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Jibe spools; Jta rOBUSHlDAT W I L M I M 6 T Q M, M. C, $1.00 A KARIH HDVAHCj. .HoW 81 J 8QSg88gggg 8888888888SS5555 e9slfS8888888888S M b A j 8888888888888888 H 82888888282888888 8888S3SS32388888S -S5S555885888S qjoow I e E H BS H 82886888288888888 5888SS88888888888 a. a, u Si t 1 1 1 : S52Z28J3S Entered at the Pom Office at Uatgtoa, N. C. i Second Oaai Stater. 1 8UBSCRIpQdN P.ICE. The eubecriptioa price of the Weekly Star ia at SiatfeClpopjid. - " Smooths I""""""" So a AW HONEST REFORMER. Governor Cummings, of Iowa, was one of the leaders among the Re publicans of that State for tariff re vision. He was honest and talks now as plainly and as emphatically as he did before the election. He has made several speeches since the election, the last of which was at the National Reciprocity Convention which was held last week in Detroit. Speaking of reciprocity and the tariff he said: . ''It seems to me that a prerequisite to any material reciprocal tariff is a willing-Deis to adjust our exclusive tariff to the conditions of the times. Reciprocity will never win Its way until we shall be willing to treat the tsriff rationally instead of hysterically, and the first step in the process is to be williBg to make such changes as from time to time may bs necessary to bring tariff schedules into harmony with the principle which vindicates their existence. "I believe some changes are de manded now without respect to a mod'eatioa of duties ! levied by any other country upon our experts. Tar iff schedules, like all- other laws are to be made, unmade, and remade, ac cording to the publio needs, and we are on holy ground and that the sa cred vestments of the priests are not to ba touched bv profane hands. "There are duties,' notably in the iron aud steel schedule, although not confined to it, which are absolutely indefensible, which no one will ever attempt to defend and which are as much at war with the the real object 01 protection as iree trade itseir. "It is a slander from the fundamen Ul truths of the world to say that the prosperity of the people has ever been or can ever be impaired by doing what is ritftit and just and fair. What evi deuce i there to sustain the assertion thu a correction of the grossly exres duties would hasten the 'day of extreme commercial ae . tivity to a c'ose! None whatever, save the cries of tbose who want to be let al'-ne, but who ought not to be let al'inf, repeated by a coterie of states-m--i who have become imbued with th calm philosophy of the citizen of Aransas who refused to mend his r r in dry weather because U was un ite sary, and did not mend it when it ' ."led, because it was impossible. "Whenever the peop!e take up the subject Congress will take it up- also, sou whenever the people pass upon it Cou..; ress will register the decree. Lo cal zed interests may prevail when the people are quiescent, but they cannot ride the storm of publio agitation and aneger." j While Governor Cammings is a protectionist, he does not believe In exorbitant tariff duties to protect industries which have grown to be strong enough to protect themselves and he is not disposed to be driven from his position by the scare crow cry that if the tariff be touched it will briDg business chaos and ruin, the fake pretence of . those who like Hon. Mark Hanoa want to "stand pat" and "let well enough alone." Governor CummingrydoeBn't insist on tearing up thingbat he does in sist that in schedules where the tariff duties are unnecessarily and unreasonably high they should be lowered aud ho cites as an illustra tion the iron, andjthej steel schedules on which there is a forty per cent duty which is totally nnnecesary as a measure of protection because our steel makers are exporting hundreds of tons of steel and pig iron from Europe. As immense as their ca pacity is they cannot keep up with their orders. Couldn't the steel makers stand a reduction of the tariff on these if not total repeal, without being mined or seri ously damaged? An industry which pays its operators a; clear profit of 140,000,000 a year conld certainly stand a reduction on its forty per cent, tariff. If there be any doubt on this point we have the declara - tion of Charles Schwab, president of the United States Steel Trust, - who said, when on the stand as a witness in a New Jersey court, that if the tariff dutlts on steel were re pealed his company1 would not be seriously damaged. . , ' There are tariff duties on agricul tural machinery, for, which there is so need nor the shadow of an ex cuse, for this country is an ex porter, not an importer of agricul tural machinery. We export a great deal, and import none. This ma chinery goes to nearly every coun try in the world, because there is none to compare with it. The tariff a it is simply a bonus to our manufacturers, a bonus which the American farmers pay on every piece of machinery they use. This is not only an imposition on, but a discrimination against the Amer lean farmer, the grain grower, the cotton grower ;and the surar cane grower, -because the grain growers and cotton-erowera. f Southern Siberia, the cotton-grow ers 01 tne northern and Southern Africa, the sugar-growers of the West Indies and 8outh America can all buy American machinery at from twenty-five to forty per cent, less than our farmers can. . And yet the Siberian farmer, the African far mer, the West Indian and the South American farmer are all now to some extent the competitors of the Amer ican farmer and will become stronger competitors in the' future. They are aided in this competition by the: machinery sent them from this country, which they purchase at a lower price than our farmers can purchase it, and thus the tariff dis criminates against our farmers in favor of foreign farmers and against our industries in favor of the foreign industries, to put money in the coffers of the manufacturers of this machinery, when they have no com petition whatever and consequently can't plead for tariff protection, which they do not need. There is a tariff on coal. There is no need of that as a measure of protection, for no country in the world can mine coal and deliver it to us-for less than our mine ope rators can if they be satisfied with a reasonable profit, so that the only effect of the tariff duties is to keep foreign coal out and enable our mine owners to charge their own prices. There is a duty on hides and leather for the benefit of the Beef Trust and the,big tanneries. There is no need of it as a protective measure because this country does not produce all the hides it needs and must import a large amount. The only effect of the tariff is to en able the Beef Trust to tax the tan ners and the tanners to tax the shoe makers and make dearer shoes for the people and handicap the Ameri can shoe maker in competing with foreign shoe makers when he enters foreign markets. Governor Cummings is honest and right when he contends that the tariff can stand revision and that it ought to be done now. DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE FARMERS- Russia is an agricultural country. The Government desires to make it also a manufacturing country, and with that view has adopted the policy of fostering manufacturing industries with a protective tariff and export bounties, but in doing that entirely igntfres the agricultu ral industry, packs the burden on the farmer and gags him to keep him from protesting. Commenting upon this, the New York Tribune says: - The spectacle is now seen in Russia of a government apparently discrimi nating between two classes of indus trialists in favor of the less and against the greater. This' was strik ingly set forth in a single dispatch from Bt. Petersburg the other day. It was stated first that Mr. von Plebwe, Minister of the Interior, had given the artisans of St. Petersburg per mission to hold meetings for the airing of their' grievances and discussion of means of bettering their condition and had even promised them his support in such movements. Then in the next paragraph we were told that Prince Dolgoroukoff, president of the Soudja District, has been deposed and put un der police surveillance as a suspicious character because he had permitted the farmers in his district to bold sncn meetings and adopt various resolutions looking to a betterment of their con dition. Evidently in Russia what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander. Workiogmen in the great cities may do with impunity and with eovernment sanetion things which farmers in the country must not do under penalty of the knout and Si beria. Ye", the farmers have the greater cause for auitatiou. for the policy of the government in finance bears far more hardly upon tnem man upon tbem than upon the urban artisans, Tbal'was the gravamen of the resolu tions adopted at Soudja and elsewhere, for permitting which Jfrince vol goroukoff has been degraded and pun' isbed. The local agricultural com missions declared that the govern men t seemed to be encouraging1 man ufacturlng industries at the expense of agriculture, and to be increasing to a crushing degree the burden of Indirect taxation upon me agri cultural classes. It was pointed out that in the last twenty years indirect taxation has been in creased by 100 per cent, or by 64 per cent, per capita or tne popuiauon ; ana thin is so arranged that it falls chiefly unon the farmers. The Indirect taxes are not. as some have supposed, levied upon articles of luxury, and thus upon the purses of rich nobles. They are levied upon the barest necessaries of lif such as even the humblest mou jiks must have. It is against such a state of affairs that the agricultural com mitteea have nrotested. But their pro tests are regarded as treason, and the Governor who tolerates mem is re moved from his post and treated as a criminal. The Tribune is a Republican pa per, which believes in and supports the Republican protective policy which lAviea tribute on the Ameri can farmer just as the Russian pro tective polioy levies tribute upon and ODDreBsaa t Tia Rnnsian farmer. It is true that the American farmer is not gagged and denied, under fear of punishment, the right to protest against discrimination and demand relief, but with that excep tion he is precisely in the same po sition that the itussian zarmer is, ne is made a' tribute payer for. the 1 benefit of industries, which do not compare in importance to his nor contribute anything like his does to puuaing up the country, promoting prosperity and adding to its wealth. One-fourth of tha ntftirtTiAl wealth of this country is invested in farms and agriculture; and one-naif" the population live by that industry, and yet this great industry is con sidered a legitimate anbW.t for plunder to build up other indus tries which .could thrive without this plunder. Will HAVE TO PTJIL IN THEIR HORNS In commenting upon the Vene zuela trouble ..we remarked that when force is resorted to in such cases there is always danger of one or both of the parties going too far and dragging others in. It seems now that the British and German naval representatives have already gone further than was at first con templated in the seizure of those Venezuelan war vessels. The Eng lish commanders place the responsi bility for the destruction of reported sunk yes8els on the German com manders, which shows that while apparently working together they are not in full accord. But it is de nied by German authority that any of these vessels were destroyed and only one injured.! All the better of that is so. The fact, however, that the English officers disclaimed re sponsibility for that act shows that they did not approve of it, and that the first plan of action has been broken. But there are other nations inter ested in the playing of this game. Frenchmen, it is said, have claims that amount to more than the com bined claims of British and German subjects. But France settled the business for them without trouble and arranged for ' the, payment of their claims by installments out of the customs,' a part of which was to be set aside for that purpose. Of course France will object to that arrangement being interfered with by Great Britain and Germany, and they will have to pay some regard to what France says on that matter, or find their claim-collecting business a somewhat expensive one. And then if they resort to a peace ful blockade, and the Venezuelan Government insists, as it says it will, npon collecting the duties which the two claim collectors have collected, there will be a hitch with the na tions whose exports to Venezuela will be thus hampered and subjected to a double tax. It is a very easy thing to get badly mixed up in business like this when there are other interests involved. Some of these are already beginning to appear as possible complications, with the result that Great Britain and Germany, which went in with such a grand flourish, may find it advisable to change tactics and pull in their horns. s The Becker family of St. Louis has gone wild celebrating the birth of a girl baby, the first girl that has put in an appearance in that family in 140 years. It would take the census man a long time to enroll all the Becker boys but the poor fel low never had any sister until this little one arrived. Senator Pritchard says he wants p. m. Vick bounced because he isn't a Republican. As a matter of fact Vick is probably a better Republican than Pritchard. At least there is no record of his ever having "held his principles in abeyance" to pool issues with the Pops for the spoils of office. Miss Carnegie, six years old, will be presented by her father as a Christmas gift with a 12,500,000 house in New York. He and his wife will jointly occupy it with her as tenants, and nav her a big rental. While they remain in it they will try to keep on good terms with the landlady. ' A German bacteria artist who'has been figuring on it says there are at least twelve million bacteria in one cherry and nearly that many in a grape. Now imagine the number of bacteria a healthy boy would have in him after a half hour interview with a cherry tree or a grape vine. According to the school rolls there are in this State 687,599 per sons, white and black, of school age. Wake county leads with 19, 375; Mecklenburgi comes second 18,794; Buncombe third with -14,- 889; Robeson fourth with 14,501 and Guilford fifth with 13,652. The denizens of Bob's Bar Field, in Kentucky, near the Tennessee line, are somewhat excited over an oil gusher just "turned in," which turns out 1,000 barrels a day. lhe land owners see in imagination a gusher on every farm. . , y That Richmond woman who has inat taken her sixth husband must have some taking ways. She doesn't look on, marriage as a failure, eith er. n . . . - m m : a : - , . a w m a ...... m w t - m s i mw .. m m w -i -n .- . , a - " w f 0 REWARD FOR DISDOP. More Than $500: is the Price ol the Travelling Man's 7, Liberty" To-day. - ; RELATIVES EMPLOY COUNSEL. Believed la Cffarlotfe Thst Mat Who Killed Mr. Tom Wilton Will Sorrea der tilmselfCsseThst IsCre .: atlng State Interest.; ' 7- Four hundred dollars is the price set by the State of North Carolina Upon the liberty of Arthur L. Bishop, the young travelling man, well known here, who shot and almost instantly1 killed Mr. T. J. Wilson, a road over: seer, in his own home in Charlotte, on Wednesday night. This isjaad dition to substantial rewards offered for th murderer by the city of Char lotte and the county of , Mecklenburg, the exact amounts of which could not be ascertained last night The sup plementary reward by the Governor was offered yesterday upon the request of the Mayor of Charlotte and the Board of County Commissioners of Mecklenburg. - It is believed that the offer of 'a re ward will have the effect of bringing Bishop from his hiding place although immediately after the shooting he dis appeared in an alley almost as com-, pletely as if the earth had opened and swallowed him up. The opinion is current in Charlotte, according to press dispatches, that Bishop is secreted in that city. If he attempts to leave, the police are confi dent that his arrest will be effected. It is moreover believed in Charlotte that Bishop will this morning give himself up to the authorities and that no friend or person connected with him directly or indirectly will receive a cent of the reward. A dispatch last night from Char lotte says that yesterday a brother of the young travelling man, in Peters burg, sent a representative to Char lotte and employed Co). Hamilton O. Jones and Mr. E. T. Cansler, two of the best criminal lawyers in the State, to defend Bishop. This is construed to mean; that the relatives of the fugi tive know of his whereabouts and are planning for his surrender. it was reported here yesterday that Bishop was in Wilmington, but the best information is that the report was untrue. Inquiries at Petersburg last night also brought forth the in formation that he was not in that city. REV. MR. NORMAN'S LAST DAY Mr. Joseph Q. Brows, of Raleigh, Tells of tils Partlox Cooversatioa la Wllmlat too With Deceased Mialster. Mr. Joseph G, Brown returned to Raleigh Wednesday from Lexington. Hi was the most intimate friend of the late - Rev. W. O. Norman, and with Messrs James H. Southgate and Rev. F. M. 8hamburger, left Con ference as a committee to attend the funeral of Mr. Norman. Speaking about his last talk with his dead friend Mr. Brown said to a reporter of the News and Observer: "Late Saturdayafternoon Mr. Nor man came over to me in the Confer ence room and said: 'I have been waiting to read the report of the Joint Board of Finance, but I have asked a brother to read it for me. I feel that I must have some fresh air. Come and let's walk down to the river.' I went with him. On almost every square somebody stopped to speak to Mr. Norman, for he was uni versally, popular in Wilmington as in every other place where he had preach ed, and it took us some little time to make our way to the river aide. I recall one ladv who stopped him. I walked on slowly and had to wait five or ten minutes for them to finish their conversation. When he rejoined me Mr. Norman said: 3he was telling me about the death of her husband, who had a triumphant death. With tears in her eyes she said she always thanked me. because she said I had been the instrument in God's band of bringing him into the church.' That's all he said about the conversation, but I saw the thrill it gave him to know that the man converted under his mm istrv had died triumphant in the faith. We walked by the river shore and then turned our steps back to the resi dence nortion of the city. It was then dark.and we separated. After he had gone a few steps he called - back to me and said: 'Tell your son (a student at Trinitvl to come to see me often. wish to keep in close touch with him,' and these were the last words I heard him speak. They were characteristic of the man always interested in otnera and particularly in young men by whom he was always held in the high esteBteem." THE NEWS FROM RALEIGH. Woman Committed Suicide for Palo. Statistics of Crime in the State, Special Star Telegram.) -Raleigh, N. 0., Dec. 12. The Hid denite Granite Company, of Salis bury, was chartered to-day with flat, nnn arUal tn devalon eranite auar ries and; mineral lands in Alexander county. Mrs. K. L. Jones, wife of a collector for the 8. A. L. depot here, committed suicide . this morning while insane naln from a complicated affliction. During the absence of her sister from the room, she seized a pis tol and blew her own brains out. She .0. a Annohtar nt the-lata Captain Cheatham, of Franklinton, and the remains were carriea mere ior inter ment. Tha mnnrt of Attornev Gilmer. fliai ih anmrnnr Atcock to-nisrht. shows 79 capital felonies tried during the year ending JUiy isi, iu arson, 7. hnririarv. 13: murder. 40: rape. 19. During the. year previous there were . . mmm m Jk m 04 111 capital cases ior muruor, for burglary, 6 for arson and 18 for During the past year 9,801 cases were 'tried 4,oi whites, ,oo col ored and 11 Indians. There were Aia nnvfi.tirn 1.183 acQuittals. t,69i were nol prossed and 108 other wise disposed or. THE tfURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Ceaaty Teachers' Acsocistloa Arrasred Prorrsmme for Next Sstirtfay Vo . cal TrslolsK Costlsaed. ' SBBBSBSJJBSSB , The next regular monthly meeting of the New Hanover County Teachers' Association will be held Saturday, De cember 20th, In the Cape Fear Acad emy building, on Third street. The programme for the occasion was an nounced yesterday, and it embraces a number of interesting features. "His tory will be discussed' by some com petent person yet to e selected, and "How to .Teach English -Grammar" will be treated by Prof. Oatlett. "How to Tesch-Fractions" will be the sub ject of an interesting address by Mr. F. M. Foy, 4)1 Scott's Hill. "How Should Recitations Be Conducted to Hold the Attention of a Class" will be treated' in a paper by MIssBettle Her rinr, of Castle Hay nes. 6 - The Board of Education has acted favorably upon thb suggestion of the Association at its last meeting to re tain Prof. D. M. Bain as teacher of vocal music in the rural . schools. Prof. Bain was first employed for three months as an experiment. He has given such eminent satisfaction and the innovation has proved so de cidedly popular that the Board of Ed ucation will continue his employment until the close of the scholastic year. DIED IN PAR AWAY MISSOURI. Mr. Dsvid Aldermso; a Native of This Consty Large Family Coonectloo. News reached the city yesterday of the death in far-away Missouri of Mr. David Alderman, a native of this county, who has. many relatives throughout Eastern North Carolina, among them four nephews, Messrs. J. W, William H., George F., and Allison Alderman, of this city. The St Joseph newspaper, in giving an ac count of Mr. Alderman's death, which occurred on Dec. 2nd, says: "David Alderman, an old and well known citizen of St. Joseph, died at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday . morning at his home, No. 408 Angelique street. His death was due to old age and general debility. "Mr. Alderman had been a resident of St. Joseph for the past 34 yearr, and conducted a sale and feed stable. He retired from active life two years ago. "tie is survived by hisiecond wife and four children. The children are Charles Alderman J of Bt. Joseph: Mrs. Mary Highsmith, of 8parta,Mo. ; James Alderman and Mrs. Hlizabetb Jones, both of Dover, Okla. - "Mr. Alderman was 78 years old and was born in New Hanover county. N. C. He was the youngest son of a fam ily of fifteen children. All his brothers and sisters are dead. In 1849 Mr. Al derman removed to 8parta, Ma, where ne too up the work of a farmer, tie remained on the farm until 1868 when he removed to St. Joseph and entered the sale and feed business, buying and selling horses. ' The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock this morning from the late residence and the interment will be in Register cemetery, where Mr. Alderman's first wife was buried." SOME CHRISTMAS STRAWBERRIES. Charleston Tracker Will Sell Some at $2.50 Per Qnsrt ia New York. A special from Charleston, S. 0., says: "Christmas strawberries are being picked this week on the plantation of Fritz Horrer, in St. Andrew's parish, across the river 1 from Charleston. There is a ten-acre field In full bloom, and as the berries were not due until May the remarkable yield has aston ished the truck farmers. It is said that this is the first time in the his tory of the planters that a May crop ripened early in December, and un less there is an . unexpected frost Horres will make a small fortune on the crop. The ; berries find a ready sale in New York at the startling price of $2.50 a quart Local dealers who wanted to corner the market for home consumption had to abandon the idea when informed of the price, as Charlestonians will hot pay such extraordinary prices for a fruit that is often a drug on the - market in the spring and early summer." TOBACCO QROWINQ AROUND CURR1E. Experienced Mao From Granville County laterestlng Farmers Notes. .1 ; Special Star Correspondence. Cuebie, N; C, Dec. 12. Mr. W. R Walker made this, year four bales of cotton on' 21 acres of land. Mr. Walker is one of ! our largest truck farmers, and bslieves In making a plenty of bog and hominy in addi tion to bis truck. He will also plant some tobacco next year, Mr. William i Booth, a gentleman from Granville county, who under stands cultivating and curing tobacco. expects to locate in this vicinity next year. He is .oing; around this week to see the farmers to find out how many of them will plant tobacco. The Mascbester Robbery. Fayetteville Observer: "The At lantic Coast Line' detectives have dropped the Manchester robbery case, as well as the iocal officers Deputy Sheriff Monaghan and Officer Ben ton with the assertion that there is nothing for them in their official capacity to work on. The detectives, who made an investigation after the latter officer,', have formed the aame conclusions of those officers, connrm ing their diagnosis of the case in every particular. It now develops that none of the $800 missing belonged to the railroad or the express company. Artistic Cslendars The new catalogue of the Taber Prang Art Co., of Springfield, Mass., embraces all the latest and most beau tiful designs ftt calendars for the holi day season. It "is! the largest and most complete they have ever issued. Prices range from 5 cents to $3.00 eacb, with a large discount to the trade. The name of Prang is indis solubly associated with the very finest color printing, and that of Taber with the very best class of black and white reproductions. DIED OF APOPLEXY. 1" . tt ' - V- : Somewhat Tragic Circumstances of Death of Laboring Man on the' Streets. MR. ' GEORGE Wr PICKETT. Cart Driver Became Suddenly III and Persons Thosfbt He Was latoxl csted Colored Msa Came ' ; : to His Rescue : ; Mr. George W. Piekett, a member of the street force of the city and driver of one of the carts employed in that department, suffered a stroke of paralysis while" about his duties at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon aid' within' two hours" and a half he died at the James Walker Memorial Hospital. The circumstances surrounding the death of the man were somewhat tragic in their nature. He was on Front street with his cart and was seen to suddenly stagger and almost fall. People passing thought the man was under the influence of liquor and offered no assistance. At 'length a colored man was touched at the piti able condition of the old man and offered to help him. Coming to his side he found Mr. Pickett speechless and knowing that he Was in the em ploy of the city, took bis arm and started with him up Princess street to the City Hall. Some one in the meantime bad taken ' the sick man's cart to the vacant lot east of the old Court House where all the city vehicles were being driven in after the day's work. It was while passing the enclosure that his fellow laborers recognized Mr. Pickett and came to bis assistance. The colored man, after putting the sufferer in the hands of his friends, disappeared with out giving his name or particulars of finding the man otherwise than re lated above. Mr. Pickett was taken to the City Hall, a certificate of admission to the hospital was quickly secured froin Dr. C. T. Harper, city superintendent of health, and he was hurried in the patrol wagon to the institution in which he died two hours later. He never regained consciousness and was practically dying from the stroke of apoplexy when he reached the hos pital. His entire left side was affected and his power of speech was gone from the first Deceased was 57 years of age and boarded with two children, both small, at 917 South Eighth street. . His wife died a year or two ago. His brother, Mr. Robert T. Pickett, is foreman of the street force and took charge of the remains at the hospital last nigit. The funeral will take place this morn ing at 10 o'clock from Market Btreet M. E. church, the services being con ducted by Rev. J. W. Potter, the pastor. Mr. Pickett was a hard-working man of good character and his death will be generally regretted. He had been a faithful member of the street depart ment for several years. THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD. Recommeodstloos to Leglslstore By Adju tant Oenersl Hsmlet Grocery Co. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 13. Adjutant General Royster, of the State Guard, filed a report for the General Assem bly with the Governor this evening. He asks that the law be amended to allow the payment of the usual appro priations to companies and batteries of artillery; that regimental bands be paid $100 each ; Increased pay for the q uartermaster general : that a building be used as an arsenal and for other State purposes; that all military re cords be filed in the office of the Ad jutant General. The State Guard membership is 4,996, against 2,083 last year. The general condition is much better than ever before. Six cornea- ies disbanded and four new ones were organized during the year. The Hamlet Grocery Co., was char tered to-day witn izs.uuu capital, u. T. Goodwin, H. E. Gibbons, and J. E. Hancock are the incorporators. 1903 SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND. Hundred Thoassnd Dollars Voted by Lei Islstnre Apportioned Telephone Co ' Special Star Telegram.' -Raleigh, N. O., Dec. 11. The Su perintendent of Public Instruction completed the apportionment of the first $100,000 of the 1903 publio school fund to-day upon a basis of fifteen cents per capita. There are 678,599 children, requiring $101,789.85, the hundred thousand being supplemented with $1,789.85 from the State Board swamp land fund interest. New Hanover has $1,196.85; Onslow, $623.95; Pender, $729.90; Brunswick, $671.55; Duplin, 1,177.20; Scotland, $632.40; Columbus, $1,213.80. Eighty-seven counties have 408 rural school libraries and 32,640 books, costing $12,240. The Columbus Telephone Co., of Whiteville, increases its capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000. About the Clear Factory Location. Mr. C. M. Logue, president of the United States Cigar Co., Pittsburg, Pa., who sometime ago wrote to tha Chamber of Commerce asking what inducements the city would offer for the location of one of its factories here, has written a second letter in reply to one from the Chamber of Commerce, stating that the company will not take any definite action in regard to the lo cation of any further plants In the South until after the middle of 'Jan nary. At that time President Logue said he hoped to visit Wilmington and make a personal investigation of the conditionsregarding labor, etc j STATE TAXATION MATTERS. Assosl Report by Corporatios Commis sion Discloses " IstereBtlsf Figures Relative to Property Vslsitloa. Special Star Correspondence.' Raleigh, N. G, Dec. 13. The North Carolina Corporation Commis sion filed its report as a tax commis sion with Gov. Ay cock to-day, to be transmitted to the General Assembly. The synopsis of recommendations has already been published. The detailed report gives the valuation,- showing the taxes paid on all classes of prop erty in the State, total taxes levied' by counties, townships and .towns for 1900 and 1901, the number, names and valuation of the property of all banks, building and loan associations and do mestic corporations of every kind by counties; the bonded Indebtedness and tax levies of counties, cities and towns and much other valuable information. The following are some of the most notable features: Valuation of all property, $344,222. 009, an increase of $40,512,708 over the year previous. There are 68,840 town lots, the average value of which is $624 98, .Wilmington being first, with $1,283, and Chsrlotte second, with $1,063 per lot. The total solvent credits are $28,- 269,343, Forsyth leading with $1. 376,379. Capital stock Of Banks $5,737,029, assessed value, $6,654,993. Corporations (other than railroads) capital stock $36,032,223, assessed value $26,016,096. Counties with the largest property valuations and paying the most 'taxes are Mecklenburg first, $14,737,876, tax levy for all purposes $201,368; Wake $14,142,945, tax levy $145,693.; For syth $11,489,096, tax levy $108,419. New Hanover property valuation $9,- 839,136. Bonded indebtedness of towns aggre gates $4,366,477. Asheville is largest with $781,500, Charlotte, $565,000. Greensboro, $418,879; Raleigh, $838, 900; Wilmington $695,400. The average tax levy for all pur poses, including county taxes, is 87 cents on $100 valuation, and the aver age, including town taxes, $1.12. Nota ble town tax rates are Wilmington, $1.60; Asheville. $L50; Charlotte, $L00; Durham, $1.14; Greensboro, $1.30; Winston $1.00; Fayetteville, $1.00. Wilmington has the largest property valuation, $8,418,482; Charlotte, $8, 076,805; Greensboro, $3,933,759. Taxes raised in the Htate the past year were: For schoois,'$i,iS9,2l9.0S; county purposes, $1,593,354.45; muni cipal, $1,149,902.68; State taxes, in cluding pensions, $1,169,024.53. Grand total, $5,051,400.69. The total State debt is $6,527,770: county indebtedness, $3,237,039; town indebtedness. $4,866,477.51. Grand total $13,131,286.51. The State invest ments amount to $4,415,050. Collector It u. Duncan, of the In ternal revenue office here, appoints Jno B. Koonce, of Jones county, clerk in tne revenue omee to succeed l. M. Deaton, who became chief clerk to suc ceed Dr. Cyrus Thompson, resigned. Koonce passed the civil service exami . 1 xt n T f . d-. I nation, v. u. isowmug, oi javrt land,, is appointed clerk-to suvC.U? Mr. Koonce. Clesraoce of Vessels. The following vessels cleared yes terday: British steamer Rosewood, light for Savannah; British schooner W. S. Fielding, with cargo of lumber, and shingles from the Cape Fear Lum ber Co. to Petit Goaer, Hayti, and the schooner Eva A. Danenhower, with cargo of lumber from the Cape Fear Co. to New York. HIGHER WAGES. General Increase for Trainmen on the Southern Rallwsy System. bt Telegraph to the Kornlnx star. Washington, Dec. 1L A gener al increase of wages of trainmen on the Southern Railway, averaging about five per cent, in amount, has been granted. This statement was made by General Manager Eckert to day, who stated that the majority of the engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen, largely on the main line of the Southern system, had re ceived increases. There was no hori zontal advance, but the raises were made on individual merits. The wages of the engine crews were raised from two to eight per cent, and the conductors and brakemen' in a few instances as high as 10 per cent. WHITES AND NEGROES. Shooting Affray la the Baslaess Section of Asheville, N C. Bf TelesT&DQ to tne Horning Btar. Ashettlle, N. C, Dec. 13. A shooting affray, followed by a num ber of arrests, occurred to-day in the centre of the business section of Asheville. Two negroes walked into a white restaurant and were at once ordered to remove their hats. One of the negroes reached for his gun, whereupon the proprietor and two white patrons began shooting. One of the negroes was shot four times not, however, fatally. Money! Are you Indebted toTHE WEEKLY STAR? If SO, when you receive a bill for your subscription send us the amount you owe. Remember, that a news paper bill Is as much en titled to your considera tion as is a dhi tor gro ceries. mvmmvvmmvvvv Newton Enterprise: A Mr. Brinkley killed a partridge one day last week and found in its craw 117 wheat files. v - ' Oxford LeSgerl A new corpor ation has recently been organised In Oxford of which will conduct and op erate a general eanneryfor tomatoes and other vegetables. We learn that they have already the promise of or ders sufficient to give them a good start The capital stock to begin with is $31,000. Littleton Reporter 'MAx, H. H. Orowder Is reported to have commit ted suicide near his home at Ridge way a few days ago by drowning in a mill pond. It will be remembered that he made an unsuccessful attempt' to take his life while living here some months ago. ' Jlmmie Knight of near Terrapin, was instantly killed by a runaway horse Saturday evening, November 29th. He and a brother were out driving when the horse be came frightened and ran, the bit broke and put them at the mercy of the horse. Both jumped, with the result that Jimmie's neck was broken. Sauford Express'. The farmers say small grain is looking well. There Is hardly as much sown in this section as there was lsst year. The Ban ford Cotton Mill is now operated day and night, yet they cannot fill their orders. They recently received an order for one thousand bales of sheet ing. 4 Thu has been a good year with the farmers of mis section. They have made pretty good crops and sold them at fair price. The most of them have made enough corn for their own use for another year and will make their own meat. We have heard no complaint. Everybody seems to be happy and contented. Winston Republican'. Neal &' Gorrell, of this city, have purchased the tobacco warehouse at Mulllns,S.C, which they have been running for some time. Mullins is a growing to bacco market and will handle 8,000,000 pounds of the leaf this year. Mr. P. H. Canton, living in dcsisonsville Township, this county, raised a squash vine this season which produced 335 good and ripe squashes. Our inform ant says that the vine, when at its best, was a curiosity to wee. Mr. H. A. Lewis, living near Spot, this county, has been enjoying ripe and palatable watermelons which were pulled from the vine December 8d. This Is truly a wonderful country and climate in which to live, while this year It haa been exceptionally so upon .things green and growing. COAL STRIKE COMMISSION. Witnesses Testify as to Conditions at Collieries Mine Operators Expected to Open Their Case Monday. Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Scbahton, Pa., December 13. The miners called witnesses to-day before the anthracite coal strike commission to testify to the conditions existing at the collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. These were the first persons to appear against the company of which George F. Baer is the head, and considerable interest was manifested as to the char acter" of evidence the miners would present against that company. Eight witnesses were called and the princi pal grievance presented was that men who went on strike were discriminated against. There were a large number of other witnesses called during the two ses sions, but most of the testimony heard 'ras of a cumulative nature, relating'. tions. Among the witnesses heard was President Mitchell. His testimony related principally to the manner in which he computed the averages be gave yesterday, which showed that bituminous men received from 40 to 60 per cent, more wages than the anthra cite miners. Counsel for the Delaware and Hudson disputed Mitchell's meth od of arriving at the averages. The miners will close their case probably on Monday when the operators will open their case. THE MONEY STRINGENCY. Treasury Department Will Take No Ac tion for Relief ol the Trouble; bt TeieoraDb to tne HermnK Btar. Washington, Dec. 23. Secretary Shaw declines to say anything for publication as to the attitude of the Treasury Department in regard to the ? resent money stringency in New. "ork. There is reason to believe, however, that no action whatever ia . contemplated now or at any time in the near future, J.t is understood that the department takes the position that the government is not Involved in the present situation, and that Wall street must rely upon its own re sources to tide over the present strln- , gency. At this time the treasury has no available cash in hand above ; moderate working balance approxi mating $58,000,000 and it is not its pres ent purpose to further reduce this sum by making additional deposits in national bank depositories or other wise. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. Entered Upon Consideration of the Ref lar Appropriation Bills. By T olograph to tne Horning Btar. Washington, December 13. The House to-day entered upon the consid eration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill and made rapid progress, fifty pages of the 143 psges of the bill having been comple ted before adjournment. Several of the Democratic members, among thean Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, voiced their protests against reporting a big appro priation bill one day and taking it up the next, without affording sufficient time to members outside of the com-' mlttee to properly examine it. No material amendments were adopted. LOSS OVER $1,000,000. Part of the American Sheet Steel Com paoy's Mills Baraed to the Oronnd. Bv Telegraph to the Horning star. Canal Dover, O., Dec. 13. The corrugating mills, the paint shop, the store room and the building contain ing the four mills on the west side of the American Sheet Steel Company's mills were burned to the . ground here to-night and the company .is confronted with a loas of over $1,000, 000; nearly $760,000 in finished pro duet and the balance tn building and machinery. The offices, the. ma chine shop, the -galvanizing depart ment and the mills on the east side are all that remain of this great plant. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Three thousand members of the Cigar Makers' Union, Chicago, 111., will wait for another year before de manding a wage increase,because they do not wish to increase the expenses pf Iineir employers, who are lighting the. so-called tobacco trusty u 1 it- i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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