WILLIAM H. BEBW ARD
Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, nJc
- June 1, 1900.
For White Supremacy.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For Governor:
CHARLES B; AYCOCK, of Wayfle.
Lieutenant-Governor: 1
WILPRED D, TINIER, of IrefleU.
Secretary of State:
J. BRYAN GRIMES, of Pitt,
' ' Treasurer:
BENJAMIN R. LACT Of faie.
Auditor:
B. F. DIM. of CWani.
Attorney-General:
ROBERT D. GILMER, pf Hayvoofl.
Commissioner of Labor and Printing:
H. B.YARNER of DaTifeon.
Corporation Commissioners':
FRANKLIN M'NEILL, of Nefflanoyer.
, SAMUEL L. ROGERS of Macon.
Superintendent Public Instruction:
THOMAS F. TOON ofRoUeson.
Commissioner of Agriculture:
SAMUEL L. PATTERSON, Of CalW.
For Judge of the Tenth District:
. B. COUNCIL!. ofWatam
ANOTHER PHASE OF THE PROB
LEM Yesterday we expressed the opin
ion that while there are several
phases of the race problem, the
first one which must be solved, and
on the -solution of. which he solu
tion of the others will hinge, is the
suffrage problem.- Suffrage is the
main cause of the friction and
alienation between the races, and
the principal impediment to meas
- ures for the betterment of the
negro race. It is pretty generally
conceded by white people who have
given the race problem serious con
sideration, and also by thoughtful
negroes, that the hope of the race
is in industrial training: but there
is a difference of opinion as to what
this industrial training should con
sist of.
.booker 1. Washington, who in
our opinion is the most thoughtful,
practical and sensible negro who
essays to talk for and to his race,
and to counsel it, believes in train-
- ing thq hani with Jthe head and
head to pay quite as much to the
hand, that the negroes may become
skilled laborers, and learn how to
work and to like it. He holds that
when a negro makes himself really
useful in a community he will begin
to command respect, and when he
does that he will be on the up
grade. His cpntention and advice
have met with a pretty general re
. sponse from the white people who
take an interest in the improvement
of the negro, and they have not only
wished Booker T. Washington well
in his mission, but have given him
substantial aid.
There is as far as we have discov
ered no difference of opinion among
the friends of the negro, .white or
black, as to the necessity of indus
trial training, but there is a differ
ence as to what this industrial train
ing should be, whether it should
embrace the trades or be confined
to the farm and the rising genera
tion of negroes be taught how io
farm and how to do it to the best
advantage. There are some who
contend that farming is the voca
tion for which the negro is best
' adapted and the one that suits him
best, one of whom is the Rev. Mr.
Lilly, of Alabama, who took this
position at the recent meeting of
Presbyterian Assembly in Atlanta.
He contended that while negroes
might be taught trades, and might
make good tradesmen, it was useless
to teach them the mechanic arts be
cause so few of them would stick to
the trades they learned after they
took their departure from the insti
tutions in which they learned them.
The true industrial education for
the negro, he maintained, was to
learn how to plow and to plant, to
take care 'of stock, to know what he
is doing and how to do it with the
greatest advantage and the most
profit to himself.
Following this idea up a move
ment has been started in Atlanta for
agricultural industrial training
schools for negroes. A committee
was appointed to go to Washington
and urge upon Congress the appro
priation of money to aid this move
ment. A bill for that purpose was
drawn up and ia now under consid
eration by one of the committees of
the House of Eepresentatives. It
provides that when seven or more
bona fide residents of any of the
Southern States raise the gum of
110,000, or its equivalent in land on
which to erect the necessay buildings
for such schools, Congress shall ap
propriate $50,000 for the erection of
the buildings and 1100,000 as an
endowment fund. These schools
are to be under the direction of
Southern men and apportioned at
the rate of one to every 100,000
negro population. Of course there
is no probability of the schools, even
if the scheme carried, ever being so
numerous or anything like it, but this
serves to show what the scheme is,
which is now meeting with more or
less encouragement from friends of
the negro in the North ; and in the
South. Whatever - may .be their
opinion as to the necessity or advisa
bility of taking. the negroes out of
politics they hold that there is no
doubt as to the advisability of tak
ing the negroes out of politics they
hold that there is no doubt as to the
advisability of taking them out of
the cities and the towns and making
them identify themselves with the
farms, where they naturally belong,
and for which they are naturally best
adapted.
One of the strong arguments made
by the delegation which appeared
before the committee was the rapid
increase of crime among the negroes
and the amazing proportions .which
it has reached in the past two decades,
being out of proportion to the
increase in the negro population,
and in striking contrast to the
crime and increase of crime among
the whites. : We make an extract
from one of the speeches to illus
trate this;. The speaker, W. M.
Walton, of Atlanta, said: '
Number of Criminals in the United
States 1860, white 19,086, colored
none; 1870, white, 24,845, colored 8,
050; 1880, white 41,860. colored 16 748;
1890, white 57,310, colored 25,019.
You will perceive by the above that
the criminal record of the colored pop
ulation in 1860 was so small that it was
not classified. The men who now
swing from the gallows and work in
ball and chain were then deciplined
by the whipping post on - the great
plantation of the south. By 1870 the
new generation of the negro begins to
come prominently to the front. The
increase is startlingly rapid, until in
1890 we find the ratio of black criminals
to white criminals as 25 to 57
throughout our entire republic. In
other words, out of a total population
of 72,000,000 whites and 8,000,000
blacks, we are surprised to find that
about half of the criminal record of
the entire republic is furnished by the
black race, constituting one-tenth of the
whole. Statistics show that at least
one-half of the criminals (negroes) are
incarcerated for very serious crimes.
When we realize that very nearly the
entire black criminal record of the
country originates in the south, we
get a faint idea of the gravity of the
problem in that section. While there
are large numbers of illiterate whites
scattered through the south, we find
very few of them figuring in the crim
inal courts. About 90 per cent of the
convicts or that section are of the ne
gio race. ?
-It is said that these figures made
a strong impression on the commit
jtee and well they might for they
present a striking object lesson and
a strong argument for taking ; the
negro away from the allurements and
temptations of the cities where the
scuffle for bread is the hardest, and
the odds against him the greatest.
ABE TO THE RESCUE.
Chairman Holton, of the Repub
lican committee, is hard pressed
mduko41,SnnffiDen,BS8f ftoi ti
sable clans in the Third district, to
his aid to help him run the machine
He arrived at Greensboro Saturday
and was duly installed. Our readers
have heard of Abe before, but the
following from the Greensboro Tele
gram tells what kind of a rooster
Abe is:
"Abe wields a. nowAi- of inflnanan
the party of which he is one of the
icauers, au uown in tne intra Uon-
gressionai uisinct, where he resides,
is looked linon na n anrt nf A
So complete is his domination of the
uiiiiuvi i( jr iu uint nwuos mat
it has been asserted that he carried the
district in his vest pocket
''Often, in times of dire distress,
white-skinned Republicans have
turned to tha alwnir.Viiial iam;j
the Third District, and Abe has never
a- A A. a . a
ituieu to sire icn iorin tne nana of
brotherhood and render such assistance
as was in his power. Of course he
was rewarded for his self-sacrifice and
oartv fealtv. In nHHi
" ujku book tu. but? uuuncus OI IDs
party, he has been eiven ofdoM nf
remuneration. When the fusion ele
ment captured the Legislature in 1895
hewas made assistant door-keeper of
the House of Representatives, and
in a right lordly manner did
he guard the way of ingress
and of fiirrflRB tn and fww v-
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lower house of the General Assembly.
uictn ui uiBiiurjr now, on one
occasion when the fusinniata wn ex
ceedingly anxious to rush some legis
lation through, Abe attempted to ar
rest two Democratic members. of the
Douy to prevent a quorum from being
broken. He wnnlH ) luiri
hands on the Democrats and forced
inem to remain in the hall of the
House. When thn nm ...
back to Raleigh in 1897 to legislate
Abes services were remembered and
he was again made assistant door
keeper of the House n -d.
tives.
"In addition, to thaaa
Was for 9. whtlA a m.mluL. - 4U t.
DUbhcan Htata. TCranMtra rwT;n -4.
large, being displaced only at the late
w convention 01 mat party. It was
nrobablv to nrnirirla f .
ffl Jftbution of honors that he was
left off the State committee and given
an important position with Chairman
iwn at neaaquarters.
"It is not stated what f i
campaign work Abe will direct, though
1. 10 pruoauie mat 10 nun will be in
trusted the work of wriMno J a
ingout literature to prove that there
S"i?r ?een negro .aomination in
North Carolina, and that there is now
no danger of such a condition.
The probabilities are that Ahnr
has secured the services of Ababa-
cause he will have need to communi
cate frequently with the leaders of
the colored cohorts and a
thinks he can do this mora. ffft.
tiyely through Abe than ha potiM
himself, so that Abe will be a sort
of middle man between him and the
colored contingent, whose services
will be needed, and very much
needed, at the coming election.
It is quite proper that in this
fight against white supremacy and
the white man Holton should h&vA
a negro for his lieutenant, on whom
he can rely to draw the black cohorts
into line. In consideration of ser
vices rendered Abe doubtless ex
pects something nice, for Abe isn't
one of the fellows who works for fun.
HOLDING IT OPEN 70S SPENCER
' The Republican Congressional Con
vention for the Fifth district met at
Greensboro Tuesday and after nomi
nating delegates to the Philadelphia
convention concluded to postpone
the nomination of a candidate for
Congress until August 9th, when
the job will be done at. Durham.
This is a somewhat irregular pro
ceeding in view of the fact that this
was a Congressional convention, and
was called for the special purpose of !
nominating a candidate for Con
gress. The opinion is entertained that it
was a put up job to keep a place for
Spencer B. Adams when he is
pulled down from the State
ticket and Cyrus B. Thompson,
the Pop. . figure-head, put up
in his place. It is supposed that
the dickering will be finished and
the arrangements made by the 9th
of August when in pursuance of the
deal Cyrus will head the mongrel
ticket and Spencer will be nomi
nated for Congress. When the
swapping arrangements have been
perfected the probabilities are that
we will have a half-and-half ticket
half Pop. half Rep. and Populists
will be expected to vote for the Re
publicans and the Republicans for
the Populists, and all against the
constitutional amendment and white
supremacy. How will honest Popu
lists, who believe in principle, like
that way of being traded off, and
told to walk up and vote with the
colored brother against their own
race? But that's the size of the job
the machine, managers are going to
put up. '
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
Fines Collected by Towns and Cities Mast
Go Into the Common School Fond. ,
The Marshall Case.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, May 29. In the
Supreme Court opinions were handed
down to day as follows:
Davidson vs. Land Company, from
Granville ; affirmed as to the plaintiffs
cause of action and reversed as far as
it gives defendant judgment .on
counter claim. Vandyke vs. Farris,
from Gaston ; error. McCall vs. Webb
& Gardner, from Buncombe; affirmed
in both cases. Smathers vs. Gilmer,
from Haywood; affirmed. State vs.
Keith, from Cherokee; error.' Mills
vs. Callahan, from Rutherford; af
firmed. Little vs. Brown, from Meck
lenburg; affirmed. Wittkowski vs.
Baruch, from Mecklenburg; error.
Bradley vs. Railroad, from McDowell,
aJarmed. Glenn vs. Wray, from
Rockingham; affirmed. James vs.
Withers, from Stokes; reversed.
Dunn vs. Beam an, from Sampson; in
Hobbs' appeal, no error. Dunn vs.
Beatnan, in plaintiff's appeal, . error.
McMillan vs. Railroad, from Duplin;
Sampson ; new trial. State vs. Smith,
from Wayne: affirmed. Brown vs
Town of Louisburg, from Franklin;
new trial. Board of Education vs.
Town of Henderson, from Vance, two
cases; decision against defendant
Cowell vs. Insurance company, from
Pamlico; affirmed. McGloughan vs.
Mitchell from Hertford; affirmed.
Following cases were disposed of by
per curiam order, to-wit. : Wilson vs.
Foster, from Burke, affirmed; Stewart
vs. Even's heirs, from Macon, affirmed.
The decision of perhaps the greatest
public interest and importance among
these opinions is that in the case of the
Board of Education vs. the Town of
Henderson. In this it is decided that
all fines collected by towns and
cities upon prosecutions for violation of
criminal laws of the State must go into
the common school fund and not into
the treasury of the town; or city.
This has not been done heretofore in
many towns and cities, and the deci
sion means almost a revolution in the
financial management of such opera
tions. They will not onlv lose from
their treasury these fines in future, but
many of them will have to refund to
the school fund such monev thus ol.
lected in the past and turned into the
town treasury.
The court declined to srant another
trial to Tom Smith, the negro who kill
ed one white man near Selma during
Christmas of 1898 and came near kill
ing another. This is Smith's second
Appeal, and second conviction of mur
der in the first degree. On first appeal
he got a new trial. Though this is re
fused this time the court mata. it
opinion a basis for petition for commu
tation, which will probably be asked
ana granted by the Governor.
Judge Purnell to dav OVemilarl tlia
motion for removal of the case against
et. o. marsnaii, ror counterfeiting,
from this court to Wilmington. TT
also declined to allow Marshall to sum
mon his witnesses at government ex
pense.
Baptist Female University.
The first annual commencemant of
of the Baptiatl'emale University Ra
leigh, will be held June 3rd to 6th.
The exercises will be opened with a
missionary sermon on Sunday evening
by Rev. Dr, R. J. Willhurham f
Richmond, and on Monday evening
an Hiiocuuon uecital will be 0iv nn.
Tuesday morning the Literarv ah.
dress will be delivered by Rev. Dr.
JSdwut M. Foteat. of Philadelnhia
and in the afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock the art reception will be riven
Tuesday night the entertainment and
reception by the Literary Society will
take place and Rev. Dr. F. O. McCon
nel, ,6t Lynchburg, Va., will preach
the commencement sermon Wednes
day morning at 11 o'clock. In the
evening the music school will give an
annual concert Among the students
of this well known institution from
Wilmington is Miss Elizabeth Divine
Burtt
S17GOB98-WORTn KNOWING.
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MARSHALL CASE CONTINUED.
W. T. Old, of Elizabeth City, Commander
I - of the Naval Brigade Commence-
J meat at A. & M. College. .. ,
I ' iSnedal Star Telenmm. 1 . !
Ralbiqh, N. C, May 80. On -motion
of counsel for A. J. Marshall,
Esq., in the Federal Court this morn
ing, his case was postponed till thpDe
cember term.
The adjutant eeneral to day commis
sioned W. T. Old, of Elizabeth City,
as commander of the naval brigade; to
succeed Captain George L.' Morton,
resigned. Also, J. M. Saunders, of
Swansboro, appointed assistant in
spector of small arms practice, with
rank of major. -"
Commencement exercises of the A.
and M. College were held today.
There weroJweny five graduates; two
in agriculture, 1 seven in Ecience and
sixteen in engineering. -One- of the
graduates in science is Henry Allen
Huggins, of Wilmington. The subject
of his thesis was "A study of the water
supply of Raleigh for industrial pur
poses." At a meeting of the board of trustees
of the college this afternoon it was de
cided to establish a manual training
school, patterned after the one for
negroes and Indians at Hampton Sid
ney, where young men can learn prac
tical trades and become carpenters,
plasterers, brick-lay ers, etc. Such a
school would take a boy who might
earn fifty cents a day as a laborer
and make him worth $L50 or 12.00 a
day. Money was appropriated to buy
tools and machinery necessary for the
school. President Winston was in
structed to secure the services of a
regular army officer to give military
instruction. '
BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
Introduced by Represeatati?e Small The
Naval Militia New Postmasters '
Appointed.
Special Star Telegram.
Washington, D. C, May 28. Rep
resentative Small to-day introduced
the following bills: Authorizing the
Secretary of War to make a survey
and estimate of cost to make a naviga
ble water way beginning at Long Bay,
which runs into Cove sound, thence
through Long Bay to Turrengaus Bay
to the Neuse river, so as to produce
eight feet of water and a channel 100
feet wide. Authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to remove the charge of
desertion against John Netherlands, of
North Carolina, late of the United
States navy. Also, a bill for the pay
ment of forty-six thousand dollars to
Daniel Reed, the heirs of E. EL Taft
and W. R. Burlsank, of North Caro
lina, for the proceeds of the cargo of
the brig Henry Brooks, seized in 1861
by the United States navy and sold as
a prize.
The Secretary of the Navy to-day re
ceived notification from the North
Carolina naval militia that they would
not participate in the nnnnl cruise on
the gunboat Prairie.' North Carolina
sachusetts, Virginia, Maryland and
New York having declined some time
ago.
The following North Carolina post
masters were appointed to-day; Va-
rina, Wake county, Charles W. Seate;
Zoar, Union county, I. F. Pjyler.
$18,000 IN REVENUE STAMPS.
This Amount Necessary for An A. C. L.
Paper Filed for Registration at the
Court House Yesterday.
Articles of consolidation amalgamat
ing the Norfolk and Carolina, Wil
mington and Weldon and Southeast
ern railroad companies, and the A. C.
L. Railroad companies of South Caro
lina and Virginia, into one svstem
known as the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company, were yesterday
filed for record with the Register of
Deeds of New Hanover county.
Details of the consolidation were
given in connection with proceedings
of the special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the several companies held in
this city April 20th, which were pub
lished in full in these columns.
The Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, of Baltimore, is named as the
financial agent of the new company.
ihe most interesting: feature of the
record is that 418.000 in revenue
stamps were required to be affixed to
the document. These were mostly of
the $100 denomination.
Moaumant Unveiling at Wine heater
On Wednesday. June 6th. 1900. in
the Stonewall cemetery, Winchester,
Va., a monument to the North Caro
lina dead buried in that cemetery,
erected by the Monumental Associa
tion of the Ladies of North Carolina
will be unveiled. Capt O. B. Denson.
of Raleigh, secretary and treasurer of
the Confederate Veterans' Association
of North Carolina, will deliver the
oration. The monument is n"
handsome one and bears. the inscriD-
tions: "To Our Confederate Dead,"
and "North Carolina." At the an
nual session of the Confederate Vet
erans' Association, Mrs. Josh T. James,
this city, was appointed one of a corr
mittee of eight ladies to represent the
State at the ceremonies attending the
unveiling. General Julian S.Carr, com
manding the State division. U. O. Vs..
has issued General Order, No. 7, in
wmenne invites each camp of vet
erans in the State to appoint a delegate
or delegates to attend the ceremonies.
$100 Reward, $100.
leara that there la at least one dreaded diga&sa
teat sciance has been able to cure in ail its
stages, ana that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
uius u ww oniy posiuTe cure Known to the
tlOn&l dfflAAfia. IVUIHImI a AmiaHfnHnn.l
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally '
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur-
1. system, tnereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
Patient strength by building np the constitution
ftOd AflfllRtillff .n.tnM In ilnlnn. 4t-m VAV m..
proprietors have so much faith In Its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
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testimonials. -
Address, F. J. CBKMBY CO- TOlOdO, O.
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you can count on a Jull crop
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GERMAN KAU WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New Yetk,
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Negro Ex-Convict Broke Into Another Col
ored Man's Dwelling in Southern Sec
tion of City Sent to Jill.
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John Hennegan, - colored, an ex
convict, was committed to jail -by
Mayor pro tern Springer without
bond yesterday morning; to await
trial by the Criminal Court on a
charge, of burglary of the first de
gree, to which charge he subsequent
ly confessed when looked in prison.
Between the hours of 3 and. 4
o'clock yesterday morning, it is set
forth in the affidavit, . Hennegan en
tered tho house of George W. Robin
son, a colored shoemaker, who lives on
Second, between Dawson and Wright
streets. Entrance was . gained by
breaking the latch of one of the win
dows of the house, and an exit was
made through the front door, which
was unlocked from the inside and the
key taken by the burglar.
Robinson awoke soon after Henne
gan had pillaged about the house and
perceiving that the window was open
and a light extinguished which had
been left burning, he went to in
yestigate finding Hennegan in the
front yard. He immediately gave
chase to the intruder and ran him to
Market street where he was joined by
Policeman J. .8. Bryan, who was
hastily acquainted with the circum
stances of the burglary. The negro
ran to the river front and tried to
make his escape on a number of rafts
of timber but he was at last captured
at the old C. P. & Y. V. railroad shed
and locked up at police headquarters.
When brought to trial the negro
wore an overcoat and three pair of
pants. He said at the session of court
that he found the house open and
thought he would go inside to sleep.
The front door key of Robinson's
house was found in Hennegan's
pocket. The offence is a capital one
and will be tried at the Criminal Court
next week.
MILLINQ COMPANY 0RQAN1ZED
With a Capital Stock of $30,000 Will
Manufacture Meal, .grits, Etc.
arjfvia irrau urou tuxvuU 1128 OUTC6
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
yesterday for the incorporation of the
Boney and Harper Milling Company.
The capital stock will be $30,000, with
the privilege of increasing it to $60,
000 if the stockholders so desire.
Thirty years is the time asked for the
duration of the corporation.
The incorporators named are Capt
J. T. Harper. Mr. G. J. Bone v. Mr.
Unas. T. Harper and Mr. H. E. "Bonev.
The officers of the comnanv will be
president, secretary, general manager
and a board of directors. The officers
for each ensuing year will be elected
on the second Monday in every Jan
uary.
The business proposed is the general
milling and grain business, including
buying and selling corn and other
grain an'd the manufacturing of meal.
grits and other articles of food; also
buying and selling hay, oats, peanuts.
rice and other produce, and cleaning
and preparing the same for market.
They will also conduct such a general
brokerage business as. the directors
may deem best.
A copy of the corporation naoers
was sent to Raleigh last night for the
approval of the Secretary of State.
North Carolina's Entertainers.
North Carolina is ahead of all other
States, it is said, in arrangements for
the Tenth National Reunion of the
United Confederate' Veterans, haino
held at Louisville. Kv. Two esti
mable Kentuckians. have taken entire
charge, and one of the most pleasing
events in connection with the Con
federate Reunion is the entertainment
by Mr. Jas. A. Shuttleworth and CoL
Bennett H. Young of such veterans
from North Carolina as are willing to
accept their hospitality. A large pro
portion of the veterans are enter
tained at the hotels or boarding,
houses, but there are several hundred
who desire the freedom of camp life.
and all these are being taken care of
by these two gentlemen. Col. Young
is a Kentuckian. During the w.
after escaping from prison, he ran the
blockade into Wilmington in 1864, and
here received great kindness and hos
pitality from the people of this city.
Col. WaddeU's Itinerary.
Col. Waddell returned to the city
yesterday from Louisburg where he de
livered the commencement address at
the Louisburg Female College. Next
week he will begin work in the cam
paign, speaking in a number of the
counties further West. The following
is his itinerary as announced . thus far
by Chairman Simmons: Chatham
county, June 5th, at Gulf. Bandolnh
county, June 6th, Liberty, 3.80 P. M.
Guilford county, June 7th, Greens
boro. ' Stokes county, June 9th,
Albert Boyles' Store, June 8th.
Wilson' Store. Surry countv. Jnnn
11th, Pilot Mountain, June 12th,
Copeland. Yadkin county. June
13th, Barnville. '
Contractor W. E. Glenn nr.
rived yesterday .from Charlotte and
will commence work rm tha iriv.
Temple at once.
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WILL COME TO TOURNAMENT.
Capt Jss. D. McNeill Writes That Already
V Forty-eijbt Fire Companies Have :
Decided to Be Here. j
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Mr. W. a VonGlahn, of the execu i
tive committee of the Firemen's Tour
nament? received a letter from Capt
Jas. D. McNeill yesterday giving a list
of the towns in North and South Car
olina which have already , signified
their intention of sending teams here
to enter the tournament in July. So -far
forty-eight teams have been heard
from definitely and are coming. Oat
of that number there are engine com
panies, reel teams, horse hosewsgon
teams, and hook and ladder teams.
Capt McNeill says it will be the
greatest event eyer held in Wilming
ton. The city will receive '. a' tremen
dous benefit from it and as he ex
presses it, "it will be a big go." He
says there will be at least twenty men
in each company and thinks Wilming.
ton will have as many people in her
gates as she can accommodate.
People are coming here from sever
al adjoining States in very large
numbers and the occasion will be a
memorable one. Every line of busi
ness Will be wonderfully benefitted,
and when the finance committee calls
on the business men they should re
spond most liberally. The time is
drawing nearer and the people should
make their subscriptions and thereby
settle the financial side of the Tourna
ment without any further delay.
The committees have decided on the
race course. It will be on the left
hand side of Market street going out,
between Sixth and Eighth. A more
desirable track could not have been
selected. It is a splendid macadam
pavement and perfectly leveL It will
be well shadd. There is no reason
why several records should not be
lowered on such a race course. A
large grand stand will be built along
the plaza and it will prove a yaluable
adjunct to the races.
Wants Floral Parade.
Capt W. P. Monroe is working in
dustriously for a floral parade to be
given during the Fireman's Tourna
ment In support of his claim that
something magnificent and altogether
pleasing could be arranged he, submits
the following observation ' of the
parade in Charlotte last week by
the Observer:
"But oyer and above all things else
the floral parade distinguished the pro
cession and was easily the first feature
of interest and beauty. The first, sin
cere and universal comment on the
parade was: ' -It is perfect And it
was perfect There was not so much
of it as to be tiresome and there was
enough in it to make it fascinating
and complete. Men said: "It is the
first thing of its kind ever seen in the
South," and their point of view pro
voked no argument In beginning
and in conclusion it may be stated that
all the decorations were good and in
excellent taste."
In speaking of the arrangements for
the visiting firemen and their apparatus
upon the occasion of the tournament,
Chief Schnibben said yesterday after
noon that Messrs. Alexander Sprunt
8c Son had generously tendered the
USA of thftir rpMvi-m ui -ohctt aX
foot of Red Cross street for the pur
pose of quartering the horses and pro
tecting the various engines, hose
wagons, etc.
EXCURSION TO CAROLINA BEACH.
Will
Be Given by Col. Walker Taylor's
Boys Brigade Jane 15th.
Cot Walker Taylor's Boys Brigade
will run an excursion to Carolina
Beach on Wednesday, June 13th, and
the members of the company and their
many friends are looking forward to a
day of genuine pleasure at that popu
lar seaside resort A committee com
posed of the following members was
appointed at a meeting Tuesday night
to make arrangements for the occasion :
James A. Price, C. O. Loughlin, E. P.
Dudley and Joseph Loughlin.
The Sedgeley . Hall Club house has
been tendered for the use of the
brigade, and there will be dancing and
other features of entertainment There
will be four boats during the day and
evening, which will leave Wilmington
at 9.15 o'clock A. M., and 2.45, 5.15,
and 7.80 o'clock P. M. The last boat
will leave the Beach at 11 o'clock at
night
when others fail, take Roberts'
ADijUiBBa vniidj iosio. it cures
chills, fevers, malaria and general bad
health. 25c. A red cross on the label
assures you of the pure, high-class
uinieruu was maares rvOBEBTS a suc
cess. .Don't take a substitute. R. R.
DAVIDSON
COLLEGE.
Dr. Shearer Resigned the Presidency and
Dr. Smith Will Succeed Him.
Special Star Telegram A
Raleigh, N. C, May SO. Dr. J. B.
Shearer to day resigned the presidency
of Davidson College, and Dr. Henry
Louis Smith was chosen to succeed
him. Dr. Shearer has presided over
the institution for twelve years. His
resignation takes effect one year hence,
wnen ne will go to Clarksville, Tenn.,
to taxe charge of a school there. Dr.
Smith, the new president, is a young
man, and is now Professor of Natural
Philosophy in Davidson College.
ao cumraL-tea as well as in
herited. Only strong lungs
are proof against it.
Persons predisposed to weak
lungs and those recovering
from Pneumonia, Grippe,
Bronchitis, or other exhaust
ing illness, should take -
It enriches the blood,
strengthens the lungs, and
builds up the entire system.
It prevents consumption and
cures it in the early stages.
' SCOTT -riiw Yo. y
r N.aM. .... 1 11
Consumption
will purify your blood and bring
the bloom of health back into your
cheeks. Each bottie contains a
quart
Painful aod SaprsMsd Men, Irregularity, , Lmcorrhaea. WhlU,"SUrilltf, Ulcem
tion of the Uterus, ctiaiura of life In matron or maid, all find relief, help, benefit and core in
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. It Urn
side, indigestion, palj
Ion of the heart,
nmscmar weaaneis,
shortness of breath, abnormal dlachama
down pains,
swelling of feet, soreness of the .breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement, and all those
symptoms which make the arerage woman's ilf e so miserable. We hare a book full of
Malta information. Yon Want It 4ts tree.
Uverattes for Urer Ills. The
MAY QUEEN CROWNING.
Brilliant Entertainment Under Aaspices of
Mengert Mission Circle Last Even'
lag The Programme.
One of the most creditable enter
tainments of the season was the "May
Queen and Festival" last night at
Luther Memorial Building by the Men
gert Mission Circle of St Paul's Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, And it was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large au
dience assembled in the auditorium,
which was beautifully decorated with
vines, flowers and plants.
The entire programme was admirably
rendered, and those who participated
deserve praise for the excellent man
ner in which they acquitted them
selves. The costumes were beautiful
and appropriate, and added much to
the effect of the various scenes.
The "Crowning of the May Queen,"
the first part on the programme, was a
splendid production. Each character
represented crowned the queen with
beautiful emblems made of flowers.
The tableaux which followed were all
very fine and evoked great applause.
The committee, composed of Miss
Glameyer (chairman) Mrs. F. A.
Bissenger and Miss Hutaff, which had
the entertainment -in charge, is to be
congratulated upon its complete suc
cess. At the conclusion of the programme,
ice cream, cake and other refresh
ments were served.
Tne programme as rendered was as
follows:
Crowning of the May Queen.
Participants May Queen, Miss Lot
tie Haar; Crownbearer, Miss Fred-
erica Martin ;' Sceptre Bearer, Miss
Christine Hintze; Faith, Miss Katie
Fick; Hope, Miss Bertie Hansen;
Charity, Miss Dora Bornemann ;
bpnng, Miss leucine Banc:; (summer,
AUss J-ollian Htemmerman; Autumn,
Miss Louise Richter; Winter, Miss
Katie Gieschen ; Innocence, Miss Louise
V oilers.
g? SSr' Mis Florence Wessell ;
secuua, .auss Caroline voigt; tmrd,
MissLina Rowell; fourth, Miss Eliza-
oetn voigt
Flowers Queen of Flowers, Miss
Katie Mohr. Bnerht Eves. Miss Alma
Miller; Forget-me-not, Miss Katherine
Vollers; Dew Drop, Miss Annie Tienc-
iren; violet, Miss Gtesine Haar; Pink,
Miss Fannie Stolter; Rose, Miss Gestae
monr; uaisy, Miss Louise Neisthe:
xjiiy, miss jjuciie jroivogt
Characters Wisdom, Miss Clara
voigt; Aurora, Miss Ruth Stolter;
ounsnine, miss vjariotta Mugge;
Twilight, Miss Annie Klander; Even-
: CI If' T -11 n
uik oust, xaiss uuue sornemano
After the crowning of the May
Queen a violin solo was rendered by
Prof. Miller with piano accompani
ment by Miss Bucking, after which the
following programme of tableaux was
observed to the delight of all present
"Tired Out" by Miss Alma Miller.
"Sunshine and Showers," by Misses
T T-fc 1 M a ar-a.
una ttoweii, uesme Haar and Eliza
beth Voigt
"Dressed for the Party," by Miss
Lucile Polvogt and Master Johnnie
JNiesthe.
"Love Looks not with the Eyes." by
misses uainenne v oilers. 'anme stol
ter, Caroline Voifft. Annie Tiencken.
Gesine Mohr, Carlotta Mugge, Ruth
o toner ana Master wime Uuls.
-Puttine the Children to Bed." bv
Miss Florence WesselL
"Courtship and Matrimony," by Miss
Fredericka Martins and Mr. Adolnh
Anrens.
A a. "
"Rock of Acres' bv Miss Hint and
lime Misses Liucile Polvogt and Louise
JNei8tne. .
"May Pole." bv Misses JTt, FiVb-
Dora and Lillie Bornemann. I .run en
.tucnter, Jbucile Bancks, Lillian Stem
merman n, Bertie Hansen, Katie
.HafeaH186116'8'
Katie Mohr and Carlotta Mugge.
Sory Of A Slave.
To be bound hand and font, fn
by the chains of disease in thn v
form of slavery. Georcn D William.,
of Manchester, Mich., tells how such k
siave was made free. He says: "Mv
um wcunv msipiess ior nve years
that she could not turn nva i haj
atone, .a. ner usinsr two bottlaa nt
i ... . .
TjM a. l a a v
Aiiieciric ciiiers. sue is wondapfnlW
improved and able to do her ol
nurii;. xnis sunreme nmnriv - fn
"'' uiacnaes auicKlV curpn narvnna.
j: . , , J -
bobs, sieepiessness, melancholy, head-
aal'laDa':i"ntLne, ?nd diz?7
cine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run
d0n people. Every bottle guaran-
kjw. wuiy ou cents. Bold by R. Ri
KmilMSI, J-TUgglSl.
INDIA P AMINE FUND.
The Stab will take nleasura in Aft.
Knowledgmg and forwardinir all ehnl
tributions that may be sent to this of!
nee for the starving and pestilence
stricken people of India. It has an
offer from a philanthropic citizen of
Wilmington to contribute 10 to th
fundwhen . it reachea $100, and $25
when the sum shall have increased to
$500. When it is remembered that
five cents will preserve a child f-nJ
starvation for a whole week, tha 0rtr,J
tributions should be
smaix.
The followinir are acknniaia .
t j i , . : '
icviuuuvicmnv srfiMii an nn.
'r8M; . mpie (through
. ... vuuinuoa; 5.00
Total.
.$8.00
President rir,-T,i
ron last night for the Antietam battle'.
M m MAP I 1Q1 Bl , II af.MIl I Tl LT i
UfllU VnM h !! 1.1 a , . . I
' r pan m ine ae- I
uiwmon oi tne Maryland monument
A Wratirl Private
-rm. v viiii - to . .
Suffering
Womeiii
Ko one bat yourselves know of the
offering yoa go tjhroogh. Why do
J rou suffer? It isn't necessary. Don't
ose your health and beauty, (for the
loss of one is speedily followed br the
loss of the other.) iDon't feel "weak "
and "worn out," Impure blood is at
the bottom of all ybur trouble.
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
real panacea for haadache, palna in tha left
cold hands and feet, neBToasness, sleeplessness.
oncsacne, lesacne, irregular action ox tne Heart,
with oatnful menstruation, seal din? of uina.
Mich.
tWWWwswVssaal
Pamoos Uttls Llrsr PUls. 35c.
Johnston's
For safe by HERBERT L. FENTRESS, Druegist,
Wilmington, N. C.
OFFICERS NOMINATED LAST NIGHT.
Especially Intel eating Session of Jeff ergon
Lodge, K. of P. Degrees Conferred
At the mee ing of Jefferson Lodge
No. 61, K. of P., held last night, the
following officers were nominated for
election, to se rve for the ensuing tenn :
Chancellor DommanderR. S. Col
lins. Vice Chancellor H. F. Otten.
Prelate W, L. Holden.
Master at Arms Anson Alligood. .
Master of Work E. H. Munson.
Inner Guam E. F. Jones.
Outer Guaifl C. I. Kline. . '
xne joint aegree team also at the
meeting last night conferred the rank
of Knight upon four candidates two
of which were from Clarendon Lodge
and one each from Stonewall and Jef
ferson Lodge 1.
Tournament Executive Committee.
The meeting of the Executive
Committee
to arrange for tha
Firemen's Tournament
did not ma-
terialize last
evening as was ex-
pected, but
a conference will be
held shortly at which plans for arrang
ing the race icourse and building the
grand stand
will be perfected. It is
proposed to build
a stand which will
extend alone
the Market street plazi
from Seventh to Eighth streets. There
are also to be yet appointed several
subcommittees.
White Saprenacji Speakings.
Hon. W. ; D.k Turner,- Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
speaks as follows: Robeson county,
June 4th, Akhpole; June 4th, Kings-
dale (night) ; June 5th, Bellamy. Bla
den county, June 7th, Tar Heel ; June
8th, Winnis. Cumberland county.
June 9th, Cedar Creek; June 11th,
Manchester. Hon. C. B. Aycock will
speak in Monroe, Union county, on
Wednesday, July 4th, and at Wades
boro, Anson lcounty, on July 5th.
Arranging Fori Opening. -
The members of the Carolina Yacht
Club are milking preparations for an
entertainment to be given at their
opening Mor day night, and also for a
series of Boc al functions which they
propose to give from time to time du
ring the Sunimer. The club men will
spare no efforts to make the coming
season one of the most' enjoyable in
the history of their retreat.
The June" term" of the East
ern District . Criminal Court, Judge
Augustus loore presiding, will be
convened here next Monday. There
are about 13 D cases for trial, the
most import) mt of, which are those
against C. Workman and John
Hennegan for burglary.
THE itIOOERN BEAUTY
Thrives on good food and sunshine,
with plentyf of exercise in the open
air. Her form glows with health and
her face blooms with its beauty. If
her system meeds the cleansing action
of a laxative remedy, she uses the gen
tle and pleasant Syrup of Figs, made
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
Washington Messenger: News
has just been received here of the
burnine of Hotel Ponder at Ocracoke
onlast Fridny. Mr. Credle, the pro
prietor, only saved a few beds. We
have been, unable to ascertain the ori
gin at this w; "iting. The citizens on
the suburbs of the town Thursday
the cause offwhich was quite out of
ordinary 1 co1o.r1 fnnArai hud been
ordinary.
progress.
and as the ball bearers were
returning from the cemetery a dispute
arose wmcn ended in an interesting
combat as to which one of the ball
bearers toted the heaviest side of the
corpse, and ft was not many minutes
oerore blows were exchanged.
Raleieh Post: Pomn Lous, of
Durham, was yesterday arrested at
the instance of Postoffise Insbector
Jere Connelly. Pomp is charged with
intercepting United States mail. Some
days ago the defendant took a letter
that was delivered by a carrier to a
young lady teacher in Durham. He
was observed at the time and realizing
that he was detected hn laft the school
building and threw the letter into an
adjacent lot.' Pomp was watched an
the while an 1-the letter was soon re
covered. 1 -
l TarborL 'southerner : From all
parts of the ennntmr mmA nmiisin? in
cidents connected with the eclipse and
the colored people, . who not under
standing looked upon the'phenome
nom as unnatural and forboding evil.
Wherever they were gathered together,
unable to endu ninna tha to them.
mysterious darkening of the light of
the universe At several places they
left their mules at the nlow.
-r Concojd Istandard: It was a
great shock to the many friends of Mr.
1C V. Lentz. who owned and lived on
the famous Christopher Melchor farm
near ML Pleasant to learn that he was
found dead in bed at hin home (Tues
day) morning. He had been in Mt.
Pleasant on Monday and no one, prob
ably, had a thoueht that he lacked full
promise of life.
"f LOOK 11 A STITCH IN TIJ
Bavas nlna. trnihaa Tnntr, n imWrnl. tasta
KSXSX!&
Dleasant. tAkan In aariv Bnrini, or.fl Fail pr-
.. , w . v,n
"u w uver, tones dd tne system. Better
Jffi boIeoteed-trylt- M Drnf8l8ts-1