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I I II 9E 11 II . , . II. ill i ii II -x II' Cs. ft t A .?ll 1J . fr amallpox haa broken out at natfitiit 4 ran li tv m " . v ' - ' a ? i a. . - - - m i ;i - c -rm - li.oo year' in advance . ' v 7 -'' : y K " 88888888888888888 I VOL WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1904. NO. 16 S3S3SSSS88SSSSSSS 8888SS8888S8SS88S 83388S8883SS88SSS 8288SS8828283888S 8888888888888888 828SSS822S8888888 ssssssssassa 1M I 88888882288888383 u a. I a 5 i i a i t tit tt!i kntere.1 t the Poit CHfiea at Vilmtitoa, ft. C, ai Second cit mauer. i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subtcrlptioa price of tht Weekly Star li a follow! : . . M Alt iiorle Copy 1 year, pottjta paid U ' " Smooth, " " " that these Wall afreet speculators have permanently and wantonly injured the prospects of the American cotton grower. ( To thia effect read certain reports re cently receded by the State Depart ment from Its consuls abroad, notably the consul general at Berlin, who has been elosely and intelligently watch ing the situation. There la now In progress, he says, revolt against American cotton, not because of Us lack of quality or ita legitimately low supply, bat In consequence of . the false Increases In price which the manipulators hate caused. One effect of this reTOlt is a systematic effort by such organisations as the British Cot ton Growing Association, the irrenen Colonial Cotton Association and the Cotton Spinners' Association of Bazony to develop new cotton-producing fields. Beturns from recent experiments of thla character are now being received and with some results that promise a aerlous struggle ahead of the American planter. It may be true to a certain extent that, as the speculators claim, the physical condltlona of the cotton fields are accountable for the falling off In the crop. It may be, as Mr. Bally r cently wrote in a magazine article pal pably designed to influence popular opinion on thla Important topic, that cotton seed has deterioated, aolls are exhausted, acreage la insufficient and the insect pesta are devastating. But all of these charges are denied by men who are quite as well qualified to judge the caie as Mr. Sully and not so directly and acutely Interested In making out a case before the public. In shot, Mr. Bully, speak ing from the standpoint of the specu lator, Is confronted by the scientist. It la not a question or wnicn 10 Deiieve, but of west Is to be done. For if something Is not done, either to Im prove the conditions of which this leader of the lulls complains or to put It out of the power of himself and his kind to manipulate the prices artifici ally, the American cotton grower will In the course of a very few seasons lose a large part ot bis market. And wnat he once loses he will have to struggle hard to regain. ROBBED PRIVATE CAR THewu-MIN0-T0NP0ST0FFICE REPUBLICAN CLANS. LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW. Presidents Erwin and Elliott, of the Coast Line, Had Har " rowing Experience. A VICIOUS NEGRO TRAMP. THE COTTON BOGEY. That speculation in cotton at the metropolitan centres is a serious matter to consider there is no doubt. Moat everybody is prepared to believe, however, that alter all the aw of supply and demand regn atea the "spot" price of cotton; but does not botn experience ana observation also teach us that "futures" go up and down the scale of prices when there are con ditions to indicate a large or a small crop, as the case may be? Bad newB of the condition of grow- ng cotton helps the "bulls," while glowiDg conditions gives tne "bears" their inning. It seems reasonable, therefore, that supply and demand and crop conditions affect both the prices of spot cot ton and future contracts. Speculation may for a while cause an abnormal inflation of prices if the bulls have things their way, or a depression of prices if the bears pre vail, but with a full crop the bulls cannot maintain their inflated prices, and with a short crop the bears can not keep prices down. We remarked that high hnd low prices may for a while prevail but after all when things get normal the law of supply and demand reasserts itself. The cotton mills have shut down on the belief of manufacturers that prices are fictitious beoause of spec ulation and it ahuWS their faith tliat, whn the truth comes out and nor mal conditions are reached, prices will go down. We have no doubt but that time will settle the matter, but the Star has maintained all along that the cotton crop is far below the demands of the world and we are confident of it to day. This naturally would make prices higher, but whether the "high records" that have been reached are justified by the short crop or partly by speculation must sooner or later be known. The break in prices the past few days may indicate a gravi tation to the inevitable normal con dition. Before the operators got things thai wav. nrirfs were fixed ; T?,n ta thv were fixed low. I The Kentucky and Indiana del but when prices are fixed over here, I gations in Congress have had quite bv aoecnlators. sav. if they are to be I a.iorensic scrap w high records instead of low ones,, you need hot ask the farmers where they would rather have prices fixed in America or Europe. As long as the speculators keep up prices the farmers are with them, but when they put down prices the Wo can't understand the perverse obtuseness of the Democrats in Congress for wanting to know why Uncle Sam's marines were on hand at Panama at the right time. They simply went there to see the Pana maians "rise np as one man," and when the show was over it is agreed that they got their money's worth. Roosevelt and Hay ought have frankly let this be known, and it wonld have saved some Democratic senators lots of trouble in trying to find out why our marines were al I lowed to Bee the cirons. Col. Bryan's new Issue Is "Shall money changers rule?" Wyllyam j., if yon mean men who have "sugar on the hip," we will answer that no party has ever taken the position that "mnni'a no jMr." OThn a fellow gets his aspirations up and and has enough loose change to make his influence felt, the major ity of tender-hearted Republicans, a a a ! and Democrats, and Populists jusi haven't got the heart to say that he has no rights that are bound to be respected. Stole Boldly from the f oacb and Shot at Trainmen and Officials Who later fered eattfht by Bloodhoands at Leoxth Other Notes. Savannah News, 6th . A desperate negro tramp, Jim Bmltb, entered and robbed the private car of President R. G. Erwin, of the Atlantio Coast Line, at daylight yes terday morning, shot Watkins Dil lard, a porter of the Central of Geor gia Railway, and tried to kill two con ductors, who attempted to arrest him. He wounded himself and jumped from the train and made his escape. Later he was run down by blood hounds and captured. President Erwin'a car was a part of the Central train from Atlanta, for Sa vannah. In it were Mr. Erwin, his secretary, Mr. W. R. Sullivan, Mr. W. G. Elliott, president of the Atlan tic Coast Line Company, and bis sec retary, Mr. R. D. Oronly, and the col ored porter, Ben Moore. The tramp must have boarded the train some where between Mlllen and Oliver, but his presence was not detected until the train waa near Egypt. The tramp after entering the car took the coat, trousers and overcoat of Mr. Sullivan, ard the white vest of the porter, carried them to the dress ing: room. There he discarded his own clothes and donned those he had taken. He was on his way to the door of the car, probably with a view of leaving the train, when he was seen by Moore, who waa preparing to get breakfast. Moore demanded to know what the negro was doing on the car, and waa told, with a string of oaths, to shut up and mind his business or he would be shot, the visitor at the same time dis playing Moore's own pistol, which he had taken when he secured the vest. Moore dived out of sight and at the same lime let out a yell that waked Messrs. Sullivan and Cfonly and brought to the scene Conductor J. 8. Peterson, who was "deadheading" to Savannah, and Conductor J. B. Wheeler, who was in charge of the train, as well as Dillard. The tramp had made his way to the platform of the car. He was there when Mr. reterson reacnea it ana as soon as he opened the door fired at him. The conductor grabbed the negro with one arm and with the other caught the hand holding the pistol and kept the muzzle turned away from himself and the other two men, who had followed him on the platform. Because of the amount of wood, boxes and other thinrs that were on the platform they were unable to reach the struggling men, and didn't dare shoot Assistant Postmaster Wallace Back from Oreeniboro Last Nifht Mr. Rollins Will Oo to Washlaftoa Soon. Assistant Postmaster T. E. Wallace returned last night from Greensboro, where on Friday he attended the meet ing of the Republican State Executive Committee. The algns of the times now appear to point to Mr. Wallace aa the logical candidate for the Wil mington postmasterahip, and with that In view a reporter naked him for an interview upon the situation last night, but he respectfully declined to talk for publication. However, Mr. Wal lace appeared to be well satisfied with the result of hie conference with the leaders at Greensboro, and expects something definite and favorable in the way of news from Washington this week Chairman Rollins will re turn to the National Capitol Monday or Tuesday and will make whatever recommendation is necessary in per son. Mr. Wallace had no talk with ex Senator Marion Butler, who waa at the Greensboro meeting, presumably in the advocacy of either Mr. D. L. Gore or Jno. H. Gore, Jr., Etq., for the Wilmington postoffice. In its re port of the Greensboro meeting, the Charlotte Observer of yesterday says: "Of one thing there is a certainty, the- committee did not allow even a mention of the Wilmington postoffice matter to come before It. Asked about this, an influential member said: 4 We do not propose to defer to Governor Russell in this matter or ask the ad vice of Mr. Butler. The probability is we will go as far away from it as pos sible. You can safely say that Mr. Wallace will be recommended by Chairman Rollins for the Wilming ton postoffice.' " Afj EXIITINQ RUNAWAY. Leeting of the State Executive (Committee Was Held Greensboro Yesterday. in INVENTION ON MAY 18TH. nil be Held Early la the Qate City. tolllss Eidarsed aid Bos q sets Were Thrown at the Roosevelt Ad nlilBtritioa Notes. They say that radium is still worth $3,000,000 a pound. Since the South has got a rake-os of $300,000,000 on account oi tne ftlHtndiona wice of cotton, we are not in the market for any more gold bricks, but we can attend tne radium auction sale when it comes off. We are glad the gallant Hentuckians restrained themselves and didn't open the argument with their corkscrews. tersSn oTtheWBcWf ft ftVlaftU time to turn the pistol on tne pwer two men. Peterson asked his friends if they couldn't shoot the negro to cut Ma throat. In a few moments, how ever, the struggling prisoner bad man aged to get in a ahot that struck the porter in the leg, wrenched himself from Peterson's grasp and jumped from the train, not, however, before Conductor Wheeler had got one shot at him, and a shot that told, for blood was found on the platform. The train waa close to Egypt when the negro left it. and was running oe tween forty-five and fifty milea an haup. No effort waa made to atop and go back, but the matter was re ported at the first stop, and again to the proper officers as soon as Savan nah was reached. Immediate steps were taken to capture the man. Sergeant John M. Connally, of the Central Railway police force, left for the acene of trouble as soon as news of the ,nhYrw reached Savannah. He found where Smith had jumped from the train and tracked him for ten miles on font .ml tinaiilated. He wired to Constable Savate's Spirited Little Animal Smashed Up Twa 8nr.f!es. Constable "luck" Savage's little horse ran away yesterday and carried destruction in the wake of the proces sion for about a doxen blocks. The officer drove up in his buggy at Sixth and Castle streets and proceeded to water the horse. All at once the fiery little animal became frightened at some chickens and dashed off with the top buggy at break-neck apeed before Mr. Savage could recover the reins. The route of the frenzied litttle animal waa down Castle to Fifth and thence on Fifth to Nun street, where two wheels of the vehicle were knocked off agalnat an elm tree. There the top buggy also collided with another belonging to Mr. M. B. Hayes, of the Pittaburg Lumber Co. Sfo TfiS 'YGnawa'T n3rW"tt hmkA inosa from the buesv to which be waa attached and sped on down Fifth to Orange street; then to Fourth ttreri ; to Princess and down Princess into ihe lot back of the old Court House, where he is usually tied by Mr. Savage while attending the magis trates' courts. The little "fellow" was quaking all over with fright when he was caught, but he had al ready smashed up about $25 or $30 worth of buggies. Accordlsg to a New Process. Cspt. Nathan Williams, who pre sides over the destinies of the police department at. night, has launched out Into a watch repairing enterprise ac cording to reports from his friends in the first ward. It Is related of Capt. Williams that hia timepiece a few account of davaago failed him on account oi E2VPt to have bloodhounds sent him, I miiplaced second hand on the dial. je proceeu eu w nuvn. Durham has come within an ace of claiming the professor who be- farmer's ox will get goredVand he tfeves that he nas aiscovereu will think something is wrong with means of perpetual motion through speculation. It is whether the far- the energy of radinm. Greensboro's mer is putting some greenbacKS in i press agent win oe nearu irwiu wallet or in the short one i .h.n thm Anon arrived tne Iran was again taken up. it was iouoweu another eight miles, when the man was found and captured. It waa about 6 o'clock before he waa ! ht Thnuvh wounded in the band, l Buffering from loss of blood and possi- and attempted to repair mo oru.cu mechanism by means of an applica tion of Royal Glue. The captain waa not so deft in applying the mucilage- nous suosiance anu m ouu4o "Z L!"K JSK thereof he is reported to have emptied the loDg that you can tell whether he is for or against speculation. The Star's agricultural institutions are such that we oet that wo size it up cor rectly when we say that as long aa prices are coming his way the farm er will chuckle and let the other fel low do the worrying becanse prices are too high. Probably the farmer would like for the speculators to try their hand ontobaccol Dry weather, cotton ooll weevils and early frosts, are f rionda of the bulls. Plenty of rain and lota of sunshine contribute to the stock in trade of the bulls. While the bulls and the bears fight it out and high prices prevail tne iarmer aiuuco a smile fit for an artist's brush to transfer to canvas. However, here is something from the Washington Star for the .cotton planters to ruminate over and pass on as to whether it is a "bogey" or not: There hsa been of late a widespread and intelligent awakening of interest i ih.Hftctof the cotton supply of the worlu and the part which the United Slates plays In meeting the de mand. Fcr many montha a pro nounced feeling of prevailed in thia country agaioat the manipulations of the market by the cotton speculators. The process of "cornering" the market is 100 lamm-r to require additional illustration. It has been practiced In the case of the American cotton supply for several seasons past la a manner to arouse a general indignation, and now this has been ' followed by a genuine alarm. For despite the protestations of the manipulators, headed by Daniel J. Bully, that the great rlae In price has been due to crop shortage and that the crop shortsge baa been in turn due to a series of entirely biiuu ?u??"s there now prevails a substantial belief RusBia promised Uncle Sam to evacuate Manchuria on the 8th of last October. If Japan can't make the Bear do what it promised, Uncle Sam can throw it np to Russia that she is slower than a hearse. .h-n hn inmned from the train the negro had managed to cover the entire distance on iooj. anu uu wiu reached Statesboro when taken. He was placed on a rreign warn u atarted for Savannah, where he was I expected to arrive, In charge pf Sergt. uonnauy. uui momm .., . ir. man- xne porter uu jxu, . aged to prepare breakfast, but he was badly rattieu. in aerviaic when ne naa occasion w coffee to Mr. Elliott, ne aaaou w gentleman to "tea: una quica, Elliott, 'cause my nan iuw -k" the contents of the whole bottle into the works of the watch. Of courae, It was an accident and Capt. Williams can't nass the "time o' day" with his r.tonria mf mora until he gets the glue out of that watch. Special Star Telegram. :3h. N. a, Feb. 5. At me meeting of the Republican State Ex ecutive Ccmmittee;.to-day, all mem bers were present except R. F.Mebane, of 8pray, N. 0., and J. P. Wilson, of Oharlelte. - State Chairman Rollins presided. An invitation to hold the next Republican State Convention in Greensboro was accepted unanimously and May 18th was named as the date. There will be only one convention, at which delegate's to the National Con vention will be named, and the nomi nation of a full State ticket made. J. L. Morgan, of Marlon, was elected a member of the Executive Committee, to succeed ex Congressman Moody, deceased. A resolution waa unanimously adopt ed endorsing the course of State Chair man Rollins and urging that he be re elected. The meeting of the commit tee was very harmonious. The follow ing resolutions were adopted : "Resolved, That all the people of the United Btatea be congratulated upon the wise, wholesome and conservative ly aggressive admlniatratlon of the Sovernment under the present Chief Executive. We congratulate capital that its every right has been protected, airtl conserved in the fullest manner, while the law haa been honestly and fearlessly executed to restrain criminal trusts and all of the Illegal combinations of predatory wealth. This haa been a blessing to the country at large and an especial protection to all honest capuai. we point to the fact that every such ef fective law on the statute books was enacted by a Republican Congress, and during eight years of Democratic ad ministration not a single enori was made to eu force these salutary enact ment!. "We congratulate labor upon the fact that no President has ever shown greater solicitude and capacity, not only to guarantee to the nation's bread winners the equal protection of law, but also bad the courage and wis dom to use the good offices of his great position to adjust any disastrous dif ferences between labor and capital, as was happily illustrated in the peaceful settlement of the anthracite coal strike. No President bts ever ex hlblled greater courage and patriotism than was shown in that cnaia. 'We congratulate the great produ cLojtxlaji, wbojritalizs the nation's under which they have prospered aa never before in the history of the country. , , "We congratulate all the people upon the foresight and prompt action of the president, which made the great isthmian canal a certainty, agalnat a powerful combination or innuences onnosine. The public sentiment of this country and the world have ap proved the President's course. This interoceanlc waterway will give a newlmpetus to the nation's com merce and be an especial blessing to the whole South. Our concessions on the Isthmus will prove Invaluable in case of war and the construction of the canal will mark a new era In our Industrial development. "President Roosevelt represents the highest type of progressive Republi canism and strenuous Americanism. wi huartilv favor bis renomination and re election and pledge ourselves to use every honest effort to secure that consummation." . Ex-Senator Marlon Butler attended the convention, it is understood, in the Interest of Jno. H. Gore for the Wilmington postmastership. Thos. E. Wallace waa also present in the same connection but no action by the com mittee or declson on the part of Chair man Rolllna was announced. A cllarter was granted here to-day for the Bank of Chadbourn, Oolunv bus count F. capital $85,000 authorized and $5,000 subscribed, oy j. Brown, M. F. Leonhart, R. K. Moore, O. CL Prldgen, E. J. Hacker and J. I Williamson. Thlrtyalx Oat of Portythree Passed Ex amlaatloa lacresse Capital Stock. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh. N. 0.. Feb. 6. The Su preme Court announced this afternoon the list of successful applicanta for license to practice law, showing that of forty-three students who stood the examination laat Monday only thirty six passed. The licentiates are: Thos. A. Alien, Granville ; Edward M. Toon, Columbus: Walter Jones, Hyde; Van Buren Martin, Northampton : Jno. M. WagonerAlleghany: Louis J. Bailey, Tennessee; Arthur E. Tilley, Ashe; Walter M. wagoner, Alleghany; Willie a Bell, Harnett; Julian a Brooks, Union; Jas. M. Carson, Ruth erford; William A. Dunn, Halifax; Chaa. U. Harris, Wakef Judge E. Little, Union; Chaa. E. WIke, Jackson; Wade H. Klnlaw, Robe son; Robert W. Herrlnsr, Bampson; Alfred L. Bulwinkle, Gaston ; LeRoy L. Laasiter, Northampton ; William L. Axley, Cherokee; Jno. G. Danle), Halifax; Gattia H. Diggers, Hender son; Geo. R. Ward, Duplin; Ira E. D. Andrews, Orange; Luren T. Johnson, Sampson; Donald Wltherspoon, Ca tawba; Geo. O. Green, Halifax; Wal ter L. Bwlnr, Forsythe; Gilmer B, Welch, Swain ; Buxton B. Williams, Warren; Edgar D. Kuykendall, Gull ford; Martin O. Newby (colored), Dur ham; David J. Cash well, Cumberland ; Jno. S. Adams, Buncombe: Colin H. Harding, Beaufort; Ernest V. Moore, Alexander. The Goldsboro Furniture Company filed with the Secretary of State to-day a certificate for an increase of its capi tal stock to $150,000. W. H. Borden is president of the company. JAPAN AND RUSSIA ON EYE OF WAR. A Tokio Disoatch Says That Diplomatic Relations Have Been Broken Off. RUSSIAN MINISTER READY. REV. DR. HALE ACCEPTS. Me Will Become Pastor of First Baptist Cbnrch of Wilmington His Work. - Rev. Fred. D. Hale, D. D., of Hot Springs, Ark., yesterday telegraphed his acceptance of the call to the pas torate of the First Baptist church of this city and will ba herd the middle of March to enter upon bis' new work. Dr. Hale was born at Newmarket, Ala., in April, -1855, and is, therefore, in his 49th year of age. He took a literary course at the University of Alabama anu later completed bis studies at the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary at Louisville, Ky. His first charge was a mission in LtJuUvllle, which became a church under his pastorate and grew to a membership of 1,000. His next church was at Owenaboro, Ky., which he aerved three and a half years and then organized the Third church in the same town and waa its pastor five yetrs. The church built a house of worship which cost $45,000. His next charge was at Kansas, .Mo., but his health became impaired and he was forced to take a reBt. By permission he was allowed to do evangelisticsl work durinsr the past year. Poisoned Her IchoorMate. A colored woman who cooks for Mr. H. L. Fentres, of this city, re turned Thursday from Greenville, S. C. where ahe went to accompany home to Gibson, N. a, a daughter of hers who died last Sunday of poison- in. The voune colored woman was attending school in Greenville and one of her school mates is reported to ha riven the unsuspecting woman poison in some candy. The two women had a quarrel about a ring some time before the poisoning. WASTED FOR MURDER. Preparatioss for Dcpartare Are Pi trress lot sad Be Is Expected to Leiie la a Pew Dajs-Popalace el Toklo Not Aware of. Proceedisf s. By Cable to the Morning Star Tokio, Feb. ?. It la clear .that di plomatic relatione between Japan and Russia have been broken off. ' Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister, ia expected to start in a few dsys. His preparations for departure are now progressing. The Russian legation expected Its government to break the silence to day, but no communication was re ceived, except one announcing that troops had been dispatched to Seoul. The populace is not aware of the diplomatic proceedings and although it is generally known that the country is on the eve of a war the people await the crash with the same calmness that marked their demeanor in the prelimi nary stage of the controversy, a sslaWsItloc St. Pbtkbsbubo, Feb. 6. The scene of the Russo-Japanese negotiations haa shifted, and now Ruula waits for Japan, to see how her latest word is to be received. As each communication has passed between the capitals of the contesting powers the situation baa be come more tense, until It is now fear ed diplomacy is making its last ex change and that the questions at issue may go to the arbitrament of sterner methods. Russia to-night is keenly awake to the possibilities of the situa tion and ia eagerly waiting the first in timation which may give a clue to the temper of Japan. The Emperor, in the event of war, may go to Moscow to submit the cause and his fate to the Almighty at thealtar of the Troilzko Monastery, as his f athera have done in the past, before drawing the sword; but, whether he j LI.L 1 1 aoes or not, aim maaiicsiu, nuiuu ui be read In all the churches of the Em pire and posted everywhere, will rouse the patriotism of his subjects. In the hotels and -restaurants of St. Petersburg the situation ia being die, cussed to-night with great aerlousness. The weather is bitterly cold and atreet fires are burning and the people are asking if it is possible for hostilities to beeln at a season when the thermome ter registers forty degrees below tero Fahrenheit in North Manchuria. They are speculating upon the horrors that would characterize such a winter cam paign and wondering if the atory of the Bufferings at Bhipka Pass is to be everlftat if tne worst comes their hardy soldiery can stand the severe cold better than their adversaries. A DEMOCRATIC GATHERING. Dinner ot the Manhattan Club Justice Alton B. Parker Heartily Endorsed for Presidential Bomlsation. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Feb. 6. At a notable gathering of Democrats at a compli mentary dinner given tq night by the mmhAa nf the Manhattan Club to John Hone, the vice president of the Smallj Gastoni The congregation ef the First Presbyterian church of Concord is to build a new church edifice. At Charlotte on Friday Burch Morrison, a negro who was charged with arson, setting fire to the house - of MamlelHafller, in the night time, was bound over to court to be tried for his life. The Ripple says the commis sioners of Yadkinville, in response to a petition irom a large number of citizens, have repealed - the act pro hibitlngjsmoklng in any store in that town. The Ripple says the act was very unpopular. . ' , While picking np coal by the railroad track in Winston a few days ago a colored woman got her hand crushed off by a car wheel passing over it. She did not seethe ap proaching car and a wheel caught her hand and passed over it. While Henry Rufty, a young man of the western part of Rowan county, waa out hunting rabbits Fri day, he fell down a deep gully causing one barrel of his gun to ex plode and lodge its contents in the right side of his face. He will lose the sight of one eye. A few days ago a young son of Mr. J. F. Carter, of Cabarrus coun ty, got a peanut lodged in his wind pipe. He was taken to a hospital, but on account of his youth It was decided unwise to operate. The peanut finally lodged in his lungs and the boy died. Washington, N. C, Gazette' Messenger: "The ltOBe of "Bath," a story written by Miss Llda Tuns tall Rodman, should prove interesting to our towspeoplo, as the sceno is laid at ttath in the year 1711, being a romance interwoven with some facts in the early history of what is now Beaufort county. Salisbury Sunf Senator Sim mons would do well to let up on the Panama question. His set speech did him credit and com manded praise even from those who do not agree to his position. His interview in the morning papers of Wednesday, however, is calculated to call for some explanations. A citizen of Barrlnger town ship tells the Mooresville Enter prise that a negro In Barringer re cently went into an abandoned cot ton patch, gathered the uncracked" bells, cracked them with a hammer, beat the staple with a hickory withe, and in this way gathered cotton that amonnted to $5.08. A gift of $800 has been made to the board of education by Mr. James F. Slate, of Mizpah, Stokes county. This amount is not to be need for payment of board, laundry , bills and room rent, as the regular contributions to the board are used, . but it is to be loaned to young min isters who would otherwise be com pelled to leave college for lack of means to purchase books, clothing . and other necessities. Raleigh News and Observer: The friends of the Baptist Univer sity all over North Caeolina will re joice to know that every dollar ex cept two thousand has been raised to pay the debts dne to that institu tion, and that amount has been sub- a matter, not alone for congratula tion by the trustees and friends of the institution, but to all believers in the education of women in North Carolina. While running sixty mllos an hour, about half a mile north of King's Mountain, Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock, the Southern's fast mail train struck Mis Lula Adams, who was trying to cross the track in front of the engine, and knocked, her fifteen feet into the air and over fifty feet distant. MIbb Adams was InBtantly killed, never breathing after she fell. Miss Adams was em ployed at the Dilling Cotton Mills, which are iusi Desiae me rauroau, STORY OP UNREQUITED LOVE. Summoned as Witness. Mr. E. W. Pace, of this city, has urn. Aage ha8 said that a girl mar ries to gain . her liberty, but wnen she gains it some fellow gets teth ered so close in by the nuptial tie that he hasn't got as much browsing ground as a tied np billy goat. Democratic congressmen are throw ing so much mud in the direction of the White House, that as soon as Congress adjourns Devoe will have to address "A Letter to President Roosevelt." TAR HEEt STEAMBOAT CO. If Uncle Sam causes any more folks to throw np their hands as one man and deliver him some more real estate, Col. Bryan will have to add "anti-ground hog" to his list of issues. The Hon. X'laude Bernard's "open address", to the Republicans of North Carolina didn't fire up we woods enough to make Chairman Rollins come down ont of the locust tree. . New Line Between Wilmlozton and Fay ctlevllle Now la Operation. The steamer "Tar Heel," recently purchased by the Tar Heel Steamboat Company, of Ellzabethtown, arrived on Ita maiden trip under J"" J . T.ff the new management. v.p. n..4.h. the veteran steamboat man, it master ot the "Tar Heel" and the wharf at foot of Chesnut atreet haa hn ftmrared by the new company aa a landing for the boat Mr. .8. M. King, of Ellxauetniown, wm mo -mington agent for the new boat and will look after Ita Interests at thia end of the line. , Mr. E. C. Clark, of Ellzabethtown, one of the atockholdera of the new company, was here yesteraay uutau log the new agent in hia office. Tar Heel Steamboat So. ti,. t Heel Steamboat Company waa chartered by the Secretary of mat Thnraday with principal office In Bladen county, to ua aisa a w w ...mhnata. liffhters. flats and transports, and carry freight and pass engers on the Cape Fear rivet be- tween Wilmington, n. v., .in. n. a. and all intermediate beenaummoned to appear in Raleigh aa a witness in the hearing in reference to the Godfrey bond case in Raleigh nxt MondaV. It was noted in the Raleigh dlspatchea a few daya ago that I t0a y and pr0Dably fatally wounded Col. J. O. L. Harna naa oeen nrre.w i n ilgter jjouisa Barrett, rmman Necro Killed One and Seriously Woanded Another at Tarbore Yesterday. Special Star Telegram, Tabbobo, N. a, Feb. 6.-Infurla-ted by amequited love and because she would not marry him, Randall Pittman, colored, ahot and Instantly killed Masreie Battle, a widow, nere v at-- "It- TJ tT1.A mW h f . ... . . m I Biillnlppl Swmp. it CH.I JottiM Alton a Pjrker. OI I . ... uh. pti.r I ihA mart of anneals, only to be inter-I ain. m. . - - ranted at the end by repeated cheers, I Nashville btraptoc. xne larm- Vioksbubg, Miss , Feb. 6.-Driven SJefffiw "Rih cries of era of Nash county haye "put up" to bay in a dense swamp near wu wood, Luther Holbert and bis wife, colored, wanted at Doddsvllle for the murder of James Eastland, are pre pared to aell their Uvea dearly. The negroes to-day killed four of the State'a bloodnounaa inat naa ww into the swamp, eeverai nunurcu men from near counties are guarding the awampa, and unless the couple at tempt to break through the posse, there are plans to beat the woods thoroughly In the morning. Holbert'a wife is dressed In man's at tire and both ahe and her husband are thoroughly armed. Two negroes were killed by a posse near Belzonia, Yazoo county, to day, One pf them, thought to be Holbert, showed fight when called upon to halt and both were ahot to death. EXCITEMENT AT ROANOKE. "Jndee Parker, the next President of the United States 1" Th o.hiAf iuatlca was there himself, but spoke only of tho good fellowship he had eniiy?i as a memDsr m wo Manhattan Club. -Senator McOarren, who waa Intro duced aa the "Philosopher oi fcuience from Kings County," spoxe oi ino reference that had been made to Judge pvi and declared that he would second the nomination of the chief justice for President of the United HtatM "That gentleman," he said, "pos aesses a atandard of intellectuality and dignity that Is required in inn trim- Among the other speakers was John G, Carlisle, former secretary of the treasury. Former President Grover Cleveland sent a letter oi regret. Russia promised to evacnate Man Prison the" 8th day of October, L.,,,..,! landings. The capital Btock Is but it may turn out that the ground I $i0,ooo,'all paid In. The Incorporators was frozen so hard she just , owwa's , iii uiarx, " pull up the guy stobs of the tenw ; Register, oi on a bench warrantfrom Judge Brown nd th.t warrants had also been Issued for young Dortch and a G. Jones, of iiM.hnvn bnth of whom were !m- a h uiu aw wa - plicated in the transaction but neither of whom bad been lounu, having gone presumably to Atlanta and Jones to parts unknown. Que er Caseat Police Station. A white boy, 14 or 15 yeara of age, falrlv well dressed and apparently a .1-.l kf i nf hia reason, appuea ior iour- Ingatthe City Hall last night. He can give no account of himself; doesn't know his name . and every .ui i.. .am and hears appeara to ILUUft w - him to be excruciatingly funny. He haa not been drinking and hia levity appeara to burst spontaneously irom diseased mind. Smallpox Near Florence. Florence Times: "Dr. Bacot has returned from Monck'a Corner, wheje he looked into the amallpox aituaUon hich he found quite aays there are many cases of n&upn down there. In a very small area that he vlaltea were iuunu u thirty cases ;all of them were of a much more seriouB type than he usually has to contend with. While Dr. Bacot waa there one death occurred from the W. and he waa told that the pest bas gained four prflos victims. had called and renewed hia suit and after insistence, as Maggie waa about a to consent, Louisa protestea, wnere- Nciroes Driven Ont of Town fr Incendiary Talk Abont the Shields fsse. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Roanoke, Va., February 6.Tay- lor Fields, a negro wno waa I charged with talking about the Shields i assault in a way calculated to incite the blacks, waa taken from his home at nt am laat mianiem or muu m TRAGEDY IN A THEATRE. Two Men Shot and Killed byaNtf.ro Ex'ConvIct Murderer Escaped. Porsoed by a Posse. By Telegropn to me jtuornuur Star. Middles boeo, Ky., Feb. 8. In the nr thft Princess Theatre, at upon the man drew his pistol and shot I several hundred men and with a rope MIddleibor0t to-night during a per both and then made hia escape. He I around hls neck carried to the main gnce ofWe8l,, Mlnatrels, John atrlnned to the waist, bound to a tele-1 White, a negro ex-convict, ahot ,and InatantlV allien irauceui.u uu Burns and acciaeniaixy has not yet been apprehended. . Market Street Plazs.- There baa been much ado about the matter of removing the plaza from Markat atreet. between Vtont ana Second, to Market, between Third and Fourth streets. It has been stated that it would be dangerous to the Fire Department and would therefore not be removed to the latter location. Aa a matter of fact the question haa never been considered by the Streets and Wharves Committee and no action oi any kind has been -taken in the premises. To Wed la Savauab. Capt. and Mrs. Walter J. Thomp- son, or Bavannan, wl, w-in-itatlnna to the marriage of their daughter, Mlsa Helen Thompson, and m wnn.m .TafTanon Woody, form- erly of .Wilmington, but now a resi dent of Savannah. The marriage will take place at .9 P. M. Tuesday, ffeD ruary 16th, at St. Paul's Mgtawal ChurVh, Sivannah. Mr. Woody U a nephew or nr. J. u. wwuj, naingtbn. phone pole and unmercifully whipped witn pieces oi eiecine iisui t fTl mMmtnm Ann til IDB1U preacher, have been driven out of Ro anoke for their Incendiary talk about the Bhlelds esse, ana warnea nu. u i- tUThe Roanoke militia which has been ua mia. vm in tneir nail aiuco i..t a.tnvA warn discharged to- 1 mtm i - - night by Mayor Cutchin . MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI. Posse Who ia Parsalt of Two Dtzrocs Killed a Levee Inspector. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. NATOHftz. Miss , Feb'urj 6. The body of Levee Inspector a L. Harde man, who died yesterday at JBlaek I hawk, waa brought here to-day: His death waa cauaea dt if""'""'"""" Inflicted by Alex. Pence and Jim L.eo, negroes, who are at large, pursued by a posse. Hsrdeman reprimanded one of the negroes, -oui u wr lion, clubbed iheMusaector and .hot him in tne neaa ana crr-. teamster was hit bj a stray bullet and may die. A reward of $1,850 haa been offered for the capture of the negroes. killed John Sharp, a switenman, m the employ of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The tragedy waa the result of a threat by the police officer made during the day that he would arrest White tor vagrancy. White escaped, knocking down a ne gro who attempted to sUro him on the stairway, with the butt of hia pUtol, and alio runnlnar over the sheriff or run omint-v. a nosse is in pursuit. White is a hotel waiter and aerved a penitentiary sentence for cutting a woman's throat. , Great excitement waa caused in the theatre by, the shooting and a stam pede and panic waa only averted by cool headed persons in the large audi ence and by the minstrels who went along with the show as if nothing had happened. more nome-maae meat mis 'year than has been done In many years. From every quarter comes reports of large quantities) of meat saved. This means much for those who have made their smoke-house at home instead of Chicago and Oma ha, With cotton selling at 16 cents, seed at 30 cents now comes along - several firms who are dead anxious to pay you 8 cents for the cotton root bark. We may look for one dollar a dozen for the blossoms this summer, and properly cured leaves selling at 35 cents a pouJ. At Marlon, N. a, Thursday night, Llsh Garland shot Ive CalH cntt in the waiting room at the sta tion here. It seems that Garland was drinking and went down to the station and went in the room and there were two negro boys in the room and he ordered the Callicutt boy to wake up the other boy and make a fire. Callicutt refused and he again ordered him to do so and on the boy still refusing Garland caught him by the collar and shot him in the head, inflicting a serious Ami riancrarona wound. The doctors oould not find the ball and think he will die. - Garland made hi escape, but the sheriff is looking for him In every direction. Mooresville correspondence of the Charlotte Observer: Mr. R. S. Templeton, our postmaster, has re ceived from his son in the Philip pine Islands three very interesting curios. One is a bolo blade, which, is used by the natives in war. It is a foarfnl looklnc instrument. A walking cane made of human bones is another. The workmanship Is fine and the cane is very handsome. Tho last 1b a large walking cane, , with some very artistio carving upon it. A snake of the tropical variety is carved upon the cane, and looks very natural. Insidethls stick is a fishing tackle- When drawn ont to full length the cane is probably about twelve, feet In length. It is very light. William, P. WaBhburn, aged 74, a leading Tennessee lawyer, is dead. He was a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Amherst in 1851. He came to Knoxville in 1856 and was a law partner of United States Senator Horace Maynard, "In the civil war he served as a Confederate soldier. Judge J." N. Luce, of New Or- leans, La., general New Orleans ana "lfc""00" . Railway Company, ann ior ine chea and Southern Railway Compa ny, and a well known lawyer, was StriCKen vim ueurai;u" - in the street at Roanoke, Va., last night and expired almost imme diately, aying wnerw u J v..,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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