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WILLIAM H.B1BSABD BMitor end Froptletot'. . Fudat, --. April 4, 1902 COTTON IS WIST AFBICA; For soma time the German Colon ial Society, of Berlin, baa been mak ing systematic efforts to grow cot ton in the German colony in1 West Africa. It had been! grown in a small way by the natives, a coarse kind of cotton, which answered their needs but hadn't much com mercial valae. The fact that coarse cotton conld be produced there en-' co a raged the. belief that finer qual ities might be prodaced, provided the right seed were planted by men who understand the cultivation and know how to handle the plant. After some failures with - native and German labor, agents of the society i came to this country 'and through Booker T. Washington secured the services of three negro graduates of his institution at Tnskegee, and another negro from Tennessee, all of whom had the advantage of prac tical training in the cultivation, growing, etc., of cotton, and were competent to handle 'the business from the planting to the shipping. These four men left New York a year or so ago with a sufficient supply of necessary tools and implements, a cotton gin, engine and everything needed to try thei experiment froni beginning to finish. They began under considerable difficul ties, but succeeded in raising a small crop, some of which has been received at Bremen, where it grades at about "American middling' The report made by Calloway, the superintendent, shows what has been accomplished and gives ground for the belief that more can be ac complished and that cotton culture may be established in the Togoland region as a permanent industry. After describing the experiments with various kinds of seeds and the results with each, and what they had to contend against ' In the country, he has come to the conclu sion that by planting late in the Summer so as to avoid i the excessive rains, and by crossing American with native cotton a variety adapted to that section can be secured and the industry established. The con clusion of the report show some of the drawbacks they had to encoun ter aod also the grounds for hope in eventual success. It says: , "Ooe hundred acres 'of land in all were cultivated. Up to the end of De comber twenty-three bale of coltoo were in read i nets to ship. Thirteen of thae were from attire seed, nine from American seed and one from Egyptian s-d. Toe natives grow cotton as a Sicnndarj product with yams. There is sufficient good ootton land. The ex pedition intends to distribute good cot ton aeed to the natives. . In native cot ton the proportion between seed and lint was 1.800 pounds of seed cotton to a bale of 800 pounds. The crop from American seed showed the same pr pinion as in America, i. e., 1,600 p3Uods of seed cotton to the bale. "The native mutt be taught to culti rate more cotton on the same ground with tbe same labor. If possible, they mut be furnished with drought ani mals. Although it was known that no animal could resist the climate, twenty horse and twenty oxen were brought from the interior. The Tsetse fly soon began its fatal work, and by September all the animals were dead. Experiments should be continued with native horses. After our animals died it was necessary to depend on native labor for everything, and natives drew tbe bales of cotton to the coast in lum ber wagons. Portable engines could be introduced to furnish power for ginning and baling, and a railway should be built from the coast in land. Our experience has .given ns every reason to believe that in a few years it will be possible to export many-thousand bales of cotton from the colony of Toga This will not have any effect on the markets of the world, but it will be of j advantage to Germany and especially to the two and a half millions of natives of the elony. . i "U ader present conditions the cost of a 500-pound bale of cotton delivered at Bremen, including ginning, press ing and moving to the coast by native laoor, shipping expenses, sundries, in surance, etc, is 355 marks (about $63). If crossing native with American seed makes it possible to get; a bale from 1.000 pounds of seed cotton and the in troduction of steam power for ginning baling and bauliog lowers the coat to equivalent exp-os-s in! America, it an mid be posaiole to produce a bale of eotioa of th same quality to be laid down In Bremen for 190 marks ( about $47) " j This colony is about' the size of S mth Carolina aod the soil of most of it is said to be ..suitable for the growth of cotton. The are about 2,500,000 natives in the colony. If ootton can be successfully grown there the probabilities! are that it can be grown on a much larger area in the same latitude, and that if a suitable seed can be I matured by crossing, the industry may in time assume considerable ! proportions. Bat as it is necessary to train a semi-savage race, not over food of work, and endowed with a low grade of intelligence, even for negroes, it will be a long time before cotton nongh can be shipped! from Togo land to materially affect the price of cotton in European markets. Bnt the persistence the Germans show in their efforts to produce cotton in their own territory, shows that they are very much in earnest and will not abandon it while there is any hope of success.1 It was sug gested some time ago that induce ments in the way of farms and other encouragements be offered to colo nies of Southern negroes to emi grate and locate in that region, which wouldn't be a bad idea and might considerably hasten the development of the industry in that section pro Tided they got the right kind of emigrants, who understood the business and were willing to work. It ; has been said -that" the area adapted to cotton growing in that part of Africa is quite as large as the cotton belt of tbe South. Whether this be so or not we know that there is a wide area of 8outh America where cotton can be grown, and also a great area in Southern Siberia, enough in all to meet the world's prospective demands for cotton. The efforts being made to establish the cultivation in other countries shonld convince the . American - - cotton grower that he will not always be the master of the cotton growing in dustry.. . But he will be master of it for some time to come, and may be mas ter of it for many years to come, if he plan wisely and do not follow his cotton farrows, blindly, and see only the cotton plant. As long as he can supply the " mills of the world with cotton cheaper than other cotton growers can, so long will he be master of the situation, and the way for him to do that is to study the art of producing cotton at the lowest possible cost and lower than his competitors even with their cheap labor can do it. To do that he must produce more cotton on less land, and produce something else on the land released from cotton, so that cotton may to some extent become a side crop, on which the grower will not be solely dependent. In his re port Superintendent Calloway says "the natives must be taught to pro duce more than "one bale of cotton on five acres." It might pertinently be said that the Southern cotton grower,, who has been at the busi ness much longer, and under much more favoring conditions than those African natives, must be taught to produce more than one bale of cot ton on three acres, which is about the average for this country. He mnst be taught to produce at least one bale to the acre, and to feel that when he doesn't do that his labor is wasted. When he does that, or some thing near it, and diversifies his farming, so as not to be entirely de pendent upon the cotton crop, he can defy the competition of the world in cotton growing. A PROTECTED "IHFAHT." A statement by tbe managers of the United States Steel Trust shows that its.net profits for the first year of its existence netted the sum of $111,067,195, which is something over eleven per cent, on the gross capital including solid and liquid stock invested. Its prospects for the current year promise even more, for it is so crowded with orderB that it has been compelled to import steel rails from Germany to fill orders already on its books, and it has been decided to spend $50, 000,000, in addition to the capital already invested, for the enlarge ment and equipment of plants to enable it to turn out more work to meet the demands upon it. This is a matter on which not only the Steel Trust is to be con gratulated, the country also, for it shows the prosperity of an industry which is one of the basic indus tries of the country and an index of the prosperity of other industries. Every one is glad to know that the Steel Trust is prospering, but there isjraother side to this question of profits. The Steel Trust is a large exporter of its manufactures and competes with the steel manufac turers of the world. When it is contended that if it can compete with these foreign manufacturers and undersell them, it does not need the tariff protection it now receives, its spokesmen answer that it makes but little money on its ex ported goods, some of which it actually sells below cost. If this be so then those enormous profits re ported must come out of the Ameri can purchasers of its manufactures, and the question might be asked if the Trust should not be content with less profit out of the American peo ple, who are compelled by the prac tically prohibitory tariff to trade with it? Why should tbe American people be taxed to enable the Trust to compete with the manufacturers of other countries, and sell its goods to foreigners at a very small profit, and some times at a loss, and to re imburse the Trust for - its small profits and losses? Doesn't this look like "riding a free horse to death," and demanding extortionate tribute from- the American people who can't help themselves? That is about the size of it, and that is what this "infant" is doing. A Hoboken, N. J., woman wants a divorce because her husband, who earns $8 a week, brutally refused to give her the money to buy a $4 69 Easter bonnet which had - been marked down from $4.70. The probabilities are that it was the ronnd cotton bale that blocked Senator Jones's way for another term in the Senate. . They have been playing the round bale against him for some time. Beware of Ointments for Ca tarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will sural Saatroy tbe sense of smell ana completely d-ran tfc wboiesys tern when entering it through the saaooua uur faoea. Bach articles Bnouldneter be need ex cept on preeorlpUons fron repauble physicians, as tbe damaee they will da ta ten fold to toe good Toucan po-elbly dartre from them. Hall's Catarrh Onre, man into lared or r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is takes Internally, acting directly npon we b ood and m noons surfaces or the system. In baring BuiiuHtrruuimwHniva avtta-genuine. It Is taken Internally, and made la Toledo, Ohio, by 9. 3. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials tree. ouiu ot urugina. prwe too. per nwrts, BjtfrtramUr ttlisare tbe best. CURRENT COMMENT. : The United States wiU sow purchase, at tbe modest price of' $7,000,000. the real-estate holdings of the friars in the Philippines. This privilege is one of the things Spain sold us for $20,000,000. The rest of the $20,000,000 went r for Spain's sovereignty, which didn't exist. Norfolk Landmark, Denu Germany has plainly with drawn from tbe opposition to the the projects of Bussia in Manchu ria. .This was tolerably certain when Germany adopted-in ttbahtnng a policy of exclusion closely similar to that of R Jssia in Manchuria. The last declaration from Berlin empha sizes this position. The Triple Al liance will take no share in the quar rel opening between the two dual alliauces, England and Japan on one side and Russia and France on the other. Philadelphia Press, Rep Having consented to the loss of Commissioner Evans, the Presi dent must understand that double work will be imposed on him if he holds firm to his first determination. To keep fraud out of the pension list is too geat a task for any but a tru ly great man. To make the list honored and honorable, was too hard a task for Cleveland, stout-headed though he was and is. The schem ers have succeeded in getting rid of Evans. Will they convince the President they can get rid of him should he prove too "strenuous?" Jocksonviue Times- Union, Dent. - Some very observant - man said, some time ago, that there were only two persons alive who had the world-view; one was the Pope of Rome and the other Cecil Rhodes. Early in his career, Mr. Rhodes said: "Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the earth's surface being limited, the great ob ject of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could." That is the true spirit of empire. It was the key-note of Mr. Rhodes' life. It inspired the policy of "grab" that made him fa mous. It is the policy that has. made England great. Savannah News, Dent. OUR RIVERS AND HARBOR.' Chamber ef Coaaercc Coaaittee Betirss Tksaks te Cosgressasa Bcllsajr for ills Uatlrlsg Efforts. The following letter to Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, Congressman from this district, has been forwarded and will be read with interest here: Wilmihqtoii. N C, March J9, 1903. Hon Jno D Bellamy House of Rep resentatives. Washington D C : DiUR SIR: At a meeting nf tbe p cial committee composed of Messrs M. W. JaoobI, kL Q. Smallbonea, W. B Worth and tbe uoderaignd, ap pointed br the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of cb tiiiiiog increased facilities for this port through a larger appropriation by Congress than baa been proposed by Mr. Burton's committee of tbe House, your speecbea in our behal'. pub lished in tbe Congressional R-cord. were read and ditcusaed with Captain E W. VanO Lucas, who was present by invitation, and it waaunanimoulr resolved that the thanks ot this com miitee be sent to you through the chairman, for your untiring efforts which, although unavailing in this instance, will likely prove to be of service in a final arraugement before tbe Senate committee. I have much pleasure, personally, in conveying to yon tbis expression of the confidence of our commercial com munity, and of their gratefulness to you for services which yon have so willingly rendered for the benefit of the only deep water port in North Carolina. Your, truly, Jams Spbuht, Chairman. INSURANCE KATE KEDUCED, Sacccssfal Effort by the CaroUaa Coa psay la Tea Ccat lacresse. In response to efforts of tbe Carolina Insurance Company, the following let ter has been received from the secreta ry of the Southeastern Tariff Associa tion: "Atlanta, Ga.. March 38. 1903. "Mr.M.S. Willard Secretary Carolina Insurance Company, Wilmington, N. C. : "Dkab Sir: Your favor of the 35th is duly at hand and contents noted. It wonld appear somewhat inexpedient to get ont a new town tariff for Wilming ton so closely upon the one recently issued in order to take out the 10 cents additional charge on mercantile stocks. We will notify Mr. B. M. Boatwright tbe secretary of the Board, however, that the agents are authorized to omit tbe charge of 10 cents hereafter wher ever it has been Included in the printed rate. We think that tbe end can be accomplished just as well without the publication of a new town tariff at thia time. Your truly. Cbas C. FLimn50, Secretary. Ocstb of Mr. John Worth. Fayetteville Observer 31st: "Mr. Joha M Worth died at Morgan too oa Siturday evening.sged nearly 55 years, and his remains will be brought to bis former home' by the eastbound train from Greensboro this afternoon. Mr Worth was for a long time in the ser vice of .the Steamboat Company on tbe Otpe BVar river, under his fatn.tr, tbe UteJoertpb A Worth, and endeared himself to our people by his attractive q talitiesin his personal and social In tercourse. He married M si Josephine Bryan, who survives him with three children, Mr. Addison Worth, now residing at Washington City in the service of the 8outhern Railway, Misa Gorgia Worth and Mr. Joan M. Worth, Jr., a musician of distinction in New Yore. Tbe funeral took p'ace from the Presbyterian cbuich this 'af ternoon. . Harbor Msiter's Report. The monthly report for March of Capt EJgar D. Williams, harbor mailer shows arrivals, of 30 vessels of 18,304 tons. Of tbe number, 18 were American and 3 foreign vessels. The American craft consisted of 10 steam ships, 13,053 tons; one barque, 577 tons; one barge 1,600 'tons, and 6 schooners 2 089 tons, total tonnage, 17,818. The foreign vessels were one steamship, 750 tons, and one schooner 134 tons; total tonnage 18.404. - " Subscribers who receive bills for subscriptions due the Stab are re minded that it Is not fair to expect a publisher to supply them with, news for nothing. Many, however, seem to think otherwise. As soon as a bill is received a prompt remittance should be made .. - t DEFIED i UNCLE SALK Capt fVielseri, Jof Libelled Ship, Assaulted Marshal's Ctepaly . Yesterday Morning. : ' he ad to be LOCKED UP. Broke Up the Vessel's Fanfare sod De stroyed Official RecordsNow la a : Pitiable Condition ""at the Police . " ; " Station Alcoholism: s Crazed by drink and naturally fren zied because bis ve-sel had been taken charge of by United 8tatee authorities, Cpt. Harber Nielsen, of the libelled schooaer Nellie' Floyd, yesterday morning made so much trouble for officer W. Jf Orr, who was in charge of tbe vessel, that he had to be arrest ed and confined in tbe station bouse to prevent his! doing further bodily in jury to .his supposed enemies, the officers.':. - j ' " ; -;. Capt Nielsen is suffering from severe alcoholism and is being treated In the city prison by Dr. O. T. Harper, city auperintendent of health, who advises that he be sent as early as pos sible to the Memorial hospital for treatment. He ia very violent, and soon after he was placed In a cell at the station yesterday, he began to tear up everything in sight and the hand cuffs had to be placed again upon him to prevent him from doing ftimself in jury. Even handicapped by the brace lets on his wrists, he tore all the cloth ing from his person and his condition, is indeed a pitableone. As soon as he .has sufficiently re covered, he will be brought before U. 8. Commissioner 8. P. Collier and given a preliminary hearing as to resisting an officer and destroying of ficial records, those charges having been preferred against him soon after the arrest by Deputy Marshal C. O. Knox The penalty for these off ences is very severe, ranging from $300 fine and one year in the penitentiary to 13.000 fine and two years in the peni tentiary. Capt Nielsen has been drinking heavily since his boat came into port from New ! York three weeks ago. When the vessel waa libelled last week he came aboard one night and ran the officer ashore, but Deputy Marshal Kaox secured a rqusd of marines from tbe cutter Algonquin and persuaded him into obedience of the officer in charge. All went well until the vessel was moved up to the Custom House wharf Tuesday evening to make room for another boat at The Coal, Cement and Supply! Co'a. wharf. Tuesday night about' 8:30 o'clock he came aboard and demanded of ' Watch man Orr the papers by authority of which he held the vessel. The captain was: disposed then to make himself obstreperous, but Mr. Orr finally persuaded him to go to bis cabin and go to sleep. Eirly yesterday morning when he awoke, he came on deck and again assaulted the watch man, striking him over the head, draw ing a revolver and attempting to put Mr. Orr overboard. He finally got the officer to the gangway, being a man of powerful physique, and pushed him ashore. Then the captain went in his cabin, smashed a clock and did other iojiry to the vessel. Mr. Orr went back on the vessel, but no sooner had the frenxied Incan aeen him than he again set npon him, threw him down and dragged him ashore. The captain by his powerful strength then pulled the officer along to Water and Prin cess streets and compelled him to en ter W. . H. Lamb's saloon. Com ing from there, the captain went back with the officer aboard the vessel and a third time assaulted him, threw him down and ! took the papers : from him. Mr. Orr then came ashore, communicated with Deputy Marshal Knox, who! with Policeman Leon George went aboard, handcuffed the captain after a desperate struggle and brought him ashore. The police patrol wagon was called out and the belligerent sailor, with the aid of four policemen, was at length landed in the station house. Before thei captain was arrested he went into his room and completely wrecked everything there, including the ship's papers and official docu ments. He; was engaged in this wholesale destruction when Deputy Marshal Knox compelled him, at pis tol point, to allow Policeman George to put the handcuffs on him. Captain Nielsen is a naturalised 8wede and lives in New York. He has a wife and one child, and until bis "jamboree" on this trip has al ways been regarded as a clever gen tleman. "MORE Like HYENAS THAN MEN " That's Wbst Msyor Told Colored Uader tskers n ho QiarreUcd Over Body.,-. - In the municipal court yesterday Mayor Waddell took occasion to ad minister a sharp reproof to the colored nndertakera,;Bryantand Rivera, who engaged In a wrangle as to which should bury a dead man Monday night, the particulars of which were given in these columns yesterday. "The row was disgraceful," said the Mayor to both defendant Bryant and complain ant Bivera; "your conduct waa more like hyenas tban civilised men. I decline to go further in this matter and will dismiss the whole aff-ir." Brooke G. Em pie, E-q , appeared for Bivera, and Bryant was represent ed by C D. Week. Esq. Tew Knew What Yen Are Takilas; Wfaen you take Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic, because tbe formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing that it ia simply iron and quinine in a taste less form. No cure, no pay, Price, 50c . j satuth Wer juw atxty Tears Mrs. WjhsloWS Sooronra Stbvp has been used for over sixty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain; cures wind colic, and ia the best remedv. for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sola by druggists in every part of the world. : Twenty-five eenta a bottle. Be cure and ask for ''Mrs. Window's Soothing 8yrup, fa and take no other kind. - . 1 removes from the soil large quantities of ; r. , The fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or the" land will lose its pro-' during power. Road carefully ear books oa rrnpi ,i ul frtt. GERMAN KALI WORKS, ' 93 Nissan St., New York. FROM JUDGE WALTER CLARK. Res posse from Aatbor of Reflneute! His tories to Recent Resolntlosi iky Caps Fear Camp. ajawsswsnawan The following letter from Judge Clark in regard to the resolutions adopted by Cape Fear Camp, Confed erate Veterans, on j motion of CoL Waddell, has been received and will be read at the next meeting of the Camp:. :-i :Z w ... "Rauexob; N. O . March 81, 1903. "Hon. A. M. WaddeUx "My Dear Colovrx. Allow me to thank you, and through you, the Camp for Its Terr kind and very com plimentary resolutions. Bat I do not assume the credit you so kindly give me. The work has been written by members of each command, frequent ly at much expense to themselves and always with much labor and research. In your own camp are several gentle men who have contributed much time, and expense, and engravings, as well as articles. It is to them and other comrades like them that the credit of this work is due. It is fAetrwork. It is honor enough for me if I can par ticipate by aaying it is our - "To you, however, for your kind expressions and to the Camp for their vote I am none the less a debtor. Bat I cannot assume credit which is due to my comrades. With very high re gard, "Walter Clark." PYTHIAN DISTRICT CONVENTION. Wiiaisftoi ail Clsrktoi Kalr.hU Will Hare "Ores! Time" ea May 12th. k Since the aeries of monthly joint meetings, which made Pythian life so pleaaant last year, haa been dispensed with, the enthusiastic Knights of Wil mington have returned to the old form of district conventions, and tbe first of these for the new year will be held on Monday night, May 12. h. The district comprises tbe four K. of P. lodges in Wilmington and the new one instituted at Clarkton last year and each cf the five baa been asked to name two members of a joint committee to make all arrangements for tbe event. 8ionewall Lodge has named on tbe joint committee Messrs. J. D. Kelley and Jno. B. Turrentine, Jr. ; Germania Lodge, Messrs. F. W. Ortmann and John Haar, and Jeffer son Lodge, at last! night's meeting, namtd Messrs. O. D. Weeks and R. H BaebrigbL Clarendon Lodge atd tbe Clarkton Lodge will select mem bers of the committee later. A meeting of the j members of the joint committee already appointed was held last night and organisation waa effected by the; election of 'Mr. John Haar, chairman,' and Mr. Jno. R. Turrentine, Jr as secretary. An elaborate programme will be arranged and the Pytnlans will have a festive time in general. j A Syrlsa Merchant's Wsy. D. Kalllle, a Syrian, was arrested yesterday by Policeman George for an assault npon Ben Gay, colored. He was recognised for hia appearance at the Mayor's court to-day. Gay 1 legea that he purchased a pair of ahoea from the atore of the Syrian near Front street market house; that after paying for tbe same, he found that they would not do and carried them back for an exchange. The Syrian merchant insisted on giving him an inferior pair in exchange and because he would not take them, the merchant threw them at him as he was leaving tbe store. j Fires at Dana ssd Beasos, N. C. A special from Dunn, N. 0., says that the handsome residence of Mr. James Pearsall was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Tbe building was valued at $3,000. Mr. Pearsall carried a policy of $1,000 on the property! The same afternoon Benson was vis ited by a fire. Residences which were the property of Preston Woodall, J. W. Whittington and Seth Allen, valued at from $1,500 and $3,000, were consumed. Insurance to about one- third Value of the property destroyed was carried. . (nr. A. J. Cook Again Very 111. -Fayetteville Observer. April 1st: "It is with extreme regret . that we learn to-day of a serious relapse in the con dition of Mr. A. JJ Cook, who wss taken ill last night at bis home on Hay street He ia partially paralysed aod bss lost the power of speech. This is a distinct shock to our people, who only a few days ago heard of hia return from Florida, apparently ao much improved in health." Marriage, la Faettcvi!le.' Friends in the city have received tbe following invitation: "Mr. and Mrs. George Gannon Mj rover request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Urbana Du Had way, to Mr. David Lewis Gro in &r lie on the evening of Wednesday, the sixteenth of April, nineteen hun dred and two, at eight o'clock, at their residence on Haymount, Fayetteville, North Carolina." yeest Caagc to Pelaesu - Putrefying food in the intestines produces effects like those of arsenic, bnt Dr. King's New Life Pills expel the poisons from the clogged bowels gently, easily but surely, curing Con stipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Fevers and all Liver, Kidney and Bowel troubles. Only 5 oeatt at R. B. BxLLAJnrVl drug store. , f I A 'I EM Potash DODBLE-DAILY TBAIli Chamber of Coaaeiw Will Con sider Important Proposition - from S.?A. LV Officials. , MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. If Frelfht ledoceneats Are Offered Oeaersl Msssger Barr Ssys the Wiltalsitea - and Hamlet Additional Service ; , " .Will Be Pat Oa-TraGkisf r ! -r The Chamber of: Commerce: will meet in regular monthly session in its rooms in the Beaboard Air Line build ing this afternoon at 3:30. o'clock. On e of the most important matters to come before the meeting for con. sideration is a proposition from Vice President aod General. Manager J. M. Barr, of the S. A. L., in regard to the double-daily train service between Wilmington and Hamlet for which strenuous effort has been made by joint committee from the trades bodies of the city for several weeks. The committee Is in receipt of a let ter from Mr. Barr, ainee his recent visit here, in which he says that after examination and careful consideration, be is convinced that the additional passenger service naked would, if pro vided, impose a loss upon the company as the - business between ' the points named could not support it. Inas much, however, as the commercial or ganisations of Wilmington are ao de sirous of this a dditional service, the company will provide it, provided the associations named assure them for mally of the routing by their members of sufficient additional freight business via the 8.A.L, to justify the com pany in providing and, maintaining this service. ;" V - Mr: Barr says the railroad officials have already taken steps to develop the trucking industry along their lines between Wilmington and Hamlet and will provide the service necessarry therefor at the company 'a coat and all parties concerned have been so ad vised. Mr. Barr closes his letter by as suring the business community of Wil mington' that it is the company's pur pose to meet its wishes in every way so far as it can consistently be done. NE0R0 STOLE A TRUNK. Chief Farlosg a ad Pollceasa Wood Msde a Clever Csptore Yesterdsy Jim Davis, a South Carolina negro travelling under half a dozen aliases, was arrested yesterday by Chief of Police Furlong and Patrolman O. E. Wood npon a charge of larceny. Back of tbe arrest is a story of clever detec tive ability, which is worthy of com mendation. Yesterday morning as Cowan's transfer was taking a trunk to the 6 o'clock south bound train for Mrs. Giles P. Newton, of Newtoosville, 8 C., who has been visiting the family of Dr. J. D. Webster, the trunk was stolen, from the wagon' and the trans fer drivers were unable to ac count for its loss. , During tbe early morning the trunk, broken open and nearly all its contents gone, was found in the rear yard of Capt De Leon Ftllyaw's residence, 116 Grace street. Capt, Fillyaw reported the find to Chief Furlong, and soupling the two incidents together, the chief went to work on the case. In si few hours the negro Davis waa spotted in East Wilmington and was subsequently ar rested In front of Mr. Sol. J. Jones' residence. He had the contents of the trunk in two baskets and sacks, and was exposing the goods, consisting of hats and wearing apparel, for sale. Tbe negro is now locked up at the sta tion bouse. Mrs. Newton, not know ing of the loss of tbe trunk, left on the 8 o'clock train for her home. ANNUAL MEETINQ LAST NIQtlT. N- C. Home Balldlsf Associstloa la Yearly Seiiios Directors Choies. The annual meeting of the North Carolina Home Building Association waa held last night, Mr. B. F. Gore, presiding. Capt Henry Savage, MaJ. W. H. Bernard and Mr. L J. Bear, a committee appointed to verify proxies, reported a constitutional number of shares represented, and the meeting was declared open for the transaction of business. Aside from the reading and receiving of the annual report of the secretary and treasurer, which, showed a very sound financial condition oMhe Asso ciation, the election of Directors was perhaps most important The follow ing members of the Board were re elected and will meet in a few daya to organise: 0. W.Yates, W. H Bernard, R R. Bellamy, F. H 8tedman, J. W. Freeman, W.J. Reaves, Henry Savage, E. a Pisford. W. E. Worth, J. Weil, O. C. Chadbourn, A. D. Brown, L J. Bear, M. W. Divine. Be Kept ttla Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood noiaoning set in. For two yesrs he suffered intensely.' Then the best doctors urged amputation; "but" be writes, "I used one bottle of Electric Bitters and li boxes cf Bucklen's Ar nica 8alve, and my leg was sound and well as ever." For Eruptions, Ecsema, Tetter, Salt Rbeum, Bores and all Blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth. Try them. R R Bellamy, druggist will guarantee satisfaction or -refund tbe money. Only 60 cents. WlInioftoB Presbytery. Wilmington Presbytery, convened in regular Spring session at Mount Olive at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Last night Dr. Geo. C. Worth, of this city, delivered an address upon foreign missions. The following ministers and lay delegates went npon the Coast Line train yesterday morning to at tend the session : Rer. Oohn 8haw, of Biaden county; Rev. A. McFadyen, of Clarkton; Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph. D., Rev. Dr. A. D.' McOlure, Dr. Geo. a Worth, Mr. P. Pearsall and Mr. W. H. Sprunt, of Wilmington. The Presbytery will continue thronri in. m w: 7. MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. Oreeotboro Choies si Next Piece ef Meet . iaf0Hicers Elected at Cafelib 7 ; -I Speicica Stc& Telegram. . - Ralegh, N. 0., -April- 3.-rThe North Carolina Music Teachers' Asso ciation to-day selected Greensboro as place of' meeting next year. The fol lowing officers were elected: Presi dent Pf J- Jewdlne, St Mary 'a School ; Vice President Prof. J. Bi CraigbilL .Charlotte; Secretary and Treasurer, Prof. Clarence R. Brown, Greensboro. ;.- - . v - CHOLERA IN MANILA. " Ooe Haadred aad Stveateea Cases Re- . ported aid Seveatj-oae Deaths. , BTOaWetotneMonuntpBiar. Makila, April S.Up to noon to day 117 cases of ebolrea have been re ported and 71 deaths from the disease had occurred, r The health board, since tbe estab lishment of the detention camp, haa been having much difficulty in flod ing the whereabouts of esas of chol era. . As soon as the members of a household find a case they either send the sick person out of the house or flee themselves. Major Maua, the insular beal b com missioner, has written to the. bishop, objecting to tbe action of the priests in informing the people that no cases of cholera have occurred; that only cases of cnolorine have been discover ed and that the sanitary precautions are only taken to annoy the people. Major Maus haa made a great number of post" mortem examinations and found that they were all of the malig nant Asiatic type of cholera. BRITISH HAD TO RETIRE. A Sharp Rear Qasrd Actios With the Boers Nesr Beichosa's Kop. Br Oabls to ttie Horning star . LONUOH, April 8. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, made pub lic this evening, 'announces that the 8econd Dragoon Guards fought a sharp rear guard action, near Boschman'a Kop, during the evening of March 81st Four officers are known to have been wounded. No further details of the casualties have been received. Tbe column commander, CoL Law ley, detached the dragoons with the object of surprising a Boer laager, re ported to have been located ten miles east of Boschman'a Kop. The dra goons found the Boers strongly posted and the burghers were subsequently largely reinforced, with the result that tbe dragoons had to retreat The heavy firing called np Colonel Lawley and his troops, who drove off the Boers. The letter's loss Is reported to have been heavy." ARKANSAS. PRIMARIES. Election ol James P. Clsrke U. S. Senator is Now Assured. By Telegraph to the Morning star. -Little Rook. Abx , April J, Au thentic returns give the revised figures on tbe U. 8. Senatorsbip: For James P. Clarke, 74 members of the General Assembly; for James K. Jones, 47; doubtful, fourteen. There are 135 members and the num ber required to elect a 8enator ia 68 Tbe election of Clarke is now assured Complete returns from the Seventh Congressional district show that R. Minor Wallace defeats W. V. Tomp kins for Congress, the delegated vote being, Wallace. 41; Tompkins, 87 Unofficial estimates from the Third district ilace Congressman Hugh A. Dinsmore's majority overJ. C Fiojd on a popular vote at between 100 and 200. FROST DA WAGE. Loss la tbe Frnlt Qrowlsg Section of Ten acssce Estlnsted at 50 Per Cent. By Telegraph to tne Morning Btar. Chattanooga, Isim., April 3. Heavy frost occurred last nitht in tbis vicinity, doing some damage to fruit. Up to last night the damage by pre vious frosts had been from 25 to 60 per cent in Southern Tennessee and it is feared the heavy frost lssl night will cause an average of 60 per cent loss to fruit growing. . Atlanta, Ga , April 2. Frosts were general last night in Tennessee, portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina and South Carolina. The damage to the fruit crop in Georgia, if any, was slight a strong wind prevailing throughout the night U. S. WARSHIPS. The Pisa of Bnlldlog la Uoveramest Yards Considered. . Bf Tsieerapn to tne Morning star Washington, April 2. The plan of building warships in government yards was considered by the House Committee on Naval Affairs tn-Aav m large delegation of labor representa tives Doing present m aupport or it. Tbe delegation included James O'Con nell. nreaidentof the MaihlnltiA,ui cia'tion, and several shipbuilding ex- pcrte i rum norioiK, ttroosiyn . and other points having government yards. Mr. O'Connell made tbe main presen tation, urging that the government bad millions invested In nlanta nkl.k should be used for construction as well as repair oi warships. BY NEQRO HIGHWAYMEN: A Parmer of Edgefield Coaoty, S. C , Shot aad Killed: BT Tetesranb to tbe Morning star. Augusta. Ga . Anrii a w t. Collina, a farmer of Edgefield county, 8outh Carolina, was assassinated by "Kuwajmeu uYo miles rrom .driTl with iraisieu a noid-up. when the necroes flraH ,1nn ' .... i fz,,. l tug wen, sin- wLSJSl Ad dilbtly wounding -- " uvrwi ecapa CARTRIDGES IN THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD DR. , a7,...l Lyons rrencn rerioaicai uroos - UcSIRED RESULT'S. n-jL. . uicutvaa avuiutv a.aj CJtUTJQel trm'lT?.0T.5,n,nt?rfe't n1 Imitation. The genuine la pat np only to pasie-board Car- ? trtV-AV A barneta treated with Eoraka Har acaa Oil. It i lata th daaap. kcept Chateau. JV J 1 1 'NESS irrnino pu able, autencs do not break. ' K A rrtHch Mir. face to chafia. and cat. ibe barneaa not only kcepi . looking; l'ka sew, out weara twice V v v NX W at long by the I m of Eureka HaracteOU. Sold everywhere in cant all tire. Made by Standard Oil Company THE C0IT0N SITUATION. Prices Believed to Be Upoa the Eve ol a ' Sharp Advance Fopply loaafllclctt for the World's Ktqalrcmcotg. Bv Tolegraon to too Mormns Star. NEW YORK, April 3. I believe prices to be upon tbe eve of a very aharn advance . which will shonlr carry cotton considerably above nin cents. In New York receipts are fal lng off with ao abruptness tbat indi cates complete-exhaustion. Exports of cotton to-day were forijr-two tbou and bales or about four times the re ceipts. It ia becoming more and more evi dent that the supply of cotton ia abso lutely insufficient for the world's re quirements at present prices. - 8outbern mills are making eager it qtifry in New York for cotton to te abipped them from here. -- The bears to-night seem to be really more concerned about tbe situation than at any time previously this sea son. Tbkodobk H. Price. THE ROME LYNCHING. Coroner's Verdict Mssy Persons Vltwrd ' the Body ot the Negro. ' ay Tetetrrapn to the Merninsretar. ROMK, OA , April J. The body of Walter : Allen, the- negro who wa lynched here last night for an alleged assault on Miss' Adamsoh, was not taken in charge by the coroner until 9 o'clock this morning. Many per aona viewed the body dangling at the top of an electric light pole, forty feet from the ground, where it was pulled early last night by a mob of four thousand. The coroner's jury render ed a verdict tbat the negro bad met death at the baods of a mob to them unknown. The local company of militia waa called out last mgbt, but too late to prevent tbe lynching. CURRENCY IN MANILA Depreciation of Silver CaogJof Great Lobi of Boglotgp. Br Cable to me moiaiuie etar. MABlLA.'April 2. The Chamber or Commerce to-night decided to cable President Roosevelt U'giog Congress I to take immediate sclion conorruiog the curreocy question, wbicb, owing to the present depreciation of silver and the ratio of exchange of $3.37 Mexican for one dollar go d. fixed by tbe United States Philippine Commis sion for the ensuing quarter,' has caused an inmnae loss of business aod a great increase in tbe local' prices of necessariea. Many articles now cost SO per cent, mora than they did last December. " MURDEK AND K08UERY. Aa Aged Lady Killed at Her Home In Travis Cooaty, Texas. Bv Toiegrapn to tbe Morning etar. AUSTIN. Texas. April 8 Mrs. O. I. Levy, aged eighty years and a resident of Travir county for the past forty years, living sixteen miles west of here, on Barton Creek, was mur dered aod robbed last night. Tbe nouso was atterwaras urea, ana parts of the remains were burned. Toe trunk and one arm of the body were horrihlv mutilated h f.trn" thn hmwn was set on fire. . Tbe house and two Outbuildings were burned. Statesville Landmark: A gen tleman who loosed over tne tax books in the sheriffs office lant week found tbat there were about 1 200 whi-e men, la the county, most of them Demo crats, who have not paid their p ll tax. Rev. James C. Boyd a ed Saturday morning at 3 o'clock at bis home in New- Stirling neighborhood, in Sbiloh township. He. was near 68 years old and had been in declining health for two years, having retired from the active work of the ministry during that time. - The com munity generally was shocked Sundsy morning when it was announced that Mr. Wm. P Turner was dead. He had been sick and confined at home for the past two months, but his illness was not considered serious. Greenville Reflector: Mr., W. M.Smith, of .Falkland, waa here to day and told us he had been examin ing hia tobacco beds and found plants very scarce. Tbis led him to Uq lire of his neighbors and also of people along the road, aod tbe aame condi tion was reported by thtm. He says if this is general, the farmers will uot be able to have aa large acreage in to bacco thia year aa intended. How are the plants in other sections t Comnsoiwo Proof of the efflpacy of Ely's Cream Balm, tbe greatest of catarrh remedies, is certainly cheap. A generoua trial aise coata but lOcts. Fail sise 50 cts. Sold by druggists everywhere or mailed by Ely Bros.. 66 Warren 8treet New York. 135 Mill Street Lexieaton, Ey. Messrs. ELY BROS : After giving your Cream Bajm a trial I can tuly aay I feel very much benefitted by its uae and ahall continue to use it by purchasing from ,ur druggiat here. . Mrs. W. B Dasicl AL L n a r i n r n .ALWAYS ASK FOR THEM m9i. B.I. ..it mar 20 tf .1 . ; f.r.: Sold by J. 0. SHEPARD, Jb., Wilmington.
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