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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
, WILMINGTON. N. C. ;
Friday Morning, February 3.
to get the full benefit.
Mr. D.- A. Tompkins, of Char
lotte, has recently written a very
interesting article on cotton and cot-j
ton 'manufacturing, which was elic-i
. ited by the discussion of a textile
school, and is suggestive of the im-i
mense possibilities in the cotton,
manufacturing industry. j
After speaking of the achieve-;
ments of Southern cotton growers in.
reducing the cost of producing cot-:
ton ftfihipivfimfints resnltin'sr from
their own intelligent efforts, the es-j
tablishment of agricultural colleges,!
experiment stations, boards' for suJ
'pervising fertilizers, &c, thus it is,;
, he says, that Southern cotton grow-j
, ers haye been enabled to produce
' and sell cotton at 6 ; cents a pound
and be about as well off -and realize
as mucn prone as xney uiu wnen
they got 20 cents a pound for it and
paid proportionately as much to pro
duce it. t
' One of the reasons doubtless,
why-they can now sell cotton at 6
cents1 a pound without being bank-
iruptea, is Decaruse xney nave learnea
I to be more economical, to keep out
of debt more) and to raise more of
their 'own supplies than they did
wheti all-cotton was more of a craze
than it is now. They may continue
to raise and to sell cotton for even
l,ess, but if they do, it will be because
cotton has been made a subordinate
crop. After referring to the suc
cess in cheaping production he says:
' Our people have kept ahead by
spending the necessary money to
know more "about cotton production
than any other people in the world, j
i Agricultural colleges have .been
wisely built. ' ' - i
Agricultural departments have been
wisely created by States . and by the "
national government. Boards of fer
tilizer control have been wisely estab
lished and maintained. . ;
If we spend $100,00 and . learn to ,
produce cotton $1 per bale cheaper we
have saved $10,000,000. . !
1 In the last two decades the Southern
farmer has, done this several times
over. Except for these expenditures
and the acquisition of the knowledge,
necessary to make cheap cotton he
i might have lost his cotton trade to
Russia, Egypt and South America.
Important as it is, however to con
tinue to spend money and study how
. to, make the best cotton, the cheapest
cotton and the most of it in order to
control -the trade, there is also another
si4e to this question?
After exhausting our efforts to re
duce the cost of cotton production to a
minimun, why not make some effort
to increase its value. r
. Shipped as raw cotton in bales the
Southern crop is worth about $300, 000, -000.-,
. , ;
The crop of North Carolina alone' is
- about (round numbers) 500,000 bales.
This at 6 cents would yield $15,000.-
ooo. . . ,
If manufactured into the average of
'mill products now made in the North
Carolina mills, it would yield $45.
' 000.000. I
With as good school facilities for
textile work as the State now has for
agriculture, the value of. this crop
i could be increased to an average value
of 60 cents a pound, at which it would
yield $150,000,000. Add to this the
value which would be given to perish
able farm products (now without much
value) such as turnips, peaches, ap
ples, potatoes, etc. ; and also the value
of auxiliary manufactures, such; as
trouser factories, broom factories; all
of which are, sustained by the cotton
factories directly or indirectly, and
, we would easily get another $150,000,
I 000 value.
Therefore it may be seen that it is
within easy reach of the State of North
Carolina to make, its cotton crop worth
as much as the crop of the entire
South if the latter is sold in a raw
state. . -. j
Mr. William Entwhistle, of Rock
ingham, stated in a speech made ; be
fore the legislative committee on edu
cation that the average value of the
manufactured products from North
Carolina cotton mills was already in
his estimation 20 cents per pound or
upwards. On this basis of present ac
complishment if the whole crop could
be worked the value would be about
$50 000,000, as against $15,000,000
sold in a raw state. , ,
. The highest limit figured on in the
i above estimates are by no means the
nignest possible prices. Mr. John-Gil-
i ligan, superintendent of the Reids
ville Cotton Mill, told me that he had
woven cotton . velveteens in Provi
dence, R. L, that yielded more than $3
per pound. Also that most of this kind
of stuff used in this country even yet
came from Europe, the foreigners tak
ing our cotton at 6 cents and selling it
back to us at $3 and $4 per pound.
Why not. spend a little money to
T found an institution the purpose of
which shall be to find out how this
thing is done and then teach it to home
people!
We have splendid establishments to
beginning towards finding out now w
pound before lit leaves the borders of
the State ? ' , '
This can be done, and when it is
done then the crop of North Carolina
alone will bring more money to the
State than the entire South now re
ceives for its entire crop if figured on
the basis of the price of raw cotton.
We need the textile school now.
These estimated 500,000 bales
could be trebled in value if manu
factured even into the ordinary
common grades of goods, and in
creased tenfold .in value by manu
facturing into the finer grades, such
as could be produced, with skilled
labor and suitable machinery. But
it is not only the increase in the
the value of the cotton which is to
be looked at, but the incalculable
benefit to other industries and the
creation of other industries kindred
make 6 cent coibuu r
to and growing out of cotton manu-
f aRtur:nff which would amount in
..ntn tn fan fimai linn TvrfiH-
tuc aSSicgouo r-
ent value of the State's cotton crop,
and taking altogether; if the entire
crop were manufactured it might
become, directly and indirectly,
worth as much as the whole cotton
crop of the South now is. Apply
ing the same course of, illustration
to ithe , entire , crop of ;the South,
what immense possibilities there
would be in it. But we -are speaK
ing more especially of North Caro
lina now. '
No country ever became wealthy
by producing raw materials alone
and depending altogether upon
these. There is- but little profit in
crude iron; manufactured there is
wealth in the profits. There is little
profit in the tree as it lies felled in
the forest; manufactured it becomes
a source of handsome profits. The
rough rocb dug out of the quarry has
little value; chiselled into shape it
becomes a thing of much value.
Ordinary clay is almost valueless;
moulded into pottery, pipes, tiling,
&c, it becomes worth a good deal.
Cotton at the ruling prices now is
scarcely worth cultivating, .but woven
into fabrics it becomes three, six
or ten times as valuable.
These facts, as stated by Mr.
Tompkins, are not altogether new,
but they are strikingly and sugges
tively put, and give us some idea of
the possibilities in cotton when
'worked to its full extent, although
the price of the raw lint may be dis
couraginglv low.
All this suggests the germane ques-,
tion, how is it to be accomplished?
If we remember rightly our mills
now manufacture about half as
much, or perhaps 'little more than
half as much cotton as the State
now produces, but it isn't all grown
in North Carolina. This means
that our - manufacturing capacity
must be about doubled, either by
the building of new mills or by
doubling the capacity of those now
in operation. It would take money
to do that and a good deal of it. It
will require a great deal more skilled
management and labor, to supply
which is the object of the proposed
textile school. But the money to
build new mills and equip thehi will
be a serious matter, for money is not
abundant in North Carolina, and
we have no hoarded treasures' to
draw from. The credit of our peo
ple is good enough, doubtless, and
perhaps their collaterals are good
enough to command considerable
money if tHey were disposed to bor
row, but borrowing ;in large amounts
to start such enterprises is not the
best way start them, for they are
thus handicapped in the beginning
by being compelled to raise a stated
amount of interest out of the profits,
with a limited time to repay the
principal. It isn't easy to foresee
and guard against contingencies,
and therefore the borrowing plan is
not the best.
: But there is a way of avoiding
this and yet starting mills, of which
the progressive city of Charlotte has
furnished a striking illustration in
her half-dozen or more co-operaiive
mills, every one of which, so far as
we know, has been a success and has
been operated without going into
debt. Why couldn't other cities
Wilmington, Ealeigh, Goldsboro,
Greensboro, Salisbury, and smaller
places, do likewise, and utilize not
only their money but their labor in
establishing factories, not only cot
ton factories but other factories, and
why couldn't the farmers in the
country adjacent become interested
in these enterprises by taking stock
in them and paying in rawmaterial,
thus making a better market for
themselves and adding to the value
of their products ? As a' purely
business proposition it should be the
aim of the cotton-growers to build
factories and sell their cotton as
woyen cloth at 20 cents a pound or
morej rather than as raw cotton at 6
cents or less. '
- Having sncceededlay effort and in
telligent methods in reducing the
cost of producing cotton, we must
now, as Mr. Tompkins says, devote
ourselves to the problem of enhanc
ing the price of cotton. It can be
done by systematic effort just as
easily and more quickly "than the
problem of reducing the cost of pro
duction was solved.
It is said that it was American
thieves who walked into that London
bank during business hours, and
lifted and got away with 1300,000.
But they showed that they were
not disposed to be hoggish by re
turning $234,000, which consisted
of large bills, contenting themselves
with the smaller denominations. "
MANUFACTORIES NECESSARY.
There is no intelligent person who
nowquestiona the value of manufac
tories to anv community, and there
are very few persons who give the
subject a thought who question the
necessity of manufactories for any
community, where the conditions are
favorable, which desires permanent
prosperity. No town or city can
grow or prosper unless it has some
thing to grow and prosper upon. It
cannot invite new comers unless it
can offer them some inducement. It
cannot invite the skilled or unskilled
workers unless it has work ior. them
to do, and it cannot retain its own
people unless it can give them some
employment by which they can sup
port themselves and those depena-
ent upon them, and improve cneir
condition as the years roll on. Fine
climate, healthful location, a moral
atmosphere, good schools and other
desirable ' things may be induce- ,
ments, and all excellent in there-
way, but people must have employ
ment and have something to live
upon, some sure, source ot earnings
to take advantage and avail them
selves of these, other attractions.
This is all too patent to need any
argument. '
This has been suggested by the
following Communication to the
Charleston News and Courier, or
Tuesday, by a Mr. J. L. Whatley,
who has evidently been a close ob
server of the drift of events. We
publish it entire because it applies
quite as pertinently to Wilmington
as it does to Charleston. It reads
thus:
"To anyone who has observed at all
the changing conditions affecting the
business of our Southern seaports in
the last twenty-five years the inquiry
must have suggested itself. What - is
to be their future? How are they to re
tain their population and prestige ?
What is it necessary for them
to do in order to prevent de
cadence? The difference between
Charleston and other seacoast towns in
the South is as to time only. The
changing conditions of business have
affected her a little sooner than some
of the others, that is all. When the
pine forests are exhausted and the
naval stores and lumber become
things of the past, as they are rapidly
doing; when the country store keeper
becomes the cotton factor for the
farmer, (which is about the case now,)
and buys his goods from the manu
facturer at first hand direct; when all
the cotton is bought up by the broker
in the country and shipped through
upon tramp steamers which bring
their own provisions and ' coal in
ballast for the return voyage, what will
keep, up the business of Wilmington,
Charleston, Savannah and Brunswick?
There seems to be but one answer: Fac
tories of all kinds. The suggestion is
doubtless unpopular to many in this
community because of the failures in
this branch of industry, but' are these
failures not due to the fact that our
best business men have not made a
business of manufacturing? Is there
anything in the atmosphere of Charles
ton that prevents a cotton mill, from
paying as well as at Fall River rr any
where else? There are business men
in Charleston who could make any
thing pay if they would devote the
same time and talent to it as
to their other business; but fac
tories of all kinds have been a
sort of "side . issue" with them a
thing to put money into, then to be
utturerly for got ton until disaster
comes, when the place is blamed as if
the air was poisonous to all smch en
terprises ! But apply , the same rules
of economy and careful, close atten
tion to every detail as is done by' the
New England manufacturer, or the
Spartanburg manufacturer, bearing
ever in mind that a little saving here
and. a little there means a good divi
dend to the stockholders. With plenty
of cotton, and the ocean at our door;
with labor cheap and working hours
long, and with coal for furnance pur
poses obtainable at $2 75 per ton, we
find that cotton mills will pay in
Charleston as well, or better than in
the interior.
"Not a bale of cotton should be al
lowed to pass out to sea that we can
prevent, except in the form of manu
factured goods. A dozen large cotton
mills here, which would bring with
them skilled laor and better facilities
for operating " machinery, could be
made to pay and would set at rest all
doubt about the . future prosperity of
Charleston. Why do we not ship the"
pnospnate rocfc away m its crude state,
instead of putting millions of money
into the mills if we are to let our cot
ton go where there is a profit in manu
facturing it into cloth to somebody
somewhere that we do not get?
"The difficulty, and the only diffi
culty, is that our best business talent
has not been directed to the subject in
the right spirit. We have not been a
manufacturing people. But how we
are-to prov.de for the future without
coming to it is somewhat difficult to
see. The cotton factor's occupation
like Othello's, is gone, the jobbing
business is going and the thing to do is
to provide against the inevitable."
It is somewhat remarkable that
the greatest industrial development
and the greatest diversity is in the
interior, where there is no water
transportation and where the fac
tories are dependent altogether upon
railroad transportation, while in our
coast cities manufacturers have the
advantage of both water and rail
transportation.- It is time for the
coast cities to wake up, ancjl realize
the conditions by which they are
confronted. .!
How to Prevent Pneumonia.
You are perhaps aware that pneu
monia always results from a cold or
from s.a attack of la grippe. .During
the epidemic of la grippe a few years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by that dis-,
ease when Chamberlain's Cousrh
Remedy was used. It counteracts any
tendency of a cold or la grippe to re
sult in that dangerous ; disease. It is
the best remedy in the 1 world for bad
colds and la grippe. Every bottle
warranted. For sale by R R Bkl-
LAMY. J
- . ; To the Public.
We are authorized ' to guarantee
every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and if not satisfactory to re
, fund the money to the purchaser.
There is no better medicine made for
la grippe, colds and whooping cough.
r-nce, zoc ana ouc. per DOtue. , Try it
R. R. Bellamy. i
The Kind You Hare Always BoqgM
AFRAID DP THE TEST.
It is quite evident ; from the per
sistent opposition of the expansion
Senators to permitting ; any vote
being taken on resolutions pending:
in the Senate denning ine axweuae
of ; this l' country as ; to our f uture
policy in the Philippines, that they
are afraid to submit their case to
that test. ' They claim to have not
only a majority of the Senate in
favor of the unconditional ratifica
tion of the treaty but ithe necessary
two-thirds' to carry it through, and
and yet they are afraid to permit a
vote ori resolutions which could not
be carried unless a majority of the
Senators voted for them.
If. a majority are not in favor of
them thej will fail; if a majority is in
favor of them they will pass, and only
then.. If there be any doubt as to
the. attitude of the ; Senators on
this question, (and that is the
only obstacle to prompt action
upon the j treaty) why not
remove it and 'clear the way for de
cisive action upon the treaty? If it
be shown by a vote upon such reso
lutions that they cannot be adopted
that will end the matter, and would
also end argument over the treaty
which would then be adopted , as a
lesserevil than: defeating it might
be. That is, at least, the view of
some of the Senators who are now
opposed to unconditional ratification
would take of it
But when they obstinately object
to permitting such resolutions to be
voted upon they inconsistently put
themselves in the attitude which
they charge the opponents of, ratifi
cation of taking, in obstructing ac
tion and defeating the will of the
majority. . If they were frank and,
honest they would not only submit
to this test but welcome it, for that
would show at once how the Senate
stands. While they refuse to do this
they are open to the charge of dupli
city or cowardice, or both.
BOOK NOTIQES.
The young folks will find the Feb
ruary number of St. Nicholas a very
interesting and handsomely illustrated
number. The list of contents is varied,
and much of it instructive as . well as
entertaining:. Published by The Cen
tury Company. Union Square, New
York. '.: ; ' ;,'
t - - - -
The February number of The Cen
tury Magazine presents a fine list of
contents, handsomely illustrated. Any
other interesting articles are "Har
nessing 1 the Nile," 'Whaf Charles
Dickens did for Childhood," "Frank
lin's Eeligion," and "On the way to
the North Pole." Published by The
Century Company, ; Union Square,
New York.
McClure'8 Magazine ' tor February
is a very attractive number. Among
the contributors are Rudyard Kip
ling, who has a continued story, and
Capt. Mahan writes on "The "War on
the Sea,1 and its Lessons,", and an in
teresting sketch of "Dewey at Manila."
These are but: few of a very interest
ing list 'of contents, all handsomely
illustrated. Published by the S. S.
McClurf Co. 144-155 E 15th street,
New York.: . ."
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
t- Bocky Mount Motor: Mrs.
Martha Lanier died in this place last
Friday morning at 3 o'clock after a
long and lingering illness at the home
of her daughter Mrs. J. H. Short '
Clinton Democrat: Mr. J. R.
Maxwell, one of the most prominent
and highly esteemed citizens of West
em Sampson, died at his home in
Dismal Township on January the 10th
at the age of seventy-two years.
Chatham Record: On Tuesday
Mr. Jones M. Watson made his last
trip as mail-carrier on the Star route
between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill.
He had been carrying the mail ever
since July, 1880, with an interval of
about ten months, and in that time
had traveled about 200,000 miles, or
equal to eight times around the world.
Fayetteville Observer: Mrs.
Robt. M. Jackson died at her home on
Massey's Hill this (Wednesday) morn
ing after a short illness. She was a
daughter of the late Mr. John Davis,
of Haymount. Mr. J. N. Thag
ga:d, son, of Alex. Thaggard, Esq,
died at his home in Cedar Creek this
(Wednesday) morning after a long
and painful illness. The deceased; who
was a young man just 27 years old.
Lumberton Rebesonian: N. A.
Bras well, a well-to-do citizen of this
county, died at his home near Ashpole,
Friday, of Bright's disease. M. R.
Dictiae, who lives four miles from
town, on Shoe Heel creek, brought an
alligator eleven feet long to Maxton
Friday. While out trapping in. the
swamp of this famous stream he spied
the monster on the banks of the creek;
The first shot from his trusty Enfield
took effect in the eye of the "gator."
Durham Sun: George Latta,
a colored man, worked on the farm of
John Thompson On Mbndy morning
he was found dead near his home.
Sunday, afternoon, Latta, who Was an
old man, left home, and not returning,
search was instituted for him Monday
morning, resulting: in the finding of
the body cold and rigid in death. It
is thought he was benumbed on ac
count of the cold and laid down and
froze to death. No Suspicion of foul
play is entertained.
Public acknowledgement
"Edgar Dabney gave a gratitude din
ner last night" "Gratitude dinner?
What's that?" "Why, a dinner to
all the girls who were sisters to him
in 1898." Detroit Free Press.
La Grippe Successfully Treated. :
"I have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of la grippe this year," says
Mr. James A. Jones, publisher of the
Leader, Mexia, Tex. "In the latter case
I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and I think with considerable success,
only being in bed a little over two days
against ten days for the former attack.
The second attack I am satisfied would
have been equally as bad as the first
but for the use of this remedy as I had
to go to bed in about six hours after
being 'struck' with it, while in the first
case I was able to attend to business
about two days before getting 'down.' "
for sale by K. ic Bellamy. ;t"
Ttt8 Kind Yon Haw Always Bought
CURRENT COMMENT.
- - The. derby hat manufacturers
have formed a combination to regu
late the output. From the crown of
the head to the soles of the feet no
part of the American anatomy can
be allowed to shirk its tribute to the
Trusts Philadelphia Record, Dem.
Frenchmen are beginning to
cry for Napoleon V. - It is hard to
tell what sort of government Na
poleon V, would give but there
would gie, but there is little - risk
in asserting that it would be better
than the mockery that; France calls
the Republic. A confessed and open
despotism is far preferable to a con
cealed tyranny that works by cor
ruption. Norfolk Landmark, Dem.
1 As great a change as that
proposed with reference to the elec
tion of senators has taken place
with respect to the election of Pres
ident and Vice-President. Luckily,
in that case the people were able to
take the matter into .their own
hands.1 The President is no longer
chosen by the electoral college. The
actual election is by the people,; and
the' electoral college does nothing
but act as the instructed instrument'
of tha people. Quite a number of
State conventions and State legisla
tures have already placed themselves
upon record as favoring a change in
the Federal Constitution. Other
States will soon fall into jline.
Whenever the question is thoroughly
discussed; wherever public attention
is fully awakened to the importance
of the reform, success is sure to fol
low. The chief difficult is that the
possibility, of a change seems to be
so remote so' many, years off j-- So
it does we cannot deny it but
that only makes it so much more
desirable that we should lose no
more time in.halting and hesitating.
Richmond Dispatch, Dem. I
TWINKLINGS.
I'- "What is a phenomenon, Uncle
Bill? - "A phenomenon is a small boy i
about your size who never bothers I
arjybody." Tit Bits. j
; "l suppose to write well youi
must use ink well." "Yes, and to
write fine use a pen with some point:
to it." Harvard Lampoon. j
Miss Lakewood "So you have ;
decided that you cannot marry him!
Miss Elkridge "Not exactly. I said Ii
did not think I could ever learn to
love him. "Baltimore Life.
, "Then I told him what I thought:
of him." "In good, plain language, I j
presume?" Well, yes. In fact, some
of my expressions were positively;
military." Indianapolis Journal,
' "I don't know about this cm-,
ballumed beef," remarked" old Wipe-
dunks, stiffly, "but I do know that'
some of the youDg soldiers smoked too;
many coffin nails. Chicago Tribune, j
Mrs. Hangemout (sighing) -j
"Wondali how dat Mrs. Rubbenscrub.
can afford to dress de. way she does?"
Mrs.iWashtub (enviously) "Why,
her husband hab done left her!"!
Puck. !
Roman and American: Guide-!
"Here was the Circus Maximus."
American Tourist "Maxlmus, eh?;
Seems to me that's a pretty tame ad-:
jective to apply to a circus." Detroit
Journal.;
Johnny "Mother isn't blind,
is she?" Pa "Of course, not. What;
nut that into vour head. Johnny 1
"Mrs, Bowser, who was here to-day.
said mother'd never see forty again.":
Boston Transcript. . j
Liberty's Limitations Immi-i
grant "At last I am in free Amerisa. j
A man can do pretty much as hes
pleases in this country, can t he? i
Native "Ye-e-s, unless he's married. '
New York Weekly. ' - I
A HAND AT POKER.
Sftjkd
the Part a Side Bet Flare la
! j ' the Proceeding !
Said a Lone Star State man: "I once;
saw Colonel W. G. Sterett and Hon. Bar
nett Gibbs of Austin in a poker game,!
and, though merely a spectator, I got lots
of fun out of watching the proceedings, !
for in the crowd were some , high . rollers,
and there were plenty of big jackpots to:
furnish excitement. Sterett was not faring'
very well and ever ; and anon would oom-j
plain of his luck. He and Gibbs were bos-!
om friends, but Gibbs liked nothing better!
than guying William. !
" 'You can't play poker- anyway,' said:
Gibbs, addressing Colonel Sterett 'Why'
don't you stay out till you get a hand?
Every time I open a pot you have to chip;
in on some little short pal?.' V H
"Just as 'Barney' said Shis it was his
time to act, and as he was on the point of
opening a passed pot that bad been ' sweet-i
ened for $10 he saw that Sterett was fin
gering his stack preparatory to coming in. I
'"Well, Gibbs,' quoth Sterett, some-!
what,, nettled, 'your gratuitous advice:
please keep to yourself. .It don't get you
anything. When I want counsel as to the
proper time to participate In a jack pot, !
I'll call on you. In the meantime I'm
staying wlthi'you, shoving in two yel-i
lows, 'and if you don't think I've got a'
legitimate hand I'll bet you f 10 more be
fore the draw, everybody else being out j
that I've got the best hand to start with.' j
"Til go you," said Gibbs. 'What have
you there?' : ..' ' ' ; . : M
" 'A pair of kings, ' replied Sterett. ; i
Thoo'ro mlcrhtir irrtnri Anil ftthha'
shoved over to the journalist the $10 side:
bet, at which Sterett laughed long and
loud. , ,
"Gibbs smiled, but said nothing, and
then each drew three cards. It was Gibbs' :
bet, and quick as a flash he shoved a $50
stack. Of course his opponent thought it
was a bluff and called. Sterett hadn't
helped his kings, but he was an astonished
man when Gibbs laid down a pair of aces.;
He had possessed them all the time, and
his renunciation . of the side bet was a
clever ruse by which he demonstrated to
his friend that there were" some wrinkles
in poker that he had not dreamed of in
his philosophy. "Washington Post. '
Such I War.
The actions of men wounded in battle
are often misunderstood. ; General Fuller, ;
as quoted in the Chicago Inter Ocean,:
cites a pathetic instance of this kind: '
In the midst of battle General Fuller!
was trying to check the flight of panio
stricken men. One poor fellow came,
stumbling along, not heeding a word that:
.was said to him. I
' Indignant and impatient, Fuller, as he
same near this, man, leaned from his horse,
and, touching him with his sword, said
sharply, "Go back, sir I" v j.
The man looked up with an expression
. of anguish and despair on his faoe that;
said as plainly as words, "I am looking;
for a place to die." He opened his blouse;
and showed a big, gaping wound in his
breast. Then he dropped to the ground. ;
The general Instantly' dismounted, bus '
almost as he raised the man's head to his
arm the poor fellow breathed his last.
' 1 Breathins and Malaria.
! The importance of guarding against
aerial transmission of malaria Is shown
by the personal observations of Dr. Mau
rel. In Africa he had spent nights tramp
ing in the marshes without suffering the
least Inconvenience, while his assistants
suffered from chills, merely because they,
did not seem to be able, literally speaking,,
to keep their mouths shut.. He absolutely
refrained from talking, so as to allow nonet
of rthe miasmatic air to reach his lungs)
through the mouth, the nasal passages, as
Is well known, acting as a sterilizing ap-i
paratns through the destructive action ofj
the nasal secretions upon atmospherioar-'
ganisms. Exchange. 1
RATHER MATTER OF FACT.
He Believed In Giving the Woman
v He Harriet) a. Good Time.
: He is a young man whose unbounded
assurance has ever been his chief charac
teristic, . r
: When he proceeded to talk to the prao
tioal old gentleman about marryinR hia
daughter, he was evidently prepared for
the usual question: . , -'
" Do you think you ! can 'support my
daughter in the style to which she has
been accustomed? " - . : '
. : The parent spoke this phrase with the
air of a man who thinks he has. uttered a
poser. The suitor looked him in the eye.
"Let's talk this thing over," he said.
'Do you think your daughter is qualified
to make a man a good wife?" , - '
"Yes, sir. Her mother and I are both
practical people, and we have given her a
practical education. She cannot only read
Greek and play the piano she practices
three hours a day but she can get a good
dinner and make her purchases in market
as intelligently as an experienced steward.
Moreover, her abilities with the needle are
not confined to fancy work. She's a treas
ure, and we don'$ propose to have any
misunderstandings about her future."
"You were asking me if I thought I
could support her" in the style to which
she has been acoustomed."
"I was'." , . .;.) - (-'' '
"Well, I could, but I don't propose toU
After she marries me she's not going to
practice three hours a flay on any piano,
nor cook dinners, nor take back talk from
market people. She's ! going to have all
the sewing done outside the house, read
what she enjoys, j whether it's Greek or
Choctaw, and go jbo this matinee twice a
week. It's time that girl was beginning
to have some good times in this life."
Washington Star. ! i
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The quotations are always given as accurately
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BAGGING
2 0 Jute...
' ii .3 3
ouftuuo.ru. ..
WESTERN 8MOKET-
Hams t m
Sides 9 0.
Shoulders V
DRY 8AJL.TED
12 &
&
6i4
Sides lb
Shoulders 9 t
6 &
BARBELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each...
; New New York, each.
ewully,eacn
BUtaWAi ID
BRICKS t j
Wilmington 9 M.... J
22
& 7 00
& 14 00
. 18
& S3
S 00
9 00
Northern
BUTTER . i j:
North Carolina v n
Nortnern
CORN MEAL i
Per bushel, to sacks ........
Virginia Meal..
CXyrrON TIES bundle.
CANDLES lb ; j, .
Sperm
Adamantine .....-.........
CHEESE 9 lb I I
. Northern Factory...;
Dairy Cream..
State i. ......
COFFEE 9 B ; '
Laguyra t. ......
Rio '.
DOMEST ICS
Sheeting. 4-4, 9 yard.....;..
Yarns. 9 bunch of 5 lbs . . . .
EGGS-9 dozen ............
49
,75
106
&
11
10
11
tlBU
Mackerel. No. 1. 9 barrel... 22 00
80 00
& 15 00
& 18 00
9 00
14 00
& 4 00
8 00
8 25
10
& 450
Mackerel, No. 1, V half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel. No. 2. 9 barrel.
16 00
8 00
13 00
2 50
S 00
3 00
5
435
Mackerel, No. 2 9 bali-bbl.
Mackerel. No. 8, 9 barrel. .
Muuets, v Darrei ,
Mullets, 9 pork barrel.
N. C. Roe Herring, 9
Dry Cod, f? lb .i
" Extra A
FLOUR 9 lb i
keg.
Low graae
Choice ..i
Straight. I 3 75
FlretPatent 4 50
8 00
8 50
4 00
5 00
. 8
GLUE 9 B
GRAIN 9 bushel !.
Corn,from store.bcs White ' 53
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store ............
Oats, RustProof....:..,....
40
60
uow Peas.
HIDES B
Greensalted. ...... & 6H
Dry flint....'.........' & 10
Drvsalt .9
HAY 9 100 lbs !
Clover Hay 50 75
Rice Straw 40 & 45
Eastern.............. 75
Western.. 75
North River.. . 75
HOOP IRON, 9 lb. j. 1M& VA
LARD. W ft . ' :
Northern...... ,! 5 & 7
North Carolina.............. . 6 & 10M
LIME, 9 barrel . 1 15 & 1 25
LUMBER (city sawed) f) M ft
Ship Stuff, resawea.. ....... 18 00 20 00
Rough edge Plank, i. 15 00 & 16 00
West India cargoes, accord
ing to quality..... , 13 00 & 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned.' 18 00 & 22 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 & 15 00
MOLASSES 9 gallon
Barbadoes, in hogshead..... 25
Bar badoes, in barrels....... 28
Porto Rico, in hogsheads.... . 27
Porto Rico, in barrels....... & 28
Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12 & 14
Sugar House, in barrels.... )4 & 15
' 8vrup, in barrels.. 15 25
NAILS, keg, Cut, 60d basis... 160 & 1 65
PORK, 9 barrel - "
CitvMess.... lioo
Rump. .......4... ............ 10 50
Prime .4......1......... . 10 oO
ROPE.JB .1. ........ 10 22
SALT, 9 sack, Alum............. 110
Liverpool ....1. ,,.75 80
', American... .L. ........ 70 (a 75
On 125 9 Sacks.........
SHINGLES, 7-inch, per;M.
S 00
1 60
uommon.
Cypress Saps J
2 50
SUGAR, V lb standard Gran'd 596
White Extra C i 5
Extra C, Golden. ..j. .........
C, Yellow....:
SOAP. 9 a Northern. 3;
STAVES, 9 M W O. barrel. ... 6 00
R. O. Hogshead....;
TIMBER, 9 M feet Shipping..
Mill, Prime,.......:
Mill. Fair I
stanaaraA i.... - 6
. 634
5H
5
4J4
m 4
14 00
10 00
fl0
7 00,
6 50
5 00 '
4 00
Common Mill 4 50
Inferior to ordinary. .
3 0)
7 50
5 0O"
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
9 M 6x24 heart. . .. i ,
" Sap I.
5x84 Heart....;...
S&p
- 6x24 Heart... 4.........
" 8ap...,..i
TALLOW, lb ....
WHISKEY, 9 gallon, Northern
North Carolina... .1
WOOL, per Tb Unwashed
4 50
4 00
6 00
5 00
MARINE piRECTORY.
1,1st of Teel In tne Fort of WU
4 mInston N. C; Feb. 3 1899.
SCHOONERS.
Lois Chappel, 1761 tons, Medero, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
P C Lister, 267 tons, ' Robinson, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
B I Hazard (Br) 373 tons, Blatchford,
" Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Elma (Br) 299 tons, Baker, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co. !
Roger Moore, 277 tons, Small," J T
Riley & Co. j ,
Eva A Danenhower, 217 tons. Miller,
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
St Croix, 190 tons, Torrey, J T Riley
& Co. " j
Chas H Sprague, 266 tons, Harper,
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
. STEAMSHIPS. "
Marion (Br), 1,218 tons, Roberts, A S
Heide&Co. ) '
BARQUES.
Franz Schwalbe, pan) 586 tons, Paul
sen, Heide & Co.
BARGES. , ,
Carrie L, Tyler, 538 tons, Bonneau
Navassa Guano Co.
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WILMINGTON MARKET
STAB OFFICE. Feb. 2.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 44 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 43K cents per
, gallon for country casks; I .
KUS1JN Market firm at ao; cents
per bbl for strainea ana 95 cents for
good strained. - j
TAK Market nrm at f 1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs. .-
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at $1.35 per barrel for Hard,
$2.40 for Dip, "and $2.40 for Virgin.
(Quotations same day. last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 32Jt32c;
rosin nrm at $1.15, $1.20; tar Steady,
95c; cru.de turpentine steady! $1.40
$1.90, $1.90. - I .
RF.mr.TPTH. i
Spirits turpentine .......... . . .1 .13
Rosin ....I. 515
Tar... ...A. 234
Crude turpentine... ..I; 19
T ; J J on
xvecciuus saiue uay iwn year. u
casks spirits turpentine, 195 bbls rosm,
Ci t r T 1 1 x . c 1 1 , 3. a i.1
uuia iar, a 00m cruue turueiiuuic.
- a
Market firm on a basis .of 5Jd cts per
3 :jji: r
Ordinarv. ...
3 1 7-16 cts fi
Good Ordinary.
4 13-16
4 17-16
Liow Middling. .
Middlinsr
08
u-ooa miaaimg a d-10 t
Receipts 295 bales: same day last
year, aw.
COUNTRY PEODTJCK.;
PEANUTS North Carolina ;
Prime, 55 to 60c: per bushel of 28
pounds: extra prime. 65c: fanev. 70c.
Virginia Extra prime 55c ; fancy, 60c ;
Spanish, 8090c. 1
UURJN Jtl'irm; 53 to 55 cents per
bushel. : I
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c $1.10; upland, 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel, 1 t T
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c. " ! i
SHINGLES Per thousand, five-
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 ,to 2.25 ;
six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; sevfen-inch,
$5.50 to 6. 50.
TIMBER Market steady at!$2.50 to
6.50 per M.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Mornlnir Star.
. New York. February 2.' Money on
call was steady at 23 pgr cent..
last loan being at 3 percent! .Prime
mercantile paper 2)4 3 per cent.
Sterling exchange strong: actual busi
ness in bankers' hills at 485 485
for demand and 483a483V for sixtv
days. Posted rates 484 and 486. Commer
cial bills 482 482. Silver certificates
nominal at 5960. Bar silver 59j
Mexican dollars 47. Government
bonds steady. State bonds steady: Rail
road bonds irregular; US. 3s,107j4;
U. S. new4's, registered, 128M128I ;
do. coupon, 128 129; U. S.4;sll2
112 ;do. coupon, 112113 ; do. 2's
99 ; U. S. 5's, registered, 111M 112;
do. 5's, coupon, 111X112K ;jN. C. 6's
130; do. 4's, 104 ; Southern (Railway
6's 106. Stocks: Baltimore iSc Ohio
70; Chesapeake & Ohio 30 ji; Man
hattan L 114; N. Y. Uentfal 134;
Heading 22 ; do.lst preferred B0?i ; St.
Paul 127 ll: do. preferred 16& South
ern Railway 13 ; do. preferred 50
American Tobacco 145 k; do. pre
ferred 137; People's Gas 1142J ; Sugar
133M ; do. preferred 114M T. S3. & Iron
44; U. S, Leather 7X; do. preferred
73 X 1 Western Union 95. 1
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i
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraphto the Morning
New. York, February 2. Rosin
quiet; strained common Jto good
$1 32K1 35. Spirits turpentine steady
at 45J646C.
Charleston, - February 2 Spirits
turpentine nrm at 43c; no sales. Kosin
steady and unchanged; no sales.
Savannah, February 2. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 43Xc; no sales:
receipts m casks. Jtcosm inrm ; no
sales; receipts 3,013 barrels;
COTTON MARKETS.
.By.Telegraph to the Morning tar.
New York, February2 The cotton
market made a good start bjit subse
fluently eased off with trading cohsid
erably more active than for aJperiod of
over two weeks ; yet the niews was
generally of bullish purport Strong
Hingiisn cab es were largely responsi
ble for an advonce of four to six points
at tne opening. Utherl factors con
tributing to the better ruling of the
market were the discouraging" weather
reports from nearly all sections of the
South, estimates for a very light' move
ment at both ports and interior towns
and continued gratifying j accounts
from New England and the cloth mar
kets. The readiness' with which wheat
responded to selling pressure! and the
irregular rushing of stocks recently.
together with yesterday's bad slump
in cotton tended to unnerve a eood
many holders, and after the initial re
sponse to the foreign news, the local
market gradually gave wy under
realizing sales. The market closed
steady at a net loss of two to four
points. j
New York, February 3. Cotton
quiet ; middling uplands 6 K6.
Cotton futures market closed steady;
a eraruary e.u&c,Marcn 6.07c, april 6.08,
may o.ioxj, June oaie, July . 12c, Au
gust 6.15c, September 5.95i, October
5.95, November 5.96c, December 5,95c.
Spot cotton market closed ouiet:
middling uplands 6; middling gulf
6c; sales 141 bales. I
ix ec receipts zzz Dales; urross re
ceipts 3,577 bales; sales 141 bales;
exports to Great Britain 1,092 bales
exports to tne continent y 04 bales;
stock 7a,8a bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 17,635
bales; exports to Great Britain 3.501
bales; exports to the Continent 21,266
bales; stock 990,632 bales, j
Consolidated Net receipts 152.973
Daies; exports to u-reat isntain 71,312
bales; exports to France 11.919 bales;
exports to the Continent 1161616 bales.
Total since September lsl Net re
1 .A .A 1 w - .
ceipts 6,764,804 bales; exports to Great
Britain ,Yj.e,t04 bales; exports to
France 682,999 bales; expdrts to the
V A A AMI MM. a. t
WJaunem X,Vi,330 bales. I
jj ebruary 2. Galveston, quiet at
0 l-iec, net receipts 3,641 bales; Nor-
loik, nrm at 6c, 1. net receipts 1,178
. ' A : .
bales; Baltimore, nominal 6"'
receipts bales; Boston h,,"?'
' , -vwijiu a-a, Dales- ttt.,'
mmgton, firm at 5c, net recoint t
-bales ; Philadelphia, quiet auT
receipts 319 bales; Savannah stlV61
5c, net receipts 1,932 bales 1
2,332 bales; . Mobile, steady
net receipts 15 4 bales; Memphis ffi
ot K3. not (,,, TU.1S- Quirt
gusta, firm at 6Mc, net receipted,
bales ; Charleston st ead y at s i- 8
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Mormnt Star
New York.' Februarv 9 tn '
neglected,with buyers about 15C 6n,
Wheat-Spot steady; No. 2 No,X
Duluth 82c; options om-fl c,'"
on foreign buyintr. but sf.M
though foreign liquidation.seemirt'i. '
permanent than yesterday, the hull.'
were timid, and when In tbP aft'
St. Louis sold heavilv. lornl hnn
quickly unloaded forenoon rvn,k..
and prompted a weak close ai'iav.
net decline ; the export trade was
and clearances heavy; No. 2 ifd
March closed 80 He ; May closed 77 yc
July closed 76 c Corn Spot firm
No. 2, 4446c f.o.b. options opened ;
mui auu cAv-cpi, ior a rcacuon at aid
day with wheat, was well held all day
on further larger export purchases
closing firm at c net advance- Mav
closed 42&V; July closed 43c. Oats
Spot quiet; No. 2,34c; options dall
irons: quoieu nrm. ljard quiet : West
ern steam $5' 90.; February 5 92
nominal; refined lard steady i But
ter firm; Western creamerv 11a
19c J do. factory 1214c; Elgins
19c ; imitation creamery 1316Kc ;State
dairy 1317c. Cheese steady ; laree
white lOMc. Potatoes steadv." Npw
York $1 251 62; Long Island $175
2 00; Jersey sweets $1 252 50. Pe
troleum dull. Rice firm Cotton seed
oil steady ; prime crude 19 ;do. yellow
2425c. Cabbage dull' at $2 0.04 00
per 100. Standard oil closed at U 50
4 55. Uoffee Spot Rio ouiet hut
steady; No. 7 invoice 6c: No. 7 iob-
Ding xsc; miiQ sieaay; vjoraova -14c.
Sugar Raw strong ; fair refining
3 13 16c ; centrifugal 96 test 4 5-16(v
molasses sugar 3 9-16c; sales 671 bags
Muscovado 89 test at 3 13-13c snot ex-
wnari ;.renned nrm.
UHICAQO, February 2. After tem-l
porary firmness to-day wheat yielded
to iurtner liquidation of Jong property
Heavy export takings at the seaboard
checked the decline two cents from
the top price of the session,' and May!
closed with a net loss of 5c. Corn and!
oats held aloof from demoralizing as
sociation with wheat and left off at am
j . . - , , , .a
auvance 01 in corn ana t ana m
oats. Pork and lard are a shada
higher and ribs unchanged.
Chicago, February 2. Cash auola1
tions: Flour qui t; demand moderatel
Wheat No. 2 spring 7073c; No
do. 65 M 71c: No 2. red 7274ci
Corn No. 2, 36 c. OatsNo. 2, free oJ
board, 27? 28c; No. 2 white 301
31c ;No. 3 white 30 c. Pork, pa
bbl, $10 2010 25. Lard, per 10
fts, $5 655 67. Short rib' side:
loose, $4 855 05. Dry salted shou
ders, $4 254 37.. Short clear sidi
boxed. $5 205 25. Whiskey-rDii
tillers' finished goods, per gallon. $121
The leading futures ranged as fol
io ws opening, highest, lowest an,
closing : Wheat No." 2, May 74$
74, 7575M, 73, 7373M
July 72 X. 73, 71,, He. Con
May3738,38, 37, 38Xc; Jul
38H38,3838. 3838i 2&k
- September 39, 39, 38. 39jic Oaf
No. 2 May 28, 285, 28U. 28281i:
July26i 2626,26.26c. Pork
per barrel May $10 42K, 10 55, 10 35,
10 42 , liard, per 100 lbs May 15 8
I 90, 5 82K, 5 85; July $6 00, 6.02,
5 95, 5 97K- Ribs, per 100 lbs, May
$5 17K, 525, 5 15, 5 17&; July $532M
5 35, 5 27, 5 30. I
Baltim6re. Februarv ' 2." Floilr
dull and unchanged. - Wheat dull
Spot 7576c; month 7576;
March 7677c; May 77M77M.
Southern wheat by sample 7076.
Corn firmer Spot 40J40e.; monfli
4040c;March40i40M'c Soutfi-
ern white and yellow corn 3840 j
Uats nrmeir No. 2 white western doa
36c. Lettiice $1.251.50tper bushll
basket. 1
FOREIGN MARKET.
j By (Cable to the Morning Star.
1
Liverpool. February . 4 P. M r
Cotton spot in fair demand ; prices
unchanged. American middling' j 3
9-32d. The sales of the day we
10,000 bales, of which 3,500 were ftr
speculation and export and included
9,400 bales American. Receipts 28,300
bales, all American. I
Futures opened easy with a fairqe
mand and closed steady at the advance.
American middling (1. m. c.) : Feb
ruary 3 15-643 16-64d seller; Fb
ruary and March 3 15-643 16-64(i
seller; March and April 3 16-64d buyr;
April and May 3 17-64d buyerf May a)nd
June 3 l8-64d buyer; June nd Julf 3
19-64d seller: July and August 3 19164
3 20-64d buyer; August and Septem
bers 20-64d seller; September and Oc
tobers 19-64d buyer; October and No
vember ari9 643 20-64d buyer; No
vember and December 3 20-64d selr;
December and January 3 20-64d seller.
marine;
V ARRIVED. '
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New York, Geo Mams, son ox o.
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver, Robinson, Fayettevflle,
T D Love.
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