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X " -- WILLIAM H. BEBIflBD Bditof and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, October 5, 1900. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC JjCKEJ. For President : WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nelirasta. For Vice-President: ADLM E. STEVMSOK. of Illinois, . PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Electors at Large. T PP C fVT?DU A XT Dn. DAN HUGH McLEAN, of Harnett. District Electors. First District: . CnAS. L. ABERNATHY, of Carteret. - Second District: T. C. WOOTEN, of Lenoir. Third District: HENRY L. COOK, of Cumberland. Fourth District: it. u. nuAwiTti, or wase. Fifth District: WM. A. GUTHRIE, of Durham. Sixth District: W; C. DOWD, of Mecklenburg. Seventh District: J. R. BLAIR, of Montgomery. Eighth District: WM. S. PEAR30N, of Burke." Ninth District: JNO. M. CAMPBELL, of Buncombe. ' For Congress, Sixth District: JOHN D. BELLAMY, of New Eanoyer. A STALWART CHAMPION- There has been in this country no more outspoken or able cham pion of what it believed to be right than the Philadelphia Times under the editorship and management of that veteran journalist, Col, A. K. Mcuiure. it was an independent paper, independent not only in name but in- fact, but on most issues leaned towards the Demo cratic party because it believed the Democratic party was nearer right than the Republican party, and now that it has become satisfied that the Republican party is wholly wrong it has done the manly and logical thing by declaring its ad herence to the Democratic party, which announcement it makes in me, louowine ringing editorial in Monday's issue: "The Times was from its first issue an independent newspaper, free from any nnMUvl lit. I iU.l ' Si. Ui:. wumui uuk kuttk ui ius utilisa tions to the public; and its po litical independence very early led it to oppose the corrupt, despotic and dangerous policies of the party then as now in power in city, State and nation, and to support the princi ples and the candidates of the Democ racy. From the very first year of its publication, it has been the leading advocate of every Democratic candi date for Governor of Pennsylvania, and from Tilden to Cleveland it earn estly sustained every Democratic can ditate for President. "This advocacy was due to no Belf hrterest for Democracy has had few favors to dispense in Pennsylvania but to consistent conviction of what was to the public advantage, a convic tion that experience has sustained. Not alone the degrading effect of ma chine politics in Pennsylvania, but the whole tendency of Republican rule in the nation, with its constant centrali zation of authority, the building up of' mvurcu interests uj ciass - legislation, had nowhere a more earnest opponent than the Tirrus, and the Democrats of Pennsylvania learned to look to it as their representative newspaper. The Timesh&s been unfailingly hostile to those measures with which William McKinley particularly was identified, such as the monopoly-breeding, deficit producing tariff that bore his name. Yet four years ago, in the sudden crisis that divided the councils of the T"- AS l J m -At .Lemocrauc party ana ior tne lime 06 insc seemed to have checked its great career, it seemed better to the Time. as to many other leading Democratic yayvia, ku duuiui jilt. Jiivjkjuicjr ClcU' tion as Jt resident rawer than that or Mr. Bryan. The decision was made in good faith. The result has shown it to be wrong. It has repented and recanted. "All of the evils and the perils of the so-called Republican policy have returned sevenfold, developed and ex ' tended till the very foundations of the government seemed threatened. A false economic system has resulted in vast combinations of capital .that -throttle individual industry and hold control over ail the functions of gov ernment, and the spokesman of the administration, a representative of one of these great Trusts, is calling- mpon his fellow-capitalists for contri butions to buy another four years license to rob, another four years of we ior tneir innatea .ana iaise pros perity. - xne government tnus con trolled has found its nttest expression 1U KUOWID Ul llll 1 1 mi jr bUUUUCOt, IUU the blood and treasure of the nation are poured out to subdue a distant people and rob them of these rights of liberty and independence that America has always claimed for all mankind. uiKuuiugiB, niiuwriaiu, are ine i. natural outgrowth of commercialism in politics, of the power of the few Over tne msjrv.thn Alnratinn nf mrmair above manhood, with all the system of special privileges and corrupt control that the Republican party since the civil war has increasingly fostered. The upholders of this system are them. h vMumm nr ttn nmiownfwa onH .u - calling for aid from tne money power to bolster it up for a time longer. The condition is one that the country must meet and meet now, and the way to meet it is by a reasseruon of the Dent ocratie idea and the election of a Dem ocratio President;'. A.ma nh a fcuuaua vr mm 1 www with all the force it has. Our belief in the essential doctrines of the Dem ocratic nartv and in their necessity to the country is stronger than Brer. No one Questions or can question, the .a a 91 V. WMW " - . . 1 the rescue of all ttt nas maae America glorious in trie past and that can make her strong in the future, it is a Hut v tnsuDror t their election. The Democrats oi rennsyivanji j - - . , have a right to expect mis of the Times and they snan not be disappointed. We mean this naner to be recognized as a Demo cratic newspaper, honest fearless and truthful, but always sincerely ana loyally devoted to the interests and to the success of the Democratic party, its measures and its men. We know that the Times has not filled this place the in past four years, but we intend that it shall fill it hereafter, and that it shall help to rally the Pennsylvania Democracy once more to the hopeful battle for the constitution ana ine laws and the rights of men in the cam paign for Brvan and Stevenson. There is no abler or better equip ped political writer in the United States than. Col. McClure, who for more than forty years has taken a prominent part in public affairs, and has been intimately associated with many of the party leaders, (in cluding President Lincoln,) and framers of public policies. Such a man would be at any time a valuable acquisition to any party, but at this time when the battle for the right is being so warmly waged, when the man is being confronted by the dol lar, the value of such an acquisition is inestimable. Jour years ago the Times opposed the election of Wm. J. Bryan and advocated the election of McKinley as many other independent and Democratic papers did. It has realized its mistake, as many other papers have, and has had the candor and courage to acknowlege it, and to fnaSe amends by the espousal i the party it op posed thin. It, like Hon. Rich ard Olney, judges a party by its prac tices, and its platform as a whole, and allies itself with that which offers the most good to the greatest number. Neither the Times nor Mr. Olney did that four years ago. But then there was practically but one issue, the money question,, on which they believed or professed to believe that the Democratic party was radically wrong and the Repub lican party right, which was their defence for opposing Bryan and ad vocating the election of McKinley. When men like Col. McClure, Richard Olney, Carl Schura, Bourkc Cockran, Gov. Waller and scores of other distinguished men who op posed Bryan four years' ago can and are supporting him now, what . decent excuse can any Southern Democratic paper or any man in the South call ing himself a Democrat have for op posing him now or playing the role of neutral? The issue is narrowed down to Bryan or McKinley, and the Southern man who does not wish to see McKinley elected should help elect Bryant If he prefers McKinley, with-his negro postmas ters, to'Bryan then he should vote for McKinley, but quit calling him self a white supremacy man or a Democrat, for as, a matter of fact he is neither. NOT A TRUST. For some time a movement has been on foot to organize the cotton planters of the South, so that they may co-operate and thus secure fair and reasonable prices for the cotton they put upon the market. This scheme contemplates the establish ment of warehouses at convenient points in the cotton centers, and the co-operation of banks which will ad vance money on cotton stored in the warehouses, where it will be insured and cared for at reasonable rates un til such time as the owner decides to sell. ' There' are other matters of inter est to the planters which will be at tended to by the officers and em ployes of -the organization, such as gathering reliable information as to the growing crop, the amount mark eted, the takings by the mills, quan tity shipped, quantity consumed by the mills, output of manufactured goods, prices of goods, prospective crop in other countries, Ac, the object of which is to give the fullest possible information for the guid ance of the cotton producers.' It is said that this movement is now fairly under way, with the assurance that it will be a success. Some of the defenders of the Trusts call this a Trust and ask how any one who , opposes Trusts can consistently Javor this. Such an organization is no more a Trust than it is an iceberg. It is not organized for the purpose of cornering cotton and compelling manufacturers to pay extortionate prices for it, but simply to ensure the intelligent mar keting of the crop, to prevent rush ing it to market and cutting down prices when by intelligent methods reasonable prices might be main tained and grower and manufac tmrer and also the purchasers of goods be the gainers thereby. There isn't the slightest approach to a mo nopoiy in it. it is not to squeeze anybody, but simtrv to protect the cotton grower and ensure him a rea A - 4 sonable remuneration for his labor. The scheme is approved not only by cotton growers but also by the mill men, who would prefer to buy their cotton as they need it, if assured that they could get it then, to put ting in large Btocks on a fluctating market, which leaves them too much at the mercy of guesswork. This organization is simply systematizing the business of growing and market ing cotton without the remotest in tention of extorting from or victim- iiug uuuBumers. SUCCESS "WORTH KNOWING. 40 years succeea In tne Bout Tonic a great nm. fw south, proves Hughes' r Chills and aU Malarial . .w i.wv uwuia. ability, the earnestness, tne integrity nf tha npmoo.ratio candidates. For THE "PARAMOUHT". ISSUE. Hon. Mark Hanna says imperial ism is a trumped up issue, sprung by the Democrats for campaign purposes only. The Cleveland Leader, the leading Republican paper in Hanna's home city, echoes Mr. Hanna in this and says:.,. "If the people will stop to think that but for the persistence of the Bryanites there would have been no war, and but for the urgent appeals of Bryan to Democratic Senators the treaty ceding the Philippines to the United States would not have been ratified, they will not find it difficult to fix the responsibility for 'imperial ism' if it is possible to conjure up any thing of the eort out of the present foreign policy of the government." Commenting upon this the Wash ington Post, an independent paper and an advocate of expansion, says: "It was not Bryan or the Demo crats who created that issue; But for the Republicans Mr. Bryan and his supporters would be simply anti expansionists, so far as relates to the Philippines. Hut tor that sudden, in explicable and totally uncalled-for reversal of Republican policy, that turning down of 'our plain duty,' Mr. Bryan and his adherents could not have substituted 'anti imperial ism' for 'anti-expansion.' Had the policy which the President, after eighteen months of investigation, assisted by commissions and expert agents, recommended to Con gress been adopted, Mr. Bryan could not have had a shadow of justi fication for a crusade against an ex pansion which he had advocated and which it is reasonable to assume he might have prevented. For all that there is in and all that may result from the issue of 'Imperialism,' the leaders of the Republican party are responsi ble. They had plain sailing over a clear course until they began a bitter conflict in their own party, and, as a result, endowed the Democracy, with 'the paramount issue' and simultane ously with scores of Republican speeches and interviews and thousands of Republican editorials sustaining the Democratic side of that issue. "Such being the case, it seems to us that it would be better policy for. Re publican organs and spell-binders to face the issue squarely than to misre present the facts relating to its origin. Since we are in the Philippines to stay, no matter what may be the outcome of the campaign, it ought to be an agreeble task for those organs and orators to defend their party's policy as to the future of those islands." The Republican supporters of the policy of forcible expansion have neither the courage of their convic tions nor the honesty to avow them. As far a3 we can recall, there are but two representative grabbers who have freely and frankly expressed their sentiments. One is Senator Carter, of Montana, who confessed o a mercenary motive and declared that if they found that holding the islands would "pay" they would hold them; if not, they would let them go; and Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, who boldly advocated hold ing the islands by force as colonies taking Great Britain as 6ur model. The Republican leaders . liked this speech so much when it was delivered that they had about a quarter of a million copies printed for circulation in the campaign, but when they saw the popular drift against imperialism they had that pile of speeches de stroyed. Now they, like the cow ards they are, are asserting that the Democrats invented and are respon 8ible for this issue. Robert Montgomery, not many years ago a man of large wealth, died a few days ago in the West moreland, Pa., almshouse. By mis fortunes he lost his wealth, but re tained a library, which he took with him into a hovel, where for seven years he lived a recluse. He be came dangerously ill, and was acci dentally discovered by some one who had him removed to the almshouse where he died. He gave the library to a man on condition that he would not permit his body to be buried in the Potter's field, but have it buried in the family burial ground beside his father and mother, his first and perhaps his only true friends. Night Sweats. loss of appetite. weak and impoverished blood, colds. la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts Tasteless Chill Tonio eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores your appetite and tones up your liver. zsc. per bottle, insist on having Kob erts . No other "as good." R. R. Bellamy, Jos. C. Shepard, Jr., and J. Hicks Bunting. River steamboat . men hope that with the reported rains in the up- country that the water in a day or two will admit to their resumine regular scneauies. SmuroJiGs Actrfe&rantfy andJhomptly. Cleanses the System Gently and Effectually when bilious or costive. resents in, the most acceptablefbrm tne laxarjre prmcjpjes oi plants Anown to act most ieneficiaJfy:- TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY-' CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVWUE.KY. NEW YORK. H.X for sjl tr ttmggiito - pHce Ot per iottU. THE CANVASS OPENED Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy Spoke to New Hanover Democrats Last Night. IMPERIALISM, THE ISSUfi. His Speech Fall of Instruction and Warn ing to the People to Thwart the At tempt at ao Empire-Other Ap pointments in the District. On account of the inclement weather the crowd whish heard Hon. John D. Bellamy's speech at the Court House ast night was necessarily small, but what was lost in numbers was gained in enthusiasm and the strict attention given by every one in the sound of his voice was indicative of an interest in national affairs on the part of Wil mington Democrats which will be pro ductive of great good in the inaugura tion Of the coming fight which is de clared by Mr. Bellamy the mos t im portant campaign fought by Ameri cans since 1860. The meeting was called to order by County Chrirman Johnson, who pre sented Mr. Bellamy as one who needs no introduction to Wilmington people and as one eminently fitted to en lighten the people on the issues of the campaign. Mr. Bellamy regretted the eondi- tions which prohibited a larger attend ance and launched into a masterful and logical discussion of imperialism in all its phases, which he declared as question pregnant with good or evil for the whole country and the most serious since the exciting cam paign just prior to the civil war when such great apprehension was manifest ed by some for the dismemberment of the union and the rendering in twain of the American republic. He re viewed the caujes which led up to and the results of the Spanish-American war and the insatiable desire on the part of the Republicans for personal aggrandizement which followed in its wake. He also traced the progress of the, great American Republic; how it had grown from a country of three million souls to one of eighty millions, how the thirteen original States had become forty-five sovereign common wealths in all their glory, and spoke of those eternal principles of govern ment laid down in the constitution which made this culmination possible. Then he told how the people are be ginning to lose sight of these land marks which yielded the great achieve ments and the departure from those principles which actuated Hamilton, Madison and other founders of the Republic, who expressly transmitted the sentiment in the constitution of the United States that territory should never be annexed unless' it was the purpose to carve out new States and sovereign powers, wmch doctrine nas been affirmed from time to time until now. in the year lauo, atter the War had been fought, he said, we see the Republicans attempting, to estab lish a colonial system like that of Eng land, withdrawing the privileges of the constitution from the newly acquired possessions and the people proposed to be governed. Porto Rico, he contin ued, was entitled to come in under the constitution and be governed accord ingly. Taxes should be uniform and every inhabitant in the islands should be entitled to the same protection 'as citizens of the United States. When the question of a Porto Rican tariff came up in Congress, the Republicans, led by the president of the Sugar Trust, discriminated against the islanders by putting on their imports and exports an unconstitutional duty in order that the Trust might not be disturbed. In doing this he said they had a two-fold object, viz., placating the Sugar Trust and establishing a pre cedent for the Philippine islands which they contemplated bringing on later. in view of their own knowledge that they can't control colonies successfully under laws identical with ours. They have deprived Porto .Rico of represen tation in Congress in spite of the con stitution guaranteeing every colony or sovereign state equal rights. The same principles are involved of taxa tion without representation &s were fought for so vigorously by our fore fathers with the English in 1776. It is in violation of the cardinal principles of the United Statas government Should Porto Rico rebel under the cir cumstanceswe could not condemn her. Mr. Bellamy also characterized this usurpation or rights in Porto Rico as a violation of the Monroe doctrine whic he explained and which he said European nations had thus far acquiesced in, seeing the justness of the provision. It kept us free of en tangling alliances and if we must maintain it we cannot say to European powers, "stay out," when we are ex tending our own dominions there. This trending toward imperialism, the speaker continued, is a violation of the principle of international law which provides that you cannot govern a people without the consent of that people. Aguinaldo,' Mr.' Bel lamy said, is as much a patriot as George Washington was. He was in duced to believe that America would assist him in establishing a stable form of government. Now he is made to feel the contrary and instead of a war for pacification, he has one of con quest. Mr. Bellamy declared the war was being waged by the President on trary to the constitution which vests that right in Congress. The war is now costing a million dollars a day and the year's trade with that country brought to us in revenue only $77,000. It has already cost $400,000,000 and will prove a dear experiment to the United States. He saw in the attitude of the United States to the Philippines only the strongest indications of im perialism and militarism. Continuing his address, Mr. Bellamy severely condemned the censorship of the press and mail matter in Manila declaring it an infringement upon the right of free speech and a free press. Another reason assigned for the non- annexauon or ioreign colonies was the undesirability of the Malays as citizens of the United States. It will tab Ann a hundred vears. said Mr. Bel lamy," to prepare them for citizenship; They are unlike the Teutonic races and are undesirable as citizens; it we annex them we c.mot refuse them, under the. constitution, admittance to our own country. Their acquisition would also degrade labor and would be in unjust competition to the South in the production of cotton and in the operation of cotton mills, which is now eliminated by the subsidy on tobacco by Spain. The climate, too, s conducive to bubonic and other plagues; they are a hard people to conquer and restrain from re bell ion. The terrible effect or a tropical climate on the American sol dier was vividly portrayed and figures from the Pension Bureau showed that the climate was far more disastrous to the army than the enemy's bullet. Referring to his observations in Washington during his last term in Congress, Mr. Bellamy stated that there were unmistakable signs of im perialism; White House receptions savored of kings and potentates ; the Senate members from the North were a coterie of millionaires; the place was filled with an imperialistic atmosphere. which put to flight, the Republican simplicity of .by-gone days when one of the Presidents quietly rode to the capitol and took the oath of office. McKinley he denounced as a man wsak and vain, but of Christian char acter and polite manner. He referred to the attempted repeal of the war tax by Democrats, and its overwhelming defeat by Republicans to furnish a plethoric treasury for their wars of conquest He closed with an earnest appeal to the people to counteract the threat ened life, of the Republic. He also incidentally referred to the coal strike and denounced as a canard and a weak attempt to excite sympathy the report of the attempted assassination of Mc Kinley at Canton yesterday, reference to which is made in the telegraphic dispatches yesterday. Mr. Bellamy will follow up his can vass with a speech at Burgaw Satur day; Lumbertun, Monday; Maxton, Wednesday; Red Springs, Thursday; Laurinburg, the following Saturday, and Southport the following Monday. LETTER OP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Governor of Texas Expresses Gratitode to Wifmiflgtonians for Donation. Mrs. J. D. Smith, Chairman of the Music Committee for the Concert which was given some days since at the Y. M. C. A. for the benefit of the Galvestou sufferers, has received. the following letter of acknowledgement from the Governor of Texas: - "Dear Madam I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of the 20th instant, advising him of the shipment by Southern Express of $237.86, the same being a donation from the musical people and ladies of your citv. for the benefit of the storm sufferers on the Texas coast and request you to extend to the liberal contributors of this sum his sincerest thanks and most grateful acKnowiedgements. Yours, very respectfully, N. A. Cravens, Private Secretary. -m Monthly Health Report. The report of City Superintendent of Health C. T. Harper for the month of September is as follows: Deaths, 77; 28. white and 49 colored. Births, 73; 31 white and 42 colored. There were 6,211 inspections, 4 fumigations, 2 quarantines from diphtheria, and 691 lime and aotd orders. The meeting of the Board of Health, which was to have been held yesterday morning. was deferred on account of the lack of a quorum. He also incorporated in his report a recommendation con demning a well at Second and Dawson streets for its unsanitary condition. The Board of Aldermen, at its meet ing last night, referred the matter to the proper committee for investiga tion. He also reported the dismissal of the temporary health officer ap pointed for the Summer only. Col. and Mrs. Waddell Back. Col. and Mrs. A. M. Waddell re turned to the city yesterday after an absence from the city since early in September. .. During his visit in the western part of the State, Col. Wad dell made a number of speeches in the campaign and was royally received everywhere he went He thinks little credence need be given to Senatorial figures which every now and then ap pear in the papers from friends of the various candidates. He is of the opin ion that a second primary will be nec essary to a choice. Col. Waddell's next speech is at a veteran's re-union at Lumberton, Oct 13th, and until that time he will remain at home for a much needed rest Gen. Carr has also been inyited to speak at theJLuniber ton re-uniDn. - Trial of C. R. Freeman; The trial of C. R. Freeman, of Willis' Creek, Bladen county, who was confined in the jail here for sev eral months for safe keeping until a few days ago, and who is held for the murder of Chasen in July of this year, was begun yesterday at Eliza- bethtown and will likely last for sev eral days. William J. Bellamy, Esq., of Wilmington, is of counsel for the defence an i is attending Bladen county court in the interest of his client Moved to Mt. Olive. Mrs. Floyd J . uox, wno ior years has been connected with the Wilming ton Public Schools, has accepted a po sition in the Mt. Olive school for the ensuing year. She has recently erect ed a residence there and will make it her future home. Deafness Cannot be Cured diMMed portion of the ear. There is only one way to onre deafness, ana that is by constitu tional remedies, ueainess is caused ry an in flamed condition of the mucous llnlntr of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube sets inflamed you have a rambling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be lasen out ana uus iudb restorea to its normal condition, hear Inn will be destroyed forever; tilna Aaaad sn rT An ama a n aAil Vi rw junta wwti which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend tor circulars, rree. f. j. Cheney & co Toledo, o. DUIU UT UrUKglBUi, IDC. HaU's Family mis are the best. SCOTT'S EMULSION of cod-liver oil is the means ofr life and enjoyment of life to thousands: men women and childrenJ When appetite fails,- it re stores it. When food is a burden, it lifts the burden. , When you lose, flesh, it brings the plumpness of health. When work is hard and duty is heavy, it makes life bright. It is the thin edge of the wedge; the thick end is Ifood. But what is the use of food, when you hate it, and can't di gest it? Scott's emulsion of cod- liver -oii is the food that makes you forget your stomach. We'll send you a little to try, if you like. SCOTT & BOWNE, '40a Pearl street. New York. WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY. Poor Prisoners Made Their Escape Yes terday Morning The Two White Men Recaptured. Early yesterday morning four prisoners, the only inmates of the male apartment of the county jail at that time, made their escape by a cleverly devised-seheme and the delivery was not known until a few minutes before 7 o'clock yesterday morning, when Jailor George W. Mil lis walked in . usual to see if everything was intact, but to his great surprise, the four "birds" whom he had left under lock and key the night previous, had flown. They were George Roderick, white, for failing to pay costs in several cases at the last term of court; Jim Marine, white, for highway robbery ; Jim Walker and Tom Rober son, both colored, for larceny. Three of the men were confined in cells, and the fourth, Tom Robinson, was given the liberty of the corridor. By some means which have not been discovered, the cells were opened. The corrugated iron ceiling was pulled off for a space large enough to admit a man's body. They broke through a small transom on the east side just below the eaves and by the aid of a ladder, made by tieing four ham mocks together, lowered themselves to the ground. As soon as the escape was made known the deputies started out after the prisoners in hot pursuit. Jailor Millis got scent of Roderick's trail and before 8 o'clock had his man. He captured him on "Gallows Hill," un der the residence of his uncle, Mr, Jno. Roderick. Mr. Millis found Roderick hiding behind a brick pillar. When ordered to come out he replied that he would die first. But with the proper persuasion he was brought out and landed in jail. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Joseph Roderick walked up to the jail with Jim Marine. Marine sarren dered to him at the corner of Eighth and Wooster streets about 4.30 o'clock. He said he wanted to surrender and pidn't care to run away. He said he was asleep when the other fellows woke Him and told him to follow them and he could get out, and he very foolishly did so. Marine said he had been walking about in the suburbs of the city all day. When asked about the two negroes, he stated that -when he and Roderick left them at Fifth and Market streets they said that they were going to make a bee line for South Carolina. Marine thinks it was about 3 o'clock in the morning when they left the jail. Every effort will be 'made to' re capture the fleeing negroes'. that joyful feeling With the exhilirating sense of re newed health and strength and inter nal cleanliness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the old-time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered but never accepted by the well-informed. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by tne tjamornia ing syrup uo. MR. BELLAMY'S CANVASS. His Toor of the District Begins With His Speech Here To-morrow Night. Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, Congress man from the Sixth District, began his canvass, on last Wednesday night with a speech in the Court House here to a mass meeting of the Bryan and Stevenson Clubs and New Hanover county Democrats generally. A large crowd heard him. His other appointments in the dis trict are as follows: ' Burgaw, October 6th; Lumberton, October 8th; Maxton, October 10th; Red Springs, October 11th; Laurin burg, October 13th ; Southport, Octo ber 15th; Shallotte.October 17th Pire way, October 20th; White ville, Octo ber 22nd; Monroe, October 24th; Marshville, October 25th; Lilesville, October 27th; Wadesboro, October 29th; Charlotte, October 30th;' Hun tersville, October 31st; Pineville, No vember 1st; Hamlet, November 3rd; Rockingham, November 5th Papers in the district are requested to publish the list of appointments for the information of their readers. Will Open Branch House. Mr. GT. Flynn, of the B. F. Keith Company, left yesterday for Norfolk, where he will open a branch store for his house similar to the business con ducted here. Mr. Flynn's family will join him at his new home in about a month. It Saved Bis Leg-. P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga., suffered intensely for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg but writes that Eucklen's Arnica Halve wholly cured it in ten days. For Ulcers, Wounds. Burns. Boils, Pain, or Piles it's the best salve in the world. . Cure guaranteed. Only 25a Bold by U. K. BELLAMY druggist, t THE SUPERIOR COURT The Jury Awarded Penny Dam age in the Fishblate Dam age Suit. ANOTHER DAMAGE CASE. W. T. Mercer Not Entitled to Cecover from Policemen for Alleged Fake Arrest-Many Other Cases Dis posed of Yesterday. After five and a 'half daiV service and after remaining out eighteen hours, the jury in the Fishblate-Wal-lerstein, Elee & Co. case yesterday at 12.45 o'clock In the afternoon gave a verdict for damages against the de fendant for one cent, which, of course, carries with it the costs in tha action. Mr. Fishblate's counsel immediately made a motion for a new trial, which will be heard by Judge Moore upon the opening of court this morning at 9.30 o'clock. It is learned that the charge of the Judge relative to the law in the case was the deciding point in the controversy, the facts having been construed by the jury in Mr. Fishblate's favor, ' . After breakfast yesterday morning the members of the jury again retired to their room and came out with answers to the first two' issues, but none as to the third and fourth. They were sent again to their room and in a short time returned with the following verdict 1 Was the warrant of attachment in the case of Wallerstein, Klee & Co. vs. S. H. Fishblate wrongfully sued out? "Yes." 2. Was the warrant of attachment in the case oi wallers tein, iuee oc Co vs. S. H. Fishblate sued out ma liciously and without probable cause? "No." 3. What actual damage, if any, has the plaintiff sustained by reason of the wrongful issuing of the said warrant of attachment? "One cent." 4. What punitive damage, if any, is plaintiff entitled to recover? ' ''None." 5. Did the Sheriff make his levy be fore the filing of the deed of assign ment to A. G. Ricaud, trustee, for re gistration? "No." Upon the opening of court yesterday morning work on the docket was re sumed and the following cases were disposed of during the day: H. L. Peterson vs. City of Wilming ton ; continued by consent. J. D. Sidbury vs. W. T. Banner man ; continued by consent. T. G. Williams vs. Inter State Tele phone and Telegraph Company plain tiff allowed until Dec. 1st to file com plaint and defendant until next- term to file answer. L C. McKoy vs. Carolina Central Railroad Company; judgment for $200 and cost and for $35 and cost. , Thos. Hooper vs. Julia Hooper; judgment for divorce. W. T. Mercer vs. H. H. Woebse, et al., judgment for defendant. City of Wilmington vs. W. H. Moore; order of non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Nathaniel Jar vis; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Sarah C. Fleet; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Mrs. E. R. H. Daggett; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. J. W. Alder man; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Elizabeth Brown ; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Grace Ann Gause; non suit City of Wilmington vs. B. F. Boy kin ; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. Alice John son; non suit. City of Wilmington vs. W. W. Hodges; non suit. ' The cases above in which the City of Wilmington is plaintiff are back: tax matters which have either been settled or other reasons have ap proached for a non-suit. Another Damage Salt. The most interesting suit in hear ing yesterday was that of W. T. Mercer against Policeman H. H. Woebse and others for alleged false arrest some time ago while the. plaintiff was at a house on Fourth strteet for the purpose of col lecting a bill due by the proprietress of the house. The plaintiff asked $5,000 actual damage and $500 puni tive damage, and the case was taken up at 11 o'clock. It consumed the term of the court, with the -exception of a recess for dinner, until nearly 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Messrs. McClammy and Meares appeared for the defendants and L. V. Grady and C. D. Weeks, Esqs., for the plaintiff. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendants, the issues having been submitted and answered as follows: Did the defendant wrongfully and un lawfully arrest and detain the plaintiff as alleged in the complaint? Answer. "No." What damage, if any, is plaintiff entitled to recover? Answer. "None.'' The jury which had the case in con sideration was composed as follows:. G. J. Boney, J. C. Walton, J. F. Mclnnis, C. H. Robins, W. C. Yar borough. Wm. Watters, C. W. Hew lett, N. Mcintosh, T. T. Payne, B. F. Keith, W. R. K. Slocumb, and W. W. Gaither. The following are the talesmen ordered summoned for to-day : John R. Bovet, W. P. Toon. C. S. Riggs, Thos. Torpy, Thos. L. Rowell, H. L. Eidd, John M. Meyland, Eli H. Davis. Jr., George "G. King, I. L. Greenewald, Walter Taft, C. W. Willard. This morning's session of the court will likely be taken up with the hearing of argument on the motion for a new trial in the Fishblate case. The next matter will likely be the-suit of Ira C. Williams against Policeman Woebse and others, similar in character to that one tried yesterday in which the same persons were defendants. The New Orleans Times-Democrat of Tuesday in printing a long account of the opening of Tulane University presents a handsome half tone likeness of Tulane's new presi dent. Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, brother of Mrs. H. McL. Green, of this city, and late president of the North Carolina State University. j Yr7B f J C H E S T E Tq) Jy FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLsLl j "UcvRival,"" Leader," and "Repeater" Insist npoB baring them, take no other nd you will get the best sheila tht money am buy. ALL DEALERS GOOD HEALTH by the Quart Every bottle you take of Johnston's Sarsaparllla means better health,, and every bottle contains a full quart. It makes better bloodpurer blood. For thirty years this famous remedy has been creating and main taining good health. Johnston's Sarsaparilla builds up the system, tones the nerves, and strengthens the muscles more promptly and effectually than any other remedy known. Tho pallor of the cheek disappears, energy takes the place of' languor, and the rich color of health flows to the cheeks. Unequalled for all disorders of the stomach and liver, and for all weakening com plaints of men, women and children.' Sold nnjikm. Mo, (l.OO per full quart bottlr. MICHI04N DRUQ CO.. - Detroit, nich. For sale by HERBERT L. FENTRESS, Wilmington, N. C. MRS. EMMA D. N0RMENT Died Monday Evening at Her Hope in Lumberton Has Many Relatives In This City. Members of the family in Wilming ton early yesterday morning receivtd telegraphic news of the death at Lum berton, N. C, on Monday night at 7.30 o'clock of Mrs. Emma Douglass Norment, daughter of the late Dr. Wm. J. and Mrs. Mary P. Etarriss, of 1 1 i ; r - e i tit n -nt mis city, huu who oi vv. o. ior- ment, of Lumberton. Mrs. Norment was also a sister of Dr. W. W. Harris?, Mrs. Eliza M. Bel lamy, Mrs. A. J. Howell and Miss Mary Harriss, of Wilmington, the last named having been at her bedside at the time of her death. Mrs. Howeil, Mrs. Bellamy and daughter, MissElizt Bellamy, left yesterday via the S -board Air Line to attend the funeral. The deceased lady was 63 years of age on the day of her death and was universally loved by all who knew her. - In December, 1861, she was ; married to Capt. Norment and seven children were the result of the union, four of whom survive her Mr. Dour lass Norment, Misses Nellie, Emma and Laura Norment, all of Lumber ton. In its account of the death the Lum berton Argus of ybsterday says: "Mrs. Norment united with Die church when young, and was a loyal Christian until her death. She wi.b devoted to the Presbyterian faith, and dearly loved the house of Qod. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, an affectionate sister and sincere friend. She was a great sufferer for several months, but bore it with sub mission and patience. To herdyintr was but going 'home.' Our hearts p out in tenderest sympathy to her four children, all of whom have met with an irreparable loss, for the mother's place can never be filled. We com mend them to the Saviour whom shu so tenderly loved. "The funeral services will be con ducted by Rev. J. S. Black." THE WILMINQTON PRESBYTERY Met With the Chadbonrn Presbyterian Church Last Night. The Fall meeting of the Wilming ton Presbytery is being held with the Chadbourn Presbyterin Church. The first session was held last night, and the opening sermon was preached by Rev. R. Murphy Williams, of Wal lace. The following delegates left here yesterday afternoon to attend the meeting: Rev. A. D. McClure and Mr. J. H. Thomas, of St Andrew's Church; Rev. P. C. Morton and Rev. E. E. Lane, of Immanuel Church; Mi- Tl n. Wnxfri nf-Wii-ot Pehv. terian Church; Rev. R. M. -Williams and Mr. W. J. Boney, of Wallace; Rev. D. P. McGeachy and Mr. Robt. Player, of Burgaw; Mr. W. I. Shaw, of Kerr's, and Mr. A. D. Hicks, of Faison. An. important part of the business before the Presbytery will be the adoption of a new hymn book. The question is being considered by the whole Southern Presbyterian Church. The session will probably be con cluded Friday morning.' Jadge Moore's Condition. Friends in Wilmington of Judge Augustus M. Moore, of the Eastern District Criminal Court, will learn with regret that he continues quite ill. It is reported that he has gone to Washington, D. C, for treatment. He has held practically no court since the session here three months ago. Halifax court this week had' to be abandoned on account of his illness. Littleton Female College. Mis3 Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, author of "A Slaveholder's Daugh ter," who is travelling in the interest of the Woman's ChristianlTerjaperance Union, delivered a very ifiue address before the faculty and students of Lit tleton Female College last Thursday evening in the college chapel. There are now 123 boarding pupils at the col-v lege. am mwm Drying preparations simply de velop dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions which adhere to the mem brane and decompose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordi nary form of catarrh. Avoid alldrj iag inhalants and use that which cleanses, - soothes and heals. Ely s Cream Balm is such a remedy, and will cure catarrh or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. All druggists sell it at 60 cents, or it will be mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street. New York. t KEEP THEM. I
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