North Carolina Newspapers

!ic WLeMs Stox. T. h IAM a. BEBBARP Dklitor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Fbiday, - - December 15, 1899. COTTON AS A WEALTH PRO PRODTJCEE The South is the great cotton grower of the world, but she' has errnwn notion not to enrich herself but other sections of this and of other countries. When it was grown with slave labor, there was some profit in it because the crop was then not more than a third as large as it is now, the' labor cost nothing but the food and clothing of the laborers, and in those days as a general thing the cotton-growers raised their home supplies so Hhat the slaves were cheaply kept. They raised what fed them, and the stuff that clothed them. In addition to this cotton commanded a better price than it has since the crop has begun to in crease so largely. It was a paying crop then, but it has not been since, and it is at least doubtful whether, including all the erops grown since the war, the growers have not actually lost money on the cotton they grew. But a great deal of money has been made out of cotton by others besides the growers. Everybody that handled it after it left the plan tation , made something out of it, some a great deal and some became wealthy but of it. It has been the foundation of the wealth of the cot ton manufacturing centers of the North, and of the cotton manufac turing districts of England. We are doing better now since cotton manufacturing ' is becoming one of our industries and will continue to do better as the factories increase in number, and we convert the pro fitless lint into profit-making fab rics. The fine showing made by the mills already established in the South has centered attention on the cotton mill and as a result there are now movements for the establish ment of mills in States where they were little thought of, if thought of at all, a few years ago. There is a lively agitation of the subject in Texas and Louisiana, and the busi ness men of New Orleans are taking an active part in it. At a recent . meeting of the Press Club the sub ject was . discussed and some inter esting facts and figures produced, which the Picayune sums up thus: "It was shown that a crop of cotton which required 2,800,000 laborers to stow and tret ready for market brought $246,000,000, or a wage of $90 to each hand for a year's work. This cotton was spun and woven by 1,000,008 per sons, who got an average each of $500 for a year's work. The result was that only $246,000,000 was received for the sale of the raw cotton, while more than double that- amount was paid to the labor that spun and wove the cotton, and that spinning and weaving were done outside the States where the cot ton was grown. ' Now, if that cotton were spun and woven in the cotton States, not only would z.246 nnn nnn 2U ucers of the raw staple have remained m me Boutnern Stales, but $500,000,- )00 more, naid fnr m an n fo f ii mm ..f p - t 1 .-.wiim..uk WIA- diuo iuura omies, ana aiso nave re mained to enrich the Southern people who would have received as their re turn for a single crop of cotton the" enormous sum of $746,000,000. "According to Mr. H. H. Hargrove, one of the speakers, who had travelled extensively ana investigated the cot ton industry in New England, which is the richest part of the Republic, its wealth having been made almost wnoiiy irom cotton manufacturing, the cotton States enjoy the greatest ad vantages for this industry, and what are required are the requisite energy and enterprise to start and carry on the development of Southern cotton Milium. . "The following illnefmi;. - - - - - - m vu., sented by Mr. Hargrove, from official uaia, are pregnant witn interest: . "Massachusetts is one-sixth the size of Louisiana, and yet it sustains thirty two cities, and in wealth, per capita and per acre, it is the richest of the United States, having a tax wealth greater than Texas, Louisiana, Arkan sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and ww iarounas, There are six counties wmcn are richer than Missis sippi, and four which are richer than Louisiana, and nnn nf that, fMtAAi. sex) has $150,000,000 greater wealth is juo resui. oi manuiactunng during the last forty years. "Massachusetts has 40 per cent of the American spindles. Rhode Island is about the size of an average parish or Louisiana, and yet it has $67,000, 000 banking capital, or more than 10 per cent, of the national banking cap ital of the United States. Providence has 175,000 population and $38,000,000 in saying bank deposits. Forty years ago Massachusetts and Rhode Island were poor. "By adopting means within their reach, the Southern people can surely accomplish like results.'' These are interesting facts and figures, not only for the people of Louisiana but of every cotton-producing State, for they apply to one as much as to another. They are not altogether new for much has been published showing the difference in the value of the raw and manufac tured cotton, some very striking and valuable papers on that subject hav ing been furnished by Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, who has made a thorough study of'it. But there is a striking object les son in the contrast between the wealth of some of the Southern States and and some of the manufacturing sec tions of the East, whose wealth has been accumulated mainly if not en tirely from cotton manufacturing. When those Eastern sections began the manufacture of cotton they were no better fixed for it than the South Is now. They were poor, had to husband their resources and begin in a small way. The profits of one mill 'built others, and as the in dustry grew it became a tempting field for capitalists and money flowed into it. The places which started with little besides their water powers and the thrift and energy qf the people -grew into cotton manu facturing centers, the mills at tracted other industries, people flocked to them and they became both populous and wealthy. There are more people to the square mile in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and probably more wealth, too, than in any other. States in the Union, and it was mainly the cotton, in cul tivating which the planter made nothing, which did it. One cotton mill produces another, these pro duce others; and these invite and create other industries, attracting more capital, giving employment to thousands Of people, creating and distributing wealth: We have some illustrations of this in the South, and Charlotte, in our own State, furnishes us a striking one. What New England people have done the Southern people 'can surely do, for they have shown what they can do in the successful estab lishment - and operation and the multiplication of mills, every one of which has added to the wealth of the community in which it is located and all together adding very largely to-the wealth of the South. When the South manufactures the cotton she grows it will not only multiply her wealth but make her in reality the 'cotton mistress of the world, and then ithe question of price and acreage will be solved. SOME PERTINENT INQUIRIES. The resolution introduced by Senator Pettigrew, of South Da kota; Tuesday, directing the Navy Department to transmit to the Senate any papers in its posses sion bearing upon the alleged rec ognition of the Filipinos as onr al lies before the cession of the Phil ippines: to this country by Spain presents some pertinent inquiries. There' is evidence enough, unless there has been a large amount of falsifying done, that up to a certain date they were so recognized by the commander of our naval squadron, by the commander of our army. and by our consuls in that part o the world. This fact has been at least practically admitted bv the Washington" authorities, who shirk ed the responsibilities by saying that anything of that kind that had been done was done on the respon Bibility of the individuals, without authority from the Government. In law if the Government were a cor poration or an individual that plea would not hold good; for the prin cipal is held responsible for tbe offi cial acts of his recognized agent or representative. Mr. McKinley has done a good deal of dodging and special plead ing to evade the responsibility of recognizing the Filipinos as our al lies, and has done it to such an ex tent as to disgust some of the ex pansion organs which prefer candor and honesty to duplicity and hypoc risy. One of these is the Boston Herald, which thus comments on Mr. McKinley's special pleading and punctures the bladder inflated with duplicity. It says: "That he (Aeuinaldo believed. ni that, everything considered, he had ungnt to believe, that we were assist ing ine u liipmos for the purpose of enabling them to win their freedom, is hju cviueni to aamit oi nonest denial. auu uu mo erouna oi conn faith nucuior w Bam so or not, me arrange ments for co operation were entarnd into with that tacit understanding on both sides. Following this for months after May 1, 1898, there was arecogni- won given to agumaiao, not as a ban dit or a leader of an insurgent faction, but as a representative of an oppressed peopie trying 10 inrow off the Spanish yoice, a recognition which warranted mm in assuming that we had no mo tives beyond the wish to punish the Spanish and to give the Filipinos a caance to regain tneir freedom." mi & xnese are all facts well known to moieauiug puouc, ana they were well known to the Washington an thorities, who tacitly permitted and approved of the action of our repre sentatives, and now try to shirk the legal responsibility by saying that it was .done without authority. If there had been no understanding Detween the Filipinos and our re presentatives by which the Filipi nos were led ' to believe that their independence would be the result of the overthrow of the Spaniards, there would have been no co-operation between them and our army and navy. That specific pledges were not given in writing doesn't matter. The under standing was had with the intention of being kept, or it was had with the intention of being violated. If the former we are bound by it. if - the latter we are disgraced. It is to get at the facts that Sena tor Pettigrew's resolution was intro duced; but-the probabilities are that when it gets into the Navy Depart ment it will be pigeonholed, and the answer sent back that it will hot be compatible with public interest to furnish the called for informa tion. A refusal, however, will ha equivalent to a confession. There were 225 voting machines used at the last election in the State of New York. They all worked well but seven, and that wasn't the fault of the machines, but of the fellows who operated them. ' It is said that the Boers havA Bant word to Cecil Rhodes that if thev eaten him they will put him-in a cage, show him around and then turn him over to Oom Paul. A good deal of pressure will have to be brought to bear on Cecil to get him into this show business. BES0- All sorts of resolutions are intro duced in Congress, some ef which are, about-as much out of place there as they would be in a church confer ence. Congress has as little to do with them as a church conference would have. It is a cheap way that some members have of getting them selves before the public. The reso lution introduced in the Senate by Senator Pritchard, declaring the pro posed constitutional amendment in this State unconstitutional, is of this class, and might with as much propriety have been introduced at a meeting of the city council in the city of Asheville, N. C, or of Tsnln fVi xr , f li a f inn a a" In A nn " j- u. vu) Kfj buu uuoaiticu oca The Senate of the United States has nothing to do with it. If the original amendments, which Senator Pritchard says this proposed amendment will nullify, were before the Senate for discussion then the question of their constitutionality might be discussed, but for the Sen ate to undertake to discuss and pass upon the constitutionality of an act which is not yet in existence, and in a' sovereign State, is simply an absurdity. The , tribunals to decide the constitutionality or the uncon stitutionality of such measures, are the courts which were established to interpret and pass upon laws concern ing which there may be difference of opinion. Congress is not a com petent judge of constitutional ques tions, for acts of Congress have been set aside by the courts because they were unconstitutional. Senator Pritchard knows this and he knows that the Senate of the United States has no jurisdiction in the matter he has brought before it, but his object doubtless is to get, if he can, an affirmative vote, which he can use in the campaign in this State. A large number of the inhabitants of the town of Wolcott, N. Y., are hobbling around on canes, victims of a peculiar disease which puzzles the doctors. It attacks the right knee, and is so painful that a first class case of rheumatism or gout wouldn't be a circumstance to it. It runs its course in about three weeks. An Lnghsh Duke boasts that he has ten nephews in the army fight ing against the Boers, or on their way. there. It is said that Oom Paul has fifty grandsons in the Boer rmy and isn't boasting a bit about it. -a-ceoraing to tne estate superin tendent of railroads in Pennsylva nia, the railroads of that State em ploy 296,628 persons who receive in wages annually $143,664,542, $8,- 000,000 of which goes to ; officials, the rest to working people. H. C. Frick has left the Carnegie Oompany and joined another com pany. There was too much friction between him and. Carnegie. MR. BELLAMY'S FIRST BILL. it is Meeting With Hearty Approval by Newspaper Publishers Everywhere. Charlotte News, ISth.' (Jon pressman Bellamv. of the, Si-rfh - Congressional district, of which Meek- l.-L. M . ..... leuuurg is a pari, introduced a bill in Congress yesterday that goes straight vu me neart oi ail newspaper publish ers in the United States. Since the trusts have gotten hold of the paper mills of this country, the publishers have not only been forced to pay nigner prices, but in many in ouuivca uvu uau to wait ineir turn in getting their orders filled. Prices have advanced fiftc and there is no telling where they will auvauces nave oeen made so irequently that nearly every mill and ueaierm mecountrv has withdrawn all quotations. Mr. Bellamy will be aoing nis constituents and the news- Ta rut. t .L. . hwo ui mo entire country a great service if he can secure the re peal or the exorbitant and prohibita- mvjo rm on wooa pulp, newspaper uw. tt jtiug paper. iiiuht sweats, loss of appetite. nca. 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Importatioa of Jewelry. mi . . mere was received at the custom nouse yesterday an importation of i . jewelry and articles of vertu from x-icarejr, oi .rans. xne goods came in bond through New York, and among the articles were many of curious design and workmanship. Prevented A. Tragedy. Timely information or I iron Ifwa George Long, of New Straitsville, Uhio. prevented a dranrifnl hMj. and Mved two lives. A frightful cough had long kept her awake every msrht. She had tried minir iAmoJ:- and doctors but steadily grew worse I unui urgea to try vr. Kong's New Discovery. One bottle whollv cured her, ' and she writes this marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Lone- of a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cures are positive proof of the match- mem oi wis grand remedv for curing all throat, chest and lung troubles. Only 50c and $1.00. ic bottle guaranteed. Trial hnttii in- Jf. R. R.Bellaht's drug store. t SENATOR PRITCHARD'S LUTI01T. . ! OBSEQUIES tMPtilR. GILES. Impressive Services Yesterday Morning at . St. James! Chorcb, Attended by An Immense Throng of People. Services for the burial of the dead were said at 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning at SL James Episcopal church over the remains of the lamented Mr. Norwood Giles, who departed this life on Monday forenoon. The Rev. Dr. Strange and the Rev. Dr. Carmichael conducted the services and the church was crowded with people, attesting the high regard of the community for the deceased. Among those in attend ance was Cape Fear Camp No. 254, United Confederate Veterans, of which the deceased was a member. The veterans were present in a body L and most of them wore their Confeder ate uniform. Colonel F. W. Kerchner ; acted as commander. xne services were solemn and im pressive. Mr. IS. li. Munson was organist and the choir was composed of Miss Lola Martin. Miss Elizabeth Waddell, Mr. A. S. Holden, and Mr. J. Van B. Metts. The following hvmns were very tenderly sung ; "Art Thou Weary;" "Art Thou Languid, Art Thou Sore Distressed," and "Asleep in Jesus." While the latter hymn was being sung the Confederate Veterans marched out of the church, followed by the casket. ' The remains were borne to Oakdale cemetery by a great cortege and were sorrowfully deposited in the grave. The grave was covered with numerous and very handsome floral designs. The pall bearers were as follows: Honorary Da Wm. J. Love, Capt James I. Metts, and Messrs. H. Wal ters, William Cilder, James Sprunt and Gabriel Holmes. Active Messrs, Fred Kidder, F. A. Lord, T. Wright Meares, L. 8. Belden, M. S. Willard, W. A. Wright, Don MacRae, and George R. French, j Funeral Yesterday Afternoon. The funeral of little Miss Eugenia Fore, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fore, of Charlotte, was. con ducted yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church in the presence of a large numbe" of friends and relatives of the deceased j and her sorrowing parents. The re mains arrived here over the Seaboard Air Line yesterday at noon and were carried to the residence of Col. Roger Moore on Chesnut street, from whence they were taken to the church and afterwards to Oakdale cemeterv. where the interment was made. In the funeral party besides the bereaved parents were Messrs. Charles and Augustus Fore, brother of' Mr. J. A. Fore, and Rev. Dr. R. J. Howerton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, which the deceased had joined only a little while before' her death. The pall bearers at the funeral were: Messrs. Edwin Moore. Dewitt Schon- wald, Robert E. Van Lear, Charlie Wilkinson, Archie Bulluck and James Lynch. About Tom Miller. Tom Miller, who left here for his health in November, 1898, and has since been sojourning in Norfolk, is anxious to return to Wilmington for a brief period in order to obey a sum mons of the Superior Court, in a civil case, and to settle up his business affairs. This we learn from a letter received from him last Tuesday. In reference to his return he says: "I feel delicate in so doing without per mission of the people." It might be necessary to hold a primary in order to asoertaiu the sentiment of. the people as to Tom's return; but if he has been summoned to appear before the Superior Court, comes in "light marching order," and closes up his affairs with "neatness and despatch," it is not likely that he will be inter fered with. In Tom's oase. however. the climate of Norfolk will be found much more .salubrious, than that of Wilmington for a permanent resi dence. Jewett'Carpenter. Mr. Stephen Jewett and Miss Isabel. R, .Carpenter, daughter of Mr. Alfred Carpenter, all of this city, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony yes terday evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride's father, 405 North Third street The Rev. Dr. Carmi chael, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiated, and onlv the fami ly and a few immediate friends were in attendance. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Jewett left on the Atlantic Coast Line train last night for a Northern tour, to be gone about ten days. Mr. Jewett is secretary and treas urer of the J. C. Stevenson Company. of this city, and his bride is one of Wilmington's mcst estimable vounc ladies. County Line Pence. County Commissioner WiF. Alex ander, who was here yesterday, told a Star representative that the county line fence between New Hanover and Pender made necessary by the inaugu ration of the stock law in New , Han over, is now complete that section for which the Wilmington Iron Works had the contract and also that section of "water" fence which the commis sioners let to Mr. A. G. Call. Th work was complete, according to con tract December 10th, and will be for mally received by the county in a snort time. The new law goes into effect January 1st, and Mr. Alexander says the farmers are already rotting uibiusu m smipe ior its oDservance. u 1 1 i . .. b Home Run for Bellamy. Hon. John D. Bellamy scored a fine hit Monday in being the first member Of Congress to introduce a bill whose object is to curtail the power of the paper trust to practice its extortions on the newspapers and job printers of the country. This bill should receive the indorsement and active support of every newspaper in the United States regardless of politics. WHEN others fail, take TlmiwuTn' Tasteless Chill Tonio. It cures chills, fevers, malaria and general bad health. 25c. A red cross on the label assures you of the pure, high-class material that makes Roberts'' a suc cess. Don't take a substitute. R. R. Bellamy. 1 COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REFUSES GALLOWAY CLAW i Contend Against Judge Battle's Ruling . That Pickpocket Victim Should be Re imbursed Out of Forfeited Bonds. It was decided at the regular meet ing of the County School Board held yesterday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, that payment of $33 to Mr. A. J. Gal loway, of Goldsboro, out of the for feited bonds of the pickpockets, who defaulted at the Spring term of the Criminal Court be refused, the order of Judge Battle enjoining payment of this amount to the party named to the contrary notwithstanding. Stab readers will remember the cir cumstances of this case; of how Mr. Galloway's pockets were picked of $32 on a trip down to the city from Golds boro last Spring; of the subsequent ar rest of the three alleged thieves and the forfeiture of their bonds, the amou t - ($600) ; going by law to the tool fund. . j At the last term of the court Judee Battle ordered the amount loss court costs and the $32 laid claim to by Mr. Galloway, paid into the school fund. The board yesterday afternoon decided that it was proper to pay the costs of the case but that from no le al stand point did they consider themselves liable to Mr. Galloway in the sum named. This conflict of authority is likely to involve an interesting con troversy and one which will probably have to be settled in the courts. George Rountree, Esq., was present by request during the consideration of the matter and from him legal advice touching the case was sought. At the meeting Col. W. A. John son, the chairman presided, and Capt. Donald MacRae and Mr. W. H. Sprunt, the other members of the board were presents The oaly other matter of interest considered at the meeting was the ex amination and approval of the No vember statement of County Treasurer H. McL. Green. Disbursements dur ing the month amounted to $3,793 88. cm i . .mo uuaru aajournea suoject to a call of the chairman. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fore Bereaved. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fore. formerly of Wilmington but now of Charlotte, will sincerely sympathize with them in the death of their eldest daughter, Eugenia, aged 13 years. which occurred at their home in Char lotte yesterday about noon, of appen- aicitis. The sad intelligence of the death of the little one was conveyed in a telegram immediately after the death to Mr. E. S. Lathrop. The remains will arrive here via the Sea board Air Lane at noon to-day and will be taken to the residence of Col. Jttoger Moore, on Chesnut street whence they will be carried to the First Presbyterian church and the funeral services held at 4 o'clock1 this afternoon. The interment will beat Oakdale cemetery. Pines Being Topped. - Persons who are interested in the future development of the resources of New Hanover, county complain that with or without the permission of land owners, young long-leaf pines are being destroyed in large quanti ties by several persons, who are gath ering tops from the small trees in this vicinity and shipping them in large quantities to the North to be used for decorating purposes. A gentleman in the city yesterday, who called the at tention of a reporter to this seemingly wanton destruction of the forestry. said that already several car loads of tops have been shipped, and that the young trees after being thus "topped" will not grow to maturity, but will dwarf. In riew of the fact that New Hanover has just adopted the no-fence law for the preservation of its forests, 4- n.n. 1 J L i.1 x 11. . a " it nuum Hea taat tne practice now being indulged in will result even uiuio uuNuuviusiy to its interests in this particular. Scott's Hill Road. Mr. G. Walker, of Cape Fear town ship, who was here yesterday, spoke of the advisability of tbe commence ment at once of permanent improve ment to the Scott's Hill road by the county authorities. Mr. Walker bases his claim for preference in the matter of beginning on the fact that the greater part of the produce brought to the city by vehicles comes from this course, and from the further fact that a part of this road already improved is worthless to the general public from the fact that wagons, carts, etc., have to be loaded not for the few miles that; are improved, but for the re maining miles of bad road bed over which the load is to be drawn. Many persons living id that section besides Mr. Walker are bringing the same pressure to bear upon the commis sioners in this respect. Funeral Sunday Afternoon. rom his late residence on Fourth street Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, the funeral of Mr. Charles M. Harris was impressively conducted in the pre sence of a large number of friends, relatives and lodgemen by Rev. A. D. acuiure, pastor of St. adrew's Pres byterian Church. Orion Lodge No. 67, 1. O. O. F., and Stonewall Lodge jno. l, K. of P., both of which he was a member, attended the obsequies in a body. The interment was at Oakdale Cemetery, the pall bearers being: Honorary, JohnR. Hanby and L. B. Pennington; active, W. H. Yopp, C. W. Stewart, W. R. Stewart, J. E. Silva, Ben j. Bell and R. H. Beery. Factories to Move to Wrightsboro. Mr. O. M. Fillyaw. who recent! v sold out his grocery interest to Mr. C. L. Spencer, has bought a farm at Wrightsboro, four miles from the city, on the W. & W. railroad, and about the 1st of January will remove his canning and broom factories from the city to that place. Besides oper ating his factories, Mr. Fillyaw will engage in truck planting and will make a specialty of tomatoes. I TrnrZn TmliiTir W1M jsvjarounaKeai ?2T O. Bead advertisement in the Star. -t truckn1 2LS5 Lr- If want these qualitiesand BURGAW FIRE-SVfEPT LAST SUNDAY NIGHT. Two Livery Stables and Seven Dorses, and W. D. Croom & Bro.'s Stock of Gen eral Merchandise Destroyed. Bruce Williams, Esq., of Burgaw, came down to the city yesterday morn ing and brought "news of a disastrous fire at that place on Sunday night JBire orotce out about 11 o'clock: in the feed room in the front portion of Mr. W. N. Rivenbark's livery and sale stables, on the north side of sFre mont or main street The ringing of the court house bell aroused the entire population, and the men fought the fire heroically, but before the flames were stayed about $7,000 to $8,000 worth of property was destroyed. Mr. Rivenbark's stables, a frame structure owned by Messrs. Carter & Brice, of Wallace, were totally de stroyed, together with a large amount of forage and feed belonging to Mr. Rivenbark, three of his horses, four of his buggies and harness, and four horses belonging to the Angola Lum ber Co., of Norfolk. Messrs. Carter & Brice carried $500 insurance, but that will not cover their loss by a couple of hundred, dollars. Mr. Rivenbark's loss is $500 and he had no insurance. The Angola Lumber Co.'s loss is $600, with probably no insurance. lbe names communicated to the store of Messrs. W. D. Croom & Bro., separated from the stables by a fifteen foot alley, and their building and i f . bujuil w general mercnandise were consumed, very few goods being saved. They carried $2,000 insurance on their stock and $500 on the build ing. Their store and stock is valued at from $4,500 to $5,000. The lire spread to Mijor R. M. Groom's livery stable, on Railroad street in rear of Mr. Rivenbark's sta bles, and it was destroyed, together with 10,000 pounds of forage, 100 bushels of corn etc. Major Croom's hotel also caught and sustained some damage. His loss is estimated at $250, and he had $100 in uraace with Dr. W. W. Harriss' agency, this city. The Burgaw Drug Company (Mr. F. 1. Or oom), on Main street sustained about $200 damage, which is covered by insurance. A lot of fencing Be longing to various persons was also burned. Ihe origin of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to have been incen diary. No one had been at the stable in nve hours. A reliable person who passed the stable at 10 o'clock, says there.was .:o evidence of fire then. Four Lumber Vessels. x esteraay ana aunaay there were arrivals of the following vessels, all of which are consigned te Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Brig If. C. Haskell, Capt. Wingfield, from. Punta Gorda, with phosphate rock for the Virginia Carolina Chemi cal Uompany. After discharging- she will load with lumber for the Kidder Lumber Co Urig Caroline Gray, Capt Meader. xruui ixreuioo, irorto jsico. one arri t A 21 Tfe i-.. . ' ved Sunday and will also load with lumber for the Kidder Lumber Co. Schooner Alma, Capt. Small, light from Ponce, Porto Rico. She arrived yesterday on a second trip to this port this season, having cleared from "nere just thirty days ago for the port from whence she arrived. She is also here for a cargo from the Kidder Lumber Co. Schooner Charlotte W, Miller.Ca.vi. uigbee, from New York with coal for Messrs. J. A. Springer & Co. She will load with lumber also after discharg- lne' -The Size of the Crop. In a circular just issued by Latham. Alexander & Co., the well known bankers and cotton commission mer chants, of New York, it is shown that the percentage of cotton that has come into sight for the past twelve years up to December lst averaged 51.44 of the entire crop of the several years. It is shown, further, that according to New Orleans figures 4.54L000 bales of the new crop had come into sight December 1st, 1899; and that if it is 51.44 per cent, ot the entire crop, then the total crop for the year ending September 30th, 1900, will be 8,827,000 bales. The Rumors of a Rice Mill Trust. The New York Journal of Com- merce of Saturday says: t: ai m T i iuuwubs jrom .new ur leans vm. icruaj Btateu mat an attempt was be ing maae to form a consolidation of the rice companies of that city, and that New York capitalists were back of tne enterprise. ire morose Jones. nrfisirJant nf National Rice Company, which owns several rice mills in New nrlgna nuou iiucsuuaeu, saia: i. nave neara of no snnh nmmuui consolidation, and I do not believe the report. , tug Blanche's Collision. The wreck report of the steam tuc Blanche, of the Cape Fear To wine ana xransportauon Uompany, which 3 m ... w was injured m a collision with the Charleston tug Waban off Bald Head on Wednesday, was yesterday filed by vapt. ij. tr. Pepper, master. The ves sel is valued at $11,000, and the dam age is estimated at $500. Her owners had insurance amounting to 25 000. The Blanche has completed temporary I repairs and is on the river as usual I until the return of the Alexander dones from Baltimore, when she will go on the ways for permanent repairs, Appoioted Storekeeper and Ganger. Mr. George RBate, Republican, of wis city, received notification vester- from Col. E. C. Duncan, collector of internal revenue in this district, that he has been appointed storekeeper and gauger in District No4, an under Kule VI of the civil service. Mr. TAi. :ii v . .uKj win prooaoiy De assigned to one' or the distilleries near this city. Bismarck Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid heal th Indomitable will and tremendmia en. orgy, are not iound where Stomach. ucjro axiu joweis are out or se Dr. King's ew Ldfe Pills. Thv Hi power of brain and Tbdv. oJiVSi atR. R. BBLLAKT'adrufl- atnrA " i MR. NORWOOD GILES. He Passed Away Yesterday Morning at 11.30 O'clock: Surrounded by Loved Ones Obsequies To-morrow. Wilmington yesterday Iostoneof her most prominent and highly es teemed ci'izeas in the death of Mr. Norwood Giles, who passed away at 11.80 A M at the residence of his mother in-law, Mrs Mary V. Walker, on Front and Chestnut streets. He has been afflicted with annurism of . he heart and for the past three months his condition has been of a serious na ture. He was sick at his home in New York until he was brought to this city Wednesday, November 29th, All of his family were at his bedside when the end came. His death cast gloom over the entire community, for he was universally esteemed by all who knew him, and his family has the sincere condolence of his wide circle of friends and acquaintances .1 Mr. Giles was the son of the late Mr. William B. Giles and his wife. who was Miss Almeria Reston. The deceased was born in Wilmington No vember 10, 1846, and reached the 53rd year of his age on the 10th of last month. In 1848 Mr. Giles' parents moved to Savannah, Ga , where his father engaged extensively in export ing lumber. He also had business in terests in Wilmington, and moved back here about the close of the civil war. I I The subject of this sketch grew up to manhood in this city and began his business life as clerk to General, Wil liam MacRae, general superintendent of the Wjlnington and Manchester Railroad, the name of which was after wards changed ta the Wilmington, Columbia Augusta Railroad. Sub sequently he went into the insurance business with the late Col. William L. Smith, under the firm name of Wil-. liam L. Smith & Co. That firm was succeeded by Norwood Giles & Co., the late Major Matt P. Taylor being admitted as a partner. When Major Taylor severed his connection with, the firm Mr. Giles continued the busi ness many years under his own name. From early manhood he took great interest in yachting matters and for years was one of the leading spirits in the Carolina Yacht Club. He held the office of commodore of the club one or more terms and also filled other j offices, besides owning and sailing several yachts at different times ; He always; took a lively inter est in the regattas of the club and by his enthusiasm and active efforts helped to make the club a success. Mr. Giles took an active interest in the affairs of Wilmington, and was the first chairman of the board of Audit and Finance when it was organ zed. To him is attributed the credit of conceiving the usefulness of and suggesting the scope of the board. He was therefore made its first chairman, and the affairs of the board to-day are conducted in accordance with rules which he introduced in its early organ ization. - Nearly twenty years ago Mr. Giles and Mr. Pembroke Jones organized the Carolina Rice Milling Company of this city, and built the Carolina Rice Mill, which now stands on Chesnut street, between Front and Water streets. They afterwards built a mill at Washington, N. C, and acquired one at Goldsboro. All these mills were known as the Carolina Rice Mills up to about four or five years ago, when several mills at New Orleans were taken into an organization known as the National Ricej Milling Company, organized through the instrumentality and influence of Messrs. Jones and Giles. The combination of these frill ing interests proved a big success, and nearly four years ago Messrs. Jones and Giles organized the Standard Rice Company, of New York, to distribute the product of the combined mills. Mr. Jones was made president of the latter company and Mr. Giles secre tary and treasurer, which position he held up to his death. When the com pany was organized Mr. Giles re moved from Wilmington: to New York, where he made his home for about three years and a half. Mr. Giles was a man of decided tal ent and culture. In manner be was possessed of the most pleasant urban ity, and his courteousness marked him as a true Southern mntlAmiin tt was noted among his acquaintances for his originality and keen wit, and his wonted pleasantries made him a most companionable man. He was a man of extensive acauirementa anA wide reading, and perhaps was the best informed man in this community as to the ornitholigy of this region. mr. uues was twice married. His first wife was Miss Eliza M. Walker daughter of the late Thos. D. Walker and one daughter Kurvivm f hi Mrs. N. N. Davis, of this city. His second marriage was with Mioo v,--. ginia Stroncr. daughter nf th. w Judge Geo. V. Strong, of Raleigh. They have two sons Mr. Norwood vines, Jr.. who holds a the Standard Rice Company, at New York, and Mr. John Reston fMlM who is a member of the Snh Class i in Columbia College, New York. His wife, i daughter and both sons were at his bedside, the two young men havintr 3S ajro. Mrs. iQilPR' , - - -v a CUL1U brot tiers. rs. Calvert. 1WV pAKAMf o Btrnncr and Misa r"amia Q t-. leiah "r"l" and Mrs. Clayton Giles and daughter f11!! uciie Murchison, wholhave been xura, came nome last even ing on account of the dathof Mr Giles. His onlv broth- M niavn Giles, of this i'jT ' ue msi,. , The obsequies will take place to- morrow morninc at 11 o'eTnfc f q James Episcopal Church, of which tbe deceased has long been a communi cant and vestryman. The services for the burial of the dead will be said by the Rev. L)rs. Stranra and nsmiik..i The interment will hn mod. t ri dale Cemetery. r-or uver wuty Tears Mrs. Winslow'h haa been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while tee thine with narfif It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all vain, cures wini n j is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the noor littln mffa. , r. -i . . .v-.t iui- u :i " ,vi- xweniy-nve cents abpttle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth i HIT Rmmn ' ..J v vunar, - x pOTASH gives color, flavor and firmness to all fruits can be No good fruit raised without Potash. j Fertilizers containing at least 8 to ioi, of Potash will giVe best results on all fruits. Write ! for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer's library. They are sent free. j GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nmuau St., New York . Bagging & Ties 1 Nuts, Candies, Raisins, Cocoanuts and Apples, ; and a full lino of HEAVY GROCERIES. For sale cheap by WILLIAMS BROS., WHOLESALE GHOCERS. 18 ana 18 North Water street. Write for Prices. We wiU have Rice Straw duri "8 this week.; dec 10 tf DUPLIN CO RT. Verdict fori $500 In the Case of Agslngt tbe W. & W. Railroad Company. ' Rush Junius Davis, Esq., and L. V. Grady, Esq., returned last evening from Kenansville, where they have been in attendance - on the Superior Court of Duplin county. They werU counsel in ; the case of Joseph Rus against he Wilmington aud Weldoii Railroad Company for damages; : This was j a suit for damages krlbo amount of $5,000 which the plaintiff claimed on account of injuries re ceived by the runninsr awav of hia team, the complaint alleging' that i.t accident was caused by the neglige. ,ci of the defendant railroad company. The complaint set forth that a locomo tive had been left standing on the track in a frequented place, and that the team became frightened by the engine and ran away, throwing the. plaintiff Out of the vehicle. The case had been carried to U Supreme Court, which found ih:.;, there was no error and remanded ih case for the jury to fix the dama s It was tried yesterday, and last night the jury awarded a verdict for $500. Messrs. Junius Davis and H. L. Stevens appeared for the railroad, a i.d Judge W. R. Allen, A. D. Ward, Esq., and L. V. Grady,, Esq., were counsel for the plaintiff. N. C. SUPREME COURT. Opinions Handed Down in a Number of Cases at Yesterday's Session. . fSpecial Star TeUgram. Raleigh, N. C , December 12. The followjDg opinions were handed dowh to-day by the Supreme -GcUrtT Aber nathy vs. Manufacturing Company, from Gaston. Der curiam affirmpd Everett vs. Spencer, from Swain, per curiam, judgment against defendant for costs (the matter had previously been settled by the parties). Mizell j vs. McGowan, from Pitt, new trial. Life Association vs. Thompson, secre tary, from Wake, affirmed. Quinn vs. Sexton, from Wake, affirmed. Potts vs. Dulin, from Mecklenburg, modified and remanded. State vs. Gatewood, from Union, appeal dis- ; missed. State vs. Griffin; from Union, j affirmed. State vs. Hawkins, from Cleveland, new trial. Walton vs. Bristol, from Burke, reversed. Davis vs. Blevins, from Ashe,- affirmed. Herring vs. Pugh, from Sampson, ap peal dismissed. Railroad vs. King, from Guilford, affirmed. Wilson vs. roster, from Burke, motion for cer- tiorari allowed. CHAS. W. BALLARD KILLED. Affray In a Bar Room at Jerome, N. C, , Which Ended Fatally. Special Star Correspondence. Smithfield, N. C. December 11. News reached Smithfield yesterday of a shooting at Jerome, N. C, a station on the A. C. L. railroad between Selmaand Kenly, which resulted in the death of Chas. W. Ballard, a bar keeper of that place. The affray occurred in Ballard's bar room. It seems that Alford Brown, a notorious character of" that section, was there drunk and upon being asked to pay an account due Ballard, cursed the latter, whereupon Ballard drew a beer bottle on him and attempted to put him out of the bar, when Brown stabbed him in the chest., from the effects Oi Which ha HlVH in ahnnl nnn our. Ballard was well kn own in that section of Johnston county. Mrs. Holt, widow of the late Gov. Thos. M. Holt, died suddenly Sunday at Burlington, where she had gone to see a sick sister. She was one of the wealthiest ladies in North Carolina. Story or a Slave. 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