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Vi ill V" f V I 1 ". .. 5 . " 1 i-'i 'J si, ! iff 1 if V. : . - :i in-- ' :v; " j tli ; ! .' gltc mhcMij Mkvc. tional agreement" referred to in its WILLIAM H. BEBNABD, ' . r - j Editor and Proprietor. -if. - : WILMINGTON, N. C. F Friday, BBr"? In writing to chance vonr addresi always id former direction at- well as (nil particulars as whe ve iere .yon wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless yon do both chances can im be made, i ' Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c.f are charged for as ordinary advertisements, bat only half rates when paid . for strictly in advance. At. this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. tar" Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. . Postmas . ten will register letters when desired. t3f Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher.; !' I .- ' -" : I' t& Specimen copies forwarded when desired. We are again sending bills to onr subscribers. In the aggregate they amount to a very (large sum. Many -of jour subscribers -are responding promptly. Others, pay no attention to, the bills. These latter do not seem to understand that they are under any legal or moral' obligation to pay for a newspaper. V i : SOME SENSIBLE TALX. v We do not know who Mr. Geo. J. Strozier of Blttchton. Fla.,' is, but he ; writes a very pertinent and sensible Iejtter to the Jacksonville Citizen, a ' gold standard paper, from which we . ' make the following extract: j:'- "I wauld like to know what the na tionalDemocratic platform means when j aays; j 'We .hold to the use of ' both gold and silver as the standard j money of the country, and to the coin I age of both gold and silver without dis crimination against either metal, or charge for mintage,' "Now if that doesn't mean' bimetal lism in the strictest sense of the word, ' I would like to know what it does mean. Furthermore, I would like to see this very great question settled as it is be ing settled in Georgia, by the voice of in telligence.. Where differences exist . (and differences do exist) we should , discuss these questions upon their merits, neither condemning nor abusing 'anyone. .?-, V "My bumble opinion of the great question is this, that we ougbt to return :-!'. to the good old doctrines of Democracy and repeal the tax of 10 per cent, on tbe . issue of State banks. Give to the State ' the power, to prevent the Wall Street gamblers ' from- bringing on money panics and put silver and gold upon an equal footing, upon terms taatj will make each dollar, buy a. dollar's worth j. n the markets each metal primary money and each dollar a money of final ' payment. This would enable ns to in : ; crease the volume of the currency "The existence of State banki of issue would increase the use' of and the de li maud for silver, because each bank would need to use it as a reserve fund to re deem its notes when prrsinted. If that . existed, we should not see the farmers in , this country paying one-fourth of wtaS they can get fur a bale of cotton to have it picked and ginned. Tbe people de mand that this be done. They demand it in the interest of labor, in tbe interest of tbe prod Qcers Of wealth, and because it is their Interest. They demand it be cause it is right and they should have it. ' "To secure this legislation J do not believe that we sbould be made to wait for the assent! of foreign Powers. I con cede that an international agreement on mis question would be preferable. -I would prefer that the silver qiestion should be settled in tuat manner, out the contingency of an international agree- nt is too remote to wait upon. The Anterican people who have asserted theinindependence of the Old World, should not quietly submit to this wrong. Are We prepared to admit that our Gov ernment should not legislate in our in terest until it first secures the approving nod of a monarch of the Old World." platform, and failing in that enact legislation! providing for the ; free coinage ; of silver . byj independent action. Bat not one move has been made in the direction of seeking in ternational agreement or in the way of effecting legislation looking to free April' 24 1896 J coinage without' it. As a matter of laut iuc piauurni uas ueen iguuicu and treated as a, dead letter. Not only that but the chief spokesmen of the go Id standard, men who assume to speak for- the Democratic party and to pose as its interpreters and leaders, , pronounce that platform political heresy, and the bimetallism which it declares for an incompre hensible f absurdity. They didn't think so four years ago when they were endorsing that platform as very good. Democracy, and its utterance the right tiding tor the Democratic party to do. . . : . ' i v' - The true Democrats of to-day stand upon that platform fairly and logically interpreted and 1 honestly carried out and what they insist upon now is. that the same platform in substance be adopted.bat in language so unequivocal that it will require no explanation, but be so plain that every one may understand it. If that platform had been carried out in , . -i J T, ' til at least foar of . the great Powers of the Western World" shall come to an agreement as to the ratio, but Massachusetts is opposed to the free coinage of silver and to any farther purchase of silver ba JlionV or. th coinage thereof on Government ac coant, which means that' the men who framed thai platform believe we have silver enough and that there must be no , more coinage on any terms. In this they went consider ably; further than their Republican brethren who only went so far as to say that they- were opposed to the free coinage of silver uatil there was aJ "prospect of international agree ment." But these j Massachusetts Democrats were not satisfied with sitting down on silver, but declare that the greenbacks mast be retired, and in as much as they will consent to the coinage of no more silver on anyj terms; this means that! these $346,000,000 of non-interest-bearing j greenbacks must be- de stroyed and their I places taken . - . : i' oy an equal amount of inter A HOWLING" MOB. THE REPUBLICAN I CONGRESSIONAL SENSATIONAL STATEMENT . prin est j bearing bonds, : payable cipai and interest in eold. This bold declaration has at least the merit of candor and we are glad that it has been made, for it is a plain announce ment of what wt may expect if the good faith and id a spirit of loyalty gold men triumph. , They will not to the party, there would be no agi- ot content witft the ostracizing of tatioa of the silver question now, no trouoie over tne monetary system, for that would be a solved prob lem, and this country would, instead of being in a state of unrest, be to day 'one of the mojst prosperous coun tries on the face of the earth. I Thegold staudard men deprecate the. free silver agitation, but they have themselves to blame ior it, for if they had acted in good faith and carried out the platform: pledges of 1892 in the spirit in which the plat- form was framed and adopted there would be no cause or occasion for the agitation now. t j ; The reference made to State banlcs by the writer whom we quote is also pertinent, for as little good faith was shown in carrying out the pledge to repeal; the State bank tax as in dealing with'silver. That was a mat ter in which the South and the West, (but especially the South),were vitally interested, one on which, they ex pected and Vhad a right to expect favorable action, and the failure, to act upon which was a cause of inex pressible disappointment. The people don't hold the Democratic party re sponsible for these failures, but they do hold responsible ( the men who claim to be the representative leaders of the party, who have since discov ered that the Democratic partv most be tied to gold and float orslnkVith gold, silver, but will destroy the- green backs, and thus put the money sys tem of the country absolutely in the control of the money-lenders and bond syndicates of the East: j It re quires the ierve of a pirate or the callousness of a professional high wayman to endorse such a selfish, Cold-blooded, plundering, policy. The reports from Michigan indi cate that a strong, free silver dele gation will go from that State to Chi cago and will go with iron-clad in structions. So far a majority of the counry delegates to the State Con vention which meets at Detroit on the 29th Instant, are avowed siiver men, and the majority of these have been instructed. The gold men are kick ing against instructions, but four years ago, although the delegation from tbit State was solid for "Cleve land, they were still Instructed. As this is a matter which rests with the State Conventions or may be left by the States for the delegations to de cide for themselves after they! get to the National Convention, the proba bilities are, that most of the delega tions will go instructed for; silver from the sliver States, and for gold from the gold States. The plat- r ; ; Mj. Strozier ( is a Democrat who writes from af Democratic stand j ppint, and as one of the people who : y speaks plainly, and. believes in prin "ciple and pledges rather than in ex pediency. When he asks what the 'National Democratic platform L means when it says "We hold to the V use of both gold and silver as the . .standard money of the country and fto the coinage of both gold and sil ver .without discriminating . against either metal, or charge for mintage," ;V he asks a very pertinent question and . one that it would puzzle the gold advocates to answer. If that . doesn't mean bimetallism in the full sense then language has no meaning. , That declaration then' meant and , means now that there -should be no discrimination against silver in the mints' of the United States, that the way to the mints'shoald be as open to silver as to gold and that within the mints silver should stand ; upon the same footing as gold; That is what that phraseology meant and .('; that.Is wby il was Phrased it was. It ' was intended to make the masses of . .American voters believe' that the ' . .. Democratic party was friendly to the V ; free coinage of silver, and hence the , twd ' metals were linked and pre sented together. . The question of ratio was disposed of by !eference4o International agreemenf, to bring this country into harmony with other, countries in which the gold standard J then prevailed, but the possible fail ure ' to secure this agreement ' was anticipated by the declaration that in the event international agree ment was not effected then we should provide for the free coinage c sil ver by such legislation as would ,. maintain the fparity of our.different (, kinds pf money. The meaning of - j this was simply, if it meant 'anything, ' that' the Democratic party" was In -favor of the free coinage of .silver : . v . and while, to guard against any posslblecompIicatlon by the sudden cnange in our; monetary system it - favored international agreement,1 still the party was in favor of indeL pendent action if the agreement alluded j to was not attainable, and that we should have free coinage after the adoption of legislation to maintain the parity. ! - The people who read that platform and supported the party for which it spoke and the candidates who ran upon it had a rirht to expect that one of the first thlncs it would MIB0& MSSTIO The situation in Ilhnoss is becom ing interesting-. A short while ago Secretary Carlisle went to Chicago ostensibly on the invitat? working men of that ( city to make a "sound money" speech, which he did. It was soon discovered that the object of getting him to Chicago was not so much to give his views on the money question as to make a starter for the gold organization, which was instrumental' in . getting him to Chicago under pretence of enlightening the working men on this vital question, j He ' performed the task assigned to him with his characteristic zeal and with as much ability as It could have been per formed by any one, and; as soon as he got out of town the planning of the gold men began to develop and the work of organization began. A telegram from Washington a few days ago. announced! that there were "some surprises in store for the free silver men" and that one of these surprises would . be forthwith sprang in Illinois, jit intimated that the gold men had set a trap for Gov." Altgelda silver champion) and pro posed tcj capture and silence him by favoring his renOmlnatlon for Gov- crnor. .xnis statement was verified by the action of a1 "sound money" meetlng in Chicago a few nights ago wherein 'a resolution was adopted favoring the candfdicy of Gov. Alt geld, who it was well known had expressed his determination to re- tlrA art 4 W I. j' uu uui. uc a vctuuiaare tor re nomination. But Governor Altgeld didn't even nibble .at, much less swal low the bait, for he saw the hook in it and while believing that some of those who had expressed preference fof him might have) been sincere de clared that the endorsement was simply a blind to deceive and divide his friends. He went further and declared that for, forty Governor ships he would not .suppress his honest j convictions1 on the silver" question nor lend !his influence to fasten upon thij country the plunder ing, paralyzing gold standard system which the gold! leeches are trying to fasten upon it. That put up job of the gold ring' didn't work. But pos sibly this endorsement of the "soand money' j men may have the effect of makingr him the candidate of the silver men, and it looks that way for Chairman Hlnrichson, of the Slate Democratic Committee, has declared for him." Hinrichson asserts that nine-tenths of the counties in Illinois are for free silver and will so instruct in their conventions, " . Democratic Conventions in forms adopted ought to be instruc tions enough. But under usage the majority have the .right to instruct and. there should be no kicking if they do. - . f The New York Sun advises the free coinage men to dispense with the "mystifying catch word 'bimet allism,' " which according to the dic tionary means 1 the free coinage of goia ana silver.. That's iust what we mean byj it. Now let the New, York Sun, "which shines for all," ad- vise its gold J friends to dispense with that fraudulentj catch word "sound money," which they invented to fool somebody by trying to make it ap pear that silver is not sound money. Why H this bother about jDemo era t-Populist fusion in ,North Caro lina? If. as is almost r.nncprVrt . th Chicago Convention adopt a free coinage ticket, every Populist who is honestly for free silver will support the Democratic ticket, and a large maiorlty of . those (and "their name is Legion") who have been disapi pointed in getting office, wili do like' wise..- . (.. j. i ; I- . CONVENTION AT MAX TON. Fierce Fight Between the Bassali and iook err Faottbna Both Appoint Delegates to tbe Natioaal OoDvetition and Soh Hom- .inatee a Candidats tor Consrenmao. ; Special Star TeleramA : Maxton, N. C. April 8a.The Con gressional Convention held hereto-day is uoreportable. Such a bowling mob never before met in a civilized commun ity under tbe guise of representatives of the people. . j The convention was called to order at noon and , was opened with prayer by Rev. Hayes, colored; bnt it was of no use no help came from above, t R B. Russell, chairman of the execu tive committee, appointed A. M. Long and John D. Cameron, of " Richmond, temporary 'chairman and secretary re spectively. D. M. Morrison, H. I. Quick, of Richmond, and K. R. Ham monds, of. Anson, were appointed com mittee: on credentials.- Contests were announced from New Hanover, Bruns wick, Union and Mecklenburg counties. The convention seemed to be divided between -iSmith and his opposition, or rather Dockery against Russell, f When thocommittee retired Speaking Henry Covington was called out by the Dockery ites, but being howled down by the Russellites was only able to make' himself understood by placing his thumb to bis nose and working bis digits. The Russell faction called lustily for Swords man D. Sutton and (bat modest yong attorney le'd the cry, making the Walls ring for button. This was kept op until 2 o'clock when a recess was taken. At 3 o'clock the committee? reported, seating the" regular delegates in all conn ties except Mecklenburg, where the Dockery contestants were admitted. A motion was made to adopt the report, when "hell broke loose." Never since the "morning stars j sang together" was such a scene witnessed. The Russell ites put up A. J. Walker, a Russell "sivage from New . Hanover, for chair man, and T. W. Mnllins, of Mecklen burg; for secretary, i and headed by Sutton, the "big-nn" from Bladen,' pro ceeded to seat him; During the tussle which followed it looked as if both fac tions woud be wiped out, but the darkey was installed as chairman of his faction. The temporary organization was made permanent and Chairman Lone, who kept as cool as a cucumber throughout, presided over , the rest. Nominations were rapidly made and carried, so that in a few minutes two tickets were in the field, as follows : ! ' Dockeryites: J. M. Smith of Rich mond for Congress; J. M. Good, of Mecklenburg, and Z. F. Long, of Rich mond, delegates to the National Con vention; F. B. Rice, of New Hanover Presidential elector, y " The Russellites nominated R. M. Nor ment. of Robeson, for Congress; James B.; Dudley, colored, of New Hanover, and J. W. Mullins. of Mecklenburg, elec tor. This faction adopted resolutions in favor of Russell f ar Governor, Pritcbard for Senator, and McKinley for President. The Dockeryites resolved, for Dockery for 'Governor. The delegates ! of the Dockery faction go instructed, but are understood to be for Allison lor Presi- dent; ' j. - " j-iV, ; y u T ' Eich side denoucced the other bit terly. The Russellites because the roll of counties was not called on the adop tion of the report of the committee, and the Dockeryites because of the' unpre cedented howling propensities of the Russellites. : ,; , fipeqchfs were made by H. C. Dockery. A. W. Scott, F.j B. Rice, George W, Price and Henry Covington, all denun ciatory of Judge Russell. Dr.Norment was pushed off the rostrum by a negro and did not speak. . A MajuritT otxfhe Detnoentta ExeontiT Committee Beady to . Join Hands .with the Popnllau In Political AllJanoe, r J Siecial Star Teleeram 1 1 Ralxigh. N. April 21.-rPolitics is truly taking a sensatibnal turn. T night I . learn that twenty-four of th members of the State Democratic Ex ecuuve 'Committee met in Chamber; Smith s office after the last meeting am passed a resolution which stated thai tbe day of partisanship had passed am that they were ready tp co-operate witl any organization that sought to secure . change in our present financial system!. To-day a circular letter came from Washington. It was addressed to leading Popalists and emanated from Senator Butlerand others. The letter was short and stated briefly that a majority of this usmwiBUb uccuutg isommmec was ready to join bandsjwrth the Populists tp effect fusion. The letter did not oppose an alliance between Populists and Dem ocrats but rather favored it. Senator Butler will make the same proposition which) the Republicans refused, to the Democrats who control the committee. A leading Populist says he Is almost cer tain that the proposition will be ac cepted, and he believes seventy-five per cent, of the Democratic party will co operate. This new turn . will no doubt create a sensation. . THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Called to Meet In the Cliy of Haleigh June i 25, 1896. ' Raleigh, N. C, April .10, 1896J A Convention of the Democratic party of North Carolina is hereby called Ito assemble in the city of Raleigh on the 25th day of Jnne, 18S6, for the purpose of nominating candidates for Governor and the other State officers and Presi dential electors for the State at large; fpr the purpose of electing delegates; to the National Democratic Convention, at Chicago, and for the transaction J of such other business as may properly come before it. . The several counties of the State will select delegates to tbe State Convention in accordance with the plan of organiza tion this day promulgated. T Done by order of the State Demo cratic Executive Committee. - James H. Pou. Chairman, Smithfield, N. - Wiley Rush, Secretary, Asbeboro. N. C (Democratic papers are requested to A I ... a a resuu oi me passage ot tne new election law, many townships have been uitiucu inio voting precincts and no committees have been elected for these precinqts; the several county executive committees are hereby requested to ap point, as soon as possible, committees for each new precinct, appointing when ever practicable the members of the old Auwosuip committee resident in the new precincts. , The committee thus ap pointed will serve until their successors oau oe elected, which should be at the nrst precinct meeting hereafter held Iamis H. Pou. Chairman State Dem. Ex. Coip. ine usmocratic press is requested to WEDDED IN FAYETTEVILLE. Mr. Oiren t. Lire and Mta Marr Camp- : heU Brady Married In VayettevUle :t Testerdey.-.:; ' , '. - The marriage of M:ss Mary CampbeH, nraay.oi rayettevilie, to Mr. Owen F. Love, of Wilmington, took .place yester day afternoon in Fayetteville at St. John's Episcopal Church. Miss Brady is ihe daughter of Mr. W. E. Brady, and granddaughter of -Ma jar. A. M. Camc- bejl, one of tbe oldest and. most highly. cBicemca citizens ot f ayetteviile, - The church was beautifully decorated with flowers most tastefully i arranged, and a urge concoune ot ir lends of both bride and groom were assembled to witness the ceremony. V Theijride entered the church leaning on tne arm ot ner uncle.: Maf. V. Campbell, and we s' met jest below the cnancei py the groom ana his best man Mr. rranic n.xateaaian. the marriage ceremonies were conducted by Rev. Doc tor josepn tiuslte, t si.sted by the Rev. Jno. Huske and the Rev. Joseph N. oiarr, ivitj jr w. r. ampoeil giving tbe : J rw . . . ." uriuc away, ine mates oi honor were M s3ts Kate Understood and Lzzie Brady, and the ushers were Messrs. Charles Gampbell. ArchieCampbell, James Moore and George Underwood. Numerous were tbe congratulations showered upon the- happy coup!e,and the many handsome and ccstlv dm shits received showed the high estimation in I L which hot h Mr. an1 Mm lnn. s I I . u. mwWW OI V. UllIU not only here but also in Fayetteville Mr. and Mrs. Love left Fayetttvil.'e for .Wilmington a short time after their marriage,' being accompanied to the depot by a host of friends and well-wishers. They arrived here about eight o'clock last night and drove to Mr. Love's residence, where a most sumptu ous bridal supper awaited them and-a" few personal friends. The Star, in conjunction with other friends, unites in wishing the bride and groom much happiness and prosperity publish the place .this note. ! of organization and THE POLICE BOARD and ter- btcd ntu- May Mar- H. A Chicago ; man in Washington who wanted to see the President to show him two Inventions he had made, one , an anupsettablrf boat which would run a hundred miles an hour, and a gun that would kill forty eight.ducks' at one shot, was so dis appointed because he could j not see the President that he hanged himself in the cell to which he was .tempor arilyvcommitted as a crank. I i . The Trusts are .coming right along.. A few days ago a big: 8.- uuu.ooo bicycle Trust was, formed, with . headquarters somewhere in Ohio, and now a big shovel Trust is announced which Is to reduce the output .to 400,000 dozens, aid has already put up the price 20 per cent. That's a nice way to encourage men who want to fake healthful exercise. Which Is , the better platform for the South,! one that suits an over whelming majority of the Democrats of Maine.! Massachusetts VartriVvn j w w ; WAUAVUb and Rhode Island, or one that is en dorsed by an overwhelming majority of the Democrats of Missouri, Ala bama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. j : Bupetior Co art. '; j i he case, of J. L. Lockhart vs. Sol. Bear, suit for damages for alleged j false imprisonment occupied the attention of the Super or Court yesterday. The counsel in the. case are Thos. W. Strange, Esq., for plaintiff and Messrs. M. Bellamy & Son, Ricaud & Weill and J. D. Bellamy, Jr., for de fendant. The examination of witnesses was Ja progress when the Court about 6 80 p.. m . took recess nntil 9.30 this morning. :. . i Hon. Chauncey M. Depew is mad because New York courts have sus tained the legislation which1 requires the .railroads to carry bicycles as oaggage, free, gratis and for nothing. xn a ranee tne railroads have a rod In the baggage cars ; on which thev ! DEAD BODY FOUND. Supposed to ba J. D. Bryant of Iittmber j tor, N. C. . Special Star Telegram. f AYgTTEVILLE, N. C, April 20. J. D. Biyant, of Lumberton, N. C, was iouna aeaa to-day near Hope Mills, N. C, on the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line railway. He was horribly mangled' and was unrecognizable except by the papers found on the body. It is sup posed that be was killed by the Florida vestibule train last night. Bryant was a wuuc man, tniny-nve years of age. Itema Viom Utaxton.' ! From the Maxton correspondent of the Kobesonian: Mr. C. H. Fore. Of Inhnann A Pn of Wilmington, I was in town last week with f urbelows. and fixens" lor the girls.. ! - 1 . t Blanch, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Fore; of Alma, narrowly es caped injury last Thursday. A cow tore her dress off with her horns. Fortu nately her father was present and res cued her before further "damage 'was done. '. . I D. H. U. Hill addressed a few nt M.. ton's citizens last Tuesday night on the School question.! The meeting resolved to raise not less than $3,500 for a build ing for a high graded school. Messrs. J. a jMcCaskill, T; B. Pace, M. McNair. J W.; Carter and, J. B Weatherly were appointed a committee to raise the BCet Yoaterday and Sleeted City Clerk: Teaanrer and Other Offioiala. , The Police Commission, met yester day at 1.80 o'clock p. m.; and ele the following city officers for the ehtu ing year, their term beginning on 6th. . . For Chief of Fire Department- tin Newman. Superintendent of Health Dr. J Harms. ' Tax Lister Mr. O. A. Wiggins. City Clerk and Treasurer Joh Taylor. ' The latter Qffice has been filled by F. ts. Kice since the "new issue" have charge of the city appointments, Members of the Police Commission all had patent padlocks on their mouths after adjournment and consequently could not talk about the causes that led to Rice's removal. But it does not re quire the penetrating power of a ball fired from a Winchester rifle to under stand the whole matter Rice hasfbeen at personal enmity with Judge RfcsjeH for some time, and has made hiinself very obnoxious to the Judge's adherents during the county campaign. H en listed under the Dockery bannef and went to the Maxton Republican conven tion as a contesting delegate from (New Hanover. This accounts for the decap itation of Frederick Bonaparte jRice. aworasman Damocles Bellicose Sutton oemg on duty at Maxton, a special exe cutioner was appointed, Mora Capital for Wilmington. VI S - ne otar is very much gratified to w'n.irom reliable sources that a party of capitalists have beed in close com. mumcation with the enterprising fertil manufacturers, j Messrs. Piwers, uibbs & Co.. whose plant is situated on the northeast branch of the Cape an river, with a view of enlarging their plant to sufficient proportions to make it the largest fertilize concfern in this country. ! I j The establishing of a manufaciurino- enterprise of this magnitude in oiir city must be exceedingly gratifying to) those i uur citizens who zealously wok for the UDbuildinor nf Wiiminntnn- oi.H advantages ot such a large capitalfbeing . INTERESTING TO TRUCKERST . The Outlook m Florid, Georgia arid Vir-Elnla-Prcfit in Sirawbefrtes Complaint! or Drought. '. Savannah News P General Freight Agent F. B.'Papy of the Plant system says that the freight traffic this year, especially in the vege table line, is largely in excess of that ol last year. The movement of vegetables from Florida has increased remarkably. Florida ttuck growers can ship fruit and vegetables to New York and other large markets ahead of other sections and the business is highly profitable. , As an example of the-profits accruing from early 'shipments of fruit and vege tables, it is stated that in Pjtsco county, Florida, the money made ou the straw berry crop alone last season far succeeded the returns pf any orange crop produced in the county. The vegetable move ment over the Plant system this season approximates 60,000 crates over last year's business. The crop this year has been largely affected by the severe drought which has been of long, duration, fn Manatee county especially, ram is badly needed; other drawbacks were cold weather, heavy rains where none were needed,' and high winds. Farmers in that sec tion are all preparing to irrigate their crops. -i - The cabbage crop for this season is repotted as fully 25 per cent, short of last year's yield. The watermelon acre age in Georgia m sections reached by the Piant system show a decrease of at least 50 per cent, from last year's, which was 10,000 acrrs, against a possible 6,000 acres ior mis year, in .Florida the in crease on melon acreage is about 50 per cent., last year's acreage being 2 079 acres. - - ., Norfolk Landmark The protracted spell of dry weaiher in this section is damaging the early crops of the ttuckers. particularly green peas, strawberries and . cabbage. The truckers say if the rain does not come soon the loss will amount to a great mant thousand dollars in the trucking r J : t . ixauisnes, asparagus. Jcale and DeiocraticPlanof-Oraizatioii.; belt. M. Amended anl cbanscd by tbe State ;- Executive Committee. : i ' . The following is a carefully cor rected copy of the Democratic Plan of Organization in North Carolina, as amended and changed at the Re cent meeting of the State Executive committee. All Democratic conven tions hereafter will be held'and all Democratic candidates will be nomi nated according to this amended Plan. : - v . j- - " ' PRECINCT ORGANIZATION. " 1. The! unit of county organiza tion shall be the voting precinct, f In each precint there shall be an execu tive committee, to 'consist .of five active Democrats, who shall f be elected by the Democratic voters of the several precincts in the meetings first called by the County Executive committee. - And said committee so elected shall elect one of its members' as chairman, who shall preside at all committee meetings. ' f, 2. The chairmen., of the several precinct: committees shall compose the County Executive committee, which shall meet at the same time and place as the county, convention elect a chairman of said county com mittee, who need not be a member of the, committee, and he shall preside at an meetings of saia committee, and shall hold his place until his suc cessor shlK be elected. A majority of said pjreefnet chairmen, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quo rum. The county- committee! shall likewise appoint a central committee of five. 1 who shall tt in Its I'ste'arl when thei county committee is hot in session.:) . v. r . 3. In case there shall beV failure on the part of any precinct t.cKf lect its executive committee for a period ot tmrty pays, the county executi committee shall appoint said commit tee from! the Democratic voters of said precinct. . j j j 4. Thei members pf the precinct committee shall elect to any vacancy occurring in said committees, j 5. The, County Executive commit tee shall; call all necessary .bounty conventions by giving at least ten days' notice-by public advertisement in three public places, in each pre cinct, at the court house door,! and. in any Democratic newspaper that may be published in said county, request ing all j Democrats or the county to meet m tneir respective precincts on a common day therein stated, which said day shall not be less thaw three days before the meeting pi the county conventions, for the purpose of electing their delegates to the . county conventions Jromihh voters ;of meeting so held shall elect their delegatesl to represent the pirecincts in the county conventions from the yijius icojjcttivc voting pre cincts, ) hich delegates, or J such of them shall attend, shall vote, 'the full Democratio strength of their Respect ive voting precincts on all questions, jtnat mayj come before said'; county jConventions. In case no jneeting shall be held in any precincf itf pur suance: of said call, or ao election jshall be made, the precinct'executive &uau appoint suca delegates i t' H PRIMARY. ' 6. At every precinct meeting there shall, before delegates to the county convention, are elected, bei a vote taken for the different candidates for officei whose names,' may! be pre sented, and the delegates shall vote in the county convention their res pective precincts in accordance with ent counties may disretrnM ,i. their respective counties o,e candidate, provided two -thirrf. any jorityjof airhis vote. S county, con seat thereto v. 2.' The . chairman, or, in his k' sence, any member of the cor, senatorial, judicial and cohar-i committees, shall call ti. -,?B1 and 4t hold respective conventions uuairuiansuip inereot until th vention shall M n. u. lhe cn 4. The executive committee nf i. senatorial, congressional ard :UL , districts, respectively, than J lc al call of; their respective chiirin e meet at: some time and place tT ' respective districts, designat' i 'f said call. - And it shall be thcr rt-B to appoint the time-and P;ac g holding! conventions in their resn tive districts, and the rhftcr I said respective committees shairfsJ? mediately notify the chairmen of Z different county executive commit tees of the said appointment, and tw said, county executive cominit," .shall forthwith call conWn. "ce! their respective counties in conform ay to said notice, to send deie. " respective district conven to said tions. ; STATE CONVENTION' TL . uioic .uuvcniion snail be composed of delegates appoint bv the several : county convention Each county shall be entitled to elect one delegate-and one alternate fbr everyone hundred and fifty h)mo cratlc votes, and !one delegate for fractions over, seventy-five Demo cratic votes, cast therein at the last pfecedioggubematorial election and none but delegafts or ' alternates so elected shall be -entitled to seats in said convention: Provided That ' every county shall have at least one vote inlaid convention. ' : GENERAL RULES. 1 At'all conventions the drterr shall be selected, as near as mt : from the friends, and supporter'; of the candidates voted for. "!., ; 2. Such delegates or alternates of absent delegates as may be present at any pemocratic convention, shall1 be allowed to caXthe whole vote to which their precincVor county rnav be entitled. . . - 1 ! 3. Ini all conventions pvided for by thislsystem, after a vote5" is cast i there shall be no change in such-vote ! until the final', result of the 111 ; shall be announced by the -chairman of said! convention. ! 4. AI Democratic executive com mittees; shall have the power- to fill any vacancies occurring in their re spective bodies. j ' 5. The chairmen of the different ! county conventions shall certify the' list of delegates and alternates to the'' different district and State conven tions, and a certified list of said'dele1 gates and alternates, totV tate convention shall be sent to the secre tary of the State central committee. 6. It shall . be ' the' duty, of the county:committee, and of itschair man, to furnish such information and make siuch reports to the chairman ot tne ibtate committee' as he "desire. ' i. . . may FIRE IN RALEIGH. MACHINE SHOPS OF THE SEABOARD AIR LINE DESTROYED. had spinach is about ali the stuff shipping at this vote; that is to say, .each candi l""tuH uui OUUiflern iruCK IS onina through at a lively rate. Irish potatoes are well above ground and the prospect is favorable for a large vield. The grain growing farmers in the lower por tion of Norfolk county have nearly fin ished planting corn. The truckers plant corn later. invested merous ; in our community 1 : arjc One of the Original Panel. m . ine iouowing is from an old and valued subscriber at Wilson: P. Wilson. N. CI, April 20. 1896. Mr. W. HsBernardM " Dear Sir I j?as in Wilmington with Messrs. Petteway ,& Moore in (1867, when, in opposition to tbe Journal, yon commenced jthe publication ol the Star I read the? first number bf the Star, and with but little Intermission nave read ir ever since.' For many years I have been a regular subscribed both paying for it and advocating its rnerits I. of course, like to see Sir QobeFt" or any one else praise the Star; But f have seen fr myself and I praise it because of its merits as they appear to me. 1 send $5.00 to pay for It another year. II djv " "iuB mure wmingiy man lor the MAJORITY RULE. Is It Not a Beeogcizjd Frlnotple of Dem ooraor That the Maj jiity Shall Bult P The following extract from an editorial of the Washington Post (gold standard) has a very strong flavor . of common sense: , - j tt seems to us that whether the'Chi cago Convention shall declare for free coinage, as now seems, highly probable or shall take the' other tack, that declar ation will be, to all intents and purposes, the authentic ascertainment and an nouncement of the party's policy in the campaign of this year. By what right can a minoritv set up a claim to dictate to a majority ? Is it not grossly offen sive to assume and assert that the men who stand on one sfde of tbe silver issue are lees "solicitous for the country's weal' than their political brethren on the other side? Take the roster of Democratic . Senators, for examp'e, and compare the records of those who favor free coinao mith th. records of the opposite faction, and who would presume to say that the former are less patriotic, less honest, or leas in4 telllgent than the lattei? Will any Democratic organ attempt to impeach the i Democracy of . Morgan, Harris .u Aw it;' Voorhe and Turpie? if the Chicago Convention the De mocracy's court of last resort should decide in favor; of these men and the millions of honest citizens who believe aomcyuu, wnat democrat could con aistently repudiate that decision as un pemocratic? Is it not a recognized prin-i Cip,? lhe partv that majority shall rule? And are not all the partic& iwnis in a national; conventiohairtfae factions that submit their contentions to ,u" triounai, oouna to accept its cision? - de- Star. R. string the about it. bicycles and say nothing TwQ the New England States Massa- ..; or Ot Flfli lean Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the "a'"ufn the gums, allays all pain do after would be chusetts and Rhode Island -have cures wind colic, and u the be. remedy spoken, and as mlvhi ii... h... J?!."18"? It will relieve the ooor t got into power to address , itself to the work of securing the "interna- spoken, and as might have been ex pected.both declare for the gold' standard. Rhode Island is opposed to the jfurther coinage of silver "an little snSdrer immwi:3ti. i Cau i drusrorista in w i7m ve 5nt bottle. Be sure and asir. ior Mrs. Winalow s Soothing Syrup." and Uke no other kind: f On May 1st, 1896, the .Southern Express Company will, by arrangement, assume control of the Express business on- that portion of the Southern Rail way extending from Washington. D C to Lynchburg, Va., from Washington, D. C, to Strasbnrg, Va.,from Colverton Va., to Warrenton, Va., from Washing ton, D. C, to Romney Hill.Va,, and from Richmond, Va., to West Point, Va. nearly five hundred miles. witen ar.veiunff. (. " -Whether on nleasnre bnt S.. . Tv.' H oowie or syrup of Figs, and it acts most ni.;i. J effectually on the kidneys. liverand bowels, preventing fora t,-. i. " ff5Im!i.ne,i.For S i v- u x ootties oy all leading f1.8 -Maactured by the Cali? forma Fig Syrup Company oily. Pln of OrcaniBatlon. T. Agalnat the Western Union. p 1. A case came up for trial before the Superior Court of Richmond ccuoty last weeic that is cf general interest. It was that of Odomw. the Western Unfon Telegraph Company. The actior was based on delay m the transmission and delivery of a iteleoram ,:-Z7, claimed damaees to th amv.. McNn of thia 'Vt- m '.rank - ... j t uu gjrrgg., n The Star prints again to-day, on third Morrison, of Rcckingharrped fo? 5 page, tne new or amended plan of or ganization or tbe Democratic party oomc important cnaages are made, and wiu oc wen ior every Democrat to pre- vis un, wxaa yji lu-wy, me new pro- iuu m ieKu j, minority represents tion is somewhat complicated and i oc stuuiea caretuuy. i 1 1 honld vnre ior lleadaclie. JL mm , as a rcmeav lor-&ll form. nf w-o j ache ElectricBitters has proved to be ..cryowV enects a permanent cure andTthe nost dreaded habitull sick headaches yield to its inflnni Wi. ilrge aU who 4re afllicted to orodure a oottie and; give this remedy-a faii trial. ;.""r"Ui ft01"31 constipation Elec tone to the bowels, and fv 1 resist the usr of this medicine. Trv it o r7 o.6r"-"5? wniZ my cents at plaintiff, ani Mr. Ge-c-":.u7 ' - tr ucicaaant. How's This I fa Offer Out HnnI..J - ' . tf Sb tb-at cannoTbe cured by Hall's Catarrh Cor- 1 F.J. CHENEY & CO,. Toledo. O date shalll receivein the county con- vcuiiuu iiuai propotion ot tne vote to which the precinct may be entitled which he received in the Ifnrprinof meeting. The chairman and secre tary of Ihe precihet meeting shall certify, to the county convention the vote received by each, candidate at the precinct meeting. J j 7. Each precinct shall be entitled in the County convention to cast one' vote for j every - twenty-five' Demo oratic votes, and one vote for frac tions bf thirteen Democratic votes cast by the township at the Ijlast pre ceding Gubernatorial election: Pro vided, (That every VOtihc Inrer.inrt shall be entitled to cast at least one vote, and each precinct may send as many delegates as it may see. ht. xne cnairmen ;ot precinct com mittees shall preside at all precinct meetings.! In their absence any., other member of said committee may preside, j - ' : . - COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. '1. Tlfe several county conventions shall be entitled to elect I to their Senatorial, Judicial and (Congres sional Conventions one delegate and one alternate for every fifty Demo cratic votes, and one delegate for fractions of over twenty-five Demo cratic votes cast at the last 'Guberna torial election in' their Respective connties, and none but delegates or alternates so electedshall be entitled to seats, in said conventions: Pro vided, That every county shall have at least one vote iu each of said con ventions, j Provided further' That id all coun,: ty conventions in which ! delegates1 shall be selected to attend any State Congressional, Judical or other con vention, a vote shall be taken in ac cordance "with the plan of organiza tion as to the candidatas whose names may be presented! to 8nrh county convention. The delegates shall be selected from the friendsand supporters of each candidate voted for in proportion to the number ot votes he pfaall receive in such county conventipn, and no other instruc tions shall be given: Provided fur--ther, That when only onejcanrjldate is preserved and votedlfor at such county cb:aventieit shall be law ful to instruct for such candidate. &-At' every countv. cinnirAnti efore delec:ates to StateJ fnnft,..' sional, Judicial, Senatorial or other conventions are chosen, there shall . a vvvc laicen ior th candidates ior office,-whose names shaTl "tS and th delates S i JSfe theI spective counties in accordance with this vote: that Is fJErVs!?1 andidate shall receive in the State, Congressional," Judicial, Senatorial or other conventions, the Logs Eix y Thousand Dollars: Fully Covered by InauraBce-rkeDamocr.atio Exeq jtive' fomniuiej Bapiisti Iateretted in ,tha . Case of Miarijntr D:as-Polltieal Qoa'slp ! , -P.Ik BHillf rd tcotrjrea. 1 Special Star Correspondence. j j ; Raleigh. N. C, April 22. The machine, boiltr ami blacksmith shops of the S.A. L. were destroyed by i fire this morning at 4.30 o'clock. The building burned like. a powder house, and before the fire companies responded ' was enveloped in flames. Nothing but the wajl q( ;the brick building and a mass of ruined : machinery remain. About 1150 people are thrown out of employment. Tjie shops were built 27 i yearsago. The building,1 of brick, wfcs quite handsome. The fire companies fought the flames manfully, thereby sav ing much property. An oil and store room aqjoinea tne shops, but was saved by heroic work. The loss is about 260 -P00. Thete is $75,000 insurance on the Property. - It is likely that the shops will be rebuilt. . , Ha! Ayer will not say whether or not he received one of ,the circular letters from Washington yesterday. Whether be received one or not, fother people have, and they were sent all over the State. . ' . The pemocratic Executive commit teemen who were present when the res-1 olution referred to in the Star yester day was passed, were pledged to secrecy. isjSdiQ.. very little is known of . any other action taken by the -committee. I The Baptists of Raleigh are very much interested - in the case of Missionary Diaz under arrest in Havana. The Bap- i tist papers of the State and tbe eirti.e country will jn this week's, issues de mand that Rev. Diaz be given a fair and speedy trial, which his friends assert " will result in his release. Mr.. Bailey, editor of the Biblical Recorder, said in speaking cf Rev. Diaz; r"The Baptists, numbering 1,500,000 in the South, are( arousetj over Diaz's detention for thcyJ fear he will be shot before anything can - .t "" capiisi cnurcnes everyi)i pdB9 resolutions government to see that Kev. Diaz. asking our ! iustice 19 rlnrp He is probably the trreattst 1 missionary in the Baptist Church. ; E.Cputcan. of Old Hundred; 'Frank ?50,-dJ: S' Gibbe" and $. S.' Packard? of , Plne-Blpff have been appointed ad- Settlers.' Convention. , The net receinta Hri r. .u. Polk Miller lectures amount to74aWr" "f are $l,786.45Jf fuuu ThfrCrtTzens' National Bank received a ePMt fom Japan to-day. Mif" F- A"ey. Chairman of tbe Re publican Executive Committee, cf Cher okee county, is here today. He says that county instructed unanimously for felse ! that 811 0ther "Prts ar T"i,m oune savsltbat the Populists nJLSC.With .thel Republicant "if the Democrats don't step in before them, between now and ihe time for the con !? 7 He says of the 64 Instructed ilWt49 "elUhas 38 of them. . 7- i yesterday received a note for tro pounds sterlirg fiom a ..7... u xac DOlc lor yean back taxes. . tw We. the undersigned: have known F potUon pf the vote to! wnich the n;vehnyiorrt 'Ist 15 b entitled which he re- m Perfectly honor able in all busi- e,.lved m cohnty -convention SSlirt-8" The chairman, and secretary Sf the' firm. - " - vj iucir WSoTaAX' Wholesale DruggUts, Wifn' Rinnan & Marvin, Whole- tj-ii. 1", ioieao, u. R. R. BxLLAuy's Drug Store.' pally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of th- "JS timnniol. V . - ACS- C J wuuo srran certify to each convention the vote received by each candidate at the-countv convention, and no other instruc tion shal be fgiven: Provided. that v?here only one candidate is pre (ZThf " l11 bC Iawful to inst"ct per At tions the State and the delegates district conven from; the difter- I - Tlie Dlaeoverr Saved Ilia Life, viiX ui' Ca,I'0uette. Uruggist, Beayefs vi le, 111 says: To Dr. King's New Discov eryl owe myhife. Was taken wippe andtried all the physi cians for miles about, but of no avail ana was eiven nn .h t u live. Having Dr. Kjng's NeW Discov, fry in mys tore I sent for a bottle and began its use and from the first dose wcgau io get better, and after using tbree bottles was up and about again. It is worth its weight in nM to- . n IT (. t keep store or house without it." Get a Store?1" r " R R Bllamy' Dra Si;--.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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