fciuinD at J WILMIN6TQM, M. C, AT $1.00 k YEAR IN ADVANCE. I 883888888888888X8 833SSS8SSS33S883S r - -H - 88888888888888888 'H"w ssaasgssssssgggacs 88888888888888888 qwws -ggasssssssasssgg 82888888S8288888S 88883853838838883 88888883888888888 . , 88888888888888833 - a w S 5 e " a i i ; s i i it:::; Entered t the Post Offica at V ilmtrton, N. C. at Second Clan Matiar.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. V Tba lubacriptloa pries 01 tba WseklT Bta Is M (Ollowt ! Single Copy 1 year , poaugs paid.. 1 00 j " " f month " ................ 60 - t wrath. " ..J.".., SO TO "PIOHT SLAVERY." A short while ago we published a call for a negro convention to be held at Cincinnati to organize a new negro party to fight for the negro's "second emancipation." It presented an imposing platform, containing among other things a demand for pensions for ex-slaves. . The conven tion idea seems to be catching, for it is proposed to have another in Brooklyn, N. Y., as we learn from the following, clipped from the New York Tribune of recent date: la the rooma of the Henry Highland Garnet Republican Club, of No. 43 Rockwell Place. Brooklyn, a confer ence of representative churchmen and laymen of the negro race was held yesterday, from which there emanated a call for a conyention of the negro voiera of New York, New Jersey and New England, to be held in the AM can Methodist Episcopal cburcb, Brooklyn, June 3. The call is signed by Bishop William B. Derrick, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ; Bishop Walter?, of the African Meth odist Episcopal Zion Church, and about fifty other colored men of this city. It says in part: Viewing with concern the spread of negro disfranchisement, the disregard and nullification of the constitution of the United States bv State constltu- tloaal enactments, Illegally depriving American born citizens of citizen ship: The far-reaching consequences of the decision just rendered by the Su preme Court of the United States in the Alabama suffrage case. The inauguration in the South of system or "taxation without represeen tatlon:" The denial of equal public school fa cilities; The waging of a relentless political warfare against American citizen?, bed solely on color: Feeliog that the time has come for limited and organized opposition to all such un-American, un Christian, il legal methods now in vogue in the South. Feeling that the political degrada tion and denial of citizenship to the Sou 'hern negro will soon work to our las iag detriment; ''r.erefore, we, the undersigned, by au rity or the resolutions passed at tr Cooper Union mass meeting on FeoruarylS; the Brooklyn Academy of Music mass meeting, April 3, and the New Jersey State ConTention, held at Newara on April 15, do hereby Issue this call to the negro voters of the Btates abjve mentioned to send dele gale to meet in convention assembled at the time and place above mentioned for the following purposes: First To elect delegates to the Na tional Negro Suffrage Convention, to be held cn July 1, at Louisville, Ky. Beond To Inaugurate and aet in motioa such means as may be there determined to be best suited to invoke both judicial and congressional aid to the end that the illegal Congressional representation of the South and the disfranchisement of the negro may be abolish". Tnlrd The consideration of such other matten as may be deemed perti nent. We most urgently invite the co optrtion of our fellow citizens of the Nn Eugland States, hoping that they will join us in this organized fight agiast Southern political slavery. The Fannie Jackson Coppln Human R'ghts Association, an organization of ntvro women, of Brooklyn, has issuea a call for State convention of negro women to be held in Brooklyn on June 18th to "assist those who are . fighting against the disfranchisement of the negroes of the South." The professed object of this pro posed organization is to "fight po litical slavery" in the South. It seems to be a sectional movement, for it addresses itself to the negro voters of New York, New Jer sey and New England and incidentally invites the co-operation of the white voters of New England. It is somewhat remarkable that the framers of this call should have com- pletelely ignored the Western States, several of which have a large num ber of negro voters. They might at least have included Ohio, as arecog nition of Hon. Mark Hanna's ex slave pension -bill, "introduced by - request," and Indiana, as a recog nition of the wordy war that Rep rusentative Crnmpacker has made against restricted suffrage, and his plan to punish the Southern States which deny suffrage to illiterate ne groes. But the men who framed this call either didn't know what they were "saying or they deliberately stated as facts things which are not facts. ' Three of the greviances of which they complain have no fonndation in fact. There is no "taxation with out representation," no more than there is in the good Republican States of Pennsylvania and Massa chusetts, both of which have quail fied suffrage laws. There is no "relentless political warfare against American citizens, VOL. XXXIV. based solely on color," for there is not one Southern State in which some negroes cannot vote There are 40,000 in North Carolina who can. In Louisiana the negro who can read and write can vote if he has no property and the negro who owns $300 worth of property can vote of he cannot read and write. While as a matter of fact and in the nature of the case the qualified suffrage laws disfranchise more ne groes than white men, as another matter of fact they do not disfranchise them "solely on account of color." Is It not true that these franchise laws nullify the constitution, be cause there is nothing in the amend ments which the writers of this call had in view prohibiting the States from regulating suffrage in accordance with their own judg ment, which is precisely what every Southern State which has adopted vualified suffrage has done. . Not one of them has closed "the door of hope and opportunity" to any negro who values the ballot enough to qualify himself to use it. They protest against . "denial of equal public school facilities." What do they mean? That the negroes must have as nice school houses, be taught everything that is taught to white children, have their high schools, etc., the white people footing nine-tenths of the cost as they have been doing for the education of ne gro children ever since the war? The white people of the South have paid in taxes since 1865 $120,00,000 for the education of negro children, and yet these Northern negroes, who in their own States have not equal public school facilities, complain that they are not shown more con sideration and put upon the same plane with the children of the white people who pay nine-tenths of the taxes to support the negro' schools. These are samples of the Ingrati tude, audacity and disregard of the facts shown by these negro agitators who in their foolish clamoring are doing the negroes of the South more barm than good. The negroes of the South, whether disfranchised or not, really enjoy more freedom and are better off than the negroes in the city of Brooklyn, from which this call emanates. RUSHING FOR PENSIONS. The rush on the Pension Office by soldiers of the war with Spain began soon after the war ended, and has been kept up ever since. Some Idea of how the pension attorneys are getting in their work may be gath ered from the following, which we clip from the Washington fost, a paper, by the way, which is not op posed to pensions to those who are entitled to them, nor to the soldier: "It appears that already nearly 60,- 000 penaion claims have been filed, about 12.000 of which met with favor able consideration. Of the remainder, 18.185 are rejected. The rest await de termination. This, however, brings us only to May 1st, 1803, ana "cases" have been steadily pouring in ever since. At the present rate fully one- half of the army recruited and organ ized in 1898 and 1899 will have been represented in the total claims entered by the 1st or next January, ui course, this will be a preprosterous situation, So far a concerns the Cuban expedi tlon of June, 1898, it is known that less than 17,000 men were sent to Santiago at that time. The num ber dispatched later hardly brought the total above 20,000. The mortality for the entirely army wnlie in tne island was only 659, of whom but 213 were killed in battle or died as the re sult of wounds. In the case of the Porto Rican expedition under Gen. Miles the casualties were insignifi cant, or the deaths In camps Alger, Thomas. Wikoff. etc. the report ol the Dodge commission speaks with unanswerable authority. The num ber was very small, and the causes, in a great proportion to the whole, not at all related to the emergencies of military life. It will be found, we think, that the claims already filed greatly exceed probably to the ratio of 3 or 4 to 1 the total of deaths and disabilities from the 1st of May. 1898, to the present day. What Will be their volume six months hence the wildest imagination would hardly dare to conjecture. - If the experience in the pension busiues3in the paBt be any indica tion it would take an inspired pro phet to predict what the volume of pension applications will be six months hence, six years hence or twenty years hence, for as the list of pensioners of the war for the Union has continued to grow right along until it has nearly reached the mil lion mark, so probably will this list continue to grow. The pension attorneys understand their business, they are in it for business, and ' they will have the backing of the politicians too, for there will be votes to be considered in this case as there were in the case of the pensioners of the Union army. , . In a recent visit to New York ex Gov. McMillan, of Tennessee, was surprised at the opposition-he found to Roosevelt among Republicans, of the solid kind. They don't want him nominated, and want him beaten if he is. The public man In this country who has not attracted the attention of the pictorial artist has failed to achieve the full measure of distinction. WHY THEY CAN'T COMBINE. The proposition suggested some tune ago and strongly advocated, especially by German and French economists, for a trade combine of European States against the United States bobs up afresh at .nearly every trade convention over there. At the recent conference of the Austrian Agricultural Society and the Central Association of Manufac- urers, at Vienna, it was a topic of discussion, in which there was an expression of views for and against. However much some of them would ike to bring about a combine of that kind, they realize that it is a two sided question, and that there are serious obstacles in the way. Prof. Wolf, of the .Breslau Uni- versy, pointed out some oi those obstacles and opposed any differen tial treatment of the United States, asserting that there should be no unnecessary provocations, but merely the same treatment "of the United : States as they gave to Europe.. The sentiment of most of the speakers who followed seemed to be with him, one of them, Herr Keffler, a prominent manufacturer, asserting that even the whole or Europe could not successfully com bine against the United States ex cept by force of arms. By shutting off her exports of cotton, he said, the United States could paralyze the European industries. And he might have added that by cutting off the exports of breadstuff s the U nited states could make It very uncomfortable for a good many European stomachs. The more they study this propo sition the more thoroughly they comprehend how impracticable it is. When Andrew Carnegie read the announcement of the death of Ben jamin F. Jones, another great steel magnate of Pittsburg, who had been his long life friend, he cabled his sorrow, and concluded with "What shadows we are ! What shadows we pursue ! " Brief, hut a big sermon in itself. Wearing lives out in the pursuit of millions which cannot be enjoyed, and must soon be left to others, in many cases to be frittered away or squandered. Some of the religious assemblies in the North are expressing the opinion that Reed Smoot, the Mor mon Senator from Utah, should not be permitted to retain his seat. They would smite Smoot and bounce him. But Smoot will stick. He has the innings. He happens to be a Republican. With cattle and sheep perishing by the thousands in Montana, and right on its heels people dying from excessive heat in New York and other Eastern cities, It is becoming apparent that this country is too big to be run by our Weather Bu reau. v England favors a reduced arma ment. And so do some of the other powers, but the hitch is that they all want the others to begin first and do the cutting, and in the meantime they keep on adding to their armaments and to the burdens their people have to bear. Borrowing the British vernacular as applied to the followers of the Mad Mullah, they are now calling the Filipinos who attack our ''constab ulary" fanatics. But our fellows generally fan them out and leave a lot of them dead. Wilkesbarre, Pa., is putting on airs because there is a "German nobleman" feeding a printing press in that town. The printing press is reciprocating by feeding the-Ger man nobleman. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told his Sunday school class that he con stantly seeks "Divine guidance" in the management of his business. We thought he got his pointers somewhere else. Senator Piatt, of New York, got mad at something Cashier Tnlloch said about him and said Tnlloch was a liar. It isn't the lies that are told about Piatt which should warm him up, but the truth. Mr. Stead wants King Edward to go to the St. Louis Exposition. If i.. i :n : term., vrjj .," lie UWCB lie wui uiios 1110 utunaj and will have to take to "The Pike." Cotton has continued to sore for some time, and it will probably make lots of folks soar before it ceases to cavort. Big Reward For Dan Teachey. Sheriff Middleton, of Duplin county, has succeeded in getting his reward of $50 for Dan Teachey supplemented by additional rewards of $100 by the State and $100 by the county, making $250 in all. Teachey is charged with the murder of W. ' B. Klvenbark, near Wallace, some time ago and broke lift at Kananavllle on the night Of April 24th. : ' ; WILMINGTON, N. C, STRAWBERRY SEASON Retrospective View of Situation by Carolina Fruit and Track Growers Journal. CROP IS VERY PROFITABLE. Evidences -ef a Summer Yield Nearly Million and ajlalf Dollars Netted by the Trackers la This Section. As to Prices Notes. Now that the strawberry season is drawing to a close a retrospective view of the situation it not out of place. The season has been a profitable one beyond perad venture and Wilmington as the centre of the great Industry is to be congratulated upon the effect that the prosperity of the country has had upon the city' general business condition. ' Concerning the strawberry and vege table situation in this territory, the 'Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers' Journal." published in Wilmington, had this to say in its Issue of last Mon day: . "Since our last issue strawberry shipments out of this territory have been going forward at a rate little dreamed of when the season first open ed six or seven weeks ago, and the end is not yet In sight. To date the car load shipment in refrigerator cars have been about 1.813 cars with the express shipments reaching aboat 51,668 crates against 1,119 cars and 11,259 crates last year. Beginning with April lUth there has been dally a steady movement of anywhere from 25 to 135 car loads of strawberries from the territory cover ed by the East Carolina Truckand Fruit Growers' Association, for which Wil mi a gton Is the'accepted bead and center In their distribution these shipments bare covered all the leading cities and towns of the Northern, New England and Middle Western States, and while prices were not so high in the begin ning of the shipping season as we hare known them in past years, nev ertheless the general average has been well nigh if not quite up to the stand ard and the aggregate volume has been fully 25 if not 35 per cent, ahead of any previous year. Up to this writing no less than 600,000 crates have gone forward out of this terri tory, yielding the growers a net sum of more than $1,125,000, and still ship ments continue to go forward each day. How long is a question that mankind seems incapable of determi ningcertainly for another week or ten days. The crown berries have been mov ing already for a week, and are sell ing at good average prices. The fruit is beautiful to look at and Is of an ex ceptionally highly flavored quality. The berrries are free from dirt and trash, sound and well developed and are good carriers.' In some sec tions a few of the growers report the outlook brightening for a second crop to follow close on tne neeis or tne present crop. Not a few of our read ers will remember the second crop last Fall and Winter, and the apprehen sion felt for the early crop this season from the same acreage. The mid winter crop, however, seems to have exrcised no bad Influence on the viae , and many fields at different points in the strawberry district are again white with blossoms. This ie, indeed something new under the sun, and what it will ultimately develop into remains for the future alone to divulge. Should it turn out, bow- ever, that this territory will produce two crops of strawberries every year, then our people will indeed have dis covered a Pandora's box for a fact. The Journal, has had accounts of in numerable growers averaging any where from $100 to $250 per acre on strawberries this season, and if that is to be doubled, why then we should be the most prosperous and independent people on the globe. Taken all in all. the berry ana vege table growers this season have had a good year of it. Potatoes, beans, peas, huckleberries ana oiacKoemes, etc.. are already going forward from this section in good quantities and the re turns therefrom are quite satisfactory. Unless all signs fail, the first day of June will find the berry and vegeta ble growers with more ready cash than thev have bad before In years. To be added to this will be the cantaloupe and melon crop, peaches, grapes and the fall crop of potatoes and vegeta bles. From noints along the Seaboard Air Line between Wilmington and Hamlet several car loads of strawberries have been shinned this season, and from the ame territory next vear shipments win be fullv 100 per cent, in excess oi wis vear. A.I manv DOinis aiong ina o. a. -. . - . i r. a L. the soil is peculiarly adapted to the srrowth of strawberries oi a very nign order, and the experiment this season has been attended with a degree of success far and beyond the most san amine expectations oi all. in tne vi cinity of Chadbourn, Fair Bluff aad Mullinp. B. U.. there win aiso oe a tre mendous increase in acreage next year and plans are already maturing to that end. Between the increase in straw berry, lettuce, onion and potato " . ... it A acres? next year n wouia seem ia this whole section Is to be convenea into a veritable truck farm." PERHAPS A NEW STEAMER. Caot. W. A. Sanders sod Mr. W. A. Roork Qone for nn Inspection Trip. Cant. W. A. Sanders and Mr. W. A. Rourk, of the Wilmington and Little River Transportation Co., left Satur day for Norfolk and Washington, V. C, in which cities, it is learned, they will Inspect several boats with a view of purchasing a first class steamer for freight and passenger service. . How ever, official information as to their plans is not made known. The steamer "Compton," which was recently burned, Is now at Skinner's ship yard for repairs to her machinery. It is learned that in rebuilding the steamer, she may be converted into a sea-going tug. The Chndbonrn Shooting. Mr. G. S. Reid, of Chadbourn, who nhot and seriously wounded Chester Edmonds, of the same town, about ten days ago, passed through the city yes terday on his way to Norfolk. He was accompanied by -Mr. J. EL Smith, aiso of Chadbourn. Mr. Edmonds, the -victim of the shooting, Is still In the hospital here, and will doubtless leave this week for his home. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903. PEARS ALL AND COMPANY. Wilnioi toa Corporation Thst Will En(s(e In Extensive Business Meeting of Veternns of Bine and Gray. Special Star Telegram. Ralegh, N. O , May 23. The Sec retary of State to-day chartered Pear- sail & Co., of Wilmington, with $50,- 000 capital authorized and $30,000 sub scribed. The business in dealing In real estate and rentals, opera tins: hotels, warehouses, merchandise, im port and export jobbing, operating steamboats, etc. The Incorporators are Oscar Pearsall, W. H. Chadbourn and W. M. Gumming. The Bank of Jonesboro was also chartered with $12,500 capital to do a commercial and savings business. The stockholders are Richard M. Nelson, A. W. Huntley, B. F. White and W. A Fass. Gov. Ay cock to day granted a re spite until July 6th to J. T. Mehaffey, of Catawba, under sentence of seven years In the penitentiary for criminal assault on a fifteen year-old girl. Me haffey is a man of - prominence in his section. Judge Clark accepts an invitation to deliver ibe address before the Virginia Bar Association at Hot Springs. Aug. 22nd. There was a temarkable meeting here to-day between Col. J do. R Lane, 26th N. O. Confederate troops, and Ohas. H. McOounell, of Chicago, who shot Col. Lane down on the field of battle at Gettysburg forty years ago. Tbey were introduced by Col. W. H. 8. Burgwyo by whom the meeting was arranged. There Is no doubt but tbatMcConnell, who is now a wealthy druggist, of Chicago, is tne man who shot Col. Lane through the head, while carrying .the colors In the first day's charge. The three veterans spent the day together, driving, dining and giving personal rememberance. A letter from McUounell to Uol. Waddell, of Wilmington, which letter was referred to Col. Burgwyn, led to this romantic meeting. DISASTROUS FIRE AT L0U1SBUR0, N. C. Hotel and Severel Other Boildiof s Barned. Merchants Saved Some of Their Goods Loss $30,000. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C. May 21. Louit- burg was visited by a disastrous fire this morning. The flames was first discorered in the sample room of the Louisburg Hotel, and spread to Hill's sale stables, thence to Fuller's stables, and Hill & Co.'s dry goods store; also, M. O. Pleasant' store. The fire also reached the main building of the Louisburg Hotel, in which were the postomce. J. P. Wilson's dry goods store, and Dr. Miller's jewelry store. All were burned out. An adjacent dwelling occupied by J. P. Winston was burned. The walls of the hotel building fell on and wrecked the building of the Farmers and Merchants' (bank the vault, how ever, is intact. Damage to buildings is about $30,000, with so. 000 insurance. Losses on stock are not estimated. Several merchants saved considerable Mock. Origin of the fire unknown. It was burning on the southwest corner of the sample room, outside. when discovered. Many believe it was the work of an incendiary, but no mo tive is attributed. Raleigh. N. OL, May ,21. A special from Lioulsburg, ri- U.. says: At 2 o'clock this morning nre broke out in the business section here and before the flames could be checked eight buildings were consumed. Those destroyed include the Louisburg hotel, In which was the post office, the Farmers and Merchants' bank, the livery stable of E. P. Hill and Hays, Fuller or Saunders' saloon. The esti mated loss Is $30,000; not half covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. A CASE IN ADMIRALTY. Jadf e Parnell Rendern Decision In Case of Schooner Jos W. Brooks. Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C. May 32. Judge Purnell rendered an opinion In favor of Ithe libelant to-day in the case of N. A. Davidson, master, vs. cargo of the schooner Joseph W. Brooks. Counsel was Thomas Evans, for libel ant; J. D. Bellamy, for claimant, the Armour Fertilizer worts, xne suit was for demurrage in not aiding in properly unloading a thousand tons of fertilizers andjf allure to pay freight on demand after unloading. The matter of freight claim was dismissed, having been settled. As to failure ana proper aid in unloading cargo,- the Judge holds that the custom of the port con trols the question of dispatch in un loading, and that is 100 tons a day. The evidence was that an average of 125 tons per day was unloaded in the case at bar; hence no damage lies. STATE ANATOMICAL BOARD. Orgsnlzed Yesterday nt Raleigh Dr. R. H. Whitehead Elected President Special Star Telegram.' Raleigh, N. C, May 22. The North Carolina Anatomical Board organized to day under an act of the last Legls- ture with Dr. R. H. Whitehead, Chanel Hill, president: Dr. A. W. Goodwin. Raleigh, secretary ana treasurer. Other members of the board are Drs. G. M. Maxwell, Davidson, and F. K. Cooke. Wake Forest The law makes it mandatory that bodies of all persons executed or prisoners who die during their term of imprisonment, be turned over to this board for distri bution among the medical colleges of the State. The Rev. Richard W. Hoine. Referring to his opening sermon upon the theme "Brotherhood" at the Convention of the. Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Fayettevtlle Friday night, the Observer of that city, says of Rev. R.W. Hogue, of Wilmington: "It was one of the best sermons ever heard in Fayettevtlle. This minister, hardly more than a boy. undoubtedly has a great career before him.' He in both eloquent and brilliant, and his earnest ness Is very impressive TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY Official Programme Announced Yesterday at Durham by Secretary Carmichael. LARGE CROWD EXPECTED. Twentieth Annas! Session Bellas Jane 9th nnd Continues a Week at Wrights vllle Bench Sntnrdny Excnr sioaTrlp Down the River. Yesterday Prof. W. D. Carmlohael, secretary of the North Carolina Teach ers' Association, gave out to the press of the State the official programme for the 20th annual session of that body to be held at Wrightsville Beach from June 9th to 14th, inclusive. The pro gramme is an Interesting one and Sec retary Carmichael says that a large crowd Is expected to be in attendance larger than for several years. In the front part of the booklet con taining the programme is a communi cation from State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, which is addressed to the teachers and county Superintendents of the State. In this communication he urges a large attendance and speaks of the present time as "being a critical period in our educational history." The programme is as follows: TUESDAY, JUNE 98:30 P.M. Prayer Rev. R. B. John, of Wil mington. Address of Welcome Hon. George Rountree, of Wilmington. uesponse Prof. M. U. S. Noble. University of North Carolina. Address Prof. J. B. Carlvle-Wake Forest College, N. O. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 109 A. M. Report of Committee on Legislation. Discussion led by C. H. Mebane. Report of Committee on Rural Li braries. Report of Committee on Correla tion. Discussion led by Edwin Mlmms. Report of Committee on Monument to C. H. Wiley R, D. W. Connor, chairman. The Past, Present and Future of Local Taxation in North Carolina Supt. Thos. Foust, Goldsboro City Schools. Discussion led by M. H. Holt and E. D. Broadhurat. Object Lessons in Consolidation 8upt. C. W. Massey, Durham county; Supt. W. W. Boddie, Franklin county. What Has Been Accomplished in the Way of Consolidation and What We Hope to Do in the Future Supt. J. A. Butler, Iredell county. WEDNESDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M. President's Address -F. P. Yenable. president of the University of North Carolina Address O. Alphonso Smith, Uni versity of North Carolina. (THURSDAY, JUNE 119 A. H. Meeting of Departments. Dangers to Secondary Education on Account of the Encroachment of Col leges in Their Preparatory Courses- How Best to Interest the Indolent and Careless Student J. A. Camp bell, Bute's Creek Academy. What is the Best System of Dormi tory Government G. E. LIneberrv. Winterville Academv. Number of Branches to be Taught in a High School and Should a High School Give a Preparatory Course John Graham, Warrenton High School. A Brief View of Some of the Moat Noted American High Schools J. F. Blvins, Trinity Park High School. uonterence or Uountv superintend entsHeld by J. Y. Joyner, Superin tendent oi Public instruction. Primary Department Mrs. J. A. Robinson, Durham Public Schools. The Scone and Purpose of the Kindergarten Miss Johnson, Beau fort Kindergarten Training School. The Relation of the Kindergarten to Primary Work Miss Bonltz. Wil mington Kindergarten. The Kindergarten exhibit will be very interesting and helpful to those who wish to know more of this im portant work. Reading and Literature Miss Sue Porter, Salisbury Schools. The national Method in Reading Miss Bailie Bethune.Charlotte Schools, Primary Language Mrs. J. A, Rob lnson, Durham Schools. Primary Numbers Miss Leah Jones, Greensboro Schools. Round Tables. Busy Work in the Grades. Clay and Paper Modellings. An exhibit of work in the Primary Grades of Schools of the State will be arranged with a view to interchange of ideas among the teaebers. THURSDAY AFTERNOON 12 :30 P. BL General meeting of the Assembly. Address The Ultimate Aim of the Teacher, President a G. Vardell, Red Springs Seminary. THURSDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M. Address Hon. Jno. H. Small, Wash ington, N. O. Address Dr. Jno. U. Kllgo, Presi dent Trinity College. FRIDAY, JUNE 129 A. M. Modern Languages in Secondary Schools J. O. Ransmeier, Trinity Col lege. School House Building Supt E. O. Brooks. Monroe. N. C. The Influence of the Kural Library Supt. K. M. Davis, Tarboro, N. U. How to Keep up the Rural Library Superintendent Cochrane, Mecklen burg county. The Growth of City Libraries in North Carolina Supt. E. P. Moses, Raleigh City Schools. The Library in College Work W. 8. Bernard, Librarian, University of North Carolina. Calvin EL Wiley R. D. W. Con nor, Principal. Wilmington City High School. Athletics In Schools and Colleges W. P. Few. Trinity uollege. Address P. P. Claxton. Depart ment of Pedagogy, University of Ten nessee. FRIDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M. Address Ex-Governor Jarvia. Address Chas. D. Mclver, president State Normal ana inaustruu uollege. Address Edgar Gardner Murphy, Southern Educational uoara. SATURDAY, JUNE IS. Excursion to Fort Fisher and other points of historical interest on Cape Fear river, British steamer "Flnsbury, 1,174 tons, Capt. Jones, arrived yester day from Philadelphia and will receive a cargo of cotton from the compresses of Messrs.- Alexander Sprunt & Son. 1 NO. 31 SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Wilson Times: We hear the son of Bandall Baker who was shot uesday morning .by his brute of a ather, had 41 bird shot picked from his legs. The boy is in bed unable work, yet the man who does not deserve to have a child goes into his room every once and awhile and curses him telling him to get up and go to work. Goldsboro Argus: The bean crop in this section will be very much cut short by reason of the dry spell. The water In both Neuseand Little river is getting very low on account of the continu ed dry weather. In some places in Little river it is possible to wade across the stream. Lumberton Boiesonian: At about 12 o'clock Tuesday night the eopie oi taynnam were aroused by cries oi nre, and found that the ore of Mr. Loyd Townsend-was burning. The fire had gained such headway . before being seen that nothing was saved. His loss mounted to $1,500, and was covered by $1,000 insurance. - LaGrange Sentinel: . Mr. Ran som Gams showed us a bunch of peacock feathers this morning that were curiosities. Several of the leathers had been broken and mend ed by the peacock. Mr. Garris ex plained that when one of the bird's leathers became bent or broken it would take a large scale from its leg and bind it .around the broken part to act as a splint and support. It was a good imitation of the work of a physician in binding up a broken hu man arm. Fayetteville Observer: Henry Dobin, a violently insane negro, was arrested near Manchester Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Mona ghanand brought to this city and placed in jail. He was standing on trestle near Manchester when the south-bound freight train was ap proaching, and despite the repeated warnings irom the engine's whistlo he remained on the track. The train was brought to a standstill a few eet from him and when the crew alighted they at once discovered that they had a crazy man to deal with. It took eight men to tie him and while they were carrying him to the train he broke the bonds and escaped into the woods. The sheriff's office was notified and Deputy Sheriff Monaghan. accompanied bv Dr. MacRae, went up to Manchester and found the negro at home. The doctor pronounced him insane and he was brought to Fayetteville with out much trouble. Scotland Neck : Commonwealth: The news comes from every direc tion in this community that crops are suffering from drought. Cotton seed can not come up well and al most all cropa that have been plant- J ,M u biuuu itujr ram art) unwise Blow coming up. On the Roanoke river anas are are so hard they cannot be plowed. Some farmers have quit plowing and are waiting for rain. Last Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock John Edmonds, the 12 year old son of Mr. F. E. Edmunds, was shotby Ernest Allsbrook, who is about 11 years old, and the youngest son of Mr. Wm. Allsbrook. The boys were playing in Mr. Allbrook's yerd with a rifle when it was dis charged, the ball entering the little boy's body just below the heart and coming out at the back, near the backbone. The little boy at this writing is vomiting. blood, and from present indications his recovery is doubtful. WANTS TO FIGHT. Mi jor McBrlde Challenges John Redmond nnd Timothy Harrington to One or More Duels. Br Cable to the Horning Btar. London, May 23. Major McBride, organizer of the Irish Transvaal brig ade, In an open letter from Paris, has challenged John Redmond, Timothy C. Harrington and their friends, to fight one or more duels In consequence of their attitude towards Mrs. Mc Bride, (formerly Maud Gonne), at the meeting of citizens held in the Dublin rotunda on Monday night last In sup port of the Irish parliamentary fund and which resulted in scenes of ex treme disorder, owing to the presence of members of the Gaelic League who are opposed to giving King Edward friendly welcome on his coming visit to Ireland. Major McBride says: "It seems that only the fact that my wife Is a lady prevented Redmond and Harrington and their friends from dealing summarily with her. Thev evidently regret that it was not her husband who was present. Unfortu nately, I cannot go to Ireland at pres ent, but In the meantime If any of them feel sggrieved at my wife's ac tion I shall be most happy to afford satisfaction in this accommodating country, France." Money! Are you indebted to THE t WEEKLY STAR? If so, 3 when you receive a bill 7. T0r your SUDSCriptlOn SenO f lift fhn amount vnii nwA. Remember, that a news paper bill is as much en titled to your considera tion as is a bill for groceries. Be Published SO BAD AS REPORT Tie S. A. L. Fire at Portsmouth Leu Thna $200,000 Covered b snrance Will be Replnccd. By Tetegrapn to tne Morning star. Norfolk, Va,, Mny 23 The fire which practicably destroyed the m chine shops, round house, warehouse and minor offices of the Seaboard Air Line railway In the company's yard last night entailed a loss of about $175,000. The property was oartiaUv covered by Insurance. Although nu merous accidents occurred at the nre and among the crowds surrounding the conflagration, only one man was injured seriously, He is a machinist named James Herold, who was struck by a flying umber and sustained tn- Juries that will probably result in his loath. The burned buildings will be re built Temporary buildings in which to carry on the business of the com pany will be erected as soon as mate rial can be gotten and the ground cleared of rubbish. The work of clean ing up has already begun. I Of the 850 workmen thrown out of work many wilt secure employment In re-building the shops, and it Is thought that none will-be idle longer than a few weeks, by which time the shops will in all probability be again in full running order. Hallway officials believe that the fire originated from spontaneous combus tion among the paints that were stored in the shed where the flames were dis covered by Watchman Saunders. There is nothing apparently to substantiate the idea of incendiarism. GREAT AUTOMOBILE RACE. I To Start from Pnris for Msdrld This Morning Mnny Contesfnnfs. bt Teiegrapn to tat Morning Star. Pabis, May 23. Great crowds be gan to assemble early this evening at Versailles where, before daylight to morrow morning, the start of the Paris and. Madrid automobile race will be made. In many respects the race will bs one of. the most remarkable ever run, both for the number and charac ter of the contestants, the prodigious power and speed of the machines, and the probability of record break ing runt. Leading sportsmen from all over Europe and many from the other side of the Atlantic have gathered to see the performance, as it " is fully ex pected that the records of the Paris Berlin race in 1901 and the Paris Vienna race in 1902 will be far ex ceeded by this, the leading long dis tance contest of 1903. MRS. CARSON ACQUITTED. Woman on Trial at Macon, Qn , fnr the Murder of Robt. T. Rhjsby. oi Tiieirraon to tie Horning Btar. Macon, Ga , May 23. After five hours deliberation the jury in the case of Mrs. Eme Carson, charged with the murder of Robert T. Rigsby, returned J a verdict or acquittal at 10:30 o'clock. Rigsby was a student In a business col lege, coming from Howling Ureen, Kentucky. It was alleged that he defamed the character of Mrs. Carson, a teacher In another business college. She sought Interviews with him for the purpose of ascertaining the names of those who had accused her. At the second interview in her attorney's office, no one being present except herself and Rigsby, she killed him. When the jury filed into the court room and Airs. Uaraon confronted them, she showed the same resolute' ness that has marked her bearing during the ordeal of the trial. Upon the report of the finding there was ap plause and she was immediately sur rounded by her sympathizers ' who were almost overwhelming in their congratulations. Mrs. Carson quick ly extricated herself and with her hus band departed for their home. CHICAGO BUCKET SHOP. Proprietor and Employes Arrested Chsri ed With Keeping a (Jambling House. Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar. Chicago, May 23. George T. Sul livan, charged with keeping a gam bling house, and a large force of em ployes, were arrested to day. Sulli van showed papers purporting to en join the authorities from molesting him, but tbey were ignored. Thous ands of persons all over the country are- believed to have invested their money in grain, cotton, coffee and provision futures through this firm. The concern occupies an enure lower floor, and forty young women are employed as book-keepers and stenographers. The concern has leased wires to many cities, tne mam omces being in Boston, Cleveland,' Council I Bluffs, Altoona, Pa., Akron, O., and Burlington, Iowa. At the police station bonds were given for 165,000 and all who had been arrested were released. The firm then secured an Injunction in the cir cuit court, restraining the police from I further interference, and resumed op erations. BOER COLONY IN MEXICO. The Contract Closed Boers Will Occupy Eightythree Thousnod Acres. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. El Paso, Texas, May 23. General G. D. Joubert and Captain a H. O'Dbnnell, promoters of the Boer colony In Mexico, are here after clos ing the contract with a syndicate that will furnish the finances for the colony. This is the second Boer colony planted in Mexico. The Boers will occupy- eighty-three thous and acres. The syndicate in Mexi co will bring people from Africa, let them have Implements, live stock and government stores. The Boers pay for the land at the rate of fifteen shil lings per acre each year for a number of years. The land, 100 miles norm of Victoria, Mexico, has a frontage on a navigable river. A railroad will be built through the tract, sghooneVstranded. InesN. Carver, from New York, Ashore Near Chlcamicomlco, N. C. Br Telegraoh to tne Morning Btar. Cape Henbt, Va., May 23. The' schooner Inez N. Carver;'" Captain Hodgkins, bound from New York for Brunswick, Ga., was stranded near Chicsmicomico, N. C, this morning during a thunder squall. The vessel now lies hard off shore and there Is no 1 serious danger of her going to pieces unless the wind Increases from the east The crew and life saving station men are trying to float her. TbeMerritt and Chapman Wreck ing Company immediately sent their tuff Rescue down the coast and it is thought that the Carver will noon be floated. The schooner was ouunu from New York to Brunswick, where she was to load lumber for Portland, Me, She is owned In Batb, Me. i.U ' I I.I I 4' .-ii i P t, I - A

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