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bx MccMij tar. WILLIAM H. BBEHAED Xdltor nd Prosrletot. . Friday, October 10, 1902 DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For OongreM Sith District, GILBERT B. PATTERSON, of Robeson. For Chief Justice of Supreme Court, WALTER CLARK, of Wake. For Associate Justices, HENRY GROVES CONNOR, of Wilson. PLATT D. WALKER, of Mecklenburg. Superior Court Judges: Second District R. B. Peebles, or Northampton. -J ' Fourth District 0. M. Cooke, of Franklin. m ' 8ixth District W. R. Allen, of Wayne. " ' , . Elhth Dlstrict-W. H. Neal, of Scotland. 'j- Tenth District B. F. Long, of Ire- del1- ! - Eleventh District E. B. Jones, of F ThTrteenth District-iw. B. Council, of Watauga. Fourteenth District M. H. Justice, of Rutherford. Fifteenth DIstrict-Frederick Moore, of Buncombe. Sixteenth Distrlct-G. 13. Ferguson, of Haywood. ! ; For Solicitor: Fifth District Rodolph Duffy, of Onslow. Seyenth District a O. Lyon, of Bladen. .(-.-'' For Corporation Commissioner, EUGENE 0. BEDDINGFIELD, of Wake. For Supt. of Public Instruction, V JAMES T. JOYNER, of Guilford. i LEGISLATIVE TICKET. -.: For the House George L. Morton. For the Senate George H. Bellamy. COUNTY TICKET. -, Clerk Superior Court-Jn a D. Taylor. Sheriff Frank H. Sledman. Register of Deeds W. H. Biddle. TaaaoilM TT fnT. flmAII Coroner O. D. Bell. Suryeyor Alex P. Adrian. Constable, Wilmington Township W. B. Savage. THEY MUST BE CHECKED. With all the grasping greed and extortion of the trusts nothing has occurred since trnsts were organized to center attention upon them and bring them squarely before the American people like the conduct of the Coal Trust magnates has since the coal strike beganj That brought them face to face with this monster Trust and showed them in a way that it could not otherwise be shown how completely they are in its power. There are trusts and trnsts, trusts of different proportions and different scope, in all of which the people are more or less interested, but those in which they are most directly interested, which affect them most vitally, are the trusts control- ing the necessaries of life, such as -j - - r - - the Rice Trnst and others. But in the lead of all these i and towering above them all is the Coal Trnst, mighty in its grip and far-reaching in its power. It began its contest with its 140, 000 striking miners, and the contest grew until it embraced in its effects the whole country and brought mil lions of people to be confronted by a coal famine, almost as bad as a food famine, and yet in its arro gance it refused to parley with the miners, or to listen to appeals in be half of the millions of people who depend upon its mines for coal, peo ple who shudder at the possibility of a cold snap sooncoming and finding their homes without fuel to make a fire. If there were no trusts, if the mines were operated independently as they were before, the Trust was organized, such a condition would have been impossible, and such a conflict between operators and miners out of the question, for a strike in one mine would not have involved all, and the stoppage of production in one would not have stopped production in all. The public would not have been sub jected to any such awful ordeal as they have been by this prolonged strife between the Trust and its striking miners and' they have not seen the end of it yet. It isn't so yery long ago that it was the rule with Republican spokes men to deny that there were any trusts, while even now they talk about combines which are "vaguely 1 called trusts,' a half way apologetic style of referring to the trust ques tion; but the high-handed and dic tatorial bearing of the Coal Trust magnates has left no doubt that it is a Trust, and one which finds no one outside of its' own immediate influence to apologise for or say a friendly word in its behalf. It has practically succeeded in arraying the American people against it, and that means eventual trouble for the Coal Trust, the necessity of con trolling which is now universally recognized. i Even some of the Republican statesmen, chiming in with Presi dent Roosevelt, who fell in with the growing popular sentiment on the Trust question, statesmen who twelve months ago denied the ex tnfl haat 'lTnat. tho rsnerar 'rrnat. istence of trusts, are now outspoken Against them and the anthracite Goal Trust in particular. It maybe that they feel that they are In accord with the people in this, or perhaps they mean it, and are really lndig cant at the Trust which can so defy : public sentiment and subject people . to the ordeal that it has . subjected the many thousands of people ihat depend upon it for coal. One of these is Senator Lodge, of Massachusettf, tho close and confi dential friend of President Roose velt, who, in addressing a Republican club in Boston just after the failure of the conference between the Presi dent and the Trust representatives, expressed hia sentiments as follows: "With the matter in the position in which It now is, I do not wish to cay what I think at this instant of the merits of the case as presented to the country after the conference in Wash ington. "I feel rather strongly in regard to the attitude taken by some of the con ferees, but I do not think it is the part of wisdom, while the matter is still pending, to inflame feeling or aggra vate the situation, which is bad enough; but there Is one thing which I think we can all say, and that Is, that the President of the United States has acted in a manner which all Americans, without regard to party, approve. "The President will not let the mat- 'ter rest where it is. Aside from any economic question, the coal companies of Pennsylvania do not to-day stand in a position where they can ask for protection, even if they needed it. I think it is a painful Illustration of the wisdom of what the President has been saying in various speeches In New England and elsewhere in regard to the necessity of some Government su pervision or regulation of what are commonly called trusts.- 'mere are trusts in tne anthracite region. There are certain large cor porations which it is the fashion to call trusts, and there are certain large cor porations in the anthracite coal fields. and this strike shows the necessity of some kind of supervision and regula tion by the national Government of these great corporations which pro duce the necessaries of life. These great corporations are useful to busi ness, they are ntosssary to us in the economic contests of the present time. They are as essential to modern buti ness as anything can possibly be. They are good servants, but they are dangerous masters. , "There must be some power that can control them in the last resort There is a cry to take the duty off coal the little duty there is, 67 cents a ton. I should like to see Congress pass a law authorizing the President to proclaim the removal of the duty on bituminous coal coming from Can ada just as soon as Canada takes off the duty from our coal going into Canada." He feels "strongly" about the "at titude taken by some of the con ferees" (the coal barons. No doubt of it. With coal commanding $25 a ton in Boston, and almost impossi ble to get at that, importing it from Wales, paying a high price there and tariff duty added, it is no won der he feels "strongly," but the probabilities are that Senator Lodge with all his perceptive powers wonld never have discovered that there are "anthracite coal trusts," if his people had not been subjected to this ordeal. He thinks that by their high handed control these trnsts "do not stand in a position where they can ask for protection! even if they need it." But they not only asked for, but dictatorially demanded pro tection, and they brought the Gov ernor of Pennsylvania so far to time that he has ordered out the whole State guard, about 10,000 men, to protect them. This showB what a powerful pull the Trnst magnates have on the Republican Government of Pennsylvania. But Senator Lodge has come to the conclusion at last and declares that there "must' be some power to .control and supervise trusts in the last resort," a conclusion in which a majority of the American people will agree with him, although he was longer in discovering it than millions of his fellow citizens were. Speaking about rich people, the Osage Indians, of Oklahoma, get away with all of ns in their aggre gate wealth for the number and in the per capita wealth. They have 18,000,000 to their credit in the U. S. Treasury, own 1,500,000 acres of land worth $8,000,000, part of which they rent to cattle and sheep men by the acre, and if their real estate were sold at its valuation it would give every man,' woman and child $4,000. The annual interest on the money to their credit in Washing ton amounts to $300 for- every one of them. Capt. Rosehill, who was bent on grabbing Marcus Island, which the Japs claim, wants Uncle Sam to col lect $4,000,000 from Japan because a Japanese war ship prevented him from squatting. That's probably more than the chunk of dirt and guano is worth. Indiana had the tallest soldiers in the Union army, during the war between the States, many of them considerably above six feet. But when it comes to reaohing for pen sions they can't compare to their neighbors in Ohio. The city of Augusta, Ga., has the proud distinction of possessing a coal dealer who refused an offer of $8 a ton by a Northern dealer for a lot of anthracite coal he had and continues to sell it to home folks for $7 a ton. Diamonds are said to be worth $300,000,000 a ton. That's why hotel clerks hardly ever wear one larger than a walnut. Deafness Cannot be Cured $yJ2Xl,.cUonMUT cannot retell the TI2n.ot There is only one il?5Sj?it15:- Droe la canned by an ln tnSoSSS ?Tn?2 OIJ? mnoons lining' ot the F 555whSt ilnil,.!?,,nd or perfect her Inir,od wben It U entirely etoeed, Detvfnesa is the result, and fouaTOmeoneanr be Uken ont and thl tab restored tolte normal we will gtre One Hundred Dollars for any ease Ot Deafness jcaMed by ehtSrh) that cat not be cured by Hairs Catarrh Oure. Bend tor circulars, free. or old by an arnsglBtMSo. , r.J.OHISET.ftoo., Toledo, O. HaU'sramlly Fills are tbetvet. - . Are you Indebted to THE WEEKLY STAR? If so, when you receive a bill for your subscription send us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news-1 paper bill Is as much en- titled to your considera tion as is a bill for grov ceries. OUB, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The Republican stumpers, at the head of whom stands Jeter Clai ment Pritchard, pretend to be great friends of popular education and en deavor to create the impression that the Democratio party is not friendly to public schools.' When the Re publicans had control of this State wholly or partially from the war until 1872 they showed their interest in popular education by stealing the school fund, and never building a school house. But they now say, see what we did when we and the Pops, had control of affairs in 1895-96-97-98. In those four years when they controlled the school fund they spent for public education a total of $3,413,594.69. In the suc ceeding four years, when the Demo crats controlled it,' the sum amounts to $4,260,877.97, or $847,283.08 more under Democratio management than by the Fusionists. As a further proof of the progress made, we'fuote the following from J. Y. Joyner, Superintendent of Public Instruction: Enrollment of white children for 1900. 870,417 Average attendance 142,413 Enrollment of white children' for 1901 290,178 Average attendance 173.272 Total enrollment for 1900 400,453 Average attendance for 1900. . .306.918 Total enrollment for 1901 431,858 average attendance ror 1901. .253,019 The number of school houses built in 1903: White.... 227 Colored 56 proatan 3 Total.... ...286 This does not include seven conn- ties from which reports for 1903 have not been received. Reports from these will probably increase the number to more than 300. During? the two Tears of this admin istration more than 400 new pnblie school houses were built. In 1903 more than twice as man? were built as in 1901, showing the continued growth of the movement for better houses for the people's children. iiost or these new houses are far more comfortable, convenient and beautiful than the old house, and cost more. These are facts and figures that speak for themselves, versus Repub lican professions and demagogic mis representation. A saloon keeper in Chicago named Kausczjaczsinski was arrested a few. days ago. We don't know his offence, but no man with such a hard name should be permitted to be at large, for some one might come up against it and get hurt. When the Florida man wants a barometer he goes out, catches a diamond-back rattle snake, skins it, dries the skin, and hangs up the ba rometer. Then he knows just what kind of weather he may expect. It is charged in St. Louis that the Beef Trnst paints its sausage instead of smoking them, and the St. Louis people who have a hankering for sau sage don't like it. They prefer their paint and sausage separately. In the first half of this year the gold mines of Australia yielded $38, 560,314 worth of the yellow stuff, $3,515,850 more than for the cor responding period of last year. A club of girls in St. Paul declare they will marry none but union men. Ain't all men who marry union men? A total eclipse of the moon is billed for the 16th inst. Pritchard's eclipse will follow later. . It is said that Armour scooped a profit of $1,500,000 on his Septem ber wheat corner. HON. P. M. SIMMONS TO SPEAK. Will Address Voters of New Hanaver la Coort House Next Mondsy Nights Hon. Fnrnlfold M. Bimmonr, North Carolina's only Democratio Senator, last night telegraphed Chairman Geo. L..leachau,brihe County Democratic Executive Committee, that he would arrive at Wilmington next Mondav. and speak in the Court House at. night He speaks at 8now Hill, Oreene county on .lie Saturday preced ing. -. '. ' ' Miss Kenly to Mr. Bison. The approaching marriage of Miss Eleanor Warfield Kenly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kenly, of this city, and Mr. Carl Kelton Bacon, of Boston, Mass.. is announced for Tuesday evening, October 28tb, 28tb, at the residence of the bride. No. 405 South Third street , ;DON.CYRUSB.YATSOM t - ; t.,-.. . . .' .' ' .v; ' " . j Spoke to an Appreciative Audi ence in the Court House . 1 Last Night. . NATIONAL AND STATE ISSUES' Said the People Looked fa the East for Majority to Overcome possible Mi nority ia the West-A Shot at the Iidepead peadtj q Etc. H The crowd, which . heard the Hon. Cyrus B. Watson in to. Court House last night was nqh . large for a combination of reasons, but. those who were present hear in' a speech of about an hour and a naif the plain, undefiled Democratio tMth' so charac teristic of the noble cb&mpion of the people's rights that Mr. Watson is known to be. '.V... The meeting was called to order by Chairman Geo. L. Peschau, of the Democratic County Executive Corn: roittee, who asked 'ex-Judge E. K. Bryan to present the. speaker of the evening. Mr. Bryan referred to Mr. Watson's splendid service to the party of his fathers, to the Confederacy and to his State. . He also adverted to the fact, that in 1896 Mr: Watson led a forlorn hope for the Democratic party in sacrificing his name at the mast head of the State ticket and recounted his efforts on the tump in the memorable campaign of 189a ) Mr. Watson was received with ap plause and at the outset took occasion to thank the people of New Hanover county for their support ia 1896, at a time when it was a little less than use less to cast a ballot in the hose of Demo cratic success. Prefacing his further remarks, he said the old-tune enemy was again in our front, tW same as it was two, four, six and 0ight years ago, and the same it bad been for the last third of a' century. They are no more fit to govern 'and direct the destinies of this great State than they were when we were irst confronted with the days of reconstruction, he id. We are informed siaca the adop tion of the Constitutional Amendment, he went on to say, the. we are to have a lily white Republican party, but it is not so. The white Republican . lead ers tell us that they are, glad of it and rejoice with us; but that is another lie. "I ask the Republicans," said Mr. Watson, "who took fee burnt cork off t It was the soap of the Democratic Amendment, and thay squirmed and squealed when it was being applied worse than a dirty-laced boy in the lap of h!a mother before ' a wash tub. Now they ask the vcters to punish the white people who did it by turning them out of power." Mr. Watson next launched into a discussion of the tariff and declared it a question for grtat study. He said he believed a discussion of the subject would land the Democratic party in power two years hence and jthe re mark was applauded. Free trade was a misnomer. The Dtmocrats want a tariff revision; that Is alL They are not free traders, but they do object to a tariff indiscriminately applied and framed for the enrichment of the classes. Pritchard has een trying to establish himself as a Mend to the cotton mill industry. Intelligent mill men say they have had a bard time under the Dingley bill; they have not been benefitted one cent. And further, every cotton mill in 1902 is having to pay from 20 to 40 per cent more for j machinery to equip them. That tariff which sells products of American - manufacturers, cheaper across the ocean than it does at home, needs revision and needs it bad. He said he was not capable of enter ing into a broad discustion of the Philippine question, and prompted by Mr. George Bountree, he laid it was a question which even the U. 8. Su preme Court did not seen) to under stand. He spoke of the glory and grandeur of this nation and drew a contrast with the reprehensible kind of warfare we are' waging against poor, defenceless men, women and children who are defending their homes and firesides. It was the same principle of an invading army which made the Confederates so invincible as long as they lasted. We have lost from ten to twenty-five thousand young men In the conflict and have slain more men, women and children and burned more homes than were de stroyed in 300 years of Spanish rule. The number of Philippines butchered was between 800,000 and 500,000 "and half of them were women andchildren. It was a great sin for which the nation must suffer. 'Now I am done with that and I am coming right down home. Have you you registered! Forsyth county expects every New Hanover Democrat to reg ister and vole. We heeded your call in '98 and helped to deliver you. The fight is now transferred to the middle and West, where we are about evenly divided this year, and we need your, majority. That's what I am down in this tide-water section for, and I have come to bring you that message from my people. Thus Mr. Watson introduced a per sonal appeal to the Democrats of the East to remain in unbroken ranks and banish from the minds of the Republi cans any j future possibility of their ascendancy to power in this State. The amendment was only the planting ofj the crop; now the crop needs cultiva tion. It can't be cultivated outside the ranks of the party. Forsyth heard the cry of New Hanover in '98 and they thought they heard the roar of a Hon ; not the braying of a jackal, (Ap plause.) It is with the people of the East whether by reduced majorities we are to have a Jlght for all time to come. What hpe has the Republican party if the Democrats are mindful of their duty! None. This very day in the counties of Chatham and Moore the white men have about evenly di vided themselver, and . we find white people unscrupulous enough to urge the negro to register, and backed by white men he is as brazen and as Class-eyed as ever. That Independent- iam, so-called, threatens . fhe Democ racy. " He declared the average "Io dependenter" a fellow who'straddles the fence, sets himself up srreater than his party, and must needs go- very year and let his neighbor know 'wheres he stands. He i) the same in the church as he is in politics, and finally kicks ont of the traces and. says he is too good to affiliate with any of them. Mr. Watson closed his speech with an explosion of Pritchard's claim that he and his party were the champions of the'buainets Interests of the State. He said the .Democratic party would stand when all the trouble is over upon the side of equal and exact justice to alL The next Legislature would frame tax laws . fair and equi table to persons and corporations. There will be no distinction and to the capitalists who'seek investment here, he said the structure of government would permit no discrimination for or against. ' Mr.. Watson closed with another fer vent appeal for the party to stick to gether and made a final parting shot at the "Independents'! which brought forth applause NeWS OP THE MARKETS AND SH1PPIN0 Dally Meetlof of Commerce Clumber Mem-, bers Cotton i Steamer Clesred. For the first time this season spirits turpentine went to 50 cents yesterday on the local' market Receipts were 7casks."- I. , : After discharging cargo of 478 bales of cotton at the compresses of Messrs. Sprunt & Son, the steamer Planter returned to Georgetown, 8. O., yes terday morning, j i. -The British steamer Gladys clerred yesterday with a cargo of 7,010 bales of cotton, consigned by Mestr. Bprunt & Son to parties in Bremen, Germany The receipts of cotton yesterday were 3,431 bales against 906 baler, same day last year. j. ' I I James Monroe, a colored stevedore assisting in loading the schooner Pas sadena, fell from the top of the slide, a distance of. 20 feet, into the river yesterday afternoon. The only dam age was a good washing, which might have been not out of place. The Chamber of Commerce Is expe rimenting with the proposition to have as many members as possible meet on the Exchange floors for an inter change of views,! etc., each day at 12:15 o'clock. Such a meeting, it is set forth, will be mutually beneficial' to all. COAST LINE STOCKHOLDERS. Special Meetlag Cslled to Tske Actios on Loalsvllle ssd Nashville Psrchsse. An Associated Press dispatch from New York last night says : "The directors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company met in this city to-day 'and decided to hold a special stockholders' meeting in Rich mond, Vs., on November 17th, to take action on the Louisville and Nashville purchase. No other busi ness was transacted at to-day's meet ing." Trial Ia the County Jail. A preliminary trial by a magistrate inside the county jail was the unusual spectacle witnessed by many yester day at noon.! Justice Bornemann was presiding, and the prisoner at the bar was tbe bad South; Carolina negro ar rested by Justice Bornemann and Po liceman H. P. Merritt in Dross Neck Tuesday night. The charge was as sault and battery with a- deadly weapon. The negro confessed the of fence and also that he had been in the penitentiary and had shot a man "down Soutb." He was held for the higher court in default of $100 justi fied bond. U Married la Ssvsonsb. At Grace Methodisi Church, Savan nah, Ga., yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock Mr. Edwin Toomer Hoggins, of this city, and Miss Janie Elise Clark, of Savannah, were married in a beau tiful service by the pastor. Miss Clark is well known in Wilmington, having visited here about two years ago. Many friends wish for the young people abun dant happiness and prosperity: Mr.W. A. Whitney was best man. Miss Nan Huggins, sister of the groom, attended the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Huggins will go North on a bridal tour. Mr. RobL Raark to Wed. s Handsome Invitations reading as follows have been1 received by friends in the city? "Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Westbrook request your presence at the marriage of their daughter Hatlie Gibbons, to Mr. Robert Ruark, Wed nesday morning, ; Oct. 23nd, 1902, at 10 o'clock, Sunshine Cottage, Wallace, N.O. ' i , ! i " Mr. Vanderllp's Comlog. .. Hon. F. A. Vanderlip, of New York, vice president of the National City Bank, who ; has consented to visit Wilmington and make a speech before the Chamber of Commerce, has fixed October 31st as the date for his visit. His subject: will be announced later. . Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss darkle Purcell Smith, of Maxtonv to Mr. Anelem Drake Rogers, of . Beanetsville, to take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ai Smith, in Max to?, Oc tober 22d, at six o'clock P. M. Ten Kbow Wfcat You Ax Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, because the formula is plainly Erin ted on every bottle, showing that it i simply iron and quinine in a taste less form. No cure, no pay. Price, 50c. satuth - for um uxtr Ttn Mas. Wiiratow's BooTHnra Bteup has been used for over sixty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. J It soothes tne cnna, soiten tne gums, and allays al pain ; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy, for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little- sufferer Immediately. Sola .by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. . ; TflE SUPERIOR COURT. Argument by Counsel to Jury in -.; Penny Case Was Commenced Yesterday Afternoon. : TESTIMONY FOR DEFENDANT. Eight Witaesses r Were latrodaced la tbe Morning la Bebslf of the Rsllrosd. . Salt of Love Axslsst the C. C . - R. R Co. Cootiaaed. . Another entire day in the Superior Court was consumed yesterday in a trial of the Penny damage suit agaiust the Atlantic Coast Lide Railroad Com pany, of South Carolina. All the evi dence was iu when a recess was taken for dinner, and the afternoon session was given over to argument , by coun sel to the jury. Mr. Eugene 8. Martin led off for the plaintiff in an able and careful exposition of the points of law involved. He was followed by Mr. George Bountree in a. similar argu mentin behalf of the defendant rail road company. . Four other speeches are to be made by the plaintiff's ciun sel, and a like number by the attor neys for the defendant. It is not ex pected that the case will go Vj the jn -y before this afternoon. Upon the opening of court yester day at 10 A. M, the difeadant intro duced its first testimouy. Mr. E. Bor den, superintendent of transportation' for the Atlantic Coast Lino, testified as to the rules governing travel and the operation of railway train. Mr. Louis H. Skinner and Capt. W. A. Snel), who were passengers upon the same train with Mr. Penny when he was shot, testified for tl? railroad as to the facts of the occurrence. Mr. J. T: L Jones, a commercial traveller oa ths sine train, also testified as to the occur rence Henry Cobb, the colored porter on the train,' Mail Agent Tona Broad foot and Mr. W. A. Sue, section master, also testified aioDg tbe same line. Mr. A. H. Weedon was also a passenger on the train and testified as to his view of tbe shooting. Upon the Introduction of these wit nesses, defendant rested and the plaintiff was content to go to the jury with the issues. A recess was taken and upon the reassembling of court at 3 P. M., argument was begun. Tbe speeches of Messrs. Martin and Roun tree consumed about two and a half hours and a recess was taken until to-day. The attorneys jet to be heard are E. K. Bryan, Herbert McClammy, Marsden Bellamy and A. J. Marshall for the plaintiff and Mei&rs. Davis & Davis, Bellamy & Pescbau and J. O. Carr for the defence. The damage suit of J. L. Love against the Carolina Central 'Railroad Co., set for yesterday, has been con tinued and set for the first case on the first Monday of next term for the trial of civil cases. All other cases on the calendar not reached in their order are continued by a standing rule of the bar. The cases set for to-day are Hil ton Lumber Co. vs. A. C. L. R R. Co., and Ocean View Co. vs. Mercer & Phares. If the Penny suit gets to the jury before the hour for recess this afternoon, one or the other of these cases will be taken up. This is, however, very improbable. r CHARLESTON "LOST." la Episode ot the Telegraph Afte the Great Earthquake. How powerfully the"imagination may be stimulated by a story told In dots and dashes is illustrated by an episode of the Charleston earthquake, relates L. C Hall. At the moment of the final Shock: every wire connecting Charles ton with the outside world was In stantly "lost" And as uo other tid ings could be had from the doomed city It was as If In an Instant It had been swept from the face of the earth. And for many hours . Charleston re-' malned literally dead to the world. The next morning before the average citizen had time to collect his wits tbe telegraph people had started out gangs of linemen to get the- wires in working order. Operators In the principal of fices within a radius of several hun dred miles were set to calling "C. N." For a long time there wSs no response, but at last on the wire which I bad In charge a slight answering signal was felt rather than heard faint and ick ering, like the first sign of returning life. From that moment thy watch was, If possible, more diligent For an hour or more I called, "Adjusted," and used every effort to revive the feeble pulse. I could fancy myself working desperately to resuscitate a half drown ed manj Again I felt the flickering signal, and then once more all signs of life faded away. Finally as tho wires were gradually cleared of debris the current began to strengthen, and then came tho answering "i I! C N." weak and unsteady, but still sufficiently plain to be made out. To mo it sounded like a voice from the tomb, and I shouted aloud the tid ings that Charleston was still in ex istence. Quickly the sounder w;ia sur rounded by a throng of excited teleg raphers. The Morse was broken and unsteady at first, then the current grew stronger the patient was grow ing better and for a long time we listened to the labored clicking, until at last the worst was known. And at the end of the recital a great sigh went out from the hearts of r.H of ns. as If literally In our presence a long buried city had been exhumed. lie-" Clure's. We have noticed tlir.t v.!..-n refresh dents are circulaiias nrmn.i !ia: tin- loy In the room keeps busy tryiiiu to get ir the path of the plate. Atchison (lobe. Strikes a Bleb. Find. "I was troubled for several years with Chronic Indigestion and Nervous Debility," writes F. J. Green, of Lan caster, N. H. "No remedy helped me until! began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. Tbey have also kept my wife in excellent health for vean. Rhn cava 1T.1u.tl T?;ft.. ... just splendid for female troubles; that juoy m a grana tonic and invigorator. for weak, run down women. No other medidna can tak-A Ita nlaoa In aivw ram. lly." Try them. Only 60 cents. Satis xacuon guaranteed by U. R. bkllamt, druggist . r t o. Beanthi STOniA. The Kind Yon Havs Atwars BRILLIANT WEDDING AT RED SPRINGS. M, Vardell BecSme the Bride of Proml BeatYouaf Maa of PsyettevlHe. ISpecial Star Telegram. v Red SrBuraa, N. a, Oct. 8.-T0-night Red Springs has -gathered to gether her beauty and her chivalry to witness the most . remarkable social event in her history. " At 7 o'clock P. M. occurred the mar riage of Miss Eatherine M.Vardell, sis ter of Rev. O. Q. Vardell, of the Red Springs Seminary, to Mr. Edwin Holt WiUlamson, of Fayetteville. The cere mony was performed by Rev. H. Q. Graham, assisted by Rev. C.G.VardelI, in the college chapel In the presence of a large number of invited guests. The groom arrived from Fayetteville on a special train, accompanied by many friend?, including several from New York and New Orfeans. : ' The brilliant assemblage of guests, tbe elegant decorations for the occa sion, the soul-stirring, music, the gsy tbrong of high-born beauty, presented a scene seldom witnessed. The ar rangements were perfectly carried out and all went merry as a-marriage bell. . Tne special train left Red Springs at 9 P. M., carrying tho happy groom with bis bonnie bride and invited guests on an extended bridal tour. A thousand blessings attend the happy pair. - SPEAKINQ IN ROBeSON. Campaign Opened at Lambertoa-lode pendeots Not Osloior Aoy Qroasd. Special Star Telearam. LuMBEBTOir, N. C, Oct. 7. The campaign opened here to-day, Hoc. Cv. Watson naking the opening speech. H was introduced by Cap'. W 3. Norment and spoke one hour to a good sired audience He dia cussed the tariff question, the Slate administration and the constitutional amendment, making an earnest appeal to all Democrats to register and vote. ' The audience met again in the after noon to hear the C3unt cacdiditec, the opening speech biog made b? Capt. Thos. McBryde, candidate far the Senate. He was followed by D. A. PrevaU, independent cndidU for the Senate. From the best information obtain.', it seems the so-calld independents are not gaining any grout d. Regis tration in Lumber ton township is pro gressing satisfactorily, THE HICKS COMPANY CHlRTEBED New Wllmlo(toa Enterprise-Oof eroor Oil to West Cralz-PrltCQsrd Campaign Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O, Oct. 7. -Th Hicks Company was chartered here to-day, with $13,000 capita). R W. Hicks has 137 shares, A. W. Miridleton, F. L. Huggins and J. Allc-u Taylor, one share each. The compuiy will be wholesale jobbers of gocer-ie, no tions, produce, fruit, drugs, etc. It will manufacture and distil sugar, syrup?, molasse, vinegar, by vroaucts or residues of Sam", deal to , peanut, flour, coffee, extracts, etc. The Governor lafl to-day for another two week's campaign la the extreme West. He speaks at Marsh! I. Pritch ard's home, to-morrow. H sys from observations he has made on tae cam paign he is convinced every Congress man will be Democratic, and the Re publicans will not have more than twelve members of the General As sembly. He is really agreeably .sur prised at tbe condition", as lie expect ed some reaction naturally from the stressful campaign of 1898 Locke Craig spent to-day here, and went to Statesville to-night to resume his joint canvass with Pritchard to morrow. The canvass will close at Asheville Saturday. . COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS TO MEET. State Board of Education Walls Item To gether Simoons on Registration. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O., Oct. 8. A cail was issued to day by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a conference of County Superintendents of public schools to be held here November 12tb, 13th and 14tb, to organize Bute and District associations and to discuss the State's educational needs, changes in the law, etc. The County Superin tendents are advised that their railroad fare will be refunded, so their only ex pense will be hotel bill?. Tbe refund will be made through the State Super intendent by the General Educational Aoard, Dr. Wallace Buttrick, secretary, who will .attend. Chairman Simmons issues a letter to-night deprecating the action of the registrar in Rutherford county, c?e clining to register the negro who read and wrote the constitution correctly, except mis-spelling the word "divide." He says he hopes the negro will be registered and no such rulings will be made in any other county of the 8tate. . Fayetteville Observer: A num ber of young men from this city join ed a posse of young men from Flea Hill this afternoon In a hunt for a big rear that is lunning loose In that town ship. This is no fake. A number of respectable oititprts of that township vouch for having seen the animal. It is probably the e line . bear that got away from a party of strolling Russians who were here with a number of performing bears last year. Tavlonville Scout: Several car loads of neach seed a will exander county to different nurseries this year. Seed from tb Alexander peaches are sought after by all the unrwrjmtu in me country. MOTT'S PENNYROYAL PILLS . or and banish -"pains of menstruation." They are LIFE SAVERS" to girls at womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. No known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harmlife becomes a pleasure, $1.00 PER BOX BY MAIL. Sold by druggists. DR. MOTT'S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. ' - J C. SHEPABD, Jb.. Wilmington. pZDR.MOFFETT'g a wy'jrv a it i ,i (TEETHING POWDERS)iH Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, Or man SS ccata to C. - We turn handled Dr. Xoffatt'a TKETHINA (Teething Powden) erer glnce ftt tint introduction to the pnom M a DrODrietarr medMna. .ml An. .A. . .?.. .u.. iui (mm rear to ml until our ora? anatrmd . m .uww-n w hw ooanirT, ror iner ht nothing o eaectuaiir nnuauKH u .uki. v. - Dot un oreroomet n quksklj the trooble incident to teething m.u. ... THB LAMAR RANKIN DRUQ CO.. Wholesale Drngil For sain bv all rrvr-ul TXmr.vla TO TO RT5T.T.A M V oan nnnnlv the rae witfc TrarariHA at Dr. MoffettXpriceB. - j e" "'"SS1"" neilKOES ISSUE A CALL. Uevolt Ag.n8t Pritchard ad HI. Political Methods-Special Term of Conrl iSpecial Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C ot t..,. negroes of the State issued 'a call If f 8Ute W6ro CWention in h liM turn rt.1.1 ' 7- w wtuwr i.uin, to "no m. tuaia a iioaei to oe voted Tor by the in telligent negroes of the State." Th call denounces the action or the R8 publican convention as an insult p ui RePWicans. It declare! grate" to use negroes as a atenJ stone to prominence, then VrtES? ful surrender has accepted as final Pr!.,a are 0,000 white Republican, in Carolina. We believe, with p lists added, they- wiSor S.ch fi figure. But it can readily be .! that he was too shrewd to nomffi one 'white Republican' on the SSS ticket, knowing the negroes would not support it, and thereby exnlnrt his fallacy of 40,000 whitJ Bapubu! cans in North Carolina." 1 We believe the "wily Senator" h.g abandoned more votes than he retain pr will gain in the near future there are not offices to go around ' The following negroes Bign th call: Jas E. O'Hars, Scotland HarrJ B. P. Cheatham W. Lee Person & H. W. LeaV W. B. Hagans, S. Q Newsom and W. F. Young. Governor Aycock issues a call for a special term of Lincoln county court for Oct. 16th, to try Calvin Elliott for 9iminl mult on Mrs. Caleb Brown Judge Winston will preside. LYNCHING IN TENNESSEE Two Netroes Chsried With Murder Takes from Jill sod Handed by a Mob of Five Hundred Persons. -y Teiwrrapa to uie ornin star. Newbeen, Teww , Oct. 8. Garfield Burley and Curtis BrowD, two negroes, were hanged here to-night by a mob of five hundred persons. Burley, on Saturday last, shot and inatantly killed D. Fiatt, a well known joung farmer, near Dyersburg. Flait had traded horses with the negro and the latter demanded that the' trade b called off. Flatt refused to accede to this proposition and while on his way home was shot down by Burley. A posse had been hunting the murderer and last night located him inaneero cabin at Huffman, Ark. While beint brought to Dyersburg Burley con fessed the kilhbg, implicating Curtis Brown as an accessory. Both men were lodged in jail at Dyersburg to-day. - A mob soon ap peared at the jail and demanded pos session of the priaoners. Criminal Court Judge Maiden made a strong plea that the law be allowed to deal with the case, saying that he would instruct tbe grand jury to find indict ments at once and that the negroes would b. placed on trial to-morrow m The mob would not listen to the judge's reasoning and forcibly took possession of the two men. A start was made for Newborn, which place was reached at 8:30 o'clock to-nitrht. Ropes were procured and the two men were taken to a telephone pole where they were securely tied, face to face. At a given word they were strung up and in a few minutes both were pro nounced dead. Tne crowd afterward quietly dispersed. THE NEW ORLEANS STRIKE. Another Riot A Dozen or More Men In iared Troops Placed at the Dig posal of tbe Mayor. St Telegrapn to tne Horning Btar. New Qrleans, October 8. Another riot took place this morning when the New Orleans Railway Company tried to run out a passenger car and the po lice, trying to retrieve their record of the day before, offered some re in ait fa n oo A A nwam r mwA wmam m a more or less hurt. Governor Heard was called upon during the afternoon and after a telephonic conference with Mayor Capdevielle ordered Major Gen era! Glynn, in commiad of tne mili tary district, to report to the mayor. To night there will be a conauliation of the military commanders and ar rangements made to distribute the troops to-morrow, so that adequate protection will be afforded the com pany in its effort to run cars. Tbe riot this morning occurred in the same neighborhood as the one of the day before. JOna car was started from the Canal street barn about 9 o'clock with ten Chicago strike-breakers and ten policemen aboard Two blocks from the barn the strikers pulled up the wooden crossings and construct ed a barricade on the track. The car stopped and Robert D. Kooniz, one of the non union men, got off to re move the ohstructiona. He succeeded, though set upon by tbe crowd. The strikers then made a rush for the car and a lively fight ensued. There was a regular fusilade, fully a hundred shots being exchanged by the men and police on the car and the striker. Buildings belonging to tbe Moore & Handley Hardware Company, Bir mingham, Ala., were destroyed by tire yesterday entailing a loss of $300, 000, seventy-five per cent, of which is covered by insurance. (t DmuIeOba Woild. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that .has been caused by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It's severest tests have been on hopeless victims of Consumption, Pneumonia, Hemorrhage. Pleuriav and Bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hay Fever, Hoarse ness and Whooping Cough it ia tbe quickest, surest cure in the world. It is sold by R. R. Bellamy, druggist, who guarantees satisfaction or refund the money. Large bottles' 50 cents andiLOO. Trial bottles free. They overcome Weak ness, irregularity and omissions, increase vig- Cures Cholera-Infantum, Diairhoea,Dvsentery, and the Bowel Troubles of - Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. l. MOFFETT. M. C ST. LOUIS, mo. ATLANTA. O,, Nor. 19. IK -"ri e3lj N. C.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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