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ihe 'geiccliXtj Jtar.
ILLUM B. B IS H XI A H I,
' Editor end Proprietor.
VAiMLMINGTON, N. C.
.
PnlnAt, - - FumrARY 23. 1901
A VERY GRAVIS QUfiSriOS
Some of the Republioan organs
are protesting against the extrava
gant appropriations by this Congress
, and are pointing out the danger of
retribution when these Republican
Congressmen go before the country
to give an acc mnt of their steward
ship. The New- York Sun has be
come very much alarmed, and makes
the following two extracts from
speeches of Senators Hale and Lodge
the text for a warm lecture to the
Republican Congressmen who have
. rnn their arms so deip i to the pub
( lie Tieasury. Senator Hale said:
"It seems to me sometimes as if
tiotbiog is 84 thankless ia the present
condition of tbioa-s. when every in
terest and every scheme Is organized
. to loot the Treasury, as to obj ct The
geieral demoralixtlion that has seized
- : uo9n the public tuiud, upon kngrt-ss.
the tremendous expenditures thai stand
before our eyes every day, hvedemor
aiiz'dtbe human miad. We are in
capable, Mi. Prebideot, of reading
and understanding and appreciating
figures in th presence of trie trman
dous expenditure which some day will
come back, and, when the pipif
real nit, those who are responsible
for i hem will call up in the rocks autl
mouutaius to hide them from the up
4 rising of the people against this ex
travagance. It is too early yet, evi
X deatly. Ery nuasuM is urged bi
cause it has some if real iadustry or in
terest or class behind it, aud when
we got to tie end of mis Oougress and
figure up the 'appropriation", te
sums will be larger, vry couaid-rablj
larger, than any esti uat that ha
be-to rada here on the fl tor of . the
- 8eaite by any authority upon these
sutj cis."
This was Senator Bale's second
protest and warning, which was
substantially reiterated by Senator
Lodge, who is also alarmed. He
said: '
"We are running on and exercis
log no discrimination in our appro
pmtions We are pushing on toward
. billion dollar "pprouriations in a sin
gle sess on. We nav got to da ih
line so uewbere. We are running
into an amount ff appropriation
which -is beginning to alarm th
country. It has b-en said here this
morning that the Republican prty
wou d be held respousiole for tb.
extavagant puroprmtioiis , O
course they wil , Kud pr-p rly so
Tney are, the party iu p i.-r; tb-
are the pry in control of bob
houses of Coiigrss; Ihey will beh-lu
repousioie, and uuibt to b- held re
spiusiole; and tt.ey oight to 1 mis
well wber- they a'e gnur ith tn-ae
great approprut out in eve y direc
lion. It la not an idle sttteroeut tbai
the Smator from Maine has made
here this morning, and it is not
statement io oe sneered l or ia igh-d
out of court br men of eitrir pirt
It is a v ry. v. ry grave nation. "
The Sun reminds the Republican
statesmen that the President fore
saw the raids that would be made
upon the Treasury aud uttered
some cautionary counsel in the con
clusion of his last message. He
"foresaw the dinger" for be knew
hta-men and kuew how hard it would
be for them to keep their arms out
of a full Treasury. A surplus has
about the same effect on the average
Republican statesman as a sight of a
covey ot quail does on a setter dog;
it gets 'em all excited and they want
to go for it. They have never yet
found any trouble in going for it
and getting there, and there has
never yet been discovered any power
to keep them out of it. How the
Republicans of the House got there
is thus recorded by the Sun:
"Ever since the session opened the
Sun has been calling attention to the
risu of the tide : to tbe recklessness of
the party responsible for legislation;
to the certain result of the dembraliz t
tton whcVtbe Fifty sixih Cjogress
has mamf'Sted more wildly, more
recklessly, more selfishly as its term
approached. It is such periods of
blindness and dembraliz t linn ihtl in
vite lid I waves; that upset airj .ritits;
tht precede a downfall.
"Tde Fifty-sixth Congress has made
Us bed and must lie in it It will go
out, of ez stance to be remembered as
the most extravagant Congress that
ever sat at Washington. Yet it is
propr to discriminate a little. Some
times the House, and sometimes the
Senate is the guiltier branch. This
time no impartial observer of con tern
porary legislation will hesitate to point
his Anger t the H uae end of th
Capitol. The spirit that has prevail- d
during the. present session in Ihe
ILuise of R presentatives is a menace
to the coulntued supremacy of the R
publican party ; and the fact that it has
encountered up to the pree't tune no
chck is due to two circumstances
wb ch ought to be plainly stated:
- "First, the Republican Speaker ba
either failed to Understand hia duty to
ioe o mntry and his party under exia-
ing conditions, or, peic-iving it, he
has lacked the will force and political
intel igence r quired for its energetic
performance :
It concludes thus:
"That is why Republicans must lv.k
to the ttnie rather than to th-
Uouse. to do what now remains pos
sible in the way or averting in im-ui-nent
dog-r p Mutt-d cut by Mr. Hale
and Mr. Lodge.
It generally happens that the
Senate adds to the bilis that come
from the House rather than deduct
from them. The Senate has the
reputations of being the more ex
travagant body of the two, and less
influenced by popular opinion be
cause they don't have to stand the
ordeal of popular elections as the
members of the House do. When
they get in they are there for six
years and they are not so liable to
he swept out by "tidal waves," as
the gentlemen in the House are. We
venturer to say now that instead of
reducing the appropriations as they
come from the House the Senate, on
, which the Sun says the Republicans
depend to avert "the danger pointed
out by Senators Hale and Lodge"
will add to them.
If it was not a serious matter
their apparent efforts at economy
would be amusing. . They will de
bate for hours oyer n expenditure
1 of ft few thousand ' dollars for what
may be some really meritorious ob
ject and with a mere formal aeoaw
pa8 bills carrying millions, perhaps
dozens or hundreds of millions, as
was shown the other day when the
Sejiate debated for hours a proposi
tion to upend about $100,000 on
investigating lands and making
inHps'of them, and the house with
little or no cere mony voted $5,000,
000 to the Sc. Lmis exposition, and
thin. too. when Seuators Hale and
Lodge were protesting against ex
travagance and the Sun and other
a
ftUmifid BDublican organs j were
threatening retribution.
But the protests and the warn
ings have come too late, for the mis
chief has been done and the Senate
could not if it would u ido enough
of it to make any material impres
sion on the grand total.
Rnt la it the country or the
prty these protestors and alarmed
organs are thinking ab ut? By
their perturbed speech tbey show
that it is the party they are tremo-
linsrfor. and if they seem to take
an interest in the. raided Treasury
and in the people who pay the bills
it is because . the party wmoa does
the raiding may be overwhelmed by
hv the aoDreheaded tidal wave. If
-v .
it was not for the acknowledged
fear of this they would be very little
disturbed over the extravagant ap
propriations which are now giving
them so much concern.
The cry for economy is all right,
but it loses much of its merit when
it is inspired by the fear of party
defeat. Their pretended interest in
the people who bear the burden of
taxation is a sham, for while posing
as the protectors of the people the
voice is the voice of the alarmed
partisan. -"
HOI ALL IN IT
The dispatches from China pub
lished yesterday inform us that the
proposed expedition under Count
yon Waldereee is to be composed of
German, British, French and Ital
ian troops, from which it appears
that this country, Russia and Japan
are not taki ft any hand in it. In
view of this ftct and the presump
tion that the foreign r..wors m
China were acting as "allies," it
might be asked who is running this
business wnen one or inTe of the
so called "alius" ci'i start out on
his or their own volition and re
sume hostilities wnue negotiations
are pending for peace? What do
terms, "ultimatums or agreements
amount to when any one of. these
Powers may act on its own whim,
anu practically nuiuiy wnai me
a a t i - a
others have done or prevent what
they may want to do?
It is somewhat significant, too,
that the three rowirs which are
holdi'ig aloof from this expedition
are the Powers which h-ive stood to
gether the closest, shown the most
moderation in demands, and the
greatest desire to bruhe trouble
t an end, and get their troops out
of China. It may be that these
three Powers might conclude that
they are entitled to some considera
tion, and to be consulted when new
military movements are contem
plated, in the result of which they
may have interests aa vital, one way
or another, as the nations under
whose flags the movements are car
ried on. Iu that case there might
be a clash that would change the
play m the boards over there and
give us something decidedly more
exciting than the racket with
China, when there were seven
Powers jumping on one poor old
worm-eaten giant.
TEA QR0WIHQ IS 80UTH CAR0
LISA
A-short while ago in writing of
tea culture in Sonth Carolina and
the experiments contemplated by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, we mentioned the report that
two companies with large capital
were being organized to enter upon
the industry on a lirge scale in
S luth Carolina. The Charleston
Neto8 and Courier of Tuesday an
ounces that one of these companies
has been organized and has pur
chased nearly 6,000 acres of land in
Colleton county and will begin
- . "
operations at once, tlatiting one
hundred acres this Spiing, which
will be increased to five thousand
next year. When fully under way
the company expects to produce
3u0,000 pounds of tea annually,
grown wholly for commercial pur
poses, Charleston being the shipping
point. -
The success which has attended
tea culture in south Uaroltpa puts
it outside of the domain of experi
ment, but this venture on such a
large scale will be watched with in
terest not only in South Carolina,
but in adjacent States, for if it
prove a success commercially it may
be safely assumed that tea culture
will become a growing and perma
nent industry.
is nas Deen demonstrated that a
good quality of tea can be grown in
North Carolina as well as in South
Carolina.
Deafness Cannot be Cired
' T loo 1 DDlletl on, ma lbs e innnt ra-h thj.
di-HMfa'pHttoiot h4r. room i onlj o e
wrt cu woe I ss, ant nit lby coustita
loml r me ! s Daafi es Is -aaesu br in-
u ned condition ot tbe mao u in uf of toe
su vscaun Tub-. Wbnibis luoo Is iLfluutxl
7 ID- rauib lac s nod r Imerftot lM.r.
lu. and iiu t s ntl ? rio-ed, D arse a i
tbs result, a d aiitos the 1 tUiumatlon cd Im
lakon oat and this tobs rt ad to Its t onnal
ouuji on, immu1'ij( wui do a otroyea tot-tot;
llltIM '.Ml Mit r9 .ten k v. mai.A PklnMh
wbl tb Is no Iqb but u LSutdea ltlon ot
tb n a oas so fi
W ll.. glre On HaodrMl D llaes for a y
eof De i (C4Q-W41 hj e :ar b) tba ci
not bn o ir-d by aa I'a Caburi h tiro. Dead fir
oiroolais.free.
- .. ' J CHKtiT COn Toledo, O.
duiu ot u urux naia TOO.
BaU'sramut Alia are Om bsst, ' t
STATE 1EGISMTURE. '
(Continued from 1st page.)
Special Star Telegram. j
Raleigh, N C. Feb. 18 TbeCriir j
reaolultoci, that Cnief Justice DH ;
M Fu relies and Associate Justice Rub ;
ert M. Douglas be arraigned b fore th
deoste for impeachment of buhcriiu b ;
and misdemeanors, ia that they vio-
Uted the Uoosliiutiou br issuing a
ma'-daoius for payment of Tbeophiius
White's salary as shell fish counuis
sioner, passed the Bouse today by a
veto of ayea 62. noes S3.
Mr. Coouor's substitute, a resolaiio i
expressing disapproval of the action of
he judges, but opposing impeachment.
was lost, the vole being ajes 13, nois
85. .
Discussion of the Craig resolution
was resumed at 10 o'clock. Speech s
were madd-by Ebbs (R-pubiicai);
Owen (Populist); Mcintosh (Republi
can); Pelree (Republican) against
impeachment anu favoring the minor
ity report exonerating tbe judges.
Brief speeches advocating impeach
ment were made by Alexander, White
of Halifax, and Dr. Morphew. Tne
concluding and really crowning spe ch
for impeachment was by Craig, in
traduce of the resolution. He spoke
more than an hour, and when he con
eluded memiers fljeked around him
to tender congratulations. The fi-st
vote was on tbe Connor substitute.
The Vote oa ih Messnre
All ballots were by roll call. The
following twelve voted for tbe Con
nor substitute: Oonnor. Dal, Fields
Gaitber, HooJ, Litg, McLean, Mor
ris, Nash, Reiohordt, Richardson,
immi. Tnompson, Wane of Halifax,
and Willard.
The vote on the Craig resolution for
impeachment was: Ayes Alexander,
Allen otWtyne. Ardrjy. Btroo, Bra-
bill, Beddtugfiold, BUlock, Blount,
Bradsher, Carr, Uarraway, Caritou,
Craig Carti, D tniels of Warren, Dees,
Fields, Garret, Gains. Graham, Grreu,
Hall, Harris. Htyes, Qjay, Jtukius,
Lane, Ltwreuce. Little, MacEethan,
Mann, Mauney, . McCulloch, JMcIver,
Morgan, Mirphaw, NicaoUoai Oliver.
Oens. PearC't. Ribinsoo, Rj. R ith
rook, Russell, Sea well, Sbannouhouse,
Shelton, Si aims, Smiib, Spaiuhour,
Taylor, Tnompaoo, Welch, Whitaber
of Forsyih. White of Halifax, White of
Jones,, WUard, Wilson, Wiuston,
Znhary.
Noes B'nbow, Blythe. Brim,Birli-
son, Buruett, Ctliway, Cirso i, C ie
man, Oolliui. O innor, D-an Duncan,
K b. QiilMer. Isb-til, Lone, .Martin.
Vic Fa laud Mclul , McL a i. Mor
ris, Ntsh. 0eu. Pge, P tre, Rein
hardi. Sheets. Slubbs, WMtU.
Eleven Democrats voted in the ng
ative.
Bills Pas cd Fiaal R.sd a.-. j
The following 'bills passed final!
reading io the Senate: To improve
rotda iu Person county; to allow
Beaufort to levy a special tax; to
allow Harnett county to bund a
bridge and levy a special tax ; to au-
hor z Dunn to is-ue bonds; to amend
the charter of Louisbur; to charter
the Carolina ai.d . North r stern Rail
road Co. ; to incorporate the Charlotte
and Columbia Railroad Co. ; to estab
lisb a upplementary school district in
While's township, Robeson county
to amend the charter of Goldsboro; to
establish a tchool district in Williams
township, Columous couaty; to es
tablish a school district io Chad bourn
towosbip, Columbus County ; to pro
hibit tbe manufacture and sale of
liq ior in' Sampson ctunty ; to incor
porate the Scotland Neck and Roan
ke Railroad; to incorporate Trent
RiYer and Cape Fear Logging Co ;
House bill to amend tbe 'Jim Crow"
law so as to apply to mixed trains
unless exempt-d by the Corporation
Commission ; to incorporate the D j
plin and Onslow Railroad Co. ; to
authorise the Secretary of S ate to
print election returns of elections of
98 1900; to change the time for tbe
Supreme Court to meet tq the fourth
Monday in August; to incorporate
Enz.b th City Water Co. ; to require
tbat n cmion of criminals be private:
.o rr quire that masristratea elect
Brunswick county commissioners; to
establish a Stale board of embalmers;
to regulate the stock law in Johnson
county.
Many local bills passed final read
ing. Among them were: To provide
water works and sewerage for Eliza
bethCity; to inc irporale the French
Broad Southern Railroad Company;
to author z Kinsion to issue bonds;
to amend tbe charter of Kinsion; to
place Chatham and Moore counlus
under tbe stock law; to pi ce appoint
merit of directors of the Deaf and
Dumb School ia lheh nds of the Gov
ernor; to pav claim of Fred P. L.th-
m, Bell EUvea server shell fish
commissioner; to provide payment to
J. 3 Mann of Hyde cuntr. the bal
ance, of sa'ary as shell fi-h commis-
s-oner under law 'Sl-S, to appoint
a cotton weigher at Louisburg.
Raucioh. N. C, February 16 At
I o'cu c this afternoon the House
adopwd the followu g resolution:
'Rebolved, tbat tbe House to pro
ceed to elect by ba lot nine managers
members of tbe House of Rpresenta
lives, who shall prepare and present to
the House articles of impeuebment
against David 1L Furches, Chief
Justice of tbe Supreme v ourt, and
Robert M, Douglass, Associate Justice,
and who shall conduct such impeach
ment at tbe bar of the State Senate,
with power to send for persons, papers.
and records, and to take testimony
under os tb, with further power and
authority to associate with them in tbe
preparation of such articles and ia tbe
conduct of said impeachment, other
counsel learned in the law."
The following were el-cted man
agers of impoashment in accordance
with tbe resolution: Messrs. Allen,
of Wayne; Craig, of Buncombe;
Graham, of Granville ; Hayes, of
Chatham; 8painbour, of Burke;
Rountree, of New Hanover; Nichol
son, of Beaufort; 8hanoonhouse, of
Mecklenburg; 8eawell of Moore. .,
The Speaker this morning an
nounced the committee to present the
impeachment proceedings to the
Senate: Messrs. Winston, Ardrey,
Blount, Zachary, Carlton.
2T
Every cotton planter should
write forourvaluable illustrated
pamphlet, "Cotton Culture."
It is sent free.
Send nam and address to
CERMAN KAU WORIiS, 93 Kassan St., N. Y.
A flood of local bills passed and
were introduced in tbe House. Among
those pissed was a bill to allow
Kinsion to issue school bonds.
The Senate passed Bron's bill to
regulate the sale of cigarettes. .It bad
previously passed a second reading
with an amendmeut imposing a tax of
20 on each retail dealer. This, on
motion of Morton, was eliminated.
The bill as passed is unamended aid
just a puolished in a recent issue of
tbe Stab.
Other bills passed floal reading: To
icense embalmers; to p'ovide for
oUc or the State cost of arms on the
Stale flag; to allow New B mover to
issue bonds not exceeding $50,000 to
road improvement (jassed second
readipt ); to establish a graded school
at Smith field.
Death of Dr. Klrby.
Dr. George L. K'rby, for the past
eiirht years superintendent of tbe
Eastern H spiul for the iosane. this
city, died at ten o'clock to night of a
complication of pneumonia and other
d seastta He was ia his 66 -h year.
formerly a cit z-tn of G Idboro H
been a very able and successful super
intendent.
Mr. Brown introduced in the Senate
to-daj a bill to create a "commission
on prison control" looking to relief t.f
tbe Governor of the pardoning power
Another important bill, by Woodard.
imposes $85 license tax on dealers in
pistols, etc.
The j tint committee decided to night ,
to rep rt favorably the bill to make
Duplin a prohibition count r.
RaLUOH. N,C. Fb 20.
Artic'es of imptaebment of Cme'
Justice Furches and Associate Jusl c
Doulao e'e presented to tbe Senat
at 1:30 thia afternoon. It was an ex
ceedinKly solemn and impresiv
cerem-ny wl.en the House committee
entered. The Senators, people in tb
icbbi'S and galleries stood. Tbe
spi-ch prescniinir the articles was by
R-P'e.entative W nston. Tbe other
members f the special committee
were; Messn. Ardery, Blount. Zch-
arv, Ctrltoa. Wiasioa reviewed the
Bodingrs of the House against the
j idtfs and requested trial at the bar
of tbe Senate. Be closed with the
following: sentence:
"In conclusion, the Home of Repre
sentatives, through us, chosen mes
sei'gers, prays that thi God of eternal
truth and justice may protect the
riiih's of the impeached aud preserve
unbroken the constitution of our
fathers."
A resolut:oa, by London, was
adopted:- '"That the p evident io be
half of the Senate,' announce to the
gentlemen of the committee from the
House of Representatives that tbe
Senate will receive the message, duly
consider the same and take propsr ac
tion thereon, as provided by law and
the constiluti n."
It is not announced yet when the
trial will begin or who the counsel for
prosecution and defence will oe.
Tbe vote of tbe Senate is cod posed
of thirty nine Democrat, nine Hi
publicans and two Populists. 8ix
Democrats voting with the Republi
cans and Populists will defeat im
peaebment.
The Senate tabled the general stock
law bill to day. '
The Hou bill to sell the Old court
bouse io Wilmington, and Morton's
substitute to a' low the commissioners
to deed the building to the Naval Re
serves, csme up and after discussion
was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee, to see if the Assembly has
power to authorize .commissioners to
deed county p operty, as provided b
the Morton substitute. It will come
up again Friday.
The bill to p-ovide pensions for ex
Confederate soldiers was made the
pecial order for Stturdty and an
tmtnd'uenl was ad pt.d providing
that if ihe special tax levy w utd not
raise eDt uyb, pensions could draw on
the general fund in th treasury for
not exceeding $200,000.
O.ber bills passed: To establish
graded schools ia SmilbfUld; to pr
mit New Hanover to issue $50,000
road bonds; to incorporate Rseford.
Robeson county; to provide a stock
law in parts of Bladen.
Bill to authorize the Seaboard Air
Line Railway Company to exercise the
power conferred on the Rchmond,
Petersburg and Caroliua Rulroad
Company, pissed with aa amendment
tbat it cannot consolidate with tbe
Southern or the Atlantic C ast Line
A motion by Morton tbat it shall not
consolidate, with competing Hues
was lost.
An effort by Woodward to put the
bill for tbe government of the peniten
tiary on immediate passage was lot
It provides for five directors, a presi
dent and managtrs.
An unusually Urge number of bills
was introduced in tbe House, among
them the following:
By Moore, to pay Cyrm Thompson
$500 for extra clerical h -tip i i the sec
rotary of state's pffic. BRfUutree,
to amend section 8196 of. the Code re
lating to pilots, by repealing provision
of tbe law compelling vessels entering
Wilmington to employ pilojts. By
Simms, to exempt Rtl-igh's graded
schools from provisions of the Ay cock
text book law. By Watt, to appropri
ate $10,000 for statu s of Macon and
Vance in Statuary Hall, Washington,
and appoint Jaryis, Ransom and Alli
son commissioners to" carry the pro- -vision!
intoeff'Ct. , i
- Bills passed final reading:- To restore
to the Governor power to appoint the
Board of Internal "Improvements.
There was long discussipa oa the bill j
to provide for the Governor to appoint j
a board of 'three examiners for State j
institutions, to report on condition,
management, etc. Finally, it passed j
second reading, and" on obj clioa went j
over till to morrow for final reading. J
Tbe joint committee ot the Congres
sional Districts decided : to-night to
call a j iot Democratic caucus to
morrow night to dec de whether to
redistrict the Slate or elect an addi
tional Congressman at large. The
committee is much divided.
It is understood that Merriman,
Guibrie and James H Pou will be the
leading couosel for the prosecution in
the impeachment proceedings.
Judse Douglass tola me to mgbt
that no counsel had been selected as
yet by Judge Furches and himself, cor
have impeachment proceedings been
served on them vet.
THE IMPEACH HEN T PR0-EED1NQS.
Sections of the Constitution Pretcrlblag
Method of Deallac With the Question.
Much interest is manifested in Wil
mington over the impeachment pro
ceedings at Raleigh; in fact, the dis
cussion is so general that tbe question
almost becomes a matter of local inter
est. There has been such a vast deal of
inquiry recently for information aa to
theSnetbods of dealing with such
cases by the General Assembly, that
the Star prints the following. vhich
are sections 3 and 4 of Article IV of
the Constitution of North Carolina re
lating to th Judicial Department:
"3EO 3. The court for the trial of
impeachments shall be the Senate. A
majority of the members shall be
necessary to a quorum, and the judg
ment shall not extend beyond re
moval from and disqualification to
hold office in this State, but tbe p rty
shall be liable to iadict-neut aud
punishment according to law.
"cEO. 4. The Houie of Repreaenta
Uvea solely shall have the. power of
impeaching. No person shall be con
victed without the concurrence of two
thirds of the Senators present. When
the Governor is impeached the Chief
Justice shall preside."
Now that tbe Legislature on Mondav
pissed the resolution of impeachment
trial will be had ia tbe Seaate in con
formity to the law as printed above.
No Bight o Utfllaeas.
The woman who ia lovely in face.
frra and I'mp-r will alays bve
fri uds, but one who would be attrac-
ive mutt keep her hen lib. If she ia
ek, siCRly ad all run down, she
ill oe nervous and irritable. If she
hasconst'Dslionor kidney trouble, her
impure blofd will c.use pimples.
tloiches. skin errupuona and a
wretched complexion. Electric Bit
i era is the best medicine in the world
to regulate stomach, liver and kidney
na to purify tne bio- d - it give
strong ;nerves, briiebt etrs, smooth.
vi Iv ty skin, rci complexion. It
ill make a good looking, charming
i)iii4ii of a rui don invalid Onlv
50 cents at R. R. Bellamy's Drug
Store. t
QE.nERaL STAIE STU.K LAW.
Broad Messore la Senste That Will At
tract a Widerpresd Attcatloa.
The Senate Committee on Proposi
tions and Grievances hss decided un
animously to report favorably a bill
introduced by 8enator Speight, of
Kdttecombe, providing for a general
stock law applying to every county
and township in the State,
Senator Arringtoo, of tbe com
mittee, offered an amendment provid
ing that the commissioners of any
county could except their county or
any part thereof from the stock law.
if they so desired, and authorizing the
commissioners to levy a special tax in
any territory thus exempted to erect
a fence around the same. This
amendment was adopted by the com
mittee and will be reported'with the
bill to tbe Senate.
Drowned or Deserted.
The schooner Jno I Snow, which
sailed from South port yesterday morn
ing. left without Georsre 8auires. a
member of her crew, for whose ab
sence Capt Ott, master of the vessel,
is unable to account He left Wilming
ton aboard of the vessel day before
yesterday but upon its arrival at
Soutbport it was found that he was
missing. The missing sailor is a Por
tugese by birth and Capt. Ott is of the
opinion that he either j im ied over
board while going down tbe river and
swam to the shore or that he atci
deniaily fell overboard and was
dr" fieri
An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Sybup of Fig's, manufactured by the
Califobkia Fig Sybup Co., illustrate
the valueof obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form njost refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the System. It
; is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating, them, make it the ideal
laxative.
' In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
ether- aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California. Fis 8ybtjp
Co. only.- In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
BAIT FRANCISCO, CAI
ixjumvuxb. nr. irswTOKz.y.'r.
Vpr sals by alj Druggists. Prfos Nto. p?r bottis.
4 ffe
MdMtILI
Let the mother take Scott's j
emulsion of cod-hver oil tor tne
two; iVB.alsiefupecr
fluous.
One can eat for two; but
nourishing two is a different
thing ; ; it implies a degree of
interior strength not oftan
found in woman of either ex
treme. Luxurious people are not
very strong by habit, and over
worked people are weak from
exhaustion in some of their
functions. Between the two
is the happy mean ; but how
many women have plentyof
life for two?
The emulsion is almost
never superfluons.
We'll send you a little to try If jrtrn tike.
SCOTT & BOWNE, "409 Pearl street. New York.
MEETS NEXT IN WILMINGTON
State Conocll, Janior Order of United
Aoerlcsa Mechanic, Decides to
tome Here Next Year.
The State Council, Janior 0rder of
Uaited American Mechanics, will hold
iu annual session for 1901 iuWilming
ton next February.
This information was received io a
private telegram to Mr. Jno. E-Wood,
secretary of Jff Davis Council) of thia
city, yesterday, the mtssasre having
been sent by Mr. Walter E Yopp.who
is notr in attendance upon the annual
convention of the order for the cur
rent year at Winston-Salem, N. C.
The meeting next year will bring over
a hundred dt-lfgates to the city and
tbey will be superbly entertained by
the hospitable Juniors in Wilmington
The tenth annual convention of the
ordrr at Winston is being largely
aterdd this year. Tbe Winston
SenftneZin repot tng tbe opening pro
crediugs of the Council says that Mr.
L V. Grady, ofHbis city, captivated
the entire audience in bis response to
the address of welcome by Mayor
Eaton. O'ing tb illness be otly
spoke a fewlminutes. The various re-
p rts read show the order iu an ex
ceedingly flourishing condition. L.
tbe 80 subordinate councils of the
Bute there are now 4 511 members, an
increase of 586 during tbe year. Re
ceipts of subordinate councils during
tbe year, $33,334 46. Paid for sick
and death beneS a and other purposes
$30,288 53 Receipts over disburse
ments $3 045.93. Cash in bands of
treasurer and trustees $6,769.10
Value or council property $10,810 19
Total worth of subordinate councils
$20.682 22. Sate cu.cil collected
duHnvr year, $3 778 93. Paid out
$3 70O.78 Blat.ce in bands of state
secretary and treasurer, $3,191 63.
Night Sweats, loss of appetite,
weak and impoverished blood, colds,
la grippe and general weakness are
frqu-iit results of malaria. ROBERTS
Tasteless Chill Toxioelimiuate8 tbe
malaria, purities your blood, restores
vour appetite and tones up your liver
25c per bottle. Insist on having ROB
ERTS. No other "a good." R R
Bellamy Jos C Shepard, Jr., ai.d
J. Hicks Bunting t
To Atteed S. S. Convention.
Rev. Dr. Calx in 8. Black well and
Mr. P. Heiotbxrger left yesterday
morning for High Point to attend tbe
8 tate Sunday 8chool Convention now
ia sestoo, there as delegates from the
Interdenominational 8uuday School
Conference of this city. Tbe conven
tion will be io session until Friday and
the meeting will be of more than tbe
uiual interest by reason of the pres
ence there of the Iater-denomtna
tional Sunday School Er-cutive Com
mittee, which is on a tour across the
continent, which will end in au8
afltr having extended to the Pacific
coast.
Schooner Mary T Qataby.
Tbe four-masted schooner Mary T.
Quiriby, concluded yesterday dis
charging the largest cargo of molasses
ever brought to a 8outh Atlantic port.
It consisted of 5 612 barrels and came
to Mr. R W. Htcfca. Wilmington's
well known importer, and every
barrel was discharged under the super
vision of Mr. W. W Blair and Mr.
Rob- rl N. Harriss in 72 hours without
tbe slightest loss, which is really a
remarkable thing in handling a cargo
of molasses. The Quinby ill sail
this morning for B u us wick, Ga., for
a cargo of cross ties.
Ao Approaching Marrisge.
-Cards have been received by friends
io thecity, from Mrs Frances Stevens,
announcing tbe marriage of her daugb
ier, MissSarab Frances to Mr T. Bryan
Elmore, Wednesday, February 27th
1901 at 12 o'clock, noon. -They will be
at home. No. 113 Bollingbroke street,
Petersburgh. Mr. Elmore is a popu
lar 8. A. L conductor with headquar
ters at Richmond, Va., and is a ton of
Mr. O B. Elmore, of Mount
Olive, N. C
Bladen county has an agitation
of the stock law, petitions pro and con
having been forwarded to the Legula
tnre. His Vi m Wti Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal. Mo., lately bad a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightful death,
la telling of it be says: "I was taken
with Typhoid Fever, tbat ran into
Pneumonia. My luogs became bard
ened. I was so weak I couldn't even
sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I
expected to soon die of Contomption,
when I heard of Dr. King's New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great relief.
I continued to use it, and cow am well
and strong. I can't say too much in its
praise." Tbis marvellous medicine is
the surest and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung
Trouble, Regular sizes 50 cents and
$1.00 Trial buttles 10c. at R & BE1.
laxv'b Diug store; every bottle gu
aranteed, .f
THE TAX ON LIQDORi
Question of Its Application to
County School Fund Again
Discussed. r ;
OPINION BY i QENERAL J00N.
Commlf Biooers Constrne Bis Rallsg
Decidedly Favorsb to iDeir von .
teotioo-Wlll Be Likely Settled
io the New Revenue Bill. .
It now appears quite certain that th
Legislature in framing its revenue bin
at this session will have to deal with a
question which was first brought to
public attention by Chairman u uc
Eachero, of thn New Hanover Board
of County Commissioners, several
months ago and which is in refcienc
to a disposition of tbe county 'a share
of the revenue arising from tbe liquor
tax. the County School Board laying
claim to it by a strict construction of
the phraseology of the act governing
the same and by reason of the law of
custom, according to whieh this
amount has gone mto the scnooi
treasury from time immemorial, and
the commissioners also laying a claim
to it, contending that it is strictly in
conformity to the law to apply thia tax
to the general county fund, where it
will go to the support of the Criminal
Court, wbicb, they say, is a natural
sequence of tbe liquor traffic, from
which source the revenue is derived.
Readers of tbe Star will recall that
tbe contention over the amount arose
at a meeting of the School Board.
when it met to make its semi annual
apportionment in Jar.uary; tbat tbe
Commissioners relii quished their
claim to the amount then in haid. it
being understood that the question
should be submitted to Judge Hoke at
the January term of Superior Court,
and that subsequently owing to tbe
rush iiicident to the big damage suit
on the court calendar, the matter was
allowed to rest for a time.
A Star representative Ust night bad
a talk wiih Chairman McEacbero re
gardioir the question at point and
gathered the information from him
tbat the county would still contend
for iu rights Jn the premises and
would look for a settlement of the
question to the Legislature in its
framing of a new muchinery act.
General Tbomas F. Toon, State
Superiuteudent of Puohc Instruction,
jehnse couisel was sought by the
cchool Board, bolds thai under au
thority of a proviso to section 34 of
Acts of 193. tbe law does not direct
the course of this tax but does direct
the course of three other levies pro
vided for io the same section, and tbat
as the atatute expressly directed th
course of tbe fund in one instance
and failed to do so ia another, tbe
levy did not necessarily go to the
school fund. Gen. Toon, however,
expresses the hope tbat some com
promise may be eff-ced with the
Commissioners by which tbe school
aystem will not be impaired.
In this connection, tbe Raleigh
News and Observer of yesterday, baa
tbis to say :
Tbe Joint Committee. on Finance
yesterday afternoon reached a very
important section of the uew Revenue
Act Thia was the one providing tbat
all revenue accruing from tbe liquor
traffic, whether from dispensaries, bar
rouujf, or private clubs, shall be paid
in to tne State Treasurer instead of to
the treasurers of the several CoUotiea.
and shall go to the general scbi ol fund.
Tne m j riiy of the committee
seemed to favor this provision, al
though there is considerable opposition
to the tax beine paid to the State
iu8tead of to the counties It was
argued tbat in some counties tbia
would entail considerable Joas upon
i be local government where tbe tax
on tbe liquor traffic was more than
enough to pay expenses.
Oar Greatest npeclallta.
For twenty years Dr. J. Newton
Uttlbaway 'ha8 so successfully treated
chrot.ic diseases that he is acknow
ledged to day to stand at the head of
bis profession in this line. His exclu
sive method of treatment for Vancocle
and Stricture without the aid of knife
orcaut ry cures in 90 percent, of all
cases, in the treatment or Ltjbs of Vi
tal Forces. Nervous Disorder, Kid bey
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis,
Blood Poisonii g-. Rheumatism,Calarrh
and Diseases p collar to wemen, be is
equally uccesaful. Cases pronounced
hopeless by other physicians, readily
yield to his treatment. Write him to
day fullv about your case. He makes
no cbmge for consultation or advice,
either at his i ffice of by mail.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D ,
22J South Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
Votes Nccesssry to mpeach.
In view of the widesoread discus
sion of the impeachment .proceeding
at Raleigh, which has now shifted for
final disposition to the Senate branch
of the General Assemby, it may be of
local interest to know that th-tt body
of tribunals is composed of 39 D-uio
crats. 10 R-public40S and one Popu
list, making a total " of 50, in wn.ch
event, all members being present, it
ill require 34 votes (two-thirds of
fifty) to convict. It is conjectured
that it will r quire about ten days to
hear the cases.
A seveu-column Democratic
weekly will be published in the ton
of Rockingham, to be called The
Richmond Headlight. Tbe first issue
will appear March 6th, with Mr. J.
H. Walsh, an experienced newspaper
man, at the helm. Messrs. J. . H.
WaUh and W. H. Covington will be
the proprietors.
On account of the Presidential
inauguration, March 4tb, the A. C. L.
will nell tickets to Wathiogtoo, D. C,
at the rate of one fare for tbe round
trip, continuous passage in etch di
rection. Tickets will be on sale Macb
1st, 2nd and 3rd, with final limit to
March 8th.
WW FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN miSLfll
"HcwRIvni, " "Leader," nd "Repeater"
losbtapoa having them, tafcs no othars and yon wffl get th best shalls that taoaeycaa bar.
WOMAJf'S TROUBLES AKD FEjUt b
Johnston's j
Sarsaparilla i
QUART BOTTLES. J
Gainful and; Suppressed Menses i !
regularity, Leucorrhoea, Whites, StVrii '
ity, Ulceration, of the Uterus, chan '" !
ot life, In matron or maid, all find
lief, help,benefit and cure in JofjvJ
TONJS SARSAPARILLA. It jsa
panacea for all pain or headache abom
the top or,back of the head-, distress,
ing pain fa the left side, a disturb
condition of digestion, palpitation of
the heart, cold hands and feet nJ
: a ! .'
Ousueaa ouu unwuuv, sieepii
muscular weakness, bearing-d0wn
ech-
puia, iv.Kai,uc, "regular e.
tion of the, heart, shortness of breath
abnormal discbarges, with extremeW
painful menstruation, scalding of urine
swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts'
neuralgia, uterine displacement and
catarrh, and. all those s3-mptorcs and
troubles which make the average wr
man's life so miserable.
tUCHIOAjr DttUO CO.. Uctrolt, Jttiek
For sal bv
HERBERT L. FENTRESS,
Wilmington, N. C.
FOR
Ihe FARMER.
I believe tbe farmer is the one ?h0
is most to blame for the exodus of tj,
boy from the farm, says E. E. Reif
In The Farmer's Guide. This Is an t$
of thought, of progress, of new Ideas.
The time has gone by .when farming
can be carried on automatically, oia
methods must be superseded by neir.
ones which are in harmony with the
progressive spirit of the times. These
uew tendencies are seen in all lines of
life, and there Is no reason why the .
farmer should remain in the old rub.
The boy feels this, and he would like
to keep abreast with tbe times. 1
would do this if his father gave him
any encouragement but this he falls to
get He Is kept in tbe background as
much as possible In the planning ot
farm work and tbe management of the
farm. Is It to be wondered at that be
resents such treatment? He knows the
possibilities of his nature, he feels him
self eoual to responsibilities, and the
constant repression put upon his de
sires to do things In a new way and be
something more than a machine to Op
erate at the will of Its owner galls and
frets him until, finding he has no chance
to assert bis individuality, he rebels at
the old life and leaves the farm. Nine
out of every ten boys who do this
would be content with farm life if it
could be made more attractive to them,
They would be willing to work, but
want a chance to work In their own
way a way tbat has some thought
and brains in tt They object to being
treated as children afer they are able
to do a man's work.i Let the farmer
take bis boys into his confidence and
bis council and treat them as he would
like to be treated by those above him
In authority, and we would hear less
about th boys lenvlng the farm.
Modern Feeding;.
Feeding for me.it or milk Is not thf
haphazard, wasteful business it ouoe
was, says Texas Farm and Ranch
Feeders are after profits and have
learned that they must study their
business as they nevr did before, be
cause some are doing so and to com
pete with some feeders It fs necessary
to study and adopt the truths that
science and experimentation have
shown to result In tbe greatest amount
of clear profits. A few years ago all
that was thought necessary for best
results was a sufficiency of sound food,
and little thought was given to nutri
tive rations. Science, aided and dem
onstrated by practice, has determin
ed that certain food substances in eer-'
tain proportions five certain results,
and that certain other food substances
Id different proportions give the same
results. Such facts as these have
opened a new field of thought to live
stock raisers, by which they can adorn
a cheaper combination than some oth
er affording similar results, thus en
hancing the profits o? their business.
The experiment stations bavf done .1
laree amount of work in this field and
many enterorising feeders have duin
the same. So that now feeding is e.m
ducted on scientific principles, and
feeders are every year questioning
science more closely, wanting more
light In dairying, perhaps, scientific
feeding has been carried to Its highest
pitch, for. nithough feeding Is not the
only thing science has to do with i
dairying, it is Important and Indis
pensable to good results. Successful
feeders are 'oterested readers.
Hlh Prlcra Por Meat.
The continued high prices for eef
have caused many writers to caution
against going too heavily Into the cat
tle business. Despite the "bullishness"
of all the figures, government and oth
erwise at hand, many a man has delib
erately missed favorable opportunities
to acquire cattle for fear that Jut as
the Increase came on to be sold he
might be caught in the maelstrom of
overproduction. What 'may happen to
the commercial affairs, of the country
to affect the consumptive demand no
man can foretell, says The Breeder's
Gazette, but. so fr-r as the probable
supply Is concerned, there seems to be
much truth in the following statement
made by Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson at Canton. O., not long,
ago: "With regard to meat producing
animals, the prices are high and will
continue high because he people west
of tbe Mississippi river who graze their
stock on the range country have bn
destroying tbe grasses so systematical
ly that they are-not able. In many of
tbe states, now to maintain more than
50 per cent of the meat producing ani
mals found there a few years ago. The
meats of the country In the fut"re
must be produced on the farms of the
country."
Wanted -A Law Bargain
mr. ii s j svi mule i ramo
coi itutioa and by la ws"ad vised the
a r ...
matron, wno naa oeen askd how to
tart the Tnnnir T.aMiaa T.oiti' Vm-
gressive 8beakspeare C ub "Oh,
M -LI . . , ...
yea. cmrrupeu me Committee, "we
have a nice frame for tbe constitution,
hilt dm ft Vial 1 vxr a Ki.it Inn KTmh.
ark Daily Advertiser.
look! AMtH InTlaae
8ayes ntoe. Harn-a' T'nc nw improved,
taste pletint, taken In erly 8 ring and F 11
proven-smtlla. lDtn ana Hal rial refers.
m t ft th live', tones up the Byt-tem. h t er
th Qil ne. G Hiit9td. try it. At V ug-
Bl-io, WW au 1 vu U Jill' B. T 4
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