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WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday,
March 2, 1900.
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- There is considerable discussion
now going on about the cost of fer-
txuauiOj. vuw AMiuiv J
contending that thera is no good
reason for the advance in prices,
the manufacturers contending that
the advance is not unreasonable,
and that it is forced by the increase
in the cost of all the raw materials
they use. There is in a recent issue
of the Charlotte Observer a lengthy
communication in answer to a pre
vious communication charging that
the prices demanded for fertilizers
now are extortionate, which con
- tains some interesting facts and
figures as to this industry. The
writer, who is presumably a fertil
izer manufacturer, says:
"Your correspondent seems to think
the $24,000,000 capital of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company an un
necessary amount, and that a dividend
on such . a capital means an undue
profit on each ton of fertilizer farmers
buy. In this he again shows his ignor
ance of the business that he attempts
to enlighten the farmers on.
"To start with, an acid phosphate
plant to manufacture 20,000 tons of
acid phosphate per year will cost not
less than $200,000. To manufacture
20,000 tons of acid phosphate will cost
for raw material and labor to manu
facture not less than $150,000. Twenty
thousand tons of acid phosphate con
verted into acid and potash and am
moniated fertilizerr.'and part sold as
acid phosphate, will require 10,000 tons
of potash and ammoniate material. The
cost of these 10,000 tons will be not less
than $200,000 Sacks and tags for 30,
000 tons of fertilizer will cost $30,000;
prepaid freight to station will cost not
less than $2 .50 per ton average or $70,
000. Every dollar's worth of fertilizer
materia, including bags and freight,
requires the cold cash, no buying on
credit, spot cash fdr everything. It is,
therefore, necessary for a company to
manufacture 20,000 tons of acid phos
phate, and convert part of it into other
n .nil a! f otat i 1 p aw tM.lrfMM a v.
of 30,000 tons of goods, to either have
a cash capital, including cost of plant,
of $650,000, or to be able to supply th'e
amount lacking by a credit at banks
that will enable them to borrow. There
is not a single item of expense but
what requires the spot cash in pay
ment, and yet the manufacturer sells
his goods on six to twelve months'
time, and runs the risk of not collect
ing it all by from 1 per cent, to 10 per
cent.
"There is used in the Southern
States not less than 1,500,000 tons of
fertilizer each year. The plants neces
sary to turn out this amount of goods
will cost, and have cost, not less than
$10,000,000; and to manufacture and
deliver at railroad stations at an aver
age cost of $18 per ton 1,500,000 tons,
will require a cash expenditure of
$27,000,000 which, with the $10,000,000
cost of plants,' makes a total of $37,--000,000
or $13,000,000 more than the
present capital of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company, provided the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
did own and operate all the, plants,
which is not the case. They do, how
ever, own and operate enough plants
to require their borrowing large
amounts of money, I have no doubt,
regard ess of the fact that they have a
capital of $24,000,000."
Without" discussing the merits of
this controversy two things are ap
parent, one that it requires a great
deal of money to manufacture and
handle the quantity of fertilizers that
southern farmers use, and that it
. costs the Southern farmers a great
deal of money to buy them, all of
which emphasizes the arguments ad
vanced in favor of making fertilizers
on the farm and buying as little as
possible of commercial fertilizers,
which are at best but crop stimulants
and must be renewed every year.
The advance in prices this year is
another illustration of how the fer
tilizer manufacturers and their
patrons, the "" farmers, are both
caught by the trusts on' the raw
materials and other things used by
the manufacturers, the difference
being that the pinch at last comes
on the consumer who has to bear
the burden, as he does in all cases of
indirect taxation.
INTEREST IN SHEEP CULTURE.
The Charlotte Observer a few days
ago contained a dispatch from Mor
ganton stating that a contract had
been closed with some New York
men for 50,000 acres of land in
Burke county, which is intended for.
a sheep ranch, and: that negotiations
were pending with a number of
Canadians for other tracts which are
to be used as sheep ranges. The
inference is that these parties pro
pose to engage in this business, on a
large-scale, large enough to justify
the employment of men enough to
protect the flocks from dogs and
wild animals that might otherwise
prove a serious obstacle, to profit
in the industry.
These announcements are inter
esting because they show that the
advantages this State presents as a
sheep'growing State are beginning
to attract attention outside of the
State, and of men who presumably
knowjomething about how that
business should be conducted.
In an article on Piedmont North
Carolina some time ago Mr. Edward
Atkinson, of Boston, an excellent
authority on industrial subjects,
commented upon the exceptional
advantages it offers for sheep cul
ture and stated the fact that North
Carolina grown wool had, in com
petition with the world, taken
two premiums at World's Fairs.
Another fact he stated was
that on the high grounds of the
Piedmont section sheep are not as
liable to foot-rot and other diseases
that sometimes prove very destruc
tive, while the abundance of clear,
pnre water in the mountain streams
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tected by the hills and forests from '
sweetrin&r winds in the winter, and
by the forest foliage from the sun's j
rays in the Summer.
All this being so, and. being well
known to so many of our own farm
ers,' the remarkable thing is that
sheep culture has not been more ex
tensively entered upon. But ihen
there is the dog, the numerous, om
nipresent, ravenous, sheep-killing
dog, which discounted all these ad
vantages and deterred people, who
otherwise would, from engaging
largely in that industry.
NOW FOB MEDIATION.
The expected happened when
Gen. Cronje" surrendered after his
valorous fighting against overwhelm
ing numbers that has covered him
and his little army with imperishable
glory, Hemmed in on all sides, with a
cordon of men and guns all around
him, tightening every day, and at
last drawn so close that the muzzles
of the British guns looked right into
his entrenchments, there was noth
ing else for him to do but surrender
or see his devoted little army, with
the women and children they had
with them, slaughtered. As com
mon sense and humanity dictated he
chose the former.
While it is a victory of much im
port to the British, it is one over
which there is no cause for boasting.
They may well feel joyful, but
should not be inflated with this suc
cess, which is but the beginning of
more desperate battling if the war
goes on, which it will unless
tenders of mediation . be made
and accepted. There are yfitill,
it is estimated, between fifty
and sixty thousand Boers in ac
tive service, which number may be
largely increased if driven to ex
tremities. The stubborn fighting and
tenacity with which Cronje contest
ed ground in opposing the advance
of the British7 forces on Bloemfon
tein gavethe Boer commanders time
to mass troops to oppose the march
of Roberts. They have thrown up
formidable entrenchments, and have
stren gthened Bloemf ontein very
mnAri ar fV o f sO-ati "PrtTnvf O Will
Ml UUUj OV UUdb - Vigu wo . TT ill
have hard fighting to do before he
reaches the capital of the Orange
Free State.
But when that has been taken, as
it probably will be, then Pretoria re
mains, and from all accounts that,
in addition to being in a rugged
country which increases the difficul
ty of approach and attack, is most
formidably fortified and supplied
with provisions to enable it
to stand a very protracted
siege. ; Cool heads in Eng
land are not carried away by
the capture of General Cronje and
his. little army, aad being reason
ably well aware of the Boers' powers
of resistance are now, that British
armies have won a victory, in favor
of ending the war if a way can be
found to do it. British pride pre
vented them from saying so while
they were smarting under defeat
after defeat, but now they feel that
they can say so, and at the same
time, perhaps, claim credit for mag
nanimity. Here is President McKinley's op
portunity, and one which both from
a humanitarian and a political point
of view he should avail himself 'of.
If there has been doubt that offers
of mediation could have been made
with propriety heretofore there is no
doubt now,, for Great Britain is in a
position to listen to and accept such
tender without any appearance of
succumbing to obstacles, or of show
ing timidity in the face of a stubborn
and valorous foe. And there is a little
doubt that such an offer made by a
friendly nation would be accepted.
This is, on the assumption, of
course, that the Government of Great
Britain is proceeding honestly in
this war, and that the ultimate ob
ject is not to overthrow the repub
lics and put them under the British
flag. Whether accepted or not, a
tender of mediation would be credit
able to this country, although it
might be somewhat embarrassing to
the administration in view of our
"war of aggression" in the Philip
pines. DEATH OF A VETERAN EDITOR
In the death of Col. William C.
Elam, editor of the Norfolk Vir
ginian-Pilot, the press of the South
loses one of its veteran editors, and
one of its best equipped and most
vigorous writers, and with all that a
representative whose unassuming
demeanor was equalled only by his
courage, which was never known to
quail in an emergency. He was a
man of strong convictions which he
never hesitated to boldly proclaim,
nor to defend at the peril of his life
if challenged te do so. Considerate
of the weak he attacked the . strong
with ungloved hands in language so
plain that he who runs might read,
but there was no malice in the man
nor in his pen.He simply struck for
the right as he saw it, and stripped
shams and corruption, as he saw
them, of the disguise they wore. His
amiable traits of character made him
many warm friends, while his ability
as a defender of the cause he es
poused, and a champion of the peo
ple made his name a household one
in Virginia and in those portions of
North-Carolina where Virginia pa
pers most circulate.
He was a native of Fayetteville,
where he had many friends, and is
kindly remembered.
' COTTON FACTORIES.
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The South Has Room forMills
Until They Can Consume
the Entire Crop.
THE RESOURCES LIMITLESS.
A Practical Northern Mas Si) s There Is
Room la Wilmington for Twenty.
. five Factories at Least Much
impressed With the City.
The rapid development of cotton
manufacturing in the South is attract
ing widespread attention in the North
and yesterday a gentleman from Bos
ton stated that Northern capital is
fairly pouring into the South now,
seeking investment in the new mills
when stock cannot be had in the mills
already established. Capitalists are
ready to put' . money into all the mill
projects that are started in the South
under control of the proper parties.
It is estimated that this year $5,000,000
of money from the New England and
Middle States has been invested in
Southern enterprises. A large amount
of this money is coming into North
Carolina, and some of it will be inter
ested in the several companies which
have projects, on hand for developing
the great waterpowers in the Western
part of the State. A lot of it is also
going into cotton mills.
"Is there any danger that mill build
ing will be overdone in the South ?"
was asked by a Stab representative.
"Why, the resources of thej3outh
for miU building are almost limitless,"
he reblied. 'There will be room in
the South for mills until the factories
are so. plentiful that they will consume)
all the cotton crop, mere win De room
for cotton mills as long as the staple is
exported in such large quantities. My
opinion is that the day is coming when
the South will manufacture practi
cally its entire cotton crop, and ex
port the manufactured article instead
of the raw material. The plan of
'bringing the mills to the cotton' is no
longer a theory but is as inevitable as
that night follows day. Judging from
the cotton receipts in Wilmington,
there is ample room in your city for
twenty -five cotton mills at least. -Mills '
of the larger order are the enterprises
that are recognized to be the most
practical now. When you put
any more mill projects on foot, I have
no doubt if you will let it be known in
the money centres in the North, you
will find capital ready to go up along
side of yours. No, your mill build
ing in the South, and especially
on the "Atlantic seaboard, is
really in its incipiency. Your
people need not be one-ideaed about
manufacturing, either. There are
great possibilities in the way of mak
ing up your goods after they have been
manufactured. The advantages of the
South are also immense in this par
ticular. In the North we manufacture
your cotton into various lines of cloth
ing and we are shipping you hats by
the million that are made from your
cotton. What have you got on that
was made in the South? Why can't a
large portion of your clothing be made
up here? Well, there are many other
industries that your enterprising, men
might look into besides cotton mill
building, but certainly you have a
cinch on cotton manufacturing."
The railroad and water transporta
tion facilities and the climate of Wil
mington very favorably impressed the
Boston man, and he thinks there is a
great future in store for this city. The
country is capable, from an agricultu
ral point of view, of, supporting an
immense population, and there is no
reason why Wilmington should not
be a large city some day and one of
the greatest manufacturing cities in
tne manuiactunng South.
It is about time now for the enter
prising men of Wilmington to launch
another cotton mill enterprise. Who
will take the initiative?
RUMORS OF LYNCHING
CAUSED EXCITEMENT.
Party Said to Be After Nerro Woman
Who Roughly Treated White Lady
of Wilmington.
There was considerable excitement
in the city yesterday afternoon over a
report that a party of white men from
Wilmington had gone to Wrightsville
Sound for the purpose of lvnchimr a
colored woman named Mandy Hill,
Who while a servant at the home of a
white lady residing on Market street,
in the heat of passion Monday morn
ing is reported to have slapped her and
otherwise roughly treated her with
out provocation, even, going so far as
to prevent by physical force the white
lady from telephoning to some of the
male members of the family, until the
negro could make her escape.
Sheriff MacRae got news of the sup
posed attempt and in eompany wtth
Mr. M. F. H. Gouverneur, Constable
Wm. Sheehan and 'Deputy Sheriff
W. W. King, went down to the sound
to arrest the woman if she could be
found and if possible to prevent any
untoward act by the 'crowd which
was reported to have" left Wil
mington . for the purpose named.
A thorough search for the woman was
made, but no trace of her could be
found or of the reportedlynching par
ty. Sheriff MacBae and the gentle
men named, therefore, returned at
night Since he returned, reports
reached the city that the woman was
lynched, but these are very ill found
ed,' as it is believed that the woman
left the city by rail soon after the oc
currence. Certain it is, that her house
hold belongings were shipped from
the city on Tuesday. It is almost ab
solutely certain that no lynching took
place and it is almost equally as cer
tain that no attempt was made at
lynching, but the Sheriff took no risks
and went to the Sound to investigate
the rumors as stated.
FOR SHERIFF,
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nin i siedhi:
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED.
Boilding In District No. 13, Harnett Town,
ship, Totally Destroyed by Fire Moa- '
d7 Nfeht Property Insured.
The public school building for the
white race in district No. 13, onjiliddle
Sound, in Harnett township, was
totally destroyed by fire Monday night
about 11 o'clock with its entire con
tents and a wood-house adjoining.
The origin of the conflagration is un-x
known as there had been no fire in the
stove since about 4 o'clock in the after
noon, when school was dismissed for
the day. The building was valued at
$500; furniture at about$65; wood
house at about $50 and the children's
books which were also consumed,
were valued at about $50, making the
total loss upwards $?00V The school
board had insurance on the property
destroyed with Stedman & Chad bourn
as follows $300 on building, $35 on
furniture; and $25 on wood house.
Capt: Ed. Wilson Manning, the
county superintendent, was notified
of the loss yesterday morning
and he . immediately went out
to the scene of the burned building,
about eight miles from the city. He
thinks it is probable that the use of an
old school building erected by the late
Sheriff Black near the burned building
can be securtd for the balance of the
term for the school session, and if so
there will be little interruption. The
building is at present occupied by a
congregation of Second Adventists as
a house, of worship. Miss Islay
Thompson is principal of the school
and she has about 35 pupils -enrolled.
Capt. Manning will this morning
make an appeal to the pupils of the city
schools to aid him in re supplying the
children of district No. 13 out of any
books that they1 may have and that by
reason of their advancement are now
not in use, 'It is a laudable effort 'on
Capt. Manning's part, and It is un
necessary to say that the children of
the city schools will come to his assist
ance liberally.
THE PEREQOY MILL.
It Will Be Started Up In Thirty Days by
the Angola Lumber Company Which
Has Purchased the Plant.
The Angola Lumber Company, of
Norfolk, Va which recently closed
the deal for the saw mill of the Pere
gory Lumber Company, has a force
of, hands at work cleaning up the
plant and putting the machinery in
order. The Work is being done under
the supervision of Mr. W. T. Sears,
the company's general manager, and
yesterday he told a Stab representa
tive that he expected to start the mill
in thirty days.
The mill has a capacity for cutting
40,000 feet of lumber per day, and in
cluded in the plant there is a well
equipped planing mill and extensive
dry kilns. , The establishment' will
give employment to forty or fifty
hands. '
It will be remembered, as here tofore
mentioned by the Stab, that the An
gola Lumber Company, has purchased
large areas of timber land in the
State. They have bought or control
nearly 100,000 acres of land in Pen
der, Onslow, Bladen, Sampson and
other counties in Eastern North Caro
lina. - '
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.
Will Royally Receive Their Supreme
Councillor, Who Will Arrive In the
City This Afternoon.
Arrangements are complete for the
reception to be tendered this evening
by Wilmington Council No. Order
of Chosen Friends, in honor of their
Supreme Councillor, Mr. H. H. Morse,
of New York, who will arrive in the
city from Charleston this afternoon on
the W., C. & A. train at 1.15 o'clock
to make an official visitation to the
lodge here.
The reception will be. given in Mac
Rae halllnear the Masonic Temple, and
the entertainment given will be in
every way worthy of the coming of the
distinguished gentleman. He will be
accompanied by Provisional Grand
Councillor H. Witcover, of Marion,
S. C, and on to-morrow the Supreme
Councillor and the Provisional Coun
cillor will be entertained by a drive to
the Sound and an oyster roast after ar
riving there.
. The reception and other committees
are especially active in their prepara
tions and novstone will be left unturn
ed to give the guests of Wilmington
Council a royal time while in the city.
TUBE ROSE GROWING IN N. C.
Large Farms Are Cultivated at Magnolia.
Other News Notes.
A recent visitor to Magnolia, N. C,
sends the Star the following .interest
ing news notes and comments upon
things seen and heard there :
Dr. C. S. Blackwell ofyour city de
livered a characteristic lecture Friday
night on "Grace, Grit and Gumption."
Rev. P. C. Morton is preaching here
in the Methodist church, all denomi
nations joining. Services every after
noon and night, continuing until the
middle of next week.
The tube rose industry here is in
creasing. Mr. Newbury, the pioneer,
has a business that ships many car
load lots and furnishes employment
to many hands, and has a great ware
house packed also with calladia and
calias. Messrs. C. P. Gaylor and
J. F. Croom are also carrying on the
same business. Magnolia is said to be the
most extensive producer of tube roses
in the world. Farmers grow them by
the acre and secure better returns
from them than from cotton. Mr.
Newbury also has a large crate and
berry basket factory and has. just
shipped car-load' lots to Wilmington.
Cross-ties are also being sold here on a
large scale and afford timelj, help
after losses suffered by truckers last
year.
- Editor's Awful Plight.
F. M. Higgins, Editor Senea. ails.,)
News, was afflicted for years with Piles
that no doctor or remedy helped until
he-tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes whollv cured him
It's the surest pile cure on earth and
tne nest salve in tne worJd. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by
R. B.Bbllamt Druggist f
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THE NEW HOSPITAL
Meeting Yesterday With Refer
r ence to the James Walker
Memorial Hospital.
SATISFACTORILY ARRANGED.
Committee Submitted a Report Which
Was Adopted Mr. Walker Satis
fled With the Guarantee of Us
Maintenance.
In response to the call for a meeting
of physicians to hear the report of the
committee appointed at the previous
meeting with xefference to the hospi
tal which Mr. James Walker propos
ed to denote to the city of Wilmington,
there was a large attendadce at 3 p,
m. at the officelof Mr, Walker, on
North Front Street near Grace. The
following were present: Dr.-W. J, H
Bellamy, Dr. D. W. Bulluck, Dr. Thos
8. Burbank, Dr. F. H. Russell, Dr. W.
C. Galloway, Dr. Asa Love, Dr. C. P.
Bolle, and Messrs. B, F. Hall, Gabe
Holmes, R. R. Bellamy, E. C. Holt,
M. S. Willard, Geo. R. French, G. H.
Smith, J. A. Taylor, Sam Bear, Jr.,
James Chadburn, Jr., W. M. Cum
ming, D. H. Gore, C. W. Woth, Col.
Roges Moore, and the Rev. Dr. Rob
ert Stange. Mr. James Walker was
present as was also Mr. Charles Mc
MHlen, the architect who drew the
plans for the hospital.
Dr. Bellamy stated that the meeting
ing had been called to hear the report
of the committee which had been ap
pointed to submit a plan as to guaran
teeing Mr. Walker that the hospital
will be maintained the only condition
which he makes as to the great beue
ficcience which he is about to bestow
upon the city of Wilmington. Dr.
Bellamy then read the report which
was as follows:
The Report.
The committee appointed to submit
to you suggestions for the mainte
nance and control of the hospital to
be built for this community and do
nated by Mr. James Walker, beg leave
to say', before offering the result of
their de iberations, that it appears
most timely just now to express the
firm belief that this work must go
forward on the lines now suggested,
or on some better plan, and to ex
press the gratification that arises
when we contemplate the generosity
of our esteemea Tallow citizen, and
the benefits that must accrue to this
community from the erection and or
ganisation of this splendid institu
tion. No towering monument or costly
tomb, standing cold and mute in the
city of the dead; no bronze tablet,
seeking the eyes of the passer by to
ask a recognition of the virtues of the
deceased; no written eulogy, no
spoken words of praise, can so lov
ingly or fittingly tell the story of a
eentle heart and a useful life once in
tent on and keenly sympathizing
with the sufferings of humanity as
a completed hospital, built as a haven
of comfort and rest, from whence the
suffering may come restored to health
and strength and happiness, or where
the pangs and sorrows of disease can
be alleviated, if they cannot be cured.
To live a long life commanding the
respect of his fellow citizens, and out
of the plenty that honest labor and
strict business habits have given him
ti secure for himself the gratitude
tbat.must follow intelligent benevo
lence is to insure to any man a happy
old age. that most desired of earthly
blessings, and an approved account of
the talents committed to his charge,
at the final clearing in the great day,
when every man's ledger is made up.
For the citizens of the community and
county, no words o' thanks can suffice
as an expression of the obligation
this liberal hearted and kindly gentle
man lays upon them by this gift.
But a hearty and generous support of
the hospital he proposes to build, will
give him the assurance that his pur
pose to provide for the sick and the
lame has met with such appreciation,
as will never allow his goo i work tp
disappear.
We therefore beg leave to submit,
that the funds for the Hospital which
Mr. Walker proposes to build and do
nate to the city of Wilmington and the.
county of New Hanover may be pro
vided as follows:
1st. That the city of Wilmington
contribute two fifths (2 5) and the
county of New Hanover three-fifths
(3 5) of a sum, the aggregate of which
shall be eight thousand (18,000) dollars
per annum. .
2nd. That a proper committee be se
lected to solicit from the citizens of
Wilmington gifts in money; such gifts
to be made in one sum, to be invested
and the income used for the support of.
the Hospital, or to be paid in' yearly
instalments for a series of years.
These contributions, with that of the
city and county, to be disbursed by a
Board of Trustees, as hereinafter pro
vided for.
That the .management and control
of the Hospital shall be vested in a
Board of Trustees, to consist of nine
(9) members, of which the commis
sioners of New Hanover county shall
appoint three (3), the Board of Alder
men shall appoint two (2) and the
donor, Mr. James Walker, shall ap
point four (4), it being understood and
agreed that the term of office of the
four- members to be named by the
donor shall be for two, four, six and
eight years, to be decided among
themselves by lot for the first four,
and thereafter the term of office of
each of the successors shall be eight
years, and that these representatives
of the donor shall elect their suc
cessors in perpetuity.
That one of these nine members
shall be Chairman of the Board, whose
duties and powers shall be set forth in
such rules, regulations and by-laws as
the Board shall from time to time
adopt.
That this Board shall under their
rules, regulations and by-laws have
control of the funds of the Hospital,
providing for their collection, invest
ment and disbursement, and shall ap
point all officers and employ such help
as is necessary' for the effective service
of the Hospital, and that it may pro
vide for an Advisory Board of Physi
cians, and for a visiting staff, as they
may find expedient or necessary.
That, the Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners shall be the
Secretary of the Board of Trustees un
der sueh provisions as may be made by
the rules and regulations and by-laws
of the' Board of Trustees.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted for your consideration.
G. G. Thomas,
Robert Strangb,
Hugh MaoRak,
Sam'l Bear, Jr ,
..- Charles P. Boms, Jr.,
Rover Moore,
W. J. H. Bellamy.
Unanimously Adopted.
After discussion, the report of the
committee was adopted as a whole.
In the midst of the discussion Mr.
Walker expressed a ,deire that the
management of the hospital be as far
removed from poetical influence as
possible, and it is believed that a char
ter secured in accordance with the re
commendations of the committee will
meet his wishes in that respect.
""" On motion of Mr. J. A. Taylor, the
following committee was appointed to
secure a charter with the provisions
named in the recommendations of the
committee: Messrs. George Rountree,
M. 8. Willard and Eugene S. Martin.
Mr. Walker suggested that a neces
sary step would be to get permission
from the proper authorities to build
the hospital on the present grounds,
on which the old city hospital stands.
It was stated by CoL Roger Moore
that the city and county own the
grounds, and ' that he thought such
permission could be had from the
board of managers. Some were of the
opinion, however, that the Board of
Aldermen and the Board of County
Commissioners would have to act on
the matter.'
On motion, the following committee
was appointed to get permission from
the proper authorities to erect the new
hospital: Mr. James H. Cbadbourn,
Jr., Dr. C P. Bolles and Mr. D. L.
Gore. This committee was instructed
to go to work at once.
On motion, the following committee
was appointed to request the Atlantic
Coast Line authorities to deliver the
material for the new building free of
cost at the hospital grounds, instead of
making additional charges for trans
feiiug on the Wilmington Sei-.coast
Railroad after such material has ar
rived here over the main line: Messrs.
C. W. Worth, J. A. Taylor and E. C.
Holt. The same committeo was au
thorized to confer with the Clarendon
Waterworks Company wih regard to
replacing the two inch watermain at the
factory grounds with a six-inch main,
that the building may be' better pro
tected from fire. The committee was
urged to ac at once in this connection,
so that the building can be protected
while in course of construction and
tbe insurance rate be thus reduced.
The appointment of a committee to
solicit funds from the public towards
furnishing and equipping the hospital
was left to the board of trustees to be
appointed under the charter.
On motion of Mr. M. S. Willard, it
was unanimously decided that the
name of the institution shall be the
"James Walker Memorial Hospital,"
and it ' was expressed as the sense
of the meeting that hereafter it shall
be referred to by that name.
Mr. Walker informed the meeting
that i.t was his intention to wire the
building so it can be lighted by elec
tricity. After the business before the meet
ing had been disposed of, Dr. Bellamy,
the chairman, in behalf of Mr. Walker
thanked the physicians and citizens
for their presence and for their inter
est in this matter, and in turn he said
all present and all people of Wilming
ton were under lasting obligations to
Mr. Walker for his beneficence in
donating the handsome hospital which
he is to erect.
After the meeting Mr. Walker said
he hoped to begin work on the hospital
as early as possible. It will cost not
less thaa $25,000.
The plans for the hospital, drawn by
Mr. Charles McMillen, contemplate a
brick and stone building 150 feet long,
42 feet wide and four stories high in
the main part of the structure. The
present plans will be somewhat
changed as to the interior arrange
ments, and Mr. McMillen will forth
with makehe changes to meet the re
quirements as suggested since the
physicians have had an opportunity to
examine the plans.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo, )
Lucas County.
S3.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of , ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D., 1886. ,
i - j A. W. Gleason,
seal Notary Public.
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ally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
..P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best t
A Pan-American Beauty.
Gracing the Pan-American Beauty
page of the New York Sunday World,
the Star notes with pleasure, the
photograph of Miss Oberia Rogers, of
Waynesville, N. C, &s one of the
contestants for the emblem of the Pan
American ( Exposition which meets in
Buffalo? N. Y., in 1901. She is pleas
antly remembered in Wilmington,
and the Star wishe.?" Carolina's fair
representative the success of captur
ing a prize worthy ofher beauty.
Cotton at Nine Cents.
There were sales of cotton on the
Wilmington market-yesterday at nine
cents for middling, the highest
price recorded at the exchange for
years. For the past five days re
ceipts have been very light, falline
short of last year's daily receipts in
many instances.
is contracted as well as in
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Persons predisposed to weak
lungs and those recovering
from Pneumonia, Grippe,
Bronchitis, or other exhaust
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lVenriches the blood,
strengthens the lungs, and
builds up the entire system.
Jt prevents consumption and
pures it in the early stages.
- 50c. and $i.oo. all druggists,
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Consumption
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A Grand Old lAdy GlTea Her Experience. .
Mrs. Thankful Orilla Hord lives in the beautiful village of Brlehti
Livingston Col, Mich. This venerable and highly respected-lady was horn in
"the year 1812, the year of the great war, in Hebron, Washington Co New
"York. She came to Michigan in 1840 the year of "Tippecanoe and ''Tsui
too." . All her: faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very rl
tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her earlv
iiLc, ui me v - " .u.Acouug and re.
markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit
ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollections are more mar"
velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency and pri.
disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive, blood taint which has cursed
and is cursing; the lives of thousands and marking thousands more as vic
tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation, it u
found in neary every family in one form or another. It may make its an.
pearance in dreadful running sores, In unsightly swellings in the neck or
goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it
may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the lungs It may be
and often is, the prime cause of consumption. '
Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hurd says: "I was troubled for many years
with a bad skin disease. My arms ana limbs would break out in a mass of
sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began" to swell and became very
unsightly in appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions
My eyes were also greatly Inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very
much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely
at frequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. 1
was in a miserable condition, I had tried every remedy that had been recom
mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of thehest physicians in
the state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as internal abcesses
were beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and
his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any
thing else, as I had no faith In it, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I
began to grow better. You can be sure I kept on! taking it I took a great
many bottles. I But I steadily Improved until I became entirely well. All the
sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health,
and I have never been troubled1 with scrofula since. Of course' an old lady
of 83 years is not a young woman, but I have had remarkably good health
since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA Is the
greatest Mood purifier and the best medicine In the wide world, both for
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life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA."
CHiaAir DH.TJO COUP.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
An Extensive Dye and Chemical
Works Established at the '
Industrial Works.
TO START IN TWO WEEKS.
The Plait Will Have a Capacity for Dye
ing 10,000 Pounds of Raw Cotton
Per Day Textile Fabrics to
Be Treated. v
Several days ago the Star men
tiontd that some new machinery was
being installed in the extensive brick
buildings known as the Industrial
Works, and that an important industry
would be established there. Then the
promoter of the enterprise
a position to make known
and as for that matter he
was not in
the plans,
is not yet
ready to go into details.
The Star is able to state authori
tatively, however, that Mr. H. M
Chase and associates have leased the.
buildings, and are putting in an ex
tensive steam plant for dyeing cotton
and will also put in other machinery
for the chemical treatment of textile
fabrics.
Mr. Chase informs the Star that
some of the machinery has already
been installed, and that the company
will add considerable j machinery dur
ing the next six months. He expects
to begin operations in two weeks, and
when the industry is completed it will
employ quite a number of hands.
More machinery will be added in the
next two weeks.
The dye works will have a capacity
for dyeing 10,000 pounds of raw cotton
per day. ' The plant will do dyeing for
our local mills and also for other mills
in the South and Nortn.
Mr. C. E. Eaton, of Graniteville,
Mass., constructing engineer for C. E.
Sargeant & Sons, of that city, is here
putting in one of their big steam
dyers. -
It is expected to make this an im
portant industry for Wilmington, as
those interested are experienced and re
sponsible parties. They will soon take
out corporation papers. The.name of
the new concern has not been decided
yet.
With a Concert Company. .
It is understood that Miss Norma
Foster, who is at present at the Bos
ton Conservatory of Music, will travel
with the Boston Star Concert Com
pany, which is being organized by
Messrs. S. A. Schloss and James H.
Cowan, of this city. Mr. Schloss
wrote to the president of the conserva
tory asking for the recommendation
of a violin performer and the name of
Miss Foster was sent him. Her supe
rior talents in this direction have al-,
ready won for her distinction and if
she decides to accept an engagement
with the Concert Company, the organ
ization is Lg be congratulated upon
securing her services.
DISASTERS TO SHIPPING.
Schooner Ephralm and Anna Going to
Pieces Steamer ia Distress.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28. Captain
W. H. French and crew of twenty
five wreckers left here this morning
for the eastern shore to save the cargo
of lumber carried by the schooner
Ephraim and Anna, now going to
pieces at Cape. Charles. Five thousand
feet of lumber has been washed from
the schooner, but it is thought the 190,
000 feet remaining can be saved.
The revenue cutter Onondago which
has been searching for tbe Spanish
steamer Minerva, which is somewhere
at sea without coal, passed in the capes
to day, but 'immediately went out
again. The Minerva was found at sea
by the British steamship Parana
which, after towing; the Spanish ship
for some distance was forced by stormy
weather to abandon her. The Minerva
was bound to Baltimore with iron ore.
, New YORK, February 28 The Mor
gan Line' steamer El Paso, from New
Orleans, has arrived here, having on
board Captain E. H. Somers and seven
men rescued Monday off Frying Pan
lightship from the sinking schooner
Sarah E. Ward, of Philadelphia, bound
from Charleston, S. C , for New York.
The schooner left Charleston last Fri
day and encountered fearful gales and
enormous seas that nearly washed all
hands overboard. The crew spent
Sunday night in bitter cold in the rig
ging and were taken off Monday morn
ing. The Red Men's' hall over the
Bee Hive store is being thoroughly
overhauled and kalsomined on the in
terior preparatory to the meeting of
the Grand Council of the State, which
will be here in June. Mr. D. Hanna,
the contractor, hascharge of the kal-spminiog.
flWFIII HORRORS.
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SUPREME COURT DECISI NS.
North Carolina State FairThe Baptist
Female University Commencement
Other Rilehjb News.
Special Star Telegram.)
RALEIGH, N. C., February 27 I i e
date of the next -State Fair was t
lected to day. It will be held heie i n
October -22 to 27, inclusive. Thi- is
the week after the Hagerstown, M. ,
Fair. President McNamee is ex p t v.;
here this week to name his extcw ;,
committee, composed of thirty perOi s
Tabernacle Baptist Cburch heie.
decided to, call Rev. W. F. Hubba d,
of Eufaula, Ala., to succeed Rev. Dr. '
A. M. Simms, resigned. Dr. Sinims
left to day for Bryan, Texas, to acc-i t
a call to a church there.
Commencement exercises of the
Baptist Female University here will
be held June 5th and 6th. The bacca
laureate sermon will be preached by
Rev. Dr. F. C. McConnell. of Lyucii
burg, Va. j
Opinions were handed down to day
as follows by the Supreme Court:
Commissioners vs. Gili.from Van;
appeal dismissed, the question bc-ing
one of costs. Gugton vs. Ilaku.s.
from Franklin; new trial. Mitch' II
vs. Allen, from Franklin; affirmct
Herring vs. Hardison, from Edge
combe; affirmed with modification
Draper vs. Bradley, from Edgecoarb
affirmed. Goode vs. Rogers, from
Northampton; "appeal dismissed as
premature but the judge below cor
rectly held: that the issues and not
questions of fact were presented.
Guano Co. vs. Tarboro, two cases,
both decided iiTfavor of defendant.
Gammon vs. Johnson, from Edge
combe; appeal dismissed as premature.
Loftin vs. Cobb, from Pasquotank;
affirmed. Jennings Vflpg4n, from
Pasquotank; error. Shanon vs. Lamb,
from Pasquotank; reversed. Cedar
Works vs. Kilbn; from Perquimans;
affirmed. Ho?athall vs. Commis
sioners, from- Washington'; error.
Mitchell vs. Euro from Bertie ; affirmed.
Redditt vs. Manufacturing Co., per
curiam ; affirmed.
iettuce Damaged.
Truckers in East Wilmington re
port considerable damage to the let
tuce crop by the storm on Saturday
atternoon. uovers were blown from
the beds by the high winds, and tbe
cold weather following is said to have
pinched the crop to a great extent.
Damage in j tbe immediate vicinity of
Wilmington will probably amount to
$1,000. I
NEW NAVAL STORES COMPANY. .
The Southern Will Begin Business With
a Capital of $300,000.
Savannah News : An order for the
incorporation of the. Southern Naval
Stores Company was granted by Judge
Falligant in the Superior Court yes
terday. The incorporators are W. C.
Powell, C. D. Baldwin, B. F. Bullard,
Alexander Sessoms and W. V. Beach.
The company is to begin business with
a capital actually paid in of $300,000. -divided
into shares of $1,000 each, with
permission to increase the capital stock
in any amount not to exceed '$2,000, -000,
and to decrease in any amount
not less than $100,000.
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KENTUCKY CONTEST.
Certificates of Election Awarded Ail the
Democratic Contestants.
By Tleimpn to tbe Mornlna Smut.
Frankfort, Kt., February 26.
The State contest board to day awarded
certificates of election to all of the
Democratic contestants for minor State
offices. Immediately after, the con
testants were'sworn in and repaired to
the State House in a body, where they
made a formal demand on the Repub
lican incumbents for possession of the
offices but the demands were not ac
ceded to.
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