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VOL. XXX.
WILMINGTON, N . Cr, , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899.
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NO. 45
PECAN TREES.
THE COTTON SEASON.
Increase Compress May Begin
Operations This Week.
Entered t thai Poet Office at . llmtfton, N. C,
Second Clan Ma'ter.l
SUBSCRIPTION P.1ICE.
The tubicriptlon price of the W0--I78UV Is as
Single Copy 1 year, poae paid.... fl 00
" 6 month. " " 0
" month. " " SO
A CONCILIATORY POLICY.
i .
There is po man in this country
who is better qualified to speak in
telligently on the Philippine ques--tion,
nor whose opinion is entitled to
more respectful consideration, than
Admiral Dewey. His relations with
before and after Spanish power was
destroyed it the islands gave him an
insight into their character which no
other American had, and therefore
he speaks with knowledge acquired
through close observation and per
sonal contact with the people and
the men who speak for the people.
He is one of the men who does not
talk much, and weighs his words
when he does speak, and he never
speaks, as so many do, to see him
"self in print.
A correspondent of the London
Xews claims to have had an inter
view with him at Naples in which he
is reported as saying:'
"I have the question of . the Philip
pines more at heart that has any other
American, because I know the Fili
pinos intimately, and they know I am
their friend.
"The recent insurrection is the fruit
of the anarchy which has so long
reigned in the island, but the snsur
gents will have to submit themselves
to the law, after being accustomed to
via laor af a!1
' 'I believe and affirm, nevertheless,
that the Philippine question will, be
yery shortly solved.
"The Filipinos are capable of gov
erning: themselves; they hare all
qualification for it. It is a question
of timer but the only Way to settle the
iusjrrectioa and to insure prosperity
to the archipelago is to concede self-
government to the inhabitants. That
would be a solution of many questions,
and would satisfy all, especially the
Filipinos, who believe themselves
worthy of them and are so. -
. "I have never been ita favor of yio
- leuce towards the Filipinos. The isl--ands
are at this moment blockaded by
a fleet' and war reigns in the interior.
This abnormal state of things should
cease. I .,"
' I should tike to see afitonomy first
conceded, and then annexation talked
about. This is my opinion.
''I should like to see violence put a
stop to." I ' .' '
"According to my views, the con
cession of self-government ought to
be the most lust and most logical so
lution." I
This mayj or may not be an au
thentic interview, but it has not
been denied by any of the Admiral's
friends. As for the Admiral him
self he never stops (he says) to
deny, or affirm the things that he
sees attributed to him in print, so
we will hardly have from him a de
nial or affirmation oLfchis interview.
But whether it be authentic or
not, we know that it is substantially
in accofd with the views that he
ha3 heretofore expressed, some of
which are in official form, and are
found in his! official papers. Speak
ing of the capacity of the Filipinos
for self-srovernment. he said more
than a year ago when that question
began to be discussed that they
were "forty times more capable of
self-government than the Cubans,"
and later hej re-affirmed this in dif
ferent language when in a letter to
the Secretary of the Navy under
" date of August 28th, 1898, he said:
"Id a telegram to the department on
June 23d I expressed the opinion that
'these people are far superior in their
intelligence and more capable of self
government than the natives of Cuba,
and I am familiar with both races.'
Further intercourse with them has
confirmed me in this opinion."
Admiral iDewey'a opinion is im
portant as; bearing upon this be
cause the alleged incapacity of these
sympathize with the war- that is be-
, --1 ' J.1 T71M v
. U1u upon me n uipinos, at- 1 We haven't said anything for some.
.uu8u .w m amy re- time on pecan cuiture, but we are Receipts of New Crop Staple Continue to
qux w, , annua louow tne nag. not forgetting the pecan all the
ana protect it where it-is planted by
I same. The following we clip from
uo uuuuuauu ui iim vroyernment;
but he does believeSn a policy of con
ciliation, which we insist should
never have been lost sight of for
one moment. In this he differs rad
ically from General Otis, who knew
nothing about . those people and
doggedly rejected all overtures for
peace and insisted on unconditional
surrender when the Filipinos "Sent
representatives to bim to arrange
for a cessation of hostilities. He
took this as an evidence of weak
ness, and presuming on it made his
imperious demands and nullifiedall
the efforts of the peace commis
sioners, who had been laboring
to "effect . an agreement that
would put an end to the war and the
unnecessary sacrifice of life. Otis
had his way, and as -a result the
United States flag is confined to a
narrow strips near Manila, Iloilo
and Cebu, and is not very
securely planted there, and we
will have by December 70,000 men
td assert our authority where Admi
ral Dewey and Gen. Merritt said
more than a year ago 5,000 would be
enough. A conciliatory policy would
prove more potent than powder and
ball and decidedly less costly.
And why not a conciliatory policy ?
Is there anything degrading in it?
"Why can we not, if we do not intend
to hold these islands in subjection,
candidly say so, and tell these people
who are fighting against us that they
are mistaken, but that we have
assumed the task-' of seeing law
and order restored, and stable
government established and cannot
do that until our authority to do it
itwecognized by the people whose
temporary guardians we have be
come? Such a statement "as that,
made by such a man as Dewey, in
whom the people of both countries
have confidence, would put an end
to the war inside of ninety days
and give peace to those islands. We
believe that when Dewey comes
home and the country has given
him the welcome for which such
elaborate preparations are beingj
made, if he were sent back to
Manila as the authorized represen
tative of this Government, whose
authority the military commanders
there would be instructed to respect,
and with plenary powers to come to
an agreement with the men in arms
an exchange:
' Mr. W. A. Clifton. S. A. L. aeeut
at Rich Square, has some of the finest
young pecan trees growing on the rail
road land we have seen. A year ago
the Seaboard managers sent each sta
tion agent a lot of pecans with instruc
tions to plant them on railroad land at
the stations.. Mr. Clifton prepared
the ground well Jor his trees, and
now, one year later,' he has trees four
and a half feet high. He has one row
of twelve trees planted fifty feet apart,
that are growing nicely. : He has given
them good attention." j. --
The S. A. L. management is
showing good judgment in thus
putting to practical use 'some of its
land and is at the same time giving
a practical object lesson to the peo
ple along its lines, and others who
may happen that way. The trees
hero spoken of are grown from the .
seed., and are not the planting from
nurseries, and consequently the cost
8 somewhat less, in addition to
which the planters have a pretty
correct idea of the kind of tree they
will have without taking the nur
seryman's word for it. It will thus
take a little longer to have bearing
trees but in the end it may be better
as it is also cheaper.
Other railways in the State should
follow the example of the S. A. L.
in this, respect, and encourage the
planting of pecan, walnut and other
valuable trees, which in the future
will be a source of revenue to the
peoplo andf them. Thero is not
the slightestr danger of overdoing
this business no matter how many
trees may be planted.
One hundred and sixty bales of new
crop cotton were received on the Wil
mington market yesterday. Most of
the new staple, is being brought in
thus far over the W. C. & A. railroad
and the- entire receipts yesterday came
that way. The crop appears to be
much more forward in the territory
through which this line" and its
branches pass, though several bales of
new cottpn have been already shipped
from points on the Carolina Central.
Most of the consignments yesterday
were to Messrs. Alexander Spruht &
Son, , and it is probable that enough
stock will be. on hand during the latter
part of this week" to warrant 'the be
ginning of work at the Compress. Mr.
Sprunt so expressed himself, yesterday.
The freight trains arriving here late
yesterday afternoon and last night
also brought large consignments of
new cotton, which will be on the
market to morrow morning.
It is expected that if the weather
continues favorable during the pres
ent week, the receipts will probably
reach from two to three thousand
bales, and the cotton season which is
hailed with delight by business men
every where in the South, will be in
full blast.
Several ocean steamers for the ex
port trade are expected to arrive dur
ing the week.
MR. W. W. KINO APPOINTED JAILOR.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Mrs. Susan' L. McPherson Man-
gled by a Wilmington Sea-
coast train.
AT 6 O'CLOCK LAST EVENING.
On Wrightsviile Beach Remains Brought
to the City on a Special Train!
How the Accident , Occurred.
Funeral This Afternoon.
- SHOCKING REVELATIONS-
The testimony given before the
committee at Halifax investigating
the treatment of the convicts on the
State farms shows shocking brutal
ity on the Northampton farm, and
to clinch it this testimony comes not
from outsiders, but from employes
holding positions under the State.
Murder, brutal beating, neglect and
starving the victims of brutality, are
among the" atrdcities, and yet the
men who committed them are not
in the penitentiary wearing stripes,
as they should be, if they had their
deserts.
These a t outrages of
occurrence, and why is it that no
effort was made by the authorities to
investigate these atrocities after pub
lic attention had been called to them
He Will Succeed Mrs. J. W. Millis on
September First.
Sheriff MacRae yesterday morning
madepublic the announcement of the
appointment of Mr. W.W. King to the
position of Jailor for New Hanover
county, which has been only tempor
arily filled since the death of the late
J. W. Millis, by Mrs. Millis, widow of
the deceased.
Mr. King will assume control of the
jail September 1st, and his position as
Deputy Sheriff will be filled by some
person not yet selected.
Mr. King is not a novice as keeper
of the jail, he having served in this
capacity under the last county admin
istration in a very acceptable and sat
isfactory manner to all political
parties.
There were a number of applications
for the position other that Mr. King
and the Sheriff says that he had diffi
culty m " ueciumg vciv xasi as
pirants. .
WALLACE ODD FELLOWS.
against ns, there would be a Bpeedy through the press, until a Demo- Conferred Initiatory and First Degrees on
end to hostilities and an end that
would be honorable to this country
and bring no humiliation to the
people ho have been so bravely
fighting us, though so poorly equip
ped for war. -
COLONIAL TRADE.
England sells to her colonies annu
ally $400,000,000 worth of merchan
dise and buys from them $450,000,000
worth; $50,000,000 in favor of the
colonies. The probabilities and in
dications are that British exports to
the colonies will decrease rather
than increase because British ex
porters are now being "confronted by
a competition which is becoming
annually more senouB and formi
dable. The people in the colonies
cratic Legislature took it in hand ?
Did the men who were responsible
for the appointment of these savages
seek to screen them lest exposure
would hurt the party ? That's the
only way to account for their silence
and inaction, and the encourage
ment they gave this savagery by this
inaction and at' least seeming tacit
endorsement. What a putrid record;
every time it is touched it reeks
with offensive odors, and the more it
is touched the more it reeks.
Preachers, like most men, do not
complain at a reasonable amount of
attention, but the Washington min
ister who at Bath Harbor, Maine,
received so much attention from the
Dolice that he was arrested by mis-
buy where they can buy the cheap- take for a thief, decidedly objected'
est and sell where they can sell to to ;t
the best advantage, thus knocking
out the theory that "trade follows
the flag." Trade goes with the
lowest buying and highest selling
prices and doesn't care a conti
nental about the flag, which as far
as trade is concerned carries no sen
timent with it and represents only
that much bunting.
A foreign trade which must be
backed up by guns and ships doesn't
Dav any nation, for it costs more
than the profit on it. Mr. Jean
Bloch a writer of recognized
standing on auch matters, has
written a letter to the London
Time in which he presents figures
to prove this. He gives the follow
t.h exrjorts to China in the
year : Great Britain, $80,000,
000 ; Germany, $10,000,000; United
States, $9,500,000 ; Russia,' $2,400,-
000; NFrance, $1,000,000; Japan,
people for self-government is one of I $17,000,000, the profits on which he
the justifying, causes set forth in computes at $13,000,000. These
defence of the war against them. nations keep to protect their trade
- But even if this were not Admiral Warships in Chinese waters, with
Dewey's opinion, have we not facts a tonnage of 274,000 tons, at a cost
enough to show that they are capa- 0f $16,000,000 annually, or $3,-
ble of self-government ? There are 000,000 more than the profits from
estimated to be some 8,000,000 or the trade. Add to this $18,500,000
10,000,000 j of people inhabiting bounties paid to steamship com-
these islands, and yet, outside of panie8 and we have $34,500,000 an-
the narrow strip at Manila, nnallv naid out to the $13,000,000
The bachelors in Hesse, Germany,
are taxed 25 per cent, more than
married people, and the unreason
able fellows are kicking against it.
If they want to enjoy the luxury of
sewing on their own buttons and all
that kind of thing they should be
wllling'to pay for it.
TOBACCO IN BLADEN.
Fourteen Candidates Friday Night
Special Star Correspondence.
Wallace. N. C, August 24, 1899.
At the regular weekly meeting of
Goodwill Lodge No 192, I. O. O. P.,
at Wallace on Friday night, the ini
tiatory and first degre were conferred
upon fourteen candidates.
After the ceremonies they were in
vited into ..an adjoining room and
treated to an elegant supper gracefully
served by ar bevy of lovely young
ladies. The Lodge desires to extend
to the ladies their heartfelt thanks for
their presence and many courtesies,
which added so much to the success of
the occasion. The following officers
conferred the degrees:
N. G.B. R. Graham.
V. G. L. Southerland.
A. P. G. J. Li. Bonev.
R. S. N. G. J. G. Southerland.
L. S. N. G. W. M. Carr.
B. S. V. G. B. P. Teachey.
Li. S. V. G. T. Q. HalL
R. S. S. H. P. Boney.
L. S. S. J. E. Rodgers.
Warden D. E. Boney.
Conductor W. S. Teachey.
WILL NOT PROSECUTE.
Federal Authorities Not Expected
Prqceed Against Ex-Postmaster
Chadbonrn. ;
to
at Iloilo j and at Cebu, where
the American flae waves, all these
people are under governments of
their own, and we do not hear of
trouble anywhere. If they have no
government and are getting along so
made, or a loss of $21,5UU,uw a
year' on the trade backed up by
ships with guns. There isn't much
business in that,- spending nearly
three dollars to mako one.
And vet that is the policy that
quietly without it then they do not I this country is urged to adopt, and
need any j government and we are jt is to establish that policy tnat xne
- waging ah entirely useless war present administration is spending
against them to force them to ac- hundreds of mijjions of dollars,
cept some sort of a government Bacrificing hundreds of American
about which they know nothing and u7eB and bringing discredit on ihe
which would not be adapted to that was once honored the world
Large Consignment Yesterday For Ship
ment to WIlson.N. C Wiimliigton's
Need of a Warehouse.
The Stab has upon several occasions
referred to the advisability of the
building of a tobacco warehouse and
grading rooms in the city of Wilming
ton in view of the ever increasing
acreage in the plant in the territory
contiguous to this port. It has also
from time to time published opinions
from leading tobacconists in this and
other States as to the adaptability of
the soil hereabouts for the cultivation
of this crop and urged upon growers,
who complain of the unprofitableness
of other farming, to at least experi
ment with the production of tobacco,
the trade in which is fast building up
towns and communities in other sec
tions of the State.
The force of the argument for a ware
house in Wilmington was emphasized
yesterday by the arrival on the steam
boat Driver of over 20,000 pounds of
leaf tobacco from the Tar Heel section
of Bladen county, consigned to ware:
housemen in WHson. JM. U., a rawn
that is making phenomenal strides in
industrial progress by reason of its
tobacco trade, coveringlthis entire area
of the State and adjacent territory in
South Carolina.
The shipments on the Driver yester
day were from more than a dozen f ar-
Correspondence Raleigh Post.
Washington, August 25. Special.
Former Postmaster Chadbourn, of
Wilmington, will not be prosecuted
in the criminal court, as the Postoffice
Department haa evidently come to the
conclusion that his dismissal, so far as
it is concerned, satisfies the end of
justice. Assistant Attorney General
Boyd said when asked about the case,
that no move had been made by the
Department of Justice, so as the initia
tive has to be taken by the Postoffice
Department, and it declines to do so,
Mr. Chadbourn will probably escape
criminal proceedings. .
THE OALE OFF HATTERAS.-
them ' or the conditions by which
they are surrounded.
Admiral Dewey is quoted as say
ing substantially that he does not
over;
t:i. i?ir Ark. 'disnatch aays
tht town of Pleasknt Plain haa been
wiped out by a tornaao.
Government Inspector Tells of Frightful
Velocity of, Wind During Hurricane.
Lieutenant C. E. Johnson, of the
U. S. Revenue Cutter service, wno
was sent from Washington for an in
spection of the North Carolina coast,
after the recent hurricane, in an inter
view with a representative of the
Washington Star says:
"The hurricane attained xngnuui
velocity in the vicinity of Cape Hat
teras," said Lieut Johnston to a Star
reporter to day. "No one will pro
bably ever know the real intensity of
the storm. At the Hatter a3 weather
bureau station the anemometer blew
down while registering a wind velocity
of 120 miles an hour, -and one squall
blew for a fraction of 4 minute at the
rate of 160 miles an hour.
Mr. William Struthers has been
mers in a section of Bladen that has appointed to the position of-what is
heretofore raised tobacco on a very now loiown as oecona
Uustom nouse. xuia w mo
merly held by Mr. P. B. Bice. Mr.
Struthers is well qualified j for the
position and will make an- efficient
officer. v
small scale. It was packed in noxes
and hogsheads and transferred from
the steamer's Jwharf to the Atlantic
Coast Line for transportation to its
destination.
One of the most horrible accidents
Which has occurred in this section in
many a day, -and one which has cast a
gloom over the entire city, was that
Abottt 6, o'clock yesterday evening,
when Mrs. Susan L. McPherson, one
of Wilmington's most highly esteemed
ladies, was run over and killed by an
engine of tLe Wilmington Seacoast
railroad.
The accident occurred on Wrights
viile Beach, between the Seashore
JSotel and the Hall cottage next door
south from the hotel. The body was
fearfully mangled, one truck of the
locomotive having passed over her,
severing the right limb and leaving
the left limb attached to the body by
the merest shred.
How the Accident Occurred.
, Mrs. McPherson has been spending
several days with her daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Northrop, Jr., at her cottage
on Wrightsviile Sound, and on yes:
terday morning took Mrs. Northrop's
two small children (her grandchil
dren) over to Wrightsviile Beach to
spend the day. It-was her purpose to
return with the children to Wrights
viile on the 6 o'clock train. With
this object in view, as the train came
down the beach taking up passengers
for the 6 o'clock trip, Mrs. McPherson,
accompanied by her two little grand
children, the nurse and her son-in-law,
Mr, W. H. Northrop, Jr., came
out of Mr. Samuel Northrop's cot
tage, two doors above the hotel, and
were walking down the plank walk
way to the hotel station to gettm the
train.
According to eye-witnesses, when
the train had gotten within possibly
ten or twelve feet of Mrs. McPherson
and her party, she in some unaccount
able way stepped or fell from the
board walk and fell across the track
under the wheels of the engine, which
was moving at about six miles an
hour.
The Engineer's Statement.
. mi i -. '- - y
has made a statement in which he says
that at the time the accident occurred
his train was slowing up for the hotel
station and would not have gone more
than a hundred feet further; that he
saw Mrs. McPherson a little in ad
vance of the engine on the board walk ;
that she apparently tried to pass
around the children in front of her,
tottered, and then fell toward the
track; that he closed the throttle,
and reversed the engine with all pos
sible force, not even taking time to
blow the danger signal. Despite every
effort, however, the engine struck
the bqdy and, when the front wheel
passed over, it was dragged probably
twenty feet, having caught in some
way in the truck machinery.
Mr. Divine's statement is corrobor
ated by Miss Bessie Burruss, Mr. R. E.
Crawford and others who were eye
witnesses. Body Taken From the Wheels.
Mr. Divine, the engineer, was the
first to reach the side of the engine
where Mrs. McPherson's mangled
form was, he having jumped down
from the engine before it came to a
standstill. He disentangled her as
tenderly as possible from the engine
truck. She was still alive, gasped
several time and exclaimed, "Please
chloroform me and let me go quick."
She repeated this entreaty twice before
she died. In the meantime Mr. North
rop, Mr. C. B. Southerland and several
other gentlemen came to Mr. Divine's
assistance. The body was-first put
upon the board walk to await the cor
oner's inquest, but was subsequently
carried to Mr. Samuel Northrop's cot
tage, Dr. Burbank was summoned
from Wrightsviile and came over on a
hand car very soon after the accident.
Dr. J. S. Hall was also on the scene a
very few minutes after the accident.
' The Inquest Held.
Dr. Price, the coroner, went down to
the beach on the 7.15 train and, in
compliance with, legal requirement,
as oroner held an inquest, during
which Mr. Divine, the'engineer.madea
statement similar to that given above.
The jury consists of DuBrutz Cutlar,
Esq., Messrs. J. L. Peschau, H. B.
Pescbau, C. B. Southerland, H. L.
Miller and Dr. J. S. Hall.
The hearing before the jury will be
resumed at 9 o'clock this morning at
the court house. It is generally con
ceded that the accident was inevita
ble, and no blame is attached to any
one.
Remains Brought to the City.
At 9 30 o'clock last night a special
train came up from the beach to bring
the remains. Mr. Woolvin, the un
dertaker, was at the depot and super
intended the removal of the body to
Mrs. McPherson's late home on Sixth
street, between Market and Dock,
where members of the grief stricken
family and many sympathetic friends
sadly awaited their coming.
The remains were accompanied from
the beach by Mr. Robert Northrop,
Mr. Penny Boatwright, Mr. J. H.
Hardin, Dr. Burbank, Captt, Oscar
Grant, Mr. G. Herbert Bmith, Mr.
H. B. Peschau and Capt. Hinton. And
the train was in charge of Capt
H. G. Bowden, who was also the con
ductor on the 6 o'clock train when
the accident occurred.
A Most Estimable Lady.
Mrs. Susan L. McPheason was the
widow of the late Jas. B. McPherson,
and was a most highly . esteemed
and cultured lady. She was born
in Washington, D. C.VFb- 28i
1850, . being at the time of her death in
the fiftieth year of her' age. Her par
ents were Mr. Launston B. and Mrs.
Augusta Lane Hardin. Both parents
died before she was 6 years of age and
she came to live with her grand par
ents on strawberry plantation near
Rocky Point. " j
The deceased was educated at St.
Mary's School at Raleigh, and was
united in marriage in 1867 toMr. Jas.
B. McPherson. Pive daughters blessed
their union. v They are Mrs. J, Harry
Boatwright, of Portsmouth, Va. ; Mrs.
J. A. Everett, Jr., Mrs. W. H. North
rop, Jr., and Misses Eliza and Rosa Mc
Pherson, all of whom reside in the
city. j
Since the death of her husband, Mrs.
McPherson and daughters have re
sided with Mrs. McPherson's brother,
Mr. J. H. Hardin. The deceased has
another brother, Col. M.j B. Hardinf
professor of chemistry in the Clem
son AgriculturafColIege at Clemson,
s. c , i -
Mrs. McPherson has for many years
been a faithful jn4mber of St. James'
Episcopal Church ; she was a devoted
Christian and an affectionate mother,
possessing in abundance those charm
ing traits of character which mark a
true woman in all the relations of
life. !
ADOPT THE STANDARD BALE.
Mr. B. P. Keller, a prominent gin
ner of Cameron, S. C, likes the 24x54
bale better than any other and says:
"Fjot I am of the opinion that the
ginners of the South should have
nothing to do with the round bale
process, unless the manufacturers are
willing to sell their processes outright
at a fair price. It is possible that they
may finally . offer sufficient induce
ments in order to get their bale estab
lished, and once that is done they will
snap their fingers in the face of the
farmer, and tell him to help himself.
The farmer is helpless enough as he
is without putting himself in the
hands of this would be giant monop
oly, "Let the ginners put up a bale that
wilt fully satisfy the demands of trade
and this question of baling cotton will
solve itself. These are my views on
the question." j
FATAL ACCIDENT AT B0QUE.
THE CORONER'S WQUEST.
Jury Return Verdict Exculpating Every-
Body in the Distressing Accident at
the Beach Thursday Afternoon.
The coroner's jury empannelled
Thursday afternoon by Dr. Richard
Price to enquire into the circumstan
ces of the distressing ' accident by
which Mrs. Susan L. McPherson was
terribly mangled and killed by an
engine on the Seacoast railroad at
Wrightsviile beach, met at the court
house yesterday morning an dadjorn-
ed until 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon,
when the testimony of several wit
nesses 3Eas heard and the following
verdict rendered : .
"We find that the deceased came
to her death by being run over by an
engine attached to a train of the Wil
mington Seacoast Railway Company,
and the jury do further find that no
blame is -attached to any official or
employe of the said railway company.
or to any other person or persons to
the jury known."
The witnesses, examined were
Engineer J. S. Divine, who was at the
throttle when the horrible occurrence
took place; Mr. W.H. Northrop, Jr
a son-in-law of the deceased, and Miss
Susie Burriss, who was, at the time ol
the accident, looking out of a window
upstairs in the Northrop cottage.
Their testimony differed in no impor
tant points from the details published
in yesterday's Star.
The jury met at the office of Dr.
Price in the afternoon and were as
follows: George L. Peschau, Esq.,
(foreman) : DuBrutz Cutlar. Esq ; H.B.
Peschau. C. B. Southerland, H. L
Miller and James S. Hall.
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
Miss Dora Taylor Shot and Killed Pistol
in the Hands of Mrs. Geo. Taylor.
Special Star Telegram.
BEAUFORT, JN. J., AUgUSl Z4. m.e,
fteo. Tavlor. of Boeue. N. C, keeps
store near where Elijsdi Weeks
was murdered a short time ago by the
negro Patrick who was lynched by a
mob. To-day Mrs. Taylor was in the
store, her husband being absent Miss
Dora Taylor, a young lady eighteen
years of age, came into the place, and
Mrs. Taylor asked her if she did not
want to see her new pistol. In hand
ing it to Miss Taylor,! she acci
dentally caught her finger on "the
trigger, not knowing it was loaded.
It fired and killed Miss Dora instantly.
It was purely accidentaL Mrs. Tay
lor is prostrated and it is feared she
will lose her mind. i
MAY QO TO GEORGIA.
Comparative Statement of Receipts For
the Week and Part of Crop Year.
Weekly and. crop year receipts of
cotton and naval stores for the week
ending yesterday and for the crop
year to the same date, together with
those of corresponding periods last
year, were posted at the Produce Ex
change yesterday as follows: -
Week ending August 25th, 1899
Cotton, 123 bales; spirits 1,386 casks;
rosin, 2,232 barrels; tar, 2,154 barrels;
crude, 303 barrels.
Week ending August 25th, ' 1898
Cotton, 17 bales; spirits, 776 casks';
rosin, 2,015 barrels; tar, 2,456 barrels;
crude, 309 barrels.
Crop year to August 25th, 1899
Cotton, 289.81S bales-u spirits, 16,590
casks; rosin, 55,077 barrels; tar, 19,916
kCTop year'to ugusr&th, 1898
Cotton, 323,160 bales; spirits, 15,670
casks; rosin, 77,186 barrels; tar, 22,097
barrels ; crude, 5,382 barrels.
It is noticeable that the weekly nd
crop year receipts of naval stores, for
the most part, are fully as heavy as
for the corresponding period in 1898,
and lhat cotton receipts for the week
are inuch larger than for the same
week last year. The latter is due to
the fact that in the territory contigu
ous to Wilmington the crop is much
more forward than for the year 1898,
and the former is probably traceable
to the very remunerative prices that
shippers have been realizing by reason
of the boom in spirits, tar and crude
for the past several weeks.
DEATH OF MRSi. ANN EMPIE MILLER.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
After More Mills.
A Columbia, S. C, telegram of the
23d says: The Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company will probably
soon extend its consolidation scheme
to-Georgia mills.
... Charles E. Borden, of Wilmington,
N.C.a representative of the company,
is now in Columbia examining the
Columbia phosphate mills, and ne
gotiations for its purchase are pending.
The company recently purchased the
ttlnhft mills here, and proposes to con
solidate these two mills. ;The present
annual output is 31,000 tons of ferti-
Mr. Borden will go tosseveral Geor
gia towns and mtke estimates for his
company on the value of certain fer
tilizer mills there. The capital of the
Chemical Company was recently in
creased from $12,000,000 to $24,
000,000. 1
Will Reside in Wilmington.
The Winston-Salem correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer writing
under date of August 24th says:
Mrs. Creasy and her children re
turned to Winston this afternoon.
She will go to Charlottes to spend a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Overcarsh. She and her two daugh
ters, Misses Elizabeth' and Isabel, will
then go to Wilmington to live with the
sons and brothers. Dr. Creasy carried
$10,500 insurance on his life. This
was left to his wife and children.
Departed This Life Yesterday Morning at
10:30 O'clock The Funeral.
Mrs. Ann Empie Miller, widow of
Dr. Joseph Swift Miller, died yester
day morning about 10.80 o'clock at
the home of her son-in-law, Mr. J. Hal
Boatwright, No. 217 Dock street
Mrs. Miller was 74 years of age and
had been in . i declining health for
many months;. About a week ago
she suffered the consequence of a fall
from her bed to the floor, fracturing a
limb, which it is thought hastened her
death, though she received the best of
surgical attention and the tenderest
lava in THirHlflff. "
Mrs. Boatwright is the only survi
ving member of the immediate family
and to her a host of friends will ex
tend the kindliest sympathy in the sad
bereavement, which in the dispensa
tion of Providence she is called upon
to suffer. ! ,
The funeral will be from St James'
Episcopal church this afternoon at 5.30
o'clock. t
UNIFORM IN WEIGHT.
Enguring White Supremacy Dls-.
' cussed and Explained .
Special Star Correspondence.
Clinton, N. C, August 24.
There was a great gathering of '
white men in Clinton to day to hear
a discussion or tne constitutional
amendment-. Hon. E. W. Pou, of
Smithfield, and Gov. Jarvis, spoke.
The audience was in sympathy with
the speakers and the amendment'
ensuring white supremacy a victory
when the question comes to a vote in
Sampson. -
Mr- Pou had lust concluded his
speech when this report was mailed '
Governor Jarvis is now speaking.
The following is a synopsis of '
j Mr. Pou's Speech.
The welfare of our State brings us
together this day.. We must con
struct for the good of our State.
The great battle of '98 has gone into
history, j Partisan passion has given
w&y to a cool determination on the
part of the white people of this state
never to submit to negro domination
again. They have determined even
more than this. They have resolved
that the vicious and irresponsible
negro vote must be eliminated from a.
pontics. . I
1 can understand how good men can , 1
divide upon questions of economic
policy. I can understand how they "
may divide upon the great financial
questions which have engaged the at
tention of our people, but l cannot
understand how any good man, no
matter what his party may be, can
hesitate to support a measure which
will save him and his children from i
the danger and humiliation of negro
rule.
A Social Question.
The amendment presents a - social,
not a political question. The highest
ambition of every man finds its em
bodiment in his offspring. We must
live for our children. Only the sel
fish man lives for himself alone. In
stead of becoming selfish as the years -go
by, the race question has each year
become more dangerous since the ig
norant negro was permitted to cast his
first vote.
He. was not fitted to .vote in 1868.
He is not fit to vote now. The ballot
has been his curse. The Republican
politician has been his worst enemy.
The ballot has given him hope which
could never be fulfilled. It has
aroused in his breast aspirations born
to disappointment It has given him
a false conception of his place in so-.
ciety. It has impaired his usefulness
as a laborer. It has incited the crimi
nal to commit crime. It has been a
dismal failure in every sense of the
word, i
To remove this class of our popu
lation, as a political factor, will be a
service to them as well as to the State.
It must, it wiirbe done. ' m
Does Not Violate Constitution. '
The fifth section does not violate the
Constitution of the 'United States. It
does not discriminate against "race,
color, or previous condition of servi
tude." It does discriminate against
incompetency, unfitness and inexperi
ence in public affairs. Many of the
Northern States have discriminated
against these very things. Such laws
have been held constitutional there;
why not here?
amendment. Do not let Republican '
office sekers fool you.
The poor and the ignorant white
man cannot afford to trust that party.
It is his enemy. It takes the product
of his labor and gives it to the rich. It
widens the breach between the rich
and the poor. Its policy makes mil
lionaires and paupers. .It offers no -opportunity
for an American middle
class. It degrades the poor and igno
rant It puts their children on the
level of the negro. It has even given
the negro a voice in the management
of white schools. You cannot trust
that party if you would be decent and
respectable, and if you hope for your
children to occupy a little better posi-
tionin life than you do.
For the Good of the State.
Let us not forget this revolution is
being wrought for the good of our
State. It should not be used to advance
the political ambition of any man.
It is of small consequence: who fills the
offices, if j5uget capable good men.
Let no differences enter among us to
endanger the success of this great
Let us' bury the differences of the
past, and let us all strive' to attain to
the very highest plane of patriotism.
And, wnen tne amenumeuk is uiKrur
ed upon the organic law of the State,
we shall have peace and enjoy a period
of Industrial prosperity hitherto un
known in the annals of our State.
THE CASE OF CAPT. CARTER.
of Darling-
DEPARTED SHOUTING.
Acquitted la Court She Sbifuted, "Bless
Jesus and Major Sfedman."
Greensboro Hec&rd.
Yesterday afternoon a negro wo
man was tried in court for receiving
stolen goods, knowing them to have
been stolen, her husband; having been
convicted of the offence. ' -'
Major Stedman appeared for her ani
made a most capital speech before the
jury. The evidence was somewhat
against her, but counsel had the law
on his side and he made it tell, so that
the jury was out only a few minutes,
returning with a verdict of not guilty.
The woman was then discharged, j
She came out of the prisoner's dock
and made for the door. I As soon as
she saw daylight and perfect freedom
just ahead of her, she threw off her
bonnet and yelled ont-"Bless Jesus
and Major Stedman." This she re
nwtAl ab feist as aha could in a hyster
ical manner until she was lost to sight,
while the negroes tn the court room
set u ar titter, instantly stopped by
Judge Brown, " r '
. It was. a pretty close-shave. In fact
most of "the spectators i thought she
was guilty, but the law bearing on the
case was prominently brought out by
her attorney and Bhe escaped.
Mr. B. J. Williamson,
ton, S. C, writes:
"My experience with the 24x54 press
box. I wish to say that I am pleased
with it in every way. It makes a neat
bale, which i easily handled, and 1
have had no trouble in putting up any
desired weight I fully realize the im
portance of having cotton put in bales
uniform in size, anu a ur
in weight as i possible. The cost of
changing press box is so very small
that it seems i the ginners generally
could be prevailed on to do so. In
this vicinity nearly all of the presses
have been changed. I am glad that
an effort is being made at last to give
our cotton to the manufacturers in
better shape, and hope it will be ac-
complished outBide of the trust.
:SIMPLE35
rV T C C pectant mothei
to think a moment, now danger
ously wrong it isW swallow medi
cines when ii her condition. She
can see that the outside application
of a. liniment which softens and
relaxes must : certainly be the thing
for her to use. Such a liniment is
MOTHER'S FRIEND
which she can depend upon doing
her a world! of good -before and
during labor. SendT to us for out
free illustrated book, "Before Baby
is Born." Mother's Friend is sold in
drug stores for i a fcottle, or from
IB BSASnZLD EIGTTHT0X CO., Atlaatt, 6a-
Not to Be Punished For His Gigantic
Steal Merely Dismissed From the
Army and Fined.
Washington, August 25. It is
stated here, on what is regarded au
thentic information, that an agree
ment has been reached whereby Cap
tain Oberlin Carter is not to be pun
ished for his gigantic government steal,
according to the verdict of the court
martial; but is to be merely dismissed
from the army and a nominal fine lm- 1
posed. The fine will not be over
$10,000. It will be remembered that
Carter stole, according to the evidence
on which he was convicted, not less
than $1,500,000.
He will not be advertised in the pa
pers of his town, as ordered in the
verdict S
The statement that the Carter case
"will be settled on its merits" nnds
plausible and ready explanation in
Washington. It is accepted here as
meaning a mitigation of the sentence
pronounced by the court martial
against Captain Carter, aa stated.
It will be recalled that the verdict
of the court martial was that Carter t
"is guilty as charged" of conspiring
with Green and Gavnor and other
contractors to defraud the government
of an amount which the evidence ad
duced showed to be not less than one
and one-half million dollars. ,The
sentence was dismissal from the ser
vice of the United States, a fine of
$10,000, a term of five years in the pen
itentiary and that he be advertised in
his native town by publio prints as a
thief and scoundrel.
Several persona suspected of being
emissaries of the Transvaal govern
ment have been arrested atDelagoa
Bay. Excitement prevails, and, in
view of a contemplated Transvaal raid
i TVkTtuoniege troow are kept in
readiness for an emergency.
The weekly bank statement shows
the following changes: Surplus re-.
serve, decrease t2,u3,ooa; wana, in
crease $9,056,600; specie, decrease
$1,235,100; legal tenders, increase
$284,800; deposits, increase $6,934,100;
circulation, increase $95,600. . The
banks now hold $12,378,525 in excess
of the requirements of the za per cent
rule. 1
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