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A DISCREDITABLE DODGE.
We have characterized the pub
lished statement of Senator Pritoh
arJ aa wanting in truthfulness and
without basis in fact, j trifling with
candor and joggling with figures.
It ia a statement that does him no
credit as a consistent politician or a
fearless leader, whoae boldness, if
nothing else,' might command re
spect. The reason given (on which we.
have commented) for the refusal to
admit those negro delegates to the
Greensboro convention is not a
truthful one, but a j trumped up
apology, an apology which in the
estimation of cndid people is
worse than the offence, for it admits
that the whole lily white business
and the campaign based upon it
was sheer fraudulent pretence, a po
litical burlesque, while Senator
Pritchard was posing as the main
instrument in relieving his party
"from that body of death," when it
now turns out, according to his
ova statement, that he didn't in
tend to do anything of the kind;
that such an idea never entered ffis -head.
" :
When Senator Pritohard'a self
condemnatory statement saw the
light through the papersSenator
Simmons was asked his opinion of
it. In giving it he ran his knife
blade Into the bladder that Pritchard
had taken so much time and labored
to in blowing up, and ! showed that
there was nothing in it but wind,
false pretence and figure-juggling.
The correspondent of the Raleigh
Post quotes him as saying:
"Senator Prltobard's statement, pub
lic in The Post Wednesday, will
iire the people of North Carolina
w: n amazement. If bia statement
tb.i the negroes were not excluded
fr "i the Republican state convention
o , account of color be true then the
C4uoten which his party made in
Mirth Ctrolioa this year was a miser
able oretenae, for the whole campaign
wi oaaed upon the theory that the ne
gn bad been excluded becauae of bis
c!or, and that that was what tbe lily
wii'e movement meant Senator
Priichard and his party: made bis re-el-ciioo
to the senate the oversbaw
log tame of the campaign. Upon,
ttwt Issue the senator and bis party
lost in the proportion of more
than six to one, for be only has
fire votes out of fifty in the senate
lad nineteen out of one hund
red and twenty in tbe bouse of repre
sentatives. " Tbere was not s full rote in the
State this year, except ia tbe western
pr. of the 8tatv where there was a
siarp conte.t, both oil the congres
sional and legislative tickets. There
the vote of both parties i was brought
out with reasonable fulness Moat of
the white Republican Tote is in tbis
section of the State.- Ia the east,
wber tbe Republicans have very few
white voters, there was practically no
coats aad as a result there was not
a full Democratic toW. I la many of
tbe- counties the Republicans bad no
local ticket at all. In a great many
of them trrey polled only a handful
of votes; ia some counties not much
over a score or votes. If there bad
b;a a real contest all iver tbe State
and there had been a full vote, tbe
Democrats would have bad a majority
Of between eighty and. inetv thou
land. Tbe majority ia the State in
1904 will not fall below seventy-five
r eight; thousand. The State is and
will remain very strongly Demo
cratic, i
"deoator Pritchard deceives himself
if hb think he made any gain from
the Democratic party in tbe last cam
pajeo; j
''I know of no county in the State
where the Republicana made gains ia
white votes worth mentioning, and ia
pme sections it sustained substantial
losser. His assumption that there was
only thirty thousand white Republi
cans iQ the State prior to this year is
without foundation. I have never
beard any one estimate tbe white
Republican vote, since tbat party ob
tsined substantial permanent additions
ifnTQ (he disintegration of the Populist
Prly, at less than sixty thousand,
Qim many have estimated it very
much higher. Tb Senator must know
that in the mountain districts of the
JUti alone his party had more than
thirty thousand while votars, else bow
could they have elected tu recent
Jears the congressmen they have
elected In that section, i where iere
ir practically no negroes.
"There were only about six thou
od negroes registered in the state
via year. They did not register be
muse tbey were indignant at tbe
jnnnr in which they had been treat
M by their vwn party, and being un
willing to vote tbe Democratic ticker,
hey purposely absented themselves
'ron the polls ss tbe best way to re
wks 8enator Pritchard and their par-y-
Nearly all of these negroes voted
atate Republican ticket, but many
or tboqt Totea MaJnit the fie publican
,ll i M for iD legUlature because
KJ (Jj11018 0PPo,ulon 10 Senator
With the statement over his own
nature that those negroes would
have been refused I seats in the
VOL. XXXIV. WILMINGTON 12, 1902. : ; NO. 7
Republican State convention if thev
had been entitled to seats and that
their color had nothing to do with
keeping them ont, what kind of a
figure does the lily white business
cut anyhow and how can Senator
Pritchard, who thus acknowledges,
that he wasn't playing against the
negro at all, look in the eve anv of
those Democratic recruits who
joined his party because it had ex.
orcised the negro? They thought
they were getting into a renovated,
white man's party, but instead of
that they were fraudulently ' enticed
into that same old black-and-tan
party,1 into whose conventions, ac
cording to the statement of Senator
Pritchard, negro delegates duly
elected would be aa freely admitted
as ever. .How this must have
shocked the fastidious sensibilities
of the Hon. Chas. Price, chairman of
Mr. Pritohard'a convention, when he
found that his jubilation over being
"freed from thai body of death," was
entirely too previous, without foun
dation in fact, and a mere oreation
of his own fancy, the imaginary fru
ition of hia cherished yearnings for
years. And how much surprised,
too, will be the negroes who were so
active in calling meetings to resolve
against -this ostracism to learn after
several months, culminating in the
lily white collapse and the Pritchard
lay-out, that it was all a mistake,
and that there wasn't any ostracism
at all; that those ousted negro dele
gates simply forgot to be duly elect
ed and therefore had to stand aside
and let the white fellows in who had
their business in better shape and
were more acceptable to the gentle
men who were running that conven
tion. That's all. But they may also
be surprised that Senator Pritchard
didn't think of saying something
about this after the turning down
of those negro delegates, and during
the campaign when the negroes of
the State, laboring under a misap
prehension, as Senator Pritchard
virtually says, were clamoring so
loud and denouncing him as a
Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold
sort of a fellow. They may be sur
prised at this, and that it took Sena
tor Pritchard so long to discover and
tell them what was the matter with
those negro delegates.
The statement is one of surprises,
which do not add to Senator Pritoh
ard'a reputation for 'candor or for
nerve in leadership.
DISHOHEST ELECTIONS.
We hear much these days from
Republican politicians and organs
in the NortH, and South too, about
unfair elections in the South, that
is when the Republican party doesn't
win down, here, which it seldom
does. But a comparison between
election methods in the Sonth, and
the North, if all the facts were1
known, would be decidedly in favor
of the South, against which the
principal objection seen is t the
laws deprive the Republican party
of a great many votes which it
should have. But this has the
merit, if no other, if openness, much
more creditable than the underhand
and corrupt practices so often re
sorted to in 8tates whose politicians
and papers condemn Southern meth
ods. Aa one illustration we . give
the following, which we clip from
the Chattanooga Times, taken from
a letter of a prominent businessman
of Bridgeport, Conn., published in
one of the newspapers of that city.
There is absolutely no certainty in
the count as we hold elections at the
present time. And as for buying votes
why that is done at every election.
There are 1,500 floaters in this town.
I myself have stood on the city hall
steps and handed out two-dollar bills
as fast as I could pull them out of my
pockets and paid them to these same
floaters. Da-unable, corrupt practice,
wasn't lit Weir, the other side was
just as bad.
"One swallow doesn't make "a
trammer" we know, but there are
flocks of this kind of swallows fly
ing all around up there in election
times They don't 'undertake to
defend it, but they excuse it on the
ground that "they all do it." And
they do., The fellows who have the
most money do the most of it, and
the Republicans generally have the
most. Does any one suppose that
tbe immense sums of money col
lected in every .campaign of impor
tance by the Republican campaign
managers are necessary for legiti
mate purposes? No sensible per
son believes that, and if he did
there is abundant evidence to the
contrary. As a matter of fact Re
publican national victories for some
years have been directly or Indi
rectly bought.
According to the law in New
York every bill passed by the leg
islature must be passed on by the
Attorney-General before the Gover
nor can sign it. Wouldn't it save a
good deal of time and windy dis
cussion if the law required bills of
importance to go through the same
mill when presented? And, by the
way, wouldn't it be a good thing to
adopt some such regulation for bills
introduced in Congress concerning
which their might be some doubt as
to their constitutionality, and to
make them phraseologioally clear
enough to show what they mean with
out interpreters?
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THE OTHKtJJIDB OP It.
. There has been much written and
said about child labor in Southern
cotton mills, more said in the North
than in the South, where the talk is
doubtless inspired more bv other
conditions than by sympathy for the
cnuaren. But be that as it may,
this, like nearly all questions, has
two side to it, one of which is thus
noticed by the Richmond News:
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looking for bugs,lncidentally discusses
iu uta report me enim laoo? question.
He asserts that tbe children working
In factories are better housed, fed.
clothed and cared for than those on
the farms and usually are in better
health, and that most of them who are
stunted suffer from disease contracted
at their former homes. There is truth
in this. It is also true that the class
of children who are worked in cot
ton factories are worked under con
dit ons even harder on the farms, es
pecially during the cotton picking sea
son. As a matter of fact, women and
children who have tried both farm
work and factory work report, almost
unanimously, that they prefer the fae
tory. Picking cotton aad hoeing
and very small children frequently
are required to do both ia very differ
ent from factory work and very much
more wholesome, even if less pleas
ant for the time. It is not continu
ous, as the factory work is, and is
done in the open air with the rest on
rainy days and at certain seasons of
the year.
We do not know who Zoologist
Stiles is, and we fully agree with
the News that children should not
be worked in cotton mills or any
where else, but there ia a good deal
in what this zoologist says to offset
the objections raised against the
employment of children in mills, for
which the parents ; are probably
quite as responsible as the mill
operators. There are too many
parents who look upon their children
as mere working machines, and pov
erty may drive others to forcing
their children to work, but this kind
of people are not confined to the
South; they are found in many of
the Northern States, especially in
those having large manufacturing
cities or other industries where
children can be employed, as in the
coal mines in Pennsylvania, where
thousands are employed in a much
more dangerous and injurious occu
pation than in spinning cotton. But
the practice ought to be stopped
everywhere, and doubtless will be
in the South as soon as practicable.
The Kirby Lumber Company of
Texas has adopted an innovation
which sets a good example to other
large lumber companies. It owns a
tract of 1,250,000 acres of forest
in that State and to make it of
permanent value for lumber pur
poses, has employed sixty foresters,
whose duty it is to look after the
trees, protect them from insects
and other destroying agencies as far
as possible, to mark the trees that
may be cut and replant in place of
the trees cut, thus protecting and
keeping up the tree supply and
making the forest of permanent
value. A splendid idea, which has
long been acted upon in some Eu
ropean countries.
Two sports who started hunting
in New Jersey a few days ago struck
a bad streak of luck. I One of them
shot a rabbit which fell in a creek,
where a big carp pounced upon it and
got away with it and then the other
fellow shot the top of the rabbit
man's hat off and his head was under
his hat, too, but fortunatey escaped.
John Mitchell, President of the
Pennsylvania Miners' Union, has
declined an offer of $2,000 for eight
lectures. This is $200 more than
John's yearly salary amounts to,
but the miners appreciate his ser
vices so much that they are going
to increase that to $5,000 a year.
A New York statiscian figures
out that the cost of living has fallen
one per cent since the 1st of No
vember. Hip la I Now we can
get for 99 cents what wo had to pay
a dollar for. This is encouraging
to the fellow who has to buy things
every day.
Col. Mosby, Government land
agent, denies that he said certain
things about the Nebraska Senators,
attributed to him. The ordinary
federal office holder runs up
against something that may give
him trouble when he crowds on tho
heels of "Senatorial dignity."
The female crank who in Chicago
gave a $200 dinner on Thanksgiving
day to a collection of dogs and cats,
said the more she saw1 of dogs, the
less she thought of men. Perhaps
she had been running up against a
rough assortment of men, who
abound in that town. '
Cape Colony, in South Africa, is
shorten women and wanta 68,000
for wives for the fellows down there.
The surplus spinsters in New Eng
land may note this and take advan
tage of it if they have the cash to
get there. .
In a suit against' a Christian
Science healer in Ohio the judge
said he couldn't find any lawln that
State which prohibited praying for
the sick, and dismissed the suit.
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FOURTH DAY OF
Two Sessions field Saturday Id tbe Horning
and In tne Afternoon.
Meets Next Year at Qoldsboro Board of Missions in Session Last
; Evening Appoinments for Local Pulpits TodayTrBetter i
- Salaries Recommeded for Preachers Proceedings.
The Conference convened at 9:30
o'clock Saturday with Bishop A. Coke
Smith in the chair. The' opening re
ligious, services were conducted by
Eev. J. D. Hammond, D. D., of Nash
ville, Tenn. The minutes of Friday's
session were read and approved. "
Bev. B, A. Willis, Presiding Elder
of the Warrenton District, , moved the
reference of the name of Bev. W. A
Forbes to the Committee on Confer
ence Relations for superannuated rela
tion. Mr. Forbes being present spoke
briefly of the grief at laying down the
sword of battle, and rejoiced in the
hope of aome day meeting the brethren
In tbe great conference above. The
cbaraoter of Mr. Forbes was passed and
the motion of Mr. Willis was carried.
Bev. J. D. Pegram introduced a mo
tion relative to the more convenient
distribution of the funds to conference
claimants and the motion prevailed."
Rev. N. H. D. Wilson moved that
in the future the chairmen of the
boards and the pastor of the church
where the conference meats shall ar
range for the anniversary meetings at
a time convenient for visiting conneo
tional officers. The motion prevailed.
The name of Charles R. Taylor was
called, his character was passed and on
motion of Presiding Elder Underwood
his name was referred to the Commit
tee on Conference Relations for super
numeary relation.'
Qiestion twenty was called: "Are
all the Preachers Blameless in Their
Life and Official Administration!1' F.
M. 8hamburger, N, H. Guyton, M. D.
Hiz, K. O. Sell, L. 8. Ethridge, G.
A. Oglesby, J. A. Lee, L. 8. Massey,
Cbas. O. DuRant, N. H. D. Wilson,
Z. T. Harrison, J. P. Pate, B. C. Al
bred, J. N. Cole, J. H. Hall, J. W,.
Potter, O. O. Brothers, W. D. Basser,
J. W. Martin, Y. E. Wright, A. J.
Groves, G. T. Simmons, A. 8. Barnes
and J. J. Porter were called and their
characters passed.
The Committee on Conference Re
lation! - reported recommending that
C. W. Smith, R. W. Townsend and
Chas. B. Taylor be given the super
numerary ; relation, ana tnat m. u.
Thomas, W. 8. Davis, J. H. Page, J.
C. Crisp, T. J. Browning, J. M. Rice,
T. J. Gattia and A. B. Goodchild be
given the superannuated relation; on
motion, the report was adopted.
Tbe name of Rev. J. T. Bagwell
was called, and Rev. J. T. Gibbs
moved that he be located; the motion
was discussed by Dr. Gibbt, M. O.
Thomac, Dr. Yates, Dr. Nasb, Dr.
Brookr, Dr. Underwood and Dr. Tut-
tie. Dr. Nash moved as a substitute
that his name be referred to the Com
mittee on Conference Relations for a
superannuated relation; the substi
tute was lost, and the original motion
of Dr. Gibbs prevailed. Dr. Bagwell
was located on the ground of unac-
ceptability. .
Dr. Swindell moved that Question
forty-five be called: "Where Shall
the Next Session of the Conference
be Heldfj Dr. Miller presented an
invitation j from St. Paul's church,
Goldsboro,; and on motion the invita
tion was accepted. Rev. R. A. Willis
moved that adjournment be until 3
o'clock in the afternoon, and the mo
tion prevailed.
Rev. J. W. Jenkins submitted a re
port concerning tbe Methodist Ur-
phanage, located at Raleigh. Thirty-
six children have been received since
its organization; 29 are now at the Or
phanage, 15 boys and 14 girls. Eighty
Sunday Schools are enlisted in the
support of these orphans; 13 home
missions societies have .obligated to
care for an orphan eacb. The new
building now in process of erection
will greatly enlarge the capacity to
care for needy children.
The report of J. G. Brown, treasurer
of the Orphanage', ' was submitted,
showing the total receipts for the year,
$8,747 79; total receipts to date, $30,
744 45; disbursement!, $26,870.68. The
Orphans site cost $1,171.16; cost of
first cottage, $4,563.80; coat of main
building, when finished, will be about
$30,000.
Dr. Gibbs moved that the presiding
Bishop be requested to appoint Bev. J.
W. Jenkins superintendent of the Or
phanage for tbe next year, and that
Rev. J. B. Hurley be appointed finan
cial agent of the Orphanage. The mo
tion prevailed.
The Rev. Dr. Carmichael, rector of
St. John's Protestant Episcopal churcb,
was introduced to the Conference and
greeted the brethren in Hove and re
joiced at the success of all who name
the name of the blessed Christ.
The report of the Board of Church
Extension was presented and adopted.
Dr. Whiiner,' Secretary of the Gen
eral Board of Church Extension, ad
dressed the Conference in the interest
of tbat department of work. He said
that there was a very general increase
In collections,' but collections do not
keep pace with Increased demands; the
needs are Increasing; they are three
times as neat as the ability to give;
money loaned in mission fields neces
aitated a large increase in that lund,
, He urged the importance of insuring
all churches and parsonages; any
church not insured, if burned, could
CONFERENCE,
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not expect to get help from tbe Church
Extension Board to rebuild; the Board
la not, however, responsible for the
operation of any insurance society or
organization. 1 ' i
When the name of Bev. John H.
Hall was called, be said that Fifth
street church ,vaa put of debt literally
and truly. Only two bonds are now
outstanding, one of them has been de
noted but not yet sent -in, and the
money is in tbe Bank ready to pay the
other when presented: He paid a high
compliment to Rev. J. N. Cole, pastor
of Grace church, for the brotherly help
extended by him in collecting funds
to relieve Fifth j street church; if
John N. Cola had not been at Grace
church, it was the i opinion of Mr.
Hall that the debt! of Fifth street
church would not have been paid.
The credentials of Bev.: Owen 8pell,
a local Deacon within the bounds of
the Fayetteville District were surren
der to the Conference by Presiding
Elder Hall. i
Rev. R B. John moved that a ses
sion of the Conference be held at 8:30
Sunday afternoon for memorial ser
vice. '.. j :
The call of the 20th Question was re
sumed. R. F.i Bumpass M. Bradshaw,
J. E Thompson, T. B. Bonner, H. B.
Anderson, E. Pope, N. E. Caltrane, J.
M. Lowder, W. H. Townsend. D. C.
Geddie, W. A Jenkins, J. L. Rumley,
J. H. UL Giles, H. M. North. J. A.
Hornaday, R. C. Beaman, JD. A. Wat
kins, P Greening, W. Y. Ever ton, L.
M. Brower, H. M. Eure, J. J. Barker,
C W. Robinson, L. L. Nasb, J. M.
Benson, L. H. Joyner, A. P. Tyer, T.
J. Darby, B. B. Culbreth, B. H.
Black were called, and their character
passed. ' ; j
At 1 P. M. Conference adjourned
with benediction by Dr. Hammond.
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The Afternoon Session.
According to adjournment the Con
ference met at 3 P. M.', Bishop 8mith
in the chair. After religious services
conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, the
minutes of the morning session were
read and approved. '. -, '
The call of Question 80 was resum
ed. E. H, Davis. L. M. Coffin, D. L.
Earnhardt, J. D. Bundy, H. A. Hum
ble M. W. Bose, 8. A. Cotton, J. G.
Johnson, J. CL Jones, D. B. Parker, T.
A. Sutton, E. W. Fox, E. E. Kose,
W, C. Merritt, B. C. Thompson, B. L.
Davis, D. H. Tuttle. W. 0. Hocut, R.
Braddy, G. W.Starling, O. P. Jerome,
H. M. Jackson, M. i H. Tuttle, B. H.
Willis, A. J. Parker, J. E. Bristowe,
8. T. Moyle reported and their charac
ters were passed. Bev. J. J. Porter
aaked for and, obtained certificate of
ordination papers which he had lost.
The Committee on Temperance re
ported and much enthusiasm was
manifested in its discussion participa-
ted in by Dr. L. L. Nash, D. H. Tut
tle and President J. M. Rhodes, of
Littleton Female College.
Rev. Dr. Boyd of . the Evangelist
Lutheran churcb was introduced to
the Conference. 1 !
Bev. . G. A. Oglesby read the
report of the Joint j Board of Fi
nance. This report embodies a circu
lar letter to be 'presented to tbe
churches by the presiding elders on
the flrat round, urging that larger sala
ries be paid to the preachers to meet
the expense or daily living. Another
paper was also presented in reference
to the securing of funds for the super
annuates. This paper was discussed
in a very vigorous way by Bev. Dr.
J. C. Kilgo. The name of Samuel
Letters was referred to tbe Committee
on Co ference Relations for a super
numerary relation and by recommen
dation of the committee tbat relation
tionship waa granted to him.
On motion of Dr. Rone the Confer
ence adjourned, with the benediction
by Rev. B. R. Hall,
TbeEveoloi Sesslei.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Missions was held at 8 P. M , Rev. Dr.
F, D. Swindell presiding.
The Board of Missions made a com
prehensive report showing the pro
gress of the work for the year, and
giving the assessments for the next
year. : i ' j -
Bev. R. "F. Bumpas was tbe first
speaker, aud be gave a comprehensive
address showing the rise and fall of
dynasties, and by comparison the more
glorious triumphs of the kingdom of
Christ. ! 5' ! 1 '
The Rev. Kegumiya, a atudent of
Trinity College and a member of tbe
Japan Conference, was introduced and
addressed the Conference taking as his
text John 1 v : 42. Tbe large audience
gave good attention,! though not able
to understand all of what he said. The
benediction was by ! Rev. John R.
Brooks, D. D , of the Western North
Carolina Conference. .
Some December Strawberries.
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Mr. J. H. Jordan, of Burgaw town
ship, Pender county,last Monday ship
ped a crate of the second crop straw
berries of the Excelsior variety. They
were gathered In December and the
Fender Chronicle says they were sold
for 75c. per quart or $34 per crate.
Wi C. NORMAN BEAD.
He Died Suddenly Sunday Last
, at the Residence of JWr.
T.C. Craft. ' ' '
FORMER WILMINGTON PASTOR
Here Attesdiflg Coafereace, He Succumbed
to Heart Failure Lately Pastor of .
Trlaily Cbnrcb, Dorham News
Brokea to His Wife.
Bev. W. O. Norman ia dead!
No sadder news could be broken to
hundreds of his fellow ministers here
in attendance upon the North Caro
lina Conference and to thousands of
friends in this city and in tbe State,'
on this Sabbath morning, than is con
tained in tbe six words with ' which
this notice begins.
Mr. Norman died auddenlyat 13:45
o'clock Sunday morning at the home of
Mr.T. O. Craft, No. 218 North Sev
enth street, where he waa being ep
tertained during his attendance here
upon the North Carolina. Con ference.
Saturday he was in Grace church
actively participating in the proceed
ings of the sessions of the Conference;
Sunday morning he lay a corpse at the
home of a very dear friend. Mr. Nor
man, although apparently enjoying
the best of health, complained early
in the evening of suffering with in
digestion and ate no supper. He re
mained at tbe home of Mr. Craft
acd conversed very pleasantly in
the sitting room with - Mr. H.
G. Walsh and members of Mr.
Craft's family until about 10 o'clock,
when he said be would retire to hia
room. His illness was thought to be
only slight and, indeed, he remarked
so to persons at Mr. Craft's home, but
about 13:30 o'clock 8unday morning,
he arose and called to Mr. Walsh down
stairs to go for a physician for him.
Mr. Walsh made all possible haste and
summoned Dr. D. W. Bulluck, but the
summons had hardly been answered
and Dr. Bulluck had scarcely arrived
at the house when Mr. Norman ex
pired. His death was due to heart
failure.
Rev. Mr. Norman was universally
beloved in Wilmington, where he
served four years as pastor of Grace
Methodist church, in which the Con-'
ference sessions are now being held.
From Wilmington, Mr. Norman went
to Raleigh and aerved four years as
pastor of Edenton Street churcb, of
that city. Three years ago he waa
sent by Conference to the pastorate of
Trinity church, Durham, and would
in all probability have been returned
there for a full term of four years had
not death intervened.
He leaves an estimable wife, who
left Durham last week to visit her pa
rents iff Lexington, N. C, while Mr.
Norman was attending Conference
here.
A STATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION.
Chartered by Secretary of State Recom
meodations byLaborCommitsloners.
Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Dee. 5. The North
Carolina Nurses' Association was
chartered to-day, Mary L. Wyche,
Mary D. Pittman and Marlon H. Law
rence, incorporators. Among the ob
jects specified ia to register nurses.
advance interests appertaining to the
profession, .establish reciprocity be
tween nurses of this and other States,
and to secure legislation regulating
professional nursing.
H. B. Varner, Commissioner - of La
bor and- Printing, filed a report and
recommendations to the Legislature
with Gov. Aycock to-day. The recom
mendations are for lawa prescribing
that no child under twelve years
be employed' in cotton mills and
that none between twelve and fourteen
years be employed unless tbey can
read and write. Also, that none be al
lowed to work at night Further, that
a day's work for adults shall be not
longer than eleven hours.
The Board of Aarrlculture.aa trustees
of the A. & M. College, passed a reso
lution to-day authorizing President
Winston to hold a Summer normal
next 8ummer for all teachers of the
State for agriculture and native atudy.
Elaborate plana are being formulated
for a great State meeting of teachers at
this time. The Board devoted tbe
meeting to-day and to-night to going
over the affairs of the college: espe
cially those pertaining to new build
ing's in process or construction.
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' NEW STATE QUARD COMPANIES.
Three Admitted This Week Board of
Agrlcaltare Chsrters by the State.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. a. Dee. 4. Adjutant
General Boyster announces the ac
ceptance of the Einston Rifles as Com
pany B, Second Regiment, and the
Surry Rifles, of Mount Airy, as Com
pany K, Third Regiment, Bute Guard.
The Lexington Wild Cats were admit
ted yesterday to be a company in the
Third RejHmenL
The Board of Agriculture adopted
. . . .a .a ii. a
tne buaget ror expenses ox tne agri
cultural Department for the next six
months to-day, amounting to $31,111.
Rndtrftt same nariod last vear. $47.-
000, including $9,000 for the Charles
ton Exposition. The finance commit-
tA'a rfttmrt KAva the sinenses of the
department for the last three years
have been entirely beyond the means
of the Board and the income is getting
less each year. The Board . adopted a
memorial to the Legislature to-night
asking for $50,000 for an agricultural
building at tbe A. & M. College.
Charters were issued today to the
Carolina Steel Bridge and Construc
tion nmnnuv. of Bnrlintrton. capital
tSKo noo Pvthlan Castle Comnany.
Charlotte, no capital; J. M. Wads-
worth uompany, unarioiie, fua,wu
capital. ,
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TERRIFIC STOBII
ON THE COAST.
Schooner Wesley M. Oler Lost
- With All On Board On
Hatteras Shoals.
OTHER DISASTERS REPORTED.
Schooier Ida Lawrence abssdoaed la a
i Rudderless Condition Crew Saved. -Vessels
Blowa Ashore- The
Tag Underwriter MIsslsf.
Bv TalegraiA to tits Horning star.
Hattebab, N. 0., Deo. 5. -The ob
server of the Weather Bureau reports
that the four-masted schooner Wesley
M. Oler went ashore at Hatteras inlet
life savins; station earlv this morninar
during tbe storm.' She waa pounding
in the surf about a mile off shore until
8:80 when the foremast went over
carrying probably the last sunn. AJ-J
most immeaiateiy. tue vesaiwentto
pieces. The life saving crew could do
nothing to save the crew. No bodies
b a ve washed ashore yet. . .
The Weather Bureau observer re-
orts that the three-masted schooner
da Lawrence, coal laden, to-day lost
her rudder and drifted off Ocracoke.
The crew deserted her and drifted up
tbe coast. They were rescued this
afternoon by the Creeds Hill life sav
ing crew. The vessel it dragging
anchor and ia now half way up to
this point. .
Other Disasters.
N'o .t folk, Va,, Dec 5. Reports re
ceived in Norfolk to-night are to the
effect tbat not a aoul or the ill-fated
Wesley M. Oler's crew escaped the
disaster which wrecked that schooner
near Hatteraa this morning. Only
one chance of a rescue is known and
that was brought to lisht bv German
ateamer Koln, from Bremen to Balti
more, reporting the crew of an aban
doned acbooner aboard while entering
the capes to-day.
Tbis morning's hurricane blew sixty
miles here. The three-masted schoon
ers William D. Hilton and Melville
Phillips, together with aeveral smaller
craft, were blown ashore in the har
bor and lower bay.
The tug Underwriter, which was
towing the Oler from Nassau, has not
been heard from and fears are enter
tained tbat she foundered in the gale.
The crew of the schooner Ida Law
rence abandoned tbat vessel In a rud
derless condition off Hatteraa early
this mornine and were rescued with
greatest difficulty by life savers.
Ia Hampton Roads.
Newport News. Va.. Dec. 5 The
terrific storm of wind and rain that
struck this section early this morning
was the most destructive known in
Hampton Roads in some time. One
life waa loat, and numerous boats have
been torn loose from their moorings
and beached . Others firmly anchored
have been filled and aunk.
The only victim known ao far ia a
colored man who was drowned near
Mlnch's store Warwick county. He
was in a sloop, and the rope holding
the jib-boom broke.allowine it to swina
around. The boom struck the negro,
knocking him overboard.
The Storm at Boaufsrt.
Special Star Telegram. .
Beaufort, N, 0., Deo. 5. The gale
last night was very severe here. Sev
eral boats ' were wrecked and
wharves were blown away. A small
yacht on the way to Wilmington waa
a total wreck. Ihe telephone line to
Cape Lookout was blown down and
nothing can be heard from there to
day. Beveral vessels were in the look
of the cape. The schooner Ida Law
rence lost her rudder Thursday. Her
cargo is coal. Schooner Warren Adams
Is in Lookout bight; the schooner Is
all right. Captain Fletcher leaves
here to-morrow on account of sick
ness, hia place being taken by Cap
tain Grace.
The barque Oliver Thurlow, which
waa stranded Bunday night, broke to
pieces last night; the cook waa killed
by a falling mast, and another man
had his back broken; five of the crew
were rescued. Captain Hayes, of the
Thurlow, had hia leg broken in three
places below the knee. The captain
aet his own lea; he waa brought here,
where ne received medical attention
and is now at the Russell house. The
Thurlow was loaded with lumber at
Charleston, and was bound to New
York. The ship broke up while the
gear was being aet. The captain had
advised the owners to tow to destina
tion. mm BSw bbs'Ssii
Holly For the North.
Duplin Journal : "The woods are full
of people cutting holly for shipment
North. Four car-loads of 100 crates
each have been shipped here and all
along tbew.a W. u. U. rromoolds
boro to Wilmington quantities of
holly are belngeathered for the Christ
mas and New Tear decorations. The
prices paid for the holly is but little
and the people could get more for It If
they would ask for .it. The price haa
advanced from 50 to 75 cents per box
and will no doubt go higher as compe
tition crows stronger."
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ANOTHER TINY INFANT ABABD0SED.
Criel Mother Deserted New Bon Bibi at
.Cutis Hayaes-Teoporary Adoption. .
' Pinched by the cold of an almoat
freezing atmosphere, a tiny female in
fant, scarcely two days old, deserted -by
a cruel mother who would sacrifice '
human life to hide her shame, was v,
found yesterday morning at 7 o'clock ,
under the water tank of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad at Castle Haynet,
eight miles - from Wilmington.' The '
child was clothed In two garmenta.
wrapped in a aheet and placed In a :
basket over which a dark cloth was
thrown.- That the child waa found .
alive is due to the fact that the cover
ing was aome what more adequate
than is usual la such cases. Who put -'-the
basket with Its human freight In
that desolate place on a bleak Decern- -;
ber morning before day ia unknown :
to those who have made a superficial 1
investigation of the case. It is sup-
posed that the child waa taken from. '
Wilmington either on the early morn-
Ing freight train or by private con- -
veyanee. An Inquiry developed the ',
fact that the child waa not the auns'u
was twice abandoned In Wilmington a 'V
few days before. ' ; Jl f ''Vv-
The child was first dTjcovared. ty
little Joe Harries, a son of Ut. and
lira, R. O. Harris, .pba thought it
was a kitten in the basket. A Jew
minutes later Mr. Da rutcb, bridge
tender at Castle Haynei, wu attracted'
to the spot by the cnes ofj the infant
and it was takaa to.the home of Mrs.
R. W. Cor btlt, who c'tas" promised to
care for it until a suitable home can
be found. AV:'': ' " .-.
Tbe occurrence r is Van. outrageous
one and calls for a strict investigation
by the proper autborltiea. Tha basket
waa a dilapidated one and the. black
covering over it waa a cloak, which
may lead to the identification of tbe
guilty parties. ' '
RIVER STEAMBOIT ON PISS.
A. J. Johnson Had Narrow Escape Preaiv
Destruction Yeiterdsy Morality ; '
While on her regular trip from
Clear Run to Wilmington, the pilot
houae on the river ateamer A. J. John-'
son was partially burned off the deck
yesterday morning about S o'clock, a
few milea thia aide of Point Caswell.
The Johnson had backed up at a
landing and the pilot had gone below
to look after a alight disarrangement of
the rudder. While he was absent a
spark from the amoke stack flew into
the pilot house and aet fire to an old
mattress in the wheel house. One of the
crew waa sent up on deck for some
article and discovered, the houae in a
light blaze with a gale fanning the
flames furiously. The steamer's hose
was turned on and the fire extinguish
ed with a damage of not more than
$25, which waa covered by insurance.
MR. JAMES L. CORBETT DEAD.
Promlaeot Citizen of Sampson Coo sty
Psssfd Awsy Yesterdsy Paneral.
News reached the city last night of
the death of Mr. Jas. L. Oorbett, a
prominent citizen of Sampson county.
residing near Ivanhoe. Mr. Oorbett
died yesterday evening at 6 o'clock,
after a long illness, in the 87th year
of his age. He waa the moving spirit
in tbe establishment and maintenance
of Black Biver Presbyterian chapel
and was an elder of tbe congregation
for many years. He was a true Chris
tian gentleman in every aense of the
word and his death ia a distinctive loss
to the community in which he lived.
Mr. Corbett leaves a number of rela
tives, among them hia sons, Messrs. W.
M. Corbett, Jr., of Olga, N. C. ; F. R.
Oorbett, of Shannon, N. GL, and hia
daughters, Mr. R. F. Herring, of Clin
ton; Mrs. J. B. Moore, of Burgaw;
Mrs. L. J. Merriman, of Ivanhoe, and,
Mrs. W. EL Robinson, of Delta, N. O,
Mr. T. A. Mclntyre To Wed.
The marriage of Mrs. Archibald
Paul Mitchell, a prominent young
society woman of New York, and Mr.
Thos. A. Mclntyre, also of New York,
is announced to take place Dee. 17th
In Baltimore at the home of the bride's
aunt. The wedding will be one of the
society events of the season In the
North. After a brief wedding tour
Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre will oome to
Onslow Hall at Verona, N. O., near
this city, to welcome a Christmas,
house party, which will Include the
wedding attendants. Later, Mr. and
Mrs Mclntyre will go to Palm Beach,
Fla. '
Wade8boro Mesrinffer-InUUen
geucer: There are now S3 Inmates of
the county homo. Thia a greater num
ber of persona than have been at the
oome in many yera sum, h a conse
quence, the coat of maintaining the
home is greater than it used to be.
This has been a good andproa-
mmmib tmi In thia aaetirm. On fm..
era have mafleV excellent crops, which
have been sold, al remunerative prices
and, as a consequence, even body ia
happy and . contented. We have
heard absolutely no grumbling, but
Instead people now talk about how
w11 thaw- mm ftattinor mi and m '
the debts brought over from last year.
Russell, the 6-year-old -ton of Mr.
Robert Single ton, another small boy
were piayiag wivo an air tine last Sat
urday afternoon.! They put two. balla
In tha via and aft - ntlfnn '
them out Russell looked ia the barrel -
of tbe rme just as the other poy pulled
the trigger, discharging the rifle. The
bail struck Russell in the eye inflict- -
m . m j a m
ing a painiui wo una, woagn u is not
thonrht the siffht of the era will h
destroyed. ..,., :
Aahevirfe Citizen; Another
new lumber industry for this section,
la an excelsior factory. The new en- ;
terpriae, the only one of the kind in
thia section, is owned by tbe Dickson
Lumber Company, and ia located at '
Whittier. It haa a capacity of five
tons dally. The excelsior is made alto
gether from bass or linn wood, which
renders it specially adapted for mat
tresses and in packing furniture. The
linn or base timber ia a very tough
and at the same time a very light
wood. Another enterprise that
is assuming large proportions in thia
aestion ia the locust pin factory. A
number of additional factoriea have
been established, and others are in the
course of erection. The Blue Ridge
Lumber Company now owns and oon
trola eight of these factories Jn thia
notion' ..
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