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1900 SEPTEMBER 1900 Su. Ho. Tik We-Tju Fru Sat. 1 Iliilli J10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ! T MOON'S PHASES. 3 Tint 2 1:54 I IhW -le Vn MM I jbilaw no 31 9 Z fyooa BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WlIiMINGTU. Si, C. Tctisday'Morntng, September 11. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC .TICKET. For President : WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of MrastaL I For Vice-President: AD LAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. For Congress, Sixth District: JOHN D. BELLAMY, of New Hawer. MR. BTXINLEY'S LETTER. Mr. McKinley's long delayed let ter of acceptance lias at last made its appearance. Its two predomi nating features are its attempt to push silver to the front as the main issue in this campaign as it was in the last, and to justify the course his administration has pursued in the Philippines. He begins with silver and winds up with the Philip pines, showing by the precedence he gives silver that he places his main reliance upon that and that he hopes to fool gold Democrats and other so called "sound money" men as his party did the bimetallists four years ago by professing a belief in bimetall ism. - He starts out by asserting that the Democratic party of to-day is the Democratic party of four years ago on the money question, and that the silver Republicans and the Pop ulists are in accord with it in its position on the silver question, and quotes from a letter of William J. Bryan after the election in 1896 in which he' said, ''The friends of bi metallism have not been vanquished; they have simply been overcome. They believe the gold standard is a conspiracy of the money-changers against the welfare of the human race and they will continue the war fare against it." Mr. McKinley said substantially the same thing when as a member of Congress he was talking and voting for free sil ver, and the Republican platform four year 3 ago said substantially the same thing when it declared for bi metallism and pledged the party to labor to secure the co-operation of other nations in opening their mints to the coinage of silver the same as of gold. The only difference be tween Mr. McKinley and the party he represents and Mr. Bryan and the party he represents is that Mr. Mc'Kinley and his party have changed while Mr. Bryan and his party have not. Mr. McKinley fearing popular condemnation of his imperialistic policy, and of other objectionable proceedings of his administration has fallen in with the other schemers who got up the silver scare to di vert attention from these, after hav ing assured the country that the sil ver question was settled by the last election and clinched by the adop tion of the gold standard act last March. The fact is that Mr. Mc Kinley is simply echoing the schem ing leaders, who, realizing the strong anti-expansion; sentiment in the country, found it expedient to hatch up something to humbug peo ple and turn attention from that. He is about as badly Beared as any of them, and perhaps more than most of them, for in the issue- his endorsement or condemnation is in' volved. As his letter accepts and endorses everything in the Republican plat form, it of course endorses the pro tective tariff as it now is, subsidies to ships, &c, but realizing the popu lar antipathy to trusts he reiterates his formal recommendation to Con gress in his first message, in which he favored remedial legislation. It was understood that something must be said on this line to fool and plasite voters who are opposed to trusts and. consequently we find Mr. McKinley considering them in his letter of acceptance, (that is if any combine could be found that his language would fit) and about the - same time we find Theodore Roose velt, who is on the ticket with him, sailing into trusts in a speech at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Roose velt ?it into them with a good deal more vim than Mr. McKinley does, and declared that some- of them are very bad and ought to be wiped out, in which he differs much from Hon. Mark Hanna, who doesn't admit that there are any bad trusts. His remarks on the Philippine war are a sort of combination of apology and justification, a we-couldn't-help-it plea. There is nothing in this that the reading public has not seen in some form before, as it is simply a reiteration in condensed form of the more elaborate defences in Congress of this war of "criminal aggression," except the allusion to those papers, bo opportunity discovered, which, as alleged, show that the Fili pinos, or Tagalogs, as he calls them, had determined to make war on the Americans some time be fore the war actually began. But whether that be so or not, it does not alter the fact that the first gun fired was by an American soldier, and the first man killed was a Fili pino, who fell at that fire. Amer icans took the fint life, the defence being that the Filipino soldiers in tended to occupy a post command ing a bridge in violation of the or der of the American general com manding. There is one feature which will make this letter valuable to the op ponents of the McKinley policy of expansion, and that is the copious extracts he makes from his talks with and instructions to the commis sioners he appointed to go to Paris and afterwards to the Philippines. His talks with the commissioners are as strong a condemnation of the policy pursued as the sturdiest anti-expansionist could frame, for in these he impressed upon the Paris commis sion that we had no idea of appro priating territory or of self-aggran dizement, which did not enter into the question in our dealings with Spain. He subsequently changed hi3 views, on later information, and instructed the commission to grab and insist on taking in the whole Philippine Archipelago. He says we might have taken them as Spanish power was crushed in the Philippines, but as Spain was poor and needed money the commis sion was instructed to offer her $20, 000,000 as a sort of benevolent bonus. That was generous, but isn't it admitting, when he says that Spanish power was destroyed, that we were buying something that Spain didn't have the right to sell or the authority or the power to convey? Claiming that this gave us the "Hovfvrfiicrnfcv" of the archiDelasro. ' O J A ' without asking the people who helped us to destroy Spanish power, (and really destroyed more of it than we did) he justifies everything that has since been done by virtue of the acquired sovereignty vested in this countrv, opposition to which made the Filipinos rebels? As we read this letter it is a very vulnerable one especially in his de fence of war of "criminal aggres sion' BOYCOTTING A REGISTRAR. Instances where negroes apply the torch to- barn or house to wreak vengeance on some white man who had incurred their enmity, are not uncommon, but boycotting white men for political reasons is a new thing. Mr. A. A. Martin, of Anson county, is a victim of this kind of a boycott, a3 we learn f romjthe follow ing, clipped from last week's Messenger-Intelligencer: "Cairo precinct, Morven townsphip. is the only precinct in Anson county in which a majority of the votes in the late election were cast against the Amendment. This precinct has been a hot bed of f unionism for years, and the result there was not unexpected. It is only neighborhood in this oounty in which the Populists have uniformly consented take orders from the Repub licans, the Jf opuusts elsewhere in the county Ireturnine almost solidly, to the Democratic party when it became clear that their party was being run in interst of the Republicans. Mr. A. A. Martin, than whom there is not a better citizen in the county, was appointed registrar for Cairo pre cinct for the August election, and in the performance of his duties incurred the enmity of the negroes and those whites who think a negro is as good as they are. Several times his arrest was threatened, one negro going so far as to go before a fusion magistrate and make oath to some sort of charges, which were subsequently forwarded to Butler by the said magistrate. How ever, nothing came of this and the election proceeded without further in cident. "But it was not long after the elec tion until Mr. Martin found that the negroes had formed a conspiracy against him. it has been almost im possible for him to get one of them to work: for him. lie has employed sev eraL but in a day or two they would turn up missing, and when questioned as to their reason for quitting him they said that they were waited on by other negroes and told that they would oe wmte-capped ir they remained in his employ. "Mr. Martin runs a gin. but up to Tuesday had not been able to start it because of the conspiracy against him on the part of the negroes, who are, it Is generally understood, backtd by the white fusionuts of the neighborhood. It may be that the said f osionists think they can remain in the background and their part in this infamous pro ceeding not be known, but in this they will find themselves mistaken, maeea, while the time is not yet ripe to call names, thnv miv rest assured that they are spotted and may have, at an early day, to answer a criminal prosecution, to say nothing of being neia up to tne scorn of the good white people oi tne county." In Borne of the eastern counties, during the State campaign they showed their malice, by trying to get negroes, men and women, to re fuse to work for men who favored the constitutional amendment, but that didn't amount to anything more than threats; but here we have a genuine boycott, to punish a man whose style of discharging his duties as a registrar didn't suit the negroes and their white associates. Doubt less some mean white men are at the bottom of this, as suggested by our contemporary. MR. OLHBY'S LETTER. In another column we publish the letter of Mr. Olney, Secretary of State in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, to which reference was made in an edi torial in Sunday's Star. Mr. Olney opposed Mr. Bryan four years ago on the money issue, as every mem ber of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet did. The fact that Mr. Cleveland and his cabinet were solid against Mr. Bryan, did more, perhaps, to crystalize the opposition of gold Democrats against him than any other one thing, and contributed very materially to the election of McKinley, for at least nine-tenths of these gold Democrats voted for him instead of throwing their votes away on Palmer and Buckner. - Mr. Olney had the reputation of being the ablest man in Mr. Cleve land's cabinet, and while Mr. Bryan is not, as he says, his first choice, and he still differs from Mr. Bryan on the silver question, he regards that as a subordinate issue com pletely overshadowed by the more pressing and vital one of ' imperial ism, with which we are threatened if McKinleyism is not rebuked, and the march of imperialism checked. Mr. Olney does not write like a par tisan, but like a man who has given deep and unbiased thought to this subject, acts as the result of the conclusions he has come to, and sus tains his action by clear and cogent reasons which should be convincing to any man who may be in doubt as to the course he should pursue. Wo commend this letter to every well-wisher of his country, and especially to gold Democrats who show a disposition to vote for Mc Kinley and justify it by a professed fear of what Mr. Bryan might do on the silver question. AH ISSUE SO LONG. In his speech at Winston, after he was nominated for Congress, Mr. Buxton, referring to the race issue, said: "The question has been raised whether the race issue has been set tled? It can never be settled as long as the Republican party puts up a man or Congress who voted for a negro against a one-armed Confederate sol dier; it can never be settled when the Republican nominee voted to put eastern cities and towns of this State under negro rule." That is a brief statement of the case, if the itepuoncan party were in power in this State now, negroes would be holding offices in Eastern counties, and if it gets into power again we will have negroes in office. If McKinley be re-elected we will have negro postmasters, negro cus toms officers and others, whether the white people like it or not. And yet there are some white men, call ing themselves Democrats, in this State, who voted for white suprema cy at the August election, and are opposed to negroes holding office, who propose to vote for McKinley against the nominee of their own party in the face of the fact that McKinley appointed more negroes to office than any of his predecessors had, with every reason to believe that he will continue to appoint ne groes to office, if re-elected. And their excuse for this is that they differ from the Democratic party on the money question, which is not the leading issue in this campaign. They have an assortment of fools in Paris. The latest is a fellow, an artist, who got a divorce from his wife, and married her again. She was then convicted of an attempt to kill him by feeding him on ground glass. He recovered, she was par doned, and now he is desperately in love with her again. After courting her for three months, she showed a preference for another fellow, and he threatens to shoot her if she mar ries him. It is said that the average biting power oi the human jaws is lou pounds. Ju'dging from Teddy Roose velt's pictures his jaws ought to be equal to about 320 pounds. The Republican managers are on the run on the question of imper ialism, trusts and money. They are trying to force "prosperity" to the front; but an issue that is not spon taneous is not far-reaching. Cincinnati Enquirer, Dent. Bray Men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backaches, nervousness, headache and tired, lisless, run-down feeling. But there's no need to do that. Listen to O.W.Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and a good appetite than any thing I could take. I can now eat any thing and hare a new lease on life.' Only 50 cents at R. R. Bkllam's Drug Ml T: 1 Ail A. 1 I Diore. Hi very doius guaranteed. T ror oyer Klftv Tara Mrs. WhtsloWB BooTHnio Byrup 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. Sola by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other t o lantti of . The Kind Yoa Haw Wwajs Boogt MR. OINEY'S LETTER. Some Solid Reasons Why He Is for Mr. Bryan. The Repudiation of McKinleyism Essen tial to tne Safety of tbe Country. Having been asked his reasons for supporting Wm. J. Bryan, Mr. Olney replied: "I need hardly say that Mr. Bryan is not the candidate I should choose could I have my way in the matter and that I entirely dissent from parts of the Kansas City platform; but the citizen must seek the best practical re sults through the best legitimate prac tical methods as are available. "The voting power is a trust which calls for use and is violated by the neglect to use. There is always a choice between the consequences of one party's ascendency and those of its opponent, and therefore the true question before every citizeu always is of the general attitude of a party upon the vital issues of the day, acd whether, in view of that attitude, its success is not the best thing in sight Such is the real issue now confronting every Ameri can citizen. Be it admitted that the Democratic party, its platform and its candidate are open to much just criti cism, yet, all things considered, would not its triumph be the best out come of the Presidential contest? "In my judgment it would be. In my judgment nothtg is now so im portant as that the American people should take this their first opportunity to emphatically protest against that excrescence upon original Republi can ism which may be called McKin leyism a term used solely for brevity and Dot because Mr. McKinley is largely" responsible for what it com- Erehends except as he has proved imself unable or unwilling to resist the pressure of political and personal friends or to withstand the temp tation of trimmiDg his sails to every wind of apparently popular doctrine. "It may not be feasible to undo what has been done the weakest and silliest of administrations may involve the country in difficulties from which the strongest and wisest may not be able to extricate it Nevertheless, the evil course pursued should be con demned and not condoned. The fu ture may be helped and safeguarded even if the past is remediless, while, so far as the injurious consequences of past courses can be averted or mitiga ted, something may be hoped from those not primarily responsible for them. From their official authors and justiners nothing but persistence in them can reasonably be expected, and, should McKinleyism prevail in the pending election, who shall say in view ui uie nuuiixiiBkruiiivu a uiuiw capacity for reversing itself that we shall not soon find ourselves in the toils of a Chinese problem even more costly, menacing and insoluble than the Philippine problem itself? Surely every argument urged in defence of our seizure of the Philippines can be used a second time with even greater force to justify our appropriation of a slice of China." Approval of the administration would mean that the American people sanc tion a syndicate Presidency a Presi dency got for the Republican party by the money of a combination oi capital ists intent on securing legislation in aid of their particular interests. It would mean approval or a long list oi policies which are arrainged in the letter as comprehended under Mc Kinleyism, including especially "the policy of greed and contempt for alien peoples" and the various evils result ing therefrom. Finally, he says ' 'It will mean that the American peo ple either do not see or seeing approve the great and growing, if not already overwhelming influence of money in our politics. Uur government was not conceived or framed as a money-making machine even for the profit of all the governed much less for the profit of particular classes or portions of the governeu. us vital principle ant us crowning merit are that it stands for equal opportunities to all that by the maintenance of order and the ad ministration of justice it is designed to give every man a free hand in the struggle for the prises of life. This theory of the true func tions of government McKinley ism directly antagonizes by protective taring, by the most intimate rela tions between the United States Treas ury and the general money market, by subsidies to particular industries, by an aggressive colonial policy, and in other ways it practically holds out the government as an engine for use in the acquisition of private wealth. The natural, the evitable result is that the money of the country hotly pursues the control of the government as the source of more money that the flag figures as a sort of commercial asset, replete with possibilities of pecuniary profit for its fortunate custodians. That under the influence of McKinley ism such n the unmistakable trend of thin gs in this country at th present day, giving to the best devised policy of all times somewhat the aspect of a stock jobbing democracy is only too appar ent. Should McKinleyism now again prevail, for example, it will not be be cause it is not cordially distrusted and disliked by the great body of Amer ican electors. It- will be because of the influence of the purse and of the felicitous application of an enormous campaign fund because of an 'invest ment scare,' which, if in some meas ure genuine, will be in much large measure artfully worked up for elec tion ends. To excite the alarm of voters for their immediate pecuniary interests is easy; to evoke patriotism, courage and unselfishness required to effect serious political changes and in dispensable to dislodge a party which, comparatively short intervals except ed, has been intrenching itself in the government for nearly forty years, is infinitely more difficult. "If the success of the Republican arty next November means all that have stated and how can it mean anything less? but one conclusion seems possible. The calamitous pos sibilities said to adhere in Democratic success in the ensuing election, exag Berated as they are by partisan zeal and subsidized ingenuity, are out weighed by certainties of mischief in volved in four years more of McKin leyism. Stock Exchange panics, often made to order, generally irrational, and now freely predicted by those who know how to make their predic tions good and are sure to profit by whatever caprices the market may in dulge in, are as dust in the balance compared with the enduring evils to result from the vicious national poli cies which the American people are now desired to impress with the seal of their favor and to thus perpetuate indefinitely. In the defeat of the Republican party in the coming election lies the only hope of the reversal of those policies and of the beginning of a re turn to more wholesome conditions. Such a defeat would be all the more significant and emphatic becauss obviously due to the co-operation of citizens in many things quite at odds with the Democratic party and its leaderhip. And it is a defeat that should come now and not later, be cause not to reject McKinleyism at once tends to fasten it permanently upon the vitals of the country. "For myself, therefore, I find it tolerbly clear that a citizen's duty in connection with the coming Presiden tial election not only permits but re quires him to desire the success of the Democratic party.". SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Washington Messenger: Alex ander O'Neal, a desperate negro, who is wanted m H-lrf to answer tne charge of attempted murder and rob bery near Scranton, and the larceny of a boat in which he made his escape, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Robm- son in town to aay, ana loagea in jaii to await the action of the Hyde county authorities. Littleton Reporter: Deputy Collectors Lewis, Hare and Pekins made a raid in Northampton county. a few miles from Gaston, last Wednes day and captured one ninety gallon still, cap and worm, together with 150 gallons cider, 25 iermenters, and lou gallons brandy. No arrests were made, as there was no one in charge. Winston Sentinel: Wash Ed wards, of Surry county, shot aud killed himself instantly a few days ago. It seems that Edwards was in the act of getting into his wagon when he struck the gun against something. causing it to fire. The load struk him in the chin and ranged upward, prob abiy lodging in the brain. He sank down and was dead before anybody could reach him. Jonesboro Progress: Crops are ieportedto have suffered greatly on account of the drouth. We are glad to know that it is not so bad in this immediate community as in other parts of the country. Mr. A. C. Vick, who has been conducting a gen eral dry goods business here for the last five years, filed a bill of assign ment Tuesday for the beneht or nis creditors A. A. F. Sewall, Esq . was named as the assignee. Durham Herald: Late Satur day afternoon Daisy Pointer, the 10- year old colored girl wno nas Deen with Mrs. Turner for three years, was confronted by Mrs. Turner and asked to tell who had been burning the house. She deliberately confessed that she was the one who had been so persistent in trying to burn the house. She said at the time that she was told to do so by a colored woman named Lucv Latta. and in a very short space of time both were in the city lockup. Fayetteville Observer: Cum- beland county farmers inform the Observer reporter that the diminution by drought of the pear, turnip and po tato crops is already accomplished be yond redemption, though good rains will or coursa tresnen them up won derfully. In this immediate section there has been no "season" to admit of preparing the land and sowing August turnips, while potatoes, though they bear ordinary dry weath er as well as any crop, have not been proof against the parching suns of six or eight weeks, unrelieved by any moisture worth taking into account. TWINKLINGS. Naturally there is more or less humbug about the man with a politi cal bee in his bonnet. Detroit Jour' nal. Perhaps Not "The husband of the Dowager Empress, of course, is dead." "Oh, well! I suppose he doesn't object to that." Puck. "Is she very stylish?" "I should say she was. Her baby is a year and a half old now and regards her as an utter stranger .''''-Indianapolis Sun. The Girl "Is your novel a novel with a purpose?" The author- it is. My purpose is to acquire money to buy a tenderloin steak with mushroms." Chicago News. Cause and Effect: "No wonder Gilsey is good-natured. Everything comes his way." "Perhaps everything comes his way simply because he is good-natured." Boston Transcript. A Tax Off His Mind: "Didn't you feel dreadfully, when you lost your gold -handled umbrella ?" "No, I'd expected to lose it for so long that I was glad when it was gone." Chi cago Record. Presence of Mind Mrs. Prim "Heavens! there comes my has band!" Mrs. Slim "Wh-what are you doing?" Mrs. Prim "Can't you see? Hiding the sofa pillows." Cleve land Plain Dealer. j "Some people don't seem to have any idea of the fitness of things at all." What's gone wrong?" "At our Sunday school picnic, the other day, Mrs. Goodwillie didn't furnish a thing but deviled ham sandwiches." Chi cago Times Herald. Quickly Told Friend "What waa your graduation essay about ?" Mabel "What the Astronomers Know About Mars." "Dear Me!" Why did you choose that suaject?" "Because I didn't have time to write much," New York Weekly. CURRENT COMMENT. The Third Ticket people have at last succeeded in getting themselves together, and placing their candidates before the rest of the country. Their choice for Presi dent is ex-Senator Caffery, of Louis iana, who has cut loose from his Democratic ties since he failed to secure a re-election to the Senate. Of the existence of the Vice-Presidential candidate, Mr. Archibald Murray Howe, of Massachusetts, the world was in ignorance until this morning. Philadelphia Telegraph, Rep. Mr. Onley's is one of the most interesting declarations of the campaign, and it is all the more sig nificant because Mr. Onley has none of the prejudices of anti-expansionist, but has always taken a very broad view of our foreign policy. Four years ago such Democrats as he regarded the preservation of the national credit as paramount tov all other issues and the defeat of what was then recognized as Bryanism as the most urgent duty. Now Mc Kinleyism appears to him the gravest danger to the country and air other considerations he would subordinate to McKinley's defeat There is a large class of conserva tive Democrats with whom not even Mr. Cleveland himself carries as much influence as his clear-headed and forceful Secretary, and there can be no doubt that Mr. Olney's adherence, however grudgingly yielded, will be helpful to Bryant cause. Philadelphia Times, Ind: millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King's New,Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bot tles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has abso lutely cured - thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by, it Call on R. R. Bellamy, Druggist, and get a 10c trial bottle. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. Every bottle guar anteed, or price refunded. t o Bun the Signature of i The Kind Yoa Haw Always 1 Sold by most I THE Booklet fret on Wilmington, T. C. For sale by Robt. 3. Bellamy, N. W. corner Front and Marltet streets . COMMERCIAL. WILMINtrTOtf MARKET. STAR Of FICE, September 10. SPIRITS TijRPENTINE. Market firm at 34 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 33 cents per gallon for country casks. KUfcUJN .marKex nrm ai i.xo per bbl for trained and $1.20 for good strained4 . TAR Market quiet at f 1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. J CRUDE TERPENTINE Market steady at $1.1QS per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip, fiind for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpenfine steady at 43 43iic; rosin firm at 9095c; tar steady at $1.30 ; cruderturpentine quiet at , $2.502.50. 5 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 24 Rosin 74 Tar ii. 46 Crude turpenne 140 Receipts same day. last year. 54 casks spirits 5 turpentine, 135 ,bbls rosin, 116 bblsjtar, 52 bbls crude tur pontine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10c per Sound for middling. Quotations: irdinary. ... .4 7 13-16 cts. $ lb Good ordinary, 9 3-16 " " Low middling! 9 13-16 44 " Middling 1 10J( 4 4 44 Good middling...... 10 9-16 44 14 Same day last year middling steady at 5Xc. i ; Receipts 3366 bales; same day last year, 1,266. OOTJl&BY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Kxtra prime, 75c per bushel of 28-pounds; fancy, 7780c. VirginiaPriiae, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60. CORN Firm, 53 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 tents; upland, 5060 cents. Quotations on! a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. ' N.- C. BACpN--Steady; hams 11 to 13c 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, $4.0$ to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. ? TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 10.00 per M. ? LOCAJj SECURITIES. " Quotations on focal securities, furnished and regularly corrected by Hugh MacRae & Co.: j STOCKB. ' , ; BID. ASKED. A, C. U of Conn., 5 per c. Certs..,.. 110X 11154 A. C. Lu of Conn., stock. ." 2 222 A. c. L. Common '- tg A. C. L. preferred 103J 104$ W. &. wT 7 per ct-Certs 144J 147 N. O. Ba R. &iaaaaiaa 158 16 Del gado Mills..., 99 100 Wilmington Cotton Mills, pfd 110 115 Wilmington Gaslight Co 70 75 Carolina Insurance Co 10756 110 Underwriters' Insurance Co 106 107 national Bank of Wilmington 120 Atlantic National Bank 200 'Murcnison National Bank 110 114 W1L Savings & Trust Co 200 ... Blue Bidge National Bank.. 112 116 Warren Hanufac'ing Co., preferred 10094 102 Abbeville CotxoBMlUs 90 99 Southern Cotton Mills. 95 97 Piedmont Manufacturing Co 1T5 177 Pacolet Manufacturing Co 250 260 F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co (old) 117 11954 Anderson Cotton Mills,. 123 127 Pelzer Manufacturing Co 180 185 Gaffney Manufacturing Co 120 123 Grendel Cotton Mills 101 103 Clifton Manufacturing Co 185 190 Orr Manufacturing Co 104 106 OdeU Manufacturing Co 109 1125$ McColl Manufacturing Co 119 123 Darlington Manufacturing Co 95 98 Bennettsvllle Manufacturing Co... 110 11254 I BONDS. N.C.4'S L. 105 10T N. C. 6'S 136 138 City Wilm, 5's, gold, 1922 110 112 City Wilm. 5's, 1919 100 City Wilm. 6's..;. 100 ... Wilmington, gold 4's. 99 101 Masonic Templa 1st 6's 105 Masonic Temple 8d 6's 1005s Wilmington Compress Co.'s. 5's 85 A. C. L. 4's, certs 97 100 Wilmington & Weldon 5's. 11554 H7 Wilmington sc Newborn 4's 100 102 N. H. County. 5 geld 100 103 FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. New Yor. Sept 10. Money on call steady at & per cent., the last loan beine afl percent. Prime mer cantile paper- 45jS per cent. Sterling exchange weak, with actual business in bankers' bills at 486H486 for de mand ; 483&483K for 60 days. Posted rates 484485 and 487 488. Com -mercial bills 482 483 X. Silver cer tificates ' 62i$63X. Bar silver 62. Mexican .dojiars 49 . Government bonds strong. State bonds firm. Rail road bonds irregular.- U. S. refunding 2' s reg'd 103; U. S. refunding 2's, coupon, 104X; U. S. 2's, reg'd, ; U. S.8V reg'd, 109; do. coupon, 109; U. 8. new 3 4's, reg'd, 134; do. cou- Son, 134; U S. 4's, old reg'd 114 M o.coupon, 115H ; U. S. 5's, reg'd, 113; do. coupon; 113; Southern Rail way 5'a 108& .; Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio72Hc; Chesapeake &Ohio 28; Manhattan L 92; N. Y. Central 130; Reading 16H; do. 1st pref'd 56; St. Paul 114;! do. pref'd 173; Southern Railway 112 ; do. pref'd 54 ; Ameri can Tobacco, 93; do. pref'd 128; People's Gajs 91; Sugar 120$; do. pref'd 114&;; T. C. & Iron 70; U. 8. Leather 11; 'do. preferred 70 i; West ern Union 7$H. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nbw Yobjb:, -Sept. 10. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine firm at S839c. Charleston, Sept. 10. Spirits tur pentine firm; at 33Ke. Rosin quiet an d unchanged. - Savannah, SeptlO. Spirits turpen tine firm at 35 c; sales 628 casks; receipts 1,243 casks; no exports. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 3,154 bar rels; receipts. 4,583 barrels; exports 8,561 barrels. COTTON BASKETS. ' -- Br Telegraph to the Horning Star ' New Yobk, 8ept 10. The intensity of excitement and activity of specula tion on the Cotton Exchange to-day SSTtriffingVlmcnt develop Into a deep tooted ir . i 4 m44 hraUh vou mutt ease. " you wisu wj"; r----; ., seethat your blood is pure d free from breeding germs. Such germs will follow the bW oa feloSy tooughouttfie body, and wherever there Is a vital spot, such as the Stomach, Liver, Kidney, etc, they lodge, feeding on the life giving tissue. This is an , InsMious method of developing diseases and complica- tions of diseases. When you find it is too late and your health is gone, you are willing to ni anysacrt- Regain that which is lost. IWt aVift too far. Your beacon light for permanent, perfect, health is Abbey's Effervescent Salt "THE 'SALT OP SALTS." It restores healthy Digestion and rests the tired brain and nerves, fitting you for the work and ttttteworrtes oi this world. Sleeplessness, Headache, UyWJ Constipation and similar complaints cannot exist wtttt the regular use of Abbey's Salt. This marvellous English preparation, used and recognized by the public and profession of two continents, will at once relieve Syou oi sucn annoying us, ay tiinniminig ""r matter from the blood and keeping the system clean. r"U C,H t C-.t k an hnnvsi kWt. claiming tO do only wnai ii can oo. is vocok uwu " tracted from the juices of fresh fruits and is a natural curative agent with no unpleasant or reactioary effects. Dr. JOHN HAYS states : " I have obtained excellent results from Abbey's Salt in cases of Constipation and believe .111 nB A onH ffotiv laxative. . . I . Til- T f - ... Al-i n. druggists, r sent by mall. 25c, 50c and SI per bottle. ABBEY WfCKli"' J-i w.. request. 9-15 Mumy St, New York. were without parallel. Fluctuations far exceeded anything recorded, the extreme being one hundred points, with relapses frequent and violent. The market opened irregular and ex cited with prices forty-three to sixty one points higher on an irresistible rush of buying, in which every branch of the trade took part Sellers were few and far between and without ex ception parties taking heavy profits within reach. Many of these immedi ately took the bull side again and were still long at the close to night. Fol lowing the call the market seesawed at a breath, taking rate with the move ment in tbe main gradually swinging toward higher prices. As the morn ing Drogressed speculation broadened until the market was beyond the con trol of even the bulls. Sensational set backs followed nerve trying bulges which kept operators of no matter what belief on the jump to keep pace. The English market showed corresponding gyrations and private cables denoted complete chaos in Liverpool with the bulls being carried along by the ad vance. On the local exchange Sep tember sold up to 10.50 as against 9 50 Saturday night. The Tiest level of the later months was fifty to seventy-one points above Saturday's final figures. The foundation of bull ideas and the chief cause of the terrific bull specula tion was the news that the best section of the crop country had been swept by a tropical storm, the equal of which was not known, Reports from Central Texas were vague and totally unsatisfactory, which fact tended to increase the fears of the shorts and the big crop theories in gen eral. Liverpool was similarly influ enced as well as the New Orleans mar ket. Estimates pointing to a loss of 750,000 to 1,000,000 bales, and the an nouncement that spot cotton was in enormous demand, South at Jic higher prices intensified the convic tions of tbe bulls. The government re port for September, usually the most important of the season, cut compara tively little figure as an influence. The general condition was given at 68 2 as against 76 last month. At 12.45 P. M. the failures of L. G. Schiffer and Gay L, Schiffer were an nounced, these brokers being caught short by tne opening rise. The an nouncement of their suspension did not seriously disturb the .market, as they were known to have unimpor tant obligations outstanding. The bull fever reached its height in the last hour, and under a slight flurry of profit-taking near the close prices set tled back a few points. The close was irregular and excited, with prices net forty-six to ninety points higher. Es timates placed the total transactions at 1,250,000 bales, or 150,000 more than ever before recorded. New York. Sept. 10. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 10 c. Futures closed irregular and excited ; September 10.40, October 10.04,Novem ber 9.82, December 9.63, January 9.62, February 9.59, March 9.57, April 9.55, May 9.55, June 9.59, July 9.54. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 10 He; middling gulf 10 He; sales 165 bales. Net receipts bales; gross receipts 3,040 bales; stock 23,501 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 11,054 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,862 bales; exports to France 493 bales; exports to the Continent 4,655 bales; stock 124,256 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 26,304 bales; exports to Great Britain 6,062 bales; exports to France 943 bales; exports to the Continent 4,655 bales; Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 26,304 bales; exports to Great Britain 6,062 bales; exports to France 943 bales; exports to the Continent 4,655 bales. Sept. 10. Galveston, holiday, net receipts bales; Norfolk, steady atlOHc, net receipts 618 bales; Balti more,nominal at lOJc, net receipts bales; Boston, nominal at 10 yic, net re ceipts bales; Wilmington, firm at 10 Mc, net receipts 3,366 bales; Phila delphia, firm at 10, net receipts bales; Savannah, firm at lOjc, net receipts 4,456 bales; New Orleans, firm at 10, net receipts 1,869 bales; Mobile, irregular at 10, net receipts 834 bales; Memphis, firm at 10 He, net receipts 627 bales; Augusta, firm at 11c, "net receipts 2; 401 bales; Charles ton, firm at 10c bid, net receipts 361 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to tbe Kornine star. New York, Sept. 10. Flour was fairly active and steady, with a mod erate demand for spring and winter wheat grades Wheat Spot steady; No. .2 red 78c. Options opened firm and were generally well sustained all day but very quiet; awaiting the gov ernment report. Strength was im parted by higher cables, foreign buying, a demand from shorts and rain in the Northwest. Closed steady at c net advance. No. 2 red September closed 78c; October closed 45c. Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 45c. Options opened firm on cables, but afterwards eased off under more liberal country offerings, visible supply increase and local selling. Closed easy at un changed prices; September closed 45 ; October closed 44c. Oats Spot steady; No. 2 25c. Options inactive acd barely steady. Lard firm; Western steam $7157 20; refined firm. Pork steady. Petroleum quiet. Butter steady ; creamery 1721j; factory 1620c. Cheese quiet; large white 105c; small colored 10 J. Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania 1719c at mark, for average lots; Western regular pack 11 17. Potatoes quiet; Jerseys $1 25 1 75 ; Long Island $1 501 75 ; Jersey sweets 3 253 50. Cabbage quiet; Long Island, per 100, $2 002 50. Freights to Liverpool firm ; cotton by steam 40d. Rice firm. Peanuts firm and unchanged. Cotton seed oil irreg ular and held considerably higher on the excitement in cotton; buyers were more conservative than to bid much more than old prices. Quotations were : Prime summer yellow 85c spot; off summer yellow 34c; prime winter i yelldw 8940c; prime white38K 39; prime meal $26 00. Coffeey-Spot r.i. 1 T. 19 iwoo O7.1 ., . JMO quick, AW. inw uJt( Ilillfl quiet; Cordova 9M14c. Siijja -Raw firm; fair refining 4c; centrifu tral 96 test 4 15-16c; molasses rum,- 4c; refined firm. Chicago, Sept. 10. Higher cablts and unfavorable weather were factors in the wheat market to-day, October closing iic over Saturday. Com closed c lower; oats a snaae up; and provisions from 2Jc higher in Jard i 32i35c higher in pork. i Chicago, Sept. 10. Cash quotations; Flour Market quiet.. Wheat-rNo. 2 spring ?No. 3 spring 7273c; No. 2 red 75Xc. Corn No. 2, 4040c. Oats No. 2 21;; 22c; No. 2 white 2425c; No. S white 2325e. Pork, per bar rel $11 4511 50. Lard, per Km tbs, 6 826 87. Short rib sides, loose, f7 407 70. Dry sailed shoulders, $6 37&6 62 Short clear sides, boxed, $7 908 00. . Whiskey Distillers' finished goods, pei gallon 1126 The leading futures ranged as f lows opening, highest, lowest an.l closing: Wheat No. 2 September 7373. 73, 73&. 73c; Oc tober 7374, 74J. 73. 74c; No vember 7474M, 75 , 75H75', 7474c. Corn September 40, 40, 39,40; October 3839, 89, 88, 3838c; November 36X 86H. 36, 36. 86c. Oats-September 21H. 21, 21, 2121c; October 21H, 21M21. 21H. 21K21c; November 21, 22, 21M. 2222c. Pork, per bbl September $11 07 11 45, 11 07J, 11 45; October $11 20, 11 57, 11 20, 10 50; January $11 32, 11 40, 11 30. 11 50. Lard, per 100 tbs -September $6 85, 6 85, 6 72, 6 85; Oc tober $682K, 6 87, 6 82, 6 85;Jaii uary $6 57, 6 67, 6 67, 6 62. Short ribs, per 100 lbs Septembn $7 52, 7 65, 7 52, 7 60; October $7 30, 7 45, 7 30, 7 37; January $5 97, 6 02, 5 97, 5 97. FOREIGN MARKET. Bv Cable to tbe Morning Star. Liverpooi September 10, 1 P. M. Cotton Spot, limited demand; prices higher; American middling fair, 7 9-16d;good middling 6 5-16d; m;d dling 7d; low middling 7d; good ordinary 6 23 32d; ordinary 6 13-32J. The sales of the day were 3,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export and included 1,400 bales American. Receipts 3,000 bales, no American. Futures opened excited and closed irregular. American middling (1. m. c.) September 6 56 64d buyer; Septem ber and October 6 3-64d seller; Oc tober and November- 5 32 64d seller; November and December 5 17-64f 18 64d seller; December and January 515-64d buyer; January and Febru ary 5 10 645 11 64d seller; February and March 5 8-64d seller; March and April 5 3 645 6 (d seller; April and May5 4-64d buyer; May and June r 2 64d seller; June and July 5d buyer July and August 4 62-64d buyer. MARINE DIRECTORY. .1st Of IVMMli In Pr Of U ! - tnlnKton, w. ci.. Sept. 11 , 1900. SCHOONERS. ' Cavalier, (Br) 234 tons, Dean, J T Riley & Co. B I Hazard, 373 jtonsi DfsBuhr, George Harriss, Son & Co. . STEAMSHIPS. Aislaby, (Br), 1,798 tons, Olsen, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Arnold Luyken, (Ger) 1,095 tons, Nebinger, Alexander Sprunt & Sou. Strathord, (Br) 2,599 tons, Forsyth. Heide&Co. BARQUES. Elieser (Nor) 560 tons, Mareussen, Heide&Co. -Lonise, (Nor) 621 tons, Tonnensen, Heide & Co. Cerastes, (Ger) 571 tons, Buss, Paler son Downing & Co. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W.Railroad 426 .bales cotton, & casks spirits turpentine, 24 barrels rosin, 6 barrels tar, 4 barrels crude turpentine. , W. C. & A. Railroad 2,3t5 bales cotton, 9 casks spirits turpentine, t; barrels rosin, 28 barrels tar, 44 barrels crude turpentine. A. Sc Y. Railroad 304 bales cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 4 barrels rosin, 12 barrels tar. C. C. Railroad 171 bales cotton, 2 casks spirits turpentine, 40 barrels rosin, 70 barrels crude turpentine. Mallory Flat 10 barrels crude tur pentine. -Flat 12 barrels crude turpi i. tine. Total Cotton, 3,366 bales; spirits turpentine, 24 casks; rosin, 74 bar rels; tar, 46 barrels; 140 barrels crud turpentine. The Barber Shop. It makes no difference whether the weather Is hot or cMd. You need a nice, clean, eay shave all the same. , We cut hair, too. As wall as shampoo. ' UION ft DAVIS, - 7 South Front street. P. 8. Brash the gentleman cap a pie. W 88 tf Bethel Military Academy, Bethel Academy, Virginia.. In historic Northern Virginia. Prepares for Universities, ror Business and for the Govern ment Academies. Best references. Thirty third session begins September sist. Illu trated catalogue. Col. B. A. McIntyre, jy 17 22t . tu th sa Bupt. Bellevue High School Bedford County, V. A thoroughly equipped school, complete m Its appointments, of high grade, for Boys ami Young Men. For catalogue or information apply to W. E. ABBOT, Prln., Jyiagat thaatn Bellevue P. O., va. THE BEST MANUFACTURERS HAVE BUYEB8 OO TO THEM. The others send out Drummers to soik it trade. The moral of this is that, if you want to come in contact with the best Factories yon muse visit tne Expositions of commercial in" tres. During my recent trip to the Exposi tions I saw the products of. nearly 300of Hie leading Furniture Manufacturers in ti'" woild. In making mv selections I considered quality first; price second. From all of whom I boogbtl secured exclusive sale for this Hty This was given me because I have the best r of trade and do the largest business done liei e. ana because, to prevent cheapening their by. competition, first clas? manufacturers will allow only one dealer la a city of this ef : to candle their products. N. F. PARKER, - Furniture and Furniture Novelties, No. 17 South Front Street. Messenger and Dispatch copy. sep9tr Dr. Worthington's Southern Remedy FOR BOWEL DISEASES AND IV STANT PAIN CURE THE fiREAT CHOLERA, CRAMP AND DIARRHEA CURE. Used over 85 (years. For sale bj JAMES D. NUTT, Chemist an 11 tf Wilmington. N. C.