North Carolina Newspapers

f roiuuoo t ' ''' WILMINGTON, N. C, At- ,1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 aSSg888S8Sggg 8888888888888888 ,.,i3on g 88888888888888888 888888S88888S888S 222S83833$;235SSgg 88888888282888888 88888S882888888? 3S5:S88S888S 82886882888888888 "o,,02S25S22SSS8S? 3888888888888888 'J 9 ,terrrl at the Poit Office at ilmtgtoa, N. C, at Second Clan Ma er.l SUBSCRIPTION P ICE. The lubjeription price ol the "W-ly Star U ai nelT6PT yeaf, pomgepjM .....tl 00 " 6 months " " CO " 3 month! " " 80 nn ME Weekl y THE PRESENT COTTON CROP. TAR VOL. XXXI. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1899. NO. 1 DIVERGENT VIEWS. There was a meeting of the cot ton growers of North. Carolina in Raleigh Iastj Thursday, the object of which wa? to discuss the cotton question anc effect an organization, which was done. Thirty-two coun ties were represented, and among the planters present were some of the mo3t prominent in the . State. There were !a good "many speeches made, and as is usually the case the speeches 'took a wide range, the speakers holding quite divergent views. There was a good deal said about reduction of acreage, storage warehouses, etc. One speech was t- t r m i . i m by apt. o. i. x nomas, pressmen t ox the Commercial Bank, of Raleigh, the substance of which is thus given by the Post: ' "He spoke of the smaller crop of cottoD, whica is yet apt to bring more than a large one. He urged that there be diversification of crops. A plan ought to be devised to prolong the time of selling cotton. It is a mistake that the planters owe all they have made. The cotton crop is worth $300, 000,0.00, and certainly the growers owe uo such sum. He declared that no confidence should be given Neill's esti mate of 11,000,000 bales and that the best estimates appeared to show not lover 9,250,000 bales. He saw certainly an advance in cotton prices). North Carolina last year consumed $10,000,000 worth of cotton, or 338,000 bales. The home mills will need every bale in the State January 1. There is a selling commit tee to fix the price of print cloths. Why can't there be one to fix the pries of the raw cotton? He urged that the erection of mills continue. Toe time is particularly propitious for the warehouse system of storing the non-perishable crops, and merchants and banks stand ready to make liberal advances. Now is the time to hold cotton in -warehouses and hve some say so as to the prices foi it. Now is the auspicious time." Mr. Currie, of Bladen, who is thus substantially quoted by the Pout, followed Uapt. Thomas: 'jfr. Currie. of Bladen, attacked the speeches made, saving ah the talk by farmers had been against trusts and C'jin biues, and yet here was a proposi tion that the! farmers snould form a trust and combine, the biggest one of them all. He declared that the trusts were collapsing and that the thing for the farmers to do is to make all their food supplies and only grow cotton as a surplus crop, storing the cotton on his own premises and selling it when he iret3 readv. If the farmer makes his ou living at home he can smash all the trusts!. As long as the farmers raise 12.000JOOO bale crops they will hvft low prices. Cotton has run away with the farmers, lhey give the speculators a stick with which to break their I own heads. There is -nothing the farmer can do as a whole that be cannot do as an individual. They cannot keep up prices as long as they raise more cotton than is needed." We reproduce these extracts be cause they embrace the views gen erally expressed from the standpoint of the rcsDective speakers. While L - warehousesJ as advocated by Capt. Thomas, wkmld be a good thing whether the crop were a large or a Bmall one, the planter cannot de pend on these alone to increase and keen the nrices of cotton up, for A A j - ' one crop must, unless it.be a very small one, be taken off the maket-be fore another goes on. With one " crop, m uch overlapping another there will be and oversupply and prices will go down, warehouses or no ware houses. 1 The only; sure remedy against low prices is a cron within the limit of the world's surely will, . whether there be ware houses or not, for 12,000,000 bales is more than the world needs at present for consumption and all over the needs for consumption helps to pull the price idowb, not only oh that crop but on the suc ceeding crop, for it leaves a surplus to handicap the new crop. If diversified farming became the rule instead of the exception, this would result in a reduction of acre age, because a smaller acreage would be necessary to give more time and labor to other crops. But it would create a revolution on the farm and the planter would become a farmer more self-sustaining, more independ ent, and as a result better contented with his Calling and happier, and in stead of one he would have several sources of income, none as great, perhaps, as cotton has been or is, but altogether much greater.. Speaking of North Carolina, there is no reason why .the planters and farmers of this State should not only grow wheat, corn, oats, hay and other food stuffs enough for home con sumption, but a considerable for sale outside of the State, and there is no reason why they should not raise beef and pork enough for home con sumption and a considerable quan tity for sale outside of the State. There are a number of other things, such as butter and eggs, vege tables and fruits for Winter use, which could be produced, all of which might become revenue pro ducers of large proportions in the aggregate, helping to make our far mers independent, and to put the in such a position that they could market their cotton when it suited them to , ao so, warehouse Or no warehouse.! With such a system of diversification, bringing revenue from many instead of a few things, they would be their own masters and in no way dependent upon borrowed money, and would therefore have really little use for warehouses, how ever useful they may be, (and are) while cotton is the main and money crop. Diversified farming is the key to success for the Southern planter, whether he plant cotton or tobacco. But it is a good thing for farmers and planters to get together occa sionally to talk over these matters, and the more they talk over them the sooner they will become con vinced that diversified farming is the true policy.- . A CO-OPERATIVE COTTON MILL. The Scotland Neck Commohwealt h is making a comm endable effort to establish a co-operative cotton mill in that town. It proposes that the planters in the vicinity take stock in it to the amount of five hundred or a thousand "bales of cotton, the balance of the stock to be taken i: money subscriptions, which, it says, san be easily done. We have written much on the co operative cotton mill which we look upon as one of the very best agencies for establishing home mar kets, and at the same time giving the planter all the profit there is in the crop by converting his lint into finished fabrics and giving him the profit on the finished article instead of simply on the raw material. The fact is, every cotton growing sec tion should have one or more cotton, mills, owned in part if not wholly by the planters. . J The advantages these wouhi give the planters are so numerous. &nd so apparent, that any one in; i f moments thought ought to se them. They not only furnish a home market nearby thuEr enabling tho planter to dispose)! his crop quick ly and at comparatively small cost iniabor, time, and wear and tear on vehicles andteams, (no small item when the Toads are bad) but they give employment to many people, bring money in, put it in circulation and create a demand for a good many things in which the farmer would find tvrofifc. bnt which there -I is no inducement to produce with out factories to furnish consumers. These are but a few of many ad vantages that might be enumerated and which, every reflecting person ought to be able to see. It was the co-operative cotton mill that gave Charlotte her start and made her orfe of the leading industrial cen ters in the South. If The Common wealth succeeds in its effort, we pre dict that it will not be long before there will be one or more mills to follow this. The Stab welcomes back to his "native heath" editor Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, who has returned from a trip to Europe. J udging from some of his printed letters, he sized up the women of Paris and London so acurately that 'jrill be able to give the readers of the Observer some "mighty in terestin' readinV ' t,, . '-' An obstinate old firemen in Chi cago, who is drawing a comfortable pension on the retired list, has gone to jail, rather than-' pay his wife, from whom he is separated, $5 a week. Ho, says he will make by the transaction for the, county will have to board7 atfd lodge him, and he' will be that much ahead and save the $5 a week. ENDED HIS OWN LIFE. Thomas DUIoo, Tired ol Life, Committed Suicide by Taking An Overdose of Laudanum. i CONDEMNED MURDERER 1 THE BROUGHT TO WILMINGTON ATLANTIC COAST LINE. If one half of the "claims be true as to the number of ailments that t liquid air will cure, all the doctor's will have to do after a little while will be to lay in a stock of liquid air and give the apothecary men an in definite furlough.' When a young man Bourke Cockran, the New York orator of voluminous voice, was a porter in A. T. Stewart's store. When he wasn't portering he was wrestling with Clay, Calhoun, Webster and other orators, and took his pointers from them. Gen. Funston says he does not care to be Vice President. He would be satisfied with a seat in the U. S. Senate. Fred's modesty lays his swimming and fighting feats away in the shade. "' IMPORTANT DEAL BY THE B. F. KEITH CO. Thomas Dillon, a white laborer, was found dead in bed this morning at his home in Kidder's alley, leading from Seventh street, between Church and Castle. By his side was found a four ounce bottle of laudanum, and this, coupled with the fact that he had pre viously threatened to take his own life, leads his friends to believe that it is a ease of suicide. Domestic troubles were assigned by him previously as the reason of his intention to commit the rasE act. Dr. Price, the coroner, early yester day morning viewed the body and em panelled a jury, which, after hearing the evidence, rendered the verdict that the deceased came to his death some time during the night by taking an overdose of laudanum. The jury was composed of Theodore Swann (foreman), John G. Marshall (secretary), "J. L. Landing, J. D. Southerland. J. S. Costin and E. W. Stokfcley. - . " Mr. Dillon's wife testified that she knew of her husband's threat to take his life and remained awake all Wed nesday night to prevent the attempt. Thursday night he told her he had de stroyed the bottle of laudanum pur chased for the purpose later accom plished, but in his death it developed that this statement was erroneous. The only other witness who testified was Thos. H. Price, The body was interred yesterday afternoon at the county's expense. Dillon removed here from Norfolk, it is said, four or five years ago, and was first employed in assisting with the building of the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville beach. He leaves a wife and several children. HON. A. M. WADDELL. Slayer of J. C. Herring in New Hanover County Jail for Safekeeping Pear His Priends Wonld Rescue Him. Will Begin Operating Its New Short Line Between Florence and Augusta To dayThe Line Completed. They Secure the Trade Mark and Right to Manufacture the Popular Brand of Hoe Cake Baking Powder." demand for . consump tion. But this would require, as one of the speakers said, the co-opera tion of the planters of the entire cotton belt for the planters of North Carolina, which produces only one twentieth of the total crop, would he powerless to regulate acreage or to control 'prices. But by getting the planters 6t each cotton growing State organized this might eventu ally get the planters of all the . States closer together and be instru mental in restricting acreage ture- ' sonable dimensions. Mr. Currie struck the kernel of the qu38tion when he advocated di- - versified farming, although hef-was, in our opinion, considerably off - when he I characterized the ware House plan as a trust, for there is Qo more of a trust in that than id the plaater holding his cotton in . his own storage house, as many do, until the price suitB him, although he may have to borrow money on that cotton in the meantime to meet his obligations But he was right when he I advocated the planters ttakinc thir livinc at home, and THE CUP IS RAILED TO THE COTTNTEB. It is gratifying of course, to American pride that Sir Thomas Lipton, who crossed the ocean with his crack- vacht to capture that Queen Victoria cup and take it back to England, gos back without it, and a pleasant feature of the ending is that there is no ground for dispute about it, or for charge that the Columbia won by jockying or by foul play. It was simply three clean, straight beats by the. swifter boat, and so freely admitted by the chal lenging owner of the Shamrock, who says he may try it again. He may, but the probabilities are that he is sufficiently amused with his fruitless efforts after having invested about a million dollars. It is somewhat of a coincidence that in this the eleventh contest for the cup eleven attempts were made before the contest was decided, eight in which the races were declared off because of unfavorable winds, and three in which the race was finished, the Columbia winning in each, and ! by a distance sufficient to establish the fact that she is the better boat, which establishes another fact, which is that as boat builders the Ameri cans retain their prestige as the best in the world. What British skill and money could do wast done on the Shamrock, which is unques tionably the best boat for the purpose intended tney ever puo afloat, hut American skill and Ameri can money built a better boat, and as a result, that much contested for cup remains on this side, and will doubtless continue to remain. lor many years to come. But if Sir Thomas didn't win the cap, he won some , creditable noto riety, and got a good deal of capital gratuitous advertising for himself and his Ceylon tea, so his wasn't a fruitless mission after all. Mrs. Goldfarb, of New York, wants a divorce from Mr. Goldfarb because he is so shockingly ugly and although she has done her level be3t, she has utterly failed to make him even passably good looking. But as the fellows who built the divorce law for New York omitted to in clude physical ugliness as a cause for divorce, about the only thing we see that Mrs. Goldfarb can do will be to move over into Pennsylvania and 'take the chances of being swap ped off to some better looking fel low. ' A SENSIBLE VIEW OF IT. Booker" T. Washington has not been writing and talking in vain for a great many prominent negroes in this country are beginning to catch on to his views on the solution of the race problem. The folio wing is from Bishop Walters, President of the Afro-American Council, but much of it sounds much like Booker T. Washington: "It is the concensus of opinion among the leaders of the race, who are not Federal office-holders, that the time has come when the nego should divide his vote. I am of the opinion that it is one of the ways to solve the negro problem, especially in the South. The negro is here to stay, and sooner or later will be given hid constitution al rights. He is demonstrating every day that he is capable of assimulating the highest civilization of America. As the negro advances in intelli gence, wealth and culture, the doors that are now closed against him will be opened. The spirit of liberty is too stroDt? in this countrv to keep the ne gro forever out of his rights, whenhe is thoroughly prepared to receive them. The best white people of the South are awakening to this fact, hence a few of them want him sent out of the country. The large major ity of them are against this plan, for they know that it is impracticable, "Since we are to remain here, we must make friends of our enemies. I believe we cau greatly aid our cause by allying ourselves politically with the best and most influential whites of the South, the ruling classes." t Bishop Walters didn't talk thus sensibly always, for he has been somewhat fiery as a negro rights champion, but the sooner the ne groes take this view of it and the more of them that -talk that way the sooner the race problem will be solved and the more satisfactorily to bothVaces. The peaceful, harmon ious and permanent solution of it is really more in the hands and con duct of the negroes than of the whites. ftnnrcrift is troubled. She had a very choice assortment of fine speci mens of kaolin in her State muSeum, and found when they were wanted that they had been devoured by a scrub-woman who had a voracious appetite for fine clay. -The discov ery probably saved the ' bust of Henry Clay. Georgia shouldn't em ploy scrubwomen with a fondness for dirt diet. A London paper remarks that Sir Thomas Lipton is so popular in this country that if he were "to become a naturalized citizen he would be come almost as formidable a candi date for the Presidency as Admiral Dewey." But in as much as itwould be necessary for Thomas to be born again on this side of the water this knocks our" esteemed Irish friend out. The B. F. Keith Company, one of Wilmington's most enterprising and responsible business houses, on yes terday made a deal by which they pur chased the trade mark and right to manufacture the superior and popular brand of "Hoe Cake Baking Soda," which has been manufactured here by the Roanoke Chemical Company, re cently gone out of business, as men tioned in The Star. The Keith'Co., will continue the manufacture of "Hoe Cake Soda," and expect to keep it up to the high standard of excellence established for it by the Roanoke Chemical Company. This brand of soda has a high reputa tion for its quality, andjhe former manufacturers spent $10,000 in adver tising it throughout the South. It is known far and wide as a high class soda, and the new manufacturers possess ample facilities and means to keep it up to tho standard. They ex pect to push its sale among the trade in all the States embraced in the Roan oke Chemical Company's territory. The Stab recently mentioned that the Keith Company had established soda works in this city to manufacture the "Reliable Brand of Soda." Mr. B. F. Keith, president of the company, stated yesterday that the company will also continue the manufacture of this brand, which they guarantee to be as good as any baking soda on the market. Both brands will be put up in any size packages to suit the trade. See the company's announcement in the Stab's advertising columns this morning. DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. Me. of The battle cry of the British sol tha TW.r countrv is "Re- UiVA - member Majnba." But the Boers remember' it too, and the way they right when he said that a 12,000,000 ' scooped, the Britons on that occa- bale crop means lower prices, as it aion is a sort of stimulator for them. The ripest bridegroom lately reported is a New Jersey dootor who says he is 122 years old, and cele brated his last birthday by getting married. There may be some in credulity as to his alleged age, but when a man becomes thoroughly acclimated in- JSew Jersey tnere is no telling how long he may live, if he escapes "Jersey lightning.; Gen. Schafterhas declined to take notice of Rear Admiral Sampson's remarks about that Santiago busi ness. It would be rough on Samp son if Schaf ter were to sit down on him. s ' ; j Charles A. Pearsall the Victim Consumption The Puneral. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of his brother-in-law, Mr. Sol J. Jones, in East Wilmington, Mr. Chas. A. Pearsall died, after an illness of nearly five weeks with con sumption. , , Mr. Pearsall was for a number of years a popular and trusted conductor of the Atlantic Coast Line, and was last employed at Pinnerrs Point, Va. He was 29 years of. age and is sur vived by his mother, Mrs.; Lucy B. Pearsall, who resides with Mr. Jones, and one sister, Mrs. W. K. Culbreth, of Purvis, Robeson county. The, funeral will be held from the residence of Mr." Jones this afternoon at L45 o'clock, and the remains will be taken via the S. A. L. at 3.20 o'clock to Moss Neck, Robeson county, nea. which place the interment will be made to-morrow morning. Vessels Bound Por Wilmington. The, following list of vessels are either in port or have sailed for Wil mington, as reported in a current number of the New York Maritime Register: . -Schooner Alma, 144 tons, Small, in port of New York, to Smith, Gregory &Co. British steamship Suez, 1,305 tons, Higginbotham, sailed Fayal,A October 13th. British steamship Laura, 1,804 tons, Yule, sailed Hull, October 7th. Norwegian barque River Thames, 454 tons, from Bristol, October 9th. The Artesian WelT " ' The work of boring the Claren don Waterworks Company 's artesian well at Hilton still goes on. Up to yesterday the well had been bored to a depth of 1,268 feet 6 mcnes. J.ne drill is still pounding its way through granite, having passed 159 feet 6 inches through the rock. This causes the boring to proceed slowly, a pro gress of only three and a half feet having been made the past week. Candidate for the Senate If Parly Prima ries Are Held. Raleigh News & Observer. Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 17, 1899. To the Editor: As one of the per sons whose names have been published . ... A1 A. XT A J in connection witn tue next unueu States Senatorship, (although without authority as far as I am concerned) I desire to say to the public what I have said to individuals who have spoken to me on the subject, viz: 1. That if the next Democratic State Convention, in accordance with the resolution of the last one in favor of the election of Senators by the people, shall order party primaries to ascertain the will or tne isemocrais n me State, I expect to be a candidate; but if the machine' method of securing members of the Legislature in advance is to be pursued, 1 will not be a can didate. 2. That the primaries ought to be held, and the Senatorial canvass con ducted, after the August election, and not before. 3. That I am not now making any canvass, and will not' do so until I know whether there are to be primaries or not. 4. That I will cheerfully unite with all other aspirants in a pledge not to solicit, directly or indirectly, any vote until after the August election. 5. That, in my opinion, no man worthv to be Senator would hold that office contrary to the will of a majority of his own party. Vr If there is any more candid or plainer way to state my position on the matter than this, I do not know it. Alfred Moobe Waddell. Carrie A. Lane. The derelict Carrie A. Lane, which was anchored four miles off Brown's inlet on the lower Cape Fear coast, by a party of fishermen, has been safely towed into Lookout bight by the tug Blanche and with her cargo will be towed to Noank, Connecticut, her original destination. Capt. S. F. Craig, who went over to look out for the interest of the Blanche in the mat ter, returned yesterday afternoon and the Blanche reached Southport yester day morning. The schooner has. a steam pump of her own and with this, she wilfbe pumped out preparatory to the tow to Noank. Negro Drowned Yesterday Afternoon. Malachi Lovick, a young colored man about 23 years of age, was drowned yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock while assisting his father in raising logs from the river at foot of Dawson street. The body was re covered by Mr. E. W. Branch at 6 o'clock, and Dr. Richard J. Price, the coroner, after viewing the body em- nanelled a "urv which returned 'a verdict of accidental drowning, Lovick lived in Gerdes' alley, lead ing from Eighth to Ninth, between Queen and Wooster streets, and with his father earned a living by recover ing logs adrift in the river. An Old Merchant. A gentleman who passed through the city on his way to Florida twenty- one years ago, purchased at that time a suit of clothes from Mr. Sol. Bear. He was here yesterday and said he had met one gentleman whom he knew twenty-one years ago, and that was Mr. Bear. In passing down Market street he saw Mr. Bear's sign, and went in his establishment, and. said he im mediately recognized Mr. Bear, who did not appear any younger or older than he did twenty-one years ago. He says he asked Mr. Bear how long he had been in Wilmington, and he re plied about a hundred years. Cotton receipts were a little increased yesterday, 2,734 bales hav been brought in up to closing of the market Receipts on the same, date last year were 4,028 bales. The quo tations yesterday were on a basis of 7 cents for middling against 4f cents on the same date in 1898. Deputy Sheriff Everett Turner, of Sampson county, arrived in Wilming ton on the 5.50 train on tie Atlantic Coast Line yesterday evening with Archie Kinsauls in custody. He brought Kinsauls here from Clinton and committed him to the New Han over county jail for safekeeping. It was feared that Kinsauls' friends would rescue him if he was allowed to remain in jail at. Clinton, jit will be remembered that soon after he was committed to jail at Clinton a year ago, his friends took him from jail by force of arms.- Kinsauls is a white man and was tried for his life and condemned to death last Wednesday iu the Superior Court at Clinton for th9 murder of J. C. Herring, white,, of Sampson coun ty. The trial began on Friday of last week before Judge Henry R. Bryan and resulted on Wednesday ia a ver dict of guilty. He was saataucad to be hanged November 29th proximo. His trial created intense interest, and there was a strong fight to sive Kinsauls from the gallows. He was ably de fended by Col. John D. Kerr, Con gressman John Fowler, and Mr. Cooper, of the Clinton bar. Solicitor Rodolph Duffy, of Wilmington, pros ecuted, and was assisted by George E. Butler, Esq., and Henry E. Faison, Esq., two well known Clinton law yers, who were retained by the mur dered man's relatives. After Judge Bryan sentenced Kinsauls to be ex ecuted, his lawyers took an appeal to the Supreme Court. j Pending the appeal to the Supreme Court the sheriff of Sampson county feared to keep Kinsauls j in jail at Clinton, being apprehensive that his friends would take him from jail. During the heated political campaign last Fall Kinsauls killed Herring by cutting him with a knife at a political meeting at Beaman's Cross R-ads, Sampson county, October :27th, 1898. Senator Marion Butler was one of the speakers at the meeting Kinsauls lived near Beaman's Cross Roads, and it is learned that he made no effort to flee the county after the killing. He remained at home, and a few days after the tragedy he was arrested and committed to jail at Clinton. On the ight of the 20th of December, after he had been ia jail two months, a party of his friends went to the jail and by force of arms compelled the jailor to admit them. Thef then took KinsauAs from jail and set him at lib erty. He did not leave ie county but stayed around home, and after being at large nine months he was captured near his home on Sunday, the 17th of last month. He was hunt ed by a posse and was shot down on the highway, receiving twenty-eight buck-shot in his body. The condemned man was seen in jail last night by a Stab reporter, and he talked without reserve. He gave his age at 32 years and his weight as 120 pounds. He has been married two years and has one child. He says the man he killed weighed 195 pounds. He stated that he killed Herring in self-defence and that his conviction was a complete surprise to everybody but those grounded in prejudice. He says the evidence at the trial showed that the killing was done in self-defence. Kinsauls told the Star representa tive that politics was at the bottom of the difficulty that resulted in the kill ing. He states that he is a Democrat, while Herring was a dyed-in-the-wool Populist, and that with Sampson county rotten with Populism and in the hands of Populists, the jury was packed against him. His story of the killing is that in the Falb; of '98, Kass Herring, a brother of the man he killed, disliked him because of his poly tics and drove over him with a buggr. Subsequently he met J. C. Herring and cursed his brother for running over him; that J. C. Herring, who was a powerful man physically, tried to whip him, but he ran and kept out of his way. He says that Herring threat ened repeatedly that he would whip him or kill him, and that at the politi cal meeting October 27, 1B98, Herring attacked him, being armed with brass knucks, and fearing for his life, he cut him in self-defence. He states that when he was recently recaptured Herring's brothers, uncles and friends waylaid and shot him, firing several guns at him, after he had been shot down. Forty-two men were in the posse that recaptured him. Kinsauls does not look like a bad man and is confident that he will ulti mately be given a new trial and be acquitted. He brought with him a let ter to the sheriff frcm Dr. John A. Stevens, of Clinton, who states that Kinsauls is a man of character, truth and honesty and requesting that good care be taken of him, as he is yet feeble from his wounds. : j The Florence correspondent of the Charleston Newi and Courier under date of October 19 th, writes that paper as follows regarding the Coast Line's new short line between Florence and Augusta: Beginning on Saturday, October 21, the Atlantic Coast Line will begin operating their new short line be tween Florence i and Augusta, via Sumterv, Denmark, Robbins and over the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad enter the city of Augusta by their own route. The completion, of the connecting link between Denmark and Robbins, by Barnwell Court House this week, completes the new route. The Atlantic Coast Line has been operating the new line for several weeks as far as Barnwell Court HoUse, by running a local freight train from Florence to Barnwell daily. Begin ning on Saturday, however, the local freight will run through to Robbins daily. The train will be hereafter known as the "Atlantic Coast Line's Southwestern Special," and will be a turouen time freight and .will be run daily except Sunday, v v . Tne passenger: service will not be established until November 1, at which time a through train from Florence to Atlanta via the Georgia Railroad will be put on. This will be a daisy train and will be a "hummer." This train has already been fitted out in the Coast Line's shops at Wilmington and is now ready for service as soon as the schedule is established It is said to be one of the handsomest trains that will run iu the South. . On January 1 a double daily service connecting at Florence with Coast Line trains to and from the North will be added. COTTON RECEIPTS PALLING OFP. Wilmington Has Same Experience As Other Cities, But Continues Pif th Port. The following statement of the re ceipts of cotton and naval stores at the port of Wilmington for the week end ing yesterday and past crop year to' the same period, ' with a comparison of those last year, will make interesting reading in view j of the "short crop" speculation that is now being indulged in so widely, especially in the South: Week Ended October 20, 1899 Cot ton, '11, 033 bales; spirits, 624 casks; rosinT 2,667 barrels; tar, 1,170 barrels; crude, 370 barrels. Week Ended October 20, 1898 Cot ton, 24.686 bales; spirits, 458 casks; rosin, 2,117 barrels; tar, 1,073 barrels; crude, 226 barrels. Crop year to Oct 20, 1899 Cot ton, 94,154 bales'; spirits, 21,533 casks; rosin, 77,952 barrels ; tar, 32,535 barrels ; crude, 7,248 barrels. Crop year to Oct 20, 1898 Cotton, 114,553 bales; spirits, 19,813 casks; rosin. . 95,799 barrels; tar, 32,541 bar rels; crude, 6,779 barrels. In this connection it is interesting to note that notwithstanding the great falling off in receipts during the past two weeks at this port, Wilmington has retained her position as fifth port in the United States, with Charleston a close competitor. THE ROANOKE i CHEMICAL COMPANY. Some of the Causes That Retarded Growth , and Redaced the Yield. Maxtor, N. C , Oct 19, 1899. To the Cotton Growers of the South: - - I have been thinking for some time that I would write a short article on "The Present Growing Cotton Crop,M and by way of preface will say that I have been growing .and making cot ton for forty-five years and have made a success of it untiLa few years back when silver was demonetized and cot ton followed it down. But we will drop that, as it has nothing to do with . the present growing crop (except as to -values), i " I have noticed Neill's estimate on the crop as twelve millions of bales; that was just after the August report or in other words the Government re port upon the heel of which cotton went down forty-two points; but it rallied again and went up fifteen points, after which Mr. Neill re affirmed his first estimate; then, after the September report came out Mr. Neill dropped his esti mate one million bales. If he had dropped two milllions, he would hive been much nearer right so,I -think. In the years '97 and '98, there was less moisture than we have had for the present growing crop; but, there is something behind that which is far reaching on this crop, and which I don't think Mr. Neill has been able to comprehend. Now there are three causes for the shortage in the present or the crop of 1899. all of which I will give as I see it. First the cotton belt was saturated with water last Winter and Spring, for about three months, That being so, what was the result? I answer, "the land soured," and that being a fact before the fact will make it clear to the mind of any cotton grower that it would be impossible to get a full cotton crop after it. Why? Because the plant will not take on theTFtrit. That is the cause of but little cottotMmpsaudiqafruit, the plant thinly fruited. So much for the first cause. The second cause, was the cool nights in July (I. think along about the 10th) which were very injurious to the plant. It was full of growth and sap and the result was it harden ed the plant, made it woody, and the consequence is there was about two weeks lost to the cotton growing of the main cotton month. - I look upon that as a mammoth thing on a cotton crop. The third cause, is the hot tropical sun and burning winds scorched and burned the plant so that there was not life enough left in the weed todevelope the fruit . Now I have given you the facts, as I see them, and I believe what I have said will hold good east of the Mississippi river. In conclusion. I will say that according to my judg ment the entire crop of .1899 will not exceed . nine millions eight hundred and fifty thousand bales. I hope this article may be kept on file, and in the year 1900, on the 2nd day of Septem ber, its readers may draw it out and compare estimates withN the Cotton Mogul of the South, who is now. ap parently side tracked. H. C. Alford. MURDERER EXECUTED. Avery Sale of Its Plant and Stock Yesterday Morning by the Assignee. Pursuant to notice of Mr. J. M. Rice, assignee, and Capt Wilkes Mor ris, auctioneer, j the plant and other properties of the Roanoke Chemical Company, at f oot of Chesnut street were sold at auction yesterday. The bidding was very slow and three hours were consumed in disposing of the various articles, included iu which were 50,000 assorted tin cans, soda and baking powder cartoons and labels, machinery, boxes, barrels and office fixtures. j The purchasers and the articles bought were so many in number that last night the total proceeds of the sale had not been footed up, but it was learned from the clerk of the sale that the amount will not aggregate over $600. The property is said to have cost $1,800. The principal purchasers were Mesrs. Sol. and Sam'l Bear, B. F. Keith Co., McNair & Pearsall and S. W. Sanders. The right and title to the brands of i goods manufactured, were reserved by the company and it is intimated that they are contemplat ing embarking1; into the manufacture of same in some other city. Most of the goods were removed from the building yesterday. TO BE MANUFACTURED ON A LARGE SCALE. Kale Hanged at Newton for the Murder of George Travis. Bv Telegraph to tne Morning Star. - Charlotte, N. C, October -1'9. A special to the Observer from Newton, N. C, says: Avery Kale, white, was hanged here to-day for the murder of George Travis, also white, near Catawba, last year. Kale was employed in Alley's dis tillery and for some cause was dis charged and Travis given the place. Kale went home, got a shot-gun and returning to the distillery shot Travis in the head while the latter was at ' work. The shot tore away a large section of Travis' skull, death result- ' ing instantly. Kale immediately left , for Marion, enlisted in Company A, the Hornets' Nest Riflemen, of Char lotte, and was arrested soon after reaching camp at Jacksonville, brought back to Newton, tried and convicted, j The body was allowed to hang thirty ; minutes, as he had requested that the job be a thorough one, as he did not want to come back to this world. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. The Winchester Monument The monument to the North Caro lina Confederate dead buried in the cemetery at Winchester, Va., will be completed, it is said, by the last day of November. The matter of unveil ing it was discussed at the meeting of the Confederate Veterans' Association at Raleigh, Wednesday i night The following named ladies are a commit tee to aid the Veterans' Association to make arrangements for the unveiling and proper ceremonies ' and to repre sent the State at large : Mrs. J. P. Al lison, Concord, N. 0. ; Mrs. R. L. Rig gins, Winston, N. C. ; Mrs. Armistead Burwell, Charlotte, N. C; Mra Josh James, Wilmington, N, C. ; Mrs. EL A. London, Pittsboro, , N. C. ; Mrs. Michael Hoke, Lincolnton, N. C; Miss Rebecca Cameron, Hillsboro, N.C. t White Patent Axle and Hub Company Will ' Have Its Inventions Manufactured North and in Wilmington. i . Mr. F. P. White, patentee of the White patent axle and hub, returned yesterday from Raleigh where he ex hibited his inventions at the State Fair. They attracted much attention and were awarded the first premium. Mr. B. F. Keith, president of the White Patent Axle and Hub Com pany, who returned from New York on Friday, states that while north he made arrangements to have the White axles and hubs manufactured on a large scale. They will also be manu factured in Wilmington. While in New York Mr. Keith ex hibited the axles and hubs at the an nual convention of carriage "builders and dealers, held in that city October 16th to 20th. j The axle was univer sally pronounced the best thing of th kind that is known to carriage builders Both the City Tax Collector and Mr. Owen FerrelL the clever "gatherer" for the county, did good business yesterday afternoon, after working hours atv the various indus tries where the employes are paid their earnings weekly. Collections thus far have been very satisfactory. Salisbury Sun: There was a homicide at' Spencer Thursday even ingJesse Knott, colored, shot .his brother, Charlie Knott the bullet making a wound from which the in jured man died last night After the shooting, which was the closing sceno of a fight between the brothers, Jesse gave himself up to the officers and was placed in jail. Charlotte News: Dr. Cooper Curtice, the State veterinarian, says he does not expect ,any further out breaks of Texas fever among the cattle of the State this fall. "I hope there will be never any . more," he added, "hut of course that is not nrobable. When the grass comes out next spring and the cattle begin to go around gra ling we may expect more fever." Sanford Express: The large new hotel at Pinehurst will be open for the reception of guests by Novem ber 1st The hotel will be elegantly furnished, the carpets alone costing $12,000. This makes the seventh hotel for Pinehurst, all owned by Mr. Tufts, all of which, with his 76 cot tages, will be crowded with guests the coming winter. - Fayetteville Observer: The friends of Mr. Frank S. Maultsby were shocked this morning upon the re ceipt of a telegram from Greenville, N. C, announcing his death' in that town Thursday night. Mr. Maultsby's relatives here did not know he was sick and the supposition is that he died mi4laTilv TVia Hon ah ami wan nhont AO years of age, and removed from this city to Greenville about three years ago. ; : - Smithfiejd Herald Mr. Brant ley Deans was drowned in the Thomas Atkinson mill pond, in O'Neal'a town ship, last Friday evening at 5 o'clock. ile and jar. jonn uunyan saneuiwu been up the bond in a boat fishing. They were returning at fast speed when suddenly the boat struck a stump just a little, under the water and ran on it Iff trying to get the boat e the stump it was capsized. The water was 1H feet deep. Neither of them could swim, but Mr. Batten caught hold of the stump and saved his life. ! Mr. Deans' body was found at 8 o'clock. Chatham Record: The Cape Fear Power Company wiU transmit electric power from tockville and Buckhorne to the surfounding towns, as soon as they co. While the work is being push-Jet Lockyille and Buck home preparatory for transmitting the power, the company is making con tracts for the sale or use of its power. Last week the president and secretary of the company (Messrs. Morgan and Gray) went to Fayetteville and aaade satisfactory arrangements for trans mitting 2,000 horse-power yearly. Most of it will be used by the cotton mills at! Fayetteville, but the town will use the balance for electric lights. This power will be transmitted to Fay etteville from the "Buckhorne water power a distance of about thirty miles.