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She MtccMtj gfaic. WILLIAM H. B SB WARD Ddltor and Proprietor, Friday, Apbil 17, 1903. A SOUTHXBH VIEW 07 IT. Yesterday we presented some views of Northern men interested in and connected with railroads, on the reoent decision in the Western railroad merger case, one of whom, ir. cite, - XT.-, Vlr ArnrAMfld the opinion that in the long rnn it would haye a salutary effect. This is the opinion, also, of Mr. John Skelton Williams, President of the Seaboard Air Line, one of the first of the Southern railroad men to give his yiews of that question. He doesn't reach his conclusions from the standpoint that Mr. Schiff does, but from an altogether different Standpoint, xie is wiu uuucu iu an interview a few days ago in Rich mond: 'I am satisfied that when they come to study the matter carefully railroad men and thinking men of all classes, not only In the South but In the onuntvv rnrall. AXCMlt thOIA whfiH ambitious schemes are directly bin- AmmA sill h nnltMf tn tha fallnar that the decision Is sound law, good sense, for the advantage of all legltl mate Interests and for the country's welfare. From a legal standpoint it accords with the opinions of many of the ablest lawyers of the country, and It seems to bs fortified with authori ties and reasoning too strong to be shaken. I have no fear that the Su preme Court will reverse or seriously modify It. Public policy, public sen timent and established principles and precedents of law combine to sustain the Circuit Court. '.From a commercial and practical railroad standpoint the soundness of the court's position is indisputable. It TOicas the judgment of probably nine tenths of tbe most conservative busi ness men of the country. Last No- f . i . , vemoer in new urieani m ia luureii before the trust company section of the American Bankers' Association I took the ground that there must be a check to the processes of merger and combination. I found my position was teartily approved by most of my hearers and by the public generally, If I may judge from press comments, and I am satisfied the country at large will welcome the court's action. "The Independent roads and systems are by this decision assured that con necting lines with whom they inter change, business cannot be bought un by some powerful competitor of their own and of such friendly connecting lines, and the holders of securities in the independent systems will be as sured that their interests cannot be jeopardized by the sale of majority shares to rivals whose interests may be to divert the business of the road to other chrnnels at the expense of mi nority holders. The larger systems, on the other hand, are protected against the building of parallel lines built to force them to buy to protect themselves. The decision seems to make lmpos slble the success of the projected Southern Securities Company. It will be recollected that In the recent hear lng before the 'Interstate Commerce Commission In the Louisville and Nashville case Mr. Gates testified that If the Northern Securities Company were upheld Mr. Morgan proposed the organizition of a Southern Securities Company to merge certain important roads in the South, plans having been dlaeuued or arranged to await the de cision, which Mr. Morgan expected to be favorable to nis methods, it could not have been a healthy or safe situs tlon. If a few men could have sat in their offices in New York and controll ed the railroad systems of this entire country not safe for the stockholders of the roads themselves nor for the public ''Speaking for the Independent sys terns, I welcome the promise of con tinued fair competition. There is plenty of business to give good profits to au roads and systems properly es tablished and wisely managed, and there will be demand for extension and for new lines to carry tbe steadily Increasing traffic and travel. As for the general public, it is idle to talk of n political republic with a financial tyranny. There is no more safety In having commerce at tbe mercy of an absolute ruler than there would be In having our Government controlled by czar wno might be a benevolent or a cruel despot, a wise or a ruinous one, according to his whim or abilities or the circumstances. "Instead of disturbing our prosper! ty this decision, if sustained, as I be lieve it win be, win establish, secure and protect the commercial situation. It will encourage and foster legit! mate extension, growth and ex pan ion and stimulate enterprise and in dustry and local effort by guarantee ing them against oppression and forced absorption." ir. wunams nas achieved repu a a tation as a successful railroad or ganizer and manager and by his successful achievement has loomed np conspicuously among the rail road celebrities of this country. In this instance he speaks as a railroad man and a citizen, as a railroad man who believes that railroads built for legitimate purposes and managed in a legitimate business-like way should be protected from powerful grasping and unscrupulous combinations, or ganized In the spirit of greed, and operated on monopolistic principles. If this system merging were to go on, and there were no law to check and limit it, where would it end? How long would it be before having consolidated under one imperious management the competing lines of one section they would reach ont and consolidate the com peting lines of another section, un til they had all the competing lines practically nnder one management, which from Its central office would control directly or indirectly every railroad In the country? Where . would then be the independent ' lines? What lines would or could be independent? What encourage ment would there then be for capi talists to pnt their money into the mm m Bunding oi new roads, long or short, however necessary or Inviting the builing of inch roads might be, whan thflT knew that when built they would be utterly in the power of these colossal combines and could be ruined by them if they failed to. tjomply with the terms, rules and regulations laid down by the combines, The fact Is that a combination! of this kind, although far less sweeping than tbe Morgan mergers, has proved a serious obstacle to rail road building in the South already, and has . defeated schemes for rail road building in this State, because the projected roads promised to be oome competitors in business. The probabilities are that an air line road from Goldsboro to Charlotte, passing through one of the richest and best ! sections of the State, would have been built some time ago if it had not been for the fact . that it would come into competition with the interests that control the North Carolina Central rail- roadJ" This was not a merger case proper, but it is an illustration of what one powerful organization can do to prevent the building of competitive lines and may give some idea of what a colossal combination eould do to prevent the building of any road or roads it didn't want built. This is one of the views that Mr. Williams takes of it, a sufficient reason, if there were no other, why the people of the country and of the Sotith especially, which is to be the field of railroad building activi ty in the future, are kto be con gratulated upon that decision. CLEVBLilD OH THE RACE PROBLEM. Yesterday we quoted some ex tracts from the eloquent address of Col. Watterson at the banquet of the Hamilton Club, in Chicago in which he presented the race pro blem in what was doubtless a new light to his audience, many of whom had been viewing it from a narrow, sectional, partisan standpoint. Some what inline with this, though some what different in conception and leas captivating in diction, was the address of ex-President Cleveland who was the principal speaker at a meeting in New York city, Tuesday night in the interest of the Tuske gee, Ala., Colored Institute. A number of more or less prominent men were on the stage, and among them Booker T. Washington. Mr. Cleveland was introduced by Mayor Low, and then proceeded to frankly discuss the race problem which is now attracting even more attention in the North than it is In the South, because politicians are pushing it to the front. He declared himself a believer in the education of the negro as one of the essentials for the solution of this problem, and commended the work of Booker T.' Washington, who he said has met with the sympathy, encouragement and support of the best element of the white people of the South, with out which, whatever the efforts of well wishers of the negro in the North may be, but little can be ac complished. Speaking as "a friend of the negro," he said: I believe that the days of Uncle Tom's Cabin are past. I believe that neither the decree that made the slaves free nor the enactment thai suddenly invested them with the rights of citizenship any more pureed them of their racial and slavery-bred imperfections and deficiencies than it changed the color of their skin. I be lieve tnat from nearly nine millions or negroes wno nave bsen intermixed with our citizenship, there is still a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad amount or vlciousuess ana a tremen dous amount of laziness and thrift- lessness. I believe that these condi tions Inexorably present to the white people of the United Btatet, to each in his environment and under the man date of good citizenship, a problem that neither enlightened self-interest nor the higher motive of human sym pathy will permit them to put aside. I believe our fellow-countrymen In the Southern and late slaveholdlng States, surrounded by about nine-tenths, or nearly eight millions of this entire negro population, and who regard their material prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civiliza tion, interwoven with the negro prob lem, are entitled to our utmost con sideration and sympathy and fellow ship. Mr. Watterson declared in his Chicago speech that where there might be one negro qualified for citizenship there are myriads who are not, and here Mr. Cleveland frankly tells the Republican negro sympathizers who were listening to mm tnat there "is still a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad amount of viciousness and a tremendous amount of laziness and thriftless nesa" among the negroes, facts that the negro agitators in the North would do well to bear in mind when insisting upon Indiscriminate suffrage. He closed with the following sober appeal to the sensible, conservative element of the Northern neonle ; v - i a i , - wno wouia co-operate in the suc cessful solution of this perplexing problem: "I do not know how it miv ba with other Northern friends of the nm. out i nave taun in tne nonor and sin cerity of the respectable white people of the South In their relations with the negro and his improvement and weii Doing, xney do not believe in social equality of the racer, and they make no false pretence in regard to it. That this does not grow out of hatred of the negro is very plain. It seems to me that there is abundant sent! ment and abundant behavior among the South', rn whites towards the negro to maze us aouDt tne justice of chart lng this denial of social equality to prejudice, as we usually understand tbe word. 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What they have done many times iu years gone by is the best guarantee of future results. Any one with a bad back, any reader suffering from urinary troubles, from any kidney ills, will find in the following evi dence proof that relief . and cure is near at hand: Mr. G. M. Myers, the well-known shoemaker of Winchester avenue and 14th street, Ashland, Ky, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are like true friendB, the longer you know them the better they are appreciated. I can add nothing to the statement I first made in 1896 after I procured the remedy at the Ventura Drug Co.. and took a course of the treat ment, which cured me. I was ab solutely free from all backache for nearly three years, then I noticed a slight ache, as the result of a cold, in my back. A box of Doan's Kid ney Pills disposed of it. I have recommended this remedy to many, and have never heard of one who did not endorse the claims made for it. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute, ap 12 1 w imperious than prejudice as to amount to a racial instinct. "Whatever it is, let us remember, that it has condoned the negro's share in the humiliation and spoliation of the whitemen of the South during the saturnalia of reconstruction daya, and has allowed a kindly feeling for the ne gro to survive the time when the South was deluged by a perilous flood of Indiscriminate, unintelligent and blighting negro suffrage. Whatever it is, let us try to be tolerant and con siderate of the feelings and evea prejudiced racial instincts of our white fellow countrymen of tbe South, who in the solution of the ne gro problem must, amid their own suggestions, bear the heat of the day and stagger under the weight of tbe white man's burden." BAPTIST FEMALE UNIVERSITY. Several Changes Msde la the Facility Lsst Nlrht Trustees Elected Special Star Telegram. RaLEIOH, N. C, April 14. The Trustees of the Baptist Female Uni versity in annual session here to night made several changes in the faculty. Mrs. Anderson, of Arkansas, was elected principal Instead of Miss Skel ton. resigned. Miss Bowman, of Ar kansas, was elected to the chair of Elocution in place of Miss 8yd nor, re signed. Olher changes will be ma -e at another meeting to-morrow. Rev. W. O. Tyree and Bev. J. H. Massee, of Raleigh, and Judge R. W. Win ston, of Durham, were added to the Board of Trustees. Miss Perry. Latin Instructor, was given one year's leave of absence to study at Harvard. Miss Lanneau was appointed to occupy her chair. The financial reports were sat isfactory to the Board. All expenses of the session were paid by the regu lar fees. TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEVTH. Horrible Trsfedy Which Occurred la On slow Mother's Fraatlc Attempt. Special Star Telegram. Wards Mill, Onslow county, N. C , April 12. A ten-year-old son and an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Green Hat- sell were burned to death in tbe f ami- y home, near this place, Friday night about 11 o'clock. Tbe mother of the children was about a hundred yards away attending some sick. She heard the explosion of a lamp in the house and ran to save her children. In her excitement she brought out a pillow which she thought to be the sleeoine baby but finding otherwise, she again rushed into the burning building, fell prostrate in one or tbe rooms and would have also bsen consumed had not Mr. J. O. Littleton came just in time to take her to a place of safety. A little son of Mr. Littleton and a color ed man saved three children from the flames but the others perished. "W. H. W. FARWINQ AND TRUCKING LANDS. Mr. R. A. Brnd Talks Inlereitloily tl Baltimore Saa Correspondent. Special t Baltimore Sun. Wabhihgtow, April 14. Mr, R. A. Brand, of Wilmington, N. O., gen eral freight agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, who is in this city, said last night: "The Atlantic Coast Line beat, iot railroad In the world in the auantitr of berries transported, Last Saturday we snipped out or Wilmington 84 re frigerator cars filled with as luscious strawberries aa tbe world produces. As each car hold, about 8,000 quarts, it will be seen that this total shinment equalled 273,000 quarts, which is a rrther good sprinkling of berries. Tbis year ' is a fine one for the growers and tbe fruit is very early, fully three weeks In advance of last season. Tbe peach crop does not Sromlse so well, owing to the damage one by the cold snap, and the Yield probably will not be over a third of a crop. "The farmers down our' wav are in good humor because of the good revenue they have been getting from their lands. There Is the item Of to bacco alone, from which many small planters derive a comfortable income. The development of tobacco prowinc in South Carolina, particularly in the last few years, is something remark able. There la one small town on our line, a little place called Mulllus, which handled the past season about 800,000 pounds of tobacco. "The beauty of its producUon Is that it can be made a surplus crop: that Is to say, every farmer can plant three or four acres without interfering with his other operations. It isn't every farmer who undertakes tobacco culture who makes a success of It, but where it Is skillfully managed It is about the best paying crop that can be raised in the South." O00D ROADS CONVENTION. Governor Appoints Deleiates to St. Lonls Meeting, AprU 27th to Mtn. Special Star Telegram. Raluqh. N. O, April 15. Gov. Ayeock appointed tr-dy twenty-nine delegates to the Internaiiju.l GoJ Roads Congress, at St. Louis, April 27thr80tb. D. MeEaehern, of Wil mington, William Dunn, of Newbern, and Geo. D. Green, of Wilson, are among the number. - : i BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. Miss Bet tie Dek'osset and Mr. Frederick W. Dick Married Last Evening. A VEkY BRILLIANT AFFAIR. I Ceremony by the Rector sod ai Uacle of the Bride Reception and Compli mentary Germsn Leave for " Bridsl Toot This Mornlox. Historic Saint James' church was perhaps never more resplendent with the beauty and fashion of the city than on last evening at 8:80 o'clock when merrily rang the wedding bells for the marriage of Miss Bettie Geer DeRosset and Mr. Frederick William son Dick, both popular young people of this city. The civil and betbrothal portion of the beautiful service was read by the rector, Rev. Richard W. Hogue. The religions and churchly portion was read by the Rev. Fred A. DeRosset, of Springfield, I1L. who came the-long distance to unite his neice in marriage to Mr. Dick. . The church edifice was densely crowded but as admittance was by card all were comfortable seated by the ushers, Messrs. Swift Boatwrlght and Aubrey Parsley. Promptly at the hour appointed the organist, Mr. James Charles Craft, be gan the wedding march from Tann hauserand the expectant eyes of the audience soon beheld advancing slow ly along the main broad aisle toward the altar two pretty flower girls, little Misses Delamar Burbank and Bessie Conolly, charmingly dressed. Next came the ushers and the groomsmen, followed by eight bridesmaids, Miss May Ella Ranking, Miss BueMcQaeen, Miss Mary Cllder, Miss Emma West, Miss Alice Boatwrlght, Miss Anita DeRosset. Miss Ida Ran dolph and Miss Annie Kidder. Next came alone the first bridesmaid, Miss Luclle Murchison; then came tbe maid of honor, Miss Annie DeRosset, handsomely gowned in blue em broidered crepe de chene, and carry ing a large and handsome bouquet of Marechal Neil rosea. Last came the bride, leaning upon the arm of her brother, Mr. Thos. p. DeRosset, of Mew York. The groom and his best man, his brother, Mr. W. A. Dick, eame in from the vestry and at the chancel steps the groom met his bride and led her to the altar rail. The solemn ceremony was begun by Rev. Richard W. Hogue, the rector, who read the civil or betrothal portion of the service. The uncle of tbe bride. Rev. F. A. DeRosset, then read the religious part of the service and pronounced them man and wife, adding the solemn blessing. Twas a beautiful picture thus gath ered around the broad chancel of St. James', handsomely gowned women and conventionally dressed men. The choir stalls had been moved, the wide space covered with a white carpet and the whole decorated with palms in great abundance and Easter lilies innumerable; the allar, super- altar, 'with ferns, lilies and candles; tbe reredos brilliantly shown with electric light. The picture was a beau tiful one, bsautiful women and hand some men. The' bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Thos. O. DeRosset The gown of the bride was of white embroidered panne crepe, trimmed with point lace; her veil of exquisite tulle was caught with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of Lilies of the Valley, whose pensile bloom denoted modesty and shyness. The bridemaids were exquisitely gowned in embroidered creme batiste, with slipper and sashes, light blue, wearing wreaths of blue forget-me- nots. Etch carried large stalks of Easter lilies. The ceremony concluded, the bridal party left the church to an inspiring wedding march and hosts of friends hastened to the residence of the bride's mother. Mrs. L. B. DeRosset, No. 810 Orange street, where an elegant reception was tendered to hundreds of guests who called. The groomsmen were Messrs. Clay ton Giles, Jr., T. B. Willard, Henry Peschau. Gaston Mvers. A. 8. Wil liams. J as. M. Stevenson. Jos. W. Yates and Champ McD. Davis. Last night in the Masonic Temple a brilliant german was given by L' Arioso Club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dick and this morning the bride and groom will leave for an extensive tour North. A large number of out-of-town guests were present at the ceremony last night, Including Mrs. Sarah N. Dick, of Lumberton, mother of the eroom: Mrs. James A. Willard . of Baltimore, a relative of the bride, and Mrs. Hatton, of Washington, D. ., grandmother of the bride. . Norment Parmele Wedding. Friends in the city have received handsomely engraved invitations, bearing the following announcement: "Oapt. William S. Norment requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his daughter, Nellie Row land, to Mr. Alfred Truman Parmele, on Wednesday afternoon, April 29th, 1901, at 6 o'clock, Presbyterian churcb, Lumberton, N. C." Miss Norment and Mr. Parmele are very popular In wide circle of friends here, Mr. Parmele is of the Parmele-Eccleston Lumber Co.. which now has head quarters in Wilmington. Pretty Marriage at Delgado. At Delgado village laat evening at 8 o'clock, in the presence of a large number of friends, Miss Attle Rowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rowan, was happily married to Mr, Herbert King, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. King, of Topsail, N.'C Rev. E. J. Edwards, of Delgado, per formed the ceremony and the bride re ceived many handsome presents, In cluding a beautiful China tea set. T Cure Cold in On Day 1!, Eu,ys Brpmo Quinine Tablets. All tuuKKiBia rl una uu naniT If It fat a tn mm " iti aiguaiuro is on eacu Dox. spc t i FIRE THIS HORNING. The Steamer Compton Burned at the Wharf of Skinners Ship Yard Early To-day. LOSS IS FULLY ONE-HALF. I Hoisting and Pile Driving Apparatus of Mr. L. H. Sklsaer Badly Dsnuged... Qnlck Work of the Steamer Sanders Estimates, Etc. The freignt and passenger steamer Compton, belonging to the Wilming ton and Little River Transportation Co., of this city, was almost com pletely destroyed by fire this morning at 1 o'clock, at Skinner' marine rail way, In the southern section of the city, where she had just undergone extensive repairs and was tied up at the railway wharf. The steamer la valued at from $13,000 to $16,000 and was .Insured for only $10,000. .The damage is fully one half, and may be more. A hoisting scow, machinery and pile driver belonging to Mr. Louis EL Skinner and also tied up at the wharf waa damaged to the extent of about $500. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Other boats tied up in the vicinity were towed away with only alight, if any, damage. The origin of the fire is unknown. An old colored watchman on the yards said the fire originated in the Compton and It was a light blsze when be discovered it. ; Alarms of fire were sent in from box 41, Water and Market streets, and box 45, Front and Castle streets. The two alarms confused the firemen greatly and the fire was exceedingly hard to get to. The steamer Sanders, belonging to the same company an the Compton, was steaming up, however, to leave at daybreak for Little River, B. C., and she immediately put to the scene of tae conflagration. Capt. 8an ders was personally aboard and. first pulled a small yacht from almost un der the very bow of the burning boat. The tug Blanche, tied up just south of the Compton, was also taken to safe anchorage and Oapt. Sanders then began to play a stream of wa ter on the Compton from the pumps aboard. The firemen, by laying 3,000 feet of hose, man aged to get two streams on the burning property, and this was fol lowed by other streams from the Ma rion, which was lying at the Sprunt wharf and soon followed to the rescue. The Compton is an iron hull vessel, and aa soon as practicable she was towed out into tbe middle .of the stream by the Sanders and towed down the river. The Marion assisted. The scow was soon moored to tbe wharf at the north end of the yards and the firemen under personal direc tion of Mr. Bkinner and Chief Schnib- ben, soon had the flames extinguished. The pile-driving apparatus belonging to the scow was tied alongside the 'Compt on, but waa saved after some damage. The tug Blanche was scorched some as were also the Frak- lin Pierce and schooner Argyle, be longing to J. W. Brooks and Brooks & Taylor. The two last named were on the ways, the apparatus of which was not injured. Accurate estimates of the losses and Insurance cannot be made at this hour. The burned steamer Compton was built at Wilmington, Del. in 1889 and waa formerly used by the old C. F. & Y. V. railroad as a ferry boat in this city. She was 53 tons net register, 85 feet long, 24 feet breadth and was 8 feet depth of hold. She was formerly used on the Wilmington and Little River line and Messrs. Stone & Co., of this city, are her agents here. Mr. M. J. Oorbett is president of the company which owns her. 8be had been unj dergolng extensive repairs since the completion of the steamer Sanaers oj tbe same company about two months ago. Capt Sanders of the steamer San ders, which was first to reach tbe scene, is confident that the fire start ed in the hoisting scow, which was lying outside the Compton to the west. Several others who reached the scene early are of the same opinion. The wind was blowing southwest and the steamer caught easily. . The wreck of the Compton was towed to the company's wharf, near foot of Market atreet, this morning. FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN KENAN. Services at II O'clock This Moral ag from the First Presbyterian Church Tbe Military Will Attend. The remains of the late Oapt Wil liam Rand Kenan, whose sad death haa been announced, reached Wil mington from Baltimore on a special train at 6:30 o clock yesterday morn- ins- and were taken directly to the family residence on Nun, between Front and Second streets. A number of friends and relatives were at tbe station to receive the party, not with' atandlnar the earl v hour. Accompany ing the remains were all member of Cant. Kenan's family. Including Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Flagler who joined thAfniiAra nartv n route. Other re latives came during the day including Ool. Thos. 8. Kenan, of Raleigh, who met the remains in Washing ton. Mr. Thomas 8. Kenan. Jr.. of Atlanta, also arrived during the day. Mr. Charles M. Busbee and Dr. V. K. Turner, of Raleigb. friends of Capt. Kenan, arrived last evening to attend the funeral The services will be . conducted at 11 o'clock this morning from the First Presbyterian church by the pastor, the Bev. J. M. Wells, Ph. D., and the remaloa will be laid to rest in Oakdaie. Oape Fear Camp has been called officially to assemble In uniform at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the W. L. I. armory to attend the services, and the Wilmington Light Infantry has been called to assemble at 10 A. M. for that aame purpose. Members of the Reserve Corps of the company are also requested to be ia attend- 1 ance. . . . BAIL DAMAGED TRUCK Severe Storm. Passed Over Part of Strawberry Belt Tues day Afternoon. EARLY REPORTS RECEIVED. ! At Grists, on W , C. A. Railroad, It Was Heavy, Bat at Qarland, Sampsoa Coaaty, It Was Most Destruc tiveSome Crops Ralaed. Newn reached the city Tuesday af ternoon of a terrific hail Istorm that passed over a portion of the trucking belt In this section about noon. At Grist on the W. C. & A. railroad much damage was done to strawberries and Whiteville and Cbadbourn also suffered to some extent. The most discouraging report, perhaps, comes from Garland, Sampson county, and other sections doubtless suffered also. It will require a day or two to deter mine exactly the extent of tbe injury. The following reports were received by the Stab in reference to the storm: Grists, N. O., April 14. This sec tion haa just had a heavy hail storm. Cannot say as yet what the damage will be to the berry crop. Chadbottbn, N. C, April 14. No damage by hail storm at Chad bourn to-day but at Cerro Gordo, it was re ported quite heavy. Whiteville, N. O , April 14, Tbe damage done by a heavy fall of hail in this section to-day is small. The) heavy storm passed north and east of this place and thereby missed the great berry section. Tbe principal damage done so far as we are able to learn is to the fruit and early gardens. Garland, N. C, April 14.-Th's section was visited by a terrific hail storm about noon to-day. It lasted for more than half an hour, tbe trees ara stripped of their leaves and branches and the strawberry crop lock lik a total loss Just what the damage is cannot ba ascertained as yet. Lota of hail stones the size of goose eggs could be seen after tbe storm was over. The window lights in all the buildings are badly shattered. PRETTY AFTERNOON VVEDDINQ Miss Bertha Colwell Swinson Becsme the Attrnctive Young Bride of Mr. Arcbl bsld Bnle McNalr Ceremony. At the pretty heme of tbe bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Swin son, No. zii (Jrace street, yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock a beautiful home wedding was celebrated which joined in marriage Mia Bertha Col well Swinson and Mr. Archibald Buie McNalr, both popular young people of this city, the groom being a son of Mrs, Flora O. McNair, of flartsville, S. C, but a resident of Wilmington for a number of yearr. Tbe parlors of the home were moat handsomely decorated with palms, ferns and a profusion of cut flowers which, with the brilliancy of theother environment, made the acene a lovely one indeed. The bride was attended by Miss Mary Swinson, her sister, and Miss 8allie Murphy, the first named as maid of honor and Miss Murphy as bridesmaid. They were charmingly gowned in white- French lawn trim med with white ribbon and laca and carried shower bauquets of pink carnation?, La Franoe roses, and maiden hair ferns, caught with piak ribbon. The bride wore a becoming navy blue travelling suit of broadcloth with gloves and hat to match and carried a beautiful bouquet of Bride's roses, lilies of the valley and maiden hair ferns, deftly tied with white tulle. The bride and groom were preceded from the rear parlor by tha bride' attendants and at a beautiful impro vised altar banked with palms and ferns the latter gracefully gave way and the popular young peop'e to tbe marriage vow stood before the Rev. Dr. Calvin 8. Black well, who made them man and wife In a beautiful ceremony, the ring service nsving been used. The wedding marches were artistic ally rendered by Mrs. J. D. Elwardt. A wedding march from Lohengrin was played as the party entered, and while tbe ceremony was in progress "O" Promise Me" wis rendered softly and with beautiful effoct. Mendel sohn' wedding march waa played as the party retired from the altar. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. McNair received hurried con gratulat;ons from a host of frleuda who were present to witness the happy event and at 8:45 P. M. they left for Hartsville, 8. C, the groom's old home, where an elegant reception was given last evening. Many of the wed ding guests accompanied the you De couple to tbe train and they were showered with rice in token of their good wishes and happy congratu, lations. Many and exceedioslr beautiful p:e- senls were received by the bride, who is one of Wilmington's most beautiful young ladies, much loved and admired in a wide circle of friendp. The groom is a nephew of Mr. 8. P. McNair, a leading wholesale mer chant and citizen of Wilmington and young Mr. McNair occupies a re. sponsible position in his uncle's office. Mr. and Mrs. McNair will return to Wilmington Wednesday and will be at home at No. 211 Grace street. Among the guests from a distance to attend the wedding were Mr. Alford McNair, a brother of tbe groom, of Hartsville. 8. 0., Mr. G. W. Swinsoo, of Columbia, S. 0., an nncle of the bride; Mr. Ernest Herring and Mia Jessie Herring, of Tomahawk, N. 0.; Mr. K. W. Herring, of Chan! Hill. sh.kj., ana uiss tsert uaidwel), of Wal lace, relatives or tne bride. "Fifty-four years ago ye ster- day "we are reminded by an old In- naoitanr, "there was six inches of snow on tne ground tn Wilmington." OASTOniA, Bean tb si KM YOU Ha8 Always The Kind You Haw Always Bobit THE STRAWBERRY MARKET. Mity Refrigerator Cars and 2,000 Crates by Express Went Forward Taesdsy. ' The Storm in New York Sixty refrigerator car of 300 crates each and 3,104 crates of strawberries by Southern- Express were shipped through South Rocky Mount Tuesday. Eighteen cars went to New York, where the price ruled from 7 to 18 cents, 15 cars went to Boston; 11 to Pittsburg, 5 to Buffalo, two each to Newark, N. J., and Cleveland, Ohio, and one each to Philadelphia, Provi dence, Worcester, Hartford, Elmira, Columbus and Montreal. The bulk of the Express shipments went to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington and Boston. The shipment to New York, bow- ever reached a bad market as tne fol lowing special telegram received by the Stab last night will show: New York, April 15 No berrkn were delivered by freight to-day, a bad wind and rain storm affecting the market considerably. Express ship ments sold from ten to fifteen cents. Asparagus prices are fifty cents higher Peaa are bringing $3; cabbage $1.75; lettuce $1.50 to $3 50. J. G. LlPPMaSN, Wholesale Produce Commission Mer chants. MaNN CASE CONTINUED. Owing to Absence ol Prosecuting Attorney It Waa Set for Next Taesdsy. Owing to the absence of Martden Bellamy. Esq., whom it la understood has been employed to prosecute the defendant, the esse of Samuel L. Mann, charged with atabbicg Roder ick McRse on tbe night of April 1st, was continued in the police court yes terday at noon until Tuesday, 21st inst. Mr. Bellamy 1 engaged in the trial of the Kirven ease in the Superior Court and could not be present Mann'a bond was continued ith the same securities. Herbert Mc 01 am my, Eq., and A. J. Marshall, Esq., were present yesterday as cour se! for Mann. Fell Dowh Steps. Mr. E. A. Orrell fell down the stone steps leading from the front porch at the Oity Hall to the police station yes terday about I o'clock and received a severe gash in the scalp. The wound was dressed by Dr. O. T. Harper. DPTJZZXjE piotubb. PICTORIAL PUZZLE. FIND THREE Give these shells a thorough trial, and you will find them to be as nearly perfect as experience, ingenuity, brains and equipment can make them. They are made with the Winchester patent corrugated head, which has made Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater Smokeless Powder Shells so popular and satisfactory. Winchester Factory-Loaded " New Rival " Shells are thoroughly waterproof, and are loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of powder, shot and wadding which makes them uniform and reliable. Shoot Tbem and You'll Shoot Well STATEMENT OF Tbe Wilmington Savings & Trat Go, At close of business AprU 9th, IMS, (oonaensed from report to Corporation oommlaaion.) ASSXT8. Real eatate l, 90S 00 Casn on band and due from banks.... 110 994 M Loans and Discounts , l.OiljBi SI TOSJ ..tl.184.14S 11 J. W. NORWOOD, President. . C. B. TAYLOR. rtamna.rs.tfv4B Dtpoeits-Aprii sth, lesr ....1.7......... .T...7.T. V. I m m v. April " 1898 " I9nl 1BOB 15W FURNITURE When you are looking for anything in this line SEE US. We Cannot Be Undersold. Agents for Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 Sewing Machine. THE S1TEBD CO., mr 29 W Corner Second and Market streets. 'fTFPTHIMr DrtWrk?rcV TCEThTnQ easy r-.Ji--' gSulatos tlie Bowels. 8tr--fithen the Child and MAKES nd Tbrivintf W5UTVaTl!liRl,2n?.nc,.8oo., Colk. hlvaa and Thru.h. Remove. Bumn,. . . ? ESlH,riA. Countoraota and Overcome tho Effects of the man 28 otnt to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D St. Louis. Ma. WW Our money winning books, .written by men who know, tell you all about Potacsh They are needed by every man who owns a field and a plow, and who desires to get the most out of them. They ire fret. Send postal card, OEBMAN KALI WORKS 8 Kasaaa Street, New Terk Warder Case Continued. Columbus Superior Court has ad journed and Judge Chas. M. Cook and Solicitor Lyon were here yester day, returning to their homes. The principal criminal case of the term was continued. It is that of the 8tate agaitiat Coleman Smith, a middle aged white man, who is charged with the murder of Jeiss Soles, a white man, and Jim Staley, a negro, on Sunday night, March 29ib. Tbe kill ing occurred two weeks ago last Sun day, and about a week ago 8mith was arreated on suspicion, but it is said there is only evidence of a circum stantial nature. It is belie red that more than one person was concerned In the murder. The steamer City of Fayette tdUe arrived yesterday morning and cleared late in the afternoon for the return. Among her passengers wero Messrs. A. E. Cain, Archie McNeill, H. L. Lyon and H. H. Barn hi II, of Elizsbethtown ; J. A. 8qufree, of Nai more and T. N. Maultsoy, of Coun cil's Bluff. Spirits turpentine was firm on the local mrket yesterday at 491 cents. RIakes a clean Nwitp. There's nothing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the tialv?s you ever heard of Bucklen'a Arnica Salve is tbe best. It sweeps away and cures Burns, Sorer, Bruises, Cut, Boils, Ulcers, Bkin IGruptions and Piles. It ia only 25 cents, and guaranteed to give satsfaction by R. R. Bellamy, druc-eiat. HIDDEN FAIRIES. '"NEW RIVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS LIABILITIES. Capital f Cft.ffWOO Bnrpln 08 664 05 88 564 95 Deposits. 1,03 988 87 accrued latercstdae dep sltors.... 8.661 69 I Total.... 11.194 481 H. WALTERS, Vice President. Jr., Cashier. Omt am rt SSI D1U Vft w sQ1 a?Q nfl mi A a AAA OA 1 038,688.89
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