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. - . - ' , - V - - . . - - r ft;. '0 .1. - if 'A.' X '1 (. 1 .! , i- . f i; 1 it Pi 5v t LLIAM H .BBE HARD J Ultn and FrosrMtor. . WILMINGTON, N. C. January 5, 1900. OEQATilZIHG AGAIN 3T THE TRUSTS. ' It is said that a few years ago,) be foreTruat8 had become the order of the day, there were in this country about 350,000 commercial travel lers, commonly called drummers. Within that time the numbef has been reduced about one-fourth, throwing about 87,500 of - these drummers out of employment. It is estimated that these -87,500 would spend in 7 railroad fare, hotel bills and other necessary . incidental ex penses about $43,750,000 a year, which the trusts save by' dispensing with their services. In addition to this they save the salaries of these' drummers. This is a distinct gain to the trusts, but it is a loss to the railroads and hotels, and it is a loss to the people at large, .because it keeps that amount of money out of circulation. If the public which' purchases the things made or supplied by the trusts got the benefit of this saving there might be some offset to the loss sus tained by the railroads and hotels, " but this is not the case, for the arti cles furnished by the trusts instead of being cheaper are dearer so that while 87,500 men are thrown out of employment and the railroads, hotels, etc, lose $43,750,000 a year, the only gainers are the trusts. ' We hold that even if the public got the goods furnished by the trusts at a reduced price,, it would then be a loser by so many men be ing thrown out of employment and . so much money bein taken out of circulation, for the more men em ployed and the more money passing from hand to hand the better times are for all. This army of 87,500 employed would spend a great deal of money, for as a rule drummers get good salaries, are good livers and liberal spenders. When they are not employed they have x no ' money to spend, and consequently 'business suffers to the amount which they would spend if em ployed, so that instead of $43,700, 000 there is probably three times that amount lost to business. This is why the .public is interested in the drummers and why the public should , co-operate with the drunr mers in fighting the trusts. A movement began a few months ago in Brooklyn, N. Y., to organize an Anti-Trust League among the drummers and hotel keepers. It now numbers in New York city 30, 000 members and it is proposed to organize leagues in every State in . the Union, to co-operate with the party which opposes trusts and with other anti-trust organizations. Such a league, composed as it will be of active, snappy, intelligent men, should make itself felt in a political campaign and prove a potent factor in the coming contest, when trusts will be a leading, if not the leading issue. They made themselves felt in the campaign and election of , 1896, when they foolishly organized their "sound money" leagues, and .pulled and marched and shouted for the party whose legislation and pro tection made the trusts- possible and strong. They were wrong and were working against their own in terests then, but they didn't know it. They do know it now and per haps the recollection of how they permitted themselves to be duped then may stimulate them to greater ' effort to right the wrong they helped to do the country then. They are paying the penalty of their own folly and they see it. The trust question is not a mere' matter of dollars and cents, whether trusts can or do sell goods for less than they formerly cost. There is something and a good deal in that, - but there is more in it than that. There is a great principle involved and that is whether the trusts are to control the people and Government of the country or the people and Government to control them. That is the issue at last and that is more than dollars and cents: ...If the organization of trusts is to go on unchecked it is simply a ques ; tionof a few years when they will absolutely control the field of the .productive industries, save the .farms, and they will probably con : - trol them by controlling the prices which the farmers will receive for what they produce. If. the next election passes and the people fail to register their emphatic verdict against them at the ballot box this failure will be reasonably construed as an endorsement, or at least as in- - difference, and the trust organizers will be emboldoned to go on with the work of organization, and con solidation of the productive indus- - tries will be the order of the day. Trusts will control the manufac tories, mines and forests, and everything made and used will - have 'the brand of a v trust - upon it. The business of the oountry will be practically in the hands of trusts, and without com petition they will fix their own prices on what they have to sell and v the purchasers will have to pay there prices, and they will fix their own prices on what they have to buy and tellers will - have .to sell at these prices. That's tha way it is now to some extent, but it will be that way to a greater extent if the trusts win , m the next eleotion. -Jhev Will do abouas they please, Ihey will fear no legislation, and will if they desireany more legislative favors, dictate them to the repre sentativesof its party with which they are identified, which they have helped in the past and which stands by them now. While, the Republican party stands the trusts will be miehtv. The only way to restrain them, and prevent them from becoming supreme is to over throw the Tartv that fosters them, and put into' the legislative halls and in the Presidency men who be lieve that the people have Borne rights that combines should respect and that the interests of the people are para mount to the interests of the trust's. As workers in this direction the Drummer's Anti-Trust Leagues and all other anti-trust leasrues should have 'the oordial support of all citi zens' who believe the people are above the trusts. . THE STATE'S FINANCES. , State Treasurer Worth has issued a statement of the receipts and dis bursements by the State for twenty years, from 1880 to November 30th, 1899; inclusive, which we find in the Raleigh News and Observer, and re produce as a matter of publiclnter- est: ' Year, Receipts. Disburs'm'ts. 1880 $ 546,996 04 $ 492.720 S3 1881 ...... . 645,743 05 648,472 59 1882.. 755,881 44 629,112 37 1883....... 965,107 08 944.343 76 1884. 1,436,775 66 785,641 78 Total 5 yea'i 4,350,503 27 3,500,290 83 An'laVage. 870.100 65 700,058 16 1885 J. :t.. 1886...... 378,957 62 795,486 26 835,421 03 1,172,652 31 850,177 70 885,389 78 724.506 45 ' 819,029 02 976,761 31 1,013,383 56 1887i..... 1888....... 1889, Total 5 yea's 3,765,824 11 4,685,040 93 An'l av age. 763,164 83 937,188 Vi 1890..... 1,183,303 76 1,161.5(8 09 1,217,623 90 1,181.066 34 1,239 545 85 1,051,931 37 1,152,894 37 1,053,229 24 1,284,024 41 1,143,749 83 1891.1... 1893.... 1893., . . 1894.. -i. Total 5 yea's 5.9S3.097 94 5,685,828 72 An'lav'age. 1.196,619 59 1, ,137,165 74 18954. 1,130 184 47 1.243.082 93 1,308.691 81 1,337,552 40 1,545,717 69 1,343 013 55 1,245.140 20 1,294,725 24 1,254 592 09 1,600,033 30 1896,".. 1897... 1898... 1899... Total 5 yea's 6 565,229 30 9,738.504 38 An'lav'age. 1,313.045 86 1,347,700 87 FIVE-YEAR PERIODS. " 1880 1884.. $4,350, 503 27 $3,500,290 83 1885 1889.. 3 765,824 11 4,685.940 93 1890 1894.. 5,983,097 94 5.685.828 72 1895-1999.. 6,865,229 30 6,738.504 38 To.20yrs.$20,664 654 62 20,610.564 86 An'lave.. 1,033,232 73 1,035.628 24 Note. Receipts from TJ. S. Gov ernment for the A. and M. Colleges and the Experiment Station were not audited into and out of the Treasury prior to 1895. Since 1895. to and in cluding 1899, these receipts have been $190,000. . - "I WANTS THE PICTUKES. Judge Walter Clark, who is edit ing, and will soon begin printing, the Sketches of the North Carolina Regi ments which served in the Confeder ate army, thinks it would add to the attractiveness of the publication if it contained the pictures of half a dozen or so of the men of the re spective regiments, including when practicable'the Colonel and Historian, but these pictures must have been taken when the men were serving in the war and taken in uniforms. No others are wanted, as the object is to show the participants as they ap peared then. The engravingswill be made from daguerreotypes, by the University Publishing Company at a cost of from $2 to $2.50 each, according to style, unless when the picture may be dim and require re-drawing, which will cost $1.25 extra. The Judge would like to have these pict ures as soon as possible, to prevent delay in printing. . It seems from the investigation going on in Washington that Sena tor Clark, of Montana, is entitled to the distinction of being one of the most liberal vote buyers that ever showed up in the Senate. The price of votes ranged from $5,000 to $10.- OQO, wnich was freely paid, so freely that some of the fellows who voted were Borry they didn't demand $20,- 000. But the Clark side . hasn't been heard yet. Perhaps he can show that he didn't pay so much. The latest prodigy in Indiana is an eighteen year old boy who has a phenomenal talent for figures, in addition to which he has an astonish ing memory for them. He can tell in a jiffy the number of inches in a mile, seconds in a year, &c, has fifty short methods for multiplying, six for division, six for addition and one for. subtraction. He is the son of a poor stone mason. According to the account of Lieut. GUlmore, who with his party was re cently rescued from the Filipinos and brought to Manila, they were in more dread of the savages among whom they were turned loose than they were of the Filipino soldiers. Will we Jiave to whip and tame these savages after getting, through with the "rebel". FilipinoB? Reports from the East say that the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Japan is only a question7 of a little time. Russia is increas ing her war ships on the coast of Corea and Japan, and Japan is hurry ing up the completion of the ships she is having built, and: Japanese papers make no secret of the immi nence of war. . ! U. S. DISTRICT COURT, j The Case Against A.' J. Marshall ; Charged With Counterfeit ing Given to the Jury. NO VERDICT. YET REACHED. Generally Believed It Will Be Acquittal or a Mistrial Captaia McdowanV Contempt Case-Jadcmeit Was . Snspeided. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh; N. C, Jan. 10. The Mar shall counterfeiting . trial was com pleted in the Federal Court to-night. Argument by counsel.. consumed the entire day, three hours being given to each side. . Speeches were made in the Lfollowing order: Spears opened for the prosecution, Meares for the de fence, and was followed by Messrs. Argo and Bellamy, also for the de fence. Bernard closed for the prose cution. All of them made fine argu ments and each spoke for an hour, ex cept Bernard, who spoke 'or two hours Judge Purnell's charge was fair and short. He told the jury it was simply question whom they would be lieve Marshall or the two Greeks, Politzand Darkeley. The jury took the case at 6:12 o'clock. Just as they retired, Mrs. Marshall, who has been by her husband's side in the court room during the trial, broke down and wept. She has held up bravely through the week's trying ordeal. At this hour, 11.30 o'clock, the. jury has retired for the night and no ver dict is expected before to-morrow, if then. It is stated though not on au -thority that the jury is pretty evenly divided. It is generally believed here by those who have kept up with the trial, that it will be a mis-trial, on ac count of a hung jury, or acquittal. Beyond the prosecution, nobody seems to think Marshall guilty. On the conclusion of the Marshall trial, Judge Purnell called up the case of Capt. McGowan, who was arrested on a bench warrant last Saturday for contempt. The law governing such cases was quoted and explained by the Judge, and he said: The answer of respondent to the bench warrant does not deal candidly with the court or purge him of the contempt. The answer filed does nrt set out the words'1 spoken o the cir cumstances. The words were, 'We understand the whole thing,' referring to the case now on trial. 'It is a con spiracy in the case of Dockery against Bellamy, but we intend to carry Mar shall home.' The judge did not by chance overhear a private conversa tion, but was coming up the public street, in full view for a hundred yards er more, . from his residence to the court, as he has done about the same hour every day during the trial of this cause and during this term of four weeks. Respondent seemed to be looking at the judge, spoke in a loud voice, and if not spoken to was intended to be heard by and to influence the judge in a public triaLThis is contempt. A plea of Ignorance of the law will not avail, especially by one who has for years been a magistrate, and the expression respondent used was a covert insult and reflection. The respondent has been guilty of con tempt, even on his own statement The duty of the court, probably, is to im pose a heavy penalty and imprison re 8pondent until he is thoroughly purged of contempt; but in consideration of his advanced age and ill health, the court prefers to err, in hope that re spondent and others will not again offend, on the side of leniency and suspend judgment, respondent's an-" swer at least being an apology and evidently intended by him to purge himself of contempt Judgment will be suspended and the defendant dis charged." , Death of Dr. Sckoawald's Mother. ' The friends and acquaintances of Dr. John T. Schonwald regre tto learn of the death of his mother, Mrs. Cath erine Schonwald, who passed away at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased was born in North Carolina anil was aged 72 years. She .1 :jJ m ai l . TV- t m wuiub wiuuw ui tun law ur. j. r. Schonwald, and leaves two sons and two daughters Dr. John T. Schon wald, of this eity ; Mr. Jackson L. Schonwald, of Wilmington, Del. ; Mrs. E. Q-. Barker, of Woburn, Mass., and Mrs. Wm. 8. Forshee, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The obsequies will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the resi dence of Dr. Schonwald, 411 Red Cross street, near Fourth. The inter ment will be made at the family bury ing ground at Myrtle Grove Sound. " A . ' Sailor Died Suddenly. , . . Yesterday morning, about 9.30 o'clock, Soren Thoraen, a Norwegian sailor who for a number of years had been, employed aboard the govern ment lightship at Frying Pan shoals, died rather suddenly of heart disease at a boarding house kept by Herm Flevy, corner of Water and Walnut streets. He was 37 years of age, un married, and had been in the city on a furlough for treatment for some time. The funeral will be conducted from his boarding place this after noon at 3.30 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Yoigt and the interment will, be in Belle vue cemetery. Ho 'l ThU 1 '. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for apy case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. JChenev for the last fifteen years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. W AIDING, KlKNAIC & MARTIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. ' Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ox the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.: Hall's Family Pills are the beat t fsj? crop can grow with out - Potash. Every ' blade of Grass,' every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. If enough is supplied - you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." - Send for our books telling all about composition oi fertilizers best adapted for all crop. They cost you nothing. '. - GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St.. New York,, BUTLER TO SPEAK HERE. A Despicable Little Game for Making Pelitlca! Capital Bat Democrats Should Disappoint Him. , The Raleigh correspondent of The Star telegraphs that Senator .Butler will open the anti-amendment cam paign in Wilmington,and that Senator Pritchard will have his "grand open ing" in ' Rockingham. The object in view is so plain that every intelligent man will see it at a glance. . Wilming ton and Richmond county have been selected because the Dockeryites claim that they were the storm-centers of Democratic activity in 1898; and Pritchard and Butler are sent into this congressional district in the hope that they will be notified that they will not be allowed to speak; or, if they do at tempt to speak, that the meetings will be broken up by the Democratic "red shirts." flThe Star hopes and believes that their attempt to manufacture capital will prove a disastrous failure. Let Butler and Pritchard, twin broth ers of regro rule, speak until they are hoarse. Certainly - in Wilmington, Butler, cannot change a single vote. Nor does he expect todo this. He hopes that he will not be allowed to speak. But, contemptible as he is, or should be, in the estimation of every decent white man in North Carolina,; there should be no attempt made to intefere with his meeting. Let him severely alone. BURGLARY IN BROOKLYN. Negro Dwelling Entered Sunday Night and $150 Stolen Several Arrests. Sunday night the dwelling house of George White, a negro who has re cently moved here from Florida, was entered by a false key . and a trunk stolen therefrom containing a number of articles of clothing, $100 in cash and a fifty-dollar bank check. The negro lives on Ninth street between Harnett and Swann and was away from home at the time of the robbery. He reported the matter to the police and Chief Parmele and his men : have rounded up six suspicious characters, who will be brought before the Mayor at an early date for an investigation. The trunk robbed of its contents was found yesterday at the "Y" of the At lantic Coast Line in the suburbs of the city. Several arrests were made Sun day night and several others during the day yesterday and last night Among the arrests yesterday after noon were Kingston Bell, Louis Lavender, George Bell, and a man and a woman named Gilliam, all of whom are colored. Street Workman Injured. - -Mr. John Piver. a member of the . street force, was severely injured yes terday moraine by beinsr struck in the back with a tight rope used in guiding the falling of a tree in front of Mrs. Chrises bakery on Front street. When the tree began falling the rope was suddenly loosened, striking the in jured man as stated, and throwing him several yards headlong to the pavement. He was attended bj Dr. W. D. McMillan, the city physician, and afterwards sent to his home on Castle between Sixth and Seventh streets. Superior Court Opening. Judge George H. Brown, Jr., has written to Col. Jno. D. Taylor, clerk of the Superior Court, that he will not be here in time to open the term of Superior Court on Monday, January 22nd, but that he will arrive Monday night and convene the session Tues day morning, January 23d. He says he will be unavoidably detained at Washington, N. C, his home, for a day. Ther Wilmington bar will meet at 10 o'clock Saturday morning to ar range the calendar. Sad Bereavement. r The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fleet will be pained to leaVn that death has entered their household and taken from them their; little daughter Fannie Lou, aged three years and five months. She was taken sick Christmas day and died of scarlet fever yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock at the home of her parents, on Fifth and Nun streets. The funeral will be pri vate, this morning at 10 o'clock, from the residence: ' dlorlona Newa f Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I. T. Me writes: "JTour bot tles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give her no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent" This shows what thousands have proved that Electric Bitters is the Best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum. ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels. exnels noisons. helDS disrestion. builds up the strength. Only 60 cents. Sold byK. a. Bellamy, druggist uuaran jkeed. . . t wfali tn kaII a farm or citv property place it in the hands of the iCast Uarolina Keai juhki Jjf?as & (J, Grady ft Co., Burgaw, N. O. SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS v ''WERE HELD YESTERDAY. WHmlngWa Tarre Nattanal Banks In a Flenrishlog Ceoditlon Presidents and Directors Elected. . The annual meetings of the share holders of Wilmington's three national banks were held jesterday, and the Star is gratified to report that all these institutions have had a satisfac tory business during the past year. - '- The Murchisoa National. v The first, annual meeting of the shareholders of the Murchison Na tional Bank was held yesterday at 11 i On motion, E. K. Bryan, Esq., was called to the chair and Mr. J V.. Grainger acted as secretary. Messrs. W. B. Cooper, Fred Kidder and J. C. Stevenson were appointed a eommittee to report the number of shares represented. They reported that 768 share were represented in person and 756 by proxies, making a total of 1,524 out of 2,000 shares. Mr. H. C. McQueen, president of the bank, made a report of the trans actions since the bank went into busi ness on the first of last March. The report shows steady progress, some of the items in it being as follows : Capi tal stock, $200,000; profits less ex peHseV; $15,434.20; deposits, $354, 72025 ; loans and' discounts, $304, 869159; circulation, $54,000; United Stages bonds, $112,000. Total footings of resources, $624,154.45. The following board of fifteen direc torsTwas elected: Col. K. M. Mur chison, N. Jacobi, T. M. Emerson, W. a. Bprunt. R. W. Wallace, M. J. Corbett, A. S. Williams, J. A. Sprin ger, J. C. Stevenson, J. V. Grainger, W. B. Cooper, Fred Kidder, A. B. Nichols, N. B. Rankin, H. C. Mc Queen. - After the stockholders adjourned, the directors met and re-elected Mr. H. C. McQueen president and Mr. J. V. Grainger cashier. The Atlantic National. The shareholders of the Atlantic National Bank met at the banking house at noon. Mr. Preston L. Bridgers was called to the chair, and Mr. H. Lacy Hunt acted as secretary. Messrs. N. B. Rankin and R.W. Wallace were appointed a committee oo proxies, and they reported g quo rum by parson and proxy. Mr J. W. Norwood, the president, made bis report of the affairs of the ht!k fnr the past year, showing a net profit of 18 38 per cent for the stock holders, in addition to bond bought at premiums and the premiums charged off. The affairs of the bank generally were reported as in fine con dition, the stock being valued at 10 cents above the book value. The following board of-eleven di rectors was elected: P. L. Bridgers, S. P. McNair, H. L. Vollers, D. L. Gore, E. J. Powers, a W. Worth, J. W. Norwood, H. B. Short J. S. Worth, G. A. Norwood and W. E. Springer. At a subsequent meeting of the di rectors, Mr. J. W. Norwood was re elected president and Mr. EL Lacy Hunt cashier. National of Wilmington. At 3 SO P. M. the shareholders of the National j Bank of Wilmington held their annual meeting, with Mr. James H. Chadbourn in the chair and Mr. W. E. Worth as secretary. Messrs. Hugh MacRae and James H. H. Chadbourn, Jr., were appointed a committee on proxies, and reported 900 shares out of $1,000, represented in person and bg proxy. - A committee consisting of Messrs. George R, French and James. H. H. Chadbourn, Jr., appointed to -examine the affairs of the bank, made a very gratifying report, showing that since the bank began business' five years , ago, $24,000 has been naid in dividends and $19,000 passed to the surplus, making $43,000 net profits to the shareholders. President John S. Armstrong also made a report, showing in detail the operations for the year. A board f f eleven directors was elected as jfollows : Wm. Calder, James H. Chadbourn, Jr., George R. French, John S. Armstrong, Gabriel Holmes, Wm. E. Worth, C. W. Yates, Hugh MacRae, Junius Davis, J. G. L. Gieschen and Charles E. Borden. After the stockholders adjourned the directors met and elected Mr. John S. Armstrong president and Mr. J. W. Yates cashier. ANTI-AMENDWENT CAMPA1QN. Senator Butler and Julius Harden to Speak ia Wilmington. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, January 8. The anti-amendment campaign will be opened in Wilmington by Senator Butler, Populist and Julius H. Har den, Republican. The date has not yet been decided upon. Harden lives in Alamance county, and was last year the fusion candidate for the State Senate. He is a graduate of Yale, and was once very wealthy. In 1893 he failed, and is now farming. Senator Pritchard speaks at Rock ingham next Tuesday. It is announced . here by Republi cans that ex-Sheriff Pritchard, Sen ator Pritchard's brother, will oppose Linney in the Eighth district for nom ination for Congress. A Life and Death Fight. . Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, Ia., writing of his almost miraculous escape from death, says: "Exposure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent -hemorrhages and coughed night and day.- All my doc-' tor said I must soon die. Then I be gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have used it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular size 50 cents and 1 00. Trial bottles 10c at R. RvBellamy's drug store. t - Fire last night practically destroyed the town of Taylor, Mias., with prob ably $140,000 loss, f It is the high quality of Royal Baking Powder that has established its great and world-wide reputation.- ' Every "housewife knows ' she can rely upon it ; that it makes the bread and biscuit more delicious and wholesome-always the 3 7 never experimental COTTbN STATES CONVENTION, Meetiif of Commissioners of Af ricaltare ia New Orleans Presideat Stevens' Advice to Farmers. . By Telegraph to Ui Hominsr Star. New Orleans, January 10. The first annual convention of the Cotton States Association of the Commis sioners of Agriculture opened here to day. Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico were represented. Commissioner Jas tremski, in the absence of Governor Foster, delivered the address of wel come, which was responded to by Com missioner Culver, of Alabama. President Stevens then delivered bis annual address. "For years," said Colonel Stevens, "the farmers of the South have been drifting into a condition of bankruptcy and demoralization. This is not due to sterility of soil, nor to unfavorable climatic conditions. It is not alto gether fair to lay the fault of failure to our people, for, as a class, they have worked industriously, in and out of season; but they have not worked with any fixed purpose of perma nent benefit in the end. I have for years been urging the farmers , of Georgia to reverse their methods if they would escape the conditions which have resulted from a lack of diversification in planting their crops. The salvation of the people depends upon rural independence, and I urge upon each of you, the commissioners of the cotton growing States, to call upon your people to change their methods of farming. The farming interest has been the subject of much discussion by the press and the peo ple of the South for the past twelve months; so much so, that the people of the rural districts are seeking in formation by reading the daily and weekly papers and 'agricultural jour nals. This is one of the important channels through which this associa tion must rely in reaching the farm ing class, by writing monthly, matters upon agricultural subjects, and ques tions, to be published once a month in your, newspapers." Mr. Stevens said there was no doubt that the South is more prosper ous to-day than at any time within the last thirty years ; prices have advanced and the people are more hopeful. "Tell your farmers," he said, "to make small bills; to buy -for cash if possible; to plant largely for food crops and re duce the acreage in cotton even below that of last year. The cotton crop of 1899-1900 will barely reach 9.000,000 bales, and the average price paid thus far has been seven cents. But if our farmers go wild again, as they did in 1898 get everything they can on time, plant the whole earth in cotton, and make a crop of 11,500,000 bales the country will be ruined, almost beyond hope." . IMPROVEMENTS AT CHADBOURN. Sunny South Colony Well Pleased With Their Soothers. Homo, Special Star Correspondence. Chadbourn, N. C, Jan. 10. Your correspondent, while stopping over at Chadbourn recently, was pleased to note the many improve ments in and around this thriving little town. Those who compose the "Sunny South" colony are delighted with their new .home in a Southern clime. For several years past they have made a great success in the cul ture of strawberries. A number of beautiful homes have lately been built around Chadbourn and the, trucking lands are being brought into a high state of cultivation. All around the town are signs of substantial improve ment. When the Chadbourn & Con way railroad is extended from Board man to i Union City it will give the truckers of that section at least twenty four hours on transportation. The Armour Co. is building a six thousand dollar ice plant, which will also be of great advantage to truck growers. PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS. Reports Received and Dlscnssed Dis charted Supervisors Ask Back Pay. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, Jan. 10. The penitenti ary directors met to-day. They re ceived the report of Superintendent Day, claiming that he would take the surplus of $13,000. The resignation of Director W. H. Osborne was received and accepted, and reports from several of the State farms were received and discussed. Discharged supervisors W. B. Dixon, TE. McCakey, L. T. Pope and J. J. Marin go, asked for $1,400 back pay, from the time they were dis charged to the end of the terms for which they were appointed. The board named a committee to confer with their attomeva. Another session of the board will be held to morrow, at which anew executive board will be leloctecl. . - 1 1 ' t M finest that can be baked. It is economy and every use the R6yal, whose work is There are many imitation baking powdere, made from alum. . They may cost less per pound, but their use is at the cost of health. ;OYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., MISS MORRISON'S ACQUITTAL. Found Not Guilty of the Murder of Frank Leldenhelmer A Dramatic Speech to the Coart and Jary. i By Telegraph to the Heralna Star. Chattanooga,) Tenn., January 10. The trial of Julia Morrison James for the murder of Frank Leiden heimer, of the "Mr, Plaster of -Paris" Company, ot which they were leading man and lady, on the stage of the Chattanooga Opera House on the .night of September 23rd last, ended at 4 o'clock this afternoon when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Miss Morrison,) upon hearing the words which insured her freedom, advanced to the speaker's platform and made a most dramatic speech to the court and the jury. She said : "I wish to thank you and the gentle men of the jury and all who were in strumental in my acquittal for your just and generous decision! May God in His mercy be ever as just to you and yours as you have been to me to day. As for the prosecution, I wish to say that I fully forgive them and bear them no malice for their strenuous efforts for my conviction. 'As to my persecutors.1' she con tinued, turning toward Mrs. George J. Antz, the beautiful sister of the murdered actor, who was overcome with emotion and suffused in tears, "I leave them to their consciences and their God. To the poor bereaved sister I say that God knows, were it in my power to restore her brother to her, I would certainly do it" When Miss Morrison had finished her speech, which she had rendered in a dramatic style, Attorney General Donaldson made a demand that she be held for carrying a pistol and the case was entered, but no bail or other for mal court recognition was accorded the action. The verdict was wildly cheered by the spectators in the court room and by hundreds outside. Miss Morrison will remain in Chattanooga for several weeks, after which she will begin a lecture tour, her subject being "The Other Side of the Stage," in which she will point out the dangers that con front the young girls who follow the stage as an occupation. ' THE EXPANSION IDEA. Hon. Wm. J. Bryan's Views on the Ea Isrgement of the Repobllc. By Telegraph to the Kornlns Btar. Minneapolis, January 10. in an interview to-day Mr.W. J. Bryan said: "J am a firm believer in the enlarge ment and extension of the . limits of the republic. I don't mean by that the extension by the addition of con tiguous territory, nor to limit myself to that. i - "Wherever there is a people intelli gent enough to form a part of this re public, it is my belief that they should be taken in. "Wherever there is a people who are capable of having a voice and a representation in 1 this government, there the limits of the republic may be extended. "The Filipinos are not such people. The Democratic party has ever favored the extension of the limits of this re public, but it has never advocated the acquisition of subject territory to be held under colonial government "" j To night Mr. Bryan, Mayor Gray, Governor Lind audi others addressed a large crowd at the Exposition build ing. ) At the conclusion of the speeches, a banquet was held at the West Hotel, at which between 500 and 600 were present. 1 j - - - . . ? IN GUILFORD COUNTY. Rich Deposits of Gold, Silrer aid Nickel Discovered To Be Developed. Bv Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. Charlotte, N. C, January 10. A rich disposit of ore, assaying gold, silver and nickel, all in paying quan tities, has been discovered in Guilford, county, North Carolina. The indica tions are that there are immense quan tities of each metal. The property is owned by 'David Hufflnes, who will develop it, . j Miss Cecilia Miles, daughter of the General commanding the army, and Captain Samuel Beber, U. S. A., were married at Washington, D. O., yester day and left on a Southern tour. The wedding, was an ultra fashionable one. I , Shapoly arriod Womon after b ment prepares the - . Kicnusc mu- f sr the strain upon it and oreaer luc symmetry of all the danretfttf mother safely through "MOrttkal period withoatpaG. It ia woman's BwLai wnwgy, ana um wnE ill cm. . com Our little book, ti ft "ftew i m ,ou per imui, lgH -SH"t Oils great remedy, will be sent T Xna Baanvnua aseuLAToa Comtaky, free to any address Atlanta, Oeota Never experiment with so important tifi article as the human food way better to always certain, NEW YORK. j SENATORIAL CANDIDATES V Glenn, of Winston, in the Race for Sen ator Pritchard's Seat Pour Aspir ants for Butler's Place. By Telegraph to the Morning; Btar. Raleigh, N. C., January 10. Cap tain Robert B. Glenn, of Winston, district attorney for Western North Carolina : during -'President Cleve land's last administration, announces that he will be a candidate for, U. S. Senator, to succeed Senator Pritchard, whose tterm expires in March, 1903. Captain Glnn favors a senatorial primary, and is the first to. announce himself in the race for Senator Pritch ard's seat. - For Senator Butler's seat there are four candidates: F. M. Simmo-.sf, Julian S. Carr, A. M. Waddell aif! Thomas J. Jarvis. ; Simmons is the chairman of Ui State Democratic Committee and cu -d acted the campaign in which Up state was redeemed from negro domi nation. Colonel Carr is one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina and is very popular. Colonel Waddell w Mayor of Wilmington and has repr. sented his district in Congress. Jarvis has been Governor, minister to Brazil and served, by appointment, the un expired term of Vance in the Senate Butler's successor will be elected by the Legislature in January, 1901. TROUBLE WITH NEGROES. White People at Pinewood, S. C, fearful of Violence Proper Precaotlons Have Been Taken. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia, S. C, January 9. Last Saturday, at Pinewood, a small sta tion on the Atlantic Coast Line near Sumter, Conductor Frank B. Hursey, shot and instantly killed a negro train hand, Lewis Burton, who was advanc ing threateningly upon the conductor. The negroes at Pinewood bectme disturbed and the white people, who are in a great minority, are fearful of violence, although Conductor Hursey has been committed to jail at Man-" ning. The coroner's jury,with the excep tion of three negroes, was disposed to exonorate Hursey. . To-day A. L. Burkett, intendant of Pinewood, wired Senator Appelt for twenty j rifles aud 'two thousand rounds of ammunition, as an uprising was feared. Governor McSweeney wired Sheriff Brabham to proceed to Pinewood with a posse, and Captain W.L.Le was ordered to have bis com pany, the Sumter light infantry, sleep on arms, ready to proceed to Pinewood at any moment. AN ANALYSIS BY HESTER. Of Cotton Movement from Sept. 1st to Dec. 30th The Texas Loss. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New Orleans, January 8. Secre tary Hester's analysis of the cotton movement for the four months of the' season from September 1st to the close of December inclusive, shows that compared wiih the crop movement last year, Texas including Indian ter ritory, has brought into sight this .sea son in round figures 944,000 bales less while other Guff States which include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Missouri and Oklahoma have marketed 198,000 less. The group of Atlantio States which includes North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia show a decrease of 681, 000, making the decrease in the total crop marketed 1,823,000. Mr. Hester shows the amount brought into sight by Texas and In dian territory to be 1.806,035 bales; other Gulf States l.t-84,532; Atlantio States 2,212,293; total crop in sight at the close of December-5, 902.959, a de crease under last year of 1,883,290. 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