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MIGRATIONS OF NEGRO
It seems strange to the outside
world that labor of any sort is not
abundant in the Southern States,
where there are supposed to be the
greater numbers of ten million of
negroes. Newertheless the fact re-,
mains that there is in many parts of
this section a scarcity not only of
farm labor but of domestic serrants.
In a recent article in the New
York Sun on the subject a Georgia
farmer complained that his output
of cotton is small simply because la
bor, is not procurable. . The fact is
explained, he says, by "the natural
tendency of the laboring classes to
drift to the cities," and by the "ex
o Jus of white agricultural labor from
the fields to the cotton mills."
A citizen of North Carolina de
clares that "nearly 50,000 people
have left farms to go into cotton
mills" and that "50,000 more have
left farms to go into such factories,
such as cotton seed oil mills, saw
mills, furniture factories, such as
cotton seed oil mills, saw mills, fur
niture factories," etc.
Those statements do not fully de
scribe the situation. Many negroes
bavo gone into the States North of
the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Since
the President of the United States
has appeared as the apostle and
grand white advocate of negro
equality, negroes have gone into the
Northern States in numbers far
greater than most people imagine.
To be recognized as the equals of
. the whites is the most ardent aspi
ration of the negroes, and they are
now possessed of a strong belief that
thi recognition is to be got from the
white people of the Northern States.
The movement of the negroes to
the cities is most attractive because
there they hope to find persons of
their own race who will harbor them
and help them to employment. A
negro who has once lived in a city
will not go back to the country on
any terms, and he even scorns the
"smaller cities and conaiderable towns
wherein some cases they are not
wanted but meet with serious oppo
sition, whereas they can go to the
great cities without being noticed.
So extensively has this migration
of negroes northward been in pro
gre88 that the next census will show
astonishing results.
The editor of the Richmond
Times -Dispatch in a very recent
issue, commenting on a statement
bv Mr. John Temple Graves of
Georgia in a recent speech in Chica
go, to the effect that negro labor no
longer produces the bulk of the cot
ton crop in the South, says:
"We are not so well posted as to
the conditions in the cotton pro
duciuz sections of the country as
are our far Southern contemporaries,
but in Virginia the statement of
Mr. Graves will prove true if it be
. made with reference to all the crops
that are grown. In sections of Vir
ginia, through which the writer has
recently traveled, the negro farm
- laborer is almost extinct and that is
a section in which a few years ago
the negro was all in all in the mat
ter of labor.
"The negro men have gone to the
mines, to the public works, to the
North, to the cities and towns, or
somewhere else. At any rate they
are not on the farms in at least
three Tirginla counties that we could
name, and this we say from actual
personal observation. The crops in
those counties, tobacco, wheat, corn,
oats, etc., have been made this year
almost entirely by white labor, in
the most part by the owners of the
farms and their half-grown sons
On some farms there is hired labor,
but the men employed are young
white men, born and reared in the
neighborhood.
"The most gratifying part of the
8toryi8yettobetold: These farmers
whose help is confined to their own
boys and the boys of their neighbors
have made better crops and are In a
more prosperous condition than they
ever were before. We heard no com
plaints in that region about the ne
groes going off to the mines and the
railway works. The farmers are do
ing very well without them."
A similar situation exists in re
spect to the domestic service In that
State. A letter to the Lynchburg
VOL. XXXIV.
News from a correspondent at Bed
ford City, a considerable inland
town, says:
"The question of domeatio labor iB
each day beooming more complexing
and difficult. A large boarding house
is closed because of the impossibility
of procuring servants to perform the
necessary labor. There are many
households here where for the same
reason the mistress is enacting the
role of cook, chambermaid, and gen
eral maid-of -all-work, while hun
dreda of colored ladies are walking
the Btreet in elegant idleness. They
toll not, yet they are usually well
and fashionably dressed and well fed,
and always able to go on an excur
sion or some other pleasure jaunt re
quiring money to accomplish."
The situation described in Vir
ginia has been growing in serious
ness for some years past, but it has
been stimulated to an extraordinary
decree of intensity since the ne
groes began to believe that Presi
dent Roosevelt is theirMoses to lead
them into the promised land of so
cial and political equality' with
whites, ana they are Hurrying as
fast as they can to cross the two
rivers that cut them off from the
land in which the blessings they
seek are to be realized.
The diffusion of the negro popu
lation among the whites is the only
solution of the race problem, and
this is what will even eventually
take place, and in a brief er period
than will be commonly lupposed. It
is necessary that the negro shall oc
cupy among the whites the place to
which he belongs, and that is one of
subordination. Mew Orleans Jftca
yune. MONEY IN GOATS.
There is money in goats. A cir
cular just received says the United
States imports $25,000,000 worth of
goat skins a year, because not
enough goats are raised at home.
Goats, as Bill Nye would say, are
"frequent" in the Southern country.
They are the liveliest inhabitants of
many of the villages; they occupy
the railroad station platforms and
the front porches of all the' vacant
dwellings, and, if there are no dwell
ings vacant, they take nights' lodg
ing upon what is known as the
"portico" of the court house. There
appears to be a rich harvest in goats
awaiting the gleaners. We would
advise some speculator to make a
trip. He would be astonished to
find so many "vagrom" Billies and
Nannies and kids ready for the
market. And if goats prosper thus
in the rough, it proves that the
South is congenial to goats. The
crop should be cared for and culti
vated. There may be "millions in
it."
Seriously speaking, the goat skin
industry is worthy of the attention
of the country people. A new in
dustry is offering itself to the farm
ers. The fact that 125,000,000
worth of goat skins are now an
nually imported into the United
States, and that her enterprising
manufacturers are now obliged to
send half way around the world
for a large share of them, sug
gests that the farmers of the conn
try have a great opportunity to
put a large share of this sum into
their own pockets, and that
the entire-sum may be divided be
tween our producers and manufac
turers. The growing popularity of
certain classes of kid leather for
footwear, as well as gloves, has in
creased very greatly the demand for
goatskins in the United States with
in recent years. In 1885 the value
of goatskins imported was about 14,-
000,000; by 1890 it had grown" to
$9,000,000; by 1898 it was $15,000,-
000: in 1900 it was $22,000,000, and
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in 1903, $25,000,000, in round num
bersr
The farmers of the United States
are apparently making no effort to
reap any part of this golden harvest
for themselves. The census of 1900
showed the total number of goats
in the United States to be less than
2,000,000 in number, and when it
is understood that the' skins of
probably 20,000,000 goats were re
quired;to make the $25,000,000;worth
imported last year it would be seen
that the supply from the United
States could have formed but a
small share of the total consump
tion. Yet the fact that a large
share of our supply of this import
ant import comes from India, China,
France and Mexico, suggests that
there are large areas in the United
States which might produce goats
successfully and in sufficiently
large numbers to supply the entire
home demand. Mobile Register.
As the race issue is to figure prom
inently in the next Presidential con
test, the Democrats are determined
to bring the Republican members of
Congress out on the issue at next
winter's " session by putting this
question to them: "Do yon Intend
to stand by the President's policy on
the subject, ordo you purpose to
repudiate it?"
During the year ending August
31, 1903, the Southern mills, con
sumed 2,000,729 bales of cotton,
against 1,967,635 consumed by
Northern mills. So. for the first
time in the history of the Industry,
Southern consumption has gone
ahead of Northern.
The Columbia State says: 'There
is absolutely nothing like advertis
ing. Ask Dr. Len G Broughton,
of Atlanta. r Two years ago nobody
outside of Atlanta knew that Dr.
Broughton was living. But what a
change 1 Ho has been called to one
of the biggest churches in Boston..
Dr. Broughton's first advertisement
was worked so as to convey the Im
pression that the then mayor of At
lanta was'a drunkard. . Success came
quickly."
Richmond Dispatch: Those who
are inclined to blame Sam Jones for
not "turning the other cheek"
should remember that it was not his
cheek, but his mouth, and he didn't
have any other mouth to turn. The
Postmaster was more fortunately
situated than Sam, in regard to the
Biblical Injunction, but there is no
account of his turning the other
eye, af ter Sam had put the first one
in mourning. -
rne .Key. earn Jones had an ap
pointment in High Point Friday
night, but he failed to show up.' He
wired that he was too unwell to
come, but would at some- future
time fill the engagement. It is
thought the Rev. Sam's split lip is
giving him some trouble.
Minister Leishman in a dispatch
to the President says that every
thing is quiet at Beirut and that the
Turkish government is showing a
disposition to settle satisfactorily
every matter in which this country
is interested.
The trial of Jim Tillman for the
murder of Editor Gonzales takes
place next week in Lexington.
Judge Frank B. Gary is to preside.
It is now up to Mark Hanna to
say whether or not he will stump
the State of Ohio with John H.
Clarke. -
The Hon. Spencer Blackburn is
to stump Ohio next month In the
interest of the Republican ticket.
THE EXPECTED LYNSHlfijQ AT TAK80KO.
Mo Developments Yesterday ii the Mercer
Case Three Days oa Slot Machine.
Special Star TeUoram.
TarborO, N. O., Sept. 19. A report
that there would be an attempt to
lynch Paul Mercer, the negro boy con
victed of an attempt to rayiih a little
white girl near Criap a tew weeki ago,
who was -sentenced at this term of
court to ten year' imprisonment,
cauaed Judge Ferguson to authorise
Governor Aycock to call out the
Edgecombe Guards last night to aid
the sheriff in protecting the prisoner
now incarcerated In the county jail.
This was done and the Graards re
mained on duty at the jail all night
and while there has been no semblance
of a culmination to the wild rumor.
the military company will hold Itself
in readiness for any emergency until
the prisoner ia taken to the peniten
tiary, which will probably be done
Mnndir.
A case againat J. M. Taylor ior siot
machine gambling, reaulted in a mis
trial. The jury was out three days.
Court adjourned this afternoon.
ATLANTIS & NORTH CAROLINA R. R.
AH the Old Directors Recommlsalooed
by
the Oovernor Meeting Thursday.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, Nl 0m Sept 19. Gov
ernor Aycock to day-recommlaaloned
all the old directors of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad. They
are J as. A. Bryan, president; J. O.
R. W. Tavlor. Carteret: w.u. sjmnn,
Wayne; Hooker, Pamlico; G. M. Bus-
bee, W. u. Bagiey, waare ; w .
Granger. Klnston. State's proxy. The
Board meeta at Newborn, the 24th In-
atant, when It will hear annual reports
and act on the second proposition oi
W. W. Mills to lease the road for fifty
years.
FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS.
Qov. Aycock Appoints Fifty-one Delegates
to Attend Niagara Falls Meeting;.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. 0., September 18.
Governor Aycock to-day appointed
fifty-one delegates to the Farmers'
National Congress at Niagara Falls,
September 22d to October 10th, Among
them are ueo. tx. nenamy, oi cruni-
wiek: J. D. Owen. K. Li. Daugntrldge.
of Rocky Mount S. EL Strange, ol
Favetteyllle: J. A. Stevens, of Qoids-
faoro: W. I. KveritL J. H. William-
aon, EL O. Dockery, of Rockingham,
and J. Bryan Grimes, oi unmeaiana.
Bad Character Jailed.
Mamie Garfield, the notorloua negro
character charged with assaulting
Julia Moore, also colored, with a razor
and carrying a concealed weapon, was
sent to jail by Justice Fowler yester
day In default of $150 Jond In each
case. The charge against her or the
larceny of about $90 from a drunken
white man was dismissed. The evi
dence showed that in hia Intoxicated
condition the man gave the woman
the money. She reatored $20.50 of the
amount to him.
Tobacco from Georgetown.
Th3 Clyde Liner "CarlD," which ar
rived night before last, brought a con
signment of 23,000 pounda of tobacco
from Georgetown, a. O., to the Wil
mington Tobabco Warehouse Com
pany. The steamer also brought up
from, Georgetown 593 bales of cotton
for Messrs. Alex. Bprunt & Son.
WILMINGTON, N . CvREP
ROBBERS AT CLINTON
Cracksmen: at Sampson's Coun
ty Seat Attempted to Blow
the Postoffice Safe.
USUAL METHODS EMPLOYED.
Town Startled by Ezplosioa and Bnrlars
Made Qood Their Etc sue Blood
hounds Followed Trail Two
Accounts of the Affair.
Clinton, N. a, Sept. 19. Safe
crackets this morning made an at
tempt to blow open the two aafea in
the poatoffice at thia place. The ex
plosion awoke several people, but the
robbers made good their escape. Dr.
F. H. Holmes was attending a patient
at the Murphy House, just across the
street from the poetofflee, and aa bo
atarted to leave the explosion occurred.
He immediately aroused several men
and hastened to the scene. It was
found that the larger safe had been
badly wrecked. It waa second-hand,
a new facing having been placed over
the older, one. The outer facing only
waa blown off, and bad the crackers
had time the old facing would have
been also blown off before they could
have opened the safe. Nothing of
value was carried off by the robbers.
Several blacksmith's tools, which were
taken from Mr. Tom Wilson's ahop
were found In the poatoffice. An at,
tempt to catch the burglars with blood
hounds will be made.
Clinton, N. 0., Sept. 19. About a
quarter paat three o'clock laat night
an attempt waa made to rob the Clin
ton poatoffice, but ft waa an unsuccess
ful one, ao far aa obtaining any money
waa concerned. However, the door
of the safe was considerably torn to
pieces by the explosive used. This
waa the extent or the damage except
that the lock to the front door where
the bandits entered was bent by being
prized open and the glass in the parti
tion door between the front part or
the office and the back, where the aafe
Is, waa broken out The report waa a
terrific one and waa first heard at the
Murphy House, just across the street,
It was not known at first where the
noise was, and while a few gentlemen
who at once began making a search
were trying to locate It, the robbers
made their escape, but during the
search they were still lingering in the
postomca building dououesa to mate
a second attempt.
Mr. Wilson. olJJunn, waa nouaeu
by wire and asked to bring his blood
hounds. He arrived with the dogs
about one o'clock. The 'dogs trailed
the track from the ahop where the tools
were gotten to the poatoffice and from
there across to the railroad and down
the road towards (Warsaw. At thia
wrUing 5:30 P. M, the man with the
dogs has not returned.
Drank and Disagreeable.
Lb L. Mason, a member of the street
force, waa drunk and disorderly In
the vicinity of Water and Market
streets Saturday afternoon. He
was making trouble for all pedes
trians with whom he came in
contact and finally jerked a negro off
a bicycle. In doing ao the negro re
aented and Mason fell on the hard
pavement, bruising hia head. He waa
arrested by Policeman G. R. Holt and
subsequently sent to the hospital. An
effort waa made by the police to find the
negro who struck the man, but other
negroea in the vicinity pretend they
do not know hia name or anything
about him. It la aaid that while Ma
son waa drunk and disagreeable, the
I assault upon him waa unjustifiable.
Big Fire at Rocklngbsm.
The Hotel Richmond, the largest
building in Rockingham, waa de
stroyed by fire early Friday morning.
I Adjoining buildings were saved with
difficulty. In the hotel building were
also the Bank of Pee Dee, McAulay,
Yorke & Rogers' clothing atore and
Weat Bros.' furniture atore. The loaa In
the building and furniture waa $16,000,
Insurance $7,500; Yorke & Rogera $11,
000 stock, $4,000 Insurance and $1,800
saved; Weat Bros. $1,500, with f 1,000
insurance. The aame aame night the
large lage livery atablea of J. J. Little
at Wadesboro were burned ;loss $$6,000,
insurance $1,500.
May Establish Plant Here.
Mr. M. P. Deegan, superintendent
of construction for the Standard Tur
pentine Co., 96 Fifth Avenue, New
York, waa in the city Saturday and
called at the Chamber of Commerce
with a view of gathering data aa to the
establishment of a plant here. The
company Is the one of which Rev.
Thos. Dixon is president and it already
haa a distillation plant at McBee, 8. C
It Is proposed to rstaMIsh others in the
South within the itar feature. Mr.
Deegan was shown over the "un
known Factory," on Bmith'a Creek,
by Mr. Frank L. Hugglns, manager
of tbe plant. Mr. Deegan also cons
f erred with other parties, but left In
the afternoon without announcing any
of his plana.
Negro Excursionist in Limbo.
Jonas Brown, a negro excursionist
from Mount Olive, who was drunk and
disorderly at the railroad station when
his train was about to leave for home
Friday night, was arrested by Police
man J. B. Farrow and Saturday In the
police court Mayor Springer sent him
to tbe roads for SO days. A pistol was
found on his person when he waa ar
rested and upon completion of his
term on the roads he will be sent to
the Superior "Court to answer a charge
of carrying a concealed weapon.
JulianS. Carr has purchased
400 of the lateBt . improved Mayo
knitting machines for the Durham
hosiery mill at ft cost of $70,000.
The mill when completed .will be
the third largest in the world.
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AY, - SEPTEMBER 25,
THE CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Cape Fear Camp gad Third Division Will
Make Effort for Big Representation
;: fa Raleigh Fair Week.
; Cape Fear Camp, U. C. V., will
mset on the second Friday in Octo
ber, the 8th, when" delegates will be
appointed to the State reunion at Ra
leigh during Fair week, and arrange
ments made for all members of the
camp who -can oe present at the en
campment to be provided with tents,
etc At thia' reunion the election of
officers will be held, viz: Major Gen
eral and four Brigadier Generals, and
other business, of an Important char
acter will be transacted. Commander
Woodward expresses a desire that
Cape Fear Camp be fully represented,
and requests. that all members who
can attend Jthe reunion will hand in
their catnea to Cspt A L. DeRosset,
adjaUnV ;,Th i folding letter haa
been rcc-i red by Commander Wood
ward :
"Major General Julian 8. Carr has
cUed a reusiou of Confederate vet
erans to meet in Raleigh on Tuesday
of Fair week, October 20th next, and
to last until Thursday, October 22nd.
The veterans will go into camp while
here. L'ght refreshment, ice .water,
lemonade, coffee, etc., will be fur
nished. Tents, straw, etc., will be
provided. The State Fair ia co
operating with the officers of tbe
Veterans' Association of North Caro
lina and will use every effort to make
tbe reunion a truly great gathering of
North Carolina'a soldiers.
On We'neaday morning the
Veterans will form line and march to
tbe Fair ground where they will be
admitted free. It is hoped each and
everyone will thoroughly enjoy the
day. The exhibits will be very fine,
the racing good, the atlractiona new
and novel and the Midway and ahowa
thoroughly enjoyable. Above all the
Fair ia the meeting place of old friends.
It Is tbe great reunion of the people.
On Wednesday evening the Ladies'.
Memorial Association, Daughters of
tbe Confederacy, and the L. O'B.
Branch Camp will tender a compli
mentary dinner. In Raney Hall, Gen
eral John B. Gordon will deliver bia
famoua address.
We extend to you and to your camp
a most cordial welcome to tbe Uapltal
City and to the great State Fair of
1903. J. A. L05Q, President
The following order has been issued
from headquarters of the Third Bri
gade, relative to the reunion.
Headqnartera Third Brigade, North
Carolina Diviaion, United Confed
erate Veterans.
Wilmington, N. C , Sept. 8, 1903.
In accordance with general or'ers
No. 23. isiued to this division by
Major General J. 8. Carr, every camp
In thia Brigade ahould aeleet and ap
point delegates to the annual reunion
of this division to be held in Raleigh
on Oct. 21st, 1903. Everrj camp that
has paid its duea to Adit. Uen.
Mickleat New Orleans, and also all
Camus that ahall at o:ce pay auch
dues, will be entitled to send delegates.
It is earnestly desired tbat this Brigade
will not be excelled in representation
and numbers by any in the Division
and all are cordially requested to at
tend. It will make eacn one of you
happy to meet with your old comrsdea
who fought bled. -and Buffered the
hardships known only to auch Con
federate aoldiers. with you.
The enclosed form of application haa
been found very aatiafactory and high
ly approved by our late beloved Adju
tant General Morman, and is earneatly
recommended to each Camp for adop
tion. By order of
Brio. Gen. Jaxks I. Metts.
Thos. D. Meases,
Lt Col. and A. A. G.
KILLED HIMSELF.
U. S. Deonty Marshal Who confessed a
Scheme to Defraud Government.
Br Telegraph to the Horning Star.
8 ah Fraucisco, September 19. W.
P. Gamble, the United States deputy
marshal who confessed complicity in a
plot to substitute old Chinese for young
Chinese who bad been oruerea aepori-
ed, committed suicide this morning in
Baena Vista Park by sending two out
lets into his brain. Rather than face
the disgrace of a trial and possible con
viction in the Federal courts, he left
his young wife and killed himself.
8averal dava ago Gamble confessed
hia part in the scheme to deiraud the
government to United Statea Attorney
Woodworth and United States Marahal
Shine, thinking that he was assuming
the role of State's evidence, thereby
saving himself from punishment
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
School Teacher Who Killed One of
His
Pnplla Acquitted of Mnrder.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chaeleston, S. CrSept 19. Reu
ben Pitts, the young school teacher
who has been on trial for hia life for
two daya for killing one of hia pupils,
waa acauitted to day at Bpartanourg
No trial for many yeara excited auch
intense intereat In the Piedmont aeo-
tion of the State. The fact that the
mother of hia victim (young Foater)
haa died aince the klllingoand that
Pitta acknowledged that he habitually
carried a pistol, worked against mm,
but his . weak physique, ordinarily
ouiet demeanor and good character.
and hia claim that he only drew his
pistol to frighten Foster and the other
pupils and keep them from attacking
him, secured hia acquittal.
TAKEN TO ATLANTA.
Negro who Attempted to Assault a White
Olrl at Rome, Ga.
Br Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Atlaota. Ga., Sept. 19. Albert
Going, a negro charged with having
ittemnted to criminally assault a
touii white cirl. near Borne. Ga.,
waa brought to tnis CUT K nay anu
lodged in the Tower. Going was ar
rested in Rome a few days ago and
mmv threats of lynching were mane.
Last night the militia was ordered out
to nratect the necro and this morning
Judge Henry .ordered the negro to be
brought here..
Judge Fred J. King, of the New Or
leans civil district court, and brother
of Miss King, the authoress, was struck
bv a runaway team anu u is oeiieyea
fatallv iniared. He saved his ten-
year old son fromlr j iry by pushing
I him out of dta&rx.
1903.
TO HOLD CARNIVAL.
Junior Order of United Amer
ican Mechanics Decided in
Favor of Street Fair.'
LAYT0N COMPANY ENGAGED.
The Committee at First Divided, Bat Una
nimity at Length Prevailed Dates
Will be Last of October The
Shows Recommended.
The joint- committee from Jeff
Davis and George Washington coun
cils, Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics, of this city, held an
other meeting Saturday at noon aiid
decided positively to give a street fair
and carnival in Wilmington this Fa!),
the exact date to bo determined thia
week." '
There was strenuous objection upou
tbe committee to the carnival idea, but
those with an ear atill attuned to H e
music of the squedunck and a linger
ing taste for confetti, finally triumph
ed in a vole of six to four. Two mem
bers of the committee, Messrs. J. F.
Woolvin and W.L. Coney, the former
opposed and the latter favorable to
the. carnival, were absent, but had
paired on the question, ao tbat Mr.
Woolvia's vote counted "nay, nay,
Pauline," while that of Mr. Coney 'a
was counted in the affirmative. Mr.
Woolvin waa appointed on the com
mittee by George Washington Council
in the absence of Mr. C. R. Anderson,
ho could not serve on account of
other business. Tbe vote of the en
tire committee stood aa followa: For
the carnival. Dr. J. D. Webster,
Messrs. Jno. E. Wood. W. L. Coney.
W. K. Yopp, A. J. Hewlett and J. T.
Burke. ' Against, Messrs. James F.
Woolvin, O. L. Spencer, William J.
Bellamy, Esq. and Dr. M. H. P. Clark.
A subsequent motion to make tbe
commlttee'a decision unanimoua waa
carried, all those present voting in the
affirmative, Mr. Edmonds, of tbe Lay-
ton Fireworks and Carnival Oa, now
exhibiting in Durham, was then heard
aa to the merita of his attraction and
with other information in the hands
of the committee, a contract with him
to bring hia ahowa here was imme
diately signed. The date of the Wil
mington Carnival will be either the
week of Oct. 19-24 or Oct. 26-31, moat
probably the latter. The matter will
ill be definitely decided upon receipt
a telegram from Mr. Edmonda to
morrow.
Tbe Junior Order of United Amer
ican Mechanics, while not under any
thing like as large a guarantee as
other lodges which havehetd carnivala
here, will nevertheless incur consid
deiable exiense, but no canvass of the
business houses for subscriptions will
be made. However, any voluntary
contributions will be thankfully re
ceived.
The committee meeting yesterday
was presided over by Mr. Jno. E.
Wood and Dr. J. D. Webster kept the
recorda aa aecretary. After the car
nival had been decided upon at the
meeting, William J. Bellamy, Esq.,
waa unanimously elected permanent
chairman over bis protest and Mr.
Jno. E. Wood was elected aecretary.
At first it was believed tbat Mr. Bel
lamy would serve as chairman, but he
atated laat night that other business
would positively prevent his doing so
and that at the meeting Monday he
would inaiat upon being relieved of the
chairmanship.
Before deciding upon giving the
contract to tbe Layton people yester
day, the following exchange of tele-
grams took place batween Messrs.
Wood and Bellamy, of this city, and
Mr. Tbos. B. Edwards, a prominent
member of the Jr. O. U. A M. at
Durham, where the company has just
closed a week's engagement:
Wilmington, N. C, Sept 19, 1903.
Thos. B. Edwards, Durham, N.C.:
Please inspect Layton Carnival
Show now In Durham and let us know
if the attractions are really good and
clean. We want them here for the
benefit of the Junior Order of Me
chanics. Please wire answer before
11 o'clock to-day.
William J. Bellamy,
John E. Wood, R. 8.
Durham, N. C, Sept 19, 1903.
William J. Bellamy and John E.
Wood, Recording Secy., Jeff Davis
Council, jno. 63:
The Layton Carnival ia clean; at
tractions good. Public endorse same.
Would recommend.
Thomas B. Edwards.
At the next meetings of the Board
of Aldermen and Board of County
Commissioners applications will be
made for the usual concessions in the
way of use of the streets, privileges,
etc Some prcasure is being brought to
bear upon the Board of Aldermen not
to grant the use of the streets by
outside parties, who are opposed to
carnivals, but the promoters of the
fair feel perfectly confident that they
will not be discriminated against
In favor of other orders which have
been arranted similar, conceaalcna in
the past
FIRE AT BALTIMORE.
Bnslness Block on Bsltimore Street
Bnrned Loss Over $200,000.
By Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Baltimore, September 19. Fire to
night practically destroyed the five
story building of the Kerch Importing
Company, wholesale dealers in toys
and fireworks at 323-326 Weat Balti-
i T B -I V
more atrcet. , aron a vu., u.i imh
Kemtistone & Co.. wholesale notions,
and S. MRauecker, wholesale clothing
dealers. who occupied part of the build
ing,"-were also damaged by fire, amoke
and water, ine total loas is esumateu
at from $200,000 to 1250,000. The Kerch
Company places its loas at 1180,000,
with insurance oi ic,wu.
NO. 48 I
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Dr. John B. Person, of Fremont,
is dead.
Rev. R. G. Pearson Is to remove
from AsheviUe to Lebanon.
- Ud to date sixtv-two counties
in North Carolina have prohibition.
Dr. L. C. Coke, a brother of
Octavius and Senator Coke, is dead
at Palmyra, aged 70 years.
Superintendent J. W. Jenkins,
of the Methodist Orphanage in Ra
leigh, says there are over 200 appli
cations for admission on file. In one
days there were 17.
-At least twenty-five cases of ap-
?endicitis have occurred at High
oint thia year. The doctors seem
to think' that there is local cause,
but are unable to tell what it is.
Senator Simmons filed a com
plaint before the Corporation Com
mission regarding the presence of
negroes on Pullman sleeping cars
between Raleigh and . Goldsboro.
Several prominent witnesses will tes
tify and tbe commission will investi
gate fully.
i Mount Airy News: Mr. Elijah
Thompson was killed by -being
crushed to death in a mine in West
Virginia recently. He lived near
Knapp's Mill, this county, and was
a son of Mr. Columbus Thompson.
His parents received a letter from
him a day or two before his tragic
death, informing them that he
would return home in October and
stay with them. The day they an
swered his letter they received the
heart-rending news of his horrible
death. The remains were brought
home for burial.
Gastonia Gazette: Mr T. R.
Shuford and family returned yester
day from their, visit to Mr. T. E.
Shuford in Anson county. Crops-
Mr. Shuiord says he never saw such
crops as you hnd in Anson. Mr.
Tom Shuford, he says, has cotton
that will yield from a bale to a bale
and a half to a acre, and on the Pee
Dee river it will be a mighty heavy
job for the folks to hanl up all the
corn they'll make. Mr. Dan Mitch-
em of Lowell, with 20 dogs, was
along and the crowd enjoyed a big
fox hunt, catching three foxes.
Concord Times : The oldest
cotton picker in North Carolina, and
perhaps the oldest in the world, is
Henry Thomas, who lives on his
farm eleven miles west of - Raleigh.
He is 92 years and six months of age,
and all this week he has been in the
field picking cotton with grandchil
dren and great-grandchildren. A
rural free delivery mail carrier who
asses his place daily declares his be
ief that he is the oldest cotton
picker in the world. ' He says the
old man is verysprightly and does a
creditable day's Work, not from ne
cessity, but from choice.
W. H. Bagley, of Raleigh, a
brother of Ensign Worth Bagley,
who was killed in the Spanish
American war, tells of a North Car
olina farmer who was inclined to
look on the bright side of things.
C(The man was at work on land bo
Soor that you couldn't raise your
at on it, when a stranger passed,"
said Mr. Bagley, "and asked him
about the crop prospects. The
farmer seemed to be depressed, and
anally the stranger expressed sym
pathy with him and his condition.
This nettled the farmer, and he
said: 'See here, stranger, I ain't so
blamed bad off as . you think. I
don't own this here farm.' " '
Roxboro special to Raleigh
News and Observer : Henry Hicks,
a white boy . about sixteen years of
age, shot and killed Bun Qverby, a
negro boy fifteen years old, near
Woodsdale, in this county, yester
day. The boys were scuffling over
a gun at a well when the shot was
fired. Hicks says the shooting was
accidental, but Overby, in a dying
condition, declared that the shoot
ing was intentional. Hicks was ar
rested and is now in jail. It seems
extremely probable that the shoot
ing was accidental, as there was no
motive for the crime and the boys
were entirely in a good humor with
each other.
Durham Sun: Talk about a profit
able business I If the newspaper
business isn't "it" we are badly mis
taken. In the last two months' we
have been offered shares in two gold
and copper mines, nursery stock,
tickets to a county fair, Btock in a
wireless telegraph system and a
chance to purchase cotton in a
Southon" cotton market (sure to
get in on the ground floor),
that is "dead sure" to ad
vance within thirty days, and sev
eral other good things, too numer
ous to mention ; all in exchange for
advertising space in the Sun at an
advance over regular rates. If you
ever want to start a collection of
things you can't possibly use, get
into tho newspaper business.
Statesville special to Asheville
Citizen: Russell R. Sherrlll lies
cold in death in bis mother's home
to-day near Mount Ulla, Rowan
county, because MissJNannie wnite.
a woman neighbor, loved him with
a trusting affection, which, it is
claimed, was repaid with betrayal.
Thos. J. and Chambers White call
ed at the Sherrillhome at six o'clock
this morning and demanded that
Sherrlll should , wed the girl, and
upon his refusal to do so, the Whites
fired upon Sherrlll and he fell bleed
ing upon the vine-covered porch of
his mother's home. Their terrible
vengeance complete, the Whites
drove to Salisbury and surrendered
to the sheriff. Miss White is report
ed to be suffering terribly from the
tragic turn her love affairs has taken
and because of her condition, some
fear is expressed that she may not
survive. The affair is altogether
one of the sadest and most lament
able that has shocked this neighbor
hood for years.
"Where did you go for your
vacation, old man?" "Well, I want-
ed to take to tbe woods, but my
wife anticipated me." "Anticipat
ed von?" "Yes, she took to her
wouldn'ts." Detroit Fress Press,
(Greensboro Cor. Hflltigh News and
Observer.)
I heard of these "blind tigers,"
and one day, in company with a
gentleman and two ladies, I drove
to Linville Falls. As we were going
we TJSflsnd n frtrMfiftftt.lnn on one sicta
of the road; the driver announced
mat it was a "tiger." We regretted
as we drove on that we? had not
stopped to examine it, resolving to
give it a trial on our return. Coming,
back we found that it was a sauare.
log-hewn building, abutting on the
road, with no front door at all, tho
logs fitting so closely there were no
means of seeing anything whatever
inside. ,
The rear of the structure was en
veloped in a large brush arbor Teach-.
ing on both sides to the -mountain
ravine. Tacked on the front of the
''tiger" was the ' following sigi :
"Watta'a Saloon, July 1st. Brandy ,
$2.75 a gallon; whiskey, 25 cents a
pint, $2.50 a gallon. Anything else
In that line. Drop your money in
the drawer."
There was a hole in the logs In
which waa fitted a box. I dropped ;
25 cents in it anda voice from tbe
inside said: ."Five cents more for a
bottle."
I added five cents to the quarter
and a pint bottle of blockade corn
liquor was pushed out. It was a
white bottle and there were many
dregs in the whiskey.' I made com "
plaint, and the bottle was pulled
back. Another came out, but it
was a black bottle this time and I
could not tell whether it had dregs
or not.' I haven't tasted the whis
key, but brought it home as a curi
osity. We were anxious to see in
side this mysterious fortress. So we
opened negotiations with the invisi
ble occupants and were told to put
a quarter in the box, wait five min
utes and come to the back entrance.
- Looking carefully, we could see
the shadowy outlines of three men
and one woman gliding down the
arbor ambuscade to the ravine.
When the five minutes had expired
we went to the rear, found a door
open and entered. In the room we
found two barrels of whiskey, one
barrel of brandy, a modern rubber
syphon, a patent bungstarter, bottles
of all sizes, jugs, etc. There were
also two rifles, three shot guns and
two pistols in plain view.
There were also a bed, cook stove,
cooking utensils, etc., in the room.
Things were in all right shape and
everything was in its proper place,
like any other well regulated busi
ness. That's all we saw, and we
left as we had come. "Hope you
got your quarter's worth," greeted
us from the "tiger" as we drove
away.
PAYMASTER ROBBED.
Bar, Contaiolof Nearly $3,000 Forcibly'
Taken by Highwaymen. -
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Woossocket, R. I., Bept. 19. A
typical Western holdup In which
three highwaymen were completely
successful in relieving Paymaster B.
O. Sherman, of the American Wool
len Company, who "waa on hia way to
pay off the help at the Saranac mllla
in Blackstone, just across the Massa
chusetts line, of nearly $3,000, took
place in tbe outskirts of this city to
day. Mr. Bherman, who waa riding
over from the bank of thia city, ac
companied by a driver, was met with
in a quarter of a mile of hia mill by
three men, allot whom hethlnka were
Italians. Hia horse waa stopped, the
bag containing the money waa grabbed
by a man who at the aame time aimed
a revolver at the bead of the paymaa
ter, and before either he or the driver
could jump to the ground tbe three
highwaymen had run down tbe road
and pounced into the wooda. They
are i ill at large.
TORPEDO BOATS.
Another Test of the Submarine Destroyers
v Made at Newport, II. I.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Newport, R. L, Bept.J9. Another
test of the submarine torpedo boat de
stroyer was made in the outer harbor
to-day when the torpedo boat McKee
was torpedoed in her moat vulnerable
point under her engine by the
Moccasin. It is claimed that the latter
succeeded in escaping the shot fired
after her by the defending vessel.
The McKee was sent out this after
noon with her machine guns loaded
with dummy cartridges and her torpedo
tubes charged with dummy torpedoes.
Tbe Moccasin lowered her boat and
when about four hundred yards from
the McKee she roae to the surface and
fired a torpedo, striking the McKee at
hull abreast and under tbe engines and
inflicting what would have, been in
actual warfare a mortal wound.
The Moccasin then dived from sight
and the torpedoes that were fired at her
by the McKee missed their mark.
A DOUBLE HOMieiDE
Mayor Rossell, of Osna, I. T., Killed Two
Gamblers Who Attacked His Sob.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
FoetBmtth, Abk., September 19.
Judge Russell, mayor of Gana, I. T.,
this morning shot and instantly killed
two gamblers of Cherokee blood named
Huck Martin and Jim Bpotts, who
were advancing upon the ion of the
mayor with knives and with the ex-
Sressed intention of cutting his throat
fayor Russell interfered and the men
threatened to cut hia throat and ad
vanced upon him when he fired. Both
men fell in their tracka dead. -
Youns Russell was city marahal laat
year and raided a gambling house con
ducted by Spotta and Martin which la
supposed to be tbe cause of tbe attempt
nnon his life. Young Russell was un
armed at tbe time he was threatened
with attack.
MURDER AT NASHVILLE.
Wife of Joo. E. Wllaoa Shot and Killed
by Miss Lonlla Cannlsiham.
By Telegraph to the Morning Bter.
Nashville, Teen., Bept 19. The
wife of John E. Wilson, a detective,
was shot and killed at her home, and
Miss Loulia Cunningham Is In jail
charged with the murder. Several
years ago Wilson married the sister of
Miss Cunningham, wno wem u
with them and continued a umo a
home with her brother-in-law after
the death of her slater. Wilson mar
ried Mlsa AUce Owey, of LouisvUle.
! laat Sunday and brought hia bride to
Naehvtlle. . .
No cause Is known for the deea
other than the statemeLt made by Miss
Cunningham that Providence directed
her to commit the crime.
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