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Ufa 23leelilij Jta. WILLIAM H. BEBNABD Sdlto and Proprietor. FhlDAY, November 15, 1901 CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH Wthin the past few years labor in the Southern cotton mills has attracted considerable attention in the North. There has been a good deal of discussion of long hours, or the long day's work in the South, and our Northern friends who 'are interested in the milling industry seem to think that it is all wrong to crowd twelve or fourteen hours into a day's work down here while ten hours constitute a day's work up there. But in this case it 'isn't sympathy with the Southern mill operatives who do the long day's work, but the pockets of the mill men- which inspire the discussion. The same inspiration is doubtless a factor in the discussion of child labor because some of them, at least, have an idea that this child labor has much to do with cheap - production in the South and conse quently they would like to see it abolished. Whether it has or not we do not know, but we do know that a good many mill men in this State do not like that kind of labor and employ it reluctantly. They do not think there is economy in it - if they had no other objection. This subject has also been con siderably discussed in the South where there is a growing disposition to dispense as far as possible with child labor, but we were not aware of the fact that the movement to . dispense with it had encountered so much opposition from Northern men who have money invested in . Southern mills until we read the following editorial in the New York Tribune, which says: "Every new manufacturing com munity has to face the question of child labor. For a hundred years England, in her factories and mines, drained the life out of her little child ren until, under the leadership of the Earl of (Shaftesbury, the awful white slavery was stopped. The mills of New England long employed boys and girls of tender years, but the popular con science was finally aroused to realize that the toleration of such a system meant deterioration of population, mentally, morally and physically. Now the Southern States are confront ed by the problem of saving their children from the grinding of the fast developing cotton mills. "The manufacturers have pone into the South ahead of the laws which protected the young where they had previously been operating. The chance to use cheap labor is so attractive that they take advantage of this license afforded them. On the other hand, the communities where they are estab lished are poor and the chance to turn the children's capacity for work into ready money offers a temptation well- nigh irresistible. But it must be resisted and the mill owners must be restricted, or the industrial development of which the South is so proud will prove to he a curse instead of a blessing. The wist men of the South are already awakt to the danger to their region and ic the whole country in the large per centage of white illiteracy. The -only hops of a democracy is au intel ligent population, and if the children, already insufficiently schooled, are to be in increasing numbers worn out in the mills; instead of being taught, a degraded community must be the re sult. Few realize how great the evil has grown. In South Carolina twelve thousand, or 25 per cent, of the cot ton mill operatives, working sixty six hours a week, are children under four teen years old. In Georgia, Alabama and other States the proportion is sot so large, but it is alarming. In some mills children of eight and nine years are employed, working long hours, and children's wages range from 10 to 50 cents a day. In some instances families of adults have been found living in idleness on the labor of young children. Nor are these shiftless colored people, for the factory opera- tives are almost all white. Of course, such unnatural parents, I and others who work themselves, but in their ignorance do not see why their children should not share their hard lot, object to prohibitive laws The manufacturers who with the aid of child labor are able to declare 60 per cent, dividends also object. De fenders of the system declare that it does not hurt the children. The ex perience of the whole world testifies to the contrary. The full measure of harm is not yet seen in the South: Ihe present child workers have natu rally vigorous constitutions. Their farthers and mothers led healthy out- 'VTheboy,s and ir,g my not yet be broken down. thrnh in vestigators find many individual cases oi invalidism: but if their vitality I apped bv lone hours of fiZZ -J 'C nuoa iuot uauin nn at. n a i school, their children will pay the penalty, and if they in turn are set to work in childhood the South will tee reproduced the sickly, miserable, crime breeding race which has dis graced every manufacturing country that long tolerated child labor. "Louisiana and Tennessee have en acted laws to protect children, but in the other 8tates little or nothing has been done. Nor is it entirely their fault, though the responsibility for tolerating the vicious system rests primarily on their own people. To the shame of the North be It said, the chief obstacle to the passage of reform legislation is Northern money and Hnfluence. Atthe last session of the kbam legislature a bill to give children such protection as they have taassachusetu was agressively op posed and defeated h th. ..i.Jii agent of Massachusetts capital inter ested in Southern mills. Public spir ited men in the 8outh are doing their best to enlighten and uplift their peo ple. Their task is hard enough with out Northern opposition. In Alabama a committee of leading citizens among whom are ex-Gov. Jones, re cently appointed a Federal judge by President Roosevelt, and the Rev. Edgar Gardiner Murphy, whose work to bring about a better understanding ol the race problem is well known, have joined in an appeal to Northern people for aid in restricting child labor. They ask, and justly, that Northern sentiment make effective protest to the Northern med who, for their own profit, are trying to force hardships on Southern children which the laws of their own States would not permit Humanity's claims are not lessened by distance. It is intol erable that men should be regarded with favor by their neighbors who fight to perpetuate wrongs in Ala bama which they would disgrace themselves by introducing at home. The conscience of the North should Awake to stop the exploitation of Sou hrn child' rod to make divi dends fr Northern pockets" The Tribune seems to take a good deal of interest in the children em ployed in the mills and is, perhaps, sincere in the interest in their be half and in the rebuke to the. greed of the Northern men who have stood as an obstacle in the way of dispensing with child labor; bnt while .we, as thousands of Southern people, whether interested in the mills or not, are opposed to child labor, there is more excuse for and defence of it in the South than there would be in the North. In all the Southern milling States, where the mills have increased in nnmber so rapidly, there is a large negro popu lation, between a thiid and a half black., The mills being worked by white people exclusively, they must depend upon the white population, and as many of these mills are in the rural districts and in small towns, which grew up around the factories, they must draw on the farms for their help. They have a sparse population to draw from, which sometimes necessitates taking chil dren, for very often they can't get the parents withont taking, the chil dren. In the North, on the contra ry, most oi toe mills are in large towns,, where labor is abundant, and there is no occasion for any color Hne. This goes a long way in explain ing why so much child labor is em ployed! in the South, but this never occurs to the people on the other side of the line who take so much interest in that subject and indulge in so many strictures. But perhaps if the Northern men, to whom the Tribune refers, who have been taking a hand in this business would keep hands off we might settle it easier and sooner, as we would also settle the race question or if those who take so much interest in the "rights" of the negro would keep hands off. MUCH 1ST LITTLE A private letter from President Winston of the Agricultural and Me chanical College to the editor of The Stab contains the following, which, although not intended for publication, we publish because it contains texts enough for articles to fill a fair sized book: "North Carolina has plenty of re sources, but they are not developed, and they will not be developed with out intelligent work, hard work, skilled work, economy and plenty of technical knowledge. "If lean only get a little money I win have a thousand boys here at college, and will sow good seed all over the 8tates, "We must educate our own people to develop our own resources, instead of begging for foreign capital. ' We are exhibiting to the rest of the world a few samples of apples, pears, etc., and buying daily from the rest of the ivorld apples and pears and o.her things we need." i The facts as stated herein and the assertions based on them are appa rent to every intelligent North Carolinian who has given any thought to the subject or our ma terial development and progress. We must learn, if we have not al ready done so, as the people of all the Southern States must do, the lesson of self reliance, and mutual co operation. There is no State in the South which furnishes stronger proof of what may be accomplished by persistent and courageous effort than our own, where nine-tenths of I the industrial progress made is the I result of home effort . and home capital. As illustrations take the furniture making industry, which has become immense, and our cotton milla. in which we now lead every Southern I State in number if not capacity. These are nearly all based on "home capital." Had we Waited for out- side capital there would be tew cot- ton mills and no furniture manufac- tones. But in development in a general way we have not fairly made a beginning. , While we have done much that we should have done, we are also still doing much that we should not do, and are depending on others for many things, as President Winston J ' WB-Un Prance ana ao produce at home, although not in sufficient quantity to meet the or dinary demands. In a country as favored as this, there is no excuse for importing things we eat, and must have, when with our. f ertile soil, climatic advantages and wanon- able .thrift, we could be exporters of these things. One of the cutest jobs recently put utf on a street railway was by the town council of Collenwood, a suburb of ClfivflTftTid nt; tu,. j wanted to extend its line to Netting- ham: fAfw.n. .- I j -j uwBa uiowtutj huu wauteQ a franchise to run through flnllnn. WOOd. But the Collnnvnn a VVUU- cil refused the franchise until the railroad agreed to give the denizens of their burg, which has a population of about 3,000, a nickel fare from one end of the road to the other, and now the burgers have the cheapest car-riding in the worldforty miles for a nickel. . 8tatk of Ohio City of Toledo Ltioa County 88. . Frank J. Cheney makes oath that i. . lor partner ot ma firm or v? J CmSJ? 1 r? doing business in the City of ToSS nLn? na titaie a oresald. and that M fira wm 1 the sum or ONE HUNDSKD boLiSa fore&cS and every case or atahrh that wn cnreS by the use oi Hall's Oatarbh CuasT cnrea 58worn to before me aadMrabscrtSednnv presence, thta 6th day ot December, aTd. imT Jrtrr A. W. GLIABOK, ' jfjjJ- Aotcury &tblic. -fjiiV80a,trrhCurels tkm Internal'?, and aots directly on the blood and mowirfaces or the system, send for testimonials, free. . F.J.GHEOTrOO.,TOlado,0. SS&to'DrotfSlsts, 75o. Hall's Family mis are the best t A COLD WET BLAKKBT Great Britain has run up against a very tough proposition in South Africa. Undoubtedly if he had any . x previous conception or ub - iouga ness John Bull would not have tackled it, but having tackled it he can't drop it, and must tug it out although it is straining him awfully. The position in which he finds himself with the present and prospective perplexities, are thus, in part, stated in an editorial, which we clip from the Philadelphia Press, which says: "It is not easy to see how Lord Sal isbury could be cheerful at the third Guildhall banquet held since the Boer war began. The noble Marquis expect ed long ago to be congratulating his faithful Londoners on the close of the war and the pacification of the Boer 8tates. It is true the war has been officially concluded by proclamation and interview a number of times. But this affords the head of a great State small comfort when recruits are still being sent out, conscription is in sight and a conflict that had cost nearly $1,000,000,000 in October, according to a Liberal leader's estimates, is still running up a bill of $6,000,000 a week, to say nothing of the losses to life and property. "The curious part about Lord Salis bury's speech is his complaint that the criticisms of the Government's op posers are "vague and indefinite." On the contrary, the criticisms of the op position have been at times altogether too definite. For one thing, the critics have been unsparing in pointing out the personal and systematic defects of the War Office an office that hurried the nation into a war almost light heartedly and with what is now seen to have been a childish lack of prepar ation. Of course, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Wyndham, the Under Secretary for War, and the other Tory leaders now pretend they knew all along that the war would be long and long and costly But the addresses made in Parliament in October, 1899, do not bear them eut. On the contrary it was generally held the war would last about four months and would pass its critical stage even earlier. This is, of course, the usual optimism that prevails among most people, but it is ridiculous for those who so believed and so expressed themselves in 1899 to try to get out of it now. "Lord Salisbury's critics have real ly been very specific. They forced him to drop Buller, they are now after him on the iniquity of the 'con centration camps,' and yet he and his subordinates have nothing to say in reply. Under the circumstances his Guildhall address is a cold, wet blan ket on Tory enthusiasm, since it promises vague achievements, but meets none of the real issues the war has raised, either in England or in South Africa." We quote this because the Press is an expansion advocate and de fender, which believes in forcible expansion, "benevolent assimila tion" and all that kind of thing in the Philippines. With a slight change in phraseology and some in the figures, this article would apply to the par in the Philippines quite as aptly as it does to the war in South Africa. The Washington war managers held out the idea that the war there would never amount to anything, that the "insurgents" were a com paratively small nnmber of men who would soon be brought to terms, and they have repeatedly officially announced that the war was at end, and yet we have spent about $250,000,000 in that war, which has been . going on for nearly three years, and to-day there are outbreaks where there was peace six months ago. Our civil and mili tary authorities in the islands have resorted to drastic and Draconic measures to terrorize the people and crush opposition, such as driving the people into towns, starving them, burning houses in the country and trTing men for treason, banish- ing the wives of Filipino cammand- ers, and other stern methods that we so indignantly denounced when done by Weyler in Cuba, and un sparingly condemed when done by -Kitchener in South Africa, We have no longer ground for denunciation or condemnation when we are imi- tatig the methods of Weyler and Ktchener. But neither Weyler nor Kitchener ever prated about "benev- olent assimilation." Two practical jokers near Scran ton, Pa., played a joke on a dog the other day, which did't turn out to I be as funny as they thought it would be. They fastened a dynamite stick to the dog's back,attached a four foot f use to it, tied the dog to a tree, fired the fuse and then ran off to a safe distance to enjoy the fun. But the sizzing of the fuse scared the dog, which broke the rope and made a bee line for the two men. They couldn't run as fast as the dog could so iney struck on the ruse of separ- ?tlDg' standing "till and each call- ing t&e dog and thus managed to keep him at some distance from each, They could see the burning fuse and when the fuse was about to reach the dynamite stick they dropped fiat on the ground. The dog was about half W7 betWem them when tho exP1(- "n took place. He was blown to atoms, but the other two brutes escaped unhurt. CHATHAM COAL AND IRON CO. Temporary Injaoctloa Dismissed By Or- der of Jndge Parnell. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 18. Judge Purnell to-day dismissed the tempor ary injunction restraining the newly organized Chatham Coal and Iron Company nojr operating the Cum nock coal mines, from selling or hypo thecating its recently authorized bonds and stocks or disposing of funds on band. The injunction was issued at the instance of H. M. Hayes and W. . uenszey, of Pennsylvania, by whom the nronertv wm nnvAi the new company. The charge was that the company was diverting to other purposes the proceeds from the sale or bonds which by agreement should go to complainants to secure liquida tion of the balance of the trarchase price. SOOTH'S DAUGHTERS I Ficrhth Annual Convention, U. I a D. C, Called to Order Yes terday Morning. DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL SESSION. Jefferson Davis Monument Association Delegates Continue to Arrive Re ceptlon at the Orton Oeneral Notes of the Gathering. The United Daughters of the Con federacy, the most representative body of the South's womanhood that ever gathered in Wilmington, assem bled in its eighth annual convention in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, this city, yesterday morning at 10:40 o'clock, Mrs. Edwin Gardner Weed, of Jacksonville, Fla., presiding, and more than 200 delegates and visitors, representing every Southern State, and many of the North, being In at tendance. Two sessions were held during the day, one in the morning, at which the Daughters were formally welcomed as guests of Cape Fear Chapter, of this city, as guests of Wilmington and as guests of the 8tate, and another in the afternoon, which was principally taken up in the matter of arranging credentials. The convention was formally called to order by Mrs. Weed, who expressed pleasure at having the eighth annual meeting in Wilmington and at the very creditable number of representatives present. This was followed by the rendition of "Our Southland," a com position of Miss Dunnovant, of Texas, by the following ladies of Wilming ton, Mrs. A. M. Waddell presiding at the organ : Mesdames Bryan, Watters, Smith. Waddell, Carmichael, Misses Hart, Foster, Adrian and Some. The entire convention joined in the chorus with splendid effect. A very fervent prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. James Carmichael, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, of Wilmington, and then followed one of the most pleasing incidents of the session. Mrs. Cornelia B. Stone, of Galveston, presented to the United Daughters in behalf of Mrs. Mollie MacGill Rosenberg, president of the Jefferson Chapter, of Galveston, a beautiful silk flag designed from the first one adopted by the Confederacy, as a memorial to her father and mother, Dr. Charles MacGill and Mrs. Ragan MacGill, of Maryland. The staff of the banner was surmounted by a Maltese cross, the emblem of Maryland, the native State of Dr. and Mrs. MacGill. It was received by Mrs. Weed, the president, in words very appropriate and highly befitting the beautiful sentiment which prompt ed the gift Another very pleasing incident took place also at this juncture, when Mrs. Weed formally introduced to the con vention Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, of Charlotte, who is the guest of Mrs. Gabriel Holmes. Mrs. Jackson was received with the wildest demonstra tion of enthusiasm and applause, the conventionrising to its feet and a contingent of veterans in the room shouting with hearty good cheer the rebel yell, so famous in history and so discordant to their foe in battle. Mrs. Jackson gracefully acknowledged the honor and expressed pleasure at being present upon the occasion. This was followed by a very cordial welcome address by Mrs. W. M. Pars ley, president pf Cape Fear Chapter of this city, who expressed great pleasure at having the Daughters to hold their convention in Wilmington. A male quartette, compossed of Messrs. Cooper, Banks, Williams and Holden, with Mr. E. H. Munson as accompanist, then sang "My Old Kentucky Home," which was re ceived with applause. CoL A. M. Waddell, mayor of Wil mington, then welcomed the daugh ters to the city in one of his charac teristic happy speeches, which is pub lished in another column. Mrs. Weed made the response in be half of the visiting daughters in most happy manner, and expressed great pleasure in being with the people of Wilmington for the convention. Her address was couched in pretty lan guage and was most fitting in reply to the words of welcome so elegantly expressed by-Mrs. Parslev and CoL Waddell. Just prior to Mrs. Weed's address, Mrs. E. K. Bryan, ot- this city, was introduced as a grand daughter of the distinguished Confederate, Maj. James I aMiuy, ana sne gang wiin great effect and much sweetness, "A Southern Girl's Lament" with piano accompani ment by Mrs. Waddell. The address was followed by a de lightful rendition of "Annie Laurie"by a double quartette consisting of Mes dames Bryao.Smith, Watters, Waddell, Carmichael; Misses Hart, Foster and Adrian. Upon the conclusion of this number, miss Mary V. Meares. of Wilmington, corresponding secretary of the U. D. C, introduced North Carolina's disr tinui8hedGf?Ohas. B. Aycock, who Ponded in a happy speech in which he said it was an unex pected delight for him to address the Paughters but he welcomed them to the "Old North State" and among a people who were loyal to the Con federacy and the sentiment which actuated the distinguished body be fore him. Governor Aycock's speech was in an exceedingly happy rein and was received with great attention and much pleasure by the convention. One of the most inspiring musical numbers on the excellently prepared programme was the "Bonnie Blue Flag," which was ' charmingly rend ered by Miss Home, of Wilmington, who was in splendid voice and sung to great effect and with much spirit. The last address of the morning was an excellent one, and by one of the most gifted and most active members of the U. D. C Miss Adelia A. punnovant, historian of the Texas Division. Her subject was 'Princi ples in Their Relation o Human Ac tion,'' and her address as a whole was an able defence of the secession of the States from the Union Is was w 11 received by the conven tion and was concluded amid much applause. r Just before the close of the session Mrs. W. H Overman, president of the North Carolina Division, was present ed and made a few remarks which were received with applause and as a cordial greeting from the State she so ably represents. A number of announcements were then read by Miss Meares, among the number being an Invitaton from the Colonial Dames to visit their rooms in the Masonic Temple and from the Elks extending the courte sies of their Temple to the visitors. The Afternoon Business Session. It was expected that the convention would be organized for business at the afternoon session, which was called to order by the president at 8:30 o'clock, but such was not the case. A number of Divisions were tardy in pre senting their credentials to the com' mittee and a controversy arose among several of the delegations as to the representation to which they were entitled by number of members in convention. A discussion as to the merits of the several controversies whiled away the entire afternoon and the convention at length adjourned to receive the full report of the Creden tials Committee this morning at 9:80 o'clock. Davis Moanineot AssscUtlon. One of the principal matters to en gage the sessions to-day is a report frtm the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, of which Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, of Richmond, is secretary. The Association has cow legally be come an organization of the U. D. C, and at a meeting in Richmond last week the following officers were elected:- President Mrs. 8. Thomas McCul- lough, of Staunton, Va. Vice President Mrs. Edwin G Weed, of Jacksonville, Fla. Treasurer Mrs. E. D. Taylor, of Richmond, Va. Secretary Mrs. Norman V. Ran dolph, of Richmond, Va. Bonded Treasurer Mr. John 8. Ellett, of Richmond, Va. Directors Mrs. Chas. G. Brown,Ala- bama; Mrs. R. C. Cooley, Florida; Mrs. Jas. A. Rounsaville, Georgia; Mrs. Basil W. Duke, Kentucky; Mrs. K. IS. Wilson, Missouri; Miss Mary Harrison, Mississippi; Miss E. W. Hall, Maryland; Mrs. T. J. Latham, Tennessee; Mrs. R. M. Rosenberg, Texas; Mrs. Jas. G. Leigh, Virginia; Mrs. J. Pickney Smith, Louisiana; Mrs. Albert Akers, Washington, D. C, and Mrs. W. J, Behan, of the Confederate Southern Memorial As sociation, of New Orleans. A director from West Virginia is yet to be selected. At a meeting of the association yes terday afternoon the election of the officers was confirmed, and reports were heard from each State. They were all encouraging, and members promised faithful work during the en suing year. The amount already in hand is about $38,000, and the asso ciation hopes to raise $75,000. The central committee, which has a large part of the immediate work to accom plish, is composed of Mrs. Randolph (chairman), Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. B. A. Blenner, all of Richmond. At the convention to day each one of the States will be asked to name an artist to make a design for the monu ment. Another meeting of the commit tee will be held at 9 o'clock this morn ing for the purpose of arranging pre liminaries prior to the meeting of the convention half an hour later. DEATH OF MR, H. VON 0LAHN Passed Away it His Home in Wllming toa This Morning Soon After Mid dnifht at Aa Advanced Age. Air. Henry VonGlahn. in atrt-A and highly respected citizen of Wilming ton, entered into rest this morning at ten minutes past twelve o'clock at his home on the southwest corner of Fifth and Princess streets, after an imme diate illness since last Wednesday. Mr. vonGIaban bad beep in ill health for several years and death re sulted this morning from heart disease super induced by old age. He was a native of Germany and was in his 79th year. Long ago he came to Wilming ton and engaged in business and has since made this city his home. For many years he was a member of the firm of Evans & VonGlahn, large shoe dealers, and later engaged in the shoe business for himself on Market street About three years ago, on account of failing health, he was forced to retire from aptiye life and had since de voted himself to the management of a competent estate acquired during his long business career. He was a man Af 1 ; i . . . wi kuuu uuBinees aDiiuy ana rare good judgment. His death, although at a ripa old age, will be deeply re gretted by the community at large. DEATH OP MISS CHADB0USN. She Passed Away at Home of Her Parents Early This Morning. As the Stab goes to press this morn? ing, tne news of the death of Miss Blanche King Cbadbourn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chadbourn. Jr.. is received. Her death occurred at the home of her parents, No. 323 South Front street, shortly after midnight and the very sad intelligence will come to hundreds of friends here and elsewhere as a message of deep sorrow, vr;nn n il. m.io uuiuwuru was recently a student of St. Mary's College, Raleigh, but left that institution a little more man a weex ago with an attack of fever, which resulted in her death this morning. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Says He Was Tortured. "I suffered such oains from corns I could hardly walk," writes H. Robin son, Hillsborough, Ills., "but Buck len's Arnica Salve completely, cured them." Acts like magic on sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scalds, boils. hnm ulcers. Perfect healer of skin d and piles. Cure guarrnteed bv R R Bellamy, 25 cents. WORDS OF WELCOME. Address of Hon. A. M. Waddell to United Daughters of the Confederacy. RESPONSE BY MRS. WEED. President of the General Convention, In Choice Diction, Replied to Greetings Prom the Cape Pear Wilming ton and the South Among the splendid addresses de livered yesterday upon the opening of the eighth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy in this city, none was received with more marked attention or greet ed with warmer applause than that of Col. A. M. Waddell in welcoming the Daughters to Wilmington and that of Mrs. Edwin Gardner Weed, president of the U. D. C, in response. The addresses were as follows: "Madame President and Ladies I esteem it an honor and a privilege to welcome you, on behalf of the good people of Wilmington, to the hospi talities of this city. "You are on ground as historic as auy in America, although, by a strange fate, the facts which make it so have been generally unknown to the pe ple of the othr States. Among these facts, which have long been es tablished beyond the possibility of controversy, are these: " Sixteen miles below Wilmington on the West bank of the Cane Fear river where the ruins of St. Philip's Church still stand on the site of the colonial town of Brunswick, the first armed resistance to British oppression on this continent occurred on the 28th November, 1765, when the Stamp Act was killed by men with Iguns in their hands This was more than ten years before the Revolution, and nine years before the Boston Tea Party. "Eighteen miles above Wilmington the first victory of the American Rev olution, (and a most important one) was won at Moore's Creek Bridge on toe i(in f eoruary, 1770. Ana yet a year ago when an appropriation was asked from Congress to commemorate the event, so distinguished a New Eng. lander as Senator Hoar of Massachu setts, declared that he had never so much as heard of Moore's Creek Bridge. "Twenty miles below Wilmington, on the opposite side of the river from Old Brunswick, and just one hundred years after the Stamp Act affair there, the most terrific bombardment sinca the invention of gunpowder occurred when Fort Fisher fell, and the last hope of the Confederacy perished. I myself heard an English naval officer, who was at the siege of Sebastopol and also at Fort Fisher, say that the artil lery fire at Sebastopol was the greatest in the history of the world up to that time, but that it was child's play com pared to Fort Fisher. 'I might continue the recital of his torical events which have occurred in this vicinity, but will not trespass upon your patience and unon the brief time allotted to us for the performance of this pleasant duty by doing so.. Rather let us utter a few thought which your presence here and the name of your organization suggest. As one who bore an humhle nai-t in the military service of the Confed eracy I reverently salute you the wives, and sisters, and daughters of my comrades, the noblest army of heroines and patriots that ever trod the earth. As a North Carolinian I greet you with honest pride in the fact (which is tomrtimfts Inrtrnt lan that North Carolina, although but one of eleven seceding Slates and by no means ice largest or them, contributed about one-afth of the soldiers nf tho Confederate army that she lost about one fourth of those killed in battle. more than one fourth of those whn died of wounds, and one-third of those wno aied or disease that one of her regiments bore the flag farthest into the enemy's territory: that one of her sons commanded the onlv shin that carried it around the world, and that when the end came, both at Annom&t- tox and at Greensboro, she stacked more rifles than anv other Stat rt tha Confederacy. We. therefore, have certainly as much interest in every thing pertaining to the Confederal as others, and may claim it without injustice to them or to the truth of history. Your organization ia iinimiA in numan annals, as was the struggle whose memories you seek to preserve. The dreamer and sentimentalist may fold his hands, and, with a sigh ex claim that History will do justice be tween the parties to that atrnirffle. but w au experience has shown that History, like Providence, helps those only who help themselves, and will honor only those who help her to record the truth. There is not one of you who will not readily admit that if the Southern people had remained silent, and had used no printer's ink after the war, they would have been pilloried in history as rebels and traitors who had, causelessly and without the shadow of excuse, drench ed the the land with the blood of un offending patriots. But the Southern people did not remain silent ; they pub- iiaueu in a mousana iorms tne truth, both as to the causes which impelled them to assert their rights, and to the battles in which th mnint.i.. ou mem, sua nave thus made a partial unjust, and one-sided hutm-v im Tines . .J 41 . .. J lble. In this work the Memorial As sociation first, and after them the United Daughters of the CWederay, have been most helnfu) and and they mav iustlv claim & artrl share of the credit for successfully vin dicating before the world the cause in which their Southern countrymen en gaged, and in which thousands of them sacrificed their liyes. in pursuance of this wnrfc- nn have honored this city by your nres? ence, and therefore you are doublv welcome to the hearts and homes of our people. You can find no commu nity in which the memories of the Confederacy are more tenderly cher ished, or in which the heroic achiever ments of the Confederate soldiers ar more proudly remembered, than this f au no community, inererore, where your labors will meet with more cor dial co operations or more sincere and heartfelt sympathy. Here and there in the South may be found one who will question the wisdom of preserving an organization like yours, but he will not be found to be one of thnsn whn followed the conauered banner ni beard the ringing of the guns. Everv true soldier is always ready to uncover bead 'and heart in the Dresence of such unswerving eonstancv and de. votion as yours. Would that 1 could frame a fitting tribute to it. but the attempt would be vain. It has been the theme of countless tongues more eloquent than mine, but still. like th heavenly realm from which it draws i iu9piri.iuii, us irue ot-auues are beyond the poser of tongue or pen to tell. I trust, ladies, that vnnr r)liKc. tions may be entirely harmonious and may result in the advancement of th interests you have in charge, that you may find your stay in Wilmington in every way agreeable, and may carrv away with you only pleasant recol lections of your visit to this little city by the sea. And now again in behalf ! of our people I bid you a hearty we - ! come and au earnest God speed in your pious work." Mrs. Weed said in reply: "We, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, delegates and visiting m rubers, thank you for jour cordial words of welcome. We are an over whelmingly large body to take posses Sinn cf your beautiful city, but we co me in love and well assured of the hospitality that never fails, y In the homes of North Carolina, from time immemorial, the stranger within the gates has ever been the honored and fa vored guest. It was that lovely1 home life in the history of the Old South, where kindness was the law of the household, and where lessons of love and tender ness and honesty and courage were the daily teachings that made our men the heroes and giants of the great four years' struggle. From these homes of North Carolina came the men who made for her this glorious record. The first at Bethel, the last at Appomattox. Tou all know the story, but we glory in it and love to tell it. In the great charge at Balak lava, at which Tennyson said 'all the world wondered,' England lost 87 j per cent of her -men; in the charge of the North Carolina division at Gettys burg, 85 per cent, of her men were left upon the field of battle. It was the home life in the old North State that gave these men the courage to do and dare all for the principles they had learned at their mother's side. To tnese homes we have come thankfully, accepting your gracious invitation. The same law of loving kindness rules the! home life, and so the past and present are graciously linked in charming hospi tality. We, the women of the South, the United Daughters of the Confed eracy, with a grateful appreciation of that hospitality, and a realizing sense of the courtesy and cordiality extend ed to us, would thank each one of the charming entertainers to whom we are so indebted. To each one, your gallant Governor, and Mayor, your charming women and brave men, we would express the gratitude and ap preciation we feel for all you have done for us. Time can never take from us the pleasant memories of Wilming ton and her people." Handsome Yacht In Port. The handsome little yacht Dixie be longing to Rev. Thos. Dixon, of New York, was in port yesterday for a few hours for supplies. She has a splen did rig with auxiliary naptha machi nery and has great speed. Free Blood Cure. We recommend Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) for all blood troubles, such as ulcers, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itchinc h boils, carbuncles, blood poison, aching wuuc, icatcriog sores, cancer, catarrh, rheumatism. Botanic Blood Balm cures all malignant blood or skin diseases, especially advised for old, deep seated cases. It cures when all else fails. Seals every sore or pimple, stops all aches and pains by giving a healthy blood supply. Thoroughly tested for 80 years. Thousands cured. At drug aiures, per large Dottle, uur read ers win receive a trial treatment free Dy writing ur. ttillam, 213 Mitchell 8t., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Medicine sent at once, prepaid, ALABAMA'S ELECTION. 11 win lake the Off ical Cooot to Deter. A. tlllll n m ' 1 mine Definitely the Result. Bj Telegraph to the Mornlnn 8tai. Birmingham, Ala., November 13. The returns from the election for the ratification or the rejection of the new constitution are not coming in as ran- iujj as txpeciea. it will take the offi cial count jn each county on Satur day to definitely determine the result. vnairman uscar Underwood, of the democratic state campaign committee, adheres to his claim of 27,000ms jority, and Chairman Shelly of the anti rati cation committee, claims that he has a majority pf 20,000, It appears proba ble that the majority for ratification of the new constitution will be about 25, 000, or mav be as low aa sn nnn. hf it does not seem that it will be less than that. SHALE, ALA., Nov. 13. S. W. Pep- gers, returning officer for Crawford eat, while en route to Seale with the ballot box containing the returns of the recent election, was held up at the point of a revolver and the ballot box taken from him. The highway man wore a mask and his identity is unknown. He retreated to the woods near by where a search later revealed the ashes and pieces of the ballot box and papers which had been burned This is a capital offence in this 8tate. A CAVE-IN IN MISSOURI. Entire Mining Plant of the Aurora Com- pany Swallowed Up. n By Telegraph to tbe Horning stai Joplin, Ma, Nov 13. In a cave in at Oronogo, near here, to-day, the entire' plant of tbe American Milling Company, one of the greatest zinc producers in the district, was swal lowed up. No lives were lost. The plant comprised a hundred ton mill, office building and engine house, all of which were engulfed, together wiih six gravel cars, and an immense tail ing pile. On entering the ground a short time before the cave-in occurred uoaru me umoers cracking and signalled to be drawn up. The last man. had reached the surface only a few minutes before the timbers col lapsed, the earth yielded and with a crash the whole plant sank into the abyss. Further caving is feared and work in that vicinity has been sus pended. It is impossible to estimate the damage. Greensboro Teltgrarn: Deputy Sheriff B, E. Jones returned Monday night frona Cumberland, Md., bringing With him . . "r 1 vauspy, who escap ed from Guilford jail some time ago. Causey said he was willing to come back and gave' the officer no trouble on the return trin Ra safely lodged in jail and will be short ly taken to the road force and put to work. - One of Greensboro's prom inent merchants told a Telegram re porter Monday night of a new swind ling game worked on the public at the passenger station Saturday night. A young boy was selling small pins for five cents each and telling a touching story about himself. A man aUired as though recently returned from the tht P01 sympathetic, addressed the bystanders in behalf of tbe bov warmed un his talk h f! Rive the b6y a nickel h msel "with each pin purchased by others. A num iSZSj&rt P? nder the .. . ou ine Ponce finally put a stop to the operations at the' depot. 1 n 1 u c r q 1 11 ' CAR alwivs S ,5- loade. with either Black or Smokeless Powder SJ8iJeentire,satisfcnn They are made and loaded in a Tmvo2in5' by e"ct machinery operated by skilled experts, UEY SHOOT WHERE vnrr unr n ALWAYS ASK FOR THEM Soft Harness Ton can make your ban ness as soft aa a glove and as tough M wire by using EUREKA Har. ess Oil. You can lengthen its life make it last twice as long as It ordinarily would. EUREKA Harness Oil makes a poor looking har ness like new. Made of pure, heavy bodied oil, es pecially prepared to with, stand the weather. Bold everywhere In carm- all sizes. Made bj STANDARD OIL CO. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Raleigh's Chrysanthemum Show The Prise Winners Sanford Firm Filed Petition la Bankruptcy. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 12 -n. o.. preme Court handed down opinions to-day as follows: Vanderford vs. Farmer, from' Rowan, affirmed Clement vs. Freland, Davie, affirmed '; Worth will case, Randolph, new trial; Parrish vs. Graham, Durham, error Carr vs. Smith, Durham, new trial ; Jeffries vs. Railroad, Franklin, af firmed; Jer man vs. Gutledge, An'soD error; Wooten vs. Railroad, New Hac' over, petition to rehear dismissed SUte vs. McDowell, Robeson, new trial. The first annual chrysanthemum show, under the auspices of the Ra leigh Chrysanthemum Association opened this afternoon. The principul out of town exhibits are by Miss Mae- VJIIl! -rrm gie unison, 01 D'ayetteville, and Mr Sol Williams, of Wilson. Miss Ellison took the first prize for the best rose rea flowers; Mrs. Williams for best yellow ; mrs. u. JN. Johnson, Smithfield. beht rose white. Mrs. L. N. Pegram, Ra leigh, won the grand prize (fifteen dol lars) for the best general collection of cut flowers. T. B. Eldridge, telegraph editor of the Morning Post, "was awarded the prize for the finest collec tion of pdtted flowers. The show was a big success, and it was decided to continue to-morrow. Alfred H. McPherson and James R. Weatherspoon (McPherson & Weath erspoon), merchants, at Sanford, bavn filed a petition in bankruptcy. Lia bilities, $30,075 34; assets, 135,92142. MURDER IN MARSHALL, N. C. Peter Smith Charged With Killing nig Stepdsmhter Only the Head oi the Murdered Girl Found. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Raleigh, N. C, November ll.-A special to the News and Observer, from Marshall, N. C., says: Peter Smith was to-day lodged in jail here charged; with the murder of his step-daughter, . Hannah Fleming. Smith is about 47 years . of age. On last Thursday the head of tbe unfor tunate girl was found about a quarter of a mile above Smith's house among a lot of logs, and hair and blood stains were found about the fence, and at the foot of the hill the skull and some wearing apparel.' The body of the un fortunate girl has not yet been dis covered. . iOne of the charges against the de endant is that he is the author of the roung girl's downfall and, this is al eged by the State to be the motive of the crime. Smith protests his inno cence. Search for tbe bodv still con tinues and the good neonle of Rnrinir Creek are very much wrought up over wo crime. FOR OCEAN TRADE. Steel Steamer Minnetonks, at Cleveland, Ohio, Practically Completed. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Cleveland, O., November 13 The steel steamer Minnetonka, prob ably the largest vessel ever built on fresh water for Ocean trade,has practic ally been completed at the yard of the American Shipbuilding Company here. She is 443 feet over ail, breadth of beam 43.7 feet, and.has quadruple ex pansion engines. The Minnetonka will be cut in two and towed in halves to Newport News where she will be welded together again. The cutting in two process is neces sary because the canal locks between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are only large enough to accommodate a boat 250 feet long. AN UNRULY CREW. Complaints of the Master of tbe Schooner Edward P. Avery. By Telegrapn to tbe Horning star Savannah, Ga., Nov. 18 The cap tain of the schooner Edward P. Avery, Fernandina for New York, in Tybee roads, came to the city to-day and re ported that the crew of his vessel had become 'unruly and unmanageable. They declined to obey the captain's orders, and while they had not muti nied they had come too near to it to make it comfortable for the comman der. He. therefore, anucht thA advice of United States Commissioner Reyals. The men, it is said, have damaged the vessel by having cut up the pump and otherwise injured her. An officer was sent down this afternoon to bring he unruly men to the city. "My Family Doctor." Blue Island, 111., Jan. 14, 1901. Messrs. 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