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A NORTHERN TRIBUTE TOLLS.
In commenting on the proposition
to place a statue of Gen. Eobert E.
Lee in the Hall of Fame at. Wash
ington, the Grand Island, Neb.,
Democrat says:
"The time haa come when the North
cm afford to do justice to the treat
Bautnern uenerai. Regrettable as
were the circumstance! that dictated
Lae's courie In the civil war, it was
the course that every Northern gen
tleman would hare followed under
similar circumstances. Grant, the
iron man, who accepted and returned
hit sword at Appomattox, and thus
broke the spirit of as brave an army as
ever followed a flap to battle, was
glad to pay tribute to Lee's incorrupti
ble integrity, his personal honor and
bit wondrous military finesse.
The time ia here when erery memo
ry of an unfortunate and unnatural
conflict should be forgotten, and when,
without objection from any responsi
ble source, the statue of a great man
can be placed beside others of historic
name to keep its Toiceless vigil in the
marble corridors of the seat of gov
ernment. The imperial commonwealth of Vir
ginia has furnished too many states
men in peace, too many heroes in war,
to be deprived of the privilege of hon
oring such of her gifted sons as she
chooses, even were that deprivation
possible.
This tribute to General Lee, com
ing as it does from a Northern
source, is a rebuke to the narrow
minded, bitter and vindictive news.
paperBof the North and East that
have opposed the placing of a statue
of the great American soldier in
CI L - t TT11 1 ' 11 nil . tT
statuary nan dj me oiaie 01 v ir
ginia. It will be remembered that
when the intention of Virginia to
thus honor the memory of her noble
8onfir8t became known a great howl
went np from the partisan press of
the North and a demand was made
on Congress to prevent such action,
bat in time the fact dawned on
these Sonth-hating newspapers that
Congress had no power to deprive a
State of its choice in the matter.
Each State is required to select
two men for the honor and it was
intended that each State .should, be
free to exercise its own wijll in mak
ing the choice. Onr esteemed con
temporary, the Montgomery, Ala.,
Advertiser, drives straight to the
mark when it says "the time has
-passed, if it ever existed, when a
State should suffer itself in the
slightest degree to be influenced by
the likes or dislikes of .other sec
tions. If Kansas wants to contrib
ute a statae of John Brown let her
do so. We might donbt the taste
which would influence her people to
do such a thing, bnt we would not
for a moment question the absolute
right of Kansas to do it."
So full ia the grandeur of the
character of Lee appreciated by the
American people that the Republi
can newspapers in the North were
rebuked by their own constituents
for opposing the movement to place
a Btatne of the great Virginian in
Statuary Hall. In truth the clamor
subsided almost as soon as it began,
and no protests or objections are
now heard anywhere. New Orleans
Slates.
JOCKEYS A8 MONEY-MAKERS.
Whatever may be said of the pecu
niary rewards of other expert talent,
tho83 of the little star jockey are cer
tainly rising to tempting figures.
G rover Cleveland Fuller, who ten
months ago was a stable boy earn
ing $30 a month, has an income now
of about $50,000 a year the salary
of an American President. He is
but eighteen years of age, stands 5
feet 4 inches high and rides at 100
pounds weight.
While Fuller's rise to fame and
fortune has been unusually rapid
his first winning race was over the
lakeside track in Chicago last No
vember the star jockeys of the pe
riod all command incomes on a level
with bank and railroad presidents
and the most eminent men of the
professions. Arthur Bedf em is paid
$10,000 a year by W. C.Whitney and
earns as much more from others.
Capt. S. S. Brown, of Pittsburg,
pays $15,000 a year to George Odom,
who is believed to receive as much
more for his services to others. Pitts
burg Phil paid Willie Shaw a $15,000
lee for the season, and William Gan
non is said to receive $10,000 for
riding for the Keenes.
Let rio monev-easrer vonth mis
take the well-paid iockev's fob.
however, for a: "soft thing." His
VOL. XXXIV.
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day begins about 4 A. M., lasts till
late in the afternoon, and is full of
"strenuous life" training down,
exercising horses, and the tremen
dous tension of the great race, with
his employer's money and his own
reputation both at stake. And if he
makes big money while he lasts, he
rarely lasts beyond the age of twen
ty-five, and unless he has the saving
faculty soon finds himself a poor
man again. An old-time jockey
who formerly made $107000 a season
Is now seen on Broadway earning a
pittance as a sandwich man. New
York World.
A yonng man named Parrel, a
graduate of Tale, and the heir to a
fortune of $8,000,000, has entered
his father's iron -foundry, at An
sonia, Conn., as' a toolmaker's ap
prentice. He is working ten hours
a day at a grindston e, learning how
to sharpen tools for the machinist.
The position of toolmaker's appren
tice is the lowest of 1,500 in the
foundry, and' the' wages arej$4 a
week.
The October Cosmopolian has
twenty articles of real merit. North
Carolinians will be specially Inter
ested in the poem, "Possum-Time"
by Charles R, Boggs. The poem has
six illustrations, all true to nature.
Price, $1.00 a year. Address, The
Cosmopolitan,Irvington, New York.
Here are some figures of interest
in connection with the mammoth
cotton deal: Spot bales dealt in,
300,000; earlier option bales, 150,-
000; profits for the pool, $8,000,000;
profits for W. P. Brown, 2,000,000;
profits for others in pool, $6,000,000;
profit on each bale, $15.
The agitation against the corset
which has for several years been go
ing on in Germany is proving so
efficacious that every other woman
met on the street, in South Ger
many, at least, wears the "reform
dress," in the interest of which a
weekly paper is circulated.
WhatisDowie going to do with
the barrels of money he is squeezing
ont of his followers ? Has he ever
read that passage of scripture which
refers to the obstacles a camel would
encounter in attempting to pass
through the eye of a needle ?
Ex-Senator "Butler says the Popu
lists will have a Presidential ticket
in the field next year. Well, what
interest has the Ex in the Populists
now? Hasn't he joined the pluto
crats?
Mr. John Temple Graves, Senator
Carmack and Bishop Tunner will
act wisely if they postpone the de
portation of the negroes until the
current 'possum season is over.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
says: "Albert .Edward may yet
prove to tho British nation Miat a
king can take an ace." It seems
that he prefers to take a clnb.
The Atlanta papers announce the
disappearance of the feminine half-
hose since the Autumn blasts set in.
"V 1 il l-
.Leo, no iuv iiuoy ncio uut w
sight."
When the committee on pistoricals
reports promptly at Annapolis the
occupation of the cowards who in
dulge in hazing will be gone.'
Mr. Moon having been nominated
for Congress in Philadelphia, the
ward heelers wilfBee that he is kept
full during the campaign.
There are many traders now who
have no preference for preferred
stocks.
The Autumn Girl now walks (the
street, with sparkling eye and dainty
feet.
A fool and his cotton soon part.
D0WIE AND THE HEGRO-
New York News.'
The Eliiah and roaring lion of the
West. John Alexander Dowie, has
paused long enough in the labor of
strappingon his sword for an assault
on New York to declare that the
Rev. George Lorimer is a high priest
of Baal, all because Lorimer has
said something about the negro
which Dowie does not like. Dowie,
it seems, has solved the race prob
lem, and solved it in a way, that will
make" every self-respecting white
person, South or North, shudder,
and every self-respecting negro,
South or North, turn his back on
Dowie. The Dowie- solution is in
termarriage, which is a solution that
will not solve-at least, not with the
run of humanity outside the hosts
of Zlon.
Dowie says that intermarriage
wonld be a manifestation of brother
hood. We think, on the contrary,
it would be a manifestation of fool
ishness. The negro must meet his
problem as a negro; else he will
never meet it. The race problem
will remain a race problem until
there is recognition on both aides of
the rights ox both siaes. inter
marriage even if possible would
only embitter the sense of superior
ity and inferiority. The white man's
duty to the negro is ended when he
gives the negro a chance to prove
his worth. After that the business
of proving his worth devolves on the
negro.
CURRENT COMMENT
Mr. Boosevelt nronoses to
make a tour of the South, and he
does hope that the Southern people
will not attach any political signifi
cance to his action. Washington
Post, Ind.
Why wouldn't it be a good
lat&ata fh&tMt 7n
less than two minutes to have a
strong, serviceable system of suction
pumps rigged up around the tracks?
Chicago Record-Herald, Ind.
One sten towards the forma
tion of a greater navy is to stop
hazing for good and all at Annapo
lis. There is no room in the train
ing of real officers and gentlemen
for bullyragging. Baltimore Ameri
can, Rep.
It is said to be on the pro-
famine to have the assassins of
ing Alexander convicted and then
pardoned by King Peter. The Kim
may know a good thing when he
sees it and refuse the pardon after he
has the assassin safely locked up.
vutcago Daily Afew$, Ind. .
What a simple and ' easy so
lution of the race problem is this
proposition to Bend all the negroes
to Africa. We've get the money,
we've got the negroes, and we can
get the ships. All we need further
is to get the consent of the negroes
to go and ox the African negroes to
let them come. Philadelphia In
quirer, Rep.
It is reported that the Pres
ident is coming South this winter;
it is not rumored that Charleston
has sent a special committee to urge
his presence in that historic city.
It might not be out of place, how
ever, if Dr. Crum was delegated to
convey a verbal invitation on behalf
of those clusteied about the exterior
of the Door of Hope. CoZnmJia State,
Dem.
What is to become of the
renowned parliamentary govern
ment of England if King Edward
is to be permitted to actively inter
vene in the formation of a cabinet r
is England threatened with a re
turn of the arbitrary rule of
George III? It is by no means
clear that the English people are
not in a political condition to dis
pose them to submit to such a rule.
-Philadelphia Record, Dem.
One who does not keep
abreast of the times' makes a poor
writer for a newspaper. A special
correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing from St. Thomas,
in the Danish West Indies, upon
the improved condition of the ne
groes in those islands, says: "Cruel
ties were perpetrated by slave own
ers in the early part of the last cen
tury only equalled by the tortures
inflicted on the negro in some of the
Southern states ol America at a
lynching bout nowadays." The
woeful ignorance of such a state
ment! The writer at St. Thomas
shonld be Informed by the Triiune
that Danville, 111., and Wilming
ton, Del., are not in the group of
Southern states. Savannah News,
Dem.
- A special from New York
says that all records for the expor
tation of American apples to Europe,
Germany, France and tho United
Kingdom are being broken. A to
tal of 75,000 barrels, or sufficient to
fill about 430 ordinary box railroad
cars, will go out this week. There
has not been so much demand for
American apples as at , present.
Every big liner is taking away im
mense loads of apples from this
State and Virginia. The Teutonic,
to leave to-morrow, will take 12,000
barrels, and the Arabic, on Friday,
will have 15,000. The Oceanic took
away 18,000 and the Cymric 12,000.
In Germany the better grade of
American apples is selling at $6.50
per barrel. American apples, like
everything else ox American growtn
and manufacture, are gaining all
the time in popularity abroad. And
Virginia apples take the leaa.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
INJURED IB STEAMER'S HOLD.
Colored Stevedore Hart Yesterday
Fallloi Bale of Compressed Cottoa
Cato Waddell, a well known steve
dore living at 734 South Second street,
was painfully, if not very seriously
Injured aa the result oi a bale of
compressed cotton having fallen
upon him in the hold of one of the
British steamers loading at the com
press yesterday afternoon. The five-
hundred weight of cotton is said to
have dropped on the negro a distance
of fully 4o feet and the wonder ia that
he was not killed Instantly. He had
no bones broken, but Buffered a severe
concussion and has a number of severe
sprains and bruises. There may also
be a fracture of the base of the skull,
but the physicians were unable to tell
as to that last night. Waddell ia at the
James Walker Memorial Hospital,
where he was getting along very nicely
last night.
Mayor's Court Yesterday.
A number of unimportant cases
were heard by Mayor Springer In the
municipal court yesterdsy. Walter
Lucas, the negro charged with the
highway robbery of Mr. N. M. Hunt
and the same who so strenuously re
sisted Police Sergeant O. 8. Burnett,
was held for the Superior Court under
an additional justified bond of $100 for
his appearance at the next term. Mr.
Hunt positively Identified the young
desperado and the remainder of the
testimony was very conclusive, ine
Chinaman, who refused to return
laundry entrusted to him by ex-Chief
of Police R. B. Clowe, arranged mat
ters with the owner, of the property
and was dismissed. The Oriental is
a member of Grace M. E. Sunday
School and his teacher and a number
of others from that organization were
present to represent him.
WILMINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1903.
PUNS FOR CARNIVAL.
Spectacular Parade of Exquisite
Floats and Military Will be
One of Features.
ARRANGEMENTS IN PROGRESS
Laytoa eocapaay at Elizabeth City This
Week and at Newbera Next Some
of the Paid and Free Attractloss
Which Will be Sees.
Next Monday week the big street
fair and carnival by the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics will be
inaugurated in - Wilmington' and. the
varloua aub-commltteea of arrange
ments have their work well in hand.
The fair promoter of the Layton Com'
pany, which will furnish the attrac
tions, U still In the city, losing not a
minute, and is enthusiastic over the
prospects for a big success. This
week Mr." John W. Blomme, special
advertising agent, ( will . make a trip
up the various railways radiating from
Wilmington and will make the count
ryiblaze with attractive lithograph mat
ter callinc attention to the attractions
here during "Fair week." The terri
tory between Wilmington and New
born, Goldsboro, Fayetteville, Flor
ence and Soutbport will be persistent
ly worked.
One of the main features of the week
will be a grand parade on Wednesday
night 21st, which ia being arranged by
the Parade Committee consisting of
A. Watkins (chairman), Jno. H.
Griffith, W. L. Burkhimer, W. P. Mc.
Glaughon, H. O.Thomas, Joseph Hor
ton and E. P. Dudley. The committee
met last night and the chairman ap
pointed Mr. Dudley as tecretary, with
instructions to extend a cordial invita
tion to the W. L. L, Naval Reserves
and Boys!.Brigade to form a part of
the procession. A detail will also be
asked from those organizations to act
aa guard of honor for the Queen of the
larnival, who will be aelected by pop
ular vote, beginning to-morrow, and
who will ride with her malda of honor
In an exquiaite float. Messrs. Jno. H.
Griffith and H. O. Thomas were ap
pointed to make all arrangements for
the float, etc., and to solicit at least
four additional floats from business
men. A committee was also appointed
to invite Governor Ayeock, Mayor
Springer and State Jr. O. U. A. M.
Councillor Geo. E. Hood,of Goldiboro,
to ride at the head of the procession.
A unique and what promises to be
a pleasing feature of the parade will
be a body of uniformed Mechanics
representing the U. 8. flag, which ia
a conception of Mr. Watkins, the en
terprising chairman. Men willrepre
sent the IS stars In white, while the
stripes will be represented by separate
columns of men In red, white and
blue. It is estimated that 160 men
will be required for this display. Cal
cium lights will be used, and it la
proposed to make the effect very
pretty. Uncle Sam will escort the
flar in a clever impersonation by.
some tall member of the order, and
Hiss Columbia will be elegantly cos
tumed as an escort from the rear.
The Layton Carnival Company is
at Elizabeth City this week, under the
auspices of the Odd Fellows, and will
exhibit in Newbern next week, under
the auspices of the volunteer fire de
partment and other organizations of
that city. There are five free and 15
paid attractions. The free attractions
embrsce Selzer, the famous high wire
walker; Percino, who does acrobatic
feata on single and double trapeze;
McLaln, who does acrobatic work on
Snanlsh rines. and McFarland, who
will dive from a ninety-foot ladder
Into a basin of water four feet deep,
five feet wide by ten feet long.
. Among the paid attractlona are the
"Red Dome," Miss Alice Fisher in
illustrated songs and Swanson'a funny
moving pictures; "Trip to the Moon,"
"Lunette," the Plantation Show;
Concbita, the "Spanish Dance;" the
"House Turning Upside Down;"
"Osay," the anake eater; the "Palsce
of AH;" the "Eden Bhow;" the Big
Ferris Wheel and the "Statue Turning
to Life.
lojorned; Name Uakaowa.
A young negro who waa either too
addled by the blow or for reasons beat
known to himself, refused to divulge
his nm, is at the James Walker Me
morial Hosoitsl for treatment of
wound received in a fight with an
other negro ou the yards of the Hil
I ton Lumber Co. yesterday afternoon.
I The neeroes autrre kd about 'some
trivial affair and the unknown cbaract
er received a severe mow over me
m a A. 1-
head with a billet of lightwood. His
assailant escaped soon after the blow
was deslL Later the namea of the
negroes were ascertained to oe u.
Kelly and Joe Moore, truckers at the
lumber mill. Kelly cursed Moore and
the latter knocked him off a platform,
five feet high. He waa unconscious
for some time afterwards.
Funeral of Mr. Wra. Reed.
The funeral of the late Mr. William
Reed, whose death occurred at the
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Friday, waa conducted from the lodge
In Oakdale cemetery Saturday after
noon by the Rev. Jamea Oarmlchael,
D. a, rector of St John's Episcopal
Churcb. In the presence of a number
of friends and the entire staff of
agents and Superintendent Bradford,
of the Virginia Life Insurance com
pany, In this city. Mr. Reed's fellow
emnloves also laid a handsome norai
tribute upon the grave as a mar oi
the high eateem In which he waa held
by them. , '
ERNEST HAYWOOD ON
TRIAL IN WAKE COURT.
Jary secared Yesterday, all Prom the
Coostry Bench Warriat for Coa
tempt Arrsy of Ceoascl.
v Eteecial Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, Oat. 1. Ernest
Haywood waa arraigned in Wake
Superior Court to-day to answer the
charge of murder for killing Ludlow
Skinner, a highly esteemed young
business man, on February 3L The
entire day was consumed in selecting a
jury, the regular jurors and 250 spe
cial veniremen being almost exhaust
ed before the jury was finally com
pleted. Aa empanelled, it will consist
of ten farmers wo country merchants ;
not a single Raleighlte being Included.
Both sides made a hard fight over the
drawing of the jary, but seem satis
fied. One hundred veniremen were
challenged for cause. Fifteen others
were permptorily challenged by de
fendant's - counsel, and nineteen by
Bute's counsel. . A great number of
others were excuted from service for
varioua reasons.
There are seven attorneva for the
defence, all local and hesded by Jaa.
a. fou and col. T. M. Argo, and five
for the State, headed bv W. E. Daniel.
of Weldon, J. E. Woodward, of Wil
son, and Donsld Gilliam, of Tarboro.
Raleigh. N. O.. Oct. 2 Twentv-
eight witnesses were examined to-dav
In the trial of Ernest Haywood for the
killing or Liudlow Skinner last Feb
ruary. These were the first intro
duced, only a jury having been em-
psnneled on the day previous. All
witnesses save one were the same who
testified in the habeas corpus hearing.
Their evidence was not different
The new witness waa J. B. Bauls. of
McCullerV, who sweara he saw the
whole tragedy from a nolnt in front
of the Citizens' Bank diagonally across
Martin street from the postoffiee. He
says be saw Haywood and Skinner
talking in front of the postoffiee; that
there was nothing to indicate
a quarrel. He (3auls) looked away
and immediately back scale.
when he saw Haywood with a nistol
extended toward Skinner, who was
going into the street. He saw both
shots aad saw Skinner fall. On cross-
examination a statement he previously
made was read to him. He admitted
several discrepances, among them
he bad said he saw Haywood and
Bkinner come out of the postoffiee to
gether; that both shots were fired
when Skinner's back waa turned to
Haywood. Baula waa the last witness
examined and counsel for defence
state that they will destroy his evi
dence with adverse charsoter wit
nesses.
Some other witnesses saw the trage
dy after the first shot waa fired,
the trend of their evidence being that
at that time Hay wood waa atanding on
the parapet to the southern entrance
to the postoffiee Skinner waa a few
steps In the street, the shots having
been fired within five to eight seconds
of each other.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 3. The sen-
sation of the day in the Haywood
trial waa the testimony and cross-ex
amination of Jones Fuller, of Durham,
who was here as a member of the
General Assembly at the time of the
killing of Skinner. He waa the laat
witneaa by the prosecution before they
rested their case and waa only Intro
duced by them then because Judge
Peebles gave notice thatnelther side
will be allowed to present new evi
dence after resting their case.
Fuller testified that he and a xoung
lady were In the aecond-atory window
of the Yarborough House, opposite
the shooting. The lady directed his
attention to a difficulty, so he saw
both shots. Haywood was atanding
at the postoffiee steps. Skinner waa
two or three feet in the atreet when
the first shot waa fired, moving at an
ordinary gait. He turned north
about the time of tha second shot
when he was near the atreet car rail.
After being shot, Bkinner made a
movement of the hands to his side.
circled and fell gradually. Haywood
atood atill until 8kinner aank to his
knees acd then moved away.
Cross-examined. Fuller said, under
protest of counsel for the prosecution.
that Miss Matty e Pace waa the young
lady, and abetold him she first noticed
Haywood and Bkinner talking, Hay
wood evidently trying to impress
something on sJklnner by gesticuia
ting. Then Bkinner struck ay wood
and It waa at thia time ahe called out
to attract Fuller's attention, saying
"It is a fight." .Fuller admitted that
his statement had been made to prose
cution's counsel under the strict con
dition that Miss Pace's name was not
to be mentioned or she be made a wit
neas. Miss Face la now In New York
and cannot be brought into the State
by process or court to testify, coun
sel for the defence charges State'a
counsel with scheming to suppress
Miss Pace's part of the Fuller teatl
monv.
The next most important witneaa
was Dr. W. A. Knox, who performed
the autopsy on Bkinner. He said the
bullet entered the lert stae oetween
the sixth and seventh ribs, passed
through the lower lobe of the lung and
aorta and lodged In the- seventh rib of
the right side. The aorta was pune
tared seven inches below the heart.
W. P. Rose' and Jno. Harrington,
colored, were other witnesses, both
unimoortant and introduced by the
nrosecutlon. When tho rest of thelt
eaaewaa announced Solicitor Daniel
stated that they would contend for a
verdict of murder In the first degree.
Only three witnesses were put on
bv the defense before the court ad
lourned. These were character wit
nesses who could not be here Monday,
bsine for RN. Simms and EtLBarnes.
who will teatify aa to Skinner'alattack
on Havwood.
Announcement waa made that all
next week will be required to conclude
the trial and there will be. aeyen
aneeohea bv the counsel for defence
and five for the prosecution.
Judge Peeblea received an anonym
ous letter to-day concerning ine nay
wood trial. It waa aent from the
Boatoffice and handed him on the bench.
Ha would not divulge the contents
bnt exnressed great indignation and
issued a bench warrant for Postmaster
Ballev who came and explained his
connection with it in such a way as to
elicit aa apology from the Judge.
There is no clue to the source of the
letter which Judge Peebles will not
arlve out until after the trial la con
cluded.
(By Associated Frees.)
Raleigh. N. C Sept S. After
hav-insr examined about fifty wltnessea
tha State to-dav restrd Its ease in the
trial of Ernest Ha; wod for the mur-
dtr of Ludlow Bkinner in February I
wwwvs tsaaavss ssi a will easftv ifi;
or nve days to hear theae. Then
cornea the State In rebuttal and the de
fence again to be followed bv aeven
speeches for Haywood and five for the
State. It can be positively stated that
Haywood will not teatify in hla own
behalf.
A new witneaa waa Hon. Jonea Ful
ler, of Durham, brother of Mr. W.W.
Fuller, of New York, chief counsel of
the American Tobacco Company, a
ftromlnent lawyer and member of the
aat Legislature. The State offered to
rest after Introducing some expert
medical testimony from Dr. A. W.
Knox, going to show that Skinner
could not have lived as long aa he did
if the first ahot had struck him. but
when the defence obtained a ruling
from Judge Peebles that the State
could Introduce no new evidence.
only rebuttal. If it rested.
Mr. Fuller'a testimony made a sen
sation. He stated that at the time of
the shooting he waa on the third story
of the Yarborough House, near the
window over the main entrance, and
that a young lady waa seated in the
window, tie saw the first shot and
8kinner, who was retreating, wss off
the sidewalk with his back to Hay
wood. Ashe reached the middle of
the street he turned and fell at Hay
wood's next shot -
On the cross-examination Fuller
testified that his attention waa attract
ed by the young lady. Miss Mattve
Pace, exclaiming that two men were
about to fight and that after the
shooting she said that Mr. Haywood
and Mr. Skinner appeared to be in a
heated argument, and that Haywood
waa gesticulating aa if to impress
something on Mr. Bkinner, who
struck him, at which ahe exclaimed
"tie la going to shoot" meaning Mr.
Haywood, and turned from the
window.
Mias Pace, who la one of the bellea
of the Btate, la now in Baltimore. Her
engagement to Mr. Fuller haa recent
ly been announced.
RAILROAD COMPANY ENJOINED.
Farther Echoes from the Now Famous
Holly Shelter Litigation in Peoder.
The petition of Messrs. Rountree &
Oarr, counsel for the plaintiff In the
case of H. B. Newton and W. L. Pars
ley vs. Holly Shelter Railroad Co., et
a!., in which a temporary restraining
order was sought to prevent the de
fendants from felling timber and pro
gressing further with the construction
of a railroad on the lands of the plain
tiff in, Pender county, was graited by
Judge Neal In the Superior Court Sat
urday and the work of building the
ine of railway will atop immediately
upon service of the process. The de
fendants are cited to appear before
Judge Geo. EL Brown, Jr., holding
Sampaon Superior Court at Clinton,
Monday Oct 19th, to ahow cause why
the order ahould not be made perma
nent Iredell Meares, Esq., represented
the defendanta at the hearing here and
J. O. Csrr, Esq , represented the plain
tiffs in securing the injunction.
PRETTY WEDDING AT WHITEVILLE.
Mr. Patrick H. Seara Claims a Fair Bride
From Coiombns.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Sears, of
Whlteville, arrived In the city Wed
nesday night and left Thuraday morn
ing on an extended bridal tour to
Philadelphia and other Northern cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Sears, nee Miss Msggie
Smith, the attractive young daughter
of Mr. and Mra J. A. 8mltb, of Whlte
ville, were married at the pretty home
of the bride by the Rev. G. EL Barnes
Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock in
the presence of a large and fashionable
assemblage of guests. An elaborate
reception at the home of the bride's
sister, Mrs. J. B. Bchuiken, followed
the ceremony and the bride and groom
received many happy congratulations
upon their union for life. A wealth
of beautiful presents were received.
Among those from out of-town who
attended the wedding were Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Seara and Misa Bessie
Sears and Miss Ljdla Yatea, of Wil-
mlogton; Mrs. A. W. Dally, of Con
necticut; Mra. J. M. Carroll and Mrs.
E. T. Williams, of Lake Waccamaw,
The little boy. Kelly BaTfield,
who waa so badly cut up by being run
over by a freight car in the southern
part of the city laat week and who loat
both lege by the accident, is doing
very well at the James Walker Memo
rial Hospital and will get well.
A STRANGE CASE.
Boy Usder Sentence for Morder of a Mao
WhuTa Alive and Well.
By Telegraph to the Homing Btar.
Kkoxvtlle. Tenn., Oct 3. The
Supreme Court of Tennessee to-day
affirmed a aentence of twenty . years'
imprisonment passed on Clarence
Feake. an 18 year old boy., for ine
murder of Biiaa Hulin, a man who, it
la aaid, ia alive and well. One year
ago, when this case came neiore ine
court, Hulin, the supposed dead
man, waa produced m court
with affidavits that he waa the
man aumioaed to have been am
ed bv Peake In a drunken brawl
at Clinton. Tenn. -To-day the court
decided that It could only hear the
case on its merits, the affidavits having
disappeared and Peake'a aentence was
affirmed, reake expecta a paraon
from Governor Frailer. It la thought
he killed aomemen in- the fight but
who perhapa will never be established.
BROOKLYN DEMOCRATS.
Kisgs Cooaly Convention Endorsed Nomi
oatloa ol McClellan for Mayor.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New Yobk, Oct 3. Contrary to
general expectation, the Kings county
Democratic convention held in Brook
lyn to-night passed off quietly and
without the preaictea ooit oi ine ony
ticket Resolutions were adopted en
dorsing - the nomination of McClellan
for Mayor, -but maxrag no mention
of the names of Grout and Fornea.
This waa taken aa an indication that
the fight will be carried to the polls
and that the Tammany candidates for
comptroller and aldermanlc president
will be generally xniiea oyiue
lowers of Hugh McLaughlin.
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C 1 CPO nAifnnnifirrn
End of Beer and Sandwich Liti
gation in the Superior
Court Yesterday.
HILTON RESORT NO MORE.
Jedge Neal Reached Happy Terssiaatloa
of Tronblcsome Fight la Colllas la
dlclmenls Other Procecdlsfs.
Several for the Roads.
Upon intimation of His Honor,
Judge Walter EL Neal, that from the
testimony submitted by the SUte and
in the absence of anything in rebuttal
thereto by the defendant, he would
virtually instruct the jary to bring in
a verdict of guilty and that upon such
verdict the would feel constrained to
sentence the defendant to 12 months
on the roads, attorneys for Mr. C: E.
Collins In the Superior Court Satur
day morning adopted the suggestion
from the bench by which the defend
ant was allowed to plead guilty and
pay a fine or $25 and costs in the case
then on trial and the coat in four
other similar cases against him, for
selling beer on Sunday and without
license. The aggregate of the fine and
court costs waa about $86 and waa set
tled by Mr. Collins in the afternoon.
By the same compromise Collins was
required to enter Into a verbal agree
ment and give 1250 justified bond to
appear at succeeding terms of the Supe
rior Court for 12 months to show that
he has desisted from further violation
of the law in the manner of which he
had pleaded guilty and not to
again enter into the aale of
liquor, with or without license.
That aettlement of the caaea against
Mr. Collins waa reached when all the
testimony was in after another trial
yesterday and while the jury was out
of the court room by direction of
Judge Neal, who desired to apeak
with Messrs. Herbert McOlammy and
Marsden Bellamy, attorneya for
Collins, relative to what he would
charge the-jury. The compromise by
Judge Neal waa readily accepted by
counsel for defendant after a brief
conference with their client in the
judge'a room.
Only a half day'a aession of the
court was held Saturday, but the Col
lins'case occupied most of that. It
was taken up first thing in the morn
lng and more than an hour and half
was consumed In selecting a jury. The
special panel of 20 talesmen waa soon
exhausted; Judge Neal aent out and
had a dozen more aummoned and
about twice that number were pressed
into service from spectators in the
court room before a jury had
been secured. Solicitor Duffy and
Iredell Meares, Esq., very strenuous
ly conducted the prosecution and
every point waa taken advan
tage of. A number of ministers
of the gospel were interested
spectators. The State Introduced
only four wltnessea Policeman J.
W. English, who made a purchase of
the proverbial aandwichea and got
three bottles of beer "on the side;' for
a quarter, Jamea G. Green, who ac
companied English and "knew the
ropes;" D. T. Turley, who testified
that he frequently visited Collins'
place and aaw beer drinking thereon
Sunday, andU. S. Commissioner S.
P. Collier, who testified that he had
drawn up the usual application for
United States license for Collins. The
latter evidence was, bowevur, object
ed to and exceptions were noted. That
waa also true of much of the other
evidence, the jury -having been sent
out of the room two or three timea
while the Issues of law and fact were
argued as to competency. The defence
offered no testimony, relying upon
what had been brought out on cross-ex
amination of the States' witnesses.
Finally the case waa ready for
counsel to begin argument to the
jury and it waa at that atage of
the proceedinga that the jury waa
again sent out and the aettlement
was proposed by Judge Walter Neal
and accepted by defendant's counsel
Judge Neal in pronouncing judgment
aaid that defendant had made some
concessions and he would do likewise.
However, he wanted it understood that
the "beer garden" at Hilton must
cease operations, and he advised Mr.
Collins that he would order the house
moved or destroyed. Mr. Collins ex
pressed a perfect willingness to aban
don any violation of the law, and aaid
he would move the building or burn
it up, if it waa ordered by the court
Later It was suggested that the house
had been built by Mr. Oolllna with the
understanding that when he vacated
the premlsea the same waa to revert to
the ownera of the land, and under
those circumstances Judge Neal didn't
press the removal or the destruction.
Routine caaea were disposed of du
ring the day aa follows, and the court
adjourned sine die until Oct 19tb,
Judge Neal leaving in the afternoon
for hla home:'
Robert Martin, abandonment; con
tinued : new bond.
Chaa. Radcllffe, assault with deadly
weapon ; 15 and coats.
Emanuel Williams, assault with
deadly weapon: four monthaon roads.
Kate Smith, carrying concealed
weapons; pleaded guilty; 60 days in
jail, with leave to hire out
Ed Jonea, assault with deadly
weapon ; three months on roads.
Jamea Spencer, aaaault with deadly
weapon ; three montha on roads.
Harry Myers, assault with deadly
weanon : four months on roada.
Erneat McDonald, larceny; pleaded
guiltv : judgment suspended.
Rachel Revels, asaault with deadly
weapon; judgment suspended on pay
mentof costs.
Archie Hawes, asaault with deadly
weapon ; three montha on roada.
Weekly Stab one year, $1.00.
Below will be found In full a letter
received by Mr. Josephus Daniels
from Thos. W. Dewey, defaulting
cashier of the Merchants ' and
Farmer' Bank, of Nawberr , which
letter waa published in Thursday's
News and Observer. The letter waa
addressed' -In a lady's handwriting -aad
bore the postmark "Golds, and
Greens., 8ept SO, 1903," Indicating
that it had been mailed on the train
at or between Goldsboro and Greens
boro and atampecT aa above by the
railway mail clerk. The lettet l.lri''
Dewey's familiar handwriting", and Is
accompanied by the query, "Will ' '
you do me the kindness to publish
this!" Then follows the letter, which
gives no hint of the excaahier'a
whereabouts, when, how or where he
will return: - x
Josephus Daniels, Esq., Editor, Ra
leigh,
My Dear Sir: There have inciden
tally fallen Into my hands some of
the reports published in both Raleigh
and Charlotte papers concerning my
defalcations, etc., which I. denounce
as malicious ilea one in particular,
two columns long, with scarcely a
semblance of truth from the begin-.
nlng to the end. The facta are grave
enough, but I will awear by all paat
associations and by my nope of for
giveness by the Great Judge of all
hearts, that the true shortage will
not and cannot be made by HONEST
men to aggregate UJNic liALitr or
amounts published.
I have not as vet attempted any de
fence, and if I ever do there will be a
few shattered panea in the Glaaa
Houses of some of those "prominent
families of Newbern," who seem to
have "swallowed their consciences" (if
they had any to awallow) and are now
so eagerly and harshly sitting in judg
ment against me; and while I aay this,"
I have not a word of reproach for any
one who ia trying to do me justce.
whatever the penalty of that justice
maybe. Thia I conalder the untar
donable sin to speak mallcloualy or.
disparagingly of human aoula, hun
gering for hope. When the man with
out brains does it he can be pardoned
for knowing no belter. When the man
with brains does It. he should be
aahamed to look his fellow mortals
in the eyes. It is a sin ten times
deeper dyed than giving a stone
to those who aak for bread, or giv
ing poison to those who aak
for a cup of cold water. My heart
haa never been Intentionally evil, nor
am I the recipient of any ill-gotten
gains. I realize to the fullest capa
bilities of a proud and sensitive nature
(for the pall haa hung hourly before
my eyes.) the .turpitude and lasting
shame (in their every phaae) of my er
rors, and remorse must be my eternal
portion in thia life. I have never had
any other Idea than that of returning
voluntarily, if not otherwise, when I
felt that I had the strength and cour
age to do so, for my present sufferings
are far greater than the Law of man
can inflict. I wish to live only for the
innocent ones dependent upon me.
There Is nothing we cannot live down
and rise above, and overeome. I '
would rather learn sympathy and no
bleness of heart through ain than
never learn it at alL Truthfully,
T. W. Dewey.
WELCOME TO THE TEACHER.
Oak
Hill District Patroaa Prepare
for
Opening of Their New School.
Special Star Correspondence.'
On-Oastle.-Haynes-Roads, Oct 8.
On Friday evening a very pleasant
party met at the new school building
to welcome the new teacher. So great
had been the anxiety of the people re
sidtrg in the immediate neighborhood
to obtain an education for their chil
dren that now when the room waa
finished and the teacher selected their
happiness had to find some vent, and
so learning that the teacher, Mitt El- -
more, (well known on Middle Hound)
would arrive on Friday morning's
train, they reaolved to aee her and
know her and introduce themaelvea
to her before the day waa out. To
gain thia end, the mothera thought of
friendly cup or tea, ana 4 r. u.
found them coming with well laden
baskets to the school and adjoining
grass plot. Tablea were quickly laid
and fairly groaned with gooa tnmgs.
In the meantime the children were
having a grand time, romping as only 1
happy children can. At 5:15 P. M.
Miss Elmore arrived on the scene and
shortly all were seated round tbe fea-
tlve board, and when all had satisfied .
themselves they adjourned to tne -school
room, where the little onea
sang themaelvea tired while waiting
for their f athera and brothera to come
after the day'a work waa ended. Then
at 8 P. M more singing and recita
tions from both boys and girls, babies
and young ladles, and a very Interest
ing talk from Miss Elmore to the
mothers principally, tno' the ratners
took it to heart also, the subject be
ing "What school life should be to
the child and bow the parenia can
best help the teacher."- Not being
able to give it verbatim will not try
to repeat it The remarks were very
acceptable to all, and after a few kind
worda from Mr. Dempsey, or Acorn
Branch, from which neighborhood
several friends came to add to the
pleasure of the occasion, the meeting
closed with the good old hymn "God
Be With You Till We Meet Again,"
and tired children and happy parents
returned to their homes.
MISS BRYAN MARRIED.
To Wo. Homer Leavltt at the Home of
Her Father, Wm. Jennlors Bryaa.
By Telegraph to the Homing Btar.
LurooLH, Neb., Oct 3. The mar
riage of Miss Ruth B. Bryan and Wil
liam Homer Leavltt, of Newport, R. L,
was solemnized at 8o'clock to-night at
Falrview, the country home of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan. The chancellor
of the Nebraska Wesleyan University,
Dr. Huntington, an old-time friend of
the Bryan family, was the officiating
clergyman. ...., . . .. .
Miss Bryan is tan ana nanasomey a
Tonnff ladv or man? cnarma ana o:
snniv disDOSltion. Although but
eighteen years of age ahe has already
displayed unusual literary ability.
Her husband, who la fourteen years
her aenlor, Is an artist. Mr. Leavltt
first met Miss Bryan when he came to
Lincoln several montha ago to paint a
portrait of Mr. Bryan.
John Hart one of the oldeat con-
victa known to the criminal record or
Connecticut waa discharged from the
Btate prison at wetneraneiayemraay.
rr ! now on his wav to Key West
Pla.,wberehe has property and friends.
He has been a charge of the common
wealth the greater part of his time
since 1865, having been convicted of
burglary five tlmea.
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