WILLIAM H. B1BNA RD
Xdltot and Proprietor.
Fbidat, Septzmber 11, 1903.
DIVERSIFICATION.
There is no necessity for farmers
in this State who prefer to cultivate
two or three straight crops, rather
than "farm" in the strict sense of
the term, to restrict their choice to
cotton or tobacco, or both, with or
without corn and oats. There is
another staple crop easily within
their range.
Petersburg, Va., says the Mann
faclurer8 Beard, is in the belt in
which the main peannt crop of the
coast is raised, and from 2,000,000
to 3,000,000 bnshels are marketed
-annually in that city. They are
then cleaned, shelled, packed and
shipped to all parts of the world,
making a very handsome addition
to the business of the city. And it
is a very good business for the farm
ers of the district who grow the
4- it 1 - fA AYft 1 .1.-1- - L
90 cents a bushel has just been made,
and the crop in the hands of the
merchants and manufacturers of the
city is smaller than for many years.
It Is not made clear by the terms
of the report whether 90 cents a
bushel is the price paid to the farm
ers, or is the price after the nuts
havo been cleaned, assorted, etc,
for the market; but even if the farm
ers of the district get only 40 or 50
cents a bushel for the product as it
leaves their farms, it is seen that the
crop adds considerably to their in
comesomething between $800,000
and $1,500,000 a year. At 90 cents
a bushel, of course, these figures
would be doubled.
xne domestic and foreign con
sumption of these nuts is steadily
Increasing year by year, and they
are being grown extensively in States
west of Virginia and North Caro
' Una to supply the demand. It is a
fact, we believe, that the crop can
be grown as successfully and eco-
t I fm . .
nomicajiym tms state as in any
part of the country. We hare seen
many luxuriant "patches" of it In
Carolina and Georgia; but have no
record of the yield per acre, in any
case, for purposes of comparison. It
is known, however, from the reports
made of experiments with the
"Spanish" variety a few years ago,
that that variety yields enormously,
and It may be assumed that the
larger kind, usually cultivated for
the market, would do as well on the
same ground, and as well as the
- Bame kind in Virginia with the same
attention that is given to it there.
- Some of our farmers, in Colleton
and other counties, who have been
so greatly "discouraged" by their
experience with low-priced tobacco
this year, might find it to their ad
vantage to give peanuts as fair a
Jtrial next year. The crop can be
cultivated with far less trouble,
labor and expense than is required
by tobacco; Indeed, with less than
is required by corn, we believe. It
does not call for any part of the
skill, persistent care and scientific
treatment that must be employed
-in harvesting and curing tobacco,
but is simply ploughed out of the
ground and gathered and dried like
hay, to be picked" at leisure after-
wards and if the price of the nuts
should not warrant picking them
from the vines, the crop as it
grows on the land, or after it has
been harvested, has no superior as
a food for hogs and cattle. It is
well worth cultivating for that use
alone; none more so. It is also as
good a "grass-killer" as cow peas,
and like cow peas, we believe,
improves the land where they are
grown.
In these conditions it is evident
that no farmer can possibly lose any
thing on the crop even if he does not
market the nuts. And if he can both
use the vines as winter forage, and
sell even twenty or thirty .bushels of
nuts per acre at 40 to 50 cents a
bushel, the crop should certainly
. yield him a fair profit in money
oesides. what more could be re
quired of it? Neither cotton nor
tobacco always does so much.
Charleston News and Courier.
C0XC2&NTJTQ COTTOH.
We publish to-day a letter from
Col. Alfred Aldrich, In which he
takes issue, not with us, but with
a
we general impression that exists
that those farmers who rush their
cotton to market early in the Fall do
better than those who wait for high
er prices than cotton then brings.
Col. Aldrich contends that such Is
only the case when the price of cot
ton is high at the beeinnine of the
season, as happens to be the case at
Present, and that it fa mn.n!f1.
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foolish to continue to rush cotton to
market after the price begins to fall,
in wnicn opinion, at first thoueht.
everybody is likely to agree with
him. But on second thought the
reflection must occur to every think
ing man that every planter's cotton
ii not ready at the onenlne of the
season, and later on, when the great
body of the crop is ready for mar
ket, the majority of the farmers
cannot hold it back, for they must
pay their fertilizer bills and other
ilAht. AviA i. 1 - 1 1 i
viu wo, win tuu iuu uomparauveiy
xew who can and do hold their cot
ton back for two or three months
find that the market has been so de
pressed by the lUdh of cotton that
had to be sold that they wish they
had sold before, and unless they can
hold out to Spring, are obliged to
tell at a sacrifice.
Col. Aldrich, however, thinks he
sees a remedy for this evil, other
than the old-fashioned and common
sense one of not planting more cot
ton tnan you can grow witnout go
ing in debt. He maintains that the
present high price of cotton is due,
not to the fact that the cotton mills
have not enough stock on hand to
run their mills, but to the work of
the speculators in cornering the
market and preventing the mills
from supplying themselves except at
a greatly enhanced price. We con
fess we do not understand this rea
Boning, for if the mills had been
well supplied with cotton for the
season, the corner would not have
raised the price, for there would
have been no market for the cotton
in the hands of the speculators. So,
of course, there were two things ne
cessary to produce the present high
price of cotton the smallness of the
stock in comparison with the needs
of the mills, and a speculator, or
organization of speculators strong
enough (i. e., having money enough)
and smart enough to get control of
the supply.
So much for Col. Aldrich's opin
ion that the present high price of
cotton is the work of the specula
tors and not the result of the scar
city of the staple. Now, as to Col.
Aldrich's fine scheme for keeping
the price of cotton steady at figures
which would allow a reasonable
profit to both farmers and manufac
turers. He says that if the bulls on
the Cotton Exchange in New York
would buy October cotton atpres
ent prices and send circulars to
leading farmers throughout the
South to hold back as much of their
cotton as they can and the leading
farmers followed their advice, cotton
would sell as well in October as it
does now, and. the same thing might
be repeated for November, and so
on for the rest of the season; and
that either Rockefeller, Carnegie or
Gould could alone finance the
scheme, and what one of those could
do, a combination of capitalists
could accomplish. Well, sup
pose they could. What would they
do it for? Just to help the
cotton planters? Hardlyl What
did the bull clique raise the price
of cotton for this time ? To make
money, and they have made it; mil
lions of it. By buying cotton in the
first instance very low and forcing
the price up, up, up, making money
on' every transaction, until they
closed out. Where is there any
room for such transactions where
cotton is kept steadily at one price ?
Col. Aldrich has a great deal to say
about "fool farmers, and he doetf
not seem to have a much better opin
ion of the speculators.
woi. Aiancn nas not in so many
words, it is true, said anything
about keeping cotton at one price,
but that is just what his scheme, if
it could be carried out, would
amount to. There is, of course, a
true measure of the price of any raw
material, and that is a price that
permits a reasonable profit for pro
ducers and manufacturers, and the
only way that can be obtained is by
free competition, without the inter
vention of tariffs, or of combines or
trusts, whether they be of specula
tors, manufacturers or planters
themselves. "Charleston News and
Courier.
An unmarried woman in Rowan
county the other day applied the
lash to a man, a cousin of hers, on
the public highway, the ill feeling
existing between them having ema
nated from a law suit now pending
in the courts over an estate to which
both claim to be heirs. Is this a!
sample of the New Woman?
Probably the largest man in the
world died in Ohio the other da v.
"mg Joe" Grimes is his name. He
was 34 years of age, weighed 754
pounds, and 6 feet 4 inches in
height. While riding in a cab his
great weight broke through the
bottom and one of his legs was
gashed, the wound refusing to heal.
Mr. Henry L. Dohlman, of Ko-
komo, Ind., charges his wife, who
Is now suing for divorce, with op
erating a marriage trust, he being
the eighteenth man she has married
In as many years. He says she has
lour divorced husbands in Indiana,
eignt in Ohio and five in other
States, blessed Tonv!
A man was prevented from com
mitting suicide in Chicago river the
other day by a policeman covering
him with a revolver and declaring
mm under arrest. The fellow obey
ed orders and swam out, but was as
mad as a hornet because his plans
were interfered with.
Kome, N. Y., experienced her
nm snow storm of the season last
Saturday. "Good old Summer
time" still lingers with us down this
way, however.
How's
This?
we onar one hihiImii tiaii. n- -
v.i. c&enby ft CO., Props.. Toledo O
Cheney for the last IS yean, and believe him
pertec&y honorable in ia dubi52 trtnaME
jma nnanciaiiT aDie to carry oat any ofollia
mom made by their Arm. 7 onug
wwt & Tar ay. Wholesale Drugtrlsts. Toledo. O
W.i?.IK&,K.,nul, MAavw, Wholesale Dru
All's f1a.ta.n-h PnM la t.V.n
'lract!y upon the blood and mucous sur-?S,0A!Wm-
Price 75o per botUeT Bold
bjMprngg&Vt Testimonials free.
nan a ramuy ram are the beau .- t
TAX BATE REDUCED.
Commissioners Made Voluntary
Reduction of 15 Per Cent,
for County Purposes.
THE BOARD MET YESTERDAY.
City Books Completed Yesterday Show
Material Increase la Values The
Schools of New Hanover Will
Have Ample Fonda-Notes.
At a special meeting of the County
commissioners yesterday afternoon
something of an agreeable surprise was
sprang upon the public by the adop
tion of a resolution reducing by 15 per
cent, all real and personal property
and poll tax levied for county pur
poses for the current fiscal year and
directing the sheriff to make such de
ductions upon the tax books as turned
orer to him Monday for collection.
The preamble and order taking the
commendable action referred to, were
unanimously adopted a follows:
"Whereas: The amount of taxes
to be collected on basis of the total tsx
levy of 88 cents as made June 1st
will be In excess of the financial need.
of the county,
"It is hereby ordered that the Sheriff
of the dounty deduct from the county
taxes as computed under the above
levy 15 per cent, of the amount of
taxes charged against each tax payer
for county purposes.
"It is further ordered that the clerk
of this Board add the foregoing order
as an amendment to the order hereto
fore made by him directing tbe sheriff
of this county to collect the taxes
charged upon tsx books for 1903 and
urned over to said sheriff by tbis
Board."
The Stab is sure that the reduction
by. the Commissioners will be heartily
appreciated by the public. Chairman
McEachern and members of the Board
weighed the matter carefully and
found that tbe reduction could be
made without impairing tbe efficiency
of any department of the public work
and naturally they felt Inclined to re
lieve the burden upon all citizens as
much as possible. The amount levied
for county purposes was 38! cents on
the $100 valuation of real and personal
property in the county and was dis
tributed among the several funds as
follows: General fund, 23fc; Hos
pital, 7a ; Court House bonds, 4c , and
road bonds 4c The reduction of 15
per cent, brings the rate to 32.87 cents
on the $100 valuation instead of 38 ic
as before. Tbe poll tax levied for
county purposes was $1.16 and that,
too, is reduced by 15 per cent. Of
course, the State and school tax re
mains unchanged at 43c. on real and
personal property, making the total
rate on those subjects 75.87. The total
poll tax will be $3.28. The school tax
will not be diminished and by the
arrangements with the Commissioners
as to the liquor tax, etc., it may be
stated that neither the city nor the
country Institutions will suffer for
lack of funds.
The reduction of 15 per cent, in
the taxes lor county purposes means
that $6,814.17 will remain in tbe
pockets of individuals this year and
the Commissioners are. satisfied that
the reduced rate will famish ample
funds to meet the estimated expendi
tures of $43,540 for the current fiscal
year. '
Before the reduction was made by
the Commissioners $193 had been paid
to the sheriff at the original rate. Those
tax payers will receive back $13.66, as
a result of the reduction.
Chairman McEachern and Messrs.
Alexander and ' Robertson were the
members In attendance upon yester
day's meeting of the Commissioners.
The only other business transacted
was an order that a duplicate be issued
to Finer & Buck for warrant No. 807
of date Aug. 6th. 1903. the original
warrant haying been lost, and that
John Robinson, colored, of Federal
Point township, be allowed $3 per
month on outdoor poor list.
The City Tax Books.
Oapt. A. L. DeRosset Monday com
pleted a computation of the city tax
books whlch show a big increase in
valuation as will be seen from the fol
lowing comparative table for the past
three fiscal years:
SUBJECTS. 1903.
190.
5,628,003
377,658
32,484
411,598
1,011,837
662,601
1901.
Beal Estate.. 6,164,170
Personal property 574,489
5.695,957
437,416
MoneT on hand. SS.SMi
BoWent Credits 428,578
Incorporations , .1,403,918
Stock In trade 751.233
46.657
624,580
1,045,535
WK.749
Total 9,349,766 8,124,240 8,418,483
There are still about $159,000 In val
uations to be sent down by the Cor
poration Commission to be added - to
the 1903 figures above. The tax rate,
however, has been reduced this year
and there will be only a alight increase
in the revenue to be derived by the
city. Tbe amount upon the valuation
shown above will be $140,246.49 and
$11,378.94 on polls, making a total of
$151,625.43, against $145,045.62 shown
by the books In 1902 and $147,31176 In
4 AA4 fill ...
iui- xne numner or polls this year
is 1,873 whites and 1.132 colored.
mazing a iouu oi s.ius. yielding a
revenue of $11,378.94 aeainst a total
number of 2,788 yielding, a revenue of
$11,103.84 in 1902 and a total number
of 3,926 polls in 1901. The total num
ber of names oh the books tbis year is
5,501, about 400 more than last year.
The books will probably go this week
into the hands of the City Clerk and
Treasurer for collection.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
They are going to try Jett in Ken
tucky for another murder. If they
convict him they can't hang him
until he serves out his life term in
the penitentiary, and then he will
not mind the choking.
It is said that 75,000 sandwiches
and 500 kegs of beer were used at
a as nm .
one oi me mil uevery pienios
in
New York.
The race question seems to be set
tled in Elwood, Ind., as no negroes
ate allowed in that town.
UNE op T"R0U0HSTEAME8S-
Charlotte Shippers' Associatloa May Ad
vantage Itself of Water Traiiportstloa
from New York Via Wllmloftoi.
The Charlotte Observer of yester
day, in reporting a meeting of the
Corporation Commission to hear the
complaint of certain shippers of that
city against the railroads for discrlml'
nation in freight rates to that point,
says:
"The shippers complained that they
were forced to pay higher rates than
were granted to their-competitors in
other points, and that the rates be
tween Charlotte and various points
were not equitable.
comparisons were made or the rates
on freight between Charlotte and Wil
mington, Norfolk, Lynchburg and
Richmond. Figures were .riven to
show that the railroads charge higher
rates per mile between Wilmington
and Charlotte than between Charlotte
and either of the other points men
tioned.
"A petition, asking that the rates
be equalized and lowered, wis. filed
with the commissioner. The clerk
will immediately serve this petition
on the railroads and ask lor an an
swer within the next ten days. If
the petition Is not granted, a day will
be set for a hearing, which will nrob-
ably be held in Charlotte.
"If the Charlotte shippers succeed
in having the rates between this city
and Wilmington lowered, it is quite
probable that a line of through
steamers will be established between
the latter place and New York. This
would result in not only giving Char
lotte business men more favorable
freight rates, but would improve the
service greatly."
NAVIQATION OP THE CAPE FEAR.
Preliminary Survey Will be Commenced
Very Sooa by Captsln Barbsnk
Capt. B. F. Burbank, who is tempo
rarily in charge of the U. S. Engineer
ing Department of the Wilmington
District, is in Fayetteville for the pur
pose of inaugurating a survey of the
Cape Fear river between that city and
Wilmington, with the ultimate view
of making the stream navigable all
the year round by means of the sys
tem of locks and dams so often spoken
of in connection with the project
Capt. Burbank will at once begin
the construction of a large house boat
at Fayetteville, and it will be used by
mmseif and assistants in making a
preliminary survey of the river and
locating the locks and dams. There
will be three locks and each will cost
$450,000. The amount of money
available for the preliminary work is
$50,000.
THE L06AL MARKETS ASD SHIPPING.
Cotton Receipts Continue Light Schooner
Arrived sod Another Sailed.
Schooner "Lillian Woodruff," hence
for Port-au-Prince with cargo of lum
ber, passed out at Southport yester
day.
Schooner "Victor C. Records."
Capt. Griffith, arrived yesterday from
Philadelphia with cargo of fertilizer
materia, which is being discharged at
the Carolina Central wharves.
cotton receipts yesterday were 365
bales, most of which came over the
W., C. & A. railroad from the South.
Xbe market remains steady at 111c.
for middling. Tar advanced yester
day to $1.75 per barrel on the local
market The Champion Compress be
gan operations in a small way yester
day. Since Sept. 1st the receipts have
bien only a little more than 800 bales.
Parallel With New Hanover Case.
Fayettteville Observer: "The Coun
ty Commissioners and Cross Creek
Stock Law Fence Commissioners were
on Monday served with a temporary
in junction restraining them from lev y-
Ing a special tax for the maintenance
of the present fence and the extension
oi tbe said fence, to Include a larger
territory in 71 it. The injunction was
issued at tne instance of Messrs. D. N.
McLean and J. R. Carter, who allege
that the levy will be unconstitutional,
in that the act enlarging tbe fence law
territory was not read m the Legisla
ture on three consecutive days and
the yea and nav vote recorded: and
further, that the levy is unconstitu-
tion, in that the people affected did
not vote on the matter; and further.
that it Is contrary to the Fifteenth
Amendment of the Constitution. The
matter will be heard before Judtre H.
R. Bryan, atLumberton, on the 18th."
Improved Telegraph Service.
It Is said that the visit of the Wes
tern Union officials to Wilmington
last week will result in improving the
company's service In this city. It has
been decided to string a new copper
wire from New York to Wilmington,
and also to put up a direct copper wire
from Wilmington to Atlanta. The
latter service will be in operation at an
early date. The copper wire from
New York has already been built as
far as Richmond and it will be brought
on without delay. New York and At
lanta are the largest relay offices in
the United Btatesand with direct wire
to both places Wilmington can reach
nearly every city of Importance In the
country either direct or with one
relay.
""SSaHaVsaHWM
REUNION UP veterans:
There will be a reunion of Co. B,
First N. O. Battalion, Heavy Artillery,
at Magnolia, N. C., Thursday, Septem
ber 17th. All surviving members are
earnestly requested to be present. The
public generally are cordially Invited,
and are requested not to forget their
uaaaeis. a. m. XN EWBURy. Hec.
Three Fire Alarms Yesterdsy.
Tbe fire laddies have had several
runs for their money during the past
few days. Early yesterday afternoon
they had a call way over the railroad
and at 7:35 o'clock last night they re
sponded to a false alarm from Water
and Chesnut. About 11 o'clock last
night a small blaze In some lathes back
of the furniture store of G. D. Pbares
& Co., on Market street, called the de
partment out in response to an alarm
from Water and Market streets.
To Cures. Cold in QD Day
Take Laxative Bromo Oninin. T.hii n
arogalsta rerund the money it it falls to cure
E W. Grove's signature Is on each box. sso
OASTOniA.
Bears th y9 The Kind Yon Have Afwars Boueht
signature
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THE NEW STREET SWEEPER.
Aa Improved Device That Will Save tbe
City Lots of Moaey.
i
The Streets and Wharves Commit
tee of the city has closed a contract for
one of the celebrated street sweepers,
manufactured by Chas. Hyrais, t)f
New York city, and the machine will
be here on next Tuesday's steamer.
The list price of the sweeper is $450,
bnt the committee succeeded in get
ting it as a first order at $325. It has
an iron frame, four wheels and two
8-feet brooms of bamboo and rattan.
The parts of the machine are guaran
teed for one and two years and the
committee figures that it will more
than pay for itself in one year. Upon
Its arrival the streets will be swept
three nights per week instead of two,
as now.
Alderman Sweeney who saw some
of the new machines in opera
tion in New York city this Bum
mer, says the steel frame wtll accom
modate ten men and upon the first
trip of the Wilmington machine he
hopes to take the Board of Aldermen
for a ride. Alderman W. H. Yopp,
another member of the committee,
has christened the machine "Nancy
Hanks."
CHARLEY OWENS NEEDS ATTENTION.
Amo8lo( Reaoest to County for Pay for
- PnUlnr Him Oat of the River.
"Charley Owens" needs a gusrdian :
at least this Charley Owens, of whom
we are about to speak, needs some
body to care for him. Application
has been made to the county commis
sioners for some relief, but in the
light of all circumstances the com
miss'oners can't see why they are un
der any particular obligations to look
after "Charley." At the regular
monthly meeting of the Board, Tues
day, the following formal request was
handed in, and Is printed here as near
true to copy as the science of typo
graphy will permit:
aug the 3d 1903
Wilmington N O
to tbe hon Board of County Cosche-
mers I do ask you to Pay me for
laxing cnariey uwen out of the River
as I have had to do sevel Times after
which I thought It time to ask for
something for my services. Dr Mc-
Mlllon knows This to be True also
freton comings Dr Bell and Washing-
ion sang, xou respt
Prosperous Fayetteville.
The mail carrier delivery service
will go into effect in the city of Fay
etteville Nov. 1st. The Observer of
yesterday afternoon says that Post-
office Inspector F. N. Davis, who is
there making arrangements for the in
auguration of the system, deems it
necessary to find enlarged quarters for
the postofflce at once. Remarking
upon that evidence of prosperity the
Observer concludes: "All this brings
forcibly to mind the growing necessity
for a Federal building for this city,
and prospective developments are fast
approaching the point where Fayette
ville will be able to demand such a
building, to-wit: The rapid growth of
the city; the brilliant immediate future
by the canalization of the Cape Fear
betweenthere and Wilmington, and
tbe transmission here by January 1st
of three thousand electric horse-power
from Buckhorn."
Wants a Locstlon and Partner.
Secretary Kyle, of the Chamber of
Commerce, has a letter from a gentle
man in Peidmont North Carolina who
contemplates removing to Wilming
ton in tbe early Spring and desires to
correspond with parties who may be
interested in going into a corporation
to sell and manufacture furniture,
deal in musical instruments. sewins
machines, etc. upon a Iars-e scale. He
suggests the formation of a stock com
pany of about $10,000 capital and says
he is well posted upon the possibilities
of a small manufacturing plant along
the lines mentioned. Further "Infor
mation may be had bv annlvinff to
Secretary Kyle at the Chamber of
commerce.
TestlmooisI to Llptos.
Mayor Bpringer has received a letter
from Secretary Clifford Wayne Hart
ridge, of New York, asking him to be
come a member of a National Commit
tee recently organized with Gen. Jot.
Wheeler as chairman and the Western
National Bank, of New York, as
treasurer.lfor the purpose of raisine bv
popular subscription a fund to be used
for the purpose of presenting to Sir
Thomas LIpton a silver service as a
testimonial of the esteem in which he
Is held by tbe American people. The
idea is to have each city in the United
Btates participate in this testimonial
and Mayor Springer is asked to re
ceive and forward any amounts that
that may be offered.
Into His New Store.
Capt A. D. Browta. one of Wil
mington's leading and most nntmrl-
ing dry goods merchants, yesterday
moved from his temnorarv stand on
Market street to his handsome new
store on Front street. The front Is
one of the pretiest in the city and the
interior, filled with an entirely new
stock of goods, presents a scene beauti
ful to behold. Capt Brown is to be
congratulated upon "getting home
again" after the recent fire and upon
finding such a beautiful place in which
vo locate wnen ne returned.
Fire Engine Overturned.
While respondlneto the alarm of
fire from Nutt and Brunswick streets
night before last, the bur encine at
Fourth and Princess street station was
overturned at Second and Brunswick.
The big steamer remained in the ditch
until yesterday. The damace to the
engine by the accident will not exceed
$5. Chief Schnlbben was on the ap
paratus at the time but escaped Injury,
with others of 'the department
Robert Bolden, colored.charzed
with carrying a concealed weapon,
was aent to itll h Tn.Hu vni
terday in default of $35 bond for his
i t'inu:ui;e at wo next term oi (su
perior Court
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sale. Try P. p. abepanl. Bnead'a Ferrr. n. n.
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OHIO CAMPAIGN
FAIRLY OPENED.
Democrats at Akron Addressed
by Tom L Johnson, Jno H.
Clarke,- Henry George.
3,000 PEOPLE WEKK PRESENT.
Senator Ham Scored by the Speakers.
Remedies la the Wiy of Cootrolllif
Trusts Snxxesled Advocated
Philippine Independence.
Br Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
Akron, O., Sept 9. The Democrat
ic State campaign opening meeting
was held in this city to-night, ad
dresses being delivered bv Tom L.
Johnson, candidate for Governor of
Ohio; John H. Clark, candidate for
United States 8enator, and Henry
George, Jr., of New York. The at
tendance at the meeting was estimated
at 3,000. Mr. Johnson in his speech
said:
"The cit of Cleveland fnrnlahfca n
excellent illustration of the issues of
the Democratic party in this cam
paign. Cleveland has become known
as the most completely enjoined city
In Ohio. Since I have been mayor
fifteen iniunctiona havn hn II AI
against the city in the interest of tbe
owners or vaiuanie special privileges
like the street railroads and the gas
and electric Merit nnmninlM And
after each injunction the Democratic
pluralities nave oeen larger tban oe-
fore.
"Senator Hanna. who ia financial )
interested in some of these public ser
vice corporations, with the aid or At
tornev (General RhAAta hu Kaat, h:a
to prevent the citv from
the public service corporations to psy
weir just snare oi tne taxes, and has
so far bloeked the establish mnnt nf a
three cent fare on the street railroad a
10 compete who ms nve cent rare
monopoly.
"Senator Hanna ia atandinv tnr win.
dication. He stands for vindication
on that variety of municipal owner-
snin wnion mroun tne aiun mhM
oronoses to nav Into thA nt
Mr. Hanna'a friends from tan in fiftnn
million dollars annually in ship sub
sidies. He stands as ocoosed to allow
ing the Peoola of Cleveland tn Axniwna
their will as to whether they desire an
eiectric plant, x will be satisfied with
the verdict of the voters."
John EL Clarke refamul tn flanafn
Hanna's "stand pat" policy and said:
"While Senator Hanna ham thna Hnn
urging this do-nothing policy, there
has been workad tmt nnntnirf in
our country, the greatest industrial
I as
revolution oi moaern umes, wnicn nas
placed every, branch of business and
manufacture in the control of a form
of mononolv. which all thA world at.
cept Mr. Hanna agrees to call (a trust.'
-as to tne remedies in the way of
COntroinnsr trusts, tbe first la the taklnir
Of the tariff from all artlclaa. thA man
ufacture and sale of which Is con
trolled by a monopoly, and the second
the limitincr of the canitalization of all
corporations engaged in interstate
commerce strictly to tbe value of tbe
I a 1 i a mm
property invested.
Mr. Clarke favomri cy ran tin tr imma.
aiate independence to the Filipinos.
CHICAGO MOB CHASES
A NEGRO MURDERER.
Crowd Waoted to Lynch tbe Man Who
Was Rescued by a Police Officer
After i Sfraife.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, Sept. 9. Under a fire of
bricks and stones, policemen last night
rescued a negro murderer from a mob
of would-be lynchers. Ten minutes
before, John Brinkley. a colored
watchmao, had shot and killed Charles
jncuarmv. a rjiatrr iimmt in h
presence of Jhe letter's wife, who
stood in the doorwav holdine her
babv. Then the nrm havtnf inin
the doorway of his own quarters, held
a crowu oi zuu men and boys at bay
until Patrolman Robert Mooney
r hum .wm
away his weapon.
Mooney took his prisoner to the
Tile factors, in which Riiriw ...
waiKBQ UD to mm ll nirmul mnrl trnb-
employed, to await the patrol wagon.
out as ne aia so, tne crowd surged for
ward once more with cries of "lynch
mmr- -lyncn mm; get a roper'
Brinklev turned and flad fmm th
office by the rear door. The mob saw
the eacana. and hAadAd i Wim..
" . UJ 4M,WUV
streamed down an alley in pursuit.
The negro then ran several blocks
' - J
policeman having been brushed aside,
Brinkley was now at the mercy of the
crowd. A teamster lamned down
Derora da waa tinaiiv iwut.ir.n-
from his WaffOn and hAoran laaMnc th
negro across the face with his whip, the
Ticuui ueifiK noia iae wnue by a
dozfin men tnd Ko-vst a nat-Ai
-"-j aaaaa vsf(WBal
arrived with three policemen who to -
getner witn nr. Mooney seized the
negro and succeeded In draireine him
to the patrol wagon. The horse were
whipped up and the rescued prisoner
Whirled to the nolicA atatlnn Nnna nt
the rioters was arrested.
The killing grew out of a quarrel in
iTiiicu mcuinnv nin ari,aAn lpi n hr law
of stealing chickens from his premises.
RESULT OP A QUARREL.
One White Man Kills Another Nesr Spsr-
tsnbarr, Soatb Carolina.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Chaelotte, N. C. Sept. 9. A sne-
cial to the Observer from Spartanburg,'
n . .....
o. u., says tnat miner McKinney, a
merchant of Tacapau Mills, S. C, was
this afternoon shot and killed on the
public road near Spartanburg by
uarrv Dean, atred 18 veara. of Dun
cans. 8. C Dnan anrmndnvnd fl.tm-
mgtnat ne shot In self-defence, Mc-
oanney attempting to snoot mm as the
result of a quarrel over a debt of $2.50,
Which MeKlnnn allAorad Haiii nwtrl
Both Dean and McKinney were mem-
vers oi weii-ioao iammei.
Charlotte Observer: The North
Carolina farmer who has sold cotton
at five cents and still lived, moat
feel himself indeed a lord of creation
now when he can lean back, with
his thumbs in the armhples of his
vest, and decline offers of eleven
cents for his new crop as soon as he
can put it on the market. The
Newton Enterprise tells that
Catawba farmers are doinc that
yery thing.
What Is a.lfT
In the last analvsis nobodv Irnnai
but We do know that it is undar atriot
law. Abuse that law aven a11htl
pain results. Irregular living means
derangement or the organs, resulting
l a! a At r-w a a
ui . wunatipatioD, rteaaacne or x4ver
trouble. Dr. Klnc'a New Llf Piiia
quicklv re-ad iusta this. Ii'a trAntla
yet thorough. Only 25c, at R. R.
Bellamy's drug store.
ANARCHY IN THE
CITY OF BEIRUT.
The Government Seemingly Unwllliof ot
Assure Safety of Residents Time
ly Arrival of U. S. Warships.
Br Cable to the Morula BUr. . .
Btjebut, Steia, Monday, - Septem
ber 7, via Port Bald. Vice Consul
Msgelssen, when he was-fired at re
cently, was near a police booth. His
assailant la not yet known. The au
thorities are Indifferent and thus far
have given no satisfaction.
The Moslem section of tne city, irom
Friday up to last night, was in a state
of anarchy and thirty persons were
killed, among whom, however, were
no foreigners. The shops are closed.
the streets deserted and the govern
ment is seemingly unable or unwil
ling to assure tbe safety of tbe resi
dents.
The arrival of the American cruis
ers Brooklyn and San Francisco was
most opportune. Admiral Cotton is
on the alert and signal men and a
guard alept at the United States con
sulate last night The men on board
the warships are under arms ready to
disembark on a signal from the consu
late. The boats of the Brooklyn and
Ban Franciico have reconnoitred tbe
coast below property of the American
MiiSlon, in order to select landing
places in case of need. The American
Mission authorities have demanded
guards from the governor for the pro
tection of the . Mission printing office
and the Mission property. An attempt
to enter an American residence on Sat
urday was frustrated.
The Americana here think the Uni
ted States government should insist on
tbe dismissal Of the vail of Beirut, a
notorious bribe-taker, and to whom all
tbe ' disorders are attributed. The
opinion here ia that the powers should
take action with a view to bringing
Beirut under the jurisdiction or an au
tonomous Christian government for
the Lebanon district.
AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Spectator Struck and Hart So Badly Thst
He Died on the Way to a Hospital.
The Machloe Wrecked.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Detroit, Mich., Sept 9. While
Barney Oldfield's racing automobile
was running nearly aixty miles an
hour at the Grosse Pointe track this
afternoon in the ten-mile open event,
one of the front tiers on the machine
burned through and exploded, throw
ing the car into the fence and injuring
Dranx snearar, a spectator, so terribly
that he died in an ambulance en route
to the hospital. The car went fifty
feet through the air, and Oldfield.who
kept his seat bad a marvellous escape
from death. He received several cuts
about the body and had one rib broken.
Oldfield had just time to twist his
brake and head for a spot between
two trees. Shearar was standing
against the fence at this point and the
csr struck him squarely, breaking
both legs in several places and frac
turing his skull. He was thrown
seventy-five feet and never recovered
consciousness. Oldfield had presence
of mind enough to throw himself
backward on the flat deck of tbe car,
which went crashing through a low
tree and was completely wrecked.
Shearar's brother was standing near
mm ano nad a narrow eicape.
THE DELANO CASE.
An Interesting Article from the Army and
Navy Register of September.
The following from tha Army and
Navy Register of September 5th will
be read with much interest here bv
the friends of Mr. Philip Delano:
"The psymaster general of tbe navy
is disposed to use a reasonable amount
Of leniencv in the anttlnmAnl of an.
counts of navy paymasters.
"tie is understood to entertsin some
decided notions of the severity of the
action taken in the case of Delano,
the officer of the corps who wss recent
ly dismissed for what amounted to a
failure to nromntlv k-AAn M A.! 1 a tat
Delano, at the worst seems to have
been careless, but he was far from
beinsr crooked, aa waa Imnliad u ik
original charges brought against him.
rajmasier uenerai Harris believes
that in exacting aettlAmAnt fmm
officers there should be allowed them
every opportunity to adjust matters and
that there should be no unreasonable
Or exCAaaiva VAatrlnltnn
- --w.. UAJU
them In the settlement of iaonnt
He has decided that whan nffi.
counts are to ba anttUd n, kk.m a....
tions are involved, the officer most di
rectly interested snau come to Wash
ington and aaaiat In th.
The first nfflcr tn h tki.
ilege Is Paymaster H. L. Bobbin..
who has been on duty as pay officer,
Purchasing nav nffimn and ...t
storekeeper at the Pensacola. Fla .
navy yard. He must settle these ac
counts as well as some prior accounts
accrued while he waa attachAd tn th.
Atlanta."
PUZZLE PICTTJKE.
PICTORIAL PUZZLE.
WHAT CONFEDERATE GENERAL IS REPRESENTED?
DR. MOFPETT'g
i!j(TCtlNG
Costs Only 25 cents
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TftaVSnVai T. t7. , ,.
z cau to c.
mj expense with oTxm medi'cinr 17h7?I
sroableteetmng-. Every remedy w7 eihnrt I- .V Vh . "ui? e'"' 'u" "'" n I
continued to pi oB pure rSZJZ'itfj from fa i.ily
s mower aetermined to trrTEETUINA. Vnd l lil7. .."'""" "' r " ". . nl
.1 1 7 r miwu .Mil Dnrn HIT 1MW(hinll..o.l
skuas DOvrsiisi ssfsiraa tam a. : " -
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HARD TO EVEN HOBBLE.
A Good Example of How Far
Cases Have Gone in
Wilmington.-
Nothing is more dangerous if
neglected, than kidney disease. ' if
allowed to run on, it attacks evcrv
organ and every part of the body
Here's a Wilmington case in point
in which a well known citizen points
the short way ont.
E. Poezolt, merchant tailer, of $
South Front street, residing at 315
North Sixth street, says: "My wife
used Doan's Kidney Pills and in
her case they proved to be an'eSoc
tive remedy. She suffered with her
ankles and could scarcely get down
stairs in the morning. We thought
it was rhenmatism and her ankles
would be all puffed up every morn
ing so she could hardly - hobblo
around. Since obtaining Doan'g
Kidney Pills at R. 11. Bellamy's
drug store and taking them she
seems like another person. She is
better in the morning, the swelling
left her ankles and from the great
relief she obtained we are only too
flad to recommend Doan's Kidnev
ills to others." J
For sale by all dealers.1 Price, 511
cents a box. Foster-MIiburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for thr
United States.
Remember the name Doan'a
and take no substitute, sep 6 lw
THE POSTAL INVESTIGATION
A. W. Macbea and Geo. W. Beavers, Two
of the Persons Indicted by the
Federsl Of sod Jury.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Washington, September 9.-One of
the persons indicted yesterday by the
Federal grand jury in connection with
tbe postal Investigation, is George W
Beavers, formerly chier of the division
of salary and allowances. It is under
stood that the charge is conspiracy.
Another of tbe indictments is against
August W. Machen, on a new set of
facts, involving ;him with Beaver
The charge is conspiracy.
While the officials refuse to disclose
the names of the four remaining per
sons who were indicted yesterday, it is
said that none of them is or has been
connected witb tbe Postofflce Depart
ment, and that one is a man of some
prominence. It was stated at the City
Hall to day that the climax of the in
vestigation is to come shortly when a
person not connected with the depart
ment, but equally as well known as
the postmaster general himself, un
doubtedly will be indicted for com
plicity in the postofflce frauds. The
grand jury began hearing the evidence
in this particular case and it is slated
that when a report is made it will in
all probability conclude the investig
tion in Washington.
ACCUSED OP MURDER.
Neiro fan Arrested in Philadelphia tn
Complaint of His Wife.
By Telegraph to the Morntai? Star.
Philadelphia, Sept. 9. On infor
maiion furnished by Alice Stayton,
colored, Essex Stayton, her husband,
was to day committed to prison, ac
cused of murder. Mrs. Stayton visitrd
a magistrate's offlcs to procure a war
rant for her husband! arrest on
charge of assault and battery. Wbiie
telling her story she declared Btaytou
had shot and killed Abraham Little,
his brother-in-law, in March, 1902, n
Grimesland, Pitt county, N. O. Wher,
arraigned for a bearing Stayton w
asked if he had killed LUtle. He aaiii
he had quarrelled witb tbe man and i
self-defence had shot him. He left llm
place at once and did not know wheth
er Little's wound had proved fatal.
Mrs. Stayton testified that Little dirrt
five days after the ahooting. The local
authorities will communicate with tbe
authorities of Pitt county, N. C.
A Salisbury special says: A
free for all fight occurred in Provi
dence township, this county. A
woman, who is one of the wealthiest
in the township, engaged in the
fight and knocked a man into a
ditch and beat him unmercifully.
A Boy's Wild Ride for life.
With family around expecting him
to die, and a son ridinsr for life eight
teen miles to get Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
vaiius, w. 11. crown, or LeesvHJf,
Ind., endured death's agonies from
asthma; but this wonderful medicine
gave instant relief and soon cured
him. He writes: 'I now sleep sound
ly every night." Like marvelous
cures of Consumption, Pneumonis,
Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip
proves its matchless merit for all
Throat and Lung troubles. Guar
anteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottles free, at Ii- R. Ttar.r.AMv'fl drue
store. f
Cores Cholera Infantilis.
Diarrhoca.Dvscntery,
the Bowel Trouble o'
Children of Any Age.
POWDERS)
Aidj Digestion, RcjulaW
the Bowels, Strengths
the Child and Makes
TEETHING EASY.
at DrnFrists.
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