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"WILL IT PAY!"
' Since the war with the Filipinos
began we have heard a great deal of
talk about "benevolent assimilation"
and other nanseatingTot, when every
one with sense enough to keep out
oi the firo knew that benevolent
assimilation didn't figure in the busi
ness at all, and that all this talk
was hypocrisy, pure and simple. To
the extent that honesty even to the
extent of excessive bluntness is more
respectable than dishonesty the fol
lowing from Senator Carter, of Mon
tana, is not only respectable but a
conmendable example for other
statesmen, who have been playing
the hypocritical role. He was dis
cussing the war in the Philippines
and among other things said:
"ThU is a practical age. We are
going- to deal with this question on the
basis of dollars and cents. If the
American people believe that the Phil
ippines are goio to help us they will
never let the islands go. If, on the
other hand, they find that the. Philip
pines mean a constant drain and small
return, you wjll find the verdict of
the people to . be aaiust permanent
retention. Neither religion nor sen
timent will have much influence in
determining the verdict. The great
question will be. Will it pay? If we
can show the country that it will, as I
think we can, the American flag will
never come down from the Philip
pines." ;
In contrast with the thin stuff
that has been dished up us in de-
fence of this war of "criminal ag
gression" . this frank admission of
the inspiration behind it is refresh
ing. We have had the same thing
from other I sources when, the com
mercial"advaiy;ages were set forth as
reasons whyr we should hold on to
the Philippines, bnt they ?ere
generally accompanied by .more or
Jess of the fradulent pretences of
the benefit to be thus conferred
upon the ansophistocated and be
nighted denizens of town, hill and
jungle of these patches of ground,
who had never experien ced any of
the delights of living under such a
paternal government.
This Western Senator, who does
not seem to have been so well
schooled in the art of dissembling
throws that kind of chaff to the
wind, and plainly blurts out that if
we think it 'fwill pay" we will hold
on to the islands and if we find it
will not we will turn them loose and
let them take care of themselves.
That's about the size of it; but on
this showing! what.: becomes of the
"obligations? we had assumed when,
with the aid of Aguinaldo and his
adherents, we crushed Spanish power
in those islands, which obligations
were put forward as the justification
for that- $20j0OO,00O deal, and the
subsequent efforts to wfiip the Fili
pinos into acknowledging our title
their land? ;
, While we admire the truthful
candor of this Western Senator and
orthodox Republican, we must take
exception to the scope of this utter
ance when he essays to speak for
the American people, millions of
whom do not believe in this war on
the Filipinos, whether it "will pay"
orjiot. They do not believe that
anything will pay for a loss of con
fidence in our national honesty and
integrity anld forfeiture of honor,
which, they j hold above territorial
and commercial gain. He may and
does speak for the expansion ele
ment of the American people, but
they are in the minority, and if our
soldiers and our flag were out of
those islands, with the experience
of the past before them, there
would not be- one in five hundred
of our people who would consent to
such a war; Thousands of them
acquiesce in- it now " not because
they favor it, but feel that we have
been dragged into it by the blun
dering or criminality of those who
had the direction of officers, and
because they don't see any way out
of it but fighting out.
This is the ageof grab, we know,
grab in Africa, grab in poor, de
crepit old China, where every na
tion that can is reaching out for a
slice under some trumped-up pre
tence; but the American people, as a
v whole, have not yet become bo de
praved and demoralized by the mer
cenary spirit of grah as to be carried
away by it. They haven't all for-
gotten the teachings of the Fathers,
J nor lost sight of the principles upon
"WAich the Republic was. founded. -
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, ia a
VOL. XXX. : - WILMINGTON; Ni C, FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 15, 1899. ! . ,n
Democratic Senator, and an exnan
Bionist who believes in - conquering
and -holding on to the Philippine
One of the reasons given by him in
justification of this is that it wiil put
the coton of the- South up one cent
a pound. How it will do this isn't
quite apparent, but he says it. will,
and that is the argument he uses to
bring the cotton planters over
to the expansion ; side. Senator
Carter jays if it "will pay"
the American people will favor hold
ing the islands. -Senator Morgan
assumes that it will put the price of
cotton up a cent a pound and there
fore the- Southern planters should
favor war on those people, should
be willing to see thousands of our
soldiers killed in battle or incapaci
tated for life by disease and hun
dreds of millions of dollars spent
that they; may get a cent a pound
more for their cotton. Isn't this
mercenariness run wild, or is it sim
ply lack of ability to give a better
reason for such stupendous rob
bery ! Senator Morgan's position
is not as respectable as that of Sena
tor Carter, for while Senator Car
ter simply states what he takes to
be a fact, on the assumption that
the American people are. after gain
and , know what they are doing,
Senator Morgan assumes that tha
Southern planters do not know
what they are doing in not favoring
forcible expansion and - therefore
undertakes to enlighten them and
seduce them by "holding out the
prospects for gain if we succeed in
wresting their "country from the
Filipinos and holding on to it. Is
there no such thing as morality or
honesty' in statesmanship? Is it
respectable or honest statesmanship
tnat endorses and encourages the
robbery of the weak for the gain of
the strong, when gain is the only
feature in the game of aggression
and blood?
HAUIIffG D0W1T THE FLAG.
. Since the war with Spain there
has been a "good deal of bombast
about the American flag.: Ex-Secre
tary Alger and his echoes did a
good deal of this kind of talk, and
President McKinley has done some
of it himself, although m less blunt
phraseology. Speaking of this the
Philadelphia Ledger, a very cool-"
headed and conservative journal,
says: .
"In his glowing tribute to the valor
and patriotism of the Tenth Regiment
at Pittsburg a few days ago, President
McKinley praised the heroes for the
part they toobrin the PhiliDDines in en-"
.iargipg the 4map of thet United States'
American liberty.' It is incredible that
almost on the day when the President
was felicitating the returning soldiers
in this patriotic vein that the Admin
istration was arranging for the surren
der to Great Britain of even the tem
porary possession of Alaskan territory,
which this country bought and paid for
years ago, territory which we have been
stoutly maintaining is ours by an in
defeasable title, a possession and title
thaj have been tacitly acquiesced in by
Great Britain and Canada from the
date of purchase from Russia until the
discovery of the - extraordinary min
eral resources of the country- made a
re-arrangement of the boundary de
sirable for Canadian interests. We
have heard much from the President
and from other sources of the hopeless
inquity of 'flag furling,' the removal
of the national ensign from territory
over which it has once ( floated. The
American people will, therefore, re
ceive with astonishment and incred
ulity the announcement from Wash
ington that the Federal Government
itself has agreed, or is about to con
sent formally, to fix the American
Canadian boundary just beyond the
town of Klukwan, several miles below
the line originally demanded by the
United States . against the Canadian
pretensions."
There probably might never have
been any contention over the divid
ing line between Canada and Alaska
if it hadn't been for the discovery, of
gold in the Klondike, for without
the gold the territory involved in the
contention, a small tract,1 wouldn't
have been worth talking about. But
there is a principle involved in this,
all the same, and if the territory is
ours; as claimed, the claim should
not be surrendered without a sub
stantial equivalent.
' But possibly the disposition to
placate Canada by concessions may
be influenced by the relations that
have obtained for some time be
tween Great Britain and this coun
try, and by the fact that Great
Britain is a strong power, with which
it wouldn't be advisable to get jnixed
up, a fact referred to in the follow
ing paragraph ". with which the
Ledger concludes, the editorial from
which we quote: -
"An honest government, like an
honest individual, will surrender
property clearly established by a com
petent tribunal not to be his. Canada
has claimed this disputed territory as
hers as a matter of right The rumor
ed concession to her in return for a
consideration not yet disclosed estab
lishes nothing as to the Federal rights
in ihe purchase from Russia. When
it suits Canadian capidity to chal
lenge our title, to other portions
of .the Alaskan purchase, this re
ported compromise of the hour will
be no bar to her claim, unless
itas how settled beyond cavil that our
tftle is not to be challenged hereafter.
There is grave doubt in the minds of
many Americans whether the Federal
Government would make the rumored
concession to Canada if the latter were
not supported by so powerful a coun
try as Great Britain. Until it be
e-tAhliahed bv the highest authority
this story of 'hauling down the flag' to
Canada should De acceptea wua reser
vation." , . ' - - .j
THE GOLD MINES AS A FACTOR;
In discussing a few"' days ago the
trouble between the British Govern-,
ment; which is backing the "Out
landers, and the Government of the
Transvaal Republic, we - remarked
that while the gold mines were a fac
tor in bringing on "the trouble they
might also become a factor in pre
venting war. There are millions in
volved in it, not only to the two
Governments, but to the mines and
other interests dependent directly or
indirectly upon the mines.
We also published an article from
the Philadelphia Record showing the
output of these mines, and their es
timated value. The P- following,
which we clip from the New York
Sun, shows how the mines are pay
ing, and also the part they play as a
factor in the contention, as admitted
by Sir Alfred Milner, and Mr.' Lionel
Phillips, herein quoted: - fi
. "It is generally known 'that, the
wealth taken out of the Witwatersrand
Mines in the Transvaal is enormous,
but it is only after one knows the pre
cise profits which go to the fortunate
shareholders that it can be properly
appreciated. The figures below are
taken from the London . 'Stock Ex
change Year Book," and show the divi
dends realized on the capital invested
in various mines for the year 1898:
Mines. - . Per Cent.
City & Suburban ..... ..... 15
May Consolidated 15
Windsor..... 20
Rietf ontein ... 22
Drietfontein. 25
Glencairn 25
Knights.."....................-, so
Rose Deep. 40
Griesberg , o
Roodeport United ;. 40
Langlaagte Estate. 45
Angelo 50
Crown Deep.. 50
Prim Rose.... 55
Village Main Reef. . ............. 60
Meyer & Charlton 60
Worcester..... 60
Geldenhuis Deep. . .............. 75
Durban Roodeport 80
Jumpers.. 80
Bonanza....... .100
Jubilee........ 100
Heri-t 1.. 100
Henry Nourse. .125
Geldenhuis Estate. 147 J
Wemmer 150
Crown Reef. ( ,.240
Ferreira 300
J ohannesburg Pioneer. 675
"The total amount paid in dividends
by the gold-producing mines was in
1896, $7,450,000; in 1897, $13,500,000,
and in 1898, $24,450,000.
"After readinc these ficmrAs it In
comes easy to understand the remark
maae oy oir .aairea. miner tne day he
left England to return to South Africa,
when asked bv a rennrtar what mild
be his policy with regard to the Trans-
vaai. --J.I,- nesaia, -you saw a solid
pile of gold with five hundred millions
sterling over thnr with 90 OOO Tlnna
armed to the teeth sitting upon it.
nuan nuuui juu uui uess enigmatic
was a statement made' by Mr. Lionel
Phillips, one of the Rand millionaires:
"We don't care about the franchise;
we want the mines." -
. London has a 'new importation of
mosquitoes which seem to have
chosen one quarter of the town for
business, where a paper reports that
"nearly every one you meet has been
stung. Bandaged heads bootless
feet and swollen hands are the order
of the day." These skeeters must
be an improvement on the New Jer
sey stock, which get in their work,
but not often go on the rampage
like that.
Senator Tillman made a speech in
Providence, R. I., a few days ago,
and told the Rhode Islanders that he
"represented the man with the hoe."
Pshaw. We thought he represented
the man with the pitchfork.
The English Life Insurance com
panies are hoping that the Prince of
Wales may reign even longer than
his mother. They have $10,000,
000 insurance on his life.
The Delgado Cotton Mill. -
A Stab representative was told yes
terday by Mr. E. C. Holt, president of
the new Delgado cotton mill, that he
expected the first consignment of
machinery for the new mill to arrive
within ten days and there is every in
dication that the main building will
be closed in and ready for the ma
chinery to be placed in that time.. The
roof is now nearly completed. Mr.
Holt seems very well pleased with
the progress being made in the erec
tion of the buildings by Messrs.
Zachary & Zachary, the contractors.
There now seems to be no doubt
that the mill will be ready for opera
tion by the new year; but it is pos
sible that it.will not be in full opera
tion until January lPUi or Feb
ruary 1st
County School Affairs.
: Capt. Manning, New Hanover's effi
cient and zealous superintendent of
public instruction, during the past
week has made a tour of all the school
districts in the county, getting the
buildings, grounds, etc, in proper
condition for the opening of - the
schools on October 9th. Each district
has been"" carefully gone over and
when it has been possible to do so,
Capt Manning has had a conference
with the committeemen and teachers
of the schools relative to the best
methods for making the coming terms
the most successful for years.
Fryiog Paa Light Ship.
Assistant Engineer Groom, of the
U. S. Frying Pan Light Ship . service,
passed through the city yesterday
en route to his home in Charles
ton,' S. C, in response - to a tele
gram announcing the serious illness of
his wife. Engineer Groom says the
light ship stood the hurricane well
and that there was at no time the least
danger of the vessel breaking loose
from her moorings nor was there any
probability of her sustaining damage.
MR.WILUAIIfl.WADB
Drowneihin the Surf at WrieWs-
ville Beach Yestenlay
.; . .Morning; . , . -
REMAINS TAKjinOi RICHMOND
Was the fluest of Mr. Hugh MacRae Had
Determined to Locate in Wilmlng '
too Mr. Chase's Heroic Ef forts
to Save Him. ; ' .
The people of Wilmington were
shocked yesterday by the news of the
drowning . of Mr, William Harvie
Wade, a guest of Mr. Hugh MacRae
at his cottage on, Wrightsvill Beach,
which occurred about 6.30 o'dpek yes
terday - morning I while he fand Mr.
Hugh and CapQDonald Ma(Bas-were
taking a surf bath. , y
' The - body was recovered from the
breakers about 12.30 o'clock, and was
sent to Richmond, Va.,. where Dr.
Wade,, a brother of the deceased re
sides, on the 7 o'clock A. C. L. train
last night" Capt Donald and Mr.
Hugh MacRae accompanied the remains.-:
' .;. ", ; "
j How the Drowning Occurred, - V
Mr. Wade, ia company with Mr.
Hugh and Capt Donald MacRae, were
in the surf directly in front of the Solo
mon cottage which the MacRaes have
rented for the remainder of the season.
They swam out- to the reef and finding
the breakers rather heavy determined
to make their way back to-the beach.
They started swimming shoreward,
Mr. Wade in the rear Mr. Hugh
MacRae told a Stab representative
that it was with the greatest difficulty
that he and his brother made their
way back to the beach. In fact, he
almost despaired at oae time of get
ting back at all. They seemed to have
gotten into a slew, caused by a wash
out in the reef, which carried them
steadily seaward.
In the midst of their dilemma Mr.
H. M. Chase came from the Kitty cot-
tage and swam to their assistance. Mr.
MacRae, seeing that his guest, Mr.
Wade, was in the greatest danger,
called to Mr. Chase to go to his, Mr.
Wade's assistance. This Mr. Chase
did quite heroically and at great peril
to his own life. He found it almost
impossible to breast the current,' but
swam with Mr. Wade for some time,
assisting him in every way possible
until an unusually heavy breaker and
strong current separated them, and
Mr. Wade's body disappeared. When
Mr. Chase reached the shore' he was
almost unconscious.
In the meantime Mr. R. B. Mason,
Mr. Hugh Miller," Mr. J. CV Walton,
Mr.. Henry Parsley and others had
gathered on the scene, and a boat had
been brought down from the Carolina
Club house, and the work of drag
ging for the body was commenced.
Capt. Oscar Grant brought Dr. Geo.
G. Thomas over from Wrights ville on
a hand-car to attend Mr. Chase, and
be at hand when Mr. Wade's body
should be found. :
Mr. J. C. Walton was the first to see
the body about seventy-five feet be
low the point at which the bathers
were when the accident occurred. The
net with which they were dragging
was cast about the body and drawn to
the shore. Life was long since- ex
tinct. The remains were carried to the
MacRae cottage where it was em
balmed by Mr. J. F. Woolvin, the un
dertaker, preparatory for the journey
to Richmond last night.
The deceased was thirty-three years
of age, was a native of Fauquier
county, Virginia. He resided several
years with two maiden aunts in Rich
mond. He was a schoolmate of Mr.
Hugh MacRae at Bingham School and
graduated as a scientific engineer at
Stephen's Institute, Hoboken, New
York. He spent the past three years
in Europe.
Mr. Wade was here to locate, hav
ing secured considerable interest in
the Wilmington Gas Light Company.
Schooner Win. P. Qreen Safe.
The schooner Wrri. F. Qreen, Capt ,
Johnson, for which fears were enter
tained that she had been wrecked off
Hatteras during the recent hurricane,
arrived all safe at Stamford, Conn.,
yesterday. A telegram to this effect
was received by Mr. A. S. Hiede yes
terday, and it was glad tidings for Miss
Johnson, a daughter of the 'captain,
who has been spending some time with
Mr. Heide's family in this city, and
who feared that her father and a sister
who were on board had been lost It
will be remembered that a bottle con
taining a slip of paper on which was
written "Schooner Wm. F. Green lost
at sea August 17th," was found August
21st near Lambert's Point The Green
was from Goanaives Dound for Stam
ford. ' ' ' , m , ' '
Death of Mrs. 0. W. Brown.
j Friends in this city will learn with
regret of the death - of Mrs. Godena
Brown, relict of the late Capt W. H.
Brown, of Bladen county, which oc
curred at her home, corner of Second
and Ann streets Friday afternoon at 6
o'clock. Deceased was 65 years of age
and is survived by two sons, Mr. T. O.
Brown, of Florida, and Mr. W. H.
Brown, book-keeper for Messrs. J. B.
& J. C. .King of this city, .and three
daughters, Misses Derdina, Mary and
Virginia Brown.1 The remains were
taken on the Seaboard Air Line train
yesterday afternoon to Council's sta
tion where the funeral and interment
will take place to-day. -
The personal and practical test
of Christianity is to try it Pascal
says : "Human objects must be known
in order to be loved; divine must be
loved in order to be known." Christ
may be known, and to know him is
eternal life. -
OFJMJRCHASINQ
: TIMBER LANDS.
Ten-Year Contracts theJKost General Prac
ticeThousands of Acres Changing
, Hands Development Expected.
In conversation . with a member of
the Stab staff a well known -attorney,
through whom large acres of timber
lands in Eastern Carolina " are being
purchased by timber dealers and specu
lators further North, said that the pur
chases are being made almost alto
gether purely for the timber, with the
stipulation that after t ten years the
title , reverts to the original owner.
Experts are engaged to estimate the
value of the timber on the stump, the
estimate being made on all timber at
present ten inches or more in diameter,
and that which will during the course
of the ten-year period of the contract
most probably attain that size.
; Generally the right is reserved by
the vendor to take timber for fencing,
fuel and other necessary farming pur
poses. Large purchases on this basis
are being made in Pender, Duplin and
adjacent counties, also in Robe
son, Duplin, Columbus and Other
counties contiguous to. Wilmington.
"Those in a position to judge best are
convinced that the supply of timber
oannot be exhausted for many years
to come and in spite of the vast pro
portions already attained jy Wil
mington as a timber port it is never
theless a fact that the industry is still
in its infancy compared to the enor
mous proportions which can but be
attained in a few years. ' J
a, gaaa " '
ALGONQUIN WILL BE
I HERE OCTOBER ISTH.
Capt. 0. S. Willey Will be Her Com
aiander Now Having Bilge Keel
j Placed The New Wharf.
Indications now are that Wilming
ton will have a revenue cutter for this
port and district of the Atlantic coast
not later than October 15th, and it is, as
Stab readers are aware, settled that the
cutter assigned here will be the Algon
quin. In discussing the matter yester
day afternoon with a member of the
Stab staff Capt Robt M. Clark, of the
revenue cutter service, said that he is
reasonably sure that the Algonquin:
will be here not later than October.
15th, with Captain S. O. Willey in
command. The Algonquin attended
the G. A. R. demonstration at Phila
delphia and proved herself in a thor
ough sea-going condition; but it has
been decided that before she-is sent
here for regular service it will be best
for the vessel to be provided with a
bilge keel to prevent her from rolling
excessively in the breakers. This is
now being placed. The bilge is about
eighteen inches, and is about two feet
below the water line.
Capt Clark arrived here yesterday
morning on business connected with
the construction of the new Govern
ment wharf on Water street between
Princess and Market, the contractor
for which is Geo. H. Howe,, colored.
It is expected that there will be no
f urther .delays of consequence in the
construction of the new wharf, the de
lay during the past few days being due
to the great difficulty in securing the'
necessary timbers. Capt Clark, how
ever, 'now has the assurance of Howe
and the timber " contractor that suffi
cient timbers for the regular prosecu
tion of the work will be provided daily.
rCapt Clark will remain in the city in
specting tne work for a week or more.
He is a guest of The. Orton.
.. AGAINST M0RM0NISM.
Editor Stab: The special telegram
from Raleigh yesterday to the Stab,
telling of the activity of Mormon
elders, prompts the writer to give
some facts with criticifms to your
readers. -
At a county-seat of a neighboring
county a personal effort had to be
made some months ago to have the
court house doors closed against Mor
mons. They were closed. Jn a church
field some fifteen miles from Wil
mington, where vigorous efforts have
been made to reach neglected lives, a
church and its membership are now
under Mormon control. .
Driving from five to six hundred
miles a month with the use of two
horses, and additional miles of rail
way a part of the time, since a mem
ber of Wilmington Presbytery, I have
been contending with the evils of
Mormonism its deception, half truths
and insinuations.
Is it not the duty of the Christian
Church and her pulpit representatives
and members to be more aggressive in
stopping the spread of error as well as
to teach the truth! The . best way to
stop the teaching of errors is to teach
truths ; but away from our towns there
is the great need of more intelligent
preaching considerate, logical, tact
ful preaching of Gospel truths. Our
counties need more schools and better
schools, we know. - ' ;
Into the homes of poverty and the
uneducated and unchurched people,
for the most part the Mormon elders
go and proselyte. When they have
won people to their beliefs then they
give them Mormonism as it is. 1
, At our doors are needs for more
mission .work, because within easy
reach are opportunities for evangeliza
tion almost as imperative as some
foreign lands can offer. What shall
be the answer of intelligence, culture,
affluence to the appealing; voice of op
portune duty? :
' John Stanly Thohas.
Won Highest Honors.
, Norfolk Landmark i- North Caro
lina carried off highest honors at the
opening shoot of the Inter State Shoot
ing Association tournament which
began at Columbia - Park yesterday.
Though . several States were repre
sented by crack shots, the two repre
sentatives of the Old North State pre
sent, Mr. H. C. Bridgers ("Tarheel,")
of Tarboro, and r Colonel J. T. An
thony, of Charlotte, took first and
second place, respectively, in the day's
events. - Mr. Bridgers made a ? total
score of 141, and Colonel Anthony 137
out of a possible 150 targets. - 'V, A -
I METHOD
THE BOOM IN TIMBER
Mill Men Purchasing Large Acre
ages in Pastern. North
Carolina.
ANGOLA LUMBER - COMPANY.
A Norfolk Corporation Has Six Men in
y the Field for Pine, Cypress and Oak.
New Enterprise for Wilmlng-
ton, Perhaps.
' The activity in the nurchase of tim
ber lands in Eastern North Carolina,
which has been prevailing for the past
several months, is now the subject of
much interesting comment on the part
of dealers and those interested in the
up-building , and developement of this
ectioa of the State. That Wilmingr
ton will be the seat of several new and
important enterprises in this line with
in the next half year, seems to be a
foregone conclusion. The increased
prices and the active demand for
lumber of all grades, which has char
acterized the market this year, has
given an unprecedented stimulus to
the timber trade in all sections and
lumber men are either securing op
tions on or buying all the available
lands in the entire territory contiguous
to Wilmington.
The port facilities here ; with other
advantages for a lumber business is
an item which prospectors Will not be
slow in discovering, when it comes to
the location of their plants, and for
this -reason Wilmington may expect
some new and decided improvements
in this respect when several plans yet
in their infancy are more fully ma
tured. 1 .)
The Stab has already referred to
the large purchases of gum' timber in
Bladen county by the Acme Tea Chest
Company of Glasgow, through its
American representative, Mr. Will. L.
Miller, and much activity is now being
displayed in the purchase of other
woods, including pine, cypress, oak,
etc., by the home mills, notable among
them being the Hilton, Cape Fear and
Bridgers . and McKeithan Lumber
Companies, as well as a i number of
outside dealers who are said to be
backed by ample capital; in fact the
buyers do not hesitate to pay spot
cash for any desirable lands that may be
offered. 1 .
The principal buyer of Eastern
North Carolina lumber at this time,
outside of the local dealers, is the An
gola Lumber Company, of " Norfolk,
Va., which has had for several weeks
six buyers in Bladen, Pender and
Onslow counties. They have
secured options' pn and bought
many thousand acres of yellow pine
oak and cypress, and while it is not
authoritatively stated, it is believed
that it is the purpose of the Angola
people . to locate one 'of their large
mills at Wilmington. v
The Blade -Lumber Company, of
Newborn, is also said to be making ex
tensive purchases as far down this
way as the lower edge of Duplin
county, but it is not probable that any
mill will be located here by reason of
the purchases of this concern,, as it
will be cheaper to ship timber to the
home mill at Newborn for manu
facture. I
Lumber people say there was never
such eagerness for timber before on
the part of - so many dealers, who are
disposed to pay good pricea to the land
owner and at the same time make
terms so liberal. The past season has
been a most profitable one with East
ern North Carolina timber men and
the future promises even greater things
unless the unexpected happens.
THAT PHOENIX JUBILEE.
Probable That a Special Train Will be Ron
Prom Wilmington;
It seems . that right elaborate ar
rangements are being made for the
grand rally and basket picnic at Phoe
nix on next Saturday. As previously
announced, there - are to j be several
speeches by prominent citizens, and it
will be a regular gala day lor the peo
ple of that section. j
. An effort which bids fair to suc
ceed, is on foot to have a special train
from Wilmington run under the
auspices of the Woodmen of the
World, of this city. There are fifteen
candidates for initiation into the mys
teries of the order of Woodmen, and
a new lodge will very probably be
established there. '
The special object of the rally and
picnic is to increase interest in the to
bacco industry which is already as
suming considerable proportions, and
Phoenix bids fair to establish quite a
market :' v .
Rev. W. B. Oliver.
The Florence Times of Thursday has
the following item of interest regard
ing Rev. W. B. Oliver, former pastor
of the First Baptist Church- of this
city: '.-.' j : v
"The regular church conference of
the Baptist church was held Sunday
and a unanimous call was extended to
the Rev. W. B. Oliver, D. D., to suc
ceed Dr. Moseley. Dr. Oliver is now
at his home in Virginia, j He is well
known and loved in Florence, having
.upon - numerous occasions filled the
pulpit of the Baptist church. It is
sincerely hoped by all that, he will
favorably consider the calL"
Beached Yessela Purchased.
Three wrecks off the Florida coast
from the recent hurricane ; have, been
purchased by .Capts. , S. W. Skinner
and S. F. Craig. They are the Jafner,
the Latowa and the Hindu, and will
be pumped out and converted into
barges. The purchasers recently re
turned from Carabelle, Florida, where
they went to buy such . vessels as they
thought could be floated at a profit- "
CLAUDE M. BERNARD.
The District Attorney Likely to
I Have More Trouble Over the
Sheppard Affair, s i
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RAILROAD TAX INJUNCTION
The Naval Brigade Durham Rapist Con
victed end Sentenced Cattle Dying
With Texas Fever State Board
of Charities to Meet.
.Special Star j Correspondence. J .
Raleigh, September 9.
It is stated from Washington that
District Attorney Bernard may have
yet more trouble over the Sheppard
matter. Attorney General Griggs is
very indignant over it, they say, and
an official inquiry may be instituted.
Mr. J. C. L. Harris comes out in
an interview opposing a State Repub
lican ticket He thinks the nomina
tions should be given to Populists and
anti-Amendment Democrats. He pro
poses the following ticket: Governor
Marion- Butler; Lieut Governor!
GyrusThompson; Secretary of State,
w- Ayer; (Treasurer, W. II.
worth. He names no candidate foe
Auditor, Superintendent of Public In
struction or Attorney General. . It is
well known here that Mr. Harris him
self wants the last named place.
Railroad Tax Injunction Case.
The attorneys in the railroad tax in
junction case to be tried before Judge
Simonton at Asheville on next Wed
nesday are very i busy preparing their
arguments. Messrs. Simmons, Pou
and Ward and Judge Connor appear
for the Corporation Commission; Col.
John W. vHinsdale appears for the
Governor in the telegraph case only,
while J. C. L. Harris and Charles A.
Cooke appear for him in all the cases. It
has not yet been decided who will
make argument ia the case. The case
involves one per cent, on $12,000,000,
or $120,000 revenue to the State annu
ally, i
The Naval Brigade.
Yesterday the commissions for the
following naval officers of the North
Carolina Naval Brigade were issued
and mailed from the Adjutant Gen
eral's office here :
H. L. Miller, lieutenant of Wil
mington Division.
John T. Midyett lieutenant of Kin
ston Division.
Walter D. Larague, lieutenant,
Junior Grade, Kinston Division.
Naval D. Harper, ensign, Kinston
Division. i '
t The past weefc has been the hottest
here this Summer. The thermometer
has . been about 95 every day and on
one day Wednesday it was 100.
This is the first time the century mark
has been reached by the mercury since
July 3, 1895. During a period of six
years, since July 7, 1893, the temper
ature has been as high as 100 only
twice. I
Gov. Russell has employed Augus
tus M. Moore, of Greenville, to assist
Solicitor Daniel in the prosecution of
James Sears, the overseer on' the
Northampton State farm, charged
with whipping a convict, James Love,
to death. Sears was to have been
tried Tuesday at Northampton court
but the case was continued until next
term of court j.
News comes from Chapel Hill oi the
suicide there Thursday of Miss Annie
Davidson, who had been working in
a cotton mill at i Durham. Desertion
of her faithless loyer is said to be the
cause.
The Kinston Warehouse Company
has applied to the Secretary of State
for a charter. Its capital stock is
$2,500. and the incorporators are Lem
uel Harry, A. Mitchell, W. L. Ken
nedy, Charles L. Harvey and O. Felix
Harvey." i
Students continue to arrive at the
A. and M College. Over 225 board
ing students are present and about 50
day students young men residing in
the city. The freshman class is the
largest any institution in North Caro
lina ever had.
Special Star Telegram.
Durham Rapist Sentenced.
The Board of Charities is called to
meet at Morganton on September 19th,
to devise means for relieving the over
crowded condition of the asylum and
provide for better care of the insane
now confined in ails of the State.
Melvin Parker, negro rapist, tried at
Durham, was at noon found guilty of
assault with intent to commit rape and
sentenced to fifteen years in the peni
tentiary. He was brought here on the
afternoon train.
A herd Of cattle, four miles from
here, to-day was found to be dying, of
Texas fever. Already four are dead
out of a herd of fifteen.
- A telegram from Tarboro announces
the death of Rev. Joseph Blount
Cheshire, D. D., father of Bishop
Cheshire, in his eighty-fourth year.
. Suit has been brought by S. S. Shep
pard, of ' Greenvillei against District
Attorney C. M. Bernard. Sheppard is
the man who last Saturday shot at
Bernard, charging him with ruining
his home. j
PORT CASWELL.
Target Practice With Eight Inch Disap
pearing Rifles, by Battery C.
Special Star Telegram.
SouTHPOBT, September 8. Battery
Cv Fourth artillery, continued their
target practice to-day with the eight
inch disappearing rifles. . Seven shots
were fired, the last shot being a full
charge of one hundred and thirty-five
pounds of powder and a three hun
dred pound projectile. A floating
target was used, and the firing to-day
was very accurate.
Assistant Engineer Groom, of Fry
ing Pan Shoals lightship, came in to
night and reports that the firing was
heard distinctly on Wednesday and
also to-day at the lightship, which is
over twenty miles from Fort Caswell.
. There were received on - the
Wilmington market yesterday 1,537
bales of new crop cotton, the heaviest
receipts of any single day of the new
crop year thus far. On the correspond
ing day last year only 398 bales were re
ceived. The price remains unchanged
at H cents, -against 5J cents on the
same day last year. - - ;
i ; The very deep interest felt in the re
lative merits of tie square bale and:
round bale has induced a close inves
tigation of facts which appear condu-vc
sive in favor of the square bale, and X I
it is being advocated and adopted the 4
world over against the round bale. 1 w -v
; : The Standard Bale Company.- of
bw vneans, nas recently issued . a
most comprehensive circular in the in- '
terest of the producer, ginner, and all "
others dependent upon the cotton in- y
dustry , which presents in , their ; true
light comparative facts commendatory,
of the square bale, the standard of
which is 24x54 inches.' Summarized
these facts show: ;r::"j;-.4;S:,;v,--'
That you can sell y our cotton any-
where if put up in square bales, be
cause : the square bale is a , com
mercial package recognized the world"
OVer. v, , y-..
That the round bale does not meet ,
with ready sale and is sold at prioes
less than the square bale. That the
round bale is a trust and to foster it,
Senator McEnery says, is to foster
the biggest . trust ever conceived by -;
man.- -
That the introduction rf mnnl Kola -:
presses means the establishing notonly . .
01 a coHon trust, out a seed trust an
oil trust, a gin trust, and the breaking '
up of every ginner in the cotton belt
That the standard24x54 bale will net
the farmer $2.85 more than a round
bale. . -
: That from the standnhlnt rt itnwini, .
the standard 24x54 bale is largely ad
vantageous over, tne irregular shaped .
bales ; than an increase in carrying ..
capacity, gained by the improvement .
in the package, means the railmnil
rates will be reduced because cars can "
be loaded to their fullest carrying
capacity.
The cotton exchanges of this coun
try, the ginners and the steamship
agents unanimously endorse the
standard bale.
That a square bale can be screwed
in a ship's hold, which cannot be
done with a round bale, and a cargo
of square bales will not shift in a
ship's hold in the event of heavy "
weather, whereas a cargo of round
bales will shift in such event
That foreign spinners are dissatis
fied with their experience with- the
round bale.
That standard 24x54 bales will be
accorded forty per cent reduction in
ocean freight rates over irregular
bales, which is another reason why
all gin boxes should be changed to
the standard size 24x54.
That subjecting damp cotton just
picked from the field to the heavy
pressure necessary to the round bale
system, presses the oil from the fibre,
mats the lint, and causes vegetable
decomposition.
Finally to allow the introduction of
a round press gin in your plant means
the risk of putting yourself in the
hands and at the mercy of the gigan
tic trust. So hold to your square hale
gin, but change without delay your
boxes to the standard measurement
In this connection it is Well to add the -significant
fact that several of the
round bale gins in South ' Carolina
have been thrown up in disgust those
induced to take them having been
sadly disappointed in them.
WENT THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Engine and Cars On the Columbia, New
berry & Laurens Road Engineer and
Pireman Were Killed.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Columbia, S. C, September 9. The
engine and several cars of a train
loaded with granite went through the
trestle of the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens road over Broad river, near
this city, this afternoon. Engineer
Weathersby, fireman Rennick, and
two other men are known to have
been killed: There may be others
buried under the.wreck.
A car is supposed to have jumped
the track and the jar caused the struc
ture to give way. There is no other
way of accounting for. the accident, as '
the trestle has just been overhauled by
the bridge builders of the Atlantic
Coast Line, and was yesterday turned
over to President Chuds, with the re
port that it was in perfect condition.
An inspection showed the timber to be .
new. Chief Engineer Ellis, of the
road, said to-night that no trestling
could stand the shattering this was
subjected to and the fault lay with - no
one.
The cars fell over forty feet Two
of the men killed were young negroes
who were stealing rides across the
river.
While the trestle is being re-built
the Columbia, Newberry and . Laurens
road will use the tracks of the South
ern from Newberry to Columbia.
The engineer and firemen were car-1
ried down in their engine. The fall
was so sudden, neither moved from ,
his post and they met instant death.
YELLOW FEVER" SITUATION.
Nine New Cases at Key West No New
Developments at Miami New Or
leans and Mississippi City.
By Telegraph to tba Morning Star.
Jacksonville, Fla., September 9.
The State board of health has re
ceived reports to-day to the effect that -'
there are nine new cases of yellowi
fever iri Key West and pne death TSv
McDonald. A corrected list shows
that up to date there have been 135 -cases
and ten deaths.
No new developments at Minmt,
New Orleans, La.; Sept 9. No
new cases of yellow fever have devel- .
oped since the third was reported sev- v
era! days ago, and there is no change .
in the Texas and Alabama quaran
tine. '
The Mississippi State board of health
has quarantined against Mississippi
City, but still declines to quarantine -against
New Orleans. The cases at
Mississippi City are reported aa very
mild and doing well, with all proper
precautions taken..
Washington, Sept 9. Surgeon
General Wyman has been advised
by Dr. Carter, in charge of the Marine -
Hospital Service at Key West, that up
to last night, 127 cases of yellow fever
had been reported at . that point '
There were thirty-one new cases yes- '
terday and two deaths. - -
Advices from the DryTortugas re- "
port that there are twenty persons de
tained who have left Key West,' and '
thirteen more were expected to arrive
there to day. . . - i v.
N NEGRO VOLUNTEERS.
Two Regiments to be Organized by Order
of the War' Department
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, September 9. An ;
order for the organization of two "
colored regiments was issued from the
War Department to-day. All of the
field officers of these two regiments
are white men now .in the regular
army. All company officers will be
colored men who served in the war -with
Spain in either the regulars ' or "
volunteers. The regiments will be
designated the Forty-eighth and Forty-'
ninth volunteer infantry. - ? The H
Forty-eighth , will be organized at Fort
Thomas, Ky., and the Forty-ninth at
Jefferson Barracks, Ma v . ..
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