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Tuesday Morning, Fki. 15, 1897
WHEN THERE IS MONEY ENOUGH
We published an article a few days
ago in which we contended that the
one of the principal causes of the
low prices of farm producls, the in
dustrial depression, the low wages,
the great numbers of idle workmen,
and the great army of tramps, was
the scarcity of money. ' We need not
be told that money is not scarce, that
there are millions of dollars lying
idle in the Eastern j banks, from
which, it can be procured, with the
-right kind of security, j provided the
man who wants it doesn't hail from
one of the free' Silver States.
Ibmay be and is true that there
are millions of dollars lying idle in
Eastern bank vaults, but it might as
well not be in existence as in those
vaults where it is controlled as it
is now. Money that is locked up
is no money at all and of no
more real value to the country, than
the paper it is printed on or the
crude metal from which; it is coined.
Thus there may be hundreds of idle
millions and money yet be scarce,
These millions may show up in the
bank statements and Treasury re
ports, but these are the only places
where they do show up! Money is
really plentiful only when it circulates
freely and it circulates freely only
when it is plentiful. Mi
Under our present monopolistic
bank system, with our gold locked up
for speculative purposes and our
silver kept out of circulation to dis
credit it, there is no certainty about
the volume of currency; it may be
expanded or contracted at the voli
tion of those who control it, regard
less of the country or the demands of
business, they having regard only to
their own interests, which may be
furthered by the expansion or con
traction. It sometimes happens that
at the very time when money is most
needed contraction J comes and
causes the ruin of thousands.
The financial statements for the past.
week note a contraction ot several,
millions, when it is more and not less
money than is needed. With an al
leged per capita fori the country at
large of about $32, there is not .in
verity a. bona fide Jer capita circula
tion of mare than j $8, and in the
South and West not more than $3.
And yet it is upon! the South and
the West this country must depend.
"for its prosperity, for it is these that
furnish the bulk of out exportable
products, and they furnish the prin
ciple markets too for the manufac
turers of the East, whose prosperity
. is largely dependent upon these two
great agricultural sections.
. It is a blundering policy thatkeeps
money scarce for fear it will be
cheap. The cheaper ; it jis the better,
and the nearer it comes to filling the
office of money, to carrying out the
purpose of its creation. It is the life
blood of commerce, the food of bus
iness, as necessary ' to "business as
food is to mortals. ; ; A man might as
well expect to grow fat, be healthy
and vigorous on scancity fare; as to
-see business flaurish and prosperity
come when there is a ;j scant supply
of money and one dollar; must suffice
in place of the three that are needed.
No one of any sense will dispute
this. ; vjj; :
The New York Times is a gold
standard paper of the gilt-edge va
riety, but it unconsciously perhaps
made a strong plea for an abundant
currency when it uttered the follow
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"Toe currents of trade, set in motion
by new investments,! will stir business
into life, as the rain opon pircbed land
makes vegetation stir acd shoot no.
Tbere will tie more monev paid oat for
wages every week, and this in turn will
increase consumption and augment de
mand. Raw materials will be called for
in greater volume, and the output of
manufacturers will increase. Tnw new
activity will swell the earnings of rail
way and industrial shares " ,
True, every word of it, and an ad
mission ot tne nappy enects ot an
abundance of money put into active
circulation, .but now are we going
to have that ' when a handful of men
. can control the volume of money.
' loan it at low rate of interest in one
section, charge a very j tigh ' rate in
another and will not send it into
some sections at any rate of inter
est? High interest rates keep money
scarce, no matter how abundant it
may be behind the counters of the
lenders, just as the high price of
clothing and of food reduces the
amount of clothing worn or of food
consumed, for -legitimate business
enterprises in these days of business
rivalry and competition cannot af
ford to pay high rates of interest. But
this is what the business enterprises
of the South and West have to do if
they depend upon borrowed capital,
and this is what the farmers of the
South and West have to do if they
find it necessary to borrow money,
and this is one of the conditions
that is crippling this country to day
and has been crippling it for years.
We remarked the other day when
writing upon this subject that if the
volume of money were trebled there
would be such a stimulus given to
enterprise and such a revival of busi
ness within twelve , months that we
would soon forget that we had ever
scuffled with hard times. ;; In speak
ing on the same line the New York
Journal a couple days ago quoted
the following from Hume:
, "In every kingdom into which money
begins to flow in greater abundance than
formerly everything takes on a new face;
labor and Industry gain . life, the mer
chant becomes enterprising, the manu
facturer more diligent and skilHul; even
the farmer follows his plough with
greater alacrity and attention."
This is the testimony not only
of one Jof England's greatest think
ers and writers, bnt is supported by
the observation of every man who
has given any attention to this sub
ject, and has been abundanly illus
trated in our own country, especially
during the four, years of the great
civil war and the few years follow
ing, before the contraction of the
volume of currency began, when
money was more abundant than it
ever was" before or has been since.
We might as well dread the danger
of too much .food as of too much
money. -Vy,
KIXOK MSBTIOH.
The Trusts have grown so power
fnl in this country that they defy
law and have a thorough contempt
for public sentiment. For sometime
the Suzar Trust has been the sub
ject of investigation in New York,
where a committee of the Legislature
is trying to find out something about
its methods and the profits it makes.
It has learned a few things, one of
which is that Mr. Havemeyer, Presi
dent of the Trust, fixes the price of
suzar at his own sweet will, and if
the American people want to have
suzar in their coffee, or sugar for
- -- . - -
anvthinz else, thev must pay the
price he puts on ' it. In
this matter Mr. Havemeyer is
supreme, and by these methods
the Trust has Jbeen paying dividends
on a capitalized stock of $75,000,-
000 when there are not really more
than $10,000,000 at the outside in
vested in the business. If there
were onlv a few Trusts it wouldn't
be such a serious matter, or if they
were content with reasonable divl
dends on the amount of money they
have actually invested in their busi
ness, but there are Trusts on every
thing, over 200 of them, and every
one of them has watered its stock
until it amounts to many times as
much as the capital invested. But
few of them have a bona fide capital
of more than $5,000,000, while their
capitalized stocks range from $6,
nno nnn to 5ilO0.O00.000. on which
they manipulate to pay dividends.
The Chicago Record, a non partisan
paper, which has given some inves
tigation to this subject, finds over
200 Trusts, and presents the follow
ing figures showing the capttaliza
tion of a few ot the leading ones
Suear Trust t 75 000.000
Coa! Trust 85,000 000
Cotton Seed Oil Trust 80 000,000
Wall Paper Trust 80.000,000
Lead Trust.
80,000.000
Rubber Trust.
Linseed Oil Trust
60,000.000
18.000 000
8 000.000
Match Trust
School Furniture Trust....
Type Trust
15,000.000
. 8.000,000
Dressed Beef and Provision
Trust
100,000.000
15,000,000
6 000.000
125,000.000
Condensed Milk Trust
Straw Board Trust . ....
Leather Trust
In the aggregate the Trusts rep
resent a capitalized stock of about
$2,000,000,000, while they( do not
employ a working capital of $200,-'
000,000 all told, but they fix their
prices to pay - dividends on the $2,-
000,000,000 and the American people
have to submit to the outrageous ex
tortion. Nine-tenths of these Trusts
are made possible and protected in
their extortionate demands by the
protective tariff that prevents for
eign competition and gives them con
trol of the home market.
This paper is not taking any stock
in Mr. bwinson, who has been
bounced from the position of enroll
ing clerk of the State Senate, but it
is a case of much ado about the col
ored brother rather than of extrava
gance, the alleged cause of his re
moval. Mr. Swinson objected to the
appointment of negro clerks under
him, add this led to the rucus that
finally resulted in his being bounced,
he hiving admitted that he removed
a negro "laborer? and gave the place
to his (Swinson's) son, and also that
it cost in his office about $1,500 to
do $6 worth of work. This gave
them the excuse which they wanted
to get rid of him and punish him
Tor kicking against the appointment
of negro clerks In his office. The
nepotic transaction of turning out
one of his colored allies to make a
place for his son doesn't tell well for
Mr. Swinson, but the probabilities
are that the.benate is more respon
sible for the amount of.money it took
to do $6 worth of work than Swinson,
who had the force on his roll and of
course had to pay them. But Mr!
Swinson isn't done kicking yet, for
he refuses to recognize their right to
bounce him, has locked up his papers
and refuses to surrender them. This
riled Lieut, Gov. Reynolds, who was
about to open the desks with a jimmy
when he reconsidered and postponed
the jimmy performance. We suppose
the kicking Swinson will finally have
to come to taw, but it is an interest
ing case of much ado about a couple
of colored sovereigns who had been
given places at Swinson's end of the
pie! counter.
Some day it will dawn upon
the New England mind that her
prosperity is dependent upon good
times at the South and West. She
will also learn that it does not pay
to allow Great Britain to get our
cotton and breadstaffs at half price.
while the Interest on our debt to her
Is paid in dollars with doable their
per value measured in commodities.
Augusta Chronicle, Dem.
Humors, pimples and boils are very
annoying. They quickly disaooear when
the blood it purified by Hood's Sarsa
pariua. ,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE!!
Charlotte News: Mrs. Elizabeth
Roberts died at her home in Crab
Orchard township Friday night.
Goldsboro Argus: We j regret
to learn of the death of Mrs. JUetsy
I vey Herring, wife of Mr. Benjamin
I. Herring, of New Hope township.
Mrs.: Herring was 73 years old. a;
- i Newbern Journal: Died, Fri
day evening at 11 o'clock, February
12, 1897, at bis late residence on
Griffith street, Joseph Manette, of
pneumonia, aged about twenty-five
years. . ?
Henderson Gold Leaf: The
success .of tne; Hendersorr cotton
mills is a source of gratification to
the Gold Leaf. Within less than six
months after op: rations were ! begun
the capacity of the mill Is to be en
larged to almost double its present
ontpnt 80 per cent. To this end
the capital stock has been increased
and new machinery purchased.
; Williamston News :. The hearts
of the people of Williamston were
saddened on Friday last by the death
of Miss Mollie Askew, of
Bertie
county, who two weeks before came
to visit her friend and schoolmate,
Mrs.! S. F. 'Williams. The j entire
family of Mrs. : Williams' were at
tacked with the grip and Miss' Askew
fell a victim also. Pneumonia de
veloped and her strength was not
sufficient to combat the disease.
iGreenville Reflector; Gov. Rus
sell has pardoned George Dudley,
who ! was sent to the penitentiary
from- this county for killing Red
Blow, colored, oyer a game of cards
somcyears ago. George ran away
after committing the deed, was sub
sequently captured in Richmond and
brought back here for trial, was con
victed of manslaughter and sentenced
to fifteen vears in the penitentiary.
He served a few months over nve
years of bis sentence.
Louisburg Times: We regret
to learn that Mr. George McGraba,
a good citizen of Cower, died Sunday
morning. He had an attack of the
grip that terminated in pneumonia.
His age was about sixty-five years.
Tames Rankin, son of Tailor W.
W. Rankin, died in the latter part of
Sunday night. He returned -from
the State Hospital at Morganton a
few weeks ago in bad shape and it
was riot expected he would recover.
He had been afflicted for a number of
years,
TWINKLINGS.
vinnle Minnie will never
marry until she meets her ideal.
Vietta-What is her idea!?
Ninnie A man who will propose.
'Glasgow Times. -?
4,My dear," he said, "I wish
you wouldn't wear your bloomers any
longer. ' Very well, replied his wile.
sweetly. The next time she wore them
three inches shorter.
Max Do you know I'm eating
very little cf late ? j
Mollie Indeed ! Have you lest your
appetite i I !
Max No, but 1 ve lost my credit.
''What is a crank, papa?1'
"A crank, rnv son, is a fellow febo
goes around with bis wheels. Yon-
kers Statesman.
Footpad "Hold up yer hands!'
Pelt s.rian (calmly) -I have been out
shopping all dav with my wife. !
at Jlnk! Here, take this quarter.
N. y. Weekly ;
Confound it!" exclaimed Car?
son, "that otnee boy is never around
when he's wanted."
'What a splendid policeman- he would
make.' murmured Phillips. PhtladeU
phia North Amertcan.
Miss Browning Just, think!
Bro'htr Wil' his won a pr ze of lj50 for
a posrc! Miss You dont tell me.'
Sap or beet extract?" Cincinnati En-
buirer. '
Grymes- The bride was quite
a nocular eirl, wasn t staer Gobong-
Yes, indeed .! 1 be Daily Wbocp sent
their sporting rditcr to report it. He
printed a list of rejected lovers half a
cilumn long ucderthe beading; Among
Those who Also Kan.
A party! of f rippers from Old
ham Blackpool on a windy day, ,were
anxious to hire a boat. The boatman.
however, intimated thatthey could net
hava one because there was a swjell oa
the water. Swell be hinged! cried the
irate tripper. Io't our brass as good as
hit? '-Household Words. .
Wife "Be sure to advertise for
Fido in the moroioz news papers." Nt xt
day the wife reed as follows in tbe news
papers: "Ten : Shillings Reward Lost
A maney lapdog, w fl one eye and no
tail. To fat to w-ltt, Responds to the
name of Fido.i Smells like a monkey
house.! If returned stuffed, thirty shill
ings reward. London Tit-Btns, ;
L When; the Pop. and Republi
can politicians ot JNortb Carolina
fall out the people of- the State will
eventually get their ' dues. Wash'
ingtonzPost, Ind.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
The same men who have been
getting a corner profit of $10 a ton
on rails out of the public are getting
from 200 to 300 per cent, on armor
plate out of the public Treasury.
They are captains of industry indeed;
When they see what they want they
take it without stopping to ask tor.
it. New York World, Dem. ; "
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Nothing but sentiment fs involved
in Secretary Lamont's proposition to
spend $5,000 a year in preserving
the house in which President Lincoln
died, and there may be a division of
opinion as to whether the sentiment
inspired by such a gruesome mem
orial is healthy or the reverse. The
people do not wish to forget Lin
coln, nor will they; but do they wish
to keep before the eyes of cranks
and Anarchists - a perpetual re
minder of bow easily a President
may be killed lPMladelphia Ledger
Ind.
WOOL FROM MARY'S LITTLE LAMB.
Stad Into Ycrn That Sevooty-flve Tears
Later Sold For S300 an Ounce.
I have got some yarn that was
mado from the fleece of the original
'Mary's little lamb,' " said the -wife
of a well known Orange county law
yer. "There are only four strands of
it, and eacli one is only a few inches
in length, ; and it cost 50 cents a
strand. There is no doubt about its
being the genuine wool of that im
mortal creature. I was in Boston a
few years ago at the time the ladies
of that city were raising funds to
purchaso the Old South church,
which was threatened with destruc
tion by thei march of modern im
provement. 1 Among other devices
was a fair ; called Aunt Tabitha's
knitting bee, the attraction of which
was a numtjef of venerable dames
who spun yarn on ancient spinning
wheels, just as they and theirmoth-
ers had spun it from the wool in the
early days. Some Boston lady heard
that Mary, the heroine of the little
lamb rhyme, was living at Sterling,
Mass., in the person of octogenarian
Mrs. Tyler, a widow. This lady went
to Sterling and not only found that
Mrs. Tyler was really the original of
the poem, but induced her to come
to Boston and spend a day at the
knitting bee. She was a delightful
old lady and told the story of her
little lamb. !
"When she was but a few years
old, her name being Mary Sawyer,
among the Iambs born on net la
ther 's farm one night was one which
was such a weakling that Farmer
Sawyer said that it could not possi
bly live. The child Mary felt such
pity for the helpless lambkin that
she begged her father to let her take
it and try to nurse it into strength.
He told her to take it. She carried it
to the house, and all the rest bf the
day and all the following night treat
ed it with such gentle care that next
morning it was much improved, and
Farmer Sawyer rejoiced Mary by
telling her that it would live and
grow strong. Such proved to be the
case, and as it grew the lamb's af
fection for Mary wa8 so great that it
was miserable when separated from
her." i ,
"The stanza which says
"It followed her to school one day.
Which was against the rule. ; ,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school, - i
records a fact, Mrs. Tyler said. The
occurrence led a youth who attended
the school to put the story of Mary
and her little lamb into verse. The
poet's name is lost. The lamb grew
up and had lambs ot its own, but the
fondness of the lamb for Mary and
of Mary for the lamb never grew
less. One day as; it was following
Mary, -who had gone to the pasture
after the cows, the lamb was attack
ed by a vicious cow, which gored it
with her horns and threw it into the
air. it tell at diary a teet ana aiea.
Mary's grief was deep and long last
ins. i
"The fleece was removed from her
ill fated pet's body, and she spun it
with her own hands into yarn, a
quantity of which 'she kept ever aft
er among ner treasures.! tone was
willing to part with some of it to aid
in raising the fund for preserving
the Old South church and brought
with her to Boston perhaps a quar
ter of an ounce. After she told the
story of Mary and her little lamb
her yarn was in such demand that it
was cut Tip into lengths sufficient to
net $75 by the salje. I bought four
little pieces of it ajb 50 cents a piece,
and that is how J happen to have
some of the wool! of Marv's little
Jamb. "New York Sun.
The Beading Mania.
"They talk about the drink habit,
the. tobacco habit and the morphine
habit," said Dr. jE. C. Briggs of
Pittsburg, "but the worst habit to
Which man can become addicted
have never seerr mentioned in print
I refer to the reading habit. ;
"Reading is at once a source of
recreation and profit when properly
regulated, but . when' it becomes
confirmed habit it wrecks a man
mentally and physically, rendering
him entirely useless to himseil or
the world. S
"Every librarian, knows the class
to whom I refer, j Those with tbe
reading habit reac every minute,
their brain become incapable of re
'alizing the actual affairs of earth,
and they no more understand other
men than though ithey had never
seen one. I I :
"They are, of course, possessed of
inexhaustible information, and a per
son to talk to one! casually would
suppose bim to be a great j man,
when, "as a matter of fact, he is no
more fitted to take part in the affairs
of the world than is a child in the
cradle. Tbere is no more pitiable
object on earth than the man afflicted
witb the reading mania. Wash
ington fatar. !
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Might Be Worse. , , -
Mother My dear, your father can
not stand thin. ; Your ; husband, the
count, has lost half a million at po
ker within six months. j ;
Daughter But,' mamma, that is
not so bad. I understand that the
Earl of TufQuck and the Marquis du
Debris have each lost twice as muoh
as that Brooklyn Life. 1 !
A Home
SchoolmftBtei- Joseph, when your father
hanss ud four hams to the rafters and alt-
erward--sends one to your master, bow
many are there left? j j
Joaech Three, sir. - i
. Master Quite right Now be su you
mention this example to your father, Just
to show him bow well you are getting on
In your sums. 1 Ami de la Malson.
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A HALF W1TTED HERO
"Talking of remarkable escapes,' re- i
marked the drummer,. "I think I know
rarv ew to beat that f which tne nero
was poor, half witted Bill Smith, whom I
met at an appalling mining disaster in
Scotland 10 or 13 years ago. At that time
I was doing my yearly round of tbe man
ufacturing towns in iingiana to get a line
on the newest thing in carpets and ran
north to. Glasgow to visit some friends.
Tho district for miles around lsf,aa -ly hon
eycombed with eoalminesv One forenoon
the startling information renehed the city
that there had been an explosion in ono of
the pits at Blantyre, a village seven or
eight miles nway, and curiosity drew me
thither. I don t believe I'll ever forget
the awful spectacle. Over 800 men were
entombod, great volumes of smoke shot, up
through the pit mouth; and the wives and
mothers stood by as near as tjioy dared,
weeping and wringing their hapds for the
doomed men below. A 7
'Rescue parties were quickly made up,
hut thev were driven feaok repeatedly by
tbe blinding, choking tumes that belched
from the pit mouth. The cries or the
women were heartrending as they entreat
ed tho rescue party go down. As
quickly as human hands and human hearts
oould do it a fan was placed in position
and the cage lowered over the deadly shaft.
Still the men, inured as they were to dan
ger, shrank back. Billy Smith pushed his
way through them. He was a big, strong,
lanky fellow, sluggishly good natured and
known in the village1 as the man who
didn't know much. He had wandered
into tho village half a" dozen years before,
with a dirty, limping cur at his heels.
When be was asked his name, ho -said it
was only Billy nothing more. So they
stuck Smith to tho Billy because it was
easy and rigged biiu out with a full name.
"Haud tho pup,'- he said quietly, "and
let mo gno doon." An elderly wom
an who had three . sons in the pit blessed
him with the tears streaming down her
cheeks, while tli 3 men stood back abashed
aud half ashamed. Billy was lowered
quickly, and in a few moments it seemed
like an eternity tt the wailing women
above ho signaled for. the cage to be
brought up. It carried three men and a
boy, blackuned, choking,' but unhurt.
"A few of tho rescue party went down
with the cage agaiu, for the shaft was
clearer now, and more of the entombed
miners wery quickly sent to tho top. Then
the horrors of the scene began to proseut
themselves. There had been a great up
heaval in the mines by the forcb of the ex
plosion and the passages were hopelessly
choked up with tons of fallen coal and de
bris. More men went to the rescue. They
dug their picks into the awful wall in
front of them, urged on by the energy of
despair. Night fell, but still tbe monoto
nous ring of the picks struck through the
mine, which even now was the tomb of
many a strong man struck down in his
prime. Presently a sort of opening was
made into the stubborn wall of coal which
blocked up the way and a man's arm pro
truded. The victim was quickly dug out
and conveyed to the pit mouth. He was
beyond all human help. He was not badly
mangled; he had simply been choked to
death by tbe lire damp. His widow had
hovered all the day near The pit and in the
blackness of the night the flickering lights
of the lamps shed feverishly on her wan
face. They had been married only a month
and sho was ou her way to the pit with
her husband's dinner when tbe roar of the
explosion reached her ears. The dead man
was tenderly laid at her feet. She flung
.herself on the body, kissed the poor black
ened face and patted tho limp, lifeless
hands as she cried out: 'Speak to me,
John! For God's sake speak to me!'
"As the rescuers In the mino dug farther
into the opening they had mado the deadly
fire damp rushed through and drove them
back. Tbe fatal fumes pursued them, and
they hurriedly gave the signal to be drawn
up till the pit could be cleared of the foul
air. Only half witted Billy Smith re
mained. You see ho did not know much.
He flung himself on the damp ground and
lay there for hours, helpless and half
conscious.
"By and by his dull intelligence told
him of the buried miners in their living
tomb beyond. He took up a pick and
dug, dug, dug, slowly at first, but somo
God given feeling within him prompted
him to persistently work. For 'seven
hours he dug on till the ring of his pick
reached the entombed men. Sweeter mu
sio never struck mortal ears. They, too,
seized their picks and dug through tbe
black wall to meet their rescuer. Sud
denly it fell through, and a hole was left
large enough for a man's body to pass
through. Day was breaking at the pit
mouth when the wery, wretched watchers
tbere were startled to receive a signal for
the cage. It was quickly lowered and
came up presently with a grewsome col
lection of limbs that had been torn off
dead bodies and living men.
"The work of rescue now went bravely
on, and the awful extent of the calamity
was soon discovered. A dozen or so more
miners were dug out alive, and as each'
pitload reached the mouth the rescued
miners were seized by their friends and
hurried off to tbe village publio house.
Soon the sounds of revelry swept down to
the pit mouth, where wornout, broken
hearted women stood waiting for their
dead and strong men sobbed for their boys.
Tbe dead miners were drawn up the shaft
in a pitiable state. Some bad had their
arms or legs torn off, others bad lost their
heads, while more had their faces so black
ened that the scorched skin peeled off at a
touch.
"Suddenly somebody inthecrowd cried,
'Where's Billy Smith?' Nobody knew,
and two good natured miners volunteered
to go down the shaft to see if he had been
hurt in the mine. They searched per
functorily enough, for they did not sup
pose that he'had been left behind. But a
faint moan reached their ears from among
the debris, which bad fallen near the hple
that had been battered in for the rescue of
tbe entombed miners. They cleared the
rubbish away quickly and pulled out a
man. Yes, it was Billy. He had dug his
own grave. He was hauled to the top and
laid down. Brandy was poured down his
throat, and by and by he opened his eyes.
'Whaur's my dog?' he faintly choked out.
Somebody brought the cur to him and laid
it in his arms. He huggod it closely, and
then, with a smile on his blackened,
scorched face, he quietly died. Billy was
a man who did not know very much, you
see. He simply knew enough to die for
others." Exchange.
A Batboo Pleader's Eloquence.
The following is given as a specimen
cf a baboo pleader s eloquence :
My learned friend, with mere wind
from a teapot, thinks to browbeat me
from my legs.- But this is mere gorilla
warfare. I stand under the shoes of my
client and only seek to place my hone
of contention clearly in your honor's eye.
My learned friend vainly runs amuck
upon the sheet anchors oi my case. Your
honor will be pleased enough to observe
that my client is a widow, a poor chap
with one post mortem son. A widow of
this country, your honor will be pleased
enough to observe, is not -iike a widow
of your honor's country. A widow of
this country is not able to eat more than
cine meal a day, or to wear clean clothes,
ror to look after a man. So my poor cli
ent had not such physic or mind as to be
able to assault the lusty complainant. '
Proceeding, the pleader said his learn
ed friend had thrown only "an argur
ment ad hominy" upon his teeth that
his dent's witnesses were all her Own
relations. Bnt he continued : '
"Their relationship is only homeopath
ic; So tne misty arguments of my learn
ed friend will not hold water. At least
they will not hold good water. Then,
my learned friend has said that there is
on the side of bis client a respectable
witnessvia, a pleader-and since this
witness is independent, bo he should be
believed. But, your honor, with your
honor's vast experience, la pleased
enough to observe that truthfulness is
not so plentiful as blackberries in this
country. And I am sorry to say, though
this witness is a man of my own feath
erg, "thalP there are. in my . profession
black sheep of every complexion, and
some of them do not always speak gos
pel truth. The witness cannot be allow
ed to raise a castle in the air by beating
upon a bush, bo, trusting In that ad
ministration of British justice on which
tne gun never sits, 1 close my case.
Westminster Gazette.
Wo Gripe
When vou take Hood's Pills. . The big, old-fash
ioned, sugar-coated pills, which teltr you all to
pieces, are not in it with Hood's., easy to take
pn
Jli
and easy to operate, is true
of Hood's Pills, which are
up to date h every respect.
Safe, certain and sure. All
druggists. 28c. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.
The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
UP TO DATE
Livery and Sales Stable.
Southerland & Cowan,
108, 110 Second Street, between
Princess aud Chesnut.
QUR SERVICE IS FIRST.CLASS IN if IRV
particular. Finest Ho let la town. Fint-claM equip
pages. Polite attention. All calls and orden day
ana night promptly attended to.
XLEPHONE NO. IB. TELEPHONE NO IS
k Telephone calls answered any hoar day or night.
Special attention given to Boarding Horaet. Boa
tails and Careinl Grooming or Stalling Honea
Hacks and Baggage Line to all trains going and
coming, at nsnal price. Carriage for Railroad Call
1 Prices Uniform to All Comers.
Hearse Exclusive tor Whites S5.00. Carriaee for
funeral, $2 50. Hearse for White and Colore:, $4 00.
Horse and Bnesvone hour. SI. 00: afternoon S3 00.
Carriage, Team and Driver one hour, $1.0O; afternoon
S3.0U. Morse and sorry one Hour, 91 UU; afternoon,
3,CO. Team and Trap one hour, SI. 00; afternoon,
$3.50. Saddle Horse one hour, 60 cents; afternoon,
$1,50 Furniture Wagon witn careful attention, $1.00
per load.
Upen d65 days and .365 nights
in a year. mar29tf
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
Rev. R. C. Bea-man, recently ap
pointed by the North Carolina Annual
Conference of tbe M, E. Church, South,
Presiding Elder of tbe Wilmington Dis
trict, has made bis appointments for the
first round, as follows:
Clinton circuit, at Keeners. February
13. 14.
Jacksonville an-i Ricblands. at Jack
sonville, Februarv 20. SI.
Elizabeth circuit, at Elizabethtown,
February 27, 28.
Kenansville circuit, at Kenansville.
Match 6, 7.
Ocslow circuit, at Qaeen'i Creek,
March 13. 14.
Brooswick circuit, at Concord, March
20, 21.
Columbus circuit, Evergreen, March
27. 28.
Wbiteville and Fair . BIuS, Whiteville
(night), March 28.
Waccamaw circuit, Shilob, March 30.
Magnolia circuit, Magnolia, April
3. 4.
Bladen circuit, at .Bethlehem, April
10, 11. v
BucaUen's Arnica Saive.
The Best Salve in the world tor
Cull, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sait
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
co pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by R. R. Bellamy. t
, Old People. .
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whiskey or other intoxicant, but acts
as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly
on the stomach and bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the oigans,
thereby aiding nature in the performance
of the functions. Electric Bitters is an
excellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old People find it just exactly what they
need. Price fifty cents per bottle at R.
R. Bellamy's Drug Store. t
Wholesale Prices Current.
The following quotations represent Wholesale
Prices generally. In making np small orders higher
prices nave to be c barged.
Toe qnotations are always given as accurately as
possible, bnt the Sta will not be responsible for any
variations from tne actual market price ot tne articiei
q noted.
BAGGING
Sfcjnte.,
6
& W
12 & H
8 & 7
standard
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams lb ,
MdesS
Shon'ders
-DRY SALTED
Sides lb
Shoulders IV .......
BARRELS Spirt s Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
1 00
1 35
1 SO
28
6 50
9 00
1 10
1 40
1 40
24
New New York, each.
New City, each
BEESWAX V S.,
BK1CK5
Wilmington V M..,.,.
Northern
BUTTE
North Carolina fl ,.,....,..
N Tthern ,.
CORN MEAL-'
Per Bushel, in sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES S bundle
CANDLES V lb
Sperm ......,
Adamantine',
CHEESE -mt-
& 7 00
& 14 00
15
18 25
33 a 40
18 O 25
10
10 e 11
u & 12
10
20 &
11 a is
18 St 20
11
Northern Factory
Dairy, Cream. ...
Stite . .....
COFFEE-9 lb
Lagayra.
K10 ,
DOMES1 ICS-
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard
Yams, v buncn
EGGS 9 dozen
rj-ilr
Mackerel, No 1, V barrel ....
Mackerel, No 1, V half-barrel
Mackerel, No 3, W barrel. ....
Mackerel, No 8, half-barrel
Mackerel. No 8, 9 barrel
Mullets, barrel
Mn'lets, $ pork barrel. ...... .
N C. Roe Herring, SS keg....
QtyCod, V 1
" Extra.
FOUR-9 barrel
Low grade..,.,
2 00
11 08
18 CO
8 00
18 00
3 00
5 75
8 00
5
8 86
31 00
15 00
18 00
oo
14 00
SO)
& 8 60
8 25
10
8 50
8 75
4 26
5 00
fa E 75
tnoce
Straight
4 75
5 50
First Patent
GLUE t
7H . en
GRAIN B buthel-
Corn, fro oi store, bagt White,
Car load, in bag White..
89
uats, trom ore .
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES, V t
Green , ,,
Dry..
HAY, V 100 ts
63
t
1 00
! 90
85.
S
6
Eastern
Western
North River. .. .
HOOP IRON, f ft,.,,
LARD, ft
Northern
North Carolina
X1ME p barrel
LUMBlR(a y sawed). V M feet
Shin Staff, resawed.
54
e
10
1 15 1 25
18 00 9000
Rnngh-tdge Plank 15 00
West India cargoes, according
to quality 11 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned... 18 00
Scantl nc and Board, common. 14 03
MOLASSES, V gallon
Barbados, in . hhds......
18 00
j-orco iiico, m nnas
" ' inbbls
Sugar-House, in hhds
,r " in bbh.,,.,,,.
Syrup, in bbls
NAILS, keg. Cut 60d basis
1 85
ruaiL, y on
Uty Mi
Rump .
Prime
9 00
ROPE, ttft
SALT, Sj) sack Alum
Liverpool.-.,,.,
. uaoon ..
vu iso a oacjta
SHINGLES, 7-inch, V M
Cypress Sapa
SUGAR, 9 ft Standard Grann?
Standard A..........
Whit. Ex. C
t' C, Golden,, .(
?2APV. Northern .
STAVES, M W. O. barrel....
R. Hogshead - ....
TIMBER y( feet-Shipping....
Mill, Prima......
fctilL Fair
8 50
. Common Mm 4 00
Inferior to Ordinary..........
TALLOW. ft 4
WHISKEY. gallon Northern. 1 00
North Carolina I 00
200
aw
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE, February 15.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing!.
ROSIN Market firm at $1, 50
per bbl tor Strained and $1 55 for Good
btrained. ;
i?Ar Market quiet at 95 cents per
bbl of 880 lbs. V
CRUDE TURPENTINE Nominal
No receipts. Nothing doloR.
Quotations same day lastjrear Spirits
turpentine firm. a7V26c; rosin,
firm, $1 25, 1 80; tar firm. 0c; crude
turpentine nothing doing.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 89
Rosin gio
Tar 210
Crude Turpentine 00
Receipts same dav last year 84
casks spirits turpentine, 688 bbls rosin,
147 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
"Market firm on a basis of 65c for
middling. .Quotations:
Ordinary 4 cta B
Good Ordinary 554 "
Low Middling 6 " "
Middling... 6
Good Middling 7 1-16 " "
Same day last year, middling 75c.
Receipts 142 bales; same day last
year, 94.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime.
5055c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 60c; Fancy. 6065c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 5055c; Fancy, 60c.
CORN Firm; 40 to 42 cents per
bushel. 1
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents per
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to 9c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch.
hearts anrt nana ft 1 fid tn S 8K- aiv inch
$2.25 to 8.25; seven inch; $5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $5 00 to
50 per M.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
By Teiesraph to the Morni-3 Star.
FINANCIAL.
New York. Februaiy 15 Evening.
Money on call to-day was easy at 1V2
per cent; last. loan at l per cent,
closing offered at lj per cent. Prime
mercantile paper was 8 per cent. Ster
ling exchange firm, with the actual
business in bankers bills at 484M&485
for sixty days; 4874S7 for demand.
commercial bills 483J484J4- Govern
ment bonds were steady; United States
coupon fours 112,; United States twes
95 State bonds dull; North Carolira
fours 101; North Carolina sixes 120.
Railroad bonds firm.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to day
was neglected.
COMMERCIAL.
New York, Februaiy 15 Evening.
Cotton steady; middling 7c.
Cotton futures market closed farm;
Februaiy 6 73. March 6 74,! April 6 81
May 6 87, June 6 92, July 6 97, Aueust
6 99, September 6 75, October 6 77. No
vember 6 68,Decembet 6 72. Sales 222.000
bales.
. Cotton net receipts 400 bales; gross
8.157 bales; exports to Great Britain
6,723 bales; to France l,005;bales; to
the Continent 3,596 bales; 'forwarded
1,497 bales; sales 818 bales; sales to
spinners 518 bales: stock 280,543, bales
Total to-day Net receipts 15.940
bales; exports to Great Britain 14,384
bales; to France 1,095 bales: to tbe Con
tinent 13,013 bales, stock 956 520 bales.
Total so far this week Net receipts
31.427 bales; exports to Great Britain
9,898 bales; to France 1.095 bales; to
the Continent 14 263 bales.
Total since September 1 Net recemts
5,753.414 bales; exports to Great Britain
8,450,679 bales; exports to France 524.44
bales; exports to the Continent 1.435.372
bales; to the Channel 5 481 bales.
Flour tbe market was dull and easv;
winter wheat, low grades $2 803 30;
do fair to fancy $3454 50; do. patents
$1 605 00; Minnesota clear (3 503 95;
patents $1 10&4 85;low extra $2 803 30.
Southern flour was dull and easy;
common to fair extra $2;302 50; good
to choice $3 6004 00. Wheat spot
market was more active for export and
weaker; No. 3 red free on board 99c;
ungraded 7292c; options opened strorjg
at MMC advance, declined lc.
llc, tell Hc and closed steaov,
with prices c over Saturday; No. 2 red
February 81 c; March 82; April 81c;
May 80c une 8cOJf; July 78,'c; Sep
tember 75c. Corn spot mcdetately
active and firmer; No. S 28 at elevator
and 29c afloat; steamer mixed 27c;
options were dull at LgC advance; Feoru
ary 28Jfc; May Sc; July 80V.C Oats
spot dull but steady, options dull and
firm: February 21Jc; May 21$c; May
21J$c: spot prices No. 2, 2114c; No. 2
white 23c; mixed Western 2123c. Lard
quiet and stronger; Western steam
4 124; city $3 703 75; May nominal;
refined was firmer; Continent $4 35;
South America $4 65; compound $4 00
tj4 25. Pork stronger and demand mod
erate; new mess 8 509 00. Butter in
moderate demand and steady .State dairy
1019c; do. creamery 1320c; E'gins
21Jc Eggs firm; State and Pennsyl
vania 19c; ice house, per case $3 25
8 30,Western fresh lSc. Southern njrf
Q18J4C; limed 1213c. Cotton seed oil
quiet and fism; crude 2020c; yellow
prime 28J$:c. Rice firm and in fair de
mand; domestic, fair to extra 3Jg6c;
Japan 84Jfc. Molasses steady, with
a moderate demand; New Orleans, open
kettle, good to choice 22 32c. Peanuts
qaiet; fancy hand picked 3J3c
Coffee qu et and 5 to 10 points down;
March 9 009 05; May $9 059 10. Sep
tember 89 15, November (9 15; spot Rio
dull and easy; No. 7 J9 62. Suear
raw quiet and firm, fair refining 2 13 16c;
refined firm, with a lair demand; off A
44Lc; standard A 4c; cut-loaf and
crushed 5c; granulated 4c.
. Chicago. Feb. 15. Cash quotations:
Flour was quiet, firm and unchanged
Wheat No. 3 spring 7274c; No. S
red 83e5. Corn-No. 2. 21 Q22c.
Oats No. 2 1516c. Mess pork
t7 758 00. Lard $3 853 90. Short
rib sides, loose (4 004 20. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4 25 4 50. Short
clear sides, boxed, $4 124 25. Whis
key fl 17. :
Tbe leading futures ranged as follows,
opening, highest, ! lowest and closim;
Wheat February 73733j: '4f72K,
73&c; May 7575Jf . 75. 74J$, 75U
75J$c; July 7171i, 71. 70; 71fc
71Kc Corn February 21$, 21J,. 21 ,
2121c: May 23. 24. 23 J. 82K&
24c; July 84. 25. 24. 25$c Oats
No. 2 February 15, 15J, 15. lSJic;
May 17M, 17Ji17. 1617. 17J,c;
July 18. 18 17. 17c. Mess pork
May $7 90, 7 tS7K 7 87tf , 3 05; July
f 8 05. ' 8 27. 8 02K, 8 20. Lard-May
$3 95, 4 00. 8 92, 4 00; July $4 05.
4 90, 4 02X. 4 07. Short ribs May
$4 07. 4 15. 4 05, 4 12;July $4 17, -4
27. 4 15, 4 20. i
Baltimore, Feb. 15. Flour firm;
Western superfine $2 653 00; do
extra $3 25 3 90. do family i 254 60;
winter wheat patents 84 755 00; do
spring $4 404 65; do straight 84 20
4 40. Wheat uosettled; spot 88: bid;
May 8282c; Southern by sample
8990c; do on grade 8388c Corn
steady; spot and February 9525c;
March 25 26c: i April 2626c,
May 2727c; Steamer mixed 28
23cj Southern white 29c; do yellow
8687c Oats steady; No. 2 white 23
24ci No. S mixed 2122c
COTTON MARKETS.
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
February 10 Galveston. qn:et at 6,
net receipts 3,558 bales; Norfolk, steady
at 6, net receipts 1.235 bales; Balti
more, dull at 7 1-J6 net receipts
bales; Boston, weak at 7, net re
ceipts 705 bales. Wilmington, firm
at 6. receipU 142 bales; Philadelphia
quiet at '7c. net receipli 72 bales;
Savannah, steady at 6. net receipts
1.889 bales; New Orleans, steady at
6 11-16. net rrceipts 7 168 bales: Mobile,
steady at 6. net receipts 489 baler ;
Memphis, steady at 6 11 16. net receipts
1,186 bales: Angusta, quiet at 6. net re
ceipts 677 - bales; - Charleston, firm at
0 9-16, net receipts 1.787 bales.
FOREIGN lARfcETS
I By Cable to the Morning Star:
Liverpool. Feb. 15. 12.30 P. M.
Cotton, demand fair and prices firmer.
American middling 3 25 82d. Sales
10,000 bales, of which 9,800 were Ameri
can; speculation and export 600. Re
ceipts 2 000 bales, none of which were
American. Futures opened quiet and
demand moderate. American middling
( ? c,): februarv 8 47-64d; February
?.MrC.V,t?64d: Mch and April
LV.fLo3 43 84d: APfil d
May 8 47 643 48 64d: May and June
3 47-64. 8 48-648 49-64d: lune and
July 8 48 64. 8 49 643 50 64d; Inly and
Aueust 8 48 64. 8 49 64, 8 50 64. 3 49 64
3 60 64d; August and September 3 48
64.. 8 47-648 48-64d; September and
October 3 43 64d; October and Novem
ber 8 89 643 40 64 4; November and
December 3 88-643 39 64d. Futures
steady.
Tenders none. 4
4 P. M. American middling (' m c)
Februarv 8 49-64d' seller; February and
March 3 49 64d seller; March and Arril
3 49 643 50 64d seller; Anril and May
3 50 64dJtuyer: May ao.d June 3 51 64d
seller: June and July 3 51-643 52-64d
seller; July and August 3 62 64d teller.
August and September 3 CO 64d seller;
September and October 4 45 643 46
64d; October and November 8 42 64d
seller; November and December 3 41 64d
seller. Futures closed firm.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Am schr Jacob M Haskell, 460 tons,
Hart, Boston, Geo Harms. Son & Co.
. Rus barque Guido, 853 tons. B!cm
qvist. Baibadoes, Palerson, Dow cm 2
&Co. !
Steamer E A Hawes, Ward, Clear
Run, Jas Madden.
Steamer Driver, Robinson, Fayettc
vil.le. R R Love.
CLEARED.
Steamer E A Hawes, Ward, Clear -F
un, JdS Madden
S-.eamer Dnver. Robinson, Fayette
ville, R R Love.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Use ot Vessels In the Port ot Wil
mington, -M. c., Feb. 16, 11897.
SCHOONERS.
Jacob M Haskell, 460 tons. Hart, Geo
Harries, Son & Co.
Bessie Paiker.222 tens, Carter, Geo Har
ms Son & Cc.
Julia S Bailey, 308 tons, SpragueyGeo
Hairiss. Son & Co.
MeHssa Tri-sk, 225 tons, Atwocd, I T
Riley & Co.
Florence A. 148 tons. Sti out, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
Estelle. 889 tons, Hutchinson, Geo Har
rits Son & CcM
Wm F Green, 254 tons, Clark, Geo Har
riss. Son & Co.
Schr Sebago. 293 tons, Thompson, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Roger Moore, 812 tons. Miller, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
Marion Hill, 193 tons, Armstrong, Geo
Harriss. Son & Co. -
W C Wickbam. 316 tons, Evan, Geo
Harriss. Sen & Co.
Ida C Schoolcraft. 306 toes, Booye, Geo
Harms Snn A fn
Sierra, 124 tons, Morris, Geo Harriss,
Son & Co.
Anne E Stevens, 228 tons.Vanaman.Geo
Harriss, Son 61 Co.
j BARQUES.
Guido (Rus),353 tons, Biomqvist, Paier-
' son. DowniDB & Co.
Otto (Noi). 482 tons. Gandetsen." j T
Riley & Co.
BRIGS. j
M C Haskell, 384 tons. Windfield, Geo
Harriss Son & Co.'
MAXTON BUILDING
AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Maxton, N. C.
DIRECTORS.
J. D. Croom, Maxton.
Ed. McRae, Maxton.
J. H. Kinsey, Maxton.
G. B. Sellers, Maxton.
G. B. Patterson, Maston.
Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmington
E. F. McRae, Ratrnont.
.
The attention of investors in Wi.
mingion 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.
The management is prudent and
economical, as is shown by the fact
that the Association has sustained no
losses, and its annual expenses, in
cluding taxes, are only about Two
Hundred Dollars.
J. D. CROOM, President.
W. B. HARKER, Secretary.
je lm
Casli Paid
FOR
Beeswax.
If you have some to sell ship it to as
and we will allow you
26 CENTS PER POUND
for it in Boston and no charge for
commission or for carting. Refer
ences all through the South if re
quired. W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO.,.
Boston, Mass.
dec 33 3m Office and Warehouse 149 Peail stmts
L. H. Peterson aMJenry MeLeai,
pHK EXPERT BARBERS, CAN BR FOUNI
t No. 11 South Front street, where they will be
pleased to serve their friends. First class work guar
anteed. Shaving 10 cents. Give nt a call.
Respectfallv,
A. PREMFXRT,
dec 10 tf No. 11 South Froat strret
i)Ucno t:.
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