WILLIAM XI. BBBViBD
JDdltof and Proprietor.
Friday,
Augist 15, 1902.
WHAT IS IT PORT
The argument in justification of
the protective tariff, and the one
that-bad the most effect in securing
popular support for it, ; was that it
would encourage and stimulate the
establishment of manufacturing in
dustries, eventually make this coun
try independent of the fcnanuf actur
ers of other countries and supply
the American people with the man
ufactured articles they need at alow
price, and thus they would be fully
compensated, and more than com
ponaated, for the assistance they
gave in the establishment of manu
facturing enterprises.
As far as stimulating the estab
lishment of manufactories goes, this
contention was, to some extent at
least, true, but as to1 giving the
American people cheap I goods, it is
not true, for it is the foreign con
sumer instead of the American who
gets the cheap goods and thus de
rives benefit from the protective tax
which the American people pay, so
xthat the tariff works just the reverse
of the way its advocates1 declared it
would. f
The prime object in establishing
the protective system, at least so it
was asserted, was to build up manu
factories to supply the1 home de
mand; there was nothing said about
building up a foreign trade in
manufactures. Now, i-when the
manufactories have become so nu
merous that they can not only sup
ply the home demand, jbut much
more than that, the tax is per
petuated to enable the! manufac
turers to expand their foreign trade.
According to the admission of the
exporting manufacturers they can
compete with their foreign rivals,
but to do that they must meet
foreign prices, which would make
thoir profit less than jthey make
in ythe home market. They claim
that there is very 'small profit in
their foreign trade and j that some
times they sell at a loss, so that
their big profits are gotten out of
the American people, i They say
they must sell the surplus abroad
and to sell it they jmust sell
it cheap, but does anyone suppose
that they keep on making a surplus,
and continually increasing that sur
plus and exerting all their efforts to
increase their foreign trade when
they make only a small profit?
They must bejsatisfied'withthe pro
fits, otherwise we would jnot hear so
much boasting about what they
have . accomplished nor so much
talk about the importance of finding
new and more markets for. our manu
factures.
If the American people are to be
taxed enormously to enable our pro
tected manufacturers to ship their
surplus abroad and sell' it at a low
price it would be better if there were
a smaller surplus, and fewer manu
lacturers. Then, perhaps, there
might be competition between them
for the home trade and the Ameri
can people would get the benefit of
competitive jprices as foreign pur
chasers now do. While there
may
tion
be some little
between them
. competi
now they
all avail themselves of the protec
tion the tariff gives and keep their
prices up to what the pr; ces of for
eign goods would be with! the' tariff
duties added. That's why they de
mand from the American, customer
from twenty-five to fifty, and in
some cases a hundred per cent,
more for goods than they: demand of
the foreign buyer. There is a dif
ference in the prices of every ex
ported manufactured article com
pared with the American prices,
and the difference' is 'always in
favor of the foreigner. Who then
reaps the benefit of the protective
tariff which was to be, professedly,
for the benefit of the j American
People, who have been taxed hun
dred of millions of dollars to build
up American manufactories ? As
an illustration let us take the great
Steel TruBt. Its profits. the past
year were about 1136,000,000.
It ships a good deal of its manufac
tures abroad and sells ihem at a
much lower price than it demands
from the American purchasers, who
buy the bulk of its output, so that
by far the larger part of; the 1136,-'
000,000 profits comes out of the
American people, as it f has been
doing for years. i .
The Steel Trust as now organized
is a new thing, but the people have
been paying the tax for years to the
different branches which"; have been
embraced by the Trust. It may not
have been so much every year, but
these figures may serve to give some
idea of what .the American people
have paid to build up J the steel
manufacturing industry' which is
now -making such heavy tribute
upon them. j
But this is only one item which
the people pay heavy tribute. There
are others on whioh they pay heavy
tribute, but it doesn't foot up so
rmuch because the amount consumed
is not so large. The following, which
we clip from the New York World,
shows some of the leading exports,
with the value of the exported arti
cles and the percentagelof duty as
follows:
Exoorta of tt-i-J - .Du1t
T. r cent.
Copper MM07
43.58
45.00
81,811,088 .' 85.68
im-
plemenls
Chemicslf, drugs
'and dyes
Wood '.
Paper
10,494,630 20.00
6,741,068
5,695,266
2,390,048
21.33
. 85.00
The American who buys iron and
steel pays 43.58 per cent, more for it
than the foreign buyer does. The
American who buys copper pays 45
per cent, more for it than the for
eign buyer. The American who
buys leather pays 35.68 per cent,
more for it than the foreign buyer.
And jet there is over $43,000,000
worth of iron and steel, over $41,-
000,000 worth of copper and over
121,000,000 worth of leather export
ed annually. With a showing like
this (and this list embraces only
seven ont of scores of articles ex
ported) how about the promise
of cheap goods to the American peo
ple? Isn't it the foreign and not
the American buyer who is benefit
ed by the protective tariff? What
is it for then, and why is it perpet
uated in spite of the demand for re-'
duction? The only answer to this
question is that the protected inter
ests own the Republican party and
the Republican statesmen. .
IT ISS'T CHILD LABOR.
A cotton duck mill at New
Haven, Conn., which employed 700
hands, recently closed with the in
tention of locating in the South.
When one of the proprietors was
asked the reason for the move he
replied, "I ' presume the company
can manufacture more cheaply in
the South."
Commenting upon this the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican takes oc
casion to express its views somewhat
sharply on the enormity of child
labor in Southern mills, which it
assumes to be the main cause of the
cheaper production in the South.
Possibly this may have some effect
but it is a very insignificant factor,
without which the Southern mill
would still have the advantage over
the Northern mill. New England
mill men who have moved their
plants South, or have established
branch plants, and Northern capital
ists who have invested their money
in mills in the South realized the
advantage of being in close prox
imity to the cotton fields and also
the climatic and other advantages it
offers to this industry.
As a rule Southern mills pay less
wages than the Northern mills do,
less wages, but as a matter of fact
when the cost of living is considered
better wages than the operatives in
Northern mills receive. With the
milder climate with employment
the whole year, less to spend for
clothing and fuel to keep . comforta
ble in winter, with cheaper house
rent and cheaper food than the ope
ratives in Northern mills have, the
Southern operatives can. afford to
work for lower wages than the
Northern operatives can and still be
better paid. Eliminate child labor,
(which should be eliminated) alto
gether, and this, without mentioning
other factors, gives the Southern
mill decided advantages over the
Northern mill, and quite enough to
give it the lead in the cost of pro
duction. The pioneer of the plate glass
business in this country is Capt.
John B. Ford, a native of Kentucky,
who moved to Indiana, and settled
near New Albany. He possessed
an inventive genius, and learning of
an establishment in Lenox, Mass.,
where a crude form of plate glass
for skylights was made ha tni-nad
his attention to glass, and invented
a machine for making smooth plate
glass. He interested others and es
tablished the first plant at New Al
bany. He sold his Interest in that.
and afterwards established other
plants which failed. At the age of
78 he was broke, and borrowed
money enough to pay his fare to
New York where he arrived without
money enough to buy a meal. He
prevailed on - some capitalists to
back him in establishing two big
plants, in Pennsylvania, and after
wards he built another, which em
ployed 3,500 people-; About four
years ago he sold out to the Plate
Trust for $10,000,000 and retired
from business. He is now living in
Tarentum, Pa., aged 91 years.
This is one of 'the rare "eaBAa nf
man making a fortune after
reaching the age of 78 years.
According to the grain statisticians
this year will be a record breaker for
this country, with an. estimated
total of 4,076,231,374 bushelsf 633,-
ouu,U0O of wheat, 2,539,951,000 of
corn, 120,900,850 of barlev. 30.-
350,800 of rye, and 750,528,724 of
oats. When the campaign opens
we will have the Eepublican spell
binders telling the farmers to behold
how the Eepublican rj&rtv hrinr
prosperity to the country.
King Edward has gone clean back
on that prophet who, when Edward
was kid, predicted that he would
live to become King but would not
uve w do crowned.
$100 Reward, $100.
Mill W t.l-.jt-..-.,
learn that theVt i. t liSTr SJS. 2E 5
SJSFaJll?eB,We IniSlita
?h JL.,atarrh- HU' Catarrh
Core- la the only positive cur now known to tha
i? M9rlmT-. Oatarrn being a oonstitu
tkmal disease, requires a constltnHonal treau
merit. Hall's Oaurrn Cure Is Uken intera&UT
acting OlrecOj upon tha WooS andlnSSoua
surfaces of the Byetem, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and el Tin a the oatlent
Btrenirth by bnUdtaTSp the ooisfitStloSl ana
assisting nature In doing its work. The propria!
turn nave ou mucu uuta in its curative DOwara
that they offer one Hundred r7rrX?TL.
case that It falls to core. Bead tor ut of tmL
moalais.
Address, r. 3. CHE HEY, CO., Toledo. O.
told bYprwrgista, 75c.
Hau'a Tamil Puis axe the beet. .
Leather . , . .
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THE ATLANTIC TRUST
AND BANKING COMPANY.
Orfanlzitlon Effected Yesterday by Elec
tion of Officers $50,000 of the
Stock Subscribed.
At a very enthusiastic meeting yes
terday afternoon of the stockholders
of the recently incorporated Atlantic
Trust and Banking Company of this
city, an - organization waa affected by
the election of the following officers:
President Matt J. Hey er.
Cashier Mitchell F. Allen.
Directors A. B. Lynch, D. Me
Eachern, L. B. Rogers,; B. H. J.
Ahrens, J. G. L Gieschen, B. B. Bel
lamy, I. M. Bear, B. Solomon, Matt
J. Heyer, Jno. H. Kuch and C. W.
Yates.
The meeting was held at 8:30
o'clock: in the rooms of the Merchants'
Association in the Seaboard Air Line
buildine and 60 of the nearly i 100
stockholders in the new institution
were present. '
Upon motion of Mr Matt J. Heyer,
Mr. Geo. B. French acted as chairman
and Mr. B. O. Stone secretary. Mr.
Heyer briefly stated the objectof the
meeting and said 500 of the shares of
$100 eachhad been .subscribed, Al
though the bank has authority to
begin business oa half that amount j
or to increase its capital to $100,000, If
desired.
Messrs. M. J. Heyer and John S.
Armstrong were appointed to ascertain
the number of shares represented and
they reported that stockholders own
ing 301 of the 500 shares were in the
room to say nothing: of proziei, where
upon the meeting was declared in read
iness for busines. Mt W. E. Worth
then nominated the Baard of Directors
named above and by instruction, the
secretary cast the unanimous vote of
he stockholders for the same.
The Directors subsequently met in
the office of the Atlantic National
Bank and elected Mr. Heyer president
and Mr. Allen cashier. J
The bank will be ready to begin
easiness October 1st and will occupy
the rooms formerly occupied by the
Atlantic National Bank, j
Mr. Hejrer's excellent business abili"
ty ia too well known in this communi
ty to need commendation here and it
does not require the ability of a
prophet to foretell that the' institution
will do well under his administration.
The Directors are also men of keen
business sense and wealtb. Their"
names connected with any' institution
at once places it in the foreground of
popular confidence. j
Mr. Mitchell F. Allen, the new cash
ier, has been collection clerk at the At
lantic National Bank for the past two
years, having come here from Rich
mond, Va. He is a young man 'of
sterling business wortb, possessing the
peculiar business tact that jit him
for the position.
CUMBERLAND DELEGATES.
Delecstes and Alternates to Represent
Cumberland In the Convention.
Mr. J. H. Myrover, Chairman of
the county convention held in Fay
etteville July 5tb, announces ia the
Observer the following delegates and
alternates for the Congressional con
vention: j
Delegates J. B. Underwood. Jr.. J
G. Hollingsworth, W. E. Kyle, J. A.
Pemberton, B. H. Buckingham, J. A.
Barnes, A. B. Williams, Lelghton W.
Husk, T. M. Hunter, A. McBuie, M.
Folb, Jno. O. Vann, O. B.i McMillan,
H. L. Cook, H W. Lilly,1 J. H. My
rover, J. W. Atkinson, W. Watson,
J. D. McNeill, N. A. Sinclair, G. M.
Rose, B. R. Huske, D. H. Ray, H. R.
Home, L. B. Hale, I. W. Clark, J. N.
Prior, S..D. Cole, Wm. Clark, J. W.
Bolton, W. G. Holmes, Josiah Cook,
R. L Williams, N. A. Mca.rthur, D.
B. Currie, W. J. Smith; Willis M.
Pope, D. J. Ray, J. A. Cameron. A.
L. Gilllland, J. A. Wright, Alex. D.
MVtfatll XKTmttm.'m TUI11 V.-i T TT
Faircloth, W. T. Clifton, G. F. Simp
son, D. E. Beard, W,8. Maultsby, J.
O. Salmon, W. D. Campbell, Jeff
Robinson, W. L. Walker, Emmett
Jessup, A. D. McGill. .. j .
Alternates H. 'McD. Robinson, S.
H. MacRae, J. H. Marsb, K. B. King,
W. B. McMillan. W. W. I Huske. II
S. Wlghtman, F. W. Thornton, Thos.
O. Williams, Jr., J. D. Brown, N, H.
McGeachy, G. A. Overbaugh, J. M.
Goddard, John H. Robinson, M. Mel,
Matthews, R L. Holland, W. N. Wil
liams. R. A. Southerland. N. E. Bust
ing, 8. H. Strange, W. G. Clark, W.
B. Malloy, H.a Bash, J. B. 8tarr, E.
T. Watson, A. B. Williams, Jr., H.
O. Atkinson, W. H. Tomlinson, Dan
iel W. Marsh, W. H. Qjaham John
Williams, H. A. McPhaH, N. M. D.
OlarkD. McL. Holt, J. W. Hall, W.
L. Williams, H. E. Smith,: W. O.
Fields, W. M Glover, J. F. L. Arm
field, J. B. Tillinghast, J. J. Cross
well, John R. Buie, Matt Fisher, J.
F. Johnson, J. T. Bynum, J. A. Mc
Arthur. T. H. Maultsby,' W. L. Haw
ley, John ' S. Maultsby, Norman C.
McLeod. L. B. Hair, Jr.,! D. A. Mc
Millan, John Ledbetter.
An excursion' will be ran from
Wilmington to Charleston over the
Atlantic Coast Line pn Saturday, Aug.
23rd. Train leaves here j at 8 P, M.
Returning, 'leaves Charleston Tuesday,-
26th, at 6 A. M. Fare for the
round trip, $3.00. Accommodation will
be provided for white and colored.
I
Snanflr hill Is as much en- I
rmV nMOM. S ta-tt highly
o uiiou aw juhi """"Mua H I porta as to the
tion as is a dm Tor grin id. Bellamy for
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COUNTY DELEGATION.
New Hanover's: Representatives
.! to Congressional Convention '
K ; Organized Yesterday.
REDUCED' I RAILROAD: RATES.
Convenient Schedale far the Round Trip.
Uiconrsgiif Reports as to Mr. Bel ,
- lany'fl Prospects Vote Which '
Each County Is Entitled
A meeting of the New HanoTer dele
gation to the! Congressional " conven
tion to be held in Fayetteville August
20th was held yesterday afternoon.
The attendance was large and enthu
siastic .and great-interest was mani-
encouraging re-
pros peels of Hon. John
renomtnation.
general exchange of views
the delegation organized and made
the following appointments for the
convention by a unanimous vote:
Chairman of the delegation, Wm.
H. Bernard, j " -
Committee pn Permanent Organiza
tion, Frank H. Stedman.
Committee on Platform and Resolu
tion, Walker Taylor. .
Secretary of the delegation, 8. P.
Adams. I f
George L. Morton was - chosen as
the member for New Hanbver of the
District Executive Committee.
The advance guard of the New Han.
over delegation will ; leave here for
Fayetteville Monday morning. Oth
ers will go via Wilson Monday night
on the train leaving at 7 o'clock. A
majority of the delegates and alter
nates will probably eo Tuesday on the
9.10 A. M. train of the Atlantic and
Yadkin branch of the Atlantic Coast
Line. These will have the ' advantage
of the $3.55 round trip rate established
for the Confederate reunion at Greens
boro, and tickets may be bought either
Monday or Tuesday, and will be good
to return until Friday. 1
Delegates aid alternates should not
forget that if they do not leave Wil
mington until Wednesday morning
they cannot reach Fayetteville until
after the convention has been called
ta order. j j
New Hanover will send a very large
and representative delegation, in
cluding many' of the most prominent
business men pf Wilmington. It will
include men of every trade, profession
and occupation; and will number at
least seventy-five.
Delegates and alternates are all re
quested to go to Fayettevilel
Low Rates to the Coaveatloo.
The following round-trip rates to
the Congressional Convention on the
W. C & A. railroad have been an
nounced by General Passenger Agent
w.j. uraig.; ucKeis to oe sold on
Tuesday 19tb,j via Chadbourn and El
rod on train leaving Wilmington at
2:45 P. M., reaching Fayetteville 10:25
P. M: ;
Brinkley !..-,.. $4.05
Lake Waccamaw..
4.05
Whitevllle.,
3.85
3.85
S.65
4.05
Cerro Gordo.
Chadbourn .
Fair Bluff..
, The Vpte By Counties.
The following table ahows the popu
lar vote cast for Aycock for Governor
in the several counties of the Sixth
Congreaaional, District and the vote to
which each county will be entitled in
the Congressional convention to be
held at Fayetteville, August 20tb. On
an questions on which a vote by
counties is demanded the counties will
be called alphabetically. (
Cong.
Bladen j
Brunswick..,!
Columbus....?.... .
Cumberland.!....
Harnett .j... .
New Hanover!
Robeson.... ....,,.
83
18
44
r 54
80
59
83
Total.... V.j..... 15,979 319
Necessary t6 a choice,160.
Through an oversight, Harnett
county was misplaced in the table as
printed in the Stab a few days ago.
The counties are all in their proper
positions in the list as printed to-day.
STANDARD PASSENGER BATES.
Corporation Commission Requires Them
oi Branch Lines of Sontheri Kbad.
. Special Star Telegram.
- Baleioh, N. 0., August 13. The
Corporation Commission issued an
order to-day that the Southern Bail
way must apply the commissioners'
standard passenger rates of Si cents
per mile forjfirst class and 21 cents per
nine ior secona ciass on ail roads of
the system in the State, including
branch lines. ! This order reduces the
fare from 3 and S cents on the
following roads of the Southern sys
tem: Western North Carolina, Ashe
ville to Murphy, 124 miles; Statesville
and Western, Statesville to Taylors-
vuie, 20 miles BUte University Sta
tion to Chapel Hill, 10 miles; North
Western, North Carolina, Winston to
Wilkesboro. 75 miles; North Carolina
Midland, Winston to Mooresviile, 54
miles; Oxford and Clarkaville, Oxford
to Virginia State line, 50 miles: Yad
kin Railroad, Salisbury to Norwood.
41 miles; Atlantic and Yadkin, San
ford to Mount Airv. 41 mile.
Standard rates already apply on all
roads of the Seaboard Air Line and
Atlantic Coast Line. It is understood
that the Southern will accede to the
order and put them in effect Octo
ber 1st, . j ! !
Increase la Valuation.
The computation of the tax returns
from the country townships, complet
ed yesterday,; will show an increase In
the valuation of real and personal pro
perty of about $100,000. It is also said
there will be a corresponding increase
In the city. Tax-dodging, therefore,
appears not to be as effective as it was
at one time or rather that values have
greatly Increased. - A number of the
corporation reports naye not. yet been
secured from Raleigh, which makes
the work of computation extremely
difficult. ' j "; L
T Know What Ton Ar Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
uwuo iuo lunuiuH) is plainly
Erin ted on every bottle, showing that it
(imply Iron and quinine In a taste
less lorm. no.. ran, no pay, Price,
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Gov
1,589
915
8,178
2.719
1,515
2,963
4,100
EDUCATION ALT RALLY J ; :
. AT MIDDLE SOUND.
Poor flaidred People 'Assembled ia One
Common Canse RJarlnf Addresses
, . . ey two a Die speakers, ,
Nearly four hundred people from
New Hanover and Pender counties,
including committeemen, patrons and
children of the public schoolr, attend
ed the educational rally and. big fish
fry at Black's Landing, Middle Sound
yesterday and with one accord every
body pronounce! it an immense, sue-
cess, it is saieiy predicted tnat ue re
sult . will be j a . - great educational
wakening all over this territory and
that the rally will bear fruit in after
year.- :1T ' -; ";
The day was an ideal one for an
occasion of the kind- and while not
many from the city attended there was
a great outpouring of ! the country peo
ple and as it is these that the educa
tional rally is intended to interest, the
slim attendance from .Wilmington was
not detrimental to the purposes of the
gathering. ' ' : If
Among those who went down from
the city were Prof, j Washington Cat
Ietr, superintendent of county schools.
Dr. E. W. 8ikes, of Wake Forest Col'
lege, Iredell Meares. jEsq., Mr. W. M.
Gumming, Mr. James W. Monroe and
A. J. Marshall. Esq. i Tbe ! nartv arri
ved at 11:30 A. M. and at 12 o'clock
the meeting was .organized with Prof.
Washington CatlettH as I chairman.
Prof. Catlett introduced, Dr. Bikes and
Mr. Meares to the audience and each.
responded with ringing educational
addresser, which were along genera
lines and enthused the people greatly.
The speaking took place in the yard
of the old Black residence and after
the exercises the people enjoyed heart
ily the spread of good things on long
tables arranged especially for the oc
casion. . ! i i
' It was a great dajr for education in
New Hanover. i i if !
MARRIED LAST ; EVENING.
Mr. Ed Qeorce Weds is Clirkfon Vnnar
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Lady Ceremony and Reception.
A quletbut very pretty marriage
ceremony last night at the home of
the bride's nuclei, Mr. and Mrs. C. M,
Baldwin, No. j 808 j North Fourth
street, joined in matrimony Miss Bes
sie Gooding, the attractive daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Gooding, of ClarkT
ton, N. C, and Mr. Edward D. George,
a popularjnember of the Wilmington
Fire Department, r v, j
The ceremony took place at 8 o'clock
and was performed by, the Rev. J. L.
Vipperman, pastor of Brooklyn Bap
tist church, in the presence of a
large number of friends and- relatives
of the contracting parties. The maids of
honor were Misses 8tella Eriner and
Barbara DeBose; the groomsmen,
Mesirs. J. H. Gooding, of Clarkton,
and J. Haskett, of Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Baldwin, form
erly of Castle Hayner, now residing at
410 Chesnut street, this city, were in
attendance upon the ceremony.
After the wedding a delightful
spread of refreshments was served.
Mr. and Mrs. George will reside at
Fifth and Brunswick streets.
JAS. H.
' D0LAN
DEAD.
Passed Away la New York Once Prom
Isest ! Cotton Circles Here.
Stpecial Star Telegram.
NEW Yobk. Aug? 11. The funeral
of.James H. Dolan.ofWllmington.was
held this afternoon from the late resi
dence. 241 Fountain ) Avenue, East
New York. The interment took nlaca
at Calvary Cemetery after 'services at
the church of Blessed Sacrament Mr.
uoian died Friday after a short ill
ness. He was very popular on the
Cotton Exchange where he had worked
tor a quarter of a century, as chief
grader and classifier of cotton. The
Exchange engaged him specially on
account or his .'excellent work as cot
ton grader in Wilmington where for
fifteen years he did nearly all the cot
ton classification. Dolan is survived
by a .widow, two brothers and one
sister. He was sixty years old.
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LOCATION OP MASONIC TEMPLE.
Committee Palled to Agree at doldsboro
Last NltbtA Costesf On.
Special Star Telegram
Raleigh, N.I a, j August 12. A
special from Goldsboro says the Grand
Lodge committee on location for the
Masonic Temnlei adiourned wUhnnt
arriving at an agreement, i The next
meeUnsr will ha hnld in Riai .
date yet to be announced. Members
of the committee say the fight has re
solved to a contest between Greens-
ooro ana uaielgb. . : i
Cannon Prom Port Caswell. '
' Raleigh correspondence Charlotte
Observer: "Two big ten-Inch cannon
from Fort Caswell, which are to be
shipped this week to be placed In the
Capitol square, have quite an Inter
ring history. When tho fort was
evacuated after the fall of Fort
Fisher, in January, 1365, the maga
zines of the fort were blown up. The
cannon, which were all loaded, were
spiked. Before the two cannon could
be ahipped here they had to be taken
out of the sand into which j they had
beens rolled and the charges taken out.
This was a work of no little trouble.
ort uasweil is one or the most inter
esting relics of the civil war. Up to
about 1895 it was in precisely the same
condition it was after ! the evacuation
in 1865. Fire and powder have done
their work upon it," i :
A Racing, Roaring Flood
Washed down a telegraph line which
Chas. O. Ellis, of Lisbon, Ia., had to
repair. "Standing waist deep in ley
water," he writes, "gave me a terrible
cold and cough, i It grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
Neb, Sioux City and Omaha said I
had consumption and could not live.
Then I began using Dr. King's New
Discovery and was wholly cured by
six bottles." Positively guaranteed for
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troubles by R. R. Bellamy; druggist.
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A. C. L; YARD CONDUCTOR
MET A TRAGIC DEATH.
Capt. J 'Wm., LaMotte Ron Over sod
' Killed by a Train at Snmter, S C , . : '".
Yesterday MoraloV" '
Friends in the city yesterday heard
with much sorrow of the killing of
Oapt J. ; William LaMottf, Atlantic
Coast Line yard conductorJat Sumter,
8. O , and for nlany years a resident of
this, city.' -. v ;. v,: ' :
Yesterday morning, while about his
duties on the . yards at Sumter 2nd
while attempting to climb between the
tender of an engine and a moving
train of freight cars, he loat his foot-
ing and fell to the track, nine of the
cars passing oyer his body, mangling
it terribly and causing death instantly.
Capt. LaMotte had been in the
Coast Line service for 15 years and
was a faithful and i painstaking em
ploye. v For some time he ran as
freight conductor between Wilming
ton and Florence and afterwards be-
a
came yard conductor at the latter
point, having been transferred from
there to Sumter.
-Deceased was a middie-aged
man
and married Miss Sallie Lane,
of this
city who with several children survive
him. He also has a number of other
relatives here, who heard of the shock
ing tragedy yesterday with much
row.
sor-
Woes of Excarsloulets.
JohnJC. Mudd, the negro arrested
sometime ago by Capt. E. PIner for
disorderly conduct as the excursion
train upon which he came was about
to go out of the shed, and who was
badly cut about ItheJ neck and other
places, was arraigned in Mayor pro
tem. Cooper's court yesterday and al
lowed to leave the city. He waa jut
out of the hospital for treatment of
his injuries, and is still in bad shape.
The young white man from Bennetts
ville, 8. C, who was some time ago
sent to the county roads for 80 days
because he could not pay a fine for
disorderly conduct in pulling-a bell
cord on the same train, has been re
leased The young man's family
heard of his misfortune and sent
money to pay the costs . and for a
ticket upon which to return home.
Two Excursionists Hart.
Florence 2Ynte, 13th: "Two acci
dents occurred on the return trip last
night of the excursion train that was
run from this place and Darlington to
Wilmington. About two miles above
Marion, Mr. B. E. Morris fell from the
train, and at Pee Dee Mr. I. A. Gar
land met with the same fate. Both
were bruised considerably but sustain
ed no hurts of a serious nature. Mr.
Morris says he must have been stun
ned, for when he awokejat 6 o'clock
this morning he was still lying by the
track and thought he was in Darling
ton." Railrond Truckers Struck.
Florence Tiroes, 18th: "A temporary
stop was put to work at the Atlantic
Coast Line freight transfer yards last
night by a strike among the negro
truckers. The demand is understood
to have been for shorter hours. It is
said that about fifteen of the truckers
quit work and went home, when their
demand was not granted. The places
of these workmen for the most nart
have been filed with other men, and
wore is going on as usual to-day.
None of the old men were at work this
morning."
A. & M. Will Take AIL
President Geo. T. Winston writes:
"The A. & M. College will take all
North Carolina boys that are prepared
to enter in September. If necessary
the president will borrow tents from
the State and use them for dormito
ries. The report that there will not be
room enough is an error. Three houses
have been rented, two new collara
buildings added, and a hundred tents
are ready for use if needed. College
opens Depwrnoer sra.
No Pardon For Pro lit.
A special from Winston-Salem to
the Charlotte Observer says: "A letter
received here from Col. P. M. Pear
sail, private secretary of Governor
Aycock, states that the Governor has
passed on the case of George W.
Pruitt and declines to interfere. This
means no pardon will be granted the
man who is serving an 18-months sen
tence on the county roads for shoot
ing Mr. Rex Gass,"
Atala, the Bloodhounds. '
There is continued talk of the ur
gent need of bloodhounds to be owned
jointly by the city and county. Citi
zens believe this to be the only solu
tion of the burglary problem and
can't understand why the authorities
are so dilatory in the matter. There is
talk of a meeting of the Board of
Magistrates to further push the matr
ter. "
TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT.
Collision With a Locomotive at Timpi,
Fla Passengers Fatally lejared.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
Tampa, Fla, Aug. 13. A train on
the Seaboard Air Line Palmetto ex
tension and a trolley car of the Tampa
Ulectric Company's line collided at-1
the Twenty-second street crossing at
9:30 o'clock this morning and Mrs. J.
P. Munn. a passenger on the trolley,
was so badly hurt that she died this
afternoon. The motorman was also
severely injured. The car was com
pletely wrecked and the engine Is con
siderably damaged.
The trollev car conductor had ran
ahead to flag the train, but the motor
man became confused and lost control
of the car, it catching his car imme
diately across the track. Three people
were killed at, the same crossing in a
similar accident three days ago.
Peckham (reading) " 'Lost or
stolen, blooded fox-terrier. Reward if
returned, and no questions asked.'
Poor. man t I feel sorry for him."
Mrs. Peckham "Why do you say
'poor man ?' Perhaps the advertiser is
a woman. Peckham "Nonsense (
Doesn't it say 'No aueationa aakftdf "
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STRIKE SITUATION
AT SHENANDOAH.
Troops Stilt on Duty and Will
Be Kept in the Strike Re-
gion for Some Time.
DEPREDATIONS BY STRIKERS.
No Troops Sent Into the Valley Where
; Farmers Are Being Robbed Secret
Meetlsxs of Superintendents of
: Coal Companies.
. ' By Telegraph to the Horning star.
SHEiANDOAtf, Pa., August 13.-The
provost guard of two companies which
has been kept on constant duty since
the troops were called here, was re
duced to one company to-day, the sol
diers at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion having been withdrawn Tk.
troops were placed at that point at
the request of borough officials, on ac
count of the lawlessness that had pre
vailed . The company stationed at the
Raadlng railroad station, the scene of
the not, will be kept there for some
time.
General Gobin has not sent troops
into the valley where farmers were
being robbed of crops and poultry, and
it is not likely that any will be ordered
there unless the depredations In that
district should be repeated. The val
ley covers a large stretch of farming
country, and it would be a considera
ble drain on the force now In camp to
properly patrol it.
Meeting of Mine Officials.
POTTEBSVtLLE, pA , .Ug. 13 The
general superintendents of the largest
coal companies in the anthracite field
had a secret meeting at the offices of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company here to-day. All
efforts to obtain any information be
yond the statement that the gathering
was merely a social one, were futile.
A brief meeting was held in the Read
ing offices' at 11 o'clock and shortly
after noon the entire party went to
Tumbling Run, a pleasure park, where
a luncheon was served. Several-hours
were spent at the resort after which
the superintendents left for their
nomes.
Superintendent Luther said that of
course the strike was discussed, among
other things, but that was not the pur
pose of the meeting. In reply ' to a
query regarding a settlement of the
strike Mr. Luther said the termination
or the suspension rests entirely with
the men. When asked if an attempt
wouldbe made to concentrate workmen
who are willing to work at any col
liery for the purpose of operating it,
the superintendent smiled and made
no reply. .
Miners' Contempt Cases.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 13.
In the miners' contempt cases here,
Judge Keller held John Richards and
his associates guilty of contempt and
fined them $5 and costs each, holding
them committed until the fines were
paid or bail given. Richards is . presi
dent of District lMJnited Mine Work
ers. Chris Evans, W. B. Purcell.
J. W. Carroll, W. B. Wilson and
a 8. Steward were dismissed, the
judge holding that the testimony did
not show that they have violated the
injunction. Evans is national statis
tician or the mine workers, Purcell is
distributing agent for supplies in this
valley and Carroll, a national- nrvan-
izer. Wilson is secretary of the Na
tional Union.
'HARVESTERS COMBINE. -
International Compsny Org snized With a
Cspltsl of $120,000,000.
ey Telegraph to tbe Horning Btar.
New York. Aug. 13. The incor
porators of the International Harves
ter Company,-articles of incorporation
for which were filed yesterday in Jer
sey City, tc-day made public a state
ment, which says, in part:
"The International Harvester Com
pany has been organized under the
laws of New Jersey with a capital
stock of $120,000,000, to manufacture
and sell harvesting machinery. It
has purchased the property and busi
ness of the following manufacturers:
"The McCormick HarvestingMachine
Company, Deering Harvester Compa
ny, Piano Manufacturing Company,
Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Com
pany, (champion) Milwaukee Harvest
ing Company. The company is capi
talized upon an exceptionally con
servative basis. Of its assets $80,000,
000 are in cash working capital. The
company will require no financing
and there will be no offer of its stock
to the public, all the cash reanired
having been provided by its stock
holders." DEAL IN FLORIDA LANDS
Three Thousand Acres Boogbt by CapifsN
lata of Louisville, Ky.
Br Telegraph to the Morning: star.
Louisville, Ky., August 13. The
J. B. Williams Land Company, of
Savannah, Ga , closed a deal yester
day with Louisville .capitalists for
three thousand acres of timber land
in Florida. Messrs. Williams and
Jennings, who negotiated the
deal, said the Louisville men had
requested that their names bs kept
secret, and would not divulge them.
They also refused to tell in what part
of Florida the land is located. The
purchasers deal in naval stores and
will manufacture turpentine and
rosin on the property.
Mr. Williams is president of ihe
Savannah Cotton Uxchange and pres-
mentor the ueorgls, Florida and At
lantic railroad, which is In the course
of construction. The road will extend
from Tallahassee, Fia to Columbus,
Gs. "It will open some of the best pro
ducing lands in Florida." said Mr.
Williamr, -"and I think will be a
paying investment from the start.
Walter L. Stebbingr, who on Satur
day, at Chicago, stabbed to death Wal
ter A. Scott, President of the Illinois
Wire Company, in the latter's office in
the Monadnock building, waa held to
the grand jury by the coroner's
jury. No charge of crime was made
against Stebbings, but the jury recom
mended that the grand jury investigate
the killing. -
T,I suppose your engagement
to the baroness is still a secret. 'r "Yes;
only my most intimate creditors know
of 4t:w Fliegende Blatter.
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TUG BOAT BLOWN UP.
i .
Boiler Exploded Poor of the Crew Killed
r Drowned Three Badly Injured.
The Bost Sank Immediately.
bv Telegraph to the Morning star
New York, Aug. 13.-The boiler of
the tug Jacob Kuper blew up to-dav
near St. Georges, Staten Island. F0r
of the crew were killed or drowned
There were eight men on the lug aild
all were blown into the water. Fou,
were rescued. Three are Injured badly
and one at least is not expected to live
The tug bjat sank immediately, iv
cause of the accident will probably
never be known, as the engineer, IV
dy, ia among the dead. The tug sank
almost immediately and later a quan
tity of wreckage and clothing and thP
name-board came ashore with the" ebb
tide along Staten Island. The 0wT
Brott tU - D' KuP9'
The tug was towing a lighter loaded
Jetton from Brooklyn to sS2!
The Staten Ialand ferry boat Castle
ton was near the scene of the exi
f0nv.Whea " ccu"ed- Capt. Braisted,
of the ferry boat, said the exnlosio.
and the sinking of the tug were almo
simultaneous. The tug seemed to
break in two amidships. The Casile
lt WS ??C,e stPPed "a boats were
lowered. Only one roan was Dicked
" """Mua. tug race was
horribly burned and scalded. Th
other rescued men were picked up bv
a tug boat. One of the meo, deck
hand named Hanson, was taken to the
Smith infirmary and the other to th
Marine hospital on Staten Island
Neither was able to give any account
of he accident. The light housVboft
Daisy Is at the place where the tu
went down, ej-appling for the bodie
!thel08t Tte Jacob Kuper was in
charge or Captain Henry Lundebere
She was built at Charleston, 8 C in
1885. She was 96 feet long and of 141
tons gross. 8he was originally named
Bristol, but was chartered by ihe gov
ernmentand the name changed in
Cheyenne, then back to Bristol atd
finally to Jacob Kuper.
CASE OF DR. WILSON.
Said to Have Been Arrested by the Nica
rsgoa Government for Filibustering
By Teleerapn to tbe HorntnK Htar.
Atlanta, Ga., August 13. Colon l
R. Lee Byrd, who receutly arrived -here
from Bocas Tel Toro, ColombUj
on a visit to his brother, has received
a letter from Bocas containing in
formation which he asserts is unques '
tionabie, that Dr. Russell Wilsori, said
to have been arrested by the Nic
raguan government for attempting to
land a filibustering expedition at Blue
fields, never landed .in Nicaragua st
all, but went back to Bocas on the Co
lombian gunboat and has been thero
ever since.
When the attempt was made to en
ter Nicaraguan territory, it was found
impossible to land all of the filibus
tering troops and the gunboat Pinzon
returned with the balance of the men
to Bocas. Dr. Wilson, the letter
states, was among those who nevr
landed at Bluefields.
i-"The only conclusion," said Colonel
Byrd, "is that some other party used
Wilson's name, knowing that he had
influence in the United State?, and
thus escaped the death penalty which
the Nicaraguan government had put
upon him.- There is no cable commu
nication with Bocas, which doubtlesw
accounts for. tbe fact that the truth or -the
case did not come to light more
quickly."
Statesville Landmark: At
Mooresviile Monday night Miss Ten
nessee White, daughter of Mr. Moses
W. White, was instantly killed bv
jumping from a wagon. Miss .White,
her brother, Mr. Joe White, Miss
Clara 8tarrette and Miss Birdie At
well were returning from the Bock
Spring camp meeting. The four were
riding in a wagon. They had nearly
reached home, were driving through
the heart of the town of Mooresviile,
when the Uam took fright and ran.
Mr. Joe White was driving, and
his sister, Miss Tennessee, thought
to escape by jumping from
the wagon. She jumped from tbe
rear and was killed instantly. Her
skull was fractured by the fall and it
is supposed that her neck was broken.
She was dead when picked up.
While Walter Beasly, son of J. M.
Beasly, was hauling sand at his home
near Dan river, Surry county, a few
days ago, an embankment caved in
upon him, killing him almost instant
ly. The young man, it seems, had
seated himself under the embankment
toreatin the shade, when suddenly
the earth above him fell. He was 19
years old.
- Raleigh News and , Observer:
A shipment of fine mantels to Wash
ington City by Messrs. Zachary &
Zachary has brought back a letter com
plimenting the work very highly.
The tobacco crop of Stokes county,
judging from the reports of Mr. T. E.
Bruner, Secretary of the Board of Ag
ricultvre, who has just returned from -a
visit to that section, Is a very fine
one. While there he took photographs
of growing crops and will develop
these at once. -
Stepped Into LIti Coal a.
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Jonesville, Va., "which caused, horri
ble leg sores for thirty years, but
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve wholly cured
me after everything else failed." In
fallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Sores,
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