North Carolina Newspapers

WILLIAM H. BEBHAKD - Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N C Friday, - - May 24, 1901. A FRANK DECLARATION. The. Constitutional Convention catted in Alabama for the. purpose of framing a new constitution which will regulate the suffrage question is now in session. Its attention will doubt less be mainly given to that as that was the principal object in the move ment for the convention. This was irauKiy aeciareu. m me ittou cratic State platform, when the con-' vention decided in favor of amending the constitution so as to restrict negro suffrage,, as had already been done in several other Southern States. The paragraph expressing the senti ment of the convention, and doubt less the sentiment of nearly every ' white person in the State says: "After an experience of thirty years, affording every necessary facility to qualify the negro for the franchise, it Vino kAAit flATYirhn Atraf ed that a race una auwu w he Is incapable of self-governmept and the intelligent exercise of the power of voting. Therefore, in the interest of both races in Alabama, we favor the holding of a constitutional convention for the purpose of regulating the right to vote, so as to perpetuate the rule of the white race in Alabama." This is what the Philadelphia n ..11- (..nlr A nfllnrnf Inn Tt iV find it is an honest declaration by men who believe that Alabama ought to be ruled by white men and have the candor to say so without any apologies or subterfuge. But the Press does not like it and takes occasion to remind the Democrats of Alabama that they are flying in the face of the 15th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which ; says: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall . not be denied or abridged by the United States,, or by any State, on account of race, qolor or previous condition of servi- But notwithstanding the evident ' purpose and the candid admission of this declaration in . the platform, still the action of this convention in the contemplated restriction of suffrage will not be violation of this amendment because it will not be directed against the individual negro as a voter, but against the mass of the negroes who do not really comprehend what suffrage means arid who vote not on issues but as their leaders tell them to vote. As Governor Aycock . said , in his speech" at the North Carolina society dinner in New York last Monday, it is not the individual voting that is object ed to, but the "mass.voting," that good citizens want to ' get rid of. The loth Amendment will not ap ply because negroes will still remain voters, and therefore there will be no denial of the right to vote nor abridgement on account "of race, color or previous condition of servi tude." There isn't a negro in Alabama- that complies with the con ditions prescribed, who cannot vote and therefore there is no race pro scription. . We suppose Alabama will adopt a provision similar to that of North Carolina, which denies the ballot only to the negro who cannot read or write, and any negro of voting age in the State can come in if he j cares enough about the ballot to take the trouble to learn to read and write. Many of them will not but many of them will; in fact it is said that the adoption of this amend ment has been a great stimulus to learning to read and write, which many negroes are now doing who before the adoption of the amend ment never thought of it. It will doubtless be the same in Alabama, and in other States where qualified' suffrage prevails. Every, negro who cares to vote will try to qualify him self for suffrage. This being the caae the restricted suffrage amend- A k . . menis are not Bucn a serious matter , for the negro after all. . But doesn't it read like a bur lesque when Republican papers quote the 15th amendment to the Consti tution of the United States for the " Democrats of the South, when we remember how and when -that amendment was tacked on to the Constitution and the motives that inspired it? It was a partisan amendment, inspired by partisan motives, adopted by a partisan Con gress, and ratified by the Republi can partisan legislatures of States enough to carry it. It is practically an unconstitutional amendment 4-. 1.1 n i i i i i i iiu tug vuuuLibULioa, . as uruiai , and tyrannical in its conception honest white man in the South, for .1 ,a annAVAnr T t ll.A J .1 LZ i ii la ajyaicuti 11 bun ucuiaiabiuii of the Alabama convention was frank, as the Press calls it, it isn't half as frank as the satanic candor of some of the leading Republicans ; who advocated that- amendment, when they admitted their purpose - and confessed that their action was not constitutional, but "extra-con atitutional." During the war they did many things in violation of the constitution as "military necesi- ties;" they emancipated the slaves as a "military necessity," when there was really no military necessity, and after the war these unscrupulous schemers- for political power, en franchised these negroes as a po- litical necessity. And yet they have the amazing effrontery to ask tho white men of the South, for whose undoing that ' amendment was I planned and passed, to respect it as a part of the constitution, when it is really not part of it, but a partisan attachment hitched to it for partisan purposes, which never voiced the sentiments of the conservative, decent people of the country, North or South. If the leading Republicans of the country had the respect for themselves and their party that they should have, and the honesty to acknowledge a . wrong done they - would move for the repeal of that amend ment, and relieve the constitution of that disfigurement. The Press doesn't see any way to prevent the Southern States from regulating the question of suffrage for themselves, but contends that if they eliminate the ignorant negro they should have their representation in Congress and in the Electoral college reduced in proportion. Well, if it came to that the Southern States could accept it in preference to un limited suffrage, and if it came to that these Republican organs in the North which seem to be con cerned at the elimination of the ignorant negro vote, would be glad if all the negroes were includ ed, for that would still further re duce the South's strength in national politics. That kind of a swap they would make any day. DISCUSSING A THIRD TERM. It is somewhat premature to be discussing the question as to who are going to be the Presidential candidates in the next contest, but, notwithstanding, there is consider able discussion of it. It has been reported several times that Senator llanna was planning for a third term for McKinley, but Hanna pooh-poohed that as nonsense; but about the only thing to discredit these reports was that Hanna might desire to be McKinley's successor, in which event he would, of course, use his influence to retire Mr. Mc Kinley at' the nd of his present term. But it seems that these re ports were not entirely without foundation, at least, as to a third term for McKinley, whether Hanna was taking an active part in ar ranging the wires or not. In discussing this question the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore '.Sun, a well informed and careful writer, says: Intelligence comes here that Chauncey M. Depew a few days since made a prediction that President Mc Kin ley would be nominated for a third term and without doubt would be re elected. This statement of Mr. Depew corroborates what has been hinted in inner political circles for some time; indeed ever since thei4th of March. Those who talk this way hold that the anti third term feeling, which has upon . occasions been pronounced, would not cut much of a figure against Mr. McKinley if national and busi ness affairs go on as at present. Mr. ' Cleveland set the precedent of three times being a candidate of his party for the Presidency, and that he was only elect ed twice is inconsequential. Should national prosperity continue for the next four years, should the Philip pines be thoroughly and satisfactorily pacified, should all questions concern ing Cuba be happily adjusted, then, according to the ideas of the close friends of tne President, there will be a universal popular demand for him to hold on to the reins. In making his prediction Mr. D.epew is reported to have said that great and important issues concerning our new territorial acquisitions and policies in connection therewith cannot all be worked out in the present term of the President, and the people will insist there is no man who can do it better or as well as he." Tha presumed opposition to a third term out of the way, McKirv ley would unquestionably be the strongest candidate the Republicans could nominate, and if it became a matter of strength depending upon the personality of the candidates, the objection to a third term would soon be brushed aside. It would be very gratifying, not' doubt, to Mr. McKinley, to be offered the nomina tion a third time, in the face of the unwritten law against it, for it would be a splendid endorsement of his two administrations and a signal triumph if elected, ending a politi cal career with a record that would oe exceptionally mstoric. liut a good many things may happen be fore the next national conventions meet. 1 WEATHER AND CROPS. Bureau's Summary of Conditions -Inr provement In Cotton. By Telegrapn to the Morning Star. W ashinqton, May 21. The Weath er Bureau's general summary of the weekly crop conditions is as follows Although frosts occurred in the Lake region, upper Ohio Valley, and .northern portion of the Middle At lanuc states, oniv silent dama era re sulted, and as a whole the temperature conditions throughout the country were very favorable. Drought has been largely relieved in the States, but continues in northern and south ern Texas, southern Louisiana, and portions or Alabama and Florida. Oats have been injured by dry weather in the central valleys and in the Southern States the condition of the crop is - not promising although materially improved in Georgia. An improvement in the condition of cotton is reported from the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and por tions or Texas. The stands are as vet generally poor, but much of the re planted is not up. How's, This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Raw&ni fnr anv cace of Catarrh that cannot ba enmd iw Bali's Catarrh Cure F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, o. We. the undersltrned. Jiave known F. j. chn. ney tor the last 15 years and believe him perl fectly honorable In all bnslneaa transactions and financially able to carry out all the obllga- iiuus uiaue Dy weir nrm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o. WALD1HO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale UrUK- Hall's Catarrh Cnre fn takan Internallv. act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price 75o. per bottle. Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family puis are Uie best. t BRONCHITIS may mean a mere cold or a chronic -incurable iniiamma tion of wind-pipes. The quickest relief, for a cold, is also the most effectual balm for the worst condition of wind-pipes and lungs. It takes the edge off a cold in a night, and relieves it pro gressively one f drgets it after a little. ' An old bronchitis, however, is obstinate. Npthing re stores the tissues, when once destroyed ; and an old bronch itis has gradually impared and partly destroyed the lining of those small pipes between throat and lungs. Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil is the balm ; it sooths if it cannot restore. We'llsend you a little to try, i f you like, SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 P"! treat. New York- SUGAR CULTURE IN GEORGIA. Considerable attention is now given to sugar cane culture in Geor gia, where the area of cultivation is expanding and the crop is regarded as one of the "money crops." It is not surprising that interest should increase in it, if the profits are as large as they are represented to be and its culture bo attended by com paratively so few drawbacks. Judge Tillman of Quitman, in that State, writing to the Baltimore Manufachirers' Record, says that some of the farmers fn that section who cultivate cane, have realized rom $150 to $250, and in some in stances $300 an acre profit, while the crop is far less troublesome and expensive than cotton, can he work ed as easily and as cheaply as corn, and is a much surer crop than corn, or it is hardier and will stand droughts better. He says a one horse farmer can cultivate twenty five acres as easily as he could that much corn and at one third the cost of that much cotton. It is grown on what are called the "sandy pine lands," of which there are 50,000 square miles in Georgia and Florida, and what is of very much importance it is said the cane grown there contains more than twice as much sugar as the Louisiana cane, the percentage being 23 for the Georgia cane to 11 for the Louisiana. While we import $200,000,000 worth of sugar annually and the per capita consumption is increasing so rapidly and largely not only in this but in other countries, there is ittle danger of overproduction, even if every available acre were pnt in cane. The increase oi consump tion in this country in the past ten years was from thirty-six pounds in 1800 to sixty-seven in 1900. The cheaper the sugar the greater the consumption. Eastern North Carolina is well adapted to sugar cane culture and it might prove as profitable here as it does in Georgia. STATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT. Governor's Committee Will be Here To-day to Look Over Situation at Wrights vllle Trip to Soothport. Col. P. M. Pearsall, Col. F. A, Macon, Col. T. H. Bain and Col. Michie, constituting with Adjutant General B. S. Royster, a committee of North Carolina State Guard officers appointed by Governor Aycock, as commander-in-chief of the State militia, to select a site for the next State Guard encampment, will arrive in the city to-day, with the exception of Adjutant General Royster, and will visit Wrightsville Beach this afternoon for the purpose of looking over the location there as a nroner place for the great gathering of the three regiments of State troops in July. They will meet local officers of the State Guard and the committee of the Chamber of Commerce at The Orton at 12:45 o'clock, and will leave at once on a special train for the beach, return lug in the evening. Those that will accompany them on the trip will be Col. W. A. Johnston, Paymaster General Walker Taylor, Maj. W. F. Robertson, assistant paymaster gen eral, Maj. C H. White and Capt. C McD. Davis, of the State Guard ; Capt. A. P. Adrian, of the Wilming ton Light Infantry ; Col. Walker Tay lor, Mr. W. E. Worth, Col. W. A. Johnson, Lieut. J. Van B. Metts and Maj. D. O'Connor, constituting the Chamber of Commerce Committee, and Capt. Geo. L. Morton and other officers of the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad. At the beach the situation will be reviewed and upon the return an oys ter roast and other refreshments will be served at Stokeley's. On the steamer Wilmington this af ternoon, Mr. W. H. Pyke will head a delegation that will come up from the Southport Chamber of Commerce, and they expect to accompany members of the Committee to that town to-mor row morning for the purpose of look ing over the situation there. The encampment will be of all three regiments of the Guard and will last for thirty days each regiment having ten days at different times. Red Hot From Tlbe Gin Was the ball that hit G. B. Stead- man of Newark. .Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen'a Arnica Salve cured him. Cures,. Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils-, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. cesi rue cure on earin. za cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist f HORRIBLY MANGLED. Negro Concealed On Engine Ten der Fell Under i rucks and Was Killed. NEAR SIXTH STREET BRIDGE. His Name is Brower and He Has Been Em ployed as a Day Laborer by A C. L. The Coroner Will Hold An In x quest This Morning. P. E. Brower, colored, aged about 45 years, and employed for the past several weeks as a laborer by the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company about the construction of its general office buildings on Front street, was run aver and instantly killed yester day evening about 6:30 o'clock by a locomotive on the A. C. L. yards near Sixth street bridge. The body was so horribly mutilated that it was scarcely recognizable as that of a human at first sight, and it was several hours before it was identi tied. From best accounts possible of the tragedy it appears that Brower had left his work at the office building and had started to his boarding place in "Brooklyn," entering the A. C. L. yards at the Front street station. He carried a sack filled with building blocks for fuel purposes on his shoul der and reached the yards as engine No. 11, in charge of "Sard Eagineman J. S. Smith, was being "hostled" to the round house after bringing in train No. 49 from Norfolk. Without the knowledge of Engineer Smith or his firemen, he climbed upon the ten der with his sack of fuel to ride to ward his home as far as the engine went. A witness, who will testify before the coroner's jury to day, was standing on the embankment near Sixth street bridge, and saw Brower when about to let his sack drop he caught at it, lose his footing and fall under the wheels of the tender as it was going back ward. Dr. C. D. Bell, the coroner, was soon upon the scene, and investigation de veloped that Brower had no relatives here but has a family at Southern Pines, and a son living at Manly, N C. He summoned a jury consisting of Capt. John Barry, Messrs. J. A Kelly, John Farmer, T. J. Herring, J H. Strauss and E. H. Bowdoin, and an inquest will be held this morning at 9:30 o'clock at his office. Till Will Interest Many. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.), the famous Southern blood purifier, quick ly cures cancers, blood poison, pirn pies, boils, carbur.cles, ulcers, -eating sores, scrofula, eczema, aching bones, joints or back, rheumatism, catarrh. and all blood and skin troubles. B B B. heals every sore and makes the blood pure and rich. B. B. B , the finest blood purifier made. Druggists, $1. Trial treatment free by writirig Blood Balm Co , Atlanta, Ga. t HEAVY RAINS AT MAXTON. Record of Forty Years Broken and Every thing Was Submerged. Special Star Correspondence. Maxton, N. C , May 22 I am try. ing to farm this year "Truck" I' be lieve they ca) 1 it ; cantaloupes and green corn but I made a great mistake, should have tried watermelons. And this is the reason why: After raining every day since Satur day, the gates were opened last night and it poured all night. This morn ing there is no landscape it has escaped. The author of Revelations did not have reference to this morning at Maxton when he wrote: And there was no more sea." We see it everywhere we look, even in One of the rooms of the house. Mr. LI. C. Alford, who is some older than the writer, says we had such a ram forty years ago. As a trucker, I am somewhat dis couraged. This is no Methodist weather anyhow, and I am ready to sellout to a Baptist. ihe farmers were "m-the grass before now they are deeper than that FAILURE AT KINSTON. S. H. Loftln, Banker and Merchant. Made - Assignment Liabilities $110,000. Special Star Telegram. Kinston, N. C, May 21 S- H. Lof tin, banker and merchant, assigned to day, naming W. D. Pollock and B.W, Canady as assignees. The estimated liabilities are $110,000; nominal assets $135,000. The Bank of Kinston is not at all affected and there was no run on it Deposits were only about sixty thou sand dollars. An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial eirects of tne well known remedy, Syrup of Figs, namifactured bv the .California Fig f-v-BUP Co., illustrate the value of obtai. Ing the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is ine one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansine- the svntpm offotiiaiiir dispelling colds, headaches and fevers geniiy yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation rer- 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 tly ideal laxative. v In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remeay are obtained from senna and other aromatic nlants. hir n. mnthrui known to the California Fig Stbup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations please remember the full name of the Company uu mc j.iuuu u every pacKage, CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. BAIT fhakctsoo. cal. LOUISVXLIiE, KT. HEW YORK. K. V. For sale by all Drucgistg. Price 50c. per bottla. No Jcrop can be grown without Potash. Supply enougk Pot ash and your profits will be large; without Potash your crop will be "scrubby. a i .nti:nfv .Ivmt rnnnvKirifin of fertilizers tmr dooks, iciu'i r best adapted for all cropv are free to all farmers. GERMAIN KALI 53 Nassau St.. New York. TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY Local Committee of Entertain ment field Enthusiastic Meet ing Yesterday Afternoon. THE ADDRESS OF WELCOME. Col. Waddell Will Speak in Behalf of the City and Mr. Blair for Teachers' As sembly Bureau of Information Has Been Established. ( An enthusiastic meeting of the Teachers' Assembly Committee, ap pointed by the Chamber of Commerce, was held in the S. A. L building at 3:3 o'cloctc yesterday afternoon. Ipose present were Mr. James a. Chadbaurn, Sr., (chairman), Mr. John J. f Blair, (secretary), Messrs. R. J. Jones, Washington Catlett, James F. Post, D. C. Love, M. W. Jacobi and Col. W. S. Johnson. &. committee consisting of Prof. Catlett, Mr. Love and Mr. Jacobi was appointed to ascertain the number of guests which can be accommodated in different cottages on the beach and sound and in the city of Wilmington and the price charged per day. It was further directed that the rooms of the Merchants' Association be kept open during the week for the convenience of visitors, and that Mr. P. Heinsber- ger be requested to have charge of the same for the purpose of giving any in formation that may be needed, by members of the Assembly. The com mittee upon which devolves the duty of nrovidine homes for some of the teachers is anxious to get in touch with those who can furnish accommo datioas for some of the guests on this occssiou at the rate of $1 per day and the Star is asked loinform all such that Profi Catlett would be glad to hear from them either by mail, telephone or personal conference at his office in the Court House. It is a gigantic task to entertain the number of people that usually attend the Assembly and every public spirited citizen should rally to the support of the committee in order that any emergency may be promptly met. " Mr. Post, Prof. Blair and Col John son were appointed to provide some form of entertainment and refresh ment for the teachers and others upon the occasion or the river excursion on thelsteamer Wilminyton on Saturday, June 15lb. A reception committee of ladies was also appointed as follows: Miss Nellie Cook, Mrs. M. L. McLeod and Miss Fiorina G. Worth, principals of the three white graded schools in the city. It was also directed, upon motion of Mr, Jones, that the different com mittees be authorized to select ''and appoint such assistants as they may deem necessary to aid in the reception and entertainment of the Assembly visitors. It was decided to invite Mayor Alfred M. Waddell to welcome the Assembly on behalf of the city at the opening session on Tuesday evening, June 11th, at 8:30 P. M. Mr. Blair, on behalf of the Assembly, will deliver the address of welcome to the teachers and others. The committee then adjourned, sub ject to the call of the chairman. False Rumors Afloat. Mr. George R. French, president of the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad, yesterday received a letter from Mr. Clement .Manly, of Durham, stated that it was being circulated over the State that siuce the burning of the Ocean View Hotel at Wrightsville Beach, it would, be impossible to find accommodations there for the State Bar Association at its annual meeting in June. Such reports are calculated to do the beach much injury as with the new and enlarged Seashore Hotel and other places at Wrightsville there are accommodations for more than double the number that the State Bar Association will bring. If such was not the case Wilmington would be far from having the Association come here aud return .dissatisfied and would very soon advise a cancellation of the date and place. Wilmington and Wrights ville Beach will gladly welpome the gentlemen of the State Bar and assures each and every one of them that there is ample and excellent accommodation for all of them. To Deliver Commencement Addresses. Dr. Black well, being absent at Salemburg and Clinton, making ad dresses, Rev. R. H. Herring will con duct the prayer meeting at the First Baptist church to-night. Dr. Black well will leave next week to deliver the commencement address at Ash pole Institute, Ashpole, Robeson county, N. C. , Convicts from Greeene Co. The New Hanover convict squad at Castle Haynes was reinforced yester day by two prisoners from Greene county sentenced to four months each. Judge Hoke ordered that they be sent to New Hanover county as Greene bas no convict force. They were brought down on the A. C. L. train yesterday morning. A NEW ENTERPRISE. Factory for the Manufacture of Shirts and Overalls Es tablished Here. . IN THE NEFF BU1LDIXQ. Wlliard Bag and Manufacturing Compaoy the Projectors Present Factory to. be Enlarged and the Output Will be Increased. - Another new and important manu facturing enterprise for WilmingUfir was announced yesterday and will be in successful ' operation in a week or two. f . It will be a factory for the manufac ture of shirts, men's overalls, jumpers, etc , and will be established at once by the Willard Bag and Manfacturing Company in the Neff buildiug. next to the northeast corner of Waters and Dock streets, which was recently pur chased by the company for this pur pose and which will be thoroughly renovated and remodelled to suit the conveniences of a manufacturing plant of this character. A large part of the machine. y for the factory has already arrived and is being installed as fast as be put in in all and about 60 posible. Twenty two machines will operative s employed. In addi addi'.io:. ; '- manufacture of shirts and ovetiiis ihe. couiptny will also manufacture bags in the new factory and the present factory at Nos. 210 212 North Water street will be enlarged for ao increased output. At present several milliou yards of cloth are utilized annually at the North Water fetreet factory, the capacity of which is from 12,000 to 15,000 bags per day. The pay roll approximates tl.OOO per month, and goes to a class that should be em ployed. . It is easily seen that the enlargement of the present plant and the establish ment of a new one to include in its output the other articles mentioned. counts much in the industrial develop ment of the city. " The Willard Bag and Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1893, and is officered by the following well knowu business men of the city: Mr. M. S. Willard, president; Mr. A. A. Willard, superintendent, and Mr. E Pavson Willard, secretary and treas urer. The company in addition to its man' ufactured lines, does a good business in the importation of burlaps, etc HEAVY RAINS IN UP-COUNTRY A. & Y. Train Last Night Was Pive Hours Late Awaiting Connections The Freshets Are Phenomenal. From all sections of the country contiguous to Wilmington came re ports yesterday of unprecedented downpours of rain on the night previous. In some sections much damage was done and portions in of the State, traffic is tied up as will ap pear from the Stab's telegraphic columns this morning. The A. & Y. train from Fayetteville due at 7 P. M. last evening did not arrive until last midnight on account of a washout on the Southern's end of the line at Nobody's Creek, four miles above Sanford. JThe A. & Y. train had to go up to the scene of the wash out and transfer the passengers for points this side, hence the delay. Capt, W. H. Pemberton, conductor in charge of the train, said upon his arrival this morniDg that he had never seen the face of the earth so generally covered with water as around Fay etteville and Sanford. All conduc tors on connecting trains told the same story, he said, and the streams are all level full and rising. His own train before connecting with the Southern's train had to wait for the repair of a washout between Jones boro and Sanford near the 116th mile post. N At Sanford at 8 P. M last night he said the S. A. L. train from Charlotte to Portsmouth, due at Raleigh at 11 A. M., was still waiting on the repair of trestles. As yet the delay of the train last night is the only inconvenience that Wilmington has experienced from the freshets. NEGRO KILLED IN BROOKLYN. John Brown Shot and Mortally Wounded by Associate in Card Game His Slayer Escaped. John BrowD, a negro laborer aged about 35 years and employed for the past few days in the track grading of the Wilmington Street Railway, was shot and mortally wounded last night about 8 o'clock in a room in an alley leading from Fourth between Bruns wick and Bladen streets, where a game of cards was in progress. His slayer is Jim Hawkins, also colored, who beat a hasty retreat soon after the shooting. The negro ran iDto the alley and fell on his face. He was soon afterwards placed in an ambulance and started to the City Hospital by Chief of Police Furlong, who was summoned -to the scene, but the negro died before the ambulance could take him to surgical aid. The coroner was notified and will hold an inquest this morning. Chief Furlong arrested three other men who were in the room at the time and charge Hawkins with the shooting. They will be examined by Coroner Bell this morning. Hawkins is a bad negro and has served one or more terms in the coun ty chain gang. Mr. J. A. Stone, of liittle River, S. C, arrived in the city last evening from Oak Ridge Institute, where he graduated this year. Look! A Stitch In Time f Saves nine. Hngnes' Tonic new unnroved taste pleasant, taken In early Spring; and Fall prevents Chills, pengne ana Malarial Fevers. Acts on the liver, tones up the system. Better man yaiame. Guaranteed, try It. At Drug gists. 50c and $i.oo bottles. t MAYOR DORAN Experiences AtheInYigoratiDgEgectiof Rame' jGele Hon. F. B. Doran, who has been several times honored by the citizens of St. Paul by re-election as mayor, possesses many of the characteristics that go to make the reputation of a "sound man," and is the last person in the world to publicly indorse any thing of which he has not fully informed himself. Mayor Doran decided to takePaine's celery compound this spring, having heard much of its Wonderful efficacy from physicians, neighbors and inti mate friends. He was not disappointed. His experience with this great remedy was so gratifying that a few days ago he sent the proprietors a testimonial' which adds conclusive proof to the statement of physicians that, of all the spring remedies that can be had, Paiae's celery compound stands far above all others in honest and great results: March 21, 1901 Dear Sirs I am convinced that everyone, sick or well, needs to take a spring remedy, and for that purpose I believe nothing can equal Pain's celery compound. I commend it especially to the nervously afflicted. Vtr? truly yours,. F. B. DORAN. DEATH OF JAMES D. BLACK. Occurred at Greensboro, N. C, Sunday. The Funeral Will be Held To-day. Mr. James D. Black, a young man well known in Wilmington and a son of the late Sheriff Archie Black of New Hanover county, died Sunday at Greensboro, N. C, whither he had gone a few days before for treatment. Deceased was employed in the A. (J. L. Auditor's office in this city until about six months ago when he went to Portsmouth and held a clerical pos ition with the Seaboard Air Line Com pany. Previously he had been em ployed in the general offices of the C. F. & Y. V. at Fayetteville and was for several years S. A. L. station agent at Maxton, N. C. He has numerous friends in Wilmington, who will learn with sorrow of his sad and untimely demise. The surviving relatives are an aunt, who resides at Ivanhoe, N. C, two sisters. Misses Bessie and Annabel Black, of Ivanhoe, and two brothers. The remains were brought down to Ivanhoe on last night's A. & .Y. train and the remains will be interred tos day at Point Caswell. The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Calvin 8. Blackwell, who took a great interest in the young man while he was a resi dent of Wilmington. EMBEZZLERS SENTENCED. U. S. Army Officers Concerned in Commis sary Frauds at Manila. Bv Cable to the Horning Star. Manila, May 22. The correspon dent i f ilm Associated Press is in form) d lhat the following approved senti nces will soon be promulgated: Captain Frederick F. Barrows, Thirtieth volunteer infantry, late depot quarteroiaster of the department nf Southern Luzon, who was charged with embezzlement and selling govern ment property, to be dishonorably dis charged and to undergo five years im-. prisonment. Lieutenant Frederick Boyer, Thirty ninth infantry, former depot commis sary, aKCalamba, on Bay Lake, on similar chaVg.es, to be dishonorably discharged and to undergo a year's im prisonment. Both Barrows and Boyer will event Uft'ly be removed to Leavenworth priMu, Jauaas. State8ville Landmark: A 'ohono messnorA from Trniiljnati'a TPri day morning brought the information uf tne mysterious aeam or Mr. j. . Kerr who lived near nenr PW.h church a few miles south of Trout man s. Mr. Kerr went out to feed his hogs this morning about daylight. He did not return as AarW ob npitwl and some of the family went to look for him. They found him dead, lying face downward. The cause of death faas not vet hAii leornoH hut na Mr Kerr was an old man it is sunrosed that death resulted from natural causes. l7 PJ OH ESTER .J?i?J'!.C Pwder shells on the market compare with the "NEW RIVAL" In uni formity and strone ahootiiur aniitc sur ..rnnu.f t i WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. OF ST. PAUL ryyoompoiuHy Because a man is ?growing3oldllhe need not be an invalid. Old age'isn't a disease. A man at sixty should be well, and many at seventy are as well as ever in their lives. But as age comes on the blood needs to be rid of rheumatism and the mus cle8 of neuralgia; the nerves needs feeding and the brain nourishment. Paine's celery compound is food for the brain and nerves. It builds up the strength of the body. The saddest ignorance is for a sick person not to know the remedy that will make him well. Fortunately, few people have failed to hear of the remarkable cures from the; use of Paints celery enm pound. For rheumatism, neuralgia, impure blood, nervous diseases and kindred troubles, it is a positive cure. The experimental efforts of scores and scores of so-called spriug remedies with which the market is constantly recruited are in startling contrast with the thoroughly scientific way in which Paine's eelery compound re stores health and vigor to the worn out bipod and nerves. New strength, new life, new health come from its use especially is this true iu tho spriug. RAIN STORM AT ASHEVILLE. Heaviest in Many Years Bridges (lone and Roads Impassable Great Dam-, age at Bllftnore. by Telegraph to tne Morning Star. Charlotte, N. C, May 2f. A special to the Observer from Asheville, N. C, says: The heaviest and most disastrous rain fell to day in Asheville and the surroundingcountry that has visited this vicinity in years. Bottom land is ruined and hillsides are yawning gulches Bridges are gone and many roads are impassable. The water is up to the floors in "many dwellings and has reached the fires in the electric light plant. The city is in darkness. The waters of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers has reached the highest point on record. The water is a foot deep in the ice factory and flour mills. At Biltmore the Southern railway tracks were washed out of place and. twisted into all sorts of shapes. Hun dreds of Asheville people have flocked to Biltmore to-day to see the damage done to the ideal village of Mr. Van derbilt. When . the millionaire and his advisers planned the town an in significant creek was not taken into account. To-day this stream did sur prising damage. One row of cottages was flooded and the people forced to move their belonging's to the upper floors. Some beautifully paved streets wepe covered with rubbish. Small trestles at Biltmore and on the main lines of the Southern and Spartan burg and Asheville roads were washed away and no trains will be operated on either lines before to-morrow. FLOOD AT ASHEVILLE. Railroads Blocked by Landslides Hewy Losses to Farmers. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Asheville, N. C, May 22. -No trains have come in or left Asheville since yesterday. The main line of the Southern railway to Knoxviile on the west and Salisbury on the east, is blocked by landslides caused by the recent rains. It is said schedules will not be resumed east across the Blue Ridfi'e- before Friday. News cominsr in from the mountain districts indi-' cate,' heavy losses to farmers along the small streams by the destruction of growing crops. " ,' Winston Journal: Much in terest was manifested in a current of electricity running through a tree at the corner of Liberty and Fifth streets Saturday night by a crowd of boys. They resembled a big swarm of bees all huddled together and were buzzing away about how funny the electricity felt. They were all standing around the tree, some with their hands on it and others in a line to feel the effect of the electricity. The current came from a line wire which ran through the limbs of the tree. Aa the hot weather of summer Is approach ing this paper will constantly keep betore its readers TEETHINA, a remedy which, where known, la being universally used to prevent and counteract the effects of warm weather upon email children, and It la hoped that ail mothers of this community will keep their chil dren in a healthy condition by giving H. tot it costs only 25 cents at druggist?: or mall 25 cents toC. J. Moffett, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. "NEW RIVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS New Karen, Conn.