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- "1-. .. . . , r, r- j . . . ..... . -t . ... .: "r" . . . ..: .v. - ........ . ... . . . ' : , . ... . ........ . '. . '-..' , j .:: : r. . -... ' ' Mm 1 I 11 i'-t :1. if!, - ! . 'iliif:'!- - " ; i i Birr 1 - -i ... - ........... . 7, I he eeiccMy tat r r; l i a ai a . b b a n k n Xditof and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Feiday, Jnne 9, 1899 GOOD FOR BOTH RACES. Gen. Andrew D. Cowles, 61 Statesyille, one of the "fire-tried" Republicans of this State, has writ ten a very frank and very brave let ter in advocacy of the ' proposed , suffrage amendment- to our consti tion, and gives the reasons why he favors it and will support it, and why every Republican who desires harmony- between the races, and . the good of the State, should do like wise. The letter is written to Dr. Solomon Angle, of the Iredell coun ty Republican committee, apparently in reply to questions asked as to the position of the writer on the amend ment question, and is written with the fulness; and frankness of- one friend writing tonnother. While a private letter, the probabilities are that it was intended for publication, ancLhas therefore been published. We find it in the Charlotte, Observer, and quote from it tho3e portions bearing directly up5h the ; amend ment, with the simple remark, that a3 comirisc from a Republican of standing and of recognized leader ship, the letter is one of the best arguments thit have been advanced in advocacy of it. Beginning, he says : "I have given the proposed amend ment to the constitution consideration and have discussed the question fully with ex-Senator A. C. Sharpe, who, you know, is a good Republican and a sensible man. We shall not oppose the measure . at the polls, ! believing that its ratification will lead to a solu tion of the race trouble and ultimately prove a blessingojJi State ofL North Carolina. The educated colored man is not affected, and the deprivation of ; the right to vote by, the illiterate will stimulate the ignorant negro to qualify himself by going to school or getting others to teach him to read and write at home." j He then pays his respects to the . Fifteenth Amendment, which ! he thus ' characterizes as the : "worst , blunder, of the nineteenth century:" . "The fifteenth amendment to the Federal constitution was the worst - blunder of the nineteenth century, and had President Lincoln lived it would ' not have been adopted. His wisdom and love of the chivalrous South would have dictated an educational qualification or limitation of age, treating the newly emancipated free man as a minor in law and providing . twenty-one years or more before exer cising his right to vote. The dark :and bloody days of reconstruction would have been turned into an era of . congratulation that the incubus of j slavery had passed away, leaving the South better off than if we had -been, conquerors.. There would have been no feeling entertained of attempted hu miliation on the part of the North by making late slaves the equals of their late masters, and the negroes without the iridescent dream of of fice ever before them, and ever elud ing, would have concentrated their talents wholly in the direction of im proving their condition. Education received, property amassed and hap piness secured would have been their portion, and in every progressive step of their existence they would have had only to reach out to find a white man's hand ready to lead them, pro tect and defend them, instead of to . smite. In God's own good time the negro, after years of preparation, may have been called to a participation in the government of the country. You only have to recur to the forcible sup pression of; the negro vote in some of the Southern States as proof of prem ature enfranchisement. ! It is seldom that a measure curses everyone and benfits no one, but such " is the history of the fifteenth amend ment. The North, flush with victory7 resolved to. perpetuate the power of the Republican party with this service vote. The Southern State were re-districted and on the the increase citizenship abotu 40 new districts were added, securing an equal number of Congress men and electoral votes. Up to 1879 this plan worked. Since then it has been a boomerang. A lonely Con gressman here and there andnota sin gle electoral vote is -the result of the fifteenth amendment one the for : rnfa of tbe Republican - party. Had there been no fifteenth .. amendment there would have been no massacre at Hamburg no murder at Copiah; no slaughter at Maridian: Postmasetr Baker would not have i I been victim of the assassin ; John i W4 Stephens would not have furnished t V :.atheme for "A Fool's Errand" and ' the Ku Llux Klan would have never . existed. Had this veritable box ol - pandora remained unopened, injustice to the negro, would have met swift punishment by our courts, prejudice would have hung its head in shame in our temples of justice, and, backed by public sentiment, the colored man's rights would have been protected. So I say the North suffered, the South suffereland the greatest sufferer of all was ne whom it was expected to benefit. . This ispretty straight talk on the s Fifteenth Amendment, which he might with even more propriety have characterized as the greatest political- crime of the nineteenth or of any other century, instead of . "the greatest blunder.", It was both, aj)lnnder in conception and a crime - in execution. The general believes in white su . premacy and very frankly goes on 'record in the foil wing unequivocal language: , "The white man's boast of superi ority is not idle or imaginary. Centu ries ot unfettered opportunity have en dowed, him with the divine right to role. He has given the world its liter fS? Sn?Linvenkrt the telegraph and girdled, the world almost annihilat ing time; he iuvented the steam en gine and almost annihilated distance: - the printing press to accomplish uni versal education and preserve in en during form the treasures of the mind. The loom, the sewing machine, the reaper, the electric light, transforming night to day, are the products of his brain. Up to this time God has never chosen the negro to lead any great movement, make a discovery, invent , anything, contribute to literature, per petuate himself in song or . story, and. , if he were blotted out of existence the world would scarcely miss him in its jonward march of achievement, nor - . . long remember that he once lived. It . - ' would not remember, except the civil - ' war was waged over him and the coun try deluged in blood ; nor care, except the South admires his devotion during the period of 1861 to 1865." After sharply criticising the ap pointment of negroes to office in the South, he thus gives the reason for it: . . . ' "By eliminating the ignorant negro vote the race question will be no longer paramount. When this is rele eated the People will divide on the erreat economic questions of the day. Stump speakers will then discuss pro tection, money, expansion, l believe tbe State will give its electoral vote to the Republican candidate in 1908 if this amendment is adopted. Manu facturers, bankers, railroad opera tives. laborers, farmers and profes sibnal men believe in the party of protection and sound money, and when the negro no longer constitutes three-fourths of the Republican party white men will then vote upon con viction and not upon prejudice. The Republican party in North Carolina to-day holds out no inducements for white recruits, nor does .it com mand the steadfast allegiance of the white men in its ranks. Thou sands voted the Democratic ticket in 1898, and these and other thousands will . do so in 1900. With the negro North: Carolina will never cast her vote for the Republican candidate. The whittling down process is going on from year to year. McKinley and other shrewd Republicans North feel confident' of success without a. single Southern' State, and as long as they can eret along without them they pre f er to do so. They use the South for another purpose. They appoint ne groes to influence the colored vote of Indiana and New York and to secure delegates to the next national conven tion. They do not ottend the whites of the North by appointing colored men there. " As they do not-expect to carry a single Southern State they ap point negroes here regardless of ef feet and the colored paen of New York and Indiana are rewarded by the re cognition of their Southern brethren, Is there in the whole of New England, the home of the abolitionists, a single negro holding an elective office? is there a lone appointee of the President there? Is there a negro collector of customs in New York or anywhere else, including uuoa, except in jxortn Carolina, Louisiana or some other Southern State? Is there one ia Ohio, iheiiome of the President? Notice if you please no negroes appointed' in States where the Republicans expect electoral votes. They are appointed in Democratic States and the District of Columbia to secure delegates to the national convention: New York has 25,000 negro votes. As goes this vote so goes the State. Cleveland wanted it and appointed Trotter, a colored man, as marshal of the District of Columbia, and McKinley will get it with Cheatham, of this Suite." The accuracy with which he states the case in this extract shows that he has made a careful diagnosis and knows what he is talking about, and Tie also shows a pretty level head in his plan for protecting the white man and also the negro, in the fol lowing: 'Certain oniintips in 'MnrtVi riai-nHna pe controlled by negroes, while the intelligence and nrnnArt.- hnlnnw in the whites. Bad feeling will always exist and the colored man will be the sufferer. I am not willing tor him to control. It is a bad advertisement for a county, or State offering homes to intelligent and thrifty settlers, hu miliating to the whites and unfortu nate for all. -The white man's ride and passions are constantly appealed to. and deadlv feelinor Inno- nnnt nn of. last finds escape in bloody conflict. iiuvgcuuum 4.1 ui 3 wuite ic pub lican but the roirm Thn TiVfWol Government rightly proposes that we saau seme me race question as a State question, and if 10,000 colored men or all of them are killed in riots that is simply the negro's misfortune. No Federal question being involved, the United States takes no cognizance. I iould protect him, by taking him out of politics, and every friend he has in the State should vote for the amend ment." He thus answers the rot about depriving negroes of their right to vote. , Contending that the deserv ing, reputable colored- man will not be deprived of his vote he says: "The class Cthat the am nnriA-t reaches contains t.h fl-i fnala the 'ignorant and the vicious.' The Class not affected r-nntnina th educated, the preachers, teachers, the thrifty property holders, really valua ble citizens, like Rev. S. F. Wentz. Fred Chambers, of this ttv n- who enjoy the friendship and respect nf 4ls 1.II. ' 1 , t . . notorious that thfif that thn gmand. ment reaches does nnfc nnruw;oto tVi privilege thejr have in" voting. I have seen mem oougnt almost in open uaiutu wu) jLue euucaiea oi mv acauaintannA am 1f--o . and place a high value on the boon of vowng. come oi them are Democrats. Our administration will never turn over the dftstiwiM f aa amiK.j - . W WMW uuutW,U property-holdin classes to the illiter ate, non-properly-holding classes in the Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba. Yet this was what was done by the victorious North with thei conquered oouin. xne wnites were disfranchised m me ooutnern Btates practically, and the neDTOes enfraniVhicArl - Pi;j.. McKinley . indicates right here that he would have opposed the fifteenth amendment had he been then where he is now. But the Anglo-Saxon has yet to meet a problem too hard for him to solve. We know the course politics has run since emancipation." There are other interestine nointa in this interesting letter, hut as they do not bear directly upon the amend ment we omit them, but eive tha -conclusion, which is as follows: ia ixu permanent aisxran chisement contemplated. The horde Of Umorant nAirm ' yaio ! .1 wp h. . ,. . suspended. If they care for the priv ilege of voting, it will act as an in centive to learn to read and write. If good can come to the whole people of tne State by the temporal- suspension of this class, is it not "the part of patriotism to oppose the amendmentt The measure will operate as a com pulsory education law, and a more general diffusion of knowledge will The Republican party has all to train and m-.tVii 4v T . m nm, TV i on a fi "fD' .Drum J.O0 to 1894 in every election year-it -v ranks against the invincible --phalanx of the Demo cratic . party, its struggles were heroic,; but useless. By combin ing with the ' Populists in 1894 the --- "v.w,MUirowil dui now the last condition of the Republican party is worse than the first This is the beginning of an honest jeffort to solve by legal and peaceful methods HF1A TY1ISOT mnmAn.Ai i- . uviuouwua question now be fore the people of the State, and un der the guidance of a kind Province that. haa arv nS.l i ... a,iT tl" , "f u.iany preserved the South through all its vicissitudes in the past I hope every endeavor in this direction may have the blessing of God and lead to a solution of this per- ' y r-xxie success or the amendment will surely be a harbin ger of good-will between the races and usher in a better day for all of our People;, a--y,--: .t,r,rX.t -. These are the views of a recognized Republican leader, frankly express ed. They need no comment for they are. self-explanatorv and carry their own argument with them. THE R0WAH COPPER FIND. Some time ago in referring to the reported discoveries of immense me tallic. copper deposits at Gold Hill, in Rowan county, we remarked on the silence of the Salisbury papers, after the first blow. It seemed strange that with such arvellous discoveries so little should be said about them, as this was a matter in which not only Rowan county and North Carolina were interested, but the whole country. The fact is that this silence led us to suspect that there was, at least, a great deal of exaggeration in the reports first pub lished. The Salisbury Truth repub lishes what we said on this subject, and in the same issue publishes the following editorial: ' 'We have noticed a number of ar ticles, in various papers, concerning the great find of copper ore at Gold mil, this county, some of which, or dinarily, would appear very extrava gant and may have been, but. as; for us, not being versed in mineralogy or mining, we are unable to make a pos itive statement concerning the matter pro or con. But, judging by the great activity at the mines and the apparent permanency of things we are led to be lieve the report? are largely correct. that is as far as the deposit of metal and the operations of the mines are concerned. . "As for the organization of several companies with an aggregate capital of $10,00,0,000 or $12,000,000 are con cerned, we believe the organization did take place and the capital was said to have been paid m. Concerning all of which we actually know nothing. but hope that it is true more, we would rejoice to be able to say yea, yea." The Truth is evidently not dis posed to take for granted all that has been said, although the work being pursued gives encouragement to the belief in the value of the mines. It hopes that the reports are true, and sodo we, for the value of such discoveries to the people of that section and to the State would be simply incalculable; but it is a remarkable, and a very remarkable, thing that where copper-mining has been pursued as long as it has been in thiSi State it should be reserved to this late day to discover the pres ence oijuetallic copper and in such marvellous abundance as reported at Gold Hill. THE MAZET COMMITTEE FARCE When Boss Plait worked up his Mazet committee to investigate the administration of the government of the city of New York, every one with any sense at once saw the po litical trick behind it and under stood that it was to be a purely par tisan investigation for the purpose of bringing odium on the Demo cratic party and working up some capital for the next, political cam paign. If there was any one who believed anything else, or had any idea that the investigation was to be an honest one, conducted in the in terest " of good government, they have been undeceived by the way the committee has shown its ani mus and its purpose. The fact is that it has disgusted the people gen erally, and subjected itself to the severest scorings by the non-parti san press of that city and State, which expose its hypocrisy and de nounce it as a fraud. Among these is the New York Herald, which at first favored the investigation, bnt demanded that u should be a thorough, honest, non partisan investigation. In reviewing its sham proceedings the Herald thus concludes a scorching editorial: "All fifood citizens hnartiW Wii-o a reformation, but irrespective of party they despise sham and humbug. Mr. Moss, the committee's chief counsel, addressing a meeting of the West Side Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association vestarda - aftAmnnn trJA his hearers; 'The thing I am working iur i w arouse sucn a love or c,ountry and God amon- the neonlA that, ihoro shall be a sentiment of patriotism, of love ior mis city wnicn is being des- boiled bv robbera and tpaitnms ' Tt ia a trifle difficult to reconcile this high "own aesire w excite love for the city with Mr. Moss' conduct in trying to give the world A baseless imnwsoinn that the city's chief magistrate had a pecuniary interest in -pool rooms. The people, we reneat. are wmi rf th proceedings the partisan bias of the committee, the exhibition of savagery on the part of municipal officials, the mud shncinc of the Rnnnsel i'n shnvt they are disgusted with the whole busi- ueaa. "The Committee had hatta- nai1r Sin and go home." Mr. Henry C. Von C. Hamons. who went into bankruptcy in New lork, had twenty-eight doctors, one veterinarian, three dentists and seven lawyers on his list of creditors. all for professional services. He seems to have been in a pretty bad way. He was a broker before he broke. v As Esterhazy 'is beyond the reach cf French justice, and has been tried once and acquitted, since which he has conf essed, he can't be tried again but there is nothing to pre vent him from committing puicide and entitling himself to spme little respect. If it be true that ex-Gov. Bob. Taylor, of Tennessee, ia legging f or Turley's seat in theU. S. Senate, it discreditsthe joy he expressed in his valedictory at getting backf into private station. He ist't near so sick of public life as he thought he was. Proof of the padding lies In the eating of It. Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIO lies In the taking of it. COST NOTHING U it falls to cure. 25 cents per bottle If Jt cures- Sold strictly on Its merits by ' -L ROBERT R. BELLAMT, : Dar 8IT V Wholesale ana RetaU Druggist. 1 FIRST DAY'S SESSION. United States Circuit and Dis trict Courts Convened Yesterday. - MANY CASES FOR RETAILING t Disposed of Already Officers and Juries Court Hours 8.30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Trial of Counterfeiters To-morrow or Next Day. The United States Circuit and Dis trict Courts were in session yesterday from 10 A. M. until 2 P. M., Judge Thos R. Purnell presiding. The'busi ness transacted was all of a routine character, no cases of any special "public interest being brought to trial. The Court Officers. j The court officers are clerk, W. EL Shaw." U. S. attorney, G. M. Bernard assistant U. S- attorney, O. J. Spears; marshal, C. H. Dockery; deputy Mar shal Frank Brown; c ryer, A. D, Maresay; bailiffs, J. G. Terry E. W. Mouship and J.- S. W. Eagles. The following is the grand jury doing ser vice for this term: V - H. C. Moffitt, (foreman); W. M. aiartin, J. w. Uashwell, Wm. Daught rey. Chas. Crumpler, Henry Mc Do well, Sam'l Bear. Jr., Jno. A. Pol lock, John Holloway, C. C. Corbett, W. D. Samnson. A. E. Tavlor. J. J. Bright, J. W. Atkinson, W. H.. Mur ray, Gh o. Gillespie, J. T. Prqvott, lougald McUormac. Bradshaw Distillery Case. , One of the first cases called was that against G. M. Taylor, late storekeeper andguager at Bradshaw's distillery, charged with permitting the removal of spirits from a bonded warehouse without the tax being paid. The de f endant was called and failed to an swer, the announcement being made that the defendant was quite sick and was not able to attend the Court The case was continued until next court. Quite a number of cases to which no public interest whatever attaches were called, the defendants failing to answer. H. F. Thomas, a witness who failed to answer when called was fined $40. . Cases for retailing without license were called and variously disposed of as follows:' Jake Watson, guilty, 60 days in jail and $100 fine. Mingo McBryde, guilty, judgment suspended, defendant having been in jail six. months. Wylie Oaks, guilty, judgment nraved and defendant discharged. ? Sullivan" Graham, guilty, judgment suspended. Henry Edd, guilty, 30 days in jail and $100 fine. Henry Johnson, guilty, judgment suspenqtea. t Joe Bowden, guilty, 30 days in jail and $100 fine. Vann Williams, guilty, judgment suspended and defendant discharged, naving Deen in jail 107 days. Wash Steel, nleaded cuiltv: iudfi- ment suspended and defendant dis charged. John Evans, guilty; sixty days in jail and $100 fine. ' Charles Gilchrist, guilty; jadgment suspended, defendant having been in jail sixty days. Lie McCall, guilty ; thirty days in janna $iuu nne. Dock Beaty, guilty; prayer for judg ment continued. Andrew Davis, guilty; thirty days in jau ana iuu nne. Sandy Sneed, guilty; judgment sus pended and defendant discharged, hav ing been in jail three months. J. W. Bennett guiltv: judgment sus pended, defendant having been in jail lour months. James H. Owens, defendant dis charged. Boss Brewer, transferred to Ra leigh. Nepsy Bray boy. guiltv: i .dement suspended ana defendant discharged. Joe is vans, not guilty. Court Notes. -The Court will, during the remain der of the term, convene every morn ing at 8.30 o'clock, continuing in ses sion until 2 P. M., and taking a recess for the day. The reason for this is that the Judge and many of the other officers of the Court are spending the afternoons and nights on Wrightsville Beach, going down to Seashore Hotel on the 2.30 train. It is not thought that the trial of Nick Politz and others charged with counterfeiting, will occur before to morrow or next day. In a large number of the eases for retailing liquor without license, dis posed of yesterday, the defendants came into court and plead guilty be fore the grand jury returned true bills. No cases of special interest came up in the United States Circuit and Dis trict courts for trial yesterday. The court was in session as usual from o ;oU A.. M. until 2 Jr. M. A case against Chas. Pearson, col ored, charging the "defendant with retailing without license was being tried when the hour for recess for the day arrived and the proceedings were suspended. " The following cases for retailing: without license were disposed ofr to wit: " ' Alex Collins, alias capias issued. William Pickett eniltv? 4100 A-a and 60 days in jail. H. F. Thomas, nlnnd , x s "v was discharged. Ira Holmes' Dlead cniiHv? iiio-mAnt suspended. Ponrna Williams. nloAd onilt.- judgment suspended. a., u. - .Bisher, plead guilty; judg ment suspended. Will McEachern nlnnd ;!. judgment suspended. , ' Stephen Elkin, guilty; 90 days in jail and $100 fine. James Roberson, guilty; judgment suspended. Moses Bntt, plead guilty and was discharged. V . William Trfw.klpiai- miilt ! 11 A tfvm Ant O J , J " deferred. JaS. R. MfiOllftAn frnfirinrl tnm T, - T WUV defendant. Archie Gibson. ETiiltv? in jail and $100 fine. Sam Davis. cuUtv: Tlldtrmonl: sua. penutw. Sloan Powell, guilty ; $100 fine am . CI fl J ,1 w uajra in jail. . Jno. Bwann, guilty i six months im prisonment and $100 fine. , ' D. T. Thompson, guilty; judgment suspended. ,. Tbe Beat Prescription tor Cbilla and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tomo. Never fails to cure; then why ' exneriment with worthless imitations? Puce 50- cents, f x our money oacK ll it rails to cure THE 1899 TAX LEVY. Fixed by the County Commis ' sioners at 95 Cents Oh the $100 Valuation. PUBLIC ROADS IMPROVEMENT Road Tax Levy Made and Road Machinery Soon to be Purchased Routioc Work b; the Board An Impor tant Meetiog Today. The New Hanover County Commis sioners were in session for about three hours yesterday afternoon and will assemble in adjourned session at 4:30 P. M., to-day to- complete the busi ness requiring attention at this the Jane meeting of the Board. Chairman Roger - Moore and Commissioners Holmes, McEachern, Alexander and ' Barry (a full, board) were . in atten dance yesterday. Register of Deeds, Biddle acting as clerk. - Public Road Improvements. After calling the Board to order at 2:30 o'clock the final half hour was de voted to the examination of cata logues and illustrations of road ma chinery, particularly those of rock crushers made by the American Road Machinery Co Mr. Scott, of that company,- was ' present and addressed the Board. exDHfininer a nronosition which the company has made to fur nish the county with a No. 4 crusher for the purpose of preparing macadam to be Used in the road improvements soon to be inaugurated in this county. The crusher and equipment which the Board contemplates purchasing will cost between $1,500 and $2,000. Definite action in regard to this purchase was deferred and may be taken this afternoon, when other matters pertaining to putting into effect the various . provisions of the new road law enacted by the recent Legislature will be considered. The Tax Levy. The business most probably of the greatest intergst to the general public was the adoption of a general tax levy for 1899, the Board being required to make a levy at the regular June meet ing of each year. The Finance Committee had previ ously estimated the amount of money which will be required to meet the current expenses and provide the vari ous special, funds and 'they recom mended, through Col. Roger Moore. the following levy, which, after pro tracted discussion and investigation, was adopted: General exnenaps. 33 nnnts nn fh $100 valuation; military, f of a cent on the $100 valuation; roads and bridges, 10 -cents on the $100 valua tion (this is in compliance with the provisions oi lue new road law) ; bond ed debt Si cents on the 2100 iralna. tion ; hospital. 4 cents on the $100 val uation; poll tax, $1.56.: Total levy, oz cents on tne $iuu valuation. The State levy is 43 i cents, which with the levy stated above makes 95 cents taxes to be levied lupon the $100 valuation in the county. The State poll tax is $1.29, so that the total poll tax will be $2.8. The motion to adopt the above levy was made by Commissioner Mc Eachern, seconded by Commissioner Holmes. Objection was made to the levy by Commissioner Alexander on the ground that the increased valua tion of property being made by the assessors would provide additional revenue,so that the ,levy could be made lower. j Chairman Moore held a conference with Mr. T. O. Bunting, of the Board of assessors, who informed him that the completion of the new property tax valuations would be completed to-dav when the exact increase of valuation could be" ascertained. iEvery mem ber of the Board emphasized the state ment that they were anxious to make the levy just as low as is consistent with good business jadgment in run ning the affairs of the county. In view of the fact that it is re quired by Statute that the levy be made at the first meeting in June of each year, the Board voted, that the levy recommended by the Finance Committee be adopted with the' under standing that in case the increased valuation was sufficient to warrant it a general reduction would be made in the property valuation. Miscellaneous Business. Dr. W. D. McMillan, a& county superintendent, of health, reported 116 pauper patiMts treated in his office and 99 visits made to 74 patients at their homes. . The jail he reported to be m the best condition he has ever seen it, and the county home well kept. The Board ordered that in future Dr. McMillan make a personal exam ination of all applicants for aid on account of physical disability, before he approves recommendations made by practitioners. J. M. Martin was allowed to transfer his license to ' sell spir ituous liquors from No. 106 North w ater street to Ocean view Hotel, on Wrightsville Beach, and a license was issued for a bar in Seashore Hotel on the same beach. I. P. Quince was granted permission to have W. M. Haasley survey a tract of land: in Cape Fear townshin ad. joining the lands of J. D. Hines, A. J. Cirady and others. The matter of alio wine F. D. CaDna $30 for service as registrar for the re cent "Good Roads" election, was con sidered and action deferred. It ia claimed that the registration -book was not kept open as prescribed by law. Pest House Committee Report. CoL Moore renortnd 1 that ha arA mmissioner Borrv . had cone mil with the city Superintendent of Health 4md the Sanitary- Committee of the .Board or Aldermen and located the ite for the proposed pest house to be erected by the city. They selected four acres of the old "Fair Ground" on the County Home tract Report of Officers. Register of Deeds Biddle, reported $19 paid the treasurer as the county's share of - the proceeds from the sale of marriage license!. Col. Jno. D. Taylor.as Clerk of the Superior Court, reported the following receipts in his office. . For school tax, $50; incor poration fee from Delgado Cotton" Mill, $25; an incorporation fee from Silver Stream Distilling Do t 25; Jury tax $3.00. Total, $55. - , At the meeting to day action is to. be taken regarding a petition by property owners in that section, that the road from Wrightsville Sound to Burgaw, a distance of seven miles, be made a public road and kept in order at the county's expense. Heretofore it has been maintained by the propert yown ers. It is now in a very bad condition. DEATH OP MR. T. B. BURNETT. - -i At One Time a Familiar Figure On the Streets of Wilmington. . Mr. Thomas B. Burnett "the well known old fisherman and hunter, died at his home, Eighth and. Dawson streets, last Saturday night, ' at the age of 76 years. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at the residence and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Harvey. Yesterday morning the remains were taken' to Middle Sound for interment Mr. Burnett was until the last year or two a very familiar figure on the streets of Wilmington. He fished and hunted for the market and his fish and game were always very much in demand. A few vears asro he brought suit against the Wilmington. Newbernand Norfolk Railroad Com pany for damages for tnjuries claimed to have been sustained, while riding on one of the trains of that, company. He finally won the suit and after the payment of lawyers' feea 'aud other expenses had about $1,200 left THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS No Further Action Was Taken On the Tax Levy Matter New Road Ma chineryThe Jury List. The County Commissioners took no action at their adjourned meeting yes terday regarding the redaction of the tax valuation of property ior the tax levy made during Monday's - meeting. It will be remembered that .the Board fixed the levy for the county tax at 52. cents on the $100 valuation with the understanding that if there- was a very decided increase in the property valua tion just made by the assessors a gen eral reduction in the valuation would be made. The matter was discussed yesterday and assessors Bunting, Bag ley and Hanby appeared 'before the Board and reported that the increased taxvaluation of property over the last valuation is about 20 per cent If the Board decides to make tbe reduction it will be made before July first when the books go into the hands of the Register of Deeds for the computation of taxes. . ! At the meeting yesterday afternoon there was a further conference with Mr. Scott Of the American Road Ma chinery Company, regarding the pur chase of a rock crusher, road scraper and other machinery for i the public roadMmprovement soon to be inau gu rated. The purchases will probably .be made within thirty days. The greater portion of the meeting yesterday was devoted to the revision of the jury list. The board was in ses sion from 2.30 until 6.30 oV.lonlr. nil the members in attendance, and a re cess was taken until 2.30 to day. STATE AND COUNTY TAXES. Will be Listed at the City Hall Hereafter, . As Has Been the Custom. The listing of the State land county taxes will hereafter be done at the City Hall. This was a decision reached yesterday afternoon after a conference of Mr. C. W. Worth, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen, with the county authori ties. The change is made out of deference to the wishes of the public. wno nave not Deen aDie to see any i - - ! . good reason for having to go to two places to list their taxes. There will be no change in the assistants to the listers, Mr. William Blanks and Capt A. L. DeRosset remaining with County Tax-lister Bunting, and Messrs. Henry R. Savage and T. B. Oldham with City Tax-lister Geo. D. Parsley. Marriage of Miss Ennett and Mr. Oarrell. Yesterday at 2.30 o'clock the mar riage of Mr. C. S. Garrell and Miss Irene Ennett was celebrated at the resilience or ine Driaes mother on Sixth street, between Ann and Nun. The ceremony was impressively ner- formed by Rev. A. S. Barnes, pastor of Market Street Methodist Church, in the presence of a few special friends. Mr. and Mrs. Garrell left on the W., C. & A. train yesterday afternoon for Mr. Garrell's home. Mount Tabor. where he runs a large store in addition to two others at other places in Bruns wick county. Until recently Mr. Gar rell has lived in Wilmington, where ho has many friends.- I Information Wanted. j Henry Marlow, colored, a subscriber to the STAB at Excelsior j writes . tn make inquiries about one Rev. J. ween, coiorea, wno -Claims to be a i . i . . . preacher and doctor. He married in" the vicinity of Excelsior. Anyone knowing anything of his where abouts ia asked to notify Henry Mar- low, Excelsior, N. C. "I Farms and Lots for Sale. 1 The East "Carolina Real Estate Agency offers for sale inj this issue of the Stab a number of very desir able farms and town lots. This Agency is located at Burgaw, under the management of . Messrs. R . G. Grady & Co., and persons wishinc either to buy or to sell real estate will do well to correspond with them. They advertise all property placed in their hands, and their terms are very liberal. , YOU ARE M AKIN a a -rent! mi stair a in not sendinsr for a 10 Mnt trial Ely's Cream Balm. It is a specific for catarrh and cold in the head. We mail t, or the 50 cent size. Druggists all keen it EIv Bmthnra Kfi Wo street, "lew xork. Catarrh caused difttanltv i ing and to a great extent loss of hear ing. Bv the use of TCIv'a Ofoom Ttai dropping of mucus has ceased, voice and hearing have greatly improved. J. W. Davidson, Att'y at ! Law, Mon- juuouui, j. .4 THE CRIMINAL COURT Passing Sentence Against J. Till man-Howard 1 Deferred Until To-day. MRS. TERRY SKIPS THE CITY. Howard's Plea for Mercy Mrs. Howard Wants Him Punished to the Full Ex- ' tent of the 1 Law A- Small Docket Yesterday. The most interesting feature of yes terday's session j of the New Hanover Criminal .Court was the developments in the case against J. T. Howard for abandonment of, his wife and the one against Mrs. Ida Terry and J. T. How ard for unlawfully living together. First of allyesterday morning the discovery was made that Mrs. Terry, who, being under conviction, was re- Uleased upon her own recognizance for her appearance on Tuesday to receive the sentence of the court, bad left the city for parts unknown. No one seems tokndw where she has gone. She carried her children with her. Yesterday afternoon J. T. Howard was brought before the court and a general discussion of the best mode of punishment discussed. The maximum judgment for the jbffence of which he stands convicted is two years in the work houses but the. court and attorneys seemed averse to such a sen tence for Jhe reason that during his imprisonment his four children would be deprived of the maintenance which he should, they say, , be omnelled to provide. Howard addressed' the court during the time his case was being discussed and pleaded for mercy. He said this was tb e first time he had ever been con victed of any offence and promised to do anything that a man could do if the judge would suspend imprisonment Later in the day Mrs. Howard went before the court and in response to enquiries said that she desired her nusoana to receive the full meas ure of punishment provided by law. However, Judge Battle deferred pass ing sentence until to day. A course of action which seems to be under favorable consideration is to put Howard under a good bond for good behavior and requiring him to deposit a stipulated amount with the clerk of the court each month to be used in the support of the children. However, the statement by Mrs. Howard that she Wants hex husband to receiye the full penalty of the! law tends to prevent this action. Routine Business. - The cases disposed of yesterday, aside from the one mentioned above, are as follows: Thos. Williamson, colored, nuisance. submission; judgment suspended on me payment or costs. Joe Harman, colored, assault with intent to rob, judgment nisi, sci fa capias. LeRoy Perry, highway robbery; guilty, twelve months hard labor on the county roads. Ben Matthews, colored, assault and battery with deadly . weapon ; guilty, tnree montns on the county roads. John Mosley and Ed Connell. col ored, assault with intent to rob; nisi, sci fa canias. Jas. Smith, colored, assault and bat tery witn deadly weapon; guilty, three months on the nnnntv marl a Gilbert Telfair, colored, resisting an omcer; guuty, tnree months On the county roads. 1 Geo. Roderick, larceny, not guilty. jrniuip ana justeua Liarrington, col ored, retailing, guilty. Judgment re served', j J. M. Spach, carrying concealed1 weapon, plead guilty. Judgment sus pended on the payment of costs. Jno. Simpson, colored, carrying con cealed weftrmn t Nnt wiiiH. Jack Pollock, I colored, assault and oatiery, su omitted-. Judgment re served. Court took a recess until 9.30 A. M. to day. j The New Hanovor County Criminal Court adjourned yesterday afternoon about 4 30 o'clock for the term having been in session only since Monday morning of this week. During that time 44 cases were disnosed of. 22 de- 7 - fendents being found guilty and only 10 who went to trial escaped conviction. Of the others some were ' called and failed and others were continued and the cases dismissed. Solicitor Duffy is the recipient many high compliments for the vig orous and withal liberal way in which he conducted the prosecution, as is Judge Battle for the fairness of his rulings and the dispatch with which he conducted the business of the court J. T.Howard's Sentence. One of the first matters to engage the attention of the court was the pass ing of sentence I upon J. Howard, who was convicted of the abandon ment of his ; wife and Unlaw fully living with Mrs. -Ida Ter ry, tie- was brought into court and Judge Battle sentenced him to 12 months in the county work house with permission for the commissioners to assign him to work on the public roads. This sentence was for livmar with Mrs. Terry, and the matter of abandoning his wife for mercy and the ioward pr ayer w tinned. Howard is in jail awaiting issignment to the work Yesterdfyisnocfcet. lOderickl notro-iMltv W - 1 rJovette. a -r - - colored, larcenv. ano cases) m goons (.three -. . ' next term. W.M. Williams, lias Bass, receiv. ing stolen goods:; next term. continued until Kosa ime a. son, colored, lar- ceny; not guiltv Philip and Estalla I liquor without Jicense; guilty as to j. uxxV waugswn, ana sentenced to eigai montns m jaiL Estella Lang- Kiautoua new snaj. The closing incident of the court was the report ) of the grand jury, xmtVj i sVt 4J. T"V 111 . . lvu tfuuge joatue commended in the hjghest terms, declaring that in all hiF experience on the bench he had to do with no jury who had more earemily and conscientiously done theirjwork. The principal features of the resort are as follows ' We hftTA TUisau1 nn. tlti I 4, . - . vfs uuitj-tnu uruo bills and nine not true bills. We have examined tne uounty Home for the aged and infirm carfniw nd fhn. oughly. r It was hardly in. as neat and f AWT I ICD tr i lL birp, to Deviw. orous and healthy, must have . Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen. These essential elements are to plants, what bread, meat and water are to man. Crops flourish on soils Avell supplied with Potash. Our pamphlets tell how to buy and atjpiv . 1 .. t . ienuizers, ana are ire to an. QERriAN KALI WORKS, M Nttf St, NewYork. cleanly condition as it as at . n. ' mer visit It would be advisahu the County Commissioners to delegate some person or persons to visit tbU institution on a tour nf insni;,.. at least once a month and so the visits lauuoi wo anticipated, most of th reforms we recommended have beni made. - LHere follows recommendations t.f" improvement of buildings and fur, nishings at the "Home." - We found the City Hospital in thor ough order and nice condition. Dr C. P. Bolles showed us through the institution, and we are pleased to re-" Port a most favorahln i all. The roof needs painting, anil sev' erai wards neea whitewashing. Dr Bolles spoke most highly and appr i ciatively of the work-of the' youm ladies of the Hospital Guild of the King's Daughters, and we should lik."' 10 see some or our good ladies organ lZe a Similar PUIld for wnrlr at tl, . " Mb mc County Home. , We found the jail clean, neatly whitewashed and painted, and iu h-i ler condition tnan atthA imnr ..... , . im last report . We have examined the court iiouw and fotfnjd the -basement dirty and neea or a general cleaning in all the rooms. We found both" of thn ha record vaults unlocked and the rec ords unoroteeted. As to the vnlno the records we know nothing, but if or sumcient worth to be kept should -be taken better care of. " In conclusion the jury made vari ous renom m Rn H nli rn a as tn m!nn im.. provements and repairs needed about the court house. The report is signed by Mr. D. L. Gore as foreman. VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE. Returns of the Board of Assessors Show Figures Largely in Excess of tbe Last Assessment. The assessments of - real estate in Wilmington township, as filed with the Board of Commissioner?, shoves taxable-real estate footing uo $6. 506:- 315 in value. The footing of the last assessment was $5,314,268. Excess r f WSo i i: 11 j m .1 last assessment four years ago is, there fore $1,192,247, or about 22i per cent. Naturally, the increased valuation caused a good dealof grumbliDg wher ever the figures became known. There area number of reasons -which ' the assessors will probablr give for the increased valuation. There have been many improvements witness the number , of new houses which have gone up in every section of the citv. Then it will be contended that the va cantjroperty in the down town sec tion of the city has greatly increased in value. It is clear that the Board 'of Equalizationwill have a good day's work when it meets on the first Mon day in July. Q. Z. French Here.. G. Z. French, of Rocky Point, was in the city yesterday, arriving on the 9.40 C. L. train in the morniDg and leaving on the 7 o'clock train at night. It was conjectured that his presence was due to his being summoned as a witness in the Federal Court but this was denied by an official of the court. It is supposed therefore that! he was merely down hereon private business. He bought his ticket to Rocky Point last night about fifteen minutes before time for the train to leave and has tened aboard. . Funeral Yesterday Afternoon. I Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wishart left ves- terday afternoon over the Caiolina Central Railroad for Maxtonr Mr. Wishart's home,. with the remains of their little1 daughter, who died Mon -. day afternoon. The nail bearers at the residence and the train were Messrs. ' Archie Bulluck, Albert Dosher N. S. McLaurin and Willie CorbefC The funeral and interment took nlace immediately after the arrival of the train at Maxton. Marriage Invitatjon. Friends in this city received invita tions yesterday from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Boney, of Wallace, to bp present at the marriage, of her daughter, Miss Liucy Boney, to Mr. Euerene Colweil, Jr., of Cordele, Ga.. The peremony will be performed on Wednesday, th 21st inst, at 7 P. M., in the Presbyr terian Church of Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Colweil will be at home June 27th at Cordele. The Increased Assessment. , The tax-payers of Wilmington are in a very bad humor oyer the increase of nearly 22k per cent in the new assessment of real estate. While it is true, as claimed, that manvnew build- mgs have been erected since the former '. assesment was made, it is notoriJ ously true that a large proportion of the real estate could not now be sold for ' cash for the asessed valuation made four years age. . Will Oo Without Requisition Papers. The supposed murderer, James Creech, says he is willing to go to South Carolina . without requisition, papers. This is the answer he gave yesterday in reply . to a teleeram from . . r the Sheriff of Florence county, b- , , An officer frnm Wlnrnnnf ia exDected to-day to take him to the county where the crime was committed. i you wisa io sen a xariu w property place it in the hands of the T . i i , m nliv -cs6 jarouna xceai iSiaie as. R.. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. O. t - Potash
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 9, 1899, edition 1
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