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There was a meeting of the cot ton growers of North Carolina in Raleigh last Thursday, the object of which wa3 to disenss the cotton Question and effect an organization, which was done. Thirty-two coun ties were represented, and among the planters present were some of the most prominent in the State. There were a good many speeches made, and as is usually the case the speeches took a wide range, the speakers holding quite divergent views. There was a good deal said about reduction of acreage, storage warehouses, etc. One speech was by Capt. J. J. Thomas, president of the Commercial Bank, of Raleigh, the substance of which is thus given by the Post: "He spoke of the smaller crop of cotton, which is yet apt to bring more than a larare one. He urged that there be diversification of crops. A' plan ought to be devised to prolong the time of selling cotton. It is a mistake that the planters owe all they have made. The cotton crop is worth J300, 000,000, and certainly the growers owe no such sum. He declared that no confidence should be given Neill's esti mate of 11,000,000 bales, and that the best estimates appeared to show not over 9,250,000 bales. He saw certainly an advance in cotton prices. Isorth Carolina last year consumed $10,000,000 worth of cotton, or 338,000 bales. The home mills will need every bale in the State January 1. There is a selling commit tee to fix the price of print cloths. Whycan't there be one to fix the price of the raw cotton? He urged that the erection of mills continue. The time is particularly propitious for the warehouse system of storing the non-perishable crops, and merchants and banks stand ready to make liberal advances. Now is the time to hold cotton in warehouses and have some sayso as to the prices for it. Now is the auspicious time." that cotton in the meantime to meet his obligations. But he was right when he advocated the planters making their living -at home, and right when he said that a 12,000,000 bale crop means lower prices, as it surely will, whether there be ware houses or not, for 12,000,000 bales is more than the world needs at present for consumption and all over the needs for consumption helps to pull the price dowh, not only on that crop but on the suc ceeding crop, for it leaves a surplus to handicap the new crop. If diversified farming became the rule instead of the exception, this would result in a reduction of acre age, because a smaller acreage would be necessary to give more time and labor to other crops. But it would create a revolution on the farm and the planter would become a farmer more self-sustaining, more independ ent, and as a result better contented with his calling and happier, and in Btead of one he would, have several sources oi income, none as great, perhaps, as cotton has been or is, but all together much greater. Speaking of North Carolina, there is no reason why the planters 'and farmers of this State should not only grow wheat, corn, oats, hay and other food stuffs enough for home con sumption, but a considerable for sale outside of the State, and there is no reason why they should not raise beef and pork enough for home con sumption and a considerable quan tity for sale outside- of the State. There are a number of other things, such as butter and eggs, vege tables and fruits for "Winter use, which could be produced, all of which might become revenue pro ducers of large proportions in the aggregate, helping to make our far mers independent, and to put them in such a position that they could market their cotton when it suited them to do so, warehouse or no warehouse. With such a system of diversification, bringing revenue fronj many instead of a few things, they would be their own masters and in no way dependent upon borrowed' money, and would therefore have really little use for warehouses, how ever useful they may be, (and are) while cotton is the main and money crop. Diversified farming is the key to success for the Southern planter, whether he plant cotton or tobacco. But it is a good thing for farmers and planters to get together occa sionally to talk over these matters, and the more they talk over fhem the sooner they will become con vinced that diversified farming is the true policy. A C0-0PEEATIVE COTTON MILL. The Scotland Neck Commonwealth is making a commendable effort to establish a co-operative cotton mill in that town. It proposes that the planters in the vicinity - take stock in it to the amount of five hundred or a thonsand bales of cotton, the balance of the stock to be taken in money subscriptions, which,- it says, can be easily done. ' We have written much on the co operative cotton mill which we look upon as one of the very best agencies for establishing home mar kets, and at the same time giving the planter all the profit there is in the crop by converting his lint into finished fabrics and giving him the profit on the finished article instead of simply on tbe raw material. The fact is, every cotton growing sec tion should have one or more cotton mills, owned in part it not wholly by the planters. The advantages these would give the planters are so numerous and so apparent, that any one ia a few moments thought ought to see them. They not only furnish a home market nearby thus enabling the planter to dispose of his crop quick ly and at comparatively small cost in labor, time, and wear and tear on vehicles and teams, (no small item when the roads are bad) but they give employment to many people, bring money in, put it in circulation and create a demand for a good many things in which the farmer would find profit, but which there is no inducement to produce with out factories to furnish consumers. These are but a few of many ad vantages that might be enumerated and which every reflecting person ought to ba able to see. It was the co-operative cotton mill that gave Charlotte her start and made her one of the leading industrial cen ters in the South. If The Common wealth succeeds in its effort, we pre dict that it will not be long before there will be one or more mills to follow this. TBE TBMP1.K OF FARE. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. "How far away is , the Temple of Fame?" Said a youth at the dawn of day; And he toiled and dreamed of a death less name: But the hours went by and the even ing came, That left him feeble, old and lame. To plod on his cheerless way. For the ' path of Fame is a weary climb Up a mountain steep and high; There are many who start in their youthful prime; But the battle with fate and time, For one who retches those heights sublime, . Are thousands who fall and die. The youth who had failed could never guess The reason his quest was vain; But he sought no other to help or bless; He followed the glittering prize Sue cess, Up the narrow pathway of Selfish ness, And this had been his baue. "How far away is the Temple of Good?" Said a youth at the dawn of day ; And he strove in a spirit of brother hood, To help and succor as best he could, Tbe poor and unfortunate multitude On their hard and dreary way. He likewise strove with adversity, To climb to the heights above But his dream was ever of men made free, Of better days in the time to be. And self was buried in sympathy He followed the path of Love. He was careless alike of praise or bla,me, But after his work was' done, An angel of glory from heaven came And wrote on high his immortal name, Proclaiming this truth, that the Tem ple of Fame And Temple of Good are one. For this is the lesson that history Has taught since the world began ; That those whose memories never die, That shine like stars in our human sky. And brighter grow as the years roll by Are men who have lived for Man. Denver News. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. A SENSIBLE VIEW OF IT- Booker T. Washington has not been -writing and talking in vain for a great many prominent negroes in this country are beginning to catch on to kis views on the solution of the race problem. The folio wing is from Bishop Walters, President of the Afro-American Council, but much of it sounds much like Booker T. Washington: THE CUP IS NAILED TO THE COUNTER. Mr. Currie, of Bladen, who is thus substantially quoted by the ' Post, followed Capt. Thomas: "Mr. Currie, of Bladen, attacked the speeches made, saying all the talk by farmers had been against trusts and combines, and yet here was a proposi tion that the farmers should form a trust and combine, the biggest one of them all. He declared that the trusts were collapsing and that the thing for the farmers to do is to make all their iooa supplies and only grow cotton as a surplus crop-, storing the cotton on his own premises and selling it when begets ready. If the farmer makes his own living at home he can smash all the trusts. As long as the farmers raise 12.000,000 bale crops they will have low prices. Cotton has run away with the farmers. They give the speculators a stick with which to break their own heads. There is nothing the farmer can do as a whole that he cannot do as an individual They cannot keep up prices as long as they raise more cotton than is needed." We reproduce these extracts be cause they embrace the views gen erally expressed from the standpoint of the respective speakers. While warehouses, as advocated by Capt. Thomas, would be a good thing whether the crop were a large or a small one, the planter cannot de pend on these alone to increase and keep the prices of cotton up, for one crop must, unless it be a very small one, be taken off the maket be fore another goes on. With one crop, much overlapping another there will be and oversupply and prices will go down, warehouses or no ware houses. The only sure remedy against low prices is a crop within the limit of the world's demand for consump tion. But this would require, as one uo "r-cacrB aaia, xne co-operation of the planters of the entire cotton belt, for the planters of North Carolina, which produces only one twentieth of the total crop, would be powerless to regulate acreage or to control prices. But by getting the planters of each cotton growing State organized this might eventu ally get the planters of all. the States closer together and be instru mental in restricting acreage to rea sonable dimensions. Mr. Currie struck the kernel of the qusstion when he advocated di versified fanning, although he" was, in our opinion, considerably off when he characterized the ware house plan as a trust, for there is no more of a trust in that than in the planter holding his cotton in his ownj storage house, as many do, until the price suits him, although he may hare to borrow money on It is gratifying, of course, to American pride that Sir Thomas Lipton, who crossed the ocean with his crack yacht to capture that Queen Victoria cup and take it back to England, goes back without it, and a pleasant feature of the ending is that there is no ground for dispute about it, or for charge that the Columbia won by jockying or by foul play. It was simply three clean, straight beats by the swifter boat, and so freely admitted by the chal lenging owner of the Shamrock, who says he may try it again. He may, but the probabilities are that he is sufficiently amused with his fruitless efforts after having invested about a million dollars. It is somewhat of a coincidence that in this the eleventh contest for the cup eleven attempts were made before the contest was decided, eight in which the races were declared off because of unfavorable winds, and three in which the race was finished, the Columbia winning in each, and by a distance sufficient to establish the fact that she is the better boat, which establishes another fact, which is that as boat builders the Ameri cans retain their prestige as the best in the world. What British skill and money could do was done on the Shamrock, which is unques tionably the best boat for the purpose intended they ever put afloat, but American skill and Ameri can money built a better boat, and as a result that much contested for cup remains on this Bide, and will doubtless continue to remain for many years to come. But if Sir Thomas didn't win the cup, he won some creditable noto riety, and got a good deal of capital gratuitous advertising for himself and his Ceylon tea, so his wasn't a fruitless mission after all. "It is the concensus of opinion among the leaders of the race, wbo are not Federal office holders, that the time has come when the nego should divide his vote. I am of the opinio n that it is one of the ways to solve the negro problem, especially in the South. The negro is here to stay, and sooner or later will be given his constitution al rights. He is demonstrating every day that he is capable of assimulating the highest civilization of America. As the negro advances in intelli gence, wealth and culture, the doors that are now closed against him will be opened. The spirit of liberty is too strong in this country to keep the ne gro forever out of his rights, when he is thoroughly prepared to receive them. The best white people of the South are awakening to this fact, hence a few of them want him sent out of the country. The large major ity of them are against this plan, for they know that it is impracticable. "Since we are to remain here, we must make friends of our enemies. I believe we can greatly aid our cause by allying ourselves politically with the best and most influential whites of the South, the ruling classes." Bishop Walters didn't talk thus sensibly always, for he has been somewhat fiery as a negro rights champion, but the sooner the ne groes take this view of it and the more of them that talk that way the sooner the race problem will be solved and the more satisfactorily to bothjraces. The peaceful, harmon ious and permanent solution of it is really more in the hands and con duct of the negroes than of the whites. He who prays in faith does not wait to see it his prayer is to be answered before he begins to work. If we are going to Bit together in heavenly places, we had better be gin to stand together in the earthly ones. One of the highest of spiritual luxuries is the enjoyment oi pure and exhilarating and sublime thoughts. C. L. Cuyler. That Christian has found true rest to his soul who can accept as God's will concerning him the circum stances of tbe present hour, and cheer fully make the best of them. So many people seem to take life as a doom, and allow its inevitable conditions to depress them, instead of taking its conditions and weaving tbe most glorious issues. Rev. J. F. W. Ware. God's promises were never meant to ferry out laziness. Like a boat, they are to be rowed by out oars; but many men, entering, forget the oar, and drift down more helpless in the boat than if they bad stayed on snore. aeecner. Tho best proof of the divinity of the Christian religion is the daily life of the Christian himself not his words and professions, but his conduct and spirit: not his Sunday garb and service, but his everyday tone; not his church ways, but his home walk, Bishop Vincent. You expect your minister to be in place every Sunday are you always where you can see that he is in his place? You expect him to bring you some message of warning, hope, cheer, or encouragement are you always where you can hear the mes sage when it is given? The Well spring. Prayer is, in the highest con ception of it, a state rather than an act. A full fruition of its benefits depends on a continuity of its influences. Re duce it to two isolated experiments daily, and separate these by lone blank hours in which the soul has no glimpse of God for its refreshment, and bow can prayer be other than a toil, and often a drudgery? Phelps. TWINKLINGS. Salisbury Sun: -There .was a homicide at 8 pen eer Thursday even ing Jesse Knott, colored, shot his brother, Charlie Knott, the bullet making a wound from which the -injured man died last night.. After the shooting, which was the closing sceno of a fight between the brothers, Jesse gave himself up to the officers and was placed in jail. , - Charlotte News: Dr. Cooper Curtice, the State veterinarian, says he does not expect any further out breaks of Texas fever among the cattle of the State this fall. "I hope there will be never any more," he added, "but of course that is not probable. When the grass comes out next spring and tbe cattle begin to go around gra liDg we may expect more fever." San ford Express: The large new hotel at PineUurst will be open for the reception of guests by Novem ber 1st. The hotel will be elegantly furnished, the carpets alone costing $12,000. This makes the seventh hotel for Pinehurst, all owned by Mr. Tufts, all of which, with his 76 cot tages, will be crowded with guests the coming winter. Fayetteville Observer: The friends of Mr. Frank S. Maultsby were shocked this morning upon the re ceipt of a telegram from Greenville, N. C, announcing his death in that town Thursday night Mr. Maultsbv'a relatives here did not know he was sick and tbe supposition is that he died suddenly. The deceased was about 40 years of age, and removed from this city to Greenville about three years ago. Smithfield Herald: Mr. Brant ley Deans was drowned in the Thomas Atkinson mill pond, in O'Neal's town- snip, last JJ riaay evening at 5 o'clock. He and Mr. John Bunyan Batten had been up the bond in a boat fishing. They were returning at fast speed wneu suaaeniy tne boat struck a stump just a little under the water and ran on it. In trying to get the boat off the stump it was capsized. The water was 11, feet deep. Neither of them could swim, but Mr. Batten caught hold of the stump and saved his life. Mr. Deans' body was found at 8 o'clock. Wade8boro Me&senger-Intellu gencer: Mr. R. L. Steele, the well known mill man of Rockingham, is at the head of a movement to build a large bleachery in this section. It is probable that the bleachery will be located at Hamlet. On Wednes day of last week the dead body of Dock Ingram, col,, of Lilesville town snip, was found in Fee Dee river. In gram had been missing a week and his body was found by persons who were searching for him. It is supposed that he fell out of a boat in which he was crossing the river and was drowned. There is no suspicion of foul play. Chatham Record: The Cape Fear Power Company will transmit electric power from Lockville and Backhorne to the surrounding towns, as soon as they can. While tbe work is being pushed at Lockville and Buck horne preparatory for transmitting the power, the company is making con tracts for the sale or use of its power. Last week the president and secretary of the company (Messrs. Morgan and Gray) went to Fayetteville and made satisfactory arrangements for trans mitting 2,000 horse-power yearly. Most of it will be used by the cotton mills at Fayetteville, but the town will use the balance for electric lights. This power will be transmitted to Fay etteville from the Buckhorne water power a distance gf about thirty miles. How to Hake Tnrklan Salad." Put a pint of cold baked beans in salad bowl, slice two small onions fine, pour over them a little cold water, press with the hand to extract the! strong taste and add the onions to tbe beans, together with two fresh toma toes sliced thin.-: Season with salt spoonful of salt, one-fourth as much pepper and add slowly two tablespoon fuls of olive oil and one tablespoon! ul of lemon juice. Toss with salad fork until the dressing Is all through the salad, decorate with a border of let tuce -leaves and a ring of olives and set on Ice until ready to serve. Some men have an idea it is beneath a man's dignity to tremble him self- much about his personal appearance. ' If anything is said op on me subject they snort with dis dain, and say they leave vanity to the women. A man never made a greater mistake. A man should not only at all times neatlv dressed, but also clean and wholesome of body. The man who is so is the man that suc ceeds. The man who . does not care a coooer about Lis dress, whose face is rendered unsightly by pimples, blotches and eruptions, whose complexion is sallow, whose eyes are heavy, whose shoulders ar bent and whose carriage is slouchy, does not succeed, either in busi ness or in social life. A man like that should be sentenced to live for thirty days In a room where all the walls were mirrors. He would then get sick of his own unwhole someness, just as other people do. Such a man should have an honest protrait that did not flatter him always before his eyes. It only costs a trifle for a man to dress well, and it costs still less for him to keep clean, wholesome and healthy In a physical way. When a man's stomach is right and his di gestion is right, his blood will be pure and rich and he will be wholesome and healthy physically. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical discovery makes a man right in every way by making his stomach, liver and digestion right It gives him a hearty appetite and facilitates the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food. It drives out all impurities from the blood. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It does not build flabby flesh or make corpulent peo- le more corpulent Honest druggists on't advise substitutes. "I was tired all the time," writes J. Edward Davis, Esq. (care of Geo. F. Lasher), 147 No. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa. " In the morning I felt as if I had never slept and was too languid to eat. I was troublecTwith pimples, boils, dizzy head, backache and hoUow cheeks. At one time I had twenty -eight boils on my back. I was very despondent and thought nothing would cure me. Then I commenced to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medi cine, together with Dr. Pierce's Pellets, cured me. Folks now say: Hello, gdl What's be come of your pimples ? ' " COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARKET. II II that 11 ran v 11 mi trfdi BO I I J V 1 1 ;I be STAR OFFICE. Oct 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. ,- ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00. for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. . CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.80 for Dip and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, firm at 3433c; rosin quiet at $1.001.05; tar quiet at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1 20, f$L80, $1.80 RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 203 Kosin , 773 Tar 304 Crude Turpentine. 75 Receipts same day last year. 64 casks spirits turpentine, 328 bbls rosin, 193 bbls tar, 43 bbls crude tur pentine. . COTTON. Market firm on a basis- of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary. . . . .! 4 11-16 cts. $ B Good Ordinary 6 1-16 " " Low Middling 6 11-16 " " Middling 7H " " Good Middling 7j4 " " Same day last year middling 46 c. Receipts 2.734 bales ; same day last year. 4,028. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm, 52to52 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 Twinnds tn the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. I SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six inch, $4.00 to $5.00, seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. cuuuirjr uuciiuks auu investment dp mana, closing nrm at c net higher, the sales included: May closed 38 December closed 389c". Oats q, : quiet; No. 3, 28 He; options quiet C steady with corn. Lard stead v Western steam $5 55; city $5 30- Octr? ber $5 55,nominal; refined quiet' Pn?i! dull: mess $9 00a9 50: shn-t' ,WK sides $10 25(812 00; family jn ir 12 00. Petroleum steady; refined York $8 95; Philadelphia and timore $8 90; do. in bulk $6 40. ButfL Suiet. Western creamery 17&24c stJ T airyl621. Cheese firm; large S 1212Mc Cotton seedoil ouiet; 2! crude 2526c. Cabbage dull f 'e Uland $2 003 00 per 100 ' toes steady; Jersey $1 12'A(Sl in New York $1 12X1 25; Iul,f $1251 62; Southern sweeu ftca $1 00; Jersey sweets $1 502 o? 7&C ; Japan 425c. Cotton s Jd oil moderately active; prime crJ! tanks 2224c; butter grades Stei Coffee-43potRio steady ; No 6c; No. 7 iobbine 6Kc: mild Cordova 6llc. Sugar-Raw firm and held higher; fair refiniDg si?,,, bid! centrifugal Qfi tt icie. L -i 1DC io, o n u'u; mo FINANCIAL MARKETS. WHOLESALE FfilCES CURRENT, tar" The ronowing- quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making np small orders higher prices have to be charged. The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bnt the Stab will not be responsible lor any variations from the artoal market price of the articles quoted. BAGGING 2 Jute Standard.... Burlaps WESTERN SMOKED Hams 9 Bides 9 t Shoulders 9 B DRY SALTED Sides W Shoulders 9 t BARRELS Spirit Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 25 New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX 9 9 C6H S & 56 18 O & SUNDAY SERVICES. CURRENT COMMENT. The fact that Sa mpson has undertaken to snatch a few laurels from General Shafter's brow would seem to indicate a conviction on the Admiral's part that nothing can be gained by continuing the Schley controversy. Baltimore Herald, Ind. There is a growing con viction that the price of cotton has not yet reached the top, and that when the world becomes convinced the crop has nearly all been mar keted and is not being held back by by the farmers the price is going up in a jiffy. Augusta Chronicle, Bern. Jlra. Goldfarb, of New York, wants a divorce from Mr. Goldfarb because he is so shockingly ugly and although she has' done her level best, she has utterly failed to make him even passably good looking. But as the fellowB who built the divorce law for New York omitted to in clude physical ugliness as a cause for divorce, about the only thing we see that Mrs. Goldfarb can do will be to more over into Pennsylvania and take the chances of being swap? ped off to some better looking fellow. When a young man Bourke Cockran, the New York orator of voluminous voice, was a porter in A. T. Stewart's store. When he wasn't portering he was wrestling with Clay, Calhoun, Webster and other orators, and took his pointers from them. The touring of the President is not the only evidence of alarm as to the stability of the Administra tion outworks, especially in Ohio. Federal employes in all parts of the Union have been called upon to make voluntary contributions to keep the party Buckeyes faith ful to their party allegiance. It is stated that a fund of $200,000 has already bee a accumulated for the purpose. Philadelphia Record, Dem. it is reported that the inhabitants of Panay, Negros, the Nisaya islands and other small sec tions of land included in the Phil ippine group are murmuring at the rule of the Tagalo insurgents, and would like help from the Unitod States. It might be interesting to ascertain just how Aguinaldo man aged to carry his rule outside of Luzon and dominate so many distant islands, when American troops seem unable to govern the country even a few miles from Manila. Chicago new, j.na. iUll'sX COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. RefasecnbstUntea. A VlS SURE S Zr. uITs Pills curt Dy&epsia. Trial, aofxtr 5c The Lover "Love makes the world go 'round." The Landlady "I wish love -or something else would make this chicken go 'round," Life. Remover From Evil Example: "Bobby, you must go to bed now." "But, ma, it isn't time." "Yes it is; your Uncle Robert and your father are going to tell what bad boys they usea to oe at sen 001. " Old Lady "Shame on you, boys J Now, you never hear of little girls throwing stones and killing birds. " Bad Boy -"Course ver don't 1 Who ever saw a girl dat could throw a st ;ne straight ernuf to kill a bird ?" Johnny Was Anxious. Mr. Squiggs (reading) "I see that Prof. Wiseman, the prophet, has decided tbat the world will come to an end next Christmas." Johnny Squiggs "Before or after dinner, pa?" Balti more American. K Regular Connoisseur. Father "You seem to have no idea whatever of the value of money." Son "No idea whatever 1 Why, dad, I'll bet I can mention a thousand dif ferent ways of spending it that you never dreamt of j" Puck, . Mrs. ' Wickwire "Dear me! There are over hundred kinds of mos quitoes?" Mr. Wickwire "Is that so? At least there is some consolation in knowing the English language fur nishes a cuss-word for each one of them." Indianapolis Journal. The Invalid I heard the other day of a doctor who operated on a lady for appendicitis, found there was abso lutely nothing the matter and sent her a bill for $600. "Well, that wasn't an exceptional case, was it?" "Oh, yes, it was. The patient recovered." Life. Not Appropriate. "I never saw such an exhibition of poor taste in my life as was shown at the funeral of poor Bingsley." Why, what happen ed?" " You know he had been door- tender at the Follies Theatre for the last twenty years. Well, right over his coffin they had a magnificent floral piece representing the 'Gates Ajar.' " Chicago Times Herald Services in St. John's Church, Rev. J. Carmichael, D. D., rector, at 7.45 and 11 A. M. to day, the twenty-first sunaay alter Trinity, aunday school 4P.M. St. Paul's 'Lutheran Church, corner Sixth and Market streets, Rev. A. G. Voigt pastor. German services to day at 11 A. M. ; English services at 7.30 P. M. Sunday school at 3.30 P. M. First Baptist church, Calvin S. Blackwell. D. D.. nastor: 11 A. M . revival services; 8 P. M., special song service, and subject, "Almost." Sun day school, 3.30 P. M. Mr. Wolfsohn will sing at all of the services. St. John's Church, twenty-first Sun day after Trinity. Services 7:45 A. M., the holy communion; 11 A. M., morning prayer, litany sermon; 5 P. M., evening prayer; Sunday school, 3:45 P. M. The public cordially in vited. St. Matthew's English Lutheran Church, North Fourth street above Bladen, Rev. G. D. Bernheim pastor. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Noser vice at night. Sunday school at 9 30 A. M. All seats free and every person welcome. BRICKS Wilmington 9 H Northern B OTTER North Carolina 9 J Northern CORN MEAL Per bushel, tn sacks Virginia Heal.... COTTON TIE m bundle CANDLES 9 Sperm Adamantine CHEESE 9 I Northern Factory Dairy Cream State COFFEE 9 Lagnyra Bio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard Yarns. 9 bunch of 5 ls . . . . im e ft 1 35 1 40 1 40 S3 5 00 9 00 &. 1 00 14 00 FISH Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel... Mackerel, No. 1, 9 half-bbl. Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.. Mackerel, No. S, 9 barrel. . . muuetB, v Darrei 0 & Si 25 & SO & 474; a 1 15 18 O 25 8 11 15 O 16 8 16 14 i 1SHQ 15 7 & 9 O 5M & 70 12K 15 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, October 21. Monev on call was steady at 5 per cent., last offered at 5 per cent. Prime mercan cantile paper 45 per ct. Sterling exchange easier; actual business in bankers' bills at 487487X for de mand and 483 483 M for sixty days. Posted rates 484484j and 4884S8. Commercial bills 482 X- Silver cer tificates 5859. Bar silver 58. 'Mex ican dollars 47. Government bonds firmer. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. U. S. 2's, reg'd, 100 ; u.. a s,reg a, luzs ; ao.coupon, 108J ; U.S. new 4's,regist'd,128 ;"do.coupon, 129; U; S. old4's, regist'd, 111M; do. coupon, 112; U. S. 5's, registered. 110X; do. coupon, 112; N. C. 6's 127; do. 4's, 104; Southern Railway 5's 108. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 52 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 25 ; Manhattan L108H;N. Y. Central 138; Reading 21; do. 1st preferred 58 W; St. Paul 125 Hi do. preferred 171; Southern Railway 13 ; do. preferred 533 : Amer ican To bacco, 12 1 H ;do. preferred 143X ; People's Gas 112i; Sugar 149H; do. preferred 117; T. C. & Iron 117; U. S Leather 15; do. preferred 77K; Western Union 87. lasses sugar 3 9-16c bid; refined ouipf fated 5 3 16c7 " Chicago, October 21. Wheat eot below the seventy-cent mark for Dp cember to day, establishing a new low record for tbis option. Liquidate induced by steadily increasiug stock' in connection with an apathetic for eigu demand, caustd the reduction in prices. Dtcettiber closed with aim, of ic. Corn and oats were rek tiveJy strong and closed a shad" higher. Provisions ruled steady a closed a trifle up all around, CHICAGO Oct. 21,-Casb quotations S0!?' JTl wii"er Paints winter clears $3 103 30; spring wheat specials $4 10; hard patents j 3 W 3 7a; straights $2 903 20; baS $2 302 60. Wheat No. 2 sprin-BSa 70c; No.3 spring 6370c;No 2red7?i 71c. Corn No.232. Oats- No 2 223 23c; No. 2 white 2526; N0 1 white 25c. Pork, per bb? $7 7 90. Lard, .per lOu lbs, ih 20a 5 22. Short rib sides, loose, u 5 10. Dry salted shoulders, 6 iiM 6 12j. Short clear sides, boxed U Z 5 50. Whiskey Distillers' finish gooda, per gallon. $1 23. The leading futures ranged as f.,' lows opening, highest, lowest a.; ciosmg: Wheat JNo. 2 Ocubr 8H, 68, 68. 68Mc; December 70 1.' 70X, 69, 69c;May73tf73f 74K 73H, 73Xc. Corn-No. 2 October 3l& 30& 3030, 30. 30C; lW, oer 3030. 3030, 30?,' 30K 30c; May 32, 32, 32, 32c. Oats -December 22K, 22, 22, 22c; May . 24 2424M, 2H, 2iyi2iXi Pork, per bbl December $7 82a 7 90, 7 82M, 782X, 7 85 ; January 9 80 9 37K, 9 30, 9 35. Lard, per 100 IbsJ December $5 15, 5 17, 5 12'A, 5 17V January $5 30, 5 32, 5 30, 5 38fl.' Short ribs, per 100 lbs-December U 70 u, v, 4 u; January $4 85, 4 90 4 85, 4 90. ' Baltimore, October 21. Flour dull, steady and unchanged. Whet dull Spot and month 7070!4c: November 71X71Kc; December 72 72c. Southern wheat by samp!,-. 6571Xc. Corn strong Mixed, spot and month 38638c: November 3(3 38Xc; December 37c; November or December, new or old, 36 2 36'c; January 36M36Xc. Southern while corn4041c. Oats dull No. 2 white 3031c. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. FOREIGN MARKET. Mallets, Vpork barrel m. J. ttoe Herring, 9 Ultra! keg. fLorjB 9 Low grade unoice Btralent .... First Patent GLUE 9 OBAIN 9 bushel Corn,from store.bgs White Car-load, In bgs Wblte.., Oats, from store Oats, Bust Proof Cow Peas HIDES 9 Green salted Dry flint Dry salt HAT 9 100 8 Clover Hay.. Rice Straw Eastern Western North River HOOP IRON, 9 ILLUMINAINO OILS ' Diamond White, bbls N gal Alaadln Security " Pratt's Astral " Carandine " LAUD, 9 Northern'" North Carolina ume, m barrel . LUMBER (Clt 22 00 11 00 16 0 8 00 13 00 4 CO a 00 5 4 35 so 00 & 15 00 18 00 9 00 & 14 00 & 4 50 8 60 8 25 10 4 50 & 3 90 & 4 25 & 12H S3 & 38 & & 55 10 85 40 80 80 80 QUARTERLY MEETINGS. AIDE! M. E. Churcb, South, WUmlnjton District Wilmington, Grace. Oct 22-23. Jacksonville and Rlr.rila.nrfa Tllnhlania 28-89. 1 v Bladen, Windsor, Nov. 4-6. Clinton. Clinton. Nov. 11-18. Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 18-19. Bnrgaw, Bnrgaw, Nov. 84. KenansTllle, Wesley's ChapeL Nov. 85-28. Magnolia, Rose BllLNov. 28 Bcott's Hill, Scott'sHUl, Deo. 8-8. Wilmington, Bladen Street (at night) Dec's. B. F. BUMPAS, " Presiding Elder. Daughter "What ia the dead- letter office, mamma?" Mamma "Your father's pocket" Brooklyn JLAje. JACK AfJD HIS WILL. A gpeciitl A.ct of (ho British Pwllsa mtnt Arranscn Ttont Matter. Jack has the proud distinction of having had an act of parliament passed for the express purpose of deciding the Way in which ho must make his will, po that while all other Britons are lumped together in this matter under the wills act of 1838 sailors' testament ary documents am made under the naval wills act of 13G0. The most im portant proviso of thi3 act is that all wills made by sailors or marines must be witnessed and attested by tho chap lain or eonie other officer if they are actually made on board ship, and this is somewhat curious. If a sailor likes to make his will on shore, any one can witness it for him, but on board ship the case is different Needless to say they almost all to a man choose the latter coarse, as they know that things will be straighter for bearing an officer's signature. If, how ever, supposing that the vessel was in action and a man was to be struck flown who had not previously made a will, if he had to do so before he died, even if it were not attested by an offi cer, xne aamiralty has full power to act on the merits of the case and to dis pense with that or any other formality was juipossiDie po comply with. Another thing a sailor shares with a soldier the privilege of when on active service being the only man who can dispense with a written will and make a verbal one. In former times any one could make his will verbally if he so desired, but this, as may be supposed, opened, the door to no end of fraud, and it was consequently repealed in the 1888 act, except in the case mentioned above. On the night before a ship or a regi ment goes into action there is no xnor pathetic sight than to see the men, young and old, laboriously writing their wills in case tomorrow should be their last day in this world, and what with witnessing wills and making them on the forms issued by the authorities for those who cannot write and this class has now almost entirely disappeared from both the navy and the army the officers have a very busy time. Lon don Golden Penny. 7 a 8 & 1 IS fh ' sawed) 9 M ft Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 west inaia cargoes, accord ing to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Common mm 5 00 Fair mill.. 6 50 Prime mill 8 50 Extra mill ,. in 00 MOLASSES 9 gallon Barbadoes, in hogshead. .... Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Blco, in hogsheads.... 88 rorto kico, in barrels 25 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 18 Sugar House, in barrels.... 14 Syrup, In barrels 15 NAILS, JB keg, Cnt,60d basis... 2 SO PORK, 9 barrel Cltv Mess 10 00 Rump Prime DAUl, V HKK, AlUill. . 8 00 8 60 4 00 4 60 15 62 50 40 45 60 i2 9 90 50 85 85 85 4 m 12 13 13 8 10 1 25 & 80 00 16 00 18100 22 00 15100 0 50 8 00 10 00 10 50 By Telegraph to the Horning star. New York, October 21. Rosin quiet; strained common to pood $1 224&l 25. Spirits turpentine steady at 52 'A 53. Charleston, October 21. Spirits turpentine firm at 49c: sales casks. r&osm nrm ana uncnangea ; no sales. Savannah, October 21. SDirits tur pentine firm at 49c; sales 1,535 casks; receipts 1 ,034 casks; exports 3,561 casks. Rosin firm; sales 651 barrels; receipts 3,554 barrels; exports 5,493 barrels; prices: A. B. O. D. E. $110: F. $1 15, G. $1 25: H. $1 25: I. $1 30: K. $1 35; M, $1 70; N, $2 25; W G,- $3 75; W W. 13 60. COTTON MARKETS 3H3 & & 30 80 14 15 25 8 00 Liverpool , erlcan. American. On 125 9 Sacks, SHINGLES, 7-1 (jommon 75 70 inch, per M. 5 00 1 60 Cypress Saps a 60 ouuak, w Btanaara Qran'd Standard a White Extra C. Extra C, Golden C. Yellow....... SOAP. lb Northern 3: STAVfcS, M-W. O. barrel.... 6 00 B. O. Hoarshead. TIMBER, w m feet-Shipping . 9 00 Mill, Prime . -, - - 7 go Mm, Fair 6 so Common Mill g 00 Inferior to ordinary s 5) SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed 9 M 6x84 heart 7 50 " 8ap 5 00 5x80 Heart 8 00 " Sap a 00 6x84 Heart e 00 tallow1:::::;;:::: 500 WHISKEY. 9 gallon. Northern 1 oo North Carolina 1 oo wool per rjnwvjhofi , . 15 10 50 9 50 9 00 28 no 80 75 47H 6 50 8 25 2 75 5?4 5 $ 4 14 09 10 00 10 00 8 75 7 00 6 00 5 00 4K 8 50 6 00 5 50 8 50 6 50 5 50 6 8 00 00 17 MARINE DIRECTORY. LUt or el in tk Port of mrii UnctQncN. C, Oc. 21, J899. STEAMSHIPS. Wraggoe (Br), 1,838 tons, Rome; Alexander Snrunt & Son' Barlby (Br), l,fi99 tons. Maxfield, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Wandby (Br), 2,580 tons, Pearson, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Aislaby, (Br), 1,798 tons, Lewis, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Crathorne (Br), 1,695 tons, 'Williams Alexander Sprunt & Son. Slingsby (Br), 2.094 tons, Morck, J H Sloan &Co. SCHOONERS Wm F Green, 215 tons, Jobnsen, George Harriss. Son & Co. BARQUES. itosenras (Nor), 532 tons, Bogerald, Heide&Oo. . y BARGES. Carrie L Tyler, 538 tons, Jones, Na- vassa Guano Co. Bv.Telegraph to the Mornimz Star. New York. October 21. The cot ton market opened with prices three points lower to three points higher and after settling to a level within a point or.so of last night's close, showed in significant changes throughout the foremost of the session. Unfavorable cables and an exceqtionally light movement fought to supremacy ss the developments were indicative of a confusion of ideas with room operators more friendly to a policy of contrac tion than expansion of commitment. There were few orders presented from outside sources, and speculation hung fire most of the session. Crop data was quite favorable but more than offset dividing spot quotations and strong cloth market. The market for futures closed steady with prict s net unchanged to two points higher. New York. October 21. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 7c. Cotton futures closed steady : October 7.06, November 7.06, December 7 10 January 7.13, February 7.15, March 7.18, April 7.20, May 7.22, June 7.23, July 7.24, August 7.25, September 6 97. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 7ftc; middling gulf 7Hc; sales 1,400 bales. Net receipts 177 bales; gross re ceipts 1,680 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,691 bales; stock 110,257 bales Total torday Net receipts 33,407 bales; exports to Great Britain 14,691; exports to France 7,894 bales: exports to the Continent 17,136 bales; stock 792,715 bales. Consolidated Net receinta 33 rur bales; exports to Great Britain 14,691 bales; exports to France 7,894 bales; exports to the Continent 17,136 bales. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts l,560,507bales; exports to Great Britain 428,315 bales ;exports to France 145,997 hales; exports to the Continent 410,570 bales. Oct. 21. Galveston, steady at 7 1 16. net receipts 7, 939 bales; Norfolk, firm at 7 l-16c, net receipts 3.205 bales; Bal? timore, nominal at 7c, net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 7f$c, net receipts zm bales; Wilmington, firm at 7c, net4 receipts 2,734 bales; Phila delphia, quiet at 7 He, net receipts 425 bales; Savannah, firm at 6 13 16c, net receipts 5,148 bales; New Or leans, quiet at 6c, net receipts 10,822 bales; Mobile, steady at 6 13 16c net receipts 1,002 bales; Memphis,' steady at 7c, net receipts 534 bales; Au gusta, steady at 7 l-16c, net receipts 1,682 bales; Charleston, firm at6 1516c net receints 1,308 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. Bt Cable to the Mornlntr 6tt. Livkrpool, October 21. 1 V. M Cotton Spot quiet; prices situdy. American middling 3 1332d. The sales of the day were 7,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export and included 6,400 bales Ameri can. Receipts 10,200 bales, all Ameri can. Futures opened quiet and closed steady at the advance. American middling (L m. c.) October 3 5 7 64d buyer; October and November 3 56-64d buyer; November and Decern ber 3 55-643 56 64d buyer; Decembfr and January 3 56-64d buyer; January and February 3 54 64d buyer; February and March 3 54-64d buyer; March acd April 3 54 64d buyer; April and May 3 54 643 55 64d seller; May and June 3 54-643 65 64d seller; June and July 3 54-643 55-64d seller: Ju y and August 3 54 643 55 64d seller; Au gust and September 3 63 64 3 5 4 64d seller. BY RIVEk VND RAIL. and vi:i'iD Receipts of Naval Store Yesterdaj. W& W. Railroad 350 bales cot ton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 4 bar rels crude turpentine. - W. C. & A. Railroad 1,512 bales .cotton, 26 casus spirits turpentine, 108 barrels rosin, 33 barrels tar, 71 bar rels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad 634 bales cotton. 63 casks spirits turpentine, 8 barrels rosin, 34 barrels tar. C. C. Railroad 170 bales cotton, 32 casks spirits turpentiue, 55 barrel rosin, 90 barrels tar. Steamer Crceius 10 casks spirits turpentine, 75 barrels rosin. 23 br rels tar. steamer Seabright 26 bales cotton, 12 casks spirits turpentine, 4barr. l rosin. Steamer A. P. Hurt 42 bales cotton. 44 casks spirits turpentine, 477 barreis rosin, 79 barrels tar. Schooner Minnie Ward 8 casks spirits turpentine, 46 barrels rosin, 45 barrels tar. Total Cotton. 2,734 bales; spim turpentine. 203 casks; rosin, 773 'tor rels; tar, 304 barrels; crude turpentine, 75 barrels. . MARINE. By TelefirraDh to the Morning Star. New York, October 21. Flour was dull andrabout steady ; winter pat ents $3 603 80. Wheat Snot auiet? No. 2 red 75 c; options opened weak, ronowing Liverpool cables and at tended by a .very light trade, mostly lucai. ouosequeniiy, no we ver, prices recovered on the strength in corn and closed firm at a partial 4a net idvAnm sales included: No. 2 red March closed 78Hc; May closed 78X ; Decem ber closed 75J4c. Corn Hrvt No. 2 40Mc; options opened easy with wheat and on lower 1ao developed strength on covering, light ARRIVED. Stmr Seabright, Sanders, Calabash and Little Rivr a n Sinno Rourk &Co. ' Steamship New York, 2,111 ton?, Ingram, Georgetown, SC. H G Small; bones. CLEARED. Steamship New York, 2,111 tons, Ingram, New York, H G Small bones. St.mi A V TT,. Dk,. PflT- AtfAtrilla Tn w lf.j,l. OLD YA. CHEROOT! 5000 Old Virginia,. 2500 "Not So Bad" Cigars. 9000 Cycle Cigarettes, 1000 Pounds Duke's Mixture. 1SOO Pounds Cameo. lOOO Pounds With Free Pipe 140 Barrels New Uullett, 40 Barrels White Fish. OKA T n a 900 Bushels R. P. Oats. 340 Bushels Mixed Oats. 100 BuabeU Rye. W B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer, octaotf Wilmlnirton, A SKILLED TRIO. Call at No. 7 Bonth Front street, where JjjJ will nnd B5. W. Gulon. Cornellua Davis j uenry uarns. three or the most, ww,! Barbers In the city. Send your CDlldreB v VUtJU KOU LUU, DWTO Boys' haircut SO cents. tmviS. oct 17 tt GUION & DAV1 n