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AN IRREPRES8IBLE COUFEICTiT
During the- days" of the anti
slvery agitation which precipitated
the armed conflict between the
North and the South, William H.
Seward declared that there was an
"irrepressible conflict between free
dom and slavery." The conflict to
which he referred was irrepressible
only because, wild-eyed agitators in
the North whose fathers had coined
money by jkidnapping negroes in
Africa and selling them to planters
in tne South persisted in assailing
the South because she held slaves.
The fathers of these agitators had
shown the thrift to get rid of their
stares by sending them South
and converting them into money,
before the agitation began. .The con
flict became irrepressible not because
there was anything in the system
of slavery as it existed which made
it irrepressible, but simply because
the agitators made tan issue in
politics and politicians like William
II. Seward took it up and made it
"irrepressible."
That irrepressible conflict hasn't
been settled yet. It has got
into the arena in a different form,
and is yet an issue in politics. Then
it wu3 the freedom of the "man and
the brother" from involuntary servi
tude for the benefit of a master.
Now it i3 the freedom to exercise
the franchise conferred upon hini by
these agitators, the freedom to ex
ercise it just as the white man does.
That privilege was conferred upon
the ex-slave thirty odd years ago,
and it is an issue in politics yet and
will be until these agitators recog
nize the fact that although yon may
churn water and oil together they
will not blend. When the churning
ceases the oil and water will separate
and the particles of each will find
its kind and they will go together.
That's nature's law, and it is as
natural for the races to get together
as it is for these particles of oil and
water.
That problem will be eventually
ameSectually settled, and the
white people of the country in spite
of tlie political agitators will settle
it their own way and that will be
the right way. They will settle it
a3 far as the franchise is concerned
and time and circumstances will
settle the other other phases of it by
the scattering of the element over
which the contention is.
the millions by controlling parties
and Congress and Legislatures with
their money, not always by the cor-,
rupt use of it in buying, votes, but
with- the influence it wields by the
claims that it promotes the coun
try's .prosperity, and progress, . and
thug benefits the millions who ob
ject to its domination.
Under the tariff and the financial
policies of .; the Republican party
Trusts and combines have been fos
tered, and not satisfied with that,
the controllers of large capital, to
get a more powerful clutch, are con
centrating and combining until they
practically control nearly all he
manufacturing '.and productive in
dustries, with the exception of the
industry of the farm. Indirectly
they control that by controlling the
money market and the trad emarkets.
The result of this will be organiza
tion of labor ona colossal scale, not
simply the labor in' one or two indus
tries, but the labor in many, per
haps all, which will or mutual pro
tection make common cause against
the combines whioh employ labor.
Then the conflict royal will begin
and be fought out, unless the com
bines foresee and anticipate this by
taking measures to prevent it, and
remove the impression that the work
man is to 'become the serf of the
combine. If that conflict should
come the sympathies and the moral
support of the masses of the people
will be with the workers, who in the
end will triumph, for mighty as the
combines are their very size will
make . them more unwieldy and
helpless, and compel them the sooner
to yield to the demands of organized
labor.
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.
. The forests of our country are
more valuable than our gold mines,
but they should not be worked in
the way the gold mines are, that is,
by getting all that is possible out of
them and as speedily as possible,
without any regard to anything
else. That may be all right as to
the gold mine, but it is not right as
to the forest. The idiot who killed
the goose that laid the golden egg
didn't get any more golden eggs and
was minus a goose, but the f orest
slaughterer does worse than that,
for he not only destroys what, if
properly managed, would be a
source of continuous income, but he
destroys one of the earth's best pro
tectors, one of man's best friends,
and either ignorantly or carelessly
openllhe way for incalculable injury
in the future.
This State is pretty well timbered,
but we are already beginning to pay
the penalty bf indiscriminate tree
cutting, to which has been attributed
the devastating floods that this
Summer have caused so much havoc
in some of our western counties.
As bearing upon this we clip the
following from the Popular Science
Monthly:
"When in our Western forests one
is constantly impressed by the change
in relative humidity wrought wherever
the forest has been removed. Springs
have disappeared and canyon and
ravine are now dry where there were
fnvmnrlv nerennial streams. - Under
the leaf mold and other debris of the
forest the soil is always moist, while
on denuded areas in the same locality
it is parched and dry. Everywhere
the deep mulch forming the floor of
the forest grasps tne aecenaing rams
BLACK MARBLE. :
Black marble is a very rare stone,
but. it seems that there is an abund-
ance of it in Cherokee county. )In
commenting upon wat the Stab,
the Raleigh Post and Charlotte
Observer have had to say about the
marble deposits of that county the
Cherokee Scout, published at
Murphy, says: j
In a conversation with , Maj. A. G.
Kinsey, of the Notla Consolidated
Iron, Marble & Talc Co., operating
near Murphy, he recently told us that
he had plenty of black marble both at
bis Kinsey and Culberson quarries,
samples of which we nave seen. Ma.
Kinsey says this marble, as well as the
other colors, . will most favorably
compare with any produced in the
world. , '
At present his company is quarry
ing only the gray marble, which is
shipped in huge blocks to finishing
works in Georgia, where it is sawed
and put on the market. We will not
-ouch for the story, but we have been
told that the magninceot Jongreasion
al Library at Washington, D. C, con
tains unerosee marble mat was pre
pared for market in Georgia,
which State gets the credit for pro
ducing it.
So little is known about the ex
istence of black marble in this State
that persons who are pretty well in
formed as to the resources of Cher
okee county were not aware of the
fact that it is found there, but it is
therej'and in abundance, too.
Our impression is that most of
the black marble used in this coun
try comes from Russia, either in
slabs or blocks to be worked into
finished forms, or in mantels, table
tops, etc., for which it is admirably
adapted. As there is considerable
demand for this marble by people
who can afford to pay for their fancies
there ought to be an opening for
a profitable business in getting out
this stone in Cherokee, if it is as
abundant as this extract from the
Scout says it is.
CURRENT COMMENT. SEWERAGE COMPANY.
COUNTY TREASURfcR'S REPORT
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- - Why it is that the reconcen
trado tactics of Great Britian in
South Africa do not excite our in-!
dignation when the same course
pursued by Weyler in Cuba led us to
declare war.' Augusta -vnromcw,
Dem. . ; -:;;v':-'!
Wevcan hardly blame the
empress dowager for lefusing te re
turn to Pekin, because she thinks
a trap has been laid to catch her.
After the behavior of the troops of
the "Christian" nations in China she
has every right to regard us with
suspicion. Atlanta News, Dem. ,:
- ' - Considering the superiority
of this country's manufacturers and
facilities for agriculture, together
with its commercial boldness and
enterprise, perhaps the best' thing
fort England to do is to consider the
advisability of getting annexed.
Washington Star, Rep: v --
It should be . observed' that
the threatened war between ',the"
Steel Trust and the Amalgamated
Labor Trust is not a contest about,
wages. It is a question of sovereignty
that is in dispute. The real issue to
be decided Is whether or not laborers
who do not belong to trade unions
shall find employment , in TruBt es
tablishments. The free right of
contract is involved. Philadelphia
Record, Dem. -
-r Governor Crane, of Massa
chusetts, has taken his place among
executives of the real reform order
of chief executives by vetoing a bill
which gave a street car company
franchises extending beyond the life
time of a generation. The reform
governor is coming into evidence
very generally, and he didn't come
any too Boon. Atlanta Journal,
Dem.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
itw
Deed of Trust for Security of
$150,000 Bonds Was Filed
Yesterday Morning.
PROVISIONS
OF DOCUMENT.
the Bond Issue Was Authorized by Stock
holders snd Will be "First Mortgage"
; f and Bearing Five Per Cent. In.
tereBt Real Estate.
In excavating a new railroad in a
rough, rocky section of Pennsylva
nia, which was a sort of snake reser
vation the workmen have unearthed
colonies of Bnakes mostly copperheads
and rattlers. Every blast throws
out a score or two of them and the
workmen are kept busy for a while
killing them. There are so many
that it is necessary to keep patrols
moving with clubs to kill the snakes
and protect the men at work from
being bitten.
Mr. Loean, of Chicago, whore-
tired from business the other day on
reaching the age of fifty years, says
every man who has enough to live on
ought to retire at that age. We agree
with him. When a man is well
enough fixed for that, if he has any
work to do he ought to hire some
body and do it by proxy. That
would give the other fellows who
are hot so well fixed a better chance.
Chatham Record: President
McKinley has issued a pardon for Mr.
Jap L. Johnson, who was sentenced
by the Federal Court last December
to twelve months in our county jail.
The pardon is conditioned upon the
payment of the fine of $100 and all
-costs.
Lewisburg Times: Mr. S. S.
Ragan, aged 75 years, less 10 days,
died Saturday, the 29th of June, at
his home in Harris' township. His
wife Nancy, aged 75 years and 15 days
passed away also just six hours pre
viously. The remains of both husband
and wife were taken to Mapleville and
interred in the same grave on Sunday
following. .
Monroe Enquirer: Mrs. J. I.
Richardson, of Buford township, and
Mrs. Josiah Helms, of Vance town
ship are sisters, and, although they
do not live more than twenty-five
miles apart, they bad not, until last
Monday, when they met here in the
court bouse, seen each other since the
close of tne civil war. Tne sisters naa
to be introduced as they did not recog
nize each other.
Tarboro Southerner: Over the
th TC O. road have been shipped this
season fifty or sixty crates of feuckel
berries. This is simply a beginning.
Next year the shipments will probably
be very large. In the neighborhoods
of Turn8ge and Toddy these berries
are said to be very abundant and re
markably large. If expectations are
realized the profits on the huckieberrv
crop of these sections will.) exceed
those on cotton and peanuts and to
bacco. Chadbouro Messenger: A com
pilation from the record of the daily
ohinmATits nf the railroad agent shows
that 40.000 crates of strawberries have
The Russian cotton crop for this
year is estimated at 1,556,000 bales,
which will give some idea of how
il. t : nn
IUB xvuaaiauB arc F'-S' u L"" "V;" A tnm r-h.rthm, and 10..
ton growers. The industry is in its 000from Grist't Station, making a to
infancy there yet. Ten years ago I tal of 50,000 crates for the past season,
the first seed, procured in Georgia,
were planted. '
A Kenosha, Wis., man claims to
have mastered the problem of "per
petual motion" and constructed a
machine which couldn't stop if it
wanted to. It has been running
which is a gain of about 50 per cent.
over the shipments of the year lauu,
and an increase of about 100 per cent,
over 1899. The shipments aggregated
in value $106,928.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer:
A negro was arrested near
Hoffman, Richmond county, Tuesday
charged with assaulting a 7-yearTold
colored girl. The negro is now in
iftil at Rockingham. The crime is said
But long before that is done this and meit'ng snows and guides them steadily for eight months without to have been a "very atrocious one.
country may be confronted by an- into the deeper, rewssesof the earth. losing a Becondr He has been work- jSged withaftempting to assault
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otlwr problem which may become
quite as irrepressible as was the
conflict between negro slavery and
freedom, perhaps more far-reaching
because it will be a conflict involv
ing the freedom of the white man
and saving him from a condition as
bad if not worse than-. was that of
the negro slaye in the South. This
will be the conflict between organ
ized, combined capital and organ
ized and unorganized labor, the
advance demonstations of which we
have already hadK some of which
are with ua now in the coniicts in
certain branches of the iron and
. steel industry, and other callings
where skilled labor is employed.
This conflict has not lecome irre
pres8ible yet; and it will depend
much upon the course of the com
bines which employ labor whether
it do or not. They can prevent it
from being irrepressible if they will;
but will they?;
When the conflict over involun
tary servitude ended in the emanci
pation of the slaves the foundation
was laid for the system which en
gendered the other irrepressible con
flict, which has become more appar
ent year after year until it has asr
or even the mulch and litter forming
the forest floor, as it so orten is by fire
or the excessive grazing of sheep, the
rains for the most part, instead, of
sinking into the soil, pass over
the surface, carrying silt and otb
er debris into the streams reser
voirs, causing vital injury to irri
gation enterprises. So, also, in the
semi arid regions, where there are no
forests or where they have been de
stroyed, the wind has a free sweep,
resulting in an enormous increase in
evaporation. In some instances the
evaporation from a water surface ex
posed to the free sweep of the wind
reaches a maximum of thirteen inches
;n . .nia- month, in exnosea situa
tions snows a foot in depth are fre
quently lapped up in a single day
without even moistening the soil be
neath. We do not appreciate how
great the necessity for the preservation
of the forests is to the irrigable West.
Reservoirs for the purpose of impound
ing water to be used in irrigation have
been constructed by private enterprise
in many prts of the West, and the
possibility of governmental construc
tion of such reservoirs is by no means
improbable. Effective reservoirs are
not possible in our irrigable regions
without due regard for the forests that
feed the sreams which fill them. For
esters everywhere are the great pre
venters of erosion, and nowhere is this
more evident than in our Western
mountains. The utility or reservoirs,
ing on it for thirty years.
A Boston man, and his name is
Smith, has made a discovery which
will be worth $250,000,000 to him if
it pans out as he hopes it will. He
has discovered that he is the owner
of 160 acres of land in the heart
of Chicago, covered with nice and
nobby houses. i
Mr. Parsons, the English projec
tor of the Parson's Turbine, says if
vessels used as war scouts had his
wheel they could make fifty miles an
hour and need not carry guns. But
suppose the chasing vessel had the
Parson's turbine what then?
a TOiinir ladv of White Store town
ship, gave himself up Tuesday morn
ing, had a preliminary hearing before
I. F. Myers, Esq , later in the day and
was by him committed to jail.
Nashville Graphic: Reports
from the country show that the peaf
nut crop,- which has been materially
increased in this county this year, is
not so good as was expected, and m
many sections the stand is very bad.
- A bunch of turf oats, grown by
Mr. W. T. Rose, has been sent to this
office. The specimen is indeed fine.
It shows that from one seed one hun
dred and fifteen heads were grown, all
of which cluster from one root. The
average number of heads grown on
A deed.: of trust to th West End
Trust and Safe Deposit Trust Com
pany, of Philadelphia was yesterday
filed f or record at the Court House by
the W lniiagton Sewerage Company
to secure $150,000 of its bonds to be
floated for the purpose of establishing
its ss stem of sanitary sewerage in this
city! The document contains upwards
of 10,000 words and is printed iu pam
phlet form of date July 1st. The issue
of bonds was authorized at a meeting
of the stockholders of the Sewerage
Company at Wilmington, May I6)h,
1901, all the stockholders having been
present in person and action l aving
been unanimous in this particular.
The bonds are to be first mortgage,
five per cent, numbered consecutively
from 1 to 300, inclusive, of the denomi
nation of $500 each and dated May 1st,
1901, maturing in thirty years and
payable at the office of the Trust Com
pany in Philadelphia, the interest'
being payable also at the same place
semi-annually.
The property transferred in the deed
is all real estate, houses, leases, ma
chinery and all other property now
owned or that may hereafter be ac
quired by the Sewerage Cowpany, all
real and personal estate, franchises
and property of every kind name and
value, wherever situated, now owned
by, and which may be hereafter ac
quired, and all rights, powers, priv
ileges and franchises which may have
been granted to or conferred upon the
Sewerage company by the city or
otherwise, or which may hereafter be
acquired, situated in and near the city
of Wilmington, all the erections, build
ings, machinery, pipe etc., purchased
or in any way acquired or may yet be
acquired in and about the construction,
maintenance and operation of a system
of sewerage in Wilmington ; all the
net income, rents, profits and money
derived or to be derived from any con
tracts whatsoever. The real estate
owned by the company is set forth
as a parcel of land on the west
ern edge of Burnt Mill Creek,
containing about one-half acre,
more or less, with right of way on, in
and over Hall street to Wood street,
thence southwardly on Wood street
for a distance included by the bound
aries of the property of Walter G.
MacRae, for the laying and building
of pipes and manholes.
Next follows in the instrument an
enumeration of the articles of agree
ment between the two parties to the
contract, one of which is that should
the Sewerage company default in the
payment of interest and continue such
defalcation for six months or fail to
fulfill any other condition of the con
tract then then the whole of the prin
cipal of the bonds with interest, shall
at the option of the Trustee, become
immediately due and payable or the
Trust Company shall have power to
take charge of the property and carry
on the business until a sale byJaw is
authorized.
The document is signed by Wm. E.
Worth, president, and Edgar G.
Parmele, secretary of the Wilmington
Sewerage Company and Horace A.
Doan, president, and Chas. E. Wol
bert, secretary of the West End Trust
and Safe Deposit Company.
Examined by Anditlof Committee of
Bosrd of County tommlBsIoners Re
ceipts and Expenditures, v .
The auditing committee of the Board
of County Commissioners met yester
day afternoon at the usual hour and
passed upon the June report of County
Treasurer H. McL. Green. Messrs.
Holmes and Vollers were the only
members in attendance, Chairman Mc
Eachern having gone to Raleigh to
confer with the Corporation Commis
sion relative to certain taxation mat"
ters. A summary of the Treasurer's
report is as follows:
Receipts Balance general fund,
$10,079.57; special fund, $3,137.17.
Schedule B. tax, $3,171.70; marriage
license $15.20; back taxes, $83.19;
rants, $36; jury tax, $6. Total, $15,-577.83.
Disbursements Public buildings,
$34 52; roads and bridges, $79.88; City
Hospital, $350; County Home, $132;
Superior Court, $160; Criminar Court,
$789.20; jail, $147.20; stationery and
advertising, $13.05; Magistrates, $1.47;
outdoor poor, $382.58; tax listing,
$143.80; Commissioners, $27.70; Attor
ney, $25; Superintendent of Health,
$100; Coroner, $94.10; eleotions,$587.
52; permanent road improvement,
$689.39; Clerk, $50; Janitor, $45;
Treasurer's commissions on receipts,
$28,76; on disbursements, $44.92.
Total, $3,667.69.
The balance to July account is,
general fund, $8,712.97; to special
fund, $2,137.17.
Prominent Duplin Citizen Dead.
News was received here yesterday of
the death of Mr. Luther R. Matthews,
a prominent citizen of Duplin county.
Mr. Matthews was a gallant Confeder
ate soldier, serving faithfully the Lost
Cause till wounded and taken prisoner
, at Fort Anderson. He married Miss
Mary C. Craft, - of this city, and she
with four children, Mrs. J. J. Robin
son, of Black River, and Messrs, L. R.,
W. C. and Archie E. Matthews, sur
vive him.
Elected Representative.
Mr. Albert B Guy ton has been
elected representative from Branch
No. 64, of the Letter Carriers' Associ
ation, of this city, to the National
Convention which meets at Chatta
nooga, Sept 7th. Mr. Guy ton at one
time previous represented the Winston
branch at a National Convention.
THE CHARBON PLAQUE.
Surrender of Oeneral Ballarmino With
One Thousand Men and Arms to
Colonel Wlnt,
By Cable to the Morning star.
Manila, July 6. The forces of the
insurgent leader Bellarmino, which ,t
have recently been operating around
Donsol, province of ttorogon, ' were
driven across the . mountains by the
Second infantry and finally captured -
by the Bixth cavaUy. Ballarmino,
with l.uuu men and 284 guns, surren
dered to Colonel Wint at Albay,
capital of the province of that name.
One hundred more rifles will be sur
rendered to-morrow.
Later in the day the official an
nouncement of the surrender of Bal
larmino was made. According to
this account, Ballarmino, who has
been operating in the province of
Sorogon, surrendered Thursday last
LYNCHING NEAR SMITHFIELD.
Negro Brnte Hanged by a Mob for Crimi
nal Assault Un a Young White
Woman.
A Twine Battleship.
A full-rigged battleship, armed and
ready for action, forms an attractive
display in one of the windows of Mr.
Charles D. Foard's hardware store, on
South Front street. The hull is formed
with two pieces of galvanized iron,
filled with balls of jute twine, two
sledge handles form the mast and the
yard arms are made of buggy spokes
and hammer handles; the funnel is a
joint of stove pipe; the deck rail is
made of bolts and brass jack chain ; T
bolts are used for anchors; the guns,
twelve in number, are black pipe,
four on each side, two each forward
and after turrets. The furled sails are
balls of cotton twine. In the window
the vessel is surrounded with hanks
of twine so arranged to represent the
sea. The ship was designed and rigged
by Mr. P. Heinsberger, Jr., a salesman
with the house.
Negro Brutally Assaults Another.
Justice Fowler yesterday sent to
jail for the forthcoming term of the
Superior Court, Harrison Brownrcol
ored, charged with murderous assault
upon Eddie Eggerson. his room mate
at a colored dwelling in "Brooklyn.1'
Eggerson bad lost a sum of money
from a trunk in the room and had in
timated that Brown had stolen it. On
the morning of June 28th, while
Eggerson was standing in front of the
bureau in the room arranging his
cravat, Brown went into the yard,
secured an axe handle and approach
ing the negro at the glass from the
rear, felled him to the floor by a heavy
blow across the left eye and struck
him three times while his victim was
on the floor unconscious. He was
only yesterday able to be up to prose
cute his assailant.
Painting Walker Memorial Hospital.
Mr. J. E. Hatch, the well known
painter and decorator, has the contract
for repainting the interior of the
James Walker Memorial Hospital and
expects to complete the work by Tues
day or Wednesday of this week, when
it is expected that the splendid new
institution will be formally turned
over to the new board of managers.
The transfer would have been made
before but the painting was done by
another party than Mr. Hatch and
was unsatisfactory. Mr. Hatch was
then given the contract and hopes to
have it completed as stated.
State Officials of Mississippi Itave Taken
Hold of the Situation.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Jackson, Miss., July 6. The State
has taken hold of the charbon situ
ation in Bolivar county and by quar
antining the affected district and burn
ine the carcasses of dead animals hopes
to stamp out the disease before further
damage is done. The State board of
health, board of public contracts, and
oitizens of Bolivar held a joint, meet-
incr to dav to discuss the situation
The board of contracts is composed of
the attorney general, treasurer and
auditor of the State. They petitioned
the Governor to spend $1,000 in this
cause.- Should be agree, the board of
health will take immediate charge. It
is nossible the Governor will decline.
as the legislative appropriation is
available only on recommendation of
the board of public contracts approved
by the Governor and they did not con
template an expenniture on live siock,
MURDEROUS ATTACK
atLegaspi, on Albay bay, with,;
82 officers, 215 guns and 8,000 :
rounds of ammunition. The insurgent
presidentes of that section of the coun-
try ana many r liipmos accompamea
Ballarmino, who gave himself up to
Colonel Theodore J. Wint oi. the
Sixth cavalry. In all, since June 1st,
1881 insurgents have surrendered in
that district. Colonel Wint's regi
ment came from China with General
Chaffee. Before disembarking at
Legaspi, Colonel Wmt went to Gen
eral Chaffee and asked the latter if he
desired him to clean up that part of
the country. General Chaffee re
plied: 'Ye8, but I do not command
until July 4."
In three weeks Ballarmino was cor
nered, in spite of the theories of many
officers that cavalry could not be used
in effective operations in such a coun
t'y- .. . . .
Former Fuinino omcers wno De-
longed to Malvar's command, report
that fifty insurgents were killed and
that many were wounded by the com
mand of Lieutenant Manaci m during
a recent two days' fight in the province
of Batangas. The Twentieth infantry
has been ordered irom xsorwern
Luzon to Batangas.
Civil Governor Taft and military
Governor Chaffee are working agree
ably together. They are holding in
formal conferences and are arriving at
mutual understandings, a state of
affairs hitherto almost unknown.
The insurgent general Cailhs, who
surrendered at Santa Cruz, Laguna
Eroylnce, June 24th, and his friends,
ave offered to negotiate with Mai-
vara, the insurgent leader in ooutnern
Luzon, for the latter's surrender. -
THE HEAT WAVE BROKEN.
Made by a Netro With an Ice Axe On a
White Girl.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Potjghkehpsie, N. Y., July 6. .
James H. Oliver, a negro 23 years old,
made a murderous attack yesterday on
Miss Esther Sleight, seventeen years
old. in the yard of the Staatsburg
hotel. He struck her with an ice axe
and inflicted a terrible wound.
Prompt work in sending the negro to
mil nrevented a lynching.
Oliver went to Poughkeepsie from
Nawnort News. va.. a short time ago.
and was employed about the hotel
stables. Miss Sleight was also em
ployed in the hotel, and the negro
often found fault with the food given
him by her. Yesterday Miss Sleight
was in the hotel yard hanging up
clothes and Oliver was washing a
wagon. Suddenly he left his work
and seizing an ice axe, stole over to
the girl and struck her on the back of
the head.
NEWS OF THE NAVY.
Cruiser Newark at New York Orders to
ReE8tablish European Station,
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
New York, July 6. The United
States cruiser Newark, Captain Mc
Calla, flying the homeward bound
Smnant, arrived this afternoon from
ong Eong via Gibraltar after a fine
run of forty-seven days. The New
ark left Hong Kong on May 25th,
passing through the Suez canal. She
left Gibraltar on June 25th.
Washington, July 6. Captain B.
H. McCalla has been detached from
the command of the Newark and or
dered to command thejKersarge.
The Navy Department has issued
formal orders re-establishing the Euro
pean station with Rear Admiral J. B.
Cromwell in command. The cruiser
Chicago is ordered to proceed from
Rio and will be the flagship of the Admiral.
THREE MASKED MEN
Governor Stone," of Pennsylvania,
vetoed a divorce bill passed by the
Legislature on the ground that the
divorce business was already over
Anna in t.hn State and didn't need
any more fostering.
Alabama is, getting the oil fever
w "NnmfiTons convDanies nave
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By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Chaelottk, N. C, July 3. A
negro named Jim Bailey, was lynched
near Smithfield, N. C, last night for
assaulting a white girl. Yesterday at
noon Maud Strickland, the fourteen-
this peculiar variety is about eighty- year old .daughter of a farmer living
five to ninety. . Uearl BiHtto th to
Fayetteville Observer: Sher- S&SSl tatET
riff Burns received J6 J?" ahead. Her little sister was with her.
morning from D. J- Griffith, auperin- Tna neePO told the sister to go on or
tendent of the South Carolina peniten- - km her He caus;nt Maud
iia-Kxr at rVilnmhia saving tuftl IQ6 , , , j tnnJ ku TTn
description of Richard Nigger, in jau lufl Bistep rjm back to her father and
hora answers the description OI Kicn I ... . . , . .A .ann-A Qtriftlr-
, A. j fmm I uiui uu u.Prv.
ard Simmons, an cboic
his penitentiary, who was servinga
..nhnis fnr hiirorl&rv. CaPU W.
G. McLauchlin owns a dog that is a to
bacco chewing fiend. When or how
this animal acquired the accomplish
MAnt i9 tim known The dog. which
is a fine pointer named Don, was
brought here from the estate of the
late Capt. T. J, Green, at White Hall.
Riarian nnnntv. Wnet) ne Iir8fc nit :
and to a lesser extent of distributing i . , , qn.:- I thA ftnjm9i would almost go into
Canals and laterals, become, destroyed been organized to bore for Oil. Th s the imal woum
v,. All oritH.Bilt Trt nrnvent this I kouim no o. hnnnc business and It I ,, . . t,nm White
" r ia uuuuutiu n
am thA fill with.ailt.
filling the rorests must ne preserveu,
they must be protected from fire in so
far as an emcieni lores, service cau
is spreading, too.
aumed such proportions .that make tnenlt and also from grazing
it plain to every one who is capable
doing any thinking or gives any
thought to such subjects. 1 It was
then that the system of legislation
was entered upon that facilitated
the accumulation of great fortunes
rapidly, and the drawing ot lines
between the classes, the rich' and
poor, the menv who coined
money by sharp planning and prac
tices and the men who wrang it out
" their muscle and sweat. This
condition has become more and
more developed year after year nn-
til now we have millionaires bv the
shAMver it seriously Interferes with
the effectiveness of the forest floor as
a water absorbent,"
, While this is said about the West
it is as applicable to the South,
which does not yet suffer from earth
There are 346 miles of railroad
in operation in China with conces
sions for about 4,000 more, some sec
tions of which have been constructed.
Mark Hanna & Co. are not, since
exposure as the West does, but will the strikes have set in, orating so
. ruthless I mnth Ahont the working man s
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forest destruction is not checked. "full dinner pail.
V X A. C .1. Zn aYvn Q.
There are about 250,000 recog-
nized criSiaais in this country and
Ii i At. an1Mt nonirinrv hn QlTi Amk.
a great many who are not recognized wot -no u,w i e
as criminals, but they are, all the
same. They are the fellows who
thousand and poor men by the mil- J plunder the people under the forms
Marion Butler says the Populists
wn ania out to the Democrats a
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sort of gold brick bunco.
day an old negro arrived from Wnite
Hall, and hearing tne aog mao
rible racket, be pulled a large plug oT
tobacco from his pocket and tearing ott
a good size chew, gave it to Don. ine
animal began chewing ravenously and
remained quiet the rest of the day.
The old man left the plug, remarking
that he had brought it for the dog, and
went without further explanation.
The dog now has his daily allowance
of tobacco, and he does not disturb
the household arrangement.
The statement of the associated
banks for the week ended yesterday
u . Tono tRR9.466.900: decrease
$2,9140. Deposits,:$965,285,l()0 . de
crease $7,096,900. Circulation, $30,-
578.800; increase, 43,uuu.
j tc cr 7V. W.rease S2.349.4UU.
Specie, $169,864,100; decrease $2,447,
wLoro 4246.532.800: decrease
$4,795,900. Reserve required $?4l,
sli 275. decrease $1.524.225. . Surplus
$5,211,522, decrease $3,274,675. -.
Strict
land and his two brothers found that
the negro was Jim Bailey and mat ne,
was at work in the field. They tried
to capture him. Bailey was armed
with a hoe and hatchet and escaped.
Later, he met two negroes who dis
armed him. Strickland ana unaries
Powell seized Bailey and put him in a
buggy to carry him to Smithfield to
deliver him to Sheriff Ellington.
While on their way a mob met them
four miles from town, took the negro
from them and hung him to a - tree.
Powell went on to Smithfield and told
the sheriff of. the lynching. The
sheriff and coroner went out at mid
night and brought the body to Smith-
field. It is said the lyncnmg occurreu
about ten o'clock last night. It is also
said that Bailey used a knife upon his
victim.
STORM IN GEORGIA.
Terrific Hail and Cloud Burst in Quitman
County.
By Telegraph to the Morainn Btar.
Eufaula, Ala. July 6. A terrific
hail storm and cloud burst passed over
a portion of Quitman county, Ga., to
day at noon. The storm covered an
area of four miles and swept the farms
in its path. Mill dams were washed
away, fences demolished and lowlands
submerged. Farmers will be forced
to plant oyer or relinquish their crops.
To Confederate Veterans.
Hon. Walter Clark writes Capt, J. I.
Metts, commander of Cape Fear Camp
U. C. V., that copies of the History of
North Carolina Regiments in the war
between the States can be obtained
from the State Librarian, Raleigh, at
cost one dollar per volume and sug
gests that to save postage or high ex
pressage, clubs of ten, fifteen or
twenty in each neighborhood might
send the money to the State Librarian
and thus have the books sent cheaply
by freight.
Wilmington District Conference.
Rev. R. B. John, Presiding Elder,
informs the Stab that he has changed
the time of holding the Wilmington
District Conference from July 17th to
19th to Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, August 7th to 9th. All con
cerned are requested to take notice.
The opening sermon will be preached
Tuesday evening, August 6th, at 8.30
o'clock, by Rev. A. J. Groves, of
Bladen circuit
Raided Illicit Distillery.
Deputy Collectors G. M. Babbitt
and W. J. Sutton arrived in the city
yesterday from Pireway, Columbus
county, near which place they made a
raid on an illicit distillery, the name
of whose proprietor is unknown. The
officers were shot at three times and
returned the fire but no one was hurt
A still of 100 gallons capacity and a
700 or 800 gallon beer outfit were des
troyed.
Made an Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob a
Bank In Oklahoma.
' By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Stroud, Okla., July 6. An un
successful attempt was made early
this morning by three masked men to
rob the Stroud State bank. The rob
bers entered the room adjoining the
bank building where Amos Beaton,
assistant cashier, and Earl Heath were
aniann. The voung men were awaken
ed, bound hand and foot and told if
they made any noise they would be
shot by the fellows wno siooa over
them with a gun. The robbers then in
jected nitro-glycerine into the safe
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three times ana ine explosions wuint
totally destroyed the sale, but tney
failed to get the money in the vault.
They relieved Heath and Seaton of
their watches and a small amount of
money.
JESSIE MORRISON.
Showers and Thunder Storms Swept
Over the Atlantic States and the
"Mercury Fell Everywhere.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Washington, Jaiy 6. The back
bone of the hot waWis been broken,
at least temporarily, by showers and
thunder storms that swept over the
Atlantic States and the upper Lake re
gion this afternoon ; but the Weather
Bureau holds out no assurances as to
the permanency of the break. Up in
Nova Scotia the barometic high pres
sure area is banked up tonight, giv
ing promise of winds from the east
ward, with cooler weather in its train.
It is much cooler to-night throughout
New England, and the storms this
afternoon and evening, according to
Forecast Official Frankenfield, give
promise that the next day or. two at
least will not be so abnormally hot as
the record breaking days of the past
week. The mercury has lauen an
greater or less degree everywhere to
the east of the Mississippi, while went
of the Mississippi, except in the ex-J
treme Southwest, the temperature is
considerably warmer. . ,
The maximum temperature for the
day in Washington was reached at
half past two this afternoon, when the
Weather Bureau thermometer record
ed 95, which is two degrees less than the
maximum for the corresponding day
last year. But the storm that broke
a little later caused a drop of 24
degrees within three and a half hours.
The night was cool, with a refreshing
breeze.
Mortality In Baltimore.
Baltimore, July 6. The number
of deaths in the city for the week
ended to day is 451, the highest of'
which the health department has any
record. Of these 236 were children
under five years of age. At least fifty
per cent of the mortality is said by the
health department officials to be due
either directly or indirectly to me in
tense heat which has prevailed during
the period menntioned.
The hot spell was at least tempora
rily ended this afternoon by a thunder
storm, which came up at about 3.30
and sent the mercury down from 96 to
69 in less than an hour. Five deaths
and seven prostrations is the record
for the day.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Woman Convicted of Manslaughter Sen
fenced to Five Years Imprisonment.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Eldorado, Kas., July 7. Jesse
Morrison, convicted of manslaughter
in the second degree for the murder of
Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle, on June
22d, 1900, was to-day sentenced to five
years in tne penitentiary in uiuoe u
nnement at nara lanor. j.uibs jnorri
son took the sentence calmly. Judge
Ackman overruled successively mo
tions for a new trial, for postpone
ment of sentence and for arrest of
judgment. ,
A cablegram from "United States
Minister Lord at Buenos Ayres con
firms the report of the establishment
of martial law in that city. The min
ister says that the occasion was dis
turbances growing out of the pendency
of a bill to refund the national debt,
and the town will be under martial
law for a period of six months.
International Convention of the Christian
Endeavor Society at Cincinnati.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Btar.
Cincinnati, July 6. With the
largest attendance on record, the 20th
international convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society began here to- .
day. Cool weather favored the dele
gates and the business session with
which the convention began was car
ried on in a pleasant atmosphere, after
the severe hot weather of the past ten -days.
During the early hours recep
tions and rallies were held at different
State headquarters. The dejegaisr
then marched by States to the audito
rium where the opening session of the
convention was held.
Rev. A. M. Miyaki. of Osaka, Japan,
the secretary of the Christian Endeav
or Society in that country, brought
greetings from that far off land in a
scroll of Japanese which he tread in
his native tongue. v
The climax of the meeting was reach
ed when Bishop Fallows, as chairman,
arose to nresent President Clarke,
who delivered to the convention his
annual address. "Let us all take our
handkerchiefs,", said the chairman,
"and all stand and wave them in a
joyous acclaim for the man we love,
the man who has started this great s
work," and the audience did so with
cheer after cheer.
President Clarke was deeply affected
by the evident affection of his hearers
and began his report with his slow but
forcible manner. At its conclusion
Secretary John Willis Baer read his
annual report.
STEAMER AGROUND.
Mr. Jeff Sessoms, of Stedman,
N. O., was here yesterday. Tuesday
Mr. Sessoms lost his store by fire at
Stedman. His loss is $4,000 with about
$3,000 insurance.
The steamer Orlando, of the Mem
phis White River Packet Company,
sunk in White river yesterday, about
twantv- seven miles above Des Arc.
The water is over the main deck and
the hull is badly broken. : No lives
were lost The cause of the accident
was probably a snag.
Passengers Landed on Boats and Sent to
. New York by Rail.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
New YoRk, July 6. The Joy
Steamship Company's steamer, Old
Dominion, ran aground in a thick fog
to day near Rye Point The passen
gers numbered about ten and were
landed at Bye Beach in the steamer's
boats and were sent to new xora oy
train. The vessel lies on an even xeei
and her captain thinks she will float
with the next nigh tiae.
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