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V Ik r WILMINGTON, $1.00 A YEAR. IN 88888888SSSS88888 88888888S888888S8 8S8288SS88siiiiis 8SS83S8888888SSS8 HpOH K s 88888888S82888SS 8isS33S8S3888SS8 - w : 'Ml 8S38S88S888888883 8 S 8 8 8 8 8 fl88SlHff 4: .1 Is J S ! J 3 .1 S S t s -rr v- .: -'I; l Entered at the Past Office at WilmtgUM, N. ,t Second CUa Mattet.l C, aa .; t SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ' - ,'The tubicHption price ot the Weekly 8Ur U'as teUowii: I '.' -ti ' . L SlMle.Copr 1 year, pottase pal...............H 00 ; t o mooto ... ...... v; 60 80 We are again sending bills to our subscribers. In the aggregate tbey amount to a very large sum. ; Many of our subscribers are responding promptly Others; pay no attention to the bills. These latter do not seem to understand that they are unaer any legal or moral opngauon to pay: tor a newspaper. SHERMAN TALKS. "Gain," the newspaper corres pondent, recently interviewed Sena tor Sherman and got a good deal of chat .out of himfor the.. Senator seems to. have thawed some and talked; ffeely about a good many thipgs, Presidential candidates, the i tariff, finances, 1 &c. He took a cheerful view' of the situation politi cally and feels confident that the Re publicans will Win in: the next Presi dential election and doesn't think the Populists will figure' enough to im- peril the success .of the Republican candidates 1 or to prevent an ' election by the ' . people. He doesn't, think the Populist strength in the 'North .or West will be a serious factor and is counting on it I to hurt. the Demo worse in the cratlcl party much j South; than it can possibly hurt the Republican party in. other sections I of the country, an opinion probably based on the result of .the last elec- j tion when the Populists lost their j hold tn the West but made gains in ' j some of -the Southern States ' by 'fusing with the Republicans, that is If these can' be . called Populist .gainsJ- r-.r'V f-v) .T e expects tc-see the Populists of come from the Democratic Siey .have' matnly'come, in a L IV 11 UC 13 UVUUI.ICS3 As the Republican party is composed of a very small percent- age of the' whites of the South, the bulk of the Populists must come from the-Democratic party. .This is one of' the things the Republican leaders have been counting on, .and this is one of the . reasons why they have been playing into the hands of the.Populist leaders and' giving them all the aid and comfort they could in building up a party to oppose the Democratic party. This will account for the extreme caution they have. shown in dealing with the silver question, playing mum on that when they didn't straddle , and' cunningly permittting the Democrats to do all the fighting over it, realizing, as they did,! that: the masses of the people, especially ' on the farms, took a, ... deep interest in this question,, which the Populists adopted as one- of their leading issues. The Republican leaders fore saw that the dissensions in the Demo cratic party over this question would alienate many voters who would be. led to believe that because the Ad ministration stood so Unequivocally for gold that the! Democratic party was 1 therefore a,n anti silver an aim suver party. At musx De aamitiea that ' trom a JLa.l 'purely political standpoint Mr. Sher? man's party associates played their gaaie very shrewdly, and cleverly, which we regret to admit cannot be said of the gentlemen who essayed the leadership of the Democratic party. . . The concluding portion of this in-T terview is the most interesting be- cause' in this h$ discourses on the money question on which he is re garded as the Mentor of the Repub lican party. In answer to the ques lion whether he meant to say in his recent speech that the greenbacks were intended to take the place of ine atate DanK notes in circulation . he said: . i;inai was ine meaning, it was o stated at the time. The old State banki rather melted into the national banki. bat tbey date to 1864. while the greenoacici date two years earlier. The (jreeDDacis were made A legal tender. The State bank notei had hen marf redeemable, bat thev were not iroai n. 1 der, and we taxed them oat ot exis .ence. That tax stands unrepealed, though tbe i last Democratic platform declared - in iavor ot its repeal; We have had the oenent witbout interest cf the national . notei ot the Government a large profit . compared to paying that loan In bonded mteresi; out we have had to pay an in- tercst on the sold hlrh th.n The book keeping bat been in favor of the people. The Treasury Department should have been a bitter banker, and uiscnminaica oetween payins loose run i mng expenses in the better currency and keeping that better currency to re place 1-s gold. Practical banking tense wuum nave ootervea tne dittinaion. 1 ne reserve it tbegaaran tee for all the rest. ineDanKsailactontbat.'' here. &tt . several points In this worthy of note the first of which is ;j ' the W . .party, la V i correct. fS ADVANCE, 1"' i f '- ! " ' !---' T ' ' iv '""' ""' ' !7 T V I" " ' V; - l--t- : ih1 J.ct that the, greenbacks were intended to take the place of State bank notes' If thai was the intention it was care fully concealed at the time. Jo all the discussion bearing upon them it was never suggested that they were meant to take the place of State bank notes. Senator Sherman, who was then m the House of Represeri tives, might have thought they could be so used, . and desired that they might be, as he never did 7 believe in State.banks, and doubted their; coni stitntionality, although they existid for over three quarters of a century before the greenbacks were issued. We do not believe this idea occurred to one in a hundred of all those who had anything to 'do with the ssuing of. the greenbacks, which were issued as a military necessity to furnish money that the government needed and must have to carry on the war. - It was purely a military money, the issuing of which was jus tified as a war measure. It was made a legal tender because that was ne cessary to give" it vitality and that made it better than State bank notes which were not a legal tender. If Jt was the purpose to make the green backs take the place of the State banknotes why did they pass the specie resumption act, the object of which - was to call all the green backs in and destroy them, the State bank notes having already been de stroyed or, as Mr. Sherman express es it, ''taxed out of existence ?' ; : Mr. Sherman helped to make the greenbacks, he helped ; to make the specie resumption act, which was in tended to destroy them, although he now declares that the people ; have had the benefit of this large volume without any interest and he is, there-f fore, opposed to retiring them by is suing interest-bearing bonds for that purpose, although he says we have to pay interest on the gold we bor row to secure them.' If the; inter viewer had asked Senator Sherman what law or contract required the borrowing of gold to redeem these greenbacks, which the , people have without interest, Mr. Sherman would bexompelled to answer, if he an swered at all, none. The greenbacks before the resumption act . were pay able in "lawful money of the United States," and the resumption act made them payable in coin, not gold, but coin, and when the Treasury un dertakes to borrow gold to redeem these greenbacks or any other paper of the Government it goes outside of the law and acts on its own arbi trary decision. "? , John Sherman is as much or more responsible for this than any living man, for it was he who invented the "gold reserve" and without authority of law sold bonds to establish it. He Was the evilgenius who brought trouble to the Treasury, and brought ills to the American people that he couldn't atone for in an . eternity of expiation. j " : We need money with which to pay our honest debts, and there are many subscribers to the Weekly Star who shomd pay , their honest debts! Do you owe as for subscriptions? j If so, forward the amount without delay. ; ; MIHOB. MEHTIOU. Senator I Hill seems to be laying. for the North Carolina Senators. He put the brakes on Senator ; Butler when that gentleman performed the other day, and Friday be called Sen ator Pritchard down by a very pert!-. nent question, when the, Senator from Skyland was giving' notice of the amendments he proposed to o nicer 10 tne nouse tann 0111, amena- ments not for revenue but clearly for protection only. Senator Hill called attention to the fact, that the two Senators from North Carolina were both chosen by fhesame Legis-, lature and the same combination, that one of these Senators is a. pro nounced protectionist and the other a tariff for revenue man who left the Democratic' party because it didn't go as tar in tariff reduction as be be lieved it should go, and then be asked the question how, with one side of North Carolina thus antagoniz ing the other, Jany tariff legislation could be enacted satisfactory to this State." which sent two Senators the vote of one the vote of of whom must . nullify the other. The same might be said on the financial ques tion, for the two Senators are at the extreme ends on that."- This practi cally leaves North Carolina a cipher on the main dividing Issues between the parties and practically without any representation at all, save in the chinning performances that don't do her any credit. If. these men were elected by different Legis latures it would be a different mat ter, and the State's misfortune rather than her fault that she was not rep resented, but in' this case these an tagonizing Senators, were both chosen by the same Legislature, in pursuance of a bargain, by which the State lost her influence and her voice in national legislation-. ' - , - , we have several times referred to the colonization movement In Geor gia and to some of the colonies that have 'already been established. There is no abatement in the - Interest in these Schemes, t which are i being pushed with; vigor -'and With? pects of success. The -Savannab- iVw of a few days" ago': quotes ex- Lrovernor Northen, who is the lead-, ing spirit . in these" movements, as saying that he'has , now three new. colonies in -prospect all to'be set tied by substantial farmers and busi ness men. One Is to be composed of members of v Congregational Churches in Kansas, another of farm ers - from21 Indiana and a third of farmers from Ohio. t. The. Ohio col onists want a tract of 10,000 acres of land, and seem to prefer South Geor gia.There are now in the same portion of. Jthe State ; several r:i: gentlemen from . Pennsylvania prospecting for a site for a colonv from that State. Georgia' seems -to' be the objective point forso. maay' of the colonies simply for the reason that the move ment has been - poshed vigorously by leading Georgians and' foHowed up with systematic ana industrious method,; by which the State was brought directly to the attention of home seekers of other sections and her resources and inducements, made known to them. The State is fortu nate in the acquisition of , so" many substantial and thrifty, people from other sections, and especially fortu nate that they come from different sections, r bringing with them new ideas and different methods which must have a salutary influence from an educative and progressive stand point on the State in which they lo cate. ' y- i -.; i"', s ;,L Please pay your indebtedness, if any. to the weekly star. Mr. Charles L.' Stevens, President of the N. C. Press Association, ad- djesses a communication to the press. of the State, which will be found on the 2nd page of The Star to day, . It is on a subject in which he- has taken a warm and patriotic Interest, and we have no doubt that it will, as it should, "meet with a generous re sponse, not only from those to whom the appeal Is directly made, but from the pesple.of the State. Ex-Attorney General Garland has contributed to the Washington Post anelaborate article on the question of a third term for Presidents.- With his usual lucidity, of statement (be makes an . unanswerable argument against the thirdterm principle. Mr. Garland's article ' occupies a full page of tne .w, and aoounds in quotations and references to sustain bis position. ; " . . .' . Raleigh has two afternoon dailies now, the: Gut, published by if. w. McGowan and W. A.' Jones, and edited by P. W. McGowan, being the new candidate for popular favor.; It is 9. sprightly; newsy five column paper, ; which flies at its masthead the legend, "The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire."- .' We wish the Call success, and trust it may realize its motto.; Please pay your indebtedness, any, to the Weekly Star. 1 TO, THE PRESS OF HORTH CARO- Gintle'mek For several months past it has been your pleasure to en dorse and encourage through the columns of your papers, what is known 'as the "Leaders Popular Fund," a fund to be collected with which to purchase some testimonial for the United States r cruiser "Ral eigh," the war-ship named In honor ot our Capital city. ;, , v ,y Your .hearty, sincere and unselfish endorsement in support of the raising of this fund, has given its promoter inspiration and courage to persevere m the work ; and no less confidence in the successful result of this fund has been, given by the - untiring and patriotic efforts of j those ladies who have acted as sponsors for the fund in tbeir respective towns and cities. To the unflagging zeal and endeavor of these - sponsors, is the present amount now collected and deposited to the .credit ef the fund, largely due. Gentlemen of the Press of North Carolina, as it was your Press which conceived and put into positive exe cution this plan, of saving the Mate from the reproach which, rested upon her eood name and- thereby aroused the pride and patriotism of our peo ple,' which has found material ex pression through the efforts of those sponsors, who have forwarded the sums collected, imow remains for you to happily complete the work so ably begun and thus far so success fully carried out. r.T--- - y The Press has given public ap proval, and it. now remains for it to give material expression in way of contributions, and to this end the un dersigned requests that every news paper in the State make, up a contri bution from its own ofhee; every one in) each newspaper office can give some amount, from editor to press man-, and if so desired, contributions may be solicited from among the friends and constituents of each news paper,' --': '; . V'Tr?':'?.?1'' . . . . . . . . j, iet every printer in me otaic aau his or her mite to this fund, and the sum' thus raised for the testimonial, which jwill be presented to the cruiser "Raleigh," will do credit to the pa triotism, liberality and name cf the Old North State. ; . . Every contribution will receive recognition - and - credit. It, is re quested that contributions be sent as soon las possible to the "Leaders Popular Fund," SouthportN. C. , . - s fraternally, yir . :.; ChArles L. Stevens, . President N. C Press Association. 1 Weekly papers please copy." iSAlllRFIELljSTlllAi: .4-.. .JfOJjHX.QNjfff fJRST CQONT SnrollmeDi .of. rbtw Ab.1 aicoment Aet Clark Brown'a Trial Ocm-SBned-Otli( Jtattera m BaleUh. The ' Cotton" Tattcry ' Ihdvtrr Teiirr Worth Censtraotton - of tbo IW Tax- ln Bcrdlsi Booact.'" . " i ' f C4 iSar CarrespotuUnc. V y h " RAtSiGBCNrcr tan. ' f The case against Satterfield is the ab sorbing tubject just now. Auditor Fur- mb who was so long an ; crBcer .of tne House says be ..believes , Satterfield will be j found guilty -as to the first count and not guilty as, tO: the second, j The first count is that xif grots negligence and the second that of corrnntion. : j Mai jJack Hayes., TJ S, A4 ;and Col. Eugene Harzell have organized a mili tary company at the Deaf and Damb Asylum. It was done lor. the amuse ment of thepamls. i A--t v f . Rev; DrH. Tuttle. who is pastor of the, Central Church, has received, an of fer to' the chair of theology; and meta physics at Asbory College, . Wilmore, Kentucky.; MrTattle says he'doea not want to lave his native . State,, but will consider the matter. ; !. ( ' v This morning in Court Thos. R. Par nell began a two hours' speech in Satter fietd's behalf. The . Court room . is crowded. : , Mrs, Arrington , and son are also in; Court.. The .Judge will, when she is brought up for sentence! this morning, likely dismiss her. . J i ;-. Gov. Carr, has returned from Wash ington with bis daughter, who is 'much im proved in health, . , ' .! " , Gov. Carr has offered a reward of $100 for the arrett of weldon Watkins. Watkins is the supposed murderer cf Augustas Land is. pts Halifax j county. The murder was committed j Decem ber loth; 1 r. -j'1- t;v.1..? rj..-:-:. r Governor Carr i to-day Issued the death warrant : for . Thos Covington, o Catawba county, Covington in Sep tember murdered .the general superin tendent of the Long Island cotton mills, who was a part owner and ' stockholder. Covington was convicted, at the Spring letm of - Catawba Superior Court, of murder and sentenced, to be . banged April 4th. 1895. Appeal was taken to the Sopreme Conrt and no error was foucd. Tbe case came to Governor Carr to fix time of death penalty. Governor Carr bas set tbe day for execution on tbelSthof February, 1883: i j. Tbe cotton factory industry In North Carolina is continually moving forward. Tbe announcement of the buildicRof new factories it not an anfrequent occur rence. 1 This week" a sew factory in FrankJinton was opened, for operation and looms and spindles are humming in that hastliatt tolpn. w.':? .UVcV-. Pittsboro bas tbe milling fever. - The enterprising citizens of "that town; had a meeting last night for 'the purpose of subscribing stock for the erection of a mill at an early day. -; f-' . At Chapel Hill thjere has been some doubt as to the full meaning of the clause 19 the revenue act imposing a tax of SO cents on each bed kept in boarding and lodging bouses. The sheriff was nnable to solve the construction of the law and an opinion from Treasurer Worth was asked.t j, , , -j, ' : - Mr. Worth holds that the law does not contemp'ate taxing a private family that rents a spare room, bat dees! not keep "rooms to let." Tbe families who do not make ; a ' business of letting such rooms, are not liable to the tax imposed by Section 84, Laws 1895. v j j . : By Tekgraph to the Morain Star. , Raleigh. N. C- lanuary li The trial of S, P. Satterfield, principal clerk of tbe House of Representatives, ended to-day with arguments by T, R. Purnell, of his counsel, atd State Solicitor Pou, who attacked, Satterfield's statement that the bill had neverlef t his posses sion and said tt was false if the state ment made by Miss Daisy Bronson was true that she was given the identical bill from tbe enrolling clerk's office telecopy. He said if Miss Bronson,, Representa tive R. L Smith and Wm. E. Christian told the truth? Satterfield was surely guilty on both couetfof the itdict ment. and the bill was proved to have been falsely stamped as to the date of labelling. h-A : -. - -, s Judge Mclver charged the jury upon the first count, that if it was Satisfied that Satterfield naotne Dill in his pos session after it bad been tabled, and that it was found .in Brown s possession, it would be circumstantial evidence tend ing to show negligence on Satterfield s part; or, if the jury found that the bill was stolen or taken from his office with out hit knowledge or consent or ianlt. be was not entity. He charged upon the second count tbat il tne lurywas satisfied tbat be knowingly and wilfully delivered the bill to tbe enrolling clerk f jr enrollment, knowing it had been tabled, he was guilty of misdemeanor. : Tbe jury took the case at ' o'clock and soon after ft returned a verdict of guilty on the first count, which charged him with negligently and wilfully failing to perform the duties of bis office in de liverinetbe bill to the enrolling clerk which bad been, tabled, and cf not guilty on tbe second count, wbicb charged him with corruptly procuring its enrollment, The jury on the first vote stood eight to four for conviction on tbe second charge. ' The case of the State against Enroll ing Clerk J. W. Brown, for permitting the enrollment of the bill, was taken op this afternoon. Tbe main question at issue was whether the bill enrolled was the original bill. Miss Daisy Bronson identified the original bill as the one given her by tbe enrolling clerk or one of his assistants and copied by her. Brown t counsel admitted there was no receipt on Brown t book for this bill and some others given her.' Miss Bronson said she and Brown read the bill and her copy to compare them. -R. L Smith identified the bill at the one tabled the night of March lltb, though stamped as tabled March Ifirh ' '.'.2' r 'hi V-!; , Half a dozen witnesses, some promi nent, and among them Speaker Walser, testified to Brown's! good character. Walter also testified to the good charac ter of Satterfield. State Librarian El lington testified as to the search for the 61U and hit finding It, and said there was no other: at all like it. s. Counsel for Brown bete sprung a sur nriae bv declarina that Brown was not an officer and therefore' not liable, and that the State had introduced no evt- idence to prove that he was an officer; tbat while tbey admitted ne was me en. rolling clerk he was not an officer and cannot be convicted, and that this was the answer to the whole bill Tf indict ment. .. ' T- : ' : - " ; " ' -The Court took recess until Monday morning, . t ' v y ' . ,5-V Tanersl of the iate Wm. Wssoott. The funeral of -the late Wm. Wescott took place-yesterday at 11 a. m. from the Chanel of the Good Sheoberd.1 The in terment was in Belle vue JZemeterj and the pall-bearers were Miles Costln, W.J. Cornwall, Uaston bvans, tJ. r. &.ing. Jnhn W.Hewett. William Simpson. Deneased ' was a brother of lohn L.I Wmirott. Tr follotV of Lockwoods Fol lyr Brunswick county, not fobs L. Wes cot, Joi dontnport. ? v r 1' 5 Fayetteville. moVinq.1 .... - v ; -. W - - ' . This Co-oparatiTo Cotton Irmetozy The company Ontnisad to i PrcealTe The following tronv the Fayetteville Obsetyer encotiragin'g to all Iriendi of that good old town: : - The Boardof Directors of the Pcosiix Cotton Maanfacturing Company at a meeting last week elected Mr. Herbert Lutterloh President, Col. W: S. Cook. VTcePrejsident;and Capt- fi D. McNeill occrcuiry bdq treasnrer. - .1 -.- ; Tbe following is the Board of Dlrec- tort of the Piceaix Manufacturing Com-' pany:. ; per ,r .X- -f7 .. 1 :.- f W.S. Cook, Mayor . of city of Fav- ettevillctJenetal M-nagef CP. Trans portation. LorD nan v. Director Favette- vllle Cotton Mills ; h i H. W. Lflly, President Bank of Fay etteville, President Beaver Crecfc and Bluff Cotton Mills and ot Fayetteville Printing Company, and Director of Fay- etieviue cotton muis. j ; - W. L. Holt, President Lakeside Cot ton Mills, and one of tbe Proprietors of Eluma Cotton Mills. Burhneton. N. C and President hf the Holt Cotton Mill in course of erection in thit city."" ' r ' Ino; P. Thomon Presitfteot Fayette ville Cotton Mills. Merchant, Director Bank of Fayetteville, Director fayette ville W. W. Co. ; ) : : r Charles Haieh, President Fayetteville Real Es ate Agency, Merchant, Direaor Fayetteville Cotton Mtllt. - I Cbas. A. Rankin, Lumber Mannfac- turer. Member W. L.1 Rankin & Co. J. A. McLauchlin. Official C. F. & Y. V. Railway. - H. Lutterloh,' Director Bank of Fay etteville Member R. B. Lutterloh & Co. J. D. McNeill, Manufacturer, Proprie- . I . If:il. -., r .- 1 FALSE ALARM OF FIRE. B. Barkhlemer Aneated aadHld! TJn- der Bond tot the Criminal court! Mr. E. B. Burhicmer was arrested yes terday morning by police officer Bender. charged, with tending in a false alarm of fire Thursday, at about 4 o'clock p. m lrom Box No. 35, corner of Ninth and PriEcess streets. He had a heanrtr be fore; Mayor W. N. .Harries at twelve o'clock noon. - The testimony offered by eignt witnesses ior me prosecu tion showed tbat Mr. E: B. Bur- hiemer ; . and . Norwood G. Smith were standing at the box when the alarm sounded. Mr. Butkhiemer ad mitted beine there in company with Mr. Smith atd that .he opened, the door of the box, which he says was unlocked, and at he that it the alarm sounded. When it bd rung tbe numberonly one time be went back and drew the twitch, which .prevented it from finishing the four rounds. i . . . v ; Mr. :R. J. Mcllbeany. Superintendent of the' Fire Alarm System, said it was impossible to send in an., alarm by slamming the door it had to be open and the lever pulled down. Mr. Jno. C. Yates then testified that be bad knoyd of two alarms of fire be ing sent in witnout tne doz Dcmg opened. : v . . ; Alter bearing other testimony, tbe Mayor bound the defendant over to this term of the Criminal Court in the sum of $100. Mr. Norwood G. Smith went On the bond at surety. The case will.be called to-daw probably. ; CCSUED1AL COURT- Cases DilDoied of .YeaterdaT The Grand Jary'a B-port BeasM Taken TJatll Tc- morrow Mcrnins. . i The following cases were disposed of yesterday: vf.;- ' ; State vs. Josie Drew, keeping a dis orderly house. Verdict not euilty, State vs. Uavid Jones, larceny. Ver dict guilty. Defendant fined $5 and the county commissioners authorized to hire him out for non-payment of fine. State vs. Alex Mallett. abandonment. Defendant recognized in the sum of $50 for bis appearance at the March term and show to the Court that, he has paid to the clerk $1.25 psr weekjtc wardtbe support of hit wile, Julia Mallett. v State vs. Jane - Gause, .trespass. Tadzmeat suspended on payment of COStS-V . ; ; X : f At five o'clock the grand jury came into Court and handed their report' for the January term to -the ; Jude, as follows: ' ; ' ", ' X, '(-. I -; V ; '-- His Honor Judge O. Pi Meares, fudge Circuit Criminal Court: 1 . We, the grand jury for the January term of the Criminal Court of New Han over county, submit Ihe following report of our labors: - ' w : r We have acted on sixty-eight bills of indictment, resulting in the finding of forty-nine true bills and eleven not true We have made eight presentments, findlne trae bills in each case. " We bave visited the County Jail and County Home and House or Correction. Tbe j til we found in good condition and tbe prison era well cared for. At the County Home we found the inmates apparently well Cared for and heard no complaint from any of them." Tbecovering and bedding was in tome cases; we thought, made quate, and tome of the Inmates' rooms, we think, should have more attention in tbe wav of cleanliness. We found only one prisoner in the House of Correc tion. ' ! ...v.:.-'-!: :7: : , We would recommend that the heat ing apparatus in the mam building be nut in order, so tbat tbe building may be comfortable in cold weather. This heat- ine avstem. we understand, has been of no service whatever since put in. We would recommend that the water pipes runhintr to the wash basins on tbe piazza of the colored ward be supplied with a stoD-cock to prevent the bursting of the pipes in cold weather, and tbat the broken - of pet be removed and new out In. ' ':" ' - There has been complaint made'totbls iurv about tbe local uy on rourtn street between Church and Castle streets, and we would respectfully recommend that this locality be lighted and a policeman be kept continually on duty for the bene- fit and protection oi tnose living in mat neiehborhocd and thoie wno pass ana re-pass on - this street as a public high- Respectfully tubmitted, I t 1 i H: M. Foard, Foreman. Henry A. Burr, Qerk. f 'j ..." " The grand jury were then discharged. and the court took a recess until ito-mor- TOW; n : - ; j 1 Concord Standard: For such beirinnt from an orchard of one! acre it seldom reported as in the easel of Mr. Martin Kinttz. : an - enterprising' and prosperous farmer and fruit grower of No. Six i township: this county, who gathered six hundred bushels ofjMTony' apples last year. The yield was a pro fitable one. , He has marketed about 400 bushels, used 150 or more! bushels .himself, and gave away several wagon loads. - . CHAMBER OF COMJIIiERQE 3 : Fraecedlass cf tne Iteermtp Bsld Tcstsv- day-Bsports el CommttteeslS'sw Km esrs BtsndlnR Commlttsas Annoonocd. The Chamber of. Commerce met yes-. terday at 1S.15 p. u. m.thejdirector's room of the National Bank of Wilming ton. Mr. Tas. H. Chadbourn. ' Ir.1 nreai- dent, was in the chair and Col. John Cantwel! secretary - " ---v- . ' iThe special committee on Coast Da. fences, through its chairman, Mr. W. H. L.nad bourn, reported progress. .The matter was discussed at some, length. It-was argued that this port is included in. the seneril olan for coast defences, and unulthe. policy of the au thorities is . developed, action by .the Chamber would be prematare: It was also argued that it would be proper for. the Chamber to address .a communica tion to tbetSovernment anthorities.and on motion of Mr. P. B. Manning the specia committee was reqaested to take such action in the matter aa may seem I The report of the committee appointed to consider the matter of the Standard Oil Ox's "tank- steamers was received and ordered filedTbe report is as fol lows .ffi-f i 'riJf-p.; v.-jcj as. H. Ckadbourn, Jr EsqT, President Chamber of. Commerce, . W limine ton. Dear Sir Your special committee appointed at the! last meeting of the Chamber to look into the subject of oil tank steamers coming to this port, beg leaVe to submit their report thereon; f 1 - U pon investuzation. we found tbat the Standard Oil Company was considering the practicability of making this port tbe distributing 'point for itt "products for several Southern seaboard States. but that the ipsufficient depth of water at available wharves' threatened to de feat the proiect. Your committee deemed, it a .matter o such importance that slept were at once taken to ascertain what could be done to remove the obstacle, to tbe consummation of so great an enterprise. A little enquiry developed tne fact that tbe i harbor lines at tbis port bave never been legally estate lisbed, and in consequence wharves were built very irregnlarly with the re sult that those 'projecting .farthest out obtained more water than those pro jecting lets !arV:. j--. s.".':'i ' ;- - U poo consultation with the Commis sioners' of Navigation and Pilotage and Colonel D. P.. Hef p. U.- S.V Engin eer .in ! charge of : our" ! river and harbor improvements, we were in informed that were .the . haibor lines established . and I . wharves built to conform thereto, a sufficient depth of water would be attaiBed to accommo date oil tank as well as any other class of large steamers. Your committee promptly reqaested the proper- munici pal and harbor autnoritiet to apply to the War Department to have theae lines established. The request -was readily complied with, and the application was reterrea oy tbe department to cou Heap for his approval, which being at once given, tbe lines were forthwith -made, and all that is now wanting, to legally es tablish them is the signature of the Sec retary of War to the chart. ' ' . " " The result of your committee t work it to make this port the distributing point for the. products. oi, the Standard Oil Company, and the object for wh ca this committee was appointed has there fore been accomplished. . -rxC ' i Tbe Chamber of commerce should congratulate itself on being instrumental in making possible the establishment of an enterprise that not only brings direct benefit in incidental labor, etc. but tbat advertises our splendid port advantages and harbor facilitiet in to conspicuous a manner. ', u ; v , -f : . . . . In closing the report, your committee wish to bear testimony to the generous interest manifested and the Valuable ser vices rendered by Col. Heap. All correspondence pertaining to the conduct of thit matter is . hereto at tached., Resp'y submitted, . Walker Taylor, -I'.-Ch'm Com.? . Upon application Drt. T. S. Barbank, G. G. Thomas and A. H. Harriss, Mr. Junius Davis and Mr. J. W. Craig, were elected members of the Chamber. v - The President announced the ap pointment of tbe following committees: Arbitration 1$. , r. nail, w. u. us- Rosset, W. H. Chadbourn.0 . : h Finance and Grievances Geo. R. French, Jno. W. Atkinson. Banks and Currency Jno. S. Arm strong, H. C Mcjjaeen, Frank Sted- Industries and Business Enterprises Walker Taylor. W. - E. Worth. Marcos JacobL - , j: f- i!- h-J - Tram portation and Insurance Chat. E. Borden, Chat. Worth.1 E. S. Ten- nent. . . -.:.:!:- I " ' ; ." ' . ; : Schools, Education and Art H. Walters. D. G. ..Worth. M. C, S. Noble. Agriculture and Immigration H; K. Nash, Jas. F. Post Jr, T. D. Meares. Harbor, Shipping and commerce H. G. Smallbones, W. N. Harriss, J. T. Riley. . f Towace and Pilotaee Caot. b. w, Skinner, Sam'l Northrop. Legislation Geo.- Rquntree, fc. b. Martin, P. B. Manning. i Health and ; Sanitarion Drs. Ceo. u. Thomas, T; S. Burbank, A, H. Harriss. Pdstal Telegraph and Express Service D.McRae. Isaac Bear, B. F.Kiag. Streets, Parkt and Public Roads- Chat. C Chadbourn, Jno. H. Hanby, J, W. Jackson. :--- '. ! " L: Reception . and . Exposition Wm. Calder, James Sprunt, W. R. Kenan. . . Information :' and Statistics A, J. Howell, Jr., W. R. Barksdale, DeWitt C. Love. - : l; "V-vvV- Advertising J. E. ' Montague, Roger Moore, D. McEachern. : ; Membership J. H. Boatwright, Geo. L. Morton, A. W Rivenbark. -i Tbe Esecutive Committee (elected) Geo. Harriss Jas. F. Post, -Jr las. H. Cbadbpurn, Thos, Evans, F. W. Kerch- ner. LEXTER FROM ' GEN.. MILf S H -I Ha la Ma oh laterestedTli , OnsvCosst Xe- - r. fenee. In response to a letter recently Written to General Nelson A. Miles by the editor of the Star, the following was received yesterday. Considered in connection with the proceedings the Chamber of JCommeree at their meeting yesterday, it will be read with' interest : - ! v. . Headquarters oithe Army. j Washington; D. C Ian. 7,1898. . Mr. William H. Bernard, " The Morn inz StarWilminetonNQ: a My Dear Sir Your very kind let ter of December 87th was duly received. I regret that it It impossible for me to visit Wilmington at this time. I . re member that olace with much Interest, as I spent some time there . spon after my transfer from the volunteer army to the regular service, tad shall always feel a deep interest in mat vicinity, i sin cerely - hope that the efforts now being made-to secure : tne appropriation oy Congress of the necessary funds for the protection, of. ' our principal - ports will meet wtw aoeeeatv - vvsq. - Yours, very truly, " - Nelson A. Miles; ' " v. - . Maior General, U.S. A PEVVSf FROM RALEIGH. TftlAL OF CLERKS 8.' p. SATTERFIELD Tot Fraudulent Xnrollmeot of. the Assicn-. mant Aet Mrs AirinKion'a CaaeCon. krrbattone fo' Cnmaook Boffersra B j nbltoana Wsnt Ttxelt" utste XbceeaUTS CommttM to Asssmblr. '.' '.j- " ;, XCorresonncf ; t j1 . ' v Raleigh, N. Ci Jan. 10. Mai ar Stephenson, a colored boy thir teen years of age was arrested here to day on a . capias, issued from Durham. Stephenson is " almott a midget ! in stature." He became involved in a quar rel with a much larger boy, who tried to intimidate ' him. :J Then Major ! lost ; his temper and stuck hit kniie in the larger boy He fled to Raleigh, and wat ar rested here. "Y L : , J I iris thought that Judge MclVer will not impose a tentence npon Mrt. Ar-' rington; He seems to have much sym pathy for the woman. Speaker, Z V. Walser, said he thought she would be dismissed.. 'He says the sentiment in North Carolina is against punishing a woman.ii..:- v"-7 -. . : Nothing; further hat been heard about the matt who. was found dead in a creek near Wake Forest: f ,'" -5' ;' - ; : I Sunday the First Baptist Church taker up a Collection for tbe Cumnock suffer ers. .The amount Raleigh has given ex ceeds $360, in addition to a lot of cloth ing and supplies. '-'rl I ' - Mr. J. C. Logan ; Harris says that a number of prominent Republicans have written Chairman Holtoa of the Repub lican Executive - Committee, reauesting him to call a meeting ef the committee at an early day. Though tbis is a Rus sell move, there .teems to be very little opposition on the part of any of tbe Op position f orces. ; j :., :!'.. 1 . 4 Senator Fortune told a Pfess Visitor reporter that he was in favor of an early meeting bf the committee and thought that .this! would be tbe course pursued. Mr. Fortune thinks, that the committee should meet at once and call tbe con ventioa for tome. time in May. - The tobacco market baa been very quiet since the reopening, January 1st. This isr due in at measure; to the dry weather. . Big breaks a:e expected soon. 4 Senator Fortune has assurances from Senator Pritchard that be.;WiII be pro vided for when, tbe Senate reorganizt tion occurs. He thinks it will take place tbe latter part-of the month, when the Utah- Senators take their seats. ; Sena tor Fortune has not been to bis home in Cleveland county since November. : I The Gazette colored . organ) advances a few degrees further ' each week in itt admiration for tbe Hon. Daniel Lvcur gus Russell. This week the editorial column starts off Witb'a heading, "Gov ernor Daniel L. Russell." At 10.20 a. m. Solicitor Pou called .the first batch of State's witnesses in the case of S. P. Satteifield and J. W. Brown.".-.''' " i-'-4:-. I '.'. y ,- Thc first witness to be examinedws Z V. Walser, Esq , Speaker of thelast General Assembly. On direct examination he stated that .he wat Speaker and that be thinks be remembered administering the-oath of office to S. P Satterfield. as Chief Qerk ot tbe House; that Mr.' Sattterfield per formed the duties of Chief Clerk during the tetsion of tbe Legislature. On crott-examiaation by -Vxtor Bry- aht, E?q., be said that he could not positively state that he administered the oath to Mr. Satterfield. He thought he did so cecause it was his duty to ad' minister it. Alter various questions as to the position ot roomafor the enroll ment and eotrroisaient of. bills, Mr. Walser said that he gave jup his office to Chief Clerk Satterfield., : By Telegraph to-the Morning Star. f ; : Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 10. The county court room here was filled to-day, the attraction being tbe trial of S. P. Satter field, principal clerk of the lower House of the last Legislature, for fraudulently procuring enrollment and ratification of the Assignment Act, which never passed the other branch of the Legislature and' which was tabled in tbe. House. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Walser, was the first witness, and testified that on March 18th he ratified 861 bills and tbat he had no doubt the title of thit bill was read aloud in both! Houses; also that, a majority of the Enrolled Bills Commit' tee must sign every bill before it could- be ratified. - He acknowledged his signa ture to the act. The much-talked of original bill was produced aa evidence. Chief Clerk Batchelor, cf the State Department, 'testified that be had the original journal of the House for March - 18th. and State Librarian Ellington testi fied that it showed this bill bad been ' presented for ratification. He also testi fied tbat tbe journals ma, not snow mat the bill wat tabled.! . R. L. Smith, member of the Houae, testified tbat on the night of March lath be met Satteifield with several bills in his hand, and that the latter told Smith he hid some of Smith's bills and then showed him the Assignment Act, but that the latter was not stamped tabled; and that Satterfield eaid; he was taking the bills to tbe enrolling clerk to be en rolled; tbat Smith told him tbis particu lar biUrwas tabled, and Satterfield then turned back towards his desk. . Miss Daisy . Branson swore , that she made the enrolled copy of the original bill, having been given the bill by Enroll ing Clerk Brown, or a clerk in his office; tbat she took it back there; that Brown verified it. This was the mostdamag- ins evidence of the day and created a sensation, t H-U V; f Wm. Ei Christian confirmed the testi mony of R. L Smith, r I These were all State witnesses. " Then the defendant's witne ses test! fied. House Journal. Clerk Ed. Stan ford said he and hit assistants made up the journals; that on the 13th of March be saw the Auignment bill in the Speaker's room, stamped tabled; that Satterfield did not examine the journals; that there was no entry of the tabling . of the Aill, but that this omission was by mistake; that the House corrected such mistakes and not the clerk. ' - I Satterfield twore he did not deliver the bill to . the - enrolling clerk. An article in a newspaper written by him was read in which be said positively tbat the bill wat tabled March ISth, when tumped, bat to day he taid .it might have been on the night of the lltb, and that be might not have stamped, it untd the 12th. though it was his duty to stamp it as soon as acted .upon. . The examination of Satterfield by Solicitor Pou . was very searching, and witness did not. make a favorable im oression. i He swore that as far as be knew the bill never left bis possession to Bo to the enrolling clerk. He denied the evidence of R. L. Smith, and said he had never taken any bil's to the enrolling' clerk. He declared Miss Branson was mistaken when she. swore the cooled this identical bill. . , : He said he never said anything about the bill beine tabled until it was found after the excitement about tt bad brought Consrettmen and other i here to search for it. He was summoned here to loin in the search and foand- the bilL He said the public had access to his : office. Keoresenutiva Hiuman swore tnat the bill' was -tabled on the night of March 11th, and that on tbe night of tbe 13th he was tUndine bv'th: StjertRa desk watching tbe enrolled bi la, and did not remember this one being passed on " to be ratified. , Another witness swore toSatterfielc' good character. ., , , . Argument then began. T. R. Purnell, of defendant's counsel, asked for special 4 inttrucUon to the; jury, and contended tbat the assistant clerk t ; werer State officers, and that they were equally re- sponsible with Satterfield.: - - -' Soliator Pou said if Satterfield wat so -negligent as to allow the bilUo be taken; from, the office and. enrolled-. be twas?V guilty of misdemeanor, whether - with -corrupt intent or not, r jf he permitted It to be enrolled, he was guilty of cor-T ruptloh. The Solicitor aato it was in- comprehensible that . this ' great crime "' could ' . have occurred ? without ' Sat-; terfield's knowledge, ', and that i the first step towards fraudulent -i en- rollment was the tilence of ' his -jaurnal as to the bill . being stabled r, that he wat seeking to shift the respon-l sibility on his associates, that the iden-A tical bill ws copied for enrollment, and I: be asked from whom did the, enrolling . e'erk get it except from Satterfield. and if there wat no collusion between them,' ' why did he not put the enrolling; cletk on the witness stand. : 5 v Iv ' c ' .Victor Bryant, of counsel for Satter field, contended t,hat the offence alleged against him was not covered by the -statute which refers to acts of omission. V refusal or neglect, and that thit act, if ' act at all, wat of com mlision. . ' At-the conclusion of bis argument, the ; Court took a recesa until tc-morrow. 99 YEARS OLD. Mrs. GrinneH Credits Her Vigor . oqis .Old Age to Paine'sl iCelery Compound. HOW ;. It is an. uncommon things to learn of :?; ' petsons reaching tbe age of Mrs. EmylV' j Hyde Grlnnell, and years' of good health ..."Xr such as hers come only to. those who can". ... : make use of the very best means of keep-. . - ' ingwelh ; V !" ; : " . '-';-'S .,' " I. No one will wonder that the bright- . 1 eyed 'old lady, -whose mind to-day. is at- V alert and elear at ever, should be anxr ' K ious for others to try Paine's celery com-' pound. . ';:, 5..,;:. , - vr Mrs,. Emyle Hyde Grianell wat born in Bennington, Vt.. Tuly 6. 1785. and ; it to day living with her granddaughter, the wife of Martin Fowler; of Colches ter, Vt., a beautiful town near Fort I Ethan Allen. Her father was a farmer i -and hotel keeper, and the lived upon the! farm until ber marriage. Mrt. Grinoell bas none ot the infirmities of old age." She rises at daylight, works about the ' houae, and when the weather will per mit walka outdoors. Her eyes'ght is to. good tbat the threads a needle and spends manv bouts crocheting and daiog fancy work. She keeps abreast of the times, and is remarkably well-informed " upon many subject!. She declares that ., she does not feel any older than the hat for years, and if people half her age en-. joyed such good health as she tbey, woald consider themselves fortunate. She has seven children, four boys and ' three girls two of jw horn are living to day, -r "r : -v. Mrs. Grinnell writes: . J ! Colchester. Vt Oct. 11. 1895. -"Paine's celery compound bas been my health preserver during the last few years. Whenever I have an ache or- a pain a few doses of this medicine givet me relief and strength; ew women, even though younger than I, enjoy as good health, for my appriite is- naturat, my sleep refreshing, and. I can walk quite a distance withoat f eelin g tired. . People are surprised at my vigorous appearance and activity, wbtcb 1 believe, is Ene in sult oi my using Paine s celenrcom pound. It has cured me of,-t:onsiipa- tion. and is of great - help to me when 5 over-tired Gratefully yours, ." Mks. Emyle Hyde Grinnell." ; Paine's celerv compound is especially v ' valuable for recruiting the strength and. . spent energies of men ana': women td-- 1 vanced in years. It is the; preparation considered worthy the name of a true nerve food and blood remedy by phy si-' cians inrouguout iue country, -ix it pre- . scribed by them in every State in tbe i . a . t - - r . . Union to tone up the system, regulate ' the nerves and restore health and strength. J , . v j. Nothing in the past has. ever ap proached it in power of building up 1 weakened - nerve tissues and givrag' strength to the tired body. In severe 1 cases of persistent headaches, dyspepsia, ; neuralgia and sleeplessness, due to ner v- 'f ous feeblenets. Paine's celery compound ' has a record of rapid and pasting cures ' that embraces every city and town in the wide sweep cf the United States, v; ,i "'. Its remarkable power over diaeaaelieS . . in itt active replacing of worn-out parts ' f by new, 'healthy onea, and. in lit heating, and purifying action among . tbe mctt minute tissues of the body. - It searches out the weak parte at once, and aett to:'ii work to build tbem up. The tired body feelt tbe strengthening effects of Paine's celery compound forthwith. H" ' Give tbe nerves a chance to recover, and the entire body will regain Ut health and strength. -Take Paine't celery com pound.' . - ... -: : t ; ; M RS. A. E. VANDERBILT. The Divoroed Wife of Wm. B. Manledto ; O. P. H. Bslmont. ' ; ' : 'i By Telsfraph to the Monuat Star. . -';.;-New York, January 11. The Even- ing- Telegram says: Mrs. Alva E. yan- derbilt, the divorced wife of Wm. ;v. Vanderbilt, was married to Oliver Haz j ; ara rerry eeimoni,- oy .xnayor ouong j this morning. The ceremony was per-; -. formed at No. 24 East ?Eod street,; the; v residence of the bride, at 10 o'clock, and only Mitt. Smith, Mrt. Vanderbilt't tit- ter, and a' very few. personal friends were present. Almost f Immediately after the couple had been wedded tbey left tbe house, .and it is understood started for the Marble House at New- f port.. KENTUCKY, LEGISLATURE. The Death of BipresenutiyerWilson Otvrt Bspnbliosnt a I&jnny ofiOae on Joint Ballot. . By Telagraph to the MoroJst Star. Louisville, Jan, 1L Representative Isaac Wilson, of Nelson county, who up from a tick bed to go, to Frankfort and vote for Mr. Blackburn in last night't caucus, died this morning. WH- ton t death oreakt tne Legislative tie - and gives the Republicans a majority of . one on loint oauot. - Frankfort, Jan. 11. The Demo. cratic members who stayed out of. tbe joint caucus are preparing a maniiettQ- to be sent Droaocatt ana in wnicn tney define their position with regard to Sena tor Blackburn, for whom there is now ab solutely no possibiliy vof their; voting at the j Jnt assembly. The manifesto states tbat Blackburn bat broken faith with the party by . reaching free silver after a sound money platform had been adopted by his party, and in fighting tbe Democratic ' nominee for Governor. These acts give him no right to their allegiance, and they would decline to vote for his election as U. S. Senator. - .- The New York ry goods market closed the week without any break in the previously prevailing quietude la either cotton or woollen goods .departments. The attenaance oi payers nas auuwu tome improvement In, numbers over ; recent weeks.- .-.t ; v ; . A 4 . ; i
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