BY WIlil! AM H. lsaliNABD.
ThUBSOAT.. MORXIHe, APBIIi 4.
, IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
T Next Saturday is the day fixed
for the meeting of tbe cotton piau-
.... A 4.1 A
roFO at rno ii i n Hrnub uuuuvico u wiiv
cotton belt, the obj-ct-of which ir
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.nion nru-in anm a nlan to keen
auu r- JT
the acreage down. Whether the
planters will heed the call of Mr.
Jordan, president of the Cotton
Planters' Protectiye Association, re
mains to be seen, but it is to be
hoped they will, for there nerer
was a time when the question of
acreage was more important than it
is now, and there never was a time
when the cotton growers of the
South" had their future more in
their hands than they have1 now.
Besponding to the call of Presi
dent Jordan the presidents of the
associations for the respective States
have issued their calls, supported
by vigorous reasons showing why
the acreage should be kept down.
In his call President Peters, of the
Texas Association, talks to the
point thus:
"If the cotton acreage of the South
be increased the price for the staple
will go down below 6 cents next Fall,
which will result in the greatest finan
cial calamity that has befallen the
Southern farmers in years. Now is
the time for action, because the price of
the staple next season will be fixed ac
cording to the acreage planted this
Spring.
"Let your slogan be more corn, more
grain, more hogs, more cattle and more
money.
"Let every cotton farmer in the
State attend these county meetings on
the first Saturday in April and det r-
mine to protect their property from
utter annihilation."
"President Peters prefaces this call
with the following significant state
ment and extract from a recent press
dispatch :
"TIGHT THE DEVIL "WITH FIRE.
'.'There is but one way Tor the farm
ers of the South to protect themselves.
The following shows what the cotton
mills are aninfr:
'Fall RrvxR, Mass., March 18
Tha nh.u.RnhHnn Pnmnwiv. Mer
chants and American and Mettacomet
cotton mills, operating 850,000 spin
dles, were stopped to-day, in pursu
ance of the agreement to curtail pro
duction. It is probable that next week
the m joriiy of the mills in this city,
including the Laurel Lake mills,
which at first had decided to close to
day. will be shut down.'
"Admit they are good basiness men.
and follow the same tactics. If the
mil la shot down to decrease consump
tion of cotton and depreciate the price,
you cut down your acreage in cotton
to L reduce the production. Double'
yaiir acreage in corn, sorgbum, alfalfa
and all food products.. You , have
found that diversification pays, so do
. not hesitate to put in an enormous
crop of food and forage. That ia the
only way you can secure a fair price
for your cotton crop. The value of.
11 000 000. bales of cotton at 5 cents is
$275,000,000; $10 000 000 bales of cot
ton at 6 can la is $390,000,000; 9 000,000
bales of cotton at 7 cents is $315,000 -000;
8,000 000 bales of cotton at 10
cents js $400,000,000."
If there is any State in the South
which can stand low priced cotton
that State is Texas, because cot
ton can be grown cheaper there
than it can be in any State in the
cotton belt with the exception, per
haps, of the Mississippi Delta, and
in addition to cotton the planters
' than can raise several other money
making crops on which they could
realize enongh to pay for their labor
if they should lose on cotton. For
these reasons we say that the Texas
farmers can afford to take more
chances on cotton than the farmers
of other Stttes can, who have less
to depend upon if cotton should
dssappoint them.
But even the Texas planters can't
afford to take chances when by con
cert of action they can have the
business in their own bands and
make sure of the results, as far as
man can make sure of anything in
the future. The commissioners of
Agriculture of the cotton States
have unanimously urged the planters
to keep the acreage down, and
nearly every President of the State
associations has appealed to the
farmers on substantially the same
ground that President Poters of
Texas does. These appeals have
been either preceded or supple
mented by letters from parties not
interested in the growing of cotton
but interested in the handling of it,
Or in the success and prosperity of
the planters. . We have published
present another addressed to Presi
dent Jordan of the Planters' Protec
tive Association, as folllows:
"Richmond, Va , March 28, 1901.
"Deab8ib You haw done a great
deal for the cotton planters of the
South, and it is hoped they will heed
your advice now in the curtailing of
acreage, for if they make a large crop,
you will see 5 cent cotton just assure
as the sun shines: I am from Thom
son, Ga. I left , there about one
month ago, and have visited several
mill towns and had talks with cotton
mill men. A great many mills in the
Crolinas are running on half time,
. and 1 know of a good many which
. have not cotton enough ahead to
run them through June. They hope
to still lower the market, and they
are going to do everything in their
power to do so. These millmen who
are making such a kick on high priced
cotton will not sell stock for less than
50 to 75 cento above par. .-.,.
"The only hope of the planters of
the South is to cut off just one half
what they intended to plant, and I
hope you will use use every effort in
your power to see that this is done:
Let the president of all cotton - grow
ers'association call a meeting in each
State and agree upon a plan to meet
I the great injustice that is now looking
! them t quare in the face. If this ia not
: done, and done at once, you' will
C cents and less paid for cotton next
Fall. lama cotton buyer and think
(Signed) "Cottoji -Butib." (
r : .Bien who use cotton, dr . speculate
- in it keep their eves a rand W1
closer upon; the cotton plantations
than the planters keep theirgnpon
the cotton exchanges, and they keep
posted, too, upon the production and
movement of cotton, on the acreage
planted or prospective acreage, and
on the conditions of the growing
crop. There are several factors that
affect prices,1 and the acreage planted
is one, favorable or. unfavorable sea
sons another, &c A prospective in
crease of acreage has a tendency to
put prices down, while a prospective
decrease stiffens prices or puts them
up. We have not the slightest doubt
that one of the causes for the fall
from 10 cents a pound to present
prices was; the belief that there
would be an increase of acreage for
the next crop, so that the planter
suffers from over-acreage even before
the next crop is planted.
Let us suppose that the inci eased
acreage may be large enough to add
a couple million bales to the crop of
last year, j What will this mean?
With the present outlook the mar
ket for cotton goods will be even
more contracted than it is now. If
war between any of the foreign Pow
ers should result from the tangle in
China the cotton trade in the East
will be practically dead. This will
reduce the consumption of cotton
goods and; correspondingly of our
cotton, and wojld therefore leave a
considerable surplus to go over to
next year even if there were no ma
terially increased production. But
with increased production there will
be a large surplus left over and this
will not only affect the prices of this
year's crop, but also of next year's
crop, so that if the planters over
crop themselves this year they will
hurt themselves for two years in
stead of one.
As we see it, it is a serious situa
tion with them anA one that they
can't afford to treat lightly or trifle
with. If these meetings be held,
whatever the action may be, the rule
with every farmer who plants cotton
should be to plant less cotton and
more of something else, then if cot
ton be high he will gain by it; if it
be low he will not lose so much, and
be better able to stand it because he
has fewer things to buy.
TOOK THE OATH.
The doubt as to what Aguinaldo
might do or not do is settled by his
taking the oath of allegiance, and
it was a clincher, too. The gentle
man who composed it didn't forget
anything that that it was advisable
to put in, or leave anything in doubt
as to precisely what the oath meant.
Having swallowed that Aguinaldo
becomes to all intents and purposes
an American subject, if not citizen,
and lays himself liable to prosecu
tion for treason if he violate it.
Wenevbr hadfApy doubt that he
would take the oath after we read
Gen. MacArthur's dispatch in which
he spoke of a conference with-Aguinaldo,
and what he expected front
it, for we think it was then under
stood that he would take the oath.
The probabilites are that, under the
circumstances, if his real senti
ments were known, Aguinaldo
is not sorry he was captured,
for he had, no doubt, long
ago come to the conclusion that his
was a lost! cause and that nothing
was to be gained by prolonging the
contest, when the odds were so
much against him. Even the men
he relied! upon to command the
fighters he could call into the field
became despondent and were giv
ing up tne ngnt, ana to tnis was
added treachery of men he trusted,
so that he did not know upon whom
to rely.
In , this condition of affairs it
would not be surprising if Agui
naldo really felt relieved when he
found himself a captive, with the
assurance! that he would be kindly
treated, nor surprising that he ac
cepted the ultimatum and took the
oath. The sensible and logical
thing to do with him noft is to
utilize him in bringing in fiis fol
lowers who are still "in the woods."
4
AS INTERESTING CASE.
That is an interesting proceeding
instituted at New Orleans by repre
sentatives of the Boers for an in
junction to prevent the sailing of
an English vessel loaded with mules
and horses for the British army in
South Africa. Horses and mules
are as essential in that country in
army operations as guns and powder
and shot.1 The Britishovermnent
has been depending largely on this
country for its supply of horses and
mules, especially of mules.
The contention in this case is that
this Government being at peace
with the South African Republics
against which Great Britain is
waging war, it is a violation of neu
trality to permit- England to ship
war supplies from our ports to be
delivered; to the British armies in
South Africa. It may be argued
that horses and mules are not war
supplies, j but that' would be only
technically true, for as a matter of
fact they are as much war supplies
as guns, powder or shot; :
Previous to the declaration of war
by this country against Spain every
precaution was taken against ship
ping guns, ammunition, or. any
other war material from our ports to
Cuba; our Southern, coast was ' pa
trolled "by cruisers to see that no
vessels so loaded escaped, and detec
tives were kept in in our coast towns
acting in conjunction with Spanish
detectives to prevent the loading of
vessels J Every vessel, engaged in
that business . had to .''- take ' the
NOT HEREDITARIA
; In the main, consumption
is not hereditary; it is infectious.
People are too afraid of heredi
ty ; better not think of the sub
ject at all.. Infection occurs
continually. .
Low vital force is hereditary;
which gives consumption its
chance. And infection plants
it. - :
Between the two, the crop
is a big one: about one-sixth
of the human race, so far as is
known.
We suppose it needn't be 5
per cent, if people would take
fair care and Scott's emulsion
of cod-liver oil.
The care saves life in all
ways ; the emulsicjj is specially
aimed at the lungs, beside its
general food-effect
We'll send you a little to try, if you like.
SCOTT & BOWNE. Joa Pearl greet. New York
chances of running the blockade, of
escaping the -keen eyes of the detec-.
tives and the Government cruisers
if they got out of port.
In thiB New Orleans case if the de
sire be that under the law that Brit
ish government has the right to
buy and ship mules and horses
from our ports then the ruling will
apply equally to the Boers who will,
have the same right and may exercise
it by buying other supplies which
they may. If the decision be that the
the British Government has not
this right then the business of buy
ing and shipping of horses and
mules must cease, and that will be
a pretty hard swipe on Great Brit
ain, for horses and mules are
trumps in the war game in that
country. However the decision goes
the Boers will be the gainers
by it, and the surprising thing is
they did not institute proceedings
of the kind sooner.
ANOTHER WASTE PRODUCT.
There is not a farmer in North
Carolina who has not looked upon
wire grass as a nuisance and spent a
good deal of valuable time every
Spring in fighting and trying to ex
terminate it. But with all his fight
ing it would persist in growing in
spite of him. Now it seems a valu
able use has been found for wire
grass with the probabilities that this
"nuisance" may become a valuable
product of the soil. As the grass
grows in abundance in this State we
clip the following from the Savan
nah News. Tilre are suggestions in
it that may put some enterprising
North Carolinian to thinking and
result in a new and profitable in
dustry for our State:
"We noted some time ago the erec"
tion of a nJant in Brooklyn for the
utilisation of wire grass in the manu
ficture of furniture ahd other articles.
Toe plant is now at work and turning
oat some vry artistic pieces of furni
ture, as well as mattings and coarse,
twine. Later it is prgjf osed to twist some
of the twine into ropes. Tne belief is
expressed that the wire grass rbpes
will be found strong and durable, and
of less cost than hemp or jute.
"Tne matter of. the utilisation of
wire grass is of interest to South
Georgia for the reason that there are
thousands of acres and hundreds of
thousand of tons of the material in
this section awaiting the coming
of enterprising developers. It is
safe to say that the supply is exhaust
les, since crop after crop would fol
low the harvtstinr, without planting
or cultivation. Wire grass lands are
to be had at a very low figure, so that
the harvesting and transportation of
the grass to a factory would be about
atl of the expense attacked to the pro
curement of the raw material. No
chemical process whatever ia made
use of in preparing the wire grass for
manufacture. It is merely cut and
cured by careful drying, then, when
it has been assorted, the long fibres
being separated from the' short ones.
it is ready for use.
"Nearly ail Georgians, and certain
ly all South Georgians, . are familiar
with the wire grass 'fanners' and
other baskets made and used on the
plantations. These baskets last a
lifetime, and may be kept as clean
and sweet as a dinner, plate all the
time. The usual method of wire grass
Basket making is to form rolls of the
it r ass varying in size from- an eighth
of an inch to three-qaurters of an inch
in diameter, according to the purpose
of the basket. These rolls are bound
with thin and pliable white oak strips,
and from the rolls the basket is con
structed. In the making of furniture
a somewhat similar process is followed.
The material readily lends itself to
fancy designs, and when the chair, or
whatever it may be, has been finished
it presents a richness of color that sur
passes cane and bamboo. The wire
grass furniture is light clean, cool.
strong and tough. These are qualities
sought by every houswifein the selec
tion of furniture for summer use. .
"With such an immense snpply of
wire graft available, aod to be bad and
harvest d at practically nominal cost.
Georgia ought not permit Northern
factories to monopolize the wire grass
furniture and twitte business.7'
A PowAer nill JOxploalon.
Bemoves everything in sight: so do
drastic mineral pills, but both , are
mighty dangerous. Donl dynamite
the delicate-machinery of your body
with calomel, croton oil or aloea pills,
when Dr. King's New Life Pills, which
are gentle as a summer breexe, do the
wo"tr perfectly. ? Cures Headache.
Constipation. Only 25 cents at B. R.
Bxxmnr s drug store. t
For Orer ffUtr YM.rs
Mes. Wjkslow's SooTHnra Syrup has
been used for over fifty years-by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect -success.
It soothes the child, soften the gums.
and allays all win t cures wind colic
andis 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 aure suid ask for
Mrs.-Winalow'a Soothing Syrup,"
and take no other kind. f
?0 Tta Kind ran Haw thrs taqflT
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
: Greenville Reflector'. A com
pany has been organised to build and
operate a sash, door and blind factory
with a paid in capital of $8,000 priv
ilege to increase to $30,000. Those
taking stock in tbe factory have held a
few meetings to talk over the matter.
Friday l ight they held a meeting at
which organization was effected.'
Newborn .News: The ", negro
Shields who got into trouble at Con-
gleton's Monday and was allowed to
. 1 . 1 ' Ji
go oaCK Biicr oeiDK arresieu uiu uuui
up his watch,' but instead of looking
for his watch made bis escape,' is quite
a noted preacher. He was pastor of a
church at James ciiy. One of his
nreihren in the ministry is very much
delighted because Shields is gone. He
was heard to remark : "I'se glad he'a
gone. I'se gwine ter have bis eburch
ho, Dat church pays eight dollars a
mont and I'se a gwine ter preach dare
uex' Sunday certin'." 4
Washington Gazette: Mr.
Carlton Arch bell and a negro named
Samuel Lanier got into a dispute over
some post tbat Lanier had promised to
cut for Archbell. The negro went to
Arch bell's house this morning about
three miles from Bath and bgan
cursing and Abusing archbell and
drew bis pistol and fird at Archbell
but missed him Archbell endeavored
to fire his rifle but she foiled and
while placing a fresh cartridge in hi
riflt the neirro fired his pistol again.
the ball bitting a tree near by Arch
bell then fired his rifl-l killing Lankr
instantly. The thjoting was in sell
defense
Raleigh News and Observer:
The impeachment trial, accoidn g to
the figures furnished by tne auditor,
has cost the 8tate up to date $8,062 20.
This amount is divided as follows:
-Senator, p-r diem, $3 632; attorneys
fees. 3 600: clerks and other em-
uioves. S773 60: managers, per diem
509: witnesses. 1548 60. Or the five
attorneys appearing for the State, the
three who lived in other cities (Messrs
Watson. Davidson and Guthrie) and
were here on expense, received $600
each, and the two who reside here
(Messrs. Pou and Buabee) received
$100 eaeh Of the $548.60 paid for
witnesses. S355.50. went to witnesses
for the judges and $19310 to wit
nesses for the State.
Monroe Journal: Mr. A. M.
House, formerly of this county, died
in Charlotte, at his home on North
Graham street, last Wednesday morn
ing. Two roller flour mills have
just been completed in Goose Creek.
Both mills have a capacity each of
fortT barrels a day. There has
been a great demand for commercial
fertilizers this season. Recently Mr.
E D Worley, who has charge of the
warehouses here, delivered in one day
1310 sacks Mr. D. H. Davis, of
Waxhaw, told us some time ago
tbat their firm had already sold
more than 700 tons and that they
oquld not get it shipped fast enough to
supdly their customers. And all
dealers have had the aame demand
Last Wednesday nieht the safe of
Mr. W. H Lwery & Cj., of Morven
was robbed of about $800 The door
of the safe was blown open by dyna
mite. The robbery was not discovered
until morning. Thursday night three
strangers got on the southbsund p-ts
s?nger train at Lilesville. They did
uot buy tickels aod otherwise acted
suspiciously aod they were at once tug
peeled to be the criminals. Two
of them paid their fare to Matthews
aud one to Monroe. Before anything
definite could be done the train had
already passed Wadesboro but Marsh
ville and Monroe were wired to be on
the lookout and every preparation was
made here and also at Marsh ville fur
tne arrest of the men. At Marshville
officers boarded the train aod succeeded
in capturing two of the men but the
third one got away. Toe two arrested
were well armed and well equipped
with burglars' tools and accoutrements.
Taey had with them about $200 in cash
It is sunposed that the one tbat got
away had a larger amount of mone.
CURRENT C0WY1EN1.
The request from resident
Chinese that the American troops be
not withdrawn from Peking is a
high compliment to the deportment
of our soldiers, and an indication
that the Chinamen regards them . as
conservators of the peace. Auqusta
Chronicle, Dem.
The administration seems to
think it would be doing him a favor
to make a martyr of Aguinaldo by
hanging him. Consequently it won't
do it. It must be admitted that-tbe
motive for such leniency is quite in
keeping with the other humane acts
of the administration in the conduct
of this war of "benevolent assimi
ilation." Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The New Jersey court of ap
peals has handed down a decision
which insists that trusts must not,
on acquiring new property, issue
stock for an amount in excess of its
value If New Jersey can successfully
assume a parential dictation as to
what the trusts can or cannot do, it
will become a bigger state than eith
er New York or Ohio. Washington
Star, Ind,
The United States Investor
insists that in organizing the
United States Steel corporation
with a capitalization of $1,200,000,
000,. Banker Morgan has b'tten off
more than he can. chew. It likens
the great project to the noted Law
scheme for absorbing the whole
commercial and financial business of
France, over which the French na
tion first went crazy and then went
bankrupt. -Philadelphia Record,
Dem,
No Right to Ugliness.
The woman who ia lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrao
tive must keep her health.- If she is
weak, sickly and all run down,, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood will ause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion. Electrio Bitterais the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach,- liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood.: It gives strong
nerves bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. It will make
a good-looking, charming woman of a
run down invalid. Only . 60 cents at
R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t
- This will interest Jnlany.
; Botanic B.'ood Balm, (B. B. B). the
famous Southern blood purifier, o nick
ly cures cancer, blood poison, pimples,
boils carbuncles, . ulcers, eating sores,
scrofula, eczema, aching bones, joints
or back, rheumatism, catarrh and all
blood - and akin troubles. - B. B B:
heals every sore and - makes the blood
pure and rich.- B. B. B , the floest
blood purifier , made. -Druggists, $1.
Trial treatment free by writing Blood
Balm Go.,v Atlanta, Ga. .. .
Kf i come'butpci
'- free frpmrease. : '
I 'nKlt'b almost a pleasure to wash dishes wit h i
vi;Skr V :' I 'MB
ffe v.-.-: -.'fC-. vvT! '"-j 3-1
1 litelin&iirmAiTO fowrittwW J
rffAsU-S
TWIlNKLIN'iS
An Excnse: Mistress "Another
breakage. Jane 1 And a wedding pres
ent? tool How ever did you doit?"
Jan-(sobbing) -They al ways break
when I drop 'em " Punch.
She (pining for pleasant
words): O a, George. I cannot un
derstand it. Why do you lavish this
.wealth of love on me when there are
so many girls more beautiful and
morthy than I!" He: I'm blowed if
know. Tit Bits.
Client "That little honse yon
sent me to see is in a most scandalous
condition. It ia so damp that moss
positively grows on tbe walla." House
Agent "Well, isn't moss good enough
for you? What do you expect at the
rent orchids r 2P Jilts. '
Hardly Seems Possible. "1
never saw a woman with such an air of
supreme indifference." "In what way
have you noticed it!" "Why she
never even looks after another woman
to see how her drew haogs." Phila
delphia Evening Bulletin. .
Hard Lines. "Hard luck?"
said the soubrette, earnestly- "Why.
we hadn't been on the road two weeks
before we had to pawn the magnificent
diamond which was to be presented to
tbe star bv her admirers at every
town." Indianapolis Press.
No Fatalities Mrs.' Gooph-
"Itold my husband I should simply
die if he did not get me a new Easter
bonnet " Sirs. Wooph "And did he
get iit" Mrs. Gooph "Well, you
haven't ssen and funera a leaving our
house, have you. Baltimore Amen
can.
Her Fate. Mrs. Cableton: I
see that the 8 mptoas have another
b y. Mrs Clubdom: Yea. It seems
so unfortunate tbxl Eiith Simpton,
wbo received such a fine education
and was so accomplished, should after
all, have developed into nothinbtter
tban a mere mother of children. Life
A Logician. ''Little boy,"
said the kindly old gentleman, "you
must not cry. You know tt is a waste
of liuie to cry." And the little boy.
who is from Boston, dried his tears
long enough to remark: "And it is
a waste of time to tell anybody it is a
ateof time to cry." Washington
Star.
it iioij uvuutuug t? on,
said an Evanston lady to her hus
banJ. wbo had occasion to go in to
Cbicago the other night; "hadn't you
b9tter leave your watch and diamond
stud at hornet I'd never get over it
if you were knocked down and robbed
in the street with so many valuable
ngs on you." Chicago Times
Herald. Presiding EI.er's Appolatineatf, WUm)ac-
toa District.
Atlantic, Andrew's Chapel, April
6. 7.
Zion, Summerville, April IS, 14.
Bladen Street, April 14.
Burgaw, Burgaw Creek, April 20,
21.
Southport. April 28. 29.
Clinton. Kendall's, May 4, 5.
Scott's Hill, Bethany, May 11, 12.
Fifth Street, May 12.
Magnolia, Magnolia, May 18. 19.
Elizabeth, Purdie's, May 25, 26.
Bladen, Deem's Capel, May 26, 27.
Kenansville, Warsaw, June 1, 2.
.Grace, June 2. 8.
Onslow, , June 7.
. Jacksonville and RicUanda, Jack
sonville, June 8, 9. v
Waccamaw, Zion, June 15, 16.
Whiteville, Cerro Gordo, June 17.
; Market Street, June 23, 24.
R ,B. John.
He Saw. tf
The drummer was telling his cock
ney friend his latest Btory.
"A chap out west," he said, "was
about to go Into business. He hadn't
much capital, but be had lots of pluck.
A hard headed old nncle asked hini one
day what, lines of goods he expected
to carry.
" 'I am not certain yet,' he answered
him, 'except that I shall carry a full
line of courage.' 'H'rar his old uncle
snorted. 'A line of courage Is nothing
but a rope of sand.' "
MI see," exclaimed the cockney. "You
carn't make a rope of sand! Haw,
hawl" Chicago Tribune.
A Careful Player.
"How did' that young man come out
of the poker game he got Into at Crim
son Gfulch?" ; " ' '
"Oh," answered Three Finger Sam,
"be come out all right . You see, he
played ' very conservative. He " didn't
take any risks whatever. He Just said,:
Thafa good!' and kept his hands off
the money. Washington Star.
Her Feellmsra. w
Husband Cooking at his wife's check
book ) You should number every check
you send out. .- .
Wife But I don't want to. dear. I
am ashamed to let' the bank know how
many I use. Life.
.-An Emmy Claim.
"I understnud that the Chinese claim'
to have used horseless carriages ages
ago." said Mr. Pitt to Mr. Penn.
r "What sort of things were they?" -
'Sedan chairs." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
.... c i
A Matter of Cnolee.
Tea, I know, you jean walk : better
than I can," the Chinese woman said'
to the wife of the American mission
ary, "but ' 1 ; can breathe freely, and
you can't." Chicago Tribune..,
lbs Kmd Yds flaw Always Boqg:
, Basra tike --:'s9
fir I ITTTK3 WITW VnDtT
OJMMKIU iAL
Quoted offlclally afcthe closing of the Produce
' XzoaangeJ
STAR OFFICE, April 3
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN Nothine doing.
TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bbl
of 280 lbs. -
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard,
$2.10 for dip and . for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine steady at 53H53c;
rosin nothing doing; tar firm at
$1.20; crude turpentine nothing do
ing.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 50
Rosin 324
Tar 136
Crude turoentine
ReceiDts same dav last vear 8
casks spirits turpentine, 257 bbls
rosin, 838 bbls tar, 13 bbls crude tur
pontine. ' .
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 73c per
pound for middling. Uuotauonsr
Ordinary 5 5 16 cts $ tt
Good ordinary 6 1116 " "
Low middling 7 5-16 "
Middling 1 " "
Good middlimr . . . . . 8 1 16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at 9c.
Receipts 168 bales; same day last
year, 1.258
Corrected Reu'arty by Wilmington Produce
OOUNTKY PRODUOS.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c ; extra prime, 75c per
busnel ox 28 pounds; fancy, 80c.
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime,
65c: fancy. 60c: Spanish. 75c.
CORN Firm; 58 to 60c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON steady; hams 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c;
sides, 8 to 10c
EGGS Steady at 9l0c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 23
zsc; spnnirs, lu2Uc
TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c;
dressed, 10 to 12c.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
-w xobk, April 6. Money on
call steady at 2J3 per ceiat. Prime
mercantile paper 3X44 per cent
Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business in bankers1 bills at 488488
for dean and, 4S4X4S4? For 60 days.
Posted rates 485j and 489. Commercial
bills 484483. Silver certificates
58K60 Bar silver 58X. Mexican dol
lain 48V Government bonds irregular.
State bonds easier. Railroad bonds ir
regular. U.S. refunding 2's reg'd. 106 J ;
U. a. reiund'g 3's, coupon, 106 X ,U. 8.
3's, reg'd, r U. a 3's, reg'd, 110J;
do. coupon, U. . 4's, new
reg'd, 13814: do. coupon, 138; U. 8
4's, old reg'd,' 113 do. coupon, 113;
U.. B. 5's, reg'd, 111J4 ; do. coupon,
HIM; Southern R'y 5's 117. Stocks:
Baltimore & Ohio, 92); Chesapeake
ox umo 47; mannattan jl iza ; a. x,
Central 143M; Beading ; do 1st
pref d 76H ; St. Paul. 1551 ; do. prefd.
188; -Southern Railway 28M; prefd
7M; American Tobacco, 127 ; do.
prefd 136; People's Gas 11 i; Sugar
14134; do. pref 'd 121; T.C.& Iron 64 X;
U. tt. Leather 13; do. oref erred 76 yi ;
western Union 93 ; U. S. Steel 48 ;
U. & Steel, prefd 96 H; Consolidated
Gas ; Standard Oil 802810.
RAT.TmnRiC Anril R. Sa hoard Air
Line, common, 23$; do, preferred 44
44X. Bonds 4's 8383M-
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. April 3. Rosin quiet.
8pirits turpentine easy at S686Jc.
OHAaUBSTOR, April 3 Spirits tur
pontine firm at 33c; sales casks.
Bosin firm ; prices unchanged.
Savahhah, April 3. -Spirits tur
pontine firm at S35c; receipts 393
casks; sales 291 casks; exports 3,578
barrels. Rosin firm aud unchanged ;
receipts 1,064 barrels; sales 647 bar
rels; exports 8,256 barrels. V
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to tbe Moralnjf Star.
New York, April 3. More excite
ment developed in cotton trade circles
to -day than has been witnessed since
the -January dear terminated. The
market opened steady at an advance of
one to our points and Jthen eased a
point or two, after which the course
of prices was, for the most part,
strongly upward. The intimations
that went forth yesterday calcu
lated to , gire rise, ; to fears of a
May. corner ; brought in numerous
orders to cover and .these were sup
plemented by investment buyihg
which, together with local tailing
on, made a very active market, juay
was the leading future throughout
the session, opening at 8 01, selling off
to 7.90 and then advancing to 8 30,
with the close 8.247 Last Saturday
May closed 7. 68; to-day's bet pricea
vance of to. July, which sold Satur
day at 7 44, showed 8.17 to-day, while
the new crop positions advanced
naturatly less in -proportion, being
subject to the : bearish influence of
continued large acreage talk, although
tnis or Jate nas been qualin.-d by un
favorable V- weather -advices. In
keeping, Ito-day'a 4 rise in' futures,
spot cotton at New York advanced
Jcc and Southern markets vrere
aUo- higher. The--proportionately:
greater advance in spot cotton at New
nnfifMti:
York as compared with the gain in
the condition of the Southern .spot
markets led some to disregard the
talk of manipulation and a corner.
There was also selling on the general
movement which continues light com
pared with last season, to day's re
ceipts amounting to 22,000 bales,
against 10.482 a year ago. During he
afternoon the demand for May was
freely supplied by the long interest.
Closed steady at a net advance of
eight to twenty-eight points. -
New York, April 3. Cotton steady ;
middling uplands 8 9 16c.
Cotton futures closed 6teady : April
819, May 8 24, June 811, July 812.
August 7.74, September 7.54, October
7.44, November 7.39, December 7.38,
January 7.39.
Spot cotton closed quiet and c
higher; middling uplands 89 16c; mid
dling gulf 8 13 16c; sales 308 bales.
Net receipts 602 bales; gross receipts
11.564 bales; exports to the Continent
494 bales; stock 158,234 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 21,900
bales; exports to the Continent 7,745
bales, stock 773,898 bales.
- Consolidated Net receipts 87.603
bales; exports to Great Britain 31,846
bales; exports to France 9.383 bales:
exports to the Continent 45,154 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 6,439 381 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2.465,134 bales; exports to
France 588 503 bales; exports to th
Continent 1.943.265 bales.
April 3 Galveston, firm at 8 3 16c.
net receipts 6,964 balfs; Norfolk, firm
at 8Hc, net receipts 1.457 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 8 5 16c, net re
ceipts bales: Boston, quiet at 8 5 16o,
net receipts 349 bales; Wilmington,
steady at 7c, net receipts 108 bales.
Philadelphia, firm at 8 13 16c, net re
ceipts 193 bales; Savannah, steady at
81 16c, net receipts 3 856 bales, New Or
leans, steady at 8 5 16c, net receipts
9.056 bales; Mobile, quiet at 8c, net re
ceipts 5 bales; Memphis, steady at
8&c,net receipts 277 bales; Augusta,
quiet at 8J4c. net receipts 410 bales
Cfiarleston.firm at 7 16 16c, net receipts
312 bales
PRODUCE-MARKETS.
By Telegraptto tbe Morning Star.
New Yobk, April 8, Flour was
dull and weaker with wheat. Wheat
Spot steady; No 2 red 80c; options
were weak and heavy all day, reaching
demoralization in the afternoon under
stop loss selling, a collapse of corn
prices, weak English cables, active
short selling and tbe total absence of
buyers, except for occasional shorts.
A heavy export trade made a little lm
pression on the market in tbe last few
minutes. The sales effected included
May closed 78c; July closed 78c:
September closed 77jc. Corn Spot
weak; No. 248c; options experienced
a heavy decline under a bear attack,
facing big sales of long corn on stop
loss orders, and promoting active short
selliog. Prospects for better weather
and weak cables also had an effect
Closed weak and lc lower: May
closed 47Mc, July 46?c; September
46c. Oats Spot easier; ft o. 2 80c;
options weak and lower, with corn
Lard firm ; Western steam $885; refined
firm ; continent $9 10; 8outh American
$875;compound5&5,. Eggs steady;
State and Pennsylvania at mark 1354
14c: Southern 12M13tf- Petroleum
easy; New York $7 85; Philadelphia
and Baltimore 80; do. in bulk 95 25.
Butter strong; fresh creamery 16
22c; State dairy fresh 1521c.
Cheese firm: fancy large white 11
12c: do. small white 12l2Xc Rice
steady. Potatoes steady : Jerseys $1 25
1 50; New York $1 501 75; Long
Island f 1 501 75; Jersey sweets $1 50
2 25. Cabbage steady; State f!4 00
1800 per ton. Freights to Liverpool
Cotton bv steam 15c Tallow a uiet:
city ($1 per package) 55c; country
(packages free) 55Mc. I'ork nrm.
Cotton seed oil was active again and a
shade higher on steady buying by a
local bouse: Prime crude, in barrels.
33c; prime, summer yellow 35 coff
summer yellow 34c; prime white 39
40c; prime winter yellow 89c ; prime
meal f 25 00. Uoifee ttpot Kio easy ;
No. 7 invoice 6Kc; mild dull ; Cordova
8fl2). Sugar rav steady ; fair re'
fining 23 17 33c; centrifugal, 96 test
4 1 16c; refined steady.
Chicago April 8. Titanic specula
tive forces combatted one another in
the cereal pits to-day. A fierce at
tack by the bear contingent compelled
a sharp decline in all the grains. Longs
Jd by Phillips, suffered severely
Phillips unloaded heavily in the what
market, but held to - corn and oats
which he is credited with controlling.
May wheat closed lf2c lower; May
corn I&q down and May bats $c de
pressed. Provisions closed 174c nigner
to 15 lower.
Chicago, April 3. Cash quotations:
Flour easy. Wheat No 3 spring 73
74c; No. 2 red. 7274Kc Corn
No. 2 41c; No 2 yellow 41c. Oats-
No 2 26c; No. 2 wbite Z9&zxc;
No. 3 white 27229c. Pork, per
barrel. $15 35015 40. Lard, per 100
f$, 18 608 62 3. Short rib sides, loose,
$8 1508 35 Dry salted shoulders,
boxed: $6 7506 87 J4. bhori clear
side? boxed $4 5008 60. Whiskey
Distillers finished goods, pei gallon,
$127 ,
The leading futures ranged as to
lows opening, highest, lowest an''
closing: Wheat No 2 May 730
73,73. 71K71K, 72072c;July
73073X, 73, 72J$. 73c Corn No.2
April 40XV May 42043X, 43, 40X,
41 He; July 42043. 4S043& 42,
42H& Oats No. 2 May 26)4. 2&H.
2434; 24c: July 25i'025. 25W0
26. 24X. 24c Pork, per bbl May
C15 60. 15 65, 15 40, 15 45; July 915 80.
15 SO. 15 17. 15 17. Lard, per 100
IDS Mav S8 S7Xr 8 60. 8 376. 8 47 J4 ;
July $8 25. 8 30, ,8 25. 8 27 ; Sep
(ember as a4. o so, o m. o zt.
Short ribs.-ner 100 lbs May $820. 8 80.
8 20, 8 25; July fSTtH. 8 17. 8 10,
8 15 ; September 110, 8 15 8 1U, 8 15.
day wi- a?SM- ?h
bales were for snT T
and includl teion.,
Receipts 18.6mT2?..,!wa-
bales Amemel
Futures opeVfgd
firm; Americalff U
4-37-604 38 64dy Mii
June 4 37 64d buyer
4 37 64d sf.iiB. r.y.er; Jun!?l
64d bujer AaaSi
0-64d seller; a" Lni
T ' Oil.
CLEARED
Nor barque Audhild Am
Castle, od TW H5:t
Ulyde steamship On
Georgetown. H G &A1
EXPORTS.
FOREIGN.
MARINE DIRECTOR
liUt of tTssla tB tii p
tsCHOONRTiw
Geo E Dudley, 387 ton n
ork, J T RlleV&S'
Aetna,-333 tons, Chipm, J
Hamss. Son o.n i
Henry RTltou, 467 tOD8,CobJ
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B I Hazard. 373 tons, DeBuhr
' Harnss. Son & Co.
Uity of Baltimore, 298 torn if
Ane A Norton, 467 tow, J J
uouzko iiarrjss, OOnotUo.
Massachusetts, 425 tons, Jons.
Harriss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
wyfarer: (Nor) 610 tom J
HAirlw AT J'A
Saari, (Rus) 404 tons, Nyhok
& Co.
BRIGb.
M C Haskell, 299 tons, ?J
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores ni
Yesterday
W. & W. Railrnad-2
W. C. dr A. Railroad-65W
ton, 1 cask spirits turpentine.
rels rosin.
A. & Y. Railroad-? bala
60 barrels rosin, 4 barHstar
W. & N. Railroad-9bal
3 casks spirits tu beefae.
C. C. Rail road 8 barrels tc,
rels crude turpentine
Steamer A. J. JohnsoiH
cotton, 45 casks suirits Urrf
150 barrels rosit, 115 barreuin
Schooner Jos-pn 110 bimi
James Flat 1 bile cotton,!
spirits lurp"i.tiue
Lumber R-ift 9 barrels tsr.
Total-Cotton, 108 bah;
pentine, 50 casks; rosin, 321
tar, 136 barrels; crude turpeia
barrels.
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