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-L- 1 1. Ill AM H. BBS KABD gdltor knJEXoorletor. WILMINGTON, N. C. FbIDAY, - May 25, 1900. For White Snpremacy; STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. - For Governor: CHARLES B. AYCOCK, of Wayne. Lieutenant-Governor: WILFRED D, TOMER, of IrefleU. Secretary of State: . . J. BRYAN GRIMES, Of Pitt. Treasurer: BENJAMIN R. LACY Of Waie. Auditor: B. F; DIION, of CleyelaM.' Attorney-General: ROBERT D. GILMER, of Haywood. Commissioner of Labor and Printing: H.B. YARNER of DaTidson. Corporation Commissioners: FRANKLIN M'NEILL. of New HanoYer. SAMUEL L. ROGERS of Macon. Superintendent Public'. Instruction: THOMAS F. TOON, Of Rotieson. Commissioner of Agriculture: SAMUEL L, PATTERSON. Of Calif eU For Judge of the Tenth District: W. B. COUNCILL ofWataaga. LITTLE DANGER OF OVERDOING IT. Of all the manufacturing indus tries in the world cotton manufac turing is in the least danger of be ing overdone. There is not a coun try in the world where cotton goods are not in demand, and not a coun try in the world where the demand is not increasing: and where it will not continue to increase. Whethe cotton goods will ever be much cheaper than" they are now will de pend upon circumstances., but if they should be then the demand will increase the more, for the bet ter able the people will be to buy them. The cheapening of the goods has been the principal factor in the steady increase in the demand, and so it will - continue to be; the cheaper they are the more will be used, but they will probably never be cheap enough not to leave a reasonable margin of profit for the manufacturer, who could thrive on a much smaller profit than he makes now, even at the present low price of goods.' As an illustra tion of the steady and large in crease in the demand fori goods, we clip the following from, the Charles ton News and Courier: In an address delivered before the Cotton Spinners1 Association at its meeting in Charlotte last Saturday, Mr. A. B. Sanford, president of the American Cotton Yarn Exchange, of Boston, gave some statistics of the growth and present status of the cotton spinning industry in this country which are of general interest. After noting that the total number of spindles in Great Britain on Jan uary 1, 1900, as estimated, was 46,000, 000, it is stated that the total for the - United States on the same date was 21,000,000, the total for the New En gland States was 18,955,000 and the total for the Southern States, "includ ing the year 1900," is 5.250,000. The increase in the number of spin dles in New England is shown by de cades as follows: 1840 1.597,400 'I860.... 1,800,000 1860.......... 3,859,000 1870 6,498,300 1880 ,.. 8,632,100 1890.... 10,836,200 August, 1899.. 13,955,000 "The last row of figures, it is added. 'represent $280,000,000 of capital, this magmncent result speaking volumes for the thrift and energy of our New England manufacturers and opera tives, which means so much for the prosperity of the New England States.' "The exhibit for the South for the same period is as follows: 1840.......; 180,900 1850 . 230,000 I860 ........ .... 298,600 1870 327,900 1880...-. 1,554,000 1890 , ....3,670,290 For 1900........ 5,250,000 "The last firares. as before noted. include 2,000,000 estimated to be added this year, the total representing $125, . 000,000 invested in the cotton industry in this section, 'a most magnificent snowing tor our southern manufao- - turers and operatives.' " . These figures show a1 remarkable increase in the number of spindles xn New England withm half a cen tury, and a still more remarkable increase in. the South, especially in the latter half of the half century, but they also show that the increase in the demand for goods in this country, for the work of all these spindles found purchasers at home, a very small percentage of it being shipped abroad only $23,566,000 compared with the world's exports of $500,658,000 worth, of which Eng land furnished $328,335,000 worth. . Of the total exports the mills of the United States have only 5 per cent., other cotton manufacturing coun tnes having the 95 per cent. Practically the demand for home consumption took about all the goods our mills made. , Our population increases at the rate of about a million a year, which means a million more people every year to be clothed with, and to - otherwise find use for cotton, and that at the end of a decade means . ten millions of people, enough to keep a considerable number of mills busy and give employment to a arge sized army of operatives. When the demand for home con sumption ceases to yield, as much profit as desired, then to prevent prices from' going below the safety line our manufacturers must look for other markets, which they will find a more business-like and in the end a more profitable way of doing busi ness than running Bhort time to re duce Btock and work off surplus on hand. Whit a wide field, there is for en- deavdr in that direction is shown by these quoted figures that the United States have only five per cent, of the world's total exports of something more than $500,000,000, while Eng land has had and still has the lead in the world's markets With her $328,325,000 nearly fifteen times as much as the mills of this country export. Tsn't there room enough in all this for expansion of our cot ton manufacturing industry, which when it finds itself cramped at home may find relief by branching out, as the tired man sometimes finds relief in stretching his legs. ' There are, of course, advantages in locations particularly adapted to that industry, but as for the foreign trade it is not a matter of import where the mills are located, for the people who buy goods don't care where they are made nor who makes them, provided the goods and the price Buit. The cost of production and the cost of. delivery will be the de ciding factors when it comes to fight ing for entry and a foothold in for eign markets. This being so, what is to prevent the United States, which have all the advantages other countries, have, and the raw material, too, which they have not,- from successfully competing with them for the world market when it becomes expedient to make a determined effort for it? The millers of this country should not be content .with five per cent, of the world's exports, and Southern men should not be willing to ship raw cotton abroad tor the men against whom they have to com pete, when this cotton could be manufactured at home and give the section that grows the cotton the profit that now goes to the foreign mill operators who manufacture it. JbiVen with the remarkable increase in the number of spindles in the South not more than one eighth of the. cotton grown in the South is manufactured in the South, and yet the remainder of it is manufactured somewhere. The world needs it all and will need more, so there is little danger of the cotton manufacturing business being overdone, especially in the South, which grows the cotton. BUT ONE COURSE TO PURSUE Yesterday we published an extract from a letter of Mr. E. A. Conrad, a prominent Populist of Forsyth county, giving reasons why he sup ports the proposed constitutional amendment. We have also published letters or extracts from letters of prominent Republicans in various sections of the State, giving the rea sons why they support it. The fol lowing, which we clip from the Wa tauga Democrat, is from Thomas P. Smith, a Bepnblican of Watauga county: "There is a great question before the people of North Carolina this year. It is the question of permanent white su premacy or permanent negro equali ty. Men who are trying to save the ne gro from eternal and just obscurity are telling tne white men of JN orth Car olina who are unable to read and write that they are in danger of being dis- irancnisea. "Now, there is not a sound-minded man in the State who if he will but stop a moment and reason, that will believe the silly arguments put up by inese so-cauea leader. Mr. Editor. I am a Republican, but when it cornea to a direct question of whites vs. negroes, I cannot, injustice to the Anglo-Saxon blood that flows in my veins, array myself on the side of the African. I am for White Supre macy "first, last, and all the time." As a Republican, I consider that the Republican leaders in the State have made a serious mistake in placing themselves as ahinderancein the path way of progress, for it is a self-evident fact that the Old North State can never be anvthinsr of which to be nroud n long as we navefnegroes in the halls of Congress and in our State Legisla ture, ' "White Republicans who do not be lieve in negro equality na ve but one course to pursue, and that is to rami Hi. ate the leaders of the party in the State ana vote tor tne Amendment." JChisis from the section, of the where the anti-amendment fellows are trying to play the big racket on illiterate voters by trying to make them believe the amendment will disfranchise them. They are not fooling Mr. Smith much with that kind of rot, and doubtless the voters out there generally see through it as well as he does. NO BIGHT TO CO JtflMl The Bepnblican machine-runners ,1 .V - 1 . TTI . uu omce-seeKers in Virginia are opposed to calling a constitutional convention, on which the people vote to-day, because one of the prin cipal objects in calling the conven tion is to revise the constitution and adopt restricted instead of the nnre--i. 1. j . . BM-icreu Hunrage, wmcn now pre vails. Of course this, will disfran chise a good many negroes, and that is why the aforesaid machine-runners and office-seekers are opposed to a convention. Bef erring to this we clip the following, under the head of "Well Put," from the Rich mond Dispatch: "The Staunton Svectator savs: 'A party which has been a disfran- chaser of white people simply because those -white people would not, if per mitted to vote, vote the Republican ticket, is not in any very good posi tion to condemn anybody else lor do- ing the thing it was the first to do in thebtate.' v "Well' put, that- The Republican nartv of Vinrinia. to day, which is howling against the proposition to re strict negro suffrage, is the legitimate offspring of the party which fraui d the Underwood Constitution, and n.V.4- tsv liafnitKllliu & llffiM ATI t. r number of the State's true sons to per- petuate negro, carpet bag and scaia- This applies with as much perti nence to North Carolina as it does to Virginia. Republican politicians in this State have no more right to howl at restricted suffrage than the Virginia Bepnblican politicians have to howl at it there, and aside from the disfranchisement of white men by their party they are inconsistent in doing so for the Republican poli ticians in both of these States have been systematically disfranchising negroes ever since the negroes have been voters by using them as tools and denying them the representa tion their number entitled to in the councils of the party and in the public positions and offices won by their votes. They are opposed to their disfranchisement now because when this is done they can ho longer use these negro votes for their own benefit. DECLINES THE INVITATION. Chairman Holton, of the Republi can State Committee, has declined the invitation of Chairman Simmons for a joint canvass between the Democratic' nominees and the Re publican nominees for State offices. He declines, nn what might be called a stump speech, which has no more relevancy to the question under con sideration than it has to the price of beans in Boston. To sum it up he is afraid to have a joint canvass because he says the Democrats have made up their minds to carry the election by foul means if they can't by fair means, that they propose to intimidate, wear red shirts and-all that sort of thing, and therefore there will be no use in having a joint canvass, but if the Legislature, which meets in June, will repeal the act providing for a constitutional convention, repeal the election law, promise that the Dem ocrats will be nice and quiet and good during the canvass and at the election, and not put on any of those awful red shirts, then he will not mind having a little harmless joint discussion, just for the recrea tion of. the thing, as it were, and to make it less lonesome for the Radi cal canvassers. Mr. Holton has never been sus pected of being an idiot, but in this answer to Mr. Simmons he can justly lay claim to being a sort of Artemus Ward joker.. A joint discussion is the very thing that Chairman Hol ton does not want for his people, and he might have said that with equal force in fewer words and saved much of the stupid drivel and non sense to which he has appended his name. - ' SETTLRD AT LAST. The long pending imbroglio in Kentucky which has several times brought the State to the verge of civil war, has at last been settled by the decision of the Supreme Court, in pursuance . of which J. C. W. Beckham, Democrat, becomes the recognized lawful Governor and W. S. Taylor, Republican claimant, gives up the contest and withdraws from the stage. This case had gone through all the State courts and finally on appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, where Bix of the judges decided that the court had no jurisdiction, the previous legal proceedings having been in accordance with State law, and three judges dissenting. Of the former three were Democrats and three Republicans, while all of the latter were Republicans. Nowhere in the annals of con J 1.1' hi . 1 v lesiea estate elections, within our reading,' do we remember of a more stubborn, exciting and protracted contest than this, made more ex citing by the assassination of the Governor-elect Goebel, the men of the State being practically undeif arms for much of the time, civil war narrowly averted and every de vice that could be thought of by the lawyers resorted to by both parties to maintain their respective claims Having failed in the State courts the Republican claimants tried the Federal courts, and finally by ap peal got the case into the Supreme Court of the United States, which put a iappy quietus upon it by de ciding that the State courts are the courts of jurisdiction, and that Ken tucky is a sovereign State. Another Fire at Mount Olive. Mount Olive was visited by another destructive fire yesterday morning about 3.80 o'clock. The store and en tire stock of general merchandise of Mr. B. H. Hatch were totally de stroyed, entailing an estimated loss of about $3,000, with insurance to cover half the amount. The oriein of the fire is unknown. A correspondent of the Stab, writing last night, says that Mr. Hatch has twice lost his store and stock of goods by fire at Mount Olive within the past two years, on both of which oc casions he saved not a single item of the property. Since his first fire he had built a handsome new brick store and had just begun to recover from the shock to his commercial career. The building burned was insured for $1,000 and the $3,500 stock of goods for only $500. , SUCCESS-WORTH KNOWING. 40 years success in tne south, proves Hasher Tonic a great remedy for Chills and all Halarl&l severs. Better than Quinine. Guaranteed, try XFIRB TOORNAilANT. , A - - .. ".-- Official Announcement of Prize List and Programme Were Made Yesterday. ; ROMISESABUNDANTSUCCESS Many Valuable Rewards for Proficiency ia Both State and Inter-State Con tests State Association Meets . on the Opening Day; Official programmes with announce ment of the prize list of the Twelfth Annual Convention of the North Car olina State Firemen's Association and nter State Tournament to be held at Wilmington July 10th tri 13ih, both inclusive, were yesterday being mailed and distributed by Mr. W. C. Vdn Olahn, secretary of the tournament executive committee. The folders are from the presses of the Wilmington Stamp Works, and are very neat. The prize list is a very handsome one and as Capt. McNeill, president of the association expressed it, the amount is fully up to the standard of that' ever offered in the State. The first prize for the; Horse Hose Wagon Race. Hand Reel contest, and for the; two similar contests in the inter State tournament are $100 each. The second and third prizes for the same contests are $60 and $40 respectively, except for the inter State Hand Reel race, which prizes are $50 and$25 respec tively. The first and second prizes in the State tourney for quick steam ing, throwing water longest distance and engine making best run start to finish, are $50 and $25 respectively, for each contest. The first and second and third prizes for the Grab Reel contest are $50, $30 and $20 respectively in the State tournament, and only two prizes $60 and $40 are offered in the inter-State. In the state event there will be first and second prizes of $25 and $15 for the Junior Hand Reel contest Among the Interstate events will be the Hook and Ladder race the prizes for which are $150 and $50 respectively. There will also be a prize of $25 for the best uniformed reel team and $25 for the de partment making best display. The Wilmington Department will not enter any contests. The total prize list will be $1,500. The programme subject to change if occasion demands is as follows. Tuesday, July 10th Reception of delegates and visiting firemen. 11.00 A. M., Convention called to order in Court House by the President. Prayer, Address of Welcome by Col. A. M, WaddelL Response. Regular Order of Business. Wednesday, July 11th 9.00 A. M., Street Parade. 11.00 A. M, Engine Contest, best time start to finish. 3.00 P. M.. Horse Hose Wagon Race. 5.00 P. M.,Long Distance Contest. Engines. Thursday, July 12th 9.00 A. M, Championship Reel Team Contest. 11.00 A. M., Junior Reel Team Con test. 12.00 M., Quick Steaming Con test. 3.00 P. M., Hand Reel Race, 5.00 P. M.. Grab Reel Race. Friday, July 13. Inter-State day, 9.00 A. M, hand reel race. 11.00 A. M., grab reel race. 3.00 P. M., hook and ladder race. 4.00 P. M, horse hose . Wagon race. North Carolina Association rules to govern all races, Macadam track Hydrant on left side race course. The following committees have been appointed to receive the visiting fire men: Public Comfort Committee J. C. Morrison (chairman), Martin New man, R. C. Piatt, J. M. Wright, H. H. Gieschen. Reception Committee H. J. Ger ken, J. K. Williams, H. L. Fennell, R. G. Rankin, Jr., E. B. Burkheimer, M. Schnibben. FOUND DEAD NEAR NORFOLK. Body of Young Man Supposed to Be J. T. Ballard, of Hallsbbro, Columbus Co. Not Folly Identified. Special Star Correspondence. Norfolk, Va., May 21. The body of a young man in whose pockets were letters addressed to "J. T. Bul- lard, Hallsboro, N. C, W., C. & A. R. R ," was found, with the throat cut, about half mile from Norfolk on the Wilmington and Weldon railroad this afternoon about 5 o'clock An inquest was held over the body and the verdict was that deceased came to his death at the hands of a party or parties unknown to the jury. There is no one that can identify the body as yet. It is thought the young man was killed and robbed, as his clothes show ed evidences of such a deed. In his inside vest pocket was a bill book con taining $94 in greenbacks. He appears to be about 21 years of age, and has dark brown eyes and dark hair. He wore a blue worsted suit and his height is 5 feet 7 inches. He weighs 158 pounds, and Mr. F. C. McBest, Norfolk, Va., can give information to interested parties, Broke Machinery. On her trip out to Little River, S. Cy Tuesday afternoon, the steamer Sea- bright broke the connecting shaft from her engine to propeller shaft and had to anchor about one and a half miles outside the bar and aban don the outgoing trip. She was towed into Southport Tuesday evening by the Blanche and brought up to the city early yesterday morning, where she is being repaired by the Wilming ton Iron Works. The cargo was re shipped by schooner to points on her route. How's This? We otter One Hundred Dollars nwam fr any case ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We, Cheney i perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry oat any obligations luouo UJ buvir iiruu. ... Wist & Tbuax, Wholesale Druarglsta, Toledo, O. Waldino, Kin nan & Mayin,-Wholesale Draft- fftBta. TolAdo. o. . ' . Hall's Catarrh TJnre i taVn intamoiiv In? directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price 75o per bottle. Bold oy au vruggisui. Testimonials iree. Hall's Family Fills are the best. t 1Q)0TASH gives color, JLv flmtryr anrl fi.minexx to -,.- i. -. all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to i o of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer's library. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKsi 93 Nsauui St.. New York. N. C. SUPREME COURT. Decision in Ctse of White vs. the State Treasurer Other Opinions Dele ' fates to Farmers' Coogcess. Special Star Telegram. J Raleigh, N. O , May 22. Govercer Russell to-day appointed the folio wing delegates to "the Farmers' . National .Congress, at Colorado Springs, on Au gust 21st to 31st, viz: L. Banks Holt, Dr. J. J. Mott, B. B. Alexander, A. T. McCullum, J. J. Laughinghouse, J do. S. Cunningham, M. J., Hawkins, J. B. Coffield, Wm Dunn, J. A. Varladge, Geo. F.Weston, Chas.. McNamee, J.E. Pogue, J. D. McCauley, B. W. Kilgo. B. Cameron, W. A. Graham. Opinions were handed down by the the Supreme Court to day as follows: Sprinkley vs. Indemnity Co., from Madison, affirmed. Duckworth vs. Orr, ;from Transylvania, affirmed. Stated vs. Higgins, from Buncombe, affirmed. Hutchinson vs. Hutchinson, from Mecklenburg.reversed. Rouss vs. Krauss, from Union, no error. Meares vs. Land Co., from Union, affirmed. Neal vs. Railroad, from Mecklenburg affirmed. Arrowood vs. Railroad, from McDowell, affirmed. M.orefield vs. Har ris, from Stokes, affirmed. Tiddy vs. Graves, from Guilford, reversed. State vs. .Newcomb-. from Guil ford, affirmed. Wright vs. Frost, from Wake, affirmed. Raper W Rail road, from Wilson, new trial. Best vs. Dunn, from Wilson, appeal dis missed. White vs. the Auditor, from Perquimans, modified and affirmed. Jordan vs. Newsom, from Hertford, new trial. The following cases were disposed of by per curiam order: Par- ham vs. Railroad, from Granville, affirmed. Kerr vs. Wadley, from Sampson, affirmed. Rhodes vs. Move, from Lenoir, affirmed. Hermes vs. Cannon, from Gaston, affirmed. Of the opinions handed down by the court, the one of greatest general interest and importance is that in the case of Theophilus White vs. the State Auditor and Treasurer. In this case the Supreme Court, for the first time in its history, reverses the action of the General Assembly in a matter clearly in the province of the Leg islature. In other words, the court orders the State Treasurer to pay a claim which the Legislature has said he shall not pay. The plaintiff, White, was appointed by the Governor chief inspector of the oyster industry. The Legislature attempted to abolish the plaintiff's office of chief inspector by creating the office of, shell-fish com missioner, and provided that the salary of such commissioner should be $400 per annum and travelling expenses, etc., which amount was less than that allowed as salary for the chief in spector; and it was provided that the State Treasurer should not pay com pensation to any persons claiming same for services rendered concerning the shell-fish industry unless such persons are authorized to render such services under the provisions of Chap ter 19. Laws of 1899. The Supreme Court decided in White vs. Hill, at the last term, that Chapter 19, Laws of 1899, could not have, the effect of ousting plaintiff from his office, and that he was entitled to hold the same against the shell-fish commissioner created under the act of 1899, rne Auditor reiusea to issue plaintiff a warrant for his services rendered as chief inspector since the passage of Chapter 21, Laws of 1899, claiming that said act prohibited him from issuing such warrant, and .plain tiff brought action for mandamus to compel the auditor to issue the war rant and the treasurer to pay the same. The Supreme Court holdsthat plain tiff is entitled tot receive the salary provided by the act of 1899 $400 for the shell fish commissioner but since the passage of said act cannot claim the amount of salary previously al lowed him as chief inspector. Judce Clark and Judge Montgomery wrote uisaenung opinions. ilON NAVAL ST, AT PORT ROYAL. Proposition to Move It to Charleston Finds Opposition from Savannah. Under the caption "Our Envious Neighbors; Savannah Joins Wilming tonin the Fight Against Charleston for the Naval Station," the News and Courier of Sunday prints a special from Washington referring , to the efforts being made by prominent Georgians to secure a change in the naval appropriation bill providing for the transfer of the naval station from Port Royal to Charleston. Conclud ing the telegram says: They want it left open so that the Secretary of the Navy may be given the discretion to select any of the cities on the South Atlantic coast, including Georgia and North Carolina, as well as South Carolina. Senator Tillman is fighting against any change, and the indications are that this Georgia errort comes 100 late. Tne represen tatives irom JNortn uaroima are co AS 'XL Al operating wun me Georgians, and hope to be able either to effect their main object or to retain the station at fort Jttoyal lor tne present and set on foot an investigation looking to the selection of one of these other cities in the future. They are claiming that either Savannah, Brunswick or Wil mington are better for this purpose than Charleston. The naval appro priation bill has, however, reached the final stage of conference and the outlook is that the provision will be retained, as it was adopted by the Ben ate. COUNTI CONVENTION. Brunswick Democrats Assembled at Lockwood's Folly and Named Candidates. AMENDMENT SPEECHES MADE Hon. Locke Craig Electrlf ie the Conven tion With a Speech Bristling With Force Mr. B. F. Aycock and Oeorge Ronntree, Esq Yesterday was a great da for Brunswick county and the Constitu tional Amendment. The occasion was the enthusiastic gathering of the white men of that section in county conven tion and the public speaking by promi nent campaigners at Lockwood's Folly. The rainfall and threatening weather in the afternoon would have interfered seriously with the success of the de monstration had the hour been later, but as the speaking began at 10.30. o'clock a large and enthusiastic crowd had already gathered and the condi tions remained favorable until later in the afternoon. The speaking took place from an im provised stand in front of McKeithan's store. , Mr B. F." Aycock, who has Wen conducting several day a' cam paign in Brunswick, speaking at dif ferent points, was the first to address the crowd. He was introduced . by M. C. Guthrie, Esq., chairman of the County Convention, and was received with applause. He dealt principally with the Constitutional Amendment and his areutnents were clear, concise and convincing. He spoke for about forty minutes and George Rountree, Esq., then made a short but effective speech dealing with the question, and introduced in very happy terms Hon. Locke Craig. The crowd was eager to listen and Mr. Craig was at his best. His speech was pronounced one of the very best yet heard injhe cam paign and his elucidations of the provisions of the Amendment were nothing if not convincing. "There is no doubt," remarked one who heard the speech, "but that great good was accomplished to-day in the very able argument of Mr. Craig, who is re garded as one of the very best cam paign orators the State over. Many votes for the cause of White Supre macy in the doubtfully regarded county of Brunswick were gained by his plain sensible talk to the people today." After the speaking the County Con vention was called to order by Chair man Guthrie, and the roll call showed each township in the county well represented by enthusiastic and deter mined men. As the place of meeting is twenty-eight miles from the city and not accessible by telegraph a full re port of . the proceedings of the convention could not be se cured, further than that Dr. D. B. McNeill, of Supply, was renominated for the Legislature. For this office there were two other aspirants, Messrs. F. M. Moore, of Phoenix, and Mr. J. N. Bennett, of Shallotte. New River Steamboat. Speaking of the new steamboat which will be built shortly for (he Cape Fear river trade by the Mer chants' and Farmers' Transportation Company, the Fayetteville Observer says: . ' "Mr. Oliver Evans, president of the Merchants' and Farmers' Transporta tion Company, informs us that Mon day week the stockholders will meet and decide what to do with the Driver: whether to keep her on the upper Cape r ear or put ner on the isiacfc Kiver. Biver business has greatly increased in the last few years, and it may be found prontable to run both boats." Night Sweats, loss of annetite. weak and impoverished blood, colds. la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonic eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. 25c. per bottle. Insist on having Rob erts'. No other "as good-" R. R. BELLAMY. Marriage at Elizsbethtown. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lyon, of Eliza bethtown, have mailed to friends cards announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Ber nard Stedman, to Mr. David Cun ningham Sinclair, . Wednesday, at noon, June 6th. The ceremony will be performed in the Methodist Epis copal Church at Elizabeth town. Rev. Dr. Robert Strange and CoL John Wilder Atkinson left yes terday morning for Washington, N. C, to attend the Diocesan Council. ACTS GENTLY ON THE Kidneys, Liver and Bowels Cleanses the System h4B,TUALCbNST,f,AT,0N J . PERMANENTLY BUT TM GENUINE -MAHT D By !RRNIA1GSYRVP(S JPUWStn r r CATARRH CAN Johnston's - QUART BOTTLES. DANGER Df THE EARTH AND AIR; DANGER , A Wise and. Venerable Doctor Talk about Advanced Science. In a leading hotel, in a great city, a famous and age 1 physician was convers ing. Listening to his wise and sententious discourss, were a groupf Well dressed men, evidently lawyers, business men and commercial travelers. Kf wm Tialiof. ia " that medical science is certain vet to show that all & eases without exception are caused by isms. Here is the germ OI wae lernum uiseoso uiuuuiciu. aero is iae oacuius of typhoid fever; and here is the still more dreadful bacillus of tubercle which canses that most destructive of all diseases, consumption. This of that very common and supposed incurable disease, catarrh." . . - - "Iwish, Doctor," aaid the traveling man, "that you would tell us about catarrh. I have had it for years, and I am thoroughly liscouraged. " The Doctor answered. '"Catarrh, like diphtheria, consumption, typhoid fever, and a host of other diseases, is the result of a iriic robe invading the blood and attacking specially the mucous membrane. This f ul and most disgusting disease is especially prevalent iff the United States ar d it is rare to meet one who is not, or has not been troubled more or less with it. How of ten is he or she obliged to remain at home from pleasant entertainments, deprive themselves of many intellectual treats, from fear of the disagreeable odor arising from ca tarrhal affections. In its worst phase; the patient becomes loathsome both to himself and his friends. " I believe," continued this great physician, "that 1 he true way to heal ca tarrh is to medicate the blood. This can be done onlyby powerful alteratives which act as blood purifiers." Betsy A. Marett, of ManisteeTianistee Co., Mich., 'vrites: Dear Sirs : JTor ten years I was a sufferer from gem ral debility and chronic catarrh. My face was pale as death. I was weak and s jort of breath. I coufir hardly walk, I was so dizzy and had a Tinging' in my head ail the time. My . hands and feet were always cold. My appetite was ver jr poor. On getting up in the morning', my head swam so I was often obliged ta lie down again. I had awful pains in the small of my back. 1 had a continual feeling of tiredness. My muscular power was almost entirely gone, and I jonldn't go half a dozen steps without stopping to rest, and often-that much exercise caused me to have a pain in my side. It seemed as though the blood had left my veins. The doc tors said my blood had all turned to water. " I had given up all hope of ever get ting well. I tried the best physicians in the state, but failed to get any relief. My husband got me a bottle of Johnston's Sarsaparilla . -1 took it, and then bought another. When these had been used, I was somewhat improved in health. I continued its use, and felt I was growing str nger; my sleep was re freshing, and it seemed as if I could feel new blood movi ig through my veins. I kept on taking it, and now consider myself a well and Bugged woman. I work all the time, and am happy. I am positive that the Sarsaparilla saved my life. Thn Kilr i parish ps X have had since childhood, have dSsanneared. and tnv ca tarrh has almost entirely left me. I cannot be too thankful for what Johnston's Sarsaparilla has done for me. I recommend all women who have sick head aches to use your Sarsaparilla. NEGROES SCALDED TO DEATH Train lisnds on the A. C. L. Work train at Sooth Washington Met, With Fatal Accident. Two train hands, Eli' Frederick and Ben Mannor, both colored, were hor ribly scalded at South Washington on the Atlantic Coast Line Monday night by the blowing out of a stay bolt in the injector of an engine. They were brought here on a special train yester day morning in a badly mutilated con dition, and sent to the City Hospital, where they died ,shortly after noon from their injuries. The accident was a horrible affair. Both men were fearfully scalded from head to foot and there was not a ves tige of skin which had not been burnt. They were under the influence of nar cotics when they arrived here on the special train in charge of Capt. J. J. Clemmons. The city ambulance met them at the depot and they were car ried to the City Hospital. One of the negroes died at 12 o'clock and the other at 1 o'clock. Their bodies were buried by the Atlantic Coast Line yesterday afternoon. So far, the cause of the accident is inexplicable. Frederick was the fire man and Mannor a hand on the ma terial train which was laying over at South Washington for the night. It is supposed that the negroes were asleep in the engine when the explo sion occurred, but this is mere theory as no definite information concerning it could be obtained by the railroad of ficials up to last night' An investiga tion of the case will be made to day. - Oar Greatest Specially. For twenty years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseases that he is acknow ledged to-day to stand at the head of his profession in this line. His exclu sive method of treatment for Yaricocle and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautery cures in 90 per cent of all cases. In the treatment of Loss of Vi tal Forces, Nervous Disorder, Kidney and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism.Catarrh and Diseases peculiar to wemen, he is equally successful. Cases pronounced hopeless by other physicians, readily yield to his treatment Write him to day fufly about your case. He makes no charge for consultation or advice, either at his office of by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 22i South Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. , WILMINGTON HARBOR. Representative Bellamy Calls Attention to Its Advantages as a Location for the Government Dry Dock. By Telegraph to the Morning Star Washington, D. C, May 21. Rep resentative Kluttz to-day introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to A. E. Conrad, Yad kin county, $1,435 for supplies seized during the civil war. Representative Bellamy to day sub mitted to the Naval Committee a com munication from Gen. J. M. Wilson, U. S. Engineers, relative to Wilming ton harbor, in which the General set up the fact that the Wilmington har bor was a desirable point to lecate the present Port Royal dry dock, which the department contemplates moving from Port Royal; that the Wilming ton harbor contains a greater depth than either Charleston or Savannah. 'The House Committee on Library to day reported favorably Representa tive Small's bill for the erection of a monument on the site of Fort Ra leigh, Roanoke island, in commemor ation of the first English settlement in America and where the first white; child of English parentage was born. Sailed For Europe. Mr. Henry Walters and Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Miss Sadie Jones, Master Pembroke Jones, sailed for Europe yesterday on the White Star Liner Oceanic, . They will spend several months 'abroad and will visit the Paris Exposition before returning. T-The Charlotte Oiserver yester day printed an excellent likeness of Capt. W. P. Monroe, of the Wilming ton Fire Department, who is attending the tournament there and is acting as one of the judges in some of the fire engine contests. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King'i New Life Puis. Thou sands pf sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Bold by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist t BE CUFFED BY I5asaparilla EVERYWHERE.) invisible germsjwhich are living organ Xt.T7Gt OOaKPAZW, DBTROIT, MICH. For sale by HERBERT L. FENTRESS, Druegist, Wilmington, N. C. BILLS IN THE HOUSE. Representative Bellamy's Measure for a U. S. Court Clerk at Charlotte. Special Star Telegram. Washington, d. G, May 23 TL war claims in the Sen ate to-day reported favorably Senst .r Fntcbard's bill referring to the Court of Claims the claim of William E. Woodbridge, bf -North Carolina, for compensation for the use by the United States of his invention relating to pro jectues. The Senate Committee on Pensions to-day reported favorably Senator Pritchard's bill granting a pension : of thirty dollars i month to William B. Caldwell of 1 forth Carolina, of the Ninth Tennessee volunteer cavalry. Representati ve Bellamy expects to secure at an etrly date from the House Committee for Judiciary a favorable report on his t ill providing for a sep arate clerk for the lUnifSfStates Court, to be located at tlharlotte. It is ex pected that he will meet with opposi tion from Rep resentative Kluttz, who is opposed to Ihe passage of the bill, believing it to be needless. Representative Atwater left for North Carolina to-day, to be cone several days. Mr. Atwater said to day that he expect id to put in considera ble time working for the amendment and the election of the Democratic ticket, which he says is as good as elected already. GUARDED BY MILITARY. Negro on Trial at Boydton, Vs., for the Murder i f Mr. Peter Jones. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond, Ta., May 23. Advices from Boydton where Stephen Baptist, the negro, is oit trial for the murder of . Peter Jones, are to the effect that to day was an un jasy one there. When, yesterday the i jourt, with the prisoner under .guard f the Richmond mili tary, visited th a scene of the murder, which is near Buffalo Springs, a crowd gathered and at one time it was thought that an attempt would be made to take Baptist and lynch him, but the party got bade to Bbydton without trouble. Thisniorninga crowd came to Boydton from t he neighborhood of the murderedman's home, and there were ominous mattsrings, which resulted in the court h ting held under the pro tection of the bayonet The military stood in line just in the rear of the bar, After the argument, however, the crowd seemed satisfied that the jury would to-morrow brine in a ver diet of guilty, and dispersed to their homes. At m: dnight the report was that the situation was unchanged. - WHliS NATURE Needs assistance it may be best to' ren der it promptly, but onfe should re member to use even the most per fect remedies only when needed. The best and m ost simple and gentle remedy is the fiyrup of Figs, manufac tured by the Cajlifornia Fig Syrup Co t CHAR LOT! I'S CELEBRATION. Parades and a Sham Battle Firemen's Content Sooth Carolinians Win. By Telegram i to the Morning Star Charlotte, S. C, May 23. The 125th anniversary of the signing pf the Mecklenburg . )eclaration of Inde pendence is beii ig celebrated in Char lotte this weei with elaborate cere monies. F. I. Orborne was orator of the day, Th re have been a number of parades and also a sham battle by the St ite military companies and visiting companies. The events to day were the Firemen's contest, in which the South Carolinians carried off the palm. Palmetto-4 No. 2, of Columbia, broke the record of the South' for horse hose wacron races, low ering it by a fifth of a second. Time, 38 15. LANGfl T s . . children are sick chiKlrcii. Their inactivity and sober faces are no! : in keeping with robust childhood. They lack vitality and resistive power, and are very susceptible to colds and contagious diseases. brings new life to such chil dren. It en -iches the blood; it restores health and activ ity ; it gives vigor and vitajity to mind and body. ' - joc and .oo. all druggist. . SCOTT: BOWlfE. Chemiiu, New York.
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