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GLASS FACTOBIES.
A short while ago Greensboro
Record quoted a travelling salesman
as saying that he did more or lesa
business with nearly allof the f ur
niturc manufacturers in this State
sad that they bought' monthly (pos
gibly annually instead j of monthly
was meant) about $400,000 worth of
mirrors of different sizes for use in
the furniture they manufactured.
This looks like a large sum of money
to invest in the item of mirrors
alone, but this man, who is pre
sumably travelling fori
some class
factory, talked as if he knew what
he was talking about. ,
Shortly alter that the same paper
noted the fact, that there was in
that city a gentleman from Pennsyl
vania experienced in glass making, I
who was prospecting with a view to
finding an eligible site for the es-
tablishment of a glass factory.
It occurred to us when we read I
about that 1400,000 invested in
mirrors, that this State ought to be
i pretty good field for the establish
ment of one or more glass factories,
for which there is no more ideal site
than right hero in Wilmington.
Dot it seems that thej advantages
the Sooth presents for this industry
have attracted the attention of
others in other States. A writer in
the Jacksonville, Fla., Timef-Union
in urging the establishment of por
celain and glass works in that city
gives his views as follows:
The porcelain clay deposits of Flor
IdihtvA been thoroughly exploited
it uo localities, widely separated
fro ii each other. This- exploitation
worn has proved that the kaolin exists
in vast quantity.
The quality of the mineral or the
manufacture of ceramics (from the
Great, meaniDg burnt cla), from the
Uncut china down to Ilia j commonest,
everyday C. C. ware, hi. baa fully
tested ia the European ad American
potteries. i
. There are from tweuly-fiv e to thirty
pottery factories at Trqnton, N. J.,
tad quite a rtumber ai Est Liver
pool, Ohio, and, I believe, two or more
it Cincinnati, Ohio. I
A pure white kaolin is 'not found at
or nar any of theie factories, nor
hii" they all of the other minerals rc
qumd near at hand, but have to bring:
quMi or flint from New Hampshire
or Maine, I
AiKast Liverpool and Cincinnati
they also brine a very plastic, coarse,
grayish colored clay, called "Ball
clay." from Jonesborougb, in South
ern 11110018, that is used to stiffen
It. J . r
oody of the ware. I
IJL.cattnot be said j thai any of
these fac tories nre favorably situated
for th economical manufacture of
porcelain. j-
Factories properly located in Florida
would have the advantage of a super
ior and cheaper clay. The pure white
nd washed from the 'clay may be
substituted for the quartz, of which
bout twenty pounds to the one hun
dred pounds of clar is required to pre--eot
the clay from shrinking and
cracking in burning. The very small
amount of feldspar needed can be
brii a fit from New Hampshire ' or
Mai. it. j
Afit-r much study and familiarity
with the requirements of ceramic
industries, I shall suggest that Jack
sonville is the proper locality of all
othersln this country for the .estab
lishment of porcelain manufactories
It is connected by railroads with both
localities where the kaolin is mined,
and reqires but a short haul to bring
the clay to the factories.!
For an additional assurance of suc
cess a colony of potters should be
brought from Europe,' Potters are
canniah, and require associates of their
own cass. The manu facture of porce
lain gives employment to members of
the entire family, from ! the youngest
thild able to lift a cup or pitcher to the
oldest member, male and female.
The machinery and suitable klins for
start cost but moderate sum.
The quartz sand washed from the
kaolin in preparing it for market is of
s superior quality for 'the manufac
ture of fine table ware and plate glass.
The extensive plate glass works in
and near Kokomo, Ind.; have to bring
their sand from Point Commerce, on
the Mississippi river about one hun
dred miles below St. Louis. .
The Pittsburg factories get their
nd on the banks of the Juniata river,
ome distance from the works. This
nd, as well as that at Point Com
merce, is very Inferior to the Florida
od washed from the kaolin.
The first successful .finished plate
fclass factory in this country was built
at New Albany, Ind. The sand used
was obtained from a decomposed sand
atone in the hills, about six miles
from the railroads,, at Providence,
lentj-aix miles from New Albany.
The quality of thjs sand is only fairly
good after munK TnnM In eleaninr.
Plate glass made here, after ail pos
sible care, would, to the experienced
eye, show a little discoloration, which
was found to be due to the use of soft
ooal for fuel. Since the discovery and
utilization la the glass works of nat
;1 gas and petroleum for fuel all
traces of discoloration: in American
Irlftnii a o i
now boast of the most extensive plate
iSfS"i!?ihe wo.,ld ."
tories in JacWiTill "I" f. ""I
"brought In vessels from Rnmmt
vessels from Beaumont
VOL. XXXJII.
Texaa, and will prove to be as cheap as
fVC 5 .ino weui or Indiana.
Ohk and Pennsylvania. .
An abundant market for porcelain
and other 8tates, but In South Ameri
ca, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Oarribean
Islands. Deep water, that is now as
sured on the 8U John's river to Jack
sonville, will justify the establishment
of ocean steamship lines to the South
American and islandorta. -
. The writer of this communication
seems to have some knowledge of
both porcelain and glass making,
and has possibly been at some time
engaged in either one or both. " We
infer this from what he says about
the plants of which he speaks.
But there is not a point he urgeain
favor of Jacksonville that conld not
be urged with equal and with even
more force for .Wilmington because
the furniture manufactories of this
State already furnish a market that
would make a good ' business for
several factories and this; in. the
item of mirrors alone, while there
is a vast variety of articles that
could be made which would find a
ready market in this and adjoining
States. There may be other locali
ties in the State as favorably situ
ated for the manufacture of porce
lain and- earthenware, localities
where kaolin and suitable clays are
found in close proximity, but there
is no point which can present more,
if as many, advantages for the
manufacture of glass. With inex
haustible supplies) of the finest
quality and the cleanest of Band,
with little or no hauling (for the
factory could be located right on it),'
there need be but little material
brought from elsewhere andmone
that any factory wherever located
would not have to purchase. As
for fuel, Texas oil could be used, as
the writer whom we quote suggests
in the case of Jacksonville,
We do not know what capital is re-
quired to establish a class Dlant. but
of course this would depend some
what on the proportions and equip
ment of the plant. A moderate sized
one to begin with should not cost a
very large amount of money. Even
a small manufactory under the man
agement of one who understood the
business and knew how to select and
manage his workmen, with fair 'pros
pects for a good home market, ought
to have a growing capacity and ought
to develop into something large in a
short time.
The matter is worth investigating
anyway by some of our progressive
citizens who have money to put
where there is a prospect of its doing
them and others the most good.
COTTON OIL MILLS.
The cotton seed oil business con
tinues to grow, as shown by the num
ber of new mills built. Within the past
six months there were one hundred
and seventeen of these throughout
the country, representing a capital of
15,255,000, eleven of which were in
this State, representing a capital of
$500,000. There are now in the
country 500 mills, with an invest
ment ol 150,000,000, against 40 in
1880, with an investment of $3,500,
000. This is a remarkable development
of an industry based upon what was
not so many years ago a waste pro
duct that planters were glad to get
rid of by plowing under the soil or
dumping into streams, if the streams
were near enough to make carting no
item. This industry will continue to
grow for there seems to be a demand
at paying prices for all the oil that is
made, but while the mills' product
is worth somewhere about $50,000,
000 it is not yielding the profit
which it will yield when more atten
tion is given to refining the the oil,
much of which is . now
shipped to
other counties where it is work
ed over and sold as "sweet oil,"
"olive oil," etc., at double or treble
the price of the oil shipped.
A movement has, within the past
year, been started in Edgecombe
county for the establishment ot
mills on the co-operative plan, the
mills being owned mainly by the
planters who thus get full value for
seea. vYe mm two ucu
nr. x T-
have been established in that coun
ty and one in Nash. This is a good
idea and ought to be taken up by
the planters of other cotton-grow
ing counties, who would thus get all
the money there is in the seed, while
they would be providing themselves
with a nearby home market for the
seed.
Maine must be running oppo
sition to New Jersey as the incorpo
tive of companies. A telephone
company with an alleged capital of
$5,000,000, was chartered the other
day without a red cent paid in, and
a patent medicine company with an
alleced canital of $600,000 with $3
paidin.v But they haddoubtless
O- A '
chipped in enough to pay the State's
charges.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has reconsid
ered her announced purpose to join
Brother Dowie's Zion Church. After
I investigating she has come to the
conclusion that "Elijah" is "an in-
J.T71. va ww w imsivm m vmwv
1 what Elijah thinks about Carrie.
WHAT THE DEMOCEAIC PAETT
J HAS DONE.
Yesterday we quoted some ex
tracts from the speech - of Senator
Simmons before the Democratic
State Convention showing what the
Democratic administration had done
in contrast with what the preceding
administration had not done. We
here quote further on the same line,
showing, facts versus professions: .
When the fusionlsts turned over the
legislative branch of the government
to us, there were something like four
hundred insane, many of them con
fined in the common jails with crimi
nals, appealing for admission to the
hospitals for the insane, bat who could
not be admitted there,, because of the
lack of room. Oaring four years of
their tenure, although there had been
a great Increase in the number of in
sane in the State, the fusionlsts did
nothing to enlarge these institutions
and to relieve this congestion. Dur
ing -our tenure we have, appro
priated, and at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year will have spent, bet ween
one hundred and twenty five and one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
more than the Fusionlsts appropriated
and spent during their tenure of office
to provide room and shelter for those
unfortunates, who had either to lie in
the common jails or rely upon charity
and generosity of friends I am here
to say that in doing this we peformed
a simple duty to humanity.' We are
proud of it, and a God-fearing and
God-loving people will applaud and
sustain us in dome it. i
During our tenure we have appro
priated and at the end of the present
fiscal year will have spent over two
hundred thousand dollars more than
the Fuslonists appropriated and spent
during the four years of their tenure
of office for pensions for disabled Con
federate soldiers. Who will complain
of that? Who will begrudge this pit
tance to these old heroes?
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For these three great objects educa
tion, charity and patriotism we have
made these extra appropriations, and
for these three great objects this addi
tional money has been spent.
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On account of the Insufficiency of
the revenues to carry out the will of
the people with respect to these three
great objects, the present administra
tion has been compelled to borrow two
hundred thousand dollars. While the
necessity for this loan is to be regretted
this money was borrowed to carry one
the emphatio mandate jof the people
with reference to the schools and the
asylums, and every dollar of it has
been spent for the schools and the asy
lums. This is not the first time
there has been a deficit of revenues to
meet appropriations in North Carolina.
The fusionlsts, when in power, al
though they made no appropriations
for common schools and the asylums,
had also to deal with a deficit. Not a
deficit of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. To meet this deficit
they sold one hundred and forty thou
sand dollars of North Carolina bonds,
which the economy of Democratic ad
ministration had accumulated in the
Treasury as a sinking fund the
pay the public debt, and used
the proceeds from j the sale of
these bonds to pay current expense.
When they turned the- legislative
department of the government over to
us, we had to sell one hundred and ten
thousand dollars more bonds to pay
the debts of the penitentiary contract
ed under Russell. j
Nothing could better illustrate the
confidence of capital in the Democratic
party In this State than the fact that
our present excellent (Treasurer was
able to borrow money to meet this de
ficit for the common schools and asy
lums in New York upon his simple
assurance that the State would re
pay it j
These are facts which speak for
themselves and for I the faithful
stewardship of the Democratic ad
ministration under I which the
State has 'made steady pro
trress. There is no state in
the Union whose credit is better,
and there is no State whose promise
of continued progress is more en
couraging, provided she remain un
dcr the rule of the party which has
lifted her from the depths in which
Republican rule had plunged her,
and put her on her present progres
sive and solid footing.
Mr. Henry Walters purchased in
Europe a large quantity of paint
ings, statuary and other works of
art, the duties on which, when they
arrived at Baltimore a few days ago,
I amounted to $90,000, which he paid.
That was his tribute : in dollars to
the "infant art" industries of this
country. ;
C. Smith, who lives near Harper's
Ferrv. Md.. is said to be the oldest
living locomotive engineer. He ran
the first engine on the Baltimore
and Ohio road and thought he was
j gplitting the wind when he made six
..... .
i or eight miles an nour.
The Johnsons seem to have got
the start of the Smith family in
Chicago, where there are 6,000 of
them against 4,600 Smiths. And
this doesn't include the Johnstons
with a t. There are 400 of them.
Ex-Gov. Drake, of Iowa, took
whack at the corn corner knew
when to let go and raked in a mil
lion. His son went in too, didn't
know when to let go and lost about
as much as the old man made.
Fate plavs queer pranks some
times. A New Jersey man who was
I accustomed to having mosquito hills
jstuck into him from infancy died
the other day from the spur of a
rooster.
There isn't much disposion in this
country to coddle i the codling
moth, which is charged with destroy-
in annually from $30,000,000 to
440.000.(500 worth of apples ana
pears. , , '
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WILMINGTON, N. O.,
THE TORNPIKE SOLD.
County Commissioners Will pur
chase the Beautiful Sheii
Road to Sound.
THE PRICE WANTED IS $7,500.
Deal Made aid Will Probably Be Ratified
. at a Called Meeting 'of the Board
Mondsy Afteraooi The Road
a Popular Thoroughfare.
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;The deal of selling the turnpike to
the county ' is about consummated.
There was a conference 'yesterday be
tween the parties interested, the out
come of which will be a meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners Mon
day afternoon which is certain to re
sult in a sale of the property.
' .tfarsden'Bellamy, Esq.7 as president
of the Wilmington & Coast Turn
pike Company, ; has been - negotiating
the sale of the road with the commis
sioners. Yesterday to a Stab represen
tative Mr, Bellamy would not state
the exact figures j asked for the road,
but said the price was a very reason
able one. Frorn another source it is
learned that $7,600 is the amount,
which is decidedly reasonable enough.
It is understood that when the road
changes hands it will be covered over
in time with, several inches of crushed
rock. The Maaonboro branch will also
in all probability be put in good
shape. -I . 'J i ( ;
When the commissioners purchase
the shell road they will have accom
plished quite an ' achievement and one
by which the people of the county will
profit. Of! course, the purchase will
mean a free road, j which will be a big
saving to the country; people who
csrt produee toj market They will
save a toll of 15 cents per cart Peo
ple summering on. the sound and
those who enjoy the road as a fine
driveway, I to saying nothing of
cyclists, will also be "In pocket"
The direct sale of the turnpike is
attributable to the fact that a county
road along the same route was neces
sary and it was the intention of the
commissioners to parallel . this one
with another. This Jrould have ruin
ed the revenue of the present
road; consequently the sale by which
all parties interested under the circum
stances save money.
The shell road is the property of the
Wilmington and Coast Turnpike Com
pany and has been in use over twenty-
five years. Kit is said that the cost of
building and maintenance has, been
something like $60,000.' It has not
been the best paying investment in the
world by any means, as , the road had
to be kept In good condition and three
toll houses maintained, j The road is
eight miles' in length.
POISONED CHICKENS.
Was What One Negro Woman Charged
Another With Having Done.
Quite a novel case of cruelty to ani
mals was tried by Justice Bomemann
yesterday afternoon. One neighbor,
Eliza James, colored, indicted another
neighbor, Mary Jordan, ; also colored,
for killing a score or so of her chick
ens by throwing them to eat a quan
tity of dough mixed ! with poison. It
was shown that there was "bad blood'
existing between the two women, and
as the only direct evidence was that of
the prosecutrix and the defendant, one
swearing one way and one the other,
the magistrate dismissed the case. The
I James woman was taxed with the
cost. 4 j ! ! - i
Geo. EL Howell, Esq!, represented
the defendant, and A. J4 Marshall the
prosecution, i : i . . j
Sonthport News. 1 j
Southport Standard, July 17: A
friend, in writing from j Supply, tells
us that what is supposed to be the
largest alligator i in this Lockwoods
Folly river was killed mere last week
bv O. D. Bryant whose hogs the alii
iratorhad been making way with for
several weeks. . The 'gator was killed
with a rifle and measured ten feet In
length, sixteen Inches across the head
and had thirty-seven teeth in his lower
jaw. i s M ! '
The steamer Cape Fear has been sent
to Fernandina, Fla.; where she will
remain at least two months before re
turning to the Cape Fear river.
Wanted; A Policeman's Job."
One of our Princess street business
... . At . 1
men, within a stone s tnrow oi law
yer's row, is in receipt of a letter from
a Brunswick county native requesting
him to send a description, of the re
quirements necessary lor a Wilming
ton police officer. ! He states that he is
thinking about changing his mode of
life, but does not say whether for bet
ter or worse; suppose he is waiting on
the "requirements,", which the receiver
of the epistle ia trying to find on the
records of the ? Wright' rural police
force to fit his case,.' .
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Crop Conditions Still Qood.
Mr. J. D. Austin, of Maxton, repre
senting the Standard Oil Company, in
Lumbertpn, Wednesday told the
Rdbesonian that i .during the eleven
years he has been travelling in the
county he has never seen the crops so
good generally. I Rain, he says, is
heeded In some sectlonsTBut there it
now little) or no sunenng irwu
. -m
drought i J j
Beach Telegraphic1 Comnaalcatloa.
The Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville
Beach, with its usual enterprise, has
installed a telegraph office, which
I ia a big convenience to guests. : It is
a private wire - connecting with the
Western "Union office in this city and
I is In charge of Mr. L. B. Pennington.
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FRIDAY, JXJJLY 25, 1902.
NEWS FROM RALEIQH.
State Board ef 1 Airlcaltnre Additional
: Experiment Farms-Aiother Respite
Granted the Negro Blsaton.
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Special Star Telegram. .
Raleigh, N.'vC.j' July 19. The
State Board of Agriculture to-day ap
pointed a special committee to select
two addiUonal experiment farms, one
-adapted for tests in cultivating soils
round m the coastal! plain section of
the SUte and the: other inthePied-
nont section, i The former to be se
lected In the vicinity of Bed Springs
and the latter in Iredell or Cabarrus
county.. : . .t-.-.-'.'i-v4;v -
Governor Avcock has crranted Rich
ard Blanton. a second two .weeks' re
spite, fixing the date of execution
August 5th. Blanton is a" negro, under
sentence to be hanged in Salisbury for
a fiendish assault i on an aged white
woman. His i accomplice , paid the
aeam penalty two ween aso. uian-
ton is in the State's prison here to pre
vent lynching. i r-
xne Executive Committee of the
North Carolina! Good. Roads Associa
tion met here to-day at the call of
President Hanes and formulated plans
to extend the work of the organiza
tion. The membership Is now six
hundred. -j i - j i
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
Atlsnta Soldier Created Excitement on the
Street Yesterday Afternoon.
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Private Phil iHerter, of Company
D., Fifth Georgia Regiment now in
camp at the Hammocks; was taken
suddenly ill on the street yesterday
afternoon about 3 o'clock and caused
considerable excitement and anxiety.
The private,, who is a young man from
Atlanta, is an asthmatic sufferer,
which.coupled with the warm weather,
brought on the' sudden attack of sick
ness. At the time; he and several
friends were at the Front street mar
ket Herter suddenly commenced to
gasp for breath,, white; various contor
tions of the face indicated that he was
suffering intense agony, i His friends
at once removed I him ; tb . Hardin's
Palace Pharmacy, j near by, where
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no received prompt ana proper atten
tion. At one time 1 looked as though
the episode would have a serious ter
mination,- as the young soldier became
badly frightened at bis own condition,
which made it ten times worse.
The sick man's friends obtained a
carriage and took htm to the depot,
thence back t camp. j
ANOTHER
FOREST
FIRE
Started la Blsdea Oonoty Yesterday and
Now two Are Ragiag.
Another forest fire broke out in
Bladen county yesterday and now two
are in progress and playing havoc in
that locality. I . : .
The first fire has been raging .for
about three days jmd has laid waste
fully ten miles of land, j All attempts
to suppress it have been too insignifi
cant in comparison; with Its power. It
Is located just about South river.
Quite a number of houses have been
destroyed, j j " ! ! ;
The second fire started yesterday
morning along' the railroad track at
Kerr, about f(rty miles from the city,
on the Atlantic and Yadkin road.
The dense smoke caused by the two
fires can be seen for miles around.
ROCK FOR TOE CITY.
1
Ossrry Now la Operation and Will For
Bisk First Sappiy iTo-morrow.
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To-morrow the city1 will receive its
first supply of crushed rock under
Its recent ' contract with Messrs.
Weeden and j Skinner, operators of
the auarrv. i This i means that our
street improvement work will com
mence right away, j j i
The quarry has; been in working
order all the week and yesterday the
city was officially notified that the
rock quarry would ;be ready to-morrow
to commence the jf nlfillment of its
contract.
Just at present the 'output of rock
will be from $0 to 75 tons per day.
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New Hotel for the Beach, j
If Dame Rumor jis right, next sea'
son will find a handsome new hotel
on Wriffhtsville Beach. I It will be the
creation of an Atlanta syndicate, who
are willing to invest $50,000 In a pro
ject of this kind. The additional hotel
at the seashore is badly needed and
would pay the owners1 well on the in
vestment, ill I
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Bash Sbiogle Mill Soldi
The old Bash Shingle. Mill Is once
more to be put in operation. It has
been purchased by the Betts Lumber
Company, of Philadelphia, and leased
to Mr. W. W. Koch,iwho will run It
It will start up to-morrow.
For the last two years the mill has
not been operated, but used merely as
a wood yardj
Big Forest Fire In Bladen.
Passengers who came in Thursday
on the Atlantic and: Yadkin road re
ported a damaging forest fire in Bladen
countv. One eentleman stated that
the railroad! agent at I Kerr, thirty
miles from the city, told him that the
fire had been In progress four or five
days, and that it had jburned down a
number of houses,' f i '.
aiBSBFSBVsBBSa"- "'v
, 'Squire; Jack Wagner, of Ma
aonboro, has been fortunate In raising
this season some of the finest Irish po
tatoes ever brought toj this Wilmington
market. Both In size and quality they
are equal to any the religious editor of
the Stab has' ever "inspected."
: The city yesterday paid Mr. S.
H. Schioss $325 for the Opera House
property owned by him.
INCORPORATION PAPERS
DULY FILED YESTERDAY.
WHmlnitoo
Towing and ' Cosstractioi
Now Operating , Under a
Company
Charter Recently Orsated.
The Wilmington Towing and Con
struction Company , yesterday '- filed
with the clerk of the Superior Court,
to be recorded, the necessary papers
of incorporation. ' -
The entire business of the concern is
stated in the second section of the
papers, as follows: .
"That the object and purpose is to
carry on the business of towing flats,
barges, - steamboats and Teasels of
every kind and description,' construct
ing wharves and bridges, building
boats, barges vessels and steamboats,
hauling and. carrying passengers, rent
ing and leasing wharves,, loading and
unloading flats, barges, ' steamboats
and r W til,.- kind and descrin-
tion,.vu building, constructing and
erecting houses, stores and dwellings
of every kind whatever."
The amount of stock at present is
$6,000, which can be increased not to
exceed $50,000. It is divided into
sixty shares of the par value of $100
each and is held equally (15 shares
each) by Messrs. S.'P. Adams, War
ren G. Elliott, Jr., F. A. Applegate
and W. B: Thorp.
The company is given life for thirty
years.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Rocky Mount Spokesman: To
bacco men here are prophesying that
tobacco will sell 25 per cent, higher
this year than last.
Smithfield Herald: One of the
most promising tobacco crops we have
seen this season is that of Mr. R. H.
McGuire near here. He has 15 acres
that should net him $100 per acre.
-Maxton Scottish Chief: The
crops, despite the drought a few days
ago, are doing fairly well. Corn has
possibly suffered most from cut worm,
poor stand and drought, but taking
everything in consideration, the out
look is decidedly encouraging.
Monroe Enquirer: Mrs. Mar
tha A. Parker, relict of the late Wm.
Parker, died .of consumption at her
home in Lanes Creek township on
July 9 th, after a long illness.
Two pickpockets were on the Pritchard
Memorial excursion from Uharlotte to
Wilmington last Tuesday and they
succeeded in getting about a dozen
purses before they were arrested on
the return trip last night The pick
pockets were a man and a boy.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli
gencer: a. u. Uunn.colored, of Burns-
v lle township, who runs a store near
Diamond Hill, says that he recently
bought some eggs from a neighbor and
left them in his store. Just six days
afterwards seven of the eggs hatched
fully developed chickens, six of which
are now living. This is out of the or
dinaryand can be only accounted for
by the extremely hot weather we have
been having. Mr. O. C. Teal reports
to us a similar occurrence, only he did
not have so many to hatch.
Durham Herald: A dog be
longing to Mr. W. H. . Burroughs de
liberately committed suicide in North
Durham night before last by throwing
himself in front ot a street car. The
actions of the animal looks as if he
had planned his own death. Several
dogs in that neighborhood were in
front of Mr. a orough's home and as
the car came up street the dog in ques
tion deliberately walked out. watched
the car and lay down on the track.
Several of the ladies tried to call him
off the track, but he paid no attention
to them and calmly awaited his death.
The motorman tried to ring . him off
but be would not move and toon the
car passed over him and his life was
at an end. The attempted suicide was
a success and his dogship is now no
more.
Winston Republican : Mr.
Thomas Davis returned the past week
from the Virginia coal fields and
brought with him several curiosities.
They comprise portions of a petrified
snake, a hsn, a piece or wood and a
deer's horn. These, with other sped
mens of the animal and reptile world.
were dug from the earth hundreds of
feet below the surface and are accoun
ted for in several ways. By some that
they represent the flood period of
Noah's time and by others that they
are the result of some former volcanic
eruption. The truth is no one can cor
rectly say how and when the remains
which constitute these deposits were
made. Some months ago Will
Kelly, a young white man, was found
dead in the Hunt barnyard near
Huntsville. Yadkin county. It was
thought that Kelly was killed by Will
Martin, an uncle of Miss Daisy
Hunt, whose association with Kelly
her family seriously objected to.
About a month ago a child was born
to Miss Hunt which is sadly deformed
the report that the child has been kid
napped "and disposed of is without
foundation. This rumor evidently
started over the arrest of Jack Kimbo,
colored, last week charged with com
plicity in the murder of Kelly. He
was at the. Hunt home the morning
the body of Kelly was found, and
first said he knew nothing, of the
affair until he found - Kelly lying in
the barnyard. At the Coroner's In
quest he swore he saw Martin shoot
Kellv and run. Since then he says
the last he saw of Martin was when
he saddled a horse for him to ride off
on. These conflicting reports were
were thought worthy of investigation.
and be was given a hearing at Hunts
ville Friday and was bound over to
court in default of $2,000 bond and
committed to jail. Martin left the
morning or night gather of the murder
and has not been heard from since
that time.
TOBACCO AND CIQARS.
Regulations Issued Carrying Into Effect
the Act of April lZta Last.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, July 19, The. Secre
tary of the Treasury has Issued regu
lations carrying into effect the act of
Anril 12. 1902. recardinc the contents
and the markinar and labelling of
nackatres of tobacco and cigars.
The more important . features of the
regulations sure those- which authorize
the inclusion of advertising matter.
such as cards, tags, paper bands and
coupons, in statutory packages-which
were excluded by section 10 of the
Dingley act The regulations, how
ever, prohibit the use of all foreign
articles or merchandise, lottery tickets
or coupons or publications.
NO. 39
WAR GAME ONJHE
ATLANTIC COAST
Summer Manoeuvres of the
' . North Atlantic Squadron
Have Begun.
THE PICTURESQUE FEATURE.
WIU Be the Attempt of War Vessels
Representing an Enemy to Oslo the
Coast Through a Vigilant De-
. f endlog Sqosdron.
a? Taleerum to tne ktorainx star.
Washihgton, July 19. The Sum
mer manoeuvres of the North Atlantic
squadron off the New England and
Middle Atlantic coast have . now
actually begun. . From now until the
end of the first week in September
the squadron will work out 'problems
prepared by the Dewey, or general
board, and busy itself with drills and
evolutions, with short interruptions
for coaling and taking on supplies.
The picturesque feature of the Sum
mer's work and the one which is ex
citing the most interest will be the at
tempt of several war vessels, repre
senting an enemy, to gain the coast
through- a vigilant defending squad
ron. The latter will send out "scouts"
and use its utmost endeavor to locate
the invaders before any of them slip
through the lines and put the guar
dians of the nation's safety to shams
The Navy Department now announces
that this feature of the manoeuvres
will take place from the 20th to the
25th of August, inclusive.
The movements involved in this
problem game, it is announced, will
not extend below Cape Hatteras to
the south nor beyond Eastport, Me.,
to the north, but the specific limits
within which the enemy's ships will
be defied to reach the coast will not
be made public. Only the officers in
command of the ships engaged will be
furnished with that information. It is
understood that the attacking force
will be given certain specified limits
within which to strike, and the defen
ders naturally, also, will be made
aware of these limits. But it is not de
sired to made the information public
property for fear that following the
movements so closely may" result in
information as to the vessels' where'
abouts at the critical time leaking to
the opposite Bide, thus destroying the
value of the game and depriving it of
its zest.
This war srame" will cover an area
of water 800 miles down the coast and
perhaps 500 or more outward in the
Atlantic -
The division of the North Atlantic
squadron into an attacking and de
fensive force has been placed in tne
hands of Rear Admiral Higginson,
the commander-in-chief of the station.
The enemy's ships will be the fleetest
which can be conveniently assigned
to that duty, for a slow moving craft
would furnish too easy prey for the
defending ships and scouts. It is tho
roughly realized that the war vessels
of all of the possible national enemies
of this country are not slow, craft.
General Mac Arthur's temporary as
signment to the command of the De-'
partment of the Jast will cover the
period -to be consumed in the ma
noeuvres. General MacArthur and
Rear Admiral Higginson have been
given the libretto of the war drama
that is to be played, and the assign
ment of characters and the rehearsal
of parts will be their own work.
The joint manoeuvres, according to
the present plan, will begin the second
week m September.
FOUR GREAT MILITARY POSTS
To Be Gathering Pisces of Suited States
Forces in Csse of War and Training
Schools in Times of Peace. v
By Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Washington, July 19. Secretary
Root to-day gave the final order for
the establishment Of the first of the
four great military posts which are to
be gathering places of tne United
States forces in case of war, and in
time of peace are to be great training
schools for both regulars and militia
men. This, the first post will be at
Chickamauga. ,
Secretary Boot has allotted $450,000
for the construction of a post there,
calculated to accdmmodate one full
regiment of cavalry and one company
of artillery, which rorce is to be the
nucleus of the future great mili
tary post General EL V. Boyn
ton, the president of the Chickamau
ga park commission, after some
quiet negotiations has been able to
secure nearly two-thirds of the square
mile of the land required for the post
proper and the remainder will be
sought by condemnation proceedings.
As this tract adjoins Chickamauga Na
tional Park, troops will have the run
of the ten square miles comprising the
tract during the manoeuvres.
The medical board which was charg
ed with an investigation of the report
that typhoid fever prevailed among
the troops now living in the Chicka
mauga Park under canvas, has made
a most careful examination, and has
reported that there is no foundation
for the statement. The report says
that the water In the park is pure and
wholesome, and the health conditions
are perfectly normal, the few typhoid
cases being purely sporadic.
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Destrsctlve Storms In MarylandAll the
v Crops Badly Damaged-Farm Hand
V Killed by Lightning.
Labham, Md., July 18. There was
a heavy rain storm, accompanied by
hall and high' wind, In this section of
Prince George's county this afternoon.
The hail fell for' at least 15 minutes,'
the ground being completely covered.
The hall was very large, resembling
large pieces of ice. Much of - it was at
least two Inches square. The corn and
tobacco fields were stripped bare of the
blades and leaves. . The watermelon
patches were ruined. Telegraph poles
were blown down and 81 fine, large
native oaks on the lawn of Mr. W. B.
Lowe were uprooted. Two locust
trees that have stood the storms of '
years were broken off like pipestems.
Later reports from Prince George's
county show the damage done by this
afternoon's storm to have been greater .
than at first reported. In the track of .
the hailstorm passing over this place,
and on to the Patuxent river, there is
not a corn or tobacco field that has not
been stripped bare.
Elkton, Md., July 18. During a
severe electrical storm In Cecil county
this afternoon Arthur Garfield Good-
?'ear, aged 23 years, was struck by ,
ightning and killed. He was employ
ed as a farm hand for William Wal-'
tersand was hauling in hay on the
Collings farm, owned by. John E.
Alexander, of Elkton, when he met his
death. The storm was accompanied
by the largest hail seen-here for years
the stones being as large as walnuts,
The hail fell for 15 minutes, and in
places almost covered the ground
Corn and tomato crops were consider-'
ably damaged by the hall. The ther
mometer, when the storm broke, was
hovering near the 100 degree mark,
but soon dropped 20 degrees.
THE FLOOD CONDITIONS
IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
Waters Still Rising Thonssnds of Acres
Inundated The Loss Will Be Over
Four Million Dollars.
RT Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Keokuk, Iowa, July 19. The flood
conditltlons of yesterday were much
worse to-day, and the Mississippi river
is from two to ten miles wide for seventy-five
miles below Keokuk, and is
rising rapidly. Farmers in the low
lands on the Missouri side have lost
alnooat everything.
Damage is also occurring on the Illi
nois side, between here and Quincy,
where there are many thousand acres
of the river side levees, and where the
levees themselves are not entire
ly efficient the water is work
ing through at the right of the.
flood gates. The Lima and Hunt
levees opposite Canton, Ma, the most
dangerous places, and which protect
many square miles of corn in Illinois,
are constantly patrolled and hopes are
entertained that they may possibly
hold. The greatest damage Is on the
Missouri side of the Mississippi river,
between Keokuk and Hannibal, terri
tory covering three hundred square
miles, and on which the corn was es
timated at eighty bushels to the acre a
few days ago. Hundreds of farmers
are tenants who lost crops by last
year's drought In the uplands and
moved to the lowlands this year. They
are now penniless and hunting work
in towns and cities.. Reports to-day
are that in the territory indicated the
loss will be over four million dollars,
chiefly to corn land in splendid con
dition previously.
$35,000 STOLEN.
From the Vaults of the Masonic Temple
Ssfety Deposit Co., Chlcsgo.
By Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Chicago, July 19. The police are
Investigating the mysterious disap
pearance of about $35,000 from the ,
night vaults of the Masonic Temple
Safety Deposit Company. Of this
amount, $22,183 was deposited last
night by George Rose, K. N. Murphy,
and S. Sturgeon, three prominent
book-makers at the Washington Park
track, in sums respectively of f 13,
389, $6,780 and $2,094. The book
makers made their deposits last
night upon returning from the
races and to-day found the boxes in
which they hadplaced their money
empty. Scratches on the varnish indl-.
cated the boxes had been tampered
with. Later, two other book-makers
reported losses as follows: -Harry
Laudemann, $4,760, and "Doc"
Ratney, $8,000.
Shannon Brothers and "Bud" White
are said to have heavy deposits and
only empty boxes. Rose, In addition
to his cash, said he lost $8,000 In cer
tificates of deposit
RUSSIA AND THE TRUSTS.
The Project for laternstionsl Conference
Mainly Directed Agslnst Qermsny.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
London, July 19. Russia's project
for an international anti-trust con
ference continues to repose In the
commercial department of the For
eign Office. It is generally held to
be ratner incredible that the varying
interests of European countries could
permit of their getting together
with . the object of controlling
production.
Serge Detatlscheff, financial agent
of Russia, said to-day : "We have no
fears of your American trusts. They
do not affect Russia in any degree
whatever. So far as our country alone
is concerned this movement is mainly
directed against German trusts, but all
countries interested broadly in finding
means for protecting commerce against
artificial depression, if signatories of
thelBrussels Sngar Convention, have
agreed to be represented at the, pro
posedjeonference. There Is no doubt
the United States will also be invited
to participate."
JACKSONVILLE'S STRIKE.
I About 2,500 Men Are Idle The Strikers
Agree to Arbitration.
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Jacksonville, July 18. The strike
among the Union laborers in the
i building trade continues with no im-
mediate settlement in sight There
! are now about 2.500 people out There
i were two small disturbances . to- day
between union and non-union work
men, but the police quickly dispersed
the crowds and no violence resulted.
The board of governors of the Board
of Trade met with committees from
strikers and from the contractors' as
sociation this afternoon and the
strikers agreed to arbitration. The con
tractors, however, deferred their de
cision, and nothing was accomplished
toward ending the trouble.
A typhoon of unusual severity has
caused considerable damage at Hong
Kons? and that Tieinltv. , It is esti
mated that there were twenty fatali
ties.
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