WILLIAM H. BBBWABD
Hdltoi and Proprietor. .
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday, - - -Jrin 14, 1901.
WOOL SHODDY AND COTTON.
The working of the wool duties in
the Dingley tariff do not seem to
to have met the expectations of the
wool-growers and hence there is a
good ileal of dissatisfaction. They
think the manufacturers do not use
as much wool as they should; that
they mix too much cotton with too
little wool, and make too much
shoddy, and palm this off onthe un
sophisticated buyer as woollen goods,
"all wool and a yard wide."
. The wool-growers think this is all
wrong, and that the manufacturers
should be required to label their
goods and show by the labels just
what the goods are, whether all
wool, part wool and? the proportion
of mixture, and whether shoddy.
They have as a precedent for this
the similar demand as to oleomarga
rine, butterine and other imitations
of butter. That would be all
right, it would be honest, but it
wilt" be a long , time before
they see those labels on goods
for even if there were a law requir
ing the manufacturer to attach labels
they would dispppear very soon
after, the goods passed out of the
hands of the manufacturer and
neither the wool-grower nor the
goods buyer would be benefitted by
it. The fact is the demand ior all
wool goods is so limited . in1 conse-,
quence of the price compared with
mixed goods, or cotton goods that
the wool manufacturers mix as a
matter of business whether they
sell the goods as , all wool or mix
tures. They cater to the demand
and make the kind of goods in
which there is the most profit to
them. The wool-growers have re
cently affected an organization and
appointed a committee of promi
nent growers to take the matter in
hand and look after the adoption of
such legislation as they desire to
help wool versus cotton, &c.
In self-defence the Manufac
turers' Association, through its sec
retary, makes reply to the assaults
of the growers and presents the fol
lowing table from the Textile Re
corder, of Manchester, England,
showing how cotton has superceded
wool and flax in that country. We
clip from the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, which - speaks for the
manufacturers. The figures are in
millions of pounds and gives the
consumption for the years named,
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inus:
Year. Cotton. Wool. Flax.
1799 1801 . . .. 41.8 10O.6 108.6
18291831 ......... 243.2 149.2 193.8
1859 1861 1022.5 260.5 212.0
1886 1871 739.8 312.0 305.3
loVaiHSl 1328.4 470.5 Z48.3
18891891.... ,1604.5 446.6 219.5
18981900 1594.0 496.6 214.7
Upon which the secretary pro
ceeds to remark, thus:
"It will be observed that the order
of importance has been reversed.
was used in 1800, is now third, and the
quantity consumed is not quite double
the consumption of one hundred years
ago. The consumption of wool has
increased five times; but whereas there
was twice as much wool useo as cot
ton in 1800, there is now three times
as much cotton used as wool, and the
increase in cotton consumption has
been nearly forty times. The figures
HAmnnntratn tiA unpmial VtotaroK
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of ' the competition between the
fibres. Protests and resolutions are
as useleis as the pope's bull
against the comet. Cotton will con
tinue to take the place of wool when
ever and wherever it is possible to
substitute it Silk is its victim as well
as wool, and a good share of the in
tense depression which has recently
marked the silk manufacture is trace
able to the substitution of mercerized
cotton for the dearer goods. The
modern method of finishing ithe
- cheaper fibre supplies a cheap imita
tion of silk, and people buy it because
it is cheaper, - knowing also that it is
poorer The same thine has happened,
to a degree, in the wool manufacture.
"The man who wants an all wool
suit of clothes, and is willing to pay
an all wool price for it, can generally
get it But ha cannot tret it for the
price of cottonand shoddy.:
"It is the public which demands
goods at these prices; the public has
no ground of complaint against manu
facturers, because the latter can no
longer furnish all wool goods at free
wool prices. Wool growers least of
all have any right to complain of the
manufacturer. The duty on wool was
restored at their request. It was urged,
when the Dingley tariff law was un
der consideration, that too high a duty
would operate to restrict theconsump
tien of wool, and would thus be inju
rious to the grower. It has operated
in precisely that way. The responsi
bility for all tbia is not with the man
ufacturer." The figures quoted from the Tex
, tile Recorder show how cotton, the
cheaper textile, has superceded
wool and flax, the dearer, but it does
not show the admixture, of which
there is of course less in that coun
try than in this, because wool is
cheaper, and there is less temptation
to mix to cater to the trade which
wants something cheaper than wool.
If the wool-growers of this coun
try are disappointed and dissatisfied
they have themselves more than the
manufacturers to .blame, for, not
satisfied with the profits they had on
wooi, iney got a practically prohibi
live auty. inserted in the Dingley
tariff, whifih lrnrtt fnroiom vnnl nut nf
this country and made it impossible
for our manfacturers to compete
with English manufacturers, who
have the advantage of cheaper wool.
This tariff injured the wool-growers
by reducing the demand for wool; it
injured the manufacturers by mak
ing it impossible for them to do an
export business, and it injured, the
people, who couldn't buy woollea
goods at the advanced , price made
necessary by the enhanced price of
wool as a result of the duties im
posed, which kept foreign wool but
of the market.
This manufacturer says the man
who is willing to pay the price for
an all wool article can generally get
it, but the all wool price is too high
for the averge buyer, who is com
pelled to content himself with some
thing cheaper, and it is mainly tne
fault of the wool-growers, who in
their greed schemed to keep out
foreign wools, monopolize the mar
ket,' make their oweu. prices and
compel the manufacturers to use
their wool. The English laborer,
who receives much smaller pay than
the American workman does, can
afford to wear all wool clothing in
Winter which the American can't.
That's one of the results of the wool
tariff, for which the wool growers
and not thje manufacturers are to
blame. It-is one of the most sense
less and monstrous provisions in the
Dingley tariff.
FORCED Hill TO SPEAK.
The officious declarations of
Chauncey M. Depew and General
Grosvenor in favor of nominating
Mr. McKinley for a third term have
forced him to make public announce
ment that he is not only not a candU
date, but that he would not accept a
nomination if tendered. Possibly
he might have remained silent if his
friend Grosvenor had not chipped in
so brusquely after the great chest
nut dispenser. His close personal
relations with the President might
have created the impression that he
was exDressiner tne sentiments oi
of the. President and thus put Mr.
McKinley in an embarrassing posi
tion, j and one that possibly might
have sproved annoying if he had re
mained silent. The contempt Gov.
Grosvenor expressed for the third
term "fiction" and the reason as
signed why George Washington
would not run for a third term are
somewhat characteristic of Grosve
nor, whose respect, for precedents
or bump of reverence were never very
large.
The President acted wisely in thus
early stating his position and practi
cally repudiating the utterances of
those officious friends, who in their
indiscreet zeal were putting him in
an unenviable position before the
American people, and provok
ing an antagonism within his
own party that might have
proved seriously embarrassing to
Mr. McKinley during the remain
der of his administration.
There are several Republican aspi
rants to the Presidency, including
Vice-President Roosevelt, every one
of whom would put stumbling blocks
tin his way 11 they thought him a
candidate for nomination. He felt
this, and also realized the fact that
such indiscreet utterances as those
of Depew and Grosvenor were a dis
paraging inflection upon the Repub
lican party, which, according to
them, didn't have another man in it
competent to fill Mr. McKinley's
place. The trouble with them was
they shot off their mouths too soon,
and loaded too heavily when "they
did shoot. They rushed when they
should have felt their way very
carefully. They blundered and sim
ply made it necessary for- Mr. Mc
Kinley to practically rebuke both,
whether he -means all be says or
not.
In an address on Decoration
Day General Grosvenor, of Ohio,
said: "We nave paid more money
or the benefit of the soldiers since
the close of the war of 'CI than all
the nations of all the earth ever
paid in all the history since the
morning stars sang together for
joy. General Grosvenor thought
that was a subject fit for boasting
and it would be if even the smaller
part of the money expended had
been expended on the soldiers who
deserved it, or on the families of
soldiers who deseryed, and if it had
been inspired by sympathy or re
spect for the soldiers who fought
and suffered from fighting or from
other causes incident to the service.
But neither is the case, for most of
the money thus expended has been
paid to persons entitled to no such
consideration, thousand of whom
never saw any active service,
thousands of whom never received
any injury, thousands of whom were
bummers, camp followers, thousands
of whom were-young women who
married old -soldiers for prospective
pensions, thousands able to earn
their own living, many of them hold
ing paying positions under the Gov
eminent, etc. Eliminate these and a
great hole would be knocked into
the $143,000,000 which we are now
paying.
If there was no politics in it does
any one suppose for a moment that
we would ,now be paying this enor
mous sum in pensions and that
thirty-six years after the war there
would be nearly a round million of
names on the pension rolls? Not a
bit of it. With the motive and the
fraud there is little in the pension
business that the people of this
country may bcr proud of, although
politician Grosvener glories therein.
Rev. Burns A. Jenkins, castor of
the Christian Church of Buffalo, N,
x., has accepted the presidency of the
Kentucky University.
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THE HAWKINS CASE.
Defendant Submitted to Murder
in Second Degree in Crimi
nal Court Yesterday.
TIED JURY MADE MISTRIAL.
After Forty-four Hoars' Debate a Mistrial
Was Had End of the Term Next
Cooes the Superior Court,
Judge Allen Presiding.
The Criminal Court finished up the
work of the term yesterday afternoon,
and was adjourned by the sheriff sine
die
The important feature of the day s
proceedings was the disposal of the
Hawkins case and the dismissal ot
the jury in the Williams trial after
forty four hours' debate. In the latter
ease a juror was withdrawn and a mis
trial ordered. -
la the matter of Hawkins, who was
charged with murder in the first de
gree, the jury byagreement, and in
struction of the Court, returned
verdict of murder in - the
second degree, the maximum pen
alty for which is thirty years
in the penitentiary; the minimum
two years. Hawkins was repre
sented by Messrs. Brooke G. Empie.
Thos. W. Davis, A. R. Dunning and
CD. Weeks. All preparations had
been made to fight the case and the
Sheriff returned the special venire of
seventy-five men from which to Belect
a jury, but Solicitor Duffy stated that
inasmuch as he was unable to secure
certain witnesses from Lumberton, N.
C, by whom he expected to prove pre
meditation and for the reason that he
desired to use Hawkins as a witness
against another negro now in jail
named Wm." Bennett, who also took
part in the shooting.he would consent
to the verdict as was subsequently
rendered. Another negro, Robert
Smith, who was detained in jail as a
witness in the case, was ordered re
leased if he could give a bond of $50,
justified. The Bennett negro is
charged with being an accessory to the
crime and his case will come up at the
next term.
Attorneys for Hawkins prayed the
judgment of the court immediately
upon the rendering of a verdict but
Judge Bryan stated that as the next
term of the Superior Court, which will
take the place of the Criminal Court,
will be held on July 8lh, he would
leave the evidence to be heard and
sentence to be pronounced by Judge
Oliver H. Allen, who will preside. In
the. meantime, he said, Hawkins
would remain in jail here and the
county would be saved the expense of
sending to Raleigh for the prisoner to
be used as a witness in the other mat
ter. .
The jury in the case of Mrs. Wil
liams, charged with selling rice beer,
was filed out of the jury room after
forty four hours of confinement and
each one was questioned as to the
probability of an agreement. All re
plied with one accord that there was
no chance for a verdict and a juror
was withdrawn and a mistrial ordered.
As stated in yesterday's Star the jury
stood five for acquittal and seven for
conviction.
Wednesday when two juries were
out on similar cases against the same
defendant, in speaking of them it was
difficult to distinguish one from the
other. Some one gave the "long-time"
twelve men, the name of the "Jordan
Branch jury" because of the member
ship of the same of Mr. Jordan W.
Branch, the well known Court House
janitor. Solicitor Duffy says he sees no
reason why it shouldn't go down in his
tory that way. It broke all records
for the time it was. tied and frequent
inquiries were heard yesterday after
the "Jordan Branch Jury."
The case for retailing in which the
jury returned a verdict or guilty
againstMrs. Williamson Tuesday was
called up yesterday afternoon and the
defendant fined $40 and costs.
After the disposal of a number of
routine matters, court adjourned for
the term.
LOCAL OPTION AT SOUTHPORT.
People Voted Yesterday far Saloons.
Town Was Hitherto Dry,
Special Star Telegram. J
80UTHPOET, N. C, June 10. In the
local option election here todav the
majority for license was thirty eight.
The majority in the two white wards
for prohibition was thirty three, but
this was overcome by a solid negro
vote in the Third ward with few white
votes, making the license majority in
the negro ward seventy one.
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Death of Mr. Huntington.
Friends and relatives in the city
have heard with regret of the death of
air. wiinam Huntington, whicn oc
curred on June 6th at his home in
Amesburg, Mass., at an age of about
80 years. Older residents of Wil
mington will remember Mr. Hunting
ton as having beeji extensively engaged
here, before the civil war, in the
steam and saw mill business of Hunt
ington & Dudley, of which firm he
was the senior member. Later he was
of the firm of Ballard & Huntington,
which was then one of the largest
mercantile establishments of the city.
He had a large and influential family
connection in Massachusetts as well
as in Wilmington. He married in
1846 the oldest daughter of the late
Thos. W. Brown, who survives him,
He was a brother in-law of Wilming
ton's esteemed townsman, Dr. W.
W. Harriss.
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STATE GUARD ENCAMPMENT.
The Old Seaside Park Location Is Avail
able Under tertala Conditions.
Question of Kates.
Military and transportation people
are still on the qui vive for informa
tion relative to the location of the
State Guard encampment, though
.nothing definite has yet been an
nounced. Governor : Aycock will be at the
beach to-day and it is very natural to
presume that he will look over the
several sites there that have been
offered to the committee.
The old Seaside Park location has
been offered to the military by Mrs.
Poisson, to whom a cable was for
warded in Europe some time ago. She
makes no condition -save that the
grounds be left in exactly the same
condition as before their occupation.
Mr. E. P. Bailey has the matter in
charge and will name terms to the
committee.
Of the encampment the Raleigh
News and Observer of yesterday says:
The soldiers' encampment at Wrights
ville this Summer seems to be more of
an assured fact now than ever before.
Yesterday Col. Francis A. Macon ap
peared before the agents of the vari
ous railway lines at the office of the
Railway Commissioner, S. H. Fitzger
ald, in Richmond, and made an ap
peal for one half cent rates 'for the
State Guard. The chief objection
raised was the precedent set for all
lines of the association in giving cheap
rates, and the question had not been
settled when Col. Macon left Rich
mond yesterday afternoon. He made
an earnest plea for the rates which
would make the encampment possible,
telling of the depleted condition of
the treasury, and urging that if the
encampment of the soldiers for a
week's recreation and drill was to be
done away with on account of exces
sivej rates, that the chief incentive to
the maintenance of the State Guard
would be taken away. At the meet
ing were the general passenger agents
of the Seaboard Air Line, Southern,
Coast Line, Chesapeake and Ohio,
Baltimore and Ohio, Cape Charles and
Pennsylvania.
A BUFFET SLEEPER BURNED.
Pullman Car "Welland" Destroyed by Fire
Sunday Night On the A. C. L
The buffet Pullman car "Welland,"
used by the Atlantic Coast Line be-.
tween Wilmington and Washington
was completely destroyed by fire Sun
day night about 10 o'clock a few miles
beyond Weldon while attached to
southbound passenger train No. 35
The fire was first discovered at the rear
of the car while the train was running
atlbe rate of 60 miles an hour, and
was from an unknown source.
When the blaze was discovered the
train was stopped and the burning car
detached. It was the last of the sleep
ers and there was no other damage.
There were no occupants of the "Wei
land" at the time, but several pas
sengers lost their baggage. The burn
ed car is valued at about $12,500.
Insurance In North Carolina.
From advanced sheets of the Insur-
ance Press, a "newspaper for insurers
and insured," published at New York,
the Star gathers that in 1900 the ap
proximate amount paid out on life in
surance policies to Wilmington bene
ficiaries was $109,998, . as compared
with Asheville, $18,000; Charlotte,
$12,783; Fayetteville, $15,791; Golds
boro, $10,900; Greensboro, $21,000;
Laurinburg, $20,000; 'Newbern, $16,
421; Raleigh, $47,052; Wilson, $24,
616; Winston Salem, $76,640. -
Af reed To Dissolve.
At a meeting at the City Hall last
night, the old Second Regiment Band,
as distinguished from the new organi
zation of the same name, held a meet
ing and by. mutual consent of mem'
bers, decided to disband. The Presi
dent, Mr. Clowe, presided and the use
of the instruments was tendered' to the
new organization until those .from
the State are received. All the music,
etc., was donated by the old band to
the new. "
C. P. Lockey Married.
Fayetteville Observer'. "Mr. C. P.
Lockey, a lawyer practicing in this
city, formerly of Wilmington, was
married on Monday to Miss Mary B.
Buie, a daughter of Mr. K. Buie, of
Carver's Creek township. They have
gone north on a wedding tour."
ft Sayed Ilia Lee.
P. A. Danforth. of LaGrange. Ga..
suffered intensely for six months with
a frightful running sore on his leg.
but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured it in ten days. - For Ul
cers, wounds, Burns, Boils, fain or
Piles, it is the best salve in the world,
Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold
K. tt. BEIXAHT, druggist. t
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Cotton Has Improved, Bnt Is Very Back
ward In Some Sections.
By Telegraph to the Mornins Star.
Washington, June 11. While the
weather conditions have been less f a-
yoraoie to corn man in tne previous
week, this crop contin ues to make
slow progress in the principal corn
States. Cotton has improved over the
western portion of the cotton belt and
in Tennessee and portions of the Car
olinas, but in Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and the southern portion of
ooutn uaroima, it nas made verv slow
growth, is very backward and, in some
sections, is mucn in need of cultiva
tion. Some fields in North Carolina
are being plowed under for other
crops. -
The week has been highly favorable
ior transplanting and growth of tobac
co and the general condition of this
crop is satisfactory.
POSSE IN PURSUIT.
Brother of the Wife of Gov. McMlllln
Murdered by a Negro.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
Bheevepobt, La., June 12. John
Gray Foster, brother of the wife of
Governor Mc'Millin, of Tennessee,
was shot and killed to day on his plan
tauon dv a negro laborer. A nosse is
now in pursuit. The Foster family is
one of the most prominent in the State
and the murder haa caused intense ex
citement.
SECOND DAY SESSION
Teachers' Assembly Heard Judge
Walter Clark at Wrightsville
Yesterday Afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Visitors Are Enjoying Themselves and the
Meeting Tnus rar is a success uoy.
Aycock To-night Public School
Day Some General Notes,
Special Star Correspondence.
Weightstille Beach, June 12.
At the Assembly to-day is a fine lot of
men and women, comprising the bright
and progressive corps of teachers of
our State and their accompanying
friends. Every one seemed to be re
freshed by their night's rest beside the
ulliDg sea waves and inspired for the
day's work by the cool sea breezes
which they had been enjoying during
the earlier hours of the morning.
The Assembly was opened by de
votional exercises, as usual. The urst
number on the day's programme was
the retort of the Committee on tne
Course in English and Literature. In
the absence of the chairman, Prof
P. P. Clazton, of Greensboro, Prof.
Whitsett, of Whitsett, N. C, repre
sented the committee, which begged
to be allowed to defer its report until
to morrow.
Judge Walter Clark, of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, then address
ed the Assembly on the topic, "How
can interest be aroused in the study of
history in North Carolina." le spoke
under the inspiration of a deep interest
in his subject, and his address was ac
corded the most earnest attention
throughout. He said we feel that the
great doors of tt e Twentieth Century
are opeu before us, ana we see mat
universal education will soon become
an accomplished fact, displaying the
energies of our people. He paid great
tribute to the Teachers' Assembly,
stalincr that it had almost revolution
ized public opinion in North Carolina
on the subject or popular education.
Through its influence the Legislature
voted 1200,000 additional to tne cause
of education, and its influence has
been wide and powerful in the Sta t
in manv directions, rererrea to
the N. C. Historical Society, which
has influenced the establishment of
ibraries in a large number of the pub
lie schools of the State.
He then entered upon bis theme,
stating that what was neede'd primar
ily was funds with which to tquip
teachers to teacn tne nisiory oi ine
State. The present school funds are
entirelv insdeqnate. How can the
needed amount be raised? Not by
additional taxes on real and personal
property; for the farmer and merchant
have now to pay all tne taxes iney
nossiblv can raise. The best means,
he thought, would be to levy a special
tax upon the gross earnings of rail
roads, as is done in Illinois and New
York. In the latter State the entire
school tax is raised by taxing railroads.
In our State (800,000 can be raised for
school purposes from this source,
which, added to $200,000 raised from
other sources, would make the mag
nificent school fund of one million
dollars. The net earnings of the
railroads in our State are six million
dollars: and they could easily stand
the tax. Then we would be in the
fore front of progressive popular edu
cation. Bat before you can improve
educational facilities, the question has
to be settled, where will you get the
money.
As to the study of history, the hrst
requisite to it is to make it interesting.
Historical articles must i-e written in
an interesting manner, to tnat toe
people shall read them. The histories
should be illustrated to make them
attractive. As to the histories we now
have in our schools this is done large
ly with reference to the scenes of New
England and other sections of our
country. Our histories should be H
lustrated by scenes in North Carolina
history and the engravings of men
who have distinguished themselves
and their State. Instead of the laud
ing of the Pilgrims of 1620 should be
the landing of the settlers on Roanoke
Island thirty-five jears before. There
are abundant-scenes in the early his
tory of our State that should have
precedence over those of other parts
of the United States: There are the
expedition of Gov. Lane up to the
head waters of the Roanoke in search
of gold reputed to be there, the bold
action of the men of the Cape Fear
with reference to the Stamp Act eight
years before the Boston Tea Party,
the sending of North Carolina troops
to distant parts to suffer and die, the
battle of Moore's Creek bridge, which
was the first victory fnr American
arms, and other scenes from the noble
history of the State. We should give
prominence to the Mecklenburg De
claration of Independence and the
Halifax Convention of April, 1776,
directing the dek gates to declare for
independence.
The speaker spoke of the conspicu
ous absence of portraits of distin
guished. North Carolinians, Harnett.
Ashe and others, which should adorn
our houses and school rooms. These
patriots would give an inspiration for
the future, reminding our youth of the
valor and distinguished services of the
men represented. The great absence
of monuments was commented upon.
Shall we lay before our children his
tories which represent no jn ortn Uaro
lina historical elements and features
and no great North Carolinian in
which our Revolutionary history is
blank? We have scenes as inspiring
here in North Carolina, as those of
Greece and Rome; but the history has
not yet been presented as it should be,
The speaker was greeted by a hearty
applause, as he bad struck a key-note
of interest in the Assembly.
Prof. J. F. Bivins, the brilliant
young principal of Trinity Park High
School, then addressed the Assembly
on the subject of MDr. Arnold, of
Rugby," an interesting topic for the
teachers He stated that his paper was
offered for the purpose of stimulating
an interest in this foremost educator
of England on the part of the teachers,
He was a man dfrply imbued
with religious ideas, ao earnest
seeker after truth, tactful in
structor and a lover of vigorous
natural life. He presided over the
Rugby School from 1827 to 1842. tak
ing charge when he was 32 years of
age. At the time of his entering upon
his duties he found the conduct and
morality of the school appalling. His
conception of a school was a place for
the formation of character first, and
then for the gaining of learning. He
set upon the great task of improving
the school, using largely a means
which did not then, nor would now.
meet with mueh sreneral anoroval
that is, expulsion. His course made
him unpopular at first; but his idea
was that a school was not a jail for
harboring criminals, but a place for
gentlemanly association in the cultiva'
tion of learning. He regarded educa
tionSssareligious duty and wilful tg
norance a sin.
Dr. Edwin Mims, of Trinity College,
then spoke upon the subject of "The
influence of President Elliot on Ameri
can Education." He thus took the
place of Prof. Few, of Trinity College
who had not arrived at the Assembly,
Dr. Mims spoke with great earnestness
and enthusiasm of Prof. Elliot, stating
tbathf w man of most ; inspirit
presence, of a powenui puji,
vigorous, ana -won.
resident oi tiarvara uuu
years ago; ana is one t
men of our country " :
achieved results of lasting benent in
the cause of education. He has been
called the "Prime Minister of Educa
tional Interests in America." He has
revolutionized several particulars re
aiing to higher education, parucuir
.aj,..io nmvir Ma avstem furnish
ing several distinguished educators in
our own State. He has madeatho
rough academic training necessary for
entrance in any department of Har-
vard hie inaugurates tne worn: wuibu
we know as the wont or tne w
: rn vt,ih has done more
for the benefit of public schools than
any other movement in me cuuuurjr.
Prof. J. Allen Holt, the President of
the Assembly, spoke upon the subject
of North Carolina nisiory, lureior
enco to Judge Clark's paper. He said
he expected to find out while down
hee rsome things relating to the his
tory of our section which he had been
unable to learn about from the pub
lish.d books. He told of what his
school boys had done at Oak Ridge in
erecting a monument wmcn cost ?ouu
to the memory of the boy Gillis, Col.
Washington's bugler, who had died a
mart j r to tne American cause.
The Secretary called attention to the
fct tnat the Governor would address
the Assembly to-night, instead of
Friday night as stated in one of the
papers.
The Night Session.
At night the programme consisted
of the annual address by the President
of the Assembly. Prof. J. Allen Molt,
of Oak Ridge. He congratulated the
teachers upon the past year's work
and the opening of the new century.
particularly upon having a Governor
who is working so seriously in behalf
Of education.
The speaker congratulated the State
upon the recent great gathering at
Winston-Salem of a class of men who
knew no sectional bitterness, but in
tent upon unselfish efforts in the cause
of education.
He stated that this meeting of the
Teachers' Assembly counts for much
as a vantage ground for future vision
We have some serious problems in
education, and plans have to be laid
for meeting them. The history of the
Assembly has almost been the educa
tional history of the State for the last
quarter of a century. He pointed
with pride to the completion of the
magnificent State Normal 8chool at
Greensboro, the foundation of which
was laid by the Assembly. As the
members of the Assembly have learn
ed eich other better, they have trusted
and respected each other more, and
have found that all the little rivulets
and rills of education form a pari, of
the great larger system.
He touched, upon our too large
ratio of illiteracy: but the whole
South found itself at the close of our
war with two-fifths of its wealth gone
by a single act of war and half the
remainder by the devastations of that
war. This fact has seriously crippled
education. Besides, since that time,
over 1800,000,000 in the way of na
tional pensions have been lost to it,
with scarcely any returns. Then, too,
the money raised from the white peo
pie for educational purposes has been
divided with the negroes, which fact
has deprived many of the whites of
educational advantages. Therefore,
it is cruel to compare our progress
under these conditions with that of
Western States, whose educational
funds have been swelled by lands
bought with the blood of our fore
fathers and given as a free concession
by them to the nation. We have
made considerable progress in educa
tional matters however, as will be
apparent by a comparison with twenty
five years ago. Schools and academies
flourish to day where they did not ex
ist twenty five years ago.
No nation of the world has ever
been a great nation without letters,
We speak of commercial supremacy
and national expansion, but the only
supremacy is intellectual supremacy
based upon modern bed-rock princi
pies. We cannot achieve greatness
without the aid of the school master.
Compare the Carthaginian with the
Roman, and we see that we know
nothing of Carthage except what we
get in rough the Romans. We know
nothing of Carthaginian statesmen,
Our State is moved in educational
matters as never before. Fit woman
hood at home and fit manhood in the
8tate is the need of the times. The
character of our government makes
the power of the individual and of the
home tremendous. The school room
is the strategic point in the struggle
for the prosperity and perpetuity of
the State. The people is king. Our
sovereign is not born in royal palace,
He is born anywhere out among the
broad aores of our vast territory. Give
us men and women educated and
trained, sons and daughters worthy of
the sires who built this tun pie of our
liberty and sealed it with their blood.
Among the arrivals to-day were
Geo. Rev. Matthis, Clinton; the Misses
fearce, Warsaw; J. E. Ward, fay
etteville; F. P. Hobgood, Oxford; J. C.
Caddell, Raleigh; 8. 8. Earle, Wilson,
Thos K Faust, Newbern ; Prof. G. K
Lineberry, Winterville; Prof. W. H,
Ragsdale, Greenville, N. C, and Miss
Lina Shepard, Greenville.
BURGLARY IN FIRST DEGREE.
Pour Men Convicted at Asheville Will be
Sentenced to be Hanged Before
Term of Court Ends,
By Teleerapb to tne Hornins Star.
Asheville, N. C., June 11. In the
Superior Court to day Rush Gates and
Frank Johnson, white, and Ben Foster
and Harry Mills, colored, were found
guilty of burglary in the first degree.
Under North Carolina law the penalty
for burglary is death. All four men
will be sentenced toj be hanged before
the term of court ends. On the 8th of
February these m -n entered the store
and postoffice at Emma, two miles
from Asheville, and- holdiiig pistols
on Samuel AIexander,opeoed a safeand
began to rifle it. Alexander watched
an opportunity and when the burglars'
attention was diverted grabbed a pistol
and opened fire, seriously wounding
two of the men and receiving almost
fatal wounds himself. The burglars
fled but were captured Postmaster
General Smith wrote Alexander a per
sobal letter commending his bravery.
THE CUBAN CONVENTION.
Accepted the Piatt Amendment by a Vote
of Sixteen to Eleven.
By Cable to the If ornine Star.
Havana, June 12. The Cuban Con
stitutional Convention today accept
ed the Piatt amendment by a vote of
16 to 11. A resolution to accept was
carried without discussion. Imme
diately after the opening of the session
Senores Tamayo, Villuendas and
Quesada, constituting a majority of
the committee on , relations, sub
mitted as a subsitute for the
committee's former report the
Piatt amendment as passed by Con
gress, recommending that it be ac
cepted and made an appendix to the
constitution.
The convention will now appoint a
committee to draw up the election la w.
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CLAUDE BERNARD IN TROUBLE
Assaulted at Ureenvllle Yesterday Morn
Inf by an Ayden Man Face and
Head Badly Bruised.
Special Star Correspondence.
Greenville, N..C, June 12. At
the depot here this morning U. S.
District Attorney C. M. Bernard, of
Raleigh, was assaulted and badly
beaten about the head and face by
Mr. Elias McLawhorn, of Ay
den. McLa whom came to Greenville
on the morning train and Bernard
was at the depot waiting to take the
same train out. As soon as McLaw
horn saw Bernard, without a word he
was on him, had him down ' on the
ground and was dealing him rapid
blows in the face with his fist Before
bystanders could interfere Bernard's
face was black-with" bruises and blood
was streaming from several wounds.
MaLawhorn was pulled off and
Bernard got on his feet and started
towards him when McLawhorn dealt
him another terrible blow in the face
that knocked him prostrate.
McLawhorn gave this as a reason
for making the assault: Sometime
ago he had trouble with the postmaster
at Ayden and his son and shot at one
of them. McLawhorn was given a
brief term in jail for this While in
jail he wrote letters to bis people at
Ayden which he claims the postmaster
there tampered with. After his re
lease from jail he swore out a war
rant against the postmaster for inter
cepting his letters which, he says, the
District Attorney refused to prosecute,
both he and the postmaster being Re
publicans and on intimate terms.
McLawhorn said he would whip
Bernard for this the first time he saw
him and carried out his threat.
MALE AND FEMALE RISKS.
Mutual Life Insurance Company Will Here
after Make no Distinctions.
Special Star Telegram.
New York, June 12. For some
time past the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York has been
making a distinction between male
and female risks. It now insures, wo
men whose application show them to
be desirable risks on exactly the same
terms as men. More than that, here
after the sexes are to stand on an
equality in getting employment in all
the offices of the company. The
Mutual Life has returned more than
five hundred and forty millions ($540,
479,810.44) to policy holders and car
ried the sunlight of comfort to hun
dreds of thousands of grief darkened
homes. No other company has ap
proached this sum. The broad liber
ality of the management of the Mutual
Life is bringing a volume of new
business unequaled in its previous
history.
RETIRED FROM BUSINESS.
Pacific Fire losurance Company of New
York Result of Losses by the
Jacksonville Fire.
by Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
New York, June 12. As a result
of losses sustained in the Jacksonville
fire, one New York insurance com
pany which has been operating since
1851, retired to day from active busi
ness. When the Florida loss was re
For ted it was said that the Pacific Fire
nsurance Company of New York
bad been hit hard, although the ex
act amount was not known. It de
veloped to day, however, that the
company's claims, as a result of that
one fire, aggregate $80,000 and that
late last night the company's risks
were re insured by the Westchester
Fire Insurance Company of New
York. The contract of re-insurance
went into effect to-day, so that the
Pacific which ranked high among the
smaller underwriting concerns, is no
longer in business. The Jacksonville
loss did not cripple the Pacific, for it
had a surplus beyond all its claims;
but it reduced its margin above capi
tal to such an extent that the directors
decided to withdraw from the field.
The Pacific had more than $60,000,000
of insurance in force which will be
amply protected under the terms of
the re-insurance deal.
FLORIDA STRIKES OIL.
Pind Reported Near Oupellon, io Marion
County, oj Promising Character.
By TelegrapH to tbe Mornina Btar
Savannah, Ga., June 12. News
was received here to-night from
Gainesville, Fla., through railroad
sources that have always been found
reliable, to the effect that oi has
been struck in considerable quantities
near Dunpllop, in Marion county,
Flonda.
The strike, according to the infor
mation, is of the most promising char
actrr. The prices of lands in the
vicinity are haid to be sparing. The
discovery is four miles from the village
of Dunellon.
Greenville Reflector: Joe Ken
nedy, a son of R 'M Kennedy, was
bitten by a snake Sunday. The boy
was looking for a hen nest back of Mr.
Kennedy's house when a mcccasin bit
him on the heel. He went home and
his leg was badly swollen and very
painful, but Mr. Kennedy gave him
plenty of whiskey to counteract the
Mison and the boy is getting along
fairly well.
nl7 CJCH E4STE yT5
I mmmm FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLs7Ji
"IlcwRivnl," " Leader," and"Rcpcntcr
Insist upon having them, take no others and
ALL DEALERS
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REACHED CRITICAL STAGE.
Strike Situation at Newport Newa-Bugi.
ness Men Trying to Arrange Con
ference for Arbitration
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Newport News.Va., Jun 12. -The
strike situation in Newport News has
reached a critical stage. In addition
to the striking machinists, about UVe
hundred in number, two hundred
skilled men from the electrical plumb
ing and pipe-fitting departments wer
laid off yesterday. To-day one hun
dred and fiftymore, chiefly laborers'
were laid off. In each case action i
due to the interference in the procrew
of the work of the departments bv th!
strike. It is stated that other depart
menU will belaid off as rapidly asthev
finish their work ahead of the ma
chines and can do no more without the
aid of the machine shops.
- As the city is largely dependent
upon the 7,000 men at the yard, the
feeling in business circles is uncomfort
able in the highest degree At tht
present rate, the yard will close down
in a week or ten days, unless there is
change. The Business Men's Associa
tion met to-day and appointed a com
mittee to confer with the machinists
and the management of the yard to see
if some agreement as to arbitration
could not be reached. No result has
yet been attained.
VIRGINIA'S CONVENTION.
Hon. John Qoode Elected President-Takes
Sttonj Ground fo Favor of Re.
strlctlog Negro Suffrage.
-By TelegrapH to tne Merning star.
Richmond, VaM June 12. -The Vir
ginia Constitutional Convention met
at noon to day. ;
Hon. John Goode, of Bedford, was
elected president, and in his speech of
acceptance, announced the principal
questions the body will be called upon
to consider, and took strong ground
in favor of restricting . negro suffrage.
The question of the members taking
the oath prescribed for State officers
was raised, and a long debate follnw
ed. It was decided finally that neither
that nor any other oath should h?
taken. Senator Daniel was one of the
leaders of the opposition to swearing
in the members. The decision of the
body was influenced by the fact that
to take the oath of office might tram
mel it in dealing with the suffrage
issue. Some of the members declared
that they would suffer expulsion be
fore they would be sworn in.
After the oath question had been
disposed of, several committees were
appointed, and the convention ad
journed until to-morrow at noon.
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
Rockblll's Proposition to Submit
the
Qoestlon to the Hague Tribunal
for Arbitration.
By Telegraph to the Morning t-tar.
Washington, June 12. Mr. Rock
hill's proposition to submit the indem
nity question to The Hague tribunal,
it is now learned, carries with it the
adjustment of the total of the indem
nity. Through a misunderstanding,
which, perhaps, was purposely created
by some of the Powers, the sum of
450,000,000 taels was supposed to have
been finally agreed upon by all the
Powers as the total of indemnity to be
demanded from China. As a matter
of fact there is nothing official to show
that the Powers, or indeed a. majority
of them, actually made this a matter
of formal agreement It is true that
China undertook to pay an icdem
nity of 450,000,000 taels, but it is
equally true that this undertaking,
doubtlets based upon the misunder
standing above referred to, was at
least in advance of a formal agree
ment among the ministers themselves.
Hence Mr. Rockhill's proposition to
include the total of the indemnity in
the matters to be submitted to The
Hague arbitration. The hope that the
arbitration plan will prevail is based
upon the belief that uo other scheme
so far brought forward is sufficient
POSTMASTERS' SALARIES.
Annual Re-adjustment Completed In
creases and Redactions.
By Te titrrapb to tne Hornins Star
: Washington, June 12. The an
nual re adjustment of postmasters1 sal
aries has just been, completed in the
office of the first assistant postmaster,
general, the result being that on the
first of July, 1,770 postmasters will re
ceive increased pay and 229 will receive
reduced amounts. The total reduction
is 128,400 and the aggregate increase
$215,600, making a net increase of
$187,200. In only one instance, that
of New Orleans, does the increase
amount to as much as $1,000. There
are three increases of $500 each ; 14 of
$400; 49 of $300; 225 of $200 and 1,478
of $100. The office at Columbia, 8. 0.,
has been advanced from secoud to
first class. .
Monroe Journal: Mrs Sarah
Mullis, wife of Mr. J. B. Mullis, of
Goose Creek township, died Sunday
of dropsy of the heart. She was 73
years of age. 1 Farm labor never
was scarcer in this county than at
present. It cannot be had in some
sections for love or money. A gentle
man from Buford remarked yesterday
that he bad been offering $1.50 for
reapers and could get none at that.
A son of Mr. Hampton Baucum,
of New Salem township, recently
caught a 'possum that was caring for
twenty young Ones. The young ones
were of two litters, half of them being
ofonesiseand half of another. Tbe
boy has kept them until they are quite
tame. Mr. J. B. Nash, of Bu
ford, has been holding the belt as
champion hawk killer, having caught
and killed twenty three in three years,
but he will have to band it over to
Mr. J. C. Mclnty re. of New Salem,
now, who has killed twenty-three
since last June. Mr. Nash and Me
Mcjntyre are half brothers and they
h i wife killin? folk. Another
brother, Mr. Z. V. Mclntyre, in ejgbt
months, some years ago killed 37 crows
and 18 hawlks. Mr. Nash catches them
in traps, while Messrs. Mclntyre call
them up and shoot them.
look! A Stitch In Time
Saves nine. Hugnes' Tonic new Improved
taste pleasant, taken in earl; Spring and
Acts on the liver, tones up the system, metier
than Quinine. Guaranteed, try it. At Drug
gists. SOc and 11.00 bottles.
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yon will get the best shells that money can bay
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