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. . ., IBBSB . : . i .The ciacekltj Mint. A AX H. B E BH ABD Sditor and Proprietor. - WILMINGTON. N. C, Friday, December 29, 1899. THE WAY TO SUCCESS. Never within our experience has the' subject of home manufactories and the way to get them attracted so mjch attention in the South as it is doing now, and never was the need of the establishment of varied industries so great. Every week there are millions of doUars invest ed in industries, many j of them manufacturing industries,; and some 'of these in sections where manu factories were rarely mentioned, if even thought of, a year ago. The press has doubtless done much to draw public attention to and awaken an-interest in manufactories by showiug how they had transformed unpretending towns into populous and wealthy cities, and how they had made some, of the naturally poorest States in the Union some of the richest. The conditions in the West are in some respects similar to the condi tions in the South, for they are both agricultural sections, each cultivat ing staple crops and putting its main dependence upon these. As the -thoughts of the Southern farmer ran upon cotton, so the thoughts of the Southern farmer ran upon wheat, and one planted his wheatandthe other Dlanted his cotton, 'regardless of what the prices might be, and took his chance3 on the markets when his crops were harvested. The West, like the South.dependedupon the Eastern manufacturing States for nearly everything they used, from a hoe to a thresher; but they are getting over that to some extent, for they have seen the folly of it and their attention is being turned to stopping the drains that kept them poor. We quote the following, which we clip from the Charleston News and Ca rter, .because what the Kansas City I Star says about the West has been i said time out of number about Southern communities and substan tially in the same phraseology: "The Kansas City Star, in com mentiog on the organization of a strong company to manufacture shoes in that city, says that the incident 'marks the beginning of a new era of . enterprise' among the 'home capital ists,' and explains the statement in a way that may haply prove instructive and su?srestive to home caoital in other places. "There has been heretofore, w& are told, 'too much of a disposition' in Kansas City 'to wait for outsiders to come in and establish new. industries.' This has been 'partly because home capital available for such purpose was not plentiful,' and partly because the Kansas City men 'who are rich' made their money out of real estate, trade, etc., 'and were backward about in vesting it manufacturing when they could use it in undertakings they were familiar with ' 'These are well known conditions elsewhere, also, and require no expla , nation. 'Things have changed in Kansas City, however.. The city has - reached a stage when capital is not lacking for aoy profitable purpose, 'and when opportunities for invest meat outside of manufacturing are n t . as numerous nor as promising' as they J I." . mi l l i i usu 10 oe. ine uoempioyea local capital is, therefore, 'turning jtoward factories, and will do so more and more,' This means, as' interpreted by x the local paper, 'that a hew impetus " will ba given to the growth of Kansas City.' 'It signifies that the next few years will witness a rapid develoo- ment of those industries for which Kmsas City affords especial advant ages, such as tanning, the production oi leatner goods, tne preparation of various forms of food stuffs, wooden ware, clothing, etc.' . "The Houston Post rotes these several statements with interest and adds some pertinent observations oi its own. 'Many towns and cities in Texas,' it says, have learned the same important lesson that Kansas City has learned, 'that-the way to get factories with all their attendant advantages,' is not to wait for men from other cities to establish them, but to 'organize them at home, wtth local capital, con trolled by local men,' and nave ap plied he lesson in practice to their great satisfaction. The results of its application during the past year, 'have been simply wonderful.' Near ly every day some new enter prise is inaugurated in the State.' At least a dozen towns are now or ganizing cotton factories.' 'Small manufacturing concerns of various kinds' are being established in differ ent places; and 'in the great majority - of instances' the development is 'with - the aid of home capital.' " ' Self help' in such matters, as we have taken occasion to remark before, is the best kind of help for a commu nity, because it is the surest kind, and 'gets there first,' and accomplish' s its end while other communities are still waiting, waiting, waiting, md wish ing, more or les hopefully, for the other kind. It appears to be doing good work for Kansas City and for 'many towns and cities, In Texas. It would probably do as much for some of the waiting and wishing places in - this part of the country." 1 What the Kansas City Star says of that city is generally applicable to the West, and what the Houston 1-081 saya oi Texas is generally ap plicable to the South, for there are few communities in either section which could not by co-operation es tablish some kind of manufacturing industry to convert their raw mate rials into finished forms. . But it is more applicable to the South , than to the West because here we have a "greater variety of raw materials. Both of these papera, too, have found the way to solve the problem of new industries, namely, self help or co-operation. The way to entice outside capital to come in is to make a start and let outside capital see that there is a paying field for it. Most of the capital invested in Southern cotton mills has been raised and invested by Southern men, who by their success have demonstrated that there is hand . some profit in manufacturing cotton in the South, and the consequence is there is little trouble now in se curing capital for the establishment of cotton mills in this section when the attempt is made. Hence capital and outside capital, too, can be easily secured, and the only reason why more home capital is not se cured is because capital is not so abundant in this section as it might be, and will be when wo get the full profit that there . may be in the pot ton we grow. As it has been with the eotton mills so it is with other industries. When our own people get together, establish some of these and demon strate that they will pay, outside capital will not only come in with out the asking but hustle in. As an illustration take the case of Bir mingham, Alabama. Southern men started the iron-making industry there with little capital and less ex perience, but they succeeded and an insignificant little town rapidly grew into a ereat industrial, center with numerous manufactories. When outside, capitalyand enter prise saw what was in it they went in, and they are still going in, and millions of dollars are being in vested where the start was made with thousands. Self-help and co-operation point way to success, People who snow a determination to help themselves and rely upon themselves will find little difficulty in finding help from others, after they have made tne start. . ,k BIG OCEAN VESSELS. The increase in the size, carrying capacity, and speed of ocean steam ers especially, but of sailing vessels too, within the past decade or so, has been remarkable, and the ten dency is still that way. Bearing upon this we clip from the Phila delphia Record, the following which will be found interesting: 'The tendency toward increased tcargo carrying capacity of ocean going vessels la very cicarijr suunu ui uw monthly returns of ships recently launched in Great Britain. During the past eleven months 598 vessels, of about 1,323,665 gross tons, were launched in the United Kingdom, while in the corresponding period of the previous year 653 vessels, of about 1,293 563 gross tons, were launched. It thus appears that there were fifty five fewer vessels launched in eleven months of this year than in the cor responding eleven months of the pre vious year, but the gross tonnage was 30.102 tons greater. Two steamers of 18 835 tons gross were launched at Belfast. This tendency to increased size is not connned to ocean liners or to steamships. Schooners of 3,000 tons with six masts, are now being con structed for coastwise trade. Twenty five years ago, when regular steam communication was established be tween Mew York and Bermuda, a ship of less than 900 tons was considered amply large for the service. In fact, this was almost the. limit! of size; .for much larger ships could not at that time enter Hamilton- Harbor, the principal port of Bermuda. Since then, however, the channel .has been deepened, aud vessels of three times the tonnage of the original ships ply back and f -rth between New York and Bermuda with the regularity of ferry boats. Formerly four days were consumed in making the trip,' which now occupies about six hours. "Daring the war with Spain num bers of stt-am vessels were purchased by the United States Government at extravagant prices, the former owners realizing more than sufficient to re place the vessels with new ships of larger siz, ' which they promptly orde-ed. This fact, no doubt, partly accounts for the increased tonnage of vessels launched in Great Britain dur ing the present year." Neither the limit in size nor speed has yet been approximated, for these are days of invention and discovery and nowhere with the exception, perhaps of the line of electricity, has this, been more marked than in marine architecture and machinery. The progress made in these has been so great that it has been predicted by men who give thought to such subjects that the time is not far dis tant when the trip from New York to Liverpool will be made in four days or less. AMERICAN CORN AHD HEAL IN EUROPE. About ten years ago this Govern ment sent a gentleman to. Europe to see what could be done in the way of educating the people over there to the use of corn meal as a food. He understood his business and knew how to prepare corn meal so that it would make an inviting food. He had it cooked in various ways under his direction, and although his pro, gre88 was slow at first, because it was a new thing, and so many people over there had a fool notion that corn was horse feed, and were there fore prejudiced against it, the object-lessons he presented gradually overcame this prejudice, and now corn meal is becoming one of the common and favorite articles of food. : Since 1888 our exports of corn have increased from 25,000,000 to 185,000,000 bushels, and our ex ports of meal from 235,000 barrels to 788,111 barrels in the same time. Farmers in Denmark buy American corn to feed their cattle. They bought 17,000,000 bushels last year, and shipped about $33,000,000 woith of dairy products to English mar kets. They buy the corn and'make a profit on the purchase by convert ing it into butter and cheese. .While it is well that our farmers find mar kets abroad for so much corn, in the form of corn and corn meal, it could be made' a source of more profit to them by feeding it to cattle and hogs and sending it across the ocean in beef, dairy products and pork. That is about the only way that the corn crop is made profitable, even when sold at home. Miss Annie Southerland, of Kenansville, is visiting in the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jno. J. Kelly. ONE OF THE FBATJDS. . There is a big family of frauds figuring in defence of the Adminis tration policy of expansion, a word that the expansionists think sounds better than grab- One of these frauds is that the Philippine islands will prove an inviting field to Amer icans who have to work for a living, because there wili .be so many open ings when the3e islands come under American rule and are run accord ing to American methods. But right in the face of this fraud we are assured by expansionists who have lived in the Philippines and are familiar with them that they will never be Worth the powder that it takes to win them without Chi nese labor, which they declare is the only labor which can be utilized and depended upon in that archi pelago, and for that reason they are bitterly opposed to shutting the door against the Chinese. Even supposing that the American work man could stand that climate, and be equal to the other conditions, what show would he have against the hordes of Chinese who would flock to these islands if there were a demand for their labor? The men who are scheming to get a grip on the good things there, to become developers, railroad build- Kjng, mine operators, timber cotters, Wo ;n l.i'li.. .1 4 a.c, win employ me cneapesi xauur they can find,, and the American worker -would stand no more show of competing with John Chinaman than a bull yearling would in con testing the right of way with a mo gul engine. Since 1893 our exports of corn have increased more than four-fold and of corn meal more than three fold. Then we exported 48,602,183 bushels of corn and 235,241 barrels of meal. In 1898 we shipped 185, 832,659 bushels of corn and 798,111 barrels of meal The increase of corn exports for ten months of this year are 13,000,000 bushels over those of 1898. Europeans are catch ing on to the true inwardness of American corn, and they haven't be gun to extract exhilarating beverage out of it yet. A fool practical joker started a run on the Portland,, Maine, savings bank, a few days ago, by going around and asking people if they had heard that the bank closed its doors at 3 o'clock. That was the usual hour of closing but few thought of that,. and the result was a run on the bank, which had paid out about 150, 000 before the joke was discovered. There are all sorts of fools in the hUnited States. SOUTHERLAND-ROQERS MARRIAUE. Celebrated Sunday Evening at Residence of Bride's Parents on Greenville Sonad. At the residence of Mr. W. LT Rogers, on Greenville Sound, Sun day evening at six o'clock, a pretty home wedding was celebrated when Mr. Lafayette Southerlaud led to the altar Miss Julia Etta Rogers, the only daughter of Mr. R gers, and they were happily joined in 'wedlock, Mr James Hines, of Myrtle Grove Sound, officiating. , " The bridesmaids, who were hand somely attired.; in white organdie. were Miss- Lizzie Williamson, Miss Beulah Canady and Miss Mary Keyes. The groomsmen were Messrs. George Brooks, Thos. Keyes and Samuel Southerland. After the wedding a bountiful sup per was served and enjoyed by the bridal party. The popular couple were the recipients of many beautiful and costly presents. . Mr. and 'Mrs. Southerland will, re side on Myrtle Grove Sound. The New Pastor Preaches. The Rev. J. N. Cole, the new pastor of Grace M. E. Church, preached two fine sermons Sunday morning and evening. He also attended Sunday school in the afternoon and was much interested in tbe class of Chinese. A dozen or more Chinamen are con stant attendants at the Sunday school and are making good progress. They are taught the English language, and in the meanwhile they are inculcated with the teachings of Christianity. Last Sunday afternoon Sam Lee, the laun dryman, presented the Sunday school with a beautiful lily the sacred lily of China tastily decorated and bound with Chinese paper. Superintendent J. H. Davis publicly tendered the thanks of the school. Steamer A. J. Johnson. Application was yesterday made at the Custom House by the owners for official number for the new stern wheel steamboat A. J. Johnson, which 'was recently built at Clear Run, Sampson county, and which is now at Skinner's ship-yard having her machinery placed. The vessel is owned jointly one half interest each by Messrs. John B. Robinson and James W. Marley, both of Clear Run. They hope to have the new boat in opera- tion early in the coming month. Mr. R. S. Rose, from the Mason macnine worts, Taunton, Mass., is here to give instructions in the opera tion of the looms at the Delgado Cot ton Mills. As it will be about three weeks till the looms start up, he will leave to day for Fayetteville to give instructions in the Holt-Morgan mill, which is ready to begin operations. . Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy; Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures tnem; also uia, .Running and U'ever cores, uicers, nous, felons, Coma, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Bands, Chilblains. Best Pile Cure on earth. Drives out rams ana Acnes, uniy 555 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by R. R. Bel lamy, uruggiss. t CORONER'S INQUEST NOT YET COMPLETE. Are loqairliz Into Peculiar Circumstances of Death of Negro Sam Campbell." An Anfofsy Held. The jury of inquest empanelled by ; Dr. Richard J. Price to enquire into i the circumstances of the death of the j negro Sm Campbell, whose peculiar ; case was referred to in yesterday's Stab, met pursuant to adjournment at the office of Justice J. M. McGowan to hear f -rther testimony yesterday morning. Inoludia g the testimony of Campbell's mother, eleven witnesses in all -have been examined,, but the jury is yet unable to prepare a verdict for the want of further testimony, whi h will be heard at 9.30 o'clock this morning. Drs. Price and McMillan, assisted by Drs. E. J.Wood and G. Kirby Collier, concluded the autopsy yesterday morn ing and submitted the result of their i n vestigation to the j ury. The body was very much ea aciated and looked as if the negro was forty yr ars of age, when in reality he was only twenty one. The left brain was slightly, con gested and the right was badly so. An external congestion was found below the occiput. The lungs were also con gested, very dark, firmer than normal and exhibited signs of tuberculosis. Dave Green, colored, testified as to the striking of Campbell in Mr. Ecrgfer Belm's bar-room in. Paddy's Hollow on Thanksgiving night Mr. Helms ordered him to leave the place and upon his refusal to do so struck him on the back of the head with a club Deceased said the blow did not hurt him and repeated the assertion on the following morning at the fish market On the night in question Campbell wa very drunk and Green put him on a car and sent him home. Jerry Crawford, a half brother of the negro, testified that Campbell on Saturday after Thanksgiving com plained of having a chill and a severe headache. , The other testimony bearing upon the circumstances of the blow was practically tne same and of little in terest - Dr. C. P. Bolles testified, as to the negro's condition while in the City Hospital for treatment Dr. Mask, the colored physician, also testified as to having treated the case. ; The jury will convene for conclu sion of the investigation this morning at 9.30 o'clock. THE DOQ QUESTION. Counter Petition Urging tbe Board of AN dermen to Increase Tax On Canines. The Stab on Saturday stated that a petition was being circulated, re questing the Board of Aldermen to make permanent the temporary ordi nance adopted November 25ih, in view of the so called mad-dog scare, requir ing dogs for thirty days to be closely confined on the premises of owners. A counter petition was gotten up, urging the Board of Aldermen to adopt a dog ordinance on the line sug gested by The STAB that is, an ordi nance to increase the tax on dogs as the best means of regulating tbe dog question. The opinion expressed in these columns ihxt the close con fin roeut of dogs would aggravate their A condition and tend to produce in them the symptoms of muduess, was accepted by those who know anything about caring for dogs. The fact of the business ia, many dogs in the city are in a trri ble condition from their confinement for the past thirty days. The counter petition has been ex tensively signed. It strongly presents the matter to the Board of Aldermen, and the higher tax idea is urged as the most practical way of protecting the community from prowling canines. EARLY MORNINQ MARRIAGE. Mr. James Robert Windley and Miss Mlttle - Anthony Wedded yesterday. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's parents on corner Fourth and Bladen; streets, a very pretty home wedding, was cele brated in the marriage of Miss Mittie Anthony, the accomplished daughter of Mrs. Julia Anthony, to Mr. James Robert Windley, one of the popular and efficient stamp clerks in the Wil . mington postoffice. The ceremony was performed according to the beautiful rites of the Episcopal Church by Rev. Milton A. Barber, rector of St. Paul's parish. Oily a few friends of the bride and grcom were present to witness the marriage and immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Windley 1 ft for a bridal tour to Washington, from which place they will not return for several days. The happy young couple werethe recipients of many pretty and costly presents. " Distressing Accident. Mr. H. C. McQueen, president of the Murchison National Bank; received a telegram conveying to him the dis tressing intelligence that his nephew, Robert Chaffin, was accidentally kill ed at Bennettsville, 8. C, on Tues day. The accident occurred at noon and the youth died at 8 30 o'clock that night. It seems that a companion named Edwin Johnson accidentally shot young Chaffin in the face with a gun. The remains were brought to Lumberton, N. C, and the funeral will take place there to-day. Mrs. McQueen, went up to attend the obse quies. Mr. McQueen's nephew was 16 years of age, and was the son of his sister. An Eartbqsake Shock. Observant persons who had not re tired before 12.30 o'clock Tuesday night report that they felt a distinct earthquake shock about that hour. Those with seismological knowledge reconcile the report with the news of the shock in Southern California Christmas morning. Mr. . Rube Davis, of Rocky Mount enjoyed his Christmas in Wil mington.. - SHEEP PENS. A. Circular Corral WTilcli BUnimlaea Time and Labor In Feeding-. Sheep men are divided somewhat in opinion as to the best manner of han dling sheep when preparing them for market. Some prefer square or ob long pens, but a number of Colorado feeders build their pens on the general plan of a circular inclosure. The Daily Drovers' Telegram gives an account, which bears upon this point, of the farm and feeding pens of one of the QUARTER BKCTIOK OF CIBCCXAB CORRAL. . most successful sheep men of the Rocky Ford region, who buys south western lambs and prepares them for market: It is stated that of the farm of 320 acres 250 are seeded to "alfalfa and the? remainder is used for pens, barns and residence. The manner in which the corrals and feed lots are ar ranged is an admirable one for caring for sheep, and it would be a hard mat ter to devise a more practical arrange ment. The corral is circular in shape and has a smaller pen in the center. Ra diating from this center pen to the out side, are fences, as shown in the cut which divide the outer portion of the corral into 12 different pens. These outside pens are called hay pens, where the sheep remain when not in the com pens, two smaller pens in the center. At the immediate center of the corral is located the corn bin or crib. Water is furnished by means of a reservoir and pipes, which are connected with each pen, necessitating the use of six hydrants, one for each two pens. The feeding pens are connected with gates to the hay or duter pens. Feed is given twice a day, and it usually takes three hours each time to handle the 12 pens. Two pens are fed at the same time, one pen on each side of the dividing fence, thus minimizing both labor and time. All the corn used is carefully weighed each day as it is fed. This is a point that a good many feeders overlook. A pair of hand scales is kept at tbe pens, and not a grain of corn more than the determined weight is given. The accompanying diagram shows a little more than a quarter section of the whole arrangement Improvement of Tobacco. Little! is known of the chemical pro portions of the tobacco leaf, particular ly those which contribute to the flavor and aroma. It is certain that the ex cellence of the leaf and its adaptation to market demands are not dependent except in a very general way, upon the amount of nicotine. It has long been known that certain of the potassium salts cannot be used at all for the pro duction of high types of cigar tobacco, as they give the leaf a poor burn. It Is furthermore an old experience of tobacco; growers that excessive nitrog enous manuring tends to produce a large leaf of inferior quality, contain ing an Increased amount of nicotine. Dr. Loew of the agricultural depart ment is said to have found that there exist on the Florida leaf two kinds of oxidizing enzyms, distinguished as to bacco oxidase and tobacco peroxidase. Comparison with the Connecticut leaf has demonstrated to his satisfaction that l. is on the difference in these enzyms and on their presence or ab sence that the difference in flavor and aroma depends. Having demonstrated to bis satisfaction the presence of these enzyms and their effect on tobacco, Dr. Loew is now engaged in the attempt to so employ them as to produce the fla vor of Florida leaf in Connecticut to bacco. Wute Lime. From Snarar Factories. The value of refuse lime from beet sugar factories varies widely, depend ing chiefly upon the amount of water which It contains, says Professor H. J. Wheeler, who also tells in Rural New Yorker how to use this material as fertilizer. This lime waste should nev er be spread upon the surface of the ground while it is in a wet condition, or it will cake and interfere with its proper incoiporation with the soil. It should not be put in heaps upon grass where it is desired .that the grass should not be destroyed. It is best to apply it in small piles in the late au tumn and allow it to freeze and lie until spring. It then crumbles and Is spread and worked into the soil as thoroughly as possible. If preferred. It may 'be placed in some convenient place in long piles and worked over at intervals of a few weeks, by which process it becomes fit to apply after a lew months. Aside from the difficulty of applying it and the small amount of lime actually present, the use of this material is satisfactory. No Right To TTgllnese. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attrac tive must keep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has consumption or kidney trouble.her impure .blood will cause pimples, blotches,skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. Onlv 50 cents at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. j Electric Belt on Trial. - To introduce it and obtain agents, the undersigned firm will send a few of their Electric Belts on trial on the following terms: $1.00 to be paid in ten days if the Belt proves beneficial, and the. balance, $2 00, to be paid in sixty days if the Belt effects a cure. These Belts are a positive cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Kidney trou ble, Stomach and Liver trouble, Asth ma, etc. Address at once German Electric Agency, t P.O.Boxlo74.NewYork,N.,T. The Rev. L. S. Massey and wife, of Laurinburg, were among last evening's arrival at The Orton. TWO HOMICIDES IN ROBESON. Nerro aos White Man Killed la Drunken Christmas Brawls. Special Star Correspondence.' Lumbebton, N. C, December 26. Will Streater, a young negro man, was set upon by two Croatans, one of whom was named Charis, late Satur day afternoon on the Rowland and Ashpole road, near Ionia Church, and in a fight which ensued Streater was struck with a rail upon the head, which crushed his skull, from which he died a few hours afterwards. All the par ties were drinking and the melee is said to have grown out of an old grudge. The Croatans were arrested and placed in the guardhouse at Ash pole. Near the South Carolina line, in the same community, a white man, crazed by drink, shot and killed with a 38 calibre revolver, an associate of his to ward whom he bore no malice. The murdered man was standing outside the door of a farmhouse when his companion in a drunken fit deliber ately fired two shots into his head, from which he died almost instantly. Sheriff McLeod is on track of the mur derer, who escaped to South Carolina, where he resides. Christmas Packages. Assistant Postmaster T. E. Wallace tells the Star that the postoffice force this year has been very Euccessf ul in handling the large mails incident to the Christmas holidays. The number of packages, he said, was larger than ever before, and it is a compliment to the clerks and other attaches of the office that not one of them was mis laid or carried over without delivery. A necktie and shirt, probably in tended as a Christmas gift to some friend, were left in the lobby of the office and may be had by the owner by applying at the window. Another yule tide giver mailed a package of socks, properly stamped but with no address. This package will also be re turned to the owner if his name can be ascertained. Dog After Policeman. Last night a few minutes before twelve o'clock Policeman C. W. Woolard, while patroling his teat, was viciously attacked by a do in the vicinity of the Front street Market house. The dog, whether rabid or not, is not known, tore the officer's coat, but . his teeth did not penetrate the flesh. Mr. Woolard attempted to kill the dog after he had freed himself of him, but the dog escaped into the dark, when a shot was fired at him. In the same vicinity, during yester day, a negro was bitten by a dog at the market house, but it is not probable that the dog was afflicted with rabies. Will Repair Here. Acting under advices of the owners, Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son & Co., their agents, have had the schooner Percy and Lilly, which put in at Southport several days ago in a badly leaking condition, towed up to Wilmington by the tug Blanche. She is now dis charging her cargo of railroad ties at Willard's wharf, across the river, and after completing the work will be re paired and reload for her destination, which is New York. She has about four feet of water in her hold. The New Lodge of Elks. The new lodge of Elks organized here last week will be instituted to morrow by a team which is coming from Winston. The committee is making elaborate preparations for a sumptuous banquet to be given to morrow night at The Orton, after the lodge shall have been instituted. Fifty or more covers will be laid. Mr. E. J. Powers has been made toast master, and several gentlemen will respond to toasts. 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Agreement to Maintain Existing Rates Daring Next Year at Least. By Telegraph to tne Horning star. Baltimore, I December 26. At a conference of: representatives of the Southern Railway Company and the Seaboard Air Line, recently held in New York it was decided that the two companies would, during the comiDg year, at least, maintain existing rates. The conference related to the existing agreement entered into on January 1st between the Baltimore Steam Packet Company and the . Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Company. President John Skelton Williams and Vice President and Gen eral Manager Sherwood, of the Packet Company, and General John Gill, president of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, conferred on this subject with President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway; Rueben Foster, general manager of the Chesapeake Line, and Skipwith Wilmer who is the Baltimore counsel for the Southern railway. It is understood that a disposition was shown by both sides to reach an arrangement for the continuance of the agreement) expiring in January, and of another agreement, which runs out at a later date. The rumors that there is to be an other war between the Southern rail way and the Seaboard Air Line are said by those ia a position to know to be without foundation. It is stated that both systems have all the business that can be handled at present rates, and not only the opposi tion of financial interests, but that of tbe mercantile community as well, would prevent any move in the direc tion at present. STAMPS ON VOUCHERS. Interesting Question Decided by Jndge Si monton In the U. S. Clrcait Court. By Telearapb to tbe Horning Star. Charleston, S. C, December 27. United States Circuit Judge Simonton to-day hauded j down a decision in the case of the Granby Mercantile Com pany, of Columbia, against Webster, collector of internal revenue, which involves a very interesting question of law and will add considerably to the war taxes, if all mills have the same system of paying hands as some of those in this State. Briefly stated, the mercantile com pany sold goods to Granby mill opera tives, and the accounts when presented to the treasurer of the mill were paid out of money due the operatives. In order to protect itself, the mercantile company took vouchers for each ac count, and under the stamp law Col lector Webster held that a revenue stamp had to be attached to each and every order. The commissioner of internal revenue sustained the collec tor and the mercantile company paid two cents on j 15.847 orders. Subse quently suit was brought for the return of the amount,! but it has been refused by the court and the complaint was to day dismissed.! FATAL STREET DUEL. Two Men Killed and a Third Man Fatally Wounded. " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Hunts ville, Ala., December 27. In a street duel at Deposit to day two men were killed and a third probably fatally wounded. James Harden's throat was cut from ear to ear by his nephew, Jesse Har den. The former is dead. John C. Harden, a brother of the dead man, was seriously cut by Jesse Harden, ad as the fight was drawing to a close Mac. Russell discharged a load of buckshot into the abdomen of Jesse Harden, causing death. All the par ties are well known and prominent in politics. The cause of the fight is not known.. Ills Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E Lilly, a prominent citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a won derful deliverance from, a frightful death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with Typhoid. Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me I expected to soon die of Consumption when I heard of Dr. King's New Dis covery. One bottle gave great relief I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine ia the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Luug . Eesar sizes 50 cents and 1 00 Trial bottles 10 cents at B R Bellamy's Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed, i will aid the cook as no other agent will to make TWENTY-ONE LIVES LOST. British Steamer Ariosto Wrecked Near Ocracoke From Galveston Bound to Hamburg. By Telegraph to the Mornlne Star. "Cape Henry, Va , December 21 The British steamship Aricsto, Cap tain Baines, from Galveston to Ncr folk for coal and thence to Hamburg, loaded with cotton, corn, wheat an! meal, stranded on Ocracoke beach, six miles south of tbe Hatteras weathc r bureau office, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The steamer carried a civw of thirty men. Twenty-one men abai -doned the steamer and took to the boats soon after she stranded. 1't.e boats were wrecked in the heavy si'. and the entire twenty-one drowi.su. Captain Baines and the remaiiiui? eight men were taken from tbe ship to day by Capt. James Howard sure! crew of the Ocracoke Lfe Saving & tion. The rescue was effected . wiih difficulty, owing to the heavy sea, the landing taking up almost the eittir day. Ship a Total Loss. Norfolk, Va., December 25. Cop tain Baines. of the British steamer Ariosto, believes that his ship will prove a total loss. A message to that effect was received from ' him this afternoon by his agents here. The tug Rescue, which reached the Ariosto this morning, has been unable to do anything toward floating her. because of the rough seas. The steamer lies broadside on and appears to be making considerable water. , ' NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. An Advance in Prices All Along the Line. Improving Conditions. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New York, Dec. 27. The market for securities showed the effect of the great reaef felt by the distribution of several factors of apprehension, and prices mounted upward with increas ing buoyancy as the day progressed. tne market closed with a burst of an imation and strength at the top level of the day. Net gains in a numbe r of I important railroads reached three Luiais, wiiu a long list oi advances a point or better. Among the industrials and specialties gains were even more striking, quite a number having ad vanced four to ten points as a result of the day's trading. The demand from an outstanding short interest, to cover, accentuated the Btrength of the latter group, those which have recently suf fered most showing the greatest ben efit from the day's business. Grave fears were felt that the re sulting shrinkage in values would prevent many operators on the Lon don Exchange from meeting their engagements at the current settlement." 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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