North Carolina Newspapers

The MccMu gtau VV I L III AM H. BEENABO Editor ml Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. " FhiDAY, - - April 26, 1901. LEVEL HEADED WU TING FANG Minister Wu Ting Fang baa at tracted as much and perhaps more attention in this country than any other representative of a foreign government, and he is about as clever and brainy one as there is in Washington. He ia a Chinamau through and through, but a cul tured and progressive one, who has gathered many valuable points from his contact with other peoples, with intelligence enough to weigh these points and esti orate the value they might have for his own country and countrymen. Reading and speak ing English fluently he is at home among Euglish speaking people, while his genial manners, liberal ' views, gift of speech and ready wit make him a welcome visitor every where and a much sought guest on publicoc.asions. Ilia reputation as as entertaining speaker and an in- ' teresting person is known wherever papers are read and conse quently he is the recipient of in vitations from many cities to visit them on special occasions, and when he does they show him much atten- UlVUf aUU BUU1T I J 1 Ui no i Mu w..w town as he cares to see. - Thus he has had excellent opportunities to study the habits of our people, their manners and customs, their modes of doing business, their educational and other By stems, not in one sec tion, but in all sections. As he is a keen observer he notes our strong points and our weak ones, unhesi tatingly and fully recoguizes the for mer and as unhesitatingly, but good naturedly, expresses his objection to the other. But his contact with other peoples has not lessened his admiration for or his filial devotion to his own coun try, with whose history and tradi tions he is familiar, much of which, as all Chinamen are, he is prood of, and when occasion presents itself and makes it proper he is not slow to defend hi3 country and its insti tutions, and he does it ably and cleverly too, and yet with a tact that avoids giving offence to those who differ from him. This is Wu Ting Fang, who represents China at' Washington at a time when both alertness, prudence and wisdom weie required to avoid mistakes that might prove disastrous to his coun try, when the whole world seemed banded against it and banded against the Chinaman. He never once lost his head, but in everj emergency showed a coolness and sagacity that do him boundless credit. He is now at work and has about completed a scheme which does him even greater credit, which is to modernize, in a3 far as practicable the method of his countrymen and bring, them in closer touch with the other nations of the earth. He will advocate the introduction of new methods in the governmental system of his country and more progressiveness to keep abreast of the age, that his country may take a place among the powers of the earth and not be the football of all, illustrating by citing the example of Japan, whose conditions half a century ago were similar to those of China, but all of which has been changed by Japanese willingness to learn from other nations and adopt what she could assimilate from the best she found in them. There is for all practical purposes no more resemblance between the Japan of to-day and the Japan of a half a century ago than there is between the tough -muscled fellows who bear sedans on their shoulders and the steam engine that whirls trains of cars over a country that hadn't seen a car up to twenty five years ago. Wu Ting Fang realizes that this will be a work not without its diffi culties, for his countrymen are slower to move than the Japanese were, because their customs and H traditions are deeper rooted, their domain of much larger area, and the people not only much more numerous but less homogenous. The Japanese are of the same blood and are all alike; the Chinese are of different ptocks and temperaments, and of different religions, each tena cious of its peculiar views and wed dedjo its peculiar customs. This makes the effort at reform and 1 modernizing no easy one, and makes ( its Bucceas more doubtful. ' But Wu Ting Fang ia a hopeful kind of a man, and while he realizes that the work will be alow, for it " will be necessary to deal gently and filowly with the prejudices of a dense population, extending over an immense area, he believes that much may be accomplished by patient endeavor and wise manage ment. . tie thing he does know, and every intelligent Chinaman ought to. know, and that is, that however at tached they may be to the customs and traditions f "their country and uothlujb, mo uninese wall no longer servea to keep other nations out, and has become simply a remi niscence, as many things in China now must become in the future. Whether the Chinese will it or not, they must become modernized for eeil -preservation, it has ceased to be a matter of option, but has be cotne a matter of stern necessity. China must either put herself in line with other nations and keep abreast of them or be run over by them and finally, as a separate sovereign na tion, be annihilated. And this may moan something for other nations as well as for China Those other nations may have a prtseutiment and hence are taking time by the forelock and do ing all they can by inaisting on the razing of fortificationa, prohibiting the importation of guns, cannon, &c, to prevent China from becom ing a military nation. This i8 a ptrt of modtfrn progress aud thia she must learn to reach and main tain a position in the line of pro gress. .Nations have to fight for position theso days, and if China learns the art of war and becomes a fighting nation, with her 4U0.000," OUO of people, how would it be with the other nations that are.jumping upon and oppressing her now? Re form in China means even more than at first glance may appear, even the moderate reform, as a be ginning, which Wu Ting Fang will advocate. In its possible ""results it may mean a great deal more to other nations than it does to China, and perhaps Wu Ting Fang sees this in the distance. TAX OH INCOMES. The somewhat significant state ment is made that Gen. lirosvenor, Mr. McKinley's friend fromOnio, the gentleman who is supposed to have done so much talking for him in Congress and out of it, has ue clared himself in favor of an income tax law. It is not at all improbable that other Republicans may fall in behind Gen. Grosvenor, just as some have fallen in behind Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, in his proclaimed de termination to move for a repeal of the tariff duties on Trust controlled articles. Commenting upon the drift in this direction the Chatta nooga Times,' independent in poli- tics, says; The tone is pretty gene rail y alopiedby the Western press, and uiauy of tbe farthest sighted Eastern inen and journals are Following ia, the time is earning and not slowly, heu Our tanff sch-me murt be re duced to order, equity and justice. Aud ine income tux is tbe one great somen for hiling tbe gap that will then aDDnar. Under the act of March 3rd. 1865 the Treasury collected. in 1866. $73 uuu.uuu. That law taxed J! incomes over $1,000 aud less than lO.Ot'O 5 pr cent., and incomes ov-r i0 000 10 p-r a nt The total fixed -vnalth of ih country, in 18t6 was possibly $25,000 000 000 or a tnfl m- re than one quarter of what it is now. A n oderaie tax on incomes of over 2 000, properly graded and e.-iergeti ci lv collected, woud easily yiei'f $150 000.000 and it.- with a fair inheri c duty, ouht to ba worth $200.- 000 000 a year on au average or fully iun third of the whole pr-sent ex pen litures. The interim! r-vnue, fairl 'l isted, will yield say $250.000 000. Put this with tbo income andunuri tif-ce revenues and we have $450,- 000 000. "Aud this is what is coming, 'assure is fate."? j In this country, neither in na tion, State nor city, ha3 wealth ever borne its just portion of the public burden. Labor has been and is taxed to excess and made to bear the brunt of the burden, and if labor complains and protests it is de nounced as the howl of tbe socialist. Every acre of the farmer's land ia taxed, often in excess of ita pro ductive value; the home lot of the poor man - ia taxed to its full value, while the palatial residences of the wealthy escape with a comparatively nominal valua tion. The tax nets of- cities which are centers of wealth and the abid ing places of millionaires give ample proof of the grossly unjust discrimi nation in this reBpect, and yet these men with their great wealth would not feel the tax they would have to pay if their property were assessed as other property is, a tenth part as much as the poor man feels the tax he has to pay. It is said that one half the wealth of thi8 country is owned by 30,000 families, some of whom own hun dreds of millions, and most of whom own from a million upr and not one of them pays taxes anything in pro portion to the taxes paid by poor people who have anything to pay on, and yet when it is necessary to protect the property of these people from violence the military of the country ia at their ser vice, and troops are ordered hither and thither, to protect that property when threatened or attacked. They are entitled to protection, but they ought to re ciprocate and not shrink when ask ed to bear their just portion of the public burdep, or throw it upon the 8 boulders, of those least able to bear it. '- An income tax would be an equitable way of distributing this burden because under that one would pay in - proportion to his ability to pay and no more. The talk abont it being inquisitorial etc. i3 all rot, for it ia no more in quisitorial than any other form of taxation, while it ia the least oppres sive of all. Several States, includ ing North Carolina, have income A. 1 1 1 -, . ..... tax laws, ana mere is little com plaint at them, the complaint gen 11 t- At-l 1, erany oeiug mas mey are not en forced rigidly enough. The appointment of John C Capers, gold Democrat, as U. S, Solicitor in South Carolina, by Mr. McKinley, in place of a bounced Re publican, is causing some of the other old-time Seps. to cut up capers. THE CUBAN COMMISSION. 1 If the reported interview at Jack-1 Bonville. Fla.. with that member, of j the committee sent to Washington j by the Cuban conatitutional conven- j tion be correct, the committee might j oth v..tra remained in Havana, j as ncu u' . v ' j for "absolute independence" is one j of the things that the party now in power in this country has no idea of granting to Cuba. We have no doubt, and there are few wno nave, that with the exception of the resi dent Spaniards and other foreigners who mav have money interests in the island, ninety-five per cent., as this committeman says, desire inde pendence ana will be disappointed and sullen if they do not get it, but they will not get it all the same, for there is a selfish sentiment be hind our dealings with that island; the powers that rule this country now have the grip on it and they are going to make the most of it before they lessen the pressure. . ' Of course the Uuban committee will be courteously received and treated. It will be dined and wined and soft sodered, and be assured that our intentions toward Cuba- are purely disinterested and benev olent; that we are much more in terested in the future prosperity, welfare and happiness of the Cubans than we are in anything we might gain by holding our grip on the island. They will hear a lot of that kind of rot, and perhaps go back home somewhat placated, bnt they will not take with them any assur ance or promise of absolute inde pendence. That isn't on tho Mc Kinley programme. A Chicago electrician has discov ered a way to manipulate the X-ray so that with a spyglass a doctor can look through a person and spy out what he or she had for dinner. With a little apparatus of this kind the inquisitive wife could find out what her husband had in his pockets with out the trouble of going through them. CROP CONDITIONS SUMMARY. Weather Unfavorable for Farming Opera. tloos Damage to Cotton Some Re planting Will be Necessary. By Telegraph, to tbe Horning Biar Washington, April 23. Following is the Weather Bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions: This is the fourth consecutive week of abnormally cold weather over nearly tbe whole country, with tbe to 03 1 mirkf-d temperature deficiency of the season in tbe ceutral valleys and Southern Slates, the heavy pre cipiUtio i throughout the Ohio valiey and ovf r th greater portion of the Atlantic coast and Gulf districts Tae conditions have been very unfavor able for f -irminfr operations. Very io-v progress has been made with c rn planting; none has yet been p anted north of tbe Ohio river and extensive replanting "will be necessary ov-r a large part of th 8outrn State, wber tbe eronh of the crop bas b-en decidedly mow. Thi wt-k tas b-eu very unfavorable for cullori planting over a large part of the c iion belt, more particu'arlv in the central districts, where much re planting will bo i ecssiry. The early planted is coming up to poor stands gent-rally, and in T-xas and Georgia suaie damage bas been done by - frost la Tennessee about one third of the crop has been planted. Although freezing temperatures oc curred as far fouth as Eastern Tennes see and vVVstum Nortn Carolina, the reports indicate trial fruit bas very largely escaped injury. Iu portions of tbe central valleys and Southern States fruit baa sustained injury, but it is probably that the damage is not se nous. STATE TAX COMMISSION CLERK. Mr. W. b. Wlgbart, of Maxtor, Receives Unanimous Vote for Position. Raleigh News and Observer. The Corporation Commission, which was created a State Tax Commission by the list Legislature, met in that capacity yesterday and elected a Tax Commission clerk. There were a large number of candidates for the place. Toe successful candidate is Mr. W. C. Wisbart. of Mixton. Ribesoa count v. There was no balloting for tbe posi tion, but after consultation Commis sioners McNeill and Rogers agreed up Mr. Wisbart and. Dr Abbott tiad no candidate, thus making it unanimous for tbe choice of the two Democratic commissioners. Mr. Wisbart is about thirty Years old and has a wife and three children. tie was born and, raised in Robeson county, and has had a number of years experience in office work. He is the- a n of Col. S. M. Wbishart. who served in tbe civil war, and who was kiiita by tbe Henry Berry Lowry out laws in the 80'9, and a step-son of Mr. W. B. Harker, a prominent citizen of Maxton. Mr. Wish art was endorsed for the position by leading citizens of Lum- berlon, Maxton, Wadesboro, Wil mington and other places, besides hav- iutr testimonials from other sources. Be is reported as being well fitted for the duties of tbe position to wbicb he bas been elected. Bankruptcy Proceeding. There was an examination before Referee S. B. MacRie here yesterday o' Mr. B J. Sanderlin, bankrupt, of Clarkton. N. C , as to a preference of creditors in the matter of Messrs. McW air esc rearsall, wno nave a se cured claim approximating $4,000. Messrs. McNeill 6t Br van represented Messrs. McNair & Pearsall, Iredell M-ares, E-q., and Jno. H. Gore, Esq , represented the creditors. Messrs. Proctor & Mclntire, of Lumbertoo, were attorneys for tbe bankrupt. The testimony was taken and a decision will be announced later. Catarrh Cannot be Cured wlrfcL CiL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach tbe B-at ot the disease. Cata- rn Is a blood or constitutional disease and In order to enre It yo'i ma-it take Internal rem dies Hail's OattrrhC ire Is taken Intern ly, and ac's di rect! o;i the blood and mncoustnrtacea Hall's Oatar h Care is not a qnark medicine It was pr-ecrtbfii by on ot tbe besr. physicians In tbls c nntry ior yars. ana i a r -guiar prescription ItlneomDOfledor th4 b St tonics known, o m Ined wlta ta beet blood purifiers acting di rectly oa tbe n acoas terrace". The perfect o imbtnaiioa or the tw lnvredierta Is what prn- auo h buco w na--riui res aits in canng caiarrn, Bend lor testtmonla 8 free. CHESEY & CO.. Props Toledo, O Sold by Druggists price 75o. Hall's Family Puis are the best t A JEKICH0 FAILUKE. ! THE ATTEMPT TO FORM A COMPANY OF HOME GUARDS. .: Pap Perkins, the Poatmaater, Telia How Bill liopfaatn Sprang 131a Scheme on the Sleetins and How Llah Billing Gave It a Black Bye. ICopyrlght, 1U00. by Ci. B. Levis.3 I was gittln the mail ready to put Into tbe Tarrytown bag when Bill Lap ham comes In. Bill runs a goose farm just out of Jericho and has bin glttla up ia the world like a basswood tree. I've known fur the last ,year that the wanted to do sunthln smart to git hia self talked about, and when X seen him come in with his chin in tbe air I s'pect ed he'd hit it. "Look here, pap," he whispers, though we was all alone, "I've struck the big gest, broadest, tallest, heftiest idea ever thought out by mortal man, and I'm hevin hard work to catch my breath. I'll be hanged if my head don't swim and my kneea wabble over it." , "Is It how to grow geese feathers on hens?" says I, knowin he'd bin ex periments in that direction. Td"tell you, pap, qulcker'n any oth er man in the United States, but I "I'VS STRUCK THE BIGGEST IDEA EVER HEARD OF." want to keep it to hit the crowd with tonight. I want the biggest, bustinest crowd to gather here tonight that the town of Jericho has ever seen. Give every man notice as he drops in today, and along about 7 o'clock I'll hcv the lire bells rung and the horns tooted. Tell 'em It's a big thing, pap; tell 'em it's sunthin that's bound to jump this town over a ten rail fence and make city lots wuth a thousand dollars apiece." There was a good deal of excitement around town that afternoon, and when night came the crowd at the postofflce was as big as the time when war was declared ng'in Spain. Most of 'em thought Bill Lapham was goln to de clar war ag'ln Mexico or Canada, and everybody was lookin pale when Dea con Spooner called the meetln to order and said: "Sons of freedom, we liev gathered here tonigh,t to hear some remarks from our esteemed feller townsman, William Lapham. and we kin take It that them remarks will go beyand geese aud goslin's. Make your p'int. Bill." "My p'int is this," says Bill as he draws a long breath and steps out to git room. "We ar now in tbe midst of the turmoil of a political cam paign. Soniobody is goin to be elected. I ain't sayin who It'll be, but the gold en opportunity fur which Jericho has sighed is at baud. When jtlie newly elected official takes the oath of of fice, he will be escorted to and fro." ' That's k'rect," says Deacon Spooner as Bill pauses fur breath. "Tho speak er ain't through yit. but he's made a p'int already. When he refers to the turmoil of campaign, it's not only high flown language, but a strong p'int. Go ahead. Bill." "That escort will not only do the pres Ident proud," continued Bill, "but every man in it will be mentioned by all the papers In the United States. They'll speak of his wife and children and town and home, and he'll be a big man fur the rest of his life. lie kin be elected sheriff without opposition, and if any one runs ag'in him fur the legis lature they'll be snowed under. What I'm here tonight fur is to ask tbe ques tions: Why not organize the Jericho Guards? And why shouldn't the Jericho Guards be that escort?" There was yellin and whoopin fur the next live tuinits, but when the dea con could make himself heard he said: "It's a p'int, gentlemen six or seven p'Ints. I've read all the speeches ever delivered by Henry Clay or Daniel Webster, and both of 'em put together never made the p'ints our Bill Lapham has. Beiu I hev the floor, I'll say I favor the idea. Yes, sir, I'm with It heart and soul. 1 want my name to go down fust fur the Jericho Guards, and Tin even willin to sacrifice myself and be captain of the company. S'posin we hear from Abner Jones on the sub ject." "I s'pose it's known In this town that my great-grandfather was killed at the battle of Monmouth," says Abner as he gets off the counter, "though I ain't braggln about it. I'll jest say that I'm willin to die fur my country any time I'm called upon, and if I'm elected captain of "the Jericho Guards I'll promise that no Invader shall set foot on these shores and live for five mln its." "Thar's a p'int in that," says the dea con as he looks a bit put out. "When a man's willin to die fur his country, that's a p'int in his favor, but of course we want to hear from other patriots. How is it with you, Moses Plumber?" "Does any man here doubt that I'm willin to die fur America?" asks Mases as he draws himself up. "My great grandfather didn't die at Monmonth, but the blood of them seven uucle3 of mine that fell durin the civil war flows In my veins, and my watchword la 'Liberty or death!' A.s taj;ai:i of t!i? Jwit-lio Guards ycu'ii find uio at vli' front, and if 1 dou't Kill at 1. :u-t se ven Invaders a wpcI: you kin bounce me out." "The seven Alleles r.ud seveu Invad ers is a p'int. Moses." says the deacon, "and I'm proud that we both live In t!io same town. Rill Lapham seems to lo pneasy. o:iJ FI1 ask him If he has any thing more to say." "In the fust place.-" says I3IU. "I'd like to know if everybody is lu favor of organizin the Jericho Guards." Everybody swung his hat and yelled put that he was. "In the second place, I'd Jike to know If everybody wants to be captain." Everybody swung his hat and gelled out that he did. "But everybody can't be," protested Bill. "I don't want nobody to ekargs me with bein seiSsh or conceited, but I'm tellm you that this idea Is mluu and that I'm the man to boss thr Jetv icho Guards. I believe I'm the only man in this town who v anted to enlist to fight the Spaniards." "Bill makes a p'int. and we can't de ny it," says Deacon Spooper, "but when I offered to lead thorn guards to victory or death I felt that I was the' man to do it. I don't want to crowd Bill Lapham out of place, but"'- . "Neither do we!" yell 40 men. "But he must see" "Of course he must!" Then thar was yellin and shoutin and a great uproar, and Bill Lapham said it was a dojggoned crowd, and he could ir-iT ?.T Tim rolledTtosether.. uck any iw u - ; . ... Deacon Spooner uiaaim. ou t stovepipe with his cane till he eonM t heard, and then he said: "It appears as if we all wat to U-ad the Jericho Ororda and '.ie fur our country, and .: further appears as If this meetiuwas -ittin mnd about sun thin. I notice L!sh Billings over by the Wts i : Lfsh. .v.hat d'you think about things? D'you wa.t to be captain, m ine as the rest.' "Noap." replies Llsli iu his Ueerl.ess way. . "Ain't you vilUn to die fur yoUr. country?" "Not by a jugful, but if I was thar wouldn't be any Jericho Guards to die with. You've all bin wastin your breath." "How's that?" "Thar's jest 00 men In this town," continues Lish. "and when the war was "oin oa and thar was talk that it might come to a draft the hull crowd of us weut to the doctors to be examin ed. We had busts and ruptures and short legs and sprung knees. We had consumption and' rheumatism and heart trouble. We was deaf and nigh sighted and toothless. Thar wasn't one blessed critter in the hull 06 who was fit to jump over a tow string or chaw peanuts, and I kinder reckon we'd better git sunthln soft to eat fur breakfast and carry each other home." M. Quad. MULES RATS AND MEN. Miners Show Wisdom In Paylns need to Certain Phenomena. ) "Well, that isn't superstition; it's reality," and the coal mine inspector didn't seem a bit pleased with the suggestion that superstition might sometimes be responsible for the ac tions of miners. "Coal miners," he went on to say, "are not superstitious. Hear noises? Of course they do, but do people sup pose those noises are imaginary? It beats all how little is known generally about coal mining. "Folks get it Into their heads," the inspector continued, "that a man who will quit work in a certain part of a mine because he sees the rats desert ing that' sectiou is superstitious when, as a matter of fact, he simply displays sound judgment. Very soon after the rats quit .sounds will be heard, aud later-ou n slide follows. What would have happened to the man had he credited his fear? to stipertliiin by disregarding the :' the r:l and the subsetiueu! !! is.-.-'.- "Rats are the first of a niiiie's inhab itants realize danger. :lH'J 'i'1'11 comes the mule. M;iu is llie !:im. So It is only miMiral tl:.- t -houid lake as positive indicafious of trouble the actions of the others, and lie should not be regarded ;;s a superstitious creature on that aci ouni. "After rats desert an entry it is next to impossible to sret :i mule luto it, not because the rats lft. but because the mule realizes the rt.tnjr'r. Left to themselves rats or mule would never be caught In slides In mines, but It Is different with men. who will not fol low the' load of the other two."- Den ver Post. fipii-ii,ii. Benevolent Old tb otlenian (to fellow passenger! How 'fa -;i we travel But, ah. young man. have you ever thought of the flight of timeV Think of the fleeting hours 'of youth. :he golden days thai swiftly pass away. Have you ever eounted the .minutes Battersby unregenerate and suspicious)- What are you trying to do? Sell me a. watch? London Nuggets. Happiness. Some folks tries so hard ter be happy In dls worl' dey gits miserable tryln. Happiness is alius wbar you ain't look in fpr It.-Atlanta Constitution. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident, of which Mr. John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was tbe suect, 18 narrated by bim as follows '"I was in a most dreadful condition My akin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continu ally in back and sides, no appetite irradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had (riven me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying 'Electric Bitters;' and to. my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim." No one should fail to try theni. Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at K. K BELLAMY s Drug Store. CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Cottoa and Other Plants in Lower Part of tbe State Seriously Damaged. 8v Telegraph to the morning Star. Charleston, 8. C, April 23 The cold wave bas apparently not affected the cotton crop in Greenwood, Spar tanburg and other counties of the Piedmont, because that which has been planted is not yet up, but disastrous results are reported from sections of tbe low country. In Hampton county which is very near the coast, vege tables, fruit, corn and especially cot ton have been seriously damaged if not destroyed. Many farmers are now ploughing up their cotton; some re planting with cotton, and others sow ing food crops. Cotton seed is scarce. nearly all of it having been sold to the oit muis, ana at tms late season it is expensive to plant cotton as grass conies up with it. An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, Sykup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syet;p Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting t hem in the f orra most refreshing to the taste and acceptable tjo the system. It b 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 tasie, out ine meuicmai qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and ot.her aromatic plants, by a method known to the Califobnia Fig Syrup 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. BAH FRAHOIPCO, CAL. XiOUISVXLLE. KT. M"EW YORK. N. Y. For sale by all Druggists. Price 50o. per bottle. MiWjpiiW 1 FOR CHILDREN Nothing, - that comes in a bottle, is more important tor children than Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil. And "impor tant means that it keeps them in even health, on the highest plane of physical life. -Do they live on it then? No; they don't touch it ex cept when they need it. "When do they need it?" Whenever they show, in whatever way, the least disturb ance of even balance of health. It is not for acute diseases, with some exceptions; it is for a slight falling off from first rate condition. It is to be. used as a food, whenever their usual food does not quite answer the purpose of tood. WVli send yon a little to try, iC yoa like. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. AT CAROLINA BEACH. Hanover Transit Company Will Open Sedxely Hall Club for Public Beoeflt. The New Hanover Transit Company, through Hs obliging: apd clever man ager, Capt. J. W. Harper, has rented from its recent purchaser, Mr. A. S. Heide, the handsome and commodious Sedgley Hall Club bouse at Carolina Beach, and will open it May 20th for the benefit of the public at large, There will be a competent janitor in charge day and niebtand visitors to tbe beach are cordially invited to make the club rooms their headquarters while there. This move on the part of Capt. Harper and the Transit Company will be a drawing card for Carolina Beach, which expects to be itself more than ever this season. There will be two hotels under capable management, and beginning May 20th, there will be five boats each day to that popular seaside resort. James Sprant Iostltnte. The Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph. D., re turned yesterday morning from Ke nausville, N. C, where on Tuesday evening, he delivered the annual ad dress at the commencement exercises of the James Sprunt Institute. This institution under the presidency of tbe Rev. W. M. 8haw, so favorably known by many Wilmington people, has just closed one of tae most success ful years in its history, both in point of attendance and the instruction of fered. So popular has the school grown that the trustees at a recent meeting at Warsaw decided to make great im provements acd enlargements to the building for the comicg term. The address of Rev. Mr. Wells is spoken of in the highest terms and is said to have been the very best ever delivered upon a similar occasion. Returned From Fa yetteville. Capt. Robt. Green, quarantine offi cer, returned last night from Fayette ville, where he went to inquire into the smallpox situation and the escape of the negro Smith from the pest house Dr. McGougan, superintendent of health, said he was satisfied Smith was not far from his mother's borne in the vicinity of Fayetteville, and was not likely to go to Wilmington. Tnere v?as no sign of any other case, either at the jiil or elsewhere in Fayetteville. In the matter of Federal prisoners in jail at Fayetteville, to be brought to Wilmington for trial at the ap proacbing- term of the U. 8. Court, Dr. McGougan said it would be left to the authorities in Wilmington to determine the matter. Cares citm, Itching Ha mors, Through the blood by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B ), which makes the blood pure and rich, heals every sore, scab, scale, boil or eruption, and stops the itching of eczema. B B. B. cures especially, the worst and most deep seated cases. B. B. B. bills tbe humors in the blood. Druggists, $. Describe trouble and trial bottle sent fee by writing Blood Balm Co., At lanta, Ga. All Honor to Jefferson Lodge. Mr. A. S. Holden, Keeper of Records and Seals "of Jefferson Lodge, No. 61, K. of P., of this city, last night re ceived a telegram from Greensboro, stating that Grand Representative R. S. Coliins had been unanimously elected Grand Outer Guard of the Grand Lodge now in session there. The telegram came from the Wilming ton delegation at Greensboro and was read at the meeting of Jefferson Lodge last night and the news wasentbusias ically received. It is a high compli ment to the Lodge and to Mr. Collins, who was first elected a Grand Repre sentative this year. The Chamber of Commerce Library. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. L. Bill, of the J. L. Hill Printing Com pany, of Richmond, Va , the Chamber of Commerce has received the follow ing city directories, which have been placed in the library for the use of members: Ashe ville, Nashville, Ra leigb, Petersburg, Baltimore, Provi dence, Birmingham, Philadelphia Busi ness Directory, Georgia State Gazet teer, Virginia State Directory, Rich mond and Manchester, Philadelphia and St. Louis, Newport News, Hamp ton, Phpsbus, Old Point, No.. plk, Portsmouth, Berkley. A Temperance Thanksgiving. On Friday night, April 26th, tbe good people of Magnolia, of all creeds and those of no creed, will hold a ser vice at the Baptist church in token Of their gratitude that the sale of liquor has been legally prohibited in that town, as well as in adj ining counties They will meet and take courage for future fights. The several pastors and others will speak. Rev. R H. Her ring, of this city, will be one of the chief speakers on the occasion. TBE SUPERIOR COURT Very Little Progress Made and an Early Adjournment Had for the Day. NO MOTIONS IN PENNY CASE. Northrop Versos Sedgley Hall Club Will be Heard by Referee Damage Salt Con tinned and Motion for Party De fendant Allowed lo Another. Tht re was little done in the Superior Court yesterday; in fact there was lit tle on tbe calendar of cases upon which to work, and at 1 o'clock in tbe afternoon a recess was taken until 3 P. M., and at that hour ap adjourn ment was taken for the day. The case of Dortch against Banner man, which was begun Tuesday, took up practically all the morning session, but there came a balk in the matter of procuring witnesses and upon coo sent of both sides a mistrial was had It was ordered by Judge Hoke that the defendant, upon whose request the mistrial was made, should pay the cost of this term. The points of law and facts in the case were referred to at tome length in yesterday morning's papt-r. . It was expected yesterday that some motion or appeal would be taken in the case of Penny egiu&t tbe rail road, in which the jury awarded the plaintiff $6,000 damages, but this was not done. It is learned from attorney, interested in the case, however, that some action along this line will be taken before final adjournment for the term. An order was made for a referee in tbe case of S. and W. H. North rap against the Sedgeley Hall Club, arid the case was continued until the next tertn. The case of the National Cash Reg ister Company against Lucy J. Far- riss for the' recovery of a small amount was set for the last case to day. It is learned that by some agreement of attorneys a judgment will be obtained. The damage suit of George Graham, colored, against Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son was called up from the motion docket and by agreement of attorneys, the Champion Compress and Warehouse Company was made a party defendant. Graham was a stevedore for Messrs. Sprunt & Son and as ioj jred in some way whiie loading cotton last Fall. Messrs. Stevens, Beasley & Weeks aud L. V. Grady appear for the plaintiff and Iredell Meares, Esq., for the defend ants. Summons is to issue in the case. Tad damage suit of Emeline M-sk against the city, set for to-day, bas beeu continued. An unimportant damage suit, in which Charles Carter, colored, sues tbe Cap1 Fear Lumber Company for damages, will likely be beard to-day. Barring thii case, there are few others of interest on the docket for the remainder of the wetk. Oar Greatest yeclaiu For twenty years Dr. J Newton Hathaway has SO aooeatuill3 -nteJ chrorac diseases that he is acknow ledged to day to stand at tbe head of his profession in this line. His exclu sive method of treatment for VaMCoele and Stricture without the aid of knife or caut ry cures in 90 per cent, of all cases. In tbe treatment of Loss of Vi tal F'-rces. Nervous Disorder, Kidney aod Urinary Complaints, Paralysis. Blood Poisonir g, Rheumatism, Catarrh and Diseases peculiar to wemen, he is equally successful. Cases pronounced hopeless by other physicians, readily yield to his treatment. Write him to day fully about your case. He makes no charge for consultation or advice, either at his office of by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 221 South Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. The Bank of Mount Olive. A correspondent of the STAB writes that the bank of Mount Olive opened for business yesterday morning with acapiul stock of $10 000. The first deposit was by Mr. Jas. A Litchfield, of Baltimore, who placed to his credit $1,000 with which to buy strawberries in that section. Mount Olive is the largest shipping point for strawberries in the State. From ten to twenty five solid cars go from that point daily during the season. Veterans' Crosses of Honor. The Stab is requested to say that all veterans who desire certificates of eligibility for Crosses of Honor to bo presented by the Daughters of the Confederacy on Memorial Day, May 10th, should apply to Capt. James I. Metts for the same before Monday, as no certificates will be issued after that dale. Lieut. Bradley J. Wootteo. Rev Edward Woottea tas received news that his son, Lieutenant Bradley J. Wootten, will not arrive home this week as expected. He will be detain ed at San Francisco until May 6tb, when bis regiment will ba mustered out. Friends of Lieut. Wootten await with pleasure his home coming Editor' Anfal Plight. F M. Higpins, Editor Seneca, (Ills.) News, was afflicted for years with Piles (Jaat no doctor or remedy helped until be tried Buck len's Arnica Salve. He writes two boxes wholly cured him. It's the surest Pile cure on earth and the best talve in the world. Cure guar anteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by R. Rr Bellaht, Druggist. f The apartment formerly occupied by John Brown in Windsor caslle, which has been closed for eighteen years, has been reopened and will be rp dtcorated and converted into a bil liard room. Toe late Queen Victoria had a passion for shutting up rooms hi which her favorites died. n7' M O FACTORY fcJ!!?L.JEwdep 2h",0 market compare with the "NEW RIVAL" In uni formity ana strong aboptlng qualities. ?ure Mre and waterproof. Get the genuine. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. No crop can be grown without Potash. Supply enough Pot ash and your profits will be large; without Potash your crop will be "scrubby." Our boots, telling about composition of fertilizer, best adapted for all crops, are free to all farmers GERMAN KALI WORKS, 5)3 Ia-tsau St.. New York. THE EFFECT OP THE COLD Nas Not Been So Disastrous As Wag at First Expected. Truckers in the city froms'ct'ons ad j ice nt to Wilmington and from up the several railroad leading into .he strawberry belt were not disposed to be gloomy yesterday over theabnnr. mally low temperature that has bem prevailing for several days. . A majority of those in the cily yes terday expressed the opinion iht the chief damagic.? result by the con tiotiued cold weather was a del . f all crops rather than sctual .ii j irv i0 the p!ant3. 1 Garden peas; Irish poia toes and the like were hipped in some sections, but growers seem to n that strawberries were pretty g ner ally covered with straw and saved from any real damacing f ffect. A NOTED TRAIN ROBBER. Black Jack Ketcbom to be Hanged at Cla)too, N M., To-day II lie Is Not Rescued. By Telegraph to the M&rnine Star. Trinidad. Colo., April 24 "Black Jack" Ketch um, train robber, will be hanged at Clayton. N; M., on Friday. He will pay the extreme penalty f,r the robbery of an express trin on the Colorado and Sxiihern railwxy at Folsom, N M , August 16-h, 1899 Ketchum, single-handed, held up the express train and was wounded in the fight pat up by the train crew Two of the latter the conductor uid the postal-clerk also were wounded. KetChum was shot through the r gt t arm and after escaping had it ampu tated. After a long chase ho was ruu dov.n and taken to Po s jm for trial. He was given the extreme peiiaity death. S nee last September Ketchum has beeu in the Uuioo ct.uTity j il. Run.trs began coming in that tr e outlaw banc's of the Bouthweht had taken steps for tbe rescue of their comrade. Meauns were aiouc taken to prevent such an outcome. It was df-cided to remove Kmchuo) tu Clayton . for ex-cuttou. Tbe sheriff of Union c-uut, w th a strong force of deputies, jtlt riiay manacled tbe prisoner niib a heavy steel belt arouna tbe waist To this b It his left arm was chained, while his lower limb wre. b-und wjtti steel bands. To furtherejsute the er forc meat of the couriVustdsie, Ketcbuai WitS Confined ,n a SIhi l-linl mml n-r wnn grated wii duns. Under .these prt cautions the trip wss betun lo Clayton. The parly px'ss d thn uti; tbis city to day, and the shei ff x pressed full ciw fider.ee in his ability to deliver his pn&oter at UJ as ton be for8 Friday aud ward off any altemp. that may be made to wrench him fiuu; the grasp of I'te iaw. Denver, Col , A nril 24. a. speciaj tOtheAtetCS mm C ay ton.N. M.,sa: "A message has beeu received through Gufernor Otero, from PresideLt Mc Kinley, granting Thomas Ketchum, alias "Black Jack," who was i ban; been huotr here Friday, April 2Glb, ti reprieve until May 25th, 19ul. BATTLE IN A COURT ROOM. More Than Fifty Shots Fired Two Men Fatally Wounded. By Telegraph to the Morninu st&t . CHICAGO, April 24 8hortly after Police Magistrate Prindeville bsd ad j turned court this afternoon in the Harrisou street police station a sb ot ing arose in which more than fifty shots were fired, resulting in the fatal wounding of two men. The injured persons are William Messenger, a policeman, and D. R Nelson Nelson had been arraigned on a charge of swindling b,y means of a confidence game. Messenger was the chief wit ness. After adjournment Nelson re entered the court room and fired twice at the officer, who fell mortally wounded. A d zen policemen rush ed uj.on Nelson, who after firing a thiid shot at Messenger ran into tbe hall. There he fell, but con tinued firing at tbe officers. A fusiiade soon stopped Nelson's fire and be was taken to tbe hospital with five bullet wounds in his body and head During tbe battle tbe crowd in the court rot in gathered around the door leading into tbe hall, but none of ibe bystanders were injured except Joho C. 3pray, a reporter, who sustained a slight wound in the left cheek. TEXAS COTTON CROP. Ao Increased Acreage The Season Is , Folly Two Weeks Late. By Teiwraph to tbe Mo. niuit i.r Houston, April 24. The Post w ll to-morrow issue a report on the cotton acreage of Texas. It shows that the planting season is fully two weeks late and much replanting is to be done because of the weather. There will be an increased acreage. Much land sown to grain will be plowed up a4 put in cottoa in tbe northern portio" of the State. The boll evil is reported in tbe southern and southeastern por tion of Texas. Only a small proportion of the crop is above ground and the stand is not good. . Look ! A St it, li in Time Saves fiilne. 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