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MR CRUMPACKEE'S SCHEME- '
Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, who
made a pass at the South daring the
first session of the present Congress,
didn't lose any time in reviving hos
tilities, for on the first day of the
session ho had ready and introduced
his bill for the apportionment for
Congressional districts on the popu
lation as returned by the census of
I'.'OO. His bill might be appropri
ately termed "a Ml to increase the
representation of the Northern
States and decrease the representa
tion of the Southern States." The
Philadelphia Press, llepublican,
thus states his scheme: j
The unit of population taken by Mr.
Crumpacker is 198,000, an increase of
nbout 24,000 over the unit used in the
appointment under the census of 1890.
Tbe latter cave a7 House of Represen
tatives of 356 members, the subsequent
admission of Utah as a State with one
member bringing; the number to 357.
a. division on the basis of 198.000 pop
ulation to a member would give a
House of Representatives of 3G5 mem
iitrs, an increase of eight over tbe
j.r sent number. This U not so large
ui) addition as it has been generally
supposed would be made, and if Mr.
Oiumpacker's idea about the enforce
m-ntofthe Fourteenth Amendment
h iio; adopted the additionn oa the
-.?'s of 198,000 population to a mem
o r. will be much larger. The total
i; j!i'oerof mnmbers would then ruu
uo t j nearly 380. j-
"It is carious to see hoW this bill
w ; j!d, i' adopted, affect the represen
ts oa t.f tbe North and the South.
V - irteeu Stites in tbe North
would
Dee.
t:- tfect-d as'follows:
C.V.. rodi . ............ 1
(.'aiifomia ............. . . . 1
Coonecticut' J
Illiuois, . . 2 ..
Kansas ' ' 1
!1assschubtt3 ........... . 1 ..
Miucesomv!. . 2 : ..
N-ibrasku . . 1
New Jersey . 2
New York 3
North Dakota 1
Pennsylvania ." 2
Winliiugtoui. 1 ..
W(.t Virginia 1
TUl.. ................. 18 . 2
Net gain 16
' Tbe result it these States would be
s tdiu of eighteen members of the
House cf Representatives' and a loss
of two, or a net gain of sixteen seats
Lvths Northern 8tates. The bill
would affect nine Southern States as
follows:
Inc. Dec.
Arkansas
Florida.
Missouri
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi.
North Carolina
South Carolina .,
Virginia .........
1
1
1
2
Total... V. 5 13
Net loss 8
"Here is a gain of five and a loss of
thirteen, or a net loss to the South of
. eight. Virginia's delegation is reduced
only one. and while that State baa sot
ss yet placed in its Constitution
suffrage restrictions inconsistent with
the United States Constitution tbe
State constitutional counvention soon
to meet will undoubtedly do bo.
Oeorgia and Alabama are also moving
in tbe same direction, and would come
under Mr. Crutnpacker's reduction if
adopted. Kentucky and Maryland
are discussing the same proposition.
The Northern States under the present
apportionment have 305 members of
the Houte of Representatives and the
Southern States 142. Under the terms
or Mr. Crumpacker's bill the- North
would have 321 members and the
South 131
. "The Northern States have grown
" population faster than the Southern
States during the past ten years, 'and
their representation will be increased,
whether the Crumpacker bill passes or
jot. The fate of that measure will
depend upon the opinion of Congress
as to whether it is expedient to follow
Jhe plain requirement of the Constitu
tion, or whether it is better to let the
raatter rest a few -years longer and see
if the situation will not cure itself."
Mr. Crumpacker selected the num
ber of 198,000 as a basis of repre
sentation doubtless because that
beat suited his purpose and would
take members ffom tho South while
adding to the number from the
North, giving tho North a net in
crease of 16 and the South a net
decrease of 8, which' practically
nieans a net increase of 24 for the
North. If he had made the basis
more out of the South, but that
An 1,1 i . ? i ."--a xt-
"v'u also get a gooa many ox iuo
Northern Districts, and that isn't
hat Mr. Crumpacker was after.
' He wanted to do two things, first,
t increase .the Representative
"trength in the North and next to
PQnish the Southern States which
uae fiualifierl antTraorfl laws WWCQ
disfranchise some negroes. He not
miJ proposes to punish the States
hich do disfranchise negroes, but
wuld punish others in advance
"wen he takes it for granted, intend
opt restricted gaffrage. - , -r
VOL, XXXII. f j WILMINGH 14. 1900 : ' - NO. 7
' The paper we quote from ia a -Ro.
pnblican organ, .which believes that
Mr. Qrnmpacker is proceeding in ac
cording with the constitution in pro
viding for reduced representation in
those Southern States which Jiave
adopted qualified suffrage, when as
a matter of fact that neither it nor
Mr. Crumpacker care a snap for the
constitution in this respect. The
restricted suffrage as it has been
down in Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina and South Carolina,
which was the pioneer State in bal
lot box reform, is no more a viola
tion than the conf erring of the fran
chise upon the emancipated slaves
was. There was nothing constitu
tional in .that, either in its concept
tion or in the manner of establish
ing it under military rule.
. If -some equable way could be
found of reducing the representa
tion all round instead of increasing
it it would doubtless be a good thing
and keep a good many men of very
ordinary calibre out of the House,
but that isn't an easy thing to do,,
for tho populous Republican States
would protest against that because
it would lessen their power in Con
gress and in shaping the legislation
in which they may be interested.
As this could not be done even if
desired the probabilities are that
there will be a considerable increase,
more than Mr. Crumpacker's scheme
provides for. That. scheme will not
go through because its purpose is
too apparent and they can add to
the representation from the North
without thus showing their hands,'
and lessening "the hopes of adding
to the Republican strength in the
South, a matter to which Mr.. Mc
Kinley and. other Republican
leaders have given some . thought
and attention. They construe
the lighter vote cast in the
South at the last election as an evi
dence of Democratic indifference
and a harbinger of the growing fa
vor of the Republican party and
they donot, looking at it from this
standpoint, think it good policy to
do anything thai might look un
friendly to the South - and which
would have a tendency to arouse the
Southern people to resentment, and
therefore Mr. Crumpacker will not
get much encouragement from the
administration. Mr. McKinley has
assured Southern Senators and Rep
resentatives that he will set his face
against such schemes as that, and
his views in such matters will doubt
less have full weight. Neither Mr.
McKinley nor the. other Republican
leaders are thinking as much about
the disfranchised Southern - negroes
as they are about the possible acqui
sition of white voters by the Repub
lican party, which would willingly
swap half a dozen darkeys for one
white man.
QIVHJQ IT AWAY.
We have heretofore commented
upon the so-called sales of State
swamp lands and the nominal prices
at which they are sold. The fol
lowing, which we clip from the
Raleigh News and Observer of Fri
day, reports the latest deal:
"On yesterday the State sold 224,561
acres of swamp land. The price paid
was$26,50O.
"The land is what is known as the
White Oak Swamp, in Onslow county;
and tbe deed calls for all tbe land
owned by tbe State Boards of Educa
tion in Jones and Onslow counties.
"The land was purchased by Mr.. 8.
W. Isler, of Goldsboro, and others,
trustees of an Eastern syndicate.
"The terms are $1,500 cash and $25, -000
on time payments. Of the $1,600
cash payment, Capt. K. S- Pinch, of
Charlotte, is to be paid $175 for an
option he holds on the land, and Mr.
Frank Thompson is to receive $325 for
his services as attorney to the board in
the suits against the same by the Ved
der heias. Thus the State receives
$1,000 of the cash payment
"The land in question was granted
by the State in 1794 to David Allison.
In 1799 the estate was sold for taxes,
and deeded to the Governor of the
State. In 1840 the heirs of David Al
lison conveyed the land to Madison
Vedder, and in 1898 this title to the
land came into possession of Charles
Vedder, who instituted suits against
the State Board. . , ,
"The suits were never tried and Mr.
Vedder and his wife join in the deed
made yesterday to Isler, trustee. The
State and Mr. Vedder have made fre
quent efforts to dispose of the land, but
on account of the claim on both titles,
this could not be done. It is said the
price paid is an adequate one.
Perhaps the legal entanglements
in this care prevented the disposi
tion of the property at a better
price, but as a matter of fact our
lands have been practically
o-iven awav. In this transaction
there was a cash payment of $1,500
out of which the State gets $1,000,
time being given on the other pay
ments, time enough, no doubt, for
thepnrchasersto cut timber enough
to pay up. If about eleven cents an
acre is an "adequate price" the
timber on this tract must have been
very poor. It ought to be worth
more than that as a bullfrog ranch.
Edward Cooper, a bootblack in
San Francisco, will soon - have a
$250,000 wife. A year ago she was
as poor as he is, but they were lovers
and promised to be true to each
other till they. would have enough
money to form a partnership and go
into business for themselves. The
girl hfls.recently inherited $250,000
and they will goon "join hands.''
He is still in the shine business, but
will oon shine in another circle. r
USI1TG HIS WEALTH WISELY.
There is no man in thir eonntrv
who is making a wiser use of his
wealth than Andrew Carnegie, who
practical in everything. He has
given probably $15,000,000 for the
establishment of public libraries and
schools, holding that this is one of
tho best ways to help his fellow-men,
by enabling them to educate and
prepare themselves for the battle of
life, his axiom being to help those
who show a disposition to help them
selves. Believing in industrial
training he has recently offered to
give $1,000,000 for the establish
ment and maintenance of a textile
school if a like sum be raised by
others. .
What a splendid thing it would be
if the wealthy men of the South
would accept this ofler, come up with
the other million, and thus secure
tbe establishment of such an institu
tion in some of our Southern
-cities. Such an institution would
be worth many times $2,000,000 to
the South, for it would give us in a
few years an army of skilled opera
tives and give an impetus to branch
ing out in the higher and more
profitable grades of cotton manu
factures, thus adding immensely to
the value and profit in the . cotton
manufactured, giving employment
to thousands more people, making
the South independent as far as
Bkilled labor is concerned, and bene
fitting it in various other ways. As
the cotton manufacturing industry
grows the textile school is becoming
more and more a necessity, a fact
which is becoming pretty generally
recognized. .
The Secretary - of the Interior
says he will want $142,000,000 for
pensions this year, $4,000,000 more
than laBt year. Next year there
will be more needed, and the Phil
ippines will add millions, more. In
a few years it' will reach $150,000,
000. But isn't this "a billion dollar
country?" -
Gen. Gros tenor in advocating a
large standing army said, "if there
had been a standing army of 50,000
men at the battle of Bull run the
war between the States would have
ended in thirty days." He seems to
think the standing army wonld not
have been a running army.
A bankers' magazine sayB there is
an increasing demand in this coun
try for half -cent coins. This doesn't
gee well with the alleged prosperity,
for it indicates that the number of
people in the country who find it
necessary to split a penny is on the
increase.
Gen. Sickles says there is really a
better field for reformers in Wall
street, New York, than in the Ten
derloin district. A few day's before
that a Wall Btreet broker got hold
of the General and fleeced him out
of a pile of money.
The British people are not kick
in? against the American Meat
Trust, which is kind enough to sell
them at average wholesale price oi
5 cents a pound while it charges
Americans 9 cents a pound.
A Chicago reporter interviewed
a lot of millionaires n . that city to
learn how they enjoyed their wealth,
but found them so busy making
more that they didn't have time to
enjqy it.
A ow Vnrk- woman who had a
dermatologist to operate on her nose
knows more now than she did at the
beginning, and is suing him for $10,
000 for the experience acquired.
There are a score of more men in
this conntry who tote insurance
from from $500,000 to l,-
O00.000 or more. John Wanamaker
leads with $2,250,000.
CURRENT COMMENT.
, Sumatra tobacco can now be
grown in the Connecticut vaiiey,
i'nrfn the ranort of .the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. This removes
the reason for an excessively high
duty which was imposed on the
.r,T, that. t.TiA Sumatra loaf could
not be raised there. The Connecticut
Valley farmers need no protection
on Sumatra leaf than on Havana
seed leaf as they can raise Doin.
New York Journal . oj jvmmiMit
Jnd. ' ,' ' "
The statement that - some
other nations have got ahead of the
united states m wieir juohuou.
v. m-mntr anhnidies is false.
vui'0,'no wfiinVi ata before the poii-
OUHUUUB) " - - .
tical and business jobbers who make
it, show that Great Britain lias se-
cured over nan oi m
wit.Vinnf. . subsidy, what
she pays for carrying the mails not
being included in that sort of aid;
3 u t?otiao which is far behind
auu www x ivv ., . -the
United States on the tfea, has
cone backward during the past few
fears in spite of he subsidization
policy. The demand has regulated
ih supply m bom vooo. iv.j
T ...
TRIAL OF POPULISTS:
Sampson Fusionists on Trial at
Kenansville for Alleged
Criminal Libel.
ESCAPED ON TECHNICALITY.
Couosel Attacked BUI of Indictment and !
Argued Certain Irregularities Which
Obtained a Quashing of Cases. -Largely
Attended Trial.
f Special Star Correspondence. ' :
'Kenansville, N. 0., Dec. 7. The
much talked of libel suit from Samp-.
sbn county, in which George E. But
ler, John E. Fowler, Cicero H. John
son and fourteen other nrominent
Populists were indicted for criminal
libel on affidavit of John D. Kerr, H.
B. Chesautt and other Jpromlnent
Democrats, came up for trial here in
the Superior Court yesterday. There
was able counsel on both sides of the
case. Messrs John E. Woodard, W. B.
Allen and Solicitor Duffy appearine
for the State and Messrs. Stevens
Beasley & Weeks, Capt. C. M."Cooke,
F. R. Cooper, Esq., for the defence. "
A large number of witnesses from
Sampson county and elsewhere were
in attendances and on account of the
character of the case and the promin
ence of the parties, there was much
interest manifested i a the outcome of
the same.
The prosecution after calling its
witnesses, announced that it was not
ready for trial on account of tbe ab
sence of a material witness and asked .
for a continuance. Tho most inter
esting phase of the case was here con-'
tested, the defence staticg that it was
ready and anxious for a trial and
claiming that the a'oseut witness for
which the prosecution asked for a
continuinca was Mr. J. C. Peterson, a
student at Wake Forest College,
Wake county, and that he had not
been subpaeaed until lat Sunday. One
of the prosecutors having made
affidavit as to tbe importance cf the
matter they could show by this wit
ness and it appearing material and
necessary for the prosecution, the
judge granted the motion for a con
tinuance.
The defendants insisted upon an im
mediate trial upon the grounds that
the prosecution had not used due dili
gence to procure the attendance of its
witnesses, while the defendants were
ready with the attendance of one hun
dred and twenty five witnesses from
the. county of Sampson, by whom,
they insisted, they were prepared to
prove their innocence of the charge,
and that it would be a great hardship
-upon tbe taxpayers of Duplin county,
who had no interest in tbe prosecu
tion, as well as upon tbe defendants
and their witnesses.
The defendants' counsel further in
sisted tb t if said case should be con
tinued tbit it be removed to Sampson
county, where all the prosecutors, de
fendants and witnesses reside.
The defendants failing to get tbe
case tried at this term of court or to
get it removed to Sampson county,
they moved to quash the bill of indict
ment for defects in the bill and for
some irregularity ia the grand jury.
Upon investigation of these matters,
the motion to quash the bill was sus
tained by His Honor, Judge Moore,
and the bills of indictment in both
cases against the defendants were
quashed, and judgment entered dis
charging them.
Notes of The Shipping.
The Russian barque Hdnnes, Capt
ArvidssoD, cleared yesterday for Lon
don with a cargo of 4.293 barrels ros
in and 1000 barrels tar, consigned by
Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co.
The vessel was by Heide & Co.
The Norwegian steatnship Kings-
wood, 1,209 tons, Capt. Hansen, ar
rived in port yesterday from Port
Royal, 8. C, and is consigned to
Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son. She
came light and will load with cotton
at the Champion Compress. The
Kingswood brought fertilizer material
for the Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company to Port Royal and proceeded
here after discharging.
An Untrustworthy Porter
M. Marshall, a negro who has been
employed for some time as porter at
the erocery store of Mr. John hl.Ji.ucB-,
on Water street, was arrested this
moraine about 2 o'clock by Sergeant
N. J. Williams at the negro's home on
Sixth betweeen Campbell and Red
Cross streets. Just before closing
f .
oj nice which had been put outside of
the door and upon closing up, he found
that - the negro' porter was "in for"
stealing it He telephoned for an of
ficer but the negro escaped at the time
;tintil his subsequent arrest this morn
ing.
Dr. Blackwell at Shaw.
Raleigh Pdsf, 8th: - "One of ihe
finest addresses ever given in this city
was delivered in the cnapei or onaw
TTnlvAreitir nat.nrdav morninc bv Rev.
rfeitrin S RianlrwAll. D. D.. of Wil
mington. His subject was "Character
puilding," ana it was nanaiea in a
maotavlv faahinn Thflrft WAS OUltfl a
rialaontinn nrftspm t from -the Bantist
State Convention. The enrollment at
Shaw has reached 418 and nearly au
tha stndAnta -wpirR tirftsent. Dr. Black-
well remarked as he came out of the
chapel that he had never addressed a
more appreciative and responsive
audience."
Paint Shops Burned.
( The paint shops of the Atlantic
Coast Line, on its yards in this city,
with three coaches and a material shed
were totally destroyed by fire yester
day morning about 4 o ciock, i entail
ing a loss of, perhaps, $25,000 or $30,
000, upon which there was no insur
ance. , . - -
YORK CASE AT RALEIGH.
Defendant Found, Gnilly, Bat Motioa of
Attorneys to Arrest judgment Will
" Be Heard To-morrow: '
Raleigh Post, 7thA -
J. L. York, a well known citizen of
Fayette ville, was convicted yesterday
in the U. S. District Court of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes.
The case occupied the greater part of
the day court. Judge Purnell did hot
impose a sentence.-: The maximum
penalty is imprisonment for eighteen
months and a fine of $500. Attorneys
for the defendant moved for an arrest
of judgment. ? .. ' . r.i
The case was taken up yesterday
morning at 10 30 and the jury bad
returned a verdict, of guilty, after
Dsmg out twenty minutes. .
Irostomce inspector Jere uonelly.
who worked up the case,- was tbe
principal witness. He testified that he
went to Favetteville to investigate the
National Manufacturing Company and
lie found that there was no such con
cern there, tie .testineu mat J. i.
York was using that fictitious name
for the purpose of securing oils, ma
chinery, lumber, roofing, household
furniture and other supplies: that
he secured these from many Northern
firms, and that he made shipments
to different parts of the country; that
he used a very elaborate and f ancily
engraved letter head, which stated
that the National Manufacturing Com
pany was doing a manufacturing and
importing business, and making- a
specialty of paints, etc. - Mr. Conelly
stated that the letter head was so pre
tentious that reputable business firms
lost sight of their usual rules and
made the shipments asked, lie said
York had no means and that he made
no attempt to organize the company.
He said he rented a box in the post
office through which he received the
mail of the National Manufacturing
Company, and that he bad no place of
business.
The prisoner, who is a heat and well
dressed young man of good appear
ance, looked well considering his con
finement in jail.
lie was almost faultless in his attire.
his pants being carefully creased. He
was the most stylish prisoner that has
ever occupied the defendant's chair in
this court. York is not affected by the
verdict. When the foreman of the
jury answered "guilty," the prisoner
nodded his head as if be had anticipated
it.
District Attorney Bernard conduct
ed the prosecution, assisted by District
Attorney Spears, while Mr. W. J. Bel -lamy,
of Wilmington, and Busbee and
tsusbee of this city, appeared for the
defendant. A plea of not guilty was
entered by the prisoner, though he did
not offer any witnesses in his behalf.
Among tbe witnesses against York
were C. C. Flshburn. of Atlanta, rep
resenting the Atlanta Cotton Oil Com
pany; R. M. Sbanklin, of Philadelphia,
representing tbe Crew-Levick Oil
Company; J. H. W. Stevens, of Ker
shaw, dealer in lumber; John S.
Brown, representing a Philadelphia
machinery .company. R. Mc
Millan,, of Fayette ville, testmed
that be bought - roofing from
York. G. M. .Stancil and N. E.
Bunting, of Fayetteville, testified also
that they made purchases from him.
a. A. eoutherland. of the agent A C
L at Fayetteville. testified as to
goods consigned, to the National,. Man-
uiacturing uompany.
J. U. Goddard, a hotel man at Fay
etteville, testified. that York was un
able to pay his board, and that he took
nis personal effects. .
On cross exammatiyn of witnesses
it was developed that Yorfc had made
some payments to firms from which
he made purchases. On this point
the defence laid great stress, contend
ing that it eliminated ths charge cf
fraud.
INSTALLED STATIC MACHINE.
Dr. D. W. Ballnck Has Wonderful Appli
ance Introducing the Famous Roet
eager Ray to tbe Profession.
Dr. D. W. Bulluck has recently in
stalled iu bis office in the Masonic
Temple an improved static or X Ray
machine of powerful voltage, which
he will use in his practice. It is made
by Van Houten & Ten-Broeck, of
New York and is indeed a wonderful
invention having been practically in
troduced within the last four years
and which through its adaption of
the Roetengen rays bids fair to revol
utionize surgery and the practice of
medicine.
A Stab representative was kindly
given an exhibition of the work of the
machine last evening in Dr. Bulluck's
office and could but marvel at the
wonderful application of science in
this invention. The bones, of the
body, arms or- any other part of the
human structure may be plainly
seen "through and through," so
to speak, and the adaption of
the mysterious current to the cure of
functional and many nervous diseases
was explained by the doctor in terms
which recommended it highly to the
public.'
Dr. Bulluck has already found the
machine of very material aid to him
in his practice and has several cases in
which the indispensabilitv of tbe same
is patent. A gentleman, who was in
jured some time ago in a railroad acci
dent and who has been unable to lift
one of his hands to his head for some
time complained that his . arm
had been broken . . and had not
probably been reset properly. Dr.
Bulluck applied the static machine and
it was plainly evident, '.that the
trouble was a dislocation . Of tbe
shoulder. Then there are many other
cases, which he has had already,
which an insight into the "inner man
readily solved perhaps very difficult
surgical problems.
The Police Census.
Work is progressing very satisfac
torily on the taking of the police cen
sus of the city, reference to which was
made iu these columns several days
ago. People generally are disposed to
furnish the enumerators with all le
gitimate. information desired and it
appears certain now; that the figures of
population will . much exceed those
recentlyi announced by. the govern
ment bureau. The '.work north of
Market street .will be : completed by
Tuesday and all the figures tabulated.
BAPTISTS OF NO. CA.
An Interesting Session of the
?State Convention Sitting r
in Raleigh,
THE CENTURY MOVEMENT.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Contributed to
tbe Educational Fund of $100,000.
Subjects Discussed-Resolutions
Adopted To-day's Bill.
" Special Star.Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, December 7. To
day's session of the Baptist State Con
vention was a most interesting one.
Three subjects engaged 'its attention,
and were fully discussed and finally
disposed of: First, State missions, re
ligious and educational; second, woirk
of women ih the church through their
organizations; third, general education
and plans, for a twentieth century
movement to raise $100,000 for educa
tion ; half of it to go to the Baptist Fe
male University at Raleigh, three
tenths to Wake Forest,- and the re
mainder to be divided among other in
stitutions.
In the discussion of Stale missions
this morning the factory problem was
touched upon, and every .speaker de
clared in favor of the regulation of the
.hours of labor by law and prohibition
of child labor in factories. The work
of the women during the psst year,
especially in the way of organization,
was endorsed, and the importance of
encouragement of such work urged
upon churches and pastors.
When it came to the subject of edu
cation the convention stopped talking
and went to doing. The report pledg
ing tha Baptists of North Carolina to
raise $100,000 during next year was not
only adopted, but some $15,000 of the
amount pledged was raised on the spot.
The first $35,000 raised will go to the
Baptist Female University, of this city.
Among the largest contributors to the
$15,000 raised to-night were the follow
ing: Chief Justice W. T. Faircloth.
$1,000; First Baptist Church, Raleigh,
$3,500; Tabernacle Baptist Church,
Raleigh, $1,500; Wake Forest Church,
$1,000; W. E. Daniel, Weldon, $500;
E. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City, $500;
Dennis Simmons, Williamston, $500 ;
C. B. Justice, Rutherfordton. $200;
Waynes ville Church, $200; East Dur
ham Church, $150; John T. Pullen.
Raleigh,$100; Judge E.W. Timberlake,
Louis burg, $100;: Apex Church, $100;
D. F. King, Leaksville, 1$100; J.
D. Moore, Gastonia, $100; H. C.
Dockery, Rockingham, $100 West
Durham church,- $100, and a large
number of smaller subscriptions.
These were made after a powerful ad
dress on the educational needs of
North Carolina by President R. T.
Vann, of the Baptist Female Univer
sity. Also, at to night's session the con
vention elected Rev. Livingston John
son, of Greensboro, to succeed Rev.
John E. White as corresponding sec
retary of the mission board of the con
vention.
Another matter was the adoption,
at the morning session of the conven
tion, of a resolution asking the next
Legislature to establish a reformatory
or industrial school for youtnrul
criminals. Two other resolutions were
adopted, one expressive of the con
vention's appreciation of the services
of its retiring mission secretary, Rev.
John E. White, and the other con
demning seven-day newspapers.
The programme for to-day's meet
ing of tbe convention i3 as follows:
Periodicals; report of . committee on
the Recorder; reports on obituaries;
reports of special committees and mis
cellaneous business; historical papers;
orphanage.
Raleigh, N. C .Dec. 8. The seven
tieth annual session of the North Caro
lina Baptist State Convention came to
a close to night shortly after 10 o'clock.
Pulpits of tbe city will to morrow
be occupied by prominent Baptist
ministers who have been attending
the convention, but the business de
liberations of that body are at an end
Quite a number of delegates left for
their homes to day and others will go
to-morrow and Monday.
Next year the convention will meet
in Winston and tbe introductory ser
mon will be preached by Rev. W. C.
Tyree, of Durham, with Rev. J..W.
Lynch, of Wake Forest, as alternate.
This was decided by the convention
this morning. The committee ap
pointed to select a place of meeting
recommended Wilmington, but a ma
jority of the convention preferred
Winston, - andj the- report was so
amended.
The question of periodicals was then
taken up and a lively, not to say sen
sational, debate followed, the discus
sion lasting for more than three hours.
The question before the convention
was a special report recommending
the ownership and operation of the
Recorder by the convention. Though
Editor. J. W. Bailey announced that
if this report was defeated he would
retire as editor, the convention de
clined to adopt it. Instead, a substi
tute was adopted, recommending the
formation of a joint stock' company to
own and operate the Recorder. To
this end a committee of five was ap
pointed . to take" the matter in hand
and try to raise such company. This
committee, appointed by the president
of the convention," is composed , of
Rev. Livingston Johnston, Prof. W.
LPoteat, Rev. J. E. White, Prof. J.:
B. Carlvie and Mr. W. N. Jones.
They held a meeting, to-night and re
ported to the convention that' they
thought they saw their way, clear to
form a company for the purchase of
the Recorder, but that the North Car
blina Baptist had not yet been con
' Jit
sidered in . their plans. ' To buy the
Recorder, they said, it was necessary
to raise- $6,000, ; and the plan under
which they were operating was satis
factory to. both Ji W Bailey, editor,
and Edwards & Broughton, owners of.
the paper. ' . . -'. '.. . ,
The main feature of the afternoon
session was the reading by Rev. J. D.
Huff ham of the history of the North
Carolina Baptist Convention, from tbe
first beginning of the Church in 1790
to the first meeting of representatives
from the counties in .1832, f at Rives'
Chapel. Chatham county. It was the
first time 6ucb a history had been writ-,
ten, and it represented thirty years of
work in collecting dates and records.
The convention listened to the read
ing With fixed attention.
- MrT. M.' Pittmah and Dr". E'. Skin
ner; were 'appointed a committee to
raise a fund to be devoted to historical
investigation, with the end in view of
employing Dr. Huff ham as special his
torian upon a regular salary to con
duct the work. -
Tc-night's meeting of the' convention
was devoted entirely to the Orphanage.
A number of addresses were made and
$2,200 was subscribed for a system of
water wOrks to be put In next Spring.
After the regular work of . the con
vention had been completed, a silver
service was presented to Rev. John E.
White, the retiring corresponding sec
retary of the-. Mission Board. The
presentation speech was made by Mr. J.
W.Bailey.
CONFERENCE REPORT.
Resolutions Against Sunday Trains, Pa.
pers, Etc Rev. T. N, ivey Re
elected Editor of tbe Christian
Advocate Other News.
Special Star Telegram.
Newbeen, N. C, Dec 8. -The Con
ference proceedings were of consider
able interest , to day to those present.
Rev. J. A. Road, formerly pastor of
Wilson Baptist church, was admitted
into full connection with the North
Carolina Conference. Rev. Geo. B.
Webster, another Baptist preacher,
applied for admission, but under the
intimation of the Bishop that he would
give him work as supply, his admis
sion went over to next year.
The Committee on Books and Peri
odicals reported upon the various pub
lications of the church. Among its
recommendations was one that the
presiding elders be requested to raise a
fund to purchase for the church claim
ants eighteen hundred dollars worth
of additional stock, to bs issued by the
Raleigh Advocate, which will bring
the capital stock of that paper up to
dten thousand dollars. The recom
mendation did not prevail. J. G.
Brown was elected proxy to represent
the Conference's stock in the Advocate,
and Dr. T. N. Ivey was re-elected
editor for two years.
.Resolutions offered by Rev. M. C.
Thomas, urging that parents have
their children baptized, and have
family worship in their bouses, were
passed.
Rev. W. J. Crowson was located at
his own rquest. The class for full ad
mission. Revs. W. F. Jones, J. A.
Road, G. B. Starling, W. A. Piland
and J. Y. Old, were charged by the
Bishop not to lose their individuality
and become mere imitation preachers.
On "the doctrine of perfection, he
pointed out that it is perfection. of love
the discipline deals with, "Not perfect,
but perfect in love;" "I am sorry our
people ever tried to count their bless
ings, but the church has found out at
last that it can't bring Christian expe
rience down to the low plane of me
chanics, where it can be expressed in
numbers or pounda and ounces. A
man's experience is between himself
and his God alone. Get all the bless
ings you can, and then live after tbe
example of Christ on earth.
- The Board of Church Extension re
ported receipts for the past -year
$3,074.33; assessed for next year,
$4,800.
J.G. Brown, for the Orphanage trus
tees, reported receipts of $16,233.86
exclusive of the Twentieth Century
fund, which will not be less than
$2,000.
Rev. J. W. Jenkins, agent, was
elected superintendent of the Orphan
age. He reported that a twobtory
brick college had been erected and
full preparation made for the recep
tion of thirty-two orphans. A second
college, to cost $5,000, has been
planned. The Bishop addressed the
Conference on the subject, among
other things saying, "In ministering
to children you minister to citizens of
heaven."
The action of the last Conference,
instructing the trustees to ask the Leg
islature to strike out from the charter
a provision for a home for needy
preachers and preachers' widows, was
rescinded.- ? , .
Dr. Swindell reported for the Com
mittee on Sabbath Observance. " This
report, which commends the Sunday
League, represented by Dr. E. Thomp
son, of Atlanta, and strongly, con
demns Sunday trains, papers, and
other inroads upon the sanctity of the
Sabbath, excited the most earnest and
interesting discussion of the session
and was left -open until Monday, to
give Bishop Morrison an opportunity
to be heard further upon the subject.
The Bishop, Drs. Swindell andKilgo,
Revs. D. H. Tuttle, N. M. Jurney and
Jesse H. Page, all spoke earnestly ih
support of the resolutions.
, The Missionary anniversary is being
held to-night, addressed by Dr. T. H,
Pritchett . ; ' V :
Appointments were made for aer
vices Sunday in the Methodist, Bap
tist and Presbyterian churches. -
Centenary church was filled to over
flowing last night and the congrega
tion listened with ; intense interest to
oxle of tBe grandest addresses from Dr.
J0. Eiigo that ' probably ever fell
froflrms - lips.: The occasion, was the -
Twentieth century eaacauonsi move -ment
of Methodism and the speakers ,
theme was "Tho Constituents of True :
Education, and the' motive and ; Place
fl4h:Metiiodist.Church in Educa
tion.!! .;' - -;"- -? ;.T " ' ';
The types placed Trinity" College's
enrollment for the year at 200 in Wed
nesday's issue of the Stab. . It should
have'been 258. Trinity's share of tbe
Twentieth Century Fund raised by
the North , Carolina Methodists"
amounts to nearly three hundred.
thousand dollars. - ; ' - !.
SPIRITS TERPENTINE. ;
Goldsboro Headlight: An in-
cendlarv fire destroyed the gin-house
of Mr. b; tr. Mozingo, In Mew Hone
township. Friday night about 10 30
o'clock, with the gin, five and. a half
bales of lint cotton and 600 bushels
of cotton seed,:-causing an uninsured
oss of $600. A sweet potato.
weighing eight pounds, was shown us
Monday by Isham R. Smith, colored.
of this city, who . farms in New Hope.'
township. , v ;-r ,-.;v' .v'-r'
Wilson Times: , Supervisor.
of tobacco sales, C. B. Leach, an-(
nounces that there -was 2,517,224
pounds of tobacco soild in November
and that this makes a total for the
season of 11,281,230. He thinks the
16,000,000 mark will be reached.
Last Monday night John Taylor, an
Elm City negro, shot and killed the
woman who was generally supposed "
to be his paramour. On Sunday night I
they had had trouble and on Monday .
night he wentagaia and began a fuss.
She told him she was going for a police"
and having started got as far as the
door when he shot her. She died soon
after. ' "; " - "
Clinton Democrat: Mr. Grady
Smith died on last Saturday night.
the 1st. inst., after an illness of a very .
few day. - Mrs. W. L. Stevens
died at her home in Little Coharie '
township, on tbe night of November
30th. Mr. Ed. Robinson was
severely burned in Mr. B. E. Herring's
store, where he was" a clerk, on Mon
day night and: died Tuesday night.
Mr. Li. b. Uoieman was Handling a.
bolt of cloth when it strucs against a
arge hanging lamp, knocking it out
of the frame. It turned bottom up
and fell on Mr. Robinson's head, satu-.
rating it with oil which flamed up.
Tbe young man ran out of the store
With his head and upper body literally .
enveloped in flames. He was caught
by Dr. D. F. Watson and thrown '
down in the street and the flames exj
tinguished by throwing dirt upon -
them. Mr. Bobinson. was found to be
severely burned about the face and
head. His hair was nearly all burned
off and his face blistered. . " . ,'
Washington Progress; Benn-
Capps, who was charged upon an at-:
tempt of rape and convicted last week,
was given the minimum sentence or - -five
years in the penitentiary. F In i
the murder , case of John Flynn.
charged with the murder of George
Gray lord, was given to tbe jury Mon
day night. The solicitor did not ask
for murder in the first degree. ' The
defendant contended that the shooting
was accidental and therefore be was
hot guilty of any crime.. His con
tention was that he was walking be
hind Gaylord shooting in the air and
pafter he had fired two shots he stum-.
bled which caused the third shot
to- take effect in tbe . deceased's
head. -Tbe State, contended that -
it was not an . accident, but
that the shooting was intentional. To
bear the States's contention Mr. O. T.
Perry said he was behind -Flynn about
thirty yards at the time of the shoot
ing, and that the defendat shot at the
deceased, that the deceased tried to get .
behind another man. A young man 7
by the name of Gaylord stated that he ;
understood the deceased said the shoot
ing was intentional before he died.
The two last witnesses are white men, -and
another white man said that Gay-.
lord said Flynn shot him three times.
The reason the State did not contend j
for a verdict in the first degree was ,
that it was unable to show premedita
tion. : The jury hung until Tuesday &V,
4.15 o'clock, when the jury brought in
a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
Raleigh Post: Will Hirson-
was sentenced in Stanly county court
Tuesday to 25 years in the peniten
tiary. The jury was out seventeen
hours. It is said the first vote stood.
hight for murder in the first degree '
and four for second. Sheriff McCann
carried the prisoner to Raleigh to
night to avoid the possibility of
lynching ?.by Swaringen's friends.
Mr John U. Drewry. of British
Columbia, a wealthy mine owner and
operator, is in Raleigh the guest of
ntderman John U. Drewry, of this
city,. There are coincidences in the
personnel and family history of the
two gentleman that make the case a
remarkable one. The two Messrs.'
Drewery ran across each other for tbe
time three years-ngoata hotel in
Montreal, Canada and the acquain- '
tance then formed has since ripened
into a warm friendship. They soon
learned that they not only bore the
same name (and is not a common onej'
but that each was born the same year,
both are named for their maternal .
grandfathers, both of the latter hail
ing from Lincolshire, England; both
are - widowers, , each has a brother
named William 8. Drewry and each
had a brother (both now deceased) '
bearing the name of James Drewry.
There are other coincidences in the
lives of the two equally as remarka
ble, and it is small wonder that they '
should have been ' drawn to each
other, upon learning the facts, and
that such a close attachment, should,
now exist between them.
WORK OP WHITE CAPS.
Residence Wrecked With Dynamite Near
ClottsviUe, Ala.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. :
Atlanta, Ga., December 8. A
special to the Journal from New.
Decatur, Ala., says: - ? .
"Thft residence of A. . J. Thomas,
near Cluttsville, in this county," was
wrecked last night by dynamite. The -crime
is believed to have been the '
work of white caps. - Thomas, who is
a single man of about forty, it ia al
leged, had as occupants of his house
seven women. . He had been repeat
edly asked to send the inmates of his
house away and had recently received
warnings from a so-called white cap
committee. Oneof the - women ;' was
badly injured in the explosion."
; J NURSE QIRL ARRESTED. , ,
Killed the infant Child oi Her- Employer
' la BroolrJya.
Br Telegraph to the narnlna Star: - -...
New YobS, Dec. 8. Alice' O'Don
nell, the nurse girl who killed the In
fant child of Mr. and Mrs.;' James,
Jones in Brooklyn last night, was ar
rested to-day. She admitted killing
the child,- saying that her own baby,
which was -born eight months ago,
was in an institution, and she did not
see why another woman should be
able to have her child with her when
that privilege was denied as to her own ,
child. - - ;. ... - . ,