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J nmjwn At- ,v i LMINGTON. N. C At $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. SSS8S8SSSS8SSSSS8 8SSgS88S88Sgggg, 88888888888888888 8888888S888S8888S 88888888888388888 iqjnow g 8S888fS8S8ll888lI 888888SS8S8888888 8S88SS88S88888888 S88888888888 " "" o fc- 009 o eo l o U a. ti X .nrra c Bemoto t witotgton, N. C., SUBSCRIPTION P.UCE. The taUcription prie of the We-kly Star Is u Single Cof , 1 yew, potuge paid...... II o w uiuuiuv 3 months - HOW IT WORKS WHERE TRIED. uno oi the best ways to judge what the effect that qualified suff rage would have in" North Carolina is by what it has had in other Southern States where it has been tried and is now in operation. Sev eral days ago wo quoted from an in terview had by Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, with Governor-elect Heard, since inaugurated Gov ernor, stating what it had done for Louisiana. The following on this subject is an extract from his in augural address,"in which he speaks not simply to one man but to the . people of Louisiana and of the United States. W nli - . w w a SLU VUW 'News and Observer: ' "The wise limitation of the suffrage, .wwu. wuaumuuu, IU a property owning and intelligent elec torate, nas served to eliminate from the exe.-cise of the suffrage the vast mass of vjjitftlty aud ignoranca which has ' heretofore been a constant menace to go.)d government. s "The elective franchise now being ontiued to the intelligence of the Sute. tba fear of corruption in the con duct of public affairs h3s . passed & iray, and the citizen, with a feeling: of coL)Qder:C3 and security, will find idoiy encouragemen t to exert himself i;i tne utveiopinent oi the industrial iuui agricultural interests ofqur fertile il.maia. ' ' "The elevation and purification of the electorate, while it promises, and wjll eventually advance and secure thj.e great material advantages, ytt places on these entitled to suffrage, t i-j greater duty to see that the moral, social and material interests of the whole people shall be carefully guarded. "These limitations and restrictions of the franchise eUmwate-from the electorate a large portion of the negro element, thus committing the destinies of the commonwealth to the hands of its white citizens. "This was done for the purpose of protecting not only the white, but the colored race es well, from the evils of corrupt government and to preserve the rights and liberties of both. It therefore becomes an imperative duty, no7 more than ever before, to deal justly and fairly with this clas&of our peopla, and to see to it that they are fully protected in the enjoyment of laeir ngnts or person and property, and to insure the betterment and ele vation of their moral- and material condition." - There is in Louisiana a -property qualification by which negroes who ' possess $300 worth of property may vote if they can't read or write. Under the "grandfather clause" all white men natives of the State, or entitled to vote in the States they came from, if not natives, can regis ter and vote, but this provision lets in the thrifty class of negroes, who by industry have accumulated prop erty, although they may not be able to read or write. There is no prop erty qualification in our amendment. What impartial man who viewed this question from a patriotic, non . partisan standpoint would object to a measure which has been produc tive of such happy results as Gov crnor Heard declares in his inau'gu ral address qualified suffrage has in his State? He is supported in this declaration by the testimony of nu merous prominent men in that State, all of whom unhesitatingly pro nounce it one of the greatest bless ings ever conferred upon the people , of Louisiana. There is qualified suffrage in Mis siasippi, too; somewhat, but not mi terially, different from that" which prevails in Louisiana. There has been much misrepresentation as to the effect of that law in disfranchis ing white men, just' as the oppo nents of the amendment are misrep resenting the effect the amendment will have in this State, professing to believe that it will disfranchise illit erate white men. In answer to an --inquiry from the sheriff of Rich mond county, Mr. A. H. Richard son, formerly a resident of Anson county, but for a number of years a citizen of Mississippi, writes as fol lows: "Egypt. Mtss Mjh 7 Ttaar Tom: - I was agreeably surprised a few days since by receiving vour letter ana hasten to answer it. I also send you some letters from some of my neigh bors in regard to the working of our new constitution T It ova nAVArheard , of a single white man objecting to the ed ucational qualification, and f do not know a single white man that iS dis franchised hv it mil T hmra nn irlnn. there are 100 white men in the State of Mississippi that are kept from voting account of it Its object, openly wrea, to disfranchise the ne z, ; i and tQere i no wish or effort aae to keep a white man from Voting unHav t,im mat.. jer what political party he may belong VOL. XXXI. ue mieresi mat the ballot was taken Irom him, but for perpetuation of our civilization. His race would have be- 1 L 9 ... ... . umo exunci nere out for this. Since that amendment has become a law he has been transformed from an insult ing tyrant to a peaceful, industrious laborer, and now the two races live together in peace and quiet and pros Pt7f unknown In the days of their power. They do not meddle, in nnii. tics here now, nor care anything about voting, and now their legal '?? more jealously guarded and their hfe'and property safer than tubu mey ruiea or state. I do not know of a single drop of their blood being spilt on account of politics since then, but before that day, at ev ery election, there was bitterness and strife and bloodshed between the races, with always the. same result hun dreds of them being killed at every election. "The whites, whether thev ara fifth or poor, .educated or illiterate, share with the negro these blessings free dom from the eternal atrifn and hlwi. shed that we had in former days. Our condition, as well as theirs, is not to be compared to what it wan in th dark days when ignorance ruled our State. 1 A, H. Richardson. This letter speaks volumes, as testimony to the benefits that State derives" from the change in the suf frage laws, : the peace and the better feeling resulting from it, the benefit it has been to the negroes by taking them out of politics and causing them to giye more attention to "their own affairs, and rescuing them from the domination and the baleful in fluence of the politicians, white and black, who, when they were voters, abused their confidence, and misled them, hat they themselves might profit by it. , xaiung thi3 view of it alone and leaving the white men, entirely out of the question every man . who has the interest of the negro race at heart should give warm support to any measure which would, take the negro race as a race out of politics and free it from the siniatfir in fluences by which it has .been domi nated since enfranchisement. This is the view that every honest, sensi ble person who desires the prosperity of his State and the betterment of the negro should take of it. WHY IT OBJECTS. The Philadelphia Press is a recog nized leading organ of the Republi can party. Its politics and utter ances are shaped by Postmaster Gen eral Smith, who was editor-in-chief of Press when Mr. McKinley called him into the Cabinet. In an edi torial on the proposed constitutional convention 'for Virginia, after saying that if the object woro 4 giro constitution a thorough revision, the convention would be a good thing, it concludes thus: "The real object in holding the con vention, however; is not so much to improve the present Constitution gen erally as it is to accomplish one pur pose. That purpose is to nnd some method or suppressing the colored vote under the forms of law. Vir ginia has now on its statute books an election law as objectionable -as the infamous Goebel election law of Ken tucky. The law has been denounced as such by the leading Democratic newspapers of that State. It places the entire control of elections in the hands of the Demo cratic party and enables it to commit with safety any frauds it chooses on the ballot box. It is by means of these frauds that the Demo cratic party has been able to maintain itself m power in Virginia for years. But the Virginia Democrats have see the Democrats of Louisiana. Mississitroi and South Carolina accomplish under constitutional forms the same suppres sion of the colored vote that they them selves have had to reach by force and fraud, and they are eager to make use of a similar method. The chief object of the convention, then, is to frame a constitution which will eliminate the Colored vote. 'If a sincere attempt were made in Virginia to base the suffrage on edu cation there would be little objection. But no such effort will be made if a State convention is called and a new Constitution is framed. The suffrage clause will be adroitly worded so that every colored illiterate will be dis franchised and every illiterate wniie will be allowed to retain the right to vote. This plan has already been decided upon. The Democratic State Convention at its recent ses sion in Norfolk passed a resolution assuring the illiterate whites that no attempt would be made in a constitu tional convention to deprive them of them of the ballot. What is known as the "grandfather" clause in the Louis iana" Constitution will doubtless be adopted. Such an 'amendment to the Constitution of Worth Carolina is to oe voted on next Ausrust and there is every sign that it will be adopted. The clause permits every nran to vote whose ancestor was a voter previous to the war, no matter how illiterate he maybe. , This article coming from the source it does has in it some notable points, but taken as a whole it is a strong argument for the measure it deprceates. .Asserting that elections have been persistently and continu ously carried by the Democrats in Virginia and also in other Southern States by fraud and force, and tacitly admitting that there is no way to prevent this as the laws are now construed, and admitting also that the qualified suffrage laws in the South are in accordance with ''constitutional forme," isn't it bet terthat suffrage should be regulated in constitutional form rather than by fraud and force, assuming that there really is fraud and force? What sensible person would not say that the constitutional form is not the better and the wiser way to manage this question? The Press admits that where qualified suffrage now prevails in the South it is in constitutional form, which means that it is consti tutional, in this differing very ma 1HE terially from Hon. Jeter- Pritchard and other anti-amendment politi cians who assert that . the proposed amendment for this State is not constitutional. But they give them selves away on that by their opposi tion tj the adoption of the amend ment, for if they believed it uncom stitutional and that it would be so declared by the courts they would not be wasting their breath and their efforts to defeat it as they are doing. But the objection that the Press seems to have against the disfran chising provisions is that they do not disfranchise illiterate white men as well as illiterate negroes. If it did that, the Press tells us, there would be no objection, . so that it seems the complaint is that illiterate white men will bo permitted to vote while the illiterate negro will not. If it disfranchised the illiterate white man it would be all right, ln'this there is a conflict between it and Pritchard, Butler & Co., who are howling about it because they say it will disfranchise the illiterate white man. These statesmen should get the organs in line with them, be cause it mixes things and discredits them when they diverge so widely. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. President Winston, of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, is ah ardent advocate of industrial training for our young people. In his addresses on that subject he presents the following cogent rea sons why special attention should be given and special effort made to equip our young people to become active and efficient workers on man ufacturing lines: "l. north Carolina is unable at present to compete in the production of staple crops with other States hav ing fertile soils and better adapted for me use oi agricultural machinery. "2. The prosperity of the State de- A.L M 1 . peuus, niereiore, upon aivernng a large proportion of our laboring pop u la tion from agriculture into other industries, chiefly manufacturintr. - 3 North Carolina already possesses every element requisite to make her one of the -foremost States of the world, excepting technical knowledge and skilled labor.- He climate, her1 large and varied supply of raw materi al, her abundant water power, her proximity to the coal mines, her facil ities for transportation, her unsurpass ed healthfulness, producing a constant supply of strong, energetic, reliable, intelligent labor of the English-speaking race, willing to work for cheap wages, give her a combination of ad vantages not possessed by any other State in the Union. -a TKMtobli8b.ment of manufac tures, with a large uauauti- r.r. tion requiring food and other comforts and po&sessings abundant money, to pay for them, will cause agriculture again to be prosperous. The dairy the garden, the orchard, the poultry yard, the truck farm, furnishing sup plies to constantly local market, will give the farmer- abundant means for comfortable living and enable him to raise corn, wheat, oats and tobacco as surplus crops even in competition with more fertile States. Our sou will gradually be improved, better methods of cultivation will prevail and the yield of all crops per, acre will doubtless be doubled or even quadrupled in the next fifty years. "5. In order to accomplish these results there is need of industrial edu cation along agricultural and mev chanical lines. Our young men must be stimulated to make themselves captains of industry and the State must provide necessary facilities for industrial training, similar to those nAwi1ar1 i t r aw Qtatoti " The movement for industrial train ing is growing in the South and has more strong and earnest advocates in .North Carolina to-day than it ever had. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. Amendments Introduced by Senator Bnt- ler Fresh Charges Afiinst Ewart. (Messrs. Bellamy and Small. Special Star Telegram. Washington, D. C, May 25. Sen ator Butler to day introduced two amendments to the Emergency River and Harbor bill. The first one pro vides for a survey and estimate for the deepening of the Scupper nong river; the other for a survey and estimate for the improvement of the two canals from Norfolk to Albermarle sound. The canal amendment also calls for an estimate of cost for government pur chase, and if adopted is of vast impor tance to the shipping industry of Vir ginia and North Carolina. Representative Bellamy has intro duced a bill authorizing the payment of $349 to Reuben Henry, of Anson county, N. C. ; an amount due him for carreinsr the United States mail dur ing 1860 and 1861. Representative Small has introduced a bill authorizing the payment of f 1,- 265 to Peter H. Knight, of North Car olina, for stores and supplies seized by Federal troops. ' Representative Bellamy leave's for Charlotte to-morrow, where he will deliver the annual address to the Hen derson institute. Judge Ewart is in town, but declines to discuss his case. It is rumored about the capitol to day that the opponents of Judge Ewart are about lo prefer fresh fthawes against him. This time the charges will be submitted to the Presi dent with a view of getting him to re a nnmjnatinn and nima some nun Alse before the adjournment of rVin crrftSS. Th following postmasters were ap pointed to-day: Mitchell A. Richman, Awian TtiiTicombe: Edward B. Bost, Miller. Iredell; Wm. F. Higgins, Har- rfn Oaston: L. J. Taylor. Jlexiena, Bertie ; Fannie E. Manship, Pegues, ninhmnnd: James P. Ellicoit, Pantop, Montgomery; David M. Beck, Sparta, Alleghany. w EEKLY, WILMINGTON, N. 0., HON. LOCKE CRAIG. Brilliant Speech on Constitutional Amendment at the Opera House Thursday Night. RECEIVED WARM APPLAUSE. Rain Prevented a Laree Attendance But the Crowd Was Thorooghly Enttan-' elastic Introduced by George . Roontree, Esq. Hon. Locke Craig, of Asheville, ad dressed a crowd in the Opera House last week, which. was necessarily not large on account of the very inclement weather; but what was lost in number was gained in entbusiams ; for indeed the very eloquent and lucid exposition of the Amendment by this gifted son of the West was received with the most hearty applause and demonstrations of favor. . ' The meeting was called to order by Chairman E. F. Johnson and those on the stage besides, the distinguished speaker, were George Rountree, Esq., M. 8. Willard, ex May or John JFow-y ler, Mr. Ben j. Bell and representatives of the press. Very excellent music was discoursed before and after the meeting by the Second Regiment Band. Mr. Rountree introduced the speaker iu a very happy speech. He said that be spoke in behalf of the "unterrifled' Democracy of New Hanover county, and referred to the holy cause in which the people1 were gathered. ! speak reverently," he said,"Where two or three are gathered together in the name of the Son of Man, he has prom ised that he would be in their midst I have no hesitancy in saying that if ever there has been in the city of Wil mington a congregation political in complexion in the name of the Son of Man, this gathering is one of them." It is the opinion of the most thought ful men that this is the most impor tant; nay, the most momentous cam paign for good or evil to the common wealth- tp the country itself that has been waged since the shackles of ar mor were thrown off in 1861 to 1865." This campaign, he said,' was for the consummation and crowning of a campaign begun in 1898, and he thought it not immodest to say that if it did not receive the initial impulse, it received a great stimulus from Wil? mington. The most surprising thing to him, he continued, was informa tion that there are white men citiaans of the Fifth Ward, amoDg the num ber who are opposed to the work in which we are engaged, that of making permanent the great victory of 1898, T. ftl t r . JOft . lina. Mr. Craig, upon the conclusion 'of Mr. Rountree's introduction, was re ceived with a continued round of ap plause. He thanked Mr. Rountree for the kind words spoken of him in his introductory remarks and expressed pleasure at meeting the citizens of New Hanover and esteemed it an honor to address people whose enthusiasm rose above the raging of a rain storm. He referred to Wilmington's noble part in the great victory of '98. The example set by her people in bringing great moral pressure to bear upon its Republican spoilsmen had a healthful effect all over the State. Wilmington had broken the "last obstacle that held the impending avalanche." Under these circumstances, he said that it was fitting that this great movement should have been enunciated in such marked degree by New Hanover's philosophical representative in the General Assembly. Then he followed with an able ex position of the Constitutional Amend ment, which was, convincing and ap pealing. He read sections 4 jind 5 and broke down every barrier of the ' few opponents of the measure in North Carolina. He led up to many beauti ful climaxes and painted in dark col ors the days of the carpet baggers and more recent years of misrule by Re publicans in the State. The Stab only regrets that it is impossible for lack "of space to give more detailed reference to the very able argument ; Though he spoke for nearly two hours, at no time did interest wane and his speech was punctuated with frequent ap plause. It is to be regretted that a larger crowd did not hear him. Southern Adventists Convention. The date for the convention of the Southern Advent Christian Associa tion which was to have been held in Wilmington July 26th,has been chang ed to July 10th on account of the re duced rates on railroads which will be in effect at that time for the Firemen's Tournament Fully 500 delegates are expected In view of the low rates offered The Ad ventists of Wilmington are much en thused over the change on account of the additional advantages offered to the delegates. HOMICIDE AT BESSEMER CITY. J. L. Odell Stabbed and Killed by Hope Davis Murderer Arrested. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charlotte, N. C, May 25. J. L. Odell, boss of the weave room of the Southern cotton mills, at Bessemer City,, was this afternoon stabbed and almost instantly killed by Hope Davis, a discharged operative. Davis per sisted in returning to the mill and was ordered out by Odell, whereupon he drew a knife and stabbed Odell in the throat severing the jugular vein. ndnll stfifrcrered a few Steps in the di rection of a drug store and fell dead. He is a nenhew of J. JUL Udeit tne mux man of Concord. Davis escaped, but was captured and jailed at a.du to night Feeling against him runs high. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1900. i : - THE SECOND DISTRICT. Democratic Convention at Qoldsboro KItchio In the Lead lor Reoomi nation The Platform. rpecioZ Star Telegram. Goldsboro,' N. C, May 24. The Democratic Congressional Convention of the Second district was called to or der at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Opera House at Goldsboro by Chair man W. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck. Every county was fully represented by an enthusiastic delegation. Wm. T. Dortch, of Goldsboro, was mada""tem porary chairman, and Jno. Gold, of the Wilson Times, secretary,1 and all newspaper men present assistants. The temporary organization was afterwards made permanent i In accepting the chairmanship of the convention. Mr. Dortch made a MHng speech on the issues of the campaign, which was loudly applaud ed. Col. Thos. W. Mason, of Nor thampton, was called on for a speech and responded in a happy effort ' The following platform was adopted : Resolved, That we pledze our alle giance and devotion to the principles enunciated in the platform adopted by the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1896. and in the platform adopted by the Democratic State Con vention at Raleigh on the 11th day of April, 1900. Resolved, That we see l - the recent unseating of the Hon. Wm. T. Craw fcrd, the duly elected representative of the Ninth Congressional district by the vote of Geo. H. White, the negro representative from this the Second district, a new illustration of the dan gerous power of the negro vote in North Carolina, and we hereby pledge the people of our State that we will do our full duty towards riehtinff that .wrong to the Ninth district and that disgrace to the Second. Goldsboro, N. C, May 25-Hon. ! Claude Kitchin, of Halifax countv. was nominated for Congress for the Second district here this morning at 4.45. The nomination was reached on the 120th ballot, after a hard fight by the friends of the several candi dates. The principal candidates were Fred A Woodard, of 1 Wilson county: Claude Kitchin. of Halifax: Donnell Gilliam, of Edgecombe, and Capt R. u. jreeDies, oi iNortnampton. All the candidates had a large and enthusiastic following, and for a long while there was little change in the balloting, and it seemed difficult to reach the nomination. It i3 generally - conceded that the convention was one of the most en thusiastic ever held in the Second dis trict While the enthusiasm ran high for the different candidates, the con vention was thoroughly harmonious and everybody seemed more anxious for party success than for gratifying their own ambition. The convention was thoroue'hlv em- bued with the Amendment spirit, and it was apparent to all that the people of the district were determined that district hereafter. . What has formerly been known as the "Black District" must be changed. Mr. Kitchin made a most graceful and able speech. He is regarded as one of the Strongest men in this section of the State. He is of fine physique, an excellent campaigner, and by his strone character, personal magnetism and great ability will lead the district to victory. The following were named as the Executive Committee for the district: Bertie, A. S. Roscoe; Edgecombe, H. A. Gilliam; Ureene, (George w. ugg; Halifax,. E. L. Travis; Lenoir, Jesse W. Grander: Northampton. W. H. Joyner: Warren, L. J. Picot; Wayne, Joseph E. Robinson; Wilson. Geo.W. rvrnnor. There were two candidates for Elec tor John H. Kerr, of Warren, and T. C. Wooten. of Lenoir. Wooten was nominated. j BRUNSWICK COUNTY. The Convention at Lockwood's Polly Nominations for Connty Offices. Special Star Telegram.' Southpobt, N. C, May 24. At the Brunswick Democratic Convention, at Lockwood's Folly yesterday, the fol lowing nominations were made: House of Representatives D. B. McNeill; Sheriff James Holmes; Register of Deeds C. N. Leonard; Treasurer G. H. Gray; Coroner Forney Gore; Commissioners Samuel Danford, A. M. Moore, J. W. Lancaster. The convention , was very unsatis factory to many of the delegates. McNeill publicly declared iiimself a?ainst the amendment but for all that he was nominated on the first ballot Part of the delegates withdrew, refusing to take further part in the convention, as it was apparent that the convention was dominated by Mc Neill's friends and the Populists. ' BLADEN COUNTY CONVENTION. Nominated Strong Ticket Wednesday That Will Win by 400 Majority. Special Star Correspondence. Elizabethtowh. N. C. May 23. The Bladen CountyDemocratic Con vention held to-day nominated the following ticket: Legislature, E. F. McCulloch; Sheriff, C. W. Lyon; Treasurer. W. S. Clark; Register of Deeds, J. S. Williamson; Commis sioners, C. P. Parker, W. K. Anders, R. L. Brideer: Coroner, Dr. Geo. L, Clark; Surveyor, J. W. Downing. The ticketis considered a very strong one and is expected to carry the coun ty by at least 400 majority. Tug Will Be Overhauled. Capt Edgar Williams will very soon take the tug Marion to Baltimore for a thorough overhauling, which will require about four week's time. Messrs. J. S. Williams and Tom Or rell will make the trip on the tug and from Baltimore they will travel ex tensively in the North, returning in time to catch the boat for the return home. The Senate has confirmed1 the nomi nation of B. Nance, as postmaster at Lancaster, 8. C, and of J. WT John son, as postmaster at Marion, S. C. TAR. SACRED CONCERT AT FIFTH STREET CHURCH. Those Who Will Participate in DeHghtfol Masical Event Arranged for Jane 1st Best City Talent. xhe sacred concert to be given at Fifth Street M. E. Church. Friday night June 1st, promises to be the best of its kind ever given in the city, judging from the musical talent that will lend assistance to the success of the same. The participants will be as follows: Sopranos Misses Maie O'Connor. Mattie Horn. Carrie White. Nora Scott Kate Sholar, Marjorie Taylor, U-i- T J! rill:. W -r mxia juauumg, luuiie jd. mcijaurin. Maggie Howell. Emma Cook. Marv Kennedy, Lena Berry, Pauline Saun- aers, Lievinia uiiiican, Mesdames Jno. J. Fowler. Hattie Hewlett Charles V. Motte and Nora Hewlett. Altos Mesdames James D.Smith. F. A. Muse, E. G. Woody, J. D. Webs ter, Helen Sharp, Carrie Gardner, W. W. Hodges, Misses Minnie Perdew, Olivia Fitts, Sallie Smith, Lena Cook, Hattie Whittaker. Louise McMillan., Tenors Messrs. C. H. Coooer. Jaa. D. Smith, W. W. Hodges, Robert Fowler, Charles ,V. Motte, W. L. Williford. O. A. Wiffffins. Jr.. C. E. Motte. W. P. Tpomer, J. W.' Fleet and Jr. S. Westbrook. Basses- Messrs. A. S. Holden. Jas. S. Williams. E. H. Munson. H. K. Holden. G. S. Bovlan. R. G. Rankin. Jr., C. H. O'Berrv. John W. Reillv. E. G. Woody. R. H. Grant. W. H. Register and William R. Brice, Accompanists Prof. John G. Rus sell, Messrs. A. H. Yopp, Ei R. Roby, E. H. Munson, James Craft, N. L. Smith; Mrs. A. M. Waddell, Mrs. Mat tie Chasten, Miss Cannie Chasten, Miss r anme Uorbetl. Members of Orchestra Prof. John G. Miller, Messrs. S. A. Schloss and N. L. Smith, violinists; Prof. Musto and Mr. C. F. W.fRehder, clarionets; Mr. W. A. Martin, flutist; M. James E. Wilson, cornetist; Mr. R. H. Morris. trombonists; Mr. A. H. Yopp, pianist - Ushers Misses Ella "V. Donnelly, Jennie T. King, Maggie Wiggs, May Green Walsh. Annie McL. Tavlor. Bertha Dudley, Daisy McEachern, Mamie McGirt, Kate LeGwin, Lottie Haar. Carlotta Fleet and Bessie Wil liams. Mrs. B. F. Penny will have charge of the decorations and Mr. Charles E. McMillen will be director of the music. THE SEASON'S PROSPECTS IN BASE BALL SPORT. Wilmington Athletic Association Arrang ing for Series of State Games-May Lead to Formation of League. At a recent meeting of the directors of the Wilmington Athletic Associa tion, the following officers were elected: President Warren S. Johnson. VieePresident James Sinclair. Assistant Manager E. A. Metts. The manager was requested by the directors to correspond with the man agers of the teams of Charlotte, States ville, Durham, Raleigh and Tarboro, submitting a schedule of games to be played in Wilmington with return dates in those towns mentioned, which schedule is designed to begin about June 15th. 'Manager Battle has al ready complied with the instructions of the directors and upon a favorable reply from the managers of the out-of-town teams, will depend to a great extent the formation or a first class ball team for, Wilming ton. The association has been in correspondence for some time with college players throughout Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, and have received replies which insures the services of a sufficient number of good players to give Wilmington a team which will be equal to and able to cope successfully with any in the State. This is saying a good deal in view of the fact that Charlotte and Statesville each have exceptionally strong teams already signed, but there is every reason to believe that Wil mington will compare favorably with any of them. If the arrangement as to dates is made it will no doubt lead to the for mation of at least a quasi State League composed of the teams named.. Interest in base ball this year in the State is at fever heat Large sums of money have been subscribed in each of the towns named for the organization of teams. The Association management has determined that Wilmington s team shall be in every way creditable to the city and will see that its affairs are managed with economy yet with a view to giving a "fast article" in the sport. A double battery of reputation will be employed, one of whom will be Gwaltney the well known catcher. Doubtless first and second basemen and short stops will be secured outside of the city and "Jimmie" Jackson of this year's winning Horner team will be at second base. The outfield will be made up of the very best home ma terial available. Manager Battle hopes to furnish in a few days the result of his ' cor respondence with the managers of the teams to whom he has written. Trinity College. The Stab is in receipt of an invita tion to attend the exercises of com mencement week, June 3d to 6th. The baccalaureate address will be by Pres ident Kilgo, and the sermon, on Tues day, by Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York. The alumni address will be by Dr. W. G. Bradshaw, of High Point and the literary address by Hon. John Temple Graves, of Atlanta. The grad uating exercises will be on Wednes day morning. Mr. H. Legare Sanders left yesterday afternoon for his home at Port Roval S. C. where he has been appointed chief clerk to the paymaster at the fort Jtcoyai naval station, air. Sanders held a position with the A. C. L., and has many friends here who re gret his departure. NO. 32 MORTON NOMINATED For the Stale Senate Without Opposition in Convention Yesterday. VERY HARMONIOUS SESSION. Tenth District Meeting jHeld In New Han over Court House at Noon Cieo. H. Bellamy, oi Brunswick, Chair man; H. L. Vollers, Sec'y. The State Senatorial Convention of the Tenth District composed of the counties of New Hanover and Bruns wick, was held in. the Court House yesterday at noon, a majority of the delegates being present. Cap t. George L. Morton received the unani-. mous vote of the convention for the nomination of State Senator and the convention was perfectly harmonious. The assemblage was called to order by Mr. E. F. Johnson, chairman of the Democratic County Execu tive Committee of New Han-, over. Mr. H. L. "Vollers was elected temporary secretary, which election was afterwards made per ma - ment The chairman requested the reading of the official list of delegates from Brunswick county, as follows: Wm. Weeks, Richard Dozier, W. A. Moore, Robt. Weeks, A S. Kirby, David Ward, J.Jl. McRacken,. Peter Rourk, L. J. Stanley, Valentine Smith, W. B. Bennett, R W. Mc- Keithan, J. W. Lancaster, J. D. Bob bins, J. B. Chinness, W. J. Davis, G. H. Bellamy, Geo.McKeithan, J. N. Bennett, O. A. Durant, A. V. Good man, J. B. Evans; The official list was duly signed by M. C. Guthrie, chairman of the Demo cratic County Convention, and John H. Mintz, secretary. 1 The temporary chairman then an nounced that nominations for a per manent presiding officer were in order, whereupon Mr. F. H. Stedman nomi nated Mr. George H. Bellamy, of Brunswick, and be was unanimously elected. George L. Peschau, Esq , and Mr. J, K. Williams escorted Mr. Bellamy to the chair land upon assu ming the same he made a ringing speech, bristling with enthusiasm and full of glad tidings for the Constitu tional Amendment from Brunswick. He said that while there was some lack of harmony in the county con vention at Lockwood's Folly a few days ago, he believed the good people of his county would rally to the sup port of the amendment and carry the franchise by a good safe majority. Upon the conclusicn of his speech he declared the convention open for few remarks expressing a hope that there would be no contention, nomi nated Capt Morton for the Senate. George L. Peschau, Esq., seconded the nomination and the election was unanimous and by acclamation. Calls for Capt Morton were then made and he addressed the conven tion very briefly thankinp those com posing it for the honor conferred and pledging his utmost efforts in behalf of the whole people. He stated that he would make a canvass of .Brunswick county in be half of the amendment This was not necessary, he said, to his election to the Senate but the great cause of White Supremacy rose above desire of office in his mind and he would exert himself towards its establishment Upon conclusion of Capt Morton's address the convention adjourned sine die after a session of less than half an hour. Change in Schedule. Passenger train No'. 40, feoing north on the Wilmington and Weldon rail road, will hereafter leave at 7 o'clock P. M.. instead of 6.50 o'clock as here tofore. The W. C. & A. train will arrive five minutes later than hereto fore, making the schedule of arrival 1.20 o'clock P. M. Changes at other points may be noted from the official schedule printed elsewhere in this paper. Damage to Creosote Works. Mr. L. Hansen, president of the Spirittine Chemical Company, esti mates the loss to the creosote plant by reason of Friday night's fire at from $1,200 to $1,500, with no insu rance. The fire originated from an explosion of gas in the oil depart ment, which'was caused by a lantern carried into the apartment by the night watchman, Capt Jas. Dicksey. Blackwell's Chapel. Mr. D. G. Westbrook and wife have donated a lot in Cape Fear township to the trustees of Blackwell's Chapel Baptist Church, which was recently organized. A deed conveying the property was yesterday filed in the office of the Register at the Court House. The church is named for Dr. C. S. Blackwell, of Wilmington, who was instrumental in its organization. Between Richmond and Tampa. The editor of the Stab acknowledges from the President- and Directors of the Seaboard Air Line Railway an invitation to be present at the cere monies attending the opening fit the lines of railroad between Richmond," Virginia and Tampa, Florida, and the arrival of the first train from Tampa at Richmond, on Saturday, June 2nd at half past four o'clock. T A Smallpox Suspect. William Hansley, colored, a small- pox suspect, is quarantined at his home on Ninth street, between Third and Nixon, to await further develop ment in the case. Dr. McMillan says a strict guard is being kept over the premises to prevent any one from coming in contact with the negro. ( SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Wilson 1 Times'. The tobacco acreage is cut off about one-third in this section and county. The farmers, most of them, 1 n tended to cut down the acreage some, rod then dry weather rendered it imposhible to set out, so that the acreage was still further re duced. The . land will now go into cotton. Lenoir Topic. Mr. Harper Mar tin, of Patten on, tells us he broke up apiece of Isnd last Summer which was covered with broom sedge and sowed it in wheat. The wheat is almost as high as his shoulders and bids -fair to n ake a fine yield. He used 200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre. Lincoln 1 Journal: The fruit situation in ttis section this year is an anomalous one. There is a heavy peach crop, while the apple crop is a failure, a reversal of the usual condi tion. This is accounted for by the fact, as suggested by Mr. H. S, Rob 1 inson, that the big rains occurred while the apple trees were in full bloom. 1 , - Louisburjg Times: Surely the hand of affliction has borne heavily upon the Gilchrist family in the past few months. Not long ago Mr. Hugh Archie Gilchrist lost one of his chil dren by accidental burning. Soon after his nephew, a strong hale young man, died and pen his father, Archie Gilchrist Now at last comes another nephew, a young man of 28 years, and married, who died on the 21st Henderson Gold Leaf ': Mr. Jos. S. Jones, one df Warren county's old est and best known citizens, died at his home about 15 miles from Hender He was in bis 85th a remarkably active, man for. his age riding .his home to town and s much yodncrer'' per son last week, year and was well preserved horseoack from back as easily i sons. Mr. Jonas was lor many years: sheriff of Warren county and was pop ularly esteemed by all who knew him. Durham Merald: Policeman W. G. Crabtree roturned from Raleigh Thursday afternoon with Dave Bar-bee,- a white man, whose arrest Officer Crabtree caused, the charge against him being larceny. It is charged that Barbee robbed a man by the name of Stout in Edgecombe several nights ago and then skipped out. It is said that Barbee and Stqut were together and the last Bamed got drunk. Barbee carried him home and it was then that the robbery was said to have been done. It is said that Bkrbee got about $30. Fayetteyille Observer: About a year ago one of Gray's Creek's most popular young "ladies, answered the advertisement df a young man in Cali fornia, who stated he would like to marry a Tar Heel girl. They began a correspondenceJwhicbcontInued up to! two months ago, when the young man made the journev across the continent and unexpectedly made his appearance at the girl's home. The young lady wa point of death thought to be on the rom pneumonia, but sne rained, and he Californian re- mained through er Ions illness and convaiescene. 'few davs aco. whan she got well enttugh to see him, they became engaged, and when he returns from a business trip south, on which he started day before yesterday, they are to be married. Another interest ing circumstance in the case is that the youne man's fa: her was born in Fav etteville, and is now a physician in Massachusetts. FIRE AT APALACHIC0LA. Many ResidencesJstores, Methodist Church and Custom Honse Burned. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' . APALAcmoonA, Fla... May.26rA dence of Mrs. Broutghton about noon Friday. It leaped over the Methodist church and from there it spread over the business portion of the town. In less than three hours three blocks were entirely consumed. The Methodist church and many residences and stores were burned. The custom house was consumed and very few of the records wei e saved. The armory, recently built a ; a cost of $18,000, was also destroyed.: The loss is estimated at half a million. Later Accounts. The entire business portion of the city was burned, including six busi- ness blocks. two hotels, three drug stores, a bank, new armory, theatre, Grady's big general store, ail steam boat wharves. store house, four sa- loons and sixty other structures. Not a store was left. Very little of the contents of the burned buildings were saved, river front. Toe fire started on the All the big lumber mills escaped. Loss, unknown. A brisk wind $500,000; insurance, was blowing and even had the are department been a good could one. His probable the flames not.have been pped. The telegraph office was burn out ana luuer ae- tailf cannot be btained. TO SETTLE IN THE SOUTH. Inducements to e Offered Boers to Leave tbi Transvsal. ByTelegrap to the Morning Star. New York, ay 26. The Evening Post says to-d: "A moveme is on foot under tho supervision of several of the large railroads of th South to induce the Boers to settl in certain sections oi the South. T eeneral prevalence of the belief that the war in the Trans vaal can last but a little while longer has given au impetus to the project to encourage settlement in some of the Southern States of those.of the Boers who will not submit to reconstruction under English domination. It is reported in railroad circles that definite plans are beine shaped to fur - ther the possible exodus of Boers to this country. TO VIEW THE" ECLIPSE. President McKli ley and Party Left Wash- - iogton on the Dolphin. . By Telegrai h to the Horning Star. Washington, May 26. -The Presi dent and party left Washington about 1.30 o'clock tiia afternoon on the Dolphin for a trip down the Potomac and to view tne eclipse on Monday, nrobablv from some point off Norfolk. The movements of the boat however, are subject to change. It is not likely that the President will make any ex tended stop during the trip, preferring to spend nearly the entire time on the boat The party will return to Wash ington next Tuesday afternoon. It consists of President and Mrs. Mc Kinley, Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Sec retarv and Mrst Root Miss Root and Master Edward Root, General Russell Hastings and Mrs. Hastings, Colonel Webb-Hayes, Dr. Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou. f The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus re serve, increase1 $2,257,100; loans, in crease $4,695,600; specie, decrease $1, 783,300; legal tenders, increase $2,471, 300; deposits, Increase $7,990,000; cir culation, increase $342,500. The banks now hold $18,812,325 in excess of the legal requirements. vuij iui tug uckivm
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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