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; Notjnly the manufacturers in
Great Britain but British statesmen
have begun to realize the formid
ableness of the competition British
tradesmen have to encounter, but
they realize also the stupendous
task they have before them to meet
this competition and survive it.
They have had to encounter Ameri
can aggressiveness both in their
colonies and even in their own,
home market where they once had
undisputed swy, and so have they
in their own hfcme market felt the
effects of German competition. That
they have begun to realize what this
donble competition means is shown
by the following extract from a
speech by Lord Rosebery at a ban
quet of the Wolverhampton Cham
ber of Commerce last Wednesday
evening. Responding to a toast he
discussed "the great commercial
warfare being waged against Eng
land" -in which he said:
"The chief rivals to be feared are
America and Germany.
"The Americans, with their vast and
almost incalculable resources, their
acuteneas and enterprise, and their
huge population, which will probably
be 100,000.000 in twenty years, together
with the plan they have adopted for
putting accumulated wealth into great
co operative syndicates or trusts for
the purpose of carrying on this great
commercial warfare, are perhaps the
most formidable.
"On the other band, the Germans,
with their calculating and conquering
spirit and the energy with which they
seiz9 and use the best and most eco
nomical methods, are but little less i
redoubtable than the Americans.
"The Americans, scarcely satisfied
with gigantic individual fortune, . use
those by combination to make of capi
tal a power which, wielded by one or
two minds, is almost irresistible ; and,
if this power is .concentrated against
Great Britain in trade warfare, it will
be a danger we cannot afford to disre
gard. "A trust of many millions might
compete with any trade in Eogland,
underselling all her products at a con
siderable loss. This is a possible out
come of the immediate future.
"A curious feature, if I may say so
without impertinence, seems to be that
in combination with the faculty for the
acquisition of money there is a com
plete contempt for money except as a
'means of making more and for power.
These millionaires of whom we hear so
much are often men of simple lives,
whose simple rule is to make enormous
accumulations in order to acquire more
power. !
l: "England, in order, to withstand in
ternational competition, must thor
oughly educate her youth; and I would
'suggest sending batches of young men
abroad to learn the best our rivals
know."
This was not a very pleasant kind
of talk for the gentlemen who had
assembled on this festive occasion,
but it was not the first time they
! had- heard stories of that kind for
they have talked this matter over
amongst themselves in their meet
ings and have read discourses upon
it for several years in their leading
papers, for this has been one of the
- interesting topics of discussion in
England for the past two or three
years. They have realized the situ
ation and discussed the ways and
means for meeting if they could not
prevent this American competition,
one of the ways suggested being
some sort of protective legislation
to crowd the American out of Eng
lish markets, as the Englishman is
crowded out of the American mar
ket. But this Wast such a radical de
parture from England's free trade
policy and so manifestly intended to
benefit English traders; at the ex
pense of the people of the colonies
and the masses of home consumers
that it didn't take well. The aver
age Englishmen, whether at home
or in a colony wants to buy where
he can get the most for his money,
Lord Rosebery pays high tribute,
I whether so intended or not, to
J American genius, energy, dash,
which he has doubtless studied, and
showahe appreciates. But he does
not seem to realize that it is an old,
failing giant, struggling with
young, robust one, which is gaining
more strength every day. He has
learned something from the Japa
nese, the most sagacious people of
the East, and the most marvellous
of them all, which thirty years ago
did what Lord Rosebery advises
England to do now, that is sent her
bright young men to other countries
noted for their superior methods of
doing things to study these methods,
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VOL. XXXII.
to learn all they could about them,
and go back to Japan to become the
teachers of their countrymen. This
is one of the secrets of Japan'B won
derful progress. She began at the
bottom and with an admirable reso
lution and perseverance worked up
to the top. England may do this
now, as Lord Eosebery suggests, but
if she did she would not meet with
the same success the Japanese have,
for Englishmen have not the imita
tive talent of the Japanese, nor are
they as quick of patient to learn.
The Englishman in this particular
bears more resemblance to the Chi
naman he thinks he knows it all.
The Englishman has one loom
ing, redeeming trait and that is
stick, a bulldog tenacity for hold
ing on when he gets a grip and this
it is that will stand him in stead
when the commercial battle wages
in earnest. - But that will not save
him. The relegating of England
to a second andeven; a third place
am6ng""the commercial nations is
one of the Inevitables, and with all
her energy and all her perseverance
and all her wealth she cannot pre
vent it, because she cannot over
come nature and the irresistible.
Her people have neither the dash
nor the energy of the American, one
of her rivals, nor the practical, per
severing thorough method of the
German, her other rival, while she
has still two more rivals in the
East, the Japanese and the Russian
in China, neither of which is
alluded to by Lord Rosebery. With
in half a century England's fuel
supplies for manufacturing purposes
will be about exhausted and before
that time she will have ceased to be
a great cotton manufacturer, as the
industry will be taken from her by
this ' country. To-day she is im
porting coal, iron and steel and ten
years hence she will be importing
more.
Without cheap coal and iron, two
of the things which have helped to
make her the commercial power she
is, how can" she compete with
nations which have both of these in
abundance? She can't do it and
will therefore be compelled to sur
render, although she may struggle
manfully and obstinately, but she
will have to surrender all the same,
for she will be, . is already out
classed and must succumb to the
inevitable.
ABSOLUTELY USELESS.
When Governor Stanley, of Kan
sas, was informed of the burning in I
Leavenworth of that negro assaulter
of women, he became very indignant
and concluded he would offer big re
wards for the apprehension of the
men who participated in these pro
ceedings, but in view of the fact that
there were five or more thousand
people mixed np in it as active par
ticipants, or aiders and abettors, he
reconsidered. , Giving his reasons he
said:
"It would be absolutely no use to
offer a reward, for if the guilty per
sons were arrested they would neces
sarily have to undergo the first trial
in Leavenworth county, and in the
present condition of public sentiment
(here it would be absolutely useless to
attempt to prosecute anybody there
for the crime."
Some time, a short time, too, be
fore that a negro was burned at the
stake in Colorado ' for the same
crime. The Governor became very
indignant, offered rewards and sent
a peremptory order to the sheriff of
the county to arrest forthwith every
participant in that burning whom
he could find. In due time the re
sponse came that no participants
could be found in that county.
Like the burning in Leavenworth
there was not a disguised man in
the crowd and the father of the girl
in both instances lighted the fire
that consumed the culprit. Of
course there would be no use in ar
resting any one for participating
in these burnings, for no jury
sould be found in either of the
counties or States that would con
vict any of them. There are thou
sands of people who shudder at the
cruelty of the punishment, but there
are very few who would punish the
avengers.
Joseph Leon Gobeille, who is
president of a big Pattern company
of Cleveland, Ohio, is also an ardent
church man. ' His church has been
divided for some time on the reten
tion of the pastor. Gobeille's
father sided with the faction op
posed to the one his son belonged
to, and thereupon young Gobeille
showed what a pattern Christian
and son he was by discharging his
father who for eighteen years had
worked in the Pattern shop. The
old man is poor too, and has to sup
port the young man's mother, while
the young brute is rich.
You couldn't persuade Milton
McCombs, of Sharon, Pa., that
there is nothing in dreams.; He
went to the Klondike a couple of
years ago and pegged away without
making more than enough to buy
his hash. Then he went to dream
ing. Dreamed where he could grab
the nuggets, went there, grabbed
awhile and then sold his stake for
$25,000 cash, and like a sensible
fellow came home.
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PLANHIHG TO HOLD CUBA
If the utterances of the leading
Republican papers which stand in
with the McKinley administration,
and the reports that come from
Washington from time to time be
any indication, and in our opinion
they are, the intention is to hold on
Cuba if there can be found a half
way plausible pretence for it, not
withstanding the fact that when war
was declared against Spain, it was
at the same time unanimously de
clared by Congress that "The people
of the island of Cuba are, and of
right ought to be, free and indepen
dent." It further solemnly dis
claimed "any intention to exercise
sovereignity, jurisdiction or control
over the island except for the pacifi
cation thereof," which accomplished
the "government of the island would
be left in control of its people."-
The island has been pacified for
two years and is still occupied by U.
S. troops and governed by men sent
out from Washington, and there is
intimation as to when this will cease
and the government of the island be
turned over to its people. We have
undertaken the task of building a
"stable" government for them, which
means a government which com
ports which the American rather
than the Cuban idea.
The Republican convention which
met at Philadelphia and re-nominated
McKinley reaffirmed the resolution
to which we refer, and pledged the
Republican party to carry it out in
good faith, when it had already
been broken in the spirit and in the
letter. The Chicago Times-Herald,
a Republican paper, quotes "one of
Mr. McKinley's trusted advisers"
assaying:
"It (universal suffrage) is not to be
thought of for one moment. It would
be a miserable betrayal of all the peo
ple of substance and intelligence in the
island. These people look to the
United States to see to it that a stable
government is established to take the
place of our own regime. They have
faith that we will not abandon them to
the miseries of rule by the ignorant
masses."
The new constitution of Cuba
provides for universal suffrage, but
it might be asked if "the people of
Cuba are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent," what busi
ness is it of ours whether they adopt
universal or restricted suffrage?
Have we a right in the face of our
own solemn pledges to dictate to a
"free and independent" people what
kind of suffrage they shall have? '
But doesn't it border somewhat on
self-stultification when Republican
statesmen whose party foisted uni
versal suffrage on the South, and did
it practically at the point of the
bayonet, too, declaim against re
stricted suffrage in the South, while
they protest against universal suf
frage in Cuba, and make that a pre
tence for violating their solemn
pledges, and refusing to recognize
the independence of Cuba?
But the observance of pledges, or
a decent regard for' consistency are
two things that never stand in the
way of the schemes of Republican
statesmen.
GEORGIA MARBLE
Georgia marble is coming in great
demand for building purposes, much
of it being shipped even up into the
New England States, where it has to
compete with Vermont marble. This
is the marble that is to be used in the
construction of the new building for
the Department of Justice, in Wash
ington, where large amounts of it had
been previously used in other public
and private buildings. The owners
of the marble works at Marble Hill,
Pickens county, Ga., were recently
awarded the contract for erecting
that bnilding against five other bid
ders, their bid being $1,387,200, the
next lowest $1,426,990 and the high
est $1,597,922.
There are immense deposits of
this Btone in Georgia, and this inter
ests us because the deposits extend
into North Carolina, being found in
Cherokee and other counties in in
exhaustible quantities and of many
varieties, and suitable for many pur
poses on aceount of the different col
ors and tints. As far as we know no
use has been made of these marbles
yet because they are somewhat out of
the line of transportation, but the
time will come when they will be
utilized and prove a source of much
wealth.
There now in Asheville two Texas
twins, visiting relatives. They stand
six feet three inches in height, are
built in proportion and are still
growing as they are only 19 years
old. There are thirteen children
in the family and the dwraf of the
family measures six feet. Their
parents are North Carolinians who
moved to Texas, where all the chil
dren were born. This shows what
North Carolina stock can do when
it has plenty of room to elongate.
The kissers and huggers come to
grief occasionally. A few days ago
a kiss snatcher out west was jabbed
in the arm by a girl with a hat pin
and died, and a few nights ago a
fellow in New York who undertook
to hug all the girls at a party, struck
one kicker who snatched a table
knife, jabbed it into him, and he died
WILMINGTON N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25,
STATE LEGISLATURE.
McLean's Bill Providing for the
State Prison to Manufac- .
ture Fertilizers.
TO SOUVE CONVICT PROBLEM.
Tbe State's Revenues Mast Be Increased.
Several Measures HavlBg This End
in View Bills and Resolutions
Introduced.
I Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, Jan. 17. Considerable in
terest is developing in legislative cir
cles in the bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Mr. McLean, of
Scotland county, providing for the
State prison to embark in the fertilizer
manufacturing business. The bill
provides for the prison authorities to
buy all necessary lands, erect buiid-
ings andequip with machinery etc., for
the manufacture of fertilizers for
agricultural purposes. The bill is now
in the bands of a committee. . Its title
is "An Act for the Better Employment
of Convict Labor."
Members of the General Assembly
setm to be very much divided, and
qjite a number really at sea, as to
woat the best solution of the con
vict problem. There are many who
believe with Representative McNeill.
of Cumberland, that the thing to do is
to provide for the counties to retain
their convicts, except those in for life
or very long terms, andjwork them on
permanent public road improvements.
The Legislature, or rather many
individual members, are giving much
thought to the, matter of discovering
resources from which the State's rev
enues may be increased, as increased
they must be very materially if the
present policy of larger appropiations
are to be made to institutions, old and
new as now scheduled.
I know of four bills in process of
preparation having in view this end
by means of a tax on dogs. One of
these was introduced yesterday by Mr.
Garrett, of Rockingham. It is desi-
nated as an act to protect the game
fowls and dogs of North Carolina."
But the prime objeet of its introducer
is to aid in the increase of the 8tate
revenues. The bill provides for a tax
of one dollar on each dog. Mr. Gar
rett believes that if enacted into a law
this will bring intojthe State treasury
not less than $ 100.000, and at tbe same
time it will also make dogs personal
property, so that their owners will be
protected against dog thieves. The
keeping of an excessive . number of
dogs will also be averted in many
instances.
There seems to be a right strong
sentiment among legislators to enact
a law at least somewhat in line with
the bill introduced by Mr. Garrett.
Indications are that the bill by
Daughteridge, of Edgecombe, intro
duced yesterday, placing a graduated
tax on corporations seeking charters
from the State, will be favorably re
ceived.
Special Star Telegram.
The Senate devoted much time to
discussion of the bill providing that a
husband may have the right to convey
title to pi . perty in case of insanity or
idiocy of wife. Senator Brown char
acterized it as a "bill to promote
cruelty to women." The bill was de
feated.
Senator Travis introduced a bill pro
viding for four months school in every
county and appropriating two hundred
thousand dollars for this purpose. The
bill requires the Board of Education to
ascertain what counties cannot main
tain schools that length of time and
supplement the funds with the neces
sary amount. The remainder of the
two hundred thousand isto be divided
among all the counties, according to
school population.
Important bills 'on the calendar
passed readings as follows:
Third reading: To authorize Rocky
Mount to issue bonds for an electric
light and sewerage; to incorporate
East Lumber ton, Robeson county; to
allow the Public Roads Committee of
the Senate and House to employ a
stenographer; Morton's bill exempting
train dispatchers from jury duty.
In the House. -
A long list of bills was introduced
in the House, and many others passed
the third reading. Very few were of
public interest. The session was the
dullest the House has yet held.
Winston introduced a bill providing
that convicts sentenced to terms of
ten years or under be sent to county
farms and improve the public roads.
The bill incorporating the James
Walker Memorial Hospital passed a
third-reading.
Bill to allow an executor or admin-
istratorjof trustees to foreclose deeds of
trust. elicited -'long debate but
passed its readings.
Among the bills ratified today
were : For the relief of the dangerous
insane; to amend chapter 83 of the
Laws of 1899; favoring the establish
ment of a national preserve : to incor
porate the Howard Relief Association,
Wilmington ; to improve the upper
Cape Fear river.
The joint commmittee having un
der consideration Senator Ayeock's
bill for uniform text books in the
public schools met to night and de
cided to defer action as to recommen
dation until next Friday. It is con
sidered one of the most important bills
pending.
Raleigh, N. O, Jan. 19. The Gen
eral Assembly adjourned early to-day
in honor of Lee's birthday. Neither
branch was in session more than an
hour. The resolution for the Senate
recess was presented by Mr. Morton
of New Hanover.
A number of bills passed a third
reading. Among them the following
For the relief of the Clerk of Court o
Robeson county; to allow commission
era of Wilson to issue fifteen thousand
dollars in bonds and levy a special tax
resolution inviting Dr. J. L. M. Curry
to address the joint session. Senator
Gudger voted against the invitation to
Dr. Curry. He said Dr. Curry lob
bied in Congress against the seating
of Crawford and favored Pearson in
the contest from his district.
On motion of Senator Foushee, two
hundred copies of Brown's anti cigar
ette bill were ordered printed.
Notable bills introduced in . the
House: By Carlton.' to incornorate
Rose Hill; Thompson, to protect deer
Onsloyr county; Thompson, to
amend charter of the Onslow Navi
gation Company; McNeill, to prohibit
the sale of liquors near the Baptist
church, Brunswick county ; McNeill,
allow .the commissioners of Bruns
wick to levy a special tax.
Bill passed final reading to provide
pay for a stenographer to the joint
Committee on Public Roads.
Public Schools.
The State Association of Superinten
dents of City Schools met in session
here yesterday, and to day elected tbe
following officers for the ensuing
year: President, J. I. Foushee. Golds
boro; Vice President, J. a. Matheton,
Durham; Secretary, W. C. Lane, High
'omt. The attendance was large and
the meeting was the most successful in
the history of the Association. The
feature of the nrosrramme to dav
was an address by Prof. J. J. Blair, of
Wilmington, on plans for school room
decoration.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Harry Keen Received a Bullet in His Side
at Wrighlsville Yesterday.
Harry Keen, the twelve-year-old son
of Mr. John T. Keen, who resides at
No. 715-Grace street, was accidentally
shot about 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon on Wrightsville Sound by Clar
ence Craft, son of Mr. T. C. Craft.
Young Craft was trying to load a 33
calibre pistol when it went off, the ball
entering Harry Keen's right side just
above the hip. The wound is not
considered dangerous.
Six young boys Harry Keen, Clar
ence Craft, Harry Stanland, Sam Pen
ny, Will Dunham and Walter Wood
cock whose ages range from eleven
to fifteen years, went to the Sound
yesterday afternoon in a surry. The
boys were standing on the gangway in
front of the Atlantic View Hotel when
Clarence Craft tried to load a pistol
which he claims to have found, and it
went off, the ball entering the side of
young Keen, who was standing a few
steps away.
Capt Oscar GranVwas near by at the
time of the accident and brought the
wounded boy up to the city on a
special train oyer the Seacoast road.
Dr. T. S. Burbank was notified by tele
phone and met the train at the station.
The boy was taken home and his
wound dressed. The physician didn't
probe for the bullet but said he
thought it was only a flesh wound.
Tbe young fellow was doing very
nicely last night. The other boys
4rveback to Wilmington in post
haste, all more or less frightened.
ASSIGNMENT AT MAXTON.
Creditors of the Firm of J. B. Sellers & Co.
Met Wednesday.
The creditors of the firm of J: B.
Sellers & Co., of Maxton, which made
an assignment about ten days ago,
met Wednesday in Maxton for
the purpose of hearing a report of the
assignee. The report showed that the
liabilities are $10,180 and assets 10,-
000. Only about $3,000 of the assets is
tangible, as most is uncollectable ac
counts. About $8,000 of the liabilities
was represented by creditors who were
present and a compromise of 20 per
cent, was offered and accepted by
those present on condition that all of
the creditors concur therein. It is
understood that theadjustment was
very equitable, asthe firm will make
no plea for the homestead and per
sonal property exemptions and it is
estimated that it will have to borrow
money in order to settle on a 20 per
cent, basis. Wilmington creditors
were involved to the extent of about
$1,800.
J no. tl. uoosr, Xjaq., of Maxton, is
trustee under the assignment,
Death Near Atkinson,
News was received in the city yes-
terday(of the death at his home near
Atkinson, N. C, on Wednesday after
noon of Mr. James N. Henry, a promi
nent citizen of Pender county. He
was 67 years of age and was a good
and useful man in his community. He
was an elder in the Caswell Presby
terian Chapel for a long number of
years and married a sister of Mrs. M.
G. Bailey, No. 311 Walnut street, this
city. His sorrowing wife, with two
sons, Mr. Norman Henry, of Texas,
and Mr. R. J. Henry, of Long View,
and two daughters, Misses Mary and
Minnie, survive him. The funeral was
held from the family residence at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. A.
D. McClure officiating,- and the inter
ment was in the family burying
ground near by. Mrs. Bailey was
with him at the time of his death
and Mrs. J, C. Stewart went up yes
terday morning with Mr. McClure to
attend the funeral,
THE NEWS OP LJJMBERTON.
An Assignment by Prominent Merchant
New Enterprise at Red Springs.
Special Star Correspondence.
Ltjmbeeton, N. C, January 17.
W. O. Thompson, general merchant,
has made an assignment to Q. T.
Williams, assignee. The liabilities and
assets are unknown.
The Red Springs Steam Laundry and
Power Company, a new enterprise,
has secured a charter from the oecre
tary of State through A. W. McLean
Esq., of Lumberton. The business of
the company will be the operation of a
steam laundry and electric lighting
plant. Tbe incorporators are A. Jts,
Pearsall, W. J. Johnson. W. H. Brit
ton, W. F. Williams and "other resi
dents of the thriving town of Red
(springs.
1901.
94TB ANNIVERSARY.
The Birthday of Gen. Robt. E.
Lee Splendidly Celebrated in
Wilmington Yesterday.
ORATION BY E. S. MARTIN, ESQ
Mrs. Gaston Mesres, in an Admirably
Written Address, Presented Crosses
of Honor to Veterans Tbe
Military Parade.
All the conditions Saturday were
highly . favorably to an auspicious
celebration of the ninety-fourth anni
versary of the birthday of General
Robert E. Lee and it is safe to say that
never before was the occasion more
generally observed in Wilmington or
was there manifested such a commend
able sentiment among its people to do
honor to the Confederacy's beloved
hero, than on Saturday when the
streets were lined with people to wit
ness the long and imposing military
parade in honor of the event and when
the Opera House was filled to over
flowing with military and civilians to
reverently do homage; to the one, who
among all others, lis worshiped as the
idol of the Southland.
The parade formed at 3 o'clock in
front of the Wilmington Light Infan
try armory and the line of march was
identical with that given in yester
day's Star. It was in charge of Capt.
James I. Metts, chief marshal, with his
aides, Messrs. C. McD. Davis, George
'. James and D. D. Barber. The
order observed was also practically the
same, as follows :
Platoon of four policemen, Messrs.
E. Wood, J. J. Moore. W. H. Bar-
den, and E. L. Smith.
Drum corps, consisting of Messrs.
Will Rehder, Frank Turrentine and
W. Li. Burxhimer.
Third North Carolina Infantry As
sociation, with twelve - men, com
manded by Col. Wm. L. DeRosset.
Cape Fear Camp No. 254, United
Confederate Veterans, with 53 men in
ranks, commanded by Col. F. W.
Kercnner.
George Davis Camp No. 50. United
Sons of Confederate Veterans, with 23
in ranks, commanded by Col. Walker
Taylor.
Wilmington Light Infantry, with
24 men in rank, commanded by Capt.
Alex. if. Adrian. i
Wilmington Division, Naval Re
serves, with 20 men in ranks, com
manded by Lieutenant A. B. 8kelding.
inrst .Battalion, Boys Brigade of
America, with 24 men. commanded bv
First Lieutenant James A. Price.
Howell's Military Academy cadets.
with 20 in ranks, commanded by Capt.
H. M.Durant
The- exercises at the Opera House
commenced with a very fervent prayer
by Rt. Rev. Bishop A. A. Watson,
who was introduced by Capt. Metts as
one ever in the thickest of the fight,
administering to the sick and wounded
things earthly and spiritual.
Eugene S. Martin, Esq., the orator
of the day, was also presented , by
Capt Metts as one among the first to
volunteer for service at Fort Caswell
in 1861 and as a soldier and scholar of
distinction. The address by Mr. Mar
tin was, in the main, historical and
full of pretty thought and interesting
reminiscences for those who followed
the intrepid and great and good leader,
General Lee. He closed with a splen
did eulogy of Lee's life and character
and was given a round of hearty
cheers.
Capt. Metts next read the famous
"Farewell Address" of General Lee, so
familiar to students of Southern his
tory. It was listened to eagerly and
the final words were greeted with feel
ing applause.
Mrs. Gaston Meares, who was chosen
by Cape Fear Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, to present to the
veterans, the Crosses of Honor, was
presented by Capt. Metts as a true
daughter of the Confederacy and the
widow of as fine an officer and as gal
lant a soldier as ever marched to taps
of a drum.
Mrs. Meares read in an impressive
and dramatic manner her address as
follows:
Veterans and heroes of our war for
n ax. j a
isuutnem vnaepenaence:
' In the name of tbe Cape Fear Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, I bid you wel
come on this our Uonf ederate holiday
the birthday of Robert E. Lee:
Just forty years ago our quiet land
was stirred by a great uprising of its
people. The tyranny of might had
forced upon us an unnatural and un
welcome war. Submission had ceased
to be a virtue, and at the call of their
sovereign States, from every section
of the South there poured a mighty
host of men going forth to meet the
foe. Saying good-bye to peaceful
homes and all else that men held dear,
thdy set their faces to the front and
never faltered; going out, they knew
not whither, but trustful and strong in
the rightousness of the cause for
which they were to fight.
Four years later, with hearts auiver
ing with woe and eyes blinded with
tears, we saw the broken remnants of
that great army coming back in strag
gling squads, to ruined and desolated
homes. Scarred and maimed by battle
wounds, hungry and sick and destitute,
branded with the crue'ties of prison
life, their hearts crushed and bleeding.
the "Bonnie Blue Flag" trailing in the
dust of conquest, our noble President
in hopeless captivity, with kingly dig
nity wearing for his people a felon's
chains in a prison cell.
Ah! those days of bitter anguish!
Can they ever be forgotten? Can we
wonder that our people's hopes were
dead?
The memories of the golden deeds of
those four heroic years were all that
was left to us; and while you men,
with greater heroism than even war
had called forth, took up again the
battle of life's duties and fought it out
to glorious success, we women gath
ered up those memoriesf enshrined in
our hearts, gloried in our heroes,
treasured as a sacred trust the noble
army of martyrs who never came
back to us; and still with unswerving
devotion to the cause for which they
fought, we honor all who followed the.
banner of the Southern Cross till it
was furled forever. (Applause.)
Let me show you a memento or those
times you well remember. I have here
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a pair of silver cuff buttons mounted
on a card for preservation and thus
inscribed: "These buttons were made
frOm the two identical silver quarters
paid to a Confederate soldier at the
final distribution of specie, just prior
to the surrender of General Joseph E.
Johnston at Durham, N. C, in 1865.
They represent four years hard
earned pay to a weather beaten , 'Con
fed.' who had them decorated' with
the colors he fought under." Ah,
what a tale they tell 1 8uch was your
guerdon and rewards but 'twas all
your country had left to give. Ap
plause. And there is another (pointing to a
tattered old flag full of bullet holes)
a pitiful relic, but we "treat it gent
ly for 'tis holy" 'tis the tattered frag
ment of the once beautiful flag of the
Third North Carolina regiment of.
StateJTroops. That was one of our own
home regiments the one 1 knew
most about in which I had great per
sonal interest Its officers, some of
whom had been members of the old
Wilmington Light Infantry, were all
men of the "Free Oitv on the Cane
Fear." Its companies w?re recruited
from New Hanover and neighboring
counties. It was a gallant band and
we were very proud of it and it is
something now for me to tell my
grandsons (and they are "Sons of the
Vet rans" too) how I took their fath
rs, little boys then, and went with
the Third to Virginia.
Just too late for the first Manassas.
but reaching Richmond in time to hear
that the cannon were booming in the
distance, while we waited with bated
breath for the hourly dispatches from
tbe battle. Those were the early days
tbe halcyon days of hopel and when
the news' came of Beauregard's first
great victory for the South it was
hailed with joy and acclamation, and
we hoped the happy end was near at
hand. But, sad omen of sadder days
to come, the glad news was dashed
with the inevitable war note of sor
row, for Bee and Bartow had fallen in
the strife and hundreds of the men
who wore the grey lay dead u pou the
battieneid I
The Winter followed, and with the
early Summer came the advance on
Richmond, and the seven days fight
for its defence, and when the sun set
upon that fatal field of Malvern Hill
the light of many of our hearts and
homes was quenched in a horror, of
great darkness, for Virginia's soil was
watered with the precious blood of
many of Carolina's noble sons.
The years rolled on. Chancellors-
ville and the Wilderness. Sharpsburg
and Gettysburg, and scores of others
wrote m letters of blood their stories
of unrivalled bravery and heroism, of
victory and sometimes of defeat, but
never of cowardice or treachery.
At last the scene shifted to our own
North Carolina coast. Fort Fisher,
our watchful sentinel upon our out
poststhe fortress we had deemed im
pregnableadded its chapter of superb
defence and final fall and the gates of
Confederate supplies were closed.
The end soon followed at Appomat
tox when Lee, our own immortal Lee,
surrendered to overwhelming forces
his good sword stainless as his own
pure soul unsullied as his own bright
honor!
Our peerless Lee ! My friends you
bore an honorable part in the making
of that wonderful story of the Southern
(Jonfederacy, and for that we owe you
a debt of gratitude and are proud to do
you honor
Flashing across tbe pale or history
like a meteor athwart the sky, but
glorious as the splendor of the noon
tide sun all too soon the young repub
lic went down in the darknes of disap
pointment and defeat The Sun of
Peace had never risen upon its moun
tain tops, its fertile valleys could
never laugh and sing with fruitful
harvests, for there were none to till
the land. From first to last the men
were at the front, fighting for "their
homes, their altars and their sacred
rights" for the freedom they could
not win! (Applause.)
But "in eong and story it will go
sounding down the ages" as one of the
greatest war records the world has
ever known. Unequalled and unique in
many respects during its brief continu
ance, the story of the Confederacy
wouia not be complete without its epi
logue for it stands alone in the
world's annals for the loyalty and de
votion which after nearly half a cen
tury of humiliation and subjection of
injustice and insult, still flow in the
heart of every true son.and daughter
of tbe South. (Applause.)
Can any other country tell of a band
or conquered soldiers so tenderly be
loved and cherished by the people for
whom they fought and failed? Other
nations have had their conquering he
roes and welcomed them with trium
phal processions and built their tem
ples to victory; but our monuments are
inscribed only to "The Confederate
Dead" our processions are the yearly
pilgrimage of Memorial Day to the
thousands of sacred spots that dot the
land, where rest the braves who fought
a good fight and gave their lives for
the cause that was lost! f Applause. 1
Ah, dearly do we love the cold, dead
hands that bore the banner of the Stars
and Bars aloft conquered indeed it
was, but stained never, save by their
own lire biooa.
And no less do we love to honor the
battle-scarred veterans who are with us
to-day; sole representatives of the glo
ries and the sorrow of the dead past.
I regard it as a crowning honor of
my long life that the Cape Fear Chan
ter of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy have chosen me their rep
resentative to bestow upon you this
Southern Cross of Honor. Simple
bronze badges they are unostentatious
and of little intrinsic value but wor
thy of your acceptance, and a fit inner
itance for your children's children, as
symbols of Confederate endurance and
valor and as tokens of woman's undy
ing appreciation of all that is grand
ananeroic in men who.greatin action,
have proved themselves greater in de
feat Wear then these, badges proudly
on your breast as gifts of the women
of the South who are proud to be called
"Daughters of the Confederacy."
Soon life's long warfare will be ended
and with yourlown Stonewall, the good
and great, you too must "cross the
river and rest under the shade of the
trees." When the last revielle shall
wake you from that sleep, may each
one of you find an immortal crown of
true victory awaiting him in the sweet
and blessed country of everlasting
peace i
God bless you alL Amen.
Several clerks in the dead letter
office of the Postoffice Department
Washington, have been dismissed on
charges of having bought packages at
the dead letter sale, knowing in ad
vance tneir contents and falsely repre
senting their character in the' cata
logue
Former Attorney General Moses E.
Clapp, of Minnesota, has been chosen
as the Republican nominee for the
place in the United States Senate
made vacant by the the death of Gush-
man k. Davis.
Goldsboro .Arqus; We regret i
to chronicle the death of Miss Ethel
Parker, the 18-year old daughter of
Mr. J. W. Parker, Thursday morning,
of typhoid fever.
Newborn Journal: Mrs. Mary
Simmons, wife of Mr. F. G. Simmons,
and mother of Hon. F. M. Simmons,
died at her home at Oliver, in Jones
county, on Thursday night; aged 78 ;
years.
Mount Olive Advertiser: Our
readers will learn with profound re
gret of the death of Mr. Daniel Lam
bert which occurred a few days ago.
Deceased was one of the most highly
esteemed citizens of this section.
Sanford Express:- The stock
holders of the Sanford' Cotton Mill'
met here Tuesday. They were pleased
with the showing made bv the mill.
It was decided to increase the stock
from $100,000 to $125,000 and to fill the
mill with machinery. Several new
cottages will be built for operatives.
Tarboro Southerner: Wed
nesday night a tenant house ou R. H.
Battle's Dunbar farm, about ten miles
from here was burned and with it a
colored child about a year old. The
fire is believed to have been incen
diary. Ii started in the loft or half
upper Btory which was reached by an
outside stairway.
Carthage Blade: Last Monday.
near Jackson Springs, in this county.
a negro named Alex. Davis killed a
white woman named Eliza Spain. The
facts, as reported here, are that the
woman was whipping Davis' dog, and
he cut her throat with a razor. The
woman was of bad .character.
Rev. J. R. Comer was in town Monday
and presented the Blade with specimen
cans of tomatoes and peaches, which
were canned by Mr. Comer. His outfit
will turn out about 1,000 cans per day.
Mr. Comer expects to plant largely of
tomatoes and offers to buy all that his ;
neighbors will raise.
Kinston Free Press: El J.
Kennedy was before W. F. Dibble.
J. P., Thursday on the charge of false
pretence. He was bound over to
court in the sum of $200. This is the
man who is on trial for bigamy.
Mr. Luke Russell, of Institute, was
shot from ambush this (Friday) morn
ing while on his way to Kinston to
attend the trial of his brother-in-law,
E. J. Kennedy, who was to have been
tried for bigamy thi morning before
Justice W. F. Dibble. Kennedy re
cently married Russell's sister and he
(Russell), hearing that Kennedy had a
wife in Florida, began corresponding
with parties in that State. The cor
respondence resulted in tthe indict
ment for bigamy. Russell thinks
Kennedy or some of Kennedy's friends
or agents shot him.
Asheville Citizen: The Svdnor
Pump and Well Company has just
completed and fully tested an artesian
well for the Carolina Coal and Ice
Company at the company's ice plant.
The well is 171 feet deep, and was fin
ished after, two months' work. Six feet
from the surface the drills struck gran
ite, and the entire distance was bored
through this rock. Small veins of wa- -
ter were found at varying intervals.
but Monday the first flowing vein
was entered. When the drill struck
it no chippings came up, as is
the case when a small vein of
water is entered, but clear water lose,
showing that the- ehippings had been
washed away. The water rose to with
in two feet of the surface. Yesterday
and part of Monday the test pump was
applied, but after reducing the water
two feet no further gain cold be made,
which proves that the supply is suffi
cient for the company's demands. The
vein which the well diggers tapped is
18 inches deep. The water is cold, and
particularly clear and pure. No im
purity can reach the water through 165
feet of granite. The well will furnish
more water than is needed for the
manufacture of ice.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Eulogies Upon the Late Senator Qesr, ol
Iowa The Naval Appropriations.
Tobacco Tax Reduction
r
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Washington. Jan. 19. Under a
special order the Senate devoted the
greater part of its session today to
eulogies upon thelate Senator John
11. Gear, of Iowa, who died in-' this
city last July.
A concurrent resolution, offered a
few days 'ago by Senator Lindsay, of
Kentucky, providing for the cele
bration on the fourth of Feb
ruary next of the one hundredth an
niversary of the assumption of the
chief justiceship of the United States
by John Marshall, was called up and
passed.
The Senate Committee on Finance
to day granted a hearing to a delega
tion from the tobacco growing States
of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia
and Georgia, in support of the propo
sition to reduce the tax on tobacco in
connection with the legislation on the
war revenue. The delegation was
composed entirely of members of Con
gress and was headed by Senators
tr ritchard, Tillman and Martin. They
represented that the tax had been
doubled in the war revenue act and
that dver $35,000,000 of the revenue of
the country is raised upon tobacco,
and they asked for a reduction from
the present tax of twelve centa per
Sound to eight cents. The committee
id not commit itself, but some of the
members indicated that there probably
wouia oe some reduction. The argu
ment for a reduction was made upon .
the theory that it would be in the in
terest of the consumer and also that it
would benefit small manufacturers.
Hoase of Representatives.
The session of the House to day was
devoted chiefly to the Postal Codifica
tion bill which was About half com
pleted. The discussion turned mainly
on the proposition to compel star route
contracts to be let to . persons living
contiguous to the route, out the propo
sition was defeated; after extended de
bate. Among the bills passed was that
granting fifteen days annual leave to
employes of navy yards, arsenals, etc.
The naval appropriation bill was
reported to the House to day, with an
A . A . A A M A . . S ! ?
eiaooraie statement oi lis provisions
by Chairman Foss of the navel Com
mittee. The bill carries $77,016,635;
the largest amount ever reported to
the House from the Committee on
Naval Affairs. This is $11 865,718
above the bill of last year and $10,229,
395 below the estimates submitted by
the Navy Department The bill pro
vides that not more than one battle
ship or armored cruiser shall be built
in one yard or by one party, and the
usual provision is made that not more
than two , of the battleships and
armored cruisers shall be built on the
Pacific coast
The following places receive appro
priations for naval work: Norfolk,
$594,250; Key West $144,000; Pensa
cola, $41,500; Algiers, $230,000; Tor
tugas, $100,000.
A Pretoria dispatch says the Boers
have captured a train loaded with
mining materials between? Brugspruit
and Balmoral. The passengers were
robbed of everything.- f
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