V iri vTiiE fnxrar Islands. viLaiHGTori, ti. a, SI JO TEm' III AOVAIICE. 88888888888888888 38 82838888282888888 8 S 8 8 8 8 8 8 28888888 8888S882338888888 """"""ssagasgasaaa H M 88283833883888833 P sssssaas SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. n MilMerlptloa prlc of U Weekly SIm U follow u w . SO IBDT7STBIAL MTJCATIOS. V. , The Raleigh iVew and Observer of last Sunday published an inter esting artiole by T. M. Robertson on the subject of education in gen. eral but industrial education in par ticular, a subject in which this State is becoming much interested with the progress being made in the manufacturing industries. No one who knows anything i about this State, about its varied resources, its combination of mountain, hill and plane, and varied forest growth, &o.t can doubt for a moment that it is destined to become' one of the great manufacturing States of this country, not only in a few but in many lines. This makes the indus trial training of our young men, and young women, too, a matter of vast importance. Wet quote that part of Mr. Robertson's article bearing direotly upon this. He says: lloat of the industrial progreu of the Bute has been made : without the awiaianee of specially educated men, but not all of it. In the cotton mills of the State are to be found many men who have had special school training. Bat new conditions are arising In the manufacturing business and they can not be met bj old methodr. Compe tilionji sharper, machinery is grow ing mora complicated and processes are becoming more scientific, Ifanu facturers must have men educated ac cording to these new conditions or their business will cease to grow, if it does not die. The great industrial centers of the country are realizing the necessity of scientific help and we find that in New England, New York. Pennsylvania and other sections of the country there are springing up technical schools. North Carolina needs just such schools, and if she is to progress she must have .them. A beginning has bean made in the Agricultural and" Mechanical Col lege, but half enough has not been done. The equipment of this school is not half what it should be. The Btate has not been as liber 1 as it should have been, and private individuals hse not come to its support as they sh ud. A splendid textile school has been opened, but it is not near what it should be. The textile manufacturers of the State could not inveit a hundred thousand dollars ia any enterprise that would bring as rich returns as a first elaw, up to-date textile school. The textile manufacturers of New England have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in textile schools. The manufacturers in Philadelphia have butit and equipped " one of the finest textile schools in the world, and the 8tate of Pennsylvania has shown a very liberal spirit toward this school. These people have found that such schools pay. It they pay in those place will they not pay heref Our young men are going to these schools, and our manufacturers are glad to have tbem go. Would it not be bet ter to have just as good schools at home f 1 We would the- by keep , our money and our young men both at home. This State is full of bright boys who may in time become "captains of industry" if thev have a fair w chance. We can't give them air an industrial education, but we can give h to many and these in turn may , become the . instructors of others who were not so fortunate as thev were in securing the advan- . V i tages of school training in regular, thorough course. When Bismarck undertook the task of making Germany a manu factoring as well as an agricultural country, he began right by provid ing for the establishment of indus trial training schools, where the young men who were to take part in building jap the industrial empire were trained by industrial experts, employed by the Government, and the result was that in a . few years these schools turned out hundreds of young men thoroughly equipped and competent not only to work and direct, but to teach others how to do what they had been taught The result has been j thousands of skilled workmen, and the transformation of Germany from an almost strictly agricultural country into one of the first manufacturing countries of Europe and one whose fnflnn for excellence, and thoroughness is second to none, so that the German brand on goods is looked upon as a certificate of character in .other European countries, even in those which com pete with Germany. And thiawas made possible by her industrial train schools, without which it would have taken that country several genera tions, if she could do it then, to ac complish what she did in one. But the day for argument in sup port of such schoolrhas passed, that Is no longer necessary, for we have , had too many objectlessons showing ti vol. xxxrv. their utility and value. s If there were no other proof f it the fact that men like Andrew Carnegie and n. u. if rick propose to spend mil ions of dollars In establishing tech nological institutes in Pittsburg wowa be sufficient. We have no Carnegiea, no tfricks in North Carolina, with millions to expend in that wuy, and North Car olina is not rich enough to be lav ishly liberal, but there are men of wealth enough in the State to be able to contribute enough with what the State appropriates to make the industrial school at Raleigh a first class one, in which there may 'be thorough training not only in the textile industries, but also in wood, iron and other industries, for some day we will want to manufacture our cotton mill machinery instead of buying it in other States. There is not, nrobablv. a cotton mill in the State which could not find prof itable employment for more skilled uoor man is nas, and the same is doubtless true of - the furniture manufacturing . business, which is becoming such an Important one. These are but two two leading ones, it is true, but there are many industries in the State where skilled aborers would be welcomed and find steady and profitable employment, in which, as we have, remarked above, they would not only be valu able workers but valuable teachers as well. Every trained workman turned out becomes to some extent, the trainer of others. There is a man,- President Win ston, now at the head of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, of which the industrial school is a part, who, if he have reasonable co-opera- ion, and reasonable means, will make that school not of only State but of national prominence, which would draw to it students from many States. We should keep our eye on Georgia, for that State is alive to the value and importance of techno- ogical education. TOBACCO GROWERS IH COTJff- CIL. That was a large meeting of the tobacco growers at Rocky Mount, Friday, and judging from the re port of proceedings they seemed to be impressed with the necessity of concert of action to protect tho to bacco growing industry from ruin. The consolidation of the Ameri can Tobacco Trust and the English Trust has practically eliminated com petition, and left the tobacco grow ers in its hands, forced to take such prices as it makes, provided the growers are forced to sell, and there be enough tobacco on the mar ket to meet the demands . of the Trust in supplying its customers. Before the consolidation the Eng lish Trust had buyers in our mar kets and prices were up, but with the consolidation came the end of competition, prices fell and they are now a third less than , they were a couple of months ago, with the re sult that the anticipated profits of of the farmers who held their to bacco have vanished. If there should be a large crop next year it will be worse, and the planter will probably find himself worse off at the end of the year than when he planted his crop. The thoughtful men among them realize that their only safety is in limited acreage, in keeping the out put somewhere in the neighborhood of the demand for consumption, and making tobacco not the first but the subordinate consideration on the farm. This need not inter fere with the progress of the indua try: it simply. means fewer acres, better cultivated and better handled crops, with higher prices, less labor and expense, fewer chances of fail ure and indebtedness that those who fail will find it ouorous to pay. Tobacco growing is an exacting industry, it requires constant watch fulness and labor, it costs money for fertilizers, barns, curing machinery, etc,., and it takes time and experi ence to become expert in its manip ulation. It is a crop which, consid ing the labor and attention it re quires and the chances taken, ought to pay well", and therefore they who follow it ought to act wisely and not contribute to their own undo ing by bad management and work ing blindly-. There should be co operation, and the sooner there is and the more general it is the net ter it will be for the tobacco growers of the State and for every one else, for they cannot suffer without others suffering, and if they prosper others will reap benefit from their prosper ity - A scientific butter artist has been exhibiting in Philadelphia a new process of making butter, dispensing ontirftW with the churn. He uses a shallow nan in which is spread some thing which resembles a Turkish towel.on which is laid a sheet which resembles blotting paper. The cream is spread on this. The fluid quickly filters through and leaves the butter on top, all in about ten seconds. But ter experts pronounce it superior to any other butter made by other pro cesses, and predict that it will revo lutionize the butter making industry. ' .., .... . : . ' : ' 1 ' AKBITBATIOS TALK , There is now more talk of arbitra tion than anything else in the Vene zuelan matter England seems to Ia I TI . . n . I ue xavuraDie vo jt, ana uermany also, although she is somewhat more punc tilious and exaotingthan England. Shejrants apologies for insulted dig nity; &c Italy, the "me too" char acter in the play, will agree to what ever is acceptable to the Star players. The main point with all of them ia to have a bondsman for Venezuela, who can be looked to in the event that Venezuela jumps the claims awarded by the arbitrators. They would like to have Uncle Sam put, himself in that position, but while he is disposed to be accom modating to them and friendly to Venezuela he can't well do that, for if he assumed liability for the claims held by the three bill collectors, other nations having claims might insist that he do the same for them, and that would be taking on a pretty hefty load; and would establish & precedent that Uncle Sam might be expected to follow in the case of other South American Republics, in the event that European powers undertake to collect claims from them by summary process. But it is intimated that while the United States Government does not feel disposed to stand sponsor for Venezuela, it would not be averse te American financiers going in as a sort of middlemen, and would encour age that, which means, we suppose, that it would favor American money lenders accommodating Venezuela with the cash to pay the bills as sessed against her by the arbitra tors.' If the matter was turned over to J. Pierpont Morgan, with the un derstanding that an acceptable board of arbitrators would be secured, he would probably fix up an interna- tion syndicate in short order that would settle up the whole business in a tenth of the time the bill col lectors could do it, and when they did they would have a pretty tight grip on valuable considerations in the way of equivalents - for ' accom modations and risks. A pie in the Loop family, of Ko- komo, Indiana, cost old man Noah 1400. He had boys and married a widow who had boys, so there was a complication of step-mother and two sets of boys. There was pie for din ner one day, when one of the Loop boys reached for the biggest slice, which Mrs. Loop the second wanted for her kid, and rebuked the other boy by rapping him on the arm hard enough to break it. This riled the old man, who sued for divorce and got it, but had to pay $400 alimony. A Western editor who does not believe in vivisection, asks "how would you like to be a guinea pig and have all kinds of experiments tried on you for the benefit of man kind?" We wouldn't like it at all. We wouldn't like to be a guinea pig any way. we'd ratner do an ele phant or something, of that kind, for then we could knock 'em out when they came fooling around with their experiments. The English people have not been very enthusiastic over the action of their government in the Venezuelan matter. The impression of a good many is that Kaiser William roped his uncle Edward into it while he was on that visit to England. A contemporary which says Cas tro is no fool, for, although he has brought England and Germany - - about his ears, they can hardly reach his body, must think he has mon strous long ears, or a "rubber neck." A Maryland boy who thoughtlessly dropped a lighted cigarette into a keg of powder was killed so quick that he never knew what happened to him. But he only got there a little quicker and sooner, that's all. An Indiana man, originally from Virginia, who jQted a girl there in 1861, was so worried by remorse of conscience that he went back and married her the other day. And now she will get even with him. Beef and other meats have fallen three cents a pound or more, whole sale, in Chicago, as compared with nrices last Summer. I But it hasn't fallen this way. L. B.Hanna, a nephew of Marcus, who went West to grow up with the country is hustling for the United States senatorship from North Da kota. i f . ; Great Palls Mfg. Company. The Rockingham 1 Anglo-Saxon quotes Mr. Claude Gore, superinten dent of the Great Falls uanuracturing Company, as saying that 8,500 new spindles have been ordered, also new innm and new machinery, which will eive one-third increased capacity In order to make the improvements the canital stock will be, increased from 1100.000 to $150,000. ! The buildings m h enlarged and fifteen new ten ant houtes will be erected. - WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, IN A PISTOL DUEL. Livelv Fxchamre nf Cnmnlimenfs r Between Two Negroes at An gola Lumber Mill. CAUSED i ALMOST A PANIC. Colored Mea Emptied Their Revolvers at Each Other sod Were Prepsrlflf for a Second Round - Bystander ' Shot-Prlaclpals Woaoded. ? T A pistol duel between Foster Wil liams and Balaam Johnson, two ne groes employed by the Angola Lum ber Company, occurred yesterday evening on the mill yard in the north ern section of the city. Both negroes emptied their revolvers at each other and then ran excitedly into the office on the grounds to prepare for a second round, but slight wounds received by each In the first attack and the clerical force in the! offieecompelled them to 'desist.' .. - - ' - iTbe shooting occurred just as the mill closed dawn for the night and a hundred or more of the laborers were crowding into the yards to be paid off. Tho principals in the shooting had been growling all day at each other while at work and it took only a word to open up the duelling af ter they came out on the yard. They opened fire at close range and kept up a j lively banging until the pistols were empty. - Pandemoni um reigned in the yardjjrad the negroes dispersed right and left. Gus Williams, one of the non-combatants, didn't get away until a stray bullet had shattered his arm. .Foster Williams. one of the principals, also received a bullet though the arm, and the other principal, Balaam Johnson, was punc tured in the stomach. None of the wounds is serious. " When the negroes ran into the office Mr. R. a Colllof, the bookkeeper, Mr. E. L. Holloway, the shipping clerk, and other white, men present at the time, took the weapons from them and locked them in a room until officers could arrive; They were placed under arrest and taken to the police station, where Dr. O. T. Harper dressed their Wounds. Gus Williams, the non-com batant, who is probably the worst in jured, was taken to the Walker Memo rial Hospital for surgical attention. If the wounded negroes are able to appear in court, they will probably be given a preliminary hearing by Mayor Waddell , to morrow. They are both residents of Wilmington and it is said that bad blood has existed between them for some time. KILLED BY AN A. C. L. TR41N. White Mat Ran Over Above floldiboro HMsy Affersooa Perbipa SaicMe. -1 -The north-bound -Atlantic Coast Line train Friday morning killed a white man three miles north of Goldsboro. ! The man was lying with his head on the rail and the wheels passed over his neck, severing the head from the body. The engineer did not se him until the body rolled into the ditcb. The train was stopped and the conductor notified the sec tion master,; who took care of the re mains and notified the coroner, who held an inquest. The section master says that the man had passed him about an hour before he was struck by the train. He said his name was B. L. Brock, and that heaved about three and a half miles dt mC DM vis. The section master sajsh told Erbck that he bad nothing forthim ter do, and that he soon left and wen ton tip the railroad. He says he noticed that the man had a bottle' of whiskey in his pockeCbut he did not think the fellow was drunk. It is not known whether Brock lay down and went to sleep, or whether he Intended to com mit suicide. The fact that his head was lying across the track is evidence in support of the suicide theory. VALISE ROBBED ON TRAIN. Nejro Returning From Turpentine Fields Lost All His SsvintB Arrest Here. Deputy Sheriff J. W. Clark, of ClarktoD, N. C, arrived in the city yesterday and took back with him the negro Jim' Thomar, arrested Friday by the police on a telegram from the Bladen authorities. Thomas, i who is a Wilmington negro ana a son or narry xnomar, colored, will be tried for the larceny of $143 in cash from Edmond Martin, a Bladen county negro, who was re turning from Florida and travelling on the same train with the Wilming ton negro. The$143 represented Mar tin's savings for many months in Florids, and he was on his way home to spend Xmas. He had the money In a valise in the Jim Crow car, which he left for a moment and, went into another department. When he re turned the valise wan cut open and the money gone. Thomsa had been to South Carolina to visit his people, and was suspicioned by Martin as the man who took his savings.. He got off at Clarkton and bad a magistrate to telegraph to Chief Furlong, pi Wil mington, to arrest Thomas, which was accomplished. When searched at the police station here Thomas had $82.25, a razor and several other articles on his person. An Ex'WIImlnftoi Negro. The Newborn Journal of Friday contains an account nf a shooting af fray in that city last .week, in which Charles Fowler, an ex-Wilmington negro, fatally wounded Hllliard Pol lock, a Newborn negro. Both were drinking and pulled their weapons about the same time. Fowler escaped. BANK OF A1ULLINS, ROBBED. Professional Cracksmen ; Looted Safe and Secmi $S,6C3-Losi Ceverel by Bar- r Ur lasarsece-Bloodbonsds- The Bank of Mallins, at Mullins, S.GL, about 90 miles from Wilming ton on the W. a A. railroad, was broken open yesterday morning be tweea 2 o'clock and day-break, the vault and safe In the building mere dynamited and about $5,600 in eash was atolen. All external evidence goes to prove that the work was that of professional cracksmen. ' A back door of the bank building was broken open with tools from a nearby bladksmith shop which waa raided, and once in side, the professionals ; found it -easy work to blow open the vault door aad dynamite the safe on the Inside.' Val uable papers- aad some small change were found strewn over the floor when the robbery was discovered upon the opening of the bank yesterday morn ng. Vloodhojand-aacured.from Board maa, N. C , aad be trailed the criminals a short distance, but the track was old and no headway was made. -.-''('' Mullins is the leading tobacdo mar ket in 8outh Carolina and uiu ally the bank caVries a large amount of money, bat fortunately, on Wednesday, the checks for tobacco were very hea y and little was left on hand. The amount stolen is fully protected by policy of burglar 'insurance for $10,000. The bank is one of the best little institutions in this sec tion. It has a paid-in capital stock of $20,000,. some of which is owned by Wilmington parties. The president of the bank! is Mr. P. S. Cooper, a brother of Mir. W. B. Coop er, of this city, and the cashier is Mr. F. C. Rogers, a brother of Mr. L. B. Rogers, secretary aad treasurer of the D. L. Gore Company, of Wilmington. The bank, will resume business to-day and the stockholders and depositors will not lose a cent. i There is no clue . to; the burglars. About midnight before the robbery, two men drove around I the town in a boggy in a feigned attempt to find the night watchman at the railroad station from whom they said they desired to get some baggage. There is no watch- msn in the town as they ascertained from several whom they hailed during the night, and with this assurance they went to work without fear of nterruption. 1 HE STOLE CHAMOIS SKINS. An Ex-Coavlct Developed a Pencknnt for a Valuable Article of Merchandise ssd Oot into Trouble. ! I t !. George Stone, colored, a middle- aa-ed aeffro who haaserTed two tar ma in Jm mute priton, according to reporUr will probably get a third tern for some wholesale thieving in which he was overtaken yesterday in Bellamy's drug store, Front and Market streets. Stone exposed for sale at Davie livery stables a quantity of chamois skin at a ridiculously low price. Mr. Davis was suspicious of the goods offered and telephoned Mr Bellamy after the thief had gone, to know if he had lost any of the material. Mr. Bellamy examin ed a case in front of the store in which large quantity of the chamois is usually kept and found that his loss was quite heavy. He furthermore discovered that the description of the negro who had offered the chamois for sale at Mr. Davis' stable, tallied ex actly with that of the negro Stone, whom he bad seen loitering about the store earlier in the day. Constable Savage was telephoned of the occurrence and he went out to find the nesro with a penchant for chamois. Strange to say Mr. Savage and Policeman D. A. Rowan found Stone almost at the same time. He had returned to Bellamy's drug store, evidently for another supply of the chamois and was arrested forthwith. It was fonbd that he had stolen, first and last, about $30 worth of the material and had sold it at several livery stables lathe city. Stone was committed to jsll for trial in Justice Fowler's court to-morrow, THE WILL OP REV. W. C. NORMAN. Story Showlni His Unselfishness and Tbonihtfulaess of the Cborcb. Raleigh Neiva and Observer.' Dubhah, N. C , Deo. 17. The will of the late Rev. W. C. Norman has been admitted to probate before Clerk of Court O. D. Green, of this county. The estate is valued at $15,100 and di vided as follows: Real estate, $5,000; N. O. bonds. $5,300: cash $700: solvent credits $1,100; and life insurance $3,- 000. The estate is left in its entirety to his wife. Since the death of Mr. Norman a very pretty story regarding bis thoughtf ulness for his church has leaked out of the stewards' room. The church had been paying $1,600 salary, but for two years Mr. Norman had re fused to accept more than $1,500, say ing that thin was enough for him. N C. SCHOOL FOR BUND. Report Piled With Governor for Trnns- mission to tie Leclslatare. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Dec ; 19. The bi ennial report of the North Carolina School for the Blind, this city, wu filed to-day with the Governor to be transmitted to ' the r Legislature. It asks an increase of $5,000 on mainten ance appropriation, making $30,000 a year on account of increased cost of living. The enrollment is 131 pupils. The report aska that $10,000 appropri ation made by the last Legislature, but not received, "because of the depleted state of the treasury" be re-enacted so that certain Improvements can be com pleted, j-.- 1902. CONSTRUCTION OF ISTHMIAN CANAL. Senator Morgan Discussed Ques tion at Yesterday's. Session of the Senate , FAVORS NICARAGUA ROUTE. Expressed Opinion That If United States Did Not Avail Itself of Opportunity to Bnlld by Nicarnf oi Reals NCa ; ' " nsl Would be BulH. " Tsiexrana to sne aurnins star.. Washington, December 20. After a session of less than three hourr, the the Senate to-day adjourned until Jan uary 5th next. To-day's session was largely given up to an address by Sen ator Morgan upon. the question of the construction of an isthmian canal The Senator declared that it would be in the interest of the United States to re sume negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Bice, with the view of utilizing the Nicaragua roiate. ror the reason that, as he believed, if we should con tinue to depend upon the Panama route we would never have a canal. A. number of bills were passed and a conference ireport providing for the payment of the expenses of the an thracite coal strike commission was agreed to Mr. Morgan contended for the mak ing srood of contracts entered into by President McKinley with Costa Rica tnd Nicaragua. The negotiations of these agreements he characterized as a masterful act and said they were about to be trodden under fooL He then went on to express appre hension that if the United 8tates did not avail itself of the opportunity to build a canal by the Nicaragua route none would be built Action at the present Congress be considered impor tant, because any person familiar with congressional proceedings knew that a minority could prevent action in the one session only that must come after the present before the expiration of the canal appropriation. Attention was also called to the fact that under Co lombian law only the Congress of that country can ratify a treaty. There bad been no Congress there sinee 1899 and there was not likely to be any soon unless the Panama Canal Company should pay its expenses out of the S3.000.000 on band or the 110.- 000,000 promised by the United States. He, therefore, expressed apprehension that any treaty that might be accepted by this government would rail of ac tion in Colombia. 8peakiog of the possible failure cl ratification of a treaty with Colombia and its possible effect upon treaties that might afterward be sought with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Senator Morgan said: "I am not Imputing any lack of patriotism or any disposi tion to defeat all canal enterprises to any one in these observations. I am only considering possibilities that are obviously in view and endanger the construction of a canal at either of the localities provided by the act of June 28th, 1903. Yet all the world knows, that powerful interests are opposing the opening of any canal through the Ameriefta isthmus and these combina tions are TBiying'Upuu miijr the Senate to destroy all efforts to con struct such a canal. House of Representatives. The last session of the House before the holiday recess waa very brief. It lasted only long enough to permit final action upon the bill to defray the expenses of the coal strike commission. No other business was transacted. The adjournment to-day was until Monday, Jan. 5th, 1903. SUPREME COURT HAS ADJOURNED. It Will be Reorganized in Ptbroary Some Plssl Decisions. - Special Star Telegram.' Raleigh, N. O , December 20. The Supreme Court adjourned for the term to-day, leaving a clear docket Chief Justice Furches and Associate Justice Cooke retire, Justice Furches to prac tice law at Statesville and Justice Cooke at Warrenton. The Court will reorganize February. 2d, with Chief Justice Clark, Justices Walker, Con nor, Douglas and Montgomery. upmions rendered to-day, the last on the docket, were: Henry vs. Mc Coy, Macon, no error; Thomas vs., Southern Railway Company, Hay wood, error; Thrash vs. Southern Rail way Company. Cherokee, per curiam. affirmed; Kiser vs. Barytes Company, Madison,, error: Smith vs. Railroad Company, Mecklenburg, petition to re- near dismissed; Parker vs. itallroaa Company, Wayne, per curiam, affirmed ; Dargan vs. Railroad Company, Union, no error; Fitzgerald vs. Furniture Company, Davidson, no error; Lewis vs. Steamship Company, Carteret, affirmed; Debnam vs. Chitty, Hert ford, modified and affirmed: THE SPEARS-PURNELL CONTROVERSY. Complaint Filed la Department of Justice. News Prom Raleif h. 5pectal Star Correspondence, Raleigh, N. C, Dec 20. Interest is considerably quickened to-day in the fight for the removal of Oscar J. Spears as assistant district attorney by a special irom.Washington that Judge Purnell's letter of complaint against him is filed in the Department of Jus tice. The judge has denied that he has or would request his removaL He charges in the letter that Spears does not attend to his duties and intimates that laziness is the cause. J. A. Giles in probably the. most prominent Re publican in the race for appointment sa Spears' successor. The Secretary of Btate to-day char tered the Aydlett Bros. Co., of Eliza beth City, with $300,000 capital au thorized and $51,200 paid in by the in corporators, who are D. T. Gullop, W. E. Evans, J. H. Aydlett A. Aydlett, a H. Robinson and E. F. Aydlett N Gov. Avcock to-day granted par dons to nine convicts, issuing state ments of the crime and reasons for the pardon in each case. Vance county is the second county in North Carolina to settle Btate taxes for 1902. Sheriff E. P. Powell paid this tax in full into the State treasury to-day, amounting to $9,802.82. Former Governor James 8. Boyn ton, of Georgia, is critically ill at his home in Griffin and is not expected to recover. NO. HAPPY MARRIAGE NEAR WALLACE. Miss Effls Reads the Bride of Mr. Frssk .; Pewerr, of Wilmington. . . 9pecud Star Cknrespondence. Waiaaob, N. O., Dec. 19.-The altar of Hymen was never more beautifully graced than on the 17th insL at Mt, Ttrzah ME. Church, when Mr. Frank Poydras - Powers, of Wilmington, N. C, and Miss Effie Reade, of ML Tirzah, were made one. The church was tastefully decorated for the occa sion and the ceremony was performed ia a most impressive style by Rev. Oscar L. Powers, of Louisville, Ky., a nephew of the groom. ' The bride wore Liberty satin with Eoint lace and diamonds and- carried ride roses and ferns. The maid of honor, Miss Lila Reade, sister of the bride, wore organdie over silk aad carried pink carnations. The -other attendants were Mr. B. O. Fennel), best man; Messrs. J. R. Batter field and R. B. c Boone, ushers; Miss Laura Alderman, Mr. W. O. Clayton; Miss Fan Powers,- Mr. T. J. Howerton; Miss Beula How erton, Mr. Owen Fennell, Miss Iris Riggsbee, Mr. T. J. Murphy; Miss Lena Reade, Mr. J. B. Powers, Jr., Miss Julia Howard, Mr. J. a. Moore, Miss Lizs'.e Powell presided . very gracefully as organist Y' After , the ceremony refreshments were served at the home of the bride, after which the happy pair, amid showers of rice, left or a Southern tout, which will include Havana, Cuba. They will return Dec 25th and make their home at Wallace, N. C. The bride received many beautiful and handsome wedding presents. JUD0ES' SALARIES NOT TAXABLE. Supreme Conrt Adopts the Opinion of the Attorney Oesersl Rsleigh News. Special Star Telegram.' Raleigh. N. C, Dec. 18. The Su preme Court to-day adoptecfthe opin ion of the Attorney General, holding that salaries of Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts are not liable to income tax, as the opinion of the Court declares Mr. Gilmer's opinion full, able, exhaustable and a correct decision of the question. The opinion maintains this central principle. If the right to tax salaries of Judges be conceded there would bono limitation, but it would be discretionary with the Legislature to do it to such an extent as to virtually abolish the means of conducting the judicial department Its existence must not be dependent upon the will of a co-ordinate depart ment. It is held that the constitution clearly prohibits such tax by provid ing tiat salaries of Judges shall not be diminished during their term of office. In a batch of opinions by the Court to-day, mostly from Western counties, Elmore vs. Seaboard Air Line Rail way, from Wayne, on a petition to re hear, was allowed and a new trial or dered. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Louisburg Times: We learn that revenue officers captured two "moon shine" distilleries near Flat Rock church, this county, one day this week. One of them, it is said, was in full blast at which a negro was cap tured and taken to Raleigh. Lumberton Robesonian: Mr. J. 8. Humphrey, who was in town the r tne wr" miibii iur raro In the upper end of the county are ers! using more grain drills than hereto fore. This means that more grain is being planted, which is a good indica tion of more prosperous farming and the employment of better methods. Newborn Journal: Vegetables are exceedingly plentiful now in town. Turnips are hauled around town for thirty cents a bushel, potatoes sell from the boats at forty cents, and cabbages are equally as cheap. Yesterday a col ored man war seen peddling a load of collards which he begged some one to give hime one cent apiece. Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: The Great Fall Manufacturing Company had its charter amended a few days ago, authorizing an increase of capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000. We learn from Mr. Claude Gore, superin tendent that the increase of $50,000 Is to be devoted to enlarging their plant. They have given order 3,500 new spindles, and looms and other ma chinery in proportion, which will in crease their capacity more than a third, This will, of course, necessi tate enlarged buildings. Fifteen new tenant houses will be erected at onoe. Duplin Journal: Up to Tues day 2,700 crates of holly have been shipped from Faison. This is twenty seven car loads. Not many years ago it was the practice of the negroes to go to Georgia or some other tur pentine State and return to spend the holidays at home. Now it is not that way, and it is seldom those who go ever return. We regret to learn hat Mr. M. C. Blount, of Sampson, ost his cotton gin by fire on Tuesday ght we learn that there had been o fire about the premises since Fri day, so the fire at least looks rather suspicious. We also learn that Mr. Blount's insurance on the property had only expired at noon the day be fore the fire. Nashville Graphic: At a log ging camp of the Dennis-Simmons Lumber Ob., in Jacksons . township Sunday afternoon was the scene of another shooting affair which neces sitated an investigation by Coronor Griffin. The settlement is question is where about twenty negroes are camp ed. Sunday afternoon two negroes named Moses Moore and John Jackson became involved in a difficulty over a woman named Rosa Perkins. Things reached fever heat and a fight ensued wherein both men used their pistols freely. Moore fled, Jackson supposing ne bad taken to tne woods. Jackson then got his shot gun and began searching for Moore. After visiting several of the houses in the settle ment he went to Moore's shanty. pushed open the door and seeing his victim .poured load of shot into him. To make assurances doubly sure Jackson reloaded his gun and ahot Moore a second time. Jackson then fled. It was learned he went to Wilson, where he boarded a train for parts unknown. A party of ma chinists have been here for the past few days loading machinery taken from the old -Mann-Arrington gold mine at Argo. We learn that there will be no further attempt to develop this property on account or little pay, Thousands of dollars have been ex pended on this property within the past fifteen years, and at one time the yield was good and brought handsome returns. The opinion prevails among persons acquainted with the property that there is still much ore to be found, but to extract it would cost considerable, probably more than the returns. The ' machinery will be shipped to some point in Pennsylvania. Etsis of Lsdroscs LeJ tr Kcjrots W bo Bars Beet CctsrrsJ Prom tie ;, - Army GvLtg Trestle BVMiseraiAsvtMlloranuBaar. ; $ WAsmffOTO; Dee.' 20. Advkr hare reached here from llaniJa -to the effect that the tands ?of , Ladronce Which are harrassing the rural popu lation of the Islands are In tntny In stances led by negroes who have been discharged from the army and are em plotting their military knowledge ia drilling the Lad rones gad crrsr.ixlag them m a crude military way. ' in the , province of Bulaean It is understood . that a band of 800 Ladroaes. led by an -American negro, are scheming to wipe out the constabulary. md that four miles out from the town of Ola- . cocan four American blacks are en- Esged In drilling a largo number of Ighwaymen in military tactkuf and, training them In the use of 'firearms.' - Because of the Increasing activity of the Ladronen the continued with . drawal and concentration of troops in the islands Is causing apprehension among the inhabitants of many pro vinces, who have depended wholly upon the military for protection. CHARLIE BANKS AT PORT SUttTER. A paper prepared by the. late Dr.: W. W. Harris and read Friday Blent before Cape Fear Camp NO. 854 tx. a . In the early mid-Summer davn of '61, Charlie Banks enlisted in .a Bat talion of South Carolina Artillery. Re cruiting officers visited various sec tions of North Carolina tor volunteers in the Confederate service. ....... Charlie, a TVUmineton bo v. a native and with numerous Relative, fond of excitement and adventure, full of pa triotism, reported for duty at Charles- ton, S. C. The Battalion was ordered into camp on James Island, to assist in defence of the historic old city. alter tne ran or "Sumter" and while in the possession of Confederate for ces, the Battalion was ordered to the fort to defend it or die. Gallantly the boys responded. In the hourly, dally, constant hall of balls and shells, hurled so incessantly with destructive effect, "Sumter" bravely resisted every attempt of as sault, recapture or demolition. Gun after gun disabled and the fire raging witnin its enclosure presented a fear ful issue in the contest In the many engagements, soon the . staff falls-the proud, defiant "Stars and Bars" ceased to flutter In the breeze. Volunteers were vailed to re place it . Charlie Banks responds and gallantly mounting the staff nailed the nag to the mast-head, only to have it shot down and lowered again by the continuous torrent of shell. The conspicuous ensign was a tar get for the malignity and hatred of the Federal fleet and the brave volun teer climbed again the staff and re placed the flag to bid defiance to the nated enemy. Thrice in the day the same deed was heroically accomplished, command ing admiration of the enemy and cheers of his noble comrades. Such heroic deeds should not be per mitted to pass Into obscurity or to be forgotten, but heralded as an example of the chivalry, pluck and sacrifices of the Confederate soldiers. The admiral of the Federal fleet. seeing the heroic action of this boy, ordered the fleet to oease firing when the third ascent of the flag staff was made, remarking that such heroism should be respected. TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT. Sixty Persons lejared Three Perhsps Fatally Hurt. Bi Teiegrapu to the Morning Star. Naw Yobk, December 20. Three) women were perhaps fatally injured anu au;-tfv?nmvnr pa.nu.if bruised and badly shaken up in-a trol ley car accident in Weehawken at mid night. . The accident occurred at a point where the trolley company's tracks cross those of the Erie railroad. When the trolley car reached the tracks the motorman stopped his car to allow a freight train to pass. The last three cars or the freight train broke loose some diutance east of the crossing, and were not noticed by the train crew. After the cars passed by the motorman of the trolley car thought it wss the ' last ol the train and started to cross the tracks. When he got his car in the middle of the crossing the three freight cars which had broken loose from the train came rolling along, and before be could get Jus car over the crossing it waa struck with terrlno force. The trolley car was completely turned over. HOMICIDE AT BAMBER0, S. C. A Psctory Operative Shot and Killed In tils Hone by a Merchant. By Telegram to the Horning Bur. Chaeuston, 8. C, Dec. 20. Tom W. Pearlstlne, a merchant of Bam berg, this State, to-night went to the home of W. M. Creech? a factory oper- . ative, to collect a debt of eighty cents. Creech declared that he did not have the money, but would give an order on the mill for tne amount. - Pearls- tine then began cursing and Creech remonstrated because of the presence of his wife; thereupon, it is said. Pearlstlne drew his pistol and fired twioe, one shot killing Creech in stantly and the other barely missing Mrs. Creech. REAR-END COLLISION. Pltteea Persons Reported Killed and Many Others lsared. Bj Telegraph to tns Horning star. Bah FRABTOisoQt. Dec 20. A tele phone message from Byron Hot Springs, says a rear end collision oc curred near there to-night in which fifteen persons are reported killed. Many were injured. The Stockton flyer ran into the Owl train. which left tnls city at 4 :30 o'clock thin afternoon for Los Angeles. Most of the injured were passengers on the "OwL" A later report from tne "Owl" wreck says twenty-seven injured have been .brought to Byron Bprlngs. Bo rar an can do ascertained, tne list of dead numbers from twelve to fifteen. Most of the killed and Injured were residents of Fresno. F1QBT1NQ FOR COAL. . Mob of Several Hundred People la St. Pari, Minn. By Telegrapn to tne Horning ntar. 8t. Paul, Mnra., Dec. 20. A crowd of several hundred people brokethrough the doors of the Northwestern Fuel Company's Robert street office to-day, after a remarkable three hours rush for coal, savagely mauling a. clerk who had acted as door-keeper and ad mitted only one customer at a time. . I The company had received a few hun- area tons or coal, which were disponed v of in fc single ton cash orders ' at $3.75. After breaking Into the office ' police assistance had to be called and order was restored with difficulty. ' I

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