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3 ROSPECT OF AN EXTRA Tit' i SESSION OP CONGRESS. mil imu - w ILMINGTON. N. C X 1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. -" i , r i i i- -i iih , Ti.fi -firm trin ii n m J LZt-J-Z..'.- WAIT - ' 1 : w r m - . SSBSSSBSSSS88SSS8 ' 88888888888838888 z ' 8888888888888888? 88882888888888888 . 8888S8S8S83888888 888888S8838888888 8288S88S888888888 JVAV 8 4,0,o,a0O;2,o22S?SJ8S5S? " 8888888888888888 . . i ' ' .r- -- i. i : . 8. -: i a -V ' I fc 2 I : S x Mated at the Pott Office at Umtgtoa, N. C, at Second Clan Maer.l SUBSCRIPTION P ..ICE. JTMc abscriptfoa nice of the "W"e'lj Star Uai i iJe Copy 1 year, postaf paid....... ....SI 00 . 6 months " (In " " 8 month " jo DISCUSSING SOUTHERN MILLS. Some of the Northern papers out side of New England are taking a good deal of interest in the cotton manufacturing industry and seem to be concerned about New England's mills, which are thieatened, they think, by Southern competition. One would not expect to find a pa per as far West as Chicago mani festing extraordinary interest in this subject but the Times-Herald of that city seems to be very much exercised over it, so much so that that the Washington Post takes it some what to task for its gloomy lore boilings and unwarranted state ments. It asserts that the cotton manufacturing industry is "almost at a standstill" in the New England States, where it probably meant to hare said that cotton mill building was almost at a standstill, which is not literally true but is true when compared with mill building in the South. About tho only substantial difference between the Times'Herald and the Post, which lectures the Times-Herald, is that the latter anticipates the former and assumes that the end of cotton manufacturing in New England has already been "almost" reached, while the Post thinks that it is but a question of time. Commenting upon the Times Herald's assertions as to the decline of the industry in New England, the Post sajs: "But thero has been no such decline. In spite of - Southern competition a competition that is bound at some time to extinguish the cotton manu facturing business throughout the North the New England mills did an almost phenomenally large and profitable business last year." Last year was a good year for cotton mills throughout the country, for the Southern mills declared handsome dividends and the dividends of the New England mills were larger than usual, in addition ta which the coun try imported about $20,000,000 worth of cotton goods. The Post is right in assuming that the New England millswill eventually disappear before South ern competition, because it is - an irrevocable " law of manufacturing that the mills must go to the raw materials, unless some way be found of bringing the raw materials to the mills, some way that will offset the advantages offered by being near the raw materials. But in the case of tho South there are other ad vantages aside from the mere fact of proximity to the raw material, effecting a saving in the cost of transportation, etc., which in the estimation of the Times-Herald is - the main factor with the Eastern mills, and the one that gives the Southern mills the great advantage, when as a matter of fact tms is a minor advantage, and if the only one need give the Eastern mill men little concern. The time will come when the cotton milling industry will move southward, but it ' may not be in this day or generation, not while the .country imports as much as it does of cotton goods, nor while the New England mills have so much territory which they can reach more easily than the Southern mills can, nor while the. New England capi talists have so many millions of dollars invested in bnildiDgs and machinery as they now have in the New England States. They can't afford to sell this machinery for junk, and they can't afford to let their plants go to wreck. They must keep them running even at a small profit nntil they can dispose of them or find something else which they can make and realize a profit out of. - Some may be converted event ually into woollen mills and silk .mills, while the manufacture of lin ens has. been suggested for others, but although the change must come in time it will come gradually and slowly, other industries taking the place of cotton, so that the New England States may not suffer ma terially after all by the change. . In the following extract the Times Herald gives what it considers the main cause of the decline of the in dustry in New .England: "A far mora potent reason for trans ferring this industry to the South Is found in the unwise and oppressive VOL. XXXII. 'labor legislation' that has been' placed upon the statute books of the New England States by the politicians as a sop to the labor vote.: In order to bait tho labor vote legislators have as sumed to fix the hours of labor in the cotton mills and to enact other regu lations which not only make it im possible to manufacture cotton cloths at a profit, but are directly opposed to the wishes and interests of tho&e who work in the textile industries. In the Southern States textile manufacturers are not hampered by laws that tend to restrict the liberties and opportunities of wage earners. They have not reached the Massachusetts 'dea of un dertaking to run the business of pri vate concerns in the interest of politi cal agitators and office seekers. The loss of a great industry to which New Eogland owes much of its wealth and power is a big price to pay for the labor vote for politicians." The Post comments on this and calls the Times-Herald to task for its erroneous views and inappropri ate characterizing of the labor laws of Massachusetts as the work of demagogues and politicians, when as a matter of fact they are, according to the i Posf,the conception and achieve ment of some of the greatest minds of that State and are to-day its boast and pride. . 1 But the Times-Herald was proba bly misled by the appeals of some of the mill men for a modification of the labor laws, which have been made from time -to time within the past few years on the ground that the restrictive laws of Massachusetts were acting to the disadvantage of that State, when her mills had to compete with Southern mills which were not hampere by such legisla tion. It based its utterances doubt less upon the speeches made in meetings of mill men where this question was discussed and the leg islators warned against ruining the industry of that State by too much meddling between the mills and their operatives. Some of the New England mill men were bo much interested in this and so fully impressed with the ad? vantages the Southern mills had in not being hampered by restrictive legislation that they indirectly at least, it is charged, endeavored to have such legislation effected in the South, to thus hamper the Southern mill operators and put them on the same plane in this respect as them selves. As the milling business is still practically in its infancy in the South our legislators should go slow in patterning after New Eng land Legislatures, or in following tho advice of New England mill men. FRANCHISE MUST BE LIMITED- When Hawaii was annexed a suf frage provision was adopted practi cally debarring the mass of natives from voting. When a scheme of government was framed for Porto Rico the same course was pursued, and now the Philippine Commission in its last report says: "The masses of the people are ienor ant, credulous and child like, and thai under any government the electoral franchises must be much limited, be cause the majority will not, for a long time, be capable or intelligently exer ClBlDg it." Ignorant, credulous and childlike, nice stuff to make American citizens out of. But that, if this characteri zation be trne, was; what they bought when they made that 130,000,000 deal. They may be "ignorant, credu lous and childlike," or"8emi-8aV' ages,? but still they ar represented to be very anxious to come in and be good Americans if the other fellows who are, according to these reports, few in number didn't keep them so badly scared. And it will take from 60,000 to 65,000 American soldiers for an indefinite period to protect all these "ignorant, credulous and childlike" people from these few "conspirators," and then these childlike people will have to be gov erned like "wards of the nation" "for a long time," because they haven t sense enough to govern themselves. Admiral Dewey declared they were fifty times as competent for self-government as the Cubans are. The probabilities are that neither the masses "of- the Filipinos nor the Cubans nor the Porto Ricans are competent for self-government, as we understand it, according to the American idea, but the probabilities also are that there are enough of them competent to establish govern ments suitable to them, better governments, perhaps, under the conditions, than we could give them, and that would not require a large standing army to maintain and to preserve the peace. Bnt isn't all this an object lesson, that the Republican statesmen and others who object to restricted suffrage, in the South might study with advantage ? This Republican administration and its commissioners are vindicating white supremacy in the South, and doing much to gag the Republican partisans who howl against it. - ;: Some.of the Massachusetts towns are starting wood; yards where tramps have to saw for. food and lodging. A quarter of a cord of wood is the price of lodging and two meals. The average tramp, who is averse to tackling wood piles, gives these towns the goby." i ' v ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. J . T.: McEachin's connection with the Stak as temporary travel ling agent ceased December 26, 1900, by his resignation and subsequent acceptance of a position at his home in Lanrinburg. . As we-now have no travelling agent and it is not our present pur pose to employ one, for some time at least,' our subscribers are' requested to send amounts" due us direct to tho Stab office. - WHICH IS WORSE? General Kitchener became very wrathy when he learned that Gen. DeWet had shot one of "three agents' of a peace committee" who fell into his hands and had the other two whipped! We haio had only the English version of that and we do not know , what reasons Gen. DeWet may have had for so dealing with f,hese "agents." He may have considered them spies caught within his lines, and possibly there may been no shooting or whipping. But if DeWet did deal so summarily with those three men, would that be any more cruel or shocking than the course that Gen. Kitchener is pursuing to break the spirit of the Boer fighters when he tries to con quer them by making cruel war upon their wivfcs and children? The method he is now pursuing is told in the following Pretoria dispatch, published several days ago: tioer iamuies ana tneir stock are being systematically brought in to convenient centres from all over the ' country. They are kept in camps and fed. Those who surrender voluntarily are supplied with full rations, and those whose husbands are still in the field are provided for on a reduced scale, which is raised when the hus bands surrender to a fall allowance." Weylerism in Cnba shocked the civilized world and here we have it adopted in South Africa by the com manding general of a country which is proud of its civilization. - This being true is it any wonder that the Boer General, who has thus far proven more than a match for- Kitchener, "should shoot or whip men who come to advise the fighters who are following him to surrender to Kitchener and give up their country to the invader? Judged by their acts the impartial world will pronounce Kitchener's war on women worse than DeWet's shoot ing and whipping "peace agents." When Mr. Wu, the Chinese min ister, was in St. Louis the other day and learned that the Globe-Democrat is a Republican paper and the Re public a Democratic paper he thought it very funny. The Be- ptillic used to be the Republican but it amputated the last syllable several years ago, but this didn't entirely remove the mystifying mix of names. An Indiana solon has prepared a whipping bill, which, if adopted, wilWleaVelittle Delaware in the 8hade-He grades the lashes from 10 to 75, and includes a number of offences sueh as petit . larceny, woman beating, vagrancy ,4profanity, tramping, etc. With such a law en forced Indianians will become a very good or a very much whipped people. Alfred de Cordova, a wealthy broker of New York, who has no children, will adopt Georgiana Billings, of Colorado, a poor- girl, whose drawings of animals excited hisladmiration. She has never taken sons, and he says some of her work will compare favorably with Rosa Bonheur. ; t It is said that the fashionable women of London are going back to the days of the Cassars, and will have their arms and shoulders ar- testicallv painted, frescoed as it were, when in evening dress. They have been painting their faces for some time. Prof. Garner still contends that monkeys have a language. He has been monkeying with it for some time, but hasn't gotten through the primer yet. The monkey under stands Garner's language a great deal than Garner understands his. Over in Europe they are wonder ing' at one of the products of Minne sota, a 26-year old chap named Wil kins, who at 10 years of age measured six feet in height and now stands 8 fefc 111 inches and weighs 346 pounds, before breakfast. The indications are that the total annroiariations of this session of Congress may reach $753,000,000. Republicanism and expansion come high and people must pay for the luxuries. . '-' ." -. The Kansas Legislature has de cided that a nickel is a reasonable price for shining shoes, and. some of these solons have awfully large clod mashers, too. They didn't consider that. ' " " ' ' " A Chicago shoe shiner has accu mulated 430.000 bv shining. He is a shining example to the other shiners. WILMINGTON 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The; Appointive Power of the Governor of Jtorth Carolina " to Be Restored CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS. Winston's Bill Providing for Per mane tt Registration of CitizensThe Schoof. -, Books Bill-Acts Ratified De- : V bate on Bill to Tax Dots. "" . Special Star Telegram. - Raleigh, N. C , Jan. 24 la the Senate to day Mr. Morton in troduced a , bill authorizing the com missioners of New Hanover to appro priate annually $500 each for the Wil mington Light Infantry, and WilmHaf- toa Division Naval Reserves. Senator tforloo is appointed, by L:eutnant Governor Turner chairmen of the committee to re district the State for the Senate acd representation of counties In the House. . This is impor tant to New Hanover, as Mr. Morton haviog the machinery in hand,, well mixhi insure the county nolos3 of rep refutation. He said to-bight that he will not allow his county to lose a representative without a hard fight. There: was little business of interest in the House or Senate. The follow ing bills were introduced in the Senate: By Wiggs, to authorize capital stock for Great Eastern Railway Co. By Warren.to protect policj holders. Petition oy WarreD, from citizens of Newbern, against the sale of cigarettes. By Alexander.from citizens of Meck lenburg, favoring a dog tax. The Senate bill to graduate the tax on corporations passed readings, with amendment by Henderson that the bill take effect sixty.dajs after ratification. SeDate bill to prevent hunting on lands of another without written per mission in Washington; Warren, Bla den, Pender, Cabarrus and Wayne counties elicited a lengthy discussion. An amendment by Morton that the bill apply only to hunters of coons and 'possums was voted down amidst considerable argument, and the bill passed all readings. Morton's amend ment was called forth by the claim that coon and 'possum hunters cut many valuable trees to capture the game. The bill provides a hne of $10 for each violation. Bill to regulate fishing in Neuse river, Pamlico county, passed its third reading. Many bills were introduced in the House, but few were of more than "lccil importance. Allen, of Wayne, introduced a bill to confer on the Governor power to fill vacancies on the Corporation Commission. Gattis, a bill to- support the University7 of North Carolina. Among the bills which passed third reading : To ameud charter of the Cumber land Cotton Mill; to change the name of Union City to Ashpole; to incor porate Hilton Logging Company, Wilmington; to provide a jury list for Scotland county; to establish a graded school at Rocky Mount At 13 o'clock the joint session of the Senate and House met to hear Dr. J. L. M. Curry, agent of the Peabody school fundr discuss education. Just before the joint session Whitaker, of Forsyth, arose in the House, on a matter of personal privilege and asxed leave to withdraw and have stricken from the records his resolution of yes terday that the Assembly do-not hear Dr. Curry, on the ground that he lob bied in Washington in favor of Pear son retaining his seat against Craw ford. -Whitaker made the request be cause nr. uurry uemea me cnarge, and there was no evidence to sustain it. The record was stricken out. Mr. Carry's Address. Dr. Curry's address, especially able and comprehensive, urged the General Assembly! to have the courage to do the right thing by the cause of educa tion. The future wealth of North Car olina is not so much factories or cor porations as honest education, sowing and reaping. He said he never lobbied in Washington save with Vance in pleading for help to bear the white man's burden, which was cruelly re fused, and we had to, work out our own salvation. The hearing in the Wilkes contest case was made the special order in the House at 11 o'clock to-morrow. The minority report, which favors Senator McNeill, Republican, will be sub mitted. Green, Democrat, will cer tainly retain his seat. " Ward's anti-trust bill came up before the; Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon and was discussed at length. No; agreement was arrived at It is not believed it will receive favorable report The argument is that nothing can be gained by State legislation against trusts; the relief is entirely with the national government. . Commissions were issued to-day to the following officers of the State Guard, all with the rank of Colonel: Inspector General, T. H. Bain, Golds bo ro; Quartermaster General, Francis A. Macon, Henderson; Surgeon Gen eral, Dr. Robert S. Young, Concord; Inspector of SmalL Arms Practice, J. S. Cobb, Lumber Bridge; Judge Ad vocate General, W. J. Hannah, Waynesville; Assistant Adjutant Gen eral, Alfred Williams, Raleigh. The reappointment of General Royster as Adjutant General, : yesterday, meets general approval here. Raleigh, N. 0., Jan. 25. Foy's bill to amend the oyster law of Pender county, permitting removal from the sound at any season for ag ricultural purposes, passed its third leading.. . r x The bill to let out the boundaries of Chadbourn township, Columbus eoun- ty, passed a second reading. ' ' f Bill to repeal chapter 33, Laws '99, as apply to - Cumberland county, passed third r reading. Also, bill to prohibit artificial islands in Myrtle Grove sound. . ; - . , Among bills - passed readings were the following: To incorporate the Goldtboro Oil Company; to allow trustees ' of the Goldsboro graded school to issue bonds ; to regulate costs in claims and delivery proceedings in Sampson county ; to amend the charter of the Moore County Railroad Com pany ; to amend the : charter of the Wrightsville and Onslow Manufactur ing Company ; to repeal . the act pro hibiting incorporation of companies with more than a million capital ; to amend charter of Aberdeen and Rock fish Railroad Company. : , Report of the Committee oa Privil eges and Elections in the case of Mc -Neill vs. "Greene,;, from Wilkes, came up as the special order at 11 o'clock, recommending that Greene (Dim.) re tain the seat. A formal, lengthy dis cussion, resulted, s. Oa adoption of the report two Republicans and two Pop ulistsDuncan and Owen, of Sampson voted with the Democrats for Greene to retain, the seat .. ' The following bills were ratified to day ; to allow Concord to issue bonds ; for the relief of certain leachers in Caswell county; resolution of sym pathy with tne people of England. J. R Young, Commissioner of In surance, announced to night the ap pointment of It. M. Phillips, former editor of the Greensboro Telegram, as chief clerk, to succeed Willson, who resigned to accept the reading clerk ship of tho House. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 26. Twenty -seven acts of the General Assembly'were ratified to day, among which were the following: To protect deer in Onslow county; to amend Sec tion 692 of the Code relating to collec-' tion of taxes from persons moving from one county to another; to pre vent the erection of artificial islands in Myrtle Grove sound ; to authorize com missioners of Jones county to appoint cotton weighers for Trenton, Mays ville and Pollocksville. , The foUowing bills of interest passdo final reading: To allow sheriffs and tax collectors to collect back taxes to 1895; to authorize the Secretary of State to have laws of 1901 indexed and side-nob d; to incorporate the Bank of Clinton. In the Senate the London libel bill passed a third reading and was sent to the' House. Also, a bill to author ize a salary for the chairman of New Hanover commissioners; to permit Craven county to levy a special tax; to allow Goldsboro to issue graded school bonds, (second reading); to exempt Pender county from the road law of '99. (third reading); to amend- -the act relative to-Smithfield dispen sary, (third reading); to amend the stock law of Johnston county, (third reading); Marshall's "Crumpacker" bill (laid on table): to incor porate Fayetteville Savings and Trust Company, (second read ing); to allow lunatics, restored,-to manage their own property, (second reading); to authorize the Board of Public Works to elect a keeper of the capitol, (passed third reading); to amend the charter of the Bank of Carthaze. (passed third reading) ; to elect a State librarian February 1st, (passed third reading). There was a long and spirited dis cussion involving the charter; of Lamb's ferry. Elizabeth City. The Legislature of 1897 reduced the ferry franchise from three to two miles. The bill amending restores to three miles and crowds out a competing line established. The bill passed 29 to 12. Among the bills introduced were the following: By Smith, to appoint Justices of the Peace for Johnston county. By Broughton, to increase the pub lie school fund of various counties. The following committees were an nounced by Lieutenant Governor Tur ner: On House Apportionment McNeal, chairman; Yann,- Sugg, Arrington, Scott, Alexander, Long, Wood, Stike- leather. chairman; James, Travis, McNeal, Smith, Foushee, Gudger, Leak, Webb, Thomas, Crisp. On Judicial Districts Morrison, chairman; Ward, Woodard, Warren, London Justice. Lindsey, Hender son, Gudger, Dula. - The Senate took a recess to noon Monday. - The House Committee on Privileges and Elections decided to-night to re- . port favorably for the sitting member, Dees (Democrat), in the contest from Pamlico. Cowell (Republican) is the contestant' ; The Committee on Education decided to report unfavorably Wright's bill to require the Bible to be taught in the public schools. S. F. Yenable, superintendent of the Buncombe county schools,' addressed the Education Committee, urging the Legislature to do as little as possible in changing school laws this year, and appoint a commissioner to prepare a general law for the next session. The speech made a deep impression on the committee. He urged liberal appro priations, bnt said great care was necessary in changing laws to establish a permanent system. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 26. The ap pointive power of the Governor of North Carolina in filling vacancies in all State offices is to be restored by the General Assembly. " This is one re suit of the caucus of the Democratic members' held last night, : a partial resort of the proceedings of" which was' given in a special Star tele 1901. gram. The caucus adopted a resolu tion to the effect that the Governor's appointive power shall be restored, as; thi power "was taken from the uov- ernorin. 1899 for good and sufficient reasons" meaning, of course, be cause the Republican Populist ' regime war in possession of the executive . branch of the State government A bill in accord with the resolution adopted by the joint caucus will be in traduced . in the General Assembly very soon, as will also a bill providing for an increase of the number of Su perior Court judges. It is . very prob able that the bill will provide for an increase to sixteen judges. Early in the coming week there will be a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments to con sider Representative Winston's bill providing for the permanent registra tion of citizens entitled to vote under the fourth clause of the constitution, and the bill by Mr. Stubbs to have the State public school funds divided among the white and colored races in proportion to the amount of tax each pays. Air. Winston a bill .fur permanent registration is in compliance with a provision of the "grandfather" clause of the suffrage amendment ratified last August During the coming week the Com mittee on Penal Institutions will snend several days out of the city visiting the State farms on Roanoke river, and the joint Committee on Education will visit the Normal and Industrial School at Greensboro. The latter committee will be glad Of a little breathing spell, too, in all probability, for there is scarcely a committee of the 'entire Assembly being subjected iust now to such a 8 warm of persistent lobbyists as is that on education. The State adop tion text book bill, which is now in their hands for revision and recom mendation, being the cause of the trouble. Referring to the text book bill, it seems now that one of the strongest fights which will be made against it in the Assembly wttt be on incorporating a clause making it a misdemeanor for books other than those adopted to be taught in a public' school. Many members of the House object to this, but it is claimed that without a clause effectually enforcing the use of the books adonted. the whole scheme would be a failure. Book Eublishera contend that after they ave entered the contest, reduced their doors to tba lowest bid and secured the contract, they must be protected in their right to the exclusive terri tory. Next Tuesday is the date set for the further and probable final hearing of the agents of book con cerns on the various clauses of the bill. However, the last and hardest fight will be on the floor of the Gen eral Assembly when it comes to enacting the bill into law. There is a disposition on the part of the General Assembly to treat the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural and Mechanical College very liberally both will probably get nearly if not all they abk for. The University's re quest for $25, 000 additional appropria tion while not yet passed'upon by the committee to whom the bill is referred seems certain of favorable report and adoption by the Assembly. Much en- tnusiasm tor and interest in the Uni versity was manifested at the recep tion by Wae county alumni to visit ing alumni last night The attend ance was very large and ringing speeches were made by several promi nent citiaans, notably President V en able, Hon. R. B. Glenn. Dr. Geo. T. Winston, R. T. Gray, Esq., and Ed Chambers Smith. Every alumnus here and almost every where else in the State is working like beavers for all the institution wants. PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY. Asking That W. 0. Thompson, of Lumber ton; Be Adjadged Insolvent. Messrs. S. P. McNair, J. A. Taylor and J. W. Murchison, through their attorney, Iredell Meares, Esq., yester day filed a creditor's petition in the office of the Clerk of the United States Court, asking that W. O. Thompson, general merchant, - of Lumberton, N. C. be declared a bankrupt The papers will go through the ordinary channel and Referee Samuel H. Mac- Rae, of Fayetteville, will call a cred itor's meeting to be heli later. The defendant the petition on January 12th made an assignment to Q. T. Williams and the object of filing the paper was to bring the winding up of the affairs of the alleged bankrupt through the proper course. The amounts due the petitioners are : S. P. McNair, $617; J. A. Taylor, $64, and J. W. Murchison, $4. 1 he Steamer "Bawes." The steamer E. A. Hawes will be placed on the ways at Skinner's ship yard during the coming week for re pairs of the serious injuries sustained in the accident of sinking at her wharf a little more than a week ago. Mr. Jim Andrews, of Fayetteville, is here to do the work and it is expected that a week or two will be consumed 4n the improvement. It was thought at first that it would be best to have the Hurt tow the derelict to Fayetteville for re pairs but this was abandoned. Schooner in Distress. The schooner Clara E. Bergen, 457 tons, Capt Edwards, bound from Charleston to New York with lumber, put in at Southport at 10 A. ,M. yes; terday on account of a leak which she sprung a short time after sailing from unarieston, one wiu UKeiy repair here and proceed either under her own sail or in tow for her destination. Lieut. Bradley J. Wootten, of Wilmington, who is now in the Philip pines, with the U. S. army, has been placed in command of one hundred mounted scouts in advance of General Kobe's army. It is an important posi tion,, which his friends here know he will fill with great credit to himself. Farmer's -Guide" is the name of a book, and as -its title indicates, is a guide to farmers in the cultivation and fertilization of all crops - typical to America. This book is handsomely bound, profusely illustrated, and every farmer should- have it in his library. It can be had without charge from the German Kli Works, or iso. 93 Nassau St, New York city. Charles F. W. Neeley, the former postal official who was ordered extra aited to Cuba on charges of embezzle ment left Ludlow street jail yester day and was taken aboard, a steamer for uuoa. . . .. NO. U AMERICAN CONSOLIDATED PINE FIBRE COMPANY. Wealthy New York Corporation Acquires Acme, Fibre Plant at Cronly Abont - $259,000 Involved. - v -Final details of the purchase of the Acme Manufacturing Company's pine fibre-plant at Cronly, 1.7 miles from Wilmington, in Columbus county, to the American Consolidated Fine Fibre Company, 135 Broadway, New York were arranged yesterday and the prop erly, together with the Acme's patents covering the processes of decorticating the needles of long leaf pine and their conversion into fibre, franchises, etc., passed over into the possession' of, the : new corporation, which ' has a capital stock of $3,000,000 and which will continue the business most prob ably on a much larger scale than here tofore. The factory here will be much' enlarged and new ones established throughout the long leaf belt in the South. . . The sale was consummated through Mr. . Henry E. Fanshawe, president of the company, for the- purchasers and Mr. William Latimer, president of the Acme Manufacturing Company, for the late owners. The-price paid was between $200,000 and $300,000, but the exact amount is unknown, as none of the parties to the transaction will authorize a statement. Accompany ing Mr. Fanshawe to Wilmington were Harmon S. Graves, Esq., of the New York law firm of Lester & Graven, general counsel for the com pany, Mr. Montgomery WaddelJ, of New York, consulting engineer, and Mr. Charles Pier pool Phelps, who came to look after some copper mining interests in North Carolina. These gentlemen visited the plant yesterday and left for their homes last evening after receiving the necessary deeds, etc., for record in Columbus county in which the plant is located. The factory was established at Cronly about fifteen years ago and came prominently to the attention of the South when the pine fibre bagging was manufactured so largely and put on sale Jn opposition to the jute trust It was the pioneer in dustry of its kind in the country and since its establishment, has not only manufactured bagging, but also mat ting, twine, paper stock, rugs, .etc. The new owners of the factory will increase the variety of its products and will not only cater to the American, but also to the European trade. '; The sale in no way affects the large fertilizer plant of the Acme Manufac . turing Co , also at Cronly, which is running on full time and rushed with orders. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Mount-Airy News: Dr. D. W. C. Benbow purchased the Hamburg cotton mills at the sale here last week, paying $9,500 for the entire property. Chatham Record : A colored man living near here. Wm. Harris, suddenly left his family' about two weeks ago and was next heard from in an insane asylum in Washington, lie was an industrious and well behaved negro. Lumberton Roiesonian: Mr. J. B. Brijrman, of Alfordsville. died Wednesday from a stroke of paralysis. The contractors for the Carolina Northern Railroad have commenced work with a large force near Barnes -ville, and hope to have the road com pleted to that place in a short time. Lanrinburg Exchange: Our com munity was shocked to hear that on Monday last Mr. J. S. McNeill, who conducts a merchandise business about three miles from Red Springs, was shot twice by negroes and his store robbed. There were four neeroes in the gang; they fired on Mr. McNeill with pistols and shot guns loaded with buckshot Concord Standard-. At a re cent meeting of the mill owners in the State, at Greensboro, it was de cided to cut the wagesof the employes. This cut was begun to-day by the mills of Concord and the amount of the cut was about ten per cent. This fall off of wages in the mills it is claimed is necessary, as the demand for cotton fabric is not as great as it was a year ago. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli- cer: There is some sort of wild animal loose in Anson ville township that has been killing and devouring dogs, bev eral negroes have seen it and they all describe it as looking like a very large dog, but opinion is divided as to whether it is a panther or a bear. Whatever.it is, consternation reigns among the colored population, and there is not much nocturnal prowling going on among the negroes in the neighborhood where the varmint has his lair. Scotland Neck Commonwealth: Mr. Richard Brantley died at the home of Mr. Asa a. Pope, January 18, 1901, aged about 20 years. Mrs. Pris cilia Little died at the home of Mr. Peyton Keel Monday night, aged about 79 years. She had suffered with heart trouble, which was the imme diate cause of her death. Mr. A. Oppenheimer died at his home in Scotland Neck Thursday. January 17. 190L aged 78 years. He was born in Germany and came to this country whe he was about twenty-five years Old. Sanford Express: The Express learns that about thirty-five armed men - from the neighborhood where Mrs. Brewer was so cruelly outraged on the morning of the 10th inst by a young white man by the name of Silas Martindale went to Carthage on the following Friday night for the purpose of taking the prisoner out of jail and lynching him. They de manded the keys to the jail. . The jailor says he carried them into tbe . ;i l ii . ii ii . j an ana inrougn au me ceus, ana nn- ally succeeded in convincing them that Martindale had been removed. Sheriff Jones acted wisely in carry- ing mm 10 jsaieign. Senator Proctor, chairman of the, Senate Committee of Agriculture, has" presented to the Senate -.the renort of that committee on the Oleomargarine bill. The report is. .favorable to the bill, but Senator Heitfeld presented a minority report adverse to it. t The President Has Canvassed tbe Subject With a Few Senators Notblag , V Detrained Upon. . By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. ' Washington, Jan, 26. That-Senators regard seriously the prospect of an extra session of Congress, in view of the President's urgent recommenda tion of legislation concerning the Philippine islands, was evidenced to - ay by the activity of those who desire to avoid an extra session, ' The speculation concerning the probability of a called session was ren dered more definite by the fact that Senators known to be generally well informed concerning the President's plans joined in tH8 discussion of the outlook. Careful inquiry alsodeveloped the fact that the President has can vassed the subject with a few Ben- ators. He does not appear to have indicated any fixed determination of issuing a call, but rather to have con-, suited them as to the advisability of such a proceeding. In all such in stances he seems to have had the necessity of Philippine legislation in view, and Senators generally express the opinion that in case a meeting is called the Philippine question will re cei ve . the lion's . share of attention. The urgency of the administration on this point is due to the importunity of the Taft commission. Senators are divided upon the ques tion of the necessity of Congressional action upon the Cuban constitution. . Some of them contend 'that Congress will not be called upon to act in any way upon the constitution. Others admit the correctness of this view to tne extent of saying that Congres sional action will not be compulsory, but they advance the idea that tbe President will desire to have Congress share the responsibility of whatever step may be taken with reference to the Cuban government The Senators who oppose the ship Subsidy bill are especially opposed to an extraordinary session, and will do all tbey can to prevent the calling of one. Upon the whole.tbe most that can be said is that both the Executive and the Congress are discussing the wis dom of an extra session and that no conclusion has been reached on the point They admit the urgency of a number of questions which they know cannot be disposed of at this session. At tbe same time they hesitate seri ously before the responsibility of a called session which it is generally believed would, if called. at all, con tinue until well Into the Summer. ALABAMA BANK PAILS. Private Institution at Montgomery. Capital Stock $100,000 Deposits Believed to Be Heavy. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 26. The Josiah Morris Bank, one of the oldest private banking institutions in Ala bama, failed to open its doors for business to day. The capital stock of the bank is $100,000. -"''Deposits are be lieved to be heavy. The assets and liabilities are not yet known. At the hour of opening the follow ing announcement was posted on the door: Yesterday some of our checks in New. York, for . which we had made provision, were temporarily refused by our corresponaents, tnougn tney were afterwards paid. This informa tion came to us late after tbe close ot banking hours. Since then a number of inquiries have been made and the apprehension created convinces us that injustice to creditors we ougni to suspend payment This condition of affairs has arisen from inability to make quick realization in cash and the shrinkage of assets. It is hoped that the assets prudently arranged will pay creditors in fall. " Large crowds assembled around the bank and much excitement prevailed. No legals steps have yet been taken. Tbis (Montgomery) countvhas about $200,000 deposited in the bank, and the city of Montgomery also was a large depositor The county is partially se cured by tbe bond of the county treas urer, made with a Maryland company, for $120,000. The bank itself was sure ty on the treasurer's bond, me Dana was a depository for many of the rail roads entering Montgomery. REVENUE OFFICE RAIDED. Large Quantity of Stamps Taken The Amount May Reach any Thou sands of Dollars. By Tetesranb to the Mornlna star. Peoria, January 26. The safe in the Office of the collector of. internal revenue in this city, which is the head quarters of the fifth Illinois district, was broken into last night'and a large quantity of war revenue stamps taken! The authorities claim they will not know the value of the stamps taken until the contents of the safe have been invoiced. It is possible that tbe amount may reach many, thousands of dollars. This district issues more in-' ternal revenue stamps than any other ' . district-in the country, and it is ru mored that the vaults contained nearly $1,000,000 worth of stamps. Entrance to the revenue omces, which occupy one side of the second floor of the Government building, was effected through an open transom. The burglars bored through the vault door and into the bar which turns the bolts into place. Then, by the use of hammer and chisel they broke the bar, took out. the bricks at the side of the safe and easily pried open the vault doors. . WRECK ON THE S. A. L. Engine and Cars Went Through a Trestle Over Edisto Swamp. By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star . Columbia, 8. C, Jan. 26. This morning about 4 o'clock near North's, a freight train on the Seaboard Air Line went through the trestle over the ' Edisto swamp. The engine was derail ed just at it got on the trestle and five . freight cars together with two "dead" engines, brand new ones, - from the Pittsburg tiocomouTe : works went down, with the structure. Engineer Fetters, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was ac companying the two engines to their destination,-(Denmark), where they were to be turned over to the Atlantic Coast Line,' was fatally hurt and was brought to the city. ' One of his legs was amputated this afternoon. It is doubtful if he will survive. The President has sent to the Senile the following nominations of postmas ters in North Carolina: . Victoria L. Martin, Tarboro; C- A. Reynolds, Winston-Salem; Julia. A. ' Bitter, Oar- thas;o A.-;Rr Wilson. Dunnt J. G. Brown, Red Springs; Asaph M. Clarke, Southern Pines; CX- . M. . Hoover, TbomasviUe. IS
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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