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WILMINGTON, M. C, il.OO A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. """ a8g888g8g3gggS88 oo o 8888888888888 ,..UN I 8888884888888881 -oW . 8888888888888888" 88888888888888888 8888388888888888$ 8886888888888888 iwMt 8888888888888888 . 1 3 1 r- t'ntered at the Po Office t Second dan Ma ilmtgton, N. C, as ier.1 SUBSCRIPTION P ICE. (o22bPt Pe of the We lyStar iu 2 8 moatha " " : 5Je J-- T1CKET. OCBATH FOR CONGRESS. Sixth District John D. Bellamy, of New Hanover. FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. First District Hon. George H. Brown. of Beaufort. Second District Hon. Henry R. Bry- an, of Craven. Fifth District Hon. Thomas J. Shaw, of Guilford. 8txth District Hon. Oliver H. Allen, of Lenoir. Seventh District Hon. Thomas A. McNeill, of Robeson. Eleventh District Hon. W. Alexan der Hoke, of Lincoln. FOB SOLICITOR. Sixth District Rodolph Duffy, of Onslow. REAPING THE REWARD. Seventeen Populists (so-called) in the legislature voted for the re-election of Jeter Prit chard, the states man who held "his principles in abeyance" to fuse with the Populist party. Some of these seventeen have already been rewarded f their treachery to their own people, and the others expect to be. Harry Skinner, who professes to be a Popu list, but whom Marion Butler de clares to be more of a Republican than a Populist, (in which he ft about right) came all the way from Washington to leg for his pal Pritchardj to persuade Populists to vote for him, although he knew when he did so that l rite hard had nothing in common with the Popu lists party, that he was a gold stand ard man, was standing on the Re publican gold' standard platform, and had voted for the gold standard whenever the money question came up in the Senate. And yet Harry Skinner worked for his re-election and nsed what ever influence He had to get Popu lists in the Legislature to vote for him. The persuasion he used was doubtless, the offices in sight which would come from the McKinley ad ministration as a reward of their treachery. As we remarked, some of them have received their reward and others expect to. They are still hoping and, waiting. The last one to- catch a hunk was Senator OdOm, of Anson county, who has secured a federal jpb which will take him out to Idaho or some other pasture in the wild, woolly West, a feature of the business which will not be objected to by his betrayed and disgusted constituents,' who would be entirely resigned if he went to Halifax or hades. But these are the fellows who have the gall to talk about "principle" and the cheek to ask honest Populists to go on with the fusing so that these patriots may pull in the soft snaps Admiral Dewey has written a let ter to Congressman Livingston, of Georgia, thanking him for the in traduction of the resolution of thanks adopted by Congress. While highly prizing the honor, the most gratifying feature' about it he 'says is that while he is a Verraonter the resolution was introduced bj- Southern man, and he prays that "we may neverhear of sectionalism again-He concludes by remind ing Mr. mvingsron that nis nag Tiautetiant is a Georgia boy, Lieu tenant Brumby. In speaking of pensions the Wash incrton Post remarks that "one of - the serious troubles with the pen sion system is that it gives too little to those who are maimed in war In other words, it gives too much to those who are not entitled to any thing and not enough to those who are. 7 A Western girl who married i stranger on a two weeks acquain tance," isn't so anxious for the re " turn of the stranger now as She is for the gold watch, diamond ring, nA other iewelrv. and the loose .change that digappeared with him w.mil Saner, the musician who anon reach this country, totes TV - w- - - :',.. more hair than Paderewski. And vet despite his hair and his nomn f.TiA musical lunies over here will pronounce him sweet. Gen. Coxey's daughter is perform inir in a circus. The old man per formed himself some time ago, but his circus got knocked out when he gtrnck that grass in Washington. VOL. XXIX. PROPHETIC BUTLER. Rocky Mount Butler gaysinhis newspaper, that "Nigger, nigger, nigger," will be the cry of the Dem ocratic papers and speakers during the present campaign. Prophetic Butler! Yea, the Democratic papers and speakers will show con clusively that Butler's "fusion" with 120,000 black Republicans and 30, 000 white Republicans is responsi ble for the present deplorable state of affairs in North Carolina. They will prove that Butler, more than .any other man in the State Jg re sponsible for the negro victories in 2894 and 1896, which placed, the white people of North Carolina at the mercy of two Legislatures never surpassed in infamy except by those of reconstruction days. The Democratic papers and s will, prove that in the two? campaigns thousands ef lamest pitbuvuu out misguiaea wnite men were led into fusion with negroes by the trdicherous hand of Rocky Mount Butler. He knew what would be the result; but not so with his deluded followers. , They never dreamed that North Carolina would to-day present the spectacle of hav ing within its borders more negro officeholders, both State and Fed eral, than all the other States of the Union combined. Yes, it will be "nigger, nigger, nigger until every white man in North Carolina can see that Rocky Mount Butler, aided by his willing tools, is the man who has brought humiliation and disgrace upon the State that gave him birth. TOO MUCH FOR THEM. The honest Populists of this State, deceived by their leaders, stood usion for a while, because they were told that, fusion would strengthen their party and result in the speedier accomplishment of the objects they had in view; but when they saw these same leaders after the elections surrendering to the Republican ma chine managers, and to the negroes their eyes became opened to the base treachery and they began to see the situation as it actually is, and to form some idea as to what is before them if these leaders and their Re publican allies white (skinned) and black be, permitted to carry out their plans. This more than anything else . has ed to the intense disgust that has taken possession of so many Pop ulists, who were formerly Demo crats, andaccountsfor why so many of them are turning their backs on their false leaders and are return ing to the Democratic party under which they know the white man will rule, and the State will be safe from the domination ' of the negroes and their unprincipled and their unscrupulous whit (sknined) associates. The following which we clip from the Monroe Journal cites a few cases showing the disgust that ? exists among the Populists M Union county. "Mr. J. K. Polk, of Sanday. Ridge, who has been voting the Populist ticket, says he is going into the Democratic primaries Friday. He says he, li ke others, thought that by going to the Populist party he could in some way better things, but he has found out his mistake. Mr. Brown Laney, of Buford town ship, who has been a Fopuhst, says the leaders of that party are too much like traveling sewing machine agents to suit him. He has therefore washed his hands of them for good and will go into the Democratic primaries. Mr, Laney stands for white man's govern ment. ''Mr. C. A. Helms, the well known one-legged Confederate veteran, in- forms us tnat he has wasneu nis nanas for good and always of the fusion busi ness. He savs he was a Republican for thirty years and for the last few vears has been a Populist, but is going in to helD nominate gooa men ior office, and vote for them in the elec tion. He says that a black negro ap- nroached him some time ago and said the Podu lists and Republicans must divide ud tneticlcet equally again, ne ------- . , i . TT. i n. ii - i. i i ; t una quit iuo wuow umiuw. These are all plain people, but they belong to the sturdy yeomanry of tho SjJtate, to the honest white masses upon whom the State relies for gOO0LjUTcrrmxtk in. paaceand for protection in war. When they sneak then the tricksters tremble T' i and must go to the rear. A Chattanooga dispatch says the officers at Camp Thomas received letter from the father of a boy who deserted, in which he says the only way to remove the shame from the family and disgrace from the army is to catch him and shoot him. As we anp it the nrincioal shame on that family is having guch a brute for a head. Much allowance should he made for the unfortunate son of such a heartless monster. Ajji alderman who with suicidal intent "plunged into the Chicago river, was pulled out alive. He was more immune to combined and concentrated scents than the re-morse-stricken Chinaman who took the same route a few days before. Duke Almodovar de Rio, Spain's minister of foreign affairs '.has asked the French ambassador at Madrid, to transmit to his government the thanks of Spain for the good offices which have resulted in the earliest possible signature of a protocol of peace with the United States. i 14- t -tilt The PLAYING DOUBLE. Dr. torment, who is running (for the present, at least) as the inde pendent Republican candidate for Congress from this district, charges Hon. Office Hunter Dockery with playing double, with writing gold letters to gold men and silver letters to silver men. As the Dr. is a square out gold bug he doesn't be lieve that a Republican candidate who professes to stand on a Re publican platform which endorses the gold standard should be playing the role of a gold advocate on one side of the fence and a silver advo cate on the other side to catch the votes of both sides, and the Dr. is about right. Oliver ought to be one tiling or the other and be nest, which, however, isn't an y thing for apolitical gyrator like to be. S 1 ut there is nothing surprising in s writing gojd letters to gold men and silver'Htters to silver men, for didn't he when the Populists baited him with the nomination for Leiutenant Governor, (which hej tnougnt mignt be a stepping-stone to something higher) repudiate the the gold platform of the Republicans , kick clear, out of the party which he denounced as faithless to the people and a creature pf the money power, and didn't he proclaim himself an advocate of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to as the only way to break the grip of the money power and rostore prosperity to the coun try? Of course he did. That is written and stands over his own signature, and now within two years, with this letter staring him in the face, we find him through his proxy kinsman going before a Republican convention, practically recanting all that, and proclaiming himself an orthodox Republican, because he had to do that to secure that nomination for Congress for which he was hanker ing. Who looks for stability in a man like that, or who is .surprised at any wigwagging he may do? He is now trying to pull the wool over the eyes of Bilver men by "pretending to be a friend of silver notwithstanding his acceptance and endorsement of a gold platform; but he will not find it as easy to pull wool now as he did two years ago, because the people see through him and understand his lit tle tricks. INUULXTWG THE CROATANS- The Croatans in this State are not negroes. They have always re sented being called negroes or classed as negroes, and yet we find a Populist organ insulting them by calling them negroes, and also mis representing Hon. JohnD. Bellamy, Jr., our candidate for Congress. Men tioning the (fact that Mr. Bellamy delivered anaddress on education be fore a mass meeting of - Croatans in Robeson county, Our Home, a little Populist papers with a Republican string to it published at Marsh ville, remarks "And thus the first time we hear from the Democratic nominee he is before a colored audience making a speech. There are but a few lines in this and there are as many falsehoods. The Croatans are not colored people, (the milder expression for negro, which Our Home scribe uses). Mr. Bellamy was not addressing a "col ored audience," and he was not mak ing a speech at all, but an address on education, and a very good one it was. In commenting upon this the Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer pertinently says: -r-Tbis is the first time we have ever heard the Croatan Indians called ne groes. Some years ago that elegant and polished gentleman and humam tarian, Hon. Hamilton McMillan, of Robeson county, wrote a book in which he conclusively proved that the Croatans were descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh's lost colony and In dians. This book has been ac cented as authority all over the country, but the claim of the Croa tans that they are not negroes does not by any means depend upon what Mr. McMillan says. The JLegis lature or rfort wwaa, an. paaaing a law giving the Croatans -separate schools, to which negroes are not ad mitted, emphasized the faet that this peculiar and interesting race are not negroes. "This attempt of Our Home to mis represent Mr. Bellamy is a'specimen of the low methods injected into Our politics by papers that find it difficult to confine themselves to the truth in speaking of candidates of the opposite n -' The Croatans were never before the war classed as negroes. They have alwavs resented being so referred to. aDd it is a matter of fact that being so classed bv the men who FW ... during the Republican regime in this State just after the war was one of the main causes that led to Henry Berry Lowrie troubles, which made him an outlaw and resulted in his death. The people who resented being classed as negroes then will hurl back the insult and resent it now, but in a different and more effectiye way than the bolder spirits did then. Chicago keeps on growing and blowing but her taxable values keep on shrinking. They are $16, 762,362 less than last year. Wee WILMINGTON, N. GiS'RWAY, AUGUST 19, 1898. MINOR MENTION. In our news columns yeste we published the President's clamation suspending hostiliti and also the points in the, pro on hich subsequent negot are to be conducted. The Spa Ministry has accepted everyt demanded by this Government about the only thing, as for t can see, that will lead to any cont yersy is the disposition that's to. made of the Philippines. We an idea that the two governme: have come to some sort of an u derstanding about that, whi neither cams to make nublic at t time. It wjf be noted that the oh condition prescribed is that Gene: Merritt shall hold possession of nila pending the action of the missioners to be appointed by e governmestfauid the ratificatioBfc this action, but it is more than like that this government will ins: upon some coaling station, an that this demand will be acceded tof The perplexing problem, as far as the Philippines are concerned, be what to do with Aguinaldo a his people, who have claims up this Government which cannot honorably ignored. Whether t will be satisfied with something the shape of autonomy guarante by this Government, or by joi guarantee of this and other gove ments remains to be seen. Perha the plan may be tried of buyi Aguinaldo off, as he was once befor before bought off by Spain. It a remains to be seen what effect t President's proclamation will ha on Generals Garcia and Gomez, who are waging war independent of the U. S. army. To recognize this proclamation would be practically ....... - .tT to recognize the authority ol the United States to dictate the te as to Uuba without consulting the Cubans, the very point to which General Garcia took ex ception when he withdrew his forees rom Santiago, and ceased to co operate with Gen. Shatter. Some way may, however, be found piacate tne uuuau leauerts, auu iuu avoid the necessity of using force to bring them to terms after whipping Spain out. With anything like evel-headed management we do not think this will be difficult to do, un less this Government has determined to hold its grip on Cuba and ignore its anti-conquest declarations. The Republican machine managyte of Halifax cdunty have" stltrmm upon the Populist machine man agers and refused to fuse. The respective committees appointed to see if they could patch up some "fair and honorable terms" met at Halifax, last Tuesday and they had a n-aiuax or. a time jawing eacn other for about half a day when the jawing was brought to a close by the Republican machine. managers, led by one white (skinned) man and one negro peremptorily sat down on the fnsionists and refused to fuse,, the reason being that the Radicals are strong enough to go it alone and. hungry enough to want all the official provender, and therefore were unwilling to divide with the Pops. That is about what might have been expected, and what will, in all probability, be done in all the counties where the Radicals are strong enough to go it alone and do not need any Populist help. That is the way it would be in the State at large, too, if the Radical 'machine managers thought they were strong enough to pull through without the votes of Populists, for they haven't a bit more liking for a Populist than they have for a Democrat, except for the use they can make of him in carrying out their programme. The town of Babylon, L. L, had a chief of police who was very imposing, but he was too heavy for the job and he had to get down. He weighs S00 pounds, and the thieves and other law breakers were too nimble-iooted for him, on the run. He must run an anti-fat course if he expects to adorn the Babylon police. The New York Tribune announces that "a plague of small sharks in fests some portions of New York bay." But they can't hold a light tO the big sharks that infest Wall street and other precincts where they lay cents. for and doup the inno- APP0INTMENTS FOR BELLAMY. He Is Now Making a Preliminary Canvass of the Sixth District John D. Bellamy, Democratic can didate for Congress, is making a pre liminary canvass of the Sixth District, and has accepted invitations to speak as follows: K Afi a pic-nic to be given at Gibson's Station, Richmond county, Thursday, August 18th. At Monroe, Union county (Court week), Tuesday, August 23d. At the great Croatan basket dinner to be given at New Hope, near Pate's Station, Robeson county, Friday, Au gust 26th. At LockwoodV Folly, Brunswick county, at the Democratic mass con vention to be held Thursday, Septem ber 1st te sekly Star CANDIDATE FOR SOLICITOR. To be Nominated by the Republicans in Sixth District It is pretty certain that J. E. Al bright the chairman of the Republi- n Executive Committee of the Sixth Judicial District, will call a conven- to nominate a candidate for Solic When the first convention was no nomination was made, the beixijpio allow the Populists to a solicitor and give their sup- to the Republican candidate for out m was seen m yesterday's the Populists are after "the og" and havejsut up candi r both judge and solicitor., blicans are riled no little, ey can out a strai far better chances for lu Revenoe Law." wwirane of rs to pub&biih.e' fol lowing information about War fcxes taken, from the War Revenue law : E Lifese, agreement, memorandum or contract for the hire, use or rent of any land, tenement or portion thereof. ---If for a period pf time not exceeding one year, 25 cents'; exceeding one year and not-exceeding three, 50 cents; for three years, $1.00. TRANSFER OF BUSINESS. Mr. H. L. Fennell Sells Oat to S. P. Cowan & Co. Mr. H. L. Fennell has sold out his livery stable and baggage transfer business to Messrs. S. P. Cowan & Co. The transfer of carriages, phaetons, etc., was made yesterday. None of the horses was sold. Mr. Fennell will sell them out later, though ; finally he will devote his time to the harness business. --. Mr. Cowan has associated with him self Mr. W. D. McMillan Jr., retain ing the same firm name. Mr. Mc Millan is a son of the well known superintendent of health, Dr. W. D. McMillan, and is a young man of fine business qualities. Previously he has been the A. C. L. agent at Washington, N. C. Messrs. W. B. Bowden and Frank Shepard, the clever baggage men who have contributed so much to the success of Mr. Fennell's Aata.Ki all m Ant. will nA with iVia tiott St Paul s Academy. St. Paul's Lutheran Church has for several years maintained a parochial school, which was so successful last year that the School Board was en couraged to take a forward step in education this year. The parochial school is to be crowned with ah Acad emy under the management of Prof. Counts. This Academy is de ed for a twofold purpose, to pre pare students for college and to fit those who do not wish to go to college for commercial success. I InPrpf. Counts, the School Board has secured a teacher of fifteen years experience, who has proved his com petency by his successful work in Wilmington last year. The new en terprise deserves success and will doubtless receive encouragement from the citizens of this city, who wish the best educational advantages for their children. To Run a Truck Farm. Capt. A. C. Sneed, of Winston, a brother of Mr. E. H. Sneed. of this city, has bought the. farm on Mason -boro Sound lately owned by Mr. W. S. Warrock. He moved down yester day with his wife and three children. Capt. Sneed will .cultivate truck ex tensively. He was previously en gaged in the tobacco warehouse busi ness at Winston. ' TheSTAR hopes that he will meet with success in his new venture. Sixth Judicial District. At the Populist convention of the Sixth Judicial District, held in War saw yesterday. A. J. Loftin, of Kins ton, was nominated for Judge, and M C. Richardson, in Clinton, for Solicitor. The news was not ail sat isfactory to Republicans here, who honed that the Pons, would endorse Lockey for Judge. White Government Union. Probably the first insignia of the Wfhile Government Union worn in N6rth Carolina appeared on the streets yesterday in the form of large white batons bearing the inscription "White Government Union." Theywere worn - by several members of the staff of The . . a A Turbulent Darkey. .Tnn Jnnos pnlnred. cave the nolice some trouble yesterday, tie was drunk and asleep on the corner of Front and Dock streets when officer Thomas Moore, colored, saw him. Officer Moore arrested him, but Jones wasn't Jib posed to go to the City Hall without making objections. He fought hard to keep from going to the look up, but with the assistance of another colored man officer Moore took him to the look-up where he will remain until noon to-morrow, the hour for trial. Brunswick County democratic Con- Vent on. The Democrats of Brunswick are re- n anted to meet in County Convention at Lock wood's Folly oh Thursday, the first dav of September, at 13 o'ciock M., for the purpose of nominating county candidates, electing an Execu tive Committee five active Democrats for each precinct Chairman of County Executive Committee and delegates to Senatorial Convention; All who have heretofore affiliated with other parties and intend to sunport the Democratic nominees are cordially invited to meet with us. By order of the County Executive Committee. D. B. McNeill, August 6, 1898. Chairman. ----- "-?. - i '-'r . RALEIGH'S NEWS BUDUET. Atlantic Const Line's Appeal from De cision of the Railway Commission. ' The Farmers Alliance. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, August 13. Now that John R Smith has been requested to resign as Commissioner of Agriculture by the State Alliance, there is. some little interest in the forthcoming issues of the Progresive Farmer. It is said that Editor Ram sey desires to roast the Alliance, but Mr. Denmark is on the ttie policy of the time since the death iven oniBnair Cents. A temporary' iniuhcticm, stay--ingethe order of the Commission, has been filed with Clerk N. J. Riddick of the United States Circuit Courfy in this city. The injunction, which is temporary, was granted by Judge Simon ton at Ashevilles It will come up for hearing October 19th at Greensboro, as to whether or not it shall be'made perma nent. The contention of the railroad and the commission is based on the Ne braska decision. It will take some time for the case to make its way through the courts and in the meantime the old rates will remain in effect. 1 The Coast Line will doubtless be required to give a bond to the commission to justify the public. ' . 1. A private letter from Atlanta re ceived by a gentleman here says the trouble into which Captain Cooper, of the Murphy company, in the Second regiment, has fallen is serious. He says there is a woman in the case, and Captain Cooper s conduct was decid edly unbecoming, either an officer or a private. Rear Admiral Kirkland. who died last night in California, has many re latives in this State. He was a native of Orange county, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from this State July 2d, 1860. The Republican convention for Wake county is called to meet Sep tember 24th. DOCKERY THE STRADDLER. Norment Wants n Cartoon of the Champion Dodger Office Hunter Dockery. Raleigh Post. Dr. R. M. Norment, the independent Republican candidate for Congress in the Sixth district, was in the city yes terday. While here the Doctor called at the Executive office and spent some time with the Goverpor. g When a Post reporter found Dr. Norment he was looking for Cartoon ist Jennett. "Where is that young man that draws pictures?" he asked. I want him to sketch me a cartoon f the old man, " 'Who is the old man?" the Doctor was asked, "Old man Dockery." What kind of a picture do you want?" 'I wadt him with both legs strad dled out. One leg on the Populist platform and the other on the Re publican platform. When I get this cartoon I am going to is sue an address. In this ad dress I have two letters written by old man Dockery. One is a silver letter and one a gold letter. I am going to put uioui aiuc uc. v Rut they say you are coming down?" . Who says so? I am up to stay. unless they offer to make me minister to Mexico Or something better. I've got no idea of coming down." trrr a . A oil now is your voie going to runs 'Til lick the whole caboodle of them. Dockery is a traitor. Every body knows he voted for Cy Watson for Uovernor. Hia election would mean defeat to the party. He is no Republican. He helped the Demo crats to defeat tbe Kepublican party. Is there going to be fusion in the Congressional districts?" I don't know. 1 see they are nom inating Pops in all the districts. I think the districts will be allowed to take such action as they please. Some of the Pop candidates are decoys." THE POPULIST CONVENTION. fo Nominate Judge and Solicitor of the Sixth District Special Star Correspondence. Warsaw, N. C, August 12, 1898 The convention for the Populist party for this judicial district was held to-day, for the purpose of nominating a iudge and solicitor. S H. Bright, of .Lenoir, was elected secretary, a. considerably discussion wag had on organization and credentials, which was participated in Dy v: v. nouse and others, when the convention ad iourned for dinner. The convention re-assembled at 1.80 P. M. The roll of counties was called and were found represented except Greene. While the committee on credentials was out, E. Fowler, the Populist candidate for Congress, was called on for a speech, which con sisted purely of abuse of the Demo cratic party. The committee reported ail tne counties but Greene represented. Mr Murphy, of Greene, being present; was declared only elected as a dele irate to represent Greene. Nominations were declared in order. F. D. Koonce, of Onslow, was placed in nomination, also A. J. Loftm, of Kinston. Mr. .Loftin was nominated on the first ballot. On motion his nom ination was made unanimous Mr. C. Richardson, of Clinton being the only candidate for Solicitor, was unanimously nominated, ana made a short speech of acceptance. - - . " x -i A Straight Pop. Ticket The Populist convention which as sembled at Warsaw yesterday nomi nated for Judge of the Sixth district the Hon. Andrew Jackson Loftin, of Kinston, for Judge, and the Hon. Marcus Curtius Richardson, of Clin ton, for Solicitor. This is a "straight" Pop. ticket. Now, what will tne Hon. Cicero Plutarch Lockey do? Is he for Butler and fusion, or for Russell and confusion? r side, and moeemiam me firnfLj& cn vftn a taut, crht 1 he ixLuance endorsed JgCuw i l 9. . . r r fj - The Aantic Coast Li n e has- h,tiyrM h w and - wo and NO . 44 i AS OTHERS SEE US. Negro Control in Wilmington Unbridled Lawlessness In competent Officials, WORTHLESS POLICE FORCE. Some Incidents of Insolence Happenings Under Negro tion House Breaking and Other or a policeman's star and stalking about with , an air of arrogance and insolence that, disgraces the uniform he wears and the position ho holds. About the first thing you hear when you come to mingle with the good people of Wilmington is an everlast ing lambasting of the Kussell regime that placed these ignorant, insolent negroes in authority, and about the first .thing you read in any issue of a Wilmington newspaper- is the report of some burglary the night previous some robbery or theft or some other exploit of the black marauders that infest the city, A white man, if he is white at heart as well as white of face. can hardly go to Wilmington and re main two days without seriously and solemnly considering the municipal government that has been . thrust upon it by tne despoilers now in power in North Carolina, and if he waits to consider the conditions; very long or talk much with the people, he will shudder at tbe outcome of the attempt to foist upon the good people of the largest city in the State and to main tain permanently a reign of ignorance, incompetency and political corruption. I have just spent three days in this historic old city, this metropolis of the ower Uape if ear which has been the home for a hundred years or more of many of the best specimens' of Anglo Saxon civilization and I firmly believe that if those white men in North Caro lina, who still have respect of con sideration or even a touch of kindly feeling for their white brethren, but who have strayed away from the white man's party in the State and by an un holy alliance with the negro party brought about this state of affairs m the principal city of their State I be lieve if these men could spend just a few hours in Wilmington and see for themselves the result of this disastrous and almost inhumane alliance, they would swear almost in their wrath that they would never again directly Or indirectly do any thing, support or tolerate any political scheme or com bination, that had in it the possibility of heaping these indignities I upon the heads of their kith and kin. The most serious result of negro domination . in Wilmington is the license it seems to give to lawlessness of every kind and character. I was told the other day by reliable citizens of Warning ton -that no less than uvo burglaries had been committed in that city during the previous night and I heard within a few moments after the crime occurred of a white man being knocked down and robbed in broad daylight by two negroes. I read in the Wilmington papers the next day of no less than four house-breakings the night before, making nine burglaries within forty-eight hours and not a single arrest made. The petty offences are innumerable, while the insolence and arrogance of a large number 0$ negroes is almostintolerable, I was riding on a street car. Two ladies and a gentlemen waved to the conductor. He stopped the car and they came along in decent haste but the incident did not suit the black wench, who with three companions was on board the car. She railed out at tbe conductor and the mortorman and protested against stopping the car for the three approaching passengers. Don't you ever ask the car to wait a moment for you?" the-conductor asked. ; " "Nit" she replied, with the most ar rogant eff ronteBy. Then as the gentle man and the two ladies came up she said, "You folks poke about like you had a month to catch a car." I don't know how they stood her insolence, but they did. Two young ladies were on their wheels at an intersection. A negro dray man deliberately stopped his wagon for no other reason than to interfere with their crossing the intersecting street. They dismounted, one of them having been almost thrown from her wheel in her effort to escape collision with the wagon, They waited a mo ment for him to drive along, when he turned to them and said: "Youneednt b waiting for me to move out of your way, for I am not going to move until I' get ready." A white gentleman was sitting on his porch near by and when he heard this arro gant banter from the negro, he was naturally incensed. F' Manned Vito his house, got his pistof, .came t is yard and addressees v,e ly rascal, saying : xo "Tvceao t to block this crossing ataArWJf ou don't move that wagon m inTee sec onds I'U nugdf a aozenWtWih that black carmgmarid you will never move until somebody mojes you." The negro could see thatrthe gentleman meant just what he said, so he drove his team along down the Occurences like these happen every day. so I am told. The midnight marauders seem to think that they have license to rob and steal and burglarize, while the in solent, arrogant, insulting negroes, male and female, seem to thiuk the city belongs to them. They act and speak as though the government was theirs and the officers were their chums and associates and will pro tect them in whatever insults they offer. On a street oar the other day sev eral young negro fellows were using filthy, coarse and profane language towards each other. A bkak police man evidently one of their chums, was on the car. There were several white ladies on the car also. One of them appealed tc the policeman and asked him to stop the cursing and swearing. "Boys," he said, dar's some ladies aboard."1 "Why you don't say so!" "How do you know?" "Who else said so but you?" "Tell them that .walking is good." These and other similar expressions came from the dusky crowd. "You see I can't do anything with 'em," said the black police pretender, and the ladies had to endure the insults. I am not writing this in the interest of politics. I am pained to have to write it I am writing it in the inter- Robbery in Broad Dsy-w t""li " MiM' peace and good order in the interest of the negro, as well as the white people, for I know and every body else knows that such a condition of things is not going to be main tained here or elsewhere very long. The good people of Wilmington are patient, law-abiding and long-suffering. They have endured much. They will perhaps endure much more, but the time will come, if .this state of affairs goes on, when patience will cease to be a virtue. I could hear murmurings. during my stay in Wil mington of vigilance committees for the protection of the homes of the citizens and their honor and virtue as well. Not aU the negroes in Wilmington are arrogant, insolent or lawless. There is a class here that is respectful and law-abiding and they deprecate the misdeeds as much almost as the whites and have as little use for the incompe tent officials, but these are the excep tions, judging from what I can see and hear, while the great majority belongs to the other class. There are enough true Anglo-Saxons 1 "KT . 1 t T . A 11 iu iMortn Carolina 10 come togeuier and tear down by honorable methods tnese Special to Charlotte Observer. Scotland Neck, August 8. The negroes raised quite a racket here Sat urday night over an attempted arrest of a colored man. John Mayo, the colored man who was troublesome, was abusing a colored boy on the streets and in a store, and when a policeman told him to keep quiet, he replied in threatening manner and defied the officer. The police man knocked him nearly to the ground. Mayo ran and succeeded in getting away. Later it was reported to the police that Mayo was in a cer tain store, whither he repaired to ar rest him. When it was known that Mayo was about to be arrested, the negroes rushed in crowds to tbe place as if to prevent the arrest. It turned out that Mayo was not there, and so there was no trouble. Later the negroes gathered in the edge of town in large crowds and shot a great many times, but they made no further trouble. MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING. Negro Charged With Sand-bagging and Robbery Hanged at Corinth. By Telegraph to the MornlnK Star. Corinth, Miss., Aug. 11. Mullock Walker, a negro, charged with sand bagging,, was lynched here this morn ing by a -mob and his body is swinging from a telegraph pole on Filmore street, in the central part of the city. At an early hour this morning an organized mob of 250 masked men Went to the county jail and demanded the person of Mullock Walker, who was charged with criminally assault ing Charles Dazelle with a sandbag about three miles south of town last Wednesday, since which time Mr. Dazelle has been in a critical condi tion and his life despaired of. : No resistance was made at the jail. as the mbb was firm and -would allow no parleying, and Jailor Berry turned the negro over to the mob. Walker was taken to tbe most central part of the town and hanged to the guard-arm of one of the telegraph poles. Walker confessed his crime and implicated two other negroes in some of his vari ous crimes. THE ARKANSAS TRAQEDY. i Hundreds of People Yiewed the Corpse . of the Murderess. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Clarendon, Ark., August 11. The little city has assumed its usually quiet condition. The bodies of the flVe negroes, victims of Tuesday night's mob, were buried across the river to-day. The corpse of tbe mur deress lies in the court house, while hundreds of people pass and view the remains. This unusual .thing was done by the authorities to still the sus picion that, Mrs. Orr was not dead, but had been spirited' away. J3o strong had this feeling in the com munity become, that this means' was regarded as the only way to allay it. WHEELER DEPENDS SHAFTER. Says Criticisms Are Very Unjust Praises Oeneral Shaffer. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' . . Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 12 Postmaster A. W. Mills received a letter from Gen. Joe Wheeler to-day dated Santiago de Cuba, July 27th, 1898, in which Gen. Wheeler says, re ferring to newspaper reports concern ing Gen. Shafter: I think the criticisms of Gen. Shaf ter were very unjust He has had a hard task and has performed it success fully and well. He is a man of more than ordinary brain power and administrative ablility. The criti cism that- he did not place him self on the firing line is ridiculous, as, on July 1, he was carrying on two fights attbe same time one at Oaney and onFat San Juan. He had some reserves and had to place nimgeit where he could see both fights Hod , ,, Wn nknU ff,.;.. tttV. ;V. Via AA . GEN. FITZHUGH LEE. His Command Will Probably Goto Cuba to Do Garrison Duty. Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. Jacksonville, Fla., August 12. General Lee received a telegram from the Adjutant General at Washington to-day, announcing that 'peace had been declared. He wired, in reply: "Thank, you ; I will at once order the Seventh Corps to tease firing." The general wag at least facetious, even if not sarcastic, a this city is about the nearest that any of the regi ments of his command have got to Cuba. The Seventh division will probably get an opportunity to go theie to do garrison duty, however, but this is not a particularly pleasant thought to a good many, who would ! prefer to return home, saying that i they did not enlist for police duty, but 1 rather to fight for their country, and ! opportunities for that being over, they ' no longer have any desire to serve. aMnxgnBw General Miles has cabled the War Department that he is in receipt of Secretary Alger's order to suspend hostilities in Porto Rico. oiaok dynasties thata beir UUU I 1YL.VJ1VWL.O. m m A Threatening Demonstration at Scot land Neck Against the Arrest of One of Their Number. ' - . S f I
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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