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.is l; .W -it . fl'i e y if i if i i 5 H ! i 'I . s 1' 1 i; .1 f a. . i i I J i u M 3 ! ! 4 i 4 2 i Ml V: i : :! H I; ' 1 M 1 ' ," 1 i (; I li! ! I' i'h'c CcaccklM Jtc. I ClTl A M H E B A R.D. I Editor And FropnotOT. Wilmington n. c. Friday, - - Novembkb 16, 1900 WHERE IS THE NEED OP SUB SIDIES? " Hon. Mark Hanna says (and he probably knows) that the ship sub sidy bill will receive the attention ot Congress the coming session. This is one of the bills in which Mr. Hanna says he is about as much, in terested as he is in any. The prob abilities are that it would have passed at the last session, but the leaders didn't think it would be good politics to whack on an extra 9,000,000 a year for twenty years or more, in addition to the taxation the people have to bear for the Philip pine business; but having gotten through and elected their man, and had the3e policies practically en dorsed by the people who voted for McKinley, they, .have become em boldened and now feel safe in pushing the ship subsidy scheme, and almost any other scheme tney may case into their heads. They doubtless iiad somo understanding that this bill was to be permitted to re3t until after the election when it would be taken up and put through. It may be noted, too, that this scheme was never referred to by any of the Republican speakers or or gans doing the recent campaign be cause they did . not know exactly how it would take, but that there was an understanding that it would be put through in the event of Re publican success there is little doubt. Whether that was the case or not it seems to be understood now that the bill will be passed, for that is the information given to some of the Republican papers, one of which is the Boston JOmmercial Bulletin, which, although a commercial pa- per, is also a from which we editorial: Republican paper, clip the following "There is every reason for the belief that an investment of capital in ocean transportation of freight will prove a most lucrative venture during the next few years and there is also reason to hope that much more American cap ital than ever before sought this em ployment will be put into ocean going steamships. We understand from thbse competent to speak that a shipping bill -will be passed at the coming short ses sion of Congress which will establish . the merchant marine of the United States at once upon a firm basis, and following that event it will only be a matter of a short time when, as a na lion, we can no longer be reproached with the fact that only 8 per cent, of ,our exports by sea are carried in American vessels and only 2Xpercent. of our traffic with Europe. "In 1861, according to a local au thority on shipping who has lately written a public letter on tbis subj ct, our tonnage in tbe foreign trade amounted to 2 643,000 tons, while now we hav i of registered vessels about 800,000 tons, but one-half of these are adapted to the over ocean world's commerce, not one tenth of them the - latest type of steamships which the foreigners are building and using in our commerce. "The stocks of the English and for eign steamship companies that handle our carrying trade are prime invest ments in their home countries, paying excellent dividends and selling at con siderable premiums. There is no rea son why tbe American public should not invest its money in American hips and keep at home the profits now accruing to foreigners through their control of the merchant marine. v "To quote again from the authority noticed above, it requires 4,200,000 tons register of vessels constantly em ployed in our own commerce to serve ourselves. If our merchants and in vestors could buy abroad 1,000,000 tons ar 2,000,000 tons register, and then build a like amount in this coun try, we should acquire in a few years 2,000,000, 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 tons and resume our former rank second to Great Britain as a maritime nation, and the shipbuildiog industry would be greatly enlarged. , "That there is business enough for so large a tonnage may doubted in some quarters, but a few facts furnish ed by our local situation may throw some light upon the matter. There are now regularly engaged in the Bos ton Europeon service steamships aggregating about 300,000 tons, capa ble of carrying 2,000.000 odd tons of ocean -freight annually. 'The loeal railroads handling this export business claim that they could bring to Boston two or three times as much business - yearly if there were only steamships enough running here to take care of it. The tonnage of the port has been in creased 100,000 tons since-January 1, 1900, an yet cargo space has been at a premium nearly all the time. "Dsspite the fact that the tonnage now engaged in this business is greater than ever, before in the commercial history of Boston, it is very evident that there is not enough shipping to handle the export trade that could be brought here by the local railroads Of the 1,800 000 tons of freight sent across the ocean last year, the Fitch burg road alone carried 1,115 827 tons and this year the Maine-Fitchburg combination is handling an average of 100,000 tons per month, while its freight managers tell us that they ought to carry during 1901 at least 150,000 toDS ot export freight ner month. There a e besides two other -large railroad systems whose Western connections are such that with any encouragement irom Bieamsnip com panies tney could turn into Boston from 100. 000 to 150,000 ions or export business each month. "ine railroad officials of Boston as . sert positively that the foreign trade of tms port is hampered at this time bv the lack of steamships and tbe lack of interest shown by American andEosr . lish steamship owners in realizing the possibilities of the port. The railroad and dock facilities are such that 400, 000 tons of export freight could be Handled monthly if there were ships in which to take it across tbe Atlantic. That difficulty promises to be remedied - to a large extent in another rear or so. This month a new European line starts regular service between here and Copenhagen, one. of the established lines will put four boats on in Decem ber, others are to add to their fleets next year, while local capitalists will, by the end of 1901, have the nucleus of a fleet in commission which it is to be hoped will be the forerunner of many similar enterprises. The carrv ' ing of the American foreign commerce daring the next two years ought to revert to the American people, and that commerce is growing at a rate which makes the control of its trans portation an extremely profitable prop osiuon. The writer of the above editorial I uatlerslands from those, who are "P'competent to speak" that a ship subsidy bill will bo passed at the coming session of Congress and we have no doubt that he got his in formation straight. This article was written ana puDiisnea to trengthen the interest taken in that bill and to f justify its passage and yet taken as a whole it is a strong and a conclusive argument against a subsidy v One of the reasons assigned by the subsidy advocates for the decline of American shipping is that there was such a demand for capital in other channels of enterprise which paid better that there wa's no induce ment to invest it in ships. Whether there was any truth in that or not, our Boston contemporary says there is reason to believe that capital can find profitable investment in ocean transportation now, ana that more capital ' will go into ocean steamships within the next few years than .ever before. Why ? Because it is thought that the in vestment will prove lucrative. If it is thought that the. investment will prove lucrative, and that our trans portation business will 'give profita ble employment to the vessels that are built, where is the necessity of a subsidy to encourage the building ? Why make the ship owners a bonus of $.9,000,000 a year when they are making -money out of the business without any "bonus ? If the object of this bonus be fcto encourage the establishment of an American mer chant marine, and not simply to pay a premium to American ship build ers, why not authorize American capitalists who may wish to put money into ocean traffic to buy the ships they want where they can get them the cheapest and quickest? What does it matter to our shippers whether the ship which carries their freight or them is built in this coun try or in someUther country, pro vided she be owned . in this country and the money spent for carrying freights or passengers be kept in this country instead of going abroad to be put into foreign coffers? It seems to us that when it is ad mitted that our capitalists will find investment in the shipping business ucrative the last prop is knocked rom under the subsidy scheme for the contention of its advocates has been that our ship owners would need help for some years to , build ships to compete with foreign ship build ers, and to run them in competition with foreign ship owners. If it will pay them they can both , build and run ships in spite of foreign compe tition, and the subsidy will be noth- ng more nor less than a gratuity whose proper name would be steal. WHICH IS CIVILIZED? The Chinese Boxers have been a enounced as savages for their bar barous treatment of the mission aries and other "ioreign devils who fell into their hands doing the recent uprising, and they were very properly denounced, for in their savage ferocity they acted more like demons than human- beings; but with the exception of the refine ment of cruelty some of the so- called Christian powers are rival ing the Boxers in brutality and savagery. The published accounts of the promiscuous slaughter of men, women and children, com batants and non-combatants, by the Russians and by the Germans are almost too horrible for belief and would not be believed if they were not well substantiated bv Euro peans who have been witnesses to what they tell. Think of thous ands of human beings, men. wo men and children, shot down like wild game or driven by the thous ands into the rivers to drown and form floating rafts or islands of de caying flesh and bones, as told in the press dispatch published in the bTAB yesterday. And yet Russia is a "Christian" nation, where nearly every daily act is begun and ended with a prayer, with an invocation for the blessing of God. Other nations have in dulged in excesses of savagery, but none approaches Russia, which looms up.in barbarity above them all. To the credit of our nation, we cannot be charged with brutal mur der of the innocents, Although we are not free from the charge of plun dering. When order is restored in that land of the yellow man, these "Chris tian" nations which have been set ting the heathen such an example'of brotherly love and forbearance will be sending missionaries to enlighten the heathen, " and brine them into tbe Christian fold, and what will the heathen think when he remem bers the record of blood and ven geance, of fire and slaughter some of these Christian nations have made in that heathen land ? oince March 4, 1789, to July 30, 1900, this Government has expended on account of its Indian wards $368,- 358,217, which doesn't include what was Bpent in shooting them, or, as the phrase goes now, "benevolently assimilating." There is more Catarrh In thta Bectlon of the country than all other diseases put together. ana until the last lew yers was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro-nounct-d It a localdlse&ee. and Drescrlbed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with muni fcreatuieu. pronounced n uiuuraoie. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease, and then fore requires constitu tional treatment. Hairs catarrh cure, manu factored by F J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the onlV Constitution Al nnrnnn t.hA mftrVt. Tt. Is taken Internally in doees from 10 drops to a teaspoonfuL It acts directly on the tl"od and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one nnnarea aonars ior any cat-e It falls to cure, Bend for circulars actd testimonials Aaarees J. chunky & CO.. Toledo, O, Bold by Druggists, 76c, HalTS Family Plus are the beet. THEY WANT 106,000 MES. k The war managers in Washington f are getting things in shape to pro- ! vide themselves with the army they , want, which movement will now be pushed right along since they feel that they have been endorsed by the recent election, and that a big army will be all right, as there will be need for mo3t of it in the Philippines for some time to come. The following press dispatch to the New York fiun from Washington throws some light on the movement as it is now pro gressing: "In response to requests from the War Department the general officers of the army in the Philippines have submitted estimates as to the number of men that will be required in the archipelago for the next year or so, and in each case the officer says that the forces should not be reduced, as even with the guerrilla bands now forming the so-called insurgent army it will be necessary to retain a large number of men for prudential rea sons until order has been thoroughly established. These estimates have given the military authorities their cue as to the recommendations to be submitted to Congress at its coming session in regard to the size of the mili tary establishment. While Secretary Root has not determined the exact character of his recommendations, it is the understanding among those so situated as to have knowledge on the subject that the War Department will favor the 'formation of an army of about 106,000 men. The desire is to have this number in the permanent establishment and to do away with the present volunteer army of 50,000, which by the provisions of tbe act of Congress creating it must be mustered out on or before June 30, 1901. "Lieut -Gen. Miles has prepared a plan for the organization of a regular army on the basis of one man for each 1,000 population, thus providing a force of 76,000, the figures of the census taken this year being used. In order, however, to provide for a suf ficient number of artillery men 4o per mit one daily relief on the coast de fence fortifications, he favors the en listment of an additional 9,000 men, thus making a regular force of 85.000, or thirty regiments of infantrytwelve regiments of cavalry, and corps of artillery. This plan is not favored by the War Department proper, although no defiaite conclusion as to the size of the army to be recommended has been reached. "Every assistance has been promised Gen. Mac Arthur by the Government in suppressing the Tagal insurrection, and as he believes that all his present force is necessary to that end any sug gestion that the army be reduced will probably be opposed strongly by the Administration. In telegraphing Gen. Mac Arthur in effect that 'the President expects you to bring the insurrection to a successful termination' the Secre tary of War said also that no orders interfering with . Gen. MacArthur's plan of campaign would be sent from Washington, and it is therefore appa rent that the Executive Government will support Gen. Mac Arthur in his desire to retain a large force of men." Heretofore they talked about 100,000 men; they have already got the number up to 106,000, and if they don't think that enough they will add at their pleasure. But the interesting part of this I announcement is that in reference to the Philippines, which we were assured would throw up the sponge and ask for mercy as soon as it was known that McKinley was elected. But there isn't any sponge in sight yet, nor is there any indication of any. The election of McKinley doesn't seem to have had the slight est efiect in changing the views of the fighting Filipinos. Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds, a grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. Roberts' asteless (JHILL Tonio eliminates the malaria, purifies your blood, restores jrour appetite and tones up your liver. 25c per bottle. Insist on having Rob erts'. No other "as good." R. R. Bellamy. Jos C. Shepabd, Jr., and Hicks bunting. t Roger Bacon, the friar, who lived in the thirteenth century took - an occasional peep into the future, and among other things predicted that machines wonld be constructed with which ships could be propelled with greater speed than with a garrison of rowers, and would be guided by one pilot, that carriages would be propelled with incredible speed without the aid of any animal, and that we would have machines, which by means of wings would enable us to soar and fly in the air like birds. The old gentleman was getting close to the 8 teams hip, railway, automo bile and air ship. BUmarcb.'a Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremen dous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they brine, use Dr. Kine's New Liife Fills. They develop ever power of brain and body. UnlvZ5c at K. K. Bellamy's drug store. f THE COTTON SITUATION. WlLMIITGTON, N. C., NOV. 14. Editor Star: From the best in formation I can get the crop in this country will be 10,500,000 bales. Some of our local merchants think it will reach 11,000,000 bales. The Indian and Egyptian crops will be larger than last year. I must think cotton on our market will go to cents before it goes to 10 cents; cot ton at 9 to 9i cents a pound is too high to hold. We have seen it as low as 4 cents only a few years ago; and that when tne crops were no larger than they are now. We talk about Wall street specula tors. Who speculate on cotton more than some of our farmers and mer chants in this section? Don't try to make all yourself; let the other fel lowt make a little. I think we had better sell now; if not all, at least Jbalf we now have. Let well enough alone. There are good prices. 1 our farmers will sell now they will be in a better condition on an aver age than they have been in twenty years. Be satisfied. All we can use in this world is what we eat ana wear, and that is about all of it. Respectfully, D. L. Gore. WILL FINISH TO-DAY. Hearing in Railway Tax Assess ment Cases at Wilmington Nearing an End. TWENTY WITNESSES HEARD. They Testified as to the Usual Process of Undervaluation in Tbeir Several Counties Court Will Convene at 9.30 This Morning. Twenty witnesses were examined in the railway tax assessment cases be fore Standing Master Shepherd's court yesierdej. The hearing began promptly at 10 o'clock and continued until 6 P. M., with the exception of a recess for dinner, lasting from 2:30 to 15 o'clock in the Afternoon. Messrs. Rountrce, Price and Burton were tbe attorneys present for the railroads and CoL Hinsdale was in attendance for the Corporation Commission. The witnesses for the most part were from New Hanover," Brunswick, Bladen, Carteret, Beaufort, Robeson, Columbus, Greece and Craven coun ties. Mr. Cbarles Harding, deputy reeis- terofdedsof Beaufort county, and the first witness for the day, thought that rea estate in his county was usu ally assessed for taxation at about two-thirds ofits valuation. Being cross examined by Col. Hinsdale he admitted that bis knowledge for the greater part was confined to his own township. Mr. J. N. Buie, register of deeds of Robeson county, in his direct testi mony, made t radically the same statement as that on the direct exam ination cf Mr. Harding. On cross ex amination be admitted that his knowl edge was of about one-half of the ands in his county. Mr. A. E. White, also of Robeson county, testified to an average valua - tion of lands of from one-half to. two thirds of tbeir true value. Cross ex amined, he stated that he based the information furnished on the valua-. tion cf his own lands and tracts adja cent thereto. Mr. C. P. Dey, of Carteret county, thought that the under valuation of ands in the town of Beaufort and adjacent territory was about one-third. He stated on cross examination that he thought there was no uniform rule of undervaluation of land; that per sonal property was usually assessed at very near its true value. Mr. 3. A. Edmunds, Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Robeson county, thought that the valuation in his terri tory averaged from 50 to 75 per cent. The cros? examination developed about the same facts as to the extent of hi knowledge as to the matter in hand. Mr. S. A. L. Johnson, of Abbotts- burg, Bladen county, thought the tax valuation of lands in Bladen was from 50 to 60 per cent, but restricted, on cross examination, his knowledge to his own lands and a few adjoining tracts which had come under his ob servation. Mr. Abner Nash, of Robeson county, estimated the average valua tion of lands at 50 per cent, in his section, basing' jmross examination, his evidence upon tracts which he had investigated in his vicinity and a few in the town of Lumberton. Mr. W. M. Webb, of Carteret county, thought the average under valuation in his section was about 33 per cent, but on cross examination confined his statements to Morehead township. Mr. C. E. Smith, an assessor in Columbus county for the year 1899, thought the tax valuation. there about two-thirds. He was subjected to the same cross examination as to extent of his knowledge with the usual result. Mr. J. P. Williamson, also of Co lumbus, testified to the same material facts. Mr. J. P. Morton, of Carteret, thought the undervaluation was about one third but on cross examination stated that it was the usual custom to assess lands at about what they would bring at forced sale after usual adver tisement. Mr. A. S Willis, sheriff of Carteret, testified to about the same undervalua tion. Chairman Geo. W. Suggs, of the board of county commissioners of Greene, and Register of Deeds C. A. Lassiter, of the same county, placed the undervaluation at the one-third but stated that there was no uniform rule but simply an average of values. M. C. Guthrie, Esq., chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Brunswick some time ago, placed the assessment there at from 60 to 75 per cent, of actual value. He said there was no uniform rule of under valuation, but that an equitable aver age was made. He. confined his state ments on cross examination to values of land in his township. Mr. F. P. Tharp, tax assessor in Brunswick county last year, thought that property was usually valued at from 60 to 75 per cent of its true value, with the exception of personal effects. His actual knowledge was confined to the bounds of the province in which he worked and he stated on . . ... cross examination tnat tnere was no uniform rule of undervaluation. Mr. H. W. Malloy, president of the Navassa Guano Company, testified as to the market value of stock in that enterprise. Mr. W. H, Sprunt testi fied to similar values and amount of stock in the Champion Compress Com pany. Mr. C. N. Williams, of Brunswick county, testified to a two-thirds valua tion with about the same develop ments on cross examination as to his actual knowledge, etc. ( mr. i. uiuusnoer, oi XJraven county, testified to a tax valuation of fifty per cent and gave a numberW Instances in which undervaluation wae at a greater rate in his county. On cross examination he gave insUncecr iauus ubcmm ueai cr tueir Irue Value. His testimony was construed by the State to snow lack of a uniform rule of undervaluation. Mr. H. B. Lane, also of Craven, and an assessor in 1899, said that in his township he made it a rule to iwt at veMj five prreni of actual valii. but tW rule wgs not in all -sss ob served. .. - There was testimony by a number Of witnesses on the point of true valua tion of personal property, and 'a large percentage of them were understood by State's counsel to testify in tbe main that there was no uniform rule' of un dervaluation. The hearing this morning will be resumed at 9.30 o'clock, a little earlier than usual, in order that the work may be finished by this evening. Wit nesses from New Hanover, it is learned, will occupy a greater portion of the time of the court to-day. $500 REWARD OFFERED By the A. C. L. for the Capture of Erastns Tart, Who Wrecked the Passenger Train at Hope Mills. General Manager J. R. Kenly, of the Atlantic Coast Line, who returned ast evening from the scene of the fearful wreck which occurred at Hope Mills Saturday on the A. C. L , a full account of which appeared in Sun day's Stab, stated to a reporter last night that from what could be learned from people in the vicinity of Hope Mills, the crime of placing an obstruction upon the track is laid at the door of Erastus Tart, a young white man about 17 years of age, who had been working in one of the factories at Hope Mills about two weeks. Two hours after the terrible wreck had occurred, Tart went to his boarding house and told George Lovett, with whom he boarded, that he committed the crime and after the confession left immediately. Tart moved to Hope Mills from his home near Dunn. The railroad authorities have offered a reward of $500 for his capture and evidence to convici, and a full description of him has been sent to the sheriffs of all the counties Mr. Kenly said that every possible effort will be used to appre hend the fiendish rascal. He also said that the authorities were unable to ascertain the man's motive to wreck the train beyond malicious deviltry. Engineer Frank McGowan, who was so badly hurt in the wreck, died of his injuries 3 o'clock Sunday morning and his remains were sent to his home at Florence. The mail clerk Sale, and tbe colored fireman Bockington, who also received injuries, are im proving. Oar Greatest Speciality . For twenty years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseases that he is acknow- edged to day to stand at the head of his profession in this line. His exclu sive method of treatment for Varicocle and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautory cures in 90 per cent of all cases. In the treatment of Loss of Vi tal Forces, Nervous Disorder, Kidney and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh and Diseases peculiar to wemen, he is equally successful. Cases pronounced hopeless by other physicians, readily yield to his treatment Write him to day fully about your case. He makes no charge for consultation or advice, eitner at nis omce oi by man. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 221 South Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. DEATH OP MR. GEORGE FAIS0N. Well Known and Popular Shoe Salesman of Wilmington Died at Warsaw. Mr. George Faison, one of the best known shoe salesmen in the city and highly ,esteemed young man, died Sunday night at his home in Warsaw, whither he went a little more than a month ago with hopes of recuperating from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Faison since' October 1st had been employed as salesman at the shoe store of Mr. W. C. YonGlahn on 8outh Front street and for four years prior to that time he had been with Messrs. Mercer & Evans, the well known Princess street firm. In disposition the deceased young man was kind and obliging and was possess ed of a genial and obliging nature. He has many friends in this city and section of country, who will hear with regret the news of his untimely de mise. Mr. Faison was a son of the late Prof. Solomon Faison, of Sampson county, a well known educator just after the war. The deceased was in the 23rd year of his age and is survived by two sisters and two brothers. Mi ses Nellie and Eliza fl'aison and Messrs. John and James Faison. all of Samnson countv. Be sides these he has a large and influen tial family connection all over Eastern North Carolina. The bereaved ones have the sincetest sympathy of a wide circle of friends. SyrupFigs Aclffleasmitfy andfivmptfy: Cleanses the System Gently and Effectually when bilious or costive. resents In the most acceptable farm the Jaratire principles of plants An own to act most ' eieficialy; TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANFfc. BY CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPC0. SAM rRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. MX for sale by druggists - price SO per battle. ANEMIA - ':l ; Pale, thin, weak, run-down, i low spirits, no appetite. Rosy and plump, fair strength, with pleasure in work, get hungry three times a day, and tike good food. Which of these two pictures is yours ? There are ways to either condition. Skip the first,. for nobody wants to be in it, If in it, the way to the second is Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil, with proper attention to course of life. We'lljend you a little to try if you like. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York, THE NEWBERN FAIR. Parade Through Principal Streets Open Ing Address by Hon. P. M. Simmons. Fine Racing Events To-day. Special Star Telegram. . Newbern, N. C November 13. The Newbern Fair was opened to-day with favorable conditions prevailing. A long procession of prominent visi tors and citizens in carriages and fair marshals on horseback paraded some oi iub principal birneis ui vuo tuwu sou assembled at the fair grounds with a large crowd to hear the opening ad dress delivered by Hon. F. M. Sim mons. . 1.1 : i , X i He was introduced by. S. M. Brin- son. Esq., and made a splendid speecb, near the close of which be referred to the staunch friendship shown for him self by the people of this and adjoin ing counties in the recent primary. Several hundreds of his friends met him upon his arrival here last night. He is the guest of Mr. C. E. Foy. Newbern, N. C, November 14. The floral parade given here this morning by the young ladies of the city proved to be the most beautiful and gorgeous thing of the kind ever held in Newbern. The prizes were awarded as follows: First, Mrs. S. L. Dill, Jr. ; second. Miss Neta Hol ton; third, Mrs. EL. W. Simpson; fourth. Miss Rebecca Street; fifth, Miss Annie Green ; sixth, Miss Bessie Hyman. The prize for the best deco rated buckboard was given to Miss Stella Roberts. The prize for the best decorated child's chariot, drawn by a goat, was awarded to little Miss Mace. The military ball will be held Thursday night. The weather and attendance to day were record break ers. Col. Waddell May Speak. Hon. A. M. Waddell yesterday re ceived copies of the official programme of the Southern Industrial Conven tion, which assembles this year at New Orleans on December 4th to 9 th, inclusive. At the evening session of the opening day Col. Waddell is on the programme with Hon. Carter Har rison, mayor of Chicago, and Hon. Sidney Story, of New Orleans, for a discussion of "The Nicaragua Canal." CoL Waddell is undecided yet as to whether or not he will attend. Any business men who desire to go will be appointed delegates by a conference with CoL Waddell, who has the ap pointments for this section. Promi nent men from all parts of the coun try will be in attendance, the best of speakers, including many of the finest orators of North and South. It will be strictly an industrial meeting, as its motto -suggests: "The Development of the South Means the Enrichment of the Nation. Business; no Politics; no Sectionalism." To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in ap plying liquids into the naval passages for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, including the spraying tube, is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid embodies the medicinal proper ties of the solid preparation; Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the mem brane and does not dry up the secre tions, but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York. t Probably Drowned Himself. Ezra Tart, to whom suspicion strongly points and circumstances positively declare as tbe wrecner of the Coast Line train at Hope Mills last week, has probably carried out his threat to drown himself according to an item in Tuesday's Fayetteville Observer. He has not yet been capr tured, so the Observer is informed, and it is believed by many that he jumped in the pond which is within a few hu dred yards of the scene of the disaster. Brockington, the colored fireman who was hurt in the wreck, will recover and has been sent to his home at Florence. NEQRO KILLED AT SPRING HOPE. Attempted to Jnmp on Moving Train and Lost His Footing Amputation. Special Star Correspondence. Spring Hope, N.C., Nov. 12. Ash ley Woodard, colored, was killed by the shifting train here Saturday at 4.45 o'clock P. M., both of his legs having been mashed off just below the knee. Doctors Brantley and Edwards ampu tated both legs about 6. SO o'clock. He attempted to jump on a box car while the train was in motion and missed his footing and fell under the trucks. He also received internal injuries. IS Saved lata lie-. P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga., suffered intensely for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg, but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve 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 25c Sold by R R Bellamy, druggist. f ! IMPRESSIVE HOME WEDDING. Marriage of Miss Olivia A. Fitls and Mr. . R W. Wallace at the Residence of the Bride's Father. The marriage of Miss Olivia Alice Fitts, daughter of Capt. F. M. Fitts, and Mr. Robert W. Wallace was sol emnized yesterday evening at 6 o'clock at the residence of the bride's father, No. 2 Postoffice avenue, with impres siveness. It was a quiet home wed ding on account of a recent sad be reavement in the family, but it was impressive and beautiful. The parlors were tastily and attractively decorated in palms and chrysanthemums, and the soft lights shedding their rays in tenderness throughout the apartments made the scene lovely beyond descrip tion The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. N. Cole, of Grace Meth odist Church, and pastor of the bride, in the presence of the immediate rela tives and a few intimate friends of the contracting parties. The twain en tered the parlor and stood before the minister, who pronounced the words that made them one. The bride looked beautiful and wore a becoming! dress of white silk with trimmings of white chiffon and satin ribbons She carried a lovely bouquet of bride's roses and maiden hair ferns. The bride received many handsome gifts. After receiving hearty congratula tions and best wishes of their friends the bride and groom left on the A C. L. north bound train at 17 o'clock for an extended bridal tour to New York and other Northern cities. Tbe bride is a very charming and beautiful young lady and has many friends in Wilmington. Mr. Wallace is one of Wilmington's most popular young business men and is the clever and genial proprietor of The Ortoa. The popular couple have the best wishes of a wide circle of friends not only in Wilmington but throughout the State. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace will be at home at The Orton after Decem ber 1st. AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. To make it apparent to thousands, who think themselves ill, that they are not afflicted with any disease, but that the system simply needscleansing.is to bring comfort home to their-hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by usinjr Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all druggists. Huge Bahama Potato. Brunswick county has long held the blue riboa for the largest and finest sweetest potatoes In the State, but it was reserved for Mr. Samuel Bell, of Shallotte, to break the record with the largest one in the world, perhaps. He had on exhibition at the office of Messrs. Stone, Rourk & Co. yesterday a huge Bahama which weighed 7i pounds and which measured in cir cumference 211 inches. And one of those wags who was admiring its huge proportions yesterday was so cruel as to remark that "it wasn't a good year for sweet potatoes, either." Died At Old Age. M. J. H Boyett died early yesterday morning at his boarding house, No. 211 Davis street, at the advanced age of 76 years. His death 'was caused from rheumatism. The remains were sent yesterday afternoon to Abbotts burg, Bladen county, on the Carolina Central railroad, where they will be interred in the old family burying ground. rDeath of a Veteran. Mr. J. W. Ketchum, an old Con federate veteran, aged 67 years, died Sunday night -at 9:30 o'clock at the residence of Mr. E. J. Littleton, 313 Queen street. His remains were taken to Jacksonville yesterday afternoon, and the funeral will be held this morn ing. ' Mr. R. E. Lee, one of the most prominent business men of Laurin burg, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Lee is here purchasing building mate rial for the Glenn Hotel, an elegant building which he is erecting in Lau rinburg. Newton Enterprise'. The bird hunters who have been out trying their guns and dogs say most of the birds are only about half grown. There are a great many of tbis size, but not many full grown birds. The sweet potato crop is surprising the farmers this year. They were count ing it a short crop, not much better than last year, but it is turning out splendidly, and some farmers say they have as good potatoes as they ever raised. Th9 warm weather the last month is what brought out the sweet potatoes. They have grown more during that time, some say, than they grew during the whole Summer. The cotton fields present an edd appearance for November. Tbey are as full of bloom, young bolls and squares as in July. And matured bolls are also opening every day. A cotton field now would surely repre sent cotton in all its stages of growth. The green leaves, the squares, the white and red blossoms, the small and the full grown bolls, the cotton in the burr, ready for tbe picker, and the empty burrs which have yielded up their quota. Some farmers say that there are more squares and b.'uom than at any time this year. LL factory loaded i "Hew Rival, 99 " Leader,99 and "Repeater Insist upon having them, take no others and ALL DEALERS GOOD HEALTH by the Quart. Every bottle you take ot Johnston s Sarsaparilla means better health, and every bottle contains a fuij quart. It makes better blood purer blood. For thirty years this famous remedy has been creating and main talning good health. Johnston's Sarsaparilla builds up tho system, tones the nerves, and strengthens the musclea more Drommlv and cSMtnin. .. any other remedy known. The pallor or the cheek disappears, energy takes the place of languor, and the rich color of health Bows to the cheeks. Unequalled for all disorders of the stomach and liver, and for all weakening com plaints of men, women and children. 8M mf7irlwn. Frfw, SI. 00 vcrfkll iut bottlt. MICHIOAN DRUG CO.. - Detroit, riich. For sale by HERBERT L. FENTRESS, ' Wilmington, N. C. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD Met In Raleigh Last Night-Officers Were Elected The Supremo Conrt - Walser Elected .Reporter. Special Star Telegram. Ralkigh, N. C, November 13 The eighty-seventh Presbyterian Synod, of North Carolina met here to-night. After hearing an able sermon by Re . Wm. Black, synodical evangelist, the synod organized by electing Rev. W. D. Morton, of Rocky Mount, as mod erator; Rev. F. H. Johnson, of Tar boro, as recording secretary and Elder J. M. Mclver, of Gulf, as reading clerk. The synod will be in session till Satur day.' The Supreme Court, this afternoon elected Attorney General Zeb Vance Walser as reporter, to succeed the late Judge Buxton. He is to fill out, the present volume of reports and then to gsrve for four years at $1,250 a year. This is $250 a year more than was paid -to Buxton. He will resign as attorney general in a few days and accept as reporter. " There are several candidates for ap pointment to fill out Walser's unex pired term as attorney general. Tarboro Southerner: Henry Powell, colored, is to day almost in a dying condition from the loss of blood and wounds inflicted by Jim Lane, another colored man, with a knife. Powell lives near here at W. M. Ed mondson's. According to his state ment, he went to tbe house of bis di vorced wife and - found Lane there, and upon asking what he was doing in his wife's house Lane immediately as saulted him with a knife. Powell is cut on the thoat, on both breasts and on one hand across the finger5. There are whispers that the breach between cerlain members of the Su preme Court is widening so fast that there must needs be some sort of sensational development at a date not very far away. Relations have long been strained. Talk of impeachment and newspaper comments are bringing matters to a crisis. If there is impeach ment, then there will be a double sen sation. - Winston Journal'. Bob Mon day was arrested last Wednesday at his home in Iredell county, and car ried to Greensboro, on the charge of making counterfeit money. He was in the field when a stranger came to his house and told his wife he wished to search the house. While the man was searching the woman went after her husband who came at once on his arrival at the house Bob was arrested by the man who proved to be a Wash ington City detective and had a set of $1 moulds he had found in the house. It is said the detective had a picture of Bob. Fayetteville Observer: Ezra Tart, the young man wanted for wrecking the Atlantic Coast Line train near Hope Mills Saturday, caus the death of Engineer McGowan. has not yet been captured, and it is be lieved by many that he has carried out Ms threat and jnmped in the pend. . which is within a few hundred yards of the scene of the disaster. Brock- ' ington, the colored fireman, was sent -to his home in Florence yesterday afternoon. He will recover. . P0ST0PFICE DEPARTMENT. Estimates for Appropriation Aggregate About $121,000,000. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, November 14. Post master General Emory Smith has framed his estimates to be submitted to Congress, and will ask an aggregate of about $121,000,000 as the appropriation for the entire service for the fiscal year ending June SOth. 1902. This includes an estimate of $3,500,000 for the rural free delivery service. By the close of the fiscal year 3,300 rural free delivery routes throughout the United States will have been established and the general extension contemplated for next year will involve about 4,500 ad ditional routes. The population of the State of Ohio is 4,157,545, as against 3,672,316 in 1890. This is an increase of 486,229, -or 13 2 per cent. LOOK ! A STITCH IN TIME. Saves nine. Hughes' Tonic new improved, taste pleasant taken In early Spring and Fall pre vents ChWs, Dengue and Malarial Fevers. Acts on the liver, tones up tbe eyetem. Better than Quinine. Guarantied. try It. At Druggists. 50c and Sl.OO bottles. t shotgun sheiislAJ v 99 t yon will get the best shells that money can bur. L KEEP THEM. w rv What Pleases the nhilHrow 1 pleases the o'd folk. If on'y to witness the de light of the "Youngsters." "Henty Books" ior the boys (nicely bound In cloth, S5 cents each.) Mrs ll. T. Meades' and Mrs. Alcott's books for Girls and an endless variety of Toy Books for the "wee tots" Games We have a large assortment of Games such as Crock lnola, archarena, etc. our Crown-Comblnatlon Board- (80 games In one) Is the most popular on the market. C. W- Yates & Co. novlltt; n
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