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The New York Jierata is a non partisan paper which supported Mr.; McKinley in the last campaign and. rejoiced" when he was elected. It breathed easier because "tfaecoontry was saved.'' But in common- with a good mafiy other papers j which did njt belong to ' i he Republican party, bat did, like it, support tir. McKin ley, it has discovered . tnat ., there is something, and something very seri ous the matter. In an editorial in Thursday's issue, headed "The Im pending Dinger Will the Republi cans in Congress. Avertj It ?V it an nounces its discovery thus :; .. "Ttiingi cmnot go oa as hey are. 'This homely phrase, heard everyday irom the lips of thoughtful; me a, sums up the popular conviction as to the pres ent condition ol ths country. "If the dullness of trade, stagnation of industry and insufficient employment of labor were due to famine, war or pesti-1-nce the people would bow to the inevi table and pray for relief. If Bat we are afflxted in hone of these ways. Oa the contrary, we are told there is too much food, too much iron andcoil, too much manufactured goods too much of everything! that is need ed to make people comfortable and hann Thu frniihlf ia rMtricted mat. -KrJ" . - -. - - t , kcts- aod inability of would-be con miners to Obtain these things, ' All our afilctioos are of oar - ova making. Sipplvinga large part of the world hod and four fifths of its cotton, wiih nur.ellous mineral resources and a population of. matchless skill and en ergy, we are condemnea to see nations with inferior advantages making rapid progress while we are toiling through the quicksands of unceitainty created by vicious and selfish legislation." rl This is a sad state of affairs, near ly sixty days after tne "advance agent of prosperity"- hiad arrived a , Washington, and six months after it was announced that he bad been elected. .The Herald ;uts the case as if it was really a new condition of things, when it is a chronic ' cdndi- , turn of many years' standings Why, that was the .very condition that made the issues of the last cam paign, and gave them: such edge in the canvass. All admitted it. bnt same attributed it to one thing and some to another. Tnev protection ists who advocated and secured the nomination of Wm. McKinley said U was the WiUon tanff which did it, oy cutting down the protection, our manufacturers had under the Mc- A-wley bill. They Insisted that if the Wilson bill was set aside and the protective. duties increased .so as to five imnlA idustries the paralyzed Industries loold revive, the'smokej stacks would d up their volumes of smoke, the waeeis would revolve, the machinery would hum, the workmen would sing orjoy and prosperity would djml herself per- c"e with us a-bd .make fcilyt home like one That's'what thew" cai 'of the family. and they are accordingly proceeding to give the wnntrysach a tariff as1 will protect "is industries which they say were 'fgutshing for he want of protec- UOD. ; ! .1, ; Btrrwha at right has the Herald or aa7 1 other organ ! or any " man o supported McKlr " against their doing that ? Didn't e7 have fair! notice ? Didn't j . . 'i Hanna boom McKinley be- C1se he was Zionist? Didn't a high pro- 4 Mr. McKinley B I i I . w 7 M was and glory In the fast that was? Didn't they proclaim f re from-stump, newspaper and through organ that the present e trade Democratic tariff" was sponsible for all the trouble, and the business of the country VJ'a never get on a solid footing Until .. . I I " -iree trade" tariff was "PMfjut and something of the Mc- -'j stripe put in id place?? If the tnOd was really anxious to make a r wnen it might have been effec W , w the time to do it, bat -Kln i ' . - ik.A aida l siace t was silent on fc . oad in !ts advocacy of Mc : V. IT 1e estnnn. t i;n iD?w lf it bartirin: i h- -rt ul DiitH i. . ! --ug nar. McKinley where he I tne increase bujuhibwj - -t-' .. I i i,,a. in thm South, re- (.. - -' .va cv-.ca jiir-.ii nuu iu 'n doscc: , . . f, . ca.7w uu 01 "s senses it advo- 4le1 McKinley and accepted 'uim it VOL. XXVIII. logically, accepted McKinleyism, Which It then knew was Inevitable When it protests now after the pro tectionists have " greased their machinery and started it to running, it Is simply whistling against tne wind. . . t After making its diagnosis, and finding that the country's afflictions all come from the twin destroyers the protectionists and the silver barons and coming to the conclu sion that it would have been better for the country if the people had been subjected to a direct tax for the benefit of these twin oppressors, tax enough to pay the protected more than the revenues imposed to protect than amounted to, and to buy the silver of the silver barons even if it were dumped into the sea, it concludes with the following warn- ing i ". : : At - 'If the Tariff bill now pending is adopted with all its oppressive features It will perpetuate the existing hardships and discontent among the masses, and mast produce a formidable reaction against the party that passes it. I a that reaction the Bryanites would try toxonvioce the malcoatents that the remedv for all their ills would lie in the free coinage of silver,' and the whole battle would have to be fought over again In the next Presidential cam paign. There mere prospect of this would bave a disastrous effect upon trade and intensify the conditions favorable to the propagation of this pernicious here sy. Republican Senators should recog nize tbe danger and by modifying the obnoxious features of the Dingley bill strive to avert it. Lt them heed buch appeals as that unanimously made by the New York Chamber of Commerce regardless of the political ties of its mem bers. If the dominant party in both houses proves blind to the signs of the times and deaf to the teachings Of ex perience, then the patriotic spirit which last autumn inspired Democrats and Re publicans to unite against Bryanism must be trusted to find a way to crush both of the old parties as being plainly hostile to tbe people of the Republic and a menace to us institutions." If the Republican platform bad been silent on the protective tariff, if the candidates of that party and its speakers and organs had not pro claimed it, , there might be some ground for this belated protest that borders on superlative idiocy, but as they not only made no secret of their. purposes ' but openly proclaimed them, there is no ground for it., We agree with the Herald n everything it says about the baneful results of protection, and agree with it that it would have been incompar ably cheaper for the people to have had imposed upon them a direct tax to pay a bonus to the protected and thus escape the. Indirect tax which they have been subjected to and the the numerous other evils resulting from th,ls system,- but opposition does not come with good grace of with any consistency now from those who helped to saddle McKinley and Mc Kinleyism on ns. They helped to mix the dose and they ought to swal low it without complaining or mak ing grimaces. Perhaps j they will conclude after a while that "Bryan ism" wasn't so bad after all. There are a good many people in this country, who from force of habit, or from ignorance of what the South' is doing, are constantly lecturing her on her want of progress, and oa how to behave herself so as to meet tbe approval of gentlemen outside who happen to have money to lend, and get assistance from them. But it is not so very surprising that some, at least, of these should be in ignorance of the material, progress that the South is making, for very few of our own people realize it nntil their at tention is called to it by statements. of facts and figures. Some idea of this progress my be gathered from the following brief extract from a speech delivered by Geu. Longstreet some time ago at Augusta, Ga.: 'Rotoreen 1880 and 1890 the true vain ation (not the assessed valuation) of real estate and personal property m mc ;nnth Increased from I7.04i.uuu uuu to $11,534 000.000 a gain of $3 800 030,000. or 5Q per cent., wnne ids new aasioau on Middle States combined gained only $3.900 ,000,000.or an increase of only 22 oer cent. 1 ne vame or larm piuitciiy iu th snntri in ibov wa n,o,wu,w, m 1890,; $3,182,000 000;-a gain of 87 per cent.The increase in tarm vaiues m su nhr aM-tlnns was about 80 per cent In 1880 - the aoutn naa 9(,i4,w invested In mannfactunng. in hw mhm had i857.888.uuo a gain oi loo oer cent., while the gain of the entire country was aouui . - . m. Ifll n. rnt Th value of the manufactured nuf .rta of the South in 1WJ was aav.- 451.000. In 1890 it was $917.589.000 a i inn nr cent. In 1880 the factory r-- 7 , . mnrnnn. hands to the soutn receivea im,"".1' in wages, in lowu mey received itmm Tn 1880 the South bad invest- A in'cntton manufacturing $21,970 000; In 1890.181000 000: OOW, aDOUl . ' AAA 000,000. In 1880 the South had $3,500, nnn invMted la the cotton seed ril tn- Anmtrv, It has now more than $30,000. 000 to invested. The railroad mileage of the Sauth has been Increased since 1880 more than 35.UUU miies. ai a cost hmMina iia roads and in the lav provement of old ones of over $1 .000.- 000 000. in lueii we aow " 000 tons of Die iron. : Ia 1895 it made aKn8atnn. In 1890 the Souths ont- ,'rti -nat vat 6 000.000 tons. At pres ent it is at the rate of 60.000,000 tons per year." We do not attach any importance to k nivnta or statements aa th- At of oroeress. ior where there was little development a small Increase would show a larger i nercentate tnan wnerc usywu- had made much progress, although I . . . : mam 1ararf. ntlt i -uw I ....f . i.A- lth other garaiessm wuiFwuB . I sections, is a splendid showing for Southern vim and enterprise and should put a quietus on those people who seem to be under the impression that the South goes to bed early. gets up late and spends most of the time between in resting. s v The Republican managers of the new tariff are in a perplexed state of mind, for outside of the Democrats, whose position they fully understand, they have other factors to deal with whose ultimate action is quite uncer- tlan. Some of them will demand con cessions which if granted would handicap the bill, cause a very pro tracted discussion (which they wish to avoid) and possibly defeat the bill in the end. It is said that Senator Jones, of Nevada, on whose vote they have been counting, will insist on a duty on hides and on other con cessions to the section of the coun try which he represents. A duty on hides will be vigorously-fought by .Senators' from some of the shoe and leather v manufacturing States, who claim that it would ruin those indus tries, and that no amount of compen satory duties would offset the dam age to them. : This may look self ish n Senator Jones and it is, but he has as much right and reason to de mand special favors for his section as other Senators have to demand them for theirs, and this so called protec tion is a special 'favor business all through. But on top of this - and other perplexing matters comes the report that tbe more pronounced free silver Senators are seriously contem plating putting a free silver rider on' tne tarm bill. There may or may not be foundation for this report, but whether or not, the' gentleman who have charge in the Senate of this tar iff bill have an unenviable job, and one that will give them very little rest nntil it is finally disposed of. Some rural papers in - tbe South west, and some in this State, too, in view of the prospective reduction in the next cotton crop as a result of the wide-spread " floods along the Mississippi river, are urging the cot ton planters to increase their acre age.. As we see it, this is not good advice, for it is a mere matter of speculation as to how much of a re duction there will be in consequence of the floods, and if it should amount to the 1,500,000 bales estimated,; the crop could stand that reduction and the planters who grow cotton would be the gainers by it. If the increase of acreage were confined to a few or - to a limited area, these few might be the gainers by an increase of acreage, but as the probabilities are that the same jnotives for an increase that actuated them would also inspire others the increase might become general, and a very large crop, with correspondingly low prices, be the result. Keeping down the acreage and the crop is the only way prices can be put up or kept up, and there fore any advice urging aft increase of acreage is, in our opinion, not good advice. The centenarian still continues to turn up. Tbe latest is an old fellow in England who has just died at the age of 101, who, notwithstanding the many warnings, he daily saw,' per sisted in smoking till the day of his death. 1 -" Another triumph of surgery is re ported from Berlin, where a man was stabbed in the heart and taken to a hospital, where a surgeon: lata bare that organ and sewed up the orifice, and the man survived both the stab and the operation. Senator.Butler and the Pop. Con gressman trom tnis acaie nave scat out a letter warning the Pops, against Harry Skinner, and not to be caught with the bait of Government offices. We imagine the effect this will have on the Pod. who sees a chance of getting a bunk of pie. Statesman Bynum, of Indiana, who made a speech at that Waldorf $12 a plate dinner, declared that "we. must stand resolutely by our con sciences." - This doesn't Indicate that they have- much to hold onjto. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American fa vors us with the information' that hrth . Mr. McKinlev and' Harold! Sewall are in favor ot hitching onto Hawaii. . The New York grabbers showed a cute combination of "patriotism and thrift when they made the unso phisticated pay from a dollar to two hilars a seat to witness tne urani memorial ceremonies. V The Turkish Minister took prece deuce of the Presidential party i New York last Tuesday and got into; the lunch room first; but as he re frained from eatiag all the luncn there wasn't any howl raised about Itj The thumps of the Turks wer hard not only on the ureexs, out also on the .fellows who bought wheat when It was on the rise. - The Greeks made a pretty good show at first, but tney aian i noia their passes half as successfully as our members of Legislatures dq. WILMINGTON, N; C.IDAY, MAY 7, 1897. (QUARANTINE STATION FORMALLY OPENED YESTERDAY FOR THE SEASON OF'1897 . Provided With JCvarj ' Modern Ooaven- laaea and ApolUnoa for Dlatnfsetlon of Vessels ud Folly Eq.alppd - Hospital In Chtrge of Dr. " : -: J. X. : . - The quarantine season opened yester day. May 1st, and vessels bound for tbe port of Wilmiogton for the next six months,' the regular season of quaran tine, unless they are absolutely free from every touch, taint and suspicion of contagious disease, will not be j allowed to pass up. Seaport towns may always entertain some degree of fear of conta gious disease from incoming vessels, as the painful experience of this city in 1882 shows beyond question. Bat un der the present very strict regulations, the danger is reduced to a minimum. I The following facts about the inspec tion and quarantining of vessels will be of general interest: i : Inspection service is maintained all the year round. . ; .. - The following vessels are. inspected before passing up: (a) Any vessel. with Sickness of any kind aboard; (b) all ves sels from foreign ports: (except, in cer tain cases,1 from British America); (c) vessels from domestic ports where; chol era and yellow fever prevails, or where smallpox or typhus fever prevails in epidemic form; (d) vessels from foreign ports carrying passengers, having en tered a port of the United States with out complete discharge of passengers and cargo. . Inspections are made by daylight except in cases of vessels in distress. ! -j ' I ; , Vessels arriving under the following conditions are placed in quarantine: j A. With a quarantinable disease (i. e. cholera (cholerine), yellow fever, small pox, typhus fever, cholera or plague aboard. ' I - . JL '; -t'I--! B Having had such on board daring the voyage or withia thirty days nrxt preceding arrival; or, if arriving in the qaarantine season, having had yellow fever on board after March ol the cur rent year, unless satisfactorily disinfected thereafter. 1 f ,N i : C. From ports infected with cholera. or where typhus fever prevails in epi jdemic form, coining directly or via an other foreign port, or via United States the United States qaarantine regulations for foreign ports; also vessels from non Infected ports, but bringing persons or cargo from places infected with cholera, yellow fever, or where typhus fever pre vails in epidemic form, if arriving during tbe quarantine season. j : D. From ports where yellow fever pre vails, unless disinfected at the port of de parture in accordance with the regula tions, and not less than five days have elapsed since such disinfection, i - All vessels arriving from the follow ing ports daring the quarantine season are placed in qaarantine: The ports in the West Indies; on , tbe east-coast of Mexico, Central and South America, as far South as the Rio Platte and Includ ing ports there; ports in Peru, Ecuador and Columbia; and on the west coast of Central America and Mexico. Since the close of last qaarantine sea son tbe work of construction at the sta tion has been almost completed, and the station is now oreoared for the dis- 'lufM-tiAfi r( ......1. I Th iraiaft mm t furnishes an abundance of iresh water. The plant is provided with a sulphur furnace of the most approved model, and with rubber pipes through which sulphur fumes can be carried to all parts of vessels. By the use of this furnace a per. volume strength of ten per cenu of sulphur gas can be obtained, whereas by the obsolete method of burning roll sul phur in pots only one half this strength can be obtained before tbe burning sul phur is extinguished by its own fames, excluding the oxygen of the air. Less strength than ten per cent, per volume has, by careful experiment, been found ineffectual for the destruction of certain Infectious germs and their spores or seeds.' ;- . 4' ' A: The station is also' provided with a 8,500 -gallon tank with apparatus for the mixing of Ilqaid disinfecting toln- tions and with steam pumps and special hose whereby these solutions can be ap plied under pressure and by spraying to unclean surfaces. Tnere is also a steam chamber into which cars loaded with in fected or suspicious: clothing can be run and there submitted to the action of partial vacuum and .superheated or live steam under increased pressure. Tbe ballast-crib is in readiness for the reception of ballast from infected or sus picious vessels, and a railroad and a car have been provided for j handling tbe ballasL Steam-hoisting apparatus will probably be put in during the season. . ; There are twenty-two feet of water at the wharf -head and all necessary appli ances for keeping vessels in front of the disinfecting house daring treatment. .The hospital foe -contagions cases is complete and fully equipped. The bed steads, bedside stands, etc., are entirely of iron and glass, so.that they can be at any time perfectly cleansed without damage. The ward is neatly finished in bright wood-work and the floor is cov ered with lignnm to which disinfectiag solutions can be applied without injury.; There is a complete outfit for nursing, and there is among the employes a nurse who is immured to yellow fever. The station is' provided with com plete blacksmith's, tinsmith's and car penter's shops, with extra kitchen, and dining-room outfits, and with boats suit able for all sorts of weather, so thai boarding can be effected at all times and life may not be endangered by the sea during storms, land the sick may be transferred from vessels to the station with the minimum of discomfort. - : All employes wear the regulation uni form, and muster, j inspection and fire drill are held at regular intervals ; i The station is supplied with an outfit of signal flags, "so j that communication can be had by signalling during storms and periods of isolation. j i There are facilities lor bathing sus pected persons. 1 There will be added, at a later period, quarters for the medical officer, barracks for employes (who are at present quar tered on tbe United States quarantine steamer Wood-worth, which lies at the wharf), storehouses, etc. . : The entire station and plant are owned by the United States government. The physician in charge is Dr. I. M. Eager. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. In Begird to the Additional County Com ' misloner Appointed Uod? the Aot ot th Tjeslalatora o( 1895. Some of tbe Repdbilcansof an inves tigating turn of mind think they have made a discovery that may vacate the offices now held by many of .the Demo cratic County Commissioners who were appointed under the act of 1895. We do not think it will be difficult to show that there is no basis for the contention, i Briefly stated the situation is this: The Legislature of 1895 passed an act provi ding for the appointment by Superior ihrt udges Of two County Commis sioners in addition to the three elected by the peopled Under this act Col. Roger Moore and Mr. W. F. 'Alexander were appointed Commissioners for New Hanover county, December 15, 1898, and many others were similarly appointed in other counties, j ' . i On the 8th day of March, 1897. the Legislature passed! an act repealing sec tion 5 of the act of 1895, which author ized the appointment of additional Com missioners, and on the 8.h day of March, 1897, passed another act prescribing an other method for the appointment of these Commissioners. It is now claimed that this act creates a grave douM as to the' legality of the ; appointment of Messrs. Alexander and Moore and, by parity of reasoning, of many other Com missioners woo were appointed under the act of 1895. j : Bat how can the act of March 8th, 1897, possibly affect the tenure of office of those Commissioners who were ap pointed before that act was passed? The act of 1895 declares unmistakably that the two appointed Commissioners, in each case, shall hold offi:e for. the fall term for which the other three Commis sioners were elected. I The office ot County Commissioner is one of both "profit and trust," and the Supreme Court has recently decided, in the Asylum cases, that every such offi cial has a property right in his office that cannot be taken away unless the office is abolished. j There can, of course, be no doubt that the new act covers all appointments made subsequent to its passage, if there were any such; but it seems plain that it was passed to! prevent any farther ap pointments of Democratic - Commis sioners, as its requirements are much more stringent than were those of the old law. ' CITY MARKETS. Vegetable, Heat, Poultry, Fih, Grab, ' - Olimi and Bhtlmpf. ' There was an exceptionally fine va riety of vegetables on the city marxets yesterday. Prices were practically un changed, except that Knglisb peas, new Irish potatoes, and strawberries were somewhat lower tban they were a week ago. ;.-': - The fish market was only fairly well supplied and oysters commanded little sale if any. Crabs of all varieties were on sale. Eggs sold from IS to 15 cents per dozen. ". i Vegetables Lettuce. 8 to 5c per head; beets, 15 to 10c per bunch; aspar agus, 10 to 15c. per bunch: onions. 5c per bunch; street potatoes, 15c per peck; Irish potatoes (new), 10c per quart; car rots, 5c per bunch; soup bunches, 5c each; strawberries, 10c per quart, or ttiree Quarts for 25c; canll flower, 10c per head; English peas, 25c per peck; cabbage, 5 to 10c per head; squash, 85 and 40c per dozen; salad, 10c per pecks radishes. 2Jc per bunch; turnips, per banch. . .. j,. Fish Shad, 50 and 80c per pair; spots. 10c per bunch; mallets, 10c per bunch; bream, 15c per banch; trout 20c per banch; flounders, 20c per banch. Poultry Chickens, dressed, 60 to 75c per pair; live, 60 to 70c per pair; turkeys, dressed, 12 to 15c per pound. . Meats Pork, 10s per pound; sausage, 10c; loin steak, 12c; round. 10c; chuck beef. 7c; stew, 5 and 6c; mutton, 10 to 12XC; veal lStfc. . Clams, crabs and shrimps Clams, 15 to 20c per quart; shrimps, 20c per quart; 'soft and stone crabs, 40c per dozen; 'channel crabs, 10c per dozen. Will B jtertaln Ddeaaceo- ' During the coming Southern Baptist Convention the delegates will be pro vided with homes among the congrega tions of the different chutcaes of the city as follows ; Baptist churches. 434; St. Andrews'. 27; St. James',". 60; Grace, 80; St. Paul' Lutheran. 25; Temple of Israel. 9: Fifth Street. 20; St. John's, 9; St. Paul's Episcopal, 4; First Pesbyte- rian. 140; Advent, 6; St. Thomas', 6; Market Street, 4; Bladen Street, 2; Im- manuel Chapel. 1; Congregational, 2. , Greensboro Female College. f The Star acknowledges an invitation to attend the Commencement exercises of Greensboro Female. College, May twenty-filth and twenty-slxtbt The annual sermon will be preached by Bishop Chas. B. Galloway, D. D., of Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Sallie S. Gotten, of Falkland, N. C, will make the liter- ary address. The address in connec tion with the eradaating exercises will be delivered by Rev.W. C Norman, of the N. C. Conference. Mayor Drake. '. V Yesterday in the Superior Court, upon the solicitation of Marsdea Bellamy, E q., -Drake,? colored, who has bv now become well kaown as a claimant for mayor of the , city, was yesterday ad judged sane after several witoesses had testified to his good sense. The de lu- natico inquirendo proceedings wete set aside, and "Drake" is now engaged in his old trade that of a shoemaker. HATTERS UT MAXTOlT. M nnietpal XUeetlon to ba Held Bfondai Grand Cantata Pla-E i tine Rcsubll- oana Hungry lor Foatofflaeo Bey . ; nou 8tekneas in Bev. tkh Biadhawa CoDcrtgatioo. . Special Star Correspondence j . Max r on, N.C, April 28. Editor Wilmington Star: : ';- The municipal election to be held next Monday is just beginning to engage the serious attention of Maxtonians. Tbe last Legislature provided for higher taxes and this, together with the sanitary profilem which in common with all towns Maxton must solve, makes the se lection of our wisest and most pabiic- spirited men a necessity. A choir, composed of forty of our local singers, is 'preparing, under the leadership of Prof.StaofBar.of Philadel phia, fa., to render that grand cantata, lepntnah s Daughter." The entertain ment will come off in about two weeks. B. F. McLean, Esq., visited Washing- ton recently In the interest of aspiring. Republicans of this county. He informs me that Representative W. T. Currie will get tbe piece of pie labeled : "Maxton rostomce." K. b. KusselL colored, edi tor of the Blade, is an applicant, bnt darkies are constructed for voting ma chines and not on the pie-eating plan. Mr. "W. i. Hall, deputy collector dtr- tng; Harrisons administration, has moved back to Maxton from B aden county, where be has resided since va cating office, and has entered the pie de partment lor general resultl. He nrit decided to take the Maxton postoffice, but finding ;j that pre-empted, heZ was Hung I to compromise on the Red .Springs office, but that piece j of pie has receded until bis old office of deputy revenue collec tor appears to be the only thing in sight. it is true that the civil service law seems to be a barrier to its possession, but the average member of the Republican pie brigade (and Major Hall is an average) does not regard tnat law or the adminis tration's oath to execute it, as binding. t . Mrs. R. W. Livermore Will probably et the Red Springs office,, i Mr. John G. urown. a ropullst, is an applicant. Dut postoffices are not the kind of chestnuts that the t Populist cat, under the direc tion of: the Republican monkey, palls oat of the fire, - , Tbe applicants for the -Lumberton postoffice are 'Squire E K. Proctor, the old original Republican of Robeson, and D P. Allen, a colored teacher of repu tation. Allen seems to have lost faith in his high calling, and evidently thinks he can do more toward elevating nis race by cancelling stamps .at 100, 60; 50 and 40 per cent, of their face value than by spoiling field hands. Bnt will he? That is the question 'Squire Proctof -wants answered, '.-.:, h . Rev. Mr. Bradshaw has been com pelled to cancel an engagement to speak at the closing exercises of Miss Clarkie McLean s school at Ammt f this week, on account of serious sicknesr in his Caledonia congregation. He will de liver the address at the Commencement of Kinsey Seminary at Kinston N. C, Jaoe 3rd. He is a popular orator. Large fresh water trout and - the cele brated redbreast perch from Lumber river are on tbe Maxtonian bill of fare these -days. Where is the piscatorial prevaricator of the Star staff? CHARLESTON TRUCKERS. A Deolded Improvement lnithe Proepaot of the Traok Varmere. f ff News and Courier The truck, and vegetable men are look ing up a little now. For a while it seemed as if the strawberry crop would run out almost before it was well started and the! prospects of peas, beans, etc with close competition from North Car olina, did not promise much. But a frost came and played havoc with the North Carolina truck, and, while it is not Christian to crow over a neighbor's misfortunes, it is only natural for the Charleston track mea to be glad that tbe frost stopped short of this section. For not only their crops were saved, tut a better market was thus assured. The movement North). of peas and strawberries is quite good at present, and in a very short time beans will be going out, to be followed by cucumbers and squashes. Considerable lettuceis also being shipped, and spring : cabbage will be a factor in the movement shortly. The truck farms about' Charleston are looking splendidly and the weather has been all that could be desired. Tbe f havoc to the North Carolina truck," j referred to above, has been greatly exaggerated, as is shown by the large shipments being made of the truckers of this section! every day Editor Star. . I RAIN IN CUMBERLAND. Of Grtat Bent fit to Crops ia that Beetion Special' Star TeUrram Faykttkville, N. C, J April 80, A gentle rain has been falling since 2 o'clock this afternoon, and bids fair to continue throughout the night. This rain is i welcome indeed to the farmers throughout this section, as crops of all kinds have been greatly retarded by drouth. ' I 1 ' , . Death of Clan. Harlle. Gen. W. W. Harllee. well known in Wilmington, died at Florence, S, C, Thursday night, in his 85th year. He was one of tbe leading citizens of South Carolina. Mr. Marsdea Bellamy, of tbis city, married his niece. Tbe Columbia State says of him : "A grand old man. A fine, brave, sturdy figure in the his tory of our State. Former foe can join with friend in holding that South Caro lina is the richer for the legacy of his memory." ,-. ,-X'-.;'. The- Maycralty Cate. . j It is1 now settled that the quo war ranto case appealed from the last term of the Superior Court will not be heard in the r Supreme Court untlU the next term, which convenes the first Monday in September. It is probable that the case will not be taken up until this dis trict is called, which will be about tbe sixth week of the session, October 11th. Tickets to the State .Conven tion of the International Order of Kings Daughters and Sons to be held at Tar- boro, N. C, May 27 and 28. will be on sale at the usual reduction on May 28, 24 and 25. with privilege to return May 81st. Agents of the different railroads in the State have'been notified and will sell tickets as above., r : j f Katabela for Memorial Day. lit. Geo. W. Huggins, appointed chief marshal by the Daughters of the Con federacy for Memorial Day, the 10ih of May, has appointed the following gen tlemen assistant marshals for that day: Dr. J. C. Shepard. Capt. w. R. Kenan, Capt. Jas. I Metts and Messrs. Jesie Wilder. R. F. Hamme, O M. Flllyaw, H. D. Brown. Clayton Giles, P. H. Smith and P. Hemsberger. ; NO. 27 - -CRIMINAL COURT. - Adjanmed for tne Term Ed Boarpleta Sen tene Changed to Seven Year Im. priaonment Qrend Jury's Be-. - . . por" At 4.4Ji o'clock yesterday afternoon the Criminal Court adjourned for the term. During the session slxty-fi ye cases were tried by jar?, beides over a score of cases otherwise disposed of. . The following cases were disposed of during the dan-KT7'.';;''' ; :.-y'V: Robert Fennell. colored, carrying con cealed weapon. . Defendant called and failed. - lodgment ni si and capias is sued. H'-v ; .):. :'. - Isaac Carver, colored, . abandonment. Verdict not guilty. ; Wm. Schenck, colored, carrying con cealed deadly weapon. Verdict not -guilty. :''' - j ' -J' 'X', ) Alex. Fuller, colored, wilfnl injury to property. ;The jury Rafter being " out several hours and failing to agree, a mis trial was ordered. Fuller is charged with wilfully catting the tires of a bicycle be longing to Mr. Frank P. Turrentine, on the 26 .h of last ' month. . Fuller was re cognized with his 'father in the earn of $100 for his appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court. I ; . r Daring the afternoon session Edward Sharpless, coloredthe slayer of Sam Register, colored, whs was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the peniten tiary for. manslaughter, was brought into court, and his counsel, Marsdea ; Bel lamy, Eiq., asked that his sentence be shortened, owing to bis age, 64 years, and tbe good character he had been able to prove. JaJge Sutton j stated that since the judgment on Sharpless had been pronounced a number of the best people in the city had been to him and spoken in his (Sharpless') behalf, and In consideration of his age and his good character be would lessen the sen tence three years, thereby making it seven years imprisonment in tbe peni tentiary instead of ten. About 12 80 o'clock the grand jury came into court and were discharged af ter presenting the following report. ; To His Honor Thos. H. Sutton, Tude of j the First Criminal Court: The grand jury of tbe April term. 1897, wonld , respectfully report: We have passed upon 62 bills of indictment and have fonnd 52 true bills and 10 not true bills. We have also made four pre sentments. The County Home for tbe aged and infirm and the buildings and surroundings have been carefully exam ined. Tbe condition of tbe inmates of tbe Home has been; inquired into and tbeir treatment investigated. The prem ises around the Home are clean and tbe garden bears evidence of good work and proper superintendence. The Home it self is quite neatly kept and otherwise is in reasonably good condition, though white-washing of tbe rooms would con-. tribute much to their appearance and add greatly to the comfort of the inmates. Tbe kitchen, especially, needs the treat-, ment just referred to. i x- For purposes of use and convenience, though not now essentially necessary, we think there should be tbree drive pumps located on tbe stockade prem ises behind tbe colored ward and in the asylum yard. I. In general the patients express them selves contented with their; food, and with the -treatment! received from tbe keeper. Complaints ot insufficiency of clothing we regard as measureably just, and wesuggest that this should be rem edied.. While neither the food nor its insufficiency, at tbe times it is served, is just cause for complaint, we think that from noon of one day to 8 o'clock of tbe next day is much too long a period of abstiaence from solid food, and we rec ommend that such food, however lieht, shall in sufficient quantity be furnished between the hoars named, say at or near sunset. ,.. j j ' As indicated above we have been led by onr investigation and inquiry to re gard Mr. Thos. Watson, tbe present keeper of the Home, as a kind and con siderate superintendent and director, and as faithful in the performance of the duties laid upon him.i j j . We have made due inquiry and investi gation as to the management of the coun ty Jail and the condition ot tbe building, and we find that the food is clean and of proper character, and, we believe, is properly served. The building is kept as clean, probably, as is practicablebut we think tbe entire interior needs white washing. .We regard it as essential that the building should be properly venti lated, the foul air in the female ward be Jng,in our opinion.exceedingly unhealth fuL .!;' With regard to the Court House we, recommend that measures be taken to seenre more cleanliness in tbe halls and on the balconies and that more spittoons be furnished in order, in part, to effect this. John McLaurin, ! '!'.'.'. -Foreman. ; THE SUPREME C00RT. ! IT WILL NOT CONVENE AGAIN UNTIL v I1 SEPTEMBER. : . Other Balelgh Sewt A Heavy Bain Hal Ayer The. XCanloipal Campaign Talk of Bo joining Gov. Baeaell -Bevivale Sew Bohedule on "."'4 the Southern. I Special Star Correspondence, j Raliigh, N. C, May 1. : The Supreme Court has -adjourned. This is the earliest adjournment of the court in its history. It will not convene again until September. - The new Supreme Court reports have been received by tbe Secretary of State and are ready for distribution. A heavy raid fell here last 'night and this morning, which was of great value to farmers. The earth was very dry here and the streets were very dry, ' Hal Ayer has waded into tbe munici pal campaign and advises Populists to vote against tbe Democratic ticket, which he denounces as the creature of a great big ring. The honorable auditor talks .like an innocent lamb, who knows nothing of Mr. Marion Butler's great big club. i , The statement that Mr. F. M. Sim mons has resigned as collector of tbis district is incorrect. Mr. Simmons has until next July to serve. : 7 Mrs George A. Greene, wife of the Baptist Missionary in Canton, China, is .visiting in the city. There was .some talk of enjoining Governor Russell from appointing di rectors to fill the vacancies on tbe In sane Asy'nm Boards, but it is not be lieved that it can be done W Rileigh is in the; midst of two revi vals. Dr. Birr on, f Charlotte, is con ducting the one at the Baptist Taber nacle. I f -j.-i - -.-';' i' - The near schedule on the Southern goes Into effect to-morrow. It will aot affect Wilmington's connection with Raleigh. t Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening' strength and healthfulness. Assures the fooa against alum and all- forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands.' . , j : t ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., New York. CONVOCATION OF WILMINGTON Ulster Met tine at Clloton The Clergymen Preieot later eating Xbcerolses BTexi . . Col vocation Will ba Held 'v , ; -1 ". .'-.at Snow HilLl , . special Star Refiort The Convocation of Wilmington held its Easter meeting in St. Paul's churcb; Clinton, beginning Thursday, April 29,' 1897. at 11 a. r There were present daring tne session the following clergy-' msr : Rev. Edward Wooten. Evangelist ot Convection; Rsy. Stewart McQueen, ofGjldb)ro; Rev. T. .M.rN. George of Newbera; Rev. Robert Strange, and Rev. Geo. M ' Tolson, of Wil- miogtoo, and Rev, F.N. Skinner, secre tary and treasurer. ' The morning service Thursday Was -said by Rev. F. N. Skinner, and 'the Holy Communion celebrated bv Rev., Mr. George. Tbe Rev. Mr. McQueen was the'preacher, his sermon being oaeed ' on tbe text. Acts i: 8 . i Owing to a change in the schedule of the trains running into Clinton, tbe Wil mington clergy did not reach the Con-' vocation until Thursday afternoon, too . late for the business meeting; which was , appointed for 4 o'clock. On this account tbe meeting was postponed ttctil Friday 'afternoon. ' , The evening service Thursday was ' said by Rev. Mr. McQaeen and Rev.' Mr. George, and the Kev. Dr. Strange preached a strong, eloquent and practi cal sermon on the Ninth Command ment (Exodus, xx, 16). ' The Litany was said Friday at 10 a.m. by Rev. Mr. Skinner, and following this an' essay on "The Need of Definite ' Chris: tan Work in the Church for the Newly Confirmed" was read by the Rev. Mr. George. The essayist, after show-.' ing tbe great need lor such work, sug gested some methods for supplying the need. The discussion of the subject was participated in by alt the clergy present, who told .tbeir experience jn dealing with tbe need and the success or failure of many expedients. -i At the business meeting held in the afternoon, reports were read (by the Treasarerand Evangelist of the Convo cation, and various matters of routine business transacted. The Rev. F. N. Skinner was re-elected Secretary and ' Treasurer, and Snow Hill was selected as tbe place for tbe,next meeting, to be held in September, beginning Wednes day evening the 28rd. I After the evening service, which was , said by Rev. Mr. George and Rev. Dr. Strange, addresses were made on ' "The Nature and Force of The Apostolic Commission" by the Revs. Messrs. Mc Qaeen. Tolson and Wootten.' Owing to the time being limited, the speakers were necessarily obliged to present tbe subject in tbe barest outline. But the address of Rev. Mr. Tolson was spoken . of by all who heard it, as the most able, clear and masterly presentation of t tbe subject which tbe time allowed. 1 : After this service, tbe Convocation adjourned. CIVIL SERVICE LAWS. Senate Investigation Modlfioationa Beoom mended by Foatmaater Oeneral and tteo- m-.ry ot the Navy. ' ; ; Washington, May 1. The Senate committer, which, has undertaken the investigation of the workings of the civil service laws held its s:cond meeting to day. Senators Pritchard. Lodge and Chilton conducted the investigation The civil service commission wast repre sented by President Proctor and Mr George R. Wales. : Letters were pre sented from Secretary of the Navy Long and Po.t master General Gary, recom mending that civil service laws Bhould be modified 'although they , rec mmend ed no cbangf s 1 . F. W. Palmer, the public printer sild: "As applied to this office, which is sim ply a great manufacturing plant, Invol ving varied branches of skilled labor of high grade, the civil service rales are an; obstruction rather than an aid to effi ciency and economy. The civil service rules ss promulgated for enforcement here should bs modified radically, sus pended or repealed. . ( , . NAVAL. MILITIA. Arrangements fir Summer Drills Beservas oftNortQ and South Carolina and Geor gia to Drill Together, j '. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. . I ' . Washington, May L Lieutenant Gibbons, charged with the arrangements for the Summer drills of the Naval Mi litia, is now busy in completing the pro gramme for each State. The depart-; ment hat encouraged tbe encampment : of the milida from adjacent States, in groups and the States have fallen tin with tbe idea in most it stances, though some of the State organizations will act alone tbis Sammer, either by preference or from lack of a nearby neighbor. " North and South Carolina will join with Georgia and although the final se'ection his not been made, it is likely that Port Royal will be the heed of op erations.1 WARM WIRELEfS. ' Ia a shoot at Chicago 'or the Dupont trophy at 100 birds. Budd, of Iowa, de feated Winston, of Indiana, the bolder of the trophy, by a score of 85 to 88.: v v It is annonctd that M jor. Lewis Gin- tmw tf PikmA.il XT . I.MM J from the Board of D rectors of the Am er can Tobacco Company oa account f of Ill-health. . ... ; : - 4 - At a late hour last night it was report ed that the condition .of Colonel John S. Mosby was practically unchansed. He was conicicus all day, but not even the members of his family -were al lowed to see him. --;v;---.v? . - To THB Editor 1 1 have an abaolute Cure for CONSUMPTION nd all Bronchial, Throat and Lung Trouble, and all condition of Wasting Away. By its timely nee thousand of apparent- -ly hopeless cases nave been fxrmantnlly curtd. So proof-positive am I of fta power to cure. I will send FREE to anyone afflicted, THRES BOTTLES of my Newly Diaoorered Remedies, npoa receipt of Bxprea and Poatoffioe artlreea, : Always sincerely yo T.'A. SLOCU M.M.U., l83Pe) C. 181 Pearl i St., New York," WBMWTiUnj jaaSSWly wavan writlaatte Poetor, pleaae mention tbiapapaa. ;!' Jin Ji -.t 0 7 .1 3 XX
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