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I BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON. Si. C.
Friday Morning, April 13, 1900.
AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
9
Early in the present session of
Congress, Representative Bellamy,
of this district, introduced a bill for
the repeal of the tariff duties on
wood pulp and other paper-making
material. Following this up the
National Publishers' Association,,
and several other publishers' asso
ciations passed resolutions demand
ing such modification of the tariff
as would relieve them from the ex
tortions of the paper Trust; but
Congress hasn't touched it, hasn't
dared to touch it.
A couple weeks ago Congressman
Payne introduced a resolution ask
ing the Secretary of the Treasury
for a statement as to the prospective
surplus in the Treasury at the end
of the present fiscal year. It was
said at the time that the object of
this inquiry was to ascertain the
practicability of reducing the war
taxes andrepealing such of them as.
were 1 least popular. But Con
gress hasn't touched it or made any
move to reduce taxation. In mat
ters of this kind when the Republi
can statesmen are in doubt they go
to Senator Allison for advice be
cause as chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee he is supposed
to be more than ordinarily well in
formed on financial matters, and in
- addition to that is regarded as a
very cool and sagacious counsellor.
It is said that he has advised against
touching the war tax or tarfS ques
tion because it might lead to a de
bate that would keep Congresa in
session till late in the summer,
which they , don't want, and it would
lead to a bad mix on the tariff for
while they might please some by re
ducing duties they- would displease
others who failed to secure the re
duction which they desired, and
also displease others who profit by
such taxes and are therefore opposed
to any reduction.
Referring to this inaction and the
various reasons assigned for it, the
New York Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin, a non-political
journal, as its name implies, says :
"Whether this be good politics or
net. It is certainly bad business. The
surplus revenue this fiscal year will be
$75,000,000. There is no country on
earth except the United States where
such a result would not be the most
disastrous indictment that could be
drawn against an administration; a
moderate deficit that could be bridged
by a temporary loan would not sub
ject the administration to one-tenth
part of the criticism. And this Euro
pean view is substantially correct. No
: more money ought to be taken from
the tax payers than is actually
necessary to carry on the Gov
ernment, and an administration
that takes $75,000,000 too much
is a reat deal worse than one that
takes Jive or ten millions too little; the
deficiency can be supplied immediately
by a loan and ultimately by increased
revenue, but a surplus cannot be re
turned to the taxpayers the nearest ap
proach to it would be the purchase of
bonds, but we are now in process of
replacing all the bonds that mature
soon with bonds that will not mature
for thirty years. The reason that a sur
plus is looked at differently here
from what it is in Europe is that for
ma: y years our national taxes have
come from imports, spirits, beer
and tobacco. For various reasons
the greaterApart of the people de
sire to have nigh taxes on these; they
approve of the taxes for their own
sake ; the tax is not simply a means of
supplying revenue, but it is a means
of making foreign goods, beer, spirits
and tobacco expensive. The present
situation is very different. We are
taxing medicines and all sorts of pro
prietary articles, almost every sort of
business document, and many occu
pations. No one pretends that these
taxes are in the interest of anybody;
they promote neither home industry
nor the drinking of ice water. The busi
ness community, the population gener
ally, desire to get rid of them at the
earliest possible moment The politi
cal leaders who desire to-put off a re
duction of taxes till after the Presiden
tial election are short-sighted; if the
majority party does not reduce taxes it
wjll find the attacks of the opposition
during the campaign far more embar
rassing than it would be todeeide now
what taxes to remove. --
"The present revenue threatens a
monetary stringency in the autumn,
and it is a powerful incentive to ex
travagance. Its reduction is impor
tant to general business and to the
convenience Qf the people who pay the
taxes. '
UnnecBsaary taxation is nnjust
and indefensible taxation. It is
levying offensive tribute upon the
toil and sweat of a people who have
burdens enough to bear, anitakea
. the money from them to be hoarded
'in the Government vaults to be
squandered, for surpluses invite
squandering. The Republican states-
; men have always boasted of their
capacity for getting away with sur
pluses and their achievements j ustif y
the boast. They have always con
tended that it is easier to manage a
surplus than a deficit. As an lllus
tration of this there are extraofdi
nary demands upon the Treasury
" now. many of which would never be
heard of if the surplus didn't tempt
in that direction. If there was no
surplus there isn't! the slightest
probability : that' Hanna and other
ship subsidy schemers would be de
manding an annual $9,00,000 pull
on the Treasury under the pretence
of building up an American merchant
marine, and we wouldn't hear of the
multitude of propositions that have
already been introduced in Con
gress to increase pensions. They,
will always find ways to get rid of
surpluses, and hence as they say it
is much easier to manage a surplus
than a deficit.
This taxing for a surplus is repre
hensible at all times because it is
unjust to the taxpayers, most of
whom have to toil hard for the taxes
taken from them, but.it is especially
reprehensible when it hoards in
Government vaults money that is
needed in the business of the coun
try, especially in some sections
where at certain seasons a much j
larger volume of money is needed
than ordinarily. We all know how
when the crop-moving seasons come
the WeBt and the South suffer for
currency "to move the crops," and
how difficult they find it even with
such assistance as they can get from
Washington and from Eastern
banks to Becure the amount of
money they need, and that they
sometimes sustain very heavy loss
while waiting for the needed cur
rency to keep the crop movement
According to the estimates made
there will be by the end of the fis
cal year $75,000,000 locked up in the
Treasury vaults, for every dollar of
which the business of the country
will have use. The sum and sub
stance of that kind of financiering
is that the Treasury will be that
much richer in funds, for which it
has no use, and the people that much
poorer in being deprived of that
much money, for which they have
use. That kind of taxation, as an
experiment, when it was question
able what it might yield, might be
defended, but persisted in when the
result is an enormous", useless sur
plus, is simply robbery. . For politi
cal reasons they will not now under
take to give the people relief ; maybe
later they will, for political reasons,
wish they had.
THE STATE CONVEHTIOH".
The Democratic convention which
met at Raleigh Wednesday was one
of the largest and most thoroughly
representative conventions ever held
in this State, and while there was
more or less of animated contest be
tween the friends of respective op
posing candidates, it was conducted
in a friendly, chivalrous manner,
and the proceedings were marked by
a spirit of harmony that augurs well
for the harmony and solidity of the
party in the approaching election.
It had been apparent for some
time that Charles B. Aycock would
have no opposition for the nomina
tion for Governor, and consequently
his nomination by acclamation . was
anticipated, and is accepted as a
fitting recognition not only of the
ability of this distinguished gentle
man, but of his loyal devotion to
the principles of Democracy and of
his eminent services in every contest
in which his party has been engaged.
In the prime of life, bold and bril
iant, he is a typical and stalwart
representative of stalwart Democ
racy, and as its standard bearer and
Governor of the State he will do the
party and the State honor.
Good judgment guided the selec
tion of the other candidates, for
hey are all men who stand well as
men and Democrats in their respec
tive sections and throughout the
State as far as known, while' there
was a judicious distribution of the
offices the east, the center and the ,
west being all represented.
As far as the ticket is concerned
the convention has done well, and
it now. remains for the people to
ratify these nominations by rolling
up overwhelming majority for it.
The platfarm will meet with the
hearty endorsement not only of the
Democracy of the State, but of
thousands of voters who have not as
a rule been voting with the Demo
cratic party, but who patriotically
desire the peace, prosperity and hap
piness of the State and the better
ment of the condition of all her peo
ple. All such can stand on that
platform.
Now that the Convention, the re
presentative body of the whie peo
ple of North Carolina, has spoken,
let the banners be -unfurled, the
friends of honest government and
white supremacy fall into line, and
march shoulder to shoulder under
their chosen leadersj until North
Carolina is thoroughly redeemed and
white supremacy permanently es
tablished.
Bobbed The Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated' by him aa follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu
ally in Dace ana noes, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
xonunateiy, a mend advised trying
'Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. I continued
their use for three weeks-and am now
a well man. T know they saved my
life, said robbed the grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try
them. Only 60 cents; guaranteed at
R. B. Bellamy's drugstore.
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ONLY SINE AGAINST IT. '
As anticipated by those who know
the power of the whip in the Re
publican party the Porto Rican bill,
as agreed npon ' by the conference
committees, passed the House Of
Representatives Wednesday with
only nine Bepnblican votes against
it nine out of one hundred and
eighty-five. The bill passed the
Senate with only - six .Republican
rotes against -it - six out of fifty
three. : i
The remarkable thing about this
vote is that many of these Repre
sentatives and Senators were known
tQ. be opposed at least to the tariff
feature of this bill and confessed
that they voted for it at the solicita
tion of the President, who himself
had been whipped into its support
after having declared over his signa
ture that it was the "plain duty" of
Congress to give Porto Rico free
trade' with the United States.
Another remarkable thing, about
this vote is that it should have been
so cast in spite of the unprecedent
ed protest against the shameful
breach of faith by so many leading
Republican papers, and by bo many
thousands of Republicans who have
stood by the party in all its contests
and stood by the Republican Rep
resentatives in Congress in all their
party measures. The men who cast
these votes knew of these protests,
they read them day after day in the
public press, they read these utter
ances of the people in their public
meetings, and yet in defiance of these
oft reiterated and wide-spread pro
tests, they filed in under the whip
of the leaders, who had gone so far
that they couldn't well recede,
and voted for a measure which
many of them condemned and
which they knew their con
stituents condemned. There never
has been within our reading
such an utter ignoring of public sen
timent nor such an abject submis
sion to the party whip. The nine
Republican Representatives and the
six Senators who refused to obey the
whip stand illustrious in their manly
courage, and in their adherence to
the principles they professed.
To the honor of the Democrats in
both Houses, they, with but few ex
ceptions, voted solidly against this
infamy and for maintaining the
pledges and the honor of the coun
try. The Republicans under the whip
and spur have made the issue and
the lecord, and must stand upon it
when they face an indignant people
and outraged pulic sentiment.
Viewing it simply from a political
standpoint we are heartily glad they'
have thus gone upon record, for
when they did they drove another
nail into the coffin and elinched it.
When the committee from Chi
cago had seen Admiral Dewey and
arranged about his visit to Chicago,
they called on Mr. McKinley, who
said he was glad the Admiral was
going, adding: "He is a great sea
fighter. He tells me I made him."
Now, if Dewey ever had any doubt
who his creator was, he knows.
Hanna made McKinley, McKinley
made Dewey. Who comes next in
the creative order? Maybe Teddy
Roosevelt.
Chestnut Ridge, Yadkin county,
is the proud possessor of the small
est baby girl recorded in that terri
tory. She put in an appearance on
St. Patrick's day, andafter being
dressed for reception weighed one
pound and ten ounces. Her parents
are no midgets, her father weighing
150 pounds and her mother 125. At
last accounts the young miss was
flourishing.
When Editor New of Indiana re
marked that Mark Hanna is "a
d d liar" he forgot his Sunday
school training, but all the Indiana,
folk understood him and a majority
of them might have, responded
Hhem's my sentiments." It wasn't
a new discovery.
The personal candidacy of
Admiral Dewey has fallen flat. No
Democratic response has come. The
party as on organization is bound to
Colonel Bryan. Its masses follow
him. In the Republican party the
minute number who voted for Pres
ident McKinley in 1896 and who op
posed to him now on the expansion
issue cannot accept Dewey. He
won the Philippines. He has pre
siscently urged their annexation.1
He signed the Schurman. report,
which sustained as a whole and in
detail the entire policy of the Ad
ministration in the Philippines.
Every Republican in the Republican
party save these few expansionists
so few that they cannot aft ectr the
issue in any State, county, city or
ward is for "President McKinley
first, last and at all times. Phila
delphia Press, Rep.
A Thousand Tongnee
Could not, express the rapture of
Annie K. Springer, 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 had made life a burden.
All other remedies and doctors could
give her no help, but she says of this
Royal Cure "it soon removed the
pain in my chest and I can now sleep
soundly, something I can scarcely re
member doing, before.. I feel like
sounding its praises throughout the
Universe." So will everyone who
tries Dr. King's New Discovery for
any trouble of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price 50 cents and $L00. Trial
bottle 10 cents, at R. B. Bellamy's
drugstore; every bottle guaranteed, t
BMntk ' 'lhs Yoa Haw Always
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Goldsboro Headlight'. The
death of Mr. Robert W. Taylor oc
curred at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Powell, Tuesday morning
at 7 o'clock, after a brief illness, aged
71 years. :
. Newbern Journal: It is with
sincere sorrow that the announcement
Is made of the death of Herbert Biddle
Duffy which occurred at his home
early. Thursday morning at five min
utes past twelve.
Laurinburg Exchange. Mrs.
D. H. Meachum, of this town,: died
Saturday morning. Miss Mar
garet McCormick, a highly' esteemed
old lady of this neighborhood, 'died a
few days ago at the home of her
brother, Mr. Nathan McCormick, at
the ripe age of 80 years. ;
Warrenton Record: The Pop
ulist executive committee for the
county held a meeting here last Mon
day and decided not to put out a
county ticket it the Democratic ticket
was satisfactory. The majority of the
committee, so we have been told, are
in favor of the constitutional amend
ment, and- will vote for it and work
lor its adoption.
Winston Sentinel ; A big fire
swept over a portion of the country
just south of Salisbury Sunday even
iog. Something like a thousand acres
o' ground was burned over, fersons
living in lh?j burned -territory saved
their property by burning around their
buildiogs before the nre reached them.
So far as learned only one' barn was
burned.
-r Salisbury Index: J. T. Wyatt,
C. C. Wyatt and Mr. Cauble, have
just discovered a large vein of gold
and copper ore on Mr. Cauble's land
n&ar'the old Oddie mine about six
miles from Salisbury. They com
menced sinking a' shaft down on the
vein this morning. It promises to be
a good mine and shows up well.
Lexington Dispatch: Revenue
officers made a rich discovery in Boon
township last Thursday. They visited
Mr. W. D. SimprsonTs distillery, but
much to their disappointment found
everything "as the government would
have it." After leaving the still they
made a search through the adjacent
territory and found eight or nine bar
rels of whiskey, containing over 400
gallons, hid out in an' old pine field
over a mile from Mr: Simerson's place
of business. They seized the "stuff,"
of course. Its ownership is unknown.
A five year old son of Mr. Ran
som Hinkle was 60 badly burned last
week as to cause its death. Mr.
Hinkle is a farmer and lives a few
miles from Lexington. Last Tuesday
morning Le burned a lot of corn stalks
ia an old field. . He left the fire for a
few moments and the little tot was
playing near by. In some manner its
clothes caught and it was so badly
burned before the flames could be ex
tinguished that it died on last Thurs
day. CURRENT COMMENT.
The Erie Dispatch says that
"it was the Republican Aministra
tion that made all there is of
Dewey." Yet there are millions "of
perverse Americans who will persist
in believing that Dewey aided mate
rially in making all there is of the
Republican Administration. Phil
adelphia Record, Dem.
There is a probability that
the Grand Army of the Republic of
Illinois will invite Admiral Dewey,
as a presidential candidate, to attend
the Btate encampment to be held in
August. Information of this sort
will be apt to give the administra
tion just a faint thrill of a chill
down the spine. Should the G. A.
R. take a liking to the Admiral as
presidential timber, it might make a
good deal of difference in his pros
pects. Savannah News, Dem.
Gen. Otis has not been re
called too soon. We understand, of
course, that, in the polite phraseol
ogy of official life, he is reluctantly
permitted to return to the United
States. But the fact of importance
is that he is about to leave Manila,
and we hasten to put on record our
grateful acceptance of the new ar
rangement. If we - have, at this
happy moment, a word to say, 'it
must be to the effect that Gen. Otis
might well have been, "permitted"
to come home twelve months ago.
Washington Post, Ind.
TWINKLINGS.
Bacon "Styles says that last
satin dress bis wife got broke him."
Egbert "Sort of a satin finish, . was
it?" Yonkers Statesman.
"Was the lecture shocking? I
hear that the lecturer spoke the naked
truth." "Oh, no; it was clothed in
most proper language." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
"What's your idea of the dif
ference between a city and a town!"
"Well, a town is a place where butter,
eggs and chickens are cheap." Chica
go Record.
Larry "So it took a flood' av
wather toquinch th foire?" Denny
"Yis, but, be hivins! it took somethin'
stronger than wather to ,quinch our
thirsts after th' foire."
Fuddle "You know Stocks,
don't you?" Doctor "Yes, indeed.
He is now a patient of mine." Fud
die "Pretty wideawake man isn't
hel" Doctor "I should say so. I'm
treating him for insomnia." Tit
Bits.
m
Shall I charge up the amount
the cashier skipped out with to profit
and loss?" queried the bookkeeper.
"No," replied the head of the firm,
"put it down under running expenses,"
Philadelphia Record.
"I-I-I say," stammered the
stranger, looking about at the lamp
post confusedly, "c-c an you t-t ell me
where I I am ?" "No, I really can't,"
was the reply of the passer-by; "you
know, he who hesitates is lost."
Yonkers Statesman.
"Great Britain has declined our
good offices," read the Chicago man.
"Declined them !" gasped the Canton
man. "Why, you don't mean to say
that the President offered England any
good offices? Why, man, ever citi
zen of Ohio hasn't been offered a good
office yet."
A Full Collection "Jes' one
word," said Uncle Remus from the
pulpit, as the collection -was about to
be taken ; "dar's been a mighty sight
ob chicken-stealin' 'bout here lately.
Now don' any yo' any yo' niggers dat
help steal dem chickens put nuffin' in
de 'lection box. I's not goin' to hab
any ob yo' 'gracing de good Lawd dat
way. nohow." Harper's Bazar.
Partlaalnr.
Man These'eggs are not done' .
Woman I had them in the water
precisely 43 seconds, as you directed.
Man Doubtless your watch Is fast
Detroit Journal. . j
Keeps Him Bur .
"Have you steady employment. ndwr
Bulyr : ' - ;
"Yes: I'm courting a girl who has
Ave other beaus." Chicago Record.
The shock and strain of being
, r .
nreu iium a ctuuiuu uauy
through circus season,,
would seem to be extraor
dinary." But it is not nearly
bo wearinar nixra ; the
average- woman's nerv
ous system, as the strain
ana drain ox tne ev
ery day life of the -'
married - woman, - It
is not the
great , shock of .
which wears the
the "continual
So in woman's
the- greaf de-,
her .- enercrv
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stone but ;;
dropping:
life it is not
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as possible, but the 8tab wufnot ba responsible
tor any variations from the actual mar feet price
of tha articles anoted 1
t3r Tbe following quotations represent
whole&ale Prices generally. In making up
email orders hlnher orices have to b charged.
BAOafWCJ "
Jute
- Standard
Burlaps
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams 9 B
Bides 9
Shoulders V
DBY SALTED
Bides S
Shoulders V t
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each
New New York, each. ......
New City, each
BEESWAX V
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7 5 7fc
O 15
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O' 8
734 7W
7J4
O 140
1 40 1 50
1 40& 1 SO
S5
BKICKS
WUmmzton 9 M.
8 75
O 7 00
14 00
Northern 9 00
BUTTER
North Carolina 9 80
Northern 25
- OKN HEAL
Per bushel, in sacks 53
Virginia Heal 53
COTTON TTEu 9 bundle 1 25
25
SO
65
55
85
25
11
13
14
12
18
11
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CANDLdOJ 9
Sperm
Adamantine ......
CHEESE 9
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream
Btate
C CFFEE 9
Laguyra
Rio ;
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard
Yarns, fl bunch of 5 s .
F-GG8 9 dozen
FI8H
18
8
13
13H
13
mo
70
11
10
Mackerel, so. 1, 9 barrel
22 00
80 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
4 00
Mackerel, No. 1, 9 nalf-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 16 00
Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.. 8 00
Mackerel, No. 8, 9 barrel... 13 08
Mullets, 9 barrel 8 75
Mullets, Vpork barrel....
N. C. Roe Herring, 9 keg
Dry Cod, 9 t
Extra
ri.ocra-9
Low grade ,
Choice
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s eo
3 85
10
4 60
8 00
6
4 35
3 50
3 75
4 00
4 60
Straight 8 85
First patent
GLUE 9
GRAIN bushel
Corn, from store, bgs White
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Bust Proof
Cow Peas .
HIDES 9
Green salted
Dry flint
85
10H
UK
8
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53
40
45
90
80
10
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9
LOO
60
1 00
1 00
85
urv Bait
HAY 9 100 s
Clover Hay
Bice Straw 40
Eastern 90
western..... 90
North River 80
HOOP IRON, 9 3H,
4K
Northern .' 7
North Carolina '.. 8
LIME, 9 barrel 1 10
LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M ft
Ship Stunt, resawed 18 00
Bough edge Plank 15 00
West India cargoes, accord
i Ing to quality IS 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
Common mill 5 00
Fair mlB 6 60
Prime mill 8 50
Extra mill 10 00
MOLASSES 9 gallon
Barbadoes, in ttegshead.....
Barbadoes, in barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . . 88
N Porto Rico, in barrels 88
Sugar House, in hogsheads. 18
Sugar BoBse, in barrels.... 14
Syrup, in barrels 15
NAILS, 9 keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . S 95
PORK. 9 barrel
City Mess... j. 13 00
Bump t. 11 50
Prime . 11100
HOPE, t i 10
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
Liverpool ..a 90
-American.. 81
On 125 9 Sacks
10
1 15
20 00
16 00
18 00
82 00
15 00
6 50
8 00
10 00
10 50
85
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M,
Common..
5 00
1 60
Cvorees BaDS 8 50
SUGAR, 9 1 Standard Gran'd '
Standard A..
White Extra C
Extra C, Oolden
C, Yellow... i....-
SOAP, lv-Northern SM
STAVES. V M W. O. barrel.... 6 00 :
B. o. Hogsneaa.
TIMBER, 9 M feet-Shipping..
SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed
9 00
9 m GXM neart.
- sap....
5x30 Heart..
" sap 8 00
6X24 Heart 6 00
Sap....... 8 00
TALLOW, 9
WHISKEY, 9 gallon. Northern liOO
Moron uaroiina 1 uo
WOOL ner S Unwashed.
16 O
Building? His Own Tomb.
The tombs which Americans build
for themselves, and that frequently
during their ! lifetime, are daily becom
ing more remarkable for the display of
the owner's wealth. For many years
the tomb of the late Jay Gould was the
finest in the famous cemetery of Wood
lawn, Brooklyn, and cost $50,000, hav
ing for a long time the record of being
the most ; costly burial place in the
country.
Now Senator William Clark of Mon
tana is having a tomb built for himself,
the cost of which will be no less than
$160,000. It is 30 feet by 44 feet at the
base, and is composed chiefly of white
granite. The steps are cut in one piece,
the first instance of American work of
that kind,1 and the pediment consists of
a single piece of granite weighing 81
tons, the ridgestone weighs 23 tons and
the buttresses 14 tons each. The inte
rior is brightened by a white Tuscan
marble altar, placed on the tessellated
floor, and is inlaid with green marble
and gold colored glass in mosaic.
A-
Is to see to it that her
children begin early in
life to shampoo their
heads regularly once a
week; . In each in
stance, after the hnir
Is thoroughly dry, some mild, health-giving
tonic should be applied to the scalp to aid
nature in creating the best possible growth
of uniformly colored, lustrous, healthy hair
the most important feature in the make-up.
of beautiful women and handsome men:
For more than fifteen years, the
? Sutherland Sisters
'Scalp Cleaner 9t
has stood at the apex of all shampoo washes,
while the " Hair Gsowxs " has been equal
ly successful in its efforts to return the
injured scalp and almost lifeless hair to
their original healthfulness.
sold bt DBUoonrA.
MGJ
COMMERCIAL.
.WILMINGTON MABKET
STAB OFFICE. April 12.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 52 cents per gallon for
machine made casks and 51 Va cts per
gallon for country casks. ' , -
- ROSIN Market - quiet at $1.15
per bbl , for strained and $1.20 for
good strained. :
TAR Market firm at .$L20 per
bbl of 280 Bs. -
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
steady at $2.00 per barrel for hard,
$3.25 for dip, and for virgin.
- Quotations same day last year.
Spirits ' turpentine firm at 4241c;
rosin firm at 95c$1.00;-tar firm at
95c; crude turpentine quiet at $1.35
2.40.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine.'.
Rosin .-.-....
Tar
31
104
112
17
Crude turpentine.
Receintsi same day last year. 11
casks spirits turpentine,- 725 bbls
rosin, 233 bbls tar, 20 bbls crude
turpentine.
. COTTON.
Market quiet on a basis of 9c per
pound for middling. Quotations;:
Ordinary 7 1-16 cts $ lb
Good ordinary 8 7-16" " "
Low middling 9 1-16 " '
Middling 9 " "
Good middling .... . 9 ,4
Same day last year middling firm
at 6c.
Receipts 76 bales; same day last
year, 18.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds ; fancy, 77 & 80c,
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime
55c: fancy. 60c.
CORN Firm,, 53K to 55 cents per
busnel for wmte.
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 85 cents: upland. 6060 cents.
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 $3.50 to
9.00 per M.
LOCAL SECURITIES.
Quotations on local securities, furnished and
reguiariy correctea oy uugn jnacuae & km. :
1 STOCK3. .- '
BIO.
, 110
ASKED,
A. C. L. of Conn., 5 per ct. Certs..
1124
A. C. L. of Conn., stock , 175
A. C. L. of 8. CL . .
1Z3
185
140
158
Wilmington & Weldon..
W. &. W. 7 ner ct Certs .
N. C. R. B 158 161
Wilmington Compress Co ' 10
Delgado Mills 110 U2
Wilmington Cotton Hills, pfd 110 115
Wilmington Oas Light Co 70 74
Carolina Insurance Co 10716 . . .
Underwriters' Insurance Co lOOg
National sank 01 w umington. ...... 110 lis
Atlantic National Bank 203 ...
Hurchison National Bank 110
WU. Savings & Trust Co 800
Wachovia Loan & Trust Co
Bank of Laurinburg
Blue Ridge National Bank 110 113
Warren Manuf ac'lng Co., preferred ... 105
Abbeville Cotton Hills 110
Southern Cotton Mills. , 101
Piedmont Manufacturing Co 175
Pacolet Manufacturing Co 210
F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co...... 135 135
Anderson Cotton Mills 130 ...
Pelzer'Manufacturlng Co 175
Union Cotton Mills, preferred... 106
BOND8.
N. C. 4's..... 106$ 107
N.C.6'8.. 135 140
City Wllm, con. 5's, gold, 1982 112 115
City Wilm. con. 5's, cur leo
City Wllm. 5's 1919 100
City Wllm. 6's 101 105
Masonic Temple 1st 6's 105
Masonic Temple 2d 6's 100
Wilmington Compress Co.'s 5's 85 ...
Wilmington & Weldon 5's. 115 ...
A. C. L. 4's 100
N. H. County 5's, geld, 1907 105
Cityof Wilmington 4's. 1929.... 102 103
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. April 12. Money
on call steady at 3U4 per cent, last
loan Si per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4U5 per cent. Sterling ex
change firm with actual business in
bankers' bills at 487 and 487 for
demand and at 483 for sixty days.
rosted rates 484.x and 4884SSX
Commercial bills 483 484. Silver cer
Mexican dollars 47M- Government
bonds heavy. State bonds ; inac
tive. Railroad bonds strong. U.
8. refunding 2's (when issued)
103: U. . 3'S, reg'd, 99; U. S.
S's, reg'd, 1G9 ; do. coupon, 110;
U.o- new 4's, reg'd, ex int. 133: do. cou
pon,133; U. S. old 4's, reg'd, 114;
da coupon, 114K; U. S. 5's, reg'd.
ex int.ll2; do. coupon, 114; N.C. 6's
127; do. 4's, 106; Southern R'y S's
112X. Stocks : Baltimore & Ohio 85:
Chesapeake & Ohio S3H ; Manhattan L
86; New York Central 136; Reading
19K; do. 1st prefer'd 63K; St Paul
123 ; do. preferred 172 ; Southern
Railway 14 H; do. pref'd 59; Amer
ican Tobacco, 106; do. preferred 135;
Jfeopie's Oas 1U7H; Sugar 109 X; do.
preferred 111; T. C. & Iron 92;
u. . Lteatner izx;do. preferred 73;
western Union 83 a.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, April 12. Rosin was
steady. Spirits turpentine steady.
Charleston, April 12. Spirits tur
pentine was firm at 51 Xc: sales
casks. Rosin firm; sales barrels.
Prices unchanged.
Savanitah, April 12. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 51c: sales 241 casks; re'
ceipts 678 casks; exports casks.
Rosin firm; sales 95 barrels; receipts
1,485 barrels ; exports barrels.
I COT! ON MARKETS.
Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, April 12 Speculation
in cotton futures was not active to
day. An unusual array of bullish fac
tors confronted tne trade this morn
ing, but the result was disappointing.
The market, after opening two to five
points higher and increasing the ad
vance one to three points on the more
active positions,- became easier. The
failure of the market to r; spond fully
to the very steady closing of the Eng
lish market with crop accounts more
bullish and Southern spot holders
firmer, led to a disposition to re
alize on local long contracts, if not
to take the short side of the account.
The latter course was pursued in a
conservative' way by a few of the prin
cipal bear houses, and prices gave way
four to seven points from the best fig
ures of the forenoon, after which trad
ing was slow. The double holiday led
to some trading for the purpose of
evening-up accounts. The weekly
Laverpool statistical statement was ex
ceptionally strong, port and interior
receipts very light, but toe market
dragged most of the day. The close
was barely steady, with prices six
Soints higher to three points net lower,
hort selling in the distant months
caused relative. weakness in those op
tions. New York,. April 12. Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 9 1316c.
Cotton futures closed barely steady:
April and May 9.48, June 9.41, July
9.39, August 9.23, September 8.41,
October 8.11. November and December
7.96, January 7.97, February 7. 99,
March 8.01.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling
uplands 9 1316c; middling gulf 10
l-16c ; sales 249 bales.
Net receipts 3uu bales 1 gross receipts
3,891 bales r exports to Great Britain
5.448 bales: exports to the Continent
2,611 bales; stoek 127,505 bales.
' Total to-day Net . receipts 4.284
bales ; exports to Great Britain 12,991
bales; exports to" France bales:
exports to the Continent 8.592 bales;
Stock 562.197 bales.- -
I Consolidated Net receipts 43,597
bales: exports to Great Britain 56.444
bales; exports to France 7,266 bales;
exporte to the Continent 49,806 bales.
j Total since September 1st Net re
ceipts 6,050,228 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1,947,188 bales; exports to
France 655,807 bales ; - exports to the
Continent 2,260,470 bales. .
net receipts 1,319 bales; Norfolk, firm
at 9jcv net receipts 314 . bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 9Mc, net receipts
bales ; Boston, steady at 9 13 16, net
receipts 1,139 bales ; Wilmington, steady
at 9& net receipts 76 bales Philadel
phia, firm at 101-16, net receipts 48
bales; Savannah, steady' at 9, net
receipts 694 bales ; New Orleans, steady
at : 9 7-16c, net receipts 233 bales; Mo
bile, steady at 9e net 'receipts 224
bales; Memphis, steady at 9H5, net re
ceipts 96 bales: Augusta, steady at 9c,
net receipts 45 bales; Charleston, firm
at. 9c, net receipts 37 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
New York, April 12. Flour quiet
and generally easier, except .for low
grade winters which have been cleaned
up at steady prices, for the cracker
trade. . Winter patents $3.704.00;
winter straights $3.453.55; Minnesota
patents $3. 703.95. Wheat, spot weak;
No. 2 red 79 c. Options were quiet
and wtak all day, feeling the influence
of bi arish foreign markets, a break in
corn, small clearances and a light ex
port irade.j Liberal unloading of wheat
bought yesterday on the crop report
was prompted by this news and tbe
market closed weak at J4Mc net de
cline; May closed at 73je; July 73c;
September 74 c. Corn Spo weak;
No. 2 46c. Options were weak and
lower ali day, except for a brief mid
day rally on covering. The chief sell
ing motives were lower cables, small
export trade and biff receipts West.
Closed weak at H2c decline; May
closed iiHc; July 45Hcf September
, 452c. uats-spot easier; No? 2 28c.
Optioos inactive and weak, closing Mc
lower ; May closed at28c. Lard firm ;
refined firm; Continent $7 60: South
American $8 00, Pork firm. Butter
barely steady; Western creamery 17
20c; State dairy 16 19. Cheese dull
and weak; fancy large white 12&12Mc:
fancy large colored 13c; fancy small
wmte oxiz M c ; fancy small colored
1313Mc Eggs easier; Southern at
mark llc. Potatoes steadier; New
Jersey $1 251 50: New York $1 75:
, Long Island $1 501 75; New Jersey
sweets $3 5U3 00. Tallow dull. Pe
troleum easier. Rice steady. 'Cabbage
steady. Freights to Liverpool-Cotton
steady. Coff ee Rio steady ; No. 7
invoice 7ic; jxo. 7 jobbing 8e; mild
market quiet and steady; Cordova 9
14c. Sugar firm i fair refining 4c ;
centrifugal 96 test 4c; molasses sugar
3 13 16; refined firm. Cotton seed oil
active and strong at higher prices,
helped .by the. advance in lard pro
ducts. Quoted s follows : Prime
crude, in barrels, 34 p; prime summer
yellow 37J38c; off summer yellow
nominal; butter grades 3839c; prime
winter yellow 3940c; prime white
39c; prime meal $26 50.
Chicago, April 12. The grain mar
kets were weak and only moderately
active to day. Wheat closed f e, corn
ilc and oats ifc under yesterday.
Provisions were irregular. May pork
and ribs closing unchanged ; May lard
12J15e up.
Chicago, April 12. -Cash quotations :
Flour steady. Wheat No. 3 spring
6363;No. 2 red 6970. Corn-No.
2, 3939c. Oats No. 2 2525Mc;
No. 2 white 2728c; No. 3 white
c. Pork, per barrel, $12 - 10
12 75.! Lard, per 100 lbs, $6 75
6 7214. Short rib sides, loose, $6' 90
7 25 Dry salted shoulders, $6 82
6 87- Short clear sides, boxed, $720
7 30. Whiskey Distillers' finished
goods, per gallon, $1 25X-
The leading futures ranged as fo
lows opening, highest, lowest and
closing: Wheat No. 2 April , ,
: , 66c; May 66M66, 67, 66,
66&c; July 6768, 6868X, 67,
67 ; September 68, 68, 68,
Corn No.2 April , r-, , 38ji; May
39J39, 39, 38. 38&38 ; July
4040&, 4040. S9t 39
,39c; September 40M"40, 41J
41X, 40J$. 40a Oats May 24J$
22, 2424, 24. 2424c;
July 24M24s, 24fg, 24, 21; Sep
tember 23M, 23H, 23M, 23. Pork, per
bbl May $12 62, 12 72, 12 37,
12 62; July $12 75, 12 87,12 50,
12 80. Lard, per 100 lbs May $6 82,
7 00, 6 82j, 7 00; July $6 90, 7 12,
6 90. 7 07K; September $7 00, 7 17,
7 00, 7 17H- Short ribs, per 100 lbs
May $6 95, 7 02, 6 95, 7 00; July
$6 90, 7 02 J4 6 90, 7 00; September
$6 92. 7 02X, 6 92, 7 00.
! Baltimore, April 12. Flour- firm
and unchanged. Wheat weak Spot
and April 7272;gc: May 73
73e; July 73M73c; Southern
iwheat by sample 6974jc. Corn
jdull and easy Spot and April 43X
43c; Southern white corn 4445c..
Oats firm No. 2 white 3131&c;No.
2 mixed 29c bid.
FOREIGN MARKET
By Cable to the Morning Btai.
Liverpool, April 12, 4 P. M. Cot-
n Spot quiet; prices l-32d higher;
American middling fair, 5 23 32d ;
kood middling 5d; middling" 5 7 16d;
low middling 5 5-16d : ffood ordinary
fijid; ordinary 4 15 16d. Te sales of
the day were 7,000 bales, of which 500
were for speculation and export, and
included 6,700 American. Keceipts
2.000 bales, no American.
Futures opened steady and closed
Very steady at the advance. American
middling (1. in. c.) April 5 24-64d
Buyer; April and May 4 21-64d seller;
May and June 5 18-645 19 64d seller;
June and July ,5 15-16d buyer; July
and August 5 13-64d buyer; August and
September. 5 4 64d buyer; September
J 1 T A AA CtAsaA AK. &AA 1.. .
October and November 4 33-64
4 34 64d buyer: November and Decern'
ber 4 27 644 28-64d buyer; December
and January 4 25-64d value; January
Dd February 4 23-644 34 64d seller.
Tbe Cotton Exchange will be closed
ntil Tuesday, April 17th.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
1st of Vessels In tfc iP or Wil
alBKton I-. April 13, 1900.
SCHOONERS,
va A Danenhower, 212 tons, John
son. George Harriss. Son & Co.
in ah C Kaminski, 421 tons, Ray, New
York, Cieorge Harris s, Son go uo.
tility (Br) 124 tons, Bishop, George
Harriss, Son & Co.
Qhas C Lister, 267 tons, Robinson,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Jno D Long, 66 tons, Jervey, Charles
ton to Providence, George Harriss,
Son & Co. (In distress.)
Lois V Chaples, 192 tons, Medero, J
TJiiley&Uo. -BARQUES.
Sbnora , (Nor), 534 tons, Tellefsen,
Heide&Co. t
BARQUENTINE.
Mercur (Nor), 518 tons, Hansen, Cape
Town, Heide 6t Uo.
UDTfla -
.1 - .uxuvra?.
"venturer (Br). 318 tons. Fernandez,
jisGeorge Harriss, Son & Co. 4
BARGES.
Carrie L Tyler, 538 tons, Jones, Vir
' Jginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Maria Dolores, 610 tons, Bonneau,
jVirginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Store end CottoB
Yesierdsy.
.- W. C. &A. Railroad-76 bales
ton, fccaaks spirits turpentine 4
rels rosin, 62 barrels tar, 15 bahS
crude turpentine. "e!s
A. &'Y. Railroad 13 casks stint,
turpentine, 57 barrels rosin, 5 barrel!
J0..C. Railroad-8 casks spirits tur
8teamer Driver--65 barrels tar 9
barrels crude turpentine ' '
Steamer Seabnght-4 casks spirit,
turpentine, 43 barrels rosin, 10 barrels
Total-Cotton 76 bales; spirits tur.
pntine, 31 casks; rosin, 104 barrels
tor, 115 barrels; crude turpentine 17
barrels. ' 11
MARI3N K
ARRIVED.
Stmr. Seabright, Sanders, Calabash
and Little River, S. C, Stone, Rourk
& Co.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Favett
ville, T D Love. 7 "
Clyde steamship Saginaw, John
son, Georgetown, S C, H G Small
bones.
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fave;
ville, TD Love.
Alimentary
LIXBR
Is highly recommended as a remedy for
lung diseases and as a preventive for
typhoid, malarial and all kinds of fevers.
Agents, E. Fongrera&Co., New York
Seasonable
Goods.
MULLETS, new catch.
Best Cream Cheese,
Martin's Gilt Edge Butter,
Bagging and Ties:
SALT.
A GENERAL LINE OF UacE OO'Ji : n
DEMAND AT THIS SEASON.
Sole agents for Rob Roy
FLOUR.
HcNAIR & PEARSALL
86D 10 tf
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