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1 iczM - 'r .tk. . A- f: X9 'ink . .1,1 mm: tv. i tar; V- i I, L'l A M H gJJ B W A B D . '.'' Xklttor nd Proprloto. " '. v WILMINGTON, N. C g ! Friday, . January 6, 1899;" ; SOUTHERN PBOQEESS IN 1C ' Z -The r Manufacturers1 '-Record, than' ; t which there is no better informed or ; " more reliable authority on industrial v, morment in the South, summingup , the progress made last year says: ; . , "The record of advance made by the South during the past year and at ; 'the same time promise of greater de : velopment dunnjt the coming - year,' includes the following facts: , "The corn crop exceed that of -1897 , by more than one, hundred million -.' bushels. , : '. . ' . ' . ;:";; -. c. " , - . 'Nearly eleven hundred miles - of . railroad were built, and a greater ?-. mileage is under construction or con tracted for. '- : J "More than ' five million .dollars ' . were invested in iron and steel plants and allied undertakings. ; n " : . "More than three hundred thousand spindles and more than five - thousand r looms are were added to textile mills. ' "Seven . developments of water- powers for electrical purposes were " ' "'; begun or planned. " . ' ; "More than three thousand indus tries of various kinds were founded or projected upon definite grounds. ' i "With agriculturists turning their .J attention to greater diversificatiou of V crops, investors building up minor m dustries in small cities and towns, - jnerchants welding new links of com-' ' merce, railroads pushing , into almost ' . virgin fields, with Southern iron and y , steel moving along with Southern ' coal to distant foreign parts, Southern 1 men and men of other parts of the . -country interested in the South are , facing 1899 in lively hope." V This , is the summary' in "brief, which it carries on the title page - of issue of December ?0th, of Jthe detailed statement it gives of the : industries established and of the progress made, a most interesting - statement, showing that the South , is' not only holding her -own, but V" that in industrial x development in the shop, the factory and the field : she is leading the other sections. The following tabler-which we sclip from this statement, shows the character and number of the in ustries established: , Telephone systems. . . . '. , . .-. .. ; ..'," Machi ae shoos and foundries . .'. 'J. Stove foundries. .... j .... i .-JTertilizer and phosphate .works . . "TIiscellaneous iron and steel plants ,; Woodworking factories, t .tt i ; Furniture factories. . . . .:. . ,". ..... -Vehicle factories. w ........... : ' Aricultural-implement works. . Mining and quarrying companies. . Textile mills. Flour mills .... ................. " Cotton compresses. .. . . .... . . .... Cottonseed-oil mills. . ; ...'. 119 Si 7 13 23 304 20 15 .3 "206 -68 127 30 48 23 41 90 69 9 43 Brick works. 'Canneries Ice and cold-Btorage plants. . . . .'. . lectric-light and power plants. . Gasworks Water works..,. Miscellaneous. ..... . . . . . ....... .1,716 i Total. . . . . . .1 .v.. . . . .3,007 This, including large and small, ;is nearly ten a day for every work ing day in the year, with the proba bilities that there are Borne which - have not been reported. The table does not show the addition to some o' the industries, enlargement of plants, &c, to increase the capacity for production, - a . good deal of which has been done, . and which is practically! equivalent to-the estab lishment of new industries. . . ; One of the most gratifying features of this exhibit is the increase in the number of iron and steel works and of wood working establisments, such as macllhre' stepsT'fouhdriea and ag li. i i . v ri cultural implement manufactories, each, of which are ' .to become in time mighty? factors in the South's" progress and prosperity. " There are inestimable possibilities . in iron. ', It is what might be called" a royal industry. ! It is an industry - thatl'equires and must have intelli .' gent management through all its '.Vvaried stages, from the sinking- of ' the shaft by the miner to' the smelt jng of the ore and the putting of it J in the market in its final, finished P form, as a surgical blade? a hammer, . a plow, an anchor or a locomotive or the many thousands of other things J in the making of which it cannot be ; . dispensed withi " . . -Every land savage or civilized needs it, and as civilization extends ' and progress increases iron- goes with them and grows their growth." The demand for consumption in creases constantly and will continue to increase,.and the -indications are , , that whatever the production ma; be there will still be sufficient margin c . ' for profit to encourage production. ' Ji is not a matter of election, but of necessity,' with those who use it for :. ' they must have it. It has no rival, nothing to compete with it. .The - i only competition is of iron against iron, and the iron that can get into -' the market in the best shape,' at the ' lowest price, other things being Xr ! equaVyia the ,iron that will com t mand the world's- money. ':"."-- ' - "r , In this competition the iron (in . which' we -include steel) of the ii . United States leads the world," and ; , -the iron of ' the South leads? the -' TTnited States. This means much 1 for the United States, and much for ' the South, more for the Sonth than for any other section of the United - States, i It will mean more for the South in the future than, it does ; now, for thus far our iron men have ' . shipped in crude forms and' s'ecured .' only a small portion of the possible profit when the -erode is converted !i - Z into finished form. .- This is why- we ; C say that one of the most ' gratifying v- and encouraging features of the table printed above isthe increase in thej :nnmber ;? of if gn and of wood working establishments " which nse iron in connection - with wood. : - .iSOuTatryowshipsto -4 guahtities,of iron. and aManuhisisJfhow factures to allrparts; of -the world, ceded than ever before, : andhere-y iauwuiea w air; jparis oi -me wona, railroad lotttmoti rioulturai . implehi tools; and jarious other articles,; but 4 so far as we know none of - these go f ronvthe South; although the. South furnishes muchof:Jthe metal thai goes intth'emi. The day ;wili-come when Bhewill be shipping -these in stead of supplying th-crude ;"maie- nal for; others . to -toake them andi tKon. oKa mill vrnn -rtrtH- : W ' : mJ j.- : ti-'. .. m . iiuau in wer vv rwytjui, xirming- ham, in time;: from vallingPittS"!7 burg as a manufacturer of steel rails, or Philadelphia as a manufacturer of locomotives and other , machinery If She may never do it, for. Pittsburg and Philadelphia have got the startj have unlimited capita - they -have studied the bnsiness and understand it thoroughly, iut t the" possibilities before : Birmingham," v Ensley ; and otter Southern iron centers areim- mense,"for th industry with them is still in its infancy. ' We need not eipect it to'-grow very rapilyasthe cotton manufacturing industry, for instance: has, for to' conduct it on a large scale requires large capita: skilled management. .'. -1 1 The . scarcity of - money , in the South makes it necessary that muchJ of the mpney'that will go into this industry must come from other sec- tions, as much of it Vhas already come. But it will come in time, for the Toller; mill and the machine shov and the " agricultural implement manufactory must get near, the base1 of supplies just as - well as the cot-j ton mill. As the cotton mill cornea to the cotton field so will the iron Thill come to the iron mine. The! necessity for this is more impera tive in the Case of the iron mill than in the case of the cotton mill, for crude iron and coal will not bear the transportation cost that crude cotton will and where there is noli iter transportation will not bear it for any long distance. -- ' : ; - " I If we had ample ' banking facili ties in the South and monev could be .commandecHis easily asr it can be in the East and at ' as low interest rates, within ten years the South would be bounding to the front ini the iron manufacturing Industry aa she is bounding to the Jfront in the cotton manufacturing industry. But she will gefTthere in time, for busi ness sense will some day assert itself in our currency legislation -and the handicapping restrictions - may be removed. A BLES3ING UT DISGUISE. . For some years past Sonthern cot ton planters have been lamenting the! low price of cotton, entirely unmind ful of the fact that they themselves are mainly if not altogether respon sible for the low price. Notwith standing the constantly declining price for some years past, they have gone on increasing the acreage and the product until there are now' grown annually in this and . other cotton-growing countries several mil-; lions of bales more than the world's consumption now demands, not more than the world could use,but morel than it does use. They were'f orget-i ful of thefact, too, if they knew it, that while they were increasing their acreage other countries with which! they have to compete were also in creasing theirs, while new cotton groTTing territory was being brought; I under cultivation. These are some! I iv. : it. j.-tj it.' of the reasons for the decline in the! price of cotton, and reasons why thej price will continue low until differ-; ent methods -are adopted and the crop brought, down to the;propor tions of the demand lor. consump tion. ! , 1 ' - But after all, as hard as it has- been on the potton growers may it not be in the end a blessing in-dis guise not only to them but to thou sands of .others who have no direct interest in cotton production, and to the South at large? If the planters have suffered by the loW price of cotton' so have, others suf fered. The merchant, the mechanic, the railroad operators and em ployes and many others who are de pendent, jlirectly or indirectly, on the prosperity of the planter suf fered, and as the blessing in dis guise comes to the planter so will it come to them. . ' " ." ' - " " . : Even if cotton continued to com mand a fair price, it would still be to the interest of .Southern agricul turists to turn their attention to diversified farming and get away from the One crop system, in which there is entirely too much risk and too much danger of loss, too much danger of the man who started out with fine prospects closing, the year on the verge of bankruptcy. It is too 'much like tossing up against nature and contingencies and taking the chances of turning np the wrong side of the copper. ; But even if there were no chances. if there .were pretty sure prospects of getting a reasonably fair price for cotton, the all-cotton system or any other system that is confined to one crop is a bad one when pursued by the people of a section. If cotton had continued to bring a fair price it is doubtful if the Southern grow ers would have gotten; but of the rut, and therefore we believe : that .he depression that drove them on will be a good .thing -for them, and for the South, a blessing: to both in disguise, for- the result' wUl be di versified agriculture, . which will be the beginning Of prosperity for the Southern farmer, and for the South for when the Sonthern farmer pros peralhe South will prosper. ceaeq wan ever oet thegouth are - -crops- more than . they erer did 3efore, atdeast siocethe armers :of ' the7 country as a the twarfor before- theiwar' tbeiifitii liSo? inranmi, SoSP1 Pla?;a?d teiHP:ar South, if by sued a" different-8ystem in pursued since the war. ! ;The plant- - era before thef'war; in the day s of - wnv-jt m a .,iujc, iaioou. .uoir.viiu home suppiiesr Where thedivi fled system jias been adopted itTias come to stay, andjj'its good results are so apparent that , there is little danger of its being . abandoned ahoTt -going back to the 6ne-crop delusion agaiij . Isauroad operators are -close ob servers oi- -conditions : and. oi the changes in conditions. "TPhey must be for their business; which is - de pendent for its 'prosperity - on -i the prosperity pf other industries makes them keep a i-ieen 'eye on-thtrt progress of Z industrial- movements In an article in the last issue of., the Baltimore ! Manufacturers? '"Z Record there are many .letters from - South ern ; itauroad. managers m reply to questions concerning Southern pfog ress,rand several of them dwell upon the diversification . of crop3 as one of the most assuring featurers. Col. J. BKillebrew, immigration agentof the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Bail way, Kashville.. Tenn, af after speaking of business in general and of the prosperity" of -the South? ern railroads says: .'.. " ; "YoU ask me to give my , opinion as to the effects o t.he low price of cotton upon tne prospeniy or me aouin l reply without hesitation that the-low price of cotton in its effects upon the industrial growth of the South will, in my judgment, be permanent and salu tary in every particular. No nation was ever prosperous tdat confined itself to the production of . a single crop: Agriculture demands diversification in order that the largest profits may be realized.' Nothing could: relieve the cotton-planters of the South of the false idea that the more cotton-grown the more prosperous they would become except the condition of things which now exists. A recent letter i from Texas states that thousands of, acres of cotton are no w in the fields which will never oe gatnerea, necause it requires a larerer amount to nav for trickinc put the cotton, ginning it and get- uag lb wx uiarKei wan it win do worth in the market in its damasred condition. - Fortunately, however, for those planters, they produced this year to a larger extent than ever before their provisions and breadstuff b, and what cotton they may send to market will be iueffeet a clear profit,- less the cost of getting it to market. Altogether tnls low price or cotton is going to re volutionize the agriculture - of - the South. It will stimulate the planters not only to grow thir own supply of provisions, vegetables and breadstuifs and to raise their own stock, but in a few years these same planters will be exportingfrom the Southern ports large quantities of grain, all their own production, to our west Indian "pos session, to South America and to Europe. Aa.a result the area of cotton will be reduced and the prices of that great staple will be correspondingly ennanceu. . This is a statement ' of fact, with an encouraging' prediction based upon the statement of fact. Leroy Springs, president of - the Lancaster and Chester Rail way Com pany Lancaster, S.' C. who believes the low price- of cotton a blessing in disguise, write thus: - 'I think the general industrial and business situation of the South is In a healthy state, and the 'outlook for the future is very promising. - The present low price of cotton seems to nave- been a blessing in disguise, as the farmers are learning to cultivate their lands better, using more f ertili eers and producing more to the acre. They are also educating themselves to maxe aix tneir supplies at home: are devoting more attention to the im provement of their farms and their general condition. The lands in this county alone increase in value about 33 per cent, in the last three years, and there is a better demand for eood farm ing lands than there has been for years, v While -1-do not believe that cotton can be raised at five-cents per pound profitably, yet by close econ omy and - raising iiis own produce at home a farmer who has his own labor within himself can live comfortably and make his farm . self-sustainingV even at this price, if he adheres to the cash system and buys nothing that Jie can raise on his own form'. I notice this policy is being adhered to more strenuously each year, and there is gradual improvement. : This is very notioeable in the system of farming through this section, lean see no de crease in industrial Jjaterests: sn the contrary, there is a gradual increase and quite a disposition -to engage in same. The general information that I gather is. that farmers are diversi fying their crops more than they have done for tne past twenty years. "Wheat -cultivation had . become a thing or the past throughout this sec tion, while I notice this Fall there is auite a auantitv of it beinsr sown throughout this district, and 1 under stand throughout the State, which evi dently indicates a determination on the part of the planters - to live at home, which 'is the best evidence of thrift and ' prosperity In the face of the low price of cotton there has been less complaint on the part Of the farmeKLthan usual on account of same. They seem to be more or less reconciled to it." . . Z This is a splendid exhibit of pra gress on the farm, when in i;hree years by the changed methods the price of farming lands has been en hanced one-third. " With such an object lesson, why should not di- versified farming become general in that' section, and the rule, instead Of the exception, throughout South Carolina? What is true of tha South - Carolina county ad oi South Carolina is " equally true o: eyery Sonthern I State d It miglit not result in so rapidly enhancing the value of farming lands, but it would be the Zjgar toS permanen prosperity and to independence- for the Southern farmer. It is coming IN OLDKX TIMHES People overlooked the importance of nermanehUv beneficial r effects, and were satisflecT with transient action but now that it is generally, known thatCSyrup of Figs will permanently overcome habitual constipation, well informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but rflnallv iniure thesystenur,Buy the gvnuiuo. i iiuuiiuaubiuisu ujr me vmu- forma Vig Syrup uo. t tions " that -hW beeomarmliar Ito nearly eve.oneraud the -Answer eenerallv ia that it -oft. TaV m0ney this Ul no; reason why farming cannot be made to payj It or aoes pay Borne men, and pay tnem mate business would pay them. " Wfr know farmers in North Carolina who began ; life with-'little r but .a - fair amount of business ability ' and per aeveiing industry who have accumu- lated comfortable fortunes,: and they made every dollar of it out of , the soil on which : other farmers grew" poor. There 'are manyl such in North Carolina and in other States North and SouthT 'As an . illustra- bion of what goooTmethods - with in telligent; and persevering industry will do, we clip the, following con cerning Mr. K.- H. ; Bicks, of Nash county, "from The Southern . Farm Maqaiine: Z:Z-:ZZsZ. ' ZZ::ZZ -. "' "Coming out of the war a young man. with nothmcr save hia energv and strength, -Mr. Kicks set about mak ing his way in the world, and hU first employment- was requitecr- by the Lmunificeat sum of $8 per month; but undaunted he continued farming. " It is needless to trace the successive steps taken, but to day Mr, Bicks is a wealthy man haning one of tne most beautifut country homes to be found." -owning large real estate interests in city- as well as country," being Ihe largest, stockholder in the Rocky Mount Cot ton Mill, a corporation taxed at jn" 1 - r? . . 1 . 1 -it iw, anu owning oiner - large mm property all this traceable directly to farming operations, for his. invest ments have all been made from mOney obtained by the sale of farm products. For some years his tobacco alone has netted him from $7,000 to $10,000- per annum, and this judiciously invested has itself produced large returns 77 All his money has not been made on the farm, but all. has come from the farm, and even the products of his farm laid away in the bank would have placed him among those counting wealth by many times ran thousand. ;; This year Mr. Kicfes - had 155 acres of land in tobacco, and in addition to this he raised a large amount of gen eral iarm produce aside from cotton, which he abandoned ten years ago. He was among the first to plant to bacco heavily in this section, going to various points to learn the best and most successful methods and then ap plying them with such modifications as his own experience in the soil and climate suggested. Mr. Kicks also. Was one of the first to operate a dairy, and until recently has made and sold butter largely, hav ing a fine herd of Jersey cattle, but other business requires so much of his that he has sold many of bis milch cows "Btill," he says,- "l ;may be making a mistake, for the product of the dairy is always money whether cropsare successful or not." He spoke of several Of his tenants who had made money, though paying Htm rent for their land; three espe cially, who were worth .from $4,000, to 6,000 each for a few years of farm- in sr. The farm contains about 1,400 acres of land, 800 of which are under, culti vation. His house is, on a knoll over looking the greater portion of the farm. And it is an inspiring view to see his many, buildings for tenants, his barns, and storehouses - for grain, and the cattle feeding in the distance Last year, though already having a large country house, he added a superb front to it at a cost of between $3,000 and $4,000. The building is of the latest architecture, with slate roof and cop per (water pipes. "I built it for my comfort and for my friends," he said. "Much more could be said, but here is a case of a poor boy making, for himself fortune from the bounty of mother earth in a Southern State ; here is a fact that cannot be- gainsaid; here. r - m j. T . T. -i j .n ' ' - r la m iauk wuicn uiue outers press ior word. Use brains and energy in your work, farmers, and you can ddriike- wise. There is no section' of ' the UniotTwhere success is more easily secured than in the South, and in this favored section farming does pay. We publish in this issue the elo quent ; speech of Mr. . Josephus Daniels, editor of the Baleigh News and Observer, at the-Laurinbug banquet on the night of December 30th, in response to the toast "Dem ocrats will redeem their pledges. Mr. Daniels is one of those gifted gentlemen who talks as well as he writes, and always says something worth saying and reading - when he does either. - ! -; X . There are in the Kansafc peniten tiary fifty-nine convicted murderers under sentence of death, waiting for a gubernatorial signature to swing them off. As public" sentiment "is averse to capital punishment and the law leaves it optional with !the Governors to sign death warrants, the Governors in late years have re fused to sign them, :and hence the accumulation of unhanged.' The new battleship Ohio is being" built at San Francisco by the builders of the Oregon.. She will be larger and swifter than the Oregon, which is one of the model t warships of the world and has been "' a world-wide advertisemenikfor the builders. - -' Tod Sloan, . the . jockey, has a weakness .for- jewelry and Tiever wears 4he same cravat twice. But as. Tod gets a salary of $10,000 a year, with- tips thrOwfiT in, he can afford little" eccentricities : of this kind,' ' 'ZZ . In Germany Cupid, as far as the postal employes are bncerned-is run as 'a sort of annex of the Postal Department. : The official attaches are - not allowed to marry withou permission of the authorities. . Tjte Public. - We are authorized to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and if .'not satisfactory to re fund the -money to-the purchaser. There is no better medicine made for la mime, colds and whooping cough Price, 25c. and 50c. per bottle. - Tryit R. B. Bellahy. - t ""-::.'CA. PC Bantits -of TBI IM Yob Han Always THE COURT ZZzZZZZZZ Convened Yesterday MOrnine CRIMINAL ;AUA'niii.i. 'ZtZZZZ scinded Other Matters. i& V 10 St Dossey Battle. ! " . " . : J A FINE CORPS OF OFFICERS. '' ndge Battle'aCharge to the Orand Jory '' Hnch Complimented Important - j Murder and Burglary Cases Set K ' ' or Trial Next Week. The first" business session ;of the January term of the Circuit-! Criminal Court was convened yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clockTy Judge Dpssey Bat tle. Solicitor Rodolph Duffy, Clerk W. R. French and Sheriff. 'Walter I MacRae were all at theis posts and a considerable '. amount of business was transacted. ; ' Judge Battle's charge to the grand jury was able and comprehensive and f elicited very many compliments. :t He is r an emcient presiding officer ' and dispatches business admirably. : Mr. Duffy is proving' himself an efficient solicito. Mr. MacRae. the new sheriff. is all - that could be desired in dis charge of the- duties of ; his office. Mr. French, the clerk" is an old stand by, and . his proficiency in the dis charge of the duties of his office is a fact- of long standing. -Tfuly the Wilmington : Criminal Court is now ably officered, from the judge on the beneh do wn:; . '-Zi ' The grand jury which : is" serving during the present term is as follows: '-7 r -T U tl - T rt TTT ' ner, -Rudolph- Hart, Geo. Wilson, C. H. Hill, Henry Qreen William UromH well, W. H Merrick,' Henry Tietgen, Jes. P, Walton, C. B. Clowe, H. A. Martandale." Fred Westewnan," T. E. Myers, J. F. Stanland, J. D. Strick land, J. W. Cunningham, W. K. Bell. The case against Edward King, col ored, for the murder of , the negro Johnson, in Dros3 ' Neck, several months ago, was set for trial on Tues- fcTay f next week.",. - . '" -' The burglary eases docketedagams t Ed. King, Chas. Fisher and John Wal ker for breaking into the residence of Mr. W. N.- Harriss, and other dwell-" ings last .Summer and Fall, were set for trial on Wednesday of Next week. Venires of 50men each, are to be summoned to select jurors for each case. ' : ' On Friday of this week the case of burglary against: Ed. Fpy colored, in which he is charged with breaking in to the'd welling of Jordan Nixon, col- bred, is set for Friday of this week. . Jas. Harper,, colored, plead guilty of assault and battery with deadly weapon in .two' cases. Judgment is pending. ; -! -- Henry Wright, colored, -- plead guilty of larceny and was given five months in the county jail. ; .- Charles Davis, colored, guilty of larceny in . three cases, was given twelve months in the penitentiary for one offence and judgment was sus pended in the other two. At 5.3U o ciocK court took; a recess until 9.30 A. M. to day. ' The docket to be disposed of this time comprises 99 cases, hence the long hours to be observed. - . PROMPT ACTION OF HEALTH OFFICERS. SmallD0x Patient Escaped from the Pest ' House and Was Remanded Three Honrs After Right. T William Barnett, the negro Ismail pox victim, -escaped from the pest house yesterday morning and came to. his home on Wooster street between Second and Third, j--..; The news of his escape was imme diately - transmitted to the Marine Hospital by the nurse in attendance at the pest house, and the hospital officials were notified.' Dr. McMillan, with. Capt Robert Green, Chief Quar antine , Inspector, . and other officers succeeaea in locating and carrying him back to the pest house within three hours from the time of his escape. . ... ' . , -. :-" '- . ' A number of negroes found in the house with Barnett, where he was captured, were at once vaccinated and one negro woman who objected, was placed under strict quarantine. r " The negro Barnett hajrvery success fully passed through almost all stages of. the disease and would have been released in a very few days. , . , While-there is not the least danger of a contagion, Dr. McMillan thought it best to adopt the safest measures and therefore vaccinated-.- all ' who had come in contact with him. L - Some of the towns in the gas belt of Ohio, depend almost entirely on natural gas for heating, purposes in their houses. And sometimes acci dents with: the pipes or something else puts the denizens in a bad fix The bursting of a main pipe during a-cold snap last week, when the mer- curing was standing about zero, gave the denizens of Lima the cold shivers for several hours, until the break could be located and repaired. There is no accounting for tastes. A few days ago - ari Oregon man traded his wife off "for the wife of another man, because he threw in four acres of onions, and now we have a Brooklyn, N. Y., man, who, after; celebrating ' Christmas' ; in Ins way, went home and found his wife putting oniorfin the aoup. He pro tested, she persisted and the dispute was settled by his breaking her skull with a heavy plate. . ; ' "ZZZ, When the Bostonians-havemusic they want it . good, hence the City4 Council has- adopCed an ordinance that no hand organ shall be ground in the streets "unless properly tuned. ; - Tine Seat PrecrIptlon far CblUs and fever is a bottle of Grove'sTastix 1X83 CHUiL Tonio. ... Never fails to cure: then why- experiment , with worthless imitations! - Price 50 eenta. Your money back if it fails to cure. THECOUNTYXQMMISSIONERS: - Renewal of Liquor Licenses Further Con swerea and Action of Monday Re- .. Pursuant to adjournment Monday afternoon the County Commissioners v4 11 oslock -yestey ImOT to - further consider the matter of granting renewal of licenses to those persons previously . refused by, the Board of Aldermen. . -iiZZ:"'' ' ' ' Col. Roger Moore, . Capt. Jno. D. Barrjv and jMr. ;W." P. Alexander, composing the J! entire i Board were present. Zj-ZZZZ'Z.ZZ Z 'jf'-'ZjJZ-rZ Attorneys for the various persons to whom license had been refused, as pub lished in yesterday's Stab, were pres ent, as also were nqmber of residents and-property owners in the neighbor hood of the location - of the! , various saloons to which license had been re fused. . ' .. ; " ;'v' T '-Z. TJpon motion of Ca't Barry the. re- newal of H.:.D.Dldenbuttel,s license, vruxou. was graniea monaay, was recou sideied, and the Board, after deliber ation decided - that it had jdo legal right to pass upon applications, which had previously been., disapproved -by the Board of Aldermen Marsden Bellamy, Esq., in behalf ot his clien t, H. D." Oldenbuttel, stated that the report that Mr. Oldenbuttel owned or bad interest n theji disrepu- able house known as "Mow Castle" was untrue. . : The commissioners, however, de-" cided that they had no; legal right In the matter, and the applicants, refused renewal by the aldermen, must close their saloons at the expiration of their licenses. i-Z?:' l'ZZ-,Z-, ' Mr. W. A. Riach and Mr, T. Don! an thanked the BoardTor its action in the matter. f- . . ; Bids "for repairing . Island Creek bridge, in Cape Fear township, were oeaed and the contract awarded to Mr. Hiram Merritt for $49.50, it ap pearing that he was the Jo west bidder. A bid for the burial of the county poor at f 1.85 each from D. W. Teachy was rejected, the contract already hav ing been awarded to D. C. Evans. An application from J. D. Little ton for the position of keeper of Oak Grove cemetery was rejected, the po sition having already been filled. r Upon motion of Mr. Alexander, an appropriation of $150 was made for the improvement of the road leading from Wilmington to Federal Point. - No farther business requiring atten tion, the Board adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman.. ' 1 BIQ -NEW WHOLESALE FOR WILMINGTON. z Messrs. Morris Bear & Bros.' Opening - Mammoth Stock of Dry Goods, No tions, Etc., on Princess Street - v Wilmington is constantly and rapid ly forging ahead as a wholesale cehter al as is abundantly evidenced by the prosperous condition of old 1 establish ments and the opening of new whole sale houses. j . The Stab announces with pleasure that Messrs. Morris Bear & Bros.,! for many years among the foremost wholesalers of the EasternCarolinas have again entered the arena of trade and are opening a splendid stock of dry goods, notions and hats at No. street ' 119 Princess The establishment comprises our floors, each of them filled with a mam moth and up to-date stock. "Then, too, they have a large warehouse on Water street, where they keep their plaids, sheetings and heavier good !s. Great quantities of goods are arriviirg daily by steamer and rail and Messrs.'- Mor ris Bear & Bros, will have ,a whole sale establishment replete in every department, which combined! with the extensive experience and sterling busi ness integrity of the members of -the firm assures to . their customers the very best advantages as to stock, prices and service. . - .. " They hive not yet announced V their complete corps of salesmeni Howev er Mr. Walter S. MacRae, of Fayette ville, has been engaged as one of their travelling salesmen. He is an ex perienced and popular knight of the grip.- Among the salesmen to look after business In the store are Messrs. Lu M. Bunting and Alex Boone, both proficient in the dry goods and notion wholesale trade, and estimable gen tlemen".' ''..' ' ' Messrs. . Morris Bear & Bros, for many 'years conducted a mammoth wholesale business at Nos. 110 and 112 North Front street, and did a splendid business. Their high commercial standing is sufficient guarantee that they will successfully , t re-establish themselves in the trade. j They and their representatives will travel North and South Carolina and. will compete in every particular wih wholesale houses of all cities North and South, guaranteeing to du plicate . invoices, as to prices and quality, on the most accommodating, terms. ; '-;.sZZ"ZZ- ":-.' - . MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. Cost of Regular Army Under Provisions Z ' of the Hull BUI. -Z . By Telesraph to the Hornuur Star. WASHwaTONrJanuary 4,The cost of the proposed military establishment! a J I TT ,1 1 -1 . A . Jl 1 X AT. unaer me. nuu dlu reponeu -,vo iub House, as compared with the present Tegular military z establishment, ; not counting the volunteer forces incident to the war, is shown in letters sent by Adjutant General Corbin to Chairman Hull ofhe Military Committee. They give the. present cost of the regular army at $24,343,434; . cost under the proposed bill, $82,053,665; increase of cost, $37,710,231. ' " r How to rrevent Pnenmoiila. . -1 You arerperhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or fromjattactof Jrippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases , resulted in pneumonia, it was observed jEhat the attack was never followed by that dis ease I when .? Chamberlain's . Cough Remedy was used. - It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to re- suit in inai aangerous uisease. xt la the best remedy in the World for bad colds and - la grippe. - Every- bottle wnrmntpfl . Wan fiftle bv R. R. ; Bel- WEEDING OUTv .THE $i$rfS P 0NEO(COM New, Hanover Board of Education- Ac Z: cepted ResignaUana of Some and '' Demanded Dthers. .'The . new School Board .for; this county is carrying out their resolution to rid the county of negro school coou mitteemen to the letter."'- So much so that now there is not a' single negro committeeman in l the county. A sweeping riddance was made yester day, v- :; Z'Z': :.. ' The Board met yesterday at 8 P. M.J in their office i at j the court ' house. There were present Mr. B. G, Worth, chairman, Capt T. Di Meares and Mr. Q.' W: Westbrook. i " t The first matter to engage their at tention Was the; apportionment of the school fund.. - The . resignations of several negro school ;! committeemen were then read and accepted. They were J.' B.' Dudley, . of .: the colored A. and M. College at Greensboro, committeeman in School District No; 1, (city) Caesar Baker, colored, com mitteman in Distrioi No. 4,'Masonboro Township; Thos. Frank and John A. Hall; , both .. colored,: committemen in District No. 5, Harnett Town ship. - The acceptance of. these resignatioqs ' left ! three : . negroes still members of various ricom-' mittees. - They had manifested no disposition to resign and the Board on motion removed each of them and jde clared their offices vacant. ' - v v S '- Those removed were John G. Nor wood colored, of District No. 2, (city) ; W. H. Waddell. colored, of District No.v4, Masonboro Township, and J.M! Hewlett,: of District No. 5, Harnett Township. 5 J ' The Board did not fill all the vacan cies thus created. They made appoint ments as follows: j&Ir. J. Q. Wells, ' vice J. M. Hewlett; .as a member of District No. 5 Harnett Township ; Mr. J. D. Woody, vice Thomas Franks, colored, as a member in Dis trict No. 5, Harnett township, and Mr. Hosea Shepard jvice Jno A. Hart, colored, as a member in- District No. 5, Harnett township. Vacancies yet to be-, filled are in Districts Nos.; 1 amd 2, in the city and District No. ij Masonboro town ship,; - j. These- vacancies"! will probably be filled at-the next mBeng. ' The Board took a! recess, subject to the call of the chairman. CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURT. Tfie Business Session Will Begin To-day. '! Convened for the Term Yester- -; ? day Morning. Judge Dossey Battle and Solicitor Rodolph Duffy, of the Circuit Criminal court, arrived in the city yesterday- morning -to at tend ' ihe ' January term - of the court which will be in- session in this city during thelpresent ' week . and probably part of next week. Yester day morning at 10 o'clock Judge Bat tle formally coiivenced the court and immediately took a recess until 10 o'clock this morning. This was done in compliance with a notice recently published in the Star providing that the first business Session of the court be convened at JlO o'clock to-day. Jurors, witnesses, defendants, etc, will be on hand at the court house tMs morning and the business of the court will be taken up and pushed as rapidly as possible? - ! x . The people of jWilmingtoh' most heartily welcome Judge Dossey Bat tle to the city and are especially pleased to have him preside! over the- sessions of their court He is making a fair and impartial judge. The session of the court here will .be of almost two weeks duration. The great bulk of the cases are for petty offences. ' I . - - BOUND FOR -t- CUBA. Transport Hartford, from New York, Pat . . in at Southport for Harbor. " - Special Star Telegram. SOUTHPOET, N. C, January 4. U, S. Transport Hartford, r Captain Steph ens, from New York bound to Hava na, Cuba, arrived to-night for harbor on "account of thick foggy weather. She is a three-deck steamer, 1300 gross tons, and is loaded with quartermas ter's supplies for Cuba, in charge of Captain Thompson, quartermaster, but only has ten or twelve soldiers aboard. The Hartford left New ; York New Year's day, but the weather being stormy put in at j Norfolk, ( leaving there yesterday noon. - Truckers Here Yesterday. There was a meeting of the Board of pirectors of the Eastern -Carolina Truck and Fruit Grower's Association at The Ortonyesterday afternoon. The meeting was held far the 'purpose Of considering business of interest to the association membership. JT i . - Among ' those here to attend .the meeting were'Mr. W. L. Hill, of War saw; Mr. C M Steinmets, of - Rose Hill ; Mr. W. G. Fossell, of Hose Hill ; Mr. J. S. Westbrook, of Faison; Mr. J. H. Westbook, of Wallace ; Mr. J. A. Westbrook, of ML" Olive and Mr. F. L. Hill, of Wallace. Jlew Jersey Maroon ers. Z V Mr. H. G- Johnson nd Mr. C. W, Buckalew, of Plainfield. N. J., arrived in the city yesterday and will . spend probably month id the vicinity of , Lockward's Folly hunting and fishing.; They Will camp out inmarooning party fashion. Mr. J. B. Mercery the popu lar shoe man, will probably spend a few days with them soon. -: ' - - Let mk say I have used Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly recommend 1 it for i what it claims.' Verv.truly (Rev.) H. W. Bathaway. . Elizabeth, N. J. ' ; 1 Teikd Ely's Cream" Balm, and to all appearances am cured of, catarrh. The terrible headaches from Which I Jong suffered are gone-W. J. Hitch cook, late Major TJ. S. VoL and Av A. Jen., Buffalo, N. Y: l: . ; ' . r A lOcc trial size or the - 50c. v size of Ely's Cream Balm I wUl be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely - Brothers, 6$ Warren Bt.JN. r r PENITENTIARY Appointtnents:-? Made - by Capt. n.- f iZZ:ZZ z.rv:: wyr MEMBERS 0E LEGISLATURE. fU -.." About Half the Number HaveArrived: -Jtiilr Cnnnor in Iiid-fn'r SiMtalvr. i - -- - . i r S - oli!!i rnmhlaiallnM Una tliA . - DNiy n jvvuiviuauvu iviu tu West teBeat Him. 'Z ZZ .Special Star Correspondence. Z J1'""; RAuaaH, N. C, Jan; 2. .. Capt. W."H. Day, the new superin tendent of the penitentiary, took the oath; of office this : morning 'and as ume'd management of the institution. He filed his official bond for $5,000 Saturday. 'I , " ! Mr. Day (announces the following appointments: F. B. Arendell, mana ager of the central prison ; J. R. Til leryi manager of the State farms oi the Cape Fear; J. L, Rhem, supervi sor of the Northampton and Halifax farms j T. H. Mclver, su per v isor of the Caledonia farms, r These three supervisors take the place of the seven supervisors' now employed.-thereby, saving in salaries about $10,000 a year.'' Similar con- souaauon oi omces, uapt, uay.sajs, will be made all along down the line, -both on the farm and within the peni tentiary walls. It is understood that. only one of r the, present supervisors (McCaskey) will resist -removal. The board of. directors also, Captain Day is informed, "will resign in a body; He has called a meeting- here for Thursday, but he understands none of fyf . 'Z them will attend. Some of them have jS' -Z already resigned. In their places Gov.'tgS' v -Russell will appoint such men as Capt'. kry rt Day considers in Sympathy with his y ' plans and policy.. Amona this number .per will be Mr. Isaac Green, of Weldon,' 150 who is here to.day.- . fu .' A complete inventory of all the in- l)4'Z,t ' stitution's property will be taken and $ jZ' as soon as it is complete Capt Day will, ui !: :'-:; he says, ask the legislature to appoint KrT , ,"' a committee to investigate its affairs. Erw :" For this work Capt Day has appointed r -; Mr. Geo. D. Bennett, of Goldsboro.JPif - . and be asks Mr. MewVnrn some one to represent him. Wheu - sented, there can be no fairness of valuation. t - "So far as I am able to Uapt. Day told me yesterday, ,"the indebtedness of the institution isi not less than $80,000 and the crops (jtnd omer proaucis wui not sell lor more then $60,000, leaving a deficit of $20, 000." - "Do you think you can make the institution self-sustaining?" "I do, .though it never has been done, if I can only get a board of di rectors to join me in my plans. Mr, Tillefy says he would, be willing to take the - State farms and work the convicts if the State would give him one-tenth of the profit he could make, provided he had the contract for four years. He has made a fortune on the Roanoke farms and knows what he is talking about." , . - " r All appointments at the penitentiary have been turned over to Mr. Arendell 1 and all on the farms to Mr. Tillery. Changes will be made from the pres ent employes to Democrats as ranidlv as possible. Mr. Tillery's .official act. igg will be to turn out the ' twenty-seven nA' negro guards on the Caledonia farms er and put in white men. Mr. Tillery J r and Supervisor Mclyerleft here on tbe-brto noon train with seven white men who f. - . have been appointed guards. Capt. fort Day says that by Saturday night there last; will not be a negro in the employ ofjAn- tne penitentiary. ' Co. New Year's Day is being observ-4 nere as a holiday by the banks, ppst-1 omce ana ciaie omces. -. ine - aux wave sent struck this city Saturday night' fw8. For seve al days the weather had bt n almost as pleasant as in Spri.'riM Exactly at 11 o'clock a strong not i-v east wind sprang up and by midnij A the thermometer had fallen tweLtyf k degiees. Later in the night a . lqebtfe 7 snow fell and bitter 'cold weather Jlwsri Mr. W. H.-Smitb, of this city." has I - just returned from .Manila "where he was in the signal corps. He advises every onO to stay away from the Phil ippines, and opposes heir annexation. Only one death occurred in Raleigh from typhoid fever during the past year. - . : ' - , . j.- Confederate Veterans. :r V fi The Confederate Veterans' Associa- X! - "KT .1 j-, , .,1... . uou 01 iionn uaroiina win meet ini 47- 1 : 1 ttt . 1 1 -? ;i Bueuuu oessiou uere ou vv eunesuay, January 25th. ' - ' 1 Mr. Geo. Frapps, who has' been elected a State chemist, in place of Mr. Miller, who has resigned, will not en ter upon his duties until June 1st He returned to Johns Hopkins University to-day to complete his Ph. D. The members of the Legislature are now beginning to arrive. About a dozen, came yesterday. , There are -S ,$ . -r many candidates for minor places here. V.. Z-., - Special Star Telegram,. About one-balf of the members of the Legislature have arrived.. The number of candidates for place's, is 5 22 very large, and they are here. t . 4 Jo i All interest to-night is centered ini w tha speakership. Judge Connor seems a so to be in the lead. His friends claim lj fifty Votes on the first ballot; forty- t eight being necessary to a choice. His election,.nowever, is not-conceded by his opponents Overman, Craige and Moore. At "a late , hour to-night it seems probable that there will, be be fore the caucus to-morrow night a combination of these three candidates, all from the West, to - defeat Connor, who is the only candidate in the East. There is also talk of the withdrawal of Crrige in favor of Moore; both being -from the Ninth Congressional Dis trict ' : . r Vice President Hobart was unable jfjj to attend the session of the Senate yes- j terday, being confined to bis home Q with a mild attack Of the grip. ? Z '' j '..Yyo ' !T:. A Clver -Trick. ' ' '-' It certainly lookalike it, but there is ; A reaiiyno tncxaDoui u. Anypooycan try it who has iame isack and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he , can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up (the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid neys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. ;It cures' Constipation, Head ache. Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It. is purely vege table, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural.vigor. Try Elect . trie Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle cuaranteed. Only 50c. a bottle atR. R. BKiXAMY'sDrug Store. t CASTORIA For Infants and Children. . . The Kindlfca Have AlwayJooght J - Bears the". ':"8lgnatareof iet XSOt-r Dot-. Tm. ,100. Jer; for ialt ton w iles i; jped iiey. ".'' I 4 esv ID- 80- 00 00 18 ee sZZ' 11 - r UP" 11 10J4 16 Z BOO 8 00 00 4 00 Z 4 00 r 'I: V
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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