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STBIKINQ AT THE GREENBACK.
Much pressure is being . brought
to bear upon Secretary Gage to in
duce him to lock up . the redeemed
greenback? a scheme to - which he
would readily assent if be could see
his way ilear. But it is rather too
soon to enter upon that la a syste-
matic way, even it mere was no scar
city of money la thes Treasury, for
they are not right sure that the peo
ple would take it good naturedly
and not hold the Republican party
to account if it were attempted.
They have doubtless noticed that
nearly all the pleading Republican
papers are silent on that question
and that those that hare spoken are
strongly opposed to it,' or to any
meddling wjth the money which in
a great emergency helped the Gov
ernment to raise and equip . armies
and put them in the field. They
.have, also, doubtless noticed that the
.only papers which are distressed on
account of the "endless chain" are
the so-called Democratic gold pa
pers, which Represent a jvery small
number of the American people.
The New lY ork Sun is one of these.
By virtue of j the warm support which
it gave the Republicans ; during the
campaign and the warm support it is
giving them! since Congress -met in
extra session it assumes the role
of law interpreter and 'counsel, and
advises Secretary Gage that he Is at
perfect liberty to retire all the green
backs that come into bis bands for
redemption, as there is no law
against it, which the 'Sun seems to
: -believe, if it speaks honestly In the
following extract; ; ; . f'.
' As the $un has repeatedly demon
strated, there is no law on, the statute
book 'compelling' the reissue of redeem
ed Government notes. Money can be
drawn out of; the Treasury oniy by ap
propriation and so long as the," revenues
au sufficient to defray tne appropria
tions, tbe redeemed notes mast remain
noissuei When,, however, the revenues
are insofficient. as they were under tbe
UevelaAd Administration, the Govern
ment iff'authorized,' not ' compelled.' to
qse tbe redeemed notes in meeting ap
propriations, it is the law ot necessity
onl, not any act of Congress, that com
pels the resort to this expedient." u
, The Sun used to make the proud
boast that when you see it In tbg
Sun it is so," but this is .one of the
things which got into the Sun and
; was put into the Sunby its leading
editor, which is not so, and for which
there is not the slightest foundation.
Its object was to deceive the readers
ofthe Aso that if Secretary Gage
should begin the retiring game they
would conclude that he was doing so
in accordance with the law and In vl
olation of no law. ; I
The New York Times is another
gold paper which; used to be Demo
cratic,but now claims to be inde-pendent-
It calls the1 Sun to task
for its assertion, aad for: the addi-
tional;reason that by misrepresenting
the situation it is doing much injury
to the sound money cause, by urging
premature and unauthorized action,
io snow now tar off the Sun was
and how unsafe as a legal counsellor
f Huutes tne act or 1878 in pursu
ance of which the redeemed green
backs are reissued, and must be re
issued.- ' j .; :" - ,' v' . ,
Be it enacted, etc.. That from and
atttr the passage of this act it shall not
c lawiui lot the Secretary of the Treas
ury or other! officers under blm to can
cel or retire any more of the United
atates Tefealtender notes. And when
i any ot said notes imav be redeemed or
:J)e received into the Treasury under any
from any source whatever, and shall
oelongto the. United States, thev shall
jot be retired, canceled or destroyed.
Bat they shall be re-lssned and paid but
-Ra! and kept in circulation.
n provided, that nothing herein shall
Prohibit the cancellation and destruc-
"on-ot mutilated notes and tbe issue of
iner notes of like denomination, in
ln'r. Stead, an nnv nmvtAfA h law. .
' All acts and parts of acts in conflict
-"5Wn are hereby repealed."
I is there , anything optional or dis
cretionary about this? Is there any-
vug in tt to jvarrant the assertion
I - Of the --'-url uJ-
Retiring the greenbacks tinder anv
circumstances, and substituting for
ijhera silver certificates or any ther
kind of certificates ? ; It was the in
fcntlon of the Congress which passed
. 15 a that the ereenbacks then in
emulation shouldxontinue in circu-
- ation as a permanent part of the
U1me of currency. As far as we
now, the editor of the Sun is the
oa'y man who has ever discovered
; ad claimed that there was no law
Squiring the re-issue of these notes.
K'ions of which have gone Into the
reasury andvgone out again into the
vol. xxvm.
channels of .trade within the-past
twenty years, no matter how large
the surplus in the Treasury might be.
Speaking of the disposition of Sec
retary Gage to co operate with the
gold Democrats in inaugurating the
retiring programme the Washington j
correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin says: : .
"They have had from the outset th
cordial eymbathv of Secretarv Gave :
and there is no doubt that he will make
recommendations of his own . (or cur
rency reform la case there it any failure
or delay In the matter of a currency
commission. ,! The Secretary' is a firm
believer in a scientific currency, but has
tome misgivings as to how far the naked
proposition to tetue the greenbacks
would commend itself to nonular mn.
port. In this regard his views are simi
lar to those of some of tbe members of
the Indianaoolis Committee. Jhv
wonld like to see the initial itena talrn
for diminishing the facilities for pressure
upon the Treasury Lor void, but they
believe that, thev should be counter!
with the assurance to the people that no
sudden and acute contraction will be
applied to the circulating medium.
"If Coneress la leftio itself, withnnt
the assisunce of a currencv commission.
it -it possible that an effort will be made
at the next session to pass a Dill provid
ing that when greenbacks are redeemed
in gold they shall not be reissued except
for gold. Goy. Dingley favored this
method of restricting tbe volume of out
standing paper in the last Congress, but
ne was obliged to insert in his bill fpr
the purpose a meaningless reaffirmation
of. the law of 1878 against the contrac
tion of the volume of legal tender notes."
We infer from this that the Secret
tary is willing as soon as he can see
his way clear, and concludes that it
will be a safe thing for the party
to do.
KDJIOS KEKTIOV.
The Senators who, like Hoar, Hale
and Ha wley, opposed the adoption of
the Morgan resolution and gave as
a reason that it might result in war,
didn't, in view of the facts cited and
admitted, Uo themselvesor their
country any credit, for ft was equiva
lent to asserting that whatever the
cause or the justification for action
might be this country should con
tinue passive and do nothing that
might possibly anger or provoke
Spain to declare war against us. It
was conservatism or prudence car
ried across the dividing line of cow
ardice. Commenting on the speeches
that held up war as a scarecrow the
Washington Star, a non-partisan
and very conservative paper, .thus
tersely and truly states the case:
"Lovers of fair play in this country
are becoming worn out bv tbe reitera
tion bv Spanish-American Senators of
the cry that a recognition of the bellig
erency of the Cuban insurgents means
war. Timidity and vacillation nave re
sulted in more wars tban firmness and
honesty in the right. If war ever yet
resulted from a nation demanding that
its sons and daughters be protected from
rapine, starvation and murder, on what
ever soil they stood; if war was ever the
result of a nation a protest against as
saults on women and children, burn
ing of hospitals, and cruelties and
atrocities passing the Spanish in
qoisftion, then such a war was
sacred and tbe . nation . engaged
in it on the right side was engaged in tbe
work of civilization. Tbe people in this
country who are called the friends ot
Caba are not desirous of war; but they
are desirous and they ' demand that
wherever an American stands he shall
be under the orotection of the Stars and
Stripes; they desire that tbe Government
shall excercise its officers to end the
atrocious cruelties practiced in Cuba,
and in a broad sense, believing that self-
respect is less dangerous tban weakness;
they insist on a foreign policy that will
render onr flag and our citizens safe from
insult in any quarter of tbe world."
If there were no sympathy lor the
people who have been so loyally and
heroically straggling for , self-government,
for two years and a half
and no feeling of horror at the
atrocities perpetrated by the Spanish
military authorities on the island,
with the knowledge and approval of
the home government, self respect
would have demanded positive ac
tion by this Government after the
confession that it hesitated to make
public the names of the consuls who
furnished tbe information as to the
condition of affairs in the island for
fear that they might be massacred.
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Hon. John Wanamaker s remarks
at that Philadelphia banquet a week
or so ago have attracted much atten
tion on account of .the prominence of
the man and the size of the wads of
moneyhe has at various times drop
ped into the campaign fund. We
have made some 'extracts- from this
speech. Here is another:
'The wonntr men are growing np in
different to tbe republican principles,
with no respect for parties of broken
platforms who use national and State
patronage in payment 01 cicmou con
tracts. Tbe political religion 01 tne na
tion is falling lower and lower nnder tne
reckless daring of unscrupulous bosses.
There are immeasurable depths 01 mis
fortune for this nation and State if the
continued use of corporatiou and public
moneys and tbe dispensation of .-Federal
and State patronage continue to ne con
trolled in the interest of office-holders to
hold office for themselves and to oenent
I those who desire to keep government
"contracts or maintain particular protec
tions through the money given by Which
elections are decided. ,
These remarks are true to the
letter, but they would have had quite
as much cogency when Mr. Wana
maker tfcrew a pile of money into
the Republican campaign fund and
he was in recognition of tbe service
rendered called into President Har
rison's Cabinet. And then hearings
a warning thus: . , : :
"There will most assuredly come a
day when there will be a mighty revolt
and resistance, resulting in a revolution
that will give birth to a new political
party, Laws continually despised and
disregarded, legislation conceived for
blackmailing purposes, ; speculation by
public omctais in trust and other stocks
while tariff and other financial bills are!
pending, must surely and irrovocably
alienate the people from their party and
disposition and desperation to substi
tute almost any wild and untried leader-
Ship witb the nope of a possible relief. .
This is both a warning to and
an indictment of the Republican
party, and coming from as tm
nent a Republican as Mr. Wana
maker, may well arrest the attention
not only of the indicted, but of the
country at large. ' If these remarks
had been made by a Democrat, he
wonld be accused of slandering the
patriots who ran tbe Republican
party.
It Is announced that the State
Board of Education is going to
feel the public pulse on the propo-j
sition to sell 5,000 acrespf "the
lakes" in Carteret, Jones and Craven'
counties for 25 cents an acre.' The
offer to buy 231,000 acres by North
ern parties met with such opposition
that it was turned down, as this offer
to buy 5,000 acres for $1,250 should
be. We suppose the parties desiring
to purchase are some Northern men
who want an exclusive hunting
fishing range, for which tt
willing to pay thebig
cents an acre, about
for instance, -Qra bunch
They couldget ducks
enough,
pay the
plus to pocket if they didn't spend
too freely in putting up their lodges,
eta There -isn't enough in that to
make it an offer worth considering
or worth much feeling of tbe public
pulse, and there is no particular
reason in this case, any more than
there was in the 231,000 acre propo
sition, which was turned down, why
the State should give to a Northern
or any other party something for
practically nothing.
" It is amusing to note how those
Republicans who were larruping
Grover Cleveland for his lack of
aggressiveness in Jhe case of Cuba
are pleading for the go slow policy
now that Mr. McKinley is in Grover's
official shoes. .
The crop of "divine healers" is
large these days. There is one of
them named Miller performing in
Atlanta, and effecting some astonish
ing cures. He takes 'em all in, lame,
halt, blind and otherwise afflicted.
COM M ENCEM ENT ' EXERCISES
Senlot'a livening at Salem Femsls Oollege
Twenty Members Bead Essays.
Sfiecial Star Telegram.
" Winston, N. C, May 22. To-night
was Senior's first evening, rn the ninety
fifth annual commencement, of Salem
Normal College. The' class, composed
of thirty-nine young ladies, attired in
their pretty white Oxford caps and
gowns, presented a handsome and at
tractive appearance. Principal Clewell
says this year's class is unusually able
and intellectual and its general record
is very high. Twenty members read es
says on the following up-to-date topics;
"Patriotism," -"Recent Events," "Our
Neiehbors.North and South," "Woman's
Position," and "Dialect Writers." 1
: Each . subject was interspersed with
vecal and instrumental music
To-morrow the old Moravian Home
church will be filled with a great audi
ence to hear the Baccalaureate sermon
by that popular .and talented divine
Rev. Robert E. Caldwell, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, this city.
IN JAIL AT RICHMOND. "
JL sin ouppuaca iu bo aunou - jr iiuvc,
Charged with the Mardei of Waltair
Fembleton in ;Dross Neok, '
It is now about, certain that Sam
Cbappell. colored, who is in jail at Rich-!
mond.Va., and Simon Prince, wanted
in 1 this city for the murder of Walter
Pembieton on the night of the 27th of
March last, are one and , tbe same per
son. A few days ago Chief of Police
"Melton received a letter from Chief Bj
F. Howard, of Richmond, Va., saying he
thought a man who was in jail in that city
was Simon Prince. Chief Melton wrote;
to Chief Howard In regard to the mat
ter, and last night received - another let
tergram Chief Howard giving a descrip
tion of the man in custody at Richmond.
The description tallied exactly with that
of Prince. Chief Howard described him
as- about thirty years of age, black,
weight 170 pounds, slight mustache,
heavy scar on lower lip and one on right
tide of forehead about the hair; all of
which tallies with the description of
Prince. The letter also stated that Chap-;
pell (the name given by the man) said
that he was in Wilmington last Febru-j
ary.but when he arrived In Richmond
he came from Goldsboro. Chief Melton
last night sent the letter to Coroner Ta-j
cobs."; ' i !
? The crime with which Prince stands)
charged in this city is the shooting of
Water Pembieton, colored, last March,!
in Dross Neck, in the house of Jim Whit-j
ley, colored, on Second street, between;
Brunswick and Hanover. Henry Shep-i
ard. colored, is also wanted for the mur-
der. - mmm ' ';-..-
DMth Of Mis. Came A. Niohola.
The Chester (N. H.) Chronicle, under
date of the 19 in. Inst., .announces the
death of Mrt. Carrie A. Nichols, sister
of Mr. John C Chase, for many years
superintendent of the Clarendon Water.
Works Co. in this citv. The deceased
for a number of years prior to her death
was a clerk in tbe office of tbe Clarendon
Water Works Co:. and her many ac
qualntances will be pained to bear the
ad newt. A husband, a aaugnter ana
two brothers are left to mourn her loss.
WILMINGTON, N. 0.,
TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL t
Wilmington ..Maku Cap.tal Display of
- Ha I BaaoaroM The Beoeptlon -Given
Thonday Tha SpMehes
" and Bpaakara.
The people of Wilmington have every
reason to be proud of the showing made
by their citr at the Nashville Centennial
Exposition. Mr. T, D. Meares.'jwho re
turned yesterday, gives the information
that the plans instituted bv the Chamber
of Commerce arrived: at a most success
ful consummation and that our city
limply did herself proud. - I' 'fr
J Wilmington was the first city to make
a display of her resources at the exposi
tion.; Other cities will follow suit, but
they will hardly , make the impression
that Wil mington has made. Wilmington
day.comingas it did. Vast about the time
the Centennial is getting ; well ' under
way, when the people are not worn out
with sight seeing and when they are In
clined to give full honor to whom honor
is due, could not have been more h
pily chosen. :;
The Wilmington party
Monday in a special car over
board Air Line, arriving at Nashville
Tuesday nightThev- were met at the
reception committee and
to the Maxwell House, where
ommodationt had already been en
gaged, i Wednesday was spent in "taking
in" the Exp ositlon and making arrange
ments for the reception on the following
day. ' I. ,
THE RECEPTION.
"Wilmington" was the watchword
with visitors to the; Exposition Thurs
day. Tne officials of the big Centennial
were delighted with the enterprise dis
played by the distant teacoast city, and .
assisted la every- way in making the
occasion successful.! I
The North Carolina State flag and
another j flag bearing the single word
"Wilmington were ''hoisted' oyer the
S. A. L. car on Thursday morning. The
reception began in the banqueting hall
of the car at 10 o'clock in the morning,
and lasted till 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
An elegant menu was served, consist
ing of salads, sandwiches, shrimps, ices,
punch and other good things, many of
which wee of 'distinctively New; Han
over production and more or lest of a
rarity to the inland guests. V j
There: were probably three or four
hnndted 'invited guests present. Fif
teen hundred invitations were sent out
by the committee. -'and many of them
were accepted. Among the guests were
the local newspaper fraternity, the Ex
position! officials and the i Hocking Val
ley Press ' Association, of Ohio, In a
body. ' , i'j ' "'
The speech maxing at the reception
was a' special feature. Mr. C - E Bor
den, chairman of the; committee, spoke
words of welcome to the invited guests.
He was followed by Mr. Herman Justi.
maaager-ln-chlef of the Bureau of Pub
lication of the Centennial, -Major; lohn
J. McCann, of tbe Exposition officials,
President Gaumer, 'of the Hocking
Valley Press Association, and others.
I THE EXHIBIT.
On account of the warm weather the
exhibit was not altogether so extensive
as was intended, but it was sufficient to
show up to advantage the products of
the Wilmingtoriection. 1 The fish on
exhibition, one of them a forty pound
rock, encased in solid ice by Messrs. W.
E. Worth & Co., attracted no small de
gree of attention, f Another' very in-
teresting feature of the exhibit were the
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Venus fl-trap, which grows in this vi
cinity, exclusively, iand ; Several speci
mens of the trumpet and pitcher plants.
THURSDAY EVENING.
At 8 o'clock Thursday 'night an in
formal banquet was served, one of the
articles of food being the fish from the
exhibit j Short speeches were made by
Mr.T. D. Meares, Mr. James-H. Chad
bourn, Jr., and several others.
PRACTICAL RESULTS.
First and mainly, Wilmington was
thoroughly and advantageously adver
tisedWhat was the purpose of ''Wil
mington day ?" j M4ny of the guests at
the reception were newspaper men and
few of them will fall to notice at length
in their! respective paper! the enterprise
shown and hospitality dispensed by our
city. It Is a question if in any other
way Wilmington could have been
brought so effectually before tbe attention
of so many people.
The Nashville Dafly American of the
19th has the following to say about the
Wilmington delegation ::
"To-motrow is Wilmington Day at
the Exposition, and the committee ap
pointed by the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce to take! charge of the day
and represent thefcity has "already ar
rived. : 1 i " '(
Last 'night's tralja from Atlanta had
with it a apecial Sleeper carrying the
committee and r a ifew invited guests.
The following comprise the committee:
C. ETJ Borden, chairman, president
Navassa Guano Company; J. H. Watters,
of the'grocery firm Of Holmes & Wattersr
Col. W. C. Jones, of .the; Navassa Guano
Company; Marcus Jacobi, of tbe Jacob!
Hardware Company; Hi C. McQueen,
manager of the bap king! house of Mur
chison & Co; D;4L. Gore, wholesale
grocers E. P. Bailey, of the Wilmington
Iron Works; R. N. Sweet, wholesale salt
and kainit; James H. Chadbourn, Jr., of
Chadbourn Lumber Company, : also
President of the Chamber of Commerce,
and J. C. Stevenson, of J. C. Stevenson
& Taylor, wholesale grocers.
"Among those who accompanied the
committee were the following: Miss
McQueen, Miss Mabel Green. Miss
Sarah Kenan,- Mrs.'. Chadbourn, Miss
Eva Ellis Chadbourn. Mrs. Smallwood
and son, and James M. Stevenson. ; The
entire party were in charge of Thomas
D. Meares, General Agent of the Sea
board Air Line. . -.
' "May 89 was chosen as Wilmington
Day because it was the anniveraary-of
the signing of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion, which has always been a proua spot
in tbe history of North Carolina.
"The North Carolina flag will float
over the car of the Seaboard Air Line
to-morrow. This is' tbe flag to which
this part of North Carolina once owned
allegiance. The , historical memories
clustering around 1 tbe years in which
Tennessee was a part of tbe Old North
State will add interest to the meeting of
reoresentatlves of one of its leading and
most progressive cities." ,1 :
Judge T. R. ParnelL left yes
terday for Raleigh. J i ;
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1897.
CORNER
STONE
Effect of Paine's Celery
. Blood and
-Now It tbe season to lay the founda-
tion for future health and strength.
The corner stones of gcod health are
complete digestion, sound sleep,' pure
blood and a ' perfectly nourished ner
vout system. :i-'i..:,-;..-K'''.
The wonderf al success of Paine's eel
ery compoasd .in makingpeople well
and keeping themjoThas always been
l accounted for by physicians by its ex
traordinary bower of nourishing and ref
ill of these functions. ,
is not strange that to manv un-
icientific remediea - do no permanent
good when they disregard this close
interdependence of the nerves and the
organs of digestion and circulation, and
attend to but one deranged part at the
expense of all the rest.
The only possible way - that a real
lasting gain in strength and vitality
can come is through purer blood, bet
ter nourished nerves and tissues, more
refreshing sleep and an economy in the
expenditure of nerve force.
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT.
Verdict for Defendant In Case of Whits
Oak Biver Corporation Company va.
' Thomas Molatyre v Other
Caaes Tried 7eaterdr.
Yesterday morning at 2 o'clock the
jury in the case of the White Oak
River Corporation Company vs. Thos.
Mclntyre, in the Uaited States Circuit
Court, after being out about seven
hours, came into court and rendered a
verdict in favor of the defendant. Thos.
Mclntyre. i The following ate the issues
submitted to the jary and their answers
thereto: :
"Did the defendant agree with the
plaintiff in consideration of plaintiff's
conveyance" to him of one-half of the
timber lands described in the complaint
and the other one-half to the Transway
Company, that he would agree with said
Transway Co. to build, and would con
struct and bnild said road or railroad at
set forth in the complaint? Answer, yes.
'"Did the paper writings, exhibits A,
B and C introduced in evidence by
plaintiff, embody the whole of the con
tracts finally agreed upon by the parties
as to the conveying the timber and
building the transroad or -railroad ? An
swer, no.
"Was the defendant's agreement to
build and construct railroad or railroads
dependent upon any agreement of plain
tiff to be performed as a condition pre
cedent thereto? "Answer. yes.v
I "If yes, has plaintiff performed its part
of said contract? Answer.no.
"Did the defendant fail and refuse to
keep and to perform said contract? An
swer, yes.
"If plaintiff performed its part of the
contract, and defendant failed to per
form his part of the contract, what dam
age did the plaintiff suffer by reason
ihereol? Answer, none.
"Did the plaintiff own the timber
mentioned in the complaint?" Answer,
"yes, 1n part.
. Judge Purnell complimented the jury
upon the patience which tbey had dis
played and remarked that the jury was
I one of the most intelligenths had ever
I . TT. 1 .'J - 1
seen. He also paid a high compliment
to the attorneys in the case, saying that
the case had been most ably presented.
When , Court convened yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock O B. Aycock,
Esq.. asked on behalf of the plaintiff
that the verdict in the case of the
White Oak River Corporation Company
vs. Thos. Mclntyre be set aside. The
question was argnedj by C. B. Aycocki
Esq., M. DeW. Stevenson, Esq., and
Jno. j D, Bellamy, Jr., Esq., for the
plaintiff, and F. M. Simmons, Esq., for
the defendant; but Judge Purnell de
nied the motion, -
A motion was then made by tbe
plaintiff for anew trial, but this motion,
too, was over-ruled. . ,
The following composed the jury In
the above case: S. P. Sutton, Daniel
Leonard. Jas. H. Alderman. D. P. Dam
arao, F. P. Flynn, Asbery Rice, Asa
Dosher, A. J. Moore, I. L.; Andrews,
M. L. Ward, Giles Stephens and Jno. E.
Pigford
CITY MARKETS.
Cabbage, Bean, Iriah Potatoes and Other
' , VegeUblsa Foulfry and Bus,
Spring vegetables were inmost gen
eral demand and in best supply on the
city markets yesterday. Cabbage, squash,
asparagus, tomatoes, beans, radishes,
beets, turnips, carrots, English peas,
Irish potatoes, onions andi lettuce were
the leading varieties. Strawberries and
blackberries were abundant, with 'some
huckleberries. I Poultry and eggs - sold
at slightly lower prices than on the pre
ceding Saturday. Eggs; were from 8 to
"10 cents per dozen.
Vegetables Lettuce,' 5c per head
beets, 5c per bunch; asparagus, luc per
bunch; onions, 5c per bunch; sweet po
tatoes, 20c per peck; Irish' potatoes
(new) 5c per quart; carrots, 5c per
bunch; soup bunches, 5c each; straw
berries, 5 to 8c per quart; cauliflower,
10c per head; English, peas, 15 to,20c
per peck; cabbage, 5 to 10c per head;
squash, 20 to 30c per dozen; salad, 10c
per peck; turnips. 2fc per bunch
string beans. 5 to 10c per quart; black
berries. 5c ner auart; huckleberries. 10c
per quart. - ' f.
I Fish Spots, 10c per bunch; blackfish,
15c per bunch; sturgeon, 5c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, dressed, 60 to 65c
per pair; live. 65 to 65c per pair; spring
chickens, 25 to 50c per pair; turkeys,
dressed. 15c per ponnd.' r
" .Meats Sausage. 10c per pound; loin
steak. ;liXa round, 10c; chuck beef, 7c:
stew. 5 to 6c; mutton. 10 to 12c; veal,
i8Xc . , .;::-;.r;.;;
; '' Clamt, eraba and thrimps Clams, 15
to 20c per qaart; thrimps, 20c per quart;
stone crabs, 5 to 10c each; channel crabs
103 per dozen.
OF HEALTH.
Gomponnd Upon the
Neryes.
i
These are the objective points aimed
at and attainetTby Paine's celery com
pound r
This remarkable remedy permanently
es every lorm of nervous debility.
neuralgia, sleeplessness.: melancholy,
hysteria, headaches, dyspepsia and heart
palpitation. Primarily the nerves, and
then every organ governed by them is
induced to work in a normal and or
derly manner, t ;-'-..:vl
Mothers should give their children
Paine's celery compound now it it
spring, instead of tome hearsay blood
purifier that can have no power of
correcting an impure -state of the
blood or regulating so complicated parts
of the body as tbe brain and ; nerves.
Debility and disease are cured by Paine't
celery compound. It is not in "the
power of any other remedy to make
people so permanently and so completely
well as this astonishing nerve and brain
stresghthener and restorer and blood
purifier, Paine't celery compound. One
needs simply to give it a trial to be
satisfied. J i
: . M. HIM0CES' FAILURE.
FayetteyilU Observer t May 3oy
Mr. R. M. Nimocks recorded ; in the
Register of Deeds office Wednesday
morning at 11.80 o'clock a deed of as
signment to Col. W. S. Cook.
The causes assigned by Mr. Nimocks
for1 his failure are long continued de
pression in business and his inability to
realize by sales of property except at
ruinous rates.
Mr. Nimocks loses nothing of the
good will of our people who have
watched his career as an enterprising
and intelligent man, of affairs for many
years, always ready with purse and
hand to'aid any ' enterprise for Fayette-,
ville's good.
The firm ot Nimocks Bros, will be
affected! only in so far as Mr. R. M.
Nimocks share in the business in con
cerned. What its effect will be npon
hit numerout other business connec
tions remains to be seen. t
The following are some of the princi
pal properties Mr. Nimocks was inter
ested in: -
Nimocks Bros j W. H. Phillips & Co.,
Antioch. N. C; J. R. Parker & Co., Fos
ter. Ga.; Carolina Cooperage Company.
Wilmington, N. C, 215,000; Nimocks &
Melvin. Dothan, Ala.; Carolina Roller
Mills, 17,500; fifteen shares bank stock;
ten; shares Fayetteville Woodenware
Company; Fayetteville Compress Com
pany; Black River Packet Company;
Cape Fear River Transportation Com
pany; Cooperage Works, Fayetteville;
fifteen mules.
He was a large owner of real estate in
Cumberland, Robeson. Harnett and
Sampson counties, including 43 parcels
of land and buildings.
The following are tbe preferred credi
tors : i ' . '
Class 1 G. A. Overbaugh. $5,000.
Class 2 J. McD. Geddie. 81.200; H.
H Hodgln, $4,850; H. H.Hodgin & Son,
83800: Brown & Co.. 21.450; lohn U
Averett, $5,000; D. H. Ray, $750; AfC.
Brady, $1,000; Bank of Fayetteville
notes, $15,050.00; Murchuson S Co..
$1,500; J. C. Adamsr $1,000; D.
W. Adams, $800; Gea D.Elliott, $500;
Mrs. E. A. Mercer, $175; W. L. Holt,
$2,000: Joel Crjohnson. guardian, $3 000;
Miss Kate Mitchell, $3 000: Mrs. K. I.
Culbreth, guardian, $1,000; Mrs. Randal
Gilchrist, guardian, $800; A. J. McKm-
non, $1,250; H. W. Howard, $3,500;
T. R. Ballard. $200; J. C, Geddie. $300;
A. fi McLeod. $4,000; Cordele Cooper
age! Co., $2 000; W. W. Allen, $100; Mrs.
K. L. Holland, $300; Mordacia Lee, $125;
Jno. H. McEachern, $500; J. D Brown,
$100. B: R. Taylor. $100; McMillan
Bros., about $500; H. R. Novitzky, $150;
Pbcealx Lodge, $350; Phceaix Chapter,
$100; Jno. H. Culbreth, $300; Mrt.
Amanda McDonald, $100.
SALEM FEMALE COLLEGE.
Hinety-flfth Annual Commencement Con-
oert A Large Attendanoe,-
Special Star Telegram
Winston, N. C May 21. The' nine
ty-fifth annual commencement exer
cises! of Salem Female College, the
South's oldest educational institution,
opened, to-night with a concert by the
vocal music and elocution departments.
The programme rendered was unusually
strong and interesting. The concert was
attended by a large and appreciative au
dience. As usual, there are a large num
ber of patrons and friends here from
this and. other States to witness the com
mencement which will close next Wed
nesday morning.
Notwithstanding the "hard times," the
past has been a prosperous year for the
old and popular school. Japan, Alaska
and South America, besides twenty
seven States, were represented in the
College this year.
j.
Spanish Sptes Outwitted
It was mentioned a few days ago that
the tug Dauntless hid left Savannah,
Ga., and it was supposed had gone on a
filibustering expedition to Cuba. A
gentleman now in Wilmington gave a
Star reporter the following informa
tion in regard to the Dauntless and her
movements:
"la order to elude the watchful Span
ish spies, who had been constantly cov
ering the movements of the Dauntless,
Captain Burke, her commander, hired
the services of his boat to the Sanford &
Ross Company to tow barges, in the
harbor at Savannah, where that com
pany were constructing a wharf for the
Government at Tybee .island. The
Dauntless had been employed about
three weeks, and all suspicion had tub
sided, when early on Friday morning
last the tug steamed out of the harbor
with 1,800 rifles and 846 boxet of cart
ridges, weighing forty pounds each, on
board." : . - .
The cargo the Dauntless tailed off with
waa transferred from an unknown tug to
atcowat Tybee island and thence to
tbe Dauntless, i - v
O.ZF. & T. V. B. B.
A sweeping change in the schedule of
the Cape Fear and Yaddin Valley Rail
road will be made and will go into effect
on Sanday next. The train oat of Wil
mington will leave at 12 15 p. m. instead
of 8 a. m. as now, and returning will'ar
rive at 1 80 p. m. instead of 7.30 p. m.
NO. 30
DYING OF DRY ROT,
LOGE HARRIS REMARK CONCEf
- ' THE REPUBLICAN-rARTY.
Other Balelgfc. NewaTbe BherlfPa Znatitote
,aa-ll Xisavea for Wilming
ton The Ioatitotlon tat the Blind
Teaohera' AssemblT Cotton
Ofowers Aaaoelation. ; ; '.'
Special Star Correspondence. i :
. . ! Raleigh. N. CX, May 32.
Mr. John R. Smith, j tbe superintend
ent of the State prison, returned from
Castle Hayne thlsjjmorning., -The re
port that the State would purchase this
farm; which it to be told toon, Is untrue
says Mr. Smith, -rh ; ;r;;-;;v..;
' The'dome of the capitol has been
painted white. f
; The Woman's Temperance Union
will meet in Henderson in annual ses
sion June fourteenth. .
J. C Logan Harris. Governor ' Rus
sell's right bowerj says that be will
make public a statement in a few days
defending: tbe -policy pursued by Gov
ernor Russell, and in justification of his
remark, made a few days since, that the
Republican party iS dying of dry rot.
The announcement that Mr. Jnle Carr
would pay the amount of the omnibus
pension bill, which failed of ratification,
is denied. ; 'S "r-
The Executive is in receipt of a lettf r
from Governor Cuiberson of Texas, in
viting delegates from North Carolina to
the Cotton Growers' Association, which
is called to meet in Galveston August
second. The State is I entitled to two
delegates at large land one from each
Congressional district. Appointments
will not be made, until a later date.
Treasurer Worth has returned from
Morehead. He says ' tbe programme
for the Sheriff's Institute will be pre
pared next week, j
Memorial Day Is to be celebrated
next Saturday, though Sanday is tbe
80th. The day it always quietly ob
served in Raleigh. I
The Seaboard officials have no knowl
edge of the reported revival of work on
the Virginia & North Carolina railway,
from Rldgeway to Richmond.
Governor Russell left for Wilmington
this morning. -
A very creditable pamphlet of some
twenty-five pages,! descriptive of tbe
Teachers' Assembly and its work, aiid
containing the programme tor tbe com
ing session, isiust out.
It is whispered that the directors of
me trnna institution, will, at the next
meeting, abolish the office of assistant
superintendent, which is held by Mr. W.
J. Young. It is also said that there will
be a general shaking up. among the
teachers in tbe institution. The re
ported appointment of Capt. W. H. Day
as a director of the; institution seems to
have been premature. -
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
COMMITTEE REPORT ON BILLS AND
j OVERTURES.
A Lively Debate on Bsoommendation Thit
Women be Forbidden the nae ot Pal
r pus (or Pablio Add.cuea Heated
Argamant on the Iiiaaor
Prohibition Qaettlon.
BT Telegraph to the Mornlns Star.
Charlo'tte. N. p., May 23.--In the
fresbytenaa Assembly this morning
the committee on bills and overtures
made a partial report. They recom
mended that women be forbidden tbe
use of pnlpits lor public addresses to
mixed audiences, and that if be .pro
nounced improper) to give notices of
sucb meetings. This precipitated a
lively debate. Dr. Petzer took tbe posi
tion that while the Bible absolutely, for
bade female ordination, it did not forbid
all kinds of public testimony by women.
Dr. Walden and Dr. Smoot strongly ad
vocated the adoption of the report.
At 3.80 the discussion ot tbe morning
as to women was resumed. Dr. Smoot
made a strong and witty address in 00-
position. He regards wouen lecturing
from pulpits as unscriptural and degrad
ing. He regards it as a wedge toward
the Church sloughing off, not a ques
tion of courtesy, refinement or cultare,
J r!ord.P It ?.
but a scriptural question; "Thus saitb
departure from the
Bible, such women
need in His work,
vigorous and intense.
Christ does not
uc. smoot was
Drs. Walden, Malloy, Shearer
others followed in the same line.
and
Dr. Petzer. of Washington.' could see
no impropriety In female missionaries
testifying on their return from foreign
lands.
The discussion included a number of
lengthy speeches land occupied a great
part of the day. Dr. Beatty, from whose
presbytery (West j Lexington, K v.) the
questions came up, offered a substitute
"that the Assembly refer overtures to
former clear deliverances which settle
the principles and! which should guide
nt in all our churches, sessions and in
our procedure." ) i -Tbe
vote being called for on the sub
stitute, it was carried by a vote of 71
to 63. . ! . i ' -
The communicati3n from the Prohib-
j ition parts of North Carolina in refer-
ence to some utterances of the Assem
bly along this line provoked heated ar
gument. ; The committee on billa and
overtures to which' it had been referred,
reported as follows: "That this Assem
bly is forbidden to intermeddle with po
litical parties or questions, and the con
stant and scriptural attitude of our be
loved Church, onl temperance and in
temperance, it thown in past deliver
ances on record.? (Alexander Digest
865) "- . ' i- . -, J.:
The report of the committee! Wat. af
ter much debate and discussion,
adopted. . I ; '
Dr. Dabney addressed the Assembly
this afternoon on ministerial education.
The Assembly I then adjourned until
Monday morning. I i f
Hawaii and great Britain.
The Forpose of a Proposed Visit of Boa
olnla'omelala to Iiondoa.
' By Telegraph to the Horning Star ,
- Boston, Mass., May 22. Private ad
vices received in Boston from Honolulu
tay: . 'I " - ! ' i '
"It basleaked'out that .the proposed
visit ot non. a. m. jjamon and - laukea,
to London, hat a deeper significance
than the bearing ot the congratulation!
of the Hawaiian (government on the loc
casion of the Queen s jubilee and it it
stated, on what iti considered excellent
authority that if the movements at
Washington in connection .with the
sugar schedule of the Tariff bill to abro
gate the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty,
are successful. Minister Damon and
Major laukea. will, it is asserted, pro
ceed at once to tne negotiation ot
treaty of cession of the Hawaiian islands
to Great Britain.
"Tommy9 Ryan baa deposited $500
for a bout at Syracuse, N. Y.. with
KiA" Mi:Cnv. at 1M Tnmmw Wm at
auy weight, or any other 145 pound man
in the world.
f mm d(s
.15Mils!'.
I St W W Sa-r a 1M U
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening;
strength and healthf ulness. Assures
the foo.i against alum and all forms
of adulteration common to the cheap
brands. ,
ROYAL" BAKING POWDER Coi
r. -V;;' Vew Yok.
FOUNDED BY JOHN WESLEY.
Tne Oldett Chnroh Kd Am In Georgia De .
atroyed by Fire, -witn Many Vela- ;.".
'.-'- 1 -able Beeorda. . . - ;,"
A Br Telegraph to the Morning Star ' . '
Savannah, Ga., ! May 23. Christ ,
Church, the oldest church In Georgia,
founded by John Wesley before he
promulgated the Methodist faith, was
burned almost to the ground shortly
after mid-night to night .The fire
was discovered shortly after 12
o'clock and it spread very rapidly.
It is supposed to have originated
from a gas jet left burning by some
member of the choir which held a
practice there to-night. It contain
ed all the records of Savannah and
practically of Georgia since 1825,
most of which are a total loss.
The church cost about $25,000 and
about as much more has been spent '
upon It. The price set upon the
building and lot recently was $100,
000. It is only partially covered by
insurance. j j
Christ Church, standing on Bull
street from the Johnson square, is
the mother church of Episcopal com-
munion in Georgia; Christ Church
parish was founded after the. settle- :
mentof Savannah. The first edifice
was begun in 1743, but was not.com
pleted until 1750. In 1796 it was
destroyed by fire and was re-built
upon an enlarged plan in 1803. The
next year it was partly demolished
by a hurricane and was not re-built .
until 1810. In 1838 the corner-stone -of
tbe . present edifice was laid, the
old church having been torn down, -and
the building was completed in
1840. The founder of Christ Church
wasJRev. Henry Herbert, who came -'
over from England with Oglethorpe.
John Wesley was its third rector, and
on the sight of the present edifice -stood
the rude chapel in which he
ministered as chaplain to the col
onists. - The late Bishop Stephen.
Elliott was rector of the church from -1861
until his death in 1866; and in ;
the chapel. was a beautiful window
to his memory.
THE RUIZ INVESTIGATION.
Commiaaioner
Celhona : Making i Blow
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Bv Cable to the Morning Star.
Havana, May 23, via Key West.- ;
The investigation by Commissioner!
Wjt B. Calhoun into the matter of the
death of Dr. Ruiz is not proceeding
rapidly. On Thursday, Dr. Congosto, the '
Spanish consul at Pniladelphia, asserted
that Dr. Ruis did hot explain that be
was an American citizen, and therefore
was kept incommunico for more than
seventy-two hours, -j General Lee, on
bearing this, promptly and emphatically
stated that on February 6th he tent
official notice to Marshal de Ataumada,
the acting Captain General, to the effect
that Ruiz was an American citizen and
that he demanded his treaty , rights. It
appears that Senor Congoato noted this
fact.1 '. . ' :
Investigation will not proceed further
until the Spanish representative hat ap
proved the written statement of General
Lee andas to tbe scope of inquiry, the
Americans desiring to go farther than
the Spanish deem necessary. There it
little hope that facta bearing directly on '
the nature of tbe death of Dr. Ruiz will
be elicited. It is thought, however,
that arrangements will be made allow
ing the inquiry to proceed Monday.
THE POOLING BILL, ,'
Fraotlcallv a Bobatitate for All Existing
Jjawa Begnlating Commeroe Be- J
tween the States.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
Washington, May 22. The Senate
committee on inter-State commerce was ,
in session for almost three hours to-day r
considering the pooling bill. O wing to
the fact that several of the members of
the committee were absenf,o final con
clusions were reached. All sections of
the bill received attention, however, and
it is believed that the measure hat been
made acceptable to a majority ; of the
members of the committee!
The Foraker bill waa used at the
batit of the proceedings of the com-
mince, bat vnnaua amendments were
suggested and several Informally agreed
upon. The bill) will practically be a
aubstitute tor. al existing laws regulat- -ing
commerce between the States, and
will legalize pooling under certain re
strictions. One of tbe amendments
agreed upon to day limits all pooling
-i-y r-
contracts to four years duration, and :
requires that they shall be submitted to
the commission for approval. . Another
gives the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission power to maintain tupervislon
of rate achednlet during their continu
ance, and to demand that reasonable -changes
be made by railroad companies x
npon the written complaint ot any com- .
munity.
The committee will9 meet again next
Wednesday, when it is hoped -that a re
port will be authorized. :' '
Major General Miles, commanding -
the U. S. army, Vho it now at Con-
stantiiioble has been Instructed to, re
present the United States army at the
ceremonies, In London in honor of the
sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's
accession to the Britisn throne. Tbe
navy will be represented at tbe Queen's
jubilee by Admiral Miller on tbe ar
mored cruiser Brooklyn. j
When I aay I enre I do not ineaa merely to atop
them for a time and then have them return acain. I
mean radical enre. I have made the dieeaae of
XTTS, EPTXEPST or FALLING BIOKNESS life
Ion etndr. I warrant mjr remedy to emre the wont
mirffi. - BooniM other have failed ie no reaeoe for
not now reoeirinir a cera. Bend at once for a treatiaa
and a Free Bottle of mr infallible remedy. Giro Ex
preae and Portofflee addreaa.
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