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Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to occuoy any special p'ace, wUi be cnanrsa extra according to the position desired. BT WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. N. C. Thursday Mobxtsg, Dec. 14. C0TT0S AS A WEALTH PRO-PRODUCES-The South ia the great cotton grower of the world, but she has grown cotton not to enrich herself but other sections of this and of otber countries. When it was grown ' with slave labor, there was some prpfit in it because the crop was then not more than a third as large as it is now, the labor cost nothing but the food and clothing of the laborers, and in those days as a general thing the cotton-growers raised their home supplies so that the slaves were cheaply kept. They raised what fed them, and the stuff that clothed them. In addition to this cotton commanded a better price tnan it has since the crop has begun to in crease so largely. It was a paying crop then, but it has not been since, and it is at least doubtful whether, including all the crop3 grown since the war, the growers have not actually lost money on the cotton they grew. But a great deal of money ha3 been made out of cotton by others besides the growers. Everybody that handled it after it left the plan tation made something out of it, some a great deal and some became wealthy out of it. It has been the foundation of the wealth of the cot ton manufacturing centers of the- North, and of the cotton manufac txfring districts of England. We are doing better now since cotton manufacturing is becoming one of our industries and will continue to do better as the factories increase in number, and we convert the pro fitless lint into profit-making fab rics. The fine showingmade by the mills already established in the South has centered attention on the cotton mill and as a result there are now movements for the establish ment of mills in States where they were little thought of, if thought, of at all, a few years ago. There is a lively agitation of the subject in Texas and .Louisiana, and the busi ness men of New Orleans are taking an active part ia it. At a recent meeting of the Press Club the sub ject was discu33ed and some inter esting facts and figures produced, which the Picayune sums up thus: "It was shown that a crop of cotton which required 2,800,000 laborers to jrrow and get ready for market brought 1246 000.000, or a wage of $90 to each hand for a year's work. This coiton was spun. a:. d woven by 1,000,000 per sons, who got an average each of $500 for a year's work. The result was that only $'16,000,000 was received for the sale of the rawcotton, while more than double that amount was paid to the labor that span and wove the cotton, and that spinning and weaving were done outside the States where the cot ton was grown. Now, if that cotton were spun and woven in the cotton States, not only would $246,000,000 paid to the pro ducers of the raw staple have remained in the Southern States, but $500,000, 000 more, paid for manufacturing out side those States, and also have re mained to enrich the Southern people who would have received as their re turn for a single crop of cotton the enormous sum of $746,000,000. "According to Mr. H. EL Hargrove, one of the speakers, who had travelled extensively and investigated the cot ton industry in New England, which is the richest part of the Republic, its wealth having been made almost wholly from cotton manufacturing the cotton States enjoy the greatest ad- VantaVM ffm tVllS inrj...4 , xuuuau-v, ana wnat are required are thA romncito and enterprise to start and carry on (the development of Southern cottnn miiis, "? j ,0llowing illustrations, pre sented by Mr. Hargrove, from official data, are pregnaat with interest: ' , 'MscuusetU is one-sixth the size of Louisiana, and yet it sustains thirty two cities, and in wealth, per capita and per acre, il is the richest of the United States, having a tax wealth greater than Texas, Louisiana, Arkan sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the two Carolina, There are six counties which are richer than Missis sippi, and four which are richerlhan Louisiana, and one of these (Middle sex) has $150,000,000 greater wealth is last Tort' ' mnufCCarij:,carin the th1A,?h,18etts hM 40 pe ceo- of faitaS?Sftt.,I,in,llet Rhode Island of LoL"6 f au Terage- parish ago Massachusetts and Bhode Island were poor. . By adopting means within tneir reach, the Southern people can surely accomplish like results.- These are interesting facts and figures, not only for the people ol Louisiana but of every cotton-produc ing State, for they apply to one as much as to another. They are not altogether new for much has been published showing the differenco m the value of the raw and manuiac- tured cotton, some very striking and valuable papers on ttiat subject hav ing been furnished by Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, who has made a thorough study of it. Rnt there is a striking object les son in the contrast between the wealth of some of the Southern States and and some of the manufacturing sec tions of the East, whose wealth has been accumulated mainly if not en tirely from cotton manufacturing. When those Eastern sections began the manufacture of cotton they were no better fixed for it thanthe South is now. They were poor, had to husband their resources and begin in a small way. The profits of one mill built others, and as the in dustry grew it became a tempting field for capitalists and money flowed into it. The places which started with little besides their water powers and the thrift and energy of the people grew into cotton manu facturing centers, the mills at tracted other industries, people flocked to them and they became both populous and wealthy. There are more people to the square mile in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and probably more wealth, too, than in any other States in the Union, and it was mainly the cotton, in cul tivating which the planter made nothing, which did it. One cotton mill produces another, these pro duce others, and these invite and create other industries, attracting more capital, giving employment to thousands of people, creating and distributing wealth. We have some illustrations of this in the South, and Charlotte, in our own State, furnishes us a striking one. What New England people have done the Southern people can surely do,, for they have Bhown what they can do in the successful estab lishment and operation and the multiplication of mills; every one of which has added to the wealth of the community in which it i3 located and all together adding very largely to the wealth of the South. - When the South manufactures the cotton she grows it will not only multiply her wealth but make her in reality the cotton mistress of the world, and then the question of price and acreage will be solved. 80HE PERTINENT IHCITJIRIBS. The resolution introduced by Senator Pettigrew, of South Da kota, Tuesday, directing the Navy Department to transmit to the Senate any papers in its posses sion bearing upon the alleged rec ognition of the Filipinos as our al lies before the cession of 'the Phil ippines to this country by Spain presents some pertinent inquiries. There is evidence enough, unless there has been a large amount of falsifying done, that np to a certain date they were so recognised by the commander of our naval squadron, by the commander of our army, and by our consuls in that part of the world. This fact has been at least practically admitted by the Washington authorities, who shirk ed the responsibilities by saying that anything of that kind that had been done was done on the respon sibility of the individuals, without authority from the Government. In law if the Government were a cor poration or an individual that plea would not hold good, for the prin cipal ia held responsible for the offi cial acts of his recognized agent or representative. Mr. McKinley has done a good deal of dodging and special plead ing to evade the responsibility of recognizing the Filipinos aa our al lies, and has done it to such an ex tent as to disgust some of the ex pansion organs which prefer candor and honesty to duplicity and hypoc risy. One ef these is the Boston Herald, which thus comments on Mr. McKinley's special pleading and punctures the bladder inflated with duplicity. It says: "That he f Asruinaldo beli that, everything considered, he had a right to believe, that we warn aui(. ing the Filipinos for the purpose of enabling them to win their freedom, is too evident to admit of honest denial. and on the ground of good faith, "newer we saia so or not, me arrange ments for co operation were entered into with that tacit understanding on both sides. Following-this for mnnthi after May 1, 1898, there was a recogni tion given to Aguinaldo, not as a ban-' d it or a leader of an insurgent faction, qui as a representative of an oppressed people trying to throw off the floaninh yoke, a recognition which warranted him in assuming that we had no mo tives beyond the wish to puaish the Spanish and to give the Filipinos a chance to regain their freedom.'' These are all facts well known to the reading . public, and they were well known to the Washington au thorities, who tacitly permitted and approved of the action of our repre sentatives, and now try. to shirk the legal responsibility by saying that it was done without authority. If there had been no understanding between the. Filipinos and our re presentatives by which the Filipi nos were led to believe that their independence would be the result of the overthrow of the Spaniards, there would have been no co-operation between them. and our array "and ne.ry. That specific pledges were nQfc given in writing doesn't matter, iJue under standing was had with, the intention of being kept, or it was had with the intention of being violated. If the former we are bound by it, if the latter we are disgraced. It is to get at the facts that Sena tor Pettigrew'8 resolution was intro duced; but the probabilities are that when it gets into tho Navy Depart ment it will bo pigeonholed, and the answer sent back that it will not be compatible with public interest to furnish the called for informa tion. A refusal, however, will be equivalent to a confession. SENATOR PRITCHARD'S RESO LUTION. All sorts of resolutions are intro duced in Congress, some of which are about as much out of place there as they would be in a church confer ence. Congress has as little to do with them as a church conference would have. It is a cheap way that some members have of getting them selves before thei public. The reso lution introduced in the Sonate by Senator Pritchard, declaring the pro posed constitutional amendment in this State unconstitutional, is of this class, and might with as much propriety have been introduced at a meeting of the city council in the citv of Asheville, N. C, or of Duluth, by the "unsalted sea. The Senate of the United States has nothing to do with it. If the original amendments, which Senator Pritchard says this proposed amendment will nullify, were before the Senate for discussion then the question of their constitutionality might be discussed, but for the Sen ate to undertake to discuss and pass upon the constitutionality of an act which is not yet in existence, and in a sovereign State, is simply an absurdity. The tribunals to decide the constitutionality or the uncon stitutionality of such measures, are the courts which were established to interpret and pass upon laws concern ing which there may be difference of opinion. Congress is not a com pttent judge of constitutional ques tions, for acts of Congress have been set aside by the courts because they were unconstitutional. Senator Pritchard knows this and he knows that the Senate of the United States has no jurisdiction in the matter he has brought before it, but his object doubtless is to get, if he can, an affirmative vote, which he can use in the campaign in this State., SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Salisbury Sun: We learn that the five-year old son . of ex-Chief of Police Bradford, -of Winston, who, with his family, is now living in High Point, died Sunday from eating a piece of candy that he picked up on the street Soon after eating the candy he was seised with convulsions and died in agony. 1 Winston Sentinel: Dee Denny, a white man, was stabbed four times in the back near Fairview Saturday night. While his wounds are painful, it is thought he will recover. He was brought to the police station, where the wounds were dressed by Dr. By num. Jess and Bob Ford are charged with being the parties who did the cut ting. The officers found bloody knives on them when they arrested them. Raleigh Post: Mr. A. E. Bob bitt, one of Granville's most promi nent citizens, struck and killed M. R. Ross Monday morning with a stick on the back of the head. Ross attacked Bobbitt with stones. The killing was in self defence. Ross was a tenant of Bobbitt's in 1898. The cause of the trouble is not known. Both of the parties' home is at Wilton, about ten miles from Oxford. Statesville Landmark: Iredell county is to have another cotton mill. The citizens of Mooresville ' have been working quietly on another mill for some time, and they now have enough subscribed to make it a certainty. The company nas not yet been organized, but 562 shares of stock have been sub scribed for, and it is the intention of the promoters to go ahead at once and build the mill. All of this stock has been subscribed by the citizens of Mooresville and vicinity except forty shares, or $1,000 worth. It is desired to increase the capital stock of the mill to something like $75,000, and there is no question but that the full amount desired will be secured. Charlotte News: Charlotte was right in the midst of the storm center Monday night. The wind reached a velocity of 36 miles an hour and the rain fell in torrents. The storm was brewing earlv in the even ing and by 10 o'clock it had reached its height. It continued until the mid night hour when the fall of rain be gan. All the creeks near Charlotte were filled to overflowing. Mr. Archie Roberson, of near Shopton, has made a record as a erood shot. although he has but one arm, having lost his right arm by an accident. Mr. Roberson was down at the old Neal mill place when he saw a drove of duots on the river. He got his gun -and bagged eight ducks at four shots, this making him a name as a crack one-armed shot. Wilkesboro Journal: About 28 years ago James G. McGlamery and America JNicholls went to South Carolina and were married. In that state a certificate of marriage is given Dy the one performing the ceremony certifying the couple as man as wife. It is the duty of the man to have the certificate registered, which is the only state record of his marriage. The man failed to have his certificate of mar riage registered, until one day his house and contents with the certificate were burned. Then McGlamerv and wife came back to Wilkes and settled near Millers Creek, where thev have lived ever since. Of late some of his neighbors threatened to indict them for living in adultery. Last week McGlammery came and got license and was married the secod time to the same woman. They had lived together as nusoana ana wife for twenty-eight years, and they bare several children and some of them are married. Cures all Throat and Lung Affection. " COUGH SYRUP SX Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. Vis sure Dr. ButTs Pint curt Dyspfpria. Trial, go first. CURRENT COMMENT. In reducing the price of window glass in order to punish in dependent manufacturers the Amer can Window Glass Trust has adopted the method usually employed for tho chastisement of recalcitrants. The object is to drive the outside firms into the Trust or to make their business unprofitable. A Trust re- duoes prices for no other purpose- rnuaaeipna liecord, JJtm. Hon. J. M. Moody, a promi nent republican, of Waynesville, states that Bellamy will be unseated ana a new election ordered in the sixth district. And this in the face of the six thousand majority cast for .Bellamy over Uockery. We 11 admit t bat it was an - unmerciful beating, but it was not Bellamy's fault. If nearly all the people in the sixth district preferred him to Dockery, indeed, if the last mother's son of them had voted for Bellamy, we see no reason why he shonldn tbe en titled to his seat. Greensboro Tele- qrampDeni. The story comes from Ma nila that the Spaniards who surren dered to the Americans in Subig 5 ay as late aa in J uly, 1898, were "handed over to the insurgents" by order of Admiral Dewey mmselt. If the report be true, the Admiral and the Administration will have a bad quarter of an hour or so in try ing to explain the incident so as to divest it of its significance. On its face it goes to show that the Ad, miral regarded the insurgents very much in the light of independent "allies at the time of the incident. Charleston News and Courier ,Dem. APPOINTMENTS Por Visitation by the Bishop of East Carolina. December 17tb, Sunday, third in Advent, M. f., St. Mark s. Koxobel. December 17th, Sunday, third in Advent, E, P., Grace Church, Wood- ville. December 21st, Thursday Fest, St Thomas, St. Thomas1, Windsor. December 24tb, Sunday, fourth in Advent, M. if., Advent, Wuuamston. December 25th, Christmas, Grace, Plymouth. December 31st, Sunday after Christ mas, ct. 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. . TWINKLINGS. "Rather than yield one cent to the f ;el trust, he hissed, I will per ish of cold." "But the undertakers' trust!" faltered his wife, who had been shivering silently in the corner." Detroit Journal. tt i m im y i i nospitai mysician iwitn a view to diagnosia) ' What do you drink?" New Patient (cheering up at th proposal) "Uh. sir I thank you. siiwhatever you I leave that to you, sir." Lonaon jruncn. Ida "Have you ever met these imported lords, with their one big glass stuck in their eye I" May uiten. cut those 1 met didn t have the big glass stuck in their eye ; they had it stuck in their shirt bosom. "Tommy," said a mother to her four-year old hopeful, "don't, you think it rather extravagant to eat but ter with your jam?" "Of course not. mamma," replied the little diplomat. lou see. one piece of bread does for both." Immune "Look out for that live wire I" shouted the workman on the roof. His assistant looked at him calmly and said : "Don't you worry. Ive been to see every French farce that came to town. A little thing like a live wire couldn t shock me." Washington Star. "I suppose you have met with some reverses in your political ca reer?" said the friend. "Don't try lo oe fancy, said senator sorghum. "Don't try to select fine words to ex press an ordinary idea. Don't say 'met with reverses.' Just sav 'cot lurnea aown. A Modern Columbus "Wow!" exclaimed the young man. as he has t ly withdrew his arm from its resting piace. "wny. tteorge." asked his fl- naucee, "what in the world is the mat ter?" "I have just made two impor tant discoveries." replied Georee. One is that you have a wasn-like waist, and the other is where the pins or at least some of them go to." Prevented A Tragedy. 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Why, replied the editor, in the very first chapter you make the old man turn purple with rage. the villain turn green with envy, the hero turn white with anger, the heroine turn red with blushes and the coachman turn blue with cold I" Puck. Story ofa Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worse form of slavery. George D. Williams of Manchester, Mich., tells bow such . slave was made free. He says: 'My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully mproved and able to do her own work." This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures ner vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 60 cents. Sold by K. R. Bellamy, druggist. ror wver wirty Tears Mrs. WnrsLow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while tee thine with rjerfect succasb. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is. the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It win relieve the poor little sufferer im mediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents abottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other. t A GENIUS. A Scholar and a Ne'er Do WelL He came in answer to a jesting para graph of my colleague "Picaroon," seek ing employment, a tall, straight man, with hair slightly grizzled and a stiffness in one leg. His clothes were shabby and had apparently been made for a smaller man, for his waistcoat and trousers re fused to meet, and round his waist was wound a red bandanna handkerchief. He apologized for this irregularity on the ground that the possession of only one shirt rendered it difficult for his laundry woman to get to work as fre quently as was desirable. But his collar was irreproachable, 'his mustache was waxed, and, amid the wreck of his fortunes, he had clung to his eyeglass, which he screwed into his right eye at intervals. From the waist upward he looked like a retired colonel. From the waist down ward he presented the appearance of a sandwich man. But as the head is of more import than the feet I. concluded that he was a gentleman and offered him a cigarette and a drink. He accepted the cigarette and smoked it with wimewhnt feverish haste. As for drink, he would take a lemonade. "It is better to drink nothing stronger vrben one is looking for wrk' lie ex plained; "it may prejudice possible em ployers. "How long havo you been looking for work I askfd. "Three years," he replied. "I have an swered hundreds of advertisements, pawned my clothos to pay the postage and worn out my shoes tramping the- city. But I koep pegging away, and it will soon end. It is a sort of penance,' he added, reflectively contemplating the ash of his cigarette. "What are you?" I asked. "A failure at present," he replied, with a quiet laugh. "But I have been most things." "Tell me." "First I was a medical student; then I ran away and enlisted. After that I got a place as medical officer on an American ship. "On the west coast of Africa I caught yellow fever, was deserted by my com rades and had to walk 300 miles before I picked up another ship. "After that I went to Paris, completed my medical stndies and took my degree of bachelor of science. "Since that I have done everything you can think of. I have invented a face powder that was advertised in all the papers and brought me in 20 week until my business partner bolted with the secret and the cash. "I have been an artist; a showman's agent, assistant editor of a scientific pa per which died, as it were, in my arms. I bare been in nearly every country of the world and know French, Italian and Spanish, as well as English, not to speak of Greek, and Latin." "Why not put your experience into a book?" "Ah! Do you remember an article in The Pall Mall Gazette some years ago on 'The Real "She 7" ' " 'I remember it very well." 'I wrote that. For I had come across Obeah women in Africa who were every bit as wonderful as Rider Haggard's She. Only Rider Haggard, in deference to European taste, had made his hero ine a beautiful white woman instead of a hideous black beldame. I wrote that at the request of Mr. Stead, and imme diately a prominent firm of publishers offered me 50 down and a royalty for a book of adventure on the lines of She.' Here is -the letter." He handed me the letter. "And you wrote the book?" "No. My health broke down, and I had to go into a hospital. I had had nothing to eat for five days, and it near ly finished me. , When I came out and went to the publishers, I was too late." 'And where are you living now?" . 'At a sort of mission, in White- chapel. I have a cubicle all to myself and pay sixpence a night" "A dosshouse, in fact? "Some call it that. But there are bet ter men than myself there. They have services, and so forth, but I take no notice of them. The curate is a good fel low, but an ignorant man. Would you believe it?" he dropped his eyeglass and turned with flashing eyes on me 'he cannot perceive the difference be tween Greek aorist and the Greek per fect!" 'Is it important in view of ?,J 'Important, sir? See here!" and he drew from his pocket a worn copy of the revised version of the New Testament and laid it before me. Passage after pas sage was scored and corrected. On the margin and at the foot of the columns were noted the MSS. from which the corrections had been made. "It is my version of the revised version. I tell you the revisers knew no English and very little Greek. It has taken me years to complete, but it will be ready in a few weeks now." 'But how did you get hold of the MSS. of the gospels?" 'I have copies of many of them in my locker at the at home. The rest I find at the British museum in my snare time and I have had a lot of spare time in the past three years." My friend puffed at a fresh cigarette while I reflected on the incongruity of a Greek scholar in a dosshouse. 'Why is it?" I -asked, "that a man of education, experience and capacity can't get work when he wants it?" "I know no one," he replied, "l sup pose I am the most friendless man in London." But a man of your knowledge, who doesn't drink, who" He turned suddenly on me and looked me in the eyes. Ah, that's it!" he said. "I ought to tell you that. Some years ago I married unfortunately. It was not her fault and she's dead now. But I had trouble. And I drank. I don't do things by halves, and I was drunk all the time for two years. Now it is three years since I touched anything stronger than claret and the man who lives -where I live can't often afford even claret. Well, well three years of penance should atone for it. shouldn't it? I shall get some work before I'm too old to do it." Then he rose and went out, with his erect figure and stiff gait, with his eye glass and absurd clothes, back to his dosshouse to revise the Bible. Ex change. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. Wilmisiton District, R. P. Bumpass, P. E , WllmlagtoD, N. C. Wilmington, Bladen street, 11 A. M., Dec. 17. Wilmington, Market street, tt night. Dec. 17. Wilmington, Fifth street, Deo. 24. South port, Dec. 30, 31. Burgaw, Burgaw Creek, Jan. 9. 7. Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, Jan. 13, 14. Magnolia, Magnolia, Jan. 20, 21. Jacksonville and Kichlands. Jack sonville, Jan. 27, 28. Carvers Creek, W aymans, Feb. 3, 4. Scott's Hill, Prospect, Feb. 7. Wilmington, Grace, Feb. 11, 12. Bladen, Center, Feb. 17, 18. Clinton, Johnson's, Feb. 24,25. Kenansville, Kennansville, March Waccamaw, Betherda, Marcn a. Whiteville, Whiteville,March 10,11. Zion, Zion, March 14. Atlantic Concord, March 16. Onslow, Bethlehem, March 18, 19. Little Dick "Uncle Richard, what is brie a brae?" Uncle Richard "Brio a-brae is anything you knock over and break when you are feeling for matches in the dark." ucfc. Broperty place it in the hands of the Mil VWVJU1W 1 '' IB RO.Orvdy&Cto.,xrsaw,N.O. t HORSE SHOW AT PARIS FAIR. International Exhibition to Be Held In September, 390O. One of the most attractive features of the Paris exposition of 1900 will be the international horse show, which, according to tne programme Issued by the French authorities, will open on Sunday, Sept. 2, 1900, and close on Monday, Sept. 10, following. The prize list is a liberal one, the amount of add ed money being $110,000, in addition to a number of medals, and as there are many classes for foreign breeds -it is expected that a large entry will be ob tained from the United States and England. The show is to be divided into seven sections, says the New York Sun, the first being for thoroughbreds, pure bred Arabs and Anglo-Arabs, with over $12,000 In prizes, the first prize for thoroughbred stallions being $1,200 and that for thoroughbred mares $800. The second section is for barbs, the third for trotters of French, American and Russian breeds; the fourth for half breeds, Including classes for the English hackney and Cleveland;, the fifth for ponies, the sixth for cart horses and the seventh for donkeys. There will also be a number of cham pion prizes, those for thoroughbreds being $1,200 and $750 in value, and the show will be confined to stallions and brood mares, the date of entry "being June 1, 1900. Officers of the United States commis sion at the New York offices say that full particulars can be obtained by ad dressing the director of agriculture of the Paris exposition at Paris, s WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. I9r The following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher nrlces have to be charged. s Jute Standard Burlaps WESTERN BMOKEii Hams V . Bides ft Shoulders V & - DBY SALTED Bides t Shoulders V 1 5 ism e 5HQ 5HO BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 IS New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX V B BRICKS Wilmington f a 5 00 Northern 9 00 BUTTER 1 20 1 35 1 40 35 & 7 00 14 00 North Carolina 9 B Northern CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks Virginia Heal 21 22" 27 SO 46 47H 3 47 1 10 18 25 SO 11 16 18 18 14 15 12K 15 7 10 5 70 18 20 COTTON TIE v bundle 9...... UANmmj y a Sperm Adamantine CHEESE V Northern Factory Dairy Cream State COFFEE Lagnyra Bio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, y yard Yarns. V bunch of 5 Js ... KH3S dozen FI8H- Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel.. Mackerel, No. 1, V half-bbl Mackerel, No. 2, barrel.. Mackerel. No. 2 half-bbl. 22 00 11 00 16 00 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 3 00 MackereL No. S, V barrel... 13 00 Mullets, V barrel 3 75 Mullets. V twrk barrel 14 00 4 00 3 50 N. C. Roe Herring, ft keg, ex::::::;:::::: rLOUH-W lb- 3 00 5 4 35 3 25 10 4 50 Low grade Choice Straight 3 75 First Patent 4 25 3 00 3 50 3 00 4 50 UL.U1S v k GRAIN bushel Corn, from store, bgs White Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas ; HIDES V D Oreen salted Dry flint Dry salt 12H 52 15 52tf SO 40 45 75 38 60 10 6 12 v 90 50 85 85 85 4 HAY V 100 ts Cioyer Hay , Rice Straw Eastern Western North River HOOP IRON. 85 40 80 80 80 3K Nortnern 6 North Carolina 8 6 10 1 25 LIME, W barrel l 15 LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft snip Btun, reeaweu is oo Rough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to quality . is 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, coni'n 14 00 Common mill 5 00 Fair mill 6 50 Prime mill 8 50 Extra mill 10 00 20 00 16 03 18 00 23 00 15,00 6 50 8 00 10 00 10 50 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, in begshead.. ... Barbadoes. In barrels Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . . Porto Rico, in barrels Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar Bouse, In barrels.... Sttud. In barrels 30 30 14 15 25 3 00 25 12 14 15 2 50 NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . FUR-, t Darrei Citv Mess 10 00 Rump Prime ,. a io so 9 50 9 00 22 ROPE. B 10 ALT. V sack. Alum 1 25 95 90 60 6 50 2 25 2 75 Liverpool 90 American. 85 On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M 5 00 common i eo CTDress Bans a 50 SUGAR, y d otanoaru uran'a 534 4& 6 5 4 Btanaara a White Extra C Extra C Golden V, IOUVW SOAP. W Northern STAVES, Ji M W. O. barrel o uu 14 09 10 00 R. o. HOKsneaa TIMBER, vm feet-ShlDDlnir.. 9 00 10 00 ami, mme 7 so Mill, Fair 6 60 Common Mill 5 so Inferior to ordinary S 53 8 75 7 00 6 M 5 00 a a a' SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed y n 6X24 neart -7 ou " 8ap 5:00 5x20 Heart 3 00 " Sap s oo 0x24 Heart 6 00 San 5 00 8 50 6 09 3 50 2 50 6 50 5 50 6 2 03 09 15 TALLOW, v S WHISKEY, V gallon. Northern l 0-3 North Carolina WOOL per Unwashed MARINE DIRECTORY. Llit of Vessels In tfcIPo of Wil mington, N- n. Bee. 14, 1899. STEAMSHIPS. Aquila (Nor), 1,407 tons. Anderses, Meide & Uo. Astrea (Br), 2,110 tons, Barry, Bracken- burer. Alexander Sprunt & Son. Ormesby (Br), 1,828 tons, Robinson, Alexander eprunt & Hon. Haslingden (Br), 1,220 tons, Higgins, hj Feschau & Uo. ' SCHOONERS. Alma, 152 tons, Small, George Harriss, Son & Uo. Charlotte W Miller, 248 tons, Higbee, Ueorge Harriss, Son esc Uo. BARQUES. Antonio (Itl), 499 tons, Cafiero, Heide SC Uo. Johannee (Nor), 473 tons, Thorsen, H K Nash, for Faterson, Downing & Uo. BRIGS. Caroline Gray, 311 tons, Meader, M C Haskell, 277 tons, Wingfiefd, George Harriss, Son & Uo. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Store? end Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 507 bales cotton, 4 casks spirits turpentine, 23 barrels rosin, 42 barrels tar. W. C. & A. Railroad 706 bales cotton, 4 casks spirits turpentine, 86 barrels rosin. 171 barrels tav, 22 barrels crude turpentine. A. ct x. Railroad 210 bales cotton. 5 casks spirits turpentine, 175 bar rels rosin, 63 barrels tar. W. & N.. Railroad 60 bales cot ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 14 bar rels resin. C. O. Railroad 29 bales cotton. Steamer A. P. Hurt 3 bales cot ton, 20 casks spirits turpentine, 210 barrels rosin. 103 barrels tar. 24 bar rels crude turpentine. Total Cotton. 1.525 bales: spirits turpentine, 36 casks; rosin, 508 bar rels; tar, 379 barrels; crude turpen tine, 24 barrel. HousstMork with even the best" soap which needs hard muscular rub bing to make things clean. Gold Dust does all that soap does and saves time and much rubbing. Send for free booklet" Golden RnlM v for Housework." THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Chicago St.Lonla New York Boston COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MAEKET. A STAR OFFICE, Dec 13. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 48 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 47J4 cents per gallon for country casks. Rnam Market firm at 11.10 per barrel for strained and f 1.15 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.50 per barrel for bard, t.9. ftft for din and for virein. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3736Kj; rosin firm at 97 $1.02K 5 tar firm at $1.10; crude turpentine nrm at fi.du $2.U0, fZ.UU. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 36 Rosin 508 Tar 379 15 Crude turpentine 24 Receipts same day last year. z casks spirits turpentine, 474 ddis rosin, 214 bbls tar, bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7Xc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 4 13 16 cts. $ B Good ordinary 6 3-16 " " Low middling 6 13-16 " " Middling 7 " " Good middling 7H " " Same day last -year middling 5Xc. Receipts 1,525 bales ; same day last year, 1,580. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 9 0c per busael of 28 pounds; fancy, fl.05. Virginia Fnme 55c; extra prime, 60c ; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm, 52 to 52X cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to lie 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. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, December 13. Money on call was quoted firm at 38 per cent, last loan 5 per cent ; ruling rate 6 per cent. Prime mercantile pa per 5b per cent. Sterling ex change very strong ; actual business in bankers' bills at 487 5 for demand and 481481 for sixty days. Posted rates 482482X and 488&488. Com mercial bills 480480 & . Silver certifi cates 5959W. Bar silver 5959. Mex ican dollars 47. Government bonds strong. State bonds inactive. Rail road bonds weak. U. S. 2's, reg'd,102; U. .3's, reg'd,lU3 ; do.coupon, 109 ; U. S. new 4's, reg'd, 134: do. cou pon, 134; U. S.old 4 s,reg'd,113M;do. coupon, 14X: U. S. 5's, registered. 112K; do. coupon, 112; N. C. 6's 127; do. 4's, 104; Southern Railway 5's 108. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 52: Chesapeake & Ohio 29 ; Manhattan L 99; N. Y. Central 128X ; Read ing 18 ; do. 1st preferred 52H ; St. Paul 11854 ; do. preferred off 'd 169: Southern Railway 11; do. preferred 54: Amer ican Tobacco. 97 Ji; do. preferred 138; People's lias 105 i; Sugar 126 do. preferred 114; T. C. & Iron 79; U. S. Leather 12 ; do. preferred 75& ; western union 86, NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. December 13. Rosin firm; strained common to good l 45. spirits turpentine dull. Charleston, December 13. Spirits turpentine nrm at 474c; sales casks: no receipts. Rosin firm ; sales bar rels. Savannah, December 13. Spirits turpentine was nrm at 4Sc: sales 633 casks; receipts 725 casks; exports 2,496 casks, ttosin steady; sales 1.737 barrels: receipts 4.548 barrels; exports 150 bar rels; A. is, U, D, K, fl 10; F, $1 20; G, $1 25; H, $1 40; I, $1 40; K, $145; BL, iibv; IS, JJ5; WU.JZ 75; W W, f3 6U. COTTON MARKETS Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star New York, December 13 Specula tive operations on the Cotton Ex change to-day were very small again, wuu me price movement correspond ingly narrow. Neither side exhibited many orders, even of the limited class. The disposition was general to await further information on the crop sub ject and the action of the English mar ket before extensively changing pre conceived ideas or outstanding ac counts. The market opened steadv. witn prices uncnangea to two points lower. Before midday values had sagged an additional point or so under adverse news from the English market and rumors of an other severe set-back to the British arms in South Africa, but later advanced to last night s prices on a brief flurry of room covering, which owed itB origin to estimates for light receipts at all points to-morrow. Late private dispatches from the belt de clared Southern markets were stub bornly firm on light offerings and fairly good demand from American spinners. The market at the close was barely steady at four to eight points lower, having gone off Sharply in the last minutes under fears of a break in Liverpool to-morrow on account of adverse news from South Africa. New York, December 13. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 7 11-1 6c. Futures closed barely steady : Decem ber 7.25, January 7.32, February 7.38, March 7 A3, April 7.45, May 7.47, June 7.48, July 7. 49, August 7.44, September 7.06, October 6.92, November 6.87. Spot cotton closed quiet at prices: middling uplands 7 1116c; middling gulf 7 15-1 6c; sales 80 bales. Net receipts 1,368 bales ; gross receipts 8.215 bales: exports to the Continent 281 bales; stock 108,275 bales. Total to-day JNet receipts 38,207 bales: exports to Great Britain 3.400: exports to the Continent 3,756 bales ; stock 1,125,669 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 166,784 bales; exports to Great Britain 33,083 mo Hard Enough III lashingPawdei! bales; exports to Franca 7oo ui exports to the Continent 37 fidi ST Total sincft SAntemK. T.i" : "wei ceipts 3.432.067 bales; exports ton Britain fift3.&nK talM.i.??? to-Great r- wvi J 1. ri i 3R7.9K9 halfts-ivrTinvfo f.u. - , .UM,uauurM m ui unent folk, quiet at 7K; net receipts 2 2 bales :Baltimore. t'ominui t n i. .rs ronainta Kol. iA"0,net 7 11 1R r,f o.- : U1" a . , , ' ; "aies: v, ; mm rrrnn cranH f-t "7 1 . 1 .1 ui.uSUii,aau - .iv i .nei receipts 1 ; bales; Philadelphia, firm at7l.ifi,;'' easier aj. 8c,nei receipts 15.0fis ah.o unt quiet, at t not oaies; JHiempms, ouiet ami cl at 7mo nt. it0irkta 1 l. i J IrUXLH. NIMHII V SI T. Jo r not . ' . , - oi uci rtxmntB ceipts 1,215 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS By Telesrrapn to the Moraine star New York. Decemhpr ispi. abcauv uu very uuiet snrt ivt.- i -a- .n " . c-'uaDS lower 10 sen. excent on nm rr..,i. . - r giaur T. q lers. wmcn inroue'ri iu9rxii n. c wneai snot nrmer? Nn 9 vrFcucu in m ui a c aa vance it niornnT nan sg anr . . ( .. . i . . ----- uoi Rirengiu yy uoreiupcu laier on covering l)T .j ..w, recciw ana scarcity or orrenngs Thamafk closed firm at ahniit. tn h. '. iftc over last night; sales ipclude. . March closed 75c; May closed 74j,c HUlLlIili'l J u-fiwuiuii Iti'iC 'December 72Jc. Corn Spoi firm No. 2 40 ; options opened firme- i J 1 1 tit w" awco, ijulci rrt.t5ipisg&Ye later nrmness and the market close firm at c net advance; these - w- w . uwlv, iytUCIil :4-r cioseu oae. uais opot dull: JNo. 2 1 1 OA . 1 n . 1 . 29&c ; options inactive. Lard stain Western steam closed at $5 77;5 December closed at $5 77, noimnli a l - i ' . . . i . . reuueu &iroag; comment so uv. lvrk strong. Butter quiet but siecy Western creamery 2327c: Sla e dti: 1825c. Uneesenrm ; fall marie faic ma IttUAtllXix r1r a.mi IVlMIOi. Petroleum firm. Potatoes stead v steam 25d. Kice quiet. Cabbagrsu: T.stvw Tolan1 fcQ nrtTR rf 1 ff i.il pot quiet; JNo. invoice GJie-.lw 7 .ww:.nTi.. :tj : . -i . . 12J4C bugrar Market steadier forra refined steady. n.... nA t -10 TT7t . uniuAuu, ceiuuer xo. vv tieat &s XX . - J .J 1 1 iirm lu uar. suuuurieu uv a troou ex port inquiry, ligat receipts and high English markets. May l5gC uv. . 1 lr l yesieruay. juay euro ciu&eu up and May cats unchanged. Provisioi. ii . 1 - . . - mituairoo? on aeooa investments mana ana imerai ouisiue ousiLtw 1 1 i 1 i 1 1 . May pork closed 1517!4c; May o& 74C and May ribs 7c bet er. uhioago. uee. ia. uasn auoiat ; .Biour steady, wneat ino. z spring 1.1 1 . Tr-r 1 . T 1-1 -Ms; No. 3 spring 6364c; ho red 66568Mc. Corn No. 2, 30tf taaunc uats no. 2 zac: io. z wo n 20szac: sso. a wane zmunKC Pork. Der barrel. $8 70ai0 20 Lard. ter 100 lbs. 95 10a5 45 Short rib sides, loose. 5 25(85 55 Tli.tr cc HaH chnn Hsr: 4K S7Ui5 SI Short clear sides, boxeo ?5 50ft goods, per gallon, $1 S3U The leading futures rargeo 10 lows orjeTiinP' highest- oifst and closing-: Wheat No. 2 December RR RKi RRn . RQU(KQU 6969ii', 6969M, 694t9c. W Tit. MUV 78 V lUai J yi. VUiU Y& . Wl 50 5 Q9 1 n r r.onatn Kg- 993' 22H22, 22, 22c: May 24,: 24. 24. 24c. Pork, per bbl-January in in mill! inner 1 n i rri . U. 1fl3l) m LJ 1 W. llf . .1. If I . I I I I j illBT Biv " t 10 42. If) 27! 10 4rt T,awl ner 100 n. T or An, k ati K K All - x c an e cn-i e an K R7U Ol. ... 'U ... 1 nn W. T ' CQ9I uuurL nub. nn i nj lira .j 2ft u uai v c u-zt K An c ooi er An. ir- r ak K 5(1 5 45, 5 50. BAT.TnwnRTS TWpmher 13. Flour uuii ttuu uncuaageu. vv ueai oicauj snot and month 70Ua70c: January Am or h oit hTsumnlA fifirtft71 'ic. GofH dull Rnnt. X7Sj7?l373r.. month 37 379c: December, new or old 37 37c; Janusry 3737Xc; February 37K37c. Southern while corn m 38c. Oats steady No.2wniteai 32c: No. 2 mixed-28Mz9J- FOREIGN MARKE By CaWe to the Morning t?ts T .rtriPTTrrT rtAAm Koi 13 4 1 '. Cotton Spot in moderate dcroaiia; nriiuta LS'M UirrYtar- A mftrifisin 0JIU J. A. WV. AJ.AfciAJ , ' . dlmg fair, 4 21 32d; good middling ; 15 32d; middlings ll-3Zd; low u.' dlint? 4 5 32d: jrood ordinary 3 2Viii ordinary 3 25-32d. The sales of day were 10,000 bales, of which i,w were for speculation and export, nliiHod 7 nnn Amapinn Receipts tv 000 bales, including 14,800 American. quiet but steady at the advance; American middlim? (1. m. c.) Decern ber 4 12-64d seller; December an January 4 10 64d seller; January anu reoruary 4O-0a Duyer; A R.RdA Kuttot.- March and APr" 4 5-64d seller; April' and May 4 4 64d buyer; May and June a - A Q BAA 1 T r.A TlllV 4 1 4 2 64d buyer; July and Aukb 4 l-64d buyer; August and Septe har a fi..Rj.t7hZR9..id. hnirer: Septeni'"1' and October 3 55 64d seller. MAK1JN ARRIVED.- Clyde steamship Richmond, 1,1" tons, Catherine, New York, a Small bones. jn tnn& Nor steamship Aquila, Andersen, Hamburg, Heide &w Stuma. Plonton 2fi0 tOHS, Jer,.. son, Georgetown, S .p AlexD Sprunt & Son. CLEARED. , Stmr Seabriht. Sanders, CataMk and Little River, S O, Stone, jw & Co. . , -"othe Clyde steamship RWmaaA S, nne, tjreorgetown, a , " " bones. n1 U FAVORITE RESCRIPTJON JUL FOR WOMPi
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