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m SPIRITS TURPENTINE t r r - raviiM ao at LMINGTON, N. C t.1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. i " "58888888888888888 8888888888888888i .u. 888888888888888i Toui 82888888S8S888888 ' 88888888888888888 8S88S88SS8888S88? ?Af S o ioc(xo 9 oo o ogg 88828888888888? I I U . a. - r " a. ... .... ...... sr - . C "tered at the Com Office at ilmti tpton , N. C, Second Clan -r. SUBSCRIPTION P CE. tw tobfcriptioo pic of th We Iy Star is a nr Cbpy t rear, postage paid,..,. ......81 00 ? o montnt " ................ 80 A " nniki on . ...... uv FACTORIES AS TOWN AND CITY B ILDERS. The cities in the United .States which have grown the most rapidly are the manufacturing cities, and the same might to be said o the cities of the world which have grown most rapidly, and had permanent growth. A city may grow and thrive as a A. ' " "l 1 trading center, as some ao, or aa a shipping point, as' some do, bnt these will all, be in time ontgrown by the manufacturing city for the rea son that manufactories. draw people, who become permanently Identified with the place, and these manufac tories give the place something on which it can count for permanence The more of them the more people ; they draw, and- the more capital is drawn to them. We have an illus tration of thia not only in our own greatest cities, but a striking illus tration in the growth of the princi pal cities in. Germany, which has become a manufacturing - country within the past three decades. In Germany the census is taken every five years. The last was taken last December. Tois shows the popula tion of the leading cities then and the gain in that time, as follows: Population 1900 . .1,884 345 .. 704.669 . . ' 453 5U6 . . 45S 120 .. 422 415 . . 395.349 . 37" 695 ,. 287 81o Id Per crease. Cent B-rlia. . . . Hamburg 207 041 12 3 79 117 87.602 55 125 49.247 58 9.(10 49 121 58 934 k 98 357 24 451 15,308 36,964 69 2(54 45,567 12 7 Mum ch LMpsc... . . . Br-alau.... ,. Dresden Cologne 1 ... . Frankfort Nuremberg . . Hanover. . . MadtfeburK. . . D jse'dorf ..... Sttiin..... Cheaiitz. . A . . 22 4 13 8 13 2 17 5 15 2 25 5 60 6 12 1 7.1 21 0 49 2 28 3 26 743 234 986 229 732 212 949 200 688 205,585 Commenting upon the growth of the German cities the Chattanooga Times says: "Berlin naturally leads all German cities in the increased number of its people, but its percentage of increase falls far below those of Nuremberg. Frankfort, Halle, Mannheim and Posen, all or which owe their rasu grotb mainly to the development of manufacturing industries within their respective limits. Nuremberg in creased at the rate of 60 per cent, in n?e ye-rs; Posen, at the rate of 58; Mannheim, at 43; Halle, at 34 per cet. 'The only decrease was in the population of Crefeld, which is attrib utable to the fact that it is a city of textile industries silks, velvets, woolen and cotton goods which were formerly largely exported to the Ji-it"d States, but which of late years have suffered from competition of similar goods that are now produced at home for the supply of the Ameri can marEeta " '"O e hundred years ago. Berlin had 1&3.0U0 inhabitants; Hamburg. 100. 060; Munich, 38.000; Leipzig, 82,000; Rreslau. 40 000 and Dresden, 54,0u0 The first census taken under the em 'pire Dec-1. 1871, found Berlin with '835,389 inhabitants; so that its in creis curing the past thirty years has ben 1,058,956. or considerably more than 100 per cent , and tbis does not include the population of Cbailo'ten burg. Rizdorf, Frfedenau, Wilmers dorf, Sw-gliiz, Panckow, SchoenbTg and Ualensee, all of which surbapan cities are inhabited principal Jybypeo pie who do bui'iess exclusively in B-rlin Including these suburbs. Ber jiu wouia nave a population or more than 2.500 000 y "Hamburg had. in the year 1871. 240,251 inhabitants; Breslau, 208.251; Dresden, 177.089; Munich, 169 478; Cologne, 129 233; Fraukfort, 90 923; Nuremberg, 82,629; Mannheim, 39 614. ana k.i-i, si.744. . (jnarlottenberg a suburb of B--rli'i, which proprly be longs to the capital, had in 1871, 15. 518; so that it has more than quad ruped in population, during the past tnirty years. . . . - "It is only within the past few de cades that the manufacturing indus tries of Germany have grown into tee greatest importance and the empire has come be an enormous factory in 'the world's commerce and a serious competitor of England." There isn't a city in this country .which has grown much or given evidence of permanent growth and prosperity which is not a manufac turing city. There is not a city or town in North Carolina which has shown any notable growth which is not a manufacturing city or town. As showing the effect of one indus try, cotton manufacturing, we clip . the - following from the Charlotte Observer'. " P "There has been an increase in the population of all the' counties in the instances the increase has been re maxkably large, and it worth nothing that in each 'county that shows a marked increase, there has been a development of the' cotton milling in dustry in the past ten years. Gaston Cabarrus, Stanly, Durham, Mecklen burg, Guilford and Rutherford are notable insUncs The power of cot ton mills to build up communities is , evidenced in a most convincing way by the census report, v What VOL. XXXII. the cotton mill has done for Al bemarle may be taken as an instance. J is icau mai place nau population 01 only 248. , This bad increased in 1900 to 1 382. Concord, which is officially recorded as a city, increased in ten years from 4 339 to 7,910. and Greens boro from 3.317 to 10.035. Henrietta, not in existence in 1900, now has a population of 1,250 Gaitonia sprang from 1.033 to 4,610; Graham from 991 to 2,052; Norwood from 159 to 663; Bessemer City from 6 to 1.100; China Grove from 174 to 887, etc These are only a few instances the list could be considerably extended. A number of the smaller towns show losses, but there are no cotton mills near them." - Cotton factories have made Char lotte what she ia, because they were the pioneers - which brought after them other industries dheetly or indirectly connected with them and these drew others until that city has become, a center of diversified in dustries, with cotton manufacturing in the lead. But in building np the city these industries have also done much to build np the country tribu tary to Charlotte and to enrich peo ple who are in no way directly con nected with them. They have not only added to the wealth of the city by increasing the value of real estate, but have also enhanced the value of farming lands in the country adja cent, so that factories are not only town and city builders, but also farm builders, if we may use that ex pression. As an illustration in a different line from cotton manufacturing, Sigh Point, in this State, is con spicuous. Thewriter of this article knew it when it was an unpretend ing and unattractive village, with a few streets, no factories, and noth ing in it to ajttract attention save the natural lay of the land, which was rather pleasing to the eye. Now it has a . population of 4,500, and thirty three factories of various kinds, among them several furni ture factories, the first of which was Btarted eleven years ago. It has two national banks, whose capital has been supplied by the men who oper ate the industries, and manage the banks as well as the factories. There is one factory of some description to every 140 of the population. These factories all grew out of a spoke, and handle factory started by Capt. W. H. Snow, a man from Vermont, who established the first spoke and handle factory in Greens boro and probably in the South in 1866, which he sold after a few years, and started another in Greensboro, which he sold after operating some time, and then about 1873 established one in High Point which was really the beginning of manufacturing in that town. With the establishment of the furniture industry, in which he was inter ested, the town took position as a manufacturing town and has been adding to her industries ever since There is no excuse for idle people in that place, for there is work for all, and yet it depends for transpor tation on .one railroad, thus not having half the advantages that many other towns in the State have. But all these factories show what people with business in them can do and the factories show what they can do in making towns pros perous. The goods made in these factories are shipped all over the United States. THE COLOR LISE OH THE OHIO. The color line is not confined to the South. now, but is drawn in some of the Western States even more stringently than it is in the South, for here we know how to discriminate in such matters, but they don't np there. In comment ing upon the movement against the negroes in the towns along the Ohio river, which was started some time ago in Indiana, the Philadelphia Telegraph, a Republican paper, says: "The river towns, noticeably in In diana, are troubled by a floating col ord population, drifting np and down stream during the boating season, but settling down to be taken care of by local charities and correction during the winter months. The farther such a movement spreads the more oppressive it b comes, and there is evi dent danger that Indiana may present ly be the scene of an anti-negro crusade comparable with the demonstrations of race hatred in the dark ages. There is, unquestionably, a strong feeling of hostility to the bla -ks among the less intelligent classes of the white popula tion, and to stir up.tbis sentiment by such an active agitation as that now Ere vailing in Indiana, is to risk an out reak of animosity of the most savage character." The Telegraph thinks it rongh on the colored population, and it is, because they do not discriminate. There is not a town or locality in the south where the negro canno live in peace and security, and be kindly treated, too, if he behaves himself, and yet the South has been mnch abused for regulating bad negroes and punishing the lawless, There is no doubtthat many of the negroes who have flocked into theBe Ohio river towns are of a bad and dangerous character, whose absence would in every way be preferable to their presence; but whether or not. this is an object lesson that the peo ple who have been scolding South era communities for .protecting themselves might study with profit, Last year the city of New York paid $900,000 in pensions to ret red policemen, and the pension roll is ' growing, THOSE PACIFIED ISLANDS. The public has become so accus tomed to the rose-colored reports sent out from the Philippines by the agents of the administration that very liUlattention is paid to them. TheFhilippine commission sent a report during the Presidential cam paign in which it was stated that the rebellion was practically suppressed and that sixty days after the elec tion of McSinley the United States flag would be flying over the islands in undisputed supremacy. Not long ago it reported again that pacification was making good pro gress, that the bulk of the people were friendly to the United States, and that thousands were taking the oath of allegiance, the inference being that opposition: to the United States had practically; disappeared. But among the reports received about the same time with thia report was one from Gen. Mac Arthur, in which he said: " "The progress of pacification, while apparent to me, is still very slow. The condition is very inflexible and is likely to become chronic." The condition is "very inflexible and is likely to become chronic." Is there any rosy hue about that? v Gen. MaoArthur is corroborated by an Associate Press dispatch pub lished yesterday in which is stated that the concensus of opinion in Manila among civilians and military officers who are in a position to be familiar with the situation is that pacification is yet a long way off, so far that no one could venture an opinion as to when it will come. Filipinos may take the oath of allegiance, and then at the first op portunity give aid and comfort to the "insuigents" or take up arms against the Americans. The fact, doubtless, is that thousands of them are playing the role of "Amigo" to be in a better position to help their friends. And thus it goes, and thus this miserable game of hypocrisy, deception and bnogling drags on. LOOTING IN CHINA. The general impression is that the American soldiers in China be haved decently in the looting busi ness as compared with the soldiers of other na'ions, bnt they looted all the same. A ship which arrived at San Francisco some time ago had on board a number of soldiers return ing from China. We would never have known that these soldiers had done any looting if it had not been for the discovery by the Custom House officials of big stacks of loot, consisting of silks, satins, jewels, precious stones, &c, the duty upon which was away up into the thou sands of dollars. The soldiers didn't have the money to pay the duty and consequently much of the stolen stuff was confiscated. But here is something from a soldier, published in the Worcester, Mass., Spy, telling how they played m the game of loot: "If I could have taken care of and safely bandied all the loot and plunder which I bad and could nave got, 1 would return to the United 8tates a rich man. easily worth 25.000 to $30. 000; but I couldn't do it, and had to get rid of what did fall into my nanas as auickly as possible. I sold nearly $1,000 worth of loot. I bad silver bullion galore, beautiful and costly furs of all kinds, silk in abundance and a ereat variety of precious stones -and jewels, but I could not carry it, so I bad to dispose or it as quicaiy as 1 could. I 8ld $1,500 worth of pure sil yer bar for $200. Mexican money, equl to $1,00 in gold I have often stated in mi nalmv davs that J - would like to have all the wealth I could carry, and here is a case of where I have it But it avails me nothing, as the poor en listed man sets nothing out of the affair but hard tack, and with but one fourth rations at that. Many of the officers have secured enough out of the- affair to be wealthy for life, and the hicher the rank the more loot they got, When you read in the papers of the American not looting, you can just wink the other eve and be wise. The Americans and the English were dead in the game, and the English got a trifle more than the Yanks, they were a trifle smarter." because Probably the Britons got there f first; but between them they are giving the heathen over there some striking lessons on the superiority of Christianity over Confucianism and other isms that the benighted yellow people believe in. The Standard Oil Company has paid out in dividends within a year and fifteen days $68,000,000, of which John D. Rockefeller's share was ' $21,080,000, or abont $40 a minute. A good many of us would not grumble if we had his income from oil for a week or two. A " London correspondent says Americans are the greatest diamond buyers in the world, want the finest stones and pay the highest prices for them, and that's why diamonds are selling so high. The Rockefellers and other fellows have the rocks to do it. ' There are combines and combines but the late steel combine, formed by the Morgan Syndicate is the boss combine. It represents $1,000,- 000,000. Mrs. Nation has bought a new hatchet. But judging from her pic tures she oould smash mirrors with VUW WHIVUSII j WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, STATE LEGISLATURE. Divorce Bill the Most Important Feature of Discussion in the House. THE SUBSTIIUre ADOPTED. Repeals All Laws on Divorce Slace 1895 and Substitutes the Law Prescribed la the Code Ones Back te the Senate for Concurrence. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7. The most mportani feature of the General As sembly to-day was the discussion and acti m on the divorce bill in the House. Having passed the Senate, it came up as the special order at 11 o'clock and was not disposed of until nearly 2 o'clock. Mr. 8imm8 offered a substi tute which was finally adopted. It repeals all laws on divorce since 1895, aud the law prescribed by the Code now becomes the law under the bill. An amendment by Mr. Hayes was adopted, providiog that all parties divorced un der the laws repealed can re-marry, and pending proceedings, will not be interfered with. The substitute goes back to the Senate for concurrence, where it may encounter opposition by those who believe continued aban donment should be ground for divorce. The Senate bill to investigate the management of the Blind Institute was adopted by the House. Mr. Win ston said his committee had just com pleted a report highly commending the management of the institution. but be wanted the bill passed so that officers would be fully vindicated. There was another discussion of the bill to raise the pay of State convict guards from $15 to $20 per month. The general contention was that plenty of worthy men all over the State would be glad of the job at $15. The discussion was interrupted by the special order. Bills were introduced: By Mann, to pay claim shell fish industry. By Carlton, to prevent the sale of liquor near Chinquepin church. By Rubin- son, to allow Onslow county to levy a special tax. By White, petition to prohibit raising peanuts on State farms. By Ardrey, petition favor ing tax on docs. In the Senate report the committee on Privileges and Elections favor Stringfield (Democrat) the - sitting member, in the contest for the seat by Stamey (Republican.) The report was unanimously adopted. Bills of interest passed : To , amend the charter of Hope Mills, Cumber land coun ty ; to prohibttstock running at large in Robeson county; to amend the charter of Soutbport; to incor porate the New River Development Company; to amend the charter of 8mithfield. Bills were introduced: By Davis, to incorporate the Halifax and Northamp ton Development Company. Raleigh, N. C , Feb 8. The greater portion of the day's session was devoted to discussion and the passage on third reading of the bill to provide for the revocation of license of any insurance company which may apply for the removal of any action at law from State to Fed eral.courts, and to amend the Craig law so as not to require insurance com panies to.be domesticated. During the discussion Judge Gra ham offered an amendment to require all insurance companies which with draw from the State to pay two per cent tax on gross receipts of business in the State during the past two years. This was voted down. The bill was drawn and strongly ad vocated by Willard. The vote by roll call was 68 to 5 in favor of its passage. Jim Crow Car Law, Blount's bill to amend the "Jim Crow" car law, to keep races separate on mixed trains, passed third reading with an amendment that the Uorpora- tionCom mission have the power to ex empt any trains they think entitled to er-vnotioa Bill to incorporate the Trent River and Cape Fear Logging Company, passed final reading. A bill passed the Senate givieg county commissioners the power ffo create or abolish the office of county treasurer." Other bills passed final readine: To incorporate the' New River Development Company; to pro vide for North Carolina Day in public schools; to establish free ferry from Elizabethtown. Governor and Mrs Aycock tendered a superb reception at the mansion to nieht. in honor of members of the General Assembly. The receiving party consisted of more than fifty ladies and gentlemen, including State officers and their wives. Miss Isabelle Rountree, of Wilmington, was member of the party ; also, Mr. Frank lin McNeill, chairman of the Corpora tion Commission. Raleigh. N. C. Feb. 9. The bill to allow railroads in this State to consolidate with roads of other States (general law) was voted do wn on a statement by London, that the Committee on Riilroads opposed it. Bills Passed Fi al Reading. . Bills naased final reading: Toestab Ksh graded schools in Selma; toincor oo'ate the Marion and Northwestern Railroad; to prevent hunting without consent of land owners in Pender, wu son, Polk and Cabarrus counties ; to nrovide a State banking system. Bills to incorporate the Wrightsville and Onslow Navigation Company came up on the calendar, but was re referred, to investigate an amendmen granting exclusive rights after a four- .crot channel is secured. Saperior Coart Districts. . . The bill drawn by the Joint Com mittee on J udicial Districts and Courts, providing for sixteen Superior Court districts and judges, was reported and discussed at length Finally action was deferred until Monday at 11 o'clock. Opposition is offered by Brown of Co lumbus, on the ground that fifteen judges are enough. Also, wants a pro viso that no pay will be allowed for special terms unless the judge has already held forty courts during the year. It is understood such a provi sion will be made in a subsequent bill, dividing the State into sixteen districts and providing for the appointment of udges. . The principal business in the House was the passage of a bill similar to the one in the Senate, providing for sixteen Superior Court districts and judges. he bill was reported through Judge Allen, with a request from the com mittee for immediate ' action. The amendment by Graham for fifteen udge instead of sixteen, was voted down. The bill passed by roll-call -55 to 22. It abolishes all criminal courts a"nd goes into effect July 1st. BilU passed final reading To author-. ize Halifax county to pay indebtedness; to allow Dunn to issue bonds; to allow Concord to issue bonds to authorize Snow Hill to subscribe to stock of the Great Eastern Railroad. Bills introduced By Willard, to amend the insurance laws of 1899. By Hood, to amend laws of 1893, dividing murder into two degrees. A bill was introduced in the Senate, by Ward to permit graduates of the State Normal to teach public schools without standing examinations. The New Revenue Act. The new revenue act, as prepared by the sub-committee, to be submitted to the Joint Finance Committee Mon day, will contain many new features The committee probably will give cit uens an opportunity to be heard On the new features before reporting to the Assembly. Mr. Willard, who is most active in the preparation of the bill, says the act as prepared will increase the State revenue $300,000 Schedule A don't change the poll tax ($1 27) ; the general property tax re mains at 43 cents, the pension tax is increased from Zyi to 5 cents, the State tax is decreased from 21 1 to 20 cents. One feature of the revenue act is the inheritance tax provision (by Willard ) imposes a graduated tax on per sonal property, estates of over $2,000. increasing with the value of the estate and distance of relationship. . A pro vision is made that all dispensaries pay 25 per cent of the net profits to the State. Social clubs, which dis pense drinks, must pay one dollar for each member. In the merchants' tax," gross sales are used as the basis of taxation; retailers, five cents on the hundred dollars; wholesalers, two and one half cents. There is a tax of one dollar on a dog and fifty cents on each additional dog. Theatres in cities of twenty thousand population are taxed 250. A tax on corporate towns and on bonded indebtedness of private corporations, when bonds are owned in the State, is provided. The treasurers of all corporations are required to col- ect tax on bonds before paying inter est on the same. Bonded debts of counties and municipalities are taxed the same way. It is hardly probable a provision will be made for reassess ment of property. SPECULATING IN PRODUCE. Northers Commission Men Already Buy ing Crops of Strawberries for Future. The Strawberry Prospects. The Mount Oiive Advertiser, pub lished in the heart of the trucking sec tion of Eastern North Carolina and at the largest strawberry sbipuing point in the State, has the following con cerning the prospects for the coming season : "Everything indicates that the trucking season of 1901 will be one of the most prosperous si uce the industry assumed anything like commercial importance. The acreage devoted to cantaloupes will be at least double that of last year and the acreage in Irish potatoes will be fully equal to that of former seasons. There will D- a smaller crop of straw berries than usual if the season is an average one, but if the season proves to be unusu ally nroDitious. the yield will, in all probability, be a normal one in tne Mount Olive district, with decreased vield in the sections further Souih "Speculators rrom tne jNortn appear to realize that there will ne a snortage in the berry crop, and with an eye always to the main cbance are now endeavorine to purchase entire crops. At places south or Mount uuve several crops nave been sold at ifluu per acre, the berries to be delivered at tne rail road depot. While $100 per acre is a fair price, it is the opinion of many experienced growers that the short crop warrants better money. The grower can amuse himself by consid ering the various plans for disposing of his crop will it pay best to sell his croD bv the acre, sell it on the plat form or consign to "one of the best WUIUIISOIUU UUUOUI IU IUQ wugiuvotli Duplin Citizen Dead. A correspondent of the 8tab writing from Rose Hill,' N. C, Feb. 7th, says: "Mr. Marcellus N. Johnson, after a lingering illness died near Rose Hill this morning. He was 65 years of aze and was a gallant Confederate soldier, having served in Capt McClam my's Company, Third North Carolina Cavalry." The funeral took place yesterday. A delegation of Sampson county citizens headed by Mr. A- F. Johnson, of Clinton, and claiming to represent seven -eighths of the property interests in that' county, appeared last week before the Legislative Committee on Propositions and Grievances and asked for total prohibition in the sec tion represented by them. The petition has been continued at the request of the petitioners, so that both aides may ' be heard. 1901. A MAGNIFICENT GIFT. Trustees of Hemenway Estate Presented Splendid Property to City School Interests THE VALUE ABuUT $30,000. Tllestoo Building With Beautiful Campus, on Ann Street, Dooated to Commit' tees Nos. 1 aod 2 by Philan thropic Northern Men. Wilmington people generally and especially those of the more public spirited inhabitants, who manifest a lively interest in all that pertains to the educational interests of the city. will be gratified beyond measure and, to say the least of it, profoundly grateful, at the announcement this morning that ihe magnificent Tileston High School building, with its exten sive r-ampus, pretty lawns and beau tiful shade trees, on Ann street, has been magnanimously donated to the city public school system of Wilming ton. The donation is by the trustees of the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Hem enway, of Boston, Mass., who founded the institution many years ago, and was perfected within the last few days through the kindly offices of the chairmen of School Committees Nos and 2 of this city. Negotiations have been pending since last Summer regarding the transfer, which finally culminated in the decision of the trustees of the estate to make the deed of gift to 8chool Committees Nos 1 and 2 for the sole and exclusive pur pose of the higher education of the white race. The gift of this magnificent property is a voluntary contribution from the trustees of the estate to the 8chool committees named, and it means so much to the community both from an elevating and educational viewpoint, that some public recognition should be made in not only assuring the gen erous donors of the thorough appre ciation of the community, but as a manifestation of an earnest determina tion on the part of every citizen to accord most hearty support and co operation to the zealous school com mitteemen and chairman of the joint committee, who have labored inces santly to bring about such a happy result. The building is of brick, and has three floors, upon which are a large assembly room, with a seating capacity of 600, six class rooms, and. library an A nffinm (n. (h. Ik. .uu uiuvd tui DUD mo uupoimwuucui oTpity Schools. It is situated in the miauie oi cites ho. no. c mprising the whole of lots Nos. 1. 2 and 3 in that block, and is surrounded by ex tensive groands, exceedingly fine lawns and beautiful shade trees. The size of the lot is 330 feet on Ann street and runs South and parallel with Fourth and Fifth streets, 198 feet. The property is approximately valued at $30,000, and the deeds of transfer are now in process of being reorded. The building was constructed in the year 1871 at a cost of $25,000 by the late Mrs. Hemenway for the higher education of students and was success fully conducted as the Tileston Normal School from 1871 to 1891 inclusive. under the able supervision of- Miss Amy Bradley, who still resides in this city and enjoys the distinction of be ing one of the most thorough and com petent instructors that Wilmington, perhaps, has ever had. The school remained closed from 1891 to 1896 but si nee Jan. 1st, 1896, the property has been leased for a nominal considera tion to the school committees of this city. Since that date the public high school, still retaining the name "Tiles ston," has been conducted by the com mittees, first 'under the superinten dence of Prof. M. C. S. Nobles and for the past two years under the super vision of Mr.. John Jay Blair. EASTERN DISTRICT CRIMINAL COURT. Objection to Its Abolition Developed in Payettevtlle Endorsement Made. H. McD. Ribinson, E q., an ex member of the Legislature, from Cum b-rland county, in a card in yester- day afternoon's Fayetteville Observer says: "I wish to say that a majority of the bar of Fayetteville, I . think, are in fa vor of the criminal court, and are op posed to its abolition, as are also in my opinion a large portion of the peo ple of the county." Mr Robinson in the same card also calls attention to the fact that the Cumberland County Democratic Con vention, July 4tb, 1900, and the entire Bar of Fayetteville, Nov. 16th, 1900, unanimously endorsed Isaac A. Mur chison, Esq., of the Fayetteville Bar, for the judgeship of the Eastern Dis trict Criminal Court NEW ENTERPRISE AT FAYETTEVILLE. The Armfield Wholesale Company Oran- Ized by a Corps of Business Men. Fayetteville Observer, 9th The Armfield Wholesale Company, with a paid up capital of $10,000, was organized in this city yesterday, Mr. J. F. L. Armfield. the well known to bacco man of Mt Airy, being chosen president and Mr. J. W. Patterson secretary and treasurer. The other members of the company are Messrs. A. W. McLean, pre ident of the Lum berton bank; J. O. Carter, of Maxton: E. Stern berger, -of Clio. 8. C, and Dillon & Son, of Dillon, S C. Tbe freight warehouse of the A. C. L. R. R has been secured for tbe K resent, to which additions will shortly e made, and business will begin at an early day. Mr. Armfield, tbe presi dent, 8 peaks very highly of this point as a centre tor excellent wholesale grocery trade. NO. 16 Plant of Carolina tee Company Practically Destroyed by . Fire Yesterday. Insurance on Property Amounting to $9,000 No Accurate Estimate ef Damage Can Be Obtaiaed-Loss on Bolldlag a boot $2,000. The plant of the Carolina Ice Com-, pany, owned by Mr. J. M. Solky, and situated on the southeast corner of Dock and Water streets, was visited by a destructive fire yesterday shortly after noon, which came very near making a complete loss of the prop erty. As it is, the loss on the build ing is variously estimated at from $1,500 to $3 500, and while it is known that the amount of damage exceeds that on the building, no accurate esti mate of the loss on machinery could be given yesterday, and it will re quire a critical examination by ex perts before this can be determined. The origin of the fire was the ex plosion of an oil stove in the office,' in the northeast corner of the factory, on the first floor, and in an almost in credibly sbort space of time the flames had swept across the building upon the second floor to the west, where the new cold storage plant, which was installed by the company last season, i located. The only person in the office at the time of the explosion was Mr. C. J. Williams, one of the wagon delivery clerks, who made a miraculous escape and hastened to the store of Mr. T. J. Gore across the street to send in a tele phone alarm to the department Before this could be done, however, police man W. B. Brown discovered the fire and sent in an alarm from box 43, corner Front and Orange streets. The chemical engine was the first to put on a stream, but this was not as effective as usual on account of a tern porary disarrangement of one of the c s linders in which is stored the fluid that is used. Three lines of hose were also brought to play upon the fire one from a hydrant very near the building; another from Fourth and Orange streets, and still another from Fourth and Market streets. The firemen did well to confine the flames to the building in which they originated, considering the rapidity with which the fire spread and the disadvantageous position and build of the factory. The roofs of some of the buildings of Mr. O. M.. Whitlock's ma chiue shops adjoining on Water street aud of Mr W E Worth's city ice depot adjoining on Dock street were slightly damaged, but both properties are covered by insurance. The Carolina Ice Company's build ing and machinery were insured for $9,000 with Messrs. Willard & Giles, and in response to an inquiry by a Stab reporter as to whether he would rebuild, Mr. Solky stated yesterday afternoon: that he would rebuild at once and have everything in shape for next season. Every contract that the factory has will be filled as if the fire had not occurred. A number of unimportant papers and a day book were destroyed in the office, but all the books and papers in the safe were intact upon its opening by a machinist from the Wilmington Iron Works late yesterday afternoon. About the Sixth District. Speaker Moore, of the Lower House of the General Asssembly, has intro duced another bill redisricting the State for the election of Congressmen by which the Sixth District loses Anson aud Union counties, to the Eighth, Mecklenburg to the Ninth, Pender to the Third, Richmond to the Seventh, and gains Bladen, Cumber land, Harnett and Moore from the Third District. The bill will make the ten districts Democratic, it is said, and will leave the Sixth with a population of 186 623, and a Democratic majority of 8,942. TUB FERTILIZER RATE CASE. Reasoning and Conclusion of Special Master Martin Confirmed by Judge SImonton. Raleigh News and Observer, 7th. Judge Simonton has decided the fer tilizer rate case in favor of the Corpo ration Commission. It was received at the office of the clerk of the Federal Court yesterday. The decision over rules the exceptions to the report of Standing Master Martin, and confirms the same. The reasoning and conclu sions of the 8pecial Master are per fectly satisfactory. The case was brought by the Sea board Air Line Railway. The Cor po ration Commission issued a circular establishing a rate for the transports' tion of fertilizer, and fixing ten tons as the minimum car load. It also granted the right to the Carolina Central Rail way Company to charge SO per cent. in addition to standard rates. The railroads brought suit, alleging in their complaint that the rates were unreasonably low, and compelled the company to conduct operations at a loss and without fair enumerations. They also claimed that the minimum car load of 10 tons was unreasonable and discriminated against the small shippers. The case was hotly contested in the Federal Court and was referred to Eugene Martin Esq., of Wilmington, to take evidence and report After taking a voluminous amount of evi dence, Mr. Martin made his report, de ciding in favor of the Commission Almost every one of the decisions were excepted to by the railroad and the exceptions were argued before Judge Simonton in Charleston last week. Camp W. J. Hardee, United QCon federate Veterans, Birmingham, Ala., adonted resolutions declaring that the invitation extended President McKin ley to attend the national re union in Memphis was one of eminently good tasie, ana cniiGiaai ui we sot was un justifiable and should be oondemned. Oxford Ledger: The Oxford, furniture compan continues to turn out to the trade number One furniture, which ia rapidly growing in popular favor. Several car loads are shipped out each week. - Sanford Express': There has been quite an exodus of negroes from thi county during the past three or four weeks to tbe States of Georgia, Florida and Alabama to work turpen tine. Thia means fewer hands on the farms Goldsboro Argus: The pro- Sosed electric railway to Seven prings grows in popular favor, a ad it is understood that a bill will be in troduc d at tbe present session of tbe Legislature granting a comnanv charter rights to construct the road. - Smitbsfield Herald: The counties of Nash, Wilson and Wayne are ail tor a stock law and they are all for a stock law and they are desirous that Johnson county. North of Neuse river join them. During the East year the town authorities have ad four deep wells bored here The results have been so satisfactory that tbe city fathers have decided to have another bored in that section of tbe town adjacent to the colored Baptist church - Louisburg Times'. ' Two of the convicts working on the roads in this township made a break to escape one day this week, and had gotten several bundrfd yards away before Davy Lee Kearney, the guard, could get a shot at them Just as he fired, one of the convicts stumbled, but before he fell the bullet from Mr. Kearney s rifle struck the negro back of the head and made a pathway oyer the too of his scalp taking off the hair and a little skid wim xi. xi is ueeoiess to say loai he had any trouble to capture him, as well as nis partner after this ex- derience. Fayetteville Observer: While Mr. J. A. Burns was driving from his whiskey distillery to town this morn ing he was pounced upon by two special revenue officers. They found in the vehicle a four and a half gallon keg of whiskey, which they claimed was not properly stamped. They there upon seized the whiskey and the horse and buggy. Mr. Burns promptly re replevined the property, and the matter will have to be settled in the Federal court. Some accommo dating person, wishing to start a busi ness it seems, within tbe last few days has broken open the government whiskey warehouse near Mrs. Lanca shire's on Masaey's Hill, where J.' R. Xarboro recently operated a distillery. and stole therefrom three barrels of whiskey. Deputy 8utton visited the still Thursday to levy a distraint for taxes due and found the above state of affairs. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli gence: Maj. John B. AshcraTt died at bis home, near Monroe Tuesday morning, of grip. Maj Ashcraft was well known throughout this entire section. He was one of the most skilled venerinary surgeons of the State. The citizens of Burnsville township have recently had quite a mad dog scare. Twelve or fifteen canines, that . were supposed to have either been mad or to have been bitten by rabid dogs, were killed in one neighborhood a few days ago. The varmint that has been causing so much excitement in Anson ville town ship is said to have been seen in Gul ledge township also. We are informed that it visited the borne of Mr. Andrew Rayfield. it that township a few nights ago and ran bis dogs in the house, and when Mr Kay firld went out to investi gate it chased him also. Tbe varmint looked lke a big Newfoundland dog to Mr. Rayfield. AN ICE EMBARGO. The New York Harbor Still Ice-locked and All Traffic Afloat Crippled by the Ploes. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, February 9. New York harbor was still ice-locked to-day and all traffic afloat in bay and rivers was crippled by the floes. Not in many years, say the shipping men, has com merce on the n arbor been so impeded by the ice. Even the Atlantic liners are delayed and bothered by the packs which for days have hung persistent along the water fronts everywhere. filling up tbe slips and causing delay and vexation to thousands who travel . on ferry boats. Increas-ng the trouble a hundred fold came the storm this morning and - tor several hours ice and snow placed an embargo on the port. No vessel dared to navigate the narrows of Hell Gate until, the snow had stopped 'ail ing. Many tug boats have been called into service to break the way for clogged vessels. Where one tug is usually used, two or three are rc quired. The resources of the tug owners have been taxed to the limit. Last Wednesday night it was impossible to charter a tug for any price. Every one was busy; Une of the largest owners of these boats in the city said today that the ice had probably disabled a hundred tugs by breaking their propellers. The dry docks are full of boats having broken wheels replaced. The ferry boats to day continued to fight their - way from slip to slip. It has been impos sible for these boats to run on their schedule time for several days. IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Smallpox Raging Five Members of One Family Lying Dead. By Telegraph to the Morning star. MuecooEE, I. T., Feb. 9. Word comes to night that five members of the Lawrence family, residing eight-' een miles west of Wegenor, are lying dead at their home from smallpox; that two remaining members of tbe -household are awaiting death, uncon scious and another is nearly dead from fright and loss or sleep.- The oldest son was -taken sick Thursday .. and died in forty eight hours. The father left immediately ' . for town to secure a coffin, and upon his re turn found two others had died also. The father was taken sick with the disease and died in four hours. Small pox is raging throughout the territory and as there is no law to raise taxes to fight the disease and Congress re fuses aid, the country is in a terrible condition. JOINT SMASHING. J I Three Saloons Raided by Citizens at Hoi- ton, Kansas. By Telegraph to tea Morning Star. Topeka, Easts., .Feb. 9. Represen tative Lawrence to-day Introduced a bill in the House to legalize joint smashing, making it a sufficient de fence in an action at law Jo show that the property destroyed was used in tbe operation of a joint. The bill was ad vanced to second reading. A motion to rush it to third reading; was de' feated by a vote of 87 to 26 Telephone advices received from Holton say that a thousand citizens banded together and smashed toree joints, this evening. Great - excite' mens prevails mere wuignt. ' " o - ' - - t f