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't&C03T OF COHQRESSIONAL
SUPPORT.
If it is true that United States
Senators and other eminent leaders
have been bringing their "influ
ence" to bear npon President Boose
Telt to save political friends from
the legitimate consequences of offi
cial irregularities and violations of
the law, the fact calls for plain
talk. The Federal Constitution
imposes npon the President the
daty of making appointments with
the advice and consent of the Sen
ate. As a matter of fact, the Sena
tors of the party in power ordi
narily control the distribution of
Federal patronage from their several-States,
with the exception
of that portion of it which is reserv-
ed for the benefit of Representatives 1
belonging to the same party. "The
courtesy of the Senate" permits no
poaching on any Senator's preserves.
The "advice of the Senate" now
.amounts to a command, which the
President can only disregard at his
peril. The government of the
United States is not a parliamentary
government precisely in the sense
that the government of Great Brit
ain is ; but the President under
stands that he can accomplish com
paratively little if he cannot com
maad the steady support of a ma
jority in Congress. The party
of the administration in the Sen
ate and in the House will go very
far to carry out his views of public
policy, provided that he, on his
part, proves equally complaisant.
The whole arrangement is one of
give and take. Mr. Cleveland, who
had had no experience in Federal
politics when he was first elected
President, manifested what the
Senators of his party, and the prac
tical politicians generally, regarded
as an unseemly and dangerous inap
preciation of the merits of that time
honored plan, and the consequence
1 was that he incurred their active
hostility. They could not prevent
his renomination either in 1888 or
in 1892, but they went as far as
they dared to attack his popularity
and to defeat the policies which he
regarded as most urgent.
Mr. Eoosevelt does not intend to
imitate Mr. Cleveland a course in
that respect. He does not underes
timate the value of patronage as a
source of influence, and has shown
himself not above using it where he
thinks it can strengthen him politi
cally. His alliance with Addlcks in
Delaware leaves no room for doubt
on tbat subject. Me was at one
time a police commissioner in New
York city, and at another a member
of the Federal Civil Service Com
mission. In both positions he was
regarded as friendly to civil service
" reform. But in those days there
were no appointments at his diBpo
sal, and he was free to make a repu
tation as a public spirited citizen of
enlightened views and a progressive
worker in the field of theoretic pol
itics. His own .personal relation to
the conduct of public affairs has un
jlcrgone a great change, and he has
altered his attitude accordingly.
But people still prefer to believe
that he means well, and though he
has become a thoroughgoing profes
sionai politician, and, above all, a
Koosevelt man in politics, that his
sense of personal honor and of pub
- lie duty would never permit him to
couutenance or condone any fla
grant violation of the laws which he
has sworn to execute. But if Sen
ators of the United States or other
high officers of the Federal Gov
eminent have undertaken to stay his
hand in the punishment of offenders
they must have formed a very differ
tent estimate of his character, for only
an unscrupulous man, or a very
weak one, could ignore the para
mount claims of justice and of the
public interest in such a case for
any consideration of mere party ei
- pediency, and still less with a view
to holding his own personal sup
porters well in hand.
A partisan civil service, bad as it
is. hAa u. Aa.
' UIVIO VA 1COO UiaUBiVlO v- 1
lenders; but who will undertake the
defense of a criminal civil service?
M
No one can say precisely what de
gree of truth there is in the reports
nll.l ' . .
"men nave been circulated in re
gard to "jfforts made by prominent
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VOL. XXXV.
men to check the investigation of
Irregularities and fraudulent acts in
Federal offices or to prevent the
punishment of any notorious offen
der against the law. But it has been
made plain enough by actual experi
ence that the tendency of a strictly
partisan system is to fill the offices
of the various departments with men
who have been trained to take a ve
nal view of public life, and whose
sense of obligation reaches no higher
than the immediate source of their
appointment. To work for his party
and io work most of all for the man
who puts him in, that is the obliga
tion which the placeman recognizes.
Strange to say, however, there are
many thousands of good people, hon
est men of all parties, who insist
that the winning party ought to
have the offices, and who are pre
pared to incur all the losses and
perils incident to the execution of
that policy rather than abandon the
doctrine that to the victors belong
the spoils. Spoils! Is not that word
enough in itself to degrade the pop
ular conception of the public ser
vice ?-rNew Orleans Picayune.
On his recent trip to Chicago Mr.
Cleveland spoke of making his son a
bridge builder. The Griffin (Ga.)
News thinks that if little Cleveland
werea bridge builder he might repair
some of the bridges that his father
has burned, upon which smart ob
servation the Savannah Press makes
the following pertinent comment:
"The pontoons that the old man de
; stroyed were generally of very worth
less timber."
Carrie Nation has sent a second
letter to Dowie, challenging him to
prove his assertion that he is Elijah
Ill, and declaring, if he would ac
cept her challenge to debate his
declaration in public, she would pay
for the hall and give him $500.
Carrie says the self-styled "Elijah"
is a fraud and a dreadful liar. Dowie
has not replied to either of the two
letters.
Conroe (Texas) Courier: Now,
don't tell us again that there is no
efficacy in prayer. A Kentucky
man was about to be lynched by an
Ohio mob, but was given time to
pray, and while engaged in that
pious dutv he was rescued by the
sheriff.
Cashier Dewey is a slick duck.
As he has not made known his
whereabouts, it is now thought that
he wrote his letter saying that he
intended to surrender only for the
purpose of having the $4,000 reward
withdrawn so that he could easily
skip out.
The Herald says that Durham
county is now spending upwards of
$25,000 a year in building macadam
roads and about ten miles of good
roads are completed annually. New
Hanover is doing good work along
this line also.
Although he is receiving a good
"roasting" at the hands of the State
press for some of his rulings in the
late Havwood murder trial at Ba-
leigh, Judge Peebles is keeping re
markably quiet. This is well, after
all.
Kansas City Star: A Denver wo
man advertises that her husband has
left her, taking their two children
and the hired girl. And domestic
servants are terribly scarce, too!
-
Georgia has managed to pull off
the marriage of a United States
senator without a breach of promise
suit attachment, says the Augusta
Chronicle.
The Washington Post says a score
or more ox uoxeys army are
ployed as mule whackers on the
banks of the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. "
The sheriff has seized the chariot
of Elijah II, so we needn't look for
him to go up just yet awhile, says
the Atlanta Journal.
If Carrie Nation could get a whack
at the "nronhet, she no doubt
would make the fur fly.
Ealeiffh News and Observer:
A rood storv is told on Mr. M. J.
Wrenn, of High Point. It is related.
that on Wednesday ol a air vveesr,
while on the grounds here, in Floral
Hall, he was spied by Capt. Bankin,
a fellow townsman, who thought he
would have some fun. The captain
slipped up behind Mr. Wrenn and
did the nicknocket act. putting his
hand in Mr. Wrenn's pocket. The
latter. withoutrever looking up.
sized Cantata Bankin's wrist, and
a Ufa and death struggle began. For
awhile it looked serious, when Mr.
J. J. Farriss, editor of the High
Point Enterprise, Anally succeeded
in efittlnc Mr,
Wrenn to iook ai me
"PiftVnnnlrAt " when he collapsed.
I It is further stated that Mr. Wrenn
I had in his Docket an old -fashioned
3 cent niece and a button, and the
dollar he borrowed that morning.
Plnnk. skill and determination
will in time work wonders, but they
get much quicker returns by worK-
fogsuckers. Puch
mmx CONTRACTS.
Coal Cement and Supply Com
pany Awarded the Market
Street Paying.
THE QUARRY IN OPERATION.
Extensive Drslnsge System Will be Laid
by Contractor W. B. Glenn Commit
tee la SesBlonMscsdsm Work
on Second Street.
The Streets and Wharves Com
mittee, composed of Mayor Springer
and Aldermen W. H. YoppandJno.
H. Sweeney met Saturday night at the
City Hall and awarded the contract
for the paving of Market street, be
tween Second and Fourth streets, to
the Goal, Cement & Bupply Co., and
for the extensive drainage, system
along the same section of that leading
thoroughfare from Fourth street to
the river to Contracted W. E. Glenn.
Tee award of the contracts of course,
Is subject to the approval of the Board
of Aldermen at its regular meeting to
morrow night, but there is no proba
bility that the precedent will be broken
by over-ruling the recommendation of
the committee in such an important
matter and one requiring such a vast
deal o' investigation.
The award to the Coal, Cement &
Supply Co., was for the celebrated
Georgia Vitrified Paving Blocks, at
$1.81 per square yard, according
to the very complete plans and spe
cifications prepared by City Engineer
S. P. Adams, and the work Is ex
pected to begin within , SO 'days
and to 'be completed with 90 days.
The usual bond for the faithful
performance of the contract and the
guarantee of the work for a period of a
term of years will be required. The
Georgia paving blocks were selected
from samples furnished by the bidder
and after they had undergone the se
verest tests by City Engineer Adams
at the machine used in this city by the
A. C. L. The block showed up well
with the famous Mack block, manu
factured in Pennsylvania, and recog
nized everywhere as the staudard.-The
sample Mack block broke in two under
a pressure of 13 tons, while the Geor
gia block withstood 25 tons. The
Mack block under another test crushed
at 45 tons, while the Georgia block
withstood 50 tons.
The amount of paving to be done is
between 6,000 and 7,000 square yards,
so that it will be seen the contract is
for more than $10,000. The committee
Is to be congratulated upon closing
the contract after the many and appa
rently unavoidable delays which have
been encountered, chief among which
was the peremptory refusal of many
property owners along the route to
pay their pro rata share of the cost of
the improvement according to the
long established custom. By virtue
of persistent effort, however, the com
mittee has now secured the signatures
of over three-fourths of the property-
owners, and the others are expected to
come in without litigation when the
work commences.
The contract for the drainage was
awarded at $3,250 to Mr. Glenn, who
agrees to furnish a complete job with
standard vitrified terra cotta. The
pipe will be laid in the middle of the
street with laterals from each street
corner and from the centre of each
block, both! sides. From the river to
Third street, 24 Inch pipe will be used,
and from iThird to Fourth street a 20
Inch main will be laid. The laterals
will be 12 inches in size. The drain
age work will also be completed in 90
days.
The lowest bid the committee had
for the drainage work was $3,700, but
all were rejected. Subsequently Mr.
Glenn agreed to talus theNjob for
$3,250. The committee was satisfied
that the work could be done with its
own street force for about $3,000, but
inasmuch as objection to the work's
being done otherwise than by con
tract developed in some quarters and
Captain Woolard and the city force
were badly needed for carrying on
the extensive work contemplated
elsewhere in the city, it was finally
thought best to let the work by con
tract, as required by a strict construc
tion of the law. .
The awarding of the contracts last
night relieves the committee of a great
burden with which it has had to con
tend for several weeks. Now a new
era will begin in street building. Mr.
a H. Dock, the contractor, will have
the rock quarry in full blast this week
and to-morrow a dozen extra carts wll
begin rushing 200 tons of repair mate
rial to the city for use on the streets.
A day or two later the heavy material
for building streets will be available
and an additional number of carts will
be employed. The crusher will start
Tuesday and from now on Mr. Dock
assures the committee there will be
no further Interruption. He has re
cently placed at the quarry a $500
steam derrick on his own account and
has determined to get the material out
in a hurrr. Mavor Springer was at
tha auarrv Saturday afternoon and
brought back to-the city samples ol
some very fine material for
macadam purposes. The supply is the
best ever mined at the quarry and is
fmini) in a new nlace in almost un
limited quantity at only about 7 feet
below the surface. Still lower there
Is a blue formation that is also very
Thn flrat atreet to oe macaaamizea
win h flecond. between urace ana
Bed Cross. The curbing has aireauy
been nlaoed along that section and
half thn cradinar la now about com
pleted. Toe rorce win oegm mo
m all fl
macadam this week.' Then a vast
amount of repair work will be progress
and all in all, the committee appears
tn hava done well mignty weii. it
Is the committee's purpose to ultl
mativ ntand the macadam on Sec
ond from Bed Cross to Castle street.
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6,
C4PE fjbir machine . works.
Certificate of Incor porstloa Recorded Yes-
terdsy-Shsres Held by Iscorporators.
A certificate of incorporation for the
Cape Fear Machine Works, recently
chartered by the Secretary of State.
was received by the clerk of the Su
perior Court here yesterday. As pre
viously announced in the local depart
ment and in the Baleigh dispatches of
this paper, the company will operate
extensive machine shops, foundry and
general iron works In this city. The
ocation will be on the water front at
the rear of the building owned and oc
cupied by the Worth Company at
northwest corner of Nutt and Grace
streets.
The company has an authorized
capital stock of $100,000 but it may
begin business as soon as $25,000 is
subscribed and 50 per cent, of that
amount is paid in. The shares are
subscribed to as follows: O. W;
Worth, 140; B. G. Worth, 50; B. ft
Collins, 50; W. Tm Parsley, 5,- and
Jno. W. Harper, 5, Mr. B. 8. Collins
named as agent upon whom any
process may be served. Mr. A. F.
Yopp will be foreman of the mechani
cal department of the plant.
WEDDED AT ARMOUR, N. C.
Miss Etta Flynn Became the Bride of Mr.
Daniels Reception.
A very pretty wedding was cele
brated at Wayman Methodist churcb,
near Armour, at 6 o'clock Friday even-
ng. The contracting parties were
Miss Etta Flynn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Washington Flynn, and Mr. B.
L. Daniel, Jr., all of Armour. The
ceremony was performed by Bev. J. J.
Porter. The church was handsomely
decorated and many friends attended.
Miss Maggie Flynn, sister . of the
bride, was maid of honor, end Mr. J.
H. Hall, of Wilmingtoi, was best
man. Miss Mary King, of Armour:
wm bridesmaid. The ushers were
Messrs. G. J. Petrus and A. G. Jones,
of Wilmington. Immediately after
the ceremony an elaborate supper
was served at the home of the bride's
parents. The bridal presents were
numerous and handsome.
Among those who attended from
Wilmington were Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
McNorton, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Flynn
and Mr. W. J. Flynn.
NEGRO BUILDING A BOAT.
Hew Steamer Will Ply Black River Waters,
Pssiesters aad Frelf ht.
Special Star Correspondence
Currix, N. C, Oct. 29. A new
steamboat is being built at Tar Land
ing on Moore's Creek by Contrsctor
Luther Sherman and Is owned by
Peter Simpson, colored. The boat
when' completed will run on Black
river and will carry passengers and
freight. It-was launched last week
and will be towed to Wilmington in
a few dsjs to have the finishing
touches put on. Peter is a hard-work
ing energetic negro and is a credit to
bis race, if more or our negroes would
pattern after him in regard to work.
we would have smaller criminal court
dockets, and a less number of them
on the chain gang.
TURRET SYSTEM CONDEMNED
Report of Experts Mads te the Navy De-
psrtment Changes Nccesssry to
Strengthen Big Battleships.
Br Telegraph to the Xornloft Star.
Washington, Oct. 31. A report
has been made to the Navy Depart
ment by the experts who have been
testing the government turret system,
which will prevent the further con
struction of such turrets and will in-
voire the Navy Department In a
laree expense to defray the costs of
chances necessary to strengthen the
big battleships of the Virginia class
so that they may use their turrets
with an ordinary degree- of safety.
The report shows that when the Kear
sarge's four guns were fired Jrajnlta-noualv-
in one turret the uesetting
force of the recoil was 2,800 tons. If
the Virginia clsss turrets were built
according to design, the force tending
to upset the turrets would be no less
than 9.000 tons. While the change
recommended may make it impossible
to resist this tremendous force, it is
mended that the four suns in
ibe double turret shall not hereafter
be discharged simultaneously.
TERRIFIC TORNADO.
Two
Persons Killed and Nine Isjored.
Farm Houses Demolished.
By Telegraph to the Horning BUr.
Oklahoma, Okla, Oct. SL Two
persona were killed and nine injured,
two per hips fatally, and half a dozen
farm houses were demolished by
tornado tbat formed ihree'mtles north
of Hydro, in Caddo county, last night.
The tornado travelled over a course
from northeast to southwest, sweep
ing nearly everything before it for I
diitance of four miles. Farmhouses.
barns and fences were completely
wrecked and crops ruined. The pro
perty loss is estimated at 150,000.
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
The World's Chsmpiea Seriously Isjored
at a Speed Meeting.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -
NkwYobk, Oct. 81. Hurled .from
a racing motor car going at something
approximating a mile a minute, Albert
Champion, the world's champion mo
tor cyclist, was seriously injured to
day at the second annual speed meet
Ins: of the Long Island automobile
club at the Brighton Beach race
track. The motor car turned over in
the ditch and the champion was
thrown twenty feet. His right arm
was lacerated, head was cut and his
right leg broken.
Clerk Is this to be charged
madam ? Lady Oh, yes; you'll
have to. My husband has just los
his position. Harper's Bazar.
A VERDICT FOR $800.
Creech Damage Suit in the Su
perior Court Was Ended
Saturday Night.
JURY WAS OUT FIVE HOURS.
Twa Weeks' Term Expired by Limitation
Last Mldelf bt Several Cases Cam
promised Winding Up Odds
and Eads Proceedings.
After having remained out from
shortly before o'clock Saturday
afternoon until 9:15 Saturday night,
the jury in the Superior Court which
had in hearing the $25,000 damage
suit brought by Miss Mortie L. Creech
against t Wilmington Cotton Mills,
announced to theballlff Ii charge that
an agreement had been reached and a
few minutes later returned a verdict to
the clerk, awarding the plaintiff $800
damages. The answer to the first issue
as to the liability of the mill for the
njury, was answered in the affirma
tive; the second as to whether the
plaintiff by her own negligence to the
njury, was made In the negative,
and the third as to the amount, was
answered by giving the plaintiff the
sum named.
The case occupied nearly another
entire day in the court yesterday.
Upon the convening of the session
Iredell Meares, Esq., addressed the
ury for about an hour for the defend
ant and he was followed in their order
by Cameron F. MacBae and Brooke Q.
Empie, Esqs., for the same side. Hon.
Jno. D. Bellamy closed the argument
with a strong appeal for the plaintiff.
Judge Brown's charge was regarded as
very comprehensive and fair to both
sides. The jury retired and at 6 o'clock
was taken to supper by Deputy Sheriff
William 8heehan. At 8 o'clock Judge
Brown returned to the Oourt House
for the purpose of hearing a few mo
tions incident to a close of the term,
and while there, by request of the jury,
he re-read to them certain portions of
his charge given In the afternoon. The
jary again retired and about an hour
and a half later returned the verdict as
stated.
The jury which had the case in
hearing was composed as follows:
W. P. MeGloughon, Jno. B. Hanby,
J. V. Gurley, R. A. Brown, B. B.
Humphrey, EL A. Melvin, B. N.
Bowden, A. Townsend, O. F. W.
Behder, O. D. Syker, George Hear
and T. W. Wood. It is learned tbat
the Verdict of $800 was a compromise
between certain members of the jury
who desired to award the plaintiff
$1,000 and others who held out for
only $600.
- It is presumed that the case will go
to the Bupreme Oourt.
The term of court expired by limita-
tionJSaturdaylnight. The following un
important judgments and orders were
made during the day, aside from the
case or the Armour racking uo.,
which is published in full in another
column:
Geo. A. Croft and wife vs. Graham
Daves, trustee of Ann F. McLean,
Harriet U. UanieJ. Urrua B. VanAm-
ringe, Fanny vanamrmge, isawara
Everett and wife, Emma Burr Everett,
and Edward Everett, Jr.; upon motion
of Herbert McMcClammy, Eia., or
dered that judgment be in favor of
plaintiff for lands on Wrlghtsvilie.
J. a. Sharps, assignee, vs. W. j.
Mayo, judgment for non suit
Ned Glavln vs. E. J. Flansgan; non
suit.
Jos. 8. Sneeden vs. C. R., L. & P.
Co. : motion for new trial : motion de
nied and esse appealed to supreme
Court
Chesnut & Barrentine vs. F. H.
Blodgett dismissed upon motion of
Jno. D. Bellamy, counsel for plaintiff.
J. A. Fallen vs. F. H. Blodgett,
same iudement as above.
Tony Walters vs. George Walters;
plaintiff allowed to withdraw original
and file amended complaint
Hdward wootten et at vs. wu
mington & Weldon Railroad Co.,
case dismissed upon motion of Jno.
D. Bellamy, counsel for plaintiff
ease having been compromised ana
settled.
Owen Martindale vs. Joseph Albro
and wife; judgment tor plaintiff.
ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES.
Interfered With Telegraphic Service at
Many Places Attended by Brilliant
Display of Aurora Bereslls.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Oct 8L A brilliant
display of the aurora borealls early
to-day Interfered with telegraphic ser
vice in this vicinity. Both telegraph
companies report wire trouble on ac
count of the electrical display and all
cablegrams were accepted subject to
heavy delay. This ..was the first dis
play of the aurora in this city for ten
years and It lasted several hours.
London. Oct SL The most severe
electrical storm of many years crippled
telegraphle communication through
out the United Kingdom to-day. Com
municatlon over the land linea and
by cable was almost wholly inter
runted.
Paris. Oct 8L Telegraphic com
municatlon between France and the
remainder of Europe and America
was almost suspended throughout the
entire day, in consequence of an elec
trical disturbance which seems to oe
general and Is attributed to seismic
movements and atmospheric phe
nomena regarding which nothing
definite la ascertainable.
Harvey Williams, of Philadelphia,
won the championship of America
contest at the American telegraphers
tournament which ended yesterday.
He sent 500 words of straight matter
In eleven minutes, thirty seconds. G.
W. Conkling, of New York, was sec
ond, sending 500 words In twelve mln
utes and six seconds.
During the month of October
37 marriage licensee were issued; 18 to
white couples and 21 to colored.
1903.
HE POULTRY SHO W IN DECEMBER.
Big Crowds Coming Low Rallrosd Rates.
Attractive Prize List Jatfge.
Tbe third annual exhibition of
poultry by the Wilmington Poultry
and Live Stock Association will be
held in this city the week of Dec. lath
and it promises to be the greatest fair
of its kind yet held here. The rail
roads have granted a rate of one and
one third fare from all points iff North
and South Carolina with final limit to
Dec. 20th, and the out of-town fanciers
will be here in large numbers. The
fair authorities already have many let
ters from prospective exhibitors.
The Association will offer large cash
prizes and in addition to those the mer
chants of the city have offered an at
tractive line of special premiums.
Competition will be lively. The ser
vices of Mr. B. L. Simmons, an ex
perienced man of Gastonia, N. C,
have been secured as judge. Mr. Sim
mons was judge of the exhibits at the
first fair and he gave eminent satis
faction to all. The fair promises to be
really one of the big events of the
season.
At Her Old Tricks.
Josephine PIgford, a denizen of
'Dross Neck," who has just completed
a term of three years in the peniten
tiary for biting the ear off another
negro woman, thereby becoming
guilty of mayhem, was in Justice
Bornemann's court yesterday charged
with nearly biting off a finger of Bet-
sle Mills, colored. She was sent to
jsil for Superior Oourt in default of
$35 bond. Betsie Mills was also sent to
jsil in default of the payment of costs
in a case against her for disorderly
conduct.
WORRIED ABOUT AO'S AGE.
(Salisbury Sun.)
Down at the passenger station
this morning a Salisburian going out
of town for the day was asked what
he thought of the weather pros
pects.
"Weather?" he asked. "Why,
what is weather? Have we any?
have known of nothing for a few
days but how old is Ann? That
girl's ago is driving me crazy.
Every paper I pick up has some
thing about Ann's age. I cannot
sleep. I am going to run down to
the Mecklenburg fair to see if there
is not something there that will get
this thing off my mind. But the
plague-take-it thing keeps running
through my brain. 'Mary is 2A.
That is all right; I don't care a con
tinental about Mary. It is poor little
Ann whose age is worrying me. 'Mary
is twice as old as Ann was' let me
see how does it go 'aa Ann was
when Mary was as old as Ann is now.
How old is Ann r That all sounds
easy enongh, but I can't figure it
out. ' The man who mentions this
to me again is going to get knocked
down, and 1 will try to crush his
life out. I picked up a Charlotte
paper to read about Dr. Jay's case
and the first thing I saw was a pic
ture of people trying to solve this
problem. 'Mary is' but blessed if
I will discuss or think of this thing
any more. Newspapers ought not
to be allowed to print such matters.
It is sending more people to the
asylums than all the liquor tbat
was ever sold."
GOLD AND SILVER.
Totsl Prodnctloo In 1902 The Production
la Southern States.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Oct 81. The total
world's production of gold in 1903, as
estimated by the director cf the mint.
is $295,889,600, and of silver, coining
value, $215,861,800. For tbe United
Btatesthe figures are: Gold, $8,000,
000: silver. $71,757,600.
As compared with laui, these ngures
show an increase in the production of
gold of 1,572,914 ouncer, and a de-
cresse"of 8,042,914 ounces in the pro
duction of sliver.- During tbe year
Africa Increased its gold production
from 439,704 ounces to 1.887,773
ounces, and Australia increased Its
sold production to $9,518,800, which
is over a million and a half dollars in
excess of the production of the United
States, which again takes second place.
The production of precious metals
In the Southern States was as follows:
Alabama, gold, $2,500; silver, $129.
Georgia, gold, $97,800: silver, $517.
North Caroline, gold, $90,700; silver,
$37,022. South Carolina, $13,900: ill
ver, $388. Tennessee, silver, $15,903.
Virginia, gold, $3,100; silver, $7,628.
SOME WILD SH00TINQ.
Between Rev. W. O. Petty and John B.
Lipscomb, at Qalnesville, Ga.
By Telegraph to the .Morning Star.
Sayaztnah, Ga., Oct SL A special
from Gainesville, Ga., to the Morning
News says: Bev. W. O. Petty, a well
known minister, shot at J ohn B. Lips
comb at the place of business of the
latter on Athena street this morning.
The shot went wide of its mark and
struck Jones Jalner, who was inside
the store, inflicting a painful wound.
which, however, is not serious. The
shooting occurred oyer an excoriation
In the public prints of this city by
Petty of Lipscomb, the former alleging
that tbe latter was runnlnar a vile
dive, selling liquor illegally, etc. Lip
scomb returned Petty's fire but missed.
Each awore out warrants for assault
with intent to murder against the
other, and .their cases were called be
fore Judges Dudley and Loden this
afternoon, but were postponed until
Monday morning.
Much excitement was created by the
shooting.
J. W. Johnson, local agent at St
Paul, Minn., of H. H-JShufeldt & Co.,
the so-called whiskey trust, was arrest
ed yesterday on a warrant sworn out
by a representative of the firm. It is
alleged that he is short In his accounts
and that tbe amount is close to $20,000.
, 'The old lady '11 give yon hail
Columbia for betting on a horse
race." "No she won't. This time
I won V Atlanta Constitution,
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Safe in Postof fice There Blown
Open by Professionals Early
Friday Morning.
ABOUT $800 WERE STOLEN.
Part of of the Amount the Property of
Postmsster Smith Evidently Work
of Burglars Who Robbed the
Bask In Thst Tows.
Friday morning about 3 o'clock
the safe in the postoffioe at Mullins,
S. a, about 90 miles south of Wil
mington, on the W., O. and A. rail
road, was blown open by professionals
and robbed of about $800 in money
and stamps. Of the amount $800 was
the personal property of Postmaster
O, EL Smith and the- remaining $500
belonged to the government
Mr. and Mrs. Yarborougb, who live
near the office, heard a muffled sound
about the hour indicated, but thought
it as nothing .unusual and did not
learn of the robbery until daybreak.
When they first heard the noise they j
wore a little alarmed but upon going
out In the yard and hearing nothing
more they were reassurred and again
retired.
The manner in which the robbery
was accomplished Is conclusive proof
thst the work was that of professionals.
The safe was blown evidently with
little difficulty. The building was re
garded rather secure hut it was enter
ed with little difficulty by means of
tools taken from a near-by blacksmith
shop.
Only about a year ago the Bank of
Mullins was robbed in much the same
manner by persons who are believed
to be connected with the robbery Frl-
aay morning. The authorities are
of the opinion that the gang which re
cently operated so successfully in this
State Is now on its way 8outh.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
Designstlsg Thursday, the 2eih ol Novem
ber, ss a Day of General Thankeglv
log for All the People.
By Telegraph to the MornlnglStar.
Washington, Oct. 81. The Presi
dent to-day issued hia annual Thanks
giving proclamation, in part, as fol
lows:
'The season is at hand when, ac
cording to the custom of our people,
it falls upon the President to appoint
a day of praise and thanksgiving to
God.
"During the last year the Lord has
dealt bountifully with us, giving us
peaoe at home and abroad, and the
chance for our citizens to work for
a a 1 m a . t . a
weir weiiare, vnoinaerea oy war
famine or plague. It behooves us not
only to rejoice greatly because of
what has been given us, but to accept
It with a solemn sense of responsi
bility, realizing that under Heaven it
rests with us ourselves to show that
we are worthy-to use a right that has
thus been intrusted to our care.
"In no other place and at no other
time has the experiment of govern
ment of the people by tbe people, for
the people, been tried on so vast a
scale as here in our own country in
the opening years of tbe 20th century.
Failure would not only be a dreadful
thing for us, but a dreadful thing for
all mankind, because It would mean
loss of hope for all who
believe in the power and the righteous
ness of liberty. Therefore, in thank
ing God for the mercies extended to
us in the past,we;beseech Him that He
may not wlthoid them in tbe future.
and that our hearts may ba roused to
war steadfastly for the good and
against all the forces of evil, public
and private, we pray for strength
and light, so that in the coming years
we may with cleanliness,- fearlessness
and wisdom do our allotted work on
the earth in such a manner as to show
that we are not altogether unworthy
or the blessings we have received.
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States,
do hereby designate as a cay of gen
eral thanksgiving, Thursday, the
twenty-sixth of the coming November,
and do recommend that throughout
the land, the people cease from their
wonted occupations, and In their sev
eral housei and places of worship
render thanks to Almighty God for his
manifold mercies."
SEVERELY TROUNCED.
Gunner la U. S. Navy Who Offered Gra
tuitous Insult to Confederate Flsg.
Br Telegraph to the Horning IStar.
Newport News, Va., Oct. 8L An
drew Olsen, a gunner in the United
States navy, stationed at the shipyard
here, offered a gratuitous Insult to the
Confederate flag In the presence of a
number of Sons of Confederate
Veterans who were in a hotel
cafe early this morning. The
party had just returned from
the ball given in honor of the sponsors
and maids or honor or the u-rand
Camp of Virginia. Confederate Veter
ans, which has been in session this
week. Olsen threw a small flag to the
floor and trampled it under foot
Mayor Thornton Jones, of Hampton.
who was in the crowd, knocked Olsen
down, repeating tbe (punishment five
times.
NEW YORK BANKS.
Slatsmsnt ol Clearing House Averages for
the Past Week.
By Telegraph to the Horning star
New York, Oct. 8L The statement
of averages of the clearing house
banks of this city for the - week shows:
Loans $911,508,500; Increase $4,409,
500. Deposits $885,616,600: decrease
Deposits $885,616,600;
$4,098,000. Circulation 845.898.900:
increase $31,400. Legal tenders $66,-
994,500; decrease $1,652,000. Specie
$164,683,800: decrftaae t7.022.800. Be-
serve $231,678,800; decrease $8,694,-
ROn Rmawm rMnnlmd t221.404 .ISO-
800. Beserve 'required $221,404,150;
decresse $1,241,500. uurpius am
274,150; decreaae $7,670,300. . Ex-U.
B. deposits $19,563,850; decrease $17,
681,800.
lotte, is dead.
A bank has been chartered at
Morven, Anson county, with a capi
tal of $10,000.
It is said that over 10.000 Peo
ple were on the Fair grounds in
Charlotte on Thursday.
Mr. Elias Gillis. as-ed 78 vears.
f"11
was found dead in bed in Laurinburg
ra8t vveaDe8ay morning.
I WO White girls were burned
to death in Gates county recently
while attempting to start a fire with
kerosene oik
Bev. Dr. Ivey thinks the gain
in membership in he North Caro
lina Conference this year will be
about 4,000. .
Two of the eight prisoners
who escaped from Beaufort county
jail a few days ago have been re
captured and three have voluntarily
surrendered.
Among the Federal jurors at
Statesville is E. D. Blackburn, of
Gap Creek, Ashe county, seed 80.
He is Perfectly well, has seventeenr
children and 193 grandchildren.
The venerable Bev. Dr. Thomas
E. Skinner, who has resided in Ra
leigh for many years, is to remove to
Arden, Buncombe county, where he
intends to spend his remaining days.
Mr. Jack Dunn, who died at
Wake Forest this week at the age of
87 years, was buried by his old
slaves, about a dosen of whom as
sisted in making the monnd over
their late much-loved master.
The Clinton Democrat says that
Mr. J. W. Bryan, of Sampson
county, cut down a cypress tree re
cently, and the tree yielded 5,000
shingles, 30 pounds of nioe honey
and a den of coons. Mv, Bryan got
the honey and the shingles, but the
coons escaped.
A special from Asheville, N.
C, says: After hearing the argu
ment for and against continuance
in the case of Dr. Jay, charged with
a triple murder, Judge Shaw an
nounced that the plea for a continu
ance would be granted. The de
fence will plead insanity.
The vault and so-called bur
glar proof safe at the Florence Mills
Company Btore at iforest City, six
miles from Butherfordton, were
blown open by expert safe craokers
at 3 o'clock Thursday morning and
abont $1,100 stolen, about $900 of
which belonged to the store, $100
to the town and $110 to the post-
office.
Miss Annie Shelton, a 14-year-
old girl, was married at Pelham,
N. C, Monday, to Joseph C. Dalton.
uoth of the young people are from
Danville. It was a runaway match,
the parents of the girl objecting on
account of her extreme youth. The
mother of the girl is said to have
been furious when she learned what
her daughter ad done.
Tarboro Southerner: J. C.
Powell's stock of hogs will compare
favorably with any in this section.
For years he has been improving the
breed. His latest addition is a
seven-weeks' old pig weighing 60
pounds, from Biltmore. Its sire at
22 months weighed 1,020 pounds
and Mr. Vanderbilt paid $1,350 for
its grandsire.
While transferring the big dyna
mo for the W. T.Weaver Power Co.,
on the French Broad river, the wagon
on which the machine was being
hauled turned over and the dynamo,
weighing fifty thousand pounds, was
badly 11 not fatally wrecked. All the
iron castings were broken and it is
doubtful if the piece of machinery
can be repaired. It cost nearly
$25,000.
Statesville special to Charlotte
Observer: The register of deeds of
Iredell county to-day issued license
for the marriage of Mr. Adolphus
Beaver and Miss Bessie Goodman,
of Cool Spring township, and the
marriage will take place Sunday.
Beaders will recall that Mrs. Dovie
Beaver, wife of the groom-to-be,
was murdered July 30th, three
months ago to-morrow, and that
Wilford Boseboro, colored, was con
victed and hanged here Thursday,
September 10th. Mr. Beaver is 50
years old, and Miss Goodman 19.
Yadkin Ripple : It was report-
ed to us Monday thai on last Sun
day a week a gentleman accompa
nied a widow home from churcb,
carrying her baby ; on Monday he
put fire under a barn of tobacco for
her and cured it ; on Friday he kill
ed a pig for her, and last Sunday
morning they were married. Thus
it was that by showing himself
worthy that Mr. Sanford Candle
obtained Mrs. Liza Belle Hoots as
his better half. Evidently he did
not put on his best suit and then
stray away, as did one swain.
Winston Journal : John Low
is in jail for the shooting of John
Petree yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock. Low, together with Petree
and another negro, Clarence Free
man, were out hunting near Mickey's
pond, when Low said that he was
feeling mean and .believed he would
shoot one of the others on the sly.
Following this remark he said he
was a robber and had the devil in
his bones. He then raised bis gun
and snapped it at the other two.
When Petree attempted to take it
from him the gun exploded, throw
ing the whole load of shot into his
stomach. Petree is not expected to
live.
Statesville correspondent Char
lotte Observer: The peculiar expe
rience that Mr. John Gwaltney, of
Taylorsville, had with pickpockets
in Greenville a few days ago has not
had much publicity so far. Mr.
Gwaltney was en route to the Ma
sonio fair at Baleigh, which was go
ing on at the same time as the one
in Greensboro. While lounging
around the depot at Greensboro
waiting for the train to Baleigh,
Mr. Gwaltney's pocket was robbed
of $34. Before he left Baleigh on
his return home he had completed a
well-devised plan to land the pick
pocket at Greensboro. Providing
himself with a purse he chucked it
with blank paper. When he got off
at Greensboro he made it convenient
to pull ont his purse so that if any
of the nimble fingered party were
abont thev could see it. After wait
ing long enough without results, as
I he thought, he reached in his pooket
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