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"A LITTLE PAKM."
In writing a few days ago of cat
tle raising in the South as a promis
ing industry, we quoted something
from the Charleston News and Cou
rier and made reference to an ex
hibit on tho exposition grounds by
the U. S. Department of Agricult
ure which that paper had previously
made mention : of. Tho ground
covered by this exhibit contains
about two hcre3, and is laid off in
plats about the size of "an ordinary
garden plat." It is under the charge
of a man who has been in the ser
vice of tho Department for some
years, has had forty years experience
in growing grasses, forage plants
and grasses in England, Ireland,
Scotland and thia country, and was
employed as an expert in these for
sixteen years by the British Govern
ment. The Ncwsand Courier thinks
thuf this entitles his opinions and
conclusions to some respect.
lie was sent last Fall by the De
partment of Agriculture, and pre
pared for these practical object les
ions proposed by . laying off about
two acres of ordinary sandy land
which had been previously planted
in strawberries. Tho planting was
done at intervals from Fall to Spring,
and there was no artificial watering
done, the only watering being by
rains, and the season was not a "fa
vorable one." !
There were 123 varieties of grain,
forage and grass plants planted upon
these aorcs, some of which proved
faiKirea because tho soil or climate
or Utitude was not adapted to the
plants. But the majority succeeded
not only well but splendidly. Those
which succeeded are thus noted.
We quote in full, though somewhat
lengtny, because it is a splendid
object lesson, showing what can be
done on Southern soil, and how much
greater capacity there ia in it than
is generally supposed:
Enelish and Hairy Veich and Bar
ley, mixed. I'Unted bet A-eni 25th and
2fKh December. ' Nearly I waist high
W. i cut (?reen) tn to ilwelve tons
per Here. j . '
v nd Vetch with crrmon clover
an ! barded wheat. Will cut 8 tons
to crt
Iv.yj from coast of Africa. Shoulder
high. Will yield 40 to 45 buehela to
acre. ' : I
Ryo, from food's Seed Company,
Richraocd V- Nearly 17 feet high.
8ameyi!d. !
Texas rust-proof oata with Enelish
vetch, - was ready to cut at. Christ
mas, 40 days from time of germination.
Lirtffl yeid win not give stock colic."
G;Iu?q barley with crimson vetch.
Avcr.go 10 to 13 tons to acre. Could
have bo(u cut and fed two months
ago ?arly in February.
Wood's (Richmond) grass mixture.
Yield 6 tons to acre, first cut. Can
be cut every three weeks afterward,
with yield according to strength of
land. ;
T'.r-es plats of clover, white, red and
cri :.-- ten weeks old and "doing
well " Good for sheep and hogs.
Crimson clover, in full bloom.
Planted November 20. i "The only
clover on the grounds that was not in
jured by frost." Nearly knee high,
and so thick that the ground cannot
be seen through the growth., Good
for stock and bees. i
Mammoth clover, i "Germinated
March 20, A splendid stand; the best
on the grounds. A. great food for any
kind of stock. Will feed 10 cows to
acre all the jear round. Is pianted
but once. Keaewa itself," What a
crop for this region ! And there is an
other, j
Six kinds of Alfalfa from France
andTurkeatan. Three feet high, and
rauk aa weeda in a river bottom. Fine
for milch cowa and for any kind of
atock. Will cut now, not full grown,
11 tons to acre. Is planted but once.
"A treat drought reaiater. as the roots
will go down 40 feet for water. Will
feed 6 cows to acre. Can be cut every
two months, yielding a big crop at
very cutting." A plot planted in
March ia 8 inchea high. Another
Planted in April ia 4 Inchea high.
Fescue. "Doea very well." Ger
minated in January and ia a foot high
,B tery thick, but requlrea rain.
Canary grass: Doea I very well in
POU.
Orchard and Timothy grasses: Both
food, but as they are fall grasses can
not be said yet how they will do.
Urornus grass: Waist high and
first clais " A native Western
grass, fine for horses-and mules.
Uai cut n?e lo ,x tona an acre j,
fed dry. 1 -
Bromus grass, a Gne foreign variety:
.Yields six to seven tona to acre; fit to
cut first week lo April for hay, and
can be cut two or three times a year.
A great hay forage for all atock.
Bromus grass, Russian : Very fine.
Soft meadow grass. Thick stand. For
grazing only. j
Elizabeth Bunch grass: Four feet
nigh; one of the finest grasses on the
'oun.d- "When the land ia strong
one of the beat meadow grasaea. Yields
4K. i 'u.in" t0 cre- Can be grazed
tinV w lhrouKh, after the flrat eat
yLS?1! itTOlf ,rn the roots."
- ihoSn PiaU 0fJBlu ffrasa are
nown. A good grass for low lands.
VOL. XXXIII.
"All will stand the sun if good seed
are planted, and they are planted deep
enough." ,
Horse Bean: Planted March 26. Ger
minated in ten days. Now ten inches
high and in full bloom. "The greatest
crop we have for horse feed. Yields
thirty to forty bushels to the acre. The
beans are crushed or cracked and fed
with oats, and are better than carrots
or any other rood."
Rape, from Etsexshire, England:
"A great feed for cattle. Takes the
place of carrots, and makes twice as
much food as carrots." 8owa in the
seed. The growth on the plat is six
feet high; somewhat resembles "col
lards" gone to seed, and the leaves are
good for table use. "
Golden Bartley: The largest growth
of the plant Mr. Bean has ever seen In
me south. Heads well filled.
Beardless Barley; Planted Novem
ber 20. "Very fine," and now ready
to cut. uaa-es oread and whiskey.
Kyo, (.Wood's, Richmond:) 8tanda
five and one-half feet high, with heads
six to tight inchea long. "Good for
man and beast."
Bunch Beans: For stock. Imported
irom xurney. a. rank, upright growth.
nearly live feet high, and so thick
that a mau cannot walk through it or
set a foot into it. Yields forty to
forty -five bushels of shelled beans to
acre. Not quite matured.
Horse Beans, from France: "Great
rood for horses. Planted in February.
wow mature.'
Blue-stem Bean, from Egypt: Good
for horses. Now mature.
Broad Beau, from China: Horse
rooa. wow mature. Will yield thirty
five bushels shelled beans to icm.
This plat deserves special notice, as it
was plauted November 20, and passed
unharmed through all the cold of the
winter.
Crimson Clover, with. Hairy and
English Vetch: A fine crop. Will
cut about ten tons to acre; can be cut
at once. Must be replanted.
in addition to these there were
twenty-two varieties of wheat plant
ed, the exhibit of which, the News
and Courier says, is "a very strik
ing" one and worthy of special at
tention. Six of these would, accord
ing to the gentleman in charge,
yield forty bushels to the acre, and,
although raised without fertilizers,
"nearly as good" as he ever saw in
England," where they never think of
growing wheat without fertilizers..
It was planted eight inches apart in
drills and planted deep. Capt. Bean,
the gentleman in charge, says the
great trouble with pur farmers, is
that they do not plant their wheat
deep enough. Some of this wheat
stood six feet high on the ground,
some had special features, such as
strength of stalk to resist strong
wind, while others stand, cold which
would injure the more tender varie
ties. In one of these plats the growth
was so dense that attempts to culti
vate the stalks in a given space a
few wide proved failures because "it
would take too long."
The Neros and Courier concludes
its interesting article on this "little
farm" thus:
We have given so much space to
this exhibit of grasses, grains, etc.. be
cause of the astonishing revelation it
affords of the vast capabilities of this
county, this regiOD, this State and
this section, for the production of
wheat and other bread crops, for rais
in? fine horses, cattle and other stock,
for making dairy products, and for
erowinsr hav. The little two acre
farm proves, beyond all doubt or ques
tion, that, instead of being compelled
to buvall these things because we can
not produce them, we can produce
them for Bale in competitiou with any
other nart of tbe country. It also
oroves that, so far from being "de
pendent on cotton" for a paying crop,
our farmers are deliberately neglect
ing, year after year, far more profita
ble and less troublesome crops, in or
der to grow cotton.
It is an exhibit that will deeply in
terest and imnresi any of them, and
will mean, for many of them, the
making of a fortune. They should not
fail to see it, at any cost.
This was a small tract, it is true,
but there was no fancy farming done
on it, spending $10 to raise $2 worth
of stnff. It was all practical, com
mon sense farming by a man who
understands his business. What can
be done on two acres can be done on
2.000 or 2.000.000. under similar
conditions.
After reading of such an exhibit
who can for a moment doubt that
the South is capable of becoming the
ideal farming and stock raising sec
tion of this country?
BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION.
Soldiers in the Philippines have
their own ideas of "benevolent as
similation." and the best way to
carry it out. It maybe incidentally
remarked that generally speaking
the averaee soldier isn't much of a
hair splitter and does not waste
much time in moralizing. The
Philadelphia North American quotes
the following from a regular army
officer who is now at home in that
city on leave of absence:
The Philippines are all rieht
enough, or rather will be when, we get
the damned niggers properly licked.
The country is fine, but aa lone as vou
people at home keep on crying for free
dom and auch rot for the treacherous
robbers, you will never do anything
with the islands. It is one thing to
fight men, but it's a different story
when tou have to march through a
wild country and fight a crazy lot of
monkeys who stick a knife into you
thm mnment vou turn vour back.
"It's all right to sympathize with
them In America, but in the island
swamps it's another thing. All you
want to do then is to thrash h 1 out
of 'em and cet back to camp. As a
rule thia fighting ia too much like
work, and the boys aren't for it a bit;
but Lord! if you want real fun, you
ought to aee a good live 'nigger drive.'
It beats all. When our boys get them
on the run and corner the devils, then
look out It don't take long to clean
'em up. Of course, U's not exactly
war, but then they are notjreal human
beinars.
"Amerlca.hargot to grow, and any
damned nigger people who get in the
way had better lonk
right over them every time."
This is pretty blunt and nrettv
uaionc, some would say pretty bru-
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tal also. This man wW ia.
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wruuswD, wouia doubtless say
J 1U1
Herod Smith, may not
voice the sentiments of every soldier
in the Philippines, but there is little
doubt that he voices the sentiment of
many, and perhaps a large majority.
From the very first, when they be
gan to hunt Filipinos and shoot
them as they shoot jack rabbits on
the plains, they have looked upon
ouuowng tnem as an exnuarating
recreatiori,and that they went at it in I
earnest and made a success of it is
shown by the large numbers of Fili
pinos killed in fights and the com
paratively small numbers wounded.
And yet Gen. Hughes j testified be-
for the Senate committee that he
always felt sorry when he had to
fight the Filipinos, for1 he felt as if
he was "fighting children."
But they must be assimilated if
the last "damned nigger" has to be
exterminated, for that's the only
way we can, according to this brutal
officer, ever do anything with the
Philippines and make them "pay,"
which is the inspiration of "benevo
lent assimilation."
A SERIOUS OUTLOOK.
For several weeks there has been
friction between the anthracite coal
miners and the operators of the
mines. Earnest efforts have been
made to settle the differences and to
avert the threatened strike, one of
the most active in this work being
Senator Hanna. The efforts failed
principally for the reason, as stated,
that the mine operators were not
averse to a strike at this time, but
would rather welcome it. aa thev
would lose, but little, j if anything.
in the long run. It would give
them an opportunity to run up the
price of coal and dispose of what
they have on hand at a'.larger profit.
They have begun already to do that,
for coal has. advanced a dollar a ton
in Philadelphia. Of course as the
supply decreases it will go still
higher, as the anthracite mines are
controlled by a combine or trust.
While the strike, which has already
been inaugurated, may; not prove a
very serions thing to the mine
operators, it will, if persisted in and
carried ont on the gigantic propor
tions that will be attempted, prove
a very serious thing to tho miners,
to the business of the country and
to millions of people who are not
interested directly in the mines or
in mining. A coal famine would be
next to a food famine because it
would clog the wheels of industry
and deprive millions of people of the
labor by which they earn their daily
bread, which gives ground for the
hope that some means may be de
vised to prevent the strike from
becoming general. There surely
should be some way to prevent these
conflicts in which eventually the
whole country may become involved
and millions suffer.
It is said that Andrew Carnegie,
who doesn't believe in shot gun
"benevolent assimilation," called.
upon f resident Mciuniey, wnen
things began to look lurid in the
Philippines, and offered to pay the
$20,000,000 we agreed to pay Spain,
provided he were authorized to
assure the Filipinos that this Gov
ernment would ultimately acknowl
edge their independence.
The latest consolidation reported
comes from Wilmington, Delaware,
where a man owns four kittens
consolidated into one. Their hind
legs are so welded together that their
heads point to the four quarters of
the compass. If that consolidation
matnres it would be hard for the
bootjack man to sneak up on the
blind side. -
Camille Flammarion says the vol
canic dust ejected by Mount Pelee
and Sonfriere may remain in the air
for years and have a luminous effect
at night. We may probably have some
of those red sunsets which were
witnessed for some time after the
explosion of Krakatoa, which was a
cracker sure enough, in 1883.
Charles M. Schwab has purchased
one of the most attractive beach re
sorts on Staten Island, which he
proposes to improve and fit up for
the free nse of poor 'children, such
as he will select.
The Pacific railway and others
opposed to the Nicaragua canal are
now working the volcanic upheavels
in Martinique and St. Vincent
against it.
It is said thatex-Gov. Bob Taylor,
of Tennessee, will receive 125,000
for 100 lecturef'-1 -That's better than
playing the fidf b or playing Gov
ernor, f,
That Washington preacher who
defined dancing as "hugging set to
music," gave dancing a great boost
that didn't cost it a cent.
ilmington, n. c.,
OJRRHNTj COMMENT:
Th&V Meat
Trust, has been
? L-E la8t'. ana e
-aepuDiicans wrj ao their utmost to
see that it stays tere,for protection,
at least until the next ' election is
over. Meantime, tho civil combina
tion will be at liberty to continue
its course of extortionist the same.
Brooklyn Citizen, Dem. '
Mount Pelee has burned one
city and killed 40,000 people, as es
timated. In the course of our war
on the Filipinos,1 as reported, scores
of towns have been burned and 100,-
uuu people; nave 'perished in one
province alone. ! Yet the eruption
of the volcano is a "great calamity,"
and the war is "glorious. "Charles
ton jsews ana vourter, Vem.
General Miles and hh friends
have done some .very foolish thing, s
but they should disavow responsi
bility for a little' pamphlet now go
mg the rounds reviving the inci
dents of the time when th said
Miles played the part of jailer jo one
Jefferson iDavis. "Least slid is
soonest mended, " and whin the
South is silent I she should not be
asked to forget. Nor'shodd the.
patriotism of the South be Vrought
as evidence that1 she has forgot
ten. Jacksonville TiimstJnion.
Dem. i : .
Arizona and New Meiico to
gether would make a State ofj mag
nificent territorial area neary 235,
700 square xniler, with a population
estimated at 450,000. Texas alone,
with its 265,780 square miles! would
be larger j than i the consoldated
Teritories in the family of Hates.
This forced union seem to be the
latest favored device of the majori
ty in Congress to keep these two
Territories with their vast material
interests, in a state of political de
pendency, I notwithstanding (heir
urgent need fori self-government as
an agency ; of progressive internal
development.; Republican OUaho
ma may come into the ! TJnioi and
welcome; but two Democratic Terri
tories never I Philadelphia Rec-
ord,
uem. j !
N. C, CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Medals Awarded to North Carolina Ex
hibitors at Charleston Exposition.
Two to WUmlflfton Firms:
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Special Star Telegram,
Ralbiqh j N. ! C, May 17.-The
North Carolina section of the Ameri
can Chemical Society, in its aizth an
nual session here to-day, electel the
following officers: President, C. E.
Brewer; Vice President. Q. 8. Fraps;
Secretary and Treasurer, U. B. Wil
liams; Councillor, B. W. Kilgore. A
number of papers on chemical subjects
AM WAS11 1 1 I
The North Carolina Department of
Agriculture has issued the announce
ment that twenty-four gold, twenty
nine silver. I and seven bronze medals
have been awarded exhibits from this
State at the Charleston Exposition
thus far. Among the winners of gold
medals are the H. E. Newbury Co.,
Magnolia, for bulbous plants; Back
burn & Wijlett, Newborn, for tubers
and truck; Bolt's North Carolina Mills,
Fayettevillt , sheetings, plaids, checks,
yarns, etc. A silver medal was won
by Steele's Mills, at Rockingham, for
print cloths. The Spiritine Chemical
Co., Wilmington, took a silver medal
for products, woody substances, and
the Hydraulic White Brick Co., Wil
mington, for white brick.
HOTEL THIEF ARRESTED.
Detective Green Captures a Nejro Thief
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and Recovers Stolen Property.
Detective, Robert Green last
night
cleverly trapped a negro thief.
Last Wednesday night Mr. D. E.
Oakes, a travelling representative of
the Peck-Hammond Co., of Cincin
nati, was robbed of hia watch and a
handsome pocket knife while a guest
at the Fulton Hotel. ' The case was
placed in the j hands of Detective
Green, and usual tbe guilty one
waa apprehended.; The detective last
night arrested Yancey Strickland, a
negro who -had done odd jobs around
the hotel, nd found the stolen kaife
on his person. He denied having the
watch, but after! being locked up con
fessed thai he had hidden it in a
house, corner of Eleventh and'Prin
cesa streets, and there Detective Green
found it. !
Accident to ;Capt. Richardson.
Many friends in Wilmington will
read with regret the following from
the Columbus Press, published xat
Whitill4 yesterday : "A very pain
ful if not ifatal ! accident happened to
Capt. V. V. Richardson at his home
last Saturday morning. Since his last
indisposition about two months ago
he has beep very weak, having to be
assisted to move about, but Saturday
morning, becoming impatient, he at
tempted toj step along the floor, and
fell, breaking the bone of hia thigh
that enters! the hip. Drs. Jackson and
Maxwell pave j been attending mm
since. It lis hardly probable that he
will comp
etely. recover.
Married Id Charlotte.
Mr. Nicholas Hussey, of Warsaw, a
young man well known in Wilming
ton, marrfed Wednesday afternoon at
6 o'clock, Miss Carrie May Todd, a
popular ypung lady of Charlotte. The
marriage iook place at the home of the
bride's parents and after the ceremony
ices and cake were served, and later
the newly; married left for their future
home in Warsaw. The groom is em
ployed ij the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical! Company and ia a young
man of sterling worth and integrity.
Mr. and Mrs. Hussey are spending
their honeymoon in Wilmington. 1
Destructive Hall Storm.
The Sxab learna from the Maxton
Chief that the recent hail storm in
that section completely destroyed
many fields of cotton, cantaloupes and
vegetables. The loss of Dr. H. W.
McNatt alone la estimated at one
thousand dollars. :
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fridJ may 23, 1902.
MEMORIAL' HOSPITAL.
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Formal Opening of the Institu
I
tion Founded!!
IV ttlA I flf A
j ar
James Walker.
INSPECTED
!BY THE PUBLIC.
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The Billdlng Complete in AM Its Appolat
meils One of the i Finest In the
. Sooth Total Coat, Iaclndlog
Equipment, Over $40,000.
e James Walke? Memorial Hos-
; tal, the great gift of our late es
emed townsman, Mr. James Walker,
will be open for occupancy to-morrow.
Yesterday its ttoors were open
ed and public Inspection invited.
During the day; several hundred visi
tors, a large majority being ladies, in
spected the handsome building, which
is to so greatly jbenefit the afflicted and
rank Wilmington among the foremost
cities of the South along this line
The building' as heretofore describ
ed, is of thefinest pressed brick, with
brown atone trimmings,- and if three
stories high, exclusive of basement
It is substantially. 'constructed and
finely planned and relative to the lat
ter it is not amiss -to state that the
building is situated at just such an
angle aa to allow sunshine to each
room at Borne time during tho day.
The entire portiou of the building
on tho first floor to the right of the
jnain entrance, which fronts the west,
is given up to the 'institution's offi
cials and attendants. There you find
Dr. 8. R. Little's office and sleeping
apartment,' a fcosy j parlor, ' sleeping
apartments for Dr. jJ. M. Hall, the
pharmacist, Miss M. L. Hench, night
superintendent Miss L. M Heller,
matron, and one for, the nurses. To
the left is an attractive general parlor
or reception room and seven rooma,
finely appointed, for pay patients.
Ward B. for females, is also to the left
on this floor, i J
At the very head Of the wide stair
way on the second floor is a spacious
and handsomely furnished parlor for
pay patients. At the northern end of
the long corridor is Ward C. also for
females, and at the opposite, southern
end, is Ward D, for males. Each
ward is fully equipped with all con
veniences and is neat and attractive in
appearance. Upon this floor are thir
teen private rooms, j
The third floor is entirely given up
to the operating department Here is
a perfect operating, room, lighted by a
glass roof, so to speak, and posseis.ing
all the most modern and necessary ap
pliances. Thej floor is tiled, while ev
ery appointment of the room is either
glass, marble or iron. This room oc
cupies the western-central part of the
third floor ad is; adjoined on the
south by the anesthetizing and instru
ment rooms, each fully equipped, and
on the north by the j sterilizing room.
On this floor is also j a recovery room
for patients who have undergone a se
rious operation and have to be kept
near by for from 24 to 48 hours.
A large elevator makes the floor
accessible for patients, as they can be
rolled on cots to j the elevator and
then carried to the operating room.
In the basement is the cuisine depart
ment, as well aa laundry, helpers' din
ning room, pharmacy, emergency op
erating room and furnace and cold air
department The latter ia in charge of
Engineer W. E. Bowser.
Of course, each floor has all neces
sary toilet and; linen! rooms and to each
room during the summer is transmit
ted cool air from a! large electric fan
in the cold department The furnish
ing throughout is uniform. Each pri
vate room hks an! enamel bed, oak
dresaer, enamel washstand, chair and
table. In the wards there is an enamel
bed, a small table aud a chair for each
patient. j .
The large lawn in front of the build
ing ia to be cultivated and made most
attractive fori both patients aud vial-
tors to view.
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The "moving in" of patients will be
commenced, to-morrow morning. The
old hospital building will be retained
for negroes.
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FATAL COLLISION.
Fonr Men Killed aad Foar lojared la a
Train Wreck- la Nebraska,
bt telesTapb to j&e nomine star.
Lincoln, Neb., May 17. Pour men
were killed and four others injured in
a collision on the; Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy, near Hyannis, Neb.,
to-day. All of those killed were in
the smoking j car at the time. This
car was reduced to kindling wood.
The collision occurred a mile east of
Hyannis between! the Portland-St
Louis flyer, east bound, and an extra
stock train, bound west, with twenty-
five car loads of cattle. There ia
nothing to indicate who was respon
sible for the two trains being on the
same track and no details as to the
rate of speed at which they were
going. j
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
Tbe Naval Appropriation Bill Debated.
Sampson-Schley Controversy.
bt Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
Washington, D. C, May 17.
The House spent the day in discus
sing the Naval Appropriation bill, and
tbe most important feature of the dis
cussion Involved a revival of the
Sampson-Schley I controversy. This
imiA DTW an amendment to the bill'
which was presented by Mr. Mudd, of
Maryland, and which was adopted,
prohibiting the use of Maclay'a his
tory of the navy aa a text book at the
Naval academy.' A number of minor
amendments to the bill were auopusa
but the consideration of the measure
was not completed before the House
adjourned, i '
ANOTHER QUEER COINCIDENCE.
Father Loses Son by Drowning Where
Three Other Children Met Death.
A few years ago Harckless Green,
of Brunswick county, lost three chil
dren by drowning within a few yards
of Navassa factory, four miles from
Wilmington, at the mouth of a creek
which enters the river at that point.
He was in a boat with his children at
the lime of the accident and miracu
lously escaped himself. Yesterday, at
about tho same' spot, he and his son
Darry, aged about 19 years, were in a
boat which capsized and the young
man was drowned. The father again
barely escaped.
Crosade Against Mosquitoes,
The public works department of
Savannah haa began a crusade against
the mosquitoes. " The hands that clean
out the catch basins at the street cor
ners are supplied with kerosene oil,
and a small quantity is poured into
each basin after it has been cleaned.
The oil is relied upon to kill larvae of
the mosquitoes that may already be
in the basins, and it will prevent the
females of the family .from depositing
eggs on the water.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Elizabeth City Carolinian: It
is anticipated there will be a decrease
in the cotton acreage in thia county
this year, I
Rockingham Headlight: Rl A.
Grady, who is always at the front for
fun and curiosities, comes this time
with a four-footed gosling, about four
days old, and a bright prospect for a
long life.
Washington Progress: The
large colt bred from the Canadian
and Roanoke, now owned by R. B.
Carrawan, of Lake Comfort, former
ly owned by and known as the Jef
ferson horse of Beaufort county,
42 inches at fore shoulders and 43
inches at hind parts. This colt was
loaled May 1st, 1902, and measured
May 6th.
Nashville Graphic: The erec
tion of a cotton seed oil mill for Nash
ville is almost an assured fact More
than half the amount of capital stock
of t20, 000 has baen subscribed and, 'ere
many weeks have passed, the full
amount will no doubt have been
secured and things assume a more
tangible form.
Salisbury Truth-Index: Arch
Conley, col., convicted at the Novem
ber term of the Rowan Superior Court
of the murder of Qus Davis, col., and
sentenced to hang, but took an appeal
to the Supreme Court, did not succeed
in getting a new trial or the setting
aside of the decision of the lower
court The Supreme Court's decision
l that there was no error. The uov
ernor will now set a day for. the exe
cution. Greenville Reflector: Mr. W.
T. Lee tells us he believes the article
we printed from the Gastonia Gazette,
a few days ago, about cotton seed
meal driving away potato bugs, is a
humbug. He went out at once after
reading the article and sprinkled cot
ton seed meal on his potato vines, and
when he went back to see how the ex
periment worked, found the bugs eat
ing the meal, or at least looked like
they were eating it.
Elizabeth City Economist: Mr.
Josephus Liverman, one of the most
prosperous and highly respected citi
zens of Tyrrell county, was found early
Saturday morning between his resi
dence and barn in a dying condition.
Mr. Liverman went to feed his stock
as usual Saturday morning and it is
supposed he had an attack of heart
trouble, which caused his death. He
was dead in a few minutes after he
was dead.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Mr. William Green Harper, one of the
best known men in Eastern Carolina,
died Friday morning at his home in
Kinston. The deceased had been in
feeble health for two years. He war
one of the oldest inhabitants of Kin-
aton, being in hia 79th year. It
has been learned from Kitrell that
wheat was greatly damaged- in the
track of the hail storm of the 18th. The
damage was from one-fourth to the
entire crop in some places. A mile to
the west of that place the hail was ex
ceedingly heavy and was driven by
the wind like musket balls. The
houses are battered as if by spent balls.
Turnips and radishes were split and re
duced to pulp as far down as the im
pact of the hail-stones could reach.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer:
Fourteen cases of smallpox
were discovered in the vicinity of
Wingate Tuesday. Prompt measures
have been taken to prevent the fur
ther spread of the disease. Liles-
ville and vicinity was visited by a se
vere wind and hail storm early Sun
day night Young cotton and corn
was badly damaged by the hail, but it
is hoped that it will not be necessary
to replant. Many trees and some old
outhouses were blown down, but no
great damage was done by the wind.
A large barn belonging to Mrs. C.
V. Dunlap, of Paris, was set on fire by
a stroke of lightning early last Sun
day night and completely destroyed.
The barn contained over 7,000 pounds
of fodder and a quantity of other
roueh feed all that Mrs. Dunlap
had which was also a total toss. The
burned building, which stood off to
itself, was the only one on the
premises which was not insured.
According to the tax books there
are 1,547 white .polls in Anson and
1,311 colored polls. Of whites 1,333
paid their poll tax, while only 379
negroes did likewise. It is estimated
that after errors and removals from
the county are deducted, there will
remain not more than 125 white men
in the county who have disfranchised
themselves by failing to pay poll tax.
Of this number probably not more
than 50 are reliable Democrats. Many
of the negroes who failed to pay poll
tax can read and write and could have
voted had they attended to that mat
ter. Tbe indications are that the Re
publican vote in thia county next No
vember will probably not exceed 300.
Secretary Hay has received a cable-
am from U. S. Consul ft.yme, at
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relief supplies now afloat are quite
sufficient for the Martinique sufferers,
and suggesting that while St Vincent
may be in need, public subscriptions
in the United States should cease at
once.
Stephen H. Darden, aged 87, mem
ber of the Confederate Congress and
a veteran of the Texas war of Inde
pendence and of the Mexican war,
died at his home at Wharton; Texas.
NO. 30
MR. JAMES WILSON.
Wealthy Real Estate Owner in
Wilmington and Resident
of New York.
DIED YESTERDAY MORNING.
Remains Seat Laat Nlfhl to' Hia Home
for Interment, Accompanied by Hia -
Neice Funeral Servicea by
Rev. Dr. A. D. McClnre.
Mr. Jamea Wilson, or New York
perhaps the largest owner of renting
residence property in the city and re
puted to have been worth from $1,000,
000 to $3,000,000, died at the home of
Mrs. Sallle Greenabaum, Postoffice
Avenue, this city, yesterday morning
at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Wilson suffered
a violent attack of cerebritis early
Wednesday morning and he had been
gradually sinking since. He was 76
years of age and his death will be
heard of with very much regret by all
who knew him.
Deceased waa a native of New York,
but came to Wilmington before the
Civil War and identified himself with
its business interests. At first he con
ducted a general hardware and a large
leather and saddlery business on
Water street in the store just south of
Heide & Co.'s present stand. About
the year 1869 he moved to No. 11
Market street and about three years
later sold out to Mr. N. Jacobi and de
voted his attention to buying, selling
and renting real estate. He had sev
eral times acquired large sums of
money by inheritance and invested it
all judiciously, so that his returns
were large. During the years 1871,
1872 and 1873 he served the city as
mayor and represented New Hanover
one or more terms in the General As
sembly. About fifteen years ago he
sold out large real estate interests in
Chicago and reinvested the money in
New York. He was then very wealthy
and moved hia residence to New York,
but retained practically all his proper
ty interests here and made frequent
visits to Wilmington of a business na
ture. It was upon one of these visits,
that he was suddenly stricken with
the diseasff which put an end to his
career.
Mr. Wilson was never married and
leaves of the Immediate family only a
sister, Mrs. E. J. Napier, of Brooklyn.
He also leaves a neice, Mrs. Charlotte
McLeish, 1410 Q Street, Waahington,
D. C, of whom Mr. Wilaon was very
fond and who reached his bedside yes
terday morning a few minutes after
his death. He also has two nephews,'
who compose the firm of Duff & Con
ger, real estate agents, Madison Ave
nue, corner of 86th street New York.
The remains, accompanied by Mrs.
McLeish, were taken on the 7 o'clock
northbound A. C. L. train last night
for interment in New York. The re
mains will be met at Washington this
morning by Messrs. Duff and Conger.
Funeral servicea over the re:
mains of the deceased were con
ducted yesterday afternoon from
the residence of Mrs. Greenbaum
by Dr. A. D. McClnre, pastor of St
Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The
pall bearers from the residence to the
train were: Honorary, Messrs. W. N.
Harriss. 8. H. Fishblate and Drs. T.
S. Burbank and W. J. H. Bellamy;
active, Messrs. 8. P. Collier, Marsden
Bellamy, T. O. Bunting, R. G. Ran
kin, J. C Morrison and J. F. GarrelL
Mrs. McLeish was a guest while in
the city of the family of Maj. D. O'Con
nor, a life long friend of the deceased.
The Philadelphia Rambler.
The Philadelphia Rambler is another
climbing novelty among roses, said to
be n great Improvement on the original
Crimson Rambler and the result of a
cross between Crimson Rambler and
Victor Hugo, the latter being a hybrid
remontant, producing flowers ot rich,
flaming crimson. It Is said to have all
the best characteristics of the older
Rambler without some of its faults.
For instauce, so far it has not develop
ed tbe same tendency to mildew which
the old Rambler sometimes shows. The
flower of the new variety is larger and
more double and durable and the color
"more intense and persistent, not fad
ing nearly so quickly as do the flowers
of the famous old Rambler. It is hard
to realize that the good old Crimson
Rambler Is liable to be displaced within
'a short time, yet such Is likely to be
the case, In the opinion of a writer in
Gardening.
The city of Charleston, S. C, has
made a contract with the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company of Balti
more, for building water works, giv
ing a thirty years' franchise to tnat
-corporation. The Charleston Light
and Water Company, which acquired
the water works will carry out the
new undertaking for the Baltimore
company.
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ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT.
Borrlf jIbi Details of the Recent Volctolc
Eroptlos Masy Decaying Corpses
Found Lylif Eipoaed.
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Br Oabiewtlu Horning Btar '
. Kingstown, Island or St. Vin
cent, May 17. In. the absence of
symptoms of further eruptions of the
volcano of Sofriere, the Inhabitants of
St Vincent are gradually becoming
settled.
Most horrifying details of the Oarib
country, where thousands of cattle and
human corpses lay in a state of decom
position for several days during the
agitation, are revealed. Although the
number of deaths In the island due to
the disaster is estimated, judging from,
the missing Inhabitants, at 2,000 up to
the night of May 13th, only 1,268 bodies
have been burie'd. The undiscovered 1
bodies are probably covered 1 with -lava.
In a small shop which was
opened three days after the eruption
eighty-seven decaying corpses were
discovered and not one of them was
recognizable. In the dwelling house
of the manager of one of the estates
tn rty-seven corpses were louna in a
similar condition, and other sickening
discoveries have been made. The dis
trict is being rapidly cleared. A num
ber of patients have neon brought to the
city. Of these many are Buffering from
fractured skulls, caused by the stones
thrown from the volcano, and'ama-.
jority of them were burned by the lava"
thrown up with the vapor.
Towards evening yesterday there
was a slight convulsion, followed by a
small discharge of smoke, but this
caused no alarm. The weather is fine
and the excitement is abating. The
bed of lava in the windward district
is still hot.
Although attended with smaller loss
of life, the eruption of La Soufriere
waa not less violent than that of Mont
Pelee in the island of Martinique.
The area covered by lava here com
prises sixteen aquare milea. The fact
that the loss of life and property in
Bt Vincent were smaller than in Mar
tinique is due to the position of
LaBoufriere and the smaller popula
tion of the district
STRIKING COAL MINERS.
Reports That the National Civic Federa
tloi Is Making Efforts to Termlsste
the Anthracite Strike.
bt Telegrapb to tbe Hornus Star.
Hazklton, Pa., May 17. Tha ar
rival here to-night of Ralph MEasley,
secretary of the National Ciyio Feder
ation, lenda color to the reporta which
have, been current for the past few
daya that the Civic Federation ia
making an effort to terminate the coal
miners' strike. Mr. Eaaley met
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, with whom he immediately
went Into conference behind closed"
doors. The conference lasted until 11
o'clock.
Mr. Easlev said Mr. Mitchell had no
plans to submit to the Federation and
that he carried no message back to
Senator Hanna, or any other member
of the Federation.
President Mitchell's time to-day waa
principally taken up by a conference
with the Illinois soft coal operators
over a few disputed points in the
Sorinc-field. 111., bituminous diatrlct
The matter was finally disposed of, an
agreement being reached which was
satisfactory to both aidea.
Nothing official was given out to
day regarding the calling out of the
bituminous miners. It is understood,
however, that the district presidents
of 4hree anthracite districts are
in communication with the presi
dents of the bituminous districts tor
the purpose of getting two of them
to make up the five necessary
to call a special national convention
to consider the advisability of calling
out the soft coal miners. This is be
lieved to be a mere- formality, as it is
thought the West Virginia and Michi
gan districts will agree to the assem
bling of such a convention.
Reports received at strike headquar
ters to-day were to the effect that the
strike was being carried out to the
letter.
IN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS.
Bloody Battle Expected Between Citizens
and a Band of Ootlawa.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Roanoke, Va May 17. A apodal
from Briatol aaya Sheriff Broadwater,
of Scott county, Virginia, haa infor
mation that Jim Wright and hia band
of outlaws, who have committed
msnv murders in Eastern Tennessee
. and Southwest Virginia, are aurround
ed by a posse of citizens in the moun
tains of Hancork county, Tenneaaee,
and that a bloody battle ia anticipates
They forced the firing line last
night and tbe outlaws snot one or
their pursuers, wounding him.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Better be envied than pitied.
Dutch proverb.
God helps the early riser.
Spanish proverb.
A purpose in the head and not
in the heart doea not last long.
A man is valued according to
his own estimate of himself. French
proverb.
If idleness do not produce vice-
or malevolence, it commonly produces
melancholy. ataney smnn..
To be honest, as this world
goes, is to be one man picaea out 01
ten thousand. Shakespeare.
Grace is of a growing nature.
In the wav to Zion they sro from
strength to strength. Thomas Boston.
What an absnrd thing it is to
pass over all the valuable parta of a
man, ana nx our attention upon mm
inflrmitlea I Addison,
He is a wise man that can
avoid evil: he is a patient man that
tcan endure it; but he is a valiant man
hat can conquer it. Quar lea.
"Charity should begin at
home, but It should not stay there."
"Life is service. Service Is a part of
1 life; it ia the only real human life, and
from Christ's own existence we see
the great example of It." Phillips
Brooks.
No good deed, no genuine sac
rifice, is ever wasted. If there be good
in it God will use it for His own holy
'Jff"
aell drop aw?y Vh
hbiown-Fr
purposes, and whatever 01 ignorance
mistake waa mingiea
away aa tbe withered
when the full flower
Frederick W. Farrar.
It is our duty as well as our
pleasure, being brothers in Christ, to
take Him with us every where on the
farm, in the office, at the home or
wherever we may be make him our
companion. " His words our watch
word and his life a straight line, which
with God's help, we must parallel as
near aa possible and fulfill the mission
! that he has- designed for um. Univer-
8alist.
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