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THE COTTON PROBLEM.
-7 We do not know how It ts going to
; be in. other States, but if we may
- i - -. I :ii
juugc I rum wum, wc icau uicic win
. ! '. 1-1. .L t An4-
oe an increase m me aticagc ui tut
tpn in North Carolina . this year. .If
tthe lacreaseere ; confined to North
Carolina it would not be" a serious
matteV for . our DroDortion of the
total crop is smaft but trie' probabili
. ties are that the" same causes. which
ha ve led to the increase in this State
will have similar influence in other
States where as great and perhaps a
-greater increase may be looked for.
Any increase which should, prove to
. ': -it r i . e 5 '
ucgcuciui wyi up uuiyiiuu,aic iui tu
will riot require -much, to make a
large enough aggregate to so in
prease the next crop as to materially
affect the price. ': ;
r There is a pretty general pncen
sus of opinion among planters that
the acreage should be kept down for
the present, at least,- to about a
" 7,000,000 bale crop, which would be
: within the world's demand' for con
sumptiqni jat one of the difficulties
in the way isf to secure some plan of
co onerani'ari hv whir.h the nlanters
lgh f djm isome opinion as to the
"provctive :'acreage and thus be
able ) calculate on how mach they
shou'sU plant to' keep within the de-
cJrH orwi nr Thus far if hoc Kn
aityu uv l buvi - a n u j auk, At wv
' guess work with them and specula
tion without anything but report and
the speculations of 'others , to go
upon. In this State,- for instance,
the' indications are for an increase in
the acreage,) but. no one can form a
correct' opinion as to how much.
I hit I r- ntiAf0 w V ' f his 10
doubtless the case in other States.
: To. meet this difficulty Mr. George
vv. l ruittj ot l roup, Georgia, one
of the most- progressive,' thorough,
and successful farmers in that State,
sueests a olan bv which there mav
De intelligent co-operation, based on
- nnuiuiduuu as to wiiat planters are
doing. ' He says:" . ,
- "This plan which I suggest is to make
the Commissioner of Agriculture in
each State j Clearing House officer, to
whorii all of the farmers "hall report;
They will be glad, every one of them, to
let the Commissioner know at this time
, the amount they are plantirg in cotton.
mi iuc vmiuu9 tuuiioiiHuncri in mo
South can have their reports compiled
conjointly, and thus determine at this
' early time of the year exactly the amount
of lan$l planted in cotton. A certain
'per cent, can be determined upon, and
evfy farmer will gladly conform to it,
and : thus establish a joint reduction
wnica wui ax me price ana insure a
. profit on his crop to every man who
plants the staple. The planters are as
anxious, in fact, pore anxiousthan any
one else to get on a firm basis in this
respect, and are sure to lend their hearty
co-operation, if the commissioners will
take thenaatter up and issue a circular
calling for reports from the farmers in
meir seoarate states,
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. iur. i ruuc Deneves in keepmz tne
acreage jdown and proves it by rci-
uuung nis- acreage last year 550 per
cent.' He says he will reduce it- that
much more this year. If every
planter was like Mr. Trultt and con
ducted his ) farm Jlfthe same level
headed, business like way, there
' would be no need of any plan, to se-,
cure co-operation, for every planter
would keep posted on the crops, the
world s demand and the prices, and
! . rvr.1 f -. . mm
:, many acres as ne coma man-,
ae wrtfiout going into debt or inter-'
i fermg with raising food supplies and
iuigs on tne i arm wnicnmusc
be bought if they are not produced
;- on the farm. A :. ' .
- '"ic "Ar aiuui, use a gooa
many other planters, cultivated only
cotton,) but with1 the low prices of
late years, experience and observa
tion convinced him that.; this didn't
pay and he concluded to trv diversi
fied' farming. ' He has a 1,300 acre
. 'arm, 400 of which he gives to cot
ton, the rest to food crops and "pas
turage for cattle, of which h has a
considerable number, which he finds
profitable. Last year it cost him six
v cents a pound to produce the cotton
-us soia tor eignt and made
' some rnpney, about eight dollars a
bale. If ft cost hinl six cents a pound
,to produce it and he had to borrow
VOL; XXVII.
money or cultivate, it on backing
from his merchant, and pay up for
advances and buy what he needed
out of. the two cents a pound, Mr.
Truitt wouldn't have had much mar
gin to put in his pocket when his
crop was sold. But he raised his
home-supplies, had corn, oats, pork
and beef to sell, and what he got out
of his cotton was clear money and re
mained with him. . j j 1 .
There may be some difference of
opinion as to how far the reduction
of acreage should go. There are
some who believe it the best policy;
Lto produce cotton enough to keep; it
cheap, so cheap as not to stimulate
other countries which can grow it(to
engage largely j in the culture with
the prospecj; o high pricesj They
advocate keeping up the acreage and
reducing the cost of production so
that this country may . retamihe
monopoly on cotton regardless of
price. ! ; :-' -' - : ;
But whatever the opinions may .be
as to the wisdom of reducing the
acreage or of keeping it up there is
no difference of opinion among sen
sible men as to the wisdom and ne
cessity of diversified farming as an
essential factor in the successful cul
tivation of cotton whether the price
be high or low. If it be high diver
sified farming will help to keep the
farmer out of debt, make him more
independent and leave him with more
money at the end of the season
which he can call his own. If the
price be .low then diversified farming
will be absolutely necessary to enable
the planter to produce jals cotton at
a figure to keep himout of debt, fie
can't buy fertilizers and food sup
plies foremen and stock, and make
cotton cheaply to save his life. He
might as well undertake to make
money by bottling up moonshine
(not moonshine mountain dew) as to
expect, to make his salt out of six
cent cotton1, when he has to buy his
bread and meat, and corn and. hay;
and six cent (or less) cotton is what
we afe going to have next Fall if the
acreage be as much increased as the
signs indicate. The farmer with jthe
level head will not neglect his home
supplies whatever he may do about
his cptton acreage.
1 MIBOB. KE2STIOJT.
The sold oreansi are trying to
make some tapital out of the state
ment by H0n. Carroll D . Wright
that the average earnings of skilled
laborers in: this country amounted
in 1890 to $445 per annum, which is
higher than the average earnings
were in - 1880. The purpose is to
prove by . this that wages have! Q-
creased under the gold standard, and
that, therefore, the gold standard is
a good rather than a bad thing for
the workman. 'But ! some of them
prove too much when they compare
the wages paid now; with the wages
paid fifty and a hundred years ago
They find tit convenient to forget
that there has been an met ease in
wages the. world. over save in! the
overcrowded Asiatic' countries, and
in others where there has been little
or no industrial progress, and where
the employments are of the most
primitive character,; and where
moriey is scarce and correspondingly
valuable. But the increase in wages
has gone on 'steadily regardless of the
money standard but not regardless of
the volume of money, the Increase
being dependent, of course, more or
less, on the demand for labor. The
gold advocates are disposed to claim
that what they regard as high wages
(although they are really low wages)
is the result of what they call the
"sound money" policy, while j the
tariff protectionists claim it as the
result of the protective tariff, while
it is neither1. Wages are higher in
this country than in other countries,
and have increased, over what they
were forty or fifty years ago because
there has always been more demand
for skilled labor in this country than
in other countries, because there bas
always been more disposition! to
recognize the value of labor, and
again because the' workmen of this
country are more intelligent and Det
ter organized and therefore better
able to take care of themselves' than
the workmen of other countries. If
wages have advanced under I the
vicious gold standard they would
have increased still more under gen
uine bimetallism, j
In his - speech j before the New
Hampshire:, Republican State Con
vention Senator Chandler told his
brethren that if ' the Republican
party got back into power it would
fix up the currency question all
right, just bow they would fix it he
wasn't at liberty to sayl but they
would fix it. The pew Hampshire
statesman was talking through his
hat.1 There has not been a Republi
can platform so far adopted which
does not directly or indirectly pledge
the party to do something to get our
finances in satisfactory shape, j But.
the framem of these platforms were
also talking throughtheir hats. This
Congress has been in session about
four montt s and a half. The House
of Representatives has an over
whelming Republican majority,
which can pass any -measure it de
sires to pass. They all 'admit that the
IBM VV
finances are in a. very unsatisfac
tory condition, and hold out
the idea that they will never get into
a satisfactory condition until the Re
publican party gets control of affairs.
In all these four months and a half
with an overwhelming majority in
one House, and nearly one-half of
the other, not a single move hasjbeen
made to provide a better: system of
finances, which If it didn't go through
would at, least have given the coun
try some idea as to what the Repub
lican statesmen propose, and give the
people a chance to discuss it pending
the next Presidential election. A free
discussion by the people might give
them some suggestive pointers to
help them out of the wilderness, j
v um -.V- i ;l
When the Republican protec
tionist statesmen undertook to build
a new tariff or "patch up an old one
they were in the habit of sending
but invitations to the protected
manufacturers to come to Washing
ton to. confer with the committee
and let it be known on what lines of
manufactures they wanted the most
they would like to have. The peo
ple who paid the duties imposed
were never, represented at ' these
meetings. This was a one-sided
business I and this is the reason why
the manufacturers got about all
they asked for;: There is a striking
similarity in the methods pursued by
the so-called "sound money'' engi
neers and the "protection" boosters
When the latter want to get any
points on h5w they should run the
financial 'machinery and fix up the
currencv Question they call in the
Pierpont Morgans and other repre
sentative bankers, money and bond
manipulators, and ask their 'advice
as to what should be done. Gener
ally speaking, they get all thead-
vice they Want. This is one of the
reasons why, as in the tariff busi-
iness, the .people haven't had much
of a showing in the financial meth
ods-pursued, and why the big bank
ers and bond manipulators have had
it pretty much their own way. But
the people will have their innings
by and by and then somebody will
be knocked out. -V ; i i
t i . . . -
It isn't well all the time to be too
inquisitive. A young Uhlo man
who was: engaged to be married to a
Miss Lucas, of a wealthy St. Louis
family, got the grand bounce because
it was discovered that he was mak
ing too much inquiry about the
financial standing of the young lady's
family, which riled her folks and the
girl, too. They didn't approve of
that kind of speculating in futures.
A Nebraska man wants the tele
graph company to pay him large
damages because by the failure to
deliver a telegram he missed attend
ing his mother-in-law's funeral. The
Nebraska man doesn t have opportu
nities like this very often and when
he does he
wants to show that he ap-
pfeciates them.
Shoe dealers in New York city say
that women s feet in that town are
growing larger, arid prove it by say
insr that thev wear lareer shoes now
than formerly. But this 'may be
proof only that the women; are be
coming more sensible rand are wear
ing shoes that are large enough for
lhem. - -1 ' i - ' ." ,
Chairman Harrity says the Chi
cago convention will adopt a f sound
money
"sound
platform and. nominate
loney" candidates Mr.
Harrity ought to explain j how he
found. this out! Possibly, the "wish
Is fatherto the thought."
Fighting for the C F. & Y". V.
The Washington Postiwv.
The Sea-
board Air Line and the Southern system,
in their fight for control of independent
routes, are now engaged in a war for the
possession of the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley Railway, which runs from Mount
Airy to Wilmington, N. C tapping the
heart of the mineral, agricultural and
timber districts of North Carolina. This
road is cow in the hands of a receiver,
and the New York members of the re
organization committee favor its sale to
the Southern Railway. The members
from Baltimore, however, are in the ma
jority, "and they fstronglyadvocate the
acceptance of the aeaboard Air Lines
proposition to purchase the road.
It now looks very much as if the latter ,
will be successful, and tbe Southern now
threatens to tap the Seaboard's territory '
by tbe construction of a branch line to
Southern I Pines, connecting j with the
Aberdeen & West End Rallway.and thus
reaching at once the Seaboard's best
timber districts and its greatest and most
widely advertised resort.
Severely iljared. "
A young man by the name of Odom
was severely injured Friday afternoon at
Town Creek. He was cutting down a
tree on Mr. Geo. H. Bellamy's farm to
capture si raccoon, when the tree fell
upon turn, mulcting severe Injuries.
He was brought to ' this city yesterday
morning. Dr. J. H. Bellamy was sum
moned and dressed the wounds. Last
night the
patient was progressing as
well as could be expected.
Will Hake No Difference.
U- J.
If, as now seems almost certain, the
Democrat! of North Carolina go into
the fight this year on free coinage plat
forms, both National and State, it will
nofmake, .any difference whether the
Hon. Demosthenes Lycurgus Russell or
the Hon.! Optimus Hallelujah Dockery
is nominated for Governor; as the Demo
crats will sweep the State from CnrrU
-tack to Cherokee.
EEKLY
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1896.
COmSTTT C0HVOTTI05.J '
.Upablicns of XfTrw Hanover Elect i Deie-
Sktea to Btats nd Dlatrlot Oonventlon
HMolattona Adopted KndonlDg Buiell
. and MoKlnlox. ! i
The Republican convention: for New
Hanover count; was held yesterday at
noon in Rath Hall, corner of Seventh
and Nann streets. All the wards and
townships were represented. : ! 1 -
The convention was called to order
by Mr. Stacy VanAmringe, chairman of
the County Executive" Committee, and
C. M. Martin, secretary of the 1 com:
mittee, read the iki of delegates.! j Con
testing delegates from the third division
of the First ward, and the first division
of the Fifth ward, presented credentials.
The chair appointed a, committee On
credentials.' with Dr. S. P. Wright as
chairman, The committee retired and
after a half hour's absence returned and
t - z i
submitted a report recommenamg me i
seating of the resalar deleeates. " ' I
A mation wai made that the reoort be
accepted.. ' ' - ' . ;
Mr. Fred B. Rice, whose side was
shut out, started to address the chair.
The chairman promptly Called him
down, as he was not a delegate, and the
motion to accept the report of the com
mittee was carried. ? ' y
Mr. Rice then said his side would with
draw, which they did. i . 'j
The meeting then went into a perma
nent organization, Mr. ueo. Z.. frencn
being elected chairman and C. W. Nor
wood secretary.: : -"A- :
The chair appointed as sergeants-at-
arms Terry Hewlett, Wm. Guion, J, S.
W. Eagles and T. S. Watson.
On motion, the following ware elected
to the State Convention: Delegates
G. Z. French. W. H. Chadboura. T. C.
Miller and Thos. R. Mask; alternates
I. T. Howe. I. H. Webber. C. M. Mar
tin and I- C. Bowers. !;
Oa motion, the following were elected
delegates to the Congressional Conven
tion: D. B. Sutton, Diniel Howard, E.
M.Green and A. J. Walker; alternates,
C. W. Norwood, H. S. Gausc,! J. M,
Whitted and Joseph Anderson. J
Resolutions were presented by Stacy
Van Amrtoge and adopted; endorsing
ex Judee D - L. Russell ior Governor.
favoring the nomination of Wm. Mc-
Kinley for President of the United
States, and GeorZ. French for Congress
man from' ! the Sixth District, favoring
the continuance of the fusion of 1804.
and endorsing Pritchard for U. S. Sen
ator. M.7 : . 1 ' -'i '"' ! lf
Oa motion, tbe deieg-tes were in
structed to support I. B. Dudley for
delegate to the National Convention.
A letter was read from Judge: D. L-.
Russell expressing regret at fcis inability
to be present, as be was compelled to be
in Washington to argue me election
case from1 this district now pending be
fore the House of Representatives. In
his letter tbe Judge said the convention
must stand by iuuon. :. j
Onamotion, tbe convention took a
recess until May 21st next. j
RU SSELL VS. DOC KERY.
B baaon County' Hepnblicaa Convention
BTqaally DiTided Thare Came Near 'Being
a Bow A Bolt in the Meaklenbo'g County
Convention Tbe Bol era for Dooterj.
Special JStar TeUzram.
Lumberton, N, C April ll.-In the
Republican Convention held here to-day
for the purpose of electing delegates
from Robeson county to the State and
Congressional conventions, honors were
evenly divided between Judge Russell
and Col. O. H. Dockery. A number of
visiting statesmen were present; among
them O. H. Dockery, Jr:, and Parson'
Leak, who were working'in the interest
of Dockery. and W. . and D)B, Sutton,
who were pulling for Russell. A great
J deal of bitterness was manifested and hot
words were indulged in freely. At one
time it looked as if a row was imminent.
the trouble growing out of the appoint
ment of the Committee on Credentials.
Atter a great deal of wrangling, a com
promise suggested by the Russell men
was agreed upon, by which the votes of
Robeson were equally divided between
Russell and Dockery, each receiving two
votes. ' h - -i ' - f
Charlotte, N. C. rApril 11. The
Republican County Convention held
here to-day resulted in a split. Oat of
the 102 delegates, all told, ! from the
county, 11 claim that they bolted and
15 were rejscted by the committee on
credentials. The regular convention en
dorsed McKinley, Russell and Pritchard,
for President, Governor and U. S. Sena
tor respectively. They claim to have
had 74 delegates voting.
The bolters favored, in separate con
vention. O. H. Dockery lor Governor,
and elected1 a delegate to St. 'Louis, un-
instructed. They also endorsed : Mr.
James Smith, of Rockingham, for Con
gress. The factions are bitter. Loge
Harriss spoke for Russell. J. C. Dancy,
of Salisbury, spoke for Dockery.
The Iitto Wi W. Bra a.
The remains of the late Willie W.
Barnes, who died in Los Angeles, Cal.
on the 4th inst., are expected to arrive
here to-day at 12,80 p. m., by train on
the Seaboard Air Line. The funeral
will take piace to-morrow afternoon at 4
o'clock from Grace M. E. Church. Mr.
J as. W Barnes and .Mr. John Barnes,
brothers of the deceased, went to Ham
let last evening to meet Mrs. Barnes
who accompanied the remains of her
I; husband on the long journey across the
continent.
A I.OW Price tor So Good a Paper.
' Clinton Democrat.
Our excellent and esteemed contem-
Dorarv. tne wi:mington star, nas re-
duced tne snoscription price oi us umiy
edition to $5.00 a year. That is a low
orice for.so good a paper and in conse
quence ! of this reduction it ought to
double Its circulation.
maintains the Lead Among N. C.
' : Sallies. ;i
I 1v Raleigh Daily Call.
' The Wilmington Star, the oldest
daily newspaper in North Carolina,
comes to our table 'regularly; filled with
the latest local, State and telegraph
news. The Star maintains the lead
among North Carolina Dallies.'
. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
CALLED TO MEET IN -RALEIGH
ON
THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE. -
Uee'inc of the State Exaoutsva Committee
Ita Membet.hln Silver Men ia tbe
Msjority State Piefa Ataooiation to. Meet
In - Wilmington Baptist Herlval in
Ksleigh Trmpi Iojarod on ihelSonth-
crn Ballroad. !
- Raleigh. N. C. Anrll 9.
The Executive Committee of the N. C.
State Press Association meets here to
day to select a place for the next annual
meeting. -Mr. (Jhas. E. Stevens, of the
Soutbport Leader, who U Dresident of
, .the association and chairman ex-officio
of the committee, is already here.
I he Democratic Executive Commit
tee will meet hereio-nieht at 8 o'clock.
There are 57 members of the committee,
including tbe Central Committee, which
is a part of iu. There will likely be a very
eood attendance. i
Ibe most important business before
(.uuiuinicc win uc iuc naming ui IQC
V. a m.mm:.- : 1 1 i v 1 : -1
date lor holding the Stale Convention.
i nere has been some talk of resolutions
? awptca lavoring auver. put so iar
as 1 can learn no action of the kind will
be taken. The silver men are largely in
tbe majority. A silver committeeman
said to-day that the committee would
certainly not go behind the action of the
committee on May 20. h, 1895, when sil
ver resolutions were adopted. The com
mittee will discuss the situation among
themselves, but farther than this no
action will likely be taken. ,
It has been a long time since the
names of the members of the committee
were published. It is given below with
two exceptions.
First D strict W.Gr. Lamb. - W. T.
Cross. S. T. Bsckwitb, T. W. McMiil-
len. ""
Second District F. D. Winston.
W. A. Dann, J. W. . Granger, J. H.
Baker, Jr.
Third District N. A. Sinclair. D. S.
Mclver, W. n. Oliver. T. C. Whitaker.
Fourth District E.C Beddingfield,
F. S. Spruill, H. A. London.
f ilth District J. L. King, vv. W.
Kitchen, Jt W. Graham.
SixtbfDistrict Heriot Clarkson, R. B.
Davis, S. C- Weill. W. H. Neal.
Seventh District A. H. Bsyden, E.
Rheinhaidt. S. J. Pemberton. 1. L.
Scales. . S '
Eighth District R. H Hockett, R.
L Rybarn, W. C Erwin, E. B. Jones.
Ninth District R. M. Furman, J. A.
Loughran. Kope Elias, R. L. Durham.
The members of the Central Commit
tee are r. B Means li. Chambers
iSmith, F. L. Emery. J. P- Caldwell, R.
H. Battle. C.B.Watson, A.W.Hay
wood, J.J. Young, R. N. Winston. J. S.
Carr. B. C. Beckwith. J. R. Young, E.
J. Hile, F. M. Simmons, S. A. Ashe, C,
E. Foy, G- W. Blacknall, and W. E.
Ashley. '
I have made an iff jrt to nud out
those members of the committee 'who
favor gold. The list given below is
very near an accurate list of those favor
ing the single standard : P. B. Means,
S. W. McMuilen. F. W. W.nston, H. A.
London. S. C. Wieil. A H. Bovden, J.
L. Scales, W. E. Erwin. R. M. Freeman,
Kone Elias, R. H. Battle, and W. E
Ashley. !
Rev. A. C. D:xon, brother of Tom. is
holding a revival at the First Baptist
church. His: preaching is attracting
great crowds, j- So large was the atten
dance last night ihit he began services
to day in Metropolitan Hall. Mr. Dixon
is a magnetic orator and a great thinker.
Many persons who never heard him be
fore, think him the superior of Tom, bis
brother. Mr. Dixon us oastorof a big
church in Brooklyn, N.. .
Raleigh, N4 C, April 9. The Wil
mington Chamber cf Commerce having
invited the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation to meet in that city, the -invita
tion is accepted. The meeting is to be
held July 15:h
This morning white tramps who were
stealing a ride on the blind baggage cf
the Southern railway train, sprung off
just before reaching ureenshoro. The
bones oitne laceoi one were DroKen ana
his injuries are severe.: Another suffered
fatal internal injuries.
The Democratic ' State Convention
met here to-night, and issued a call for
a State Convention, to meet in Raleigh
on June 25th next.
A BLOODY CONFESSION.
Holmes Confesses to Having: Murdered
: Twenty-Seven Innooent People.
H. H. Holmes, the red-handed mur
derer. , now in prison in Philadelphia
under sentence of death, has made a
confession. . -
Among other things the story says:
In prefacing the confession, which covers
a tul nearly mree newspaper pages,
jwntten in - tioimes own handwriting,
and detailed with a minuteness that is
simply' at times revolting, the arch-
mutilator and autnor oi twenty-seven
murders, as "he admits himself to be,
states with something like pathos that
he does so simply that he may obtain
enough, money to educate his boy.
Holmes j writes of his blood curdling
atrocities with an abandon that simply
aoDalls one. Not one grain of remorse
seems to eater into the construction of
that document and never for a moment,
except in two isolated cases one where
he refers touchingiy to the memory oi
Minnie Williams,'" and . another time
when he pathetically speaks of an out
rage perpetrated on bis boy does the re
deeming element, pity, figure in the
case. Regret is never ior a moment ex
pressed and he comes out boldly and
without compunction ia his very opening
with the statement: ' I .was born with
the very devil in me."
" DOCKERY IN WAKE.
He Is Indorsed nr a Bepnblloan Club In
Eatt Raleigh.
News and Observer
' James Young, Russell's Marshal Ney
for Wake county, received a tap on the
diaphram from Dockery supporters in
this town last night.
It was at a! meeting of Republicans
held in far-out East Raleigh last night
for the formation of a Republican club
that James caught it so strongly from
the , opposition. And Tim ' was there,
was present in the hour of his own hu
miliation. I Rev. R. H W. Leak, Col.
Doekery's piquant ace of spades, had
planned his coupe and bad by bis side all
cards of a color. J tm s "nne Italian
band" was so badly beaten that he didn t
even "can tne "iitue nigger preaencr.
i . ii ttm -1 . l a. 1
wno waiKea on sereneiv wun me etanc
at issae, in the shape of an endorsement
ot and instructions for Dockery. ,
I. o. o. , ..
Capt. T. M. McGowan, delegate to the
meeting in Richmond. Va., of the
Widows and Orphans Relief Associa
tion of the Independent Order of . Odd
Fellows: for North Carolina, Virginia
and West Virginia, returned last night.
He reports that Matrsflen Bellamy, &sq.,
of Wilmington, N. C' was elected presi
dent of the Association.
Shallow men1 believe in luck:
strong men believe in cause and effect.
hmtrson.
TAK.
Major
Framer of .the Indiana Military
Celery Compound.
Major Robbins, of the 2ad Iadiaea
State guards, aide on Gen; McKee's staff
and president of camp Gray, has been
for two years one of the most icfljential
members of the Indiana legislature and
the author of the famous Indiana Mili
tary Law of 1889,
Major Robbins wa a viry sick man
up to the time of taking Paice's celery
compound. - !
In proof of - what that remarkable
remedy can do to make a sick person
strong and well, Major Robbins' fetter
from Indianapolis best tells its ! own
straightforward story. t
'I was troubled with a torpid liver,
constipation and the accompanying sal
low complexion, while my entire ner
vous system was entirely deranged; and
I was greatly reduced in flash. While
in this condition I wa3 taken down with
a very severe attack of the grip, and! was
for a long time, confined to the house
and my bed.
"i resorted to various medxines and
tonics, and under their temporary Influ
ence made several attempts to resume
my business of traveling about ia tbe
interest of "A. Steffeo, c'gsr manufac
turer cf this city; but relapse succeded
relapse, and I not only was obliged to
abandon, my business, but growing grad
ually worse, became apprehensive of the
ultimate result.
' At this juncture, my mother-in-law,
who had used your remedy with giati
fiyng results, prevailed upon me tojeom-
mecce taking fame a celery compound,
THE HALL CASE.
Mrs. Watson Hall Held to Awatt Ao
ten of
the Grand Jury. f.
The brutal murder of Mr. .Watson
Hall near Florence. S. C, a short! time
since, full particulars of which appeared
in the Star, excited great interest: here
where Mr. Hall formerly lived, ft will
be seen by the following from the
Florence Times of the 9th that the af
fair has taken a new and sensational
turn: - I.
The case of Mrs. Plume Hall, wife of
Mr. Watson Hall, who was so foully,
murdered recently, at Mars Bluff came up
Ior preliminary hearing before Magistrate
Smith to-day. . i ne case was tnea in tne
court house to give room for those who
wished to hear the evidence. Several
witnesses were examined and very Im
portant testimony was elicited, but tne
Times does not believe in trying a case
of this kind through, the newspapers
before it has been to the court of gen
eral sessions, and therefore do not go
into the, testimony. Mrs. Wilkes was
set free, no particle Of evidence produced
connecting her with the murder.) Mrs.
Hall was remanded to i in to await tne
action of the graud jury. 1
A Model Truck Farm. . 1
A representative of the Clinton Demo
crat, who recently visited the truck farm
and nurseries of Mr. J. S. WestbrOok, at
Faison, says: "It does one good to see
a farm that is as pretty as a picture, and
such a one Mr. Westbrook has. It is
laid out in systematic order and is kept
as clean as a floor and under the highest
cultivation. Mr. Westbrook grows the
early - vegetables,' berries, fruits and
grapes. 4 He has made money, and every
thing about bis attractive places bears
evidence of the thrift that goes with in
dustry. His is a model place, one that
would make any man wish to be the
possessor ot such a farm. It does all
engaged in trucking good to visit it
and get an objict lesson in truck farm
Deatb of Dr. W. B. Me irea.
Dr. W.'B. Meares, who had many rel
atives and friends in Wilmington, died,
Tuesday night, in New York city, where
be had gone for medical treatment. The
remains were interred at Liawood;
Davidson county, yesterday. Hon. O.
P. Meares. a brother of deceased, ad
journed Mecklenburg Criminal Court in
order that he could attend the funeral.
Dr. Meares was born in Davidson
conn-
tv, but had been a frequent visitor to
Wilmington, where be made I. many
friends. He was a man of exalted char
acter, a leading citizen of his county, and
stood high in his prctession. '
Mr. S. H. Bell informs the
Star that the first shipment of
North
Carolina strawberries this season was
made from Burgaw yesterday by Mr. 1.
B. Scott. He shipped one crate of 33
quarts to Philadelphia. Mr. Bell says
they were "as large as guinea eggs and
red as a rose.
The last issne of the Laurinburg
Exchange appeared with inverted column
rules, the newspaper emoiem oi mourn
ing, as a mark of respect to the memory
of the late Dr. Robert D. Dickson Fol
lowing a feeling editorial tribute, it re
produces the sketch of the deceased
which appeared in The Morning Star
of the otn inst.
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NO. 25
W.W.Rbbbins
Bill Made!
Well
by Paine'f
! I. -
and it gives me great jp.easure to state
that I at once began to! feel its beneficial
enacts. . i. i
"My appetite, which pad failed me, re
turned, ray constipation ceased and
very sooaimv liver became normal in
its action. Following this my sleepless-
acss ana neaaacnes ceasca, ana l oegan
to gain flesh.'! The insidious hold on me
mat the grip had hitherto bad was re-;
laxed, and I felt invigorated and
strengthened, so I could resuhie mv va
cation, and I feel free from the languid
enervated feeling that had so. long pos-i
- sessed mc. (
"My friends were pleasantly surprised
with the change in my condition, and I
was only too happy to recommend
Paine's celery compound tocuch of my
acquaintances ss were suffering from
any cf the complaints wh-.fh so com
piicatea my case. . inereiqre, l again
say I feel impelled by a deep sense of
gratitude to express how much 1 baye
been helped, for I now feel indlook like
a new man." I. - T ' I -i-
Paysicians who relyj on Paiee's celery
compound as thousands cf the most
wide-awake members of the profession
are doing, especially now that nearly
every one fee's tbe need jpf a genuine V
spring remedy pnysician kcow very
well wht that languor arid that tired
fesllng means. The? knof that debility
to day often results in nervous prostra
tion to-morrow, unless the tired system
is qaickly invigorated! j j
Tht is why all over the country to
day Pane's celery compound is being
taken' by the advice of skilled physi
cians. It is the one remedy that physi
cians can conscientiously call a genuine
spring remedy. Try t. - . j
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FiRE IN CUMBERLAND..
One Hundred Thou Band Dollara Got
TJp In Smoka-Over Twi Million Feet cf
- I
Timb r Destroyed. j
The Fayettevtlle Observer 'gives the
following account of a disastrous woods
fire in Cumberland county:
The great cloud of smoke that hung
over Fayetteville
Monday evening like
a huge black canopy! and
which many
mistook for thunder clouds, was 'the
result of the most d isastrous wood fii es
that ever visited this county.
Ten thousand acres of the best belt
of timber in the county was destroyed,
besides miles upon imiles of fenciig.
a i.
Oae house and numerous barns were
also burned, and it I is thought many
head of cattle, pigs, etc., If ell victims to
tbe fiimes. J,
The fire started west Ipf Little Rock
fish, about 14 mtles from1), the city, near
Sessom's place; crossed pockfish, Mid
dle and Bones Creeks add came wit&m
9 miles of Fayetteville, and but for the
providential rain' of Monday night,
would-have reached this city, so fierce
were the flames. - I - j y " II
Eye witnesses say that they never saw
such a grandly terrific sight, for miles
nothing but a,sea of leaping, licking,
shooting bowling flimes, the rear) oi
which could be. heard four, miles dis
tant. y . i- . j
Hundreds of people could be seen; all
along the line digging trenches and fell
ing timber, but nothing 3 could stop the
' tuc
but
ilex-
mighty march of lue-j-nothlng
providenKe. I ' '
A. D. McNeill. E?a ..hi 71st. an
ceedingly conservative man, places the
loss at over $100 000l j .
The fire swept a territory of 5 miles
by 2, destroying over 2 000.000 feel of
timber on an area of 10,000 acres,
SILVER DEMOCRATS' CONFIDENT
Claim That Thty Will Have a Pronouaoed
Majority in .the Chicago Convention
The following from jthe Washington
Post is interesting: '
The officers cf tbe
Democratic Bi-
metallic Committee, refuse to show their
hand by going into details concerning
their, work. But they boldly declare tbe
free coinage people will control! the
Chicago Convention, adopt a ringing
free coinage platform, land nominate a
tried and true champion of the free
comage.of silver. They1 are not circu
lating much literature, father depending
npon the other organizations to do that.
Senator Harris has, however, Unbo
somed himself so far as to sav: I
4 f The committee of which I am chair
man is in receipt of abundant informa
tion from tbe various States to, justify
ray assertion at this time that the free
coinage people wilt enter the Chicago
Convention- with a pronounced majority,
such a majority as will dictate terms
from the start. These terms will be un
changeable. They will be free coinage of
silver at the ratio of IS to 1, and tbe
candidate must stand squarely on the
platform. ! There will be no surrender.
As masters of the field, we shall write the
platform and name tbe candidate." v
The Democratic! Bimetallic League,
referred to above, is composed of Demo
crat who favor conducting the fight for
free silver Inside the Democratic party.
Editor Star. ! ; f
NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
HAYWOOD . COUNTY REPUBLICANS
DECLARE FOR MOODY FOR
GOVERNOR. i
Senator! Pritohatd'a Oraan Sanoanoes Senator
Butler Wake County Bepablican Con- v
Tendon Called to Meet May 2nd H either
BoMell STor Dookety Xadoretd by the
Committee Wke Forot Cammeneement
Bdenton Bioter Bent to tbo reniteatury.
Sjecial Star Correspondence. ' ',
j Raleigh, N. C; April 11.
Haywood county .declares for Moody
for Governor. It is significant to note
that McKinley and Pritchard were also-
endorsed. ; i. ; '
The Asheville cr.Senator Pritch-
ard's papert goes for Butler even worse
than Holton. . It says: " ;
"The Senator regards North Carolina
!as his personal chattel, but he must' un
derstand once for ait that he cannot bull
doze and brow-beat one single Republi
can in the State out of his party." . The
Register says U4earns that butler is still
determined to force Republicans to
abandon their organization and their.
party nominees for: the- Presidency to
orce co-cpsration. :
Like capt. taves, be needs to bs
taught a lesson. The Republicans and
Populists who favor co-operation should
immediately go to work to arrange the
details without regard to Butler, just as
the Republicans did twi years ago,with-
out regard to Eaves. Batter is by na
ture a tyrant, ana nis amcition is not to
be a leader but a boss. '
WW 1 .
I lot uixcn meetings are drawing won-
oeriuuy large crowds. Last ntgnt when
the seryxcv began av tbe First Baptist.
church there was not a vacant inch cf
pxe unoccupied except cn the pulpit.
where Dr. Dixou spike. Tbe vestibule
was fall and pcoolo were turned away by
the hundreds. Ia tbe mor&ing Metros
politan Hall is also filled, mostly.. with
business men.
Dockery people here say that Fred
Rice, will support the Colonel f jr the
nomination. . ' .
Wake county will raise-more tobacco
this year than ever before .in the history
of the county: A gentleman -who has
last returned from the northern andean
em section, says new tobacco houses ar
being erected by the dozens, j
Wake Forest Commencement will be
two weeks earlier than usual this year.
It will occur the last week in May? f
Four of the Edenton rioters were sen
tenced, to terms in the penitentiary.
Governor atd Mis .Cat r, Misies Carr,
Dr. atd Mrs. McKee. Dr. and Mrs,
Turner, Mrs. Kenan, Dr. Lewis and Dr.
A. B.j Haokins and Maj. Wilson re
turned from a visit to the Albemarle
fisheries ye&terday. The party had a
most pleasant trip
A steamboat will be put on the
French Brbad river to be used as a
pleasure boat.
Special Star Telegram '
The Republican county convention
is called to meet here May 2nd. . The.
executive committee appointed a com
mittee: ot five to confer with a commit
tee of j Populists to arrange for a contin
uancaj of , fusion. Neither Russell nor
Dockerjr was endorsed, though both fac
tions claimed a majority of the members
of the committee. Fusion was strdngly
endorsed, .
A Republican paper will be started
here next week, with J. C. L. Harriss as
r . j ...
ecr.crj it-.. win appear weemy. i
A NOTE SENT TO SPAIN.
The TJolted States Fopasea Mediation In
B'gard .to. Cuba Coooiied ia: Kindly
y Fhjrasea-Epiia'a Pilurj to Fulfill He.
Fiomisea Retrr.-cd To Asked to En
etraaelo as Soon as Pceib)a.
A -lVshinzton Post of lit A.
There has. been sent to Madrid from
the State Department an important offi
cial dispatch bearing on Cuban affairs.
It was signed by Secretary OIney acd
addressed to Minister Taylor. In it was
laid down the attitude of the administra
tion in the Cuban question. The. dis
patch is a lengthy one. Its four prtnci-
al points are: ,
First. I The President proposes that
pain; accept mediation on the part of
the United States 'looking to a settle
ment of existing differences between iht
Spaqiish Government and the Cubans.
Second. It refers to the --correspond
ence! between tne state Department ana
the Madrid authorities in 1870, in which
Spata promised to inaugurate govern
mental reform in Cuba, which promises
it is said have not been fulfilled. j .
Third. That the present rebellion
in Cuba is more serious and wide
spread than any which have arisen in
recent years, and that the insurgents
control practically all of Cuba except
Havana ano me near neignoornooa,
Fourth. It assures Spain of tbe kind
liest motives on the part of the United
States in seeking to bring about a pa
cific condition of affairs in Cuba, and
urges that the good . offices of this
country be accepted in the spirit prof
fered
uniform baling.
Bssolatioss Adopted at the Convention of
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Cotton Exohaogea in Anguaia,
j By Telegraph to the Moraine Starr
Augusta, Ga., April 10. At a meet
ing of representatives of the South At
lantic Cotton Exchanges in Angusta to
day, the 1 matter of uniform . baling was
called up. Resolutions were adopted, J
recommending : y
1. That producers,' ginners and pack
ers use bagging weigh ing not less than
2, nor more than 2 pounds to the yard,
the bagging to be woven and calendered,
to allow clear and distinct m arking: -
2. Sixties to the bale of material
weighing not less than 45 nor mote than
50 pounds to bundle of 3.011 to HH feet
in length.
, 3. 1 Farmers and manufacturers urged
to conform to these recommendations.
4.i That compressed bales have at the
ship Side a density cf 22 pounds per
cubic foot, and 8 bands, weighing an
average of 11H Pounds per band.
5. That sample hole patch be used in
compressing of bales. '
6. That railroads decline to receive
compressed cotton of lesser density than
88M. pounds per cubic foot. :
7. That attempts to enforce arbitrary
penalty ot five pounds per bale by the
Liverpool Exchange will only retard
every movement lookirg to the correc
tion of the evils complained cf.
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X-GOV. THOS. M. HOLT
Died
Yesterday
at Hta Home at Haw
- . Blver. . -'
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -
Ralxith, N. C, April 11. Ex-Gov
ernor Thomas M. Holt died as S.20 this,
afternoon at Haw River, his home. His
age pas 65. He served two , years as
Governor. He was the largest-cotton
manufacturer in North Carolina and also"
one of its weatbiest citizens.
Gov. Carr has called a council of state
to meet to-morrow to arrange the
funeral. He has sent a" telegram of con
dolexce to Mrs. Holt
A! telegram from a member of the
family to the Sauthern Associated Press
correspondent says the funeral will be
held at i ll o'clock Monday morning
at Haw River. Gov. Carr and his staff
and State officer; and the Governor's
Guards wilL attend the foneral. Ex
Gov, Holt was stricken last Tuesday and
be never rallied. Hit death was due to
Bright's disease, i '
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