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MOON'S PHASES.
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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WIJ-JIINGTU.Pi, JS. C.
Tuesday MoKHTse, August 28.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President :
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of NeMa.
For Vice-President:
Idlai E. STEYENSON. of niinois.
f .For Congress, Sixth District:
JOHN D.BELLAMY, of New Hanoier.
HO EXCUSE TOR STAYING Iff
CHINA
As the McKinley administration
pursued a wabbling and contradic
tory policy with the Philippines, so
it is pursuing a wabbling, contradic
tory policy with China. Troops
were ordered into China to rescue
our legation and other Americans
whose lives were threatened in
Pekin. They were sent there be
cause the Chinese government prac
tically confessed either by its inac
tion or its failure, its inability to
cope with the Boxers and give our
people the protection they should
have. Mr. McKinley went outside
of his legal authority in sending
these troops into China, but the
emergency of the case and the mo
tive were his justification for the as
sumption of authority, and it was
overlooked, and even commended
on account of the motive.
Our troops under their bold, reso
lute commanders showed the char
acteristic American pluck and dash,
and gave their country further rea
son to feel proud of her soldiers;
but with the relief and rescue of
our people in Pekin the object for
which the troops were sent and the
object of the march to Pekin was
accomplished.
Now it seems that the adminis
tration is looking to something else
and trying to find a pretext to keep
the troops in' China. It may be,
we are told, through the Fall and
Winter, which means an indefinite
time. This seems to have been de
cided npon, for lumber has been
ordered from the Pacific coast to
put up buildings for Winter
quarters. While Mr. McKinley had
no constitutional authority for mak- .
ing practical if not technical war
upon. China, this was overlooked, as
we have stated, on account of the
emergency and the motive, but . he
certainly has no authority to order
those troops to remain there indefi
nitely, without the direction of Con
gress. The emergency and the mo
tive of their presence there have
both ceased.
There can be but two objects in
keeping them there, or rather one of
two objects. It is either to be in
position to strike China again in the
event she refuses the indemnity we
demand for what has already occur
red, or it is to be in a posi
tion to protect our interests that
may be . jeopardized by the
action of other powers which have,
jointly with us, taken a hand in
this business. In neither event have
we men enough there. Not enough
men to make war upon China nor
to protect our interests if a clash oc
cur among the other powers which
are looking out for their own inter
ests. The'result will be that to ac
complish anything in either of these
directions we must have a large
army there or form an alliance with
some of the other nation and thus
become tangled up in the meshes
with the European land grabbers.
Whether there be any intention to
grab a patch of ground over there is
not stated and would not be ad
mitted if the assertion were made.
Any intention of this kind isdis-.
ciaimedby the spokesmen and organs
of the administration.
While the American people ap-
proYeaoi we measures to relieve
the legation and others in Pekin,
even at the cost of war with China,
uinai came as a result, they do
not, now that the object has been
accomplished, approve of keeping
me army in uhina, and making it
practically an army of occupation,
as in the case of Cuba and the Phil-
- r
lippmea, jar, McKinley admits
uuawueuue says tnat while tb
American people would like to hav
the army called home, and he would
like to accommodate them, there is
danger that it might have a bad ef
fect on the Chinese and be looked
npon as a retreat. Thia is simply a
pretence to do something which
as determined upon and for which
there was no other or better ex
cuse. While the party organs are wait
ing to see what the administration
policy will be they are not saying
much, lest they might antagonize
this policy in ad?ance, but the inde- I
pendent press is earnest in its
demands for the withdrawal of the
troops. They ail to see anything
in the administration's reason for
deciding to keep the troops there,
and they give very good reasons
why they should not be kept there.
The following from the New York
Herald will serve to show the senti
ment of the independent press, and
doubtless also the sentiment of a
large majority of the American peo
ple. Commenting upon the views
expressedby the Philadelphia Times,
the Philadelphia Ledger and other
papers, it says:
There can be no reason for keep
ing an army in China unless it be for
wag-ins: war. This cannot be done by
Executive edict without usurping a
power which the constitution vests
solely in Congress. It cannot be done
without drawing the United States
into a general conflict, disastrous to
its interests and perilous to its des
tiny. From such a conflict every na
tional tradition and every considera
tion of national welfare and safety
demand that this country should keep
entirely clear. We hare no right,
business or interest in China as a bel
ligerent. We have no part to play
with European powers in what may
develop into a struggle for conquest
or plunder. It is no affair of ours,
and we should keep well out of it
"It is unfortunate that in a crisis
fraught with even more momentous
E usabilities than the Philippine issue
r. McKinley does not give that assu
rance which the American people
have a right to expect, that the troops
will be called back in due season. On
the contrary, it is intimated that they
may be kept there indefinitely. There
is no evidence of any intention to
withdraw the army from a scene where
at any monent it may find itself- en
3aged in a declared war.
'The announced policy of the ad
ministration is to seek 'some solution'
of the Chinese puizle to preserve
China's territorial and administrative
entity,' to maintain the 'open door'
and so .on. If this means that the
United States is to take a hand in the
settlement of the difficulty, to stay in
China with the other powers and see
the thing through; it is a dangerous
policy, for once entered upon no one
can tell where it will end or to what
it will lead. When we entered the
Philippines neither Mr. McKinley
nor any one else dreamed of the
consequences that would flow
from it. Is not the same likely
to prove as true, but on a far
larger and graver scale, in the Chinese
affair! Can we stay in China without
being drawn into whatever death strug
gle may developt Can we play a minor
role without being force din to a leading
one? Can we keep an army there
without becoming an active party to
any war that may break out?
No, Mr. McKinley, the only safe
course is to recall the army, withdraw
from the brink and leave the other
Powers to deal with a crisis which is
their business and noheofours. The
sooner this is undertaken the easier it
can be accomplished and the better it
will be for the safety, honor and wel
fare of the United States.
Yielding to the influence that
others had upon him Mr. McKinley
departed from his original policy to
wards the Philippines and bought us
a war that has already cost us nearly
$200,000,000 and several thousand
lives, and yielding to rash or selfish
counsel he may depart from his pro
fessed motive in sending troops to
China, keep them there without au
thority, and get us into business
much more serious than the Philip
pines, as costly and discreditable as
that has been.
HE CAN'T SEE IT.
An unsophisticated McKinley ex
pansionist in Chicago thinks he has
discovered a poser for Mr. Bryan,
and thus states it in a letter to the
Chicago Times-IL$r did:
How is Mr. Brvan eoinsr to nretect
the Filipinos from the foreign govern
ments unless he keeps an army over
there? I do not see how we are going
to do with any less number of soldiers
than we have. Imperialism is all roL"
Modesty or something else pre
vented the inventor or discoverer of
this conundrum from signing his
name to his letter, which is to be
regretted, for such a bright genius
should be known to his fellow citi
zens. After this interrogatory he
might now ask himself how Hawaii
was protected by this Government
for over half a century. Attempts
were made by European Govern
ments to get a foothold there, but
they were deterred by remonstrance
from this Government, accompanied
by theanformation that this Gov
ernment looked upon itself as the
guardian of Hawaii and would feel
obliged if circumstances required it
to assert that- guardianship. That
information sufficed and the Ha
waiian islands continued nnder their
own government.
For more than half a century
didn't this Government exercise a
protectorate over the Republics
south of ub, not one of which was
strong enough to protect itself
against foreign aggression if that
were attempted? The very fact
that this country assumed that pro
tectorate and it was believed would
maintain it by force if necessary,
protected those countries from
foreign aggression, and yet we never
found it necessary to maintain a
large army or navy to dolt. The
belief that we would was sufficient.
And io it would be in the case of
the Philippines. There are few if
any European governments which
would attempt to , encroach upon
them when they realized that in
doing ao they, would affront the
United States and run the risk of a
war that would cost them more than
they would gain by encroachment.
THEIR HYPOCRISY.
In some of the speeches which Mr.
Bryan is ow making in the West he
is exposing the hypocrisy of the Ee
publican leaders, for the especial
benefit of the unsophisticated Re
publicans who belieye that they are
honest and that they mean what
they say. He calls attention to the
fact that four years ao they allpro-
n.iA tn ha bimetalli8ts. sincere
friends of the silyer dollar and very
anxious to see it reinstated, for which
purpose they pledged themselves to
do all in their power to secure the
co-operation of the European Gov
ernments t&that end.
Apparently to keep good faith
Mr. McKinley appointed a commis
sion, which went to Europe, spent
some time waltzing around and
came back with the report that it
could not do anything just then,
but hoped to accomplish something
later. Since then there has been
absolutely nothing done to carry
out that pledge, but on the con
trary Congress with that bimetallic
pledge before it proceeded to pass
the gold standard bill, which
knocked silver as a debt paying
money clear out. Now neither the
campaign orators or the party or
gans chirp about bimetallism, and
no one would ever suspect from
that such a thine had ever
existed or was ever referred to in
any of their pary platforms.
Mr. Bryan asks the question why
is this? If bimetallism was so good
four years ago that it was deemed
advisable to give it a prominent
place in their platform emphasized
with a supplemental pledge, why
isn't it good now? If they were
honest in their professed belief in it
then why do they ignore it now and
pass it over in silence? And why if
tfcpv helieva the ratio of 16 to 1 i8
dishonest, repudiation, etc, is the
Treasury coining silver dollars at the
rate of 4,000,000 dollars a month
at the "dishonest" ratio of 16 to 1,
and why has it been coining subsid
iary silver these past three years at
the same ratio?
Bnt this is one illustration of
their hypocrisy on the silver ques
tion, while they are equally hypo
critical on other questions on which
they have been systematically hum-
hncrinc the teoile who follow
oo
them. '
THE VOTE OH THE AMENDMENT
AID FOR GOVERNOR.
COUNTIES.
Stic
3 s
h-4
Alamance
Alexander.
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
23531
826
2388
24981
892
2321
104,'
1027
717
214
614
784
607
522
19G9
1525
966
1875
948
496
1983
1456
2015
1659
2933
8675
1589
915
4332
1509
1015
1248
545
1363
142
2008
4755
778
1065
388
1483
9012
2649
Beaufort...
Bertie
Bladen
Brans wick
Buncombe.
Burke
Cabarrus...
Caldwell...
Camden....
Carteret....
Caswell....,
Catawba...
944
14301
12201
849
992
3707
417M
3401
15071
1893
1128
llTffl
1578
1171
1551
1354
1272
567
551
55
908
12771
1896
1976
1103.
917
454
11851
1332
1437
19-28
1708
707
1138
302
95'i
1313
1863
Chatham
Cherokee....
Chowan
Clav
1894
1C80
948
418
Cleveland
Columbus
2701
2231
1652
117a
1234
2178
1201
Craven
Cumberland.
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
2662
2713
1012
95H
2611
932
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2719
1002
624
1629
374
413
980
2278
1378
531
406
2275
2235
938
2406
956
2125
2766
Davie...
Dublin..
1367
2072
1361
1299
2170
885
2432
Durham.... .
Edgecombe..
Forsyth
franklin
Gaston
Satee
Graham
Granville ....
Greene..... .
Guilford
Halifax ,
Harnett
Haywood....,
Henderson...
Hertford
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston....
Jones
Lenoir
9689
2212
9781
874
8758
2810
8561
2918
1836
3021
1831
2482
1581
2514
1584
603
843
1527
774
8348
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596
374
1610
066
1232
396
2540
1474
3S6
245M
1571
S941
83581
4071
62X
14661
890
1387
1549
1989
897
844
6618
1515
1736
8;
1339
1281
1244
1498
429
903
2319
1025
1121
1407
976
2683
1368
971
2873
2779
1118
1019
8853
1064
1749
665
1750
941
906
694
1128
2121
961
2101
Lincoln .
Macon ..
Madison
1255
913
970
1989
1124
5110
477
1929
1840
2996
2967
2469
1531
13151
1311
1288
1059
2374
990
1127
2497
1044
1176
2002
Mama
McDowell ...
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
9931
105
15571
1174
609)
1034
1627
1940
868
1875
1360
3
1964
413
870
1341
moors...... ...
Nash
Hew Hanover,
NorthamDton.,
1876
1330
18901
2957
81
1095
6711
263
24381
1548
1096
Onslow
637
orange.,
1406
669
1542
15
964
1493
1471
1489
rwiuiw.i.
491
65'
699
Pasquotank
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8ZH
lf.02
1960
959
926
276
732
18
9096
65S
2514
185
557
nuuor i.itt...
291
679
Perquimans
rerson
1658
1251
160'
.... ....
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
9414
2041
943J
53 il
512
2318
1616:
4015
638
-25C9
S468
1645
4100
2918
19SI
nKiuwuu ....
Robeson
Rockingham .
Rowan
704
2046
1716
1946
am
8157
1519
Rutherford
2304
9108
2389
138
10M
2092
Bam peon ,
Scotland
1902
2061
1954
1803
1417
1406
2013
449
693
622
2896
1343
6668
1807
1037
919
8838
1351
7
25
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858
147
15191
87
1977
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9594
818
607
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Burry
154
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Tyrrell
union .
Vanoe.
400
822
913
4478
1366
54T
1436
1816
891
410
23791
660
944
4448
1069
1904'
5722
2133
976
1055
88SH
1485
2916
1011
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Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
571
1411
1878
2257
22401
Wilson A
2855
968
1448
1430
Yadkin
Yancey
18U
1173
1821
751
986
1081
Total.
182217
129285 !
186650!
126296
Some of the papers are holding up
Got. Moses, of South Carolina, who
has recently been convicted in Boston
on the charge of stealing $5, as a
frightful example. As a young man
he started out well, was of good
family, but went astray, became a
Radical politician, .got into bad com
pany and became demoralized.
Night of Terror.
"Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn-
ham, of Machias, Me- when the doc
tors said she could not live till morn
ing," writes Mrs. S. EL Lincoln, who
attended her that fearful night. "All
thought she must soon die from nneu-
monia, but she begged for Dr. King's
New Discovery, saying it had more
than once saved ner iiie, and had
cured her of consumption. After
three small dotes she slept easily all
nifht. and its further use comoletelT
cured her' . This marvellous medi-
i cine is guaranteed to cure all Throat,
uneet and uang JUiseases. unly 50
cents and $1.00. Trial bottles 10 cents
at K. B. Bellamy's drujr store, t
iTbe Kind Tw Haw Always Bought .
Bsantiie A
; ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. - !
Tha Durham Herald aucrireats: - "If.
as some claim, all those papers which
favor dropping the negro in the pres
ent campaign are '- hopeful of Mc
Kinley'a election, there is good reason
to fear that the Kansas City platform
may not pull Bryan through in wis
SUte." r
The Stab has not observed that
Buch claim has been made; and we
certainly make no such claim our
selves. But Isn't it true that all
papers that favor the election, of
McKinley and all those that are giv
ing Bryan a "slack-twisted" sup
port are in favor of "dropping the
negro in the present campaign i
An Indiana woman has just died
after living a recluse for 65 years just
because she had a miff with her
sweetheart. A Pennsylvania man
died a short while asro after living a
recluse for 35 years just because he
got mad at somebody, atfd punished
himself as the Indiana woman did.
What a congenial couple this pair
of cranks might have made if they
had met ana yoJtea.
The captain of a British steamer
left New York the other day and
when he got out forty or fifty miles
discovered that he had forgotten his
chronometer, which he left in a
renair shot). As he would have
a. a
been lonesome without his chro
nometer he had to come back for it.
His forget cost him $200, as he had
to give the pilots two more jobs than
he counted on.
The Maharajah of Kapurthala,
who is now doing Paris, has become
infatuated with a breezy Chicago
girl he met there and wants to wed
her. We haven't heard from the
C. g. yet, but as he has money to
burn, and can decorate himself with
14,000,000 worth of diamonds, &c,
his chances are pretty eood for
making a scoop.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Louisburg Times: The far
mers report great damage to the crops
by the continued dry season. Cotton
is said to have been damaged to a
greater extent than anything else.
Salisbury Truth-Index: The
Union Coper Company completed this
week the shipment of the largest quan
tity of copper ore they have yet shipped
to one party or firm. A shipment was
made Tuesday of a car load of ore to
the Southern Bmelter Works, of Oak-
wood, Qeorcria, near Atlanta, the last
of fifteen cars shipped to this concern.
The Union sold to these people 500
tons of ore or about 15 car loads. The
ore of the Union is showing up splen
didly now and continues to grow
richer the deeper the shafts are sunk.
Concord Standard: There has
been an immense timber transaction
just consummated in Graham and
Cherokee counties. The track con
tains 16,600 acres and is well wooded
with poplar, oak, ash. cherry, maple.
hemlock, etc it was purchased by
the Eureka Lumber Uompany, of Pas
saic, N. J., from' Dr. J. EL McAdan,
of Charlotte, and the Fain heirs, of
uarphy. The necessary saw mill ma
chinery will be placed on the grounds
soon and roads will be laid out and
graded. The company proposes to
erect a match manufactory on the
grounds.
Charlotte Observer: The local
recruiting office has enlisted only
seven men this month as contrasted
with 21 recruits enlisted last month.
Four of the seven are white men and
three are colored men. who were
members of the Third North Carolina
Regiment during the Spanish Ameri
can war. The State Optical
Society held a meeting in Greensboro
last Wednesday and Thursday. A
movement was started to drive out of
the State all fake peddlers, selling.
glasses or no merit whatever to inno
cent people. These peddlers, it is said,
are non-professional men who- have
no standing in the profession.
The annual scalping picnic held in At-
well township. Kowan county, was a
great success. Farm pests were a
counted for as follows: Rats. 1,794:
hawkr, S25; crows, 324; moles, 341;
minks, 30; muikrats, 28; owls, 24;
weasels, 6.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It is well that President Mc
Kinley and Governor Roosevelt have
carefully compared their letters of
acceptance so as to save accidental
disagreements as to the imperial
policy. Roosevelt's Jingoism is too
apt on occasions to slop over as, for
example, when he ex Dressed his re
gret that the country did not go to
war with Great .Britain on account
of the seals in Bering Sea. Phila
delphia JCecord, Dem.
If Mr. Hanna's agents are
violating the civil law with reference
to levying assessments upon public
officials for campaign purposes, it
must be that they are doing it with
his connivance andconsent. It is a
general principle in law that the
principal is more guilty than the
accessory, if such campaign assess
ments are being levied, as is stated,
why would it not be a good idea for
civil service officials to make a test
case of Mr. Hanna? Savannah
News, Dem.
The London Times seems to
have just now found out that
America commands the world's cot
ton market. Such has been the case
for fifty years. The Times sagely
remarks that our textile mills will
hardly be able to more than supply
our home market. This betravs
ignorance. The United States mills
have increased their foreign sales of
cottons from 110,000,000 to about
$25,000,000, in a few years. Chat
tanooga l imes, lnd.
Cold Steel or Death.-
'There is but one chance to save
your life and that is through an oper
ation," was the awful prospect set be
fore Mrs. 1. H. Hunt, of Lame Kidge,
Wis., by her doctor after vainly try
ing to cure her of a frightful case of
stomach trouble and yellow jaundice.
He didn't count on tne -marvellous
Sower of .Hiectno Bitters to cure
tomach and Liver troubles, but she
heard or it, took seven bottles, was
wholly cured, avoided the surgeon's
knife, now weighs more and feels
better than ever. It's positively guar
anteed to cure Stomach, layer and
Kidney troubles, and never disap
points. Price 60 cents at R. R. BzE-
ulm u orug nore. . j
TWINKLINGS.
- f Do you believe the old saying:
'Lanch and the world laugh with
you I' " j'Not if you persist in laugh-,
ing at your own jokes.! c v -
?I hear she's writing a story
about the Georgia dickers.' ' ,"Yes ;
but she's getting1 so awfully jcngiisn
lately she insists upon calling them
'biscuit.' fhuaaeipnta Keora. ; .
Stubb--"Yes: all the , conduc
tors on the new road are strong men
of museum fame." : Penn "But what
is the object in having such strong
men!" Stubb To raise the car win
dows." . . ; :. '
Music- is sometimes divided
into two classes, sacred and profane.
For particulars as to profane music,
go to a "sacred concert " Boston
Transcript.
A Painful Comparison: "There
is hack work and hack work," said the
struggling writer. 'Think what I tret
for mine and wnat tne nacaman gets
for his 1" he added bitterly. Puck. '
The Cornfed Philosopher: "It
is a great comfort," said the Cornfed
PhilosoDher. "to find that the Ten
Commandments read 'thou shalt not,'
instead of I shall not.' " Indian
apolis Press.
"Will there be any bad feeling
in this campaign I" shouted the man
on the platform. "Yes responded a
lad in the rear; "de bad ieeiur win
come when yer smoke , one of dem
campaign cigars."
The Snnday School Teacher
"Now, Johnny, may tell us what the
good book says about fishing on bun
dav." Johnnv Walton (somewhat
uncertainly) "The better the day, tne
better the deed." juage.
"Mawning, Uncle Pete! Ah
say. Uncle Pete, gib us a jig on dat
fiddle obyohn?" "Cyan'tdo it, gal!
It s raimn': dampness, wud break de
haih of mah bow." ''Shucks. Uncle
Pete: vo's alwavs got sum excuse.
Why don't yo' git a rainbow?"
A Fortunate Fellow: Kelly
"Who was It hit yet" Cassidy
"Shure. Oi dunno! T was in
crowd!" Kelly "Thin ye are in
luck ! ! Now ye won't have to get
licked ag'in tbryin' to lick th' fellow
thothit ye!" Puck.
"A pretty lot of children you,
are for a minister to have." exclaimed
West Side pastor whose children
were misbehaving at the dinner table.
"Then, why don't you change your
business, papa? asked four year old
Nellie. Trained Motherhood.
The Only Loss: "I believe,"
said the well-meaning man; in giv
ing your friend a little wholesome
advice whenever the occasion arises.
It doesn't cost you anything." "It
cost jou your friend very often," said
the wise man. Philadelphia tress.
"Do you take an interest in
politics. Mrs. Golightly?" "O, yes;
do wish my husband was running for
something; our porch is just lovely
this summer, with all our new pairie
grass chairs, hammocks, matting, rugs
and things." Indianapolis journal.
WHOLESALE PRICES CUBREIT
Toe quotations are arrays given as accurately
as possible, but the Bvab will not be responsible
lor any variations from the actual market price
oi we aruciea aootea
tw The following; Quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In mating no
small orders blaher orlces have to be chargeO.
Bioania
a at Jute o y
Btandard o
Burlaps 6 O 6M
WKSTKBN BKOKKD
Hftma II n 14
Bides 6 8
Shoulders O BJ4
DBY SALTED
Bides B Q in
Shoulders O B
BAR REUS Bp lrtts Turpentine
eeoona-nana, eacn a mi
Second-hand machine d ISO
New New York, each ,1 45
New Citv. each O 1 45
BEE8WAX O 85
BBICKU
Wilmington H e 75 o 7 oo
Northern 00 O 14 M
BUTTEB
i North carouna wo a
Northern SS O 80
CORN MEAL
i Per bushel, in sacks o &s
: Vlnrtnla Heal O 6
COTTON TIE bundle O 1 40
UAWDUHJ V
, tsperm i w so
Adamantine 8 C 11
'JHKE8E t
: Northern Factory i o is
: Dairy Cream 13HO 14
1 State HMO 18
OOFFKX m
: Lagnyra is O io
i bio..; u o ia
DOMESTICS
i Sheeting, 4-, w yard Q es
1 Tarns. bunch of 5 ls .... O 70
COOS Vdosen 8 O 18
FI8H '
: Mackerel, No. 1, barrel... soo o ao
Mackerel, No. 1, half -bhl. 11 00 O 15 00
Mackerel, No. a, barrel... 16 00 5 18 00
Mackerel, Ko. 8 VhaU-bbl.. 8 00 O 00
Mackerel, No. 8, V barrel... IS 00 o 14 00
Mullets, barrel Q 4 60
Mullets, fLpork barrel...... Q 8 85
N. O. Roe Hen-Ins:, keg.. S 00 O 8 85
Dry Cod, V 6 O io
Extra 4 as o 4 60
rLOUB-S
Laowgraae o a w
Choice O 8 75
Straight . 8 90 O 4 00
First Patent O 4 60
BLUE- 1 .. 10MO UH
9 RAIN bushel
Oorn,rrom store, Dgs w iuie o w
Car-load, In bga White... Q 69
Oats, from store S3 O
Oats, Bust Proof 40 O 42
' Cow Peas a 100
HIDES
ureen saitea o cm
Dry flint. 10 O 18M
Drv salt O 9
HAT V 100 s
No l Timothy o i w
Rice Straw 40 O 60
Eastern 90 1 00
Western..... 80 O 1 00
North Blver O 90
HOOP IRON, Bt O m
bAJU. V JO
Northern 9iv 9
North Carolina 8 6 10
UME, barrel 115 O 180
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
Ship Bran, resawea is oo o w oo
Rough edge Plank 15 00 O 18 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to Quality 18 00 O-18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Q 88 00
Scan til nz and Board, oom'n 14 00 o 15 00
MOLASSES. gallon
0arbaaoes,innegsneaa..... o m
Barbadoes, In barrels 88
Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 88 80
Porto Rico, In barrels 28 82M
Sugar House, In hogsheads. 18 14
Sugar House, in barrels.... 14 15
Syrup, In barrels 16 85
HAILS, keg, Out, 60d basis... 8 60
PORK. barrel . .
CUV MeSS....... 13 OU DHW
Rump., 14 60
Prime 18 00
ROPE. W K 10 83
SALT. V sack. Alum 185
Liverpool wo v
American 85 90'
Ob 12ft Sacks 60
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M 5 00 8 50-
oommon in u in
cypress Saps 8 60 8 75
SUGAR, V t standard Gran'd 69
standard a o ib4
White Extra O Ion
Extra O, Golden , fift
CTellow I5
SOAP, Northern 3M 4
STATES. M W.O. barrel.;.. 8 00 14 09
R. o. Hossneao...... o io oo
TIMBER, M feet Shipping.. 8 00 , 9 00
uommon mui vu o w
Fair mill... (00 6 oo
Prime mill.. 6 60 7 60
Extra mill 8 00 9 00
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
u 6X2 nean j d
" Sap 8 00 3 25
6x90 Heart 8 25 8 60
Bap 1 60 1 75
TALLOW, O
WH1B1UEX, v gauon Kortnern iw o i iv
ror over wutr Year
Mrs. WinbloWs Boothiho btrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
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 tne world. Twenty-five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winalow's Soothing Syrup," and take
no other .. t
o
Btantlw
Signature
The Kind You Haw Always
y y y y in
is the aim :of t&e business man and the pleasure-seeker .
these oppressively hot days. Iced water is effective
for a moment, but the reaction is bad and dangerous
if you are thoroughly heated. A teaspoonful of
iw-iri.
taken in a tumbler of water makes a most refreshing
and agreeable beyeragei Besides quenching your
thirst and cooling jyour blood, it tones your system,
and keeps you in a state of perfect health.
Abbey's Salt is made from the salts extracted from
the Juices of fresh pure fruits t it is endorsed by the
public and profession of two continents. Sold by
most druggists, or sent by mail.
25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle.
Ths Abbty EBervstcent Salt Co., 9-15 Murray St.. N. Y,
'Booklet free on request.
Wilmington, N. O. : For sale by Eobt. S. Bellamy, N. W. comer Front and Market streets'.
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON iMAllKET
STAB OFFICE, August 27.
SPIRITS TUBPKlkTlNE. Market
dull. No sales. ; k
ROSIN Market steady at $1.20 per
barrel for strained and $1.25 for good
strained. - i
TAR Market steady at $1.40 per
bbl of 280 lbs. i
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.20 per barrel for hard,
$2.20 for dip, and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine quiet at 4443c;
rosin firm at 90 95c; tar steady at
$1.30; crude turpentine firm at ,
$3.702.70. 1
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine... 164
Rosin ...I. 529
Tar 74
Crude turpentine. 70
Receipts same day last year. 103
casks spirits turpentine; 300 bbls
rosin, 249 bbls far, 27 bbls crude tur
pentine. . -i I
COTTON.
Nothing doing. j
Same day last year middling steady
atSXc. i
Receipts 120 : bales ; same day last
year, 137. ' ' I
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS " Nojth '.Carolina
Prime, 70c. Extra 1 prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 77X80c.
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime,
55c ; fancy, 60c. ! ?
CORN Firm, 53 to 60 cents per
bushel for white. f
. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. i
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 11 to
12c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c:
sides, 7 to 8c. j 1
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. 1
TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to
10.00 per M i
LOCAL SECURITIES.
Quotations on local secnrttlea. furnished and
regularly corrected by Hugh KacRae Co.:
' STOCKS,
: BID. ASKXD.
a. C. L. of Conn., 5 per ct Certs..... 110M 111)4
A. C. L. of Conn., stock. 830 233
A. C. U Common.......... 3
A. CUnref erred. ; 1W4 104
W. fe. wf 7 pes- ct Certs 144 Mi 147
H. C. B.B. 160 165
DelgadoMlUs i 99H 101
Wilmington Cotton Mills, pfd.i lie 115
Wilmington Oas Light oo to ts
Carolina Insurance Co. 105 107
Underwriters' Insurance Co........ 106 107 -
Actional Bank of Wilmington.;..... ia
Atlantic National Ban. soo ...
Murchlson National Bank.....; no 111
W1L Savings & Trust Co
Blue Ridge National Bank... . 113 116
Warren Manufac'lngCo preferred loo ire
Abbeville Cotton MiHs. , 97 loo
Southern Cotton Kills. '95 9t
Piedmont Manufacturing Co....... iso 1SJ
Pacolet Manufacturing Co.... i 230 255
F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co (old) 117 1W4
Anderson Cotton Mills : m 137
Pelzer Manufacturing Oo 180 185
Gaffney Manufacturing Co... 120 123
Grendel Cotton MUls.i 101 103
Clifton Manufacturing Co. . . .'. 185 190
Orr Manufacturing Co 104 106
Odell Manufacturing Co w, 109 Hi 112
McOoll Manufacturing Co.... 130 123
Darlington Manotac -Bring Co 1 97 100
Bennetts vllle Manufacturing Co.. . no 112$
f BONDS. '
N.C. 4'8 , i. 105X 106H
N.C.C'S t 135 137
City wilm, 5's, gold, 1982 . no 112
City Wllm. 5's, 1919. . 4 ,-. 100
City WUm-C's.. , 100
Wilmington, gold 4'b.1 99 101
Masonic Temple 1st 105
Masonic Temple 2d 6's 100H
Wilmington Compress Co. 'a 5's 85
A. C. L. 4's, certs..... ' 97 99
Wilmington & Weldous's..... 4 1154 117
Wilmington tc Newborn 4's.. 101 1024
N. H. County. 5's, geld 100 103
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Mornln2 Star.
New York, Aue .27.-Money on call
steady at per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 45 per cent. Sterling
exchange easy, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 487X487 for de
mand and 4846 for sixty days.
Posted rates 485485K and 488489.
Commercial ; bills 483X484. Silver
certificates 61K62tf. Bar silver 61&
Mexican dollars 48. Government
bonds strong. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. refund
ing 2' sreg'd, 103j ;U. S.refunding 2's,
coupon, 103tf ;iU. ai 2's, reg'd, ;
U..S.3's, reg'd, 109; do. coupon, 109;
U. 8. new 4's,! reg'd, 134; da cou-
Son, 134; U. 8J 4's, old reg'd 115;
a coupon, 115; U. S. 5's, reg'd, 112K;
do. coupon, 112 ; Southern Rail
way 6's 108. i Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio 71 He; Chesapeake &.Ohio 26;
Manhattan L 91; N. Y. Central 128 ;
Reading 16;ido. 1st pref'd 57&;
StPauf 112K ; do.pref d 172; Southern
Railway 10; ido. prefd 52; Ameri
can Tobacco, 91 K"; do. pref'd 128;
People's Gas 95i; Sugar 118; do.
prefd 116; T. U & Iron 69: U. S.
Leather 10M ; do. preferred 68 West
ern Union 79H-I
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Nbw Yobs, Aug. 27. Rosin quiet.
Strained common to good $1 55 1 60.
Spirits turpentine steady at 38 U
38Xc ' I; '.
Charleston,; Aug! 27. Spirits tur
pentine Nothing doing. Rosin quiet;
no sales. Quotations unchanged.
Savannah, i.ug.27i Spirits turpen
tine closed firm at 35c; sales 710
casks; receipts 1,790 casks; exports
4,129 casks. Rosin-j quiet and un
changed; sales 84l!j barrels; receipts
461 barrels; exports 6,206 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, j August 27. The mar
ket for cottoni futures made insigni
cant headway to-day. and the volume
of speculation i was .unsatisfactory to
bulls and bears alike The public was
unusually timid and! though the room
trade was bearishly disposed, few ope
rators eared to come into the open
and maka a stand either way. The
market started! steady in tone, with
prices one point higher to two points
lower. Inasmuch as the cables no more
than filled anticipations and the in
formation from the crop country indi
- :0T2 UAL, CAV.
. "Abbey's Salt when
water is added is a very '.
delightful aperient ber. -erage,
highly palatable
and effective. - -
It contains no in gtedi. -ehr
of an injurious or
unwholesome character,
.and may be taken freely -ns
a beverage."
JobuBakxrBdwabds, -rh.D.rixc.L.,
F.cs.,
Emeritus Pro'e wor
Chemistry, " University
Bishop's College, nnd .
Dominion Official Ana-'
' lyst.
6o Classic Si.,
IIoosick -Falls. N. Y.
" Abbey's Salt is per
fect. I thank you for
putting on the market '
such a valuable article.
It is pleasant and effect
ive. George M. Lamb. M. D.
1570 asbury avkkue,
, Evanston, 111.,
Dec. 21, 1899.'
"Your Effervescent
Salt is an excellent arti
cle.being gently laxative
and cooling, and agree-
-able at the same time. I
consider it also an excellent-
adjunct in the
treatment of nervous ef
fections on account of
its soothing qualities."
DR. Wm. B.- MANN.
480 Putnam Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Nov. x7. 1890.
"I consider Abbey's
Salt' a most excellent
aperient and cooling
drink."
Charles E. Mannino,
M.D.
cated no radical change during
the' Sunday interval here, profes
sionals and commission houses alike
gave attention to trimming up minor
accounts preparatory to whatever
might be in store in the way of news
later in the day. A few of the more
wary shorts near mid-day quietly
turned for cover, but before they suc
ceeded in protecting the accounts de
sired, prices jumped fully six points
with the pit in general nervously buy
ing cotton. Then followed a protract
ed apathy and minute variations with
the market much of the afternoon nar
row and uninteresting. Near the
close, the market was finally steady,
nine to eleven points higher.
New York. Aug. 27. Cotton dull;
middling uplands 9 fic.
Cotton futures market closed steady;
August 8.85, September 8.58, Oc
tober 8.46, November 8.34, December
8.34, January 8.34. February 8.85,
March 8.38, April 8.38, May 8.39, June
8.40.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling
uplands 9 c, middling gulf 9jc; sales
570 bales.
Net receipts bales; gross receipts
441 bales; stock 71,690 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 4,307
bales; exports to Great Britain 1,679
bales; exports to France 866 bales;
exports to the Continent 790 bales;
stock 83,851 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 6,622
bales; exports to Great Britain 1,677
bales; exports to France 866 bales;
exports to the Continent 932 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 6,513,672 bales ; exports to Great
Britain 2,348,862 bales; exports to
France 701,135 bales; exports to the
Continent 2,709,658 bales.
Aug. 27. -Galveston, steady at 9j,
net receipts 115 bales; Norfolk, quiet
at 9c, net receipts 95 bales; Balti
more, nominal at 9c, net receipts
600 bales; Boston, dull at 9c, net
receipts bales ; Wilmington, nothing
doing, net receipts 120 bales; Philadel
phia, quiet at 9c,net receipts bales;
Savannah, quiet at 9c, net receipts
616 bales; New Orleans, nominal at
9c, net receipts 1,515 bales; Mo
bile, nominal at 9c, net receipts 125
bales; Memphis, steady at 9 9-16c, net
receipts bales ; Augusta, quiet at 9H,
net receipts 419 bales; Charleston, quiet
at 8c, net receipts 218 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, Aug. 27. Flour was
quiet all day and about steady, without
change. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2
red 803c. Options were generally firm
all day in face of big receipts. Offer
ings were light and the demand stimu
lated by higher English cables, a
small increase in the visible supply
and the strength in corn. Closed firm
at He advance over Saturday's curb.
No. 2 red September closed 79 s;
December closed 81jc. Corn Spot
firm; No. 2, c. Options were firm
and higher on big seaboard clearances,
higher cables and fears of frost in the
West. Closed firm at 6Xc ad
vance. May closed 41c; September
closed 44Kc; December closed 40c.
Oats Spot easier; No. 2 25c ; options
were dull and featureless. Lard dull;
Western steam $7 10; refined quiet.
Petroleum quiet. Butter steady ;
creamery 1822c; State dairy 162l.
Pork dull; family $15 0015 75.
Cheese dull ; large white lOjc ; small
white lOXc. Rice firm. Eggs firm;
State and Pennsylvania 1518c at
mark, for average lots; Western
regular pack 1015c. ' Potatoes quiet ;
Jerseys $1 251 75; Long Island
$1 501 75; Jersey sweets $3 253 50.
Cabbage quiet; Long Island, per 100,
$2 002 50. Peanuts quiet ; fancy hand
picked 4c; other domestic grades 2K
4c. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by
steam 25d. Cotton seed oil was dull
on spot, burefiected a better export
inquiry for new crop oiL Quotations:
Prime: crude, in barrels, nominal ;
prime summer yellow 3435; off
summer yellow 34c; prime winter
yellow 40 41; prime white 3940c;
prime meal $26 00, Coffee Spot Rio
steady; No. 7 invoice 8c; mild quiet;
Cordova 9X10. Sugar Raw strong;
fair refining 4Xc; centrifugal 96 .test
4c; refined steady.
Chicago. August 27. A decrease in
the world's shipments and in the
amount on passage, together with the
unexpected firmness at Liverpool and a
smaller decease in the visible than had
been lootced for helped wheat to day,
September closing c higher, Corn
closed fc. up and oats iic. better.
Provisions closed unchanged to ten
cents lower.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Cash quotations :
Flour No report. Wheat No. 2 spring
; No. 3 spring 73jc ; No. 2 red 76
76Kc Corn No. 2, 40c. Oats No.
2 22Jc; No. 2 white 2425c;
No. 3 white 23X24c. Pork, per
barrel $10 9511 00. Lard, per 100
lbs, $6 7Q6 7214. Short rib sides,
loose, $6 907 25. Dry salted
shoulders, $6 636 75 Short clear
sides, boxed, $6 507 60. Whiskey
Distillers' finished goods, pei gallon,
$124. -
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows opening, highest, lowest and
closing : Wheat No. 2 A ugust 73 X,
74X, 73, 74Hc; September 73M
73, 74M, 73, 74tf74X; October
7474, 75H. 74K74, 75c. Corn
No. 2August 89K, 40tf , 39$, 40c;
September 38 39, 39, 38, 39c;
October ,37tf37, 38, 37, S8Kc
Oats August 21, 21, 21K. 21c;
September 21, 21, 21H, 21s;
October 21, 21& 21, 2122c.
Pork, per bbl September $10 87,
11 05, 10 87, 10 95; October $10 95,
11 12X, 10 95, 11 07 X January $11 00,
11 05, 11 00, 1100,. Lard, pea 100 lbs
September$6 67.672, 6 67, 6.70;
October $6 72X, 6 ' 77, 6 72, 6 75.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs September $7 00,
7 00, 6J7), 7 00;October$6 90, 7 02Jf,
6 90. 7 00; January $5 90, 5 90, 565,
5 87K.
There will be no session of the
Board of Trade to-morrow, it being G.
A. R encampment holiday.
FOREIGN MARKET.
Bv Cable to the Morning Star.
Liverpool, August 27, 4 P. M
Cotton Spot, small business; prices
lower; American' middling fair, S
27 82d; good middling 5 9 16d; mid
dling 5d; low middling 5d; eood
ordinary 5 3 16d; ordinary 5d The
sales of the day were 3,000 bales of
which 300 were for speculation and ex
port and included 2,300 American
Receipts " 2,000 bales, including l eon
American.
I Futures opened steady and closed
quiet American middling (1. m c x
August 5 21-64d seller; August 'and
September 5 4-645 -5 64d buer
September' and October 4 52-64'
4 53-64d seller; October and November
4 43 64d ! buyer; November and De
eember 4 38-644 39 64d buyer; De
cember and January 4 35 -64 4 36 t4d
buyer; January and February 4 34-6id
value; February and March 4'32 64fa
4 S3-64d buver: Maiv.h anrl
32 64d seller; April and May 4 31 cid
bUver: Mav&nr) .Tunnel an RAta qi ,
sefler. "
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Norwegian barque Ararat. 425 tons
Christiansen, Cadiz, Heide & Co.
Italian barque Bianca Aspasia, 45
tons, Nizzi, New York, J T Riley 4
Co. .
MARINE i)IK'ECT()R
Itlat of TmhIi In th p..- ,
aalnxloB, N- !. AvKi 28, lflOO.
8CHOONEit&
Chas H Sprague, 260 tons,' OmjI
George Harriss, Son & Ob.
Charles C Lister, 367 tons, Eobli mM
New York. Georee Harriss a,.,'
& Co.
Lois V Chaples, 192 tons, iltdu.
New York, J T Riley.
BARQUES.
Ararat (Nor), 425 tons, Christiahae,,
BiaDca Aspasia (Ital), 451 tons. N zZi
J T Riley & Co,
BRIGS.
M C Haskell, 299 tons, Sawyt-r. p,(,t
au-Spain, Trinidad, George Herrus;
Son & Co.
BARGES.
Maria Dolores, Bonneau, Cliarlesi. i,'
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co.
SALEM
Academy and College, for Girls a: d You
Women. Best borne care, together wliii ri.il
College instruction. Specialbts in Music. An
Elocution, Languages, Commercial ud in'
dustrlal etuales. Institution founded in 'is -
The Register shows 342 last year. New i-r
begins Wednesday, Bept. 5, 1910. ceinl or
Catalogue to
Rjsv. J. H. CLEW ELL, Priacipai,
1 aual4w tu Salem, North Caiollim
Tin and Sheet
Metal Workers.
BooSng, 8hip Worfc. And Stencil Cutting, i
specialty,
my 8 tf
OWEN F. LOVE,
CHARLES CHII.Dfi.
No. 6 Princess st red
-:- WANTED. -:
For Job Printing Press, Pulley an I
Hanger, for main shaft; Counter-shaft,
Pulley and Hangers. Second-hand, if in
good condition, will do.
Apply to or address.
THE STAR.
Wilmington, N. C.
GROCERIES.
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PROMPT
SHIPMENTS.
Send us your orders.
0. McEACHERN.
Wholesale Grocer.
904 and 206 North Water street.
fen n tr
THE GROCERY TRADE
Will And our stocks and prices interesting
uorreaponc ence bouciwo.
TRUCKERS.
We have Fine Ground Fish Scrap and nigh
Grade Guanos for Lettuce Be is ai.d al: ciopa.
ee us before buying.
HALL & PEARSALL,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
au 23 tf Nutt and Mulberrv street h.
WILLIAMS BROS.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
16 & 18 North Water Street,
WILMINGTON, N.-C
Virginia Water Ground Meal
Flour Patent, Straight and C ear
in barrels and bags.
Lard, Soap. Lye.
A FULL LINE OF TOBACCO,
: CIGARS AND CIGARETftS.
Bait in ICQ , 125 B an3 S00 B bags
Oakes and Crackers of all kinds.
Candy- In baskets and boxes.
Sardines, Molasses, Cheese.
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