to ship their cotton, and although , prices have. de. clined three-fourths of a cent per pound from the high level of a week ago, cur rent prices still offer a good profit to the ; producer. , Now t but the speculative excitement has subsided, the work of marketing the . crop will no doubt go forwatd in earnest. The late flurrv is not likely to have done any material damage to busi- . ness in the Scuth, particularly as the ul timate result is not likely to be the maintenance of a much more stable and permanent range of prices, and, at sum- - ing that the reaction of yesterday meats a return to normal values, that range of values will still be one which intu.-es a good profit to cotton' producers, and through them; to the merchants of the South. When one reflects that the recent high price for cotton was reached after a steady advance of , more than 4c per pound, - lasting through seven months. it is not surprising that the ad vance should have culminated in just such a way as it did. All the people wbo had bought cotton bad to liquidate at onetime or another, and having all determined to sell out at tbe same time, the extraordinary experience . of the past few days was but the natural result.- The storm has thoroughly clear ed the atmosphere, however, and. no longer hampered with a- top-heavy bull interest, the crop may be expected to r move into channels of consumption free ly. Spinners must have made up their1 minds that they will not be able to pur- chase cotton cheap this season, and, as -the recent panic has produced about all of the reaction that is to be . expected, they will now no doubt come into the market freely. ' ' . HEW FERTILIESIXVH SZ j,, -a-------a ... ;tl-- The Bouth Carolina ' Commliaion Promul- - K-tee Its Cironlar-The Bale as Fixed " for Iioos and Short Hanla A Matter of General and Wideep:esd Xaterett. r Columbia State The following is the official circular of the State Railroad Commission an- . nouncing the Deduced rates it has fixed on fertilizers: Columbia, S. C. Oct. 28, 1895. On and after November 26th, 1895, local rates on fertilizers on all railroads in this State , will be at the following rates psr tod on carload shipments of not less than ten tons. 12 miles and under i... .... ..... 11 00 , 20 miles and over 12 80 miles and over 20. ... . 10 20 80 40 60 60 70 80 90 00 40 miles and over 80. .-. , . 50 miles and over 40. . . . ) 1 60 miles and over 50 , . 1 70 miles and over 80. . . . 80 miles and over 70. . 90 miles and over 80.. 100 miles and over 90. ... . 110 miles and over 100. . . . 120 miles and over 110. . . . 2 10 180 miles and over .120..... 2 20 140 miles and over 180. 2 80 150 miles and over 140. .......... 2 40 160 miles and over 150. .......... 2 60 170 miles and over 160 2 65 180 miles and over 170. X 2 60 190 miles and over 180.; .. 2 65- 200 miles and over 190. .......... 2 70 210 miles and over 200 2 75 220 miles and over 210 2 80 ' 280 miles and over 220. 2 85 240 miles and over 230. ........ . . . 2 90 250 miles and over 240. ... .... 1. . 2 95 260 miles and over 250; . . 8 00 270 miles and over 260. ......... , 8 05 On less than! carload shipments rates may be made 20 psr cent, higher than the above. - . . - M 'mm mm - , N.OVEMBER WEATHER. , Beoord of Observation Por 2 jU-Teara at the Wilznlnston BUtlon. ; The Chief of the v Weather Bureau di rects the publication of tbe following data, compiled from the record of obeer- . vations for the month of November. taken at this station for a period of 24 years: " ' -; " " Mean temperature, 54 degrees; the r warmest -November was that of 1881. with an average of 59 degrees; the cold est November was that of 1873 and 1880, with an average of 51 degrees; the high est temperature during any November was 83 degrees, on the 21st, in 1877; the lowest temperature during any" Novem- ' ber was 20 degrees on the 80th, in 1872; ; average dab: on which first killing lrost' occurred (in. Autumn), November 8th. Average precipitation for tbe month. 2.41 inches, average number of days with .01 of an inch or more. 8; the greatest s monthly precipitation was 5.50 inches in 1888: the least monthly precipitation was 0,19 inches in 1885; the greatest amount of precipitation recorded in anv 24 con secutive nours was .7o incnes, on tne 14th and 15tb, in 1888. Average number of cloudless days. 13; average number 01 partly cloudy days, 9; average number of cloudy days. 8. The prevailing winds have been from the northeast: tbe niehest velocity 01 tne wind duringany November was 48 miles, on the 2d, In 1877. and 23 do. in 187- " REUNION OF THE M'RAES. Oeeeendanu of the Clan to -eet at Atlanta . -Text Month. - ' McRae, GA., Oct. 24,-The "Clan McRae" will meet in Atlanta on Nov. 7 and hold a family convention or reunion. All the Southern States will be repre sented and the indications are that sev-; eral hundred McRaes will attend; tbe meeting. Matters concerning nhe his tory of the name in Scotland and this country, of which there is much of inter est, will be discussed and those who nave determined to attend may promise themselves a pleasant and profitable time.' . -: ' ' . 'V .- 1 t; 1 : 4 i i 1 t A,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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