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PREFERENCE FOR
japes
, . . ,'-: u : MONEY.
ThQ following from the ftew York
showing the' extent to which
paper money is iispd in this country
compared with other countries is in
teresting. Under the heading of
- "Our Stinted Use of Coin Money"
: . it says: ' , ; 1 ,
- " "The preference, for daily" use, of
paper money to coh. is a distinctively
. American characteristic-. . Except in
California and the other mining States
of the extreme West, gold coin is
scarcely seen passing from hand to
hand among us; and of the 460,000,000
of "silver dollars which have been
? issued from our mint since 1878, .all
. remain locked up in the Treasury vaults
but about 60,000,000, which circulate
3nly in the Southern and . South west-
sra. States. In England the smallest
notes 1n use , are of the denomina
tifou of 5,r or $25; in France
- or 50 francs, or '$10 ; and in Germany
of 100 marks,: $24; but we have an
abundant supply of $2, and even $1
t notes, and there is a, continual demand
for more. This, too, is in spite of the
ragged, dirty, and otherwise repulsive
': state into which many of the notes
hare' fallen, and of the possibility that
; they may be the vehicles for transmit
ting infectious diseases. -
The persistence of this preference for
paper money is the result of a habit
established at a time when coin . was
scarce and which has never been ver
. 'come. Prior; to 1834 gold coin was
- overvalued by. our law, and conse
quently was; driven out by silver.
0 wing to the poverty of the country,
. even silver was not in sufficient supply
'and had to be eked out with paper.
. The promoters of the Mint act
of 1834, by which silver was
- in turn orervalued and driven out of
r ; circulation, expected that gold would
' , -becdme the , currency of the country,
and "hard money" was long the cry
- of the Democratic party. The supply
of gold in turn proved not to be suffi-
- cient to meet the demand, and paper
money maintained a hold which not
-even the outpour of gold from Califor-
" Tlia in rvililrl lnncan At 4k;
lmoment, wit $270,000,000 of gold in
Hhe Treasury, and $169,000,000 in. the
-New York banks alone, the metal is
; rarely used in daily transactions as ever
J it was. The small amonut iof it paid
out for Christmas gifts and in direc
'tors' fees apeedily finds its I way back
f Snto the banks, and stays there. It is
Jthe same with silver. Instead of using
the $400,000'000 in actual 8iler ccdn
our disposal, we leave it all in the
' . preasury, and employ only the paper
certificates by-which "it is represented.
- No change in our habits by which
. ' . we shall give to gold and silver coin
the place they occupy in Europe can
be brought about by talk or even 'by
legislation. As the habit itself was
, prod need by the force of circumstances,
y-, so must it be modified or corrected. In
the progress of our civilization and the
developement of sanitary science we
- shall ultimately prefer clean and non
infectious coin to dirty and dangerous
paper, and restrict the use of paper to
notes which from their amount will
be needed only in making large pay
ments, and arejoonsequentl less ez
,.'posed. to wear and tear and contami
nation. . Th9 abolishment by law of
notes for less than $10 would be a step
v forward, but such a law cannot be
passed untft-public opinion demands it
v This is not an argument for or
. against coin money or for or against
-paper money, but a statement of
; fact showing the preference of the
American people for the latter. The
reason for this ' is because paper
money being lighter and less bulky
is more convenient for every day use
and therefore preferable. Gold can't
be kept in circulation because when
it is taken out of the vaults and put
in circulation it soon disappears and
: goes in; the hiding places of the
" hoarders or back into the vaults.
But aside f fpm that,-it is unsuitable
- for geheraiyjirculation because it is
. too vaiuaoie. io oe coinea into de
nominations sufficiently small for
ordinary use. The coins -wouH be
too small and too easily mistaken at
might for coins of similar size of less
precious metals.
But there is another reason why
gold is not Burtable for general cir
' culatioh, whioh is because it is i
, speculative metal for which there is
-a world demand and when that de
mana inotner, or some other coun
try' becomes such as to tempt specu
lation for the profit there misht bi
' in it gold ooin would be bought and
shipped, thus resulting in a sudden
contraction oi our circulating me
dium, if we were not already sup
- plied with an ample substitute.'
that is a reason why gold does
answer the purposes of general
- culation it is also a reason why
peris preferable to gold for .
As
not
cir
pa-
that
purpose, for no matter what the de
- mand for money may he abroad i
does, not affect the volume of
pap0r currency or raise or lower
" . -value. v. 'k "' :
our
its
;Whilethe coined gold and silver
here given by the Bun is not in ac
tual circulation it is not lying use-
WW
less in the vaults, for it is in circu
lation or may be when need be
by
silver and gold certificates, or by
other form of paper money-which
may be convertible into coin, and
therefore - answers the purpose
quite as well and even better, than
if it was mutual circulation. That
was one of the so-called arguments
used against the free coinage of sil
ver, namely, it wouldn't circulate
when it waa'in , circulationall the
time through its proper representa
tives." -- This argument was not used
against the free coinage of gold,
which didn't actually circulate any
more than silver did, nor as much,
and doesn't now! According to-the
latest reports of the United States
Mint Director there are about $920,
000,000 of gold in the country, more
-than '; there ever was before at one
time, but how much of it is seen In
circulation? ' You see ten dollars iof
silver to one of gold, and ten .dollars
of paper to one of either. '-, ' j .r
As the Sun says, nearly all the sil
ver dollars in -circulation are in the
Southern and Southwestern States,
where, it might have added, other
money is scarce, and banking facili
ties are not sufficient to meet the de
mands, and when the people ask for
better banking facilities, for more
paper money to Bupply the demand,
they are told that there is money
enough in the country, and axe
pointed) to the $25 per capita, whidh
includes the gold in the vaults, and
the bills of large denomination, which
are simply kept as a convenience in
arge transactions and. do not go into
circulation at all. ' .
As it is shown that paper money is
not only good enough for all the
purposes of trade, but actually pre
ferred by the American people to
com, why not, supply them or let
them Bupply themselves with a suf
ficient volume, which they would
do if permitted to have their own.
State banks of issue. This would
not only prevent a money, monopoly
by some sections of the country but
would result in a more . equable dis
tribution of the currency, let the
people interested be the judges of
the amount they need, let them
supply that amount and thus take
the money question out of politics,
where it is annually fought over by
sections whose interests conflict, the
section well supplied or over sup
plied contending for contraction
the section poorly supplied contend
ing for expansion or, as the oppo
nents call it, "inflation." .
TJie,only "currency reform' thus
far suggested by the representatives
of the party in power has been to
call in the. $346,000,000 of green
backs, for which no paper or other
substitute is offered, thus contract
ing the- volume of the currency to
that extent, notwithstanding the fact
that these greenbacks have answered
all the purposes of money and are to
day as popular if not more so than
any. other form of currency we-have.
It ito't less but more paper money
that is "needed, even if it does be
come offensive to -the dainty by too
much handling, and may become a
vehicle for the transmission of dis
ease germs, but there is no necessity
for letting them stay in circulation
long enough to -become filthy or dan
gerous, ' for the over-8 oiled notes
could easily be exchanged for new
notes. ' . '
OUTGROWN THE COKSTrTUTHOT.
Gen. Merritt was a guest of the
New England Society, at its ban
quet in Boston, and, of course, he
he had to make speech. Much of
that speech was in defence of the
policy-of expansion. Among other
remarkable utterances he "said: '"We
have on tgro wn , the constitution J"
This was th way he' met the asser
tion that we have' no constitutional
power to extend bur territory in the
way the expansionists propose to Ex
tend it, and to establish a colonial
system as they propose to establish
it. It is an admission, also, that the
assert on is true. But that does not
stand in the way of the expansion
ists, who would extend our empire
constitution x or no constitution.
They would subordinate the consti
tutionthe corner-stone of the Re
public to- the dream of territo
rial aggrandizement, and convert the
Republio into a military despotism,
where the right-to rule would be
governed only by the power to rule.
In his speech in the Senate, in re
ply, to Senator Vest, Senator, Piatt
expressed the same idea in another
way in what may be called a nega
tive form when he said the
United States are a nation, a sov
ereign power and being a nation
could dd anything t that nationality
implied, in other words the nation
was supreme regardless of constitu
tions. If Germany, for instance, or
Russia could seize a portion of Chi
nese territory under , some pretext,
then we being a nation equal in
national dignity, to Germany or Rus
sia could under the same pretext do
likewise. This according to Sena
tor Piatt is .not - a government of
limited powers, but one of unlimit
ed powers and can do anything not
absolutely prohibited by the consti
tution. : In other words, the consti
tution applies only to the conditions
which could be foreseen and anticipat
' 1 ' -: iNO. 12.1 V"1"15 1 luw was, a i kunu. :
ed when it was drafted and adopted,
but has ho bearing oh contingencies
thafmight arise and. On which it
may be. silent, because the contin
gency could not be foreseen and
therefore could not be provided for,
or. against. . vr- ;
Practically Gen. Merritt and Sen
ator Piatt stand-; together, the only
difference being that one says "we
have , outgrown ' tie constitution,"
and the other, says that where the
constitutionis silent--we have a
right to do as we please, provided
we have the power and can carry out
any scheme upon jrhich we have set
our thoughts. r : : y . .-r - r'
Mr. McKinley expressed the same
idea in another way when in: some
of his speeches while in Georgia
and Alabama, -in speaking - of 'the
policy of expansion, he said '"The
flag has been -. raised, who would
pull it down?''! This - means that
the flag being raised- must stay up,
whether ' it stay up" rightfully or
hot, stay np hot as the representa
tive of a government of free people,"
a government supposed to be ruled
by lawbut as the representative of
a military despotism which asserts
its right to ruleand its sovereigntjr
by the bayonets it can command. -
Admiral, Sampson expressed the
same idea in another way when he
said that "it didn't make any differ
ence whether the Cubans are capa
ble of self-government or not; we are
are there and we intend to stay,"
that is, we have the power to hold
Cuba, whether her people are willing
or not, and we intend to hold it.
whether we have a right or not. -
Gen. Wilson expressed the same
idea in a different way in his speech
at'Angusta,' Ga., during the Presi
dent's visit, when he declared that
empire was our destiny and that we
would not only hold and rule our
new acquisitions, but would go on
increasing our domain until our flag
"waved , over the North American con
tinent. In the grand strides towards
territorial aggrandizement no puny
thing like the constitution of the
United States must be permitted to
stand in the, way. : 1
Gen. '.Shatter expressed the same
idea in a somewhat more blunt and
more ardent way when he said "the
Cubans are no more fit for self rule
than powder is for hell." Without
being givenan opportunity to try
their capacity for self rule they are
to be pronounced unfit for self rule
and without consulting them we are
to hold possession of the island and
rule its people as subjects, in spite
of the pledge by the Congress of
the United States that conquest
was no part of the inspiration that
led to interference in behalf of the
Cubans. " .
Captain Mahan in his New York
speech expressedMhe same idea in a
different way when he advocated
the holding as dependencies the
territory acquired from Spain,
which meant, as he admitted, two
classes of ipeople in the Republic,
citizens and "subjects," the latter
of which were never contemplated
by the constitution, which knows no
such-thing as ''subject," which is
repugnant to its very essence.
There isn't one of the speakers
from whom we have quoted who
does not practically confess that
there is no constitutional power for
this new imperalism which they ad
vocate and that it must rest on jk
military despotism pure and simple,
that is on the bayonet to carry out
the policy that they propose and ad
vocate. v
This is not the first time the
declaration has been practically made
that "we have outgrown the consti
tution" for that declaration was
made thirty odd years ago and fre
quently since when the constitution
stood in the way of carrying out the
schemes of Republican leaders..
Blunt men like Thad Stevens were
candid enough to admit that some
of the things they wanted were -not
constitutional, but "extra-constitutional,"
and others justified tramp
ling upon it by declaring it a "league
with death and a covenant with hell?
, But the present "advocates of impe
rialism meet . the objections to their
schemes by saying thai "we have
outgrown the constitution," got too
big and powerful to be bound by it,
and that it doesn't amount to much
any way when it stands in the way of
these schemes. But if "we 'have
outgrown the constitution" in' the
matter of expansion of territory, will
one .some tell us where the outgrow
ing process will stop? fit what there
is that couldn't be done by a party
in power? -' - " .
C The constitution is . far -less of
protection now than it should be and
was intended to be, but under these
expansionists' views it would be no
protection at all. ,
V,
Poor old C. Columbus is not near
so popular as he once was in Spain.
Some women in Grenada stoned his
...
statue a few days ago. But Chris
topher didn't mind it. . ' .
A r ottsviiie. -fa., woman was
almost killed by being hugged, -And
it was not by a bear, either She
escaped by a tight squeeze from
tight squeezing. - - s - z -
ANOTHER GOOD HAN GONE .
North ; Carolina numbers among
her dead some illustrious sons - who
have won their, title to fame and"
lasting remembrance by eminent I
achievement in martial or civic life,
but she never lost a ". more deyoted
son, a better citizehOtea truer man
than when Hon. l)avid : Francis
Caldwell, of Greensboro was called
from a bd of pain to eternal rest
last Thursday evening.' - - 'J ,
In his "younger days he was a
power, before . the people,- whom he
often represented in the legislature,
for he early establisheda reputation,
and for unswervable integrity and
candor that ; lasted' through life,
while even those who differed from"
him admired the man and conceded
his virtues. 1 - t
Like all men of marked indi
viduality, men-who lead and do not
'wait to f ollow,"he had his peculiari
ties, peculiarities s some-of which
were born of excess of virtue. He
set his standards - high, " and - when
the light of duty as he saw it shined
be went straight for it, without seek
ing round-about or devious ways, and
he would go to it through fire or
flood. He had no patience with the
timid or the temporizer, for he be
lieved in candor as the spotlessly
pure believe in purity.
Without pretence or bluster he
was as brave as Csesar but as tender
as a woman. - He fought the strong
when he thought they erred, but
never raisecT his hand against the
weak or struck a fallen foe. r
He had no toleration for shams or
frauds in I high place or loV, and
when he found them he exposed
them with an uncompromising sense
of duty. And that was his rule of
life through along public .career, as
a leader in the political arena, as an
ditor part of the time '-and as a f re-
quent contributor to the press.
A- man of considerablewealth,
accumulated honestly and by busi
ness thrift, therewas no parade of
it, and while there was no profession
of benevolence his eye found many
deserving needy who found in him a
godd friend, and the world never
knew it'. , - :
As a Christian he was devout and
consistent, and honored God,' not
so much because he feared, Him as
because he loved the Father from
whom all good things ' come. I i i
As an American he was patriotic
and proud of his country; as a North
Carolinian he loved his State with
the ardor that a filial son loves hi&
mother. ' '-- ""
As a man he was as true, as the
truest, and never turned his ; back
on friend or foe. '
Such in brief was the man who af
ter a faithful service of more than
three score years and ten has peace
fully passed,from this stage to join
the loved ones who had gone before.,
To him fame was nothing', duty all,
and now may he jreap the reward of
duty done. N .. v -
THE AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL.
The Afro-American Council closed
its performance in Washington by
issuing an address, in which they
say they are not opposed to quali-
fled suffrage based on educational
or property qualifications, or oh
both, but that the restrictions.
must be the same in all the States,
Whether they j mean by this that
the franchise laws shall be uniform,
the same in Massachusetts, for in
stance, as in Mississippi, is not
quite clear; but, practically speak-!
ing that is what their demand
amounts to.
If they object to the suffrage laws
of 'Mississippi, South Carolina or
Louisiana, what are they going to
do about it? These laws nave been
tested -by .the, highest courts, -and
sustained. They can't .'reverse the
courts, nor an they get Congres
sional legislation that would nullify
the constitutional power of the
States to pass such laws. " - v
But the fact that they thus
endorse restricted franchise is a
4-confession of its -necessity, and a
justification of the action of the
States : which have restricted ' suf
frage. They may be assured of the
fact, however, that instead of less
restriction there will be more of it,
until it becomes the rule in the South
instead of the exception. . :" ?
An Ohio paper which wanted to
find out whom its readers considered
the greatest living American, took a
test vote and Admiral Dewey led the
list with. 9,500 votes, Wm. J. Bryan
coming next with 7,866, and Mc
Kinley third with 7,758. There were
a number of others, but Mark Hanna
didn't have a single vote. Something
wrong about that, for surely Mark
couldn't have "swunk" so in a couple
years. w - -
Editor Stead, of London, is taking
great interest in thev disarmament
proposal of the Czar of Russia and
asks the American" Christian En-
deavorers to support it. Nick can
count on us. '
" r :
. Cremation is not making much
progress in Scotland. The average
Scotchman has no fondness for being
ruaubeu uere or nereaiter. ,
1. J 1 1 mi.. ... r.. v
SHOWING THEIR SENSE
The -Patriotic Junta In . Havana
showed good sense when they, ad
vised the Cubans to acquiesce in the
decision of the American military au
thorities as to- the Cubans nartici-
pating in the ceremonies of turning"
he island over to the 1; Americans. -
WJhile; regretting thev deprivation
they recognize the motives of the
American authorities and therefore
counsel, patient acquiescence. . This
if complfed with averts the trouble
that might otherwise have resulted
and itshows, too, that there are
some .cool) , level heads among the
Cubanst.and gives indication that
the material for self-government- is
not asrscarce among them as some
profess to believe.
The junta has evidently caught
on to this jaft -repeated assertion,
and tovfc this .opportune occasion
to show that there are in Cuba men
who are competent to . do thinking
for those who are not, " and compe
tent to advise and direct their
war
look mer headed countrymen, who
at things only from one standpoint
They talk like Solomons . when in
concluding their address they.', said
hey; were "convinced :; that! the
moderation and orderly behavior of
the Cuban people at these i mo
ments will powerfully influence the
future destiny of our country.'
And it will. ' " - '
The cost of the 'war so far with
Spain is figured at $250,000,000. By
this time a year hence the' supple
mentary proceedings, will probably
ran it up to $400,000,000 or $500,
000,000, provided we pursue the
policy of absorbing what the'expau-
sionistj have mapped out.
That Ohio pensioner who lost his
pension by enlisting and serving in
the wa with iSpain, has probably
come to the conclusion that patriot
ism doesn't pay. But he will pro
bably manage to get in on . the
Spanish war pension list. -
THE IAURINBURQ BANQUET.
Hon. Jno. B. Bellamy' Pronounces It a
Brilliant Snccess Tosstmaster
and Toasts.
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Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy returned last
night from Laurinburg, where on Fri
day night he attended the great ban
quet given by the Democrats of Rich
mond county complimentary to the
Democratic officials, he being among
the number. The programme in de
tail w-s published In last Thursday's
Stab, and Mr. Bellamy reports the
occasion a grand success in every de
tail. :--: ,. -.--- v. v..: ... ,-; " ' .
The banquet table ..was spread for a
hundred and forty-five guests, and the
menu comprised a variety of delicious
edibles, which were graciously served
by a company of Laurinburg's fair
young ladies. The married ladies pre
pared the- banquet No wines or
liquors were served. ; j
Rev. Jessie Page was toastmaster in
the stead of Mr. Walter Parsons. He
discharged the duty in a peaceful and
spicy manner. -
- The toasts to which responses were
made were as follows:
Our Glorious' Victory" by Hon. F.
M. Simmons. . -
How We Won The Victory, by
Hon. JnaD, Bellamy.
"Democrats will Redeem --Their
Pledges," by Editor Josephens Daniels.
"The Campaign of 1900," by Hon.
Jos. T. LeGrand.
'Our South Carolina Neighbors, "by
Hon. H. C. WalL
"Red Shirts of Richmond," by Hon.
Coney Dowd.
"White Supremacy," by M. Cameron
Morrison.
"Why We Rejoice," by Major Geo.
Hall. .' -
"fie is Our; New Sheriff," by Mr.
Thos. S. Wright
The banquet and toasts continued
untiL2 A, M. The occasion was a great
credit to Richmond county Democracy
and the company of charming and
patriotic ladies, whose untiring efforts
added so greatly to its success. ,
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Col. Taylor of The Second Regiment
Made Public His Appointments- "r
Yesterday. . '.
L Col. Walker Taylor, commanding
the Second North Carolina Regiment
State Guardjannouncesthe; following
appointments on his staff of commis
sioned officers to-wit: i.
Adjutant and First Lieutenant W.
N. Harriss, of Wilmington..
r Surgeon and Captain Dr. N. "An
derson, Of Wilson. ' 4 ; )
Assistant Surgeon and Firsf Lieu
tenant Dr. T. S. McMullan, of Hert
ford. ; v -' ' '
. Asssstant Surgeon and. First
Lieutenant Dr. S. M. Harrell," Tar-
boro. '":'' '
- Quartermaster and First Lieutenant
R. A. Smith, of Goldsboro.
- Chaplain and Captain Rev. F. D.
Swindell, D. D., of Goldsboro.
The non-commissioned officers are
not yet selected. , -. ! . .
Marriage Licenses dor. 1898. -
. The records in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds show that for the year
ending yesterday.29 marriage licenses
have been issued,' lit of the number
being to white couples and 177 to col
ored persons. For the month of De
cember licenses . have been issued for
the marriage of 9 white and 23 colored
couples. r- ' ;
. ' Sam M . , - V' hMmmhmhmm ; - V'V ,' .1 - .T-fV--;
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
Dockry to Disoute fton. Jno.
t). Bellamy's Right to a :
Seat in Congress, r :
PAPER SERVED YESTERDAY.
It is Denounced by Prominent Citizen
as a Base Slander Upon the People
- nd the Press oMhe State of
V -; i ; x North Carolina.
Ulaudius.Dockery, Esq., of Rock
ingham, ; was m the city j yesterday
afternoon to have notice, served on
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy thatlhis right
to take: his seat in the Fifty-sixth
Congress -- will be contested X. by
O. H. Dockery, the Republican and
Populist nominee, r The notice in full
is published below. In speaking of it
last night prominent citizens who had
occasion to read the document pwP
nouncedit a base slander I unon th
people of Mecklenburg, Anson. Pender
Brunswick and Columbusli counties,
and a vile misreprentation at election
conditions in Richmond, fe w Hanover
and Robeson, besides beinglal contemp
tible -slander unon the "Demoeratin
press of the State. The following is
the notice and complaint, toi-wit r .
Son. Jno. D. Bellamy. WUminaton.
SlE This is to DOtif V von that aa
the nominee of the Republican and
Populist parties, opposing ypu in the
recent election, I shall contest the
validity of your election to tha Fiftv.
-sixth. Congress of the Unified States
from the Sixth Concre8sioiua.l DiRt.Fint.
of the State of North 1 Carolina, com
posed efthe counties of Anson, Bruns-
wick, uoiumbus, Mecklenburg, New
Hanover, Pender. , Robeson. "Rich
mond and Union, upon the grounds
hereinafter 'set forth. j -
I do not claim that! was elected to
said seat in said "Congress by the bal
lots actually cast for me. and those
tendered for me and-unlawfullv re
jected by the officers of the election.
but I allege that vou were not elected
and that' you are not! entitled to said
seat in Congress, for1 that the condi
tions existing in said district prior to,
at the time of and subsequent to the
so-called election, conditions brought
into existence and maintained by par
tisan supporters pf yourself, were such
as violated,' ignored and outraged the
constitutional rights of the electors of
said district to such an extent as to
render said election a farce, a mockery,
and a fraud. That for months before
said election, ! and continually until
after said election, it was openly and
unblusbingly asserted by your partisan
press, your speakers and your partisan
supporters, many of whom belonged
to that organization known as the "Red
Shirts." and the White Government
union organizations which are a threat
to constitutional liberty and free gov
ernment that they intended! to carry
saia election at au nazards and by
whatever means became necessary for
the accomplishment of their purpose.
That in pursuance of this plan they
armed themselves with pistols, : rifles
and other deadly weapons and inter-
rupiea ana dispersed, political gather
ings, - and whipped and even killed
citizens who dared stand upon their
ngnts, and thus deprived me of thous
ands of votes and prevented I my elec
tion. That in the various precincts of
the county Of Anson there were such
irregularites, fraud, violence and in
timidation on the part of the partisan
supporters of yourself as to avoid and
set aside the returns from said county.
That in the various precincts of the7!
county or jtsrunswick (here were such
irregularities, fraud, violence and in
timidation on the part of the partisan
supporters of yourself as to avoid and
set aside the returns from said county.
mat in various sections of the coun
ty ofiColumbus there were sutchirresru-
larities, fraud, violence and j intimida
tion on the part of partisan supporters
oi yourseu as to avoid ana set aside
the returns from said county:
That in various precincts of the
county of, Mecklenburg there . were
sucn irregularities, frauds, violence
and intimidation on-the nart of parti
san supporters of yourself as to avoid
and 'set aside the returns from said
county.. . ' -N - v
That' in various precincts of ithe
county or jxew turnover there were
such irregularities, fraud, violence and
intimidation on the part of partisan
supporters of yourself as to avoid and
set aside the returns from said county.
That in various preemts of the
county of Pender there were such ir
regularities, iraud, violence and in
timidation on the part of the partisan
supporters of yourself as to avoid and
set aside the returns from said county.
That in various precincts of the
county of Robeson , there; were such
irregularities, fraud, violence and in
timidation on the part of the partisan
supporters of yourself as td avoid and
set aside the returns of said county.
That in various precincts of the
county of Richmond there were such
irregularities, fraud, violence and in
timidation on the part of this partisan
supporters of yourself as to avoid and
set aside the returns of said county.
' That in various roecmcts of the
county of Union there were such ir
regularities, fraud, violence and in
tunidation on the part' of the partisan
supporters of yourself as to set aside
and avoid the returns of said county.
- U. tt. JJOCKERY.
A NEW WHOLESALE
STORE.
Mr. J. Allen Taylor to Open a Big Stock
of Groceries on Water Street
' January 10th.
In another column is published the
notice of the dissolution of the firm of
I continue the business at the old stand
on Front street while Mr. J, Allen
Taylor will about January 10th open
up a wholesale grocery establishment
on North Water street opposite the
a Fand Y. V. depot , ThOnilding
is a - large brick structure no w - in
course of construction, well designed
for wholesale grocery purposes, and is
to be completed in time : for the date
announced for the opening.
Mr. Taylor will make a specialty of
selling exclusively .to dealers.
- The Stab wishes for him; abundant
and deserved success.
Ardsley "Does he play golf?"
Clerk "WelL rather! lie has ten dif
ferent suits." - ,
mr. w. a. farriss Assigns.
Stock, Store s Fixtures Etc of Palace
I Bakery Conveyed to Herbert Mc.
f 5 Clammy Esq ., as Assignee, , . ,
The Stab announces witK regret the
assignment of Mr.- W. A. Farriss,
proprietor of the j Palace Bakery, on !
Market street The deed wan A1a1 fn
the Register of Deed's office yesterday
about noon. i" '.-. - :
Herbert McClamWy, Escr., is named
as assignee and Mr. Farriss conveys to
mm the stock, store fixtures, accounts,
etc., ih the- Market street Bakery, all
the stock stored at No. 17 South Second
street v the store room formerly occu
pied: by Mr. Farriss as a salesroom.
Also delivery wagons, horses and other
personal property. ; . V v
The homestead exemption of 1500 is
reserved. There are no preferred cred-
itors; all are to share alike. . . :
Mr. Farriss has! been in verv bad
health the past two months or more,
which has necessarily affected his
business considerably. However, he
thinks he would have had no trouble
in stemming the tde had not certain
small creditors used undue haste in
efforts to force the) payment of bills.
As yet no estimate has been , made
of the assets or liabilities. However,
Mr. Farriss hopes to so adjust his af
fairs that he can resume business very
soon in the present splendid establish-;
ment which he bujt recently fitted up,
making it one of the most beautiful
and complete establishments of the
kind in the South. I : "j
The Stab trusts , that his hopes mav
be realized and that he may "resume
business at the old; stand" shortly.
KILLED ACCIDENTALLY. I-
James MacBae. a Yonnr Nerro Man
Fatally Wounded While (hunting
Yesterday en the River.
James H. MacRae, a colored man
who works about the compresses in
handling cotton, was fatally shot yes
terday morning by the accidental dis
charge of his own gun. j
MacRae, in company with his uncle,
KingD. Nixon, was off on an extend
edhunt down the river in Brunswick
county and yesterday morning, while
preparing to return to the city in a
boat, MacRae laid his gun on the seat
and was about to step in. when the
gun. fell to the bottom of the boat dis
charging the load, J which took effect in
the small of his back inflicting an ug
ly wound. I
Nixon immediately summoned, a
cart that was passing and brought "the
unfortunate negra on the Brunswick
sine oi tne river to tne landing oppo
site Market street dock, from whence
he was brought over in a ferry boat
and taken in a buggy to Dr. McMil
lan's office in the old-court house.
TDrs. Price and Burbank were sum
moneaana witn pe. McMillan gave
the negro temporary surgical atten
tion, after which an ambulance was
called to take him to the City Hospital,
Before the ambulance couhL reach the
hospital, however,, MacRae, died and
nis oouy was tagen to nis home on
V it . m m m
Fighth street between Ann and Nun.
Dr. Price, the coroner, immediately
summoned the following jury and
held an inquest ovBr the" body: Geo.
H.. Howell, foreman, Wm. A Wright,"'
J. H. Bunting, C. R. Lewis, C. D.
French and George Harriss, Jr.;
MacRae, before his death,:, exon
erated his uncle from all blame in the
shooting, and witnesses were intro
duced to prove the same. As his
uncle- was the only one present at the
shooting, the jury consequently rend
ered the verdict "that the deoeased
came to his death by the accidental dis
charge of a.shot gun."
'' The gun that caused the negro's
death was an old-fashioned breech-loader
and the cartridge contained a charge
of No. 9 bird-shot A wound as large
as a silver dollar! was made by the
shot, and the doctors after an exami
tion entertained little hope of his recovery.-
. . J :- " .
An Important Appeal.
The various Chapters of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy in North Caro
lina agreed to divide the work of rais
ing funds and supplies for the veter
ans at the Home in Raleigh by assign
ing a month to two chapters. The
month of January, 1899, was assigned
to the Cape Fear and Newborn Chap
ters, and the Capef Fear Chapter now
appeals to the friends of the veterans
to come to their aid. Contributions of
money may be left at the store of Capt
Geo. Huggins, op j Market street and
supplies of other kinds may be sent to
Miss Mary Meares! at the residence of
Thos. D. Meares, Esq., on Market be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets. The
Cape Fear Chapter feels that no fur
ther appeal is necessary than the above
simple statement . . .1
RALEIGH'S JAIL GUARDED
To Prevent1 Lynching, ef the. Johnston
County Murderer Another of
Victims Died Yesterday.
His
Special Star Tdegram.'
RALEiaH, December 29. Winfrey
Cawthorne, the white : boy who was
cut by the negro Smith, jwhen Smith
murdered r Charles Cawthorne . in
Johnston ' county, died yesterday.
The - jail - here j is guarded be
cause, of reports that lynching par
ties from Johnston are on their way
here. An, effort jwas made To have
Smith put in the State penitentiary,
for safety,' but Mewbofne refused to
receive him:; .?-'-
Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son &
Co.,r yesterday cleared the British
schooner Sarah B. Douglas, - Captain
Hoggs, for Nassau, N. P., with a cargo
of lumber and provisions by the mas
ter. i "
From the Southern anoV S. A. L Road
Broofht $3,110,000 Rolllnf Stock
. SoldSepirttely Bought by A.
; c. l. for $is,ooo.:: -v-ri
F AtettbviiXiI!, N. 0.. December 29
r-In accordance with a decree of: the 'Xl
Circuit Court of the United States '"for r . i
the Easterm District of North Caroli- t
na on the 3ist day of March, 1897, the V .;
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley; Rail- V ;
road was sold here to-day, together
with all of the rights, titles, interest : 1;
and property thereto belonging. "Sec-! -ondly
and separately' from the' afore-.';' '' i
mentioned property," all rolling stock
belonging to the Yadkin Valley Rail- . ";!
road Company, mortgaged to the v v
Farmer's Loan and Trust Company,' yt ;
was ao sold. Mrl Eugene Martin, of -7
Wilmington, Master Commissioner, .
conducted the sale. ;"- i-
Promptly at 12 o'clock noon the ; - (
commissioner commenced the reading
of the decree, describing and enume- f -J; V?
rating the property and prescribing :
the terms of the sale. The bidding ; '-hs
was opened by a bid of 2,000,000, ?.v
and increased every, few minutes by '
$5,000 to $10,000, until three million J v
dollars had been named p thereafter,
fi.uuu to $3,uuu was the rate of in
crease until the final bid of three mil
Hon, one hundred and ten thousand
dollars closed the contest and the
first parcel named in the decree,
was knocked down to MK H. Walters,
President of the Atlantic Cnnst T.inn
Mr. Walters was a prompt and spirited
bidder from the beginning, and his dei
meanor indicated a determination to
buy the road. Among the bidders Were
representatives of the Philadelphia &'
Reading, the Southern, the Seaboard -Air
Line, and the Baltimore bond
holders. Among the gentlemen repre
senting the various interests were the
following: :
Messrs. Harry Walters. R. D.
Cronly, .Warren G. Elliott Presi
dent W. & W,: Junius Davis
and ' George Rountree, attorneys A.
U. Li.: J. W. Norwood. Presi
dent Atlantic National Bank; Her-
Jert Borden, private secretary to
resident Walters; R. C. Hoffman.
president and E. St John, vice presi
dentv Seaboard Air Line; .John Gill,
receiver; W. EL Blackford, chairman
of Baltimore bond-holders; Samuel
Spencer, president of "Southern; Geo..
M. Rose, attorney, representing the
P. & R. Railroad Company.
The rolling stock of - the C. F. & Y.
V. was closed on the first bid, made by
Mr. Harry Walters, at $15,000. .
It has been impossible up to this
hour (3.45), to get any intimation as
to the future management of the -road
from any one connected with- the
Coast Line; all are reticent' The peo
ple of this city, howevert believe that
the' future of Fayetteville js to be
favorably affected. The relations be
tween the Coast Line officials and the
C. F. & Y. V. railroad officials haye
been of an exceedingly pleasant na
ture, and there has been a gradually
increasing desire on the part of our
citizens that if the road must pass out
of the hands of those whose interests
were more vitally connected with the
bid town, that it should go into the
hands and under the management of
the Coast Line. '" .?
We dreaded the prospect of a loss of
the revenue to the town from the
shops - and the displacement, of Fay
etteville employes; but . the prospect
now is that this town being the most
suitable site for the location of the
shops on the line between Charleston
and Weldon; the shops here may be
enlarged and the work of both the
Yadkin Valley and Coast Line will v -i - - -be
concentrated here. If is true our - -
city will .suffer some disadvantage v ; ' -from
the loss of railroad competition, .
but our river transportation facilities "
and the railroad commission may so
adjust rates as to, eliminate rthis ques-1 V
tion from serious consideration. ' -
; The effect upon the interests of Wil-. 1 .'
minsrton is a question which is more ,
ehsily regulated and decided, or con- .
jectnrodrby your awn people.. '
Viewing the effect upon both cities,,
we are forced to the conclusion that -we
will suffer less than if the a Fr-
Y. V. had been sold to either the
Southern or Seaboard. i '
A system of generaliimproyements
will be inaugurated, and the C. JF. & . '
Y. V. in all of its equipments will be r
brought Up to the high standard of r :
excellence peculiar to fthe Atlantic
Coast Line..
Summing up public sentiment, your 1 :. -
correspondent would say that Fayette- ' t
ville Is pleased wth the sale. : - "
.. ,. . H. Eye.
By Telegraph to the Mornlnn Star.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 29. The J
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail-1
road was sold at auction . to-day in
Fayetteville under foreclosure pro
ceedings. -
The road was bought by the Atlan
tic Coast Line : for $3,110,000. The
bidders were President Samuel Spen
cer for the Southern Railway, -Mr.
Wm. EL Blackford for the Baltimore
bondholders or Seaboard- Air Line, '
Mr. Harry Walters for the Atlantic
Coast Line. : ' "
Master Commissioner E. , S. Martin
was auctioneer, and he started the bid
ding at noon. The first bid was $2,100,
D00, then it was raised by $50,000, $25,
000, $10,000, $5,000 and then by $1,- -000
jumps, for an hour and a quarter,
when the road was knocked down to -'
the Coast Line, v '
Blackford retired at a bid of $3,103,- . .
000, and Spencer stopped at a bid of ,
$3,109,000. The property was there- '
fore knocked down to Walters at $3,-
110,000. . -
. The outcome pf the' sale isa sur- -prise,
both as to the price paid and the
successful competitor. , .
County Commissioners;
The Board of County Commission
ers met yesterday afternoon immedi- -ately
after the ad journment of the sea- -sion
of the Board of Aldermen. Those
present were CoL Roger Moore, i Capt
Jno. Barry', and W. F. Alexander. .
The business transacted was the - ap
proval of liquor licenses that had sub
sequently been approved by the Board
of Aldermen,' Messrs. Rountree, Mo
Clammy, Bryan and Bellamy, counsel ,
for those persons to whom renewals -had
been refused by the Board of Al
dermen; submitted the rejected - appli
cations and stated that they wished to
beheard in behalf of their clients. Tj
give them this'I-. opportunity, - CoL'
Moore has called a special meeting Of
the Board to be held to-morrow after
noon at 2 :80 o'clock. f " : r
' Clarence Mills colored, had .
two fingers of his - right hand pain
fully mashed between Jt wo rosin bar
rels, while unloading i flat at Messrs.
Robinson & King's nival stores yard .
about noon yesterday Dr. McMillan
gave him the necessary surgical attenr -tion.'-
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