North Carolina Newspapers

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It has been the subject of so much adverse talk by men on the other side of the line that one might oome to the conclusion that the South is the only section of the country in which children are worked in factories, or elsewhere where they should not be employed. It is J somewhat re markable that the first protests that came against the employment of children in the Southern cotton mills came from the milling sec tions of Now England, where it was in all probability inspiredmore by selfish business considerations than by sympathy for the children. The State of Massachusetts, the princi pal cotton manufacturing State in New England, has laws which pro hibit the employment' of children under ten years of age in the cotton mills. These laws are enforced enforced because! public sen timent is behind them and because - it is to the interest of grown opera tires, to keep the children out of the mills and thus prevent them from becoming competitors to some eitent. j The New England mills have felt the effect of Southern competition, the success of which! they attribnte largely to cheaper labor in Southern mills, child labor forming a consid erable part of it. If they could get rid of that they would thereby make labor scarce, start competition for it, run up the. price, and thus de prjie the Southern mill man of his advantage in this respect. This was doubtless the inspiration, to atfhie extent, at least, of the New England opposition to child labor in South ern mills. t hile there may be no children employed in the New England mills, the mill operators deserve no par ttcakr credit for this, for they can not under the laws employ children under 10 years of age if they would, and probably they would not if they could, for that would not be for them profitable labor. It is not so consider? d in the South. Tnere may not be so many chil dren employed in the mills of the North, but they are employed in other occupations, and as a matter of fact more of them are employed h various occupations than there are in the South, and notwithstand ing the laws against child labor in moat of the Northern States there are more children employed than - there were in 18901, It would be reasonable to suppose the number would be larger if there were no laws against it, as the population increases, but the increase is .out of proportion to the increase of popu lation, as will be seen by the follow ing figures taken from tho census " of 1800 and 1900, giving the num ber under 16 years of age employed in several Northern and Southern States: ' 1830. 1900. Alabama ,. 1,425 1 8,474 Arkansas ;. 403 ! 643 Georgia i. 3,521 6,873 Illinois 5,426 10,419 Louisiana 613 1,231 Massachusetts 8,67 12,556 Miisouri ..3,491 4,510 New Jersey 5,313. 8,042 North Carolina....... 4,733 10,877 PennsylTania 22,419 33,135 -&uth Cirolina ........ 2,309 8,560 Southern trade journals which have investigated this question dis pute the accuracy of these figures as to the present time at least and de clare that there are not nearly so many children employed in South ern mills as it is said there are by those who profess to be shocked at this child labor and at the number of children employed. While we are no apologist for . child labor, and do not believe in Imprisoning young children either in factories or in schools (save in kin dergartens, or something of that kind,) when they ought to be romp ing and enjoying their freedom, there are two sides to this question and extenuating conditions in many cases where children are employed la our mills. One phase of the question ia thus presented by a "nier m the Charlotta Mill News writing about child labor in South Carolina mills. AH.Mnfiia.t khil ken are not employed in those mills I XrCT VvWnr , - ' : 7 : : ' because it is thought profitable and therefore desirable, but for other reasons, he says: "As an illustration of" thir, I uw a a little chit nf m.iri.. . ' - " UJ..IU UUIUU cessful attempts to . piece up tome broken ends on a spinning frame. The yarn was very fine, and I was surnriaad to find . iT. such work. I asked the superintendent nu. nwuiuca usuu was to film, and ha renlied Won a n.i. . ... ' - ...... .w.ij UIUUC of trouble and expense. But her pmreou stipulate mat sue must be em- DlOTed Inaldn th mill .u- anaily would not work for me. - The umor memoers are expert hands, ao I have to smnliw h n periotendent will, and I would lose some Kood help.'" The same reason is criven bv some of the operators of mills in this State who employ children, not be cause they want them but because to get the parents of the children they must take the children too. Anotner phase of it he discusses thus:1- May I ask if the child-labor agita tors know the full resDonaibilftiea an South Carolina) from the pataage of aa act or the Legislature prohibiting the employment of children under twelve yean of age.. In that State there is no compulsory educational act, and who will take care of th young children shut out from the mills during work hours! Their pa rents are at work, and they must be left to roam at will without the slight est moral curb. Will it be better for them to grow up wild, . untutored, without discipline, to develop evil habits while their minds are in the plastio state, which the discipline of law and order will nerhana never era. dicate, or be kept at work until the State will compel the parent to give them over to the safe keeping of the school?" Althongh some of the parents may be actuated by sordid motives in in sisting upon working their children, most of them doubtless do it to have the children near them when, they have no one at home to look after them and prevent them from get- ing into mischief .and contracting bad habits. But with all that has been or may be said against it the majority of the children thus em ployed are in easier and more com fortable conditions than they were used to before they were taken into the mills, for they are the children of parents who had to work hard before they went into the mills and acquired some skill and earned more money than they ever did before. In addition to this the employes as a rule are humane men, who feel kindly to those in their service and do not exact more from them more than is reasonable. Eight ont of ten of them would in all probability get rid of the children in their mills if it were practicable- and it could be done without creating fric tion and causing dissatisfaction among the parents of the children. In time they will donbtless get rid of them when the conditions become more favorable, and the parents take a different view of child labor from that so many of them do now. CAN WZ HOLD IT! We have heretofore referred to the efforts being made to establish the cotton growing industry in Asia, Af rica and in other countries, efforts encouraged by the Governments in terested or having colonies in those countries, and by syndicates, who have become convinced that it is practicable and may be made profita ble. Germany, England, Russia and other countries are determined if they can to make their mills inde pendent of theAmerican cotton fields for their supplies of cotton and the indications are encouraging for them. The following, which we clip from the Baltimore Sun, will give some idea of the proportions this movement is attaining and the earnestness with which it is being pursued: Southern cotton growers have al- m a mnnnnnU nf an indisnenaablfl raw material, but they should keep In view the new conditions created by the . . i s m ; tilt l rapid extension oi rauroaa acuities iu Mull nf Africa And Asia. tO SIT noth- ing of 8outh America. The completion ... . . 1 .A A 1 or ine Dig asm sit insuuiu cirwwu a (noMim ffMitlT the area riven to cotton in Egypt. The culture of cot- ton is being inea at mis moment iu the Boudao, in the British Gold Coast Country, in the German Cameroon!, in British Baat Africa, in Uganda and in the Russian provinces of Central Asia. Now it is proposed to establish the industry in Rhodesia. According to the uancnesier vruaruwn mo ex ecutive committee of the British Cotton Growing Association has just been in communication withMaj.W. Craufurd Hurrell, a representative of the Bri tish 8outh African Company (the Chartered uompanj;, who um bbbb itifnnmtlnii with rnirari to the growth of cotton in Rhodesia. Ia this country mere are isrgo incuwi kuu agricultural land. Cotton grows wild in all parts, and there Is no doubt that a good quality can ne grown oy ma adoption of proper methods. The only jiffl.nl). aAoma tn he that of trans- UiUtVHIIJ www -- Dorl. but as tne railway to too co amm wn inn a narLnrnu uuiuusiuv uv doubt ft proper rate will be arranged. It 18 absolutely neccaaar iw " .ti k.i nf Rhodes!, that an IU ID null wuiB - . ; . . port trade should be cultivated, and t k . in k likelihood this may IUOIO wUwlU V W " ' , be obuined by the company going In ror cotton growing, campi" rel), and were considered superior to middling America. " Of course it will take time, even if they eventually succeed, to be come independent of the American cotton fields, for much of the work in Africa and elsewhere is still In an experimental stage, and much- work is to be done in supplying iranspor tation, labor, &o., but It is evident that this movement is a determined one and that the Southern cotton grower will be confronted with op position that may prove formida ble - BULLDOZING THE INDEPEHD- EST PLANTS. The TJ. S. Steel Trust, one of those "beneficent' institution which makes a profit of about $140,000,000 a year, and most of out of the American people, has served notice on the independent steel plants that there must be no cut ting of prices, that if they want to do business they must follow the big Trust's schedule of prices and not go under them. It has the in dependent plants in its grip because controls the main sources of sup ply of ore, and can cut-the inde pendent plants off, and -with its immense capital and immense pro fits it can run prices down so low to practically run the independ ent plants out of the market and shut them up for want of business. The independent plants realize this and therefore they will hardly fail to heed the warning and the big Trust will co on and make prices and big profits aa hereto fore. 1 - It is said that a new steel com bine has been organized and secured possession of extensive and rich ore beds, which will put it a position to compete with the big Trust, but the probabilities are that by the time it gets under way, if it gets under way at all, the big Trust will gobble up a majority of its stock and thus get it in its clutches if it shows any symptoms of becoming a trouble some competitor. ' What would a $50,000,000 combine amount' to when it attempts to buck up against billion dollar combine, otherwise equipped as the U. S. Steel Trust is? it is master of the situation and will continue to be so while it has the tariff wall between it and foreign competition. With that out of the way the independent plants might make some progress and not be in the power of the U. S. Steel Trusts as they are now. Kansas furnishes a remarkable in stance of a Federal pensioner volun tarily surrendering his pension. He thought he was afflicted with stom ach troubles ftndrheumatism,but be came a Christian scientist, convinced that he had been laboring under a hallucination and that there are no such things as stomach troubles and rheumatism, and being possessed of a conscience he could no longer ac cept a pension granted on the grounds of the aforesaid ailments. But in the meantime the pension attorneys are persuading ex-soldiers that they have lots of stomach troubles, rheu matism, etc., etc., and the pension rolls elongate accordingly. There is a gratifying reduction in the number of fatalities and inju ries to employes on the railroads of this country as a result of the use of automatic coupling devices. In 1898 the killed numbered 433, in 1900, 282; in 1901, 189; the injur ed, 11,277 in 1898; 5,229 in 1900, and 2,768 in 1901,' compared with 143 killed this year," and 2,113 in jured. But still there is greater loss of life and injury to trainmen and passengers by collisions and other8ccidents, numbering 2,550 killed and 36,693 injured in lWO, the .worst showing since 1893, when there were more killed but fewer injured. If Speaker Henderson knew how it was going maybe he wouldn't have pulled ont. To keep himself alive it is now said that he will be a candidate for Governor next term, against Governor Cummins, the tariff revisionist, who doesn't wor ship at the shine ofjthe trusts. They had to dispense with an election at one of the West Virginia precincts at the last election be cause the fellow who had charge ol the ballot box had swapped it off for dog. When found he was going around with his dog tied to a string and didn't seem to care whether election held or not. A Denver priest, who has invent ed several life-saving devices, has, with a strange perversity, now gone to work constructing an air ship of his own invention, which he says will not only sail a hundred miles an hour, but will be bullet proof. But he hasn't given any proof of it yet. i Two towns in Switzerland, where there are large sanitariums, are to be heated and lighted with elec tricity brought from mountain streamstwelve and a half miles dis tant. They will dispense with coal entirely and do all their heating, cooking and lanndrying with elec tricity. . ' . f fcn vntflra of Delaware extin guished "Gas" Addicks Tuesday and now he is a bacicnumDer as no torial aspirant, t ', - W LLMIrmTON, N . O.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14, NORTHEAST GALE ALONG THE COAST siwis Coastwise Shipping Practically Paralyzed in Norfolk, i VaM Harbor. 1 MANY VESSELS DELAYED. AU Commaalcatloa With Hitteras Cat Off No Disasters Reported Wind Velocity at Kitty Hawk Fifty two Miles aa Hoar. Br Taiscrapli to tba Morning Bur. Nostolk, Va., Nov. 8. Coastwise shipping is paralyzed in Norfolk har bor and Hampton Boads by the heavy northeast gale that has been raging off the Virginia- and Carolina coast since last night. Hundreds of sailing craft and coal carrying vessels and many large schooners loaded with timber are weather bound in the roads, whila along the inner harbor a number of long tows from the sounds are an chored waiting for lighter weather. All communication with Hatteras has been cut off since last night by the wires blowing down. At Kittvhawk the wind blew fifty-two miles an hour. and at Cape Henry a thirty-eight mile ind and very. Meh sea prevailed nearly i all day. No disasters alone the coast have been reported. i BEAUTIFUL WEDD1NQ AT CURRIB. Marrlsge of Miss Thyrs Topping Lucas I to Or. J. R. Thomson. Special Star Correspondence. CUERIB, N. a, Nov. 7. One of the moat fashionable and brilliant wed dings that Pender has ever witnessed took place at the hospitable home of Dr.'and Urr. G. F. Lucas at Currie on Wednesday, November' 5tb, high noon. t The bouse, decorated with smilax, Autumn leaves and chrysanthemums, was a suitable bower for flower nymphs. Even Georgia yielded of her store of blossoms to grace the oc casion. ! Before an altar of white chrysanthe mums and smilax, kneeling under a bell of white flowers, ttissThyra Top ping Lucas and Dr. James Randolph Thomson were united in the holy bond or matrimony by the Kev. V. U. Starbuck with a most impressive ser vice, i Miss Mary Lucar. the bride's sister. was maid of honor and Mr. J. B. Black best man. Little Inez Wooten, fairy like in her childish beauty and innocence, was ring bearer. The bride wore a handsome gown of white silk mulle, made with lace and ribbon, and a veil draped with carnations. She carried a bouquet of white carnations and maiden-hair fernr. The maid of honor was dressed in white organdie and ribbon, and carried a bouquet of pink carnations and maiden-hair ferns. Tne groom and best man were attired in conven tional black. ' . After i the ceremony was over the wedding- party and guests were in vited to a marriage feast, such as one of ibis generation is seldom fortu nate enough to partake of. The good old fashioned dinner of roast turkey, beef, chicken, ham, etc., with the pier, caker, fruit and ambrosia, sur passed the efforts of ye French chefs and vied with those of the "old black mammies of the kitchen before de war." The table was tastily draped with white flowerr, green vines and fruits, i The numerous and costly gifts testi fied to the lore and esteem in which the bride ana groom are held by their friend?. Quite a large number of guests from this and other 8tates were in attendance on this festive occasion. THE STATE'S THANKSGIVING. Proclamation Issued Yesterday By Gover nor Ajcock Corresponds as Usual With the National Observsoce. . Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 7. Governor Avcock to-day issued a proclamation designating Thursday, November 27tb, as Thanksgiving Day. The preamble is as follows: The State has greatly prospered during the past year: In the main our farmers made good crops and received fair prices for them; the manufacturers have reasonably suc ceeded; labor has received just reward for service, and the State has had peace, quiet and good order. For all these blessings we owe acknowledge ment to the Lord. Things do not hap pen, but the hand of. God is in every hannfnnsa that comes to OUT oeonle. It is appropriate that this Christian State should acknowledge its oDiigauons io God for the blessings it has enjoyed." xn conclusion me proclamation 'I urge all people to meet in their re inaitHv. nhiA nf wnpshin and there thank God for his manifold mercies he has shown up, individually and as a people1, and ask his protection and in th fnture. I earnestly recommend that on this day our peo ple shall give, as tfod has prosperea us, unto those needy; particularly to the widows ana orpnani. THE STATE BOARD OP ELECTIONS. Limb, of WilUimsoa, Made Chsirmss Sooth Dakota Bond Salt. Special Star Telegram.' .Raleigh, N. O., Nov. 6. The State Board of Elections to-day made W. a. Lamb, of Williamston 'chairman, instead of B. A. Doughton, of Alle- ehtney.l resigned. The Board also appointed Lewellyn, Clayw ell, Free man and Lamb a committee to can vass the State election returns with the Governor on Wo v. 27. Tn th aim nf flouth Dakota vs YXwth Oavnlina: reirardinflr the State bonds for the Western North Caro lina railroad, the deposition of Dr. Kemp P. Battle, of Chapel Hill, was taken to-day. rnose oi j. uoh, txr nimk and nthnra will bo taken to-morrow with a view of showing that the statute was not complied with a in the issuance oi oonua. v.: CAPTVV. V. RICHARDSON DEAD. Leadlsg CItfxea of His County aad State Passed Away at WhltevMe Yester day Loss 'to the Commaolty. - Capt. V. V. Richardson one of the most Influential men in this 'section and a leading citizen of Columbus county, died' yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock at his home in Whitevillr, N. O., aged about 63 yean. Capt Richardson suffered a stroke of paraly sis about three years ago and not long since while attempting to walk about the house in -his feeble condition he fell and broke his hip. A short time before, he suffered a second stroke of paralysis, but until the night before his death he had been steadily gaining in strength and friends hoped for his ultimate partial recovery. He was a staunch Democrat and enthuslastlo in all matters pertaining to his country. On Wednesday !he was on the streets of Whiter!! 1 In his rolling chair, re joicing in the Democratic victory. Either the excitement or other causes had a bad effect upon his constitution aad at night ; he became worse. The change for the worse in his condition was discovered by Mrs. Richardson when she noticed that her husband did not arise at midnight to take his medi cine as usual. He had relapsed into unconsciousness and never rallied until death ended his suffering in the early morn. ; Capt. Richardson was much loved and esteemed -by the. people of his county. For eight years he was chosen by them for sheriff almost unanimous ly; for three or four terms he repre sented them in the General Assembly and once came within a few -votes of being elected Speaker of the House. At the Magnolia Convention in 1874, without his being a candidate, he made close run for the Congressional nomination and at the time of his death he was a director of the State Deaf and Dumb Institution. He was also a U. 8. Marshal for the Eastern District during President Cleveland's first administration. Cpt. Richardson married Miss Amanda Smith, a daughter of the late Alfred Smith, of Whiteville, and she with three daughters and three sons, all grown, survive him. They are Messrs. Clarence, A. 8., and Don. Richardson and. Misses Maude, Etta and Bessie Richardson. To the be reaved family the sympathy of the entire community is extended. Capt. Richardson was a brave Con federate soldier and was in command of one of the crack companies in his regiment He was wounded and re turning to his home, he was made sheriff of his county. There were few better or purer men in the State than Capt. Richardson and his death is a distinctive loss. BRUNSWICK SWINGS INTO LINE. For First Time Since ISM It Is Demo. cratlc Front Other Coantles. Special Star Telegram. 80UTHPOET, N. a, November 6. For the first time since 1890 Bruns wick county has' swung fully Into the Democratic column, as is evidenced by the following majorities officially de clared by the canvassing board to-day: Bellamy, for the Senate, 198; Phillips, for the House, 176; McKeithan, for register of deeds, 98; Rourk, for sheriff, 112; Kir byi for treasurer, 120; Robin son, for Clerk of Superior Court, 213; Tharp, for coroner,1 232; Leonard, for surveyor, 195; Patterson, for Congress, 347. The majorities for the State ticket are not yet obtainable but are about the same" as Patterson's majority. . KZNA58VILLK, N. O., November 6. The official, count gives Duplin to the Democracy in a vote of 1,584 to 715, or a majority ofi 869. Judge Clark is eight behind the ticket. Seventy per cent, of the registered vote was polled. Goldsbobo, N. 0., November 6. The official returns to-day from Wayne give the Judicial, Congressional and county tickets 200 Democratic ma jority. I QEN. QORD0N COMING NOV. 20TH. In His New Lectnre, "The First Days of the Confederacy." Gen. Gordon's new lecture, "The First Days of the Confederacy," is pronounced by those who have, heard it as fully equal! in all respects to the "Last Days.'' Indeed many of the most competent critics think it the more powerful lecture of the two. It is a vivid portrayal of the wild and often ludicrous scenes enacted at the beginning of the - war and the bound less enthusiasm which prevailed. In it General Gordon depicts many of the thrilling scenes in the great battles oc curring in the first : years of the war, Interspersing pathetic incidents and amusing anecdotes, while the whole lecture is pitched on the highest plaine of brotherhood, l sectional fraternity and Intense Americanism. Wherever it is delivered it is regarded as a bene diction. i. All who had the pleasure of hearing Gen. Gordon's thrilling lecture, "The Last Days of the Confederacy," deliv ered in Wilmington a few years ago, will be delighted to know that the gal lant Commander of the United Con federate Veterans, will deliver his new lecture at! the Academy of Music, Thursday night, Nov. 20th. Slljht A. C. L. Wreck. Florence Times 8th: bound passenger; train, "The north No. 78, came in about five hours late to day. The delay was causid by the road being blockaded two miles out from Jack sonville by a derailed freight engine. The wrecking train was sent, out from Waycrosa to dear the track, and it was several hour before the road was open. No one was injured by the ac cident" ! i! 1902. EMPEROR WILLIAM AND KING EDWARD Arrival of the German Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern at Port Victoria. IMPOSING NAVAL DISPLAY. Emperor William Rode to Shorncllff Camp ' Where He : Reviewed the ' . ' Troops While Raia FeU la Tor. rests Police Precautions. Br Cable to the Morning- star. Loxdok, Nov. 8. The German Im perial yacht Hohenzollern, with Em peror William on board, accompanied by the escorting German cruiser and a flotilla cf British torpedo boats reached Port Victoria at 1 o'clock this morn ing. The arrival of the German Emperor was made the occasion of an imposing naval display. All the warships at 8heerness were dressed, their crews manned the decks and the usual salutes welcomed the Imperial visitor. After breakfast. Emperor William landed, the crew of the Hohenzollern manning ship and cheering lustily and the British warships firing another salute as the Emperor boarded a train for Dover on his way to Shorncliffe Camp. Unusual precautions were taken by the railroad officials. All traffic was stopped along the route to Dover half an hour before the Imperial special train was due. Large British and German detective staffs were on duty at the junction!', and the ap proaches to the stations were closely watched and cleared of scectators dur ing the passage of the train. It was raining when Emperor Wil- liamleft the train at Dover, whqnce, uiouuieu od uub oi ois own cnargsrs, he rode to Shorncliffe Camp, accom panied by Lord Roberts and a brilliant staff. Prior to starting for the camp Emperor William received three ad dresses from representatives of local bodier, to all of whom he replied sim ply: "I thank you very much for coming to see me." ilis majesty arrived at the review ground at the head of the cavalcade, with Lord Roberts at his side, and re viewed some 600 men of his regiment. The inspection lasted only ten min uter, the Emperor passing down the line while torrents of rain were fall ing and in the teeth of a gale of wind. ilis majesty, however, keenly scruti nized the officers, men and horses. He then proceeded to the saluting base. After the march past, the dra goons formed a hollow square and Emperor William briefly addressed the regiment. Emperor William and the officers then went to the mess room of the regi ment, where his msjesty had lunch. : Subsequently he was driven in a closed carriage to Shorncliffe station and took a train for Sandringham. With the exception of the Shorn cliffe review the reception of Emperor William waa everywhere lacking in formalities, he having specially re quested that guards of honor and simi lar attentions be dispensed with. After the luncheon Lord Basing 1 toasted Emperor William and referred to the intense gratification felt by the regiment at the Emperor's speech on the reviewing ground and to the mu nificent present his majesty had sent during the war for the support of the wives and children of tbe men serving in South Africa. In replying the Emperor said: "I am extremely honored and very happy to hear that the sum I devoted to the wives and children of the dra goons who departed for the war has done so much good. I think the best way of marking this day in the history of the regiment is by adding another sum thereto, in the hope that it may do an equal amount of good." tfmperor William reached woiror ton at 6 P. M. He was met at the station by King Edward and their majesties drove to Sandringham. DUPLIN DID ITSELF PROUD. Democrstk Majorities Rsored From 681 to "878 Blf Reunion on Nov. 15th. Special Star Correspondence. KKNAN3VILLK, N. 0., Nov. 7. The canvassing board met here yesterday and completed the count of the county vote, which shows a Democratic ma jority ranging from 681 to 878. O. 8. Oarr, Register of Deeds, led the ticket with 1,604 voter, receiving a majority of 878. The majorities are as follows: Walter Clark, 865; Chas. R. Thomas, 865; Duffy, 828; Hicks (Senate), 875; Carlton (House), 681; Wallace (Clerk), 803; Middleton (Sheriff), 859; Can (Register of Deeds), 878. The Democrats carried precincts which they had not carried since 1890. The Republicans carried upper Island Creek and Rockfish townships by 11 majority each, and Woifscrape by 2. The other precincts are all Democratic There was a complete landslide in Whiteoak, which has been anti-Democratic since 1890. Smiths' still stands solid and is the banner precinct, only five Republican votes being cast and no scratching. All the precincts did well notwithstanding the fact that 444 Democrats remained -at home and did not vote. A full Democratic vote would have given 1,200 majority. On account of the prohibition ques tion - the anti-prohibitionists made a vigorous fight on D. L. Carlton for the House, but as chairman of the Ex . ecutive Committee and as candidate he made a plucky fight and won many friends for himself and Democracy. The result Is more than gratifying, to his friends and is a blow to the oppo nents of Democracy. There will be a big reunion of old veterans here Nov. 15th, and every body is invited to come and bring a basket. FIRE AT CAMDEN, N. J. Msnafsctorlflg Plants Destroyed Loss . Estimated at $150,000. By xeiegrapn to the Horning star. Oukden, N. J., Nov. a The plants of the Nonpareil Cork Manufacturing Company, the Camden Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of chemi cals, and McAndrews & Forbes, liquor manufacturers, comprising about' a dozen frame buildings, located at Kaighn's Point, in the southern sec tlon of tbls city, were destroyed by fire to-day. The combined lose is estU mated at $150,000. The burned dis trict covers an area of about three blocks along the Delaware river. NO. 3 SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - oaniora Jsxpress: A casino is to be built at Plnehurst. It is said that it will be one of the largest struc tures in the Bute and will be of a beautiful design. Mr. M. L. Jones, who carried $16,080 worth of gold from the Iola mine, near Can dor, to Charlotte last week, says it cost him only $940 to mine the small fortune. Salisbury Sun: Disappoint ment In love, Vaughn Elliott, of Con cord, a young machinist, about 20 years of age, took his own life -Wednesday night at the door of his sweet heart's home at Forest Hill. He placed the muzzle of the pistol tn his mouth and fired, the bullet going through his head. Elliott lived until 11:25 though he never regained con sciousness. Fender Chronicle: It is with extreme recret that wo record thm death of Mr. John Campfield, Sr., of Bannerman's, this county. Tbe death of Mr. Campfield occurred at his late residence Thursday morning. The de ceased was possibly the oldest citizen of the county, being In the ninety-first year of his age." Mr. Campfield was a native of Ireland, harlnv coma to this country in his youth. - Greenville Reflector: The hand some residence of Dr. D. L. James waa burned e&rlv Frfdiv morn ing, and with it all tbe furniture above tne nrat noor. xne loss on tne build ing is in the neighborhood of $2,500, fourteen hundred of which represents the insurance, leaving a personal loss to ut, james oi ii,iuu. The furni ture was injurech The fire originated from the grate in tbe sitting room. Smithfield Herald- Mr. W. J. Woodard, of Boon Hill township, raised this year a wagon load of pump kins from three vines. One of them weiirhfMl 90 noun da annthnr wAlohjul 70 pounds and there were several otners nearly as targe. nr. J. A. West, of Banner township, planted a pumpkin seed near his house last Spring, which proved to be verv nro- lific. He took from the vine twelve pumpkins which weighed 683 pounds. The heaviest weighed 79 ponnds, the lightest 34 pounds. Goldsboro Argus: The mangled remains of a white man were found on the railroad track at Rose's crossing by the train crew which left here this (Friday) morninsrat 7:20 for Raleieh and Greensboro. Parties who have arrived in the city from the scene re port that it was Calve Taltoh. He boarded the east-bound train at Prince ton Thursday afternoon to ceme to Goldsboro and he got off at the asylum. He was drinking heavily and It is sup posed that he became exhausted and ay down and went to sleen on the railroad track and was not found until this morning when the passenger train went west. The remains were horribly mangled and he could not be identified except by the clothes he wore. TOBACCO IN PENDER COUNTY. Correspondent at Carrie Thinks Ware houses Here Will Pay. Special Star Correspondence. OtTERiB, N. C, Nov. 6. Mr. Joel Whaley who lives about 21 miles from this place planted thir year two acres of the poorest land he had on his farm in tobacco. He did not eet a good stand as the weather was very ary at tne time the plants were set. He sold his crop a few davs aero at his barn to Mr. L. G. Cherry, of Winston, for $147.11. It paid him better than any other crop he planted. Mr. Whaley also raises cotton, corn and strawberries, lie says it will not do to depend on any one crop. I see through the press that Wilmington is going to build a tobacco warehouse. I hope they will as it will be nearer for the farmers to haul their tobacco to your city than to Wallace. AOED WOMAN MURDERED. Found Dead la Bed With Skall Fractured. Her Hosbaod Arrested. By Teiefrrapn to tne Maraing Btar. New York, Nov. 8. Mary Ann McCusker, sixty years of age, was found dead In bed at her home in this city to-day. She had been killed by some unknown person with a blunt instrument. The woman's skull was fractured. Her husband, Patrick, sev enty years old, is under arrest. The aged couple occupied two rooms in a tenement of which Mrs. McCusker was the house-keeper. McCusker, who was formerly an umbrella peddler, and had a small pension as a war veteran, went to a police station this morning and said his wife was dead. Detectives found hidden under the bed a blood stained axe with which Mrs. McCusker - apparently had been killed, out no signs of a struggle could be found. When the axe was shown to McCusker her admitted it was his. He said some former tenants of the building must have avene-ed them selves on his wife. The safe of the H. 8. Lundy Bank at Rock Island, Texas, was blown Into bits late Friday night by professional burglars. They secured all of the money In the vault. The proprietor refuses absolutely to say bow much was stolen and some place it at several thousand dollars. The bank carried burglar insurance. ItaOT Cannot ill! Money ! Are you indebted to THE : WEEKLY STAR? If to, when you receive a bill for your subscription send x A I A. O us ine amuuni you owe. Remember that a itaws saner bill Is'aa much en-$ titled to your consldera-! tlon as is a bill for gro- cenes. Be Polln Ill . BvTaleaTapn to Um Monona atar. -WABHUTGfTON, November a The trip of the gunboat Marietta to Barce lona resulted in a satisfactory settle ment of tbe case of Vice United States Consul Bala, at that place. Several days ago Mr. Bais complained to Min ister Bowen that the Venezuelan gov ernment threatened to collect a forced loan from him. iMr. Ban is a wealthy man and although a native or at. Thomas, the Venesuelan rebels set ud the claim that he waa a citlxen of the country and attempted to take a loan from him under duress. Without consulting the department Minister Bowen dispatched the Ma rietta to the scene, subsequently noti fying the department of his action. To-day Commander Dlehl reported from LaQuaira, to which place the Ma rietta returned yesterday, that the case had been settled satisfactorily and that he would send particulars by mall. Later, the State Department waa no tified that the guards had been re moved from Mr. Bait's house and of fice, and assurances had been given by the authorities that he would not be molested again. . The department is well pleased at what it regards as tbe firm and wise management of this case by Commander Dlehl. TWO MEN LOST THEIR LIVES. Aad Two Boys Narrowly Escaped Desti. Fire la Cellar of the New York Times Bnlldluf. B? Telegraph to tbe Mornus Btar. . New York, Nov. 8. Two men lost their lives and two boys narrowly es caped a similar fate during a fire - which communicated from the sub way to the mailing and press rooms in the cellar of the New York Times' building to-day. The men and boys were overcome by smoke in a small room used for mailing purposes in the front of the collar close to where the fire started!; The fire originated in the explosion of a gasoline lamp burning on one aide of a wooden partition separating the rapid tranait subway from the cellar of the Times' building. The partition, which was covered on both sides with tarpaulin, blazed fiercely, setting fire to a tank containing print- ng ink, which speedily ignited and gave forth dense clouds of smoke that soon filled the cellar and rose up the elevator shafts. The fire was extin guished in fifteen minutes. ' The dam age, which was confined to the cellar, was estimated at $5,000. , THE BOSTON MURDERS. Another Development Netro Who Pawned the Watches Ia Custody. bv TeieeraDb to too Momma star. Bostok, Nov. 8. The strange case nvolving the murder of two young women, Agnes McPhee and Clara A. Morton, and the murderous assaults upon many others, was a step nearer solution to-day, for late to-night the police were given the custody of the young; man who sold or, as he thought, pawned tbe watches which were taken by the so called "Jack-the-Slugger" from the bodies of his victims. The person in custody is a light complexioned negro, eighteen years of age. ills name is Qeorge L. U. Ferry. He has confessed that he received the watches which he sold from a man in Central Square. Cam bridge. He has given the name of this man to the police, but the latter to-night refused to state whether or not he srave the name of Alan G. Mason, the prominent Boston -man wbo is under detention at the on the charge of having murdered mu uiara A. Morton. REPORT DENIED. That President Roosevelt Favors Redox- . tlon of Representation la the Sonlb. Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Washington, Nov. 8. "There is no authority for coupling the name of the President with tbe statement pub.l lished to-day that the administration s in favor of a change in the basis of and a reduction in the representation of the Southern States in Republican national conventions and In the House of Representatives." Postmaster General Payne made this statementltoday as he left the executive office after a conference with the President. "My position on the question of the basis of representation in Republican national conventions," continued Mr. Payne, "ia well understood. For many. years I have believed that the present basis is unfair and an improper one. 1 believe so now, and expect always to believe so, and I hope to see that basis changed by tne next national conven tion. There is no power to change the basts of representation except by action of the convention Itself." INDIANA GHOULS. Leaders of the aani Pointed Oat Orares la Cemeteries They Had Robbed. By TeiegraDli to um Morning Btar. . Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8-Bufua Cantrill and John Mclndree, leaden of the gangs of ghouls, pointed ont be tween thirty and forty graves which they said were robbed by them to de tectives Jo-day. The ghouls were tak en to the Ebenezer and Anderson cem eteries for the purpose. The detec tives wanted the names of other bod ies stolen in order that warrants may be sworn out. At the Anderson ceme tery the sexton told the detectives that about forty graves in the place were empty. Cantral pointed out the gravea of a woman and her daughter as among those he had robbed. Can trill said he stole the body of the wo man by agreement with her husband and paid him half of the $30 which a prominent local physician paid for the body. The daughter died a abort time afterward and Cantrill said he waa at the grave the night after the funeral and stole the body. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Trsfedy the Outcome of a Lover's Qaarrel. Bf Telegraph to tne Morning star. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 8. Christo pher Willis, of Bath, to-day ahot his sweetheart, Mary Ferguson, also of, Bath, through the head and then fired three bullets into his own body. He died Instantly and she survived but half an hour. The tragedy was the out come of a lover's quarrel. Both were students at the Bute normal school at Genesee. The girl waa sixteen and Willis eighteen years old. 1. 1 V 1 - !