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I The fundamental idea upon which I the privilege of the franchise is'ba.ed is that by it the voter may have a - voice in directing public affairs, in being represented in the legislative bodies by people who will guard and protect his interests, and therefore any distinction which gives one class or part of the people advantage over another in the exercise of the ballot, to that extent deprives the ballot of 5t.3 V:TriA and mnVna it. nanlaaa in ftin hands of the voter. This is .precisely what the white Republican leaders' in thia State have been 'doing ever since the negro was enfranchised, what they are doing to-day and what they propose to do in the future, not boldly and manfully as the Dem ocrats propose to"da, but sneakingly and meanly while professing to be' the special friends, champions and defenders of the negro. "' There always have been in the Re publican party three black voters to one white. Without 'them there would not be Kepublican party enougn to mate a visible shadow, but who ever heard of a negro be ing nominated, with the consent or co-operation of white Republicans, to any office of trust or emolument ' sufficient to attract the attention of the whiteRepublicans? For thirty-odd years 'the negroes have been voting with the Republi can party and ' for white Republi cans, but has there ever been a ne gro nominated for a State office, al though their votes have elected every Kepuoncan btate oracer wno has been elected? - j A few of them have been elected tlo Congress, but it was from dis tricts where the black voters were so numerous that the white bosses could not control them and they took matters into their own hands and nominated one of their own race as their representative. A few of them have also been . elected to the Legislature, but this was from counties where the negroes could not be cnntrolled by the white bosses. , They have held offices in some of the counties, but it was invariably where they were numerous enough to have things their own way, but in the State at large they have , never met with any consideration when it came to dividing the honors' - and emoluments. Why? The Republicans will not , dare to assert that it was because there were no negroes intelligent enough to hold a State office. If they did they would discredit themselves, for they have insisted that there are intelligent and competent negroes, negroes intelligent enough to sit in the party councils with them to 'frame plans for' the direction and government of - the party, to sit in their county, district nd State con ventions, and help make; the plat forms on which their party stood aim wageu us oatues. Why then this discrimination? j jii.t.ii.t- - i One of three things is the answer; either race prejudice, or the negro is unfit to hold office of trust or emo lument, or the white men. in the par ty want that kind of offices for them selves. If the first, then they should cease carping at the Democrats for being actuated by race prejudice'; if the second, then they should cease finding fault with' the Democrats for insisting that the negroes &re unfit to rule, and if the third, they should shut their mouths and cease , drawing attention to their grasping selfishness. ' ' y ' . Isn't the denial of the right to hold office denial by custom'' and by practice, if not by lawvirtual disfranchisement as destructive of the intent and purpose of the bal lot as if the negroes were actually deprived of the privilege of casting ' a ballot? " When in 1867 the act enfranchis it- .... "g me emancipated slaves was passed, it was justified on the ground that the ballot was necessary for the protection of the negro, that VOL. XXXI. there was ' a prejudice throughout the South against the negro, and if he had not the ballot to protect him, he would be at the mercy of the white man and hare no yoice or rep resentation in the maiding of the laws by which he would be governed; Thia, we say, was the justification of the arbitrary and unconstitu- tional legislation that made the negroes of . the South voters; w - and the only justification that could be offered, - if ' they were honest in it but they were not, for the men who passed that I act didn't think any more of the negro, or take any more interest in him, than do the White politicians oi cms state wno are now running the negro and pretending to be his friends and champions. The framers of that aot wa&Ud to. build p ike Republican party' in the South and they made the negro a voter to do it. When they failed to accomplish witfi the negro votes what they hoped to accomplish they turned the negro, loose to shift for himself, just as the white bosses in this State would now do, and jump at the opportunity to do, if they could command votes enough to win the offices without negro votes. Then they would be. willing and glad to see him disfranchised by law as they have been virtually him in practice. disfranchising TALK VS. ACTIOS. Nearly all the Republican State platforms adopted this year have something to say about trusts, and it is substantially the same in all of them, because the platforms are drafted in Washington and are dicta ted by Hanna and men of his stripe who are too, closely connected with the trusts to desire to do anything to restrain or cripple them. The Ohio platform, enunciated by the convention run by Mark Hanna, has this plank: 'We insist that injurious combina tions shall be forbidden and so-called trusts shall be so regulated from time to time and be so restricted as to guar antee immunity from hurtful monoo oly and assure fair treatment and pro tection to all competing industries." Ohio being McKinley's and Han na s State, the presumption is that this plank foreshadows what the national platform' will say on that subject, which will be practically nothing, for this plank is simply words that mean nothing in effect. The North Carolina Bepnblican platform contains substantially the same plank, the only difference being a little change in the phraseology. But the sincerity of these plat form makers is to be tested not by what they say but by what they do after they have had the opportunity to do something. The Republicans have a majority in both Houses of Congress, and the President. They could do something to remedy the trust evil if, they would. The press of the country, Republican as well as Democratic, has been de manding that something be done to restrict the operations of some of the moBt oppressive of the trusts. Has a single movement been made in that direction? Not one. But every movement made by Democrats in response to the appeals of the press 'has been squelched by the majority in Congress, who would not dare to tackle the trusts, whose money Mark Manna will nave use for in the next campaign and elec tion. And yet these fellows have the monumental gall to put planks in their platforms pledging themselves to do something to remedy the trust evil. Do they take the Amer ican people for a nation of mental imbeciles who can be deceived by such rot? ! . GIVING HIMSELF AWAY. Senator rntchard displays re markable inconsistency and gives himself away in the reasons he as signs for his opposition to the pro posea constitutional amendment. In his speech in the Republican State convention, Wednesday, he reiterated the assertion that the Supreme Court .of the United States would declare the 5th section of the amendment, (commonly called the "grandfather" section,) uncon stitutional. How does Senator Pritchard know what the Supreme Court will do? This may be his opinion, which we very much doubt, but he does not know it. Besides if he did know it, or had any par ticular reason to believe that the Supreme Court would so decide, he would desire the adoption of the amendment, which he says would leave the negroes voters and dis franchise white men, which is the very thing that Pritchard and other office seekers on his side would like to see,, for that would cut down the white vote and give them and their negro following just that much the advantage. But he says the 4th aectiohvisn't constitutional either for that dis criminates against the colored brother. Now, if he believes the 5th section which permits the illiter ate white man to vote, is unconsti tutional, and that the 4th section, which prohibits the ignorant negro 1HE from voting, is unconstitutional, the whole thing is unconstitutional, and why in the mischief is , Senator Pritcbard cavorting around and paw ing the air in his frantio efforts to defeat a measure which cannot, run the ordeal o the courts without be ing knocked out? Pritcbard simply advertises his in consistency, gives himself away and makes himself ridiculous when he opposes the amendment on constitu tional grounds and asserts that it will be declared void by the Supreme Court. - SPECULATING ON THE PRO GRAMME. The opinion seems to prevail with some who have watched the manipu lations of-.the Re-Poplican . 'ma chine managers that the State tickets put up by, them were not put up to stay but to be doctored later on, the result of which will be a sort of sandwich ticket made of alternate Republican and Populist 'slices. The following from a Washington special to the Raleigh Post shows what the North Carolina .Democratic Repre sentatives in Washington think the programme will be: "Among Democrats it is considered that the most significant nomination mace by the Kepublican convention is that or JN. u. English for Superintend ent of Public Instruction. Mr. English was nominated, by Mr. cutler's con vention for the same position. Mr. English is looked upon as the link that joins the Republican ticket with the Fopulist ticket. While loined to gether now by only one thread Mr. English it is recognized that even so slim a hold can the more easily be strengthened by other threads between the two alleged discordant parties. Taking Mr. English as the starting point, each side is now in a position to trade and can now put up a hyphenated ticket, by first dropping out one man on one ticket and then another, like knocking out every other rung in a ladder and thus complete the ticket. 'This is what is expected here will be done, either openly or tacitly, be fore the young occurs. . 'Judge Liinney, when asked about this phase of the situation, said the Republicans would be justified in making such an alliance. It was a struggle for political liberty and any ViAnAtiaKl-. mAawa wav1j4 -i .nnftflarl ' uw-ivi.cwi? uivauo nvuiu fcrw J uowuvvu As both of these parties are ma chine-run and their people have very little to say about what the leaders may do or not do, they could very easily work a game like this if they can agree on the division of the spoils. In the event they fail in this, the probabilities are that they, will fuse on the legislative tickets with the hope of capturing the Legislature, in which Pritchard and Butler are much more interested than they are in the State tickets. PRITCHARD TO THE NEGROES. When Senator Pritchard spoke against the constitutional amend ment at Rockingham four-fifths of his audience were negroes and most of the other fifth federal office hold ers who gathered there from the surrounding counties. He always devotes much of his time to discuss ing the unconstitutionality of the amendment. In this speech he thus declared himself . on the so 'called "grandfather" section: "The amendment is unconstitutional because it makes a. discrimination against the negro : It lets the ignorant white man vote but denies a vote of the ignorant necro. That is renuirnant to the fifteenth amendment 'and cannot stand." .Senator Pritchard seems to talk on the assumption that the people he talks to do not read the papers, and therefore he talks one way in one section when talking to negroes, and another way in .another section when talking to white men. In the center, and in the West where there are fewer negroes than there are in the center or in the East, he opposes the amendment because, he says, it will disfranchise (which is not true) the illiterate white man and let the negro who can read and write vote. That's the way he hopes to influence voters in the West against the amendment; but at Rockingham, he opposes the amendment because it lets the ignorant white man vote and denies a vote- to the ignorant negro. That is the kind of an un principled and unscrupulous dema ronie Pritchard is, and that's the C7 O " way he plays fast and loose with the white man and the negro in accord ance with their voting strength. But there are newspapers in this conn try which print what Pritchard says and both white men and negroes are catching on to? his donble-faced methods. When Pritchard and Bat ler are yoked' together, there is a team of first-class political frauds. The. Smith family, which is still somewhat in evidence, have been so from away back. An antiquarian rummaging among the papyri of old EcrvDt found a man named Smith 227 B. U. He was a beer-maker, and ran a saloon, too. The bottom is falling out-of apart' of Newark, N. J., where the houses are sinking so ' fast that the occu pants are 'moving out. They were hnilt ori a auicksand deposit too near a hole without a reachable bot tom. .. - Weekly WILMINGTON, N..0., HEAVY SHIPMENTS. Saturday's Strawberry Consign ments Eclipsed Any Former Day's This Season.! ABOUT ONE MILLION QUARTS Forwarded to Northern Markets from Wilmington's Tracking Belt Satur day Convenient Schedule ' of Fruit Growers' Express. Some idea of the magnitude of the strawberry culture in the section trib utary to Wilmington may be gathered from the record of shipments of these palatables to the Northern markets on' the various trains leading 'from WiKl mington Saturday. A safe estimate based upon records received from their agents along the seveval lines of rail way by the Fruit Growers' Express and the Southern Express Company make the figures in round numbers 25,000 crates, or -approximately one million quarts, which if sold even so low as tea cents per quart net, would amount to $10,000. On the Wilmington and Weldon railroad alone Saturday the Fruit Growers' Express handled 64 solid cars of 300 and more crates each. ! .These were carnea oui on irain . i No. 80, which carried 37 solid cars on a on a through schedule North, and pick-up" train" of 27 cars, which gath ered shipments for solid cars at the several stations along the line. On the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad thirteen cars were handled and on the A. & Y. division of the Coast Line three' solid cars of 300 crates each were handled. The day being Saturday, the South ern Express Company did not; receive as large shipments as on other days, but on the Wilmington and Weldon railroad approximately 300 crates were handled and more than as many on the Atlantic and Yadkin. Both companies are giving excellent service this season and not a complaint from any source has been heard. The Southern Express people are running a special train for the W. & W. shippers and the Fruit Growers' Express have in operation the best schedule for years. The refrigerator service is said to be adequate in every particular and the schedule of trains is arranged to suit the convenience of truckers generally, The through trains are operating on good schedule, and more than that, it is justly claimed that they are plac ing the berries on the market in good condition and early. The through train, which is desig nated as "No. 80," leaves Wilming ton daily over the Wilmington and Weldon railroad at 9 45 o'clocs in the morning and takes only solid cars con taining three hundred crates of berries and over, the same to be loaded and ready for shipment before time for de parture of trains from the respec tive stations. The schedule upon which this train departs from the several, stations is as follows Wilmington. 9:45 A. M: Castle Haynes, 10:24 A. M ? Rocky Point, 10:45 A. M; Ashton 11 A. M; Burgaw, 11:16 A. M; South Washington, 11 :44 A. M; Willard, 11:58 A. M; Wallace, 12:08 P. M; Teachey's, 18:18 P. M; Rose HilL 12:34 P. M; Magnolia, 12:- 54 P. M; Warsaw 1:00 P. M; Bowden, 1 :33 P. M ; Faison, 1:55 P. M; Mount Olive, 2:20 P. M; Dudley, 2:40 P. M; Goldsboro, 3:25 P. M. '' The "pick up" train is designated as No. 18" and will , receive berries in refrigerator car3 in any quantities at stations between Wilmington and Magnolia inclusive. The schedule of departure for this train is: leave Wil mington, Castle Haynes and Rocky Point at 10:30; 11:05 and 11:50: respec lively, each morning and leave other stations in the afternoon as follows: Ashton, 12:10; South Washington, 1:25; Willard, 1:40; Wallace, 2:00; Teachey's, 220 ; Ro3e Hill, 2 :40 ; -lag- nolia, 3:15; Carlton. 3:30. Train No. 20 "picks up" broken shipments between Warsaw and Golds boro and leaves Warsaw at. 11.30 o'clock each morning, arriving at Goldsboro at 6 P. M. Train JNo. i is the last of those regu larly announced and this one ' is de signed for berries in cars other than those with the refrigerating system. The schedule is proving very effi cient, and while none of the trains are guaranteed, they have thus far made excellent time and. as stated! above, they have been prompt in reaching the Northern markets,' which is most important of all. The shipments yesterday were not as large as are expected on some one of the single days -this week. Mr. C. W. Woodward, the enterprising manager of the Fruit Growers' Express here, said last night that he had just received ninety refrigerator cars for use to day and it is quite sure that if the weather continues favorable, more than that number will be required for Monday and Tuesday's consignments, j . Desirable Hospital Appointment. Dr. John C. Wessell, of this city who last week graduated at the Uni versity of Maryland, has received a very desirable appointment as resident physician at the Bay View Hospital, of Baltimore, one of the largest insti tutions of its kind in the South. Dr. Wessell received the appointment as an award of merit, and besides being a lucrative position it is a handsome compliment to his medical learning. ' Mr. Geo. N.- Seal, of Delair, N. J., who has been here for the past several months gathering specimens for an aquarium in his native State, left last evening for his home with quite a valuable collection of fish and water herbs. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1900. NEW ELECTION BOARD. . Messrs. C. W. Worth, John Hair and Sol J. Joaes Selected to Succeed Oris inal Const j Election Board. ,J:' Hmmmm Asa result of. the conference of a number of Wilmington gentlemen with the members of the State Elec tion Board at a special meeting at Ra leigh yesterday morning, Messrs. C. W. Worth, SoL J. Jones and John Haar were named as the county elec tion board for New Hanover to super sede the board as originally appointed at the regular meetine of the State board just after the State Convention, which board was composed of Messrs. M. Newman, F. A. Montgomery and E. K. Bryan. It is understood that the action was the result of a compromise between the two factious, the opposing one of which protested asrainst an appoint ment of a board by the State organiza tion contrary to the recommendations of the County Executive Committee, which pushed the claims to appoint ment of Messrs. G. Herbert Smith, R. WBordeaux and E. K. Bryan. The settlement of the dispute is re garded as satisfactory to all parties who nave concerned themselves about the same and the "retiring" board are also pleased with the result. Messrs. Newman and Montgomery both say they did not seek the office and that they are only too willing to agree to anything that will subserve to harmony in the party, They ap pear to want all difficulties settled and as one of them . expressed it, "a straight pull for a big majority for the Amendment" ABANDONED THE FAITH. The Religions Fanatic in Jail Weakened Yesterday and Took Pood. 'Peace," or Percy of Dominica,' as he calls himself, has at last yielded to the desires of the flesh and has par taken of food upon the seventh day after he began his "fast" in the coun ty jail, at the end of which time he predicted that the doors of the prison would voluntarily swing Open and he and his followers go free. A tempt ing chicken broth (for "Peace" yet possesses some of the characteristics of a negro) offered by Jailor Millis yesterday morning "broke the fast" and the religious fanatic, who in duced one of Mb fellow creatures to starve herself to death, broke down and ate freely,, excusing his "weak ness" by the statement that the moon is too large just at this stage of the game to carry on a successful "fast." Toomer and Shiver, his two fol lowers in jail who are held for com: plicityip. the. murder of the woman who starved herself to death, yet cling to the faith and refuse to eat ' Paris Frazier, the fourth negro of Percy's band, relinquished the fallacy several days ago. Sheriff MacRae asked Solicitor Duffy about his power to force the negroes to eat The solicitor replied that to compel them to take nourishment would be assault and battery in the eyes of the law. Sheriff MacRae will continue to tempt them with delicacies. Tournament Notes. Chief Charles Schnibben yesterday received a letter from the Pioneer Reel Team of Anderson, S. C, "saying that they would be on hand for the tourna ment in great shape. "South Carolina will be well represented at our tourna ment," remarked Chief Schnibben when he gave a reporter this bit of in formation yesterday. "Florence, Col umbia and several other cities in that State will be here," he said, "and the prospects grow brighter every day." Yesterday Mr. W. C. VonGlahn and Chief Schnibben were out on a can vass for subscriptions and raised up wards of $1,000 in addition to what has already been received. The amount was secured by Mr. VonGlahn and Chief Schnibben in a single day and the officers of the big event are elated with the prospects. Sacred Concert, Jane 1st. Friday evening, June 1st, has been selected as the date for the sacred con cert to be given for the benefit of Fifth Street M. E. Church, and a very elab orate programme is being prepared for the occasion. There will be no re hearsal on Tuesday night as usual, on account of the Second Regiment Band concert in the Opera House, but on Thursday evening Mr. Charles Mo Millen, the director, especially requests a full attendance for practice. Mem bers of the orchestra are also urged to be in attendance at 8.15 o'clock promptly. A Young Wilmiostoaian. Among the young gentlemen who graduated at the University of Mary land School of Medicine last week was a yoang Wilmingtonian, Mr. Thos. M. Green, .who carried off one of the highest honors the "surgical prize." The degrees were conf erred and prizes awarded at the annual commencement held at the Lyceum Theatre, Balti more. "A large audience, composed principally of ladies, filled the theatre from orchestra to gallery, , and ap plauded the young doctors until their hands were sore," says the Baltimore Sun. - - Capt. Robinson Bick Again. The many friends of Capt Irving Robinson along the Cape Fear and Black rivers will be glad to know that he is again on the river in the capa city of steamboat master. Captain Robinson has succeeded Captain Frank Creel in charge of the steamer E. A. Hdicea and is now making the regular trips aboard this staunch freight craft - tar. DOCKERY-BELLAMYn Contested Election Cases to Come Up Before the House of Representatives, ON REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Repnblicsn Leaders Decide to Press Con sideratlon Pearson-Crawford Case to Be Called Wednesday-Other Cases May Be Postponed. Special Star Telegram. Washington, May 5. A dispatch sent out from this city last night stated that the Republican members of the House Committee on Elections No. 2 yesterday held a conference in refer ence, to the Dockery-Bellamy case. Chairman Weaver, of Ohio, to-day, when asked about the conference, de nied that they had ever held one, but said that several of the Republican members of the committee happened to meet in the committee rocftn, and that some one started a conversation on the Dockery-Bellamy case and in the midst of the conversation one of the Democratic members dropped in, and hearing Bellamy's name spoken, immediately rushed out- and an nounced that there had been a confer ence of Republican members regarding the contest Notwithstanding Repre sentative -Weaver's denial, it is a well known fact that at a' conference of the Republican House leaders it was re solved to at once press the immediate consideration of the Pearson-Crawford contest, the Walker-Rhea and the Dockery-Bellamy contests. Asa result the reported conference on the Dockery-Bellamy contest - was held; as was a Republican conference of the mem bers of Committee No. 2 having in charge the Walker-Rhea case. In both cases the Republican members met and agreed to take up the contests at once. It was also decided to call up the Pearson-Crawford case next week Wednesday. At this writing it is impossible to. forecast the result in the Pearson Crawford case. Representative Dris coll, Republican, still stands out for Crawford and may make an explana tion in the House in reference to the case, which he terms as "flimsy." In any case the vote will be very close. In the Bellamy case it is said that two of the Republican members of the committee favor Bellamy's retaining his seat; but nothing can be said posi tively about the matter, for, as in the Crawford case, there are a dozen rumors floating about, none of which can be authenticated. As there are hardly thir ty working days left of this session, provided Congress adjourns June 12th old members of the House say they cannot see how the House can dispose of the Dockery-Bellamy and Walker Rhea cases before adjournment, and at the same time pass the large num ber of more important bills now pend ing. It should be remembered in con nection with the Bellamy and Rhea cases, that even provided they are re ported on adversely next week, the minority must be allowed at least ten days to prepare and submit their re ports. It will be seen from this that it is not probable that the House will be able to dispose of these cases at this session of Congress. . , Runaway Yesterday Afternoon. Capt. James Knight, master of trans portation of the Atlantic Coast Line, narrowly escaped being seriously in jured yesterday afternoon, about 2.30 o'clock, by being struck by a runaway horse attached to a cart, which had been driven to the city by an East Wilmington trucker Capt Knight was passing in front of the general offices of the A. C. L. on Front street, when he was struck by the runaway and knocked to the ground. Fortu nately as well as miraculously, he escaped with minor injuries and was not incapacitated by the accident The runaway horse ran the cart into another horse, attached to President Warren G. Elliott's carriage, which was standing in front .of the offices, and Mr. Elliott's horse was injured to some extent about the legs. Pnneral of Mrs. Richards, Rey. Dr. Calvin S, Blackwell con ducted the funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. E. V. Rich ards from the residence No. 115 South Ninth street yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The remains were taken from the home to the steamer Wilmington and carried to Southport where the inter ment took place immediately upon the arrival of the boat. The pall bearers were: Honorary, Messrs Jos. H. Han by and Wm. Neistle; active, Messrs. A. J. Howell, Jr., W. L De Rosset Jr. H. H. DeCover, J. D. Nutt, J. Schmit, W. W. MacRae and W. A. McGowan. Excavating for Armory. Members of the Baptist Boys' Brig ade have set to work for the construc tion of an armory for the use of their company and are7 themselves doing the work of excavating. The armory will be under the lecture room of "the church and when the excavations are complete the floor will be laid and the place otherwise fitted up comfortably and substantially. Will Speak in Wadesboro. The Wadesboro Messenger and In telligencer of this week announces that CoL A. M. WaddeU, of this, city, will speak in that town on Saturday, 19th inst The people of the county are making great preparations to receive him. NO. 29 C0UNTY ELE?TI0N B0ARD r has? Organized by Selecting Mr. C. W. Worth as Chairman and Mr. John Haar Secretary Other Matters. - . i Members of the New Hanover coun ty election boavdAwhich Star readers will remember are bow Messrs. C. W. Worth, John Haarjand Sol J. Jones, yesterday receivedheir certificates of appointment from Capt Jas. D. Mc Neill, secretary, and Walter H. Neal, Esq., chairman, of the State board. . At i o'clock yesterday afternoon a meeting of the county board was held at the office of Mr C. W. Worth and an organisation effected hv filBctinc Mr. Worth chairman and Mr. Haar secretary. j The session was held in conformity to the law governing county boards, which stipulates that meetings for or ganization must be held on or before the first Monday in May. The next meeting will be held in June. It was decided to allow the various voting precincts to remain as they are for the present, but it is an established fact that later a division will be made in Harnett township, which division is made necessary from the largely increased population incident to the establishment of the Delgado Cotton Mills there. j , GENTLEMEN'S HANDICAP TOURN AMENT Played Yesterday Afternoon by Members of Cape Feir Golf Club. The gentlemen's handicap tourna ment, under the auspices of the Cape Fear Golf Club, was played yesterday afternoon on the .Hilton, links in the presence of quite a goodly number of spectators. The cup, as a prize for the best handi cap score, was won by Mr. M. F. H. Gouverneir, and that for the lowest gross score by Mr. j T. H. Symington. At the ladies' handicap tournament Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. T. H. Symington won the cup for the lowest gross score. J j . The prizes were presented yesterday afternoon by Mr. John J. Blair, presi dent of the club, during the progress of an elegant tea given by one of the lady members complimentary to the players after the j tournament in the handsome new club house recently built near the links. - Some of the most. notable scores made at the tournament yesterday afternoon were as follows: Mr. A. S. Williams, gross 142, handi cap 12, net score 118. - Mr. M. F. EL Gouverneir, gross 119, handicap 5, gross 109. Mr. T. H. Symington, no handicap and net score 113 J , Mr. J. J. Blair, no handicap and net score 114. - ' Maj. E. W. VanC. Lucas, gross 142, handicap 10, net score 132. Mr. Hugh MacRae, gross 132, handi cap 6, net score 120. . Rev. Robert Strange, gross 132, handicap 10, net spore 112. PEARSON-CRAWFORD CASE Richmond Pearson Closeted With Repre sentative Llnney. : Special Star Telegram1. Washington, D. C, May 4. Rich' mond Pearson, who is contesting Con gressman Crawford's seat, was at the Capitol to-day. He was closeted with Representative Linney for several hours, endeavoring to get him to bring his influence to bear so as to get the House to take up the contest. He also visited the Republican members of the committee. Major Woody's visit here has evidently had some effect for several of the members are disposed to let the matter go over until after the November election. . Senator Butler to-day called up and secured the passage in the Senate of the bill providing for a public build ing at Durham to cost $80,000. Senator Butler . leaves to-night for Sioux Falls, S. D., to attend the Popu list convention. Lieutenant Commander Samuel C. Lemly, of North Carolina, was to day appointed judge advocate general in the navy for the next four years, with rank and pay of captain. Representative Kluttz is confined to his house at Salisbury with the grip. AT THE CITY ROCk QUARRY. Discovery of Yalnable Rock Easily Acces sible for Street Purposes. ( . The Stab is informed that opera tions at the city rock quarries near the National cemetery have developed a find of material so admirably adapted for permanent street improvement as to exceed the most sanguine expectations of the present Streets and Wharves Committee, which projected the plan of the city operating its own quarries and mining the rock for the very ex tensive street work which is being done. At a convenient distance near the surface of the earth' a bed of firm solid rock resembling granite has, been un earthed, and it is believed to be in suffi cient quantity to materially -enhance the value of the work contemplated bj the committee, which has worked per sistently under the leadership of Mr. Hugh MacRae, its chairman. The bed of this material is said to be about six feet through and is easily ex cavated, proving itself in hardness and other requisites superior to any rock ever used in street-making in the Clty ' m i Mr. Burgess W. Marshall left last evening for Washington, D. JC where he will take a position in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. His many friends here wish for him a successful career in the Nation's Capital. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Goldsboro Argus: The death of Mr." Louis Gaylor occurred last night at his home out beyond Greec leaf. He was about 60 years of age. Mount Olive Advertiser: Straw, berry shipments this past week have been much lighter than was expected at this stage of the season, a condition resulting from -cool weather and -a shortage in the crop. Danbury Reporter: The wheat crop in this section is the finest for years. Nurseymen Toung says that the prospect over the country is -the best that he has ever known for fruit. - Farmers are : behind with their work, but they are putting m full time this fine weather. Probably, not more than half of the corn crop . has been planted. CJiarlotte Observer: With suicidal intent, Mr. Samuel H. Haw kins, Jr., of this city, shot himself Friday morning. . At 3 o'clock this morning he was still alive, but his ' fthysicians state that his recovery is m possible and that he can live only a few hours. The caue of the suicide is a matter of conjecture. Salisbury Truth-Index: Per haps the first cotton factory organized by the farmers of any State in the Union has just been launched by the farmers of the China Grove vicinity. And the names of the gentlemen who are connected with the enterprise (wid-awake and well-to-do farmers that they are) is a guarantee of the success of the movement - Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: Mr. J. Albert Smith died at his home in Wolf Fit township Sunday afternoon, of consumption, with which he had suf fered for a number of years. ' He was about 50 years of age. The Re publicans organized in Scotland Coun ty last Saturday. It seems that the negroes in the new county are not so easily side ' tracked. They elected J. N. -McLochlin, a negro . school teacher, County Chairman, defeating two white candidates for the position. Newborn Journal: - The thun der storm of Thursday evening was a severe one in this section, there being ', a heavy fall of hail in several places, but the lightening was very destruc tive1, causing two deaths. At Bairds Creek, the house of George Conner was struck, and his child was killed, and his wife knocked senseless. The house of D. Mann, near Newport was also struck. Mrs. Mann, wno was standing in the doorway was killed, while Mr. Mann was rendered sense less. During the storm the rainfall was nearly an inch and a half Bound Over to Court - The Greenville Reflector of Tuesday has the following to say of the case of the young man Cahoon, who was ar- 1 rested here some time ago by Captain of Police Jno. J. Furlong: J. W. A. Cahoon, who some time ago forged the name of some of the school committee near Bethel and was afterwards captured at Wilmington, was given a hearing this morning be fore Justice of the Peace W. H. Long. There Were two warrants. One for . obtaining goods under false pretence was postponed until next Thursday. The other for forgery was tried to day, the evidence being sufficient to bind him over to the September term of Superior Court He was recom mitted to jail until the other case against him is investigated. At Carolina Beach. Mr. H. A. Kure has engaged a force of twenty-five carpenters and laborers to go with him to morrow morning to Carolina Beach to arrange matters about his buildings there preparatory to the opening of the season. Mr. Kure says he will have at his disposal about fifty rooms,' and that he will change . the name of his boarding house to the Carolina Beach Hotel. He says that he has purchased the cottage of Mr.W, L. Smith, ; next door to his own place, and will build a dining room 46x18 feet for the accommodation of his patrons; HON. W. J. BRYAN Denies That Ex-Congressman Shlvley is a Candidate for the Vice Presidency. By Telegraph to the Mornlnjj Star. Chicago, May 5. William J. Bryan arrived in the city to-day and lost no time in denying the report from South Bend, Ind.,- that ex-Congressman Ben jamin. Shivley, with whom he spent a few hours Friday, was a candidate for the vice presidency with the approval and support of the Nebraskan. - "There is nothing in those reports sent out yesterday from. Mr. Shivley's town," said the Democratic leader. 'In .visiting him I was killing time between engagements. He is not a candidate for second place on the ticket He has been considered promi nently in connection with the gover norship, but so far as I know not for a place on the national ticket I cannot say anything on the vice presidency' ECLIPSE OP THE SUN. ! Scientists Preparing for the Great Event Scheduled for the 28th Inst By Telegraph to the Mornlnat star. Chaeleston,' 8. C, Mny 8. Prof. Stone, of the University - of Virginia, and director of the Leander McCor mick Observatory, is at Winnsboro, this State, where he has selected a location for observing the eclipse of the sun on the 28th instant. He - will begin work at onceon a great photo graphic camera 39 feet in length with a lens five inches in diameter. The plates will be triple coated and be 14 by 17 inches in size. For visual study two telescopes will be used. BANK BURGLARIZED, Safe Dynamited Between $6,000 and $10,000 Taken by the Robbers. By Telegraph to the Morning: star. PrrrsBUEG, Pa., May. 5. Burglars entered the First National , Bank of East Brady, Pa., last night and dyna mited the safe, taking everything in sight, including the pennies. - The bank officials refused to make a' state ment to-day of the amount taken, but say the vault contained more silver than two men could carry away. Well informed residents of East Brady estimate the loss all the way from $6,000 to $10,000. ; There is no clue to the robbers. Senator Pritchard, of North Caro lina, whom the Republican conven tion of his State endorsed as a candi date for Vice President, says that he 1 was in no sense to be regarded as a candidate for the nomination. - The amount of . bonds so far ex changed at the Treasury for the new two percent consols, is $264,419,760, of which $48,325,650 were received " from individuals and institutions other than national banks.