North Carolina Newspapers

BBBfTiBD. v i WILMUTOJT, N. C. '.: Sunday morning. Dec. 20, 1898 80JIS SUQQK3TIYB FiaUSES. When Senator Teller said a few days ago, ta reply to a remark.made by a R.-pablican Senator. "I am not sure that we did not elect Bryan," he ' bad good reason to say so. He took occasion to say tkat later on he might submit some remarks on that subject. . -." ;V ;V:-; Wnen Senator Allen offered his resolution to appoiat a committee of nine Senators to investigate the use of money in the late election, who or what, if any, corporations contrib otefl money and how much, if any, was contributed from foreign coun tries aod if so how muca and for what expended, and if the committee deemed it advisable, to suggest such legislation as may prevent the use of A money in elections, he had good rea son for doing so, - one of which was ' the. folio wing presentation of figures, as we find the n printed fa the Wash ington Post, which he sent to the clerk's desk, and had read. Look at them and see if they are not sugges- ttve and significant figures Cleveland cirried California Is 1892 b? 147. aod Bryan received 84 009 more tes than Cleveland received yet Mc- Kialev Carried California. Cleveland cirried Illinois in 1893 b 3,993. and Bryan received 47 QUO more , votes tha a Cleveland scceived yet Mc K oiey cirried Iiliooij. Cleveland carried I idlana in 1893 bv 7 125. aad B yan received 47 000 more votes tbaa Cleveland received yet Mc- Kioley carried Iadiaoa. Harrison carried Iowa in 189) by 83. 729. and B van received 4 341 more v tes than Hirrisoa received yet Mc Kialey earned Iowa. C'eveland cimed Kentucky to '1893 by 40 029. aad 8 van received 44 336 more votes 'nan Cleveland yet McKin lev carried Kentucky. Htrrisoa carried Michigan in 1892 by - 30 413. aod Bryan received 4 000 more vites than Harriaoa received yet Mc Ktai cirried Michigan. H trrison carried Minaesota in 1893 ? 21.903, and Bryan received -18,714 n ire votes tbaa Harrison received yet vlcKinley carried Minnesota. Harrison cirried Onio to 1893 by 1 073 and Bryan received 69.000 more vo.es ttjin Harrison received yet McKioley carried Ohio. Harr.soa carried Oregon in 1893, and Bryan received 9.00J more votes than H wisoo received yet McKioley carried Oregon. - fus vote of Illinois was nearly 850 000 in exceis nf the vote of 1893. that of -Ohio 200,000. and of Kentucky, 100,030 From wneo.ee have these States gained so largely in population during . four : yean? . A', the same time Kansas, a growing Western State, only snows 10.000 gain. The great State of Texas, which has 'been a theater of immigration, ooW bows 40 000 gain; Alabama shows 5 010 loss; New York only shows 40,000 gain; Massacnosetts only 1.000 gain: Virginia snowi 15 000 loss, whue Wet Virginia a S.ate the Republicans were panicu ; larlv anxions to carry, shows a gain of 20000; Arkansas, a State to which im m'gratton has been directed, only gained : 1,000 . while Indiana, a pivotal State abows 90 003 gain. These figures are -inexplicable. Why have the pivotal States mide sncn tremendous gains in votinstrength ? Is there any plausible, rational way to account for the phenomenal gain In this group of States, when other States show : such . compara tively small gain and others a loss, except on the ground of colossal fraud by importing voters, , or by false registration and illegal voting of some registered under different names and in d fferent precincts ? We know that there was fraudulent registration in North Carolina and that; South Carolina and Virginia were drawn upon to pile up the vote ior the Republicans. When Generalissimo Hanna and hisconncil bad surveyed the field, discovered the States that they were sure of carrying, those they bad no expectation of being able to carry, . and the States that were doubtful and that might be carried and must be carried to elect .McKinley, the the fighting circle narrowed and the devilment began in earnest Hanna designated the "pivotal States" and declared that "the battle royal" would be fought in these, and it was, if such infernal villi ny can be called royal fighting. We all know the active effects that were made to poll a full vote in the city of New York, ana yet the city ot Chicago polled a larger vote than the city of New York, and then they had the amaz ing cheek to offer this as proof that Chicago has a larger . population than New York! Illinois was one of the "pivotal" States. Cook county, which embraces Chicago, was the "pivotal" county for that State, and Hanna and his aids, knowing what ' they had to do, turned themselves loose and did it. .-. tS s . . It is estimated by persons compe tent to make estimates that the Republican National Committee bad secured contributions from various sources aggregating between $16, 000.000 and $20,000,000. Very little if any of this money was expended in the Eastern States for. the Repub licans felt confident of carrying them without spending money. Very little money was spent in the central States for the same reason, and very little in the South except in North Carolina and Kentucky, where the conditions were such as to encourage the belief that they might be carried for McKinley. . The bulk of this money, as stupendous as the sum total -was,' was expended in those doubtful Western States, with the result of the most phenomenal vote that was. ever cast by them.-. This, coupled with'the fact that thecbange is the situation began i after Hanna nut his hand to : the I wheel and his mind to tbe work, is suf ficient evidence of the potency of the methods he employed aod the money he expended. From that day the Republicans of those States who felt gloomy and despondent over the outlook took heart, the feeling of despondency was changed to hope fulness and as Hanua's methods be gan to develop the feeling of .confi dence grew, for they realized that there was a bold, resourceful, un scrupulous, determined, man in charge agd that waat dariag and deviltry could do to win would be done. Their confidence- was not misplaced, and every hops that was built on the daring, dash and tact for combination of this new but trusted leader and planner was justified by his unprecedented achievments, by the snatching of victory when defeat seemed imminent and converting threatened disaster into triumph. " , - Hanna himself admits the fact that when he made a poll of the votes in some of those doubtful Mates ne found a majority for Bryan, and yet in a few short weeks , he not onjy wiped out these majorities but piled up big majorities for his, candidate, notwithstanding the fact that Bryan received an extraordinarily large yjte in all of . them showing that it was not by cutting down the Demo-. cratic vote be won but by phenome nally increasing the Republican vote, an increase out of all propor tion to a reasonable increase of pap ulation, and that increase of popula tion was mainly the natural increase added very little to by Immigration. The whole vote . shows the as touading increase of nearly two millions over the vote of the preced ing election four years before, when the battle was a warmly contested oae all along the line, and when money was freely expended, too; a marvellous and unprecedented - in crease, which must have be?n amaz ing even to Mark Hanna himself when he coolly contemplated the figures after the returns came in. The total vote of -13,934,66 indi cates a population pf 69,623,3 L0, estimating one voter to every five people, which is the usual rale, show ing an increase of about 7,000,000in six years, during - several off which years the immigration from other countries was comparatively light. The fact is Mr. Hanna overdid bis work, sufficiently so to justify the doubts of Senator Fuller and the resolution of Senator Aliens 1QBO& K3AIIUH. A Baltimore dispatch, published yesterday, announced the failure of a prominent furniture manufacturing firm of that city, the reason assigned being "inability to compete with Western manufactories. And yet furniture manufacturing, as an indus try on a small scale, is compara tively a new thing in the West, which depended on the East: for the bnlk of its furniture, as the South does now. This announcement is a plain statement of a fact briefly made, but it is a suggestive one, and gives a strong hint to Southern enterprises. If Eastern furniture manufacturers find Western competition such a se rious factor what show would they have with the South in the field as a competitor, for the South has num berless advantages over the West for that business. She has an unlimited and inexhaustible supply of the finest timbers of many varieties, some of which are peculiar to this section and can be procured nowhere else, and at prices far below - what the Western manufacturer has ' to pay for bis lumber, even of the common kinds used only in the manufacture of the plainest and cheapest furni ture. Much of their best lumber is shipped to them from the South. With capital to supply the neces sary labor-saving machinery, to manufacture on a large scale, under competent management and with cheap transportation, all " of which ought to be obtainable, the Southern manufacturer could lead those of any other section and send them to the wall when it becomes a question of competition. There are immense possibilities for this business In the South. ' ' .-..-.. . The . practical unanimity with which the Senate Committee. has agreed to report favorably on Sena tor Cameron's resolution for the re cognition of the independence of Cuba has no special significance, save as to emphasizing the senti ment of the Senate oa that question. It will not pass the House of 'Re presentatives without some amend ment that would practically nullify it, for the Republicans are in a ma jority in the House and they .will not. take any action that would com mit McKinley's administration in ad vance of its coming into power, or possibly embroil it in war with a for eign power. If there be any numili atlon in the failure to act so far, they want the Cleveland administration to bear that, and If there is any glory to be gained by positive action, they want the McKinley administra tion and the Republican party to have that. To this extent politics en ters this question. . There are a good many Democrats who take the same view of it as far as committing the Incoming administration goes, for in as much as the Cleveland ad ministration has held its hands off and zealously endeavored to prevent even the appearance of giving aid and comfort to the Cubans, tbey be lieve that the incoming administra tion should be left unhampered as to the policy to be pursued and assume the full responsibility.' And this is -doubtless the view of Mr. Cleveland, who in the event of the adoption of the resolution by both Houses, would veto it. The adoption of the resolu tion bv the Senate., however, will have the effect of encouraging the struggling Cubans, and stimulating them to more determined efforts in the brave fight they are making for I liberty. The American bicycle is a hum' nrer; it goes, goes not only at home, but all over the world, and. every where it is a daisy. Tljsere is some thing about . it that "The average European manufacturer can't catch on to, for they do not seem W have the nack of combining strength with lightness, and sacrifice the latter to the former, the result of which is that the American builder Is getting away with the otherfellows in the export business, which-is growing rapidly. There is not a civilized country in the world that our wheels do not splnJn, "and a good many ot the half civilized. vTbe following list showing the exportations for the past nine, months, does not embrace all the countries to which oar wheels are shipped, but-shows bow widely distributed they areand the large proportions the business is assum ing : . - ., .. -Great Britain ............. Canada Australia France Other European countries . Mexico. ... Porto Rco So Domingot....... .... Brazil Colombia China Africa , $1.020 971 804 940 242 911 118 76 885 948 87 687 7 884 478 IS 840 16 485 7.413 S6 623 The "toy" which the Frenchman ought to this country twenty years ago, ' has . in American, hands and with American ; skill and practical bent-of mind developed very consid erable growing capacity. SPIRITS TUBPENHNE. Monroe Enquirer : There has not been a single personal property claim in the sheriff's office this fall. That shows that chattel mortgages, leins, etc., are - being settled promptly. Fayetteville Observer'. A depth of over two hundred feet has been reached in the artesian well which is being bored on Mr. 'Elijah Shep pard's place on Rowan street. The drill is now pounding its way through a rock, whose depth seems inter minable, seventeen feet haying already been bored into it. Greenville Reflector: Mrs. J. A Andrews nee Miss Maud Moore, died at the King House last night at 10 o'clock, of appendicitis complicated with acute gastritis. An operation was performed last Sunday evening and hopes were entertained for her recovery. ' Just six weeks ago she was happily married to Mr. J. A. Andrews of this place. Gastonia Gazette: That was a close call Mr. G. R. Rhyne had last Sunday morning. He is the deputy and jailer of our -new Sheriff, Mr. T.Love. About four o'clock be went out to arrest Logan Cline, whose wife had sworn out a peace warrant against him for bis violence while on a Saturday night spree. The deputy bad two men , summoned to go with him. Oa reaching the. place, just outside the corporate limits ot Dal las, Rhyne asked a son of Cline to go in and try to pacify his father. Tbey failed to do so and the officer went in to make the arrest. As Rhyne entered the door, Cline, who was on the bed with . his pistol in hand, - drew a bead " on the officer and fired. The officer did not have his weapons drawD, and did not have time to draw them. 'He saw the man on the bed with bis pistol drawn and made a rush for him. His as sistants ran In 'and the violent man was soon disarmed. After the scuffle was over Mr. Rhyne, who thought be had been wounded id the thigh, made examination and found that his life was probably saved by a button. The bullet burnt : his overcoat, wept through the corner of bis; vest, on through his pants, struck the top button on his drawers, tore out the button hole, and then glanced down ward, striking . and lodging on .the inside of his thigh, where it made a .bruise but did not break the skin. ?. CURRENT, COMMENT, - McKinley visiting tbe.dentist while in Cnicago is important merely as showing that the - painstaking artist probably saw into, him farther than any of these Cabinet builders. Phil. Times, Ind. 5 "One of the new questions of etiquette at Washington on .the '4th of March," suggests the valued Cin cinnatt ' Enquirer, "will be Mark Hanna's place in the inaugural pro Cession." We are amazed at the En quirer. With its facilities for know ing Mark it ought to understand that he will be the procession. Washing' ton Post, Jnd. The hard times are said to have affected the demand for celery so that balf of the Kalamazoo crop lies rotting in the trenches. The loss is said to be about $200,000. This is a case in point where the supply was not too great, but In ability -to purchase had blighted the demand. Augusta Chronicle, Dent. AppointSMCM for V uuatton by Biahopth of licit Ctrolica. "" - December 20, Sunday, 4th in Advent, Murfreesboro, S. Barnabas. December 25 Christmas, Woodville, Bertie county, Grace. December 27, Sunday after Christmas, M. P- Roxobel, S. Mark's. ; M. P.-?M6rnmg Prayer. ; E. P. Evening Prayer. Com Communion. - : At all Morning Services the Holy Communion.; -, The Vestries will please be ready to meet the Brshop. . The Children will please be prepared to be catechized. " Offerings for Diocesan Missions unless otherwise announced. . Hackles' Arnica salve. : -- Th - Best Salvx ia tbe world tor Cats, Bruises, Sores. . Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles or no pav required. - It is guaranteed, to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. ' Price 25 cents per box. For sale by R. R. Bzllamt. t "NKIBEB TO TBBS." -;. FRANK I. STANTON. They were singing, sweetly singing, 'And the song melodiously On the evsntng air was ringing : -' "Nearer, O my God. to Tbet!" In my eves the teardrops glistened ' As it stirred the twilight dim, - . - And I wondered as I listened " If it brought tbcm nearer Him. - Were they like the wanderer, weary, - - Song aod life in sweet accord. Resting in the darkness dreary la that nearness to the Lord? Hid H Spirit ever sought them, - To be slighted or denied? Had that dear song ever brought them Closer to the Saviour's side? I have heard its music often. Felt its meaning deep and sweet, - And my weary heart would soften Singing at my Master a feet, "Nearer Thee" O precious teeling! ' - Nearer Tnee ia gsio and loss; Nearer Thee when I am kneeling . ; In the shadow of Thy crostt Nearer Thee when love descending , Falls in blessing on my bead; Nearer Thee when I am bending O er the graves, that bide my deadl Nearer Thee io j. in sorrow, 'Tis the same wher'er I roam. Nearer Thee to dav. to morrow, ... O my King, mv Christ, my home! SUNDAY SELECTIONS. A noble deed is a step toward Uod. Holland. The skillful bee gathers the best honey from the bitterest herbs. The more prosperity man en joys t,be more humility God enjoins. The best reformers the world has ever had are tiose who nave com menced on themselves. ff. H. Shaw Sin in the soul is like Jonah in the ship; it turns the smoothest water into a troubled ocean. In your heart kiss often the crosses our Saviour baa Himself laid on your shoulders. St. Francis De Sales. Four things cannot come back the spoken word, the sped arrow the ptt life, the neglected opportunity. 1 ne American. - :. Jesus bath now many loyers of His heavenly kingdom, bat lew bearers of His cross. There is no other way uoto life, and unto true inward peace but the way of the holw cross, and of daily moitificatton, A Ktmpis To be silent, to suffer, to pray, when there is no room tit onward ac tion, is an acceptable offering to God. A disappointment, a contradiction, an. in jury received and, endured for Christ's sake, are of as much value as a long prater and time is not lost which is spent in the practice of meekness and patience Fenelcn. - TWINKLINGS. Sympathizing Friend Where were the remains of yonr late husrund interred ? Tbe Widow (sadly) There were ro rrmms; be he' met a bear I The Sketch: -: - . ' "Oh, children you are so noisy to-day. Can't you be a little quieter and betteif - - - Now. grandma, you must be a little considerate, and oot scold us. You see, if it wasn t for us vou wouldn t be grandma at zW Tit Bits. Young Heathen Mrs. Brown "You sbou d be a good boy, Johnnie. The Lord sees e very tbing you do. JLIttle I ohnnie "1 don t care, ma, as long as Santa Clans doesn't know any thing about it." - "Madam," said one of her rap turays admirers, "you grow more youttt- ful every da! What is tbe secret of it? "As to that," absently replied tbe prima donna, permit me to refer you to tbe advertising columns of any newspa per." Chicago Tribune. Those French Bills' of - Fare Nodd Tbere's one advantage a Bowery hash house has over a swell Broadway hotel restaurant. ; Todd What is that ? Nodd You know what you're order ing. ::;..rV'C...' A friend '"called on a worthy divine, who had been offered a. bisn pric. Tbe daughter ot tbe bouse met him at tbe door. "Is your father go ng to accept it ?" he inquired, "well." tae you eg lady replied demurely, "father is praying for, guidance in tbe library Mother is packing upstairs. Tit Bits, Why tb Crook ConfeaMd. . . ITewspsper men are sometimes taken Into the confidence of persons in public life and told the "inside" of matters for their own information. ' It. is not of ten, however, that criminals care to divulge their secrets to reporters, either for publication or ' 'proof of good faith." An exception to this order of things happened to the writer. A well known crook, after having been chased about from pillar to post by the detectives, was finally captured in one of the down town saloons by two of the city force, who are close to the top of -the ladder in the police department. The fellow- made no resistance, but promised to go, along peaceably, . The officers had no sooner started for the sta tion house with their prisoner, whom they neglected to handcuff, than.be made a break for liberty and got away. The officers made every effort to capture him, and every officer on the force was told to look out for him. - , The crook made his way to the lower part of Alleghany, and, going to a tele phone, called up the newspaper jofnee and asked the writer to come to a cer tain place and get a good story. : The writer went to the place he indicated and the man told his. story. It was merely his version of the trouble be got into and an account of the clever manner in which he had escaped from the two officers of , the police force. He wanted the officers "roasted" for allowing him to get away so easily, and had run the risk of being recaptured solely for the purpose of renting his spite upon the natural enemy of all cruninala ' He knew that he would have time to get away after the interview. The fellow was aft erward captured and cent to prison in punishment for some of his many crim inal acts. Pittsburg Chroniole-Tele- graph. ' . -Tiny Trees. : The midget cf the whole tree family is the Greenland birch. It is a perfect tree in every sense of that term and lives ita allotted number of years from 75 to 130 just as other species of the great birch family do, although ita height under the most favorable condi tions seldom exceeds ten inches. Whole bluffs of the east and southeast coast of Greenland are covered with "thickets". of ,thia diminutive species of woody plant, ana in many places Where the soil is uncommonly poor and frozen from eight . to , ten months a year "forest" of these trees will , flourish for half a century without growing to height exceeding four inches. KoatlyOrtof It. She Yon said I had a face that would stop a trolley car in the middle of the block. - He I did. It takes a mighty good looking woman to get a conductor to do that Indianapolis Journal. - The best-waylo cure disease is to drive it from tbe systeorby purify log the blood with Hood s Sarsspariua. SLAUGHTER OF THE GALILEANS. Fontloa PUt Armed His Soldiers With Clnbe In XterUtoa.' It was Pilate's custom to oome to his official residence a kind of pal ace for ptiblio business-rdnring all feasts, and he was there . that day, but he was in a very ugly frame of mind. " Such men as Ben Nassur, aided by zealots from other places, were arousing their followers mora and more from hour to hour nntil at last an angry multitude swarmed around ' the gates of Pilate's house, cursing him in the name of the law and of the temple." They clamored for the restitution of the treasures taken from the priests, the cessation of the aqueduct work, whioh .tha fall of the tower so plainly declared to be wicked, and they furiously de manded the removal of the temple guards. n The Eoroan governor had not tbe least idea of granting any of these demands, and he determined to teach the angry Galileans a lesson. He sent to his camps for a large num ber of soldiers. ; They were not to come in armor, bnt in ordinary cloth ing, and were to be armed only with clubs. Strong men can do a great deal of damage with heavy cudgels, bnt Pilate's idea was to express in this way bis soldierly contempt for. a Jewish mob. His men were order ed to surround it and to wait for such commands as he might give them. Cyril's fear of tbe rabbis : and priests grew stronger as he drew near the temple. There was no other place on earth, he believed, where a sacrmce to (iod could be offered aa solemnly as upon the brazen gold ornamented altar of burnt offering. whioh be and his .father were soon to see. - - - ' "':; Loader and louder grew the sounds of the tumult in the open space be fore the governor's palace, but Cyril and bis father could no longer hear it, f or they were now in the outer oonrt of tbe temple. They advanced toward the steps leading up to the gorgeously gilded portals of the in ner court. Here they were met by a Lievite, to whom .Ezra at once banded the fleecy offering which be bad brought and bad so far carried in his arms. During several min utes, however, there had been strange sounds beyond the gate of the outer court, and tbey were fast growing loader. Ezra and his son would have paused to listen, bnt the Levite led the way into the inner court, and they followed. In a mo ment more Cyril oonld see the smoking altar, the splendidly array ed-priests, the chanting Levites, the swinging censers and all the grand appliances of- the tem pIS"wor ship. Everything was splendid beyond his imaginings, but he could not look at it for more than a moment. Be hind him, surging through the gate into the outer court, filling that space and then pouring on into the inner court, came a shouting, shrieking, maddened multitude. Pilate's club men had been doing their brutal work only too well, and, If his soldiers carried clubs only, other enemies of the Galileans and they were many bad seized this op portunity, for steel blades were flashing among the pursuers. An angry mob was now pitilessly smit ing down the Jews who had protest ed bo zealously for the temple and the law. r They did not pause at the gate of "the inner court, but in a moment more there were slain Galileans ly ing among the bodies of the animals prepared for sacrifice, and the re venge of Pilate upon those who had upbraided him was becoming terri ble. W. O. Stoddard in St Nioholas. A Gentle Hint to Her Goeeta, . The Empress Frederiok unwitting ly brought on herself the hostility ol the .Prussian army by a course she took, or that was taken in her name, when she was crown princess. The crown prince gave a great mili tary dinner soon after his father came to the throne. Offioers of all grades were invited. Some of those who were then subalterns are now hoary headed generals and cannot speak of tbe circumstance without getting red in the face with anger. When they had all sat down to din ner, a gentleman of the court went round to say that her royal highness particularly desired officers not to eat with their knives. It is not usual in good English society to eat with the knife, but Germans and Poles do not see that it is enough to stamp a man aa vulgar. London Truth. V Atbletle Girl Attire.' T : For athletic purposes, such as golfing, tennis and" cycling, the jersey is quite the proper thing. They are of any con ceivable color and combination, plaided, striped and woven in lozenge and other fancy patterns. These useful waists are worn with substantial leather belts and are becoming, comfortable and econom ical. Cyclers' suits arc made in more fanciful manner than formerly, and in London' are frequently seen of white serge or mohair. ,The shapes are vari ous, one of the latest being the empire, which is so constructed that either a man's or lady's wheel can bo used. : It consists of divided skir-which is pro vided with a flap front, concealing the division and falling gracefully over the wheeL Exchange. Mlta lna Sa linden. .Miss Lena Saunders, who recently died in New Orleans, went to that city 17 years ago from Connecticut and dor voted herself to the work of Christian izing and civilizing the Chinamen o: New Orleans. ; Her first intention was to work, among the negroes, under the auspices of the Congregational Mission board of Norwich, Conn., hut the needs of the Chinese appealed to her more strongly, and her self denying labors among them earned for her the admira tion and respect of everybody in the city. -' . - . oUel Guest. . . You hear a great - deal about the "model hostess," who works herself to death to entertain the idle people who Visit her. We hope to bear more of the model guest A model guest is one who remains at home a great deal and at tends to whatever business he may have. Atchison lieader. ... Waeted Efforts. She Poor Mrs. Weedt She regularly attends those spiritual) stio seances and tries to communicate with her husband's spirit. '-: ." He That's silly.. The poor fellow never had any. Brooklyn Life. The wild goose and some other aquatio birds are able to admit air between the : akin, and the body, and are thus protect ed against cold by an almost impervious air eushwn. Infests the blood of humanity. It appears in varied forms, but is forced to yield to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which purifies and vitalizes the blood and cures all such diseases, llead this: M In September, 1894, 1 made a misstep and Injured my ankle. . Yery soon afterwards, two Inches across formed and in walking to favor it I sprained my ankle. - The sore became worse; I could not put my boot on and I thought I should have to give up at every step. I could not get any relief aad had to stop work. I read of a care ot a similar case by Hood's Sarsaparilla and concluded to try it. Before I had taken all ot two bottles the sore had healed aod the swelling had gone down. My . is now well and I have been greatly bene fited otherwise. I have increased in weight and am in better health. I cannot Bay enough in praise of Hood's Sarsapa rilla." Mas. H. Blake, So. Berwick. Me. This and other similar cares prove that No off Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L Prepared only by CL Hood A Co., Lowell, Has. Hood S PHIS and liver stimulant. 25c- A GOOD SITTER. Mr. JUHomtT " Oeh, If jt be going to lt all day long, fto out and sit on thim eggs, the old ben has left, it's some use be. Von will nerer be any account until you amoke ljon A Go's PlckLsaX.- SMOKING TOBACCO Kade from the Purest, Ripest and Sweetest leaf Town in the Golden Belt ot North Carolina. Cigarette Book goes with each 2-os. pouch. . AZU VOX IO CUNTS. A Pleasant, Cool and Delightful Smoke. Lyon a Co. Tobacco Works. Durham, n. C. "Angel cake," said the married mso, who refused to permit the use of his name, "is so called because It would require an angel to eat it without sap- pressed protaoity. FucM. narveloua Reaolu. From a letter written by Rev T Gun aermap, 01 uimonaaie. Mica, we are permitted to make this extract: "I have no .hesitation id recommending Dr. King s New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in tbe case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist church at Rives : unction she was brought down with Pneumonia suc ceeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms ot cougning would last hours with little interruption and it seened .1 it she could not survive them. A mend re commended Dr. King's New Discovery. it was quick m its work and higbW sat isfactory in results." Trial bottles free at R R Bellamy's drag store. Regular size ouc and fl 00. Wholesale Prices i urrent. The foOowtng quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making np sbuUI orders higfcer prices nave ro oc cnarsna. Tae qaocsnocs are always grren as accurately as possiDie, rat tne star wiu not oc responsible tor as vanaaoos tram cue actual qnotea. - iket price of the articles BAGGING S 1) Jute. St .nda d WE8TKN SMOKED Hams fl s IS 6 S H Id s w Shond rs f) f, DRY sAt, .'ED- Sides SB . . Shonl.irrs V S X3 44 BARRELS pH s Turpentine Second-hand, each ......... 1 00 New New York, each. . .... 1 36 1 10 11 1 40 21 New Citv, eaclr .............. 8IESXV l BRICKS Wilmington. f M,........ Nonh-in BUTTE - North Carolina fl I),,.,..,,,, N it hern ...... .. CORN wfcAL Per Boshl, ia sacks .......... Virginia Meal ..-.... COTTON TIC S-f! bundle CANDLES-:) 1 Sperm ........ ........... Adamantine .... ......... ,, CHtESE t . .v Northern ractory ; Dairy, Cream..... Stat - COFFEEa) Lagnrra. Rio DOMESTICS . Sheet ng. 44. 9 yard ,,, y11 J bunch.... EGGS doses ................. S3 a t 50 B 00 a 700 & 14 00 & 4"K i w 18 10 11 10 1 IS 10 , IS 18 SO MacrereLNol. SS 00 SI 00 II 00 IS 00 10 (0 18 00 8 00 00 18 00 I4 00 s oo a o 6 75 S M 8 0' & 8 85 5 10 8 85 8 60 8 S5 8 TS 4 00 ttlH 4 75 5 CO 4 45 ut:o . . Mackerel, No 1, saacaerei, no s. - MsckereL NoS . Mackerel. No S, Mullets. W ban Mu lets; fl pork Darrei. .... .. N C Rue H.rriug, fl keg.... - Ory Cod, V t Kxtra fJJUR-aj barrel Low grade ..... .... ...... .. . . - Chocs ..................... ' Straight. .......... ........... First Patent .................. GLUE a) j GAlK- bnhel Com, fro n store, hag Wnrie, Cora, a -go, in bulk White.,. Co n, cargo, in bas Watte, O ti, from s ore ............. Oats, Rust Proof Cow l-eas ...4... ....... HIDES, ' TH 8l 45 40 40 80 40 45 '-: . . 4SH so 50 (s 1 05 93 85 Dr HAY, fl 100 ILSlsHCT 1 ; Western .,...,.,,,,,,. ' liOTth tUVtli HOOP IRON, fl ' LARD. I S ' orthen ......,.....,,,,., North Carolina X.TME ft barrel - .,., -I W o 1U t 85 LUMBkRfaj sawedhfl la feet Ship Btn9 rtiawed. .......... 18 W . Rough-dge Plank...... ,,.. 15 00 ; West India cargoes, according toqualit .... ...... IS 00 Dressed riooring, seasoned... IS 03 Scanting and Board, common. 14 0i MOLASSES, Jjsalloo New Crop Cuba, in fchds,. , m bbls.'.". Porte Rico, ia bhda...,. ..; SS gugar-House, la hhdt.. ....... IS " '--. J"bol' ' ' M Syrup in bbls la NAILs, keg. Cot tOi basis.... . 'aooo 18 00 t18 00 88 00 15 CO fuK a, v d rrei -,. City atesa...,...,..., a rs a. . : stump ..,....... - Prime ....,,,,,.....,..,,, io SALT, fl sack Alum . .. .. Liverpool. ...";: A me icaa .,,,.,,.,... ssoon SHINGLES, 7-inch, M...... 8 00 io m saccs an SUGAy tStaadarjGnau5 , - y" JfXC.. - . Ext a C Golden . 4 C Y-B w ., ,t.,.,.,.- & SOAP, fl t Nortbera.. ....... . : 83fa STAVES, M-W. O. barrel... 00 5 k. vi. nne.neao rSB R. CM feet as:i1 a-" 8 BO ' yommoti Mill.. ... TALLirt1;::: WUIiEEY S gallon Northera. . Nana Caraliaa ............ 400 ' 8 100 80S ISO 1 OS & P1CKLE&F jkJL SMaMCTowo S EXTRA barrel ... tt half-barrel Darrei... . half-barrel ft barrel. ... COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR Of FICE Dfcember 19 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing dOIOg. v ROSIN Market firm at 11 45 per bW for Strained, and 41 60 for Good Strained TAR. Market firm at it 10 per bbl of 880 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Stead. Hard 1.4.0. Yellow Dip 1 89, aad Virgin 80 per barrel. Quotations same dav last year Spirits turpentine 2o35sc-. rosin, ' stramefJ. 1 85; good suained $1 40; tar 0 85, crude turpentine fl 10. 1 60, 1 8 J. RECEIPTS. ' Spiriu. Turpentine...., , 133 Kosm.... ......... osi Tar 868 Crude Turpentine 118 Receipts same dav last year 71 casks spirits turpentine, 1.079 bbls rosin, aoi DDIs tar. 29 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 6 9 16c fcr middling. Same day last vear, middling 8c. Receipts 1.645 bales: same dav last year 8.191. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PIT 4 W IT rC M.Mk r..nNni Prim. 40a50c oer bushel of 88 ooaads: Extra fl s jba mar -v . V r riniB. 00c; rancy. eueioac. Virginia Extra Prime, 60a65c; Fancy, 6570c CORN. Firm: 88 to 40 cents oer bushel. ROUGH RICE 6545175 cents oer Dusnei. K r RAmM Qf-.Hc Him to 11 Uc oer nound: Staoulders. 6 to 1c: SHINGLES Pr thnnsand. five inch hearts and saps, $1 60 to 2 25; six inch. 83 50 to 8 50; seven inch; 85.50 to 6.60 TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to ou per m. DOMESTIC MARKETS. By Tmeciaph to the HotnHa Star. , FINANCIAL. Nxw York. Orcember lO-Eveninsr. Money on call 1V2 per cent. , P.ime mercantile paper 4 per cent. Ster ling exchange was firm, with actual business in bankers bills 4835-a 184 for sixty days and 487f4S7j4; for oemand. (commercial bills 483 H 483,. Govern ment bonds lower;. United Matts cou pon fours 110 V; United States twos 95. State bonds ouil; North Carolina fonts 101: North Carolina sixes 128. Railroad bonds weak. I Silver at the Stock Exchange to day was negiectea. ' COMMERCIAL. New York, December 19-Evening.- Cotton quiet; middling 7 6-16c. . Cotton luturet matket closed steady. Uecemoer o 75. January 0 78. rebruarv 6 86. March 6 95. April 7 01. May 1 09, luue 7 14, July 7 17, August 7 19. Sales 90.400 bales. Cotton net recepts 695 bales: cross 4.446 bales; exports to Great Britain -bales: to f ranee bales; to the Continent bales; forwarded 1.186 bales: sales bales; sales to spinners 483 bales: stock 968 173 bales Total to-day Net receipts 52.499 bales; exports to Great Britain 80.727 bales; to France 16.932 bales; to tbe Con tinent 19.659 bales, stock 1.853.428 baits. Total since September 1 Net receipts 4 441,438 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,6(3.6x9 bales; exports to France S66 017 bales; exports to the Continent 975.698 bales. Flour dull, steady and unchanged; Southern dull, steady and unchanged: "common to fair extra 93 00Q3 55; good to cboice 83 658 85. Wbeat spot pun i9sc ntgoer witn options: free oa board a4c; ungraded red 80 97c; op tions dan and firm at Vstf&Vc advance No. 2 red December 86,1.. January 66: May 853c July 81 Jc Corn spot dull and steady; No. 8 2Sic at elevator and 29 c afloat; ungraded mixed 24c No 3 25,:options dull and firm at c advance; December 284C; January 88 c. May oic uats spot qmet aod s edi; op tions dull and unchanged to Jc up; De cember 80cc January lc-. May 24J, spot No. 8, 81 22c; No. 8 hi. 25 iic; mixed Western 2023c Laid quiet and firmer; Western steam 84 15. city $3 77; December $4 . 00. nominal; refined dull; Continent 4 40; South America $4 75: compound 4874 50. Pork was firm witb sales ol 800 oat re s; new mess 88 958 75. Batter fancy as quoted firm; State dairy U19c; do. creamery 14 21c; Western creamery c; Etgins 81al)c Eetts steaoy; State and Pennsylvania SJl23c; ice house 15 17c; Western fresb 8088c; do. per case 3 004 00; Southern 2021c; limed 15c Cotton seed oil duil and nomita!; crude 19X20c; yellow prime 9.8c Rice fiiro and ui changed. Mo lasses fiim. m moderate d-mand and ua cbanged. Peanms quiet, CuSee 5 poims up.Jinuary 40; Match 89 40., May 89 40, September $9 40: spot Rio dull and noninal; No. 7 $10 00 Sat at raw rail but steady; fair refining cen trifugals. 96 "test, c; refined unchanged and quiet. .-, , . ; . Chicago. Dec 19.-rCasb quoutiocs Flour was quiet, steady and unchanged. Wbeat No. 8 spring 7o77,c; No. 8 ted Corn No. 84283j, Oau 17Vc. Mess pork, $5 e&6 90. Lrd $3 77X8 88. Short rib aides $3 75 Dry salted shoulders $4 854 50. Short clear sides $4 004 13,. Whiskey $1 18 for hikh prool spirits. The leading futures ranged as follows: opening, highest, lowe.ci"sine: Wheat December76J 77J 76 76c: May 80a80if 80H8UJ, 73i.7K July 74K$73jf. 75. 74c Corn-December H. iHWi HHimii; Jan uary 82 22 8i5622 2a225 Ma85H 25,25J.85J 5. 85, 25jk(c. Oats December 16V. 18,. It. 16?. May 80, 80 Vi. lv. 19c. Pork January $7 9t4. 7 65,7 00. 765. May 87 90 7 95. 7 87 K 7 95 J, Lard January 83 82. 8 85. 8 82. 3 85.My $4 03, 4 05 4 00 4 005. Snort ribs January S3 85 8 87, 8 85, 8 87; May t4 02K. 4 05. 4 00, 4 05. - v Baltimore. Dec 19- Floor doll and unchanged. Wheat firmer; spot fifvVc bid: Mav 87i87,c; Southern ' ov sample 8892c; do qai grade 87 f 91Vic Corn firmer; spA 87V27;. year 8727,cv J-nuif t 87)87hc; Fecrnary 27 J, 27 c; March 828Jsic; Steamer mixed 85i4'85Ji'c; Southern white corn 8627ic; do yellow 86, 27c Oats steady; No. 8 white 85 86c; No. 8 mixed 88,83c COTTON MARKETS. - By Telegraph to tha Morning Star. - Dec 19 Galveston, quiet at 613-16, net receipts 9.683 bales: Norfolk, steady at 6X. net receipts 8 675 bales; Bal timore, quiet at 7,, net receipts bales; Boston, dnll at 7. 8-16, net re ceipts 1.114 bales. Wilmington, firm at 1 9-16. receipts 1 645 bales; Philadelphia, firm at 7 716c. net receipts 988 bales; Sa vannah, steady at 6,. net. receipts 8 448 baler. New Orleans, fasy at 6 13 16 net receipts 19.761 bales; Mobile, quiet at 6 X. net receipts 4,195 bales: Memphis, steady at 6 11 16, net receipts 8 471 bales: Augusta, qnict at 64 net receipts 967 bales;Charleston.qniet at 6.net receipt 9.980 bales. J, - s . - FOREIGN MARKETS j , ; By Cable to tha Morning Start LlVXRPOOL- Dec. 1913.80 P.M. Cotton, good business done. . American spot grades 1-16 i : lower. ' American middling 4d. Sales: 18,000 bales, of which 11,800 were American; specula tion and export 1,000. Receipt! 66,000 bales, of which 47.600 were A'merirs.. Futures opened easy and demand nnri' crate. December 8 60-64d; December and January 8 67 64d: Tannarw February 8 57 64. 8 56 643 57 Bid February and March 8 57-64(1; March oa April - a o-oa; Aoru ar.d MJy I 58 64(1; May and June 3 53 64 i: Im. and laly 8 69-6 id: Jntv 60 61. 8 69 64A3 60 64d: Anin.. .. September 8 68-64d.; Futures qatet. Soot pricer : American m da ing air 11 82d: eood middlinir 4 1 1rl i. middlinB 8 29 S2d: atocd crdmaru 884; ordinary 8 l-82d. If. M. December 8 60-64 61 fiirl buyer: December and Januaiy 8 57 1 4a a me a a . an v oo.ota ouyer;, January ana rcbru.r 67 64d buver; February and Marcb 57 6i6tZ 68 64d aeller; Mr .'j April 8 57 6i3 68-64d seller; April an Mil I Bit Kid rinter- Maw s, A T ' . w. rfurc 8 69 64d teller: June and Inlw 8 ro Rt 8 60 64d buyer; July and Autasi 3 60 61 a si B43 seller; August and Septem ber 8 59 64d seller. Futures ciotcd steady. . MAKINE. . ARRIVED. Schr Jacob S Wins'ow. 855 toes. Henley, Pnnta Gorda, Fla, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Emma' Koowlton. 853 t nj, Hudson. New York, Geo Harriss, Sjd &Co. Schr Jno R Fell,' 847 tons, Abraham, Norfolk, Gio Harriss. Son & Co. CLEARED. Steamship ' Croatan, McKxe, New York. H G Smallbones. Schr Annie Amsie. McAn-lrews, Philadelphia. Geo Harriss. Son 4 Co. Schr Abbie G Cole, Cole. Cape Havti. Geo Harriss. Son & Co; cargo by Chd bourn Lumber Co. . y EXPORTS. FOREIGN. ' Cap Havti Schr A G Cole 192 -623 leet lumber. COASTWISE. PHILADILPBIA-S.hr Annie Ains'ie 250.0t0 leet lumber. MARINE DIRECTORY. KJt f Tea ne la m the Port or nil. alBgTto ,! r. C, Dee. 20, 1896. SCHOONERS. Victory (Br), 131 tons. Monro. Geo Har riss, Son i Co Florence A. 148 tons. Stout, Geo Har ris. Son & Co. C C .Lister 863 tons, Robinson,Ged Har lisp. Son & Co. Johnyw Linneli. 945 tons, Hacdy, Geo Harass. Sen & Co. Winnegance 251 toes, Mac son Geo Harriss. Son & Co. ' B I Hazard. 873 tons, Batchford. Geo Harr s. Son & Co. Cora M. 136 tons, Mitchell. Geo Harriss, Son & C o. Acara, 185 tons. Nash, Geo Harriss. Son 4 Co. . " : , ,. - Exa A Daneohower. 217 tons, Johnson, Geo Harriss. Sen & Co. Bertha H. 184 tons. LcCain. J T Riley & Co. STEAMSHIPS. Graffoe (Br). 1 938 tons. Pcnmwell.Akx SpractrSSon. BARQUES. Roa (Ital), 858 tons. Schffioo, J T Riley A Co. UAXTON BUILDING AND LOAM ASSOCIATION, Maxton, N. C. DIRECTORS. J. D. Croom. Maxton. Ed. McRae, Maxton. J. H. Kinsey, Maxton. G. B. Sellers, Maxton. ; G. B. Patterson.-Maxton. Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmingtonj ': E. F. McRae, RacmonL The attention of investors in Wil-" mtngiop is called to the fact that the average profits on Six Series of Stock in this Association' have been over Fourteen Per Cent. Initiation Fee, 25 cents per Share Subscriptions to Stock payable in weekly instalments of 25 cents per Share. TTI a menrVamant a nrnnnr nnrl uw uiaueuivu i uv.iri puu economical, as is shown by the fact that the Association bas sustained do losses, and its anonai expenses, ia eluding taxes, are only about Two Hundred Dollars, J P. CROOMj President. w. is. rlAKKER, Secretary. SS O SB . 200 Barrels New Biver Mullets . JUST RECEIVED. 250 BOXES TOBACCO, all grades. 30,000 CIGARS. For Sale at Rock Bottom Prices. SA1TI. BEAR, Sr., 12. Market Street. Oct 85 tl Tbe Sampson Democrat, : lsjiMalawa Bwvrw Tharadar. L A. BETHDNE, Jililor and Pros'r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1; Six Months 50c. . It pays business men to advertise In lt Rates and sample copies fur nished upon application. Address The Sampson Democrat, feb 16tf ' CLINTON. N C Foreclosure Sale. JgY VIRTU8 AND IN, PURSUANCE OF A decrea of tha Superior Court rf hew Hanovtr crnntr "aoo at iis September, 1K96, term, in n ac ioa theieia penri g, wnceia winslow W. JmihiPm" tiS, aod William ti. Spice ana bn wife t ornrlu Ann Bpcer arc deiendaars, tbe nndrsind Commis sioner will sell by public aacti.su or cash, on T -day, the BU day cf L eoembe7ia th year I89S -t 1 e'ekek noon, at tne Unrt -ooa door, in the ' i'Y f Wiloi Tn the -ol cwins; d acr bed (arc-1 uf lnd situated in iba said ciiy ot Wilminttra. aod boa ed aad describ d aa follows:. Beginning ia the torthcra Hne o Hanover .tree , at a point lorry- ne leet aod three inches ('1 ft, I IncVs) w at o itas north.es cm it.tnterion of Hanowrann Eighth s-reets. and ruc Ditt( t ence weaiwardly atBsg the no them ioe ol hanorer str- et 41 feet S incnes. th i.ee nnrthw.rdir aad parallel wi h Kiyhth street 68 leet, theoc- esii- ' wardly and parallel wl h Han-ntr street 41 leet 3 laches. hence southwardly and raralld with subih atnet It leet to the north n tiae of !Ln -er s net, the be, im in. The asrre being a part of te easieri art of lot number 6, m block number Sr.7 acco.oinf to the present plan of the sail c-ty-f Wilmio on. WIU1AU L. S - 1I H. a02ttwSi decl8lSksS - Cossmis toner. For Bent, TH STORE No. MS NORTH Water street, now occupied by J. I" Croon Co-. Apply to . 7 T O'CONNOR, 48t