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'. - - ' ; . ' ; -I I -, .1 .1 ! 7 I L LI AM H. BEEN A BD " Editor and Proprietor, ' WILMINGTON, N. C. Feidat -' - - April 7, 1899. MB. STRICKER'S OBJECT LESSON. Mr. Chaa. M. Strieker, of Chicago, ia a gentleman who apparently keeps up on the Trusts, although that isn't alf easy thing to do these days, con sidering the number of them and the large fresh batches thai sre -tcnied" out every week. .He also has some conception of the extent to which the denizen of this country is in the hands of the Trusts and how he pays "tribute to them, sleeping or waking, waiKing or standing ssui, living or dead. To give his esteemed fellow , citizens who have not thought seri ously upon it an idea of how they as -well as he are victimized oy- ine Trusts" he has issued a card for circu lation upon which is printed the.fol lowing: I sleep in a bedstead made by $12,--000,000 trust. - I put on myvunderwear made by $30,000,000 trust. I put on -ny pants, thread mads by $300,000,000 trust. I wear the shirt made by $100,000, 000 trust. . . I wear shoe3 of leather made .by $125,000,000 trust. I walk on carpets made by $10,000,- 000 trust '.. - I wear the collars made by $3,000, 000 trust. I wear the socks made by $30,000, 000 trust. . I use the matches made by $20,000, nnntniRt I light the gas made by $11,000,000 trust. . I eat oatmeal with a spoon made by $50,000,000 trust.- . , I uat oatmeal Tmade by. $3,400,000 trust. '' Ise sugar, ia my cofFee made by $40,000,000 trust. I use milk ia my coffee handled by $10,000,000 trust. I eat the cracker made by $55,000, 000 trust. , I eat bread of flour made by $150, 000.000 trust. - T t 4 at t ! J i , - a nrr 000. trust. I use wall paper ia the house made by $50,000,000 trust. I wear rubber shoes made by $50, 000,000 trust. I want my casket from lumber made by $20,000,000 trust. I want them to use ice when dead made by $117,000,000 trust. I want my casket made when dead by $18,000,000 trust I want my headstone of marble made by $20,000,090. f-write this on paper 'made by $40, 000,000 trust This is a pretty impressive and formidable array, but it is only a couple dozen out of the 350 odd Trusts that had been organized be-, fore the end of March. He might, if he had cared to make his card as large as a barn door or a bed cover, have enumerated quite an extended addition to these twpntv-five to which he and all other people of this country pay tribute directly or jndirectly. But those he enume rates will suffice to give the average person some idea of how the Trusts have reached out and covered the field. We do" not know what Mr. Strieker's calling is, but we assume that he is in somewhat comfortable circumstances and - can therefore stand the squeeze of the Trusts with out feeling it very seriously, much less so than many thousands of his fellow citizens who are in less comfortable circumstances do. A, slight advance in the cost of the necessaries of life may not give the person who has a comfortable income or has steady employment and good wages added to the cost of the necessaries ' of life, whether it be on food, cloth- - ing-, . or . necessary furniture, etc , -1 j ii ii i iuiiK.es consiueraoie m me aggregate in the course of the year for I the toiler who has a family dependent upon hisvdaily labor. The immense profits of the Trnsts arising from these small increases in prices make . millions for them and these millions come" out of the 'pockets of the American people, each contributing his portion to make the grand ag gregate. But the tributethat Mr. Strieker andother consumers of Trnst goods pay ine x rusts is -nos ine worst Lj J.1 ffl A - " 1 1 1 i feature of the Trust monstrosity. Although this might be, and to many doubtless is a hardship, they jiiiLMiii HLHini il ii inn i rn hi. ninn'T. cut - both ways, for having monopoly on labor, as it has on! the products it controls, it enforces idleness by employing less labor and thereby reduces the ca pacity'of the wage earners to, buy the things thev need and to nav the 0 . x j prices the TniBts demand. It doesn't matter to the man who has not the : money to buy whe'ther an article is dear or cheap. If it costs but ten Cents he must do without it if he hasn't the ten cents. Trusts may possibly, now that they are just starting out on a grand 1 1 ! 1 , L 11 11 ' buucj Va3 lluol1 nagco, vut 11110 iuojf jean afford to do after they have closed up establishments here and there and only operate those located at central points. Then, although possibly paying slight increase of wages in some lines, they are paying less wages in the aggregate, than ' were paid in the same lines before because a smaller number of people ... are employed, and a greater number forced into -idleness or to jseek em ploy ment in some other way. ' Next will come the farmer, the cotton grower, the wool producer, onrl nt.Vioia OftoVi and in.11 nf wVinm will be at the mercy of the Trusts when thev become thoroughly or jganized. This means that about 12,000,000 of the people engaged in rural industries will find the prod ucts of their labor controlled by the Trusts which will eventually "com mand both the labor market and the market V for- the commodities of labor. This is what the Trustoc-" racy will bring U3 unless it is check ed before it attains its f nil growth and strength. The tendency is to enlargement to mighty proportions and power until each Trust has command of sufficient millions to become absolute in its sphere, jrad formidable enough to defy and deter competition or opposition. .. This means - prat5tkally--recihg the - people to two classes, those composing the Trusts and those controlled by thif Trusts a Trust ocracy in the place of a Democracy, with the people on the . bottom in stead of on the top. Even before that day comes, if it does come, the Trusts will be such complete mas ters of the field, and dictators, that Congresses and Legislatures will be mere jfcools in their' hands to enact the legislation which they desire or to defea,t. the legislation to. which they are opposed. As they already own much, they will own most .of the best legal talent of the country, and with this they will find ways and means to own judges and hold courts in their grasp. . The strides with which they are moving now, the rapidity with which they are moving, the boldness with which they act, and the mighty "pro portions which they are assuming, make " this a serious question and force ' the issue on the . people whether they or the Trustocracy shall be supreme., . SMALL CANNERIES. The Savannah Netos is making a commendable effort to create an in terest in fruit and vegetable can neries in Georgia. It calls attention to the fact that about all of the stock on handlast year, has been ex liausted; the requirements for the army causing a largely increased de mand for canned vegetables. ' It also calls attention to the fact that there is annually grown in that State a arge surplus of fruits and vegeta bles, which goes to waste, unless it be fed to the hogs. In the fruit growing section of that State con siderable attention has been given to the canning of fruit, in the shipping of which there is too little or no profit. We clip the following from an editorial in a recent issu e : "The domestic consumption of canned goods by families, hotels and restaurants has been considerably in creased during the past few years. Many housewives who formerly canned their own corn, tomatoes, ber ries, beans, and the like, now pur chase them from the family grocer. They and it cheaper to do so than to do the work themselves; still, the prices which they pay for their canned goods are sufficient to leave a neat margin of profit for the canner who goes regularly into the business and practices economy. It is pre dicted that the output of canned goods at Baltimore will this year be the largest on record. . ''All of this should be interesting information to the truck and fruit growers of Georgia. . There is raised in this State every year a considerable quantity of truck and fruit which never reaches market for various reasons. At present these products are practically, if not actually, wasted. witu small canning plants scattered about through the truck and fruit sections ,that which now goes fo waste eould be saved and turned into money. Take the one item of tomatoes: It is probable that ten thousand crates of tomatoes go to wasted every year in South Georgia and Florida because they cannot be marketed promptly in meir natural state, ii mere were canneries handy, pretty nearly all of them could be saved. And the same is true respecting pears, peaches, peas, Deans and other products. "Small canning plants, capable of doing as eood work as even the larerest plant, cost comparatively little money. For a few hundred dollars a plant can be established. Half a dozen producers in a neighborhood can club together ana start a canning factory, without either of them feeling the outlay. The time is propitious for a boom in the canning industry in Georgia and Flor ida." All of this that applies to Georgia and Florida applies with equal force to .North .Carolina, and espe cially to - Eastern North Carolina, where small-fruit growing and trucking are carried on so largely. The cost of an outfit being small, the clubbing together of neighbors to establish canneries is a good sug gestion. ' BY 'WHOSE AUTHORITY The presumption is that the Com- mis8ion.now in the Philippines is speaking by Authority of the Presi dent, but it says as much - in its opening of the proclamation .where it goes on to bav what the President believes7in pursuance which belief it prases its proclamation. It tells the Filipinos what will be done embracing the programme in eleven articles, the first of which declares that "the supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the Archi pelago." This is the very point of 1 conten tion. It is, the supremacy of the United States that the Filipinos are objecting to, and fighting; against, so. that before peace can come they must concede the very point .at issue. A great many promises are' made to them, all conditional on their acquiescence in the "supremacy of the United States;" much is promised, in ,iact a very alluring programme is marked out with , much of which the Govern ment of the United States will and can have nothing to do, such as de veloping the resources, building schools, railroads, etc. The schools bpth primary and of higher grades must be- left to the local govern ments, and the railroads, and other roads to private enterprise, - and to the communities interested.4 As '-" we see it this commission promises too much and: its proclama tion is a substantial contradiction of the President's declaration at Bos ton and afterwards at Thomasville that the administration had no pol icy as to the Philippines. In the face of that this commission speak ing for the President maps out an elaborate programme that' had evii dently been prepared with much thought and cleverness, and f the gentlemen deserve much credit for their cleverness. . .Bnt substantially it all amounts to this: "We have dpp.ided to take vou in whether vou like it o not, and do a great deal more for you than you could ever do for yourselves. You had therefore better, swallow whatever aspirations to independence you may have, and come in submissively for if you don't we'll thrash the obstinacy out of you and make you come in." Paternal ism backed up by powder, shot and bayonets. But Mr. McKinley's ad ministration, forsooth, had no Philippine policy. j BETTER THAN C0TT0B The farmers of Cumberland county are showing level heads in giving more attention to diversified farm ing and less to cotton. It seems that some ofthem have also been, successfully experimenting with new crops for that section, - as we learn from the following clipped from the Fayetteville Observer: "In a conversation this morning with- one of the most extensive and best posted farmers in Cumberland county, we learn that our farmers are diversifying their crops more than we expected. Besides tobacco, a number are planting rice and Ribbon cane (Louisiana sugar cane). "A number of the 'over the river1 farmers have been raising rice for many years and it has proven so profit able that several of the 71st planters are going to try small patches of rice this year. Forty bushels can be raised on an acre, and will fetch from 80 cents to $1.00 per bushel. Several new rice mills will be established and every facility can be had, for cleaning the rough grain. The time for planting is from April 10th to the 20th. "The ribbon cane is imported in the stalk from Louisiana and transplanted like frui Vtrees. It will yield eight bar rels of syrup to the acre. The gentle man above spoken of tells us that these crops can be successfully raised ia Cumberland county, far more to than cotton at 5 and 6 cents." r Upland rice is being pretty ex tensively cultivated in this St ate now, and the success with which it has met will doubtless result in ex tending the cultivation. There is no danger of overstocking that market. - " The cultivation of the Louisiana sugar cane seems to be a new thing, but as the Chinese cane has been ong and somewhat extensively cul-. tivated in some, parts of the State wejsee no reason why the Louisiana cane should not succeed' as well, while its yield is much better. There are a great many things that might be successfully and profit ably grown in North Carolina if at tention were turned in that direc tion, things, too, for which there is always a demand and a paying market. There is a chance for somebody to make $30,000 by proving prop erty. It is lying in the State Treas ury of Montana without a claim ant. The State lays no claim to it, nor does -any one else. It was turned over to the investigating committee by a Senator, .who says it was given to him to vote for Senator-elect Clark, and Clark says it isn't his money and he doesn't know anything about it. They do not seen to have a conscience fund in that State. An Indian gentleman in Oklaho ma recently performed the remark able feat of8tealing his brother's bicycle, riding six miles and attempt ing to kill his sweetheart without waking up. He was a daisy som nambulist. so nronounced bv the. board ofhealth, which asked for and secured his release, after he was arrested." . A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch tells how a French Canadian, in a fit of jealousy, slew his sweetheart, Olga Possamie, a beautiful half-breed In dian girl, because she had jilted him, and then killed himself. He objected to Possamie's possum play ing. ' A case of remarkable imagination is reported from St. Louis, a girl who contracted meningitis from reading an account of it. When St. Louis girl becomes interested in anything she does become interested The Ohio people want the earth. A couple of them are now claiming the $19,0007000 estate left by that old bachelor James Tyson, who died recently in Australia. It is said that he originally came or went from Bal timore. The Eastern Shore pf Maryland seems to have the pull oh the canned tomato business. - Of the 5,000,000 pans annually put up in this country 1,800,000 are put np on the Eastern Shore! The farmers of Georgia are cur tailing their purchases of commer cial fertilizer. According to the com missioner of Agriculture, the .pur chases this year will be a fourth less than last year. - -The many friends of Chief Parmele will be glad to know that he has sufficiently recovered to spend much of his time now at the City Hall in his official capacity. INTERESTING SESSION The Wamington Presbytery WU1 Probably Finish Their.Work j ' To-day. . ' j DR. CHESTER'S LECTURES. White Plain's Church the Place for the Next 'Session to Convene in Septem ber Next Year Proceedints-of Woman's Convention. Thenext session of the Wilmington Presbytery, now in session with St. Andrew's Church, this city; ; will be -held with the church at White Plains, Pender county, September 14th .of this year. The selection was made yesterday - afternoon - by the Presby tery upon recommendation of the committee on time and place, com posed of Rev. Jno. Stanly Thomas and Jfr. J. Johnson., 'The second day's session of the Presbytery was called to order yester day at 9 :30 A. M. by the Moderator, Rev. L. Winecoff, with the "stated clerk, Rev. A. McFadyen, at his desk. The first order of business was the an nouncement of the following com mittees: Narrative to General Assembly Rev. P. C. Morton and E. C. Smith. Systematic Beneficence Rev. S. H. 'Isler and W. J. Boney. Ministerial Support W. H. Sprunt and Rev. R. V. Lancaster. Sessional Records-j-No. 1, Rev. W. M. Shaw and George S. Moore ; No. 2, B. F. Hall and E. Mann; No. 3, W. F. Shaw and J. H. Moore. A' communication protesting against the seating of Congressman-elect Roberts, of Utah, was read and re ferred to a committee composed of Rev. Peter Mclntyre and Rev. Geo. W. McMillan. The report of Rev. A. McFadyen, as agent for ministerial education, was read and approved, as were the reports of Rev. J. E. L. Winecoff, as Sunday school agent, and Mr. Joha McLauria as treasurer. As a result of a statement made by Rev. R. V. Lancaster, the treasurer was instructed to dividetheehurch and Christian education fund between the James Sprunt Institute and David son College. Rev. Av ,G. Voigt, D. D., was in vited to a seat with the Presbytery. Rev. S. H. Isler and Mr. B. G.Worth were nominated as commissioners to represent this Presbytery in the Gen eral Assembly to convene in Richmond in May, and Rev. P. C. . Morton and Dr. W. B. Murphy as alternates. The following Presbyterial agents and committees, to serve during the ensuing year, were selected: Publications and Col portage Rev. K. McDonald. , Foreign Missions Rev. A. D. Mc- Clure. Educational Rev. J. 8. Thomas. Colored Evangelization Rev. R. V. Lancaster. Svnday Schools -J. S. Moore, Committee on Sabbath Rev. Peter Mclntyre. Home Missions Rev. P. H. Hoge, D. D., Rev. A. McFadyen, B. E. Hall and-Henry Farrior. , v Committee to Audit Treasurer's Ac counts A. A. "Willard, B. G. Worth and W. H. Sprunt itev. j. Stanley t nomas accepted a call to Topsail church, and Rev. A. D. McClure, A. McFadyen and W. ix. opruni were appointed a commis sion to install him as pastor. Rev. Mr. 1 nomas also offered his resigna tion of the pastorate of Pike, Hope well and Mt. Williams' churches, and the Presbytery dissolved the relation ur. tr. ix. tioge submitted an ex cellent report on the Home Mission work and made a number of impor tant recommendations. The report was accepted and the recommenda tions adopted. Rev. R. V. Lancaster, S. O. Middle- ton and W. H. Grady were appointed a commission to investigate the re cord titles to Presbyterian churches in Duplin county. The Presbytery took a recess at 5:30, P. M. o'clock until 8 o'clock at night The Visiting Debates. It will be of interest to note in this connection the names of the visiting delegates attending the Presbytery. They are as follows : Rev. Colin Shaw, Kerr; Rev. A. McFadyen, Clarkton; Rev. G. W. Mc Millan, Burgaw ; Rev. Peter Mcln tyre, Faison ; Rev. S. H. Isler, Golds- boro; Rev. R. V. Lancaster, Kenans- ville; Rev. J. E. L. Winecoff, White- viiie:Kev. w. M, Shaw. Southport. Ruling Elders C. Johnson, Ivanhoe; Ueo. J. Moore, Iromt Caswell: W. M. Campbell. Clarkton ; J. L. Gorman, uroniy; w.j. .Boney, Wallace; W. I. Shaw, Kerr;C. S. Carr. Zenia; E. C. Smith, Magnolia; Dr. W. B. Mur phyTomhawk; Jas. H. Moore, Bur gaw; P. Furpless. Southport; Ivey W. Sidberry, Topsail Sound ; E. Mann, Warsaw, and v. J. Williams, Chin quepin. " - , The Night Session. At 8 o'clock last night the Presby tery was treated to a remarkably fine lecture by Rev. S. H. Chester, D. D. of Nashvaie, His theme was "The Mission Work in China; Its Condi tions and-Difficulties." At the con elusion Of the lecture a collection, amounting to $25.60, was taken for the mission work. The Woman's Convention. ' The Woman's Convention of For eign Mission Societies of the Wilming ton Presbytery was called to order at 10. 30 o'clock in the Lecture room of St. Andrew's Church. Mrs. B. F. Hall, the president, presided, and Mrs. D. M. Fennell was secretary. Devo tional exercises were conducted by Kev. S. H. Isler, of Goldsboro. The following visiting delegates were m attendance; Mrs. A. J. Johnson, 'Mrs. Pridgen and Mrs. Mattie Tavior. New Hone. Brunswick county; Mrs. W. T. Bon- nerman and Mrs. J. ii. Moore, Burgaw: miss jLiiza murpny, uaswen ; Mrs. Munson, Black River Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wellington, Jbaison. , The reports of various societies were satisfactory. Mrs. A. J. Johnson, of Brunswick, read a report on the mis sion work in Laos and Mrs. William H. Chadbourn and Mrs. P. Pear sail qu China. . Mrs. E. W, MacRae addressed the. convention on the general "workj of the societies, and Rev. S. H. Chester,. D. D , spoke upon the work in Corea. Both were interesting addresses.; The convention adjourned about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon to meet in June of next year with- the Caswell Presbyterian Church. j Announcements For To-Day. At 9:30 o'clock this morning the work of the Presbytery will be re sumed. ; It is expected that' the work of the session will be concluded today. , To night Dr. Chester will lecture on the "Lives, Labors, Homes and Habits of the Missionaries as he saw them." The public is cordially in vited. . DAMAGE TO TRUCK FARMS. Impossible As Yet to Make Definite Es timate of the Loss; Bnt Growers . - Say It is Slight. Truckers who were in the city from the country yesterday reported a heavy frost yesterday morning, and quite a number of early risers in the city also reported a like observation. The dam age to the trucking interests, however, so the growers say cannot as yet be definitely determined. Some are of the opinion that the strawberry crop is slightly if any damaged, while others contend that the crop will be off nearly twenty -five per cent. A telephone message to the Star from Mr. J. H. Westbrook, at Rocky Point, last night, says that damage to strawberries in that locality is vari ously estimated at from five to ten per cent. ; garden peas have suffered most, though it is impossible to say how much ; beans, which are scarcely up yet, are thought to .be damaged very little, while Irish potatoes are safe, they in a majority of cases having been-well covered. Mr. Westbrook had several acres of strawberries uncovered, which appar ently, he says, are injured no more than those well covered. A correspondent of the Star ai Cur- rie on the Atlantic and Yadkin, writ ing yesterday, stated' that the truck crop in that section is damaged -none whatever. There was no sleet or snow near Currie Tuesday and the prospects are bright for a large crop. A SAD-DEATH LAST NIGHT. Miss Lara Cooper Passed Away at the Residence of Her Sister. Miss Lura Cooper, of Eenansville, Duplin county, died last night about 8 o'clock at the residence of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Clemmohs, in this city, af ter an illness of abaut one week with pneumonia. Miss Cooper came to the city several weeks ago to visit relatives and while here, she was taken ill and rapidly grew worse, the dreaded" disease finally culminating in her sad death last night. She leaves a brother, ,' Mr. J. B. Cooper and two sisters, - Mrs. W. J. Clemmons and Mrs. W. R. Morrison, all of this city, to whom the sympathy of a wide circle of friends will go out in the sad bereavement they are called upon to endure. .. The remains will be taken on the 9:45 o'clock train this morning to Kenansville, where the funeral will be held and the interment made at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. A. C. L. Surgeons Appointed. The many friends of Dr. I. H. Man ning will be glad to learn that he has received the appointment by the At lantic Coast Line as surgeon of Wil mington district from Rocky Mount to the South Carolina line. Dr. Manning for quite a while served efficiently as chemist, for the Navassa Guano works, and left Jhere to prosecute the study of medicine, having, since his graduation, done extensive service in leading hospitals North. Other ap pointments announced by the Coast Line are as follows: Dr. Van Telburg Hoffman, Norfolk district, and Dr. W. W. Hicks, Florence district. APPOINTMENTS By the Bishop 'of East Carolina. April 9. Sundav 1st after Easter, Mr P., Christ Church, Rockfish. April 9, Sunday 1st after Easter, E. P., 8. Andrew's, Flea Hill. April 16, Sunday 2nd after Easter, M. Pv Christ Church. April 16 Sunday 2nd after Easter, E. P., S. Cyprian's, Newbern. April 17, Monday, S. Thomas', Craven Co. April 18, Tuesday, S. Paul's, Vance boro. April 19, Wednesday, E. P., Stone wall. April 20, Thursday, Com., Stonewall. April 21, Friday, Grace Church, Tren ton. April 25, Sunday 3rd after Easter, P., S. John's, Wilmington. April 23, Sunday 3rd after Easter, P., Good Shepherd, Wilmington. M. E. April 30, Sunday 4th after .blaster. M. Jr., o. James , Wilmington. May 7, Sunday 5th after Easter, Lake Waccamaw. Theschooner Clias. C. Lister. Capt. Robinson, bound from New York via Richmond, Va., to Wilming ton, is several days overdue. She was probably blown off the coast by ad verse winds and was. unable to make the harbor at Southport She is con signed to Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. BURNED TO DEATH. 1 . Bodies of Man and Wife Found in Their House Near Pensacola. By Telegraph to the Mornlna Star. Pensacola, April 5. A Mr. Smith and his wife, reeent arrivals from the North, J were burned to death in their house last night near Harper's station, ten miles from this city. Their bodies were found to-day; Sheriff Mitchell, County Judge Holley and the coroner's jury from Milton, in Santa Rosa coun ty, left immediately for the scene to in vestigate the matter. Nothing is known here of the full name or former home of Mr. Smith. Bean the ? 118 Wnfl Yoa Haffl lwa?S Bought EUgutt" NO BLAME ATTACHED Young McEntee and Barr Exonerated from Causing the Death of the Negro . Robert Howe.-j JShe Coroner's jury in the case of Robt. Howe, the negro who died very suddenly in the city prison Saturday afternoon,' re-assembled.j yesterday morning atll o'clock and after hearing the' result of the post mortem exami nation, rendered a verdict "that the deceased came to his death; from causes unknown to the jury." I No additional witnesses were ex amined and after hearing; the report of Dr. McMillan,,who with the assist ance of Prs. Price and Bmrbank, did , . 1 ii . 1 j 1 1 tne autopsy, tne jury was uisaaargeu. The report of Dr. McMillan, showed that there were three cutaneous ab rasions on the forehead and a slight contusion over the occiput and that the brain, heart, spleen, stomach and intestines were in a normal condition. The right lobe of the liver was rup tured about one and a half inches and bruised for two and a half or. three inches around the rupture. Both kid neys were abnormally hard with the capsules very adherent, the left kid- dey fatty and the right slightly bo. Immediately .after the ' verdict was rendered, the young , men, McEntee and Barr, who were held awaiting the verdict of the jury, were released, no responsibility having . been attached to them on account of the fight en gaged in with the negro a few hours prior to his death. They were, how ever, held by the city authorities for fightiug on the streets and each was- fined $10 and co3ts at aspecial session of the police court held yesterday afternoon at; 3 o'clock. ! They were represented by Herbert McClammy, Esq., who entered a pleta of submis sion, j Both young men are well known about town and stoutly deny that the negro was struck with a deadly weapon by them THE DAMAGE TO TRUCK. i The Cold Wave Will Delay Early Ship ments and Probably Destroy Some Crops-Weather Conditions. it is tne general --opinion among truckers that very serious damage is being done to early truck land 1 berries by the recent cold, the season of the year considered, which prevails throughout this section; However, it is impossible to form j any sort of an accurate estimate of the damage at present. It is probable that only the truck and berries not protected by covering will be seriously damaged, .News from neighboring towns indi cite, that this immediate vicinity is escaping very much more lightly than some other trucking localities. - RrG. Grady, Esq., came down from Burgaw and says there is snow and ice at that placa. Captain S. A. Johnson, of Warsaw, was also a visitor here yes- terdayj$nd says snow was falling and there was a slight sleet when he left home, increasing further north, good falls of snow having been reported from Goldsboro and Fremont. Capt. W. E. Kyle, Capt. J. W. Fry and Mr. H. L. Fry of the A. and Y. road come down from Greensboro yes terday. They say there were several inches, of snow in Winston and Greensboro yesterday morning and it was still falling. They travelled in snow within about four miles of Fay etteville. There was a slight -'fall of snow in that town but it did not stick. Local Shipping News. The British steamship Olenwood; Capt. Mehegen, from Huelva, Spain, arrived Sunday afternoon to Messrs. E. Peschau & Co., with a cargo of pyrites for the Navassa Guano Co, The schooner Edna and Emma, Capt. Richardson, and the schooner rChas. II. Sprague, Capt. j McRitchie, arrived yesterday to. Messrs, Geo. Harriss, Son &-Co. The Edna and Emma is from Baltimore and brought a load of steel rails for the extension of the tram ways of the Cape Fear Lum ber Company. The Sprague brought coal from Philadelphia for the Navassa Guano Co., and. was towechip to the factory yesterday afternoon by the tug Navssa. . j FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR CONTESTEE. In Beilamy-Dockery Contest Wili be Heard Monday, April 10th. OliverH. Dockery, the contesant, has beeniFrved with a notice that additional witnesses for the contestee in the contested Congressional election case will be examined before Notary Fowler in the United States Court room in this city on Monday, April 10th, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M. The forty days for examination of wit nesses for the contestee expires April 12th, and at the expiration of that time evidence for the contestant in re buttal will likely be heard, j The following is a list of the nine witnesses to be examined Monday: Messrs. W. E. Springer, Joseph Jacobi, Matt Bremer, Ed Warren,! Thos. Mc Caleb, R. H. McKoy, Col. J. W. Atkinson, Dr. W. N. Harriss and J. D. Bellamy. j New Law Firm. . A copartnership for the practice of law has been entered into by - George Rountree, Esq., of the Wilmington bar, and J. C, Carr, Esq., of Kenans ville, Dublin county. Mr. Carr ar rived in the city yesterday, and in the future will make Wilmington his home. He was Duplin's representa tive in the last General Assembly, and made an enviable record as a true Democrat and an able financier. He also contributed largely to the success of Democracy of his county during the campaign of 1898. The Wilming ton bar will no doubt extend him that cordial welcome he so richly deserves. The unfortunate shooting of Mr. Council Joyner, of LaGrange, by Mr. J. C. Wootten, was telegraphed to the Star from Kinston, N, C.J where it occurred, but through mistake ap peared among telegrams from Raleigh in yesterday's paper. I THE COJIfiUSSIONERS. .1 The Business Meeting for Apri Was Held. Yesterday Afternoon.. .. TAX LISTERS AND ASSESSORS Appointed and Their Compensation Fixed. Election of Superintendent of Health Deferred Site fdr Pest House Donated to the City. : - The Board of County Commis sioners met yesterday afternoon, the principal business transacted being the appointment of tax-listers and ""asses sors and the donation of a site for the city pest houses.! The annual election of the superintendent of health", the position now efficiently filled by Dr. W. D. McMillani, was to have been held but inasmuch as the selection is made jointly by the County Commis sioners and Board of Aldermen, action was deferred until the wishes" of the Aldermen could be ascertained. For some time before the regular sessipn of the Board was called, they were in a -caucus presumably agreeing among themselves as to what appoint ments should ba made. The' public session was called to order about 3:30 o'clock with Col. Moore in the chair and Commissioners Holmes, Alexan der, McEachefti and Barry in atten dance, j Zancig the palmist and the hypno tist appeared before the Board and in sisted that he was not liable for a tax of $150 Sheriff McRae assessed against him. The matter was referred to County Attorney McKoy who recom mended that the tax should be collected. The sheriff was so instructed, $f - Register of Deeds Biddle- reported that during March he sold 23 marriage licenses and exhibited the county treas urers receipt for $21. 85, the amount due the county. . ! Col. Taylor, clerk of the Superior Court, reported I the collection of $27 from the New Hanover Pleasure Club, which amountjie paid into the school treasury. j S. F. Hill sent a communication to the Board stating that during the past year he has served as chaplain of the County Home, and assuring the Board that he would appreciate any appro-j priation they may make for him. No donation was made. The following jurors were drawn for the next term of New Hanover Superior Court i D. H. Penton, Jor don Niron,- J. W. Strickland, J. H. Hewlett, F. W. Mohr, . W. Penny, Henry C. Wright,,, Eugene Philyaw, Julius Huhn, J. P. Hopewell, Jno, J. Forest, J. G. W. Tienken, R. S. Love, Henry Bj Green, H. A. Bagg, J. S, Furches, J. H; Bronges and 'L. Unapman. The matter of donating to the city a site Tor the location of a pest house for smallpox and other contagious diseases was brought to the attention of the Board by Col. Roger Moore. Alder man Hanby was present and together with Dr. McMillan answered a number of questions regarding the wishes of the city authorities 4 in the premises. On motion of Commissioner Holmes the chairman was authorized to ap point a committee of three to confer with the City Sanitary Committee and the Superintendent of Health and lo cate thepest house upon any section of the County Home tract they may deem most suitable. The committee consists of Chairman Moore and Com missioners Holmes and McEachern, who are empowered to deed four acres of land to the city for pest house pur poses. , j On motion of Commissioner Holmes the compensation for tax assessors was fixed at $2 per day, except that in Cape Fear and Harnett townships they shall receive $50; in Masonboro $45 and in Federal point $35. It was pro vided that the assessors for Wilming ton township receive' $4.00 per day and the listers $2.00 per day. The Board" then entered into the election of assessors and: listers with the fol f owing result : j Cape Fear Township James Cowan, lister ; . R. W. Bordeaux and J. T. Kerr, assessors, f Federal Point j Township Jno. A. Biddle, lister; Thos. Burnett and M. L. Winner, assessors. Wilmington Township T. O. Bunt ing, lister; M. Sj Willard and T. F. Bagley, assessors. - Masonboro Township B. F. Mum ford, lister; D. J; Fergus and H. L. Home, assessors. I Harnett Township J. N. Maoum ber, lister; C. H. Alexander and Geo. F. Shepherd, assessors. Dr. W. DjJIcMillan's monthly re port, as superintendent of health was read as follows; j To the Board of County Commis sioners: 1 During March there were treated in this office 181 patients and 144 visits were made to 68 patients in their homes. There was quarantined on March 9 th at 309 South Second street a case of smallpox which is still in quar antine. There has been a decided in crease in the demand among the poor for medical assistance ar well as an increase of sickness, especially among the colored inhabitants. . . - The County Home is in fair sanitarv condition xuere js no accute sickness among inmates. They are well fed The hniriA ia well and comfortable. kept and in as eaad crtndit.inn no f Vi a plumbing will allow. One autopsy was done for the coroner during the muth. 1 Respectfully, - W. D. McMillan. in the matter of the election of a Superintendent of Health it was moved by Commissioner McEachern that Col. Moore appoint a committee of three, of which Col. Moore would be chairman, to confer with the Board of Aldermen relative to the selection of a superintendent and report to a special session of the commissioners to be held Thursday ? afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; i Orion Lodge I. 0. 01. F. At the regular meeting of Orion Lodge No. 67, ii O. O. F., held last night Mr. Fred. B. Rice was elected representative to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, arid Mr. W. J. Reeves was chosen as alternate. Mr. W. 8. .Warrocic wasj recommended for ap' pointment byj'the Grand Lodge to the office of District Deputy. As stated in yesterday's Star,' the Grand "Lodge meeting will be held this year in Ra leigh on the second Monday in May. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. . s Annual Meeting and Election of 0ficers ot tape pear wamp No. 254-Com. mitteea Appointed.. The annual meeting of Cape pP"T Camp No. 254, U. C. Vi,j was held last night at the W. L. I. rmory wjt. Commander G. W. Huggins in chair. ; Minutes of the last meeting Wp. read and approved, and an election r,f officers was ordered. Commander Huggins having dp. clined re-election, Capt. J. I. Metu. was, on motion, elected commander of the camp. Other officers chosen were: 1. W. Kerchner, first vice com mander; J. E. Matthews, second ivice commander; Henry Savage; adjutant R. F. Hamme; treasurer; J. J. Wildpi.'- .standard-bearer; P. Heinsberger, ser geant major; J. Carmichael, D. D chaplain; J. CI Shepard, M. D., sur' geon. . ' I . Executive Committee C. II. KiDr . W. S. Warrock, P. Heinsberger and Pi H. Smith.' Pension Board- Owen Fennell (chair man), Williml Blanks, C. H. Gatizer and A. G. Hankins. ' Delegates to Reunion at Charleston, . May 10th to 13th J. Hal Boatwright P,H. Smith, J. I.'Metts, A. M. Wad dell, L. S. Belden, W. J. Woodward, P. Heinsberger. Alternates F. v. Kerchner, C. H. King, J. C. Shepard, W. 8. Warrock, J. E. Matthews, W L. Harlow, William Calder. " - On motion, a committee ; was ap pointed to confer with the Wilming ton Light Infantry and the Naval Re serves with a view to their attending ; the reunion at Charleston, r On motion, the annual dues were increased to. CO' cents per year; the same now due and payable. On motion, the treasurer was U structed to pay the per .capita assess ment of five cents of the division head quarters to the division Quartermaster. ' WILMINGTON PRES3YTERY ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT. Opening Sermon by Rev. W. M. Shaw. . Rev. J. L. Winecoff Elected Modera tor To-day's Programme. The Wilmington Presbvterv met last night at 8 o'clock with St. An drew's Church, this city,, in semi-annual session, thfre being a good repre: sentation of the churches of the Pres bytery, embracing this "and several ad jacent counties., The opening sermon was delivered by Rev. W. M. Shaw, the retiring moderator: His text was from First Con. 1st chapter and 23rd verse: "We Preach fihrist C!rncifiprf"' fThe discourse was attentively heard by the attendant congregation and was carefully prepared and well de livered. Organization of the Presby tery was perfected by the election of Rev. J. IrWinecoff,, of White ville, moderator, and Dr. Murphy, of Bladen and Mr. O. S. Carr, of Duplin,, tem porary clerks. . The Presbyterywas led ia prayer by Uev. A. McFadyen in behalf of Rev. Kenneth McDonald, who is seriously sick. It was decided that the Presbytery, during the remainder of this session, extending through the remainder of this week, will meet at 9.30 A. M.J closing at noon with devotional exer cises; re-assemble at 3 Jr. M., and ad journ at will. U. S. CRUISER RALEIGH. Acting Secretary Allen Says It is Not a nui "4 Practicable for the Warship Visit Sootbport.' Special Star Telegram. Southport, N. C, April 4. The following letter in regard to the U. S. Cruiser Raleigh's proposed visit here has been received by Mayor Gordon and explains itself: "Washington, D. C, March so To E. F. Gordon, Mayor, South port, N. C. Sir. In reply to your Tetter of the 27th instant, the De partment regrets to inform you that it will not be practicable for the the waters of that vicinitv far the nrp- sentation of the trophy, captured at Manila. !.'-. "Very respectfully, "Chas. H. Allen, Acting Sec'y." Department Smallpox Expert. Dr. C P. Wertenbaker, surgeon in charge of The U.j S. Marine Hospital, received orders yesterday to report at headquarters in j Washington, D. C, to act as smallpox expert for the de partment. Dr.. Wertenbaker expects to go with his family to Washington within the next week and Dr. Burbank will be physician in charge of the hos pital during his absence,f which will probably not be more than a month cr six weeks, he change being only tem porary. The Heat Prescription for Chills and fev.er is a bottle of Grove's Taste less ' Chill Tonic. Never fails to cure: v then why experiment with worthless imitations? Price 50 cents. Your money back if it fails to cure, t SPIRITS TURPENTJ INE. Receipts Last Year at Savannah, Georgia, , the Largest on Record. The Savannah News, of Sunday last says: ' X The commercial year of naval stores, ended yesterday. To-day the season of 1899 1900 begins. Altogether, the spirits turpentine market has-been sat isfactory ; in fact, the best price reached during the year was 45 cents, the highest in many years. Rosin, how ever ruled low, and the market was generally unsatisfactory to producersr The receipts of spirits turpentine were the largest in the history of the trade, being twenty-one casks ahead of ; the season of 1896 97, the banner year ' up to that date. The present stock is only 3,596 caskSi the smallest amount in many years. At the close of the season . last year the stock was 16,773 casks. The entire receipts of spirits during the past year were 329,466, against 313j797 duringthe previous season. The exports were- 342,943 casks, against 301,860 casks. r - Tha MMnfo r$' snein Atirincr the season were 1,123,942 barrels, against 1,127,120 during 1897-'98. ' '
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