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pic tftccfcuj Stoat, WILMI N6TQM, N. C $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE- S8SSSSSg888S883gS S88S3SS88888SS883 , 88888888888888888 'H"H ' SSS3SS3SS3S;3ggsaC8 8888888888SS8888S 82888888S82888S88 8888858388888838 ssssssassssas 82S8S88S38S888838 SSSS3SSSSSSSSS3SS "I w i: i : i ; iti j j s : : : m at o at jj es jj jo o, gj o VOL. XXXV. WILMINGTON, N; 0;, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904. NO. 15 Entered at th. Poat Office at tilmtgtoa, N. C, at Second Clan Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The latacrtption pries of tha Weekly Star li a Single Copy 1 year, portage paid.... ......II 00 " fl month " " 60 " " Smontht " H 80 though he should dispute the idea of it 8 inspiration. It is a trne gnide for life, it is more entertaining than a novel, and the more a man reads it the wiser he becomes. Tha aptest illustrations in oratory and writings to-day are those made from a Bibli cal standpoint. The best men and women in the land are those who read and study the Bible, and the happiest homes in the universe are those where the enlightening influences of the Good Book are felt. If you would get wisdom, read the Bible. FAILURE OF BAXTER. GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT. I caroun farmers hold cotton. Brokerage Concern With Local Office in Wilmington to the Wall Saturday. Cooditlosa at county Home Declared be ia Bad Shape Recommends' tlon is to Convicts. - to Been LOCAL INVESTORS CAUGHT. OUR RIVER AND HARBOR IM PROVEMENT. The Haroor, Shipping and Com m irce Committee of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, at a special meeting on Friday, unanimously de cided to invite Representative Bur on, chairman of the Rivers and Har bors Committee of the United States Congress, to visit Wilmington as the guest of the Chamber of Com merce. The ooject of the invitation to Chairman Burton is to enlist his sup port in carrying out the plans which Congress has already adopted for the improvement, of the Cape Fear river and' bar. The committee in structed Secretary Kyle of the Chamber of Commerce to extend tho invitation and to write to the North Carolina senators and repre sentative at Washington to ask them to join the Chamber in extending the invitation to Chairman Burton. The large and growing shipping interests in Wilmington make it im perative to carry out the government improvements already begun here, an J any delay in doing so will be greatly detrimental to the work already done and prove disastrous to the prospects for enlarged commerce for our port. We fear, however, that the enter prising and public-spirited gentle men representing the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce will be dis appointed, as news sent out from Washington already intimates that tli ere will bo no appropriation for rivers and harbors at this session of Congress. Information is also sent out from Washington that projects for public buildings will also receive no attention. l'be Republican Congress has been so extravagant in its expenditures th ut public works of groat benefit and uti ity will suffer, and then again it is a campaign year, and the Repub lican party is determined not to run the risk of adding to the already enormous expenditures under the Roosevelt administration. Once be fore the appropriation for rivers and harbors was lopped off by a Repub lican Congress, and all remember how detrimental it was to the gov ernment work which was doing so much in the way of deepening our river and bar. Under tho title of "A Wise River and Harbor Policy," the Baltimore A merican says this about a new plan of making appropriations : The Homo committee has now an nounced iti policy of reporting appro priations for river and barbor improve ments only where thn local communi ties to be chit fly benefited also show a diaunaHiou to do lomn Improving on tii.tr own accouot. This i unques I' ) r a good polio?. Had it been it ft tl jears ago, and consistently Ihftrtd to, the "pork" grabbing, which has been a scandal in one Con g' after the other, would not have r .cited the diaiensiobs that make t' ma horror to the conscientious C f.reisman. Members of the House w aid find little home encouragement to kk for a liberal appropriation for ai u a navigable stream if the terms of thi grant required a substantial expen diture of town fun-Ji. SI3TER MURPHY. The Stab a few days ago received a poem from a local contributor, but we didn't publish it because the writer wanted to get it Inserted at less than our radium rates. The poet went out with a threat that he would send it to the Atlanta Constitution, and get it in that paper next to reading matter. The Stab is always glad to en courage talent but when a Wilming ton poet's Pegassus gets to pawing up the earth, the poem strings out too long for our limited space. The Washington Post gives way to exultation in a spirit of '.'local pride and emotional admiration" be cause a poet at the nation's capital has sent in a short poem like this one, which we commend to other poets because it takes only the' two verserouto: "I was personally acquainted with Slater Murphy. And If Trinity record you will search, No greater worker, male or female, Can be found In the A. M. E. Church. "3Ister Murphy is happy now In the kingdom; She ia singing with the redeemed; Look at her before the majestic throne, Drinking from the placid stream !" CUT OUT POR A SENATOR. Dr. A. J. McKelway, editor of the Charlotte News, recently wrote from Washington that "Senator Overman, of North Carolina, looks as much like a senator an ideal senator as any man in the body, and is rapidly becoming respected both for his ability and his charac ter." It is a curious fact that many cit izens of Wilmington picked Over man out for senator on account of his looks, while the several candi dates were campaining for the nom ination for senator a couple of years ago. One gentleman said to us when Overman got up to speak for the nomination that he had the sen atorial stamp on his face, and that settled it. One of Them Attaches Bank Account and Everything Else la SIht to Satisfy 61 aim sf $1,350 -Unruly Cotton Market Was the Cause. BBBBMBBBBBBB The failure of A. B. Baxter & Com pany, stock brokers of New York, who have a local office and special wire from New York 'here, caused a ripple of excitement in the Wjlmlng too business world Saturday. The authorized story'7 of the downfall o! that enterprising firm of ' specula tors, which succeeded Mdrpby & Co. here and elsewhere a short time ago with a most encouraging prospect, is told of in the telegraphic columns of to-day's paper. They got on the wrong side of a very dangerous cotton mar ket and Saturday's extraordinary fluctuations was the atraw that broke the camel's back. They went down with a crash and the echo thereof will be heard in the South for many days. Four million dollars, they any, haa b;en loat by them within the last three months. It was given out aoon after the fail ure became known here Saturday that Wilmington inveators had compara tively little money on the market with Baxter & Co. As usual in such in stances, however, definite news of the extent of the dealing of local specula-' tors is exceeding hard to get at Many lost, but in what sums, very few will ever know. Those are the things apeculators do not often like to talk about. Soon after the failure was announced Mr. A. 8. Williams conaulted his at torney, Cameron P. MacRae, Esq., and served an attachment upon all the office fixtures and other property of the company in Wilmington, inclu ding bank deposits In the Murchlaon National Bank and In the Wilmington Savinga and Trust Co., the object being to recover 11,850 which he bad In Investments with the firm on five contracts of cotton. The amount of the bank deposits and value of other property in unknown. The attach' ment la followed by a ault in the Su perior Court, returnable at this term, for the amount specified above. The attachment was served by the sheriff Saturday within an hour and a half after the failure of the firm and the property is now in the bands of the court. SHOOTISQ AFFAIR AT NAVASSA. Having completed Us work for the term, thegrand jury serving In the Superior Court came before Judge Ferguson yesterday at 1 o'clock and made its report, a copy of which was ordered placed In the bands of Solici tor Daffy and famished to Hie Board of County Commissioners as follows: Superior Court, ) January Term 1904 y To His Honor O. S. Ferguson Jiidgk 'Presiding'. : Your Grand Jury respectfully sub mit the following report: We have carefully Investigated alt matters coming before us; we hav passed upon thirty-four bills, we have found thirty-one true bills and three' not true bills. We have visited the jail, the county home, and the convict camp. We found the jail in fair condition. The floor in the basement sadly needs repair. The ceiling overhead also needs repair. We would recommend to the County Commissioners that they put in a good and substantial concrete floor, repair the celling and give the jail building a good substan tlal coat of whitewash. ' The main building of the county home ia In fair condition. The build ing used for confining the insane, needs attention. It is filthy and has a bad odor. The bedding is in a de plorable condition and needs immedi ate attention. We, would especially call the attention of the Board of Com missioners to the same, particularly to the building which is used as the colored ward. We recommend that Commissioners make better arrange ments for taking care of the sick and infirm. We.found at the county home, five white persons and sixteen colored persons. We would also call the at tention of the Commissioners to some needed repairs to the wood work. At the convict camp we found ninety-one convicts, five of them being aick. The sanitary conditions were good ; the convicts were contented and well provided for, both as to food and clothing. We would recommend to the Commissioners, that the whites and colored be placed in separate sleeping apartments. Bespectfully submitted, Horace a. Bacjg, Foreman. John W. Btormfeltz, Sec'ty. THE RALEIQfl FRAUD CASE. View of Savannah Man Who Has Travetllsf ia the Interior. Mr; Gardner- E. Dickinson, a well known broker of Savannah, who has been in (he Interior looking un the cotton crop, satd to the Savannah Morning News Wednesday : T have just returned from the mill section of the Carolina, where ! went to tell cot- ion, ana round tuat thev nad waited so long that they were willing to wait lor a reaction. I think it Is conserv ative to say that the mills are sup plied until the middle of May. There are some mills that have a full supply, while others have only a few weeks' supply of cotton on hand. v'One mill I know of is aunolled un til Sept. 15. and another owned by the same people, only until March 1. The ; yarns mills are making money,, and show no Indication to curtail or shot down.--"' "The cloth mills are all losing money, especially those engaged in the manufacture ot ginghams, as they are bringing tbe same price to-day that they were a year ago, and cotton is 6 to 7 cents a pound higher. "Commission merchants." contin ued Mr. Dickinson, "are speculating in yarns, as outsiders are speculating in cotton. Some mills are carrying cotton cloths fo? jobbers, although they have been - paid for it some months back. "If tbe condition of the Carolina mills is a fair index to that of tbe cot ton manufacturers throughout tbe country and Europe, I feel convinced that whilst the spindles of the world bf e caught up with the production of cotton, tbe consumption of goods has not yet overtaken tho production of the mills. "Inquiries as to the crop lead me to believe North Carolina has made a larger product than last year. Town stocks are small, but considerable cot ton is being carried by glnners and farmers. "I saw several gangs picking cotton in North Carolina and six or eight gin plants running in 1 the two States. &. stock dealer in Fayetteville told me that he bad sold three times as many mules as he had sold last year. "Everybody in the States or worth Carolina and South Carolina is ' bull ish and freely predicting 18 to 25 cents a pound during the Summer, and every body seems to think that the farmers will make an effort to raise a Wg crop." ACilQENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE. HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN ROANOKE, VA. Married Woman Assaulted ia Her Home and Her Throat Cut by a. Negro Man. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. CHILD KNOCKED IN THE HEAD THE PUBLIC SAFETY. Considerable attention is now be" ing given to public safety all over the country. At Scranton, Penn., on Thursday, the Department of Public Safety condemned three cars of the Scranton Railway Company because they had flat wheels and were unsanitary. The railroad com pany attempted to put one of the cars .back into service with the resnlt that the car was taken back to the barn under a police guard and the conductor and motorman were ar rested and fined $25 each. Close attention by railroad officials and employes and vigilance on the part of civil officials may prevent many an accident and save many a life. It is time for us to get a scare on us in these days of appalling slaughter of the human race. The Lynchburg News protests against an early adjournment of the Virginia Legislature, while In South Carolina the people are tired of an nual 8e8sions and are going to amend the constitution so as to provide for meetings of the General Assembly every two years. North Carolina's Legislature meets every two years and everybody breathes easier when it adjourns. Ssm fallaway, Notorious Negro. Shot la the Let An Arrest Followed. Two participants in a shooting affair which occurrea at Navaasa laat night were brought to tbe city on the Charleston train this morning, the one to ba lodged in jail until be can be aent to Southport and the other for tranafer to the hospital. The wound ed negro ia Sam Callaway, who shot and came near fatally wounding Mr. B. F. Penny at Lslaad, N. O., some time ago, the result of which was a short term in the penitentiary for Callawav and a big suit against the railroad by Mr. Penny, and the negro who did the shooting is Dan Baker. They were brought over to the city by Floy McKoy, colored.the arrest having been made by Mr. L. L. Boon, a su perintendent for the Navassa Guano Co. Baker was given a berth In the station house and Callaway was sent to the hospital. The negroes, with a crowd of others. spent yesterday in Wilmington and went home on the 9 o'clock Seaboard train. As soon as they alighted on their native heath at Navassa they were all more or less drunk and began fighting. The shooting followed. Callaway claims that be was a by stander. The bullet entered his leg between the knee and foot. Aaotber Norfolk Mao Arrested Yesterday for Wrostfsl Use of U. S. Mall, - Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 28. J. B. Powell came here irom Norfolk to day and was arrested and lodged in jail by the United States marshal on a warrant sworn 'out by Postmaster Bailey, charging him with implication in the use of the United 8tatea mails for fraudnlent purposed la connection with Jones & Powell, the episode in which Norfolk parties purport to do business In Raleigh in such a way that it would appear they sought the benefit of the high commercial rating and credit of a Raleigh firm, Jones & Powell, of long standing, Powell be ing mayor of Raleigh. James Robinson, a colored porter on the Norfolk train, was also arrest ed but was allowed to give bond to an swer the charge of carrying mall for the firm between here and Norfolk. Commissioner Nichols will hear the cases, all three, next Monday. THE J 4 BEL REGISTER APPEAL. Pt- ttlt Mother and Sister ia Rslelrh to tltlon for Executive elemency. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, Jan. 30. Tbe mother and sister of Jabel Register, who is to be hanged at Whlteville, Feb. 25th. ar rived this morning and will appeal to Governor Aycock for executive clem ency Monday, the date the Governor has set to hear counsel for Register on their request that the death sentence be commuted to life Imprisonment. Register Is convicted of killing Jesse Boles and Jim Staley. His counsel are Hon. John D. Bellamy, C. M. Ber nard and Donald McRackan. Esq. Driver Exonerated of Blsme la Tarslsr Over Fire Hose Wszoa Fridsy. The Fire Committee of the Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon at the engine bouse, corner of 8ixth and Castle streets, and investigated the j alleged reckless driving of Fireman Mike Bryan when a hose wagon was overturned at Fifth and Orange streets while responding to the alarm on ac count of tiia fire at Mr. Geo. barden's place Friday afternoon. Chairman P. Q. Moore and Messrs. W. E. Yopp and M. G. Tiencken were present and con ducted the investigation. All the evi dence showed that the horses were un der perfect control and had been for half a block before the accident oc curred. The turn Is very short at Fifth and Orange and the ground being wet and slippery, the accident wis unavoidable. Driver Bryan was exonerated of any blame. The Best Ever Boobt. In speaking of the hose recently bought by the fire committee of the Board of Alderman, Chairman Moore said yesterday that the material is the best gum and wax-treated goods that can be bought. The award this time at 68 cents was for less money than the same material was ever bought before. Some ot the same hose Is now in use, for which the city paid 80 cents per foot. Both Will Probsbly Die Citizens Greatly Excited growd Wstchiog the Jail. Precautions Taken by Mayor. . Military assembled. By Telegraph to the Morning Btarv ROAttOKB, Va , Jan. 30. When George J. Shields, a well known young business n:an, reached his home in the heart of the'eity at the luncheon hour to-day he found his three-year old daughter Mildred lying in a pool of diooci oa tbe reception ball floor with two ugly wounds on her head. Fol lowing b'ood stains from the dining room to an upstairs chamber he found his wife lying In pools of blood on a clothes closet floor with her throat cut from ear to ear and her head horribly hacked. Mrs. Shields managed to gasp "a large black negro man came through the kitchen and attacked me In the dining room." Besides this there is no clue to tho criminal. Mrs. Shields had been outraged, and her assailant dealt her several blowson the head with a hatchet, fracturing her skull, dragged her up stairs, where he cut her throat with a razor and threw her into the closet, fastening the door on the outside. The little girl was struck to bush her cries. The dining room floor was covered with blood and showed there had been a terrible ; struggle. The doctdrs en tertain but slight hopes for the recov ery of either the mother or child. Ever since the discovery of the trag edy a large crowd of citizens has been In the vicinity of the city jail watch ing to see if the officers carry any one into the building. At 8 o'clock to night this crowd numbered more than 1,000 men. Mayor Cutchin has ordered Captain Francis, of the Roanoke Blues milita ry company, to assemble his men .as a precautionary measure. By order of tbe mayor, all the sa loons were closed at 8 o'clock to night. While Judge John Wood, of the Corporation Court, was pleading from the jail steps with the throng in the street to preserve order, some, one in the crowd hurled a beer bottle at him. Tha missile barely missed its mark. At 11 o'cleek the crowd had dis persed. MRS. MAYBRICK RELEASED. SITUATION IN FAR EAST STILL VERY CRITICAL. SCHAEFER MURDER AT BEDFORD, IND. American Woman Serving a Life Sentence la a Prison la England for Havlnr Poisoned Her Husband. By Cable to the Morning Star. London, Jan. 31. Lloyd's Weelky Newspaper nays this morning that Mrs. Florence May brick, the American woma- who was serving a life sentence for having poisoned her husband, was released from the Aylesbury female convict prison at 6:45 o'clock on the morning of January 35th on special license. Her mother, the paper says, bad visited her Saturday January 23rd, and evidently was.the bearer of impor tant news. The governor of the pris on on Sunday conferred with tbe prison officials with a view to arranging .for the ; departure of the prisoner, which was carried out very quietly. Mrs. May brick, ac companied by one of the prison matrons, entered a closed carriage and drove to Aylesbury station, where she took a train lor London, one drove from Buston station to a private house not far from the metropolis. She will remain there for a short period to re cuperate and to await the completion of certain formalities which will give her a freedom of movement not al lowed to persons on ordinary ticket-of-leave. Mrs. Maybrlck, the paper concludes. during the laat few months in prlaon was employed in the lightest work as areward for good conduct. DR. J. W. JONES DEAD. CAPT. H0LTTUM IS BACK. for THE SOURCE OF EARTHLY WIS DOM. The Richmond Netos-Leader says: "It a deplorable but obvious fact that the great mass of children ef the oncoming generations are Ignorant of tbe Bible absolute!. It Is startling to find among cultivated families young men and women who are up in Henry James and W. D. Howells and all tbe froth, flap doodle' and literary whey and syllabum, who gabble glibly of literature and have smatterings of modern language, and whi cannot ti.tolllgaolly dlscuas any Bible charac ter, noint of Bible history or feature of Biblo literature. As a matter of fact, knowledge of the Bible, famil iarity with it, is an essential for culti vation and for any well-equipped mind." Readers of books make a great mistake, not to mention that they fail to perform a duty, when they A L . 1 It Tl 1 , Tl l I uw uui ruau toe iioie. ib contains more wisdom than all other books combined and the man who is fa miliar with it is better equipped for life's duties and is better prepared as a speaker and writer than any other man. At one period in a man's life he . also finds out that it is a good book to live by. The knowledge impart ed, the precepts inculcated, and the examples of life given in the Bible make it valuable to man, even The Republican office-holders in North Carolina are flushed because Roosevelt does not want Federal office-holders to attend the national convention. Here's where the negro will come in for a chance to go to Chicago. It is now said that $50,000 worth of radium will turn a black negro white. The short supply of chickens hereabouts, however, places that much radium entirely beyond the reach of any Wilmington negro. Congressman Theo.V F. Kluta's main reason for declining to run for Congress is because he can't live in Washington on 15,000 a year. Ma chen is prepared to say that this is preposterous. Good Ship "Totosa" Arrived ia Port Third Voysge Tnjs Season. Capt. Holttumja here. The popu lar English sea captain, who literally numbers his friends in Wilmington by the names in the city directory, ar rived yesterday noon aboard the good shin- "Tolosa." from Barry. Eng. The vessel is here for a third cargo of cot ton this season from Meaars. Alexan der Sprunt & Son and will be here for 21 days or more "the more, the mer rier," Capt. Holttum's friends are abundantly confident. As the - "To losa" steamed Into port, Capt. Holt turn fired a salute from his guns aboard and was cheerily answered by the harbor craft and industrial plants along tbe river. When Capt. Holt turn came ashore he waa literally over come by enthusiastic welcomes. ( ol. Byran must be advocating the 16 to 1 silver idea for the West, for the South is already enjoying that ratio on cotton and all hands are kept busy counting their spon- dnllx. When a fellow's wife gets onto his l curves, she catches him every time i he goes out on a fly. It's most base I ball times now. Divorce Granted. From a clipping forwarded by one of the parties at Interest, it is noted that in Augusta last week among a batch of fivn divorces granted In the Superior Court there was one in tbe case of Mrs. Augusta E. Carroll vs. Leonard Carrol), both of whom form erly lived here. The divorce is abso lute. . News reached the city yesterday of the death of Miss Fannie Beers, of Lake Waccamaw, who has many friends in Wilmington. She had been 111 with pneumonia only a few days and her death came at 2 o'clock yester day morning. Prominent Physician of tho State Died at Tarboro Yesterday. Special Star Telegram. Taeboro, N. C, Jan. 28. Dr. J.W. Jones, one of the most prominent nbvaicians of the State, died here to day at the residence of his aon, Paul Jones. Dr. Jones was 73 years old. Still ia the Race. Rumors have been circulated around the city that Miss Mary C. Darby has retired from the race for appointment as poatmaater. She authorizes a de nial of the report and declares that she will remain an applicant till the fin ish. Bhe wishes.thls statement to be made so her frlftrda may not be in duced to sign petitions endorsing any other applicant. Miss Darby states that she is very much encouraged over the outlook and all she wants is fair plT Female Convicts Escssed. Deputy Sheriff Hogan, who Is a guard at tbe convict camp at Castle Hayner, made a lucky capture of three negro women who escaped from the stockade last night about 7 o'clock. They bad reached town as far as Smith's Creek bridge at 1 o'clock this morning, when they were overtaken by the guard, brought to. the police station and will be re turned this morning. City Hall Heated by Steam. Mscblnlits from the shops of Con tractor O. M. Whitlock yesterday com pleted the Installation of the new heat ing plant for the City Hall and steam was turned on yesterday afternoon for tbe first time. It will be several days, however, before the test Is com pleted and the work is accepted by the Public Building Committee of the Board of Aldermen. Mystery Unsolved Authorities Searching for Clews Much Unimportant Testf. nosy Conductors Story. By Telegraph to the Morning Star . Bedford, Ihd., Jan. 30. The court of Inquiry, investigating the Schaefer murder to-day heard more evidence on the letters received by Miss Schae fer. One of the witnesses declared that dozens of times after school clos ed at noon Miss Schaefer ran to her room for her mail, eagerly read the letters and immediately destroyed them. t ,r Conductor Moore, of the Monoo, told the detectives of a strange passen ger he carried on his train which left Bedford for Louisville tne morning after the murder. This passenger was a tall man with steel grey eyes and a reddish mustache. Be seemed ex cited. This description fits tbe man who left the Park Hotel suddenly the morning after tbe murder. The report of the Louisville expert, who made an examination of the hairs found clutched in the hand of the dead girl, has been received herein official form for record. The expert finds that the hairs were torn from the bead of a human being, no doubt a man, who was white. Indianapolis, Ibd. Jan. 30. In dianapolis detectives are working to day on information here by Sheriff Smith. The young man who was a friend of Miss Love, Miss Schaerer's room mate, and who lives in a fash ionabls part of this city, has been closeted with the detectives to-day. Dr. Emma Collop, a physician, gave the detectives some additional infor mation to-day. but she said it waa not important. The detectives here are reticent concerning their interview with Dr. Collop. Captain Kinney said he sent men to investigate the clues given by Sheriff Smith and be said it did not take long to satisfy the detec tives that there was nothing in them. Florence Maybrick; the daughter of the late W. G. Chandler, a banker ot Mobile, Ala., was convicted at Liver pool, In 1889, of having poisoned her husband, James Maybrick, a cotton broker, who Jived part or tbe time in Norfolk and part in Liverpool. She was sentenced to death. This sen tence, however, was later commuted to lire Imprisonment. Many efforts have been made during Mrs. May- brick's Imprisonment to have her par doned, and It was announced on March 23rd, 1903, on authority of the Home Office, that she would be released in 1904. began the " "See "Mr. Newllwed," man. "1 have called- here!" interrupted the young bride groom, who waa jubi installed in ms new house, "are yon another one oz these insurance agents r "sum ail. Learning that yon and your wife are keeping house together. I have called to interest you in Wlggin's DyspepBia Tabules. ' Newton Enterprise: A man from Asheville has been in the county endeavoring to buy sweet potatoes. He offers to take an un limited quantity and has been to see a number of the largest potato raisers in the county. He offers 50 cents a bushel for potatoes crated and delivered at the depot. Sweet potatoes are the next beBt money crop to cotton in this county, and some farmers say there is more money to be made on potatoes at 50 cents a bushel than on cotton at 10 or 12 cents a pound. The money comes in the Spring and al ways helps business during the Spring months. Some Catawba farmers have from 500 to 1,000 bushelsto sell, and a great many from 100 to 300 bushels. A Mr. Johnson, a tenant on Mr. John Yodel's Mitchell county farm, is here with a load of cabbage. He says the snow which fell on the 15th, of November has not melted yet, and that the ground has not thawed since that time. The roads on the mountain sides are so slick that they have to it spikes in the horses' shoes to enablo them to keep a footing and shoes on the wagon wheels to prevent their running over the horses. - Some people think we have been having cold weather this winter, but listen to the news from Haywood. Mr. W. A. Campbell writes his brother-in-law, Mr. John Carter, that his mill Durham Herald : The poli ticians will shed no- tears for the poor mill people who are thrown out of work because of 15 cent cot ton. She Why do they refer to women as the weaker sex P lie Because it takes one of 'em a week or two to make up her mind, I guess. Houston Chronicle. The Supreme Court will on Mon day examine applicants for license as attorneys. So far 21 applicants have registered. The class is not usually so large in spring as it is in the fall. iomallpox is interfering some what with the public schools In two or three counties, these being the ones in which there was the same sort of troubles last year. A weather sharp writing from Blackburn to the Hickory Mercury says wild geese have gone North and the Winter "is broke," except on the 19th and 20th of next month. "I don't see the sense in speak ing of a man as 'blind drunk.'" "Why not ? It simply means he's so drunk that he can't see." "But no man is ever so drunk that he can't see. If he's very, very drunk he can see snakes." Private Secretary to the Governor. P. M. Boarsall, at Raleigh, and Ma jor W. llopton Smith, of uoldsboro, who havo been at St. Augustine, Fla., attending tho general conven tion of the National Guard Associa tion of the United States, have gone to Nassau in the West Indies, to enjoy some Summer weather. Some very fine furniture has been shipped to Raleigh from High Point, sent by the furniture facto riea there, to be exhibited at the ex position at St. Louis, as a part of the State's exhibit. Commissioner Brimley says it is tho purpose to get all tho exhibits from this Stato shipped within tho next thirty days and that thoy will all be sent aa near together as possible. They will fill about ten cars. Salisbury Sun, Jan. 28th: Col. A. H. Boyden, who has been urged to make the race for Congress in this (the 8th) district to succeed Hon. Theo. F. Klutz, who has announced his intention of retiring, has had numerous solicitations from parties outside of Rowan to become a candi date. Mr. Boyden was seen today but he was not prepared to say whether or not he would make the race. Among the charters granted by the State Friday, were that of the Union Co-operative and Invest ment Company, of Tarboro and the Statesville Implement and Supply Company. Tho capital stock of the of the last named company is $25, 000. The State authorized the Bay boro Land & Lumber Company, of Bayboro, Pamlico county, to increase its capital stock from $125,000 to $250,000. Some sportsmen from the North who were here to-day on their way to hunt partridges in Duplin county, said birds at Pittsburg, Pa., were bringing from 30 to 40 cents a piece. A Raleigh man who was talking to these sportsmen, told them that 47 years ago he brought to Raleigh 631 partridges which he caught in traps and nets and sold these to a merchant for $6,31, in other words, for a cent a piece. Raleigh News and Observer'. An officer of the American Tobacco Co., who has made a trip through the tobacco growing section of Eastern North Carolina, is quoted by Col. Olds as saying that "the company will sharply advance the price of tobacco they will have to do this in order to induce the farmers to plant tobacco this year." Let the advance come on! The trust has robbed the farmers on the 1903 crop enough to pay living prices for the remainder of the crop. Winston Sentinel: Who will be aspirants for the Democratic nomi nation in the Eighth this fall? The answer is W. C. Newland and ex Congressman W. H. Bower. One political forecaster said: "I should not be surprised if the Democrats should name Bower and the Repub licans Linney. The two mountain politicians have made two joint cam paigns when Forsyth was in their district. Bower won in the first contest and the 'Bull of the Brushes' in the second. Both are entertaining stump orators." Fayetteville Observer: Under the head "The Model Gentleman," Webster's Weekly reproduces the tribute paid Major Stedman by Mr. I. E. Avery, which we printed last week, and justly adds: "No one who knows Major Stedman will say that the above is fulsome praise, for he richly deserves all the handsome things said of him and more. He is the soul of courtesy, and to know him is to esteem him. His friends and they are legion are deter mined to make, him Governor, for the State is his debtor along many lines. He is a man of commanding ability and has the strength, poise and all the qualifications necessary to make a great Governor." Fayetteville Observer, Jan. 28: Replying to a question from the re porter this morning as to work on the plant of the Cape Fear Electric Power Company, Capt. R, P. Gray said he had nothing to give out far ther than to say generally that pro gress was satisfactory which means something from Capt. Gray. The sub-station at this city, on North Blount street, will be put up in due time. This is of course a Bmall part of the plant, but it indicates that Japan Withsut Information Coocernlat Characters! Russia's Forthcoming Note Reports Discredited. . By Cable to the Morning star. Tokio, Jan. 30. The government, - It Is said, does not possess any Russian information concerning the character tf the forthcoming note, though it has received various , reports, the majority of which say the reply will be satisfactory. None, however, emanate from a source which r ar rant s their full acceptance as correct. In the judgment of many just now tbe character of tbe note does not warrant the belief that Count Lamidorr, the Russian foreign minister, has given out the slightest intimation of lla con tents. Even that carries little assur ance, for the Ruasian and Japanese conceptions of what conatitutea a fair . bargain vary materially. The govern ment of Japan does not anticipate tho reception of the Russian reply for a few days. When it comes it will probably be considered by the throne in conference with the cabinet and elder statesmen. The presumption that Russia has made concessions does not In the least warrant the con clusion that there will be a peaceful settlement of the existing difficulties. Her entire proposition will be care fully scrutinized and every conditio u and contingency of the situation closely weighed. If the reply should prove to be completely unsatisfactory . to Japan the outcome of the conference is manifest. Should, it give partial satisfaction an exchange of notea la possible although there remains slight room for additional diplomacy. Is Event of War. London, Jan. SO. A dispatch to Reuters' Telegram Company from St. Petersburg says the transportation of merchandise over the trans-Siberian railroad will be stopped after February 9 in order to leave the lino open for the conveyance of (roops and stores. Tbe dispatch adds that War Mints ler Kuropatkln will b? appointed to command the Russian land forces in the event of war with Japan. Lohdou, Jan. 30. The Foreign Of-' flee, referrlug to tha cablegram from Minister Grlscom, at Toklo, to the Bute Department at Washington, said to-day: "The British ambassador at St. Petersburg did not express an opinion as to whether or not the Russian re ply would be satisfactory to Japan." St. Petersburg, Jan. 30. "It will be astonishing if Japan remains in flexible," were the significant words of an official of the Foreign Office to theAsoclated Preas this afternoon in speaking of the Russian response to tbe Japanese proposals, which will be dispatched to Tokio next week. The remark was not Intended to convey . the idea that Japan necessarily will accept the full details of the Russian propositions, but rather, if she is actuated by a sincere desire to pre serve peace, Russia will offer a reason able basis in a modus vlvendl. 4 SECRETARY HAY'S VIEWS. la Retard to tbe Wsr Crisis in tbe East and the Probable Elfecl of Conflict on Prices of Products. Psr By Telegrapn to too morning Star. Thomasville, Ga Jan. 30. Sec retary of State John Hay was this afternoon asked for a statement in re gard to the rumored settlement of the war crisis In the Far East. "I never discuss matters of this kind away from Washington," he said, "but I do not think the information is definite enough to call for any formal expression of opinion at this time from me. It is probable that Japan has re ceived the communication from Russia which is pointed to as the basis ot the rumored settlement, and in the natural course of events it will not be known for a week or wore whether tbe amended provision mill meet Japan's approval. If one eout try haa determined upon war, of course war will be unavoidable. In international relations, It does not re quire two to make a quarrel, and ag gressive action on the part of either of the parties at Issue will naturally pre cipitate a conflict. Mr. Hays was asked what effect on the cotton and wheat markets of this country a declaration of war In the East would produce, and replied: "I do not believe that it would have any effect whatever upon either the size of next season's crops or the prices these products will bring in tne mar kets of the world." "Do you think a Russo-Japanese war would Increase the output or con sumption of these commodities?" 'I do not think it would." "I suppose you noticed in to-day's Eapers the announcement that Oolom la proposes sending an expedition against Panama." "Really, I never discuss matters of thin sort away from Washington. I hope, however, that Colombia will realize that such an attempt must be useleas and needless. The status of Panama Is too well recognized to admit of Its subjection now to C lom bla." Mr. Hay asked with quite a Show of interest for the latest news from Gen. Reyes, and as to whether or not be was still in ther country. The secre tary referred to tbe position of certain RmithArn newsnaners favoring the Panama canal, and declared it the sensible view, as well as the best ad vised from a purely party standpoint. "The State Department," he said, "does not play politics. Any ques tion before this branch of the govern ment is considered from a national standpoint and its effect on tho whole country's Interests." NEW YORK BANKS. the power is coming. air. r. i h strength in a couple of eggs. K. Rose has conimendably exerted I M in a pod 0f beef." "HuhT" Statement of Clearing Hosse Aversr.es for the Past Week. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Jan. 30. The state ment of averages of Clearing House Banks of this city for the week bows: Loans $994,(51,100, increase $29, 487,200: deposits $1,023,993,800, in crease $37,640,500: circulation $42,- 739.000, decrease $402,200: lel ten ders $75,637,500, decrease $1,803,100; specie C205,477,BOU, increase aiu.sov, 600; - reserve $281,115,000, increase $8,466,500; reserve required $255,985,- 950, Increase x,iiu,i2d; surplus o, 129,050, decrease $943,125; ex-U. S. deposits $34,313,800, decrease $935,40. It's a well known fact," said the man who is fond of airing odd bits of knowledge, "that there is as himself within the past few days to have the convenience of house to house free mail delivery extended to the citizens residing on Haymount, and Mr. Wright will offer an oppor . m m j a a ' i x i j a & race, two hundred jar as long ana i tunny to nousenoiaers wno uavouui fourteen feet deep, is frozen solid. I done so to have their dwellings He has been expecting to come to I nnmbered before February 1st, Newton with another carload of I when the government puts the sys mountaln stuff, but he is frozen up, I tern in operation. snorted the actor, "I've encountered eggs that were stronger than any pound of beef curl possibly be." "There is a good deal of talk to tic effect that the dnke will marrv in America." "Yes, I h a money of at least .a dozen hoirtes In talking all at once," t V
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