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SENSIBLE TALE BY NEGROES.
The Afro-American Council of
I X,ew York, recently issued an. ad
dress in which thoy callediiponJtho
negroes of the country to observe
the 2nd day of Jane next as a day
. of fasting and prayer and urged the
negro preachers to hold services in
their churches, and aid in setting
forth the "barbarous treatment" of
negroes by white men. This ad
dress was evoked by the recent
lynchings in the State of Georgia,
'culminating in the horrid- killing,
or rather butchering and burning,
of the negro Hose.
What the Afro-American Council
expects to accomplish by the fasting
and praying and church service is
not apparent. The ' only result, as
far as wo can see, Hvill be to make
the negroes believe more strongly
than they now do ; that they are a
! persecuted race and that the perse
cution is not in consequence of.
crimes committed, but the result' of
race prejudice which makes these
alleged crimes a pretext for perse
cution. 'This is the view tho ne
groes of this so-called Afro-American
Council take of it, as is shown
by the injunction to cultivate no
spirit of vengeance' but "to leave
1 vengeance to tho Lord."
Most of the negroes in the North,
preachers and others, who have
written or talked about these lynch
ings, have done it in a very intem
perate way, entirely ignoring the
crimes that caused them and throw
ing the whole responsibilty on tho
I white men who took part in them
and on tho civil authorities, and .the
-communities which they charge with
conniving at and encouraging them.'
Iji the main they are indirect apolo
gies for the "crimes and the crimi
nals, if not absolute denials of guilt,
'which they represent to be trumped
.up charges in most cases to afford a
pretext for "killing niggers."
If the negroes acted upon the ad
vice of that negro Bishop in New
Mersey, Walters, or lira imitator
; (whose .name we have forgotten) in
Pittsburg, there would be killing
I sure enough, for the negro, whether
he bo a preaeher or otherwise lifted
above tho average negro level, who
imagines that there could be any
thing like, an organized movement
against the white people without
considerable killing, is not fit to pose
as an adviser, and scarcely fit to stay
outside of a lunatic asylum.
But there are exceptions, for
there are some negroes who take a
different view of the situation from
that taken by the Afro-Ajmerican
itonv substitue for negro) Council
" and these rabid preachers. - ;
Booker T. "Washington knows
. what's the matter, although for
reasons satisfactory to him he has
not discussed these Georgia lynch-
ings. "
Another is Rev. H. C. C. At
wood, formerly of New Orleans,
but for some years a resident of
New York, wh'ere he occupies' the
, position of Superintendent of the
mission to Cuba, of the African
American Methodist Episcopal
Church, who in a letter to the New
York Journal thus replies to the
'. rabid ravings of tho demented New
Jersey Bishop: . "
'I Drotost. with millions of law
abiding colored people, against the
awful crime of assulting women and
the murder of men and women by
those fiends called negroes, who brand
the whole race with the stigma of their
of their hellish deeds.
"So long as a women are thus treated
and there is a husband, father, son or
brother, the criminal will be lynched.
No law can stop it and no section pre
vent it. The only remedy is to stop
the evil.
"I will cry aloud and spare not that
these degrading crimes, the outgrowth
of human slavery and the education
of the penal system in the South, are
the bane of our- race. I would recom
mend that our bishops and clergymen,
as well as our race leaders, organize
an army of crusaders and invade every
nook in the South appealing to the
lust of these human brutes to stay the
plague that is worse than leprosy to
the race, sq as to wipe out lynching
and lawlessness. "The thought is so
sickening to us that it clouds our sen
sibilities even to condemn it.
"So much has been said about lynch
ing that it has been made to appear
that we are negative in our opposition
to the greater crime the assaults on
women. If the remedy suggested by
Mrs. Felton would put a stop to the
' terrible dual barbarism, and if ten
thousand o such brutes instead of one
could be found, and one general lynch
ing would wipe out the crime, I would
say do it. ,
"Another prominent colored man,
H. B. Park, secretary of the home and
VOL. XXX.
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all day; It has completely unnerved
Auavo iTOu tmuiLiu); oi mis crime
" 'An extraordinary effort on the
part of the church ought to be made
to suppress the negro practice of as
saulting women. The work should
take the-form of an organized effort.
People have a false impression that
colored people sympathize- with ne
groes who commit such crimes. Mil
lions of negroes will go as far as
white men to defend women.
" 'While a majority of those lynched
are negroes, the effect is being felt upon
the entire people.'"
This is "hot stuff" coming from a
negro, who by the boldnets of his
utterances, so different from others
of his race and from many of the
professed white friend sof tho negro
in the North, shows that he not
only does, his own thinking and
forms his own opinions, but is a man
of convictions with the courage to
proclaim them. He goes further than
any other negro that we have read
after, but as energetic and seemingly
extreme as his utterances are, he
takes the right view of that ques
tion and one inspired by race respect
and rice love. 1
-He realizes,' as all respectable,
thinking negroes should, that these
crimes which provoke swift and im
placable vengeance reflect upon the
race and bring odium upon it.
whether deservedly or not, and that
it is therefore the part of wisdom for
the race to do all it can to put a
stop to these crimes and aid in bring
ing the perpetrators to speedy jus
tice, perpetrators for whom the. race
should have; neither sympathy nor
tolerance, for they are deserving of
neither. They show by their acts
that they have no regard for their
own race and therefore their own
race should have no regard for nor
tears to shed over them when their
devilish beastiality brings them to
the rope or to the stake and"faggot.
The -negro who thinking for him
self and for his race speaks thus is
infinitely a better friend and coun
sellor to his race than all the Afro
American Councils this side- of
iricho and all the Bishops of
Walters' stripe this side of Kingdom
come.
There is now presented to the
negroes of Georgia an opportunity
to put themselves on solid, ground
and initiate . a movement to stop
this flood of crime which is calling
for vengeance and causing more
estrangement, between the - races.
A convention of white citizens has
been called to consider these mat
ters 'and try to devise some
way to stop lynching. No amount
of talk in convention or out of it
will stop it while these outlawed
crimes continue to be .perpetrated.:
But this presents .the negroes of
Georgia with the opportunity to
show that these crimes are repulsive
to them, and to show; a disposition
to co-operate with their white fel
low citizens in repressing them. Let
them also call a convention of repre
sentative negroes of the State, and
therein resolve that they will heartily
co-operate with the white men ra
tho pursuit and punishment of
ravishers, murderers and incen
diaries, show them no mercy nor
refuge, and then a long step would
be taken in the way of relieving the
race from suspicion of sympathy
with the criminals, and a long step
also in deterring the criminals who
would thenceforth hnd. refuge so
mncb morn difficult. This is their
opportunity. Will thev see it, and
seize it i .
i AN ERA OF FRAUD.
Thi&is not only the great trust-
forming era,
but it is the great
era of fraud also, fraud in "states
manship," fraud in business, fraud.
in sentiment, fraud in nearly every
thing. The trusts pretend that they
are organized to cheapen production
and thus benefit the people. That
is a fraud. Some of the statesmen
tell us that the protective tariff,
"which fosters trusts, is to foster and
build ur American industries that
could not livo without it. That is an
other fraud. Expansionists tell us
that it is patriotism that inspires
carrving tho rifle and other death-
dealing implements into other lands
to subjugate them. That is another
fraud.' And now the chief chemist
of the TJ. S. Department of Agricul
Cure testifies before the Pure .Food
Senatorial . Investigating Committee
that ninety per cent, of all the
articles of food and drink' manufac
tured in this country are frauds.
There is fraud in nearly every
thing sold to the people, all kinds
of airy products, canned fruits and
vegetables, flour, the various prepa
rations put up for cooking jellies,
preserves, jams, pickles, syrups,
wines, beer, whiskey and nearly
everything in fact. Some of these
adulterations are harmful, others
not, but they are all frauds!
The worst feature of tis is that it
is the poor who Buffermost by these
frauds, because the greater the fraud
the! cheaper the articles, or perhaps
it would be more proper to say the
cheaper tho article the greater the
fraud. In view of these revelations
byuch anthority it is a lucky per
son these days who knows what he
is eating or drinking or what pro
portion of health and life destroying
stuff it may contain.
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A NEW COTTON MM.
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To be Erected in Wilmington
by a $250,000 Stock
Company.
THE ENTERPRISE IS ASSURED.
Mr. E. C. Holt Principal Stockholder.
Urge Block of Stock Taken by Wil
mingtonians Plant to be In Op
eration by Jan. 1st, 1900.
Wil mington is io have another big
cotton mill equipped and in operation
by January, lst4900. It "will be operat
ed by a $250,000 stock company, Mr. E.
C. Holt, a member of the Holt family
famous throughout the South for
their success in cotton manufacturing,
and owning many mills in the State,
being at the head of the enterprise.
The company has purchased one
hundred acres of land from Mr. W.
A. Wright in the northeast suburb of
the city in the vicinity of the mineral
spring, and the factory is to be erected
east of the mineral spring, at the junc
tion of the' Atlantic 'Coast Line and
Wilmington Seacoast railroads.
The main building will be 250x125
feet, 'two stories high. ' There will be
an engine room 30x50 feet, and a
boiler room 40x50 feet. In addition
to theses there will be large storage
warehouses, a complete dye plant, a
building equipped with finishing ma
chinery, etc. The company- will al.so
erect a hundred and twenty-five cot
tages, to be occupied by the opera
tives, of whom there will be more
than three hundred.
Altogether the buildings, to be
erected at once will cost fully $7E,000,
and the plant is to be materially en
larged vithin the next year or two,
the plans for the main building being
designed with this purpose in view. In
fact, it is confidently expected that the
capital stock will be more, than
doubled within a reasonably short
time. i
The factory for the present will be
equipped with 10,000 spindles and 500
looms, and will be devoted exclusively
to the manufacture of colored goods.-
The machinery will be the very
latest and most approved patterns
throughout, up-to-date inevery detail,
the very best that can possibly be
built. Especial emphasis was put upon
this statement yesterday afternoon by
Mr. Holt in an interview with a mem
ber of the Stab staff.
The Stak has known of the move
ment for the establishment of this fac
tory for several weeks but for pru
dential reasons refrained from pub
lishing the facts.
until the success of the enterprise was
positively assured. There is no longer
any doubt about the . consummation of
the plans of the promoters of the en
terprise. It is gratifying to note that
in the solicitation of stock for the or
ganization of the company fully $300,"
000 were subscribed; $50,000 more
than is needed. ' Mr. E. C. Holt, of
Burlington, is the largest individual
stockholder, the remainder, a big
block of the stoek, being taken by
Wilmington people.
Mr. Holt left last night for his home
and will return to the city about the
15th inst, when the organization of
the company will occur. To a Star
representative We". Holt said at the
train last night that the company will
be in the market at once for 1,500,000
feet of lumber and 1,200,000 brick to
be used n the construction of the
plant. Bids are now being received
for the erection of the building.
Mr. E. C. Holt, the principal stock
holder, is a son of the late J as. H.
Holt, of Burlington, and a nephew of
the late Governor Holt. His whole
life has been devoted to the study of
cotton mill business and it is conceded
that he is! thoroughly up in every
detail of the business. He is a stock
holder and closely connected with the
management of at least five of the
most successful mills in the State,
notably Elmira and Lakeside mills,
in Burlington; Glencoe and Caroline
mills, in Alamance county, and the
Holt-Morgan mill in Fayetteville.
He told a Star reporter last night
that he has selected Wilmington lor
the establishment of thisf his chief
cotton mill enterprise, because of the
peculiar adaptability of the place for
successfully conducting the business
because of the advantageous railroad
and seaport facilities. Another reason
is that he believes Wilmington
to be the most pleasant place of resi
dence anywhere in the State. He has,
it will be remembered, purchased a
cottage on Wrightsville beach and
will move his family down just as
soon as the season " opens, and will
take steps at once to either build or
purchase a permanent residence in the
city. -
Welcome, thrice welcome, to Mr.
Holt and family, says the Star. And
it but echoes the hearty sentiment of
the people of Wilmington and the
lower Cape Fear. ,
Wire nest-building is not one of
th industries in England, but it
seems tho herons have caught on to
it. A7 heron's nest recently blown
from a tree, proved to have been
built almost altogther out of such
wixe as is used in binding giain.
Examination showed that a number
of nests in the heronry were con
structed out of the same material.
American occupation of Cuba has
given Spain some idea of .how she
was buncoed by the gentlemen she
sent oyer there to attend to business
for her. Out of $28,000,000 of taxes
annually collected they turned over
only $9,000,000, pocketing the $19,
900,000 difference.
SEE
WILMINGTON, N. C,
u- s- cruiser raleiqh
ARRIVES AT SOUTHPORT.
An
Enthusiastic Welcome to the War
ship Salutes Exchanged With
Fort Caswell.
;-. Special Star Telegram.
Southport, N. C, May 4. The U.
S. cruiser Raleigh arrived from Phila
delphia and anchored in the harbor at
6.50 o'clock this evening.
This has been a gala afternoon for
the lower Cape Fear, for Wilmington
sent her "beauty and her chivalry"
down the river to give the cruiser Ra-
leiga, rousing Southern welcome to
the waters of the Old North State.
Southport's water front was alive with
flags in the Raleigh's honor, and the
steamer Marion, gaily decked with
flags, came down the river about 12
o'clock with the navigation committee
aboard,- and a little later came the
steamers Compton, Hornet and Wil
mington, covered with bunting and
crowded with people anxious to give
their cheer of welcome to the cruiser.
The afternoon passed slowly to
awaiting crowds, but at '5.15 o'clock
the . Oak Island Life Saving Crew
signalled that the Raleigh was in sight.
The steamers immediately passed out
and with cheers and whistles met
the cruiser off the bar. As the Hornet
came abreast, she fired the national
salute of twenty-one guns with her
little Hotchkiss. The Raleigh,, follow
ed by the Hornet, Wilmington,
Marion and Compton, and Cape Fear,
then came in over the bar at 6.10,
and as she came opposite Fort Cas
well the Fort welcomed her with the
national salute from its rapid-fire gun,
and the Raleigh responded with twen
ty-one guns, making a slight picture of i
how she. must have looked entering
Manila harbor on that memorable First
of May. The Raleigh then steamed on
and anchored in front of the town at
6.50 o'clock.
The Raleigh still has her war paint
on, but otherwise looks tho same as
when she was. here about two years
ago.
CIGAR SEIZURES.
Deputy Collector Babbitt Pound Many of
Jacob's Brand in the City Yester
day His Rounds To-day.
During the past two or three days
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
C. M. Babbitt, of Newbern, has seized
about 20,000 cigars from various deal
ers in the city-, which were manufac
tured by M. W. Jacobs & Co., the
stamp counterfeiter of Pennsylvania,
the magnitude of whose swindle has
been the subject of much comment in
the papers.
Mr. Babbitt is taking the city by
sections and in conversation with a
Star reporter last night, stated that
he was finding the counterfeit stamps
on cigar boxes, in large and small
quantities in almost every grocery and
tobacco store'in the city. 4
Of course the purchasers of these
cigars are innocent of any intentional
wrong-doing, and they have been
simply the victims of the wily Jacobs,
whose wholesale stealing from the
government has made his name fa
mous.'
In view of the fact that the pur
chasers are innocent, Mr. Babbitt says
there is no disposition on the part of
revenue officials to involve them in
further trouble, and that the cigars
will be deposited in the revenue vault
in the U, S. Court room here, await
ing orders from higher officials, when
it is probable upon payment of the
revenue tax the cigars will be re
turned to those from whom they have
been received.
In other portions of the district,
which embraces a large area of East
ern North Carolina, Mr. Babbitt says
he has made a number of seizures of
the .products of Jacob's factory No,
3.741 and a branch establishment, No,
469. No cigars from the last named
factory -have, however, been seized
here.
Tho gsnnmd nf imWirt.fl.nnft in Wil.
mington were in ten, four and one
. , - - t- . i i i i n
tnousana iois. air. rauoin win con
tinue his rounds for a day or two in
the city and it is probable, thajlother
seizures will be made. He has so far
visited only the stores in the principal
businiess section of the city.
Wreckage on Smith's Island.
Southport Standard: Pieces of a
wrecked vessel, likely the mahogany
work to a cabin or saloon, have been
drifting ashore on Smith's island, as is
reported by the. Cape Fear Life Saving
crew. New lumber has also drifted
up and on Sunday last Messrs. D. W.
Manson and James Pinner found a
box of bacon about three miles east of
the station which will perhaps give a
trace to the evidently lost vessel,
ir.arh ip.r.ft in the box of bacon was
? (reserved in a sack and labeled as fol
ows. "Busy Bee, Fine, Mild Cured
Rflfinn " bv Miller & Miller, or Balti
more, Md.
Woman's
Severest Trial.
Until recent years woman's" severest
trial has beeff the bringing of children
ntn tfie vrarhL.
Today nearly all the sickness, pain,
discomfort and dread are avoided by
tW?- Moectant mothers who use-
Mother' 8 Friend that wonder
ful liniment made famous by the great
tmrA it has Aoae. It is used externally.
That is the only sensible and safe way
to relieve morning sickness, headache,
ticrfitness. swollen, hard or rising breast.
The bearing of children need no longer
be dreaded Mqther's Friend has been
called- a Godsend by mothers all over
this land. Sold at drug stores for $1 a
bottle, and by - -
Ti Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Oa.
Write for our free illustrated book, entitled
Baby is Bon."
IT
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1899.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Special Meeting Yesterday Treasnrer i
Green's Account Examined Jurors
Drawn for June Term of Court.
Little business of interest to the gen
eral public was transacted by the
County Commissioners at the special
session, held yesterday at noon. Those
present were Col. Roger Moore. Chair
man, Cape. Jno. Barry ; and' Commis
sioners Alexander and Holmes.
The vote of the county in the bond
election was examined - and officially
declared as already published in the
Star. ! .
An adjourmnent was taken at 2 o'clock
and upon, re assembling at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon a number of county
bills were audited and approved. The
report of County Treasurer H. McL
Green for April was examined.
The report shows a balance on hand
from March account amounting to
$626.24, which with receipts of $6,385.35
for the month amounts to $7,011 59
The disbursements for the month were
$2,532.10, subdivided under the follow
ing heads: Public buildings, $325.20;
City Hospital, $281.34; County Home,
$291.62; Criminal Court, $113.85; Su
perior Court, $200; .Jail, $148.45; Out
door Poor, $457.20 ; Roads and Bridges,
$48.72; Tax Listing, $175 ; Adver
tising and Printing, $47.50; Interest,
$130.50; -Magistrates, $55.07; Solicitor,
$47; Attorney, $25; Register of Deeds,
$39.54; Constable, $24.05; Clerk, $50;
Janitor, $45; Coroner, $42.15; Super
intendent of Health, $77.50; Conimis
sioners, $63.40; Treasurer, $36.01. This
leaves a balance to May account of
$4,479.49. '
The" Treasurer's account with the
special fund shows a balance on hand
from March of $1,932.24, and disburse
ments of $25.31, leaving a balance to
May account of $1, 906. 93.
The following list of jurors was
drawn to serve during the June term
of New Hanover Criminal Court :
Jos. T. King, Mike Carroll, C. W.
Bishop, G. W. Smith, W. H. Hardy,
W. H. Bernard, Thomas-4larshburn,
E, P. Boatwright, W. G. Pickard,
Stephen Keys, M. W.l Jacobi, S. H.
Burt, L. C. Craig, M. CL Wall, Alex.
H. Leslie, K. T. Roan, Sam Bordeaux,
S. H. Chadbourn, W. E. Mayo, Owen
F. Love, S. M. Buntmor, Thos.
Canady. J. E. Bissett, S. D. Stan-
land, Jos. Durham, "Jas. English, G.
W. Presley, John Danehardt, J. D. H.
Klander, A. C. Skipper, F. Richter,
Wm. Goodman, Stephen Jewett, J.
D. Reynolds, Geo. W. McGarry, G. J.
McMillan. i -
CAROLINA COOPERAGE PLANT.
Will
Resume Operations To-day Under
New Management.
the plant of which was recently sold
under a bankruptcy, deicree by Judge
Purnell and bid in by Mr. A. H. Slo-
combe, of Fayettevillet for Mr. J. W.
Norwood, will resume1 operations this
morning under name of The A. -H.
Slocombe Cooperagei and Veneer
Works. '
Mr. C. L. Taylor will be superinten
dent and general manager of the plant
and about the same character of pro
ducts will be manufactured as was
turned out by the Carolina Cooperage
Co. ' .
Mr. Taylor has had a force of labor
ers and mechanics employed 'for sev
eral days entirely remodelling the
machinery, etc., and r now the plant
is more thoroughly equipped for doing
first class work than ever before.
About the same number of hands
will be employed, bu,t the manufac
tured output on account of the im
proved machinery will be greater.
THE SCHOONER EDNA AND EMMA.
Circumstances Indicate That She Was Cap
sized at Sea Some Time Ago.
Yesterday the Stab , published an
extract from the Southport Standard
stating that some wreckage apparently
the mahogany work eff a cabin or sa
loon, has been drifting ashore for sev
eral days on Smith's Island and that a
box of bacon labelled "Busy Bee, Fine
Mild Cured Bacon," by Miller & Mil
ler, of Baltimore, had been found
among the same. - r- .
It now seems very probable that
this is a part of the wreckage of the
schooner Edna and Emma, which
cleared this port for Baltimore with a
cargo of kiln-dried lumber from the
Hilton Lumber Co. about three weeks
ago, and' which thus far has not
been reported at j any point on
the coast. . She -is. owned by
Fred Lang, of Baltimore ; her master
is Capt. A. K. Richardson, and al
ready Capt. Craig, President of the
Pilot's Association, has received sev
eral telegrams from! the owner en
quiring as to her whereabouts.
This, counled with the facts that the
bacon found was packed by a Balti
more house; that a severe storm oc
curred shortly after she went to sea
and that the captain of the Norwegian
barque Auldhild subsequently sighted
an overturned scaooner on: jurying
Pan shoals, strongly indicates that
the Edna and Erffisna was capsized
at sea. . ' . f ?! :
The schooner has a tonnage of 174,
and good judges say that she is not
built to stand a gale. :
Not a Question of Water-way.
A correspondent i of the Raleigh
Observer says:
-VTo-dav it was finally determined
that the Raleigh would not fio up to
tne cny, ior reasons wmcoi vapuiu
Coerhlan privately stated to the Wil
mington committee, and which were
given and accepted jwith deep regret
on both sides. j
. "It is hardly, necessary to state that
the question of the water-way was not
one of the reasons, for Captain Coghlan
and the pilots gave assurance inai me
water depth and passage could be
easily made the entire distance."
Star
HEROES ENTERTAINED
Good Old North Carolina Wel
come to the Officers of
the Raleigh.
TWO RECEPTIONS LAST NIGHT
Silver Dinner Service Presented at Mr.
James Sprunt's Residence Ladies'
Reception at The Orton Gun
Presented Uty of Raleigh.
A truly "good old North Carolina
welcome" is what the people of Wil
mington are according to Captain
Coghlan and the other officers of the
Raleigh.. i
Two receptions, the most brilliant
that have been given in the citv in
many a day, were held in their honor
last night, the first at tho residence of
Mr. James Sprunt and the other by
the ladies' committee on entertain
ment at The Orton. Prior to both of
these functions, about 8:30 o'clock
Captain Coghlan was e&cot ted to the
Opera House by Mayor Waddell and
Capt. T. D. Meares, where he was
introduced to the tremendous audi
ence assembled there to i attend the
annual reiital by' the Wilmington
Musical Association. He was intro
duced by Capt. Meares, who address
ing the audience said : j
"An American hero needs no in
troduction to an American audience.
.You all know Capt.- Coghlan, of the
cruiser Raleigh, whom 1! now pre
sent." j
The Wilmington Opera House never
reverberated with more enthusiastic
cheers than followed Capt. Meares'
speech of introduction. I
When quiet had been jsufneiently
restored, Capt. Coghlan said :
'I cannot be an American hero, for
Capt. Meares has, you know, intro
duced me." 1
He added that he merely came by to
say "howdy and good bye' as he was
due to fill an engagement with Mr.
and Mrs. James Sprunt. !'
Silver Dinnsr Service Presented.
At 8.5 o clock a party of in
vited guests assembled at the residence
of Mr. James Sprunt where a very
delightful reception was lin progress
until about 10.30. j
The guests of honor were Captain
and Mrs. Coghlan and their daughter,
Mrs. Haywood, Lieut. Hugh Rodman,
Ensign P. Babin, Captain of Marines
T. C. Nathan, of the cruiser Raleigh,
and Assistant Attorney General Boyd,
who arrived here with Mrs. Coghlan
and daughter yesterday morning to
participate in the . ceremonies attend
ant upon the entertainment of the
visiting heroes. I
After the reception (ceremonies,
which were held in the front drawing
room, the guests were invited to the
spacious hall at the entrance to the
conservatory, where on ' a centre -table
was spread a magnificent silver dinner
service. When the party had assem
bled Mr. Wm. Calder stepped to the
table and said: j
Captain Coghlan and Officers of the
United States Cruiser Raleigh'.
in behalf ot this assembly, and es
pecially of our generous hostess and
these other fair. ladies, to whose hospi
table and patriotic promptings we are
indebted for this opportunity of greet
ing you, I bid you welcome to the
waters of the Cape Fear region of
North Carolina.
This visit of your renowned ship we
will now add to the memory of the
many notable ana inspiring events
which have happened on their shores,
Here first was made open and armed
resistance to royal oppression in the
cause of American Independence.
Beneath the waters of this harbor lie
the wrecks of the ships of those Span
ish depredators, who. just one hun
dred and fifty years ago would haye
made our Anglo-Saxon forefathers
pay them tribute, and "now we wel
come home this proud ship and gal
lant crew but yesterday, we may say.
in me iore ironi oi uiat conmct
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which has wrested from Spain the last
remnants of the most magmncent and
worst governed colonial
empire the
world has ever seen
Very gratifying is it to North Caro
linians that the ship named in honor
of our capital city after that great
sailor, soldier, scholar and statesman
Walter Raleigh should have done
its part so well under your able com
mand. We thank you one and all.
captain, officers, men and boys, and
welcome you to our hearts and homes.
When the news of the victory in
Manila bay on the first of May. 1898,
was flashed around the world, the
answering shouts of freemen every
where proclaimed that the shackles
had fallen from the islands of the seas
where henceforth individual liberty
vas to succeed antiquated tyranny.
Say and think as differently as we may
of so called imperialism and expansion
nolicies. there is but one opinion as to
the conduct ox that nooie ; Aamirai ana
his brave fleet on that momentous day,
Sailing boldly into a -magnificently
protected harbor which he had every
right to believe a braye and alert ad
versary had made well nigh 'impreg
nable. he crushed his enemy, and won
from fortune the fame that comes only
to those who dare to do,
All honor to the name of Dewey !
Gallant gentleman, able captain,
dauntless statesman. He opened and
closed" most gloriously this latest
drama in the world's great contest for
freedom.
And vou. the first returned of his
companions to your native snores, can
imagine, from the welcome that has
been accorded you, what a grateful
people will do when he! returns, and
well believe that
"When Dewey comes sailing across
the bar j
The guns will loudly peal.
He began the war; he ended the war,
And he never missed a meal.
Most appropriate was It that io that
epoch making battle the name of ua
leierh should have been so conspicu
ously displayed; he who, more than
three hundred years ago began to war
upon that Spanish cruelty, bigotry
and oppression which has now, by men
of his own race, been brought so near
its end in these last days of the nine
teenth century.
His infamous execution, prompted.
doubtless, by the hatred of the Spanish
King, seems now fully avenged, and
proud should you be that, under your
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guidance, his patronymic should have
been the only one of all the long line
of Spain's hereditary foes t4 flaunt
its memories in the eyes of the last
defenders of her once formidable sea
power. s
The Nemesis of history has been
satisfied by -your prowess. It was, in
trutn, a brilliant deed. Nor fact nor
fiction chronicles One mnm sntiofw.
ingly successful, and we mav well
believe that SUCh Rnirik a T?alair
Hawkins, Drake and Amyas Leigh
would have gloried in the opportunity
to share your honors.
UUt tO US Of North Dftrnlina frio ru.f
borne by your ship appeals with
special force. The name of Raleigh
is linked with our history. He, first
of all tho followers of those who sent
their prows westward in search of that
land from which von hnvn t
turned. Sent OUt his rVllnniAfl in nm.
shores and opened the way for the lib
erty and civilization we enjoy here
to-day. i
Our State has fittinlv
orated his name: the countrv has in
this latter day, given it to your keep
ing, and we- may well believe our
naval heroes will never let its lustre
fade. i
In recognition of your services, can
lain, and to commemorate! this visit.
of your ship to our waters, at the sug
gestion of Mrs. James Sprunt, some
of our friends and mostly of that sex
over qmcKesc io reward valor, nesire
to present to thet cruiser Raleigh with
this testimonial,' bearing the inscrip
tion: i,
"Presented by a few friends in
Wilmington, N. C,
To the U. S. Cruiser Raleigh,
To commemorate her arrival in
Cape Fear waters
With the trophy from Manila,
May, 1899."
Into your custody, gentlemen. I sive
it. Add it to the equipment of your
ship. While It may not augment
your hghting force it will serve to re
mind you at all times of the -regard
and confidence of those who give it,
the v remembrance of which may, at
some trying moment, steel your hearts
ana nerve your arms.
lhat women's hearts designed tho
gift, and women's thoughts go with it-
must give it value in a sailor's eyes;
and when, in your -social hours, you
use it, perhaps, it may strengthen you
for more serious duties to recall that
'woman. In our hours of ease, uncer
tain, coy, and hard "to please." yet,
when duty's done, and victory's won,
she gives us praise. ; ' -
Mr. Calder's presentation address
was enthusiastically received, and at
its conclusion Capt. Coghlan advanced
to the centre of ! the room and grace
fully accepted the massive and exqui
sitely-designed service, which consists
of seven pieces. Captain Coghlan
spoke as follows:
Mr. Calder. Mine Host. Ladies and
(jrentiemen: i
After all that has been so well said
it is impossible for me to add anything
at all. All the ground has been gone
over by Mr. Calder. Except Manila
bay, said some one in the company.
Even Manila bay may be an old and
oft-repeated story now. It gives me
great pleasure to accept this splendid
gift, and we will guard it with all dili
gence. Mr. Ualder makes a mistake in
saying that these beautiful articles of
silver will not augment our fighting
force. Certainly they will inspire us
to greater effort and nobler deeds. Be
assured that we shall ever be alert to
guard the nobis vessel, this beautiful
service, and above all the good name
of our country, with our lives if neces
sary. I
After the presentation Mr. Sprunt
announced that Miss Parcello, the
famous contralto singer, of New York,
who was present, had kindly con
sented to sing quite an appropriate
song in honor iof Dewy and his fleet
and their brillient achievement in Ma
nila bay, words and music by herself.
Miss Parcelld went to the piano and
rendered several stanzas, every verse of
which was highly appropriate. The
following is the stanza which referred
to the Raleigh and her crew in par
ticular:
All hail the Raleigh and the Raleigh's
UICU. .
The brave and gallant band,
Who stood so nobly by the Raleigh's
guns ' i i ..
With Coghlan in command.
They fired the first shot in the dawn
And forced the right of way.
Old glory noatinglfrom the mizzen
mast i
Down in Manila Bay.
CHORUS.
Three cheers for uewey and his men
The heroes of the day.
Who hred the hrst shot in the dawn,
Down in Manila Bay.
Soon after the rendering of Miss
Parcello's song delicious refreshments
were served, after which the party
left the Sprumt-residence and drove
to The Orton, where the reception by
the ladies' entertainment committee
was held. .
Reception at The Orton.
By 10.45 o'clock fully four hundred
guests had assembled . at The Orton,
where no expense had been spared in
the preparations for this the principal
public event to distinguish the enter
tainment ceremonies.
The hotel parlors and corridors were
handsomely decorated, the. national
colors being j conspicuous on every
side. Captain and Mrs, Coghlan and
others of the receiving party stood in
the north parlor, where the guests
were in turn introduced.
The Baltimore Italian Band dis
coursed excellent music during the
ceremony. j
About 11 o'clock the doors of the
dining room,! which had been pre
viously decorated and prepared for the
purpose, was opened for dancing,
Probably two hundred couples or
more participated in this popular past
time, which was continued with
scarcely an intermission until about 3
o'clock. j
In the south corridor on the parlor
floor of the hotel a table, spread with
especial taste, was laden with refresh
ments. ' The menu embraced quite a
variety of delicacies and was served
on a style in every way worthy of
the occasion. I
The success which attended the
"Ladies' Reception" scores a splendid
triumph for! the committee, under
whose direction it was given.
Raleigh Oets a (ion.
Yesterday afternoon, before the of
ficers of the Raleigh came up to Wil
mington, Captain Coghlan presented
to a special committee from the city
' of Raleigh a Nortenfeldt three-pounder
' cannon', which he captured from the
' Spanish war vessel Mirtfl Christina in
! Manila bay during the famous May
I day battle. . v
j. The gun is six feet long, shoots
twenty-seven ounces or powder to a
charge, and has a range of four miles,
two miles with accuracy.
The Raleigh delegation went down
to the mouth of the Cape Fear on the
Mgtnila yesterday morning and spent
the greater portion of Jhe day. The
punch bowl presented by the citizens
of the State to the cruiser, was filled ,,
and set before the visitors by Captain
Coghlan, and they were given the
freedom of the big war vessel.
The special committee who received
the gun, which was presented in
formally, consisted of Mayor A. M.
Powell, Aldermen U. C. McDonald, R.
N. Simms, Esq., and Mr. F. L. Mer
ritt ;
The gun was brought up to the city
yesterday on the Compton and will be
shipped to Raleigh via the 8r A. L. to
day, i .
The Entertainment Committee.
.The Compton, with the Wilmington '
Entertainment Committee on board,
went down after the officers of the
Raleigh yesterday at 11.30 o'clock and
returned about 6.30 P. M.
Capt. Coghlan and wife are stop
ping withj Mr. James Sprunt, Lieut.
Hugh Rodman is at the home of Capt.
E. W. YanCourt Lucas and the other
officers are at The Orton. They are
Lieut. Wm. Winder, Lieut, O..' B.
Morgan, Ensign P. Babin, Surgeon j.
N. Moore,, Paymaster S. L. Heap and
vyuptam oi marines x. u. xreauweu.
It is expected that the Raleigh will
remain at her present anchorage at the
mouth of the Cape Fear during the
visit to this port.
SLICK PICKPOCKETS
COME TO GRIEF.
Three Professionals Who Said They Came
"to Welcome the Raleigh" Arrested.
Capt. Galloway. Robbed.
Joseph . Hermannj John Moseley
and I Edward M. Cornell, three well ,
dressed and intelligent looking young
men apparently not more than twenty-: .
i Af nMA i .3 T
T '' i r., n Til - m
uepuiy onerins a lynn ana xerry.r
assisted by Constable Sheehan, yes
terday morning and arraigned -before
Dr. W. W. Harriss. J. P., at i o'clock
in the afternoon, the charge being at
tempted robbery on the part'of Her
mann and robbery and conspiracy in
the cases of the other two.
The circumstances of the charges
developed from the trial are these :
On the crowded train on the W. & W.
Railroad yesterday morning, Capt.
A. J. Galloway, of Goldsboro, was
unnecessarily jostled and pushed
about by Cornell, while Moseley
blocked the aisle of the car so as to'
oollect a mass of people around the
Captain. When the crush - incident to
people getting off and on the train
subsided, Capt. Galloway pushed
Cornell aside -and in a few minutes
found his .j vest .unbuttoned and his
pocket book, containing about , $27,
which was carried in the inside vest
pocket, was missing.
As the train neared Wilmington,
Bruce Williams, Esq.,f Burgaw, was
arranging his baggage, etc., prepara
tory to getting off, when Hermann
volunteered his assistance; . his two
pals created a push and before Mr.
Williams could extricate himself from .
the gang of pickpockets, he discovered
Hermann attempting to rob him. He
quickly drew his knife, threw the
thieves from him and upon the arrival
of the train at Wilmington, walked
from the station to The Orton house.
whence he, in company with Capt.
Galloway, proceeded to Justice Mc
Gowan's office and procured a warrant
for the arrest of. the thieves.
In the meantime Capt.. Mc Arthur,
who was in charge of the train from
Goldsboro, had notified Deputy Flynn
of the occurrence and he with Deputy
Ham.. jmMAilinfAlw a4- Alii mi .Oil it
of them. Hermann was pointed out
by Mr. Williams and Capt. Galloway
on corner of Front and market street
and a little later Moseley and Cornell
were taken into custody near corner
Front and Ann streets. A fourth man
also was arrested for complicity in the ,
crimes," but was released before the
preliminary hearing. .
The defendants were representee in
the hearing in the afternoon before
Dr Harriss by Marsden Bellamy cc .
Son, and Herbert McClammy, Esq.
Geo. Rountree, Esq., prosecuted the
case. ,
Several passengers on the train,
among them being Hon. B. F. Grady
and Mr. E. N. McCutcheon, a travel
ling man, were introduced as witnesses
to identify the prisoners and relate
other occurrences.
Hermann testified in his own behalf
that he was from Washington, D. J. ;
that he is a "street man" and was On
his way to "work" Charleston during
the re-union. He disclaimed any at
tempt whatever to commit -robbery.
His testimony was, however, "shaky"
and is generally discredited. "
Dr. Harriss adjudged that there .was
probable cause and the defendants
were committed to jail to await trial
at the June term of New Hanover
Criminal Court, in default of $200
justified bond each for their personal
appearance.
. The pickpockets upon being searched
at the jail, had in the aggregate over
$100 in cash, though none of this
could be identified by Capt. Galloway.
Moseley and Cornell made no state
ments at the preliminary trial.
The case was heard in the city court
room and a large number of specta
tors were present.
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
Comparative Statement of Weekly and
Crop Year Receipts at Wilmington.
The following receipts of cotton and
naval stores for the week ending yes
terday are posted on the boards of the
Produce Exchange:
Week ending May 5, 1899 Cotton,
157 bales; spirits, 236 casks; rosin,
1,114 barrels; tar, 488 barrels; crude,
86 barrels. "
Week ending' May 5, 1898-Cotton,
1,095 bales; "spirits, 244 casks: rosin,
2,227 barrels; far, 602 barrels; crude,
81 barrels. ' : i (
The crop year receipts are as follows :
1899 Cotton, 289,121, bales; spirits,
909 casks; rosin, 12,255 barrels; tar,
189S Cotton, 318,759 bales 5 spirits,
j.,uy casus; rosin, 2Y,oz uttrrcia; uuy
5,751 barrels; crude, 81 barrels. ,