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SO
, TARIFF REFORM WITH A
STRING TO IT.
Secretary of tho Treasury, Shaw,
is not making much reputation for
himself by his trimming on the
tariff revision question trying to
keep in with the protected interests
and the trusts while pretending to
be in favor of tariff revision, pro
vided the revision be done by the
friends of protection and done a
little at a time, so as not to stir up
any commotion in the industrial
world. .
When a man occupying the high
and responsible position of Secre
tary of the Treasury is put forward
as the spokesman f tohe administra
tion which he represents the pre
gnmption is that he will say some
thing above the ordinary, something
original and give some! light that
the people did not have on the
political and oconomio questions
which he discusses. But Secretary
Shaw is not doing this. He has not
originated a single new idea, while
he has resorted to mere quibbling
and stooped to trickery of speech
that would do no credit .to a bush
whacking stamper. We commented
yesterday on this feature of the
speech delivered at Morrisville, Ver
mont, Tuesday. We are not alone
in this view, for it has struck other
papers in the same way, one of
which, tho New York Times, thus
comments upon it: . j .
The new Secretary of the Treasury
whom President Roosevelt baa brought
out of the West Is a. disappointing
man We had heard much of his In
dependence of character and of hit al
most austere manner of litiug. It waa
knowD that he had fearlessly preach
ed nound financial doctrines in regions
wheso silver infidels abounded. Hope
dawned here In the Em that Mr.
8h t might prove to da a man capa
ble of doing his own thluKiotr, that his
impact upon Republican o!d-f jgyism
in Washington might jield freab,
original, and striking tbipgs and give
the country another agreeable surprise
such as it experienced htn Benjamin
H. Bmtow accepted tho Treasury
portfolio in the second Or oil admin
istration. 'Secretary 8ua v'a speech at
thn Republican "rally" hi M in his Ver
mont birthplace rudely dispels these
illusion. He exhibits himself as. a
mni quite destitute of i. leas, content
to follow the dusty, beaten track of
narrow pirtaoship, and due not above
emff.'oying the old tricks and decep
tions of .party stump speaking to fo3l
the firmer in the old way and strength
en IIir lt?pub:icaa hold oa power by
pro'eciioniat' arguments j that have
grown -six In bv two generations of re
petition urn! am as void of truth now
as when they were first employed.
SecmUry Shaw ranges himself with
Senator Aldrich, Senator Hanna, Con
gressman Grosvenor, and the Ameri
can Protective Tariff League against
and meddling with . the tariff. He
makes phrases, to be sure, intended to
inspire his hearers with the belief that
he is not opposed to a readjustment of
me tariff, but his whole argument
mows that he ia opposed to it.
A mere trimmer, a political
schemer, who takes advantage of
tho prestige his high 'office gives
him to fool unsuspecting people
who may attach.more than ordinary
importance to which hoi says on ac
count of the position he holds. . The
Times from which we quote, is an
independent paper politically but
believes in tariff reform.
The Washington Post, another
independent paper, and a friend to
protection, thus comments on Sec
retary Shaw's revision.! '
Again we hear from th-) adminis
tration on the stamp in the person of
Secretary Shaw.' This time, as on a
previous occasion, the Secretary dis
cusses the question of tariff revision.
And thia time, as before,' the scene of
his effort ia in Vermont, a State which
li much leaa intereated In that subject
than any other in the Nsw England
group. But it happens that the Re
publican party In Vermont is in trou
ble by reason of a family quarrel
uence. the necessity for unusual ac
tivity, and hence, the appearance of
tha Federal admitistratloa on the side
of the regular. 1
Tho Secretary says he has been
quoted aa opposed to revision of the
tariff, and In explanation submita that
he his never opposed readjustment of
J tariff. lie declares that whenever
HQgress reaches the conclusion that
"is friends of protection are strong
nough to conservatively modify cer
tain scedules so as to meet changed
waamons and at the same time sue
cessruiiy resist the eff orta of the oppo-
uion io revise the entire tariff law,
inut paralyxlng buainesa for a season.
neisin favor of it. And then the
secretary savs. in fft that h dnem
&0t THaarA it,, v... l ' a i u
Ik? "Pwwn party to promiae any
1 lMng in thia connection.
Renubl SIT Vm? wben Ah.e
f,Ka...hA lkof revising schedules
e;.Hl"?M?lute assurance of not
SIw ,S5Se disturbance as it
aaioritv i VL1 ? f relIbl Protection
5iUW POongre,
...uuu m nearly sym-
VOL. XXXIII.
ptth?,JT,th th mirity nd with the
uHvuaiuoa eneciuauy barred from
legislation for at least two Congresses
after this one, what excuse can the
Republican leaden make for refusing
to do that which Is so manifestly ne
cesiary as a readjustment of some of
the Dinley schedules. ;
The Post is, as we have remarked,
a protection paper, but does not be
lieve in the abuse of protection to
levy - unnecessary tribute upon the
American people to put money in the
coffers of combines and other bene
ficiaries who'have grown fat and
saucy on the tribute collected, and
are able to stand and. go alone,
without governmental support. -
The New York Herald, another
independent paper, but like the
other two we have quoted, from, a
believer in tariff reform,- sizes- the
Morrisville speech up about right in
the following: '
"It is certainly gratifying to this tax
paying, tariff ridden, trust contribut
ing country to read in Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw's Morrisville speech
that he, as one of the mouthpieces of
the Republican powers that be, a
spokesman for the at present dominant
party in Congress, has been misquoted
and that he has never opposed a revi
sion of that curious and expensive
document, the tariff bill. "Is there
any one who is not in favor of such
changes from time 'to time as are ad
visable!" aks the Secretary, and be
fore any one in the crowd could impo
litely answer that easily guessed riddle
the Secretary forestalled him by a
rapid fire assurance that he, the Secre
tary, was not against reductions of
the right sort, to be sure, and well, at
the right time.
For instance, says the Secretary
blandly, there might be "advisable"
reductions when "the friends of pro
tection" in Congress agree to do so.
conservatively and in connection
with certain schedules only: and when
Congress feels that the "friends of pro
tection" are "strong enough" to modi
fy certain schedules without Drecinitat-
ing a general revision.
Can Secretary Shaw oblige with a
little further advance information!
Can he kindly announce the approxi
mate date of the time when the "jfriends
of protection" are going to get together
and agree that they have secured
enough and are willing to filch no more
from the public pocket through the
medium of a ridiculously high tariff t
Can he mention the amiable trust
magnate or Republican tariff fed
manufacturer who is willing to have
his pet schedule reduced without turn
ing on bis "friends" and in revenge
smashing the whole blessed tariff busi
ness to smithereens, if he cant
Does the Secretary mean that the
tariff should and will be reduced now,
or in that nearby time when the Con
gressional leopard changes his
spate, the tariff sky falls, the trust
cows come home and "the friends of
protection" in Congress really don't
want any ill gotten gains in
short, in Anno Domini nineteen, hun
dred and never!
The Hon. Secretary's tariff re-
vison is, if possible, even more of a
fake than the Iowa Republican dec
laration, from which he differed
when it was announced, but now
commends as the sentiment of his
party and the wise and proper thing
to do. That the Iowa declaration .
is a fake, is shown by the fact that it
is simply a reiteration of what the
Republican convention in Iowa de
clared a year ago, and yet in the in
tervening time what Representative
of Iowa (which has a solid Republi
can delegation in Congress) has
made the least movement in the di
rection of tariff revision ? Out of her
eleven Congressmen and two Sen
ators not one of them has moved.
The late convention reaffirmed that
platform simply to placate and hum
bug the element in the party Which
has been clamoring for tariff reduc
tion, without the remotest intention
of giving it any thought after the
elections in November. Secretary
Shaw endorses it for tho same rea
son that the Iowa convention did, to
placate and humbug the Republi-,
cans of the East who may be in
favor of tariff revision. He is
simply playing politics, and politics
of no very high grade, either, tor a
man occupying the high position he
does and speaking for the, adminis
tration.
RULING BT DIVINE RIGHT.
We have read some pretty cheeky
mens of brass, audacity, presump
tion, cant and hypocrisy combined,
but the following from President
Bear, of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, takes the
lead. In reply to a letter received
urging him to close the coal strike
"on the basis of practical Christian!
ty" he answered as follows:
"I beg of vou not to be discoaraeed
The rights and interests of the labor
mg man will be protected, and cared
for, not by the labor agitators, but bv
the Christian men to whom God.- in
ins inunite wisdom Has given the con
trol of the property interests of the
country. Pray earnestly that the
right may triumph, always remember
ing that the Lord God Omnipotent
sua reigus, ana mat uis reign is one
of law and order, and not of violenoe
and crime.
M.r. iear ana nis company are
associated with and hold large in
terests in some oi tne mines in
which the strike is going on. The
meaning of this is that the Lord
has given the mines to the men
who are running them, that they
hold them by Divine right and ap
pointment and therefore, logically,
have a Divine right to run them as
they see fit and to rule as they see
fit the men whom they employ,
whom they look upon as mere
machines or animals subject to their
rule and will. This is precisely
what this cheeky, presumptuous
and hypocrital cant means if it
means anything.
The way they have treated their
workmen is a sufficient answer to
this pious, or rather impious, screed.
They give them nothing that they
are not forced to give j them, take
every advancage of - them and rob
them of their scanty earnings
through the system of company
stores, after having packed their
mines with the very cheapest labor
they could import, replacing the
labor they once had with Russians,'
roles, Hungarians and others of the
lowest and most ignorant class of
immigrants.
. They are reaping 'some of the
fruits of this now, for these are the
strikers who are giving them the
most trouble. . So much for the
cant about the "rights and interests
of the laboring men" being "cared
for"by such blood-suckers.
y : "
HOW THE TRUSTS !PUIL TO
GETHER.) We have had evidence from time
to time showing how the trusts
pull together and help reach other.
We know about the the black lists
they keep of the workmen with
whom any of them have trouble
and how the gates of all are closed
against those workmen if they quit
work or are discharged. The follow
ing, which we clip from the Brook
lyn Citizen, is another object lesson
showing how thy pull together and
try to crush enterprises that might
be objectionable to any one of them:
Of course, the Trusts denv that the
taritt is the thing they depend on to
make their oppression of the nubile
possmie, ana they deny that there is
any oppression; but, the way in which
the truth is confirmed now and then
is convincing and sometimes amusing.
Just now a Boston syndicate that
wants to build a seventy mile railroad
rrom oiouz uity, Iowa, to Omaha. Ne
braska, i prevented from buying steel
raua rrom any member or the Steel
Trust, because its road would conflict
with the "allied railroad interests."
Thus we see how one Trust heloa
the other to victimize and oppress the
public, and how they depend on the
tariff for success; for, with a duty of
nearly one tmrd or a cent a pound on
steel rails, they think the Boston syn
dicate wui not go abroad for them.
But it says it will, and ! has already
openea negotiations with English,
French and German railmakers.
mi m . J -
xney recuse to sell this company
steel rails and force it to go abroad
for its rails and pay the heavy duty
imposed to keep foreign rails out
and give the Steel Trust a monopo
ly of the home market. !
They say the tariff doesn't foster
trusts, or help them toj extort from
home purchasers. How is it in this
case? The Steel Trust not only
takes advantage of the monopoly
it has but tries to crush an enterprise
in which the people pf that section
are interested because that enter
prise might conflict with the inter
est of the "allied roads" to which
the Steel Trust sells a good deal of
steel rails.
One of our State exchanges tells a
story illustrating the extravagance
and thoughtlessness of some men.
farmer came to town, sold his
truck, bought ten cents worth of
beef, put it in his vest pocket, went
home and forgot all about it for
,three or four days, when he wa3 re
minded of it by the odor, which was
not of cologne fragrance.
Rev. W. F. Sweat,5 of Everett,
Mass., is a preacher of energy and
execution, who believes in action.
When they neglect to put vases and
such things out of the sweep of his.
arms, they generally have to sweep
up the fragments. Last Sunday he
jesticulated a $100 one into a multi
tude of pieces. There is something
in a name after all.
Former Secretary of War, Alger,
says he isn't hankering to be U. S.
Ssnator from Micigan. but if the
I . j" j- tt
been there before, and generally
when a fellow has been there once
he wants to
go again, and keep a
going.
A gang of Fensacola, a la., negro
burglars can't get it through their
wool how it was the policemen lit
unon them and took them all in.
Xiacu ox mem wore a uuu-uuu wag,
1- - . J.T 1 A . J h n VnN
for which he taid i$125. and which
was guaranteed to' make him "in
visible" while pursuing his avocation
A Washington dispatch says At
torney General Knox is slated as
successor on the Supreme Court
bench to Associate Justice Shiras,
who will soon retire.. This knocks
out some of the other law artists
who had been looking wistfully In
that direction. ' i '
Last year the farmers of some of
the Western States became so elated
over tl-a bushel Irish potatoes that
they planted a whopping big acre
age this year, and now you can get
as many as you could whistle at for
18 cents a bushel.
There are sixty-four sewing ma
chine factories in this country, but
the foreigner can buy in his coun
try an American sewing machine
cheaper than an American can bay
it at home. !
V ;VV1JMIJIt1IJJN. JN. I).. ii41UAI. A til ST29 1902 -
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IT IS I PATTERSON.
Nominated for Congress at the
Fay etteyille Convention Ear-
ly Thursday Morning,
310TH CONSECUTIVE BALLOT.
!
Cnmberlaid Cast Her Strength With
Robeson and Made the Choice With'
Scattering . Vote Side
Lights
o( the Convention.
Special Star Correspondence.
FayuttuVillk,
N. O., jAug. 21.
Gilbert B.
Patterson,
of Robeson
county, recaived the nomination on
the 810th ballot at 6:45 this morning.
The ballot stood;' ' j
Bellamy Bladeb, 23 ; Brunswick,
18; Columbus, 271-10; Harnett, 22;
New Hanover. 89. Total,:149 210.
Patterson-r-Bladen, . 4; ' Columbus,
26 8-10; Cumberland. 54; Harnett, 8;
Robeson, 82 Total, 174 8-10.
tirown Bladen, 4. V
Hale Bladen, 1. 5
The chair appointed Stephen Mcln-
ty re, of Robeson; W. A: Stewart, of
Harnett, and N. A. Sinclair, of Cum
berland, a committee of .escort, who,
through Mr Sinclair, presented Sir
Patterson to the convention. In ac
cepting the nomination Mr. Patterson
said it was the proudest moment of
his life." That when he had taken his
seat in thej halls of Congress there
would be no county or section with
him; no Upper Cape Fear or Lower
Cape Fear; only he would be the rep
resentative of the Cape Fear District."
The following Executive Committee
were named: IS. W. Mcuulloek. of
Bladen ; Geo. H. Bellamy,! of Bruns
wick; a. U. iloffitt, of Columbus; N.
A. Sinclair, bf Cumberland: Geo. K.
Grantham, of Harnett; Geo. L. Mor
ton, of New Hanover, and B. F. Mc
Rap, of Robeson. ' j
The committee held a meeting and
organized by the election 1 of Geo. L.
Morton, chairman, and E. F. McRae,
secretary, f j
The closing scenes of the conven
tion, while exciting, were free from
the semblance of bitterness. The sev
eral candidates were each strong men
and they have cause to be proud of
the loyalty of their friends. Certainly
is this true qf Mr. Bellamy. His sup
porters were: ever on the alert and their
loyalty was the remark of the oppos
ing elements of the convention.
Major Wm. H. Bernard, who led the
fight for Mr. Bellamy, fought nobly
and well, but this veteran of many
successful political battles was con
fronted by a condition j and not a
theory. To quote him, 'we met the
enemy and we are ther'n." Defeated
candidates and their friends must
needs have regrets it is but natural
but in this short life, of ' such grave
concern, one cannot aurora to cherish
disappointment to the end that the
cherishing shall engender malice to
ward the more fortunate. Condition
of State and of nation are such as to
callus, one land all, to a one-ness of
purpose that, the dethronement of
the common enemy to both.
The gentleman who carries off tbe
honors of the Sixth Congressional
Convention 'is a young man of char
acter and ability, possessing legisla
tive experience and with that addi
tional knowledge that count with the
wisdom of years he will make a record
for himself in the halls of Congress
of which the Sixth district ill be
proud. j j
Side Lights of the Convention.
The permanent chairman, Mr. J. EL
Mvrover. made a model presiding offi
cer. He is a giant in intellect if not
in stature, land is, while firm, both
kind and courteous. !
The hosnitalitv of this neonle knows
no bounds, j Eager werel they at all
times for the comfort of their guests.
Not forgetful, even, of minor things.
An interesting character of tbe con
vention personnel was Mr. Zachariah
Prevatte, of the Robeson delegation.
He was rotund of figure, vociferous
of voice and led in the speech making
that was not heard. And: when once,
amid the clamor of go ion, he had
yielded the floor and another
'mounted"::the stand, Mr. rrevatte
led the racket that sent the brother the
wavs of his predecessors. By us re
porters Mr. j PrivaUe , was not known,
but we vote him a clever, good fellow,
whole-souled and as big hearted as he
is big stomach'd. Side view our new
made friend bsars a striKing resem
blance to tbe Hon. Grover Cleveland,
the gentleman who once figured promi
nentlv in the affairs of the nation.
Another interesting character of the
convention's delegation was the bald-
headed brother from Home Where,
who went taking in the j barber shops
of the city in quest of a i hair cut at a
la bald-head reduced rate?. I think he
was a friend of my friend Jno. A.
Oates. of the North Carolina Baptist,
birt this is denied by Jno. A. This
brother should have been the recip
ient of cut rates for the j trimming of
his locks was but the effort of a mo
ment. The tonsorial fraternity thought
otherwise and held that as he possess
ed so little to be shorn and would come
so seldom be was not a fit subject for
a cut from regulation prices
The service given representatives
of the bress by the western
Tin ion and Postal Telegraph agencies
here deserves more than a passing
notice. The Western Union ran a
wire into Convention Hall and kept
messengers at band to do the bidding
of "us poor, perspiring quill-drivers. M
Nn where in the State have we been
favnrnd with more prompt or cour
teous consideration and this is the
anolo?v dulv rendered bv one that
is sleepy and tired, too. j C. J. R
NORTH CAROLINA BANKS.
Statemeot of Their Standing as Prepared
by the! Corporation Commission. "
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, Aug. 2L The North Caro
ina Corporation Commission issued to
day their report of the condition of
PHatp nrivate and savings banks in
th Htatn at the close of business July
16th. It shows total resources of the
tvima MlanoM of banks amounting to
$18,790,224 44 and deposits to the
amount of $12,793,560,51. The re
sources of savings banks aggregate
2 9S2 2R5.21 and the deposits $3,447,-
4QR 9.n The State banks made a show-
tn v tii a.r7 ons na rAanureea and de
posits of $9,823,416.40. The total
value of all banking houses, furniture
wtnwM sU24.8l3.85. There are
in the State 81 State, 21 private and 14
savings banks.
A PEANUT COMBINE.
Rumor of Consolidation of Vir-
ginia Plants Concerns Sev
r ! . era! Local Firms.'
CAPITAL OF SIX MILLIONS.
Trust WUI Be Flsanced from New York
by Capitalists Already on the Spot.
Independents Majf Give Trouble.
Notes of the Deal,
The reported movement at Norfolk
to consolidate all thej peanut cleaning
plants fu Virginia into one giant trust
controlled . by New York capitalists
has caused some interest in Wilming
ton where there are a dozen or more
such establishments.; ! Local operators
are: wondering if the trust magnates
will . invade.their territory 4ater , and
growers in this section manifest no less
interest from the fact that what effects
the buyer, none the less has to do with4
tuo Boner ana producer.
The plan is to finance the consolida
ted plants from New York with a
capital of $6,000,000. jit is said that the
proposed merger of these concerns
will cause 40 or 50 peanut men id Nor
folk, who have been; travelling in the
West, South and Canada for Virginia
cleaners, to lose their; places, as the
plants there will be closed down.
The trusf, it is understood, will
operate a plant at- Norfolk, two in
Petersburg, one In Smith ville, one in
Wakefield, with perhaps a few others.
Experts are at work on the books
and the plants at Norfolk 1 are 'prepar
ing to stop work. It may be that the
independent cleaners will give the
new combine trouble, as they did with
several smaller attempted combines of
the past. p. 1
The Norfolk Landmark of yester
day has the following to say in this
connection: ( I
The rumor printed yesterday an
nouncing the arrival of two represen
tatives of a New York trust company
in this city for the purpose of examin
ing the peanut-cleaning plants in this
section, was verified yesterday by the
arrival of several more: representa
tives of the same company who will
inspect plants in other parts of the
State. i I
At this time, however, only two of
the trust's representatives are in the
city, the others having gone to Peters
burg and Franklin to inspect plants in
those cities. f ! : '
The two trust representatives in this
city will, so it is stated, go over the
books of the various concerns that
will be consolidated and. confirm
statements made before the deal was
on. ii .
It was learned last evening that two
plants in this city will be shut down
and several in other sections oi tne
State will be likewise closed. By con-.
solidating seventeen large peanut
cleaning plants who practically furn
ish peanuts for the civilized world, the
combine will operate : about one-third
of the plants and will do away with
the services of a large number of pea
nut sellers who travel all the United
States, Canada and) Mexico for the
various concerns at present, saving an
enormous expense. H
One of the factors in organizing the
company at present is the present con
trol or the crop. Tne new company do
not control all of the crop and peanut
men claim that independent concerns
would then be dangerous.
REV. JOHN STANLY THOMAS.
Popular Norln Carolloa Minister Receives
' Flattering Csll in Texas.
A special from' the News and Ob
server from Gonzales. Tex., has the
following in reference to a popular
young pastor once a; resident here:
At the congregational meeting Sun
day morning at j the Presbyterian
church Rev. John Stanley Thomas
was tendered a call to the pastorate by
the congregation i .
Mr. Thomas has been stated supply
for six monthe, and during his stay in
Gonzales has won many warm friends
among the people, file Is a zealous
worker, a good student and intellec
tual. During his stated supply rela
tions the church has grown and pros
pered. -
uev. Mr. Thomas nas expressed tne
willingness to accept the call subject
to the action of the Presbytery of
Western Texas which places the call
in his hands. Dr. ! Tnomas is from
Eastern North Carolina, i He has two
brothers. Revs. James and Fred
Thomas, in the Presbyterian minis
try, h
DEATH OF WILMINGTON LADY.
Miss Rosa Herring, Dsoghter of Mr. T. J.
Herring, Died jo Sampson.
Special Star Cprrespondeiice.
Magnolia, N. OL Aug. 22. Miss
Rosa Herring, daughter of Mr. T. J.
Herring, of Wllnalngton, died of ma.
larlal fever Wednesday, the 21st, at
the home of her uncle. Mr. A. McK.
Herring, near Taylor's Bridge, Samp
son countv. where -she was visiting.
She was an attractive young lady of
18 vears. iust entering upon the
threshold of young; womanhood
and
her death is a severe shock to
familv and friends, i
the
The burial was at. the family grave
yard in Sampson Thursday.
Work of Pickpockets;
Prom all accounts there must have
been a very clever pickpocket attract
ed to Favettaville! Ibv the crowd of
delegates at the convention. Geo. L.
Peschau, Esq., of this city, lost a fine
cold wa'ch and Mr. W. Van Hardin
had tlK in cash lifted from him. Sev
eral other instances of similar charac
ter were reported, j : !
Rev, L. B. Boney Resigned.
Rev. L. B. Boney, i who has charge
of a gronp of chu-ches in this section
will resign the work shortly to take a
two year's course lt the.Baptist Theo
logical 8emlnary at Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Boney expects
Seminary Oct. 18th.
to be with the
RAILROAD WORLD.
Current Year Is One of Consoli
dations to Extent of Being ; '
a Record-Breaker. ;
SOUTHERN TO DOUBLE-TRACK
Freight Offices to Be Removed to AW
lanta Mr. P. M. Jolly Resigns
Surveys for Sooth Carolina
and aeorglajgExtensloo.
The Charleston News and Courier
in its well edited "railroad column"
has the following interesting resume
of the various railway changes, ab
sorptions, mergers, ete., that have
kept the business world guessing dur
ing the past year and which will be
found interesting to the general
reader:
The year 1902 will 20 down into rail-
road history as having witnessed more
consolidations than have ever been
known in any previous vear. Graat
combinations and absorptions have
followed closely one after another.
The movement began last year, when
the Pennsylvania finally succeeded in
acquiring the Baltimore and Ohio.
The greatest coup of 1901 was the for
mation of the Northern Securities
Company, which had been preceded bv
the acquisition of Burlington by the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
Earlier in the year the Harriman
clique in the Union Pacific bad taken
over the Southern Pacific.
The work of consolidation, begun so
vigorously- last year, has been going
on vigorously ever since, and the
Gould lines seem to have absorbed
more independent roads than any
other system. George Gould and in
terests friendly to his companies have
taken over the Ann Arbor, in Michi
gan; the Columbus, Sandusky and
Hockintr, in Ohio; the West Virginia
Central, in West Virginia, and the
Maryland and the western Marvland.
in Maryland about 1,116 miles in all.
The Goulds have also arranged to take
over . the Colorado Southern, with
1,143 miles of trackage.
The Rock island bought the Choc
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf from its
Philadelphia owners, and . the Rock
Island has transf eared all its holdings
to a securities company.
in the south the Atlantic Coast
Line has Acquired the Plant System,
and Pierpont Morgan is said to have
arranged to turn over the Louisville
and Nashville, bought from John W.
Gates at an enormous profit to the
latter, to the Southern Railway
which had previously taken over the
Monon route.
This table gives the principal rail
roads, with their mileage, which have
been absorbed by other lines since the
beginning of the current year.
Miles.
Monon .' 646
Plant System 3,200
Ann Arbor 292
Western Maryland 130
West Virginia Central -175
Choctaw.... 1,105
Colorada Southern .. .1,142
Columbus, Sandusy Hocking.... 269
Total ., ...6,030
Rumor has it on Wall street that J.
Pierpont Morgan will consummate
the greatest consolidation of the year
the merger of all railroad lines in
the South with a total trackage of
21,000 miles. The Illinois Centra), the
largest road in the proposed consoli
dation up to this time, has refused to
go into any consolidation, but it is ex
pected that Morgan will be able to
complete the deal which has been
under way for three months.
A special from Washington to the
Atlanta Constitution says: "It is
learned here to-day that in a few
weeks' time the general freight offices
of the Southern railway are to be re
moved from Washington to Atlanta.
"This announcement is absolutely
authoritative, and it is understood that
quarters for the freight offices have
already been secured in the Equitable
building in Atlanta.
'Over 500 people will be added to
the city's population by the removal of
the offices and in consequence there
will be a great demand for homes when
they arrive in Atlanta. The city will
derive benefit in many ways from the
change."
Mr. F. M. Jolly, formerly division
passenger agent of the Plant system
at Jacksonville and latterly travelling
passenger agent of the Coast Line at
Montgomery, has resigned from the
service and gone to New York. His
place at Montgomery has not been
filled. Mr. Jolly is well known amon
railroad men in the South, and their
best wishes will follow him.
Atlanta Constitution. 23rd: "A
telegram received from Second Vice
President W. W. Finley, of the South
ern, yesterday, confirms the story
printed in tho constitution yesterday
morning, in which it was stated that
the Southern is to double track its
line between Washington and At
lanta."
News and Courier. 23rd: "Surveys
have been commenced on the South
Carolina and Georgia extension from
Marion. S. C. to Bristol, Tenn. The
extension is to be built soon, it Is au
thoritatively stated. The South Caro
lina and Georgia extension is control-
ed by the Southern Railway, having
gone into the hands of the Southern
on July 1st."
McDonald Captured io Charleston.
A special from Raleigh last night
says: A telegram irom unanesiou to
Governor Aycock announces the cap
ture of Paul McDonald, wanted in
Harnett county for an aggravated case
of seduction . The capturer gets $200
reward."
LAWYERS RESPONSIBLE.
For Delay la the Shipment of Remains of
the Fairs to the United Ststes.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Btar.
Paris, August 23. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press learns that
the postponement of the shipment of
the remains of Charles L. Fair and
Mrs. Fair to Cherbourg, on their way
to New York, is the result of an agree
ment between the lawyers to noia tne
bodies here until it is decided whether
it is advisable to examine them with
thu vinw of ascertaining the exact
nature of the injuries which caused
death. The consent of the late Mr.
Fair's family has been cabled for.
NO. U
h
SENATORIAL CONVENTION
MEETS AT SOUTHPORT.
Moods y, Sept. 22tf, is the Day Decided
Upon by the Chairman of the Conn,
ty Executive Committees,
M. C. Guthrie, Esq., of Brunswick,
and Geo. L. Pescbau, Esq., of New
Hanover, chairmen, of their respective
Democratic County Executive com
mittees, yesterday issued a call for the
convention of the Tenth Senatorial
District, to be held at Southport on
Monday, Sept. 22d, at 13:30 P. M.
The purpose of the convention is to
nominate a candidate for the State
Senate, but as both counties composA
ing the. district have endorsed Geo. H.
Bellamy, Esq., of Brunswick, the
result is a foregone conclusion. The
official call is as follows:
In accordance with the Democratic
plan of organization, notice is hereby
given that the Senatorial Convention
for the Tenth Senatorial District com
posing the counties of Brunswick and
New Hanover, will be held at South-
port, N. C, on Monday, the 22d day
of September, 1902, at 12:30 P. M, for
the purpose of nominating a Demo
cratic candidate for Senator from said
District. M. C. Guthrie,
Chaiiman of Dem. Er. Committee.
Brunswick County.
. Geo. L. Pesohau.
Chairman Democratic Ex. Committee,
JNew Hanover uounty.
HAIL STORM IN E0QECOMBE
Considerable Damage to Crops-Republican
County Convention Held Yesterday.
Special Star Telegram.
Tarboro, N. C, Aug. 23. Farmers
report considerable damage to crops
by hail storm yesterday afternoon and
last night. Mr. Jones Mayo, who re-
sides near town, estimates the loss at
several thousand dollars and says
he will make but twenty-five bales of
cotton whereas he had calculated on
two hundred.
The Republican County Convention
held to-day was attended by probably
a dozen sable delegates, who proceeded
with but little ceremony, and only ap
pointed delegates to the State, Judi
cial and Congressional conventions. - -
CUMBERLAND REPUBLICANS.
Held Their County Convention at Payette
vllle Yesterday No Endorsements.
FayetteviUe Observer 23rd.
The Republican county convention,
for the purpose of naming delegates
to the State, Congressional andJudi
cial conventions, was called to order
at noon to-day by Mr. C. O. McLel-
land, the county chairman, with Mr.
Duncan Downing acting as secretary.
There were nftv Odd white Repub
licans, seven or eight ex-Populists and
nine negroes present A number of
Demccrats were spectators.
The convention appointed a commit
tee of one from each township, which
committee was vested with the power
to appoint the delegates to the several
conventions.
No endorsements of any kind were
made. One delegate moved that the
delegates to the Congressional conven
tion be instructed to vote for Mr. A,
H. Slocomb, but this was objected to
by ex-Judge Sutton (who it is thought
may be a candidate himself), and at
the request of Mr. Slocomb the mo
tion was withdrawn.
TERRIFIED SOUND RESIDENTS.
White Man Arrested for Vstraney and
Locked Up In Jail Here.
Jno. Turner, a white tramp, who is
either a half-witted fellow or feigns
stupidity for a purpose, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Harvey uox on
Greenville Sound yesterday afternoon
upon a warrant charging vagrancy,
and sworn out before Justice Fowler
bv Mr. Martin 8. Willard. Turner is
about middle-aged and has been loiter
ing around the sound for a week or
more, frequently appearing at resi
dences in the neighborhood, begging
something to eat and acting in such a
way as to frighten ladies, who are
alone during the nay, tne maie mem
bers of the households being in Wil
mington at their places of business.
UQLY STORM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Florence Veiled In Darkness for .
Time.
The Court House Struck.
Florence Times, 2Srd.
A severe storm swept over the city
this morning at 9 o'clock. The clouds
were so heavy and oiacx tnat one
could scarcely see. The lightning
flashed and the thunder rolled in a
most awe inspiring way. One of the
lightning rods on the court house was
struck aud cut off but the occupants 01
the building suffered no shock.
Whether it was the candidates that
drew the lightning or not it is hard to
sav. but it was too previous for them.
The rain fall waa very neavy wnne 11
lasted, which was not many minutes.
It was an ugly storm, but no damage
except to telephone wires is reported.
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CarthncrA
liaons was shot and killed by Walter-
Barrett at his home at this place about
6 o'clock Monday evening. Barrett
married the stepdaughter of Williams
and was living in the same house with
Williams. Barrett was arrested upon
the spot and is in jail and awaits jus
tice both negroes. ; 1
Sanford Express'. Prof. Alex.
Molver, who had been suffering from
a broken hip, died at his home here on
Wednesday night. The crop prospect
in this section is most excellent. Cot
ton s fruiting well and a great deal of
corn is already made. A large crop of
corn will be gathered on Deep River.
There has not been a freshet In that
stream thia summer.
- Greensboro Telegram'. Mr.
W. B7 Trogdon has just returned from
Spray, where he staked out the More-
head Mill. He said dirt was broken
for the erection of the new building
almost before he got through with his
surveying work. Tbe building will
be about two hundred feet long. There
will be no delay in getting the mill in -running
condition.
Monroe Enquirer : Andrew
Threatt, colored, who lived near Mon
roe, was killed near Mineral springs
by a passenger train on the G. U tt
N. road, last Bunday morning. Threatt
and a boy, -Bud Rose, had been to
Pleasant Grove camp meeting and
after being up all night started to
Monroe and sat down on the track and
went to sleep. The approaching train
woke Rose, but not in time for him to
Save Threatt, who was lying with his
head on the end 01 a cross-tie. A step
on the cab struck Threatt on the back
of the head. He was taken to Wax-
haw and lived until last Tuesday night.
Raleigh Post: Miss Rebecca
Weaver, thirteen-year-old daughter of
Mrs. R. W. Weaver. In West Dur
ham, met a horrible death Friday
aftermoD. While sttrting a fire her
clothing ignited and she was burned
all over her body in fact all of her
clothing was burned off with the ex
ception of the belt around her waist.
Nowithstanding the horrible manner
in which she was burned she lived
from 3 to 6 o'clock. The young lady
in kindling the fire poured oil into the
stove not knowing that there waa any
fire in it. Immediately there was an
explosion and her clothing Ignited.
tier screams attracted her mother, but
she came too late to save the life of
her daughter.
Smithfield Herald'. We are in
formed that on Saturday night, Au
gust 10th, lightning struck a mulberry
tree standing in four reet or Mrs. k.
W. Hockaday's house. The house was
struck also. L. M. Hockaday was
standing on the piazza within ten feet
of the tree and seven feet of where the
bolt struck the house. He was knocked
down by the shock but unhurt. -At
his Pou farm near here Mr. J. W. Ste
phenson is making arrangements for
raising and fattening more cattle. Re
cently he built a barn with forty stalls
connected. He has -Increased the
acreage of his pastures. The two ma
chines bought this season, a corn bin
der and a corn husker and shredder
will add greatly to his outfit. The bin
der is now in daily use. It cuts the
corn and binds It in bundles with per
fect regularity.
ROOSEVELT IN NEW ENGLAND
Delivered Addresses at WHIlmantlc, Conn ,
and Providence, R. I. Large Crowds
Were In Attendance.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Willimantio, Conn., Aug. 23.
President Roosevelt, after spending
the night at the. home of John T. Rob
inson, at Hartford, to-day resumed his
journey through New England. His
train left that city promptly at 8
o'clock, but the early hour set for his
departure did not deter the people
from turning out in force and giving
him a hearty . send-off. The ttoral
horseshoe presented to the President
by the working men of Hartford yes
terday was by his request placed on
the engine. All along the line the
small towns turned out their entire
population, each apparently anxious
to share in the welcome which Con
necticut is extending. When Willl-
mantlc was reached the President was
driven to tbe public square ' where he
delivered an address from his carriage.
Providence. R. I.. Aug. 23. Not
since the visit here of President Hayes
twenty-five years ago has a chief execu
tive been accorded so brilliant and
thoroughly general a reception as that
tendered to-day to President Roose
velt on the occasion of his tour through
this State. People came from every part
of the State and gathered fifteen thou
sand strong about the platform at the
City Hall from which the President
delivered an address. An ovation
which lasted five minutes, was the
President's greeting when he rose to
speak. President Roosevelt devoted
bis attention to industrial conditions
growing out of prosperity, especially
the increase of corporate wealth. 1 , .
COTTON QR0WINQ IN EQYPT.
Millions of Acres Available Labor Sup
ply the Difficulty.
bs Cable to the Morning star.
London, August 23. The British
Cotton Growing Association, which
with the hearty co-operation of the
Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamber
lain, is striving to render the British
Empire independent 01 tne united
States so far as raw cotton is con
cerned, is now paying special attention
to upper Egypt, where, it is asserted,
the association can develop a cotton
belt dwarfing that of the Southern
States of America. ; Major Court
Gleichen, secretary of the Sirdar of
the Egyptian forces, Major General
Wingate, addressing the association at
Manchester recently, said the experi
ments now conducted on the banks of
tho Nile show the quality of tbe cotton
grown there to be the equal of any in
tbe world. There are avaiiaoie i,
000,000 acres of irrigated land and the
only difficulty is the labor supply, the
dervishes having depopulated the
Soudan; but the completion of the
Suakim-Berber railroad is expected to
solve this problem, besides furnishing
na outlet for the crop. - :
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
Roosevelt Tells Them They Must Secure
; Votes If They Expect Any Favor.
Bi Telegraph to the Morning- Star.
Providence, R. I., Aug, 25. The
friends of Cecil A. Lyon,' chairman
of the Republican State committee of
Texas, are considerably exercised over, '
the recent announcement Dy tne
President that he wished to warn the .
Republicans of the South that If they
wanted anything irom mm- tney
would have to get out and secure
votes Instead of getting delegates to
Republican national conventions - and
looking for Federal offices, r Judging ;
from a dispatcn received aboard the
train to-day the friends of Mr. Lyon
seem to think that h was made the
special object of the President's - ulti
matum, and was held responsible for
the politics quarrel in Texas, but this '
waa found to be Incorrect, ' the Presi
dent saying that his remarks applied
to all. '
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