She tSlcchlg jltar.
ItLIAM H.EBU A RD
Xdltor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Fbiday, - - February 23, 1900.
IP THIS ISN'T IMPERIALISM
, "WHAT IS?
The Congress of the United States
is new wrestling with the question
as. to whether, the island of Porto
'Rico, is a part of the United States
or not, and has about come to the
conclusion, as far as the Republican
majority is concerned, that for tax
ation purposes it is a part of the
United States and for all other pur
poses foreign territory. In his mes
sage to Congress President McKin
ley said that it was our plain duty
to make trade between the United
States and that island free bo that
exports to and imports from it might
go and come unhampered. But the
Republican majority in Congress,
which contends that this island is
llo"w under the Government of the
United States, refuses to permit its
products to come into the ports of
the United States without paying
import duties like any other foreign
country, the only difference being
that they make some reduction in
the duty in consideration of the fact
that the American flag flies over the
island and it belongs to the United
States now instead of Spain.
In order to be consistent they will
have to pursue the same course with
the Philippines, which came to us
through the double process of crush
ing, with the aid of Aguinaldo and
his men, Spanish power in the
islands, and subsequent agreement
to pay $20,000,000 spot cash; and
the same with Hawaii, about which
there was no fighting and no money
trade, for all came to us by annexa
tion, application made ostensibly by
the people of the islands and grant
ed ostensibly by the United States
through .their representatives in
Congress. There was no bartering
" there unless of a political character,
but still the annexed islands of
Hawaii must for the sake of consis
tency be treated as it is proposed to
treat Porto Rico and as the Philip
pines will be treated, that is consid
ered part of the United States for
taxation purposes, while for other
. purposes they are a sort of non
' descripts neither a part of the
. United States nor a part of anything
else.
This is where politics comes in
and knocks thebottom out of con
sistency, of statesmanship and of
genuine Americanism, for, it com
pletely reverses the grand American
contention that taxation without
representation is monstrous and
intolerable and absolves the man
taxed from allegiance to the Gov
ernment which does the taxing.
That was one of the principal justi
fying causes put forward by our
revolutionary ancestors in their up
rising against the British Govern
ment, which persisted in imposing
taxes upon them while denying
them the right of representation
and of having a voice in the making
of the laws by which they were to
be governed.
There were only three millions of
Americans when the colonies did
that. There are a million of people
in Porto Rico, about 10,000,000 in
the Philippines and we now propose
i r wn.n imuu nun ruu w n u r. nnT
forefathers revolted against the
British Government for doing with
the colonies.
Of course they can't find any au
thority in the constitution of the
United States for that so they go
outside of the constitution which
they say don't apply to acquired
territory but only to the United
-States, forgetful of the fact that if
this were so it would apply to
Louisiana, California, Alaska and
other territory acquired by purchase
or annexation, every square mile of
which . was looked upon as a part of
the United States not simply for
purposes of taxation, but for all
other purposes. Most of this ac
quired territory is now in the Union
as States and their representatives
are now wrestling with the question
of taxing the people of our more
recent acquisitions, and indicating
. that they wish to settle it in a way
thatf 4iad it been applied to the ear
lier acquisitions would have kept
them in a semi-foreign condition,
- American territory for taxation but
foreign territory for other purposes.
If levying taxes upon the imports
front Porto Rico or Hawaii, or the
Philippines when we securely fas
.ten our grip upon them, (if we ever
do) be right, why wouldn't it be
right to levy taxes upon stuff com
ing from New Mexico, Alaska, Ok
lahoma or the Indian Territory ?
Some of these, according to repre
sentations, are not much ' better
qualified for self government than
Porto Rico, the Philippines or Ha
waii, the population consisting very
largely of Mexicans, few of whom
apeaJctne .English language, ana
few of whom can read or write
their own. This was one of the
causes alleged for keeping New
Mexico and Arizona out of the
Union when they made applications
to come in as States.
- But the Republican statesmen are
imply ignoring the constitution o:
the United States in their treat
ment of these islands, as a matter o:
political expediency. If they tieat
them at a part of the United States
and admit - their products free
duty they will antagonize the pro
'tected classes who might be more
or less affected by the imports from
the islands and it. is to placate these
that this, arbitrary and altogether
unconstitutional and un-American
line is drawn. They are either a
part of the United States or they
are not , If they are they are en
titled to the same treatment as Other
territory of the. United States. If
they are not then - Congress has no
right to legislate for them or to un
dertake to establish governments for
them. They can't be a territory of
the United States for taxation pur
poses and foreign territory for other
purposes. That is monstrous, and
in the opinion of the men who es
tablished this Republic just cause
for revolution.
BEET SUGAR.
It has been predicted that the
time is not far distant, with the
present progress in that industry
kept up, when this country will
not only produce beet sugar enough
to meet its own demands for con
sumption, which are large because
we consume more sugar per capita
than any other people in the world,
but a good deal for export.
What effect the taking in of the
islands acquired from Spain and
Hawaii, which are all large sugar
producers, and cheap producers,
too, is going to have on this indus
try remains to be seen, but it looks
like inconsistency, at least, in a
party which has for years been tax
ing the American people to foster
the sugar-making industry in this
country, $6 be now spending mil
lions of dollars annually and sacri
ficing thousands of men to take
forcible possession of islands which
will eventually compete with our
cane and beet sugar makers. But
the men who are running this ex
pansion business never cared much
for consistency, when they thought
they had anything to gain by ignor
ing it.
As the South is or may be inter
ested in the progress of the beet
sugar industry we quote the follow
ing from the Boston Commercial
Bulletin :
"The production of beet sugar in
foreign countries has become ao large
that it is now able to control the price
of sugar from the cane.
"In our country, however, the pro
duction of beet sugar has not attained
large and promising proportions until
within the past two or three years,
although the subject has long been
carefully studied and experimented
with, under the fostering care of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. Some twenty yean ago an
attempt was made to start a beet sugar
industry in Maine,, with Portland as a
centre for the factory, but the farmers
in the vicinity could not be induced
to make contracts to cultivate beets
in sufficient quantity to warrant the
undertaking, and it was therefore
dropped.
"Experiments at the Weathowever.
have been more successful, and beet
sugar is a well known commodity on
the Pacific coast The factory of the
Alameda Sugar Company, Alameda,
Cal., has been in existence for many
years,, with varying success, butlat
terly has been decidedly profitable.
Another large f actory in that State is
that of Claus Speckles' of Hawaiian
fame. Two other extensive ones in
that State are at Chino and Los Ala
mitos. The only other beet sugar fac
tories that existed in this country in
1897 were at Eddy in New Mexico, at
Grand Island and Norfolk in Ne
braska, at Lehi in Utah, and at Rome,
N. Y. The last named was started in
the Fall of that year.
"The total product of these factories
for 1897 was about 335.000 tons. In
1898 and 1899 a large number of new
factories were started in Michigan,
Nebraska, New Tork and some other
States. It is noticeable, also, that
within a month quite a number of
factory enterprises have been inaug
urated in different .sections. The do
mestic industry has, therefore, evi
dently passed its experimental stage;
and is full of promise to the farmer
and to the whole country. It has
needed long periods of experiments
with seeds and with soils. New Eng
land land -does not seem generally
favorable to raisin? beets containing
a profitable proportion of saccharine
qualities. California, Michigan, Utah.
iMeorasua, Minnesota, JNew York and
Illinois have proved specially favor
able in soil for this industry, and
these enterprises thus far established
in these States are giving very satis
factory results both as to product and
price.
"In the right section it is easy now
to secure the erection of a beet sugar
factory provided the farmers in the
locality will contract to supply the
factory with an ample quantity of
beets, The sugar produced at these
lactones resemoies tne raw sugar
which comes from abroad for refining
purposes, being of a brown color, but
of different shades. As refineries are
expensive luxuries, the product of these
factories must be sold as brown sugar
or else transported to some refining
center to make the standard domestic
article of white granulated sugar.
'This domestic beet sugar product at
present is mainly absorbed by the
local markets in the sections where
the factories are situated, but as the
industry grows the range of the de
mand will naturally be extended.
Sugar plants in favorable sections m
become by and by almost as common
as are ciaer mills now in New Eng
land."
A PATRIOTIC VIEW OF IT.
While there is not the slightest
probability of any white voter being
disfranchised in the event of the
adoption of the proposed constitu
tional amendment, there are some,
and doubtless a great . many white
voters in the State who would vote
for it even if that were to be the
case, for the same reason that the
white voter of Chatham county does,
to whom the Pittsboro Record refers
as follows:
"We heard an old citizen of this
county, who cannot read or write, say
a few days ago that he would vote for
the suffrage amendment even if he
knew it would uisfranehise him. He
said he would be willing never to vote
again if thereby he could prevent
ignorant . negroes from voting. He
further said that, as it is now, his vote
can only kill one negro's vote, but if.
he and all the ignorant negroes should
be disfranchised his not voting would
then count more for white supremacy
than his young can now."
There is no danger of this man
osing his vote nor of any other
white voter losing his vote, but this
Chatham man takes a patriotic view
of it in the unselfish willingness he
shows to sacrifice his vote for the
public good, when by so doing he
may help to free his State, irom tnen
peril of negro rale.
FOUR MORE TO BE VOTED FOR.
In addition to the usual number
of State offices to be voted for at
he next State election, there will
be four more, namely Commissioner
of Agriculture, members of the Cor
poration Commission, Commissioner
of Labor Statistics and Public Print
ing. This is in accordance with the
act of the last Legislature, which
makes these elective officers instead
of "being chosen by the Legislature.
As under the decision of the Supreme
Court, Dr. Abbott holds over until
the end of his term in 1903, there
will be but two Corporation Com
missioners voted for.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Kaleieh Post: Columbia Uni
versity has decided to send an astro
nomical expedition to Raleigh, to ob
serve the path of totality in the eclipse
of the sun which will take place May
28th.
Favetteville Observer: Died in
this citv this (Tuesday) morning, at 7
o'clock, Mr. Frank Myrover, aged 42
years and 5 months, after more than
a year and a half of great physical
suffering, which he bore with the
constancy of a brave and loyal soul.
Tarboro Southerner: It is merely
a rumor, and a vague one at that,
about the death of Edmond Hart,
which occurred in Princeville, Friday.
The suddenness and unusual manner
of his dying may have suggested the
cause of his death. The rumor is
that Hart had incurred the enmity of
another colored men. for supplant
ing him in the affections of his best
girl, and the man poisoned mm.
Hart, it will be rememoerea, u riaay
mornine went into the saloon of Or-
ren James and after sitting a short
time in a chair fell out unconcious
and remained so nntil he died several
hours thereafter.
Greensboro Record: The
Rev. J. W. Lee, one time known aa
the Irish Evangelist, will not down.
You may down him and up he hops
again not in any high, exalted posi
tion does he pop but he is fulfiliog
the predictions of many of his former
friends here going deeper pnd deeper
into the mire His trial here before a
committee of his church is well re
membered. The result of it all was
that he was convicted of 'inveracity"
a mild way of saying that he had
lied. The charge of gross immortality
was not sustained but he was sus
pended from West Market street
church. Last week some of the papers
'got on to him" that is to say, it is
openly charged that he has been liv
ing in Washington with the woman
with whom he was charged with im
mortality. Not only this but it is
claimed that some gentleman has
been "shadowing" him and has found
that he has been in the habit of swal
fowing red liquor. It is charged here
that he has not been caring lor his
wife and children who still reside in
Greensboro, and has written only a
few times since leaving for Washing
ton, ostensibly to secure a chaplaincy
in the Philippines. It is expected the
church here will take some action
regarding his alleged conduct.
ANTI-TRUST TOBACCO CO.
Movement Against the Dnrkam Tobacco
Company The A. C. L. and South
ern's New Steamboat.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleish, N. C, February 20. .
A sensation was created here this
morning by an advertisement which
appeared in the News and Observer,
signed by Guthrie & Guthrie, attor
nevs, at Durham, giving notice they
would ask the Legislature at its ad
journed meeting here in June, to re
peal the charter of the Durham To
bacco Company and appoint trustees
to take charge, of its property and bus
iness affairs.
Accompanying this advertisement is
another, giving notice that the Legis
lature will be asked to pass a special
act incorporating the "Durham Anti
Trust Tobacco Company," with a cap
ital stock not exceeding $25 000,000.
The Black well Company, in which
Maj. Guthrie is a stockholder, is a
member of the Tobacco Trust.
The new passenger steamer 'Au-
gusta," built for the Southern rail way
aad Atlantic Coast Line passe neer
traffic on the York River linei and
christened, some months ago at Phila
delphia by Miss Jaae Andrews, daugh
ter of Vice President A. B. Andrews.
of the Southern, will to-day make its
trial trip.' It will go from Norfolk
out to sea on Wednesday morning
and return that afternoon. There
will be on board a party composed of
Baltimore, JNew xorJc. Aueusta. Kal
eigh and Norfolk people, Those from
nere wuirDe Mrs. A. t. Andrews. Jr..
and representatives of the newspapers
nere. xney lert to nient for JN orfolk.
FIRE AT MOUNT
High School Building Burned Early Satur
day Nigbt Presumably Incendiary.
Special Star Correspondence.
Mount Olive, N. C. Feb. 18. The
Mount Olive High School building was
mirnea- saturaav merit At nhmit 7
o'clock. There had been no session, of
tne scnooi ior tne past week on ac
count of the sickness of Pmf Nizhni
son and the fire is therefore supposed
4 V.. tu An. A : o m i
bis ud iiuo uoqu ui au mueauiary. i.ne
Duiiaing was paruaiiy covered by In
surance to the amount of $1 200. Th
music rOom was saved by heroic work
The books and furniture were all con
sumed.
CHURCH BURNED AT KINST0N.
St
Mary's Episcopal Church Consumed
by Flames Sunday Morning.
Special Star Correspondence.'
Khiston, N. C, February 19 St
Mary's Episcopal Church, one of the
landmarks of Kinston, was burned
yesterday morning about 11 o'clock
The fire was discovered during ser
vices, and is supposed to. have been
caused by a defective flue. The in
surance on building and furniture
amounted to $3,500, the loss being in
excess of that amount. -
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
SNnn QA..L 1 T 1
nuwuiiuuiwiuaau iii v or are uui ui
ftrdnr All bhVi ahnnlil tnnnr that T
King's New Life tills, the . wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a
splendid appetite, sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit that insures per
fect health and great energy. Only
Z5C atH.it. Bellamy's Drug Store.
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C A VAD A M E DPPilDT
I A T aw W.
Upon Mr. Bellamy's Appropria
tion fqr Improving Moore's
' ." - Creek Battle Ground, j
$10,000 IS AMOUNT WANTED;
Committee on Library to Which it Was
Referred Recommends Passage of the
Bill Chairman Cummlngs In
terests History of Battle.
The bill of Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy
introduced in Congress several
weeks agoappropriating $10,00d out
of the public funds not otherwise ex
pended for the beautifying and im
proving of the old Moore's Creek bat
tle ground in Pender county, has met
with such universal satisfaction-' in
this section of the State that it will
be a source of gratification to those
interested in the preservation of the
historic scenes of conflict in the South
ern States and especially in North
Carolina to know that the Committee
on Library to which it was referred
has examined into the merits of the
bill and reported favorably upon its
passage.
Hon. Amos J. Cumming, chairman
of the committee, embraces the fol.
owing interesting facts in his report
upon the measure.
This bill is to appropriate ten thou
sand dollars for the repair of the
Moore a Creek Monument and to im
prove its grounds. The monument
was erected by private subscription in
the year. 1857, by the citizens of Wil
mington, N. C, and the vicinity.. The
land is owned by the Moore's Creek
Monumental Association, incorporated
under the laws of North Carolina,
which has undertook the task, entirely
as a- labor of love and patriotism,to se
cure from decay the monument which
is crumbling, and clear and beautify
the grounds which have grown up in
trees and shrubbery, that the scene of
the battle may be preserved, and that
the monument may be an altar of free
dom where we may rekindle the fires
of patriotism should they eyer begin to
expire. i
What the battle of Lexington was
to the Northern Colonies, the battle of
Moore s Creek was to the Southern
Colonies. The British were preparing
to invade the province of North Caro
lina and to suppress the spirit of inde
pendence which was more forward in
this province than in her sisters. ; The
tory Highland Scotchmen, living at
Cross Creek, under General McDonald
were endeavoring to reach the Cape
Fear for a junction with Sir Henry
Clinton and Lord William Campbell
with a large force, who. with Lord
Corn wall is, expected every hour.
were to begin the subjugation Df the
province. W ben on the 27th or Feb
ruary, 1776, the Tories encountered at
Moore s Creek Bridge, about eighteen
miles from Wilmington, the American
forces under Colonels Caswell and
Lillington, a battle ensued, the
Americans being entrenched south of
the bridge and the first glorious victory
waswon in the South. The Amer
icans lost but one man, the slain of the
enemy being computed at fifty, eight
hundred and fifty prisoners captured,
and the trophies of the day being fif
teen hundred rifles, three hundred and
fifty guns, one hundred and i fifty
swords and dirks, two medicine chests,
thirteen wagons, horses and harness,
and a box of English guineas worth
$75,000.
tne enect of the victory was to give
to the American soldiers, about to en
ter on a seven year war, military ex
perience and an intelligent confidence
in themselves It co . polled the haugh
ty oppressors to respect their skill aid
prowess. It frustrated toe great scheme
to subjugate North Carolina, and em
boldened tne people of this province,
who already in Mecklenburg had de
clared their independence in mass
meeting, to meet in a Provincial Coa
gress on the 12ihof April, 1776, and
pass a unanimous resolution appoint
ing delegates to the Continents! Con
gress and instructing them "to concur
with the delegates of the other Colo
nies in declaring independence and
forming foreign alliances." Thus in
advance of all the other Colonies, call
ing upon the Nation, the United Pro
vinces, to sanction by their united
voice what had already been so noblv
done by a portion of her citizens.
Your committee, therefore, believ
ing that this historic spot should be
properly preserved, respectfully re
commends the passage of the bill.
Amos J. Cummings.
Chairman of Committee on Library.'
AGAIN POSTPONED,
Next Hearing la the Bellamy-Dockery
Case Will Be on Friday, March 2d.
Several Members Absent, I
From a private telegram received in
the city last evening it is learned that
the committee in the contested elec
tion case of Oliver H. Dockery against
Hon. John D. Bellamv. from the
Sixth Congressional district, has post
poned a hearing of the matter to Fri
dray, March 2d.
The committee met yesterday morn
ing and the adjournment was taken
owing to the absence from Washington
of several members of the committee.
lnis action is said by a correspon
dent in Washington to foreshadow a
report by the committee in Mr. Bella
my's favor.
Lettuce Shipment.
Shipments of lettuce, which; went
forwrad Saturday by freight to Phila
delphia from Wilmington and vicin
ity, were reported frozen yesterday
and will have to be held over before
being placed ' on the market, j The
shipments are now very light, the
season being, as it were, between the
two crops, but tne prices are ranging
high. - Messrs. J. P. Moyer & Co.,
New York, wired their agent, Mr.
J. W. Barnes, . Jr., , yesterday
that the ordinary grades of lettuce
were bringing from $2 to $3
per half barrel baskets with good de
mand. Fancy stock will . bring i
higher price. j
FIRE AT SOUTHERN PINES.
The Alfa Hotel Destroyed-Guests Escaped
But Saved Little.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh, N. C, February 19.
Southern Pines, the winter resort
forty miles from here, had a $20,000
fire early this morning, the Alfa
hotel with all its contents being de
stroyed. The thirty guests escaped,
but saved little of their property. A
bank, the postoffice and a public hall
were located in the. building. The
mail was saved, as was also the
bank's books.
LANGUID
children arc sick children.
Their inactivity and sober
faces are not in keeping with
robust childhood. They lack
vitality and resistive power,
and are very susceptible to
colds and contagious diseases.
brings new life to such chil
dren. It enriches the blood;
it restores health and activ
ity ; it gives vigor and vitality
to mind and body.
oc. and Ji.oo. all druggists, ,
SCOTT Sc. BOWNE. Chemists, New York.
AT REST IN OAKDALE.
Funeral of the Lamented P. B. Mailing;
Esq , Yesterday Afternoon A
Large Attendance.
The remains of the lamented P. B.
Manning, Esq., who departed this life
in Richmond, Ya., on Tuesday morn
ing, arrived here yesterday morning
at 9.30 o'clock by way of the Atlantic
Coast Line. Accompanying them were
Mrs. Manning, Col. and Mrs. John D.
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.O. E. 'Borden
and Mr. and Mr. A. M. Scales of
Oreensboro. It was the desire of Mr.
Fred H. Manning, of Alabama,
brother of the deceased, to come on to
attend the funeral, but after telegraph
ing to learn' the hour at which the
obsequies would take place, he found
that he could not reach here in time.
When the remains and those accom
panying them reached Wilmington,
they were met at the depot by the
members of the family resident here,
a committee from Jefferson Lodge,
No. 61, K. of P., of which the deceased
was a Past Chancellor, and a commit
tee from the First Baptist church.
The casket was taken to the residence
of Col. John D. Taylor, on Mar
ket street between Seventh and
Eighth streets, the following acting
as pall bearers: Marsden Bellamy,
Esq , Iredell Meares, Esq., George
Eounfree, Esq., Junius Davis, Esq.,
E. K. Bryan, Esq., and Mr. Samuel
P.Collier.
At 3 P. M. the obsequies took place
at the First Baptist Church where was
assembled a large number of relatives
and friends, including Jefferson Lodge
and other Pythians in a body. The-
services' were impressively conducted
by the Rev. C. S. Black well, D.D.,
who paid a fitting tribute to the de
ceased. The singing was very tender
and sweet and was done by a choir
composed of Misses Annie and Nellie
Piatt, sopranos; Mr a. E. Q., Woody,
alto; Mr. W. L. Williford, tenor, and
Mr. A. S. Holden. baritone. While
the casket was being taken into the
church the choir sang "My Faith
Looks Up to Thee," and during the
service Mrs. Woody, -by request of the
family, sang as a solo, " Lead, Kindly
Light." As the remains were borne out
of the church the choir sang "Jesus
Lover of My Soul." The remains
were sorrowfully followed to Oakdale
cemetery, where the interment was
made. Many beautiful floral designs
were laid upon the grave. The pall
bearers who met the remains at the
tram also acted at the church and
cemetery.
Last night, at the regular meeting
of Jefferson Lodge, resolutions touch
ing the death of Mr. Manning, express
ing regret athis death and sympathy
for his family were adopted.
The Banner Township.
Mr. E. W. Morris, of Franklinton
N. C. one of the State fertilizer in
spectors, was in the city yesterday on
an official trip in his district, which
embraces Wilmington, Fayetteville
ana a number of other places in the
eastern section of the State. Mr. Morris
leaves to day for Fayetteville. He has
recently returned from a trip in Co
lumbus county, and speaks enthusias
tically of the prospects for the carrying
ot tne Constitutional Amendment.
found the banner township, politically
speaking, in the State while on my
trip up in Columbus," said Mr. Morris
"It is Williams' township, and there
were but two votes cast inimical to
white supremacy in the last election
"These two votes." continued Mr.
Morris, "the good people ud there are
going to convert to the amendment or
get rid of." Mr. Morris says there are
bright prospects for the success of the
campaign everywhere he has visited
Marriage at Fayetteville.
A number of Wilmington's young
people went up to Fayetteville
in two private cars yesterday
morning to attend the marri
age of Mr. J. Alves Huske, of this
city and Miss Addie Riddick of Fay
etteville, which was solemnized in St.
John's Eniscooal church in Fayette'
yille yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock.
, The Star is very glad to learn
of the continued improvement of Uapt.
Ederar Williams, who was severely in
jured by an accident in falling while
coming from aboard the big .British
steamship JJenao, several weess ago
CHOICE Vegetables
will always find a ready
market but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to ob
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of well
balanced fertilizers. No fertil
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least 8 Potash. Send for
our books,' which furnish ifull
information. We send them
free of charge. -
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New York.
SWALLOWED BY SEA.
This Came Very Nearly Being
the Fate of the Steamer
Seabright.
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE.
She Was Caught In a Storm and Her
Pilot Honse Carried Away Part of
Her Cargo Swept Overboard.
No Lives Were Lost.
The steamer Seabright, Capt. W. A.
Sanders, which plies between Wil
mington and Little River, S. C, due
here yesterday afternoon, did not get
in till 10 o'clock last night. Shi came
very nearly not coming at all, for the
very narrowly escaped being swallow
ed up by the sea yesterday while on
her way up from Little Bivr.
The Seabright left Little River in
the forenoon with a cargo of cotton,
naval stores, peanuts, poultry and
general produce. - She i also had on
six passengers Mr. D. J. Baldwin,
Mr. N. F. Nixon, a young man named
Meares, and a colored woman and her
two children. She crossed Little
River bar about 11 o'clock yesterday
morning, and ran right into a north
east gale before the situation could be
taken in. An awful big sea was run
ning and in gping over the bar she
was constantly swept by huee waves
that carried off a part of her cargo,
including a coop of turkeys, two
hogs and other produce on the
deck. As it was extremely hazardous
to " attempt to go back over the
bar, Captain Sanders ran out to sea
and headed for Southport thirty miles
up the coast. In the meantime the
wind blew strong and to add to the
discomfiture there was a heavy fog
and frequent rain squalls. The heavy
seas kept breaking over the steamer,
and when she got opposite the Shal
lotte bar she had another rough ex
perience. Seas broke clean over the
little steamer, and more of the cargo
was swept overboard.
The fog seemed to get thicker and
at times it was impossible to see ahead.
It was hard to tell where the steamer
was, and there was danger all the
time that she might be driven to pieces
of the beach. Finally the bell buoy
outside Cape Fear bar was heard, much
to the relief of all on board. Here
however, the seas appeared to be mad
der, and they rolled mountain high.
Frequently the steamer would be
standing on the crest of a huge sea
with both her bow and stern out of the
water and then she would plunge
headlong into the yawning trough of
the sea. When she was struggling in
the hollow between the seas and be
fore she could ride on the seas that
kept coming, a big sea broke over her
and carried away her pilot house. It
was torn all to flinders, and pieces of
it wt re "piled astern on the steamer.
When the pilot house was smashed,
Capt Sanders was standing on top of
it and if he had not been holding to a
rope attached to the mainmast he
would have been washed overboard.
Two men were inside the pilot house,
Mr. John McCausley, the mate,
and Mr. Meares, and it is remarkable
that they were not swept off by the
sea. Mr. Meares was painfully hurt,
but they managed to seize hold of
something, and saved themselves. The
seas boarding the deck were so pow
erful that they moved a 500 pound
anchor about fifteen feet. .
Everybody on board expected every
minute to be the last. It seemed im
possible for the steamer to be kept
from being swallowed by the sea, and
as all this was transpiring in sight of
the life-saving station, Capt.' Sanders
hoisted the signal of distress and blew
the whistle constantly for help. None
came, however, as there seemed to be
no life about the life-saving station.
The doors of the house of the life
saving crew did' not open, and not a
man was seen about the house, which
was in plain view. Meanwhile
the steamer's steering; gear became
disabled, and there was danger that
she would drift onto the beach. The
mate got ropes attached to the rudder,
however, and that gave them some
hope of managing the vessel. It is be
lieved, though, that the accident to the
steering gear saved the Seabright, as
she would undoubtedly have been
swamped if she had been steered in
over the bar. As it was, she drifted
in under the lee of Fort Caswell, and
finally got over the bar.
The tug Alexander Jones had heard
the distress signals and ran down to a
point just in the bar, near the Fort
Caswell pier, and waited for the Sea
brighU When the little steamer came
in the tug got a line to her, and towed
her to Soutnport. After temporarily
repairing the damage, she came on to
the city last night
Mr. N. F. Nixon, one of the passen
gers, in speaking of his experience last
night told a Star reporter that he
never had such an awful time in his
life. He has been in the fishing busi
ness, and has been in rough seas and
was once in a storm for three days, but
it was nothing compared to the fury
with which the Seabright was assailed
yesterday. No one on board expected
to live through it At one time Capt.
Sanders told all on board to look out
for themselves. Everybody got on top
of the cabin and tried to make ready
the boats, but they were not only full
of water but one boat was so jammed
that it had to be cut away with an axe.
He says not only Capt. Sanders and
Mate McCausley deserve credit, but the
heroic conduct of Bob, the colored engi
neer.in all probability saved the vessel.
He stuck faithfully to his post, not
withstanding that all the windows
of the cabin were smashed and
he was knocked down repeatedly. The
water poured into the steamer through
the deck and the pumps were kept
running. The staunch little vessel did
not leak, however. Everybody on
board was drenched and suffered from
Lthe cold. Mr. Nixon says as a matter
or course there was some earnest pray
ers put up on that steamer, and while
they seemed to be answered, he is at a
loss? to know why the life-saving crew
paid no attention to them in their dis
tress. Aycock la Charlotte.
A special from Charlotte to the Ra
leigh Posf of yesterday says:
"One of the greatest, most eloquent
and logical speeches ever delivered in
Mecklenburg Democrats was heard to
night when Hon. C. B. Aycock ad
dressed the people on the amendment
and campaign issues. The speech was
pronounced by his hearers as oneof
the best eyer spoken here.
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WHY NOT A PAPER MILL?
Some Valuable Suggestions by An Obser
vant Wilmingtoolan, With Some In
cidental AUosioas to Things
That Are Not Dead.
Hartsviixe, S, C, Feb. 17, 1900.
Mr. Editor I have been a constant
reader of the Star for years and I can
honestly say (according to my limited
intelligence and acumen) it is like
wine, the older it crows the better it
becomes As 1 know all the Star men
are temperate therefore I trust they
will pardon my analogy truth, or
wnat we nonestly believe to be truth,
can never be construed into gush, or
flattery, I am sure the Star grows
better s the paper grows older, and it
is by comparison that this fact is
brought to my mind. I read dailv the
Columbia Safe-and the Charleston-
News and Courier, both fine papers
and well gotten up, but I can't find in
them the pith, the earnest, compact,
and sledgehammer articles (not so vo
luminous) that I find in the Star.
Your editorials are deliberate, con
vincing, bristle with facts, and always
just and respectful to an opponent; to
be brief, they give you ideas and infor
mation to take home with you, to re
flect on, yea, to store away in your
mind (if you have any) . The perusal or
study of them will make onea better
Democrat, thereby making U3 better
men, and' better citizens. So, reader,
heed my advice, and read the Star,
and you will find my suggestive reme
dy will be "a cure all." specially for
numerous political ills that some of the
younger generation are afflicted with,
a number of whom have been led
away from the political land marks
of their fathers by reading Wall
street literature. I have every reason
and hope that they will again return
to the Democratic fold, after seeirig
the error of their ways. I am sure
they will, if they but read the Star
No nr. for something that bears on
the progress and prosperity (some
thing tangible) of Wilmington "manu
factories." I have seen and read a
number of articles on the outrageous
import tax on wood pulp, and bow
"paper" for newspapers has advanced
(so the shoe pinches, lam glad itdoes).
I know you have to' suffer with all
the gang of robber tariff advocates,
the Northern newspapers," Now
the question is can we, yea you, cir
cumvent them? Isaywecan. You
will of course ask how. I say unhesi
tatingly by buildiDg in Wilmington
the biggest paper mill (to make paper
of wood), that there is in this country.
You have an abundance of the best
material (save the northern white
pine), your "short leaf pine." The
resinous matter is easily extracted.
After numerous experiments with
other woods they find the short leaf
pine not only the most available and
plentiful but more nbrous tnan any
other tree, and by extracting the tur
pentine which is very easily done, it is
almost as good as the white pine.
I write from actual observation and
examination of paper made from the
short leaf pine. They make here a
pretty paper out of said wood. The
j.ittle mill at Hartsville is turning out
about twenty tons per day and nnds
ready sale for all it can make. It
is shipped aimo3 daily in air load
lots The North nor West can't com
pete with you. You can buy the raw
material (the" wood) already prepared
for chipping at one third the price
that they pay j for it elsewhere.
Wilmington is the most eligible place
to build a factory I can conceive of
anywhere. You have plenty of tim
ber which is on navigable streams of
hundreds of miles, including the
northeast and northwest branches of
the Cape Fear, with their scores of
tributaries. Your wood could be pre
pared at the numerous landings ready
for the chipping machines, then put
on flats and on arrival of the same
dumped from flat to wharf. The mill
must be immediately on the water, as
it takes hundreds of tons of water in
the manufacture of paper from wood.
Your means of transportation by
water, in comparison with the interior,
where it is necessary to use railroads
or mules to transport wood to factory,
would alone amount to thousands of
dollars in your favor. Then the ad
vantage by water for shipping your
manufactured article, North or for
eigo, is a vast consideration.
,The machinery, I understand, is
quite expensive, but the cost of the
raw material (the wood) in proporlion
to the worth of the manufactured ar
ticle (paper) is smaller or less than any
material I know of which is used for
manufacturing. As analagous, cal
culate the cost of cotton, as to the ar
ticle manufactured; then in your
mind's eye calculate the cost of a ton
of wood, .then the value of that ton of
wood when converted into paper. You
will then understand how insignificant
the cost of the raw material is to the
manufactured article.
I am more than pleased to see so
many cotton mills going up in the
South, and to learn through the
newspapers", that they are all doing so
well; but with' all their prosperity
(and God knows I wish each and every
one of them financial success) had I
money to invest I would prefer to in
vest-it in a paper mill. Well equipped
with the latest improved machinery,
with undoubttd skilled labor at the
head of the manufacturing depart
ment, and a judicious head and steady
hand at the helm of the business and
nnancial department, there is no point
that offers greater inducements than
Wilmington for this specific industry.
I understand that in Atlanta alone,
there-has been first and last hundreds
Is nsuallv so full of mffni.. . ,
gins. Book containing valua
ble Information to all, mailed
free, upon application, to the
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'Airr, Atlanta, Georgia.
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of thousands of dollars made in mat u
facturing paper bags. By the wa I
learn that most of the pper made hi re
finds a market in Atlanta. Sbou d
you conclude to build the factory
(which you ought to do) why not at
tach a paper bag factory to the mill
and take in the large profit on pr -r
bags? You could find a sale in Ne
York alone for all you could manufac
ture. I wish to see the dear old toTf
prosper not only commercially but a9 a
luauumuiunu); tuwumsu. untreiore
trust that my crude and disjoined com
munication will' at least serve (if
nothing more) as an index for inquiry
as to tbe feasibility of building a yaptV
mill in Wilmington, which will pay
tiandsome dividends, to the investors
and thereby giving employment: t i
hundreds of deserving people.
You know, Mr. Editor, I can't wri:t
anything without Jugging in Demo
cracy, for I that is my religion, from
the fact that I have always contend
that a man who stuck close to the
tenets of State's right dfmocracy was
bound to be a patriot and a lov. r of
the welfare of mankind, end
conclusion! I wish to eive my fellow -Democrats
(I mean Democrats with
out reservation) some little com fort'
after silver was so outrageously mur
dered, yea assassinated in the Se bate"
My friends, I mean politically. Silver
is rot dead; it only sleeps. It may be
a long sleep, and I must confess it
f will sleep as long as the Republican
party holds sway. Some of my gold
bug friends (and I flatter myself I
Yl Q VTA O n l rVi Knit rf 1 ham rr-i 1 1 rnn if ia
uttvw u uwLuva ui i aav lu j ii t Li oaj 1 W iO
dead, for Congress, the only author
ized executioners (authorized not by
the people) killed it dead. If that be
so, even in that event it will in due
time Phoenix like rise from the asht s
to confront its blayers, and like Ban
quo's ghost it wont down at the gold
bug's bidding. So be patient, Demo
crats, and ere long you will find the
men that betrayed you dead cccks in
the pit themselves, and like unto
Grover Cleveland (who never was a
Democrat), wljen ousted from office,
there will be- noce so poor as to do
them reference
I will conclude' by saying: First,
build the paper mill; second, eJct
Bryan as President; third, work for
and vote for the constitutional amend
ment, thereby securing a Democrat c
white government. - Then we will all
be happy, including disgruntled Dem
ocrats, railroad men and bankers, ss 1
wish them all success and happiness.
Thos. Hi McEoy,
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WAR IMPENDING.
Nicaragua Expecting ao Invasion from
Costa Rica Troops Moving to
the Frontier.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Btar.
Washington, February 21, Se
rious conditions of affairs exists in
Central America, as is shown by the
following telegram received by the
Secretary of State from Mr. Merry
the United States minister at Cjsta
Rica, dated at San Jose, February 20,
1900.
. A revolutionary invasion is expect
ed from Nicaragua. Martial law de
clared. Troops are moving to the
frontier. The news is viewed with
considerable apprehension by admin
istration officials as it practically
amount to a war between Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, both of which are
probably more intimately associated
in the general policy of the United
States than any of the countries of the
American continent.
MAMMOTH COTTON MILL.
To Be Located at State-vllle Will Cost
$2,600,000 or $3,000,000.
By Telegraph to the Usrnraa Star.
Charlotte, N. C, February 19. A
special to the Observer from States
vine, N. C, says:
It is probable that the largest cot
ton mill in the South will be
located at Statesville. The Coo
leemee Company, jwhich is ' composed
of Mebanes, Dunes and other wealthy
citizens, and which has an abundance
of capital, will build a mill in this sec
tion. They have already placed the
order for the machinery for 100.000
spindles and 5,000 looms.. The .mill is
estimated : to cost two or three
million dollars. This company re
cently bought Lookout Shoals, a
very valuable water power on the
Catawba river in Alexander county
from Mr. W. M. Cooper, of Statesville.
They have beeninyestigating with a
view to building the mill at tbe shoals
but have decided that ihey pre
fer to locate the plant at States
ville, and . transmit the power
from the shoals by electricity. It is
understood the company is not asking
for any special favors. All it wants is
an available site of about 1,000 or more
acres of lamd.
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