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BY WILLI A SI n. MsKNABOt
Wli tfI2I(Tlta..Iil. o.
Sckoa M.'ttarure, March 17.
80MB COTTOH iACTS AND FIG
URES. Cotton is one of the staple crops
in which the world is interested, bnt
in "which the people of the South,
whether they be engaged in the
growing or handling of cotton or not,
are especially interested. When the
cotton planter i prospers the South
prospers, when he suffers, the South
suffers. A bulletin recently issued
by the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture presents some figures and facts
I that are both interesting and sug
gestive. As showing the develop
ment of the cotton growing indus
try it presents the following table,
giving the crops from 1790 to the
present time:
kr'gn weight Total
Production, or b tie gross weight
Crop of Bait. , Pound. Pounds.
1790..
18 H). .
1810. .
1820..
1830..
1839. .
1849. .
1859...
1869. . .
1879..
1889...
1899...
8.883
. 177 778
. 320.000
681.819
1 312 685
2 053 193
.8 469 093
.5 3a7 0B2
3 011.996
.5 755.359
7 473 611
9,345 391
225
25
250
264
339
385
400
445
440
453
477
500
2 000.025
40 OL0.050
80 000.000
180 000,216
445.000.215
790 479 305
98r 637,200
2.S97 238 140
1 345.278 240
2 607,177.67
3.564.387 747
4,672,695.500
operation between the planters and
the mill operators, which would be
to their mutual advantage and
make both inaependent of the cot
ton speculator who manipulates the
market and the prices.
with cotton muis, and the grow
ers of the cotton interested in the
mills, or with co operation between
the mill owners and the. cotton
growers, the farmers in the older
states may continue to grow cotton
with profit, but without this it will
simply be a question of time when
the cotton growing industry must
pass from them to the younger and
more fertile fields in the Southwest,
where there is cotton land enough
to produce more cotton than is now
grown in all the cotton States put
together, and when it can be grown
for a couple cents a pound less than
it can be in any of the older States.
Crops ' seek the sections best
adapted to them and where they can
be grown with the most profit just
as manufactures do, and so the
cotton growing industry will drift
towards the Southwest just as the
cotton manufacturing industry has
been drifting and will continue to
drift Southward.
A BY6IBJVTC HoOEi
P. LXOXARD.
It then gives the States in which
cotton is grown' and the annual pro
duct in 1900 : as compared with
1890 and 1870 as follows:
Proloct In C jmerclal Bals.
1 0. 1&0. ISO
B lea P-ties Bs
5 0 63. 4771 ifl. 440 IDs
. Alabama 1 8.M9 9iS 2 0 m 4
Arkansas 76,US t91 494 847 904
Florid 49469- 5 ,fr-8 89 89
G orgla 1,231 l0 1,19 84 i 47a.t88
1 than imitory. 143 6 8 4ii5
Louisiana 70,3 2 659180 850 831
Mlsslaal pi 1,S7 66 1, 5'7 581 38
MieKrarl 80 27 15 856 148
North, ua. OUua .. 440.01 336 6t 144 9a
OklAbOmt i71983 4i5
Bon h -rullua... 837105 74? 190 224 500
Tennessee tl i 651 190 5 9 181 85
Texa 2,(09 018 . 1,471.443 350,68
Virginia ; 8.62 1 6 375 133
The first table shows that there
was a steady increase of production,
with the exception of the years of
the war between the States and the
first decade after the war, the reasons
for which are apparent enough, and
since then the tendency has been to
increase year after year, to which
may be attributed the low prices
and hard times the cotton planters
experienced for years in succession.
They planted and kept on planting,
regardless of demand or prices
simply ran the business into the
ground, and then bemoaned their
hard luck, when luck wasn't in at
all, nothing but sheer folly in yield
ing to the "all 'icotton" craze.
Texas is now the leading cotton
producer and 'will doubtless con
tmue to increase her acreage, as
she can afford to sell cotton for
less, and yet "make a profit on it,
than can any of the other States,
where it costs more to produce.
IMPRESSED WITH .HIS GBEAT
pEss. It is somewhat early to be naming
Presidential candidates for the next
contest, but there are some people
who believe in getting into the field
early, on the assumption that this
gives their man a sort of precedence
and right of way.
The impression was not confined
to a few that Hon. Mark Hannahad
Presidential aspirations, and that
after he had done all he could in
putting Mr. McKinley through his
two terms he wonldfie a candidate
to succeed him. Mr. Hanna has
been too shrewd to give any intima
tions of this himself, but he has
friends who will not be slow to feel
the public pulae, and start the
Hanna boom when the time comes.
Some of them are beginning to do it
already, one of whom, the Fairfield,
Ohio, County Republican, sends
out the following blue pencilled
feeler, which we clip from the Wash
ington Post:
Many a woman has periodic crying
pells. She meets her husband With
eyes red and swollen and he cries out :
" What has happened ? " Nothing his
wife replies. I don't know what is the
matter with me, but I just had to have
a good cry." Men dont have crying
spells. - It would seem therefore that an
affection confined to women must have
its cause in the Womanly nature. There
is no doubt that a diseased condition of
the delicate womanly organs, is in gen
eral responsible for feminine nervous
ness and hysteria.
The use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription makes women happy by mak
ing them healthy. There are no more
crying spells. "Favorite Prescription"
cures inflammation, ulceration and fe
male weakness. It mattes weak women
strong, sick women well.
There is no medicine "just as good."
Accept no substitute.
Pprthrce rears," writes Mr. Hiif A. Sasser.
of High. Lamar Co., Texas, "I sufieratl with fall
ing of the womb, also ulceration of the womb.
Alter using three bottles of your ' Favorite Pre
scription,' four of "-Golden Medical Discovery'
ana two vfela of Pleasant Pellets.' X found re
lief. I am able to do my work with ease. I ic-
ommcna your wonderful medicine to all
mends, iot i truly believe it wed my life."
rree. ur. fierce a medical
my
Adviser.
in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of
. wuv-vui uuups w pay cost or mailing
only. Cloth binding ti stamps. A
dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. '
embrace every one who toils at daily
labor.
With his generous giving he is
not only doing an inestimably good
work for the toiling masses in our
towns, but he is giving a splendid
object lesson to other men of great
wealth, showing how surplus for
tunes may be used for the benefit of
others and the lasting honor of the
giver. There is not one of these
institutions that Andrew Carnegie's
money builds that will not stand as
a lasting monument to his heart and
head.
My wife and I are trying hard
To live on healthful diet; '
We read the food chart by the yard,
And run our kitchen by it;
We've banished from our bills of far
All that such guides condemn :
True hygiene is all our care,
As planned and taagbt by them. '
For breakfast, coffee is tabooed,
Hot cakes and eggs forbidden, ,
And milk, since it is oft imbued
With gems profuse, though hidden ;
Bread is unwholesome, so is steak ;
Submissive to our lot.
Oatmeal and graham gems we take.
And drink bailed water, hot.
For dinner, soup will never do.
And oysters tv phoid nourish :
Salads, entrees and ices, too.
Are mere dj septic flourish ;
Potatoes (by the last advice)
Are poisonous, we're told;
We eat rare meat, chopped fine, with
rice.
And drink boiled water, cold.
For supper some professors teach
Tis best to go without it.
But si uc discretion's left to each,
We take our rboice about n ;
On chicken. wffl-a, tea and cake.
We are forbid to feed ;
But gluten wafers, cocoa (weak,)
Abd prunes are all we netd.
It grieves us much our friends to view
So r os It 88 in their diet ;
Our wholesome menu we pursue
And beg of tbem to try it;
But appetite's ungodly sway
Tbeir nature so enthralls.
We cannot get a guest to stay
Within our heathful walls!
The Puritan.
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SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
This suggests another thing, which
is that before many years the bulk
of the cotton crop will be grown
west of the Mississippi rivet and in
the States on (his side, bordering
on the Mississippi, where there are
rich alluvial lanids and cotton may
be grown at a cast that will leave a
margin for profit at a less price that
planters have received for the past
few crops.
When this comes to pass what are
the planters in tiie old States going
to do about it ? With the inevitable
increase West of the Mississippi, the
priee must fall, and the planters of
the older States cannot hope to real
ize much out of cotton then. They
will simply have to quit growing it
for the world market and confine
' themselves to growing-it for home
mills. With home mills the planters
in the older States may continue the
cultivation of cotton with some
profit and with good profit if they
become identified with the mills and
share in the profits of the cotton
they grow when converted into
cloth. We have seen ten-cent cotton
and perhaps this is one of the results
of the home consumption by the five
hundred mills in the South, which
gave the planters a market for about
a million and a half balessaved them
from the necessity of depending
upon the distant market and gave
them more time ;to dispose of their
crops at their convenience or in ac
cordance with their judgment.
When the farmer has a market at
home on which he can rely he need
not be so much poncerned about the
fluctuations of bther markets, and
'r not be driven 4. market his crop to
get it out of the; way or before the
demand slackens. If he plants with
a view to the home market he can
tell with a reasonable degree of cer
tainty how muchlie can plant f orpro
fit, for he knows the amount the mills
. consume and how much he can sell
to them and can come pretty near
the prices they j will pay, for these
prices can be depended upon more
than the prices, of the speculative
cotton- markets, which are con
trolled by speculators to a large ex
teat and fluctuate, from day to day
and even in the same day.
" -While the mill prices may be gov
erned j more or -.less: by the market
quotations the mill men are dis"
posed to do the fair thing. by the
planter and thus encourage him to
.rate a. supply of cotton on which
they clan depend, which they can
get as they need it, thus obviating
: the necessity ; off buying large quan
tities of cotton and storing it away,
and at the same:, time saving themselves-
from ihe manipulations of
portnnities. iorner;the.jnarket
. riTt is there ongns ,w do oo-
While in Washington, attending
the inaugural, we were much im
pressed with tbe greatness of Senator
Banna. He has been an important
factor in the first term of William
McKinley. and his wisdom will be
more apparent to the American people
in the secotd. He possesses the
prescience and wisdom that are ab
solutely necessary in the management
and solution of tbe momentous ques
tions of the day. Tbe best cit zeus of
the country are begin Ding to regard
him as the greatest man in tba land,
next to the President. He is a saf
atd conservative gentleman. atd
would mak- us t'c a President as
William McKinley.
"When ihe ntTS come to know
him they will esteem him as highly as
the President He is for the whclr
people, tbe masses as well as tbe
c asses. Tbe country has notbii g to
f-ar from the brainy, wise and con
servative Senator Marcus A Hanna.
"If Senator Hanna were not an
Oaio man, he wou'd be. without a
doubt, tbe next President of tb
United 8tates Toe candidate nomi
nated for President in 1904 by tbe
Republican party will not be an Ohio
man. If it could be it would bo thn
Hon. Marcus A. Hanna "
In view of the fact that this is an
Ohio Republican editor who is
tooting for Mark, didn't it take him
a good while to catch on and size up
the "greatness" with which he was
so "impressed" while attending the
inauguration, where he saw Hanna
sitting up as big as life beside the
man he made? It isn't surprising
that, under these circumstances, he
duly impressed that Ohio editor,
who went home full of that, if noth
ing more stimulating.
The little matter of being an Ohio
man will be gotten around if there
be a way to do it, by the strikers
who have been so much "im
pressed with the greatness of Sena
tor Hanna."
WHAT IT COSTS.
It may be gratifying to the pride
of people to feel that their country is
a "world power" and ready to take
a bout with any other challenging
nation on short notice. But this
costs something and the people who
enjoy that kind of distinction have
to pay for it. What it is costing the
people of Great Britain is shown in
the following, which we clip from
the Baltimore Sun :
"Tae cost of being a world power is
illustrated in the new naval estimates
of the United Kingdom for 1901 0? of
$154 377.600 on top of army estimates
of $139,576,000. Tbe new shipbuilding
programme, calls for S3' new vessels, of
which 3 are to be battleships and 6
armor d cruisers as large abd efficient
as battleships. Some 3 760 men are
added to tbe naj, bringing its tflVc
live personnel vflp to 107 800. As the
army now contains 45O.0OO men in ue
flvid in addition to tbe native troops in
India and elsewhere, the actual fight
ing force of tbe Empire is now cunsid
erably over 600.000 men. All this costs
of course, ai.d the appropriations for
the nVaal year will amouiit to nearly
$1 000 000 000 Jf pensions were paid
to British veterans as we pay to ours.
th outgo would be much over $1,000. -000,000
"
This is the cost to one power,
and will apply to 0 me extent to
every leading power in the Eastern
hemisphere and to the United
States, which, according to modern
expansionists, have developed into
a world-power within the past few
years, although they have been a
world-power for three-quarters of a
century. , As it is the ambitions of
those who, like Teddy Boosevelt,
believe in a "strenuous life" and in
jumping in, to be ready to show our
teeth and take our place with the
oiner -woria powers," oi course we
will have to pay for it, as they are
doing, and are paying for it now.
The man who isn't true t9 the
wcrld isn't true to himself.
Camp meeting religion is too
often scamp meeting religion.
Use the fewest possible words
when you have anything to say.
Lots of good people would go
wrong if they didn't tear punishment.
The troubles we expect are sel
dom black, as their shadows indicate.
A trouble loses all its weight
tne moment we eive it to (Jnnat.
Let a Christian prove by his
daily walk that be is boru front aoove.
You cannot estimate the sun
shine of heaven by the sighs of a
prayer meeting.
He who will net listen to the
teachings or a failure shall never hear
the voice of success.
The moral elevation of Christ
is manifest in that he hopes for good
from the most degradtd.
There is nothing outside of
Divine grace which brings in such
fmitase as industry based on a plan.
;Let God once wound . a heart,
all the world cannot beal it; but let
Const speak peace to it. all the world
cannot disturb it. Charles W. Bradley.
' 8o many honsewives suffer from Or
Voua depression due to catarrhal weak
ness peculiar to their sex, and suffer on
year after year, not knowing what their
ailment Is. Mrs. Mary Cook, of Pitts
ford, N. Y., suffered for six years before
she learned of' Peruna. Mrs. Cook re
cently wrote the following letter to Dr.
Hartman :
' was not well tor six years, paid
many doctor bills, but never improved
very much. I gave up hopes ot ever
recovering.
"Finally, I wrote to Dr. Hartman,
and I am thankful to say that I am
now well, through his good advice
and medicine. I am gaining In flesh
and feel young again. I was very
emaciated, but now my own children
are surprised in the great change in me
When they visit me,"
Miss Annie Zlott,72 Livingston street,
Newark, N. Jn took Peruna for extreme
nervousness. She says : I was verv ill
and though I would die. I had a ter
rible headache and my head swam; I
thought I would never get well : I
seemed to have a great complication of
diseases and bought medicines, but they
oia me no good.
"Finally I gave up and thought I
would wait for my end. One day 1
happened to pick up one of your books.
I read of other women who were near
death and had been cured by Peruna,
so I thought I would try it.
" took a couple ot bottles and began
to feel better. I continued its use
until now I am a well woman. I praise
Peruna highly and wish other women
would use fa" . . . j
Mrs. Anna Roes, 2818 North Fifth
street, Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
"Four weeks ago I believed I bad
consumption; I took a severe cold, and
although for the first tew days the mu
cus In my throat and chest was loose,
It finally became so bad that I had dif
ficulty In breathing.
Pain in the shoulders followed. As 1
had placed my confidence in you and
Peruna, I followed your directions strict
ly, and Improved from day to day, and
am now well again."
Most women feel the need of a tonio
to counteract the debilitating effects of
summer weather. Peruna is such a rem
edy. It cures all catarrhal conditions
whether it be weakness, nervous depres
sion or summer catarrh. For a free book
on summer catarrh, address The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
COMMERCIAL.
SUNDAY
SERVICES.
St. Toomas' church: First maxs 7
A M high mass and sermon 10-3o
A M : vespers and sermon f:45 P. M.
Th services at the Seaman's Brtht 1
will be conducted this afternoon at 3
o'clock bj Bv. A. D. McClure. Tue
public is iuvited.
Services in St. James' churcb : Lt
any, bol.v communion and seniioi., 11
o'clock ; Sunday f chool, 3:45 P. M. ;
tvenii.g prayer, So'ch ck.
Christian Science services at the
Masonic Ttmple, room No. 10. this
morning at 1:15 o'clock. Subject ol
Bibie irssou, "Matter."
ct Psui's Episcopal church, corner
Fourth a ud Oraoge streets'. ' Morning
prajrt-ratd litany, 11 A. M ; Sunday
school, 8:80 P. M. ; sdats free. Strau-
gers cordially luyiled.
St. Matthew's Eoglish Lutheran
Cnu qh, North Fourth street above
Bladen, Rev. Q. D. Bernbeim pastor.
Mining service and coneresrational
nveliDg at Jl o'clock. Supday school
aVfl :45 JL. II, Ail seats free and every
(.arson welcome.
Services in 8L John's church to-day
tbe four h Sunday in Lent, by tbe
rector, Rav. Dr. Carmichael. Holy
Communion 7:45 A. M. ; morning
prayer ai d sermon Jl o'clock. Sunday
dcbool 3:30 P M.
8t Paul's Lutheran church. Sixth
and Market streets. Bey. Dr. A. G
Voigt pastor; E g ish services to day
at 11 A. M , and 7:30 P. M.; Sunday
tcbool, 3:30 P. ii. ; Lenten service
V ednesday at 5 P. M. Everybody
cordially invited.
CURRENT COMMENT.
4
It is noteworthy that the
illness of Li Hung Chang becomes
critical whenever the diplomatic
situation in China gets into the
same condition. One of Li's great
est assets in his flexible physique.
Norfolk Landmark, Dem.
If John T. Morgan had been
in possession of the sinews of J.
Pierpont, with the latter "pull,"
the Nicaraguan canal would be
happy on the way now. Unfortu
nataly, the old statesman had to
encounter these sinews, and they
proved insuperable obstacles in his
way. Chattanooga Timts, Indgf
Military authorities in Great
Britain are agreed in tbe opinion
that the 126,5 v0 men to be added to
the British army cannot be bad with
out a resort to conscription in some
form. A similar state of af airs may
may be disclosed in the United States
before the new army of 100,000 re
gulars Bhall have been recruited.
W'thin the past two months, accord
ing to War Department records,
only 5250 enlisted men have been
secured by the Federal recruiting
viuues. jm, mis race a twelvemonth
expend ti25.00O.nnn in I Wl11 bave elapsed before the 35.000
thn pntftMiaKmont a A . I new troops required shall be enrolled.
auu equipment OI I Tha nhuoJol .tonn.J , - u
a Technological inatitnt- l k.. r,"-'" , ' ""uu?'u Ui lus "ice
a m. a vvss
A M0HIPICEHT GIVES
There has been many liberal eiv-
ers of money in this and oth A- coun
tries for benevolent, charitable and
educational purposes, but in the
munificent proportions of his gifts
Andrew Carnegie stands the Colos
sus, not only for this country but
for the world. Previous to his re
tirement from business he had given
about $10,000,000 for the establish
ment of free libraries in this country
and in the British Isles, and since
then he has given sums varviog from
$20,000 to $100,000 to a nnmber of
cities in this country, has donated
$5,000,000 to be used for the benefit
of the men who were in his employ
when he was in business, has offered
the city of New York $5,000,000 to
establish free libraries in that citv.
ana will
Presiding Filer's Appointments, Wllmlar
tos District.
Onslow, Bethlehejs, March 23, 24.
Crver'a Creek. Hebron-. March 0.
31.
Atlantic, Andrew's Chapel, April
6, 7-
Zion, Summerville, April 13, 14.
Bladen Street, April 14
Burgaw, Bursraw Creek. Anril 20
South port, April ?8. 29.
Clinton. Kendall's. Mav 4 is.
Scott's Hill, ttethany, May 11, 12.
Fifth 8ireet, May 13
Magnolia, Magnolia, May 18. 19.
El.nbetb, Purdie's, May 25, 26.
Bladen, Deem's Capel, May 26, 27.
Keoansville, Warsaw, June 1, 2.
?race, uune z. o
Qoslpir, - ', June 7.
Jacksonville and Rtchlands, Jack
sonville, June 8, 9. 1
Waccamaw, Zion, June J.5, 1$.
Whiteville, Cerro Gordo, June 17.
Market Street, June 23. 24
R B. John.
Lumberton Arqus: Mrs. Mar
garet Brown, who lives near Philadel
phus, was hooked by a cow . last Tues
day, resulting in dislocating her shoul
der and breaking her arm. Mrs. Brown
is about 73 years of age.
Monroe Enquirer'. Mrs. Sarah
Biggers, of Goose Creek township, lost
her dwelling and smoke house by fire
early last Saturday morning- Almost
everything in the house was destroyed.
Ibenre i supposed to have been aeci
dental. Toe loss is about one thousand
dollars.
Mount Olive Advertiser'. Mrs.
B Wuherington, of Faison, died last
Friday niebt, aged 67 years. She bad
er j jed a hearty supper, and in about
ten minutes after leaving the table she
fell to the, floor and was dead before
tbe family could reach her side from
an adjoining room.
Greenville Reflector: Mr. D.
hi Wichard, of wlcbaid. was at
rfhepnrd's mill pond Tuesday hunting
wild ducks. While anchored out in
a canoe waumtr tor tne oucks to op me
alot'g, a large buck crossing the pond
Mwgm within a few yards of him.
He 6 red on tbe deer and killed it. but
u sank in about eieht feet of water
and could not be found.
Lumberton Robesonian: - Dr.
3. B R zier, of Rosier, lost two large
Harns, stables and several smaller
buildings by fire Wednesdav night.
Tbe barns contained aoout two thou
sand bushels of corn, one hundred
sacks of guano atid large quantities of
fodder, all of which were lost. The
mules and horses were saved, but one
cow and several bogs were burned to
death. The total loss is about $4,000.
witb $1,000 insurance. The origin of
the nre is unknown.
Sanford Express: On Satur
day morning, February ?3rd, a small
dwejline bouse just west of town,
which had been vacant for some
time, was destroyed by fire. While
hunting nails in the ruina last Tues
day, Mr. Ed Fields found the charred
remains oj a dead person. Dr. Mc
Lend, county cironer. who was noti
fled of the boding, came down Wed
esday and investigated the matter
Upon examining the body he found
it to be that of a man. There was
nothing left but the trunk and skull,
tbe arms and legs having been
consumed by the fire. Mo per
son in the community seems
to be missing, and it will prob
ably never be known who tbe dead
man was. Some of our farmers
who are now selling their cot
ton at 8 cents, no doubt wish they had
put it oif the marset last Fall when
the price was 1Q' cents. A Jour hun
dred pound bale now brings ?$$ less
than it did then. Toe output of
coal at the Cumnock mines was 18.000
last year. Tbe mining force there now
is not so large, and not so much coal
is being mined. The company finds
some difficulty in getting haritls to
work in the mine as explosions are
liable to occur at any time.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
TQaoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Eichanze.J
STAR OFFICE, March 16.
8PIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN Nothing doing.
TAR Market firm at $1.15 per bbl
of 280 lbs. 1
- CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
steady at $1.30 per barrel for hard,
$3 30 for dip and for virgin
Quotations same dav last vear
Spirits turpentine steady at 54 54;
rosin nothing doing; tar firm at
$1 20; crude turpentine steady at $2 00
3 25.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 40
Kosin . 320
Tar 231
Crude turpentine 16
Receipts same dav last vear in
casks spirits turpentine. 154 bbls
rosin, 217 bbls tar, bbls crude tur
pentine.
COTTON. .
Market firm on a basis of 8Xc im
pound for middling. Quotations:
urainary
Good ordinary
Low middling.
Middling
Good middling..
Same
at9Hc
Receipts 342 bales;
year, 1UO.
5 13 16 eta. $ B
7 3 16 " "
7 13 16 " "
8 " "
8 9 16 " "
day last year middling firm
same day last
Corrected Regula ly by WPpiIngton Produce
unumvBioa JU3rcDaats.j
OOUKTEY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime 70c Extra- prime, 75c per
ousnei oi zo pounds; fancy, 80c.
vu-ginia mme. duc: extra Drime.
s f .
oac; iancy, ouc; Spanish 76c.
CORN Firm: 58 to 60c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Stead v : hams 13 tn
15c per pound: shoulders. 8 to 10c?
biucs, p to i up.
EGGS Dull at His per dosen.
UU1UKBNS Dull. Grown. 20a
28o; springs, 102Jc.
TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 tn 10.
J I .1. . ,v '
urasaeu, iu io IZC
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
TALOOW Firm at Ba6
puuuu
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
restriction of the opening de
cline at this point. Following the
opening there was a partial rally.
The general undertone of the situation,
however, was regarded as weak,
advices from mill districts in New Eng.
land as well as in the' South being of
discouraging purport, with renewed
rumors of shutting down by Fall River
mills unless the print cloth outlook
could be made more promising. Gen
eral speculation held aloof; but the
market was quite active st times on a
local basis. The English decline was
attributed to the disturbed political
situation and to the increased visible
supply now 4.085 664 bales against
SJlOjlSS last year, with tb total in
Sight 8 479 695 against 7.886 793 last
year. The market closed very steady
witb prices net three to seven points
lower,
New YORK, March 16-Ootton quiet;
middling uplands 83c
Cotton -futures c'ospd very steriv
as follows: March 8.29 Aoril 829
May 8 32. June 8 33 July 8.35. August
8 09. 3ept tuber 7 70, October 7 60, No
vember 7.51, December 7 48, January
7.48. 3
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling
uplands 8c; mid i ii.;. gulf 9c; eales
100 bales
Net receipts 10 bah-; recipt
3.034 bai's; stock 147,642 bales.
Jotal today N ei receipts 20.394
bales; exports to Great Britain 7 201
baiiis; exports to France 6.241 bales;
exports to tne Uwutinenl 17,907 bales;
stock 796.832 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 20 394
bales; exports to Great Britain 7.2(tl
baits; exports to France 6 241 bales;
exports to the Continent 17.907 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 6,133.576 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2.332.138 bales; exports to
France 558,789 bales; exports to the
Continent 1.801,111 bale
March 16 -Galveston, quiet, 811 16c,
net receipts 5,216 bales; Norfolk, quiet
at 8 11-16?, net receipts 942 bales;
Baltimortj, nominal at 83c, net re
ceipts Dales; Boston, steady at8&c,
net receipts 407 bales; Wilmington,
firm at 8c,-net receipts 3,421 bales;
Philadelphia, dull at 9c, net receipts
55 bales; Savannah, easier at 8c, net
receipts 2S47 bales; New. Orleans,
quiet at 8c, net receipts 5,743 bales;
Mobile asy at 8&c, net receipts 10
baics; Memphis, steady at 8c, net
recftri fs 272 bales: Aucrusts. ouiet at
811 ii5.j. net receipts 354 bales; Charles
ton, steady-at 8c, net receims 398
bales i
Wour quiet ;winl
winter. st,iehul sute
clear. 2 90? g.J$
!l Patents is S&i
o3 50; strait. ?5"i
Wheat-No s tu ft SJ
2 red 77 3ne
28Xc; No. Ttt7c;
Pork. r,; uL kte
7 en tV" WQes.
nnisheogooZ, -
ine iead rluMlT
lows-opening, higWJ
7 77J CortM
4lM
arcb
a,,:
J u.y 41 4t is. ai li
25. 2SH.2bx
per 1.(0 tbs-Mav tlniM I
July 7 80. 7 877IJs
i 87 t iL.'.n.
1 11 .
i ember $7 85
.J L. . 1
riDs, per
7 57U. 7 47U
00
7
$7 47. 7 55. 7 45, 7 45 ; J
77W
47i .
FCREI6N
MARKET
Bv Gable to th8 Mnn,lni;8ta
Liverpool, March IB ,
Cotton-Spot, mofler :4LP
prices 1 16d low ,e M
dMng fair 5 13 san. --
5Wd; middling RiVi
. . m - . w M J (111
aiiog W; good ordin Z
nary 4d. The sales of iv m
8.000 bales, of which
W peculation and exDnrT
eluded 7 400 baW r h
ceipts 11.000 bal.s .iT
Futures opened' qu
-jrj amencan Qjidrilin . 1
March 4 50 64d sell... .H
April 4 49 64(a4 50 R4H,w.ai,r
and May 4 49 6l4 50-64d ul1
anu June 4 49 644 807j
June and .TiiIt, AAal.
ler; July and Ana,,, .
i - .
uu uuyer: aupusi ut.a
A . . . , -UU
4tt4a seiier; October
o4 i 64d value; fWk.:
vember 4 14 644 1 5 64d X
RAfffiA 19 it A A
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Stmr Heabnpht. Pri m.l
Otmr COmPtOD. Sano- n.,1
and Little River. SCStnnl a
n ,
CLEARED.
Nor b'araue F CI flioK..
London, Heide & Co.
jyde ; steamship Saginaw,
new xorsr. a Smallbonet
i3cnr .mo t Fell, LoveiitJ
xort, teorge Harrisg. SonftlV
Schr Abbie G Cole. f"(,U J
a. t-v 5 ' i wa
oau iomiDgo, ueorfe Harris,
EXPORTS,
COASTWISE.
New YORK 8chr Jno R V,
aw.A a. 4 nnn e .
"v, -itt.o&v ieei lumrer- u
Hilton Lumber Co: vessel' bt U
uurrjss, oon OC LO.
FOREIGN.
IONDON Nor batqueFC
valued at f8.5'5; cargo Md
CC Uo; vessel by Hide &Co.
HAMANA Schr Abbie G Cti
itriber, 951
taiutd at K'i
t-AjiABA penr At
5?HTT'ouru n Jut
dsSo. (jiiiber, &
gross j cargo --by master; ves.se j bj
aarri&s, aon a to.
MARINE DIReCTOR".
IiUS Of i 1 tb Hf-
oatnieton, lUarcb 18,
SCHOONEIks.
Cora M, 137 ton. Mitchell, i
tlarriss. bon & Co.
Fred B Belano, 214 totis, M
George Harriss, Son Co.
BARQUES.
Nore, (Rus) 470 tots, Aulin, li
Co.
Marie, (Nor) 441 tons, Nielsen,
&Co.
Hedv g, (Swd) 46S tons, Perssen,
ander Sprunt & Son.
Inverdruie. (Norj 567 loos, W
Heide fr. fin
Aeolus. (Nor) 548 tons. Baresen,!
Uo.
BKIG8.
M C Haskell. 299 tons, Wid
George Harriss, Sod & Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
iWINKLINQS
burg, which will be the grandest
institution of its kind in the world.
And this is but the beginning of
the system of giving that he pro
poses to pursue. When a reporter
asked him on his departure for
Europe how much DlOriAV ha hail
given for hbraries, etc., he said he
conldn t answer that question then,
but if the reporter were to askT him
ten years hence he might answer it.
The striking feature of all this
superb munificence is that it i
done unostentatiously, in a plain
matter of-f act business way and
with an eye snigle .to benefitting
that class of the people, the bread
winners who have fo, struggle
through bfe and depend upon their
own efforts. This, sympathy and
this interest are broad enoh to
w nign, ana men who can measure
up to it may easily find more useful
and profitable employment than is
offered in the army rank and file.
Philadelphia Record, Dem.
The Ju8tice "I don't ntnum.
ber ever seeing you before." The Ao
cused 4 No, your - honor; , you see,
7ou don't belong to our set" Boston
Transcript.
That Ttarobbtatc; Headaelie.
Would quickly leave you if you
used Dr. King's New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their, matchless merit for Sick and
St!!?1" headaches. They make pure
vivuu uu ron( nerves and build up
?XhLth. K?J Uke. Try them.
Only 25 o-nta. SToney back if not
Jjg- 8013 yK. R Bmxajiy, drug-
fobbed tne Grave.
A. startlin'sr incident, nf hih m
John Oliver of Philadelphia; was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows;
'-'I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain contin
ually in back and sidea, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
'Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy
ana surpise, the first bottle mariA a
decided improvement. I continued
their use for three weeks, and m now
a well man. I know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try
them. UnJy 10-ets.. guaranteed at
R. R, Bbllajix's drug store. f
Sor Over FIf Tears '
Mas. W jn8low' 8ooTHUro Stbup has
oeen usea lor over ulty years by mil
lions of mothers for. their children
while teething with perfect success.,
It soothes the child, soften tbe gums,
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and ia the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by - druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
''Mrs. Winslow's 8oothing Svrun "
and Uke no other kind. f
t'XV .1 -n-
-xou snow win was just crazy
to marrv me." said the young bride
"Yes; that'a what everybody thinks,"
replied her jealous rival. Yonkers
Statesman.
-r tj'singebe big "I" to distin
guish the first person singular in print,
somewhat n fleets tbe idea of every
one being apt to make himself a capi
tal fellow.
Hicks"! iireamed of my
mother in law last night" Wicks
Is that so? I haven't had the night
mare now for a long time." Sommer
ville Journal.
"Where am he. asked faint-
ass of water to his
he added. "I know
ly, as they put a gli
lips. "Ah, yes,"h
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, March 16. -Money on call
was quoted nominal. Prime mer
cantile paper 3tf4 per cent Sterling
oiccanjfe nominal; actual business in
her' b3ls"at for demand and
484484K for si?ty days. Posted
rates j5485J4 and 488 J. Commer
edal bills 483 484. Silver cer
ancates fiiKC&ra. Bar nv xnu
Mexican dollars 49. Government bonds
uroj. ouifce oonas inactive. Kailroad
oonas nrm. u. S. refunding 2?s
rega, 1U5; y. S. refund'g 2's,
coupon, too n ; u o. ? , reg'd, -u.a
3 s, reg'd, do. coupon, lji; U,
? 4 new reg'd, 139; do. coupon
138; O. 8. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do.
coupon, 114; U. 8. 5's, reg'd,
111J; do eoupon, UlU; Southern
B'v 5's J17. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio, 92i Chesapeake & Ohio 48K;
Manhattan L 125; N. Y. Central
145X ; Reading 83i ; do. 1st pref 'd 73M ;
8t Paul, 150; do. pref'd, 188; South
ern Railway 25: prefd 79 Ameri
can Tobacco, 127&; do. prerd 146;
Paopie's-Gas JD8; Sugar 140; do.
prefM 120; T. C. & &on 56 ?U. 8.
Leather 18 do. preferred 74; Wt
em Union 88V. Standard Oil 790795.
Consolidated Gas closed 212)6.
Baltimore, March 16 Seaboard
Air Line, common, 13K13 ; do. pre
ferred S3S3. Bond8-4's 7979X.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
O
"BMtsthe
m MnnYoa tiaw Always Bcojjr.
aA
Btaaatan
a? on:
Ttis'Kwa Yoa BawAlways BoigM
Bears tli
now. There's no water colored like
that out side of Philadelphia.
"Do you think that this world
win freeze, or that it will perish by
art-1 i aon't care," was tbe answer.
'I don't own any stock either in an
ice monopoly or apoal trust." Wash
ington Star. v
- Where's the! new manP"
asked the quarry boss "The, last I
saw. cf him," was the reply, "be was
thawing out frozen dvnamite just
before the explosion."
"As an instance of remarkable
memory, it's said that Caesar knew
the name of every man in his armv "
Thai). a. L. ; mi .
xuere are actually
Iwela'1 forget an um-
"Some also say that crowded
ea.,!!Srpj'JLot8 of -microbes and ba
cilli." "What !" shouted the railroad
magnate, and here we've been carry
them all these years without their pay
ing fare."
For LaOrinnA and Tn
fluenza use OHENJBY'S
EXPBOTOBANT.
NAVAL STORES I3ARKE7S
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. March 16 -Rr.kin
Strained common to good $1 60. Spirits
luriwouae iuiei at Sg&Sgc.
OHabubston, March 16. -Spirits tur
penane, nothing doing. Rosin firm:
cjAVANHAH, March 16 -Spirits tur
pentine firm at 83c; sales 620 casks;
rJ3 F .caas; exports 6g7 casks,
ttosin nrm and unchanged : sales 601
: "'P8 1.805 barrels; exports
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Momuw star.
New York. M&V-Ti ik
ton market opened easy at a decline
of flv.e and twelve points. Tbe En
lisb cable reoornH B not
4S6 64d for futures while the spot
market closed at 1-fil rlor.hr. A t
reckoned here that tbe English weak
ness justified a decline of eighteen to
twenty points in : our market, but
there 4 was considerable short inte-
rest which ' nm -1- th a lrv t - . ,
tlon . some ' aunnort. exnklnim-
New Yobk. March 16. Finn r was
firmer and moderately active: Minne
sota patents t4 00014 80:wint? natAnta
3 65014 00. Wneat- Snot Rl r'oTi .
No. 2 red 81c f. o. b. afloat: ontior
opened easier from the tff-ctsof disap
pointing English cables, but quickly
recovered on a further scare of Inal
short interest. Closed verv firm at Ue
net advance. No. 2 red Marrh rlnsri
80p;May closed 81Kc; July closed
80c. Corn 3pot firrn-r No. 2 49c:
ppuons were steady tut qiet on cables,
the rise ip wheat and local covering
Closed verv firm at W not adtanm
The sales included: March closed 49c:
May closed 47c : Juiv oI.iskH afitZr..
September closed 47e OaLo-HiJ
steady; Wo. 8 31c; ouuous luleddull.
but were firmly held io svmnathv with
other markets. P.rk Market quoted
stronir; faaiils 15 7B(aiB 2K- hnrt
clear $14 75 16 75 ; mess 15 001 6 00
Lard firmer: Western steam SA in-
refined firm: continent 8 SO- Rnmh
American $8 85; compound 54S5c.
Butter irregular.unsettled :freah c mu m -
eryl20c;8tate dairy 15a21c Chees
strong; fancy larsre white llllc; do.
small white 1212Mc .Eggs steady;
State and Pennsylvania at mark 13
15c; Southern at mark 1213Xc
Potatoes stead v ; Jerseys tl 251 60;
New York tl 40ffill 62 W: T.inrr Ifianr
f I 501 75; Jersey sweets $1 502 25
Tallow quiet; city ($2 per packagt)l
4c;countrj (packages fre-) 4JiSyic.
Cabbaer stead v : State ftl iffhtifi nop l.kn
Feanuxa steapy; fancy Macd-picked
43405; other domestic 5c. Rc steady;
domestic fair to extra 3jtf6k : Japan
4mHc Petroleum-Market was
flf?5. New York $8 00; Philadelphia
and Baltimore $8 00. do. in bulk $5 45.
ereignts to Liverpool Uottpn by
steani lgc Cotton seed oil was quiet,
but firmly held at yesterday's clos
ing quotations: Prime crude, in bar
rela, 23je; prime summer yel
low 3lHc; off summer yellow SOc,
prime white 3536c; prime winter
yellow 86c ; prime meal $25. Coffee
8pot Rio barely steady; No. 7 invoice
7: mild quiet :Cordova8ai2tf sa&
I aw steady; fair refloineSc: cen-
! I.ri I II VU I UK TAC J. . - 1 ( T . .
, . - J , iwaiuni A. UO;
waicvtiuurn k lift- trimilrl A KKI.
cut loaf $5 75; crushed $5 75; powdered'
S5 35; granulated $5 25; cubes $5 50.
Chicago. March, ia Wheat .
active and strong to-day, adding to to
ItS gain Of Veaterdav . Cinrn nnrl A..
closed each a shade higher and
visions 57ie lower to lOo higher.
Receipts of Naval Stores im
Yesterday.
W. & W. Raiiroad-29 baleses
3 casks snirits tnrnentioe.
W. C. & A. Railroad 236l!;
ton, 3 casks spirits turpeutior,
rels rosin. 25 barrels tar.
A. & Y. Eailroad-25 bsHjj
K pacta L-nipile t n cripn nfl. (v "
rosin. 8 barr&ls liJ
C. C. RaiIroad-22 balesco
hariAlc riiirTa tnrnpntinA.
8teamer Saginaw 28 bal5
Steamer A. P. HHrt-JW"
rosin, 22 barn Is tar.
Steamer A. J. Johnson-a
spirits turpeMine, 105 bantfi
1 SR Hatrlc tor
Steamer Croesus-1 bale coN
hAaaaln (iv
uai i oio tar. fj-i
nAntina - Aft lacbG mRlli. 0
tar. 23 1' barrels; crude turpenfj
barrels.
REASONABLE jl
J
BULLETS, new 0j
Best Oream
MartiD's Gilt Edge
Bagging aDd Ties,
SALT,
: 1. n o rial m
A (iErJ JSKAL usav 1.
DBMAJTD AT THIS GZASOS
Sole aeents for
ROB ROUISS
HcNAIR & PEARSli
There Is Nothing
Just as Good
nor anything rthat flfM
Or' up. uongn j.inii-
iece'8 aoo'o
TilI- No PHT.
. MEDICAL,.
jhioaoo, March 16 Cash quotations:
. 4-