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PROFESSIOlf VS. PEACTICE.
in nis message to Uongresa rresi
dent McKinley admitted the adyisa-'
bility of a redaction of taxation
when he recommended "the remis
sion of those taxes which experience
has shown to be the most burden
some to the industries of the peo
ple." That was all right, it was on
the jjght line, but profession or re
commendation is one-thing and
practice or performance another..
Assuming that the President.meant
what he said and that Copgress might
pay some attention to it, some of
the. Northern Republican papers are
demanding a repeal of the duties on
paper and on wood pulp,"" the former
ofirhich, such' as is nsed for news
papers, is taxed $6 per ton, the lat
ter 1.67 per ,ton. These, are not
simply protective taxes, as they
were alleged to be, but prohibitory
taxea, which by precluding competi
tion by paper makers of other coun
tries, give the home, paper maker
a practically absolute monopoly of
theEbme market, a monopoly which
they wield with a merciless disre
gard for fair play or honest deal
ing. -
We have heretofore called atten
tion to the fact that this unjust tax
ation upon the- newspapers of the
country and indirectly upon the
public, has been condemned by the
press of the country, regardless of
pmr, aa heartless extortion - for
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wnu;ii Luei o ia xiu excuse or jUBiinca
tion. Xo less than a half dozen
publishers' and editors' associations,
speaking for themselves and for the
. press of the United States, have pe
titioned for or demanded a repeal or
reduction of these taxes, so as to
admit of the importation of foreign-
made paper and wood pulp to break
the monopoly which was used to op
press them and levy extortionate
tribute upon them.
Responding to this just demand
Hon. John D. Bellamy, of this dis
trict, in the early days of the first
session of the present Congress in
troduced a bill in the House of Rep
resentatives for that purpose, which
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bun they were buried in the commit
tee pigreon holes, and that, was the
last or them. .
The ostensible object of this tariff
tax was to protect the paper making
and pulp-making industries Until
they were able to take care of them'
selves. But they are now and have
for some. time been not only able to
take care of themselves but to com
pete with their foreign competitors
aa shown by the , fact that they ex
port large quantities of paper to the
countries against whose paper-
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inaicer8 tney are uruiieubeu uj mo
tariff. If, then, the purpose of the
duties imposed waa to protect thote
industries against foreign competi
tion till they were able to take care
of themselves there is no longer any
excuse or justification for this pro-
give a monopoly and enable the mo
nopolist to rob their victims. Justice
to the newspapers of the country
which have been so heartlessly
preyed upon by the Paper Trust,
iustirtfl to the people .who Buffer
with the newspapers, and a decen
regard for their own professions re
quire that the Republicans in Con
gress materially reduce if they do
not repeal these monopoly-fostering
taxes for which there is no longer
.anv BTnao or iustification. But
they "are not going to do it for the
Trusts hold the RepubUean party by
then throat.
But there are other good reasons
- why these taxes should be reduced
or repealed. It ought to be done in
the interest of forest preservation,
for it takes millions of acres of tun
ber to supply the demands' of the
pulp mills. If the tax were taken
off wood pulp and wood pulp timber
immense quantities of these would
be supplied by Canada and our for
ests would be spared to that extent.
This tax is simply a premium on
forest destruction, a work whioh is
going on entirely too rapidly with
out anv such ' tempting induce
ments.
But how does Congress respond
to the President's recommendation
for a "revision of these taxes which
experience has shown to be the most
burdensome on. oar . industries ?"
vol. xxxii;r:
The first move made in m u
tion of tax reduction was a reduc-
ion or mternak taxation. -.flomA nf
which are on luxuries ; which it ia
generally admittedcan bear taT.
tion the least burdensome to the
people. . The proposed reduction will
amount if carried out aa antlmed
between $40,000,000 and $50,000,-
wu. Unoof these is the beer tax,
front which it is" proposed to- take
between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000,
not iathe interests of the consum
ers of beer, but of the beer. makers,.
who have . amassed fortunes in that
industry. Some of the Republican
papers which are opposed to this
kind of tax reduction, which thev
characterize as a disgraceful Surren
der to the brewers, say this is done
to recompense the brewers foT the
money they contributed to the Re
publican campaign fond in the last
campaign. In Republican estima
tion this may be a sufficient reason
for this reduction, but it isn't the
kind of reduction the people expect
ed, nor the kind contemplated in the
recommendation made by the Presi
dent, if he was in earneBt and meant
what he ,said. , There , has been no
move made, nor is there any indica
tion or probability that any will be
made for a reduction of taxes which
are' burdensome to our. industries.
The tariff on paper and paper pulp
is simply a tax on the paper and
book publishing' industries," two of
the greatest in the country, for the
benefit of - one .industry which
through the favors shown it has
become rich out of the tribute levied
upon the industries -victimized by
aws passed and perpetuated by lie-
publican statesmen. i
CETJSHINQ OHE HJDU8TEY TO
HELP AUOTHKR.
That's , what Mr. Grout's anti-
oleomargarine bill is intended to do,
although those who favor that bill
would not acknowledge it. It goes
without saying - that a tax of teu
cents a pound will crush the oleo
margarine.- business unless the
makers can substitute a good article
by some cheap, . injurious, stuff on
which they could afford to pay such
a tax. But this is the very thing the
advocates of the Grout bill profess
to guard against, assuming; that
most of the oleomogarine put upon
the market is a noxious, health
destroying stuff. - There are doubt
less cheap and' injurious decoctions
of oleomargarine as ' there are of so-
called butter, but the quantity of
this is comparatively small. It is
against this that restrictive measures
should be adopted, without striking
at and destroying the whole indus
try. The following taken from the
testimony of one of the leading man
ufacturers of oleomargarine, before
the -Congressional- committee tells
what oleomargarine really is, and
what it is composed of;
1 Olort nil A selected fftt from
beef that is obtained from the caul fat.
This is the principal ingredient This
fat is thoroughly washed, thrown into
a vat of ice water to remove the animal
heat, then thoroughly cooked, cooled,
and pat into hydraulic presses, by
which the oil is extracted, the residue
Demg commercially Known as Bieann.
2 Neutral: This is the leaf lard of
(ha rti er Th lAnf fftt vhnn takan out
of the animal is thoroughly washed
and put lDio a remgerawr, wnero it
remains 24 hours. It is then thoro
nncrhlv cooked. It ia absolutely with
out color, being - snow-white, and
has neither taste nor odor. Both pigs
and cattle are examined by Govern
ment inspectors before and after kill
ing, thereby insuring protection
against disease. n.ngjana, urance,
nnrmanv. Holland, and many other
foraiim countries where oleomargarine
is manufactured , more extensively
than in h TTnitp.d states denend en
tirely upon American manufacturers
foroleo oil ana neuurai. -
3 Cottonseed oil: This ingredient
is not always used; it ia used m Jim
ited ouartities in the medium grade
Thft nil ia extracted from selected COt
ton seed and then highly renned. li
is a pure sweet product, and is used
quite generally for cooking purposes.
Prominent chemists have asserted
that it ha a the same Qualities as and
ia pnuallv dieestible with the best of
olive oil.
4. Milk.
5. Salt.
Frtfm a health point there isn't an
ingredient herein mentioned that is
injurious, either in itself or in the
combination, and the only reason in
the world why an effort is "made to
crush it Is because it is thought that
it interferes with the sale of the
dairy product and the profits of the
dairyman. And while they are doing
this good butter retails at 35 cents a
pound and is scarce at that.
The destruction of this industry
will not only affect those who have
their money invested in it, and the
people who buy the oleomargarine,
but the thousands of people it em
ploys, and many others who supply
the ingredients which are .used in
its manufacture.
Ufaaara. Tin.Uin.rn. Alexander & Co.,
of NewYork, estimate the cotton
crop of 190d-1901 at 9,766,910 bales,
against 9,436,000 for last year. These
hamd on replies from
2,285 correspondents throughout the
cotton belt They report a decrease,
compared ; with last year, in all the
- . a m
States except Aritansas ana xcaim,
in f no former of which the increase
AM w-
was 60,000 bales and in -the latter
659,100 bales.
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SOMETHIHQ ABOUT WOOL.
We clip the following from the
Chattanooga Times: '
Charleston Newa and Courier:
"Mayor Risreins. of Waco. Tex., it
noted, 'wears a suit of clothes made
by a Texas tailor from wool grown in
Texas and spun and woven in a -Texas
factory." If all Texan followed his
good example, the State would ba
vastly better for it. : There ia not nnn
such a suit of clothes of local produc
tior, it may be added, : in all South
Carolina. There are about 700,000
men and boys in the State, and every
mother's son of them buys and wears
clothes made outside the State. How ;
ever, we have our own doga by the
acre. We are. -independent of the
world in the matter of dogs." J
."Texas wav the. first State in the
South to manufacture' a trood article
of icassimeres. from Southern wool.
Texas wool. The factory is at' New
Braunfels. - a German r, village. For
several years, from .1890 on, it stood
idle, but ia now-running under acom-.
pany that has leased it. -
Southern enterprise in the line o
higher grade of woollens has met with
scant Southern support.;. The woollen
mm at Knoxville makes a hieh
grade cassimere,. ; but has to sell its
product, we are - informed, through
a .Chicago agency. The North
Carolinhrmilts, that make as fine and
beautiful blankets as are made in the
world, sell them in Philadelphia This
ought to be changed, and we suspect
that it can be chanced, as to the
woolens, only by making southern
goods into clothing for the home mar-
net .
"The North Carolina woolen blan
ket ia really - better adapted to the
norther a market than to- the south
ern, it is a very good, quite heavy
and expensive article. The South
needs a lighter and cheaper blanket"
It has been a matter of surprise
that there are so few woollen mills
in the South, and that we are prac
tically dependent on Northern mills
for the woollen goods we use. Per
haps one of the reasons . for this is
the poor encouragement Southern
mills get in disposing of their out
put at home, the manufacturers
finding their readiest sale North
while the probabilities are that we
buy back much of these same goods
after they have passed through
Northern hands and these Northern
hands have reaped Jtheir profit out
of them.
For thirty years or more the
.woollen mills at Salem have been
making fine qualities of cassimeres,
fir which we suppose they find their
b'est market in the North, while we
have heard that the .blanket manu
factured at Elkin is one of the finest
and cheapest made in" the country,
considering the quality.
North Carolina produced this
year something over a minion
pounds of wool, most of which found
a market in other States.
PROPERTY VALUATIONS IH
THIS STATE.
The following, which we clip from
the Raleigh Post, shows the valua
tion of property in this State for
this year, an increase of $8,000,000
over last year, but $10,000,000 less
than the increased assessment for
1899, over the previous year. "
"The increase m the assessment of
1899 lover 1898 was eighteen million
dollars, which shows that the increase
inproperty values in 1900 have not
been so large by ten million dollars as
they were in lsaa. rne increase in
1899 was an unusually . large one for
the increase of listed taxes in 1590
over 1897 was only $2,708,040.
"The renorts of listed taxes ior
have been received at the Auditors
office from eiffhty-eight counties. The
eight counties that have hot made re
turns are Granville, Greene, Wake,
Harnett, Haywood, Mitchell, Surry
and Vance.
Seventy of the ninety six counties m
the Stata show an increase of $8,598,-
696. There are eighteen counties
hich show a decrease in the
amount of assessment for 1900. This
decrease amounts to f 688.123.' Tbe net
increase in tne eignty-eignt counties,
thoretore. is S7.910.464. When the
returns are received from the eight
counties which have not yet reported,
the increase in the assessment of prop
erty for 1900 will be in excess of $8,
ooo.ooo.
"The county that has made the
greatest increase during the past year
is Durham. This county has led in
increases of property valuations for
several years oast. The increase in
the assessment of property in Durham
for the year 1900 is about fruu.uuu.
"Beaufort leads the- eighteen coun
ties that show a decrease in property
valuations.' The decrease in that
county as shown by the official figures
is t!52.815. Polar county comes next
with a decrease of $129, 935.
"The eomnlete figures sriving pro
perry assessments by counties for the
entire State will be ready for pubhea
tion at an early date.
"The subiect of taxation will be an
important one before the approaching
session of the legislature, and these
figures will be given careful considera
tion."
It is mighty . hard to convince
some women to the contrary when
they have made ' up their minds to
something. A Fall River, Mass. ,
woman concluded the other day that
she had swallowed her false teeth.
She was mistaken but they couldn't
convince her, and she died of fright
from anticipating a surgical opera
tion to remove the teeth.
The farmers are entirely too care
less with their diamond rings this
year. A few days ago a man butch
ering a hog in Pennsylvania found a
'$200 diamond ring inside of him, and
a few days ago a Maryland man
making sausage ground out a $600
diamond ring from his mill.
A Boston boy confessed to steal
inir $8,837. and refused to tell where
he had it hidi, preferring to go to
rison for five rears, by which time
na wnnM be. fully grown and could
iiaye lots of fun with the money,
WILMINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,
ROAD MACHINERY.
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County Has Purchased Crusher
and Other, Machinery for
- the Improvement ;
THE COST WI14. BE : $2,250.
Contract . Was Closed by Chairman Mc-
Eicherv, of Beard of Connfy Com- '
mlssionerg, Last Night An In-' 4
spection Visit to Raleigh:
The New Hanover County. Commis
sioners have at length decided to pur
chase road machines and other equip
ment including a crusher for the suc
cessful culmination of the- plans inau ,
gurated about year , ago toward . the
permanent . improvement -of all the
thoroughfares in the county.' , ;
This decision was reached at a meet .
ing or the Board of Commissioners
held .yesterday jafternoon at which ll
members , were present except Mr.
Alexander, who was .... unavoidably
detained at home. The decision to buy
was not only reached at - the meeting,
but the . purchase was consummated
mmediately afterwards, through Mr.
D. McEachern, the chairman, who was
authorized to attend to the matter, and
the machinery, at a cost of $3,250 de-
ivered, will be at the quarry at Cislle
Haynes within thirty days. The pur
chaae was made of Mr. C. M. Scott, of
Ceres, Va., representing the Good Roads
Machinery . Company, of KenneU
Square, Pa., and consists of one No. 4
steel Champioa rosk crusher, mount
ed on frame and .wheels, one 50-foot
elevator one revolving screen, one 30-
horse paver boiler, one improved Ajax
centre crank 25-horsi power engine,
and one steel Champion road machine.
The capacity , of tha road crusher is
about 150 tons per day, and the pur
chase was made after the closest inves
tigation of the' claims of other road
machinery concerns. Mr. Scott was
present at the board in mating and ex '
plained the working of, his equipment.
A similar, crushing plant to the one
bought by New Hanover is owned
and operated successfully by Meck
lenburg county; also other machines
of this manufacture are owned
and operated by . the town of David
son, N. O., Camden, N. O, Athens;
Qa., Greenvilld, Teno., Wythe
county, . Va., Anson c lunty, N. O.,
Haywood county, N. C, Roanoke,
Va., Lowell, Mass., Exeter, Pa., Lit-
honia, Ga., Plainsfield, Conn., and
other places too numerous to mention.
The only other bidd er for f urnishing
the machinery was Mr. D. P. Hutch
inson, of Charlotte, who was present,
representing the Climax Machine Co.
Chairman McEachern and Mr. W.
H. Shearin, superintendent of the
quarry at Castle Haynes, spent Fri
day in Raleigh inspecting the rock
crushing plant there, which is also of
the Cuanpion manufacture. The
plant us-i by the city of Wilming
ton was furnished by Mr. Hutchin
son, and was made oy tne unmax
Company. Mr. McEachern's visit to
Raleigh was, therefore, to determine
the relative merits of the two, he
having, previously visited the city
quarries here and seen the Climax
machine at work.
The purchase of the new machinery
by. the county is expected to mark a
new era in road building in New Han
over. It is oeiieved mat tne commis
sioners will ultimately develop quar
ries on the Hermitage place, near Cas
tle Haynes, and the purchase of the
new machinery is construed by many
to be a step in this direction.
GENTLEMEN OP THE JUSY.
TboBe Drawn to Serve at the January
. Term of the Superior Conrt
At yesterday afternoon's meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners,
the following juries were drawn to
serve at the term of New Hanover
Superior Court . which will be con
vened on Monday, January 28th:
First week J. W Barnes, Jrr, W.
G. Fergus, J. F. Wishart, A. C
Penton, Martin O'Brien, D. A. Rowan,
E. W. Rogers, S. Solomon, F. A.
Mason, A. Brewer, Geo. H. Rogers,
J. M. McGowan, F. W. Foster, E. J.
Flanagan, E. W. Manning, Jr., J. B,
Dempsey. J. F. Divine and Robert B.
Lewis.
Second week Jack Wells, J. Hicks,
Bunting, D. S. Weeks. Win. Walton,
O. W. YatesSr., J. H. Strauss, J. N,
Burriss, W. A. Wilson, Sr., W. G.
Whitehead, W. A. Piner, R. G. Lit-
iren. Thos. J. Pae. J. C. Rowan, W.
W. Roberts, Geo. F. Quinn, R. O.
Orrell. Thos. A. Price, Jno. T. Smith.
Upper Cape Pear Improvement.
The party of Fayetteyille gentlemen
which went to Washington aa a com
mittee from the Chamber of Commerce
of that city to urge the appropriation
for the upper Cape Fear river improve
ment, returned Friday night and are
pleased with the prospects for the ulti
mate success of their plans. .While bills
already introduced for river and har
bor improvements aggregate Over four
million dollars, the committee thinks
there will be but little difficulty in se
curing $100,000 for beginning the Cape
Fear work.
Burled ia Bellevoe Cemetery.
The remains of Mrs. A. M. Bray,
who died in Florence, & O , Friday,
arrived in the city yesterday after
noon on the W. O. and A. train. The
funeral was held at four o'clock from
the residence of Mr. A. P. Merritt,
No. 413 Camphell street The service
was conducted by Rev. J. N.Cole as
dated by Rev. Mr. Porter. The in
terment was made at Bellevue ceme
tery.
NEW HANOVER PENSIONERS.
Warrants Have Been Received and Are
Now Ready for Distribution.
The register of deeds yesterday re
ceived frorn State T Auditor ; Ayer at
Raleigh the pension warrants for d is
aVed Confederate soldiers and their
widows in New; Hanover county for
the', year jast ' past ". There are: ten
widows and sixteen soldiers who re
ceive aid frotn the State annually -as
followsr"--'-""'"-"""":-"- " :"' :v
Soldiers (second, class, $43.56) M.
. I Morgan, B. S. MorgaB, J.- J.
Kitchum, Jas. E. Kelley, S. Holdin.
Soldiers', (third class ' $29) P. H.
Smith and Jno: A. Farrow.
Soldiers (fourth class $14. 50) Jack -
sou Davis, Louis Taylor, J. J. Canady,
F; A. Reaves, J. M. King. W. W.
Riyenbark, W.-L. Wilkins, R. J.
Sikea, J. H. Harper. . ; . ........
Widows (fourth class ($14.50) M.
E. Beasley, May F. Gore, Susan . A.
Jones,' E. Carroll, N. E. Mathis, Susan
Herring, Magnolia Davidson, Amanda
t-tr " i -a r a in a. 1 ?
neweii, aiargaretv. n urney, vngeune
Dale. : : . "
The total amount paid to New Han-
oyer pensioners is $551 30. There are
none of the first class-who get $58 per
year. .-
The State distributes this year to all
the counties in pensions $112,230. :
THE
NEWS
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FROM PAYETTEVILLB.
Faiinre of Watson & Williams Agitating
the Olspeosary Qnestios. :
Special Star Correspondence. -. .
Faybttbvillb, N.C., December 13.
Capt J. D. McNeill is again able to
be out. He hurt his foot at a fire here
some time ago.
The t wo stores of Watson & Wil
liams were closed by Sheriff Burns to
day. Liabilities about $2,500, with
about a like sum as assets in dry goods
and groceries.
The Dispensary is still an open ques
tion. Captain McNeill, of the Senate,
and Captain MacKe than of the House,
oth, seem to be in favor pi submitting
t io the people in some shape. They
iffer, however, in the way it should
be done, the latter holding that it
should be determined by the white
people only. It is hoped that some
agreement will be had in the matter.
Mr. F. K. Hall, the other member
from the; county, haa not expressed
himself.
The fire alarm sounded last night at
midnight and it was fouud that th
wooden candy and newspaper stall on
the old Hale lot on Hay street was
ablaze. The efficient fire department
soon extinguished the fire on the build
ing, but the entire contents were
ruined. Loss 1200, with no insurance.
DR. CULBRETH HONORED.
Elected Clinical lastrnctor in Dental De
partment of University -of Teaaessee.
Dr. N. M. Culbreth, one of .Wil
mington's well known and popular
dentists, has recently been elected
clinical instructor in the dental de
partment of the University of Ten
nessee, at Nashville. It is indeed a
high compliment to our esteemed
townsman, and one which he thor
oughly appreciates, but owing to the
fact that the acceptance of the posi
tion would necessitate' his absence
from Wilmington during the Winter
he has declined the offer.
Dr. Culbreth's ability in his profes
sion is recognized not Only in his own
State, but also abroad. His friends
here will be glad to know that he will
not move away.
AN ASSIGNMENT AT WILSON.
Death of Capt. Bobbltf, Prominent Tobac
conist Not Pleased With Census.
I Special Star Correspondence.'
Wilson, N. G, December 14. W.
E. Griffin, a large general merchant
of this city, made an assignment last
night to J. R. Uzzell. At this writing
it is impossible to give any definite
idea as to the amount of assets or lia
bilities, There are no preferred credi
tors.
Capt. Sid. M. Bobbitt, a leading to
bacconist of this city, died here this
morning. Uapt Bobbitt had a large
number of friends in all parts of the
State,-who will, regret to hear, of nis
demise.
Our people are not at all pleased with
the government census report on the
number of inhabitants in our city.
Our authorities will proceed at once to
have, an accurate census taken
Changed His Name.
Yesterday at noon Mr. Henry Roger
Moore made application to Col.
John D. Taylor, clerk of the Superior
Court to change his name to Roger
Moore. By special proceedings,
certificate was granted, showing that
the name had been changed as asked.
and declaring that the said Roger
Moore is entitled to all the privileges
and protection under his new name as
he was, or would have been under the
old.
In Honor of the Misses Mesres.
Mrs. Paul EL Laagdon and the
Misses Langdon entertained last Tues
day evening at their home in" Augusta,
Ga., with a beautiful euchre party in
honor of Misses Mary and Jane
Meares, of Wilmington. There were
about seventy-five invited guests pre
sent. The - Augusta Chronicle con
tained a long account of the brillant
reception. .
North Carolinians Want to Fight
Richmond correspondence Norfolk
Landmark: "A duel between Messrs.
0. B. Jar man. of Jacksonville, N. C,
and George E. Hugby, of Statesville,
was prevented by the friendly inter
vention of Prof. J. C. Freeman, of the
faculty of the Massey Business Col
lege, in which the young men are stu
dents. It was reported that knives
were to be the weapons. The young
men had trouble in school and decided
to settle the matter afterward at the
. Lee Monument grounds." . ..
1900.
LOCAL DO IS.
4f
'. Mrs. J. J. Clemmons has re
moved to Florence to be with her hus,
band, who is now conductor of an A.
C. L. train running between Florence
and Augusta. ;-:;." :
; Mr. C. -H. Heide a prominent
New Hanover trucker, was in the city
yesterday.-He said the cold did no
damage- to growing plants that were
properly housed. ' : : ; .f -
There are 150 members in Wil
mington of the Order of : Chosen
Friends,7 which order as stated in a
press dispatch in yesterday's paper, is
now insolvent -. - . f - .
The A. C. L. has announced a
rate of one fare for the round trip to
Richmond on account of the conven
tion of the Southern-Educational As
sociation, December 27-29 th. . ,-. ... . ...
At a meeting df the7 Board ' of
County, Commissioners yesterday it
was ordered that the tax assessment of
the Carolina Ice Company be reduced
trom f 4,000 to ,zuu, a clerical .error
having been discovered in listing. '
Mr. ,jTuck".Farriss, a son of
Mr, W. A. Farrias, is proprielor of -a
new steam bakery- at Durham. The
Durham Herald prints a lefng descrip-'
tion of the new place, judging from
which the establishment must be an
upto-date one and on an. extensive
scale. .' - " "
Hon. Kenneth M. Jackson, of
Skagaway, Alaska, arrived in the city
yesterday morning and went down to
the Orton plantation in the afternoon
to spend a few days at hunting with
his uncle. Col. K M. Murchison, Mr.
Jackson was here a year ago and is
pleasantly remembered, tie is fast
achieving success in his profession as
a lawyer in his distant home.
HAY-PAUNCFOTE TREATY.
Another Effort la Senate Executive Ses
sion to Set a Day for a Pinal Vote
. . L on the Treaty. ? ' ; .
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. '
Washington, . '. pec. 15. Renor
Lodge, in charge of the Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty, to-day made another effort
in the executive session of the Senate
to get a day for a final vote on the
treaty and the amendmets to it which
have been suggested by various Sena
tors; land while he did not succeed
he received considerable encourage
ment in that direction.
The proeeedings to day consisted of
a brief speech by Senator Teller, in
which he suggested the substitution of
tne word "abrogate" for tne ; word
"supersede" in the first of the amend
ments reported yesterday by the Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations, the effect
being to declare the Clay ton- Bluewer
treaty abrogated in express terms. He
then made an argument in support of
the suggestion,' contending that any
nation has a right to abrogate a treaty
into with another nation. He entered
said if the committee intended the old
treaty to be abrogated that word
should be used.
When Mr. Teller concluded Mr.
Lodge renewed his efforts to get a
time fixed for a vote. Senator Morgan
stated that if the time should be named
for a vote on the treaty he would in
sist also that there should bean
understanding that a vote be taken on
the Nicaragua canal bill at the same
time. When, however, Senator Lodge,
after an intermission renewed his sug
gestion for fixing a time, Senator
Morgan said nothing further about a
vote on the canal bill.
DETERMINED HE SHALL HANQ.
Lynchers After a White Man in Jail Under
Sentence of Death for Murder.
Bv Telegraph to the Morntnz Star.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 15. At West-
ville this morning a daring attempt
was made to lynch Charles Haverson,
a young white man confined in the
jail under sentence of death for mur
dering a prominent merchant named
Amnions several months ago. The
mob was composed of nearly a thou
sand people. The sheriff and citizens
made impassioned appeals for the life
of Haverson, and the mob finally
agreed to disperse on condition that
if the Supreme Court should grant a
new trial and a change of venue the
people would be given notice when
Haverson was to be taken from the
county.
ACQUITTED OP MURDER.
Ex-Capt. Prince, of Norfolk Police Force,
Who Killed Chas. J. Cannon.
: ' By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Norfolk, Va. December 15. After
a full week of legal battling the trial
of Michael H. Prince, ex-captain of the
Norfolk: police force, for the murder
of Charles J. Cannon, on August 3rd,
ended this afternoon with a verdict of
not guilty. "
The crime for which Prince was
tried was the open killing of Cannon
on August 3rd, in the areaway of the
custom house building. Evidence
showed that Cannon had been inti
mate with Prince's wife. It was Can
non's wife who first told Prince of the
intimacy between her husband and
his wife.
ROBBERS RAID A TOWN.
Dynamite a Bank .and Plunder a Store.
Escape With Their Booty.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Brighton, III., Dee 15. Five men,
posing as tramps, were permitted ' to
lodge in the lock up here last evening.
During the night they overpowered the
town marshal, Jocked him in a cell
and broke into the private bank of
Blodett Brothers. Several charges of
dynamite were . exploded, but the
vault which contained a large sum.
was only partially wrecked and the
men gave up trying to secure It - The
general store of . Edward Butler was
next visited. Here the safe was blown
open and several hundred dollars
secured.- The men were entering
another store when an alarm of fire
was -sounded. Meantime the robbers
escaped. A posse with blood hounds
is in pursuit
NO. 8
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
- Sanfordrprmr .Miss Martha
Mcl ver died at the home of her nephew,
Mr. J. Alton Mclrer. in Jonesboro on
last Sunday night She was the sister
of the late Dr.' John and P. B. Mclver
and was the only surviving member of
that "most excellent family.
Wilson Times:' Tuesday morn
ing at 7:30 o'clock Capt. S. M. Bob
bitt died after a short, illness. , He re
turned to the city Sunday night and
has been sick since. ' This morning he
was taken much worse. Mr. J.
T. Renfrow, of Taylors, Old. Fields
township, had five acres N of tobacco
and received $760.86 for his crop.
v Smithfield Herald: Last Thurs-
day night, while on his way home
from, oelma, Mr. tlenry Kose. of
O'Neal's township, fell from his cart
and received such injuries that he died
in a few hours. He was found on
Little River Hill, near Mr. , Hardy
Hatcher's place, in a dying condition.
The hill is very steep and it is thought
ihis horse ran down the hill and he was
thrown out . No person was with him,
Charlotte Observer': It is gen
erally .believed in Winston that the
Uanes received about Sl.UUO.UUO for
their tobacco manufacturing plants.
While no figures have been given out
it U reported that P. H. Hanes & Co.
received an offer of $1,000,000 for their
factories and business from a Northern
party a short time before the sale was
made to tne Reynolds Uompany.
Raleigh -Jf&os . and : Observer:
The Worth will trial, now in progress
at Asheboro, involves about a quarter
of a million dollars. It is an effort to
attack the validity of the will of the
late Dr. J. M. Worth, on the ground
that he was incapable at the time the
wiu was made, of disposing of his
property, and. that undue influence
was used by .certain persons woo re
ceived large bequests The case will
likely continue into next week. . There
is a great array of legal talent.
Raleigh News .and' Observer:
Jubal Goocb, the man shotmear New
Hope church by. bis son for beating
the, boy 'a mother, died at six o clock in
the evening, having been shot about
nine that morning. The interment took
place yesterday. -The later develop
ments seem to favor the theory that
the boy and his father were engaged
in westling ' over the gun when the
killing took place. It is said ' the boy
claims tne snooting was accidental.
Concord Standard: James
Howell, of Gold All. in jail at Salis
bury, made several attempts at suicide
Wednesday afternoon.- A bottle of
mils: was given him and- breaking the
bottle he-attempted to cut bis throat
aitery, but . could not reach it He
made an attempt to choke himself and
but bis life out against the cell. All
failed. ; He was watched closely, and
Will probably not have the means of
self destruction'! f he does not abandon
tbe scheme.
Clinton Democrat: Mr. D. M.
Patrick ia the owner of two pigs that
aggregate in weighs 1200 pounds. Mr.
K. U. Holmes has three pigs that
weigh 1332. Mr.. Josiah Carter,
of South Clinton,, had an ox stolen
last week. John Lane, a white man
living in North Clinton, has been ar
rested upon a charge of stealing an ox
and taking the animal to Fayette ville
and selling him to a colored . butcher.
The hide and ear marks were identi
fled. Lane gave Mr. F. R. Cooper as
surity wnen arrested and it is said be
has skipped his bond and gone to parts
unknown.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
m
A few days ago Mr. W. R. Walston
brought to the Commonwealth five
Amber Globe turnips which weighed
2D pouao.8, a. colored woman
e m ' a a. a
named Matilda Lawrence died here a
few days ago, and those who knew
ner well tnink tnat she must have
been more than 100 years old
Sherrod Johnson, a colored farmer.
this year made 82 bales of cotton. 300
barrels of corn and 2.000 bushels of
neafiuts. He cultivated 245 acres of
land, and made 36 bales of cotton with
wages and 46 bales with share crop
pers. . ae maae ziu DarreisoT corn
, with wages and the qalance of tee
300 with share croppers, and perhaps
the same proportion holds good with
his peanut crop.
Lexington Dispatch: Messrs.
J. F. Hedrick and J. F. Brewer, of
Bagdad, spent a day last week with
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCrary, near Lin
wood. The went to bunt, and in less
than half a day they killed 66 rabbits.
J. A. Jnurpby and son. of Thom-
asville, were bitten by a dog, supposed
to be mad, last week and were here
early Monday morning to have Mr.
Craver's , mad . stone applied to the
wounds. The stone "stuck" to the
man, but would take no bold on the
boy.
Mr.
here
unas. ieonard, a
in Lexington, was
blacksmith
talking with us the other day and said
that in year 1899 he put on over 5,000
horse shoes During this year his record
far exceeds the 5,000 mark and he con
ndently expects to make it 6,000 the
before the end of 10OO.
ttoiasDoro ueaaiiqM: We are
reliably informed that Mr. N. S. Per
kins, of Pikeville township, has a bale
of cotton on hand for nearly ten years
wnicn ne is nouung tor ten cents. Tne
omer aay nis son round an opossom
comfortahly housed within . the bale.
An incendiary fire destroyed the
Darn, siaoies and Duggy nouse of Dr.
W.;R. Crawford, in Fork township,
oaturaay, morning aoout 2 o'clock, to
gether with eight head of ' horses and
mules, 13 bales of cotton, wagons.
buggies, a large lot of forage and all
farming implements, entailing a loss
of $3,000 with only $500 insurance on
the cotton, - On Friday evening his
brother, Mr. Phil Crawford, of Lenoir
county, drove up on a visit and he
suffered the loss of two horses that
were in ; the stables. , Jt is ' supposed
that a white tramp slept in the buggy
bouse mac nigni ana urea the build
ing, '--.;-..v:
Fayetteville Observer: One of
the most awful tragedies that ever oo-
currea in uumberland county took
place on Tuesday afternoon in Flea
Hill townshipp10 miles from - this
city, it happened .at the home of
Allen Fuller, a highly resnected col
ored man, and resulted in the death of
nis wife and daughter-in-law. The
younger woman discovering a pile of
shucks in an outhouse onlfire, ran to
put it out, and, in doing so, her cloth
ing caught afire, - The mother, attract-
ea ay ner screams, ran to her aid. The
young woman how one mass of flames,
inrew ner arms around ner mother in
death agony, and, despite the furious
struggles of the old woman, both per
ished on the spot The physician, who
examined the bodies, says that life
was literally squeezed out "of the old
. woman, and that she was probably
dead before the flames harmed her .
John Addison . Porter, formerly pri
vate secretary to President McKinley.
died yesterday at his residence in Put
nam, Conn.-, He had been sick several
weeks.
Vmase Btta of Bantla A Hlamat
Ramlndera , ot (, On Barf ,i JUval .
"Victories From the Time ot
Rerolwtian Dowm to 1814. - k
There is an interesting historical collec
tion In tflfr library o congress. .It con---
sists of remnants of flags which were v -flown
from the vessels that are famous in .
the history of, the country. .This collecr
tion was found among the possessions,
which included alt sorts bid literary oddi- . v t o
ties and : a valuable collection of auto-, . . .
graphs, lsft by the late Peter Force, a na- ; -
ttve or New Jersey, wnosa ratner was. a i
veteran of the Revolution. - Force held--.
many military and civll.offices In Wash- ' V "
infton.- Hadfed there In 1868. f i '.''r
The bits of; flags, have Keen carerouy ,i-,t -
Preserved in a large album between , '
rowtt paper leaves, each leaf bearing the- -'1' I
retord .and ; something of th history of ' "
,th patch of banting attached to it . The , , '
moat amKuig pare 01 xne exmoK w mk - -
' devoted l to : Perry's- captures- oa - Lake, f
BdeT in . September, 1813. .There is a ,-s-;
piece of the flag which was flown from
Perrr'a flacshrn In the contest made'
memorable by his warning, "Don't give . ,
.. a I - - . 1 I . ... j. M i
up tne snip. xnere are mino picrcs . - :
the flags of the ships of the enemy cap-r:r
tared on that occasionthe Queen Char-t
lotte, Little Belt, Lady Prevost, Manton ' -.: -
' and Ohippeway. ' ....... fav,::? . i; :
Another interesting remnant is tnat ot ;,: j
.v. n h. IIIIiunl tha nhin vhiGh '
uns uis -.."-f . r . w
was of tne fleet Joan raui jones xormea -tn
France, with the Bonhonuna.BichardT ,
as flagship, the purpose of which was the ,
attacking 'of - British ships during tne '
Bevolution..: It was the Allianca which ,..-, -r
took an insignificant part, to tbe discred
it of her eccentric commander, a French- '
man named Landais, ia the fight with the
Serapis. The bit of flag is of that car- ( -
ried daring the fight , 4 '' i ; ' '
Another inttresnng flag represented -is;i h ji
that of L'InBurgente.- This flag was cap- ; .;
tared by Truxtun, who commanded the -as
Constellation In an engagement on J)-so. ;-
9, 1790. t waa the first opportunity that
had occurred since tne close or tne utro- ,
ltttion for an American naval vessel to s ;.'.
get alongside of an enemy, and the hopes ; , , , .
of the American officers and men for a , "'
spirited combat were realised, tor the -;
French frigate, under Captain Barreauit,
promptly replied to the Constellation's , '
lire. Ia this contest a yonng midship- '
man, David Porter, performed his first q
act of gallantry. He was in command of
the foretop of the Constellation and, act- :: -lng
on his own responsibUlty, preyented .
the fall of the topmast and ail its ham- ,
ner. The victory achltved by Truxtun "
produced great joy in America and estab- . )
lished a faith in the navy which has re
mained unshaken to this day.
A bit of flag which is also memorable -
Is that of ,Le Bercean, captured by the
Boston, under Captain Little. The Amer
ican ship wrought great havoo on board
the French corvet, which' had the rep
utation of being one of the fastest ships
la the French marine. . . . . . -
A celebrated shred is that of the flag
of the Guerriere, taken in the famous
fight with the Constitution, under HnlL
This was the contest where each side . -
displayed the supreme art ot seamanship
and naval strategy, and nacres, com
mander of the Gneniere, suffered no loss , t.
of professional fame by the defeat, so
signal was his efficient handling of his -vessel.
It was the first serions conflict
In the war of 1812. The flag was taken v,
down by Lieutenant George Campbell -
Bead, who was in command of the prixa . ;
crew and who, on finding the Guerriera
was sinking, set fire to the wreck.
mi il. ..LI . - I t. r .1. .
xae lungusa snip axaceaoaian, wuivu-i -
was captured by. Decatur in uctober, .
1812, is also represented in the collection..
The canture of the Macedonian added to ' ;
the glory of Decatur, who had carried the ...
ship Into New York with another Brit
ish vessel captured at the same time. The .
flag ot the Frolic, captured In November,
5812, by the sloop Wasp, under Jacob -ones,
is also represented. In the ex- ' .'
nlbit are also two pieces of flags of the .
Reindeer and Avon, captured by the 1 " ;
Wasp, under Blakely, the former In July :
and the latter in September, 1814. - r,.
The Constitution in December, 1812, .
Bainbridge having succeeded Hull, cap- ;. :.
tared the Java, and the flag ot the latter .. j
ship contributes a strip to the Force col- .
lection. There is a piece of the flag of
the Peacock, captured In February, 1813,., ."
by Lawrence on the Hornet ' This was -
the flag which,' after half an hour's fight
ing, was not only lowered, but reaolsted,
union down, in the forerlgging as a sig- 7 "-
nal of distress. The Peacock suddenly v
sank, and the two American prise officers
and most of the men saved themselves ;
only after great exertion. The American.'
ship Peacock, under Captain Warring
ton, captured the British frigate Eper-
vier in April, 1814, and the flag of the . V
defeated ship is represented in the col
lection. In September of the same year ,
Burrows, a somewhat eccentria but pop- .
alar officer of great courage, captured the ,
Boxer. He forfeited his life in tne en
gagement, being but 28 years old. A ,
piece of the flag of the Boxer is In the ' J
exhibit
Macdonough's victories on Lake Cham-
plain, achieved In 1814, are represented '
by the remnants of the flags ot the Con- ".
fiance. Linnet and Chubb. The last of
the naval flags In the exhibit Is that of
the Levant, which terminated the mar-'"
velous exploits ot the Constitution, "Old
Ironsides," as she had come to be endear- r
Ingly termed. She was then under Stew- j
art' '- ' , -
Many ot the actions which these flags
represent established the fame of our
naval officers. Congress In, many In- -
stances bestowed medals tor the gal- '
lantry there displayed. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
. ...
. Ad-rlec to Literary Aspirants. ;
la submitting manuscript for publica- ,
tion in a magazine, the placing of the
author's full name and address at' the :
head of the first sheet and the inclosing
of return postage are universally accept- .
ed by editors as sufficiently Indicating :
the fact that the article Is to be paid for
If published, or to be returned to the an- -
thor If it is not acceptable. Letters are
usually sent with manuscripts, but are
really superfluous unless some special ex-
plaoatlon Is necessary. A price should
not be put upon a manuscript unless the ; -author
has positively decided not to ac- : i
cept any smaller amount Ladies' Home ,
Journal. -.
Iho End at iAst.
"The last chapter of my book surprised
you, didn't itr' said the young author.
Happier ending than you expected, hT'
"Well," . replied the long suffering
friend, "I certainly felt a sense of relief
When X read ft." Philadelphia Press.
: Trouble Orer Wells In India.
" The question of wells in India is com
plicated by the coexistence In each .com
mnnity of two castes the purer Hindooi
and Gonds on the one hand, the wearers '
on the other, j No weaTer, may: draw
from the well ot the Hindoos lest .it be
defiled, nor will the Hindoo drink from
the hands or the well of it weaver.--; Thus '
it becomes necessary either to dig, two -Veils
r todepute a certain number of
the! Hindoo element" to give "water, to 4
their less exalted fellow villagers. Com- -hill.
' - --
. Obstinate. " ' ' '''
"My dear, sir," said the 61d gentleman
In his open hearted way, "I shall wel-y
come you as a son-in-law." . . '
"Alas !" returned the young man -de-
Jectedly. "My last hope is gone.r If I
had your opposition, 1 " might hope to
Win her, but without it - there is-too
Chance." Chicago Post. , t . - - ,
J ' Brotherly aeBeatment.
Young Mother ; (proudly) Everybody i
ays the baby looks like me. ' .
Bachelor Brother (amazed) The-spiteful
things don't say that to your face, do ;
they V New. York Weekly. ; ;
In Tnrkey any youth and maiden who ,
can walk properly and can understand
the necessary religious service are allow
ed to marry. - ?..Y ;
No matter how .dull trade may be In'
other lines of business the whip mapufac- .
turer has a snap. Chicago News. .
- Only one person In every four of the
Inhabitants of London earns more than
$3 a week. '
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