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THE LABOR PROBLEM.
The labor problem has already be
come a troublesome one In some
sections of the South. There are
portions of this State where hands
enough could not be obtained this
year to pick the cotton in the fields,
and in consequence j much remains
unpicked. This is due in part to
the flocking of the negroes to the
towns, to the emigration from the
State, to the carrying, away of labor
ers to other States to work in the
turpentine sections and in the cot
ton fields, but even the planters in
those States complain of scarcity of
labor, so much so that much land
b j i b m
nas gone uncultivated, xms is a
condition whioh will become worso
ramer inaa oeiier, ior tnere is a
restiveness among the vouneer ne
. n ii l .11 mm
groes of both sexes, who soon tire of
the country, drift to. the towns, and
thence many of them go to Northern
cities where they expect to find the
negro's heaven. They don't find it,
and very few of them better them
gelres by going, but they go and
will continue to go, because the
average negro is of the going kind,
and likes to move, just for the sake
of moving. ' ' J
As there is no probability of the
lituation becoming any better, the
labor problem will continue to con
front the Southern farmer and the
question is how" will he solve it.
There are several ways by which it
may be solved, some of which will
also solve other problems and prove I
a boon to the men who adopt I
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inem. i
One is the reduction of the culti-1
rated acreage, which has already 1
been forced in some sections. A.n-1
other is the larger use of labor-sav
lag macninery, winch is true eco
nomy, whether labor be plentiful
or scarce. Machinery never strikes,
never loafs, and can 'be depended
npon to do its work well when there
ii common sense enough to operate
it. Another is diversification of
crops, which avoids the necessity of
employing a large number of hands
at certain periods to plant o r har
vest, work that must be done quick
ly. Another is stock-raising, which
can be done with comparatively few
nanaa, a iact recognized by some
Southern farmers who have begun
to act upon it. This is the solution
we had in view when we said it
jronld prove a boon to the farmers
who try it. This seems to be the
case in Virginia. Commenting
npou it the Richmond ' Times urges
tho farmers of the State to give
attention to cattle-raising,
says: .'!''
Iaabilitv to procure labor for
cu tur purposes and the high
and
ari-
priee
of lain! food has led. many farmers
and planters to go into, the livestock
business. Io the southwestern coun
ties of Virginia, atock raising is a par
ine institution. Only yesterday, W.
W, Casb, a progressive farmer at Ea
gle Rock, io Botetourt sold fifty-one
teers for something like $3,600, and
Louis Qlifford, of Mile Greek, got
4,&uu for arty steers. Daring an In
terview in Baltimore yesterday, Thot.
Dixon, Jr., who bought 500 acres of
the old Elmington estate in Glouces
ter. said that owlnc to his inability af
ter strenuoua efforts to mska the place
prosper agriculturally with a force oi
one hundred negroes be had fired the
whole lot. and now with two reliable
white men on the placf, i raising poll
en angus beer eattle for the - magma
markets at a substantial profit.
The lesson for Virginia and the
South it, that they are suffering under
delusion who say that we cannot get
along without negro ; labor. Many
owners of the finest farms and ranehes
n the great agricultural 8tatea of the
al'ddle West have never.seen a negro
ud the perfection to whieh their farms
havo bden brought was gained by ef
forts of white labor alone. The old
Plmtation darky and the old timed
'mily servants were good labor. In
iwenty-five yean there will be no
mire of these old negroes. Then what!
The surprising thing in this con
nection is that Virginia has not be
come a great cattle raising State be
fore this, for it is splendidly adapted
to stock raising both on account of its
natural advantages as a producer of
the grasses and other foods that
itock thrive best upon, and also the
advantage of proximity to great cities
j which furnish markets foir all the fat
cattle, mutton, pork, etc., that could
be aent to them. !
As far as natural advantages go
orth Carolina is the equal of Vir
tiaia, which, however, has the ad
vantage over her in proximity to the
greater Northern markets, but both
ought to
great stock" raising
States.
The article we quote from tie
Times showi the adrantaffe In the
mall cost of runninjr a stock farm aa
illnatratedl)j the experience of Eev.
Tom Dixon, who failed to make a
farm pay raising the ordinary crops,
wisn one hundred -negroes and
ploying only two white men and no
negroes. Some idea of the returns
in money in this business is also given
in the amounts the farmers named
received for cattla aU . nna va
- U W b J
ceived $2,600 for fifty-one steers,
the other $2,500 for fifty steer, an
average of over 450 a head, and it
didn't require" one-tenth the labor
to raise and market these steers
that it would have required to cul
tivate, .farm; large enough to
bring, with' the ordinary crops,'lhat
amount of money. The farmer
who gets $2,500 or $2,600 for his
cotton or his tobacco cron. after
paying tha cost of production," -is
considered as doing very well, while
most of the expense attending the
raising of these steers was in the
little hand feedine thev may have
had to put them in good shape for
market. The bulk of their food
come from the grass, which, cost
nothing but the interest on the
value of the land unon which it
was grown. The cattle did their
own harvesting, and saved the far
mer the trouble of cutting the grass
upon which they fed.
But there is other value in cattle
besides the market value, and the
farmer profits in other ways besides
the money he receives for the cattle
sold. Thev are land enrichers. and
while fattening themselves they are
also giving fertility to the acres
upon which they graze, making
them greater producers and adding
to their value in dollars If the
owner should desire at some time
to sell his farm.
We hold that there can be no
really good farm without stock,
and that with stock a very ordinary
farmer may be made a very good
one. It should be the aim of every
farmer to raise some cattle, and as
many as possible and as good
as
possible.
HOW TO MAKE A TOWV GROW.
The question as to the particular
kind of industries which should re-
ceive the most encouragement is at-
tractinsr attention in some of the
- - B B ' M
towns oi rennsvivania. as it is a
question in which towns In the
Sonth are also interested, we clip the
following from the Philadelphia
Press :
The Pottsville Board of Trade. which
has been hustling around to get new
Industries for the town, has a proposl
tion before it for a new silk mill. It
also discovers that a silk mill already
in operation cannot get enough hands.
Bilk mills have been a favorite sort
of industry in the towns in the eastern
part oi the State. They nave spread
largely from New Jersey, and ahirt
factories, knitting mills, and similar
light .manufacturing establishments
have been encouraged along with them
Women and girls constitute the great
er proportion of the employes in these
mills and factories, doing practically
all the work required. As in Fotu
ville, it is often found difficult to get
all the help required, and it has been
discovered that these particular indus-
trier, while very excellent features in
any community, are not very ' effec
tive as town builders.
They do not bring new families to
settle in the -town, because they do
afford employment for the head of the
family. An iudustry that requires the
labor of men, and can give employ
ment to men. is certain to bring new
families into the community, adding
to the Donulation and oromotinsr bus!
D68S. Th eity gets a substantial
growth in that way which is impoisl
ble to derive from the establishment
of light industries. These may serve
the excellent purpose of furnishing
employment for all the girls and wo
men of the vicinity who want employ
ment. but tbev do not bring more.
neither girls nor women wno sees em-
pluyment in mills usually go away
from home for it.
It Is for this reason that some of the
towns of the interior that have ex
pended a great deal of energy in pro
moting var ous industries do not ap
pear to grow in the proportion they
should. The kind of industries they
have secured, while excellent and giv
ing employment to many residents of
the town, does not bring additional
Donulation from elsewhere. One es
tablishment that would require the
services of a few hundred men would
be worth a dozen such as a town
builder. This has been well enough
understood in some places for a long
time: it is being learned In others by
a little experience.
Silk mills, knitting mills, &c,
may not have the town-building ca
parity .,in them that other industries
have which give employment to
skiiled labor and to heads of families,
but they are very important for all
that and are practically the only in
dustries small towns can engage in,
because they can be started and op
erated with a small capital. We have
many knitting mills in North Caro
lina, in towns where it would be im
practicable to start and operate more
expensive works, and they are doing
well both for the towns, the people,
and for those who have put their
money in them.
They serve a good purpose,' too,
in larger places where more expen
sive industries are practicable, be
cause they afford employment to
some of the family who would have no
place in the establishments that re
quired men only. The trne method,
therefore; is, when practicable, for
be
the people of a town to encourage
diversified industries, those that
gfve employment to the differ
ent classes of labor that give work
to the head of the family, and also
to the younger members of the fam
ily, whose work may be necessary to
the support of the family.
, WILL HE B0TOCE THEJIt '
Since the removal of Collector
Bingham, of Alabama, for the ac
tivity he showed in excluding "the
man and brother" from the Repub
lican State convention, there is said
to be some uneasiness among the
Federal office-holders . far this State
who were active in carrying out Sen
ator Pritchard's freeze-out pro
gramme. Whether any of these go
or not, the action against Collector
Bingham either forces action , or
compels the virtual admission that
the "lily white" movement was not
regarded with disapproval at Wash
ington, as is alleged.
It didn't take long (after the elec
tion) to spot and bounce Mr. Bing
ham and it certainly should not take
long to spot the active co-operators
with Senator Pritchard. Of course
he is beyond chastisement, but every
one who knows anything about Re
publican conventions in this State
knows that they are practically run
by federal office holders U. 8.
marshals, deputies, internal revenue
fellows, postmasters, &c The freeze
out convention at Greensboro this
year was no exception, for the
federal office holding troop was
there in force, with all its mouth
and in all its glory, and it carried
out Senator Pritchard's orders to
the letter.
If the Administration wants to
find a victim of its displeasure as a
companion piece to the bounced
Alabama collector, it shouldn't
have much trouble in spotting him,
with the assistance of Gen. Clark
's "Dear Mr. Person" and the
white faction which is hankering
for Pritchard's scalp. If there be
no bouncing done in this State it
will be a practical admission that
Roosevelt was in it with Pritchard.
Speaking of the acquittal of
Molineux the New York Herald re
marks that "there is something radi
cally defective in a system of crimi
nal procedure that takes nearly four
years to dispose of a case and im
poses upon the people a cost of more
than a quarter of a million dollars."
It does look that way. But they
have too many $50 a day experts in
New York.
There is a farmer in Virginia
who does not think a crying baby
so much of a nuisance as he once
did. His got a big crying fit on it a
few nights ago and waked him just
in time to discover that his barn was
on fire. He hustled around and
saved it, and now says baby may
cry all it wants to. i
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture estimates the corn crop of
this country of this country this
year at 2,543,000,000 bushels. Now
it will be in order for the Beef
Trust to discover a shortage in the
cattle supply to account for the
high prices of beef .
Hoboken, N. J., is suffering from
a plague of white rats that roam
over the town and have almost
driven the tenants out of many
houses. These rodents are the
progeny of a pair of pets that es
caped from the owner some time ago.
Mr. Zumolo, who publishes a pa
per in Jiingusn at xokio, japan,
recently traveled in this country
and was annoyed by the attention
he attracted when travelling. And
vet the average American editor
works hard to attract attention.
There is a proposition before the
Italian Government to , pension a
woman, on the ground that she has
rendered eminent services to the
country by filling up the ranks of
the infantry. She is the mother of
sixty-two children.
Some of the aborigines of -Aus
tralia know how : to utilise things,
and eat butterflies, which are very
numerous. They have ways of en
ticing them into traps, pull off
the wines, press the bodies into
cakes, and revel in the luxury.
Aa Hon. Chas. ' E. Littlefield, of
Maine, has gotten through with his
spellbinding job in the Pacific re
gion, he can now turn his undivided
attention to building that trust-
smashing bill that we heard so much
talk about last Summer.
John S. Bilby, of Missouri, buried
his money where the burglars
couldn't get away with it. He pnt
it in land, and otras 180,000 acres;
35,000 acres in Missouri, 15,000 in
a rVansftB. and - patches in other
9
Western States.
Holt Collier is doing his best to
irive President Booaevelt a showing
in the "Bar" hunt.
O- - T
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 21,
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT.
Elected Yesterday By Directors
i of the Atlantic Coast Line . ;
of Connecticut. . . "
MAY REM0YE TO BALTIMORE
Mr. Walters Retains Chairmanship of tbe
Board Mr. Robert D. Croily Made
i Secretsryof Pares! Company. '
Meetloj Held Yesterday.
One of the moat important items of
railroad news that has come this way
in a long time la contained in the fol
lowing special, authorizedjtelegram re
ceived by the Stab yesterday, after
noon: ; .;: , . - v -, .
;iAt a meeting of the Board ot,i-
rectora -of the Atlantic Coast Line
Company of Connecticut, held in Bal
timore to-day. Mr. H. Walters re
signed as president and Mr. Warren
G. Elliott was elected as his successor.
Mr. Walters retains the position of
chairman or the Board. Mr. Robert
D. Cronly was elected secretary of the
Company. -
; "It is understood that Mr. Elliott's
headquarters will hereafter be in Bal
timore.'!
The following ia regard to the meet
ing was received by . the Associated
Press last night:
Baltimoeb, November 15. A a di
rectors' meeting of the Atlantic Coast
Line Company of Connecticut, the
parent company of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, the resignation of Presi
dent Henry Walters was received and
accepted and Warren Gk Elliott was
elected President to succeed him.
auchaei Jenkins, of this city, was
elected a director and R. D. Cronly
secretary."
OUR TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
Mr. Qsylord Talks Intereatlnrly to
tbe
Editor of Soathport Stssdsrd.
(Sottf hport Standard, 18th.)
Mr. Geo. O. Gaylord, who is one xf
the enterprising spirits behind the
Wilmington tobacco warehouse prop
osition, talked with us on Saturday
last. He says that during the Carni
val in Wilmington Mr. James Dodd,
who was here a few weeks ago, and
to whom Mr. Gaylord desired to tack
the handle of "Professor," has been
very busy in thst city in meeting far
mers of the Wilmington vicinity and
explaining to them the growth and
curing of the tobacco plant. He says
that Mr. Dodd spent the week there
in that business, and that about 500
farmers were seen by him who will
plsnt tobacco this year.
also, that a charter had been applied
for by the tobacco warehouse com-
Eany, and that a warehouse on a very
irge scale would be built at Wil
mington, which he thinks will be In
the center of what will become a to
bacco growing section.
NEWCAPEFEAR STEAMBOAT.
Cspt. W. H. Ward Will Bet la Construc
tion of Freight asd Passenger Craft..
Capt W. H. Ward, the well known
Cape Fear steamboat man, who re
cently sold the tug Buck to Charles
ton parties, has purchased machinery
for a new boat to run on the Cape
Fear river and tributaries, principally
on Black river, . and he will begin its
construction to-morrow at Point Cas-
welL - ;
Tbe new steamer will be a "stern
wheeler" for freight and passenger
traffic and will be ready for her trial
trip about Jan. 1st. Mr. Luther Sher
man, the well known ship carpenter,
has the contract for the wood work of
the new steamer and the Wilmington
Iron Works will place the machinery.
As Early Morning Hold-Up.
A bold attempt at highway robbery
a a m
was made juai neiore aay yeneraay
morning upon young Mr. Haywood S.
King, 14 years of age and a son of Of
ficer B. R. King of the police force.
The Touncr man had arisen early to
begin his day's duties and while walk
ing along the sidewalk on Queen, be
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, a negro
sprang from behind a tree and in a
threatening attitude, demanded that
the young man hold up his hands. The
negro had reckoned without his host,
for Mr. King threw his hand to his hip
pocket as it to draw a weapon he had
none whereupon the negro took
j fright and ran.
Yonog Lady's Painful Accldest. "
Miss Lillie Gorman, twenty years of
aire and a daughter of Mrs. Marceiius
Gorman. 714 Castle streeUoat three fin
gers of her left hand In a very painful
aeeldent at the Wilmington Uotton
Mills yesterday morning. Her hand
was accidentally caught in a loom
frame at which she was working and
the three fingers were taken off almost
i in an instant, with the exception of the
middle finger, which was so badly
lacerated that it bad to be amputated
later. Drt. Russell and Hall attended
to tha vounsr lady's injuries at the
home of her mother.
Engine Jumped the Track.
Florence Times, 14th: "The engine
of through freight No. 209 ran off tbe
switch at Mayes ville last night and the
wrecking train had to be sent to pull
it back on the track again The mis-
han delayed the -train several hours.
Vn S3, from Ausrusta. did not reacn
Florence until 11 o'clock."
License was issued yesterday
for the marriage of Miss Mary ju.
Bothsky and Mr. William A. Moore,
both of Wilmington, and aged 50 ana
58 years respectively.
THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
Application Made Yesterdsy For Incor-
porstios of Company That Will Opes
- a Market la Wllmlagtoa :
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A tobacco market for .Wilmington
next season is now assured.
Application was made yesterday to
the Secretary of State for a charter,
and the same will doubtless be grant
ed within a few days. : The incorpo
rators named in the application are
Messrs.. Geo. R.: French, - W. E.
Worthy Geo.' O. I Gaylord, Gabriel
Holmes and 8. P. McNair. Of course,
there are many j other shareholders,
but the above are named in the appli
cation. ., The capital stock to begin
business upon is $80,000, but tine com
pany-will have the privilege to in
crease at any lime to $100,000.' '
As soon las the charter is received
the company will set immediately to
work. Two large warehouses, steam
stemmeries,- prize houses, stable, etc.,
will be built and a splendid market
will be the boast bf the city next sea
. son. The company will encourage
the cultivation of tobacco in this sec
tion as far as possible. Ultimately it
is : proposed to make Wilmington a
large tobacco exporting station. The
incorporators of j the new company
and shareholder! in the same are
among Wilmington's very best busi
ness men, and the enterprise will no
doubt succeed from the very start.
t- .- ,
THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.
Change of Dste Some Time Ago Was for
0 Wise Pnrpose--Tbe Orphaasge.
The North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South,-wil hold its annual session in
Grace church, Wilmington, begin
ning Wednesday,: December 8rd, and
concluding the first of the week fol
lowing, ' . i
The conference is one of the largest
bodies in North Carolina and there
are usually In attendance from 300 to
400 ministers and delegates from the
different churches in the bounds of
the Conference, i Bishop A. Coke
Smith, who, up to last! year, was in
the Virgina Conference, but who was
elected bishop by the General Confer
ence in Galveston last Summer, will
preside. I
Tne usual time of holding the con
ference was changed by Bishop Smith
and for a very wise purpose, viz: Be
cause the Conference took many of
the pastors away from their churches
on Thanksgiving. In order to call
attention to this Rev. J. B. Hurley,
representing the Methodist Ovpfcaaage
of tbe Btate, has Issued a letter to the
preachers of the North' Carolina Con
ference calling upon them to give
special consideration to the orphanage
matter on Thanksgiving and to take
up a collection for that cause. . The
main building of the orphanage now
in process of construction will cost
$25,000 and every cent of the money
ia needed at once.! r. ;
Prominent Robesonisa Desd.
Rev. A. R. Pittman', the oldest min
ister in Robeson county and a devout,
good man, died last Sunday morning
at his home near Rennert, N. C. Ho
was burled .Monday at Ashpole, near
which place he was born. From the
organization of the Robeson Baptist
Association; he has been moderator,
while the late Mr. Proctor was, during
the same period, clerk. The two work
ed many years together, and in death
were not long jparated.
Compllmests Its Chslrmss.
In speaking of the splendid Demo
cratio victory in Pender last week, the
Pender Chronicle, of Burgaw, says
"This excellent showing of Pender
county is due to the energy and en
thusiasm of our county chairman, Mr.
J. T. Bland. Although Mr. Bland had
no fear that Pender county would not
give a Democratic majority, yet he did
not rest content with this, but exerted
himself to make this majority as large
as possible."
A -dispatch to the Atlanta
Constitution from Graham, N. jO.,aays
the Republicans will ealabliah a morn
ing daily newspaper at Greensboro to
champion the "lily white" movement
and that Wi A. Hildebrand, of Ashe-
ville, now Washington correspondent
for several papers, will be given
position of editor-in-chief-
THE COAL SHORTAGE.
Soothers Railway Hears Complaint
of
Knoxville Chsmber of Commerce.
By Telegraph to tbe Mornlnd star.
Knoxtiluc, Tram., Nov. 15. Gen
eral Manager Ackert, of the Southern
Railway, to-day heard the Knoxville
Chamber of Commerce coal commit
tee's complaints as to coal ear shortage
in this section. Mr. Acsen iaia me
responsibilty for the scarcity of coal
here largely upon coal operators,
many of whom, he said, bill their coal
to markets in the uarounas, vreorgia
and other States at advanced prices,
when they know the Southern's traffic
is blockaded at Aaheville, Spencer and
Ohattanooara. He said if the operators
would bill more or this coai to knox
ville it would relieve the situation here
and also help to break the blockade.
ADMITTED HIS QUILT.
White
Man-Sentesced to Thirty-Two
Yesrs ia the Peilteatlary. '; -i
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Roanokb, Va., I Nov. 15. Judge
Woods, in the Hustings court to-day,
sentenced Wm. Garrison, a white man
forty years old, to thirty-two years in
the penitentiary. . The charge against
Uarnson were two cases oi rape ana
an attempt at murder three years ago
near this eity. He escaped and was
caught ten days ago in Chicago. Gar
rison was tried without a jury and ad
mitted his guilt.
t - i.
1902.
ON THE RIVER FRONT
Vessels ; That Came ' Into and
Went From Wilmington
- Harbor Yesterday. -
THE MENHADEN FACTORIES.
AUasttc Fisheries Conpssy Begaa . Oper
ations Upon Strength ef Good Hsnls:
By Incoming Steamers Cargo
of Veneerisg Timber.
The steamers Atlantic tn& Beatrice,
of the Atlantic Fisheries Company,'
arrived from the North . Friday night
and the factory of the. company at
Old Brunswick, upon the strength of
good hauls made by the - incoming
steamers, began operation yesterday!
For a time it was feared the catch of
"fat backs" off the "Cape Fear coast
this season would be a failure, but
recently the -hauls have been very
good Indeed and both companies ope
rating rendering plants at Old Bruns
wick now look forward to a success
ful season. It is said that all the
steamers engsged in fishing brought
in 300,000 barrels of menhaden yester
day. As previously noted in these
columns, the Cape Fear Fisheries
Company, the larger of the factories
down the river, has seven steamers in
ts fleet of fishing vessels. They are
the Banger, Hathaway, Hudson,
Humphrey, Wa Iter Adams, and Quick
Step Arizona. The season in North
ern waters kept up remarkably well
this year, hence the delay in begin
ning operation by the factories South.
The British steamer Lobelia, Capt
Watson, having finished discharging
her cargo of kainit at the Nayassa
factory, was cleared yesterday by
Messrs. Heide & Co for Philadelphia,
Pa. Bhe came up the river drawing
22 feet, 10 inches of water and is said
to be the largest by one foot that ever
came up the channel. The steamer
passed down the river yesterday after
noon. . -
The trim little British steamer Stag,
Capt. Bulman, cleared yesterday for
Glasgow, Scotland, with" cargo of
3,356 gum logs, valued at $15,000, and
2,300 barrels rosin, valued at $3,296.
The cargo is consigned by Mr. Will
L Miller to the Acme Tea Chest Com
pany and the vessel is by Messrs.
Alexander Sprunt Sc Son.
SAO DEATH IN FAYETTEV1LLE.
Mrs. Edwsrd J. Hale Psssed Awsy Wed
nesday Afternoon.
Mrs. Edward J. Hale, wife of Maj,
E. J. Hale, editor of the Fayetteville
Observer, and a lady of many rare
accomplishments and traits of beau
tiful Christian character, passed away
at the family home in Fayetteville
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
She was a daughter Of the late Col.
Thomas HID, of New Hanover and
Chatham counties, and came of distin
guished ancestry. 8he was a lineal
descendant of Bir John Yeamans, first
Governor of North Carolina. The
news of her death brought intense
sorrow to the hearts of many Wilming
ton friends and acquaintances.
She leaves, besides her husband, four
sons Edward 3. Hale,' Jr., Louis B.
Hale, Frederick T. Hale and Thomas
H. Hale and two sisters, Mrs. Cald
well C. Swayze, now of New Orleans,
and Mrs. G. W. Kidder, of Wilming
ton.
Death at Delgado.
Mrs. A. KL Faircloth, wire of a
well known resident of Delgado, died
at 5 A. M yesterday at the family
home, Cottage No. 101. She leaves a
husband and two children, aged about
10 and 13 years, respectively. The
remains will be taken on the A. and
Y. train this morning to Roseboro,
Sampson county, for interment.
INCREASING WAGES.
New
York Central and Pittsburg
and
Lake Erie R. R. Company.
Br Telegraph to tne Horning star.
New York, Nov. 15. It became
known to-day that the- New York
omntrai railroad recently has increas
ed the waees of some 15.000 men in
its employ by from 8 to 13 per cent.
The increase adds nearly (1,000,000 a
vear to the nav roll of the company,
Three reasons are riven for the policy
of the road: "The increased cost of
living, the wish of the management to
equalize the wages in all parts of the
system, and to the company's desire to
reeotnize faithful and efficient ser
vice "
Pittsburg. November : 15. The
Pittaburar and Lake Erie Railroad Co.
will meet the wage advance of the
Pennsylvania system. Announcement
to this effect was made to-day by Col.
J. M. Schoonmaker, vice president
and general manager of the road. It
has not been determined what Increase
will be given.
A DYNASTIC ALLIANCE.
Tbe Oblect of Emperor William's
Visit
to King Edward of England.
By telegraph to tne Kornmz star.
Beelut, Nov. 15. One of the ob
jects of Emperor William's visit to
King Edward was to discuss the be
thorthal of Crown Prince Frederick
William and Princess Alice of Albany,
who la acharmlnfi- arirl. 19 years of age.
The Duchess of Albany went to Eng
land on the imperial yacht Hohenzol
lern and proceeded to Sandrlngham
with the Emperor. : Princess
Alice - and the crown prince
am second cousins and are described
as mutually sympathetic. A dynastic
alliance such as this is regarded on the
nolitical aide as brinsring Great Britain
and Germany closer together and
would from that standpoint be un
popular in Germany.
NO. 4
DAMAGE BY VOLCANIC -
ERUPTION IN GUTAEMALA.
Totsl Loss to Plsntstlons Estimated at
More Thai Five Million Dollsrs.
Loss of Life Wss Snail. '
By Talegrapn to tne Horning star. .
Washington, Nov. 15. James a
McNally, the United States consul
general at Guatemala City has made a
report to the; State Department In re
gard to the eruption of the Santa Maria
volcano, which occurred October 34th,
causing the total ruin of the best coffee
plantations in Guatemala as well as
half the coffee crop for the year, the
total known loss being estimated at
more than $5,000,000.: He says:
"The volcano . is. still active, and
ashes are laiiinar on places thirty miles
distant from the crater. - The valuable
coffee plantations, noted for a jarge
and fine product ion. are to-day covered
with from three to ten feet of mud and
ashes as well as other matter from the
crater, and the tops of the coffee trees
are scarcely noticeable. The losses to
the owners of plantations is at this
time incalculable, but it Is conceded as
conservative that the coffee loss will
reach between 850,000 and 400,000 quin
tals of 100 pounds each.
'Most of tbe ruined plantations were
owned by Germans and the absolute
loss of tbe properties has Impoverished
many who were before tbe Zath mst.
reputed to be wealthy.
"Many owners had borrowed money
on the present crop while others had
mortgaged their plantations to foreign
banking houses, which carries a meas
ure of misfortune to Europe: The re
ported loss of life is meagre and it is
thought that the people escaped from
the vicinity of tbe volcano at tne nrst
signs of trouble from that source. Tele
graphic communication from towns
contiguous to the volcano is cutoff."
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Newton Enterprise: Many farm
ers are afraid that they navemissea
it again this year in sowing wheat.
Some say the fly is doing more dam
age than ever before.
-Mr. Amos Stroud, of Trent town
ship, this county, died Thursday night
at the advanced age of 83 years. Mr.
8troud was one of the oldest citizens
of the county.
Kinston Free Press: It is said
that the sweet potato crop is unusually
line this year in this section. Tne
largest yield of the largest potatoes is
raised this year that ever has been rais
ed to the acreage.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Mr. C. T. Lawrence Monday showed
a large collection of potatoes in his
buggy. Picking up three at random
they weighed 15J pounds, the largest
weighing six pounds and three ounces
and measuring 19&x24 inches.
Louisburg Times: Tobacco
continues to roll in and our stem
meries are kept busy day and night.
Several hundred more stemmers could
get employment here. All of the
prize nouses are full up with tobacco,
and the buyers would rent several
more if they were here.
Maxton Scottish Chief: We
deeply regret to announce the assign
ment on Monday of our townsman,
Mr. J. W. Elwell, the proprietor of the
extensive dry goods and clothing
establishment on Main street.- Mr. J.
Gilchrist McOormick is named as as
signee.
Sanford Express: Sanford has
twenty-three dry aroods and grocery
stores, two drug stores and three mil
linery stores or shops. A number of
these stores have been opened within
the the past two years. More goods
are sold here than in any other town
in this section of the State.
-i- Washington Gazette: There
died in this city Saturday night last
Margaret Moore, said to be by those
who knew her 115 years old. She
was the wife of Stephen Moore, a col
ored man well known In town prior to
the war, and was a native of Blount's
Creek, and was related to the large
family of colored free - people that
resided in that vicinity years ago.
Nashville Graphic: Mr, W. N.
Cooper who lives a few miles south of
Nashville, has a little boy six years
old that weighs seventy-five pounds,
He has the appearance of being at least
twice that age. The bulk of the to
bacco is sold ; over eighty per cent, of
the cotton is already ginned and our
farmers are busy seeding a good area
in wheat. Surely they are acting
wisely as diversification of croys is the
only true road to success and indepen
dence.
Charlotte News: Mr. B. H.
Jordon, who left Charlotte Tuesday
night for. New York, was robbed of
$400 before reaching his destination.
Mr. Jordan had his money in an in
side pocket of his coat, and before re
tiring he spoke to Mrs. Jordan as to
where tne money was. lie tunas a
thief on the train overheard the con
"Mrigbert Davidson? who lives
in the Hopewell section, was in tne
city yesterday. He brought with him
a number of ripe strawberries that he
Sathered from the vines in his bed.
r. Davidson savs that the second
crop .of his berries is nearly as large
as the first. Mr. Davidson also states
that he has a field of oats that are now
.'heading." This he attributes to the
exceedingly mua iaii.
Money !
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titled to your considera
tion as is a bill for groceries.
ROOSEVELT HAS!- , V
MORE HARD LUCK.
Io His Hoot For Bear la tke Mississippi
Calabrakes Twice Ha Narrowly ,-
. Missed a Chance t For a Shot. .
T . v-" awsiBBaaanai ,', '
By Telegraph to tne Horning star. ? ..
Smkdks, Miss., Nov. 15,-i-No fresh .
bear skin had been hung up to-day at
the camp on tha Little Sunflower up
to 4:30 o'clock this afternoon: At that
hour the President. - Mr.' Mclllhennv
and Holt Collier were still out in pur
suit of a bear which was started early
In the morning, but the remainder of
the party had abandoned the - ohase,
and twenty of the twenty-eight dogs
had straggled back to camp, complete
ly worn out. -
The President had hard luck to-day:
twice he narrowly missed a chance for
a shot. The pack split almost imme
diately after leaving . this morning ;
Holt Uolller, with half the hounds, -
followed the trail of one bear down ;
the river and nothing had been heard .
of him at 4 o'clock. The other bear :
went in the opposite direction and
gave the President, tbe members of
the party and the rest of the dogs a
merry chase. He was a big fellow v
and kept well ahead of the dogs. He -was
cut off several times and threshed
up and down the brush over an area
of about four square miles.- Once Mr. "
Dickinson and Major Helm heard him .
very close by, but they did not get a ,
glimpse of him. At one stage Mr.
Foote, who -was with the President,
beard the dogs quartering tnrougn
the woods , above them and by hard -riding
he and the President managed
to reach a cut-eff ahead oi tne pacr.
They waited and Mr. Foote felt eer- .
tain that the President was at lait to
have a shot,- but they were too late.
in about nve minutes the dogs swept
by in full cry, within thirty yards of
them, but Old Bruin had passed be
fore they got there.- Two hours later
the President had another unfortunate '
experience. The does were by this
time playing out rapidly, owing to the
excessive heat, but five, of them had -hung
on and finally brought the beast ,
to bay m a dense thicket. The Presi
dent and Mr. Foote heard the dogs
fighting him, and got within one hun
dred yards of the row on their horses.
There they dismounted and went in,
but the bear heard them, and fan- :
ning off the dogs turned and fled be
fore the President got sight of him.
The fact that he disposed of the dogs .
se easily indicated that he was a large
strong brute, and this was proved
later when be went into tne identical
water hole where the first bear was
bayed yesterday.
Secretary Uorteiyou and vr. Liong,
who were in the thicket close by,
heard the splash, but the animal did
not stop and neither of them got up in
time for a shot. When they examined
the queer, half human foot-prints
where he went in, which measured
eight inches across, the experts de
clared that this indicated that he was
very large, probably weighing four
hundredi pounds.
The only member of the party who
bagged anything was Judge Dickln- .
inson. He caught a string of trout in
the Sunflower after lunch.
To-morrow there will be no hunt.
the dogs will be rested and the
pursuit of bear will be resumed Mon
day. .
The bear killed yeaterday rurnlahed
meat for the camp laat night and to- -day.
LONG CONFERENCE ON
THE SUBJECT OF CUBA.
Cnbsos Mast Understsnd Thst Delsy
io
Settlement of Tariff Matter Will
Not Be Acceptsble.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Washington, Nov. 15. Before Sec
retary Root left for New York to-day
he had a long conference on the sub
ject of Cuba with Secretary Hay. Be
yond the general statement that the
conference related to Cuban reciprocity
and the other matters included in the
Plait amendment, It was impossible to
extract any information as to what
took place, it is known - that no con
clusive step has been taken within the
last few days. It is gathered now that
the presence of General Bliss, who Is
going to Havana to assist the State '
Department in preparing the treaty.
was suggested by . President Palma,
and that it also is acceptable to Minis
ter Squlers. The negotiations for a
reciprocity treaty having been re
moved from Washington to Havana
and being technically now In the
hands of Minister Squiers, so far as
the United States is concerned, he is
In need of assistance when treat
ing such complex matters as tariff,
schedules.
Reports from Cuba are to the effect
that the Cubans are divided upon the
Question of reciprocity, especially as
regards the conjajlsions demanded and .
offered. The Cuban Senate is report
ed to be favorable to the treaty as of
fered, with a few minor changes, and
there is no doubt expressed that the
Senate will accept the treaty when it
is amended by General Bliss. There
is trouble in the Cuban House, which
seems to be inclined to act independ
ently of the United States. General
Bliss will present definite propositions
from this government. He will state
the extreme concession which the
United States will grant, which ia
twenty per cent, on Cuban products,
and will also give the Cubans the
lowest possible rates of concessions
which this country will demand of
Cuba. It is expected that General
his propositions are made but a very
short time will be allowed the Cubans
to reply before the negotiations will
terminate. The opinion at the de
partment is that there has been too
much procrastination, ano tnat tne
Cubans must be given to understand
that delays will not be acceptable to
this country. ... ,
BMBXna- - .
HOMICIDE AT GREENVILLE.
A Farmer Shot and Killed By Aa Un
known Negro Freight Conductor
Killed By a Merchant.
- BvTelegrapn to the Morning star.
G bees ville, 8. C, Nov. 15. Sam
uel Williman, a white farmer, was shot
and instantly killed this afternoon by
an unknown negro. The negro had
robbed Wllliman'a house early in the .
morning, and had been pursued and
captured. Williman and another man
were on their way to tne jau wiia ana
j prisoner when he snatched Wllliman's .
I pistol and shot him dead. The negro
escaped, out is oeing cioseiy pursuea
by tbe sheriff.
Ii w. .huso, a weii Known mercaant
of this city, this morning shot and
killed J. T. Stephens, a freight con
ductor on the Southern railway. . The
' shooting isaid to havelbeen the result
of intimate relations between Steph
ens and Mrs. Bush. : In the altercation .
Btephens attempted to pull his pistol
but uusn got tne orop on mm and
fired. Btephens was thirty years old
and nnm arried, and it la said that let
ters were found on his person from '
Mrs. Bush la which he was Urged to
settle the matter with Bush. Mrs.
1 Bush is now said to be living with an
uncle in Texas.
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