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OUR TWA GREAT PRODUCTS.
The two! great exportable pro
ducts of the United States are wheat
and cou6n,i one the staple f . the
' Northwest the other of the South. It
has been some years since either of
these has I paid the-producer much,
bandit is very doubtful if the years
will ever come when they will pay
him as- much as thejrJjaKe in the
v&Kyf&&'Za decline which
sent wheat down to fifty cents a
bushel . and- .cotton to six cents a
pound. The decline in prices the
world over began with' the demoneti
zation of silver which added to the
- purchasing power of gold, and was
-further contributed to by the it
Creased acreage of both crops in this
and in other Countries, notably so in
;the caserof wheat, which has felt
most the effect of this.
I Both the American wheat and cot
ton growers have Competitors to
jcontend against; now that' they did
not have twenty years ago and with
whom they -.must continue to
compete, if they continue '. io
irow .wheat and cotton. With-
in ; the
past K twenty five . years
1 tbeacreage of wheat has been vast
iy incr&ieflin tms country ana in
Canada by the opening up of new
territory, 'where the land was cheap
and. was eagerly taken up by people
who were anxious to provide them-,
selves with homes. The rapid con
struction of railroads facilitated and
very materially contributed to this,
for tTJus avenues to the markets
were opened for the products of
these new farms, to which thou
sands of immigrants flecked and
thousands of farmers from the older
States, where the lands had ceased
Jo be as j productive as they ; once
And so was the acreage of cotton
immensely increased by the planters
themselves, and by "tie renters and
their workers former slaves, most
of them, who 'know1; little or nothing
about raising anythiog but cotton.
Our 'planters' and , the renters had
gotten into the cotton rut, and they
haven't yet entirely gotten out of it.
But they - wiir have to get out of it,
and so will the wheat grower have
. to get out of the wheat rut, which
has been; cut about as deep "as the
cotton rut. l' . ' -j" -, '' .!Y;
We find in a bulletin issued by the
U, S. Department of Agriculture
same , interesting and instructive
fiures: o'f: the principal wheat grow-
I . . r . .
irie countries in the world, which
snJws what the American wheat-
grower has to contend aeaiost. r It
gives a table showing the annual
production of these countries for
Deriods of five vea'rs from 1881 to
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1895, as fgllows:
, ' I -Average Annual Prodactt.
I '4 Bnhels.i ; Has-iels. Bushels.
Couotrltsi ' 1S 8-5 ! 1886 (890. 1891-1895.
United -Siate. . 435 885. 44 443 847.400 4U0.34H.218
Candd 89.200,(0 8S.S91,6 61.4 5.800
Arnentina .!.,... 13jLOa,000 24,800,000 6i,00 001
Uru.ay...;.. r . - I 6 118.000
Rusia ...,J.;.. 224 106,611 ? 400 081 8 U 406 600
Inai4......j.4., 69,72l.86i 845,65788 8.4,90,600
This table shows a large increase
in all but one ot these countries while
two are added which raised very
little wheat and exported scarcely
any fifteen yars ago. v
-These .figures alicvshow an aggre
gate eaini oef annum for the last
: five years over the first five of 153,
!j96,493 j bushelsr the only country
'showing ;a decrease being India,
' where the mode of culture is primi
tive and the soil; much 1 reduced in
fertility. I Our own country woul4
, have shown a decrease also if it were
not for the increased acreage and the
balancing up of the exhausted lands
by the opening-up of fresh lands
This ia one of the things that
. the American wheat 1 grower must
guard against if he expects to hold
his own against the competition by
- which he is now, confronted and will
be more so as new wheat areas are
opened in Central America, in South
ern Siberia, and in British Columbia.
The construction of railways willjdo
. this in each of these countries, "In
Central: America and. in .British Co
lumbia j aVthe trans Siberian railway
. Is doinz for Southern Siberia. The
average wheat yield of the United
States is now about twelve bushels
to the acrehich would leave the
r- t .... , . i
grower in bad shape even with wheat
at a dollar a bushel, if be had to de
pend on that alone. If he would
succeed he must keep his land at the
twentyfive or thirty bushels . per
acre it once bore, or bring it back ta
that by sensible, business-like farm
ing. He cannot expect with land
annually growing poorer land less
productive to compete with farmers
who have rich land, plenty of it, as
cheap or cheaper than his, and cheap
labor, so cheap that it practically
costs nothing.' ' - ' :' ;.. . ..V
; The American farmer has had and
still has the. advantage of labor-saving
. machinery, which has enabled
him to cultivate more acres than his
competitors, which offsets' some of
the advantages they have. He cultivates--if
it caa.be called cultivat
ing more acres than his foreign
competitors can, and thus he can
produce more grain in the aggregate,
although not so much per acre; but
he may not have this advantage
always", for in time this labor-saving
machinery will find its way into those
countries as it isbeginning to do
already, and then perhaps the wheat
growers of those countries may do
precisely what the American wheat
grower ;has done depend upon a.
large number of acres more than
updn'a smaller number1 better culti
vated. -- ''"". . i ' "'..-
High, priced wheat has been the
dream of the American .farmer, but
the day of high priced wheat as a
steady thing has passed, and it need
only be expected under extraordinary
conditions, such as short crops, fam
ines or war that would reduce the
output of some of the principal pro
ducing countries, v- "N .
. Tn the long run perhaps it would
be better for the "American farmer,
in view of the competition that he
must contend against, that prices
do not run very higbfor that 'woul
reduce consumption by making it
the more difficult for consumers, to
buy. The greater the consumption
the better for the grower, and it is to
his interest that the consumption be
encouraged by reasonable prices, and
for him the aim should be to reduce
the cost of production to- a figure
that would leave him a reasonable
profit even at alow selling price. To
this it must come at last and the
sooner the. American wheat grower
recognizes this fact the sooner he will
put himself in a position to hold his
-awn against foreign competition.
HI50R KENTIOir.
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There has been much said and
written about the enormous pension
expenditures of this country, but all
that has been said and written' has
had no more effect in! keeping them
down than their whistling! would to
avert a storm. The pension list has
continued to grow uatil It numbers
nearly a million of names and the
expenditures have continued to grow
until they have reached ,$140,000,-
000. Theie is no assurance that they
may. not go higher than this, al
though it is the opinion of some that
the maximum has been" reached.
There is politics in pensions; the
whole country is taxed to pay them,
but nine tenths of the money goes to
the North, and hence while
there is politics
the politicians
in them- ' for
in pensions, -. lot
there is
money
section
.-thei
in which the nine-tenths are distrib
uted. It is a party question only in
the sense that the Republican party
claims to be the especial guardian of
the pensioner and takes pride in the
most extravagant ycu&ivu c8myu,
I ' t . t . . l 4nl"OC in .1 I C
wmie every jiari.jr;.uc.iasi .
platform for "liberal pensions.
There never was avmove made in
Congress to cut them down, even to
the extent -of purging the lists ot
names mat snouia -not j;oe tucic,
which was not vigorously fought by.
the Republican "friends of the sol
dier," and but weakly defended by
the "friends of reform,')' J because,
taking a; political view, they" were
afraid of the soldier vote; Which has
for years been a mighty factor in the
elections in the North. 1 bus tar
within the past thirty-one; years the
Gbvefnmeht has paid . over $2,000,
000,000 in pensions, withint a few
hundred millions of the hiehest
notch of the interest bearing public
debt, and the probabilities are that
this sum will be doubled before we
reach the end of it.
Tbe Legislature of Pennsylvania
has appointed a committee to inves
tigate the subject of convict labor
and to report as to the best way to
employ that labor without injury to
legitimate industry. : The State of
North Carolina comes nearer doing
this new than any State we know of,
and herexamole has been followed
by two or three other Southern
States. North Carolina works the
bulk of her convicts on farms leased
by the State, some she hires to rail
road companies which employ them
in grading, etc., on new roads, and
under the law some counties employ
short term convicts in grading the
county roads. The number kept with
in the penitentiary is comparatively
smalljinostU' women and men who are
not physically able to peform heavy
manual labor. Working them on
Statefarms does interfere, perhaps,
with the farming Industry in the
neighborhood of the farms; but not
enough to be of material importance,
for the amount of stuff they put upon
the market does not affect prices;
but the vay to employ convicts to
get permanent benefit from their la
bor is to put them to road J building,'
not in little squads here ' and there,
but in numbers sufficient to be em
ployed economically and systemati
cally. - A thousand convicts so em
ployed continuously would in a few
years give' roads that would benefit
in numerous ways, add immensely to
the value of property, and thus in
crease the State's revenue from taxes.
V
The lack of news from General
Weyler is one of the best indications
that' he is ,ootvmeeting withmuch
success in his campaign - against
Maceo. If he had accomplished any
thing of vmaterial importance . he
would not be long in heralding it to
the world, especially at this; time
when-his success or failure may de
cide the issue between Spain and
the Cubans. Tfiere will undoubtedly
be a movement made during the
coming session of Congress, which
meets to morrow, to recognize the
independence of Cuba and it will
have strong I support, regardless of
party lines. Weyler is said to have
under , his command in the island
200,000 men, and in his campaign
against ' Maceo about 60,000, ten
times as many men as the Spaniards
say Maceo has, and yet with these
60,000 he has, as far as known, ac
complished practically nothing.; He
has marched around bills, up hill
and jdown hill, and has once'or twice
narrowly escaped falling into .traps
set for him by Maceo, who holds his
position in the hills and does not
seem to be a bit disturbed by the
proximity of Weyler's forces. If
pain had any sense she would have
compromised with the Cubans; long
ago. It is too late now.
What becomes of the pins? has
never been- satisfactorily answered,
nor is it satisfactorily answered
what has become of the 16,000,000
of old copper cents that have dis
appeared. Occasionally one of
them is dug up, rubbed up and
identified. Three millions of 2 cent
pieces have also disappeared, and
three .millions of 3 cent nickel
pieces, of which we occasionally
see one. v .' l. . , :'. '
It is said that France will spend
200,000,000 francs on more war
ships. This is a ( frank admission
that France hasn't ships enough.
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
The New Board of Commiaalonera Will
Take" Offioe To-morrow Magiavratea
' Eleot Who Have, Not Complied 1
with the Iiw A Lin ol
Those Who Have Prop
erly. Qaalifl-d. . j '
- The new Board of Commissioners of
New Hanover xnunty will meet to
morrow afternoon at the Court House.
AU the members' of the" board are Re
publicacs, Messrs. Fj. W, Foster, Frank
J. Dernjjsey and Jordan Nixon (col.)
The following newly elected county
officers have qualified before the Clerk
of the Superior Court, and filed a sworn
statement of the expenses incurred for
their election in the last campaign, and
will enter upon their duties to-morrow :
Sheriff Elijah Hewlett. ,;
Treasurer Stacey VanAmricge.
Register of Daeds Chas. W. Nor
wood (col.). ' :j ' X
Coroner David Jacobs (col.). -
Constable Buck C. Wright (col.).
Surveyor J. H. McRee. ! ' "
All the above are Republicans, except
Mr. McRee. who is a staunch Demo
crat, . -; ; ' I :
The following, elected magistrates for
Wilmington Township, have qualified
and filed sworn statements of their ex
penses: Thomas ;Rivera, Jr., R.: McN
Williams. Andrew Ji Hewlett, Godfrey
Willis, Jr., Abel S Robinson, Jno. R
Melton, Aaron Lockamy, J. P.. Bowen,
Thomas Smith, Jno. G. Norwood, Elijah
Line, A J. Allen, Jno. H. Shaw. Lewis
H Bryant, R. F. Gore and J. H. Harper
The following magistrates-elect quali
fied, but failed to.file their accounts, viz:
Maior Lofiin. Robt. H. Lane, Jas.
Jenkins. Thomas Brihkley, L. J. King,
B. J. Hooper and Chas. A. Foreman. -
Chapter 159, section 72 of ; the btate
La ws, 1895, requires every candidate who
ia voted for at anv oublic election held
within the State, to file a sworn state
ment within ten days after election, of
the moneys spent or contributed by bim,
directly or indirectly .in aid of his elec
tlon, and if he shall neglect or refuse to
do so, be shall forfeit his office.
Chas. Sullivan, magistrate-elect, quali
fied, but did not file , his statement of
expenses until three days after tbe time
allowed by law. : j
Peyton Young, magistrate-elect,, has
neither qualified nor filed his statement
of expenses, v , ;- ' ' '
Several magistrates-elect 1 from other
township in the counties have failed to
file their statement of expenses.
Tbe following magistrates-elect have
qualified and filed statements: K
. Cepe Fear Township Jno. W. Kerr,
R. J. Jordan. C. H. Heide and George
Grady. .; :-v j V":: ;vv - v
1 Harnett Township W T Rogers and
E. L.Ennett. ; ' ,';
Federal Point Towuship--H. B. Wil
liams. Samuel M. Wiggins and Jno. F.
Keyes. - " ' '
... Masouboro Township G. W. Rogers
and Jno. P. Walton. ,
V FIRS ON FRONT STREET.
Mr. John IB. Plgford'cBetldenoa Pmaei
Narrow Simp of the lomatsa Very V
,'ttla o the Farnitara ct -
Other Effsctn Saved. .-
Fire broke ouf about two o'clock this
morning in the two-story irame building
on North Front street, between Chesnut
arid Grace, occupied by Mr. John E.
Pigford. . The family .and a nnmer of
boarders, some twelve or fifteen persons
In all, hid narrow escapes and saved
very, little ot tbeir effects. Mr.. June
Love, one ot ttaej boarders, finding his
escape by the stairway jent off. climbed
down a tree near the ' window of bis
room. - Mr. Patterson, another boarder,
escaped with little of his effects beyond
his night clothes. " 1 -
. Tbe fire broke out in a' two-story an
nex to the building,-used as a kitchen. A
colored woman employed as a cook by
the family occupied a room above the
kitchen and it was. not kaewn whether
she had escaped or not. ,.-
MrJPigfcrd-Sived only.7' the furniture
io the two front rooms of the housed He
had, some insurance, but the amount
could not be learned. ; r! V; '
The building. , recently part of tbe
estate of tbe late, Dr. w, it. freeman, is
owned by Mr. D.j L, Gare and insured.
Mr. and Mrs. Wrtgbson,; boardeis in
the house, saved jvery little of their ef
fects and lost some valuable jewelry and
silver. t v I . ' :
Mr. Pigford and family j found" ready
refuge with Mr. A. K. Holden and wile,
who occupy part of the Carolina Cen
tral railroad building . opposite the
burned bouse.. I " i
ADDITIONAL! COMMISSIONERS.
Two CcmmiMionera Will Be Added to the
New Board and TJodr the vw They
WU1 Be DemooraU. j
Mr. H. McL. Green, the wide-awake
Chairman of the County Democratic
Executive Committee,; was canvassing
yesterday for signatures to an applica
tion to be presented lo Judge E, T. Boj-
kin for the appointment of two addi
tional Commissioners for New Hanover
county. -.These appointments ; will be
made under a law. passed by the Fusion
Legislature, and which, by the way. Col.
F. W. Foster, one of tbe recently elect
ed Republican Commissioners, t pro
nounces one cf the best laws ever passed
by a Legislative body.
The law has been twice printed in full
in tbe Star sices the election; but it
may be briefly stated here that the basis
cf the application to the Judge is (IT
that five electors must make: affidavit
before the Clerk of the Superior Court
that they verily believe that the business
of the county ,lf ' left entirety in the
hands of the three- Commissioners
elected by' the people, will be improp
erly managed And (2) that the petition
or application must be signed by two
hundred electors of the county, one-half
of whom shall be freeholders.
As the law requires that the appointees
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of the Judge shall be of a political party
different from that of a majority of the
Board cf Commissioners, it necessarily
follows that the two additional Commis
sioners for New Hanover county will be
Democrats; and it is generally under
stood that Col. Roger Moore and Mr. J.
G. L. Gieschen. two of the candidates on
the Democratic ticket at the recent elec
tion, will be appointed, The new Board
will then bs constituted as ; follows :
Roger Moore and J. G. L. Gieschen
(Democrats). Wilmington; F. W. Fos
ter (Republican)1, Wilmington; F. J.
Derapsey (Populist), Cape, Fear town
ship; Jordan Nixon (colored i Republi
can). Harnett township j ;
Yesterday forenoon Chairman Green
bad secured the signatures of about 125
electors, and wtlr have the j requisite
number to-morrow. There is no diffi
culty whatever io-obtaining signatures.
The Star does not understand that
the application for two (additional Com
missioners is intended! or can be con
strued, as. a reflection on the honesty of
any of the three Commissioners whose
term of office, begins to-morrow; On
the contrary, it is simplya question as
to the business qualifications of a major
ity of the Board.' ; .
Four days after the election the Star
urged the Democrats to "take immedi
ate steps for the appointment of two
additional County Commissioners, un
der the law providing for such appoint
ment." It is an important matter, espe
cially to the Eastern counties, and many
of these counties are now availing them
selves of the advantages offered by the
new law. . i '.'j ' ' ,
The City Matksta. j ; V ;:-:'-'
Supplies in the city markets yesterday
were about the average; and prices un
changed."' Owing ! probably to " bad
weather shipments pf poultry from the
country were light, and dealers had an
opportunity to work off - overj-abundant
stocks that had accumulated on their
hands. Eees are scarce and the demand
has advanced orices. dealers asking 20
to 22 cents per dozen. 4 I - J f
The ruling prjees at Front street mar
ket last evening were :
Fresh meats Beef
8 to 12c. per
pound ; poik, 8 to 10a;
sausage, 10 to
Poultiy-rLive fowls ! 25 I to 8O3.;
chickens, ! 15 to; 20c; turkeys.: 75c. to
tl 00. Pressed fowls. BOc. per pair; tur-
keys, M to 15c. per pound.
Vegetables Sweet potatoes, 15c per
pecki Irish potatoes, 5c per quart; tur
nips, 5c. per bunch; cabbage, 10c: per
head; onions; 5c per quart; peas, 5c. per
quart; celery 25c, per bunch.
Change Oa The Star. " .1
Mr. Robert W. Haywood, who has
been travelling for the Star for several
months, has been assigned to duty on
our local and business staff, j V : "
Mr. John G. Marshall, who has been
with the Star a number of years, suc
ceeds Mri Haywood as travelhog agent
and correspondent, t -
W commend these young men to our
friends wherever duty may 'call them.
and wilt appreciate any courtesies that
may be shown' them.
RALEIGH GOSSIP.
Acothef ' BDablion Lbs: tlttor FladcdA
Nov to BapDMi Prltohatd Qsvaroor-
Blest Bu aen4 InoaratioD. - -v
, Special Star Telegram
Ralsigh. N. C. . December
Auditor-elect Ayer announces that
J. O. Sims, of Cabarrus, will be bis chief
clerk.
Another Republican Leeislator oledces
Ayer that be will not support Pritcbard.
Governor-elect Russell's friend assert
that .bij inauguration will be tbe mosV
quiet and simple in the history cf the
state.
XT. S. Monitor Baotaoker. - -- , ,.
The United States naval authorities
are having-the monitor Nantucket put in
prder for any ' possible emergency that I
may arise.
A few months ego United States na
val inspectors were i here to see what
was needed aboard tbe Nantucket. After'
a careful examination it was ordered
that a new smokestack be put on, which
was done by workmen under tbe super
vision of Mr. la's. O. Grady., who bas
,been in charge of the machinery of ..the
veasel forthe p?st few yearii;c.':iV-:v
Yesterday United States Engineer
Ericks of Wasbington, D. C. Mr. E. P.
Bailey, of the Wilmington Iron Works,
Mr. Geo. L, Morton, commander of the
Naval. Battalion -aod Mr. Jas. O. Grady.
went aboard and f und the new smoke
stack and the machinery in good condi
tion. Of course the officials would not
talk of war, but thepreparaticns being
made along the coast show that the
United States Government is on the
alert. -.- -j ' ,V. :
An Abandoned Sohoooer.
The British Steamship Graffoe arrived
yefterday evening, 5 from Liverpool.
Capt, renmwell, the master, reports
that on Sunday, Nov. 29th, In latitude
33.40 north, longitude 60 85 west, passed
tbe American schooner Seventy six, of
Tuqmasville, Me.,- water-logged and
abandoned.
FOR THE TRUCKERS.
The Atlantlo Coaat Ltna Will Bun Fiat
Exoreaa From Wiltnington to S&wZL
York to Aooommodate Shlppara.
A Warsaw correspondent of the Clin
ton Democrat writes as follows :
"The . Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road has . declined the request of the
bistern North Carolina iruck Associa
tion to'handle two lines of refrigerator
cars in order to secure by competition a
reduction of tbe present excessive freight
rates by refrigerator cars. Traffic Manger
Emerson assigns as bis reason lor deny
ing the request that it would require the
hauling ot two cars for one, car Ijad of
freicht. thereby, doubling expenses of
the company in handling refrigerator
cars.
To accommodate truckers a through
express train, consisting of ten express
cars, will be run daily from Wilmington
to New York, carrying produce into
New York at 8 o'clock on the following
morning, about, three hours earlier than
has been tbe case heretofore. This ser
vice will deliver same day's berries on
the New York market twenty-one hours
earlier than refrigerator cars. The ex
press people will probably make reduc
tions in freight rates next season to in
duce large sbipments by express.
'The fall term of Warsaw Institute
will close on Friday, December 18;h,
with public exercises at night. There
LwilLbe a mnsisl concert and readings.
recitations, essays and other attrac
tions.". ' ; v : v-"" - - -
Died After a Shoit Itlaeas.
Mr. Isaac T Reaves, a young married
man, who came to Wilmington aoout
eiicht months ago from Mount Olive,
Wayne county, and has been working in
one of tbe saw mills here, .died yester
day at his residence on Ninth street, be
tween Queen and Wooster, after an ill
ness of only three days. His remains
will be taken to Mount Olive to-day for
interment tbere.
Wilmlogtoo'a Sup -nor Climate- '
"What a fine climate you peop'e have
down here." a gentleman w'ho had ar
rived from an inland town via the Sea-
ooard Air Line, remarked yesterday.
There was snow on that road thirty or
fortv miles from Wilmington,' but not a
fl ike here. Along the line of the W. &
W. R. R. it snowed as far down as Bur-
eaw. "Ana in me summer, tne same
gentleman went on to say, -you nave
the sea breeze to prevent thcheat from
becoming excessive. Still it has to be
confessed that Monday,' Tuesday and
Wednesday even i a Wilmington were
nothing to boast of in the climate line.
. ALPHONSO AVtRY.
Son of Jadae avery Aitanitad and
Subbed by TWO BTegioes His
Condition ; Critical,
Siecial Star Telegram
Raleigh, N. C. Dsc' 4. Alphonso
Avery, son of JudgeAvery, was set upon
in Morganton last night by two negroes
and stabbed five" times. His condition
is critical. The difficulty was the re
sult of a political discussion. '
... ' . . By Southern Aaaociated Fresal
Charlotte. December 4. A special
to the Observer to-nuht from Morgan-
ton says that A. C, Avery. Jr., son of
ustice A. C. Avery, of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court, was assaulted by
two neeroes last night and stabbed in
five places, perhaps latauv. wnen urst
attacked he knocked one of the negroes
down, but tbe other seized' him about
the waist while the first negro used his
knife. : Avery was unarmed and lost a
callon of blood; while seeking a weapon
with whicb to return to tneattacK. tie
.found a billiard cue, but tbe negroes had
flsd. Mr. Avery thinks the assault was
premeditated because of his having
knocked down a brother Of one of his
assailants during election week. He is
very weak and his life hangs by a thread,
One of the practical results of
the efforts ol the Eastern, North . Caro
lina Truck Association to render the
raising of truck more lucrative,, the Star
learns from Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky
Point, who was here yesterday; is the re
daction bt transportation charges on re
frigerator -bus. Last' year the cost of
transportation of a crate of strawberries
was 81.25. ' Next season it win ue oniy
$1.05.
Death' ot William Torpy.
The Star regrets to announce the
death ofMr. William P. Torpy, which
occurred at 2 40 o'clock this morning.
He had been sick a number of years,
and bore bis sufferings with great forti
tude. He was a son of Mr. Thos. Tor
py. an old ana respectea citizen, woo
came to this country from Ireland many
years ago. The deceased was a young
man of excellent character, and had
man friends. .The funeral .will take
place from St, Thomas' Catholic Church
to-morrow,
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
THE LAW
PROVIDING FOR appoint
OF ADDITIONAL COM
MISSIONERS. " " k
MENT
Nearly All tb Em tern CMnntlea.WlU Taie
Aotlon in tho Blattsr . G-ovf rner-Eleot ;
Bnuelt Not Candidate For tbe U". -S.
i Secatorehlp ' CiianjtfS That
Will bj Made In the Soptria- "
teadeooo of tute Ioa:i- 1
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: Special Star Correspondence. :
Raleigh. N. C. Dae' 5.
Mr. J.i H. Kerr, ot Warren ton, was
hereto-day, en route to Boson City",
where he goes to obtain a mandamus
from Judge Brown, Mr. Kerr has a peti-
hud iiquca oj over two nunorea citizens
of Warren and as many free-holders, ask
ing that Messrs. Marmaduke Hawkins
and P. H. Allen, be appointed members
of the new Board ql County Commis
sioners, they being of a different politi
cal talth from a majority of the memv
bers of the Board. Five electors swear
that they believe the Board recently
elected is Incapable of properly managing
iuc uiidirs 01 toe county, ana also ask lor
the appointment of these gentlemen.
One of the commissioners is a negro.
mis action is brought under a section
of tbe laws of 1895, 'and It is said that it
will result in the appointment of two
Democrats on the Boards of Commis
sioners in searlv all the Eastern counties.
Similar action will be taken ia several
Eastern counties next Monday. I give
the law on the subject, which is taken
from chapter 135, section 5': I
That whenever as many as five elec
tors make affidavit before the Clerk of
the Superior Court, at any time after the
election of the County Commissioners,
that they verily believe that the busi
ness of tbe county, if left entirely in the
hands i of the three Commissioners
elected ;by the people will be improp
erly managed, that then upon petition
of two hundred electors of said county,
one half of whom shall be freeholders,
and so certified by the Clerk of the Su
perior Court, made to the Judge of the
district, or Judge presiding therein,- it
shall be the duty of said fudge to ap
point two honest and discreet citizens of
said county, who shall be of a political
party dinerent lrom that ot.a majority
of the; Board oL Commissioners, who
shall, from their appointment and
qualification, oy taiciog tne oatn re
quired for County Commissioners, be
members of saia Board of Commis
sioners in every respect, as fully as if
elected by -the people, and shall con
tinue in office until the election! and
qualification of the successors of said
Board of County Commissioners, and
that no money shall be paid upon the
order of said Board, or official bonds ac
cepted, nor shall any debt be incurred,
except upon the concurrence of as many
as four of said Board, That all motions
concerning "financial matters shall be
taken upon an aye and no vote and re
corded: upon, tbe minutes. This; was
printed inr the Star the day after the
election, but it will bear repetition.
Star,:- . , ,
Upon tbe assurance of Judge Russell s
friends among whom is Bailey who re
cently paid him a visit, I can state that
uovernor-elect Kussell is not a candi
date for, the Senatorship. The rumor
was probably fdOlish from the first. It
can be imagined that the ties that bind
Russell and Pritcbard are not of tbe
strongest; for the fact that Pritchard's
friends were- not disposed "to do
the right thing by the Judge;
but that is a thing of the past,
and Russell, it is said,, is willing to
let bygones go.; It is an cpea secret
that Russell would never have been
Governor had he listened to Pritchard.
Major brant was bis loyal supporter
from the first, and he held out against
the clamoring Pops when Pritchard
was anxious to surrender the Governor
ship. ! I -
There is one Democrat who will cot
be disturbed. He is John Ray, super
iotendent of .the Blind Institute, f All
tbe Populists recognize his ability, as
well as the Governor-elect and many
other Republicans. Drs. Murphy and
tviroy, superintendents or the two in
sane asylums, will likely retain their
positions. I know several Populists "of
large degree" who are opposed to re
movidg Mr. T. K. Bruner. The State
cant secure his Fuperior, and probably
not, bis equal. All other. Democratic
office-holders will go at tbe first oppor
tunity. The word has been given. - 1
Tbe Board of Agriculture, which has
been in session Several .days, completed
its labors to-day. Ho work of import
ance -has been transacted at this meet'
ing.. ! ' ' V ..v .;.
Stewart Bros, will have much opposi
tion in their bid for the State printing
this year. - ; " u
A New Ialet Formed.
Information was. received yesterday
1 1
from Wnghtsville that the storm had
opened a new inlet from . the ocean to
the sound about a quarter of a mile
north of Moore's inlet. Soundings
made in the new 'cut yesterday after
noon at 5 o'clock showed five feet water
in the ' channel. The new inlet can, be
seen plainly from Wrightsville.
The condition of affairs at Ucean
View yesterday morning was reported
unchanged: but a gentleman who came
up from Wrightsville by the afternoon
train, said that Mr. James Sprunt's cot-
tace. undermined and careened by I tbe
waves . dn reoorted bv the STAR) had
toppled over and fallen flit on the
beach. . "; ., ;
Mr. H. A. K-lre weot down to Caro
lina Beach yesterday mornine to ascer
tain the condition of the cottages 'and
other properties there. He returned io
tbe" atterooon and reported that no
damage had been done there by. tbe
storm. Capt. I. W. Harper teiegrapnea
from Southport as follows: "One old
bath house wasbed dawn by the storm.
No other damage done at Carolina
Beach." .
A Boom for Maxtcn.
Maxton Scottish Chief: "We venture
the prediction that Maxton is on the
threshold of the greatest building era in.
its history. Numbers of real estate deals
which have not found their way- into
print.' have been made here and m the
immediate vicinity. The fact that two
families within the next month will re
move to other places for lack of houses
of proper size, and that others are de
bating the matter, is evidence r that
something mast be done if Maxton is
to hold its place as the progressive
town it claims to be.
Frying Fan Bhoala Iilghtthlp.
A press dispatch from Charleston, S.
C to'ttae Star says: v rT
Frvlne Pan Shoals lightship broke
away; from her moorings last Tuesday
niffht. Captain Nelson took good care
of and brought be to Charleston bar.
The steamer Wysferia went out to her,
and finding everything all right towed
her back to the shoals.
1 aawew
; j Dr. K. J. Powers who has many
friends in Wilmington, is reported .quite
sick at bis home In Pender.
RICH FINDS OF GOLD
i m v -v .- . ., I .. -. a-. i . m. -i JUitw ri aa -
IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES-
Deputy ' Collector E. A. MofQtt Kilted by
Illicit Di. tdlera 1a Bowan County N. B.
Bronehton Will Contest Jim Tonna'a '
' lElooiloa to tha IiegialaareCol-
liatoa on the Southern B. B. ' ' -.
Special Star Correspondence
- Raliigh. N. C, Dec. 5.
The peopls of Granville and Vance
counties have the gold fever. Six months
ago quartz richly imbedded with gold
was discovered ;oa a tract of hilly
rugged land, ten miles in length and Sve
miles in width, situated between two
streams In the counties of Granville and
Vance. Since then the richness of the
find has rapidly spread aod miners are
arriving from au parts of the country
every" week. The strata of . quartz
it "said to yield handsomely. . Only
two weeks ago i complete : minine
machinery was located in a mine by an
Englishman named Home. Home
gave a 30,0U0 option, payable next
March oa a small tract of land. Sena
tor Stewart bas a representative at tbe
hills named Harris, who took an option
on sixty acres for 820,000.' The mined
are forty-four miles from Raleigh. A
farmer by the name of Wright brought
some quartz here to be examined.
Mr. N. B. Broughton, the Democratic
candidate for the, Legislature, who ran -
against )im Young, has decided to con
test the seat and to day filed his papers.
Young was awarded the certificate ot
election, receiving eighteen i more votes
than Broughton, according to the count.
u. Bent. Alford. the gold bug candi
date for Congress, who received twenty-
eight votes, was here to-day and stated
that he would attend the Indianapolis
convention. -
Last month the Board of Aldermen of
the city passed an ordinance requiring
the saloons in the city to close at mid
night. The ordinance was to have cone
into effect January 1st. but last night the
Board changed the time to March 15tb.
This means practically the death of the
ordinance. ; . i
All the bets made in this city are in
favor of Pritchard for tbe Senate. A
certain gentleman, who won nearly a
thousand on the recent election, says
be will take all comers at. even monev
on Pritcbard. . . . i . ..
E. A. Moffitt, one of the most alert
revenue deputies in the State, was killed
near Asheboro yesterday while raiding a
still. Mr. Moffitt was the father of . A.
Moffitt, of this city, editor of the Chris
tian Sun. jV '-. ' -
A head-on collision occurred on the
Southern to-day. near Chapel Hill. The
fast freight and an extra ran together.
The front parts of tbe engines were bat
tered. - l ' 1:V
WHITE CAPS IN- WAYNE. ;
Two Sons of J. D. Iiaogaton tXadertake
i t J Eegalate the Old Man'a Mat- -!.
' rimanlal Affaire. ' "
Goldiboro Headlight
The usually quiet neighborhood in
Fork township, what is known as Per
son's Bridge, was disturbed by distress
ing cries Saturday night, coming from
the home; of Mr. J, D. Langston. It
seems that the "old man" took unto
himself another wife last August in the
person Of Miss Catherine Denning, which
"match" was unfavorably looked upon
by his children.'
Last Saturday niaht. about 9 o clock.
-his two sons, Benjimin and Matthew,:
accompanied bv tneir brother-in-law,
William Lancaster, went to tbe old
home disguised as "White Caps," and,
after putting put all the lights, threat
ened the newly made bride with a whip
ping if she did not leave their father
and the neighborhood at once. Tbe
woman, not 'knowing who they were,
took their advice and left, followed by
the "cappers." She is at present domi
ciled with friends in this city.
Their identity becoming known to
her Monday, she had all three errested
and brought to this city. The case was
tried Jbefore -Justice Broadhurst lues
day morning, f nd the three law-breakers
were bound over to court, each in $100
justified bond. Tbus far oniy Matthew
Langston bas been able to furnish the
required bail and the two others are now
boarding with Sheriff Scott in the coun
ty jail.. ; I
HOMICIDE IN BLADEN.
Bteve Johnton, the Ferryman at Eliaabeth-
' wwa Shct and K'I.ei by aL j. Perrj
Tbe llurderer Eoaped.
j Special Star Telegram
Elizabethtown. N. CI Dec. 5.
Steve Johnson, colored. Cape Fear river
ferryman here, was shot , by A. J. Perry,
white, yesterday. The trouble was caused
by whiskey. Perry proceeded to fill up
yesterday, and then in the company of
two of his brothers went td collect rent
from a tenant. The man rah lrom them,
fearing they would harm him;ran toward
the ferry and escaped his putsuers
Perry iu pursuit ran down to the ferry
man and ordered him to arresfT he per
son they were pursuing. Johnson said
that he was not1 an officer and turned,
away. Perry immediately began firing
into his back, three balls taking effect.
Johnson fell, and Perry then put his foot
on bim and tried to shoot him in the
head, but all the cartridges Jin bis pistol
had been used
Immediately after the shooting Perry
ran to the court bouse, went in and is
supposed to have loaded his pistol
He
then, mounted his mule and escaped
Johnson died this evening,
The brothers
and -heavily
of Perry are under arrest
guarded in the jail here.
because the
negroes are very much excited over the
murder.
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MIRACULOUS
SCUE
Ot a Sailor in MHUOoeaa-Only Survivor
of; the , Crtw cf the. BchooOfr ;
Frank H Boyee. .
- 'By Telegraph to the Morning Star
Savannah; Ga, December R The
British steamship Strait,hoairn, Captain
Cuming, which arrived at this port to
day from Delaware Breakwater, bjrougbi
.Erics Stocktasse, a Swedish sailor, wbo
was picked up Friday clinging to a small
ham floating in the uu.f stream on tbe
coast of North Carolina.' Stocklasse
was the oniy survivor -of the- schooner
Frank M. Noyes, Captain Asquibi.
bound from San Andecas island - for
Baltimore, with cargo of fruit. ' Tbe
'vessel capsized Wednesday morning,
and all on board were drowned except
Stocklasse acd Arthur Cross, of Spring
field. Mass.. who clung to one of the
vessel s batches. : Cross became ex
hausted after being in tbe water until
Thursday night, and bidding his ship
mate farewell sank into tbe sea.
Absolutely Pure.
' A Cream of tartar baking powder
Highest of all in leavening strength.,
Latest United States Government
Food Report.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co.,
1 ' New York.' -
THE WAR VIN CUBA.
REPORTS OF ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN
INSURGENTS AND SPANIARDS.
A Battle in Havana Provinoe ith Isaacs
. on Both Sldei Spanish Bepcirta of an
EORagemact In Hataeaaa : $ rovisoe. 1
By Cable to the Morning Star. '
Havana, Dec. 5. Major Cirugeda,
with the San Quentm batuiion, after a
march entailing great hardship, has cap
tured the rebel positions in the Baracoa
hills, near Punt a Brava, in Havana pro
vince. The hht lasted two hours, at
the expiration of which time the' rebels
were dispersed, leaving in their j flight
thirty-three of their dead on the field
and carrying away a great many -more.
The losses of tbe troops were one "man
killed, a captain and ten privates
wounded.
Col. Aldea with 150 men has had a
battle in the Purgatorio hilts near Sna-
niila, in tbe Mataozas province. which re
sulted in his capturing the rebel posi
tion. Tbe rebels, strong . in numbers.
made several rallies but were repulsed
by cavalry charges.. The rebels were
finally all driven from the battlefield,
from which they carried many of their
dead. ' The Spanish losses were twenty-
four privates killed and two lieutenants
and forty-nine privates wounded. Col.
Aldea himself was .badly bruised. Tbe
losses of the insurgents are estimated at
three Jutdred killed or wounded.
Captain Cabello, with another frac
tion of the Spanish forces, had a fitht at
Leguna with a party of rebels under
Juan Armada, killing the rebel leader
aod eighteen of. his followers. The
troops lost two killed and two wounded.
SUIT FOR LARGE AMOUNT.-
Brought by Creditors In Behalf of the South-
' ern Railway.' ','
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
Richmond, Va December 5. A suit
involving nearly $18 000.000 was in
stituted in the Uoited States Circuit
Court here to-dav. It is brought . by
Chas. H. Carter, Gsorge Sherman &-d
Anthony J. Thomas, citizens and res
dents Of the State of New VTork,
for the ngneht of the southern j i i
plaintiffs, against the Richmonrf) V, ,
Point Terminal Railway and Varejv us.
Company, a corporation exist3ng u-oer
the laws of Virginia. Thel fcti.jn j,
based upon a plea of'debt am
116,049,000. with interest from
,1893 amounting to $481,470, a
d tion the sum of, . $1 5583
interest xdue ' Oa principal and
$20 60 costs, as -taxed, in al
845 55. The plaintiffs contattd that tbey
recovered judgment against the delend
- . 1 ; IT -C-
ants in the Mew York Supreme Court
on January 13, 1894, and toat the de
fendants "owe and uniustl detain 1 the
amount from the plaintiffs, and that tbe
claim "remains in full force and effect,
in no wise settled, satisfied, reversed.
annulledpaid off, or discharged.'
FORMAL, PROTEST
i..
By the German Government Againit the
Proclamation of President Cleveland Be
impoaing Tonnage Tax on German
Veiaele in AineiioJa Pol t-
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, December 5.-fThe for
mal protest of tbe German Government
against the proclamation of the Presi;
dent re-imposing the tonnage tax on t
German- vessels in American porta has
been received at the Department of
State. The President's repv to thnT".
protest and his re-aisertioa of the.
grounds on which the United States
has action taken will probatly be laid
before Congress in the message on Mon
day next. . .. '
Berlin.. December 6. Commenting
upon tbe proclamation ofthe President
o( the United States, restoring tonnage
dues upon oerraan vessels, the Jvaiionat
Zeitung say that the tonnage duties at
Hamburg, Bremen and otner uerman
ports will surely be increased, but solely
lor the purpose oi improving tne nar-
bors for the general benefit of ship
pingand not for State purposes, as in '
America.: "Foreigners having -their
own wuarvea in uermany, tne paper
adds, "German shippers must build
their own wharves in America; Oer-
mini will nn be deDrtved of the ad
vantages she obtained in 1888. the sac
rifice being imposed upon uerman snip
owners. -' ". . ; i -
Tbe FrisssininjrZettungtiUtnzttiihiX ,
the: Noith German Loyd Steamship
Company alone will be subjected to sn
increased expenditure of 100.000 marks
and the Hamburg American line: will
suffer to almost as great an extent, i ,
The Cologne Gazette regards Preslr
dent Cleveland's proclamation as an ef'
fort on his part to retire from office in a
blaze of glory. Tne President s asser-..
tion that State tonnage duties are levied
at German ports, however, is erroneous
as the duties imposed are solely for . the. -1
use of special port facilities, in conclu
sion the Gazette expresses tbe hope that ,
in the enforcement of tbe proclamation,
"even in the case of Germans in Amer- :
ica" tbe American courts will see that 1
the principle of right 8nd justice is
upheld, aod that meanwhile, Germany
may convince America that such an in
fringement of German rights cannot be
accepted. j. -f; - : :
A. & N. C. RAILROAD.' 1
The Judge ; Continuea Hie Beatratnlog
' Order The Lease Will Not be Made.
- By Telegrapb to the Moming Star. ':
Raleigh, N. C Dec 5 Great in
terest has been manifested in norin
Carolina by an attempt to lease to a syn
dicate for forty years the Auannc or
North Carolina Railway, of which the
State is two-thirds owner. Republicans
applied for an injunction to prevent tne
lease. The matter was argned yesterday
and to-day the judge continued his re-
straining order. Thii settles the matter.
The lease will not be made.
i In a prize fight fought .in a secluded
place near Minneapolis Friday night be-
tween Pat Connelly and- John Caisady,
tbe former knocked Cassad; senseless jq
the third round and there is danger that ;
be will die from tbe effects of tbe blow. ;
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