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TARIFF LEGISLATION.
The question that Is Interesting the
country at present 'is whether here
wilbe an attempt jat tariff legisla
tion at the ' approaching session of
will that auestion be
i.rt in ahance nritil Mr. McKInlev
. .t,- rd triHnt ?
The next question jis, will; an extra
session be called to deal with the
tariff and other questions in which the
country is interested?
There seems to be a
difference of
opinion among -'prominent Republl
cans as to the practicability of secur
ing such tariff legislation as they de
sire in the coming session; which
would necessitate the; reopening' of
the question again either by an extra
session, or at the regular sessipn
which would still be a year off.
There are others who think that a
bill can be passed, one which will
raise revenue enough to 'prevent
any deficit in . the Treasury
and are counting on the " support
of enough of the Democratic "sound
money" Senators to enable them to
do it. Senator Brice, of Ohio,' says
he will, and expresses the opinion
that Senator -Gorman and others
wiil.llf a bill should fail to pass in
"-tfieshorsession, he believes the Re
publicansVith the "sound money"
Democrats, will be strong enough to
carry it overtbe silter Senators in
thrifty -fifth Congress. This Is
interesting, not only jas showing the
divergence of views, but also as
showing j that the Republicans ' are
calculating upon the co-operation of
the "sound m"Oney"JDemocratic Sen
ators, with whom they seem to be
on pretty good teims
The probabilities fare" that any
tariff legislation proposed at the
coming session of Congress maybe
coupled with some, act authorizing
the issuing of gold bonds or other
bonds to meet emergencies in the
event of a depletion of the gold re
serve or a deficit W the Treasury,
the adoption of which would make
the situation so -easy that there
would be no occasion for other ac-
tion and no reason fpr calling an
extra session of Congress. MrMc
Kinley, we take it, will not care ti
get an extra session on his hands if
-he t:anravoid it, for extra sessions
sometimes 'prove very embarrassing,
r Then the question arises, if a tariff
bill the" Dingley bill or any other
framed for the purpose of raising tbe
necessary revenue should pass at
the coming session of Congress and
it raises the necessary revenue, what
excuse can the Republicans have for
re-opening the question, later on, and
disturbing business J with a further
agitation and a fight on that ques
tion ? They will not have the plea
they now have the need of revenue
and will be forced to admit that It
isTor the sole purpose of giving the
manufacturers more protection when
' they do not need any more, as is con
clusively proven by the activity now
in the manufacturing' industries and
by the large increase in the amount
of manufactured exports under the
" JV-iJson tariff. -.-- ,j '
f: From a Republican standpoint it
seems to us that it would : be 'the
raore judicious course for them to at
tempt "no tariff legislation ' at the
coming session, but to wait patiently
- until they take the" reins of govern-ment,-
and, then, as they seem to
think they will be masters of the"
situation, frame, present and pass,
(if they can), a bill that will snit
them and 1 the j. manufacturers who
contributed their, monev to secnm
Mr. McKinley's nomination and
election.-. We say this would be the
most judicious course for them to
O pursue, but it Is doubtful if they will
have the patience to wait fox a year,
especially as the manufacturers will
be eager' to get what they expected
in the event of Mr. McKinley's elec
tion, and to get it quick. : X .
" This impatience is outcropping in
some of the protection organs, which
do not respond affirmatively to the
appeals of the "sound money" organs
to the Repubiicans to go slow with
, jhe tariff and give that a back 'seat
antil ' they have satisfactorily dis
posed of the money question, which
they contend (and truthfully) Is, of
infinitely more importance than the
tariff question. :.Mr. McKinley's ad
ministration will have no desire to
rush in and tackle the financial Ques
tion, which it will want time to con
sider and which most be handled
with exceeding care and deliberation."
, Whichever course they may pursue
tbey are not going to have a picnic
getting a ; tariff ' bill tnrougn
thi -coming ; session of Con
gress, or -in an Y: extra" session,
if Lone- be called, whether they have
the co operation of the "sound
money" Democratic Senators or not.
They could, doubtless, without
trouble, pass a tariff bill conditioned
Upon substantial concessions to sil
ver, but without this they have a
prospect of a longhand -stubborn
fizht. for under the "Senate rules it
is simply a question ot endurance
with the minority as to how long
thisv will ohctrnr.t legislation which
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they do not use. . nere arc wmc
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pretty good, plucky and resourceful
fighters on both sides, ( and this will
make the contest ail the more inter
esting when it begins.
THE 8EHAT0S8HIF.
The fight for the United States
Senatorship to succeed Pritchard,
will be interestinsN The Republicans
declare, that a Republican must be
elected and that j! Pritchard is the
man. The Populist machine ruoners
in Raleigh say nc Democrat needap-
ply. and Senator Butlec says no man
who is' not avoweaiy, ana unconai
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tionally for the' free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to
1, and for moire; full legal tender
money for the people, should receive
the vote of any Populist. .
There is little probability of any
Democrat Commanding
support i
enough outside of his own
party to 1
be a serious factor in -the fight, so
that the contest will be between the
nominee of the Republican caucus
and the opponent or oppo
nents, . whoever he or they may
be, of that- nominee. The Re
publicans are counting on securing
enough Populist votes to elect
Pritchard. in ; accordance with the
bargains made in some of the coun
ties where the Populists and Repub
licans fused on candidates for the
Legislature. They seem to be con
fident of holding enough of these to
send Pritchard back and we confess
that we have some apprehension that
their confidence is not altogether
misplaced. If Butler can control
them they may fly the agreement,
but tie hasn't always demonstrated
his power to do that. '
The contest will be of much more
than ordinary interest, for the reason
that Republican control of tbe next
Senate seems to binge on securing a
Senator from Kentucdy and from
this State. It is needless to say that
under those 'circumstances extraor
dinary 1 inducements will be offered
for votes an'd that the yirtoe of the
voter will be tested. The venal man
will have an opportunity to profit by
his venality, it they t can t elect a
Senator any other way they will buy
nis election it wens are men to De
bought, for this is a case in which
they are not going to stand on cere
mony or on conscience.
' MLS OR MEMTION.
Tobacco bas come in for its share
of abuse and the indictments that
have been drawn up against if are
long and horrid. But all the time
the war was being waged against it
the tobacco habit was growing, Us
consumption increasing, and the area
of its cultivation expanding. While
there is much to be said against it,
there is also much to be said for it,"
as will be seen by the following.
which we clip from an exchange:
"Tobacco has long been claimed by its
I devotees to be a most efficient disinfect
ant, but defenders of the smoking habit.
says Harper s weekly, fall to make use
of the roost powerful arguments in its
favor. Hitherto tbe most that has been
claimed In favor of smoking was a cer
tain subtle, beneficial effect on the di
gestion and a soothing effect on the
nerves. v;
: ' It has been learned recently, from the
report of investigation of the ' effects of
tobacco during the epidemic of cholera
at Hamburg, tbat cholera microbes
could not exist in . the mouths of
smokers.
"There were no living bacteria after
twenty-four hours, in cigars made up
with water containing 1500,000 cholera
germs to the cubic inch. There were no
traces of microbes to be found in any
ot tne , cigars manufactured at Ham
burg in the time of the epidemic The
microbes die in a half to two hours' ex
posure to smoke of Brazil Sumatra, or
Havana tobacco. The smoke of any
cigars kills the microbes. . Experiments
snow that in nve minutes after begin
ning to , smoke the microbes ia the
mouth are killed. Another fact estab
lished is that none of tha persons cm-
pioyea in the tobacco Jactories at Ham
burg contracted cholera.
One of the strongest and most en
thusiastic champions of tobacco that
we know of is Gen. Clingman, of
this State, who held that in curative7
properties it surpassed almost any
other plant known, land he cited in
stances' of some- remarkable cures
effected, by its use. When we have
something thatN we can't get rid of
it .is consoling to learn that it has
some virtues as well as vices.
nun. marK nanna may or may
not go into Mr. McKinley's Cablnet,
and may or not be Secretary of the
Treasury. We do nof think there is
the slightest reason to doubt that he
can belt he wants to be, for he has
pnt Mr. McKinley under such obli
gations to him that he could not re
fuse anything that Mr. Hanna might
uouc, .. jjata. iu ine campaign we
had Hanna In our mind as Mr. Mc
Kinley's Secretary of the Treasury
in the event, of bis election, and said
so, but since- the election it has been
stated that Mr. Hanna did not-want I
and - would not accept any : office.
Mr. Hanna now denies that he made
any such statement or authorized its
publication, which shows that he
does not - propose to eliminate
himself by any - i such - decla
ration. There are pointers which in
dicate that the coming man is likely,
to be Mr. Hanna, whose boom has
tWn started, for the report is ' that
from all parts of the country sug
gestions come that he is the man for
the Treasury, that he would be satis
factory to ;.the K astern bankers,
business men, etc., which will give
Mark the chance to say he did . not
desire or seek it, but was "drafted.
Dnrin? the campaign Mr. Hanna
cultivated pretty close relations with
0. . . . t
the money men of the East, and there
is little doubt that be will be alto
gether acceptable to them.) Of course
he will be acceDtable to Mr. McKhj-
fhit'e.ftUc It if Mr ; Hanna l
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arttB tn rn J tu TrMRurvl ;J
Some men take anything tbat
comes to them, one of whom is .that
Indiana farmer, whose farm was
stocked with corn of his neighbors
Uwhich a wntrlwlnd deposited -on It.
He looked on this corn in the light
of a windfall and refused to surren
der it uatil f his neighbors identified
theircorn. He will nowhnd him
self occupied with several law suits.
If the whirlwind had -deposited on
his farm a lot of his neighbors' wells
and cellars, tie would doubtless
have claimed them. too, and required
identification. - ' 1 i-; -
- Hon. Alexander btephens Clay,
familiarly known as Steve," who
will succeed Gen. Gordon as United
States Senator from Georgia, was
rtarei oa a, farm and educated him-;
-.if ! aad became a lawyer. " In the
Dast two elections, he was chairman
of the State Democratic Committee,
and, to his clever work in organizing
the large majorities in that State are
attributed. He has the reputation
of being an able and level-beaded
man. ; . j ' - ' - ' -i v
It is said that by the aid
of the
Roentgen ray, .a blind boy
in San
Francisco who was completely blind I
was enabled to see nmcientiy to
distinguish objects, j This discovery
has excited considerable interest
among physicians and scientists, who
will pursue the experiments
The Baltimore Sun , says, "from
time to time there is a lcry for
wives." , Crying for wives is not the
right way to get them. The right
way to eo about it is when a fellow
wants a wife, is to make adead set
for . some, nice girl and keep np the
siege until she capitulates, h -
An, Australian scientist informs us
that there is about $65,000,000 worth
of gold in solution in a cubic mile
of sea water, l bis is encouraging
to the gold people who when' they
exhaust tbe land can extract the gold
from the salt seas.' It will cost
something but we're bound to have it.
- Five Japanese gentlemen are now
making a tour of this country study
ing up the steel plants, and the next
thing we will bear of is that Japan
has started in the: manufacture of
steel on her own hook. These Japs
catch onto everything worth catch
ing onto. ji-1JJ V'.vV
A trial of horseless carriages took
took place in England a few days
ago. - There were fifty; vehicles of
different makes - entered, but an
American device, w men covered a
distance of forty s even miles in four
hours, won the race. m
It was the glory and the fun of the
thing that j Jimmy Belden, 'of New
York, was after when be spent
$13,180 to.be elected to Congress.
Bat, perhaps, be expects to make up
by "plckins" the 3,180 mdre than
his salary amounts to, . ;:
Metallically classed the next XJ. S.
Housebf Representatives stands 204
against to 153 for silver.' Among the
204 are the two gentlemen who have
the unique distinction of having
been elected as gold Democrats.
Hon.- W. : S.: Form an, of Illinois,
who helped carry that. State for Mc-
Kinley has been rewarded by Mr.
Cleveland by appointment to the po
sition of Internal Re ventre Commis
sioner made vacant by the resigna
tion of Mr. Miller. -
A MAN KILLED.
Homiolda at Four Oaks in Johnaton
County.
A correspondent of the Star writes:
"Last Sunday morning the dead body of
Ransom Johnson was found covered
with a blanket on a pile ol straw in tbe
lot behind J. T.: ColeV bar room. He
had been carried out there the night
previous in a drunken stupor, it was
laoagai, out tne stupor was-not so
much caused by drink as by a wound
on the head inflicted by Joe Keen with
a piece of scantling late Saturday even
ing; ' : ' -: v- " : - -
i "The post mortem examination showed
that the immediate cause of death was a
clot of blood resting on tbe brain.' Two
or three ribs were found to be broken
also. There .was no reasonable doubt
tbat both of these iniaries were inflicted
by the piece of scantling in Keen's hands.'
ine coroner a jury decided accordingly.
and Keen was lodged in 'Smithfield jail
day before yesterday, where he will be
tried for manslaughter. Johnson was a
orotner-in-iaw oi tbe defendant.' , -
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Wilmington & Weldoa nd "Wilmington,
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ot O Hiatal Bead and Approved Show
ing Improved. Condition of Propsrtlas .
and Increased Beoeipta All the ,
. Member ---of tbe 'Old Board
" : of Directors nd Other "
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y .. ; Of&oiala Bc-illeetedU r.
The stockholders oi the Wilmington
& Weldoa Railroad Company met at
their offices in this city yesterday morn
ing at 12 o'clock Mr. Jonius Davis
was called to the chair and" Mr. Jas. F.
Post, Jr., ..was elected : secretary.
Meisrf. Newcomer, Borden and Post
were appointed to examine credentials,
and reported 20.841 shares but of 80.000
represented io person or by proxy. The
meeting) was then duly organized for
business.' and ht : secretary j read t&e
miantes of the last meeting, which were
approve a. -. i.-y -' -
Tne report of , President W. G. El
liott. ofVice President H. Walters, and
of General Manager. Jno. R. Kenly were
read and accented as the rensrt ot the
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President and Board of Directors.
Reports of the President and General
Manager of the Wilmington. Columbia
&Aagasta Railroad were read and re-
ceiyed.:: . . . . .z t-yi
The reports of the Treasurer and Au
ditor were dispensed withas they were
presented in printed form.
Toe stockholders authorized the Board
of Directors-to make all provision ne
cessary for the payment of the seven per
cent, bonds falling due May 7th, 1899,
amonntiog to $936 000.- j
The report of the General Manager of
the Wilmington & Weldoa shows that
the road with its branches and equip
ment it in excellent condition. Its net
receipts for the year are $735,891.58. an
Increase of $82,466.93 as compared with
the net receipts of the previous year
Many new buildingal for stations an
depots were erected and large expendi
ture was made for steel rails: the entire
length of the main line between Weldon
and its ' connection with the " Florence
railroad is now, with the exception of a
mile at Weldoa and pari of a mile at
Rocky Point, laid with' 70-pound steel
rails." J - -f
i ELICTION OF OFFICBtS.
The secretary was 'instructed to cast
the vote of the meeting for Mr. Warren
G. E liott as president, and the following
gentlemen to serve during the ensuing
year as directors, v z . j Bi F. Newcomer,
H. Walters, J. P. McCoy and Michael
Jenkins, of Baltimore: H. B. Plant, of
New York; Geo. Howard, of Tarboro;
. B. Borden, of Goldsboro; W. H
WiUard, of Raleigh. I and J. W. Nor
wood and A . DiRosiet, of Wilming
ton, N. C.
On motion, the next annual meeting
will bs held at Wilmington, N. C. on
the first Wednesday after the third Mon
day in November, 1,897.-"
The meeting then adjourned.
DIRECTORS' MEETING.
The meeting "of tbe newly eledtcd
Board of Directors was held in the Presi
dent's office imraediatelv after the ad-
iournment of the stockholders' meeting;
Mr. W. G. Elliott, president, in the
chair, and Mr. Jas. F Post. Jr., j secre
tary. Minutes of tne last .meeting were
read and approved
Mr. H. Walters was unanimously
elected Vice President and Mr. Jas. F.
Post, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer, for
1896 97.
Tne following officers were re-elected.
to serve in their respective positions for I
the same term : . Mr. Jno. R, Kenly, I
General Manager; Mr. T. M. Emerson,
Traffic Manager; Mr.
no. F. Divine. Gen-
era! Superintendent;
Mr- W. A. Riach,
General Auditor.
The heads of the Other departments
are as follows: H. M. Emerson, General
Freight and Passenger Agent; E. Bor
den, Superintendent of Transportation;
E. V. Pieasants. Engineer of Roadway;
F. H. Fechtig, Purchasing Agent.
-Messrs. B. F. - Newcomer, Michael
Jeokics and W. Gi, Elliott were ap
pointed as the Executive Committee.
with all the powers of the Board of
Directors in the absence of a meeting.
WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA ft AUGUSTA
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
Railroad Company i convened : in tbe
general offices in this city at 11.80 a. m.
Mr. H. Walters was called to the chair,
and Mr.r Jas. F. Post was elected secre-'
tary. Nbthing was considered by this
meeting but business ot a routine char
acter. The following gentlemen were
elected to serve as directors for this
company during the ensuing year:
Messrs. W. G. E liott, H. Walters, B
F. Newcomer, Michael Jenkins, H B.
Plant, J. T. Barron,! Thomas Wilson, C
S. Gidsden and Waldo Newcomer.
The meeting then: adjourned. '
At a .meeting of the newly elected
Board of D sectors of the Wilmington,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad Conpany,
held in the President's office, Mr. H.
Walters wai called to the chair and Mr.
Jas. F. Post, Jr., elected secretary. Mr.
W. G. Elliott was unanimously elected
President; Mr. H. Walters,! Vice Presi
dent; Mr. Jas. F. Post, Jr Secretary and
Treasurer; Mr. J, i Rt Kenly, General
Manager, Mr. T. M. Emerson,' Traffic
Manager; MrL Jno.! F. Divine, General
Superintendent; Mr. W. A. Riath, Gen
eral Auditor. f '
The meeting then adjourned.
The meetings of
the Manchester &
Augusta Railroad,
Florencs Railroad
and the Wilson & Summerton Kailrdad,
will be held in Florence to-day. The
officials of the Atlantic Coast Line-will
leave on a special train this a. m. to at
tend the meetings there . and they will
then leave for Charleston to attend the
meetings of the Worth Eastern Railroad
and the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad
to be held there Friday- 1 ; f -
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REPUBLICANS JJNEASY.
AFRAID -THAT BUTLER WILL SUC
CEED iN DEFEATING PAlTCHARD.V
The CaaoilaDf Sane cr Ba Jer's Paper, m
the Handi cf tbe Bheriff-Another Elec
tion foe Representative :o Be Held ia j
Jaokaon Oonnty Uha-w: Ualver.
v eltr-A Hew Unitary Com-' 'J '
ir'f'-pn,;0,nl'd
Special Star Correspondence
. Ralkich. N.C Nov. 18. I
Governor Carr will call another elec
tion in Jackson coiintv, where the Re-
paDiican ana democratic canotaates lor
the Legislature received a tie vote. Tne
Republicans claim that their candidate
(Ensley) is entitled to theseatrallegipg
fraud. Ensley will contest... -
There are now 800 students enrolled
at Shaw .University.. .Twenty-one new
students entered the medical class, which
is the largest in the history of the insti
tution. ' ' ; J;-"'V'
Dr. J. L. M. Curry makes bis annual
visit to Shaw University to-morrow, and
will deliver a lecture here tomorrow. ,
A new military company, with a mem
bership of forty-five, has been.organized
at Concord, jn. c w. a. Caldwell is
captain. "i "'riiv:;
Tbe Caucasian was levied on vester
day for $175. Tbe office Is in the hands
oi tbe sneriQ. Tne dimcaltywill prob
ably be remedied to-day. Editor Ayer
was yesterday offered more than -a suf
ficient sum to cover tbe indebtedness.
but he de clined to a csept .it. . . , .
Republican headquarters will remain
open until Dscember 1st. if not longer.
Secretary Hyams and two clerks are
still at work tabulating the precinct re
suits which continue to come in. - -e
Not a few of Senator Pritchard's friends
are concerned about tbe letter written by
St niter Butler in reply to the Junior
Senator. Wbile there seems to be but
little doubt that the Repuolicans have
-obtained some sort cf a pledge from a
large number ot fopulist members of
tbe Legislature, there is a ceneral dread
among Republicans that Butler will con
vert them to his way of thinking. The
Republicans at headquarters still insist
that Pritchard's election is a foregone
conclusion..
Lee Overman's name is mentioned
more than that cf any other Democrat in
coanectton with tbe Democratic caucus
nomination: - ,
' Special Star Telegram. - V
Gov. Carr orders an election in Jack
son county for the purpose of electing a
representative to the Legislature. The
Republican and the Democratic candi
date received a like vote In the recent
election. .Republicans claim their can
didate was elected on account of illegal
voting y Democrats.
Editor Ayer to -day . received letters
from six - members of the Legislature
who put themselves on record as op
posed to Pritchard's re-election. Sena
tor McCoskey referred to Holton's
statement that enough : Populists were!
an iosalt. .
f : By Soothers Associated Press.
RAT.EIGH. N. C . November 10. Sen
ator Butler's paper, the Caucasian, does
not appear to-day. as the office is in tbe
sheriff s bands." Tbe property is levied
on under execution for a judgment of
$191 for paper. Several printers also
obtained tadgments to-day. bin ator
Butler, who is in Simpson county, was
to-day notified by mail of tbe. trouble
Tbe paper is claimed to have 4.800 paid
up subscribers. and it is asserted r will
appear this week. f :
DEATH OF CAPT. E. U. PEARCE.
A Gallant Confederate Soldier BC embar of
ih Board of Coanty Commissiocera ,
and n Prominent Citissn ot Hew
Htnover County. 1 , r
Capt. E. L, Pearce, a member of the
Board of Commissioners of New Han-
over county, died last Sunday morniog
at bis residence. Scott's Hill, after an
illness of several months, in the 60th
year of his age. .The funeral took, place
at Scott's Hill yesterday morning at 10
o clock.
Capt, Pearce was born in Favetteville.
N.C, a half-brother of Mr. R. K. Bryan,
now residing at Scott's Hill. He re
moved from Fayetteville to Georgia
shortlybefore the war between the States
and at the outbreak ot hostilities volun
teered, and throughout tbe war served
m the Twenty-sixth Georgia infantry,
one of tbe regiments' of Gordon's
famous brigade in Jackson's Corps. Army
of Northern Virginia. He was twice
wounded at the second battle of Ma
nassas, in 1862, and again at the battle
of tbe Monocacy. in 1864. A.t the cloe
of the war be was With the remnant of
Lee s army surrendered at Appomattox.
In the Fall of 1874 CaDt. Pearce' re
moved from Sooth. Carolina, where he
had been engaged in business, to Scott's
Hill. ;
' Capt. Pearce was held - in - highest
honor and esteem by all who knew him.
Some years ago he was the Damccratic
nominee : for representative from this
county to tbe State Legislature, and in
1880 was elected member of the Board
of Commissioners, a position which he
held continnously up to the time of his
death. He was also a member of the
county ooard of education. He was
'thrice married and leaves three children,
a son and two daughters.
N. C. SUPREME COURT.
Opinions Banded Down Yesterday-Bale
: Atalast the Sheriffs of 8unv and
- , ' Cherokee Counties -r
Special Star Telegram."
Raleigh, November - 17. Supreme
Court opinions were handed down to
day as follows :
Siattuck vs. CauTey, from Lenoir.
Affirmed.
Hussey vs. Hill.from Duplin. Affirmed.
Nash vs., Sutton, from Lenoir. Af
firmed, i , 1 -
Baker vs. Bobbins, from Duplin. - Af
firmed. .
State vs. Smlthr"from Robeson. : Re
versed... :. . ',
Taylor vs. Ervin, from; Ont low. He-
versed. : : " 1
Smith vs. Smith, from Columbus. Writ -
of certiorari denied and affirmed on
merits.
Shields vs. Insurance Company, from
Moore. Reversed.
McNeill vs." McDuffie, fiom Cumber
land. 'Affirmed. 1 --
Rule against - the sheriff of Surry
countv and ; tbe shenlf of Cherokee
county, to show cause on the second
Tuesday of the next February term of
the Supreme Court why they should not
be amerced for failure to make return of
precepts In their hands issued from this
Court,-".-
r- - For Orer Fifty Tears
Mm.-Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty . years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, - with perfect success. . It
soothes the child, soitens the gums,
allays alt pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remed y for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer' immedi
ately. -Sold by 'druggists in every part
of the world. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle. : Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins-
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no
Other kind.
"USEFUL BOOKS GIVEN AWAY.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING ART AND
', , .FANCY WORK- -
Mis. h'ella Dagger of Boston hia recently, wnrien
book, "Fancy Work and . Art Decoruiita that
give practical inttructioni for making Joi'iei, table
covers, scarfs, trap cloths, pin cushion, etc., etc.
wilh fifty ilinstiation. This book, together vita
"S u cc ss f oi
t-OVPON No. 806 W
Hem Dyeiog.'
TkU tntitUs rtuder J m . . ,
ke Movning- Sta to ont cA a
ration," and "ifeetvl Hornet attaxhed C3npon
' t 1. ..Scent
stamp to Wells, Ricoardaoa oi Co., Burlington, Vt.
The above UbenU offer ia made to advertise the re-
liaBle Diamond Eyes, and to get their book upon
home drebg into the hand of wornea who want to
dress well by making their old clothing ldok like new.
T he fact that Diamond Dyea have been the standard
home dyes for nearly twenty years, and that their sale
increases from 'year to year, Is proof positive that
they have never had an eqoaL
N. C BAPTIST CONVlHnOH.
BaolQtion Adopted OppoelOR State Aid to
: Higher Kdaoation. - :
.The Baptist convention, in session at
Morgantonv N. C. adjourned to meet in
Oxford, December, 1897. -
Near the cldse of the proceedings,
Rev. L. Johnson offered the following
resolution, viz: '
Whereas, The State aid to higher
education by taxation is wronz, unjatt
andunise; a wrong against the whole
people, who cannot receive tha bentfit
of such opportunities; unjust to the pri
vate, the corporate and denominational
institutions voluntarily supported; un
wise because the people of North Caro
lina are now inadequately provided with
public schools for tbeir children, and
need every -cent of their taxes that cm
be spared for that purpose;
Resolved. Therefore, that the Baptist
Stale Convention of North Caru ina
reaffirm its 'opposition -to State aid by
taxation to bieber education.
After this bad been read. Prof. J. W.
Gore, of Chapel Hill,, arose and signi
ued his opposition to the resolution,
Prof. Gore said that the Convention
assembled' to do the Master's work
should not take up this State aid ques
tion unless there was a moral question
concerned. He said: "You ought to
adjourn as a Baptist assembly and then
hold a meeting as-citizens and then
memorialize the Leeistature.it vou will
Would vou want to agitate this matter if
you had no Wake Forest ?
The previous question was called, and
as there was a division it called for
count. When the vote was taken it was
found that the motion had carried, there
being only two dissenting votes. The
opposition to State- aid was practically
solid. ( 1 - -
HEAD-STONES
For Doad
Kortn i - Carolina .
Wineheater. "
Soldiers at
We have received just about tbe sum
sufficient to place an individual marble
bead- stone at tbe grave o each. North
Carolina Confederate sold
er buried at
Winchester. I desire' in
behalf of the
relatives of these dead soldiers and tbe
Confederate Veterans and in repect of
tbe brave spirits whose bodies make
this -ground sacred to us all to. thank all
those have aided - me in this' work.
I desire to emphasize, the valuable set
vices of the members of tbe Ladies Con
federate . Monumental ' Association, of
which Mrs. Armistead Jones is the hon
ored and efficient President. They
have done more to make the movement.
a success than all other agencies besides.
These head-stones will be put up as soon
as the work can be done.
We desire to raise money to erect
large shaft in the center of the plot.
This has been done by other States.
There are some towns in the State and
some regiments the survivors of which
have Contributed very little indeed for
the head-stones. I appeal to them
especially to make liberal contributions
for this.1 object and send them at once
to T. P. German, Treas .) Raleigh. N. C.
i ; , CM. COOKE.
i THE COTTON CROP.
'- ( ' "" -v" ' - .-
Eaiims jof Heetra. Iisihana, Alexander
j ' : Co. , . ' .-"'
I .New York. Nov. 18, 1896.
With the view of securing reliable in
formation upon which to base an ap
proximate estimate of the co ton crop
of tbe United States for this cotton year.
Uoa November 5th we mailed 3 500 let
ters to selected "correspondents banks,
bankers. Cotton commission merchants,
brokers, proprietors of public gins, rail
road Officials and planters.covering every
cotton growing county in tbe Southern
States,' asking their opinion as to tbe
pro&ablej yield in theirespective local-
t At this date, in response to our let
ters, we have received 2,240 replies, ot
average 1 date' November 10th, from
which we make the following 1 estimate
of the cotton crop for the year 1896-
1897:
States.! ,
Bales. '
. 946.000
. 657.000.
. 55.000
.1,220.000
. 494000
. : 964.000
. 484 000
. 717.000
. 284,000
.2251,000
Alabama..
Arkansas .
Florida . .
Georgia.!..
................
Louisiana;.....,
Mississippi ......
North Carolina. .
South Carolina, ,
Tennessee, ;etfc . .
Texas, etc ..'.. .
.... .(,...
Total .... .8.022.000
The great mass of these letters indi
cates that the crop this year is from.
three to five weeks earlier than usual,
that it has been marketed with great
rapidity, on account of stringent money
and urgent demands of merchants to
make collections previous to tbe elec
tion, and that, picking at this date is
nearer completion than ever; before
known. ' '
Wnere any top crop is reported it has
been seriously injured, if not destroyed
by frost,! and from a large area of coun
try no top crop is reported at all.
j The foregoing information is con
fidently submitted to our friends and
the cotton trade, as being the most reli
able that can be obtained at this date, by
earnest t If art from responsible corre
spondents living in the cotton-growing
section, i - ; very.xraiy. - -
Latham, Alexander & CO.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING .
! - J, -
Of the 1 Blobmond, 7redsrfekbnr( - St
. - ' Potomta Bailroad Company. .
By Telezraph to the Morning Star. j ' .
Richmond VaJ November 18. The
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the' Richmond,-- 'Fredericksburg;
Potomac Railroad Company was held
to-day. The following officers' were
elected: E; T. D. Myers, president;
directors on the part . cf the individual
stockholders, Moncure Robinson. BF.
Newcomer, H. Walters, W. J. Leake,
J. T. "j Ellvson : (State director) re
appointed: Eiamining Committee. J. R
Baylor, : M. Robinson, Charles Ellin,
L. B. Anderson and E. L. Scott. r
'. ETtoe Dlaeo-rerr Sa-roel BUa Ure.
Mr. G. Callouette,' Druggist. Beavers
ville, 111, says: "To Dr. King's New Dis
covery I owe my life. Was taken with
La Grippe and tried all the physician
for miles about, but of no avail and was
given up and told r could not live. Hav
ing Dr. King's New -Discovery in my
store I sent for a bottle and began its use
and from the first dose began to get bet
ter, ana after nsing three bottles was up
and about again. It is worth Us weight
in gold.,. We won't keep store or house
without it," Get a free trial at R. R.
Bellamy's Drug Store. t
THE SILVRQUESTI0N.
T7t vvrT - q-pab The: fo'.lowlng com
munication signed "H" appeared la the
DaUv Messenger Wedncsdsv morning,,
Se Uth inst. Our reply was tendered
tbat paper and the proprietors rmu
that they do not desire to ontinne the
publication of ucn correspaBucu,
tbev felt the election had settled the
qac,tiouand.;beltan
you therefore kindly insert both articlet?
. - T. a It., r.
T.C K.
j. An EnfflUb Blmetalllst.
rrr.TTocfi Messenger It was
the
writer's privilege recently to have a con-,
versatlon with en Engl sh gentleman
who was visiting our city a man of bigtt
character and anilities, a member of Pir
liament for many year, ttaa lor- twenty
years a leading advocate of bimetallism.
It bas been the custom oi iae,uv.
of free coinage in the recent contest w
auote all expressions by foreigners io
tavor ot Bimetallism uui -t
atiau(l mvself of the opportunity thus
afforded me ot finding bow they really
looked upon the issue as recently orawu
in our country, ine resuua arc u
here.not jn any spirit of controversy,
but because the writer supposes we all
hope for the best from the existing situ
ation, and may find encouragement from
these conclusions.: ; r
Oa the 6ne hand, I fouad both from
the conversation and from a' copy of bis
published papers at international con
ferences, etCj, that he agreed i with our
free coinage men in their main position-
that gold has appreciated, that its ap
preciation nas causea uumg pt:v- uu
untold hardships. Whether he is right
in this is not : the point. inat is
his ' position " for which ne nas persis
lently contended for over twecty years.
tie also agrees witn tnem m iucn iiuw
tion that the aooreciation of sold is due
to tbe discontinuance ot tne use oi suver
as standard money by the great nations,
and that its restoration' to its former
place of equality with gold on a suitable
ratio 'would have been an inestimable
boon to tbe world. For this restoration
he has persistently labored.- j .
Oa tbe other-hand, he held and he
said all his associates agreed with him
that tree coinage by this country at in
to 1 would not result in bimetallism.
butTn sliver monometallism. That the
cheaper metal would drive out the more
valuable, as it had always done. He
cited the fact that when we bad a ratio
ot 15 to .1, and France of 15 Ji : to 1," we
lost all our gold, and that when we
changed to 16, France remaining the
same, we lost all our. silver.. II this were
true with so small a difference, much
more would it be so now with tbe com
mercial ratio nearly twice as great. The
question' was necessarily an interna
tional one, which a single government
cpuld no more control tban tbe move
ment of the trade winds -or the ocean
currents. i -
I This being so be felt that there was
an element of dishonesty in the proposi
tion. Whatever chances the aoorecia
tion of cold bad orodaced were eradual.
but the sudden change of tbe standard
of value upon which all existing busi
ness was based involved the violation of
private contracts and a repudiation of a
part ot public obligations. He thought
its success would bave been a blow to
the public credit and an injury . to the
national conscience. . :- :
' The proposed ratio, 16 to 1, he did not
believe would ever be restored even by
international agreement. The gap be
tween that and the present, commercial
ratio was too great. What might have
Seen done twenty years ago could not be
one now without too great-a wrench to
the business of tbe world. Great Britain
stood ready to re-open the mints of
India to silver at a ratio of about 21 to 1
when any other great commercial na
tion did likewise. That was the most
that English bimetallists thought it now
possible to gain. " : : --f-
For himself he had concluded to give
op the agitation ot tbe matter. He
thought we had f'eotten to the bottom
of the hill, withf a good many bruises
and broken bjnes. cut now tbat we
were there it was hardly worth while to
try to climb up again." 1 In other words
the business ot the world had adjusted
itself to tbe gold standard, and tbe great
increase in the gold fields of; tbe world
rendered further appreciation of gold
unlikely. - '!;' j -- v,
I see Senator Jones announces that
the battle for 1898 and 19G0 will begin at
once. Would it not be better to see what
a little rest would do for the buiioess in
terests of tbe country. With one remark
made by my friend, I was- greatly im
pressed: It was a question to be settled
by experts and not by popular agita
tion. , - H.
' Wilmington, N. C, Nov, 12.
Editor Messenger : In vour issue of
Wednesday the views of an English bi
metallist are 'given to the public by
j H." and while there is nothing new in
what is Said, the fact that the author
seems to regard both tbe statement of
the cise and the mode of treatment as
authoritative because . of the source, it .
may not be amiss to expose the incon-,
sistehcies and illogical deductioi s of cUr
English friend." -.No one familiar with
the subject ever thought that the Eng
lish bimetallists, as a body, were favpr
able to action by this country alone,
but it is known that such men as W. H.
Gibbs and Moreton Frewen, who are
eminent authorities and both ex-governors
of the Bank of Eogland, hold
that independent action is feasible.' And
we know from recent opinions of Bis
marck and Dr. Arendt that they believe
that action by this country alone would
be the initial step to international bi
metallism. :,m;mV-. y , ''
j The statement that Eogland stands
ready t open the mints of India at a
ratio of 24 to 1 in concert with other
Commercial nations, is not in keeping
with the reply of Balfour to the recent
overtures from the German government
looking to' a monetary conference, in
which he said that while be conldjhot
Commit England to a bimetallic system,
the government would open the mints'
Of India at any ratio that other nations
might adopt; The ratio of India is 15
to 1, ot France and Germany 15 to 1,
and for this country 16 to 1, and to
adopt a ratio of 24 to l-would mean a
reduction in the volume of silver money
of almost one half, and contraction cf
the-world's money, supply that would
entail misery upon the people for years
to come.- The world's supply of gold
and silver money is about equal, and
the annual production is in the propor
tion of 16 to 1 coinage value. Vv hat
reason then is there for adopting other
than the natural ratio? v j '
t Tbe statement that the free coinageof
silver would, drive gold . out of tbe coun
try seems to rest' on a misconception of
Gresham's law. which is nothing morel
than a law Of displacement. The. busi-'
ness of the country has adjusted itself
to the present volume of - money, and
under free -coinage gold, would not be
displaced, except in the proportion that
the increase in the volume of money ex
ceeded the increase in tbe business of
the country, or the demand for money:
If the volume of businesi remained sta
tionary and the money supply increased
500,000.000 of, dollars, then just this
amount of gold, would leave the coun
try, for 4he reason that prices of com
modities would rise and the value of
money fall.- This is upon the assump
tion that prices in other countries re
mained unchtnged. tor gold never leaves
a country except when it can invest to
better advantage elsewhere, j But if tbe
increase in business kept pace with the
increase in the suddIv of mnnav ia
would remain in circulation
would not pay to export iu If, as our
n-ngusn inend - supposes, gold would
be driven out at once, then, tbe volume
of -money would be contracted -And -pt
ices would fall still lower.: Such a
condition would cause gold to Bow to
us until the supply equalized prices with
other countries. It must be clearCthere
fore, that prices of-commodities would
When you tase Hood s Fills. The bie. oiii.f-.cT,
foned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you m
pieces, are not In It with Hood's.
-asytoUike
and easy to operate, ia true
of Hood's Pills, which are .
up to date In every respect
Safe, certain and sure. All
. I i nj. )ft T TT 1 . r-. JS
aruggists. zoc. j v. nuou oi jo., fcmvell, Mass
The only Pllls-to take with Hood's SarsaiVmn..'
rise only in tbe proportion that the supJ
"ply of money-exceeded the growth iot
business, ana, uniess iree coinsge suc
ceeded in increasing the relative supply
of money, prices would lemain stattoraiy
and the lost equity between debts and
property and monev would not be re-"
stored Upon tbe passage of the Bland
Allison act in 1&78, all of the New York
papers and the gold , standard advocate
in the countr predicted 90 cent silver-
dollars and propnesiea tnat every dollar -
of gold would ds ariven from the coaa-
iry.. Notwitnstanoing the cosfitient
assertions-of these "high authomirs ' '
under the operation of this law 'we coir,.
ed 878 0(0 000 of 10) cent silver dollars
and increased . our stock . of gp I0rn
$167 000 000 to $6.50,000 0C0. The reasoa 1
was that tbe supply of moneyidid not
exceed ih increase in, bus necs. bur on
the contrary, was' not large enoagh io ar
rest the downward, tendency in prices,
and th s condition induced tbeir.fiovcof
gold. .Under free coinage we could tot
Jiope to Increase our relative supply of '
money, but very ; gradually, and Ences
would rise only in like degree, so that
the Creditor class Would not be made to
Suffer near so rapid a decrease in the
purchasing power of ' its : money is ibe
debtor class bas been made to sutler a .
depreciation in the debt-paying poer
of its property. ' An atsoiu'iely
honest dollar , would beJ' a dollar
that required an -uniform , amount cf
human sacrifice to Bcquire at all times,
and does not , our '.'English friend" think
that there is an element bf dithonesty in
the condition that'demahdsthat the
farmer must pay back twice es much
purchasing power as he borrowed ten
years ago ? If, as be admits, the demon
etization of silver has caused-. the ruin
ous tall in prices of. all commodities,
does not simple justice demand that sil
ver shall be restored to its money (unc
tion and the lostj equity between com
modities and money regained ? Is it
right for the creditor to cheat the debtor,
and wrong for the debtor to delecd hira-
self? , : - 7 !: '
The reference to the movements of
our metals before and after 1834 as
evidencing our inability to maintain the
parity, "proves nothing but that ' the
metals flow to countries where they are
valued highest. Under free coinage at
16 to 1 our gold would not leave -r
no nation would offer more 4or, tTat us
mints, and until some of tbe European
mintsr were 'opened at 15 to 1 we
would not , lose our silver. Should
such a - condition come . about, I we
could meet tbat ratio by recoining.it a -gain
of f oer cent, to our stock of sliver
money. It is impossible to . com pare tbe
relative value of gold and silver when
gold is monetizsd and Silver demone
tized.:, Restore the money function to
silver and then see how their relative
value will be maintained. r
Our "English friend" shows very little
Of, the proverbial, English pluck when
he gives up the fight hecause he is "at
the foot of the bill." What would have
been tbe history ot England for the last
sixty years if the gteat reformers had
given up tbe fight when tbey found
themselves "at the foot of tbe fail ?"
What ."positions in history would
Villiers. Cobden, Brieht and Gladstone
have taken if they bad been content to
rest "at the foot ot the fail ?" Ar d how -were
those great political and economic
reforms won? Was it through com-,,
missions of experts or was it by pubic'
discussion? Let the, bimetalsx4rur
country study the" history of the Man
chester school and learn how to nght
and how to wait, - A cause that .cannot
bear to wait lacks tbe element oi sound
ness that entitles it to succeed. Great
reforms never come, in aleap, and any
measure to become permanent must
have the intellectual endorsement of tbe
people, . and this requires time and
study. The - repeal ot the corn-laws
was of inestimable good to the woik
ing classes of England, and the repeal
of the gold standard, in this country
would' prove of inestimable benefit to
mankind. .. History may repeat itself,
and the world may be called upon to
witness the Enactment of bimetallism
by the administration that was elected
to uphold tbe gold standard.- The ad-
vice of "H" that we rest, which is con
strued to mean to cease discussion.
w ill not be heeded. We know that if
bimetallism comes in any form through
the advocates of tbe gold standard it will
be to avoid a defeat on the issue in HOI),
and we propose to keep the subject fresh
in tbe minds of the people; It matters
not it the production ot gold does con
tinue to increase, the .cotton and wheat
producets will realize no better prices
for their products until silver is restored,
for these two staples are produced in
competition with silver using countries cf
the East, and so long as ' England c .1 '
bny .-our silver at sixty cents an
ounce arid; ship it to the Orient
at ; $1.80 an ounce, just ,' so . long
must our cotton and wheat -product-is
realize low prices for' their products.
This fact alone .ought to condemn the
gold standard for a debtor nation'and a
producer of raw materials for tbe world.
No doubt that English creditors, who
hold vested rights ; earning gold divi
dends, think it highly proper tbat debtor
nations should be made to give double
of their products in payment of gold cb-,
ligations that are appreciating in the '
proportion tbat their products are de
preciating, but to the average American
"there seems to be an element of dis
honesty m the proposition." i
' t - - T. C. K. P.
' - BRYAN TO LECTURE. i f
Under ' Contract With Mr. V. El. MoBeo
'; Hla First -Address to ba De-
lirored m , Atlanta. -
'-. LlNCOLW. Nib., Nov. 17 It has been
definitely arranged tbat Wm. . Bryan
is to take the lecture platform acd his
first address will be delivered at Atlanta,
Gi., ear y in December. - His route as it
has been arranged will be after leaving
Atlanta, Jacksonville. Savannah.CharUs
ton, Augusta, Birmingham and New
Orleans. After leaving the latter place,
Mr. Bryan will go through Texas, tbep
on to California and Oregon and will not
reach ci ies of the East before tbe latter ,
part of February, 1897. The man be
hind tbe enterprise Is V. E. McBee, of
Norfolk, Va., the Superintendent of the
beaooard Air Line. On election cifjht
Mr.- McBee, who" had been a hard
worker for, Bryan, wired i'to this city
offering Mr. Bryan a veiy? large amount
for a series of lectures in case the elec
tion should turn against him No atten
tion was paid to , the matter at that
lime by Mr. Bryan, but after the defeat
of the Democratic ticket, Mr. McBee
once more renewed his offers, negotia
tions were begun and the result has Dec n
that Mr. Bryan bas signed contracts for
a teries of lectures usder the manage
ment of Alexander Comstock, who is
tbe representative and associate of Mr.
McBee in the enterprise. The terms of
the .agreement from- 8' financial stands
point have 4otj been made pubhc, but it
is reliably asserted tbat what Mr. Bryan
will receive will exceed 4bc salary.be
would bave received as President, y .
' -jYoH ran htm mt-) if .nnr hlnod 18 im-
pure. but vou may bave cure blood and
good health by taking HoodVSarsapa-
Pill
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