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TRADITIONAL STONES VS. BREAD
We published some time ago a
letter from Mr. Wm. A. Courtenay,
of South Carolina, to the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commer
cial Bulletin on State banks, in
which he argued in favor of State
banks and spoke of the fine sys
tem they had in his State up to
1861. The Journal of Commerce
ercial Bulletin of Thursday
contains the following from the same
gentleman:
"In my humble opinion there is more
sense in these dozen printed lines from
The Journal of Commerce and Com
iiercial Bulletin, than in a dozen
columns of customary reading on fi
nancial topics:
" 'The Southrinsists on the right of
State banks to issue notes upon the
terms granted to National banks, and
wjthTtnat most of the Southern sup
port of free silver and fit money would
fall off. It is a question for sound
money men to considerwhether it
Would not ba better to make friends
with the State banks than to leave the
Western and . Southern agitations,
which are not unknown in the East,
for a cheaper unit and for more cur
rency to work in collusion.'
'"The real truth is, the South has a
gold crop of $230,000,000 or $300,000, -000
a year, and is normally for sound
money, but the monopoly of currency
issues, vested in National banks with
high priced bonds, restricted circula
lation, and heavy taxation, compels a
scarcity of currency, and bottles up the
South financially. Give this and
other needy sections the opportunity
to u State bank issues, on the valid
credits the South undoubtedly pos
sesses, and "Southern support of free
silver and fiat money would fall off. '
It is said drowning men catch at
straws. Give Dixie a chance ; .when
asking for bread, don't present the tra
ditional stone." J
Wv-pttbliwhd amAaxy,rfrom
the editorial -to which Mr. Courte
nay refers, which was upon the reso
lutions adopted by the Bankers'
Convention held in Atlanta last
month, which declared for State
banks,; but made the mistake of fa
voring supervision by the United
States. We commented upon that
article which was in line with the
position taken by tho Stab four
years ago when State banks at
tracted very little attention and were
the subject of very little discussion
in the papers.
The Democratic party in its plat
form of 1892 declared in 4avor of
the repeal of the bank tax, and sub
sequently a bill wa3 introduced in
Congress to repeal the tax and thus
clear the way for the establishment
of State banks, but it was choked in
the House Committs3 on Finances,
rvt nrh!ih TT-n Wm A Univi ts crrvi r4
UH,;i 11WU. M 111. il kJl lllL-i. VJ.
Illinois, was chairman, because U
conflicted with a bill which ha had
prepared, which provided fcjr the re
peal of the bank tax and also for a
system oj( banks, which wa simply
an enlargement of the scof 3 of the
n itionai banks, the main features
being the same and the noe3 to be
issued being national, nut' State
notes,T'but to all intents and pur
poses the same cas th? national
banks notes, good in jty part
of the country. TJhis bill also
provided for Government supar
vMon, similar to that of the na
tional banks. Mr. Springer was too
much absorbed in helping to repeal
the purchase clause of the Sherman
act to give much attention to his
bank bill, and after the repeal of
that clause was effected he probably
lost interest in it and put it in his
pocket and icarried it home with
him, for it never, as well as we re
member, figured in the proceedings
in Congress. Mr. Springer was left
at home the following election, as
yhe should have 'been, and his bill
""never came back, nor has there been
anything on that line since.
That isn't-the kind of bank law
Mr. Courtenay wants, nor the kind
the South wants. His head is level,
on the State bank question, and in
the view he takes of his extract
from the paper he writes to. He is
right, too, when he says the people
of the South are normally for
"sound money" because the people
of the South have always re
garded both gold and silver as
sound money, and what they object
to now is drawing the line against
part of this "sound" money and dis
criminating against it in favor of
the other part. He is right, too, in
asserting that An abundance of
money in the South would solve that
question and give a long rest to
financial agitation, which would
have little in it to interest or excite
the average man who had all the
money he needed to meet the de
VOL. XXIX.
mands upon him and his business.
Every one with two grains of sense"
knows that the South is not so solid
on the money question just for the
excitement there is in it and every
one with two grains of sense knows
that if the South and the WeBt had
a sufficiency of currency to answer
their purposes the financial question
in the free silver shape or in any
other shape would never have reached
the status of a leading issue between
parties. We would be fighting over
the tariff and other issues yet, with
the Republican party outside of the
breastworks and trying to get in.
If the question oV the free coin
age of silver come up" the South
would favor it as a matter of right
and of good policy, and as a matter
of principle, because the silver dol
lar had always stood upon the same
legal plane with gold until the Re
publicans, obeying the dictation Of
gold hoarders and bond holders at
home and abroad, made war upon it
and degraded it; but the same mo
tive for aggressive action on that
line would not exist to make it a
cardinal issue in party contests.
But there is one thing just as sure
as that the sun will continue to
shine, the rain to fall, " the gra33 to
grow and the rivers to run to the
seas, and that is that thte financial
agitation and the demand for free
silver will be kept up until the peo
have free silver or those sections
which are deficient in ourreney have
the right restored to them of estab
lishing their own banks under their
own laws and thus supplying the
currency they need. If the gold
men who are talking about the ne
cessity of currency reform, but
have not yet condescended . to re
cognize the State banks, in any plan
they have suggested, would take off
their yellow glasses long enough to
let the sunlight bathe their eyes, and
Would give some attention to the
State banks, there might be some
hope of their accomplishing some
thing in the way of currency reform,
and they might be instrumental in
solving this problem and in allaying
the agitation which they seem to re
gard as so harmful and possibly
disastrous.
MINOR MENTION.
There are some amusing features
in the N. C. railroad lease fight,
with the Governor - and his friends
on one side and the Southern and its
friends on the other. It is a sort of
a cat and mouse business, but it-
isn't yet settled which is the cat and
which the mouse. If there be any
trick in the law that hasn't yet been
discovered and resorted to by one
side or the other, it is pretty safe to
say that it will be, for ingenious and
able counsel are employed on both
sides. A couple days ago Governor
Russell's commissioners were cited
to appear" at Washington and show
cause why they shouldn't be dis
ciplined for contempt of court
for
and
iflg
the
ignoring that supersedeas
breaking into and tak
possession -of the office in
absence of the two bounced
commissioners. If they can put
them in jaiU or force them to recog
the supersedeas, then the old board
will continue in business until the
courts finally decide which are the
commissioners. In the meantime
the new commissioners are hustling
and trying to find out all they can,
and seem particularly anxious to find
out something about the passes
issued by the Southern Railroad,
and whether it gave Otho Wilson
any reduced rates on his mother's
furniture which was shipped to the
leased hotel, and the consequence is
that there is a hustling and a hiding
by some of the officials and R. R.
employes who have charge of the
books ,and are wanted; In the
meantime if the other side get in the
hold up they are playing for in the
U. S. court, the new commissioners
may get a forced vacation and then we
may not find out about that furni
ture. Prof. Booker T. Washington, prin
cipal of Tuskegee, Ala., Colored In
stitute, is one of the biggest brained
colored men living, and is doing
more to lead his race in the right di
rection than any other colored man
in this country. He speaks and
writes much; and always speaks and
writes sensibly and to the point. The
following we find in the Jackson
ville, Fla., Times-Citizen, taken from
a lecture delivered in the Opera
House in that city;
"Under God, as bad as slavery was,
it prepared the way for the solving of
this problem by this method : For 250
years slavery taught the Southern
white man to do business with the
negro. If a Southern white man
wanted a house built he consulted a
negro mechanic about the building of
that house; if he wanted a suit of
clothes made, he consulted a negro
tailor. And thus, in a limited sense,
every large slave plantation in the
South during slavery was, in a meas
ure, an industrial school. On these
plantations we had thousands of
young men being ' taught farming,
others blacksmithing, others car
pentry, others wheelwrighting, brick
masonry, etc. It is safe to say
that we had during slavery more young
men learning trades in a single county
in the South than we have in the whole
citv of Jacksonville to-dav. I should
be the last to apologize for the curseof .
slavery.. I am not doing that. 1 am
; 1 ,
simply stating facte. This business
contact and this training in the matter
of skilled labor on these plantations
left us at the close of the war in pos
session of all the common and skilled"
labor in the South, but the great prob
lem that is pressing upon us more and
more as a race is, can we still hold on
to this legacy in the matter of skilled
labor that was purchased bv our fore
fathers at the price of 250 years in.
slavery? We cannot hold our own in
the industrial., and mechanical world
unless we do two things; First, we
must put brains and skill into the com
mon occupations that are about our
doors ; and in the second place, we must
tugnny ana ennooie common la Dor.
If the negroes in the South would
quit thinking so much about politics
and listening to selfish mercenary
demagogues white and black, and
follow the advice
that this level
gives them there
headed counsellor
would be a vast improvement in tie
condition of the race, and their re
lations with the white race be vastly
improved.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, got in
a solid chunk of truth in his speech
in thfe Senate Fridav when he said.
"It is perfectly plain that to-day the
Republican party is the party of the
gold standard, and it is equally plain
that there is no distinction between
the sentiments of the President aid
the Secretary of the Treasury upon,
the question." The only difference
between them is that the President
is more of a politician than his Sec
retary and keeping his eye on 'fee
party fears to speak candidly and
honestly and therefore plays double.
The Secretary of. the ; Treasury,
being no politican, and being
more interested in the banks
with which he is j identified
than in the party speaks plainly
without any regard to the effect his
declarations may have on the party.
If the President didn't agree with
Secretary Gage would he retain in
the Cabinet a man for whose views
his administration is responsible.
and would he, when Secretary Gage
expressed hisv willingness to resign,
decline to accept his resignation?
The President either agrees with
Secretary Gage in his views or he is
playing double while pretending to
be laboring to secure international
agreement, and is by this course try
ing to hold in with the himetallists,
while his Secretary holds in with
the gold standard people.
Adulterating
stuff that mortals
has become a fine
eat and drink: nas become a
art in this country. The chief of
the health bureau in Connecticut re
ports that out Of 795 articles in com
mon use sampled by him, 247 were
adulterated. He found for instance
some sugar with a little sand in it,
and some sand with a little sugar.
Codfish was one of the things that
he didnt find adulterated, but it is
pretty hard to find anything to coun
terfeit codfish,
speaks for itself.
That generally
A Republican organ rises to re
mark that "Senator Teller proposes
that United States bonds be paid in
silver." Senator Teller doesn't pro
pose anything of the kind. He sim
ply proposes that the United States
assert the right to pay the bonds in
silver, which is merely a reassertiOn
of the declaration of 1878, which is
still unrepealed.
Mr. Hackenleiter, who is in jail in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ona charge
of having attempted to hack another
fellow to death, had the good luck
to fall heir to an estate in Austria,
and thereupon he was immediately
given more comfortable quarters
That was a lucky - fall for Mm,'3tedl
it also shows that the iail custodians'
in that town have
gard for heirs.
considerable re-
A Widow hunting pension attor
ney recently discovered a widow in
Denver, who in I860 was married to
a young Dane who served in the
arnr and died so long ago that she
had almost forgotten all about him.
But the attorney shook up her
memory boix, applied for a pension
and raked in with back dues $4,500,
and yanked la good fee' out of it.
- One of the largest, if not the
largest, fruSt farms in the world is
in Missouri. It contains 2,280 acres,
and has 100,000 peach trees, 60,000
apple trees, 2,000 pear trees and 40
acres of blackberries. The
with buildings, canneries,
houses, etc., is valued at
$250,000 to $300,000.
farm,
t
Some of the Republican papers in
Ohio are talking about the Judases
and Benedict Arnolds that have put
feu an appearance in that State since
the Senatorial racket began. Well,
if there is any organization in which
these individuals would feel at home
it 'would be in the Republican party.
The Chicago Times-Herald, Re
publican, wants a bill presented in
Congress embracing : the points
favored by the report of the mone
tary commission, and declares that
"upon that issue we will go before
the country." If theygo on that
issue they will go to the "demnition
bow-wows.
During 1897, 174,420 immigrants
arrived at New York,
than arrived in-4896.
60,980 less
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANtlARY tt, 1898.
THE CRIMINAL COURT.
Chief Melton and Police Officers
Charged With Assault and
Battery Acquitted.
THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
A Special Term of Court to Convene To
morrow Giles Anderson, a Watch
man, to Be Tried for a Murder
Committed Last October.
The Criminal Court convened at 10
o'clock yesterday morning pursuant
to adjournment. Cases against Chief
of Police J. R. Melton and Officers C.
O. Knox, Rowan Green and Frank
Toomer for assault and battery on
Deputy Sheriff William ' Guion tit
ejecting him from the enclosure in
the Citv Court room not long since
were taken up, Marsden Bellamy,
Esq., appearing for the defendants
and Herbert McClammy, Esq., and
C. P. Lockey, Esq., conducting the
prosecution. Defendants were de
clared iot guilty.
The next case was that against Sam
Levingston for secret assault upon one
Bland near Levingston's home, Thir
teenth and Market 'Btreets, on the
night of December Ifl. Bland's testi
mony was to the effect that he walked
home with Levingston's wife on the
night mentioned, and when be had
gotten about fifteen steps from the
gate Levingston opened fire on him ;
shot at him four times and then beat
him over the head with the pistol.
Levingston's story is that Bland opened
fire on him and didn't cease firing
until he, Levingston, knocked him
down. Witnesses introduced to prove
the character of both Bland and Lev
ingston swore to the good charcter of
both. W. E. Henderson, Esq., the
colored lawyer, appeared for the
defendant and C. P. Lockey,
Esq., for the State. The jury brought
in a verdict of guilty. As there are
certain facts in the case, ascertained
privately, affecting the nature of
Bland's relations with Levingston's
wife, judgment was suspended upon
the payment of costs.
GRAND JURY'S BKPORT.
The grand jury, D. L. Gore, fore
man, handed in their report ana were
discharged for the term. It was
lengthy and comprehensive, based
upon a careful inspection of the court
house, jail and home for the aged and
infirm. The court house was in a sat
isfactory condition, the report stated,
but for some slight repairs needed, and
the dirty and filthy condition of the
windows and gas fixtures. Repairs in
the jad and improvements in the4vard
of both the jail and court house were
suggested and recommended. A com
pulsory bath room in the jail to ac
commodate six persons at once, was
named in the report as being ne
cessary for health and cleanli
ness. The report reviewed at
length the condition of the Home
including the prison building, insane
bunding, colored inmate department.
ward for white female ' inmates, and
the hospital building. In the main
the condition of all these was de
scribed bv the report as being good.
such improvements as were needed
being suggested. An inspection had
also been made of the city hospital,
showing1 that there are 7 white
charitv patients, 4 male and 3 female,
and 10 colored charity patients, 7 male
and 3 female : 6 white pay patients. 1
male and 5 female, and one female
nav patient in the white charity ward.
The report showed that the grand
jury Jiau returxicu ui uuc uiud
. 1 1 i j err uj v;n ,
and
10 not true bills.
SPECIAL. TERM OF COURT.
The special term of the eourt will
convene Monday at 10 o'clock. The
case that promises to be of the great
est interest is that against Giles An
derson for the murder of a hreman
from a tramp steamer on the morning
of October 31st, 1897. The defence
will be conducted by C. P. Lockey,
Esq., and John H. Gore, Jr., Hq.
FAMILY MARKET. BASKET.
Retail Prices for Fish, Flesh, Fowls-Vege.
tables and Fruits in Fair Supply.
The city markets do not show an ex
tensive variety of edibles at present,
and the marketer is obliged to cast
about a good deal before finding exact
ly what is desired. Eggs could be had
yesterday at 15 cents per dozen.
Prices on other1 articles were as fol
lows:
Vegetables Lettuce, 2ic per head;
sweet potatoes, 15c. per pecf: ; Irish po
tatoes, 25c. per peck; cabbae, 2c. per
head; collards, 2ic. per head; peas, 5c
per quart; turnips, 5c. per bunch; cel
ery, 15 to 25c. per bunch.
Poultrv Chickens, half grown, 15
to 25c. each; grown, 25 to 35c. each
Meats Steak, 10 to 124c. per pound;
stew beef, 5 to 7c. ; pork, 10c. ; sausage.
lOe. ; mutton, 12Jc. ; veal, 12c
Fish Trout. 25c. per bunch; mul
lets, 15c. ; drum, 10 to 20c. each.
Oysters New River, $1.00 per gal
lon; Myrtle Grove, 60c. per gallon.
Schooner Sadie C. Sumner.
The schooner Sadie C. Sumner,
Demerara to Delaware Breakwater,
which nut m at Southport in distress
last week, will be towed to
York. The tug E. V. McCd
which is to take the schooner in tow,
left Norfolk at 12 o'clock Friday
night and was expected to arrive at
12 o'clock bast night.
Colored Man Steals a Boat
Christopher Franks, colored,
before Justice R. H. Bunting yester
day charged with stealing a boat be-
loniriner to R. L". Fulford. The arrest
was made on a warrant sworn out be
fore Justice Jno. J. Fowler, but the
case was 'transferred to Justice Bunt
ing, who named Monday at 4 P. M
j for the trial. The defendant gave bond
for his appearance.
It
JN6W
Why,
AT REST IN 0AKDALE.
Funeral Services of the Late Mrs. Fulton
and the Late Miss Eliza Reston.
, The remains of the late Mrs. Cathe
rine A. Fulton, formerly of this city,
but who died on 'Wednesday last, at
the home of her son-in-law in Ports
mouth, arrived here at 12.05 P. M.
yesterday, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Wright and family. They
were met at the depot by the pall
bearers and taken to St. ' Thomas'
church, where they remained until the
hour for the funeral.
The funeral took place at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon ; the solemn ser
vices being conducted by Rev. C.'
Dennen. A solo, "Abide in Jesus,"
was rendered by Miss Male O'Connor
and there was another sold by Mrs.
Jos. H. Watters, "One Sweetly Sol
emn Thought. ' As the remains were
being borne from v the church, the
hymn "Asleep in Jesus" was rendered
by a choir' composed bf Miss Maie
O'Connor Mrs. Jos. H. Watters, Miss
Marion Banks, J. W. Reilly, R. C.
Banks, and James O. Reilly. The or
gan accompaniment to all tho selec
tions was played by Miss Mary Monk.
The interment was made at Oakdale
Cemetery, and there was a profusion
of handsome floral designs, as tributes
of love and respect for the deceased.
The pall bearers were Messrs. J. Alves
Walker, T. D. Meares, John Cowan,
D. O'Connor, Jos. H. Watters, J. E.
Crow, W. P. Price and Dr. W. E.
Storm.
HISS ELIZA RESTON ,
The funeral of the bote Miss Eliza
Reston took place yesterday morning
from St. James' church, Bev. Robert
Strange officiating, and being assisted
by Rt. Rev. Bishop A. A. Watson and
Rev. G. M. Tolsou. The hymns ren
dered were "A Charge to Keep I
Have, " and ' 'Asleep in J esus. " After
the services at the church were con
cluded, the casket was borne to the
hearse and the funeral procession
moved to Oakdale Cemetery, where
the remains of this truly good woman
were laid to rest under a mound made
beautiful with flowers which loving
hands had brought. The pall bearers
were Messrs. Walter Smallbones, W.
Smith, Jas. C. Stevenson, Jr., Clay
ton Giles, Jr., Cuthbert Martin and J.
V. Grainger,
A DISABIED STEAMSHIP.
Coriathia with Cotton from Wilmington
Towed Into St Michaels.
A press cable to the Star says : The
British steamer Corinthia, Captain
Roberts, from Wilmington, N. O, De
cember 4th for Ghetn, has been towed
in here by the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11., from New
York-Deeember 30th for Naples and
Genoa,
.Previous advices from bt. Michaels
have stated that the Corinthia was re
ported W the British steamer Glenarm
head, from Penarch for New Orleans
when put m there January 1st, as
haying been left by her with her ma
chinery broken down 111 latitude 40,
longitude 28. The Glenarmhead had
towed the Corinthia for a while and
then had been compelled to abandon
her on account of weather.
A RICHMOND WISH.
We
Second the Motion on the
Year Item.
Thirty-
Richmond Times.
The Wilmington, (iN. U.) STAR ap
pears in a new dress or type and tair.es
occasion to make the interesting state
ment that 'more than thirty years
since. The Morning Star was found
ed by the present owner and editor,
and during that period there has been
no change in the name, ownersnip
and editorial management of the pa
per. "
Editor .Bernard, therefore, enjoys
the distinction of being, in point of
continuous service, the oldest member
of the dailv Dress in North Carolina.
We extend the compliments of the sea
son, with the hope that his useful life
may be extended for fully as many
years to come.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
Fatal Accident to Mr. Robert Pigford,
Venerable Citizen of Pender County.
Mr. Robert Pigford, a highly resT
pected citizen of Pender county, while
walking in front of a team hauling
wood to his residence at Long Creek,
last Wednesday, accidentally fell in
the roadway, and the wheels of the
loaded wagon passed over his body,
causing injuries from which he died
next day. Mr.: Pigford was 83 years
of age, and for the past fifty years
member of the Baptist Church. He
leaves a widow, sister of Mr. R. M.
Groom, of Pender county two daugh
ters and three sons. The funeral of
the deceased took place last Friday and
the remains were interred in the fami
ly burying ground near Long Creek.
Suicide at Florence, S. C
Florence Times: "Last night about
10 o'clock Andrew J. Welch shot and
killed himself in the Palace drug store.
The weapon used was a 38-calibre
pistol, and the wound inflicted was in
the upper part of the stomach. After
the deed was done Mr. Welch lived
about an hour. He suffered intensely
and death came as a relief."
Welch had been detected in taking
a letter from the postoffice out- of an
other's box. He was followed by the
postmaster and words ensued. Both
men drew pistols, but the wound from
which Welch died was from his own
weapon.
The Late Mrs. Fulton. 1
A gentleman of this city received a
letter yesterday from Cardinal Gib
bons, from which the following is
taken: "What a noble, religious wo
man she was ! I cannot recall my life
in Wilmington without associating
her in my mind with the old congre
gation. I regret my inability to at
tend the funeral."
INTERESTING CASE.
Trial Of E F. Hanna. Chareed
With Stealing a Life Insur
ance Policy.
DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment
In the State Penitentiary An Ap
peal Granted Other Cases in
the Criminal Court
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
Criminal Court resumed the hearing
of the argument in the case of the
State vs. E. F. Hanna, agent of the
Immediate Benefit Life Insurance
Company of Baltimore, Md. C. P.
Lockey, Esq., addressed the Court for
the State. He spoke for about an hour;
contending: 1. That the State's wit
nesses showed that the defendant did
not get the. policy at all from Alice
Faison; that the defendant's testimony
Was unworthy of belief , he being an
interested witness and his evidence
havin been contradicted by other
witnesses ; 2. That he did get it from
Alice Anderson and got it with feloni
ous intent.
Counsel for prosecution argued that
it was all a question of whether the
jury believed the State's witnesses or
the defendant and his witnesses ; if the
former, then it was a clear case of lar
ceny, if the latter, then the defendant
was not guilty.
The defendant's counsel read prayers
for instruction as follows :
1. If the jury believe from the evi
dence that the policy of insurance in
dispute was issued by the Immediate
Benefit Life insurance Company of
Baltimore instead of the Immediate
Life Insurance Company that the
allegata and the probata do not cor
respond, and therefore they should
find the defendant not eruiltv.
z. If the jury believe from the evi
dence that the said policy was taken
out upon the life of the said Lovey
Faison, the child, payable at death, to
Alice Faison, then the property is in
correctly laid, as the beneficiary is the
sole owner of this property, and there
fore you should hold the defendant
not guilty, as the allegata and pro
bata do not correspond.
3. If the inrv believe from the evi
dence and the Court should hold that
Lovey Faison, who is now dead and was
dead at the finding of this bill, that
then the property is not correctly des
cribed as it should be laid in the ad
ministrator of said Lovey Faison and
therefore the allegation anidprobate do
not correspond and the jury should
render a verdict of not eruiltv.
4. If the jury believe that Manna, the
defendant, had no intentto steal the pol
icy, but that the said policy was taken
by him under the belief that he had a
ngni to uuce 11 Dy a violation or a con
dition of the policy, or if he was car
rying out in good faith the instruc-
j " r l 1 . . i. . 1 1
Hons or me company, reiievnj;r max
the said company had the right to can
cel the policy, that he would not be
guilty of anycrime except that of tres
pass, even though he had no right in
law to take the policv.
5. There can be no larceny without
felomous intent, and if the jury be
lieves from all the evidence that he
was acting in good faith and had no
felonious intent, he would not be
6. The iurv must be satisfied bevond
a reasonable doubt, first, that the de
fendant took the policy without the
consent of Alice Faison ; and, second.
that he did not take it in good faith
and under a bona fide belief that he
had a right to take it. And if they
have a reasonable doubt as to either
one of these questions, they should
give the defendant the benefit. of the
doubt and declare him not guilty.
7. If the jury believe that the de
fendant Hanna believed that he
had the rurht to cancel the policv on
account of the health of the assured,
(being falsely stated at the time the
application was made), and did not
cancel it, even if he took it by force,
he would not be guilty.
His Honor gave prayer 5 and a part
of prayer 6. His charge to the jury
recited "the question for your consid
eration is whether or , not the policy
was obtained from Alice faison. or
Alice Anderson, whom she left in
charge, by trick, deception, artifice,
or fraud, with a felonious intent."
The jury, consisting of E. P. H.
Strunck, B. F. Penny, T. W. Wood,
R. W. Merritt, I. Shrier, John L.
Dudley, J. F. Hines, O. A. Wiggins,
William Gerken, Henry, Penny,
Thomas Green and P. D. Cowan, after
being out about an hour, brought in a
verdict of guilty, and the Solicitor
prayed the judgment ofwhe Court.
Jno. D. Bellamy, Esq., made a motion
for a new trial, stating at .length the
grounds upon which the motion was
made. He argued in support of the
motion, as did also Thos. Mackenzie,
Esq., of Baltimore, while C. P. Lockey,
Esq., argued against it. The motion
was overruled.
A motion made in arrest of judg
ment on the ground of defects in the
bill was also overruled and Judge
Sutton gave judgment that the defend
ant be confined two years in the State
penitentiary. An appeal was taken
and granted, an anneal bond of $25
and an appearance bond of $300 being
required. The defendant made tne
deposit and was discharged.
PENDER COUNTY NEWS.
Wilmingtonians at Viola Gunning
Pretty Wedding.
Viola, N. C, January 8.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Vollers and
Miss Pattie Zibelin, of Wilmington,
who have been here for several days,
have returned home. While here
thev were the guests of Messrs. J. A.
and C. H. Zibelin.
Messrs. Vollers aud Zibelin had a
five-days hunt in which they bag
an average of five dozen birds and
dozen squirrels per day, besides bring
inc down a large buck.
A pretty wedding was witnessed at
White Hall recently, when Mrs.
Katie Allen was married to Mr. Lee
Smith.
Capt. J. J. Zibelin celebrated bis
73rd birthday on Christmas day1, and
had as his guests Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Vollers. and Miss Zibelin, of Wil
mington.
NO. 12
STEADFAST AND TRUE.
Brother Furman Praises the Star and
Grows Retrospective lie's is One of
the Old Ones Himself.
Raleigh Morning Post.
We lift our hat to our venerable.
friend of the Wilmington Star, the,
journalistic nestor of "the State. On
the first instant Bro. Bernard cele
brated more than the thirtieth anni
versary of his connection with the
Star, and naturally does so "dressed
in his best suit of clothes," a bright,
brand new suit at that, from tip to
toe. During this third of a century
our Wilmington luminary has been as
steadfast to the true interest of the
State and its best people, as its name
sake around which the whole world is
said to make diurnal revolution. May
it continue many more years growing
in .grace and good works.
Mr. Bernard, as he states, has been
continuously editing the Star for
more than tnirty years. There are
only four in the State now living, we
think, who were connected with the
State press thirty years ago; besides
Mr. Bernard, Dr. Kingsbury of the
Messenger, Col. Creacy of the Eliza
beth Citv Economist, and this writer.
What changes have taken place dur
ing that time. The fpur battled for
good government during the dark
days of reconstruction, and we are
gratified that the four still live and
are still united in the same holy cause
resisting the rule and oppression of
the wicked whom the people have
been misled by bad men to permit to
again obtain control. And may we
all live to see the wicked flee from
the wrath of an outraged and abused
people as we witnessed it "twenty
years ago, dear-Tom. "
NO PUNISHMENT
FOR JNO. C. DAVIS.
The Notorious Swindler
Released from
the Insane Asylum Cases Against
- Him Nol Prossed.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. O, January 8. Jno.
C. Davis was discharged from the In
sane Asylum to-day, after being noti
fied that criminal action had been nol
prossed in Wilmington.
Davis leaves for Washington, D. C. ,
Tuesdav next, where he will engage n
business. -
Solicitor M. C. Richardson, seen
last night, states that he has directed
the prosecution to be deferred as long
as Davis remains out of Wilmington.
Star.
KINST0N NEWS NOTES.
Building . and Other Improvements-
Large Cotton Factory Handsome
Brick Church Business Failure.
Star Correspondence.
KlNSTON, N. C, January 7. !
Your correspondent is glad to note
the steady growth and general im
provement of Kinston. A large cotton
factory will be built soon. The large
knitting mill built here a few years
'ago is still in successful operation and
i ii? i i rm
is paying nanasome aiviaenas. xne
town has two large tobacco warehouses
and large quantities of fine leaf have
been handled here this season.
The Baptist people of the town have
a very large, handsome DricK cnurcn
in course of erection. When com
pleted it will be one of the nicest
church edifices in this" section of the
State. Several beautiful residences are
also being erected.
ml . T, . T x T
xne laiiure oi mrs, r. iu. uawsuu
was announced last evening; assets
$2,500; liabilities $3,000. Dr. H. O.
Hyatt is the asignee.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
Winter Schedule Between New York and
Florida Begins To-morrow.
News and Courier:, "The Atlantic
Coast Line announces that on Mon
day, January 10th, the regular Win
ter schedule, with through sleepers,
will be put on that road from New.
York to Charleston and Jacksonville.
This train makes splendid time be
tween the frigid North and the balmy
Southland, and is one of the most
popular of the Southland. The first
through Pullman of the season of the
Atlantic Uoast JLme will ne on tram
No. 35, leaving NeV York, early 'in
the day and arriving here about eigh
teen to twenty hours later. The train
will also carry the Sleeper bacx to
New York, passing Charleston at 5.17
P. M. The service is the finest in the
South, and the schedule will be re
markably quick."
THE GOOD OLD MORNING STAR.
Wants It to Shine Until Qabrel Toots
His Horn.
Rockingham Rocket.
On New Year's morning that good.
old and staid MORNiNGr star, of wu
mington , greeted its numerous read
ers with a brand new dress, rrom head
to foot, and presented a handsome ap
pearance. The Star is the oldest daily
in the State, and from its foundation
up to the present has been under one
management. It has ever been on the
side of right, and true to the in
terest of its citv. State and countv.
Success to you, Brother Bernard, and
may the light of the Morning Star
continue to shine brilliantly, as it has
in the past, until old Gabriel toots1 his
horn.
Dr. Walter C. Murphy.
A special dispatch to the Star last
night from Washington, D. C. says:
"Dr. Walter C. Murphy has been
unanimously elected President of the
North Carolina Society of this
(Washington) city, succeeding Hon.
William K. Cox, secretary of th eUni
ted States Senate, who declined re
election." Monument to Dr. Pritchard.
Charlotte Observer: Mr. T. L.
Elliott, the marble dealer, is at work
on a pretty monument for the grave
of Rev. Dr. Pritchard. The shaft is
being erected by Dr. Pritehard's son,
Dr. W. B. Pritchard, of New York.
The only inscription is this :
"Thomas Henderson Pritchard.
"Born February, 8, 1832. Died May
23,1896." ;
Making
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKINO POWOCR 00., MW VORK.
THEY REFUSED
TO TESTIFY.
Col. Andrews and Other Officials
of the Southern Before the
Railroad Commissioners.
ADJUDGEDTOBE IN CONTEMPT
Gov. Russell Declines to Talk of His
Trip to WashingtonThe State
Library Hospital Building at
the Raleigh Y. M, C. A.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C. ,'Jan. 8.
Mr. Wm. Snellings, a well-known
citizen of Raleigh, is threatened with
paralysis. He was taken suddenly ill
last night.
Governor Russell declines to talk of
his trip to Washington. He came back
with a new white hat.
It is said that the railroads in the
State are now issuing passes to public .
officers, and that they are given in con
sideration of services rendered.
Col. A. B. Andrews arrived in the
city this morning m time to appear
before the Railway Commission.
The State Library will be opened
nights. The Library Board will meet
to-night or early next week and Libra
rian Cobb's duties will be increased. A
new system of indexing books will
likely be adopted. Governor Russell
has delegated Maj. J. E. Alexander to
represent him at the meeting. There
is a $500 appropriation made by the
General Assembly and this will be ex
pended for the purchase of new books.
The hospital building at the A. 6t M.
College is nearly completed, and will
be occupied in less than a month.
It will be one of the handsomest buil
dings on the campus. The building
will cost $500. Mrs. Carroll, the ma
tron, will be in charge. Later some
one will be elected to take charge and
control the hospital.
Business agent Parker, of the Al
liance, is here. He says the factory is
turning out large quantities of shoes.
He says the demand from the sub-Alliances
for the shoes more than con
sumes the output of the factory. Next
week travelliug men will be put on
the road.
Auditor Ayer was told yesterday
that a Confederate prisoner in a county
near Wake shot his own hand during
the war to escape service, and was dis
charged from the army. He is now
drawing a pension for wounds received
while in the service Of the State.
Special Star Telegram
Col. Andrews and Henry W. Miller
were examined by the Railway Com
mission to-day, but refused to produce
"the books and records showing the
issuance of free passes by the Southern
for the past three years. They also
refused to answer questions on this
point, giving as a reason that it might
incriminate them, i '
At the morning ssion, Chairman
Caldwell adjudged both gentlemen in
contempt, but reserved judgment. Ad
journment was had for dinner, and at
the afternoon session the commission
reconsidered its orders of contempt.
C!ol. Andrews and Miller- were notified
jto appear before the commission Thurs
day next, and show cause why they
should not be attached for contempt.
J Dr. Abbott refused to vote to put the
gentlemen in contempt; Chairman
Caldwell told Col. Andrews that there
was no discrimination against the
Ront.hnrn. Hft rami thp. snmn osttirvn
had been taken against other railroads
i.v. a.i. tv -aa i i
ill liic oiiiic. ur. Auuuti says lie Kilo
.save the Southern.
Munson and Potts, of the Southern's
freight department, also refused to
give information about the shipment
of Wilson's furniture to Round Knob.
They were put in contempt, and again
ordered to appear Thursday.
ARKANSAS LYNCHINGS.
Four
Colored Men Two Were Rapists
and Two Murderers.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Little Rock, Ark., January 8. '
Four colored men hum Wn li7rnV'
in the vicinity of Rearden, Ark., within
the last few days. Two were rapists
and two murderers. The ravishers,
Devoe and Huntley, were swung up
near Harlow Mill ranch, about three
miles north of Rearden, while the
murderers met their fate near
the town of Little Bay, a few miles
south of Rearden. The work was
done by two separate mobs, and accor
ding to reports from Fordyce, near
the scene of the quadruple lynching
creaieu out nine excitement.
Mrs. Paine, the victim of the rapists,
was a respectable white woman 80
years of age. She was prostrated by
the excitement caused by the assault,
and only recovered after a long ill
ness. Six lives are supposed to have been
lost by an explosion, probably bf dust
or gas, yesterday, in shaft No. 5 of the
Mt. Carmel company mine, six and a
half miles south of Pittsburg.
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