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fc.1 l : i ! r'.'il 1 .. I,: ( !;:: ;U rm In, it rh-.!.i 111; V, i ; il m 1 !' 'It' iii mm ;ri;.; . -m$ ,: 'I ''I ii'3 if i n :, .i if 1W 1 ; til ; r ft? if; m 1 .j tit.: i ? :,, 1 !;: : mi at i" .a i mm m I 1 , ' I II; m $hc miccMtj jRat; V ? L L I AM H . BEEN A BP Xditor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, July 6, 1900. For White Snpremacy. STUTE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor: . CHARLES B. AYCOCK, Of WaYB6, Lieutenant-Governor: WILFRED D. TURNER,' of Iredell, -Secretary of State: J. BRYAN GRIMES of Pitt, , Treasurer: BENJAMIN R. LACY ofWak Auditor: B. F. DIION. of Cleyelanfl. Attorney-General : ROBERT D. GILMER, of Haywooil. Commissioner of Labor and Printing: B.B. VARNER of Dayiflson. Corporation, Commissioners: TRANKLIN M'NEILL, of New Hanoyer. I SAMUEL 1. ROGERS of Macon. Superintendent Public Instruction: THOMAS F, TOON of Meson. Commissioner of Agriculture: SAMUEL L. PATTERSON, of Calif ell. For Judge of the Tenth District: W. B. COUNCILL of Watanga. LEGISLATIVE TICKET. For Senator, 10th District: GEORGE L. MORTON. House of Representatives: GEORGE ROUNTREE, MARTIN S. WILLARD. ) COUNTY OFFICERS For Sheriff: FRANK H. STEDMAN. Register of peeds: WM. H. BIDDLE. Treasurer: " II. McL. GREEN. . I - 1 Coroner: '; WM. F. STOKES. . Surveyor: : JOSEPH H. McREE. Constable Wilmington Township: , WILLIAM SHEEHAN, Sb. A DISTIUCTIOir WITH A DIF FERENCE, i The opponents of the expansion policy of the McKinley administra tion call it imperialism, but they deny that it is imperialism but sim ply expansion, and they justify it by the precedents in the acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Califor nia and Alaska. Bat there is no more parity between the acquisition of this territory and the efforts to establish American authority over the Philippines than there is be tween the transactions of the honest man who buys a piece of land and gets the deed for it in due form and the man who drives the owner off and takes possession with a shot gun. The advocatesand defenders of this . McKinley expansion justify it on the ground of right by purchase, of duty devolving upon ns by -virtue of -the transfer of sovereignty by Spain, a duty we owe to the world, to the Filipinos and to ourselves. All this may be disputed, for in the first place we had no right under . the circumstances and in view of our relations and close association with the Filipinos who had risen against Spanish rule, to negotiate with Spain for the purchase of the islands, and in the second place we had no right to accept a transfer of sov ereignty from a nation which had forfeited the right to transfer, whose "sovereign authority was destroyed before the transfer was made. She could not put ns in possession and therefore we have been fighting over a year and a half to establish the title that Spain could not make good, and we haven't done it yet, although we have spent six or seven times the amount of purchase money to secure possession, and we haven't got it yet. We had to fight the Sem- ' inoles in the Florida purchase, but outside of that; with the exception of the fighting we had occasionally to do against the Indians to protect the frontier settlers we had: to wage no wars to hold possession of our purchased territory. That was ex pansion withont imperialism, but even if force had been necessary it might have been justified by the same reasons that justified the pur- ; chase of the territory we have re ferred to on this hemisphere, all of which was comparatively speaking a wUderneas. It was deemed the part of wisdom to secure possession of this territory, because it was on our borders, and young and weak as the Republic then was there might have been dangerto it if this terri tory remained in the control of foreign powers, and -it became the receptacle of the. surplus population of those countries, thus building up rival powers right on our borders. Self preservation might have been offered in defence even of fScible meatsuxe wt aouuru or retain posses sion of this territory which might become dangerous owned by other powers. The great Mississippi was our western boundary when Louisi anna was purchased France con trolled the mouth of the river and could thus have controlled the whole river and have our commerce on that river, and jour cities on it at her mercy in the event of war This was a sufficient reason even without con sidering the other values of the pur chase why the purchase should be made and justification for holding possession by force if opposition had been made. . Is there any such justification as that for the grab of the Philippines and the war that has been waged on these people to force them to recog nize the validity' of that grab and our right to grab? Are theyjn such proximity to our borders as to im peril our peace by the proximity of an uncongenial or troublesome neigh bor? They are seven thousand miles away from us, a great ocean between,' on the other side of the earth, where the fathers of the Republic never ex pected to see American authority proclaimed, and are inhabited by a heterogeneous conglomeration of tribes, who have no more resem blance in habits, customs or tem perature to our people than the wolf has to the Arabian horse. They have in them none of the elements of American citizen ship, and a generation of tutelage under American guardianship could not educate them out of their iiu herited and acquired disqualifica tions for American citizenship It is not the intention to make Ameri can citizens out of them; it is so de clared in the resolution adopte when the treaty with Spain was rati fied, and if they are not to be taken in as citizens they must be gov erned as dependencies and that is imperialism, which has no place in our gubernatorial system, ihe very thing that the. men who 124 years ago proclaimed the Immortal Decla tion and pledged their lives and for tunes and sacred honor to fight against nntil it was destroyed in the thirteen colonies, which contended and fought, for self-rule, just as the Filipinos are now contending and fighting for the ame thing. Strange to see men whose fathers fought against imperialism then fighting for imperialism now and carrying the boomer of imperial ism to the other side of the earth and planting it there. PRITCHARD AND BUTLER WERE THERE. The Republicans of Guilford county held their convention at Greensboro last Monday. Pritchard and Butler wefe both in town. Pritchard got there first and Butler sneaked in afterwards, and lay low as if he didn't wish to have it known that he was there. Pritchard was on -hand to manipulate the . conven tion, and Butler was there to confer with Pritchard. It has been noted that Butler sneaks- around a good deal after Pritchard, and generally tries to hide his presence, because he fears that his following Pritchard around this -sway, and holding these con ferences with him on the sly, might excite the suspicion of honest Popu lists whd do not believe in that kind of politics. Pritchard put up at one hotel and Butler at another, but. they commu nicated with each other through runner 8 .and finally got together on tne sly and held their conference. The object of the conference doubt less w$s to effect a co-operation on the county and legislative tickets between the Republicans and Popu lists, a game Butler and Pritchard are trying to play in all the coun ties where the Republicans are not strong enough to elect their own ticket. Butler had iust come from Rockingham county, where he went to try to work that racket. This is the man who has the au dacity to pretend to be working for principle and to pose aB the leader of honest men who do believe in principle. Five years ago his paper at Raleigh was scoring Pritchard for breaking faith with the Popu lists, .and Butler denounced the "disreputable methods" of Pritchard and the Republican leaders in the Legislature and branded the Re publican party as "the party of per fidy and dishonor in North Caro lina," and-yet we now find him cheek by jowl with Pritchard and holding secret conferences with him to secure Populist support for the Re publican party. Is there any won der that honest Populists should lose confidence in a man who t linn discredits himself and exposes his hypocrisy and baseness? Mr. Whitham, of Georgia, who is President of thirty-two banks and six cotton factories, insists that his cashiers and mill secretaries take a two weeks vacation every Summer. He now has with him a party of forty cashiers, four bridal couples and thirty-two wives, six "sponsors," (attractive yonng ladies) and a chap lain. Seven Of the cashiers are Bingle men. They are taking in New York And its suburbs and watering places, anajar. W. is footing the bill. He believes in matrimony and as an en couragement offers a prize of $250 to the first couple of his party to get married, iou to tne second and dollar and a half to the third. When others fail, take Roberts' XABTJU4CBB UHILTj TONIC. It Cures chills, fevers, malaria and general bad health, 25c A red cross on the label assures you of the pure, high-class maieruu mat mazes xujbkbts a sue cess. Don't take a substitute. R. R. Bellamy, Jos. O. Shkpard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. t PATRIOTIC REASON?. Mr. Morrison H. H. Caldwell, of Cabarrus county, is .one of the lead ing Populists ol .the' State. For some time he hesitated about sup porting the Constitutional Amend ment; but after mat are deliberation he decided to do bo, the reasons for which he gives in the following let ter to Mr. Jast P, Cook, of Cabarrus ounty, who wrote asking him if the report was true that he would vote for the Amendment. The corres pondence was private, but with the consent of Mr. Caldwell was made public. We clip Mr. Morrison's letter from the Charlotte Observer : 'My Dear Sir: Were I not satis fied thai you are sincere in your ex pressions of interest, I should not feel called upon to comply with your re quest, but I beg: to assure you that I vecy highly appreciate the apirit and tone of 3 pur letter and 1 snail en deavor, to merit your friendship by fully and frankly answering your questions. "The more I study the history of the fifteenth amendment and realize the revolutionary methods used to se cure its adoption, the more convinced am I that this question of amending the constitution of the State of North Carolina is not a local ques tion, but a Southern question, and this conviction is not lessened by the recent declaration of the Republi can party at Philadelphia. I am a Southerner and the only son of a Southerner who stood with Stonewall Jackson in every battle and fell with him on the blood bought field at Chan cellorsville, and in a great crisis, when I behold the Southern States attempt ing to secure by legal . means and un der the constitution certain rights originally guaranteed to them by the Federal constitution and taken from I them in violation of that constitution Vi..tk. - t their own enfranchisement, like the immortal Lee, 1 must give voice to this sentiment: " 'These are my people, and since I must- fight for or against them I will cast my lot with them, because they are my people.' If this be not a logi cal reason it is, nevertheless, reason enough for me. My whole nature re volts at the idea of disfranchmsr these unfortunate boys of our own race who shall not be able to read after 1908, but I feel that somehow this shocking feature of the amendment can be eliminated by that time, so that in fact it shall prove true that no white man shall ever be disfranchised. I am of the opinion that the amend ment, as it is now amended, will stand or rail as a whole, which I am frank to say I did not believe until some constitutional lawyer cut the Gordian knot by inserting these essential words intent and purposes.' "l shall vote for the amendment be cause I believe that it will usher in a new era when Southern statesmanship shall again stand to the front. I long for the day when again shall be heard another Calhoun upon constitutional questions, another Hayne in defense of Southern interests, and another Macon shall come forth out of the South to teach men the pattern of 'plain living and high think ing.' So long as liberty of thought is throttled, there can be no Henry, no Jefferson, no Clay, no Calhoun. 'Tis the clash of intellect in politics that creates men of this stamp. God speed the day when men can differ about political questions without being confronted with social ostracism. God speed the day when shot gun argu ment and bad-agg logic shall be abol ished forever in the South, and instead we shall see men meet upon the hust ings and give a 'reason for the faith that is in them.' " For nearly two years I have been out of politics, but, inasmuch as you ask what I think of the fusion of Republi cans and Populists on the State ticket, i. win say jusi mis: i trust mat vr. Thompson (whom I esteem as a friend) will not permit any such fusion, but I feet that it would be my duty, in case of such fusion, not to support it. Hop ing that I haye made my position clear, x remain," "Very sincerely yours, "Morrison H. H. Caldwell." "Concord, N. C, June 28, 1900." "Blood is thicker than water" and in a crisis like this, when it is a ques tion between the races, no white man who has the right kind of blood in him, who has sense enough to un derstand the question: can arrav himself against his own race and vote to perpetuate the race strife that has prevailed in the South ever since the negro was arbitrarily and unconstitutionally enfranchised and voted to fasten negro suffrage on the Southern States. . JOHNSTON COUNTY. Democratic Convention Lirje and En : thaslsstlc Nominations. Special Star Telegram. . Smithfield, N. C., July 4. John ston county Democratic Convention was held here to-day. Hon. W. C. Douglass, of Raleigh, spoke for two hours and made an unanswerable ar gument for the Amendment. The speech was generally regarded as the best delivered here for many years. Ed. S. Abell, Johnston county's best campaigner, also made an excellent speech, which greatly enthused the convention. To-day's convention was the largest and most enthusiastic convention held here since the war. Allen K. Smith was nominated for the Senate and Clarenee-W. Richard son and John G. More-an for the House. The ticket throughout was a very strong one. Whltevllle Young Man Drowned. A correspondent writing, from Whiteville, N. C, says: "Our com munity was shocked by a telegram from Cairo, Ga,, stating that Samuel M. Baldwin, a son of Joseph A. Bald win, and a grandson of the late CoL W. M. Baldwin, was drowned yester day. He was about twenty-two years old, was universally loved and respected by all who knew him. His body has not been recovered." Wayne County Convention. At the Democratic County Conven tion of Wayne held Saturday, the fol lowing ticket was nominated : Sheriff, B. F. Scott; Register of Deeds, Geo. O. Kornegay, Coroner, Dr. Thomas Hill; Surveyor, G. V. Thornton; Treasurer, George Sharp; State Sena tor, B. F. Aycock; Legislature, tJeorge E. Hood and W. A. Allen. SUCCESS WORTH KNOWING. 40 years success In tne South, proves Hughes' Tonic great remedy for ChUls and aU Malarial Fevers. Better than Quinine. Guaranteed, try ib At ving-guna. oue ana fi.uu Dotues. THINGS POLITICAL. .i h The Appointments of Democratic Speakers in Counties of ' Eastern Carolina PENDER COUNTY CONVENTION Doings of White Snpremacy Clubs la Wil mington First Ward Speaking Fri day Night Brunswick Populist County Commissioners. An interesting meeting of the Third Ward White Supremacy Club was held last night in the Merchants' As sociation rooms, Mr. F. H. Fechtig presiding, and Mr. James H. Taylor, Jr., acting as secretary. Timely ad dresses were made by CapL George L. Morton, Messrs. Frank H. Stedoian, S. H. Fishblate and E. S. Lathrop. . The speaking by Col. Waddell in First Ward Friday night under the auspices of the White Supremacy Club promised to be largely attended. The officers of the club are working earn estly to have every voter in the ward present on this occasion and besides these there will also be a good atten dance from other sections of the city. The club held a most enthusiastic meeting at Lamb's Hall Monday night and "work for the amendment in Au gust" was the watchword. The Pender County Democratic Con vention at Burgaw Monday nomina ted Mr. J. R. Bannerman for the Leg islature, Mr. W. W. Alderman for Sheriff and Mr. Bruce Black for Regis ter of Deeds. Chairman J. F. John son, of the County Executive Com mittee, presided and the convention was largely attended. The contest for the Legislature was very close. R. G. Grady, Esq , received on first ballot 23 21 25 votes but as there were 46 votes in the convention the chair ruled that 24 votes were necessary to a choice and On the second ballot he lost three votes and, therefore the nomina tion. The Populist Convention of Bruns wick at Lock wood's Folly Saturday named candidates for County Commis sioners as follows: Zeke Little, of Waccamaw township; J. P. Cox, of Town Creek, and J. W. Wescott, of Southport. The Star was erroneously informed as to the endorsement of Dr. McNeill-for the Legislature by that convention. The nomination of a member of the Legislature was simply left open. Chairman Simmons has made the following additional appointments in Eastern North Carolina for Hon. C. B. Aycock besides those in Robeson, Bla den and Columbus counties already published:, , Wayne couniy Goldsboro. Satur day, July 14th. r ' Duplin county Kenansville, Thurs day, July 26th. Pender county Burgaw, Friday, July 27th. Sampson county Clinton, Satur day, July 28th. Unsiow county Richland?, Wed nesday, August IsL Hon. C. K. Thomas, Congressman from the Third District, speaks as fel lows: Prospect Church. Duplin county. July 6th ; Wolfscrape, Duplin county, July 7th. South Washington, Fender county. July 9th; Dry Run Pe der county, July 10th. Cypress Creek, Bladen county, July 13th ; Centre ville, Bladen county, July i4tn. , Prong, Columbus county, July 16th; Molly Williams. Columbus county. July 17th ;Freeman,Columbus county. July istn. W. T. U. Bells speak in Onslow county as follows : swansboro, July 7th; Marines, July 9th; Fulcher's Landing. July 10th: Golden Place, July 11th. Hon. R. D. Gilmer, of Waynes ville. Democratic candidate for Attorney General, arrived in the city last night on a freight train from Whiteville, N. C. Yesterday he spoke at Rourk's Store, in Brunswick county, and re turned to . Whiteville last night to catch the train. Since June 25th he has been engaged in a canvass for the Amendment in Robeson, Bladen and Columbus and Brunswick counties. Monday he spoke at Valentine Smith's store fh Brunswick, and he will on Thursday begin a .tour, speaking in Duplin? and Sampson counties. His appointments in Duplin are at Safe, July 6th ; Concord - Church, Ju ly 7th, and in Sampson at Giddens ville, July 9th; Clinton, July 9th (at night) Rose boro, July 10th. august Election. Size and Color of Tickets Prescribed by the State Board of Elections. Y Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C. July 2.-VThe State Board of Elections met here to-day and prescribed the size and color of tickets to be voted in the August election. All tickets are to be three inches wide, printed in long primer type on white paper, without device, containing nothing but the names of persons voted for, the county in which they reside, and the office for which they are intended to be chosen. Ballots for State officers are to be seven and a half inches long; ballots for judges two and a half inches long;-ballots for the Amendment one and a quarter inches long. A CHILD ENJOYS The pleasant flavor,, gentle action and soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious the most gratifying results follow its use ; so that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a bottle of It Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. f frf7B N G M, ES TEfR LL "NEW RiVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. AN OLD CHURCH IN DUPLIN. Appropriate Exercises Yesterday to Mark j the I44th Anniversary. Rock fish Presbyterian, church, near Wallace, N. C, Rev. Robert Murphy Williams pastor, celebrated the one hundred and forty-fourth year of its existence yesterday. . . Mrl! B. G. Worth, Rey; A. D. Mc Clure and Mr. J. B. Clements went up from I Wilmington on the morning train and came back in .the evening. A large number, including Rev. D. P. McGeachy, wife and child, went up from Burgaw. Rey. P. Mclntyre, of Faison, and large delegations from Wallace, Mt. Zion, Oak Plains, Ke nacsville, Clinton and Hallsville, in cluding Rev. XJeo Matthis, made a gathering of about five hundred. Dinner was served on the ground in great variety and abundance. ' Before dinner J. O. Carr, Esq , made an able address on "The History of Presby terianism in - Duplin county." Rev. D. P.! McGeachy read an original poem on Rockfish church and a number of addresses, by Mr. B. G. Worth, Rev. P. Mclntyre, Mr. J. H. Moore, Mr. W. J. Boney, Rev. D. P. Mc Geachy and Rev. A. D. McClure, in spired the people to build a manse for the? three churches at Rockford, Mt. Zion and Wallace on a lot near the chifrch in Wallace, and it was "re solved to build at once. ' After a recess from 1 to 2.45 P. M., the congregation, having enjoyed the bountiful dinner, re assembled, and Rev. -Mr. Mclntyre delivered sixty certificatesand diplomas to children and young people who had memorized the Children's and Shorter Catechisms. These certificates and diplomas were given by the editors of the Christian Observer, published in Louisville, Ky., by Converse & Co., and were very handsomely engraved. . Mr. Evander Carr made the closing address on" "The Early History of Rockfish Church." THE COUNTY SCHOOL FUND. Treasurer H. McL. Green Made His An anal Report Yesterday. The annual report of County, Treas urer H. McL. Green of the receipts and disbursements of the New Han over county school fund for the fiscal year ending July 1st was yesterday forwarded to Hon. C. H. Mebane, State Superintendent of Public In struction. The report shpws the fol lowing items: Receipts Poll tax; $3,857.61; prop erty, $13,194.14; fines, $555.04; liquor, $10,602.00; apportionment from State, $1,160 22; corporations, $225.00; rents. $233.50; insurance (loss by fire), $360.00; cash (for sale old material), I6.C6. Total receipts, $30,193.57. Disbursements Teachers, $21, 761.00; school house sites, $628.51; su perintendent of county schools, $694.00; board of directors for school house sites and other purposes, $550.12; books, $246.89; insurance, $166.20; janitors for schools, $719.00; supplies, material and labor for schools, $3, 473.26; rents, $128.50; refunded to sheriff for over pay liquor tax, $190.00 ; refunded State for over apportion ment, $7.12; treasurer's commissions, $567.21; balance on hand of annual receipts, $1,061.66. Total with balance on hand, $30,193.57. HERB FOR SAFE KEEPINQ. Prisoner Brought from Bladen County Charged With Murder. C. R. Freeman, the young white man arrested in Bladen county on June 26th, charged with the murder of Mr. Charles Chasen, overseer onCapt. A. B. Williams' farm at Hampton, mention of which has already been made in the Star, was brought to New Hanover county jail from Elizabeth town yesterday for safe keeping, and the prisoner will remain here until Bladen court meets, October 1st. The murder was a most atrocious one. Chasen was shot through a win dow of his house while eating- supper, surrounded by his wife and five chil dren. The assassin fired - the gun five feet away from the deceased as he turned his head and blew the entire top of his skull off, scattering his brains about the room. CapL Williams came from his home at Fayetteville and secured evidence to arrest Freeman, who, however, stoutly maintained his innocence. PRESIDENT STEDMAN. IGfreemboro Record, 3rd. Governor Stedmah is the recipient of many congratulations to-day oyer the high honors conferred unon him by the Bar Association of North Carolina at the annual meeting last week. This is the highest honor within the gut of the legal profession and is never idly bestowed. It is bestowed only upon those who have won prom inence in their profession by their su- Krior attainments and high character. Gov. Stedman the Association found a lawyer of the highest character, of cultivation and of great legal attain ments, whose record personally, polit ically and at the bar commands not only the respect of his profession but the admiration of the people. This high compliment should be peculiarly gratifying to the Governor himself as well as his friends, because it was not sought by him and was Wholly unexpected. The Record rejoices that this honor should have come to Greensboro and particularly that it should come to one Who is so eminently worthy of it. v . Red Springs Seminary. Charlotte architects are preparing designs for a handsome new three story building at Red Springs Semi nary. The structure will be 300 feet long, and will also contain twelve class rooms and an auditorium that can seat 1,000 people. The cost will be $35,000. New Hareo, Conn, is the name of a valu able illustrat ed pamphlet m which should 111 111V lldUUO planter who ot every Cotton. The raises book is sent Free. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. ARRESTED IN KINST0N, N C. Young Man Charged With Embezzlement of Funds in Wilmington. Capt John J. Furlong, of the police department this week did another clever piece of detective work and N. F. Lewis, a young white man, 24 or 25 years of age, is in jail at Kinston, N. C, charged with the embezzlement of about $100 from A. M. Susman, the new furniture dealer on Market street next to the Palace Market. Lewis came to Wilmington last Christmas and upon the opening of the new store was employed by Mr. Susman to conduct the sale of furni ture on the installment plan. It is alleged by Mr. Susman that about $100 worth of furniture was sold in this way and no return of the same made by Lewis, who left the city Monday afternoon. The case was put in the hands of Capt. Furlong, who traced the young man to Goldsboro and sub sequently to Kinston, where he was arrested Tuesday on a telegram from Chief Parmele. Policeman H. H. Woebse left last night for Kinston for the prisoner. Decorate for Tournament. The Stab is of the opinion that few people in Wilmington realize the mag nitude of the big undertaking before them, next week the entertainment of hundreds of firemen and visitors who will be hero for the State and In terstate tournament There are now only a few days for preparations by the committees and citizens generally for the big event and it behooves every loyal citizen of Wilmington to begin work at once. The business men should see that their places of business are bedecked with holiday attire and inviting to their visitors on this occa sion. They should begin arranging now to give all of their out-of-town customers and friends a cordial recep tion. Upon the success or downfall of the tournament depends much the weal or woe of Wilmington in comparison with her sister cities. An opportunity lost is frequently never regained. INDIA FAMINE FUND. The Star has previously acknowl edged $210 for the India famine fund, and takes pleasure this morning in ac knowledging the following additional contributions, collected at Pembroke, N. C, by Mr. G. F. Pope, the clever A. C. L. station agent at that point : Baptist Sunday school, $2.12; A. M. Breece, $1; A. A. Thagard, $1; G. F. Pepe, $1; Mrs. G. F. Pope, 50 cents; little Maggie May Pope, 5 cents ; Mas ter Arthur Pope, 5 cents; P. M. San derson, 50 cents; W. H. Herring, 50 cents; R. Stewart, 25 cents; E. W. Franklin, 25 cents; H. W. Bethea, 5 Mrs. H. W. Bethea, 5 cents; Will Bethea, 5 cents; G. C. Thagard, 25 cents; C. F. Honeycutt, 25 cents; Walter Thigpen, 25 cents; Mrs. L. R. Breece, 25 cents; Joe McLean, 25 cents. Total, $8.62. The total amount thus far received is $218.62, which amount will be sent this morning to the "Committee of One Hundred," and receipt for same published in these columns as soon as received. ( Has A Marrying Record. 'Squire W. O. Bailes, of Pineville, N. C, has a record. He lives just over the line in South Carolina wij,h his barn -on this side of the border. He writes the Stab that no license is re quired for marriage in his State ; that he is conveniently located on the Pine ville railroad and is prepared to exer cise the matrimonial function of his office as J. P., at very small cost, al ways performing the service with per fectness. Last week he had nine wed dings from "far and near," he writes. His record for the year is 150 couples and during his term of office thus far he has "tied the knot" for exactly 353 couples. A Shooting Affair. Excursionists who returned from Lake Waccamaw last night told, of a shooting affair there yesterday in which Robert Johnson, a resident of Delgado, was painfully wounded by a pistol shot on the arm above the elbow, and in the wrist of the same limb. Another resident of Delgado named Vann is said to have fired the shots. No arrests were made so far as learned. Safe In Japan. A cablegram received by Mr. C. W. Worth yesterday from Yokohoma, Japan, brings intelligence that Dr. Geo. C. Worth and family are safe In that country. Mr. C. W. Worth ex pected as much when the first cable gram was received, stating that his brother was safe, as he had before ex pressed a desire to spend the Summer in Japan. Wilmington at Durham. A special telegram to yesterday's News and Observer from Durham says : There will to-morrow to cele brate the Fourth, be a great parade and carnival here. It will be partici pated in by civic and military organi zations. Major William A. Guthrie will deliver the address of welcome to the Wilmington base ball club, and the game of ball between Wilmington and Durham will be called at 4:30 P.M. Photographs! Greatly reduced rates during. Tournament U. O. Ellis, 114 Market street Wilmington, N. O. t THE FLORAL PARADE. Indications Are That It Will Be a Com plete Success Officers and the Line of March. Mrs. J. F. Garrell, the lady mana ger and the " committee having in charge the floral parade which will be one of the most interesting features of the Firemen's Tournament here next week, have decided upon all details for the event and an abundant measure of success is assured. As previously noted in the Stab the parade will take place at 5 o'clock on Wednesday f er noon and the line of march of di cora ted vehicles wiU form on Third be" tween Walnut and Red Cross streets at 4:30 P.M. The floats will be on the west side of Third between Grace and Walnut streets and the maich will be to Red Cross to Front to Mar ket to Ninth with counter-march to Third to Nun to Front to Market to the judges' stand, where Col. A. M. Waddell will deliver the prizes to the successful contestants. Mrs. Garrell especially requests that if there are further entries they be made at once. The parade will be reviewed by the judges, Col. A. M. Waddell, Col W. A.- Johnson, Mr. W. E. Springer, Col. C. H." Campbell, of Charlotte, and Mr. L Mahler, of Raleigh, from a stand erected on Market between Seventh and Eighth streets. The ar rangement will be as follows: Chief E. G. Parmele and six mounted police. nd Regiment Band in wagonette. A. M. Baldwin and Mr. Gabe Sec Dr. Holmes, Chief and Assistant .Chief Marshals. Mrs. J. F. Garrell, Manager. Decorated vehicles. Decorated floats. Decorated fire apparatus. The marshals on the line of march will be Mr. Geo. Harriss, Captain J. I. Metis, Mr. Clayton Gilelj, Mr. L. B. Rogers and Mr. A. Sneed. The first prize for the prettiest deco rated vehicle will be on exhibition to-. day at the store of Messrs. Victorll '7a.a11a b "-I mi n l l fucucr uo io lira i ana secona prizes for the best design in a float br apparatus will be on exhibition also today at Huggins' jewelry store xuc secona prize lor vemcies was donated by a New York firm and the third prize was donated by Mr. Victor Zoeller. , The second prize for the floats was donated by Capt. G. W. Huggins. Brunswick Convention. A gentleman who spent Sunday at Southport tells the Star that the Popu list Convention of Brunswick at Lock wood's Folly on Saturdayen dorsed Dr. McNeill for the Legisla ture -and nominated a full county ticket as follows: For Sheriff, D. H. Walker; for Register of Deeds, 0. ld. Taylor; for Treasurer, George HE. Brooks. Jno. H. Jenerett, of Wacca maw township, chairman of the Popu list County Committee, was endorsed for the State Senate for the Tenth dis trict, comprising New Hanover and Brunswick counties. Maj. Stedman President At the annual meeting of the State Bar Association at Ashe ville last week Major Charles M. Stedman was elected president for the ensuing year, Junius Davis, Esq., of this city, and Maxy L. John, Esq., of Laurinburg, were among the vice presidents elected. An important action of the Associa tion was a resolution that two year's study be required for admission to the bar.' A memorial on the death of Judge Dossey Battle was adopted. TANK CAR EXPLODED. Five Men Killed, Three Fatally Hurt Fifty Persons Severely Injured. Uy Telearaph to the Morning Star. and Parkersbukg, W. Va., July 4. An accident occurred here this morn ing in which five men were blown to atoms, one other so badly injured that he soon died, two more probably fa- tally injured and more than fifty per sons seriously hurt. A tank-car containing six thousand gallons of oil was in the Ohio 1 river railroad yards for shipment A freight train coming into the yard ran into an ODen switch collided with the tank car. The collision caused a hole to be bored in the top-part of the tank and the oil ignited. All attempts to put out the fire failed and it burned for several hours. Finally the explosion occurred. caused by the fire igniting the gas that nad formed from the burning oil,. Many of the crowd who were stand ing near the car when it blew up were deluged by the falling oil, but were not seriously injured. The officials ana worxmen or tne roaa who were killed were blown down the track nearly fifty yards and must have met instant death. FIREWORKS EXPLOSION. Seven Children Killed and Twenty or More Injured at1blladelphia. By Telegraph to the Moraine Btar. Philadelphia, July 4. A blank cartridge fired at close range by a small colored boy into a large collec tion of fireworks of a highly explosive character, to-day, cost the lives of seven children, the probable death of three others and severe burns and lacerations to twenty other persons, only two of whom were adults. The explosion occurred in front of a bake shop in the most thickly populated section of the Italian quarter. Lumberton Robesonian: Since the visit of D. A. Tompkin here some time since several of our prominent citizens have been quietly at work for the purpose of organizing a cotton fac tory. We have known for several weeks that a factory was assured but. said nothing, because those most di rectly interested desired no publica tion until all the details had been ar ranged. These have now been per fected and we are permitted to speak. The capital stock is to be not less than $75,000 nor more than $300,000. The minimum amount of stock has already been subscribed, and more is in sight Statk of Ohio, City of Toikdo, 1 Lucas County f88- Frank J. Cheney makes an oath that he Is the senior partner of the nrm of. F. J. Cheney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarxh Cuke FRANK J..CHENEV. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. SJ ) A.W. GLXABON, j seal j- Notary PvMie. Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. Bend for testimonials, free. Bold by Druggists, 750. Hall's Family puis are the best: r . j. unsaid s tu., xoieuo, v. RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED Johnstoh's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH. A. Whole Family Oared. Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millinery and fancy goods store at St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., and who is well known throughout the country, says: f V I was badly troubled with rheuma tism, catarrh and neuralgia. 1 had liver complaint and was very bilious. I was in a bad condition; every day I be gan to fear .-that I should never be a well womanj that I should have to settle down into a chronic invalid, and live in the shadow of death. I hadT JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA reef ommended to me; I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and cured my family both.' I am very glad that I heard of it. I would" cheerfully recommend it to every one. I have taken many other kinds of medicine. I prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them." BCICHIOAjr DBCfi CO., Detroit, Mich. For sale by I HERBERT L. FENTRESS, i Wilmington, N. C. ! THE VICE PRESIDENCY. - A Strong Possibility That Stevenson Will j Be Nominated Towne and Sulzer Still io lhe Race! j By Telegraph to the Moraine Btar. - Kansas City, Mo., July 4. Very little that opeu in situation Stevenson was : tangible devel the Vice Presidential to-night, although the candidacy apparently met with favor and there seemed to be a possibility of this being the solu tion of the question. ' The determine tion of the Indiana legation to put Shiveley in the field caused a liule diversion during a part of the day, but Mr. Shiveley distinctly stat.d this evening that he was not a candi date and would not be. As to the action of the Indiana delega tion he said that after what he had told them there was no reason for the belief that he would, be a candidate. Friends of Stevenson said that they would have been perfectly willing a, short time ago to have supported Shiveley, but after the - positive state ment made yesterday that Shiveley would not be a candidate and would not be presented by Indiana, they tow felt that they-should stand by Steven son. 7 The demonstration made overHill in the convention to day was taken by some to meajn that the convention would be stampeded for him, but Hill does not think so, and it is possible that if he makes a speech on the platform he will make it plain that he could not be a candidate on a Bryan platform. Be says emphatically that he will not be nominated.' ?The other booms lvmain in much the ame condition they were yesterday. Both Towne and Sulzer are in the race,' - though the convention does not seem inclined to favor them. The Towne men claim they have the support ot' Bryan and that if 16 to 1 is put in the . platform their man will be the logical candidate. j New York men say that their action yesterday for John W. Kellar is in earnest and that they will try and se cure his nomination. To-night the vice presidency is in doubt, with a leaning toward Stevenson. A TbooMUd XoDsroea I Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard street, Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hackwsg cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure: "It soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep" soundly, something I can scarcely re member doing before. I feel like sounding its' praises throughout the universe." So will every one who tries Dr. King's New Discovery for any, trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50c and $1.00;., .Trial' bottles 10c at R. B. Bellamy's) ' drug store. Every bottle guaranteed t I Statesville Landmark : -II. L. Seawell, Populist candidate for Attor ney General, made a speech at Sbelby some weeks ago and was treated to a shower of eggs just as he was about to board a train to leave town. Seawell has brought suit against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad for $50,000 damages an account of the incident, and bases his suit on the ground, that, being a passenger Of the defendant company, and the-law recognizing its agents as police officers, he was entitled to pro tection at their hands. The agent of the Seaboard at Shelby is charged with being a party to the egging but he de nies it The Populist county con- vention will be held here to-morrow and the Republican county conven tion, which was to have -'met here Thursday, 5th, has been postponed un til Monday, 9th. A fusion ticket will ssf-p-iss Favetteville Observer?' Mr. Henry Rishton died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. B. C. Gorham, Tuesday morning. Mr. Rishton came here from his home in Newborn sever-, al months ago in feeble' health, from which he never raillied, and for the past few weeks, all hope for his recov ery has been abandoned. He was in his 77th year. His remains were taken to Newbern to day for interment, accompanied' by his daughters, Mrs. Gorham and ' Mrs. Simpson, and Maj. B. C. Gorham. There was a northern gentleman here prospecting for the establishment of a bleachery. He was driven over the city and suburbs by Mr.'F. R. Rose, Secretary of the Chamber of. Com merceJand later was introduce to many of our most prominent citizens. He ' seemed much impressed with the splendid sites available, and especially the water. Oar Greatest Specialist. 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 pf treatment for Varicocle and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautory cures in 90 per cent of all eases. 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 Jield to his treatment Write him to ay fully about your case. LHe makes no charge for consultation or advice,, either at his office of by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D, 22 South Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. Photographs I Greatly reduced rates during Tournament U. C. Ellis, 114 Market street Wilmington, N. C. t Bears the the Kind You HavB Always Kllgni Signature i of .ssr
