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-J' . ii (- 1 WILLIAM B. B1EHABD Mltot and Proprietor. Fbidat, Jpxt 8, 1903. souciinro emigrants. That a good many of the immi grant now reaching the United States are induced to come by agenti, whose employers make money by the tranaction, is not a matter of doubt. A. grea mass of persons are coming here who can neither read nor write, 'and who know nothing about the United States and are without means. It is absurd, says the Philadelphia Press, to assume that such persons, poor, ignorant and without know ledge of any skilled employment, rush off to this continent to benefit themselves without some special in ducement haying been held out to them. Every time the Government has Investigated this question in Eu rope it has received the Bame reply that many immigrants are Induced to come by agents of steamship lines or by men who sell them tickets and receive a large commission on the sale. Marcus Braun, who has recently been investigating the mat ter in Europe for the Commissioner of Immigration, has made the same as all others who quietly went there for that purpose without accepting 'courtesies" from interested per sons. He says that he found secret agents at work in nearly every place he visited in Hungary and in other nations concerned. Roving agents go around occa sionally and make private arrange ments with some local man to handle the tickets,, circulars, etc., and in struct the purchasers of the tickets how to pass the inspectors. The purchasers are told of the great things to be accomplished in the United States, and they come In en tire ignorance of the immigration laws of this country and caring noth ing for them. Mr. Braun was in Hamburg when a vessel sailed from that city not long since with 2,500 emigrants bound for the United States. He says that 1,000 of that number were destitute, and 1,200 Hungarians were bound for a single town in Ohio and were evidently contract laborers, though the mat ter might be covered up in some way to evade the law. " Emigrants who start for the Unit ed States of their own free will and without assistance are generally de sirable additions to the population of the country. Those who come as the result of inducements pre sented to them by interested per sons, as has been the case with so many Hungarians, Italians, He brews and others, are not by any means always desirable. All steam ship lines do not engage in that business, and it should be effectual ly stopped, it there Is any way to ac complish that end. DANOESOUS PULPIT TALK. Washington Star. One of the most deplorable features of the Delaware race division, with its at tendant lynching and rioting, is the license with which preachers have discussed the question from their pulpits and the recklessness with which they have advised their respective partisans to employ force. There is little question that the public indignation which swelled to the point of mob mur der was in large degree fomented by the utrances of Itev. Elwood, who told his hearers his words be ing widely spread the next day that if the courts did not imme diately try the wretch White the mob would be justified in taking the law into its hands. Such coun sel from a place usually sanctified by the spirit of peace 'and order was sufficient to breed lawlessness in the minds of many whoother wise would have contented; them selves with complaining at the de lays of the courts. ; - Again Sunday night a negro preacher in a sermon denounced the white people df Wilmington as -demons. He urged the negroes to be a law unto themselves, to emulate the example of the outlaw Tracy JJ.1B woras were calculated to mname the blacks of the State's metropolis TTI 3 11 1 A IU to the highest pitch, of race frenzy. The evil effects of such a discourse are incalculable. Addressed to an impressionable people, laboring un der a state of intense excitement and believing themselves the victims of a (mill vmnff a3vita fit fViln lr?nl fa calculated to precipitate a race con f let of a desperate nature, with per T a TSi wlA-anvaalttff vAmiUfl In itltA States. Both the white preacher and the black should be severely disciplined by their respective .ecclesiastical authoritlesrThey have brought the pulpit into disrenute. Thev have contributed to the worst passions of the mob, whereas it should have been tholr function to allay prejudice, to counsel calmness ana lawxui actions. Stats or Ohio, City or Tolxdo, 1 m kaxk J.CHHrrmlkea oath that be U Mo tor pruir of tbs Una or r. J. Chjmt Co., doing builne in Ui City of Toledo, County end State afor"ld, and that said firm will par UM Sara of ONK 'HUNDRED - DOLLARS for ush and Try case of Oattarh tbat cannot b cra by um dm of Hall's cuttasb ctri. . 0 T . FRANK J.lOHENIY. Sworn to before mi ana lubscrlbed la T presence, tats Itt day of pwjamber.'A. D. 1886, . -r A. W. OLIASON. lUb mtorv JfubUa. nSrn Oatarru Curs Is taken Internally, and eta direotiy on to blood and muoooa surtaoes C ot tbe system. Bend for testimonials, tree. Sold by an proreisu,?io. aUU'sraaiUy tUa art Um w, t vaaji a. x m uu., xuieuo, v. to best. DIVORCES IN H0ETH CAEOLUTA During Judge Neal's vacation he addressed a letter to thrclerks of the Superior Court to every county in North Carolina and asked for data showing the number of decrees of divorce granted during the past year and those pending on the sum mons and civil Issue dockets. Some failed to comply -with the judge's request, but from those who did re ply it was shown that in 85. of the 96 counties of the State 515 divorces were granted by the courts during the past year and that 607 cases are now pending. . This is indeed a bad record for our beloved State. If the divorce mill continues grinding at this rate, it will not be a great while before North Carolina will be able to compete with some of the Northern and Western States in their disregard of the solemn mar riage vows. It is seriously doubted if Tillman will be benefitted by the change of venue from Richland to Lexington county. - A strong, brave man who had as many friends as Gonzales had in Columbia naturally had a good many enemies there. Is this another illustration of 'Quern dens vult perdere priusquam dementat?" A matinee recently given in Lon don for the benefit of Queen Alex dra's sanatorium at Davos, Switzer land, netted $25,000. If we could get up one in Wilmington for the benefit of a public park fund and realize that sum we might reduce our cemetery strolls at least 75 per cent. A party of Servian officers while attending a theatrical performance in St. Petersburg were pelted with venerable eggs and decayed vege tables. That was all right; but we are frantic to know how to translate rotten , eggs into the Servian lan guage. If there had been no State mili tia in Virginia, could the laws have been enforced during the strike there? And how would the people' of Wilmington feel if we had no' military companies here? Judge Purnell has lecently been sustained in three important decis ions by the. United States Supreme Court. A high compliment to an other "Wilmington boy." The Stab is glad to hear that the Lumber Bridge company will re organize and re-enter the State Guard. It is a splendid company. "A Long Branch gambling club has gone into the hands of a re ceiver." Metaphorically speaking they "handed in their checks." And now a fraud has sprouted in the seed department at Washing ton. , Well, well! We never seed the like. Better watch those cotton bulls. They'll be shedding their hoofs and horns soon and turning to bears. When the paragraphers come out of the. "sad sea waves" well, you'd hardly know 'em. CAPT. A. J. QiLLOWAY DEAD. He Was Veil Known Railroad Mas and dood Citlzei of Qoldsboro. Special to Charlotte Observer. Goldsiobo, June 28.-Capt A. J. Galloway, who has been a citizen of Goldaboro for more than 40 jean, died last night at 10 o'clock. His has been an active life. He had for many years been connected with the Atlan tic (Joast Line Railroad Company, be ing promoted many times because of bis strict attention to business. He was one of our best citizens, no one having; more personal friends than he. His long and useful life will be an in spiration to the people in this com munity. He will be burled in Golds boro at 10 o'clock A. If. to-morrow. His wife and two daughters survive him. LUMBER RAILROAD FOR PENDER. Will Build from Baaoerman'i Bridie Not to Extend Rslelf h's Corporate Limits. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O., June 29. The Holly Shelter Railroad Oo., of Wil mlngtor), was chartered to-dayjry the Secretary of 8tate with $30,000 capital, to construct a road from Banner- man's Bridge, on the Northeast Capo Fetr, to a point on Bhaklnsr Creek. near Gleady Reed Bridge, a distance ot nve miles, all in fender county. The stockholders are EL A. Brown. Jr., A. W. Taylor, T. If. Myers, of wumingion, w. tr. Taylor, or Win ston, G. W. Mitchell, of Aulander, and EL A. Brown, of Newborn. The anti-expansionists won in the election to-day on extending the cor porate limits of Raleigh. Only 654 votes were cast for expansion, against a registration oi jj,ui. Asheville BDecial to the Char lotte Observer: A considerable sum of money is being distributed in various counties in the western-part of the State, through the enforce ment of the joint resolution, passed during me recent session ox Con- ilTeSS. BO constraintr t.Vio nnnalnn laws as to give a pensionable status to men who served in tha CnnfWI. erate army but . subsequently joined ine union army ana received an honorable discharge. Thomas S, Rollins, the State Republican chair man, who was here to-day from Marshall, gave the information that irom f 5,000 to 6,000 had during the rjaat few rlava been diatrlhntnr! among pensioners in Madison coun ty aione. -n The OazetU savs tha onlv China man in Asheville has joined the .Baptist . church and .was baptised Sunday. . - . v PRBIIATORB AGE - Is Brouaht oh by a ' Falling Body, as Many Wilmington Readers Know. Failure to provide for the wel fare of the body causes tire body to lail, ana D rings- on premature age. men oi oo wnoare aaicseu with kidney troubles walk about like men of 75. It's easy to cure it, and to regain the elastic step that you should have. A well known Wilmington man tells how. J. A." white, electrician lor the Coast Line R. R , at Rocky Mount, residing at 206 North Sixth street, says: "I have had great trouble with my back, right across the loins, and when I sat still for a while I hardly knew how to move and when I did you would think l was seventy five years old. -They are pains all over me and I could not tell where they were to strike me. I used liniments and lots of remedies, but nothing did me any permanent good until I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Bellamy's drug store and used them. They helped me in a very short time and-seemed almost to oil up my-joints, in fact, I hate not had the pains since I used them."- For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute, je 28 lw DR. McNEELY DUBOSE ELECTED. Becomes Rector, ia Charge of St. Mary's. A. & M. Normal Mill Merfer. Special Star Telegram. Ralxioh, N a, July L Trustees of St Mary's College to night elected Dr. McNeely DaBose now rector of 'rrinlty church, Asheville, at rector in charge of the College to succeed Dr. T. D. IBratton, who becomes Bishop-of Mississippi He is a native of South Carolina; a graduate of both the Unl Tersity and theological departments of Sewanee; recognized as one of the most able Episcopal ministers in the South; possessed of special ability for the management of the treat college which Is the property of the Episcopal denomination of North and South Carolina. The Bummer Normal school at the A. and -M. College opened to night with three hundred teachers enrolled. The welcome addresses were delirered by Dr. B. F. Dixon, 8tate Auditor, on the part of the State, and A. B. An drews, Jr.. on the part of Raleigh. The Normal is a complete success. Arista Cotton Mills Co.. Winston Salem, was chartered today with (359,000 capital especially for the pur pose, as expressed in the articles of agreement, of acquiring cotton mills and their business now carried on in North Carolina. J. W. and P. H. Fries are the principal incorporators. FOR A ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT. MaaoJactnrers of the State Will be Solic itedEducational Board. Special Star Telegram. Ralegh, N. O., June SO. At a con ference between Gov. Aycock and a number of prominent business men from various parts of the Btate to day It was decided that H. G. Chatham, of Klkln and V. P. ArendeU, of Kileisjb, te sent to visit the manufacturers of the 8tate, of whom there are about 6,000 representing $90,000,000 capital, to raise not leu than $50,000 for a North Carolina exhibit at St. Louis. Fifty of the largest manufacturers will be asked for $500 each: their products to have special representation in the ex hibit. Six members of the State Board of Education have a deadlock on the question of the consolidation of seven Colored Normals. Governor Aycock, Btate Bupt. Joyner, Attorney General uumer rayor consolidation, while Secretary of Bute Grimes, 8tate Audi tor Dixon, Treasurer Lacy,, oppose it Lieut. Governor Turner the serenth member, has been telegraphed ror ana will arrlre to-morrow to break the tie. He Is thought to favor con solidation. Professor D. M. Bail Dead. News reached the city Monday of the death at his home - near Whltt- vllle on Saturday, of Prof. D. M. Bain, teacher of vocal music in ths New Hanover public schools. Prof. Bain, on account of fever, was forced to abandon a class at SouthpUrt a few weeks ago and return to his home. He gradually grew worse and death came at the time stated. He was a man of noble Impulses and was a ca pable music teacher. His engagement as instructor In the public schools of this county again this Fall was a fore gone, conclusion, and the news of his death will be received with great re gret. He formerly lived in Fayette vllle and was a member of Cumber land Lodge, K. of P., of Fayetteville. "isBaBBBBlBaiBiiiaa ' The "Fourth" at Sonthport. Mr. O. Ed. Taylor, of Soutbport, who was here yesterday, says that great will be the celebration of the "fourth" In his enterprising little city next Saturday. Iredell Meares, Esq., has been secured as orator for the day and music will be furnished by the Fort Caswell band. The national sa lute from the fort at noon will be one of the features. There will be various field sports, yacht races and a race be tween sharpies, the fleetest and pret tiest on the coast Fireworks will be seen on the garrison at night. Harlor Master's Monthly Report The report for June of Capi Edgar D. Williams, harbor master, shows arrivals of 22 vessels with a combined tonnage of 20,715, during the month Twenty were American vessels, 18,053 tons; foreign, 2. vessels, 2,693 tons. American vessels were 9 steamers, 11,520 tons; one barque, 470 tons; one barge, 3,000 tons; 9 schooners, 8,061 tons. Foreign: One steamer, 1,836 tons; one barque, 857 tons The report compares very favorably with June last year. n You Know What Ton Are Tkiasx Whan yoiitaka Grove's TmUImi kill on erery botuajhowlnn tbat it Is slmpiy Iron raj. euo. t. Bean tiu " '3ft BW S S V J? CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION North State Editors inTMrty-flrst Annual Conen- tion at Seashore Hotel, Address' of Welcome and Response President's Able Report In teresting Papers Upon Important Newspaper Subjects Ora- . : ; tion by Archibald Johnson To-day's Programme.; The Sist' annual conTention-of the North Carolina Press Association was called 1o order by President W. F. Marshall, of the Gestonla: Gazette, in the- aisembly room of the Seashore Hotel, Wrightsvills Beach,, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The at tendance, while not so large as usual, is highly representative of the press of the Btate and . the visitors, Including many wives, daughters , and lady frienda of the editors, appear to be en joying their brief sojourn at the sea side to the fullest extent. The weath er yesterday made the beach a most inviting place and indications are that conditions will remain favorable dur ing the remainder of the sessions. The exercises opened with a very fervent prayer by Rev. P. R. Law, of the Lumberton Bobesonian, following which Secretary J. B. Sherrill, of the Concord Times, called the roll of mem bers. The address of welcome in be half of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce upon the invitation of. which the convention came to Wrights ville this year, was made by Iredell Meares, Esq., who was vary cordial In bidding members of the press of the 8tate enjoy themselves at the fa vorite seaside resort of the South. He said it was useless for him to indulge in a pyrotechnical display of adjectives of welcome; the hospitality of Cape Fear people was proverbial. He then gave a comprehensive review of the commerce of the port, showing that the annual volume of business exclus ive of that done by the railroads Is thirty-two millions. Humorously he said that the city of Wilmington an nually sold $325,000 worth of liquor, but It was not all of local consump tion, as we enjoy the presence of about 50,000 visitors from the inland each year. He spoke of the repre sentative character Of the manhood of the State before him, and closed amid great applause. The response was by Mr. Roland F. Beasley, of the Monroe Journal, and was a most -happy one. He thanked Mr. Meares for the cordiality of his re marks, and assured him the conven tion was pleased to be at Wrightr ville. His talk was short, but witty and to the point. The Executive Committee reported through State Labor Commissioner EL B. Varner, of the Lexington Dispatch, one of the leading editors of the State. Six new members' were elected as fol lows : W. F. Wood,, Marlon News; Mrs. J. M. Ransier, Hendersonville Breeze; D. E. Kample, Forest City Record 'JT. H. Qulnn, Shelby Aurora; D. T. Edwards, KlnstonFree Press; S T. Ashe, Wilmington Messenger. The president's annual address, which is synopsized elsewhere in to day's pa per, was read and brought forth much applause. A number of valuable sug gestions embodied therein will be in formally discussed by the editors be fore adjournment to-day. The report was referred to a committee composed of Messrs. Ben j , Bell, J. A. Thomas and A. S. Carson. The report of Sec retary and Treasurer J. B. Sherrill was referred to a committee composed of Messrs. Boylin, Blvlns and Bernard. Dr. T. B. Kingsbury responded very gracefully to a resolution of applica tion of his presence, offered by Mr. W. C Dowd, of the Charlotte News, and adopted by a rising vote of the con vention.. President Marshall's Address. President W. F. Marshall's annual address was a most able one. He be gan by expressing pleasure at greeting his brethen again In annual session, and thanking the Association for the honor conferred npon him. He con gratulated those present npon favor ing; Providential conditions which brought them" safely through another year and permitted so . many of them to meet each other again. He joined them in sincerely mourning the ab sence of some whose faces are "lost awhile" and will be seen no more in these fraternal unions. Btatement of the fact; that this is the Association's 3Jst annual session bears a reflection or two, said President Mar shall. - In the process of the suns, SI years ago Is well nigh a generation of human life. Men unborn when this Association was organized are now part and. parcel ' of our newspaper forces. Many, indeed nearly all, of the early members of the body have gone to their reward. While the mind was thus turned backward, tne speaker called into vision the persons of Beaton and Gales, and Hale.and Saun ders, and Turner, and Shotwell and Cameron and others who bore the heat and burden of the day, when the days were longer and the heat was greater, and the burdens were heavier than they are to-day. There is no history of the lives and labors of North Caro lina great editors of the past, deplored the speaker. It was regretted that Maj. H. A. London could not be present at the meeting and .present the rem! nlscental paper on "Newspaper Men and Events," as expected. Influences might have been set in motion which would result In the collection and pre sentation In permanent form oi the materials for a worthy history of those great editors whose names are writ so large In North Carolina's past. Presi dent Marshall expressed the hope that In some way, at some early day, some fitting pen may do justice to the Uvea and memories of these strong sons of the State who have' gone to their graves "with1 deathless stories of their eyentful lives unwritten.": Addressing himself to the lmmedi- WrightsYUle Beach ate objects of the convention. Presi dent Marshall urged that business be written first on every day's programme. It was a fundamental-principle; for the constitution declares the object of the Association: "To promote the material interest of theress of North Carolina, and to elevate the tone and character thereof." The editors were at Wrlghtsville to take counsel to gether for their material betterment and to Improve the quality of the work they do.- - ' ; ' ' Under the head of material interests the speaker said that the newspapers receive for subscription in one year $319,853, for advertising, $390,568 a total of $610,410. Ia-ten years there has been an increase of $90,000 in sub scription and $78,000 in advertising. However, 85 new publications were launched in ten years and allowing those, $1,000 each for subscriptions and $900 for advertising, the growth In receipts la accounted for. With an exception here and there the business does not, as a whole, seem to be more prosperous than It was ten years ago As a remedy enlarged circulation was prescribed. The publication of news papers in New York and North Caro lina was compared. While the former published receives comparatively less per pound for the completed news paper and he sens at a. smaller profit, his volume of sales is so much larger that his business Is profitable. The trouble Is the North Carolina edi tors doesn't sell enough pounds. The shortage In his income is due to the shortage In his circulation. Here Is the very crux of the problem of the newspaper man's success. The en largement of profitable circulation is the foundation of Increased prosperity. In ten years pur average circulation has increased but-10 per cent, the population haa increased 17 per cent. A stimulant is needed. ''Get wisdom, get knowledge, get understanding, get advertising, but with all thy getting, get subscribers," admonished the presi dent Discussing the question, "Is the Field Covered r Mr. Marshall took the position that generally It Is not Figures were presented to prompt the serious question whether half the voting population of the Btate reads (he newspapers. In New Jersey, news paper circulation is six times the voting population; in New York nine teen times. North Carolina is good missionary ground for the scholmas ter and the newspaper man ; the for mer to keep school for the children; the newspaper man to keep school for everybody. Advertising was treated under the heads, local, legal and foreign. Culti vation of the local field was urged. The exaction as to position, type and changes and the low prices offirrd, make much foreign advertising un desirable. Preference should be given the local advertiser. When the weary editor ia about to sign a contract for somebody's pills, or pain balm, or baking powder, or fewer gallons last longer, or children cry for It, or 8unny Jim, for less than It costs him to pro duce the space required, let him re flect If the newspaper has space to give away, the speaker submitted that the home advertiser has first claims. Considering the tone and char acter of our newspapers,- Presi dent Marshall observed that if the press Is poor in cash It Is Indeed rich in character. The high moral tone and the public and private virtues of her newspapers are one of the crown ing glories of North Carolina. Sen sationalism does not flourish - and venality, that unclean bird is as strange as it is unclean. In character of the work done there has been a notable advance in ten years. Treating the 'editorial page as one which gives character to a paper; the president urged the devotion of more editorial space to matters nearer home, things we know something about, local affairs, If you please. "Again, there are relations which the editorial page sustains to the public In a larger sense sometimes Involving the' duty of arraigning men and measures at the bar of public opinion and vigorously exposing their demerits. It is a duty calling for wisdom, prudence, clear per ception, and strong adherence to what is right The safest guide for. the editor here is embodied in the law un der which our courts and juries are governed every day. Present no one for envy, hatred or malice; neither leave any unpresented for fear, favor, or affection, reward orjhope of reward. President Marshall closed by wish ing members of the ; Association a pleasant and profitable sojourn at Wrlghtsville, returning to their labors with renewed zeal, replenished energy, a keener appreciation of the dignity of their high calling and devotion to the welfare of the whole 8tate, which shall constrain each one to repeat with increased affection the sentiment of our own Btockard: 1 love thee, fairest ot all lands, my home. From lonely Hatteras where the breakers come To where reared In the heavens stands thy dome North Carolina! The Afternoon Session, The convention upon reassembling in the afternoon heard with much pleasure an interesting essav bv Mr. J. D. Bivins, the talented editor of the Albemarle Enterprise, upon the sub ject "Typographical Correctness and Mechanical Excellence; Are They Worth While t" It la regretted that a copy of his excellent address was not received as expected so that a more extended notice could be given. . -. The only other feature of the after- noon session -was a nne bik ui the subject i 'The Local . Advertiser, How May He Be Best Secured and Retained," by Mr. D. J. Whichard, of the Greenville Reflector. Mr, Which ard began by emphasizing the impor tance of advertising to a newspaper. While the foreign field may bring some returns they are not at all com mensurate with the trouble -necessita ted in caring for that class of patrons. These everlasting iron-clad, top o( column, next to reading matter, on home news page, first following reaa ln? - matter, with reading ' mutter on three sides and half way oh the other side, and such various other kindred stipulations are a bore and nuisanc to the average newspaper man.' Among the local advertisers no such exactions are required. The home field is en titled to our . best attention It is va ried and no fixed rule can be giveu by which all borne fields may b worked. The Individual peculiarities v of men must be studied aod the newspaper man must adapt himself to those pe culiarities.' Patience and perseverance are necessary to these ends. The local advertiser may best be. secured by "w. .(..., at II" or at ss wv ays a f w v saimBa' - - him.. Be persistent but not obtrusive Show the men solicited tbat advertis ing is a business 'proposition, some thing that will bring them reasonable returns. The day has passed when business men put advertisements in a paper just to help It along because the paper Is a good thing to Jiave in the community. "How Mav He Best be Served and Retained" are companion Ideas and were treated by Mr. Whichard -conjunctively. If you' serve an adver tiser well you will retain him. and you cannot retain him unless you serve him. Give him what he wants as far as possible. Get the points and write a good ad. for him, if he desires it Give him position if he wants it and is willing to pay for It. Dont worry too much over the idea that advertisements spoil the looks of the - first page. Give the advertiser full value. Encourage frequent changes and make the advertising as well as the news columns attractive. Treat the local advertiser as well as you do the foreign patron. If you cut rates at all let It be for the home man. The Night Session. The feature of the evening session was the annual oration by Mr. Archi bald Johnson, the talented editor- of Charity and Children, ThomasviUe" N. C. Mr. Johnson had for his sub ject "Three Things" and any attempt at a synopsis would do the orator an injustice. Mr. Johnson expressed a desire to be perfectly practical and he was so Indeed, If not Iconoclastic. The "three things" embodied in his sub ject were "Freedom, Fairness and Faithfulness.". Etch of these divis ions of his subject were treated with force, vim and eloquence. Mr. John son's oration is a creditable contribu tion to the newspaper literature of the age. He was given the undivided at tention of the Association and the most enthusiastic applause. The following resolution offered "by Mr. R. F. Beasley," was unanimously adopted: "Recognizing the great Importance of an adequate presentation of the Indus tries and resources of North Carolina at the World's Exposition at Bt Louis In 1904. Resolved, by the North Carolina Press Association, that we most hearti ly endorse the effort being made by the Btate administration, and by Gover nor Aycock, to raise by private sub scription the sum of $10,000 to dupli cate a like sum offered by the State for this purpose, thereby making pos sible a fitting exhibition on that oc casion." LOCAL DOTS The new bats for members of the police force arrived yesterday from French, the well known outfitter of New York. The tug "Fawn," recently purchased by Messrs. Will L. Miller, Matt J. Heyer and Judson Ward, of this city. Is expected in port this morn ing. License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Robert Ernest Wallace and Miss Lula Jones, both of Delgado, and James F. Jordan and Miss Effie Breece, of Wilmington. The Thomas colored boys, con victed of manslaughter at last week's term of court, will be taken to the State penitentiary by Deputy Sheriff W. H. Cox to-day. Each of the negroes Is sentenced to five years. Lillie Belle, the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wheeler, 211 Wooster street, died Tuesday at 10 A. M. The funeral was conducted by Rev. O. W. Trawick yesterday afternoon and the Inter ment was in Oak Grove. ... Rer. W. M. " Yines, pastor of the First Baptist church, .or Ashe ville, and onb of the leading divines In- the SouthernBsptlst Convention, will arrive this week and preach at both services at the First . Baptist church here next Sunday and the Bun day following. . . Twenty-eight persons were be fore the Mayor yesterday for non pay ment of license tax. Some rendered satisfactory excuses and were allowed to pay the license and go, while others were tsxed with the coats. All delin quents are being indicted in alpha betical order, " John Miller, the negro shop keeper indicled for selling liquor with out license, was discharged in the police court yesterday. Wm. Smith, the negro found-drunk 'in the tobacco warehouse op liquor he said he bought from Miller, was fined $10 and costs. Miller was represented by Herbert Me Olammy, Esq. ... Worklas NlKbt ant ly. The busiest,, and mightiest little thing that ever was msde is Dr. King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, lltt lessness into energy, and brain-fag Into mental power. They're wonder ful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. . Bold by B. R. BxxtA irr, druggist ,; - , r, t : THE ALDERMANIC SABBLE, Application of Saeeden Not Yet Pssied by tne Canary Coamlsslonwls ta BellamyParlest Enconnler. The proceedings and side events of thft meeting of the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night were' the most general k pies of conversation and discussion ob the streets yesterday. There were to developments of marked interest during the day save a very general expression of public opinion as to the policy of the-Board. . It is learned that Chief of. Police Furlong will re cive a public reprimand for his con' duct at Tuesday night's meeting: but a to the status of tbe license granted dnecden there appears some doubt BislicenseVae granted "yesterday by la City , Clerk! and - Treasurer . but o pta presentation of bis application to Chairman McEschern, of the Board of County Commissioners, that official rt fused to take the responsibility of approving it; first, because the Board Ofny delegated to him the power of approving those license.held over from the meeting last week of which num ber Soeeden'a was not one.and second, because in the light of discussion on th street he did not care to take the re sponsibility upon himself of approving the. license Chairman McEschern so expressed himself to a reporter last night He la of the opinion that under the . law - the Commissioners, in the strictest sense, have' discretionary pow etitn granting licenses passed by the Aldermen and he desires that every Commissioner be given an opportuni ty of exercising that discretion. It was for that reason tbat a meeting of Ihe Board was not called yesterday as Maj. Wm. F. Robertson, a member, was absent in Fayetteville." It is probable that all members of tbe Board will be notified to attend a meeting this afternoon for the purpose of - passing upon the license. In tbe meantime, as the old license expired with July 1st, Mr. Bneedeu'e place of business is supposed to be closed, so far as the county is concerned. Brooklyn Bsptlst Church Socisble An "Acquaintance Meeting,", large ly attended and very enthusiastic, was held last 'night in Brooklyn Baptist Church. ' The features of the exer cises were prayer and an address by the clever pastor; Rev. J. L. Vipper man ; solo, "Redemption," by Mrs. J. N. Williams, accompanied by Miss Maggie Wilkinson; finance report by Mr. J. C Gore; piano and violin duet by Miss Maggie Wilkinson and Mr. Theo. Curtis; roll call of membership; "Au Matin" by Miss Glen. Gore. There was a general social greeting afUr the formal exercises were over and the congregation was drawn closer together in bonds of fellow ship. By special request Mrs. Wil liam?, with Miss Wilkinson as accom panist, repeated the beautiful solo rendered by her. Died at Hospital 1 his moroisr. Mr. Jno. F. Fort, aged 34 years, salesman for Swift & Co., in this city, and a son of Col. W, B. Fort, the well known railroad man of Pikeville, N. C died at 1:05 o'clock this morning at the James Walker Hospital after an illness of six weeks with typhoid fever. Hi father was with him when he died, The remains will be .taken to Pikeville to-day for interment. Asheville Citizen: Last night about 9 o'clock, Eugene Ledford, aged 15, a son of Milton Ledford, shot and seriously wounded Will. Felmet, aged 28, a groceryman, at Buxton and Roberts streets. The bullet entered the back part of Fel met'S neck, passed through his head and came out below his nose. A physician was called and found that the wound was of a very seri ous nature and he fears that the result may be fatal. As near as could be learned the tronble started over the settlement of Ledford's wages, earned by delivering pack ages for the store. - Weddington, the two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Mc intosh, of Charlotte, died Saturday night from the results of scalds re ceived Friday evening about 6 o'clock. When the child's mother was preparing supper she left a cup of boiling water on the table. The little child pulled the table cloth and jerked the cup down, the boil ing water pouring over his face, neck and shoulders. PUZZLE PICTORIAL WHAX TRADE DR. M OFFETT'S 7 1 N U II 1 I II II IPi zh,-" hi '(TEETHING u7iSMd ltimJI?ri?OW' h heen in ted oSnrd.li? iLhi 2"iJD.portun A Golden Rule ; of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of in the fertilizer spells quality i ana quantity in ine nar vest Write us ana we will send you, fne, by next mail, our money winning ... books. OESMAN KAU WORKS, SOUTH CAROLINA LYNCHING. Nejro Chsrged With Shootiof s While Mai and Woman Hasted by s Mob at Norwsy. By Telegrapn to tne Horninir eur. Columbia, 8. O, July L Theie was a lynching, in Norway last night and Charlie Evans, a negro, who was charged with attempting to assassinate Mr. Phillips and daughter on Sunday night, was hanged and his body was riddled with bullets. He and three other negroes had been arrested and placed In the town guard house and a guard. was stationed around it. The men were overpowered by a mob, said to have been composed of "unknown parties," and the negroes were taken into the woods near the town. Pink Hartwell, U. B. Johnston and John Felder, who had been arrested with Evans, were released, it being shown that they bad nothing to do with tbe crime. Evans was strung up and after wards shot. Mr. Phillips was shot while sitting down to supper, but he was not dead this morning. Shots from the gun entered his shoulder and lung, and ot, penetrated his brain and it is said that there is absolutely no hope, tor hin. His daughter also received a wound in tbe head, but it was not fatal. Evans was a most desperate ' negro and the people were more infuriated than they otherwise would have been on account of his desperate criminal acs. A MILLIONAIRE'S WILL His Children Trying to Hsve It Declared Void by the Courts. B Teimrrapb to tbe Horning BUr. Chicago, July 1. A bill to secure a decree declaring void the will of Jonathan Clark, a millionaire conlrac tor, whose fortune at the time of his death was estimated in the neighbor hood of $3,000,000, was filed In the cir cuit court to-dsy. The complainants in the suit are Eunice M. Smith and Fred W. Clark, of Chicago; Emaretta M. Kaufman, . of Parkersburg, Iowa, and Jonathan Yates Clark, of Fruit land Park, Florida, all of whom are children of Jonathan Clark. By the terms of the will the entire fortune was left to Caroline Patterson. Tbe complainants declare that in 1880, while their father was engaged in the construction of a house at Lake Ge neva , Wis., be became infatuated with Caroline Patterson, at the home of whose mother he boarded while there. BAPTIST YOUNQ PEOPLE Will Meet in Annnsl Convention In At lants, Os., July 9th. - ay TeteeraDS to tbe atornins; star. Atlanta, July 1. Preparations for entertaining the Baptist Young People's Union of America, which will meet in annual session in Atlanta July ' 9ih-l2th, are complete. Cool weather is looked for during the con vention. A chorus of a thousand voices trained by Professor Foster will render musical selections during the sessions of the convention. The head quarters of the gathering will be at the Piedmont Hotel. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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