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VOLUME XXXVI.
WILMINGTON, NY: C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1905.
NO. 44
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VANCE MONUMENT.
Interest in the proposed monu
ment to North Carolina's eminent
statesman, the late Zebulon Baird
Vance, war Governor, and United
States Senator, should be greatly
awakened-this Fail . and Winter.
It is . proposed to erect a $3,000
monument to the great North Car
olinian and every citizen in the
State should subscribe to it. It
ought " to take only a very short
time to raise the small amount
wanted.
The Vanee Monument Associa
tion has the matter in hand, and
we are sure' the readers of! the
Star will be interested in the fol
lowing from yesterday's ' Charlotte-Observer?"-
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"The money which , is being
raised by the Vance Momument
Association is on .deposit at the
Merchants and farmers National
Bank . and is drawing . interest.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins is trustee of
the fund. Yesterday the interest
"for the year was added and the
total came near to $400. The
small sum necessary to carry the
fund to the $400 mark was added
by 'a friend of Vance,' through
Mr. Lockwood Jones, and Ithe
amount on deposit now to the
credit of the fund is . exactly
$400.
"The organization of the Vance
Memorial Association is as fol
lows: '
"Mrs. A. Burwell, president
and Mesdames Lucy Bramtelle
Patterson, Winston ; R. B. Glenn,
Winston, and Geo. W. Moncastle,
Lexington, vice presidents.
''The executive committee is
composed of Mesdames R. Lock
wood Jones, A. Burwell, A. L.
Smith, I. W. Faison, R. L. Gibbon,
Frank Osborne, E. C. Register, J.
L. Sexton and Miss Codie Phlfer.
"The association will make ex
tra effort to largely increase the
fund this Winter. Those who wish
to contribute to this fund may re
mit to any one of the executive
committee or to any of the vice i
presidents or to Mr. p. A. Tomp-
kins, trustee or to the Merchants
& Farmers' National Bank, the de-
pository of the fund.
"Miss Codie Phifer has been an-
pointed by the executive commit-
tee to look up the subject of a
suuanie uesign aim report, it is
nopea ana expecieu to increase
tViia fund trv thrpo tlinnsnnfl 1nl.
lars or more, and that the form I
of the memorial may be a - life-1
size statue of Vance, to be put at
soma-Wtable place - in Charlotte
"It has been suggested that this
association be so changed as to
become the Vance and Ransom
Memorial Association, and that it
I VTS V a
of both Vance and Ransom in the
..niw f Wnonr, Until of
these ex-United States Senators
were war-time men. Both of them
gave tneir lives to me service 01
uie oiaie. 1
pnnf5npd tn Charlotte?, but it is a
State organization. Therefore' a
change by which it would become
a Vance -Ransom association
Wuu,u pCxxCvwjr xCOOuc.
The idea to combine the objects
01 ine monument association wim
a view to raising funds to erect
monuments to both Vance and the
courtly Ransom is a good one.
livery patriotic . worth iaronn-
lan will readily consent to the pur-
pose to perpetuate the memories
of two men who did so much lor
North Carolina and reflected so
rnuch honor on the State they so
dearly loved. Let the good work
go on to early completion.
GOING TO THE COAL FIELDS
- The railroad which is to give
Wilmington its shortest and ear
liest direct connection with the
Tennessee coal fields is the Car-
olina & Northwestern Railroad
extending from Chester, S. C, to
Lenoir and thence 20 miles fur-
thor int.n t.h m mi n tains tn the
new town of Mortimer.
' The Carolina & Northwestern
,- rw.. rwi rSen
Vrnrrl Air TjinM At. Tjin.ftnlnt.nn. N
f! with tn rwiin fWral
running direct to Wilmipgton it
will be seen how important the
Carolina A NnrthwftRtern is tn lis.
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olina and we are 'emindef of its
imnnrtanee bv an article in the
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Charlotte Observer of yesterdayj
The Carolina & Northwestern was
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formerly a narrow gauge railroad,
but it was changed - to a broad
m TT -iTT
gauge a few years ago. Hon. W.
A. Barber, of Chester, is presi-
i.. ,i w. r rv xt:v1o
dent and Mr. L. T. Nichols, gen-
eral superintendent. They were
in Charlntte nn Fridav savq the
m cnanotte on Jriaay, says tne
Observer, en route to Lenoir and
tym tomi;n,, t
1JUcu'um' .
road in the mountains, the pur-
pose of their visit is to inspect the
new extension from
Lenoir to
Mortimer. . This part of the road
was recently opened to traffic,
P.di7Pmnnt is 24 miles bevond Le-
Hidgemom is miies Deyona ue-
noir.and four miles beyond Mor-
timpr Th j line is now onen'to
timer, lae line is now open t.o
jiortimer ana is graueu io XiUge-
mont and will be in operation to
that point by the middle f Sep
tember. The Observer, speaking
of Mr, Nichols' visit to Charlotte,
says: ... . ;: . ';, -
' 4 Every nownd then there is
a utory about the Southern and
Seaboard building to .the coal
fields. Meanwhile 'the people's
own,' has-been saying nothing but
has been digging a "lot of dirt.
Twenty-four t miles extension . be
yond Lenoir upwards into the
mountains is good progress. There
is a logginer -road already built
and in operation from Cranberry
to Pinola, near Xinville. This is
being yxtended to Mortimer on
the: Carolina & Northwestern Rail
road. . When this, logging road is
completed it will make connection
through from the Tennessee coal
regions. This logging road is not
one ove? -which - resmlar traffic
C6uld be ddne but still much busi
ness may be developed over it.
"Edgemont is at the railway
station 1,7750 feet above the sea.
On each side of it mountain hills
arise to 2,500 and 3,000 feet above
the sea. Adam's Knob near Col
lettsville, is 2,500 feet above the
sea. Brown Mountain, near Mor
timer, is near 3,000 feet above the
sea.' Brown Mountain is largely
owned by General j Hoke, of Ral
eigh. General Hoke has for a long
time been president of the Cran
berry' iron mine property. Brown
Mountain has a fine spring near
the summit and a fine site for a
hotel."
The Carolina & Northwestern
will ultimately be extended1 into
the coal fields and it is steadily
headed in that direction.
Speaking of Atlantic City a
lady writer in the Philadelphia
Telegraph says: "It seems that
the white bathing suit, smacks too
much of lingerie to be entirely
compatible with ideas of propri
ety, especially when it is made of
a thin and clinsrincr mAtam'nl
When such a robe is wet it be-
comes semi-transparent, and it
can be readily understood that in
such ise to the majorit of stai(J
i,linitt .. . .. J J OLa4U
humani y it is at once an article
Irom wnicn to avert the eye." It
fan be depended'on, however, that
the majority of humanity staid till
the show was over.
Tlie New York Commercial on
Friday printed a. story that as a
result of the visit of P,.. w
don o the" Southern Cotton Grow-
! As8oation, to New York, a
Wa" street syndicate is to join
the cotton growers in putting up
the price; the syndicate to take
HP a million and a half bales and
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noId thm r a price to be fixed
by the Association when it meets
in Asheville next Wednesday. We
tear the Greeks bearing gifts,
ba's Lo1- Bryan s Commoner
"The Kansas City World defies
anyone to define reciprocity.
Huh! Reciprocity is something
used by the beneficiaries of a nro-
tective tariff to keep people talk-
mg so much about that they f or-
get they are being robbed by the
aforesaid beneficiaries. The World
should hunt up a harder one next
time.- So reciprocity has its uses
after all,
The immigration statistics made
public by the Department of Com
merce, at Washington, on Friday,
Rhow that during the fiscal year
x,vzo,kvy immigrants tanaea in
the United States. This is the
high water mark' for, new comers
4 titst inn 1 1 11
from the old world to the new!
The President might turn his
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Pce mamng aiwauons io wv
nor Cummings and Secretary
Shaw nnles he looks on their spat
comedy instead of a, tragedy,
A itor rom. UP th,e se f
people do little else .but Ulk
aDout nooseveu ana nis aoings,
A woman's face may be her for
tune but what a man aims to do
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I Cumberland's Liquor Law.
Fayettevine observer: ."In the case
of William Mclntyre, tried yesterday
'r retailing, the defendant wag found
guilty, and he appealed to the Supreme
court He gave bond pending the
appeal. This will be the first test
lease before the Supreme Court of the
clause ln the Cumberland county pro-
nibition law. tnat the possession of
inure vuau iwg kuiiuub oi wuiBKey IB
prlma facle evldence tnat
tor is selling whiskey. This case is
further complicated by the fact that
tne whIskey seedf four gaUons and
more, was not actually in possession
of the defendant, but was in the ex-
pres8 omce atWade, addressed to the
defendant, and Vas seized in that of-
fice by Deputy Sheriff Skipper, and
Mclntyre, arrested. No evidence was
introduced to show that defendant
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UTSSSirtt5 e'vTnUn S.
history occurred when street cars be-
gan runnlnS on schedule trips at 1
o-cl0ck They leave hoth SallBbviTy
and Spencer ,every 20 minutes. The
operation of cars will greatly aid the
hl,p,OM .,..., ,
ous sister clues.
DURHAM JENSATION
Ex-Mayor of the City Assaulted
Judge Geo. W. Ward of
Superior Court
INCENSED AT UQHTSENTENCE
Relative of Victim Thought Punish
ment of Negro For Manslaughter
-Insufficient, Flew Into Blind
Rage Held for. Contempt. '
(Sperlal Star Telegram.) ,
Durham, N. C, Sept 2. To-day in
the Superior Court Allen Has kins, a
negro was tried for shooting and kill
ing I. C. Day, a white man. The negro
was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced by Judge, Geo. W. Ward
to 15 months on the county, roads.
The sentence so outraged former May
or M. E. McCown, an uncle of the de
ceased, I. C. Day, that to-night between
and 7 o'clock he proceeded to the
room of .Judge Ward in a boarding
house and protested that the sentence
was out of all proportion to the ne
gro's crime. He demanded that the
sentence be set aside or made larger.
Judge Ward declined to do so, where
upon McCown flew into a rage, curs
ed the judge and assaulted him. Sev
eral Bevere scalp wounds were infiicted
upon his honor and his face was badly
lacerated. . -
McCown was arresxed and at 9
'clock to-night was given a hearing
on the charge of contempt of court.
He was sentenced to SO days in jail
and to- pay a fine of $200. An appeal
was taken. The affair has caused a
great sensation here.
Another Account.
Charlotte. N. C, September 2. A
special from Durham says that M. EL
McCown. ex-mayor of Durham, as
saulted Judge George W. Ward, of the
first judicial district, .knocking him to
the floor of the hotel lobby. The as
sault was occasioned by the imposing
of a two years sentence on Allen Har-
kins, colored, by Judge Ward at the
afternoon session of the Superior
Court, for killing I. C. Day. wiio was a
nephew of McCown. The attack was
the occasion of some excitement Judge
Ward's assailant was immediately at
tached for contempt, and is being giv
en a hearing in the Durham county
court house to-night,
ARRESTED FOR KANSAS CITY
Man and Wife Who Conducted For
tune Teller's Booth at Wrights
ville Past Summer are Held.
Upon telegraphic advices from Kan
sas City, Mo., that they are believed
to be Prof. Harrington and wife, want
ed there for obtaining money under
false pretences, Chief of Police Wil
liams late last night caused the arrest
of C. J. Cooley and wife. Madame Ona,
who have been conducting a fortune
teller's booth at the Lumlna pavilion.
on Wrightsvllle Beach, the past Sum
mer. .
The arrest of the man and woman
was by Police Sergeant J. R. Hardee
and Officer Walker, at the boarding
place of the strangers on east side of
Second, between Market, and Dock
streets. They have nearly completed
their season at Wrightsvllle and in a
short time expected to move to some
other point for the" Winter. Both
stoutly deny that they are the per
sons wanted and point out that the
description furnished by the Kansas
City authorities does not-fit them. A
telegram has been sent by Chief Wil
liams to Chief of Police Vernon J.
Rose, who authorized the arrest and
steps will be taken at once by an ex
change of photographs or otherwise
to establish the identity of the per
sons under detention here.
Mr. Cooley and his wife have been
here since last November and pre
vious to that time give account of
where they have been following car
nivals and street fairs in the North.
They are being detained at the police
station, pending advices from Kansas
City.
MR. BUNTING TO BUILD.
Handsome New Business structure
For Lower Princess Street.
Mr. Justin M. Bunting, who recent
ly purchased a building site of the
Garrell property on Princess street,
announces that work will begin Tues
day in tearing out the old stable build
ing on the site to make ready for a
handsome new two-story brick busi
ness house which he will erect there.
The building will be plate glass and
sand stone front. . There will be
store and office on the first floor and
five office rooms on the second
floor; The building will be modern
in every respest and will add consid
erably to the appearance oi mat sec
tion. . -
Mr. Jnb. F. Garrell, who has sold
the other portion of the property ex
cept what .was formerly the Jail resi
dence, next west of the old Court
House,, will decide this week whether
or not he will: also erect a handsome
business building adjoining on the
east the one to be erected by Mr.
Bunting. Mr.- Garrell favors erecting
a three-story structure but the two
buildings will conform to the same
architectural design. It is hoped that
Mr. Garrell will also decide to build
on the property.
Winston-Salem Sentinel: Mr.
John Nail, who was struck on the head
by a brass staple and seriously injured
at Brown & Williamson's tobacco fac
tory a few weeks ago, was taken" to
Greensboro to-day byjils physician. Dr.
John Bynum. He goes there for the
purpose of having his head examined
by Dr. Long's X-ray machine, to see If
the 6taple is in the head. Mr..- Nail
stated that at times his head gives
him considerable pain. t
Ruffln Lodge No. 6, Knights of
Pythias, of Goldsboro,. has purchased
the valuable corner lot opposite the
postoffice, formerly owned by Mr. L. E.
Edgerton. and will soon begin the
erection of a handsome lodge building
thereon.
CONSOLIDATED PLAN
Princess Street Will Doubtless
Be Wanted For Double :
Track Into City.: J-Z
IMPROVEMENTS AT LUMINA
Contract Awarded ... Yesterday Pur
cJ.ase New Winter Car to Handle
Crowdv Bowling .Tournament V ;
Dancing , This Winter.
The plrtiis of tl.e Consolidated Rail
ways, Light and Power Company for
(he Improvement of its various prop
erties in and around Wilmington and
ut Wri&Llsville Beach are yet in em
bryo according to' a well knowmroftt-
cial of that company,, who was sougfcfej
out yesterday , and asked concerning
the reliability of the several rumors
t&at have been afloat during the past
ten days. That the suburban line as
far as the trestle over the Bound will
be double tracked before the begin
ning of another season is now gener
ally conceded, but the arrangements
as to bringing the double track into
the city have not yet been settled up
on.' It, is known, however, that the
Company favors bringing the double
track down Princess in preference to
either Market or Chesnut streets, but
what will be ultimately done -is yet
to be decided upon. The opinion Is
expressed in some well-informed legal
circles that under Its present char
ter, the company . already has -the
right to lay its double track down
Princess street but whether that
mooted right will be exercised with
out the courtesy of a formal applica
tion to the Board of Aldermen is
doubtful. Mr. Hugh MacRae, who
will finally pass upon .such matters
for the company is now travelling ln
Quebec and is not expected here un
til about the middle of October.
Lumina, a Winter Resort
One thing that has been decided by
the company is to convert Lumina,
the attractive pleasure palace on the
beach, into a resort for Winter. Gen4
eral Manager Skelding, of the C. L.
& P. Co.. yesterday closed a contract
with Architect H. E. Bonitz for en
closing the pavilion with glass. They
visited the pavilion yesterday after
noon and agreed upon all the plans.
The entire veranda on the east and
Bouth sides will be shut in by sliding
glass panels, which may be thrown'
open as the weather conditions per
mit. The veranda; on the west side
will be left open for a promenade and
entrance, and the glass enclosure on
that side made of the ball room prop
er. The north side is already en
closed by the restaurant apartment
A good orchestra will be kept at the
pavilion all Winter and dances will be
given each Saturday night Down
stairs pool rooms will be installed
and other features of tunuseit-wtju
do proviaea.
One of the plans for next season is
to widen the verandas of the pavilion
and to extend that on the east side
50 feet over the ocean at high tide.
To accommodate the extra traffic
which it is expected that Lumina will
attract with its Winter offerings, the
company has placed an order for an
extra enclosed car of the same size
as No. 35, now in use, and furnished
with rattan seats, similar to No. 28.
The new orchestra, from Jackson
Springs, engaged for the month of
September and longer, If satisfactory.
reported for duty yesterday and will
play for the first dance to-night Last
night the crowd was one of the larg
est of the year and there was no sug
gestion of the loss of popularity of
the place by reason of the waning of
the season.
FREE FROM SMALLPOX.
Not a Single Case Now In Either City
or County.
At last the city and county is free
from smallpox. The zymotic disease,
although not feared half so much as
it was in former years, has given the
Health Department no end of trou
ble for the longest kind of a time. Al
though a Winter disease, it has con
tinued through the Summer and has
cost the city much money in the way
of quarantine, treatment etc.
Two colored patients, the only occu
pants of the pest house, were dis
charged yesterday. The quarantine
upon the residence of Mr. George Bur
nett Fifth and Wooster streets, was
also lifted yesterday. The approach
of Winter, however, and the preva
lence of the disease all over the State
the past year, lends little encourage
ment to the hope that the. county and
city will be free from the disease for
any considerable length of time.
Dr. Pigford at Homo. ,
The friends of . Dr. E. 8. . MgWSE "ST T .
will be glad to know that he has Im
proved sufficiently as to be able to
leave the hospital..'. He went to his
home on Grace, between Front and
Second streets, yesterday afternoon
and was cordially greeted by a num
ber-of friends, who called to Inquire
of his health. Dr. Pigford suffered an
acute attack last Sunday similar to
one experienced about a year ago and
was removed at' once to the hospital
A- Wilmingtonian Aboard.
The Star was shown yesterday a
copy of a Boston newspaper contain
ing a graphic account of the hre at
sea aboard the steamer "Kershaw," of
the Merchants' & Miners' Line, which
put into Boston. Mr. W. F. Alexander,
Jr., an old Wilmington boy, now of
Richmond; and a son of County Com
missioner W. F. Alexander, was aboard
the steamer at the time and writes in
terestingly of the excitement among
the passengers at the time,
Ashpole correspondence. Lumber-
ton Robesonian: Mr. Atlas "Bullock
formerly of this place who has been
living near Chadbourn for -several
years, . died last - Monday and was
brought back to his old homo and
buried Tuesday. Mr. Bullock was well
known to all the .older people in the
community and known as a pure heart
ed Christian and all deplore his loss,
He leaves a devoted wife and adopted
daughter, whp will miss hiiri greatly.
RECORD SURPASSED
Cotton Crop VearEnded Yester-
day JShows Bi Increase ;
V "j of Receipts
AWRE-THAN 55,000 BALES
Compilation f Figures for Sixteen
Years Shows Steady Growth of
; Export Movement at Port '
. of "Wilmington.
The cotton crop year for the season
of 1904-1905 closed yesterday. - 'The re
ceipts at the port of Wilmington for
the year ended, with that date were
382,858 bales, the heaviest on record
In Jthe history of the city by over 65,
0 bales, - the;; next approach to the
number .the year Just ended having
been the season of 1902-1903 when the
number of bales received was 328,267.
The receipts last year were 326,708
bales. ,
The foreign exports for the prop
year! ended yesterday, were 374,938
bales against only 326,010 last season.
The domestic exports were 4,974 bales
for the year Just ended against 4,532
bales for the season of 1904-05. The
figures show that Wilmington has re
ceived her full share of the unusual
ly large crop the past year and that
Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son. the
live exporters, have, If anything invad
ed new territory in search of the fleecy
staple. The compresses of the firm
will start up within the next week
or ten days and within a short time
giant ocean freighters will be lying at
the wharves awaiting cargoes of King
Cotton. An interesting history of the
growth of the cotton business at Wil
mington is shown in the table printed
below, which Is a . record of the re
ceipts each season for 16 years. The
statement is as follows:
1904-05 ..383,858
1903-04 326,708
1902-03 328,267
1901-02 284,772
1900-01 ...258,561
1899-00 282,360
1898-99 ' 291,365
1897-98 232,273
1896-97 1 234.664
1895-96 .176,440
1894-95 234,621
1893-94 , ..189,840
1892-93 160,098
1891-92 161,510
1890-91 ....189.325
1889-90 134.916
The monthly statement of the- re
ceipts of cotton and naval stores at
the port is printed in the commercial
column of the Star this morning. The
receipts of cotton the past month have
been 3.9 U bales against only 127
bales during August last year. The
receipts of naval stores for the month
and crop year to date also compare
very favorably with last season. The
crop year for naval stores begins on
Marh 1st
DEDICATED NEW BUILDING.
Notable Ceremonies Yesterday at A.
A M College, Raleigh.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Sept 1. Ceremonies
of dedication of the new Agricultural
building named in honor of. Richard
Stanhope Pullen, at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College were admir
ably carried out this evening in the
college auditorium. After prayer by
Pastor Tyree, of the First Baptist
church, an original hymn by Edwin
H. Taylor was sung by a mixed choir.
President Winston made the opening
speech. Addresses of congratulations
were made by Dr. Richard H. Lewis,
for the State University; President W.
L. Poteat for other colleges; Presi
dent Frank P. Hobgood, for the
schools; Secretary of State Grimes,
for the farmers; Clarence H. Poe, for
the press; R. W. Scott for the trus
tees; Charles W. Burkett for the
faculty; and J. O. Morgan, for the stu
dents in agriculture. An address to
the farmers by Harvle Jordan was a
marked feature.
The building was then dedicated by
Lieut Gov. Winston. Governor Glenn
pledged his aid in inducing the Legis
lature to build dormitories as the col
lege is now full to the limit After
conclusion of the ceremony, then bar
becue was served ln the mess hall.
STATE HOSPITAL INCIDENT.
Coroner's Jury Inquiring Into Death
of Maniao Nail.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, September 2. The
coroner's hearing of the evidence .in
the case of the death of Nail, the
maniac who died after a chase by
State Hospital attendants on Thurs-
aa' "
ter consultation, the coroner an
n'ounced to the public that he wished
to discuss some Information with the
Jury privately and the result would
be announced later. He said he was
advised by th solicitor that the pro-
ceding were ex parte and that it would
be improper and not according to
law to place the hospital attendants
on the stand at this stage of the pro
ceedings. He said there was nothing
to announce as to when the examlna
tion would be resumed but It is
thought as soon as some wllnesaes
from Chatham county, who saw the
body come herv. ' The examination
will bs continued as early as possible
Monday:
DEATH 2,000 -FEET IN AIR.
Awful. Fate of Man With Dynamite in
. Balloon.
Bjr Wtr to The Mo'mlngr Star.
Greenville, O., August 31. Aeron
aut Baldwin, -of Losantlville. Indiana,
was to-day blown to shreds as. his bal
loon was floating high in the air. He
was giving at the comity fair an exhi
oitlon of the use of dynamite from a
balloon for 'war purposes. He had
three sticks of the explosive with him
When he had reached a height of 2.000
feet the dynamite Pvcl dentally explod
ed and the balloon and man were liter
ally torn to fragments, Baldwin's wife
was one of the several thousand per-
sons who saw the accident
MR. SCUDDER'S DEATH
Popular Young Retail' Store
Manager Died Yesterday.
Morning at Hospital
REMAINS SENT TO ELMIRA
Funeral Exercises- Were Attended By
Knights Templar Honors Fatal
Illness Hastened By Strain in '
Surf at Wrightsvllle.
After a critical illness of five days
with acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis
and a very difficult operation for the
disorder at the James Walker MemoyJ
rial Hospital lty-tni8 city, Mr. wuiis
Scudder, manager of S. H. Kress &
Company's five and ten cent store in
Wilmington, "passed away" at 7:45
o'clock yesterday morning." The death
was not unexpected but the news of it
came in the nature of a shock to num
erous friends of the young man in this
city. Accompanied by the grief-stricken
mother, 'a brother and sister-in-law,
the remains of Mr. Scudder were tak
en on the northbound tram at 7
o'clock yesterday evening for inter
ment at his former home in Elmlra,
New York. Brief, but very impressive
funeral exercises were held in Saint
James' church, the rector. Rev. R. W.
Hogue, officiating, just before the de
parture of the train.
Mr. Scudder had been troubled with
the disorder of which he died for sev
eral years, but the late acute attack
was, perhaps, hastened by a strain
which he suffered while surf bathing
with several friends at Wrightsvllle
Beach about three weeks ago. Mr.
Scudder. got beyond his depth and be
ing unable to swim, over exerted him
self in getting to shoal water again.
Inflammation sent in from the strain
and about a week ago he suffered a
severe hemorrhage from the pancreas.
He was taken from his home at Mrs.
Morrison's, on Princess street to the
hospital and everything possible was
done for him, but the skill of the best
physicians constantly in attendance at
his bedside, was baffled and, he passed
away at the hour named. His mother,
Mrs. S3 rah J. Scudder, of Elmlra, and
a brother, Mr. Aaron M. Scudder, and
his wife, of Haddon Heights, N. J.
were with the young man when he
breathed his last. Two other broth
ers also survive, Messrs. Ben. O,
Scudder, of Meadeville, Pa., and Frank
C. Scudder, of Portland, N. Y.
Mr. Scudder was born in Equlnunk,
Wayne county. Pa., on April -17th,
1871, and was therefore 34 years of
age. When he was about five years
of age his parents moved to Elmlra,
N. Y., where he made his home till
about three years ago when he en
tered the employ of Messrs. S. H.
Kress & Company, and was sent to
the South to take charge- of - the
Greensboro store. He remained there
for about a year, and was transferred
to the management of the Wilmington
store in February, 1904, succeeding
Mr. R. C. Rubright This came to
him as a promotion, and immediately
Mr. Scudder, for his business ability
and social qualities became popular.
He was widely known and was liked
by all.
In consideration of his membershii
in the order, Plantagenet Commandery
No. 1, Knights Templar, of this city,
attended the funeral exercises in a
body and in uniform, commanded by
Captain General C. C. Brown. A spe
cial escort to members of the bereaved
family was Sir Knight W. A. French,
Jr. The pall-bearers were Capt James
Morrison, Messrs. J. C. Springer, J.
M. Solky, Adolph G. Ahrens, C. E.
Weatherby, of Faison. N. C., and
Frank Eldridge, of Greensboro, who
came to take charge of the Kress store
during "Mr. Scudder's illness: Mr.
Weatherby, who is a travelling man
and a Knights Templar, accompanied
tne remains as far as Rocky Mount
CONVENTION OF VETERANS.
Will Meet in Senate Chamber at Ra
leigh, October 18th.
Headquarters North Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans.
Durham, N. C, Aug. 30, 105.
General Orders No. 28,
Paragraph 1. A convention of the
delegates from the camps composing
the North Carolina Division of the
United Confederate Veterans will be
held in the Senate chamber at Ra
leigh on Wednesday night October
18th, for the purpose of holding -the
annual election of officers and trans
acting such other business as may
come before the body. Camps which
have paid their annual dues to the
general headauarters at New Orleans
will be entitled to be represented by
the same number delegates as they
Bend to the general reunion.
Paragraph 2. It is earnestly hoped
that every camp will be represented,
and that all staff officers will attend
in uniform. It is much regretted that
no State reunion can be held this year.
Two cities have extended an invita
tion for the reunion next year.
By order of Major-General J. S.
Carr.
H. A. LONDON, Adjutant General
and Chief of Btaft
QUARANTINE AND IMMIGRATION.
Meeting of Southern Governors Call
ed at Chattanooga.
By Wire to T'he Morning Star.'!
Nashville. Tenn., September 1.
Governor Cox to-day sent the follow
ing telegram to the governors of all
the Southern States:
Will you join with the governors
and commercial orders In call for
Southern conference on immigration
and quarantine to be held at Chatta
nooga about November 1st next?"
The object of the proposed conference
is to discuss uniform immigration and
quarantine laws. Governor Cox is of
the opinion that such a conference
would be of great benefit to all States
concerned.;
Tis Often Thus. "Disappointed
in her husband?" exclaimed. Mrs. De
Style In surprise. ."Why, before they
were married she used to tell me that
ne was a ureek god." rso she did," re
sponded Mrs. Van Nobb, "but he turn
ed out to be a regular Bacchus."
Louisville-Journal. .
,; HANGING AT CLINTON.
Ashley ipoor Paid Death Penalty for
Criminal Assault"
(Special Star Telegram.)
Clinton, N. O, September 2. Ash
ton Moore, the " negro who was con
victed at the May term of 8ampson
court, was hanged here to-day. The
execution was inside the jail enclos
ure and only about 20 people witness
ed it The execution was by Sheriff
Aman, assisted by Deputy Sheriff Tur
ner and they performed their unpleas
ant duty well. Everything in detail
was done beforehand and-not a blun
der was made by the officers, who
showed every consideration for the
prisoner while under their care. ,
yfhe unfortunate negro held up well
till the death warrant was read short-
1 V tinfrkra Via nrnn iitnn ai
ly before he was taken from the cell.
when he seemed to collapse and faint
away, though he soon revived. He
showed sufficient erye, and strength
to walk to the gallows and ascend the
steps. When the opportunity - was
given him . to say .what be desired, he
used the time in grayer, though his
words were scarcely audible.. He. re
quested that those present pray for
him and also requested that all shake
hands with him which they did. The
crime for which he was convicted was
criminal assault upon an 11-year-old
colored girl, though he stoutly denied
his guilt of any crime. The drop fell
at three minutes past 3 and in nine
teen minutes thereafter Doctors JJ O.
Matthews, G. M. Cooper and R. H.
McLean, the attending experts, pro
nounced life extinct
The body was given a decent burial
at the county farm. ,
A few days ago the doomed neero
professed the Roman Catholic faith in
the presence of Father Irvin, who was
attentive and kind to him during his
incarceration. ' The first sentence of
the court was that the execution take
place on June 15th and through the
enorts of faithful counsel a respite
was granted till July 17th. and a sec
ond one till September 2nd.
(By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. C, September 2. The
first .legal execution for criminal as
sault in Sampson county took place at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon at Clinton,
N. C. when Ashton Moore, colored.
was hanged for an assault on Camilla
Brewlngtbn. The crime was commit
ted last April. Moore was twice re
spited by Governor Glenn. Only
twenty-five persons witnessed the
hanging, admission being by ticket
ATLANTA'S BOOZING MAYOR.
City Council Condemns Mayor Wood
ward for Conduct at Toledo.
By Wire to The Morning Star
Atlanta, September 1. The City
Council in executive session this even
ing adopted stinging resolutions con
demning Mayor James G. Woodward
for his conduct at the recent meeting
of the League of American Municipali
ties at Toledo. The resolutions were
passed by a vote of 19 afflmatlve to 2
against. The resolution)) declared that
while Mayor Woodward was attending
the convention in his official capacity,
he appeared on the floor of the con
vention in a state of partial intoxica
tion; that he made a spectacle of him
self, bringing discredit upon this city
and outraging the! feelings and senti
ments of the people; that this con'
duct Is not typical of Atlanta, and that
it is most severely censured and con
demned. It was directed that a copy
of the resolutions be sent to the Mayor
of Toledo, the officers of -the League
of American Municipalities and
through the Associated Press to the
leading journals throughout the coun
try, v
Mayor Woodward appeared before
the council and declared that he had
been greatly wronged; that he had
no apologies to make to Mayor Dunne,
of Chicago, for his. attacks upon him
in his talk at Toledo, and while admit
ting that he had drank a little beer,
said he was not intoxicated.
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
Singular Railroad Accident in Eng
land Yesterday.
By Cable to The Morning Star.
Wltham, Eng., September 1. As the
express from London to Cromore on
the Great Eastern Railway was enter
ing Wltham station at full speed to
day five passenger cars left the track
and crashed into the station buildings,
causing the death of ten persons, six
of whom were women, and seriously
injuring twenty people. Among the
killed was the porter of the station
who was sitting in his room on the
platform. He was crushed to death.
Two tickets sellers were buried in the
wreckage but they escaped serious
Injury. The gasometers beneath the
cars caught fire and consumed the
wreckage. Fortunately, however, all
the bodies were removed before the
flames gained headway.
Raleigh News and Observer:' The
question of compulsory attendance" of
children at school in Raleigh was dis
cussed at the regular meeting of the
Raaelgh township school committee
and there was talk of the truant offi
cer. The compulsory school law for
Raleigh township was passed by the
Legislature at its session this yea? and
it is mandatory, providing for fines
and penalties for violations of Us pro
visions and for the proper carrying
out of the law. The schools open on
the 18th of September and the lan
then In effect The act provides that
every child In the township between
the ages of 8 and 12, who are In pro
per physical and mental condition shall
attend some private or public school
during the session of the public school
of nine months. The only exception
made is. for necessary absence, this
to be excused by the school commit
tee or the Superintendent of Public
Schools of the township. The law stip
ulates that every parent or guardian
shall see that the children ln his
charge attend, and if they violate this
law it is to be a misdemeanor, punish
able by fine not to exceed $10, or
by Imprisonment hot exceeding ten
days. Justice of the Peace to have
jurisdiction with the right of appeal
on the part of the offender.
' Myer (entering cafe) "Hello,
Gyer! I heard you quit your job in the
bank. What are you doing nowT
Gyer (seated at table)' Tm a waiter
in this restaurant" Myer "Is it pos
sible V Oyer "Yes; I'm waiting for
my dinner." Chicago Daily News.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Prohibition has caused no falling
off to business in uJs town, not even
in the whiskey business. Durham
Herald.
We have heard much about a re
organization of the Republican party
In this State. If it proposes to re
organize by putting Mr. Marion Butler
in a place of authority its last condi
tion will be worse than its first. Winn.
ton-Salem SentlneL
Rocky Mount tobacco men caw
they will sell more tobacco there this
year than last While the week Is
lighter in weight more acres were
planted the present season than last.
The Composite Tile Comnanv nf
Raleigh, was incorporated Friday with
$125,000 authorized and $15,000 sub
scribed capital. The incornoratora am
W. P. RoBe, D. J. Rose and E. J. Por
ter, all of Raleigh.
A large force of men are at work
on the new hotel which is being erect
ed in Rocky Mount and notwithstand
ing the fact that house building Is
going on at an unexampled rate, the
demand seem to. be creator than the
Bupply. - .
The Dixie Milling Co.. Hedrick.
Foist & Beck, proprietors, reported
last week as to building roller-flour
mills, will erect a three-story building
36x40 feet and equip as flour and feed
mill. Machinery has been purchased.
About $8,000 will be Invested.
Hertford is to build a cotton seed-
oil mill and Ice factory, and for that
purpose a charter has been granted
to the Eastern Cotton Oil Co., with
$25,000 capital stock and privilege of
increasing to $100,000, by W. N. Greg
ory. W. H. White and E. V. Perry, to
operate a cottonseed-oil mill and ice
factory.
For some time the Statesville Oil
Mill Company has been contemplating
establishing an ice factory and fertili
zer plant in Bloomfleld, near lae oil
mill, and now the gentlemen behind
the proposed plants announce that a
building will be erected this Fall, and
that an ice factory certainly, and in
all probability a fertilizer plant will be
put ln operation next Spring.
At Kansas City. Mo., on Thursday,
Capt J. D. McNeill, of Fayettevllle,
N. C, was re-elected president of the
National Firemen s Association, ln ses
sion in that city. Mr. S. J. Bernard,
of Asheviller was elected vice presi
dent both elections being by accla
mation. The next meeting of the asso
ciation will be held in Roaonke, Va., in
1906.
The United States Chrome &
Nickel Co. has been incorporated, with
an authorized capital stock of $500,
000, to develop deposits of chrome,
nickel and silicate in Buncombe
county, N. C. J. Turner Morehead, of
New York, 13 president; Harlan Pager
of Philadelphia, Pa., vice-president;
Jonathan, Jenks, of Philadelphia, sec
retary, and George F. Seaward, of
New York, treasurer; offices of the
company at 93 Cedar street. New York.
Charlotte Chronicle: There is
no discounting the thrift of Gaston
county. ""The Gazette to-day says that
"there's enough ready money in the
banks of Gaston county to. enable our
folks to go to-Dallas next Monday morn
ing and snap up the entire $300,000
issue of, road bonds twice over, and
then have enough asb, left to build
a - hundred thousand dollar, cotton -mllL':
The Gazette points to the ex
hibit of the county banks in substan
tlatlou of its claim.
In the Superior Court at Fayette
vllle on Friday, Line Robinson, the
negro who shot and killed his brother-in-law
in Fayettevllle on the 7th of
June and spent the early morning
hours on an officer's door step, wait
ing to surrender himself, was convict
ed of manslaughter, and was sentencea
to the roads for five years.
At Weldon on Friday, tne jury
awarded S 5.000 damages to Lonnie
Daniel, who sued the Koanoke Mill Co.,
for -the loss on an arm.-
A dispatch from Newbern on Fri
day says: A sad and unexpected aeatn
occurred in Newbern last nigm ai
12:30 o'clock when Dr. E. F. Early, a
young and prominent dentist breathed
his last after an operation for appendi
citis. Dr. Early about eight years ago
cast bis lot among our people, soon
afterwards married and made this his
permanent home. He leaves a wife
and one daughter, five years old. His
remains will be carried to LouisDurg.
the former home of his wife.
The Scotish Chief is urging water
works for Maxton.
Apples are said to be a failure in
Eastern Carolina, but the whole of the
West is filled with them and news
comes that they are making apple
brandy in great quantities. A gentle
man here to-day says it can be bought
for a dollar a gallon ln a number of
places in a number of counties. New
apple brandy is a red hot article and
the man who imbibes much ot it
needs to have a good water system
handy with plenty of ice to boot.
Greensboro Record.
Duplin Journal- Capt Welling
ton Patton, who. keeps Calypso in per
petual motion, is now putting In the
Calypso Flour Mills, with 60-barrel ca
pacity per day. The machinery Is all
new and first-class, occupying his four-
story mill building. This machinery
will cost $5,000 and will be ready for
wheat In three weeks. , Captain Pat
ton will order wheat from the West
to begin his roller process flour mak
ing, to show these people what can be
done at Calypso at his flour mills.
Warsaw correspondence, Duplin
Journal: Rev. W. M. Shaw, ot Kenans-
ville, was here Monday. Mr. Bnaw
speaks ln glowing terms of the exceed
ingly bright prospects of the James
S,rant Institute for the coming term.
This institution is steadily growing ln
favor and deservedly so, for its courses
of instruction are thorough and com
plete, and the Christian influences
prevading the school and the town of
Kenansvllle, in which it is situated,
are unsurpassed by any section any
where. A dispatch from Asheville on Fri
day says: Managev Spears Reynolds,
of the Grand Opera House, this morn
ing received a telegram from w. H.
Barton, ot Chicago, manager for Mr.
Olson, who is to wrestle Proi. a. uno
September 15th, saying that the lat
ter has Just been mailed containing
$100 forfeit money and signea. arucies
for the match. Mr. HIrano, manager
for Prof. Ono, this morning deposited
with Mr. Reynolds a check for $100 as
a guarantee that Prof. Ono will ap
pear on the Grand Opera House stage
September 16th to wrestle the Chic
ago athlete. In his telegram this
morning Barton said that he and Mr.
Olson would arrive to Asheville next
Tuesday, September 5th. Prof. Scho
enfeld. of New Orleans, who is to re
feree the match, will reach Asheville
either Sunday or Monday. The arti
cles signed by Profs. Olson and Ono
are similar to those under which Prof.
Ono and Mr. Frlsbee wrestled. The
winner of the bout is to receive 1500
and the loser $300. Olson will wear
the same kind of shirt known as the
Jtu Jitsu shirt that Frisbee wore.
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