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HE OVERDOES IT. ?
ne of the gold organs in the
North (we do not remember, which)
in deferring to trje mention of Hon.
J. Sterling Morton; as a candidate of
the' gold Democrats for the Presi
. dericy expressed the hope that he
would not be nominated, as he had
doiie more by his extreme utterances
to injure the cause of the gold stand-
ardjthan any oE
its opponents had.
There i? no dou
ibt that in his exces
sive and indiscreet zeal he has doue
much to discredit his side of the
question. Not Content to argue for
gold he felt that
ver; heavy blows
he was dealing sil-
jwhenj hei.was char
acterizing it as an antiquated, played
out metal, that had filled its mission,'
answered its purpose as a primitive I
money, bu.t must now be consigned
tp he "old junk pile," nd this; while
we had $000,000,000 of it doing ser
vice as money, and no party conven
tion in; the country that dared to
pronQuhce openly against it. ,!
Had Mr. Morton been a private
citizen and not supposed to repre
sent anybody butj himself, his j views
would not have been ' very material,
but occupying a position as a mem-
nvr m TnD I amn.r 3nn rvin rr in r nm
.r miciiun. ul ldc truiu cadiuuiuus. liic
administration was held responsible
for his utterances.as was the' gold fac
tion which it and he represented.
That's why he has done his friends
harm, and that's why the cool heads
on his side of the contention do not
. wish to see him put' up as their rep-
' resentative standard bearer. '!,.! !'
The extreme views of Mr. Morton
and the "approval they have met
; with has, encouraged less conspicu
ous advocates to indulge in some
conspicuous nonsense, which they
mistook for smartness, of which the
following from the Tobacco Journal,
, which we find in the Washington
Post, with somej appropriate com
ments, is a specimen: -i '''' ,"'
, ' II tobacco were! made the money
tandard it would prove of much benefit
toi a very hard-working masscf our
farmers; it would revive one of our most
depressed industries, and finally, it would
restore the old-time money to the place
it held before it was demonetized 200
. years ago by some hitherto unsuspected
crime long before either gold or silver
was coined in this Country. Silver is but
a new-fangled fa4. Return to the money
Itandarrl rl nA Vi
w wa SkKlUSO
This bright light has made the
brilliant discovery that "silver is
but a new-fangled fad.y The dis
j covery that a metal which has been
,: used the world over as money ever
since metals were first employed as
.money,' is "a new-fangled fad' is
about on a par with Secretary Mor-
ton's classing it as "old jank." But
editor didn't ho his side as much
harm as Secretary Morton did, be
cause he did not seak with the same
authority ancj was not such a dis
tinguished representative. But Sec
retary Morton from whom more was
I expected and ; mote thoughtful,
! guarded utterances should have
wme, has said 's'ome things quite as
1 j polish as the extract quoted from
m pen of this tobacco ed&or : ;
I Several days igo the friends of
Secretary Morton, in Omaha, the
C'ty of Nebraska.jin which he resides,
Jave him a banquet "at which he
fflade a speech, the substance ot
which js given as follows: .
''i-i-ihe waJ anf conspiracy In 1878
gainst silver there was a crime against
. 0 UttbOat hu lk. ....k... a
wirne against the Steamboat by the rail
U:,and aRainst the horse by the trol-
th, A , Dlcycle. People confounded
L deslr the demand for more
none. Thir- a a
The t exchanR-- All desire money.
"e act o 1873, but was demonetized in
dw .1 lhe ,aw did n0 harm nor n,B
people' There are plenty of
' rnouB w put eighty-five In the
- !in .?!?,e.vcry man, woman and child
' A Oere 19 tin A t i1 -KT 1
' leva. v ubiuauu iui silver, itiucir-
:"en per tent ot,the wholesa,e and M
.jjw cent., of the retail business of the
cniJ L1! done thout the use of any
ehra l "'""sons . iuucuwubch ui
canito -A J. ?? n??-'y lar Pr
Morton added:
all S . carry their point.
tilv v",u oi as wui pay at in
,ver.and all who sell to as willde-
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VOL. XXVII.
mand gold, and we will have to Day the
premium. A silver country is between
the- upper and aether millstone. The
value of commodities Is regulated by
the law of supply and demand and this
is wny silver is now cheap. '
The United State can no more fix
the value of silver than they can fix the
price oi corn, it the price of silver can
be made permanent so can the orice o
all commodities be fixed by international
agreement. Value cannot be created by'
statute. A dollar cannot be made from
50 cents' worth of silver, for a dollar is
not built that way. The farmers never
knew how badly off they were until told
by the walking delegates, whose oratory
consists of sixteen parts of wind to one
oi iaci. ... v
While there are some! truths in
this, taken as a whole it is unmiti
gated nonsense. Bat the truths
that are in- it ; are misapplied,' and
therefore out of place, j "There is
no demand for more money," he
says, "unless you have something to
exchange fot it." This isn't the
first time he has; said that.' But
haven't the farmers of i Nebraska
wheat, corn, hayt beef, - pork," wool,
and other products ! to exchange for
it ? and don't they have to j give f a
great deal of these , to get very
little money ? The reference to
1873 is a swindle. The coinage of
the; silver dollar was temporarily
suspended in 1853 because it was
exported, and being more valued
than the gold dollar was sent abroad,
but It wasn't dropped from the list of
coins as was done in 1873. when this
swindling method,,", was resorted
to to prevent b its coinage and de
monetize it. That's the way thede
mouetizers took to accomplish their
work, by dropping the silver dollar
from the list of coins, thus making
the gold dollar the standard of value
as the silver dollar had been.!
"There is no demand for silver."
Isn't there ? 'Well then what means
this uprising of the people, this
clamor ot the millions ? Is it just to
hear themselves , clamor, or are they
just perpetrating a gigantic joke? If
97 per cent, ot the wholesale and 50
per cent of the retail business of the
countryls done without the use of
any coin, where is the need. for coin,
and where is the need for, gold ? But
does Mr. Morton means to say that
the business thus done Is not based
on coin ? If not, what is behind these
business transactions ? t ) .
"The value of silver cannot be
fixed any more than the value of
corn." Can't it? What fixes the
value of ! gold ? Suppose govern
ments took their stamp from gold
and refused to call it money any
longer, but decided to substitute sil
ver for it. Where would gold.be ?
Silver had a "fixed" perhaps ; a
slightly fluctuating) value as gold
has, while it was a full money aud
scregarded by the nations, : and it
was hot until it was demonetized
that it ceased to have a stable value,
for then the; "supply exceeded the
demand" and the price fell. Put it
on the same legal footing with gold,
and the demand will increase and
the price go up. ! J
OTBOK KEBTIOH.
The journey of ,Mr: Bryan east
ward has been so far a continued
ovation.Jthousands of people meeting
the train at every stopping place,
the crowds in some places being so
dense as to prevent -any thing like
parades or formal receptions. Within
the past thirty years there have been
no such popular demonstrations for
any Presidential candidate, with the
possible exception of Gen. Grant
when he ran the first time, when his
fame as a successful soldier was
fresh and the people! greeted" the
soldier as well as the candl-
date. Mr. Bryan
is
personally
not his
Dooular. but it is
personal popularity that brings
the people by thousands to the high
way along which he travels. They
come not'slmply out of curiosity to
see the man who now occupies such
a conspicuous place, so much' ap
plauded and admired by some, so
much denounced and . disliked by
others, but to hear him,! and when
thev hear him they applaud as peo
ple applaud only him who speaks for
them and speaks the sentiments of
their hearts. .These gatherings are
no idle shows, no effervescing trib
utes to a fortunate child of fame;
thev are more than that, they are the
significant exhibitions of the depth
and the spread of the sentiment tor
free silver which has; taken such a
hold of the people as no other move
ment in this country has in forty
years. - . - - ;
'!'
Editor Russell, colored, of the
Maxton Blade, has turned the X fay
on editor Young, colored, sees clear
through him, and discourses ! as fol-.
lows : - .-" "i :-r, v;-
- James H. Younjc, the doughty knlghi
errant of Daniel L Russell, professes to
be for Bryan and Watson. ; Jim's object
. . iwii th Pnnnliati Into endorsing
Russell. He thinks that the Populists
will swallow anything, even nunu, u
h. mh h made to believe that the Re
publicans are for free silver. Jim Is per-
lectly wuiing to seu our. iobimuti-
ctot if ti ran hnt aave his man Russell.
Th. imni Rnnhiirafia-will never sub
mit to such a : deal. Russell is ' the
Jonah on the Republican ! ship and: he
... . flf U. M. W9
must oe tnrown oyerooara 11 iu
wonld live. -f v
Jim doubtless thought ; he was
olivine: a smart game, but If mere
was anything in that kind of a game
he didn't play it soon enough, and
didn't consult the, bosses, nor have
1-
IE
ah nnderstandlng with the other fel
lows, and is undertaking a bigger
job than he can carry out when he
is undertaking to capture the Popu
list vote for, or deliver the colored
vote to Candidate Russell.- 1 here
are other colored men in the State
besides Editor -Russell who see
through -Jim. J
Tom Watson got In his work in the
Populist convention at Atlanta, and
lhe "middle of the -road", boys who
are co operating with him in some of
the other States seem to be getting
In their work-too. Instead of co-operating
with the free ; silver Demo
crats, they are prescribing a condition-that
they know Democrats can
not consent to, and that they don't
expect and don't want Democrats to
consent to, .Tom Watson's ultima
tum is to take down Sewall as a con
dition of co-operation, jwhile it car
ries with it the Implied threat; wbi,ch
has been more, openly made in other
States, to put but a straight ticket in
the event the Democrats refuse to
take Sewall down and 'run Watson'
up. As the Populists in the Western
States will vote for Bryan and
Sewall, Watson and the men who are
carrying put his programme know
there is no hope of his election and
are simply pursuing their present
course to throw abstacles in the way
of Democratic success and promote
their own own political fortunes.
Funeral of the Jjtte John la. Weaeott t
'Boothpoit.- . -j":;
The funeral of the late John L. Wes-
cott, of Son th port, last Thursday was at
tended by a large number of citizens of
Brunswick county. The services were
conducted by Rev. Mr. Ballard, pastor of
the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Mr.
Anderson of the Methodist church and
Rev. Mr. Furgerson. The interment
was : in the bouthport Cemetery.. The
floral offerings were very pretty. It was
one of the largest funerals ever held in
Soutbpxt. The pall bearers were (hon
orary ' and active) Capt. C. C. Morse,;
Messrs. Jncy R. Newton, Robt. S. New
ton. W. A. Moore. J.F. Lowrimore, Wm.
Weeks, T. G. Burriss, Owen Price. Jacob
Lewis, E. J. Piver, Wm. Davis and War
reo Mintz. ' , ' k .
The members of the family of this city
who attended the funeral returned yes
terday accompanied by Mrs. . L. Wes
cott, who will reside here with her son.
Mr.R.M. Wescott.
Silhth Bsutorlal District.
The Democratic Senatorial Conven
tion met yesterday in . Newbern, with
Col. S. B. Taylor, of Catherine Lake,
chairman, and Mr. Wm. !l. Rendell, of
Morehead City, secretary.
The convention nominated by acclam
ation, Messrs. D. L. Ward, of Newbern,
and Frank Thompson, of Jacksonville.
Mr. James A. Bryan, chairman of the
Executive Committee, upon calling the
convention to order made - a ringing
speech on" free silver.:', Fine speeches
were made alio by Mr. D. L. Ward and
Hon. F. M. : Simmons. The meeting
was quite an enthusiastic one, and every
body is well pleased at the nomination.
- DR. ALDERMAN N SW. '
The TJolTdrsitT of the Bonth Honors the
President of the TJntvenitT "
oi North, Crolln.
The University of the I South, at Se-
wanee, Tenn., has conferred its highest
honorary degree, that of D. C. L. (Doc
tor of Civil Law) upon Mr. Edwin A.
Alderman, president .of jthe University
of North Carolina. This is hot merely
in recognition of Mr. Alderman's char
acter and attainments," but also an ex
pression of interest in the i prosperity ot
the .institution which was the alma
mater o! Bishops', Polk, Otey and
Green, the most distinguished founders
of the University of the South.
CY WAT80N IN RALEIGH.
Xln Boute te Gollabor?,
Where He Will
Speak To-day W.nte
Joint Canvass
. With Bntiell. '
: i Special Star Telezram.
Ralxigh. N.C August 7. Cy Wat
son is here to-day. en route to Golds-
boro, where he speaks to-morrow.Says be
is awaiting a reply from Chm'n Holton
in regard to a joint canvass , with Judge,
Russell. An open challenge will likely
be made to Russell for fa joint canvass.
Hal. Ayer says the Populist candi
date for Governor will; challenge both
Democratic and; Republican candidates.
FREE SCHOLARSHIP. '
. Wilson. N.C, August 8d. 1898. .
Maj. Robt. Bingham,' Superintendent
of Bingham SchooL Asbeville, N. C,
has offered a free scholarship, covering
tuition, board, lodging and lights, tp this
Congressional District. A competi
tive examination will be held in Wilson
on August 18th, 1896. beginning at nine
o'clock, conducted by Prof. Geo. W.
Connor, Supt. of Wilson" Graded
Schools. The applicants will be exam
ined in English Grammar, Spelling,
Arithmetic and the Geography and His
tory of the United States, The scholar
ship will be awarded to the applicant
who stands the best examination.
; : , F; A. Woodard.
Death of Mrs. J. B. Corbett of Booky Point.
A correspondent of the Star, writ
ing from Rocky Point, says that Mrs. J.
B. Corbett died there last Wednesday
after a brief illness. She was a Miss
Bowen. daughter of Mr. T. T. Bowen, of
South Washington, and was married to
Mr. J. B. Corbett at the age ot seven
teen years. She leaves three children,
the oldest being only nine years of age.
and a devoted husband to mourn her
loss. Sympathetic hearts go out to them
ta their great'bCTeavernort. -
Mrs. Corbett was a! native of Pender
county. She early became a Christian
and until the day of her death was a
most ,devoted, consistent and earnest
member of the Baptist church. . ,
- A San Francisco dispatch says : Joe
McAulifle and Joe Choynski, the heavy
weight pugilists, signed . articles for an
18 round contest, to take place' on the
8thinsUnL 1
Weekly
WILMINGTON,; N. C, rFRIDAY," AUGUST 15, 1896.
CYRUS B. WATSON. 1
The Semoaratlo Candidate fo Oovernov
Addretsed the - People of. Ooldeboro !
Testerdsy on the Political Situation I
; and tae Finanetal Q nettion Sz- " ' i
v,i ' ' Gov.' Jarvta ' Made" a' "'''-'""!
" ' - Short Address.' 1
' Special Star Telegram.,
.t
Goldsboro, N. C.. August 8. rionj
Cyrus B. Watsan. Democratic candidate
for Governor, addressed the t people of
this city and section in the Opera House
on the political situation. ' His'first kub-
ject for discussion, and ' one . around
which his remarks were centered, was
the.fiaandal question, r He enumerated
the national conventions that had been;
held, and mentioned the fact, that ; this
question had invaded for the first time
the ranks of the Proh ibition party and
split that party in two.. The Republican
convention had met, he said, and nomi
nated men and set up a platform . not
suited ' to the masses of the American
people, but to the liking of the few who'
had" put ' them -up. : He- said he was
.present at' thc'Democratic Convention
at Chicago, and saw Democrats resist
the decree of the people and sit dumb in
their seats. The same men, he said, are
no trying to organize a "sound
money" party. - The ;. action of the
Democratic convention, he '.. said,
was so much in accord with the
wishes of a majority of the American
people, that the People's party and the
Silver party adopted the essentials of
the platform, and named Bryan to lead
the people out of the wilderness: He
spoke of the Vice Presidency entangle
ment and said it would be adjusted at
the proper time by the Democratic and
Populist committees. He said that when
a Democrat was found who was not wil
ling' to work with the Populists. , or a
Populist was found who was not willing
to work? with the Democrats for the re
lief for which the American people were
clamoring, he was either a McKinley
man or was carrying Republican money
in his pecket. He spoke at. length of
the great influence of the money power,
and said he was not afraid of its buying
the free men oi North .Carolina, neither
white or colored; but ' it was the unem
ployed in the big cities of the North,
whom , starvation was staring in the
face, and for whom the chilling winds of
Winter were horrors from which they
saw no relief, that he entertained uneasi
ness. ; I'f'ci ' -"'M 'jr:'.y- I
After Mr. Watson's speech, Hon. C. B-
Aycock introduced ex Governor Jarvis,
wno entertained the audience for a short
while with able remarks on the financial
question. L
. EALEIGH HEWS .ITEMS.
Cause of Postponement of Meeting ot the
Bepubltoan Stttj ; Committee The '
y ' Citf'e Water Worka Chloken 1
j Thieves Be pabliean i
". Headqaartera. . :
Special Star Correspondence. ' i
j Raleigh. N. C. Aug. 7. i
It is stated by a gentleman who is well
informed that the postponement of the
time of meeting of the Republican State
Executive Committee from the 11th tp
the 15th was done at tjie instance oft
those Republieahs opposed to fusion.
The Populist State Convention, which
meets of the -13th, will have done its
work when the Republican ! Executive
Committee, meets. It is said that an
effort is now being made to have the
committee meet here on the 11th at the
time previously set. so that there can be
a conference with the Populists.
The City Aldermen took steps last
evening looking to the purchase of the
water works system. The water works
company was permitted to establish a
plant here on the condition that the city
have the privilege of purchasing it ten
years after its establishment. The ten
years expire in December. . .
The Raleigh police rail upon four ne
groes early this morning, who were car
rying a heavy chicken coop through one
of the suburban streets. There were
twenty-five chickens in the coop. Two
of the darkies were nabbed. ;
It ir not likely that the Republicans
will make their headquarters in Raleigh.
A well-known Republican says they will
be located at Greensboro. He said that
it had been decided by the leaders not
to have the headquarters here, because
the Raleigh newspaper men toiq every
thing that happened. - - j j
A. NEW STEAMBOAT !
-i V . ; : '
Launched on the Savannah Hirer Named
: in Honor of Major W. 8. Cook, of j
PayetteTine. N. C. -cnv
From the Savannah. 'News. j
- "I christen, thee W, ' S. Cook," spoke
Miss Ida Schleglewich, of Hardeeville.
yesterday, as she stood on the bow of
CapL W. T. Gibson's new Savannah river
steamer and broke a bottle of Mumm's
extra dry, while the boat slid gracefully
into the river. ' . ; r; '. j
The launching took place at Purys-
burg, at 2 o'clock. A large party ot
ladies and gentlemen from Hardeeville
were present and CapL Gibson did the
entertaining on the occasion.. All Sorts
of nice ' things to eat and drink were
spread before the guests, and rurysourg
ha seldom bad such a eala day. '
The boat is named after Maj. W. S.
Cook, one ot the most enterprising river
steamboat men in the South. He resides
at Favetteville. N. C. and is financially
interested in the boats on the Cape Fear
and Savannah as well as other rivers in
the South. :' ' " " y:-i " .' ''
Cant. Gibson was accompanied by Mr.
W. B. Farr. of this city, whowas on
board at the launching of the steamers
Ethel and Maggie Bell several years ago
The new boat drew 11 inches wnen
floated in the river. The shaft, boilers,
snme additional machinery and the cabin
are yet to be added, after wbicn, ipu
Gibson calculates, that the draft will be
14 to 15 inches. ' L ; "4
The Cook is 165 feet in length overall,
and thirty feet beam, having a capacity
ot 400 tons. It is estimated that jwith
-200 tons of freight the draft will-be only
thirtv inches. Other boats on the river,
which are- plying between JSavannah
and Augusta, draw tniny incnes wucu
The Gk ' sits beautifully upon the
wator anri satisfactorv to her . owner
in every detail. It is expected to bring
hr ; tn Savannah in : about ten oays
when i the boilers will be put in, and
e;very arrangement made to oegin run
ning by Sept. 1. . -. ,
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: - At iChicago on an in-door bicycle
track,! Jay Eaton i established a new re
cord for a mile unpaced. - His-time for
the distance was 2.07.
PRESBYTERIAH DTSTITTJTE "
In Bewion at Bad Sprinn Zce" Crowd
t In .Attendaaoe Erangellatlo 8er. i ;'
t I -'-' - jTloes at aright, y , ,
.v Star Correspondence. .-"
Red Springs. N. C, August 6. The
annual meeting of the ministers, elders
and deacons - of . the Favetteville
Presbytery Is in session here now." The
purpose of the institute is, as heretofore.
to compare experiences, to study meth
ods and to concert plans for the general
advancement ot the fresbytenan cause
An excellent choir, consisting of a piano
and organ, ably supported by a number
of male and female voices, furnishes
music lor the occasion. , v r!
1 do not know how the numbers this
year compare with 1 those ! of former
years, but there are sufficient represent
atives of the clergy and the flock present
iu give me ooserver a tairiy good con
ception of the dignity, power and enthu
siasm of that portion of the. Presbyterian
church comprised within the limits of
$he Fayetteville Presbtery. ,
strolling ud and down the walks lead
ing to the springs and gathered in
groups there may be seen, when the in
stitute it not in sessionTthose staunch
-adherenu and, exponents of the Presby
terian iaitb, grey-bearded and bowed.
old men, determined and aggressive mid-
aie-aged men, beardless and inexperi
enced, but devout young men. ' '
ur. a bearer and one or two oihers
expected to make addresses were not
present. Rev. A. A. Little, who has
been conducting the evangelistic-ser
vices, preaches with great c power and
feeling.
CITY . MARKETS.
Hot, Dry Weather Affeoiing Supplies of
Vrsstablei and ISeloDt.
The prolonged hot, dry weather is
burning up the crops of truckers, and.
in consequence, supplies of vegetables
and melons are diminishing,' and prices
advancing in the city, markets. Prices
at Front street market yesterday were-;
Vegetables Cabbage, - 5 to 10c per
head ; collards, 5c per head ; field peas,
15c per quart ; snap beans, 5c per quart ;
onions, 10c per quart ; Irish potatoes
(Northern). 25c per peck; egg! plant, 5c
a piece ; lima beans, 10c per qtjait; roast
ing ears. 10c . per doz;n; tomatoes, 5c
per quart; bkra, 6c for two quarts.
Fruits, in limited supply apples 5c
per quart; pears, 5a per quart; peaches
10c per quart; figs, 10s per quart; grapes,
15 to 20c per basket; watermelons, 10 to
80c apiece. ...
Fish were in full suonlv: oicfish. mul
lets, croakers, flounders and a few other
varieties, selling at 5 to 10c per string;
sturgeon, 5c per pound; Sound oysters
and clams, 12J to 15c per quart; chan
nel crabs. 10c per dozen; rock crabs, 5c
apiece; soft shell crabs, 40c per dozen,
shrimps, 5c per quart.
In poultry there were chickens at 12
to 20c apiece; grown fowls, 25 to 80c
Eggs, 10 to 12c per dczen.
Sunday Sohool Convention.
The Onslow : county international
Sunday school Convention met in the
Tabernacle M. E. Church at White Oak
last Wednesday and closed Friday. The
welcome address was deliyered by Fred
erick C. Henderson and responded to
by Frank Thompson. The session was
largely attended and many enthusiastic
speeches were made in the interest of
Sunday schools.. The principal speak
ers were A. H. Koonce, of Richlands; T.
C. Henderson,! of White Oak; RevsJ,
H, Hildreth and J. R. Marshall, of Wil
mington; Frank Thompson, of Jackson
ville; Rev. E. C. Glenn, of Morehead
City; L. B. Morton, of Hubert, N. ' C,
and H. E. King. X
Bmith'a Iiland. A .
Mr. Otto Katzinstein, of Pinehurst,
N. C, was in Southport Tuesday, the
Leader says, to make an inspection of
Smith's Island." He visited the island,
and on his return said :, "That island is
wonderful. It could be made a great re
sort. I went right up Lighthouse creek
into the center of the island, among the
palmetto groves, and then coming back
climbed to the top of the lighthouse.
What a view ! The growth is so dense
that it looked like -a solid surface that
one could walk right on top of. It was
grand. And those great oaKS you have
here in your town. How l would like
to take them back with me."
Mr. Katzsnstein is a native of Prussia
and he knows a great deal about for
estry. He is in charge of the forestry
department at Pinehurst, which place is
the health resort built by ! the wealthy
Mr. Tufts and laid out ' after the best
modern ideas. He expeets to make an
other visit here after awhile.
Painfully Hart
Mrs. A. M. Waddell, Tr., met with a
painful accident at Ocean View yester
day, being run down by a bicycle ridden
by .Master Harry West. Mrs. Waddell
sustained severat severe bruises, and it
was thought last night that one of her
ribs was. broken. At last accounts she
was resting as well, as could be" ex
pected
Bew XL C. Cotton. :
Mr. E Lilly received a bale of new
North Carolina cotton last Friday, ii It.
graded strict middling and was shipped
from ' Morven over the W., C & A. R.
R., by Mfsus- Harrison, Dunlap & Co.
t Absolutely Puro,
A cream of tartar baking powder.
Highest of all in, leavening strength.
r-Latcst i United States Government
Food Report. -I ..
ROYAL ; BAKING POWDER Co.
1 - , - . New York.
Star
m
' For the Star. '
AT GETTYSBURG.'
NORTH
CAROLINA
Iiongatreot's Aooouot of the Chares of
Piekett,; Petttgrew and Trimble
; on the Third Day of the Battle.
Tht account of the third day's battle
at Gettysburg given by Gen.: Longstreet
in bis Memoirs is a complete refutation
of the misrepresentations of certain
writers and lecturers who have sought
to glorify the Virginians who took part
In that great battle by disparaging stater
ments concerning North Caroli a a sol
diers;;:;- u '
Longstreet says Gen. Lee's plan was
to assault the enemy's left centre by a
column to ; be composed of the three
divisions of his (Lpngstreet's) cbrpsi-
McLaws. Hood and Pickett. Losgstreet
thought that it would , not do; that the
divisions Of McLaws and Hood were
holding' a mile along the right of
the line ( against : 20,000 ! . men I- who
would : follow - the withdrawal of 1 the
two divisions, strike : the,, flank
of the assaulting, column andL crush
it; ;.-. that . . 30.000 men - was i i ne
cessary for the . work; that iithe
Column, as he (Lee) proposed to or
ganize it, would have only 13.000 men ;
that - it would have to march a mile
under concentrating battery fire and a
thcusand yards under long-range mus
ketry. , Gen. Lee then concluded ' that
the divisions of McLaws and Hood
could remain in the defensive line, and
the assault shou d be made by Pickett's
division -t of ! Longstreet's-' corps,
Heth s division, and Lane s and Scales
brigades of A. P. Hill's corps. Pickett
had three Virginia brigades Kemper's,
Garnett's, and Armisteaa's. They were
tresh troops, had ' not been in action.
Heth's division, commanded by Briga
dier General Pettigrew, cons s.ed of
four brigades, Pettigrew's (Norm Caro
lina); Brockenborough's (Virginia); Ar
cher's (Alabama and Tennessee), Davis'
(Mississippi). With these troops were
Scales' and Lane's North Carolina bng-t
ades, under command of Maj. Gen.1
Trimble. These troops had been in the
battle the first and second ays, and had
t ustained severe loss. : ? , -
As the commands reported for the as
sault, P.ckett was assigned on the right,
Kemper sand uarnetts brigades to be
supported by Armistead's; Pettigrew's
division on Pickett's left supported by
the brigades of Scales and Lane under
command of Gen. Trimble. Gen. Scales
peine wounded on the first day. his brig
ade was commanded by Col. Lawrence
of the 84th N. C, regiment. . Gen. , Pic
kett's was the division of direction. The
assaulting column numbered about 17,-
000 men. of which Pickett had about
one-third.r - j
Pickett said, General, shall I ad
vance? "' ' !
"The effort to speak the order failed,
and I could only indicate it by an affirm
ative bow. I He accepted the duty, with
seeming confidence of success, leaped on
bis. horse, and rode gayly to bis com
mand. I mounted and spurred for
Alexander s posu He reported that the
batteries he had reserved for the charge
with the infantry had been spirited away
by Gen. Lee's chief of artillery; that the
ammunition of the batteries of position
was so reduced that he could not use
them in proper support of the infantry.
He was ordered to stop the march at
once and fill up his ammunition chests.
Bat, alas! there was na more ammuni
tion to be had. ' ' ' '
"The order was imperative. The Con
federate commander had fixed his heart
upon the work, lust then a number of
the enemy s batteries hitched up and
hauled off, which gave a glimpse of un
expected hope. Encouraging messages
were sent to the column to hurry on,
and they were then on elastic, springy
step. Gen. Pickett, a graceful - horse
man, sat lightly in the saddle, his brown
locks flawing quite Over his shoulders.
Pettigrew s division spread their steps
and quickly rectified the alignment, and
the grand march moved bravely on.
Gen. Trimble mounted, adjusting his
seat and reins as if setting out on a pleas
ant afternoon ride. When aligned to
their places, solid march was made
down the slope and past our batteries of
position, i . -.- I--
Confederate batteries put their hre
over the ; heads ot tae men as tney
moved down the slope and continued
to draw the fire of the enemy ; until the
smoke- lifted and drifted to the rear,
when every gun was turned upon the
infantry columns. The batteries that
had . been drawn off were replaced by
others that were fresh. Soldiers and
officers began to fall; some to rise no
more, others to make their way to the
hospital tents. Single files were cut
here and there; then the gaps increased
and an occasional shot tore wider open
ings; but, closing the gaps as quickly as
made, the march moved on. The ene
my's right overreached 1 my left and gave
serious trouble. - Brockenorougn s on
gade went . down and Davis' in impetu
ous charge. The general order required
further assistance from the third corps
if needed. but no support appeared.
Gen.: Lee and the corps commander
were there, but failed to order help.
"Col. Latrobe Ta staff officer! was sent
to Gen. Trimble ?o have his mtn fill the
line of the broken origaaes, ana oraveiy
they repaired the damage.
The enemy moved put against tne
supporting brigade in Pickett s rear.
Col. Sorrel, another staff officer, was
sent to have that move guarded, and
Pickett was drawn back to that conten
tion. Col. Fremantle ran up to offer
congratulations on the apparent success.
but the big gap in tne ranks grew until
the lines were reduced to half their
length, j I called his attention to the
broken.f struggling ranks. -.; irtmoie
mended the battle of the left in handsome
style, but on the right ' the ! mass
ing of the enemy grew stronger and
stronger Brigadier Garnett was killed.
Kemper and Trimble were desperately
wounded. Gen. Lane succeeded Trimble,
and with Pettigrew held the battle on the
left in steady ranks. Pickett's lines be
ing nearer, the impact was , heaviest
upon them. Most of the field officers
were killed or wounded. -V
-Gen. Armistead, of the second line,
spread his steps to supply the places of
fallen comrades. His colors cut down,
with a volley against the bristling line
of bayonets, he put his can on his sword
to guide the storm. The enemy's mass
ing, enveloping numbers heldxhe strug
gle until the noble Armistead fell beside
the wheels of the enemy's ; battery.
Pettigrew was -- wounded, but 3 held the
command. -'' ''t
"Gen Pickett, nn&ing. the battle broken,
While the enemy was still reinforcing,
called the troots off. There was no indi
cation of a panic. The broken files
marched back in steady step. The effort
was nobly made, and failed fiom blows
that coald not be fended. Some Of the
files were cut -off from retreat by fire
that swept the field m their rear. Our
men passed the batteries in a quiet walk,
and would -rally, I knew, when they
reached the ridge from? which they
started,"
LI Hung Chang.. the Chinese states
man, who Is now the guest -of Great
Britain, visited St. Paul's cathedral yes
terday and placed. wreath npoa the
tomb of Gen. Charles George Gordon,
who was killed by the Mahdists at Khar
NO. 42
OVATIONS TO BRYAN.'
MAGNIFICENT t RECEPTIONS TO THE
' ' I DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ' -
In Hie Proarsaa Tbrongh Town in IoWa
r -: Greeted, by JDnthuslastlo Crowds at
, ; . Brery Btopptag Plaoa , ''
i By Telegraph to the Morning Sar. '
jGrannell. ;Io.. August 8. Al
though the hour when Mr. Bryan de
parted from Des Moines was sufficiently
early to quell the enthusiasm in most
people,' quite : a crowd gathered at the
rail way 'station.'' They , cheered as the
train drew out Mr. Bryan and the
members of ' his party chartered the
Pullman sleepers attached to the train
and were able to make the journey in
much greater comfort than , yesterday
when the nominee's car t was crowded
most of the time.. , - v.i
. Tne first big crowd' gathered to tee
the Democratic candidate at Colfax, a
town of 8,000 people, twenty-three miles
from Des Moines, which was reached
just before 8 o'clock. At Altona, eleven
miles from Des Moines, where the first
stop was made, a knot of people shook
hands with Mr. Bryan and at Mitchelville
fully 200 ere assembled to see and hear
him. Gen. J. B. Weaver, who accom
panied Mr, Bryan from Des Moines to
Newton, presented the nominee to the
people of Colfax, his home. The peo
ple were packed in and about the sta
tion like sardines, and they pressed
closely around the-aominee's car as be
began to address them. U unfortunately
for the remarks which Mr. Bryan in-'
tended to deliver, they were cut j short
by the engineer, who polled the throitle
and started the train tccording to sched
ule. - This is what he managed to say :
"Gentlemen, I am very glad, to greet
the people who live at Gen. ... Weaver's
home. He was a prisoner in s this work
and was talking free silver ; long before
it had come to the attention of many of
us. 1 And I never think of one of these
pioneers who bUzes out the way, and of
the abuse generally heaped upon the
pioneer, without remembering 4 what
somebody said a year or so ago, that
when one person saw a thing he was
called a fanatic ; when a great many saw
it be became an enthusiast ; when every
body saw it be became a hero;" Laugh
ter and great cheering.J -
Another big crowd turned out at
Newton, where a Populist conference
was beingbeld. The Newton, people
were veryfull of enthusiasm and suc
ceeded in getting a brief speech from
Mr. Bryan. ; : ijff. t- '
At Grinnell the nominee's train re
mained at the station fifteen minutes and
gave Mr. Bryan a chance to respond to
the demands for a speech without the
necessity for cutting it short to fit the
schedule. - : ".;t-' ! y. -
Crowds at Victor and Ladora cheered
Mr. Bryan during the brief moment the
train stopped at each, and Marengo was
reached 10.20. t
The coolness of the atmosphere to-day
made the journey of the nominee a much
pleasanter experience than that of yes
terday, when the thermometer was in.
the nineties. . ! I '
At Homestead and other small places,
where the train held lor the briefest part
of a minute, the presence of the Demo
cratic nominee was incentive enough to
attract crowds who cheered the young
candidate with vigor. i - ; I
: Oxford turned out a brass band and a
couple of hundred people to cheer. '
Tiffin's population bad hardly time to
see the nominee before the train statted.
The train bearing Bryan reached
Iowa City at 10.50 o'clock.; Iowa City j
is the site of the State University, and
has a population of 9,000. The railway
station was packed and jammed, and
Mr. 1 Bryan received an enthusiastic
greeting as he stepped to tht (rain
platform. . Most of the great crowd were
gathered at a point on the platform
some distance from where Mr. Bryan's
car halted. .When it was learned that
he was in the rear coach a rush was
made in that direction, and in a min
ute, : men. women, and children were
struggling and screaming in ; a confused
mass. So terrible was the crush that
several children were nearly suffocated,
and during the time Mr. Bryan was
speaking there was constant shouting
from the frightened spectators.' Great
cheering as the trairr started. Between
Iowa City and West Liberty a stop was
made at Domney, where Mr Bryan re
ceived more cheers. A brass band and
five hundred people received the nomi
nee at West Liberty when the train roll
ed in at 11 20 a. m. A stop of twenty
minutes was made for dinner and Mr.
and-Mrs. Bryan went at once to the sta
tion dining room. !! ! : ' . !
Davenport, Ia., August 8.-During
the time Mr. Bryan was at dinner at Lib
erty he was serenaded by the band and
on his reappearance he responded hap
pily to cries for a speech.!; j
At Ansa, where the train naitea a
minute, the, hundred people there shout
ed for McKinley and Bryan with equal
emphasis.',.,' .,!,;' ;
Wilton turned out a big crowd and a
band, and was not sparing of .cheers.
A big transparency, on which was
painted the representation of a gigantic
silver dollar with a diminutive gold dol
lar below, and inscribed "16 to 1," was
borne by a man in an. audience of about
a hundred at Durant. a small station.
By this we conquer," said Mr. Bryan,
and the people lauged and cheered. A.
teutonic gentleman asked the crowd it
Mr. Bryan was not good looking enough
to be the next President, and there' was
more' laucbter. Then the crowd wanted
a speech and the nominee gave them a
few words. ,'
There were more people to cheer at
Stockton, and at Walcott the prepara
tions that had been made to receive the
nominee properly were, spoiled by the
departure of ; the , train before Mr.
Bryan s whereabouts were discovered,
and the music of the band there was lost
to those for whom it was intended. .
' : Magnificent receptions were given Mr
Bryan at Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island,
Illinois., and Moline, Illinois. These
three cities, with their combined popu
lation of 70,000. are situated; so closely
together as to be practically one and
the three speeches Mr. Bryan made in
the trio of towns were delivered in such
rapid succession that the .nominee was
about exhausted when ahe Moline speech
was finished.
At! Davenport" station, i which was
reached at 1 o'clock, fully 4.000 people
were gathered, pushing, lostling . ana
crowding in an endeavor to Ret near the
Bryan' train, when Mr. Bryan ap
peared on the rear platform accompanied
by William Theodlas and the members
ot a Ideal committee who had met him
at Iowa citv. a miehtv shout went op,
brass band played and the two hundred
member of the Bryan club gathered
and veiled witn frantic vehemence. The
train remained at Davenport five mln
utes only, but it was a lively five minutes
for Mr. Bryan and his audience.' ' After
the cheering had ceased , he wasv pre
sented and addressed the crowd. ,
' Followed by more speaking the train
drew out from ' Davenport,' across the
Mississippi to Moline, IlU the candi
date's native home, t .,; . .
. The sUnd was ready for. him with
band and a great collection ot the . peo-ple,-male
and female, around the end of
the train. ' They pressed., with cries of
"There he is," and
him In the
white hat," . The
white hat was t
of ' the
a great
the dtr
cheer, and then
clerk,, introduce)
ee as , his
lellow townsman.
Wnen Mr. Bryai
.was con-
eluded, the 2,000
assembly made a
ile in . the
his hand,
and those who could e
r enough
seemed just as hac-DV to shake handa
with Mrs. Bryan! t
'.When the train reached Roclt Island.;
Mr. Bryan told the .people assembled
there he did not desire -to take part ia
any political discussion until after the
notification.': If the peop'e of Illinois
would give as large a vote to the elec
toral ticket as-he knew would be given
to ' their candidate for -Governor he
would be satisfied. -j- -
At Moline, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were
conducted to a truck about fifty yards
from the train, where Mr. Bryan,, with
perspiration streaming from hii brow,
made a short speech in tones seemingly '
more earnest than ' he, had employed7
elsewhere, r : i 5 - ;
Mr. Bryan made short speeches at'
Geneseo, Mineral and one or two other
stations, urging the people to keep up
their enthusiasm until November. 1 '
Half a dozen old soldiers In uniform
were foremost in the demonstration at I
Bureau, which was, very 'cordial The
train reached the junction at 8.85 o'clock,'
and Mr. Bryan gratified his audience by
a lew remarks. . .:-
.The members of the Chicago Recep
tion Committee, with William J. Strong,
president of the Bryan Silver Club, at
their head; Tbos. Gathan, member of the"
Democratic Nationar Committee, from
Illinois, and other, met Mr. Bryan at -.
Joliet and accompanied him to Chicago?
There were cheers for the . nominee
at Bremen and Blue Island, and the
run to Chicago, which was reached at
7.80, was made without further incident.
'' Sweltering in the sultry eat of the
night, half a hundred thousand men
and women crowded the streets of the '
down town district to show by their
presence and vociferous demonstration
that their welcome of William Jennings
Bryan on his arrival in Chicago was -hearty.
It was an indiscriminate out
pouring of the common people without
any semblace of an orderly procession
from the depot to the hotel. A pro
gramme of arrangements had been made,
but it was not. carried put. Thousands
of members of the Democratic party,
the Cook county Silver Club, People's
party organizations. Cook county Dem
ocratic Central Committee, Cook county
Democracy Marching , Club, trades un
ions and citizens generally participated
in the remarkable demonstration. , The
arrival of the party was, scheduled for
7.20 at the Van Buren street depot of
the Rock Island Railroad, but the train
was twenty minutes late, and wnen it
arrived the - station was jammed with
people patiently waiting ior the coming
01 the nominee. -
The balconies of the hotels and the
windows of buildings on the route of the
procession were filled with the cheering
populace.' - j V
, Ltd by the band of the First Regi
ment, with banners and flags flying, the
procession passed through solid lines of
men and women, who raised their voices
lustily with, cries of " Bryan 1 Between
State street and Wabash avenue, on
Monroe, every inch ot space was occu
pied by those who wanted to hear as well
as see the Presidential nominee. The
Clifton House, where Mr. Bryan stayed
during the Chicago Convention, is situ-'
ated on Monroe street, between Wabash
avenue and State street,! and this hotel
was selected by Mr. Bryan as his stop
ping place while here.' Ten -thousand
people were crowded in this space and
every window of the Palmer House op
positewindows of ad pining buildings;
and even the uncompleted elevated rail
road tops were taken; possession of by
the welcoming hosts. I Looking put of
the 'balcony of the Clifton- House noth
ing was to be seen, but a sea of human
faces eagerly watting for. the first sight
of the man from Lincoln. He was slow
in coming, on account of the circuito
route chosen for the procession,
scene recalled tne great personal demon
stration in the ' same spot when
dent Cieyelacd and. his bride qprne to
Chicago to be cheered by a jbundred
thousand citizens' from tne-balcony- of
the Palmer House. I .-.-" :'.
It was nearly an hour and a half from
the time of arrival until the Bryan party J
appeared on the small balcony of the .
Clifton House. Mr. Bryan rested a
little while before he showed himself to
the people and when his face was seen
there arose a mighty and long continued"
roar -of voices lasting . several minutes.
I bey were waiting and surging to and
Iro and almost fighting tor the best
places, only to see and hear Mr. Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan stood alongside
William I. Strong, while he tried to
make an address of welcome, but be was'
interrupted several times in the course
of his brief speech. - . : ,
When Mr. Bryan, with his wife smil
oi a- Ayiiw
sine nomiA
fcs speech i
tnore peod
bHo shake)
...
a --
entb
JTres
ing' complacently by his side, prepared
to speak, there was a 1 repetition of the -deafening
tumult, making it impossible
for him to be heard until he had pleaded
lor silence. .Then he said: "Ladies and
Gentlemen: You can hear if you will
only be stilL . I have, no language that
will express the emotions that have been .
excited by this most remarkable demon- -4
stration. In no other country is such a
scene possible. ' In no other country can
the people take up a private citizen- and
make him their instrument to accom- -pltsh
their will. When I see this assem- .
blage to-night, and when T remember
what the newspapers in this city say loud ,
and continued hissing, I am reminded
of what one of our friends said to me:
'Nobody is on our side except the
people.' As I look into the face of these
people and remember that bur enemies
call them a menace to free "government, j
I say: 'Who shall save the people from ' .
themselves. ' I am proud to have in this .
campaign the support of those who are
proud to call themselves the common -
people. . ; ;- ,'-'. :.'-."
"If I was behind the great trusts and '
combinations I would no sooner take
my. seat, than that they would de
mand . that I should use my power
to rob the' people.' Great applause.
But, having rather the support of the
great toiling masses, 1 know when they
give . me their ballot they will unite in ,
saying: Do your duty ana nave our re
ward. These are the people who ask ,
no favors of the Government; who want
equal . rights! for all and special privi
leges for none Long applaus.
"I am glad to have the support of ,
these people,! for I know they will risk
their lives to save their country and fellow-citizens.
I am Simply , on my way
from my Western home; to the great
metropolis of the nation' to accept the
nomination given me in this city a few
weeks ago. -I am glad to take to thenr -your
greetings, f can tell them you are"
their friends and that you will help them
to save themselves from the domination
of European bondage under which they
have been suffering." - ,
Mr. Bryan quoted from Emerson., to
illustrate the enduring foundation of the
nation, and closed by; saying ; -I grate
fully accept your greetings, and, in the
words of Abraham Lincoln, ' say ;
'The peopleof the South and North are
ready.; to join with the people of the
East in saying that the government of
the people; by the people and for the
rsople, sha'l not perish from the earth.' .
thank you for yowr attention." v
A white banner with a golden crown
of thorns and a rose, j illustrative of Mr '
Bryan's famous epigram, and the blue .
banner with the words, "Our Next Pres
ident, the Boy Orator of the Platte.
William Jl Bryan." were presented to
Mr. Bryan. A boy ang a Bryan cam- .
paignsong from the balcony and after
calling in ; vain for Silver Dick. Bland,
who did not Attend the demonstration,
the thousands slowly dispersed., ,, ,
The hardest 1 sinner will con
demn his own sins if they are pointed .
out to him in a next-door neighbor. t; v
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