North Carolina Newspapers

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The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record presents from week to week a summary of the new Industries es- J , T T 1 1 1 i II O i 1 saonsnea. or projected in me ooum. With its. watchful correspondents in every Southern State and in every town where Industries are establish- led, it keeps fully abreast of the movement and nothing escapes it worth noticing. While! these week ly reports of progress show that the South is up and doing, and that not only home but outsidf capital are finding tempting fields for invest ment,! one of the most encouraging and satisfactory exhibit 5 yet made, is thle summary of progress made within the past three m onths, which appears in last week's issue. This is an exhibit showing principally the movement in the ire n and cotton industries. Leading o I with iron it reports as follows: f T 1-1 n a ' i : Virginia Iron, Coal & Cdke Co., ijrruuauiy ursi m importance IS tne with a capital stock of $7,500, D0O and also in addition 7, 500, 000 in bonds. This some ten or n Southwest company has purchased twelve furnaces built Virginia and Tennessee! during: the boom period of 1889 to 1891, and which have been idle for several years. It has also purchased the large steel and iron plant at Middleboro, Kyj, and exten sive bodies of ore and coal lands. All of these furnaces will be repaired and put into blast as rapidly as possible, giving the company an annual capac ity of several hundred thousand tons of pig iron when all of j its furnaces are running. J "The Empire steel & Iron Co., capi tal $5,000,000, backed jby some very large iron and moneyed people in Nevv York and elsewhere, has pur chased the longidle furnace at Greens boro, N. C, and will puti it into opera tion. This ocmpany is now negoti ating for . a. ' number of furnaces in Alabama,, also built during the boom I period, and which have been idle since then. As these arej secured they will aso be repaired and put in blast. The Roane. Iron Co), Rockwood, Tenn. will spend about $200,000 in the enlargement of its furnace and in building a new furnace. The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Co., Bir mingham, is enlarging! its furnace operations, opening new ore mines and building a railroad to extensive coal properties. "A syndicate is being organized by some Alabama and Western people for purchasing and operating several Ala bama furnaces.- TheVftnderbilt fur nace at Birmingham' has been pur chased and will Jte put ifito blast, and the Mary Pratt furnace has been op tioned and will probably be bought and go into blast. The $tar and Cres cent furnace at Busk, Texas, has been leased and will be blowi in as soon as the necessary repairs can be made. A plant for making cement out of slag, with a capacity of 3,000 barrels a day, will be built at Ensley City, Ala., and a cooperage shop to produce 3,000 kegs a day will be established! under a con tract to furnish kegs to the wire-nail orks now building the: e. ' "The Chester Boiling Mill Co., capi til $250,000, will erect an iron and steel sheet mill at Chester . W Vn e (Jatoctin Iron CoJ Dronertv at rederick, Md.. including 90C0 acres f mineral land, has been nurchased by people who expect to! build one or more furnaces. The Cumberland Boiling Mill, Cumberland, Md., has been leased by the Potomac Steel Co., is now being overhauled, and will be put into operation making light steel rails. The 'Anniston Pipe & Foundry Co.,1 Anniston, Ala., is making large improvements " to its pipe works, and Tyler & Co. are erecting sewer-pipe works, aid H. M. "Wheedon, of Boston, and others have leased and will operate the Her cules Pipe Works at Anniston, Ala The Tennessee Coal, Irpn & Bailroad Co. is building a large! foundry and machine shop at Birmingham in con nection -'with the Alabama Steel & Shipbuilding plant, and the American I Pipe & Foundry Co. wfll enlarge its plant at Bessemer at a reported cost of 1 about $200,000. The Eagle Iron Co. has been organized to buy and operate a charcoal furnace at AttaUa, and the jenuer u urnace uo ofi Jenifer, Ala.. ia cnvvuig n DW-ton ore washer and improving its furnace with a view 10 puranc in blast. Balti peonle have more and Philadelphii purcnasea i.auu acres o ' land adjacent to Birmingham, with the probability oi tne establishment there of iron works. A $120,000 iroh foundry has ' been established at Newport News, and the Buffalo Iron Co., f of Nashville, Tenn..will blow in its furnace at Cum berland Furnace P. O. The West Vir ginia Steel Co., capital $1,000,000, will . build a $400,000 plant far making steel sheets. A dozen or m6re enterprises looking to the building or machine shops, the enlargement jof furnace op erations and the development of coal mines are under way ii different sec tions of the Bouthj while in copper : mining some extensive Purchases have , been made of copper properties and - large development operations will be . poshed." ,. . . ..ThisisaYery good showing, and is proof rOl the confidence, capital- TA B1 Jo ists have in" the future of the ; South as an iron producing and iron man ufacturing section. Of course - we do not know how much 'speculation may enter into some of these schemes, but the fact that they have begun work, to establish plants and to reopen plants that have been closed for several years is pretty good indication that they mean busi ness, that they have been organized to do business in a legitimate busi ness way, and will give little atten tion to speculation and booming. . Turning to the progress in the' cotton manufacturing industry, it B1J 8 "The activity in the building of new mills and in the enlargement of estab lished concerns since January 1 has been very marked. The most jmpor-' tant enterprise in that line, probably the most important in its effect of any textile concern ever reported in the South, was the decision of the Merri mac Manufacturing Co. of Lowell, Mass., to build in Alabama a mill of 25,000 spindles and 700 looms, and as soon as this is completed to contiuue the extension of the work until it has in one plant eight 25,000-spmdle mills with an aggregate of 200,000 spindles and 5,600 looms, and also bleachery and print works, the entire investment to be about $2,500,000. "Col. Julian S. Carr and the Dukes and others : of Durham, N. C. are planning the development of a 10,000-horse-power canal t Lockville, N. C, and the building of a $1,000,000 mill. ThePoe Manufacturing Co., Green ville, is adding 14,000 spindles; the Griffin, Ga., Manufacturing Co.. 6,000 spindles; the Meadow Brook Cotton Mills, Texas, will build a mill of 11,000 spindles; the Tallassee Falls Manufac turing Co., Tallassee, Ala., will build a new mill of 60,000 spindles; the Ben nettsville, S. C, Manufacturing Co., 10,000 spindles; the Ozark Cotton Mills, Gastonia, N. C, 8,000, spindles; the Lynchburg, Va., mill will double its capacity this year and put in 22,000 new spindles; the Proximity 'Manu facturing Co. of Greensboro vill add 8.000 spindles; the Trion Manufactur ing Co., Trion Factory, Ga., 25,00(T1 spindles; the Lanette Mills of West Point, Ga., will.build a new mill of 25, 000 spindles; the Clover Cotton Manu facturing Co.. Clover, S. C, will add 10,000 spindles; the Cannon Manu facturing Co., Concord, N. C., 7.000 spindles; the Bevolution Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N. C, capital $300,000, will build a mill of 12,000 spindles; the La Grange Mill, La Grange, Ga., will add 5,000 spindles; B. F. Me bane, Greensboro, N. C, will build a mill of 25,000 spindles ; the Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga.. 5,000 spindles; the Sterling Cotton Mills, Franklinton, N. C, will add 6,200 spindles; the Eno Cotton Mill, Hillsboro, 5,000 spin dles; the Louise Mills, Charlotte. 3,800 spindles; the Highland Park Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, will build a 7,000-spindle mill at Bock Hill. These mills will all have the proportionate number of looms. The aggregate number of spindles to. be ut in new mills and in the estab ished mills, as definitely announced since January 1, including for the Merrimac Manufacturing Company, its proposed total of 200,000 spindles, will be nearly 600,000 spindles, repre senting an investment of $8,000,000 to $10,000,000." It concludes its exhibit by show ing the great activity in the build ing of cotton seed oil mills, "which kept pace with the building of cot ton mills, and notices quite a num ber of new manufacturing enter prises of a miscellaneous character. Take it all in all, it is a splendid and most encouraging exhibit, espe cially in iron and cotton, the South's two great products, and destined to be the great wealth producers for this section. ACTIVITY IN BAILROAD BUILD- ING. There is extraordinary activ ity in railroad building this year, the" indications pointing, the Railway Age says, 5,000 miles of new road, 4,000 which are now under contract to of or construction. There are eighteen States and - two Territories which show over 100 miles of lines nnder contract or construction. Eight of these are Southern States, including North Carolina with 182 miles There is no better . indication of the improvement in industrial ( cations nor any more assuring sign of the confidence in the stability of this improvement than revival railroad building, for men who put their money in railroads are not rainbow chasers and do not build" ro'adr where there are not pretty good prospects of their paying. But another gratifying feature of this activity is the fact that aside from furnishing better transportation facilities to the sections throngh which they run they stimulate de velopment and the establishment of more industries which contribute to the betterment of these sections, and give" employment to a larger number of pebple. This new mileage for the country represents an aggregate investment of $150,000,000. . A Western man temporarily so journing in Mexico, who somewhat tartly remarked on the , national amusement of prodding bulls with swords, &c, was reminded that the, Mexicans do not kill song and other birds for amusement, or to decorate females' hats with feathers. These barbarous practices they leave to the Americans, while they content them selves with the fun of jabbing points into bulls, which occasionally have a chance of getting even , by jabbing the jabbers. ' tfor oti FirtT Tear. Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by 'mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the ftums. allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer imme diately. oia Dy isruggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing-Syrup," and take no other. ,STC )The Kind Yon Haw Always Bougli Bsnfb KAISINO-PItlCES. , , i . One of the apologies for the or ganization- of Trusts is that they; can by the employment of large cap ital and better methods of produc-M ion put their goods upon "the mar ket for less money than separate companiesor ' individuals engaged in the production of the same rarti-; cles could. There is doubtless an advantage in very large capital and concentrated manage ment in cheap J ening production, but-ihe assertion that Trusts lower prices is purely an assumption based upon the fact that the prices of some things con trolled by Trusts are lower now than they were before thevTrusts were formed. While this is the fact in some in stances how do these .Trust apolo gists know that these, articles would not be still cheaper if there had been competition instead of a monopoly? But we- do know that the prices have been raised on a good many articles controlled by Trusts,, such as glass, wire nails, steel billots-and many other things. Within the past few days there has been an advance of $10 a ton on the price of broom corn, and gas, vapor and other stoves have gone up irom 10 to ao per cent. This is all the work of Trusts, and hey haven't got a right good start yet Let them get a firm grip, and put competition entirely out of the way, and then they can and will fix prices to suit themselves. STIRRING UP THE CUBANS. The talk of annexing Cuba, which has become a favorite topic with some of the administration organs in his country, is stirring up those Cubans who have had their thoughts fixed on Independence, for which hey have a decided preference over annexation. One of these is Gen. Gomez, who, although he has not been doing any talking on that line recently, is regarded as the leader of those who insist upon independence, and more of a leader now sinse the Cuban Assembly has retired from the stage. It is thought by some that in tying to Gomez and ignor ing the Assembly we have swapped the devil for a witch and got a fel low' who may give us more trouble than the Assembly could, for that didn't seem to have a very strong grip on the people, while Gomez has. On the whole, it seems that the annexation organs are playing -their game a little too brash, and are not taking the Cubans or Cuban senti ment sufficiently into consideration when they make these schemes and indite these editorials. It would be well to go a little slower and feel the way as they go. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Monroe Journal: Mr. Archie McLarty caughfahawk in a steel trap a few days ago that was perfectly white. . ; . Goldsboro Argus: Quantities of fertilizers have been brought up the Neuse river by steamboats this season. We heard a man who lives on the river say that nothing like it has ever been known. Winston Journal: The present Bepublican Board of Education, of Yadkin county, whose office was abolished by the last Legislatures re fuse to surrender the office to the new Democratic board and will carry the matter to the courts for a settlement. Columbus News: The hardest April freeze which has visited this sec tionln years occurred here Tuesday night. It has perhaps almost destroyed the fruit crop for this year. The dam age to truck was largely confified to strawberries, as very few potatoes are up and beans have not been planted. The damage to the strawberry crop is extensive, some growers estimating it at one-half, which may be excessiveT Monroe Enquirer: Mr. Wm. Stancill, who live3 in Goose Creek township, found a rabid dog in his stable when he went out to feed his stock Wednesday' morning. The dog seized Mr. Stancill by the hand and held on until Mrs.-Stancill killed it. A gentleman says that when he came to Monroe about a month ago he could not eat anything without suffer ing from indigestion. But now, thanks for the artesian water, he can eat any thing he chooses and suffers no more from indigestion which has trouble him so long. Winston Sentinel: One of Salem's best citizens called at the Sentinel office this moraine to sav that all of the. fruit had not been killed. To make his statement more forcible, he exhibited peach, pear and apricot blossoms which, on examination. were found to be alive and doing well. This gentleman quoted an old nursery man, who lived in Abbott's Creek township many years ago, as-saying that when fruit blossoms were .filled with water, frost did not generally injure them ; that frost in dry weather was what Killed fruit. i Charlotte Observer: A diaboli cal case of cruelty came td light Fri day morning in the mayor's court A negro woman named .Laura Bost com mitted the atrocities. Her victim was her adopted daughter, a child about nine years old. The brute beat the child unmercifully Thursday after noon and otherwise tortured and mis treated her. The officers who arrested the woman said that in all their expe rience they had never seen such atroci ties committed; that the woman was a brute and that hanging was too good for her. Among other things, she threatened to cut the child's tongue out, and was only prevented from do ing so by neighbors. Mayor Springs sent the negro to jail in default of $100 bond. Judge Battle will deal with her next week There is no punisment, the officers say, too great for her. Relief In Six Hottra. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relievine pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Believes retension of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by R. B. Beixahy, Druggist, Wilmington, N. C-, corner Front and Market streets. ; The Kind Ytrn Haw Always BongM Sew tie SOME BAY. : :. ' EUaESJi FIELD... . " v " '--.' X'- r''' '7': ."' Last night, my darling, as you slept, . I thought I heard you sigh,' . And to your little crib I crepr - 1 And watched a space thereby j -. Then I stooped and kissed your brow, - For, oh ! I love you so I ; Tou are too young to know it now, ' But some time you shall know. . Some time, "when in a darkened place Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon a fade ; : Calm in eternal sleep; - - The voiceless lipa, the wrinkled brow, The patient smile shall show J 1 - You are too young to know it now, r But some time you shall know, i ' r Look backward, then, into the years And see me here to night See.Q my darling, how my tears ! - Are failing as I write And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago . You are ,too-young to know it now, . But some time you shall know. ' SUNDAY SELECTIONS. It is a sad thought that wo are either confessing Christ or Satan. " Only a stray sunbeam ? Yet it cheered a wretched ;; abode, gladdened a stricken heart. ; No man can leave sin by walk ing backwards. Our 'eyes must be. fixed on the "hills whence cometh our help." . ,:; . God, when he gave the world in, common to ail manmna, com manded man also to labor,- and the penury of his condition required it. Bring God down, into your heart Embalm your soul in him how, make within- you a temple for the Holy Spirit happier and' better. Amiel. w W -l ' - f." ;-:"' "In doing our own work well and patiently we help God with his eternal plans. So the little brook runs on, and swells the river, and the river itself runs to the sea, and. not a drop is lost." . ' : ; j ' I ' The minister who quotes Scrip ture in jest or twists it into a witticism does more to breed irreverence for the sacred word than does the destructive critic. Nothing is more reprehensible or more offensive to a correct taste. Jesus is the resurrection "and the life; the giver of eternal life which lasts beyond the grave, and makes the resurrection possible and blessed. He proved his assertion and promises by raising Lazarus from the dead. Pelonbet. I To turn in temptation directly to the power of God; to cry out in sorrow for God's companv ; to be satis fied in doubt with nothing short of the assurance that God gives; to know that there is no real escape from sin except in being made holy by God's holiness these are what make a man's complete salvation. f TWINKLINGS. Vera Goodheart-!-"J5irs. i von m...i- - i :i .,V.o9" iiun la a gxeak suviai iigut, uu ouo Ida Nownce "Well, rather! Regular Four Hundred scandal-power." Jdfe. Insinuation: "Paw,-who was. the most patient man?'!; was little Tommy's eighteenth question. "Job used to be," said Mr." Figg. Indian apolis Journal. I ; . , Minister "We need a night watchman for the church. If I gave you the job, do you think you could keep awake?" Man "Do you preach at night?" Judge, j ! - ilis Sweetheart " I have always heard that all Spaniards were expert at fencing." Returned Voltmeter "Yes; indeed they are; especially with barbed wire." Brooklyn IAfe. j Encouragement: j The Timid Lover "You know the old adage, 'Faint heart never won fair lady,'" Miss second season "But I'm a bru nette, you know."; Life. ; Frank "Do you know, I heard the other day that the blocks from which they print 5 notes take nearly three montns to engrave!." Ella "Oh, really 1 I suppose that's why they're so expensive. Tit-Bits - "How do you manage to find your way across the ocean?" said a lady to the sea captain. "Why, by the compass. The : needle always points to the north. "Yes, I know. But what if you want to go south ?" Punch. , ":. . . Clara (on the wrong side of thirty) --"1 am sure I don't know what he sees in her." Cholly "Well, they say , love is blind." Clara "Blind I Nonsense. I never saw a man in love yet who did not see ten times as much in his sweetheart as I could." Harlem Life. : : . , '. At Breakfast. Mr. Slicer "I was reading -the other day that there are eight hundred vays of cook ing potatoes." Mrs. SJicer. "Yes?" Mr. Slicer. "Well, my dear, don't you think that if you tried hard you could learn one of themf ' Brooklyn Life. APPOINTMENTS By th e Bishop o f East Carolina. April 9. Sundav 1st after Easter, M. P., Christ Church, Rockfish. j April 9, Sunday 1st after Easter, E. P., S. Andrew's, Flea Hill. April 16, Sunday 2nd after Easter, M. P., Christ Church. I ' . ' April 16, Sunday 2nd after Easter, K P., S. Cyprian's, Newborn. April 17, Monday, S. Thomas', 3raven Co. ; i - r- ..'"! April 18, Tuesday, S. Paulas, Vance ' boro. '! k- , "' " - I April 19, Wednesday, E. P., Stone ..; wall. . " - r April 20, Thursday, Com., Stonewall April 21, Friday, Grace Church, Tren- " ton.' :; "! I'--.--. : j April 25, Sunday 3rd after Easter, M. E. if., . John's, Wilmington. i April 23, Sunday 3rd after Easter, P., Good Shepherd, Wilmington April 30, riunday 4tn after igaster, M. P., b. James', Wilmington. - : May 7, Sunday 5th after Easter, Lake Waccamaw. ; r i l I Why She Refused tktlloom. A German lady, arriving for the first time In England, drove to a 'first class London hoteVasked for a room and was shown Into a very small, scantily fnrnlih ed one. She said, in a determined man ner and In very broken English, "I will not have this room." i ; j "No, ma'am," said the porter, and brought In the flirt box. -- v T "Man," repeated the lady emphatically, ' "I will not have this room!" ; - ". "Np, -ma'am," said . the porter, and brought in the second box. . j ' .The lady thought her faulty grammat ical oonstrnotlon was the reason of the porter's- continued obstinacy, .and repeat ed, with a stern distinctness: -"Man, I will have this room not have!" .: "No, ma'am," said the porter, and brought in the third box, whereupon the lady left the -room Indignantly, but the porter drew her hnrriedl baok across the threshold, pulled a rope, and to her in tense astonishment, the 1'went up. London Standard. I Bean the Bign&tp-e The Kind Yoa Haw Always Bought PINK AND WHITE" OUTINQ COSTUME FROIH HARPER'S BAZAR Among the most dainty of Summer fabrics are the light colored, jeans. Like the popular pique this material may be obtained in the very deep shades of bright colors as well as in white and medium shades.. Black jeans is a Sum mer novelty which is scarcely likely to prove as popular as black piquej-hecause of the brownish tint which is always seen upon it, even while new. In the lighter shades of gray, blue, rose pink and reds the salinyi finish becomes an especial attraction Our design taken from Harper's Bazar and for which cut Saper patterns are furnished is described as follows; .The skirt has a gored front readth and two side gores, making in all three pieces in the skirt. There is an allowance at the bottom of this garment for a six inch hern. The position for the trimming, which consists of double folds of dotted jeans stitched at the upper edge of the skirt, is marked upon the pattern. The-folds have a further finish of white cotton braid stitched flat upon the edges. Where desired this trimming scheme may be reversed, and the braid made to cover the stitching upon tne top of tne fold. Tne roius snouia oe maae or Dias material, uu cam should be exercised in fitting the points in back and front of gown and of the collar. The skirj is finishedwith two single pleats in the back which meet in the centre. ) The bodice is a kind of Moused and belted Eton. It has a seam less back, with but the merest suggestion of gathering in the centre at the waist The front is slightly full, and even suggests a pouch ; but where this is not desired the material may be drawn smooth, so that the small flaring revers will just meet the band. In the original design these began above this point, as may be seen in the illustration. The collar is a dainty 'development of the sailor shaped neck garniture. The revers and collars are edged with bands of the dotted: material outlined with braid. This jacket may be worn with blouse or chemisette, as may be preferred. : The front meets just . below where the col lar points converge, and a fancy tie, of which a pattern is included with the costume, is tied in a sailor-knot at this point This tie does not pass around the neck of the bodice, but is attached just under the points of the xllar. It may be made of taffeta, mousseline, or of bright Persian silk. The sleeve is large enough to admit of -wearing a thin under blouse sleeve if desired. They are box-pleated at the shoulder, and finished at the wrist with deep turned-back cuffs edged with cotton braid- The design is one which would be effective if treated in blue flannel for yachting purposes, or in such light-weight black or colored material as Henrietta cloth or cashmere. This costume will require 121 yards of pique or ieans to make it as repre sented in the illustration. ; ' flrdeiiui Eagle Brand Condensed Milk HAS NO EQUAL. AS AN INFANT FOOD. "INFANT HEALTrTSENX FREE on Application. NewY&bk Comoensco Man CawK CURRENT COMMENT. -'Liberty we cannot offer you,"Bays I the Philippine Commis sion to the ' Filipinos; "but we mayJ have a full supply of autonomy." That sounds suspiciously and nn soothingly Spanish. Norfolk Land mark, Dem. - "You will have to admit," as the Springfield Republican . re marks, "that if the Filipinos were now fighting the Germans, the French or even the English, the ap plause for their resistance would be particularly heavy in these United States." Chattanooga Times, Dem. The proclamation . of the Philippine " commission is an emphatic declaration in favor of imperialism. The natives are told they must submit to the supremacy and sovereignty of theUnited States, and those who oppose it will accomplish no end but - their own ruin. The commission, therefore, while laying the President's policy before the Filipinos, lays Jt equally before the people of the United States. It is for tjie latter to decide whether they will approve this policy or repudiate it as - alien to Amerioan j principles, antagonistic to our institutions, and dangerous to bur government. New Orleans Times Democrat, Dem. : Wliere Did the Oyster Go Tot An Annapolis oysterman who has had considerable experience says it has been a mystery to Mm and others in the "business why a tonger can catch a boatload of oys ters on an oyster rock one day, the next day catch nothing but shells and the fol lowing day on the same oyster ground gauier a gooa supply or oysters. Continu ing, he said: "After having taken with rakes 107 bushels In two days we returned to the same grounds, having buoyed' the exact place, j Much to our surprise, we found nothing but shells, though the oys ters were plentiful when-we left. . A day later we again visited our buoy, and with tongs caught nearly as many oysters as on the first day. Baltimore Sun. Switzerland has-been obliged to take measures against Illiterate immigrants, owing to the Influx" of Italians. The can ton of Zurich has established compulsory evening schools for Italian workmen who settle In the canton. . . .The Inhabitants of the Marquesas Islands are among the most expert tattooers on earth. - I . v- . WHOLESALE PRICES CDERENT. HT The ronowlnar ' a repre making Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders blither prices have to be charged. Tbe quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bat the 8tas will not be responsible for any variations from tbe atual market price of the articles auoted. . BACKJINO 8 lb Jute a is is o 12K a s 8 o e 1 10 & 1 80 & 1 80 as Standard. WESTERN SMOKED Earns Bides w - Shoulders DBY SALTED - Sides B Shoulders D BARBELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand, each New New York, each....... New City, each BEESWAX V BRICKS ' i Wilmington V M Northern 5 00 9 00 & 1 00 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina yft,,, Northern.... CORN MEAL . - - Per bushel, in sacks ........ Vlrarinia Meal........ IS .& 80 & 15 23 53 55 SO 5 11 10X 16 10 6H 70 10 SI 53 TO COTTON TIES V bundle...... CANDLES V sperm Adamantine ...... CHEESE 8 - Northern Factory.. 10H - state.. COFFEE 9 5 Lasruvra. 13 Bio 7$ DOMES! ICS - .' , Sheeting, 4-4, f yard...... . &' Yarns, y bunch of 5 Jts . . .. KQQ& W aoin. ......... 9 FISH n . v Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel... 83 00 . Mackerel, No. j, V half -bbl. 11 00 SO 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 400 8 00 8 85 a io Mackerel, no. 8, w barrel 16 00 Mackerel, No. S V half -bbl.. Mackerel, No. a, v barrel... 8 oo 13 00 2 SO 6 00 8 00 5 4 35 uuuets, v Darrei . Mullets, p pork barrel N. O. Roe Herring, keg. Dry Cod, a extra. 4 50 FLOUR W 1 Low grade, Choice Straight... 8 50 8 75 4 35 5 00 8 4 00 4 60 First Patent . OLUE V . GRAIN bushel I Corn,trom store, bsrs white 63 65 60 45 45 65 -10 9 ; 75 45 75 75 75 m 7 lox 1 85 Car-load, in bgs White, uats, rrom store Oats, Rust Proof 40 60 '. uow ea8 HIDES V lb Green salted. . . Dry flint Dry salt HAY 100 lbs ' Clover Hay . Rice Straw..... Eastern Western North River HOOP IRON, V D.. LARD, - Northern.-; North Carolina UME, V barrel ....... ..i LUMBER (city sawed) y M ft Ship Stuff, resawed. ....... . ..Rough edge Plank .......... 50 40 - 6 6 1 15 18 00 15 00 30 00 16 00 1800 24 00 15100 6 50 8 00 & 10 00 10 50 . west inula cargoes, accord- . lug to quality is 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Bcantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Aommoa mill Fair mm... t Prime mill Extra mill. MOLA8SES gallon Barbadoes, In hegshead... . Barbadoes, In barrels ...... , Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . Porto Rico, In barrels. ..... , Sugar House, In hogsheads Sugar House, In barrels. .. , Syrup, In barrels..... , NAIL8, keg. Cut, Wd basls.. PORK, V barrel Cl tv Mess ............ . i .... . , Rump..,. Prime.... ROPE, lb... SALT, V sack. Alum Liverpool ... . . . '., American. On 125 Sacks.... SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M;, . tJUUUIUUU... Cypress 8a SUGAR. V lb Standard Gran'd - Standard a ....i...... White Extra C... ...... - Extra 3rQolden.......... -O, Yellow.. SOAP, lb Northern. 8TAVE8,JB M W. O. barreL... R. O. Hotrahead.. j...... . 8H 6 00 : MmMeff?lDK- Mill, Fair... ....' Common Mill.......... 4 50 Inferior to ordinary..', ...... s 03 SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress saweC V M 6x84 heart.............', i 50 " Sap................ 500 ,5x84 Heart. 4 60 - , Sap..... . 4 00 ; 6x84 Heart ;.... 6 oo TALLoV y fp"-' 00 WHNoruSi2S voot per Unwashed...... - 10 . COMMERCIAL. .. WILMINGTON MARKET. .. 1 - . 7 STAB OfinCE. April 8.' SPIRITS TURPENTINE. No stock. v - " ROSIN Market firm at 95 Cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. - ' , : TAR Market firm at 95cts per bbl of 280 lbs. - -' ' i CRUDE TTJRPENTINE.NothiDg doing. .t'";- '';;lK-vr::;-;: Uuotations same day . last year. Spirits turpentine dull at 2726ct; rosin firm at $1,10, $1.15: tar steady; 90 cents; crude turpentine quiet at $1.40L90. . RinmcrPTS. - Spirits turpentine. . ... II Rosin ....... . . . ........ r 16 Tar : 53 Crude turoentine. . i . ... . . " 00 Receipts same dav last year. 122 casks . spirits turpentine. 2.174 bbls rosin, 375 bbls tar, 23 bbls crude tur pentine. -. - COTTON. v Market firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound for middling. Quotations: ! Ordinary. . . ... . . ... 3 9-16 eta lb 3 9-16 eta ? 4 15-16 " " 5 9-1& " " Good Ordinary, . . Low Middling. . . : Middling.. Good Middling. 6-5-16 Same day last year middling 6c. Receipts 5 bales: same -day last year, 882. ; ' COUNTRY PRODUCE.? PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28 wounds: extra mime. 65c": fane v." 70c. Virginia Extra prime 55c ; fancy, 60c ; Spanish, 8090c. CORN Firm; 45 to 52K cents per bushel. .- ! ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90cfl.10; upland,! 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. ' i N. C. BACON Steady ; hams, .9 to 10c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides. 7 to 8c. U ; SHINGLES Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25 ; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady a $2. 50 to 6.50 per M. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. NEW YORK. April 8. Money on call was firm at 56 per cent, the last loan being at 6 per cent Prime mercantile paper 3&4M per ' cent. Sterling- exchange easier, with actual business in bankers' bills 'at 486 486) for demand and-483M484 for sixty days. -Posted rates 485 485 and 4S7487. Commercial bills 483 484. Silver certificates 60 604. Bar silver 59 . Mexican dol lars47K- Government bonds strong. State bonds firm. Railroad bonds firm. U. S. 3's, 108J4: U. S. new 4's, registered, 129130Xf do, cou pon 129130X; U. D. 4's 112M 113; io coupon, 113j114; do. J2's 99; U. S. 5's, registered, U3X114; do. 5's, coupon, 113114; N. C. 6's 130; do. 4's, 104; Southern : Railway 5's 108. stocks: Baltimore Sc Ohio 70; Chesapeake & Ohio 264 ; Man hattan L 116; N. Y. Central 138&; Keading abji; do. 1st preferred 60; St. Paul 126 ; do. preferred 169 ; South ern Railway 12X; do. preferred 50 tfz American Tobacco 221; do. prefer red 140; People's Gas 119 j ; Sugar 158 ; do. preferred 11654 ; T. C. & Iron 56X ; U. S. Leather 65 ; do. preferred 73; western Union 934. , . NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, April 8. Rosin firm ; strained common ; to good $137. Spirits 43tfc turpentine firm at 43 Charleston, April 8. Spirits tur pontine firm at 40c; no sales. Rosin steady and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, April 8. Spirits tur pentine 40c; sales 421 casks; receipts 360 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged ; no sales; receipts 2,106 barrels. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York April 8. The cotton market opened dull with prices one point higher to one lower.- Light for eign buying order had a steadying in fluence on the local future market during the early part of the caH. When August was reached however, quite neavy selling sec in, lea ny a broker whose operations are generally for the account of Philadelphia and Boston interests. Two or three Wall street commissien houses also sold in a small way in tha - August and later positions. Investment orders were few and far between, outsiders for the time being in nearly all instances devoting their attention j to the stock market. The market closed quiet ,one to three jxrints net lower. New York. April 8.jDotton steady; middling uplands 6 316c. ' Cotton futures market closed auiet: April.5.80, May 5.83c, June 5.89c, July 5.940 August 5.94c, September 5.91c, October 5.94c. November 5.95c. De cember 5.98c; January 6.0lc; February o.u4c; mairen o.uyc. Spot cotton closed steady; middling uplands 6 3-16c; middling gulf 6 7-16c; sales 400 bales! s Net receipts 100 bales ; gross re ceipts 1,839 bales; sales 400 bales; stock 154,818 bales. Total to-day Net. receipts 11,104 bales; exports to Great Britain 7,965 bales; exports to the Continent 1,842 bales; stock 775,201 bales. JI Consolidated Net receipts 11.104 bales; exports to Great Britain 7,965 bales. '-. . ' v . s Total since September lst--Net re ceipts 7,661,708 bales; exports to Great Britain 3,159,727 bales; exports to France 664,797 bales; exports to the Continent 2,387,148 bales. Ji April 8. Galveston, quiet at 5 15-16c, net receipts 5,786 bales; Norfolk, quiet at 5c, net receipts 919 bales; Bal timore, nominal at 45 6c, net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 6 3-16c, net receipts 468 bales; Wilmington firm al6c, net receipts 5 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 6 7-16c, net re ceipts 81 bales; Savannah., quiet at 5c, net receipts 781 bales; New Orleans, steady at 5 -11-16c, net re ceipts 2,874 bales; Mobile, quiet at 5c, net receipts 54 bales; Mem phis, quiet "at 5c, net receipts 2,474 bales; Augusta, quiet at 6 3-16c, net receipts 129 bales; Charleston,quiet at 5Kc. net receipts 37 bales, r PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. April 8. Flour wan quiet and barely steady ; winter pat- enia 3 yo4 Wi Wheat apot steady; No. 2 red 82c; options opened firm on better cables than expected.' but weakening under fine weather and raid by bear traders, ruled heavy all the forenoon, and closed weak at Ko "ci uecune; saies lnciuaea jno. 3 red may closed 76c; July closed 76c t September closed 74Kc Corn Spot firmer: No. 2. 43ffil44c: ontinnia steady with, wheat but mikunnAritiv yielded to realizing and closed easy at ? noiuecune: may closed 39 He; July closed 39c, Oats Spot dull; No. 2, j vjiuuas inacuve, .Xiard dull: 1 wru itwu ciosea fa do ;aprn sa 0.- nominal ; refined steady. Pork steady : 1 me&s $9 00 9 50: short o.Wr tm 9K7 barely steady : Western creamer 17 2ic, do. factory 13K15c; Zl . ... - .i ji State dairy 1 14a20. Cheese fif! eiTVii luiiiauon creamery . j4fffiiKi. large white 1212X. Rice trm ; domes'" tic, fair to extra 4X7e; Japan 55u ruiaiues quiet j iNew xorK fl 5Qa 8 50; Long Island $2 002 50; Jerse sweets $2 00aST60. Cotton seed atI prime crude 2222c; butter eradw quoted .at 3032c. Petroleum n J1 jredned New York $7 15 ; Philadelphii ouu uuuuiun IV, uu, in DU1K f 4 QQi ooage quiet; aomestic f4 0010 00l xjoneo opoi ruo sieaoy 5 jno. 7 invbici 6K6c; .No. 7 jobbing mild steady Cordova 814c. Sugar Raw strong ; fair refining 4c jcentijif ii gal 96 test 4Kcr molasses sugar 31 rennea nrm; mouitt A 5c; eranu lated SMc 1 . 1 I Chicago, April 8. Fear ofabeari a result May wheat, after an advance fc. Corn lost Jc, and oats ic. Pork ) lard and ribs are a shade lower, i T I viuuAw, xxDrn o. uasnauntatinnj. nnvM ma a "i r rs . ' i -Flour quiet and easy.; winter patent! f a ou5 tu; winter straights S3 20(k o ou; wiuter uears fo uuigjo iu; sprinir specials $4 10 4 25 ; hard patents $3 a i&a ou; son siraignts so3i n wwo p IU. UCttV SpflDi' eai4c; jno. 3 spring SSQTOcNi 2 red' 7274c. Corn No. 2 '3jV Oats No. 2, 2727c. No. 2 whr iree on Doara, 3UoUjSc; JNo. 3 while 230c. Pork, per bbl, $9 209 2 Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 27K5i 3 Short rib sides, loose, $4 504 85 j De salted shoulders, $4 37 4 50. Short clear sides, boxed.$4955 CO. Whiik4 Distillers' finished goods, per gaUnT ' $1 556. j I The leading futures ranged hi pi lows opening, highest, lowest aa;1, closing: WheatNo. 2, May 72' fin 72, 72H, 71. 71Jc; July 722U 72, 71X, 71Hc Corn-May 2' 34, 34, 34 ; July 3535, 35a', 34, 3435c; September 35,,35 36, 35X, 35K35. Oats-No.2Mn,-265, 26, 26, 26 ; July 25 25M, 25 4, Z5i. Fork.per barrel May $9 3 9 30, 9 25, 9 27U; July $9 42. !) 4.' 9 37, 937. Lard, per 100 lbs M., 5 42K, 540, 5 i2; September $5 57; 5 S7, 5 53J. 5 55. Ribs, per 100 ft May $4 77, 4 77. 4 75. 4 75: Jul $4 90, 4 90, 4 87, 4 87 ; September $5 02, 5 02, 4 97, 5 00 f j - Baltimore, April -8. -Flour 'Uujl and unchahged. Wheat dull Snot and month 75$75jc; May 75!$ 76c; July 74c asked. Southern w,-h bf sample 6876c. Corn stead vl 38X38c;!June 39c asked. Soul era white corn 41i(c asked. Oats Uuffl No. 2 white 3535c. Lettuce $175 2.25 per bushel box. FOREIGN MARKET. allAo'l By Oableto the Mornlni: Star LlVEEPOOL, April 8, 1 P. M. - Cot- I ton Spot quiet ; prices firmer. Amoiii can mutating ay&a. Tne sales ot tne day were 7,000 bales, of which 5(0 were for speculation and export arid included 7,000 bales American.1 Rp ceipts 3,000 bales, including 2,090 bales American. 1 Futures onened auiet with a mode rate demand and closed auiet at the advance. American middling (1, i4. c); April 3 21-64d bu3er; April arid May 3 21-64d value; May and June 3 21-64d buyer; June and July 3 2 l-W 3 22-64d seller; July and August3 21-643 22-64d buyer; .August arid September (3 21-643 22 64d seller ; September and October 3 21-64d neWy, October and November 3 20 64(3 21-64d buyer ; November and Decem ber 3 20-64d buyer; December and January 3 20-64d buyer: January arid LFebruary 3 20 64d buyer; Februafy and March, 3 20-643 21-64d buyer f - MARINE. I ARRIVED. Schr C C Lister, 337 tons, Robinson, Norfolk, Geo Harriss, Son & Coj j ' Steamship Maverick, .1,118 tons, Fosset, New York, Standard Oil po.l MARINE DIRECTORY. I IjUI or Vessel In tne .Port of Wll mlnxton, N. C, April 9, 1899. j SCHOONERS. 1 J 337 tons, Robinson, Gio C C Lister, Harriss. Son & Co. i Edna & Emma, 175 tons, Richardson, Geo Harriss, eon oc Co. Florence A,447 tons, Strout, Geo Ha ns. bonot Co. Gem, 489 tons, Foss, Geo Harriss, Son .STEAMSHIPS. I Maverick, 1,118 tons, Fosset, Standard UUOO. Greenwood (Br) 1,253 tons, Mehegeii, Jfi Peschau & Co. Venetia (Br) 2,333 tons, MacDougal Heide&Co. , : I BARQUES. Burkley. 610 tons. Bonneau, Gavask Guano Co. Kai nit- seed Oats, all Kinds, Seed Potatoes. GENERAL (STO CK GROCERIES. At Wholesale. McNAIR I PEARSALl. e9tf If It's Worth Printing the Twice-a-Week Courier-Jonrnal m Print It, Anil Rvnfv Ttamnftrjit.. Hlvnrv Rmnl1lcan. -ve'i ... Man, Woman or Child who can read will alJ to read it. 1 1 : I THE TWICE-A-WEEK "COURIER-JOUR B a Democratic naiier. of six or elKht V.! 8ne4 Wednesday and Saturday of eacbw; The Wednesda; WUJ UU Willi UJ Kptm day issue prints aU the Cleap Ieg .tarda? Issue prints Stories, MJ ana the Bai any. Poetry. aU matters of special inters 1 ne nome. it is edited dv uenry aitci"- Price $1.00 a Yeat ToueetlOl papers, of six or elgM SaS one cen-R each, for fl-r USEFUL PREMIUMS Are Iren Club Kaisers, and good -paying 000 ions are allowed agents. :, I .a at JDaUr Ooarler-Jonrnrl, 1 year... A mt B . guvernuieiib crop report, together ivjih mild Spring - weather, caused hL A .1 V4 (A i family $10 011 00. Butter Sunday alone, 1 yea mitt i k-