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1 THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1809. JACKSON & BELL COMPANY. TEKMS OF SUB SCKIFIIOS . POSTAGE PREPAID. THE DAILY MESSENGER by mall, one year, 17.00; six months, $3.60; threa months, $1.75 ; one month, 60 cents. Served In the city at 60 cents a month; one week, 15 cents; $1.75 for three months, or $7.00 a year. THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER (twe 8-page papers), by mall, one year, $1.00; six months, 50 cents. In advance. WILMINGTON. N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SO. A BRIEF STUDY OF AN SUBJECT. OLD Booker Washington's pen is fruitful He appears in print often, and, like his speeches, he is wise and discreet and sincere in what he writes. His one theme is the race Question, which he treats with sobriety, good sense and candor. He Is by no means a defender of slavery in the south,, but he has too much discernment not to see something of Its blessings to his race and benefits to humanity. He believes "that south- , ' em slavery laid the foundation for the solution of the problem now before the ....' - south; that the negro, once taught all trades for his master's use or benefit, should bow learn them for his own and V. - his country's, and so bring his mental strength to bear upon the present phys- leal conditions in the south. Meantime, he must keep a strong and courageous heart, and not believe that he can make short cuts, or can better himself by any - ' i 1 process of mere mental gymnastics or j oratory. In Mr. Washington's opinion ' " - the south will gradually reach the point where it will desire an educational or property qualification, or both, applying to both races." If it were not for dem agogues of the Pritchard, Russell, But ler, Pearson kind there could be a wise - . 4 and Just solution that would JricT'to thetSiient "of 'built- races' and to the : - prosperity of the whole country- Un r ' fortunately while among the darker race there are sagacious, frank and able men who advocate measures that are for the uplifting and happiness of their people, and for the safety and peace of society, there are some prom inent negroes who are incendiaries and enemies of both races, although ignor- . . antly as to the negroes, and who are even injecting into the negro mind sug gestions of evil that if acted upon gen- erally would end in a race war and In ' ' the final expulsion of the negroes from the south. Then there are the white office-seekers and suckers who are . mean and devilish enough to so act as - to provoke race strife, and all to retain ! V.- ... or obtain office. Literally they are the public enemies of the state, and are breeders of strife and sowers of seeds of discord and violence between the races. '-.-. . - The Messenger has had so much oc- ' easion to write of the negro question within a year or two it has become rathe? flat and insipid. But constantly there are utterances and published opinion that invite attention and pro voke comment. Just now the attention is directed northward. In New York and Pennsylvania the race question and all that attends upon the large influx '''. of negroes into those states, have awakened public attention and much is written in consequence of the de- . velopments. The Messenger two or three weeks ago directed attention to the complaints of the Philadelphia press to the disproportion of crimein that city among negroes when their num bers were considered. The New York Morning Telegraph has been doing some very positive and sharp writing as to crimes among the blacks. We give a sample that readers of the Mes senger - may see how emphatic and forceful northern newspapers can be . when they handle the negro at their .''t. own doors. The Telegraph says: 'One of the mosit perplexing problems that confronts the police department of any American metroplis is how to cope with the negro criminals. The great est curse of every great city is its col ored population. These black brutes " add nothing Ito Ithe material progress or aggregate wealth of any community but, instead, are a considerable tax on municipal resources and a constant menace to the peace and prosperity of Caucasian citizens. It is the verdict of - police officials that, while possibly there may be some good Senegambians they are all in the defunct condition of .' good Indian. Nothing else serves so well to insure the good behavior of the black brother as six feet of good, heavy soil above, his carcass. Their purpose in the econemy of nature is plainer when it is said that they make an ex cellent fertilizer. No prettier or more satisfying sight can well be imagined than the flowers of Spring blooming above the grave of a negro. V "Police statistic show a startling in crease of the ratio of crime as relating to the black race. The demoralizing effect of such a debasing element, can scarce be conceived from figures. The negro is a constitutional incendiary, and nine-tenths of the arson crimes are charged against him. His inclina tion to theft is Innate, and skill in the matter of stealing is regarded as a vir tue by most of Ithe race." "That Is far too sweeping and denunciatory- It fails to discriminate. As the Messenger has again and again stated, there are two elements or class es among the negroes proper the kind ly, affectionate, faithful, sober, well meaning class, and the low, vicious, un- " ' principled, saucy, bullying, dangerous class. Southern whites perfectly un derstand this and "govern themselves accordingly." The "colored" folks are not included. For the most part they . are decent, well behaved, intelligent,- not given to the dark crimes, fond of official grub, but self-respecting in the main. There are not many Tom Mil- , lers among them, but when revolutions set in the Toms are politely invited to pack and go and keep going. There are signs visible that the youth of the "yel low" class in Wilmington are not as re spectful and well behaved as their par ents should compel them to be. But the Telegraph's onslaught is too bitter and vituperative. It shows how quick the north is tiring of "the man and brother" as a a freeman and citizen and toiler, and, perhaps, voter. LITERARY GOSSIP. X.?AJ coined the word "Folk-Lore" and start riucu lxac nuiu r i n k i t ri m mii m i m r ed the famous and very instructive "Notes and Queries." Crawford's "Via Crucis" is popular, as four large editions have been ex hausted in three weeks. The two lead ing literary big dailies, New York Tri bune and Evening Post do not praise It. The latter rather damns as dull. Walter Bagehot was a very striking author in his day. He was but fifty one at his death. Sir Grant Duff in a recent address said of him: "Perhaps its most remarkable fea ture was : its unexpectedness. How ever well they knew him (they could . not foresee how he would express him self on any subject, but when they knew it, they had in the immense ma jority of cases to admit that what he said was admirably said." The Tribune critic is no special ad mirer of Zangwell, the English Hebrew novelist. Recently he wrote of him:" "Mr. Zangwill'e characteristic traits, as reflected in moat of his writings, are not particularly alluring. The epi grams of which he seems so fond are apt to be thin and brittle. His philos ophy is not very deep, though he has a way with him suggesting that he takes ' t very seriously." . . -ine able and charming historian John Richard Green, the Englishman, said of the greatest living poet, that he "is the" greatest master of poetical" language since Shelley, but he can't think." This describes other, poets as to the last part, as well as some highly descriptive and sensational latter-day novelists they - "can't think." Swin burn is the poet meant. " - Mark Twain is writing a novel anti Gilbert Parker has one ready. The, novels come out each week by the dozens. Max Nordau who wrote the "The De cadents," a work that was vastly abused, but contained no little of truth, writes that Markham, the California poet, "is a great poet," and says that there "is sometimes a Mlltonian ring in his verses and Swinburnian' richness in his rhymes and rhythms. And as to his philosophy and emotions they are of the noblest kind." Being -a foreign born how much does he know of the i poets named in the original? To appre- ciate either they must be read in their ; own tongue, " 7Ll appreciated true genius of many grades and kinds, gaveto Charles Lamb, whose "Elia" is certain of a long life, the name of "St. Charles," a misnomer but showing Thackeray's love and ad miration of one of the most original and absolutely unique essayists and critics of all this world. A new work Is Issued on "Pompeii: Its Life and Art" by August Mau ,a German archaeologist. It is well trans lated by Professor Kelsey, of University of Michigan. London "Literature" makes a remark or prophecy of the novel production in full accord with what the Messenger has Iterated and reiterated. It says: "There are readers and readers, as there are publishers and publishers, and some of them know that the beat work is seldom that finds a market im mediately. Many t novels are "boom ing" to-day will be dead and done with to-morrow." -' ' . Judging by the rush of readers for current fiction it would seem as if the least cultivated were the devourers. In the death of John Codman Ropes, of Boston, history has lost its soundest, most conscientious and most judicious American writer. If this country has i produced a fair, just, careful historic writer it is he. His work on the "Bat tle of Waterloo" is by odds Jibe best ever published among: scores upon that disnutcd.'mlsunderstood decisive bat- rfle.' He was preparing a work on the war between the states and it would have been as free from local or section al prejudice as it would have been pos sible for a northern man to have writ ten. Fisk teams with misrepresenta tion and prejudice and imperfect infor mation. He is no historic guide to be followed. To Cure a Cold In' One Day i Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. i All druggists refund the money if it i fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. THANKSGIVING. It Is very meet and proper that the people of North Carolina should ob serve a day of thanksgiving and prayer at least once in a year. A Christian people cannot well, afford to disregard this duty which also should be a pleas ure. They should not have to await the summons of such typical Christians as William McKinley and Daniel Russell to assemble in solemn worship to thank sincerely Almighty God for His mani '. fold blessings and mercies. The Mes ; senger aforetime insisted that it be ! hooved "every Christian church to sol ', emize. a day set apart by it for special praise, adoration and gratitude to the Father of all, and the bestorer of all graces and benefactions and mercies. In the remembrance of the unnumbered bestowments and most gracious protec tion all who name the name of Jesus should assemble to offer unto their Heavenly Father the sacrifice of brok en and contrite hearts. We read a son net that appeared nameless in the New York Churchman. It is clearly the ex pression of an humble, sincere, seeking believer. It is appropriate to any day and today and so we print it. It is en titled TWO THANKSGIVINGS. For all the past, my tender Father, God, I thank Thee: for the joy, the love, the pain. The rapture of the eoul, the thinking brain; Yea, for the smiting of Thy thorny rod, I thankThee as a child would grate ful say -Grace after meajt before he went to play. And for my future, cloud or sunshine sent, Alike slide down from heaven's high battlement: I fear not, but as patient pilgrim waits Outside the portals of some city's ' gates, I linger for Thy opening hand to show The unknown, palths down. Which my footsteps go. Ithank Thee, Lord, for all that is to come I say this grace before my meat, and tttien am dumb, f ROBERT V. VANCE. Thousands of North Carolinians will regret to learn of the death of General Robert B. Vance, which occurred near Asheville, on the 28th Inst, 'aged 72. He was an elder brother of. the late Senator Vance. He was a Christian gentleman, true in every relation of life, a brave confederate brigadier general, a consecrated Methodist, a man of gifts but inferior to his great brother, and held in high esteem by every one who knew the man.- We do not recall ever having met him, but all we ever heard of him was good. The brothers were very much attached to each other. The humorous and witty senator once said, "Bob is a Methodist and I am a Pres byterian. Bob believes in falling from grace but never falls. I do not believe in falling from grace and I am always falling." He served faithfully through out the great war, and was a represent ative in the federal congress for thir teen years. He was indeed one of the purest, truest, best of men, without envy and without reproach. We can have no doubt that he was fully ready for the inevitable change and that his end was peace. But few homes in North Carolina or in southland ever gave to their country two such men as Mrs. Morris' Letter to EVERY WIFE AND MOTHER. LETTER TO MRS. FINKHAM NO. I4i33 . " I have taken eight bottles of Lydia with eratifyin results. I had been - married four years and had two chil dren. I was all run down, had falling of womb with all its distressing symp toms. I had doctored with a good physician, but I derived very little good from, his treatment. After taking a few bottles of your medicine, I was able to do my work and nurse my seven-months'-old babe. I recommend your medicine to every wife and mother. Had I time, I could write much more in its praise. I bid you God's speed in your good work." Mbs. L A. Mobbis, Wbxaka, Puts am Co., Fla - ; " Dear Mbs. Pixkham When I com menced the use of your remedies I was very bad oft. Every two weeks I was troubled with flowing spells which made me very weak. I had two of the best doctors, but they did not seem to help me. s "They said my trouble was caused from weakness and was nothing to worry about. I felt tired all the time; had no ambition. I was growing worse all the time until I began the use of. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I am now able to help about the house, and am much improved in health." Mrs. A. Wajleeb, Calijcoox Depot, N. Y. Robert and Zebulon Vance. Thank God, for such gifts to mankind! In a careless moment the New Or leans States casually alludes to the af fair of 1861-65 as "the civil war." We should as soon have expected such a slip from the Atlanta Journal or Rich mond Dispatch, or even the staunch old Wilmington Messen&er .-Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier. The Messenger has rarely written it "the civil war." It has preferred the usage of Alexander H. Stephens "the war of the states." But for two or three .years, catching the cue from our able friend. Captain Samuel A Ashe, of Raleigh, an excellent journalist and true ex-confederate officer, we have adopted "the War of Second Indepen dence" as more accurate and expres sive. " - BREVITIES. facilities for iron, and in steel orkhas no equal. Such is the contention of the Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore. i Why will not Secretary Long resign? : It would be a blessing to . the country, a relief to the cabinet, and instance of I good self-measurement. Let his go j quick and not stand on the order of his ; going. i Lieutenant Schley, son of the great i rear admiral, has been appointed ad-;- jutant. He is thirty-five years old. i He will do if he Is "a chip of the old ; block." American soldiers In the Philippines are cruel and kick their prisoners of i war. So it is telegraphed from Manila r on 23rd. But mark. The brutes who so maltreat prisoners are negroes. But why employ such troops? Aguinaldo is a provoking fellow. He is a mean man. He would not let the Americans capture him. He is very ; naughty as well as troublesome. The able Richmond (Va.) Central Presbyterian takes this view of Rob erts, the polygamist: "He was not Jawfully elected in the same sense that a convict in the peni tentiary cannot be. One who is a crim inal In the eye of the law, has not a title to a seat in a legislative body." The army of the Boers does not ex ceed 42,000. The British now have In Africa a strong force that is increasing. A call for 10,000 additional troops will be made, William James Is now claimed to be the "father of railways" and not the long honored George Stephenson. - In England $2,000,000 have been raised for the relief fund of those suffering from the African war. A colored member of the W. C. T. U. , writes to the , Charleston News and Courier that the evil of drink is very great among the negroes in South Car olina. Is it not the case everywhere? The Messenger called attention a few days a go to the aggressions of the re publican party upon the liberties of the people, and the recent outrage perpe trated by them in Kentucky at the late election when "United States soldiers were taken to the polls, thus menacing the electors and violating the sacred, supreme, reserved rights of the state. An intimation comes from Washington and Louisville, Ky., to the effect that the republican governor, made so by bolting democrats, "may call upon the president for federal troops to aid in seating Taylor the late gubernatorial candidate on the republican ticket," This may characteristic as it is dangerous to liberty. It is worse, it is a great reflection upon the intelli gence, character and rights of the American people. The Houston (Texas) Post remarks: "It is true that the federal constitu tion contemplates and authorizes the use of the regular army in influencing or settling matters of local charactter only when the governor of a state shall have exhausted the state's power and resources unavailingly in putting down riot or disorder, but of late years this wise provision has been more than once disregarded and the strong hand of the general government has been 'felt in directions where . it was not rightly used. In a strike i nthe state of Illinois Mr. Cleveland, it will be remembered, used the army against the strikers when - the governor of the state not only did not call fdr Federal aid, but actually protested against the presi dent's action. It is, not yet forgotten how the federal troops bolstered up the rotten carpetbag governments of the south for many years." Tom Reed has a book out he calls "A Manual of General Parliamentary Law, With Suggestions for SDecial Rules." -The way Tom ruled as speaker, being a law unto himself, does not give assur ance that he knows anything worth knowing of how to preside over a delib erative assembly. But Teddy indorses it, but then what does Teddy know of j parliment or anything, worth knowing? ; He is a "rough rider" in politics and a j blatherskite at best. Perhaps Tom j -tells how not to govern a congress by : law. But he lately gave the republi i cans a warning. He is not cock-sure that they will win in 1900. We copy j from that goldbug, imperialist organ, ! the Philadelphia Record: "So far from sharing in the party ex ' ultatlon over this year's elections, Mr. Reed pointed to the significant fact that in Ohio the Republican candidate for the Governorship, who represented the gold standard and was against" the Free Silverism of Bryan and McLean, was a minority of 47,000 in the total vote. This is a strong contrast with the result two years ago in the Buck eye State, when McKinley, who repre sented the gold standard, had a major ity of 37,689 votes over all opposition. "It is not that Mr. Reed thinks that these opposition elements in Ohio and elsewhere are likely to unite against the Republican party in the next Pres idential election." You Try It. - II Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure, which is sold for the small price of 25 eta., 50 eta. and $1-00, does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund your money. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee. xrlce 25 eta. and 50 eta, For sale by It. R. Bellamy. STATE PRESS. Cjnundrumi: If , $10,000 house and lot are assessed at $3,500, what should be the assessment on a 10-cent con science? Ashevilje Citizen. . No county in this state has made in the last few years or is making now, greater progress than . Moore county. Our towns are am prosperous and mak- ' tag material advancement, new brick stores, factories, cotton mill, banks, electric lights, water works, new hotel &c, &c., have been started in the most s of them and more are to be built in the near future, some, ox our. towns are making rapid progress and especially 1b this true of Sanford and it has a stun brighter future before . It. Our county outside of the towns is also forg ing ahead, farms are 'being improved, new houses being built, new fences put up, crops are being divers iiL- and plaoea that only a short time a.av -were a 'barren -wilderness are now -beautiful fruit farms. AUbemtarle Telegram. The Staunton, Va., News calls at tention to the fact that "of the stocks held by the New York Life the Equta ble and the Mutual Life Insurance Companies of New York- at the begin, ndng of the year only $226,000 was in. vested south of the Potomac" There Is no lack of opportunity for safe and profltaible investment of insurance pre miums or any other money in the Boutin, touit what is needed here is not so much that tThese Northern companies re-invest here all or a part . of the money they collect here, as that south ern people organize and conduct their own insurance companies and get the dividends as weii as the benefit o a part of the surplus. The Staunton pa per says the northern) companies would find southern; cotton! znilis and iron furnaces yielding as good returns as the railroad, bank andi trust company stocks in which tihey put their money. Charlotte Observer. . Nearro Teachers Charged With Forgery Lumpkin, Ga, November 29. Four negro public school teachers In this county have been arrested at the in stance of Colonel Tomllnson, county school commissioner, on - a charge of presenting forged teachers' licenses purporting to be from adjoining counties. 'THE SHELL-FISH COMMISSION Question as to Salary of the Old Com missionerNumber of Crop Liens Greatly Reduced Our Congressmen on Question of Seating Congressman Elect Roberts. . - Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, November 29. Theophilus White, chief shell fish commissioner, is here, and will at tempt to have the supreme court pass at once on the question as to his sal ary. His friends say the only ques tion is whether he will receive the $75 per month which he was paid formerly, or the $2,800 a year which the last legis lature fixed as the salary of the entire board of seven shell -fish commission ers. It would be a great surprise if the supreme court decided him entitled to the salary of seven men. Congressman Atwater of this "dis trict, was here yesterday. He is a populist-democrat and says he will go in the democratic caucus. He also says he will object to the taking of the oath of Roberts, of Utah, if no one else will do so. He declares that the virtue and' the decency of this country oppose the seating of Roberts. The register of deeds of this coun ty says that the number of crop liens and mortgages this year is very much less than in former years. This is a good sign. The great majority of the farmers are in good spirits. Eight cent cotton is now practically in sight. The equity and law dockets of the United States circuit court will be tak en up here next month by Judge Pur nell. - There are forty cases on the two dockets. Revenue officers made a raid in Moore county last night and captured an illicit distillery of. 100 gallons ca pacity. , In the supreme court today the first case . taken up was a free pass case against the Southern railway. It is from Burke county. The suit is for the issue of a free pass to T. N. Hallybur ton. The complaint set forth that this was, discrimination, in yiolation of the railway commission act of 1891. In the lower court the indictment was quash ed, on the ground that the act of 1899 creating the corporation commission repealed the act of 1891. Then there was an appeal. Ex-Justice Avery ap peared against the Southern today and argued that, since the decision by the supreme court in the Abbott-Bedding-fleld case the act of 1891 has never lost it validity and force, the case un der argument has equal vitality, and that the Abbott-Beddingfleld decision sustains the bill Of indictment. The state charters the Elizabeth City Milling Company, capital $8,000, stock holders George .Beveridge and others. It will grind rice, corn, oats, etc. The attorney general today began the ( compilation of this year's returns of ' criminal statistics. It is the : belief ' that it will show a decrease of crimes . as compared with previous years. Congressman Bellamy says in an in terview for The New York Herald in 1 regard to the matter of the admission of Roberts to congress: "The allega : tion against Mr. Roberts should be : investigated by a congressional com ! mlttee and report made to the; house, j His case shall then receive my con i scientious consideration, being gov erned by theevidence and the consti 1 tution and laws." Congressman John H. Small, ot the First district says in a similar inter view: "I have not yet considered care fully the question of the expulsion from congress of Representative Roberts, .of ? Utah. Considered purely as a' moral i question, only -one conclusion seems ; possible, but it may well be that Mr. ; Roberts has acquired certain j rights ; guaranteed by the constitution and the ; laws which the house cannot safely disregard. The right to expel a mem ' ber . conferred by the constitution is not to be exercised in response to sen s timent, prejudice or even on moral grounds, but only within the limitation imposed by law. Utah is -n. sovereign state and a majority of the qualified electors have chosen this representa tive in congress. It is no light matter to over-ride the will of the people and the people of the south have a peculiar interest in maintaining the rights of representatives bearing the credentials of their state." - - Grand Mastor of Masons Noble calls a meeting of the grand lodge at Ashe ville tomorrow for attending the fun- al of the late General Robert B. , Vance. THE FLORIDA SENATORS H IP. Charges of Taliaferro's Election by Fraud or Bribery Denounced as False. Jacksonville, Fla,, November 29. As the charges filed by ev-Senator Call against the Florida legislature were so widely published throughout the United States stating that Senator Ta liaferro was elected to the United States senate by corrupting the Flori da legislature, a representative of the Associated Press sought an interview with Senator-Elect Taliaferro, but he treats the charges with silent con tempt. In order to inform the public at large as to the truth of the charges, interviews have been secured from those in a position to speak with au thority. State Senator H. H. McCreary, one of Call's leaders in 1897 and one "of the leading opponents of Senator Talliafer ro in the legislature of 1899, says: "There was no cleaner or more gentle manly contest. Senator Taliaferro's victory was due to his superior gen eralship and Senator Pasco's over confidence. The charges of Senator Call are an insult to the Florida legis lature and to the state, and the United States senate should . treat them with the contempt they deserve." "Hon. Frank Adams, president of the Florida senate, denounces the charges and pronounces them baseless. - Hon. Robert McNamee, speaker of the house, says the contest was the cleanest ever conducted in the state of Florida and that Call's charges are buncombe for some ulterior ' political motive yet to be disclosed. Sick Headaches. The curse of overworked womankind are quickly and surely cured br Karl's " ' "vk uic iai viwu ruil. fler and tissue builder. Money refund! ?d tf tujt satisfactory. Price 25 cts. anj oo r or sa.i dt n. tu cevimy, A Honduras Company Chartered. i Richmond, Va., November 29. The I Virginia-Honduras Plantation Com i pany, with a maximum capital stock j or jjoo.ooo, was granted a charter here ! today. - The company has a big grant from the Honduras government to coy er valuable rubber trees and fruit lands, both of which they will develop jarge local and northern capital is represented. - . ' - The' Best PerscrlptionFor Chills, and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. The formula Is plain. ly printed on each bottle, showing that it Is simply Iron and Quinine in a taste less form. Imitators do not advertlsfl their formula because if they did they know tbat you would not buy their medicine. Be sure then that you gat urove-g, as tne formula , show what you are taking. xo CirRK NO PAY thm 60 cents. Right of Military Authorities to Close : : Stores. Jacksonville, Fla., November 29 Two important suits involving the right pf military authorities to close stores which are considered detrimental to the health of the soldiers were decided here today. The United States was the real defendant In both, although both were directed against Colonel W. T. Durbln, who commanded the One Hun dred and Sixty-first Indiana reelment in Jacksonville in the camp of 1898. Two merchants who established stores near the regiment and sold fruit, liquor and other prohibited articles and refusing to close on request, were ordered to close by Colonel Durbin. Both brought suit, claiming heavy damages and in one .the verdict gave $300 and in the other the finding was for the defend ant. The claim for damages was based on the alleged forcible manner in which the stands were closed and the threats that were said to have been made by the colonel. The court chare ed that the military authorities had the right to resort to the closing of the stores if the evidence showed that the Injury to the soldiers was real and not imaginary and to use force" If neces mi IS THE TIME TO MAKE The WilmiDgton Savings and Trust Co., Deposits made on, or before DEC EM HER l.t, begiu to bear ioteiest on that uatt, at ihe rate of four per cent, per annum. COMPQUNDED QUARTERLY. W. NORWOOD, President. - H. WALTERS Vice President J. S. WORTH, Acting' Cashier. THE MURCHIS0N OF WILMINGTON, CAPITAL $200,000. RECEIVES DEPOSITS SUBJECT TO CHECK. LENDS MONEY. Makes Collections Anywhere. Buys and Sells Foreign Exchange. Furnishes Letters of Credit, Available all over the World. Polite Attention, Prompt Service ani Liberal Dealings Guaranteed. H. C. MoQUEEN, . President rnXTTTi NATIONAL BANK Condensed from Report to Comptroller at Close ot Business 7th September, 1899. ASSETS. T T A T3TT TIPTOO Loans and discounts......... J369.413.49 Bonds at nar . H7 5MWinfV ..... .t Banking house furniture and nxtures 23,000.00 Redemption in fund with U. S. Treasurer 4 fain nn Cash on hand and due from Banks 7,210.13 $8U,423.6i $611,423.62 We are steadily Dloddine alone:, doiner a safe and-ronaervativp hnslnpss. We will be pleased to have your account, and offer vou absolute aafetv. and all of the accommodation that account rates possible. J OHJN S. ARMSTRONG-, Act. Cashier President. " ATLANTIC NATIO N AL BANK, WILMINGTON, N. C Capital, - Si 125,000. Surplus and Profits, 100,000. Deposits, - - 1,084,000. Total Assets, - 1,353,000. .QSTANDS FIRSTe ON THE HONOR ROLL OF NATIONAL BANKS IN WILMINGTON AS TO STRENGTH, AND LEADS THE STATE IN DEPOSITS AND ASSETS BUT WE WANT MORE BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTS, NO MATTER WHETHER LARGE OR SMALL J. W. NORWOOD, President LEE U. BATTLE, Cashier. i VIA t VESTJ)0VEV )m t 'Buck" Stoves and K anges. Having sold more of these goods past year than has been done by all the dealers in Wilmington combined of H IGH GRADE GOODS. Only White Enameled Lined Oven s and Doors thmt wtu ntuuinat These we will warrant In every particular. PURCELL BUILDING. THANKSGIVING WFLL TAKE A' LOOK AT MY Clothing, Overcoats, Shoes, : IN GENERAL. H J SOME NOBBY THINGS FOR A. SHRIER. A DEPOSIT If? NATIONAL BANK, J. V. GRAINGER Cashier. OF WILMINGTON Capital surplus and profits'. . . $120,820.02 nmnlaHnn on nnn w. ................... ev,VW.W Total deposits 350, 603. 60 Bills payable.. 50,000.00 will warrant, and at the very best J. W. YATES, There is Nothing That fits a man, feels as comforta ble, looks as nice and wears as easy as his skin. Next to that comes our cele brated MEN'S $3.50 SHOES Snow's name on the straps is suffi cient guarantee that they ARE ALL RIGHT. SOLOMON'S SHOE STORE. We close at 7 o'clock except Saturdays. TURKEYS Dressed and undressed now on sale, aTl A Oil tV. "fWtnn-n T . . uiuga. ceiure supply ing: yourself with your THANKSGIV- v uumci, give uw ini upporxuiiTty ito CRANBERRIES. CELERY, MINCE MEAT, JELLIES, PRESERVES, and anylthing: else you want in staple and fancy groceries. You can get here lower tnan anywnere else in the oity. l : . i a yujujiLy- considered. THE KING GROCERY CO. B. F. KING. Manager," 'Phone S87. Fouith Stre Bridge WILMINGTON, N. C. GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED WILMINGTON, N. C. SOON BE HERE, AND YOU MAY NEED A NEW. SUIT. .Hats and Men's Furnishings MEN AT MODERATE PRICES. PUT SALT ON HIS TAIL was. the old advice as to how 'to catch your bird. Caution is necessary in the selection of your .Thanksgiving; turkey if you buy from a market less relia ble ithan the undersigned. We will will have nothing but the beat corn and sea fed birds, tender. Juicy and delicious in flavor, and Jat enough to make it rich and lucious in eating. Our Thanksgiving stock of meats will be unsurpassed. I. B. RHODES Front Street Market. :M if TO ALil, POINTS. wm-mi m mm, Schedule in Effect November 5th, 1899. Train 41. Leave Wilming.on 3:05 p. m., arrives Lumberton 5:15 p. m., Pembroke 6:35 p. m., Max-ton 6:06 p. m.. Laurinburg 6:23 p. m., Hamlet 6:53 p. m. Connects at Hamlet -with trains for Monroe, Char lotte, Athens, Atlanta and all points south; and with trains for Haleisrn, Portsmouth, Richmond, Washington and points north. Train 41. Leaves Portsmouth 9:20 a. m.. arrives Weldon 11:43 a. m., Raleigh S:?.6 p. m., Sanford 5:05 p. m., Hamlet C:53 p. m., Wadesboro 8:10 p. m.. Monroe 3:13 p. m., Charlotte 10:25 p. m., and Atlanta 5:20 a. m. Train 38. iLeaves Atlanta 8:50 p. to., leaves Charlotte 5:00 a, 'm., arrive Mon roe 5:45 a. m., "Wadesboro 6:51 a. m., Hamlet 7:43 u. m., Sanford 9:52 a ra., Raleigh 11:13 a. m.. Weldon 2:50 p. m., Portsmouth 5:20 p. m. Train 38. Leaves Hamlet 8:20 a. n., ar rives Laurinburg 8:46 a. m., Maxton 9.05 a. m.. Pembroke 9:31 a. m., Lumbercoa 9:53 a. m., Wilmington 12:05 noon. Train 403. Leaves Washington 5:00 p. m., Richmond 9:00 p. m., Portsmouth 5:45 p. m., Weldon 11:10 p. m., arrives Raleigh 2:14 a, m.. Sanford 3:33 a. m., Hamlet 5'07 a, m., Wadesboro 6:01 a. m., Monroe 6:53 a. m.,- Charlotte 8:00 a. m., Atlanta 2:50 p.- m, Train 403. 'Leaves Charlotte 8:10 a. m., arrives Lincolnton 9:22 a.' m., Shelby 10:10 a. m., Rutherfordton 11:25 a. m. Train 402. Leaves Rutherfordton 4:53 p. m., arrives Shelby 6:05 p. m., Lincoln ton 6:56 p. m., Charlotte 8:20 p, m Mon roe 9:10 p. m. Train 402.-r-Leavea Atlanta 12:00 noon. Arrives Monroe 9:30 p. ra., Wadesboro 10:30 p. m., Hamlet 11:10 p. m., Sanford 12:55 p. im., Raleigh 2:00 a. m.. Weldon 4:55 a, m., Portsmouth 7:25 a m., Rich mond 8:5 a. m., "Washington 12:41 nojai. Train 18. Leaves Hamlet 7:15 p. vr. Ar rives Gibson 8:10 p. m. Returning leaves Gibson 6:50 a. m. Arrive Hamlet 7:40 a. m. . . -Train VI. Leaves Hamlet 8:40 a. m. Ar rives Cheraw 10:00 a, m. Returning leaves Cheraw 5:00 p. m Arrives Hamlet 6:20 p. m. All trains daily except Nos. 17 and IS. Trains make immediate connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, .Mobile, New Orleans. Texas, California, Mexico, Chair tanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Macon and 'Florida; For Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to THOS. D. MEARES. Gen'l Agent, Wilmington, N. C. E. ST. JOHN, Vice President and General Manager. H. W B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager. V. E. McBEE, General Superintendent.' iL. S. ALLEN, Gen'l Pass. Agent. General Offices. Portsmouth. , Va. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. THR . STANDARD RAILWAY OF SOUTH THE The Direct Line to All Point . TEXAS, CALIFORNIA FLORIDA, CUBA AND PORTO RICO. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS FPU1P ment on all Through and Local Train; Pullman Palace bleeping Cars ol. all Night Trains; Fast an Sale scnetiuies. Ti avel by the Southern and yon are assured a safe, comfortable and expeditious journey. Apply to ticket agents for time tables rates .and general information, or address, E. L. VLRNO, T. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. F. R. DARBY, C. P. & T. A., Asheville, N. , No trouble to Answer Questions. 3d V.P. & Gen. Man. Traf. Man G.P.A Washington, D. C. THE L i D BTEAHSiilP CO NEW YORK, WILMINGTON, N. C AND GEORGETOWN, S. C, LINES. NEW YORK FOR WILMINGTON. n. a.-. S. S. SAGINAW .... Saturday, Dec. 2nd JvixiMuiNuatigaay, Dec. 9th WILMINGTON, N. C.; FOR NEW YORK. S. S. RICHMOND ..Saturday, Dec. 2nd S. S. SAGINAW .... Saiturday, Dec.. 9th FROM WILMINGTON, N. C, FOR GEORGETOWN. S. C. S. S. RICHMOND.. Tuesday. Nov. 28th o. o. dauiaw ....Tuesday, Dec. 5th The steamer New York carries pas senjrers. . : The steamer Oneida does not carry passengers. Through bllla of lading and loweet through rates guaranteed, to and from pointB in North and South Carolina. For Freight apply to : H. G. SMALLBONES, Superintend ant. THEO.'G. EGER, Traffic Manager ' . 5 Bowling-Green, ny. , 3 Aiiiikitiiu uOiioi utb Schedule In Effect Nov. 19th, 1899, Departures from Wilmington. ' 'NORTHBOUND. ' DAILY NO. 48. Passenger. Due Mag 9:45 A.M. nolia 11:19 a. m., Warsaw 11:33 a. m., Golds-boro 12:26 p. m., Wilson 1:16 p. m., Ro;ky Mount 1:53 p. m., Tarboro 2:31 p. m . Weldon 4:32 p. m., Petersburg 6:21 p. m., .RicSmond 7:25 p. m., Norfolk 6:55 p. m., Washington 11:30 p. m. Baltimore 1:00 a. xn., Philadelphia 3:50 a. m.,. New ' ,- York 6:63 a. m..-Boston 3:00 ' p. m. DAILY NO. 40. Passenger. Due. Mag 6:50 P. M, nolia 8:20 p. m.. Warsaw 8:33 p. m., Golds'boro 9:27 p. m., Wil - son 10:20-;p. m., Tarboro 7:04 a. ni.r fvuc&y juouiiu p. m., Weldon 1:00 a. m.. Norfolk , 10:25 a. m., Petersburg 2:35 a. m., Richmond 3:23 a. m."; Wash ington 7:01 aT m., Baltimore 8:23 a. m., Philadelphia 10:35 a. ' - m., New York 1:03 p. m., Boston,; 9:00 p. m. -DAILY NO. 50. Passenger. Due . Jack--except sonvilie 4:13 p. m., New Bern Sunday 6:40 p. m. 2:25 p.m. . SOUTHBOUND. " DAILT NO. 55. Passenger. Due Lak 3:45 P. M. Waccamaw 4:56 p. m., Chad . bourn 6:28 p. in., Marion 6:34 p. m., Florence 7:15 p. m.. Sum ter 8:57 d. m.. Columbia 10:30' .p. m., Denmark 6:12 a. to., Au gusta 7:55 a. m., Macon 11:15 - a. zn., Atlanta 12:35 p. m., Charleston. 10:50 p. m.. Savan nah 1 ;S0 m Jacksonville 1:30 a. m.. St. Augustine 10:30 a..-m., . ' Tampa 6:06 p. m. WEST BOUND." j DAILY . 9:00 A. M. Passenger. Due Fayettevillo 12:12 p. m., leaves -Fayetteville 12:25 p. m., arrives Sanford 1:48 p. m. i v ARRIVALS AT WILMINGTON FROM THE NORTH. DAILY NO. 49. Passenger. Leave Bo 6:50 PM. ton 1:03 p. m., Neiw,York 9:00 p. m., Philadelphia 12:06 a. m., Baltimore 2:50 a. m.. Washing ton 4:30 a. m., Richmond 9:05 a. m., Petersburg 10:00 a. m., Norfolk 9:00 a. m.. Weldon 11:50 a. m., Tarboro 12:21 p. m., -(Rocky Mount 12:52 d. m.. Wil son 2:40 p. m., Gpldsboro 3:21 -p. - m., Warsaw 4:12 p. m., Magno lia 4:25 p. m. DAILY NO. 4L JPassenger. Leave Bos 9:40 A.M. ton 12:00 night. New York 9:00 a. m., Philadelphia 11:33 a. m., Baltimore 1:46 p. m.. Washing ton 3:07 p. m., Richmond 6:48 p. to., Petersburg 7:21 p. m., (Nor folk 2:20 p. m., Weldon 8:58 p. m., ITanboro 6:00 p. m., Rocky -Mount 6:40 a, m., leave Wilson 6:20 a. m., Goldsboro 7:01 a. m., Warsaw 7:56 a. xn.. Magnolia 8:09 a. m. DAILY NOT 61. Passenger. Leave New except Bern 9:00 a. m., Jacksonville Sunday 10:26 a. m. -12:15 p. xn. FROM THE SOUTH. DAILY NO. 64. Passenger Leave Tarn 1:15 P. M. pa 8:10 a. m., Sanford 3:07 p. m., Jacksonville 8:00 p, m., Savan nah 1:45 a. m., Charleston 6:33 a. m., Atlanta 7:50 a. m., Macon 9:00 a. m., Augusta 2:30 p. m.. Denmark 4:17 p. m., Columbia 6:40 a. m., Sumter 8:10 p. m., . Florenc 9:50 a. m., Marion 10:3ft a. m., Chadbourn .11:34 a. m., . Lake Waccamaw 12:03 a. m. DAILY EAST BOUND. 6:40 A. M. Passenger. Leave Sanford 2:30 p. m., arrive Fayetteville 3:41 p. m., leave Fayettevllle 3:46 p. m. - , . fDaily except Sunday. . - Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Ben nettesville Branch Train leaves Ben nettsville 8:15 a. m., Maxton 9:20 a. m.. Red Springs 9:53 a. m., Hope Mills 10:42 a. m., arrive Fayetteville 10:65 a. m. Re turning leaves r ayeutevme :w p. m, Hope Mills 4:55 p. m., Red Springs 6:35 p. m., Maxton 6:15 p. m., arrive Bennetts-ville-7:15 p. m. Connections at Fayetteville with train No. 78, at Maxton with the Carolina Cen tral Railroad, at Red Springs -with the Red Springs and Bowmore railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air Line and -Southern Railway, at Gulf with the Dur. ' ham and Charlotte Railroad. Train" between' Rocky Mount and Rich mond leave Rocky Mount 7:00 a. m., ar rive Weldon 8:06 a. m., arrive Petersburg 10 a. m., arrive Richmond 11:05 a. m. Trains on the Scotland Neck Branch Road leave Weldon 3:55 p. m., Halifax. 4:15 p. m.,arrives Scotland Neck at 6:0i p. m., Greenville 6:57 p. m., Kinston 7:5a p. m. Returning leaves Kinston 7:50 a. m., Greenville 8:52 a. m., arriving Hali fax 11:18 a. m., Weldon 11:33 a. m.. daily except Sunday. Trains on Washington. Branch leave Washington 8:10 a. m.f and 2:30 p. m.. arrive Parmele 9:10 a. m. and 4:00 p. m., returning leave Parmele 9:35 a. m. and 6:30 p. m., arrive Washington 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. ,m. laily except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro. N. C daily ex cept Sunday 6:30 p. m., Sunday 4:lo p. m.. arrives Plymouth i:vy p. m., and 6:io p. m. Returning leaves Plymouth daily ex cept eunaay :su a. m., ana sunaay :uo a. m arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m. and 11:00 a. m. Trains leave Goldsboro daily exceDt Sunday 7:05 a. m.. . arriving Smlthneld 8:10 a. m. Re tu mine leaves Smithfield 9:00 a. jn.. arrives at Goldsboro 10:25 a. m. rrain on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 9:30 a. m.. 3:40 d. m.. arrives Nashville 10 HO a. m., 4:03 p. m., Spring Hope 10:40 a. m.. 45 d. m. Re turning leaves Spring Hope 11:00 a. m.. :oo p. m., uNasnvine 11:2a a. m.. a:a p. m., arrives at Rocky Mount 11:46 a. m.. 6:00 p. m., daily except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for eiintton daily, except Sunday, 11:40) a. in. ana :io r. m. rteiurnine leaves. unnton v:uu.a. m. ana z:do p. m. Trains leave Pee Dee 10:02 a. m.. ar rive Latta 10:24 a, m.. Dillon 10:36 a. m.. Rowland 10:54 a. m.. returnlnir leaves Rowland 6:00 p. m., arrives Dillon 6:20 p. m,. Latta 6:35 p. m., Pee Dee 7:00 p. m. daily. Trains on Conway Branch leave Board." man 3:00 p. m.. Chadbourn 6:35 d. m.. ar- s:30 a. m., Chadbourn 11:20 a. m., arrive Boardman 12:25 p. m. Dally except Sun-, day. . - Trains leave Sumter 5:13 p. m.. Manning 5:41 p. m., arrive Lanes 6:17 p. m., leave utmoo o .ot a. in., uxiauiiiiig if .vj ii. 111., ar rive Sumter 9:40 a. m. Daily. Georgetown aiid Western Railroad leave Lanes 9:30 a. m., 7:40 p. m., arrive George town 12:00 m., 9:00 p. m., leave George town 7:00 a. m.. 3:30 p. m., arrives - Lanea 8:25 a. m., 5:55 p. m. Daily except Sun day. Trains leave Florence 'daily except Sun day 9:50 a. m.. arrive Darlington 10:15 a. m., HartsviHe 9:15 p. m., Cheraw 11:30 a. m., Wadesboro 12:35 p. m. Leave Flor ence daily except Sunday 7:66 p. m., aN rive Darlington 8:20 p. m., Bennettsville 9:17 p. m., Gibson 10:20 p. m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9:30 a. m arrive Darlington 10:05 a. m. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6:00 a. m., Bennettsville 7:00 a, m., Darling ton 8:00 a. m., leave Darlington 8:50 a. m., arrive Florence 9:15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4:10 p. m., Cheraw 6:16 p. m.. Hartsville 7:00 a. m., Darlington 6:29 p. m., arrive i-'lor-ence 7:00 p. m. Leave Darlington Sunday only 8:60 a. m. arrive Florence 9:15 a. m. Wilson and Fayetteville Braach leave Wilson 1:58 p. m., 10:25 p. m., arrive Sel ma 2:48 p. mM 11:10 p. m., Smithfield 302 p. m. Dunn-3:40 p; m. Fayetteville 4:io p. m., 12:19 a. m., Rowland 6:00 p., m. return-, ing leave Rowland 10:54 a. m., Fayette ville 12:20 p. m., 9:45 p. in.; Dunn IK p. m., Smithfield 1:43 p. m., Se-lma 1:50 p t. i.. vy liisoil p. m 11:31 a. m. Train leave Sumter 4:25 a. m.. Crv ton 5:19 a. m.. arrive Denmark 6:12 a. m. Returning, leave Denmark 4:17 p. m.. Oreston 6:15 p. m., Sumter 6:03 p. m. Daily. Trains leave Oestnn B:4S a m nrrlva. Pregnalls 9:15 a. m. Returning leaves Pregnalls 10:00 a, m., arrives Creston 3; p. m. Daily except Sunday. j Trains leave Elliott 10:35 a. m., and ar-. rive Lucknow 12:15 p. m. Returning, leava Lucknow 2:10 p. m., arrive Elliotts 3:50 p. m. Daily except Sunday. IDaily except Sunday, Sunday only. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent. J. R. KENLY. Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. lOOliCllOUfQll R fi Time Table In Effect Oct. 22. 189. EASTBOUND TRAINS. Leave Goldsboro 3:40 p. m. Leave Kinston 4:32 p. m. " Leave New Bern 6:60 p. ra. Arrive Morehead 7:02 p. m. WESTBOUND TRAINS. Leave Morehead 7:27 a. m. Leave New Bern 9:00 a. m. Leave Kinston 10:12 arm. Arrive Goldsboro 11:05 a. tn. V S. L. DUJU : SupertetUident. Bi fi la Bon-poiMnoTM gleet, S).rmto( rhoea. White, iintiril dia-' charge., or nr inflmm uuu, iriiauoa or aicsra lion ot mBAAii m.m. .tHEEvwsOHEWOItCo. bnatu. Kon-artringwat. l0(ioPrr1lottli2.7.01 - ,v- m OircnUr Mat on moo