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rUSLISRkD AT W I L M1N G 1 OJN . ti. C, SOUTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR .'.-1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. I 8SSSSS8SSSSSSSSS8 J 88888888888888888 " . )8S888888888888g' w-ow't 88S8888888888888S .:,.., 82888888282888888" 888888S882888888S 8 82888882288888888 ,. 8 --sssaagsgaaaa 8888888888888S88 a ': j 5 - s ' 9 - . - i - - . , SUBSCRIPTION PIICE.1 The subscription price of the We o'iows : ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid lyBUr Uu .S1 (0 o montns . " " 3 months M 10 'THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY BAD. . It was not to bo expected, that tho - trusts which have become so numer ous, and are becoming more iiumer- ous in this country, would be; with out defenders, for -comrnanding money as they do they find no diffi culty in securing champions to do talking for them before the public, aud to defend them in the courts if there be occasion for defence there. i here are those who contend that men with money have a right to form combinations to carry on their business. Xo one will dispute, that provided that .be alL But it is not all. It all depends on what is meant by such a combination, whether it contribute to tho general good, or whether it' bo injurious to the pub lie and against good morals. X man with money may throw it into the river if he feels like it, or he may burn it, but he cannot buy bricks with it and obstruct tho public thoroughfare,, nor ran no , puna a nre to - cre- . mate it near enough to "a neighbor's house to endanger it; for he would thus be doing injury: to others, so that it depends upon circumstances whether a man can do what he pleases with his money or form com-1 . conunon fana for certain purposes Men have a right to use their money in any way they desire with due re gard to the public welfare and the rights of others. . With this distina- tioft it may be admitted that the or ganization of trusts i3 not without some plea of justification. There are others who contend that they not only have the right to exist. but are a good thing for tho coun try and for th9 people' because, while; they concentrate capital in the development of resources, this capi taV enables them to cheapen produc tion by which the people .aro bene- nttea by getting things they need at a less price than they could if the trusts were not in existence. These defenders go on tho assumption that certain things produced by trusts are cheaper than they were before tho trusts were organized, therefore the credit of cheapening them be longs to the trusts, which should, for that reason, be lookod upon as public benefactors. " Conceding for the sake of argu- mcnt this assumption to be correct, it doesn't amount to anything be cause the tendency of the times is to cheaper production and business rivalry has produced a lessening of prices. I his, was-one of the logical results of competition and operated q.3 actively if not more actively in the absence a3 in the presence of trusts and applies quite as mach, if not more so, to' articles not produced &y trusts than it does to articles pro duced by them. The price of iron ana steel has been declining for ten years. Iron was' started perceptibly cm the down grade when Southern one of the engineers of a ship-build-furnaces became competitors of I ,ol. :iant-A w ;N orthern f urnaces, so that the coun- fty, and the world for that matter, is largely indebted to the South Jpr um . fcoo have been the case if trusts could have controlled Southern fur - naces ten; years ago and strangled competition by them But suppose it were true that they did reduce the price of goods , they produced and sold to the people. Would that be a good de . fence of them and a reason why they should exist and be encouraged? defending them on that ground is a sort of paternalistic -defence, losing Sight altogether Of Other things that should be considered in this connec- tlOn. Cheapness Of the necessaries wd cotnfgrts of life is a good thing, but there are, better things than '""i"11""'' ywuui3 wuw iu tu eno this cheapness may be very dear. It is good to buy iron, steel, flour, sugar and other things for less than wo had been paving, but . when as an offset to this thousands ' of people are thrown out of employ HI p nr. r Km imn t,t-i a &c., cost entirely too much.--But , uuu, obcci. iiuur. suvai. ino paternalism of a combine is good, why wouldn't the pater lism of the State be bet 'err borne of the advocates of otate Paternal on tho ground that thus the people ported he had married. The prin wouid get what they needed at cipal reason why he didn't was be- " . UvlvUUCU IV -- nvmu bUClClUIt) UUt VOL. XXX. be putting their hands' into fhoi-r pockets to pay profits to COm run on The contention for State paternal ism is as logical as the defen of combine paternalism, and State paternalism is what the trust busi ness may culminate in" if it snnnlri become a fixed thing. It isn't such a long step from the paternalism o ism of tli n State, for it may be argued that i a combine with a handful of millions can be such a public beneficiarv and enrich themselves at the samo 4-: , : XI il ... wiue, tuiiu me ocate Wltn its reJ sources could do the business of that trust and give the people tho nenetit of the profits that so to en rich the members of the trust. Uut whether trusts reduce tho price of gbods or not thev are essen tially bad because the trust idea is based on monopoly by absorbing or freezing out competition' and mo nopoly is bad, for monoplies that fear no competition and feel secure of the ground taey hold' will become arbitrary and despotic, and' will have things their own way as far as thev can, whether that way suit others or not, and regardless of what others may think xot it. Whatever the price of goods may be, dear or cheap it will be a bad day for this country When the -trusts become such mas ters of the situation . that they dictate to the producer8 of thVraw materials and to the labor thev em ploy. ; "What this country needs is ROmTlfitltinn in hnoinoao tny, stiTHulaies activity and individual V" I . w uuauuu j XVI bltu effort, which makes men more re sourceful and self-reliant: that ia good; but not monopoly that limits activity and crushes individual effort; that is indefensibly and ess entially bad. PLATFORM ROT. .Boss Hanna and Boss Coxjormed a combine and got their grip on the Ohio State convention and it per formed just as they pulled the strings. But the only thing, how ever, in that convention which in terests neonlfi outmdft nf Ohi'n ii t no platform adopted, for that being vention being largely run' by Mr. McKinley's manager, Hon. Mark Hanna, the platform foreshadows the platforms that will be pro mulgated by other Republican State conventions, and by the na tional convention when it meets. ' Of course there is more or less. stereotype in .this platform, arraign ing the Democratic party for sins of commission .and omission, and congratulating the "country on the .eminent success achieved by the. Republican administration in carrying out Republican policies; but the noticeable features are the gall which claims for the Republican administration the glory of tho war with Spain, when the, whole world knows that the administration- was forced into that war by? a popular sentiment that it dare not resist, be cause it feared the effect of such re sistance upon the party which it represents. Mr. MoKinley has sub stantially admitted this. Senator Hanna' has also admitted it, Secre tary Alger also, and other prominent Republicans, who have appeared as defenders of or apologists for the administration in accounting for the blunders committedr- That claim was an exhibition of colossal cheek, but the denunciation of trusts and demand for legislation to prevent their organization is an exhibition of buncombe that equals in proportions the colossal cheek of the war glory. claim. The fake in this may be seen through when it is understood . that this convention was mainly manipulated by Mark Hanna, who is in the trusts, and as platform demanding bounties and .nm. .i.ih..'in 0rs,under the hypocritical pretence of encouraging the re-establishment of an American merchant marine. As a sample of rot this platform is daisy. Some electrical genius out West has discovered a way to preserve eggs by electricty. He first places the eggs in an exhauster and ex hausts, the air in and around them, Mian Ymfb o na. nf aii rwnnt otnfF 0n them, then immerses them into a barrel of water and turna on a current nf Wr,V?Hr .(fml onnnrrn V-nnoV the stuffing out of anv germs that hrnifrni lio-ira .iniJirnI tna Tonria operations. Now all the man with a hennery has to do is . to provide himself with the necessary outfit of machinery and preserve his own hen' fruit, p . ' A plant has been put into opera tion at Medora, Colorado, for con verting horses into "beef." ' It is somewhat of an experiment and will convert only 100 a day until they see how the horses go, when they will increase accordingly. Mr. Paderewski didn't marry that dlvnrn.fld woman whom it was 're- UUUBB HUB ,WUD 1UB BlBbtU. .. : . - . - - i i . TV INNING FRIENDSHIP. A Manila press dispatch announces that the Peace Commission has struck on a unique plan for foster ing friendship between the Ameri cans and Filipinos, which is nothing more nor less than a series of festi vities which opened with a grand ball at the residence of the- commis sion in which there was a bewilder ihg galaxy of Philippine - beauty arrayed in gorgeous, trappings and dazzling jewelry and in which the gay and festive , participants tripped the -light fantastic in the reciprocal mazes of the Ameri can and Philippine dance, while tne surroundings were gaily festooned with the cheerful drapery oi American bunting. The ball was a success, as far as the ball perform ance wont, and no doubt it was highly enjoyed by those who partici pated. We congratulate the commission on this, cute scheme, because if it can convince, the Filipinos, who are said to be somewhat , given to frivolity and giddiness, that this country believes in fun and it gets the women on its side, it will make a ten-strike: The names of the participants were not given nor the costumes of the ladies, from which we take it for granted that the regu lar ball reporter wasn't there, or may be it would have cost too much to cable it, but as there was no in timatioh that Aguinaldo or Gen Luna or any of those fellows fio-nred in the 'mazes of the dance or took a hand or foot in the festivities we conclude that they were not "in it." 1 his may have been an .oversight, or they may have been too much en gaged with other matters to come. . . . . . . out when the commission gives its next ball no efforts should be spared to secure their presence, for cer tainly it wouldn't take more than two balls like that to capture theni, and that would be a heap wiser and cheaper than trying to get 'em with cannon balls and other shoot ing stuff. Let the festivities con tinue. On with the dance. Carl Brown must be getting short of cash or something. He is taljring of organizing another "Coxey army" to march to Washington. But Pef- !er will not be there to welcome them. nor Senator Allen to- defend theni if they get upon the grassy . The Japanese government solved the problem of sanitation for one of the towns there, with a population of 40,000, by building a town near by on a better location, moving the inhabitants and then burning the old town. The "tallest man"" in this coun try, A. J. Powell, of Texas, who measures seven feet three and a half inches, and weighs 245 pounds, and or several years - performed with Barnum's circus, ia now a gay and festive drummer. This is the season when the lucky farmer ploughs up that "pot of gold." It has already been ploughed np in North Carolina and in Dela ware. North Carolina always gets he start in ploughing it up. Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, de clares that he drinks nothing stronger than lemonade, and yet he claims to be a thoroughbred Ken- tuckian. . It may, however, he a Kentucky brand of lemonade. In addition to the Dreyfus racket the giddy French are now making much fuss in lionizing Gen. Mar chand, who made that famous march in Africa, and is now back in France. ' A man died in New York a few days ago aged 81 years. His prenia- ure demise is attributed to excess Bive indulgence in tea and coffee. A Western paper reports "hail stones as large as cherries." 'Pshaw! Nothing smaller than goose eggs, hen eggs, or at- least walnuts, count down here. Col. F, W. Foster's Gift. The Winston-Salem Journal of the second instant 'in reporting' a recent meeting of Demon Lodge, K. of P., in that city, has the following which will be of interest to Star readers: Mr. E. A. Ebert suDreme represen tative, on behalf of CoL F. W. Fos ter, of Wilmington, presented the odge with a very pretty and notable gavel. The Keeper of Seals and Re cords was instructed to write Mr. Fos ter a letter of thanks. The gavel was made from the timber of the house of the first Governor of North Carolina, Cornelius Harnett, which was located near Wilmington. The head of the gavel was made of red cedar-taken from the corner post of the house and the handle of walnut taken from the sideboard. rrnrnfllivs Harnett, one of the Revolutionary patriots of the Cape Fear section, was never Goyernor of North Carolina. Stab. Mr. AxB. Shiver, one of the em ployes of the Wilmington Iron Works, is quite sick from the effects of getting overheated. The Stab is requested by some of his friends to say that the im pression that has gotten out that he was to have been a witness in the counterfeiting cases is a 'mistaken one. WILMiNGTOff, N. C, TRIED FOR VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE. A Dealer in Country Produce Violates Sec tion Five of Article Five Taxed With the Costs. On a warrant sworn out by J. S. bneedeo, A. Greenblott was before Justice J. M. McGbwan yesterday morning charged with the. violation of a part of section 5 of article 5 of the city ordinances. The portion of the law violated reads thus : Nor shall it be lawful for any person ormffing into tne city for sale in carts. wagons or other vehicles, any fresh meats, beef. tiork. mutton. mmA fiaVi oysters, clams, garden truck or 'farm products, to sell, or expose, or offer the Same for cash, in, anv rttnn at wagon or vehicle, than that in which tnesaiu articles artf brought into the citv. Anv nerson violating the provisions of this section shall be unea ror each ottonce fifty dollars, Uthers besides Mr. Sneeden who testified to Mr. Greenblott's violation of the law were T. H. Johnson, W. M. Sneeden, S. Allen and J. Lau?hlin These had seen1 him selling from his cart garden produce which had been transferred from another cart. He did not deny this, but as he did not know he was violating a city ordinance, thought he ought not- to be punished even lightly, and talked of taking an appeal, after the court,upon the sugges tion of Mayor Waddell, had remitted the fine, and only taxed him with the costs, amounting to something over four dollars. - Of course it will be understood that the ordinance is to prevent huckster ing in the vicinity of the market house by. any persons except those regularly licensed TRUCKING NEAR WILMINGTON The Admirable Facilities for Growing All Kinds of Summer and Win ter Vegetables. What elegant soil this section ot country has for the t;ultivation of regetables was admirably shown at the-market yesterday by a single cart load of vegetable's. These vegetables were grown on a piece of poor ground (as the renter described it) near Oak- dale cemetery. There were beets, Irish potatoes, lettuc?, squash, cab bage, parsley, radishes, not to speak of a number of other vegetables which the rain of Friday afternoon pre vented from being gathered. What makes the capabilities of the soil and the advantages of climatic conditions more marked is the fact that the land was practically unused to truck. Mr. W. J. Kirkham. the gentleman who is cultivating the little truck farm referred to, says another year he will grow a number of vege tables hitherto unknown iQ these partsf Among the things he will cuir tivate is the rhubarb plant. There is no question but that Wilmington has much to expect from its trucking in terests. . - - SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Charlotte Neios: The Masons of Charlotte are seriously considering the erection of a handsome temple. The matter has been talked of consid erably of late and, while nothing defi nite has been arranged, there is everv reason to believe that a handsome Structure Will b9 built in the nam- fn. ture. At present the. Charlotte lodges ui juiuuus ii as u.uw in casn. c 1 . P xl 1 t i y oeveraioi me large resort noteis in the mountains are instaling acetvlene gas plants. r Columbus Jfems: The berrv season is now about over. Since the de moralization of the Northern mar kets number of the growers have been shipping to Southern cities, realizing pretty fair returns for their fruit. : They say that Columbus county soil is not suitabls for growing wheat, but we nave never seen nner samples than those sent us this week by Dr. C. G. Wyche and Mr. H. B. Register. Both the samples were five feet six inches in height. Mr. Register says he has four acres from which he expects to gather one hundred bushels. Mount Airy News-. The Mount Airy Granite Company shins dailv arge quantities of fine stone to differ-. ent parts of the country. Many of the big blocks sent out by the comnanv are beauties perhaps the finest granite in tne unuea oiates ine apple trees ia this section are looking badly. One of our citizens, who was amon? the first to notice that something was wrone, tells us that a small worm is the cause of all this trouble.' The lit tle mischievous rascal bores a hole in the tender twig where .this year's growth begins and thus destroys the fruit. The branches die as soon as the worm attacks them. Sanford Express: Strawberry growers lost heavily this year. We earntn .t Mr. Menry Fettv. one of the leading fruit growers of this county, made some shipments of strawberries on which he failed to realize enough money to pay the freight. Mr. N. T. Maxwell re ceived a letter frpm a gentleman of Baltimore the other day stating that 'Uwmg to a, strong northwest wind blowing here and through Virginia the pigeons liberated by you at San ford on the 21st inst., made slow time. The first birds arrived at about 4 o'clock P. M., averaging 062.91 yards per minute. We are so well pleased with the treatment received that we shall, in the future, fly from , your station in the old and young bird races." The Express stated -last week that seven of these pigeons had re mained , and decided to make San ford their home. They have been missing since Saturday and it is pre sumed that they have returned to Baltimore. " "It's a dead country," exclaim ed the editor of the defunct newspaper. "The people don't read, the merchants don't advertise, and the trusts pay only starvation rates for not being assault ed." Pwck - Customer "Are my clothes ready ?" Tailor "Not yet, sir." Cus tomer "But you said you would have them done if you worked all night." Tailor "Yes; but I did'nt. work all night" Tit-Bite. FRIDAY. JUNE 9, 1899. IN EFFECT YESTERDAY. Jim-Crow Car Law Was enforced On A Railroads Except the Wilming. ton Seacoast. The divided car law was strictl v nh. served on all the roads leading into w ymington yesterday. 1 On the Carolina Central trains the colored'passengerr all rode in one car, which is divided into first class and second class compartments of equal : r ., . . oi4o. me entrance to the front end ot the car appears jin aluminum letters the words "Second (Class Car for Colored People." In the same wav above the entrance to the rear end are the words "First Class Car for Colored People." The first class compartment is handsomely fitted up with marble basin and other conveniences. The second class part has the usual accom modations. Two other cars, lone first class car for whites and one second class car for whites, make up the train except on extraordinary occasions The color line was drawn rigidly, of course, yesterday, in compliance with the law. Capt. W. L. Beery said he had no difficulty ia enforcing the regu lations. A description of the divided cars on tne UOast Lane has previously ap peared in the Stab. The law 'was ob served without difficulty or misunder standing. .The Wilmington Seacoast Kauroad is exempted ! I MARRIAGE AT S0UTHP0RT. Miss Piver Becomes the Bride of Mr. j Ernest Burriss. Southport Standard. The Methodist church here was the scene of a pretty church weddinar last evening, when Mr. Ernest'L. Burriss. of Wilmington, formerly of this town, led Miss Rosa TV Piver. nf RnntlinW to the altar, where Rev, R. W. Bailey penormea the sacred rites in the pres ence of a great number of friends. , . On. the arrival of the bridal party promptly at 8.30o'elock. Mrs K TT Cranmer. who presided at the instru ment, played the popular -Mendel- soan s marcn. rne usners Messrs. Cleve Bell. Hovle DnshM TIr nic Jr., and. Cecil Thomas led the way up the central aisle, followed by Mr. Ike Pinner and Miss Nellie Newton; and Mr. Robert Thompson and Miss Hattie Fulcher, who preceded the bride and groom elect. The short ceremony was then performed in an impressive manner by the pastor. The decoration of the edifice was arranged verv nicelv with evnrirrppna plants, and a profusion of flowers of me season. , After the ceremony a reception was tendered thehannv twain at thA hrtma of Mr. Alfred Burriss, the father of the groom. The couple leave on to day's boat for Wilmington, where theiir futnrm VinmA wm oe maae. . A Basis of Settlement. Cigar dealers in this city and sec tion, who sustained losses recently by reason of the seizure of, "Jacob's" cigars bearing counterfeit stamps, are interested in the announcement that the United States authorities have de cided upon a basis of settlement. The dealers from whom these cigars were seized will be required to pay the reg ular stamp tax, $3.60 per thousand, and the specific penalty, which will not be over $1 oa each seizure, and not on eacn tnousand. There were about 250,000 of these cigars with fraudulent stamps seized, and the gov ernment will get its regular tax out of the present holders. The cigars are all to be released. COL. FLEMMING GARDNER. Funeral at CnristianBburg, Virginia, Last Monday Afternoon. A dispatch to the Richmond. Va.. Times, May 30th, from Christians- burg, says: "The funeral of Colonel Flemming Gardner, who died in- South Carolina last Saturday, took place at the Pres- Dyienan unurcn nere at z o clock this afternoon, after which his reihains were interred in the cemeterv south of town. "Rey. T. W. Hooner rnrtAnntnA th funeral services. "Colonel Gardner, who was horn in this toira eighty-four years ago, was the most distinguished and well knoWn civil engineer in the South, He has been one of the most generous and benevolent men ever known, giving away almost his entire earnings year arter year untu his death. No one will be missed more than ho W his hnst of relatives and friends. "He lived a bachelor all his life." ' BACK FROM WASHINGTON. iloo. John D. Bellamy, Congressman-Elect From the Sixth District. Hon. John D. Bellarav arrived here from Washingtoncity yesterday morn ing. Depositions in the contest case from the Sixth Congressional District were opened by Hon. Alexander McDowell, Clerk of the House of Representa tives, at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon All printed documentary evidence and newspapers, many of which were filed by Col. Dockerv. were ruled out. and will therefore not appear in the printed evidence. Exceptions to the testimony were made anew and pre pared for the committee on elections as soon as it shall be appointed by the next Speaker. Low Water in Black River. The steamer E. A. Hawes. Cant. Black, did not arrive yesterday morn ing as usual. Mr. James Madden, the agent, thinks that the delay is due to the low water in Black -River; The greatest inconvenience from lo w water is experienced later in the Summer, but Mr. Madden is in receipt of a letter from Col. W. S. Cook, of Fayetteville, general manager of the Cape Fear River Transportation Company, sa vine- there is an immediate prospect of trouble) from this source. PROPOSED PEANUT TRUST. The Option Has Expired, But the Pro moters Are Seeking Extension to June 15th ; Special to Baliimorel Sun. Nobfolk, Va., June 1. -(The options upon the peanut cleaning! plants in Virginia secured by Charles -E-. W. Esmitn, or JNew York, who seeks to form a trust, expired to day. Mr. omimaas, noweyer, asked for an other extension to June 15J The pro moter states that he -jrill be able to close tne deal if given thei extension, and although the cleaners, generally are granting his-equest they appear indifferent as to whether or not the com di nation is formed. This is. due to the fact that Wan , 1- w. HVMTO demand and advancing market - the uuuu.3 ua. ucexi mis season very profitable. i The market, while noit quotably i i vcrjr &iruug, ana it io Bmbeu mai xancyTarmers stock will brinsr 3? cents a nnnnH in tihio mo.ui -J u UICU&VU. Borne cleaners have to-day again ad- ;-uvv" '"o" piivco, auuitis pro Da Die ( U n 1 C 1 . . ... . A ma lit ruiers siocx win advance in sympathy when this becomes known in the country. Well informed deal ers SaV that nnlv fiuA nv aiv tlim,aon1 bags of Virginia farmers') goods are and comnaati waIv hiorh nvinlo - -to vwuut ly prevailing have drained the country visiuuia oi siock. xne takings of the trade, are large and in some quar ters in i j i: n (nirnpf npipoo oua Av-nayifH TWhen the country is prosperous, the wuauiujjuoa or nuts, dealers say, is large, and peanuts have gone out from here in a stream for some months The new crop is five months' away nuu sumo operators say tnat mere is A i.1 1 ... xiui turee montns supply ip sight. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE STATE HOSPITAL. Bowling. Alley Blown Down,! Killing One Person and Injuring twelve Others. A special to the Charlotte Observer. dated June 1, has the following about a distressing accident ati the State Hospital: "A working party of thirty-four patients in the front srrounds of the State Hosnital h tne oownng aiiey to escape a rain. j T . uuuo. j.ue wina Diew tne building, down. . d - n J.W.VIUW u u v. Ill 3 ured twelve others, more or less seri jvijiiutr uuLrivru. nun nan on r ani ,n ously, . "The following is th listf ties: Sawver. killAtl Slntp Vo Farley, Krider and Burde', seriously lujurcu; jiurneu, mcreiers, ureenlee, Green. Stalev. Dickson nnrl TTmiotnn injured to an unknown extent, as at mis time the injured have not been uarciuiiy examinea. mverytning pos sible is being done for the ininmrl The friends of the patients will be js-epu miormea ot tneir condition as best we can. i LATER Eraminatirtn ionowmg injuries: Farley, both legs broken in the collansnj onriit.irtn serious: Slater, infernal i known extent, will probably die; xk-riuer, id j urea in nip; ijurae, broken thigh: Green. rlislratorJ hin. TiXn. f;j :.r j - , . V ." : ' Pheeters, arm broken; Dickson, both legs broken compound fractures. All the others appear to have slight in juries, though further examination may snow more extended! hurts. ' The medical staff is well nigh exhausted bv ceaseless lahrtr- the, fill VMAit a a va uomg neroic service, as indeed all are. J 1 . UW mciuuing me oetter class of patients. The situation is comnlicated hv thn quarantine. Additional surgical help is eipeciea io morrow irom tne num bers Of doctors at AshnvillA atianAintr Al j.; 1 1 1 . r -, . . . & me meeting oi me Meaicai aociety. iJK. r. iu. MURPHY, Superintendent. HIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN. A Captured Murderer is Photographed His Picture, Weight and Height Sent to Florence; James Creeeh,the negro who was held in jail as stated in the Stab yes terday .until evidence of his theft of a pair of shoes could be gotten, has graver charge against him that of committing murder in Florence. S. C The news printed in the Sak was that given out by the lieutenant of police who was under the impression that the fact of the negro's being suspected of murder vras to. be withheld from the press. I Creech's photograph was made yes terday morning by direction of Chief of Police E. G. Parmele. It was sent to Florence together with figures showing the prisoner's height and weight. ' Creech claims never to have been in South Carolina, but there are those who say they have seen j him there. The authorities at Florence otTap a. iberal reward for him if he turns out to be the right man. PROFITS OF COTTON MILLS. Big Earnings of the Mills In ; South Caro lina The Banks Congested With Dividend Money. ' Persons who have capital to invest may read with profit the following from the Columbia State: ! "A Greenville dispatch aavs that in the past year Piedmont nnttrm mill has earned $200,000, Pelzer $285,000, Clifton $270,000 and Pacolet $230,000, a total of nearly $1,000,000 profits for four mills. The earnings i of the big mills around Spartanburgare said to have ranged from 20 to 25 per cent on the capital stock. The banks there are congested with divid Small wonder that the Piedmont ser tion prospers when it gets such returns from its factories. AU our mills are making money, but if those in that auarter are m&kinc mom mnnAT than others it is because th older hands at the business and from practice more expert ! A heavir tVnftrht train i antorinm siding at Montgomery, a station on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, was lost control of by the engineer. The engine and cars crashed into another trail! Standintrnn thsmain ltna wwuW. ing eight cars and turning the' engine over. No one was hurt . . . NO. 34 ASSETS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Sold at Auction Yesterday Morning by Homer J. Clark, of Uoldsboro, Receiver. . i Nearly two hundred thousand dol lars in assets of. the First National Bank of Wilmington was sold at auction yesterday at 10 o'clock, at the court nouse door, for $75.00 to E. K. Bryan; Esq., the bid being afterwards privately raised to $83.00 bv Mr. Brvan. Mr. Homer J. Clark; of Goldsboro, receiver, read the terms of the sale and asked E. K. Bryan. Esa.. to con duct the sale. The property Was sold in four classes, balls receivable, iudo-- ments, overdrafts and miscellaneous. Each item in each class was taken up separately and bid off, then bids were made in the aggregate of each class. and finally the aggregate" of all the claims was bid off. Bills receivable went at any old price one for over thirteen thousand dojlars was knocked down for ten cents, .while another for eighteen tnousand brought thirty five cents. Ihe aggregate of tile bid for bills re ceivable was $7.10, the1 bids in detail ranging from lone dent to $3.30. Among the bidders i6r this and the other classes of assets were Messrs. E. K. Bryan, g- P. Collier, A. F. Toon (of Whiteville), W. L. Smith and J. D. Smith. The judgments brought slightly better prices, one of them going as high as ten dollars. Overdrafts were not in demand, and the whole lot of sixty or seventy, as bid off in detail, sold for only seventeen cents. The total of the bids for m iscellaneous as sets, including two interest coupons on bonds . of Augusta, . Gibson and Sandersville Railroad Company, and interest coupons of the city of Wil mington, x amounted to forty-one cents. ' In the sale by classes tills receiv able were bid in by Mr. A. F. Toon at $7.15, an advance of five cents over the total of the bids in detail. Mr. S. P. Collier bid in the judg ments in a lump at $65.75, the bids in detail footing up $27.17. One of these judgments amounted to nearly $35, 000. - Overdrafts were run up from seventeen to thirty cents by Mr. A. F. Toon. Miscellaneous assets were also bid in by Mr. A. F. Toon for forty-two cents, one cent more than the total of bids as made separately. Lastly the aggregate of alt the as sets was put up and sold to E ' K. Bryan for $75, a sum slightly in excess of the total of the bids for the classes in the aggregate. The receiver re served the acceptance of the bid, and subsequent offers, after the public sale had been concluded, were made until the figures were run up to $83. This was Mr. E. K. Bryan's offer, and it was finally accented by the receiver. Yesterday's ale is one of the last transactions of the final winding up of the business of the First National Bank. It closed its doors November 24th. 1893. and went into the hands nf a receiver December. 1st of the same year. Receiver. Clark savs there will probably be one more dividend, of per haps one per cent. WANTED TO LIST TAXES. But Came Very Near Taking Out a Mar riage License Through Mistake A Laughable Occurrence. A man walked iiito the Register of Deeds' office yesterday and asked if it it was the place to do the grand act. What else was Register Biddle to. think than that the interrogator was asking m a modestly indirect way to take out a marriage licenses. The usu al questions were asked. Name, re sidence and age were given and clear ly recorded on the books. Then the names of the father and mother were asked, and perhaps there was trace of , consternation on the visitor's countenance.' But the ' ReJ corder did not notice it, and deferen tilly asked the name of the lady. .. The wonder grew on the young man's face and he said he never heard of any lady, which was just an emphatic Wy of saying that none of the oppo site sex was connected with the ob ject of his visit to the court house. Then it was Register Biddle's turn to be astonished. On his remarking that it was rather a queer proceeding for a man to come after a marriage license and not know the name of the lady he was going to marry, the ter ribly confused young man ended as he had begun, by asking a question, but this time a very direct one "Isn't this the place to list taxes?" Elizabeth i Citv TZfinft&miat' A sapsucker bug is- sucking the young corn to death in the Sound Neck sec tion Or-'aRmiOtj.n lr mnntv Wo In told that some of the farmers have re nlantAn tYlAll iMlne Viiif fVia -nnxrr minlra. mips haiTA ?i tf a thkk ddhiti A vn and destroyed il It is said to be the ..A A 1 ' ll A. I. A 1 1 1 iuusb uesirucuve ous tnai nas irouDiea 21 a mem ior many years. A mother's n srai nans is that when her - little ones are born, they will be vigor jous and thealthv. ! .jtiernopes will be fully, realized if she will prepare herselfdnring pregnancy . with MOTHER'S FRIEND, the widely-known external liniment which so many women use. It not only paves the way for easyde- . livery, but insures strength and , vigor to the new-born. Sol fcy VnnrUta ftor 1 a btUn. tmA lm Mr tea lUMnut kMk M KOTBIB'S nan. TBM V&ASnSLD BXOTJUXOB CO.. Atlast 8. WrWrWHrVWrWWrjrWWrl 1 William Hazeldoa Ellerbee Died Yester-1 day at His Home Near Dillon, South Carolina. . . By Telegraph to the MernlDg Star. . Charleston, S. G, June 2. Wil liam Hazeldon Ellerbee, Governor of South Carolina, died near Dillon this evening. About two weeks ago he went, in the last stage of consumption, irum me governor's residence at Columbia, where he had hrp.n nn in. I valid for months, to his plantation home, in Marion rniinlr TTa via descendant of Captain Thomas Eller bee, of Marion's bridge, who came to ttiis AfarA f Arv XTlti i- : r-o- . tt w.vi a a vtu v JiiuiH. ifl Xidf. 10 Was born lfifi2 nnrl r?iiatr.s1 4- TX7W ford College and Vanderbilt Universi- iy. xie ws a planter ana a merchant at the inception of thr TiiUnon ment in 1808 and was elected comp- , ni t . .r hujici Kouerai ia ioau. in lbS3 he was dereated as governor. In 1895 he Was elected Governor rari-iin ....n county in the State except one. re- I .Z At a . m vciviug me votes or many conserva--tives. as he had nroclaimpii hi a rioter. ruination to know no faction. When the Spanish war -was pro claimed he nromnflir rF trv-J mv. vvaiva.j. tiao call of the President for volunteers ana ms appointment of officers gave ' general satisfflptirvn Tn ioqo- Vi fmm - .mjt. VVf XAV TT no re-elected Goyernor after a hot cam- paign and a most formidable opposi tion, many COnRPrxratiirPQ flniminn that he had not fulfilled his pledges. IF. w. 1 . . 1 j i r f . j-lo naruiiy approvea me ispanisn war, saying in his speech to tho volun teers: "We are all Amprinqns Tho sentiment of every American, jea. of n O il l .... - ovcrjr ouum jaroiinian,is expressed, that faction sectionalism will not jiestroy this re- fuunu. uuruers snau De extenuea,- its commerce shall fl nut nnnn amtim sea, its stars shall be trebled, and its lusumuoDs nounsn.untu time is no 1 more. W fonorht in Aaci.T 4 V. Unionr but we were right in principle. TIT . - - 1 ? i - r . o were wuippea ana are now in the Union to stay." . His domestiri lifn hns and beautiful one. He leaves his widow- and sjx children valuable landed estates in Marion county. He will be succeeded by Lieutenant Gov I ernor Miles B. McSweeney, of Hamp- Tnn b n.. n t .. ii i . wujf, a mrmer unaneston printer bov. wTlfi Vina mean V 4j-h through his own exertions. ARTIFICIAL COTTON. A Process for Making Fibre From Wood of the Fir Tree An Austrian Invention. By Telegraph to the Morning star. . Washunqt6n, June 2. Consul Mahin, of Rechenborg, Austria, under date of April 21st, quotes an account in a local nawspaper of a process for making artificial cotton from the wood Of the fir tree. Tt annnnrn- 4hot 4V. wood is reduced to thin -shavings. . nuiuii are-piacea in a wasnmg appa ratus, exposed to thn infl steam for ten hours. They are then subjected to a strong preparation of sodium lye and" are heated under great pressure for thirty six hours. The wuuuuuow cnangeu to pure celluose, and to' piye this a OTAater rociciin power some castor oil, caffeine and gelatin are added. The substance-is then put into an annarattis and maA . - L -T- - MU UMMV into threads, which are reeled. ine article concludes: "Artificial COtton can ba norrlnnpri tin Khosnlir 41if the genuine articlexan hardly compete rr 11,11,11, uu uub cannot say tnat it is a sham, for it is composed, exactly as the natural cotton, of pure celluose." Mr. Martin addds: "In a country SUCh as this, where forAata nf fiy 1 'vavuwwa w I' J abound and am maAa nananniol h-.. constant re planting as the large trees n-HMi A J t ( . . io tut uuwa, ana wnere an tne cot- - ton USed in the niimprnua fantnriac must be brought from far India and 1U. TT A 1 r ii i i . . iuo u uiieu otaies, sucn a device should be profitable." COTTON MOVEMENT. The Decrease in the World's Visible Sup plyHester's Statement. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans. La.. June 2. Seerw- tary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows a de- - tf ii. . crease ior tne wees; just closed of 150,-: 760s bales, against a decrease of 131,722 last year and a decrease of 48,145 in 1895. The total visible ia S 551 nr haW against 3,672,170 last week and 2,869, 111 last vear. Of this the total of a man. ican cotton is 3,245,410 bales,1 against 3,360,170 last week and 2,594,111 last vear. and of all nth " utuvtu, 1UV1UU1UK Egypt, Brazil, India, etc, 276,000 bales, against 312,000 last week and 275,000 last year. A SWINDLER ARRESTED. Charged With Forgery In Elizabeth City, N. C, and Other Towns in the South. -" Held for Extraditioir. By Telegraph to tne aoming Star. New York, Tune 2. Grover C: Holly, a young man. 28 years of ge,J. who said he was a plumber by occuna ' tion, living jn Jersey City, was ar-T raigned in a police court in Jersey Citv to-day, on complaint of Sheriff M. G." Grandy, of Elizabeth City, N. C."' Sheriff Grandv accused TToll nt swindling and forgery in North Caro lina ana ia oiner cities in tne ooutn. It is said that RolW RinrH Pie on a boirua real estatA rlool Tf ,'r alleged that he would represent to a pany or capitalists in a town that he was going to build a sanitarium there. . He would offer to nay for the site With- a check drawn for a much larcrnr of the property, receiving a difference in cash from the owners of tha 1o-r,A The checks were afterwards found to be worthless. One particular instance is that of a check on the First Na tional Bank of Elizabeth Ciitir 1ST P for $141. It is also said that he passed a worthless check for $149; drawn on the First National Bank of Pcnsacola, Florida. - . Holly was arrested athis ltomn in Jersey City to-day. He was remanded until extradition papers could be re ceived for his removal to North Caro lina. ' - THE ALASKAN BORDER. y Negotiations to Avert Danger of a Hostile Collision During Ihe Present Season. By Telegraph to the Morning Starr . V Washington, June 3. It is learned at the State Department that the nego tiations now'inLondon between Am bassador Choate and Lord Salisbury relate entirely to the arrangement of a modus vivendi, to avert the danger of a hostile callision on the Alaskan border, during the present season at least It is expected to resume the - negotiations for the settlement of the whole boundary Question when Sir Julian Pauncefote returns to Wash ington from the Hague There is . every reason to believe the attempt to secure & modus vivendi will succeed, but the basis cannot be disclosed at thia time. ! - . 'J Af 4