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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARdT
WILMINGTON. 0.
Tuesday AIorxijtg, December 5.
WHY TRUSTS ARE INJURIOUS-
There are some who defend the
trusts by the contention that in the
evolution of industries they have
become necessary. This, they say,
is an age of colossal undertakings,
to accomplish which colossal com
bination becomes a necessity. In
dustries, they tell us, never before
attained the gigantic proportions
that they have in recent years,
which would have been impracti
cable without the trust, and if we
expect to see these gigantic enter
prises continue and hope to compete
with the world as we have been do
ing recently, we must not hamper
the trusts but give them full Bwing
and generous encouragement.
Conceding, for sake of argument,
all that is herein said about colossal
enterprises, wonderful achievement,
and success in competing with the
world, that is no argument for nor
defence of trusts; it simply goes to
show what can be accomplished by
combination of capital under intelli
gent, competent and experienced
management. That's one thing, a
trust is another, and there is as
much difference between them as
1 : , .
meiu is uetweoa in eiepnant ana a
fox. Combinations of capital are a
necessity in business. They exist
in all departments of business, and
in all combines. There isn't a vil
lage in the United States where we
do not see it. The only industry in
which it is not the dominating idea
is the industry of the farm. A man
who wants to engage in merchandis
ing but has not sufficient capital to
start as he wants to finds a partner,
-and with their joint capital they be
gin business. So factories are started
by men neither one of whom might
have enough to establish one himself.
This is combination. This store or
factory might grow to be immense
concerns taking in new partners
with their added capital, and be
come collos3al combinations; but
they" would be combinations; that's
all; not trusts. The idea underlay
ing such combinations is to accom
plish with the capital of two or
more what could not be 'accom
plished with the capital of any one
of them. This is what open stores,
builds factories, works mines, builds
railroads, vessels to ply rivers, lakes
and seas, in fact, it is what makes
enterprise, business and commerce
possible. Necessity, business sense
and expediency are at the bottom of
this, while the trust is based on the
idea of monopoly.
The first move is to combine all
the plants of any importance under
one management and absorb or
crush those which do not come in,
thus getting control of the article or
articles it handles, destroying com
petition and securing the desired
monopoly. Instead of a number of
respectably sized plants each work
ing in Its own way, and competing
with the others, we have one octo
pus, producing no more, perhaps
not as much as the others did be
fore, arbitrary master of he field,
and without competition. Whether
the country will be developed more
1 il . A All
oj tne trust man oy tne plants it
combined will depend upon even
tualities, and the demand for devel
opment, but that the people will
not be benefitted as much by it as
they were by the plants acting inde
pendently, is too apparent for ar
gument. The main idea of the trust being
to make large profits it conducts its
operations with that view, reduces
expenses as much as possible and
raises prices as much as possible.
thus cutting the wage-earners whom
it employs, and the consumers who
buy its goods. Bat it does more
than- that, for having removed all
competition in the selling line it also
removed all competition in the buy
mS ue, and can therefore put its
own price on the raw materials it
t!!lVta9 haTe th0 Producers of
-ercya.it ha,
aTt 7tlZZ Pacers,
practically speak-
Qe people of the
For illustration! it was reported
sometime ago that a scheme was un
der consideration for a combination
of all or as many as possible of the
Southern-cotton mills and put tine
them under one management. This
was pronounced by some who favor
ed it a great soheme. It would be
for the combiners, but not for any
body else. Probably the first thing
this truBt would have done if it had.
been organized would be to close up
most of the smaller mills, thus de
stroying the home market for the
cotton growers around them and
throwing out of employment the
workers in the mills. Having no
competition in the market as bid
ders for cotton it would make its
own price and tho planter would
have to sell at that price, unless he
could get a higher price from the ex
porters, or hold his cotton and take
chances. We know that the advance
in the price of cotton this year waa
largely due to the demand and
amount bought by Southern mills,
they taking all that was offered and
paying more for it than exporters
could afford or cared to pay. The
trust would have closed up some of
its plants and waited until the plant
ers got tired waiting for better prices
and then would have gotten cotton
at its own price. Would that be a
good thing for the planters ? Bat
this is simply an illustration of
what the trust is generally. Corner
stoned on greed and inspired by
monopoly, whatever may be said in
aeience of it, it is essentially bad,
the benefits derived from it being
nothing in comparison with the in
juries inflicted.
THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
There is considerable difference
between the finance bill that will be
presented to the House of Repre
sentatives and the bill that will be
presented to the Senate, but they
will both commit the country to the
gold standard- The Republican
statesmen seem to be agreed on that.
The fact that each House has a
scheme of its own and that there is
such a difference of opinion as to
how far Congress ought to go at this
time in dealing with this question,
indicates considerable discussion.
with more or less compromises, and
a eood deal of patchwork before
they come to an agreement, and
then the whole thing will not
amount to much in the way of meet
ing the demands of the country.
Unless they go further in the way
of supplying the country with the
needed currency than thy seem dis
posed to do, the question will be left
practically where it is now and the
business interests of the country will
be left to wrestle with the difficulties
as they have been in the past, not
withstanding the fact that schemes
have been suggested by Secretary
Gage and other financiers which
would relieve the pressure and put
it in the power of the people to
supply their own currency, without
calling on the banks at the money
centers or on the Treasury of the
United States to help them out.
The very thing which the states
men ought to do is the very thing
which they don't want to do. In
stead of getting the Government out
of the banking business, they are
legislating to keep it in.
CURRENT COMMENT.
HANDSOME DWELLING.
GLEANINGS.
V
The story of how the Maine
was blown up is again goings the
rounds. , It promises to develop
equal longevity with the inquiry.
Who struck Billy Patterson? and
other important questions. Balti
more Herald, Ind.
Hides are higner now than,
' ever before, and packers are in a
position to demand almost any price.
Why?- Because domestic hides are
scarce, and nobody can import any
without paying 15 per cent, tariff
duty on raw hides and 20 per cent,
on the dressed or tanned hides from
abroad. Who profits by this tariff,
the Government, the people, or the
pac kers ? Brooklyn Citizen. Bern.
The advance in the wages of
cotton workers at call liiver appears
to be justified by the rcent reports
of profits, realized. A short time
since the cotton manufacturing
industry seemed iu desperate straits,
but that is also changed by the
return of prosperity. It will be
observed, however, that the divi
dends paid iu Massachusetts are
still far behind the net earnings of
the Southern mills. Louisville
Courier Joutytal,Dtim.
When Senator . Hanna was
questioned a few weeks ago, as to
the correctness of the then current
reports that he would not manage
the Republican Presidential cam
paign next year he replied that he
'would not relinquish nothing."
Now the Senator with self-denial,
says he would not direct another
national campaign unless stroncr
Sensible Country Bonis to Be Built
on a Large Plot.
' A tall bous?, or cue with a tower, upon
a small lot in tho country, is out of keep
ing with the surroundings. Besides, a
low house, somewhat rambling in its
external appearance and simple in de
sign, is more restiiu to tne eye, giving an
air of comfort and liberality and of genu
ine hospitality within. Simplicity and mi
conventionality arc the real charms of
country life and were best illustrated in .
New England home life in the days. of
the colonies, when the spinning wheel
instead of the modern piano occupied the
-time and attention of the girl of the
period; when our grandfathers cracked
nuts and drank cider by the open wood
fire in a temperature of 65 degrees F. by
the iight of a "tallow dip" instead of
eating swell dinners and drinking cham
pagne in steam heated apartments at 90
degrees P. in the glare of the electric
light.
I would not raise my voice against
progress in the arts and sciences, but is
there not a happy medium between the
extremes whereby the modern love - of
luxury and display may be tempered
with more of the sweetness of home life,
as it was in the "olden days?"
The accompanying cuts represent the
plans and perspective view of a sensible
and comfortable country house, which Is
It cost 46 cents to collect $1 of cute,
toms revenue in this country. ' v
In France, during the- period of the
Oapetian and Valois dynasties, the year
began with Easter.
" The London places of entertainment
would hold all the inhabitants of Edin
burgh, and then there would be several
thousand vacant seats.
. What proper sanitary regulations will .
do for the health of a great city is shown "
by the fact that in 1898 there was bnt
one death from smallpox in London.
Monte Baldo, near the Lago di Garda,
is showing signs of volcanic activity.
Steam issues from fissures near the top,
there is a rumbling inside the mountain.
and the shores of the lake have been ris-i
ing for a month past.
By means of a valuable toughening
process " recently discovered glass may
now be molded into lengths and used as
railway sleepers. Glass rails are also
produced by this same toughening proc
ess. It is, therefore, possible to have a
complete glass railway.
China still has the old fashioned sys
tem of private letter carrying. Letter
shops are to be found in 'every town. If
he has a letter to send, the Chinaman
goes to a letter shop and. bargains with
the keeper thereof. He pays two-thirds
of the cost, leaving the receiver to pay
the rest on delivery.
-WHOLESALE PRICES CUBREMf.
In Washing Paint
don't scrub" it and
wear off the sur
face. Use Gold Dust
Washing Powder
according to direc
tions printed on
every package and
you will be pleased
with the results and
surprised at the
saving in labor.
Send for tree booklet - Golden Bole
for Housework."
THE N. K FAIRBANK COMPANY
Chicago SI. Lenlc NcwYork Boston
IB
WashinowfeE
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Wnolei
The following quotations re
nt
np
olesale Prices generally. In maki
small orders hiizher nrices have to be chari
Tne quotations are always given as accurately
ipossii
le. bnt the Ktai will not be reenonslble
for any variations from the actual market price
Of the articles auoted.
A RAISE IN FESTILIZESS
Since the combine of the leading
fertilizer companies prices have ad
vanced and may probably go higher.
The farmer who uses but a few bags
or fertilizers may not feel it much,
but the large planter, will, and in
the aggregate, the advance will
amount to many millions of dollars
for the next croD. Th Atlanta
Constitution estimates the increased
cost to the farmers of Georgia at
something over $1,500,000, and to
the farmers of the South at $15,
000,000.' The follwing, which we
clip from the Constitution, shows
the difference between the prices
paid last year and what the farmers
will have to pay for fertilizers for
the neit crop:
A shoal of seventy-five bottle-
nosed whales was driven on the
Shetland shoals one day last week,
and the last one of them was bot
tled, so to speak. As it was the
first time in forty-four years that
whalea were seen in those waterB,
the presumption is that these were
strangers that didn't know how to
steer.
pressure should be exerted to induce
him to do ao. No doubt the Re
publican leaders fear the probable
consequences of another Hann&
controlled campaign,and would exert
their influence to keep him in the
background rather than to again
make him the chairman of the Re
publican National Executive Com
mittee. Philadelphia Record, Dem.
TWINKLINGS.
That Brooklyn "syndicate, " man
ipulated by one Mr. Miller, scooped
about $793,000 from the gudgeons,
in twenty-three dayr, before the po
lice got onto it.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
"One farmer, for instance, sends us
his bill for last year, with the prices
quoted to him for the next.
"In the Winter of 1898 there was
delivered to' hirn at his station as fol
lows:
German kamit $12 50 per ton
Acid phosphate 10 00 per ton
Guano 15.60 per ton
"For the coming season the trust has
quoted to him prices thus:
German kainit $15.98 per ton
Acid phosphate 13 97 per ton
Guao 19 76 per ton'
' These advanced Driees. haaoH nnnn
the average use of guano for the past
few years, means a levy upon Georgia
of an additional million and a half of
dollars, and upon the South of $15 -000.000."
'
We suppose the reason assigned
for the advance on fertilizers is the
same as that generally given for in
crease of prices on other manipu
lated articles, namely, "the in
creased cost of raw materials," &c.
What this increase has been, if any,
we do not know, but we do know
that the farmers of the South as a
general thing have had some hustling
to do keep up with their fertilizer
bills at the old prices, and unless
prices of farm products run unex
pectedly high they will have more
hustling to keep up with them here-
aiter unless they cut down
materially in their purchases.
If the result of this advance in
prices will be to make the Southern
farmera give more attention to
home-made fertilizers, unlimited
quantities of the material for which
are allowed to go to waste every
year, the advance in the price of
commercial fertilizers will be a good
thing in the long run. The less
bought and the more home-made
fertilizers UBed the better.
very
A pert young lady in a Kansas
town concluded she would have some
fun and play a practical jike on a
lady acquaintance, of the old maid
clasa. She advertised for a husband,
describing the lady and signing her
name to the advertisement. The
advertised got lots of letters, and
also got very mad. When she dis
covered the joker she reciprocated
with a Buit for $25,000 damages, and
the joking Miss doesnt see any fun
in that.
Jonesboro Progrest: Mr. Al
len Bowie, of Lemon Springs, one of
the oldest citizens of this section of
country died at the home of hi
nephew, J. Bowie, on Jat Saturday
morning, November 26-b, 1899.
He was about ninety years of age.
Raleigh Xetcs and Observer:
Mr. R. L. Joyner, a wrll koowa ex
Confederate soldier, died at his home
near Scotland Neck Friday morning
at 1 o'clock, seed nearlv 60 team W.
carried a scar from a wound received
in battle and limped his way ihrough
life as a result of the wound.
Asheboro Courier: Jim Mc
Crsy, a negro, had a row with Dr.
Blair and Lawyer Blair. They kicked
him out doors. He went d wn street-
druolc, when Policeman Henry Jen,
kins attempted to arrest him. The
negro resisted arrest, and his two
brothers, Jim and Rufe, came, up and
iucu mm in resisting The Police
man shot Jim. outling off two fingers,
the ball lodging in his neck. A f.ur
inch gash was cut in the neck of Rufe
McCrav. None of the white people
were hurt Jim is up and about, but
the doctor says the bullet in his neck
wil Jkill him some time.
Greensboro correspondence of
uo vuinutw voserver: rue positive
conclusion has not been drawn that
the well water used at the Normal is
the cause of the sickness there. Dr.
Anderson, the bacteriologist, simply
wired that the water is bad. He did
not say that it contained typhoid
germs. Speaking in explanation this
evening. Dr. Mclver said that he had
sent four samples of the well water to
be analyxed and that the water that is
bad cornea from the well that, up to
three weeks ago, supplied the drink
mg water in the din in it rnnm nrh
college.
Greensboro Record: Tom
ade works for the Southern Rail
way at this place. When the pay
roll for the month was fixed up Tom
had $28 03 to his credit. Charles
Wade seem to have known that Tom
had not drawn his money, so he went
up, told the saan behind the desk that
he was Tom Wade, signed his name
to the pay roll, got the money and de
parted. Of course when Tom came
along for his boodie and found it gone
he got wrath t and vesterdav nhrl
was hauled up before Justice Pritchett
"Wadsleigh says he never
makes mistakes." Hm-m ! That's one
of 'me." Sydney Town and Country
Journal.
"What is a fraction?" "A
part of anything, sorr." "Give an
example " "The sivinteenth of June."
Melbourne Weekly Times..
''Now, George, to what class of
Dirds does tne eagle belong?" "Birds
of prey.'! "And the turkey, where
does he belong?" "On the table."
Life.
"Mistress (severely) "If such
a thing occurs again, Marie, I shall
have to get another servant." Marie
IWish you would, madam; there's
uue enouen work for two of us.
Illustrated Bits.
Little Charlie "Papa, will you
buy me a drum for a present?" Pater
"Ah, but, my boy, you will disturb
me very much if I do." Little Charlie
"Oh, m; papa! I won't drum only
when you are asleep " Larks.
Cholly "What is the differ
ence between a man who liv at bis
mother's and oue who has intermit
tent rheumatism?" Tolly "One is
well all the time and ha rooms at his
mother's the other is well sometimes
and has rheumatism other." .
"You charge me $2 for a sup
per consisting only of 'poum?" said
the guest at the backwoods hotel
' Well," replied the landlord, "as far
as market prices go, he am't wuth it;
bjt that wu: a mighty fat 'possum
stranger, an' he wuz so blamed hard
to ketch !"
Gussie (who has left his fiancee
for a moment, fallen overboard and
been dramatically rescuedW'Did
you aw faint when vou heard them
yell 'Man overboard ?'" Helen (s.ob
biug) "N-10, Gussie, I never once
suspected Jhey cvjld mean you."
Sydney Town and Country Journal.
A Voice in the Dark "Mam
ma, please gimme a drink of water;
I'm so thirsty.-' "No; you're not
thirsty. Turn over and go to sleep."
A pause. "Mamma, won't you please
give me a drink? I'm so thirsty." "If
you don't turn over and go to sleep
I'll get up and whip you." Another
pause. "Mamma, won't you please
gimme a drink when you get up to
whip me?"
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.
designed to be located in the middle of a
targe plot of ground. The building has
an extreme frontage of 70 feet and is
lhi stories in height, with the roof pret
tily broken with gables and dormer win
dows. The main entrance is protected
by a broad porch, which opens into the
large staircase hall. The latter can also
be used as a reception room. The stair
case and finish of the hall are of oak.
The main newel of the stairs extends to
the ceiling, with a corresponding pilaster
against the wall, with an ornamental
frieze of spindlework, which, with the
three stained glass windows and the
handsome front door, gives to this fea
ture of the house a most pleasing effect.
At the right of the main hall is the par
lor, 15 by 22 feet in dimensions, lighted
by three full windows at each end, with
headlights above and two smaller win
dows in the side. The chimney, with a
large, open fireplace, is placed on the
side of the room, as shown. The parlor
is separated from the hall by a sliding
door. The woodwork in the parlor is of
ash, finished in the natural color of the
wood. At the left of the vestibule is the
study, 8 feet wide and 12 feet long, with
an open fireplace at one end, and lighted
by three triplet windows similar to those
in the parlor, with a door opening Into
the main hall. At the left of the study
is the dining room, 15 feet in width and
20 feet in length, lighted by triplet win
dows at one end similar to the parlor
and a single window at the other, with a
door on one side communicating with the
main hall and a door on the opposite side
opening into the servants' hall. An open
fireplace is placed in one corner, with a
china closet in the opposite corner to
balance the same. This room is finished
in antique oak.
Between the servants' hall and kitchen
is an unusually large pantry, fitted up
with shelves. The ground plan is com-
6 2
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BAGGING
2 B Jute
Standard.........
Burlaps
WTESTEBN SMOKED
Hams V
Bines x
Shoulders 9 .
Bides t
Shoulders V B...
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each 185
New New York, each.......
New City, each
BEESWAX V to
BRICKS
Wilmington V M s 00
Northern 9 00
BUTTER
North Carolina y to si
Northern 25
CORN HEAL
Per bushel, In sacks
Virginia Heal
COTTON TUSs V bundle 1 00
CANDLES 9 to
Sperm , 18
Adamantine 8
CHEESE V to
Northern Factory n
Dairy Cream
State 14
COFFEE 9 to
W'iyra 12H
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DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4. yard
Tarns. ? bunch of 5 ts ...
TOGS 9 dozen..
riSH-t-
Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel..
4 Mackerel, No. 1, 9 half-bW
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel..
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.
nacaerei, mo. 3, i barrel
7
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1 35
1 40
1 40
25
7 00
14 00
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1 15
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18
18
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23 00
11 00
16 00
8 00
13 09
Mullets, 9 barrel 8 75
keg."
Mullets, fl pork barrel
n. u. itoe Herring, 9
Dry Cod, B z
FLOUR 9 1
Low grade ..
Choice
Straight
First Patent
SLUE 9 to
GRAIN 9 bushel
.from store, bars White
3 00
5
4 85
30 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
4 00
S 50
S 25
10
4 60
Corn.;
Car-load. In brs Whitn
Oats, from store 33
uwe, uust troor
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APPOINTMENTS
A Connecticut court has decided
that where1 death' occurs from acci
dent caused bj negligence, no dam
ages can be recovered unless the death
was accompanied by pain. This waa
in a suit where a railroad was sued
for damages for killing a man. This
should encourage the railroads to
practice so they could dispatch peo
ple nicely and quickly without hurt
ing them.
to answer, the result being that he
was sent to court. Being unable to
famish a bond for his personal appear
anoe he went to jail.
Fayetteville Observer: Thirty
five Sampson families have moved 10
Fayetteville in the last month to work
in the several cotton factories. We
have this from the head of one of those
families. Two bales of silk roods.
the first manufactured by the
Ashley Bailey mill in this city, were
shipped north yesterday. Who would
have thought twenty years ago that
Fayetteville would be shipping manu
factored silk abroad before the
twentieth century, and still less, that
it is not improbable that before the the
new century is many years g me,
Fayetteville may be a silk as well as
cotton manufacturing center.
The passenger train from Bennettvilia
Thursday ran into a flook of buzzards
near the coal shute. When it drew
up at the station here. Pern Ntlt.on, a
colored porter, spied whit be supposed
was a wild turkey, roosting eontin
tedly on abeam under the 'plow, and
when he dived under with thoughts
of wild turkey and cranberries for
dinner tickling his palate, and pulled
out a wild turkey buzzard, his disgust
was great to behold.
For Visitation by the Bishop of East
Carolina.
December 10th. Sunday, second in
Advent, M. P., St. Peter's, Gates coun
ty. December 10th, Sunday, second in
Advent, E. P., St Mary's, Gatesville.
December 11th, Monday, Com., St.
Mary's, Gatesville.
December 13th, Wednesday, St Bar
nabas', Murfreesboro.
December 17th, Sunday, third in
Advent M. P.. St Mark's, Roxobel.
December 17th, Sunday, third in
Advent E. P., Grace Church, Wood
vine. December 21st, Thursday Fest, St
Thomas, St. Thomas', Windsor.
wewmoer zatn, ounaay, fourth m
Advent M. P., Advent, Williamston.
December 25th, Christmas, Grace,
Plymouth.
December 31st Sunday after Christ
mas, 8t Thomas?, Atkinson.
Holy communion at all morning
services.
The children catechised when prac
ticable. The vestries will pleased be prepared
to meet the bishop.
Offerings to be for Diocesan Mis
sions. BY RIVER AND RAIL
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
pleted by the kitchen, 15 by 18 feet in
dimensions, which forms a wing project
ing from the main building. The wing,
with the gable over the parlor, rear
veranda and dormer windows, gives a
very picturesque effect to the rear of the
building. Iu the second story are three
large chambers and two smaller bed
rooms, bathroom and closets complete.
The woodwork of the kitchen, servants'
hall and pantry is of yellow pine, ex
cept the shelves and doors, which are of
white pine. The woodwork of bathroom
is of ash. All floors are of yellow pine.
The ceiling of main hall is of oak, neat
ly paneled. with timbers exposed. All
other inside woodwork, except that be
fore ihdicateu, is of white pine, painted
in two coats.
There is a cellar extending under the
entire building, with walls laid up in
. fluent mortar. The cellar bottom is
cemented. The frame of the building is
of spruce. The side walls and gables
are sheathed with tongued and grooved
stuff and covered with waterproof build
ing paper. The first story is clapboarded
with white pine beveled siding. The
side walls and gables and cheeks of dor
mer windows are shingled with cypress
shingles and stained with a mixture of
burnt sienna and Venetian red. The
roofs are shingled with best quality of
white pine shingles, nailed to 1 by 8
shingle lath, left un painted. The chim
neys are of hard brick, painted with
Venetian red and oil. The outside wood
work of the first story Is painted a dark
green, to which is added a little burnt
Cow Peas.
HIDES 9 to
Green salted.
Dry flint
Dry salt
HAY V 100 tos
Clover Hay..
Rice Straw..
Eastern
Western
North River..
HOOP IRON.
ILLUMINAINO OILS
Diamond White, bbls 9 gal
fclaudln Security "
Pratt's Astral "
Carandlne "
LARD. V to
Northern '
North Carolina. . . . ,
LIME, 9 barrel
LfUMBER (city sawed) M ft
9
60
10
85
40
80
80
80
8K
&
&
LUM
Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00
nuaifD eage nana 15 00
West India cargoes, accord
ing to quality 13 00
Dressed Floor) n 17. gnunnini in m
Scantling and Board, conTnl4 00
Common mill 5 00
O
3 00
8 50
4 00
4 50
15
50
40
45
75
ID
90
50
-85
85
85
4
"
12Hi
13
13
S
10
1 25
STAR OFFICE, Dec. 4.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 48 cents- per gallon for
machine made casks and 47 cents
per gallon for country, casks.
ROSIN Market firm at $1.05
per barrel for strained and $1.10 for
good strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.40 per
bblof2801bs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at $1.50 per barrel for hard,
$2.80 for dip and for virgin
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 36it36c;
rosin nrm at U7c$ l.VZi ; tar firm
at $1.20; crude turpentine quiet at
$1.302.00, $2.00.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 51
Rosin 619
Tar... 251
Crude turpentine 22
Receipts same day last year. 43
casks spirits turpentine, 766 bbls
rosin, 409 bbls tar, 421 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 7c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. 4 13 16 cts $ &
Good ordinary 6 3-16 " " .
Low middling 6 1316 " "
Middling 7 " "
Good middling 7 " '
Same day last year middling 5c.
Receipts 2, 488 bales; same day last
year, 2,669.
COUNTRY PRODUCT.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime 85c. Extra prime, 90c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05c.
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
ov; iancy, ooc.
CORN Firm: 52 to 52$ cents per
bushel for white,
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90ca$1.10: uoland. 65a8fln.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
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 $3.50 to
9.00 per M
Total to-dav Net
bales; exports to Frtfnce
bales; exports to Great Britain b$?
hales A-rnnxte f UW 0M-
It) 99S l , -l
exports to the CWiT,0t oT
stock 1,015,157 bales. ,'u
Consolidated-Net receipts' flq o,(
bales; exports to Great Britain R
bales ; exports to France 15 7i n C. 18
exports' to the Continent 8 070 k ,S;
Total since September 1st ; NSl alt
ceipts 3,116,499 bales; exports to , ft,'
Britain 807,498 bales ;exporteJo , T?eat
360,153 bales :exDorts tnth.nJS
851,855 bales. une-nt
7 7-i6,nelPl!o83
H?'ZZC'Ll 3.237
- , v -i-iLLuuai at
uoi, receipts o, laa oaies; iJoston.c
ton, steady at 7c, net rece $fjg
bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 8c net
ceipts 1,089 bafes; Savannaf rt?v
at75-16c, net receipts 4,416 baies-ffi
Orleans, quiet at 7 7 16c, net
ceipts 13,022 bales; Mobile, quiet at"
V ' Ymv V uaies; Memphis
firm at 7 7 16, net receipts 6,451 baW
Augusta, easy at 7 7 16c, net
j.,zoj Dales; Unarleston,
net receipts 1,509 bales.
bales-
recftints
firm at 7tfc,
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Fair mill
Prime mill
Extra mill.
KOLAS8E8 9 gallon
Barbadoea, In hagshead.....
Barbadoes. In luumia
Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . .
Porto Rico, In barrels
8 agar House, In hogsheads .
Sugar House, in barrels....
Syrnp, In barrels
NAILS, 9 keg. Cut, 60d basis...
rvnJ mi oarrei
Cltv Mess
Romp
Prime
ROPE, 9
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
6 60
8 50
10 00
38
85
18
14
lb
S M
10 00
ao oo
& 10 00
& 18 00
a 88 00
& 15.00
& 6 50
& 8 00
10 00
10 60
85
88
SO
30
14
15
25
8 00
Liverpool ,
American..
10
88
73
Cfc 10 60
9 60
9 00
5 00
On 185 Har ks
SHINGLES. 7-lnch.
Common go
Cvnress Rana am
K. ........ ....... u
o v Btanaara uran'd
Standard A
White Extra C
Extra C, Golden
C, Yellow
SOAP, 9 Northern
5M
4&
STAVES. 9 M W. O. barrel. .
R. O. Hogshead
TI1SnfprUfff.tfMPPln'1"
Mill, Fair
Common Mill ,
Inferior to ordinary
SHINGLES, n.C. Cypress sawed
9 M 6x84 heart
" 8ap "
5x80 Heart
" Sap "
8x34 Heart
" Sap
TALLOW, 9
NoSt&.f.6
WOOL per Unwashed
D W
9 00
7 60
6 60
i M
8 59
1 85 ,
85
85
. 52H
6 50
8 85
2 75
5
6
4
14 09
10 00
10 00
8 75
7 00
8 OS
6 00
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, December 4. Money
on call strong1 at 6 12 per cent, last
offered at 12 per cent. : rulinc rate
was per cent. . Prime mercantile
paper 5Ji6 per cent. Sterling ex
change firm, with actual business in
bankers' bills 486 V486 for demand
and 481481 for sixty days. Posted
rates 482482V and 487487. Com
mercial bills 480X 480 . Silver certifl
cates5859. Barsilver 58. Mex
ican dollars 47J Government bonds
strong. State bonds inactive. Railroad
bonds easier. U. S. 2's, reg'd, 102& ;
U. 8.3's, reg'd,109 ; do.coupon, 109 ;
U. S. new 4's. rea-'d. 133: do. nn-
pon. 133; U. 8. old 4's, re'd,112X; do.
coupon, 113; U. S. 5's, registered
111; do. coupon,, 111X; If. C. 6's
127; do. 4's, 108; Southern Railway 5's
108V. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 56;
Chesapeake & Ohio 30 ; Manhattan L
104; N. Y. Central 1322; Read
ing 20X ; do. 1st preferred 58 ; St. Paul
124; do. preferred 173; Southern
Railway 12 ; do. preferred 57K ; Amer
ican Tobacco. 115 Vi; do. preferred 143;
People's Gas 112J ; Sugar 152 : do.
preferred 118 ; T. C. & Iron 113 J ;
D. S. Leather 10 ; do. preferred 78M ;
Western Union 87.
7 50
5 00
3 00
5 00
6 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
14
8 50
e os
3 50
2 50
6 60
5 60
8
8 00
09
15
MARINE.
Kobbe th a
rare.
11 these forming,
ing. the balk of
country.
A startling incident, of which Mr
John Oiver, of PhillpbU, waa the
abject, is narrated by him as follow:
1 was in a most dreadful condition.
My skm wu almost yellow, trrtm
nn -l tonae coated, pain continu
ally in back and sides, no appetite
BTadually growing weaker day by day.
inree physicians had given me np.
lrtuoaLsly, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy
nd surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. I continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man. I know they tared my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try
them. Only 80 cents, guaranteed, at
a. R. Bxllajcy's drug store. f
A Thoaaaad Tongues
Could not express tbe rapture of
Annie E 8pringer, of 1125 Howard
street, Philadelphia, Pa , when she
found that Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption had completely cured
her of a hacking cough that for many
years nad maae life a -burden. All
other remedies and doctors could o-ivn
er no help, but she says of thisRoval
I OnmA T mnnw. I .1 - J .
sti7 a owvu iviuutcu lav pain in
my chest and I can now sleep soundly
something? I can scarcelv
doing before. I feel like soundinir its
praises throughout the Universe." So
wm every one who tries Dr. King's
New Discovery for any trouble of the
Throat, Chest or Lunca Pn
cen fPi1 - T"1 bottles 10 cents
at R. R. Beixakt's Drug Store; every
botUe guaranteed,
Receipts of Navsl Stores and Cottta
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad- 272 bales cotton,
3 casks spiri s turpentine, 39 barrels
ro in, 8 barrels tar, 2 barrels crude
turpentine.
W. C. & A. Railroad 2,018 bales
cotton, 7 casics spirits turpentine, 88
barrels rosin. 31 barrels ta , 15 barrels
crude turpentine.
A. & Y. Railroad 118 bales cotton,
23 casks ppirits turpentine, 152 barrels
rosin, 60 barrels tar.
W. & N. Railroad 55 bales cotton
133 barrels tar. '
Steamer Driver 25 bales cotton, 9
casks spirits turpentine, 131 barrels
rosin, 161 barrels tar, 5 barrels crude
turpentine.
Steamer Argyle 8 casks spirits tur
pentine, 120 barrels rosin, 1 barrel
tar.
Total Cotton, 2,488 bales; spirits
turpentine. 51 casks; rosin, 619 bar
rels; tar, 251 barrels; crude turpen
tine, 21 barrels
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
sienna to giTe it a harmonizing tone. Th
linings of valleys and gutters and all
flashings are of I. C. charcoal tin, paint
ed two coats with metallic paint. With
the exception of the ceiling of the main
hall, all side walls and ceilings in both
first and second stories are hard finished
on two coats of brown mortar. The cost
of erecting this house complete would be
about $4,000.
Am Enterprising Anther.
A correspondent writing from the
Wilds of West Virginia says:
"1 have wrote up to date four books
that beat anything 1 has ever read, but
I never published none of 'em, because
nobody would handle 'em without pay
in advance. 1 waDt to go to Georgia
on a visit and will here state that I
will sell one of 'em for a railroad pass
to that state and another for a month's
uoara at a moderate hotel. Now, I
think that's mighty cheap for two first
class novels which was wrote off by a
man who was raised and born in the
south and who went through the civil
war like a streak of lightning!" At
lanta Constitute
ARRIVED.
Clyde steamship Oneida, 1,091 tons,
Staples, New York, H G Smallbones.
Stmr Seabright, Sanders, Calabash
ana Ldttie Kiver, 8 C, Stone, Rourk
& Co
Stm Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, T D Love.
Br steamship Astrea, 2,110 tons,
Barry, Brackenburg, Cardiff, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. December 4. Tinsin
steady; strained common to good
tl 351 40. Spirits turpentine steady at
5151c.
Charleston, December 4. Spirits
turpentine firm at 48c; sales casks;
no receipts. Rosin firm; sales bar
rels.
Savannah, December 4. Spirits
turpentine firm at 48ic: sales i.ifu
casks; receipts 616 casks: exnorts i Kfifi
casks. Rosin firm ; sales 1, 9 54 barrels ;
receipts 2,740 barrels; exports 7, 01 4 bar-
J?uJi.V.1S, Y D' X 10 F l 20;
vr, a o; xx, jm. as; 1, 1 35; K, $140;
M, $175; N, $2 25; W G. $3 75: W W.
$3 60.
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver,
ville, T D Loye.
Bradshaw, Fayette-
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of Tessels
mlnirton
In tfcelPo at wu-
?l i. Bee. 5, 1S99.
Distinction.
say," remarked
"that you ought
the candid
to be dis-
DeBuU'sN
Cam all Throat and Lung Affections. '
COUGH SYRUP
Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. A
Vis sure
tr. SuITt Pills cur Dysptiia. Trial, jo Jars.
"They
friend,
ciplined.
"Why?" Inquired Oom Paul
"Because you won't give- them any'
satisfaction when they ask you Ques
tions." "Humph. I have at least the honor
of being criticised as one of the few
diplomats who haven't talked too
much." Washington Star.
ror wver Kiftr Years
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething: with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften thn
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferer im
mediately. Sold by druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mm
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take
no other, f
STEAMSHIPS.
Astrea (Br), 2,110 tons. Barry, Bracken
burg. Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Skuld (Nor), 913 tons, Olsen, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
Ormesby (Br), 1,828 tons, Robinson,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Haslingden (Br), 1,220 tons, Higgins,
E Peschau & Co.
Baron Innerdale (Br), 2,139 tons, Mc-
em, Aiexanaer fcsprunt ct Hon.,
SCHOONERS.
Wm F Campbell, 201 tons, Strout, J
x ttiiey 3C uo.
Chas C Lister, 267 tons, Robinson, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
lrauiuiems, 263 tons, Marston, Geo
nam as, Son & Co.
Island City, 418 tons, Henderson, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Nellie Floyd, 414 tons, Neilson, Heide
ofc Co.
BARQUES.
Antonio (Itl), 499 tons, Cafiero, Heide
& Co.
River Thames (Nor) 454 tons, Quale,
Meide & Co.
Johannee (Nor) 473 tons, Thorsen, H-
K Nash, for Paterson, Dowmi.g &
BARGES.
Maria Dolores, 610
Navassa Guano Co.
Cohn Archer, (Nor.),
tmsen, Heide & Co,
tons, Bonneau,
639 tons, Mar-
C0TT0N MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
New York; December 4. As com
pared with the recent lively fluctua
tions and active speculation, to day's
cotton market was an uninteresting
affair. Neither side seemed disposed
to take the initiative, while the outside
public hesitated, as a general thing if
anything, being disposed to withdraw
pending new conditions upon which
to base fresh conclusions. The market
opened steady with prices one point
lower to five points his-her Bulla
attempted to bring about a more de
cided advance at the start re
sisted, the cable news being disappoint
ing and receipts larger than expected
Liquidation eventually set in and
prices- gave way, point after point.
New Orleans bought in a small way
around the opening, but later with
drew. The local bear contingent saw
nothing on which to base aggressive
action and in not a few cases advan
tage was taken of the deo.linn tn mob-.
good obligations in the March and
later positions. Reports of firmness
in South spot markets were received
and predictions pointed to small a-
ceipts during the rest of the week
Private cables atributed , to the de
cline m Liverpool to advices from
New York, stating in effect that the
bull movement had culminate nH
sentiment waa rapidly becoming bear
ish. The local markets for futures
closed steady at a net gain of one to
fuU1 PoiQts having advanced during
the last few minutes on Wall Street
buying.
Nkw York, December 4. Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 7lc.
futures closed steady: Decern
ber 7.42. Januarv 7.48. Febniarv 7 ki
March 7.54, April 7.55, May 7.56, June
7.56, July 7.57, August 7.52, September
7.10, October 6.96.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 7c; middling gulf 8o; sales
2,300 bales.
o Net receipts 1, 103 bales ;gross receipts
8,716 bales; stock 108,300 bales.
By Teleeranh to the Morniiic am
New York, December l- Fiour
The market was at first dull and
easy, but on the late- option in wheat
buyers appeared ready to pay old ask
ing prices, and a fair business tn.
?d' ater Patents $3 003 65
Wheat Spot firmer; No. 2 red 73c'
options opened steady at c advatce
over yesterday's. curb, governed by
steadier cables than expected and were
subsequently strengthened by a tie
crease in the visible supply flures
where a liberal increase was koktd
for, the shorts furnishing the chief de
mand. The late afternoon market
was active at the top point of the day
helped by strong news from the
casn market. Closed &o. E.t
higher; the sales effected included
No. 2 red Januarv closed 72U-
closed 74He; May closed 74c; De
cember c. Corn Spot steady; No
2 40c; options opened dull aud un
changed, but later improved with
wheat and on the heavy seaboard clear
ances closed steady at HKe net at
vance. May closed 38c; Dect-mber
closed 38Xc Oats-Spot dull; No. 2
2930c;options neglected butsteadv;
Lard firm; Western steam closed $5 5y
refined steady; Continent. Butter
steady : Western creamery 2327;8t
dairy 1825c. Cheese firm jlare small
spot 12 13c. Rice steady. Petroleum
hrm; refined Philadelphia aiid Balti
more $9 60. Pork firmer. Potatoes
steady; New Jersey $1 25 i Z7'A.
Southern $1 752 25. Cabbage quiet;
Long Island $2 004 50 per 100.
Freights to Liverpool Cottou by
steam 29d. Coffee Spot Rio steadv;
No. 7 invoice 7c; No. 7 jobbing 7Hc
mild steady; Cordova 6llc.
8ugar Raw steady; refined steady.
Chicago, December 4. Though
wheat was easy early, the market
later turned firm on a bullish Decem
ber crop report,, a decrease in the vis
ible, and moderate receipts, closing
strong, May fc over Saturday at
69Jc. Corn and oats closed uu
changed. Provisions sustained by a
cood demand, .light hog supply and a
predicted shortage in products, closed
2i5c higher.
Chicago, Dec. 4. Cash quotation:
Flour easy. Wheat No. 2 spring -c;
No. 3 spring 6263c; No. 2 red 65
67c. CornNo. 2, 30c Oats No. 2
2223c; No. 2 white 25; No 3
white 24K25c. Pork, per bbl, 1775
9 55. Lard, per 100 lbs, 14 85
5 17. Short rib sides, loose, $4 90
5 20. Drv salted shoulnWs s S7m
5 50. Short clear sides, boxed, $5 20
5 30. Whiskey Distillers' finish-i
goods, per gallon, dl 23.
The leading futures ranged as to'
lows opening, highest, lowest an-
closing: Wheat No. 2 December
6464, 64, 64 6c; May 68
68, 69, 68&68, 6969c. Corn
No. 2 December SOJ. 30j30tfc,
29K, 29e; January 30., 3076, 29
30, 30; May 32X32, 32.32,32tf
32Xc. Oats December 22, 22
24. 22X, 22fc; May 23. 2i, 2M,
23M23. Pork, per bbl December
$8 27)4, 8 37,-8 27, 8 37& : January
$9 52&, 9 57. 9 45, 9 50; May $9 70,
9 70, 9 60, 9 65. Lard, per 100 lbs
December $4 95, 495. 4 95, 4 95;January
$5 22X, 5 25, 5 17K, 6 22 ; May $540,
5 45, 537J. 5 40. Short ribs, per 100
lbs December $5 00, 5 00. 5 00, 5 00;
January $5 05. 6 05, 5 00, 5 00; Msj
$5 20, 5 20, 5 15, 5 20.
Baitcmorb, December 4. Flour
dull ; western super $2.252.35. Wheat
very auu spot and month 68&wc;
January 7070Xc; May 73 asked;
ooumern wheat by sample bo'"1--Corn
very dull Spot 37M37c;
month 37Xc; December, new or old,
3636c; January 3(M36C:
February 3636c. Southern while
corn 5337Kc. Oats steady-No. 3
white 3232'c.
FOREIGN MARK
3 64d
Bv Cable to the Morning S :ar
Liverpool, December 4 4 P. M
Cotton Spot, good business done;
prices l-16d lower ; American middlm?
4 21-32d;good middling 4 5-32d; good
ordinary 3 3l-32d- ordinary 3 23 32A
The sales of the day were 15,000 bales,
of which 1,000 were for speculation
and export, and included l2,p
American. Receipts 15,100 bales, in
cluding 14,800 bales American,
W . i i A csCV
a? uiurca opeaeu auu uiwu v " j
the decline; American middling (i- j
C)-December 4 10 64d bu er,-l
cember and January 4 8 644 9 m
Seller? .rrtiiai-D- ariH JTwhruflrV 4 7-Ma
Seller: February nhd March 4 5 1
6-64d buver: Aniil and Mav 4
value; May and June 4 2 64d buyer,
June and July 4 1 64d buyer; J"
and August 4d buyer; August and oep
tember 3 61 64d buyer; September ana
October 3 54 64d seller. .
WILMINGTON STEAM UIWDW.
Corner Front and Orange,
Is the only Steam Laundry
where the washing a-.d i'''
done by machinery ana wue
through all the dlffe ent piw
When the clothing comes oni '
CLEAN. We can do Donr, stic or
finish, whichever you prefer . " jj
two wagons and collect and ae.ii
goods We employ about, " w
our pay roll running from nlnet j
hundred dollars a wee ""'.St IB
about I i00 a year. All th s tM
Wllmlnarton. HOW much J"
Chinaman leave herer pi " doBe
when yc
and calf
State 329.
ail leave ucic. --- -k flo
VB want laundry wrjnter
pup Bell 'Ptone 1B
RO VBIGHTi
novs lm
n