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SI .00 A Y EAR. IN ADVANCE. I .-. " " " . V V 1.11 II rfljjl U II l U c JL. JliJL - - - SSSS3SS8S88S8S88S '.wow si assgssgsg g?ssgg - 88888888888888888 qmoB s88$38Sg8S5Sgggg S8S8888S888888S8S SSaSS33SB333gg83iS . 88888888888888881 - 8S8888S8S8S888SSS 883888588S888888S 8S38S88228SSSS8SS 8888888888888888 : .. -I ..".'. $ . ot m ior s. go et h to j g gj i n'tereJ at the Post Office t Hmtjton, N. C, as Second Class Ma'tcr.l SUBSCRIPTION P.tlCE. l'he subscription price of the "WV-ly Star li as ollows : ;'idc1c Copy 1 year, postage paid... .....91 00 Smooths " " , 80 " " S months " " 80 FIFTY TEOUSANDfDOLLARS. Under tke provisions' of avbill" passed by the last JLiegislature en titled an 4,act.to improve the roads in 3rew Hanover county," an elec tion has been ordered to be held May 2d to ascertain whether or,not a majority of the qualified voters of the county favor-the issuance of fifty thousand dollars in bonds for road improvement outside the. cor porate limits of the city. The law. says: "Said Board of Commissioners Lshall for at, least thirty days preceding said election, givo public notice of said election ami the purpose thereof by publi- cation in ' one or more newspapers published in said county." As' this has not been done, and cannot now be ikme, we do- not see how a legal election can be held. The law says' at least thirty days' notice must bo given. If tho Commissioners can call the election on twenty-three days' notice, they can call it on ten days' notice. As is known to its readers, the St ar declared its opposition to this ;' bond issue as soon as the bill was introduced in the Legislature. "We favor a liberal annual" tax f or road improvement, but we are opposed to any-increase in the bonded debt of the city of Wilmington "just how. That debt already approximates $00,OQO, and the annual interest chargej are nearly $43,000. But you will be told, that these bonds are to be county bonds. Yea, verily county bonds in name, but city bonds in substance. Go to the tax-books and you will find thatthe city of Wilmington pays eight ninths of the county taxes. : fc We heard some' talk during the last campaign about "White Su premacy." Yet here we are sub mitting a question of vital impor tance to the people which, if car ried at all, must be carried ... ., by tne negro vote, -hvery negro whose name was ou the regis tration books bn fws 8th of last Xovember (and there are nearly three thousand of them) can vote on this bond issue, although, with few exceptions, they would contri bute in taxes comparatively nothing towards the payment of the bonds , or interest. The Star will probably have very little more to say on this subject. Xor will , we open our columns toan interminable discussion of the ques tion bv correspondents. We wish "simply to let it be understood. (1) that we do not believe the proposed election will be a legal one, (2) that we do not favor the bond issue, and . (3) that we do favor a county tax sufficient to build five miles, of ma cadamized road every year. But no .bond issue through the negro vote. - ' Nicholas Pike, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is responsible for the English Sparrow, which is not English but a European Sparrow which circu lates all over Europe. v He imported eight pairs in 1850, to eat bugs, but if they or their descendants ever ate any bugs nobody has discovered it. The chief business of the Sparrow is to increase and multiply and make war on other birds. Miss . Ann Kussell, a St. Louis heiress, while in Europe became en gaged to a Hungarian Count, and afterwards discovered that the Count had fellows -nosing around in her town to find out the financial stand mg-of the Allen family, and then Ann got hot and dropped that Count with a suddenness that took his breath away. He doesn't count with her now. - A bolt of Jersey, lightning struck the chimney of a house in Passaic, the other day, set the house on fire, then scooted out into the back yard, found a dog, jumped on the chain by which he1 was fastened, melted that and killed the dog. Nq get ting away from" hat kind of light ning when it starts out on business. Why were 25,000 BOTTLES OF ROB ERTS' TASTELESS 25c. CHILL TONIC sold the first year of its birth ? Answer : Because it is the BEST AT ANY PRICE, guaranteed to eore, money refunded if it fails, pleasant to take, 25o per bottle. It is sold and guaranteed by . ROBERT R. BELLAMY, - mar841y Wholesale and Retail Druggist. !- l ---- " - , ' - . - "1- 5 - . - I I rrr - . : - - . - XXX. IE0N ASD C0TT0H. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record presents from week to week a summary of the new industries es tablished orprojected in the South. With its watchful correspondents in every Southern State and in every town where industries are establish ed, it keeps fully abreast of the movement and nothing escapes it wortK noticing. While these week ly reports of progress show that the South is up and. doing, and that not only home but outside capital are finding tempting fields for invest- i as i . - ment, one oi tne most encouraging and, satisfactory exhibits j yet made, is the summary of nrogress made within the past three months, which appears in last week's issue. This is an exhibit showing nrinerDallv the movement in the iron and cotton C3 X X J industries Leading off with iron it reports as follows: Probablv first in imDortance is the Virginia Iron; Coal & Coke Co.. with a capital stock of $7,500,000 and also it addition $7,500,000 in bonds. This company has purchased some ten or twelve furnaces built in Southwest Virginia and Tennessee durine the boom period of 1889 to 1891, and. which have been idle for seyaral years." It has also purchased the large steel and iron plant at Middleboro, Ky.,and exten sive bodjes of ore and coal lands. All of these furnaces will be repaired and put into blast as rapidly as possible.' giving the company an annual capac ity of several hundred thousand tons of pig iron when all of its furnaces are running. . V The Empire steel & Iron Co., capi tal $5,000,000, backed by some very large iron and moneyed people in New York and felsewhere, has pur chased the longidle furnace at Greens boro, N. C, and -will put it into opera tion. , This -ocmpany is now negoti ating for a number of furnaces in Alabama, also built during the , boom period, and which have., been- idle since then. As these are secured thev will also be repaired and put in blast. The Roane Iron Co.. Rockwood. Tenn, will spend about $200,000 in the enlargement of its furnace and in' building a new furnace. The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing; Co., Bir mingham," is enlarging its furnace operations, opening new ore mines and building a railroad to extensive coal properties. . A syndicate is being organized bv some Alabama and Western people for Eurchasing and operating several Ala ama furnaces. The Vanderbilt fur nace at Birmingham has been pur chased and will be put into blast, and the Mary Pratt furnace has been op tioned and will probably be bought and go into blast The Star and Cres cent furnace at Rusk, Texas, has been leased and will be blown in as soon as the necessary repairs can be made. A plant for making cement out of slag. with -a capacity of 3.000 barrels a day,' will oe built at JCnsley (Jit.v. Ala., and a pooperage shop to produce 3,000 kegs a day will be established under a con tract to furnish kegs to the wire-nail works now building there. "The Chester Boiling Mill Co.. capi tal $350,1)00, will erect an iron and steel sheet mill at Chester, W. Va. The Catoctin Iron Co. property at Frederick, Md., including 9000 acres of mineraJUlaad, has been purchased by people who expect to build one" or more furnaces. The Cumberland Rolling Mill, Cumberland, Md., has been leased by the Potomac Bteel (Jo., is now being overhauled, and will "be put into operation making light steel rails. The Anniston Pipe & Foundry Co., Anniston, Ala., is making large improvements to its pipe works, and Tyler & Uo. are erecting sawer-pipe works, and H. M. Wheedon, of Boston, and others have leased and will operate the Her cules Pipe Works at Anniston, Ala. The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. is building a large foundry and machine shop at Birmingham in con nection with the Alabama Steel & Shipbuilding plant, and the American Pipe x H oundry Co. - wili- enlarge its plant at Bessemer at a reported cost of about $200,000. The Eagle iron Uo. has been organized to buy and operate. a charcoal furnace at Attalla, and the Jenifer Furnace Co.. of. Jenifer, Ala., is erecting a 500-ton ore washer and improving its furnace with a view to putting into blast. Jjaiti more and Philadelphia people have purchased 1.800 acres of land adjacent to Birmingham, with the probability of the establishment there of iron works. A $120,000 iron foundry has been established at Newport News, and the Buffalo Iron Uo., of .Nashville, Tenn.. will blow in its furnace at Uum berland Furnace P. O. The West Vir einia Steel Co.. capital $1,000,000. will build a $100,000 plant for making steel sheets. - A dozen or more enterprises looking to the building of machine shops, the enlargement of furnace op erations and the development of coal mines are under way m different sec tions of the South, while m coppep mining some extensive purchases have been made of copper properties ana large development operations will be pushed." : , This is a very good showing, and is proof of, the confidence capital ists have in the future of the South as an iron producing and. iron man ufactunng section- UI course we do not know how much speculation may enter into some of these schemes, but the fact that they tave besmn work, to establish plants and to reopen plants that have been closed for several years is pretty good indication that they mean busi ness, that they have been organized to do business in, a legitimate busi ness wav. and will give little atten- . af w tion to speculation ana booming. 'Turning to the progress in the cotton manufacturing industry, it says: : , - ; "The activitv in the building of new mills and in the enlargement of estab lished concerns since January 1 has been verv marked. The most impor tant enterprise in that line, probably the most important in its effect of any textile concern ever reported in ' the South, was the decision-of the Merri- mac i Manufacturing uo. oi Xioweii. M9u . to build in Alabama a mill of 25,000 spindles and 700 looms, and as soon as this is completed to contiuue the extension of the work until it has n nnA nlant nio-ht 25.000-spindle mills with an aggregate of 200,000 spindles and 5,00 looms, and also bleachery and print worits, ine enure iuvbshuoui "GoL Julian S. Carr and the Dukes and others of Durham. N. C. are VOL. planning the development of a 10,000 horse power canal at Lockvflle, N. C. ana tne ouuaing of a $1,000,000 mill. The Poe Manufacturing Co. Green ville, is adding 14,000 spindles; the Griffin, Ga., Manufacturing Co., 6,000 spindles; the Meadow Brook Cotton Mills, Texas, will build a mill of 11,000 spindles; the Tallassee Falls Manufac turing Co., Tallassee, Ala., will build a new mill of 0,000 spindles; the Ben nettsville, S. C, Manufacturing Co., 10,000 spindles ; the Ozark Cotton Mills, Gastonia, N. C, 8.000 spindles;Hhe Lynchburg, Va.. mill will double its (Capacity this year and put in 22,000 new spinaies; tne froximity manu facturing Co, of Greensboro will add 8,000 spindles; the Trion manufactur ing Co., Trion Factory, Ga., 25,000 spindles; the Laneite Mills of West Point, Ga., will build a new mill of 25, 000 spindles; the Clover Cotton Manu facturing Co., Clover, S. C, wjll add 10,000 spindles; the Cannon Manu facturing Co., Concord, N. C. 7.000 spindles; the Revolution Cotton Mills, Ureensboro, N. C, capital $300,000, will build a mill of 12,000 spindles; the La Gmage Mill. La Granere. Ga.. will add 5.000 spindles; B. F. Mebane. Greensboro, N. C. will build a mill of 25,000 spindles ; the Willingham Cotton miiis, oiacon, ua., 5,000 spindles; the Sterling Cotton Mills, Franklinton, N. C. will add 6.200 spindles: the Eno Cotton Mill. HillsboroS 5.000 spin dles; the Louise Mills, Charlotte. 3,800 spindles; the Highland Park Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, will build a7,000-spindle mill at Rock Hill. These mills will all have the proportionate number of looms. The aggregate number of spindles to be put in new mills and in the estab lished mills, as definitely announced since January 1, including for the Merrimad Manufacturing Company, its proposed total of 200,000 spindles, will be nearly 600.000 spindles, repre senting an investment of $8,000,000 to $10,000,000." It concludes its exhibit by show ing the great activity in the build ing of cotton seed oil mills, which kept pace with the building of cot ton mill3, and notices quite a' num ber of, new manufacturing enter prises of a miscellaneous character. Take it all in all, it is a splendid and most encouraging exhibit, espe cially in iron and cotton, the Sputh's two great products, and destined to be the great wealth producers for this section. ACTIVITY IS RAILROAD BUILD- INQ. - -.' "There is extraordinary activ ity in Tailroad . building this year, the indications pointing, the Railway Aqe says," to 5,000 miles of new road, 4,000 of which are now under contract or construction. There are eighteen States and two Territories which show over 100 miles of lines ; undei contract or construction. Eight of these are Southern States, including North Carolina with 182 miles." There ia no better indication oi the improvement in industrial- con ditions nor any more assuring sign of the confidence in the stability of this improvement than revival in railroad building, for men: who put, their money in railroads are not rainbow chasers and do not build roads where there are n'ot pretty good prospects of their paying. But another gratifying feature of this activity is the fact that aside from furnishing better transportation facilities to the sections through which they run they stimulate de velopment and the establishment of more industries which contribute to the betterment of these sections, and give employment to a larger number of people. This new mileage for the country represents an aggregate investment of $150,000,000. RAISING PRICES. One of the. apologies for the or ganization of Trusts is that they can by the employment of- large cap ital and better methods of produc tion put their goods upon the mar ket for less money than separate companies or individuals engaged in the production of the same arti cles could. There is doubtless 'an advantage in very large capital and concentrated management in cheap-: ening production, but the assertion that Trusts lower prices is purely an assumption based upon the fact that the prices of some -things con trolled by Trusts are- lower ; now than they were before the Trusts were formed. -.' - While this is the fact in some in stances how do these Trust apolo gists know that these articles would not be still cheaper if there had been competition instead of a monopoly? But we do know that tne. prices have been raised on a good many articles controlled by Trusts, such as glass, wire nails, steel billots and many other things. . Within the past few days there has been an advance of $10 a ton oh the price of broom corn, and gas, vapor and other stoves have gone up from 15 to 30 -per cent. This ia all the work of Trusts, and they haven't got a right good start yet. Let them get a firm grip, and put competition entirely out of: the way, and then they can and will fix prices to suit themselves. Thbse preachers who advocate the subjugation of the Philippine islands and then carrying the gospel to the natives, seem to think pretty well of the Mahommed method of propa gating religion." The pottery Trust has smashed.' Fractures in the Trust will be next in order. been glass WILMINGTON, l'.O., STIRRING UP THE CUBANS. I v The talk of annexing Cuba, which has beeome, a' favorite s topic with some of the administration organs in this country, is stirring up those Cubans who haVe had their thoughts fixed on independence, for which they have a decided preference over annexation. One of these is Gen, Gbmez, who, although he has not been doing any talking on that line recently, is regarded as the leader of those who insist upon independence, and more of a leader now since the Cuban Assembly has" retired from the stage. It is thought by some that in tying to Gomez and ignor ing the' Assembly we have swapped the devil for a witch and got a fel low, who may givers more trouble than the Assembly could, for - that didn't seem toliave a yery strong grip offthe people, while Gomez has. On the whole, it seems that the annexation Organs are playing their game a little too brash, and are not taking the Cubans, or Cuban senti ment sufficiently into consideration when they make these schemes and indite these editorials. It would be well to go a little slower and feel the way as they go. Queen Victoria was once fined for failing to comply with the law in not having the birth of ona of her chil dren registered in time. It cost her 7s 6d. It wa3 hard for her to shuck out that much, but she bore up well, and didn't permit herself to become too forgetful any more. The King of Siam has ordered that all persons -coming into his presence must wear . socks. ne t mi - King is beginning to put on style 'since he has slid into American clothes and wears a plug hat. ; ' There were only two of the Van derbilt family to kiss young Van's bride. She doesn't mind that how ever as he is doubless competent to do the kissing for .the whole family. THE LETTUCE SHIPMENTS. More Than 1,000 Barrels Sold Here This Week Other Truck Shipments. More than a thousand barrels of lettuce were shipped to the Northern market? from Wilmington during the past wees, despite the fact that the crop is short in this section. This creditable shipment is, however, prob ably 30 per cent, less than the ship ments for the' corresponding period last yejtt. About 225 barrels, were shipped yesterday and large quantities will go out on the morning trains to- ! day. The truckers are still receiving good prices, ranging from $8 to $10 per barrel. Considerable quantities of asparagus, radishes, and other sea sonable truck, are also being shipped from day to day. i THE CRUISER RALEIGH. Gov. Russell Thinks There is Yet Proba bility of her Coming Here. . The Raleigh News and Observer of yesterday, referring to the Stab's special from Southport indicating that the Raleigh will not visit Wilming ton, says: This is much to be regretted. It would be most appropriate to have the cruiser come to North Carolina water&rven. if only for a short stay. The reasons for the decision against such a course are not known. The dispatch was yesterday called to the attention of Governor Russell, who has nust returned from Wash ington. : He said he thought the plans had'been changed since the writing of the. letter: the cruiser would, he thought, come to New York, Phila delphia, Norfolk and Wilmington. Local Shipping Intelligence. , The schooner C. C. Lister, CapL Robinson, which was reported an chored off the bar during the storm Friday night has arrived at Fort Cas well, where -she is discharging her cargo of coal for the Government. After discharge of the .cargo she will be towed into this port to Messrs. Geo. Harriss. Son & Co.. for a n&reo Of lumber. The Standard Oil Co.'s steamer, Maverick, Capt. Fosset, from New York. which also encountered the storm Friday night near the bar, ar rived yesterday. The schooners and Wm. T. Parker went to sea yesterday. A Novel Provision. Copies of the Revenue and Ma chinery Act, just from the presses of the public printer, were received here yesterday. A decidedly novel feature of the new act reads as follows: "If anv person shall, with a view to evading the payment of taxes, fail or refuse to give in to the assessor any bonds, notes, claims or other evidences of debt which are subject to taxation under this act. the- same shall not be recoverable by action at law or suit in equity before any of the courts of this State until they nave been listed and the tax paid thereon; " - Death of Mr. Dnlel W. Kelly, j Mr. Daniel W. Kelly, one of Mount Olive's most prominent men, died at the residence of Mr. Frank Lambert in that town early yesterday morning. aged about fifty-three years, r The ri mains were taken to Clinton on theaf- ternoon train yesterday for interment Proof of the pudding lies in ttfe eating of it. Proof of ROBERTS' TSTEliE&S CHILL TONIC lies in thetaking of it. COST NOTHTNCHf It fidls to cure. 25 centg per bottle If it cures.- Sold strictly on its merits by ROBERTK. BKIXAMY, mar 34 ly Wholesale ana Retail Druggist. FRIDAY, APRIL 11899. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. Election Ordered Yesterday bv County Commissioners to ' Decide Matter. ' REGISTRARS WERE APPOINTED Question of Contracting a Bonded Indebt edness for Road Improvement Will be Submitted to the Votersuof New Hanover Monday, May 22d. At an adjourned meeting of the County Commissioners held yester day-afternoon, the most important business transacted was the calling of an election to determine upon the issuance of bonds to the amount of $50,000 : for the improvement of the public : roads, under . an act passed a the ""recent session of the General Assembly submitting the question to a vote of the people. Col. Roger Moore presided! at the meeting, and Commissioners Holmes and Barry were present: The following persons were ap- pointed'registrars for the various pre cincts and the deputies were instructed to notify them that the books are to be opened on - Monday, April " 10th, and very day thereafter from the hour of 9 o'clock A. M,,' to 5 o'clock P. M., until the day of election, which the act provides is to be held the first Tuesday in May. FIRST WARD. First Precinct W. McD. Evans. Second Precinct C. M. Harriss. Third Precinct Isaiah West. Fourth Precinct James Grady. -Fifth Precinct W. A. Wright. SECOND WARD.- First Precinct Junius G. Love. Second Precinct A: J. Hildreth. THIRD WARD. First Precinct B. F. Boy kin. Second Precinct C. D. Jacobs. FOURTH WARD. First Precinct A. L. DeRosset. Second Precinct W. H. Lane. FIFTH WARD. First Precinct R, H. McKoy. Second Precinct -Theo. F. Swann. Third Precinct M. F. Dowling. Fourth Precinct Geo. W. Millis. COUNTY TOWNSHIPS. Cape Fear-james Cowan. "Harnett C. H. Alexander. Masonboro D. J. Fergus. Federal Point J. A. Bjddle. It was ordered that the- compensa tion of registrars be fixed at $1.50 per day , and the polls" and registration books be opened at the same place3 as on the day of election in last Novem ber, j Provisions of the Act. The act under which the election is called empowers the County Commis sioners to submit the question to the qualified voters of New Hanover on the first Tuesday in May and expressly provides that they 4 'shall for at least thirty days preceding - said election, give public notice of said election and the purpose thereof by publication in one or more newspapers published in said county." V! The act further provides that the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is prescriDea by law for holding elections for mem bers of the General Assembly, but em powers the county commissioners to appoint registrars, judges of election or other officers necessary, and makes it optional with them as to Ordering a new registration. It was decided by the meeting yesterday afternoon to have only a revision of the registration books of the election of November last. Ballots to be used on the day of election are to haye printed on' them: "For Good Roads." or "Against Good Roads." .. The amount of the bonds to be voted for is $50,000, issued in denominations not exceeding $1,000, and not less than $100. Interest on the same shall not exceed five per cent, per annum, with interest coupons attached payable semi-annually; the principal is pay able or redeemable at any time not ex ceeding twenty-five years from the date of issue. None of the bonds so authorized shall b3 , disposed of for a less price than their face value and the proceeds of any sale shall be turned overto theCounty Treasurer, who shall keep the amount with all accottnts separate and distinct from other county funds, and shall execute a bond for the safe keeping of such funds at least fifty per cent, greater than the ' amount involved. The tax for the maintenance o: the bonds shall be levied by the ca missioners annually -on the nrst mon day in. June and is not to exceed7 eight cents on the hundred -dollars' worth of property and twenty-five, cents on the poll. It is to be collected asother taxes are paid, and shall be aseparate fund and applied first to the payment of in terest on bonds and then - to the crea tion of a sinking fund for the redemp tion of said bom In connection with the construction and improvement of the public roads in the county with the funds, the com missioners are empowered to establish and maintain a chain gang, and work persons convicted of crime and sen tenced to terms of penal servitude on d roads; they: may purchase tools, achinery and appliances and other necessaries for the work on the roads. The roadbeds constructed under pro visions of the act shall not be less than twenty or more than thirty feet wide, at least twelve feet of which shall be macadamized. The commissioners are furthermore empowered to elect by ballot a Road Commissioner, who shall execute a bond forthe faithful performance, .of his duty in the sum of $3,500, his term of office being two years. His T duties shall be the laying out of jthe road ways with the aid of an engineer and to require the superintendent to do his duty; the superintendent being em ployed by him with the necessary guards, etc., for working: convict force. All money is to be paid out underthe direction of the commis sioners, who fix all salaries and com pensation, v ; j xne itoaa uommissioner or any one acting under his authority, has the right to enfer upon theflands - of any person over whose premises the road ; may pass and use stone,1 earth,' timber or any necessary material contiguous to the road. Any damages resulting inereoy may oe agreed upon and ar ranged by the commissioners. In case an agreement is not-reached j by claim ant and commissioners, arbitration may be resorted to,' appealable to the Supreme Court. All Justices of the Peace and May ors, who convict persons of crime witmn tneir junsaiction, may - impose punishment by sentence to the convict force. It also provides for j prisoners from the Criminal Court of New'Han- over and other counties, where such road system is not in force, ila case the Judge holding such may so elect. WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY - ADJOURNED YESTERDAY. Creditable Report by Home Mission Board. Important Measures Concerning Pres bytery Work Adopted. ine Wilmington iTesbytery, in semi-annual session with St.: Andrew's Church since Wednesday ! morning. completed its work yesterday at noon and adjourned to meet at White Plains September 11th, next. The .Presbytery met in final session at 9.30 A. M. The first order of busi ness was the report of the committee on Home Missions which was as fol lows: The Committee ou Home Missions reports $2,15? contributed! for work within the; bounds of Presbytery dur in g the year. Five mission fi.elds.sup pliedwith preachers and aid extended ot the James Sprunt Institute at Ken- ansyille.The Presbytery received from the Synod's Committee the salary of an additional missionary and to the Synod's Committee the churches of the Presbytery contributed !$750, mak ing a total of $2,907.00 j within the Presbytery. From partial reports there were oa persons received on pro fession of faith. The Presbytery con tributed $169.30 for the Assembly's worsnn the southwest and contributed $140.77.to the fund for the . aid of dis abled ministers and families of de ceased ministers. - j Presbytery adopted the following recommendations as to their work for the present year: That Revs: S. H. Isler, J. & L.Wine coff and-W. M. Shaw be re-elected evangelists in their respective fields, That South River, Harmony and Oak Plains be supplied by Rev. P. C, Morton. j '. - That candidate G. M. Matthiscon tinueto supply the Wallace-Warsaw group until the Fall meeting of Pres bytery. That a student be secured! to supply Immanuel field until the Fall meeting of Presbytery. That St. Andrew's Church be per mitted to employ Rev. J. 8. Thomas as an evangelist in the territory-east and north of Wilmington, and that he be permitted to supply erona and Richlands, with Jacksonville and Tar Landmer as mission points. That a student be secured to supply the lower Duplm held during the sum mer months if the way be clear. That the churches of the Burgaw group be directed to confer j with each other and the chairman of the Home Mission Committee with a view' to calling a pastor. That Kev. A. McFadyen be ap pointed to supply Uronly land JUiza- bethtown. - ' That Kev. K. V. Lancaster be ap pointed to supply Kenansviille and the lower Duplin field and to continue his services lo the James Sprunt Institute. That the minister be I urged to to raise the following amounts during tturyear for the cause of Presbyterian Home Missions: P. H. Hoee. $150: Peter Mclntyre, $100 ; St. I Andrew's $50; Rev. A., McFadyen, $40; Burgaw group, $40; Wallace Warsawj group, $40: K. V. .Lancaster, $15; IK. McDon aid, $15; P. C. Morton, $15; J.E. L, Winecoff, $15; W. M. Shaw,$10; S, H. Isler. $10.- Total J$500. In addition to these amounts, the First Church will continue! to support the work at ImmanueL St. Andrew's has assumed three-fourths of the sup port of Rev. J. S. Thomas for mission work in the neighborhood of Wil minetbn. and on the W. Ni & N. R. R., and member? of the two churches continue their contributions to the support of Rev. R. V. Lancaster in his mission and school work. The following resolution! was unani mously adopted, to-wit: "The Presbytery of Wilmington x presses its utter abhorrence of the prac tice and doctrine of polygamy, and would take this opportunity to warn LI our people against the emissaries of the Mormon Church, now laboring within our bounds, and would suggest to our members the expediency of taking such action as in their judg ment may seem efficient to prevent its spread in the country and its practical recognition by the nation. And the secularTJapers in our territory are re- quested to publish this action." Last night, by especial request of the Presbytery, Rev. S. H. Chester, D. D., delivered an able and highly instrue- tive address upon the subject "The Lives. Labors. Homes and Habits of the Missionaries, As I Sawt Them, Cotton and Naval Stores. The weekly receipts of j cotton and naval stores as posted yesterday .at the Produce Exchange are as follows: Week in 1899 cotton, 146 bales: spirits turpentine, 80 casks; rosin, 3,911 barrels ; tar, 1,211 Jjarrels ; crude, 75 barrels. , Corresponding week in 11898 cotton, 1,074 bales; spirits turpentine, 126 casks; rosin, 2,623 barrels; tar, 1,269 barrels; crude, 5 barrels, j The above figures also represent the crop year receipts of naval stores, as the season begun with the week end ing April 1st. It is announced that Great Britain will formally occupy her new terri- Wo- of Knw Tnnn adioininer Hong ' " Kong. China, on April xjux. - NQ. 26 OPINIONS OF TRUCKERS AS TO CROP INJURY. Estimates Differ Some As to Per Cent f Damage by the Freeze The Crops Witt be Late. Competent authorities say it is yet too early to definitely estimate the loss to trucking interests bv the recent blizzard. Others say, however, that strawberries are damaged very little and truck of other varieties is injured from n ve to fifty per cent. A correspondent; writing the Star from, Mount Olive yesterday after noon, says: "We can now bee-in to form snfnA idear of the damage to the strawberry crop by the recent cold snan Berries that were covered the night of the frost are but very little damaged; those covered with ; the wet straw on the following . night are dam aged about ten j per - cent., while those that were not covered at ailwere nearly a total loss; eight-intKs of the blooms on the plants beinc killed. The average loss to the whole berry crop in this section will bei about twenty--five percent. .a-nomer correspondent writing un-i der same date from Chadbourn. N. v, gives the following estimate of injuries to crops around that town: There has been considerable damage w straw uernes arounu tnis point irom recent coia snaps, i conservative estr mates put the damage at twenty-five per cent, or tne wnioie cropr. although a good many farmers covered their crops and sustained practically no loss. Many lauea to cover and suttered heavily. The crop was looking extra fine before the freeze. The Mount Olive Advertiser, pub lished yesterday, gives the following opinions by a number of the most prominent growers written Wednes day, April 5th. The Advertiser says of the loss around Mt. Olive: Of the uncovered berries the loss will nrobablv reach 75 per cent, of the berries and blqoaas now formed: the damage to the covered berries will not beiover 550 per cent, and some growers think even less. The average loss will be in the neighborhood of 33 percent. but may vary several points either way. It is estimated that only 50 per cent, were covered. Dr. Jno. M. Faison, of Faison, N. C. Snow killed three-fourths of the un covered berries and one-fourth of those covered. One-half of our crop was covered; Beans and potatoes that were up were killed. Mr. W. L. Hill, of Warsaw. Presi dent of the E. C. Fruit and Truck Grower s Association In reply to yours will say that it is difficult to ap .proximate with any degree or cer tainty the damage! done by storm. It looks as though thirty-three and one third per cent, of berries are killed. Mr. u. M. steinmetz, of Kose mil Judging from the condition of berries in my own fields.; and from berries of other growers, I do not consider much, if any damage, was done by the storm Uf course such weather by no means hastens our berries; on the contrary, I regard the crop delayed, in fact bebeve we are fully two weeks behind last season. The frost last night did more damage, especially to those fields which had been covered heretofore, as the plants are much more liable to damage than when not covered at all. being considerably more tender, I hear reports from some growers, -who had covered every time except last night, that their! berries .are frozen, but do not believe the damage on the whole will exceed! 5 to 10 per cent, The Fayettevill Observer of Wed nesday says : The berry crop is con siderably damaged, but to what ex tent, it is not yet easy to arrive at. Schooners Cleared Yesterday. The schooner William T. Parker, Capt. Lynch, will be towed to sea this morning and will sail with a cargo of lumber for New York. Since her re cent fire she has been tied up here, pending the settlement of a disagree ment with regard to payment- of charges for assistance rendered her by the Pilot's Association, while in distress on account ot tne nre. xne owner of the vessel, Mr. Wm. T. Parker, of Maryland, was here on a second trip yesterday and made final' arrangements for her to sail this morn ing. The schooner j Chas. II. Sprague, Capt. McRitchie, has been cleared in ballast by Messrs. George Harriss, Son & Co., for Georgetown, S. .C. You Are Right, Old Man. The following refers to a short par agraph which recently appeared in an obscure position in the Stab : Editor Mornibtg Stab Your paper must have a large list of subscribers, as I have received a largex number of self-addressed stamped envelopes irom rxvmlpi from all over the State for two of my large gourd seed, saying that they saw mentioni of the. gourd in the Wilmington . Stab. A great many people will try to see who will raise K . m i i m i . T)i-' ii.' the largest one ior tne ocaie n air wis fall. Respectfully, . J. T. Wtatt, Faith, JN. C. The Grand! Council Royal Ar- canum, ofJNortn carouna wui meet April 19th in Greensboro. Represen tatives who will go from Wilmington are Mr. I. L. Green wald, grand vice recent: Mr. N. Jacobi. -grand trustee and Dr. Mendelslon. grand representa tive of Cornelius Harnett Council ot this city. ! J BRAD FIELD' 3 J FEMALE t REGULATOR gives nature the mild assistance needed for tne regulation of the menses; It ia of wonderful aid to the girl lust entering womanhood. to the wife, and to the woman ap- proauingor going inrougn-tfle turn of life, women who suf er from any unnatural drain, any bearing-7 down pains in the lowerabdomen, falling or displacement of the womb, can quickly cure their troub les at home, completely away from the eves of a nnvsician. A few doses taken each month will regu- laie me menses perrectiy. Ijuxe bottle sold by drsraiitt for tl. I . - ... . v T .-vpy. Aui.a,w. ' - w w w w w w ww w-rwww JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE : AT FAYETTEVIIXE, N. C. Man Prom South Carolina Attacked Chief of Police With a Knife Killed r by a Policeman! Special Star Correspondence. Fayktthville, N, O., S.pril 6. A dark complexion man named Cooper, with straight hair, and tkbout . 35 years of age, supposed to be a Croa tan Indian, from about Darlington, S. C, was killed here- about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon by a pistol-shot fired by officer J. H. Benton, of our city police force, and his body is now locked within the city hall awaiting ,. the coroner's investigation. Cooper . . arrived here from South Carolina last night and to-day has Made Himself Offensive in the community. About 1 o'clock ' to day he went into the drug store of the Fayette ville Drug Company, call ed for soda water, and after drinking i the beverage went out. saving to the clerk that he wouldsettle his bill later: The clerk called Capt. W. EL Flow ers, Chief of Police,; and reported the fellow's conduct to him. ..-The captain ordered the man to leave town at once, whereupon.-Cooper opened his knife and I Attacked Captain Flowers, i cutting him in one or more places on tne oody. Captain Flowers ran back wards to dodge the thrusts of Coope r, . and fired every . chamber of his re volver at him without effect, and Cooper, still pursuing, the Captain . finally threw his revolver at him. v. About this time Officer J. H. Ben ton arrived on the scene and discov ering that the life of his superior offi cer was in danger, drew his revolver and fired at Cooper just as the latter was in the act of plunging- his knife into Captain Flowers, and 1 ' Killed Him Instantly. No arrests have been made. The wounds of - Capt. Flowers, while pain ful, are not considered serious. Cor-., oner Caviness, who resides at Hope ; Mills, was notified of the occurrence, and he will probably arrive here this atternoon in time to hold an inquest. It is the universal opinion that the con duct of Officer. Benton was in the line . of his duty and was justifiable. The Coroner's jury will probably" so find. j U. 1CYE. Coroner's Verdict. A telegram from the Star's corre spondent received at 6 :42 .P. M. adds to the above: The Coroner's jury decided that the homicide was justifiable, exonerat ing Officer Benton, in accordance with public sentiment," ! .. WHY WOMEN ARE NERVOUS. British Medical News,p The frequent cases of nervous pros tration or utter collapse of the nervous system under which women "go all to , pieces," as the saying is, have caused much thought and investigation on the part of physicians. Certain inorganic substances ' are well known to cause various forms of nervous diseases which are readily traced to the poisons producing them. Further research leads to the belief that alum is a prevailing cause of so- called nervous prostration, for the . symptoms it produces on the nervous system after its absorption into " the blood are very ,remrak able indeed. Experiments - physi ologically made upon animals by' Orfila, Professors Hans Mayer, Paul " Seim and others, show that alum frequently produces no visible symp toms for many days after its introduc tion into the body. Then follow loss of appetite and other ailmentary dis- r turbances, and finally a serious pros- -tration of the whole nervous system. The most prominent physicians now . believe that "nervous prostration" and many affections of the nerves froin. which both men and women suiter, are caused by the continued absorption of alum into the system. it is probable that many meuicai men are unaware or the extent to -which salts of alumina may be intra-. duced into the body, being under the impression that the use of alum in bread is prohibited. Alum, however, is still used surreptitiously to some ex tent to whiten bread and very largely in making cheap kinds of baking pow der. In families where baking pow der is generally used great care should be exercised to procure only those brands made from cream of tartar. The alum powders may generally be dis tinguished by the lower price at which they are sold. RESCUED THREE MEN. " Captain Jorgensen Picked Up a White Man and Two Negroes In the Cape Pear River. As the Manila was coming up from Southport on her "regular afternoon' trip yesterday quite an exciting inci dent occurred about six miles below the city, by which a white man and two negroes narrowly escaped a watery grave. n ' A' boat containing three men was seen to-put out from the shore, head ing for mid stream, evidently intend- - ing to intercept and get aboard1 the Manila. They were several hundred yards above the 4 steamer. They, did not proceed very far before the heavy breakers capsized the boat and the three men were struggling manfully to keep their heads above water. They managed to get to a line of jetties, each man seizing hold of one and hold ing on until the Manila came up oppo site them in the channel, when Capt. Jorgensen lowered a boat and went out to their rescue. The men were about exhausted and could not haye held out much longer against the surging waves, , which were' unusually rough "yester day and last night. The white man was Mr. McCrary, a man about 60 years of age, who resides a few miles down the river. Smallpox Quarantine Raised. Yesterday morning, after a thorough fumigation of the house by Health Of-; fleer Kirschbaum, Dr. McMillan raised the quarantine from the residence of Capf. W. S. Warrock, on Second,' be tween Ann and Nun streets, in which Mr. Lewis Warrock. has been confined ior several weeks with smallpox. The : patient had a light attack of the dis ease and has been apparently conval escent for some time, but with his ac customed care and painstaking, Dr. Mc Millan thought it best to maintain the quarantine until all .possible danger had passed. j - " There is now not a genuine or sus pected case of smallpox in the city. The 70th ballot yesterday for TJ. S. Senator by the Pennsylvania Legisla- I . , , . - T i n , tUPe resunea: wuay, - u jena, o-, I hw"- :1 '4 15 VI Si - - t - -- . , " ---- ,
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