i$K ?l i: .! Urn J-' , I0R COURT CALENDAR. rnuino ir v W I L M I N 6 T q n, N. c, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 8S88SSSBS88BBSBSS H"W SI i88SSSS8S833S3SS2S vwe aaassff8C5saj:54 188888888888888888 I F" 1 88888888888SS8888 S2SS3SS8282SS388S qww I 8888888888888833 S5SSS288SS88S 8S88S88S883888838 232SS2285883 f 8833888888888888 i Is s ft. Catered at the Paat Offica at - tlmtgtoa, N. C. at Second Clmn M.'.er.l ' SUBSCRIPTION P., ICE. Tb tubacriptlon prlot of tha Weekly Star la u ell w: single Copy 1 year, postage paid.,.. ,,$1 00 " " Smooth " " on " Smooths " " go THE BLACK CLUB- Id stead ot working himself oat of the negro trouble President Boose velt has worked himself and his party deeper into it and made the negroes more assertive and aggres sire than thej have been for years. He has his Manager Clarkson to thank for a good deal ot that, for Clarkson undertook to pilot him through the Lilj White and Lamp black mix up in the South and led him right, into the slush and mire in which he is now floundering. Things were going along pretty quietly as far as Mr. Roosevelt was concerned nntil Clarkson appeared on the scene and persuaded him to appear upon the stage and play a hand with those three negro bisnops some time last Summer, lid followed that with a letter ex pressing his own views on the status of the negro in the Republican party and volunteered the information that tho President entertained the same vie s, and soon followed the disciplining of the Alabama Lily Whites, and the letter called out by the Crum racket in Charleston, in which he declared that other things being equal there should be no dis crimination against the ' necrro in at) - o o a pointments to office,, which was shortly followed by the appointment of Crum in spite of the universal wbito protest against it. Every step in that line took Roosevelt further into the mix up, emboldened the negroes, and encouraged 2 them nut only to ask for but to demand more than they had any idea of doing when Roosevelt, under . the evil counsels and urging of Mana ger Clarkson, began to lean towards them, and cmmit himself to them. They are now not only demanding civil appointments, but appoint monts in the regular army and are following this up with reviving the old schemes of . pensions for ex slaves. And what is more they are giving it oat that if these demands are not heard and complied with they will grasp their clubs and help to maul the Republican party, visit vengeance upon it and upon Presi dent Roosevelt whom they seem to look upon as their head servant, a sort of oian of all work. As giving some idea of their as seniveness, aggressiveness and the wy they are holding the club over Roosevelt and the Republican prty, w clip the following Washington dipatch to the New York Times : Demand that the Republican party hall cauie the enactment of a law 10 pension former slaves was made to the President to day. The penalty of re fatal will be the renewal' of a move ment to organize a bolt of tbe Repub lic party by ine Northern negroes. Toe threat is made by three negro clergymen whom. Surveyor Claris in to i to the White House during tbe Fall campaign. There was at that time a movement to organise the ne groes, particularly In the doubtful Northern 8uies, to vote against the It publican party unless the ''Lily Woite" movement in the Bouth was dUavowed by the administration. After tbelr interview at tbe White House the three clergvmen, who bad announced their intention of Issuing a manifesto in favor of such an organiza tioo, declared that they would dis- emntenaoee tbe movement because the administration was going to fight tbe "L ly Whites." The idea was thereupon dropped for the time, al though local organisations have been kept up Ia some States. 1 8. P Mitchell, President of the Na tional industrial Uouncil of ex-Blavee, was at tbe White Bouse to-day to get the President to look into the plan of pensioning the former slaves, tie said that tbe unless the Republicans take up throld scheme, which has been be fore Congress year after year, the in dependent negro organisation will be started again and the m titer carried to the polls. Th pension ida has taken a strong hold upoo thousands of negroes. Tho Postomce Department investigated the matter some years ago, and found that many thousands were in correspond ence with the promoters of the scheme. Mitchell says that the pensioning of the ex-slaves would bring, about a more equitable distribution of public moneys. Tbe North, he say, is get ting three-fourths of the money now being distributed, and tbe greater por tion of pension, river and harbor ap progriatlons, etc , go North. ''Tbe only recourse left for the ad justment of tbe matter.?' said Mitchell, "will be tbe polls. If the President ana nis uDinet and Uongress rail to bear us, we can by organisation in the .Northern Slates change the color of things greatly before the next elect loo. We can get people in office who will aid us. Tbe agitation of this question means the negro vote next Fall and tu 1904 -The National Industrial Council met f VOL. XXXIV. here last Friday and paurd resolutions indorsing the aabeme for an independ ent negro party, which should rote for candidates -willing to aid its project. Tbe negroes know very well tbat they cannot do much In the South, ' but ex pect to frighten the Republicans in the doubtful8tatesv The President's recent utterances and actians upon the negro question have led to a bad state of things down in Georgia, according to statements made by Congressmen from tbat State. It seems that the negro poli ticians in Georgia, who are mainly ig norant men, have an idea that the Preaident is their friend, and that a tout all they . have to do to get a white Postmaster out or omeeis to trump up charges against htmv When Senator Pritchard and his Lily Whites slammed the doors of the Greensboro convention against the negro delegates and they went pouting away, Chairman Price drew a long breath and joyously congrat ulated his brother white Republicans that after being strapped to it so long they were at last treed from that "body of death;" but it doesn't look as if they are quite as much freed from it as he thought they were, for between Clarkson . and Roosevelt they have made the "body- of death" a sticker and a somewhat lively corpse, much more lively and clamorous for some of the soft snaps than they have been for years, and assertive enough not only to threaten retribution on the Lily Whies in the South, but on the Republican party in the North it it doesn't come to time and hearken to their de mands. What they will do or whether they will do anything remains to be seen. The probabilities are that the Re publican politicians will' play the same old game they have been play ing all along and pull the wool over their eyes as they have done hereto fore, but in their claims and in their threats we see some of the results of Roosevelt's coquetting with and pandering to them, with the hope of placating the negro vote in the few Northern States, where it is a fac tor. Possibly it he had anticipated all the bother it is giving him he would have left hustler Clarkson in Iowa and taken his chances on the negro vote. INCREASE IV USE OF COMMER CIAL FERTILIZERS. The last report of S. L. Patterson, Commissioner of Agricnlture, shows among other things the increase in the use of commercial fertilisers by our farmers in the past seven years, as follows: 1897 214 S71.5 tons. 1898 245.511 75 tons. 1899 244 808 tons. 1900 276 238 tons. 1901............. 339,941 tons. 1902.. 330,714.75 tons. Here is an increase of fifty per cent over 1897, an increase of over 100,000 tons over the consumption of that year." The use of these fer tilizers is increasing not only in this State but in other Southern States and throughout the country gener ally, and it will doubtless continue to increase, because their value to the farmer is recognized. How much these fertilizers cost the farmers of this State we do not know, but it was probably well in vested, since it could not be very well dispensed with, at least at pres ent. If a more judicious use had been made of them, the investment would have been a better one, for there is not tbe least donbt that much of these fertilizers was wasted and washed out of the ground before they did much benefit to the crops. If the same amount that was put npon three acres, say, had been con centrated upon ona, there would have been three times as much benefit. And if some of these fertilizers had been nsed in stimulating grass, and other plants which could afterwards be used in fertilizing the lands and reducing the need for so much commercial fer tilizers, there wonld have been a dis tioct gain in that. The mistake is not in the free use of these fertilizers, but in the injudi cious, extravagant use of them, and in relying npon them too much when more attention should be given to the making, saving and use of home made fertilizers. Mr. Musset is short one eye sim ply because when he was going home at night, in New Orleans, he saw a young woman and young man in dustriously occupied in kissing. He became interested and sneaked into the shadow of a piazza, to see the tilt out. He was so intently em ployed watching the yonng couple that he failed to see a gun pointed at him by the occupant of the house, who took him for a burglar, popped away, and ruined the sight of one of Mr. Mnsset's eyes. Mr. Musset now wants $17,500 damages for that eye, and he never did find out who that kissing couple was, for he left before they did. Rev. Shellenberger, who is also postmaster at Middleburg, Pa., has gotten himself into trouble because he shelled and shot a man who was trying to break into his shack He is a Dunkardt preacher and the Dnnkards ; don't allow their preach ers or anybody else who belongs to them to shoot unsuspecting burglars 1 vja ANTI-TRUST TALK. V' There are now about fouf- anti trust bills either before Congress or n committee under consideration to m fwn be presented, later. ' rneae Dins differ . materially and some of them radically, so materially and so radi cally that it is safe to predict that none of them will go through at this session for when one of these comes up for discussion the rush to go npon record will be so, great that every Senator and Representative who can talk, or read what some one else writes, .will desire to be heard. The administration, and those who represent it, seem disposed to hear and act npon the views of Attorney General Knox, who contends that it isn't so much anti-trust legislation that we need, as a fuller exercise of he power already invested in Con gress to deal with the trusts by a more rigid application of the inter state commeroe laws, and a broader interpretation of them. ,This he thinks, with pioper support of the aw department and liberal appro priations to enable it to follow np and prosecute the trusts, would fill the bill and make unnecessary any new anti-trust legislation. Senator Hoar and . other trust pursuers regard this as only a half way sort of business, which will eave tho trusts practically where they are now masters of the situa tion and monarchs of the industrial domain. They believe that the trusts must be grappled; with in earnest and the issue determined whether they are to rule the Gov ernment or the Government them. Bat it will take time to fight that question out, more time than there is between this and the end of the session, and Mr. Roosevelt will hardly carry out his reported throat of an. extra session. A New York dispatch . says that while the people of that city were shivering for coal there were thou sands of car loads on the New Jersey aide of the river held by combines or higher prices although they were then getting $10 and $12 a ton for coal. The Philadelphia Press, remark ing on the demand in the German Reich 8 tag for a "differential duty on oil," say 8: "But the Germans do not produce oil." Maybe not, but there is lots of German money invested in the Russian oil fields. It is said that Lord Rosebery will wed a Kentucky widow, now a resi dent of Cannes, France. She was formerly a Miss Carr, and one of Louisville's noted beauties, and mar ried a New Yorker, Samuel Sloan Chauncby. The cattle raising industry is pro gressing in Florida. The latest evi dence of progress is the purchase and fencing in of a 30,000 acre ranch by Florida men who propose to go into the business right and raise fine stock. The representatives of the coal barons in Congress are very much afraid that removing the tariff duty from coal would give us cheap coal from Canada. That would be a ter rible affliction to the coal consumers, wouldn't it? The nickel steel rails now being laid by the Pennsylvania railroad on its curves may be nice and durable, but they ought to be when they cost $72 a ton, nearly three times as much as standard steel rails. Marconi says it will be practicable when he gets his system completed forns to carry our telephone ap paratus in our pockets, and do our own helloing without wires or go be tween girls. That Indiana judge who was caught accepting bribes for offices in his court has resigned and gone to Colorado, where they offer larger bribes and there is a chance to make more money in that business. A drunken man who was arrested trying to make his way into J. Pierpont Morgan's office, had three cents and a poker chip in his pockets. Perhaps he wanted to entice John into a little game of draw. Perhaps that New Jersey Judge who resigned because he couldn t live on a salary of $9,000 a year was indulging his family in too much coal and meat. In Northern Sweden there are said to be 70,000 people in a starving condition, whose only food is pounded from balk and moss stewed together. A. C, L. Double Tracklof . Florence Times: The Atlantio Coast Line railway, with the progressive policy that has always characterized it, has decided upon an increase in its facilities to Jacksonville which will be of immense importance to the railroad Interests of tbat city. This improve meat lathe building of a double traek from Grand Croasing to Folkaton as the objective point, thus practically providing a double track all tbe way from Jacksonville to Savannah, by tbe aid or tbe D'oixston cut-on. r A 7 irr "Tim tt.t nr ; tk t WILMINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, AFTER DEADLY GERMS General Assembly vVU! Take a Day Of f 1 to Renovate tie f ; . . Legislative Halls. , T. ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY. Genera! Lee's Birthday Affleodmests to Pension Laws Compensation for . Payms8ter QeocrsI N C. S. 0. , The Senatorlsl Situation. Special Star Telegram. ' ; Ralkigb, N. 0., Jan. 15. Official announcement Is made that the joint committee on Judiciary will snext Wednesday and Thursday consider the Watts ttll; for confining the mann facture'and isale of liquor ' to in corporated towns.' Advocates and op ponents of the bill the State over are expected here to be heard by the com mittee. The Joint Committee on Finance this afternoon approved the sub-committee consisting of Chairman Lon don, Brown, Henderson and Allison, on the part of the Senate, and Chair man Scott, Drewry, Graham and Davidson, on the part of the House, to revise the revenue machinery acts for re-enactment by the Legislature. They will begin this work Monday night. The State Treasurer. State Auditor and tbe Chairman, of the Tax Commission and Corporation Commission, appear ed before the; committee today and advised that the present revenue act is tbe beat the 8tate ever had and that only some minor changes should be made. This will be tbe policy of tbe committee. Uoimportant private bills received attention in both branches of the Leg islature. There was much discussion in the Houae of a resolution from the Senate that a committee be appointed to Investigate the need ol codifying tbe laws. Graham, of Granville, led tbe opposition, claiming that tba State cannot aFord it. Tne resolution was passed. The House also passed the bills to preveutthe manufacture and shipment of liquor in Robeson county and in- creaae tbe Commissioners in Cumber and county, i Bills introduced in the House were as follows: By Dockery, to facilitate and stimulate tbe Improvement of tbe public roads of the Sute. - By Morion, to define the ownership of land bounded by water. By rbillios, to amend Chapter 134, Lws of 1901, relating to special tax in Brunswick county, by extending tbe time. ' By Harrington, to place Hector Mc Neill on the pension roll of the second class. By Thompson, to enable Onslow county to use special funds for certain purposes. . By Self, to amend tbe Laws of 1899 providing that abandonment shall be a cause for divorce. . BvGnioEL.for epaaiai rlif ot sol diers losing a leg in the active service. By McNeil, to prohibit tbe sale of fire crackers more than three Inches long, and toy pistols. Notable bills Introduced In tbe Sen ate were: By Godwin, to codify the pablio laws. lit Bellamy, to amend Section 1274 o' the Code, i Senate bill, to amend Section 1. Chapter 848, Laws of 1901, passed tmra reaaing. Senate bill, to repeal the Ashe county prohibition law, was tabled on motion of Mr. Henderson. Baleigh. N. Q, Jan. 16. When tbe Senate convened to-day. Rev. A. W. Curtis offered prayer. He asked that every Senator should be guided by bis conscience and tbat "no trickery or jobbery prevail." "May this be a jubilee year, when the demon of in temperance win be Dinisneu by legis lation." He also prayed earnestly for a reformatory and progress for educa tion. The following bills were ratified: To repeal the Union dispensary laws. Ti amend the charter of the James Walker Memorial Hospital. To pro vide for the printing of calendars, bills and journals. ' ' Bills introduced: By Spence, to aid in taking depositions in the 8tate for suits brought outside the State. By Norris, to amend Chapter 750, Laws of 1901. so as to allow police men of a city to serve notice to regis trars and judges or election. By Godwin, to appoint Justices or peace in Harnett county. By Wellborn, to allow bastards to represent their ancestors on their mother's side. Bv Brown, to incorporate the Bank of Whlteville. By Spence, to employ stenographers for courts. By McBryde, to provide a new pen sion board for ttobeson county. Bv Pollock, to amend tbe pension law. increasing the appropriation from 1200.000 to 1300.000. By Woodward, to establisn a dis pensary at Tolsnot, Wilson county. Bills considered: senate nut tor cross-indexing appointments of execu tors, administrators and guardians. recommended by the committee so as to make it discretionary with the county commissioners. Passed. House bill to amend Onapter 287, Laws of 1899. Passed. Seoate bill to amend Section 8. Chapter 22, j Laws of 1893, to require pleading to be verified under oatb in the posseioning of land. Passed third reading. Senate bill relative to appeals from justices of the pesos. Tabled. House bill to regulate drawing of jurors of Craven county was passed. Senate bill to protect crops - culti vated under a common fence, by re quiring 90 days' notice to remove such fence. Passed. Senate bill to appoint justices of tbe peace for Harnett county. Passed third reading. 8enate bill to appoint Duncan B McLaughlin a justice of the peace in Robeaon. Passed third reading. At 11:50 o'clock, the 8eoate adjourn ed until Saturday at 11 o'clock. Bills introduced: . By McNeill, to prohibit sale, manu facture and shipment of liquor in Scot land, i - ' ' ' By Carlton, to extend time for allot ting bomestead. By Fuller; to protect water supplies. By Abell, to punish seduction and abduction of married women. By Lucas, to promote and protect the fish industry .in North Carolina waters. - . i- - By Parker, of Wayne, to prevent gambling with slot machines. - By Hooker, to allow town of Wash ington to Issue bonds to pay Itsm debtedneas. f . . . By Willis, to appoint justices of the peace In .Bladen. -: By Hall, to pay. pensions to Con federate soldiers semi-annually. - The bill to prohibit the sale or man ufacture of liquor in .certain parts of waiauga passed, as to 5. The bill to allow Bladen to lew a Special tax to build a jail passed second reading. The bill to regulate courts of the Eighth distric, changing the time of holding courts in Union and Scotland counties, passed third reading. BALEiaH, N. a. Jan. 17. Both branches of the General Assemblv ad journed to-day until Tuesday morning. ine purpose being r to observe Lee a birthday, but more especially to allow time for renovatlnsr tbe Learialative halls. ' New non-germ harboring car pets will be pat down. The bill for renovation passed to-day, providing that not over $3,500 be expended. The majority of members are suffering from colds and other ailments, and the old carpets are believed to contain germs which cause much of the sick ness.; - The House devoted moat of to-dav'e session to discussing and finally pass ing the bill for the ventilation, reno vation, fumigating and heating of the halls. The House also passed the folio wine notable bills: To allow Washington countv to Is sue bonds. To allow Bladen countv to issue bonds to build a j ail. i To repeal tbe stock laws as to Fed eral Point township. New Hanover county. To incorporate Oriental and Pamlico Railroad Co. Bills were introduced as follows: Fuller: Incorporate Trinity College. Gattis: To confer jurisdiction on Superior courts in certain cases. The House adjourned at 13:45 P. M. The Senate was in session only about half an ' hour and no bills of impor tance passed. The notable ones intro duced were: Pritchard : To incorporate the Chapel Hill Trolley Car Co. WfTorn:To give confederate sol diers, who served 90 days, $30 pen sions. All widows and those, who served less than 90 days, $15 per year. Usibardt; To pension widows of Confederate soldiers, who married prior to 1868 Instead of 1885. Justice: To protect buman life by requiring railroads to signal the ap proach of trains under certain circum stances, making the roads liable when signals are not given.: in tbe House Morton introduced a bill providing for a compensation for sufficient to cover bis expenses ana tbe .riving of the $30,000 bond re quired, i ine senatorin sitnsuoi. It is understood that the merest formality will prevail when the Senate and House meet next Tuesday to cast the first official ballot for United State Senator. Only a few votes will be csst to conform to tbe law. There is no change in the Democrat caucus situation, nor is there any pros pect or any for some time. Newt came from Durham to-night that Gen. J. 8. Can on the eve of bis starting for atrip 8outb, said he did not expect any or tbe candidates to get together soon; if they didn't that be would get in - the fight again, as he merely withdrew let the interest of mr. J as. k. Hanson married. Popalsr laterae at Walker Memorial Hos pital Claimed a Soathport Bride. Southport Standard, 15th. At the home of Mr. S. P. Tharp yes terday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock Mr. Jas. K. Hanson, of Wilmington, and Miss Cora WescotL of Southport. were joined by the holy bonds of wedlock, Rev. J. C. 8tory performing tbe mar riage rites. ! The bride is one of Southport s most highly esteemed young ladies. Mr. Hanson is well known here, having lived here several years ago, when he made many friends during his stay In our town. He is at present employed at the James Walker Memorial Hos pital as a licensed druggist. The happy young couple left on the afternoon steamer for Wilmington, where they win make their borne, ac companied by the best wishes of their numerous Southport friends. Robberies In Little River. S. t. Mr. W. H. Stone, of Little River, S. G, was in the city yesterday and gave particulars of the robbery of the poatoffiee at that place last Sunday night. Entrance was effected through a window and from a safe, accident ally . left unlocked $3.60 in cash was stolen. A large quantity of postage stamps were scattered over the floor. An unsuccessful attempt was made the same night to enter the store of the StOne Brothers Company. The store of Mr. 8. J. 8tanley at Calabash, three miles distant, was entered tbe same night and robbed of a quantity of merchandise. Two' strange men, who had been loitering about Little River for several days and who' have since disappeared are suspected of tbe rob beries. Decresse ia Postofflce Figures. Wilmington should be a long time getting over congratulating itself upon what It has gained in the unprecedent ed railroad transactions that have taken place within the past1 several months. The Savannah News ia giving a state ment of the business done in the various departments of the Savannah postofflce during the last year, says among other things; "In some de partments, it is true, less business was done than during . the previous year but this is readily to be accounted for by the loss of tbe very large business of the Plant System after its consoli dation with the Atlantic Coast Line and the removal if its offices from Savannah. The loss 1 alone, tbe post office authorities say, meant the loss of between $5,000 and $6,000 to this office." Bin Afalast Slot Mschioes. By the terms of the bill introduced in the Legislature Friday by Represen tative Parker, of Wayne, it is made unlawful to operate, a slot machine when the return is uncertain and sometimes nothing, or when the return is certain but may be of greater value than the amount deposited, or when the return is not fixed and definite and can be of a less or of a greater value than tbe amount deposited. Violation is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 and imprisonment for from four months to two years. 1903.; i UTLEY MORDER TRIAL Witnesses for the Defence Heard in the Cumberland Superior 4 Court Saturday. THE, PLEA OFj INSANITY." Most of the Day's Session (liven Over to Argament of Leg si Qsestlos-Neffo Porter's Version of tbe Affair. : Recess Taken THI Mondsyl. '..I ' Special Star Telegram. Fatettstville, N. O. Jan. 17. Most of the mornine session of theTJtley trial to-day was taken up on a ques tion of law. Col. Broadfoot, of the defenoe, asked the Judge to order the retirement of the jury, and stated that the defence desired a ruling on this point: Defendant's plea was not guilty. 'Now, would they be allowed to go on under that plea without pre- udice to their Interests and adduce evidence of the insanity at the time of the killing. Solicitor Lyon, Hon. G. M. Rose, Col. Broadfoot and Col. Hinsdale and Mr. H. McD. Robinson, of the firm of Robinson ft Shaw, argued the point, quoting 8tate vs. Potts, Section 8,353 of the Code, and Section 65 of the Statutes, revising the law on insanity. After a full conference, the trial proceeded on the plea of not guilty with a right to prove insanity. Mr. H. McD. Robinson read to the ury the abstract of what the defence ezpeoted to prove. - Examined by the State, Maj. Mc- Kethan said his wife is an aunt of the defendant; he had not seen much of him. Whon sober, defendant is a quiet, peaceable man ; when drunk he is not responsible. A. F. Fowler and Dukes testified to going to tbe hotel on the night of the killing; beard shots down the stairs as Hollingsworth was seeing them to the. room. Hollings worth asked if either had a pistol; he bad a good one, bbt could not get at it. Sam Council, colored night porter. was at the hotel on the night of the 84th of October. Utley came in from the street and said, "I have been shooting my gun, and filled this wall full of boles. Defendant cursed Hol- lingsworth and said he would have him discharged, defendant pointed his right finger at deceased with his left in the pocket of his coat Hoi llngsworth drew a pistol and pointed it at defendant Council got frighten ed and ran out of the hotel, and-when just outside he heard the shot and Mr. Benton came running across the street Some time ago a drummer'was writing at a desk in the hotel and Ut ley said, "I will shoot a hole through his hat' The clerk protested as he was a guest of the bouse. Judge Sutton read the testimony of Sam Council at the inquest Hon. GL M. Rose stated that the de fence was read to introduce expert tes timony, and asked adjournment until Monday morning. The motion was granted. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Lexington Dispatch: The country roads are said to be in a fear ful condition. Many of the farmers coming to town with wood, etc., are using big four-horse teams. Lumberton Boiesouian: The directors of the Lumberton Cotton Mills at their meeting held Thursday declared a quarterly dividend of 3 per cent Tbe affairs of Ue Mill were found in most satisfactory condition. Loui8burr Times: - We hear talk of steps being taken to organize two stock companies tor the purpose of establishing two factories in Louis- burg one for the manufacture of smoking tobacco and the other for the manufacture of cigarettes. Troy Examiner: Ten deputies from Troy went among the Uwharrie mountains last week and arrested seven men, charged with resisting Deputy Sheriff Jordan, as stated last week. xney were tried before i. a. Saunders. J. P., and released on a $300 bond each to appear at our next term of court Stanly Enterprise: There was rather a mysterious homicide at Nor wood last Friday. Abe Colson, a negro some 50 years of age, is dead from the result of a wound on the head. A young negro named Uobinson is In jail here. and it is said that he may implicate others. A young white man of Nor wood is thought to be implicated, but the matter haa been kept so quiet that no certain particulars can be gained. Tbe negro was drunk and had gambled with certain parties. Une theory is that he won heavy stakes from the other fellows, and they killed him. Another is that he fell from a buggy and his bead struck a stone. Weldon News: While Jack Wheeler, a White boy who lives in Northampton county, was loading a gun, bis dog ran by, struck the ham mer of tbe gun and. caused it to fire. Fortunately Wheeler had just out in the powder and was ramming the wads down on that His face and neck were badly burned and peppered with the powder. The load took right under thechin and if the shot had been in the gun his head would have been blown off. As It was he was knocked down by the force of the powder and it will be some time before the traces of it are removed. Wilson Times: Last Saturday evening Will Farmer, colored, a son of George H. Farmer, of Wilson and who formerly arayed for J. T. Wil liams ft Co., was on his wheel going -down tbe tf'inch Mill road when he saw in front of him the eleven-year- old daughter ot Mr. John Henry Mo- Keel. He yelled to her to stop. She did not notice him when he cried, "If you don't stop,.! will kill you." 8he became frightened and ran, and ap pealed to an old colored man who .came out of the woods about that time tonrotect her. will then mada off. A warrant was immediately sworn out for his arrest and ia a short time Sheriff Sharp had him in jail. NO. 13 PALMETT0 rbre. company. Machines, Alter a Thorenih Test, Are Belsx Mssafsctired for Isstallatloi la the WUmlsftoa Factory. : aaasaaaaBBaaiaaw General Manager 'William Mill Butler, of the Palmetto Company, Philadelphia," which recently pur chased the pine product factory on Smith's . Creek, near the city, has written to Superintendent F. L. Hug- gins that the. pine' fibre machines are now being built, rapidly and several will be ready for ' installation very soon so that the factory can begin work. ' These : machines are being built by the. Nszel Machine Tool Works, of Philadelphia, and the de lay in opening, the factory here has been in order to first make sure that they were right Enclosed in the let ter to Mr. HUggins is an affidavit from prominent citizens of Philadelphia stating that from 18 pounds of mate rial fed to one of the machines at a slow speed, there was produced ten pounds of clean fibre, the balance be ing a substance resembling ground cork, which is said to be valuable for tanning purposes. The test was thoroughly satisfactory in every re spect and the company expects to be gin operations upon a profitable basis from the very start. The Palmetto Company was organ ized in Philadelphia in 1898-for the manufacture of various products from the Saw Palmetto, which was consid ered worthless up to that time, but of which there is practically an unlimi ted supply available In Florida and Southern Georgia, where it can be ob tained at the cost of cutting and ship ping. This material will be brought to Wilmington and used for the op eration of tbe factory. The chief articles now to be made at the plant in Wilmington is the horse hair substitute from tbe Palmetto, spoken of above, to be used for up holstering, for mattresses and for other purposes. The product is said to be nearly, if not quite, equal to and as strong and flexible as horse hair, which costs from 80 to 15 cents per pound. The by-product obtained from the waste after the fibre has been taken out, contains about 20 per cent of tanic acid, and can be uaed for tan ning leather and the like. The com pany will also continue to manufac ture cable coating, wood preservative, crude oils, charcoal, etc. from pine, but the chief product will be the fibre. The company has a total capitaliza tion of a million dollars, of which $650,000 is common and $350,000 cumulative preferred stock. Of the latter about $50,000 haa recently been disposed of at par. The officers are H.A. Rutis, president; Jno. F. Collins, vice president; William Meill Butler, secretary and treasurer and general manager. It is said that an offer has has already been made by a large Eu ropean firm to take the entire out-put of horse hair substitute at 6 cents per pound at the factory. Tbe company, however, hopes to sell in the home market at from 13 to 15 cents per pound. The purchase of the factory by the Palmetto Company was recently con summated through the efforts of a committee from the Chamber of Com merce of Wilmington and it is learned that an opportunity will be given to local capitalists to subscribe for the stock. A Native Wilmloitonlsn To Marry. Major and Mrs. Thomas Chard Goodman have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter Edith Anne to Mr. Willism Bradlev Walker. o.n Tuesday evening January 37, 1903, at 8 o'clock, at St Paul's Episcopal church, Chicago. They will be at home after June 1st at Hong. Kong. Mr. Walker is a native of Wilmington, a son of the late Dr. Joshua O. Walker. For seven years be has been at Hons; Kong, China, representing the Stand ard Oil Co. He and his bride will visit Wilmington before leaving for the Orient DESPERATE NEQRO CONVICT. Barricaded la a Shsnty aid Keeping Forty . Mea at Bay. bv Telegraph to tne Horning star. Silubia, Ala., Jan. 17. Tom Ben ton, a notorious negro, is at large in Shelby county. He broke jail three days ago and rewards have been offered by the county officials for his capture. He ia now barricaded In a deserted shandy a few miles beyond Hardy ville and is said to be keeping loriy men at bay. He has killed one, a negro, and wounded a number of white men. Tbe inhabitants are terror-stricken. 6mmvvmvvvvvvvvvvv 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 bill for gro ceries. il(G7SDapers Cannot I Money i4 :. ' .... -j, $ i .V i Set for Trial Dorlot Two Weeks Term BegiMlog Here Next Mssdsy. Perhaps tho most important case of the term that of J. L. Love against the Carolina Central Railroad Co. for $100,000 damages could not be set for, trial for the reason that the plaintiff is confined in jail In Bouth Carolina on the charge of, having killed a man jn. that State several weeks ago. The other caser, as they will be called, ap pear from the calendar aa follows: nRSTwtiid''''" ' Monday Atlantio Coast Line Rail road Co. vs. Albert H. Siocomb, Davis ' ft Davis for plaintiff, r Geoii H. Hutaff r vs. Wilmington Sewerage Ox, Bel lamy ft Bellamy, Russell ft Gore and Herbert McClammy for plaintiff; E. 1 K. Bryan for defendant. , .. - Tuesday Thoa. F. Bsgley vs. City , of Wilmington, E. K. Bryan for plain tiff; William J. Bellamy, for defen-' dant. . T. G. Williams vs. Inter-State Telephone Co., Russell & Gore and . Meares ft Raark for plaintiff; Roun tree ft Carr, E. K. Bryan and Be)- lamy ft Bellamy for defendant R. W Hicks vs. W. W. Blair, E." K. Bryan for plaintiff; Rountreeft Carr lor aeienaant. .uouaaaen cc ucjciiber vs. W. J. Reaves, E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. Wednesday W. T. Dortch, Adra'r. vs. W. T.Bancerman, Rountree ft Carr for plaintiff; Bellamy & Bellamy for defendant E. K. Bryan vs. Chas. O'Lee Donnell, E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. R. W. Hicks vs. O. A. Healey, E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. A. C. Neilsen vs. Southern Express Co., A. J. Marshall for plaintiff; Herbert McClammy for defendant. Thursday W. H. Harlzog vs. a H. Dock ft Co., Russell & Gore for plain tiff; Bellamy ft Bellamy for defendant Dock. McNair & Pearsall vs. Wiley Thompson et. al., E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. Rheinstein Dry Goods Co. vs. H. A. Townsend, E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. J. C. Stevenson Co. vs. W. E. Stone, et. a?., E. K. Bryan for plaintiff. Friday M. J. Corbett Co. vs. J. B. Sellars& Co., E. K. Bryan for plain tiff; J. H. Cook, special appearance for defendant The O. W. Polvogt Co. vs. DuBruiz Cutlar, a D. Weeks for plaintiff; B. G. Empie for defend ant R. W. Hicks vs. D. A. Cooper, McNeil ft Bryan for plaintiff. Saturday Graham Murray vs. O. T. Haper et al., L. V. Grady for plain tiff ; W. J. Bellamy and H. McClammy for defendants. SECOND WEEK. Monday Cltv of Wilmington vr. - Bousheba Hansley, H. MoClammy and W. J. Bellamy for plalnttff; Bellamy & Peschau for defendant. A. G. Ricaud vs. W. H. Chadbourn et al., McNeill ft Bryan and J. D. Bellamy lor -plaintiff and Junius DavIs for defendant. Tuesday B. F. Penny vs. W.. "O. . ft A. Railroad Co., Herbert Mc Clammy, A. J. Marshall, Bellamy & Bellamy for plaintiff; Rountree ft Carr, - Junius Davis and Bellamy ft rescbau for defendant K. w. tucks vs. J. R. Turrentine, McNeill ft Bryan for plaintiff; J. D. Bellamy for de fendant. City of Wilmington vs. J. D. Bellamy, H. McClammy and W. J. Bellamy for plaintiff; Bellamy ft Peschau for defendant Wednesday The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. vs. McNair ft Pearsall et al., Bellamy ft Peschau for plaintiff. Thad F. Tyler vs. Geo. T. Bland et al., Empie ft Empie for plaintiff; Bellamy ' special appearance) for defendant J. W. Monk et al. vs. Uity of Wilming ton, Bellamy ft Peschau and Bellamy ft Bellamy for plaintiff; W. J. Bel lamy, E. K. Bryan and H. McClammy for defendant City of Wilmington vs. Iredell Meares et al., W. J. Bel lamy for plaintiff; Russell ft Gore (by special appearance) for defendant for security company. " Thursday Virginia-Uarolina Uhem Ical Co., vs. J. P. Klrven. Wilcox ft Wilcox and Rountree ft Carr for plaintiff; Davis ft Davis and Bellamy ft Peschau for defendant- Owen Martindale vs. Joseph Albro et al., Bellamy & Peschau and A. J. Mar shal for plaintiff; Battle and Ruark for defendant D. Hanna vs. Fidelity and Deposit Co., Meares ft Rusrk for plaintiff; Bellamy ft Peschau for de fendvnt. A. D. Wessell vs. L. Klrven et al. Bellamy ft Peschau for plain tiff; A. J. Marshall and Herbert Mc Clammy for defendent. Robert Kor negay vs. J. R. Elmore, executor; L. V. Grady for plaintiff. Friday Atlantio National Bank vs. Clark J. Brown et al. McNeill ft Bryan for plaintiff. AtlanUo National Bank vs. Clark J. Brown. McNeill ft Bryan for plaintiff. Louise B. Smith vs. Susan E. Moore, executor.' E. K. Bryan for plaintiff; Bellamy ft Bel lamy for defendant WILCOX TRIAL IS NEARING AN END. The Defence Offered No Testimony and Arfument Was Began Yesterdsy. Case Will Go to Jury Moadsy. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Charlotte, N. 0., Jan. 17. A spe cial to the Observer from Hertford, says: v The Wilcox trial is nearing an end. The State rested after' examining one of the witnesses this morning. It has been rumored all along that the de fence would offer testimony, but the audience and the court were surprised to-day when Mr. Aydlett announced that the case of the State was the case of the defendant . Wilcox was not put on the witness stand, contrary to public expectation, and there was a feeling both of disappointment and relief at this unexpected turn of affairs. Immediately after the conclusion of the testimony argument to the jury was begun. Nellie Cropsey's father, was on the stand to-day, but his testimony was Immaterial; as was also tbat oi ur. Hayman, the last witness heard. Three addresses were made to the jury, the speakers being W. J. Leary, or uaenton, a. v. ; uoscoe xurner ana I. Hey ward Bawyer, of Elizabeth City, N.O. Mr. Leary, for the defenoe, outlined thn argrnmnt tor hia aide of the ease. He contended that the State had failed to connect Wilcox with tbe case in any way and failed to prove that the girl had been killed. nr. Turner, lor ine oiaie, maue an argument in support ot the theory that Wilcox struck Nellie Oropsey over the head with some blunt instrument, car ried her body to the river and cast it into the water. During the speech of Mr. Sawyer, for the prosecution, Miss Ollle Cropsey broke down and cried like a child. The case will go to the jury Mon day afternoon. The legal representatives of the Grown Prince and Princess of Saxony have arranged terms for their separa tion. - The Princess abandona all tbe titles, lights and . dignities, ap pertaining to her through her mar riage and resumes her maiden name. Tbe crown prince has expressed hia willingness to pay her $7,500 yearly.

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