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The finance committee of the
U. 8. Steel Trait has devised a
scheme of profit sharing with its
employes, which will make any of
them who want to become such
stockholders and sharers in the
profits of the organization. It is
laid that the details. of the scheme
were worked oat by George W. Per
kins, chairman of the board of. fi
nance, and is so constructed as to
make the acquisition of the stock by
the employes an easy matter, while
they are secured from loss in the
event they leave the company's ser
vice, be taken sick, 1 meet with ac
cident, or anything else prevents
them frpm complying with the con
ditions, i
The plan for buying stock and
making subscriptions is divided into
two parts, thus: !
Part 1 prescribes that from the earn
log of the corporation durintr 1903
th-re will be set aside at letst $3,000,
000, aod as much more as Is needed.
.for ine purchase of at least 25.000
bares of preferred stock-, which will
b offered to employes of tbe cor
poration and coostiturnt companies.
At present tbe orpjration and sub
atdiary compois employ about 168,
000 m-a, waom it is proposed to di-
. Tide Into tbeae six classes according to
tbe aaLi'lea paid :
Class A will include all those who
receive salaries of $20,000 a year or
over. i
Class B, $10,000 to $20 000 a year.
- CUu O, $000 to $10,000.
Class D, $2,600 to $5,000.
Ulia E. $3 JO to $3 600.
Olaas F will include all those who
receive salaries of $800 a Tear or less.
The preferred stock wiil be offered
to iy employe during January at
$83 60 a abare. Its closing price Jan. 1
was $85.87
Employes can subscribe for an
amount of stock not exceeding: the sum
reo'esented by a certain percentage of
tht ir annual salaries, as shown in this
table:
CT) A, 6 per cent ; B, 8 per cent. ;
C, 10 per cent. ; D, 12 per cent ; E, 15
per cent ; If, 20 per ceal.
It part 8 of tne plan it is explained
thaiihe corporation bas been and is
now making changes in the salaries of
' men occupying official or semi-official
posirbns, and the directors have ap
proved these recommendations of the
fiosnce committee: 1
If $80,000,000 and lesa than $90,000.
000 is earned by the corporation dur
ing 1903, 1 oer cent, shall be set aside;
If over $90,000,000 and less tban $100,
000,000 is earned, 1.2 per cent. ; if $100,
000.000 and leas man $110.000.000. 1.4
per cent; if $110,000,000 and leas thAa
$120,000,000, 1.0 per cent; if $120 00,
000 and lets than $130,000,000, 1.8 per
coat: if $130,000,000 and less than
$140,000,000, 3 per cent ; if $140,000,
000 and less iban $160,000,000, 2 ptr
cent; if $150.000,000 1 and less tban
$160,000,000, 2 per cent
There are at present about'. 55,000
-stockholders in the corporation, and
it is proposed .to give the 168,000
employes an opportunity to become
stockholders if they desire to avail
themselves of it. How the profits
are determined and the conditions
upon which the stock is issued to
employes arc thus stated;
The question of what conatitutes
profits la to be determined entirely by
tne nnanee committee, whose mem-
bern. It is stated, will have ni Interest
in the profit-sharing plan. If $30,000.
000 Is earned in the coming year,$S0O,
000 will be set aside, one half to be dis
tributed in cash quarterly, tbe otber
half to be reserved until the end of the
year; invested In preferred stock; tbe
stork thus purchased to be divided oae-
nair to employes entitled to.it, the
other half to remain with the treasurer
of tbe corporation Etch shareholder
Is to receive a certificate for bis inter
eat containing these provisions:
First That if he remains continu
ously In tbe service of tbe corporation
or of one or another of its subsidiary
companies for five years the stock shall
be delivered to him and he may do as
he likes with it 1
Second That If he dies or becomea
totally and permanently disabled
. while In the employ of the corpora
tion or of one or another of its sub
sidiary companies the stock will be de
livered to hia estate or to him.
Third That be can draw the divi
dends declared on tbe stook while it is
held for his account and he, remains In
the employ of the corporation or of
one or another of its Subsidiary com
panies. I .
Fourth That if without previous
consent voluntarily he shall have
quitted the service of the .corporation
or of its subsidiary companies he shall
forfeit all right to the stock, and in
such case it will be held iu a fund
. which at the end of five years will be
divided among such employes as shall
ha e complied with all the conditions,
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The gist of the scheme is thns
given and made plain in an editorial
in the New York Times:
The various classes of employees are
permitted to subscribe to tbe preferred
stock of the corporation at tbe upset
Jrlce of 82.50, and as these shares bear
per sent dividends, the Interest guar
anteed la equivalent to a little less
than 8 per cent on the investment
The subscriber may pay for the stock
he takes wltnln three years, meanwhtle
VOL. XXXIV.
drawing dividends, and If he chooses
to discontinue payments and withdraw
he can have back what her bas paid in
and keep tbe difference - between
the 5 per cent charged on de
ferred paymenas and the 7 per cent
earned by the stock. The salaried or
wage-earning stockholder who will
hold hia stock for five years and an
nually during that period exhibit it,
with evidence that he has remained
continuously in the employ of the cor
poration and shown a proper interest
in' its welfare and progress, shall re
ceive a bonus in the shape of a check
for $5 per annum per snare for each
share he thus holds while continuously
employed, and will thus add nearly 7
per eent to the interest earnings or his
Investment A guaranteed 16 per cent
investment Is something which the
capitalist would eagerly avail himself
of and search for in vain. This, how
ever, is what Is offered to the subscrib
ing employes of the Bteei Corporation
under the plan referred to. Tbe pro
vision for the security or the returns
promised Is apparently ample. .
This scheme reaches every man
in the employment of the steel cor
poration or its subsidiary compa
nies, from the man who picks or
shovels in a mine or fires the furn
anoea to the salaried man drawing
his $20,000 or $30,000 a year, the
preference and the favors being
shown to the smaller wage-earners.
It would not be reasonable to sup
pose that the more thrifty of this
corporation's employes would not
take advantage of such an opportu
nity to identify themselves with
such an organization and reap, the
benefit of its prosperity and good
management, the prosperity which
is so largely the result of his labor.
Every sensible employe will realize
the advantages of , this, for while he
is, earning his .regular wages, as
much or more, perhaps, than he re
ceives now, he will be drawing divi
dends on the profits arising from
that labor and interest on the stock
he holds. It will also be an incen
tive to more cheerful labor and to
more interested and faithful ser
vice.
The present stockholders will not
fail to realize the service such a
scheme will render in securing and
holding the best class of labor, in
bringing about more harmony be
tween employer and employed, and
the long stride it will be in the way
of preventing misunderstandings
and averting strikes. It is hardly
expected that all of the 168,000 men
employed by the corporation and its
subsidiary companies will become
stockholders, for there are doubtless
many of them of the claBS who
spend their wages as fast as they
earn them, but the better and more
thrifty class will, and that is the
class to which the others look for
advice and leadership.
The probabilities are that if a
profit-sharing system had been
adopted in tbe Pennsylvania anthra
cite mines there would have been no
strike last Spring, no eight months
of idleness and disorder, nor mil
lions upon millions of dollars lost,
and no suffering for coal, as there
has been and now is in the cities
and towns of the Atlantic States.
If this scheme succeeds, and there
is no reason to donbt that it will, it
will be an example that will be fol
lowed by other organizations em
ploying many people, and then a
long step will be taken in the di
rection of solving the trust pro
blem, or at least of making the
trusts less odious. ' It was some
thing of this kind perhaps that
Judge Grosscup, cf Chicago, had in
view when in the Nebraska Universi
ty address he spoke of the necessity
of popularizing the trusts by bring
ing them closer to the people and
becoming identified with them. This
scheme of the U. S. steel company
is scmewhat on that line, the dif
ference being that it gives the pref
erence to those whose labor makes
its profits.
BEEF AND COAL.
At a rattling big meeting in. Bos
ton a few days ago the following re
solutions were adopted,
Whereas. The tariff duties upon
beef and coal, by assisting tbe extor
tions ot monopoly or impeding relief
from them, have proved a serious
hardship for our people; and
Whereas. Such abundant evidence
is easily accessible to Congress that in
vestigation need not cause delay in the
removal of this hardship; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That, as American citizens.
we as it that tbe tariff duties on neei
and coal be now removed.
Resolved, That even if the consider
ation of tariff duties In general be
poatponed we urge that an exception
be made in the esse of these duties
upon beef and coal, and that they be
removed and those articles placed on
the free list at the present session of
Congress. . -
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to each United States
Senators and members of the National
House of Representatives.
When President Roosevelt sent
his message to Congress he urged
that anthracite he put actually on
the free list, where it is nominally,
but he was silent on bituminous coal
and on meats. Someone in the House
of Representatives promptly intro
duced a bill to carry out the
President's recommendation, but
that bill is still In committee and
anthracite is still on the dutiable
list.
There Is not a city or town on the
Atlantic coast whioh isn't paying an
enormously, high price for meats,
which are controlled by the Trust,
and not one which is' not suffering
from a shortage of fuel, and. is not
compelled to pay extraordinary high
prices for which it can get, while if
the i tariff embargo waa removed
there would be a better supply of
both meats and coal, and the prices
would come down accordingly. And
yet the stataemen who are under ob
ligations to the trusts dally and let
people suffer. i
Across the line, in Mexico, there
was a shortage of corn the year be
fore last - and a shortage of wheat
last year. As soon as this became
known and there was a disposition!
shown to increase the price, the tarin
was suspended, that impediment to
importation removed, the specula
tors checkmated, and the people
saved from extortion. In this re-
speot, as far as protecting the people
goes, they do things better in Mex
ico, although we are inclined to look
patronizingly upon Mexico as the
less enlightened and progressive
country.
THE PEHITEHTIABY.
The penitentiary of this State has
been more or less of an elephant on
the hands of the people ever since it
was established, and the problem
was what to do with it, and how to
make it self-sustaining. As an im
provement upon hiring the convicts
out to railroad builders and others,
to which there was more or less ob
jection, farms were bought and
leased, but even that didn't solve
the problem for the farms had to
contend against the fickle reasons
and the management, which was not
always of the most competent kind,
and sometimes not of the trusty
kind. As a general thing, however,
we have not had much more trouble
with our convict problem than other
States have had, for it is a trouble
some one in all.
Several of the Southern States
have followed the example set by
this State, and have either pur
chased or leased farms, upon which
the convicts are worked with satis
factory results, as reported.
But the present management of
the penitentiary seems not only to
have solved the problem of making
it self-supporting, hut of making a
respectable balance to its credit.
Dnring the previous administration
the expenses aggregated $450,000.
Under the administration for the
past two years $260,000. It cost
the previous administration $190,
000 more to run it than it has cost
the present management. The net
earnings for the past two years
have been $40,288.44, every claim
against the institution has been
paid, in addition to land leases and
improvements that cost several
thousand dollars. It Is now out of
debt, starts the new year with a
clean balance sheet, and it is to be
hoped that the board of directors
which has done so well with it will
be able to make as good a showing
in its next report.
A Bntte, Montana, man who re
cently visited his old home in Sen'
aca Falls, N. Y butted up against
a whole lot of trouble before .he got
there. He dreamed that if he start
ed on Friday he would have a rough
time, bnt he did start on Friday and
he had the roughness. On the way
to the depot his horse ran away,
threw him out and bruized him up.
Tbe train on which he travelled was
wrecked and he was cut in the head.
In St. Paul he slipped on the side
walk and sprained an ankle. In
Chicago he got a telegram announc
ing the death of a brother. In
Cleveland he struck his head on a
car wheel and was laid up for a week.
In Buffalo he cut himself with a
knife, had his watch stolen, and got
into a fight. Now he can hardly be
persuaded to go to breakfast on Fri
day. i -
Tests have been made in Missis
sippi of a cotton picking ma chine,
which it is said picks 97 per cent.
of the lint, but the objection to
its work ia that it picks too much
other stuff with the cotton. But
the inventor hopes to remedy this
and make it more discriminating in
its pull.
One of the banks in New York
will erect a. building 25 stories high,
which will be 327 feet from the street
to the level of the roof. It will be,
it is claimed, the highest building in
; the world, counting from a sea level.
. The wheat crop of this country
was about 100,000,000 bushels less
last year than the year before, but
the corn crop was about twice as
large as that of 1901.
The State of New Jersey looks
upon Trusts, &c, as (rbeneficent in
stitutions." She got last year $4,-
000,000 in taxes and fees from those
I she chartered.
Missouri's corn-ucopia is pretty
full this year. She leads in the
production of com, Iowa , coming
i next. Kansas and Nebraska follow
ing.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY,. JANUARY 9, 1903.
STATE EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Sweeplei Reconmesdstlons to Leztslatare
by State Saperlateadest.
ISjpeeial Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. O., Jan. 3. State Su
perintendent Joyner made public his re
port and recommendations to the Leg
islature to-day. Briefly stated, the
most Important recommendations are
as follows:' To Insure the erection of
better school houses, require new
houses to be constructed iniaccordance
with plans adopted by county boards
and approved by tbe State Superin
tendent. To authorixe county boards
to set aside - for building, improving
and equipping school housea as much
as twenty-live percent or, tne total
school fund annually. To authorize
tae8tate Board of Education to use,
under such regulations as they may
adopt, funds in their hands from the
sale of Bute lands, etc., in build
ing and improving school houses In
districts that are least able to build for
themselves. ' To allow an -appropria
tion Jot not more than $200 by one
county for a teachers' institute to con
tinue four weeks or more, to con-
3lidate aeven.colored normal schools
into three strong ones. To con
tinue the special appropriation of
S200.000 for four months' school terms.
to previae ior us employment oi
at least five deputy State superinten
dents to aid in the work of State sup
ervision, at a salary of $1,250 and ex
penses. To require county boards oi
education to pay railroad fare of coun
ty superintendents attending annual
meetings of the State Associations, to
prohibit the employment in cotton
mills of children under twelve years
and children under fourteen, who
cannot read and write. To continue
the special appropriation of $5,000 for
the establishment of rural libraries
and to make a reasonably additional
appropriation for maintenance and
enlargement of those heretofore estab
lished. i
President Winston's report of the
A. & M. College was also filed to-day,
showing 450 students, t He says he
would have a thousand u he nan room
and asks for a $50,000 Agricultural
building and for an appropriation to
cover the indebtedness for rebuilding
Watauga Hall and.the Pullen build-
Lee B. Overman. O. B. Watson and
Locke Craige each have opened head
quarters at tbe Yarboroueh ready for
tne senatorial contest Quite a num
ber of members of the Legislature are
arriving, ready for the opening of the
assembly Wednesday. -
RaLEIQH NEGROES "RESOLUTE."
Eoissclpstlon Cclebratloi-Sapreme Court
Justices Swora la.
Special Star Telegram.
Ralmgh, N. O., Jan. L In a series
of resolutions adopted by the negroes
in celebratine Emancipation day here,
while the i people are urged to cease
from mob violence and subdue a grow
ing tendency to mob negroes, regard
less of who ia in tbe wrong, the decla
ration is made that since tbe adoption
of the constitutional amendment mob
violence has Increased. "In the east
ern part of, the State," aays tbe resolu
tion, "we note since tnetr aisirancnise-
,ment that several negroes have
been shot down in cold blood
by parties known but who are still
unw nipped of justice. We note
also that i Jim Crow cars are un
equal, ill-kept, and frequently used
as drinking places oy wmte men
ashamed to handle the bottles in their
own cars." President Roosevells policy
in behalf of equal civil and political
rights to all classes is commended,
and it is ordered that President Roose
velt be sent a copy of the resolutions
as the sentiment of negro citizens of
North Carolina.
The oath of office as Chief Justice of
of tbe North Carolina Supreme Court
was administered to Judge Walter
Ciark to-day by Win. Russ, clerk of
Wake Superior Court Associate Jus
tices H. G. Connor and Piatt D. Walk
er were sworn in at their respective
homes, Wilson and Charlotte.
A KILLINQ AT R0CKINQHAM.
Slxteen-Yesr-Old Boy Accidentally Shot
by Henry Dockery, Jr., His Cosslo.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, January 5. At
Rockingham, Richmond county, to
day James LeGrand was accidentally
shot and instantly killed by Henry
Dockery, Jr. They were returning
from a bird hunt and stopped to rest
in a field on the edge of town, plan
ning for the next day's hunt. Dockery
tripped backward, became unbalanced,
and it is supposed he clutched his gun
in a movement to balance himself.
Both barrels were discharged.;the loads
taking effect in LeGrand's neck, caus
ing instant death. LeGrand was the
eldest son or tbe late James t, IjB
Grand, and was about 16 years of age.
He was at borne from Trinity wgn
School for the holidays. The boys
were first cousins.
N C. SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND DUMB.
Recommendations to Lejlslstsre Special
Term of Lenoir Conrt Raleifh News.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh; N. O., Jan. 2. The sixth
biennial report of the North Carolina
school for Deaf and Dumb at Morgan-
ton was presented to the Governor to
day. It shows an attendance' of 237,
with an average cost of $180 per child.
Recommendations are made that the
maintenance fund be increased $7,500,
making $47,500, and that $2,500 be al
lowed for permanent improvements.
It is urged I that the Legislature pro-
vide a school for the feeble-minded.
Gov. Avcock to-day issued a. com
mission to Judge E. B. Jones, of Wins
ton, to hold a special civil term of
Lenoir county court, January 12.
The Secretary of state issued a chart
er to-day to the E. S. Chesson Mer
cantile Co.i of Elizabeth City, capital
$25,000. i
Qardoer & Lscey Hsd a Fire.
A special from Georgetown, S. OL,
dated Jan. 1st, says: "A destructive
fire visited the large lumber plant of
Gardner & Lacey early this morning,
entirely destroying the planing mills.
The plant is over the river on a penin
sular and, as no vessels had on steam
at the hour; the fire engines could not
get to the flames. Splendid work was
done b the department however, and
the flames were subdued, but not be
fore they had destroyed property worth
$10,500, on which there was insurance
amounting to $5,ooo." -
t MYSTERIOUS NAME PLATE.
Sasibble la 'Msnicipsi Circles as to
Which Committee Shell Have Credit
' . for Fifth Street Bridge.
: That was an interesting bit of mu
nicipal . gossip thai was going the
rounds of the street corners yesterday
and the reporter craves the pardon of
those Interested, while a smile is sup
pressed and 'just the least amount of
detail is given;' ; h ; " "' ;
The pride of an Alderman is pro
verbial and sometimes leads to Inter
esting complications. Not a long while
agoj when' the contract for the new
Iron bridge over the railroad at Fifth
street was about to be; let, there was a
squabble on the then-constituted Board
of Aldermen of Wilmington as to
which Bommittee should be in charge
of tbetaattof. Finally, the contro
versy drifted into personalities very
ugly little flings and one committee
was even charged! with wanting au
thority because the names of its mem
bers would appear on a plate with that
of the mayor and contractor, and be
attached to the structure as a per
petual token of their services Things
drifted from bad to j worse and finally
Aldermen Frank i Maunder, Louis
Skinner and Geo. Harriss, who tben
constituted the '3pecial Bridge
Committee," resigned from the
Board. Nothing more was heard of
the matter and the Streets and Wharves
Committee took charge of the con
struction of the bridge. The contract
had in the meantime gone to the build
ers and when the material for the
structure arrived a short time ago-
sad to relate the names of the "Special
Bridge Committee" were on the plate
with that of Mayor Waddell and the
contractor, j ! j ,
Now the interesting part of the story
comes to light. That plate, bearing
the names of the ex-Aldermen, is said
to have disappeared from the rest of the
material and found ilk way to some
place where, it came to the ears of the
Mayor, certain alterations were being
made upon it Then the Mayor "took
a hand." Chief of Police Furlong was
summoned and commissioned to forth
with find that plate, That he did,
but he refuses to be j interviewed on
the matter in any of its details and an
anxious public must wait until the
Board meets Monday night He was
also commissioned to keep an eye on
the bridge and see that none bat the
original, the baly original plate, ap
pears thereon. The Chief has his
weather eye with him and thus endelh
the chapter, j j
This is a story of the mysterious dis
appearance of a name plate or the
wounding of an Alderman's pride.
SENS 4TION AT KINST0N, N. C. ,
Wllllsastoa Aithsritles Ask for Arrest of
Promises! Trivelllof Sslesmsa.
Special Star Telegram.
Kihbton, January L A telegraphic
request from Williamston, N. C, offi
cials to officials here to arrest R. L
Gardner for seduction and murder,
created a sensation here this morning.
Gardner was a travelling salesman,
widely known in. Eastern Carolina,
and made Kiaston . his headquarters.
He represented Jeffreys ft Shelton, of
Richmond. Va. A gentleman here saw
Gardner in Richmond on Sunday last
at the Murphy Hotel, and was told by
Gardner that he would leave that
evening for Beaumont, Texas. Par
ticulars are meager, ; but it Is learned
that Gardner's victim was a young
woman prominently connected at Wil
liamston and that her deatb, which oc
curred on the 21st of ; December, was
due to the effects of medicine taken,
supplied by Gardner. Gardner is
about five feet eight inches high, of
slender build, and weighs about 140
Kunds. He is cleanly shaved, has
ighsng blue eyes, and is of pleasing
countenance. 1 '
SUBSCRIBERS . EMPLOYED COUNSEL.
Fight Aislast Advance of Sewerare Rstes
Will Be a Very Warm Oae.
The committee of original subscri
bers in charge of the fight against an
advance in rates by the Wilmington
Sewerage Company yesterday em
ployed Messrs.; Marsden Bellamy and
George Rountree to advise them in re
gard to the legal aspect of the ques
tion and to carry the ; matter into the
courts, if need.be, for final adjudica
tion. ' t
Death Near Wrifhtsboro.
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, wife of Mr.
J. H. Johnson, a well known citizen
living near Wrigbtsboro, died at 11:45
o'clock yesterday morning after a two
week's illness with fever. Mr. John
son was a daughter i of Jlr. and Mrs.
M. G. Ohadwiok and a young woman
of many noble and admirable virtues.
She leaves a sorely bereaved husband.
two little sons and a daughter, the old.
est being five' years of age. The funeral
will be conducted at 11 o'clock this
morning from ' Acorn Branch church
by Rev. Y. E. Wright, of Scott's Hill,
and the remains will be interred in the
family burying ground.
Death la Pender toaoty.
Miss Bertha Stokes, the young daugh
ter of Mr. ' Wiley Stokes, of Holly
township, Pender county, died yes
terday, aged 18 years. She had been
ill with consumption for a longtime
and her deatb, ;whlle not unexpected,
was a great shock to friends. Mr. J.
W. Burton came down to the city last
evening for a casket in which to inter
the remains.
The Florence' Times says the
A. C. L. has recently decided to raise
the salary of the track foreman from
$40 to $45 per month, in response to
the request of the brotherhood of rail?
way track foremen and that increase
went into effect Jan: 1st.
-hospital Wants funds.
Msosfers of Jsmes Walker Instltatloa
Make Appeal for Larfer Approprliv
tion from City sod County. '
. S HawaiBBaaai '
The following card Issued to the
publio by the managers of the James
Walker Memorial Hospital wUl be
read with Interest: ;
To the Public ! i
The Board of Managers of the The
James Walker Memorial Hospital sub
mit the following- statement in con
nection with that Institution :
When Mr. Walker decided to build
the Hospital, and present it to this
community,' there was one ' phase of
the matter which gave him much anx
ious thought, and that was the fear
that the money necessary for operat
ing expenses might not be forthcom
ing. To make sure as far as possible,
he called for a meeting, at which were
S resent the Mayor and Aldermen, the
ioard of County Commissioners and
many of the heaviest tax-payers of the
city. At this conference It was finally
decided that $3,000 a year should: be
set apart for permanent-maintenance
the city to contribute two-fifths and
the county three-fifths.
Considerable doubt was expressed at
the time whether this sum was enough
and several of those present at the
meeting were in favor of a larger ap
propriation, but finally consented to
have $8,000 named in the charter as a
minimum, with the understanding
that if this sum was insufficient for
keeping the Hospital up to modern
standards then the faith ofthe meeting
was pledged to see that the needed
amount should be secured.
The present Board of Managers
have given their best efforts to the ad
ministration of the affairs of the hospi
tal. They have felt that the magnifi
cent gift of Mr. Walker should be
supported in a manner creditable to
our city and county and in such a way
as would show that the community
appreciated the act of the generous
benefactor. The management have,
therefore, not been parsimonious, and
at the same time have done their best
not to be extravagant or authorize any
needless expenditure.
We believed it was the desire of the
people of New Hanover county that
the institution which administered to
the wants of the sick and suffering
should be conducted in the same spirit
which animated its generous donor.
The past year has demonstrated that
the present standard of efficiency can
not be maintained on the appropria
tion. The hospital is now at the point
where we must at once secure an ad
ditional appropriation or impair its
service. The Board of Managers are
not willing to incure a debt, looking
to tbe future to secure funds to can
cel it.
It is their object In this communica
tion to place the matter before the pub
lic, so that every one may be inform
ed, and then make application to the
proper authorities for an Increase in
the present appropriation. The hos
pital belongs to the people and ought
to be fully supported through taxation
until some other method is found.
Respectfully,
Walter G. Mcttar, (president); W. H.
SDrunt (vice Dreuident): Unas. tr.
Bolle. (secretary): W. J. H. Bel
lamy. Banal. Bear. Jr., M. J. Corbett,
DeWittO. Love, Geo. R French,
u. 8. Willard, managers.
PRETTY WEDDINQ AT DUNN, N. C.
Mr. T. H. McNeill, Formerly of This City,
Married Christines Eve.
The numerous friends in this city
of Mr. Thomas H. McNeill, formerly
of Wilmington, but now editor of the
Democratic Banner, of Dunn, N. 0.,
will be interested in tbe announce
ment of his marriage, which took
place in the parlors of the Oates Hotel
at 7:80 o'clock Christmas eve.
The bride was Miss Bertha Gerald,
the charming young daughter of Mr.
and Mr?. T. L. Gerald, late of Kansas
City, and the ceremony was performed
in a beautiful manner by the Rev. W.
B. Morion in the presence of a party
of friends, among whom were Mr.
A. B. Harold with the bridegroom,
Misses Annye Harper and Ora Wil
son with Messrs. C. R. Young and
A. L. Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Privettand Miss Viola McNeill and
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wilson.
After the ceremony the company re
paired to tbe borne or the groom's
father, Mr. IL C. McNeill, where a de
lightful reception was held. On tbe
following evening a reception was
given the bride and groom at the home
of Mr. and Mrs VL H. Prlvett, the
last named being a sister of the groom.
The Deadly Toy Pistol.
In several Virginia and North Caro
lina cities the large "cannon" crackers
were placed under a ban during the
holidays. In the supposedly harmless
toy pistol a much more dangerous sub
stitute has been found. Seven' boys
have died in Norfolk from toy pistol
injuries followed by lockjaw. The
mayor has issued an order to me po
lice for the immediate confiscation of
all toy pistols. Ten boys have died in
North Carolina and one in Richmond,
from tbe same cause. Two boys are
in a critical condition in Petersburg.
In Wilmington a number of boys were
injured, but none of the cases has as
yet proved fatal.
Land Entry in the Country.
By patent recorded yesterday at the
office of the Register of Deeds, John
D. Sidbury enters a tract of land con
taining 465 acres in Cape Fear town
ship on the east side of Island Creek
and bounded by the lands of E. Pick
ett, F. M. Foy and others. The patent
is signed by Governor. Charles B.
Aycock and Secretary of State J.
Bryan Grimes.'
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED.
Accident on the N. & W. Fireman Killed
and Eoglaeer Isjared.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
RoAnoke, Va., January 3. While
running twenty miles an hour, near
Bedford City to-night, the boiler
of the locomotive on the second
section of passenger train No. 4 on
the main line of the Norfolk and
Western railway exploded, killing
Fireman C. E. Gill, of Roanoke, and
injuring Engineer J. EL Myers, also of
Koanoxe, so oaaiy mat ne may aie
from his Injuries. Besides a severe
shaking up, no one of the passengers
waa injured, and tbe trainmen, with
the exception of Gill and Myers, es
caped unhurt.
NO. 11
PITTSBURG LUMBER COMPANY
Bonds to Amount of $50,000 Floated for
Purpose ot Extending and Maintain
lag Alresdy Larfe Badness.
By, an instrument filed for record
yesterday at the Court House, dated
Dee. 1st; 1902, the Pittsburg Lumber
Company, by authority granted at
a meeting of the stockholders at Wil
mington on Nov. 24th, 1902, filed a
deed pf trust to the People's Savings
Bank, of this city, securing an issue of
$50,000 in bonds of the first named
corporation and covering all the prop
erty of the Pittsburg company, In
cluding real, personal or mixed, as well
as all rights and franchises now owned
or that may hereafter be acquired by the
lumber company. The bonds' are one
hundred in -number' of the $500 de
nomination and bear five per cent, in
terest payable semi-annually".
The conditions to the deed of trust
are that the company will keep the
buildings, machinery and fixtures of
the plant insured against fire in at
least, the sum of $25,000, with loss, if
any, payable to the People's Savings
Bank and shall insure also against
legal liability in damages for personal
njurles sustained by any employe
from negligence in operation of Its
plant and business, in at least the sum
of $5,000. The deed also contains a
provision for a sale of any part or the
whole of the property upon an equita
ble basis, if so desired, and also pro
vides machinery for action in case any
default shall be made In the payment
of principal or interest on the bonds,
which mature Dec 1st, 1912. The
deed is signed by M. D. Hays, presi
dent,nd William B. Hays, secretary,
or the ttttsburg Lumber Company.
with acceptance of the trust by H. O.
McQueen, president, and F. W. Dick,
cashier, of the People's Saving Bank.
The money to be raised is for the pur
pose of extending and maintaining
tne already large and profitable lum
ber business of the Pittsburg company
in this city.
Other real estate transfers in this
connection were made yesterday as
follows: Col. Thos. Evans and wife
to Pittsburg Lumber Co., for $1,250, a
parcel ot land on the west side of the
Northeast branch of the Cape Fear
river, about three-eighths of a mile
north or the railroad bridge. Pitts
burg Lumber Co., to Col. Thos.
Evans and wife for $250, a parcel of
land on the west side of tne Northeast
branch of the Cape Fear river, one
mile above the railroad bridge.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Statesville Landmark'. Col. R.
L. Abernethy, of Ocean View farm,
is devoting his attention to fine stock
of all kinds. Among bis Jersey cattle
are a grandson and granddaughter of
Pedro, a Jersey bull that sold a few
years ago for $1,000.
WinBton Republican : This
month Mt. Airy will vote on the issu
ing oi $50,000 in bonds for water works.
The opinion Is that the proposition will
be carried. The "Lily White
Club," a colored organization, was
raided by the police during tbe holi
days and found to be a veritable gam
bling den. The 'managers submitted
and were heavily fined.
Louisville Times: Wm. Allen,
colored, who lives about 4 miles from
town, finished bis coffin on December
19th. 1902. Sixteen years ago, he says.
he owed $2,800 and prayed for his life
to be spared until he could pay this
off, and now he is ready to die. He
is 66 years old. He owns 3 horses and
a plantation and is prosperous.
Durham Sun: A most distress
ing accident occurred near Yates'
Chapel Wednesday, in which a boy by
tbe name or wiu Uajns, was snot ana
killed by Bud Daniel The two boys
were rabbit hunting. Daniel was in
front and had a gun upon his should
er. The gun In some manner became
discharged and the whole load entered
Davis' breast, killing him almost in
stantly. ABheboro Courier'. In cleaning
up the court house oy tne janitor
since the installation was found a large
roll of Judge Boyd's charge to the
Federal Court grand jury In October,
1902. It will be remembered that this
charge of a judge on the bench was
printed in circular form with large
scareheads of "Federal Court's Au
thority Over State Elections; Vote
Guaranteed to all Races Alike," etc
It is probably the first time and the
only time in the history of this or any
other State that the charge of a judge
of any court was used as a campaign
document.
McDowell Democrat: The one
sad incident which marred the other
wise pleasant festivities of Christmas
day in Marion was tbe tragic death of
John Mcuali. At about o'ciocic Jr.
M. he walked up Main street, speak
ing pleasantly to several acquaint
ances as be went along, wnen ne
reached Mr. Thomas' bar he went in
there and passing behind a screen he
drew a revolver and shot himself
through the bead. He must have
died instantly as Dr. Morphew, who
was quickly in attendance, pro
nounced life extinct. No cause other
than that of despondency from con
tinued ill health can be assigned for
the deed.
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Solid Doable Dally Service from New 0r
leaas to Sin Francisco Traffic Al
lisice Betweti Frisco aid S.A.I."
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Nivr Orlkavb, January S. A big
change In the method of handling
trans-continental passenger t raffia vis
the New Orleans gateway will gp into
effect to-morrow morning, when all "
trains of the Southern Pacifle will
cross the Mississippi river from the .
Illinois Central depot, giving a solid
double daily service from New Or
leans to-San Francisco, The 'Frisco
system, which has just announced its
intention of entering New Orleans
and for which .over $1,000,000 has
been expended In city property for
terminals, , is also likely to operate
from the new terminals and the Queen
and Crescent practically closed its ar
rangements with the Illinois Central
to do the same. .
Tbe "Frisco has published its chart
er in Louisiana and five weeks ago
published it in Mississippi, and it is
currently believed that the Yoakum
road will enter the city both by the
west and the east, very little construc
tion being necessary to do either. It
is also.suggested that the 'Frisco and
Seaboard Air Line may enter into a
traffic alliance for handling eastern
business to New Orleans, the 'Frisco
and Seaboard Air Line connecting at
Birmingham.
G. N. Coffey, of the United States
Department of Agriculture said here
to-day . that soil survey parties have
just begun operations in tobacco lands
in Teias in furtherance of the plan of
the department to develop a tobacco
country where it is said a fine grade
ofthe Havana species can be raised.
DYINQ IN A HOSPITAL.'
Miss Bessie Palmer, Who Was Shot by
Miss Elsie Bsrretf, lo Chlcsio.
By Telegraph to the Moraine star.
Chicago, Jan. 3. Miss Bessie Palm
er, shot yesterday by Miss Elsie Bar
rett, was reported dying at the hos
pital to-day. Miss Barrett is under
arrest
Miss Palmer, known on the stage as
Mile. Anita, is quoted as saying that
Miss Barrett having returned home at
2:80 A.M. to the flat they occupied
together, noticed in the parlor a promi
nent physician, who. Miss Palmer
said, had been treating her. Miss
Barrett upbraided the actress for
"having such late company," and Miss
Palmer responded sharply. Then.
Miss Palmer said. Miss Barrett shot
her, the bullet severing the jugular
vein.
"We kept -the revolver under the
pillow," said Miss Barrett to-day. "In
shifting it from one side to the other it
was accidentally discharged."
PEOPLE BADLY PRlQlilENED.
Another Fall of Earth at Olyphsnt, Ps.
Other Boildiofs Endsof ered.
By Telearapn to me Morning star.
SoRAKTOiT, Pa., Jan. S. Just before
noon to-day another fall of earth en
larged the big cave-In at Olyphant and
removed over half of the support from
beneath the Evans building, which
stands on the corner of the cavity
made by yesterday's cave-in. The
house projects far over the cave and it
ia feared that it will be swallowed up.
Several large oracks have appeared on
the surface of adjacent property and
the feeling of security which' pre
vailed at daybreak has given way to
one of alarm.
The Delaware and Hudson Company
has bulit a switch to the edge of tbe
cavity and is dumping hundreds of car
loads of ashes into the big hole. It
will take about a week to fill it even if
it does not become enlarged. There is
imminent danger that three other
buildings will disappear) and the resi
dents of the town are badly frightened.
KILLED HIMSELF.
Jss. H. Roblo, President ol a Bask at
SIlvertoD, Colorado.
Br Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
SH.VERTON, Colo., Jan. 3. The
body of James H. Robin, president
and principal owner of the Bank of
Silverton, which closed its doors yes
terday, was found to-day three miles
below town, with a bullet hole through
the right temple. In his right hand
was still clutched the revolver with
which he had ended his life. His wife
and three children are in England at
present
The bank which is a private corpo
ration is said to have had deposits
amounting to $150,000 or more, and n
report is current that Robin had bor
rowed large sums from the bank to
carry on mining operations. He was
interested in the Iowa Tiger, Silver
Lodge and Bird extension mining
companies.
DEADLY TOY PISTOL,
Four
Mora Fatalities In Norfolk Total
So Far Thirteen Deaths.
By xeiezraDn to t&a Korniiis star.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 8. Four
more lives were added to the long list
of fatalities growing out of lockjaw
produced by burns received from toy
' pistols during Christmas. This brings
the tout up to toirteen aeatns ana
there are at least two cases which will
result fatally.
One of those who aiea to-aay waa
George Spenoer, a seaman In tbe
navy, twenty-five years old. lie died
at the naval hospital here. The others
are John Turner, colored, nine years
old; Lynn Walker, colored, five years
old, and Leonard Drumgold, colored.
eight years old.
PAYMASTER ROBBED.
Held Up by Three Men Oae of the
Rob
hers Shot and Captured. .
By Teiecraph to the Momma star.
BussET, Iowa, Jan. 8. W. R Sul
llvan, paymaster for the Bussey Coal
Mine, near this place, was held up by
three robbers early to-day and robbed
of $1,800. After the robbers had ob
tained tbe money Sullivan secured
shot-gun and began firing at them.
One of the men was seriously wounded.
being shot in tbe lace ana arm., tie
waa captured and taken to Knoxvtile
for treatment He refused to give his
name. The other two robbers escaped
with tbe money. " -
Graham Oleaner: Graham,
during the year 1902, made fine ad
vancement In material advancement
and in the growth of population. No
other year in the history of the town,
we venture to say, has there been wit
nessed the building of more dwellings.
During the time one cotton mm oh
hun hniit and the work on another
completed, and the capacity ot another
increased, and the .progress in otiier
lines has kept pace with the above,
mentioned. ' ' '
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