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For Twelve Cents
Per Week.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
m it
The Entire Stock of
$20,000
Worth of
SH O E S
To be Sold
All Codds marked
In Plain Figures.
The Entire Stock
Must be Sold
In 30 Days.
Men's Hanri-Rpwerl Frpnrh Palf anrl
vici Kid Shoes, Lace or Congress,
Former Price $5.00, Cost $3.60
Men's- hand-sewed French Calf
Shoes, Lace or . Congress, all styles
toes, former' price $4.00, cost $2.75.
.vien s nana sewea rrencn -aii
Shoes, Lace, or Congress, all styles
toes, former price $3.00, cost $2.25.
Men's Fine Calf Shoes, former
price $2.50, cost $1.75.
Men's fine Satin Calf Shoes, form
er price $2.00, cost $1:50.
Men's $1.50 Shoes, cost $1.10.
Men's $1.25 Shoes, cost 93c.
Ladies' Hand-Sewed
Dongola Button Shoes,
common sense Opera Toe and Pat
ent Tip, former price $3, cost $2.20.
Ladies' Fine Donggla Button Shoe,
common sense Opera Toe and Pat
ent Tin formpr nrirp R2 50 rrvst fit! R7
"-)- r-.- V'"".. .
Ladies' Fine Dongola Button Shoe,
common sense Opera Toe and Patent
Tip, formerprice $2.00, cost $1.37.
Ladies' Fine Dongola Button Shoe,
common sense Opera Toe and patent
Tip, formerprice $1.50, -cost $1.15.
Ladies' Fine Dongola Button-Shoe,
common sense Opera Toe and patent
Tip; former price $1.25, cost 88c. -
Misses' Dongola Patent Tip Spring
Heel Button Shoes, former price
$1.75, cost $1.25.
Misses' Dongola Patent Tip Spring
Heei Eutton Shoes, former price
$1,50. cost $1.10:
Misses' Dongola Patent Tip spring
Heel Button Shoes, former price
$1.25, cost 88c. . ..
Misses' Patent Tip Spring Heel
Button Shoes, former price $1.00,
cost 65c.
Child's Dongola Spring Heel But- J
ton Shoes, Patent Tip, former price
$1.25, cost 83c.
Child's Dongola Spring Heel Pat
tent Tip Button Shoes, former price
$1, cost 75c.
Child's Dongola Patent Tip spring
' Heel Button Shoes, former. price 75c,
cost 55c.
Child's Grain Spring Heel School
Shoes, former price 75c, cost 55c.
Infant Shoes, former price 75c,
cost 66c.
Infant
cost 35c.
Shoes, former price 50c,
Boys'. Calf Shoes, Lace, former
price $1.75, cost 1.37.
Boys' Calf Shoes, Lace, former
price $1.50, cost 1 15.
Boys' Shoes, Lace, former price
$1.25, cost one dollar.
. Boys' Shoes, Lace, former price
$1, cost 88c. !
ladies' Slippers at Cost.
Men's Low Shoes at Cost.
Kowisyour
chance to secure a
Bargain in Shoes.
All Goods marked
in plain figures.
Any person wishing to
purchase the entire
Stock, fixtures and
good will can do so by
calling at the store.
A. Shrier
108 Market Street.
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VOL. LVI.-NO. 3.
OUTLINES.
Affairs in the East peace negotia
tions between China and Japan; alliance
between Russia and Japan; attempt to
assassinate Li Hung Chang, the Chinese
Peace Commissioner. Whiskey
affairs. Oil mill in Missouri de
stroyed by fire. A newspaper man
in California shot by a tramp. A
great victory won by revolutionists in
Cuba. Washington news a silver
service presented to Jcsephus Daniels;
condition of national banks Jn Virginia
and North Carolina; appointments by the
President. -Cotton damaged by fire
at Savannah. A big fire in Kansas
City large packing-house destroyed.
Spanish troops arriving in Cuba.
Another investigating committee from
Boston. Catholic Church dedicated
at Southern Pines. N. C. ; Women
voteis on the increase in Kansas towns.
Death of W. H.' Pike, Supf rinten-
tendent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. Charged with conspiracy
a Savannah postoffice clerk suspended.
Seaboard Air line affairs. New
York City police magistrates bill passed.
Departure of Gov. McKinley, for
Florida again postponed on account of
his health. Ex-priest Slattery came
near being mobbed in Memphis1.
Base ball games played yesterday.
Chicago grain anH -provision market.
Cotton spots and futures. New
York markets: Money on call has been
easy at 22 per cent., last loan at 2
percent., closing offered at 2J per cent;
cotton quiet; middling gulf 6 cents;
middling uplands cents; South
ern flour quiet and firm; common to
fair extra $1.908.75; good to choice do.
$3 803.25; wheat dull and firmer; No.
2 red in store and at elevator 60
60 cents; afloat 6262 cents; corn
dull and firmer; No. 2 at elevator 56 cts;
afloat 57 J cents; spirits turpentine quiet
and steady at3636 cents; rosin dull
but steady; strained common to good
$1.57! 62.
The United States bought Alaska
for less than half a cent an acre, but
there wasn't any boom in Alaska real
estate when the trade was made.
Seventy five thousand dollars isn't
a great deal of money in these days,
but they say it will make Nicaragua
scratch like a hen with a brood of
chickens if she agrees to pay it to
England as indemnity for the rude
ness shown her Mr. Hatch.
From a business standpoint, it
would pay Spain to trade Cuba off
for a yellow dog and then kill the
dog. It is said that the frequent
insurrections in that island have cost
Spain the lives of 8,000 officers, 200,
000 private soldiers and $200,000,000.
The Governor of Rhode Island
gets a salary of $1,000 a year and
then has to sit up nights to earn his
wages. What they lack in salary
they make up in honor in presiding
over a sovereignty which covers
1,306 square miles and runs two
U. S. Senators.
"A mysterious woman m black"
has been creating a sensation in
Washington by attempting to burn
Catholic churches. The police think
she is some weak minded person, a
member of the female annex of the
A. P. A. probably, who is fired up
by fanaticism.
A Republican exchange asks: "Is
ying ever justifiable ?" From a Re
publican standpoint that depends on
what side the lying is done. Whether
ustifiable or not. there are few Re
publican organs which have not dis
covered that it is frequently neces
sary, and robust lying, too.
There is a rumor current in Atlan
ta that the National Republican Com
mittee will spend $40,000 in organiz
ing the Republican party in Georgia.
We don't believe it. After the expe
rience the National Republican Com
mittee has had in sending money into
the South for organizing or election
purposes it would discredit its intelli
gence to dump that much currency
in Georgia.
A story is told of a New York girl
who during a stay in England was
much admired by a subject of the
Queen, who proposed but was re
jected. The-girl had a fellow on this
side whom she shortly afterwards
married. One day she concluded to
give a dinner, and thought it would
be a nice courtesy to invite her Eng
lish admirer over there in London,
which she accordingly did and forgot
all about it until hevput in an appear
ance at the appointed time to dine
He dined, enjoyed his dinner, and
next day started for home, having
travelled six thousand miles to show
that he couldn't be outdone in cour
tesy by the girl who kicked him.
The coroner of Williamsport, Pa.,
has gone on a protracted strike. The
commissioners refused to allow him
his fees in a case in which they said
his services were not necessary and
now he declares that he will sit on
no more dead people until they pay
up for all the work he has charged up
to the county. This coroner seems
to have the advantage of the com
missioners, for in certain cases a de
ceased person cannot be officially de
dared to be legally dead until that
coroner s jury, pronounces upon it
Our impression is that the coroner
would suspend .the strike long
enough to sit on that board of com
missioners and not charge a cent.
Evervbodv that has tried the "Oriole'
brand roasted coffee pronounce it the
best for the money. t
7
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Gov. McKinley says "the Presi
dency is an office that no man should
be a candidate for." It is under
stood, however, that there is nothing
in this declaration to estop Gov. Mc
Kinley's friends from boosting him
all the same as if he hadn't chirped.
Protracted drought and ravenous
locusts have caused a wide spread
famine in Eastern Equatorial Africa,
where the people are in such distress
that many of them are selling them
selves and familes into slavery to ob
tain food.
A member of the Kansas Legisla
ture has got himself into an "on
pleasantness" by kissing female lu
natics in the State asylum. Even
the lunatic females objected to being
kissed by a Kansas solon.
The late millionaire Fair, of Ne
vada, must have consumed a good
deal of 'time in writing wills, new
ones showing up semi -occasionally.
The last one found suits the heirs
best.
HEW AD VERTI8 KItTR NTS .
Ias. D. Nutt Bedbug intercepts.
W. B. Cooper Potatoes and eggs.
STSW BUSINESS LOCALS.
Per Week 125.00 to $50.00.
Madam Brown Fortune-teller.
LOCAL DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There and Briefly Noted.
The Star lost one subscriber
Saturday.
The Clyde steamer Oneida ar
rived from Charleston and cleared yes
terday for New York.
State Senator J. J. Long died
at bis home in Columbus county, of
pneumonia, last Thursday.
There is a big freshet in Black
river. The water in the Cape Fear
river at Fayetteville is falling.
The alarm of fire about ona
o'clock yesterday morning was caused
by the burning of an outhouse in a lot
on Fourth street near Castle.
The Norwegian barque Biskop
Brun cleared yesterday for Manchester,
Eng., by the S. P. Shotter Co., with
4.791 barrels rosin, valued at $6,768.50.
: The Russian schooner Befixnia
cleared yesterday for Hemburg with
4,067 barrels rosin, valued at $5,224.
Cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co.;
vessel by E. Peschau & Co.
The small schooner Chief, owned
by Mr. Louis Skinner, sunk at her wharf
at Capt. Skinner's ship-yard Saturday
night. She was formerly owned by
pilots at Georgetown, S. C.
Persons wanting the American
Encyclopaedic Dictionary are notified
that tbey must order the entire work
(49 Parts) at once, as the business will
be closed up at the end of the present
month.
Ten members were received into
the membership of -Grace Methodist
Church last Sunday night. So far there
have been about thirty conversions in
the series of meetings now being held
in this churcb.
A special term of the Superior
Court has been ordered for Davidson
county for the trial of Baxter Shem-
well, charged with the murder of Dr.
R. L. Payne, Sr. The term will begin
on the first Monday in July, and Judge
E. T. Boykin will preside.
The donation of tobacco made
by Col. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, in
aid of the fund for the purchase of the
Sprunt property for the Catharine Ken
nedy Home, has been placed on sale at
the stores of Holmes & Watttrs, I. H.
Boatwnght, S. W. Sanders, J. C. Everett
and A. H. Holmes.
THE WEATHER.
U.
S. Dep't of Agriculture.
rURE. )
7' (
,26. )
Weather Bureau,
Wilmington, N. C Mar,
Meteorological data for yesterday :
Temperature: 8 a. m., 55; 8 pm.,590;
maximum, 71; minimum, 46; mean, 58.
Rainfall for the day 00; rainfall lor
the month up to date 2 94 inches.
forecasts for to-day.
For North Carolina: Generally fair;
westerly winds; slightly colder in north
ern and western portions.
For South Carolina and Georgia:
Generally fair; variable winds; slightly
colder in extreme northern portions.
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES.
Receipts here yesterday, 486 bales;
same day last year, 83 bales
Spot cotton quiet in New York at
6c for middling; quiet in Wilmington
at 52c
New York futures closed barely
steady and 7 to 9 points higher than
closing prices Saturday. Sales. 85,700
bales. March and April. 6.18; Mav,
6.23; June, 6 20; luly 6 22; August, 6 24;
September. 6 26; October, 6.30; Novem
ber, 6.84; December, 6 40; January, 6.44
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Beoeinta of Naval Stores and Cotton
Teaterday.
Wilmington & Weldon R. R.52
bales cotton, 19 casks spirits turpentine,
23 bbls tar.
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta ft.
R. 812, bales cotton, 19 casks spirits tur
pentine, 94 bbls rosin, 42 bbls tar.
C. F. & Y. V. R. R. 97 bales cot
ton, 122 bbls rosin, 43 bbls tar.
- Stmr Frank Sessoms 2 bales cotton.
8 casks spirits turpentine, 46 bbls rosin
95 bbls tar.'
Total receipts. Cotton, 463 bales,
SDirits turpentine, 46 casks; rosin. 301
bbls; tar, 183 bbls.
Everything guaranteed as advertised
at A. D. Brown a. t
You can save money by buying the
Oriole brand roasted coffee. t
Morning-
WILMINGTON, N. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1895.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Pertinent Faragnphe Pertaining Princi
pally to People and Pointedly Printed.
f - '
Dr. Hussey, of Warsaw, was
a welcome visitor in the city yesterday.
I Mr. Harry Hill has entirely re
covered and is able to be at work again.
Miss Annie Stolter is spending
a few weeks with friends at Whiteville,
N. C.
Mrs. E. P. Boatwright is visi
ting her father, Mr. Greer Baughman, in
Richmond.
Miss Minnie McKay, of Dunn;
N. C, is in the city, visiting her brother,
Mr. Malcom McKay. .
Mr. Jno. E. Graves, of the
Parmele Eccleson Lumber Co., of Jack
sonville, is here on a visit.
Mr. Jas. Robinson, of Golds
boro, formerly residing in Wilmington,
is here on a visit to friends.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
Joe M. Cronly, who has been sick for
the past few days, is improving.
The Star regrets to learn that
Mr. J. W. Perdew and Mr. M. M. Han
kins of this city are on the sick list.
Messrs. J. S. Anders, Ivanhoe ;
Melvin Andrews, Raleigh; T. F. Lyman,
Fairfield, were among the visitors in the
city yesterday.
Mt Thos. A. Mclntyre, presi-'
dent of theW.. N. and N.R. R. Co-
passed through Wilmington Sunday en
rout to his farm on New River.
The venerable Capt. F. M.
James is seriously ill at his home in this
city. He is 77 years of age and has been
sick, several months. His daughter, Mrs.
G. W. Hardwicke, of Fall River, Mass.,
has been telegraphed for.
Messrs. H. R. Foreman, Lynch-
bury; J. S. Hartseil, Goldsboro; E. W.
Kerr, F. B. Lewis. N. C; J. H. Lewis,
Hamlet; F. H. Newkirk, Whiteville;
Bruce Williams, Burgaw; J. J. Crosswell,
Fayetteville; Frank D. Jones, Glendon;
H. Butters, Hub; R. Lee Ellis, Jno. H.
Miller, Geo. H. Cox, Winston; W. L.
Norwood, Waynesville, were among the
arrivals in the city yesterday.
Jnrora for the Federal Court.
The following is a list of the jurors
drawn to attend ths Spring term of the
U. S. District Court at Wilmington, on
Tuesday, April 30ib, 1895, viz:
New Hanover county Owen Fennell,
James H. Chadbourn, Daniel Howard,
J. Victor Grainger, John . Hewlett;
J. G. Barrentiae, B. F. Penny, David
Jones.
Columbus county Willard F. Owen,
Snoden .Singletary, Council Meares,
F. M. Smith.
Cumberland county W. C. Troy,
Datus D. Jones, W. G. Perry, I. F.
Musselwhite. A. F. Hobbs.
Robeson county Thomas R. Smith,
L. Shaw, W. D. Sampson, John Mcl.
Brown, Calvin Britt, Giles Floyd.
Sampson county Henry F. Jackson,
D. F. Dameran, L. L. Dameran, Jr.,
Wiley B. Jackson, Henry Godwin.
Onslow county J. E. Foy, G. W.
Murphy, John Gurganus. Geo. Rhodes,
Edmund French.
Duplin county S. H. Colwell, A. D.
Johnson, J F. Wallace, J. T. Rivenbark,
J. F. Woodward.
Brunswick county Rufus Galloway,
Robert King, J. D. Robbins, S. M.
Robbins.
Pender county Robert Atkinson,
Wesley Jones, J. F. Moore, D. J. Nixon.
Bladen county J. J. E. Lucas, Wm.
McHorrell. A. S Blue. H. H. Barnhill.
An Old Document.
We have been shown by Mr. W. M.
Poisson an old indenture, made on the
second day of March ,1797, being a deed
given by David Swain for the considera
tion of twenty-five pounds to John Wes
coat for a piece or parcel of land lying
in Brunswick county, on the east side of
"Dutchman's Creek." This old docu
ment is now the property of Mr. M. M.
Hankins, of this city. It has been care
fully preserved, is in good condition and
every letter easily distinguifthed,although
it Is nearly 100 years old. It has flour
ishes to adorn it and is also peculiarly
trimmed at the top. "It bears tne signa
ture of David Swain, and has a seal
wafer with a white piece of paper at
tached as the seal. Robert Bell and
Richard Dosher are the subscribing
witnesses. It was proven before John
Cains as clerk and enrolled in the
register's office of Brunswick county, in
book D, by John Gause, Jr., for William
Gause, Registrar.
Soutbport to the Front.
New life will be infused into the fine
old town of Soutbport this year. There
will be no reopening of Carolina Beach
to the public, and the "sad sea waves'
will be the only disturbers of the "quiet
that now reigns all around" that once
popular resort.
The Hotel Brunswick will be re
opened, and the present outlook is for a
successful season.
It is a settled fact that the "Summer
girl" will be in evidence at Soutbport,
and the boys will riot forget what Ruth
said unto Naomi: "Where'er thou
goest thither will I go."
With the steamer Wilmington, the
Hotel Brunswick and Miss Kate Stuart's
always favorite resort, Southport may
count on a pleasant and profitable addi
tion to her population during the coming
Summer.
Schooner A. H. Croaa.
Capt. S. W. Skinner has completed
arrangements preparatory to floating
the schooner A. H.Cross, which was
beached near Fort Caswell during the
severe storm in October last, and upon
which a wrecking company of Norfolk,
Va., spent considerable time and money
and finally threw up their contract. Capt,
Skinner expects to float the vessel when
tne Spring tides arrive.
Satin and China Calicoes at 7 cents
per yard. Beantifol line of French
Organdies at 85 cents per yard, at A. D,
D. Brown s. f
; GRIFFO AND M'AUUFFE
Matched to Fight Next Oo'obar The Stake
to Be Ten Thousand DclUra a Side
The Club Offering the Largest Purse
WHl Have the Matoh.
The New York Herald says: "Jack"
McAuliffe and Young Griffo have at
last agreed to settle their differences in
the roped arena. Hugh Beban, repre
senting the Australian, and "Jack" Mc
Auliffe and j. B. McCormick. the latter
acting as spokesman for the Brooklynite,
met at the Illustrated News office yester
day and arranged a match between the
pugilists. The men agreed to fight to a
finish for the largest purse offered by a
responsible club. $10,000 a side and the
light weight championship of the
world next October. A long wrangle
took place in regard to the
size of the gloves. Behan wanted the
gloves to be worn to weigh three ounces
at the outside. While agreeable to this,
McAuliffe said he did not think a club
could guarantee to pull off a contest in
which tbe gloves worn were so light. To
show that he had no objections to fight
ing Griffo with small gloves. McAuliffe
offered to make the match with skin
tight gloves in private for the side bet,
each man to have a limited number of
friends present. Behan, however, re
fused to agree to this, and the Austra
lian's manager finally gained his point.
Tbe articles of agreement signed by both
men are as follows:
It is hereby agreedbetween Jack Mc
Auliffe, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Albert
Griffiths, commonly called "Young Grif
fo,' of Australia, to fight to a finish be
fore the club offering the largest purse
and a private stake of ten thousand dol
lars ($10,000) a side; the fight to be for
the light weight championship of the
world, each to weigh, stripped, at the
ring side, one hundred and thirty five
(135) pounds or less; the boxing gloves
to be used by each man not to exceed
three ounces in weight; the fight to take
place on or about October 10, 1895; the
referee to be mutually agreed upon one
month before the date of the fight.
Tbe one thousand dollars ($1.000)
five hundred dollars on behalf of Jack
McAuliffe and the five hundred on be
half of Alaert Griffiths ("Young Griffo")
now on deposit with Arthur T. Lum
ley, of the New Y ork Illustrated News,
are to be turned over by him on June 1,
18U3, to Ai amitn, who is hereby agreed
upon as stakeholder cf tbe match. On
the same date (June 1, 1895) a further
deposit of two thousand dollars ($2,000)
a side is to be made with said Al Smith.
The subsequent deposits to be made
with tne said Al Smith, as follows:
July 1, 1895, twenty-five hundred dollars
($2,500) a side; August 1, 1895, twenty-
five hundred dollars ($3,500) a side;
September 3. 1895, twenty-five hundred
dollars ($2,500) a side, making the sum
total of ten . thousand dollars ($19,000)
a side.
RALEIGH'S ROYAL RUMPUS.
Viator Dookery Came Very Near Killing
a Wilmington Man Bat He Was Not
Viator Dookery When the Fight War
Over.
The Raleigh Press gives the following
account of a "scrimmage"' in that city
that has excited much curiosity and
comment in Wilmington:
Last night a tragic scene was enacted
in the lobby of one of our prominent
hotels. This and the meeting of the Ar
rington Tribunal were going on at the
same time. The affair was kept quiet
all day. and only got on the streets this
evening.
It seems that a party of gentlemen
wete sitting in the lobby talking about
matters of a general nature. The occur
rence arose from a discussion of letters
of credit. Mr. Dockery was not a mem
ber of the party in conversation, but it
seems that he disputed the statement of
a prominent gentleman from Wilming
ton, and used some onensive language.
It also seems that Mr. Dockery pulled
out a pistol from his hip-pocket, swung
it around carelessly placing it against
the gentleman's ear and pulled the trig
ger. Fortunately the pistol snapped and
the missile of death was cut short before
it started on its career.
The gentleman who so narrowly es
caped was not aware of the fact that
Dockery had a pistol until it was snap
ped. Tbe pistol was taken away from
Mr. Dockery and the aforesaid gentle
man pitched into him. and those present
state that Mr. Dockery came out second
best.
This is the story of the affair as told
us by responsible parties. We have not
beard Mr. Dockery s side,' though we
have made several efforts to do so.
The cartridge was a 88, and it would
certainly have resulted in death. Mr.
Dockery s action can not be accounted
tor, as tbe gentlemen were in a private
conversation and no cause was given
him fpr an assault. The matter is now
in the hands of the police.
A DANGER SIGNAL.
Yellow Fever May Be Brought to the
United States front Cuba,
Washington, March 24. The insur
rection in Cuba may be of much mo
ment in affecting the interests and wel
fare of the United States in a direction
to which public attention has not been
heretofore directed. It has, however,
not escaped the vigilance of the officials
of the Marine Hospital Service, who are
much concerned over the aspect of the
matter. Said Surgeon General Wyman
to-day : " The prospects for the
coming season, in a sanitary point of
view, are most encouraging. We shall
probably go through the Summer with
out experiencing an epidemic ot any
kind. The only point of danger is
Cuba. If Spain sends 8,000 unaccli
mated troops to that' island, as the dis
patches indicate may be done, then we
shall have to look out! for yellow fever.
It will inevitably strike among those
raw troops, and the disease will rage
with unusual virulence in Havana. From
there to tbe United States is not a
night's ride, and only the most vig
orous precautions and the exercise of
the utmost vigilance will Keep it trom
our borders.
City Court.
William Williams, colored, drunk and
disorderly and resisting the officer who
arrested him, was sentenced to pay a fine
of $10 or work thirty days on the streets.
Becky Claridy, colored, disorderly,
was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or be
imprisoned twenty days.
Three negro wenches charged with
being drunk and disorderly were held
for examination to-day.
Spring Opening.
The Spring opening of Capt. A. D,
Brown will take place next Thursday
night, on which occasion an unusually
fine display of new goods suited to the
season will be made. Capt. Brown's new
stock is now coming in, and elaborate
preparations are being made for a hand'
some exhibition.
TAR
AN INSURANCE COMPLICATION.
The Southeastern Tariff Association and the
Southern Stock Mutual of North Caro
lina. The following appears as an editorial
in the Charlotte - Observer of the 23d
insL:
The Southern Stock Mutual Insu
rance Company of North Carolina was
chartered, by act of the lately adjourned
Legislature, with a number of the
strongest men in the State named as in
corporators, and began business with its
central office at Greensboro and agen
cies all over the State. ! A number of its
agents were the agents also of compa
nies embraced in the Southeastern Tariff
Association, and as the Southern Stock
Mutual did not propose to cut rates
but to conduct itself ! upon a plan of
amity with all other companies, it
proposed to tbe Southeastern Tariff As
sociation to pro rate certain local ex
penses with it and the proposition was
accepted. A little later, however, it re
ceived notice from the Tariff Associa
tion that it had reconsidered its purpose,
tbe letter from the secretary goiag on to
say that in view of the rebate clause in
the scheme of the Southern Stock Mu
tual it had been resolved not to co-operate
with it. This was followed by
notices to its agents throughout the
State that they must not act as agents of
the Southern Stock Mutual.
All this has but one meaning, and tba
is that a North Carolina company must
not compete with the South eastern
Tariff Association for North Carolina'
business under penalty of its boycott..
Its agents are to be coerced, if possible,
and it only remains to be seen how
many ot them, who are agents tor both,
will submit to the coercion. The
method adopted of holding tha North
Carolina business for itself and driving
the home competitors out cf the com
petition, is a thoroughly characteristic
trust proceeding, and it wili be a sur
prise to those who think they know
them well if the people of Ncrth Caro
lina do not take this matter up and re
sent this arrogance as it deserves.
INMAN O COTTON.
He Thinks the Next Crop Csnnot Possi
bly Kxoeed 7,750,000 Bales. "
In a recent interview on the outlook
for cotton, John H. I a man said:
"The main strength of cotton lies in
the inability of the South to make the
next crop equal to the last under exist
ing circumstances. Can this be done ?
The acreage of the 1893-'91 crop and
that of 1891, were about the same, and
still the crops of the two seasons show a
difference of 2,000,000 to 2,220.000 bales
in favor of the latter. This great differ
ence is wholly attributed to the phe
nomenal season cf '94 '95, the like of
which was never before known, and is
not again likely to be repeated. Assu
ming then that the acreage this year
will ; be the same as the last two
years. "I am of the opinion that the next
crop cannot under any conditions-exceed
that of 93-94, which was 7,750.000. As
regards condition of planters, I may
state that they are so greatly discouraged
that their mental acd physical condition
is much run down. Then stock is not
in such good condition as last year and
the financial situation, the shipment of
mules for farming purposes to tbe South
this year, will not exceed 20,000, whereas
the shipments last year were 80,000. Re
garding the consumption of fertilizers, I
do not attach much'- importance
to this matter. American spinners
have stocked us very r largely and
are in good condition in this re
spect. Continental spinners have fol
lowed in a measure and are still buying
large amounts of cotton. But at Man
chester the stocks held by spinners are
small while at Liverpool there is an aw
erage stock which, however, does not be
long to English spinners, but is con
trolled, to a considerable extent,, by peo
ple who nave bougbt for investment, for
the rise in silver and prospects of an
early termination of hostilities between
China and Japan. Manchester will not
hesitate to supply herself more freely
with cottoni
Buy No Othera.
All persons are '-, hereby cautioned
against buying copies of the Star offered
for sale on the streets unless, in every
case, the words ''For Transient Sale"
are stamped on the margin of the paper.
Should any newsboy or carrier offer for
sale a copy of the Star not so stamped,
be should be promptly reported at this
office.
All wool Henrietta's from 37 to 85
cents per yard. All wool Whipcord at
50 cents per yard, at A. D. Brown s. t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
March, April and May.
MAYBE YOU haven't got 'em, and may never have
em, BUT 4 ounces of PREVENTION is wonh
TONS ot CURB.
Corn's Bed Bag Interceptic
DOES the work Qaickly, Qnietlr and Pleasantly.
Ii has stood the teft for years. If you have never
tried it, ask some
Good Housekeeper About It.
Made only in Wilmington, N. C, by
" JAMES D. NUTT,
march 6 tf
Chemist.
Potatoesand Eggs.
50 bushels SWEET POTATOES.
15 barrels E. R. POTATOES.
200 doz. EGGS.
100 boxes CANDY.
25 pails CANDY.
100 boxes R. R. SNUFF.
50 boxes 3 THISTLE SNUFF,
Complete stock staple Groceries at
lowest possible prices. Send your
orders to
w. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant,
228 foith Winter Street
march 36 tf DAW Wilmington. N. C.
Sale of Jones' Marine Railway,
SAVANNAH, OA.
By W. K. W1LKISSON, Auctioneer,
UNDER and by virtue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of Chatnam county, I U1
sell at public outcry before the court house door in
Chatham county, during the legal hours of tale, am
the first Tuesday, being the Sd day of April, 1895, the
followine real estate and improvements belonging to
the estate of the late Francis M. Jones, to-wit All
those three (3) certain water or wharf lots situate, ly
ing a d being on Hutchinson's Island, in said county
of Chatham and State aforesaid, and known as wharf
lots numbers twenty-one (21), twenty two (3 ) and
twentv. hree (33), with all improvements on said three
lots of land, said improvements consistin of a marine'
railway and the engines, b iters and machinery neces
: sary and it cident to the operation of said railway, to
gether with engine, boiler and tool-house now erected
on sua tana.
Also at the samo rime and place the following perso
nal Diooertv bel nsrins to said estate, to-wit One dis
mounted ptle.drtver engine, and hammer, one dis
mounted engine in noose on lower wnart; enree ugni-
ers ana tne interest ot tne estate in tne tug ucon.
Terms cash, purchaser paying for papers.
. FRANCES A. JONES,
Administratrix Estate Francis M. Jones.
iDirchSWVt OT 28
WHOLE NO. 8,699
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Crowded
TO THE
Doors.
.VThe people are with us." Excla
mations of surprise escaped the lips
of those who were so fortunate as to
get a glimpse of the elegant goods
we received during the latter part of
last week.
Only a lew saw them then. This
week you will have the opportunity
to see and buy them, too. Come and
forget that you are in Wilmington,
and you will believe that you are in
Paris.
Mr. Brown has just returned from
the North, where he made several
BIG DEALS.
No middle-man stands between
ou and us. Come and buy direct at
first hands. What a saving !
Specials for this Week,
COTTON FABRICS.
Satin and China Calicoes at 7c yd.
Windsor Blk Sateen.fio-ured 12c vd.
Matsumai Batiste Plisse 20c yd.
Ravenelle, 7c yd.
Floulards, 7c yd.
Drap de Vienne, 15c yd.
Shurred efiects in all colors, 10c,
15c, 25c yard.
Fresh arrivals 36-inch Percales 12c.
New line Prints in light colors 5c yd.
Irish Dimities,' 12c yd.
Beautiful line French Organdies 35c.
Pla'n and Fancy Dimities. ,
traietea in variety of colors, 12c yd.
JETS.
A new and desirable line of Jets
have just arrived. Points in exquis
ite designs 3 to 12 inches long.
fool
Cotton.
Crepons. Crepons. Crepons.'
The prettiest line of Lace Collars
ever shown in the city.
Colored Dress Goods.
85c all wool Henriettas, 65c yard.
50c all wool Henriettas, 37c yd.
80c all wool Serge, 60c yd.
60c all wool Serge, 40c yd.
75c all wow Whipcord, 50c yd.
75c Light Henriettas, 50c yd.
60c Light Henriettas, 40c yd.
75c Silk and wool Suitings, 50c yd.
60c 44 inch Fancy Suitings, 45c yd.
Black Dress Goods.
85c all wool Henriettas 65c yd.
all wool Henriettas. 75c vd.
$1.40 all wool Henrlettas,$l a yard,
50c all , wool Serge, 40c yd.
75c all wool French Serge, 50c yd.
$1.25 all wool French Serge, 85c yd.
$1.50 all wool Royalene, $1.25 yd.
85c all wool Granites, 65c yd.
Sole Agents for Smith & Angell's
Fast Black Hosiery.
Shirtwaist
And Chemisettes.
Most elegant line of new and novel
Silks.
The most complete line NOTIONS
in the city. A beautiful line of
Gentlemen's Neckwear,
at 25 and 50 cents. .
They are new just arrived.
Guaranteed al Advertised.
ID.
Successor to BRO WN 4 RODDICK
No. 9 NORTH FRONT ST.
mar 84 tf
A Rebus,
READY-GDESSED.
The Usual Front Line.
The Usual Selling Line.
Our Selling Line.
Our Cost Line.
A simple illustration sometimes
speaks' more than volumes about
SHOES, SHOES,
The good, cheap SHOES at
Hercer & Gaylord's,
115 Princess Street.
Sncccssor to H. C. Evans.
mar 94 tf
Frani H Stedmaii, Jas. S. Worth
Stedman & Worth.
INSURANCE.
Fire and Life.
Office at Banking House of the
Wilmington Savings and Trust
Company jan 25 tf
BROWN'S
If You Want
ALL THB HEWS
lit GOOD SHAPE,
Bead
THE MORNING STAR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
116 Market Street
Watch Daily Bulletin on Our Windovs.
We Set the Pace.
No combination ol words in fine
phrases can add force to the plain
statement that we are selling many
new and seasonable goods at Half
Valae.
Press Goods,
Silks,
Wash Fabrics,
Kid Gloves, .
Corsets,
Muslin Underwear,
Ladies' Gapes,
Children's Reefer
Mattings,
Shades,
LACE C0RTAINS,
Will be sold the trade at lower prices
than ever before.
We have made great improvement
or this Spring's business, and the
results we are getting demonstrate
to us how much our efforts are being
appreciated.
Ralz & Polvogi,
116 Market Street;"
WILMINGTON, N. O,
EVERY LADY
Should own a
Wheeler Wilson
Sewing
The New Improved
No. 9
WHEELER & WILSON
Sewing Machine
Is tbe Best on Earth.
Kalz & Polvogl,
116 Market Street.
men 14 tf
Great Sale of Carpets
At auction, by A. H. MORRIS, auctioneer, in fton
of salesrooms 106 Dock stecet, cn
We teiay. Marc! 27 at 10 A.M.
mar 24 it
Plant the Best.
Houlton Mains 'Early Rose Seed
Potatoes. Ordef soon, as the quan
tity is limited.
Daily arrivals.' ot Flour, Sugar,
Coffee, Cakes, Crackers, Candies, &c. ,
Write for. samples and prices.
HALL flc PEARSALL,
Wholesale Grocers and Cwmndssto Merctasffl,
mchlStfTMW Mart and Mulberry tW
lillU I'llllil
Machine
'- 5rch 1 tf