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' . rnbUshed by tb JfELMTNGTON STAB COMPACT IJb : Wilmington, N. C. Entered aa second-class .matter at the ostofflce at Wilmington, N. C, under act f Congress, March 2nd 1874. FTTXJL ASSOCIATED FBESS HKFOBT. PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MORNING STAR, the oldest daily newspaper in North Carolina, Is published daily except Monday, at $6 per year, $3 for six months, $1.50 for three months, 50 cents for one month, served by carrier In the city or by mall. THE SUNDAY STAR, by mail, one year, $1) six month; ,50 cents; three months, 25 cents.-;' ., ! ' , 4 ADVERTISING -RATES may. 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Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their space at same ratoa nr nritprtfap nvthfn!T fnreiini to their regular business without extra charge. Ad vertisements to occupy special place will be charged for according to, position de- - tired. . - TELEPHONES; Business Office No. 51: either if the other doesn't answer. COMMUNICATIONS, unless they contain Important news, or discuss briefly -and properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted ; . and if acceptable in every other way, they win be invariably rejected unless the real name -.of the author accompanies the same, not 'necessarily for publication but as a guaranteed good faith. Saturday, February 19th THE JURY QUESTION. A LAW NEEDING ENFORCEMENT Greensboro is having one pf-those experiences ordinary to every county, but for all that perennially exasperal ing:, of seeingia jury, after a lorigttri al, hopeless! "tied up," the clear pros pect being Jthat the litigants will fail of a verdict and the county will again foe put to the expense of further time taken by the court to retry the' issues: Resenting the familiar spectacle of one juror "trying to convince the elev en fools," the Greensboro Record la moved to say: -. "Of course the laymen does not 'know what he is talking about when it comes to law, yet -evidence multi plies that our petit jury system is faulty. . Twelve men must agree be fore a verdict can be, rendered; one man can arid does often hold up elev en others. A jury was given a case Tuesday afternoon in Superior court here; they are still hung vp.-or were this morning. How.it became ,known is not clear, but it is freely said that one man has been doing it ever since . the jury went out. Asystem ' . that permits a thing of this -Und is wrong A majority verdict would perhaps not do. but when ten men agree It "should settle it. It gives tco much power to one man. ,v : . Whatever the merits. of the matter, the Record is throwing away'its spaco in recommending a change from tnj unanimous to the majority verdict, however great ; the . majority suggest ed. The unanimous verdict could bo uprooted by nothing shcrt of. a revo lution. It is bedded deep in the law and in the minds of the people. There is, however,' room for much needed jury reform without disturbing this hoary landnWk of liberty. In both civil and criminal, cases,' more mark edly in the : latter, .the . great fault lies in the selection of the jury, rather than in the unanimous verdict. There is crying need for a -revision qf causes of challenge. What boots it that a juror is not a "free-holder," when he may own the contents of a bank? Is it such a strain on honesty as to' in capacitate a man 'from sitting that he has "served on a jury within Ctwo years ? What is the logic behind his a "suit at issue," so long -as it does noj; concern the matter he is called on to determine? In criminal' cases, why should the accused be permitted over - twenty - peremptory challenges n,1 (ho Qtota mous verdict was founded in good .Teason -the : care of the law to put the result . on the . liiehest -no.3si.ble , plane of accuracy; the technicalities referred to were growths; whose use fulness, if they ever had any, has long since departed; - " ' Yet it is just these technicalities 1hat nrnrtllPP thA rvna rrQTi . rAQrlv tk 1 "hang" a jury.- He is the man whom one side has secured by process of elimination, as an expert with cards ; forces a choice. Perhaps he is known to have a prejudice, perhaps a natural bias, perhaps he has an interest, in direct but determinative, in the cause. To the" procurement of such a man the foolish grounds, of challenge, the preponderance of a prisoner's peremp- tory challenges, inevitably, lend them selves, ; In these particulars reforni of the jury system is needed no less in the Interests of justice than of the economy of expeditious trials; ; " ' .'mi.' '.aTIim .. -.'1 v ' -. ' 4 . i n.e , ianu may . not .have anything to do with the "high cost of living,' Ibut the country will be "from Missou ri", to - long Us .French eggs, which have to cross the Atlantic and then pay duty are sold cheaper, than New York cold storage eggs; and so long as American "beef, after-trans port a lion to London, sells there more cheap ly than in New York. -' . '-- "Mayor Wynne, the Lion", says a News ana Observer headline. . Since when did a show-girl get to' be such, large game' as to Justify a metaphor like, that? - . . .,:i .V. : .... y. : .,. ' v . With very few exceptions; and those "of a minor sort, city administration in North Carolina has been free from J graft". 'In a measure this gratifying fact has doubtless been, due to the certainty of detection in communities where everybody's business is every body else's, and where, by reason of a small population; the acts, public and private, of every citizen are soon or late the public property of all. With us the citx, politician is necessarily looking for support either to his. job or to his private business.' The game of politics is not a big enough one to justify its expert . study. A small theft, a bit of petty graft, is dispropor tionately ..dangerous to its benefit. However, cities are growing, public funds are increasing, safe-guards are necessary.' None is more important than the statute,, the alleged violation of which by one of its aldermen : ia now exercising the city of Greensbo ro. Wisely, the Legislature passed an act bearing equally upon all munici palities, . to the leffect that no officer should, for the city, contract with him-, self. The Greensboro alderman is charged with having violated this sta tute. The town iSiShaken to its foun dations. What we would say, however, is only suggested by the Greensboro in cident! That is, that there; is no mer it in the heat with which the accused alderman's friend declare that if as alderman he dealt with himself, it was at no profit and to the. city's ad vantage.,, Such a fact .might properly go far in mitigation, as showing an absence of intent. It 6ught not, how ever, to condone the offense.' ..A man who takes, public office -assumes , the relation pf trustee, not only to per form' the public business with honesty, but tcdo so in the form andlthe let- j ter of:the law.. It needs only to b suggested, to show the danger n a practice 1 indulged honestly by on man as encouraging its dishonest ex ercise by another. So soon as excep tion is made in obedience to. a law, the law itself is nullified. The statute fn question was passed, with, the laudably, aim of removing' even the suspicion" of evil from city administration. Doubtless it has. on' occasion worked hardship. We know of at least one case where a ' valued public servant resigned his - position in order to contract with thecity he served. That no official can so con tract ought to be- clearly understood, and the man who -calls attention ' to a violation of the rule ought to be com mended instead of abused. The, posi tion of alderman is for the most part a thankless job. It is, however, an im portant, one. 'Taken in most instances at: personal sacrifice, it 'ought not to be- .considered too , great . a -sacrifice that the man taking it should 'ma'ke up his1 mind in the beginning to 'obey the law. Even in North Carolina city administrations are frequently far from perfect, either in personnel or J action. If the statute inhibiting offi cials to contract with themselves be permitted to become a dead letter, it will , not be long before somewhere such an administration will become so far from perfect as to give rise to a scandal such s fortunately we have hitherto escaped. .- ;. A . ; thia iijembries'of such. a "brush as ithiar can be oot; poor - recompensed for ithe. vexation, the conflit, and the'Joy ex istent in a fox well named "Panacea," y.Thelndlctment ojf twelve: tobacco growers byfjthW .Gpyernmfenfwin4o' much toward impressing upq,n the peo ple exactly what tho Sherman law A' WRONG VfEW OF STATE PEN- .-... : sions. ' ;,'::'-. : In a! reference, to the proposition to grant to all surviving Union officers a pension of $50 a month, we are sur prised to find the Petersburg Index Appeal making the following . state ment regarding State pensions to ex- Confederate soldiers " '. "Uncle Sam looks after the veterans with lavish care, and often, no,'d0iibtv withr lack' of discretion in individual cases.- it is right and. proper tnougn, that all soldiers disabled . in the . ser vice : of their State or . country, and their dependent families if they ' are dead, should be well provided for. The contrast between what is done for those : Union), soldiers, and 'what .for. the Confederates Is not always credi table to the States once In 'rebellion'. .The ".contrast", if there be any is favorable to: rather than in - discredit of '.the States ' once - in "rebellion". When it is remembered that the South bears its full share of the sums paid out as pensions to the nien who over, powered" It and that; in spite of this fact, the individual Southern ; States put of small resources and in face of pressing and ever increasing demands still manage to make substantial ap propriations to the survivors' of the "Lost Cause", the criticism implied falls to the ground. Is there a, single Northern State that devotes a penny in pensions to Jts Union soldiers? f Is it not the-rule with them to depend upon) - the munificence of the ; Federal government, which draws for the sup port pf the survivors of the Northern Army from North and South; alike? The Southern States which pension the ex-Confederate . properly . ' strain their resources to . do . so The pen sions, m . fact, are, up to the point of ability, increasing as ability increases in the several States.- So far from be ing "not creditable", the pension laws of these States, meagn in appropria tion " as they may" be in some instan ces, , are unique in the record; of un selfish legislation, - .. "Old Tpm';jbhns6n" has lost his job and his fortune, . but Cleveland haj its three cent fare." , . . i - ' CURRENT COMMENT.' . ' . ' . . . - -,- . - . . . - Tf TiOd JjnArttTorod that -Irvlnlo also has the rhiiri deedine law on her statute ' books. Monday . a bill - was introdctced in the South 'Carolina Leg islature to abolish Ithaca abominable law injthat State,, i.lppod. ; Let North Carolina and Virginia follow- her lead as early as possible--Greenville Re eflctor. .- ThQf !ap,e Fear ; below Wilmington is to get, only ,$200,000 where it should get $500,000 "and above-Wilmington "up to ' Fayetteville it 1 gets ' 6nly $10,000 where' $600,000 is needed. North Car olina; doesn't -help lelectja- Republican President, and -of ,co,ursey-must be dia criminatedt againsL' wHeh"; appropria tions We being "made, "The Ohio river gets '$4,000,000 , but.r she has the Presi dent, you know. Pender Chronicle. THE "PANACEA FOX." The Littleton News-Reporter con tains an item that to all who ever hunted a fox will read like a real tragedy. . It says: "Ex-Sheriff Smith, of Vance county, and Mr. J. P. Leach, Jr., caught the old Panacea fox Mondayt hat has been run for three years by Messrs; Twitty and Cooper and the Mosby Hunt Clubr The chase lasted about four hours and it, was a very bad day for running a fox. The 'old' sheriff is one of the best hunters in the State and his rec ord for killing foxes with dogs has not, we understand, been surpassed by. any, in the State." v. Think of winding up by a "kill", the career of the "old Panacea ' fox" ! There was a foeman worthy ?; of the tiun alike'' an- enemy and ' a friend. What a zest this sly old Reynard haa given to, sport during. the three years of his running! . Doubtless , the thing had come to be a game to the' fox as well ' as to the men, horses and dogs who went out time after . time to chase him.. No doubt the quarry. wel comed the appearance of his foes on his trail; enjoyed the straight-away dash in the early morning, the' doub ling back upon his; track, the twists and turns and strategy. It was a romp that had become an. institution, a sort of occasional, exercise beneficial to all, parties to (the outing until, when he was tired at length, the 'old fox played his trump ' card, and f rom. some safe retreat watched with lifted ears, the disconcertment of his-pursu ers; heard their good -natured oaths, the disappointed yelping of their dogs, the baffled stamping of their mounts. ' And 'now, the old ' t oxT-has 'ruii once too often. The trump card in some way failed I to"' Vbrl . perhaps , some tiny circumstance intervened to make of a frolic a" matter of life and death." Mayhap, some unschooled puppy off after a rabbit .when he should have been with the , pack all unwittingly checkmated i the . fox's grand-stand play. Or some -wise old- fox hound had an intuition, and, with a stroke of genius, - varied . the rules to win the game. " But' however all that, may be, we feel quite sure of one thing, that Sheriff Smith, and Mr. Leach had but brief t enjoyment of their Jtriumph. For ANOTHER LOSS TO RALEIGH BAR. i Death has in the last tvo years win nowed the bar of Raleighof a number of its most able members, men who were known , throughout the State as leading lawyers. . .'. j The latest loss is in the death of ex-Judge T. B. "Womack, which oc curred yesterday. Judge . Womack was widely 'known as a well founded lawyer- and convincing advocate. " His career had . been a busy and success ful one. ' At the time of his death he was counsel for. the Seaboard Air Line; in the enjoyment of extensive private practice; absorbed in extensive business Interests. pnlj . recently he was by the death of Mrs." Florence P. Tucker left as co-trustee of one of the largest estates in central North Carolina. As judge, author, and law yer, he ' was honored and trusted ' by the members of the bar and the public alike. Since making his home in Ra leigh, he. had actively interested him self iiv the upbuilding of the capital city. While hi3 death was not unex pected,' will be. learned with sincere, regret by the bar and the people of the State generally. ' In lessVthan two years, there have died of the Raleigh bar, Fablus H. Busbee, T. M. Argo, S. G. Ryan, W. HDay, C. M. Busbeer exr(?hief Justice Shepherd, and T. B. Womack, all names of Stat a-wide knowledge. Veri ly, the old order changeth. means. No public official can' legally trade with' himself. The law is plain and explicit," and has too often been vio lated without 'personal 1 profit or- de sire for gain. But public attention haying been sharply called to the mat ter, public ' officials " everywhere should take warning that they cannot. buy from themselves or from any firm with which they are connected. It is, a good law and should be en-forced.-r-News and Observer. On the ninth day ".'o'f; next month there will be. unveiTed' at Rome the first 'monument to .'the vwomen of the Confederacy.' A number of distin guished men and women from various parts, orthe State -will tike part in the dedicatory ' exercised. -From this be ginning H is hoDettl aiid' believed that there 'wfll grow so "strong a sentiment for the J proper recognition of "our women in 'the waf'' that in the cburse of a feif 'years' every frhnortant city in the Sbujtfr'wiH have' its monument to women,V-Savannah News. Eighty thousand dozen eggs from Europe have arrived in New -York in a 'week and other thousands of dozens are on the way. The eggs are from France, Germany- and Austria princi pally.- They are coated with parafine and are said to be in excellent condi tion. They are being put on the mar ket under the prices charged by the cold storage people for their stock, some of which," we have been told,' is more than 'a year old. Savannah News; ' What is the matter with Charlotte? First,. it either had to give up its audi torium, or save it with oyste suppers, or something ' like that, Recently it developed that it has not sufficient fire protection, Almost simultaneous ly comes the announcement that the Associated Charities will have to sus pend and that the Aldermen have or dered the removal . of - street : lights. Some time ago a proposition to ,raise the salary of police disclosed the fact that the ."coppers" 'are" all but starv ing. If this thing keeps up, somebody will have to pass the hat. - , .The - Charleston News- and Courier ascribes the action of the South Car olina Legislature in voting an endorse ment of the Income Tax Amendment .with but three dissenting votes, , to "the eloquence of Bailey." No man is that eloment. . The vote, on the other hand, showed that the opposi tion to the measure was for the' most part noise, and that there was no ner cessity , for Senator Bailey , to , invade South Carolina. Jn the -interest of" the amendment;' .. -r -: r' --. .: ' ;'. "Don't grumble if "you play the game and lose," says the Reldsville' Review, but "console yourself with the;jthough t that better men than you have done the' same thing." True, but is It'not better-not to "sit ln'in the 'first; in stance? . ; ' : "... Manager UpchurcW of the Academy of Music, in Raleigh ' charges j that, while the police were in possession of his play house, somebody robbed, the till of a hundred dollars. It. would seem that this was adding injury to insult.' - .. ' Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas ex presses the pious wish that Rockefel ler be "wrapped in the flames of Hell". The country, at large, would- probably, approve a sentence consigning Dayls to life imprisonment in Kansas. In the, light of the fact that numer ous cases-' of M3mallnox have already Deenr reported m tne city it is very im portant that every one be vaccinated at once. ' Thirf morning cab drivers ot Columbia" were forced to be vaccinat ed and' rh Atlanta Compulsory vaccina tion of everyohe i being carried out. It should 'not :"be "-'necessary to - foce such action. 1 With the disease, more or less prevalent in all parts of the countryno o!Tels safe. This simple step will-"be snfiicient tov ward off the disease -and -vi 11 shortly result -iri checkingits'ftpreadj Charlotte News In the case1- of ; that jury hung up since Tuesday; no doubt some of. the members-feel ;1 ike the gentleman on a jury '. that - could not - agree and . were called into court by the presiding judge; who seeing they could not agree, ordered the sheriff to have din ner sent up for twelve men. At this point one of the- jurymen remarked "and a handle of fodder for one." His meaning twasi clear; one man was holding up' eleven and what the thers thought of him was plainly express ed in the amendment to the order for the meal. Greensboro Record. A Baltimore minister declares that dancing is responsible for more im morality than any other amusement, and quotes Cicero as saying Qiat "No one dances unless he is either drunk or mad." The learned minister seems to have confused the sensuous dances o fthe Imperial City with the wholly enjoyable, artistic; delightful and un objectionable -''-'dances ' of the present day : dttr reference, not being, of cour se,MtrT the dances exhibited on the stage.ni Tke Baltimore minister would certainly "be: able t distinguish; . be tween avRoman punch arid one from the Chatham Artillery! of Savannah. Charleston-News and: -Courier. . The Carolina, Clinchfield &, Ohio Railroad . is also-' doing ; things t in an industrial way. ; The i Johnson City Staff says ) through ' its industrial de partment, arrangements' are s being made ' to" f send " ; experienced , men through the fruit-growing districts of North' Carolina to -assist the farm ersin properly pruning their; iruit trees so that they Tmay " obtaini. the best results. Yancey county; in. this State, is one of the 'best districts, in the South . for fruit growing and al ready famous for the--fine apples that are grown there. -The Staff says that much credit should be given Mr, R. F. Brewer the industrial agent of the railroad, for this work which in the course of a few years will make west ern .North Carolina - famous as - a fruit growing district Charlotte Chronicle. II i ?. ' --'M - v - '. ; ' ? i I i I,, , Emmmmmmmmmmmmmm W' Iks Unusual rvalues are not surprising at this 'tore. - .Our success has Y been built up latgely by our efforts aMig this line, but in these ''"' -4 " - , ' . - ' . . . , ' .. . . " ' ; , ' 27 inch,Tussah Silks ih a!;wide range. otVlatterns , . . " , ' i . 'm 1 iL. JC, ana complete assortment, oir iuibtuic jfaiu.i.i-i;. ; Cashmere Shantung, 27 Inch wide solid colors in all-, the most popular shades, the yard ... . . . .. . . 48c Japonika ISilks. This Fab ric has proven a most suc cessful number. We ha ye "In stock about 15; of the new Spring shades the yarij ... ............. 3oC Satin Foulard iSilks the range 'of Patterns, well you should see them, they ; a re great, the $1.00 quality . this -.week for ....v.'.... ...... -...'. ... 65o " 27 .inch' White', Japanese 'Silks, the 50c quality this wGk."for t , .... t i ult i ; '; " '.; . ;; .. ' ' ' f...36.inch. Black'Guaranteed Taffeta .Silks, $uo ,,.,,. Mty this week, for .'.v. ... .- 17 -Heiring.Bneytriped'oplitt' 30 inch wide. Sat n ' Striped'. Poplins 28 inch-wide. Plain Irish Poiil'n ' Plain Rajah linen, Striped linen. Fancy Mercerizo(j linen, all in great variety of colors at :,c New Laces, New Embroideries, - New , Dress Ginghams: and New Lawns . : - JusT: Received, SC fnc White-Japanese Silks, the 75c quality tU s , week for-' .... II I Just' received ne,w;. lot Carhartt overalls JZ0A X2ff& THE FIRM THAT PAYS ' YOUR CAB FARE. 50 Rolls New Jiat. ting just received Red, Blue, Green we would like , to ask how many for mer members of the board . have .beeti guilty of the same thing? One famil iar with the personnel of . the boards for many years past can easily ascer tain that the same thing has been done time and 'again ;that is to say, the city has traded with firms when one member was an alderman. Likely it has been done under a number- of administrations." Anyhow,, they are having a big time over the charges brought against 'Alderman . King and to prolong the sensation, the trial has been stretched out into next week. King may have had some dealings with the city, but it does not 'appear that he got rich by it. Charlotte Chronicle. According to the Petersburg .'Index Appeal; Mrs., Cobuh, of Morganton. W, Va.,4s the last of -the real Daughters of the; Revolution.- She Is 101 years old, and ols the daughter of Abraham Gussman," who was an actual soldier in the revolutionary war.Vv The Index-Appeal says : ' ai'The government- should see that- this j venerable lady is ..well provided .for, financially, for the , re mainder? of : her life," if indeed, - che lacks anything in that connection,", and it 6hould specially honor her, in any event- The -Nation- has an unques tioned right ' to b?i0Hd'ot that war, anyway, and this would' appear to. be a fitting opportunity v to demonstrate that it really .feels as it should " It would be very appropriate also- for the society of the Daughters of the Revo lution to pay some fitting attention to this aged dame whether or not she is in need of pecuniary : aid.- Charlotte Observer. - . .. v - - - '.. - h- " Concerning the aldermanic rucus in Greensboro, The Record says: "Per haps Mr. King may be guilty of the charges;- we do-"not: know.;--If he is it is of course in violation' of the law. Two' wrongs lb not make a right, but , Jurors and Newspapers. ' " (Savannah Xews.j - ' During the selection of a jury in n Missouri court a few days ago one of the lawyers, with, the evident purpose of challenging, asked a venireman i he hid read accounts of the case in the newspapers. - The question is a familiar pne, and juay . be hekrd , In many cotirts iwhjenl'there a" 'criminal case oh "trial that has aroused a good deal of interest in the community The'Missouri judge' in this instance would not permit the venireman to answer ten question and turning to the lawyer said: "What's the differ ence if he has read the newspapers? He'll make the better juryman. To say that a man ought net to serve be cause he has read the newspaper ac counts is saying in effect taht a jury of ' intelligence is objected to. That is not justice! neitheris it law." , It sometimes occurs that a jury of intelligence is not wanted, a. tricky lawyer with a poor " case . will en deavor to get on the jury as many ig norant men as he. can. because ignor ant men are the most easily moved by specious pleadings. The, position tak en by the Missouri judge .might well be assumed in other courts. If read ing of a case in the newspapers is to bar a man from service on (.the jury, then ninety-nine, out of every hundred intelligent and literate men within easy, reach of a newspaper will be de barred. Newspaper, reading" has 'be come practically universal lK amonaj those who can read. . People 'out of touch with the. da,ily' papers read the weeklies, and both dailies and week lies carry stories of news value, bear, ing upon criminal cases; and, the man who failed to read of such cases woulC be lacking in a proper interest in, his community or surroundings. The good citizen keeps himself informed with respect to what is going oh around him. To do this he must read i the papers.. There is no other means of distributing information '-" that ', is so prompt and . reliable." Because ' a maii reads of a case in the newspapers and forms an opinion from his read ing, it doesn't necessarily .follow, that he is incompetent to give a just ver dict in accordance with the . law and. the facts. ; 4 ,.; , ' The best' informed man, , the thor oughly newspaper-read man, is more than' apt to be broad minded .enough to change his opinion : after hearing the testimony and .' the law In the event that he had formed a. contrary opinion from reading of the case, iu the prints. The test should be,-whether a venireman will'lake the oath t,') render a triie verdict., on the: couyt proceedings, ahd not whether, he has read of the case in a newspaper.; When Lthat rule has been adopted , ve ? shall .' . - .'' -' r - . ' ' . -' -u ' n -.- Shot For Taking ;f atri ! ' - Fayetteville Observer: Edwarfl AVil kins, a few weeks ago married Anaie Malloy at the;. home of f the ; brlde.'s A 1 1 tl 11 k Drotner. Anarew Manor, wiini'resiciea on Mr. V. -A. Van siory's. farm, iO) 71st;- ana took: up their .residence1 in a ten ant house on an adjoining farm, rwhertt they lived very happily until ilas't Sun day. On that day . Edward i entered the . house and fountf ..his' ' wife 1 roast ing some sweet potatoes. H said ho believed he would take one y to, which she laughingly ; replied, that If he did she would . shoot, him.-' " lie reached out and took one of the potatoes,-and as he did so, the woman picked up a small flobert pistol, and '. pulled , the trigger. " To ! her surprise "it i contain ed a bullet, and "as a consequence Ed ward had.' to hurry to Fayetteville and have a wound In his cheeUf dresse. .Read Star Business -Locals.- , , ; j ..... . : :a ft Let us make you your Spring Suit now; will give it to you Easter, . ... . '-':- - ..' Maxch?;27th. An im- menste yariety of styles to select from; every one guaranteed all wodl. tU E A. dAUBD C O Clothiers, Tailors and Furnishers. p.. mm ... Gv w 7CRJ U , r,-. -. ... - i-- vr.. -&:f I f I wish to thank my friends and customers for their liberal patronage during the year just closed, arid trust our v business relations in fu tufe will continue to be pleasant and 'profitable toeach of us. Wilmington, N. C Wholesale Grocer. J v f Strike vout- and swim. Make yourself indc pendent; TThe.firsl: essential is a bank account. : v - We aUow 4 Iriteresl. . Atlantrc Trust & Banking Co. - Matt Ji HeVr: President. 1 Milton Calder, Cashui . Southern BuUding, L : Opposite Posoffice. fo 11 tf iiow Is the Time to Advertise in The Morning Star 3D