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. , BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. "
Tho New York Journal of Corn
)erce and Commercial Bulletin of
Thursday last contains an interesting
paper by James Bojlo, our Consul at
Liverpool, on British shipping activ
ity, which presents much informa
tion and a number of suggestive
points. Wo' herewith reproduce a
portion of it. Beginning, ho writes:
"In 1888 Liverpool led all other for
eiza ports in the world in clearances
for the United States, the number be-:
ing i,uua. in addition there were 14
clearances through the American con
sulate at Liverpool for ports that had
recently been transferred from the ju
risdiction of Spain to that of the United
States. Of all these, 1,023 clearances,
only 3 of the ships carried. the Ameri
can ' flag 2 of them being sailing
vessels There were 275 of these clear
ances in ballast. But few of the ships
which cleared here for United States
ports took out Jull cargoes. Yet the
year's business . for the shipingcom
panics was undoubtedly a paying one,
speaking generally. It is manifest,
therefore, that mo3t of the profitable
voyages were those eastward.
"Tjie launching cf the Oceanic in
January restores Liverpool to its for
mer position of being the home port of
the - largest ship in the world. It is
generally understood in shipping cir
cles here that before the Oceanic
makes its : first trip to New York the
keel will be laid of a still larger ship
and, indeed,, the probabilities are
that before long at least two
vessel, one German and - one
British, both larger than the Oceanic,
will be under construction. The Bel
fast, yard which built the Oceanic has
so many orders under way that no
no w contracts will be taken ' for com
"pletion u nder five or six years, The
owners of the Oceanic do not make
any claim to exceptional speed. Their
aim, they say el has been to secure in
creased comfort and increased relia
bility as to time of arrival at port
There are those, however, who pre
dict a surprise as to speed. The fact
is not generally known that the
Oceanic was largely built of American
steel plates. The supplying of Ameri
can plates to British shipbuilders has
become a pemanent trade.
"The total mercantile-marine ship
building output of 1898 for the whole
world is estimated at 1,893,000 tons;
and Lloyd's returns show that of this
total output 1,367,570 tons gross were
launched in the United Kingdom, the
number of vessels being 761, of which
only 17 were sailing vessels. . In ad;
dition, last year there, wre 41 war
ships launched in the j United King
dom of 191,555 tons displacement.
The total output of the United
Kingdom for 1898 was therefore
802 . vessels of 1,559,125 tons. Not
counting war ships there were at the
close of the year 584 yessels of 1,401,
087 tons gross under construction in
1 the United Kingdom. The correspond
ing figures at the close of 1897 were
505 vessels of 1,013,319 tons. Lloyd's
returns give the addition of steam ton
nage to British registry during 1898 as
1,111,768 tons gross; and of sailing
tonnage, 29,053 tons; total, 1,140,821
ions. So large an addition to steam
tpnnage has not been recorded in any
previous year. About 90 per cent, of
the tonnage added to the register con
sists of new vessels, not one of which.
was built abroad." -
Of tho 1,023 clearances from the
port of Liverpool for "ports in the
"United States or in our recent ac
quisitions, only three of the vessels
- carried the U S flag and two of these
were sailing vessels. . We know that
Consul Boyle did not feel very proud
when ho wrote that, and we are sure
that no American will feel proud
when he reads it, and those Ameri-
cans-who are built right will feel
ashamed of it, unless they have be
come so accustomed to reading simi
lar statements that feeling ashamed
has got to bo an old thing, and
about played out. That is about the
proportion of ships carrying the
American flag which pass through
the Suez Canal, about one or two
in the thousand. .
England ijis not only the great
ship owner and sailer hut the great
ship builder of the world, building
not only her own ships but ships for.
' other nations, for nearly all of them,
and yet England pays no bounties
- to ship-buildera nor subsidies to
shin sailers, with the exception of
some small subsidies in the form of
mail-carrying contracts when it
would be difficult to have good ser
vice if the vessels had to depend al
together on the business done with
the ports they run to. ,
.. it is noteworthy in" this connec
tion that the Republican statesmen,
Senator Ilanna and Representative
Payne, both of Ohio, who profess
Buch an eager desire for- the estab'
i m
j nsnmenc oi an American mcr-
- chant marine, say we can't
have . it without , bounties and
subsidies, for our ship-builders
' . couldmot afford to build ships with-
ourbounties, and bur seamen could
not afford to run them without
subsidies. English huildera can
afford to build them without bount
VOL. XXX.
ies, for they are doing it, building
not only; all the ships.. British trade
needs, but building hundreds of
them for the sea traders of other
countries and American ship build
ers can if they will build ships for
less money than they can be built in
British yards.
There wasa time when they
could not do that, when we did not
make everything required in the
building of ships, and .tariff duties
put up the cost of many of the
things needed. Then the British
builder had the advantage of the
American builder, but he has not
that advantage now, for instead of
importing ship-building materials
from England we sell ship-building
materials to England. Consul
Boyle in speaking .of ' the
great steamer. Oceanic, alluding to
''the surprise she may have in store"
in the way of speed, says: "The fact
is not generally known that" the
Oceanic wa3 largely built of Amer
ican steel plates. The supplying of
American ' plates to British ship
builders has. become a permanent
trade." It is on tho fact that Amer
ican plates -were used in the con
struction of this ship that many
predict "a surprise" in speed (she
was not built with a view to extra
ordinary speed) as the American
plates are lighter and stronger than
tho'English plates. Steel plates are
some of the costliest materials used
in ship building, but yet British ship
builders are drawing so largely on
this country for them that supply
ing them has become "a permanent
trade," . ,
Another reason ' assigned why so
few ships have been built in this
country for ocean traffic is that the
shipping business has been overdone
and there, is not profit enough in
ocean carriage to tempt the invest
ment of American capital in it, and
this in the face of the known fact
that 'millions of dollars of American
capital are invested in ships which
sail under the flags of other coun
tries. But if there were no profit in
ocean carriage how will they ac
count for this extraordinary ac
tivity in the British ship yards and
the large showing of new, tonnage last
year over the year before? There
must be money in it when so many
new ships are built, and when iron
ships are being discarded and their
places supplied with the better kind
of steel ship3, thus throwing away,
so to speak, vessels that a few years
ago were regarded as first-class, to
make place for the better type.
Englishmen do not build ship3 for
fun nor amuse themselves by laying
up one kind of ships to replace them
with others that cost more money.
All this discredits the assertion that .
there is no profit in the ocean carry
ing business, for Americans.
Another alleged reason is that
American seamen are scarce and
American wages so- high as to pre
vent American ship owners from
competing with European ship own
ers. But Consul Boyle, quoting from
a review of the ship building boom in
the London Times, tells us that
"It is generally conceded that, next
to seamen of the United States, British
seamen get higher wages and better
fare and more comfortable conditions
of employment than do seamen of any
other country. It naturally follows
that alien seamen, as a rule, have a
liking for service on British ships."
Our greatest commercial competi
tor pays wages ranking next to ours
and takes goodcare of seamen, and
hence "alienseamen have a liking
for serviceOn British ships." How
long would it be, if we had ships, be
fore, jwith our higher wagers and bet
teraccommodations, &c, alien sea-
n i i 5J
men would- De "liKing service on
American ships ? There would then
be an end. to the talk about scarcity
of 4seamenand the necessity of subsi
dies to offset the higher wages;
GOOD FARMING.
We have from time to time re
produced from our State exchanges,
in different sections of the State,
illustrations" of good farming on
small and on large tracts, be
cause" they showthe capacity of
North Carolina soil,' what system
and industry will do and that where
these are farming will pay in North
Carolina as well as anywhere and bet
ter than it will in a good many States.
The following, showing what was
done on a small piece of land, we
clip from the AshebQro Courier:
"Mr. W. L. Kivette. a farmer in
Liberty township, made a remarkable
yield on three-fourths of an acre of
land last year. He first thoroughly
prepared his land and then used an
if a i
orainarv amount. oi loruiuor, uegm
ning work the last of February. On
March l3t he planted Irisn potatoes.
After digging the potatoes the land
was sowed in peas and German millet.
After making this crop, he planted
another crop of Irish potatoes. The
crops cost him $62.50 and Mr. Kivette
realized $191.70, making a clear profit
of $129.20."
This is at the rate of a profit of
over $160 an acre, which ought to
satisfy any man of moderate desire;
It is easier, of coilrse, to cultivate a
small piece of land well than it is a
large, but the large piece cultivated
as well will yield the same results.
At all events this shows what sys
tem, industry and good farming will
do on North Carolina soil, for the
land where it was done is not' re
markable for richness.
A physician says people who sleep
with- their, mouths shut live the
longest. "In some parts of this coun
try people who know. how and when
to keep their mouths shut when
awake live the longest too. Many a
fellow has taken a sudden departure
by opening his mouth at the" wrong
time.
The Attorney General of Ohio
who alleges that he was offered a
bribe of 1400,000 if he w6uld stop
proceedings against the' Standard
Oil' Company, would add weight to
his allegation by. giving the names
of the would-be bribers.
SenatoriQuay has declined an in
vitation to the Frye dinner, in New
York. With the stew that Quay
has been in. for some time lie -has
little hankering for fries
thing of that kind.
or any-
Thcre has been a remarkable in
crease of insanity in this country
within the past generation, but in
view of tho craze to get rich, the
speculative manias, the freaks . of
folly, fashion, fast living &c, this is
not surprising.
Ex-Senator Mills, is getting rich
in his old age, without trying. They
are striking lots of oil on his lands
in Texas.
The Maine Sardine trust will run
about thirty factories, and they will
nearly all turn out French sardines.
THE U. S. CRUISER RALEIGH
Will Sail For Wilmington May 1st From
Philadelphia Later Movements.
A special telegram from New York to
the Baltimore Sun under date of April
21st says:
"The cruiser Raleigh will get ready
for sea to morrow. Sunday will be a
day of rest. The board of inspection
will visit the ship on Monday, and it
is expected she will leave port that
day or early on Tuesday. She will go
direct to Philadelphia and remain
there to take part in the dedication of
the monument to General Grant. The
ship will stay there until May 1, when
she will sail for "Wilmington, N. O.
The Raleigh is due at Charleston on
May 10, where she will participate in
the annual reunion of Confederate
Veterans. From there she will go to
Portsmouth Navy Yard, ' where she
will remain until she goes out of
commission on June 1.
Broom Corn Culture.
The Star has received from Mr.
John T. Patrick, of Pine Bluff, Chief
Industrial Agent of the Seaboard Air
T.ina evetem a iim'rtiiQ Aramnlfl nf t.VlA
efforts being advanced by theS. A. I,
for the encouragement of diversified
and experimental farming along its
lines. The example is a home made
broom of broom corn grownas an ex
periment on the Seaboard's experi
mental farms. In a letter explaining
why farmers in the South should
make an experiment; of broom corn
growing, Mr. Patrick says :
"The broomfactorie3 along our line
the past season have had to pay about
one hundred dollars a ton for .the
straw. !At this price or even at sixty
dollars a ton, it pays to grow the
broom corn."
N. C. SUPREME COURT.
. & N. C. R. R. Case Argued Raleigh
to Give a Reception to Company C,
of the First Regiinent. ,
Special Star Telegram.'
Raleigh, N. C, April 22. The .peo
ple of Morehead are making a strong
effort to get the State Guard encamp
ment there this Summer.
" Argument in the A. & N. C. rail
road case was heard to-day before the
Supreme Court 'The end of the docket
case3 will be taken up next week, and
court wil adjourn the week follow
ing. . The A. & M. College to day defeated
Roanoke, Va., by a score of 6 to 5.
Preparations were completed to
night for a rousing reception to the
Raleigh company, in the First regi
ment, on its return' here to-morrow.
SQUARE BALES AND ROUND BALES.
Messrs. Sprunt Willing to Put Their Claim
For the Square Bale to the Test.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier Our attention has been
drawn to-day, for the first time, to
Mr. Searles's letter in your paper,
dated New York, April 15. The state
ment made by us, to which he refers,
was written to one of our correspon
dents, or agents, and was not i n tended
for publication. We do not desire a
newspaper controversy as to the com
parative merits of the so-called round
bale, and the standard 24x54 square, or
rectangular bale. Since we have been
quoted publicly, however, we wisnyou
to state that our information cam a
from a cotton merchant of the highes,
character in Liverpool, Mr. John
lis-an. No 7 Rumford streets that t
cylindrical bale had been sold over the
counter in Liverpool at less - price than
the standard square bale, 24x54.
We may add that we have since re
ceived information frdm several Con
tinental correspondents to the same
effect with reference to Bremen sales.
We know nothing of the terms under
which these sales were executed; we
simply made the statement as it came
to us from responsible people.
As to our claim that we can put
more weight of the compressed stand
ard square bale, 24x54, into a ship to
the net ton register than it is possible
to put in round bales, we are willing
to test it in our next steamer for Liver
pool bv measured space and to afford
the contestants every facility for fair
play. Yours respectfully,
.ajjU; A.AJM VLdB. ornufl i gun.
Wilmington, N. C, April 19, 1899.
WILMINGTON, N. C,
FIRST DAY'S SESSION.
Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion Convened Here at 11.30
A.M. Yesterday, i -
SEVERAL WITNESSES TESTIFY
Tariff Association's Complaint Filed Ed
ward Baxter, Esq., Counsel For De
fendant Railroads Addressed
the Court.
The Inter-State Commerce Commis--sion
convened in special session in the
United States court room, ' this city,
yesterday at 11:30 o'clock, Hon. Jud
son C. Clement, of Georgia, presiding,
and Hon. James D. Yoemans, of
Iowa; associate commissioner; only
these two of the five -members of the
commission being in attendance. Mr.
M. S. Decker is secretary to the com
mission and Messrs. Frank Lyon and
J. J. McAuliffe stenographers.
As soon as the court was convened
the complaint against the railroads as
made by the Tariff Association was
submitted by Judge W. A. Day,' the
-Association's counsel. It was a
lengthy document, with the essential
features of which Star readers -are
familiar.
Edward Baxter, Esq.. attorney for
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Co., who was present as general coun
sel for the railroad companies inter
ested, addressed the court in a brief
speech, contending that the condi
tions of which the business men of
Wilmington complain are the force of
circumstances over which the local
railroads have no control; that Nor
folk and Richmond, being the termini
for great trunk lines from the West,
get freight rates which cannot be given
to Wilmington.
After a session of about one and a
half hours, the court took a recess un
til 2:30 o'clock.
Edward Baxter, Esq., left the cit;
early in the afternoon, leaving tho
conduct of the case for the defence in
the hands of Mr. Junius Davis, of this
city. Iredell Meares, Esq., isassoci
ated with Judge Day as counsel for
the Tariff Association,' ;
The taking of testimony was com
menced when the'eourtre convened at
2:30. The principal Witnesses exam
ined were Mr. T. MEmerson, Traffic
Manager of the roads constituting the
Atlantic Coast Line system ; Mr. T. C.
Powell, general freight agent for the
Southern Railway system, and Mr. B.
G. WortK of Worth and Worth,
wholesale merchants of this city.
Mr Emerson testified as to the
termini of the roads constituting the
C. L. system and in answer to
uestions put by Judge Day
told in detail the methods which gov
ern the fixing of freight rates, particu
larly to points out from Norfolk
and Richmond on the -A. C. L.,
which is, he said, done through the
Southern Freight Association. He
explained what steps would be neces
sary in an effort to put Wilmington
on an equal footing with Norfolk and
Richmond, but declared such a thing
impracticable, for the, reason that the
very low local proportionate rates
which his roads would receive for
transporting through freight from the
West to Wilmington would . cause his
roads to lose money heavily.
In respone to questions, Mr. Emer
son denied that there has ever been
any agreement'of any kind whatever
as to division of territory so far as
traffic is concerned, to Wilmington's
commercial disadvantage or otherwise.
Mr. B. G. Worth testified as to the
baneful effect upon the wholesale
trade in Wilmington of the present,
freight rates, saying he has for a long
while noticed a shrinkage of territory ;
but did not realize until recently that
freight discriminations were the cause.
Mr. T. C. Powell, general freight
agent for the Southern Railway sys
tem, was examined as to the freight
tariffs over his system to Norfolk and
Richmond from points West and the
conditions governing them.
To report the testimony of the wit
nesses in detail would require several
columns. . At the conclusion of Mr.
Powell's testimony a recess was taken
until 9 A. M. to-day.
The court-room was crowded with
interested spectators, representing the
foremost business interests of the city,
and every business man who can pos
sibly do so is urged to attend the ses
sion to-day.
The testimony of several leading
merchants and other business men of
Wilmington was taken yesterday be
fore the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission, in special session here for
the purpose of investigating the
charges of freight discrimination
against Wilmington and in favor of
Norfolk, Richmond and other Vir
ginia cities. Business mfen who testi
fied were J. Allen Taylor (president
of the Wilmington Tariff Association,
the plaintiff in the suit), Mr. W. E.
Worth. Mr. D. L. Gore. Mr. G. J.
Boney and Mr. M. W. Jacobi. The
following railroad officials were also
examined: Mr. C. R: Kapps, general
freight agent for the S. A. L ; Mr. H.
W. B. Glover, traffic manager for the
S. A. L. ; Mr. E. B. Hotchkiss, general
freight agent for the C. & O. ; Mr.
Harry Walters, president of the At
lantic Coast Line.
Judge Day, as counsel for the the
Tariff Association, rested his case at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. At the
request of defendant's counsel the fur
ther hearing of the case was postponed
until May 15th in Washington, D. ,C
The first business man called on the
stand yesterday morning was Mr. J
Allen Taylor, who testified that he
has been in business in this city for 18
years; that during that time the terri
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1899.
tory, for which Wilmington is the
i
wholesale distributing point has grad
ually decreased; that the reason for
this is tHat the freight rates are more
favorable to Richmond and Norfolk
than for Wilmington ; that Wilming
ton merchants can buy goods at the
point of production as cheaply as
Richmond or Norfolk can, the differ
ence in freight rates to Carolina points
from Norfolk and Richmond as against
those given to Wilmington enabling
the Virginia wholesale merchants to
place their goods inf North Carolina
cheaper than merchants of this city
can.
As an illustration. Mr. Taylor
testified that at one time he
had a large wholesale flour trade in
Maxton, N. C, but that now Maxton
merchants cannot buy their flour in
Wilmington for the reason that Rich
mond merchants can deliver their flour
to Maxton cheaper than Wilmington
merchants can, although Maxton is
only 87 miles from this city and 247
miles from Richmond. Mr. Taylor
referred to the vast proportions of the
cotton export industry in Wilmington
(having the largest individual cotton
exporter in the worldj, and contended
that the development in other branches
of commerce would' materially i
crease could equally advantageous
freight rates be obtained.
Tl T . frva wTil ocIa rrmrmay
testified to much the same freight rate
and wholesale trade conditions indica
ted in the evidence by Mr. !Taylor.
Mr. G. J. Boney, of Boney & Har
per's firm, was called upon the witness
stand to testify as to the condition of
the milling industry in Wilmington.
His evidence was to the effect that
much the same conditions prevailed in
his business '.as testified to by tho
wholesale grocers. The rates, he said,
on grain and mill -products were so
much more favorable to Norfolk
and Richmond that the district
in which the Wilmington mills
cando business is limited to a very
small territory, so much so that out
f several mills in operation and do-
ine good business in this city a few
years ago all are closed except that of
Boney & Harper, and even this one,
the witness declared, is very much
handicapped in business.
Mr. M. W. Jacobi, of the Jacobi
Hardware Co., was introduced to
testify as to the situation among Wil
mington hard ware dealers in the mat
ter of extending or maintaining the
territory of the wholesale trade. His
evidence was to the effect that condi
tions very similar to those outlined by
preceding witnesses exist in that busi
ness. Mr. W. E. Worth, president of the
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
and a member of the firm of W. E.
Worth & Co., was introduced, the
principal feature of his testimony being
the statement that the business in Wil
mington amounted to between $35,
000,000 and $40,000,000 annually.
Mr. C. R. Kapps, general freight
agent, and Mr. W. H. B. Glover,
general traffic manager for the Sea
board Air Line, and Mr. E. B. Hotch
kiss, general freight agent for the C
and O. road, were questioned by
Judge Day, counsel for the Tariff As
sociation, with a view -to showing
freight discriminations against Wil
mington, with what degree of success
it would be hard for the uninitiated to
judge. The questions and answers
had to do with local and through rates
for freights over the various system,
each of the witnesses affirming in con
nection with their testimony that it is
not the purpose of their roads to dis
criminate against Wilmington.
Mr. Harry Walters was examined
.. as to the earnings of the Wilmington
and Weldon road and certain others of
the Atlantic Coast Line system, the
value of stock, the dividends paid, etc.,
the purpose of the plaintiff's counsel
being to obtain rebuttal testimony as to
the answer filed by these roads that a
reduction of freight rates such as de
manded by the Tariff Association
would bankrupt, or at least very seri
ously cripple them.
It was at the conclusion of the exam
ination of Mr. Walters that counsel for
the plaintiff rested' their case, and
Junius Davis, Esq., as counsel for the
defendants, asked the postponement
of the case. Mr. Davis based his
request": for. postponement upon the
grounds that he had merely taken the
case for Judge Baxter, who was
obliged to leave the city for his home
because of sickness; and Judge Bax
ter having himself prepared the case
he (Mr. Davis) would not assume the
entire responsibility of the defence on
such short notice.
There was considerable argument
pro and con by counsel, the outcome
of the mattet being that the commis
sion announced a continuance of the
case until May 15th. ,
Hilton Lumber Co.'s Case.
As soon as disposition was made of
the Tariff Association's suit, that of the
the Hilton Lumber Co., vs. the Wil
mington and Weldon road was called.
Claudius B. Northrop, Esq.,of Charles
ton, appeared as counsel for the Lumber
Co., and Junius Davis, Esq., repre
sented the railroad. 'The reading of the
complaint was dispensed with, counsel
for the plaintiff stating briefly that the
complaint alleged unjust discrimina
tion in freight rates on lumber from
Wilmington to Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and other Northern mar
kets, as compared with rates
given to Norfolk, the rate be-
ing 16 cents from Norfolk to
Boston and 26 cents from Wilming
ton. The court and counsel agreed
before proceeding with the taking of
evidence that only a portion of the
testimony for the plaintiff should be
taken and the case continued until May
15th, the date for the Tariff Association
case.
Only four witnesses were examined.
They were Mr. T. M. Emerson, traffic
manager of the Atlantic Coast Line
roads, Mr. C. R. Kapps, general
freight agent, and Mr, H. W. B. Glover,
traffic manager of the Seaboard Air
Line and Mr. J. A. Arringdale, of the
Cape Fear Lumber Co.. Thereafter
the court adjourned.
Today's Programme,
This morning at 10 o'clock the mem
bers of the commission, in company
with quite a party of business mer
railroad officials, members of the Sta
Corporation Commission,' and others,
will make a trip down the CapeFear
on board the Ndvassa, to Souxhport.
It is purely a pleasure tripand the
commission will have an I opportunity
incidentally to see Wilmington's
splendid harbor advantages.
It will be of interest to note in this
connection that Corporation Commis
sioners McNeill, Beudingfield and Rog
ers have all threeattended the sittings of
the Inter State Commission and listened
closely to the testimony: The Inter
State Commerce Commissioners, Hon.
Judsou O. Clements and Hon. James
D, Yoemas, clerk M. S. Decker and
stenographers Frank Lyon and J. J.
McAuliffe, will leave on the 7 P. M.
train to-day for Washington, as will
so Judge Day. "j
FOR STRAWBERRY SHIPMENT
W. & W. Railroad Company Has An
nounced Schedule of Extra Trains for
the Movement of Truck Crops.
Officials of the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad have iannounced a
very convenient and what is thought
to be a highly satisfactory schedule of
extra trains for the handling of the
berry and early vegetable crops along
its line. ' !
Three trains have been arranged
for, leaving Wilmington at 7.30, 9.45
and 11.30 o'clock A. M.,. respectively,
and leaving South Rocky Mount at
7.05,-5.25 and '10.40 P M respec
tively, j
The following towns; are given in
the official schedule: j Wilmington,
Castle Hayne, Rocky Point, Burgaw,
South Washington, Wallace, Rose
Hill, Magnolia, Warsaw; Faisons, Mt.
Olive, Dudley, Goldsboro, Pikeville,
Fremont and South Rocky Mount.
The early morning train from Wil
mington is especially for the benefit of
shippers at flag and intermediate sta
tions that cannot get the benefit of the
solid car train No. 80, ; which leaves
Wilmington at 9.45 ofclock A. M.
Shipments for this train must be de
livered at stations before the time the
train is scheduled to arrive.
Train No. 80 leaving Wilmington
at 9.45 A. M., and South Rocky Mount
5.25 P. M., will handle solid cars
only ; that is cars containing not less
than 300 crates for onp destination,
cars to be loaded and sealed b3 time
train is scheduled to arrive.-
Train No. 18, leavingfWihmngton at
11.30 A. "M., and South Rocky Mount
10.40 P. M., will take shipments in
any quantity for all points when
loaded in ordinary cars and in re
frigerator cars when cars contain not
less than 100 crates of berries for
Washington, Baltimore Philndelphia,
New York,. Boston, Providence, Wor
cester, Hartford, New Haven and
Springfield, and not less than 200
crates of berries for. Buffalo,' Roches
ter, Syracuse, Albany, Jonestown,
Binghamton and Canadian points. To
all other points not less than, 150
crates. j
The season for shipments of conse
quence will open next week and the
new schedule is expected to go in effect
within a few days.
All requisitions for cars must be
made on Mr. E. Borden, Superinten
dent Transportation, W,iimington, N.
C. mml ' '
NO DEPOSITIONS AT LILESVILLE.
Dockery's Notary and Clerk Who Violated
Quarantine Laws Forced to Retire.
A. J. Marshall, Esq., returned yes
terday from Lilesville, Anson county,
where he went Tuesday to represent
Hon. . Jno. D. Bellamy, at the hearing
of testimony for the contestant in the
congressional contest case. The hear
ing, however, did not itake place as
was appointed. j
Notary Public J. W. Steen, of Mon
roe, before whom thej hearing was
set, and his clerk,JMr. Adams, of the
same town, were- arrested and fined
$25 by Mayor Cox, of Lilesville, for
a violation of the quarantine being
maintained by the health officers there
against Monroe, Pee Dee station and
other near by towns, where small pox
is reported,
In addition to the fine, the Mayor
ordered that they leave town at once,
which they did, going via Wadesboro,
where they were again confronted bj.
strict quarantine regulations forcing
them to take the night train for Mon
roa. :!'-
Colonel M. Lewis Clarke, of Louis
ville, prominent inturf circles through
out the United States, killed himself by
shooting yesterday in his room at the
Gaston hotel, Memphis. - -
Some Women
r - -14. Many women think
JJOUDl the bearing of cbil-'
dren is a necessary
. period of great pain and distress. They
doubt whether any medicine can relieve
their sufferings. Well may they hesitate
about taking those injurious internal
mixtures so widely sold. But they may
place implicit faith in j d J d
MOTHER'S FRIEND
which is a softening, relaxing and sooth
ing liniment for external use. Doubting
women should get a bottle at the drug
store for $1, and test it. There is no
possibility of its doing harm, and there is
every likelihood of its saving them many
hours of pain, j j j J & J J
THE BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO.
. ATLANTA,' CA.
NO. 28
QjSsi
,iAMY-
HEARING
ESUMED IN
BE
DOCKERY CASE.
Evidence In Rebuttal Submitted bv Contes.
int Yesterday Protest Filed by
Counsel for Contestee.
t .
Three witnesses were examined for
the contestant in the Bellamy-Dockery
investigation yesterday.
The court met yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock in j the U. S. District At
torney's office in the Postoffice buildr
ing, Notaries iWallace and Fowle
presiding. Misses Shrier and Struth
ers were stenographers ancTthe fol
io wing attorneys were present: Oscar
J. Spears, Esq., for Col- Dockery, and
Messrs. McNeill, McClammy, McKoy
and Strange for Mr. Bellamy;
Upon mutual agreement of counsel,
the hearing was postponed until 3
o'clock P. M. ;
At the outset of the hearing in the
afternoon, counsel for Mr. Bellamy
filed a notice with the court that ob
jection was made to the taking of testi
mony of the witnesses summoned upon
the grounds' that no'notice whatsoever
was served upon contestee or any of
his counsel for the. hearing about to
begin and that the said contestee was
then in Raleigh and his attorneys who
represented him before are in various
parts of the district, attending similar
courts; that Sec. 108 of the Revised
Statutes had not been complied with
by the failure of contestant to give
proper notice, j
Mr. Spears, counsel for contestant,
contended that the filing of the objec
tion was evidence that contestee had
sufficient notice, and the presence of
attorneys, who moved the association
of Notary Fowler with Notary Wal
lace, was a virtual acceptance of the
notice as not contrary to law.
Master Willie Strauss, clerk for Mr.
BeUamy, was introduced by Mr. Spears
to prove that the formal protest was
prepared at the instance of Mr. Bel
lamy, but much to his surprise and
seeming consternation, witness testi
fied that the protest was prepared
only a short while before and at the
dictation of Herbert McClammy, Esq.
The.
commissioners ruled that a
hearing would be had as a "general
appearance," but not as a "special.
Albert H. Lamb, colored,- the first
witness examined, testified that he had
lived in Wilmington nine years; was a
drayman; was judge of election in the
fifth division! of First ward; the elec
tion passed off very quietly during
the day, but at night when the count
was being made a crowd gathered and
the lamps were overturned and he "got
out" ;the crowd was composed of whites
but did not know whether they were
Republicans or Democrats; the pre
cinct was generally regarded as Re
publican; he left the polls before the
count was finished; did not sign elec
tion returns ; he "got scared" was his
reason for so doing. Being asked if
he was afraid of losing his life or of
sustaining bodily harm, witness re
plied: "I did not know what would
happen." Further questioned as to
whether or not he was "afraid to freely
testify in this case as a witness now,
he replied: "I would not like to do
it, sir." As the examination pro
ceeded he said that he did not know
whether or not the colored Republi
cans apprehended serious trouble at
that election or whether or not they
were afraid to register and vote at the
election referred to. He 'disremem-
bered" what the crowd said when they
came into the polling place on the
night in question; there were about
one hundred, and fifty of them. He
left four election officers at the polls ;
one had left previous to his departure.
Testified that he was a Republican;
was present during the riot; knew
of no white men or Democrats
killed; knew of no Republicans
from his own; knowledge. The cross
examination ! was by Herbert Mc
Clammy and Franklin McNeill, Esqs,
Being asked if it was not customary
for crowds to congregate around the
polls to hear results , while counting
was going on, witness replied that he
never saw a crowd on such an occasion
before.
Upon conclusion of this testimony,
the court took a recess until 8.30
o'clock P, M. Upon re-assembling,
Abraham Fulton, colored, testified.
He was an election officer in the same
precinct as Lamb and his testimony
was substantially the same. He knew
of the riot, destruction of Manly's
printing office and intimidation of
voters by hearsay, but had "reliable
information that such was the case."
He was cross-examined by W. B. Mo-
Koy, Esq., and testified that he dis
charged his duty and signed the elec
tion returns it few days after election
at the instance of Mr. Oldham when
he went to draw fiis money for ser
vices rendered as registrar.
Mr. J. F. Benton, 610 North Tenth
street, was the last witness before the
adjournment for the night, which was
taken at 11 o'clock. He keeps a gro
cery store, and was an election officer
in the Fifth precinct of First ward,
with Lamb and Fulton. At no time
while the count was being made was
the room darkened; the lamps were
overturned, but the oil caught on the
floor and before this was extinguished
candles were lighted; he voted for
Democrats and Populists in last elec
tion. Populist and Republican police
men to the number of about ten, ap
pointed by! Mayor Wright, -;were
around the polls all day, and two of
the same were in the crowd spoken of
by preceding witnesses, when the
lamps were overturned, i .
The questions were proposed to the
witness in a very sarcastic manner by
Mr. Spears, counsel for Dockery, but
despite insinuations from his manner of
conducting the examination, the wit
ness testified in a straightforward man
ner and his "statements were not
shaken. 1
The court, upon the conclusion of
this testimony, adjourned until 9
o'clock this morning.
Hearing in the " Bellamy-Dockery
case was concluded last night before
Notaries Fowler and Wallace, the
time' haying expired, according to Jhe
law, for the. takinglof testimony in
rebuttal.
The same attorneys were in attend
ance upon the hearing yesterday as
on the day before, with the exception
of Jno. F. Mussel white, Esq., of Eliza
beth town, for contestant, and E. K.
Bryan and Geo. . L. Peschau, Esqs.,
for contestee.
Vigorous objections were entered to
parts of the testimony at certain points
and noted in the evidence.
At the convening of the court in the
grand jury's room . in the -Federal
Court building in the morning at
10.15 o'clock, counsel for Mr. Bellamy
filed an objection to the taking of
further depositions on the ground that
the ninety days allowed by law for
taking depositions in the case had Ex
pired. The court, however, ruled
that the taking of depositions should
proceed until 12 o'clock at night.
George R. Bate, the first witness,
testified as to having been a registrar
in the Fifth precinct of the First Ward,
at which place the negro witnesses ex
amined Thursday testified that a crowd
came in while the count was being
made and overturned the lamps ; he was.
a Ke publican and voted that ticket
last election. During the day,' voters
came and cast their ballots without
molestation. At the count thatnight
a crowd of twenty-five . or thirty came
in and the lamps were overturned, but at
no time was the room in total darknessf
as oil on the floor ignited and burned" "
until candles were lighted ; there were
about 150 persons on the outside of the
building. He knew of intimidation of
voters only by hearsay; knew of de
struction of Manly's printing press,
but nothing of change in city gov
ernment by means of an "armed revo
lution ;" he heard that the Wright ad
ministration was asked to resign. " ; '
Geo. Lockamy was the first witness
examined at the convening of the
court in the afternoon. He testified
that he was a policeman during the
election and on the day of the so-called
riot was on duty on Fourth street in
Brooklyn" where trouble occurred ;
was requested by citizens to disperse
two crowds of negroes standing on ,
corners; one ot the crowds obeyed his ;
orders and dispersed, the others told
him they "shouldn't move and
shouldn't go anywhere." Witness
testified that he went to a crowd of
white men and told them the negroes
told him (Lockamy) to "go to h 1."
He went on his way and later heard
shooting, the first he had heard that
day. Witness could not say, that was x
the beginning "of the killing that
day." Of his own knowledge, witness
testified that there were two persons
killed that day; they were colored;
the coroner reported seven killed
though other reports had it that there
were from fen to fifteen killed; armed
white men requested him to disperse
the crowd of negroes referred to.
On cross examination he -said that it
was colored persons who gave him in
sulting answers when they were asked
to disperse; he was appointed a police
man by the Republican Board of Alder
men and . he was unable to disperse
the crowd of negroes.
Lieut. C. H. White, the next witness,
testified that he assisted in operating
a rapid fire gun purchased by the.
white people; of Wilmington previous
to the late election. The gun in ques
tion is a Colt's automatic rapid-fire
and discharges 420 shots a minute.
Prior to the election the gun was only
in use down the river and was never
fired in Wilmington. During the
riot it was "ied to a house known
as
Manhattan Park," in which a
crowd of negroes were gathered,,
firing at white people across the
street; negroes evacuated on arrival of
rapid-fire gun and one was fired on by
the military. He was not in the mili
tary service at the -time, but was act
ing as a citizen for, protection of life
and property.
Cross examined witness testified that
he had been a resident of Wilmington
all his life with exception of a; few
years in South Carolina; the election
was as quiet as he ever saw and he
saw no intimidation. The character
of ' John . R. Melton, late Chief of
Police, was bad; could not believe him
on oath in a matter of consequence in
volving himself. He was not in
structed neither would he have used
the rapid fire gun in question for politi
cal purposes under any consideration.
Upon conclusion of Mr. White's
testimony at 6.30 o'clock P. M., an
adjournment was taken until 7.30 P.
M., at which time the court reas-'
sembled and Mr. Jno.fe P. Quelch" was
examined! He was asked to certify as
to whether or not several papers pre
sented were true copies of the Mo6n--ing
Star. He replied: "Not being
' the editor of the paper I cannot swear
that these are copies of the Morning
Star. On cross examination, he stated
that the election was fair and quiet
Hamilton Hargrove, colored, was
the last witness before the adjourn
ment at 10 o'clock. He was employed
at Northrop's mill; Mr. Northrop
brought a list to the mill and asked if
twenty or thirty colored men had re-,
gistered; did not say anything about
discharging them if they voted.
On cross examination, he testified
that he registered and voted in the late
election; was not prepared to say that
his feUow laborers did not vote. On
re-direct examination he said that he
thought a part of them did not vote.
Lenten Diversions: "Strict
Rector "My dear I am astonished to
hear that you went to the theatre dur
ing Leht." Young Lady "It isn't
wicked to talk during Lent, is it?" "Of
course not, but you went to a play.
"I went with a theatre party, and we
paid no attention to the play."
Many Like Him. "What kind
of a tenant is he?" asked the propec
tive landlord.
"Well," replied the landlord, who
knew him of old; '.If the house is a
new one, he will be alright for the
first year, but the next he will want it
entirely rebuilt" Chicago Evening
Post.
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