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AMERICAN MANHOOD ASSERT
ING IT? ELF.
Never in our recollection has any
action by a Republican Congress
aroused within the Republican par
ty such a widespread protest of in
dignation as the Porto Rican tariff
act has done. It is the protest of I
American manhood against a dis
honorable breach of faith, a breach
that dishonors not only the men
and party responsible for it, but
the country in whose name it waa
done. The " destruction of the
Maine stirred the country from
one end to the other, and as great
an outrage as that was it was but
little if any more condemned than
this cruel and shameful treachery
to a people who implicitly trusted
us and never for a moment, before
the rude awakening came, doubted
. that our promises would be kept as
made.
It isn't the question of tariff or
free trade that is thus arousing the
people, for whatever their opinions
may be on that as a question of pub
lic policy, they subordinate it to the
higher and 'Nobler question of na
tional faith and national - honor.
Americans who are built' right, no
matter what their party alignment
or .their views on economic ques
tions, object to having their country
placed in the attitude of a great liar,
and an unscrupulous violator of its
pledges. The men who are respon
sible for these broken pledges have
not even the poor excuse that it was
done to raise revenue, poor as that
excuse would have been, for every
intelligent reading American now
knows that it was done at the bid
ding of tariff benefici4rje8, who con
tended that the admission of Porto
Rican products to our ports free of
duty would injure them, and to pla
cate them and keep them in frame
of mind to contribute to the Repub
lican campaign fund the President's
recommendations were ignored and
this infamy was perpetrated. The
American people understand this
and believe it, notwithstanding the
denials of Mark Hanna and others,
and this is why this outburst of in
digation is heard in thunder tones
from one end of the country to the
other.
The expansionists have denied
that there was any understanding
with or any promise to Aguinaldo
and his people, or assert that if
there were any verbal promises they
were made by men who exceeded
their authority, were therefore not
authorized, and henco are not
. binding upon us. That is a mere
subterfuge to justify a virtual breach
otefaith with the Filipinos; but
there is no such 'pretence in the
case of Porto Rico, for none of
them denies that General Miles
made the promises embraced in his
proclamation or that he made them
as the representative of this Gov
ernment and with the approval of
the President and others in au
thority at Washington. It is there
: fore a case of sheer, deliberate vio
lation of a national pledge, a be
smirching of our national honor,
" and all with the most sordid of
motives.
The American people in the ag
gregate are not remarkable for over
sensitiveness of conscience. They
have become accustomed to things
that a couple generations ago would
have been deem.ed outrageous if not
impossible. But since the Republv
can managers have begun to place
their reliance on big campaign
funds the Republicans have beconre
so accustomed to the use of money
and corruption to carry elections,
that they have got to rejoicing in
elections carried by the use of dol
lars with apparently as much satis
faction as if they had heen fairly
and honestly carried, but with all
that this shameful betrayal of a
solemn trust was more than their
manhood could stand in silence.
A few days ago a prominent Re
publican from one. of the Western
States hurried to Washington to
uree that the brakes be put on this
infamy before it was fully accom
plished. He declared that if the
election were to come off now and
McKinley or any other man who en
dorsed the treatment of Porto Rico
, were running for the Presidency, he
would be overwhelmingly defeated.
VOL. XXXI.
Another Republican has said that if
the election came off now the Re
publican party would lose 2,000,-
000 Totes, and there are others who
express grave doubts that the party -
can sufficiently rally from this shock
to make, a successful contest next
Fall, for no amount of hedging or
atonement it can do will regain the
confidence of the thousands who
have been driven from it in disgust
by this treachery.
In all this land there is no man
who has lost his prestige so rapidly1
or so fallen in popular estimation as
President McKinley hag since his
endorsement of this infamy after
having so shortly before urged the
keeping of our promises to the peo
ple of that island. He then spoke
as the President of the; United
States and doubtless expressed his
honest sentiments and earnest con
victions, but in a few months after
that' the unscrupulous machine
managers took him in' charge and
under their manipulation the coun
try was presented with the pitiable
spectacle , of a President (a man of
"good intentions' as a member of
the cabinet apologetically said of
him), ignoring his own declarations,
shutting his eyes to the "plain duty
he had enjoined upon Congress, and
aiding in carrying out the very
iniquity that he of all men, af
ter his message recommendations,
should be the last countenance
much less to encourage. Whatever
his "good intentions" may be he has
shown that he is a man without the
stamina to resist the politicians who
made him what he is, and might, if
they so decided, unmake him, and
a;man without convictions that he
has the moral courage to stand by.
He has shown this Several times, but
never .more plainly than in his ac
quiescense in and aid to this in
famy that has so shocked and aroused
the American people and the better
element of his own party. .
HARD WORKED CO fa RESSMEV.
Some people have an idea that the
average Congressman has a soit
snap, that he draws his salary, lives
high, and has a good time generally.
That may be so with some of them.
the rich fellows who go there to
swell, put on style, and see life as
illustrated, in the gay metropolis, or
with that free and easy delegate
from Arizona who spends most of
his time taking solid comfort, on a
lounge in the cloak', room, but it
t so with the fellow who has a
paternal care for his constituents
and is a hustler. An illustration of
this is furnished in the case of Rep
resentative Gibson, of the second
Tennessee district, who thinks he is
entitled to a re-election and gives
the following summary ot the work
performed by him as one of the
reasons:
Eiebt hundred and twentv-three
war claim! put through, amounting
to $1,200,000.
Sixty five private pension bills.,
Forty one mn commissioned in the
army by his influence
Twenty-nine postmasters appointed.
Seventy-four new post offices estab
lished.
Twelve thousand calls at the pen
sion office. -
Twenty-nine thousand packages of
seed sent. '
Twenty-seven thousand pamphlets
and books sent out. .
Ooe hundred and sixty seven thou
sand copies of his own speeches sent
out. '
Forty peven thousand letters to his
constituents.
Now who will say that this man
has not earned his little old $5,000
per an.?
ACTIVITY ALL AL0HG THE LINE.
In its last weekly review of indus
trial progress in the South the Bal
timore Manufacturers Record says
it istimated that at least $100,000,-
000 are now going into new indus
tries in the South, from $25,000,000
to $30,000,000 going into cotton
manufactories, of which there are
now about 100 under construction,
while established plants are being
enlarged.
. There is extraordinary activjty in
the iron and coaling industries, with
a prospective large increase in both,
while the phosphate and lumber in
dustries are both expanding. These
are the leading industries, but with
these come many other industries of
less importance individually, but in
the aggregate representing many
millions of dollars and showing that
Southern industrial ideaa are
branching out.
One of the significant events in
the iron and steel industry is the re
cent large shipments of steel billets
from Birmingham North, and large
orders booked for shipment to Eng
land -
The impression was that Uncle
Paul Kruger was a whaling big
fellow, but he is only 5 feet 7 inches
tall, topping Gen. Roberts just one
inch. But when these two little
fellows, collide there will be a
shake up.
But a few years ago phosphate
rock was discovered in Tennessee,
but that is now the great phosphate
producer of this "country. - There are
218 mines in the State, employing
31,000 men. ' . .
TT" TT
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Capt. Geo. L. Morton Endorsed
for Nomination for the
State Senate.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING
Col
W. J Woodward Permanent Chair
man Ratification of County Nomi
nees in the Primaries Reso
lutions of Endorsement
The most important and probably
the most interesting action by the New
Hanover Democratic County Conven
tion, which assembled in the Court
House yesterday, was the ratification
of the nomination by the primaries of
Capt. George L. Morton for the State
Senate and the instruction to delegates
of the county to cast New Hanover's
vote for him in the oming Senatorial
Convention for the Tenth district em
bracing this and Brunswick counties.
There were also several resolutions en
dorsing various candidates for State
and United States offices, upon which
thedelegates were unanimous.
The convention was called to order
by W. B. McKoy, Esq., and upon mo
tion of Mr. L. B. Sasser, Col. W. J.
Woodward was placed in nomination
for permanent chairman. Other nom
inations were Messrs. W. E. Springer,
Junius Davis, Esq., and W. B. M
Koy, Esq , all of whom declined to
serve. Col. W. J. Woodward was
unanimously elected and upon taking
the chair he thanked the convention
for the honor. He said that in his
travels about the State he found that
all eyes were on New Hanover poli
tics since the overthrow of radicalism
here, and he hoped that the meeting
would be one without dissension.
Members of the press in attendance
were requested to act as secretaries
and upon motion of Mr. B. F. King
the calling of the roll of delegates was
dispensed with.
Mr. W. A Wright, secretary of the
County Democratic executive commit
tee read the official result of the pri
maries held Thursday, March 21st,
and upon motion of Prof. W. Catlett
the convention proceeded to ratify the
various candidates separately as fol
lows. . .' '
For Sheriff Frank H. Stedman.
For Register of Deeds W. H.
Biddle.
For Treasurer H. McL. Green.
For Coroner Dr. W. F. Stokes.
For Constable Wilmington Town
ship Wm. Sheehan.
For Constable Harnett Township
C. W. Walton.
For Constable. Cape Fear Township
M. G. Chadwick. '
For County Surveyor Jos. H.
McRee.
For Representatives George Roun
tree and M. S. Willard.
Mr. B. F. King moved that in view
of the fact there would likely be a
contest over the Senatorship and to
expedite matters, that the question of
the ratification of a candidate for that
office be deferred until later in the
meeting and 'that other business be
proceeded with. The motion pre
vailed. State and Natlooal Officers Eodoraed.
Mr. King offered the following reso
lution, which was adopted unani
mously: "Resolved, . That the career of Hon.
John D. Bellamy in Congress has been
very gratifying to the Democrats of
this district for its ability and patriot
ism and this convention hereby en
dorses him to the convention for re
nomination as the member 'rom the
8ixth district in the Fifty seventh
Congress."
, Upon motion of Mr. O. W. Worth
the following were also adopted :
"Resolved, That the delegates from
this county to the State Convention be
and they are hereby instructed to vote
for primaries for the selection of, a
candidate for United States Senator. "
"Resolved, That the Democrats of
New Hanover county endorse and
recommend to the Democrats of the
State Hon. A. M. Waddell as emi
nently fit and worthy to be nomi-'
nated by the party for United States
Senator."
Junius Davis, Esq., introduced a
verbal resolution endorsing Hon. C.
B. Aycock for Governor and it was
enthusiastically adopted with applause.
Col. Roger Moore, in a speech highly
commendatory of the invaluable ser
vices of Mr. Dan Hugh McLean, of
Harnett township, offered the follow
ing resolution, wnicn was unani
mously adopted:
"The Democrats of New Hanover
county, in convention assembled, rec
ognizing the eminent and unselfish
services of the Hon. D. H. McLean, of
Harnett county, in every campaign for
nearly a quarter of a century, and ap
preciating his unusual fitness and ca
pacity for the position, hereby endorse
him, and most heartily commend him
to the Democrats of North Uarolina
for the nomination for (secretary ot
State at the approaching State Con
vention, and hereby instruct the dele
gates from this county to -the State
Convention to cast the vote of New
Hanover county for him for said
office." 1
Mr. C. W. Worth amended the reso
lution including Hon. H. A. London
for State Treasurer, which after ac
ceptanceby Col. Roger Moore, was in
cluded in the resolution and also
unanimously carried.
Upon motion of Prof. W. Catlett,
Hon. John S. Cunningham was en
dorsed for Lieutenant Governor, and
upon motion of Mr. Aubrey Parsley
and amendment by Mr. B. F. King,
Hons. Franklin McNeill, of this city,
and Samuel L. Rogers, of Macon were
endorsed for Railroad Commissioners.
Capt. T. D. Meares raised the point
of "instructing delegates to the State
Convention" to vote for the various
candidates endorsed, which was under
stood to have been included in the
various resolutions, and u pon motion
of Mr. T. H. McKoy the word "in
EEKJLY
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900.
structed" was stricken out and "earn
estly requested? substituted in its
stead. This, by subsequent resolu
tions was construed to apply to all en
dorsements made at the convention.
Mr. B. F. King made a motion that
the appointment of delegates to the
State, Judicial, Congressional and Sen
atorial Conventions te delegated to
the chairman. Mr. George E.: Lft
witch moved that two delegates from
each ward and township be chosen to
arrange the list of delegates for the
various conventions. Mr. Lieftwitch's
motion was declared lost and the
motion of Mr. King was carried. A
division was called fpr and a standing
vote showed ayes 40, nys 28. Col
Woodward announced that the ap
pointments would bet made Monday
in conformity to Mr. King's motion.
- Mr. F. A. Montgomery moved that
the Senatorial ratification be taken up
and the vote in the primary was an
nounced, v i
Mr. W. B. Cooper moved that Capt.
Geo. L. Morton be declared the regu
lar nominee of the Democratic party
of New Hanover county, and that del
egates to the Senatorial Conventiou be
instructed to cast the vote of the coun
ty for him. H
Prof. Washington Catlett offered
the following resolutions amendatory
to Mr. Cooper's motion:
"whereas. The Democratic Execu
tive Committee has reported to this
convention that at the recent primary
there were cast for George L. Morton
1,068 votes and for Iredell Meares
1,029 votes, for the Democratic nomi
nation for State Senator from this dis
trict; and whereas, this county is en
titled to 45 votes in the Senatorial
Convention, and upon the basis cf the
primary vote George L. Morton is en
titled to have cast for him in that con
vention 22 and 68 97 votes and Iredell
Meares is entitled to have cast
for him 22 and 29 97 votes, ac
cordiner to the party . rules, and
as reflecting popular sentiment;
therefdre. Resolved, that the chair
man of this convention be authorized
to appoint to the Senatorial Conven
tion 23 delegates upon the suggestion
of Mr. Morton, and 22 delegates upon
the suggestion of Mr. Meares, and
that the delegation so appointed be
instructed to cast the vote of this
county in the Senatorial Convention
in the proportion above stated."
In presenting the resolution Prof.
Catlett disclaimed an advosacy of any
candidate for the office. He favor
ed a following of the lines as mapped
out by the State Executive Committee
and stated that Mr. Meares should re
ceive a representation in the County
Convention in proportion to the vote
received in the primary. He read ex
tracts from the State plan of organiza
tion bearing upon the matter and ex
pressed the opinion that the provisions
of same should prevail over any rul
ings of the County Executive Com
mittee. Mr. B. F. King suggested that Capt.
Geo. L. Morton and Mr. Iredsil
Mearf s, who were pres' nt, address be
Convention, and upon motion it Jras
so ordered. i ' :
Mr. George E. Left witch and Capt.
Donald MacRae moved that an ad
journment be taken until 3 o'clock for
dinner before the argument was heard.
The motion was lost and the candi
dates proceeded to state their conten
tions to the Convention. ' '
Senatorial Candidates Heard.
Mr. Meares opened the discussion.
stating that the controversy was not
a personal one and that it mattered
little which of the two candidates rep
resented New Hanover in the Senate,
but that there was a principle in
volved and that the voices of 1,029
voters should not be stifled in the
convention; that they were entitled
to a minority representation!, and that
much of the party's solidity in New
Hanover county in the future de
pended upon the action of the con
vention. He referred to the. State
plan of organization and quoted from
that section bearing upon his conten
tion. He stated that he did. not know
the sentiment of the delegates to the
convention and had approached none
of them for ah expression.
The provision of the state com
mittee, he said, was framed' for the
purpose of the prevention of a sup
pression of the minority vote in con
vention, and that the contest was a
district and not a county question.
He referred to the action of the Dem
ocratic county executive committee
and read extracts from the call by it
for a primary. He said .that it had no
right to call for a nomination of sen
ator, as it was a district matter and
not in the province of New Hanover
county to name the senator. He dis
claimed any agreement as to a with
drawal from the convention by the
candidate receivine the smaller vote
in the primary, and stated that Capt
Morton recognized the validity of the
State plan when, he approached him
regarding the matter. He referred to
his speech before the executive com
mittee and stated that his 'position waa
then clearly defined to the committee,
and it embraced the same opinions
promulgated by him to-day. .He read
affidavits of r Messrs. G. Herbert
Smith, B. F. King and E. F. Johnson,
who were present at the time of his
appearance before the Executive
committee and heard his remarks. He
also expressed at the time, he said, his
willingness to concede to Mr. Morton
a minority representation in the con
vention, in the event that he. was de
feated in the primaries. He referred
to the alternating custom of the two
counties in the district and contended
that the agreement had been on pre
vious occasions broken and that upon
the occasion of the nomination of Mr.
W. J. Davis of Brunswick county last
year that the struggle was so great for
the dethronement of Republicanism in
the two counties that only the ques
tion of a man of the widest popularity
was considered and that the alleged
custom was not taken into count. He
denied that there was any "alternating
custom in the matter of the two nomi
nations .as recognized between the
party of the jtwo counties in
volved. He denied that two town
ships were not represented in the
Brunswick county convention and
recited the occurrences bearing upon
the senatorship in said convention.
The county convention assembled, he
said, had no right to certify to the
Senatorial convention that Capt. Geo.
L. Morton was the unanimous choice
of the county for the office in question.
An action to that effect would wound
the Democratic party in the county to
an extent not known before, he said.
Upon the conclusion, of Mr. Meares
argument, Capt. Morton ' arose and
stated that the alternative custom
heretofore existing between the
counties in the district had never
been disrupted and that he regretted
that he had been called upon to de
fend his rightful nomination, before
the convention. There had been no
primary in Brunswick county and if
the contention of his opponent should
prevail, there should have been joint
primaries in the two counties. He re-
ferred to incidents of the campaign be
fore the primaries with reference to
the agreement referred to by Mr.
Meares and stated that his actions then
were solely in the interest of harmony.
He read the rulings of the County Ex
ecutive committee of New Hanover
county and justified his course by the
same. . He read from the call and
stated that the manifest duty of the
convention was to ratify the nomina
tion of the Senatorial candidate made
in the primaries in the same way as
county officers. He referred to the
Brunswiek convention and the non-
representation of Waccamaw town
ship. He said at the so called primary
in Northwest township only two men
wer& present and so far as he was in
formed the public had no notice of any
primary in that section. If he had
been defeated in the New Hanover
primaries by even one vote Capt. Mor
ton said that he would have approached
his competitor and extended to him his
best efforts to secure his election. He
appealed to the conventiou to ratify
the action of the people in the prima
ries. He asked ins conclusion of his
speech that the delegates do their duty
to the people and to themselves. He
was enthusiastically cheered at fre
quent intervals during his speech.
Mr. Meares next addresed the con
vention in rejoinder and stated that
the primaries in Northwest, Bruns
wick county, were regularly called.
as the chairman of the precinct execu
tive committee informed him. He
stated that he was perfectly satisfied
to abide by the will of the majority
and that he would be satisfied to with
draw with his opponent from the con
vention and submit the question to a
district primary to be called by the
executive committees of the two
counties interested. Another propo
sition was to withdraw from the race
and let the convention name a third
man.
Capt. Morton next addressed the
meeting in a snort speech and said
that he would submit to a second pri
mary if agreeable; he had been nomi
nated once and wou'd roll up a bigger
majority than ever before; that the
people had spoken once upon the
question and would do so again.
Prof. Catlett re-read his amendatory
resolution to Mr. Cooper's motion,
printed above, and the question was
called. An aye and nay declaration
was called for, and the resolution was
killed by a vote of 42 to 21. '
Mr. Meares contended that the vote
was accustomed to be taken by town
ships, and that the vote upon the mo
tion of Mr. Cooper should be taken in
this way.
Mr. W. E. Perdew moved that the
question be called. This was done and
the motion of Mr. Cooper was carried.
Those voting nay on the question of
allowing Mr. Meares the minority rep
resentation asked for in Prof. Catlett's
Resolution were: W. L. Duke, James
Kelley , Z. E. Murrill, J. H. Strauss,
M. H. Kelley, Frank Quian, John J.
Nelms. M. Schnibben, Thomas Q lin-
livin, Don. MacRae, "M. J. Heyer, Sig-
mond Bear, F. Richter, R W.Wallace.
H. VonGlahn, W. E Perdew, B. J.
Jacobs, J. H. Taylor, Jr.,W. H Alder
man, W. B. Cooper, W. F. Le
Gwin, W. F. Robertson, C. W.
Worth, Junius Davis, L. Han
sen, waiter u-. macttae, a. j, uoroeu,
L. H. Skinner, B. F. King, R H. Mc
Koy, F. A Montgomery, W.m. Tien
ken, Sr., E. P. H. Strunck, John7 E
Hewett, J. F. Littletoa, Theo. Swann,
R. E. Daniels. J. M. MjGowan. B. R.
King, Samuel Blossom, J. B. Demp
sey '- "
Those voting aye wereB. C. Moore,
3. H. Terry, W. A. Wright, J. M.s
Bunting, Roger Moore, T. D. Meares,
W. Catlett, L. B. Sasser, F. L. Hug
gins, I. Greene wald, R. A. Parsley, S.
G. Hall, R. HBeery, James Spruut,
J. H. Watters, S. Bordeaux, T. G.
Landen, SyG. Watson, C. W. Bishop,
C. H. Alexander, H. P. West.
Upon the announcement of the vote
of Mr. Cooper, the convention ad
journed sine die. The date for the
Senatorial convention will be arrang
ed by the executive committees of
the two counties involved, and upon
this occasion New Hanover's delega
tion is instructed to cast the vote sol
idly for Morton. According to the ac
tion of the Brunswick convetion, if
the instruction to the delegates is car
ried out, the vote in the Senatorial
conventiou will stand Morton, 49;
Meares, 12.
Mr. Bernlce Moore to Wed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. R. Bass, of
Warsaw, have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Maggie Lou, to Mr. Bernice Culbreth
Moore, one of Wilmington's popular
druggists. The ceremony will be per
formed in the Warsaw Baptist church,
Wednesday af ternoon, April 11th, at
S.30 o'clock, and Mr. and Mrs. Moore
will be at home to friends after that
date at No. 316 Red Cross street.
jPAR.
DISTRICT MEETING.
Wilmington Pythians Arranging
for Their Big Celebration
Next Week.
THE COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED
Invitations to Lodges of State Special
Railroad Rates Judge Richardson,
of Richmond, to Be Here-Fine
Rank Work Expected.
Wilmington Pythians are donning
their gala attire and making great
preparation for theirDistr&t meeting,
which will be. held Ehere Tuesday
week, April 10th. Invitations have
been mailed to every lodge (hroughj
out the Old North State and the pros
pects are that a large crowd of.enthus
iastic Knights will be the guests of the
city on this occasion. Special rates
have been secured on all railroads and
for the entertainment of the visiting
"brethren" the Wilmington lodges are
arranging for an excursion to one of
tbe: beaches; one of those characteris
tic old time oyster roasts and several
other features of pleasure giving.
A number of souvenir lapel buttons
emblematic of the Pythian meeting
and designating Wilmington as the
place are being sent to Pythians all
over the State.
Judge Richardson, of Richmond,
Va , a noted jurist and one of the
nation's foremost orators, will deliver
one of his famous addresses, and this
alone should be a drawing card for the
meeting.
The elaborate rank work will be
dramatically exemplified, supple
mented by the new costumes and
stereopticon light effect.
The following are the general com
mittees of arrangement from the
several lodges: . f
Capt. T. D. Meares and Mr. WF.
Robertson, of Stonewall No. 1; Mr.
J. D. Smith, of Clarendon No. 2;
Mr. S. Beh rends and Mr. H. Bur
feindt, of Germania No. 4; Mr. N. .N.
Davis and Mr. Anson AUigood, of
Jefferson No. 61.
The reception committees from the
various lodges are as follows :
Stonewall Lodge Jno. Turrentine,
Jr., W. H. Yopp, J:. J. Hopkins, S. H.
Fishblate and J. D. Kelley.
Clarendon Lodge Walker Taylor,
Iredell Meares, W. P. Oldham, J. J.
King and O. M. Fillyaw.
Germania Lodge C. F. VonKamp
en. John Haar, F. H. Krahnkef . W.
Duls and H. L. Vollers.
Jefferson Lodge I. M. Bear," E. H.
Munson, R. S. Collins, A. S. Holden
and J. O. Morrison.
THE CAPE FER IMPROVEMENT.
Board of Survey Progressing Nicely Near
Fayetleville Capt. Schubert Here.
Capt. Schubert, who is in charge of
the corps of epgineers engaged in mak
ing a survey of the Cape Fear river
between Wilmington and Fayette
ville, was a visitor to the city yester
day. About fourteen miles of the survey
have been completed from Fayette
ville this way and very good progress
is being made. The engineers and
their assistants have improvised quar
ters on a river flat which , is moved
from place to plaee down the stream
astbe proximity to their work de
mands and the depth of the water at
different points, lay of the channel,
etc., is staked off as the survey pro
ceeds. :
Star readers will remember that
upon a recommendation of the board
of survey largely depends the extent
of the improvement to the river that
will be provided for at the next ses
sion of Congress in making up the
river and harbor appropriation bill. It
is proposed to try for an appropriation
sufficiently large to secure a uniform
depth in the channel of from six to
eight feet The Chamber of Com
merce of Fayetteville was largely
instrumental in bringing about a -sur
vey of the proposed improvement and.
that body, after the survey, will bring
Strong pressure to bear on Congress
for an adequate appropriation to meet
the ends desired. In its efforts, the
Fayetteville body of business men
has secured the co-operation and en
d rsement of the Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce and it is confidently
expected that very material improve
ments will be 'undertaken by( the
government.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
At Points in North Carolina Senator
Pritcbard Representative Kltchin.
Special Star Telegram.
Washimqton. D. C. March 29.
Senator Pritchard is confined to his
home with a bad case of grippe, but
expects to be out in a day or so.
Charles L. Abernethy, of Beaufort,
N.,0. called on Representative Kitchin
to day., He is en route home from
New York.
The Postoffice Department has noti
fied Representative Kitchin that they
will establish rural free delivery be
tween Oxford and Berea at an early
date.
Former Resident of Wilmington.
The Fayetteville Observer ot Wed
nesday afternoon contains an an
nouncement of the death in Mexia,
Texas, on March, 21st, of Mr. George
Alderman, who was formerly a resi
dent of Wilmington, but removed
to Texas about J the year 1868. Mr.
Alderman at the time of his death waa
in the 78th year of his age and leaves
a wife, two daughters and one -son to
mourn their loss. He was a brother
of Col. Wm. Alderman," of Fayette
ville, and has quite a number of rela
tives in this city. ,
NO 24 I
PIED SUDDENLV Thursday.
Mr. B. Frank Boy kin, a Well Known Citi
zen of Wilmington, Was Pound '
Dead in His' Bed.
Numerous friends of Mr. B. Frank
Boykin, in Wilmington and in the
Eastern section of the State, will learn
with sorrow of his death, Which oc
curred suddenly some time during thB
early part of Thursday morning at hi
home, No. 514 Princess street, in this
city.
Mr. Boykin, on the days preceding
his death, had been confined to his
room with la grippe, and Wednesday
night he complained of a severe head
ache, but his condition was thought to
have been far from serious. Yester
day morning he did not arise so early
as usual,,but the family knowing of
his indisposition did not care to disturb
him, aid he was, allowed- to remain
unmolested until between and 10
o'clock, when a gentleman called at his
house to see him on a business matter
One of the children was sent up to the
room to notify the father of the visit,
but the child soon returned and said
that Mr. Boykin could not be aroused.
A servant was next sent up and she re
turned with tbo same message. Mrs.
Boykin then hastened to her husbands
bedside and was horrified to find that
he was dead. Dr. F. H. Russell was
quickly summoned, and after examin
ing the body he expressed 'the opinion
that death had resulted from apoplexy
probably three hours before.
Deceased was about 51 years of age,
and is prominently connected in East
ern North Carolina. He. was born near
Clinton, in Sampson county, and re
sided for a number of years in that
town, where he conducted the Clinton
Hotel. Later he was engaged in the
livery business there, but about eight
yeras ago he removed to Wilmington,
and was engaged here for some time
in the grocery business on Grace
street. During Gov. Carr's admin
istration, he was a director of the East
ern Hospital for the Insane, and al
ways manifested a keen interest in the
politics of his county. He served in
the Confederate army and was a good
soldier. About ten years ago, he mar
ried Miss Julia Augusta Bowden,of this
city, and she with five small children
two boys and three little girls sur
vive him and have the sincere sym
pathy of .many friends.
Mr. Boykin was a second cousin of
the lamented Judge Boykin, who died
suddenly about ten years ago and he
was also a nephew of Dr. T. J. Boy
kin, of the firm of Boykin, Carmer &
Co., of Baltimore. Three sisters live
in Washington, D. C. and two broth
ers, Messrs. J. R. and D. S. Boykin,
are engaged in the wholesale grocery
business at Wilson, N. C.
THE WR0NQ COMMISSIONER.
Mecklenburg Endorsed Mr. J D. McNeill,
of Fayetteville, Through Mistake.
A Star representative Was shown a
telegram received here yesterday stat
ing that the vote in the primaries for
Corporation . Commissioner in Meck
lenburg a few days since showed a
msjorityfor Hon. Franklin McNeill,
of this city, and that it would be f o
counted. The message further stated
that the initials "J. D." was a clerical
error, and that Mr. Franklin McNeill
is the one endorsed for the office.
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says: . ,
"It is an official fact that at the pri
maries held in this county last Tues
day Mr. J. Dv McNeill, of Fayetteville
was formally selected by ballot as the
county's choice for one of the two Cor
poration commissioners that are to be
nominated at the State convention. It
is equally certain that Mr. McNeill is
not a candidate for the tiosition. and
that, therefore, no one in Mecklenburg
AUt?Ut3 III. fWTO UAU.
The truth is there was simply a mis
take as to initials. The man that the
voters of this county intended to sup
port is Mr. Frank McNeill, of Wil
mington, the present chairman of the
corporation commission.
When the error was discovered yes
terday morning there was considera
ble flurry over the matter, and it was
decided that the central committee
should exercise its executive function
to the extent of declaring that the vote
would be considered as haying been
cast for Mr. Frank McNeill.
, If this proceeding will not be consid
ered as sufficiently effective the mis
take may by rectified easily by the
unanimous action of the county con
vention to-morrow.
Yet nothing can. eliminate the fact
that political honors are easy with Mr.
J. f. McNeill; for, without the seek
ing, he obtained the full strength of
the Mecklenburg Democratic rote.
Brunswick Delegates.
The following are the delegates
from Brunswick i county to the State
nd Senatorial conventions, viz:
' State Convention R. O. Leonard,
W. H. Phillips, D. G. Hewett, A. S.
White, J. D. Bobbins, F. M Moore,
J. F. Tripp, A. P. Thomas, H. L. Cai
son, Washington Coleman, Geo. H.
Bellamy, W. J. Davis.
Senatorial j Convention William
Weeks, Richard Dosher, W. A.
Moore, Robert Weeks, A. S. Kirby,
David Ward, ! J. R. McCracken, Peter
Rourk, S. J. Stanley, W. B. Bennett,
Valentine Smith, R. W. McKeithan,
J. W. Lancaster, J. D. Robbins, J. B.
Chinnis, W. J. Davis, Geo. H. Bel
lamy, G. M. ! McKeithan, J. N. Ben
nett, 6. A. Durant, A. V. Goodman,
J. B. Evans,
Approaching Marriage.
Handsomely engraved cards an
nouncing the approaching marriage of
Miss Olivia Pearl Wescott, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wescott, of this
city, to-Mr. E. Maury Fry, oL Fay
etteville, were yesterday mailed to
friends. The ceremony will be sol
emnized Wednesday morning. April
18th, at 8.30 1 o'clock, at the home of
Miss Wescott's parents, No. 211 South
Fourth street.
I PPMI
BLICAN PARTISANSHIP
ihoj
a
by Speaker Henderson Bamor
hit
Llnaey Will Be Candidate for
ovcrnor of North Carolina.
Spbtfal Star Telegram.
Washington, D. C, March 30
706 member8of the North Carolina
ueiegauon io-cay wire assea rrnat
they thought of the rumor that Re
presentative Liuney would maae-the
run for Governor, and were unani
mous in saying that they hoped it was
so, but did not think such good luck
would befall them. They all seemed
to think that the "Bull of the Brushes"
has given up all hope of ever carrying
his Congressional district, even if nominated.-
-
The people of the Asbeville and
Wilmington districts should not feel
surprised at what is termed Republi
can partisanship in the consideration
of the pending election cases. Nothing
has more clearly shown how far the
Republicans wilicarry partisanship
than the recent action of Speakt r Hen
derson in refusing to allow Judge
Rhea, of Virginia, to preside over the
eulogies of Representative Epes, his
dead colleague.! -
After such action they should be
ready to expect most anything in the
line of partisanship.
MURDER IN NASH COUNTY.
An Aged Citlzyi Shot and Killed Near His
Farm The Wilson Shooting
Special Star Correspondence.
Wilson, N. C, March 31, Mr.
Burt Ferrill, an aged citizen, who
recently moved from his farm in Nash
county to this town, was found mur
dered near his old home in Nash county
yesterday. He left here Wednesday
to go to his farm, and on yesterday
his body was found in the woods near
the public road. The condition of his
body when found showed that he had
been shot by some person or persons
unknown.
The negro Hunt, shot by Mr. Farrior
in Wilson Friday night, is still alive,
but the chances are that he will be
dead before Sunday.
By Associated Press. J
WlLSON, N. C, March 31. The
negro Hunt, who was shot by J. D.
Farrior yesterday, died at 7:30 to
night. It is believed evidence will
be brought before the coroner's jury
which will result in the acquittal of
Farrior;
PITT COUNTY CONVENTION.
Declared for Senatorial Primaries En
dorsed Grimes for Secretary of State.
Special Star Telegram.
Greenville. N. O , March 31 The
Democrats of Pitt held a fine conven
tion to-day. The Chicago and State
platforms were endorsed; trusts and
the Porto Rico tariff denounced. The
convention declared emphatically for
Senatorial primaries as being in keep
ing with the platform of 1898 and true
Democratic doctrine of the people. It
will destroy cliques and leave conven
tions free to nominate the best men
for the Legislature. Delegates were
instructed to work and vote for such
primaries. Strong resolutions were
pcroabu vuuvi aiuf v ri J eu xj a a-u v9
candidacy for Secretary of State, and
instructing delegates to support trim
by all honorable means.
JOHNSTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS.
Convention Endorsed Aycock for Governor
and Simmons for U. S. Senator.
Special Star Telegram.
Smithfield, N. C, March 31.
Johnston county Democratic Conven-.
tion, to elect delegates to the State
Convention was Leld here to day.
Aycock was strongly endorsed for
Governor, and D. H. McLef n for Sec
retary of State. Simmons was en
dorsed for United States Senator, Ira
T. Turlington for State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction. The meet
ing was enthusiastic.
Mr. F. M. Simmons spoke for two
hours on the amendment. The audi
ence was captivated by his masterly
discussion. Leaders here . say that
Johnston county will give 2000 ma jori-
I ty for the amendment.
Truckers Were Here.
The Executive Committee of the
East Carolina Fruit and Truck Grow
er's Association met at The Orton yes
terday to arrange for the schedules of
the refrigerator and express trains for
the movement Of the strawberry crop,
which is expected to begin about April
15th. Dr. E.r Porter, who was in at- .
.tendance upon the meeting, says that a
gratifying conference was held with
the railroad people regarding the ar- -
rangement of the schedule and that a i
much better service is promised the
growers this season than in former
years. A through refrigerator train
has been secured to leave Wilmington -about
8 o'clock each morning, which .
will take only solid cars. A local train
of the same character will leave about
one or two hours later for the small
shipments which will be repacked at
Rocky Mount; an express train to
leave Wilmington at 7 o'clock P. M.
each day has also been arranged for.
The last named service the truckers
have not enjoyed in former years.
The Armour people give promise of
an adequate and fast refrigerating
Shipment and upon the whole, the '
prospects are encouraging for the East
Carolina strawberry grower this sea
son. Besides ur. forxor, inose pres
ent were Mr. W. LyHill, of Warsaw,
who is chairman ofthe executive com
mittee; Messrs. J. A. Westbrook, J. S.
Westbrook and Dr. George F. Lucas.
Prominent Pender Citizen Dead.
Mr. F. T. Groom, of Burgaw, who
arrived in the city last evening
brought news of the death of
Mr. J. PStringfield, of that town,
which occurred yesterday morning at
his home after a few days illness with
la grippe. Mr. Stringfield was 60 ;
of age and has been Register of De
nf ki'a .'iiKlrtltlT fftlf tVlA TflRt tWf
of his county for the past tweH
years. He was a faithful and efficient
officer and was one of the most in
fluential citizens of Pender. He was
an ex Confederate soldier and fought
valiantly for the cause of the South in
the civil war. The funeral will take
place this afternoon and the interment
will be made at the family burying
ground near Burgaw.