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WILLIAM H.BBB27ABD r - . Xdltot and Proprietor. Friday, - . tuLY 25, 1902. THE LITTLEFIXLD FAKB. There are few papers outside of the Republican partjj which attach any importance to the alleged EooseTeltKnoi:Littlefield combine to more upon the Trusts and these, no doubt, see through it, but pre tend to believe thatitjis a movement in good faith, because it serves the purpose of party capital to humbug tn am TwVt n mow ha eirhnlo Annn0rl to , WVV.W 'I mmmvmj w " t D be humbugged by sujh transparent . trickery. We have not seen a non partisan paper which does not so regard it, although aome of them are disposed to deal generously with the President and hold him above playing this game for politics sim- piy- :' I Some time ago we quoted some editorials from the Washington Post commenting upon the "farce," as it styled this reported movement, and showing how little ground there is to place any confidence in it. The New York Times, which is friendly to the President, thus editorially comments nron it: . . ... Con crewman LitUefield, of Maine, has confided to friends in Washing ton an outline of his plan of campaign against the trusts, and though he is sternly opposed to communicating with the public on the subject, "he is willing," according to I the correspon dent of the Boston Herald, "for his friends to explain his position as to ArfmUlitutlmi ! Thtt nnaitlnn . lug auuiuuoiiflHvui ; " - I - - amounts to this: "He has been asked by the President to frame a bill for the regulation and publicity of trusts to be known distinctly as an Administra tion measure." It is added, however, that "only to the extent that the Ad ministration is anxious for more trust legislation will Mr. Llttlefield's bill be kno wn as an Administration measure.'.' If any one can tell from these state ments where Mr. LitUefield stands with reference to the Administration, or the Administration iwith reference to Mr. LitUefield he will know more than Mr. Llttlefield's friends appear to. ' "The same correspondent gives a general outline of the measures Mr. LitUefield contemplates. They cover four points: Federal! control of all corporations engaged! in inter-State commerce; power for the Govern ment at all times to obtain informa tion as to the doings of such corpora tions; taxation of corporations having unpaid capital stock ;i regulation by the Government of Increase of capital stock. Of these points the first must, of course, be established before any thing can be done. The second is im- Ssrtant, and may be made effective, he other two are of little conse quence. The nominal; amount of the capital of corporations does not nec essarily affect their modes of doing business, which is the main thing in which the publio have Interest. Small as is the substance of Mr. Lit tlefleld's proposed legislation, there is not the least chance that It will be passed or even considered at the next session of Congress, and neither he nor the President can possibly expect that It will. The object of going through the motions of an anti-trust movement or this sort can Only be inferred. It may serve to distract publio attention, and give thepoliticians something to talk about We can see no other outcome of It We do not question the President's desire to do something about trusts along the rather indeterminate lines he has indicated in his speeches, but we cannot Imagine him dull enough to believe that this nonsense of Mr. Lit tlefield will come to anything. We think that it would Clear the air a little if he managed to make it known that he was in no wise connected with the performances of the Maine states man. 1 Meanwhile it cannot too often be repeated that the worst evils of the combinations of capital called trusts can only be reached by depriving them of the unjust favors they enjoy through the tariff and through secret discriminations for their benefit by the transportation corporations. Any measure that does not aim at these re sults will be an empty one, and prob ably hypocritical. The Times does not seem to have a very high opinion of Mr. Little field, who 'according ,to the Oyster Bay reports has been called in as the administration anti-trust statesman on account of his thorough knowl edge of constitutional and other laws bearing upon trusts, and the ability to frame a bill that would stand the teat of the! conrts when subjected to the test, jin other wdrds it is thought that he 'could frame a a measure that the Trusts couldn't find a weak spot in .to breakthrough. It agrees with other independent and non-partisan papers that even if this movement were seriously con templated there is) no earthly Chance of such a bill as Mr. Littln. field might frame going through' at the next session of Congress, wheth er the President "desires to do something about the trusts" or not; but the talk about it will serve the purpose for which it was intended. It will tide over a campaign in which the trusts will figure very largely, and after the campaignthe Repub . lican statesmen can take their time in tackling the trusts. It the Republicans carry enongh , of the elections to give them a ma jority in the next Congress they will naturally conclude that there Isn't so much in the anti-trust talk after all, and they will dismiss the trusts from their thoughts. If the Democrats elect a majority to Con gress the Republicans will leave the job of tacking the trusts to them,' and wash their hands of the whole business. Then Mr. Roosevelt would have an opportunity to show bis sincerity by inviting the Demo crats to join him in a movement upon the trusts. However the com ing elections go there is little prob- ability oi any anti-trust legislation " at the next session of Congress. The Republican statesmen know this, and so do the trusts know it, and consequently the Republican statesmen are not taking it very aerlously and the trusts are not at all alarmed. They are going on or- 1 1 1 : : : : r-- i ganizing right along, and there Is not a week, in whioh one or more are not organized. New Jersey con tinnes to reap a harvest out of them. In all the foreshadowings of what Mr. LitUefield will incorporate in his trust smashing or regulating bill, there is no intimation that the tariff on trust articles will be touch ed while every one with two grains of sense knows that a repeal of the protective duties on . trust-controlled articles would be the heroic remedy for the trust evil. Invite competition and ; then the trusts would as a matter of business come down to . competitive prices and cease plundering the American peo ple who by the protective tariff which shuts out competition are put at the mercy of the trusts. When trnsts send their products to foreign markets where they meet competition they match prices with foreign prices and sell from twenty five to fifty or more per cent less than they sell in the home market. If they had competition" at home they would do likewise and would still make a fair profit. In his recent testimony before a New Jersey court Mr. Schwab stated that the Steel Trust could lose 75 per cent, of its profits and not be badly hurt; there wonld be still profit enongh left to pay it hand somely, and this trust is one of the protected industries. What transparent humbuggery to talk of abating the trust evil with the tariff wall standing as their breastwork to keep competition out and give them an absolute monopoly of the home market. All anti-trust talk that does not recognize this basio fact is the sheerest rot, and ought not to deceive anyone. 1 1 RACE SOLIDARITY. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, who was sent as envoy to represent this country at the coronation of King Edward, was entertained at a banquet by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool last Thursday. In his speech after the banquet he, as cus tomary these days, spoke of the mu tual ties between Great Britain and this country and among other things said: . . . "The time does visibly draw near when solidarity of race, if not of gov ernment, is to prevail. There can then be no question s to what race is to press to the front in the material, intellectual and moral progress of the world. There is no question that its kindred people will march together, Sroud of whichever is foremost and lied only with generous emulation. Each will lead the other in one com mon, inspiring advance." He didn't say anything about "the white man's burden," but the inference is that the white man has a burden and that the Anglo-Saxon white men will be fonnd together bearing it. And he drew the color line too when he talked about "race soli darity," for that means that the white race will get together and map out and work out the world's plan ot progress with the white man on top. Why? Because, in his opinion, it is the "white man on ly who is equal to such a task, to govern himself and to govern others. This is a somewhat remarkable position far an orthodox Republican who has been contending for the "brotherhood of men" and for "the equality of the races," and who has so frequently scored the Southern people for refusing to subscribe to and accept these two delusions. Even to-day while he is predicting "race solidarity" he and other rep resentatives of his party are howl ing at the white men of the South who believe in what he predicts and carry it out in practice, for the very same reason that he predicts it for the world, that is for the good of all. Mr. Reid should follow up on that idea when speaking to his constitu ents through the columns of the Tribune, and maybe they wonld sooner understand the question of "race solidarity" as it presents itself in the South. - A Houghton, Mich., preacher made himself solid with his congre gation last Sunday, which was a very warm day, by preaching a ser mon which contained only twenty seven words, and not long ones either. His text was Dives, who was suffering from too much hot ness, and here is the sermon: "Three persons Abraham, Dives and Lazarus. It was hot where Dives was. He did not like it. He wanted to get out. So do we. Let us pray.". For a hot weather preacher he filled the bill. New York is losing her grain ex port trade, much of which is going by way of New Orleans and much more of which is going though the canals by way of Canada. If New York hopes to me or recover, the Canadian part of this business she must widen andtleepenher Erie canal to open the way for it. It would cost about 180,000,000, but the' money would be well invested. ,?,.c5?rrtlln stton of the oonntrr than ail ui ih.a.u. SSfaluJtFSt mny yew doctors pnv iSlwu,' D Proscribed local Science has. warm eiSSSSPS? - ""BFJH?- tlonaidiaeue and therefor? requiring ebnMtsK tewpoonf uL It acta toay" onthi Wood End mucous surfaces of the Byetem. Thev offer on Sena for circular! and testimonial. 0Qn I; Address, F. J. OHIHKT, & CO.. Toledo, n Bold bybrusrglBta, 75o. ' ' xoleao -jiiaU's Tamil Mils an the best tapps Cnt ! II 1 S fill I I Are you Indebted to THE X WEEKLY STAR? If to, I when you receive a bill t for your subscription send 4 us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news- $ Fpaper bill is as much en-1 Ml id to your considera-x tion as is a bill for gro-jJ ceries. 1 v TEXTILE KILLS. While the Lancanshire cotton spinners are becoming nneasy at the outlook for them the I work of mill building progresses in thibgountrY and everylyear sees a large number of newmill8 built. Within the past three years 950 have been built in the South and 419 in other sections of the country, over twice .as many in the South as in all the other, sec tions. During the first six months of this year 165 were built in the South to 92 in other sections. By States the new mills are distributed as follows: North Carolina leads with 37; South Carolina follows with 28; Georgia 22; Pennsylvania 18; Texas 16; Tennessee and Alabama 14 each; New York 13; Mississippi 11; New Jersey 9; Virginia 8; Maine 7; Connecticut 5; Kentucky and Ohio 4 each; Arkansas, Okla homa and Rhode Island 3 each; Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri and West Virginia 2 each; California, Colorado, Illinois, Kan-' sas, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming 1 each. This is a pretty general distribu tion, and although the South leads largely in the number of mills it shows that the industry is not con fined to any section, and that it is making some progress in alL These figures include textile mills of all descriptions, cotton, I woollen, silk and hosiery, cotton mills, however, largely predominating. Silk manu facturing Is making much progress in some of the Northern States, especially in Pennsylvania, where it seems to be established on a firm footing. I As the South leads in mill build ing, so it will continue to lead, un til it controls the industry for this country, and eventually for the world. i An Austin dispatch says Senator Bailey proposes to have Minister Clayton and Solicitor Penfield bounced. He may be all right in going for their official scalps but as far as Penfield is concerned a good many people may think that a very small way to get even with a man who used such strenuous language about Bailey after that Beveridge choking incident. . j . Young Alfonso, of Spain, is de veloping into a fast young man. A short while ago he sneaked out of the palace in disguise, spent the night in the slums of Madrid, carous ing with the boys and came home boozy in the small hours of the morning. He is maintaining the reputation of his sires. The champion dude of Germany is Prince Albert of Thurn, who wears a new suit of clothes every day, a thousand neckties in a year, and 200 pairs of boots. He is a sweet scented cuss, too, for he has all his clothes perfumed with attar of roses, which costs 125 an ounce. CURRENT COMMENT The Czar of Russia, now that there is something near to uni versal peace, has again opened np agitation for disarmament and sets and example by going right along building warships and buying guns. T" " T 1 mj. T" An amusing illustration of Chinese self-conceit is Legation Secretary Tseng's explanation of the recall of Minister Wu from Washington as due to the fact that Wn is "too great a man for the place." Mr. Tseng is not apt to, be recalled for any such reason. Brooklyn Citizen, JJem. ; England as well as the United States has her army scandals. An effort was made in Parliament yes terday in the . interest of General Buller. It looks a good deal as t General Buller were beine made a scapegoat. He fought the Boers when they had men enough to fight with. No British commander de feated them until their number had been so reduced as to make the con test -hopeless. -Jacksonville Times Union, Pern. i , It is made to appear that the Wisconsin republicans did not grow enthusiastic when Secretary Payne went np there to corral them for Mr. Roosevelt. We have said all along that the president made a mistake when he took up Payne and Clark son; and we firmly believe that if it hadn't been for Payne the Lafollette faction in Wisconsin Would have been enthusiastic for Roosevelt. It is dangerous sometimes to attempt the recrudescence of the retired ??oilsman . Chattanooga " Times, IBe Pub Mbriey ! NO MORE TOLL FEES. Purchase of the Shell Road Rat ified by the Commissioners Yesterday Afternoon. THE MONEY PAID AT ONCE Deed for the Prtperty Daly Probst ed The Tnroplke is Now Free to All. After Awhile the Road and Its , Branches to Be Isiproved. The beautiful. shell road extending; from Wilmington to . Wrightsville Sound is now free of all tolls-. The formal purchase of the road from the Wilmington and Coast Turnpike Com pany took' place yesterday afternoon at a called meeting of the Board of County Commissioners,' and the price paid and manner of purchase are pre cisely as fxclusivly told in the 8tab last Friday morning, t The commissioners j-met at 2:30 o'clock and fboth Marsden Bellamy, Esq., president of the Turnpike Com pany, and W. Bl McKoy, Eiq., county attorney, were present, j The commis sioners talked over the proposed pur chase along lines familiar to our readeri.andthen adopted the following resolution necessary to purchase the road and declare It a public highway': "Whereas, the Board of Commis sioners of Uhe County' of New Han over are about to negotiate the pur chase of the roadway of the Wilming ton and Coast Turnpike Company for the sum of $7,500, and the considera tion is deemed satisfactory to both the aaid company and the said board. Be8olikd, That the Board of Coun ty Commissioners condemn and de clare a publio highway and county road the present coast; turnpike ex tending from Wilmington to Lee's Creek and all its branches and exten sions as they now exist; and that the said sum shall be paid to the said com pany in full for all Compensation, damages, as well as their interests and property, and that the said road be and the same is hereby i declared open to the publio as a county road." A warrant was drawn for $7,500 and approved and given to President Bel lamy ; so thus the transfer of the turn pike was fflcially made, under the following Indenture, which explains the matter fully:j i StaTk of North Caeouna, . j . New Hanover County. An indenture made - and executed this 22nd day of July, A. D. 1902, by and between the Wilmington and Coast and .Turnpike Company, a cor poration duly organized, created and exiang under and by , virtue of the laws of the State of North Carolina, party of the first part, and the Board ot Commissioners of the county of New Hanover, in the State of North Carolina, party of the second part: "Whereas at a meeting of the stock holders of the party of tbe first part, held In the ity of Wilmington on the 10th day of June, A. D., 1902, it was, among other things, ordered and resolved unanimously, 'That the board of directors, as elected at this meeting. and It. is ! hereby fully authorized, empowered and directed to sell for each price and on such terms, as shall seem proper to it, all the turnpike, roads, roadways,) toll houses, lands, buildings, carta, tools, wagons, horses, mules, harness, or any part of the same, belonging to.the company; and whereas tbe party of the second part has offered to the party of the first part, the sum of $7,500 for the turn pike, roadj roadway, road-bed, rights of way and easements belonging to it, which said turnpike and road leads from the city of 1 Wilmington to Lee's Creek, and from thence by various branches to points along W rights ville Bound, .'and including also all Its branches; and whereas, said offer was submitted: to the board of direc tors, party of ' the ; first part, at a meeting held in the city of Wil mington aforesaid, on the 221 day of July, A. D, 1902, i and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "That Ithe i said sale be and the same I is hereby ratified, ap proved and confirmed, 'and that the president and secretary be and they are hereby directed, authorized and empowered to execute to the party of the second part all such conveyances as may be necessary to perfect the said sale, and convey title to the same to the party of the second part and offer the seal of the company to the same." ' ? Now, therefore, this indenture wit nesseth: That the said party of the first part in consideration of the premises and by virtue of the power, authority and direction to it given, as aforesaid, and for in further consideration of the sum of $7,500, to i it in hand paid by party of the second part, the receipt whereof is; hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, transferred and conveyed, and by these presents, doth bargain, sell, transfer and convey nnto the said party of the second part, its successors in office and assigns, all the turnpike roads, roadways, road beds, rights of way easements, bridges, ditches, drains, dams, belonging to the Srty of the first part, and leading m the city ot Wilmington to Lee's Creek and from: thence by various branches io points along Wrights -ville Sound, : and including also all the various branches of said road or turnpike; reserving,! however, and nevertheless, ail the toll houses, houses of the party of the first part and the lands upoA which the same are situ ated and also all the personal property of the party of the first part. To have and ; to hold the afore granted and above mentioned prop erty, right, land, privileges unto the said party of the second part, its sue ceasora and assigns forever. ' In witness whereof the said party of the first part hath caused this instru ment to be signed by its president, at tested by its secretary, and its corporate seal hereto) attached, the day and year hereinbefore mentioned." - - rSigned i Marsdkjt Bkllamt, v President of the Wilmington and Coast Turnpike Company, t Attest: J j i George Habb, 1 ; .; " Secretary. ;. From now on travel oh the road will be free. The county owns the turn pike and every thing In connection with It, except the personal property men tioned in the above indenture. . , Va Kiw warn Ton An Ttklai When vqu take drove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, because the formula is plainly rinted on every bottle, showing that it i simply iron and quinine in a taste less form.! No cure, no pay, Price. 50c-.' . .it:. ' satuth . Wot wwm Jttxtr tmi .. Mrs. WnrsLOw's Soothing Btrup has been used for over sixty yean 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 is the bert remed for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by druggists In every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. I Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing 8yrup,'1 and takeyio other Und. 1 I- THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT "-' 'V. Fifteei Tfaoaiaod People Present Parade a Mile Lost the Contests Will fee Held at DnrbscB Next Year. SpecUaStaT'Teiegram y Raleigh, N.i O. i ? July 23. Fifteen thousand people viewed the .State Firemen's Tournament events to day. mt.. MMa 8 thia moraine was a -mile long and very Imposing. , The Spencer and unatione nose, reeis uau the most beautiful, decorations. - Rocky Mount won the. first prize, throwing water along distance, mak ing 217 feet nine lnches.1 Charlotte entered jthe contest for quick steam and long distance. Gave up the quick steam t contest ; made 235 feet and four inches throwing wa ter, but was ruled out on having too much steam' (110 pounds). - Greensboro followed, making steam In four minutes forty-seven seconds and threw water 205 feet two inches, Elizabeth City i made! steam in three minutes 48 1-7 seconds and threw wa ter 213 feet. Newborn made steam in three minutes eighteen seconds, but was ruled out because steam was not maintained; threw water 150 feet but was ruled out on s excess of steam. Raleigh Rescue entered but. had an accident. i - ; I ' . ' In the hose wagon contest the Goldsboro Eclipse j won the first prize; time 82 1-5 seconds. Goldsboro No. 1 won second money; time 34 seconds. Baleigh Rescue No. 1 made third time; 39 2-5 'seconds. Other en terics were Durham No, 1, forty-one seconds ; Baleigh . Capital No. 8, time 42 seconds:; Salisbury! No. 1, time 42 2-5 seconds; Greensboro Steamer No 1, time 472-5 seconds; Greensboro Eagle No. 7, time 46 1-5, seconds. - In the champion reel race, the Capital nose Co.,: i Baleigh, won the medal ; time 47, 2-5 seconds 8pencer, second prize, time 48j seconds, was ruled out. Monroe, 59 2-5 seconds. At midnight last night Durham,as it were, snatched from very grasp of Salisbury the entertainment of the tournament next year. Did it by prom ising $3,000 in prizes; ; CORPORATION COMMISSION. Valuation of Railroads aVd Other Corporate Properties Certified to State Aadltor. Aa Increase of $375,000. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, Corporation N. P., July 22. The Commission certified to the State auditor to-day corporation valuations as follows: Railroads, $42,483.3(6; street railways, $1,199, 590; telephone companies, $389,484; telegraph companies, $905,140; express companies, $225,770; water works, $230,985; steamboat lines, $256,300; Pullman Car Company, $180,205; electric light S companies, $260,850. Total $46,031,690. f The valuations show a gain of $375,000 over last year.. Asheville has the highest street rail way valuation; $459,000; Wilmington is second. $253,550; Winston-Salem third, $250,000; Charlotte fourth, $236,000. J- i ! i The Clarendon Water Works is val ued at $50,000; Wilmington Sewerage Co., $9,000: Carolina i Electric Co., Max ton $2,000; Fayetteville Light and Power Co. I, $10,000; Fayetteville Water, Light and Power Co., $50,000. Among steamboat line valuation! ia the Cape Fear . Transportation Co., $2,200; Black River Packet Co., $1,250; Cape Fear Transportation and Towage Co.,' $23.500 .Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Co., $5,300. f j j A YOUNG WHITE MAN ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY. Wiley Msilnjo Alleged to Have Bees , Seei la the Act of House Breaklni Yesterdsy Moroisi, One of the mostserious crimes that can be committed in North Carolina is charged against a young white man of this city, Wiley Mail o go. who Is now in the guard house. It is alleged that he is guilty J of burglary, the penalty for which is death, and if the evidence be true he was seen in the very act of committing the offence. The crime occurred early yesterday morning, abouj 3 O'clock, at the resi dence of Mr. Chas.j G. Sellers, on Fourth street,' between Nixon and Swann. f- ';!'.- Mr. Sellara' bedroom has a window opening on a porch, and it was half way through this window that he dis covered a man this j morning at the time mentioned, jj It was probably some noise made by the intruder that awakened him from a sound slumber in time to prevent. a burglary. The man, wiien be saw he was discovered, immediately jumped out of the win dow and made his escape, but not un til he had dropped . his cap, which is a good piece ot evidence. 1 It was impossible for Mr. Sella rs to capture the burglar,' but he recog nized him as Wiley Mazingo, a well known young ,whtte man about 22 years of age.; He immediately swore out a warrant for his arrest The warrant, was placed in the hands of Policeman Temple to serve. Short ly past noon yesterday the officer, af ter several hours search, arrested Ma zingo and placed him in prison to await trial before the mayor to-day at noon; ? , ;..--! -4 V ; - r Mazingo does not deny the burglary, except to state that he was drunk Tues day night and yesterday morning and doesn't remember anything that occurred during . that time. He also states that he has lost his coat and cap. ROBBED A FREIGHT CAR. 4 Yonof Nef.ro Crook In Limbo for Stealing a Quantity of Ducklnf. The police have in their posession about a hundred 1 and fifty yards of ducking stolen t by Louis Lavender, colored. Tbe young negro croolr was seen trying to dispose of the cloth and was arrested on suspicion. At first it was thought that he had stolen the ducking froml some vessel in port, but it is now almost certain that it Is part of about two hundred yards stolen out of a car at the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot and which wss the prop erty of the. Bheinstein Dry Goods Company. ft-, Sar lie Wu Torture. ' "I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk," writes H. Robin son, of Hillsborough, IlL, "but Buck len's Arnica- Salve -completely cured them." Acts like magic on Sprains, Bruises, Outs,' Sores, Scalds, Burns, Boils and Ulcers. 1 Perfect healer of Skin. Diseases and Piles. Cure guar anteed by B. R. Bellamy, druggist. Priee 25 cents. 'r .-j,.; . . S : ' it i - ' ' - BIG DEAL JUST .MADE Southern Bell Telephone i and Telegraph Company ' Makes - an Important Contract. - EXTENSIVE NEW CONNECTIONS Within Thirty Days Wilmlniton Will Have Telephone Connection Within a Radius of Nearly a Hundred Miles The Colombns Co. - A deal that will mean a big thing to Wilmington has just been consumma ted. It Is a contract entered into be-: tween the live Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company and the Columbus Telephone Company, whereby this city is soon to have tele phonic connect within a radius of from 75 to 100 miles. This will be a great benefit to our citizens, especially when it is taken' into consideration that the places to be reached by tele phone are of much commercial value to Wilmington, and it will also mean that our city ascends another notch in the world of progress. So quietly and rapidly have the ar rangements for this deal been worked that it will be a great surprise to our citizens, but it will be a decidedly wel come one, which' will duly be appre ciated. The places to be connected by tele phone with Wilmington are Chad bourn, WhiteTille, Bogue, Ash pole, Boardman, Clarendon, Lake Wacoamow, Shallotte, Southport and Council's station, of this State, and Conway, 8. C. Within thirty days most of these connections will be made. The lines are already up be tween many of the places, and the work, which has' been going on for the last ninety days, is being steadily pushed. All of these lines are the property of the Columbus Telephone Company, a North Carolina corpora tion of recent birth. At the time the company commenced operation, a little over three months ago, they had no idea of covering such an extensive field as now proposed, nor did they ever contemplate co-operation with tbe Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. However, the advantage of such moves were soon seen by both companies, with the result already Stated. The contract was formally made in this city Monday by Mr. Thos. S. Mo Manus, the alert manager of the Bell Company, and President Harrelson and Secretary Perry, of the Colum bus Company. Under the agreement all the work from now on is to be sup ervised by the Bell's experts which is a sufficient guarantee that it will be well done. Not only will our people be able to communicate with the places men tioned, but will be able to Ulk to all intermediate points as well. It will also be possible to talk with promi nent farmers at their residences and with the proprietors of large country stores. Two of the eleven places named above, Chad bourn and Whiteville, already have local exchanges of over three score of 'phones. Four of the other places, Ashpole, Lake Wacca maw, Council's Station and Conway, are to have exchanges installed. In all, the Columbus Company now has seventy-five telephones in use through the territory mentioned. The toll fees on all lines will be the same as charged by the Bell Com pany. The new lines will also get the bene fit of Wilmington's Goldsboro and Raleigh connection, now being made. Work upon this line is at present about fifty-five miles from the city. For the great convenience and benefit Wilmington is to derive from these new lines, praise is due Mr. McManus, who is always wide-awake to the city's welfare and ever stands ready to ad vance it's interest and prosperity, and to the substantial and go-a-head com pany he so capably represents. Since the above article was written it has been ascertained that Cronly will be another place connected with Wilmington by telephone. PROBABLY THE SAMtt MAN. A Bogo! Check Swindler Has Been Oper ating in Charlotte. A bogus check giver has been oper ating in Charlotte and he is very likely the same one who visited our merchants a week ago. This time he used -different tactics. He deposited $10 with the First National Bank of Charlotte and placed a figure 2 in front of the 10 on the bank book, mak ing it .$210. Upon the strength of this alteration he cashed a number of checks and as it' was Saturday night he had ample time to make his escape before Monday, the only time the checks could be presented for pay ment. . " He went1n the direction of Ashe ville. Admitted His Onllt. When arraigned in Justice Fowler's cOurt yesterday the negro boy, Isaac Pollock, arrested for stealing bags from the North Carolina Cotton Seed Oil Company,"of this city, .admitted his guilt .. He was bound over to the higher court and committed to jail in default of bail. The stolen bags Pol lock sold to a junk dealer, L. Ablo witz, doing business on Second street, between Princess and Chesnut. Girl Baby Abandoned. In some mysterious manner, and by dint of much exercise, some one about midnight Tuesday abandoned a little girl baby, about two weeks bid, at the James , WgJAt' Memorial Hospital. The child wtvfdund oh the back porch of the building, and whoever placed it there had to climb a fence to do so, as the gates to the grounds were locked. JPUt PUm! Piles! , : . Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared to cure Piles and DOES IT in short order. Easy to apply, every box guaranteed, 60c and $L00. All druggists or by malL Williams Mq Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Sold by J.;C. Sheppard, Jr. r i , A Mod lnoHn "V lni 1AV1A l w.'r worst kind of a com- v Eureka Harness Oil notonlymakesthohnrnetM and th none loo better. icatnerooRand liable, puts It In con. dltion o last twice as Ion I it ordinarily would. 8ol4 Trk.ra la Mt . nu or STANDARD v OIL CO. Give Your Hoi 'sg a Chance t ANOTHER SWINDLER. Aged White Man Arrested Here Yesterday for the Kiastoa Authorities. MANY WILL RECALL HIM. He Claimed to Be a Book Afent and Has Been Here lor Several . Weeks A Kloston Olficer Will Come for Him To-day. At the wired request of Chief of Police James H. Bouse, of Klnston, Police Captain 'Williams yesterday had one of his men to arrest an old white man, J. W. Hoyt, who has been In the city the past fortnight as a book agent, on the charge of false pretence. The telegram from- Chief Bouse was later followed by a letter, which stated that Hoyt is wanted in Klnston for general swindling; that the book house he claims to represent, George Barrle & Son, of Philadelphia, has de nied having him in their employ. Hoyt is now in the guard house, awaiting to be given into the custody of an officer who will arrive to-day from Klnston. The alleged swindler is a well known figure to many of our people, as he has been energetically among them trying to sell Barrle's edition of Shakespeare and other books. He is fully past the three score markr in age snd appears to be a man of intel gence and wide experience. He is small of stature, but thick set, ani the little hair he possesses on his head has long ago turned gray. It is a great wonder why a man of such advanced age should stoop to crime, and if such be so, it is also a matter of profound pity. " While here he stopped at the At lantic Inn, corner Front and Bed Cross streets, where he was - arrested yesterday afternoon by Policeman I. F. Huggins. The old man makes a positive denial of the charges, saying he knows nothing at all about them. THE FOREST FIRES Plsyed Havoc la Blsdea and Ssmpson Counties Last Week. Passengers who came in last night on the Atlantic and Yadkin road say that the forest fires In Bladen and Sampson counties have damaged that vicinity even more than has been re ported. Mr. J. W. S. Bobinson, of Delta, writes that the scene of the fires is one of gloom and destruction; that several houses and a number of hogs and cat tle were burned. He also says: "The fire at Kerr Saturday was put out by the crew of the train, north bound. By getting a large force on the ground soon after the fire, we suc ceeded in getting it stopped before it did great damage. Not so with our friends between Tomahawk and Oar land in the Lisbon section. There the fire burned over a large area, destroy ing some of the best turpentine forests in Sampson county." Mr. W E. Stees, of the Sea shore Hotel, caught a Spanish mack erel yesterday measuring thirty-two inches in length and weighing eigh teen pounds. It was the prettiest fish of its kind ever caught in this section. Nlsht Was Her Terror. "I would cough nearly all night long," writes Mrs. Charles Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., "and could hard ly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood; but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's New Dis covery wholly curpdme and I gained fifty-eight poujurC", It is absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung troubles. Price 60 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at R. B. Bel lamy's drug store, t. OAST Bears the yf "B M0 YOU JtaVB Always BOtlgM C A RiT R I D G E S IN At L0 A l?I.B E RS fronr. 22 to .50 loaded with either Black or Smokeless Powder always give entire satisfaction. They are made snd loaded in a modern manner, by exact machinery operated by skilled experts. -THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD ALWAYS ASK FOR THEM lyon's French Periodical Drops Strictly veg-etable, perfectly harmless, sure to accomplish ; DESIRED RESULTS. Greatest known female remedy. ftlllTinil Beware of counterfeits and Imitations. The genuine la pnt np only In paste-board Car VAW I lUM ton with fao-slmlle signature on tide of tbe bottle, thus. JctS ArDfTi Bend for Circular to WILLIAMS MQ. CO., Bole Agente, Cleveland, Ohio. &Z'r. S - Sold by J. O. 8HEPABD, Jr., Wilmington. P3LD H.MWETTO PavW pjl ai(TCCT?llMG!P0WDlR3)1 Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, I Or mail 25 cents to C. With our huh. whh.-.:K..:.-?f: i.. Nrr oa Kmo t -.. , Jltwa.fniyie that ; aw i eonaeqnent upon the use of drngi and soothing v-urou, m one oi we necessmei when there Is a new oaoy in me Z. .n iwmfn use to kocp ti'" For sale by ail good Druggists. R. B. BELLAMY can snpply the trade with Tezthuta, at Dr. Moffett's prices. J0 ; EDUCATIONAL RALLY. The Day Appointed for the Bi? luceiing in New Hanover County. GREAT ENTHUSIASM OVER IT, Prof. Csrlyle, of Wake Forest Collew Ofllt I. wiii waeiy ne tne Spesker The Rally Will Be at Middle Sound Next Month A Big Time. The date for the educational rally jn this county has been set. It will take place at Middle Sound Wednesday the 18th of next month. It will be & gala event for the COUntrv nnonla j .will afford them a splendid intellectual . It is very probable that the speaker for the occasion will be Prof. Carlyie who Is one of the foremost educators In the South. He is the distinguished Proff sior of Latin at Wake Forest College. If Prof. Carlyle is the speaker he will also conduct a rally at Clarktoit August 11th, and White Oak, Bladen county, August 15th. Prof. Washington Catlett, county superintendent of public instruction, says the country people are greatly enthused over the rally and that he receives numerous inquiries about it They will, lie says, turn out in full force and make the event a big success. AT CAMP TERRELL. The Boys Still Eojoylar Themselves and Receiving Hundreds of Visitors-. Seversl Went Home Yesterday, The boys, at "Camp Terrell" are happy and contented. They are hav ing a glorious time, fiBhing, swim ming and playing baseball. They play a match game every afternoon. The weather isall that could be wished for and the sand flies have not made their visitation as yet. Nothing out of the usual routine transpired to break. the monotony of camp life yesterday. The boys made a fine appearance at dress parade in the afternoon and they are to be complimented on their soldierly bearing. Boating parlies are quite popular among the beachers. They usually , come over on the pleasure sharpies to attend dress parade. There are from two to three hundred visitors in at tendance at each parade. Private Adkins, of Company K, has been appointed regimental postmaster to succeed Private Hayes, of Com pany M, who was compelled to return to his home at Atlanta on account of business. Lieutenant Hunt, who is in camp with Company G., is a first lieu ten ant in the Second Regiment Georgia State Troops. Yesterday the officers of the day and night guard were Captain Pomeroy, of Company K., and Lieutenant Lo gan of Company I, respectively. About twenty-five of tha soldiers re turned home yesterday. They could not .be away from business more than a week, hence their re tarn. It is a comical sight to see the boys wrapped in red and gray- army blan kets on their way to and from tbe surf. c Deslh of a Yon or, Man. An exceedingly sad death occurred at Atkinson, Pender county, Saturday. It was that of Mr. Homer Hawes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hawes. The funeral was held Sunday, the inter ment being made in the family buy ing place. The deceased was nineteen years of age and was a young man of high character. ' Kinston Free Press'. Car loads of machinery are arriving for the Imperial and American tobacco com panies. Tbe buildings for these two large companies are being pushed now so as to get ready for this machinery. It looks though as if it will be a month or two more before they will be com pletely finished. Three sample on ions of the the Spanish variety were brought to The Free Press office this morning from the farm of T. and W. D. Snence. one mile from town. Tbe onions were alt of the same size, measuring 1SJ inches in circumference, and Mr. Spence said they had fifty four bushels just like them raised on a fraction over a quarter of an acre. The onions are all bard and sound and will bring $1.60 to $3 per bushel which will make an average of nearly $400 an acre. Mr. Spence said the ground was carefully cultivated and tended, the center or seed stalk was carefully pinched off at an early stage, which gave all the growing strength to the bulb. Now to make them keep the onions will be laid out with the root side up which will allow the water to drain out of the bulb through the top and they will keep indefinitely. Cures Cholera -Infantum, Diarrhoea.Dysentery, and the Bowel Troubles of . Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. J. MOFFETT. M. D.. ST. LOUIS, mu- nd to warm and iweeum thofitom."- . n nhnlciui in Charleston to use im""-v wraps, that we 1, and S il
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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